you're a guy. >> eliot: i'm not your demographic. >> no. >> eliot: it's during the daytime.>> we get celebrities all the time. >> eliot: didn't you get the president. >> we had president obama a couple of weeks. we're trying to get romney but he has been resistant. >> eliot: i heard you said something about burning his house down. i would be afraid. let me play prosecutor. did you railroad did you not say that. >> i did not say that. >> eliot: did you say that you wanted firefighters to light a fire under the house. >> i did not say that. the reporter said to me that romney doesn't did believe in expanding the firefighters etc. on the federal level. i said in a joking way what would happen when his house burns down. who is he going to call, the mormon patrol? i did not say to have his fire burn down. >> eliot: who had the audacity? >> dobbs who is on fox business, ron zimmerman was on with him last night. i want him with me. he defended me against what's his face. >> eliot: lou dobbs. >> yeah. >> eliot: lou dobbs, he has his view. he became a big populist and then he went to

have a good weekend, everybody. [ music ] >> eliot: good evening, i'm eliot spitzer, and this is "viewpoint." it was a bad end to a bad week for president obama. it started last friday's dismal jobs report and with tuesday's recall defeat as governor scott walker held his seat in wisconsin and an unforced error during the news conference on the economy. >> obama: the most important thing we can do is make sure we have a strong robust recovery. the private sector is doing fine fine. >> eliot: he's rivals were first to pounce john boehner. >> president obama, take it from me, the private sector is not doing well. >> then g.o.p. mitt romney. >> romney: he said the private sector is doing fine. he said the private sector is doing fine. an extraordinary miscalculation and misunderstanding by a president who is out of touch. >> eliot: mr. obama then tiled back his comments a few hours later. >> obama: the economy is not doing fine. there are too many people out of work. the housing market is too weak and homes are still underwater. that's precisely why i asked congress to start making some steps

"viewpoint" with eliot spitzer is next. ♪ >> eliot: good evening, i'm eliot spitzer, and this is "viewpoint it's the most important election for the labor movement in decades. wisconsin republican govern scott walker became a hero to the right when he helped end collective bargaining rights for most public unions in his state. now he faces a recall election. with less than 12 hours than the polls are set to open, the candidates are all but tied. walker in the lead with 50% of likely voters supporting him and mayor tom barrett is within the poll's margin of error with 47%. two weeks ago showed walker leading barrett by a comfortable 7%. the recall campaign that followed has sharply divided wisconsin voters. >> you have situation where is neighbors don't want to neighbors, and relatives don't want to talk to relatives because of this political civil war that scott walker has created. >> eliot: a political civil war that drew tens of thousands to the wisconsin statous to the arrest of a walker supporter in a rally last week. and for public service workers forces in and out of wisconsin have sp

. >> good evening, i'm eliot spitzer and this is "viewpoint." as if the drone war against islamic villains wasn't enough there were stories leaked drone strikes, gutting al-qaeda leadership violate both u. and international law and the pentagon will unleash a mini drone small enough for individual soldiers to deploy. it will be enough to take out an individual without killing the people around him. but fear of collateral damage as the pentagon calls additional casualties did not stop president obama in the death of tribal bleeder number two. leon panetta at a conference in india. >> we have made clear to the pakistanis that the united states of america is going to defend ourselves against those who would attack us. >> cenk: according to the times the drone strikes that are devastatingal quite from a kill list approved by the president. military-age men who die in the strikes are considered combatant combatants and not civilians under the logic that anyone killed in proximity to the terrorist must be an terrorist. >> it seems to be a pattern that

thank you for your time tonight. >> eliot: thank >> thank you. >> eliot: first explain to us what ist violate an essential pledge that he made in 2008. >> so the document is one of 26 chapters of what has been branded as a trade agreement. but as this particular chapter leaking shows trade is really the least of it. in fact, the agreement would require the u.s. as well as other countries involved to, quote, conform their domestic laws, regulation and procedures to all the attached chapters. only two of the 26 have to do with trade. the one that leaked sets up limitations for the u.s. government not to regulate companies operating here and subject disputes between the u.s. government and foreign investors to international tribunals. the foreign investors would not have to meet our laws or go to our courts. while domestic courts were, and this violates a number of obama's pledges agreements like this one would no give greater rights to foreign firms rather than domestic ones. >> eliot: this would allowed companies to circumvent our legal framework and go to a tribunal standards. >> it'

[ ♪ music ♪ ] >> eliot: good evening i'm eliot spitzer and this is "viewpoint."y didn't lay a glove on this matter him. they might well is the him an invitation to their next fundraiser. they had jamie dimon in their grasp to supposedly learn how the biggest bank lost $4 billion or $5 billion, but it didn't get much more than a smile, a quick response and a glib apology. >> we let a lot of people down and we are very sorry for it. >> eliot: thanks jamie that means a whole lot. the committee didn't learn much about how the loss took place or how a supposed hands-on ceo like dimon lost so much. dimon insisted he had been misled when he called reports of a big lost a tempest in a tea pot last april. >> when i made a statement i was dead wrong. i had called inacio, and i spoke to risk officers, and i was assured and i have a right to rely on them that they thought this was a small isolated issue and that it wasn't a big problem. >> eliot: no one asked him about reports that he looked at weeks before that statement or he could not possibly have known the trade posed a

thank you for coming to the show show. >> thank you eliot. >> eliot: that speech that impassioned speechen viral over a year ago, it was brilliant. where did it come from? how did you put if together? was that an outpouring of emotions that has been we willing inside of you? >> thank you very much. that speech, the result of--it's funny, we only found out about the hearing three or four days before it was actually slated to take place. so i started writing it the saturday--it was a monday night. i started writing it saturday morning. then as i write in my two moms the book, it was something that i went through a bunch of different drafts before i settled on one that i liked. but when i got to the state house in des moines iowa, if you look at the notes in front of me compared to what came out of my mouth only 70% overlapped. there was emotion. i don't know about we willing up but the result of having to go through the challenges that families like mine that are faced in this country. >> the jimmy stewart and mr. smith goes to washington. a honest show, a genuine person stripped of all th

>>eliot spitzer takes on politics. mix. >>now it's your turn at the only online forum with a direct line to eliot spitzer. >>join the debate now. >> eliot: going gaffe-for-gaffe. pointing on the representative rival's word war. quote, the private assemblyter is doing fine. the republicans releasing two videos using those comments as to paint the president as out of touch. the obama campaign sought to turn the tables, seizing on seeming policy proposals that romney offered up at a campaign stop in iowa on friday. >> romney: he says we need more fireman, teachers and--did he not get the message of wisconsin? the american people. it's time to cut back on government and help the american people. >> eliot: even wisconsin 's own governor, scott walker refused >> i know in our state we back up firefighters, teachers, that's not what i think of when i think of big government. >> eliot: it does not body well for romney when they agree that even ronald reagan would have have a tough time being nominated by today's republican party. j

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: good evening, i'm eliot spitzer.his is a special edition of view point. i'll be joined by our featured guest former vice president al gore. but first, it appears to be a major victory for conservatives and the republican party and a serious defeat for labor unions, progressives and the democrats party. the effort to recall wisconsin's govern scott walker has failed. walker with 57% of the vote compared to 42% for milwaukee mayor tom barrett. let's go to madison wisconsin and current tv correspondent david schuster. what happened? everybody thought this would be neck and neck into late in the night. >> the thing that democrats were not counting on, and the democrats met their own turnout models, but the red parts of wisconsin are even more conservative and more energically red than they were. and let me give you an example. the greenbay packers. many of them supported the recall. they were mad about what scott walker did. and the packers are treated like gods in that state. president obama won brown county by nine poi

direct line to eliot spitzer. join debate now. >> disturbing new statistics released reveal in the first 155 days of this year, 154 active duty u.s. soldiers committed suicide. >> that's nearly one a day. as horrific as this number is it is made worse by the haunting residesation that more soldiers have taken their lives in this year than lost them on the battlefield. the number of suesized represents an 18% increase over the same period last year. here to help explain it and understand these troubling statistics are john salts who served two tours and dr. stein zanakus with 28 years of active duty experience and a founder for the center of translational medicine. thank you both for your time. john, let me begin with you. make sense of this, why you have been there on the field of battle. what do you think explains this uptick, this surge this horrifying set of data? >> i was actually at a loss when i saw this article. we had done better. we are seeing more suicides, you know, since 2006 forward, mostly because of

what's on "viewpoint" tonight, eliot? >> eliot: like everybody else, it's the day after.ppened in wisconsin? we thought in a minimum it was going to be close. we thought there would be good arguments and the voters would step up and say, yes we want to protect the rights of union members, but it didn't happen. we have joe, he has this little thing called a nobel prize in economics. with a great new book" the price of inequality" that diagnoses what is wrong with our economy. great, great economist someone worth living to. >> cenk: can't wait to see it. everybody come back for eliot spitzer's show, the "viewpoint" in just a minute. when we come back, tax the rich. tax the rich. we'll show what you is happening in the hamptons. it's outrageous. really? no. it comes with a hat. see, airline credit cards promise flights for 25,000 miles, but... [ man ] there's never any seats for 25,000 miles. frustrating, isn't it? but that won't happen with the capital one venture card. you can book any airline, anytime. hey, i just said that. after all, isn't traveling hard enough? ow! [ m

>> it means a lot, eliot. gone are the days where motivating the small donors and constituent groups like you see president obama doing with the gay and lesbian community is sufficient. in fact, in many ways the traditional funneled raising motivating small donors, et cetera, seems quite these days when all it takes is a handful of billionaires willing to write these huge seven and eight-figure checks. incidently, i can say now that since we reported about adelson's contribution, we have learned he is talking about giving as much as $10 million to the mitt romney super p.a.c. so that right there goes a long way. president obama can raise 5 million, $15 million on this swing and sheldon adelson can negate that add vantage like that. >> that's really indicative of the new world in which we live where it is, you know, the imperative is on the candidates and their supporters to win over these few handful of folks as opposed to establishing this broad fundraising network that was the time frame of what we saw on 20

eliot, you can tell i'm worked up, but tell what's is going to happen on "viewpoint" next. >> eliot:p every night why is this night any different than this night. we're going to be screaming and shouting in the way that the senators let jamie dimon off the hook. not a single--well maybe one tough question. we're talking about wall street and why it hates the president. and lori about how the trade treaties being negotiated by the white house may be under cutting workers in this nation. >> cenk: here's what i would have loved you and i asking jamie dimon questions. >> eliot: we can figure out to make sure that can happen. that would be a good time. >> cenk: absolutely. looking forward to "viewpoint" as always. >> eliot: thank you. >> cenk: when we come back we'll line it up a little bit. mitt romney is in a donut gate. we'll explain. >> i'm sorry that your favorite cloth got ripped up, wadded up and thrown in the backroom and i took it as a mocking. [music] the airplanes are going to get from one part of the country to the other without any air traffic controllers. it starts at $59 fo

great talking to you. >> cenk: let's go to he eliot spitzer. >> eliot: i tell what you i do after theike that. i'm not going to tell you on the air. we've got a great show. we're going to talk syria which is going up in flames. the u.s. is standing on the sidelines doing nothing. and the nfl is facing a big lawsuit, what does it mean, and we've got sheldon adelson cozying up to mitt romney. it's going to be a great show. >> cenk: i hear that the host will not be coughing up a lung during that show. another positive. >> eliot: i hope not. i'll try not to. don't get me sick. >> cenk: we'll see you in a couple of minutes. when we come back we have another republican clowning of theclown of theday. you won't believe what this guy is doing. >> this is what i do pull. [gunfire] home of the brave. ♪ ♪ it's where fear goes unwelcomed... ♪ ♪ and certain men... find a way to rise above. this is the land of giants. ♪ ♪ guts. glory. ram. i look at her, and i just want to give her everything. yeah you -- you know, everything can cost upwards of...[ whistles ] i did not want to think about that. re

i am eliot spitzer and this is "viewpoint."resident obama and mitt romney took their battle to ohio today. the president tried to hit the reset button on his campaign with a tough speech that contrasted his vision for the economy with the g.o.p.'s. romney tried to freeze the president in place with a withering response that attacked mr. obama's performance in. mr. romney was saying: you haven't. >> he has been president for three and a half years, and talk it cheap. action speaks very loud. and if you want to see the results of his economic policies, look around ohio. look around the country. you will see a lot of people are hurting, and the policies the president put in place did not make america create more jobs. but. >> but are voters blaming president obama? according to the latest gallup poll 68% think his predecessor, president george w. bush bears responsibility for the economy compared to 52% who blame mr. obama. independent voters also blame bush more than obama by 67 to 51%. mr. romney added to the blame game today wi

eliot spitzer is next for "viewpoint." what do you have for us?ng to stop buying new balance sneakers. i useed to wear them when i ran. i'll switch. consumers should do that. we have wisconsin coming up, an obviously a big day for that. we're watching that. and we'll talk about the politics of the moment and the arc of the history community and individualism in american politics. bill cohen about the latest outrages on wall street. good show. >> cenk: i thought the same thing about new balance sneakers. >> eliot: i didn't know you were a runner. >> cenk: i am, actually, it doesn't look like it. >> eliot: i didn't say that. >> cenk: when we come back republicans are running away from electric cars. we'll tell you why. for a good clean feeling. ♪ eat, drink, chew orbit! ♪ >> cenk: do you remember in the year 2000 when the prius was first released? the conservatives attacked saying, oh my god hybrids they'll never work. they said, quote not what the public wants. it will never deliver a profit. and demand has been weak. in fact, all the way into 2004

i am eliot spitzer. this is viewpoint.ling lawsuits in florida, voter suppression or ensuring dem democracy. graphic evidence of the obama stimulus package actually worked. a democratic strategist warped the president risks an impossible. he embraces a clear vote for the future. we start tonight in florida. republican governor rick scott has launched a pre-election purge of non-citizens from the voting list. the justice department demanded an end for possible violation of the voting rights and national voter registration act but governor scott insisted it was legal andnesses. >> we know we have almost 100 individuals that have registered to vote that are non-u.s. citizens. over 50 of them have voted in earlier elections. i have an obligation to enforce the lauds of our land. you don't get to vote in florida if you are a non-u.s. citizens. >> florida is suing the department of home land security for access to a database to find more indelible voters. the justice department said it will ask a federal court to stop florida's

coming up next is "viewpoint" with eliot spitzer. eliot, what have you got for us? talking about a different type of force, drones with katrina van den hoofen. does it work military taylor, does it work institutionally. keith ellison in after effort to overturn citizens united and great conversation we're going to have. and then zach walls a powerful voice out of iowa about same-sex couples. the new study of raising kids with same-sex couples and the progress he has made with the boy scouts. >> cenk: i'm sure the audience knows where i stand after the last segment. i love all three of those topics i can't wait. >> eliot: thanks. >> cenk: all right, and when we come back, our clown of the day, who is it going to be and why? this is awesome. you won't want to miss this. >> i love rudy eugene. >> with gloria allred at her side, yovonka bryant said she dated the so-called miami cannibal. home of the brave. ♪ ♪ it's where fear goes unwelcomed... ♪ ♪ and certain men... find a way to rise above. this is the land of giants. ♪ ♪ guts. glory. ram. in 2012 alone. go to our web

what's on "viewpoint" tonight eliot? >> eliot: like everybody else, it's the day after.sin? we thought in a minimum it was going to be close. we thought there would be good arguments and the voters would step up and say yes we want to protect the rights of union members, but it didn't happen. we have joe, he has this little thing called a nobel prize in economics. with a great new book" the price of inequality" that diagnoses what is wrong with our economy. great, great, economist, someone worth living to. >> cenk: can't wait to see it. everybody come back for eliot spitzer's show, the "viewpoint" in just a minute. when we come back, tax the rich. tax the rich. we'll show what you is happening in the hamptons. it's gaeme inc. thank gaemezilinsky, thank you for joining don't miss this week's "the gavin newsom show" with special guest: hollywood icon oliver stone. >> i'm not an activist, i'm outspoken. i'm a dramatist. ♪ all right, we're back with the tax of rich segment, and this is perfect. there is a sanky place on long island where all the many go to vacation in the su

"viewpoint" with eliot spitzer is next. ♪ [ theme music ] ♪ >>> good evening i'm eliot spitzer.s is "viewpoint." voters are warming to mitt romney, especially republican women. and cooling a bit to the president. the latest "washington post" abc news poll shows 52% of adults with a favorable impression of president obama compared to 41% for romney. but for the president that number is down 4% from a month ago, while romney's number has moved up 6%. the former massachusetts governor is getting a big boost from republican women. compared to fewer than three in five who favored him in april. >> we have job revolution. we need to have more jobs in massachusetts. more good jobs. that's the key to our future. >> there was that promise and hope that romney would deliver with jobs and grow the economy here in massachusetts, and that did not materialize. >> well what did materialize was young romney supporters there in force shouting down david axelrod when he launched an attack on the governor. >> you can shout down speakers my friends but it's hard to etch-a-sketch the truth away. >> g

coming up next is "viewpoint" with eliot spitzer. eliot, what have you got for us? talking about a different type of force, drones with katrina van den hoofen. does it work military taylor does it work institutionally. keith ellison in after effort to overturn citizens united and great conversation we're going to have. and then zach walls a powerful voice out of iowa about same-sex couples. and get elected if they don't on back to the middle. david catanese, political reporter at politico. and mcday coppins, political reporter for buzzfeed. when we come back, gay rights seemed to have a victory in washington. it was pulled back. the guy who pulled it back. the guy who is against gay marriage will be on the program. we will have an interesting conversation when we return. >> speaking against the vocal (vo) now, it's your turn. (vo) connect with the young turks with cenk uygur. >> it's go time.

great talking to you. >> cenk: let's go to he eliot spitzer. >> eliot: i tell what you i do after thethat. i'm not going to tell you on the air. we've got a great show. we're going to talk syria which is going up in flames. the u.s. is standing on the sidelines doing nothing. and the nfl is facing a big lawsuit, what does it mean and we've got sheldon adelson cozying up to mitt romney. it's going to be a great show. >> cenk: i hear that the host will not be coughing up a lung during that show. another positive. >> eliot: i hope not. i'll try not to. don't get me sick. >> cenk: we'll see you in a couple of minutes. when we come back we have another republican clowning of theclown of theday. you won't believe what this guy is doing. >> this is what i do, pull. [gunfire] for the energy to keep you going. who wouldn't want to be a part of that? payday. the sweet taste of energy. eliot spitzer joins the new news network. >>we will drill down on the day's top stories in search of facts that inform. ♪ >> cenk: all right, we're back on "the young turks." we got our clown of the day. today ano

>>here's how you can connect with "viewpoint with eliot spitzer." course, need to be answered. >>we will not settle for the easy answers. >> joy: to celebrate gay pride month i've invited my favorite lesbian comedian judy gold and rob shuter. >> to gay pride. >> i'm kidding. [laughter] >> joy: all right this is my last night for sitting in for spitz. i call him spitz. [laughter] >> joy: so i had to have you guys back because it just didn't feel like-- >> oh, thank you. >> we're so happy about it. >> joy: now i saw this article in the "village voice" who said that lesbians are not funny. what do you say to that, judy. >> i'm actually in the article as one of the lesbians. the article is really saying that lesbians are really funny but people don't think they're funny. i don't know what your sexuality has to do with being funny. well ellen degeneres. she's not talk about it. not every other word is gay and lesbian. but she never talked about it. >> joy: but she's very successful. >> right. >> joy: so maybe that's the key to really big success. >> if y

a little out of touch maybe here, eliot?robably had his own private fire department. so he wasn't worried. if you have a problem, go to your father, borrow some money. i don't know. mitt is both the most awkward politician. an odd person. >> absolutely. i love that. he has his own private fire department in la hoja. right? >> they all do. okay. thank you for your time this morning. >> my pleasure. always a joy. catch him on the viewpoint tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on current tv. doing a great job there catching up with the issues of the day. well, a lot of the same ones we start off with here every morning. we have been talking about republicans over playing their handy again, over playing their politics, demanding that eric holder resign because he will not appoint a special counsel to investigate the leaks. . >> stephanie: 45 minutes after >> this is the bill press show. stephanie miller show." >> on "the stephanie miller show" in suburban america this ♪ take just one more ♪ it's been dumbed down ♪ long before romney ♪ e

eliot spitzer is next for "viewpoint." what do you have for us? new balance sneakers. i useed to wear them when i ran. i'll switch. consumers should do that. we have wisconsin coming up, an obviously a big day for that. we're watching that. and we'll talk about the politics of the moment and the arc of the history community and individualism in american politics. bill cohen about the latest outrages on wall street. good show. >> cenk: i thought the same thing about new balance sneakers. >> eliot: i didn't know you were a runner. >> cenk: i am, actually, it doesn't look like it. >> eliot: i didn't say that. >> cenk: when we come back, republicans are running away from electric cars. we'll tell you why. for a good clean feeling. >>the gavin newsom show is a search engine for solutions, and that's the focus. we want to focus on solutions and ways of bringing people together. that's the only way we're going to solve the world's great vexing problems. >>(narrator) the gavin newsom show friday at 11 eastern/8 pacific on current tv. >> cenk: do you remem

eliot spitzer is next. good night. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> john: good evening i'm john fugelsang sitting in for eliot spitzer, and this is "viewpoint." last week you enjoyed joy behar for a full week in the same spot. this week you're stuck with me. i'm not as fun as joy but i'll stick in the cord kardashian in every show this week. in with justice kagan recusing herself. the court voted unanimously to uphold a provision in the immigration law. that requires police to check the immigration status of anyone they stop if there is suspicion they're in the country illegally. it's called the "show me your papers provision" as it's sometimes called but sounds funny when said in a german accent. it would require immigrants to carry immigration papers, make it a state crime for illegal immigrants to seek or work or hold a job. that will cause a crash to the economy. president obama said while he's pleased those particular provisions were struck down, quote, i remain concerned about the practical impact of the remain

>>here's how you can connect with "viewpoint with eliot spitzer."course, need to be answered. >>we will not settle for the easy answers. >> joy: joining me now is not only a very funny comedian but a very brave one because he agreed to spend one month trapped with meghan mccain while she smoked bought. their hilarious new book, "america, you sexy ." thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> joy: was she smoking? >> no. >> joy: i know she is smokes because she told us on "the view." >> neither of us smoke pot very often. i've done it a handful of times and she has done it less than me. but she came out, and we did spoke during the trip. >> joy: you did? >> we were in new orleans. we were offered and we said absolutely. >> joy: you know it's against the law. >> i scuff law. i don't care. >> joy: and her father was this close to the presidency. >> i'm sure if he was the president, she wouldn't smoke pot. but he's not and she is. >> joy: maybe she is smokes pot because he's not the president. let's talk about the title "america, you sexy

>>eliot spitzer takes on politics. >>science and republicans do not mix.t's your turn at the only online forum with a direct line to eliot spitzer. >>join the debate now. >> joy: we're back with the great frank rich. frank, let's make up something for obama's camp. what should they go for? should it be the flip flopping? >> there are so many things. the flip flopping. as they've said to,new york magazine sending women back to the 50s contraception anti-gay rights. there is all of that. i feel based on the daisy ad and the effectiveness of that, the biggest thing is to play on fear. we know the romney pacs wanted to do one playing on the fears of jeremiah wright, that campaign. >> joy: yes, they did that, and they won't give it up. >> of course they will. i feel the people most find weird about romney is his our secrettive he is, mysterious he is. people don't know where he lives. he keeps his religion--you can't say mormonism without having a heart attack. it's a big part of his life. >> joy: 's big mormon. he's not a small mormon. >> no, his family is a f

for eliot spitzer? >> the eliot is going to the gallapogos.what? i hung out with him. he knows everybody in new york and washington. >> and everything. he also knows everything. and he will tell it to you in 10 minutes. >> that's right. >> my show was starting in september sometime. they are not exactly sure of the date but this week i am sitting in for eliot. i have so many shows to do this week, i am getting -- having a breakdown. >> between that -- you used to do two shows a day. >> i did and it was a killer. then i said i think i will do it again. i am an idiot. for some reason, i just said yes to this because i got a couple of, you know, some interest to start you again after my show was cancelled on hlm. >> which is dumb as didb as cancelling "crossfire." >> it's funny because you can't get it back. you don't see crossfire any more now. >> i loved doing your show on hln. you know that. i did it every time i could come to new york and you were always very kind to welcome me there. >> i like you very much. i think you are very good. i can'

and eliot spitzer, prostitution is lyle.ohn edwards. >> bob: have the fox and friends visitor take us out here. >> brian: blocking for me. take it the restto way. coming up straight ahead, dana perino at the white house with the president, former president of the united states and the current president of the united states. and she will tell us what went on behind the scenes at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. the drama is tremendous! ♪ ♪  ♪ ♪ >> andrea: welcome back to "the five." big day at the white house, as 43 and 44 reunited. president obama hosted the pred sessor and family earlier today for unveiling of president bush and mrs. bush's official portrait. these type of events the presidents are always gracious to one another. take a look. >> we may have our differences politically, but the presidency transcends those differences. we all love this country and we all want america to succeed. >> i am pleased that my portrait brings an interesting symmetry to the white house collection. i starts and ends with a george w. mr. pre

eliot in the book. he is generally thought of as the most learned man of letters to be a conservative voice in the 20th-century. t.s. eliot has this wonderful poem, the waste land. it is not an informal poll. he wrote 80 years ago. the images in it are stark. t.s. eliot and one of the most famous lines in the wasteland says, i will show you fear in a handful of dust. the house has shown us here, not in a handful of dust, but in a torrent of bad legislation. the single worst legislative assault in history against the environment safeguards we'll depend on to protect our environment and health. we need to stand up, speak out. we need to turn this around. [applause] >> every weekend book tv offers 48 hours of programming focused on nonfiction authors and books. watch it here on c-span2. >> pulitzer prize-winning author david maraniss travel the globe to research his new book, barack obama, the story, visit places like can get to examine the president's family tree. book tv will give you a preview with the

>> i don't know eliot. my intuition is, it's not necessarily an indicator of what wisconsin will do in november. now, if the fellow i want to win, tom barrett wins, maybe i will be attempted to say the other thing. but -- i will be tempted to say the other thing. but even though tom wins -- as i said, i hope he does. i still don't think that this race is necessarily. witch is brought to you by pradaxa. this in sgrj. >> david shuster and chris larson, wisconsin party communications director, graham zielenski. we are joined this entire hour by former preponderate al gore. we are going to talk about a great argument mitt romney made in favor of an individual healthcare mandate. >> that's ahead on "viewpoint." i have the most common type of atrial fibrillation, or afib. it's not caused by a heart valve problem. i was taking warfarin, but my doctor put me on pradaxa instead to reduce my risk of stroke. in a clinical trial, pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate mesylate) reduced stroke risk 35% better than warfarin. and

in for eliot spitzer.s is not a new edition of soy "viewpoint," so fear not. this is the start of something new for the next week. i'll be doing my new show on current tv in the fall. but for the time being you're stuck with me for the 8:00 hour while eliot is on vacation. old friends will stop by. new friends, topics new to you and some stories that just piss me off. let's get to it. republican presidential candidate mitt romney gave a rare interview away from his safe haven with fox news, taking questions sunday from cbs's bob schieffer on face the imagination. mr. romney sang along with the g.o.p. chorus criticizing president obama for his decision to stop deporting many children of illegal immigrants. >> with regards to these kids who were brought in by their parents through no fault of their own there need to be a long-term solution so they node what their status is. >> but romney dodged when he was asked directly, would you keep the president's policy in place. >> but would you repeal this? >> well,

eliot makes an argument for counter-radicalization programs. as far as i know, governor romney has not begun to reflect on that, but it is basically a program that ambassador holbrooke opened up before he died and it is a very substantial set of activities associated with building institutions come influencing population, etc. then you add in the credibility of the president himself, and in some regions of the world, it was a lower after president bush. >> a couple of responses on that. first, on popularity, if you look at the pure research polls, he has gotten an uptick in the muslim world partially because of afghanistan and i have a very different take. i have spent time in afghanistan. i think there are a couple of points that need to be made. one of which is the good that was done by the increase in resources, all of which had been put in place by this administration to predecessor. when the military talks about plans, it is true to task with a lot of logistical infrastructure, preparing units, a training unit. this was all under way. i kn

what eliot says eliot says is quite right. in pulp not just the quality of the cards you're dealt.saying is he can play those cards better. >> i want to do rapid fire very quickly. what do you think is the most important foreign-policy decision the next president will face? >> solely of use of force, solely sending men and women into harm's way. it's always taking the risk associated with force and what it means. and i agree with that. in the near term i think the presenting issue perhaps when the president is inaugurated is iran and particularly also the involvement of our israeli allied and its own convictions with respect to what it can do. >> iran is the most important near-term challenge. >> if we can open it up for questions. does anybody have questions? >> if you wouldn't mind standing up and we have got a mic right here for you. >> matt benjamin. dr. cohen you said important for romney would be countering radicalization and yet republicans have been for romney especially calling on obama to be even more supportive of israel and if you could reconcile those two? >> again it'

(vo) an interview with the american jihadist on viewpoint with eliot spitzer. >> how could i really think refraining from attacking america? (vo) gavin newsom trying out google glasses. >>fascinating. (vo) jennifer granholm visited the obama campaign headquarters on the war room. next week, don't miss oliver stone on the gavin newsom show. ♪ unique. >> uh-huh. >> it's great to see you both on the same show. appearances? >> so this is a first. daytime. >> just getting you together. you have two kids now. >> yeah. >> and you are traveling all over the place. you have your own career 23andme. and it is growing and growing and growing. and what is it? >> 23andme is the ability for you to get access to all of your genetic information and learn about health and the ancestry that relates to you. find out if you are high-risk for something, high-risk for breast cancer, you might be genetically inclined to not respond to certain kinds of drugs. so common drugs, maybe you shouldn't take because they may not respond. so it's you learning all about you, and then there is an accessory component. we ha

(vo) an interview with the american jihadist on viewpoint with eliot spitzer. >> how could i really thinkfraining from attacking america? (vo) gavin newsom trying out google glasses. >>fascinating. (vo) jennifer granholm visited the obama campaign headquarters on the war room. next week, don't miss oliver stone on the gavin newsom show. ♪ >>> you guys started your own foundation. what else? i mean obviously the parkinson's is front and center, what are your own passions as it relates to philanthropy? >> uh-huh. >> i think -- yeah -- wikipedia freedom of information, human rights, global freedom kinds of things. we just sponsored this -- the ozwell freedom form, where lots of human rights activists around the world get together and award prizes. i think it's an amazing time in terms of some freedom around the world. we just had the arab spring. the egyptian presidential elections going on as we speak or something. >> yeah. >> and i -- i do think that -- you know, i kind of talk before about how the internet is going to spread information, and be free and happy, but i think that's actually

. >> thank you, eliot. i appreciate it. >> eliot: that's "viewpoint" for tonight. stay right here to enter the war room with jennifer granholm. thanks for watching. >>> i'm jennifer grandholm and tonight in "the war room," thank god it's friday. >> the president and i could get into a badminton game and get into a rubby game -- >> republicans pounce on the data breaking out the big words like pathetic and devastating. so what role will you play in this, gentlemen? [ wind howling ] >> yes we'll get back to you on that. ♪ >> these numbers are devastating. problem the most significant thing we can do in the near term is get a new president that understands what it takes to get the economy going. >> the american people are in a desperate spot. millions of americans are looking for work and it's time for us to change course and have real policies that put americans back to work. >> these job numbers are pathetic, and the american people really deserve better. and i think under the right leadership we can do better. >> that's mitt romney and his fellow profits of gloom.