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The series, election 2012, the battle begins. >> tom, good to see you. >> great to be with you, sean. >> i love this. you have a lot of behind-the-scenes informs. i follow politics every day, i didn't know most of t. really good researching here. i love how you tell the story of frank luntz hosting a dinner after the election and a lot of people came to this dinner. newt gingrich, and gingrich inspired -- he's now leading in the polls, he inspired the group, immediately after the election. tell that story. >> yeah, it's really, i mean, we tried to set the scene, the broader -- instead of the d...

Joining me live on the phone is andrew who joins us from orlando. good morning to you. >> good morning, alex. >> so give me a scene setter here and also give me the perspective of what this straw poll means for the candidates. >> well, right now most of the candidates are quote unquote competing. after everyone is on the ballot, michele bachmann who is not attending, rick perry spoke earlier today, romney is not attending, jon huntsman is not attendinging. so the three straw polls that have occur canned before today, they have all resulted in the candidate being nominated. in florida, we have ...

Bashir and by nbc's kristen welker in london. so, kristen we know he already met with david cameron this morning. what are we expecting to hear in a few minutes, really? >> reporter: well, chris, first of all just a little bit of a scene setter. about 1,600 people are expected to attend this speech. 1,400 of those mps. the other 200 invited get guests. we expect the president to start talking about the strong transatlantic relationship between the united states and the uk. he'll probably talk a little bit about what the two nations have endured together. going back to world war ii and then mor...

Like barack obama as an individual and as a leader. there's a huge difference that ordinary people make in the middle east between the man and the policies of the country. that's another important also differentiating sort of -- it is another differentiator. >> you can tell when you cover president obama and president bush, the reception could not be any different. very, very different. >> absolutely. >> jill dougherty at the state department has a little bitle color behind the scene. give us a scene setter, if you will. >> reporter: over at the state department, which is kind of fitting becau...

about 40 minutes from now. we're taking a look at live pictures showing you there the flag set up, the podium set up, waiting for the president to be speaking. that will be happening momentarily. now, of course we're taking a look at how the events a world away impact your security, our standing in the world. we've got a few details ahead of the speech. the president is expected to say that the post-bin laden area is a time to reject terror and extremist views. the president will emphasize that the united states doesn't take a one size fits all approach to change in the region. and h...