who seems to be standing up to that cllenge is his one-time rival, hillary clinton.he was on "meet the press" last month responding to david gregory's question about her famous 3:00 a.m. phone call ad from 2008 and whether the republicans ads -- the republican candidates need to show foreign policy competence as they run for president. >> i'm out of politics, as you know, david. i don't comment on it, but i think americans are going to want to know that they have a steady, experienced,ç smart ha on the tiller of the ship of state, and there's no doubt that that's barack obama. >> bell, is hillary clinton a political ally obama can really rely on right now? joan walsh is editor at large for salon.com, chris cillizza is managing editor. we want to offer our condolences to secretary of state clinton, they announced the death of her mother, dorothy rodham at the age of 92. what a life she's had. i've had a mixed history of my political views of hillary clinton and the role she played in the last campaign. i didn't like her position on the war in iraq and i let it be kno

if it can pass in mississippi they're hoping this goes up the ladder, gets cllenged and eventually makesep court to possibly overturn roe versus wade. that's the real goal here, chris. >> you're in michigan now. very big day tomorrow with the debate coming up. >> that's right. cnbc -- >> tell us what's in store? >> cnbc has its debate mostly on the economy, which we're here for, of course in michigan. michigan is a state, boy, talk at the economy. 9% unemployment nationwide. 11.1% here. hit hard by manufacturing job losses. all kinds of car, auto bailout stuff on the ballot. mitt romney, when you look at the politic of this, mitt romney whose was governor of the state, chairman of american motor company, which no longer xifrtexifrt exists, this is somebody mitt romney would probably win the michigan primary. in a general election, could make it competitive because of that and demming need to win michigan if president obama will win re-election, but he was against the auto bailout. that's a huge issue in this state going forward in a general election if he makes it there. >> always good t

he writes about that cllenge in why how we do anything means everything." i am pleased to have him back at this table. welcome. >> great to be here. >> rose: there's a new forward about bill clinton who basically says in this forward-- and you two have become friends-- he says "when i was in government everybody debated two questions. what are we going to do and how much will we spend? after my presidency i wanted to bring people together to focus on more important questions. regardless of what we want to do or what amount we have to spend on it, how can we maximize our efforts and expand our impact so that our good intentions turn into real change?" so this is one thing. you got the clinton forward. tell me what else is here? >> rose: what sells here? the world has come to how. when we first spoke... we talk about how connected the world had become. we come from connected to interconnected to interdependent to morally and ethically interdependent. we are so intertwined that the behavior of any one person can affect anybody else halfway acrosshe world in wa

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