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in a new book, best-selling author christopher anderson goes inside the marriage of the first couple. and michele: portrait of an american marriage." welcome. what did you learn, it's different between the clinton marriage and the obama marriage? >> where do i start. a lot of these marriages, i did a book on the kennedys, one on the bushes, one on the bushes. a lot of tension simmering under the surface in the case of the clintons. not so with the obamas. in this case, they're full partners. one doesn't feel smothered or eclipsed by the other. it's a very different situation we have in the white house now. one of their friends told me they love each other, of course, but the most important thing is they respect each other and are proud of the work they're doing. >> sl a division of the spoils like there was with the clintons, where hillary clinton, rightly or wrongly, insisted on a piece of the action, a piece of the clipboards, the staff, et cetera, wanted to run health care as part of a kind of division of power? does michelle insist on any share of power? >> no. it's funny, too, be

and there is this book about the president, and michelle obama, christopher anderson is writing, thatn tapes by an author who held secret meetings during his time in the white house. >>> and finally, as you may have heard, a book proposal by andrew young says not only is edwards the father of his former mistress's baby, but that he worked with his campaign finance chairman to hide it. >> okay. so now the bigger picture. why all these d.c. tell-alls coming out now. we have a staff writer from the column "heard on the hill." do not get me wrong, i love the back story and the behind the scenes information, but take latimer, for instance. here is somebody that i look at and go, why would you do that? why would you go work for someone and owe them a certain level of loyalty, and then turn around and sell them out? >> yeah. that is a question. and a lot of people -- the sort of universal response here, in washington, among bush evas, who is matt latimer, trying to do you think play his role, and this happened with scott mcclellan who was also a bushy who wrote a tell-all book. and i think t

and it's by christopher anderson called "barack and michelle, portrait of an american marriage." i can't wait until the weekend. that's when i dig into all my books. i just finished "push" this last weekend. i have a book giveaway later in the show. hold on. this book about barack and michelle has some really interesting nuggets about the first couple. i have notes here. but i have to tell you, i heard about this book weeks ago. i read all about it in "the enquirer." where are my nuggets? okay. initially barack was reluctant to pop the question to michelle. despite his obvious devotion to her. until the night of their engagement, michelle said, look, buddy. take notes, girls. look, buddy, i'm not one of those girls who just hangs out forever. shortly after that, he presented her with a one carat ring in a velvet box. the book also detailed -- take note of the size, too, by the way, girls. it's not what you get. it's the potential of what could be in terms of the ring. i know we had an "ask wendy" earlier in the week. the girl was complaining about her ring. you know, if a woman s

christopher anderson writes "mrs.bama's opposition was possibly the deciding factor in the debate. " she also abdicated to the campaign slogan yes, we can, after her husband considered it childish and corny. mrs. obama persisted saying, it will work, trust me. a speech writer for george w. bush is telling tales and now taking fire from both parties. matt lat latimer writes after one of canada's blistering speeches about the bush administration, the former president said, quote, this is a dangerous world. this cat isn't remotely qualified to handle t this guy has no clue, i promise you." and lat latimer writes that they bonded with former president bill clinton and former president bill clinton called bush alt the white house and talked about obama about the primaries against hillary, and quotes president bush as saying as the number two men on the democratic ticket, if bull blank was currency, joe biden would be a billionaire and on jimmy carter's ad hoc middle east efforts, president bush is quoted as saying, if i'm

the author of this book joins us now christopher anderson. good to be here.ean: how did you get all this information about their relationship? you talk about the troubled times. >> right. sean: apparently had a rocky marriage at one point. >> absolutely. they have been open. talked to people who knew this them in chicago and hawaii. couple hundred people. they have only been in the public eye for four or five years nationally. it was interesting getting this story firsthand. the rocky time when you speak about is the time when they really were conceivably headed for splitsville. she said, you know, he was a state legislature in springfield. she was back in chicago. sean: he was politically ambitious and she felt she was nagging him. >> a woman who is a princeton and harvard law graduate. she had been his boss at one point. she is stuck with the kids. so she said, oh no, this is not what i signed on for and you better do something about it. sean: you describe a michelle who has enormous influence on him. yes we can she suggested it. smoking a cigarette between

tonight we examine the power marriage of barack and michelle obama, with noted author christopher andersonon says jimmy carter is wrong, that race is not what animates president obama's opponents. let's look at why he would say that in the politics fix. >>> and finally, marathon man. former house majority leader, the hammer, tom delay, made his debut on "dancing with the stars." here he is. here's tommy. ♪ ♪

. >> christopher anderson, the author of the book about barack obama.ee books on presidential marriages, the clintons, kennedys and bush family, but you say the obamas are different. how so? >> there is always strain in a marriage and hostility in the the case of the clintons. not so this time. there is not a sense of competition or rivalry. one person doesn't feel smothered or eclipsed by the other person. that makes for a strong relationship. people don't realize michelle has always been a full partner in this to the extent of making important decisions sort of for the president, really. >> in fact, we've got a 15-second sound bite, chris, to set up the next point. here is obama from the campaign. listen to this. it will be familiar. >> yes, we can to opportunity and prosperity. yes, we can heal this nation. yes, we can repair this world. yes, we can! >> so during the campaign he used the slogan effectively, "yes he can," but when axelrod came to him and said, we will use the slogan "yes, we can," who got him to use it? >> michelle. watch his speaking

investigation under way into the death of a top aide to former illinois governor rod garret anderson blagojevich. christopherdrugs found in the car. it is believed it could be a suicide. >>> galves ston, galveston, texas, residents marked the first anniversary after hurricane ike. >>> congress begins second week on the job talks of bipartisanship are what ruled a health care debate. nbc's capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell joins us live. a lot of interesting things said over the weekend from the president and also from senator snow that make you wonder how many republicans count as bipartisan if this passes. >> well, one of the formulations they are using is that republican ideas are being put to the table and included in some form or another. so bipartisanship is taking on perhaps a broader definition. as you point out, work happening right now. the gang of six we've been talking about that has been added for months is the last opportunity to really try and have republicans at the table negotiating. they are working right now and they expect to have their version of health care reform put to the ful

his nape was christopher browden, he happened to go to his church and said he was a huge fan of steve andersonost recent appearance with a gun. so, you know, again, you can't say this speech legally -- he didn't say go to this speech with a gun but i think you can see a connection and just because it's legal doesn't mean it's right. i think cnn also reported that the secret service might be sort of investigating that connection even though the pastor, himself, said he hasn't been contacted by the secret service. so it's something they're obviously worried about. >> okay, rachel, thank you very much. thank you very much. david, i guess, you know, people are certainly have asked us why this guy's in the news. when you hear one of his supporters who was interviewed on msnbc by chris matthews showed up at the town hall with the gun, you know, one does wonder who -- when these words cross, if not legal lines then lines of responsibility, especially from a church leader. >> yeah. i mean, it's -- i mean, it's dust gusting on so many levels. there are a lot of religious people in this country who mean

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christopher andersen. he also did a book on george bush and laurel bush. this book is looking at the first lady's influence on her husband. for example, according to anderson, he said mrs. obama said to go with joe biden and skip hillary clinton. also that she was very supportive of the campaign slogan. anderson said the president thought it was kind of corny and it also talks about her concerns that their marriage would not survive his political ambition, which i'm sure every powerful political couple has had those kind of concerns. it will be excerpted in tomorrow's "new york daily news." martha: i'd like it. i'm always baffled by people who think that women do not have a big influence in their husband'' careers. it is probably pretty interesting. he has written some very interesting biographies in the past. trace: we are following this terror investigation that led to three arrests over the weekend. there's new information on the plot the . [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- trace: there is no word it could have been the biggest terrorist attacks since 9/11. a hearing is about