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and running against paul ryan's plan is central to the democrat's campaign. so you've got the makings of a battle royale. especially in swing states like iowa. which is where congressman ryan was today. and so was president obama. >> i know congressman ryan. he's a good man. he's a family man. he is an articulate -- he is an articulate spokesman for governor romney's vision. but the problem is that vision is one i fundamentally disagree with. >> president obama alluded to in iowa, his campaign is pell spelling out in florida. florida is ground zero in the medicare fight. today the ob...

voice. >> more with angela yrrye sunda y on c-span. wassnbc's chris matthews the featured speaker at gerald r. ford years journalism awards. he spoke about his relationship with tip o'neill. and talked about some of the mistakes made by president obama and mitt romney. this is 40 minutes. >> ford president said, "i have a lot of adversaries but no enemies i can remember. one of four political adversaries was tip o'neill, a liberal democrat. despite their political differences, tip o'neill and ford were friends. the gerald r. ford presidential foundation will be honoring that foriends...

instead of asking if a deal is appropriate for everyone involved and do in the gut check of wondering whether you would cringe -- and doing the gut check of wondering whether you would cringe if the details were laid out on the front page of the paper, they seem to view their ideas more narrowly. if you can argue it is profitable and not illegal, go for it. who cares if it is immoral or wrong or hurt people. i have an old new yorker cartoon that sums this up. in it are a group of executives seated in a boardroom. the man at the head of the table is saying, "it is not a lie if it make...

tax and spending cuts. whoever is the next president, will they have to adopt something like that next year to solve this problem? >> i think so. that would be the wisest course politically. the problem is when you look at samson-bowles -- simspon-bowls, which came out with the same basic approach. you have to look at the long term. you have to look at social security. and on tax reform to, you have to broaden the base and lower the rates. that was the key and our commission to getting agreement. how low could you go on the rate that would attract republicans. i can bring that to my ...

child sex abuse case against michael gardner. we've just learned the jury has reach add verdict on three of the four counts. he's accused of molesting three young girls who attend add sleepover at -- attended a sleepover at his daughter's slumber party last june. there is d.n.a. evidence from the two girls who attended the slumber party with three charges connected to them. the third girl who was at the sleepover did not have her clothes tested since she came forward later. the judge has requested that the jury continue to deliberate. you actually can follow peggy fox' tweets on this...