experience which touched my heart. i was at a boy scout board honor and a court of honor is where boy scouts get their eagle award or other awards. i was in the boy scout program at the time, so i was up in the front of the room and we had this big formica table. i was sitting down at the end of the table next to the flag pole. and the person who was speaking was the scout mast prosecutor monument, colorado. he was telling quite a story. he said that the boy scouts in his troop had wanted to have a very special american flag. so they bought one with gold tassels and had it flown over the state capitol and also in the capitol of washington, d.c when it came home, the boys said now we want it to go up in the space shuttle. and so they contacted nasa and say, we would like our flag to go on the space shuttle. space is at a premium in space, you know. and yet, nasa agreed. they said okay, we ll take your flag with us.
friend said, no, he just likes picking losers. and so the president gave his answers or his lack of answers as the case may be. i thought in some respects he explained himself best a couple of weeks ago when he said you can t fix washington from the inside. you can only fix it from the outside. well, we re going to give him that chance on november 6! [ cheers and applause ] there are other questions i d like to ask, of course. i d like to ask why we ve gone from 32 million people on food stamps and over the last four years now, up to 47 million on food stamps. that s an increase of 15 million people. more than the population of ohio. how has that happened? what he wants to talk about, instead of these people on food stamp, instead of half the kids coming out of college can t find work or college level work, one
drilling on public lands, why he said no to the keystone pipeline. i asked more questions like why was it with a trillion dollar deficit, he found it in his in his heart to put $90 billion into green energy companies that in many cases were contributors to his campaign. at least the owners of those businesses were. and why was it with what he had promised during his campaign, that health insurance premiums he would bring down by $2,500 a year, instead they went up by $2,500 a year. you know, i know we ve heard his answers over the campaign. had he says look you can t fix washington from the inside, only do it from the outside. we re going to give him that chance, all right. that was mitt romney at a rally in richmond, virginia, karen finney some sharp words. not unexpected. not unexpected at all. i ll start first with benghazi, which we didn t talk about earlier and which we will
opponent. now for some reason, my opponent got really excited. [ laughter ] we wrote a speech real quick. he stood up at a rally, proudly declared, i ll get the job done from the inside. what kind of inside job is he talking about? [ applause ] romney struck the inside-out theme as well in las vegas. take a look. he all raised the white flag of surrender again just this week. he indicated that he can t fix washington from the inside. it can only be fixed if the outside, he said. that s great because he s going to get that chance in a moment to be able to fix it from [ applause ] all right. let s dig in over your saturday coffee. joining me white house reporter for the washington post, david nakimora, white house correspondent for the hill, amy parns.
the united states can do. and, by the way, the administration has started to do it is to lend rhetorical support to the people there. we can help them get access to the internet, which the iranian government is constantly denying. we can focus our sanctions on the revolutionary guard which, again, the administration is starting to do. we can t make regime change happen but we can be supportive. and i think the people in iran have essentially figured that out, that the united states is now supportive. and we ll just have to see how this plays out. richard haass from the council on foreign relations, good to see you. thanks, andrea. up next, evan bayh s surprising exit from congress. is it harder to fix washington from the inside or outside? former minnesota congressman joins us next only on msnbc. hear that? seals it tight. smells like fresh ground. fresh fresh fresh fre that s our favorite part. .fresh! (announcer) taste why maxwell house is good to the last drop.