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Eventually what happens here. harris, thank you. rick: back to politics now and governor romney back in the u.s. after a three-nation overseas tour. the mainstream media has suggested that the trip was so gaffe-filled it was a distraction. some analysts are saying hey, not so fast. some suggesting that the governor accomplished quite a bit while on the trip, scoring political points with key voting groups like jewish voters and those who think the u.s. should be doing more to counter the influen...

summer games, right? so much fun. good morning, everyone. welcome to early, early "early start." >> up first, debby doing more damage and dumping more rain than some full-blown hurricanes. the deadly storm now downgradeds to a tropical depression where is slashes across florida where a state of emergency is still in place. that storm is second to bring rains to florida for another day. george, i was reading this morning the folks here were really scared because the water came in so qui...

theyll pack -- theyll get on every single slice. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." were expecting a vote in the house of representatives. the house oversight committee at any moment now on whether to hold the attorney general of the united states, eric holder, in contempt of congress. at issue, his refusal to turn over documents about the botched gun-running sting operation called fast and furious. the republican-led panel going forward even after president obama today ...

she answers critics who say the announcement wreaks of politics. plus, details of a very rare breach of white house protocol during the presidents announcement. we now know who the reporter is who interrupted and visibly irked the president of the united states. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." less than five months before election day a dramatic and controversial change in immigration policy by the obama administration. it announced today it will stop deporting young ...

Up 22% with young voters. and 8% with independents. key voting groups where romney is beating obama, nine-point advantage among men. five-point in the midwest. up six among suburban voters. also married women prefer mitt romney by two points. interesting. as for the direction of the country, we were talking about this, 33% believe the country is headed in the right direction. 58% say we are headed in the wrong direction. the poll notes that this is about the same as it was in 1996, and 2004 when...

Things are just not going well, and i dont know when its going to get better. you know, its that sort of darkness that you feel of sort of where are we headed as a country. the country is split. is this a moment in time, are we at the start of a larger decline. more people said start of a larger decline. so its this idea. that to me is the larger finding. thats the context of this large argument that were supposed to be having about the election. were really not having that, you know, in many wa...

>> i would point you to -- >> colorado and iowa, not the university of texas. university of california. >> great parts of the country. i would point out as i did yesterday that the president has recently -- was recently delivering remarks in oklahoma. and while hope springs eternal, i am not prepared at this moment to call that a battleground state. >> but the real itty is this, our new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows though obama is leading romney 60% to 34%, these folks arent as inte...

President romneys progrowth future. >> there are specific concerns among specific voting groups i want to drill down on. first of all, women and what governor romneys said about them recently. take a look. >> my wife has the occasion, as you know, to campaign on her own and with me and she reports to me regularly that the issue women care about most is the economy. >> he makes it sound as if women are some kind of obscure group hes delegated his wife to report on to him. let me pick up and look ...

Future. >> there are specific concerns among specific voting groups i want to drill down on. first of all, women and what governor romneys said about them recently. take a look. >> my wife has the occasion, as you know, to campaign on her own and with me and she reports to me regularly that the issue women care about most is the economy. >> he makes it sound as if women are some kind of obscure group hes delegated his wife to report on to him. let me pick up and look at romneys policies which ar...

President romneys progrowth future. >> there are specific concerns among specific voting groups i want to drill down on. first of all, women and what governor romneys said about them recently. take a look. >> my wife has the occasion, as you know, to campaign on her own and with me and she reports to me regularly that the issue women care about most is the economy. >> he makes it sound as if women are some kind of obscure group hes delegated his wife to report on to him. let me pick up and look ...