pete rouse finally comes out of the shadows. strange doings in the white house." early in his career, rouse worked for alaska's republican lieutenant governor and palin has alleged, with conjecture, but no proof, that rouse has been behind recent attacks against her. and diane, at a farewell meeting with emanuel, top white house economist gave him a dead fish. this was an illusion to a "god father"esque caper from emanuel's past, when he gave a dead fish to a pollster he didn't like. now, of course, rouse is not so colorful but we know he likes maine cooncats. diane? >> all right. what do we do with that information? thank you, jake. >>> and late tonight, something sure to increase the outrage at the big wall street banks. bank of america says it will delay foreclosures and evictions in 23 states. the concern? a bank official may have signed foreclosure documents without even reading them. two other major banks have started investigating the very same thing, whether decisions about people's lives were treated as unnecessary pape

rouse probably can handle the possibility. i am not sure rahm emanuel -- rouse probably can handle the passivity. i am not sure rahm could have. >> tell us about pete rouse. >> worked for tom daschle, as widespread respect and trust. submerged his own ego. that was the pattern for staff people. peter orszag and rahm emanuel were entirely different. you mentioned peter orszag leaving. his first public move once he got out was to write a column pulling the rug out from his former boss on the tax issue. there is a question of putting people in positions of power on staff when they have their own ambitions, their own agendas, and it will some point come in conflict. >> you will not see pete rouse on the sunday talk shows. >> no, we won't. i think that bush into trouble eventually to help a tight group of people around him. it is already getting obama into trouble. it is not a question of bringing in an outsider as the chief of staff. it is making sure you actually have contact with a lot of other people. i don't mean in the politi

rouse can probably handle the passivity. i am not sure rahm could have. >> tell us about pete rouse. >> worked for tom daschle, was on the hill for 30 years, a guy who has widespread trust and respect. but submerged his own ego. that is the historic pattern for staff people. peter orszag and rahm emanuel were entirely different . peter orzsag posture first move after leaving was to write a column pulling the rug out from his old boss on the taxes. the question of putting people into power on the the staff when they have their own ambitions and agendas is going to come at some point in conflict. >> you will not see pete rouse on sunday talk shows. >> no, we will. this is really inside, but i think it that bush into trouble eventually to have a tight little group of people around. i think it is already getting obama in trouble. it is not a question of bringing in an outsider as chief of staff. it is making sure if you actually have contacts with a lot of other people. i don't mean in the political sense. i mean actually talkin

he will be replaced on an interim basis by pete rouse.t will attend the investiture ceremony for elena kagan this afternoon. the new termsb gins on monday. >>> al qaeda operatives have released what appears to be a new audiotape from osama bin laden. on the tape bin laden expresses worry over natural disasters, in what would be the insurgent leaders's first public comments in months. >> he's now a weatherman? >> i would like to hear more about that. climate change? i'm not sure. >>> hezbollah in lebanon is winning supporters with an open-air theme park, the popular attraction for families, shows the war-torn remains with wars with israel. >> stephanie gosk has this fascinating story. >> reporter: good morning. lebanon is a beautiful place, the mediterranean sea, the mountains, a great climate, but we calked the landmark for the resistance. it's an open-air theme park, dedicated to military victories against israel. three decades of destroyed israeli tanks, guns action and spent mortar routs, carefully manicured and on permanent display. f

rouse was being methodical, which is his way. it tells you a lot. >> it does tell you a lot. this is a guy that really, really knows his way around washington. >> and he knows his clients. >> he does. >> everybody said, daschle said in the press said he's a master at fixing things. and i think one of the things that an administration always discovers, and i think this administration discovers is often you can't plan ahead. you end up managing crisis to crisis. and in that environment he could be quite effective. >> is he short term or long term? depends on how he does? >> i think it depends on how he does and i think it also depends on what happens in the midterms. >> right. >> because as you say it's very different from the current situation where as difficult as it was to heard all the cats in the democratic side, they had that possibility and the prospect of working with a republican house, but as you say, he was the chief of staff to tom daschle when he was the minority leader, so he's used to that situation. >> someone might

everybody is sort of a deputy chief of staff with pete rouse replacing the chief of staff. you talked about christina romer, he was replaced by a deputy in the economic team and this certainly is turnover, not a shake up. i want to underscore what mark said earlier. it is setting a different tone and this tone is sort of getting the team more focused on messaging and the campaign going forward because this is going to be political battles. there aren't going to be policy battles. at this point he needs, the president needs people around him that he's comfortable with him going into political battle and i think this is what you're seeing today with pete rouse. >> what are insiders saying the president's reaction has been to all of this. he has political battles ahead of him that are significant. you have people even wondering if he could be a second term president when you compare that to the excitement and the celebration as the president referred to just in wisconsin the other day that no longer exists and the that enthusiasm gap. >> i think what we have seen from the very

the white house stressed continue knewty with the pick of rouse -- pete rouse, the new chief of staffs. i think in some ways he obviously is going to be very different. the stories that get told about rouse. he talked about him as somebody who welcomed young people in to his office and, of course, rahm emanuel, i think progressives will cheer he's leaving but also some people in the white house frankly are going to cheer his departure as well. >> jim: now look, at this point, our understanding is they are going to try to talk pete rouse into staying. it's not clear that, you know, he wants to -- he has been around long enough to know it's not a great job. if he doesn't stay, a lot of people are giving free advice, which is worth what you pay for it, about the kind of person they put in there. charles, a lot of people say get someone with business experience and someone with some feel for the real world. >> he should. but he won't. this is a man who really is extremely self-possessed. i am talking about the president here. he does not have a lot of doubts about himself or his world his

change in style, i don't think there's any doubt pete rouse will be a sue pearl manager.e's a heck of a nice guy. i think it big questions are the ones, are the substantive question, is there going to be a pivot to the center by president obama in the next couple of years? i think that's pretty vital to his governing. people on the left think he needs to pivot more to the left. so far, the appointment suggests continuity, not change. >> ed, do you agree? do you think there will be more of a pivot to the center and do you think it's important? >> very, it's very important. i don't think that nancy pelosi and harry reid survives, which i don't believe he will, they're going to basically let this president move. they're not going to encourage him to move to the left. they're going to argue he wasn't progressive enough. there were a lot of things he should have done and unfortunately, members of congress lose in this election cycle are going to be the more conservatives, the one that rahm emanuel recruited when he was chairman of the house congressal commit even and more cons

>> gosh, i can't remember. >> rouse, this is all a ruse. >> i thought it was rouse. >> it is r-o-u-s-e. it is all a ruse. >> i think she missed the reference. >> it is an old-type tabloidy foresee create republican. -- for secret republican. >> what is more important, the chief of staff post or a scratching post? >> why not both? i love this guy. i love the fact how it shows what a hard worker he is. his whole life is politics and those cute cats. i was ready to defend them until i heard about the pictures. the pictures on the desk, that's too much. that's when you are one step away from going ak-47. >> the pictures on your desk tell a story about who you are. the best thing to do is always have pictures that confuse people. for example, this is the picture on my desk. >> is that yours? >> yeah, and i have another one next to him. and then my favorite though. >> it is a hybrid. >> he likes bald men. >> it is jim and his family. >> are lonely people good for government? >> this creeps me out. i don't like any man that likes cat nicking thats, and i don't like a person that cose associat

and pete rouse has gotten them done quietly on the president's behalf. i'm told by senior aides that the president, rahm emanuel, had a series of conversations about the possibility of him running for mayor. finally on wednesday, the chief of staff told the president he was going to go for it, he was going to run for mayor, so president obama turned to his long time trusted adviser and said will you please be my chief of staff and rouse said yes. the question is how long. i'm told he won't have the official title, interim chief of staff, but privately i've been told that pete rouse is hoping that the president won't ask him to keep the job very long, jenna. jenna: you are giving us that great breakdown and we're also keeping an eye on the east room as we're awaiting the president. it's quite a high profile sendoff. the room is packed, members of the cabinet are there. how could this affect rahm emanuel's future plans, such a sendoff as this one? >> one has to think it is the ultimate campaign ad for rahm emanuel for chicago mayor. you've got a chicago pr

white house senior advisor peter rouse, but what do we know about peter rouse and more importantly what does this mean for the obama administration? and now the chief political current at politics.com, david we talk about typing being everything. what do you make of the timing of rahm emanuel's departing? >>guest: the white house would have serious staff turn over after the november midterm elections and that is assuming the democrats sustain huge losses in the election and, therefore, there is the symbolism the white house gets the message and nothing more than the most controversial of staffers and that, of course, is rahm emanuel. >>trace: but everyone is asking, transition is the normal way, this happens two careers they are in, two years they go. but a football coach said this is a fine line between transition and turmoil. when do they lose so many at when time it becomes turmoil? >>guest: we are not at that point. pete rouse is an insider, not only obama's former chief of staff but tom daschles and heads up the transition project and he is methodical, low key compared to obama and

pete rouse is replacing rahm emanuel as chief of staff.he switch made for really some pretty good laughs last night on "snl." in case you missed it, we've got you covered. we'll tell you what it means for the obama administration. >>> plus, the publisher of "hustler" magazine has a stake in what's going before the supreme court this week. >> we know we've got a gay senator. we'd like him to come out of the closet. >> potentially explosive secrets from larry flynt. >>> rahm emanuel has posted a video on a new campaign website saying he plans to run for mayor of chicago. take a look. >> chicago's a world class city today because of mayor daly's leadership. he deserves our appreciation, but we are facing tremendous challenges from attracting jobs, to improving our schools, to making all of our neighborhoods safer. >> well, emanuel stepped down as white house chief of staff on friday. emanuel says he plans to spend the next few weeks visiting chicago neighborhoods. he says he wants to hear in blunt chicago terms what people think about the cit

you will not see pete rouse doing "charlie rose do." >> colby, what do you think? >> he was a lightning rod for a lot of issues. it is probably a good move for president obama to get somebody who is less trouble than rahm emanuel was. >> charles? >> it will make no difference. the buck stops with the oval office and the president's chair. it will be a more passive two years. he is a guy who can handle passivity. i am not sure rahm is a guy who could have. >> tell us about pete rouse. >> worked for tom daschle, has widespread respect. but submerged his own ego. that was the historic pattern for staff people. peter orszag and rahm emanuel were entirely different. you mentioned peter orszag leaving. his first public move after leaving was to write a column pulling the rug out from under his former boss on the tax issue. the question of putting people in positions of power on the staff when they have their own ambitions and agendas will come at some point in conflict. >> we want see pete rouse on sunday talk shows. >> no, we won't. this is inside, but i think it got bu

leader tom daschle, a friend of rouse, says "he loves cats, and the way to suck up to pete is to get him sort of a cat gift of some kind." from here on out, the road to the oval office goes through pete rouse, for those looking for a little time with the president, we suggest a scratching post or a little catnip. thank you for watching "state of the union." i'm candy crowley in washington. for our international viewers "world report" is next. for empbs, "fareed zakaria gps" starts right now. >>> this is "gps" the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i'm fareed zakaria. the big news on the foreign policy front is that the afghan government is in secret talks with the taliban, not so secret anymore. regular viewers and readers know i've been advocating this for year. don't expect miracles. but the idea of talking to the people we're fighting with makes sense. most civil wars end with some

>> tell us about pete rouse. >> worked for tom daschle, has widespread respect. but submerged his own ego. that was the historic pattern for staff people. peter orszag and rahm emanuel were entirely different. you mentioned peter orszag leaving. his first public move after leaving was to write a column pulling the rug out from under his former boss on the tax issue. the question of putting people in positions of power on the staff when they have their own ambitions and agendas will come at some point in conflict. >> we want see pete rouse on sunday talk shows. >> no, we won't. this is inside, but i think it got bush in trouble initially to have it tight group of people around him. it is already getting obama into trouble.

pete rouse refers to remain in the background. he is a loyal democrat but republicans wind up taking majorities in the house elections this november, this administration may have to start working more chosely with republicans and -- closely are republicans and pete rouse's style just might be a better fit for getting things down here in washington if democrats lose the majority control in congress. >> as we said earlier, many people don't know who rouse is. >> he may be a new face for a lot of folks in the public. he's far from a new comer here in washington. he was chief of staff for senator barack obama when he got here in washington. prior to that he worked for tom daschle and durbin and he's referred to a the 101st senator because of all of those years he served on capitol hill. he may be a fresh face to many he is far from an unknown quality in congress. >> thank you, tom. >>> not the only one leaving. coast guard admiral thad allen is trading in the gulf coast for possibly the golf course. he is moving on to his retirement.

pete rouse is in.old boss will be as well. let's go find out. ♪ ♪ >> what i would tell obama to do is to -- maybe work on international relations. >> stop all the arguing and bickering. >> send anyone who needs help, send them up to canada. >> send americans to canada. >> it's free. get a passport. do it. >> you're fired. >> we need to cut our spending. >> i agree. >> definitely, less nascar. >> less nascar, what, what's wrong with it? you want -- >>

rahm emanuel is out, rouse is in. push the president further to the left? karl rove and andy card weigh in on that. >> and gretta van susteren grilling that accusations that meg whitman's former housekeeper. >> it is her husband's handwriting on it. her handwriting is not on it. >> and it didn't end there. more of that heated debate straight ahead. >> and streets are underwater, homes evacuated as torrential downpours flood the northeast. the latest on the storm damage in moments. the slogan from russ in florida, if you're looking for the number one morning news show, without a doubt, catch aly and the guys, you'll see what i'm talking about. >> what you talking about, willis. >> i'm donny osmond. you're watching "fox & friends." >> that's what i'm talking about. big changes at the white house this morning, let's talk about what's happening as rahm emanuel wakes up today. probably relieved. >> sleeping in. >> for the first time in a while. >> i'm sure. >> we were talking to andy card yesterday in the green room. >> an

pete rouse is a calming influence.emanuel was loud mouth and larger than life. it's a totally different approach. he's kind of a beloved figure in here. one thing people say he does very well is help people get along. the other interesting observation i'd make about this choice is everyone in here from bottom to top supports it. because pete rouse coming in being the caretaker chief of staff, it doesn't disturb any of the power centers that exist already within this white house. i think that's why you see a lot of people supporting this as well as their support for rouse. >> the shift in chiefs of staff may not wake people up, but the huge impact on how the white house is run. i think going from james a. baker, iii who as we said is probably the best chief of staff in our adult lifetime. >> he was the best at a lot of things. >> to don regan who was not the best chief of staff for ronald reagan's interest. that white house stumbled terribly after james baker left, peggy. >> he was rahm emanuel in a gray wig. i think if

pete rouse is not somebody who has been a principal.n a staffer, although a very powerful and prominent one, he's still a staffer and someone whose demeanor is described as much calmer and quieter. >> do you see a difference in the way the white house will deal with republicans with incoming pete rouse? will it be less contentious? more behind the scenes? what's it going to be like? >> you know, a really good question. i think in addition to being too soon to tell, i think it's probably too much to put the relationship between the parties between the white house and the republicans on any one person at this point. it's become so fraught, as you know. and it's become that way at a national level. and i think it's really difficult to say that it would really only be rahm emanuel's fault or something that pete rouse himself could fix. especially if there is a republican takeover of either house after november 2nd, where it would probably only grow worse. but time will tell, as always. >> all this natural christine romer, larry summer, pete

the president's long time aid pie peter rouse.n cornbleau, always good to see you. thank you for joining us. what do you think, ann, is this going to help or hurt the white house as far as political strategy is concerned? >> well, they're saying that at least for now we're not going to see big changes, there has been a strategy that was put into effect that rahm emanuel in conjunction with pete rouse had actually put together heading into the midterms. and pete rouse has been around obama for a long time. so i wouldn't expect to see some really big sea changes between now and november. that said, after november when obama really thinks about who he wants to be his permanent chief of staff and pete rouse could be that person, they're going to look at the structure of the whole way the white house is organized. also because the white house kneels they have already accomplished some of their main goals and so it's going to be a different season. i think there could be changes, i think it will probably come a little bit later than rig

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he once described rouse as ego free. as for the other obvious differences between the outgoing and the incoming -- >> obviously, these two gentlemen have slightly different styles. this is a couple of years ago i pointed out that rahm when he was a kid had lost part of his finger in an accident and it was his middle finger so it rendered him mute for a while. pete has never seen a microphone or a tv camera that he likes. >> also from the president, quote, there is a saying around the white house let's let pete fix it. let's see if we can get richard wolfe to fix this. msnbc political analyst and author of quoif renegade: the making of a president." did this have anything to do with how quick' he emanuel was an anathema to progressives? >> no. if this was about his ability to insult progressives, his tenure would have been much shorter. this was in the first instant about personal ambition. rahm was always more comfortable seeing him as a principal, not a staff. remember this is a president who has always really not chose

he'll be succeeded by a long- time advisor, pete rouse. newshour correspondent kwame holman begins our coverage. ( applause ) >> holman: the president and his right-hand man were greeted with a standing ovation in the white house east room. more than 150 cabinet members and senior staffers were there for an event they'd expected for days. >> good morning and welcome to the least suspenseful announment of all time. ( laughter ) this is a bittersweet day here at the white house. on the one hand, we are all excited for rahm as he takes on a new challenge, for which he is well qualified. but we're also losing a leader of our staff and one who we are going to miss very much. >> holman: in 21 months on the job, emanuel played a lead role in mustering votes in congress for the economic stimulus, health care reform, and new wall street regulations. today, he called mr. obama "the toughest leader any country could ask for in the toughest times any president has faced". and he grew emotional at times. >> i want to thank you for the opportunity to re

what we're hearing about pete rouse is absolutely. when it come to comparing him to rahm emanuel, they're on part. >> jonathan capehart, always on par. >> everyone knows you know. that's the way it is. >>> meantime, in a disturbing story broken exclusively by nbc news today, the united states government is apologizing to the nation of guatemala for medical research performed on its people back in the 1940s. according to the state department from 1964 to 1948, the united states intentionally affected guatemalans with gonorrhea and syphilis without their permission or their knowledge. this included injections directly into the spine, and many of those infected were then encouraged to pass the infection onto others as part of a study? today secretary of state hillary clinton, held and human services secretary kathleen sebelius issued an apology saying in part the sexually transmitted disease and inoculation study conducted from 1948 to 1948 in guatemala was clearly unethical. although the events occurred more than 64 years ago, we are ou

emanuel will be replaced by peter rouse, the president's long-time confidant whose demeanor is more like obama himself. calmer, quieter. christina belatoni senior reporter with talking points memo. good morning to both of you. >> good morning, chris. >> he didn't get the nickname for nothing. he had this take no prisoners type of attitude. he sent a dead fish to someone he was unhappy with when he got some bad news. david, what do you think this really means for the white house and what does this mean for the american people? >> liberals really don't like rahm emanuel and they see him as the fellow who's pushed obama to negotiate more than he ought to have with the republicans who are leading towards the tea party. but i don't blame a horse for taking it where the rider wants it to go. ultimately, the major strategic decisions are made by the president and if anything rahm emanuel, even though he disagree would the president in certain matters, he still carried out the president's strategy legislatively. we're about to enter a period, i think, after the november election where there will

but it was also an arrival ceremony for peter rouse. pete rouse was a one-time chief of staff to then senator obama. before that, he was nicknamed the 101st senator when he was the chief of staff to senate majoty leader tom daschle. by bringing in pete rouse, you see the obama west wing preparing now for what are going to be political battles over the next two years. the first year with new congress in some form or another, with a narrow minority or a narrow majority and the presidential scam pain in 2012. >>> oversees tonight in pakistan, video as at least 27 tankers carrying fuel for nato troops in afghanistan were attacked and set on fire overnight. this attack came just a day after pakistan closed a major rder crossing to protest a nato helicopter strike that killed three pakistani soldiers. we're joined now by andrea mitchell. andrea, just how deep is the tension tonight between the u.s. and pakistan? >> reporter: it's rising, lester. these new attacks against nato are the latest evidenc of that, of rising tension between the u.s.

. >> reporter: pete would be regular customer pete rouse affectionately dubbed the mayor who got another job title friday as the interim white house chief of staff. >> from the moment i became a u.s. senator he's been one of my closest and most essential advisors. >> reporter: the low key rouse is replacing the fiery rahm emanuel who is about to run for mayor of chicago. >> i'm energized by the prospect of new challenges and eager to see what i can do to make our hometown even greater. >> reporter: who is pete rouse nicknamed the 101st senator? he's been a capitol hill insider for years showing young senator obama the ropes in d.c. and playing good cop to emanuel's bad cop. >> he we are able to deal with it. >> reporter: as -- we are able to deal with it. >> reporter: as chief of staff to senator tom daschle he received high marks on his handling of the an tracks attacks on daschle's office in -- anthrax attacks on daschle's office in 2001. the 64-year-old cat love her is also a deadhead, big fanned of rock ledge enthe grateful dead and the alleman brothers but as for how long rouse will

he's a veteran really of warfare on capitol hill, rouse. and i think it will be good. rahm came in as mr. 60, you know, he wanted -- he saw that they had 60 votes and that they were going to be able to get legislation through. he had the success with health care. it also drug on for a long time and it took a toll on the obama administration. i don't think you're going to be playing that legislative strategy anymore. i think that's going to go with rahm after this midterm election. you'll see a president obama trying to do -- you'll see executive pow area great deal more. >> douglas brinkley, good to talk to you today. thank you. >> thank you. >>> there are airport delays all over the country due to weather, kind of feeling like a monsoon is passing over the east coast right now. major delays at new york's airports and new jersey and san francisco as well. people have abandoned their submerged cars in virginia. flooding closed roads -- roads and it left people struggling just to get around. we have video of a school bus stranded in virginia. there that is. tires as you

now we have pete rouse who is really a creature of the u.s. senate. he does have -- 101st senator that said something. he worked well with all of the senators that are there. a different time and different place. so much of the president's legislation got stuck in the senate. i think it's interesting, they have someone who is an expert in the senate they are putting in as chief of staff. >> how helpful can that be? he's coming in with tough types. sounds like you're saying he has the right skill set that's useful right now. >> he does. it's going to get -- if we are to believe the polls, the margins of democrats come down. there will be more republicans therefore the work gets harder. one of the things that's interesting, senator daschle, i believe said that pete rouse puts out fires. he is able to bring everybody together in a room to talk. that's going to be a skill you're really going to need if indeed more republicans end up in the senate and house. just one little anecdote, and that is that pete rouse was able to convince those members who were l

pete rouse is a safe bet.an inspiring choice, but it's a solid, safe bet for president obama and he knows the senate and likely that the senate is where the big challenge will be for the president in terms of getting something done. >> steve: this guy is another insider. there are a lot of people on obama's left who are saying, look, this team, your inner circle is not cutting the mustard. you need new blood. >> well, they have different blood in terms of -- there won't be as many four letter words spoken in the west wing under pete rouse as there were under rahm emanuel. so it will be very different. but i'm not sure the public will see much of a difference. it's still president obama leading the white house and the administration and it's his policies they put in place. so if the left is upset, they should be upset with president obama. >> brian: i never knew why andy card stood on issues and i always found how rahm emanuel felt. this will president-elect obama be someone who will step into the background. t

both sides have resorted to rousing their base, sometimes using pretty similar language. >> here's the bottom line. we're going to need to work even harder in this election. we're going to need to fight their millions of dollars with millions of voices. everybody here who's ready to finish what we started in 2008. >> the bottom line is this, to help our economy create jobs we have to stop all of the coming tax hikes and we have to cut spending and to get all of this done we need to change the congress itself now. gwen: bottom lines aside, both parties are facing a familiar dilemma in the next several weeks. how to get the people who like you to vote and how to get the rest of them to stay home. what is the democratic party's approach? >> we see right now, of course, president obama spending a lot more time on the campaign trail and vice president biden. the president this sunday will be in philadelphia for the second of four large ralies he's holding around the country and his message really is aimed at his base. the democratic base in particular. you can't sit on the sidelines. it's i

get newsed to this name, pete rouse. pete route.ing by for that announcement. >>> meantime, i think we have time for top stories now, catch you up. ecuad ecuador's president is safe today after soldiers rescued him fromming an angry police mob. the officers pinned the hospital down at a hospital for ten hours. they are furious about benefit cuts. the president got tear gassed and roughed up but otherwise okay j crews in chile tested a rescue cap schull for 39 trapped miners and it worked perfectly. they are using three drills to reach the men. the miners have been trapped since early august. can you imagine? >>> leftovers from tropical storm nicole are drenching new york and new england today. the blustery weather system caused widespread flooding from the carolinas to new jersey. wilmington north carolina has had 22 inches of rain this week. >>> you know, 40% of food we produce in this country is simply thrown away when so many need it we will talk to the author of "american wasteland" abouting what he do to stop the waste and we a