class, good-paying jobs here in the united states and the role of unions in a global economy is bob kingsident of the united auto worker's union a group with 395,000 members. bob comes to us from ann arbor, michigan i want to welcome him into the war room. bob, so glad to have you here. >> so great to be with you. >> yes. i am so glad to see you. we have been through a lot together. so it's really great to have you here we saw 15,000 jobs added in the auto industry in january and 170,000 over, you know since the crash. i am just wondering if you can give me a feel for what it feels like on the ground in michigan and in uaw plants. >> well, it feels great. members are happy. people are working overtime again. people are getting hired again. it's a great energy great spirit. people are really committed to the highest quality, best value product for the customers because we know that's what our future is tied in to. so it's an exciting time to be in the auto industry. >> well, and just to pick up on that, bob, you know that i have bragged about you in the past because you have said things l

please welcome uaw president bob king. [applause] >> thank you! i am so honored and we at the uaw are so honored today. we know that when our backs were against the wall, when autoworkers and steelworkers, jobs and lives were threatened, when all the polls were against us, when we had republicans attacking us, dr. martin luther king said you can tell the quality of a person and i paraphrase the quality of of a leader of where they stand in times of adversity and struggle. our next speaker stood behind us

you have bob king, u.a.w. president, pledging to organize and train 100,000 of these occupy activists to deploy this spring and summer on behalf of barack obama and his mess abbling of class warfare. shareholders were wiped out. you had a c.e.o. dismissed by the white house. it was extraordinary what went on here. and the fact that we're sitting here today and the auto industry is thriving again should not be justification for the trampling of the law that occurred during this process. and there should be more scrutiny given to it. i think mitt romney is correct in raising those issues. host: d.j. is following up on your earlier point about what the candidates need to be running on. he said conservatives did a good job in 2010 based on a jobs platform, not social issues. guest: exactly. one of the reasons perhaps you don't see the tea party as excited this cycle as you saw

with the united auto workers president, bob king and michigan congressman gary peters. >> i deserve a second term but we're not done. >> new poll numbers show the american people agree with that statement. e.j. dionne and joan walsh. >>> racism rears its head in a republican super bowl ad. the candidate behind the ad isn't backing down. >> the economy get very weak. ours get very good. we take your jobs, thank you debbie spend it now. >>> good to have you with us. thanks for watching, we come to you from minnesota where the caucus is tomorrow, this is the big story tonight. it basically is the ad the entire country is talking about, for a good reason. the chrysler commercial with clint eastwood i think speaks for itself. >> it's halftime. both teams are in their locker room discussing what they can do to win the game in the second half. it's halftime in america, too. people are out of work and they are hurting, and all wondering what they will do to make a comeback. we're all scared because this isn't the game. >> the first 30 seconds of that ad so powerful, i mean did you notice it w

and thanks to outstanding leadership like bob king, we were able the industry to retu and restructureand everybody involved it wasn'. and it wasn't what i ran for president to do, that wasn't originally what i thought i was going to be doing as president. but you know what? i did run to make the tough calls and do the right things. no matter what the politics were. [ cheers and applause ] >> yeah. and i want you to know, you know why i knew this rescue would succeed? you want to snow in it wasn't because of anything the government did, it wasn't just because of anything management did, it was because i believed in you! i placed my bet on the american [ cheers and applause ] >> and now -- three years later, three years later that bet is paying off. not just paying off for you, but it's paying off for automaker i. [ cheers and applause ] >> highest profits in the 100-year history. chrysler is growing fastener america than any other car company. ford is investing billions in american plants,merican factories. ack to america. thousands of all told the entire industry has added more than 2

we'll preview the nevada caucuses and something i'm very excited about, bob king will join us from anmichigan and i'm going to ask him about brings jobs back to michigan. it will be another great show. thank you for joining us tonight here in "the war room." someone is also in our "war room" check us out on line at current.com/thewarroom. make your voice heard. thanks for

president, bob king. [cheers and applause] >> whoa. thank you. i am so honored as we, as the u.a.w. are so honored today. we know that when our backs were against the wall, when auto workers and steel workers and parts workers, jobs and lives were threatened, when all the polls were against us, when we had republicans attacking us , dr. martin luther king said, you can tell the quality of a person and i paraphrase it, the quality of a leader of where they stand in times of adversity and struggle. and our next speaker stood behind us and saved our jobs and saved our industry and when our sisters and brothers in the public sector were being attacked, this president stood, spoke out, stood for workers' rights to collective bargaining and the importance of workers and unions to democracy. sisters and brothers, i want to give you our friend, our brother, the champion of all workers and working people in america, the president of the united states, president barack obama. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> are you ready to stand and fight for the great america with this president? [cheer

please welcome uaw president bob king. [applause] >> thank you! i am so honored and we at the uaw are so honored today. we know that when our backs were against the wall, when autoworkers and steelworkers, jobs and lives were threatened, when all the polls were against us, when we had republicans attacking us, dr. martin luther king said you can tell the quality of a person and i paraphrase the quality of of a leader of where they stand in times of adversity and struggle. our next speaker stood behind us and save our jobs and save our industry and when our sisters and brothers in the public sector were being attacked, this president stood, spoke out, stood for workers' rights to collective bargaining and the importance of workers and unions to our democracy. sisters and brothers, i want to give you our friend, our brother, the champion of all workers and working people in america, the president of the united states, president barack obama. thank you. [applause] [applause] >> are you ready to stand and fight for the great america with this presiden

>> well, first of all, i to say that a lot of the democratic leadership in terms of bob king, head of the uaw and myself, dnc member, and others, are saying that democrats should nominate democrats and republicans should nominate republicans. but there's enough of an under current that pollsters are taking at least a 10% democratic turnout in the primaries. there's been more e-mail traffic in the last few days that i've seen of people encouraging people to go to the primary tomorrow and quite frankly the rhetoric of mitt romney being anti-labor has energized a lot of labor to consider doing it tomorrow. i am one of those people that think it could be a factor tomorrow. >> especially in a close race. what about the nra, have they been involved? >> interestingly, a lot of people have talked about it and romney has had a better game, but the nra is known for their turnout and they have been energized this weekend and in one of the strongest nra messages that i've heard and i've heard a lot of them. my husband who i love dearly was a past board member of the nra, have really called mitt r

today i have seen increased activity on influential democrats not party leadership, not bob king thew but the state party chair has sent e-mails incouraging democrats to vote in the tuesday primary. it would like that thin difference. >> what do you think rob? >> i think obviously the participation of democrats in this primary is the wild car. i also think it is silly to think that all democrats are going to vote in this primary because of some cooked up scheme made in a war room. i think it is important to note that rick santorum has targeted reagan democrats. >> how big of a blow would it be to romney if he didn't pull off a win in his home state? >> i think it will significantly change the dynamics of his campaign if he doesn't win michigan. a lot of people have been talking about, raised expectations. santorum has worked very hard here. i haven't understand either in terms of the discussion of what a successful auto industry recovery it has been an interesting time mitt romney needs to win michigan tuesday >> rob, this morning we her from the arizona governor jan brewer she has t

and thanks to outstanding leadership like bob king, we were able to get labor and management to settleifferences. we got the industry to retool and restructure and everybody involved made sacrifices, everybody had skin in the game. and it wasn't popular. and it wasn't what i ran for president to do. that wasn't originally what i thought i was going to be doing as president. but you know what? i did -- i did run to make the tough calls and do the right thing. no matter what the politics were. [ applause ] i want you to know, you know why i knew this rescue would succeed? you want to know? it wasn't because of anything the government did, it wasn't just because of anything management did, it was because i believed in you. i placed my bet on the american worker, and i'll make that bet any day of the week. >> yeah! [ applause ] >> and now, three years later, three years later, that bet is paying off. not just paying off for you, it's paying off for america. three years later, the american auto industry is back. gm is back on top as the number one automaker in the world. highest profit in i

first of all, on what to say thank you to one of the finest leaders we have in labor, bob king. given up for bob. i want to thank the international executive board and all of you for having me here today. it is a great honor. i have brought along somebody who is proving to be one of the finest secretaries of transportation in our history. ray lahood is in the house. give ray a big round of applause. it is always good to spend time with folks who represent the working men and women of america. it is unions like yours that fought for jobs and opportunities for generations of american workers. it is unions like yours that helped build the arsenal of democracy, that defeated fascism, and one world war ii. it is unions like yours that forged the american middle- class, that great engine of prosperity, the greatest the world has ever known. you guys have helped to write the american story. today, you are busy writing a proud new chapter. you are reminding us that no matter how tough times get, americans are tougher. [cheers and applause] no matter how many punches we take, we do not g

joining me now is bob franken, a kings featured indicated columnist and karen, a columnist for the hillart with you. with the economy improving, don't republicans need to shift their rhetoric or risk losing credibility with voters all together? >> they have. they've shifted it to contraception. but what they do, every time they come on against the stimulus and forget an awful lot of important facts like how it stopped the bottom from falling out, what they are doing is that they are raising what i like to call the red menace scare. that is to say some sort of socialism that saved these companies because of government involvement and you know how we hate government involvement. when he says that this did not trickle down to the private sector and jobs, he's half right. it did trickle down the private sector. that is to say the people at the very top of the private sector. but they kept the money as opposed to creating the jobs they were supposed to. that was supposed to be part of the bargain. >> now, karen, let me show you this, which is interesting when bob talks about it going down to

you have bob king, u.a.w.sident pledging to organize and train 1,000,000 of -- 100,000 occupy activists to diploy this spring and summer on behalf of barack obama and the act of class warfare. the shareholders were wiped out. you had dealerships shut by the government and a c.e.o. dismissed by the white house. it was extraordinary and the fact that we're sitting here today and the auto industry is thriving again should not be justification for the trampling of the law that occurred during this process and there should be more scrutiny given to it and i think mitt romney is correct in raising those issues. host: san diego following up on your -- d.j. is following up on your earlier point, nolan finley, about what conservatives ought to be running on. guest: one of the reasons you don't see the tea party as excited this cycle as you saw them in 2010 is that the debate hasn't focused enough on deficits and spending and i just find it unbelievable that the republicans that have allowed be distracted towards social

joining me now, bob franken, a kings feature syndicated columnist and erin mcpeak of real clear politicshere tonight. bob, how much trouble is mitt really in? >> well, you used the word willard woes. i've been calling it mitt's malaise. the problem, he's getting the advice he's getting from just about everybody is that he needs to better define himself and his conservative beliefs. so all his crew of inventors are trying to come up with something that he can go before a cpac tomorrow and describe the passionate feelings that he has. but how do you market passionate expedeience which has really been the hallmark of his career. he goes the way the wind blows and i'm sure tomorrow he'll be trying replace it with red meat for the people gathered there. >> erin it looks like with all of the gop horses and all of the gop men, they can't put willard back together again. look how some of the conservative senators are starting to come down on mitt romney. there is not exactly romney mania right now says senator jon kyl of arizona. playing it safe is not going to get it for him, says senator demin

former defense secretary bob gates told cnn's john king, they disagree on what happens after any attack facilities. >> i think most american senior officials believe they will retaliate and not just narrowly but potentially across the entire region. >> reporter: the chairman of the joint chiefs just traveled to tel aviv, the latest high ranking official to try to convince israel to give sanctions more time. but a source says when the head of ma sad visited washington this week, it was primarily to gauge what the u.s. would do in israel struck iran. just this month iran started enriching uranium to 20% at the facility. if they enrich enough of it, a u.s. official says it would cross the israel's red line because it's an easy jump from there to 90% weapons grade. >> iran says the nuclear program is used only for research and for generating power. but independent u.s. experts estimate that iran has enough low enriched uranium for several nuclear weapons if it enriches it to weapons grade. tension in the middle east shows the new focus for the u.s. military that means some troops in other p

joining me now is joan walsh, editor at large of salon.com and bob frankens, syndicated columnist for king you for being here. >> al, thank you. >> thanks, reverend al. >> joan, there are now rumors of a deal being worked out that would extend both the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits. the republicans know they can't win on this issue? >> oh, absolutelies, on the payroll tax cut, they know this is the losing issue, they are the party of tax cut bus won't go for a tax cut for the middle class that is so pathetic, reverend al, and i think they have got their tails between their legs, they know they have been beaten on this i'm a little bit more concerned about unemployment insurance. there's some talk that there might be trading or compromise on that and i think it's very important that it be extended as is. it is also a form of stimulus. we can't take any more money out of this economy, this recovery if is a recovery, is very fragile. you know, the president's valentine's day remarks are very important to the economy, reverend al. he is trying to get people to go out and spend mone

former defense secretary bob gates told cnn ice john king what would happen if there was any attack onn's nuclear facilities. >> i think most american senior officials believe iran will in fact retaliate and not just narrowly but across the entire region. >> the highest ranking official to try to tell israel to give sanctions more time p. but a source says when he visited washington it was primarily to gauge what the u.s. would do if israel struck iran. just this month iran started enriching uranium at 20% at their facility in qom. it's an easy jump from there for 90% weapons grade. u.s. officials are taking iran's threats very seriously. one told me iran has been improving its capabilities just for this moment. so it would be able to mind shipping lanes an raid oil tankers, destabilize iraq, and go after american embassies and soft targets all over the world. susan? >> chris lawrence, thank you. >>> coming up, it is a double whammy. if you're unemployed, things are probably a little rough already, but don't forget the tax man. coming up, you still have to pay your share, but we still

meteorologist tim williams and bob turk are updating the forecast. king tim, what's coming?, denise. tonight, it's going to go down to about 30 degrees. and that's where we start tomorrow. we'll be up with a good bit of sunshine in the morning. and the clouds will increase through the day. but not before we get up to a daytime high in the low to mid- 50s. overnight lows drop off a bit. then we start to see the beginnings of the storm system that is moving from south. for the next five days, including the tricky forecast, we send it in to one. -- to bob. >>> tomorrow night's low, 37. we go up to about 39. during the afternoon, as the precip moves in, temperatures will be falling. and they may fall down to 32 by 5:00, 6:00. and that's when we'll start seeing some accumulations of snow. eventually, 27. so early monday could be slippery. but up to 44, 48 and 56. with shower activity on wednesday. so spring is coming back anyway. >> thank you, bob. spor,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> updated breaking news from anap on olis. well -- anopol i guess. the -- annapolis. they pass the the sam

bob schieffer about what it all means. >>> also, wild weather strikes the nation's heartland. deadly tornadoes across kansas and missouri, while a major blizzard heads east. >>> i'm gayle king. there are new questions over what prompted an ohio teenager to kill three other students. we'll talk with the parents of one of the victims. >>> i'm erica hill. many eyes following a debris field floating across the pacific heading towards the u.s. >>> plus, actor don cheadle

it is so revered in japan they call it the king of sushi. as bob found out in january of 2008, the blue fin is in deep trouble. >> reporter: fresh blue fin tuna arrives in style at the tokyo airport every day from all over the world. they are carefully packed in crate and unloaded on to pallets, often less than 24 hours after being caught. it is delivered on ice in custom-made wooden boxes called coffin, delivered to the tokyo fish market which is skulled skiji, which is the place where the world's top sushi chefs get their fish. more fish flow through skij sirks than any other market on earth . more money, too, $4 billion a year. in today's global economy, fishermen from around the world watch the prices set here at skiji which enables them to figure out what their catch is worth. harvard anthrolpology professor understands the movement of money and tuna. >> this place is the nerve center of a global fishing industry. >> sort of like a wall street of fish. >> yeah. yeah. it is. it is. there's no futures market, no derivatives but other than that i

joining me now, dana milbank, political columnist for the "washington post," and a bob franken, a syndicated columnist for kingeatures. thank you both for being here tonight. >> good evening. >> now, dana, republicans say the president is bad for business, but don't the markets disagree? >> >> well, it would seem tonight case, reverend al. you know, this -- the jobs numbers that we have been talking about before this really up precedented rise over time in the stock market put the president in a terrific position. we have to add the usual caveat that all of this can change very quickly and we see with gas prices creeping up now the recovery is still very fragile. this can be sent back in the other direction without too much effort whatsoever. so the president doesn't want to get up there and start thumping his chest over this but people are feeling a whole lot better and that's you why see the president's numbers improving so much versus his prospective opponents and why those prospective opponents are eshuing so much on the campaign trail. >> the president may not be thumping his chest and maybe shouldn't, bu

former secretary bob gates told cnn's john king the u.s.disagree on what happens after any attack on iran's nuclear facilities. >> i think most american senior officials believe the iranians will in fact retaliate and not just narrowly, but potentially across the entire region. >> reporter: the chairman of the joint chiefs just traveled to tel aviv, the latest in trying to convince israel to give sanctions more time. but a source says when the head of mossad visited washington this week, it was basically to gauge what the u.s. would do if israel struck at iran. if iran enriches enough at -- it's an easy jump to weapons grade. officials tell me they are taking iran's threats very seriously. one told me it's improving the options just for this moment so they would be able to raid oil tankers, to mine some of the shipping lanes, to destabilize iraq, and to go after american embassies in soft targets around the world. wolf? >> chris lawrence, thank you. the chaim of the house intelligence committee mike rogers is standing by. is he bracing for

. >> andrea: i was on larry king live with him and i almost killed myself. >> bob: my favorite movie"the godfather." paramount pictures filed a lawsuit against who wrote the book and movie as well. the executor of the estate of the godfather author i should say. anthony, the kid is being sued. to stop them from doing a sequel, family correaleone. i want to keep it going. what is wrong with them? why don't they want to do it? >> eric: they still sell a lot of dvd box sets of the godfather. one of the best series ever. they want to keep it -- >> greg: you know what i find interesting about the mob is the obsession with the mobsters and why people are criminals are so romanticizeed. in 50 years are we going to see big movies about the bloods and crips? why is that? >> bob: look at who is the guy -- teflon don. that is an interesting story. guy walking around in a bathrobe in the village talking to himself all day. >> greg: that's why sopranos were great. they showed they were realistically hanging out in strip clubs, doing coke. >> dana: do the line you do from the good far in the green

bob kricks, hero, and he had 25 votes and i am here to pronounce that robert e. lee with 71 votes was promoted from the king of spades to the ace of spades. robert e. lee is the man of year for 1862, and i'd like to thank all of you for coming and please get home safely. >> so the winner at the library in virginia in richmond for person of the year is the selection of robert e. lee as person of the year 1862. again, the nominees today were from robert krick, who is the chief historian of fredericksburg for 30 years, david blight of yale nominated frederick douglas who came in third, nominated by james macpherson came in first and he was dead last in the voting in virginia and we congratulate professor thomas and we'll open up the phone line again for our viewers. professor thomas, you earn a big trophy or a big prize? no, i got a handshake for the director of the museum of the confederacy. >> we have callers waiting to talk to you. you talked a little bit about this in your nomination for robert e. lee. when general lee turned down the command of the union army in the spring of 1861, did he have inkling tha