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increased 18 points this year. the pollster notes that mitt romney is laboring under the lowest personal popularity ratings for a presumptive presidential nominee in mid-summer election-year polls pack to, wait for it, the year 1984. and today, a new reuters poll shows that among registered voters nationally, president obama leads mitt romney by seven points, 49 to 42%. joining me now, "the huffington posts" sam stein, and msnbcs karen finney. thank you both for joining me tonight. but...

[ ♪ music ♪ ] >> in 1996 president clinton and a bipartisan congress helped in welfare as we know it requiring work for welfare. on jewel 12th president obama quietly announced a plan dropping work requirements. under obamas plan you would not have to work or train for a job. they just send you your welfare check. mitt romney will restore the work requirement because it works. >> jennifer: that is mitt romneys newest attack add accusing the president of giving away government money...

[ ♪ music ♪ ] >> in 1996 president clinton and a bipartisan congress helped in welfare as we know it requiring work for welfare. on jewel 12th president obama quietly announced a plan dropping work requirements. under obamas plan you would not have to work or train for a job. they just send you your welfare check. mitt romney will restore the work requirement because it works. >> jennifer: that is mitt romneys newest attack add accusing the president of giving away government money...

from miami. we begin tonight with a question. wheres sarah palin? the gop lined up lots of speakers important the republican national convention. today rick santorum was added do the list. and so was tea party favorite senator rand paul. both come on the heels of yesterdays big get governor rick 36% approval scott. huh? but still no word on if sarah palin will speak. could it be that governor romney just doesnt like her all that much? that story ahead. there is someone else that hasnt ...

>> spent a good deal of time with congressman ryan when his plan came out i applauded it as a very important step. this is guy thats willing to stand for something. >> what paul ryan stands for is a system where the top 1% thrives at the expense of everyone else. at the expense of the poor and the expense of our seniors. that sort of topped down economics is a tough sell. and president obama made that point last night. >> if this sounds like an idea thats difficult to explain or sell t...

come out. >> i know what the attorney general said when he came to the meeting on wednesday afternoon. there seems to be some out there that -- >> well, i think more and more members understand all of the facts as i know them and as chairman issa knows them and the rest of the leadership team, this was done with plenty of deliberation. and plenty of time for the administration to work with us to resolve this issue. >> grover for kwis is coming up here this afternoon to talk to your mem...

few months. >> he did it for politics? >> thats certainly a big part of the equation. >> your view is that mitt romney cant compete among hispanics? >> listen, hes going to try to compete everywhere as will we. this will be a very close electi election. lets talk about immigration for a minute. mitt romney said he would veto the dream act if he was elected president during the republican primaries in debate after debate talked about how he would send the 11 million people home. looking...

talk about coming up is who is really playing politics, the president for issuing it or mitt romney for not answering the question on whether he would repeal it? seems like a game on both sides. but first, well get to greece. president obama touched down in mexico last night for the start of the g-20 summit. where hes expected to urge european leaders to focus on pro-growth policies before austerity. this comes as stocks opened in europe strong on the news that greeces pro-bailout part...

>> these numbers are devastating. problem the most significant thing we can do in the near term is get a new president that understands what it takes to get the economy going. >> the american people are in a desperate spot. millions of americans are looking for work and its time for us to change course and have real policies that put americans back to work. >> these job numbers are pathetic, and the american people really deserve better. and i think under the right leadership we can do...

he said things like housing and urban development, hud, might not be around later. and what does hud provide? among other things housing support for pour families. with the budget deficits that our country is facing programs are going to need to be cut. the issue as always is what priorities get funded? what do you cut in order to fund a priority? so are we going to protect a basic support that poor familiar list need to be able to give their children a safe home to live in? i want to ...