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Affect this. mitt romney talked about his speech, talked about this convention with chris wallace earlier today and it was interesting to hear him say what he hopes will come out of this week. basically, he has a vision for the future. we will hear a lot of specifics. also, he will introduce himself to people, perhaps who have not been paying that much attention, to politics up until now. maria: chris and i were speaking, it feels, when you look at polls, it backs up there is kind of a momentum ...

killing three soldiers in the countrys southern helmand province. >> cnns chris lawrence is live from the pentagon. what are your sources telling you about this attack this morning? >> well, john, they say they are still trying to figure out whether this was actually a true afghan police officer or someone just wearing the uniform. although the taliban is claiming that this was an actual afghan policeman who lured these three soldiers to his residence or to a party and had planned to k...

Get done. >> he harkened back to era of big government is over. >> this is enough to make you wonder maybe it was personal beef with the clintons but probably it runs deeper than that. >> in a rare public appearance and rare return to the capital, former president bush endorsed governor romney today. he said he welcomed support as welcomed his father. this leaves laura bush in doubt. >> thank you. >> jobs and the economy will certainly be the pivot points in the november election. tonight, senio...

Homosexual activist again. he has to show he can stand up to pressure and he should have stood up to the pressure like when the gay soldier was booed by the audience back in the first debate romney should have said folks, you can disagree but hes out there defending us. >> a series. who are you mitt romney. >> this is the moment that we have talked about on this show over and over again. there are these pivot points that are available to mitt romney where he can stand up and say look, this is wh...

out the door. were going to talk to a family member of the victims who says theyve been left now without any answers. no one is talking to them. and then, a tragedy. im not even a really big football fan. that was so sad to watch, the tide rolling over my favorite lsu. of course, they were thrilled because it was revenge approximately we. well talk about that. and former chief white house staff, theyre going to talk about the former governors late surge. texas a&m going to get into it ...

>> joan walsh, thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks for having me. now, we have been talking throughout the show about the pivot points we have reached as a result of bin ladens death. one of the biggest questions is whether torture did or did not work in this situation and what that means going forward. democratic senator dianne feinstein, chairwoman of the senate intelligence committee, says got the necessary leads to find bin laden without resorting to torture. >> to the best of our ...

Harm for us. i dont think we are at a berlin wall moment yet. >> you dont think this is one of those pivot points in history, christian? >> i wish it were. it is really significant what is going on and caught washington completely by surprise i think. we have waged political and economic warfare against the soviet union and the eastern bloc for decades and we knew the enemy and identified it and knew who our friends were. the shift workers a dissidents. we haved accomplished any of that in regar...

Harm for us. i dont think we are at a berlin wall moment yet. >> you dont think this is one of those pivot points in history, christian? >> i wish it were. it is really significant what is going on and caught washington completely by surprise i think. we have waged political and economic warfare against the soviet union and the eastern bloc for decades and we knew the enemy and identified it and knew who our friends were. the shift workers a dissidents. we haved accomplished any of that in regar...

Harm for us. i dont think we are at a berlin wall moment yet. >> you dont think this is one of those pivot points in history, christian? >> i wish it were. it is really significant what is going on and caught washington completely by surprise i think. we have waged political and economic warfare against the soviet union and the eastern bloc for decades and we knew the enemy and identified it and knew who our friends were. the shift workers a dissidents. we haved accomplished any of that in regar...

For a while. i want to get a sense of context for comparison. it is always hard to report on power. it is always hard to report with anonymous sources. it seems like something different with this administration because the stories are so explosive and the credibility of the official voices are so low, it really feels like youre groping around a room blind. is that how you feel? does it feel different than other administrations? >> well, it is hard to say. i mean first of all we have the advantag...