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The re-election team for obam obama. chief henry looks at the others as what is described as a lackluster launch. >> another day. another clarification from a democrat. appears with president obama on extenting bush tax cut for rich. larry summers did not specifically call to extent them but suggested ending them could further stall the recovery. we have to make sure we don't take gasoline out of the tank. >> just like bill clin top, summers said it would not be fair to extent tax cut lon long-term. clin top left it open for short-term extension to help the economy and move along debt talks. >...

Of the debt talks. >> that is the principle i'll be fighting for in the next phase of this process. >> reporter: to int voters his message was simple. the moderate guy trying to work with a divided congress. >> i will urge them to immediately take some steps. bipartisan common sense steps that will make a difference where people out of work can find good jobs. >> reporter: note the pivot to jobs. message the president repeated again and again. >> the question is: how are we going to make sure that people are getting back to work and able to support their families? >> jobs must be our number on...

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The calorie counts at your favorite restaurants? a new study says, nope, not always. good morning. i'm alex witt. welcome to msnbc saturday where it's 8:00 a.m. here on the east coast, 5:00 a.m. out west. we have a dramatic twist in the race to lift the debt ceiling. last night republicans walked away from the latest deal. today at the white house both parties will scramble to put together a new proposal. president obama called the 11:00 a.m. meeting with democratic and republican leaders of congress and joining me now nbc white house correspondent mike vicara. mike, good morning. >> well, f...

Those things, and all he's telling us, no, no to anything we put up there. we are going to fight for this. we believe in this. if he vetoes it, then we will go to plan b, but right now plan a is the one that would actually bring a recovery to this economy, and we are not going to give up on it just because the president has a press conference in the white house to tell us what he will not do. he still has not told us what he will do. alisyn: congressman i also want to ask you about this new cbs news poll which has just been released in which 48% of respondents say that they disapprove of the j...