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Walker beat milwaukee mayor tom barrett in the gubernatorial election. then in february 2011, governor wearing addressed the states budget short fall by curbing the collective bargaining rights of unions. then the protests began. that prompted the recall effort which got started in november of 2011. the primary and now here we are 24 hours out. a fox news alert. the economy and especially last weeks dismal report on our jobs situation getting lot of attention at todays white house briefing which...

Investigating four other cases of sudden acceleration. remember, those black boxes, kind of exonerated toyota after the sudden cases of acceleration, where they had to recall the cars, so the black boxes are effective. were not saying the video is fake. were saying hyundai says they didnt have a camera in the car, but theyre widely available. megyn: that is scary tape, though. thra*eus, thank you. in three minutes we have significant new polls on the president and the same sex marriage issue, ...

A nasty campaign particularly when you see people like the creator of the willy horton had, creating ads for restore our future. the same guy that did the add in 1988 against the campaign of michael ducaucus. they were very ugly, race tinged, we may have a very nasty next six months. >> i have been saying that since this time last year. saying to people that the reelection effort in 2012 will get very, very ugly. and that folks who are complaining about what happened back then, they ought to get...

Effective and remain popular with the broad range of voters in the key swing groups in november. i have erin mcpike here, national reporter for real clear politics. dana, let me start with you, how does president obama change the game? >> nobody is surprised that president clinton is behind president obamas reelection effort. first of all, he is a terrific campaigner and can be a surrogate for him around the country raising great gobs of money. and also, rallying the democratic base and appealin...

From things like scams, targeting college benefits provided to military veterans, promoting his g.i. bill in front of a military audience and there is speculation in todays "washington post" this was a visit that had two purposes: one, to promote that agenda, and secondly, to promote an agenda of reelection, hope to go target military families who tend to vote, who tend to be very tuned in to things politically for obvious reasons, and you can see the president, about to sign that order, down in...

though, new terror concerns as we approach the first anniversary of the daring raid that led to the death of osama bin laden. there is no credible information suggesting al qaeda or its allies are planning attacks tied to the anniversary. but the concerns are real enough that president obama reviewed the threat picture just this morning with this top national security advisers. our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence is here with the details. what is the biggest threat intel official...

Responsible will be held accountable. >> they should be held accountable and im sure they will. im glad nobody got hurt. megyn: the state attorney general says he is quote thoroughly investigating the incident. >> its morning again in america. today more men and women will go to work than ever before in our countrys history. with interest rates at half the record highs much 1980, nearly 2,000 families will buy new homes more than think time in the past four years. megyn: that was president reaga...

Deteriorating quickly. you may remember megrahi was freed in 2009 after doctors said he had prostate cancer and had only months to live. megrahi was convicted in 2001 of the bombing of the bombing of pan am 103 as it flew from new york to london, all 250 people were killed, 11 others on the ground died from the falling wreckage. now he is headed to the hospital. and to the campaign trail, a rocky start to the presidents reelection effort, not one, not two but three major issues leaving the cam...

Things. hes not backing down, megyn. in fact hes promoting the comments he made at that town hall. megyn: she fired a few shots at him as well in his defense on that one. trace, thank you. >> reporter: okay. megyn: new questions today about the presidents reelection campaign and whether president obamas team is in trouble. in the first inning of the general election ballgame. between the off-mic remarks to the russian leader, the attack on the u.s. supreme court and what conservatives are now ca...

Message. but is that a real problem for them, mike? >> well, its a huge problem. i mean, anybody in politics will tell you that any time youre on the defensive and having to go off message as you so aptly put it megyn, its a problem. listen, if this was a baseball analogy and this is the bottom of the first inning, of the reelection effort for barack obama, the starting pitcher is getting shallacked and any good manager would pull him out of the game. this is a train wreck. and its one thing aft...