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The presidents international policies. in 2012 it was only at 15%. this is certainly an area where we still have a lot of work to do. >> no. its absolutely true. i dont think its a surprise. i mean as soon as arab spring happened, people knew exactly what youve just heard, that this was going to be a period of tremendous change, its a work in progress. there might be parties elected in that we would be less comfortable with in the short term, but this is part of getting to beater place in the ar...

Well, and i also want to talk with him about what his next step is. >> frankie, good to see you. you know dons office? were going to meet there. havent seen you in a while. better. better. were going to meet up in the office up there. >> yeah. >> havent seen you in a while. >> yes. been busy. you are always busy. >> run around a lot. >> making millions of dollars. >> millions and millions, yes. how is work going? >> yeah. i enjoy it. >> and thats working well being in the dorm setting? >> its ve...

Theyre very kind people over there. >> wonderful. >> so we play cards and make slams and eat pizzas. >> one of these days when i have a little courage ill try one of those slams. ive heard a lot about them. >> street is a work in progress. >> things arent progressing as well for nick compton. his claims that members of the aryan brotherhood are extorting his family for protection money have been discredited. >> i interviewed the people that supposedly the money order, going to, and according to ...

Welcome with "weekends with alex witt." its approaching 1:00 on the east toast, 10:00 in the wecht. we have big news on the campaign trail this hour where both president obama and mitt romney. first just a short time ago mitt romney finished a major rally in a key swing state. governor romney met with voters in cincinnati, ohio, looking to keep up the momentum from the republican national convention and focusing squarely on president obama. >> one of the promises he made was he was going to crea...

Crucial for the president. hes really trying to build momentum and excitement heading into the democratic national convention ahead of his all-important speech that hes going to deliver on thursday. he will step back from the campaign trail and travel to louisiana on monday, alex, to talk to the folks who were impacted by hurricane isaac, to meet with officials there, to survey the damage. of course, his trip comes on the heels of mitt romneys trip. mitt romney traveled there on friday. the whit...

Only option he has. hes boxed in somewhat. he did get some things done. he does strongly believe that he avoided a depression and did make progress. but, at the same time, you cant tell people that things are wonderful now, you know, because with so many americans out of work, they just dont believe it. >> when you mentioned earlier the quote of president obama saying this is like popping a blister, what did he mean by that? how did you interpret that? >> i cant read the presidents mind, but wha...

A source of controversy here at home, one thing will never be in doubt -- the members of our armed forces are patriots in every sense of the word. they met every mission and performed every task that was asked of them with precision, commitment and skill. >> well, the president spent friday at ft. bliss in texas praising the soldier for their work in defeating saddam hussein and helping rebuild iraq. president obama is on the cover of the new "time" magazine, the issue coming out just before t...

Meaningful work because the studies show that meaningful work leads to actually people becoming employed. >> absolutely. >> that is good for america. we want more americans to be gainfully employed, especially african-americans. that was a good thing that president bill clinton did, and he happened to be a democrat and it was a good thing. so mitt romney thinks it was a good thing and he disagrees with president obama on this issue. >> but why does he disagree with him? obama is not undermining ...

Even karl rove was reportedly telling donors, hey, weve got to realize these voters like president obama so weve got to be careful how we try to get their vote. what i would say is, i want democrats to take that very seriously and not take anything for granted. but remind people, this is the same guy who went into this convention making a joke about not asking about his birth certificate, has no problem lying about the presidents record. thats the work we have to do when confronted with that sli...

>> i think whats really amazing is see how much his rhetoric has changed over the last four years. 2008, he was talking about hope, change, healing the planet. now he describes what needs to happen after the election akin to popping the blister. >> the president said in this wide-ranging interview that he believes that one of the good things about this election, heres the quote, its going to give voters a very clear choice. gauge the level of optimism that you sensed. >> i think that theres a ce...