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Leland vittert is live from our mideast bureau with more. >> reporter: trying to find confirmable facts on something like this is a little bit like trying to nail down a piece of watermelon. its not impossible, but often fruitless especially because the rebels have not supplied any video to back up their story. in the meantime the, president assad is now being seen in public for the third time this week, he is there in damascus participating in prayers and largely thought to be trying to capital...

And the largest single sector in financing the 2012 election cycle. the money is huge, and when president obama came in, you know, he brought in wall street. right into the white house, into the inner core, this was a wall street from beginning to end, top to bottom administration. and you still look at the senior economic officials, theyre from city group. once in a while, theres a little diversify, they have jpmorgan, theyve had others, but basically, its really a wall street group. and its no...

This article on the screen here this article about the number of terror attacks being planned and executed by siblings in the past. and they cite several examples, three sets of brothers among the 9/11 hijackers being the most prominent of those examples. clint, are brothers more likely to commit terrorist attacks? >> well, they are more likely to trust each other, they are more likely to work together. i mean, sometimes you see even whats called the shared delusional system. if you think of a t...

Anxious to retreat when the mainstream media howl, too slow to youll lies the stories of the day and too intent on trimming its sails, the campaign will not succeed. joy, my contention, it may not be yours, is that the reason hes incoherent, the reason hes so scared of offending the right is that hes in bed with the right. he needs those supporters. hes not a real gut right winger, sort of a political opportunist, but his attorney is saying anything that offends grover norquist. hes so scared of...

Speeches early on in the campaign, and im surprised that there hasnt been more specificity, more policies, something that shows what the broader vision is. i mean, 50 days is not a lot of time left to do that. >> but, mark, youre a wordsmith and you have given me 100 words and all i want is one, yes or no. does he have an inner core of personality and compassion that the american people will find attractive but havent seen yet? >> chris, i have no idea. i have no idea. i dont work for romney and...

Is that the only thing that seems to be at his core is ambition, the ambition to be president. but he didnt come into this race with a set of idealogical principles worth fighting for, so hes just adopting whatever principles his base says are important. and the base wants more than just someone to mouth the words. they actually wanted their ideas put to the fore and debated in the public arena. they feel like the political people constantly hide true conservative ideas because theyre afraid the...

Of chapters left to play in this game. >> is there a romney personality that will show that we havent seen yet, a likable guy? i mean it. a charming, debonair romney that will be compassionate and connect with people that weve never met before? >> well, i think people saw a side of reagan in 1980 they hadnt seen in the debates. i think a lot of people who havent been paying close attention will pay attention. the question is does he have some core to show, some vision, some humanity we havent se...

This having worked with tip oneill, the bottom line is i have been campaign staff, been communications staff, you can do a lot for a candidate but you cant give them a core. the staff cant give you a core. you have to come into the campaign with it. and the problem for mitt romney is that the only thing that seems to be at his core is ambition, the ambition to be president. but he didnt come into this race with a set of idealogical principles worth fighting for, so hes just adopting whatever pri...

Sorry. >> does he have it inside? >> well, as i said, chris, you know, we knew that george w. bush had it. wed seen a lot of signs of it throughout the campaign. we saw a lot of muscular policy speeches early on in the campaign, and im surprised that there hasnt been more specificity, more policies, something that shows what the broader vision is. i mean, 50 days is not a lot of time left to do that. >> but, mark, youre a wordsmith and you have given me 100 words and all i want is one, yes or no...

We saw a lot of muscular policy speeches early on in the campaign, and im surprised that there hasnt been more specificity, more policies, something that shows what the broader vision is. i mean, 50 days is not a lot of time left to do that. >> but, mark, youre a wordsmith and you have given me 100 words and all i want is one, yes or no. does he have an inner core of personality and compassion that the american people will find attractive but havent seen yet? >> chris, i have no idea. i have no ...