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counties across 26 states. the bone dry conditions are destroying farm crops and one analyst estimates that 75% of the corn crop in the drought region is now wiped out. that could drive up food and fuel prices across the entire country and brings us to rob marciano live in bu. >> we have corn that should be taller than it is right now because of the drought and because of the heat. this stalk should be well up and over my head. theres a couple of examples of ears of corn. this was toug...

Sort of insiders than the country at large. >> bret: a.b., the bain attack as we said many times, fact-checkers found big holes in them. some of them are just not true straight out. today, the president cited a report by an economist at reed college, professor there. saying that mitt romneys tax plan would create $800,000 jobs in foreign -- 800,000 jobs in foreign countries. that professor is an obama donor and a big democratic supporter, apparently. what about this? how does truth play? is ther...

we begin with the republicans furious assault on president obamas health care reform law and equally determined backlash. mitt romney faced it today going off script after some prolonged boog interrupted his speech before the naacp convention in houston. jim acosta is standing by in the hall right now. jim, show our viewers, tell our viewers, what happened in houston. >> reporter: wolf, naacp leaders told cnn they praised mitt romney for showing what they called courage in coming to th...

Backgrounds its probably good for you and its good for the country. >> weve had 30 years, really, in so many realms of american culture and the economy where its all about ask what my country can do for me. not what i can do for my country. >> we have a major foreign -- an attack on our country of the worst kind and everyones told to go shopping. are you kidding me? we have an economic collapse and what are we asked to give back? i think that a president should take the opportunity, our presiden...

back in the headlines. whats next in the kelly thomas saga? also this hour, herman cain in the house to tell us all about his new project and share his one-of-a-kind insights on todays headlines. first, though, the road to the white house has always run through ohio, so president obama, of course, hitting the road in ohio. live pictures right now. the tarmac in toledo. soon hell be on a bus dubbed "betting on america." the first stop the museum in mao me. youll see that live at 40 ...

Stuff? why isnt this on every single television. >> sean: in the beginning, we said, this is not the driving issue in the campaign. this is going to be the economy, foreign -- you know, national security and all of these other issues. but wh would any republican get away of saying all of these things and not be asked exhaustive questions? >> i think the issue is why dont people know about this. we know about romney in prep school. why dont we know about obamas time at occidental. why dont people...

Seemed pretty shocked. >> they were shocked that they never heard about this. how is this not front newspaper stuff? why isnt this on every single television. >> sean: in the beginning, we said, this is not the driving issue in the campaign. this is going to be the economy, foreign -- you know, national security and all of these other issues. but wh would any republican get away of saying all of these things and not be asked exhaustive questions? >> i think the issue is why dont people know abou...

Seemed pretty shocked. >> they were shocked that they never heard about this. how is this not front newspaper stuff? why isnt this on every single television. >> sean: in the beginning, we said, this is not the driving issue in the campaign. this is going to be the economy, foreign -- you know, national security and all of these other issues. but wh would any republican get away of saying all of these things and not be asked exhaustive questions? >> i think the issue is why dont people know abou...

it might be a break through for the man who was so vocal for stopping forced sterilization in china. now the government says he can apply to study abroad like any other citizen. a new report shows the unemployment rate fell last month, but were not celebrating so fast. the number of jobs created was less than expected. the jobless rate fell because workers dropped out of the labor force. the rate dipped to 8.1%. employers added 115,000 jobs. youre going to go live to the new york sto...

Campaign. he will have to make that decision, if he finds kare-11 stricken down. >> what happens if we have a foreign -- lets say post june, no matter what, there is a problem with iran and israel, do woe forget -- do the voters forget the health care? is that still going to be front and center? >> you can always have an international incident that overshadows anything else. both campaigns are thinking about what happens if something happens with iran, if israel attacks or something else happens...