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Ad. at the time romney came out publicly and said i want to make it clear. i repudiate that effort. i think its the wrong course for a pac or campaign. cot president actually win some support by stepping up to say, pat, you know what? im going to step away from this one, take it down. >> yes, and he would be consistent with what he claims to be as his image. i think this duality, the little man behind the curtain is harmful to him potentially. i want to say he should do that because his whole ca...

Hour how the white house was getting grilled on camera for the first time in days. there were fierce exchanges over a controversial ad from an obama super pac that seems to suggest that governor romney caused a womans cancer death. the ad has been called inaccurate, unfair and beneath the president and those criticisms are coming from democrats. here is white house press secretary jay carney trying to defend the commercial. >> dont you have to say something to make this go away? this is the four...

Death. im shannon bream in for megyn kelly. this man, a former steel worker suggested mitt romney is to blame for the death of his wife. companys company apparently closed the plant where he worked and that caused him his insurance. the problem is romney wasnt with the company when plant was closed. his wife didnt close until years later and she had her own insurance through her employer for a while. press secretary jay carney says this issue is out of the white houses hands. >> i cant comment o...

Shannon: ed henry live from the white house. thank you, ed. governor mitt romney striking back. his campaign releasing a tv ad in response to the one from the super pac group. this is called america deserves better. >> what does it say about a presidents character when his campaign tries to use the tragedy of a womans death for political gain? what does it say about a presidents character when he had his campaign raise money for the ad. shannon: it not only the romney campaign objecting to that ...

Of newspapers today. shannon: they said we have no knowledge, we dont know the facts of the story, that kind of thing. given what we know now, what do you think is a fair characterization about their position? they were dishonest, confused, they lied? >> well, you know, semantically on that you can call it whatever you want. the truth is why did they not have a better answer than that? that is the question that lingers here. weve talked a lot about, is the romney campaign ready for phraoeupl tim...

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Wifes death because he was laid off from bain capital and lost haste health insurance. it didnt ad up. campaign staffers insisted they did not know any details of the mans story. robert gibbs arguing that point on morning television. obama for america deputy campaign manager stephanie cutter said she didnt know the facts except she actually hosted a conference call in may that featured the man in the ad telling his story and she thanked him for it. obama for america traveling press secretary als...