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Sreenivasan and we remember john glenn, the first u. S. Astronaut to orbit earth, who became a National Hero and senator. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Supported by the rockefeller foundation. Promoting the wellbeing of humanity around the world by building resilience and inlusive economies. More at rockefellerfoundation. Org Carnegie Corporation of new york. Supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewe
Former secretary of state colin powell. Thats an endorsement of president obama for reelection. Yes. And ill say why. When he took over the country was in very, very difficult straits. Weve come out of the dive and were starting to gain altitude. I think we ought to keep on the track this we are on. He responded to richard hour dock. Saying this on the the tonight show. I dont know how these guys come up with these ideas. Let me make a very simple proposition. Rape is rape. It is a crime. At this state of the game how much will the mourdock firestorm impact the republican president ial nominee . What republican candidates have said this year i know, regarding abortion, regarding rape, regarding contraception. Im a prolife guy. Yea. But they are driving away so many swing voters. Lets dig in and bring in our thursday political power panel. Political reporter for the washington post, ann lewis, former director of communications for bill clinton and robert trainem, a former Communications
0 cast their votes and from what i can tell, it s something like 60 to 30 in favor of president obama. you re accurate right there, ann. it is early voting according to time magazine, 60% in favor of president obama and is this something that governor romney can tackle. can they be able to do enough in the days that are left to have a chance with ohio. i don t know the answer to that question, tom. i think we ll see come election day, but a couple of things and i just want to let detroit go bankrupt because the democrats and bush have quite some time. the new york times actually place that title and not governor romney and it s ironic that the major newspaper endorsed governor romney this morning and that s number one and going back to your point about women in ohio. no question where governor romney and paul ryan need to do is begin to talk about the future for the next few years and president obama s favor, but i remind you and the viewers out there that in 2004 george w. bus
weekly syndicated newspaper column and two best selling books, adding to the other 14 books he had written. always considered by the viewing public as a bit of a occur emergencien, he was never scared to speak his mind. on more than one occasion, his comments got him in trouble. the most famous was being suspended for comments he made on same sex unions. too much alcohol, too much booze, drugs, homosexual unions, cigarettes. they were all known to lead quite often to premature death. after a public outcry and massive drop in ratings for 60 minutes, they reinstated him. in 2009, rooney lost his close friend, waller cronkite and while stricken with grief, rooney for once seemed at a loss for words. i just feel so terrible about walter s death that i can hardly say anything. he s been such a good friend over the years.