i think today the mitt romney campaign not at def-con 1 but at 2. they have to be worried about all this. >> thanks for your time. >> thank you. >>> syria's government is making a new promise tonight to pull its troops and heavy weapons out of syria cities by april 10th. the veteran war photojournalist paul conroy has seen it up close. he barely got out of there alive. coming up, his take on the latest promise from the assad regime. [ male announcer ] the cadillac cts sport sedan was designed with near-perfect weight balance from front to back... and back to front. ♪ giving you exceptional control from left to right... and right to left. ♪ the cadillac cts. ♪ we don't just make luxury cars. we make cadillacs. >> announcer: this is the day. the day that we say to the world of identity thieves "enough." we're lifelock, and we believe you have the right to live free from the fear of identity theft. our pledge to you? as long as there are identity thieves, we'll be there. we're lifelock. and we offer the most comprehensive identity theft protectio

to mitt romney, we wouldn't have an auto industry. he said let them go. >> the democrats' tough-talking champion of bare knuckle politics, his bold plan for keeping america great and his new battle for world peace. >> i wanted the kids to have this opportunity, to speak and learn from people who stood up and made a difference. >> this is "piers morgan tonigh" >>> a big story tonight. rahm emanuel. we're here at von stuben high school, one of several chicago schools where mayor emanuel has brought nobel peace prize winners to speak with students. he joins me now for a primetime exclusive. mr. mayor, welcome. or rather thank you for welcoming me. are you aware of the history of this school? baron von stuben. >> are you aware of the history? >> i'm aware he was george washington's ruthless chief of staff. >> right. >> and therefore personally responsible for annihilating a lot of brits. >> von steuben did -- actually was in the army, as you know. he was also -- hamilton has a view of whether he was not in fact washington's chief of staff

side of mitt romney from randy kane. >> in the romney household ann romney has a host of titles, trusted advisor, the mitt stabilizer, mother and grandmother. but she's also the great protector of all things romney. >> the last person on earth you'd want to cross would be ann romney. if you go after one of her kids or after her husband, she's going to be there. >> reporter: ron scott has known mitt romney since 1985 and just wrote a book about him. he says ann is no pushover. >> she got into a tiff with one of her teenage boys and he was being a smart mouth and she was trying to get away to go to the cape for the weekend. he was going back and forth with her and timely she got in the car and slammed the door and said, see ya later and took off and left him standing there in the driveway. >> reporter: scott says ann even stoot up to her mother who voiced concern years ago when ann and mitt started having so many children. >> her mom said, gee, you're over populating the earth and ann at one point said, mom, if you want to see your grand sons on a regular basis, you need to knock this stuf

>> for months, mitt romney has been on offensive. he -- in this debate over the killing of osama bin laden, romney has been on defense, just the way the president wants it. >> as mitt romney was shaking hands in new hampshire, he was asked the question, he had given the same order to kill osama bin laden. >> even jimmy carter would have given that order. >> cnn breaking news. >> tonight i can report to the american people and to the world that the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden. >> it's the question the president's re-election campaign has raised for days in this new web video highlighting the decision to take out bin laden and in vice president joe bid biden's speech last week. >> we can't say for certain what romney would have done. >> reporter: they say obama has cheapened a unifying moment. >> i think people will see it as a sign of a decembsperate campa. >> reporter: not so says the president. the president also went after romney's comment in 2007, it's not worth moving heaven and earth spen

mitt romney now has a clear path to the republican nomination. there's new cnn polling that shows without santorum romney had a 28-point lead over newt gingrich. appears to be game over for the primaries. as we've seen for both parties, game on for the general campaign. with us is dana bash, paul begala is joiching us shortly as well. it's been obvious for awhile he wasn't going to overtake romney on delegates. why drop out now? was it really about personal considerations or something else? >> it was both. personal and political. it has been obvious for some time. but in the near future, first of all they realize that the next big, big state where they thought they could win texas, that was not going to be winner take all. they realized it was going to be difficult. secondly, they tried very hard in many ways to get newt gingrich who has been siphoning conservative votes away from rick santorum to get him out of the race. that didn't work. the pennsylvania primary coming up. and paul begala knows pennsylvania very well coming up. it was going to

. >>> mitt romney finds some footing, and the presidential race knots up. today -- >> i i want bowasn't born with spoon in my mouth. >> then a rising republican star clams up on the issue of whether he'd be on the romney ticket. >> the last thing he needs is those of us in the peanut gallery saying what we would or would not do. >> my exclusive interview with senator marco rubio. >>> and elijah cummings, ranking democrat on the house oversight and reform committee. plus, dana bash and jeff zellny of the "new york times." i'm candy crowley, and this is "staft of the union." >>> the economic headlines were ominous. retail and car sales are strong. but initial jobless claims falling since last year have jumped about 6% in the last three weeks. march sales of existing homes fell 2.6% and factory output slipped in march. then there was this iffy forecast for europe from the managing director of the international monetary fund. >> we are seeing light recovery blowing in a spring mind, bwind we're seeing some dark clouds on the horizon. >> if, as the economy goes

to mitt romney, we wouldn't have an auto industry. he said let them go. >> the democrats' tough-talking champion of bare knuckle politics, his bold plan for keeping america great and his new battle for world peace. >> i wanted the kids to have this opportunity, to speak and learn from people who stood up and made a difference. >> this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> a big story tonight. rahm emanuel. we're here at von stuben high school, one of several chicago schools where mayor emanuel has brought nobel peace prize winners to speak with students. he joins me now for a primetime exclusive. mr. mayor, welcome. or rather thank you for welcoming me. are you aware of the history of this school? baron von stuben. >> are you aware of the history? >> i'm aware he was george washington's ruthless chief of staff. >> right. >> and therefore personally responsible for annihilating a lot of brits. >> von steuben did -- actually was in the army, as you know. he was also -- hamilton has a view of whether he was not in fact washington's chief of sta

mitt romney's father was the one that provided the silver spoon for mitt romney. barack obama is the one who's providing the silver spoon for his children. this is the generational promise of america and this is the first generation, because of these policies who are feeling less hopeful about the future for their children. if people had confidence in these policies and the economy going forward, barack obama would have -- would be in much stronger standing and would not have a strategy that depends wholly on dragging down mitt romney. he would be running on his economic record, which he can't. >> mary, cornell, thanks. >>> sad news tonight. levon helm, drummer and singer for the band has died. a look back at his life in music next. i went to a small high school. the teacher that comes to mind for me is my high school math teacher, dr. gilmore. i mean he could teach. he was there for us, even if we needed him in college. you could call him, you had his phone number. he was just focused on making sure we were gonna be successful. he would never give up on any of us

what was clear to me is there were ten times as many acting for mitt romney or on behalf of mitt romney or around the back door for mitt romney. and you cannot escape the conclusion that he didn't win the nominee because he's just the best candidate. he won it primarily because he blew the others out of the water financially. >> right. but also the demolition derby had blowback on him. the truth is people like adleson freeze who will rally to romney by supporting -- they have so damaged him that he has some of the worst positive poll ratings of a candidate at this stage of a campaign ever. he has negative ratings that are so high. so the same sugar daddies that are now going to try to help him destroy obama really did damage to him when they were working for santorum and gingrich. >> barack obama is not exactly short of cash. for march alone he got $104 million in, overall obama nearly $200 million. romney closing up on $100 million. are these misleading, these figures? >> there's an apples and oranges thing going on. you have to think if you're watching this from outside and don't want

. >>> mitt romney is running into trouble with female voters. i'll ask south carolina's governor nicky haley what romney has to do to fix that. also, new video surfacing of a government worker joking around about how much of your taxpayer money his agency is lavishly spending. we're talking about hundreds of taxpayer dollars wasted. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> the obama administration replies to a rare order from a federal appeals court. the latest round of a sharp dispute over the nation's health care reform law. we begin with president obama warning the supreme court against overturning his cherished legislation. judges hearing a separate case took offense at what the president of the united states said and they demanded a three-page written explanation. let's go straight to our congressional correspondent kate bolduan. she's working the story for us. today the attorney general of the united states complied with that demand. >> complied with that demand. i guess to use the sports

that's where i think mitt romney has a chance -- i think that's where mitt romney has a chance to drive home, if he is unapologetic about who he is and if he gets more comfortable with who he is. >> he needs to be apologetic for how he got rich. >> but i don't think voters -- >> not at the same time. paul, then gloria. >> he needs to apologize for how he gets rich. he is not bill gates or warren buffett of steve jobs, who created a new company and provided goods and services. >> but he's saying he did. he's saying he created multiple companies. >> he's certainly not telling ç the whole truth. a vast amount of the wealth was taking over companies, loading them up with debt and paying himself and partners millions of dollars out of the debt, and crashing the company into bankruptcy, laying people off and cancelling their health benefits. that is not the american dream. he rigged -- some of his investments were good, good for him. in many cases he rigged the game to benefit himself in a way that even republicans in the primaries thought was really problematic. >> gloria? >> paul, i don't

today mitt romney is hunting for votes and he needs the nra support. joining me now, cnn contributor erick erickson and democratic strategist and political contributor donna brasile. last time, mitt romney got a lot of grief after he said he hunted varmints, so called. he didn't make one personal comment in the whole speech. do you think that's a better approach? >> i think he probably wants to keep the personal out of it. every time he's tried to relate anecdotes about himself and guns it hadn't come off very well for him. he has these issues. barack obama has the national security issues from when he campaigned to close guantanamo bay and it's still opened. they are both going bob held accountable and that's what's going to make this campaign so found for both sides. >> romney only mentioned guns one time but mentioned president obama's name at least 25 times. is it safe to say romney's team is basically on the offensive now? >> absolutely not. mitt romney is running as fast as he possibly can from his previous record. not only on guns, but just abou

what's the latest with mitt romney and marco rubio speculation? >> this was marco rubio and milt romney's first public appearances together. what do they think about that prospect? they aren't willing to say. >> his name is mitt romney, the next president of the united states. >> reporter: add marco rule know to mitt romney's list of potential running mates. >> first of all i think you look great. >> rubio is assume the vice presidential attack dog. >> barack obama is a reality and for millions of americans today life is worse than it was three years ago because he doesn't know what he's doing. but before their town hall in pennsylvania, both men steered clear of these questions. so far signs point to rubio -- bp wish list, he's repeatedly said he doesn't want the job. >> i'm not going to be the vice president. unlike rubio, other -- first christi, paul ryan and bob mcdonnell all appeared with romney before their state contest. rubio and -- i hope you'll say yes if a future president romney asks him. >> reporter: there's also been some differences

mitt romney made some comments that we should be very afraid. tim writes, a better question is how big a threat are we to them. their only offensive weapon in a conventional military sense is for the destruction of the world. this is a country with such -- ryan writes,adicanadian, i married a russian 18 months ago, i have news for romney, russia's been capitalist for 20 years, it's a caucasian country like canada. i love the place, the people are warm and friendly. just like north america, they're all fed up with their politicians. j.k.k.? mcinn not as much as you would like to believe. larry in rhode island, as big a threat is santorum is to romney for the nomination. russia is clearly not a best friend, but they're nowhere near the threat the soviet union is? renee says russia is clearly not our best friend, but they continue to fall back on those good old-fashioned scare tactics. and j.d. writes russia is about the last thing on my list of things to worry about. if you want to comment, go to my blog, cnn.com/caffertyfile. >> you have a lot of

today mitt romney is hunting for votes and he needs the nra support. we have eric erikkson and democratic strategist and political contributor, donna brazile. >> last time, mitt romney got a lot of grief after he said he hunted varmints, so called. he didn't make one personal comment in the whole speech. do you think that's a better approach? >> i think he probably wants to keep the personal out of it. every time he's tried to relate anecdotes about himself and guns it hadn't come off very well for him. he has these issues. barack obama has the national security issues from when he campaigned to close guantanamo bay and it's still opened. they are both going bob held accountable and that's what's going to make this campaign so found for both sides. >> romney only mentioned guns one time but mentioned president obama's name at least 25 times. is it safe to say romney's team is basically on the offensive now? >> absolutely not. mitt romney is running as fast as he possibly can from his previous record. not only on guns, but just about, you name the topic

also for the budget and mitt romney. mitt romney who was getting big endorsements is focusing less on his republican opponents and more on the president. president obama and his republican opponents have been exchanging blows from a distance, but the presidential race has shifted to hand to hand combat. obama versus romney. >> he said the other day that he's doing an historically day job like lincoln, lbj and fdr, and this was not said on "saturday night live." he believes that. >> reporter: as the gop front-runner continued campaigning in wisconsin, president obama was at the associated press luncheon in washington where for the first time in a speech he singled out romney by name, mocking the republican hopeful's support for the controversial ryan budget plan. >> governor romney has said that he hoped a similar version of this plan from last year would be introduced as a bill on day one of his presidency. he said that he's very supportive of this new budget, and he even called it marvelous which is a word you don't oft

. >> if it was up to mitt romney, we wouldn't have an auto industry. he said let them go. >> the democrats' tough-talking champion of bare knuckle politics, his bold plan for keeping america great and his new battle for world peace. >> i wanted the kids to have this opportunity, to speak and learn from people who stood up and made a difference. >> this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> a big story tonight. rahm emanuel. we're here at von stuben high school, one of several chicago schools where mayor emanuel has brought nobel peace prize winners to speak with students. he joins me now for a primetime exclusive. mr. mayor, welcome. or rather thank you for welcoming me. are you aware of the history of this school? baron von stuben. >> are you aware of the history? >> i'm aware he was george washington's ruthless chief of staff. >> right. >> and therefore personally responsible for annihilating a lot of brits. >> von steuben did -- actually was in the army, as you know. he was also -- hamilton has a view of whether he was not in fact washington's chief of sta

mitt romney accusing president obama. we have two car insurances that we're going to have you taste. the first one we're going to call x. go ahead and take a sip, and then let me know what the baby thinks of it. four million drivers switched to this car insurance last year. oh, she likes it babies' palates are very sensitive so she's probably tasting the low rates. this is car insurance y, they've been losing customers pretty quickly. oh my gosh, that's horrible!, which would you choose? geico. over their competitor. do you want to finish it? no. does the baby want to finish it? no. >>> keeping them honest in the presidential race. the war over who, if anybody, is waging a war on women is heating up with mitt romney doubling down on a number that has many people scratching their heads. here's what romney said today in delaware. >> the real war on women is being waged by the president's failed economic policies. now, the president says, oh, i didn't cause this recession. that's true. he just made it worse. and made it last

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i do think mitt romney will have problems relating to women. he will have problems relating to men, but those problems will be about him being able to relate to people in general. frankly, if the economy goes down, i don't think it's going to matter. more and more we're seeing small businesses say they don't even want to hire headed into next year but that's a problem not for mitt romney, but for barack obama. >> paul, i want to give you the final thought. how big -- i mean do you think -- do you believe that president obama appeals to women more than mitt romney does? >> yeah, i think -- speaking as a guy, i think that the three most powerful words any politician can say to anybody but especially a man talking to women is i get it. like that's what bill clinton said to a woman in richmond, virginia, during a presidential debate when he asked bush about the national debt. he said i get it. mitt just doesn't get it and i think the president does. i think an issue that will come is romney's record as a businessman. he says that he was a turn-arou

romney's wife. >> what you have is mitt romney running around the country saying my wife tells me that my wife tells me that women care about economic issues. guess what? his wife has never worked a day in her life. she's never dealt with the kinds of economic issues that a majority of the women in this country are facing in terms of how do we feed our kids? how do we send them to school and how we worry about their future. yes, it's about these positions and, yes, i think there will be a war of words about the positions. >> reporter: twitter lights up almost immediately and at 10:07 the rm me campaign springs into action. incorrectly labeling rosen an adviser a new kill ann strategy and in the process insulting working moms. now like it or not, rosen is a campaign issue. tweets are flying about the 35 times she visited the white house. the firm she worked with that's linked to other prominent democrats. >> my point is that he, romney, should stop saying she is his guide to women's economic problems. at 10:18, ann romney herself weighs in. her twitter account was set up some time ago a

what's going on with mitt romney? >> things have changed this week for mitt romney that's for sure, wolf. for the first time in his bid for the white house romney is going up against an opponent who can do some real damage. >> reporter: hours before mitt romney met with college students in ohio for an event on financial aid. >> as an english major your options are you better go to graduate school. >> they were e-mailing out to reporters this link to the recovery.gov website, they had received $80,000 in stimulus money for, what else? financial aid. it was another reminder of the difficult task ahead for romney taking on an incumbent president with a whip smart political team. though billed as official visit, the campaign-style stops to hammer the republicans on student loans earlier this week not only got the jump on romney, but seemed to be getting under the skin of house speaker john boehner. >> people want to politicize it because it's an election year, but my god, do we have to fight about everything? >> reporter:

it's been a very good week for mitt romney. now it's up to him and his staff to keep it going. we've essentially entered the general election phase of the 2012 campaign with lightning speed thanks to social nemedia d controversial remarks by romney's wife anne by political strategist hillary rosen. recent polls show mitt romney running behind president obama with women voters by double digits. the question is how can he close that gap? of course, wolf, that is a huge question and moving back to the middle presumably would be at least part of it. >> he's also got to make sure that the republican base, the republican establishment all are on the same page. he's got to have peace, if you will, with santorum and the others. >> absolutely right. the conservative base, keeping them energized is absolutely critical. whether he's going to try to make that move that's so traditional among candidates once they're assured the party's nomination is a question. but what i've been finding at least anecdotally talking with values voters and other conservatives, the national rifle association

why haven't you endorsed mitt romney? >> i said we would be backing our party's nominee, and i will happily do that. >> what i'm doing is working behind the scenes bringing together all factions of our party. don't forget, when there was the dust up between hillary rodham clinton ask barack obama there were 18 million women who had backed hill row clint and wanted no part of backing barack obama. it took time to get them to come over. i'm working behind the scenes to get together the tea party and evangelicals to come together with the conservatives and back the nominee. >> he's the leader of the republicans right now, mitt romney, right? >> uh-huh. mitt romney is the presumptive nominee right now. >> you want him to beat president obama and why not say it and endorse him? >> that will all come. >> you just want me to do it on your show, that's the thing. it will happen, it's uft just not going happen right now on your show. >> i want you to do it if you want to do it. it's a free country and you're not ready to say i'm e

mitt romney called the report weak and very troubling. the president said there's a lot more work to do. joining me now from miami, florida is the chair of the democratic national committee, congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz. thank you, congressman, for joining us on this holiday weekend. >> you're welcome. i want to start out with the jobs report. mitt romney described it as weak. we've heard various economists describe the economy as sluggish. how would you describe the latest jobs report? >> well, because we've now had 25 straight months of private sector job growth, more than 4 million jobs created, and where actually at this point in our recovery, we've created seven times more jobs than at the same point in the recovery in 2001, i'd say we're making slow but steady progress. and like the president said, we have got a ways to go, we need to keep pushing. but what's really bothersome to me, candy, is that it almost seems like my republican colleagues in congress and mitt romney are rooting for economic failure. i mean, they've be

but the republican nominee is clearly going to be mitt romney. the democratic nominee obviously is president obama. so it's going to be a fun time for all of us who are covering politics to watch who's going to be the next president of the united states. >> how does it affect the way the primary is now played out? because newt gingrich and ron paul are both saying they'll stay in the race probably until the tampa convention. what does is that mean in reality? when we get to the next stage of primaries, how significant are they now in light of santorum pulling out? >> they're not very significant. it's all over for all practical purposes. they'll go through the motions. romney will pick up more and more delegates. he'll get to 1,144. so the coronation formally will happen at the end of august at the republican convention in tampa. but it's done. >> obama's campaign man said in a statement it's no surprise mitt romney was able to grind down on opponents under negative ads. but neither hi or special interest allies will be able to able to buy the pr

and mitt romney has a terrific plan. obama has failed miserably on this, turning the economy around, getting people back to work. men and women, all of us, americans, coming together again and let's see that we have a country that can thrive under a romney presidency. >> i'm okay. that's the debate we ought to be having. >> i couldn't agree more. >> hilary rosen, appreciate it. bay buchanan, thank you very much. >>> north korea fired a rocket tonight, there are reports that the test failed. the latest just ahead. great shot. how did the nba become the hottest league on the planet? by building on the cisco intelligent network they're able to serve up live video, and instant replays, creating fans from berlin to beijing. what can we help you build? nice shot kid. the nba around the world built by the only company that could. cisco. but proven technologies allow natural gas producers to supply affordable, cleaner energy, while protecting our environment. across america, these technologies protect air - by monitoring air qua

i think today the mitt romney campaign not at def-con 1 but at 2. they have to be worried about all this. >> thanks for your time. >> thank you. >>> syria's government is making new policy to pull its troops out of syria's cities by april 10th. the veteran war photojournalist paul conroy has seen it up close. he barely got out of there alive. coming up, his take on the latest promise from the assad regime. [ male announcer ] the cadillac cts sport sedan was designed with near-perfect weight balance from front to back... and back to front. ♪ giving you exceptional control from left to right... and right to left. ♪ the cadillac cts. ♪ we don't just make luxury cars. we make cadillacs. >> announcer: this is the day. the day that we say to the world of identity thieves "enough." we're lifelock, and we believe you have the right to live free from the fear of identity theft. our pledge to you? as long as there are identity thieves, we'll be there. we're lifelock. and we offer the most comprehensive identity theft protection ever created. lifelock: r

that's where i think mitt romney has a chance -- i think that's where mitt romney has a chance to drive home if he is unapologetic about who he is and if he gets more comfortable with who he is. >> but i don't think voters -- >> not at the same time. paul, then gloria. >> he needs to apologize for how he gets rich. he is not bill gates or warren buffett of steve jobs who created a new company and provided goods and services. >> but he is saying he created multiple companies. >> he's certainly not telling the whole truth. a vast amount of the wealth was taking over companies, loading them up with debt and paying himself and partners millions of dollars out of the debt and crashing the company into bankruptcy and cancelling the people's health care. he rigged -- some of his investments were good, good for him. he rigged the game to benefit himself in a way that even republicans in the primaries thought was really problematic. >> gloria? >> paul, i don't think voters want to hear the class arguments at this point. i think they want somebody that they believe can fix the economy. and some p

if you were to lose all three and mitt romney won all three, would you not be tempted to say, okay. that's it. i've had a great run. he is clearly going to be the nominee. >> i get that question more than how are you today? look, when we finished up with the great one in louisiana at the end of march, won by 23 points. we had a great march. we won at love states in march and exceeded every expectations. we've done a great job in taking the seven loaves and fishes and turning it into 11 state wins. it's been a great opportunity. yet we knew that april would be a very tough month for us. this is a sires of states, rhode island and new york and connecticut and d.c. and maryland. these are not conservative states. and we have some states that we know we can run well in. wisconsin is one that we think we can run well in. pennsylvania, we know we can win. we can hopefully be competitive in one of the other states but we know that the month of may is rich with delegates and are strong states for us. states like texas and arkansas and kentucky, and indiana, west virginia, north carolina. th

and an advisory to mitt romney. hilary, welcome back. i would like to give you a chance to talk about your comments, explain them, defend them, also address the firestorm they've caused over the last 24 hours. >> you know, i think i've characterized them often enough over the last 24 hours, anderson, and it is clear that anybody who knows me knows that i am actually a mother, that i was even a stay-at-home mother for several years, that the idea that i would create a division between stay-at-home moms and working moms is just silly. that has nothing to do with what i said. what i care about and what i think the american people care about is whether or not we are going to have a president who is focused on the struggles of women who have economic challenges. and we need to know that our president understands that, cares about that, has policies to fix that. i've seen 23 straight months of job growth under president obama and a significant amount of support for women and women's issues. i have not seen that with mitt romney and his history

a primary that mitt romney revived his campaign by winning. days before competing in arizona, with its large hispanic population, a primary that allows independents to vote, romney called it a model but not for the law that cobach wrote. >> i think you see a model here in arizona. they passed a law here that says the people who come here and try to find work, the employer is required to look them up e-verify. >> that's a different law than sb 1070. more recently the campaign sought to distance itself from cobach, saying he's just a supporter. that his relationship with the campaign, quote, has not changed. campaign, by the way, has since changed their tune a little confirming cobach is an informal adviser. it's just as hard to nail down other clues to where exactly romney stands on this. he's campaigning with mark rubio, and supports the dream act. it provides a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants who enter the country as children. what's romney's take on that? back in december, governor romney seemed to be taking a tough line at least

let's bring in cnn's national political correspondent jim acosta. >> reporter: wolf, mitt romney has spent his first full day as presumptive gop nominee, it's a move to address one of the big general election short comings. >> reporter: it was no accident mitt romney visited karen brinker, a small business woman who owns a printing shop in connecticut. >> this president has failed america's women. >> reporter: the man who is almost certain to be the gop nominee is on a charm offensive to attract women voters. according to the abc news/washington post poll romney trails by seven points among registered voters and 19 points among women why romney has slammed the president on how women have fared during the obama economy. >> 92.3% of all of the jobs lost during the obama years have been lost by women. his failures have hurt women. >> reporter: the watchdog wen site politifact lists that as mostly false. while 92% of the jobs lost were held by women, the bureau of labor statistics show the number is much less 40% since the start of the recession in 2007. that's because men were laid off

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i think living in a country where mitt romney is president, we'd probably be moving backwards when it comes to this issue. he supported doma publicly, he's also donated $10,000 for the national organization for marriage. so i think under a romney administration, we would be looking at a different world for lbgt people and certainly not one that's better. >> you make a brilliant point. you said britney spears marriage after 55 hours, kim kardashian 72, both uphold the sanctity of marriage. your mothers have been together 16 years of married commitment, and yet many people refuse to recognize them. >> that's right. >> as a married couple. it is an absurd disparity in the way many people view those two situations. >> yeah, definitely. you know in fact my moms had thafr first commitment ceremony in 1996, three months to the day after the defense of marriage act was signed into law. the defense of marriage act is what singled out same-sex couples in the eyes of the federal government and was supposed toe to protect the sanctity of marriage. it was propelled by speaker gingrich and presiden

a primary that mitt romney revived his campaign by winning. days before competing in arizona, with its large hispanic population, a primary that allows independents to vote, governor romney called arizona a model but not for the law. >> i think you see a model here in arizona. they passed a law here that says the people who come here and try to find work, the employer is required to look them up e-verify. >> that's actually a different law than sb-1070. more recently the campaign sought to distance itself from cobach, saying he's just a supporter not an adds adviser which was news to cobach. that his relationship with the campaign, quote, has not changed. campaign, by the way, has since changed their tune a little confirming cobach is an informal adviser. it's just as hard to nail down other clues to where exactly romney stands on this. he's campaigning with mark rubio and supported a version of the dream act. it provides a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants who enter the country as children. what's romney's take on that? back in decem

which mitt romney would you be getting if he becomes president. today cobach told the kansas newspaper, why not both. quote, i think he can embrace both of us and go merry along to win the election in november. a lot to talk about tonight with paul, who is advising the leading pro super pack. also republican strategist and senior romney adviser buchanan. paul, where does romney stand, do you think? >> he has now for several years been on a very strong anti-immigrant position, which has helped him in the primaries, but hurt him desperately with latino voters. i think this whole strategy is old school. nixon used to say this, run to the right in the primaries and then run to the middle in the general election. that was over 40 years. and that dog don't hunt anymore. we have the miracle of videotape. i think this is causing him grievous damage. i don't think he'll be able to undo it. >> you think he's clearly trying to pivot? >> i think he is what my spanish speaking friends is a liar. he's lying now just to get the hispanic votes. i think voters see

if mitt romney, when he was speaking to cannibals, he would promise them missionaries. he's the most elastic, flexible guy. >> isn't that something all politicians do? >> he's like the mohammed a lie. all boxers throw punches. seriously, bay, it's not what -- i'm telling you, you can't run from the extreme right pro-arizona immigration law and then a few weeks later, just because the dates have changed the election has changed and the electorate has changed, pretend we're not watching, it's insulting to fib like that. >> you're manufacturing that. he has not changed at all. impart of this campaign. i'm talking to the people in boston. i'll tell you what we do. anderson pointed out, candidates say different things out there. and your candidate certainly has. there's something that we know about barack obama is that he has used his power to trample the -- this is second time his policies have been before the supreme court. sotomayor has said we're not buying this argument. it is unconstitutional these lawsuits against these states. >> what's before the court is arizona la

number two, i don't believe mitt romney who is all but definite republican nominee has. so if there are people on the side, i'd call them out on it too. >> good for you. let's talk about romney. is romney a stronger candidate or weaker now? >> he is weaker and he's running against a weaker president. one of the factors going on, this republican primary has not strengthened the front-runners. you can make the case it's brought them down in the favorable and unfavorable opinion ratio. the same thing happened to president obama. he began his presidency with a 10% disapproval, increased five times now, under 50% in disapproval. so his presidency hasn't served him well. the republican primary hasn't served republicans well, and the american people are in a bad mood, a surly mood about almost everybody in public life. it's a warning to everybody. >> cornel, your team had a lot of fun pointing out mitt romney's weakness with the conservative base. but you look at some exit poll numbers, and he seems to be making real progress with a lot of voters. >> well, i'm going to pull a a

number two, i don't believe mitt romney who is all but definite republican nominee. so if there are people on the side, idcall them out on it too. >> good for you. is romney a stronger candidate or weaker now? >> he is weaker and he's running against a weaker president. one of the factors going on, this republican primary has not strengthened the front-runners. you can make the case it's brought them down. the same thing happened to president obama. he began his presidency with a 10% disapproval, increased five times now, under 50% in disapproval. so his presidency hasn't served him well. the republican primary hasn't served republicans well, and the american people are in a bad mood about almost everybody in public life. it's a warning to everybody. >> cornel, your team had a lot of fun pointing out mitt romney's weakness with the conservative base. but you look at some exit poll numbers, and he seems to be making real progress with a lot of voters. >> well, i'm going to pull a ari here and respond to ari. when you go back to 2008 and look at how the battle between

by unmanaged fiscal policy. >> i called it mitt, i was talking it romney. tell me abouted reality about the current state of the economy, particularly in america. someone said to me over the weekend, a very prominent british politician. many american businessmen don't seem to get it, nor do the politicians that the world is moving on very fast outside of america, and america is no longer the only game in town for countries like brazil, for example. >> it clearly, there's been a rise, a shift over the past few decades, brazil, china india, russia, indonesia. these are all much more serious xi familiaric economies than in the past. the u.s. dollar is the number one currency. investors around the world like to hold u.s. government securities, and that's one big reason why interest rates are so low for the government and for private people for mortgages or other purposes. we have low interest rates, investors are willing to lend to the united states. now, that's not going to last forever, particularly such as countries as brazil. we have a temporary advantage a

number two, i don't believe mitt romney who is all but definite republican nominee has. so if there are people on the side, i'd call them out on it too. i'm consistent on that. >> good for you. let's talk about romney. is romney a stronger candidate now or weaker candidate? >> he is weaker and he's running against a weaker president. one of the factors going on, this republican primary has not strengthened the front-runners. you can make the case it's brought them down in the favorable and unfavorable opinion ratio. the same thing happened to president obama. he began his presidency with a 10% disapproval, increased five times now, under 50% in disapproval. so his presidency hasn't served him well. the republican primary hasn't served republicans well, and the american people are in a bad mood, a surly mood about almost everybody in public life. it's a warning to everybody. >> cornell, your team certainly had a lot of fun pointing out mitt romney's weakness with the conservative base. but you look at some exit poll numbers, and he seems to be making real progress with a

>> that as a campaign drum beat, mitt romney quickly said he fully supports extending the loan program and house republicans got on board. but the bill they passed today is paid for by eliminating preventative care funding in the health care reform act. house democrats wanted to tax oil companies. that's how they wanted to pay for it. some members, minority leader nancy pelosi and others, also calling the gop funding plan another attack on women. >> what the majority would do today with taking the funds here instead of taking it from special interests and closing corporate loopholes was to just pile on on that assault on women's health care. >> well, a short time later, house speaker john boehner erupted. >> people want to politicize this because it's an election year. but, my god, do we have to fight about everything? and now, now we're going to have a fight over women's health. give me a break. you know, this is the -- this is the latest plank in the so-called war on women. entirely created -- entirely created by my colleagues across the aisle for political gain. >> so keeping 'em ho

we're no longer in this old-fashioned place where mitt romney and his advisers want to have us be, where our only allies are in western europe and we're facing the soviet threat or czechoslovakia. we have country by country strategies and each one of them requires some strong leadership. an i think that's the issue that president obama is going to be able to run on. but i do agree that short of a crisis between now and november, it's not going to be on the front burner. >> ari, republicans, it's interesting, they have often felt they had an advantage with voters when it comes to foreign policy and national security. do you think that is still true in this election? whether or not it's the issue people will vote on, or do you think the balance of power has shifted a bit? >> i think it's shifted a bit. i think ever since the collapse of the soviet union you have not had the same dividing bright lines on foreign policy and defense issues that you did in the old days, so it's become less of an issue. but again, it's that threshold issue. in the case of president obama, of course, the vice pr

number two, i don't believe mitt romney who is all but the definite republican nominee has. if there's people on the side, i call them out on it, too, wolf. i'm consistent on that. >> good for you. let's talk about romney. is he a stronger candidate or a weaker candidate? >> he's weaker and he's running against a weaker president. one of the factors going on is this republican primary has not strengthened our front-runners. you can make the case it's brought them down in their favorable and unfavorable opinion ratio. the same thing happened to president obama. he began his president says we a10% disapproval. it's increased five times now, just under 50% in disapproval. his presidency hasn't served him well, the republican primary hasn't served republicans well in terms of popularity. the american people are in a bad mood to just about everyone. >> you look at some of the exit poll numbers last night, he seems to be making some real progress with a lot of those voters. >> well, i'm going to pull an ari here and respond to ari. when you go back to '08 and look at how, you know