not exactly according to bob woodward's book though there is a secret contingency plan to strike one hundred fifty targets virtually all of them in pakistan if there's a successful bombing attack on the united states they can be traced to any one in pakistan that happened christmas day a couple of years ago would have been the times square last year it's happened several times the attacks have succeeded but the bombs didn't go off. this. contingency plan i think. is set so that the president can't really stop but i think that's that's what you get if you look closely at the interviews that bob woodward did in his book obama's wars so so yes we're we're in a danger where at any moment anybody who is allegedly trained in pakistan. to attack the united states is successful this contingency this button will be pushed and these bombs will go off and it i've asked some people and also in in woodward's book he says there's no plan b. in other words if you ask well what would happen the next day. that may be a deeper secret but there's apparently no no one seems to know what we would do next

put another way, why are you talking to bob woodward, ron suskind? i love all of you guys. every time these books come out, it kicks up some kind of controversy. this might be a strange question to ask you. when these books come out and i found out that the president and his people cooperated, i am like, why don't you stop talking to these writers. help me understand why he sits down and talks to so many people in this first term. >> you will have to ask the president and his staff about that. i think on balance when it comes to the coverage, one of the things that you find in this. -- this is something that bob woodward and i talked about is that in this era with the message and media management models that are accepted everywhere, what you find often is that lots of news is defaulting towards these books. we have a much longer turn to sit with sources. they are in the white house and they leave. that allows for a depth of reporting that i think at the end of the day the president rightly would like to respond to. i think it is better if you have these disclosures at the e

okay, here's "washington post's" bob woodward today. he took vice president cheney to task today. bob woodward reported that2007, cheney was the only member of the administration advocating a attack on a syrian facility. this was despite the fact that the cia said they had low confidence that the site was being used to create nuclear weapons. had he learned nothing from iraq and the missing weapons of mass destruction. that's my question to you, joe. there he is right away, and by the way, woodward just takes him to task for this. >> you would almost think that cheney was actually an agent of everything he wants us to do plays so perfectly into the hands of the people who hate america. i mean, it's remarkable. this is an outlook that has been designed to damage our prestige and that's what it's done. >> that's what they said, by the way, of joe mccarthy. you couldn't be a better friend to the communist than joe mccarthy. >> even if he thought these threats were real and there was a reason to go after them. if you look at how we handled the war, the aftermath, what we did in afghan

show and ann curry, what about the misspelling of this word and how do you know the-- >> and when bob woodward comes on the show and writes something about bill clinton or another democrat, the-- how did you find out about this. and how did you, the questions are totally different. >> or when ron suskind writes a bad bag about george bush, no problem. >> a negative book. >> now they're saying he spent mr. rogers' name wrong. >> and accused him of plagiarism and lift add passage from wikileaks, what passage that? >> the basic premise of the book, obama got duped by-- and proven true as it speaks and that's what the white house is afraid of. >> and written another book. the book come ports with, if you look at other box writt about this administration, comports with the books. >> time for the media stories of the week. go to the fox news website and see the stories, our bias bash and the watch list section. when it comes to peace in the middle east, where do we stand? >> there is no shortcut to the end of a conflict that has endured for decade. peace is hard work. >> accused of pushing a policy

[laughter] >> we have bob woodward interviewing dick cheney so we do have that for our archives. but what about condoleezza rice? have you heard anything about this? she is at stanford. >> it is quite a head of the phone. 700 pages and she served at the historic time the first-ever jarret -- african-american woman to be secretary to serve and it will be a very historic book. she has a lot of scores that she wants to settle. 700 pages worth. >> host: will you read that book jason boog over is that may be a washington read to go through the index and look for names? >> at my a job writing four "galleycat" we do the index read looking at the portions that interest our audience the most we have or the done that with chaney's book is an interesting way but i am interested to find out the books that and bluster and what she wants to answer. >> host: will you read the condoleezza rice book, bob minzesheimer? >> no. not a whole thing. i am curious it has been embargoed with no advance copies. i did read most of her first book about growing up in segregated alabama and was rather interest

[laughter] >> well, we have bob woodward interviewing dick cheney for our "after words "program, so we'll have that for our archives. and, but what about condoleezza rice's book? have you heard anything about this? jason boog, she's out at stanford. >> yeah. it's actually quite a heavy tome, 700 pages, more than that. and she served as a very historic time. she was the first african-american woman to be the secretary, to serve, and so i think it's going to be a very historic book. she has a lot of scores i think she wants to settle. 700 pages worth. so i think a lot of people will be looking at that book too. >> mr. boog, will you read that book, or is that a book that one might do a washington read and go back to the index and look for names? >> yeah. in my job at media bistro writing for galley cat, we tend to do the index read where i will look at the portion of the book that interest our audience the most. we've already done that with cheney's book. it's a really interesting way to look through it. but i'm interested to find out the books that interested her and the books she wants to

. >> well, we have bob woodward interviewing dick cheney for hour after words program. we will have that for our archives. what about the book from condoleezza rice? have you heard anything about this, jason boog, out at stanford? >> yes. it is quite a heavy tone. 700 pages or more. she served in a very historic time, the first african-american woman to be the secretary to serve. and so i think it is going to be a very historic book. she has a lot of scores i think she wants to settle, 700 pages worth. i think a lot of people will look at that. >> will you read that book, or is that a book that one might do a washington read and go back to the index and look for names? >> in my job we tend to do the index read where i will look at the portions of her book that interest our audience the most. we have already done that with the book from dick cheney. an interesting way to look through it, but i'm interested to find out the books that interest her and what she thought the books that were being published during her time. the books she wants to answer. >> will you read the b

bob woodward has had examples, others, as well. during the bush era on all three books, certainly the first book which really was similar to this in pulling back the curtain of the bush administration, they were vigorous. if you recall, they filed a frivolous federal investigation against me and paul o'neil, which of course dissolved a few months later. >> you're used to this. but hasn't the obama team succeeded in this respect -- when your book first came out, the headlines were about dysfunctional administration, president -- inexperienced president not ready to govern, and women in the white house felt that they were being given short shift. now all of the stories and interviews and i guess we're doing it here about the credibility of ron suskind. so was this a tactic to make you the issue? >> i think that as people read the book, they're often surprised to say this is not sensational. this is very well sourced. it's complete. it's credible, and in the book, there are long passages of responses from the key actors to all of the

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they gave access early on to bob woodward. the president met with him.y staff get me into this kind of thing. that happened when you're new and fresh and you get these early books, and they can be very, very upsetting inside. >> we'll watch this one play out. david, jess, thanks for your help. we'll see you tomorrow night. interview with dick cheney among our issues tomorrow. that's all for us. "anderson cooper 360 t "starts right n

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bob woodward will be sitting down with the former vice president, dick cheney. you can check it out on c-span's booktv. we will continue our week-long series on whether. the head of the national weather service will join us later, but up next, a look at the mortality rate in the u.s.. we are living longer, but what does that mean for public policy issues, and what some of the latest factors could into the deaths of americans? all of that coming up on "washington journal" this friday morning. >> he is a partisan guy that wants to unite people. i mean, all of the problems of the era, you could get from this guy, and why we could not be left him, is the same reason we actually went to war. they could not be -- election is the same reason we could not go to war. they had to be resolved. >> he had the misfortune of running against the great military hero, dwight eisenhower, so i do not really think adlai stevenson could have won. >> if you think of al smith in 1928, he lost overwhelmingly to who hoovered hoover, but pave the way for franklin was about. there are many

you can also look for the former vice president interviewed by bob woodward on october 2nd on "after words." find our complete schedule online at booktv.org. >>> the day after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, senate floor speeches from september 12th from senators schumer, clinton, warner and allen. on american artifacts from the smithsonian, recovered objects from new york, the pentagon and shanksville, pennsylvania. also this weekend from lectures in history, northwestern university professor katherine burns howard on how societal changes in the first half of the 19th century led to the birth of the women's rights movement. get the complete schedule at c-span.org/history or get our schedules e-mailed directly to you. >> white house counterterrorism adviser john brennan says the u.s. is fundamentally safer ten years after the september 11th attacks. at an event hosted by the center for strategic and international studies and the national security alliance, he also talked about what the killing of osama bin laden means for homeland security.

you can also look forward to his interview by bob woodward. a complete schedule is online at booktv.org. >> ben bernanke says that at its september 21 meeting, the federal reserve board will consider new steps to promote economic growth. speaking at the economic club in minnesota, mr. bernanke also said lawmakers need to come up with a long-term plan for deficit reduction and to avoid short-term cuts that may hurt economic growth. this is a little more than half an hour. >> i'm very happy to be back in minneapolis and i've been here a number of times. and i have close connections here. i'm very delighted to be kicking off your speaker series of the economic club of minnesota. thank you for inviting me and thank you for coming. what i would like to do today is provide a brief overview of the u.s. economic outlook and conclude with a few thoughts on monetary policy and on the longer-term prospects for our economy. in discussing the prospects for the economy and for policy in the near term, it appears recalling briefly how we got here. the financ

and look for the former vice- president, interviews by bob woodward. find our complete schedule online. >> want more video of the candidates, political reporters are saying, and track the latest campaign contributions with c- span's website for campaign 2012. easy to use, it helps you navigate the political landscape with twitter feeds and facebook updates on thecacacacacaais, candidate biographies, and the latest polling data, and links to c-span media partners in the early primary and caucus states. all aspet c-span.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: the press district of connecticut, part of the democrats' leadership team, tears the democratic caucus. thanks for being here this morning, john. guest: thank you. host: representative larson has introduced legislation that would require the super -- guest: the main premise is quite simple and very germane. we know from day cbo score that if we reduce unemployment to solve the 7%, that we can reduce the deficit by more than 25%. and so, it seems very common sense and straight forward to me tha

he will be appearing on c-span 2's book tv and then being interviewed later this month bob woodward fromhe "new york times" nonfiction list number one this week is former vice president cheney's book along with liz cheney. a stolen book dijaceie dugard is number two. unbroken is number three. you can get more at ny times.com. we're taking your calls on the so-called buffett tax. the president outlining this. what's your reaction? caller: well, i think we should have a buffet-bloomberg tax on buffett, bloomberg and obama and everyone that thinks like him. they always seem to think that democrats should support all these programs. well, let democrats pay for them. let's have a democrat-obama voting moran tax and all these idiots can pay for what they want. he wants a piece of pie? pay for the pie, work for the pie. why would anyone hire a lazy stupid democrat that thinks that the guy who is paying him is a terrible person? fire everyone of these democrats from every corporation, every business in america, and every millionaire's household and let them fend for themselves. you know, obama's

you can look at the former vice president interviewed by bob woodward on after wards. find a complete schedule online at booktv.org. >> given the downpours and flooding in the nation's capital this afternoon it wouldn't be surprising if some members are late as the session gets under way. the u.s. house about to end its month-long summer recess. they'll come in for short speeches and expected to recess and return later this afternoon to consider three bills, including one to extend duty-free products in the u.s. tomorrow, the house takes up legislation to authorize $300 million to expand charter schools throughout the country. then tomorrow evening the house meets in joint session with the senate to hear president obama's jobs plan. on friday in the house, authorizing u.s. intelligence programs for the next budget year. the senate coming back in in about 15 minutes to continue work on changing u.s. patent law. you can follow the senate on c-span 2. and just a political update, the debate tonight, the msnbc political debate at the reagan library, we'll follow reaction t

you can look at an interview with bob woodward later. find your complete schedules online. next, a hearing on cyber security proposals the would help law-enforcement investigate and prosecute computer data theft. we'll hear from the justice department and secret service. packard -- patrick leahy chairs the committee. the hearing is an hour and 30 minutes. >> good morning. this is a hearing on its cyber crime. we are protecting american consumers and businesses from threats in cyberspace. that has been a priority of this committee for many years, a bipartisan priority. we continue that tradition today. before we start, i want to thank senator grassley, who has worked with me on this. this affects all of us. developing a comprehensive strategy for cyber security is one of the most pressing challenges facing our nation today. i think of the day is not many years ago when you were worried about somebody going into a bank and robbing a bank and getting $20,000. the were usually caught. i think of losing a warehouse. now it is a lot different. in a study released today by symante

you can look for the former president interviewed by bob woodward.ine at booktv.org. >> former homeland security secretary and 9/11 cochaired testified thursday on the challenges and progress made since the september 11 the tax. also testifying, the comptroller general of the government accountability of this. new york's picking chairs the committee, just over three hours.ni >> good morning. land the committee on homeland security will come to order. meeting to hear testimony assessing the status of homelanc security on the occasion of thee tenth anniversary of the september 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks. to remind our guests today that demonstrations from the audience and the use of signs and t-shirts or verbal outbursts are against the rules of the house. we thank you for the cooperation in maintaining order and the proper decorum. i now recognize myself for an opening statement. i welcome everybody to the hearing today and i especially thank the witnesses for being here today. chairman lee, lee hamilton, who had a truely outstanding career in the u

bob poop into meth ann energy. the locals say it's a spin in the right direction. >> she is the woodward and bernstein of crap-powered lanterns. so let's see what the team has dug up live via satellite to the report's local affiliate in des moines woi, the iowa caucus station. amanda rachel thanks for joining us. >> good evening stephen. >> stephen: the top story tonight is, of course parry with an a gate but first rachel, what is the latest on the st. edward elementary school closing in waterloo? >> well as you know stephen t was closed last week when officials saw mold spores. >> and that can be dangerous to our children who i believe are the future. >> well said. officials hope to reopen the school next week once they've removed the mold. >> stephen: great report rachel. of course mold is a fungi so let's check in with one real fungi two-time iowa sportscaster of the year and the voice of the iowa state cyclones john walters. john i know you think the people have the right to know the full results of the straw poll. >> i've always said sunlight is the best disinfectant. >> kneeor spor in. but first what is the lat