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im erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, showdown ant camp david. the worlds heavyweights are in the ring. the g-8 leaders arriving today. president obama having them all as guests at camp david. a fancy dinner, play a bunch of games and hang out, and literally, thats what its like. but its also going to be a little bit like, like a boxing fight. like the fight where tyson took off the ear of evander holyfield. theyre going to take it all off and fight. [ bell rings ] >> reporter: francois...

im erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, showdown ant camp david. the worlds heavyweights are in the ring. the g-8 leaders arriving today. president obama having them all at guests as camp david. a fancy din play a bunch of games and hang out, and literally, thats what its like. but its also going to be a little bit like, like a boxing fight. like the fight where tyson took off the ear of evander holyfield. theyre going to take it all off and fight. [ bell rings ] >> reporter: francois hol...

Lives used up. it fell 30 feet after a hawk swooped down and picked it up and dropped in a yard where a 7-year-old boy was playing. you know what he named it? t.j. heavenly. aw. never heard of it. well, thats what were doing today. car insurance x has been perfected over the past 75 years. its tasty. our second car insurance... theyve not been around very long. mmmm... no good! no good? no good! so you chose geico over the other. whatever this insurance is, its no good. ok so you... you do a lot...

With russia or china. hes waving a wand and saying i will create other wars. >> hes about my age, about our age. he says russia is our biggest enemy. no its not. individually, i think russians like us. trying to get old the cold war. why would you do that? that really antagonizes those people over there. they hate it. why wouldnt they? >> just from this desire to sound like a big tough guy. there cant have been any thought put into that. vladmir putin is a problem as a guy, but you have to deal ...

You want to deal with iran, not russia. >> we have to deal with other countries, were not the boss of the world. why is he doing this? why is he saying on every issue im the hawk. >> he wants to sound tough. he is from massachusetts, people think -- his father was a republican. >> the insiders dont think he is a neocon, he doesnt believe in this big world freedom agenda, hes not going off to fight a bunch of wars, he is a thinker like jimmy carter, i will get all of the information in front of m...

Why is he saying on every issue, im the hawk? >> i think he wants to sound tough. hes from massachusetts. people think hes a -- his father was a rockerfeller. >> here is what i hear. he doesnt believe in this big world freedom agenda. he not going off in the world to fight a bunch of wars. hes a inductive thinker. i will look at each issue. i will mind the data. i will get the information in front of me when that time come, and i will make decisions like a business guy. >> that sounds reasonable...

Then you keep him. >> what did you think about the article about romney being stands up with everything. he goes along with the foreign policy, the nordqvist on tax policy, the cultural right. he never says im different than you. >> i think what michael is saying is its like he want today have it both ways. he want today be standing up saying he is a hawk, we like him, hes credible, he wanted to do it briefly, but he didnt have courage for his convictions, and he wasnt able to say look, i hired ...

>> joe klein said this week the example where mitt romney stands up to anything, the sort of direction its moving. he never says, stop, i disagree with that. he never says, i disagree with whats going on. he just sort of goes along with the foreign policy, the tax policy. he never says, wait a minute, im mitt romney, im different than you, let me explain. >> and im going to take my lumps and stand up for something unpopular but this is what i believe. part of what michael was saying, it was as t...

If obesity stays it would save a half trillion dollars in health care cost. >> as much as i like to make fun of you for this obesity thing, the fiscal hawk in me understands. im talking more about debt here. this is really a critical fiscal issue for us. what are the biggest drivers of our deficit and debt? medicare and medicaid. its private health care. all these things combined and obesity like smoking and drugs. >> its killing us. >> its killing americans and more importantly, fiscally, its d...

americas longest running war after a trip to afghanistan by president obama. the unannounced visit to kabul was full of secrecy and symbolism, be but not very many specifics. a tough reminder that theres a long way to go in that country. suicide car bomber and taliban militants disguised attacked a housing compound. nick paton walsh is live with us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it appears the suicide bomber drove a car full of explosives into whats known as the green villag...