so, what is going on? well, first of all the nbc deal is registered voters, not likely voters. secondly, there is an 11-point difference democrats over republicans in the nbc journal poll. it s not that they stack the deck. it s just that the random sample came out that way. the journal s article today about the poll doesn t mention the democrat advantage. not good. by the way, the wall street journal and fox news are owned by the same company. the truth is nobody knows who is ahead. the campaign is very fluid right now. what talking points does know is that many american voters have no clue as to what is going on in the country. last night we told you that 35%, 35% of american homes, more than 100 million people are now receiving welfare payments. 50 years ago that number was 6%. today, the social security administration tells us more workers are on disability than at any other time in the nation s history. almost 9 million collecting federal disability checks. in february of 2001,
street journal, nbc survey. so, what is going on? well, first of all the nbc deal is registered voters,ot likely voters. secondly, there is an 11-point difference democrats over republicans in the nbc journal poll. it s not that they stack the deck. it s just that the random sample came out that way. the journal s article today about the poll doesn t mention the democrat advantage. not good. by the way, the wall street journal and fox news are owned by the same company. the truth is nobody knows who is ahead. the campaign is very fluid right now. what talking points does know is that many american voters have no clue as to what is going on in the country. last night we told you that 35%, 35% of american homes, more than 100 million people are now receiving welfare payments. 50 years ago that number was 6%. today, the social security administration tells us more workers are on disability than at any other time in the nation s history. almost 9 million collecting federal disability ch
long. welcome everybody. welcome to early start. i m ashleigh banfield. good morning. i m alina cho bringing the news from a to c. so weird. we have the alphabet all mixed up. anger, sadness and overwhelming shame at penn state. a scathing report conducted by a former director of the fbi, leaving the school and its legendary coaches shattered. saying joe paterno and top university officials not only hid but empowered a child predator in jerry sandusky. the outrage is spreading so quickly there are calls to tear down a statue of paterno that stands youds of beaver stadium. will more criminal charges be coming? susan candiotti is live in philadelphia this morning. susan, good morning to you. reporter: good morning. yes, you re right. former fbi director lewis freeh laid the blame at the feet of four top penn state officials leaving jerry sandusky free rein to abuse children over the course of almost 15 years. our most saddening and sobering finding is the total disreg
white and blue ensemble made entirely in china. lawmakers are outraged for outsourcing the clothing. alina cho joins us with more on that. there s rare bipartisan backlash on capitol hill about this. good morning, everything in the uniform from the beret to the blazer and shoes made in china. they are made by american designer ralph lauren as soledad said and they are just for the opening and closing ceremonies, recently i got an opportunity to look at the olympic gear with david lauren, ralph lauren s son and executive vice president of the company. he said they are focused on making olympians look good. you re meeting athletes and walking in the first olympics, many have never worn a tie or jacket or been on television before. we want the american team and athletes to really look like ambassadors. but the chinese manufacturing has lawmakers furious, kirsten gillibrand and steve israel sent a letter to the chairman of the u.s. olympic committee asking that the committe
and former counselor to the secretary of the treasury. during the administration s restructuring of the auto industry. thanks so much, steve. great to have you here. well, you don t have your charts. i didn t ask you to bring your charts. i ve got something here. this is the s.e.c. filing. which is from february of 2001. so it s for the year 2000. and it says, w. mitt romney, chief executive officer, president and managing director of bain capital, 2 copley place, boston, mass. that indicates he was there after 1999 which he put out on his financial disclosure forms. does it matter? this argument is going back and forth. both campaigns have had conference calls. there s new campaign ads. there s the boston globe story today. you know, what is the kernel of truth? first, he represented he left bain in 1999 and they continued to represent that. there seems to be suggestions he