drones in yemen, classified details regarding the so-called obama kill list and a highly secretive cyber warfare program that the u.s. is implementing against iran's nuclear program. >> the release of this informs in these articles harms our national security and puts in danger the lives of the men and women who are sworn to protect us. regardless of how politically useful these leaks may have been to the president, they have to stop. these leaks have to stop. >> sean: a number of democrats happen to agree with the senator, including the chairman of the armed services committee, carl levin, who has agreed to open hearings on the matter and california liberal, dianne feinstein, has called this avalanche of leaks very, very disturbing. still, the white house is denying the accusations and has called senator mccain's comment, quote, growsr grossly

irresponsible. here to respond, senator john mccain from the great state of arizona. welcome back. >> thank you, sean. >> sean: we are not talking about a small allegation here. we are talking about releasing highly sensitive information that could put people's lives in jeopardy and you say, for the benefit of the president's re-election? tell us more? >> well, what i am saying is that these are leaks concerning two of the most highly classified, ongoing operations that are vital to our national security, the drones, which as you know are attacking targets of al qaeda over in pakistan and yemen and other parts of the middle-east. we are also talking about the cyber attacks, which are now public, that we went after the iranian nuclear buildup, ongoing. and by the way, i talked to some of our allies today. they are beside themselves with anger because of this exposure

of these programs that are working with us. but you have to ask yourself, whenever these leaks take place, who benefits? who benefits from it? and when you look at the book that they are excerpted from, they all go serve to make the president a steadfast, steely-eyed, sitting in the oval office deciding who lives and who dies with this kill list. you have to ask yourself that question. then, in the book, it's very clear that -- and the author says that some of the people that gave him information did so anonymously because they knew that they would be fired. so it's all very clear. >> sean: will, the kill list in particular, we are going to go to that criteria, who benefits? the president was on a weekly basis was informed of who specifically was on the list and quote, he made the decision. so where else could it have possibly come from, if in fact, it is true? >> first of all, the

administration has not denied it. second of all, they have been very strong in going after low-level officials that have leaked classified information, i mean, more than any other administration. we have asked for a special council. the justice department and the white house have rejected that out of hand. the director of national intelligence says this is the most egregeious breach that he has seen in the 30 years he has been involved in this kind of work. and he's right. this is egregeious. >> sean: when you think back and remember valerie policemane and she was outed as a cia operative, when she was not a covert operative. she was -- her job was well known within washington ranks. there was no big surprise. we know what happened as a result of that. that was great indignation by the democrats. in your estimation, is this a

bigger scandal? and what do you think will come of this? >> well, in all due respect to valerie policemane, the situation was regrettable. but i still don't know of any national security covert operations that were disclosed or compromised by that. obviously, we don't want that to happen. burr we are talking about two of the most important programs that this nation has been involved in. and if they think that shouldn't be -- have been revealed or if it's okay, fine, the president can declassify them. instead, they were selective leaks to the author of the book, which obviously paints those who did the leaking in a very favorable light. that's why we need an investigation. suppose nothing came out of the white house. let's suppose that. why wouldn't the administration want a special counc toil investigate this because of the

gravity and the size of this compromise of national security? >> sean: let's talk about this. how deeply does this harm national security? and explain in some detail how this specifically can affect the lives of brave men and women that are dedicated to serving? >> first of all, in the case of the cyber attack, of course, the iranians are much more aware, also, by the way, doesn't this give our enemies license to respond in kind now that it has been disclosed? this is an ongoing operation in partnership according to the book, with the israelis. how do you think the israelis feel right now? and so, it's a very, very serious breach, as far as the drones are concerned, obviously, we know that these compromising of specific information concerning the drones is also a compromise. and if it wasn't, why did they have it classified as the most

secret and confidential basis? >> sean: all right. let me ask you this, especially as we move forward in all of this. hearings are one thing. a special prosecutor's another thing. do you think that the democrats will politicize this, if in fact, they are investigating it? or they allow congress to investigate this? make the case for a special council. >> you will find out very soon because there are some of us who will be seeking a resolution, sisense of the senate calling for a special council. i hope maybe as early as monday. >> sean: one last question, as we move forward here. as it relates, do you really believe that the president and his campaign team would be willing to compromise the security and safety of brave men and women to make themselves look good ahead of the 2012 election campaign? if that's really what we are talking about here, to make him look great and leak the

information, that we should never leak to our enemies, do you think they would do that to wipe? what impact would that have on the political race? >> i don't want -- i don't know the impact. but let me give you one anecdote that is written about in this book. as you know, a lot of information was given immediately to the american people after we took out osama bin laden, including the name of seal team 6 and others. now, in the book, it tells about then secretary of defense gates going to the white house and saying to the national security adviser who had been involved, along with mr. brennan, our counter terrorism expert in the white house. he says, i have a new communication strategy. he said, what is that? shut the "f" up. >> sean: i think that pretty much sums it up. this has the potential to be a very big issue in the campaign. senator, i am glad youor t.

there are a lot of people putting their lives on the line for us. they need to be protected. we cannot politicize national security. we will continue to watch this very, very closely. thank you for being with us. >> thank you? >> kentucky senator rand paul is here with a major announcement, regarding the 2012 presidential election. he will be here after the break to tell us what it is. also, a "hannity" investigation, stanley curt said he has evidence that president obamma was a member of a radical third party in chicago, that's one that wanted to create a european-style welfare state, right here in the united states of america. we will lay out a smoking gun and an investigation into the godfather of the left tonight, "hannity" investigates george sorows. all comes up. i know the name of eight princesses. i'm an expert on softball. and tea parties. i'll have more awkward conversations

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>> sean: welcome back to "hannity." during the spirited republican primary this election season, rabbed paul was on the trail, campaigning for his father, ron paul. but tonight, he is here to make a major announcement about 2012 and the presidential race. we welcome back to the program, kentucky senator, rand paul. how are you? >> good to see you, sean. >> sean: all right. first of all, before you say what i think you are going to say, did you check in with your congressman father, presidential father -- guess officially dropped out of the race? >> well, you know, my first choice had always been my father. i campaigned for him when i was listen years old. he is still my first pick. but now that the nominating process is over, tonight, i am happy to announce, i am supporting governor romney. >> sean: if you didn't support your father, by the way, i would really question family loyalty there. i think it was totally understandable. and i know, you know what, you love and you respect your dad.

i gray with your dad on many issues. i have no idea why he is mad at me and rejects coming on this program, but that's another story for another day. tell me why you are supporting governor romney? >> lyou know, i think it's interesting that governor romney and i have quite a few similarities. governor romney's dad ran for president and was unsuccessful. governor romney went on to support the nominee, the same way his dad did. governor romney comes from a big family. i don't know them that well, but i think it's a big, loving family. so do i. i come from a family with five kids. governor romney has five kids. he has had a long and happy marriage. so have my parents. i think we have a lot of same family values and trust in the family unit that. draws a kinship between our families. but i met with him recently, i had a 30-minute meeting with him. he was nice enough to meet with me in washington recently. we talked about a lot of issues. it was a free-ranging

discussion. we talked about issues that are important to me and to my dad and to many of his followers. many of these, governor romney has already taken a position on. one of the big issues for our supporters, for myself and my dad is auditing the fed. we think there needs to be more transparentsy and oversight by congress. this is something that governor romney was supportive of throughout his campaign and in private to me. we talked about other issues that are important to my dad's followers. my dad has a legion of young followers on the internet. they think they rule the internet. maybe they do, maybe they don't. but they are concerned about the freedom of the internet. there has been legislation that governor romney came out and was opposed to this sopa, which would take away some of the process of ownership on the internet. we were very afraid that it would limit internet freedom. governor romney's right there withous those issues. i think there is a lotted of kinship on those issues.

another big issue for me is the rains act. i am the chief sponsor in the senate on a bill that would say that any major regulation -- and i think we have so much over regulation, that any major rule or regulation that would cost the economy over $100 million should be voted on in congress. governor romney's with me on that. so i think we have a lot in common and a lot of things to fight together on. >> sean: two issues you didn't mention that i believe this is a choice election. on obamacare, there is one major difference. even on issues of spending, even though maybe you don't agree that, for example, the ryan plans goes fast enough, i know you support and have you signed onto the mack-penny plan. i hope that goes through. governor romney seemed intrigued by the idea. but when it comes to fiscal responsibility, obamacare, there are vast differences do you

think this country can afford four more years of obama? >> no. my state stands to lose 50,000 jobs in the coal industry if president obama continues. i think that one thing that governor romney would do is bring a more balanced approach to regulation. we are going to have some regulation. and some regulation protects the environment. but president obama has allowed the tilt to go so far that he is crushing the economy and crushing jobs. i think that governor romney would have a more balanced approach to regulation-- energy in general. >> excuse me? >> sean: energy in general, senator. he is for all the above, he will start drilling immediately. those 50,000 jobs you mentioned in kentucky. we can go to west virginia and other places and fracking. he is in support of all of these things, which we than president obama is not. >> the energy industry, the oil & gas industry employs 9.2 million people and pays $86

million a day in taxes. i want to encourage them to produce more oil and gas in our country. these are good jobs that can't be outsourced. energy jobs are great for our country. i know that governor romney will allow the keystone pipeline to occur. he will encourage the oil aleffasm gas industry and he won't say that it's terrible that corporations make money. that's the attitude that is making companies want to go overseas. we need to encourage companies to come back to america, not leave the country. >> sean: you are very well loved in the tea party moverment. will you go out on the campaign trail for romney? >> yes. i think that i can be an asset in solidifying the conservative base of the party. but i also think that myself, my father and the movement that he started attracts a lot of independents, also. so a lot of these young people are not necessarily the conservative base. in my discussions with governor romney, i brought forward exactly what i believe, that's that you and i have had this

discussion that there should be checks and balances, that the right to declare war starts with the legislature. it is important that we separate the powers. we had a very good and i think honest discussion about a lot of these things and i came away with the feeling that he will be a very responsible commander in chief. i don't think he will be reckless or rash. i think that he realizes and believes a do that war's the last resort and something that we don't rush willy-nilly into. i came away feeling that he will have a mature attitude and beliefs towards foreign policy. >> sean: it's a big endorsement from you. we will be looking for out campaign trail and thank you for being with us. >> thanks, sean. >> sean: coming up, a busy night on "hannity." was president obama once a member of a radical left-wing political third party in 2008, team obama denied the claims. tonight, there is new evidence to prove otherwise. we will reveal this brand-new smoking gun as we continue to

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>> sean: back in 2008, my next

guest broke the news that while running for senate in the 1990s, barack obama joined a chicago far-left political third party, called the new party. at the time, stanley kurts' article was called a quote, crack-pot smear by team obama and it was flatly denied. but there is new evidence showing that barack obama was a member of this organization. what is so disturbing about this and this group is that the goal was to transform the united states of america into a european-style welfare state. well, does that sound familiar? now, according to kurts, not only was obama a member of the group, but he signed that their candidate contract and he received the group's endorsement n. 2008, he was ignored by the obama mania media. but perhaps tonight, they will take notice thanks to the newly discovered evidence. thanks to this brand-new information, author, stanley kurts is back. welcome back. i had the same experience.

i kept going into ayers, wright, dorn, flag flager, et cetera, it was dismissed. i was radical, far right. turned out in many ways, i think both you and i -- in different cases -- were right. i want to you explain what have you and what you discovered. what huthen and what you discovered now? >> well, sean, even though the obama campaign vehemently denied it in 200 8, we now know for certain that president obama did in fact become a member of a very leftist third party in 1996. it was called the new party. and the new party in chicago was controlled by that infamous community organization, a.c.o.r.n. that means, in order to gain the presidency in 2008, barack obama deceived the american people about this very damaging connection in his political past. >> sean: listen, he did that with berna dean dorn and bill

ayers. you know, we all knew that at the time and people seemed to ignore t. as we look at the new party and their agenda -- the end of the piece that you put up on national review online, exactly what it is they stand for. explain that? >> well, sean, the new party was far to the left of the democratic party. in fact, that's the reason it was created. the leaders of the new party were frustrated by the democratic party under bill clinton. they believed it was far too pro business, they wanted it to be for leftist. the leaders and founders of the new party called themselves social democrats. they very consciously wanted to model their party and its platform on the leftist parties of europe. their goal was to create in the united states a giant welfare state of the type we see in scandinavia. of course, mitt romney says this is exactly president obama's goal. the fact president obama joined the party that has -- had as its

open goal, imitating the social democratic welfare states of europe certainly strengthenaes romney's point? it certainly does explain a lot about why this president couldn't triangulate like bill clinton and adjust to the marketplace and he holds and clings to this rigid ideology of his. now, he -- he downplayed his relationships with the radical friends. he downplayed his relationship with a.c.o.r.n., he denied a relationship with this group. what do you think this means? what does this tell us about him? >> well, sean, there was really a vast network of radical connections that barack obama was part of. i lay it out in my book, radical in chief. i think that obama denied his a.c.o.r.n. connection, not because his limited work with them on voter registration was so bad. but because he was afraid that if he acknowledged the

a.c.o.r.n. connection, the much more damaging connection to a third political party would come out and he was afraid, maybe the whole network of leftist connections would unraffle and then he would be in serious trouble? i have notice that the left wing is afraid of the piece you put out there today. so the spin is well, this is like hillary clinton being on the -- what do you call it-- the workers party platform in new york, for example, in new york, i'm a registered conservative. they have a number of smaller parties you can be a part of. is that the equivalent? or is it very different? >> it is different-- the new party was created because the leaders were very dissatisfied with clinton. but they knew that they would only undercut the left if they took votes away from the democrats in national elections. so they specifically got a strategy that said, we are going to co-endorse the people like bill clinton and hillary clinton, when she eventually

ran, we will co-endorse them in the national races, but we are going on focus on people far to the left of the democratic conventional party in local races. that's what senator barack obama was in 1996. >> sean: when the issue came up when ed klein wrote his book and he had a long interview, which we played on this program with reverend jeremiah wright. and wright said they tried to buy his silence, i thought that was an interesting new development. and a group that was going to run ads that connected -- rightly so-- the president with his mentor, "he is like family to me," reverend jeremiah wright, mitt romney said he repudiates that. is it a mistake for the romney campaign not to bring up the president's past to explain his governing philosophy? >> well, i think it is a mistake. but i think you have to focus on the right issue. frankly, i think the new party, the leftist third party that

believes in social democracy is the best way to raise it. it's very simple. the american public can understand very quickly that president obama belonged to a third party that was far to the left of the democrats and he didn't tell the truth about it in 2008. that's very cut and dry. i say, begin there. >> sean: all right. stanley, great piece. interesting tow see if the mainstream media does their job. i would probably bet against it, though. they don't have the courage -- they don't want to investigate i. we need to hold their feet to the fire, sean. >> sean: we are trying. as a matter of fact, we are going to do that in our next segment. stanley kurtz. thanks. coming up, a special "hannity" investigation, as we vet the president, we will expose how billionaire george soros influences media causes. that's coming up in the media mash segment. tomorrow night, it is a special "hannity" audience edition, as we look at the influence that unions have over our elected

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that would like to see fox and talk radio go away. tell us, give us a summary what have you found? >> sure. first of all, there is no suggestion that anything that he is doing with this is illegal. however, there is the absolutely fact that we are hearing from the national media all of these stories about all of this money coming from conservative and republican circles. and nothing comes anywhere close to what one man alone is doing. think about these numbers. between 2000-2009, george soros has contributed over $400 million to academic causes in this country. that's not paying for scoreboards, that's not paying for lawns. that's paying to teach the curricula that he wants taught-- can i interrupt you there? isn't that to perpetuate the leftist agenda? what do you think his goal is there? >> sure. okay, well, let's say it's not. let's say it's not.

let's say it's a perfectly reasonable thing. why does the media say that the koch brothers are meddling with academic freedom when they gave $7 million?! that's 1/50th and the koch brothers are attacked for t. of course, he's trying to perpetuate! he has a radical left ideology and by the way, every single ivy-league school in america gets his mony? >> it's always about the money. the open societies foundation -- what are we talking about $8 billion given to various causes? >> worldwide. >> sean: worldwide. but let's talk specifically about what he is trying to advance, what his agenda is and how he is trying to influence the american public. >> sure. look at his public policy giving. between 2000 and 2009 -- that we know of -- $550 million.

you are talking about every radical left-wing cause you can think, pro-abortion causes, pro-gay marriage, pro-euthanasia causes, pro-drug legalization -- think about this, pro-drug legalization, $31 million alone, just for this silly issue. this guy has an agenda to tear down the fabric of the christian culture in this country. he is spend ago that we know of -- at least $1 billion. >> sean: it is interesting because you are talking about massive amounts of money, disproportionate to conservatives that donate. richard melons, the koch brothers, boone pickens, all have been criticized. but the media ignores him. interestingly, we have a cut of him, now decrying the unleashing

of private money for political purposes -- how ironic is this? watch this. >> will use to create a super pac to help president obama? >> no, i mean, i haven't decided. but i think it's -- a big, big issue that the citizens united has really unleashed private money... for... political purposes that can be used anonymously. and this will create an unequal playing field which will further destroy the political system. and let's say, i basically... have given my money for -- on principle, not private interest. i have done it very openly, saying... what i am doing. so whatever i decide, i will state what i am deciding.

but i am distressed by the problem that citizens united has created. >> sean: first, ironic. and b., is he really that open? what are the left-wing groups that are doing political bidding and attacking conservatives that he is involved in? >> yeah. let me name one -- george soros! george soros in 2010 gave $34 million to political causes, including the 527s he's condemning. let's put this in perspective. how many stories have networks run on the koch brothers about the evil koch brothers and how their money is destroying the country. the koch brothers gave $4 million. 1/7th of what george soros gave. he is giving an interview decrying what he does-- i know there are groups that he has donate the money to, public integrity.

npr, i think he gave a lot of money to. what about media matters, is he funneling monies through the groups? what about the center for american progress? what about the groups that are out there trying to silence conservative speech -- can we directly tie him to those? >> tens of millions to all of these groups, media matters got another $1 million from him. this is part of a soros machine. you wonder where the far-left gets all of its money. you are looking at it. there are others. but you mentioned some people. you mentioned boone pickens, foster freeze, the koch brothers, harold simmons. kigive you a half dozen more conservative donors, put them all together and they don't equal george soros. >> sean: all right -- [overlapping dialogue] >> sean: he's trying to influence. he has a radical left agenda. go ahead. >> 29 network stories, news stories in five years on him.

not one having to do with his money. >> sean: thanks for being with us. when we come back, some of the big labor organizations in wisconsin are furious at the president. wait until you hear the tape we found of president obama, making promises to big labor that he clearly has broken by going out with a tweet before the recall election of scott walker this week. you don't want to miss this.

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>> sean: tonight on our great, great american panel, he is a democratic strategist, joe trippi is back. a fox news legal analyst, peter johnson, jr. she, a columnist for the sun centinal, noelle nikpour is here. all right. we have this big recall, goes against -- obviously, the democrats. i know you are heartbroken, joe. a lot of support that president obama showed with that tweet, couldn't quite pull barrett out

of the woods -- >> it was a nice tweet. >> sean: showed a lot of political courage there. but let's go back and look at candidate obama and what he said that if they tried to take away collective bargaining from unions, what he would do, if he was ever elected president. here's what he said. >> if american workers are being denied their right to organize and collectively bargain when i am in the white house, i will put on a comfortable pair of shoes myself. i will walk on that picketline with you as president of the united states of america. because workers deserve to know that somebody's standing in their court! >> sean: i will put on my comfortablesho shoes and i will walk that picketline with you as president of the united states because you deserve somebody who's standing in your corner. well? >> he wasn't. number 1. and he said he would not have a lobbyist working for him-- i wanted him to sweat this one out. >> look, the president--

you know what it is i. his organizational people were on the ground there. they through a lot of effort-- people were on the ground. he didn't put on his shoes and walk the picketline. you want to know why? because politically, heat he's out for himself. that's what this is about! >> no, no. what you don't don't do-- what you promised -- >> go racing into wisconsin in the final days and teart organization apart where they are trying to get people to come to your rally-- he sent out a tweet, hello -- >> i am standing behind you -- way behind you. >> sean: exactly. that's called talking the talk, but not walking the walk -- >> literally. >> missing in action, big time. he knows the american people don't want what he was talking about. >> sean: a poll came out today where mitt romney has a slight lead in michigan. now, i have to believe -- i didn't like the exit polling that came out because they didn't have undecideddecided ani thought it was skewed and an

outlier. they didn't get anything right about the election. is not only wisconsin in play, but is michigan in play? >> absolutely. one of our topics is the fact he has raised more money than obama. that is showing that people are speaking with their dollar and with their votes,s wisconsin isa big signal. they are trying to play it off. it has not been in the mean media. it's been here, talking about wisconsin and how romney can put that state into play. but it is very interesting. i think that obama has been nothing but a brand, like gucci, bmw -- a marketing tool. people are starting to realize, underneath that mask, he tried to be more reaganesque -- it's wrong. >> he is not going to carry -- not going to happen-- you know what -- [overlapping dialogue] >> i hope you guys. >> sean: he will have to defend. he will have to spend a lot of time, money and energy and resource and there is an angry labor base.

>> i hope he goes into those two states. they can't afford-- so, but the president -- he has to go to north carolina. he has to fight for virginia. he has to fight for ohio, florida -- he's going to have to fight the whole thing. >> the thing's like lier to come down to virginia. and obama has a strong chance of wining there. >> oh, i don't? >> the leading indicator is that the obama force has lost in wisconsin. >> you say, well, that doesn't matter. romney did win the state! [overlapping dialogue] >> sean: do you know angry labor is at the president? they backed him. they raised money for him. they went to bat for him. they feel like he abandoned them in their moment of need. similarly, bill clinton is undermining him every day. bill clinton says we are in a recession. bill clinton says we need the bush tax cuts. bill clinton is praising romney. >> labor's not angry with the president -- >> yes, they are! >> sean: yes, they are.

>> he wouldn't guarantee that they will support a democrat because they are a democrat -- >> everybody said -- me too, i am going to run to romney over this. that's what we are going to do ooh first sensible thing have you said since i met you. >> look, 69% of the people who voted-- voted -- are you better off than you were four years ago? >> 69% of the people of wisconsin didn't think there should be a recall or-- okay, we have to take a break -- >> or it should be for misconduct. >> sean: wait until you hear what ed rendell had to say. this is great stuff. this is piling on. all the democrats piling on, except you trip py. you are -- trippi, you are going down with a sinking ship. ♪ hallelujah

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now we have ed rendell. >> you supported hillary clinton strongly i. sure. >> do you think we would be in a different place if she had been leakd? >> i think she had more executive experience. the president, health care and the stimulus, two bills that did good things for the american people, but too much was left up to the congress. he says, here's my concept and you flesh it out. i think hillary clinton would have said, here's what i want. >> you predict is that that she will run in 2016. >> she says she's not going to run, i think she means tbut i think we can persuade her. >> sean: we will have another cory booker hostage video out. >> i think that rendell made the obama black list -- i mean, that's the biggest slap in the face, between -- this week, between clinton saying that and him promoting hillary clinton -- >> he is promoting his book. >> give it a rest, joe!

>> go buy it. [overlapping dialogue] something's going on here. the question is, is bill clinton doing it because he really thinks -- what? >> rendell's a disaffected guy. disillusioned by this president. bill clinton was never enamored of this president. so he's got a reason, whatever his reason is at this point, to say what he's saying it. he is not saying this three days before the election. a lot will be forgotten. the positive things, he is saying so many negative things, they will be spit back before the election, if he gets out there in this campaign. >> sean: there is a couple of theories out there. one is that he wants hillary to run in 2016. i don't think that's the reason. i think -- i have talked to people who have spoken to bill clinton and they tell me that bill clinton thinks that barack obama is in way over his head. he has done a horrible job, that he is rigidly radical and i think he fears another four years of him.

could that be a possibility? >> i think that's a serious possibility because a lot of people have criticisms of bill clinton -- let me just finish, joe -- have criticisms? >> joe, let peter. >> a lot of different levels. but i think he want what is is good for this country. i think that he has to artulate romney -- [overlapping dialogue] >> let's talk specifics. here's a former president who is trashing this president, one day -- >> not trashing him. >> well, he is. he is speaking truth to power -- says we near a recession, is that helping this president? i don't think so, joe. >> no, i think clinton is out there every day -- he's been out there campaigning. he was in wisconsin-- you are stumbling, joe. answer peter's question. >> that's what he is doing-- every day, he is -- it's either, we are in a recession, we need the bush tax cuts. he's praising romney. praising bain.

>> saying we should extend the bush tax cuts. that's what he thinks. >> sean: but it's undermining the message -- [overlapping dialogue] >> romney wouldn't be our president. >> sean: greta's next. see you tomorrow night. >> greta: tonight, does secretary of state hillary clinton have something that president obama does not? former governor ed rendell says, yes. that assertion can't make president obama happy. why is the pennsylvania democrat and former governor taking a swing at president obama? see for yourself. debt and waste pushing our economy to the brink of disaster. and from the boardroom to the courtroom, donald trump has big news and he has lots of it, all minutes away. but first, fireworks exploding on capitol hill. it got loud -- it got very loud. g.o.p. lawmakers, securing eric holder over operation & furious, but the attorney general's response is