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P.m. deadline certain to intensify the pressure he is feeling from fell row republicans to drop out. he ignited a firestorm that women's bodies can prevent prg nan sis in the case of a legitimate rape. here is poll getic akin trying to do damage control speaking to mike huckabee on the radio show. >> let me be clear. rape is never legitimate. it is an evil act committed by violent predators. i used the wrong words the wrong way. what i said was ill-conceived and it was wrong. martha: steve centanni on the story, big story in washington. what does this mean for the u.s. senate race in missouri?...

>> still wrong. >> numbers really important and they're really -- hard could keep up with. >> q-u-a-y-l-e almost forgot. >> that's a cheap shot. making fun of a kid because of his dad. if he is a lightweight fine but leave the old man alone. the obama campaign is noting that mitt romney's father george released 12 years of tax returns in his own run for president while mitt is only going to release two. that's the way to use the old man. as a role model. finally, are you curious to how people are reacting to todd akin's ad asking for forgiveness? for his remark what he called legitimate rape? ...

And charlie summers. as a husband and a father, i found representative akin's comments shockingly offensive. he should resign effective immediately. and the party apparatus came crashing down on akin's head. first karl rove's group. they had a new round of ads scheduled to start wednesday. they announced they're pulling the buy for good. senator john kor anyone announced that nrsc would also pull their support. over the next 24 hours congressman akin should consider what is best for him, his family, the republican party and the values that he has fought for throughout his career. then he went ...

Should they ever have to god forbid confront that situation. as you noted, chris, this system is already geared against them to not believe in the first instance that that has occurred, so this makes that even harder for them to express and to come forward when they have been so brutalized and that's what so stupid and pig headed about these comments. elevates to it a point it does not need to go to. >> i like when you get really human out there. last night, seriously. i love it when you are because i don't think there's a partisan issue, although it clearly hurts the republicans. last night, ...

I can't defend him. >> other outspoken conservatives have been more adamant including mitch mcconnell who called on akin to step aside, saying in this case, sorry is not sufficient. mr. mcconnell is the tip of the political iceberg. >> i wouldn't say anything that dumb, as he has. but if it was me, and i had an opportunity to let someone else run to actually give ourselves a better chance tomp winning, i would step aside. >> you stay in this race, this becomes the defining issue of the race and there is a time line now in play here that this could then put the entire state of missouri this sen...