So dont overpay for motorcycle insurance. Geico, see how much you could save. Bill a press conference in france yesterday, secretary of state john kerry spoke briefly in french. Pretty impressive. Although i listened to the translation it seemed a little off. Take a listen. [speaking french] where is the library . The library is that way. My wife is ketchup master. Is there food in this hotel . The bathroom is in the library. The ketchup master. Martha oh, my god, im crying every time i listen to that. Its hilarious. Bill have a great weekend, everybody. However you say that in french, right . Martha yes,. [speaking french] jenna right now brandnew stories and breaking. Jon just hours from now billions of dollars in federal spending cuts set to take effect. The latest from washington as lawmakers try to reach a lastminute deal with the president. Also the woman who claims she killed her boyfriend in selfdefense breaks down on the stand. What happened during crossexamination that brough
brand new stories and breaking news. jon: zeroing in the on the swing states. dueling campaign events in the same political battleground of virginia. governor romney and president obama both expected to speak there shortly. plus the obama administration insists sanctions are working to keep iran s nuclear ambitions in check. others have serious doubts. what happens if the doubters are right? in the race for the white house do the polls paint a fair picture? is there media bias? our news watch panel weighs in. all new, all live is happening now. jon: welcoming jenna lee back from italy. i have hope you had a good . jenna: our friends maya and pat had an amazing wedding. congratulations to them. back to work today. jon: big day on the campaign trail for the candidates today. we have every angle covered. touchdown tore football fans. i m jon scott. jenna: i m jenna lee. first the headline today is that the strike is over. the nfl and the referees union reaching what some ar
0 their candidate is going to lose in a blowout. but conversely might it also damage democratic hopes because they say, it is a cakewalk for president obama. he didn t need my vote? well there s a little bit of democratic concern about that over the past couple of days. a lot of democratic strategists have gone out of their way to point out, listen, let s not get overconfident. don t let your voters get overcost when they re seeing polls that show an obama nine points in a state like florida or eight points in ohio. there is some concern about that. there is, that concern cuts both ways. because, there s an incentive there it, you know, make your voters sort of know and understand the importance of race and the closer the polls are, the tighter that race is, the more you can easily communicate that to folks who you need to get out to the polls on november 6. jon: well the poll that matters taken less than six weeks from now. shane deapril, campaigns and elections magazine. thank you.
george w. bush and republicans tried to prevent john kerry from using his perceived asset, military record against the incumbent president then was a wartime election. much the same seems to happen to mitt romney. incumbent democrats are trying to take away his business background as asset and make it a liability. this is not something that plays to key issues of the american public and ad war continues. here is little bit of the latest obama attacked a out today, back with bain capital headlines from the press. and there is a new response ad from the romney campaign which is very telling. in it, you see video of the president talking on the campaign trail 3 1/2 years ago. and mr. obama says if you don t have a record to run on, then you paint our opponent as someone people should run from. obama said back then, that this is an example of once again, a candidate who doesn t have much because you don t have any fresh ideas you use stale tactics to scare voters. romney campaign
reporter: condoleezza rice, condoleezza rice. four or five months ago i mentioned her as one. people look at. people said no, it will never happen. back in tech mitt romney said he would not pick a running mate who is pro-choice. and condoleezza rice, the former national security secretary, and the of course, secretary of state in the bush administration described herself in 2006 as mildly pro-choice. she has said over and over and over again she is not interested in the job. she doesn t want to get in elected politics but nonetheless the drudge report last night suggested she is now on a short list and a frontrunner to be mitt romney s vice-presidential pick. of course she would have to therefore rocket ahead of the likes of rob portman of ohio, marco rubio of florida, and a host of others and there hasn t been any talk from condoleezza rice confirming or denying this. the romney campaign has signaled that they are not going to talk about names but it is worth rememberin