investments. she actually called him a liar at one point. we ll cover that later. the president holding a surprise news conference, his first in fi months. no mention of the economy. no mention of economic growth or unemployment from cook county illinois. that s chicago and its suburbs, to you and i. mitt romney leads obama 49-37. we ll have the latest on that later on. this comes as the liberal newsweek magazine run by ultraliberal tina brown walked away from obama with an article eviscerating the president for not delivering growth, deficit reduction, entitlement reform or bungling foreign policy. also this evening, liberal democrats frothing at the mouth over two. me, i think he e s a dead man walking. gop congressman and staffers rebuked for skinny dipping in the sea of galilee a year ago. republicans aren t so uptight after all. they learned the hard way they cannot walk on water. sinld indicated columnist ann coulter is i my guest tonight to comment on that and more.
hot issue on the campaign trail and we re going to talk to him. then at 6:50 eastern, a man who knows paul ryan very well, senator pat toomey. then at 7:00 eastern, congressman chris van holen who has gone toe to toe with ryan on economic issues more than just about anybody else out there. and and then we have wisconsin governor scott walker joining us at 7:30 a.m. eastern. plus, we re going to talk more about spending and taxes with senator bob corker. and it doesn t end. congressman tom price is the chairman of the republican policy committee so we re going to find out for him how the issues of the campaign trail play out on capitol hill. we have a busy morning of conversations ahead, but first let s get you caught up on the other business headlines of the morning. julius baer buying bank of america s private bank outside the u.s. the swiss private bank will be paying $882 million. the deal is set to boost assets under management by 40%. kay kelly talked about this story ju