as far as obama goes, i am telling you it mean something to me that the cat is as charismatic as that and has never treated -- never cheated on his old lady. in a 24-7 news cycle we live in, where everything is out in the open, you know if he had run around we would have found out about it. i like the way he is with his wife, his kids. he seems like a sweet man. he has acquitted the war on terror more than i thought i had. he has held true to the blueprint. i do not dig the spending. we are spending crazy amounts of money. i do not care who is in there. i would not agree with the spending that much. we have to stop spending for a little bit. tavis: we are talking presidents. president bush fifth book is out. have you had a chance to peruse it? that is source material, that guy. he has to be far better than clinton was for material. >> listen. bush, to me -- i did not get all of it, but i got that -- hear is the terror. the father keeps saying, don't make me come back. for years the kids are bouncing off the walls. all of a sudden, bush says you're to make me come back. that is what i

as far as president obama is concerned, you as borrowing has propped up the global economy enough. he wants the other countries to step up to the plate. like britain, america needs to cut borrowing and export to the rest of the world. but that is that happening. other companies like china and germany who are saving need to start spending. >> the most important thing the united states can do for the world economy is to grow, because we continue to be the world's largest market, and a huge engine for all other countries to grow. >> if you think that sounded a bit defensive, you are right. obama is on the back foot after days of criticism from the german chancellor and others who say the u.s. and its central bank are taking a dangerous approach to the dollar. unlike the south korean president, angela merkle did not criticize the president to his face. >> to you have concerns that the u.s. policy might flood money into the korean economy? >> that kind of question should be asked to me when president obama is not standing right next to me. >> america's main adversary in this is not germ

as far as president obama is concerned, u.s. borrowing has propped up the global economy long enough. coming out of this crisis, he wants to see other countries step up to the plate, like britain and. other countries, the big saving countries like china and germany, need to start spending. >> the most important thing that the united states can do for the world economy is to grow, because we continue to be the world's largest market, and a huge engine for all other countries to grow. >> if you think that sounds a bit defensive, you are right. obama is on the back but after days of criticism from the german chancellor and others, who say the u.s. and its central bank are taking the wrong approach to the dollar. >> do you have any concerns that u.s. policy might lead to a flood of hot money coming into the korean economy? >> that kind of question should be asked to me when president obama is not standing right next to me. >> america's main adversary in all of this is not germany or south korea. it is china. the chinese say they nee

as far as president obama's visit to india is concerned, we appreciate that visit as offering an opportunity for bringing greater stability in the region and friendship and the united states and india is not something we look upon with any sense of worry. all we would like this for our relationship to be stable as well. what president obama said in india about the u.n. permanent security council permanent membership is something that we do not agree with. but then even reform is something that is a complex process and we feel that complex process has yet to play itself out. the united states also committed itself to a permanent seat for japan several years ago. japan is now nowhere near getting that seat so this is not something we think is going to reflect in any way on the u.s.-pakistan relations, and i don't think even reform is something i'm going to read about in tomorrow's paper as having materialized and commenting on the after tomorrow's paper is a little too far right now. as far as pakistan being relegated it hasn't benefited the united states. in the past a don't think it's great

well, i surveyed nine of my friends and 8 of them said they liked obama but didn't trust gallup polls. as far'm concerned, obama is doing the best job he knows how. and it's good enough for me. >> bill: well, that's interesting, andy. president bush did the best job he could do. did he not? was that good enough for you? check six. cindy and john mccain do not agree about don't ask, don't tell. >> our political and religious leaders tell youth that they have no future. >> they can't get married. >> they can't donate blood. >> they can't serve our country openly. >> what's worse, these laws that legislate discrimination teach bullies what they are doing unacceptable. >> the government treats lbgt second class citizens why don't they. >> bill: currently doesn't support flipping the policy. that dinner table ought to be interesting. big mac under attack. right back with p and p. >>> "patriots and pinheads" in a moment. happy meal gets a reprieve in san francisco, but first factoid. dick morris, find out all kind of inside stuff in this chat. we hope you check out premium membership. can't thank y

well, i surveyed nine of my friends, and eight of them said they liked obama but didn't trust a gallup poll. as far as i'm concerned, obama's doing the best job he knows how, and it's good enough for me. something called the 2010 mercer quality of living survey chose the top 221 best cities to live in, in the whole world. according to this survey, the three best cities were vienna, zurich and geneva. new york city came in 49th out of the 221 cities that they rated. i was born in albany, new york. i've lived in london, cologne, paris and beverly hills. i've lived in new york city for a long time now, and i'll take new york. i forget whether i've ever been to zurich or not. i wouldn't want to live in a city that i forget whether i've ever been to or not. you can't forget new york. despite all the surveys i read, i've never been asked what i think about anything. my answers would be a lot different than the answers they say people give. they should survey people about what they think of surveys. >> pelley: i'm scott pelley. we'll be back next week with another edition of "60 minutes." [ male announcer

obama will take another look at it. i hope so. host: nashville, tennessee, j.d. on the line for republicans for david keating. caller: good morning. i wouldn't hold my breath as far as obama cooperating with the new republican congress because he's objects continue nate, arrogant and he is not going to cooperate. he is going to throw a fit like all the democrats are going to throw a fit because we took away their toys. what i would like to say is a comment of the idiocy of heard from the american people on c-span. if it were up to me right now i would pull all public funding for c-span and npr. there is nothing but indoctrination and propaganda being spewed over c-span and npr and the american public, i'm sick of them being taken advantage of and being fleeced by you phony bastards. host: there is no public funding here in our shop but anything more broadly? guest: that was the first comment i was going to say i thought c-span was funded by the cable industry. host: we are, yes. guest: so, no public funding there so i don't know what objection there is to that. host: we now go to ohio, eric, democrat. caller: hi. i would like to ask the guest about free trade. i

president obama has not had the tone so far. >> that's a psychological issue as far as barack obama isoncerned. how much can he accept this? to what degree does it say he was on the wrong course for the first two years, which he cannot go there. but, you know, he's come across -- come out in favor of freezes in some areas of domestic spending. i can certainly agree on some of that. i can't see him signing a budget without a lot of fighting back and forth beforehand. >> now paul rand says the meaning in obligation, which is $100 billion is easy. he says he won't have any trouble finding that. he said if there are republicans who object to that, he would like to introduce him to the freshman congressman coming in, who would think cutting $100 billion out of a huge budget approaching $4 trillion is pretty easy. so that's not a problem. what republicans are going to do, i think the plan is, is to have every week pass a spending cut. one of them mentioned to me it might be a spending cut in the federal aid for national public radio, npr. which is some spending cut. >> juan williams felt. >>

not only is my book not about where obama was born, but in the book i very clearly, and as far as i know, obama was born in hawaii. how do we know this? well, because in august of 1961, this is when obama was born, there was a notice sent to local hawaiian papers, including the honolulu sunday advertiser, young barack obama borg august 1961. in other words, and unless there was an amazing conspiracy, dating back 50 years, i feel reasonably satisfied in believing that the guy was born in hawaii. is obama a muslim? bell. many people think he is. he does stuff that seems strange. so for example, why would a president endorsed the ground zero mosque? do now, it not as if obama's advisors, david axelrod, are coming to obama and saying hey, president obama, your poll ratings have slipped, come up for the ground zero mosque. it's not as if that's a politically pearly thing to do, yet obama does that. i reported my book that obama endorsed, somewhat secretly, the release of the so-called blog or read bomber. this is a guy named abdul botha i'm a grumpy. he's an islamic terrorist who brought down

can go to you but one of the interesting things i've been watching american politics though as far away the obama always goes into a situation it seems to me and he says i'm willing to compromise and so he goes with that position because you covered the campaign you go. then with the position that i'm willing to compromise so he has to compromise his compromise if you see what i mean ok instead of coming in and say i'm the president of the united states this is my position what's yours ok then let's sit down if you think you'll change is his approach now because compromise didn't help his party but it's quite pop. and yeah i think it's quite possible that he will i think obama is temperamentally a guy who's inclined towards compromise and and clanged toward seeking consensus and that can be a good thing in life and politics in the political climate at the moment i'm not so sure that it is the other thing is you know in a way obama you mentioned earlier on the whole idea of obama socialist and a lot which is you know a pretty crazy idea i think that you know when you're confronted with opposition

obama has willing to give up on the cuts." not so, says the president as he flies home, but how far is obama willing to move on the real money issueillions of americans? in washington, julie kirtz, fox news. >>> the white house chief-of- staff officially launched his campaign to become the next mayor of chicago. rahm emanuel spent six years in congress and was also an advisor too president clinton. he discussed the city's fiscal problems. remanual is a front-runner in the mayor's race. democrats have held the post since 1931. >> the islamic kingdom of saudi arabia defriended facebook. they say the social-networking site was temporarily blocked for the nation's 27 million people. they say the action was taken because facebook, "had crossed a line and offended the kingdom's conservative moral values." access to facebook was restored just a few hours later. pakistan and bangladesh took similar actions against facebook earlier this year. >>> here at home a wind advisory is in effect for the bay area. powerful winds up to 60 miles per hour are expected across mount diabla. the national weather service is urging people to be caringful u

. >> as a muslim born in ken gnaw, he -- kenya he feel a bond with obama. >> as far as being a christian? yeah. i mean, woops. i like the fact that he spoke to indonesians in their native tongue. mostly because i did not know the indonesian native tongue. i did not even know that was a language. obama took the time to learn, greg. he took the time to learn. it is something you should try. >> he is any ter national college opportunity -- any ter national college student. he is going on break telling everybody how america sucks with his backpack and the canadian sticker on the back. he is obsessed by other cultures and obsessed by ours. >> i used to live here, guys. this is really my home. >> when has he ever said he was embarassed by america? when has he come close? >> i happen to have it on tape, but i lost it. >> i will take that and i apologize to you and america. i don't apologize to obama. stop making fun of the u.s. into i from girl greetings to girl mistreatings. does saudi arabia treat the fairer sex fairer? the u.s. thinks it du.z despite the fact they don't let dames drive and d

as far as president obama's visit to india is concerned, we appreciate that visit as offering an opportunityhe united states and india is not something we look upon with any sense of worry. all we would like this for our relationship to be stable as well. what president obama said in india about the u.n. permanent security council permanent membership is something that we do not agree with. but then even reform is something that is a complex process and we feel that complex process has yet to play itself out. the united states also committed itself to a permanent seat for japan several years ago. japan is now nowhere near getting that seat so this is not something we think is going to reflect in any way on the u.s.-pakistan relations, and i don't think even reform is something i'm going to read about in tomorrow's paper as having materialized and commenting on the after tomorrow's paper is a little too far right now. as far as pakistan being relegated it hasn't benefited the united states. in the past a don't think it's great added benefit the united states around so there's a considerable u

. >>> president obama is in japan this afternoon, the last leg of a ten-day trip to asia and as joel brown reports the mission has produced few benefits so far [ applause ] >> reporter: president obama left seoul without the thing he wanted most, a free trade agreement with south korea, a deal that could lead to thousands of jobs in the u.s. but the president says progress was made in stabilizing and strengthening the global economy. >> we should not anticipate that every time countries come together that we are going to do some revolutionary thing. instead of hitting home runs instead we will hit singles. >> reporter: the president was unable to convince his g-20 summit partner members to get tough with china on the under valued currency. he pushed back when supporters asked if his low poll numbers and political troubles at home were behind his set backs overseas. >> it wasn't easier to talk about presidency when my poll numbers were 65%. >> reporter: when the president returns to washington this weekend, he will land as members of the new congress will be arriving for orientation and now that the republicans will have control of the house,

we do not want the perfect to be the enemy of the good, to paraphrase president obama -- the latest one who said it, as far as i know -- it still seems like we are in this place where we are treating students differently and we are thinking of them in terms of being harder to serve or that we need more capacity to serve, or that they are -- they are special, but that -- i just would love to see them -- i just do not quite understand. i mean, we do not limit ourselves so tightly when we are talking about students enrolled in the resource program, for example. we have a certain number of kids who can be a caseload for a staff person, but we do not say we cannot take more than x number of kids at this particular school. i really would like to see us get to a place where we are not thinking of kids in terms of, "ok, we can only take this money, and you have to go over there because we cannot take you any more." >> commissioner norton, if i can respond, i agree with you. i have been able to address some principals last week, some elementary school principals, and this morning some middle school principals. disc

as far as president obama's visit to india is concerned, we appreciate that visit as offering an opportunity for bringing greater stability in the region and friendship and the united states and india is not something we look upon with any sense of worry. all we would like this for our relationship to be stable as well. what president obama said in india about the u.n. permanent security council permanent membership is something that we do not agree with. but then even reform is something that is a complex process and we feel that complex process has yet to play itself out. the united states also committed itself to a permanent seat for japan several years ago. japan is now nowhere near getting that seat so this is not something we think is going to reflect in any way on the u.s.-pakistan relations, and i don't think even reform is something i'm going to read about in tomorrow's paper as having materialized and commenting on the after tomorrow's paper is a little too far right now. as far as pakistan being relegated it hasn't benefited the united states. in the past a don't think it's great

the whole idea of obama a socialist on the left which is you know a pretty crazy idea i think that you know when you're confronted with opposition lighting and vast acquisition those as far from as that it's not really the time in my view to be saying well i'm reasonable i'm willing to compromise a lot of the charges that are being made against obama are actually themselves on reasonable it was interesting you know bill clinton has held up now as this model of someone who you saw a so-called third way which he did to an extent but clinton also had a very very aggressive so-called war room off democratic aides and people who were really there to rebut and to strike back against republican charges that sort of sort of i was one of them has not been very noticeable during obama's time in the presidency ok for if i think i want to add one or you know i want to add i want to ask you ford is the republican on the program here what does it take for you as a republican to work with the president of the united states as a republican what would you expect him to do to be a partner to help fix america. absolutely i think the number one of the top areas that bob didn't talk about is

i do not think the west wing would have let barack obama move as far to the right as bill clinton didg partners in a bipartisan way. >> i agree with that. you could argue that president obama has moved away from his progressive phase. he did a lot of compromising on health care. he did not close guantanamo bay like he said. we are still in iraq and afghanistan although winding down trying to conduct of both. he is angry at his face and angry that they do not understand him having to move to the center or to the right to get things done. obama was close to bennett. he was a conservative. after he left, nobody wants to do business with obama. a difference between 1994 is i think fox news has moved this political agenda. the tea party movement has a form there. look at the news stories such as: beck pushing the spokesperson for the tea party movement. gingrich did not have that back in 1994. history will show the t party and fox working together to turn back this obama agenda. he did the right thing by bailing out gm. i think the stimulus was right. but over that first summer, he did not

issa, it's senator mcconnell made it clear that the sole duty as far as he's concerned is to try to destroy the obama presidency. we cannot let oversight become a vehicle for the destruction of individuals or destruction of a presidency. we have to have facts follow where they may and then you draw the conclusion from the facts but when you start making unsubstantiated allegations that you then try to pass off as fact, that is not what oversight's about. that's something that's not democratic and i am determined to preserve congress's role as an effective oversight capacity without any -- without any hint of innuendo or smears of anyone. >> congressman dennis kucinich, always a pleasure. i hope you get it. >> i appreciate what you say. >> i think the base in this country needs a strong lefty that won't back down in a position. i'll tell you if it's not you, the democrats better come up with a real solid strategy on how to counterpunch all of this because in my opinion, this is all about 2012, this is all about slowing down the progressive agenda, it's all about getting rid of president obama and gumm

obama was ready to give in on temporarily extending the tax cuts for wealthy americans. not so, says the president, as he gets ready to fly home. huge question at this point, how fars obama willing to move on a very real money issue for millions of americans. juliet. >> juliet: thank you. >> rick: this week, the ethics trial for charlie rangel is set to begin monday. the long-time harlem democrat faces 13 counts of violating house rules which include failing to report assets, pay taxes on a vacation property, and using congressional stationary to raise money for an academic center to be named in his honor. congressman rangel, who won his reelection, insists he's innocent and he is rejecting any offers to settle the charges. the trial is expected to last about a week. >> juliet: if you're in a hybrid car, listen up. general electric is planning to spark the market by buying a fleet of electric vehicles. 25,000 actually, including 12,000 chevy volts. is it a show of confidence in the product or perhaps just the opposite? here to talk about this is the managing partner of chopped wood capital investment manager. great to see you again. so what do you think, smart mov

far towards me, so we touched. did michelle obama strong arm the minister into breaking her customs? true or false? false and we have tape. ashe obamas making their way down the receiving line, shaking hands with everyone? far from forcing herself on the information minister, there seems to be some mutual -- ah! meeting of the hands. let's take another look at that in slo-mo. hands -- oh! hands go out. it is most certainly mutual, if not outright started by him. there is hand shaking. even today, the glenn beck-derived tea party project want there is to be "don't tread on me" government license plates. they want the government to advertise, down with the government. this is so ridiculous. is this true or false? actually true. debunction junction, they're actually doing that. we're going to do this until we find it boring. so far, we find it really, really not boring. we'll be right back. boss: and now i'll turn it over to the gecko. gecko: ah, thank you, sir. as we all know, geico has been saving people money on rv, camper and trailer insurance... ...as well as motorcycle insurance... gecko: oh...sorry, technical difficultie

far. we're told studies involving other groups are taking place as well. lisa. >> thanks, scott. >>> the white house says president obama is outraged about north korea's artillery attack on a south korean island. at least two people were killed and ape others injured. north korea fired onto the island near a disputed border area after warning the south to stop military drills. that is the most dramatic confrontation between the two countries since the end of the korean war. steven bozworth arrived in beijing today where he strongly condemned north korea's actions, but he said the u.s. is still committed to negotiate with the communist nation. >> we strongly believe that a multi lateral diplomatic approach is the only way to realistically resolve these problems. we are very committed to continue to work at that in every way possible. >> the u.n. and china are siding with the u.s. and have called for calm by all parties. >>> a san francisco college student whose deportation was temporarily halted by senator dianne feinstein is back in the bay area and speaking out about his experience. 20-year-old steven lee returned to s

think the left wing of the democratic party, i don't think the blogosphere would let barack obama move as farthe right as bill clinton did. and two, even if he did, i'm not sure he would find willing partners who wanted to govern responsibly in a bipartisan way, because they scent blood in the water looking to 2012. >> yes, i agree with that. but i think you could argue president obama has already kind of moved away from his progressive base. he did a lot of compromising on health care. again, with mary landrieu and senator nelson and others, did not please some people on the left. and more to the point, he didn't close guantanamo like he said. we're still in iraq and afghanistan, although he's winding down, trying to get out of both. he seems to be torn, president obama, between -- he's angry. the president's angry at his base. he's angry that they don't get that he's got to move a little bit to the center or center- right to get some things done. but most tellingly -- and i think the moment was when senator bennet of utah went down. obama was close to bennet. he was a conservative, bennet.

far, more than 60 american farmers have been sent by the u.s. department of agriculture to afghanistan as part of president obama's civilian surge.ir mission: to wean afghan farmers off opium poppy by showing them how to grow alternative crops like wheat, apples, rice, and melons. michigan farmer gary tietz, part of the same usda program, is already at work in this remote corner of southeastern afghanistan in a job so dangerous, he can't leave his base without heavy military protection. >> these experiences, you know... >> reporter: they change you? >> yeah, they change you. >> reporter: daily he faces skeptical farmers and corrupt officials in an area where 90% of the world's opium is grown. last year, according to u.s. government figures, the taliban made about $100 million from opium. fueling the insurgency and its war against the west. once or twice a week, tietz visits villages to check on their livestock. >> do a lot of other damage to the utter. >> reporter: and on their fields to ensure farmers aren't growing poppy. this farm has been poppy free for two years, but opium is worth $1,500 per acre, three times more than whea

obama was like how can i get around that. and the best model for him was howard dean. because dean, he crashed and burned as potential candidate, but he had gone pretty far in the event successfully as as chair of the party. so there's an interesting scene in the book with david plotz was obama's campaign manager is meeting with a young new media person named joe roe sparked the growth bars worked on the pink campaign and was new media for howard dean at the dnc and was brought in for that reason. plus says lesson from hillary has all the money people. she's got all these dollars. she's off endorsement. so we've got to do it another way you what it's going to work is if it is bottom-up and so can you raise a bunch of money over the internet basically. rose bar says schiavo weak have got to do by craig this grassroots movement and inspire people. we can just tap them for money. that give them some ownership of the campaign. that really became the genius of the obama campaign was how to meld bottom up politics from top down structure which greatly could figure out to get and which obama did figure out to be. liked dean, obama was somewhat at an insurgent.