. >>> plus george w. bush finally stopped cutting brush so he can go make cash as a motivational speaker. what is wrong with this picture? >>> another high profile cheating husband has been playing ball with an assistant. all this and more right now. >>> well, we disagree on just about everything under the sun, but somehow we can maintain a civil discourse because we're adults, that's why. conservative commentator and author of "guilty, liberal victims and their assault on america" ann coulter. coulter. >> you always have trouble with names when you're on with me. fortunately, it wasn't mine last time. >> i have trouble with my teeth. i want to tell you first of all, a lot of people on the left do not like it that i have you on my show. >> i think they're jealous because i won't go on their shows. >> people like richard belzer the other night, munch from "law & order." he said why are you having her on your show? she's a fascist. they start calling you names. what should i say to these people? >> um -- >> that

there is no question that george bush soured u.s. relations around the world. there is no question that barack obama has gone a long way to repairing the damage, but i do not believe that the olympics were turned down because of george bush. i do not agree with jackson on that. it is counter intuitive. he would almost think that they would want to reward barack obama for giving them chicago. i do not buy that argument. patti ann: a democrat from illinois says that there was not enough time for barack obama to dispel the old image. do you buy that? >> i think this was barack obama's emperor has no clothes moment. the guy should have gone over their only if he knew that he had it locked up. he expanded on a lot of political capital over there. he saw that he could woo the olympic committee. democrats are making fools of themselves by continuously blaming things on george bush. when will this stop? i heard bob himself a couple months ago saying that barack obama was the best economic president since roosevelt. patti ann: when an american president voluntarily take

plus george w. bushally stopped cutting brush so he can make some cash as a motivational speaker. what is wrong with this picture? and yet another high-profile cheating husband has been playing law with the system. oh, yeah. all this and more right now. >>> well, we disagree on just about everything under the sun, but somehow we can maintain a civil discourse because we're adults, that's why. conservative commentator and author of "guilty, liberal victims and their assault on america" ann coulter. >> you always have trouble with names when you're on with me. fortunately, it wasn't mine last time. >> i have trouble with my teeth. i want to tell you first of all, a lot of people on the left do not like it that i have you on my show. >> i think they're jealous because i won't go on their shows. >> people like richard belzer the other night, munch from "law & order." he said why are you having her on your show? she's a fascist. they start calling you names. what do i say to these people? >> up -- >> that i'm

plus george w. bushinally stopped cutting brush so he can make some cash as a motivational speaker. what is wrong with this picture? and yet another high-profile cheating husband has been playing law with the system. oh, yeah. all this and more right now. >>> well, we disagree on just about everything under the sun, but somehow we can maintain a civil discourse because we're adults, that's why. conservative commentator and author of "guilty, liberal victims and their assault on america" ann coulter. >> you always have trouble with names when you're on with me. fortunately, it wasn't mine last time. >> i have trouble with my teeth. i want to tell you first of all, a lot of people on the left do not like it that i have you on my show. >> i think they're jealous because i won't go on their shows. >> people like richard belzer the other night, munch from "law & order." he said why are you having her on your show? she's a fascist. they start calling you names. what do i say to these people? >> up -- >> that i

. >>> have you ever heard why george w. bush refused to honor harry potter author j.k. rowling? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus a 7-year-old teaches us all a little bit about civic involvement as well as a little about duck safety. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." i'm meteorologist ginger zee. we're beginning with a strong storm out in parts of the plains and great lakes heading towards chicago. if you're on the east coast you're saying what does that mean to me? it means your sunshine in charlotte with a high of 75 today and new york 65. for the weekend, means rain for almost all of pus. so we'll have to be tracking that storm. but for now, we are tracking our eastern event of the day and if you're watching us on wxia 11 alive in atlanta experience the civil war through the eyes of the soldiers and civilians at turning point the american civil war exhibit at the atlanta history center. that is your eastern event of the day. christina? >> thanks, ginger. >>> here's an early look this morning's headlines in

george bush liberates 50 million muslims. ronald reagan liberates hundreds of millions of europeans, saves parts of latin america, any awards? no. just derision. obama gives speeches trashing his own country and he gets a prize for it. >> he's so jealous and angry it seems to me because the guy got the nobel -- first of all, iraq, 100,000 civilians were killed in iraq. let's not give credit to george bush for that. in latin america, what did he do in latin america? what did he do there? >> reagan did an awful lot of things throughout the world -- >> the peace prize worthy of that. el salvador, very worthy of the peace prize. >> nuclear weapons, intermediate, the short-range nuclear weapons. it was a class of weapons not just reduced, eliminated. >> let me ask you this -- >> no. >> i'll take you on. >> remember when limbaugh said, i didn't want him to fail, it wasn't about america, it was about his policies. listen to that. he said he wanted to be on the same side of hamas and the taliban. he thought that was hilarious. >> rus

he has met with george h. w. bush, george bush, and bill clinton. shepard: the dalai lama got an award in washington, d.c., right? >> the first member congress ever to invite the dalai lama, he met with him today. nancy pelosi presented him with an award today. >> when we speak out about human rights violations in tibet, we lose the moral authority to talk about human rights violations anywhere else in the world. shepard: molly, good to see you. looks dreary on capitol hill. take a look at this for a second. cheeseburger, right? but instead of the bund, bella. -- bun, doughnut. to other people, then don't bother watching this commercial. i've taken precautions all my life to protect my identity. i've been in law enforcement all my life... and my identity was stolen. did you know that identity theft has topped... the federal trade commission's list of consumer complaints... for the last eight years? it's a serious problem for anyone with a social security number. and it continues to get worse. fact is, on your own, there are many things... you can do

number of regulations or i should say deregular deregulations to take away the rule and then when george bushe into office they got rid of everything else. that is one of the big problems here. they wanted to let the banks and the wall street investment firms do whatever they wanted to do. now they can just go hog wild. of course the theory was let business work it out because business will be good for everybody else and will trickle down to the rest of us. so yes, the reason why you have to have regulation. we know as human beings we have our dark sides. greed is one of those dark sides. greed wasn't ineventsed with capitalism. it is not an american thing. it has been around for thousands of years. we have to sort of regulate ourselfs so we behave with the people we share society with. we have restrictions that we put on ourselves. one of them when it comes to greed is this oversight. unfortunately capitalism has become a system that legalized greed. it says it is ok for just a few people to run away with most of the money. we don't benefit from that. it is not -- you said why -- part of the

. >> frank, you can't get away from here unless i hear you in the character of george bush telling ushat you think about the new cowboy football stadium that the cowboys are playing in and george bush was there for the first game. >> i was. and it was ... it was amazing thing to see, to see such a ... such stuff. and, you know, they -- and there you go. >> okay, michael, i will give you the last word. you have a chance to get back at frank. what do you want to say to him before we wrap this up? >> frank, what i love to tell on behalf of myself and your other co-workers on the fox nfl sunday show come on and hang out with us on sunday we have a surprise for you -- in person. >> thank you, both, michael and frank, our special guest here today. you don't need to read between the lines to understand their songs. they are simple men, they leave simple lives and speak through their lyrics. southern rock >> we launched a partnership with "want to play" fund to put musical instruments in the hands of students across america, with a guitar signed by 35 celebrities with lots of signatures inclu

. >> before we get -- it's essential here, most of this it began last fall under george bush. the bringing in of hank paulson from goldman sachs, the whole works. the whole down fall of wall street, the attempt to bail out wall street, the banking industry, the failure of general motors began long before barack obama came into office. he came in to clean up the mess. and i refuse not to take sides in the fire brigade in the fire. he's the fire brigade. your side was the fire. clarence page, terry jeffrey, thank you. coming up, there is a growing rift between the white house and top military brass. we haven't begun to talk about that one. why are generals giving speeches where they disagree with the president. what's that about? is this general mccarthur and truman again? we'll be right back to who is calling the shots. the elected commander in chief or someone else? only on "hardball" on msnbc. make that month. 'cause it's ford truck month. and that means savings on the best selling trucks 32 straight years. fortunately, luck has nothing to do with getting... a heck of a great

that obama has with the kind of swagger that george bush had, i mean, george bush didn't care if anybody liked him. >> right. >> and that worked out real well because not many people do but bush, when you think about the ideas that bush pushed through, pre-emptive war, no one was looking to go to war in iraq after 9/11. giving away all the tax money to the very richest 1%. certainly no one was clamoring for that. you know, he was a master at just getting what he wanted because he didn't really care. and i think obama could use a little of that. he's a little too nice. you know? he had this grand idea that the republicans would play ball with him and had the interest of the country at heart. well, he needs to get over that. and be a little bit of an a-hole. >> what do you make of this sort of hate speech going on? i don't want to mention names but glenn beck is watching my show right now and possible he's thinking of new ways to yell at obama and cause people to be raging and angry. what do you make of all of that? >> well, you know, i keep saying that we don't really have a progressive p

an emotional day for friends and family. >>> in other news in the nfl, houston/49ers game, george w. bushh.w. bush parachuted parachuted with robin meade. and look at that, the golden knights came paratrooping in. three young women, one of them, though, was not robin meade. houston would win it, 24-21. and nfl jets' mark sanchez was literally hot dogging it. sanchez played pretty well in the jets 38-0 win over oakland, but he was caught on the sidelines eating a hot dog. now, technically it's against the rules and he later apologized, said he was nauseous because he hadn't eaten. it's not a big deal. who cares? the hot dog did come from the stands. >> it's against the rules to eat a hog dog? >> apparently. he should have had a power. 80,000 plus watched the new england patriots take on the tampa bay bucs. this game sold out in minutes, 80,000. some american stadiums don't even pull in that many people. the patriots dominated the game and there's a lot of speculation that the league could expand to include a team from london in the future. it would be a long flight for the team, though. nf

that obama has with the kind of swagger that george bush had, i mean, george bush didn't care if anybody liked him. >> right. >> and that worked out real well because not many people do but bush, when you think about the ideas that bush pushed through, pre-emptive war, no one was looking to go to war in iraq after 9/11. giving away all the tax money to the very richest 1%. certainly no one was clamoring for that. you know, he was a master at just getting what he wanted because he didn't really care. and i think obama could use a little of that. he's a little too nice. you know? he had this grand idea that the republicans would play ball with him and had the interest of the country at heart. well, he needs to get over that. and be a little bit of an a-hole. >> what do you make of this sort of hate speech going on? i don't want to mention names but glenn beck is watching my show right now and possible he's thinking of new ways to yell at obama and cause people to be raging and angry. what do you make of all of that? >> well, you know, i keep saying that we don't really have a progressive p

for creating a new climate in international politics which sounds so much nicer than in your face george bush you capitalist [ bleep ]. no, of course as you might imagine the conservative reaction has been pretty apaflectic. rush limb limb limbaugh calleds pharmacist. obama flies to denmark for the olympics and gets nothing. he doesn't lift a finger and gets a noble and wins it. if he wants to get things done he needs to stop doing things. >> geraldo: live and at large. at least the come dayians liked it as a punchline. i'm geraldo rivera and this is a fox news alert. after a week in which the young and gracious of the united states of stunned and stunned the world by winning the nobel peace prize, the russian president is weighing in. saying today in a letter to barack obama that the award will serve as an incentive for further u.s. russian efforts to create a new climate in global politics. before i get thoughtful reaction on that point, that stunning letter from the president of russia to the president of the united states from ann coulter and from the reverend al sharpton, to the controve

. >> george bush ex-alcoholic, i mean -- >> literally jumping on the wagon. i jumped off. >> don't you think when you're an alcoholic or a drug addict and then you quit you really still have that addictive personality. you've got to put it some place else so where did you put it? >> i put it back in the bar where it belonged. >> where did you put your addiction? what are you addicted to now, talking on the radio. >> talking incessantly. it's horrifying. i use up all the oxygen in the room. >> andy glenn beck's addiction might be getting more and more publicity. >> why don't the republicans -- why do they align themselves with people like glenn beck and rick lunch but a, these zealots? >> who. >> the republicans. >> they are not exactly aligning. >> they don't say anything. >> they don't say anything. >> because they know they have a base, just like sarah palin. they know she's dumb but she has a tremendous base in the republican party on the right. >> i think that is exactly the right analogy. they handled her so well because they didn't attack her as much as

go back to john kerry, five years ago, george w. bush took his eye off the ball in afghanistan which is the real war against terrorists to go chasing saddam hussein in iraq. this has been a consistent theme. it was president obama's theme when he was senator running for president. now he comes down to it. what does it really take. the idea is unpopular. the polls have turned on this. it's proving hard for barack obama so far. i don't know either way he gets any political relief. he f he says no now after all he said before and goes for some half measure, which is likely to fail, it seems to me the political consequences would be very severe indeed. >> let's turn to the olympics and decision out of copenhagen it was not going to chicago, even though the president made the pitch. take a listen. >> i urge you to choose chicago. if you do, if we walk this path together, then i promise you this, the city of chicago and the united states of america will make the world proud. >> the city of chicago having obtained the least number of votes will

when george bush was in office, it was a bonanza. he was so -- he didn't read. he talked crazy. sarah palin is a bonanza for comedians. obama is not that funny, frankly. >> he's not. i think for america, we like presidents that stumble down stairs. >> we do. >> or smack their head into doors. >> gerald ford. >> that vomit in the laps of foreign dignitaries. that's -- you know what i'm saying? >> sure, yeah. >> i don't think barack obama is going to go out like that yet. because he is so tight. his thing is so smooth. you have to find comedy from somewhere else. >> have you found anything yet? do you see a hook? >> i am looking very closely. >> we're relying in the comedy world on black comics to come up with the material. you and chris rock and -- >> i find a lot of comedy about him but it's more along the lines of what you saw in the "chocolate news." it's not -- i mean, i don't see a lot of comic flaws or things about his character that i can exploit and say, wow, you know how he blinks his eyes? no, he's not that guy. so you have to look a little harder. >> the jokes are abou

george bush, exalcoholic. >> they're jumping on the wagon. i jumped off. >> you think you're an alcoholic or a drug addict and you quit, you have that addictive personality. you have to put it some place else. where did you put it? >> i put it back in the bar where it belonged. >> where did you put your addiction? what are you addicted to now? >> talking incescively. it's horrifying. i can't stop. >> glenn beck's addiction might be getting more and more publicity. >> why do republicans align themselves with people like glenn beck and rush limbaugh. these zealots. they don't say -- >> who aligns? >> the republicans. >> they're not aligning. >> they don't say anything. >> they have a base. just like sarah palin. they knew she was dumb, but she has a tremendous base in the republican party on the right. >> i think that's the right analogy. they handled her so well because they didn't attack her as much as they could because they knew it was going to add fuel to the fire. if they keep attacking him and pointing this out over and over, if the comm

george bush didn't practice it with cheapening the dollar. get the ulessite, capitalism works. >> they had their experiment with socialism in europe and the folks didn't like it and they're voting it out. >> that's true, but the fact of the matter is we're going more towards socialism, but what really surprises me is how the dyed in the wools in this country thinks the system is onreproach as if wall street did nothing wrong and if the liars didn't tell some untruths. we have to be truthful about our own capitalist system or we will have and increasing shift towards socialism. >> there is enough criticism against capitalism. we don't applaud people who broke the law or acted stupidly, but that doesn't mean capitalism is wrong. >> look, you can reform capitalism. that is not calling for and at tack on capitalism t needs to be reformed in this country. there are only two people behind bars from the credit bubble bursting and the bear stearns managers an 16 bankers from the s and s&l crisis put behind bars. michael moore puts as an example of co

george bush liberates 50 million muslims.of millions of europeans, saves parts of latin america, any awards? no. just derision. obama gives speeches trashing his own country and he gets a prize for it. >> he's so jealous and angry it seems to me because the guy got the nobel -- first of all, iraq, 100,000 civilians were killed in iraq. let's not give credit to george bush for that. in latin america, what did he do in latin america? what did he do there? beside invade grenada. >> reagan did an awful lot of things throughout the world -- >> the peace prize worthy of that. el salvador, very worthy of the peace prize. >> nuclear weapons, intermediate, the short-range nuclear weapons. it was a class of weapons not just reduced, eliminated. >> let me ask you this -- >> no. >> i'll take you on. one at a time. one at a time. >> remember when limbaugh said, i didn't want him to fail, it wasn't about america, it was about his policies. listen to that. v vitriol. he said he wanted to be on the same side of hamas and the taliban. he thou

pawlenty and praised by the media is a person named sarah taylor, taylor was george w. bush's white house political director from 2005 to 2007. why would somebody leave a job like that in 2007? it's an odd year, it's not the end of a term, it's not keyed to any election, what's going on in 2007? >> sarah taylor stopped being the white house political director, she stopped, she moved on, 2007. hmm. >> did mr. rove or ms. myers intervene in the replacement of mr. cummings with mr. griffin? >> i can't answer that. i don't i have, i'm trying to answer your questions. >> can you not answer because you're privileged or you just don't know. >> i don't -- >> and then you said, i took an oath to the president and i take that oath very seriously. did you mean perhaps you took an oath to the constitution? >> i -- yes. yeah, you're correct, i took an oath to the constitution. >> did you take a second oath to the president? >> i did not. >> so the answer was incorrect? >> the answer was incorrect. >> thank you. >> what i should have said is that i took an oath, i took that oath seriously,

they feel that the country got very angry at george bush for seeming to rush to war in iraq, and they don't want to do that again, even though they were the ones who said they were going to get serious about afghanistan. they want to make sure they've got it right. i think there's probably more public support for that than we think. people know that lives are at stake here. but getting the strategy right, i think, chris, something really important happened this week, which is that the president himself took the extreme option of walking away from afghanistan off the table. he essentially said the approach that my own vice president has been privately advancing, this idea of focusing on counterterrorism, using the predators to zap al qaeda, we're not going to do that. in other words -- >> well, i'm not so sure that's fair. i think bide epi's position, -- bide-'s position, in the pull out and hold, not to go back the other way. >> there was an argument that we should have a much more restrictive counterterrorism approach here, whether it's biden or somebody else. but essentially the pre

you're right, george w. bush tried this and backfired with him. now let me ask you, what is to be done? ben bernanke gave a speech last night. but once again he said, yeah, we can drain cash and we can sell bonds to pull cash out of the market. but we're not going to do so any time soon. william dudley, the head of the federal reserve bank of new york, essentially said the same thing. so as i see it, dudley at the new york fed, bernanke the big chief in washington, plus geithner, plus rahm emanuel are all on the same page. they don't care about the falling dollar. is that your take? >> it is, i'm a believer that it matters a lot. the fact that they keep trying to -- that i don't even pass the last one when they say they're pursuing a strong dollar policy does not insure confidence. >> action is better. why shouldn't the fed start draining cash right now? why shouldn't the fed do what paul volcker did 40 years? start moving that target rate up? and why isn't the treasury department backing it up with some dollar purchases in the open market? okay?

this goes back to george h. w. bush. george w. bush was the first sitting president to meet publicly with the dalai lama, in 2007, and present him with a congressional gold medal. they're making it clear that president obama is just postponing the meeting with dollarthe dalai lama, not canceling it. jane: is healthcare hurting your brain? of course it is. how will it change, what will it cost? karl rove as the clear and simple numbers on his white board. there is. jane: the top commander in afghanistan and iraq has realized that he battle prostate cancer four years. david petraeus was diagnosed with early stage cancer in february. yes undergarment two months of successful -- he has undergone a two months of successful treatment, which did not interfere with his job. jon: president obama will discuss afghanistan and pakistan today with key members of congress at the white house. john mccain, ranking member of the armed services committee, will be one of those at today's meeting. he says it would be a mistake to scale back afghan eff

that you have not voted since george bush sr.. is that true? >> i have been straight up. my voting record is not perfect. i missed too many elections. neil: the last one? >> in 1984. i remember it clearly. neil: but this last one? >> john mccain. neil: so you did about? >> absolutely. neil: if you missed out on all of those elections, who argued to try to start selling an election now? -- who are you to try to start selling an election now? >> my record is not perfect, but this is about california. i became very engaged in politics. we represent millions of small business sellers every day. bureaucracy, taxation, regulation, i am very engage. going back to open " the sacramento -- going back to "sacramento bee," they did not represent me accurately. they said that i did not vote until i was 46, which was not true. neil: given your experience with e-bay, would you do something novel? auction assets? the golden gate bridge, how much good that cost? >> we will not be doing that. [laughter] there is unused surplus property that should be sold. neil: who better to auction thin

an american president in a george w. bush like way tries to bully the international committee. >> he didn't bully them. >> come walk with us. i'm here for america. can you imagine with bush had done this and we hadn't gotten it? cowboy unilateralist. obama falls into that trap and they weren't for us. >> juan, does the staff of the white house -- should they receive some blame for sending the president over there in this environment when south america now looking back, it looks like they kind of had it in the bag? >> i don't know if they had it in the bag. what's clear is that the united states did not have the votes lined up. i think that valerie jarrett, david axelrod, rahm emanuel, deciding this is going to happen. we can get the african nations. they didn't have anything lined up and it is a temporary embarrassment. i agree with mara. it's not going to have any long-term effect. the way it looks internationally, with the president saying, you know what, this is -- we need to confirm this is america working with the world

governor pawlenty is bringing in the some of the key operatives that helped president george w. bush win re-election in 2004 and also reportedly trying to win over former supporters of mitt romney. the second-term governor is not seeking re-election next year. >>> now the bigger picture who is likely to be the republican front-runner for the 2012 presidential election? sure it is early but everybody in washington knows you got to get started earlily and you got to get the right team in early if you want to have a legitimate shot f you are judging things based on book sales, former alaska governor sarah palin is in the inside track. her soon-to-be released memoir "going rogue" a best seller. preorders have given her the number one spot on amazon.com as well as barnes & noble the former traveling press secretary for john mccain is good enough to play this game with us. >> look into that crystal ball. >> start with the foreign policy news today and how that shapes the republican feel. how does it the fact it looks like there is a breakthrough with iran, how does it change that? >> depen

. >> but he was appointed by george bush. >> listen, people make mistakes, what can i say? >> you're not a fan of george bush either. >> i wanted to explain that i'm bringing this issue because the constitutional issue. and as a matter of fact barack obama is not eligible for presidents and not only because they never provided the hospital birth certificate. >> and that's what i wanted to show because they showed on each and every show. this is a hospital birth certificate. there's a lot of information there. that's one from hawaii. that's the one obama posted on the internet. >> i have a copy too. >> you can see a huge difference. >> everyone in hawaii get this is now. >> but the point is that he was asked to provide information. what's the name of the hospital, the doctor. >> this is what they gave him? >> actually, in his book -- i made sure i read this book. he made sure i had a birth certificate. why wouldn't he frprovide it? this is something they got a year ago or two years ago. he provides it. he cherishes it and he gives all of the documents. >> so much verificatio

george w. bushs a motivational speaker. >>> and charles clemmons will be here to talk about his new book. and the fabulous lily tomlin joins me to discuss her new show opening in las vegas. all this and more. >>> welcome to the weekend wind-up. i'm joined by comedian nick depaulo, comedian carol leifer, author of the book, "when you lie about your age." and selena espinosa. the first story was about this balloon boy, everybody covered it this week, it was all over the media, right? >> what happened. >> you know the story. don't make me go over it again, i have a headache from it. now they're saying that the wife didn't really know. that's the latest. that she was like the heda nusbaum, not aware. what do you think? >> i think the whole thing is an insult to people who work long and hard to get on tv like tori spelling and the kardashians. >> and paris hilton. >> these people have really been in the trenches and -- >> she's right. >> you think so too? >> i have been telling jokes to drunks for 20 yea

. >> didn't george bush use that? >> watch "the joy behar show" here on hln.u see a brawl near the balloon boy's house. a man in a headlight, headlock and punches were flying. >>> a fallen hero was laid to rest in savannah, georgia. vernon martin was killed earlier this month in the deadliest battle for u.s. troops in afghanistan in more than a year. 25-year-old martin earned a purple heart and a bronze star. he leaves behind a wife and three kids. >> staff sergeant martin not only fought for his country, he believed in family values. he was the good guy. he was the kind of person we need more of in this community. >> i would want his children to know they had not only a father but a man who was willing to make that big step and defend his country. >> martin and seven other soldiers who died october 3rd battled with taliban intour gents for 12 hours. >>> you have to see a brawl outside the balloon boy's home. a man confronted a fox news crew sunday when another man, who is not with fox, got involved. i'm sorry. it's funny. the man in the yellow shirt put the o

now apparently a number of politicians are blaming your boss george w. bushse he created such a toxic attitude arranged the world they are getting us have it for what george bush did when he was president. >> some responses are so predictable from people. chicago under george bush's presidency was selected to be amongst the bidders. i think people in chicago should do a little self-reflection and not eflexively. i thought president obama was a good yoozer or on friday. the idea that you would put the president in this very elm embarrassing situation. valerie jarrett was pushing this trip. here is what she said. gretchen: i just can't imagine president obama sitting in a room with his advisors right now. they must be in big trouble. >> well, behind the scenes, perhaps it was president obama who said, you know, i know that traditionally presidents don't go but this is my hometown. i want the olympics and i'm just going to break with tradition and going to go. it will be less than 24 hours. i will be back. i will give it my all. if it doesn't win, it doesn't win

. >> but he was appointed by george bush. >> listen, people make mistakes, what can i say? >> you're not a fan of george bush either. >> i wanted to explain that i'm bringing this issue because the constitutional issue. and as a matter of fact barack obama is not eligible for presidents and not only because they never provided the hospital birth certificate. >> and that's what i wanted to show because they showed on each and every show. this is a hospital birth certificate. there's a lot of information there. that's one from hawaii. that's the one obama posted on the internet. >> i have a copy too. >> you can see a huge difference. >> everyone in hawaii get this is now. >> but the point is that he was asked to provide information. what's the name of the hospital, the doctor. >> this is what they gave him? >> actually, in his book -- i made sure i read this book. he made sure i had a birth certificate. this is something they got a year ago or two years ago. he provides it. he cherishes it and he gives all of the documents. >> so much verification that he was born here. >> th

he does not fully recognize that he said, not somebody else, not george bush, he said give me this incredible bill and we will never see unemployment go above 8%. since that time that we have committed this money the fact is, unemployment has continued to go to record highs. it has been an abject failure because you cannot manipulate the economy by a bunch of government spending and borrowing that scares the heck out of investors to know that there is not going to be -- neil: as bad as the numbers were, they were steadily improving. they had been sliding down month after month we are still losing jobs but the number had been cut in half. then this past month boom. what is going on here? >> it is a tough month. part of it is that the confidence of the consumer is simply not coming back yet. a lot of people have lost jobs. let's take this out of the context of the politics, did obama in. this or did he exacerbate it? there are millions of americans who did not have a job. it is not just the economic downturn, but it is this bidder -- the spiritual downturn in this country that we see when you h

it's george w. bush's issue. it wasn't just 2008, alsoly. it was 2004. i wish george w. bush had been more aggressive on this point and he wasn't and now we have this result. now the democrats, which they thought was going to be a boone for them which was acorn may in fact be their water gate. bill: do you know what i'm worried about here? i'm worrying that al franken got elected in minnesota because of acorn. i have to tell the audience that i don't have any evidence that that took place but a 312 vote margin for franken when you had thousands and thousands and thousands of questionable ballots by acorn in minnesota. we value report on this tomorrow. that, leslie, gets to be real serious. you know what i'm talking about? >> i do; bill. but i have to say i think everybody here is giving acorn more power than perhaps they even deserve. bill: tens of thousands of people to vote. a guy wins by 312 and you know every voter that acorn registers votes democrat. every one. i think you have got to look at that. >> i agree. but i'm a liberal democrat and i certainly want him there

to some extent, is this an award for simply not being george w. bush? >> well, the committee itself talked about engaging in rare politic and they have done this before, this is a more political award than any of the others, although i have got to tell you that there's politics involve in every single one of the awards, even the scientific ones. but the politics of this kind of award was also present when they gave the award to jimmy carter, they didn't give it for camp david, but the trigger was because of his opposition to the war in iraq. al gore, why did he get it? because he was not george w. bush when it came to the environment. that transformation is real. but it also shows that the world is looking for american leadership. the world still wants a different kind of american leadership, it's not that they hate america, they just didn't like the leadership under president bush. >> richard, someday you're going to have to explain to me how henry kissinger got it while the vietnam war was still raging. but still staying with the present winner, to wh

george bush was there for the g first game. >> yeah, i was, and it was -- ia was amazing a thing to seeucht a -- a -- such stuff, and you know, they -- and there you go.u >> okay, michael.i will give i'm going to give you the last word.chance t you have a chance to get back a. frank. what do you want to setoto before we wrap this >> hey, frank, what i would lovn to say on behalf of myself andef the other co-workers on the foxx nfl sunday show, why don't you come on and hang out with us onw sunday? we've got a surprise for you inh person. >> i'm going to be there soon, o will. >> all right, my friend. >> thanks to both of you, michael and frank, our special gifts here today from nfl ont no fox. >>> you don't need to read to between the lines to understandh their songs.le they're simple men, they lead le simple minds, and speak their lives through their lyrics. they're here next. we'll be right back. %%%%%p >>> on september the 19th we>> launched a partnership with theo munt to play fund to help put musical instruments in the hand of students across america.nt a we put a guitar on e

george bush was in the white house. hillary clinton was the favorite to replace him. unemployment was 4.9%. today, it's doubled that. america's economy has lost jobs for 21 straight months. more than 7 million jobs gone. there's six americans competing for every open job. yesterday, president obama promised to make that problem his top priority. >> i'm working closely with my economic team to explore additional job opportunities. i you will et up, until businesses who seek capital can thrive. until all responsible home owners can stay in their homes. >> with that, let me bring in the man who knows more about the america economy, former fed chair alan greenspan. welcome back. >> thank you. >> for most americans, this jobs issue is the one that hits home the hardest. and that report on friday, much worse than people expected. how much worse is this jobs situation going to get for how long? >> it's very difficult to make judgments at a time like this, largely, because we don't so many instances in country to compare to it. basically, the issue is, the jobs report was pre

tie him to george bush. they're say, again, it's a redo. push against obama. what do you want?ven though those are not the kabd dats on the ballot. >> talk about the trends because chris christie had a far more significant lead. so what do you think this says? >> you've got a guy, jon corzine, who has money to burn. when got elected in 2000, he spent $70 million for governor. what's happening? think about it. 30 second spots rule. what he another most powerful spot the on the air? a spot with corzine saying brief it christie supported a bear poens insurance policy so you can cut the rates that didn't mandate mammographieses for women. so what is the ad for corzine? he hit again and again corzine says that christie doesn't support mammographies being mandated. he says my mother died of cancer. what does that mean? it means that those 30 second spots distorting and will be powerful and corzine has the money to burn. >> you can give me what's at stake for the white house in this race? >> huge. if johning on corzine lose as race, it's a major embarrassment for the obama administrat

we've seen bill clinton going jogging and george bush on the bicycle but she goes to the gym and cares about the food she puts in her mouth and in her family's bellies. >> what's her general attitude about diet. is it diet as opposed to lifestyle. >> she has a very healthy relationship with food. she doesn't have a "no junk food" rule in the white house. she has pie, macaroni and cheese and french fries. she says when her dresses get a little tight, she knows it is to spend two, three days eating clean, healthy foods. she tries to pass that along to her daughters. >> of course wv focuses on those arms, which are obviously part of a workout. did she talk about that? >> i asked her what's her favorite workout when she's doing it and what's her favorite workout when she's done doing it. she loves doing arms, she says, because she can see the results immediately in the mirror. she also likes doing treadmill workouts when she's done though. she doesn't do long cardio routines. she does intense intervals. she's added pilates and stretching to her routine as she's gotten older because she lik

george bush spent 490 days in crawford. >> if the olympics -- if texas was bidding for the olympics, you best believe the bush family would have something to say about it. >> stephen a. smith with us tonight here on "the ed show." good to see you, my man. >>> up next, rush limbaugh takes "psycho talk" to another level. he says the democrats are obsessed with death. i say it's about time for a straitjacket for the drugsters. it's all coming up in "psycho talk" next. you think you still got what it takes, buddy? hmm? oh, pressure on. careful!! [ glass clatters ] what are you two doing? he's trying to beat my record. 61 dishes, and a garlic press. oh, that's too full! those will never get clean. they got clean when i broke the record. a fork. really? never gonna happen! [ chuckles ] sorry, buddy. so close. [ female announcer ] cascade actionpacs are four times concentrated and packed with cleaning ingredients to get even the fullest loads clean the first time. cascade. consider it clean. i just want fewer pills and relief that lasts all day. take 2 extra strength tylenol every 4 to 6 ho

." >> george bush is being motivational speaking.here's room for everyone if george bush, the most inarticulate president we have had -- >> i agree. i did that for 15 years. >> i wish you luck. i still say you should have paid your taxes, though you say you did. >> oh, my god, at least you said that. >> i don't quite get it. >> the record will show i paid them. when they tell me i owe more, i will. >> the record shows he took the blows. >> hmm. >>> as harry reid put the public option back on the table, nancy pelosi says we need to rename the option as something more friendly. joining us is ben stein and gail collins, a new york times columnist. ben and gail, welcome to the show. >> honored be here. >> what should they call it? >> how about vampira, princess of blood? >> meaning what? >> it will suck people dry. >> it will be only for people who are really poor, right? people who -- >> no, because they need a full-time national gestapo from joining in. everyone who can will sneak over the border and try to get in, will kill the insura

." >> george bush is being motivational speaking. there's room for everyone if george bush, the most inarticulate president we have had -- >> i agree. i did that for 15 years. >> i wish you luck. i still say you should have paid your taxes, though you say you did. >> oh, my god, at least you said that. >> i don't quite get it. >> the record will show i paid them. when they tell me i wiowe more, will. >> the record shows he took the blows. >> hmm. >>> as harry reid put the public option back on the table, nancy pelosi says we need to rename the option as something more friendly. joining us is ben stein and gail collins, a new york times columnist. ben and gail, welcome to the show. >> honored be here. >> what should they call it? >> how about vampira, princess of blood? >> meaning what? >> it will suck people dry. >> it will be only for people who are really poor, right? people who -- >> no, because they need a full-time national gestapo from joining in. everyone who can will sneak over the border and try to get in, will kill the smur