, y'all. good to be with you. >> how excited are they about willard mitt romney? >> so far they're not. >> we know that romney has his own problems. >> mitt. >> chiefly likability. >> they're just not that into you. >> romney's favorable rating is 35%. his unfavorable rating is 47%. >> for all intents and purposes, everyone sees mitt romney as the nominee. >> for all intents and purposes. >> are you ready to endorse him? >> why hasn't rick santorum endorsed mitt romney yet? >> i'm not making official endorsements. >> i can't find anybody that's excited about romney. >> could it be he's out of touch? >> are you too rich to relate? >> corporations are people, my friend. >> he's a 1% if there ever was one. >> right now people would vote for romney if they think he's competent. >> mitt is sewing up the rock 'n' roll vote. >> mitt romney becomes president in november, i will either be dead or in jail. >> he's got kid rock, ted nugent, all he needs is insane clown posse. >> i believe it's time. >> shamus. >> just loved being up there on the roof of that car. >> the dog got sick? >> he had th

d.c., nbc news declares mitt romney the winner in wisconsin. mitt romney leads rick santorum with newt gingrich and ron paul trailing far behind. the maryland republican primary, nbc news projects mitt romney will win. romney leads santorum in maryland with gingrich and fall far behind and in washington, d.c., where rick santorum is not on the ballot, nbc news projects mitt romney will win that primary beating newt gingrich and ron paul. >>> joining me now is chuck todd, nbc news political director, chief white house correspondent and host of msnbc's "the daily rundown." chuck, wisconsin is where everybody's looking tonight. what do we learn about mitt romney's strengths tonight? and the future of rick santorum? >> well, i think not only to we know the demographics are destiny once again. wisconsin told you was going to be a little bit closer to being more like somewhere in between an illinois republican primary electorate or michigan primary electorate. worse for santorum we're starting to see his core sport groups that we've been identifying throughout this primary season, most

that destination of november 6th when across america we can give a sigh of relief. >> mitt romney sweeps the republican primary tonight. you're listening to his victory speech in wisconsin. >> the help wanted signs can be dusted off and we'll get it right. we'll stop the days of apologizing for success at home and never again apologize for america abroad. together we'll build the greatest america we've ever known where prosperity is grown and shared, not limited and divided. an america that guarantees that ours is the door that innovation and greatness always knocks on first. there was a time not so long ago when each of us could walk a little taller and straighter because we had a gift that nonetheless in the world had. we're americans. that meant something different to each of us but it meant something special to all of us. those days are coming back. that's our destiny. so join me. walk together, take another step every day until november 6th. we believe in america. we believe in ourselves. our greatest days are still ahead. we are, after all, americans. god bless this great co

romney's home state of michigan and got thunderous applause. mitt romney went to the site of this year's democratic national convention. and just got thunder. >> be an effort by the "vast left wing conspiracy". >> the crazy right rears its head. >> mitt romney's vast left wing conspiracy. >> not part of some grand scheme. >> he believes in a vast left wing conspiracy. >> this is not exactly a grand idea. >> mitt romney is giving a pre butt al to president obama. >> set to be on a rooftop venue overlooking bank of america stadium. >> site of the convention in charlotte, north carolina. >> o moved indoors due to rain. rain on mitt's parade. >> we'll continue to hear more. >> even if you like barack obama, we can't afford barack obama. >> he will contort his thoughts and beliefs to meet that. >> he's got these ideas. >> mitt romney has begun the process of choosing a running mate. >> we've got a long list of people. >> something with a different ethnicity who appeals to women. his first choice is president obama. [ laughter ] >> how do you move back to the center on immigration. >> r

news "wall street journal" poll tonight, which means more bad news for mitt romney. >>> a couple of new polls out. the new nbc news "wall street journal" poll -- >> polls -- >> polls indicate -- >> we've got months of this. >> this is the first full week of the full-on campaign. round one of the general election. >> i'm probably going to need a helmet between now and november. what do you think? >> a poll out today shows the president up. >> 42% of registered voters have a favorable view of the president -- >> this is a snapshot in time. >> does 29% see romney in a favorable light? >> president obama leads by ten points in the enthusiasm gap. >> the likability factor is part of all of this. >> and the trustworthy thing. >> romney has a lot more baggage than the president. >> i wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth. >> i know the president likes to attack fellow americans, particularly those successful like my dad. >> the "new york times" poll shows the candidate lost in a dead heat. >> i'll use my energy to help the american people go to work. >> everywhere he goes, he's talki

" tonight. mitt romney says he supports education. i thought he supported ryan plan that cuts pell grants by $170 billion. we'll sort it out right now, this is "the ed show, let's get to work." >> congress needs to keep interest rates on student loans from doubling. >> the president is leading and mitt romney is following. >> i fully support the effort to extend the low interest rate on student loans. >> van jones of rebuild the dream on the progressive movement to end the war on the poor. and the economic victims of the romney budget. >>> another big brand dumps alec, and now they may have a big problem with the irs. robert greenwald is here to explain. bill o' reilly joins the scare. >> do you know robert reich? i. >> i do -- >> tonight former labor secret robert reich is here to respond. >>> and the player formerly known as ron artest is in trouble for in assault. should he be tossed from the league forever? >> i got emotional and excited, if was unfortunate that james got hit with an unintentional elbow. >>> good to have you with us tonight. the next big political battle between mitt

and washington, d.c. in the district of columbia, nbc news is projecting mitt romney the winner. in the state of maryland, nbc news is projecting mitt romney is the winner there as well. the polls in wisconsin close in an hour. it could be rick santorum's curtain call. lots of details about what's happening behind the scene. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> this republican budget is something different altogether. it's an attempt to impose a radical vision on our country. >> the president lights up the republican budget like a pinball machine. >> it's bad idea and will end medicare as we know it. it's thinly veiled social darwinism. >> the epic take down with maryland governor and eugene robinson. >>> can rick santorum survive a defeat in wisconsin. in north dakota third is first. rick santorum thought he won the state. steve and richard wolf on the strong arming of the delegates, romney style. >>> an arrest is made in the connection to the wisconsin planned parenthood bombing. mitt romney thinks he knows,000 fix the republican problem with women. >> the way we're going

gwen: mitt romney and barack obama square off. the primaries may not be over but the general election has begun. we examine the battle lines tonight on "washington week." >> the republicans running congress right now have doubled down. and proposed a budget so far to the right it makes the contract with america look like the new deal. >> what exactly does president obama intend to do differently once he's no longer accountable to the voters? gwen: fighting words as the leading candidates for president visibly shift tactics. mitt romney is no longer running against republicans. >> mitt romney has already pivoted to the general election campaign. that whether rick santorum stays in or not is now basically irrelevant. gwen: and president obama, like all incumbents, is defending his own policies. >> under president obama, domestic oil production is at an eight-year high. so why is big oil attacking him? because he's fighting to end their tax breaks. gwen: the economy, the voter, the supreme court, the candidates, all caught up in one big political stew. covering the week, jackie

that's right. we begin with mitt romney in pennsylvania with marco rubio this afternoon and fueling more speculation about just who is on the romney's dance card as he courts potential veeps. and bringing a touch latin flair and a healthy dose of gop star power as evidenced today. >> there is only one choice running for president that will help us reclaim and recamden you are that make this nation different from all the other countries of the earth. and he happens to be here today. his name is mitt romney. >> yes, indeed, the dynamic duo of romney and rubio. with paul ryan and rob portman among other top prospects, you can see the skin consonants are a key consideration. but to hear senator rubio tell it, he is nowhere near picking out his nomination suit. >> do you still stand by, i wouldn't accept it if he -- >> i'm not going to discuss the process. i'm going to be respectful of the process he has put in place. i'm not going to discuss it. there's a real process put in place. i think it would be wise for republicans to respect that process. >> i'm getting the idea that there is a

santorum, newt gingrich and ron paul haven't got than memo. mitt romney won all three primaries last night. maryland, d.c., and wisconsin. and then romney took dead aim at the president. >> president obama thinks he's doing a good job. it's enough to make you think that years of flying around in air force one, surrounded by a staff of true believes are telling you you're great, it's enough to make you think you might become out of touch with that and that's what's happened. >> i want to bring in karen hunter and nbc news political analyst and former pennsylvania governor, ed rendell. good morning to both of you. >> good morning, chris. >> so mitt romney calling president obama out of touch. karen, discuss. >> talk about the pot calling the president black. yeah. out of touch. >> oh! >> pun intended. you know, it's interesting the rhetoric that's going to start gearing up over the next couple of weeks and you know, come on, mitt romney, really? the president's out of touch? the reality is there's not much more mitt romney could have done than what the president has done over the last

smirconish sitting in for chris matthews. the gender gap is a war on women and mitt romney will lose the election if he can't close a growing gender gap. so head of the rnc who said today the gender gap exists only in media fiction and then he worked in caterpillars into the quote. this certainly didn't help with women. the dnc has only been too eager to take advantage. mitt, it happens. how did it come to this? the most conservative republican party now dominated by tea pa partiers is about to moderate the most liberal candidate in the field. might we see the kind of blood letting that hasn't happened in the republican party since the goldman wipeout since '64? could that send the republican party even further to the right in 2016? and the obama party will go after romney because he is a mormon. really? where is the evidence of that? and "to kill a mockingbird" is going to be in a screening at the white house tonight. we'll talk about why the movie and its themes remain so relevant today. and let me finish tonight with a crime, the death penalty, and a question of justice. we begin

p.m. eastern. in maryland nbc projects that mitt romney is the winner by a significant margin. in maryland we have 9% vote in. mr. romney with 53% of the vote. mr. san to rtorum with 27% of t volt. in washington, d.c. mitt romney is projected as the winner. mr. santorum didn't bother putting his name on the ballot. ding beginning and ron paul behind him. rick santorum not an option for district of columbia republican voters today. in wisconsin, polls have just closed now at 9:00 p.m. eastern. nbc news is characterizing the race in wisconsin as too early to call but with mitt romney leading rick santorum. the call right now in wisconsin, it's too early to call. the wisconsin republican primary is 100 years old today. actually, yesterday it's 100 years old. the first time wisconsin had a primary was april 2nd, 1912. republicans picked bob three years ago. they picked a guy named george norris. it was not until wisconsin republicans had been picking presidential nominees for 44 years. it was not until it will mid-1950s that wisconsin republicans picked somebody that went onto win the

. >> start packing. that's what i like to say. >> mitt romney is already measuring the white house for car elevators. he's totally busted when it comes to the war on moms. >> i said, for instance, even if you have a child two years of age, you need to go to work. i want the individuals to have the dignity of work. >> joe walsh on mitt's failure with women. richard wolf and howard fineman on romney's hidden ageneral dap and hidden taxes. >>> 72% of americans love the buffet rule but the republicans killed it today. tonight, a eulogy for fairness. >>> scott walker is so desperate that he's kael calling in the big guns. the fight for wisconsin is hotter than ever. >>> good to have you with us tonight. the romney campaign is busted. they spent the better part of last week creating a public spect cal about of comments made by a democratic strategist. at a florida fund-raiser ann romney said she didn't fu the comments as offensive but as an opportunity. it was my early birthday frent for one to be critical of me as a mom. as a mother. that was really a defining moment. i loved it. i guess yo

>> we begin with a big day for mitt romney as the governor opens his arms to be embraced by the gop establishment during the rnc's meeting of state chairman and officials in scottsdale, arizona. we are expecting a headline event to kick off the unity weekend with senator john mccain about to introduce the presumptive nominee in just a moment. who better to bring wary republicans on board than the former presidential candidate whose relationship with romney four years ago has just been highlighted in this brand new dnc video. >> i haven't changed my position on even numbered years. >> he has switched position and change his record in order to get votes. senator mccain -- >> on every issue, it is a matter of record. >> i hope he doesn't say anything like that. no, i'm sure he won't. you see, senator mccain is now part of the effort to etch a sketch romney back to the center. especially withç key voting groups like at a lien ovlatinos. he took 31% of the hispanic vote to the president's 67%. i guess that's not so good. nevertheless, this is the president's rara moment. and as our new

and pulling that lever even though they would not be happy with the idea of mitt romney as the nominee. when mitt romney gets this nomination, what case can he make to those voters? that he hasn't already been able to make to them? what can he tell them that has not persuaded them already? or does he just have to count on them falling in line? it's going to be fascinating to watch. stay tuned. that does it for us tonight. we will see you again tomorrow >>> good evening, americans. welcome to "the ed show." >>> it's a clean sweep from mitt romney tonight. the former massachusetts governor is creeping closer to the republican nomination for president. nbc news called the state of wisconsin this evening. romney is also the projected winner in washington, d.c. nbc also projects romney as the winner in the state of maryland in their republican primary. paul ryan played the role of ann romney tonight. ryan introduced the candidate to supporters in milwaukee in what might have been an audition to be romney's running mate. >> we need solutions not excuses. we need a president who takes

romney tonight. the former massachusetts governor is creeping closer to the republican nomination for president. nbc news called the state of wisconsin this evening. romney is also the projected winner in washington, d.c. nbc also projects romney as the winner in the state of maryland in their republican primary. paul ryan played the role of ann romney tonight. ryan introduced the candidate to supporters in milwaukee in what might have been an audition to be romney's running mate. >> we need solutions not excuses. we need a president who takes the lead not one who spreads the blame. we need someone who appeals to our dreams and our aspirations, not to our fears and anxieties. >> romney continued where ryan left off portraying president obama as someone who wants to transform america. >> i don't want to transform america. i want to restore to america the economic values of freedom and opportunity and limited government that has made us the power house of the world. >> time, money and math are against rick santorum's chances to have any further success in the presidential race, but toni

house. he needs to do at least as well this time and so far he's not. what romney says women want. and the glamour factor. jack and jackie were the first celebrity first family. who has that quality this time in and what happens when a political rock star meets a square like mitt romney? hi, i'm chris matthews. with us today, michael duffy of "time" magazine, liz marlantes of the "christian science monitor," patricia murphy and david leonhardt. six months from the election but the pros know voters are locking in right now, believe it or not the 2/3 are already telling pollsters they've made their final choice and most have the horse race obama-romney, very close. we're looking inside it today. maybe the exee is white voters. when he won last time barack obama got 43% of white voters. in this week's wall street journal poll he got 40%. whites it -- have tipped dramatic throy romney. 42% said they would be pessimistic abandon worried if probe was re-elected but only 22% said they would be if romney won the what's going on? had >> barack obama did not get a big majority of white voters la

played on mitt romney by his own staff. >>> plus if you were up late enough to watch "mad men" last night you heard a romney reference on the show. how did they pull that off? we'll play the clip later in this program. first, let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new yor city. the latest challenge to santorum's presidential bid is not fund-raising or poll numbers. it's a growing sense from inside the party that mitt romney all but has a lock on the republican nomination. pushing those perceptions aside, santorum is vowing to press on until romney reaches the necessary number of delegates. that's still far away. likely won't happen until some time in june. >> governor romne gets that required number, then you know, without a doubt if he's at that number, we'll step aside. but right now, you know, he's not there. he's not even close to it. like i said, less than half the delegates have been selected. we have a long way to go and we'll fight the fight to make sure we can win. this is about winning. this is about making sure we have the best candidate to take on bar

romney. the winner according to our own cnn projections as he said, not only in wisconsin, but washington, d.c. and maryland as well. senator santorum earlier vowing to fight on. here are the official numbers. we projected romney as the winner in all three of these contests. 27% of the vote in maryland is now in. romney significantly ahead with 47% to 31% for rick santorum. newt gingrich and ron paul trail in washington, d.c. santorum was not on the ballot and did not qualify. in wisconsin, mitt romney ahead right now with third. almost a third of the vote in and he has 43% to tlealt%. 6% for newt gingrich. let's bring in our own candy crowley covering the romney campaign. she is up in milwaukee and a lot of happy people. three wins. that's significant. >> we republicans are unified and you might get argument, but there is a clear push here for a clean sweep opening up. you heard mitt romney saying i want to talk to pennsylvania and new york and all the rest of the states that are ready in a couple, three weeks. how romney views the future. santorum, gingrich, paul were not spo

from mitt romney campaigning live this hour in wilmington, delaware it is his first public event since rival rick santorum folded his campaign today, cementing the former massachusetts governor as the republican presidential nominee. >>> just this past hour, a bizarre twist in the tray von martin investigation. the lawyers who had been representing the admitted gunman, george zimmerman, said they have lost contact with their client and they say he has, against their advice, placed phone calls to reporters and the special prosecutor. >> i still believe that he was acting in self-defense that night. nothing i have said about him or his case has changed in any way. i just can't proceed to represent a client who doesn't stay in contact with me. >> more on how this dramatic announcement will impact the martin investigation in a few moments. >>> back now to a defining day in the race for the white house. tonight, the only candidate to emerge as a long-term threat to governor romney is out of the race. in pennsylvania this afternoon, just a few hours after bringing his 3-year-old daught

called wisconsin for governor romney. so not really a big surprise. i think current tv correspondent david shuster is in washington to tell us what tonight's results will mean as the g.o.p. primary race moves forward. david, are you there? >> governor santorum -- >> did you call me governor san tormum? you did not? my goodness. >> that's an offense. >> my apology. governor granholm, this is a bad night for rick santorum is what i was trying to spit out. >> i got it. >> he wanted to win wisconsin and claim the 46 del gases there. instead, 98 delegates are going to mitt romney tonight. these are winner take all. washington, d.c., maryland wisconsin. >> that's why it can be a devastating blow. the republican establishment leaning on rick santorum to get out of the race saying you can't do anything but harm. they have a point because the math is so clearly now in mitt romney's favor. romney can say i am not talking about rick santorum but my general election with barack obama and the media will treat that as an accurate narrative. rick santorum says we can prevent mitt romney from going

fact let's do it right now. cnn can now project that mitt romney, mitt romney is the winner in the state of maryland based on the exit poll information. we've been taking it throughout the day. voters coming out. we do project mitt romney will be the winner in maryland. we'll give you the exact numbers shortly. we are not able to make a projection in the district of columbia simply because we did not have exit poll information data in the district of columbia, but real numbers will be coming in shortly in the district of columbia. we'll share those numbers with you shortly. let's put up on the screen right now the exit poll information for maryland. here is why we could make this projection that mitt romney is the winner in maryland. take a look at this. based on the exit polls, what people were telling us as they left the polling booths throughout the day, 49% in maryland said they were voting -- they already had voted in fact for mitt romney, 28% for rick santorum, 11% for newt gingrich, 10% for ron paul. based on those exit poll numbers, we are able to make the projection that m

be made that wisconsin should be a gimmee, all-pain, no-gain, kind of experience for the mitt romney campaigning in wisconsin by saying things like, at the university of california, they don't teach american history anymore. he's been saying things like, in holland, there's mass murder by the state of elderly people. and elderly people are all fleeing the netherlands to get away from the killer dutch government who kills them every time they go to the hospital. it is not fashionable to admit this about t rick santorum campaign, but mr. santorum never corrects this kind of crazy stuff when he gets it wrong. and listening to him wing his way through campaigning for president is more like listening to right-wing conspiracy podcasts in the dark corners of the internet than it is like listening to a candidate in the mainstream presidency. even with the mr. i read it in the blog comments as his competition, mitt romney can't seem to get out of his own way. it ought to be easy when the guy you're running against is rick santorum. but it has not been easy. before he seemed to break the law t

the real mitt romney please stand up. with his three primary wins yesterday he has all but won the nomination. now the task of defining romney is on, and the obama campaign is happy to paint him as a wealthy flip flopping tool of the right. today romney responded and said that the president is hiding his intentions until after the election. one thing that everyone agrees on is that romney needs to do something to jump start his campaign. is there anyone out there who could join a romney ticket and make a difference? meanwhile is it possible that the only person in america that doesn't know that rick santorum is dun is rick santorum? does he think he can win, or is it erasing the legacy of a big loss in 2006. americans are divided between black and white and democrat and republican for the trayvon martin shooting. and what republican senator is staying close to obama and away from romney. we begin with the race to define romney. michael steele was chairman of the republican party, david corn is the author of "show down" bout are msnbc analysts. let's define romney and what's at stak

the romney campaign, and that weakness turns out to be mitt romney. >> it's all coming to the for the republican party. >> you know, when people ask me, mitt, just how many piercings do you have, i always say, more than i need, but less than i want. >> looks like they found their nominee. >> this guy is not a good politician. >> a detached guy. >> wildly out of touch. >> not one of us. >> a terrible candidate. >> can you win a party's nomination for president when hardly anybody in the party likes you? >> mitt is not a perfect candidate. >> the republican base and party is never going to be in love with mitt romney. >> he has a number of problems. >> he's a business guy. >> corporations are people, my friend. >> he needs more than that. >> i'm not concerned about the very poor. we have a safety net there. >> i don't see very much else to work with. >> we've tried charm. let's go boring and dull. >> he offers at this point such a stark contrast to the president's record. >> i'm stuck with him and he's not obama. there you've got the drift. >> i love cars. i love american cars. i like b

. his tax talk is now getting personal. specific charges that mitt romney has benefited personally from a broken system. and the campaign even plays the swiss bank account card. but does tax fairness move swing voters? some surprising numbers. >>> and speaking of polling, a new survey. if the president is running against mitt romney, the person, he wins. if the president is running against the economy, he may not. >>> and the international community is on edge following word that a north korean rocket is go for launch. they say it's all in the name of science. but can their 20-something dictator be believed? richard engel checks in from pyongyang this morning. good morning from washington, it's tuesday, april 10th, 2010. this is "the daily rundown," i'm chuck todd. let's get to my first reads of the morning. president obama will pick a popular fight today in a florida swing, aimed squarely at mitt romney. urging congress to raise taxes on millionaires. the president will speak at florida atlantic university at boca raton. this is a political trip. the official event is book ended by fun

campaign said they wanted to, quote, kill mitt romney, that you are going to trash him. >> because if you don't have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare voters. >> this republican property passes like a tornado through america's nursing homes. >> if you don't have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone people should run from. disguised as deficit reduction plans is really an attempt to impose a radical vision on our country. you make a big election about small things. they must have been founding members of the flat earth society. megyn: joining me now, leslie marshall, a fox news contributor, and lars larsen, also a syndicated radio host. panel, all right, that's the question. there are a couple of theories here that the rnc is trying to point out what it genuinely believes is hypocrisy, and there's another theory that they are trying to shut down these lines of attack on their presumptive nominee, mitt romney. lars, do you believe one or both of those, and will they be effective? >> well, they may be trying to shut down the lines a of attack, bu

is "politicsnation," thanks for watching. "hardball" starts right now. >> romney now says the rich like him should be congratulated, let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. leading off tonight, america at the cross roads. this country now confronts a choice that is starker than anyone could have imagined. the man that carries the republican banner for presidency has thrown down the challenge. all of his talk about liking to fire people, having two cadillacs, pals that own nascar teams, he now thinks it means something big. he wants to live in a country where financial wealth like his should be congratulated. let romney and his wife -- let obama and his wife depend on student loans, the republican parties for the successful. the successful, as i said in the latest speech, are to be congratulated. the successful are to call the shots. it's unbelievable. newt gingrich says he will drop out of the race after he spends one more weekend enjoying the good life. and another problem for romney, barack obama, all of the president's campaigning skills have b

. tonight's lead, willard mitt romney, you can't handle the youth. young voters have always been the dee winning the white house. but it was president obama who showed us just how important this group was. he got a new generation excited about politics. and in return, young voters went for him by an overwhelming margin. they were key to his success. and he's aiming for repeat performance. president leads romney by 26 points with young voters. but enthusiasm is not what it was this 2008. back then, 63% of young voters add big interest in the election. this time around, 45% have the same interest. president obama is looking to reenergize that base. so today he did what he does best. he spoke to students about the message of fairness, that has defined his presidency. >> i just want everybody here to understand that this is not -- i didn't just read about this. i didn't just get a policy briefing on this. michelle and i, we've been in your shoes. like i said, we didn't come from wealthy families. so when we graduated from college and law school, we had a mountain of debt. when we married

against. and that's not stopping team obama from promptly pounding mitt romney to release his returns all the way back to the 1970s. all they're trying to do is discredit romney's business success. the romneys, by the way, pay 20 times what the obama's pay for 2011 taxes. tonight we begin with the late-day stock plunge. we welcome cnbc's jackie deangelis. she has all the details. good evening, jack e!. >> good evening to you, larry. stocks log their worst two-week slide since november with today's slide driven by the lower than expected first quarter gdp growth in china and worries the recovery has stalled. renewed concerns over europe this week adding some pressure on the way down as well. we saw the dow sliding 137 points, the s&p shedding 17 points, and the nasdaq composite losing 44 points as well. on the s&p large cap sectors we saw fijs lead the way lower despite good reports from jpmorgan and wells fargo this morning. but the sectors that are linked to growth, those are the materials, energy, and financials, they took the brunt of it today. the s&p 500, the dow, the nas

romney and his wife -- let obama and his wife depend on student loans, the republican parties for the successful. the successful, as i said in the latest speech, are to be congratulated. the successful are to call the shots. it's unbelievable. newt gingrich says he will drop out of the race after he spends one more weekend enjoying the good life. and another problem for romney, barack obama, all of the president's campaigning skills have been on the news these days. in a tight race, how do you compete with that money? and arizona rising, many of the justices appeared sympathetic to arizona's tough and nails immigration call. how will they react to that? and a candidate that wants his wealth applauded and one who needed student loans. we'll begin with the message of fairness last night. most importantly today, this brand new book "showdown," great book both of these je are msnbc political talents, romney seemed to try and steal a page from obama's play book with fairness. he used a variation of the word fair six times in one paragraph. let's listen. >> this america is fundamentally

likeable president beats romney by, catch this, 2-2 '01. don't look now but that might be the most important number you hear this entire campaign. and what ann romney had to say about the story that won't go away. shamus the dog on the car roof. let me fin wish mitt romney's trash talk about the obama's needing to pack up. we begin with new details on that secret service sex scandal. nbc news investigative correspondent michael isikoff joins me right now. what do we got? >> this entire scandal that rocked the secret service dispute of less than $60. basically what i've been told from sources today is 11 secret service agents who were down there, part of the secret service advance team, went to this strip club in cartagena, the ply club, and that's where they procured these women, bring them back to the hotel, register them as overnight guests in the hotel, and the dispute arises because one woman was two agents, two members of the elite counter assault team. and what happened is there was a dispute over how much she wanted to be paid. she wanted to be full price for two agent. they

obama versus romney. game on. >>> we'll have exclusive interviews with top officials from both camps. chief strategist from the obama campaign, david axlerod and senior romney advisor, ed gillespie. axlerod and gillespie. only on "fox news sunday." >> iran and north korea continue to pursue their nuclear programs. we'll ask our sunday panel is another round can rein in the rogue nation. >> i remember my dad. >> what do you make of mike wallace from brookline, massachusetts, having had this extraordinary journey. >> it is extraordinary. >> all right now on "fox news sunday." >> hello again from fox news in washington. first i want to thank all of you who sent me notes on the loss of my father. some of you met my dad for a moment, some watched him on television for years. but he meant something to you and your notes have meant so much to me. i'll have more on my father later in the program. >>> now on to the 2012 battle for the white house which shifted to the general election this week when mitt romney became the presumptive republican nominee. we'll talk with one of his senior

romney effectively clinched the republican nomination. are they buying the fairness doctrine? here's one hint from our pollsterz about november, this election is look ing a lot like the 2000 and 2004 cliffhangers. people thi mitt romney thinks obama is out of his head. mr. obama says mitt romney is out of touch. also the latest on the secret service scandal tonight including hot new details on just what happened. >>> the world's most exclusive fraternity. right now there's only five members, the five living presidents of the united states. >>> if you're running for senator of massachusetts, there is one organization -- hint hint -- you don't want to have on your side. the new york yankees, believe it or not, and fortunately for him, brad made the mistake of taking a check from them. political director and chief white house correspondent, and msnbc political analyst. gentlemen, let's look at the numbers. let's take a look at how mitt romney and barack obama match-up in terms of favorability in that new poll in west virginia. people positive about the president at 48, positive about mitt r