of reporter phone records and targeting of conservative groups by the irs, the president s approval rate is holding steady for now. here s cnn national political correspondent, jim acosta. reporter: as president obama escaped the white house to deliver a commencement speech in a steady rain at moorehouse college in atlanta republicans were pouring it on. there s a culture of intimidation. reporter: top gop leaders fanned out on the sunday talk shows vowing to get to the bottom of the irs targeting scandal. who knew, when did they know, why did they do this, how high up in the government did it go? they are trying to drag washington into a swamp of fishing expedition. reporter: dan pfeiffer was asked when did the president find out about it? when it came out in the news. here s why. because here s the cardinal rule when you do situation like
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republican-leaning district. i m joined now by cnn national political correspondent jim acosta. good morning, jim. reporter: good morning, carol. that s right. you summed it up very nicely. mark sanford, after being left for dead in the political wilderness in south carolina is very much back on the campaign trail, very much back on a comeback mission here in south carolina. he trounce, as you said just a few moments ago, a field of 15 republican opponents to win the republican primary here in the race for the open seat in the first congressional district. and how did he do it, carol? he pretty much went around the state asking the voters not the state, but the district asking the voters for forgiveness. he was very up front about the fact that he made some mistakes when he was governor of this state, when he falsely told voters that he was hiking the appalachian trail when instead he was traveling to argentina to carry on an extramarital affair. and it was that message of asking f
it is sunday, july 29. good morning, everyone. so glad you re with us. i m randi kaye. in syria we may be in the beginning stages of a massacre. the warning from opposition leaders urging allies to act. translator: our friends and allies will bear responsibility for the terrifying massacres if aleppo if they don t move soon. the massacre is in aleppo. he s talking about the situation in aleppo, as you heard. army tanks battered the city saturday as forces loyal to president assad looked to kru el the crush crush the rebels. mitt romney is meeting with israeli leaders. he will deliver a major address on foreign policy later this morning. romney arrived in israel last night after spending a few days in london for the olympics. cnn national political correspondent, jim acosta, has been traveling with mr. romney and joins us from jerusalem. tell us first the reaction to romney s arrival there. reporter: i have to tell you, randi, mitt romney is making it clear on this t
of epic proportions. wolf blitzer is off today. i m candy crowley and you re in the situation room. all eyes on the supreme court and congress with a potentially historic day on tap tomorrow. one that could be especially bad for president obama. we re expecting the justices long awaited ruling on health care reform. the president s flagship issue in one that impacts virtually every american. at the same time, eric holder could become the first sitting u.s. attorney general ever held in contempt of congress. the planned house votes stems from accusations the justice department is withholding documents on a failed operation that put guns in the hands of mexican drug cartels. president obama and his staff are bracing for all the possibilities. cnn white house correspondent, dan lothian, has details. dan, what are you picking up there as they do sort of brace for two really important decisions tomorrow? reporter: they really do. and on health care they do still believe and
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