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Bill: were now seeing governor romney and paul ryan speaking at a rally there. that is westerville, ohio, near columbus, ohio, franklin county, right in the middle of the state. yesterday romney slamming the president on libya in ohio. asking why the administration has been so slow to call the murders of four americans in benghazi a terrorist attack. hear is the governor on the stump. >> we expect candor from the president aptransparency and he continues to refuse to acknowledge what is said by ...

>> wait a minute. >> most of them are in head states. >> bill: okay. romney has lost a lot of momentum in the last week or so. would you agree with that? >> hes on the defensive. the press is did -- >> not because -- >> bill: its happening. doesnt matter why. on libya, on this, mother jones, by the way, put this tape out. okay. so romney finds himself now on the defensive. hes lost momentum. youre going to see it in the polling. you will. i told charles krauthammer, look, hes got to get in every...

Eye, do we, newt? >> no. but we do agree. our country must take action to address climate change. >> but while running for president, gingrich did an about-face. >> it was probable the single dumbest thing ive ever done. >> as far back a is 1993, the speaker supported health care mandates. >> i am for people, individuals, exactly like automobile insurance, individuals being required to have health insurance. >> but this year he said he rejects them. >> im against any effort to impose a federal m...

Appeal to the tea party and the conservative voters who very much are going to be needed to win these early states? >> i think you get at whats probably his biggest weakness which is his strong ties to washington generally. right? he was speaker of the house. he took money from groups like this. he was not a lobbyist but as we know, strategic advisor, that line -- >> a consultant. >> that line can be kind of blurred. but why is he risen in the polls? we saw his stridency at debates. hes been abl...

Up next, a gaffe again. herman cain blunders on libya. the son of moammar gadhafi finally captured. the natalie wood case reopened. why is a key figure in the case reportedly hiring a lawyer? and chris matthews recalls how prevented nuclear war. good morning, everyone. welcome to "weekends with alex witt." its 11:00 right on the nose out west. herman cain appeared on the david letterman show last night. he talks about his 9-9-9 plan and the sexual harassment claims against him. an grew, good m...

American exports by 2014. a goal were on pace to meet. >> well, president obama left bali early this morning and will arrive back in washington early tomorrow. a story developing this morning in libya. moammar gadhafi son saif was captured in southern libya as two aides were trying to smuggle him into neighboring niger. meantime, reports this morning that the white house plans to impose new sanctions on iran. the new measures would ban foreign companies with irans petro chemical industry. ob...

Trillion or face triggers, sequestration, draconian, medicare cuts, but the problem is those cuts dont take effect until 2013. the effective deadline really isnt wednesday. a lot of people are looking at this and saying, congress will have an effect over the course of the next year and after the election to try to make this right before those cuts go into effect. a lot of wrinkles here, alex, but its not looking good for them to meet this first deadline of wednesday. >> are you a betting man, mi...

Weve even him cancel a number of interviews, although obviously he had his talk show interview that he had. its never a good idea to bash the media. it could be problematic at the local level because people turn to those endorsements to make their decisions but i dont think bashing the media really harms them, probably not as much as the other things that have happened to him in recent weeks. >> dont go too far. back for the big three later. >> thank you. a millionaire who actually wants to pa...

university sports program. a coach is faced on leave and we will hear from a friend of the accuser. its called 821. you probably havent heard about it. a united nations development program has become a code word for conservatives and newt gingrich is taking full advantage. >> im wolf blitzer. youre in the "situation room." first, herman cain. he certainly has become the first of the 2012 republican presidential candidates to get protection from the secret service. there are some qu...

>> there are two schools of thought on that. before we get there, lets remember here the bar is really low. all you have to do here is read the newspapers. you dont have to have the intelligence briefing. you dont have to have the secret service or cia or fbi or anyone with you. you need to read "the new york times" or any other seriousç publication and youd know where libya was and where you might be vis-a-vis the obama administration. being commander in chief involves being a commander. it i...