obama s agenda as he hits the road to promote his plan for getting americans back to work. for more on that, we go to nbc s tracie potts in washington for us. traci, good morning. reporter: hi, lynn. good morning. the senate rejected that plan this week and republicans have introduced their own that includes easy, government regulations, oil regulations and a tax overhaul. they say it will create 5 million jobs. democrats insist no jobs will be created through tax cuts. it s one of the things the president discussed yesterday with house speaker john boehner. the republican speaker was called the president called him to congratulate him on three new free trade agreements with colombia, panama and south korea. that, the white house says, will create 250,000 jobs. south korea s president is here in the united states, big dinner at the white house last night. today he and president obama head to michigan to a plant that s making cars that were designed in south korea. it s the type of
lynn? tracie potts for us in washington. thanks. meanwhile democrats say republicans should be working on job creation instead of holding a hallow debate on abortion. this criticism comes following house approval last night of a bill that would make it illegal for federal funds to go to any health care plan that provides abortion services. the legislation passed mainly along a party line vote and has no chance of being brought before the democrat-led senate. now for the battle for the white house, a rare moment of truth from the spouse of a candidate for the gop nomination. she spoke honestly and emotionally about the toll it takes to run on her and her husband, the governor of texas. rick perry. here s nbc s kelly o donnell. how are you? reporter: a public display of the private side of anita perry today. exposing both her deep christian faith. like amen. amen. reporter: and deep frustration over a attacks on
but they re concerned if they don t allow veterans to see private doctors when the v.a. is backed up, then the situation will just get worse. richard? nbc s tracie potts in washington for us, thank you. some other stories we rele toing, backtrack after gary oldman apologizing after controversial comments in a playboy interview on mel gibson s 2006 anti-semitic remarks saying gibson is a town that s run by jews and he said the wrong thing because he s actually bitten the hand that bit him. yesterday oldman initialized saying, quote, upon reading my comments in print, i see how insensitive they may be and how they may contribute to the furtherance of a stereotype. a girl allegedly asked to leave a kfc because of facial scars insisting it s not a hoax. her grandma sticking by the
once. reporter: republicans are livid about this campaign-style tour. he s traveling around on a canadian bus, touting american jobs. is that appropriate on the taxpayers dime since it is clearly campaigning? if we re not playing politics and if we re not focused on the election 13 months from now, but we re focused on what can help the economy right now. reporter: analysts say it s no coincidence he s traveling through two battleground states. his real challenge, though s winning back those moderate swing voters in north carolina and virginia. reporter: but will this tour through the south make a difference in washington? this thing boils down to a handful of people making a decision behind closed doors, which has nothing to do with the masses of folks that you re in front of at the moment. reporter: we ll likely hear more about that tonight at the republican candidate s debate. jon huntsman won t be there. he s holding a town hall instead in new hampshire. he s boyco
president obama is using his campaign-style bus tour to take jabs at republicans standing in the way of his jobs proposals. not surprisingly, the gop is firing back. for more on that we go to nbc s tracie potts in washington for us. good morning. reporter: lynn, good morning. some of that criticism is about his jobs plan. some of it is about this campaign-style bus tour. the buses alone cost over $2 million. republicans are questioning whether that s a good use of taxpayer money. president obama visits a community college in north carolina and a virginia high school today. pass this bill. we need to pass this bill. reporter: he s pitching $35 billion to save nearly 300,000 jobs, teachers, police, firefighters, first responders, part of his bigger jobs bill the senate rejected. we re going to break up my jobs bill. maybe they just couldn t understand the whole thing at