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Unfavorable. what voters want is an exploration of both candidates, what they say theyre going to do. and thats what this campaign is about as well. >> the governors comments we just heard, they. >> what is romneys actual plan in terms of policy, legislation. >> to the first point of that, i think youre right, the president does do a great job explaining. but the problem is, there is no, theres no. >> follow up. theres no policy thats been put for the congress or coming out of the senate where t...

Gallon, its 20 cents lower than a year ago this time. from there to politics, nbcs political unit is out with a fresh electoral map for the presidential election. some surprising new battle lines show president obama hanging on to his lead. both 110 electoral votes up for grabs, its still a long road to november. joining me is cnbc washington correspondent john harwood. >> lets get to a look at the map, one of the biggest changes is pennsylvania, that go from a toss-up to liening towards presi...

Ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. at 45 past the hour, taking a live look at the sanford florida jail, that is where george zimmerman will have to appear shortly, hes got under two hours to do so. supposed to be there by 2:30 p.m. eastern, were keeping a close eye on things as it could happen at any moment. the reason for it is a judge revoked his bond for misleading the court about the state of his finances during a bond hearing in april. the judge lester called his statements materi...

When you look at your ballot in november, i want you to do the research. and maybe you agree with me. >> ed lee, lets look at that. youre running against a five-term congressman here. do you think people view this as a publicity stunt since you are up against a formidable candidate here? >> its not a publicity stunt, but i would agree its an unconventional way to get my name out there. youre right. im battling a five-term incumbent that has an advantage of hundreds of thousands of dollars. i cer...

Wrong with private equity. lets look, though, at what romney did in private equity and whether that prepares him to be president. its a different narrative. they rolled out this, you know, vampire gst steel, you know, dark foreboding ad. >> the way you say vampire dark foreboding is actually quite pleasant, but continue, michael. sorry to cut you off zb. >> they tried to go hard, didnt want to go out with nuance in the beginning which was a smart strategy. now theyre paying for it. that relation...

Accommodation, a marvelous step forward, but if they accepted it, they would lose their position of being oppressed by the administration. >> melinda, lets look at it from a secular point of view. it seems like they were able to live in any society and form of government. they survived urn right win and left wing of the governments. its a spiritual thing. do what you believe and believe what you do. if laws allow divorce and abortion, thats fine, you dont have to have them. you are who you are a...

Oil market, when you switch from oil to summer, prices spike-- hang on a second. prices have more than doubled since hes president. and we have $5 trillion in debt. these are significant issues. there seems to be -- this is an uncanny, you know, series of distractions about super fluous, meaningless issues. axel rod was successful -- >> he blames it on the strait of hormuz. -- [overlapping dialogue] >> chris, lets look at the overall energy policy. the department of energy was created to get u...

Oil market, when you switch from oil to summer, prices spike-- hang on a second. prices have more than doubled since hes president. and we have $5 trillion in debt. these are significant issues. there seems to be -- this is an uncanny, you know, series of distractions about super fluous, meaningless issues. axel rod was successful -- >> he blames it on the strait of hormuz. -- [overlapping dialogue] >> chris, lets look at the overall energy policy. the department of energy was created to get u...

Going to be part of the debate this fall. >> michael, lets look at the -- >> he took the oath of office, those jobs were lost under president bush, lets be frank about this. >> gentlemen, i want to look at the numbers. the new poll out this week showing president obama with a strong lead over mitt romney with female voters. when we get away from the hilary rosen issue, we remember back it was soccer mans, security moms, now this campaign is going to be about stay at home moms. getting the indepe...

Little time, particularly the defense. they obviously need time to prepare as omar ra has said, i want things to simmer down, before i seek the bail bond hearing, before we move forward, let it get a little more dispassionate. he has been very good about saying there may be real problems with stand your ground laws, but in fact i believe my client can avail himself of the law as it stands. so its clear he will concede. there could be problems with the statute, thats very smart. but at the same t...