the campaign season and hodding them up for a close examination. and, as always, we re in the taking political sides here. we re simply trying to figure out what is true and what is not. we begin tonight with the romney ad. in 1996, president clinton and a bipartisan congress helped welfare as we know it. but on july 12th, president obama quietly announced a program to gut welfare reform by gutting work requirements. you wouldn t have to work. they just send you your welfare check. and in a moment, you ll hear from newt gingrich who tries to defend that ad. it s pretty stunning about whether the ad he s speaking is true to the facts. i want to show you how mitt romney is campaigning on the claims made in that very ad. with a very careful executive action, he removed the requirement of work from welfare. it is wrong to make any change that would make america more of a nation of government depend si. we must restore it. i will restore work into welfare. now,istening to
examination. it s what we do every night. as always, we are not taking sides, but trying to figure out what is true and what is not. we begin with the romney ad. in 1996, president clinton and a bipartisan congress helped end welfare for requiring work for welfare. president obama quietly announced a plan to gut welfare reform by dropping work requirements. under obama s plan you wouldn t have to work or train for a job. they just send you your chak. welfare to work goes back to being welfare. you will hear from newt gingrich who defends that ad and makes a stunning admission of whether it s true to the facts. i want to show you how mitt romney is campaigning on the claims made in that ad. with a very careful executive action, he removed the requirement of work from welfare. it is wrong to make any change that would make america more of a nation of government dependency. we must restore and will restore work into welfare. listening to that, the white house managed to
does the tough talk add up? why all the talk about paul ryan as a possible vp for mitt romney. it shows huge interest and tell you why it s not going to happen. a developin story in louisiana where the earth is devouring trees stories tall and sending residents running for solid ground. let s go out front. . out front tonight, american loophole. today we got this e-mail. i printed it out. it s from the u.s. state department and it announces u.s. sanctions against an oil company based in syria for doing business with iran. we thought hey, this is proof for how tough sanctions are. they are going after everybody. here s the president and the secretary of state talking about how tough american sanctions on iran are. this resolution will put in place the toughest sanctions ever faced by the iranian government. the sanctions will be tough and clearly aimed at the iranians. the sanctions have enormous bite and enormous scope. when we took a second look, buried deep in the
good evening, everyone, i ve erin burnett. outfront tonight, out of bounds. mitt romney took to the air waves today to lament the tone of the election and slam his rival. i m seeing some of the ads out there. i don t know what happened to the campaign of hope and change. his campaign and the people working for him have focused almost exclusively on person attacks and not at all on the issues of the day. personal attacks and not at all on the issues of the day. that charge actually goes both ways. both mitt romney and barack obama are guilty as sin. as those of you who watch the show know, we tried from day one to try to stop sandbox politics and find middle ground. quote, the campaign has already set records for nastiness and negativity. he says, this campaign has the sensibilities and i.q. of a typical middle school student council election. i ran for school president in eighth grade. and i lost. i ran against a kid named danny luppins. i am certain that our campaigns
all of our government. it s no laughing matter but will anyone take her seriously? plus, how can anyone walk away from this? two survivors tell their incredible life and death story. within three or four seconds, you re on the ground. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. president obama and governor romney proving to all of us tonight unfortunately how low they will go. new attack ads from both sides, ads that twist the truth that are, frankly, shocking and unacceptable. including the latest that holds bain capital or mitt romney responsible for causing a woman s death. a new romney ad blames obama for a war on religion. when religious freedom is threatened. we say this, for those of you who say these super pacs are to blame and not the candidates, i say to president obama and governor romney, step up and disavow any connection or live with the fact both of you are part of the problem and not the solution. with me now is former pennsylvania governor and for