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bahamas. already a major hurricane, its got the eastern united states even as far north as new england in its sights. its wednesday, august 24th, 2011, and this is "the daily rundown." im chris cillizza in for chuck todd. all that, plus the virginia earthquake, so powerful it had eyes in california rolling. lets get right to todays political headlines. there are a few of them amidst a lot of other news. mark murrays nbc news deputy political director. mark, lets start, its been a q...

political headlines. there are a few of them amidst a lot of other news. mark murrays nbc news deputy political director. mark, lets start, its been a quiet week. mitt romney, though, out on the campaign trail. we talked about this. a little bit of an up-and-down summer for mitt romney. there was good debate performances. michele bachmann, tim pawlenty fighting, but theres been some bad, too. lets look back on the summer that was for mitt romney. >> so, in a large part of the summer we...

economy. lots of bumps in the road and today we are getting a new look at the out of a job picture and its continuing to be ugly. look at this rollercoaster we have been on in the terms of the number of jobs. bill: break that down. >> reporter: 427,000 new phase on the unemployment line just last week. this confirms the economy is in very deep trouble. it confirms other news items of the past 10 days which show manufacturing is slowing. housing is im going to use the word crashing agai...

Afternoon. hell put that out. he has an appearance on another cable news network later on. don. >> carol costello is here. wonder which one? >> just saying, shannon? >> the only reason were not saying is because its on fox. >> thank you, carol. >> you said it, not me. >> all right. so listen. a major tea party unveiled a surprise. tell bus that? >> thats right. a day full of surprises. tea party express unveiled their first senate endorsement. who gets it? who is the win never his name is john b...

Attorney general here. that could take a long time. before a decision is made if they should get rehabilitation. really begs the question, how are these boys going to be rehabilitated if theyre stuck in a center they dont have access to psychological care. don. >> how many kids get pulled into this type of thing? >> don this, is rare. in afghanistan. we know from intelligence officials, that in the past year theres been at least three suicide bombings, carried out by minors, we allege a lot came...

They want to oust him. bruning, the attorney general is the elected three times as attorney general, hes pretty gop establishment. a little surprised pick that the tea party express would pick him. they go for nonestablishment types. this increases his visibility. get him a lot of money but could be the political kiss of death. we know tea party express track record with senate picks. didnt go with in alaska, nevada and delaware. thank you. >> youre off the hook. carol and i are in trouble. your...

listen, one-tenth of that is under water. but when you see those pictures, you get the impression that the entire city surround water. >> more on that in a moment. newt gingerich today becomes the first republican to formally announce his running for president. gingerich is a former house speaker who retired in 1999 after an extra marital affair and ethics scandal. a government undercover operation shows the nations busiest seaport isnt as sharp as it should be. investigators flash...

our slogan this hour comes to us from someone not blue but russ in florida. put my head in the fridge, not a good start to the day. but watching "fox & friends" chases the blues away. >> you said not blue! >> i assume he has a freezer door that was opened and he has the freezer on top. and thats how he bumped his head. only thing i can think of. >> lets go out to haiti, steve. >> thats right, gretchen. death toll is on the rise in haiti this morning with officials fearing tens of thous...

Sarah palin. i, i dont think there is any other way to read this. sarah palin enters this race endorsing deb fisher pretty much late in the game. deb fisher has been in third place and zooms up and wins. this is not exactly at tea party versus everybody else sort of win. the attorney general, excuse me, john bruning, was the establishment candidate in this. but don stemberger, state treasurer had a lot of conservative establishment on his side. jim demint. had club for growth. had america works,...

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