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Are not actually working right now. setting a stage for another fight here in washington. cecilia vega, abc news, washington. >> you see it with the summer jobs for youth. and now you see it with this consumer protection agency. the presidents strategy going into the election year is to paint himself as look, congress isnt going to let me do anything, theyre obstructionists. im going my own way to get things done for the people. that will be his message. over the next 11 months until november. >...

David axlerods comments and thinks, you know, is that really the way this president wallets to -- martha: this is definitely the way theyre going with this campaign. they dont have a specific candidate to run gwen, so theyre running against congress, the excesses of wall street, theyre running against a gop that they say, you know, that their main goal when they get up in the morning until they go to bed is just to make sure the president doesnt get reelected. >> i wonder to what degree theyre p...

Will soon be transitioned to the afghans. these attacks raise concerns about how prepared the afghan security forces are to handle security. there is real questions about whether the afghans will be able to handle security here, martha. martha: connor, thank you so much. steve jobs in his own final words. what the american innovator said just most before he died as told by his sister in a eulogy. that amazing moment coming up. president obamas big new message telling the american people, we cant...

To cooperate. that is absolutely so far from the truth. its deborah bradley that created that situation, and she needs to solve it by being one-on-one with the detectives. martha: mark fuhrman, thank you so much for being here today. >> thank you, martha. martha: all right. well, the story of the day today when it comes to politics, folks -- or, no, to this story that were working on right now. what happened when a service member surprised his kids at their football game? they thought their dad ...

Smaller percentage -- and by the way, right now the smallest percentage of americans have the greatest portion of wealth in this country since before the great depression. so were headed in the wrong direction. hes attempting to talk about it and do something about it. but again, he cant pass law. and i will tell you last week he by executive order took big steps on student loans -- >> to go around congress. martha: i just want brad to make the last point, and then weve got to go. all right. >> ...

And our economy. we cant wait for that action. im not going to wait for it. martha: get the idea? frank luntz joins me now. is this message working? >> its a good mose and. kings at an incredible% job approval rating. the lowest in the history of public opinion polling. hes doing a good job of demonizing congress. i think both houses of the congress could be in jeopardy for the parties that run it. they dont think congress is listening to them and doing enough. so the language itself works. i he...

Will draw three times as many people to the exchanges and that could add hundreds of tboilts cost of the new law over the first 10 years. martha: we have a brand-new rasmussen reports poll. it finds the majority of those surveyed, 54%, favor repeal of the healthcare reform. 39% oppose it. the finding virtually identical to a survey done two weeks ago. the majority of voters have favored repeal in just about every survey done since the healthcare law was passed in congress in march of last year. ...

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Martha: im martha maccallum in more megyn kelly today. herman cain defending his position on abortion, offering new details on the 9-9-9 plan and slamming congress for its role in the economic crisis. >> there are those who might have said government was out of the way while the housing crisis was created. was there a proper role the government should have been involved with ahead of all that? how did the government miss the boat when you are talking about keeping the government out in the first...

President obama keeps attacking republicans in congress saying we cant wait to act on the economy. frank luntz joins us on whether that message is working. >> we cant wait for an increasingly dysfunctional congress to do its job. but remember what i said. we cant just wait for congress. because we cant wait for congress to help our families and our economy. we cant wait for that action. im not going to wait for it. ♪ feel the power my young friend. mmm! [ male announcer ] for unsurpassed fru a...