chris: welcome back. and mike duffy's book about the most secret club about the most powerful men, there was one who was hardly a teammate. after ford pardonned nixon, nixon then went on an upstaging trip to china right during the new hampshire primary of 1976. forward was then put in a position of having to defend the guy who had once again embarrassed him. >> he is going under the guidelines that i suggested. >> you see no complications to foreign policy with his trip? >> none whatever. chris: he went over to china, showing off and getting the press attention and ford who got him off the hook was trying to run for president. >> at the same time, jerry ford never apologized for the pardon. he knew exactly how damaging it was to him politically and the thing he was proudest was caroline and ted kennedy gave him the profile in courage reward. chris: apparently general eisenhower, nixon thought he was helping him but giving advice secretly to ronald reagan. >> one of the things that impresses me about mike'

>> chris: i'm chris wallace. the stage is set for the general election. obama versus romney. game on. ♪ >> chris: we'll have exclusive interviews with top officials from both camps. chief strategist from the obama campaign david axelrod. and senior romney advisor ed gillespie. axelrod and gillespie only on "fox news sunday" . iran and korea continue to pursue the nuclear programs. we'll ask our sunday panel if another round of diplomacy can bring in the rogue nation. >>> and remembering my dad. >> it was an extraordinary journey. it is extraordinary. all right now o"fox news sunday". >> chris: hello again from fox news in washington. first, i want to thank all of you who sent me notes on the loss of my father. some of you had met my dad for a moment, some watched him on television for years. but he meant something to you and your notes meant so much to me. i will have more on my father in the program. now the battle for the white house which shifted in the election this week when mitt romney became the presumptive nominee. first david axelrod is in chicago and david, welcome

chris: ok. this time around will the romney folks doing their super pac spending spree go after this guy as a faux messiah celebrity in >> question is whether obama has enough star power left to go after. mitt romney can run as many things, sturdy, safe, reliable, competent bun as a rock star because he's never going to be one. the good news for him is that obama is not a charismatic rock star any more. when he ran in 2008 he was all things to all people, a symbol of whatever they wanted him to be but that's not true any more. and we may actually have a more substantive campaign. chris: i'm going to interject here that most presidents who have gone on to be great presidents have had an element of celebrity. kennedy of course. roosevelt of course. can romney ever get on the cover of rolling stone? >> i don't think so. well, we'll see. who knows? but certainly star power is an asset but i've been thinking about this and when you look at the careers of actual celebrities who have gone into politics

chris: dan? >> one, i don't think it's better for hillary clinton's chances if she wants to run in 2016 if obama loses. i will think an obama victory would be better for her. belter for her taking on an incumbent republican president, wouldn't like her chances. too, i do think she probably doesn't know herself whether they wants to one. -- run. but we haven't played out this election year yet. if things are close in august, does barack obama work out some arrangement where he says i want you to run on the ticket with me? i'm not predicting that will happen but strange things happen in politics. she can't campaign for him as secretary of state. her time is not up until jafpblet does she get a request to help campaign? all these are out there. one, i think she would like to be president. two, all things being epping equal i think she will run in 2016. i don't think it would be to her benefit for barack obama to lose. chris: let's go to the big guy, bubba. does bill clinton wand her to -- want her t

bought by chris wright, used the gun bought by chris wright, had chris wright's dna, had a connectionnd that it wasn't chris wright. >> reporter: but all of that claimed chris' defense the clever novak was quite capable of setting up. >> he had it nailed from start to finish. >> reporter: like a chess game, 20 moves ahead. >> yep. >> reporter: but that didn't explain the good samaritan eyewitness that sat in court and pointed his finger at chris wright. >> i'm very certain and clear of what i saw. i may not have told it initially off the bat under the full stress of what i saw, but i know what i saw and i know who i saw. >> reporter: except there is one person who said he is most certainly sure lee carlson is mistaken. chris wright himself. >> i will answer any question you want to ask. >> reporter: chris was jailed right after his arrest. he wanted to make his case to "dateline" in the flesh, but authorities wouldn't allow it so we talked to him on the phone. you say you didn't do it. >> i absolutely did not do it. >> reporter: we discussed all the allegations at length. he offered d

>> chris: i'm chris wallace. is america safer one year after the raid that took down bin laden? we'll get the latest about the war on terror. current threat assessments and potential security gaps when we sit down with a member of the inner circle that planned the bin laden mission, john brennan, the president's chief counter terrorism advisor. then, what is the spiritual state of our union? we will talk about religion and get into key policy issues with two of the country's most popular preachers. it is a "fox news sunday" exclusive. also the obama administration gets another going over in the supreme court. we'll ask our sunday panel what happens if the former constitutional law professor has two of his top domestic priorities is ruled unconstitutional. and our power player of the week. it is all happening at the zoo. all right now on "fox news sunday." >> chris: and hello again from fox news in washington. next week marks the first anniversary of that daring night time raid in pakistan when navy seals stormed osama bin laden's compound and killed the world's most wanted terro

chris: wow. helene, you wrote in your piece, you quote obama, as saying "romney is the most conrvative nominee since barry goldwater." so which way is the smart way to go, go after him as a conservative, or someone who is flip-fppinground and might end up in theenter? >>hey'rerying to have i both ways but at the moment they say they're now shifting to romney as a right wing extremist. the republican party definely the tea party and all that has moved to the right and the belief in the obama cp is that public for all the right that the republica pty has moved to, the american public is not that conservative. we're still pretty much -- americans are very much in the middle a are going after voters.ent when you're looking at fights over places like florida and the battlegrounds in the western states like colora, where the democric belief is that romney has gone so far to the right that he's alienated the core voti population, the hispanic voters, that's where the logic of the strategy comes from. ri

brennan, welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> thank you, chris, good morning. >> chris: before we get to the war on terror i want to ask you about the chinese dissident who has reportedly escaped house arrest. is he under u.s. protection and is he still in china? >> i'm not going to address the issue of mr. chen right now. we are working very closely with the individuals involved in this and so i'm going to leave it to others in the u.s. government who have responsibility for it. >> chris: can you tell me this as a broad matter how does the president balance, on the one hand, h his support for and desire to protect human rights dissidents like chen with on the other hand not wanting to damage u.s. relations with china? >> i think in all instances the president tries to balance our commitment to human rights making sure that the people throughout the world have the ability to express themselves freely and openly but also that we continue to carry out our relationships with the key countries overseas and china/u.s. relations is very important. would we are going to make sure that we do

chris: well said. you said we steam reach a consensus of racially triggered violence when president obama commented on the case who said if he looked like a son that looked like trayvon. >> this is one of those subjects that so difficult to talk about because there are so many land mines. i'm curious to know what he thinks. he has given a speech offer race. and i think we want to have a conversation. in a way it's an opportunity to sort of level the playing field. let's talk these things through. my particular with this particular case is there has been such a rush to judgment and there is this assumption that there are things there that might not be there. we just don't know that. >> the first time he spoke on this he said as a father this is what my son would look like this. >> the question is can he, should he say anything more since this is a case under investigation yet to be take on the the garage yet to know -- to the grand jury. let's talk about the clip you played, his afeel the core decency o

>> chris: i'm chris wallace. the latest on the secret service sex scandal. ♪ ♪ >> chris: is what happened in colombia an isolated incident or part of a pattern of misbehavior? we get answers from senator joe lieberman, chairman of the homeland security committee which is looking into the case. then, is the recovery beginning to stall just as the general election campaign takes shape? we'll discuss one stage economic success story and play the beltway's favorite parlor game. who's on the short list to be mitt romney's running mate, with indiana governor mitch daniels. also, government workers behaving badly. secret service agents and that vegas spending spree by the g.s.a. we'll ask our sunday panel if president obama will pay a political price for controversies on his watch. all right now on "fox news sunday." and hello, again, from fox news in washington. investigators are still gathering evidence in that colombian sex scandal to determine if it was a one-time occurrence or something more. so far, 22 members of

chris! chris! get away from me!es towards her as he had gone towards adelle, but, of course, hadn't completed the action with the knife. it's his third phallic weapon, we could say, the umbrella being the first, the knife the second. he simply releases his rage and he murders her. get away from me! chris! chris! this is very much a male perspective. i mean, i'm honoring its incredible ability to produce this insight about masculinity. but in order to do that, lang has to sacrifice the female roles. billy wilder could have made this movie, and it would have ended up a comedy. he would have skipped the stabbing and probably chris and kitty would have ended up being married at the end, and in the same exact relationship. and johnny would have continued to have his affair with her, and chris would have thought he was the luckiest guy in the world. there's the odd footnote of walter wanger going to prison some years after this movie for shooting the agent of his wife, joan bennett. so it's hard now to distinguish, you kn

>> chris: i'm chris wallace. with republican leaders uniting behind mitt romney rick santorum fights for his political life. we'll talk with the candidate about his chances in tuesday's important primaries. and growing pressure on him to drop out. presidential candidate rick santorum live only on "fox news sunday." then, a preview of what an obama/romney campaign might sound like. two party leaders debate the key issues in the general election from healthcare to rising gas prices. former republican chair and governor haley barbour and former republican chair and governor howard dean. plus, the trayvon martin case. we will have the sunday panel if there has been a rush to judgment. and our power player of the week, saving lives in and out of the operating room. all right now on "fox news sunday." and hello again from fox news in washington. well, after a week off republican voters return to the polls tuesday for three more primaries. joining us now from brookfield, wisconsin, is the candidate who needs to persuade

cçrrú >> chris: i'm chris wallace.ith republican leaders uniting behind mitt romney, rick santorum fights for his political life. we'll talk with the candidate about his chances in tuesday's important primaris and growing pressure on him to drop out. presidential candidate rick santorum, live only on "fox news sunday". then a preview of what an obama/romney campaign might sound like. two party leaders debate the issues in the election, health care to rising gas prices. former republican chairman haley barbour, and former democratic party chair howard dean. plus the trayvon martin case and racism in america. we'll ask our sunday panel if there is a rush to judgment. and our power player of the week, saving lives in and out of the operating room, all right now on "fox news sunday". and hello, again from fox news in washington, well, after a week off republican voters return to the polls on tuesday for three more primaries. joining us from brookville, wisconsin is the candidate that needs to persuade leaders and voters th

>> chris: i'm chris wallace. with republican leaders uniting behind mitt romney rick santorum fights for his political life. we'll talk with the candidate about his chances in tuesday's important primaries. and growing pressure on him to drop out. presidential candidate rick santorum live only on "fox news sunday." then, a preview of what an obama/romney campaign might sound like. two party leaders debate the key issues in the general election from healthcare to rising gas prices. former republican chair and governor haley barbour and former republican chair and governor howard dean. plus, the trayvon martin case. we will have the sunday panel if there has been a rush to judgment. and our power player of the week, saving lives in and out of the operating room. all right now on "fox news sunday." and hello again from fox news in washington. well, after a week off republican voters return to the polls tuesday for three more primaries. joining us now from brookfield, wisconsin, is the candidate who needs to persuade

>>chris: some of us didn't. >>bill: chris had three of the final four.y that. i have to say we have known each other about 30 years and worked together and this is the first time you have looked at me with a bit admiration. >>juan: that is amazing. >> it would be wonderful an everyone has endorsed romney if the voters of wisconsin said, let's vote for santorum and keep the race alive i would personally like it as a gesture to the republican establishment. >>chris: he is still flaunting ryan and rubio. >>juan: the the president's top pollster said this week at a breakfast the fact that more than half of the american people have a unfavorable view of romney tells you something because the obama administration has not put out the big dogs and the key point is the obama campaign will pick purpose on what you saw not little bit you played from vice president biden that romney is out of touch. that romney is a rich guy who is looking out for the rich and it plays into the notion you can see in terms of the ryan budget plan that the budget so far, again, makes

>>chris: spenting it on what? >> a staff with bells and whistles and as many as you expect in a general election in the final months and they are opening up a lost offices. they will tell you they investing in a ground game that will pay off at the end and having invested a lot of money in a ground game in 2004 i know how expensive it is but you can spend too early and it strikes they are spending too early. >>juan: they will need a ground game, i think it will be close and in that case you want to make sure you have the capacity necessary to make sure you are reaching voters and do not forget part of this is making sure that obama campaign can excite the base. an advantage the republicans have had, and we can argue about this, whether or not the primary excited the base, got the base involved. and republican turn out has not been great in the primaries, but i mention this, because on a d side, they have not had primaries, any challenge to president obama, that would excite the base and say now is the time to get

>> chris, you will remember what william f. buckley said when ran for mayor of new york and they asked him what he would do if he won and he said demand a recount. i think i would demand reconsideration and a send mr. romney a list of people i think could suit better. >> chris: let me ask you who would be at the top of the list? who should he pick. in. >> i have seen a lot of names and i like them all. i don't want to ruin anybody's chances this morning by singling h him or her out. but there is a lot of talent in the republican party. a lot of new governors and young legislators that have joined our ranks in the last few -- just few years. i think you have a wide range of people to pick from. i have full confidence on this one. >> chris: there seem to be signs for the last few months that the economy and the recovery was picking up more jobs being created each month, the unemployment rate steadily coming down but now in the last month there seems to be a sense from a variety of signs that job creation, housing, that the recove

>> chris: i'm chris wallace. is america safer one year after the raid that took down bin laden? we'll getet latest about the war on terror. assess ams and potential security gaps when we sit down with the member of the inner circle that planned the capture of bin laden. john brennan chief could you remember -- counterterrorism advisor we'll talk with two of the country's most pop pop preacher. joel and victoria osteen. and also the obama administration gets another going over in the supreme court. what happens if the former constitutional law professor has two priorits ruled unconstitutional. and the power player of the week. it is all happening in the zoo, all right now on fox news sunday. and hello again from fox news in washington. next week marks the first anniversary of the daring night time raid in pakistan when navev seals stormed bin laden's compound and killed the world's most wanted terrorist? we invited counterterrorism chief john brennan. welcome back to fox news sunday. >> thank you, chris. >> chris: before we get on the war on terror wheeland you about the chinese