seven times. >> here in poland in 1979 a son of poland, pope john paul ii spoke words that would bring down an empire and bring freedom to millions who lived in bondage. be not afraid. those words changed the world. >> poland is predominantly roman catholic. 90%. here at home, roman catholics constitute 24% of the population. 68 million people. and in presidential elections the candidate, republican or democrat, who gets the catholic vote, wins the election. eg, in 2008, candidate barack president today. the catholic >> question. will mitt romney's trip to poland and his trip tribute to pope john paul ii help him win u.s. catholic votes. patted buick? >> it will john but there has been a change since we took the northern catholiceth knicks and the coalition carried 49 states. now a significant slice of the american catholic community is hispanic if it within for hispanics we'd be down to about 18% of the population. it will help him here in michigan, western pennsylvania all parts of pennsylvania, in ohio those swing states. mainly though, it is the irish catholics, italian catholics,

a slap in the face for america's military ambitions after poland's president calls the antimissile the fans agreement with the us to the stand and announces his own few plants. awaiting their fate in the controversial policy ride trial a verdict is expected any time the prosecution of the man three years behind bars for the female trio. leiby of braces for its first posted off a transition of power from its interim leaders to an elected assembly despite new violence aftershocks from the revolution. last british police are accused of using stop and search powers to target black people officers claim they're banning gang crime minorities feel discriminated against. a day out in the russian capital you're watching r.t.i. marina joshie welcome to the program poland's could make a break from its military protectors in the u.s. while the country's president suggesting the development of a missile to fan shield all that's on the polish leader said a deal to allow parts of america's planned system on its territory left security at the mercy of a policy shift in washington. explains. signing an

now poland could make a break from its military protectors in the u.s. was the country's president suggesting the development of a missile the fan shield of its own the polish leader said a deal to allow part of america's planned system on a serious ory left security at the mercy of policy shifts in washington are just like your chef's explains. signing an agreement with washington on taking part in the european anti-missile defense shield project was a big political mistake this was the message of the polish president komorowski who spoke to a polish newspaper saying that his country played a high political price for signing this agreement back in two thousand and eight something which he believes must not must not repeat itself must not happen again he probably meant that his country's previous administration signed this agreement with washington in two thousand and eight that poland would take part in the european a.m.d. project having american missiles american troops on its soil then when the president obama when present obama came to office when th

should invest into building its own system couple of years ago in two thousand and ten and poland already hosted the several sets of the interceptor missiles of nato on its soil in the town of morag in northern poland something which was certainly criticized heavily in moscow saying that this move like this basically builds up the hostility in the region. and comes a full contradiction with the agreements made between the two countries certainly it's really early to say what the new statements by you could mean whether poland may take some kind of turn around and may change this policy and whether it may actually drop itself from the a m d a from the nato and u.s. a.m.d. project in europe but definitely statements like that coming from the country's leader who is marking two years in office right now is something you definitely brings a lot of spice to this rather interesting interesting story as it is. all the twists in the u.s. missile the fans' plans are available online as well as plenty of other stories including political correctness under fire in new york a belgian man with mental

said poland needs its own missile defense shield in a sign the country is shifting its policy away from washington's influence r.t. is correspondent in eastern europe is. he probably meant that his country's previous administration signed this agreement with washington in two thousand and eight that poland would take part in the european a.m.d. project having american missiles american troops on its soil then when president obama came to office when there was a change of administration in washington this plan was changed was altered and now poland is paying the consequences of relying too much on washington's efforts in building this european a.m.d. project couple of years ago in two thousand and ten poland already hosted several sets of the interceptor missiles of nato on its soil in the town of morag in northern poland something which was certainly criticized heavily in moscow saying that this move like this basically builds up the hostility in the region and comes a full contradiction with the agreements made between the two countries certainly it's really only to say what the new st

and a defensive divorce poland says his missile shield relations with the u.s. have been a mistake and now plans to secure its borders by itself. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at the moscow rule received a russian court reviewing the case of the controversial feminist punk band pussy riot says it will not now announce its verdict until next friday the members of the group of facing three years in jail for storming the altar of russia's main cathedral and belting out what they call a protest punk prayer and the trial has deeply divided russian society and certainly triggered strong reactions from abroad peter all of it is following the case i should advise you you might find some sexual images in his report. well and the eighth day of the pussy riot trial the judge has set a date for the verdict to be announced of the seventeenth of august at three pm moscow time now this followed on from the defendants giving their own closing speeches in which they compared their trial to the stalinist trials of the nineteen thirties as well as to the trial of

behind these walls are some of the most dangerous and violent prisoners in poland. they are segregated in this high security housing unit. called n block. >> translator: this is a pavilion for dangerous inmates. this is a jail inside a jail. >> "n" stands for the polish word for dangerous. ours was the first television crew ever allowed inside. >> upon entering the facility, what i noted most was the fact that i could not see any inmates. in american prisons there is always some kind of window. even in the super maxes. they have these little peep holes that the officers will look in before they opened up. but that struck me as highly unusual. >> and as you opened the door, there were bars. it was a two-tiered system that i hadn't seen before. the security door unlocked and then you have to unlock the bars themselves, as well. >> the solid outer doors are to prevent inmates from communicating with one another. they rarely leave their cells. and even their meals are brought to them. but we found that the cells in "n" block differ from most american high-security cells

tread by the people of poland. long before modern times, of course, the polish and american people were hardly stranges. the name pulaski is honored this day in america and so is memory of other poles who joined in our fight for our nation's independence. two years after our young republic gave the new world its first freely adopted written constitution, they did the same with the preamble that called liberty dearer than life. at every turn in our history through wars and crises, through every change in the geopolitical map, we have met as friends and allies. s that true in america's evolutionary war and true in the dark days of the second world war and it has been true in iraq and afghanistan. there has never been a moment when our people felt anything but mutual respect and good will and that is not common in history. americans watched with astonishment and admiration as an electrician led a peaceful protest against a brutal and oppressive regime. it has to be understood, president walessa has recently said that

cokie roberts believes that romney went to poland to get the white vote back here. does that kind of ring true to you. >> no, it doesn't ring true to me. do you think all liberals think that way? >> are you going to throw cokie under the bus. >> i never heard anybody else say that. >> well because it is so beyond stupid. >> t doesn't make any sense. >> this is generally how the left thinks. >> no it's not. >> all identity politics all the time. slice and dies american group into racial differences. gender differences and target those particular groups. they don't see americans as individuals they see them as -- >> bill: polish americans comprise 3% of the voting population. 3%. if you wanted white votes he would have went to germany, would have gone to germany, pardon my grammar. because that is the biggest ethnic group german americans or ireland here is the problem when cokie roberts does something crazy. this is the way liberals think. this is the way left is emblematic. >> how many times have we done a segment like this different left wing nuts? how many times.

could mean whether poland may take some kind of turn around and may change its policy and whether it may actually drop itself from the a m d a from the nato and u.s. a.m.d. project in europe but definitely statements like that coming from the country's leader who is marking two years in office right now is something you definitely brings a lot of spice to this rather interesting interesting story as it is. now for some more stories making headlines of the world in the world update fifteen following policemen to be in charge of torturing medics during last year's uprising and doctors have been accused of siding with the opposition for treating injured protesters with the medical staff of always denied the allegations saying they were only doing their jobs in helping the injured. start of a pause as downgraded result look on greece's long term credit rating from stable to negative agency says the greek economy is rolling deeper into crisis amid a delay by the authorities in athens in implementing austerity measures the country's rating will be lowered further if the nation else fails t

i'm talking about poland's native son. >> here in poland, in 1979, a son of poland, pope john paul ii spoke words that would bring down an empire and bring freedom to millions of who lived in bondage. be not afraid. those words changed the world. >> but poland is as catholic as saudi arabia is muslim. and mitt later used that trip to poland in his campaign ad, attacking obama for a war on religion. why? here are the numbers, 96% of the polish citizenare catholic. and here in the united states, catholics can make a difference in swing states. we actually took a look at this. we were amazed how powerful catholics are. in paul ryan's state, catholics make up one-third of the vote. that's what they did in 2008. obama won their support by a six-point margin. in florida, catholics, 28% of the vote. obama won by just one point. and then new hampshire, nearly 40% of the voters there were catholic. the split was 50/50 four years ago. "outfront" tonight raymond, mitt romney broke the news about dolan's benediction on his show. i everyone, i have no idea how much to the degree you are catholic.

trouble in poland for ignoring questions. i believe there was a third country romney visited in between the two. hopefully that is a place where people aren't so overly sensitive or prone to complaining or heckling. why was it? >> mitt romney visited israel this weekend. [ laughter ] >> jon: it could be worse. [ laughter ] i'm excited to see how he screws the pooch on this one. can he open a speech with "greetings future mormons? [ laughter ] or kept asking everyone in israel where the best of the baseball cap was. >> israel's achievements are a wonder of the modern world. these are achievements are a tribute to the resilience of the israeli people. >> jon: huh. no insults to anybody there. no indell began the behavior near sacred ground. romney spuing it off. >> your innovators and enter entrepreneurs have made the desert bloom and made for a better world. >> jon: okay now you are just kissing ass. and now delicious is the bouli. -- tebouli. i can't believe you made a salad with bullar wheat. >> i'm impressed with the thrivi

and what about poland? that was terrific. >> and the way it ended was kind of interesting with them shouting questions and one of the romney aids saying -- >> bleep, bleep, bleep is what he said. >> and that was at the tomb of unknown soldier in poland. and can you imagine if there were soldiers shouting those questions at the tomb of the unknown in arlington? >> right. but just he had to walk back and apologize. >> that was a little crazy. >> romney wrapped up the trip and now president obama is flying into a political storm in ohio. he's going back to ohio. we all know that's an important state in november. he will be landing at a base that is facing budget cuts. this is -- i can't think of the -- >> the manfield airbase. >> the international air guard. >> not enough sleep last night. >> and it's on the list of bases that would be closed under the proposed barack obama budget cuts for the defense department. that's embarrassing, that they would be flying and parking air force one at the place they are goi

then you go to poland. you don't make a mistake, but one of your campaign aides goes off on an attack on the press, this tirade where he uses this unseemly language to talk about this is supposedly a holy place. it's a reflection that his campaign is out of control. maybe he is dumb enough to not pay taxes for ten years, because he's not smart enough to put together a strong campaign. >> keli, given that, given the fact romney has had all these, you know, he says, mischaracterizations, missteps, and these gaffes, but i love this map. mistakes, attacks, and pictures. they have all been not in his favor. what does he do to come back? give us the comeback plan. don't call it a comeback, i have been here before. give us the l.l. cool jay rescue plan about how to get out of the madness. >> run during a different election. or actually, okay, i'll be nicer and say hope that his opponent makes even worse mistakes. >> exaggerate nonissues like you didn't build that. try to make a mistake out of that. >> this is goin

mitt romney carefully wrapped up the third leg of a european treatment in poland tuesday after bumpy visit to england and israel. he aimed to avoid any more missteps in his efforts to portray himself as a capable commander of foreign affairs. steve hand elsman reports. >> reporter: mitt romney finished his foreign tour in warsaw with a swipe at president obama. >> rather than heeding the false promise of a government-dominated economy, poland sought to stimulate innovation, attract investment, expand trade and live within its means. >> reporter: romney did not mention poland has 1.4% unemployment and mandatory health insurance like obama health care. but back on capitol hill, romney's republican senate allies tried again to repeal. his trip was rough, a gaffe if lon downwhere he dwe kwe-- londe questioned how well britain would run the olympics. >> governor romney, are you concerned about some of the mishaps on your trip if p? >> reporter: no replay. team obama joked that romney had not hurt the usa. >> there was nothing that i could see that was detrimental, at least not against the

he joins us from poland. glen johnson is "the boston globe's" politics reporter. with me here in the studio, simon marks, chief correspondent for feature story news. jonathan martin, i know you don't like to get into this but let's talk about the fact that you're on the spot, you have "dateline" integrity and looking good. here's the infamous dustup in war saw. early this morning, reporters covering romney tried to shout questions to the governor as he got into his motorcade. romney had only answered three questions from the press corps during the entire three-country trip. >> right. >> his spokesman made it clear he wasn't going to answer any more than those three. let's watch what happened. >> governor romney! >> governor romney, do you have a statement for the palestinians? >> what about your gaffes? >> governor romney, do you feel that your gaffes have overshadowed your foreign trip? >> this is a holy site for the polish people, show some respect. >> governor romney. >> show some respect. >> we don't have another chance to ask him questions. >> kiss my [ bleep

look withs take a mitt romney is speaking in poland. [video clip] is ais nation's rise shining example of the prosperity that opportunity can bring. your nation has moved from a state-monopoly to a culture and of all entrepreneurship. greater fiscal responsibility and international trade. as a result, your economy has experienced positive growth in each of the last 20 years. in that time, you have doubled the size of your economy. the private sector has gone from a mere 15% of the economy to 65%. while other nations fell into recession, you have weathered the storm and continue to grow and flourish. when economists think of poland today, it is not about chronic problems, but to describe how this nation in power the individual, lifted the heavy hand of government, and became the fastest-growing economy in europe. host: michael warren, why choose poland as a destination? guest: it is interesting. four years ago, and then at senator obama went to germany. i think it is interesting that romney went to poland. in many ways, it represents the

america and poland. poland was one of the first countries to help america in the fight in afghanistan and iraq. one of the first people to call president bush, polish leader. they have been solid across the board. i think there was more of a theme about freedom and democracy than there was about polish voters which probably going to vote for him anyway. >> eric: i think he's planning on winning. if mitt romney wins, what a great thing to have on your resume, that i shook hands with the israelis, i shook hands with the pols and brits. something obama never did. he went there and apologized for america. >> bob: he did not. what are you talking about? >> eric: we apologize for american exceptionalism -- >> bob: that is flat wrong. >> eric: defended you in the past. >> bob: where did you dream that up? in the polish neighborhood? >> eric: listen to the speech. i made it up off the top of my head. >> bob: i think you did. >> greg: if lek likes mitt and hugo likes obama that is telling. that should tell americ

and poland has both been strong. we have had great success in working with the u.k. in afghanistan, and libya, and elsewhere. in poland, we continue to have a strong relationship as we address the challenges of afghanistan and elsewhere. and we have been pleased with the success of our efforts with both countries. >> in the 30 or so seconds we've got left, what about fast track for arms sales to india? what's the state role in that initiative. >> we are working very closely with the partner of defense and we anticipate the relationship is going to blossom. we have an on opportunity to double that over the next few years. we think that it's a real opportunity for the united states and india to >> pentagon and industry leaders are doing their best to turn up the heat on lawmakers to avoid automatic defense cuts they say will devastate u.s. national security. unless congress strikes a broader deficit reduction deal by january 2nd, dod will lose another $500 billion over the coming decade. the aerospace industries association claims that could cost some 2 million jobstha

well, today in poland, folks, romney's press secretary rick gorka pushed back at the info jackals. >> governor romney, do you feel your gaffes have overshadowed your foreign trip? >> show some respecting. >> we haven't had another chance to ask him questions. >> this is for the polish people. [laughter] >> stephen: yes, show some respect for this man's ass, which is apparently a holy site for the polish people. so all in all a successful trip. best of all, romney has checked three countries of the list of 1,000 places to offend people before you die. i know i've always dreamed of visiting machu picchu to remind the peruvians of just what a tiny people they are. [laughter] of course, mitt isn't the only romney wowing them on the international stage this week. so is refalca, the romney family horse, who is at the london olympics competing in dressage, which i have declared the sport of the summer for those who use summer as a verb. now, refalca is poised not only to take the gold, she could have a major impact on the u.s. presidential election. >> the v.p. selection comes shortly probab

now we know why poland lost all of their wars in history. the way to suck up to tampa bay. >> i wear this hat in washington. this is not a suck-up to tampa bay. what did i learn today? it's all real. everyone, this is all real. >> and there's no it joy. >> there's plenty of joy. >> i learned he bought that about 20 minutes ago at champs sports. nice try, pal. >> andrea. >> i've got to sober up. marco rubio and eric cantor, 1:00. >> what did you learn? >> haley barbour, best -- said i like sugar, whether it's in bourbon or pie.

watching r t here's a look at the top stories a slap in the face for america's military ambitions after poland's president calls the end this will the fans agreements with the u.s. have a stake at announces his own shield plans. awaiting their fate in the controversial pussy riot trial a verdict is expected any time the prosecution is demanding three years behind bars for the female trainer. to give racists for its first post gadhafi transition of power it's interim leaders will hand over to an elected a sample despite continuing violent aftershocks from the revolution. next artie's an associate you're going to talk to occupy activists and war veteran scott olsen on the state of affairs in the u.s. today and the changes that have taken place since the beginning of the occupy wall street movement. parties in chicago catching up with war veteran and occupy wall street activists all say after serving two tours of duty in iraq scott became an icon for the occupy wall street movement when he was severely injured in the head into one consciousness. at occupy oakland protests where in two thousand and

coming to us from poland. glen johnson, thank you. simon marks. >>> coming up, gay marriage. democrats look like they are ready to endorse same-sex marriage nationally in the party platform. the republicans can't wait for this. one of them said or actually asked, it's politically correct but is it politically smart? >>> a couple of republicans have come forward to say their party has leaned so far to the right these days it is out of control. >>> speaking of out of control, rush limbaugh concluded in his depth of knowledge that the olympics opening ceremony was a socialist tribute to president obama. only in the land of ditto-heads. >>> and the sideshow -- special treat tonight, will ferrell join us to talk politics and about their new movie "the campaign." it's time to start gellin' with dr. scholl's and feel the energy from your feet up. thanks to the energizing support and cushioning of dr. scholl's massaging gel insoles, you'll want to get up and go. car insurance companies say they'll save you by switching, you'd have like, a ton of dollars. but how are they saving you t

time not to cross over to the business desk in the tossers that the top and those like poland could be the next victim of the. it's certainly starting to feel the squeeze tell you all about it just a second first let's check out the equity markets and they are actually recovering in the second hour of trade after opening below the line a higher metal prices helped the miners on the footsie in germany the banking sector is outperforming the downs traders anxiously anticipated speech by the fed reserve chairman ben bernanke gave the markets for the most part i'm not really expecting any quantitative easing but some clarity would be nice it would be what they would be looking for one of the european union's few growth stories poulan is feeling the squeeze of the downturn the country's second quarter growth eased to two point four percent that's the lowest in three years and is significantly below forecast poland's g.d.p. kept expanding over the past few years while much of the e.u. showed negative growth but a series of gloomy economic indicators now show that the so-called economic mirac

he goes to poland. i thought poland was actually a success. >> endorsed him. who wouldn't meet with barack obama. he requested a meeting with the president in poland. he endorses romney. one of the most iconic figures in modern western history in terms of the fight of freedom stands with mitt romney. no small feat. >> i haven't vanquished by dan senor once again. >> i want to focus on the culture comment not only because of dan's position with the campaign but an author of an israeli entrepreneurship. what did the governor mean with culture in the economic factor of development of israelis and did it really not apply to the palestinians? >> it was -- it was actually, what he said was very important. we were struck by the reaction it provoked. and quite frankly, it is a discussion we're ready to have because what he said was, the cultural choices that a society makes, the choices of political culture, economic culture are big factors in determining its economic vitality. that's what he said. he said this many times before in talking about different parts of the