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Boy, we were right. here's the word from romney's spokesman on that leg of the trip. hold your ears. this is official. kiss my -- he yelled to the reporters asking for a word from the candidate. he yelled at the other one -- shove it. these are his people speaking for mitt romney. is this the message for mr. and mrs. north america and all the ships at sea? kiss my -- and shove it? talk about a bad audition. his people wanted to show how well he would behave overseas. so who is the character we have seen the last week? the one we discovered out there in the country of the world. mitt romney or ...

One speaks the language he speaks. so how do we explain this? we've been covering his strange use of the language for months now saying i read the newspaper when i was on the aircraft. and everybody in america says on the plane. we don't talk like that. it's conehead in a way. what do you make of his opening remarks over there and the way he talks? disconcerting. >> well, i think there is something about the language barrier. i find that when i'm here i have to change my vocabulary when i'm talking to americans. actually there was a very interesting thing that obama said in downing street yest...

Invited party pooper romney. >> oh no. >> that's the headline there. and "the london times," it says nowhere man romney loses his way with the gaffe about the olympic games. >> let's start over here again, simon, and talk about the special relationship. i know that somebody way back in the obama administration unfortunately said what special relationship? i've always treasured, i'm a churchill nut. well like churchill more than you do over there. this relationship, i've always liked it whenever the brits, the british people like an american movie for example. i saw "blades of glory" over there...

Europe is still very much obama's territory. we still think he is pretty good, he is the world's statesman. he did a lot better things than the guy that came before him. i think mitt romney, apart from the fact that no one really knows who he is was always going to have a tough time. he just made it worse by coming along and saying you guys, not ready for the olympics. the brits aren't very good at looking forward to something. it takes someone from outside to remind them this olympics is a good thing and we're all behind it. and they certainly are tonight. >> we'll remember this scene. we'll ...

For me. i can tell you that. chris, your view of lasting impact here. >> i think it was always going to have a difficult time in europe because we see things differently on the other side of the atlantic. europe is still very much obama's territory. we still think he is pretty good, he is the world's statesman. he did a lot better things than the guy that came before him. i think mitt romney, apart from the fact that no one really knows who he is was always going to have a tough time. he just made it worse by coming along and saying you guys, not ready for the olympics. the brits aren't very g...