but not the removal of the work requirement. said he vetoed such attempts and president obama was on the record in opposition to welfare reform through much of the 90 s. shepard: carl, the president is campaigning in colorado today. and so is one of governor romney s top supporters the ohio senator rob portman, he is somebody we keep seeing on the v.p. short list. speculation friendsy. rob portman the ohio senator is campaigning in colorado, bracketing as they say the president s visit there five events from portman acting as a surrogate from mitt rodge any is he definitely one of the topics on the possible short list. in addition, tim pawlentyy the former governor of minnesota is campaigning today in michigan. mitt romney s native state. is he out there on the romney bus in the next couple of weeks we are going to see mr. romney go on a bus trip in which he will be joined by paul ryan, the chairman of the house budget committee who will actually be on vacation in colorado next wee
anywhere in the world. of course, it s easier if you hold it in the mdle of nowhere. shepard: in the middle of nowhere. think that might be a reference to governor romney s olympics in salt lake in 2002? the prime minister did not say so himself. of course, we have been reporting how the u.k. has called up thousands of troops at the last minute after a security company couldn t come up with enough guards for the games. governor romney referencing as much in his interview. you know, it s hard to know just how well t will turn out there. are a few things that were disconcerting the stories about the private security firm not having enough people. the supposed strike of the immigration and customs officials. that obviously is not something which is encouraging. shepard: well, it was after this back and forth that the two men finally got together today. campaign carl cammeron is in london with a bit of satellite trouble tonight. he is on the phone with us. what do we know about this
over, all the mistakes of the organizing committee and i made a few, all of those are overwhelmed by the many things that the athletes carry out that capture the spirit of the games. no question that an awful lot of brits have taken offense to what he said but he wasn t saying it merely as american visitor or republic presidential candidate. he is, of course, the former coordinator of the 2002 olympics in salt lake city. so he does speak with some authority. and olympics right after 9/11 where security was premier importance, shep. shepard: certainly was. did they get to any other issues, carl. sure. mr. romney not only met with prime minister cammeron but a host of other leaders in great britain and talked about a variety of foreign policy issues. talked about the syria, and arab spring. considerable amount of discussion with the eurozone crisis with the chancellor of the exequivalent of the american treasurer. all of these things got discussed but the truth is all the olympics
cuts expire for individuals making over $200,000 a year and families over 250 would, would not effect 98% of american taxpayers. only the wealthiest 2% would see an increase. president says the upon is that 2%, that 2% of the wealthiest is all romney and the g.o.p. care about. here is how he put it. they want more tax cuts for the wealthest americans on top of the existing bush tax cuts they want to give $5 trillion more in tax cuts. and that fight is a big part of what this election is about. awe, taxes. tonight democrats say the g.o.p. only wants to cut them and republicans say the only thing democrats do is raise them. we are at this hour, shep, 17 weeks almost exactly to the hour when the polls begin to close on this election cycle. karl. carl: carl cameron in washington tonight. taken the mayor to court after he cut all of their paychecks down to bear minimum wage to
calling for congress to extend the so-called bush tax cuts but only for families who make less than $250,000 a year. governor romney says everybody should get an extension even the richest americans. campaign carl cammeron live in d.c. carl, the president laid out his plan yesterday. today we heard from governor romney. yeah. like clockwork, shep. romney noted that last week s dismal jobs report and said with that that the president was just doing what knee jerk liberals always do. their answer to everything romney says is raising taxes. listen. the very idea of r taxes on small business and job creators at the very time we need more jobs is the sort of thing only an extreme liberal could come up with. romney says with the economy weak as it is, letting any of the bush tax cuts expire would essentially kill jobs and hurt the recovery, shep. the president, carl, making his case in iowa, right? yeah, and mr. obama says his plan to let the bush tax