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obama is way out in front of the former house speaker in pennsylvania. meanwhile, mitt romney is launching an all-out offensive against the current front-runner, he held a conference call this morning with surrogates who work with gingrich back during his time on capitol him. wendy hiller is an associate professor of political science at brown university and richard wolf is an msnbc analyst. what should the white house as well as romneys team make of the new numbers in the fact that ne...

being the republican nominee, how a lot of democrats would welcome that because of all the ethical baggage he had in the 1990s. she was a member of the ethics committee that investigated newt gingrich back then. it started in 1994, went through 1997. it was about whether or not newt gingrich improperly used a tax deductible dollars for political purposes, specifically teaching a class at georgia college that had some political overtones for a pac that he was associated with and then ly...

1997. it was about whether or not newt gingrich improperly used a tax deductible dollars for political purposes, specifically teaching a class at georgia college that had some political overtones for a pac that he was associated with and then lying to the house ethics committee about whether or not he had actually done this. and what pelosi and the investigators found he had broken house rules by filing false statements. it went to a vote before the whole how. in a 395-28 vote newt gin...

>> thank you. >> we have been hearing about the inevitability of mitt romney. it sounds increasingly like he is going to be the nominee if you listen to the white house especially. in this week alone the romney campaign has launched an obsession campaign which is ostensibly to prove that the white house is obsessed with mitt romney being the nominee. then there was a çtit for at tt time earlier in the week between the two candidates. on tuesday romney said, sometimes i dont think pre...

>> absolutely. >> thank you. >> we have been hearing about the inevitability of mitt romney. it sounds increasingly like he is going to be the nominee if you listen to the white house especially. in this week alone the romney campaign has launched an obsession campaign which is ostensibly to prove that the white house is obsessed with mitt romney being the nominee. then there was a çtit for at tt time earlier in the week between the two candidates. on tuesday romney said, sometimes i...

hello, im tamron hall at msnbc headquarters continuing our special live coverage of irene. now a tropical storm. irene barted -- is headed toward rhode island and massachusetts after leaving flooding and downed trees behind in new york and new jersey. in new jersey were just learning of two deaths, once a princeton firefighter. at least 13 people have died in five states at this hour. more than 4 million people are without power, and officials say it could be days before power is resto...

after leaving flooding and downed trees behind in new york and new jersey. in new jersey were just learning of two deaths, once a princeton firefighter. at least 13 people have died in five states at this hour. more than 4 million people are without power, and officials say it could be days before power is restored in some locations. one of the biggest concerns is storm surge and flooding. as much as 12 inches of rain fell in parts of new jersey causing the already saturated rivers to ...

well continue to monitor this story and bring you more details as they become available. but for now, motorists should avoid hampton park boulevard, hampton park in the capitol heights area of maryland. at this hour, more breaking news from hyattsville. police there are looking for a murderer in prince georges county. a man was found dead in the 2300 block of 51st first place in hyattsville. news 4s melissa mollet is live on the scene for us with the latest. >> reporter: good morning...

week, thomas, on consumer confidence. it was way down. from month to month it fell from 61 to 51 which is a 17%, 18% decline in just one month. no one feels very confident, let alone business owners who are holding back. they dont want to add payrolls if -- if they believe that the economy is just going to be in a stall for a while. >> were seeing red arrows across the board. tyler matheson from cnbc. thanks. >> thank you, tom. i want to talk to money manager jim lakant with macro po...