good night and good night and >>> hillary for president but how? let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews down in washington. leading off tonight, who's pushing this hillary for vice president story? nobody says the president's talked about it, nobody said the people close to the people's president's decisionmaking have either. so, who's launched this trial balloon? second, who is charlie crist to ask a democratic candidate, kendrick meek, to get out of the way for him? that is unless charlie is ready to declare himself a pro-democratic vote in oregon controlling the senate. could this decide who controls the senate? >>> plus, just how conservative has the republican party become? so conservative even ronald reagan might be unacceptable to the current crop of right-wingers here in washington? we will look at a proposed republican litmus test and what it says about where the party is headed these days. >>> also, should gay-bashing activists be allowed to interrupt the funerals of american service people? we will talk to the father

i think hillary clinton is a real sincere hawk. chris: there was a sense by richard holbrooke, by gibbs, the president's press secretary, when secretary clinton joined with the military folks against biden, she was also narrowing what the president could do, leaving him few options. and they didn't like it. your view? >> i think that's very true. and the fact is that generals were also aligned. it was very, very difficult for this president to go up against the military men. he has the same problem that bill clinton had, being a non-military president. he had no real credibility with the military, so i think he felt jammed by it and the political side of the white house has not forgiven that. chris: but in the last administration we saw secretary colin powell as a counterbalance to the hawkish views of rumsfel and cheney. now it's an interesting 2-1 you see gates and hillary clinton putting down biden, making him the odd man out. what does that do? >> it's remarkable, because the secretary of state and the secretary of defense have

leading off tonight, who's pushing this hillary for vice president story? nobody says the president's talked about it, nobody said the people close to the people's president's decisionmaking have either. so, who's launched this trial balloon? second, who is charlie crist to ask a democratic candidate, kendrick meek, to get out of the way for him? that is unless charlie is ready to declare himself a pro-democratic vote in oregon controlling the senate. could this decide who controls the senate? >>> plus, just how conservative has the republican party become? so conservative even ronald reagan might be unacceptable to the current crop of right-wingers here in washington? we will look at a proposed republican litmus test and what it says about where the party is headed these days. >>> also, should gay-bashing activists be allowed to interrupt the funerals of american service people? we will talk to the father of a fallen soldier who had to put up with the hate protest, and then took the case to the supreme court. >>> wait until you see the rocket todd palin fi

and by the way, i don't think bill clinton is necessarily pushing hillary or would push hillary to try to go on the ticket. i'm not sure bill clinton would necessarily would push hilary to into anything more. right now he's enjoying his own life. which in a way gives her more freedom to take her time here and not push things. because bill clinton doesn't need hillary's change of jobs to give him something to do. >> let's take a look at something that bob woodward said on cnn. and the reason why we're talking about this now, lynn, and you probably caught this in the clips. here's bob woodward talking about what's on the table as far as he believes in his reporting is from the clinton people themselves. let's listen to bob woodward. >> it's on the table. and some of hillary clinton's advisers see it as a real possibility in 2012. president obama needs some of the women latinos, retirees, that she did so well with during the 2008 primaries. and so they switched jobs. and not out of the question. the other interesting question is -- hillary clinton could run in her own right in 2016. and b

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there are hillary voters he wouldn't have ordinarily and you can see hillary being challenging obamaary in 2012, which i think is unlikely anyway and you bring in the clinton camp and the democratic party, and they are unhappy at the moment because they think hillary has been mistreated what instithe white house as secretary of state. i agree on the biden question. that would be hard to put him -- look, it's unfortunate for him. not entirely his fault. vice presidents become the butt of jokes. biden is. purely for political reasons can you stick him at secretary of state now? i don't think so. the motive would be purely political. it wouldn't be to enhance america diplomacy or foreign policy so i think it's a non-stopper. >> shannon: so many think the vice president position is not that powerful in many respects. is hillary in is a more powerful position doing what she is doing now? >> we're giving biden short thrift. he was in the senate for 3w0 years and extensive port foal yol as vice president and he is in charge of the iraq policy an influential on afghanistan. obama has given h

hillary swank, betty ann waut s wauters.what led you to hold onto this as opposed to other d.a.s who didn't? >> i was elected as a new d.a. in dallas county in 2006 and took office in 2007. upon my first week of entering office, i was requested by a long-time assistant d.a. to sign a form to allow all the evidence to be destroyed. and, you know, i had practised law for a while in dallas county, and i thought that that was not going to be a wise decision. so i refused to sign the motion to have that evidence destroyed. it was probably for the last three years as the district attorney for dallas county, one of the best decisions i made. my first week in office, there was an exoneration of a man trying to have his name cleared for five years. fortunately i got the opportunity to go downstairs and apologize to that individual for his wrongful conviction. and i didn't think anything of it. i thought it's the responsibility of the elected district attorney to restore credibility to the criminal justice system, at least give an apo

and palin is re-creating hillary. women just might flock back to obama if hillary were at his side. no offense to joe, may i call you joe? but stepping aside might be the best thing you could do for your party. no one would fault you for wanting to spend more time with your family. >> i got to tell you, he's clever. it's all nice inside the belt way politics. but let me tell you something really simple. every remarkable great president in our history had had a rough patch at this point in his term. fdr had an enormous problem, reagan in 1982, bill clinton in 1994. they kept the same running mates because joe biden, hillary clinton, barack obama is going to be elected on his record an he's the one he's going to be voting for or against and it's not going to matter who the vice presidential candidate is. >> did you just write that speech on the spot? that's amazamazing. first of all, i don't know if it's going to happen, it's probably not going happen. people don't generally drop their vice president in the middle of the stream. however, there is this sense out there, and you even men

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hilla hillary swank plays betty ann waters in "conviction." the real betty ann waters is -- sam rockwell plays kenneth waters, betty ann's brother who spent 18 years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit. and tony goldwin who directed conviction. this terrific movie, it opens october 15. such stories aren't just the subject of movies. joining us here in los angeles and in dallas, are 12 men all wrongfully convicted of crimes, jailed and ultimately freed. the dallas county district attorney who plays the central role in their new lives is with us too, and they'll be watching along with you. we'll hear some of their stories a little later in the hour. let's first take a look at a scene from "conviction." >> this is what i'm going to do, i'm going to stop by trying to get by dba after i take the stupid ged test, and if i can get that far, there's no guarantee i'll even get in, i'll apply to law school. but it's going to take a long time, a really long time and i might be 80 years old before i finally become a lawyer and even then i still don't

we're asking hillary clinton.appen, we need to make it happen. >> gretchen: all right. >> we just want his body back. that's all we want. >> gretchen: so is texas doing anything to help in the search? texas governor rick perry joins me now. good morning to you, governor. >> gretchen. >> gretchen: you heard these heartfelt pleas from this woman who says she was with her husband and that he was shot in the head by mexican pirates on this lake while they were jet skiing. what can texas do to help her? >> we've got all of our resources that we can along the border and i was on the phone last night to the sheriff of zapata and he's in contact with the mexican authorities as well. i called the foreign secretary, the acting foreign secretary last night, and we had a lengthy conversation about what mexico needs to be doing. getting their resources in place to find mr. hartley's body. this is a tragedy. it is a result of many years of disregard for the people along that border and the security of the border. we've been tel

it was brilliantly done, the performances of hillary and sam and everybody. we always need to get irish men -- >> larry: you look so much alike. how important was barry to you, betty? >> well, you know, hillary says that i'm her hero, barry is definitely my hero, i say that all the time. without him it wouldn't have happened. i don't believe it would have. he's very important to me. >> larry: hillary, have you learned more about this now that you have made this movie that all of these people are free? >> absolutely. that's one of the blessings of my job. that i get to walk in someone else's shoes and learn something that i wouldn't if i weren't an actor. >> larry: one can only imagine, sam, to be and we'll meet some of the gentlemen later who are here tonight in our studio, to play someone who didn't do what he's charged with doing, what's it like, how do you feel to be a prisoner when you're innocent? >> it's hard for me to imagine, i mean as much research as i did, it's still unfathomable to put yourself in that position. you talk to some of these people, y

you're a big hillary sorupporte. what would you like to see happen right now to sort of forge suort for hillary clinton in the long run for president when the time comes? >> well, first of all, i think all this talk about vice president is a little bit premature. and sort of silly season talk. because the section two of the 25th amendment makes it very difficult to replace a vice president. so i think that talk should be shelved, if president obama thinks he needs her in 2012, that is one thing. what we know about hillary clinton is she works hard and she does her job for the american people. and she does did without her personal agenda. she is always concerned about what is in the best interests of the nation. so i don't believe that she is thinking about this. she is probably laughing it off right now. and i really don't actually think we should be talking about it. because it's not really fair to joe biden. >> okay, well let's go to howard. how do you see this -- i was amazed, i know lynn was going to be aggressiv

i don't think hillary and obama -- hillary will probably retire. the republicans, if they regain power, we will have a nationwide strike and probably a race war. the other thing republicans will do for sure is take us back to war. i don't think they should be back for another 100 years. host: let us hear from a republican. louis in vicksburg, michigan dear caller: how are you doing? i just don't like to see any more of the stuff taking place, as power-hungry stuff. obama trying to get his fingers in everything. you put hillary in their -- good heavens. if republicans had not taken over the senate and the congress, we would not have had welfare reform. people forget about 3000 people in this country being killed. i thank you not spirit -- much. host: taliban and talks with karzai government. the talks are described as pulmonary. high-level secret talks. some speculation that this could bring an end to the war in afghanistan. that is the front page of "the washington post" this morning. "the washington times" front page, two stores. obama's access to

he calls hillary. the campaign gives him 20,000 a month. so they're like zero, we can't compete with that. at the same time, their world is younger obama organizers in south carolina, a few of whom would come up through dean. and they wanted to do a completely different bottle, which was to hold a house meeting across the state, which is what dean had done so successfully new hampshire. he said listen, or have to start because many of them will grow the campaign. we'll spread at house by house by house and it will create this ripple effect. what we'll do is we'll train volunteer leaders to essentially from the campaign because he won't have the money at that point in time to just buy off every pastor. and so the interesting thing is the advertising went on for a while and when obama wins iowa -- and i was shocked because i figured people were looking at polls in iowa and everyone kind of knew there was a good chance obama could win. but two years after the election, i just happen to be before i went to new hampshire i was talking to some fr

bob woodward of all people -- said it is on the table the idea that hillary clinton, an obama -- hillaryket is being considered. white house is obviously denying this. on -- as soon as that came out, then mark penn, hillary clinton's pollster says this is going to be a referendum election on obama. everybody is predicting this is going to be a bloodbath for the democrats. obviously there's bad blood there and there seems to be political posturing from within. i wanted your take on that. >> sure hillary supporters have been far more open in the last couple of months about sniping and griping their displeasure with the current team. you have seen a lot of turnover not just on capitol hill and elected office that you are seeing that. everybody is belting the obama administration. of course, some -- is bolting the obama administration. of course that is natural and cyclical. i agree with woodward this is about obama. >> sean: michelle malkin appreciate you being with us. let not your heart be troubled, when we company become our great, great, great american panel, straight ahead. ♪ ♪ as a ho

pennsylvania, hillary is strong -- >> hillary got a lot of reagan democrats coming in. >> she sure didguys that obama has lost, are the hillary democrats. >> let's do our must-read op ed from "the washington post." katrina van den hoovl. she says ignore the poll centers and champion the progressives. she says i hope the president learns the right lesson, provide a clarion voice to americans about the need for bold progressive reform and show your own supporters a fighting spirit to push for it. rouse the progressive majority not by complaining about its ingratitude but by championing its cause, or as they say in texas, dance with those that brung you. you'll find others want to join the party. >> let me just say about my good friend katrina that republicans and conservatives would absolutely love if the president followed that advice. please, mr. president, try to take the country further left because all you will do is elect more republicans. >> no question. >> if i were barack obama, i would be so frustrated at progressives like katrina. here this guy has moved further left -- moved

for a job right after the election, he said how can you trust hillary? obama i think trusts her -- >> greta: take her advice? >> no. i think her impact on the policy is not that great. she joined with gets in the military and i -- with gates in the military i call four, five blocks of granite that obama could not move around. joe biden, emerges -- >> greta: he's the provocateur asking the tough questions. he was impressive in this book. >> his intellectual arguments are as sound as anybody's. >> greta: obama's wars if you are in the military you should read in book if you know anybody in the military or if you give a damn about what is going on in the worm. we get to see how the sausage is made, regret pwhreu, thank you bob. >> if -- regretably, thank you

>> i am in no means comparing myself to hillary clinton.itely not the case, but i think she has carried herself with such a strength and integrity throughout her career, even when things were very difficult, even when things came to light that were embarrassing for her family and that were very private and personal. she really came out and was strong and composed and i thought, you know what, we can't allow these kinds of tactics to scare good people from running for office. i think that we need more young people and more young women to stand up and run for office and i don't want them to be deterred by some silly party pictures or something that they did stupid in front of the camera years and years ago. so, i decided for, not just for myself but for young women to come out and address this head on because i don't want this to deter people who want to serve our country from stepping up and serving for office. >> krystal ball, thank you for being with us. >> thank you, chris, for having me. >>> our company is back. i want to start with you

a ticket with president obama and secretary of state hillary clinton?real except that it happened. a firefighters in one tennessee town refused to put out a family's home fire that was burning their home to the ground because the owners failed to pay a $75 fire protection fee that is required. the town's mayor standing by the decision. we're going to talk to the man that lost his home in a moment. >>> talking with the enemy, this morning "the washington post" reporting that the afghan government is negotiating with the taliban. secret high-level meetings are under way. >> sources telling the paper that the taliban is very serious about finding a way out and ending the war. chris lawrence is live for us in washington. tell us more about what perhaps may be precipitating the talks. for so long it used to be there was no debate. as long as u.s. and allies in afghanistan the taliban was not going to come to the table. >> reporter: yeah. you're exactly right, kiran. we have seen these talks flare up before and now seems to be at the most serious point and co

coming up, we shift to hillary clinton.es a national football league trade have to do with secretary clinton's political future? [ male announcer ] sometimes after surgery straining should be avoided. colace capsules stool softener helps ease straining to make going easier. try colace capsules for effective comfortable relief from occasional constipation. find the relief that's right for you and get a $10 rebate at getconstipationrelief.com. >>> all across the world of politics today, a heated conversation. will she or won't she? biden or clinton? will hillary clinton replace joe biden as president obama's vice presidential nominee in 2012? this has been discussed in washington before, but it got reignited last night right on this program. bob woodward was here and he said this. >> it's on the table. and some of hillary clinton's advisers see as a real possibility in 2012. president obama needs some of the women, latinos, retirees that she did so well with during the 2008 primaries, and so they switch jobs and not out of th

but, look, the people who are talking about hillary clinton in o2012 or hillary clinton in 2016, it'snot the secretary of state herself. as you showed in the clip, she's knocked down this bp swap story. >> i don't know. she didn't say it's not happening. where in that did you hear her say it's not happening? >> she did not. i'm a hillary loyalist, too, and i'm not fueling 2016 speculation, but i think you're right. i think it is being fueled by those who have been long, long time hillary supporters and who, you know, who want to see a women elected president. >> you know what, chris, two things to keep in mind here. the better, if hillary clinton wants to run in 2016, assuming she does, she needs to have president obama re-elected. one. in 2012. the second thing is the better job for secretary of state clinton to do in the obama administration is not bp, it's defense secretary because if she's going to run for president in 2016 -- >> but that gets her into such the sticky position. does she want to be defense secretary when we're trying to see if we can pull out of afghanistan? is tha

i've seen many hillary for president ads running. >> the ads that hillary clinton is running right nowsident that christine o'donnell has seen? i think i can speak for everyone else in the country, we haven't seen those ads. perhaps they were screened at the fake intelligence briefing about china invading or in hillary clinton's current fake senate office that she maintains to fake everyone out that she's not really secretary of state. ads that only christine o'donnell has been briefed on. officially making christine o'donnell's briefing on the chinese coming to get us the second craziest thing in the week. i love the med-terms. i never thought i'd love the mid-terms as much as i do. ♪ where'd you learn to do that so well. ♪ the new cadillac srx. the cadillac of crossovers. cadillac. the new standard of the world. >>> in southwest oregon, the fourth district, the congressional race this year is between democrat defazio and republican challenging art robin southern. and someone spending a ton of money on this raise. nobody knows who they are. they are spending a ton of money on paper, a

i've seen many hillary for president ads running. >> the ads that hillary clinton is running right nowdent that christine o'donnell has seen? i think i can speak for everyone else in the country, we haven't seen those ads. perhaps they were screened at the fake intelligence briefing about china invading or in hillary clinton's current fake senate office that she maintains to fake everyone out that she's not really secretary of state. ads that only christine o'donnell has been briefed on. officially making christine o'donne o'donnell's briefing on the chinese coming to get us the second craziest thing in the week. i love the med-terms. i never thought i'd love the mid-terms as much as i do. i cannot believe thmp [ male announcer ] learn about a free trial offer from abilify. if you're taking an antidepressant and still feel depressed, one option your doctor may consider is adding abilify. abilify treats depression in adults when added to an antidepressant. some people had symptom improvement in as early as one to two weeks after adding abilify. now with the abilify (me+) program, your f

a lot to tell you about today including bob woodward floating the possibility that hillary clinton could replace joe biden on the obama ticket in 2012. we'll check it out. plus a respected head of state goes below the belt during a friendly soccer game. we'll tell you which president was playing dirty pocket pool a little bit later. that's a president of an actual country. but first, let's get to the news live at 5:30 here at 30 rock here in new york city. breaking news overnight. gunmen in yemen fired a rocket against a convoy damaging a car and wounding four people. the british embassy's deputy chief of mission who was traveling in the convoy was not hurt. no one has claimed responsibility for the blast yet, but yemen any authorities recently boosted security in the country's capital after receiving information that al qaeda was planning an attack. today's explosion comes a day after a top american official was visiting the country to discuss the security situation there. and less than six months after a suicide bomber attacked an ambassador's car race fears about the government's abil

>>> hillary clinton in san francisco tonight, a look at what she was speaking about. also, new details on the purgeergy case against barry bonds. we show you what is inside the court documents. a late break in the case against the sexual assaults. that break was released by the sheriff's department. they arrested a man. william, a 51-year-old residents is accused in the bulge hear and rape. investigators say he knew her. the complex has been the scene of several sexual assaults throughout the summer and the fall. detectives are still looking for an additional suspect. this is a sketch of that suspect. a while male, a medium build, brown hair and facial hair. another suspect is in custody. >>> she is young, homeless and violent according to police. after multiple run ins are residents a woman and 1 a tattoo on her face could be charged with five counts of assaults. more victims are coming forward, jonathan bloom spoke to one of them. >> reporter: catania galvan snapped this picture and hopes her manager would do something about det, that's when the woman, sheila flower

hillary clinton visits san francisco but she wasn't talking politics. bill clinton was talking >>> hillary clinton made an aexperience in san francisco tonight. she was a speaker at an event put on by the commonwealth club. she spoke about several issues from technology to the war in afghanistan. >> reporter: hillary clinton delivered a short speak on how the bay area, silicon valley is helping the u.s. keep up with technology in the world. >> i just met with a group from twitter. i know there are a million ideas that are born every day here. if you have a good idea, we will listen. >> reporter: she answered questions from the audience orforeign oil, the economy and the war in av. >> there is an oil curse. wind countries discover oil, market that oil, if they are not thoughtful, if they are not visionary, very often it becomes a small elite that benefits from it. frustration anxiety and anger in our country right now over unemployment, over feeling that our government is not working, our economy is not working. i hope that people take some of that energ

and hillary clinton in, as president obama's running mate? you've heard the speculation, now hear what secretary clinton herself has to say. a toxic flood of deadly red mud. we're going to take you to the scene of this stunning disaster and walk you through the worst of the sludge, and the danger right now. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >>> but we begin with the battle for control of the united states senate, and it could hinge on a handful of states in critical areas. right now we're releasing new poll numbers from four of the hottest battlegrounds. the numbers from nevada may be the most disturbing for democrats. the senate majority leader harry reid is fighting for his political life against republican sharron angle who has the support of the tea party movement. our new cnn/"time" magazine opinion research poll shows them neck and neck, with angle the attorney general there versus the wrestling magnate, the poll shows richard blumenthal is now 13 points ahead of linda mcmahon, in the battle to replace chris dodd. a lot

you have the secret hillary to bill clinton e-mails from the 2008 campaign.ow how you got through there but you've got these private e-mails. the e-mail from bill to hillary during the iowa caucus. don't sweat iowa he wrote. take a look at the faces in those crowds. they are not voting for barack obama. he reminds those people of o.j. it's honky central. this one is in the bag. so am i. love bill. >> i love hearing you say honky central on tv. that'sy agreed to do this segment. we should explain the premise. each of these chapters is a different character in our society. political, pop culture, the one you're talking about is hillary and bill and e-mails back and forth. took up real characters and made up fake stories about them. that was from iowa when hillary was feeling good about herself before it went to hell in a hand basket. making appointments with interior decorators for the oval office and all the rest. bill clinton says don't worry about iowa. >> she then writes back just lost iowa. she came in third. came in third for real. they don't think he's o

hillary clinton is -- she's got women. she has latinos. she has senior citizens. >> larry: it would be a tough ticket. >> and it would be a tough ticket. depends on who the republicans put up. it would be interesting. biden becomes secretary of state. a more visible daily role. she moves to the vice presidency. and, you know, three of them go out there and they're all smiles and no regrets. >> larry: do you -- from what you've learned, are you optimistic that this can come out? i'm sure all americans -- maybe a few want them to fail. that this can come out okay? afghanistan? pakistan? >> you know, it's -- it's the hardest case. and there is a time last spring where obama sends general jones' national security adviser and the cia director, leon panetta, to pakistan. after the times square bomber. almost went off. could have killed hundreds, thousands of people. and they read the riot act to the pakistani leadership, including president zardari. and say, look, this is, in our opinion, was a successful attack because pakistani intelligence, u

they like those. >>> hillary clinton as vice president?eam ticket in 2020 and some are saying maybe it will happen in 2012. >>> and a horror show at a circus as the lions attack the trainer. we have exclusive video from an i-reporter who was there. >>> and a unusual campaign ad. when is the last time you heard a united states candidate say this -- >> i'm not a witch. i'm nothing you've heard. i'm you. i like to discuss my ideas with someone. that's what i like about fidelity. they talked with me one on one, so we could come up with a plan that's right for me, and they worked with me to help me stay on track -- or sometimes, help me get on an even better one. woman: there you go, brian. thanks, guys. man: see ya. fidelity investments. turn here. >>> donald trump for president of the united states in 2012? the real estate mogul and reality television star is now talking precisely about that. >> for the first time in my life, i've had so many people over the years to ask me to do that, and for the first time in my life, i am absolutely thinki

. >>> also, our exclusive one-on-one interview with hillary clinton. we're with the secretary of state in brussels, as she admits u.s. forces are helping taliban leaders try to strike a deal with the afghan government. >>> the closer. michelle obama hits the campaign trail. can she close the gap in races. >>> and in last night's debate, what seemed to stump tea party star, christine o'donnell. >>> and the bright lights that had the big apple buzzing. could it really be a u 23 o? >>> and what a day. what a moment. all 33 miners in that mine in chile, finally free. the last miner lifted to the surface last night, the 54-year-old foreman, who had done so much to help his men stay calm. he was greeted by the president of chile, sebastian pinera, who said, you brought your ship out like a good captain. >>> also, an exclusive interview with one of the miners who tells us what really happened during the 70 days underground. and, robin, i know they were watching where you are, too. >> everyone, as you know, george, watching all around the world, including here

what do i do, hillary, what do i do? >> mr. president, you can start by getting a hold of yourself. >> i can't. don't you see that i'm in a panic, a blind, unreasoning, inexperienced panic? >> russians will back down. helping iran is a clear ioolatvin of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. >> one other thing -- i think the heat may be off in the white house. >> you'll see a red button. hit that once and wait about 45 seconds. it should come back on. >> once again, i am amazed by the range and depth of your experience. and before i go, is bill there? >> it's 3:00 a.m. what do you think? [laughter] chris: oh, my god. anyway, when we come back, why "don't know much" is oppressed this year. no biology. scoops and predistricts when we come back. chris: welcome back. 60% of us say the country is on the wrong track. that's not a record level of discontent of how things are being run right now, but it's way up there. all that unhappiness helps the outsiders running for office this year and puts the insiders on the defensive. you see i

are his unnamed sources pushing their own agendas and why is woodward promoting the hillary for v.p.umor? >>> lou dobbs accused of employing illegal immigrants and rick sanchez finally apologizes for the words that got him fired. >>> should a nevada reporter have published a secretly recorded tape of senate candidate sharron angle? >>> tired of hearing about the salahis? this author says the media got much of the story wrong about the white house party crashers. i'm howard kurtz and this is "reliable sources." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> the debate over afghanistan has been pretty well covered by the media, at least when it hasn't been crowded out by attack ads, witch craft and quarterbacks behaving badly. president obama's handing of the 9-year-old conflict and his decision to dispatch more troops has been making headlines again thanks to one behind the scenes account. >> a new book causing a stir today, obama's wars by bob woodward who spent almost two years talking to more than 100 people behind closed doors. >> now the white house is already reacting to the book thi

they prefer hillary clinton over barack obama two to one. >> it has you and joe biden swapping jobs. what do you think about the vice president? >> i think the vice president is doing a wonderful job. >> her side and the white house both said no swap was in the works. >> if he wants to switch, that is fine to me. hillary clinton is a smart woman, and she would make a great vice president. >> i think he is great. i just do not think i want him talking to world leaders one on one. >> i like her better in the vice president role. i do not think she has the experience we need in that aspect. >> but in the shadow of the pentagon, this the voter says enough politics already. >> i am tired of people doing things for political reasons. i just wish they would do the right thing and start maneuvering. >> that was rebecca cooper reporting. >>> people are talking about something else, a slight mishap in a presidency -- in the president's speech last night. >> we cannot sustain -- whoops. >> everybody knows who the president is, even though his presidential seal fell off of the lectern. >>> still

hillary clinton is strongest along rural white working-class voters.'re going to be talking about in 2012. president obama carriy eied all them in 2008. his numbers are not nearly as good in november of 2012. could it help him? yes. i wonder if it doesn't look too chaotic. not to say it couldn't happen but i still think it's very unlikely. >> exactly right. thank you very much. >>> house speaker nancy pelosi asking the justice department to investigate mortgage lenders to see if they have committed fraud after a growing number of states have halted foreclosures. ail lied financial and other mortgage giants are only the latest to put thousands of evictions on hold. now lawmakers and the afl-cio want a 60-day voluntary foreclosure moratorium. congressman elijah cummings is here now. great to see you. a frequent guest but not always here. what is your concerning the foreclosures? the lenders say the paperwork was more complicated and that they realized and they were protecting some of these clients as well by moving more quickly burke are you concern ed -