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Think were expecting the ambulance drivers, say, can you show us your form of payment before we take you to the hospital? >> reporter: senate majority leader harry reid was asked yesterday about the idea of amendments, pay-fors in terms of what the senate is working on at this point. he says he is willing to take a look at them if theyre serious. it is not clear whether he thinks some of the new ideas are being brought northward today are indeed serious -- forward. jenna. jenna: mike emanuel liv...

Joe manchin think they really have a good senator there. im not sure that is a bad example. theres a threshold issue here. you dont get elected from the senate by any state saying im going to attack your industry. something you really care about. the key, however, for again the allison grimes or anti-mitch mcconnell campaign which is really what were talking about here is, okay, shes got to be good enough on the existing industry and then what is it mitch mcconnell has done for appalachia and th...

E-mails. >> what are the consequence. we are not near the election. >> it is time off the clock. >> it is exactly that. >> time off the clock matters. >> if you get your forces aligned properly, if you light a fire under the members with the kind of communication harry is talking about, you can make things happen. what bothers me is a sense of fatigue about trying, thinking new ways. >> we are going to continue more about one of the bright, shining objects that is sort of making news. when we co...

>> but they found nothing. there was no improper actions. >> and so i made the point. i cant remember who was who this was. this seems to be what we do when the economy is good in this country. >> well talk about sex any time. >> im not taking the blame for this story. >> im with you. i dont know what this is really about besides sex and frankly, i dont want to talk about it. >> its the medias new shiny object. theres sex, theres spies, and important people. but theres nothing there beyond sex. ...

That have been launched on the drudge report. so again, not casting dispurgss, but why do this the night before the debate? >> all of the discussion, all of the speculation in the political media is about how high the stakes are for mitt romney tomorrow night. so it changes the subject a little bit. its a bright, shiny object. it diverts attention away from the huge expectations that he has. mitt romneys lost control pr an expectations perspective to reality. hes behind in the race. he has to ha...

Stakes are for mitt romney tomorrow night. so it changes the subject a little bit. its a bright, shiny object. it diverts attention away from the huge expectations that he has. mitt romneys lost control pr an expectations perspective to reality. hes behind in the race. he has to have a good debate performance to begin to close the gap to get back in the race and to get ahead of president obama if hes to be elected president. >> so this is sort of a safe -- obviously the romney campaign is hoping...

that. >> that is very bold. very bold. cant wait to share the ending with you. good morning. welcome to "early start." im zoraida sambolin. >> im john berman. this morning mitt romney is in ohio. so is bobby jindal and jeb bush. >> parade? >> coincidence? it is sort of a parade. all about the veepstakes. also the key state of ohio. more coming up. also nelson mandelas 94th birthday. well hear from former president clinton who just visited with the icon in a cnn exclusive. thats com...

Question is collusion with the russians whether its about the presidents financial ties or whether its something more insidious like what was in that dossier. now when brennan says personal, that personal tag could be both something like what was in the dossier or it could be related to his personal finances. remember, it was donald trump jr. who long ago said that they get a lot of their money from russia. so its not that donald trump was invested in russia, necessarily, that trump tower and mo...

Business. this first spending bill raises nondefense discretionary spending. it cuts the epa by 1%. his defense secretary gets more money, but only half of what he says is necessary to do the job to rebuild the military. how? >> this is strikingly similar to? barack obamas first short term spending bill. his first 100 days in office he had a spending bill with gobs of earmarks, all of the things he said he would veto as a candidate. he sign today because his adviser said it was more important to...

The country? i want to do something i dont normally do, i want to say a few things before we get started tonight. what happened over the weekend from the president of the united states is not politics as usual. it is not normal. and none of us in the media or at home should pretend that it is. this is at best a clumsy attempt to dangle a shiny object, change the subject from russia and throw us off the track. its at worse an angry president trying to make someone else a scapegoat for the problem...