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way. this is going to be a strange up with. we know obama but who is this other guy? we begin with a sequel to this year's infamous debt showdown. the inside look at what happened last time when obama fought back against boehner, caine and the tea party. look at this. here is speaker boehner. he is trying to sound like one of them. listen to this spaesh yesterday demanding cuts. tea party style. >> yes, allowing america to default on its debt would be irresponsible. but it would be more irresponsible to raise the debt ceiling without taking dramatic steps to reduce spending and refor...

directly about jpmorgan chase and this situation. take a listen. >> jpmorgan is one of the best managed banks there is. jamie dimon, the head of it, is one of the smartest bankers we've got. they still lost $2 billion and counting. this is why we passed wall street reform. >> so the president there talking about why wall street reform was passed. however, democrats have gone on to look at this situation to call it the prime example for more regulation. but if dimon is the best out there, still is, as the president would like to say, this happened on his watch, couldn't the argument b...

example of the failure of the regulations of dodd-frank, a bill that you voted for? >> no, on the contrary, thomas. i think most people don't realize that the dodd-frank wall street reform legislation has not been fully implemented, not nearly. in fact the rules that are being developed by the department of the treasury and the fdic and the other relevant agencies are still being promulgated. not helped by the fact that the republicans have done everything they could to slow down and block president obama's nominees for the staff of the department of the treasury. so it's absolutely ...

Corner, the news couldn't come at a better time. a potentially pivotal time in the john edwards trial with asking to dismiss corruption charges against etd wards just a day after the prosecution finished its case. edwards is accused of masterminding a plan to use secret donations from wealthy donors to hide his mistress in 2008. joining me is hampton dellinger. hampton, asking the judge to dismiss the charges, is this pretty routine? >> oh, it is a routine motion and it is routinely denied. but the lawyer clearly wasn't going through the motions this morning. he argued strenuously for more t...

Out to the middle. in both cases, we're going to hear moderate outreach combined with that strident base talk like you just heard from mitt romney. >> clarence, good to see you. thank you. to a man who wanted to be president, another critical day of testimony at the john edwards trial. his former speechwrir, wendy button, is back on the stand after testifying that edwards told her that he knew a wealthy donor had donated money to hide his mistress. i'm joined by hampton dellinger and savannah guthrie. edwards cried during his speechwriter's testimony. you were in the room, hampton. what happ...