are not many swing vetters. so this really is a battle of the bases. and i can tell you this, the romney campaign has looked like a campaign that believes it s more about boosting the republican base, finding republican leaning voters to show up, rather than persuading undecided voters in the middle. where they re going in swing states, who they re appearing with, what they re talking about, it still strikes me that they think, okay, there are no persuadables in the middle let s just boost republican turnout to an all-time high. okay. chuck todd. good to see you as always. thank you. this program reminder, daily rundown with chuck todd airs every week day at 9:00 on msnbc. it s always chock full of political insights. now to the growing scandal in london over topless photos of the duchess of cambridge kate middleton. britain s royal family has begun legal action against a french magazine which published the
what god lives is never a coincidence and more than some happenstance it was a beautiful service. stevie wonder, just one of her friends saluting her during the funeral services at houston s hometown church in new jersey. alicia keys, art kelly, all honoring houston with their voices. stars like tyler perry and kevin costner told personal stories in memory of the superstar. aretha franklin was scheduled to be there but had to cancel because she wasn t feeling well. the service included a letter from her daughter, bobby christina. it read god said it s time, your work is done. thanks for being a wonderful daughter. as for her ex-husband, bobby brown, he says in a written statement he wasn t happy about being asked to move three times and says security kept him from seeing his daughter. so he left because i refused to create a scene. in all, it was roughly a four-hour homegoing tribute to whitney houston and punctuating the service today, a recording of louft s i
we begin with breaking news in drought-stricken texas where strong winds from tropical storm lee are kicking up several major wildfires. you see them here. this is south of austin, texas. crews are scrambling to knock down flames as soon as they pop up. 1,000 homes are at risk, in the line of fire. the situation has been getting worse. fire officials can t tell us how many evacuations they have or any damage assessments as of yet. we ll have more ahead on the fires including a live report from the scene and also a man who may lose his home to this fire. first we want to bring you up to date on the enormous amounts of rain tropical storm lee is dumping on louisiana and also mississippi. this was tropical storm lee tearing through the gulf this weekend. this is an oil rig and the workers there, you see them leaning into the wind holding on for dear life just to find out how fast the wind is blowing. they found out fast. on land, lee has been a flood maker. parts of louisiana ha
sort of worried enough that he will pause. another way to get the doctor to pause, which is what you re trying to do because doctors are busy these days, is ask one crucial question, that is and i talk about this in my book, doctor, what else could this be? slow him down and say okay, i know you think it s the flu but what else could it be? that will rejigger his thinking and cause him to rethink his conclusion. good advice. thank you. a friendly program reminder, it airs this saturday and sunday, 7:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. you don t want to miss it. time has run out. the ban on expanding jewish settlements ended today. what about the prospects for advancing peace? we re live from jerusalem next.
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