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we had the primary season. we heard him talk about important issues to latinos and non latinos, but so far, the polls are proving his positions, which were tough on immigration and other issues didnt convince latinos. now, hes at 27%. for a republican to win, they need anywhere above 35%. the last one to do that was george bush. he had a very aggressive campaign and mitt romney hasnt done that. so far and well see if he has time for november to change his message and to bring latinos o...

Talk in things. and i have said it, we said it this morning, if barack obama thinks hes going to get re-elected by talking about bain capital -- >> its a bad strategy. i agree with that. >> i know. im just saying -- >> im not sure i agree with that. >> instead of americas future, josh, i think thats a losing message. >> im not sure it is. you saw romney have trouble with it in january when newt gingrich ran exactly this message against him and beat him in south carolina, and then dropped the mes...

Probably would deny that ive done in high school. to be fair, we dont know if the governor does not recall. we do know hes apologized and i guess the heart of it for me is not the quote/unquote hit job, as it has been referred to on the right that they are alleging. it is the response that his campaign and that governor romney. i want to play another incident with colorado. he was in colorado and a report he asked him about two hot button issues in that state. and look at his response. let me pl...

Ago. there were no sponsors. in other words, there was such heat put on at augusta for a while that they decided, well put this on without any sponsorship whatsoever. i wonder if it will reach that crescendo again. especially in the midst of the 2012 election cycle. i keep thinking, heres the romney campaign facing a 12, 14% deficit among women. hell have to say something. especially now that the president has. what will he say? >> these days, all things are politics. especially to your point, m...

>> again, why the long delay? was race a factor or is this just a local tragedy thats been turned into ideological fodder for television news. mitt romney wins the illinois primary but most of the chatter is about a top aide who likens it to a certain childrens toy ze wanted to talk about his victory but the debate over this iconic childrens toy, the etch-a-sketch threatens to erase all of that. >> our twitter turned that into a viral moment. plus -- >> define that. how far will yo...

Overseas four times since 2003. three times to iraq this last tour in afghanistan. he wants to talk about ptsd, post-traumatic stress disorder. he suggests that any troop thats been deployed four times to the middle east might have ptsd. he wants to talk about traumatic brain injury. on one of his tours in iraq he says that staff sergeant bales suffered a head injury when a vehicle rollover hit an ied. he really is hitting all of the hot button issues and things people have been talking about th...

and children last weekend in kandahar, afghanistan. today he remains in solitary confinement at ft. leavenworth. hes not yet been formally charged. gas prices go up for the ninth straight day. it is now on average close to $3.84 a gallon, but if you live in some big cities, youre already seeing gas prices average more than $4 a gallon. the record high was $4.11 back in july of 2008. a colorado dad is going the extra mile to stop his children from texting while driving. and hes gett...

Coming up, a debate on the hot-button issues in the fall campaign. joining me, californias democratic governor, jerry

outrageous types of questions, and then the next question from the reporter is why are you talking so much about social issues? >> isnt it fair for journalists to ask the senator about his own words. the situation in syria turns deadly for more correspondents trying to cover the violent uprising there. >> breaking news into cnn just minutes ago. word that the two western journalists, including an american, have been killed in syria. >> will the dangers there choke off the flow of news ...

joke and somehow im responsible for that, thats gotcha. >> is the press trying to paint santorum as intolerant? tucker carlsons pwebsite launches an attack on media matters saying they gave marching orders to msnbc. >> the line we had from someone at media matters was we basically write their prime time. >> based on what? theres a troubling memo about investigating the personal lives of folks at fox. well have a report. plus, buzz businessen injbi jeremy lynn. why do journalists keep...