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right now we have the boundary -- the southern boundary of that and goler at the top of union, correct? is that union? can we bring it down to green from venice to leavenworth -- van ness to leavenworth? >> that is a population of 1048 people. the deviation for district to up to -2.7% and a deviation for district 32 -5.44%. chairman mcdonnell: discussion? >> i propose it. chairman mcdonnell: it depopulates 3 and we heard from public testimony from the russian hill community association it would split their organization. we have heard from them several times, we have received written testimony as well. commissioner alonso: no. commissioner leigh: no. vice-chair lam: no. commissioner mondejar: no. commissioner melara: no. commissioner pilpel: no. commissioner tidwell: no. chairman mcdonnell: we can go back to cathedral hill played a wanted to suggest another block there. >> there is no population there. there is only buildings. >> i thought west there might be. is there population? >> this highlighted area has 164 people in it. it would bring the deviation to- point -- 4.9%. 2.37. the po

the senior white house foreign affairs correspondent wendell goler has details. >> on the eve of newthe nuclear program, white house was unwilling to call them the last peaceful chance reluctant to hope they will succeed. >> promises are one thing. actions are another. >> they promised the watchdog to resume inspections at the milttary complex. the talks involve the permanent five members of the u.n. security council and germany. experts are skeptical. >> if history is a judge this is a long line of stalling tactics. >> they should not make any concession to iran. they need to put before it clear and unequivocal demand. >> tankers have been kept in port by the insurance cost. experts increase last month, and are lower than a year ago. monday, senate passed non-binding resolution saying attack on iraq nuclear facility is an option. president obama criticized the loose talk of war saying it drives up the price of oil. undermines the sanctions against iran. >> this is doubling down on diplomacy with iran. the hope and elsewhere is through diplomacy we can get iran to get to yes. >> romn

and we're happy he got killed but the way it was done we the president like that. >> bret: wendell goler, thank you. stocks ended the week on a sour note. dow dropped 75. s&p 500 lost three. nasdaq finished down two. campaign rhetoric can be nasty but not as gross as it was today. >> ed henry looks at mud slinging. >> at a campaign stop in iowa. president obama tried a barnyard reference to describe republican romney's running up the deficit. >> i know governor romney came to des moines. last week. warned about a prairie fire of debt. that's what he said. prairie fire. but he left out facts. the speech was more like a cow pie distortion. >> the problem is that phrase -- >> cow pie -- >> could be used to describe the president's week. >> he stepped out a couple of times. interesting to see the fellow democrats say we're not sure it's good idea for the president and head of theteamic party to be seen as attacking free enterprise. >> it started with corey booker's attacks. 14 democrats reached out. now evan bayh -- >> the vast majority of people in private equity are good, honest people. vo

wondle goler is following the president live outside camp david. these g-8 leaders are brand new to this sort of a get together. that could have quite an effect on the gathering. >> well, shep, the biggest impact is that the new leaders of italy and france are looking to push back on the size of the spending cuts. german chancellor angela merkel wants to bail them out of the eurozone crisis. borrowing in the short-term to get out of the economic crisis without falling back into recession. we are looking forward to a fruitful discussion later this evening and tomorrow with the other g-8 leaders about how we can manage a responsible approach to fiscal coupled with a strong growth agenda. >> fiscal consolidation you can read cuts, growth agenda means borrowing. since the u.s. is not offering its own loans to overextended european economies, we have limited influence, shep. >> there is a war to talk about two, wendell and big differences when it comes to afghanistan. >> that will complicate the second half of this weekend. the nato talks in chicago. pr

wendell goler outside the white house with more now. wendell?> harris, two former intelligence officials, one from the bush administration and one who criticized u.s. intelligence failures in the run up to the 9/11 attacks are criticizing the obama administration also new york congressman peter king who says even if the administration leaks didn't mention dr. afridi, they gave the pakistanis some clues. there was talk how d.n.a. samples were going to be used. that caused the pakistani authorities to help healthcare individuals, including doctors. including the doctor who actually had been working for us. >> king and othersered would the treason conviction might make other pakistanis less likely to help out in the war on terror, harris? >> harris: what is the white house saying about this at this point? >> well, u.s. officials say they always protect the identities of people who work with us and they note the pakistanis claim they found afridi on their own. doctor from a different part of the country running a phony free child vaccination program

. >> kimberly: wendell goler tried to get an answer from white house spokesman jay carney yesterday.s in chicago saur the support? >> i think you are making broad comparisons between different groups. what the president said in the past is he has understood frustrations that americans have about the failure in particular about wall street in some cases to -- well, because, obviously, wall street's role in the financial crisis helped precipitate the worst recession since the great depression. >> kimberly: i'm sorry. let me erase that face i just made for a moment. somebody is having a bad day. yes, bob, we are. thank you for participating. i'll give you this question since you are focused today. do you think that was a bright spot in jay carney's career? >> bob: that is one i would put in my home videos and show my kids. jay on occasion was wonder a littlait will -- what happenedee bit. they are ducking away from occupy wall street. i'll make the point. i support occupy wall street. they're exactly right. rich people make it and poor people don't. democrat is incorrect again. erroneou

today wendell goler asked carney if they still support the group? we have that on factor tonight. obama is in trouble because he can't support a group that stabs police officers and burns down oakland, california. but they have not repudiated the group. >> andrea: what do you suggest that the president say. a lot of the protesters are his base. if he condemns them he has backlash. he needs to galvanize the base and needs them to show up in base. he probably believes in what they're doing because he supports it. if he doesn't and stays silent he risks alienating conservative or the moderate democrats or independents. what should he do? >> look, is he the president of the united states or not? that is the question. are you going to continue to support a group that stabs police officers and burns things down? are you or are you not? yes or no? the dodge is very interesting. well, we are here to support the freedom of speech. that is what president is saying in chicago. nato, that's what we want to support. okay. tell me how stabbing a police officer is freedom of speech. tell me how

tonight, senior white house foreign affairs correspondent wendell goler reports on where the presidentnds with the public right now. >> it will be decided on issue he wishes were stronger. >> whether people feel america is the continued land of opportunity. >> there was bad news for him in a poll that most feel they will be better off if romney is elected. more people feel it will be worse if mr. obama is re-elected. asked to grade himself on the view, president obama gave himself incomplete >> many americans are still apes, about the economy we have. and about where it is going for them personally and where it's going nationally. >> jay carney says the answer is balance of spending cut and tax increases. paul ryan says it will send the country backwards. >> we'll lose the come pettive race. will lose economic growth. >> republicans blame uncertainty for tax rate holding back business and consumer spending but there was modestly good economic news. americans are seeing release in gasoline. shares of furniture and electronics in rose in april. >> neither the white house say it will not

a must-see moment in yesterday's white house press briefing when wednesday dole goler pushed the pressecretary jay kare carney on the occupy wall street and reconvenient violent protests. >> the president has supported the occupy folks in the past. did their actions in chicago sour his support? megyn: we'll show you mr. carney's answer to wendell's question which is making a lot of news today. is it time for president obama to denounce this movement? we'll ask our panel in ten minutes. what was once a harmless toy gun turned into a potentially deadly weapon. trace brings us the eye open opening report on how. days before a possible supreme court ruling on the president's healthcare law, a very powerful democratic senator, he chairs the judiciary committee, he issues what sounds like a warning to the chief justice. we'll bring you his message to the man who promised to be fair during his confirmation hearing. they have carb steady, with carbs that digest slowly to help minimize blood sugar spikes. [ male announcer ] glucerna hunger smart. a smart way to help manage hunger and diabetes.

jon: wendell goler at the white house. thank you. for more on this controversy now we're joined by tom fiton the president of judicial watch, the organization that obtained these documents through the freedom of information acts. this what you were looking for, or as wendell suggested were you only filing the foia request for the photos? >> well the foia request for the photos is a separate piece of litigation. so we were fighting tooth and nail by that, being told by the administration we can't get access to it because it would violate national security to release the photos because it might offend the terrorists but meantime they're leaking this national security sensitive information looks like to the hollywood film-makers. maureen dowd of "the new york times" who exposed this. no conservative. she said she had access to classified information and it was an effort, seen as a stretch, a boost in the homestretch to the campaign in october of 2012. that is when the movie was supposed to be released. then we find out from these docume

wendell goler at the white house today.nior citizens will be a key voting block in the november elections, both parties are working hard for their support and the voters will be looking very close low at where the candidates stand on policies that could have a big impact on their lives. charlie hurt is a columnist for the washington times and joins us now. you know, so much attention gets paid to the young votes, especially with president obama running again, but it's really the older voters who have the most impact, right, charlie? >> it's absolutely amazing how -- when a reliable voting group elderly voters are. when i say reliable i don't mean one party to the other, i mean they get to the polls and they don't miss votes. even more important than just that is the fact that they tend to be in high quantities in very crucial states, like florida, and pennsylvania, and ohio, and so absolutely, you know, all the attention gets cast on young voters, and will they come out and vote, and can you actually poll them, and things l

today, wendell goler asked jay carney about that. >> the president has voiced support for the occupy folks in the past. did their actions in chicago sour his support? >> well, i think you're making broad comparisons between different groups. what the president has said in the past is that he has understood the frustrations that americans have about the failure in particular of wall street in some cases to -- well, because of -- obviously, wall street's role in the financial crisis that helped precipitate the worst recession since the great depression. >> bill: with all due respect, mr. carney looked a bit shaky there. did he not? now, the factor has been investigating who exactly is behind the occupy movement which is now very well organized and no longer a citizens protest. rather, it is a hardcore far left movement designed to cause as much trouble as possible. the sincere occupiers left a long time ago. what's left are the professional agitators. the occupy movement is being run out of washington, d.c. and offices belonging to the institute for policy studies is a far left outfit.

dominated the conversation today are also on the mind of senior white house affairs correspondent, wendell goler in maryland near the site and wendell, did they get anything accomplished today? >> it doesn't look like they found a way, jamie, to resolve the euro zone debt crisis or resolve their differences over spending cuts and borrowing, they found language that avoided embarrassing individual leaders and established growths a the goal, but it doesn't detail how to get there. and the leaders emerged from one of the cabinets and posed for pictures in the sunlight. president obama said of the talk so far so good, but that there was more work to do. he's been hoping to help bridge their differences over the balance of spending cuts and borrowing they should use to pull out of the-- pull the euro zone out of the crisis. but germans are opposed to more borrowing and the u.s. to deal with america's debt and deficit problems. after a morning of talks, said in part, we commit to take all necessary steps to strengthsen and reinvigorate our economies and combat financial stresses recognizing that the r

here is senior white house foreign affairs correspondent wendell goler. >> both the president and hiser accused the other of flip-flops and bad policy in the war against al-qaeda and the war on terror. a year after the death of usama bin laden mr. obama denies taking political advantage of it. >> i hardly think you have seen any excess i celebration taking place here. >> perhaps not if here is the white house. at campaign headquarters in chicago he approved an add that asks which path would romney have taken? and said romney criticized obama for vowing to strike al-qaeda targets. >> in 2007, romney said it was "not worth moving heaven and earth spending billions of dollars trying to catch one person." a week later romney seemed to be on board. >> of course we get bin laden and track him where he has to go. >> the president took office promising to close the detention ability. but he refused when they controlled the house and senate. in the end of his first year in office, president sent 20,000 troops to afghanistan. >> i don't make the decision likely. >> he also didn't make it open-e

wendell goler is near camp david tonight where the president is welcoming comments from the g-8 industrialized including the newest member of the club. >> reporter: in their first face to face meeting the president of the u.s. and france tried to focus on issues they agree on. like the path out of europe economic crisis. >> this is an issue of pons not only to people of europe but to the economy. >> francois hollande is one of four g-8 leaders elected since the meeting last year. like other new leaders, much of the support comes from resisting the budget cut, angela merkel leader of the wealthiest economy is demanding in exchange for the bail-out loan. hollande favors more u.s. style por rowing to stimulate growth. some u.s. officials fear excessive budget cuts that push the european countries back to recession. which could hurt u.s. growth. aides deny obama looks to exploit the differences. >> that is not the purpose of the united states. >> afghanistan is another catastrophe of global economy, with smaller penals of aid after iran pulling it own troops out by end of the year. >> that being s

today, wendell goler asked jay carney about that. >> the president has voiced support for the occupy folks in the past. did their actions in chicago sour his support? >> well, i think you're making broad comparisons between different groups. what the president has said in the past is that he has understood the frustrations that americans have about the failure in particular of wall street in some cases to -- well, because of -- obviously, wall street's role in the financial crisis that helped precipitate the worst recession since the great depression. >> bill: with all due respect, mr. carney looked a bit shaky there. did he not? now, the factor has been investigating who exactly is behind the occupy movement which is now very well organized and no longer a citizens protest. rather, it is a hardcore far left movement designed to cause as much trouble as possible. the sincere occupiers left a long time ago. what's left are the professional agitators. the occupy movement is being run out of washington, d.c. and offices belonging to the institute for policy studies is a far left outfit.

wendell goler live at the white house with more. what's going to happen at this meeting, wendell?r stimulating the economy, which are not likely to get the support of the republicans here today. with the president's endorsement of gay marriage last week there, has been a lot of attention on social issues recently, but mr. obama told abc's "the view" that is not what will decide the winner of the november election. >> what's going to determine the election is the economy and whether everybody, gay, straight, black, white, hispanic, latino, native american, disabled, you name it, whether people feel -- asian. >> again. >> whether people feel as if america continues to be this extraordinary land of opportunity. >> but if that's the case, there is tough news in a usa today gallup poll that suggests most people feel the economy will be at least somewhat better four years from now if mitt romney is elected in november. and more people feel the economy will be at least somewhat worse if mr. obama is reelected. the president's aides say voters will choose based on whose vision they like f

wendell goler live at the white house already. president said his mind was made up by friends, family, neighbors, members of his own staff who have committed same sex relationships, some are raising kids together. he said his daughters have friends whose parents are same sex couples and their open attitudes attitudes are, quote, the kind of thing that prompt a change in perspective e. talked about ending don't ask, don't tell. >> when i think about those soldiers or airmen or marines, sailors who are out there fighting on my behalf and yet, feel constrained, even now that don't ask don't tell is gone because they're not able to commit themselves in a marriage, at a certain point i've concluded that for me personally , it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same sex couples should be able to get married. >> the president had decided to announce his support for same sex marriage before the fall, but he admits his timing was pushed by vice president biden's comments in support last week. he denies the announcement

wendell goler has the break down, good morning to you. >> good morning. romney on foreign policy and hamming terrorism. but both men had to back away from positions in the war on terror. in 2007, mitt romney said it wasn't worth spending billions of dollars just trying to catch osama bin laden in a debate a week later, he seemed to have change his mind, saying of course he would follow bin laden wherever he goes. mr. obama denies using bin laden's death as a campaign issue but mentions it in speech. >> al-qaeda is under more pressure than at any time since 9-11. together with the pakistani, we have taken out more than half of al-qaeda's leadership. thanks to our intelligence professionals and special forces, we killed osama bin laden. the only leader that al-qaeda had ever known. >> the president took office promising to close the detention facility at guantanamo bay, but congress refused to allow that even when democrats controlled both the house and senate. mitt romney said he would double the size of gitmo if need be and supported things like water boa

wendell goler joins us to talk about that. you on the dog, gretchen. the obama campaign however, posted a 6 minute video on-line today with former workers at a kansas city steel mill that was bought by bain capital when mitt romney ran the companier. the mill was restructured and eventually closed down. it's an attack on romney's claim he's use his business experience to create more jobs than mr. obama has been able to in his 3 1/2 years in office. the president's campaign will run a 2 minute version of the video as television ads in the battle ground states of iowa, ohio, pennsylvania, virginia, and colorado. part of a $25 million ad campaign. it plans for nine states over the next month or so. here is a bit of the video. >> bain capital was sucking money out of the company like there was no tomorrow. the business model of load ago company up with debt in order to extract immediate profits for yourself out of it and then insuring the failure of the company later on seemed like exactly the wrong thing that we needed in america

it's interesting yesterday wendell goler asked the president's spokesperson jay carney about whether still behind the occupy movement. let's listen to this and get your point of view. >> the president has voiced support for the occupy folks in the past is their action in chicago sour his support? >> i think you're making broad comparisons between differing groups. what the president has said in the past is that he has understood the frustrations that americans have about the failure in particular of wall street in some cases to -- because, obviously, wall street's role in the financial crisis to help precipitate the worst recession sips the great depression. >> huh? >> you know, the president would still be supporting the occupy movement had it not turned so ugly. >> yeah, right. i got to share a quip from my colleague doug powers who guest blogs for me at michellemalkin.com. he called this one of the finer moments in white house press secretary hem-haws. it seems that the space between his words was so vacant, that he was surprised that the occupiers didn't come in and build an enca

wendell goler live at the white house with more. wrestling with tight budgets and war fatigue as they make plans to withdraw their troops from afghanistan, turn over security to afghan soldiers, and prop up the country for years ahead. police this chicago brace for more demonstrations as the leaders wrap up their two-day summit. thousands marched through the streets yesterday, airing grievances about the war, globalization, climate change examine other complaints. some of them clashed with police when they tried to get to mccormack place, which is where the summit is being held. 45 people were arrested. four police officers hurt. a lot of downtown businesses will be closed today in anticipation of more protests. plans call for nato to end its combat role in afghanistan by the end of to 14 -- 2014. the french are withdrawing their force has year earlier than planned and public resentment. war may force a faster transition to afghan control. president obama told reporters after talks with afghan president karzai, it may be a tough fig

wendall goler live at the white house with more. >> reporter: the president says he didn't make the decision political reasons and it's not clear how it will play out politically but he will test drive his new position in friendly territory. he has fundraisers on the west coast, including a big one at actor george clooney's home in los angeles. one of his spiritual advisors. paul hunter. hunter opposes same-sex marriage but he says most young people do not. one of his influences was his daughters who have friends with same-sex parents. >> i conclude for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. >> reporter: the president said he was influenced by gay and lesbian men and service woman he helped free from the constraints of don't ask, don't tell. his decision opens another front in a battle with likely challenger mitt romney who has been making clear he disagrees. >> i do not favor marriage between people of the same gender and i don't favor civil unions if they are identical to marriage opt are than by name. my vie

wendell goler is tracking this story for us. >> reporter: jon, the criticism comes from peter brooks with the conservative heritage foundation and anthony schafer who wrote about intelligence failures before the 9/11 attacks. they say the u.s. should have had a plan to get the doctor out of pakistan after bin laden's death, though it's unclear the doctor would have wanted to leave. administration officials deny outing afridi. one says, quote: the pakistanis found the doctor on their own. identities of human sources are sacrosanct in the intelligence community. but new york republican congressman peter king says they had a tip. >> there was too much loose talk coming from the white house, and there was even talk of dna, how dna samples were going to be used. that caused the pakistani authorities to start rounding up health, individuals, health care individuals including doctors, including the doctor who actually had been working for us. >> reporter: actually, pakistani officials say the plan to get the dna had a weakness in that afridi was overseeing a free vaccination program in a re

. >> gretchen: wendell goler is live at the white house with more on this story.nt said his position on gay marriage is evolving and though he won't go beyond that, vice president biden has. doesn't commit the administration to support gay marriage, but biden says gay couples should have the same rights as heterosexual couples. his comments came on "meet the press". >> look, i am vice president of the united states of america. the president sets the policy. i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women and heterosexual men and women all are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties and quite frankly, i don't see much of a distinction. >> a written statement, his off walked it back a bit saying, quote, the vice president was saying what the president has said previously, that committed and loving, same sex couples deserve the same rights and protections enjoyed by all americans and that we oppose any effort to roll back those rights. biden is a devout catholic. his comments came in the w

wendell goler live in washington with the latest.e a political disaster. >> it's a political stumble, if you will. the u.s. caught offguard when chinese activist chen guangchen apparently changed his mind about the deal reached with chinese authorities, decided he wanted to come to the u.s. instead of moving to a different town in china. that unraveled an agreement reached a week after chen sought asylum at the u.s. embassy in beijing. he left the embassy voluntarily yesterday with the ambassador, but decided he didn't want to go back to his home. by most accounts, it was the local authorities there who were the problem. not the chinese government. the local authorities held chen in illegal house arrest for years, beat his wife. we're learning u.s. officials helped him get to the embassy and asked him if he wanted to seek asylum in this country. he said no. so they made an arrangement fa at the time, everyone said they could live with. >> this is a decision that he reached with us through actions with the chinese actions that he want