did you see commentary by cokie roberts saying tea party racist because they don't like pop? about this kind of stuff ever stop? gutfeld and mcguirk. lively choices tonight including guys attacking my christian faith. we hope you stay tuned to those reports. >> fridays with geraldo segment tonight. ipads, an droids, iphones causing all kinds of chaos. young children texting inappropriate things, so are adults. you would think after all the sandals people would wise up. apparently not. this week some stripper in portland, oregon told the world that new jersey mayor cory booker has been tweeting with her. why on earth? joining us now to answer that question geraldo rivera who knows this world. i don't do tweeting. but if i get a strange email. >> i do. >> bill: if i get, i don't answer it all right? i never would ever answer it in way way if i don't know that person. no way. because it's too dangerous. why can't these people figure this out? >> you know, the first thing i thought of when i saw that cory booker had been tweeting with a stripper, a vegan stripner portland, oregon

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cokie roberts, david ignatius. he next to make the swim. >> that will happen. maybe the atlantic. >> what an extraordinary story. 110 mile swim through shark infested waters. she's 64 years old and just did something no one has done before. >> it's an inspiration to old broads everywhere. it's true. she's tried it a couple of times. i didn't think she could make it. i was going stop, stop trying. but she did. good for her. >> we've got a lot of news. obviously you all know what's going on and what's going to occupy washington and the world over the next week. the obama administration has begun its late est sale over policy. it's now in the hands of congress. today secretary of state john kerry and chuck hagel are going to be going before senate committees to lobby for military strikes against syria. you know there will be fireworks there. the president must sell international community and a body at home that is deeply divided over the way forward. >> i think the line in the sand should be that america gets involved

enter in npr's cokie roberts.e thinks is driving some of the tea party frustration with the president. >> some of the tea party anger is racist and that having a non-black person on the ticket will defuse it. having grown up in the deep south, i'm always aware of those words that are there that are just different when you're talking p someone of a different race. >> see, i was right. kooky. and this isn't the only time we've heard this from the left. they've been doing it for years. >> it's so funny because the teabagers, the one thing they hate is when you call them racist. the other thing they hate is black people. >> some of them in congress right now with this tea party movement would love to see you and me hanging on a tree. >> there's the what i'd love to get the "n" word out of the tea party. >> look at the tea party, here are a group of people who are admittedly racist, when are overtly political, who tried as best they can to harm president obama in every way they can. >> so eric, isn't this argument gett

with us on set, nbc cokie roberts. columnist al hunt. new york time's reporter jeremy peters, john meacham on hills way. >> hiee's always on his way. willie geist will be down at ground zero today. >> the mark. wow, gosh. >> 12 years, 11 years. 12 years. wow. >> we'll be hearing from him coming up. of course the headline this morning is the president's speech last fight. >> the president's speech last night. also a lot of political news out of new york city. the shock of all shock, anthony weiner not only loses, he ends with a flourish by giving an nbc reporter his middle finger. eliot spitzer loses. a big surprise. elliot is expected to win. that did not happen. but the speech last night, we got a lot of reaction to the speech last night. i'm very surprised by a lot of what i was reading. >> i was surprised across the board. >> how harsh. >> yes. >> let's set it up. get the harsh assessment from the table. >> they're not all harsh. president obama is asking congress to postpone a vote on striking syria as a possible deal to hand over it

cokie roberts and jeremy peters are still with us.ng us the host of msnbc's "hardball" and "meet the press" david gregory. a couple questions ted cruz was asking in the open. what cares? and it's all for show. i don't know, what was he talking about, maybe himself? >> oh, no. he was talking about nobody gives a flip about politicians in washington. >> oh, i thought it was the faux filibuster. there he is, still talking. >> the "wall street journal" said it was a phony debate about getting exposure, which he is succeeding at and building his fundraising list. a phony filibuster. you can take his picture down now. he will speak until he can no longer speak. that's just not true. you start your entire fake -- >> he started before noon. >> yeah. you start your phony filibuster with an untrue statement t. fact is that senator cruz got a deal with henry reed so he can sit there and talk and pretend that he's filibustering a bill that does exactly what he has claimed for months he wants the bill to do, which is the house bill which is to def

joe and mika joined by cokie roberts to talk about what he's trying to accomplish and if he's succeeding. "around the cooler." bono, a performance like you've never seek and he's spot-on with bill clinton. you have to see it. be right back. [ tires screech ] ♪ [ male announcer ] 1.21 gigawatts. today, that's easy. ge is revolutionizing power. supercharging turbines with advanced hardware and innovative software. using data predictively to help power entire cities. so the turbines of today... will power us all... into the future. ♪ into the future. with an innovative showerhead plus wireless speaker, kohler is the proud sponsor of singing in the shower. ♪ even superheroes need superheroes, and some superheroes need complete and balanced meals with 23 vitamins and minerals. purina dog chow. help keep him strong. dog chow strong. ♪ >>> all right. time for "the cooler." dnc fund-raiser. president obama announced bill de blasio. it was the president's endorsement of his son's afro that got the most attention. president obama took a moment to talk to dante saying he exactly sport tad afro back

cokie roberts, on set, nbc and we around the cooler.ay not like her dance moves or tongue or much of anything she's done in the last couple of year, miley cyrus' social media strategy is unbelievable. she broke records yesterday. we'll give you details with we come back. ♪ all you ever did was break me ♪ ♪ i came in like a wrecking ball ♪ ♪ yeah i just closed my eyes ♪ >>> at the top of the show we talked about president obama's address to the nation last night. if you want to sound smart tell your friends this marked obama's ninth primetime address. you know who olds the record? i'll give you two seconds of silence. what's on the screen. ronald reagan had 29 speech as cross his two terms. maybe they're doing their hair and weren't looking. leave me alone. it's a wednesday. all right. over to louis with the cooler. >> the most high-profile of anthony weiner's online mistresses continues to stretch her 15 minutes of fame. sydney leathers tried to show up and might him for the first time. then he was caught sexting with leather using the

and as cokie roberts says, she likes to get things done. our program tells us tonight that she was the first first lady to be elected to the senate. i fully expect that she will break another barrier in four years and will be the first first lady to walk back into the white house in her own right as president of the united states of america. [applause] and i assume that she will take president clinton along with her. we are so excited here in philadelphia. and i know you will spend a lot of time crisscrossing the country on the many issues that you care about. but i think as you can see, secretary clinton, there is a tremendous amount of love and appreciation and support for you. and alicia ann olivia and i cherish his friendship, appreciate all you do and expect to see great things in the next few years. congratulations in winning the 2013 liberty medal right here at the birthplace of freedom, liberty, and democracy. congratulations. >> thank you, mayor. as first lady of the united states, hillary clinton spearheaded a number of initiative

cokie roberts, to my left, is a familiar face. he is a political commentator for abc news and npr. she also writes a weekly syndicated column in newspapers around the country with her husband and my own professor, steven roberts. she is the author of two best- selling books, the founding mothers, and the ladies of liberty. next to cokie is richard norton smith, a scholar in residence at george mason university. he is one of the preeminent historians and is the former head of six national moderates six national libraries. and most everything related to the presidency. he has published numerous books, including "an uncommon man," and "patriarch: george washington and the new american nation." chrisa thompson is a historian who covers michelle obama. she writes about a broad range of not so famous people who do not require secret service protection. she began at the washington post in 2001 and reported from the newsrooms bureau and traveled the country to interview voters during the 2008 president of campaign. please welcome our distinguished panel. [applause] >> i do want to run a qu

cokie roberts, to my left, is a familiar face. he is a political commentator for abc news and npr. she also writes a weekly syndicated column in newspapers around the country with her husband and my own professor, steven roberts. she is the author of two best- selling books, the founding mothers, and the ladies of liberty. next to cokie is richard norton smith, a scholar in residence at george mason university. he is one of the preeminent historians and is the former head of six national moderates-- six presidential libraries. discuss most everything related to the presidency. he has published numerous books, including "an uncommon man," and "patriarch: george washington and the new american nation." chrisa thompson is a historian who covers michelle obama. she writes about a broad range of not so famous people who do not require secret service protection. she began at the washington post in 2001 and reported from the newsrooms bureau and traveled the country to interview voters during the 2008 president of campaign. please welcome our distinguished panel. [applause] i do want to r

we have matthew dowd and cokie roberts, the editorial page editor of "the what street journal," paul the congress, republican justin amash and democrat donna edwards. you heard the president say, we are in better position than two weeks ago. is he right? >> well, yeah, because there's an agreement between russia and the united states and hopefully syria. i assume that russia has been talking to syria about this. >> no, not yet. >> there's conversations going on. the last two weeks one of the most fascinating periods that i have seen for a long time. first of all, we were going to go to war. then we were not. then we were going to go to congress for permission. then we weren't. the president was going to give a talk. the talk was usurped by the discussions going on. the proposals going on. he's about to have all the interviews. and then there's a proposal to get rid of chemical weapons. and all the allies are all topsy-turvy. some republicans support him going to congress asking for permission. some are against it. >> he said it doesn't matter, we ended up in the right place. >> that'

we will hear from richard norton smith as well as abc news commentator, cokie roberts, and chris's thompson -- and chris at thompson's from the washington post. [inaudible] >> we are live today at the museum in downtown washington dc. we just saw a look at the audience gathered here for a conversation about the media's coverage of first ladies throughout the years. [applause] [inaudible] >> good afternoon, welcome to the museums studio. i am your host, john maine art, program manager here at the museum. today we examined the influence and image of america's first ladies. margaret truman once said the first lady has have the second hardest job in america. lady bird johnson said are slated to the only ones who can tell the president to shut up and not get fired. and jacqueline kennedy once said that the one thing she does not what he called his first lady, it sounds like a saddle horse. certainly three different viewpoint of a position in our government that we perhaps do not know enough about. this monday, c-span will help educate us as it resumes its for that resumes its series, "first ladi

i asked cokie roberts, good news is not news. it has to be cynical and divisive and partisan.hink there is his effort called the partnership for public service. they hold up people in government and look at exhibit a olympia snowe, dan glickman, harris walker -- if you do not think voting or leadership matters, think about what they have been able to accomplish. we need to resurrect that in people. >> i have faith in the government only some of the time. i know there are a lot of good people doing their best in trying to make it better, and they have to answer to the superiors, but i have to remind people we are still healing with human beings. people have preferences, prejudices, abilities, lack of abilities, but i spent a number of years in the house and senate as the whip, majority and minority. i analyzed the demographics of every member who i was trying to influence. it was obvious to me, people talk about their congressman or senator, they put them there, and most of the time they reflected the makeup of the demographics of the congressional district they were from. that

i asked cokie roberts, good news is not news. it has to be cynical and divisive and partisan.think there is his effort called the partnership for public service. they hold up people in government and look at exhibit a -- olympia snowe, dan glickman, harris walker -- if you do not think voting or leadership matters, think about what they have been able to accomplish. we need to resurrect that in people. >> i have faith in the government only some of the time. i know there are a lot of good people doing their best in trying to make it better, and they have to answer to the superiors, but i have to remind people we are still healing with human beings. preferences, prejudices, abilities, lack of abilities, but i spent a number of years in the house and as the whip, majority and minority. i analyzed the demographics of every member who i was trying to influence. it was obvious to me, people talk about their congressman or senator, they put them there, and most of the time they reflected the makeup of the demographics of the congressional district they were from. that was true in my

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i asked cokie roberts, good news is not news. it has to be cynical and divisive and partisan.i think there is his effort called the partnership for public service. they hold up people in government and look at exhibit glickman, snowe, dan harris walker -- if you do not think voting or leadership matters, think about what they have been able to accomplish. we need to resurrect that in people. >> i have faith in the government only some of the time. i know there are a lot of good people doing their best in trying to make it better, and they have to answer to the superiors, but i have to remind people we are still healing with human beings. preferences, purchases, abilities, lack of abilities, but i spent a number of years in the house and senate , majority and minority. -- ilyzed the correct six analyzed the demographics of every member who i was trying to influence. it was obvious to me, people laid about their congressman or senator, they put them there, and most of the time they reflected the makeup of the demographics of the congressional district they were from. that was tr

panelists are cokie roberts of abc and npr.rk post." >> trying to maintain family time and maintain privacy, mrs. roosevelt purchased a family pinet called pine not -- place>> this was a family . in that sense it was unique for the roosevelts. and press anyians hubbub of activity. that was the one place where it was private family time and the roosevelts made it very clear that they did not want anyone but family here. first ladies, influence and image. looking at the public and private lives of the women who served as first lady. one tonight live at 8:00 eastern. also on c-span radio at c- span.org. >> today, we heard from u.s. ambassador to the u.n., samantha power. she spoke in support of u.s. military action in syria to prevent aside from using chemical weapons. this is 20 minutes. >> syria is important because it lies at the heart of a region critical to u.s. security, a region that is home to friends and partners and one of our closest allies. it is important because a serial regime possesses stores of chemical weapons th

that is something that i have to say -- cokie roberts has been another of these women. it's not that we are denigrating what the men dead. oh, my goodness, they were so brave and hearty and they were visionary to write a constitution and declaration of independence. but there was an impact of our women. to make sure that is in the annals of our history and to show the young people about overcoming obstacles. including what the women did to make sure that there was an equal voice. if you look at the world, the countries that have the lowest economies are the countries that do not include the women in the economy. it is an issue for children and families that women have the ability to be a part of society and to be the professionals that can teach our children and treat our people in medicine. those that have so much to offer. because of the input of women. the product is better and it's proven if you look at the global economies of the countries that do have women in equal parts in our society versus those who don't. yes, i think that we will get it. meryl streep has bee