the continued assault on women's rights and how the issue will play this election is michelle brenard for the scepter for women. michelle joins us from washington. welcome back inside the war room. >> good evening. >> hi michelle. thanks for joining us. we asked ben labolt of the obama campaign, the spokesperson about the life with julia spot that the obama campaign is pushing. it's an interactive web tool. will that attempt to tie romney directly to the war on women, will that stick? >> you know, for example the ad that you showed a little earlier before the segment, i think, is very, very effective. and i think it's going to stick not just against romney but against republicans across the country. the republican brand right now if you really think about it, is -- did has been harmed not just as at the federal level but at the state level. we continue to see state legislators all across the country attacking women on a variety of issues. we see it at the national level, all of that is going to harm mitt romney in campaign and quite frankly, we've got his own word saying that

, you know, that they may have thought it was more. >> how much did you know mr. michelle by that point in 2010? >> well, i knew -- i mean, i didn't know mr. michelle particularly well full stop. you know, i probably had a few coffees with him in my time in opposition, because as i would have represented all media companies when i was culture secretary, i caught them a little bit better because of the fact that that year we both had children born coincidencely in the same hospital on pretty much the same night, and by chance we bumped into each other in the maternity ward. but our families never socialized together. we never socialized together. >> thank you. if i can move forward in time to october. we know that on the seventh of october, 2010, this is in the second of the supplement air bundle, i'm afraid, >> sorryment which bundle is this? >> second supplement air bundle. -- second supplementary bundle. >> if i don't need to see it, i'm happy to carry on. >> you have the documents in front of you. >> if you don't mind -- i think the supplementary two. >> you'll find the tab, ss a, it

virginia where he touted the endorsement of michele bachmann, and who can forget this great virginia came pain event from wednesday. look at all of those women. unfortunately the women behind him might be the only ones who support him. today the brand new poll shows the president has a seven point lead on romney again, fuelled almost entirely by a gender gap. politicians who do unpopular things become unpopular. romney is on the wrong side of women's issues, and it could sink hymn in some very important swing states. joining me is a democrat from connecticut, and long time supporter of women's rights, and also melissa harris-perry. congresswoman, let me start with you. one of the many issues that romney struggles with to win, is women -- is equal pay for women. something you championed. his support has been lackluster there at best, and you're championing a bill that gives women more tools for equal pay. tell me about your bill. >> there is a gender gap and it exists for a reason. i believe the women of this nature, and overall it's about a 19 point gender gap, really don't believe that m

, michelle caruso-cabrera. >> and the crisis in europe cast an enormous shadow over the american markets once again. so we are bringing you a full hour on the problems there and the impact on your money here. just today we learned that spain's fourth largest bank has its hand out yet again. it wants more than $20 billion of more bailout money. constant headlines like that causing such concern all over the world. the dow jones spain index down almost 45% from a year ago. over the last several weeks and months you've seen the carnage, the greek exchange down 60% in a year. the italian market down 40%. even the power players are down, germany off 11% over the last 12 months. the ftse in london, 9%. then the dollar/euro story. europe currency getting hammered losing 5% of value in a month hitting a 23-month low today. the dow and s&p down about 5% in a month. 6.5% for the nasdaq. we're going to have more of the tough numbers, but also possible opportunities coming up in this hour. but before we move forward, i want to take you to greece. the epicenter of the european economic crisis. to show you

about what happened. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm michelle miller. one year after osama bin laden was killed by u.s. special forces, the mission has become a campaign issue. president obama says the anniversary should be a time of reflection. while his campaign touts the raid as a new ad. it's a move that's drawing criticism from mitt romney. meanwhile soon to be declassified documents are revealing new information about al qaeda and its leader. tara mergener has more now from washington. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning to you, michelle. that's right. a task force has sorted through these documents, which will be available online later this week. this as the political war of words continues over bin laden's death. the u.s. government says osama bin laden's death was a crippling blow to al qaeda that is still being felt today. >> they're struggling to attract new recruits. morale is low. in short, al qaeda is losing badly. >> reporter: on the evening of may 1st, the navy s.e.a.l.s launched a daring raid on osama bin laden's compo

night. >>> the mitt romney campaign moved to virginia today where it was michele bachmann's turn to pretend she never, ever said, over and over, that mitt romney cannot beat barack obama. >>> good morning. this is what victory looks like. >> michele bachmann is expected to endorse mitt romney. >> i am honored to be able to be here. >> a move that could help the presumptive republican nominee. >> to lend my voice. >> with skeptical conservative voters. >> she is a good one. >> michele bachmann's endorsement is good for mitt romney. >> better than newt gingrich. >> can he beat obama? >> no. are you calling mitt romney a liar? >> yes. >> he has tough primaries. >> i don't think they want to show him love. >> is he conservative enough? >> this is a very simple proposition. >> this is all on the republican party establishment. >> president barack obama, president mitt romney. >> this is what they wanted. >> you decide. >> i am so confident they know exactly what they are doing. >> mitt romney is closing the gap in several key swing states, florida in play, pennsylvania not in play. part

gate at 75. >>> and today, lots of people came together for a vigil for michelle le. relatives of missing teen sierra lamar were at the event. >> reporter: about a decade apart in age but so many parallels. michelle last seen walking to her car in this hospital garage. for sierra it was a routine walk to school. heartbreak for both families. >> i miss you more than words could ever ever ever say. >> reporter: michelle l e was remembered tonight in words and messages. on purple balloons her favorite color. >> love and prayers, steve lamar. >> reporter: they met michelle's family after the les showed up to help with the search for sierra. they knew how important it is not to give up. >> she's been there so much for us, we felt you know, we needed to be there for her too. >> murder is a hard word to say, it's a hard pill to swallow. >> reporter: dna led to a former classmate of michelle now charged with her murder. her family did not want to accept it but days later her body was found. the lamars have a similar ordeal. a suspect charged with murder. but without proof. >> we're clingi

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. thanks for joining us. i'm michelle miller. we begin with the economy. this morning the government releases last month's unemployment report. yesterday the labor department reported that last week the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits dropped by 27,000. still 365,000 americans joined the unemployment line. most analysts expected this month's report to be better than last. tara mergener is in washington with details. what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning to you, michelle. well, economists do believe that job growth was up in april, but they say the pace of hiring is still too slow to make a real dent in the unemployment rate. when the government releases the jobs report later this morning, economists believe up to 168,000 people will have found work in april. and the unemployment rate will hold steady at 8.2%. analysts are eagerly anticipating the numbers, because the march report was well below the previous three months. they are looking to see if that was a one-time dip or the start of a trend. this man was unemployed for several years. he worked up

cbs >>> good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm michelle miller. one year after osama bin laden was killed by u.s. special forces the issue has become a campaign issue. president obama says the anniversary should be a time of reflection. it's a move that's drawing criticism from mitt romney. meanwhile soon to be declassified documents are revealing new information about al qaeda and its leader. tara mergener has more now from washington. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning to you, michelle. a task force is going through the documents which will be avaltable later this week. this is a continuing war over bin laden's death. the u.s. government says osama bin laden's death was a crippling blow to al qaeda that is still being held today. >> they're struggling to attract recruits. al qaeda is losing badly. >> reporter: on the evening of may 1st, the navy s.e.a.l.s launched a. they stuffed the bagful of documents and videos. it provided insight into bin laden's operations. he was particularly worried about drone strikes. >> in documents we seized he confessed to december aster a

with michelle and i, sitting around the dinner table about their friends and their parents. and malia and sasha, it couldn't dawn on them that their friends' parents should be treated differently. and quick frankly that the kind of thing that prompts a change of perspective. >> now that malia and sasha are getting oler to what extent do they hold their father accountable. daddy, why does it work this way. >> reporter: jody covered the couple since 2007. she believes that michelle obama influences her husband more than any other. >> michelle obama got calls whether to support gay marriage. this is a classic michelle obama. what she sar v cares about is her husband showing political courage, really helping people, making the country a more equal and skrus place, delivering the change he promised in 2008. >> reporter: did you discuss this with mrs. obama, the same-sex issue? >> yeah, this is something that we talked about over the years. and she -- you know, she feels the same way that i do. we're both practicing christians and obviously, this position may be considered to put us at odds

uncommitted in the primaries. they win big. i'm michelle caruso-cabrera in for larry. "the kudlow report" is moments away. >> hewlett packard good. it's all europe. we're not going to chang until they fix the problem. i'm jim cramer and i will see you tomorrow! hey, michelle, what are you looking at? >> it is all about the euro, jimmy, you are right, an unraveling euro and europe. investors worried about an economic slowdown. why doesn't the president and washington see this? good evening, i'm michelle caruso-cabrera in for larry kudlow as he takes a few days off. this is "the kudlow report." radio talk show host lars larsson joins me as my special get tonight. the president is once against at another fund-raiser saying he has a new feeling about america by doubling down and attacking mitt romney, big business and private equity. this as team obama unveils two ads touting his record on medicare and veterans. no mention of obamacare. but things can't be good for the president when he loses 42% of the vote in his own primary against uncommitted. happened in kentucky. 40% to a nobody

, juan williams, author of "culture of corruption," michelle malkin. you have the seal of approval of the president of the united states, even though from the very beginning, we saw a rape, protective tent set up for women in new york. we saw violence in a number of these movements. we saw, you know, cursing of police officers. all of these incidents, but the president and nancy pelosi praised the movement at the time. that's a problem for me. is it a problem for you? >> i don't think they are praising what you think they are praising, sean. i don't think there is any support from me, i don't think -- i haven't heard much support from anybody from people who are psychiatric cases-- >>> no, no. -- if you have to set up a rape protection tent in zucatty park. >> i think there are a lot of homeless people and psychiatric cases and troubled souls. i don't think that's the point-- >>> they were having sex and doing drugs in public and taking a crap on a police car -- those are the guys? >> that's sad. that's pathetic. nobody approves of that. they should be put in jail. >> sean: imagine, miche

michelle, juicy, new letters from a young barack obama in love. >>> good morning. i'm sunny hostin. paula faris is on assignment. >> good morning, everyone. i'm rob nelson. we begin with the diplomatic drama unfolding overnight in beijing. human rights activist chen guangcheng has rejected a deal that would allow him to stay freely in china. he told an official by phone, the u.s. has let him down. >> instead, he wants a ride to america onboard secretary of state clinton's plane when she leaves china. u.s. diplomats are hoping to head off an embarrassing showdown over the case. >> it is a developing story we'll certainly keep an eye on throughout the day. >>> also developing this morning, another threat is looming from al qaeda. this one calling on followers to ignite wildfires here in the u.s. two, new issues of the terror magazine, "inspire," has surfaced, offering details on how to start a huge forest fire. and it recommends montana as an ideal target. the magazine issues are the first since the deaths of its founders, radical cleric, anwar ul hail awlaki and his editor. >>> juni

wednesday, may 2, 2012. >>> good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm michelle miller. >>> president obama is headed home this morning after making a surprise visit to afghanistan. the president signed a strategic agreement with afghan leaders and outlined the end of the war, saying, we can see the light of a new day. but this morning the taliban is claiming responsibility for a series of explosions in kabul that killed at least seven people. tara mergener is in washington with more. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning to you, michelle. that's right. that violence a year to the day after the death of osama bin laden and just after president obama vowed to end america's longest running foreign war. a series of explosions hit kabul just hours after president obama left the afghan capital. a taliban spokesman tells cbs news, the terrorist group deployed bombers once they learned of the president's visit. they say the attack was meant to show that the taliban is still strong and still a threat. the president made a surprise visit to spell out america's future involvement in afghanist

heart grow fonder. it does. it really does. >> jail has kept michelle culverson isolated from her boyfriend for the past 15 months. >> it's very hard, it's very hard, and we miss each other a lot. it's sad when you miss somebody that much and you can't just reach out and touch them and he's right around the corner from me right now, you know. >> in fact, culverson's boyfriend is only a short walk away in the men's unit of orange county central jail facility. >> oh, my goodness, michelle, that's my love. that's my heart. she has a very outgoing personality, kind, sincere, giving. she's a socialite. sometimes i can be reserved. but then she'll -- she'll bring me out more of the times too. it's like she's the wind beneath my wings. >> it says michelle and beau for life. and so i have it right there. just to remind me every day that i love him and he loves me oh, we're in love. i'm getting all blushy. >> the only time culberson and de'arborne are able to see each other is in court. >> we're co-defendants so hopefully we get to see each other hopefully on the bus. yeah, and also in the

then proceed to hear from each of them in order to read our first witnesses chief ernest michel, jr assistant administrator of the federal emergency management agency and the united states fire administrator in charge of the united states fire administration of the department of homeland security. next we will hear from dr. john hall jr., the division director of fire and always seemed research at the national fire protection association. dr. hall has been active in fire analysis and fire research for nearly 35 years. our third witness is chief jim critchley. jeeves critchley represents the tucson fire department in my home state of arizona and also currently serves as the president of the western fire chiefs association. our final witness is mr. kevin o'connor, assistant to the general prison for the international association of firefighters. thank you again to the witnesses for being here today. as the witnesses should know, spoken testimony is limited to five minutes each. after all witnesses of spoken, members of the committee will have five minutes each to ask questions. i now

money." i'm jim cramer, and i will see you tomorrow! hey, michelle, what are you looking at? >> oh, jimmy, we're going to be talking about europe because europe might be even more dangerous than we think. we'll explain. good evening. i'm michelle caruso-cabrera in for larry kudlow ease takes a few days off. this of course is "the kudlow report." radio talk show host neal boortz joins me as my special guest tonight. welcome to the show. >> thank you. it will be fun. >> it will be. tonight with the nation moving dangerously close to falling off a fiscal cliff a new report says the actual deficit in this country is nearly four times what the government says it is. but the president says he's doing all he can to control spending. so is it a case of fuzzy math or is there a real spending problem? also the threat of an exit by greece from the eurozone, a fracturing of the eurozone causing investors to suffer paralysis. but could the mess in europe be leading us to even bigger problems? is it another lehman moment on the way? we'll discuss. president obama doubling down on renewable energ

provocateur michelle reed, first up, guy kawasaki. welcome to the show. >> thank you for having me. >> it's good to have you on. >> it's a pleasure and an honor. >> you survived two tours of dutyies to steve jobs. >> my claim to fame. >> you were with apple early on and then came back a few years later. and then you track a history and lessons learned from steve that are incredibly impactful and postally as we reflect on steve jobs' life. you came off with 12 things you learned. >> i hope you're not wanting me to repeat all 12. >> two this stick in my mind. don't listen to experts. they often don't listen to customers. those are leadership lessons. >> first of all, a caveat, steve jobs is a very difficult person to emulate. if you copy every thing he did does not mean you'll become a steve jobs. but having said that the time and time again said experts said that apple would die. they thought the apple store would be a failure. the iphone and the mackintosh mackintosh i-everything. steve constantly showed them they were wrong. i lessoned a very valuable lesson. these experts analyst

, michelle petty and stole about $100. >> when he left, he walked over scott's body as he lay bleeding there and said to him, sorry, didn't want to have to do that to you. >> reporter: several blocks away, horner spotted raymond williams. prosecutors argue he killed williams for his car keys to try and get away. when horner was charged, he pled diminished capacity. wanting to convince a jury he was not guilty because of ptsd. so the robbery weighs against him. and the fact horner had time to think about the first two people he shot before walking away and killing raymond williams. but this was a man with no real history of violence. except for what he experienced in iraq just a few months earlier. so what would the jury weigh more? the ptsd defense for murder was successful in 2009 when an oregon jury found jesse brenture guilty but insane. instead of serving 25 years in a maximum security prison, the iraq war veteran is being treated at this mental hospital. he's allowed to take supervised hiking trips and could be released this month. >> i can honestly tell you that i would have neve

paulson came running. >> and i said, michelle, what happened? require said nothing. she asked me if i was okay. i said yeah, why wouldn't i be? >> reporter: blood streaming down her swollen head. >> you were in an accident. she said no, i wasn't. >> reporter: but when she turned and saw her car, the one she had just stepped out of -- >> i was devastated to see the state my car was in. >> reporter: next stop, the hospital. michelle higgins has been recovering ever since from two broken bones in her neck and bruises galore. did you actually have a hoof print on your face? >> right up there. >> reporter: she calls it a scuff mark. but the moose looked worse than michelle did. police found it dead on the side of the road. michelle was driving from home to her job as a behavior therapist in newfoundland, she believes she rounded a bend on the transcanada highway and struck the moose, peeling back the top of the car. officials told her -- >> if i had been an inch taller, they said it would have took the top of my head off. >> reporter: she has no memory of driving the next 25 miles. stopping at