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>> an interesting outcome. this may be good news. plus, a school district that pays struggling students to go to summer school. talk about outrage. were going to chat about that this morning. >> were going to begin with the olympics and the night that was filled with so much promise and ended in so much disappointment for the u.s. mens gymnastics team after finishing first in the trials, they entered the finals last night as favorites. but a fall on the floor, two costly errors in th...

>>reporter: the tax breaks for people making over $250,000 a year. president george w bush lowered then during his eight years in office was the lowest net since world war ii but when president clinton was in office job creation during that period was the highest since world war ii. the highest at 23 million. deputy press secretary says that the presidents balanced approach fits with the current presidents approach to grow the economy and deal with the different. >> president clinton, because of...

devices. why arent you being allowed to see whats going on inside the courtroom? a mistake -- dick cheney coming out swinging, being one of the few top republicans to say john mccains pick of sarah palin as vp was a bad choice. and they call her the missile, missy franklin, just 17 and already turning heads in london. the female michael phelps, as some call her, dives in today for two very crucial races. "newsroom" begins right now. good morning. thank you so much for joining us....

Jon: time for a quick look at some international headlines were following. a federal report shows a new aspect to the human toll of rebuilding iraq. at least 719 people have been killed working on reconstruction projects since the 2003 u.s. invasion. nearly half of those killed are americans. in afghanistan the u.s.-led coalition says insurgent attacks over the past three months are up 11% compared to the same time last year. the number of attacks in june was the highest for any month since fi...

For this country. the question that voters are going to have is who is best suited to take us into the next term of this presidency and actually keep growing our economy. now, when the president took over, the economy was shrinking. we were shedding jobs at a rate of 700,000 jobs per month. were adding jobs, more than four million jobs have been added since the recovery started. the economy is growing, not shrinking. theres obviously a lot more work to do but i think that when people look at the...

If he got it up to 25%, that would be the highest that hed get. >> hes just under 30%. like you said, president obama has the majority. as most democrats have done since harry truman, he helped give birth to the nation. but juan, in particular, you know percentage points in florida could make the difference. you dont see that theres a vulnerability there? really? >> no, no, theres a vulnerability. in fact, you know, sheldon attleson is putting $100 million. he says he wants to spend $100 million...

Mud slinging is sticking. according to the nbc news/wall street journal polls, its taking its toll on both mitt romney and president obama. managing editor and joins us from new york. hi to both. first lets go through these numbers because you have evidence in the poll that all of the negative ads are taking down both men in some ways but more so against mitt romney than the president? >> it is. you look at it. the president has the second highest rating since hes been president. the only time i...

Im from wisconsin near chicago, 72. >> fantastic. >> san antonio, 79. all across the map. >> one more map will show you the daytime highs as i have a little of the blizzard. >> ok. >> go ahead. >> all right. kansas city, 104. that was the highest! phoenix, 107. i missed that. >> need a blizzard out there. its going to be hot! >> i know! >> all right. 99 as well in atlanta. >> where in wisconsin are you from? >> from a town called kenosha on the border of illinois. >> how much fun is it being mis...

The negative campaign took a toll on how voters view both the president and mitt romney. the presidents negative rating, 43%. second highest reported since he took office. mitt romney, the highest recorded for him. our poll finds a resurgence of anxiety about the economy. just 27% believe the economy will improve in the next year. thats down a whopping eight points from a month ago. but the president still leads in our poll. mitt romney arrived this morning in london, the first stop on a three-c...

>> dont look for much from congress in the three months from the election. republican leaders in the chamber are wary of igniting internal party fights or invoking voters. the house passed more than 30 bills the senate has not touched. delays in raising the federal debt limit cost you $1.3 billion last year. a report from the government accountability office says that is because the spread between government debt and private securities narrowed. a group of 76 house republicans is challengi...