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Were you surprised by these comments by pope francis? >> in many ways, no. i think the two groups youre most likely to hear the word humility from are political leaders and religious leaders. theyre the two groups least likely to mean it. i think with this pope, were constantly impressed regardless of his theological positions that this is someone whose first impulse is to love. his first impulse is to be humble and not judge. hes someone who actually is quite skeptical of power which is an odd ...

President picking up on the fact that mitt romney right before hurricane sandy hit had started to identify himself as the change candidate here and the president pointing out change of facts is not change. what do we make of the last four days and this line-up back and forth? >> its interesting theyre both returning to obamas core argument of 2008. it wasnt one obama emphasized particularly throughout the course of the race. hope and change were difficult words for him obviously because they did...

The sense that the complication with romneys explanation on the auto bailout, and thats what it is. in fact, i want to play some sounds from mitt romney 2008 at a grand rapids rally campaigning for the michigan primary and what he said the federal government should or should not do. >> how in the world can a federal government sit back and watch a state suffer year after year after year, watch the automotive industry see jobs year after year after year. how do you sit back and watch that happen ...

virtual third. well have a round table in vegas and well bring you live pictures. later today, romney will pick up the backing of a fellow businessman who will give donald trump his support on monday when he says its a great thing to be successful and employ a lot of people. whether trumps endorsement will mean anything, its unclear. in a recent poll, 64% of voters will say that it will not. fireworks on capitol hill over the justice departments botched gun running operation. house r...

>> hell be fine. hell be fine. >> one of the interesting things saturday night, to jons point, i think the public sees him as an extremist because they remember the mid-90s, everybody was at him for being too moderate. calling newt gingrich and all the stuff -- so hes in this odd position where hes an extremist for a lot of us, but on saturday night, he was a moderate being attacked by the so -- >> and ive got to before we go to this michele bachmann clip, mika, he got run out of town not becaus...

time for reporter roulette, we begin with jason carroll in university park, pennsylvania, with the joe paterno story. >> reporter: and don, an opportunity to speak to some of the players from the football team earlier this afternoon they told me they feel joe paterno made the right decision for the team, himself personally, also feel, don, he made the right decision for the university, have but having said that they are very sanded by the fact this man they looked up to for so many yea...

He heads to france. president is in the odd position of being the tallest dwarf at picnic. i mean, in a world of economic minimum its, -- midgets he stands tall. >>guest: when they get good news they have this going on in greece, and, politically, it will be very difficult for him to handle because, remember the first president bush in 1992 said, well it is a global slow down, it is not just the united states. that did not work out for his election. so, obama has not been defensive about the eco...

Could determine who wins the presidential nomination of the republican party. plus, with each passing day, those occupy wall street protests are gaining momentum. top republicans dismissed the demonstrators as mobs. well hear from both friend and foe, tonight. and is it possible that president obama isnt very good at politics? you know, the people, person-to-person kind. thats the question posed by a "washington post" reporter who says the president has a problem beyond the economy. people. he d...

To make an issue of it. they may well not want to. well, tonight, how religion could determine who wins the presidential nomination of the republican party. plus, with each passing day, those occupy wall street protests are gaining momentum. top republicans dismissed the demonstrators as mobs. well hear from both friend and foe, tonight. and is it possible that president obama isnt very good at politics? you know, the people, person-to-person kind. thats the question posed by a "washington post"...

Track record and in "lines of fire" on the one hand, its the greatest hits collection, best stuff ive written over the decades but its a book about the future. this is a work that will tell you where were going in our future wars. >> thats a question i have for you. are we done with armor? are we done with lines? are we done with battle against battle? is everything going to be covert from here on in? >> no, its not. and im in the odd position, brian, in the 1990s, i was arguing we need more spe...