support precipitously with independents in the last couple of months that the primary contest has begun and been in full force, and those are the people that put him over the top. if both president obama and mitt romney start with their 47 percent, someone needs to win the middle, and that person becomes the next president. if mitt romney needs them, plus his faith, that becomes more challenging if this negative campaign in the primary goes on long, bleeds his money, bliedz hes support, and weakens him. he needs to fire up the base and he needs the middle. jon: a.b. stoddard from the hill newspaper and that quote, obviously, was hers, on the hill.cole, a.b.c. thank you. thank you. jen jon, it s going to be tough to get through this next story. it was the talk of the commercial and i bet it s the talk of you at home as well, the new report says the majority of ground beef sold at supermarkets across this country contains so-called pink slime. what is that? rick folbaum is here with th
that would remove the president from the decision making process so he won t be a part of it and congress is able to approve the project. if this goes through. but it doesn t clear the way completely. congress is going to need 60 votes to pass, and 60 votes can be tough to get. jon: these days especially. president obama put the pipeline on hold early they are year as you know saying it needed further environmental review. the planned pipeline would bring oil from canada to texas. supporters say it would bolster energy security in this country and increase jobs. jenna: national comes respondent steve-oo correspondent steve centanni has more. what should we expect? reporter: it s attached to a transportation bill debated today and probably next tuesday as well, it will carry over into next week. the latest political twist to the story is a claim by republicans that president obama is personally lobbying senate democrats to reject an amendment calling for construction of th
jenna: it s not the same! we re going to start off with a lead story, everybody, a controversial project up for debate once gefnlt we re glad you re with us today, i m jenna lee. jon: happy thursday to you, i m jon scott. all eyes are on the keystone oil pipeline. jenna: a vote is expected in the senate on an amendment that would remove the president from the decision making process so he won t be a part of it and congress is able to approve the project. if this goes through. but it doesn t clear the way completely. congress is going to need 60 votes to pass, and 60 votes can be tough to get. jon: these days especially. president obama put the pipeline on hold early they are year as you know saying it needed further environmental review. the planned pipeline would bring oil from canada to texas. supporters say it would bolster energy security in this country and increase jobs. jenna: national comes respondent steve-oo correspondent steve centanni has more. what should we expe
misguided and inexcusable. he discussed the program s continuing fallout as america fights to secure the border with mexico. guns lost during this operation will continue to show up at crime scenes at both sides of the border. as we work to identify where errors occurred and to insure these mistakes never happen again, we must not lose sight of the critical challenge that this flawed operation has highlighted and that is the battle to stop the flow of guns to mexico. jon: william la jeunesse is live in los angeles for us right now. william, what else has the attorney general had to say? reporter: well, jon, you know there are two facets to this hearing. for republicans the central question is leadership and credibility. congressman darrell issa telling the attorney general he is tired of fingerpointing and scapegoating of those at alcohol tobacco and firearms and the u.s. attorney s office and shielding holding blameless his own people at the department of justice. then y
he discussed the program s continuing fallout as america fights to secure the border with mexico. guns lost during this operation will continue to show up at crime scenes at both sides of the border. as we work to identify where errors occurred and to insure these mistakes never happen again, we must not lose sight of the critical challenge that this flawed operation has highlighted and that is the battle to stop the flow of guns to mexico. jon: william la jeunesse is live in los angeles for us right now. william, what else has the attorney general had to say? reporter: well, jon, you know there are two facets to this hearing. for republicans the central question is leadership and credibility. congressman darrell issa telling the attorney general he is tired of fingerpointing and scapegoating of those at alcohol tobacco and firearms and the u.s. attorney s office and shielding holding blameless his own people at the department of justice. then you have the politics. democ