when you have the time to be able to have the support of the united states congress and obviously the support of the american people through them. gregg: we have live team coverage with mideast bureau but first let s turn to our chief white house core spend ent ed henry. ed, it sounds like the president is trying to step up the game to sell this thing. he is and his critics are saying, what took him so long? he should have been making this case to the public and the congress sooner. the white house pushing back on all of that. look. they call it, you know, flood the zone. he needs to get out there. he was on the phones yesterday, even though it was sunday. he s meeting with john mccain and lindsey graham today even though it s labor day. they re trying to show the president is all over this. why? it s a race against the clock. the president is get ago board air force one to get sweden and russia. he needs to change minds now before he s out of the country
days in jail for spying on his gay roommate with a webcam. that roommate committed suicide. was it a fair sentence? we begin with evening with president obama s most personal and most direct critique of his republican challenger, mitt romney. speaking in chicago at the conclusion of the nato summit and brush ago side criticism from a prominent democratic ally the president took aim at governor romney s tun you re at the head of the private equity firm bain capital. this issue is, quote, not a distraction. this is part of a debate we ll be having in this election campaign about how do we create an economy where everybody from top to bottom, folks on wall street and folks on main street, have a shot at success? the distraction critique came from cory booker who sunday urged the president and republicans to focus on the country s biggest problem. this kind of stuff is nauz ating on both sides. it is nauz ating to the american public. enough is enough. stop attacking priv