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Thats one thing george bush said that was right. the president is the decide-er in chief. >> we were only about 50% sure that bin laden was in that compound. but i had 100% confidence in our navy seals. >> i sat in that room with him when we were getting feeds on what was going on at the time. he sat there, resolute, concerned, just watching. got him. confirm it. just boom, boom, boom. then came and explained to everybody the next day in the cabinet room what happened. this is a guy, who as i sa...

Other. it is completely candid relationship. i asked him why he wanted me. he said to help him govern. so its been very rewarding. but its the most rewarding watching him. this guy has an incredible amount of character. hes a back bone like a ram rod. he makes his judgments based upon what he thinks is good for the country. the last questions he asks are the political consequences. >> joe has been a great partner and a great vice-president. he cares about the middle class. he knows what its like...

Less than what was agreed upon. sequestration was a fall back and what would happen if congress failed to act. i heard one of my colleagues on your show today on the other side of the aisle try to portray sequestration as a democratic issue. the reason that sequestration is about to go in affect is the congress tailed to work together along with the president and everybody involved fail would and now we are facing the automatic cuts. >> but he did change the rulings. i am not saying left or righ...

Distorting the truth and if you are talking about fiscal resolve you are not showing it. i think if they change that unless they agreed to an accord with bigger cuts, it makes a mockery and it is theerl over it. >> you cant a process where you agreed to cuts where as it is a fall back position and come in later and with draw it. >> that makes you a phony it makes a speaker the phony on and democratic leadership a phony and canard of the entire process. you say you are serious about this. i was t...

Under my administration, our friends will see more loyalty and mr. putin will see less flexibility and more back bone. we will honor americas democratic ideals because a free world is a more peaceful world. this is the bipartisan foreign policy legacy of truman and reagan, under my presidency well return to it once again. you might have asked yourselves if these last years are the america we want.

Under my administration, our friends will see more loyalty and mr. putin will see less flexibility and more back bone. we will honor americas democratic because a free world is a more peaceful world. this is the bipartisan foreign policy legacy of truman and reagan, under my presidency well return to it once again. you might have asked yourselves if these last years are the america we want.

Friends will see more loyalty, and mr. putin will see a little less flexibility, and more back bone. >> lets head right down to tampa to sort through all of this, with msnbc time analyst, mike halpern is the author of "game change." mike, thank you for joining us early, but start with your impression. >> you can do it half full or half empty, looking at mitt romney, i thought the personal connection was good, the story about his family were fine. i thought the attack lines on the president were ...

Does todd akin? >> whose mind is going there? >> exactly. >> whose mind is going there. theres that. the naked cavorting in the sea of galilee holy site for my people, you know, we all cavort periodically, i dont know. im not going to get too judgmental. its ridiculous. >> the thing, im not getting judgmental, but do that at a holiday inn in topeka. dont go to the sea of galilee now, like i said before, this is -- this sends a message, such a message to evangelicals, who are the back bone of the...

right for america to stand with you. >> mitt romney trailing in polls when they are asked which candidate would handle foreign policy better. its a critical time for him to recover from what some say were big gaffes made in britain. michelle is the co-chair of the obama campaigns national security committee and former defense secretary under president obama and in the situation room during the osama bin laden raid. nice to see you. thank you for talking us with this morning. do you see...

for you. good morning to you, welcome to "early start" on this monday morning. im zoraida sambolin. >> and im ashlee. >> its the kind of heat that makes it hard to breathe and it is still threatening millions of americans all the way from the midwest to the northeast this morning. >> about 16 people have now died from this heat since thursday when triple-digit temperatures unleashed killer storms that have now left millions of people without power this morning. its incredible, but look...