and they said something about reassessing his campaign. well, immediately, when you hear the word reassessing, you might think that means maybe stopping the campaign. i would think that. they clarified after that went out and here s actually what they meant. as to whether or not this is going to create too much of a cloud in some people s minds as to whether or not they would supporters in our court. we re going to continue as usual. that s not entirely true. he is not continuing his schedule as usual. he has cut off a major fundraiser in new york city with a lot of people. because of the traffic. that could be true. matt lauer was supposed to be there, barbara walters, cindy adams but it was going to be a get to know you session but i imagine, there will be an opportunity for people to jump in his camp. well, actually, today, he s going to be in can t canton, ohio and he s going to explain this whole thing. they did do a little tweeting yesterday and here s w
nation on the road tour. we are here today putting education issues front and center looking for solutions to the continuing problems facing our public schools. at the nbc education nation experience visitors to the constitution center are getting an interactive look at the current state of education and the skills needed to be successful in the 21st century work force. and joining us live this hour we ll talk to philadelphia school superintendent arlene ackerman. senator robert casey, chaka fattah and patrick murphy. in washington today and in new york the pressure is on new york congressman anthony weiner to resign. here is former democratic national chairman tim kaine. lying is unforgivable. lying publicly about something like this is unforgivable and he should resign. here to talk about all things political, bill burton, senior strategist with priorities usa and former deputy white house press secretary. and msnbc contributor michael steele who of course is the former
the washington post /abc poll also showed mitt romney seen by many as high on the economy, tied with the president in a head to head matchup. when he took office the economy was in recession and he made it worst. it is believed his toughest opponent next fall will be the economy. we are on the path of a recovery but it s got to accelerate. nbc s kristin welker is at the white house for us. reporter: you also heard the president today at northern virginia community college tell those students they are the future and there is no time to lose. his focus was on jobs white house officials saying he really wanted to emphasize the idea the manufacturing sector is key to the economic recovery. you heard him talk about the expansion of a worker training program. the idea is to train about 500,000 community college students, make sure they are prepared and ready to enter the work force. the concern in the manufacturing sector is that it is aging. about 3 million americans
for talks ranging from the war in afghanistan, where they agree to libya and deep differences over how to handle the economy. i m not concerned about a double-dip recession. i am concerned about the fact that the recovery that we re on is not producing jobs as quickly as i want it to happen. plus, the new washington post poll suggests the economy is now the president s biggest opponent. and one if by land, two if by sea. the midnight ride of sarah palin continues as a new war breaks out over just who will write the last draft of history. good day, i m andrea mitchell live in washington. can he survive? well, not if the new york tabloids are indication today. anthony weiner is a man alone today. facing an ethics investigation ordered by his own party leader and the man with more than 63,000 twitter followers and more than 47,000 friends on facebook cannot find a friend in washington or new york. at his cringe-worthy news conference, weiner says he doesn t think he vi
got in the house, the windows blew in, broke. and this is what is left behind. damage so bad it s declared a disaster area. today shell-shocked residents returned to see what, if anything, was left standing. and amazingly no serious injuries reported. the red cross and national guard are there now. officials say utilities could be out for two weeks. this is a pretty strong-looking elephant trunk nighttime tornado. two of them, diual funnels. look at that. look at that indeed. unbelievable. that s the voice of one very brave storm chaser and is the inkredzible nighttime video he shot. you can see clearly twofer oeshs funnels at once there. in all, three trfrnds ripped through northern and west central iowa last night and more could be on their way in parts of wisconsin right now. that s the sound of burning wildfires burning through thousands of acres through north and west texas. the texas fire service is bracing for what could be one of the wort outbreaks in state hi