todd palin says the author has stocked the palin family and is obsessed with palin. the author says that he wrote the best story he could saying that palin asked her friends not to cooperate. >>> a record number of california voters are unhappy with the job their elected representatives are doing. 71% disapproved, 17% approved. california voters are fairly bipartisan in their view of congress. the gop faired worse. 59% of voters disapproved of the job performance than democratic members of congress. while 70% disapproved of the job republicans are doing. how did long time california senators rate? we'll have those numbers coming up at 6:00. >>> chu laid claim to the title of fastest fundraiser. chu announced he collected more than $1 million in public donations and has $600,000 in campaign funds. he says he raised the money in two days. 16 candidates are running for mayor of san francisco this november. >>> i didn't just lose former range, i lost afghan buddies too. i lost six from my platoon. >>> the words from a medal of honor recipient, and the awards that took pl

i'm not saying that todd and sarah palin today abuse cocaine or even use it.ut there's no question that they both did at one point in their lives. >> reporter: mcginniss also quotes friends who speak of a sexual encounter palin had with basketball star glen rice in 1987, while she was a sports reporter for a local anchorage station, prior to her marriage. it's not clear from the book whether rice admits or denies the encounter, but he told mcginniss, "in a short time we got to know a lot about one another. it was all done in a respectful way, nothing hurried." he continues, "she was a gorgeous woman. super nice. i was blown away by her. afterward, she was a big crush that i had." mcginniss portrays palin as hands off when it came to governing alaska, but a ruthless political opportunist who crushed her enemies and rarely lived up to the fiscal conservative image she championed. >> hypocrite, you know, at the best. at best she's a hypocrite. >> and at worst? >> at worst she's a vindictive hypocrite. >> reporter: mcginniss says the palin enemy list in alaska is

told all the people who were closest to her not to talk to me. >> in his statement to nbc news, todd palin says former members of sarah palin's administration interviewed for a separate magazine story said joe mcginniss was the most disingenuous, and intellectual dishonest writer they'd ever dealt with. he went on to say i ask the fathers and husbands of america to consider our privacy when one summer day i found this guy on the deck of the rental property just 18 feet away next door to us staring like a creep at my wife while she mode the lawn in her shorts. >> probably one of the first responses of many to come for a lot of people that will have questions about the book. people that pick it up will have to judge it for themselves. savannah guthrie, great to see you. >>> customers in a bike shop are lucky to be alive. watch this as a car came crashing through the store, tearing through it. the car mowed down everything in its path, narrowly missing two people, one on crutches. luckily no one was hurt. the store reopened the next day. no word on whether charges will be filed against the dr

tenor and scope and the tone of this book. >> host: joe mcginniss, do you think sarah palin and todd palin are the parents of trig palin? >> guest: i don't know. i think that's still a legitimate question to be asked about that. i go into this in chapter 19, but i'm very careful not to go beyond where the facts take me. there are many, many people -- i've been blogging for the past six months, and i got thousands of comments from people who accused me of being afraid to tell the truth about him. there's a whole swath of people out there saying the pregnancy was a fabrication. i don't know. i do know that the story that she has told -- stories because there's a couple different versions -- of having her water break making a speech in dallas, texas, and rushing back to alaska and going to wasilla and giving birth the next day, there are many, many problems with that story, and i specify exactly what they are in the book, and it leaves me still feeling uncertain. if she's not, it would be the most appalling hoax ever played in the american -- on the american people by a political figure, and

todd palin and sarah palin seem like my type of people. that looks like fun.ay carney and i can get in a win beg go and he can continue to sound like a bingo caller at a vfw with a gas leak in the kitchenette area. >> i 27. >> bill: do you know who you should be in the camper with? joe biden biden and miller. oh man, i would pay. sell it to oprah's network. >> there are no words to match this moment. >> bill: biden and miller on the road again. >> biden can get into the car pool lane with whatever that thing is on his head that's how distinct that is. >> bill: it's an extra passenger you are saying? >> yes, i'm saying that. billy,. [ laughter ] i kind of like palin in the bus. i like the whole family in the bus. it reminds me of the partridge hunter family episode or something ♪ come on now ♪ and be everybody >> they are all out there together. come on, let's shoot. >> bill: i remember that. >> i dig it. >> bill: just before willie netted son wanted to get on that bus but they wouldn't let him. owe biden ticket needs people. the vice president did address the

>> the only people that know sarah palin is going to run for president is sarah palin and todd palin. can tell you that they're waiting until the last minute to make this decision. they know they have to make a decision as you said by the end of this month. but they didn't announce today, they're not going to announce tomorrow in new hampshire and they're probably not going to announce for several weeks. so that's all i can tell you. even her staff have no idea. they do know they have to weigh some basic political ground work for her -- which they're trying to do a little bit of in iowa in case she does run. but, again, until sarah and todd pull the trigger, there is no campaign, alina. >> all right, there you have it. peter hamby, live in iowa where sarah palin gave a speech to tea party members. peter, thank you very much. >>> rick perry is campaigning hard today in the state of new hampshire. traditionally, the first state to hold a primary, of course. the republican presidential candidate is attending a backyard house party in manchester. he spoke at the event taking aim at presid

. >>> todd palin standing by his woman, blasted a new book that accused sarah palin of cheating and muchking about it in today's political buzz. an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement, available only from liberty mutual insurance, if your car's totaled, we give you the money to buy a car that's one model-year newer... with 15,000 fewer miles on it. there's no other auto insurance product like it. better car replacement, available only from liberty mutual. it's a better policy that gets you a better car. call... or visit one of our local offices today, and we'll provide the coverage you need at the right price. liberty mutual auto insurance -- responsibility. what's your policy? >>> well, political buzz, your rapid fire look at the best political topics, three questions and 30 seconds on the clock and playing it maria cardona and david losh and john avalon, all right, guys, todd palin says the new book out about his wife, and i'm quoting here, is full of disgusting lies and innuendo and smears, but it's full of some pretty serious allegations, drug use, che

only she and todd palin know the answer and we probably won't know until october if she actually is goingo run. so a little bit more of this cat and mouse game for a few more weeks, susan. >> i think she'll wait until the very last minute, we shall see. peter, thank you. >>> about this time last week, the northeast was bracing for irene's impact. now it is cleanup time. irene is gone, but this is what is left. we'll take you to new jersey in two minutes. a pantload. [ crying ] oh great. every time i fly. my ears! swallow! [ male announcer ] upgrade to first class investing technology... at e-trade. [ male announcer ] they'll see you...before you see them. cops are cracking down on drinking and riding. drive sober, or get pulled over. cops are cracking down on drinking and riding. you could save a bundle with geico's multi-policy discount. geico, saving people money on more than just car iance. ♪ geic [♪...] >> male announcer: now, for a limited time, your companion flies free, plus save up to 65%. call 1-800-sandals. conditions apply. >>> president obama will see hurricane irene's afterma

. >> todd palin had this to say.is man who has been relentlessly stalking my family to the point of moving in right next door to harass and spy on us to satisfy his creepy obsession with my wife. his book is full of disgusting lies, innuendo and smears. even "the new york times" called this book dated, petty, and it chases caustic unsubstantiated gossip. >> well, he's wrong. >> you would say that, wouldn't you? >> of course, really, he cannot -- i mean, todd seriously can't believe i have an obsession with his wife. believe me, i'm so sick of sarah palin right now that after this couple of weeks is over, i hope to never hear her name again. i was never obsessed with sarah palin. i went out to write a new book about alaska. she happened to be governor, john mccain happened to pick her as a vice presidential candidate, that made her synonymous with alaska. my book about alaska because of events became a book about sarah palin. >> part of the family's complaint is that you rented a property right next to theirs for mont

she married a racist bully in todd palin.th grade at wasilla high school, he and two buddies took a seventh grade black boy out to a rock quarry behind the high school and beat him up because he was black. that's the man she chose for her husband. >> you said on the "today" show that at best sarah palin is a hypocrite, at worst a vindictive hypocrite. why? >> why? her -- her hypocrisy in pretending that she's a practicing christian, family values, mother of a large, close family is belied by the facts of the past 20 years when her children were growing up. i have example after example after example of she and her husband, todd, have never been close, always on the verge of divorce, that she was never a caregiver to her children and her christianity, while i do believe she wants america to be a christian republic, is not something she practices in a way that the right wing thinks she does. >> joe mcginnis, author of "the rogue." thanks so much for joining us this evening. ♪ come at just the right speed, that's logistics. ♪ ♪ m

, but it's sarah palin still not a candidate who is commanding attention, support that many of the declared candidates would probably almost certainly i should say envy. cnn's brian todd and what's going on in her so-called non-campaign. so she was busy once again today, what, the third day in a row, she's out there in iowa and new hampshire. >> that's right, wolf. a high-profile speech today in new hampshire with plenty of read meat for the tea party crowd, following a similar event in iowa on saturday. for someone who is not in the race, at least not yet, sarah palin is stealing lots of thunder from the gop candidates and as always she's succeeding in getting us to pay attention to her. >> he can't stop us. she he's hitting the crucial early decision stops in iowa and new hampshire, sounding out themes popular with the tea party. >> we believe that the government that governs least governs best. >> reporter: sarah palin hasn't said if she'll jump into the presidential race, but some in this crowd tried to push her along. >> run, sarah, run. >> i appreciate your encouragement. >> reporter: in iowa and new hampshire she's pounded on the ideas of reducing the role in g

she and todd devoted time and effort, stay time, stay personal to try to get this man fired. >> joe mcginniss, you refer to them as, palins, as they quite often as you talk about the sarah and todd. >> todd actually had a desk in sarah's office when she was cover. todd conducted an awful lot of state business from that office. todd would be the person who would meet with department heads, committees. sarah really didn't want to do the job. she wanted to get elected, but then she found the details of governance to be both confusing and boring. and she really didn't tend to them very carefully. and todd stepped in the areas where he had particular interest, such as fisheries and the oil industry. and he was the power not very far behind the throne. a lot of people understood that when todd called and said he wants something done, he was speaking for sarah. that's the famous airhead called. it was really basically the two of them, governed the state to together up until the time when sarah was nominated for the republican vice presidency in 2008. >> you also refer several times to the status, the state of their marriage. >>

she said right next door to todd and sarah palin in. i said this is my lucky day. i drove up the next day to look at the house and moved in the following weekend. >> host: what was their reaction? >> guest: they were not happy. they were not happy at all. they knew who was writing a book about sarah i have already published an article in portfolio magazine about her failed attempt to build the alaska gas pipeline and that the seven '08 hurt considerably but i expected they would be mature about it. the third day i was there i was on my porch early evening and todd came walking to the fence and said were you doing here? who were you and whether you doing here? oddly enough todd and sarah had rented the same house 3-d previous fall then decided they did not want to pay $3,000 per month so they canceled the rancho levying mrs. taylor looking for a new tenant and that was me. he said i do not like this because you are writing a book about my wife now i am worried about our privacy. will you have a long lens camera looking over the fence taking pictures and putting in m

the palins here have blasted the book with todd palin saying it is quote, full of disgusting lies. wolf? >> thank you. >>> coming up in my interview with bill clinton, he reveals something he says he's very concerned about and says why you should be worried as well. [ artis brown ] america is facing some tough challenges right now. two of the most important are energy security and economic growth. north america actually has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. a large part of that is oil sands. this resource has the ability to create hundreds of thousands of jobs. at our kearl project in canada, we'll be able to produce these oil sands with the same emissions as many other oils and that's a huge breakthrough. that's good for our country's energy security and our economy. that's good for our country's energy security [ boy ] hey, i thought these were electric? uh, it is, yeah, it's a chevy volt. so what are you doing at a gas station? well it still takes gas to go farther. but you're not getting gas. true. not this time. uh, don't have to gas up very often. so you have to g

. >> he described a rocky palin marriage with todd and sarah fighting and threatening divorce, something they have denied in the past. another bomb shell, he writes todd and sarah have both used cocaine in the past, a claim that was not verified. >> you talk to somebody who snorted it with her and many of todd's friends who describe him as having been on the end of the straw frequently in his youth. i'm not saying todd and sarah palin today abuse cocaine or even use it, but it is no question that they both did at one point in their lives. >> reporter: he quote friends who speak of a sexual encounter palin had with glen rice in 1987 while she was a sports reporter for a local anchorage station prior to her marriage. >> how should journalists handle the contents of the book? steve roberts, professor of journal ichl and media ethics at george washington university. and senior editor at national review. steve, in the first 24 hours, nobody has seen this book. lots of websites were trumpeting the sleaziest allegations. why? >> ratings. traffic. there is a conspiracy between the sarah palins a

. >>> then -- >> i'm not saying that todd and sarah palin today abuse cocaine, but there's no questionsarah tell-all author today. >> the people who know her best, like her least. >>> the d.c. housewife abducted or running to open arms? >> she was fine. >> is she cheating with journey's lead guitarist? >> kim kardashian and kris humphries glammed up. >>> it's "star watch" from new york city. >>> then, the beverly hills housewife assistant. >> hearing taylor cry that day was the saddest thing that i ever heard. >> did she witness physical abuse? exclusive, inside taylor's mansion with the friend who saw it all. >>> and --

the palin kids call their parents todd and sarah. bristol looked at me, "let's get pregnant."ah, that's it. that's how it happened? >> that's pretty close. you know, we had talked about a baby. after sarah got pregnant, had trig, that's when it really -- we really started going for it. >> but didn't you think, wait a minute, i don't have the income for this, how are we going to -- i mean, no thinking at all? >> i'll tell you. i started thinking it didn't work because, i mean, it hadn't happened yet anyway. so i was just young. i didn't -- if it happens, it happens. >> you had run the risk before? >> yeah. we had. yeah. and i mean, it never happened. so i was like, you know, i was young, i was like whatever, let's -- let me tell you, it happened real quick. >> but now that you are a father, there's nothing to regret. when there's a baby there and there's a kid in your life, there's nothing to regret about that. >> nothing. trip being born was the happiest day of my life, and i wouldn't change it for anything. >> and if we sell enough of these, "deer in the headlights," on sale

radaronline reporting, sarah palin offered $1 million, she and todd, to take a polygraph test to dispute cheated on todd back in the day. sure they're not going to do it, but big bucks, ashleymadison.com. will she do it? will she run? all these questions. >> $1 million. >> $1 million. all these questions. >> $1 million. >>> here are some stories to watch today on abc news -- closing arguments resume in the amanda knox case in italy. her legal team trying to overthrow the american student's murder conviction. the verdict expected early next month. >>> president obama on the west coast this morning. he will lead a linkedin town meeting today and attend fundraisers in california. >>> boeing is celebrating the delivery of its first 787 dreamliner, that giant jet is flown to tokyo tomorrow. >>> finally, imagine strapping on wings, jumping out of a perfectly good helicopter and taking aim at a mountain. >> crazy stuff. this may sound like a scene from a wile e. coyote cartoon. it is real. ads i found out, it was part of a plan for a very brave american stunt man. >> oh. >> he has done it again

>> kind of reminds me of todd when we'd ask whether he supported palin and whether she should be president. i don't know if he discovered after he got inside that she was utterly unprepared to be president or if he knew it on his way in. i suspect it was the former. i hope it was the latter. >> sometimes people take over campaigns. they have no faith in the candidate winning. they just like the game? >> i think with all due respect to ed rollins some political consultants need to learn it's not about them. if you're going to run a campaign and then quit mid stream, shut up. you owe an obl guys to that person who's been paying you by the way. >> okay. so what should he say when i asked should she be president? >> he shouldn't be on the show, shouldn't be putting himself in places if he is not prepared to say, absolutely she should be president of the united states commander-in-chief, if he is not going to do that don't put yourself in places to get asked. it isn't fair to the person that's been paying you. >> todd's right about that. he is absolutely right. i don't often agree with him. >>

palin getting in? no way. >> thank you. you're half right. todd harris, you're a brilliant guy. still waiting for rubio. i think chris christie is taking his job as choice for running mate. >> coming up next, rick perry in today's verbal "sideshow." so i took my heartburn pill and some antacids. we're having mexican tonight, so another pill then? unless we eat later, then pill later? if i get a snack now, pill now? skip the snack, pill later... late dinner, pill now? aghh i've got heartburn in my head. [ male announcer ] stop the madness of treating frequent heartburn. it's simple with prilosec otc. one pill a day. twenty-four hours. zero heartburn. no heartburn in the first place. great. >>> back to "hardball." now for the "sideshow." stop smiling, that's how many residents and lawmakers in south carolina are feeling this week after a new mandate from governor nikki haley which requires, catch this, state workers to answer the work phone by saying, hello, it's a great day in south carolina. with sky high unemployment in the state, the chairman of the state's democratic party says of the governor, she b

palin getting in? no way. >> thank you. you're half right. todd harris, you're a brilliant guy. still waiting for rubio. i think chris christie is taking his job as choice for running mate. >> coming up next, rick perry in today's verbal "sideshow." americans are always ready to work hard for a better future. since ameriprise financial was founded back in 1894, they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a bailout. there when you need them. helping millions of americans over the centuries. the strength of a global financial leader. the heart of a one-to-one relationship. together for your future. ♪ she won't eat eggs without hot sauce. she has kind of funny looking toes. she's always touching my hair. and she does this dancing finger thing. [ male announcer ] with advanced technology from ge, now doctors can diagnose diseases like breast cancer on a cellular level. so that women, like kristy's mom, can get personalized treatment that's as unique as she is. [ kristy ] she's definitely not like other moms. yeah, my mom is pretty weird.

>> kind of reminds me of todd when we used to ask him whether or not he'd support sarah palin and whethere thought she should be president of the united states. >> is it making money? >> i think you can learn a lot from ed rollins' reaction right there. i don't know if he discovered after he got inside that she was utterly unprepared to be president or if he knew it on his way in. i suspect it was the former. i hope it was the latter. >> what is going on? sometimes people take over campaigns, they have no faith in the candidate winning, they just like the game? >> i think with all due respect to ed rollins that some political consultants need to learn it's not about them. if you're going to run the campaign and then quit mid-stream, shut up. you owe an obligation to that person who's been paying you, by the way -- >> okay. so what should he say when i ask should she be president? >> he shouldn't have come on the show. he shouldn't be putting himself in places -- if he's not prepared to say absolutely, she should be president of the united states, commander in chief, if she's not going to

enquirer story today that claims that todd paling was planning to divorce for honestly i could care less about their personal life now tonight we're going to give sarah palin the award for once again playing coy about her possible run for the white house in two thousand and two well she did it one register got their hands on a fund raising message sent from a political action committee this week to iowa supporters and the message seems to indicate that sarah might be close to jumping into the race it reads governor palin is on the verge of making her decision of whether or not to run for office it's one of the most difficult and important decisions of her life and i want her to know that she has our support governor palin is a proven leader he's a commonsense conservative who quite for the rights of americans like you and me and not special interests or big corporations somebody must save our nation from this road to european socialism do you think it should be governor palin now of course the message asked for money to support sarah pac at the end now keep in mind there has been teasing people about running for president since she quit her job two years a

waiting for the palins to greet you and they never came. >> well, todd came, and said -- let's just seethe palin way. threatening. >> joe mcginniss, thank you for joining us. the book is called "the rogue: searching for the real sarah palin." it's out today and i'm sure it will be a best-seller. >> thank you, glad to be mere. >>> still to come this morning a new study links diabetes with a larger risk of dementia. we'll talk to dr. sanjay gupta about that. >>> it's 46 past the hour. but with 24-hour zyrtec®, i get prescription strength relief from my worst allergy symptoms. so lily and i are back on the road again. with zyrtec®, i can love the air®. exclusive to the military. and commitment is not limited to one's military oath. the same set of values that drive our nation's military are the ones we used to build usaa bank. from free checking to credit cards to loans, our commitment to the military, veterans, and their families is without equal. ♪ visit us online to learn what makes our bank so different. usaa. we know what it means to serve. >>> president barack obama meeting at the un

palin getting in? no way. >> i think he'll get reelected as governor. you're half right. todd harris, you're a brilliant guy. still waiting for rubio. i think chris christie is taking his job as choice for running mate. thank you, steve mcmahon. thank you, todd harris. >> coming up next, rick perry in today's verbal "sideshow." [ kristy ] my mom is well...weird. she won't eat eggs without hot sauce. she has kind of funny looking toes. she's always touching my hair. and she does this dancing finger thing. [ male announcer ] with advanced technology from ge, now doctors can diagnose diseases like breast cancer on a cellular level. so that women, like kristy's mom, can get personalized treatment that's as unique as she is. [ kristy ] she's definitely not like other moms. yeah, my mom is pretty weird. ♪ if you think occasional irregularity is no big deal,. think twice. it may be a sign that your digestive system could be working better. listen to this with occasional irregularity, things your body doesn't use could be lingering in your system, causing discomfort. but activia has b

palin has previously indicated she plans to make a decision about the presidential race by the end of this month. brian todd >>> generation y better work hard because they may not be able to count on an inherit tans. details of a new survey next. well-being. we're all striving for it. purina cat chow helps you nurture it in your cat with a full family of excellent nutrition and helpful resources. purina cat chow. share a better life. we're going to head on into the interview. evan, sandy . . . evan .. what pushed you toward the explorer? it was less expensive. better technology inside. there was stuff that we have in our car that i didn't even know existed. how does your music gear fit in there? it fits perfectly. i mean, i got a keyboard, acoustic guitar, merchandise, cds to sell and it all just fits like a nice game of tetris. what would you say to a friend who's skeptical about buying a ford. do you want to borrow my keys. >>> many kids can kiss their inheritance good-bye. careen that is here with us with the details of a new survey. what is the deal, carina? >> the deal is that many of these parents are

palin. check that out in "the sideshow." >>> we start with the president as decision to make his jobs speech at the same time as the republicans' debate. chuck todd is political director as well as the host of "the daily rundown. john harris is politico's moderator of the debate. chuck, this really is hardball. there's no interpretation that comes to me, except to say that the white house said, you know we want it to be on the same night. how do you read it? >> well, if the president, it was kind of interesting when you now look at the tick tock of the entire day. the president, this morning at the event with the chamber of commerce and afl-cio calling for passage of a couple bills, some extensions of a couple bills in order to not harm is the economy deal with some job issues, he talked about the political gamesmanship must end, and then we proceeded to have a six-hour back and forth of political gamesmanship here. apparently what happened is when the white house made this request of speaker boehner and senate majority leader harry reid, they didn't sort of prewire this. you know, in washington normally, when some of this stuff happens, when a p

palin who chip away at perry votes but would probably hurt bachmann even more. >> brian todd, good analysis, so this s this going to be rick perry's night here in tampa? our chief political analyst gloria borger is joining us. what do you expect candidates to, say on social security, which has emerged at such an issue. >> they will hammer away at rick perry. he called social secure ate ponzi scheme in the last debate. mitt romney has been losing altitude in the polls. here in florida, he has been circulating these flyers, wolf, which talk about rick perry. it sounds like they would be distribute bade democrat. rick perry, reckless and wrong on seshl sew curity. rick perry, how can we trust anyone who wants it kill social security? this is coming from mitt romney. i spoke with someone from the rick perry campaign who says, bring it on. we want an opportunity to explain what we want to do with social security. he wrote a piece in usa today. and under it he said, i'm quoting, for younger workers we must consider reforms to make social security financially viable. so not killing it, but saving