Page 30 - Sit Downs News Today

Its where brains meet brawn. >> and the go to guy for president obama has had soft sit downs including this one from 2013. allow without characterize your relationship right now. >> i consider hillary clinton a strong friend. >> very warm, close... >> but last weekend he was very aggressive in taking on president obama, the main subject was syria and the newsman zeroed in on a tram to train moderate syrian rebels that the administration has now abandoned as a failure. >> i know you dont want to ...

From anywhere in the world and get diagnosed with hiv, get the retroviral drugs. >> i think you should be ashamed of yourself. >> well, im sorry, but we have to put our own people first. >> im tough enough. >> amid the shoutdowns -- >> theres been balance on the books on the backs of the poor. >> that was done in a balanced way. >> the folk is on balance. we have a -- >> whats going on here? >> the slip ups. and the sit-downs. the leaders have made their key points abundantly clear. >> but i wan...

Wanted to have a campaign that began a way that was most comfortable to her. if you look at the coverage that arguably matters the most the things people are writing about in iowa they seem to have appreciated -- they really dont care the guy in the orange pants couldnt catch up with the truck. ill tell you something else no one is ever standing on a stage during an iowa debate and a reporters says i want to talk to you about how late you entered the race and the video you produced and why it to...

Elizabeth warren. there are some big issues. what do the democrats want out of her, she has been running for 14 years and we still dont know. i dont think this listening tour is going to satisfy those voters. >> good point. kg -- >> it shows they dont have the confidence in their own candidate. they dont feel shes capable to keep the momentum going make the right comments and convey the right emotion and affect so better not to hear from her. >> i think what they would love is for the campaign t...

Whats got the biggest buzz right now? >> well, thats a good question. i dont know if its so much campaigning, this is the friendly fire day. you just get together and hang. so theres not a lot of that going on. but, you know, they come down, and i stand here and i wave at people like please come talk to me, and we do nice sit-downs and talk about everything, the movies, the careers and all of that good stuff. its a chance for them to really kind of celebrate their accomplishment. its one of thos...

Wanted to know. why werent we talking about jobs and the economy? why werent we talking about any of the issues the american public cares about? its no wonder congresss an probable rating is about 10ers right now. >> were supposed to learn from our mistakes, arent we? and comments about rape and abortion plagued the gop in 2012. its own autopsy, its own autopsy says they look scary and out of touch. and so what does the op do? it downs down on on abortion. >> i mean i thought if they should have...

This hoax, that he was a part of this hoax, i think his draft stock at that point will fall because now youve got real character issues, youve got questions that will be dogging him well into his career. so i think that will really determine where he gets drafted. and hes got to come out and speak about this and explain at length with a reporter asking questions what happened. >> and no word yet on whether theres any confirmed sit-downs. i know a lot of people have their offers out there. >> the...

Welcome back to "hardball." in the closing days of the campaign, the two candidates for president are pursuing very different strategies. on the one hand president obama has gone on a virtual media blitz speaking to various radio shows, "rolling stone" magazine, as well as tv interviews with seven affiliates just today and sit-downs with jay leno, brian williams, and mtv. which he is doing today as well. in contrast, the romney campaign says the candidate has no plans for anyitional interviews b...

Shows, "rolling stone" magazine, as well as tv interviews with seven affiliates just today and sit-downs with jay leno, brian williams, and mtv. in contrast, the romney campaign says the candidate has no plans for additional interviews before the election. he will apparently stick to giving speeches like he did today. in fact, billed as a major policy speech, romney offered no new policies nor did he give any explanation for how he will implement some of his more mathematically challenged promis...

"the situation room". we begin with the state of unemployment in america, just three months before election day. both democrats and republicans have something to seize on in the newest jobs report. employers say they added 163,000 jobs to the u.s. economy in july. thats better than economists expected, and something for the obama camp to hang its hat on. but the romney camp is pointing to this figure, the overall unemployment rate unexpectedly rose to 8.3%, because american household...