>> well, soledad, as soon as mitt romney landed here in london for his overseas trip he found the controversy surrounding basically what has been hoped by his campaign as what they're calling a listen and learn tour. it has been sort of who said what in the last 24 hours as you mentioned that quote that appeared in an article in the london daily telegraph apparently or allegedly we might even want to say from an unnamed romney advisor and even though the international press could not independently verify whether or not that advisor even uttered those comments, the vice president and the obama campaign jumped on those comments and released a statement from vice president biden and put it up on the screen for you. he said not surprisingly in this statement this is just another feeble attempt by the romney campaign to score political points at the expense of this critical partnership, this assertion is beneath a presidential campaign. for his part mitt romney was asked about all of this in an interview with nbc and here is what he had to say. >> i am not sure who this person is. i can tell you that we have a very special relationship between the united states and great britain and it goes back to our very beginnings, cultural and historical, but i also believe that the president understands that, so i don't agree with whoever the advisor might be. >> and we should mention the romney campaign is flat out denying that this quote came from one of their advisers and even if it did it does not reflect the thoughts or opinions of mitt romney or the campaign. getting back to why mitt romney came here in the first place, he is meeting with british leaders and met with tony blair and the leader of the labor party, soledad, and what's interesting, he was asked by the foreign press whether or not he wanted to comment on what some of the policies are here overseas with respect to the economic policy, austerity, that program that has been of some controversy here in thu.k. he said he is not going to criticize the president while he is overseas and won't comment on the politics of other nations either. he is keeping it close to the vest. one thing we should note, he is going at 10downing street meeting with the current prime minister david cameron and may not highlight of the day and we'll hopefully see it when it happens, the olympic torch is actually going to be coming by right past 10 downing later this afternoon. >> there is a lot going on on the street where you are today. we appreciate it. thank you. in a few minutes we'll speak with a romney supporter, mike rogers of michigan will be my guest. first a look at the today's top stories and christine has that for us. >> good morning. new developments in the aftermath of theolorado movie theater massacre. law enforcement sources say the shooting suspect james holmes mailed a package to the university of colorado campus in aurora. it was received on monday, and it forced the evacuation of an entire building. cbs news says the package was addressed to a psychologist and contained a letter talking about shooting people and also contained scribblings showing a gunman shooting victims. aurora police say they're letting residents back into the apartment complex where the gunman lived, an apartment building that may have come down in flames had the suspect rigged the apartment with 30 ieds and 10 gallons of gasoline blew. more on the developments in a live report from aurora. battle lines in the gun control debate. president obama weighing in five days after the massacre in aurora. he told the national urban league last night he backs the second amendment and not when it comes to assault weapons. >> we recognize the traditions of gun ownership passed on from generation to generation and that hunting and shooting are part of a cherished national heritage and i also believe that a lot of gun owners would agree that ak-47s belong in the hands of soldiers and not in the hands of criminals. >> they blame opposition in congress for lack of progress in reducing gun violence. the man behind this white knuckled motorcycle ride is now under arrest. this startling video exploded on youtube with a million hits since posted anonymously in april. 25-year-old randy scott recorded himself on the bike leeching speeds of 186 miles an hour and weaving in and out of traffic and he is charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle. the olympic torch is working its way to the site of tomorrow's opening ceremonies. today the olympic flame gets a royal welcome at buckingham palace. prince william, prince harry will be there when it panss through downing street and the u.s. secretary general is scheduled to run with the torch around parliament square. michael phelps will not march in tomorrow night's olympic games opening ceremony because he is scheduled to swim the opening heat of the 400 meter individual medley early saturday morning. phelps says starting early is one of the downfalls swimmers have to deal with and says he likes going first. he does plan to march in the closing ceremony, soledad. >> one of the downsides of being the olympic champion. all right. christine, thank you. as we told you earlier, mitt romney is in london. he is kicking off the overseas trip with several countries. when it comes to foreign policy, new poll, nbc poll shows that president obama is leading mitt romney when it comes to who would better handle the issues. 47% to 43 -- 32% rather. that brings us to congressman mike rogers of michigan, a supporter of governor romney's and advised the campaign on foreign policy and the chairman of the house intelligence committee. thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> let's talk about this foreign tour. can a foreign tour turn around a foreign policy impression in the poll that i just showed a moment ago you can see that the former governor is a little behind the president when it comes to impression of foreign policy credentials let's say. >> i think so. i think it is very important for the american people to see that mitt romney can have a dialog and on the world stage in some very serious strategic partnerships. great britain, really no better partner that we have and the canadians certainly rank right up there and you talk about israel and poland and all strategic important partnerships for the united states and all of those relationships have been strained by some i think missteps by this administration and i think having him there and having him have that dialog with senior leaders of all of those countries at a time when there are challenges is very important for the american public to see and mitt romney can handle the job as president when it comes to foreign policy. >> strategic and important as you say and i think many critics have said short on the details so far. he mentioned syria but really pretty much in passing. he was vague when it came to comments on iran and in london he was talking about the olympics and the weather and here is what he told brian williams when they started talking about israel. >> with regard to any nation that feels its security is at risk that they should have a firm conviction that america is securely behind them. i hope that people of israel feel that. >> do you think that's a fair criticism, that he has been painting with a very broad brush and it has been pretty light on the specifics so far? >> i do. i think he is respectful of what our very delicate circumstances and you need that in foreign policy debates. what he is referring to is the fact that israel doesn't believe that the united states is fully behind their notion that they're going to do everything to stop a nuclear program and more importantly neither does iran. because of that confusion, because of that lack of assertion of u.s. leadership, there have been some problems there with slowing down the nuclear program. i thought mitt romney was exactly right. he was reinforcing the point that this is the time for serious and strong leadership and the president does not talk about foreign policy often if hardly at all and in that lack of leadership on the world stage has consequences, and i think what mitt romney was referring to is some of those consequences for not showing u.s. leadership including the ability to maybe even avert israel from bombing iran, and all of that is at stake and in play and i think he is being exactly respectful as not the president of the united states but somebody who i think is trying to say we'll have a more certain, a more committed policy to making sure that iran and israel both believe that we're serious about iran not having a nuclear weapon program. >> as i am sure you know, every time there is a mass shooting and tragedy of conversation turns to gun control and this time after what happened in aurora is no different. this is what mitt romney has said about the second amendment. he said he believes in the second amendment. he thinks new laws wouldn't make a difference and went on to say this about hearts need to be changed. listen. >> we can sometimes hope that just changing the law will make all bad things go away. it won't. changing the heart of the american people may well be what's essential to improve the lots of the american people. >> what does that mean in the context of gun control, change the hearts of the american people when you look at the person who is alleged to have pulled off this crime and now is going to face trial for it? it seems i wasn't sure what he meant. >> i think he is talking about the broader problem. we have seen a surge in violent crime in our cities, gang crime up just in the city of chicago alone and about a weekend or two ago, 35 murders and there are things that we can do trying to point to one incident and one type of weapon isn't going to solve this problem. as a matter of fact, it was against the law to have a weapon in the movie think ter. colorado has very strict gun laws. we have two things here. how do we get after the violent crime that's happening in american cities today, a huge rise, and how do you deal with mentally ill individuals who are expressing themselves that they're going to commit this crime? those are two things and we saw this in the gabrielle giffords case. those are two things we can have some impact on. upped to intercede with the mentally ill early in the treatment and allow counselors to talk to police when they make those kinds of threats. >> and why not challenge gun laws at the same time? i would agree with that. i would say, yes, absolutely that's an issue and on a lot of fronts and wouldn't one of them be let's not sell ar-15s so a guy can order it online easily and have it delivered to his apartment? >> but, soledad, that's not what killed the individuals in the movie theater. that weapon didn't even function correctly. so that's the trick. that's what i think is dangerous about saying this type of weapon we don't like. if we focus all of our energy on that the problem will go away. that's not the problem. he was determined to kill people and he had plenty of weapons on him when he walked into that movie theater which was fwens the law already. it was against the law the way he purchased the weapons. it was already against the law. we ought to abandon that which is a false red herring and deal with the issue how would would intercede on that individual and, mr. president, you have lots of resources to help the urban centers crack down on what has been a rampant murder spree by street gangs in chicago and los angeles and new york and other places and here is my point, soledad, he wants you to focus on this one slice of it. there is a huge problem out there of which this president has resources to deal with. let's deal with those things. let's start dealing with the issues that are taking these folks off of the street before they find some way to kill a whole bunch of people. >> let's deal with specifically what mitt romney said which is what i am trying to dig into. he said changing the hearts of american people. don't worry about the gun laws, bringing the gun into the movie theater was illegal anyway. if we could change people's hearts, that's a better strategy. i am confused by that. >> i think what he is talking about is, listen, this pervasive attitude that anything goes and everything is okay and i think is having a toll certainly on american decisions that are being made. street gangs going wild in the city. >> how would that make a difference in a shooting that took the lives of 12 people and injured 58 others? i guess i am just trying to connect what he is saying to this particular aurora shooting. >> i think you're focused on the wrong end of that conversation. i think he was basically trying to say, listen, there are things we can do to intercede. you can intercede early with somebody who has the mental health issues who is clearly reaching out and trying to say i am going to do this and somebody help me. that didn't happen. that's how you stop something like that. what he is saying is, listen, if we turn around urban employment in this country, i think it has a major impact on what's happening in the streets of places like chicago and los angeles and other places where violent crimes, soledad, is going through the roof and we're not paying attention to it. we're trying to say if we change the gun law, i got to tell you, nobody believes that you can have another gun law in colorado or chicago which has very strict gun laws. that's not going to solve the problem. let's focus on solving the problem, and i think that's what mitt romney was talking about. this is a holistic approach to getting at these problems. one of them is you have to get people back to work. when he is talking about turning hearts, i think he is trying to say we need to change the way people think about this anything goes violent mentality, and all of those things can be impacted with the right leadership. >> congressman mike ronkers. nice to see you. thanks for talking with us. one thing i want to clarify. you mentioned that this was i think you were referring to a young man clearly reaching out with mental health issues and i know you know that none of that yet has actually been determined. we're still waiting to get information from both the attorneys and mental health officials. >> well, he mailed the package. i think that was a clear sign, at least one clear sign that he was reaching out as an old investigator. >> unclear what's in that so i don't want to go out on a limb and say things we have not confirmed were in the package. thank you for your time. piers morgan is going to sit down with mitt romney and ann romney tonight as well will be his guests and ahead on "starting point" facebook is about to deliver its first earnings report after the big mess of a public offering. will wall street click like on it or not? our get real north korea insulted at the olympics. 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