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Looking at large hail damaging wind gusts in excess of 60 miles per hour and also tornadoes. very heavy rain with these storms as well. this is what happened over the last 24 to 48-hours across parts of mississippi and also across alabama. some of the communities picking up 6 inches of rain. we have warnings in effect. be safe out there. heather and ainsley? >> thanks maria. >> president obama taking aim at income and equality. hes expected to unveil two new executive actions to promote equal pa...

Find women who had backgrounds that could be qualified to become members of our cabinet. i went to a number of womens groups and said, can you help us find folks? they brought us binders full of women. >> binders full of women caused him some grief out there. how serious is the gender gap problem for the republicans right now? >> reporter: its a huge problem. mitt romney lost with the women vote 11% and its not new and not just about mitt romney. its been like that for republicans for years. and...

Democratic strategist emmy tisch sussmann and republican strategist john feehery. good morning. >> good morning. >> politico said republican party leaders described some of these conservatives as, quote, a tiny rump of ham-fisted pols with a knack for stumbling onto cable news. theres almost invariably a back-bencher in the house of representatives who is only too eager to take the win out of a conservative comeback with incendiary comments that seizes national attention. do you agree with that ...

Then tacked far to the right. >> hillary clinton, im not her speechwriter, she will go after the worst in your party. she wont debate the guy running against her, shell debate the worst elements in your party. >> we have gender gap problem. we have an hispanic problem. we have to have somebody that expands the base. >> what would you say the woman not your age, my age, said its about time to have a woman president. how do you fight that argument if shes obviously qualified? >> its a tough one. y...

She wont debate the guy running against her. shell debate the worst he wiels of your party. >> our problem with hillary clinton, is we have a gender gap problem, a hispanic problem. we need someone to expand the base. >> what about the woman my age who says its about time we had a woman president? how do you fight that argument if shes obviously qualified? >> its a tough one. youve got to find a woman who -- theres a lot of women that will vote purely on that. youve got to make this a competence...

And end up at the heritage foundation. >> maybe want to be the next santorum, follow to the right but own it. >> what rick santorum did was move to the center and lost and then tacked far to the right. >> hillary clinton, im not her speechwriter, she will go after the worst in your party. she wont debate the guy running against her, shell debate the worst elements in your party. >> we have gender gap problem. we have an hispanic problem. we have to have somebody that expands the base. >> what wo...

Worst of all the republican candidates this year. boy, did republican candidates this year have a gender gap problem. look at this. florida senate race, republican connie mack lost to democrat bill nilsson by 13 points overall but 20 by women. in missouri, republican todd akin lost to claire mccaskill by 16 points and women, 22 points. tom smith in pennsylvania lost 18 to women. richard mourdock lost by six points overall and lost 12 points women. and in virginia, george allen, by six points ove...

She lost the womens vote by nearly twice that margin. lost overall by 12 but lost women by 21. linda mcmahon despite being a woman running against man had a gender gap problem among the worst of all the republican candidates this year. boy, did republican candidates this year have a gender gap problem. look at this. florida senate race, republican connie mack lost to democrat bill nilsson by 13 points overall but 20 by women. in missouri, republican todd akin lost to claire mccaskill by 16 point...

As you know, nevada casino billionaire sheldon adelson spent $100 million of his own money and out of that, he elected no one. you know who else spent $100 million of her own money and nothing show for it, linda mcmahon. she was trying to get a senate seat in connecticut trying over two elections and lost both times. this time, linda mcmahon tried to make it look like she was running on the same ticket as president obama, which was a very nice try but connecticut apparently knew she was not and ...

Gender gap problem, the gender gap you dont hear about which is traditionally democrats have had problems wooing men just as republicans have had issues wooing women, and it gets worse among white voters and even worse among white male not college-educated voters. and so he -- but heres the thing, where do those guys matter? they matter in iowa, ohio, new hampshire, and thats why theyre trying to close that gap. im not sure that talking about almost exclusively womens issues at their convention ...