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Character issue. megyn: this is what this election is coming down to, the daily knit picking, on both sides, both sides do it and i dont know i think people get frustrated. the danger in going down to the knit picky things, back and forth is that both sides get ugly. both sides are going to get ugly and that further ae alienates people. and stephanie cutter using the word felon in a presidential contest leads to harsh responses like the one we heard from john senunu last night. listen here. >> c...

When youre part of the highest earning 1% of our country means that youre not contributing to our economy and not making it grow. i appreciate, you know, i know people have asked, is it patriotic or not patriotic? more fundamentally, we need to ask does it work to make the economy grow or not? their theory is if you cut taxes even more deeply for the top 1% of people, theyll invest it back in creating jobs. thats not what romney is doing with his money, is it? he put it its switzerland, in the c...

The cayman islands, bermuda, and thats the core of this and why the romney campaign is so afraid of the issue and why they wont release the taxes. >> kwl think its a character issue. i think its far beyond the economy. i understand the connection youre making to the economy. when you have a sitting senator saying this thing is a game, playing a gale -- >> that was appalling. i found that utterly appalling. most of us go to line of duty funerals all too regularly. what so many hard working famili...

Shelters overseas and avoiding paying your taxes in america when youre part of the highest earning 1% of our country means that youre not contributing to our economy and not making it grow. i appreciate, you know, i know people have asked, is it patriotic or not patriotic? more fundamentally, we need to ask does it work to make the economy grow or not? their theory is if you cut taxes even more deeply for the top 1% of people, theyll invest it back in creating jobs. thats not what romney is doin...

Disdain for romney stems from a couple things. one is that rupert murdochs a guy that made his career and fortune taking huge risks, huge aggressive risks and romney is just unbelievably risk-averse, came up through the inside, through constantly making the safe choice. theres sort of a character issue there. i think it seems like the central issue that murdoch says to people around him, he thinks romneys weak. >> weak. as a personal characteristic? >> yeah. thats the one thing if you look throu...

Character issue is, is romney in the whole last week look like hes in touch at all with an anxious waitress mom who has a blue collar education and her husband is out of work at least one year in the last three years? does he look like he gets it at all? no. and neither does him.all? no, and neither does ann. >> interesting comments ann made about the obama campaign. >> how many state capitals are named after presidents. the answer is four. jackson, mississippi, lincoln, nebraska, jefferson city...

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>> reporter: hi, soledad. yeah, this fire has really amped up in the last just couple of hours. a fire official told me less than an hour ago if he told me an acreage amount, it would be wrong in ten minutes. its advancing 10,000 feet every hour. the last four days this has been burning, they counted on the wind to at least burn it in towards the interior of the forest and away from populated areas. just within the last half hour, that has completely changed. the smoke is now coming to...

lines with the fire fighters who is battling the waldo canyon fire right near pikes peak. hey, jim. >> reporter: hi, soledad. yeah, this fire has really amped up in the last just couple of hours. a fire official told me less than an hour ago if he told me an acreage amount, it would be wrong in ten minutes. this fire is advancing at least at 2,000 feet every hour. the last four days this has been burning, they counted on the wind to at least burn it in towards the interior of the fores...

yeah, this fire has really amped up in the last just couple of hours. a fire official told me less than an hour ago if he told me an acreage amount, it would be wrong in ten minutes. this fire is advancing at least at 2,000 feet every hour. the last four days this has been burning, they counted on the wind to at least burn it in towards the interior of the forest and away from populated areas. just within the last half hour, that has completely changed. the smoke is now coming towards ...