bill clinton. >> bill clinton absolutely did. what did bill clinton know?e probably thought the same thing would happen to him. >> i thought the worst prediction had to be whoever whispered to meg whitman a while ago, don't worry, we can muscle through this illegal manny thing whenever it explodes becauwas c. they didn't look like they had their act together. it's audacious not to figure this out in advance. >> we need to figure out nanny eruptions. >> it was so bad on so many different levels, but when the story came out, she was willing to cut her loose. i think the worst prediction was the one we just talked about of hillary clinton and -- >> really? >> you don't think it's going to happen. >> no, god no. >> you're really scoffing at that one. >> it's crazy. >> it was just spinning, it was just him sort of laying on thick some idea that he had. >> actually it wasn't a prediction, he was just reporting that someone -- >> it didn't look that he was reporting that. >> the tables are really, really big. >> my prediction, the worst one i think was either mart

but bill clinton was more of a centrist.me say more of a conservative democrat than the president that we currently have. and time has a way of mellowing out people. bill clinton you often times see with former president george h.w. bush. sometimes you see him with geor george w. bush. he's much more peaceful now. at the same time, we have to remember what fires voters up today is whether or not they have money to spend, whether or not they're working. as long as you have unemployment nationally at 9.6% and in some states in double digits, you're going to have a lot of angry americans. they'll be voting on the people responsible for it. those people are going to feel it on election day. >> joe, let me stay with you for a second. it's not just the unemployment numbers. it's also the conservative media. when clinton was around, as chuck todd was saying, and i was saying, they pummeled him. they went after him day in and day out. now that obama is in charge, they pummel him. so it's a matter of who fox news is more angry at tha

and that was when clinton. they said we need to pick all the washington capitol insiders and put them in our administration and we will be the same mistake. the only problem is obama was 50 points higher than nancy pelosi or harry reid. he was the one with the political capital. he was supposed to be the reformer. and i think they bought into much of his views on washington without really trying to change it, without trying to change the legislative system and to get the people involved. i think one of the interesting things that's indicative of this is the fact that howard dean did a good job with the administration. i mean, under dean, the party picks up six governor seats, 14 senate seats, 55 house seats, 15 jacinta chambers. on election night this was the first page my book. obama tells dean after his grandpa or speech, or safety strategies to lay the groundwork for my campaign. nothing. you know, i think the fact that dean wasn't a must-have in the demonstration, but i think the fact he was snubbed in snub

i think hillary clinton is a real sincere hawk. chris: there was a sense by richard holbrooke, by gibbs, the president's press secretary, when secretary clinton joined with the military folks against biden, she was also narrowing what the president could do, leaving him few options. and they didn't like it. your view? >> i think that's very true. and the fact is that generals were also aligned. it was very, very difficult for this president to go up against the military men. he has the same problem that bill clinton had, being a non-military president. he had no real credibility with the military, so i think he felt jammed by it and the political side of the white house has not forgiven that. chris: but in the last administration we saw secretary colin powell as a counterbalance to the hawkish views of rumsfel and cheney. now it's an interesting 2-1 you see ges and hillary clinton putting down biden, making him the odd man out. what does that do? >> it's remarkable, because the secretary of state and the secretary of defense have a

you know, quite apart from president clinton. and that's because people think, you see, she went and she paid her dues as a senator, actually people respected the campaign that she ran for the presidency. they respect enormously the fact that having lost it she didn't gripe about it. she got behind president obama and took on the role of being secretary of state. she is somebody who understands this issue. you know, she's been in and around it -- >> she knows the politics in america, too. >> totally. and she knows how, i think, she can make the politics between the israeli and the palestinian side work together and do it in a way that carries, which is important, carries american opinion with her. >> are you still optimistic? >> i am still optimistic, but then i think i'm a born optimistic. >> thank you very much, mr. blair. >> thanks. >> thanks for your time. >> thanks, chris. >>> that interview with prime minister tony blair is part of a documentarily we're working on as a former president bill clinton in his role as an ex-pres

that's what bill clinton's great at. he campaigned on connecting with moderates in the middle class so he can help the democrats connect to the center in swing states like west virginia where obama has a 29% approval rating and get out the -- >> kentucky, one of the places the president was today, this is the 2008 election. i'm going to go back to the democratic primary. that light blue, that would be senator hillary clinton beating barack obama 65% to 30% in the state of kentucky. i just want to go back in time to a different presidential election. 1992, bill clinton, 45%. he won kentucky. he has a bit of a history in kentucky. let's come back to the '08 map and move to west virginia. mccain wins easy. 56% to 43%. if west virginia voted for al gore, al gore would have been president of the united states. this state trended red lately. let's look at the democratic primary. that's all hillary clinton. blue collar whites. these are not barack obama states these two. that's one of the reasons you see bill clinton out making

-- including running over clinton michael for the first touchdown of the game and clinton portis rushed 11 times for 55 yards, 26 yards receiving. redskins rushed the ball 35 times all in all for 169 yards. so clinton portis, that's a pretty good day on the ground, isn't it? >> that was exciting, you know, just to have the opportunity to be part of the game to carry the team. i told ryan it's a game, it's a game. we know he's going to run the run and this is going to be a big game and we were there to fight with donovan. >> reporter: seemed very good to see clinton portis in a good mood in a nice shirt. he looked good and he was in a good mood because he and ryan torain ran the ball a lot. >> reporter: i have a new nickname for ryan torain. it's torain the train and clinton portis, the groin injury, you may be seeing a lot more of him. >> reporter: if you're looking for the license plate number on clinton michael it's 46. we'll take a break and come back and check out how the baltimore ravens did. remember antwaan randle el? he used to be here. now he's here and gone. >> reporter: gone.

it's the case bill clinton is town. bill clinton is getting me energized?hey have got to turn out that base. if you look at voter enthusiasm, it favors the republicans. >> so let me ask you this seriously. do you think people -- somebody who is going to show up at a bill clinton rally and be excited and be energized would otherwise just not go to the polls? do you really think that people who go to see bill clinton who make a trip out to see bill clinton speak would have otherwise just stayed home? because i certainly don't. look, he is not going to hurt the democrats right now. is he making an argument that other people aren't and he is connecting with democrats that president obama has a difficult time connecting with. including some of the very same democrats who president clinton's wife connected with so effectively in the primaries. he is not going to sway the election. it's just immaterial. >> juan: wait a minute, you are contradicting yourself. you say he connects with people who might not connect with president obama. don't you see a contradiction.

and clinton -- i don't think obama-clinton but i will take clinton-clinton again because i know what we had with them and this was the best thing this country has ever seen and for anybody to trash the clintons, and it never took us to war, neither. host: you are calling on the republican line. did you vote for republicans in the past? caller: last time i voted republican because hillary got screwed out of her position by john edwards and obama. host: in economic news this morning, the front page of "the financial times" and also other newspapers. democratic lawmakers demanded probe into foreclosures. house speaker nancy pelosi wrote letters to the justice department, for the reserve and comptroller of currency to look at violation of laws by financial institutions in connection with the league would mortgages. a front page of many of the newspapers this morning. houston, texas. willie, independent line. caller: good morning. host: go ahead, sir. caller: yeah. i don't think hillary and obama -- hillary will probably retire. the republicans, if they regain power, we will have a nation

secretary of state hillary clinton has come into the political spotlight again. will she object ticket in 2012? what do her supporters want for her and how do they want her to get it? that's our top story tonight. >>> plus, take me home, they're not really from west virginia, they just play them on tv. remember that ad that we showed you that republicans are running against governor of joe manchin up in west virginia. >> obama's messing things up. >> stimulus, obama care. >> and joe manchin supported it all. >> joe's not bad as governor sh but when he's with obama -- >> he turns into "washington joe." >> it turns out those guys were actors, they are actors who answered a casting call up in philadelphia for, quote, i love this, the hickey blue collar look. well, an ad that talks that way about west virginian's backfire for the earnings that's one for the "hardball" strategists tonight. >>> and sticking with the tv theme, remember the line from the old marjoram ad, it's not nice to fool mother nature. well it's not nice to cross mama grizzly. especially why she, sa

but he also has a clinton foundation. he's also this global figure. and by the way, i don't think bill clinton is necessarily pushing hillary or would push hillary to try to go on the ticket. i'm not sure bill clinton would necessarily would push hilary to into anything more. right now he's enjoying his own life. which in a way gives her more freedom to take her time here and not push things. because bill clinton doesn't need hillary's change of jobs to give him something to do. >> let's take a look at something that bob woodward said on cnn. and the reason why we're talking about this now, lynn, and you probably caught this in the clips. here's bob woodward talking about what's on the table as far as he believes in his reporting is from the clinton people themselves. let's listen to bob woodward. >> it's on the table. and some of hillary clinton's advisers see it as a real possibility in 2012. president obama needs some of the women latinos, retirees, that she did so well with during the 2008 primaries. and so they switched jobs. and not out of the q

clinton had a good run. clinton is a wonderful debater, or ray for, speaker. better than just about anybody out there. >> reporter: of course president obama is still popular here in california. polls show his favorability ratings just above 50%. some analysts say the troubles of running the country can bring down your image if you are an elected leader. of course president clinton doesn't have that problem any more. >> an knee vogel reporting from los angeles, thank you. -- >> more on both stories to be found online. log on to foxnews.com to find out why both races in massachusetts and california are important to the obama administration. molly line is blogging from boston. she isn't the only one posting, log on and see what carl cameron and our correspondents are working on today. >> with just 17 days before voters head to the polls the race between michael bennett and republican challenger ken buck is being regarded as a tossup. yesterday the candidates faced-off in a feisty debate. >> democrats across the country are running from their records and trying t

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he reading a book, the clinton tapes, about his secret conversations with president clinton. and he's looking at the examples i think of history to find out presidents -- how presidents have gone through moments like the one we're seeing right now and how do they recover. presidt clinton lost congress in 1994, came back to win reelection two years later. ronald reagan lost a couple dozens seats in the house. his poll numbers were also down. he came back to win reelection. so are those the emples that president obama can follow or does he have a different path where like for instance jimmy carter perhaps or even george bush in his second term where the numbers just went down and he never could pull back up. host: this is what it looks like, the education of a president by peter baker. in your story you refer to the president's comments in milwaukee. let's watch. >> some powerful interests who have bn dominating the agenda in washington for long time are not always happy with me. they talk about me like a dog. that's not in my prepared remarks. it's just -- but it's true. host:

bill clinton hits the road for the democrats. nine states to rally for his party. we begin with the chilean mine rescue. kerry sanders joins us with the late latest. everything looks like tremendous preparation to do this just right. >> reporter: everything has been set to make this all come off without a hitch. all that said, they do recognize it could still be dangerous. what they're going to do, if everything goes according to plan, is in the next couple of hour, they're going to take an escape capsule and drop it down the mine and bring it back. it won't go all the way down that shaft. 240,000 feet. they'll bring it up. then they're going to get one of the paramedics to get inside that capsule and they're going to send it down to the bottom. he'll get out. he'll greet those 33 miners who have been trapped down there and then the first miner will get in and take a journey of about 15 minutes to the surface. they have special designed clothes. much like a fighter pilot. it will keep the blood flowing so as they stand in that tiny little capsule like this for 15 m

>> no, i think that is probably just bill clinton being bill clinton. he loves this is like another opportunity to resurrect himself not unlike what jerry has been about for years. i think bill clinton is doing that but he is focused if he does something for you he will not hesitate as was the case with the god father to come back and say i need a favour. >>> bill clinton the god father that is a good one. >> there is a lot of that in politics. one reason bill clinton came out not so much for jerry brown they don't get along but gavin newsom. when he needed him when running for mayor bill showed up final week of the campaign. when hillary was running. gavin was there all the way to the end. he stayed with her. >>> democrats figured they have bill clinton as a figure head. is it really just sarah palin? is that their only option? >> do you think rudy giuliani can get much of a crowd down in san jose? could mitt romney, jeb bush? they don't have the star power. you have barack obama and bill clinton after that who could you pull out. it is tough to get a

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and then to john king, he said there were some hillary clinton advisers. this is like as vague a source as you can get, the lowest kind of source on the washington totem pole is an adviser. it could be her hair dresser. and some, nothing but a number. two, three? how many is some? so, that is really the kind of washington rumor that has no backing. >> interesting thing about journalism, arianna and andrea, this trade craft of ours, it's called journalism, the way you get a story going and really an interesting way. let's imagine this. i will just try to use my political sensors here and my knowledge. it seems to me that something like this could develop for a very important reason, this story, a very important reason. if you're close to hillary clinton, not necessarily her, but close to her, you may be very fearful that at some point in the next couple of weeks there will be a proposal on the table, not this illusory table that was talked about a minute ago, but "the" table at the white house, to promote her to secretary of defense. there may be fears with

we spent a lot of time talking about bill clinton. i began by asking him what makes bill clinton such a dominant politician even today. >> i think he is the master of the trade, really. i think he is the single most extraordinarily ept and competent politician i have ever met. that's not because he is simply good at communicating, the art of politics. it is because he is actually -- this is the thing i don't think people understand about him sufficiently. it is all anchored in very strong and very well worked-out convictions. people sometimes see him as the great communication, he was just a good politician. he is not. he has a core of beliefs that are very, very strong. and completely define where modern progressive politics has got to be if it is going to be successful. >> how did and does he tie together this centrist-leaning liberalism, if you will? somehow he has positioned himself close to the center but on the progressive side in a way that grabs the loyalty of working people, as we say in our country, working middle class peop

>> people forget that during hillary clinton's 2008 run, bill clinton was everywhere. were no tv cameras and small towns in pennsylvania and west virginia and in a lot of other places around this country and it was a huge draw. huge asset for then senator clinton's campaign. so, he's doing the same thing now and he demand everywhere and in a place like west virginia where barack obama is perhaps not as popular, he's a big draw for a democrat running for office and he's doing that over and over and over again. all around the country. >> as always, quick with the line. howard, i know you have to leave. karen and matt, you'll be back with us in a couple minutes. thank you, so much, howard, for coming in. >>> if you have a teenager learning to drive, we all know it can be scary, but how much time do you actually spend teaching your kid? an eye opening new survey. >>> michelle obama another secret weppen for the democrats. the first lady is heading off on a cross country campaign to help raise big bucks for her party. in times like these, you need an experienced partner to

hillary clinton remade herself as secretary of state.iewed as partisan as she once one, though she ran a middle of the road campaign in the presidential. she was neck in neck and almost won the nomination. close to being president. it doesn't surprise me she has numbers versus biden. everybody knows in the country who hillary clinton is. i do think she made herself and more of a pragmatist or viewed more of a pragmatist now. i don't find numbers surprising at all. >> shannon: fred, historically we hear the conversation. >> of course we did. >> shannon: about ereplacing vice presidents in second term. >> never happens. f.d.r. did. remember when he dumped -- not personally that you remember. but he dumped wallace in the middle of a war. nobody complained much about it. one thing that i think president obama has to have on his mind is the possibility of a challenge for the nomination. not from hillary. it those come from the left. democratic party and the republican party coming from the right. having hillary as a running mate announced ear

from bill clinton -- >>> you're watching cbs5 eyewitness news. ates to sacramen >>> a political heavyweight arrives in the bay area. the message from bill clinton to send two local candidates to sacramento. >>> the bridge back in business, the repairs made and the monitoring required to keep the san mateo bridge open. history re- born tonight... >>> a stroll down musical memory lane, a bit of bay area history tonight. good evening. i'm ann notarangelo. well, he is the democrats most effective campaigner. former president bill clinton in san jose tonight lending his support to the top of the ticket in california. don knapp is in san jose where mr. clinton campaigned with jerry brown and gavin newsom. >> reporter: of course, it was a political rally, but the big draw was a political rock star named bill clinton and this audience was really primed for him when he took the stage, the crowd going wild. here's how it went. gavin newsom and jerry brown are the californians running for office, but bill clinton was still the big draw and i think tonight w

i think bill clinton -- the electric charge is out of bill clinton, both the positive and negative.tack clinton for everything anymore, he is just a figure out there and sort of a positive figure. nobody goes after him. popular, but you notice -- >> very popular according to the polls. >> but he doesn't get the huge crowds that sarah palin can get or the huge negatives that sarah palin can get. clinton himself used to getç them. >> but in energizing the debate, i think he's a good person to do it. >> i don't know if he energizes it, but nobody is going to attack him. it is a good thing, but it doesn't have the charge. >> but what about michelle obama and her campaigning this week? >> i'm sure they will send her where she helps and is more popular than the president. >> like wisconsin and illinois. >> bill clinton appeals to moderates. in a general election it is the moderate voters who it is unclear if they are going for the pea tea partiers. we need to keep them on our side. >> before i let you guys go, one of my favorite campaigns this year is california. the year we have the two

. >> with democrats on the vote, bill clinton to the rescue? >> it is true that we did not get you out of this hole in 21 months. at least be stopped digging. >> and the wife of a clarence thomas telephones anita hill 19 years later to ask for an apology. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> hello, i'm mark shields, sitting in this week for gordon peterson. if the pollsters are correct, a republican wave is cresting and the gop is poised take the house. the spotlight is shining on the senate. races are tight everywhere. jeanne cummings, what it is coming for november 2? >> hung jury and the senate, republican win in the house. >> colby king? >> i agree with jeanne. what is surprising is that this stage a week and half before the election, they're playing defense, with the president trying to establish a fire wall in states that should be saved. >> nina? >> there is some evidence that democrats are coming home, but it is not enough. i agree with jeanne, it is very tight. >> charles? >> the peasantry will rise and

bill clinton was talking >>> hillary clinton made an aexperience in san francisco tonight. she was a speaker at an event put on by the commonwealth club. she spoke about several issues from technology to the war in afghanistan. >> reporter: hillary clinton delivered a short speak on how the bay area, silicon valley is helping the u.s. keep up with technology in the world. >> i just met with a group from twitter. i know there are a million ideas that are born every day here. if you have a good idea, we will listen. >> reporter: she answered questions from the audience orforeign oil, the economy and the war in av. >> there is an oil curse. wind countries discover oil, market that oil, if they are not thoughtful, if they are not visionary, very often it becomes a small elite that benefits from it. frustration anxiety and anger in our country right now over unemployment, over feeling that our government is not working, our economy is not working. i hope that people take some of that energy and focus it on the environment. >> how do you define success in afghanistan? >> able to

. >>> there's a drive to send 10,000 postcards to hillary clinton. if you are interested in sending one go to the student union in the mosaic center. >>> the democrats are going to college campuses to appeal to the jung voters in san jose this week, one of the most powerful people in the democratic party took to the stage to support jerry brown. >> reporter: the crowd at the san jose event center was fired up and ready to go as bill clinton rallied for jerry brown and gavin newsom start night. >> i have watched the assault on the american dream for 30 years, and i'm sick and tired of it. >> reporter: clinton and brown have been fierce political rivals in the past but stand together as democrats looking toward the future. newsom inspired optimism that the clean energy could lead to job growth. >> don't listen to the nay sayers, and don't let them tell you we cannot lead the way in the new green economy. >> reporter: the economy, education, and environment were among the most well received scenes of the evening. and when gubernatorial candidate brown t

clinton ticket is being considered. is obviously denying this. on -- as soon as that came out, then mark penn, hillary clinton's pollster says this is going to be a referendum election on obama. everybody is predicting this is going to be a bloodbath for the democrats. obviously there's bad blood there and there seems to be political posturing from within. i wanted your take on that. >> sure hillary supporters have been far more open in the last couple of months about sniping and griping their displeasure with the current team. you have seen a lot of turnover not just on capitol hill and elected office that you are seeing that. everybody is belting the obama administration. of course, some -- is bolting the obama administration. of course that is natural and cyclical. i agree with woodward this is about obama. >> sean: michelle malkin appreciate you being with us. let not your heart be troubled, when we company become our great, great, great american panel, straight ahead. ♪ ♪ as a home, there are things i'm supposed to

and then to john king, he said there were some hillary clinton advisers. this is like as vague a source as you can get, the lowest kind of source on the washington totem pole is an adviser. it could be her hair dresser. and some, nothing but a number. two, three? how many is some? so, that is really the kind of washington rumor that has no backing. >> interesting thing about journalism, arianna and andrea, this trade craft of ours, it's called journalism, the way you get a story going and really an interesting way. let's imagine this. i will just try to use my political sensors here and my knowledge. it seems to me that something like this could develop for a very important reason, this story, a very important reason. if you're close to hillary clinton, not necessarily her, but close to her, you may be very fearful that at some point in the next couple of weeks there will be a proposal on the table, not this illusory table that was talked about a minute ago, but "the" table at the white house, to promote her to secretary of defense. there may be fears with

democratic strategist mary ann march says a biden-clinton swap makes a great deal of sense. >> it gets people's attention and allows barack obama to make the case again why he should continue in the second term. hillary clinton is very popular with a lot of the voters that obama needs to get elected to a second term. >> reporter: mike emmanuel. >>> did banks act too quickly when foreclosing on tens of thousands of homes. thee banks have stopped foreclosures in 23 states after evidence surfaced that their employees or outside lawyers

bipartisan figure is bill clinton. can you explain that? >> i would not explain it because i don't agree with it. i don't share nina's rapture at seeing him reappear on the scene. he is a great politician and i am not sure he will make a difference either way. what we heard a set -- we heard and say that if you are mad, you don't want to make a decision, because you are likely to be wrong. the democrat said this week -- the president said this week -- they are trying to create a narrative to explain the upcoming democratic collapse -- that the brain is hard wired when you are afraid to not think straight. that is his explanation. what they are preparing this report is that the country is either in panic or is angry, and this is going to act rationally -- he rationally in rejecting the democrats. it's an odd proposition, and a reflection of the unbelievable intellectual arrogance of the democratic leadership. >> we went from bill clinton to unbelievable evidence. he is the only bipartisan figure who gets favorable ratin

that's what bill clinton represents.ve bill clinton come down and campaign for me, just like any other democrat that's standing for the people of good will, i look forward to being able to win this race. let me tell you, in the primary, had you people down here writing my political obituary saying it was over. we were down by 10 points three weeks out. we're counting on every day floridians to stand with me so i can stand for them in the united states senate. i want to tell you right now. there's no back and forth or being quiet on the issues down here. it's important that we stand up for our environment. it's important we stand up for creating green jobs. i don't apologize for that. we stand up for people who punch in and punch out every day. and we stand for our seniors. both of those candidates who are lifelong republicans, they're saying we should repeal health care. insurance companies want the ball back, i'm not willing to give it back to them. i think it's important we no longer walk around with noodle backs when

i don't think he has clinton in him. if the republicans pass a balanced budget or a budget that is fiscally responsible. the president won't sign it. what do they have at their disposal, what weapons? >> they have to do the best they can. i think they still have the capacity to show the discipline of completing, for example the budgetary spending bills, 13 appropriations bills on time. if the president doesn't sign that's one thing but they will show the nation they've done their duty. >> sean: then they will be making their case that is going to be a two election cycle. they will need the white house back to accomplish the goal of going back to our first principles, constitutional government and our founding declaration. >> right. we across the nation will be setting our cap on who the most appropriate small government conservative presidential nominee. >> sean: who do you like so far? >> there are a lot of people to like. >> sean: give me a few. >> mitch daniels from indiana. mike pence from indiana jim demint from sou

we mentioned clinton portis. i know he has gotten a knock lately for going down easily for getting hurt. when you hear about the severity of this injury, it make you cringe. >> when you have a third degree separation of your groin, i don't want to have the first or second degree separation. a third is bad enough. >> the keyword here, muscle of on the bone. >> i don't like to think about it. he is a war horse. he has been that. he has done effect this team has ever asked him to do. we can criticize, did you go down. when you have ataken the shots he has taken through the years, you have the right. i think -- and we talked about this on monday before we knew it was official. maybe he has taken one too many shots. inthis is a blessing in disguise for clinton portis. rest up to four to six week. if you want to come back and play at the end of the year, if you, clinton portis, want to come back and play, so be it. maybe your body is healed up. but he goes out there and he has played hurt.

>> hillary clinton deserves it.d they need somebody who will run as president. joe biden will not run in 2016. it would unify. clinton would still have inroads in the blue-collar places like pennsylvania and ohio. he has done a marvelous job for democrats in the last couple of years. he did not make the mistake of bringing hillary into the administration. he was told to do that. i think the unifies the obama brand and the clinton brand. the republican party that has the tea party angry at mitt romney, all i am suggesting is that the midterm results -- is easy for them to score points with republicans, but obama still has an excellent chance of a second term. >> i would go further out on a limb and say that palin will not run for president. that is the big question. if she decides not to run and is just a cheerleader on the side and keeps her job at fox news, i think that mitt romney has handled himself very well in the past couple of years. if he gets out in the medium can get somebody who can get the day's excited,

clinton also said the u.s. will promote its cooperative ties with china. >> it is not in anyone's interests for the united states and china to see each other as adversaries. and we do look forward to work closely with china, both bilaterally and through key institutions as it takes on a greater role and at the same time takes on more responsibility in regional and global affairs. >> clinton called on china to address various issues including its currency and trade policies as well as north korea's nuclear development. >>> the leaders of the ten-member association of southeast asian nations, asean, say their countries should adhere to the 2002 china asean declaration designed to ensure peace and stability in the south china sea. >> disputes in the south china sea must be resolved peacefully, must be resolved through diplomacy, and must be resolved in accordance with the applicable international law including the law of the sea. >> asean leaders discussed territorial disputes between china and some of its members

and it drove governor clinton bananas, it infuriated him. >> couldn't tell. >> good for bill clinton. as you showed in the earlier clip, governor brown was again attacking president clinton a few weeks ago. but, you know, in politics, there are larger things here than just personal disputes. i don't think those two guys like each other very much, but there is something more important here. bill clinton believes he's right on the issues. >> that's an important point. they still don't like each other very much. these are two guys with good memories who hold grudges and you made the point, let's listen more this is governor brown, now attorney general brown, just last month. >> i mean, clinton's a nice guy, but who ever sold he always told the truth? you remember, right? there's that whole story there about did he or did he? okay, i did not have taxes with this state. so let's be clear about that. thank you very much. >> that one there, i did not have taxes with this state. jerry brown getting a bit personal there. >> absolutely getting personal. but you know what, john, i remember a sen

i don't think he has clinton in him.republicans pass a balanced budget or a budget that is fiscally responsible. the president won't sign it. what do they have at their disposal, what weapons? >> they have to do the best they can. i think they still have the capacity to show the discipline of completing, for example the budgetary spending bills, 13 appropriations bills on time. if the president doesn't sign that's one thing but they will show the nation they've done their duty. >> sean: then they will be making their case that is going to be a two election cycle. they will need the white house back to accomplish the goal of going back to our first principles, constitutional government and our founding declaration. >> right. we across the nation will be setting our cap on who the most appropriate small government conservative presidential nominee. >> sean: who do you like so far? >> there are a lot of people to like. >> sean: give me a few. >> mitch daniels from indiana. mike pence from indiana jim demint from south carol

clinton can still draw a crowd. >> the 42nd president of the united states, bill clinton. >> reporteromeback kid. and now, former president bill clinton is trying to help democrats rally to keep their majority in congress. he's hit the campaign trail for more than 80 events this election season, pleading with voters to stick with democrats. >> all we're asking is for four more years. >> reporter: over the past week, the former president has crisscrossed the country, stumping for democratic candidates in very tight races. >> the only reason this is a tough race is this is a tough time. >> reporter: clinton appeals to moderates and independents. but he's one of the best at pumping up the base. >> bill clinton on the campaign trail reminds people what it was like to have a president where we had a balanced budget. they had a little more money in their pocket. >> reporter: a recent poll finds that 55% of americans had a positive view of president clinton, up over 15 points from 2 years ago. that's quite a turnaround from the contentious 2008 democratic primary season, when there were ques