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His eligibility to run concerning his citizenship. and now "the l.a. times" is reporting that cruz's campaign failed to report a pair of loans from goldman sachs and citibank failure to report them to the fec. trump and cruz have differing opinions about the importance of that story. >> but i hear it's a very big thing. i hope he solves it. i think he's a nice guy and i hope he gets that solved. i hope that's not a big problem for him. >> those loans have been disclosed over and over and over again on multiple filings, but all the information has been public and transparent for many years, and...

♪ earlier today, congressman from texas, listen to this. a congressman from texas apologized to britt petroleum for being shaken down by the white house. he said the white house shakedown, $20 billion. he said, i'm sorry that had to happen. whoa! nice to see you rich white guys sticking up for one another, though, isn't it? good for you buddy! >> is there that. top of the hour. welcome back to "morning joe." >> yep. we have a lot to talk about. the joe barton apology. >> my gosh. the most powerful republican on capitol hill apologizing to bp. stunning to say the least. and we're going to s...

Mark crowley. the washington bureau chief. thank you for joining me. let me start off with you, the "time" magazine interview that mr. romney made this claim that he could get opportunity employment rate to 6% or lower. as noted in the "boston globe," it is not a similar time he made a similar claim while in las vegas but this is obviously getting a lot of attention today. >> sure. in large measure this election is all about the unemployment rate. this one number, it is more than that but it is the one we're most focused on. i have to say 6% is kind of a modest ambition for romney. it's not th...