yankees. the route was on. baltimore scored thee in the first, four in the second. they re just a half game back. the orioles are duking it out with the yankees. jacoby ellsbury left the yard in a hurry. red sox win it 5-2. tampa is falling fast. they re 5.5 back. that s your first look at sports. i m fred rogan. we check in with dylan dreyer watching the forecast. where it s cooler, you won t see sunshine. don t be discouraged in minneapolis where it s 44 degrees. we did have frost and freeze warnings earlier this morning. you ll see sunshine and temperatures back into the 60s. this is all the rain we re watching as we head into this afternoon. right now, it is producing some heavier thunderstorms with frequent lightning across the
0 that the government should give it to them. they will vote for this president no matter what. i mean, the president starts off with 48, 49 he starts out with a huge number. they paid no income tax. 47% of americans paid no income tax. our message doesn t connect. that s what they celebrate every four years. so my job is not to worry about those people. i ll never convince them they should take responsibility for themselves and their lives. what i have to do is convince 5 to 10% in the center that are independents, that are thoughtful, look at voting one way or another in some cases on emotion. whether they like the guy or not. late last night mr. romney reacted to the release of the recording, but he did not apologize for the remarks. it s not elegantly stated. let me put it that way. i m speaking off the cuff in response to a question. i m sure i could state it more clearly in a more effective way than i did in a setting like that. the romney campaign also released this stat
we are going to begin this morning with the romney recording. a surp tishs video of mitt romney at a private fundraiser has gone public and remarks he thought would stay among those in the room. the gop presidential candidate is heard giving a snapshot of the electorate that is raising eyebrows. the recording was released to the ultraliberal magazine mother jones. here s a portion of it. we ll take care of them. how are you going to do it in two months before elections to convince everybody you got to take care of yourself? 47% of the people vote for the president no matter what. 47% who are with him, who are dependent upon government who believe that government has responsibility to care for them and believe they re entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you name it. it s entitlement. that the government should give it to them. they will vote for this president no matter what. i mean, the president starts off with 48, 49 he starts out with a huge number. they p
look. i m lynn berry, and in sports texas washington nationals placed a pitch. here is nbc s fred rogan. good morning, steven strasburg having a career year, his repaired elbow feeling a lot better. not good enough for the nationals, they will shut him down and announce he will have two or three more starts, and that is it. he is done. they will make him miss some games, go figure. they re confident they can make an october date without the race. if the offense plays like this, they don t need pitching, nates beat the cards, 8-1, chicago scores three in the ninth. soriano with a walk-off single. driving in seven, that didn t matter, the cubs won is 12-11. and pitcher kicks it to third.
msnbc. and we are going to begin this morning with the republican nominee in what may be the most important speech of his political career, mitt romney accepted the gop presidential nomination in tampa last night, arguing he is the hope and change candidate, not president obama. msnbc s steve handelesman reports. reporter: more swagger, a more gravelly voice, but the message was about barack obama. when somebody doesn t do their job, we have to let them go. reporter: in the most important speech of his life, mitt romney tried to talk voters at home out of sticking with president obama. i wish he would have succeeded, we deserve better, my children, my family deserves better. my country deserves better. to the majority of americans who now believe that the future will not be better than the past, i can guarantee you this. if barack obama is re-elected, you will be right. president obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans, and to heal the planet. my prom