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Claim the edge in foreign policy issues. at least before last months attack in benghazi which left our ambassador to libya and three other americans dead. now we seeing how the obama administrations response to the attack may have changed some voters mind with president obamas lead narrowing in battleground streets of ohio and florida. we have retireed general wesley clark, who ran for himself on the democratic side in 2003. sir, if you were advised him, and you is done this before, how would yo...

Theres a narrow view of what womens roles are both at home and in the workplace. ruth marcus of "the washington post" wrote this on friday, and id like your reaction to it. she writes, listen closely to romney not just in the debate but in his comments about women throughout the debate and you hear not only modern manager but 50s dad. he speaks of the dignity of work when talking about welfare moms, but at heart he seems convinced that children are better off when mothers stay at home. senator, ...

They were just desperate to get down and volunteer and get their friends to the polls. so i think theres a higher level of interest. mitt romney hasnt helped himself with some of the statements he made last week in the debate and that hes made throughout the election about immigration, about the dream act and the kids who want to go to college and i think thats reverberating with hispanic voters. >> thank you for joining me this morning. i appreciate it. >> so joining me now for a special editio...

>> just a couple of things i want to say about that. the number one issue in america, especially for women but for all americans, is an economy thats growing and creating tunes. and thats why you just read a poll that the gender gap is narrowing. the reason is because barack obama is not offering anything. what will he do over the next four years economically so that women that are graduating from the universities can find jobs in the professions they are studying for? thats the number one issue...

Wisconsin, colorado, and florida. nevada, michigan, and north carolina still have some of the worst unemployment rates of some of the swing states coming in at 11.8%, 9.6%, and 9.3%. nevada, in particular, has some of the highest foreclosures per home unit during the housing crisis. and economists tell me its had the worst economy of any swing state. >> yeah. well, we have the president, whos leading in most of the battleground states according to the polls from the nbc/"wall street journal"/mar...

Coming among women voters. women voters are critical in those northern virginia suburbs. and you know, weve seen some polls indicating a narrowing of mitt romneys deficit among women. in our nbc/"wall street journal"/marist polls late last week in both iowa and wisconsin, we showed romney down 18 points. he cant expect to carry virginia if hes down that much among women. but if he can narrow that gap somewhat and mitigate some of the loss of votes the that he has in the northern suburban part of...

And i wonder what your take is on why theyre doing that, andrea. my instinct for a very long time really until i saw that interview you did today with senator hutchison is they were doing it out of ignorance and i was bothered they didnt care enough about the subject to get their own policy right on it. now i sort of feel like they are -- its a concerted effort to hide the facts of what the stance is. do you have any -- is there any way we can know that? do you have instinct on it? >> my instinc...

Certainly was in the mccain years. unclear whether it will be in this campaign as well. now to president obama and the white house. the president just wrapped april rally in manchester, new hampshire. he and vice president biden dressing theired av advocacy fo equal pay and contraception. kristin welker joins us from the white house. you were with the president yesterday. one of the big themes. they think they gained some advantage after losing in some of the polls the gender gap, at least one...

Came and sought me out and he hired me. when i first met him at 2002 the olympics it was clear he had a lot of women working with him. he had meg whitman a huge successful businesswoman had her start at bain and company. this is somebody who walks the walk and believes in empowering women. thats why youre seeing gender gaps close. the gender gap between the womens vote is much closer now while the men gender gap, romney is leading by double digits now, while the womens, you know, its within a fe...

And then strike down funding for it. in addition to what he did with the binder statement and the comment about the fair pay act, this guy was all over the place. i dont think he helped himself out on womens issues. >> something must be getting traction here. this is disputded by the obama administration and even slightly correct, theres closing in the gender gap here. the president doing enormously well and still is but, erin, if the polls are correct theres some movement and mitt romneys picki...