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Matter is concerned, again, it's outrageous. it's just red meat for the base. it doesn't have any impact on the election. i would assume cooler heads in the republican party would prevail and apparently they have on the romney side. they understand this will not help them and they've suggest that had it not be done. >> but, larry, why even go there to begin with? doesn't this frame the gop party in a terribly unflattering light? it just -- it changes the conversation and it just makes people look at the gop and think, you've got to be kidding me, this is what you're talking about? >> well, yea...

the age of 63. apparently dying from cancer. something that she had kept under wraps. it was not well-known at all that she was suffering from an illness. she had reportedly been in the studio very recently working on an album that she was hoping to finish. we did release a statement from her manager this morning saying, early this morning we lost donna summer, a woman of many gifts, the greatest gift being her faith. while we grieve her passing, we're at peace celebrating her extraordinary life and her continued legacy. words truly cannot express how much we appreciate your prayers ...

>> all right. we're going to get back to the political implications of this story in just a moment. and also the -- more from president obama's interview with robin roberts on the emotional side of this. you were at the white house yesterday as this was all going down. >> i was. >> we'll get some insight from you as well from that perspective. some other headlines, though. when it comes to political fundraisers, this one is going to be a blockbuster tonight. 150 wealthy democrats are paying $40,000 each. wasn't he at the white house correspondents dinner? to dine with president obama at geor...

Lost. one advantage the president has here, i think that the media is as divided on this issue as the obama family. which is to say not at all. and so he's never going to get negative coverage for this. the republicans will say this is a flip flop and it's a wrong public policy. but when you have almost the entire media establishment on your side on an issue in a presidential campaign, it's hard to lose politically. >> jonathan, go ahead. >> if the republicans try to hit the president as flip flopping on this issue, the opening montage actually shows his evolution due to his religious beliefs,...

And this idea that he had a view, that he was not revealing for political reasons, fought against that. so the irritation came from the fact that it's not like obama officials had not thought about this issue. they wanted to resolve it on their own timetable. they felt that vice president biden had aggrandized his own role. they were thinking about maybe doing this right before the democratic convention. on the romney side, we saw how soft his response there was. the last thing he wants is for this to be an issue. he has his own changes. you saw him there say, well, this has been my view since...