>> barack obama. >> that is more like it. >who is barack obama? >> he is the president of the united states. >> are you excited about his visit? >> yes. >> why are you excited? >> he is the first african american president of the united states. i am privileged is coming to my homeland. >> why do you like barack obama? >> he believes in himself. >> are you excited about barack obama's visit? >> yes. >> why? >> he is the first african- american president and he is coming here. who would've ever thought that he would come to visit here? >> 2 has a message for the president? -- who has a message for the president? what would you say to president obama if you met him down the road blind some rice -- buying some rice? >> i would say that he is my hero because he is very courageous. he can do things without getting scared. >> he is the biggest president in the world. black people can do exactly what white people can. >> that is what the kids are feeling right now and it is a lot more than that. for these young folks, having barack obama here is a gift en

they like barack as a person, says an nbc poll.ut on his policies, the president scores far differently. the economic stimulous, the bailout for auto companies, the healthcare plan, polls show public discontent with all of these obama offerings. so, many republicans insist that not only will they recover, but that they will cream the democrats in next year's midterm election. >> we are in a regrouping period and time and i think we'll be back. there's always swings in politics. you'll be surprised in 2010 with the comeback we are going to make here in the united states senate. >>> are the obituaries for the republican party premature? yes or no? >> yes, they are, john. if we are seeing a seat change in america's relationship to the government, you wouldn't see the kind of numbers about the concerns about the deficit. this thing is very much in play. >> james is sending out fund raising appeal. saying it could happen again. we had a young president, we have big democratic majorities and look what happened in '04. >> a majority of in

barack obama -- the difference between governor palin and barack obama, barack obama was paid for 18 months for doing nothing. for 18 months traveling the country so he could be a president because he had the selfish ambition you're so critical of. and similarly rambo emanuel. >> she didn't say she's going to run for office. she is quitting her job because she couldn't take the pressure. sean: she has a higher calling. >> people who think sarah palin seems dumb or insane are mad she's not governing the state of alaska. it doesn't make sense to me, the argument. if you think she's a bad governor, shouldn't she quit? >> i didn't think she was a bad governor. sean: if you're going to call her a quitter, by your definition sebelius is a quitter. >> no, that's wrong. sean: let her answer the >> these are other people that put it on the line, sean, and basically said i'm going to do something else and this is what i'm going to do. she hasn't done that. she quit her job. we don't know what she's going to do and the most inartful statement i've ever seen in politics. so -- to say that americ

>> barack obama. >> who? >> barack obama! >> that is more like it. you very excited about president obama's visit? >> yes. >> why are you excited? >> this is an historic event. he is the first african- american president of the united states and i feel privileged that he is visiting my homeland. >> ward you like barack obama? >> the what -- why do you like barack obama? >> the way he does things, he does what he wants to do. >> why are you excited about his visit? >> because he is the first african-american president. >> that is right. >> and he is coming to ghana. and who comes to visit donna? >> -- and who comes to visit, donnghana? >> what would you say to president obama if you met him down the road by in some rice? >> [laughter] i would say that he is my role model because he is very courageous. he can do things without being scared, even though the consequences might be bad. >> obama is the biggest president in the world. he can -- he has proven the black people can do exactly what white people can. >> that is what the kids are feeling right no

barack obama is tried to scare the living daylights out of the american people, which barack obama is tried to scare them. he said if we -- barack obama and tried to scare the living daylights out of the american people -- barack obama tried. what we believe him when he is now hiding the numbers and he has been wrong about the american economy estimates? >> i heard you and michael steele say we have not saved jobs. look, pa. has received in the last fiscal year that has just ended, we received over $1 billion in federal aid, and this year, we will receive over $2 billion, and that has allowed us to not lay off at least 5000 to 10,000 teachers, scfiremen, policemen. sean: i appreciate that, but you and i both know that the historic measure, ronald reagan, he created over 20 million new jobs, and since january, we have lost over 3.5 million jobs. this is some sort of mathematics doublespeak. >> but the question is, sean, what we have lost more without the stimulus? i know you are coming into pennsylvania -- would we have lost more about the stimulus? we can interview the workers. they h

this won't prove or disprove whether barack obama is a citizen. let me show you his birth certificate. that's the way to deal with it. mail this birth certificate to the wacko wing of your party to see this it and say i agree with this, it's over. what you're doing here is doing what the republicans did after roosevelt got elected to a third and fourth term. you say you can't do it again. you're verifying the paranoia out there. you're saying to the people, you're right, that's a reasonable question. whether he's a citizen or not. is it a reasonable question, congressman? do you believe it's a reasonable question whether barack obama is a legitimate native-born american? is that a legitimate question? >> chris, isn't it a legitimate question, and let me ask you, isn't it -- >> here is his birth certificate. >> chris, chris, anybody who runs for president, you, me, whoever, that we meet the constitutional requirements, 35 years of age, been a resident of country for 15 years, and the natural-born citizen. don't you think anybody who runs for presid

do you believe that barack obama is a legitimate native-born american or not? >> that is not what this bill is about, chris. >> no, what do you believe? >> as far as i know, yes, okay? >> as far as you know? i'm showing you his birth certificate. >> i'm looking at a camera right now. >> you want me to mail it to you? >> no. chris -- >> it's on the screen now. take a close look. it says barack hussein obama. he was born in honolulu. ask that a state? yes, it is. his mother is caucasian. he was born at 7:24 p.m. on the island of oahu. what more do you want? you say as far as you know. you are playing to the crazies. >> chris, what is wrong -- >> just tell me -- >> no, you tell me, because that bill is not about barack obama. >> well, then what about you? what are you about? i'm asking you congressman -- you know what, you have a lot of authenticity. you're a u.s. congressman. say it now. he's a legitimate president of the united states. he was born in this country. >> he is president of the united states, and -- >> no, was he born in this country? >> yes, i belie

barack obama stimulus bill spend 5% of america gdp. 5%. this spending i wish i could come up with a word other than radical to talk about what president obama and has done domestically there is no other word. it is radical. >> host: are you more inclined to be supportive and approving of the new president's foreign policy agenda? i know a lot of conservatives criticize going on the apology tour or holding back toward the world. in terms of foreign policy i think so far so good. i think it is a difficult world. the challenges are most extraordinary. i like him trying to put a new face on american foreign policy just by showing up he does. he does not have to try. but things get dark and somebody shows up and messes up. i am not against that he is a realist so far. look at the first five months. he is the opposite. talk about radical foreign policy george w. bush promising to end tyranny across the globe using the united states army and marine corps namely to do that. that is radical. i am not talking about afghanistan are even going into

el presidente barack obama intentÓ superaron a controles raciales.as que hoy lamentÓ, coco va contarlos de inmediato cristina desde nuestro centro de satÉlites. >> unas ocho se enriquece. para prevenir mÁs crÍticas el presidente barack obama reconociÓ hoy que habÍa elegido mÁs manera de expresarse sobre el arresto del profesor negro, en un incidente ocurrido recientemente. >> el presidente barack obama no pidiÓ disculpas pero sÍ intentÓ calmar una controversia racial. >> esto ha estado escalando y yo obviamente ayude a que escalarÁ dijo. quiero aclarar que con mi elecciÓn de palabras creo que lamentablemente la impresiÓn de estar injuriando al departamento de policÍa de cambridge y podrÍa haber calibre de los polar 60 manera. se referÍa al comentario que hizo en una rueda de prensa sobre el incidente de un profesor afroamericano de harvad que fue arrestado cuando entraba egresados vivienda. la policÍa actuÓ de manera estÚpida al arrestar a alguien ella habÍa comprobado que era dueÑo de su hogar. el arrestado era henry gates, acadÉmico de harvrvd y am

more americans blame barack obama for the bad economy.e say that we are going in the wrong direction as a country. they are losing in key states. they think he is spending too much money. more people call themselves conservatives. more people view of the democratic party as liberals like you. >> most of that changes among conservatives. independents, gallup put up something to the. since january, he lost 3 points among independents. i think it is overblown. i will not say he does not have a problem. i will not say there should not be concerned. people are concerned about the spending. they are concerned about the deficit and the economy. these are normal concerns. i think people are overstating what is going on. sean: i think you are probably one of the people that was willing to give obama that chance. you were more open-minded than i was. i thought this was destined for failure. i want to say for the record that i was right and i am right. >> there are a lot of independent voters who are disappointed. that is reflected in the polling th

barack obama la the picture of an activist president. the honeymoon has run its course and now he faces strong head winds with his inaugural goal. and health reform, will the sticker price and the debt keep him from victory. harassment, they don't have the numbers, but even in the minority, do they have figures on their side. and the republicans dukes are up. hillary is under the radar . is that because the president wants it that way? is she yielding the stage to the president? >> and kelly o'donnell covers congress and the battle for health care for "nbc news." and clarence page works for the "chicago tribune" and cath leek parker works for the "washington post." and david brooks works for the norgets. you know how sometimes you can see a turning point in front of you. this is what happens now. barack obama confronts resistance as congress gets down to the birth pain of his biggest prize, health care. the daunting project that is worrying people. the auto industry and the national debt, by some estimates has reached 30% the size of our

barack obama is tried to scare the living daylights out of the american people, which barack obama is tried to scare them. he said if we -- barack obama and tried to scare the living daylights out of the american people -- barack obama tried. what we believe him when he is now hiding the numbers and he has been wrong about the american economy estimates? >> i heard you and michael steele say we have not saved jobs. look, pa. has received in the last fiscal year that has just ended, we received over $1 billion in federal aid, and this year, we will receive over $2 billion, and that has allowed us to not lay off at least 5000 to 10,000 teachers, scfiremen, policemen. sean: i appreciate that, but you and i both know that the historic measure, ronald reagan, he created over 20 million new jobs, and since january, we have lost over 3.5 million jobs. this is some sort of mathematics doublespeak. >> but the question is, sean, what we have lost more without the stimulus? i know you are coming into pennsylvania -- would we have lost more about the stimulus? we can interview the workers. they h

he's not barack obama state senator. he's not even barack obama united states senator. he's not even barack obama democratic nominee. this is the president of the united states whose every word is watched worldwide, and i think that requires a frightening level of that he's spending too much money, most people think that obama care is a bad idea, so he's losing support. why do you think he's losing it, and what would he need to maybe gain some of that back? >> i think they have two very big problems. both of them very hard to solve. the first is the economy's really bad. as i said a while ago, the federal reserve now projects higher unemployment than they thought, and they project that we may not create any net new jobs for the next five years. people are not going to tolerate that. this is jimmy carter time. people are going to be very, very upset if this administration doesn't get an effective jobs program, and that means the opposite direction from the energy tax, health tax, big government model that trapped him. the second challenge they have is the one that you ke

barack obama is a millionaire. why can't barack obama donate money to his own family? if they give me the address of his brother i offered before he got his book deal to give him money. why are liberals only generous with other people's money? >> that remains to be seen, and basically obama wears the suit of the riddler. he could have thrown his family a bone. he could have actually made something happen, gosh knows that he has created so many other positions for other people. i mean he could have made him a czar. >> from a communications standpoint, making it personal was a smart thing for him to do, but in holding these nations accountable for the funds is a great idea, in fact it was a great idea when george w. bush announced it in 2002 holding these countries accountable making sure they're accountable for human rights and good government and no corruption, so what he was trying to do was holding them responsible for making sure the money gets to the right people. that's not a new idea, and acted like it was. >> he needed to have talked about structural adjustment

look up the money barack obama raised. here you had ron paul a libertarian conservative who raised more money on these mainstream candidates throughout the final quarter of 2007. a conservative leader can rise. a real conservative, not a conservative over the past quarter century that can raise millions and millions of dollars and make the republican party irrelevant so the republican party needs to reform itself or die and i am not sure what is going to do. >> host: you talk in the book you had certain striking pieces of advice with the party ought to do, what the republicans should do over the next few years. quickly, you want to tell us domestically and in foreign affairs? >> guest: domestically it's got to show the strain on spending first ball. that is how we got where we are right now. yes, we have to spend some money at this stage we are economically. but we have to understand again the single issue that unified through the years moderates, moderate republicans, conservative republicans, even liberal republicans mos

do you think barack obama, and up to this point up said you don't think he has the it, do you think he will have the capacity to move to the right for political expediency or will he adhere to his more radical views? >> i don't know. my guess is he's radical. my guess is he won't move but you don't know. that is the question. sean: if he moves does it help him? >> well, yeah, it helps him but his programs don't pass. there are seven people worthy of note. they are the seven blue dog democrats who are holding up health care. if you are in their districts write and tem them up love them. john barrow of georgia, bart gordon of tennessee, baron hill of indiana, jim mathison of utah, charlie medical an conof louisiana, mike ross of arkansas and jack space of ohio. these are the true patriots who are saving america's health care system. and they deserve your support. sean: if they feel strong. >> when they feel the heat they see the light. sean: coming up, a waste 101 update that will have you up in arms. and a closer look at former alaska governor sarah palin's speech yesterday. how did her

barack obama could have an impact on this. so far, we've looked at stylistic things, his family and the way in which he dealt with race. the speech he made during the campaign off the shelf and talk about it. >> wait a second. i remember a friend of mine after the election, and a black woman told me and said my son came out of his room and was inspired and wants to do better in school. could there be others inpyred in a different way? >> i think that's one of the reasons the people are looking at the hate groups and some of the incidents we have had where people are threatening barack obama and looking at some of the people who are acting out so that i think,yes, it could have an adverse consequence, but i think that as president, he has i think a responsibility, and because he is who he is, i think a responsibility to speak to it. >> i have to get to the idea i brought up earlier, white pushback, is there a sentiment that says you got your black president now, can you move back to your neighborhood? >> i think there's a lot o

barack obama is a millionaire. why can't barack obama donate money to his own family? if they give me the address of his brother i offered before he got his book deal to give him money. why are liberals only generous with other people's money? >> that remains to be seen, and basically obama wears the suit of the riddler. he could have thrown his family a bone. he could have actually made something happen, gosh knows that he has created so many other positions for other people. i mean he could have made him a czar. >> from a communications standpoint, making it personal was a smart thing for him to do, but in holding these nations accountable for the funds is a great idea, in fact it was a great idea when george w. bush announced it in 2002 holding these countries accountable making sure they're accountable for human rights and good government and no corruption, so what he was trying to do was holding them responsible for making sure the money gets to the right people. that's not a new idea, and acted like it was. >> he needed to have talked about structural adjustment

that gives you an idea of how difficult that is for barack obama. you get the sense that the timeline of promising to close down guantanamo by january will slip. it is a very difficult promise to make that happen within six months. >> from guantanamo bay. in the middle east, two weeks since the american forces pulled out of barack's -- the rocky's towns and cities. -- iraq's towns and cities. normal life is still something of a relative concept. >> american forces see their military what trot, and american culture appears to be taken -- from iraq, and american culture appears to be taking root. they host one of the first ever performances of homegrown rabb. -- rap. >> it is not so bad. and there are not so many in that crowd. >> things are a lot better than they used to be. >> there is all that stuff. it is cool. it is cold. >> so is life returning to normal? an ordinary man providing an everyday service for his community. but just the other day, as they are right to work, he discovered a bomb planted outside the bakery shop. >> the bag was only a f

president barack obama is wrapping up his summit in moscow, hoping to reset relations between russia and u.s. >> president barack obama and his russian counterpart toward the kremlin after two days of negotiations. the leaders have agreed to cut their nuclear arsenals by as much as 30%. that is a major breakthrough. the president told us that progress on the issues of north korea and i ran, will take more time. >> that is not something we will know the results of four several more months. as we continue to do the hard diplomatic work of putting this coalition together to tell iran to make a better choice. >> he had breakfast with vladimir putin, russia's powerful prime minister. >> we may not end up agreeing on everything but i think we can add a tone of mutual respect. >> while the dough into the plaza, the first lady spencer day highlighting community service. [sging] this trip as a family affair. his daughter dressed in a trenchcoat. >> we called her agent 99. she looked like she knew where she was gone. i thought she was going to pull out her shoe-phone. >> the president as a fal

there is bad news tonight out of ohio for barack obama.showing that his poll numbers are fading fast. one of the most -- it is one of the most critical swing state in the country. in two months, his approval rating has plunged eight points. his disapproval rating continues to rise and stands at 44%. if you keep wasting taxpayers' money, mr. president, this trend is likely to continue in 49 other states. just a prediction. that is the news tonight. coming up, a new film reveals the sheer brutality that iranian women must face on a daily basis, including being stoned to death. the man behind this movie ♪ look at this man ♪ so blessed with inspiration ♪ ♪ i don't know much ♪ but i know i love you ♪ and that may be ♪ all i need ♪ to know (announcer) customers love ge aircraft engines almost as much as we love making them. innovation today for america's tomorrow. having to go in the middle of traffic and just starting and stopping. having to go in the middle of a ballgame and then not being able to go once i got there. and going at night. i tho

but getting back to barack obama. i don't agree with everything he has done on foreign policy, but while his domestic agenda has been radical. his foreign poll has been measured. you look at the bush administration and the clinton administration, this commander-in-chief may end up being -- if he continues on this path -- the first realist we have had in the white house since george h.w. bush. and one more thing on obama foreign poll simple it's similar to reagan. you talk about mucking things up. neocons have tried to claim reagan as their own, despite the fact that neocons trashed reagan in his first days in 1981 until the time he left office in 1989. they said he loved trade more than he loved human rights, he death with the soviets too much. they were enraged that he was sitting down with gorbachev trying to strike arms control deals. but reagan's rhetoric was the opposite of obama's brought reagan knew what we needed after jimmy carter showed weakness across the globe. reagan knew we needed to talk tough but he wa

barack obama can't be blamed for this. he couldn't have been any clearer about who he was and what he planned to do. he even told us as he was speaking to a group of community organizers and acorn that those community organizations would help shape his agenda. >> before i even get inaugurated, during the transition, we're going to be calling all of you in to help us shape the agenda. we're going to be having meetings all across the country with community organizations so that you have input into the agenda for the next presidency of the united states of america! glenn: oh, he's just saying that. he's a politician, we all thought, i guess. he also mentioned on the campaign trail that he wanted to build an americorps-type volunteer organization that would be just as strong and well funded as the u.s. military. >> we cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve national security objectives that we set. we have got to have a civilian national security force that is just as powerful, just as strong, just as

barack obama. one conservative talk show host considers the citizenship issue frivolous. >> we are just right now getting real traction on some of the issues regarding president obama, his expansion of government, his spending, this, this is resonating with the american people. this is a terrible distraction. it makes us look crazy and angry and fringy and irresponsible. >> reporter: similar questions have dged other presidential candidates. john mccain, born in the panama canal zone. barry goldwater born in arizona whent was a territory. and mitt romney's father, george, born in mexico. and in 1881, when chester a. arthur became president, his political opponents questioned whether he was actually born in vermont or somewhat further north in canada. brian. >> so many conspiracy theories, so little time. pete williams in our washington bureau tonight. thank you for that. when our broadcast continues along the way this wednesday night, they're supposed to help smokers quit. but now there is the ques

republican, would you vote for her if she ran against barack obama. >> if she ran against barack obama. >> you're darned right i would. >> would you support her if sa she were the nominee of the republican party generally. >> if she was the nominee able to win the nomination of the party. >> if she called you up. >> i don't know that i'd support her right now with all the group of candidates. >> suppose she asked you to run with her. >> i'm not going to answer that question. >> why not? it's a fun question. >> you still have political hopes then. otherwise you would answer the question. that's a fascinating idea, attractive candidate like that, a dazzler from the right. i'm from the center of the republican party or even the moderate ring. i'd be a perfect running mate for her. >> i'm running to for vice president. i never had any desire to run for vice president. >> you're too proud. let me ask you about this native born thing. >> we should get off that. >> what do you make of people like shelby saying things like he's saying? these aren't mistakes. these are deliberate statements. i

sean: the cumulative total of barack obama's bailouts could top $23 trillion. don't have it? >> you borrow it, sean. and that's the problem. here's the problem. he was elected on a bipartisan platform. he was offering it. on cap and trade and on health care. we're getting pure, unadulterated democratic liberalism, and really what we who are moderate democrats want and hope for is that in the 11th hour on health care that a bipartisan bill will emerge, he'll endorse it, no single payer, no government intervention, no universal coverage immediately, incrementalism to get to something that really controls costs. if we get there -- sean: he is losing democratic governors are furious, their revenues are down, they feel the burden of health care is going to be put on them. >> it will be. sean: blue dog democrats are balking. >> with his approval rating falling close to 50 that the coalition that elected him is fraying, and he can't govern from just the left. i don't think he's going to get things through on this basis. he's got to change this way he approaches it. >>

this is about the federal government led by barack obama and the far left, which is why you've got a splintering off of moderate and conservative democrats who don't like this one bit because of the costs and because of the explosion of the government here, but the far left is driving this because it seeks to take over more and more of your freedom of choice. >> oh, please. >> please. now. come on. come on. >> go ahead. >> it is not the far left. it is the democratic party operating on the mandate that it got from the voters when they elected barack obama. >> how do you explain the poll numbers crashing? >> going to 59% popularity is not exactly crashing. and it going to -- let me finish. excuse me. my turn. getting to 50%, 49%, given all the bashing people like you have done he is now getting control back of the debate on this. >> bashing. the director of the cbo. >> this is a battle within the democratic party. >> exactly. >> legislative process is going on. >> that's what i said. >> we have not seen the finished product yet and the democrats have the numbers and they are going --

sean: barack obama did promise transparency.hy are they delaying the economic information that they currently have that would show that every projection they've made on the economy is wrong, the debt is higher, the deficits are higher, we have greater problems that have been caused by their spending. why hide that from the american people prior to the health care debate? >> i don't think they're trying to hide it. sean: why won't they release it. >> because it's complicated stuff. they have to make sure that they have their facts right. the last thing they should do is release information that's not accurate. they're doing that on gitmo where they didn't -- they missed a deadline, they're not putting the -- sean: isn't it more likely they don't want to release the information that his projections on the economy, breitbart -- you don't mind me using your last name -- was so wrong, how can you trust their numbers when they've said unemployment won't go above 8%, the deficit won't go above these numbers. now they're giving out new

como nos dice lourdes, aunque barack obama y los demócratasttp la jueza sotomayor. e intelecto. se ha reunido. Él dice que le respondió preguntas difíciles. fue completamente plácida, las respuestas fueron concretas. fueron bien pensadas. y sobre todo, fueron honestos. y eso todo severa el domingo. >>> para este republicano, miembro del comité, le preocupa algunos de sus comentarios y fall fallos, en especial en temas de igualdad de protección >>> yo sé que todos somos productos de nuestras experiencia. la pregunta es si aplicara la ley como está escrita o usara su posición en la corte suprema, para promover una anda personal o política. >>> le quitara el caso de discriminación, presentado por los bomberos. la corte suprema, desrtó la opinión de la jurista. ella tendrá un argumento. >>> donde la ley es lo primero, que ella usa. para informar sus decisiones. pero luego, de eso, las experiencias que ella ha tenido, que quizás son únicas. >>> el senador la interrogara sobre su defensa al derecho aportar armas y otros sobre su posición al derecho al aborto. >>> lo princ

they like barack obama. they have a lot invested in barack obama, and they are going to protect their investment. in my book that you just mentioned, "a slobbering love affair," i explained how the media moved from the old-fashioned media bias into something new, media activism. so now you have a lot of reporters, not all of them, but a lot of reporters who aren't just covering health care and barack obama. they are -- they are championing it, they are supporting it. bill: but why isn't it working? you would think that, look -- >> because the people at home -- bill: you have all of this monolith going that obama's health care vision is good for you, which essentially it is. you have some people on the fox news channel but we have many people here who like the president's plan, and you have conservative talk radio obviously lined up against it. so it's those vehicles against -- we didn't even mention cnn and msnbc which, of course, are for the obama health plan. so it's maybe 5-1. but the folks are saying no,

sean: barack obama takes a page from john mccain's playbook. major news on the soldier who questioned the president's citizenship. hanoi jane is back to her old ways. details on the white house czar with a communist past. a lawsuit to ban the pledge of allegiance from the grounds of the u.s. capitol. all of that plus congressman j.c. watts, pollster frank luntz and supermodel kim alexis. "hannity" starts right now. the universal health care nightmare is knocking at your door. yesterday, house democrats unveiled sweeping legislation that would slam almost every business with a penalty equal to 8% of their payroll if they fail to provide health insurance for their employees. now, it also slaps additional taxes on the country's highest earners. it looks like the democrats are using every political issue in this country as an excuse to hike your taxes. and that is our headline this wednesday night. playing politics with your health. now, today, the senate health committee passed a $1 trillion health care overhaul. and get this, it's called the "aff

six months of barack obama. your assessment. "catastrophe." >> i wonder where that guy was, the one we heard in the video of hope and change and all of that stuff. never a word about idealogy and radicalism and government takeover and socialism. obama's administration was doomed to fail the first week when he gave away the money in that stimulus package. as we point out in catastrophe, this was not a means to end the recession. the recession was an excuse to get the spending. and socialism is not an epithet, it's a statistic. the percentage of the economy controlled by the government. when obama took office it was 33. when he passed his stimulus package it got to be 40. and if he gets health care 45. germany is 47. france is 49. and he really has laid out this program to make america socialist. and the problem is that he's borrowing the money which means he's elbowing out everybody else who wants to create jobs with the money because the federal government has to get there first. sean: the treasury department's watchdog group li

el presidente barack obama reconocio que existe un problema entre la policia y xxx? x@p@x@cc>"la policia de cambride actuo estupidamente al arrestar a alguien cuando ya /÷/÷xb/÷xba liberado y ahora acusa a la policia de cambridge de racismo... el consejo nacional de la raza dice que casos similares son comunes entre la comunidad hispana... "sabemos que este problema existe en nuestras comunidades, nosotros tenemos informes y estudios que han demostrado que el perfil racial existe a nivel de la juventud latina y de la justicia juvenil" esperan que la reaccion del presidente sea el primer paso para hacer cambios en el tratamiento y regulaciones de departamentos de policias... especialmente en juridicciones donde los oficiales colaboran con el arresto de indocumentados... "queremos ver a esto como una oportunidad porque el presidente ha hablado de esto de una manera franca" "el consejo nacional de la raza teme que el ambiente antiinmigra

because of the cure for the recession adopted by barack obama. [applause] because, the recession itself began as a normal flow of the capitalist system and is probably ending by about now. it is in china, it is in other countries throughout the world but it is not here. the reason it is not here is not the disease, it is the consequences of the cure. [applause] what obama did when he took office was to pass this massive stimulus spending program, and the stimulus program was never a means to end the recession because of the recession was a means to get the stimulus program passed. [applause] because, the stimulus program included eight years of democratic spending dreams, some of which are quite good. broadband computer access, renovating schools, expanding early childhood education, good stuff, but over eight years, when the money is coming in, when you don't have to borrow it, to do it in one week and along with a lot of other garbage in that package that i'm sure you know all about like 200 and 50,000 bucks for a tattoo removal parlor in los a

barack obama as president has to be about national unity. chris: these people in the far far left are talking about whether he's a citizen this comes up. >> the press secretary calls it a distraction. he didn't have all the facts and he was not in a position to talk about i he was right to take it up because it's an issue that's important. and he's completely conversant. he knows exactly what to say. but i also think it came at the owned the press conference. he's a little punchy by the end. he was talking about if it happened t him. he got off track. chris: i think he's a little fatigue. these guys get up at 5:00 in the morning and it was c58. >> if you look at what governor due -- duval patrick said, he saidhis is every black man's nightmare. this needs more exploring in a calm, rationnd. >> it's just a single to police thate's not completely clueless. >> he went through great lengths as a candidate to say that he could be president of all americans, he understood all the different cultures and wanted to learn about all the different cultu

but these problems that we elected barack obama to deal with still exist.the problem of health care access in america, the problem of health care affordability. >> rose: so what happens if barack obama passes health care reform? what happens if the economy turns around? what happens if, in fact, the spending of the money slows down because the stimulus gets the economic growth rate up? >> well, then republicans will lose. >> rose: (laughs) >> and they'll lose for a long time. >> rose: i want to double back through your biography to a question about the president, some of the things that you speak about in terms of america. where are you born? >> san francisco, actually. >> rose: and made your way... your parents were... >> my mother was from maine, my father was from southern california and i grew up in connecticut. >> rose: and then went to harvard? >> then went to harvard. >> rose: and while there wrote a book near the end of your... >> i wrote it after i graduated. so i graduated in 2002 and the book came out in 2005. and it was a book about... it was ab

mothers are saying some day you can grow up and be like barack obama.some people call that a global president or a celebrity president, doesn't affect his poll ratings at home, but this is somebody who will not be forgotten, being elected with his name and biography and his -- the kind of principles, you know, i think what we've not talked about in the news media about barack obama is his family values. that's where it's been bandied about since i was a child. who has family values? the values of barack and michelle for all of us in the way they're raising their children, the way their mother-in-law's brought into the white house. it's -- it's his strength, his personal biography is going to be strange. however, he's one of those -- a president of personality in a lot of ways. and it's yet to be seen how we feel about the policies. >> let's talk about roosevelt and specifically the book. and you focus on one sort of narrow part of his life. but a very important incredibly important part of his life and his legacy. the book is called "the wilderness warr