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Political tunism from the left? >> you know, i think this is really a bill thats been worked on for some time now, not just coming out of nowhere, and it really was about identifying places the law needs to be fixed and frankly i dont think theres any surprise that theres a federal law that doesnt address the needs of the community adequately community. this is an opportunity to fix one of those problems. this is a bill that was up and being considered. >> i want to open open it up to our panel ...

why the race will be close. i think theres a narrative fashion here. for president obama this is not 2008, whether its the gap among young people, a lot of that inspiration and hope is being dashed by the idea that one way or the other hes been gobbled up by washington. so its a different sort of fight that hes got to wage. when he went up against pu president bush. >> the biden comments make me think its going to be obviously hard drabble, but will it get nasty? >> i mean, it would be...

president bush. >> the biden comments make me think its going to be obviously hard drabble, but will it get nasty? >> i mean, it would be nasty. its going to be a close-fought race, and that usually portends a nasty race, they try to take each other out by whatever means necessary, and romney has shown himself willing to do that. and i think theyre trying to frame a tough argument against governor romney saying hes a right wring extremist. >> we have already started to see some of the ...

Members of the secret service caught up in that scandal involving prostitutes. add to that, the growing list of recent issues, the controversy over the presidents remarks on the supreme court. of course, the expected health care decision, which will come down in june. and the off-mike comments to the russian president. joining us, jimu greene and dee dee banky. welcome. dee dee, let me start with you, how does this growing list impact the race? >> yeah. it is not a good week for the obama admini...

Change. >> eric: last word? >> i am not sure what cliff dee dee is referring. to the only thing i would say to her and the republican party and their candidate, wheres the beef on the economy? basically, he wants to recycle every single policy that got us here -- >> he created jobs -- >> 25 months of straight job growth. private-sector job growth, 25 months -- [overlapping dialogue] >> a non-d.c. guy is what we need. >> when romney ran massachusetts, they were ranked 47th in the nation. >> we ne...

wichita, where we begin our live team coverage this morning with mike tobin. look at damage, mike. >> absolutely astounding. >> reporter: it is something you can see all over the heartland. its an old free and it took up a bunch of concrete with it. thats why you see that car, partially tipped over. let me get to a gentleman who rode this storm out last night. shane, tell me what you went through, what was it like? >> its pretty hard. its kind of, you know, scary at first. once it pass...

house was moving and you could feel the roof coming off and it was shaking and things were hitting and you could hear all of this stuff hitting the floor. when we went outside, there was trees down and cars moved. >> houses blown up. >> totally -- gone. >> eric: absolutely astounding and heart breaking. the damaged air force base is in wichita, where we begin our live team coverage this morning with mike tobin. look at damage, mike. >> absolutely astounding. >> reporter: it is somethin...

five people are dead from injuries related to a suspected tornado in woodward, oklahoma. and the kansas governor has declared a state of emergency. lets go to susan candiotti in wichita. im wondering whether the early warnings in the region that you are in right now might have helped the situation. >> reporter: i cant imagine that they didnt, howie. they had to have played a huge role in that. after all, this is the first time i think since 2006 that they were able to give people who l...

87 he had suffered from severe depression and was nearly suicidal at one point. as you know, he is not alone. depression affects more than 19 million american adults every year. think about that number. thats more than coronary heart disease, more than cancer. you know, it just makes a lot of people still uncomfortable to simply talk about it. so we decided today to bring the discussion out into the open. you know, in most cases depression is treatable. medication, anti-depressants can...

last week, it was not driven she says by the national outcry. trayvon martins killing has touched off. >> let me emphasize we do not prosecute by public pressure or by petition. we prosecute based on the facts of any given case as well as the laws of the state of florida. >> well, the first few words out of angela coreys mouth were the names of trayvon martins parents. they watched the news from washington and spoke briefly tonight. >> first of all, i want to say thank god. >> amen. [ ...