what do you think about what he has said so far since he s been there and how is everybody receiving him in your eyes? i think mitt romney came at the perfect time for britain. for the last month all that any brits have been doing is moaning about the olympics, about the traffic, about the security, about everything in fact that mitt romney touched on. he was absolutely right in what he said. it s just a bit like going into somebody s house and saying, i don t like the color paint you ve used. even if they feel that themselves, it s a little bit ill mannered to say that. i think that the feeling is he was a house guest and slightly over did his welcome. but let s put it in perspective. mitt romney told the truth. the security has been a shambles here. and to such an extent the british army had to be brought in to back up the outside group they used. i think that he was being accurate just a little bit insensitive in terms of the. as you can hear it s a bit noisy here. these
reporter: romney s top surrogates are brushing it off saying openings in the next two legs israel in po lapd. poland had the rug pulled on them on missile defense. reporter: president obama had his own awkward moments in britain last year when he tried to toast queen elizabeth as an orchestra played. in the words of shakespeare to this blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this england, to the queen. sells papers. selling papers here. reporter: as for that morning headline hangover, we found londoners willing to cut romney some loyal slack. anything in the sun should be taken with a bucket load of salt. reporter: after he attends the opening ceremonies with his wife, ann, romney s next stop is israel where he has a full slate scheduled wibenjamin netanyahu. and, candy, the romney campaign and candidate himself made it very clear he does not plan on criticizing the president on foreign soil, but his trip to israel has an message to the middle east. we saw l
games. the olympic torch has finished its final leg on the river thames. next time you ll see its flames it ll be tonight. the big london secret though, the opening ceremony and, better yet, piers morgan is not going to be missing the event. he is on his home turf for goodness sake. lots of secrecy about the opening ceremonies. i know you ve got your sources, my friend. probably family members. clue us in. reporter: i ve been sneaking around. i ve been putting my nose in everywhere it shouldn t be trying to get any information. it s going to be pretty spectacular. probably my favorite detail is they re going to recreate a british countryside scene using real animals, country animals, so pigs, sheep, cows, you name it. they re all going to be in there with muhammed ali, bran-gelina, paul mccartney, an extraordinary mix of animals and people. sounds like the beautiful setting of your wedding. i remember the pictures of the two of you walking through the beautiful field.
brit, mitt romney. now i toss over to fredricka whitfield, and good day to you whitfield, and good day to you all. captions by vitac www.vitac.com hello, everyone. i m fredricka whitfield in for suzanne malveaux. in this hour, mitt romney manages to make headlines with foot in mouth mments that offended the british prime minister and the mayor of london and other stories that we are following and right to it. people are mopping up and assess ing the damage in parts of the northeast today and a series of severe storms swept through communities in new jersey and pennsylvania and new york and the storms left hundreds of thousands of customers without power. a brooklyn man was killed after lightning hit a church causing a scaffold to fall on him. a falling tree crushed a pennsylvania woman s car. i was coming home from the grocery store and the sky was pitch black and next thing you know the back door swinging open and my son is yelling from the front of the house, get ou
it s a trip designed to make him look presidential, but the headlines mitt romney is generating in london would make any white house cringe. his campaign is doing damage control after british news media seized on a remark romney made questioning london s readiness for the olympics. cnn national correspondent jim acosta is in london for us. jim, what s happening now with mitt romney? reporter: candy, mitt romney woke up to headlines he did not anticipate when he embarked on this overseas trip. but his campaign is confident he can clear the next hurdles ahead. mitt romney hit the reset button on his overseas charm offensive during his lone public meeting of the day in london he was asked by the leader of ireland about how he had to walk to the irish embassy due to the city s intense pre-olympic traffic. romney s response. romney is walking on egg shells and eager to please after he was blasted by british leaders for appearing to question london s readiness to host the olympic