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For romney. >>shepard: i can guess he could handle that. is all that is happening here dampening what is happening there? >>carl: there is a great degree of concern, politically and for the people. they recognize that the president, the candidate, mitt romney, does not want to appear they are not paying attention to the plight of people dealing with the floods and isaac yet they have made sure the show goes on. it is worth noting, two nights ago, ann romney mentioned the storm in her remarks. it...

If that is reaching out and understanding the plight of people who are struggling in this country, its a really business definition. >> you know things we dont know. youre on the inside. when you get the money that the coch brothers have, just blow us out, the country in terms of time, does truth matter? >> well, truth matters to democrats and it matters to president obama. >> but to the voter. if theyre only going to get blasted with this stuff. >> what matters is that for us, we know the presi...

Republicans is persuade the mind. here the strategy for the democrats, persuade the hearts. hearts versus mind is the theme this year. gop is fact-based and president obama screwing up the economy and gasoline prices through the roof. and your economic future is shaky. on the democratic side. they want you to believe that romney-ryan ticket is extreme and those guys want to hurt you by making the rich, richer and ignoring the plight of the working man. the most powerful democratic speak are will...

>> right. definitely. >> tell me why. what kind of threats are they facing? >> i got a call from pew environment group, her name is debby solomone and she explained the plight of sharks. she basically said up to 73 million sharks are killed annually because of shark finning. she explained that shark finning is when you take, when fishing boats go out into the high seas and take the sharks out of the water. they cut off their fins and throw them back into the water to drown. and i just thought th...

Today msnbc joins all our plat fors in providing special coverage of whats become one of the worst droughts ever in the u.s. a new report issued today shows its the worsts in more than 50 years and covers more than 57% of the lower 4 states. think about that, shows no signs of easing centered in the nations midwest farm belt. expected to result in higher food and other prices in the months ahead because crops, particularly corn and soybean crops have dried up. farmers struggling to feed their an...

He doesnt know or doesnt care about the plight of the poor people. thats the implication of it. >> well, i think he may care. but the ad that he ran last week, describes him as being lazy, as not being in touch and not -- >> -- that may be over simplifying that. >> thats how i heard it. >> its not my job to defend governor romney. in 19 -- in the early 1970s, i worked in appear labor shah. appear labor shah appalachia. at that time the poverty rate was 11%. now, the poverty rate is 15%. its gone...

Presidency itself. gregg: steven hayes is a senior writer for the weekly standard and a fox news contributor. good to see you as always. columnist rich lowry made the argument that if democrats will lie about romney killing a woman, the infamous cancer ad its only a matter of scale to lie about killing grandma and every senior citizen on medicare in america. fair point? >> yeah, i think its a fair point. look, weve already seen that. that was the case that was made to a certain extent in 2010 if...

He doesnt know or doesnt care about the plight of the poor people. thats the implication of it. >> well, i think he may care. but the ad that he ran last week, describes him as being lazy, as not being in touch and not -- >> -- that may be over simplifying that. >> thats how i heard it. >> its not my job to defend governor romney. in 19 -- in the early 1970s, i worked in appear labor shah. appear labor shah appalachia. at that time the poverty rate was 11%. now, the poverty rate is 15%. its gone...

of dollars in some cases, end up paying for candies and other useless knickknacks instead of making a difference in the lives of people who have made incredible sacrifices for us all. tonight they have found another one of these organizations. >> ive got to ask you about the money, though. that doesnt answer questions about the money that they are -- thats it? thats all youre going to say? >> thats drew trying to get answer from help hospitalized veterans. remember that name. youre goi...

that you give, tens of millions of dollars in some cases, end up paying for candies and other useless knickknacks instead of making a difference in the lives of people who have made incredible sacrifices for us all. tonight they have found another one of these organizations. >> i got to ask you about the money though. i mean, that doesnt answer any of the questions about the money that theyre -- thats it? thats all youre -- youre going to say? >> thats drew trying to get answers from t...