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Welcome back to "the ed show." not to say that i told you so, but i knew i was going to be doing this story before too long. since making national headlines with his legitimate rape comment, congressman todd akin has been walking a lonely road in the missouri senate race against claire mccaskill, the incumbent. top national republicans, what do they do? well, they urged him to step down. republican groups pulled funds from his race. last week, the chair of the rnc said akin wont receive any supp...

August 19th todd akin said only some rapes are legitimate. what will he say next? >> so, mark this is the first time shes used that about the legitimate rape comment. what strikes you about this ad in general? >> we knew it was coming and came pretty much minutes if not hours after we all knew that todd akin was officially going to remain in the missouri senate contest. the other thing i think is quite striking potentially more damaging ads that clare mccaskill could run with the republicans and...

Yes. >> thats fair enough. >> so after that the president went to a fundraiser with power couple beyonce and jay-z and pointed out that hes got a lot in common with jay-z saying, quote, we both have daughters and our wives are more popular than we are. we have a little bond there. newt gingrich was one of the only republicans who defended congressman todd akin when he made the rape comment. now he is going one step further with a fundraiser next week. it was announced this morning by conservat...

Interview mitt romney said, i think the president was born in the u.s. it was just a joke. so i think its case closed. >> hes also said that leading up to, during his candidacy he said that for the most part. anyway, as we move on to overall this week, not a really great one for the gop leading up to the convention especially with the todd akins legitimate rape comment. how much does that detract from the republican conventions message? >> i think that is a serious issue for the romney/ryan ti...

To tampa, especially with the todd akins legitimate rape comment. how much will this distract from the message? >> it was definitely a rough week but this is an opportunity for the romney campaign and for governor romney to sort of define himself and reintroduce himself to the american public. people are just starting to tune in right now. this is a great opportunity for him to say this is who i am and what im about and sort of drive home his message. i think this might be a weekend story but ma...

Investigators about the third wifes death. drew peterson says is he innocent. we have brand new fox polls on the presidential race tonight. they show governor romneys supporters say they are more interested in the election than president obamas back backers. voters are telling us who they trust more on the economy and medicare. plus, the president is taking a jab at congressman todd ak everywhere akin over legitimate rape comment. the congressman claims not everyone is unhappy with him. the midd...

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I just servinged it better. [laughter] >> sean: but, i mean, this is business. huto close stores. some people lost their jobs to save the other jobs. >> exactly! >> sean: where is this attack coming from? the president takes all of this money, more than double the money of john mccain in 2008 from private equity. >> the president disavowed the comment, especially that rape comment that came from representative clyburn. but clyburn was talking about pay-day loan people who rip off low-income peop...

[laughter] >> sean: but, i mean, this is business. huto close stores. some people lost their jobs to save the other jobs. >> exactly! >> sean: where is this attack coming from? the president takes all of this money, more than double the money of john mccain in 2008 from private equity. >> the president disavowed the comment, especially that rape comment that came from representative clyburn. but clyburn was talking about pay-day loan people who rip off low-income people around this country. i th...

So that is the context in which hes announced the plan to send the national guard to the border. >> the rape comment was jet another disgusting dog whistle from the white house. but another issue that we dont have any clarity on is what is going to happen to epa administrator scott pruitt. it is thursday which means friday sometimes people leave the administration. mixed messages on what the president wants to do about pruitt. >> reporter: a lot of mixed messages. you see him there boarding air ...