paul begala and ari fleischer. commission will be lobbied harder over the next few months than anyone else in town. how ugly could it get? >> we can't even imagine. not only will they be lobbied we're going to be covered by the press. there'll be huge tension between those of us in the media who want transparency, will they broadcast all their meetings? and people who want a deal. because frankly deals are usually made behind closed doors. that's how we got the declaration of independence after all. that was closed press. that's going to be a really tough one. it's not just the lobbyists, it's the activists. the tea party has interjected a lot of energy into our politics, sometimes some on the fringe, just on the fringe have been a little frightening to me. but you could see -- i don't want to suggest but you could see the sort of activism we saw during the healthcare debate. which in the main was very healthy but there was a fringe there that was scary. >> ari, do you see the tea party as having a seat at the tabl

paul begala and ari fleischer, welcome. paul welcome to the world of twitter. >> it's only a matter of time before i use it to end my career. >> just don't send pictures. >> first off the white house says the president's bus trip to discuss jobs in key states no less is not a campaign trip. we all know that presidents do this. but still, i mean, it's campaigning, isn't it? >> well, it's both. you can't separate the two. this whole notion that somehow we should separate politics from governing, it would be like trying to separate mathematics from physics. politics is the language through which a democracy operates. so i celebrate both. i'm glad the president is out of washington. i'm glad he's out there talking to real folks. and i am praying that what he told wolf today sort of hinting at a major new jobs package is exactly what he's going to come with. it's what the country needs. >> ari, when it comes to creating jobs, can the president really do all that? can't the president only do so much especially with a divided cong

bush and now head of ari fleischer communications. >> you have perry maybe jumping in the race. >> what do you think of perry jumping in the race? >> republicans are unsettled. we don't know who the nominee is. and barack obama is vulnerable. we go to the top tier. he's going to be one of several. rick perry is going to be the high level, but he's not the greatest, so he's going to come in and dominate the field. >> is chuck todd right he has to be sure his first day isn't his best day? >> sure. it shows the dissatisfaction in the field. get them in. reenforce the notion the field isn't strong. we always know who are front-runners are, except the cycle is wide open. >> mitt romney that has money. he lost last time. that usually happens, winning four years later. why is he not grabbing hold of the republican base? what is the problem there? >> if you did a plus or minus on every candidate, romney's pluses are he looks presidential, he was a former governor, he's the front-runner so to speak, not really. a baseball team being half a gam

paul begala and ari fleischer, welcome. paul welcome to the world of twitter. >> it's only a matter of time before i use it to end my career. >> just don't send pictures. >> first off the white house says the president's bus trip to discuss jobs in key states no less is not a campaign trip. we all know that presidents do this. but still, i mean, it's campaigning, isn't it? >> well, it's both. you can't separate the two. this whole notion that somehow we should separate politics from governing, it would be like trying to separate mathematics from physics. politics is the language through which a democracy operates. so i celebrate both. i'm glad the president is out of washington. i'm glad he's out there talking to real folks. and i am praying that what he told wolf today sort of hinting at a major new jobs package is exactly what he's going to come with. it's what the country needs. >> ari, when it comes to creating jobs, can the president really do all that? can't the president only do so much especially with a divided cong

david, ari fleischer, jessica, thank you very much. i'll be tweeting tonight. >>> up next, the war of words over jobs between president obama and texas governor rick perry. governor perry says he creates them and president obama destroys them. >>> operation forces in libya getting closer to tripoli and possibly to victory. we'll talk live with our people on the ground and with opposition just outside of the capital. >> a stunning revelation in the deadly collapse at the indiana state fair. it could answer the question why on earth wasn't the fairground evacuated when gale force winds were blowing. it may also pave the way for lots of lawsuits. that and more when "360" continues. automotive performance is gone. and all we have left are fallen leaves and broken dreams and -- oh. wait a second. that is a dodge durango. looks like american performance is doing just fine. ♪ carry on. ♪ [ male announcer ] you never know when a moment might turn into something more. and when it does men with erectile dysfunction can be more confident in their

bush press secretary ari fleischer. jessica, what do you know about the president's plans for next month? >> reporter: after labor day he's going to unveil a jobs proposal that my sources tell me will have specifics in a way his critics have been calling for. so according to my sources it will be actual legislation. that is real detail. until the package will be new initiatives not a rehash of the policies we've been hearing him promoting recently like patent reform or an infrastructure bank. my sources say there'll be proposals in three main categories, targeted tax cuts, another big one for the white house is new infrastructure investment, and then long-term help for the unemployed. i should point out this is all being worked out right now. it will continue to be hashed out over the president's vacation. the president is meeting with his top economic advisors tomorrow. i'll told it will come up there. already some republican leaders have issued warning shots saying this package should not include any new spending. the

as far as the stimulus program and ari fleischer was just arguing.y, anderson this is the critical point. i give credit to the president tonight for saying i am going to put forward a plan on the deficit. we've been waiting for that. good for him. he's going to put it forward. but on jobs, to put forward a plan in september and then go out and hit the people to push for it means we're not going to get a bill any time this year. i think most americans would like to see the president sit down tomorrow, bring the republican and democratic leaders in from the congress and sit down and see what they did work out and get something done in september 1 instead of waiting for some grand plan that's going to go through the ri wringer the next several months. >> he's on a tour talking about jobs. why isn't he unveiling his major job proposal right now? >> well, first, it's not done. but, you know, i talked to his advisors. they see no advantage in unveiling a jobs package in the debt of august when congress is out of session. they believe it will get lost. and

bush press secretary ari fleischer. jessica, what do you know about the president's plans for next month? >> reporter: after labor day he's going to unveil a jobs proposal that my sources tell me will have specifics in a way his critics have been calling for. so according to my sources it will be actual legislation. that is real detail. until the package will be new initiatives not a rehash of the policies we've been hearing him promoting recently like patent reform or an infrastructure bank. my sources say there'll be proposals in three main categories, targeted tax cuts, another big one for the white house is new infrastructure investment, and then long-term help for the unemployed. i should point out this is all being worked out right now. it will continue to be hashed out over the president's vacation. the president is meeting with his top economic advisors tomorrow. i'll told it will come up there. already some republican leaders have issued warning shots saying this package should not include any new spending. the

fleischer i mean i mean is it is it close like normal in the radical islamists like villages and communities are going to do such things to to what i like to think of this more. domestic violence more than looking at it from the perspective of islam i don't connect it to i don't connect that would you call it an exception or things like that happen i would say things that there happened but i don't know how often to their extremity but you do for example when i was in kabul i went to the self immolation hospital where because women are suffering crn match within their homes they has been zones they try and burn themselves poor petrol on themselves and their track and it's sad in that way so there's definitely violence against women. we started talking about this story you said you see it all started when time magazine told you to go to kabul and take eighteen eighteen girls are typically eighteen babysit so so you did all of them only intervene you met all of the we did eighteen stories eighteen portraits one of the success stories were they happy happy ends happy stories and i'm silly a pho

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ruben fleischer. he worked on this show and then left us.sari. nick swardson. >> he was my childhood idol. >> jimmy: maybe he's a little older than you. >> she started doing comedy at 17 or 18. i just thought he was so fantastic. i saw him on "make me laugh." >> jimmy: oh, sometimes you do have a television set. >> yeah, when i was younger. i thought he was so great. i wrote to him and -- >> jimmy: you wrote to him? >> i asked him for an autographed picture. his picture is stillanging up -- it's the only thing remaining from my childhood, the bedroom i grow up in. it's still up there. i can't believe i get to be in a movie with him. >> jimmy: did he know about this beforehand? >> i ran into him on the street once and stalked him and killed him on the street pip think he pretended that he didn't care. but i think he did. >> jimmy: i though niknow nick. he's not getting letters from children telling him he's their idol. >> he said he remembered it. >> jimmy: how many fan letters do you think are coming in? the idea of the movie, "po mi30 minut

. >> reporter: ary fleischer says there's no scandal in perry wanting to be his own man. >> part of running for office is establishing your identity, sometimes you reinforce that which came before you and sometimes you differ, i suspect we'll see both with governor perry. >> reporter: in his speech perry is expected to tout his economic record but democrats in this state point out that record has never been tested on a national stage. that process has just begun. jim acosta, cnn, charleston, south carolina. >> let us know what you think, we're on facebook or follow us on twitter. @andersoncooper. i'll be tweeting tonight. >>> up next, the first big test for gop candidates tomorrow, some of the most interesting moments from the debate last night and sarah palin showing up in iowa for the straw poll. the question is she seeking publicity or does she have a reason to be there? candy crowley, john king join me in a moment and later, the latest from syria. the resistance not backing down even in the face of truly staggering brutality, kidnapping children to punish their parents who protest. >> d

. >> reporter: ary fleischer says there's no scandal in perry wanting to be his own man. >> part of running for office is establishing your identity, sometimes you reinforce that which came before you and sometimes you differ, i suspect we'll see both with governor perry. >> reporter: in his speech perry is expected to tout his economic record but democrats in the state point out that record has never been tested on a national stage. that process has just begun. jim acosta, cnn, charleston, south carolina. >> let us know what you think, i'll be tweeting tonight. >>> up next, the first big test for gop candidates tomorrow, some of the most interesting moments from the debate last night and sarah palin showing up in iowa for the straw poll. the question is she seeking publicity or does she have a reason to be there? >>> the latest from sear yark the resistance not backing down even in the face of truly staggering brutality, kidnapping children to punish their parents who protest. dramatic video from today. aisha? >> polygamist leader warren jeffs is now in prison serving a life sentence for h

it's -- you know, ruben fleischer, director of "zombieland." >> jimmy: yeah. >> ben stiller's producingick swardson. yeah, it was a great cast. >> jimmy: everybody's cool. it's you and nick. do you want to tell everyone what it's about, the movie? >> yeah, you know, nick and i are sort of these, like, bumbling, wannabe criminal masterminds, i guess. >> jimmy: oh, it's brilliant. >> my father in the film is very rich and when he dies, i'll get an inheritance and i'm afraid he's gonna spend that money before it's time, so in order to get that money as soon as i can, i hire a hit man. but in order to pay the hit man, i have to order a pizza from jesse eisenberg, kidnap him, strap a bomb vest to him, get him to rob a bank so that i can pay the hit man to kill my father to get the inheritance. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: what a fantastic way of -- yeah. >> very simple. >> jimmy: everyone scores in it man. i mean, gosh, aziz, jesse, they all score. michael -- is it -- >> michael pena, yeah. >> jimmy: gosh, he made me laugh in this. and you and nick swardson. we love nick swardson on our show. he's

we'll hear from the president himself and talk to paul begala and ari fleischer.o syrians under assault. take a look. more on the government's attack on its own people including a 2-year-old caught in the crossfire when her parents tried to flee. we'll be joined by a human rights activist. and ungodly discipline. a parenting book found in the home of parents in california who were con vicked of beating their 7-year-old daughter to death. a book that says god wants them to spank their children and the spanking should be hard enough to cause physical pain. those stories and the ridiculous at the top of the hour. speaks foreign language ] [ male announcer ] in here, everyone speaks the same language. ♪ in here, forklifts drive themselves. no, he doesn't have it. yeah, we'll look on that. [ male announcer ] in here, friends leave you messages written in the air. that's it right there. [ male announcer ] it's the at&t network. and what's possible in here is almost impossible to say. ♪ penn and teller doing it with blood and guts ♪ ♪ penn and teller they will drive you

you'll hear from the president himself and we'll speak with paul begala and ari fleischer.erious citizens under assault. take a look. the government's crackdown on its own people including a 2-year-old child caught in the cross fire when her parents tried to flee. you'llen rig human rights activists said the father may have been kidnapped. and we'll show it to you. >>> and part two of a "360" investigation, a book written by these people that says god wants parents to spank their children and the spanking should be hard enough to cause physical pain using belts, wooden spoons, and the like. the book was found in the home of parents in california who were convicted of beating their 7-year-old daughter to death. those stories and tonight's "ridiculous" at the top of the hour. >> we'll see you in a few minutes, thanks. >>> for tim pawlenty a third-place finish in iowa's straw poll was devastating, but former senator rick santorum came in fourth and he found it refreshing. and senator santorum with us live from pittsburgh. you say this is a great event for you coming in fourth,

still with us, white house correspondent for radio network, and we're joined by ari fleischer, and he was the secretary of the white house under president bush. we are talking about the plan to create jobs after labor day. i want to get your take on the latest announcement and the timing of it, ari? >> i think the president made a bad tactical move here. he would have been better served if he first came out of all the new specifics of the plan and not wait until september and then took the tour to promote the plan across the country. it would have been a presidential trip and plan of accuracy into policy, and he is just another candidate, and i don't understand the white house's strategy, thinking, timing or tactics, as they have gone through this august. it just seems they are making a lot of mistakes. >> april, we have not heard a whole lot about the president's plan to improve the job and get people back to work. what do you think needs to happen? what does the president and congress need to do? >> that's it, randi. i love ari to death, and it has been eight years since we were on

alan colmes joins us, ari fleischer too.of the hour. ♪ rick: well, fox news is on the job hunt. the labor department reporting that hiring picked up a little bit last month, but one key part of the jobs market is not putting out help wanted signs. a new survey of small business owners finds their plans to administer workers very much on hold. adam houseley is live in marina dell ray, california. adam, small business seems like they have taken a major hit, right? >> reporter: yeah. in fact, there's a couple of surveys you talked about, rick, show a lot of pessimism in small business. in fact, the one that came out this week by the national federation of independent business said 14% of businesses laid off. we had a chance to talk with the california director about that survey. here's what he had to say. >> what we hear from small businesses every day is that they're overtaxed, they're overregulated, and they're overwhelmed by a government that keeps get anything the way of their ability to you. to grow. >> reporter: now, back

. >> are you fleischer -- ari fleisher.secretary has made clear this is something we do not use to absorb price. the american people have to understand that. people will ask the president and seek the price of oil is going through the roof, how should the president frame this for the american people? >> i think we have a huge problem on our hands. we released oil for libya. how could we not doing for saudi arabia? the president will say, why aren't you doing it when you did it previously? i'm worried about the direction we're going in. pressure is building. needs tohe president's be -- i think the president needs to be working the phones right now. i am worried about the timing of this news conference. we do not have time. the secretary of energy needs to be working the phones. i would not to a news conference. i would recommend that the president makes a statement. the press would hone in on questions we don't have the answers to. we need to calm markets. taking questions from the press would create a lack of answers. we s

. >> let me -- ari fleischer, let me turn to you.ry has made clear this is not something we used to store shock to price. it is something that we use if the supply is interrupted. will the american people understand that? when the public sees the price of oil going to the groove, how should the president framed this for the american people? their instinct is gone to be the price is going up, do something. >> i think we have a huge problem on our hands is that if we release oil from libya -- libby is a teeny. the press will instantly say, what are not be doing it when you did it previously? i am worried about the direction we're. here in that pressure is building and the press is going to be a huge part of the pressure. the president needs to be working the phones right now, calling the king of saudi arabia, the leaders of saudi arabia, as well as other nations. i am worried about the timing of this news conference in an hour. we did not have time to push this back. the secretary of energy needs to be working the phones. i would not d

. >> ari fleischer is that counsel to the president. let me turn to you. secretary has made clear this is not something we used to store shock to price. it is something that we use if the supply is interrupted. will the american people understand that? when the public sees the price of oil going to the groove, how should the president framed this for the american people? their instinct is gone to be the price is going up, do something. >> i think we have a huge problem on our hands is that if we release oil from libya -- libby is a teeny. the press will instantly say, what are not be doing it when you did it previously? i am worried about the direction we're. here in that pressure is building and the press is going to be a huge part of the pressure. the president needs to be working the phones right now, calling the king of saudi arabia, the leaders of saudi arabia, as well as other nations. i am worried about the timing of this news conference in an hour. we did not have time to push this back. the secretary of energy needs to be working the phones. i wou