its cocktail hour for nbc s savannah guthrie. coming up, we ll get into governor romney s tax plan disco, what a difference a day makes. first president obama s hits and misses. eric michael dyson. weighing in on that. [ female announcer ] food, meet flavor. flavor, meet food. it s time for swanson flavor boost. concentrated broth in easy to use packets. mix it into skillet dishes, for an instant dose of. hell-o! [ female announcer ] get recipes at flavorboost.com.
tonight. be sure to catch melissa harris-perry weekends from 10:00 a.m. to noon. ahead, the latest edition of here are the jobs. that s the series that we put real americans back to work. and what a difference a day makes. it was president obama s turn to talk to latino leaders, and he had a strong message for republicans. stay with us.
manslaughter here. but the prosecutor who has a pretty tough rep saying we re going for second-degree murder. and the phrase you ll hear a lot as things move forward is depraved mind. they have to prove that george had a depraved mind. what led him to do this shooting. first-degree murder would have had to have been premeditated. second degree, a slightly lesser bar. they still have to prove what was his mind-set at the time. should be interesting how this proceeds legally. it s all based on stand your ground, a controversial law in florida. we ll get to that in just a second. plus, what a difference a day makes in politics. mitt romney forgets about his gop opponents and now starts swinging pretty hard at president obama. you ll see how both candidates have been laser focused on women voters. that s because of this huge almost 20-point gender gap. women, right now, favoring the president by about 19 points in the latest abc news/ washington post poll. you saw in that video, b
voters with perrigo. will their go with gingrich or go to santorum. bill: we ll find out saturday. talk to you nix hour. john roberts on the trail in charleston. martha: what a difference a day makes to be sure, right, folks? some of rick perry s most memorable moments were during debates. no doubt he thought back on those and wondered if he could do things differently. here is one of those as we head to break. we ll be right back. the state of texas is under assault by the federal government. i am saying also that south carolina, is at war with this federal government and with this administration. [applause] wake up!
we hope to be able to pass a combination of appropriation bills. and we re working hard to figure a way to resolve the remaining differences on the payroll tax extension and the related issues that are important to both sides and we re confident an optimistic we ll be able to resolve both on a bipartisan basis. reporter: it is important to note the differences seem to be over the payroll tax cut extension. the spending bill, the one trillion dollar deal that was hammered out by the appropriations folks here on the hill has bipartisan support and so a lot of people are taking senator reid s comments on the floor to mean that he is about to release his objection to moving forward on that critical spending bill that will keep the government up and running from tomorrow night through september. jenna? jenna: through september. all right. what a difference a day makes indeed. everyone seemed to calm down a little bit when it came to the senate floor there. what about the house? the hous