look, the democratic side of this, you know, they get the overall context, john, but they know, they are saying the voters know that mitt romney, they get the context it is antiwomen push. guest: well, romney needs to reconcile which rome my he romney he dealing with. this is targeted at areas where they will get moderate independent women which are going to be the alfa and the omega and mitt romney has awake bed a sleeping giant with planned parenthood because they are coming back better funded than ever before and more influential. trace: but, john, millions of people, the catholic church made it clear, millions are against using taxpayer dollars to fund abortion. guest: that is correct. what people want to know, are you better off when governor romney becomes the president of the united states, the issue of
voters who are particularly important and numerous in states like florida and pennsylvania. it s also an issue on which the vast majority of americans take a pro-israel stand, and it s of prime concern to many evangelical christians who tend to vote overwhelmingly pro-republican but who romney needs to turn out in the general election. jon: generally, in the most elections republicans have enjoyed an advantage when it comes to perception on national security issues. do you see that being the case this time around? well, polling indicates right now that president obama has an advantage on national security issues. you see the obama campaign and the president himself in official appearances trying to drive that home by doing things that his critics say are spiking the football. in ordering the death of, the killing of osama bin laden. so i think the administration on balance holds an edge here, and we also have to realize that economic issues far overshadow
reporter: romney needs to put virginia one of key swing states back in the red g.o.p. win column. latest poll shows a close race and three others. romney has moved in a tie with the president. same is true in ohio a key national bellwether. in pennsylvania the president has a slight lead. romney will campaign in pennsylvania for tomorrow. aides say santorum will eventually endorse romney but not going to happen tomorrow. there will be springs attached including santorum will insist if and when romney will be president he repeal obamacare but the replacement have no mandate. carl cameron, thanks. there is some positive movement in the jobs picture tonight. benefit applications last week were down by the most in nearly a year. chief white house correspondent ed henry tells us one static that could mean more than any other to president obama
interested. mcmorris-rogers. she s interested. she s open to the vp idea. but i m not seeking it. but she s not seeking it. but interestingly enough, she was on meet the press sunday speaking about, quote, unquote, women s issues and not talking about them in the way we normally see people speaking about them. she made a great pivot, went to women in the economy, women in policy, women in what romney needs. they need it pretty badly. i know her. she s not high on the sizzle factor, but it will be interesting to see who does. i have predictions on this process. okay. mr. expert. on the republican process. one, that mitt romney will pick someone before the convention because he needs another gun going around with him out in the country. you mean before the olympics. before the end of july. that s right. and the second is that this process will go something like we saw what happened with richard grunel, which is the
major. tonight s truth follows the money and tells you just where the obama and romney campaigns believe the presidential election will be decided. in china, just as secretary of state hillary clinton arrived for a round of delegates, a chinese human rights activist left the protection of the u.s. embassy in beijing. the united states says he received assurances he would be treated humanely. later, he spoke by phone and told a very different and much darker story. he says, u.s. officials broke promises to have someone with him as he received medical treatment. translator: the embassy kept lobbying me to leave and promised to have people stay with me in the hospital. this afternoon, as soon as i checked in the hospital room, i noticed they were all gone. stan joins us live from beijing. tell us more about this phone call in which chen says he was misled, double crossed. a phone call at 3:00 a.m. beijing time, he was sitting up in his hospital room afraid for his life