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Perspective. that is not a heartless position. that is a commonsense position. >> the heartless comment in particular, it's what governor perry said you don't have a heart if you're against this. does governor perry -- does the campaign regret that remark? >> no. the fact of the matter is that the state of texas does not subsidize. every student in texas who is a resident for three years, who's graduated from a texas high school, and who is admitted to college can pay in-state tuition. this is a residency issue. these are t, students, kids who have been here for a long time, and that's a decis...

In cairo the top democracy advocate returned to lead the protest movement. meanwhile, this morning's "new york times" reports that cables obtained by wikileaks reveal american diplomats repeatedly questioned egypt on jailed dissidents and reports of torture, while mubarak warmed toward president obama because his public approach was less confrontational than that was former president bush. former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel is back in the race for chicago mayor. yesterday the illinois supreme court unanimously restored him to the ballot in which a blistery opinion where most of...

Chuck todd is nbc news political director, moderator of "meet the press" and host of "mtp daily" at 5:00 eastern. chuck, this president academic, no drama obama, no surprise here. but now acknowledging in a roundtable with newspaper columnists that he did lack the rhetorical reassurance that commanders in chief need. >> it's interesting, when he -- it's funny, like they deny, deny, deny that they mishandle something, then the criticism keeps coming, keeps coming and they relent. it reminded me, the last time i interviewed president obama was right after the james foley beheading and a lot of p...

Up and waves a tea party flag, if you will. he really has made this about showing respect for richard lugar in many public settings. he talked about, that he has voted for lugar. that he has supported him in the past but makes hard the argument that it's time for a change. that was really the theme we heard over and over spending time with richard murdock and with his supporters. many of them also said they voted for lugar over the years. we repeatedly heard a couple of issues. one, lugar's age. 80 years old and served in the senate 36 years. people say he's done a fine job in many instances b...