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Professor of international business at the university of maryland. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> steve: we've heard the president and his party take credit for saving the financial system, but that simply is not true. he didn't do it, did he? >> no, he didn't. most of the steps that were taken to deal with the crisis were taken by the bush treasury department, secretary paulson, the tarp was created before the election. by the federal reserve, which took action with regard to bear & stearns, citigroup and other banks. all that was put in place before the president took the oath of o...

Scott brown. scott brown is slightly in the lead right now. she worked with president obama overseeing the t.a.r.p. program. and then left public service to go run for senate in massachusetts. we will take a listen as she tries to cement her candidacy in massachusetts and lift this president. she is also, of course, the full defense of the "you didn't build that" theme which has emerged here. listen to her message here tonight. [cheering] [crowd chanting] >> i never thought i would run for the senate. i sure never dreamed that i would be the warmup act for president bill clinton. [cheering]

Scott brown. scott brown is slightly in the lead right now. she worked with president obama overseeing the t.a.r.p. program. and then left public service to go run for senate in massachusetts. we will take a listen as she tries to cement her candidacy in massachusetts and lift this president. she is also, of course, the full defense of the "you didn't build that" theme which has emerged here. listen to her message here tonight. [cheering] [crowd chanting] >> i never thought i would run for the senate. i sure never dreamed that i would be the warmup act for president bill clinton. [cheering]

Nominee elizabeth warren will take the stage behind me tonight. she is challenging senator scott brown from his seat. that was the seat left when ted kennedy passed away. john is with us today. reporter: it's going to be a very big night for elizabeth warren. two jobs are what she has. she is very popular with democrats. she was the watchdog for the t.a.r.p. program. also, her job is going to be to be reaching out to massachusetts voters. >> in fact, i can feel my heart rate going up. reporter: the senate seat held by ted kennedy is up for grabs after almost half a century.

The future. >> reporter: union leaders say, don't read too much into the situation involving charlotte saying that unions simply have less money on hand to donate this year and leaders say they would rather focus their resources on grassroots efforts and plan to make voter registrations the top priority. jenna? jenna: interesting. we'll have to wait and see how that potentially could affect the results. we'll have a few more weeks for that. shannon, thank you. >> reporter: you got it. jon: congressman paul ryan is spending his second day out on the campaign trail solo ever since he became the ...