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congress is off tomorrow and tuesday in observance of the jewish holiday. the president goes to ohio today and again on wednesday. we begin this morning with your comments on a "the new york times," editorial. are you ready for retirement? "the new york times" say that millions are headed for an in secure retirement and that focusing on this is one of the biggest issues in the campaign. the phone lines are open. for democrats, 202-737-0001. for republicans, 202-737-0002. for independen...

manufacturing jobs are down, 23,000 in the past three plus years. look at the unemployment rate since obama took office. 7.4% now, 8.6% when he assumed the presidency. >> of course the economy isnt where it needs to be. of course we have more work to do. everybody knows that. the debate in this election is about how we grow faster and how we create more jobs and how we pay down our debt. >> chief white house correspondent, jessica young and gloria borger join us. big day in the state o...

outcome, ohio. where the candidates spoke speaks volumes in the battleground. in northeast ohio, blue from 2008, cuyahoga county, democrats must dominate to win close races statewide. mitt romney was here, hamilton county, where cincinnati is in the southwest corner. pivotal for republicans in close statewide races. may notice president obama carried that area or part of it in 2008. republican challenger hopes to look at the last three plus years, convinces voters not to give the incum...

be arrested. thats behavior that has nothing to do with the first amendment. it is designed to keep people from being able to go about their business and express themselves and just not going to be tolerated, but i think the real story for tomorrow mornings paper is that the just were not that many people out here. most expressed themselves and then went back about their business. >> the officer -- all five officers had the liquid flushed out. both at the scene and they went to the hos...

speaking to reporters right now on the occupy wall street developments. >> people, particularly our first responders, are going to be arrested. thats behavior that has nothing to do with the first amendment. it is designed to keep people from being able to go about their business and express themselves and just not going to be tolerated, but i think the real story for tomorrow mornings paper is that the just were not that many people out here. most expressed themselves and then went ba...

Been following. republican presidential frontrunner mitt romney has added the endorsement of new jersey powerhouse governor chris christie, a week after he officially declined to enter the race himself. ben webber is an adviser for the campaign. chris christie is appearing at 3:00 this afternoon, well carry it live, the endorsement in person there in new hampshire. what does he bring to mitt romney? >> first of all, we know hes a grass roots hero and brings grass roots excitement. more than anyt...

He did a good job raising money with $17 million and having $15 million in the bank, so a very slow spend rate that he has a lot to stretch out towards the primaries, but boy, hes got to do a better job tonight. >> hes got to really prove, and prove the rhetoric. it is going to be interesting because hes going to be seated close to the candidates. its always tougher to attack when youre next to them. well see how he handles that dynamic as well. >> and he is behind in polls, in new hampshire as ...

realize the conservative part of the republican party, you can measure it a bunch of ways. in iowa, for instance, half the caucus goers we surveyed identified with the tea party. that was herman cain advantage there. he leads among tea party supporters in iowa. and he does better, hes closer to romney in new hampshire among tea party supporters. the new hampshire republican electorate, though, is more moderate, less conservative than the iowa electorate. that would be the big warning s...

internal? >> i think when you look and realize the conservative part of the republican party, you can measure it a bunch of ways. in iowa, for instance, half the caucus goers we surveyed identified with the tea party. that was herman cain advantage there. he leads among tea party supporters in iowa. and he does better, hes closer to romney in new hampshire among tea party supporters. the new hampshire republican electorate, though, is more moderate, less conservative than the iowa elec...

Listen to this: >> i know that we cant keep spending money that we dont have. thats why i fought against the wasteful bailout, against the stimulus. i will not vote to increase the debt ceiling. >> reporter: bachmann is number two on the air, pawlenty is the on other candidate running ads and hes way back in the polls, bachmann is the only candidate has not disclosed how much money she raised in the second quarter but its also true she just raised money in the last few weeks. alisyn: and so carl...