jim axelrod has that part of the story. >> reporter: shahzad kept a low profile in this working-classhood where people often come and go. did you know the guy? >> i never saw him before. >> reporter: that was shahzad's next-door neighbor. same for this woman who lived in the building behind him. but never met him. >> shocked, scared, just like in awe because of the fact we didn't think we had somebody in our own backyard. >> reporter: shahzad was granted a student visa in december of 1998. he graduated from the university of bridgeport with a computer science degree in 2000. he got his mba in 2005 and went to work as a junior financial analyst for a marketing firm in norwalk, connecticut, until 2009. before this apartment in bridgeport, shahzad lived in this home he owned in shelton, connecticut. he defaulted on the $218,000 mortgage last year. audrey sokol was a neighbor in shelton. >> he had talked to me previously about going back there. he had parents there. >> reporter: married with two children, shahzad's wife posted several pictures of him online. one with the caption, "what ca

david axelrod was on my show.ld him he was going to be on with "kick ass" he said, rahm's here? he claimed that rahm confronted him in the shower. congress has a gym? anybody in congress look like they work out? it took barney frank 30 years to get that body? what is harry reid bench pressing now? five found? [laughter] >> the president has the most diverse staff in history. they represent every ward in chicago. and i think that is fantastic, mr. president. [laughter] >> michael douglas is here. where's michael? he won an oscar for high portrayal as a greedy wall street broker. where does hollywood come up with those crazy ideas? bill mar? he is the reason we had no opening prayer tonight. and speaking of that, you know, everybody complains about the lack of civility on both sides. you see it in sports, you see it in politics. i think we have the answer. take a look. >> the reforms i'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally. >> you lie! >> are you tired of hearing what people say what is on thei

david axelrod was on my show. i told him he was going to be on with "kick ass" he said, rahm's here? he claimed that rahm confronted him in the shower. congress has a gym? anybody in congress look like they work out? it took barney frank 30 years to get that body? what is harry reid bench pressing now? five found? [laughter] >> the president has the most diverse staff in history. they represent every ward in chicago. and i think that is fantastic, mr. president. [laughter] >> michael douglas is here. where's michael? he won an oscar for high portrayal as a greedy wall street broker. where does hollywood come up with those crazy ideas? bill mar? he is the reason we had no opening prayer tonight. and speaking of that, you know, everybody complains about the lack of civility on both sides. you see it in sports, you see it in politics. i think we have the answer. take a look. >> the reforms i'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally. >> you lie! >> are you tired of hearing what people say what is on

but national correspondent jim axelrod tells us there were some tense moments when he almost got 53-- away, but officials insist he would not have gotten far. >> reporter: on monday afternoon faisel shahzad, wanted and under surveillance gave law enforcement the slip. >> i can't give you the specifics. i don't know why they lost surveillance on him, but it happens-- we prefer that it doesn't happen. >> reporter: for at least 90 minutes, surveillance teams lost contact with the man accused of trying to set off a car bomb in times square. >> my understanding was that he was lost for several hours, and, obviously, he came very close to getting out of the country. >> reporter: cbs news has learned by sunday night, the f.b.i. had not only identified shahzad as a likely suspect but knew of his whereabouts. by 12:30 monday afternoon, he was placed on a no-fly list. also on monday, a surveillance team was watching his apartment and monitoring his e-mails and phone calls. they could have arrested him, but sources tell cbs news they held back, hoping to uncover leads to other possible associate

the president's senior adviser david axelrod also said the same thing. and bp is said to not have handled the cleanup. >> the last mile of retail, the sighting of the oil the boom that is where the formation has to be tightened up. >> reporter: the president tried to send words of comfort to those on the coast. >> we are going to be tireless to support the community and everybody whose livelihood is in peril down in the region. >> reporter: the white house responded to the "new york times" article that oil permits have been issued despite a moratorium. the white house said there were two permits issued since the explosion and have since been yanked. this is an issue that will continue to pop up in political circles. >> thanks, chuck. >>> we have more on this topic. the cost of extracting our energy from the ground. the explosion on that oil platform, let's not forget, took 11 lives. now we return to the story of the disaster that took the lives of 29 men at that coal mine in west virginia just seven weeks ago. it was the worst mining disaster in 40 years

david axelrod was offered a centerfold opportunity of his own. now, i did not know that very much east cream had a catalogue. -- that krispy kreme had a catalogue, but it's true. i saw michael steele backstage when we were taking pictures, a.k.a., notorious g.o.p. michael, who knows what truly plagues america today, tax's without representing. my brother. i did a semiroutine last year, but it worked. odds are they're still here. there haven't been people that are moren welcome at a party than charlie crist. unfortunately, john mccain couldn't make it. recently he claimed that he has never identified himself as a maverick. and we all know what happens in arizona when you don't have i.d. adios amigos! look, i feel for john. you know, we were on the road together and obviously had a hard fought battle, and you learn, politics is neither. this year i've experienced my share of disappointments. for example, i had my heart set on the nobel prize for physics. but you can't been them all. speaking of this, a few weeks ago, i was able to throw out the fir

>> jim axelrod, thank you, jim.o how did faisal shahzad manage to get on that plane, even though he'd been placed on that no fly list. joining us from washington is harry "skip" brandon. he is former deputy assistant director of the fbi. mr. brandon, good morning. >> good morning. >> it is the question of the morning. what good is it to put a suspect on a no-fly list monday morning when later that same day, he's going to successfully buy a one-way ticket, clear security, and get on a plane bound for dubai? >> well, this is the question of the day. how could this happen? this is not necessarily rocket science, and we've had a long time to work out all the glitches. it shouldn't have happened. but, in the end, we also have to remember, that, in fact, it did work. very close call on it, but it did work. >> it did work, but he still managed to get on the plane. what if, for example, he'd had explosives with him then? >> sure. >> on the plane. >> sure. no, it was -- it's not what should happen. there's no question about

david axelrod is here. one of the people most responsible helping to get president obama elected.hout him it would have been john mccain and early bird dinner and be home watching "wheel of fortune." david was on my show and he was on with kick ass and he said, rahm's here? [laughter] >> eric massa claimed that he confronted him in the congressional shower. he was shorked. anyone look like they work. barney frank, it took him 30 years to get that body? harry reid bench pressing five pounds now? the president has the most diverse staff in history. they represent every ward in chicago. and i think that's fantastic. [laughter] >> we have a lot of move -- movie stars out here. michael? michael douglas. he portrayed an evil greedy wall street broke are willing to manipulate the market. where does hollywood come up with these crazy ideas? bill mar? you here? one of my favorite comedians. he is the reason we had no opening prayer tonight. they were afraid they would boo. everyone complains about the lack of civility on both sides. you see it in sports and politics. i think we have the an

two days ago, very early i think on "good morning america," david axelrod with the white house suggested shutting down new activity. i think that was the wrong approach. to his credit, president obama later in that day stepped back from that and said we would continue moving forward, but clearly there are going to be procedures and equipment changes made because of the incident. >> brian: all right, senator vitter, from his perch in louisiana. all the best to the people doing their hardest, working their hardest to solve the problem. for all of the latest news and information on the oil spill, you can log on to foxnews.com. where you will find links to local news coverage from the gulf coast and the latest update from our reporters and the producers on the scene be. sure to weigh in on the admittedly unscientific poll. should the u.s. scale back on the offshore drilling? so far, 82% of you say offshore drilling efforts should proceed. 11% say they should stop. 6% say they're unsure. five deaths and more rain on the way spurring evacuations throughout tennessee. memphis alone is expecting

i think david axelrod and rahm emanuel are very smart man.here is a reason they're paying attention to the governor's race in ohio and colorado and other swing states. they want democratic governors there. i do not blame them. if we had a republican president, i would what republican governors there. guest: we are blessed right now with having the problem of the really large map. there are places like the northeast and midwest and the great lakes that we have a great opportunity to go on offense in those areas where we have not been on offense in a long time. you can immediately look to places like ohio, wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania, illinois, those are an area -- host: is ted strickland leading in the polls? guest: absolutely. it is already a horse race. host: nathan daschle, what is your one biggest goal that you want to have? guest: probably california, texas or florida. i know you asked for one, but it is difficult when you have 37 states. but those three are the three that we're looking at because they all have republican governors

only ones that i named it that i talked to are the big four -- rahm emanuel, valerie jarrett, david axelrod- but a number of others are quoted as well. and there are quite a number of others that spoke to me but were a little gun shy and not want their names attached. i did it try to be careful that when i quoted as somebody directly on the record, i did go back to them because these conversations were all on background, and check to them that it was accurate. host: use through out a name that people might not be familiar with, pete rauss. guest: he is a 30-year veteran of capitol hill, he is often called the 101st senator, he was tom daschle's chief of staff and when the barack obama arrived in 2005 in the senate, he became obama's chief of staff. in the senate. pete is kind of shy. on the inauguration, for instance, instead of sitting in the front row, he watched it on television. the president, who likes to wander around the west wing and walk into other people's offices, he jokes that pete does not like to travel, does not like to take foreign trips much, would not even traveled down to

then david axelrod friday came out and said, maybe we'll hold off the drilling, then the white house,now. then you have a series of senators and congress people, mostly representing the east coast saying, before we go any further with any sort of climate bill or climate change bill, we're going to really want to see what happened here and see if we can institute higher levels of safety. the problem is gasoline is now 2.89 a gallon. 40% higher than a year ago, on its way up and has nowhere to go but up 'cause if you stop drilling, then what? >> gretchen: it was a perfect scenario for people on the left who do not want to have offshore drilling because they're going to say see, we told you so. look what kind of accidents happen and look at this huge environmental mess. >> the white house is absolutely correct in saying, hey, bp, this is your problem. you're going to pay. bp is $150 billion company. they'll be able to afford the cleanup. they said, we're going to do that. that's the good news. the bad news is that the white house flips flips flips and sayg to use this as a reason to stop

only ones that i named it that i talked to are the big four -- rahm emanuel, valerie jarrett,avid axelrod -- but a number of others are quoted as well. and there are quite a number of hers that spoke to me but were a little gun shy and not want their names attached. i did it try to be careful that when i quoted as somebody directly on the record, i did go back to them because these conversations were all on background, and check to them that it was accurate. host: use through out a name that people might not be familiar with, pete rauss. guest: he is a 30-year veteran of capitol hill, he is often called the 101st senator, he was tom daschle's chief of staff and when the barack obama arrived in 2005 in the senate, he became oba's chief of staff. in the senate. pete is kind of shy. on the inauguration, for instance, instead of sitting in the front row, he watched it on television. the president, who likes to wander around the west wing and walk into other people's offices, he jokes that pete does not like to travel, does not like to take foreign trips much, would not even traveled down to t

only ones that i named it that i talked to are the big four -- rahm emanuel, valerie jarrett, david axelrod -- but a number of others are quoted as well. and there are quite a number of others that spoke to me but were a little gun shy and not want their names attached. i did it try to be careful that when i quoted as somebody directly on the record, i did go back to them because these conversations were all on background, and check to them that it was accurate. host: use through out a name that people might not be familiar with, pete rauss. guest: he is a 30-year veteran of capitol hill, he is often called the 101st senator, he was tom daschle's chief of staff and when the barack obama arrived in 2005 in the senate, he became obama's chief of staff. in the senate. pete is kind of shy. on the inauguration, for instance, instead of sitting in the front row, he watched it on television. the president, who likes to wander around the west wing and walk into other people's offices, he jokes that pete does not like to travel, does not like to take foreign trips much, would not even traveled down

i think david axelrod and rahm emanuel are very smart man. there is a reason they're paying attention to the governor's race in ohio and colorado and other swing states. they want democratic governors there. i do not blame them. if we had a republican president, i would what republican governors there. guest: we are blessed right now with having the problem of the really large map. there are places like the northeast and midwest and the great lakes that we have a great opportunity to go on offense in those areas where we have not been on offense in a long time. you can immediately look to places like ohio, wisconsin, michigan, pennsylnia, illinois, those are an area -- host: is ted strickland leading in the polls? guest: absolutely. it is already a horse race. host: nathan daschle, what is your one biggest goal that you want to have? guest: probably california, texas or florida. i know you asked for one, but it is difficult when you have 37 states. but those three are the three that we're looking at because they all have republican governors

only ones that i named it that i talked to are the big four -- rahm emanuel, valerie jarrett, david axelrod -- but a number of others are quoted as well. and there are quite a number of others that spoke to me but were a little gun shy and not want their names attached. i did it try to be careful that when i quoted as somebody directly on the record, i did go back to them bause these conversations were all on background, and check to them that it was accurate. host: use through out a name that people might not be familiar with,ete rauss. guest: he is a 30-year veteran of capitol hill, he is often called the 101st senator, he was tom daschle's chief of staff and when the barack obama arrived in 2005 in the senate, he became obama's chief of staff. in the senate. pete is kind of shy. on the inauguration, for instance, instead of sitting in the front row, he watchedt on television. the president, who likes to wander around the west wing and walk into other people's offices, he jokes that pete does not like to travel, does not like to take foreign trips much, would not even traveled down to the