and that was a big event, you ve seen other luminaries from the democratic party come in here and support him. you ve had verbal acknowledgement from the white house, but not a stop. and to be honest with you, there is angst about that in the democratic party, especially since the president was nearby over the weekend. there were a lot of people hoping he would make a stop here. the fact that he hasn t is an interesting sign and may tell you something about the status of this race. jon onand republicans have generated a lot of i guess excitement to try to keep governor walker in office, e-mail lists, voter registration rolls and so forth, that s what governor romney is hoping he can piggy back off of come november. yes. and governor walker s operation has been very interesting. whether it translates from the money to the actual get out the vote to get people to the polls, one of the things that we ve seen in some race social security if polls going in show a big
believer in the legality of same sex marriage. he was just refusing to say so. and again, i m not arguing the policy, i understand the politicses politics were dangerous but he had trapped himself into a good corner and he was going to try to galvanize the gay community into helping him across the finish line and i guess he was going to announce it before august but it was a difficult high wire act for them and that s why it was difficult this week. jon onand the vice president helped drag him across that finish line. a.b. stoddard, thank you. thank you. jenna: as you can imagine, the political fallout from the president s announcement reached capitol hill very quickly, with very different reactions. at one point it got heated between a couple of lawmakers on a related issue. rick has the details from the newsroom with more. reporter: good morning. the house armed services committee, burning the midnight oil to craft a pentagon funding measure, but that same committee also approv
it is not quite as competitive on the house side. the republicans have majority there. they have control there. 242 seats to the democrats, 192. our next guest says you have to keep close eye on both of these races. larry sabato, director of center for politics at university of virginia. you deliver every week with your crystal ball. this conclusion caught my attention when it comes to the senate. you say might be so close when it comes to the senate next year a tie-breaking vote may be necessary by whoever the vice president might be. why do you think that could happen? well, when you look at the races, jenna, and you look at them one by one and you also judge the races on basis of which presidential candidate will carry that state, it is easy to see how might, might end up as 50-50. we still give slight edge to republicans to control the senate but we wouldn t be shocked, wouldn t be surprised if it ended up the way it did after the 2000 election when vice president cheney broke ti
about. the implications for us. that is truly something that s at the forefront of many peoples minds who might be watching now, but you look at their numbers, forget the fact that spain s unemployment rate is now 24.1%. you know, you superimpose that over hours, hours doesn t over ours, ours doesn t look that bad but the fact is that our u.s. investor, i m not saying anybody with a 401(k) or perhaps a pension, look at what happens in europe and gets nervous and it color, it continuings our psychology in the u.s., a very bleak color at this point. jon: 24 percent, one in four persons in spain is unemployed right now. i know, really, it s unablable. jon onand the unbelievable. and rest of the con nent, not doing much better. ours is more like 8.2%. if you look outside the eurozone, the the u.k. next is now in recession as well, so it leads you to wonder, all of the efforts they ve made and what they call austerity, stop the spending
they ve spoken to this man, othniel miller, a handyman who was there when the body disappeared. miller denies involvement in the case, miller s stepson says the rape charge is a lie, calling his wife angry and crazy but in the meantime any hopes of resolution in this case appears dim. etap s parents live a block away. to this day, they can only wait for word. jon: so sad. we were hoping for some kind of resolution in this mystery. rick leventhal, thank you. speculation is heating up about who mitt romney might choose as his running mate. names are being tossed around, including marco rubio, who happens to be traveling with mitt romney. coming up, we ll break down the candidates. jenna: he changed his name