world to me. after losing my mom to these issues, i m very grateful for it and i have been moved by the kind support from people. really very grateful for it. jolie was joining her fiance brad pitt who is promoting his new film world war z in london. beloved children s author judy blume is also a cancer survivor. you probably know her classics are you there god, it s me margaret and blubber. now she s back in the spotlight as her 1981 book tiger eyes is made into a movie. her son lawrence directed it. when they talked to our own fredricka whitfield, blume also told her her cancer story. how about your health? how are you doing after announcing your breast cancer diagnosis in 2012? and you also blogged about it quite a bit. i m fine. you know, i had surgery, but i was incredibly lucky. i didn t need any other treatment, so i feel guilty even
lost his healthcare. much more from someone who says he likes to fire people. with no con season about what their concern about what their family really means. now i turn the call back over to stephanie. thank you, joe. we really appreciate you and david sharing your experienc experiences. bret: well, it s an interesting day talking about a specific ad. ad run by the democratic super pac priorities usa and features that man, joe soptic, who was let go of steel factory. once run by bain capital. the obama campaign spent a lot of the day today explaining how they didn t really know anything about the cancer story. as you heard there, joe was on a conference call with stephanie cutter of the obama campaign. what about this and the rest of the day s political news? bring in the panel. in new york, paul gigot, editorial page editor for the wall street journal. melissa francis host of money with melissa francis on the fox business network.
campaign with an ad that really stands out, the least tasteful. i hope this is it. bret: jim, you cover ads for political races. we know that there is a line between the campaign supposedly and the super pac run by the former deputy press secretary bill burton. but when you see the obama campaign coming out and saying we didn t know the cancer story. and then you listen to the conference call, they weren t listening. it s a messy day. we have been waiting for moments all year. we ll see more of them. the outside groups walk the campaigns, you know, through the door that has a bucket ready to fall on their heads. or it s more cynical than that. in terms of just not being coordinated, they can t predict what the outside groups will do. they get caught off-guard. bret: talk about the latest polls. it s run by quinnipiac, cbs news and the new york times. three swing states. interesting numbers. colorado, where you see mitt romney has a lead there. of five points. there is the plus
tsunami, no. emergency, yes. a massive earthquake rattled the coast of indonesia today not far from where the killer quake and tsunami hit back in 2004. the ground has not stopped shaking yet. we re hearing about aftershocks several hours since the initial quake. disaster officials are fearing a repeat of 2004. they sent out a tsunami warning to the entire indian ocean. so far no reports of serious damage or injuries. syrian government says it will end fighting by tomorrow s deadline. that s according to special envoy kofi annan who says he received a letter agreeing to the cease-fire from the syrian foreign ministry. but the government says it is reserving the right to respond to attacks from, quote, what they re calling armed terrorist groups. opposition members say at least 30 people have been killed today. for mitt romney it s all but certain now. rick santorum s exit clears the path for romney to win the republican nomination. we re going to talk about the road ahead
reporter: also in may, obama campaign hosted conference call with soptic telling the cancer story. i was lucky to find another job at local school district. they gave me health insurance i couldn t afford it for my wife. later she was diagnosed with lung cancer. reporter: it turns out, though, soptic s wife initially had her own health insurance even after he lost his job and she died in 2006. that is five years after the husband s company went bankrupt. after romney left bain capital. bret: ed thank you. from healthcare to another highly emotional coppic. welfare. governor romney accuses the president of seeking to turn back the clock on reforms. championed by his democratic predecessor. chief political correspondent carl cameron on that story again tonight. reporter: in iowa, escalated attacks for gutting clinton era welfare reform.