san francisco mayor gavin newsom. obama economic adviser austin gools by will join us with a preview of obama's financial speech this afternoon. we'll talk to him about the overexposure and the president tipping his hand a bit trying to get in front of the message. and in a few minutes, we'll have "the wall street journal's" peggy noonan. she was president reagan's primary speechwriter. plus politico's top stories of the morning. you're watching a special edition of "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. >> whatever else history may say about me when i'm gone, i hope it will record that i appealed to your best hopes, not your worst fears, to your confidence rather than your doubts. my hope is that you will love your country, not for her power or wealth, but for herselflessness and idealism. show and tell you weren't always my favorite day. with all the pet hair in the air, i'd spend class preoccupied, bothered by itchy eyes. but now i have new zyrtec® itchy eye drops. it works fast, with just one drop, to relieve my itchy

>> i don't know if you can hear gavin, but i cannot. they are out to get you, gavin.y have your microphone turned off. ruth, same to you. >> i think there needs to be pressure on both sides to come to the table. >> be specific. where would you apply the pressure? >> i think israel has to free settles, but we need to talk about what the palestinians need to be doing. they need to be adaptable, since the right of return for refugees. >> gavin, do i have you back? >> yes. can you hear me? >> did you hear my question before? >> i did. >> then go ahead. >> i think it's simple, we have had a policy for 40 years, and we have given israel a blank check, and it has not worked for middle east peace. i think we need to start to put pressure on the israelis by telling we will with draw the blank check and not support them in the u.n. if they don't move far from their position where it's right now to accommodate the palestinians and create the two-state solution to stop the settles and bring about peace. >> would that be creditable, does the powers that be have the guts to do that

gavin fang, "lateline." >>> in baghdad, the iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former presidentbush to protest the war in iraq was freed today. muntadhar al zeidi says nine months in jail which was deeply embarrassing to iraq's nuri al maliki who was standing next to bush at the time. today al zeidi accused iraqi security forces of torturing him with beatings, whippings and electric shocks. he promised to reveal the names of senior officials in the government and the army who he claims mistreated him. >>> also in iraq today, vice president joe biden arrived in baghdad for an unannounced visit to meet with iraqi leaders and to show that the white house remains focused on iraq despite increasing attention on the war in afghanistan. this evening, the protective green zone in baghdad that is home to the u.s. embassy came under fire as four mortar shells were fired into the area. it is not clear if biden was in the embassy at the time. >>> a united nations fact finding mission issued a harsh report today on the three-week war in the gaza strip. it said that both the israeli governmen

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. >> thanks, let's talk about this, this thing that -- a -- fire you up about what mayor gavin newsomve: the people on twitter and facebook are fired up and all in the court, what the mayor of san francisco -- >> clayton: how do you couch the question. >> dave: what they are doing in san francisco is they realize they cannot install the soda tax, government officials and health experts want to, they want to add on a one cent per ounce soda tax in order to reduce obesity and in san francisco, gavin newsome can't do it, without getting all the voters but he can tax the retailers, stores like safeway and grocery stores, and make them pay a tax for selling sugary sodas. this, my friends, is outrageous. it is our duty, our choice as americans to drink whatever we want. a cent per ounce tax, please defend this. >> alisyn: i can't defend what he's doing. i don't believe it is actually taxing the corner store, the retailer outlet. because i don't think it is -- >> pass it off. >> alisyn: needs to be treated as crack dealers, and what he is saying is it is the new tobacco, the -- it needs to b

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mary: her husband gavin, very close friend of roger's. dick: 1-2. mathieu broderick.ary: in the president's box. john: that's what he's got to be careful with because if he doesn't get the angle he wants he'll leave that side of the court open. john: the singer of "bush" and the singer of "no doubt" and they have a couple of kids. like agassi and instead of gli he loves tennis so much he'd probably before the -- prefer the kids to be tennis players. mary: i'm anticipating not seeing a lot of trick shots from federer anytime soon. this is all business now. this 20-year-old is growing up in a hurry on this court, his first major final. dick: playing with real conviction. didn't have that earlier. john: and this is where the fact that he is 6'6", imposing himself on federer is going to pay off. normally when a match went late into a third or fourth set it would be a problem for him but these conditions are good. the sun's down. it's not real hot. >> out. john: i would think it would be an edge for him. but roger at 28, a to the -- lot of tennis behind him already this ye

bill clinton has just endorsed gavin newsom over attorney general jerry brown in the california governor'serry brown ran against bill clinton for the democratic presidential nomination in 1992. in a big debate that year, brown did the unpardonable. he brought up allegations of conflict of interest with bill clinton as governor of arkansas and his wife, hillary's law firm, the fapgs of infamous rose law firm. here's a piece of that debate. >> he is putting money to his wife's law firm for state business, that's number one. number two, his wife's law firm is representing clients before the state of arkansas agencies, his appointees. >> i feel sorry for jerry brown. i served with him as governor in the late '70s. he asked me to support him for president once. >> did you? >> of course not. you know, he reinvents himself every year or two. >> is it true or isn't it true good afternooner clinton? >> mr. brown. mr. brown. >> let me tell you something, jerry, i don't care what you say about me but you should be ashamed of yourself for jumping on my wife. you're not worth being on the same platform

final legislation, so no one has said how they are going to vote on this issue, but we know that mayor gavinnewsom is endorsing this issue, and the health director likes it, and one newspaper endorsed it. this is a very controversial issue. the city will almost certainly face lawsuits brought by beverage companies, so look for a lengthy debate and may be a vote this winter. shepard: i do not know why they do not target bacon or titcheeto 's. there is a new study about unsafe levels of lead, pesticides, and other toxins and that the federal government has failed to do a single thing about it, according to a report by the associated press. according to their findings, more than 2000 schools violated safety standards, and some of the contaminants included lead and fecal bacteria. the state with the most schools, california, also had the highest of some other areas. they were followed by a high note. some are saying there is no excuse for this, period -- they were followed by ohio. trace told you last night that justice ginsburg, went to the hospital after falling ill earlier in the day, and now

gavin newsom from san francisco is well known here.nalysts say that this time around, somebody like meg whitman may have an advantage over better- known democrats. take a listen. >> the fact that neither newsom nor brown has any management, business, private-sector job creation experienced is a real disadvantage in a time like this. >> certainly, one of the things we know that whitman will do is promote her vast experience. she headed ebay for 10 years, has a business degree from harvard, is well known in the business community, and she is a billionaire. jane: if you want to hear more, stay with us. meg whitman will be on "the live desk" at the top of the hour. jon: more people could be involved in the terror probe going on in colorado, new york, and around the world. all this is coming in the wake of last week's raid in queens. najibullah zazi, a denver shuttle bus driver, drove to new york to visit friends. he and his father have been arrested and are now charged with lying to federal investigators. but what if otrs are involved? our

a dog first gavin to her her ex-husband nick lachey.king end. today we learned that the official search is over. jessica has been holding out hope over hope that daisy is still out there somewhere, but a lot of people said she was being unrealistic, including whoopi goldberg on "the view." today we learned that martha stewart is also dogging jess, blaming her for being careless. with me tonight in new york, steven smith, a music and pop culture expert. from the moment jessica sent out a tweet that daisy was snatched by a coyote, people were having a big laugh at her expense because she thought there was a chance that maybe daisy would come hope. today daisy dug up the automated call by a company to help find daisy. >> daisy is a ten-pound multicolored maltipoo. if you have seen her or help, please call. you can view your neighbor's lost pet and their contact info at findtoto.org. >> despite those efforts, we learned the search has been called off. there's no sign of daisy. and jessica is bracing for the worst. steve, i'm pretty ticked o

politico's patrick gavin, he's got a look at the "morning playbook." >> good morning, i'm here, prematureeady. let me get that in one for time. >> keep this ball rolling, why not? >> beating a dead horse. one more bite i want to play you here, patrick, talking about max baucus, wants to get it done before obama's speech tonight to see if they can compromise on this. let's listen to robert gibbs with chuck todd talking about the work max baucus has been doing. >> i was told that k street had a copy of the baucus plan, not surprisingly the special interests have gotten a copy of the plan that i understand was given to committee members today. we haven't seen what was dispersed today. >> k street got it, you guys haven't? >> not surprisingly, yes. >> patrick, what's the take-away on this? >> the democrat finance chairman, what is up? >> why? >> basically what's going to happen is before obama's speech tonight we're going to have a big development that will affect the speech which is max baucus, head of the senate finance committee, democrat from montana told the gang of six, the all-importan

he'll indorse gavin newsom over gary brown. he was among the hopefuls that clinton beat out.ry clinton during her presidential bid. >>> the historic caucus room is now known as the kennedy caucus room. there are three brothers to individually serve in the senate, john, robert, and ted. and it's the room where john and robert announced their presidential bids. and late night with president obama. the white house confirms the president will appear on "the late show with david letterman." that will air monday night. for all the latest news, you can check out cnnpolitics.com. >> constituents have been feisty over health care, to say the least, but a town hall meeting in california sank to new lows. >> don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining. >> wait until you hear what the congressman's retort was. jeanne moos is ahead with a most unusual look at the lagging decorm at the nation's tea parties. >> and an investigator on the stock exchange. >>> here's other news we're following. it may not be the most common defense weapon, but a johns hopkins student used a samurai sword to f

this comes from crystal to their husband, gavin.ent four months of that time together -- wow. so she's counting down the days until he comes home. >> i'm from crystal ogo from new york. he's deployed with the army in afghanistan. kevin, i want to say i love you so much. you're my best friend, my hero, and my better half. i know how difficult it's been from me and our son noah during the deployment. i left your slippers at the door and i won't move them until you can kick off your boots and step into them and relax with our family. >> isn't that the sweetest about the slippers. if you have someone in the service, go to cnn.com/robin. watch every morning with me, robin meade from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. eastern. >>> would you pay $5,000 just to look for a job? well, that's how much a sacramento man and his fiancee spent to put up this massive billboard. check it out. it directs employers to their website. david figures with 100,000 cars driving by the billboard every day, he's bound to get noticed. >> only going to take one person tha