for a second term as president. what would obama phase two look like with senior white house adviser david plouffe. and then he has been president for 3 1/2 years, and talk is cheap. sizing up mitt romney with former republican presidential hopeful rick santorum. plus, days away from a supreme court decision which could gut the health care law. is there a plan b? doctor and senator john barrasso and congressman chris van hollen join us. and the cnn chief white house correspondent jessica yellin and matt bayh will join us. i m candy crowley and this is state of the union. there was a showdown this week with mitt romney and president obama giving speeches in ohio. an economic growth amid tightening polls, white house advisers said that the president would use the speech to reframe his economic argument. he tied mitt romney tightly to george w. bush and outlined his goals. that is my vision for america. education, energy, innovation, infrastructure. flashback,
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what else is happening? reporter: absolutely. this is day one of this two-day election. people are lining up despite the awfully hot egyptian summer heat. they re here to cast their ballots. people tell us that they re still excited they have a choice in who will be the next president. it is not a right they had after decades of dictatorship in this country. there are two candidates they can pick from. one is a former air force general and the former prime minister are appointed by the former dictator. another is a candidate from the muslim brotherhood. and earlier today, we got a sense of what people think voters think about these two candidates. take a listen. who did you vote for? for shavic. yes. i know that many people like him because he s from the previous government. at least he has connected to be president, you know? who did you choose? i want democracy. i hate any man like hosni. reporter: the problem here is this is coming at a very tesh lent ti turbul
immigrants in the u.s. supporters hail the shift in immigration policy as a humanitarian moment in history. but critics call the move outrageous, even arrogant. we put the immigration overhaul in focus. families so devastated by the economy, they are abandoning their children in orphanages. we ll tell you where. it s a real crisis, tearing communities apart. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. it s 8:00 on the east coast, 5:00 a.m. out west. state tv in saudi arabia says crown prince abdullah aziz of the saudi king has died. he travelled abroad for medical treatment. according to a spokesman died in switzerland, he was 79. the prince had served as interior minister for the saudi government. he was second in line to the throne. the poor health of the aging saudi family raised fears of a power vacuum at a time when anti-regime protests are growing. officials aren t saying how the prince died. southern mexico feeling the fury of tropical storm carlotta. two children we
women s reproductive freedom and she was targeted by rush limbaugh. on this program, andrea mitchell interviewed her moments after president obama had called her. take a listen. the stakes have been raised pretty high but what did he say to you? he encouraged me and supported me and thanked me for speaking out about the concerns of american women and what was really personal for me was that he said to tell my parents that they should be proud and that meant a lot, because rush limbaugh questioned whether or not my family would be proud of me. sandra fluke, who recently graduated from georgetown law school, joins us. first of all, congratulations. you endorsed president obama yesterday. obviously without knowing about this immigration decision. tell me how it lands in your mind. is this the right thing that he s doing? it certainly doesn t change my decision to endorse him. if anything, it makes me even