let's talk about david axelrod. asked him, what did he think a republican takeover of the house would mean. he said, well, he doesn't think it's going to happen but he would hope it would lead to cooperation. do you think it would lead to cooperation or should we expect more gridlock, more opposition? >> i think there will be areas where there's cooperation. areas where there's opposition. look, the republicans if they take control of the house and get very close in the senate are going to try to put the brakes on all this reckless spending. we just saw this week alone they announced that there was the debt going up $1.3 trillion. by the way partly because 18 billion dollars of stimulus money went to 72,000 dead people. we just saw this week that 95,000 americans lost their jobs and the unemployment rate remains at 9.6%, above 9% for the 14th straight month. we just saw that this administration... we know that this administration has incurred more debt in 18 months than president bush's administration incurred in ei

david axelrod is the senior advisor to president obama. mr. axelrod, let's just start with the headline news. just when we thought the housing crisis, which was, let us not forget, the beginning of our economic problem-- just when we thought it couldn't get any worse, now we find that this sloppy paperwork by the lenders may have made some of these foreclosures now that are being contemplated invalid. some of the biggest lenders are now freezing foreclosures until they can get all this straightened out. i guess the first question i would have is, does the administration favor some kind of national moratorium on these foreclosures to get this all sorted out? >> first of all, bob, it is a serious problem. it's thrown a lot of uncertainty into the housing market that, as you know, is already fragile. it's bad for the housing market and it's bad for these institutions, which is why they're scrambling now to go back through their documentation for all of this, as they should. the president was concerned enough to veto a bill that came to him last t

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however, what david axelrod said to you was stunning.hen you told him what's his evidence that there's foreign money going to the chamber of commerce, he said what's your evidence that there isn't. i think it is really an important thing for people to realize that the president of the united states, at this point, when he goes out and he makes this charge, which is completely baseless, what he's really doing is attempting to limit people to exercise their first amendment. i believe he's attempting to chill political speech. he's hoping that by making this allegation of illegality that people will stop contributing. that's shameful and wrong and there's no evidence that this has gone on. the democrats ought to get themselves focused on the substance and not on this kind of speech... >> there is plenty of evidence. >> there's no evidence that foreign money is going into our political campaign, which is exactly the charge that's been made. >> because nobody knows if it is or not. >> governor dean, you and i can make any charge that we want,

. >>> david axelrod says the administration may not be in favor of putting all halt on foreclosures. many ask for an immediate moratorium. three other major lenders have suspended foreclosures in 23 states after it was revealed some paperwork may be flawed. closing ceremonies are wrapped up tonight for the walk. thousands of people walked 60 miles, raising awareness for breast cancer research. >> are huge celebration just wrapped up, and for many, this was an emotional journey that started more than three days ago. after three days and 60 miles,

white house senior advisor david axelrod fired back saying there is nothing to it. both are doing great work and mr. obama wants to keep them on the job. a recent poll reveals 2/3 of democrats would prefer clinton as vice president while only 25% prefer biden. 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

a lot of white house political advisers is david axelrod says to obama when they are considering hillary for a job right after the election, he said how can you trust hillary? obama i think trusts her -- >> greta: take her advice? >> no. i think her impact on the policy is not that great. she joined with gets in the military and i -- with gates in the military i call four, five blocks of granite that obama could not move around. joe biden, emerges -- >> greta: he's the provocateur asking the tough questions. he was impressive in this book. >> his intellectual arguments are as sound as anybody's. >> greta: obama's wars if you are in the military you should read in book if you know anybody in the military or if you give a damn about what is going on in the worm. we get to see how the sausage is made, regret pwhreu, thank you bob. >> if -- regretably, thank you

on sunday, white house adviser david axelrod said a national moratorium is not needed. >> we're working with these institutions. i am not sure about a national moratorium because there are in fact valid foreclosures that probably should go forward. >> shaun donovan, secretary of housing and urban development, said monday -- federal housing administration commissioner david stevens also opposes a nationwide moratorium, telling the washington post is not to print step to take in this fragile housing market. for more, i'm joined on the line by democratic lawmakers supports a nationwide moratorium on foreclosures and has called for the top 10 mortgage banks and lenders to immediately and voluntarily suspend foreclosure proceedings in all 50 states. congressman edolphus ed towns is a new york democrat and chairman

. >> let he say something -- first give more reporting, david axelrod, probably the president's closer adviser in the white house now. "there is absolutely nothing to it the president blessed to have a spectacular vice president and outstanding secretary of state. they are both doing great work. and he wants to keep them on the job." here is something i think we have to dissemble here, hillary clinton, given her age and he having else could quite well run for president in 2016, win or lose next time, she is still eye dial. ideal. in fact, she's in the queue, right behind him to run for the president next time. but not -- it doesn't help her to be carrying the saddle bags of the vice presidency. this idea that the vice presidency is a big leg up to the president -- since when? it worked for one guy in this century, george w. bush. george bush's father rather. generally, it is very hard to get a 12th year in if you are a democrat or a republican administration. after two terms, the public generally wants to switch it out. the only chance you have is running independently from somewhere e

david axelrod just mentioned some foreclosures he said may be valid, but why wouldn't the president want to stop all of them to make sure that everything is above board in all cases? >> sure. well, it's not healthy for the nation or for the housing market for foreclosures to stop. we have a lot of inventory out there. foreclosures are very popular, and we need to get this inventory out of the way for housing prices to stabilize and for banks to start making new loans again. also, people don't want foreclosed properties on their block. they are boarded up. they are vacant. they are ugly, so we want foreclosures to continue. we want foreclosures and foreclosure sales to continue. >> listen, the country has been in foreclosure trouble for three years now. why is this all happening now? >> well, a couple of weeks ago three banks announced that they were going to stop the foreclosure proceedings in the 23 states that courts have to approve the foreclosures in, so then on friday bank of america came out and said that it was going to stop foreclosure sales

david axelrod pack a visit to david letterman. they'll go into talking about the republican field for 2012. closer to home, the 2010 race in delaware. >> the seal dropping off the podium. what happened there and who got fired? >> that does come ner my purview as senior adviser so i have been giving this a lot of thought. we've been here two years, 500 speeches. never happened before. i can only think of one thing. >> what's that? >> witch craft. >> jeb bush, is he going to go or not going to go? >> people feel he's not going to go. it requires a big ego to run for president. >> mike huckabee. >> they all work for fox news. if they all run for president there's going to be a lot of openings. so run over there. >> mitt romney. >> if he stuck to who he was he would be a far more formidable candidate. >> sarah palin. >> i have a soft spot for her, day. i was at the vice presidential campaign and she winked at me. >>> justin bieber, the 16-year-old heartthrob. look at the hair. how can you not love that kid with the adorable little smi

>> reporter: rove and gillespie called the ad and axelrod's question political ploy. >> david axelrod is either woefully uninformed or willfully deceptive. >> i think this is a desperate and disteshing trend by the president of the united states to tar his political adversaries with some kind of enemies list, being unrestrained by any facts or evidence whatsoever. >> reporter: but the president today continued to hammer unlimited election spending without disclosure by certain groups, permitted now by a recent supreme court decision. >> the american people deserve to know who is trying to sway their election, and you can't stand by and let special interests drown out the voices of the american people. >> reporter: rallies like this may be good for getting democrats to the polls, but where the president will be spending most of his time over next several weeks is raising money and lots of it. russ? >> mitchell: bill plante with the president in philadelphia, thanks. the supreme court this week hears the appeal of a texas death row inmate in landmark case. the president wants to use fed

while one of the president's top advisers david axelrod admits he as no proof of wrongdoing, he's still skeptical. >> we now see tens of millions of dollars being spent by the chamber and a number of organizations some of which just cropped up. >> reporter: gop insiders call it dirty tricks. >> this is a desperate and i think disturbing trend by the president of the united states to tar his political adversaries with some kind of enemies list. >> reporter: with time running out, president obama is campaigning hard for fellow democrats. he will stump in miami today, one day after trying to rev up support in philadelphia. >> are you fired up? are you ready to go? >> reporter: the obama administration hopes big rallies like this one will help reignite the passion that catapulted democrats to victory two years ago. >> on november 2nd, i need you as fired up as you were in 2008. >> reporter: the president will continue stumping for his party in delaware friday and then again in massachusetts saturday. david axelrod is also saying if foreign money isn't used to help republican candidates, pro

david axelrod is also saying if foreign money isn't used to help rep kwan candidates, prove it asking them to release internal documents to prove their claims. >>> mexican law enforcement officials search for two suspects, brothers in the case of a missing american jet skier. david hartley has not been seen since september 30th. his wife said he was shot by pirates. >> hopefully, they can tell us where he is and locate where he's at so we can kind of end this. until he's home, it's not final for us. >> tiffany hartley maintains she tried to save her husband but fled when the pirates started shooting at her. officials say the suspects belong to a gang of pirates that has been terrorizing a mexican town. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch," most stocks in asia were higher this morning. randall pinkston is in new york here with that and more. randall, good morning. >> good morning. and the news in asia, asian markets surged amid a weak dollar, hong kong's hang seng posted big gains in early trading, a 26-month high. the nikkei was closed. earning season back on wall street, with a number of heav

barack obama and david axelrod and the people who made up this phony issue have succeeded.i respect them for that. >> may i produce a measure to move on to carl paladino. >> yes. i second your motion. all in favor? >> aye. >> how is the republican party's finest in new york state spending his weekend? >> mika has the detailed. he made a little speech in brooklyn. i think we have videotape. >> this is our other option. kind of like the first issue. new york gubernatorial candidate carl paladino is coming under fire for saying he doesn't want children to be, quote, brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is acceptable. speaking to orthodox jewish leaders in brooklyn yesterday, paladino criticized democratic rival andrew cuomo for marching in a gay pride parade earlier this year. >> i didn't march in a gay parade this year, the gay pride parade this year. my opponent did. and that's not the example that we should be showing our children. don't misquote me as wanting to hurt homosexual people in any way. that would be a dastardly lie. my approach is live and let live. i ju

actually did kill, and he had a plausible plan to get to david axelrod. >> why didn't he go after thent or axelrod? was the holocaust museum just easier? all you had to do was just walk? >> actually, it's not clear to me it was easier. he knew there were armed guards all over the place. that does not happen to have been the case at david axelrod's home and the address was listed. i think that jews were whole central to this guy's whole concept of evil in the world that he couldn't resist. >> do you see any relationship in the parallel rise in time only, i'm only suggesting there's a parallel in time, of the tea party and this tripling of the militias? >> it's tricky, because i do not want to give the impression that i'm associating the tea party with these militias. it almost doesn't matter what the anti-government extremists believe. what matters is that they are arming and training and practicing and planning for bloodshed. in most cases they consider it defensive. they're expecting, you know, obama to send troops to declare martial law, to seize their guns and round them up in conc

first, david axelrod is out there sizing up the 2012 republican field already.ast night on "letterman." let's listen. >> donald trump, we know that's a goof. chris christie. jeb bush, is he in or out? >> i've heard the name, people don't feel he's going to go. and the trump thing -- >> it's silly. >> it requires a big ego to run for president and -- >> mike huckabee. >> one of the interesting things is a lot of the names you're rolling off and a lot of the names all work for fox news, so if they all run for president. there are gotting to a lot of openings. >> mitt romney. >> he started off as kind of a moderate republican in massachusetts. passed the health care plan very much like the president. health care plan. i always thought if he had just stuck to who he was, he would be a far more formidable candidate. >> everybody's favorite, sarah palin. is she going to run? >> i have a soft spot because i was at the vice presidential debate and she winked at me. >> well don't ever think that people like david axelrod aren't eating this stuff for breakfast every day.

. >> so candy you've got david axelrod on.lking about anonymous donors and the idea of foreign money being funneled through the u.s. chamber of commerce in terms of campaigns and ads. some say they think this is what david axelrod has been saying about anonymous money is turning into a bit of a distraction from the bigger issues like the economy and jobs. >> well, and maybe that's the point. i mean, you know, politics has many layers here. and frankly axelrod is really only reflecting what his boss the president is saying on the campaign trail. they backed up just a bit and don't outright say foreign money is going into these campaigns, in particular talking about the chamber of commerce, which does take in dues from foreign companies with sort of american affiliations from american citizens. the problem here is that since the chamber of commerce doesn't have to release its donors that help fund its ads the president and the rest of the administration, many democrats have said look as far as we know, foreign money could be flo

. >> david axelrod was asked about this yesterday by bob schieffer. scheiffer kept questioning him and questioning him and bob schieffer was basically saying how do you know this is true? how can you prove this is true? that's why i was essentially saying, prove it's not. i don't know where. >> bob schieffer said is this the best you got three weeks from an election? >> at least they're not blaming bush anymore. they're blaming bush's old advisors. what's at the core here, remember the supreme court decision on citizens united. what they found was that businesses could spend as much to buy advertising as -- for candidates during elections. well, the u.s. chamber of commerce has pledged to spend up to $75 million during the midterms predominantly on behalf of republicans. and so axelrod and some -- rather, some people from the white house were talking about the fact that apparently about $100,000 of fees is collected by the u.s. chamber of commerce from international affiliates. companies that have business with the united states. and so they figure if

. >>> david axelrod says the administration may not be in favor of putting all halt on foreclosures. many ask for an immediate moratorium. three other major lenders have suspended foreclosures in 23 states after it was revealed some paperwork may be flawed. closing ceremonies are wrapped up tonight for the walk. thousands of people walked 60 miles, raising awareness for breast cancer research. >> are huge celebration just wrapped up, and for many, this was an emotional journey that started more than three days ago. after three days and 60 miles, it was completed for thousands walking for the cure. for her, it is personal. her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer in january. >> i felt like i had to do something. >> her mom cheers on from the side. she says she cannot believe her daughter would do this for her. >> the fact she is willing to do this, there are no words to describe. >> pat is also at a loss for words. >> i do not have the words yet to tell you how transforming this was and will be. >> they walked every step together. >> ladies that have to go through mastectomies, che

senior white house advisor david axelrod acknowledges it is a serious question. >>> the president heldrday in philadelphia hoping to reignite the same excitement that carried limb -- him to victory in the presidential race two years ago. >> i just want everybody to notice when you get in your car and you want to go forward, you put the car in d. if you're going backwards, what do you do? you put the car in r. that is in the a coincidence. you want to ride forward, put it in d on november 2nd. >> in just 22 days, votes will decide if republicans or democrats will be in control in congress. >>> a top white house aide is blowing more smoke. david axelrod said the president and john boehner would be good role models if they both kicked the habit but stopped short about whether they would work together on an anti-smoking campaign. just last month, boehner was asked about quitting smoking and said he appreciated the suggestion. >>> mother nature causing some chaos down under. people stranded signed of cars, even on top of cars as torrential rain create some nasty flooding and we'll get an up

white house senior advisor david axelrod fired back saying there is nothing to it. both are doing great work and mr. obama wants to keep them on the job. two years ago in the campaign, biden made a case for her. >> she is easily qualified to be vice president of the united states of america and quite frankly, it might have been a better pick than me. >> reporter: right before the inauguration, jill biden told oprah winfrey her husband had his choice of jobs. >> had the choice to be secretary of state or vice president. i said joe -- well,[ laughter ] . >> reporter: in a recent fox news opinion poll reveals two-third of democrats would prefer clinton as vice president, while only 25% prefer biden. democratic strategist says a biden-clinton swap makes sense. >> it gets people attention and allows barack obama to make the case again why he should continue in a second term. hillary clinton personally is very popular with a lot of the very voters that obama needs to get elected to a second term. independent voters, moderate, women, blue collar voters and union members. >

. >> let's bring in david axelrod. he talked about schieffer yesterday. what's this fight about? did the president get into a fight with this middle weight champion who lost a few championship belts over the years, karl rove. let's listen. >> this part about foreign money, that appears to be peanuts, mr. axelrod. do you have any evidence that it's anything other than peanuts? >> well, do you have any evidence that it's not? the fact is, the chamber has asserted that, but won't release any information about where they're campaign money is coming from and that's at the core of the problem here. >> if the only charge three weeks into the election that the democrats can make is that somehow this may or may not be foreign money coming into the campaign, is that the best you can do? >> no, i think that we have a more, a fundamental concern, bob, which is that the republican party and these interest groups who are now the major force in some of these campaigns want to turn the clock back to the very same policies that got us into this mess in the first place. >> here's the former chair

david axelrod will hang on until a least next year. what impact will this have on the white house operation, nina? >> it will clean up the language. pete rouse is a different kind of person. >> the new chief of staff. >> at least the interim chief of staff. rahm emanuel was a great enforcer at great political instincts. but he was ruthless, not just to his enemies, but the people in the white house and admit for a difficult situation at times. >> what do you think, mark? >> pete rouse is in the historic old course that in his passion for anonymity and no -- historic mold for staff and his passion for anonymity and no personal agenda. rahm emanuel devoted time and to energy to it, but he had a public persona. you will not see pete rouse doing ch"charlie rose." >> colby? >> this probably is going to be a good move on the part of president obama to get somebody who is less trouble than rahm emanuel was. >> charles? >> it will make no difference. the buck stops at the president's chair. the future of the presidency depends on obama. he wil

david axelrod says many of the foreclosures are valid and should go forward. there is growing pressure on the obama administration to stop foreclosures from a number of state officials including governor martin o'malley. >> later today he squares off against robert ehrlich in the first and only televised debate in the race. the hour-long debate will be pretaped and air in baltimore. two two radio debates are being negotiated. a new york candidate for governor is under fire after comments about homosexuality. carl paladino told a group of orthodox jews he doesn't want children pwraeub washed into thinking that homosexuality is acceptable. when asked if his comments were appropriate given the latest attack on gays in new york he says he doesn't support violence against gays. >> nfl commissioner roger goodell says the league is investigating whether brett favre violated the league's personal conduct policy. a website reported that favre allegedly sent inappropriate voicemails and nude photos of himself to a former jet sideline reporter. that is when he played for

the people who are closest to the president are leaving now, and other persons closest to him, david axelrod, is expected to leave early next year. >> jim jones? >> this will be a very -- >> national security adviser. >> it will be a very different-looking inner circle. >> a different feel from the beginning of the day, the meeting of the chief of staff, i asked melanie barns yesterday at the atlanta media ideas forum what the difference will be between rahm emanuel and pete rouse. >> can you replace rahm emanuel? i mean, you can't. every person brings their own personality, their own style, their own set of experiences to the job. and rahm is, you know, a -- just an amazing legislative tactician. he's someone who can see ten steps down the road when most people can only see five or eight steps down the road. and he also just has this wonderful energy that he brings to all the meetings and all of the work that we do. >> now, energy, one person's energy is another person's fear. what did austan goolsbee do today as savannah guthrie reported, was there a dead fish involved? >> a dead carp was

earlier in the broadcast we showed you bob schieffer grilling white house david axelrod and "saturday lampooning gloria allred. of course both gloria and mr. axelrod are plicial people being scrutinized by other liberal people. what the heck is going on. joining us from north carolina is bernard goldberg. let's start with bob schieffer because we gave him a hard time when he went on vacation and didn't know about the black panthers when he interviewed holder and you and i went over it. i thought he grilled mr. axelrod pretty tough. >> yeah, absolutely. it was a good interview. but if the question ultimately is are the media turning on barack obama, that may be another question. i think -- let's put it this way, bill, i think the slobbering has pretty much ended, at least for the time being. and the slobbering has ended basically because the magic is gone. you probably don't remember this but on christmas morning about a month after barack obama was elected president page one of the "the washington post" did a story about obama's exercise regiment and they actually talked about how he

david axelrod will hang in at least until next year. what impact will rahm emanuel's departure have on the white house operation, nina? >> it will clean up the language. pete rouse is such a different kind of person. >> the new chief of staff. >> at least the interim chief of staff. rahm emanuel was an enforcer and had great political instincts, and in many ways very good judgment. but he was ruthless not just to his enemies. he was ruthless to people in the white house he disagreed with, and it made for a very difficult situation at times. >> what do you think, mark? >> pete rouse is in the historic mold for staff. a passion for anonymity and no personal agenda. obama chose rahm emanuel and he, quite frankly, was the chief of staff and devoted his time and effort and energy to it, but he always had a public persona. you won't see pete rouse doing "charlie rose." >> colby, your take. >> rahm emanuel was a lightning rod on a lot of issues. it is probably a good move on the part of president obama to get somebody in who is less of a harbi

bob was challenging david axelrod on the white house charge that the u.s.of commerce was using money it raises from overseas to finance republican political campaigns. so why is it so darned important to the average voter out there that multinational corporations, some of them based outside the u.s. have their fingers in this election? how about this? it's the central economic issue of our times. look how the giant corporations get their profit margins up these days. ans. are they doing it through the productivity gains by substituti robotics for people? by outsourcing the cheaper vendors overseas, over where the price of labor is dirt cheap. no wonder the multinationals want to give the candidates who love to deregulate, love so-called free markets, tax structures that leave them as free as possible to continue do what they're doing. the freewilling cost cutting that meets the quarterly bottom line. no wonder the u.s. chamber is such a popular lobbying body for the multinational operation. so the right answer is this the best we can do? is this is the best

white house advisor david axelrod was pressed on the matter by host bob schieffer of cbs news "face thenation." >> this part about foreign money, that appears to be peanuts, mr. axelrod. i mean, do you have any evidence that it's anything other than peanuts? >> well, do you have any evidence that it's not, bob? the fact is that the chamber has asserted that but they won't release any information about where their campaign money the coming from. that's at the core of the problem here. >> woodruff: separately polls show that when voters are asked what issues are uppermost in their mind heading into this year's election, the economy and jobs are named most frequently. the matter of campaign spending is seldom, if ever, raised. >> woodruff: third-party groups on both sides of the political aisle are spending big on advertising this fall, though not at the same rate. republican-backed outside groups have spent some $46 million on tv ads on congressional races in the past two months, compared with just $7 million by interest groups backed by democrats. to make sense of the numbers, we're join

david axelrod last night also talked about the possibility of a compromise for the islamic center at ground zero. >> oh, my gosh. >> which i think we'll see the white house starting to move towards the compromise deal that could get us beyond that. let's go back to the original barack obama statement here. do you think the democrats have a glass half echl ity mentality? >> i think there's a lot of concern, a lot of angst. at the end of the day, if democrats go to the polls, close a little bit of this enthusiasm gap, coupled with the fact that the pledge to america, some of the other excitement republicans had going for themselves seem to be receding, i think axelrod is right. i still think we'll see some losses, but i don't see it being as big as the house. the senate concerns me a little more than the house did just a few weeks ago. >> mike, the president has to be frustrated. talk about glasses being half empty by the fact that there are progressives who i think most people believe pulled this president too far left are now saying give us more, give us more or we won't come out and

bob was challenging david axelrod on the white house charge that the u.s.es from overseas to finance republican political campaigns. so why is it so darn important to the average voter out there, that multinational corporations, some of them based outside of the united states, have their fingers in this election? how about this, it's the central economic issue of our times. look at how the giant corporations get their profit margins up these days. are they out there selling hot, new products every consumer wants to get their hands on? or are they doing the job by cost-cutting, cutting down the number of employees for whom have to pay those health packages, pensions and 401 plans. dooling it through those highly celebrated productivity games by substituting robotics for people, by outsourcing the cheaper vendors overseas, over where the price of labor is dirt cheap. no wonder the multinationals want to gift candidates who love to deregulate, love so-called free markets, love tax structures that lead them as free as possible to continue doing what they're doi

corp. 2010] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> white house senior adviser david axelrod shared his thoughts, an event hosted by politico and google. mr. axelrod said he was quoted as eager for the 2010 elections and predicted democrats would pull off some unexpected wins. this is about 45 minutes. some of the tea party candidacies have been propelled by the grassroots techniques, and so, it is going to have an impact, people organizing through the internet, as we organize through the internet. they raise money through the internet. the democratic national committee box has 13.8 fans -- 13.8 million, 5.5 million followers on twitter. the authorized tweet guy at the white house, but from time to time, we do get together. having a dialogue with the american people, the president have an online press conferences and responding to questions and so on. i see our friends on the republican side also put this america speaking outside on there. this led to their pledge to america. the interesting thing about it is in order for these things to be effective, it cannot just establish

press secretary robert gibbs could take on a new white house role and senior adviser david axelrod says he is heading back to chicago to run the president's re-election campaign. emanuel kicks off his campaign with a listening tour of chicago thabdz this weekend. and rouse is one of the least visible members of the president's senior staff but said to have, quote, a steady hand that can guide the white house through uncertain times. betty, back to you. big changes coming up. >> no doubt. tara mergener in washington for us, thank you. >>> a con voif tankers carrying fuel for u.s. troops in afghanistan ambushed and destroyed in southern pakistan. that convoy, en route from karachi to quetta, attacked by at least ten gunmen early this morning. the convoy was using an alternate route to afghanistan. pakistani authorities angered by u.s. helicopter strikes in pakistan shut down the main border crossing thursday. >>> now to south america, troops in ecuador have rescued president rafael correa from protesting police. last night, ecuadorean troops stormed a hospital we are was treated after bei

dorothy, without evidence of any foreign source for political donations here they admit, what david axelrod have any evidence. you the chamber, you need prove to us that somehow you don't. fair? >> this is the dividing line. this is what you mean by crossing the line. everything else they've done has led up to the marvelous regulatory moment that you have to say you have to give us proof you are not guilty of what we are accusing you of. this president who has come from harvard law school -- >> paul: due process being part of his dna. >> yes, one of the sings. you could imagine what would have happened if republicans had said anything like this. they would have had meetings led by moveon.org at the mall. president obama would have gone on to speak about this violation of our best services as americans. and you -- our best seleves as americans. beginning with the attacks on the banks, individuals in the media it has led up to this moment where everybody in the media says thiss the most bitterly divisive president, than any president who came to power. >> paul: dan, i want to ask about the po