is david axelrod. they went into the churches and community -- it is david axelrod.more money. >> when we went to chicago, we talked to folks to find out. they also they are not for this. in fact, a 12-year-old child was mauled by episcopal -- by a pit bull. the mother was not happy with the health care. they drove one our way to get surgery. sean: there is an audacity here by the obamas. "we want everyone covered," blah, blah, blah, and her salary went up significantly at this very hospital when he became a senator. >> the people we talked to are unhappy. sean: a great report. ainsley earhardt, thank you. that is all the time we have left. thank you for being with ahs. tomorrow, our normal time, 9:00 p.m. eastern -- thank you for being with us. it is a "hannity" special toow

challenges for the president and his adviser david axelrod. david, i want to get to those issues, especially health care in a moment. but i want to start with something that had us scratching our heads a bit when we read the newspapers this morning. the vice president writing an op ed piece in the "new york times" about the economy says this about the stimulus program. he says "the recovery act has led some people to ask whether we are moving too slowly, but the act was intended to provide steady support for our economy over an extended period. not a jolt that would last only a few months." i want you to listen to something that president-elect obama said back in november using the word jolt and used it many times as president. >> we have a consensus, which is pretty rare between conservative economists and liberal economists that we need a big stimulus package that will jolt the economy back into shape. >> again, the president as you said termed several times and even the vice president used it certain several times. last month he said it was

and be david axelrod the campaign strategist. this is is sarah palin's last day as alaskan governor. is is she done? will we see her again? when you're sitting around with your political friends not worrying about health care reform, when you take that little break each week, is sarah pal palin someone that david axelrod says keep an eye on her? or is she done? >> i can tell you with absolute honesty that when i sit around with my political friends, particularly friends who are involved with me in my current pursuits, there's very little or no discussion of sarah palin. we're talking about the problems we're dealing with right now facing the country. and so on. and i really have no idea what governor palin is going to do. she's entering private life now. we wish her well and it's up to her to decide what role she's going to play in the future. she's got plenty of advice, i'm sure, she doesn't need mine. >> a diplomatic answer from the president's right-hand man. thank you very much. >> good to be with you, john. >> and when we co

you heard david axelrod after a rough few days for the president who he believes the second statement friday in the briefing room saying he wished he chose different words in that prime time news conference puts us back on track. is this debate over >> it's not over but what's important is what constructive steps can be taken and i think there are two. one would be to embrace the end racial profiling act which was actually introduced almost a decade ago, which is slated to be reintroduced by two senators which would set a strong national policy along with data collection points. the second is that perhaps the attorney general and the civil rights division of the justice department might convene civil rights groups, police organizations, the international association of chiefs of police, i think we need a dialogue that is at the community level in order to try to indicate and demonstrate that we can move forward in a united way to deal with the underlying issue of that of fairness and police community relations, so i think that constructive steps beyond the debate that the nation shoul

brian: david axelrod will be on in 30 minutes.ask him that he did say last night to the president, that the main people making a profit right now are the health insurance companies. the health insurance companies making record profit. how does that bode with what you found with government insurance? >> well, i'm looking at the entire cost of private care, including the cost that are paid to those insurance companies. what it finds is regardless of the profit they are making, privately purchased care has cost far less than government care. since 1970, for every three dollars that privately purchased care costs have risen, the costs of government run health care have risen more than four. and when you think about it, this is not really a great surprise. when is anything become cheaper by being funneled through the massive bureaucratic apparatus of the federal government? alisyn: the president talked last night about why it is so expensive now. let's say your child has a sore throat. here is a scenario that could happen. let's take a

we have david axelrod coming up. >> sorry, david.ope you're not watching this. >> barnicle, you can't just walk in front of the camera. >> here's mika, she's got the news. good luck, mika. go. play the drums. >> or play the other music maybe. >>> okay. it's not fair. all right, go. all of you go. it's time now for a look at today's top stories. president obama is keeping the pressure on health care reform with a visit today to the cleveland clinic in ohio. it follows his prime time news conference last night where he addressed the trillion dollar price tag. >> i've always pledged health insurance reform will not add to our deficit over the next decade and i mean it. for the past eight years we saw the enactment of two tax cuts primarily for the wealthiest americans and a medicare prescription program none of which were paid for. and that's partly why i inherited a $1.3 trillion deficit. that will not happen with health insurance reform. it will be paid for. >> in a rare show of defiance toward the supreme leader, iran's president, am

what does the senior adviser to the president, david axelrod, have to say? both men are here this hour in "the situation room." >>> and supreme surprise. a conservative senator who grilled sonia sotomayor makes a big announcement. i'm wolf blitzer in cnn's command center for breaking news, extraordinary reports from around the world. you're in "the situation room." >>> it will be a climax and a political cliffhanger that will unfold on prime-time television in about four hours. the president will step to the podium and tackle a huge challenge he says affects the helle and financial well-being of every american. health care reform. some republicans openly talk of breaking the president on this issue. some democrats say there's a long way to go to reform. and many of you are not yet sold on the president's health care ideas. our senior congressional correspondent, dana bash, is watching all this on capitol hill, but let's go to our senior white house correspondent, ed henry over at the white house. the president knows he has a lot of work to do. >> reporter: h

is david axelrod. they went into the churches and community -- it is david axelrod.they did it so the hospital could make more money. >> when we went to chicago, we talked to folks to find out. they also they are not for this. in fact, a 12-year-old child was mauled by episcopal -- by a pit bull. the mother was not happy with the health care. they drove one our way to get surgery. sean: there is an audacity here by the obamas. "we want everyone covered," blah, blah, blah, and her salary went up significantly at this very hospital when he became a senator. >> the people we talked to are unhappy. sean: a great report. ainsley earhardt, thank you. that is all the time we have left. thank you for being with ahs. tomorrow, our normal time, 9:00 p.m. eastern -- thank you for being with us. it is a "hannity" special tomorrow

we will ask the top white house advisor david axelrod an one of the leading conservative democrats cooper of tennessee and turn to the issue that has consumed the headlines last week the gates controversy we will talk about that with sociologist and columnist kathleen parker. i will have a final word on what the president calls a peak moment, healthcare and the gates controversy on face the nation. captioning sponsored by cbs "face the nation" with cbs news chief washington correspondent bob schieffer. and now from cbs news in washington, bob schieffer. well obviously when he said what he said in the news conference he later came to realize that on reflection that maybe that was not the way to go but i was just wondering was with there any particular incident the next day that made him realize that i need to get this straightened out? >> no, but i think that he certainly is, you know, aware of -- he reads widely, he, you know, gets summaries of coverage, he seize some coverage, i think he understood that the debate was veering off in the wrong direction and as he said, that his words may

david axelrod, senior adviser to the president. a big night for everybody tonight, including everybody watching tonight. everybody cares about health care. thank you very much, david. >> good to be with you. >>> coming up, how big a problem does the republican party have with its lunatic fringe? >>> coming up, president obama will talk health care at the top of the hour. can he convince congress and the american people to seal the deal? (announcer) regular kool-aid. goes almost three times further than soda. kool aid. delivering more smiles per gallon. >>> president obama is holding a press conference tonight. but some don't believe he's president. some conspiracy theorists are saying he's not an american because he doesn't have a birth certificate. that's baloney, but that doesn't stop misomeone at mike castle's town hall meeting. watch. >> i want to go back to january 20th and i want to know why were you people ignoring his birth certificate? he is not an american citizen. he is a citizen of kenya. >> loony tunes. and this crazin

there was a well orchestrated political campaign hiring david axelrod and other cronies and friends, the very people claiming they now want to help the poor and indigent ar -- or disabled, involved in a scheme to push them away from her hospital. >> exactly right. people really need to look at this episode closely. because what they did in chicago is what they will deliver to the rest of the country. as i said, the obamas and the administration opposes the -- have posed as the champions of minorities and poor people yet under of guys of helping them they booted them out of the uft of chicago emergency room, hired david axelrod, he profits from a contract -- contract to try to sell this to minorities, convince them that this bad medicine is good for them and now another one who is part of -- of the chicago conglomerate is installed at the east wing under mibel obama to help her sell the obama care plan. sean: you go basically by person, like meet the average joe biden and that's a myth. you go through the crooked cabinet. explain what you mean. >> well, joe biden like barack obama eve

. >> speaking of frustrated, rahm emanuel and david axelrod both said that this white house is willing to push through reform without a single republican if need be. is that the same message the president has been delivering to republicans in the private meetings? >> a lot of those details are still sort of coming out, but the white house has defined down what partisanship is. they said they want support on both sides, now there's an open conversation they'll result in whatever they want. >> we've focused a lot on republicans, but mike viqueira mentioned the allies are now a problem. harry reid said it was a waste of money for the ads to come out. democrats criticizing democrats. how hard is the white house willing to come down on the democrats not ready to get behind this president and health care reform? >> i think beyond the ads the dnc is running right now in the key states, it would be tough for them to amp it up further than that. when democrats see the president out like he was yesterday in new jersey, that was a very, very powerful speech he gave for jon corzine. i don't think

i don't think the president wants to. >> well, david axelrod and rahm emanuel seem to be running the rnment. depaved axelrod is the politics in this. he's the political operative in the white house. he seems to be setting policy. i'm not sure that's so good for the president and the country in the long run. monica: you know what, america is a very complex issue here, and i think the more time the public has time to examine the white house and the democrats want to do, they won't be pleased with it. he has a big challenge ahead. michael, thank you very much. directly ahead, the hottest, most prock tif factor segment of the week. and then espn reporter erin andrews videotaped naked in the welcome to the now network. currently, thousands of people are enjoying the new palm pre with its revolutionary web os. they're running multiple live applications at the same time. - ( thunder and rain ) - 3 million are using the simply everything plan. each is saving $1200 - over an at&t iphone plan. - ( cash register dings ) together that's over $3 billion. - enough to open a dunkin' donuts in space.

i don't think the president wants to. >> well, david axelrod and rahm emanuel seem to be running the vernment. depaved axelrod is the politics in this. he's the political operative in the white house. he seems to be setting policy. i'm not sure that's so good for the president and the country in the long run. monica: you know what, america is a very complex issue here, and i think the more time the public has time to examine the white house and the democrats want to do, they won't be pleased with it. he has a big challenge ahead. michael, thank you very much. directly ahead, the hottest, most prock tif factor segment of the week. and then espn reporter erin andrews videotaped naked in the i never thought it could happen to me... a heart attack at 53. i had felt fine. but turns out... my cholesterol and other risk factors... increased my chance of a heart attack. i should've done something. now, i trust my heart to lipitor. when diet and exercise are not enough, adding lipitor may help. unlike some other cholesterol lowering medications, lipitor is fda approved to reduce the risk... of

i don't think the president wants to. >> well, david axelrod and rahm emanuel seem to be running the ment. depaved axelrod is the politics in this. he's the political operative in the white house. he seems to be setting policy. i'm not sure that's so good for the president and the country in the long run. monica: you know what, america is a very complex issue here, and i think the more time the public has time to examine the white house and the democrats want to do, they won't be pleased with it. he has a big challenge ahead. michael, thank you very much. directly ahead, the hottest, most prock tif factor segment of the week. and then espn reporter erin andrews videotaped naked in the hotel room and then some women are saying it's all her fault. monica: thank you for staying with us. i'm monica crowley in for bill o'reilly. and in the flashback segment tonight, the hottest segment of the week, we are going to show it again because we get so much buzz. by now you've probably seen the shootout between senator barbara boxer and harry allford, the head of the black chamber of commerce on

do you think david axelrod is a liar? >> why would i think axelrod is a liar?ave documentation he was born in the united states. is the governor of hawaii a liar? >> if he would put out the birth certificate -- >> they've done it. here it is. >> no, that's a certificate of live birth. >> it's the rule in that state they don't hand out copies of the birth certificate. they have pictures of it we'll show you over and over again. pictures of the original -- here they are. what do you think, that was fabricated? >> i can't really see it but i would like to have -- i would like to see it. >> okay. we'll bring those in. we can bring in copies of the original. we have copies of the original photographed. we've gone to an effort, gordon, to establish he was born in hawaii. i just think -- steven, it seems to me the challenge gordon has -- because you have said he was born in the kenyan slums. that means he's an illegal alien. not only illegally president, he's illegally in the united states and he ought to be picked up. >> unless he's been -- >> he's never been natural

david axelrod, senior adviser to the president. a big night for everybody tonight, including everybody watching tonight. everybody cares about health care. thank you very much, david. >> good to be with you. >>> coming up, republican reaction from former presidential candidate rudy giuliani. he's going to be right here at this table. and a woman in a town hall meeting in delaware rails about the validity of president obama's birth certificate. how big a problem does the republican party have with its lunatic fringe. you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. (announcer) roundup extended control does two jobs... at once. one: kills weeds to the root. two: forms a barrier, preventing new ones for up to four months. roundup extended control. coming up, another look at the so-called birther movement. the people who don't believe president obama is a u.s. citizen. is this a problem for the republicans? the chevy open ho. where getting a new vehicle is easy. because the price on the tag is the price you pay on remaining '08 and '09 models

david axelrod says the white house's position is this, congress works people, brian, when it's presented a deadline. getting this vote before the august recess is the white house's deadline. >> you can catch the president's prime time news conference on my 20. we will stream it live on myfoxdc.com. plus tom fitzgerald will break down what president obama said on fax 5 news at 10:0than two y the deadly attack on virginia tech, investigators uncovered the lost mental health records on gunman seung-hui cho. shawn yancy has the details. >> reporter: according to virginia governor, the records were found in the home of the university clinic's former director. the missing records were a major gap in the investigation. in april of 2007, cho shot 32 students and teachers then shot himself. the families of two students killed filed lawsuits against the school and the director. the suit claims he never let other therapists know about hits erratic behavior or suicidal thoughts. >>> we are learning new details about an american who worked with al-qaeda. he pled guilty in january. the report was unse

david axelrod, good to talk to you this morning.t. >> thanks for having me. >>> what do you think about the president's health care speech? we want your views. sound off at cnn.com/amfix. it's coming up on 48 minutes after the hour. >>> 50 minutes past the hour. time to fast forward to the stories making news later today. we're expecting more first quarter earnings reports to come in from major companies. results are expected from 3m, at&t, mcdonald's, the profit expected to be up this year in the dollar menu economy. >>> summer vacation starts today for mark sanford, he's expected to head out for a two-week european vacation in effort to quote get some things right in the family. after admitting to skipping out on father's day weekend to be in argentina with his then mistress. >>> well, if you're in san diego today and happen to see hundreds of zombies stalking the streets, it's all part of a comic festivities. thousands of comic book and sci-fi fans descend on san diego to dress up and nerd out for the festival. rob marciano, what

>> governor jindal, thank you very he much for your time. >> david axelrod is senior adviser to the president. he joins us from the white house this morning. mr. axelrod, good morning. >> good morning, maggie. >> i'd like to get your response to governor jindal's remarks saying the president's speech was great but it's all market g marketing. what he would like to see and what everyone would like to see is not actually what's being discussed. >> the truth is that almost everything he said is subsumed in the president's approach to healthcare reform. he's embraced a lot of the same concepts, and that's heartening. the problem is that many of the members of his party in the congress have not embraced a lot of those principles. the bottom line here is right now healthcare premiums have doubled over the last decade. out of pocket costs up by a third. healthcare costs are growing three times the rate of wages. it's an unsustainable path, and the government is being crunch the by it, businesses are being crushed by it. we have to respond. mr. jindal says, well, the government shouldn't interfere in

president said david axelrod would be very visible on health care.at's exactly what we're seeing. tomorrow he's holding a prime time news conference, which we will cover right here on "the ed show" at 6:00 p.m., and a special edition of "the ed show" tomorrow night from washington. the media blitz isn't stopping at the tube or the town hall meetings of. the president is also recruiting bloggers. he spoke for about 25 palestinians on hand with a picked group of progressive bloggers on monday. now, he wants them to keep the heat on congress, and ask them to join the fight against the misinformation. >> one of things i know that blogs are best at is debunking myths that can slip through a lot of traditional media outlets and convention alwisdom. and that's why you play an important role in the weeks to come. >>> president obama has got his bloggers. joining me, one guy on that call, sam steen, political reporter. what is he doing? >> yeah, this was like you mention, another chance for the president to bring another arm to the fire u essentially. he call

. >> and mark, as we get ready for the news conference tonight, we should point out david axelrod, isatthews in a couple of minutes. that's going to be intriguing. mark, we are getting bombarded with messages about mark sanford. have you been able to decipher what he means when he says oh almost canceled his european vacation with his kids but his kids had raised money for it? >> what is he talking about? >> we haven't gotten to the bottom of that. one thing that is interesting is the amount of vacations that the governor has actually been taking. whether or not it was to argentina or the metaphorical appalachian trail we had talked about which he didn't go on. and then obviously, on the coast in south carolina where he was with his wife. and now talks about a european travel. >> that makes it so intriguing because so many people said he had abandoned the state. one would think if he's trying to prove he's ready to move forward and take very seriously the problems facing his state which includes double digit unemployment, he would be hunkering down and showing that he is there for tha

first, david axelrod. >> everybody wants to get something done. now we're trying to work through the details. but i think that we're going to get there because this is a situation that is untenable to the american people. >> there's an agreement on about 80% of what we need to get passed. we're working on the last 20%. >> robert gibbs last night using the same talking points as axle rod and using them again in today's press briefing. >>> the budget office tonight taking aim at a critical component of obama's health care plan. the white house argued that savings from a proposed advisory panel would significantly cut costs for programs such as medica medicare. however, they conclude that that private individual would save only about $2 billion over a decade. a tiny fraction of the bill's price tag of over a trillion dollars. this is not the first time the congressional budget office has criticized the president's health care plan and came up with almost a 180 degree opposite conclusion. earlier this month, they warned that the house version of the b

we'll talk to senior adviser to the president david axelrod and get gop reaction from louisiana governorby jindal. i'm michelle guillen. this is the cbs morning news. [ announcer ] you make healthy choices every day-- oh, max! and you want to do the same for your laughable, lovable dog. [ barks ] that's why purina fit & trim is specially formulated... with high-quality protein, including delicious real chicken, to help him maintain lean muscle and a healthy weight, so he can make the most of every day. long live your buddy. long live your dog. purina fit & trim. >>> good morning, everybody. it is thursday morning. another humid start to day. i'm in for don scott. he'll be back on monday. sharon is standing by with traffic and we're going to head in for him and -- tim and he is in for marty today. >> good morning, everyone. temperatures are in the low 70s and it is very humid. we do have showers moving across the region. some are you starting to make their way over toward the

and he has some nip and tucking ability behind him in david axelrod and rahm emanuel.he's very quick on his feet. however, if he doesn't begin to mix in some humor into things like news conferences, he'll be less effecve with this as we go along than he has been up to now. >> chris: do you think he' good at news conferences? i think some people are like they're trying to be you, they're getting very aggressive. yes, helene, they're getting very aggressive and they're something that they can duke it out with this fellow. >> the white house press corps as a wholly did ask questions. you can agree or disagree. most importantly, there was follow-up. one person asks a question and another person. chris: so by june they got their act together on equal terms. i'm just challenging, it's my job. let me ask you about this job. when you see him in action in real-time, do you see axelrod coming in for damage control and rahm? they seem to be very good at keeping him cool. >> i think ax and rahm are very, very hands on. it's interesting, because you mentioned the a.i.g. thing. i wa

we'll talk to senior adviser to the president david axelrod and get gop reaction from louisiana governorby jindal. i'm michelle guillen. this is the cbs morning news. [ announcer ] you make healthy choices every day-- oh, max! and you want to do the same for your laughable, lovable dog. [ barks ] that's why purina fit & trim is specially formulated... with high-quality protein, including delicious real chicken, to help him maintain lean muscle and a healthy weight, so he can make the most of every day. long live your buddy. long live your dog. purina fit & trim. >>> good morning. president obama continues to rally support for sweeping health care legislation. at a primetime news conference on wednesday he defended his decision to set an august deadline for the house and senate to hack, even if it isn't met. the president will continue to push his message today at a town hall meeting today in ohio. >>> president obama says the time line to withdrawal troops from iraq llwinot change despite the continued violence. they are scheduled to leave by 2011. the president made the announce on wedn

and by the way, bob's guest this sunday on "face the nation" will be david axelrod, senior advisor to president obama. turning to the economy now, state budgets have really taken a hit in this recession, especially california. tonight, lawmakers there approved a plan to close a $26 billion budget gap. this ends a very strange week that saw governor arnold schwarzenegger wielding a knife in a twitter video while asking for ideas on what to cut. the final agreement calls for drastic cuts in everything from education spending to highway maintenance. from cbsmoneywatch.com tonight, as many as five million workers just got a raise. the federal minimum wage went up 70 cents today to $7.25 an hour. backers of the increase say it was long overdue, but some economists say many businesses simply can't afford it and will end up cutting jobs. still ahead here on the "cbs evening news," the powerful and dangerous drug that may have killed michael jackson. more and more health care workers are becoming addicted. but up next, the government's cash for clunkers program. some say it's a real lemon. (m

on face the nation this morning bob schieffer asked presidential advisor david axelrod whether where mr. obama stands on that invitation. >> he did get assurances from both of them that they do want to meet and kind of talk this out. >> they expressed an interest in coming -- in coming to the white house. and -- and, you know, i think that -- that will likely happen. >> mitchell: secretary of state hillary clinton meets with china's foreign minister this week in washington. continuing what has been a busy time for the state department. kimberlie dozier has more now on the obama administration's globe-trotting summer. >> reporter: if you think this administration is stuck on the domestic u.s. agenda, hillary clinton would degg to -- beg to differ. >> the united states is back and ready to read. >> reporter: she racked up et0,000 air miles in the crofsey aras secretary of state touring from germany to india des pit a brief pause after breaking her elbow in june. last week on a visit to asia she issued a tough warning to north korea after its multiple missile launches and nuclear test t

david axelrod is white, i think 70% of the people every day are white. robert gibbs is white. >> i'm not saying he doesn't like white people. i'm saying he has a problem. this guy is, i believe, a racist. >> fox news said that was beck's personal opinion. but then there is rush limbaugh. >> let's face it, president obama is black. i think he has a chip on his shoulder. >> this is happening while bloggers and talk radio hosts are challenging whether barack obama is even a natural born american. ignoring all the evidence that he is. their underlying reason, many say, the president's race. so even though barack obama's election was a milestone for the country we have a long way to go. >> it isn't quite post-racial. we still have conflicts between african-american citizens especially males and the police department, and we shouldn't wave that away for any way minimize that kind of problem. >> reporter: raising the question whether we live in a post-racial america in life or politics. andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >>> when "nightly news" continues in

david axelrod called it "intriguing." congressman joins us. >> good to be here. -- a congressman joins us. neil: democrats are lookingç at taxing certain benefits? what is the deal? >> well, here is the problem. everybody recognizes that this has to be paid for. it cannot contribute to the deficit, and that is the dilemma in democrats have. çthe problem with the surtax is that could take the maximum rate up to 45%, after you have the increase. it goes back to the old rate of 39.6%, and then you add on top of that, and it goes up to 45%, and the alternative is some sort of tax on fringe benefits. now, organized labor is opposed to this. it was initially to determine this on the richness of the plan. in other words, if it is a very good plan, and people would be taxed on that. people who earn more than a certain amount, would pay a tax on their fringe benefits. people below that would not -- people who earn more than a certain amount would pay a tax on their fringe benefits. neil: they are open to that? >> i think somethi

and if one were david axelrod, i suspect he would bring that back.for the 2010 off year election, and in trouble for 2012. >> kennedy has a compelling piece in this week's "newsweek." let's bring in to the conversation, democratic representative from south carolina, congressman james. >> we will most be talking about this primetime news conference on this wednesday evening will be who pays for the plan and also does it hurt the economy, especially given the information that got out of the budget office last week. is this plan too faulty to rush through, sir? >> i don't think that we are rushing. to begin with, remember, since teddy roosevelt, we have been talking about health care. that was one of the things he regrets most. we had 79 hearings here since we have taken over. 45 hours of mock-up in three commissions. 3 of 5 committees already reported something out. one in the house and senate left. we will have mock-up for the next two days. and cbo is not scoring a big part of the bill on the second side. we understand that. we believe the savings ar

. >> you can't say he doesn't like white people, david axelrod is white, rahm emanuel his chief of staff is white. 70% of the people we see every day is white. >> i'm not saying that he doesn't like white people. i'm saying he has a problem. he has a -- this guy is, i believe, a racist. >> reporter: a senior vice president for fox news said beck was expressing his own opinions and his own views, not those of the fox news channel. and the white house had no comment. matt? >> all right, ron, thanks very much. ron allen in cambridge for us this morning. michelle malcolm is a conservative columnist, blogger and author of cultural core up corruption. what's the book about? judge a book by its cover, matt. >> in that particular case i'll get to that in a second. but president obama says the gates situation is a teaching moment. what has he learned, do you think, from this situation and the way he's handled it? >> well, i think he's a racial opportunist. and i think that he has learned that he shouldn't shoot his mouth off when he explicitly admits that he didn't know what happened. >> a racial

don't think it's a very wise strategy but then again, one has to assume that rahm emanuel and david axelrodre a lot smarter than i am's. mike: they have to be smart but job approval first time below 50% that hasn't happened since he took office. there is clearly some of maybe the magic coming off of barack obama's presidency. >> well, he has had the magic for quite a while. and he has been very popular. i think the first problem is people are dissatisfied with his stand on the issues, the rise in the deficit. i think that sort of started it and people are getting a little skeptical and a little worried about health care. and so that i think is really what is starting to bring his numbers down. but, also, i think if you are in people's living rooms day in, day out. soon they are going to say, you know, maybe you should stay in your own living room. mike: professor, any final thoughts on advice you would give to the president on how he can maybe get himself away from this cambridge cop situation real quickly? >> well, i think he did a great job today. this was the obama that ran and was elect

one of the president's top advisers david axelrod says if we can't get this thing done with republican wes eel just have to go it alone. that's what i like to hear. we don't have to have bipartisanship. that's kind of a different signal, what rahm emanuel is sending from a couple of weeks ago. and today president obama sounded like he was losing the patience with the party of no. and the whiners are crying foul. >> the president threw out the first pitch last night for the all-star game, but today the democratic membership of the health committee struck out on the issues of health care. it's just regrettable we were not allowed to be at the table when this bill was drafted so we could have gotten those ideas into the bill. >> senators not at the snabl senator gregg did i hear you correctly? folks there are 160 republican amendments in this bill. who the heck put them in there? i'm going to assume they came from the republicans. we're trying to confirm that tonight. president obama no doubt is son the offensive and he is winning this war and it is an ideological war. the house plan came

david axelrod asked if he was free to ask it so obama wanted that question brought up. although he was put on the spot, he didn't know he was going to be asked. he asked to be asked that question. >> that is breaking news. do you have any upcoming news because if you don't you are off the set. i got a question for you. i think i would be pissed off if i was being stopped by a cop. a, i would go the cop is doing his job but then i would be a little mad like you should go now. what do you think happened there? why do you think it escalated into something else? was it racial profiling? i don't think it was. >> i don't think it was racial profiling. we should be happy that cops are johnny on the spot and doing their job and identifying someone was a potential intrude. >> greg: he was beligerent. >> i have a theory. i want barrett to finish and then i want to go to bill because he is our resident african american. >> but what would have been funny is if crowley had responded to obama saying that it was stupid if he just said stupid is as stupid does, sir. >> greg: that would

david axelrod from the campaign is central to what's going on. there's a whole campaign team, advisors. they brought in aknee tra dunn as the communications director. she's somebody experienced with lots of political campaigns. close advisor to tom daschle, former senator. bill bradley, the former senator and so forth. so there are all kinds of people and then there's what i call the really important "x" factor in all of this, michelle obama as clearly not somebody who's just going to sit on the sidelines as the presidency goes by. i suspect there is significant discussion in the white house residence between she and the president obvious the presidency and what he's doing and what the priorities should be. what the decisions should be. >> rose: more like bill clinton and hillary clinton than others? >> yeah, i think so. i mean, she's a smart, engaged woman who has strong views, as i understand it. so that will be part of the peeling, you know? trying to find out as much about that as possible. >> rose: two other institutions. number one, the con

obama senior advisor david axelrod, he told bloomberg news, "ultimately this is not about a process.bout results. if we're going to get this thing done, obviously time is a wasting." and white house chief of staff rahm emanuel said the test isn't whether they voted for it. the test is whether the final product represented some of their ideas and i think it will. but how much will the american people react to all of this? joining us now with thoughts on the issue is the president of the word doctors, frank luntz is back with us. >> time is a wasting? sean: time is a wasting. what's the rush? >> does he not understand that the american people would rather have this done slowly, carefully, and correctly, than risk this economy and risk challenging and changing this health care passage. the most interesting quote i've seen in the last couple of weeks is chuck schumer and he said, and i quote, "the devil is in the details." i think that quote is going to come back to haunt him. sean: what words would work best for republicans in this debate and what words would work for the democrats? but

in a moment, david axelrod joins us for a talk about what the president needs in the bill and what itl do for the average person including those who already have health insurance. we also have early word on what the plt say in his opening statement tonight. here's one quote. if we do not control these costs we will not be able to control our deficit. if we do not reform health care your premiums and out of pocket costs will continue to skyroc t skyrocket. if we do not act, 14,000 americans will continue to lose their health insurance every day. the question is, can the president make the sale? can he answer the, what's in it for me question? also we'll take another look at that strange whack o crowd out there known as the birthers, those who refuse to believe that barack obama was born in the u.s. >> i want to know why are you people ignoring his birth certificate? he is not an american citizen. he is a citizen of kenya.

president obama's and his greetings, as do rahm emanuel and david axelrod and the rest of the chicago group. they are discovering that washington is the true windy city, no doubt. [laughter] [applause] the place where those who travel the high road of humility encounter little heavy traffic. [laughter] the only place in the world you can't prominent person walking down lover's lane holding his own hand. [laughter] the issues that brings me here today is central to the security of all americans, the future of the u.s. military, how it should be organized, equipped, and funded in the years ahead. to win the war as we are in while being prepared for threats on or beyond the horizon. earlier this year i recommended to president obama and he enthusiastically agreed that we needed to fundamentally reshape the priorities of america's defense establishment and reform the way the pentagon does business. in particular, the weapons we by and how we buy them. above all, to prepare to wage future wars rather than continuing to rearm for previous ones. i am here on relatively short notice to speak