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white and blue ensemble made entirely in china. lawmakers are outraged for outsourcing the clothing. alina cho joins us with more on that. >> theres rare bipartisan backlash on capitol hill about this. good morning, everything in the uniform from the beret to the blazer and shoes made in china. they are made by american designer ralph lauren as soledad said and they are just for the opening and closing ceremonies, recently i got an opportunity to look at the olympic gear with david lau...

Can travel more than a mile. that single ember can ignite and destroy your home or even your community you cant control where that ember will land only what happens when it does get fire adapted now at fireadapted.org >> bill: impact segment. a new poll surveyed american women. right now 51% supporting barack obama and 39% mitt romney. 2008, 56% of american women voted for barack obama so he is down about five points. the house voted today to repeal obama care. no surprise. here now the author o...

dropping out of sight. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." we begin with todays damming new report on penn states universitys cover-up of coach jerry sanduskys sexual attacks on young boys. it says the top people at the university including the legendary football coach, joe paterno, hid what they knew and had no regard for the young victims. just now university officials are promising it will never, never happen again. >> you should know that our hearts remain heavy. and ...

zz h zoraida sambolin has the day off. >> that is awesome. its caught on camera. im ashleigh banfield. its nice to have you with us every morning. its 5:00 a.m. on the east coast. lets get started with this. go vote for someone else. how about that for a campaign pitch. fighting words for mitt romney after a pretty rough reception at the naacp convention. it was a tough sell to begin with though anyway. governor romneys really trying to convince african-americans that theyd be better s...

So cities and states are starving. and we have to figure out how this election is about getting this country back on the right track in the way that president barack obama has been telling us, which is -- >> what could be the answer for a city like scranton, pennsylvania, that probably doesnt have a lot of millionaires. its a very working class, blue collar city. they talked about raising property taxes i think more than 75%. obviously, for somebody who is struggling to make ends meet, thats not...

President george w. bush grabbed 11% of voters in 04. mccain just got 4% in 08. when were looking at governor romney and what he might be able to get is it that space that comes into play in the african-american vote? >> it is that space in the percentage and the space on the numbers. obviously in 2008, the african-american community, not only a big margin. they had a huge turnout because they were so excited to vote for barack obama the first time. you fast forward four years later and talk abo...

a statement today on the health of congressman jesse jackson jr. of illinois. one of his top aids says that jacksons condition is not life threatening. last week jacksons office issued a statement saying he is struggling with physical and emotional problems that will require extensive medical treatment. the 47-year-old took a medical leave of absence last month which his office attributed to exhaustion. he has been under growing pressure to explain his disappearance from capitol hill. ...

we begin with the republicans furious assault on president obamas health care reform law and equally determined backlash. mitt romney faced it today going off script after some prolonged boog interrupted his speech before the naacp convention in houston. jim acosta is standing by in the hall right now. jim, show our viewers, tell our viewers, what happened in houston. >> reporter: wolf, naacp leaders told cnn they praised mitt romney for showing what they called courage in coming to th...

Of excitement this community saw in 2008 around barack obama. you know, african-american voters make up about 13% of the total electorate, but the naacp tells us the number of registered voters in this community is down roughly 7% so far this year, so theres right now a very big push to go out and reach that voting base before november. >> we have new tools that help actually find out who isnt registered and where they live. so we can go by and see them and offer them the opportunity to register...

Time to stop blaming george bush and take some responsibility? >> of course. instead of c.e.o. since im from the south i will say a football coach. three years and you havent won a title you are gone. >> some have decided that the presidents dont control the growth of the economy and cant turn it around quickly from the place we were at in the fall of 08 to where we are now and so that -- if that is true you and there is shift in the thinking of the elector ate that he is not entirely of control...