into the united states, but i agree with several on the panel. this was a hugely important speech and defines a lot of, i think, what you ll be seeing in the second term from president obama. all right. richard haass, final? a larger point. i would hope this becomes a model for his presidency. i would like him to give the equivalent speech on, say, long-term entitlements. he laid open his thinking in this speech and if he did this i think he could be a more effective president. richard haass, thank you. kelly o donnell, thank you as well. richard s book, foreign policy begins at home. it s got a lot of excellent reviews. this one may be the most impressive. mika likes it. i just blotted my lipstick. that s all. five kisses. tom brokaw is with us on the set along with eugene robinson from washington. more morning joe in a moment. pressure pushing down on me pressing down on you all business purchases.
the dark, not knowing whether his home is still standing. we just didn t know and we couldn t get anybody to tell us. finally, richard gets the call he s been waiting for. two weeks later someone was able to check the neighborhood. they told us that our house was still there. the fire has died down just across the road from richard s home. the fire was about 150 yards from where i m standing right here. if you look straight over there, you could still see where it s kind of burnt and it just went right over us. but others aren t so lucky. in a sad twist, the friend that delivered the good news to richard, brian gurtz lost his home, less than two miles away from richard s. just like hundreds of other bastrop residents to come home to heartbreak, brian returns home to find nothing but a foundation and charred memories. this is just one of 1,600
the dark, not knowing whether his home is still standing. we just didn t know and we couldn t get anybody to tell us. finally, richard gets the call he s been waiting for. two weeks later someone was able to check the neighborhood. they told us that our house was still there. the fire has died down just across the road from richard s home. the fire was about 150 yards from where i m standing right here. if you look straight over there, you could still see where it s kind of burnt and it just went right over us. but others aren t so lucky. in a sad twist, the friend that delivered the good news to richard, brian gurtz lost his home, less than two miles away from richard s. just like hundreds of other bastrop residents, brian returns to find nothing but a foundation and charred memories. this is just one of 1,600 homes that burned.
and you know, in some respects, he s right. he was the one on tape. he was the one who said what he said. the candidate holds responsibility. and it would be very weird for mitt romney to blame someone else when he s projected this aura about him as the sort of, you know, the controlling ceo type, the person who can run a good, tight ship and then he blames surrogates. it makes sense that he blames himself. richard s right. there s no way to say that he s not trailing. i get that they re looking at national tracking polls, but this isn t really a national race. this is a race in eight or so very important states. and in many of those states romney is clearly losing. as a turnaround guy, i still don t masee him making a real attempt to turn it around. scott brown said he d like romney s campaign to recapture the same energy it had after paul ryan was first announced as the running mate. i want to see more passion. certainly in part, it is a referendum on this president. there s no d
all were under the age of 30. we have more on these people, who they were, how they are being remembered. many being laid to rest. in other cases their memorial services, a host of things. it s a very emotional day for a lot of the people affected by this theater shooting. as you know, fred, funerals are for a couple things, embrace your loved ones and remember life. and three lives are being remembered to day from this theater shooting. one is john larimer, 27 years old. followed the footsteps of his grandfather and father. he enlisted in the u.s. navy and in the first posting there in colorado. he s from crystal lake, illinois. you see this photo there, charming man. big smile on him. we spoke to his father last week, scott larimer who was just devastated. the family is still trying to make sense of his death. his body was flown back to crystal lake, illinois. you see it. there crowds lining up and down the boulevard to receive him. just a very sad day for a lot of people