cain is a big favorite with the tea party. maneuvering to save the president s jobs bill in the senate where democrats don t have the votes is splitting the plan into pieces the answer. senator chuck schumer joins me this morning. tuesday, october 11th, 2011. this is the dalily rundown. ho closely the obama administration used mitt romney s massachusetts health care law as a model of their own plan. this isn t talking points, folks. this is deep facts. we will get to it later in the show. let s get to my first read of the morning. we start with the republican race. eight republican hopefuls meet in hanover new hampshire to devote the economy. it is a state by state battle that begins in iowa and new hampshire. we are debuting new nbc news marist posts in both states. the numbers confirm that tonight is a do or die moment for rick perry who has fallen to fourth in both states. no one is more riding on a good debate performance tonight than perry. let s look at the numbers.
and a little later, bill cassidy of louisiana and jim himes of connecticut. washington journal starts now. the fact we have made some much progress we have doctors, hospitals, even the pharmaceutical company saying that this makes sense to do a think means that the stars are lined need to take advantage of it. host: president obama and his prime-time news conference last night talking about the momentum for health care changes. we will spend much of our program talking about that with you and guest this morning. and the first hour we will speak with david hogberg and rep it eric kanter of virginia. we will also have your phone calls. and representative eric cant or. the me introduce you to david hogberg who comes to his year- long reporting focusing on health care. what happened last night beating get the press conference? guest: president obama came off as very poised and calm. he may have given healthcare reform a little boost, but you have to look as the backdrop i