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Little after that this afternoon. your thoughts how he performed and, did he answer a lot of the questions americans have? >> no, he didnt. because he came up there and -- the president just did this as an act of ceremony. he realizes i have to do the end of the year press conference, and when he was asked about health care he described the problems as nothing but a bad run of public relations problem. >> a bad run. >> right. and its the complete opposite of that. this is a president who has not...

-and-a-half pennsylvania well, "happening nd really over the last several weeks, the white house bogged down with criticism over the struggling obamacare rollout. the president holding events and speeches to play up the benefits as press secretary jay carney gets really hammered really at the daily briefings. this is a daily occurrence now. administration members and surrogates hitting the sunday shows for weeks now, but the so-called architect of obamacare addressing poor enrollment numbers wit...

Because its coming really on the heels of the government shutdown, which demolished the republican partys poll ratings. this has been a gift now to the gop because they can now refocus on what they see as the incompetence of the website. i think its a big public relations problem, and there are some substantive issues here as well. i think the administration is belatedly getting on top of it. the appointment of jeffrey zeintz to come in as a systems engineer person, offers assurance that the web...

Between security concerns and privacy concerns. >> you know, jim, this is obviously damaging. theres been a whole series of allegations not only involving germany but france, mexico. this is a key relationship, though, a personal relationship between the president of the united states and the german chancellor, angela merkel. >> no question. clearly a problem. as you mention its affected virtually all of our close allies -- germany, france, the uk, brazil. it is partly a public relations problem...

By threatening other things. but i think its going to be a public relations problem for them. >> david, the president has been obstinate, too, saying hes not going to negotiate on certain things. when it comes down to it, he will probably have to compromise on some level. what is it hes most likely to compromise on? >> somewhere on the debt. there could be cuts, spending going on. but back to boehner. the presidents in a better position -- i think john boehners job is on the line here. theres 80...

>> people were just in shock. early, and wondering what was going on. >> reporter: sam passengers said when they saw lifeboats lowered, they thought the grandeur of the seas was sinking. the latest scare in what is a string of debacles for the cruise industry. last year, 32 people died when the costa concordia capsized off the coast italy. carnival triumph stranded passengers in the gulf of mexico on february, and the "dream" left others without power in march. executive director richard burke s...

Backpedalling in an interview he did on the radio yesterday. he said look the decision to suspend rice came from the fact that he was remorseful, he apologized, he acknowledged his wrongdoing. but at this point, you know, this video has gone viral. theres so much outrage from people, i think that the pressure is certainly mounting for more to be done here. >> clearly public relations problem for this program. >> oh, i think so. i think it will be a very interesting day at rutgers today. >> oh, y...

Thursday afternoon in jerusalem president obama will address the israeli people. this will be an attempt -- later he will attend a state dinner at the residence of shimon perez. an attempt to try to fix some of his public relations problem with israelis in general. on friday the president then will head to aman, jordan. where hell meet with king abdullah and attend a dinner at the palace there. finally on saturday, it is off to the famous city of petra. president obama will tour the ancient city...

Country? we cant ever cut anything ever? imagine -- so instead of going into this with courage and bravery the way its been said to the country, heres where we are and we have to make cuts and its not how we would have designed them, but heres where we are. and we feel confident so you should feel confident. well get through this. which seemed to be a message he tried to tack on to his fearmongering friday at 4:00. but where are we that we cant cut that teeny bit out of our federal government? b...

but democrats are certainly having a field day with where some of romneys fortune is or was invested. >> this is a man who says president barack obama is out of touch. out of touch with the needs of the american people. this coming from a man who recently had a swiss bank account and millions of dollars invested in the grand cayman islands beyond scrutiny. and the president obama is out of touch? >> that was just part of a democratic tidal wave. >> when he put his money in swiss bank a...