we all know mitt romney is a rich man, it's just a fact. he has been criticized in this campaign as being out of touch with the average american. well, there are some new photos, they were released today from the campaign, doing not so much. here he is with his family. this was easter at his 3,000 square foot spanish style home along san diego's beautiful la jolla beach, price tag a cool $12 million. meanwhile, president obama spends the week making the buffet rule, taxing the rich more. is the romney campaign tone deaf or is he just trying to give voters an image inside his real life, his family life? joining me now the daughters of jon huntsman. welcome. abby, let me begin with you. as we see all these pictures, family fun, easter weekend. you see the grandkids and the kids and the beautiful home. is this what it looked like in the huntsman family household for easter? is it typical? >> he's in a tough position, he can't win. he does come from money, he does have a beautiful family. but at the end of the world, people want him to be super

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. fore! no matter what small business you are in, managing expenses seems to... get in the way. not anymore. ink, the small business card from chase introduces jot an on-the-go expense app made exclusively for ink customers. custom categorize your expenses anywhere. save time and get back to what you love. the latest innovation. only for ink customers. learn more at chase.com/ink got the mirrors all adjusted? you can see everything ok? just stay off the freeways, all right? i don't want you going out on those yet.

right now mitt romney has some catching up to do. he's 40 percentage points behind president obama among latinos. what he hopes will help him is hitting the trail with marco rubio. what likely won't help are his tough words on immigration during the primary season, especially when it comes to the controversial arizona immigration law, which the supreme court will take on this week. romney called it a model for the nation. >> the right course for america is to drop these lawsuits against arizona and other states that are trying to do the job barack obama isn't doing. which -- and i will drop those lawsuits on day one. i'll also complete the fence. i'll make sure we have enough border patrol agents to secure the fence and i will make sure we have an e-verify system. >> among other things, the arizona law romney was talking about requires police officers to check the immigration status of any person detained in the state for any reason. it requires illegal immigrants to carry their registration papers at all times and it makes it a crim

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it seemed as though mitt romney was improving his stance. i think you are going to see a general refocusing on the message. >> let's talk about the message. when you look at the numbers, the washington post poll and president obama does well when it comes to women but when you look at jobs and the economy it is neck and neck. obama at 43%, romney 47%. how is romney, it is a little bit of a lead but not enough. >> absolutely and the other issue is that recently third way released a survey as they referred to as swing independents. these voters favor obama slightly over romney. they are actually much more responsive to an opportunity oriented economic message than a fairness oriented economic message. with the president focusing on the buft rule -- it is not necessarily true that romney is going to press an opportunity oriented message but if you manage to figure that out it suggests that he might learn from santorum by appealing more blue collar voters then he has a real advantage. >> there is someone out there who would like to get the voter

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. >>> president obama and mitt romney engage in a spin-off over today's jobs report. we cut through the rhetoric and find the truth. >>> a fighter jet crashes in a new apartment complex in virginia. we have the dramatic video. >>> and andrew sullivan says, forget the church, just follow jesus. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening. i'm john avlon in for erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, new jobs number and the predictable partisan spin cycle. the economy added only 120,000 new jobs in march. that's 100,000 less than last month. the good news, the unemployment rate fell to 8.2%. that's the lowest since february 2009, one month after president obama took office. and not surprisingly, republicans wasted no time in attacking the white house. mitt romney called it a weak and troubling jobs report and said, "millions of americans are paying a high price for president obama's economic policies." now, don't be shocked, president obama saw the glass half full. >> our economy's now created more than 4 million private sector jobs over the past two years. and more than 600,000 in

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." >>> president obama and mitt romney engage in a spin-off over today's jobs report. we cut through the rhetoric and find the truth. >>> a fighter jet crashes in a new apartment complex in virginia. we have the dramatic video. >>> and andrew sullivan says, forget the church, just follow jesus. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening. i'm john avlon in for erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, new jobs number and the predictable partisan spin cycle. the economy added only 120,000 new jobs in march. that's 100,000 less than last month. the good news, the unemployment rate fell to 8.2%. that's the lowest since february 2009, one month after president obama took office. and not surprisingly, republicans wasted no time in attacking the white house. mitt romney called it a weak and troubling jobs report and said, "millions of americans are paying a high price for president obama's economic policies." now, don't be shocked, president obama saw the glass half full. >> our economy's now created more than 4 million private sector jobs over the past two years. and more than 600,000 in

>>> president obama and mitt romney engage in a spin-off over today's jobs report. we cut through the rhetoric and find the truth. >>> a fighter jet crashes in a new apartment complex in virginia. we have the dramatic video. >>> and andrew sullivan says, forget the church, just follow jesus. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening. i'm john avlon in for erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, new jobs number and the predictable partisan spin cycle. the economy added only 120,000 new jobs in march. that's 100,000 less than last month. the good news, the unemployment rate fell to 8.2%. that's the lowest since february 2009, one month after president obama took office. and not surprisingly, republicans wasted no time in attacking the white house. mitt romney called it a weak and troubling jobs report and said, "millions of americans are paying a high price for president obama's economic policies." now, don't be shocked, president obama saw the glass half full. >> our economy's now created more than 4 million private sector jobs over the past two years. and more than 600,000 in

. >>> president obama and mitt romney engage in a spin-off over today's jobs report. we cut through the rhetoric and find the truth. >>> a firefighter jet crashes in a new apartment complex in virginia. we have the dramatic video. >>> and andrew sullivan says, forget the church, just follow jesus. >>> let's go outfront. . >>> good evening. i'm john avalon in for erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, new jobs number and the predictable partisan spin cycle. the economy added only 120,000 new jobs in march. that's 100,000 less than last month. the good news, the unemployment rate fell to 8.2%. that's the lowest since february 2009, one month after president obama took office. and not surprisingly, republicans wasted no time in attacking the white house. mitt romney called it a weak and troubling jobs report and said, "millions of americans are paying a high price for president obama's economic policies." now, don't be shocked, president obama saw the glass half full. >> our economy's now created more than 4 million private sector jobs over the past two years. and more than 6

in may mitt romney may have some trouble. mitt romney may face some states that may make this year's long slog of romney still longer and sl sloggier. we bring in john and steve. thanks for being here in in maryland and washington good night for mr. romney. he's leading in wisconsin. it's too early to call there. rick santorum is talking about may and future contests. that's in part to say i'm not leaving, don't call for me to get out of the race. does he have a point that he may do well in may and if the race is still seen as being alive that mitt romney might have trouble? >> yeah. the reason he could have trouble in may is because there's been a resistance to mitt romney that's been demographically per sis tent. if you look at the republican voting universe, if that voting universe is 50% or more composed of evangelical christians, rom has not been able to win it. nothing in maryland, nothing in the district of columbia and nothing in wisconsin will change that. if you heard that list that rick santorum rattled off there,

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mitt romney does this all the time. in the speech that he gave last night when he won wisconsin and in a speech that he gave today, he used this tactic like a dozen times. it's kind of his only trick. all of his weaknesses as a candidate, he now just says are the weaknesses of barack obama as a candidate. so mitt romney lived in france instead of going to vietnam. he spent years and years in europe. so now mitt romney says that is barack obama's problem. he's the european! mitt romney signed on to the paul ryan kill-medicare plan, so now mitt romney says wanting to kill medicare, that's barack obama's problem. >> he has taken a series of steps that end medicare as we know it. >> mitt romney was 47th out of 50th in job creation when he served as governor of massachusetts and his record in private industry at bain capital is littered with all of these horror stories about shutting down factories and firing american workers. getting rid of american jobs for his own personal profit. so mitt romney opened his speech last nig

what is mitt romney's position on this bill? what is mitt romney's position on north carolina's anti-gay constitutional amendment? we don't know. which is a little bit weird, because the barack obama re-election campaign has taken a stand on it. the obama campaign says it is against the anti-gay marriage amendment in north carolina and usually when a campaign takes an overt stance like that, that's the kind of thing that calls for a response from the other side. but so far, nothing from the romney camp. our own campaign embed, garrett hake, confirms to us tonight that mr. romney, even though he is in north carolina tonight, the night before voting starts, even though mr. obama has taken a side on this issue, mr. romney has not taken any position on it. we have not heard beep from the romney campaign about this. which, again, is a little bit weird. because in the context of trying to win the republican nomination for president this year, mr. romney has not been shy at all about matters like this. he gave the rabidly anti-gay nati

remember, kris kobach is mitt romney's immigration adviser, and this is what mitt romney says should be a model for the nation. what is motivating these guys? why are they writing these laws? what do they think they are doing with these laws that mitt romney says should be a model for the nation? "immigration is on track to change the demographic makeup of the entire country. you know, what they call minority majority, says hethmon. how many countries have gone through a transition like that, peacefully, carefully? it's theoretically possible, but we don't have any examples." wait, that's why we need anti-immigration bills like the ones you guys wrote, that mitt romney says are a model for the nation. to make sure that america stays white enough. to keep the number of non-white people in america low? that's why we need immigration reform. that's what's motivating these bills. you know, what they call minority/majority. how many nations have gone through a transition like that, peacefully or carefully? it's theoretically possible, but we don't have any examples. if that kind of reason

it's not what mitt romney said at all tonight. i think him coming out and saying i'm the food stamps guy, if you're on food stamps and you nevering thought you would be, i'm your guy. i think it's for him to be the paul ryan guy. >> i think what he is talking about is how we grow the economy and create opportunity. he outlines the countie contourt economic line. we have disagreements. i think there's big vision about how to create prosperity and economic opportunity. i think he outlined that speech tonight. >> you're hearing it, but he's not saying. it's great to have you. steve schmidt. we have news. nbc news is projecting that mitt romney wins the gop primary in the great state of new york. shocking. i know. lots more to come including latest primary election results. richard clark is here. stick around. [ male announcer ] imagine facing the day with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine living your life with less chronic low back pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is fda-approved to manage chroni

if you like super anti-gay romneys in the primaries, apparently you will love mitt romney in the general election, too. the other top contender what he might abandon in order to seem more moderate in the general election is his stance on immigration. on that one, [ ding ] ding, we may already have a winner. the big problem is mitt romney has a really bad problem with latino voters. george w. bush had 35% of the latino vote in 2000 and he won. john mccain had only 31% in 2008 and he got creamed. mitt romney has 14% among latinos in some of the most recent polling. it is not possible to win a national election with a number that low. the romney campaign knows it. one of the things mitt romney was overheard telling campaigners last weekend, his campaign would be doomed if he can't get his numbers up among latino voters. how do you get your numbers up among latino voters when you say you would veto the dream act or self-deportation, please see yourself out. and you adopt as immigration adviser, the guy who co-wrote the arizona papers please law where they can walk up to you on the street and

it's not what mitt romney said at all tonight. i think him coming out and saying i'm the food stamps guy, if you're on food stamps and you never thought you would be, then i'm your guy, i think it's amazing for him to also be the paul ryan budget guy. >> i think what he is talking about is how we grow the economy and create opportunity. he began to outline the contours of that economic message. it's obvious we have disagreements on it. i think there's big vision about how to create prosperity and economic opportunity. i think he outlined that speech tonight. >> you're hearing it, but he's not saying it. it's great to have you. steve schmidt. senior strategist for the mccain-palin 2008. nbc news is projecting that mitt romney wins the gop primary in the great state of new york. shocking. i know. lots more to come including latest primary election results. richard clark is here. stick around. [ kate ] many women may not be properly absorbing the calcium they take because they don't take it with food. switch to citracal maximum plus

bush got 44% and mitt romney is at 14. yes, there's a reason for that. >> the answer is self-deportation which is people decide they can do better by going home because they can't find work here because they don't have legal documentation to run here. >> i'm running for office. i can't have illegals. >> if i were elected and congress pass the dream act, would i veto it. the answer is yes. >> he ran ads against rick santorum attacking him for voting for sonya sotomayor mitt romney attacked rick santorum for that as if she's turned tout be a scandal that politicians should be ashamed of. the republican party this year is in a fragile position. their nominee has taken policy positions that are wildly unpopular and latino voters are saying wildly unpowular with them. that said the last election cycle did see three latino republicans elected to state offices. yeah, george w. bush is kicking around again and latino voters did not like him as much as they disliked mitt romney. one thing to watch is how the republican party tries

this was mitt romney's argument two years ago. it's not a new idea to mitt romney and isn't new to the republican party either. >> last year the house of representatives passed legislation to build on the successes of the 1996 welfare reform law. they did so because they want more americans to know the prize and success that come from hard work. the law passed the house, that passed the house, require 40 hours of work each week. >> the first stage of welfare reform brought unprecedented success. millions of americans now knows the rewards of work. welfare mothers have found their long lost self-esteem. >> we want to stop the dependency the government has created with all these entitlement programs. we want to give people the opportunity of dignity to work. >> in welfare reform we reached the conclusion that giving people money for nothing is a bad idea. >> the romney campaign was forced to respond to that clip of him we played from january even though i don't think they wanted to. their response was instructive. it was basically a

it's not what mitt romney said at all tonight. i think him coming out and sayi i know. lots more to come including latest primary election results. richard clark is here. stick around. >>> i don't want this to be a country where a shrinking number of americans are doing real well but a growing number of people but a growing number of people are struggling to get by. that's not my idea of america. i want this to be a country where everybody get a fair shot and everybody is doing their fair share and everybody is playing by the same set of rules. this country has always made a commitment to put a good education within the reach of all who are willing to work for it. pit. that's what makes us special. that's what made us an economic super power. that's what kept us at the hugely important for democrats in 2012. and for this president in particular. when then senator obama beat senator john mccain there in 2008, that was the first time a democrat carried north carolina in a presidential election since jimmy carter back in 1976. the ob

romney tonight, going 3 for 3 in >>> a big, big night for mitt romney tonight, going 3 for 3 in today's presidential primaries. mr. romney is projected to win in wisconsin and in maryland and in washington, d.c. so three months to the day after voting began in iowa, governor romney has had the type of night after which republican voters should kind of be expected to rally around the nominee, right? i mean, that's the conventional wisdom. there's even a saying about that. democratic voters fall in love. republican voters fall in line. so is now the time that we can expect republican voters to start falling in line behind mitt romney? maybe? look at this. this is from the exit polls that nbc news conducted in wisconsin tonight. i think this is really interesting. if mitt romney is the eventual nominee of your party, will you, republican primary voter in wisconsin, be satisfied with that result, or will you be dissatisfied with that result? these are the overall numbers for people who voted in the wisconsin primary. 66% say they'd be satisfied. 32% say they would be dissatisfied if mitt ro