i think of a man and i take away reason and accountability. women, the rage this week. outrage, too. how are men reacting? silent, as usual. yes, dear. it s splitsville for mike and ike. uh, wait, who knew our favorite candies were gay? what in the bert and ernie is going on? the stories you re talking about in a moment. but first the news you need to know right now. as we go on the air tonight, i want you to take a look at what s happening in the midwest. there is a major tornado outbreak going on. so far it s affecting mostly rural areas, but it s headed for some big cities like wichita and kansas city. we have confirmed reports that a possible tornado has hit a hospital in creston, iowa. a search and rescue operation is under way. a hospital spokesman says they are triaging and moving patients. dozens of tornadoes have been reported and more than 5 million people live in the at-risk area. our jacqui jeras is monitoring the story, and we ll be checking in with her thr
be an election that you know very well, 1980. ronald reagan, jimmy carter. i think it s going to go down to the yen. you just don t know. the final weekend is broke for the republican challenger in 80, this time it may break the other way. who knows? steve, do you agree? i agree. it s going to be close. very hard to see the president carrying a lot of the states he carried last time. and it will be ohio, florida, it will be those same battleground states, and we ll all be up late maybe that night. going back to the ann romney story, unless the gender gap closes, it ain t going to happen. coming up next, mike allen will join us with the top stories in the politico playbook. also, the wall street journal s peggy noonan. a preview of meet the press with david gregory. and later, the son of legendary musician bob marley, ziggy marley, will be here. who s going to be on meet the press. exactly. a new documentary on his father. plus, new york mayor cory booker channels his
to stay home and raise kids? or does it help romney to dig his way out of the mess he s in with female voters. i m asking. do you think he ll use this as long as he can? what time is it. we have about another 12 hours in the news cycle. i expect it will carry on at least until the end of today or tofrl it is a long way from where he is now with the female vote to where he wants to be. there is a lot of counter pushback on the ann romney story and the fact that she is the wife of a wealthy husband. he has money to spare. they can afford whatever help they need to raise the children. versus the working class women who have to struggle and scrape and work jobs along with raising children. so i think the outrage factor will siller down and the real issues will take root. it is not just women the obama campaign is targeting. vice president joe biden hit the trail in new hampshire to coin a new phrase, the so-called romney