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Wednesday, August 2

If you have been wanting to donate to the Ukrainians, but you're just not sure where or how to do it, this event could be the answer.

If you have been wanting to donate to the Ukrainians, but you're just not sure where or how to do it, this event could be the answer.

Nation and it is completely destroyed. so theres nowhere for them to go. and its very hard for the center to keep track of where they are, especially the ones that need help and theres some that need medications and theres some that really need some mental health counseling. theyve obviously been kicked out and nowhere to go and theyre very young. its the only place of its kind and its not there anymore. >> and this has been a passion project for you. just this past weekend there was a great eve...

Coming up, mitt romneys so-called relief event in ohio turned out to be a photo op. i mean, hes got all kinds of problems in ohio. weve got the details and visit with e.j. dionne next. the road to 270 is rapidly narrowing for the candidate. bob shrum of "the daily beast" thinks its over. hell weigh in on the state of the presidential race. and later, as we talked about, governor christie and president obama took politics aside to help new jersey towns devastated by sandy. jonathan alter joins ...

Will be. the message will be about real recovery on day one with, his closing argument. very much focused on the positive. he will not be hitting the president to the same degree as he has in the past because the president still involved in the storm recovery. romney campaign turned what should have been a political event to relief event. governor outside of dayton, thanking them for thinking about fellow americans out there dealing with this terrible storm. >> we wont be able to solve all the p...

Presidential election whats clear is that every granola and every bear hug counts. ben, your libelus -- >> did you call a digital publication a rag. >> well take it. >> talk about this story. there is -- theres some, look, to be honest political optics, stage managing is something everybody does on both sides of the aisle. this was an opportunity for romney to not look opportunistic and they focused heavily on the optics. your assessment of mitt romneys position these days. >> i mean i think h...

>> of $5,000. governor romney was stuck. he had a campaign event planned for ohio, a state that he needs to win. hurricane sandy blows in, devastates everything, decides not to campaign, but he still is running for president, so he decides, i think, on paper it might have sounded like a go ahead idea, to turn their campaign event into a relief event, have people come, show up with canned goods and things, and then, you know, everyone is and looks caring and compassionate, but when you put it thr...

Pleer appreciate all your reporting. hurricane sandy pushed the presidential election out of the headlines for a couple days, but the latest poll puts the canned dads in a statistic al tie among likely voters. in terms of the key swing states, that cbs "new york times" quinnipiac poll shows the president up five points in ohio. thats holding steady between fr two weeks ago. if in florida, a statistical tie. similar story in virginia. mitt romney is within two points. the ohio is ahead in both ...

And boxed and loaded in the truck and for the rest of you enjoy the concert that randy is going to put on and thank you so very much. i love you and appreciate you. thank you so much. thank you. >> ohio, mitt romney there talking to the crowds that have come today to attend what was a campaign event now turned into a relief event where theyre collecting goods for sandy survivors. also, giving a pitch for the american red cross if anybody can spare a little donation cash. mitt romney appearing in...