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Theyre at war. >> its worth noting these are distant relatives of mitt romney. we talk about the mormon question, talked on the show so many times, this is the week that mitt romney is going to embrace his faith, you write in -- on buzz feed hes going to embrace religion in a bigger fashion, but perhaps not by mentioning mormonism but by appealing to the evangelical base. mitt romney needs to win 60% of the white vote, evangelicals make up a part of that. could he better utilize the mormon thing...

Than about mitt romney at that convention. >> what happened here was, the field for the primaries was so pathetic and weak, with so many troubled characters against romney, that romney never really had to try very hard in the process and he got to the presidential election and he faces off against a president whos not only specific in detail, but very competitive, with a very aggressive team and hes floundering all over the place. so what happened was i think he got lulled into a false sense of ...

The attack. the question was when and how they were going to do it and its at this point theres a slight difference between what the u.s. assess and the libyans assess. the libyans believe under the cover of the protests outside the u.s. consulates thats when the militants decided to carry out the attack on the u.s. consulate and why there is this differing narrative emerging between the two sides. libyan officials have about 50 people in their custody and all the intelligence on the ground is l...

They took out the money and got out of dodge before the companies fell apart. the idea hes a managerial expert who knows how to runs things is being exposed in the way hes running his campaign. that was never his business to begin with. >> i dont think managers want adjectives as laurel and hardy-esque to the description of their campaign. should he let anyone go at this point? the person that politico story targets is stew stew vens but would a shakeup benefit him. >> also it describes mr. romn...

They dig into the highlight reel to remind why romney is doing so poorly with latino voters. >> he only has a few weeks to overhaul his positions and slow his declining popularity with latino. can he cover up his belief in self-deportation with a bold new wall paper choice? >> joining us from chicago, national press secretary for the obama campaign, ben lebolt. great to see you. >> thanks for having me, alex. >> ben, first question, one youre going to get asked all day, but coincidence or not, i...

Evangelized our beliefs and try to help others. he could have made a compelling case out of that in the way that obama did but he hasnt even attempted it. >> what do the romneys in mexico think of mitt romney and the romneys here in the u.s.? >> thats a great question. when you say distant relatives his dad was born there. >> right. >> b, you know, what they talk about is, nafta, screwed up the farming in northern mexico. what that led to if youre going to get a job, two ways, go to america lega...

Regulations on wall street, are somehow going to help the small businesswoman in cincinnati expand or the construction worker whos been laid off? let me tell you, we have been there, we have tried that, we are not going back. were not going back. >> that was president obama in cincinnati, ohio, talking to auto workers. we are still here with ben labolt the obama campaigns chief spokesperson. the president, with a new zinger about tax cuts if you want to book a reduced airfare, try a tax cuts. or...

For me. thanks for your time. im going to see you back here later this afternoon. im going to host "news nation." ill see if tamron hall joins me. i dont know if shell be on a flight back from new york. ill see you at 11:00 a.m. at eastern, too. can you see the wheels turning in my head, alex? >> youre tired. eastern, western, pacific, central. as long as youre on the television, thats all that matters. coming up, we are going to be talking about ryans hope. while the morning headlines laude p...

That reason. >> well -- >> just say it. >> thats not going to change. thats who he is. >> youre right. >> he is a data driven guy. >> one of the sadnesses -- well, one of the interesting things here is romneys family story is -- has some of the santorum overturns without the big hands. because george romney, a carpenter, his family was driven in and out of the country. >> selling stuff out of his trunk so he could pay for his honeymoon with his wife. >> and the reason he cant bring it up -- >> w...