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President. >>s going to play out to the benefit of the american worker, who is going to know that the president's on their side and that governor romney has been on the side of big capital offshoring and all the rest for a very long time. mitt romney's got a lot of trouble, because he's over here saying, well i haven't saved any money by offshoring, well, has he made any jobs in america by offshoring? decidedly, no, and so he's going to be in a defensive posture and he's going to be in trouble. >> the reverend al sharpton in "politics nation" weekdays at 6:00 eastern right here on msnbc, the p...

and we begin this morning with going to extremes. relief could be in sight for millions of americans who have endured nearly a week of record-breaking heat, but the dangerous heat wave forecast to break this weekend in many parts of country is still not over yet. nbc's dan shenaman has that story. >> reporter: 92 degrees before 9:00 a.m. another hot day just beginning in chicago. the temperature eventually soared to 103, a new record for the day. just two degrees shy of the city's all-time record. it's blamed for this buckling pavement. >> happening from wisconsin to texas you're see...

and we begin this morning with going to extremes. relief could be in sight for millions of americans who have endured nearly a week of record-breaking heat, but the dangerous heat wave forecast to break this weekend in many parts of country is still not over yet. nbc's dan shen minh has that story. >> reporter: 92 degrees before 9:00 a.m. another hot day just beginning in chicago. the temperature eventually soared to 103, a new record for the day. just two drips shy of the city's all-time record. it's blamed for this buckling pavement. >> happening from wisconsin to texas you're seei...

>> reporter: the government reports the nation's corn crop is in its worse shape in more than 20 years. prices are up 35% in just the last three weeks. for nbc news. also, president obama hit the road on a two-day re-election bus tour. he started off in ohio. that's seen as a key state in his campaign against republican mitt romney and probably no coincidence that ohio's economic recovery has been one of the strongest in the nation. nbc's steve handelsman has more. >> reporter: kicking off his bus trip to the battleground of ohio and pennsylvania, president obama went positive maum...

prices are up 35% in just the la three weeks. dan shen minh, nbc news. on two-day re-election tour, president obama started in ohio. that's seen as a key state in his campaign against republican mitt romney and probably no coincidence that ohio's economic rov lay been one of the strongest in the nation. nbc's steve handelsman has more. >> reporter: kicking off his bus ick to the battlegrounds of ohio and pennsylvania, president obama went positive maumee, near khalid o toledo, ohio and he claimed head saved 1 million government jobs. >> governor romney says we should let the countr...