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Strong command of the issues and an excellent jab, but his challenger, paul ryan, is just as adept at ducking the issues, moving quickly away from any of the callous commitments hes made in the past. but how will they address their potential weaknesses in tonights debate? for that we turn to nbc news senior political corredrukter m murray and professor michael eric dyson, an msnbc political analyst. welcome to both of you. mark, paul ryan does not have the name recognition of joe biden, and prio...

Conduct another launch. that would be a direct threat to regional security. >> experts dont believe north koreas neighbors would be able to intercept the missile or debris with any success. what they are concerned about is the digging taking place at the nuclear test site shown in these satellite images and that a nuclear test, the countrys third will follow this missile launch. shepard? >> shepard: jennifer griffin at the pentagon. jen, thanks. some experts are saying that north korea may be do...

Most americans are. >> reporter: daley fancies himself a moderate who is pushing the president back to the center to reel in independents in time for 20912 election battle. after all, campaigns are in his blood since his dad and brother have served as matter of chicago. >> the first convention he went to, he was probably 7 or 8, and he had been to two conventions before president obama was born. >> reporter: then, there was daleys time as al gores campaign chairman in 2000. >> our campaign conti...

$60 billion out of the t.a.r.p., that was tremendously unpopular last year, saved a million jobs in michigan and elsewhere in the midwest. yesterday he visited a chrysler plant and a gm plant and here is what he had to say. >> you now have all those u.s. auto companies showing a profit. theyve rehired 55,000 workers. >> reporter: and, alex, of course the president this week, he has more fund-raising on the schedule coming up. hes going to be going to atlanta. hes going to be going to chicago. he...

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Think that something will pass this year. but they are trying right now. the immediate goal is to try to get republicans on board the try to make this bipartisan. right now they have republican lindsey graham of system systou carolina. he says you need to get another republican on board or im walking. >> john mccain was one of the allies -- >> for republicans. >> yeah, comprehensive reform. how is he playing into this debate? >> he used to be, but not any more. if you look over the year, hes had...

Because theres split public opinion. theyre trying to say, washington is going something and doing something big. never mind health care for a minute. a lot of disgust is washington seems paralyzed. they can start to change the mood. theyre hoping as congressman driehaus said that the economy gets better between now and november and this is less of an issue. republicans are playing on another big dynamic, mistrust of anything big. theyre saying washington essentially couldnt pour you a glass of ...

Sarah palin. the former alaska governor teams up with mccain on campaign trail in arizona next month. >> well, this could obviously be senator mccains toughest election battle yet. cnn political producer peter handby is with me now live out of washington. peter, wow! thats pretty shocking to hear that sarah palin just may be called upon by john mccain. how effective might this be? >> i think it will actually be very effective. >> why? >> well, mccain has always had a problem with the conservativ...

Howie: "the washington post" talked to two friends who she told she was dating an older man. on the radio with sean hannity roy moore said this. >> do you remember dating girls at that time? >> not generally, no. if i did, i am not going to dispute anything. howie: that was not a hard denial. juan: so much of what he said to hannity was emphatic. then he said that. i think what you just played up produced that into their mind what roy moore is disputing. its not okay to be going out with teenage...

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