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Under fire from Hillary Clinton, but also within his own part. Clinton now backing more getting more members of the military to back her as a result. Cnn washington correspondent, jeff zeleny, is following all of the developments for us. Jeff. Good morning. The praise donald trump is showering on Vladimir Putin is a traditional break from American Politics. It is outraging democrats and making republicans uneasy about the plurblurred lines of countr versus party. Hillary clinton says this is the...

Could have done differently, but they cant. >> president obama and hillary clinton campaign made the last-minute push into swing states trying to elect identify and excite black voters. he said hell take it personally as an insult if black voters dont vote for hillary clinton. >> it is an interesting insight. people wonder why hillary clinton didnt hit the birther comment. much or of that. it did ignite reaction as african-american voters saw it dismissing the president of the united states by d...

Freedom of the press and freedom of religion is only mentioned once, somehow our commonwealth state has decided party is more important than citizen. thats whats outrageous about this. youre supposed to as a public servant put your party underneath the citizen and thats whats not happened here. >> congressman joe sestak, thank you for your time. we will be monitoring this in your home state and states beyond. thank you to you. coming up, governor romney defends the quote, humor behind his birt...

Of people accusing a white person of being racist down to their benefit even if the explicit birtherness doesnt. >> some people said it must have been a slip-up and mitt romney does tend to say ridiculous offensive things when speaking, but at the same time it was, you know, it obviously delighted the crowd. and thats actually -- hes defending it on the grounds, the crowd loved it. which says quite a bit about the crowd. >> tom nozzi. >> we know that -- let me back up a little bit. in 2008 there...

Defeated in mississippi, right? because mississippi, as you and i both know, it is not some kind of pro-choice area, quite the opposite. but that personhood amendment was for more reason thinking mississippians a step too far. in many ways the birther comment is similarly a step too far for reasonable thinking americans who are like, okay, i dont support the president, i dont support his policies, maybe i even think bad things about him, but really, the idea that hes not an american citizen. >> ...

Incest. this is not exactly a pro-woman party. it shows by the ticket and i think this is a problem for the republicans everywhere, not just missouri. >> wesley, what about this week overall? mitt romney would have liked to win going into the convention. he comes out grens the congressman early but then yesterday there was the birther comment. he says it was an attempt at humor but it didnt come off as humorous. did he not see the backlash coming? >> listen,s first off, mitt romn romney, he like...

Placated is by giving rand paul a speaking slot. thats more about the paul dynasty than it really is about courting the paul supporters. >> yeah. go ahead. >> i think youre right, its appalling, we could say. but whats interesting as well is that going back to chris point about whos driving it, they both need each other. the middle, whats left of the middle of the republican party, plus the fringe, but they need each other but they cant stand each other. because they cant stand each other, they ...

Contributor jonathan capehart sportscaster extraordinaire joins me now. >> hey, andrea. >> thank you so much. good to see you. >> you too. >> what a week this has been. looking ahead we have mitt romney, paul ryan campaigning together in ohio leading up to of course the big convention. everybody traveling to tampa. >> right. >> heading toward storm central. what are we looking for in the next 24 hours? >> hopefully well all be able to get off the ground and get to tampa in time for the conventio...

>> so the key now is to make sure theres strong followup, strong execution of the plans that have been put forward. >> as president and candidate for re-election in tough times mr. obama was crystal clear on the domino effect of that euro zone deal. >> if europe is weak, if europe is not grown as our largest trading partner that is going to impact our businesses and ability to create jobs here in the united states. >> a bit more positive news from the commerce department. it reported t...

The birther comment, he wants a sense of humor but -- >> reporter: i think some might say that was a dorky sense of humor. the campaign quickly told us this wasnt part of the prepared remarks, there was no teleprompters and it was the governor trying to make a light moment. >> other political headlines now, a brand-new poll shows president obama and mitt romney neck in neck. 49%% of likely voters favor president obama, 47% choose the governor. todd akin is saying once again hes staying in the mi...