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Supporting president obamas plan to let the bush tax cuts for the wealthy expire but the off message remark reminded us of a similar instance. >> theres no question that in terms of getting up and going to the office and, you know, basically performing the essential functions of the office, a man who has been governor and had a sterling business career crosses the qualification threshold. >> on capitol hill last hour four of six republican leaders called the former president out by name in calli...

Functions of the office, a man whos been governor and had a sterling business career eyeses the qualification threshold. >> joining me now karen finny, former communications director and current msnbc political expert. and anna marie cox. my position is, this is all a frenzy around what clinton is saying is media frenzy. hes speaking and one word come into his head and it sounds like its at some variance with the obama campaign. what could you make of the clinton controversies? >> well, they are...

On national tv. bain, of course, the recent target of attacks by the presidents campaign. mr. clinton telling cnn: theres no question that in terms of getting up, going to the office and basically performing the essential funks of the office, a man whos been governor and had a sterling business career crosses the qualification threshold. well, bill clinton did then walk those comments back, but today there are at least two primaries in which the presidents are at odds. in new jersey mr. clinton ...

Crosses the qualification threshold. megyn: bill clinton is out there, and no sooner had he made those initial remarks than came out later and said some people are taking my remarks out of context and tried to say this wasnt an endorsement of mitt romney, but it had a lot of people saying that was -- its not that helpful to our message when we are going after bain for you to call his business record sterling. >> this is clear pundit theater and has no meaning to everyday people and wont alter th...

Barrett. that wasnt enough. because president obama just tweeted that he is standing by tom barrett. glad everyone is finally up to speed. this, of course, is not the first time that bill clinton publicly undermine team obama. last week, he appeared on television praising republican presidential candidate mitt romney. take a look. >> there is no question that getting up and going to the office and, you know, basically performing the essential function of the office, a man who has been governor a...

Get in the position where we say this is bad work. this is good work. a man who has been governor and had a sterling business career crosses the qualification threshold. >> starting on september 15, we entered the deepest crash since the great depression. if you look at history, those things take five or ten years to get over. if there is a housing collapse along with it, closer to ten years. he is on schedule to beat that record. >> bret: bill clinton, former president making news. politico col...

Do so well and a number of people doing so poorly. policies to help bring up the 99% who are not par tess pating. >> chris: since the president started attacking romney for his record on bain capital a number of democratic surrogates including you have defended private equity. this week the big sur row gate weighed in and defended romneys experience if not his ideas. take a look. >> there is no question in terms of getting up and going to the office and basically performing the essential functio...

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>> i wanted to have shirley temple curls. >> and this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. im harvey weinstein filling in for piers morgan. ive got to tell you, when piers asked me to do this, i thought he was kidding. he wasnt. so i went to one of the smartest people i know to ask for advice. oprah winfrey. well hear from her coming up. but heres what she told me. she said if youre nervous, tell people youre nervous. well, i am a little nervous. but im also very excited. im a frie...

dolphin? dolphin talk this morning. scientists say we may soon be able to talk to flipper! really? good morning to you. im carol costello. millions of americans reveled in one of the warmest records on season and now a mean season. wildfires are burning in seven western states and the summer temperatures will only push the danger higher. the worst single fire is in southwestern new mexico. 225,000 acres burned, about 280 square miles. it is the biggest in the states history and its...