harry reveal his sources and we ll probably find out it s the white house. so far he has not. you will see in a moment when dana bash joins us, he is offering no facts, no evidence, just insinuations. before we go fther on this story, you should know we re not being partisan here. for weeks, we reported on michele bachmann and others making unfounded allegations about infiltrating of the government. the standard shouldn t be different for democrats, independents, libertarians or anyone. extraordinary allegations require proof. michele bachmann and company don t have ordinary proof, neither so far does senator harry reid. this began earlier when he told the huffington post what he says a bain capital investor told him. he said he didn t pay taxes for ten years. he went on. do i know that s true? well, i m not certain. that was harry reid saying i am not certain. you would think not being certain about the truth of an explosive allegation, you would kind of keep it to yoursel
outfront tonight, mitt makes a bold promise. 12 million jobs. take a look at this ad in the wall street journal. written my romney s top economic advisor. first of all i want to draw your attention to the cartoon. there is obama on a tortoise with a whip. and romney on a horse going so fast that his tie and horse tail are flying in the wind. what was it supposed to be the tortoise and the hare? the newspaper denied the catchy cartoon but every word was written by glen hubbard. here in the second to last paragraph is the claim. president romney would create about 12 million new jobs in his first term and millions more after that. which means, just to get to 12 million the first term, 250,000 jobs each and every single one of his 48 months in office. he says he will do that by cutting regulations and cutting taxes. does it add up? first the good news. there have been a few times in american history where this has happened. the chief economists of jp morgan notes it happened i
captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning everyone. welcome to today on a friday morning. i m matt lauer. good morning everyone. i m savannah guthrie. as you can see from the view from above the olympic stadium is full since the first time at the opening ceremony because track & field gets under way. i think i joined millions of americans standing in front of my television set last night three inches from the screen waiting for gabby douglas s final score and, of course, she got gold. but if she hadn t won it would have been due to nothing that she did. she did everything right. i mean, if you re going to have a great night that s the night to have it. it was the 16-year-old s night last night. she owned every exercise displaying her explosive power and, yes, that megawatt smile on her way to winning gold. we are delighted that gabby is with us this morning live. and guess who else is here? actually all three of the other american women who have won
highlights of the day. let s head over to gnat ri morales. good morning to you. good morning, matt and savannah. the u.s. tops the medal count and the new golden girl in gymnastics. gabby douglas, the powerhouse known as the flying squirrel now known as olympic gold medalist in the all-around. it s a gabby gold. it s just amazing. to represent usa and my coaches and a lot of hard work and effort put in to the gym, i m speechless right now. got to put a double layout to her feet. the 16-year-old, the first african-american woman to win the individual title with explosive performances in all four events. teammate aly raisman tied for third with a russian but under olympic tiebreaker rules, the russian took home the bronze medal. it s definitely disappointing but i m still fourth in the world and definitely something to be proud of. can lochte come up on phelps? another duel in the pool for u.s. americans champions welcome te and phelps. this time, phelps took go
you will see in a moment when dana bash joins us, he is not backing down a bit. offering no facts, no evidence, just insinuations. and allegations. before we go further on this story, you should know we re not being partisan here. for weeks, we reported on michele bachmann and others making unfounded allegations about infiltrating of the government. by islamic radicals. the standard shouldn t be different for democrats, independents, libertarians or anyone. extraordinary allegations require proof. frankly any kind of proof. michele bachmann and company don t have ordinary proof, neither so far does senator harry reid. this began earlier when he told the huffington post what he says a bain capital investor told him. he said he didn t pay taxes for ten years. he went on. do i know that s true? well, i m not certain. that was harry reid saying i am not certain. you would think not being certain about the truth of an explosive allegation, you would kind of keep it to yourself, ri