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Huckabee. we hope to play his interview and at this point it is well on the controversy and we have also learned mitt romney has just sat down for an interview in new hampshire. we hope to know more of what governor romney is saying today about the akin problem in his party and the paul ryan and todd a kin connection will dig deeper than that and at the top of the hour our guest will weigh in on this latest allegation, the war against women. drive a car filled with as much advanced technology as...

Access to breast cancer screening which is as you know, a cause very near and dear to many of us here, including me. >> thanks for having me. coming up next, at 2:00 eastern on "news nation" sandra fluke responds to the firestorm over congressman akins comments. coming up next also, history is made in augusta. still ahead, republicans and their todd akin problem. this is "andrea mitchell reports." [ birds chirping ]

I think for romney it is a chance to put it on the party and it gives him an opportunity to rebrand the messaging and as you said, steve, very strong response to denouncing something like this and it can be very helpful, and again it has to be consistent. that oftentimes becomes a problem in these things. >> this conversation will continue. michael steele and steve mcmahon, thank you both very much. of course we heard from the president directly, his first news conference in many months. that do...

Them, kansas freshman kevin yoder, seems to have forgotten his swim trunks. together again. mitt romney and paul ryan team up today in new hampshire to tackle president obama on medicare. >> medicare should not be a piggybank for obama care. >> and a club of their own. augusta national welcomes its first two women members and one of them is condoleezza rice. good day. im andrea mitchell live in washington. the republican party now has a todd akin problem. the missouri senate candidate whose co...

Senate. one of the things they once thought was pretty much a guaranteed thing this year. >> lets play the rest of what todd akin said. so people get the full impact of his comments not out of context. >> if an abortion could be considered in the case of say tubal pregnancy or something like that, what about in the case of rape? should it be legal or not? >> well, you know, people always want to try and make that as one of those things how do you slice this particularly tough sort of ethical que...

Today to the chairman of the joint chiefs, general martin dempsey, who is in afghanistan, about their concerns about the uptick in the deaths of american forces, the so-called green on blue violence there, and that they are trying to improve the screening. the angel system as well, the buddy system as the buddy syste well as the screening, the intelligence of afghan troops as they become standing up in this transition and american withdrawal. here at the table now is steve mcmahon, democratic st...

You. these are really not the kinds of facts that people should throw around cavalierly, any more cavalierly than throwing around the term legitimate rape which has no business being in any medical or social lexicon, period. >> maybe you are going to have to make some house calls, or at least come on the shows all the time to try to explain to some of these politicians out there the facts. >> use your words carefully. thanks, andrea. >> thank you very much. how does this debate play into this ...

To make sure that we keep our seniors healthy and the american people healthy. so with that, let me start off with jim. >> thank you, mr. president. thank you for being here. you are no doubt aware of the comments that missouri senate candidate, republican todd akin made on rape and abortion. i wondered if you think those views represent the views of the republican party in general. they have been denounced by your rival and other republicans. are they an outliar or representative? >> well, let ...

Susan page is washington bureau chief for "usa today" and is with me today for our daily fix. susan, the last 24 hours have been unbelievable. weve talked about gender wars, about the gender gap that republicans were fighting back against, and now here youve got todd akin, a leading candidate for ahead of claire mccaskill until this happened. what is the impact? >> todd akin not just random challenger, but a sitting member of the house. you know, i think this has the potential to cause -- to giv...

Promote. in this instance he is the nominee. he has the right to set the agenda and he set it. >> let me quickly get you in, senator john corner and the staff have spoken to todd a kin and basically saying they are hoping he will talk with his family and discuss putting the party first here. hogan touched on this and folks at morning joe talked about the fact for republicans to win primaries they have to these days in many parts of the country be as far right as you could possibly go on some of ...