to see my birth certificate. they know that this is the place where we were born and raised. eliot: now for anyone who has followed politics for the four years that seems like an obvious reference to the utterly discredited notion that president obama was not born in the u.s. but romney s adviser kevin madden insists that, i quote, he was only referencing that michigan where he was campaigning today is the state where himself was born and raised. right. if you bleach that, i have a bridge for sale. governor romney s decision to directly enlist himself in the bitter movement should give pause to any voter across america. itthe gawker website has published hundreds of pages of financial statements from romney s old firm bain capital including information on investments in more than 20 funds where romney holds a stake. according to the new york times the funds appear to have converted more than a billion dollars in accumulated capital gains which is taxed at a lower rate. an
against president obama. what i want to know is: why? koch industries oil and gas conglomerate is making more money than ever before. why do they hate president obama? could it be maybe because he is % black? the first black president? just asking. we will talk about that and a whole lot more here today on the full court press. first, today s current news update from lisa ferguson out in los angeles. hi, lisa. good morning. hi, bill. good morning everyone. it s just about 90 days left before november 6th. we are starting to see a new phase of the election season one of incredibly bizarre nicknames. we will get to the that in just a second. first, a little bit on the candidates schedules today. president obama s first stop is in denver colorado where he has chosen a new surrogate but a familiar face to introduce him. sandra fluc will be doing the honors, the georgetown law student attacked by rush limbaugh for supporting access to contraception. mr. obama no doubt chose f
most secure offices of the presidential palace. and one of the big stories we ll be following here, have you heard, big news on the financial front today the consumer finance protection bureau has cracked down on capital one for forcing credit cards on people who don t need them and can t afford them. elizabeth warren was right. republicans were wrong. we need the consumer finance protection bureau. first, we get the latest, the current news update for today from lisa ferguson out in los angeles. good morning lisa. good morning bill. good morning everyone. think mitt romney is releasing anymore of his tax returns today? yeah probably not but that doesn t mean congressional democrats are giving up just yet. in the house michigan rep sandy levin is calling for legislation that would require all presidential candidates to release a full decade of their tax returns. and in the senate, majority whip dick durbin and carl levin are pushing for candidates to disclose their accounts
drought conditions but only one do te 6% of t.v. news stories about this hot weather have mentioned global warming. the media is not doing its job. we ll talk about that and a whole lot more here on this morning s full-court press. but first, we get the latest. let s go out to los angeles and say good morning again to jacki schechner for today s current news update. good morning, jacki. good morning, bill. your word is weather. ours is jobs. the jobs news is coming out today. it s going to forecast what the political messaging is going to be for the next coming month. president obama is on the second day of a two-day buck tour through ohio and pennsylvania. he will speak on the jobs report at his second stop in poland ohio. you are seeing video from yesterday s stop in ohio. economists expect can to show ballpark 95,000 jobs but not enough to move the unemployment rate from 8 to do 2%. the president heads to pittsburgh where he will give a speech at carnegie melon. he will
houstonshuster in for bill. we have democratic strategist peter finn at the top of the hour. follow us on twitter.com/bpshow or twitter.com/davidschuster. our andrea mitchell snafu segment. clarkson says competing news should not lower itself to fox news. david shuster is right about apted degree i can t. who makes msnbc most nervous? mark writes, the snafu romney useds edited ads against obama and he will no doubt do it again. the politicians are going to do that. i think journalists, as people consider themselves journalists should have a higher standard. people like rebecca kaplan. she makes hard to make sure things are put in context. it does occasionally happen. that s been the story of some of the big add words this cycle, statements taken out of context. obama talking about the economy when he was quoting yon mccain in 08. that was left out. the obama camp did with a number of romney statements. i like being able to fire peop