reform. that s irresponsible and reckless. every governor in the country is reforming pensions, and the numbers just don t work. that debate between governors bob mcdonnell and martin o malley, a followup to the war of words on the campaign trail. president obama in new hampshire yesterday. here is the bottom line. my plan saves money in medicare by cracking down on fraud, waste, insurance company subsidies. and their plan makes seniors pay more so they can give another tax cut to millionaires and billionaires. the president back in the white house, but will travel to ohio, nevada and ohio. congressman paul ryan, accusing the president to raid medicare for $716 billion. he took his mom along, a medicare recipient. to an event at the world s largest retirement community. like a lot of americans, when i think about medicare, it s not just a program, not just the numbers. it s what my mom relies on. it s what my grandma had. tomorrow,ry ryan teams back up with mitt rom
try to escape. we ll have a report from the scene. plus, an exclusive look at romney s economic team. just who are the pele that he expects to help him turn the economy around if he s elected? and later, an unlikely police chief, a swimmer who won t give up, and the woman on the arm of the v.p. hopeful. we ll bring you this week s most intriguing people. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. it is 7:00 on the east coast. 4:00 a.m. on the west. thanks for starting your morning with us. in about 30 minutes we expect to hear from julian assange, wikileaks founder, who sparked international outrage with the release of classified u.s. cables. but who has been out of the spotlight in recent months. you re looking now at the ecuador embassy in london where assange has sought refuge while he fights britain s atmpt to extradite him to sweden for charge of sexual assault. for his part, assange has denied those allegations saying they are in retribution for disclosure of america
great nation. and we want to disclose that nbc universal and bain capital are each part owner of our weather channel. david whitford has written about bain capital. how realistic are romney s promises about what he should accomplish were he elected? well, i think the question of how realistic they are is exactly the question to ask. romney has a prescription for restoring economic prosperity that is pretty much classic re-republican prescription. he talks about lowering corporate taxes and he talks about reducing regulations. these are are the kinds of things that you will hear people complain about in board rooms and that would be welcomed by many business owners and many corporations. but the more interesting question to me is whether this
michele bachmann, bachmann s iowa chair defects to ron paul. we re going to take ron paul all way to the white house 2012. in the direct conversation that i had with him, he told me that he was offered money. he was offered a lot of money by the ron paul campaign to go and associate with the ron paul campaign. no one else knows about that conversation other than kent sorenson and myself and i know what he said to me about that. have you spoken to michele bachmann, she said you personally told her you were offered money. that s not true. not true at all? no. were you offered any sum of money? absolutely not. iran on the strait of hormuz as the u.s. announces a sale to long fighter jets so saudi arabia. no more mystery about mitt s hopes in iowa, he is all in. announcing he ll stay in des moines on caucus night and do the morning day after interviews in the hawkeye state not new hampshire. romney is launching a new ad today. generations of immigrants looke
hours after showing up with michele bachmann, bachmann s iowa chair defects to ron paul. we re going to take ron paul all way to the white house 2012. in the direct conversation that i had with him, he told me that he was offered money. he was offered a lot of money by the ron paul campaign to go and associate with the ron paul campaign. no one else knows about that conversation other than kent sorenson and myself and i know what he said to me about that. have you spoken to michele bachmann, she said you personally told her you were offered money. that s not true. not true at all? no. were you offered any sum of money? absolutely not. iran on the strait of hormuz as the u.s. announces a sale to long fighter jets so saudi arabia. no more mystery about mitt s hopes in iowa, he is all in. announcing he ll stay in des moines on caucus night and do the morning day after interviews in the hawkeye state not new hampshire. romney is launching a new ad today. gen