is joe biden on point with that? >> when richard reid was capturedby did not have the military commissions up and running, there wasn't the option at that point to put him into a military commission and i think what the administration is trying to do here is divert peoples' attention from what happened on christmas day, which is that we took the terrorist off the plane, he was questioned by local fbi officials with no information about al-qaeda in yemen, about what the national security agency knew, for 50 minutes, less than an hour, at which point he was mirandised and stopped talking for five weeks. i think you would be hard pressed to find any american, democratic or republican, except for joe biden, who thinks that was an appropriate way to handle a terrorist. it's not surprising they're trying to divert attention there. bill: when i was watching and listening to this debate at home sunday morning, i was thinking why is dick cheney taken back to this forum, why is your father doing this, and it's clear to me he's

woodruff: then, the debate over the obama administration's anti-terrorism policy, as vice president biden and former vice president cheney take their differences to the airwaves. >> ifill: health correspondent betty ann bowser reports on increasing premiums and profits in the insurance industry. >> woodruff: after an athlete's death, a look at the dangers of winter sports, as the vancouver olympics continue. >> ifill: and controversy in california, where undocumented aliens claim they're the real targets of d.u.i. checkpoints. >> woodruff: . >> cities are exploiting a broken immigration system, exploiting broken state law, taking advantage and exploiting vulnerable members of our society. >> woodruff: and we remember the award-winning poet lucille clifton, who died this past weekend. >> all all light, all death, all one. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> what the world needs now is energy. the energy to get the economy humming again. the energy to tackle challenges like climate change. what if that energy came from

for president -- he would be biden. host: thanks for your call. vice-president cheney and biden on the sunday shows. they both spoke about the christmas bombing attempt. here is what former vice president cheney had to say. >> the treatment of the christmas day underwear bomber. how do you think that should have been dealt with? >> i think the proper way to deal with it would have been to treat him as an enemy combatants. i think that was the right way to go. the thing i learned watching that process unfold, though, was the administration was not equipped to deal with the aftermath of an attempted attack against the united states in a sense that they did not know what to do with the guy. there was talk earlier about -- after they dismantle the system we put in place for it prisoner interrogations, high value detainee's -- in reality, it was not up and running at christmastime when it should have been. they need a process, a set of institutions that they can fall back on. admittedly, this is hard. we had a hard time dealing with this. host: capitol

joe biden has urged chris coon ises to run against castle.oth candidates already talking about scott brown trying to paint themselves as washington outsiders against the republican opponents. both u.s. congressmen. [ female announcer ] when you're on a diet, hungry is there to sabotage you every step of the way. but if you join weight watchers for free right now you can follow the momentum program and conquer hungry and other things that stop you from losing weight. join for free today and you can learn strategies like choosing filling foods so you can resist temptation, lose weight and keep it off. show hungry who's boss. hurry, join for free today, the offer won't last forever. weight watchers. stop dieting. start living. >>> welcome back to "hardball." just a minute ago we saw the swearing in of scott brown up at the u.s. senate building. there it is right now. there's paul kirk, the appointed member behind him, leaving office at this moment. of course, john kery. john kerry just grabbed the senate desk of ted kennedy. and i believe before

pick up biden's seat there. pick up dorgen's seat in north dakota. and they beat the senator in colorado. and harry reid gets beaten. that is also, it seems to be a reasonable probability -- let's put it that way, that is fairly plausible they win those five, right? >> it is. i would, right now, feel the least comfortable about saying that about colorado in that full house. i think the republican field is not that strong. and the dynamics in colorado aren't as anti-democratic, for instance, as they are right now in arkansas. and then, of course, harry reid's got his own set of problems in nevada. colorado is the one that is a speed bump to that full house. >> but chris, don't forget also, the field in nevada is not that strongly against reid. >> but he's losing to all them. >> right. his numbers are terrible as we all know. he would lose right now to pretty much anybody out there, including liberace. but the problem is -- >> i think you're pushing it. nice try. i used to like liberace. >> good chris matthews reference though, right, chris? >> this wa

joe biden has never been the most ambitious politician.ot even i knew how much he loved being lazy. during a break in yesterday's health care summit, he shared his views on the vice presidency. what he didn't know was that his mic was still on broadcasting his every word. take a look. i hope the vice president enjoys the rest of his white house vacation. i think i would rather have him doing nothing than putting liberal ideals and ideas he has into practice. biden's hot mic wasn't the only problem the democrats ran into yesterday. facts also seemed to pose difficulty for them. particularly evident in the president's exchange with tennessee senator lamar alexander. >> the president: so, lamar when you mentioned earlier you said premiums go up that's not the case according to the congressional budget office. >> if you going to contradict me i ought to have a chance to -- the congressional budget office report says that premiums will rise in the individual market, as a result of the senate bill. >> the president: no, this is an example of whe

i think they are waiting for joe biden for a ceremonial swearing in. we will watch this and see what he does. we will see what he says. let's check back with lisa sylvester now. she's monitoring some of the other top stories in "the situation room." what else is going on? >> concerns about the u.s. jobs outlook took the wind out of wall street's sails. the dow jones industrials had lost 268 points. it closed at 10,002. briefly dipped below 10,000 for the first time in three months. on the upside, some surprising good news for retailers. the international council of shopping centers says sales were up 30% in january and following a 3.6% rise in december. bank of america says that the bank and former ceo ken lewis will vigorously fight fraud charges brought by the new york attorney general's office today. the lawsuit centers around the bank's purchase of merrill lynch at the height of the nation's financial meltdown. the suit says that bank of america's management team, including lewis, underreported merrill's losses, and billions in employees' bonuses t

biden is. he needs people out there shooting with him and working with him and i don't see it. >> i still think he needs a commander in chief on the economy. it can't be him. there has to be somebody like norman schwarzkopf every day on tv. >> a politician. >> a politician with some incentive about politics and credibility with wall street and main street. he needs that. howard's right, this is the way he would be acting if he were simply trying to win the midterms. i still don't understand how this helps his legislative agenda this year. he's right on the merits. the republicans outrageously walked away from something they sponsored. that's not going to make them come to the table. >> he needs a cabinet packed with guys like, let's go for the list here. eddie rendell of pennsylvania. schumer. guys who are verbal, aggressive, know how to talk, can talk to people who are middle of the road voters from the suburbs, say here's the problems we face. we inherited. here's what we're doing about it. i

i think it's really interesting that joe biden said recently that finally, now that obama and biden are foreign policy that the world can respect again. i feel like he's kind of like barnum and bailey. this is the greatest show on earth. if he says it and sells it with a smile, then we're going to believe it, but nothing ha changed. >> wait a minute, let's get serious. larry, as we sit here, $190,000 is spent every minute on our good forces in afghanistan. think of what we could do with that money to provide security for the men and women in afghanistan, not military, and what we could do to rebuild this country. and it is not -- >> we just sent more troops to afghanistan, so obama is doing nothing different than bush has done. what is the change? >> i am not a partisan, i am an analyst, and i am just saying you don't beat terrorism by military occupation. >> larry: when the vice president joined me wednesday, i asked him, what are the chances of another terrorist attack, and he said this. watch. >> the idea of there being a mass attack in the united states like 9/11 is unlikely, in my

how do we see joe biden in that position?e telling you about the soap opera that was going to be taking place at the health care summit, he got the role of the goofy uncle. >> according to the new york daily news, yes, we did not give him that title. we stole it. but anyway, yesterday, he himself called himself a different member of the family. >> he said that he was a grandfather where he basically just called the job easy. being the vice president was easy. i took this as a dig, guys, i took this as a frustrated joe biden saying that he really doesn't have much to do. and maybe that he's been quieted a little bit by the president who didn't like him going off the rails earlier in the administration. >> well, that's one point of view. i looked it as if this is joe biden saying what's on his mind and he's thinking, i don't have much to do here. and, you know, he's -- we should point out that this particular c-span microphone caught that exchange just before the health care summit started yesterday. and so when the guy said so

it is worth reviewing the history for vice president biden's benefit. transition, the bush counter- terrorism team reif to the obama team about the threat from yemen and what we were doing to address the threat. in june 2009, america was attacked by a terrorist who had just returned from yemen who was underÑi investigation by the fb, who walked into a recruiting station in barack and killed an american soldier. in september, john brennan traveled to saudi arabia where he was greeted by the head of saudi intelligence. he had just been the target of an assassination attempt were the bombers used precisely the same kind of bomb that the christmas day bomber use. there haveñr been reports that intelligence sources believe the bomb may have been made by the same maker in yemen. in 2009 in november we had the attack at fort hood river 13 americans were killed by a terrorist with ties to the same cleric in yemen who trained to the christmas day bomber. despite all that, on december 20, 2009, president obama released 6 human detainees from guantanamo back to ye

and i hear that another visit from mister biden to iraq.sh it will be very careful, especially mr. biden has project for iraq before he come to vice president to divide iraq two or three parts. and thank you. >> okay. well, first of all i can't share the premise of your question that somehow the visit of vice president biden was perceived negatively. it was actually perceive very positive. had an excellent meeting with prime minister, the president. excellent meeting with the speaker of the council of representatives. i thought it was very important visit, very useful disappear key did not go for the purpose of telling them what to do. he didn't go for the purpose of telling people in iraq what's going on in iraq. he did talk about how iraq is being perceived outside, which is really a fair thing to do to explain to iraqis that what you do is being looked at from outside. and here is the perspective from outside of what you are doing. so i think he really very much went as a very long-standing friend of iraq. i can assure you, as we look fo

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i think president biden -- vice- president biden said iraq was going to be one of the success stories cautiously optimistic. but whether or not the iraqi government is going to be able to provide the kind of stability and security for its people and have a stable government is, you know, is something we do not know the answer to yet. host: birmingham, alabama, gwenn on the democratic line, go ahead. caller: good morning, i always like your unbiased opinions, mr. isikoff. i think this is great impact, the capture of the second in command of the taliban. it gives me some hope. andÑi i agree with president obama, with them catching the second in command of the çótaliban, -- i'm sorry, i alwas go back to this -- we will be further ahead in the war with afghanistan than we are now. we took our eye off the ball and that is why we are struggling. host: any indication that pakistan will continue to work with the united states on this? guest: that is certainly the hope of the u.s. officials. the baradar capture seems to be a pretty good example of that. could there are some instances where you

vice president biden brought that message to msnbc. andrea mitchell, host of msnbc's "andrea mitchell reports," had the exclusive with vice president biden. she joins us now. andrea, i know one of the things you talked to him about, among others, was this threat from yemen. he was quite candid about it. >> he was very candid. we were asking about the whole question of giving the miranda rights to the christmas day attempted bomber. and he said, look, that was a mistake, but we have dealt with other threats. and i said, are there other threats out there now? and he said, yes, there are. there are other threats to the u.s., domestic threats, and here's what he had to say. >> we've isolated al qaeda out of afghanistan and pakistan. it is on the run. we've knocked off most of their -- >> but yemen -- >> yemen's a growing problem. and yemen and the whole african c continent, and east africa is a problem as well. this is something you've got to stay on top of, totally. this is something that's not going to away overnight. >> that was a prett

and i hear that another visit from mister biden to iraq. i wish it will be very careful, especially mr. biden has project for iraq before he come to vice president to divide iraq two or three parts. and thank you. >> okay. well, first of all i can't share the premise of your question that somehow the visit of vice president biden was perceived negatively. it was actually perceive very positive. had an excellent meeting with prime minister, the president. excellent meeting with the speaker of the council of representatives. i thought it was very important visit, very useful disappear key did not go for the purpose of telling them what to do. he didn't go for the purpose of telling people in iraq what's going on in iraq. he did talk about how iraq is being perceived outside, which is really a fair thing to do to explain to iraqis that what you do is being looked at from outside. and here is the perspective from outside of what you are doing. so i think he really very much went as a very long-standing friend of iraq. i can assure you, as we lo

and i hear that another visit from mister biden to iraq. i wish it will be very careful, especially mr. biden has project for iraq before he come to vice president to divide iraq two or three parts. and thank you. >> okay. well, first of all i can't share the premise of your question that somehow the visit of vice president biden was perceived negatively. it was actually perceive very positive. had an excellent meeting with prime minister, the president. excellent meeting with the speaker of the council of representatives. i thought it was very important visit, very useful disappear key did not go for the purpose of telling them what to do. he didn't go for the purpose of telling people in iraq what's going on in iraq. he did talk about how iraq is being perceived outside, which is really a fair thing to do to explain to iraqis that what you do is being looked at from outside. and here is the perspective from outside of what you are doing. so i think he really very much went as a very long-standing friend of iraq. i can assure you, as we lo

biden ever get to the movies? academy award picks, oscar nominees?atter of fact we do. and i think that one of the odds-on favorites -- jill didn't go with me but is -- is -- this new program that i looked at it, wished i were seeing it in 3d. you sit there and you watch this science fiction thing unfold in front of you. i think -- >> "avatar"? >> "avatar." >> did he really see "avatar"? i'm not sure he did. >> joe biden at a loss for words. >>> here's some stories to watch today on abc news. >>> defense secretary robert gates and joint chiefs of staff admiral mike mullen will be on capitol hill talking about the military's budget before a senate committee. >>> parts to fix faulty toyota accelerators could arrive at dealers nationwide as soon as today. some service departments plan to stay open around the clock to fix recalled cars. >>> and employees at the bailed-out financial company aig received an estimated $100 million in bonuses today. today's "washington post" reports more aig bonuses will go out next month. >>> finally, spending for your pet.

. >>> tonight, vice president joe biden sits down with me to talk money. and jobs. >> net creation of jobs. >> larry: and what the future holds for every american. and plus, senator john kerry and teresa heinz kerry exclusive on the private outbreak they are making public, her battle with cancer. and that it brought us we are the world. and making history again for the people of haiti. quincy jones and lionel richie take us behind the scenes of the new version. we have a preview of what the planet will see in two days next on "larry king live." >> larry: great pleasure to welcome to "larry king live" joe biden, the vice president of the united states. it will be hard to call you mr. vice president. we go back a long ways. that's the rules. let ice begin from the get go. johns. so many people out of work. people angry. what do you have the president do to turn this around? >> the first thing we do is keep us from going off a cliff and we went out there and everyone acknowledges we created between 1.6 and 2.4 million jobs. but 7 million people lost their job

thanks, trevor. >> hey, i'm joe biden.ds" and i'll tell you what, you'll enjoy it. >> you will enjoy it. thank you very much, mr. vice president. >> a lot of interesting soundbites. >> he has. >> right. >> thanks very much to trevor, the 14-year-old. i don't think the three of us have been called cool for at least a decade. >> i do in my money mind. that's fine. played a song. >> as for songs, ok, ok, a lot of you sang kukabarra growing up. good to know. we got some headlines. >> all right. toyota now admitting there are design problems, uh-oh, with the anti-lock brakes in the prius that sometimes cause them to fail for just a second. the car company says it fixed the problem for models sold since last january but are trying to figure out how to inform people who bought them before that. that would be a lot of people. in washington, transportation secretary ray lahood startled the public, though, with this comment. >> my advice is if anybody owns one of these vehicles, stop driving it. take it to toyota dealer because they

the republican was sworn in by joe biden weeks after he stunned the political world with his come from behind victory. he gives 41 votes cracking the 60 seat super majority. nevertheless, he used his fist news conference as senator to attack president owe about ma's stimulus plan. >> now here's a look at some other stories making news early today in america. >>> an alabama man is facing charges of attempted murder after police say he deliberately rammed his truck into a service station. authorities say the 49-year-old was angry over the pay before you pump policy and told clerks they were going to, quote, going to die. after the crash, the driver tried to run off but nearby officers were able to subdue him with a stun gun. >>> florida officials are investigating the state's first deadly shark attack in five years. dozens of sharks were clearly visible off palm peach, 40 miles south of where a kite surfer was killed. investigators are trying to determine what type of shark was involved in the fatal attack. >>> a pilot and a passenger in florida are safe following tense moments aboard th

and joe biden says it is easy being vice president because you don't have to do anything. we'll investigate whether nun has had the heart to tell him that's why he was picked for the job. and basketball with donkies? a story so shocking you will be shocked. greg? >> thank you, andy. >> a great day to be a hockey fan as team usa scores six goals on route to a victory against finland to advance on sunday. president obama already on route to finland to apologize. greg? >>namini, that's finish knish for my name is rita. >> i don't believe you, greg. >> neither did the authorities. now to our guests. they are lucid, they are lighthearted and they are lishs. -- luscious. enough about biker gangs. and she is so stunning cops use her instead of a taser. with us, kimberly gilfoil, the former prosecutor and the host of cops and cases on fox news .com. she is so hot she gives rugs kimberly gilfoil burn. it is good to know kimberly. and mary smith, delightful political anna list and who said who said .com commentator. she is so sharp she often throws herself at dart boards. interestin

joe biden had that correct.or him to go after the democrats for treating terrorists the exact same way his administration did. and, of course -- >> larry: treat who wrong? >> many of them. they were all tried in courts in america and all put away. if i was a criminal or terrorist, whatever you want to call them, yes, i would fear the most a prosecutor, a seasoned federal prosecutor in our system. you know, like eliot spitzer was, those kind of guys. giuliani himself, i think, was that. >> larry: tough. >> tough. there's a reason yes they put them all away. and the reason they will never get out of prison, because if there's one thing we can still do in this country is put people in prison and keep them there. >> larry: so you favor a civilian trial for the 9/11 in manhattan? >> yeah. >> larry: in manhattan where it happened? >> in manhattan. >> larry: obama seems to be backing away from that. >> that's so typical of the democrats. as soon as anybody screams at all, one little squeak out of anybody, okay. sorry,

vice president joe biden took -- did the swearing in. he asked that his swearing in be moved up by a week to included -- to be included on -- >> the senate will take up a jobs bill to help the unemployed and small businesses. the nike the dow ones from dropping today. the dow jones closed down more than 200 points after anticipating tomorrow's report on jobs. we have report on how they are responding on the promise for help treat >> the dow jones reacted because they saw the numbers out today that showed for the fourth week of five that jobless numbers are down. >> true to its name, as belgian chocolates store is filled with lots of sweets. but with last living large, customers remain afraid to spend too much money. >> [unintelligible] >> with many shops remained shuttered, experts say today's unexpectedly good the numbers overshadowed better than expected retail numbers. this week, president obama was promoting his jobs agenda which includes incentives for new growth industries and today, democratic leaders called on republicans to help

. >> larry: tonight, vice president joe biden sits down with me to talk money and jobs. >> see net creation of jobs. >> larry: and what the future holds for every american during these tough economic times. and plus, senator john kerry and teresa heinz kerry exclusive on here in their first interview today on the private heartbreak that they are now making public, her battle with cancer. >>> and then -- ♪ we are the ones that make a brighter day ♪ >> larry: they brought us "we are the world" and are making history again for the people of haiti. quincy jones and lionel richie take us behind the scenes of their incredible new version. we've got a preview of what the planet's going to see in just two days, next on "larry king live." >> larry: great pleasure to welcome to "larry king live" joe biden, the vice president of the united states. it will be hard to call you mr. vice president. because we go back a long ways. but i got to do that. that's the rules. okay. let's begin right from the top of the get go. jobs. so many people out of work. people angry. what do you have the president do to t

vice president biden said the key was lowering the cost of entitlements-- including the medicare plans sold through private insurers, known as medicare advantage. >> what was the rationale for medicare advantage? the rationale for medicare advantage a decade ago was that private insurers could provide insurance... better insurance cheaper than the government can do it. they can do it better. we said the reason why we're going to pay them more than what they're going to give at the front end is to insent vise them to get in the business of doing it. and so we paid them $1.15 for every dollar's worth what we could have bought for a dollar. we did that and it was a rational thing to try. we did that because we wanted them to get engaged in the business wehought government didn't do as well as the private sector did. well, here we are, we're overpaying insurance companies about 15 cents on the buck that we can buy for a dollar and we call for eliminating that. and so the other point i'd make, mr. president, is that we here in a situation here where at the end of the day nobody in this room

can't have majoratarianism in the senate, this is not how this was built and then clinton and then biden, so whoever is in the minority are complete hypocrites on the subject. >> lehrer: let's go through the plus and minuses. for the democrats, if the democrats go through reconciliation and get it by 51 votes, is that-- is it worth that to get it done. >> yes . >> because it was interesting listening to the set-up piece. lamarre alexander immediately in his opening which i thought was good, he is a very impressive guy, former governor of tennessee, immediately went to the procedure, the process. john mccain wanted to talk about how these deals were cut in the dark, which they were. i mean, and the deal with the pharmaceuticals and the deal with the insurance companies, yes, they were. and they weren't on c-span but what the democrats have to get to, and the president understands this, is they've got to get to the product. they've got to say this is what we are doing, not how we got there, how it was achieved. they can't sell the process. they can't win on-- try to convince people pot pro

. >> vice president joe biden, that's been going around. they sent a slew of figures saying in scott brown's office in massachusetts, they spent $1 billion in funds that went to nine jobs. the bottom line is that is something that democrats are saying, huh-uh, that's not exactly right. what's very interesting about this press conference is that's the only detailed response we got from scott brown who is very careful to give general answers about the kind of senator he is going to be and the kind of votes he's going to cast. we'll just have to wait and see, wolf. >> probably smart for him to be very, very careful, on this the first day being a state senator. >>> the filibuster-proof senate majority, but are the parties on the same page at all? listen to what the house republican leader and the president both said today. >> it's kind of hard to figure out there is some kind of shell game going on here. i know bipartisanship when i see it. it's not seeing one thing and doing another. >> there is a sense that something is different now, that so

massachusetts republican who won ted kennedy's former seat, was sworn in yesterday by vice president joe biden. senator brown told reporters he is willing to work with democrats on health care and the economy, but is concerned about huge new spending deficits. >> people back home, i can tell you, were very upset at the amount of spending not only in massachusetts, but you couple that with the amount of tax dollars that are being spent and sometimes wasted, people are fed up. >> brown gives republicans 41 senate vote, enough to blokt democrat prs pushing through president obama's agenda. >>> brown's surprise victory in massachusetts was thanks in part to the tea party movement which opened its first national convention thursday in nashville. tea partiers fiercely owe pose government taxes, spending policies and regulation. their convention will climax tomorrow night with a speech from former alaska governor sarah palin. >>> scientists are reporting a brain scan breakthrough in their study of people with severe brain injuries. researchers in belgium and bret tip found unexpected brain activity i

he chose joe biden. does any of that factor into this decision that you were not the number two choice? >> none whatsoever. it was an honor to be included. i told my wife, i finished second in a contest where they don't give silver medals. that was a tremendous honor, to go through that can be thought of in that way by the president and his team. that has nothing to do with it. i have a good relationship, based upon mutual respect, with the president. i talked to him about this decision on a couple of occasions. i said to him, mr. president, if you had asked me to do almost anything else, i would have said yes. i love serving my country. i included in this particular capacity after 12 years, it was time to make a change. tavis: in indiana, i know this because i have talked to my family, who still lives in indiana, there is talk -- you are beloved in indiana, but there is concern and there are questions about why this decision came so late in the primary process. >> well, two reasons for that. first, as y

when joe biden says that being president is very hard, because you don't have to work at it, the vice president, well, apparently dick cheney is apparently willing to work at it, still. what he is doing is important still. he is calling out the obama administration and raising the red if flags and making it more difficult for them to be weaker and move to the left. that is why they have had to say, look, we will fight a war on terror and not a criminal action. >> dick cheney can speak out and president bush can speak out and finally he has a first amendment spokesperson he can endorse. dick cheney did not hold a task force on terrorism that he was required to attack until 9/11. we were attacked on part on 9/11 because bush and cheney were asleep and now they want to criticize president obama, good luck. i think that dick cheney is so discredited, that he can be a spokesperson for the republican party. thank god he is healthy and has good healthy, and but he is the embodiment of weakness, unfairness and ma'am feez sans. >> i think that joe biden was trying to be cute and funny when he

the massachusetts republican was sworn in last evening by vice president biden.ld pty leaders they won't always be able to count on his vote. >>> tea party activists like the ones who helped scott brown get elected are gearing up for day two of their first-ever convention. they've descend on nashville, tennessee, in droves and they're eagerly awaiting tomorrow night's keynote address. john berman is there. >> repter: so, welcome to the first-ever national tea party convention. i'm here in nashville, tennessee, where about 600 delegates e gathering from across the country. this is the first time people in the tea party movement have really gathered in one place to talk about their movement, their message and their methods. they want 2010 to be their year. i talked to the man in charge of this convention. he told me what he wants to do is win back congress in 2010. i asked him for whom, he said conservatives. now you'd be hard-pressed to meet anyone here who's really ever voted for a democrat. most of these people typically vote republican. however, they only will

even my son and the talk shows when he heard dick cheney and joe biden debating, they were debating this very subject. and i think this book sparked a lot of that current debate. >> and what's coming up for 2010? >> what's coming up? you see newt gingrich here in our booth and we have a big new and rich but in april. we are very excited about that. we published his last three big nonfiction political books and they've all been bestsellers. his last big political book was called real change and it came out during the presidential campaign. so he hasn't had a book since president obama has come into office and now is his chance to sort of give their report card on how the obama administration has done and what he feels we need to do to get the country back on track. >> and we see that and coulter is a pure. issue one of your authors as well? >> she is actually political commentator and writer for human events, which is a weekly conservative newspaper that our parent company publishes. they have been in business for over 60 years and ann holter is one of their best loved writers. she writes

brown was sworn in by joe biden at a capitol hill ceremony today and the arrival in the senate ends theupermajority and gives the g.o.p. the 41 votes they can use to block president obama's bills. >> and a man accused of holding group sex parties at his home. ball pickthorn that rents this house says he has done nothing illegal but zoning officials gave him a warning because he took money for the parties. he could face fines. >> and new at 11:00, opponents of slot machines at the mall say they collected enough signatures for referendum on the issue. they said they received 3,000 pages of signatures pennsylvania and the opponents said they gathered 20,000 signatures and that's more than 18,000 that were needed to put the ordinance on the ballot. and the facility would include lottery terminals. >> that storm is officially starting to develop. >> yeah. >> making its way up here? yao it is. >> countdown on? >> it is. >> we're all going to survive. >> that's right, sports is next. let's show you the storm by a variety of -- a network of expler radars. first we have the blue h that's the hig

he's got biden, sebelius, secretary of health and human services. he's got his whole team basically ready to go but there are a lot of republicans and democrats as well. >> they were even debating the shape of the table and whether the president should be standing or whether he would be sitting. because if he were standing, he would get a little bit of a benefit over the republicans. remember he met with the republicans not too long ago in baltimore and they felt that he was lecturing them. so they didn't want that to happen again. but what's also really interesting here, to follow up on the point that dana bash made a moment ago is not only does the president have to really talk to the public but he's got to try to unite nancy pelosi and harry reid and their caucuses. remember there were 39 democrats in the house who voted against the house version of health care reform, and the president has to convince them that this new version is something they can support. if he does well today, that may help him do that. >> as you know, joe, the democrats and

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it is my pleasure to introduce the vice president of the united states, joseph biden.applause] >> thank you very much. thank you all very much. it is an honor to be here. it is an honor to be introduced by bob gates. secretary gates and shoe, general cartwright, and vice admiral and members of the armed services, students -- thank you all for coming. frankly, this speech was a collaborative document. bob gates could deliver this speech. general cartwright could deliver this speech. they could probably do it better than i will. the fact of the matter is that at its founding, the former secretary of war gave this address. he said it was not to promote war but to preserve peace by intelligent and adequate preparation. that is what this is all about. that is what i think the speeches about. for more than a century, you and your predecessors have heeded that col. there are fewer contributions that could be greater -- that any citizen could make -- than to aspire to meet the goal of this university. many statesmen have walked to this campus and pronounced states meant better

vice president biden will swear him in today.n capitol hill covering that story for us. even if this morning's official proceeding in boston, there was nonetheless some controversy. what was it? >> well, duval patrick, the governor of massachusetts and the secretary of state signed the necessary paperwork and certified cot brown as the winner of last month's massachusetts race. outside his home scott brown took the opportunity to explain why this swearing in is being sped up, and in so doing he paid a compliment to the secretary of state. but after signing the certificate of election, he took the opportunity to lecture him. >> he took a procedural vote because i should be there, i'm the elected senator. we have been patient. the secretary of state has done a nice job in getting the certifications and i'm looking forward to going down there. >> i hope we'll be able to see an up or down vote on all the nominations of president obama. >> not often the secretary of state offers an opinion on the conduct of the united states senate. s

he makes them joe biden choice and takes the safe choice initially. somebody who may be can't hurt you but it will not hurt days help you. he will offer the vice presidency and private to a senator from missouri. the but before it is made public jack kennedy's wheels start rolling. he really a out of courtesy should offer this to linda in. we will not take it. he is senate majority leader and has immense power. he lives for power. he will not be vice president. rose about vice president said a vice president isn't worth of bucket of spent. johnson knew that and saw what the realities were. when jack kennedy trundled down the stairs to lyndon johnson's sweeten the middle of the night to offer the vice presidency, he is quite shocked when he picks up some. and everybody is shocked everybody is upset on all sides of the democratic spectrum. robert kennedy, who has always hated lyndon johnson and vice versa it is outraged. kenny o'donnell, of the closest advisers said you have these trade every single person that has supported you in your first move as th

and it is a testimony to vice president biden and his team that the dog so far has not barked.thing has been perfect. think of the scope of this. it has been running smoothly and transparently. we print one of the toughest inspector general's in washington as well as professionals to help run the implementation. every american can see how and where this money was spent by going to www.recovery.gov. 1/3 was made up of tax cuts. tax cuts for a 95% of working americans. we see some polling where twice as many people think we have raised taxes. 95% of you got a tax cut. [applause] tax cut -- tax cuts for 95% of working americans, first-time homebuyers, parents trying to care for their kids, 8 million americans paying for college. so far we're provided one and $20 billion in tax relief to families and small businesses. -- which provided $120 billion dollars in tax relief. i mention this at the state of the union and they were squirming in their seats. there were not sure whether to clout because most of them voted against the tax cuts. it was interesting to watch. [laughter] the sec

president --and vice-president joe biden was put in charge of a tough oversight. nobody messes with joe. [applause] this was all part of that hope and change and transparency. a year later, i have to ask the supporters, how is that stuff working out for you? i tried to look into that transparency thing, but joe's meetings with the transparency and accountability board were close to the public. -- closed to the public. they held at transparency meeting behind closed doors. i do not know if anybody is messing with joe, but here is what i do know. a lot of that stimulus cash ended up in some pretty odd places, including districts that did not even exist and programs that really do not have a whole lot to do with stimulating the economy. nearly $6 million was given to a democrat pollster who had already made billions during the presidential primaries. nearly $10 million was spent to update this the milles website --the stimulus website. as someone put it, this was a million-dollar effort using your money to tell you it is spending your money. it did not create a singl

they're sending vice president joe biden in his play. the president won't be at the super bowl.n a show of spirit of cooperation, he invited top republicans to watch the game with him at the white house on sunday. that should be a lot of fun. going to need a two-thirds vote before they pass him the door ree toes. there's controversy about one of the amds at the super bowl this year. a commercial paid for by a group called focus on the family featuring heisman trophy winner tim tee bow. he is a powerful spokesperson for the pro life movement. but the national organization for women is upset about it, because of their side, not being represented. so, in the interest of fairness, cbs has agreed to air this rebuttal ad. >> hi, i'm jeff. i'm 35 years old, i'm unemployed, i live in my parents' basement and i steal money from them to buy video games and porn. mom, where's my sandwich at! mom! my sandwich! >> paid for by americans for choice. >> jimmy: you know, both sides do make interesting points. this is fascinating. do we have any scientists in the audience tonight? surprisingly. u