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 ges 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 a

and then to john king, he said there were some hillary clinton advisers. this is like as vague a source as you can get, the lowest kind of source on the washington totem pole is an adviser. it could be her hair dresser. and some, nothing but a number. two, three? how many is some? so, that is really the kind of washington rumor that has no backing. >> interesting thing about journalism, arianna and andrea, this trade craft of ours, it's called journalism, the way you get a story going and really an interesting way. let's imagine this. i will just try to use my political sensors here and my knowledge. it seems to me that something like this could develop for a very important reason, this story, a very important reason. if you're close to hillary clinton, not necessarily her, but close to her, you may be very fearful that at some point in the next couple of weeks there will be a proposal on the table, not this illusory table that was talked about a minute ago, but "the" table at the white house, to promote her to secretary of defense. there may be fears with

she doesn't need the vice presidential platform to be hillary clinton. she's already got that. over at the state department where i was last week for a dinner, there's a whole hillary world over there at the state department. top people, people who are highly thought of for their skill and their political knowledge, they're ready to do anything hillary wants to do. i think if she goes somewhere else, like defense, she'll take a lot of those people over there with her. but she doesn't really need the veep job. and as you say, why tie yourself to a difficult presidency at this point, when your numbers are so good, when your husband, by the way, is so highly regarded in the country, and bill clinton has done it by being as somewhat of an outsider. yes, he's campaigning now. but he also has a clinton foundation. he's also this global figure. 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

and then to john king, he said there were some hillary clinton advisers. this is like as vague a source as you can get, the lowest kind of source on the washington totem pole is an adviser. it could be her hair dresser. and some, nothing but a number. two, three? how many is some? so, that is really the kind of washington rumor that has no backing. >> interesting thing about journalism, arianna and andrea, this trade craft of ours, it's called journalism, the way you get a story going and really an interesting way. let's imagine this. i will just try to use my political sensors here and my knowledge. it seems to me that something like this could develop for a very important reason, this story, a very important reason. if you're close to hillary clinton, not necessarily her, but close to her, you may be very fearful that at some point in the next couple of weeks there will be a proposal on the table, not this illusory table that was talked about a minute ago, but "the" table at the white house, to promote her to secretary of defense. there may be fears with

hillary clinton created sarah palin, that is when palen was picked as john mccain's running mate, it was at least in part to offset the hillary effect. 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 no

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

hillary clinton remade herself as secretary of state.iewed as partisan as she once one, though she ran a middle of the road campaign in the presidential. she was neck in neck and almost won the nomination. close to being president. it doesn't surprise me she has numbers versus biden. everybody knows in the country who hillary clinton is. i do think she made herself and more of a pragmatist or viewed more of a pragmatist now. i don't find numbers surprising at all. >> shannon: fred, historically we hear the conversation. >> of course we did. >> shannon: about ereplacing vice presidents in second term. >> never happens. f.d.r. did. remember when he dumped -- not personally that you remember. but he dumped wallace in the middle of a war. nobody complained much about it. one thing that i think president obama has to have on his mind is the possibility of a challenge for the nomination. not from hillary. it those come from the left. democratic party and the republican party coming from the right. having hillary as a running mate announced ear

>> people forget that during hillary clinton's 2008 run, bill clinton was everywhere. were no tv cameras and small towns in pennsylvania and west virginia and in a lot of other places around this country and it was a huge draw. huge asset for then senator clinton's campaign. so, he's doing the same thing now and he demand everywhere and in a place like west virginia where barack obama is perhaps not as popular, he's a big draw for a democrat running for office and he's doing that over and over and over again. all around the country. >> as always, quick with the line. howard, i know you have to leave. karen and matt, you'll be back with us in a couple minutes. thank you, so much, howard, for coming in. >>> if you have a teenager learning to drive, we all know it can be scary, but how much time do you actually spend teaching your kid? an eye opening new survey. >>> michelle obama another secret weppen for the democrats. the first lady is heading off on a cross country campaign to help raise big bucks for her party. in times like these, you need an experienced partner to

hillary clinton, 55%. gentlemen biden, 25%. -- joe biden, 25%. e people who are close to the clintons. they were encouraging me to keep up my investigations of barack obama during the primary. they felt they couldn't do it. feeding me information at times. encouraging me behind the scenes. who would have thought the clintons would do that. i know for a fact hillary and bill clinton do not like barack obama? >> the fact is, look americans love hillary clinton. they remember the whole -- >> americans do not love hillary clinton. >> going back to the trouble she with her husband. she was -- people thought it was her turn when barack obama came in and took the nomination. to this day, especially women, see her as the one who had the opportunity. >> sean: you agree the clintons and the obamas don't like each other? >> it is not that they don't like each other. >> sean: the race card was played against her. >> clintons have their own agenda. >> it is not they dislike each other it is they loath each other like the devil runs from holy water. if i could

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 energy

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 visits san francisco but she wasn't talking politics. bill clinton was talking politics, visiting southern california. a look at both of the clinton's visit up ahead on kron 4 news. you know it's bad when the press asks if you'd take a lie detector test. meg whitman didn't tell the truth about not voting or about how long she lived in california. she got caught in insider deals at goldman sachs. she changed her story about physically abusing an employee. she campaigned as tough as nails on immigration knowing her housekeeper of 9 years was undocumented. her tv ads have been condemned as false and misleading. and even her hometown newspaper said meg whitman has demonstrated "a loose relationship with the truth" so, we book a flight to hawaii using our points from chase sapphire. last minute... on christmas. and sitting next to us, chevy chase. and we really hit it off. we play golf, and then the luau. he's like da vinci with ice. and after, we help hang christmas decorations. wait, wait, wait. you flew last minute... on christmas... with p

coming up, we shift to hillary clinton. s 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 the

out of nowhere has come this spotlight on hillary clinton, the secretary of state. 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 kno

the other interesting question is, hillary clinton could run in her own right in 2016 and be younger ald reagan when he was elected president. >> and when asked about the possibility, hillary did not deny it. >> i think the vice president is doing a wonderful job. he's a great friend of mine. we work together closely, he's an expert on foreign policy, chaired the foreign relations committee in the senate for years, and we have a great relationship and i have absolutely no interest and no reason for doing anything other than just dismissing these stories and moving on. we have no time. >> joining me now, the journalist who knows more about hillary clinton and bob woodward than any of the rest of us, the author of a woman in charge. the life of hillary rodham clinton. carl bernstein, thanks for joining us tonight. it's kind of delicious to listen to that response from hillary clinton. from a hillary scholar like yourself, did you not hear a denial in there. >> i think this whole subject is pretty laughable. this is a classic example of manufactured controversy, generated by the chatteri

new rumors that president obama and hillary clinton could join forces in 2012. e'd like that. is it bad glue or bad omen for the president. oops, there goes the logo. >> was that my... oh, goodness. that's all right. all of you know who i am. >> steve: good line. the commander in chief laughing off a seal slipup. >> brian: yes, are these girls too hot for high school? cheerleaders filing complaints that their coaches are making them dress too skimpy in connecticut. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> howdy, this is roy rogers, junior and you're watching "fox & friends." >> steve: thank you. welcome aboard. we've had a very busy first two hours. >> brian: you remember when roy was here, he was selling all his dad's stuff. >> steve: including trigger. >> brian: trailer dead. >> steve: had been dead for many years and they were auctions off the stuff. >> brian: they stuffed him. right? >> steve: we're talking about that stuffed animal out on our plaza today. larry gatlin brought in a cat and gretchen asked if the longhorn was going to wind up being hamburger. that

to do, and i think both of us are very happy doing what we're doing. >> the secretary of state hillary clintonuvg rumors of a potential job swap with the vice president. republican strategist mary matal matalin, and hillary rosin. what would you fear more, obama/clinton or obama/biden? >> well, i think the problem that obama has, obviously, which shows in the polls is not political. people like him fine. they don't like hi policies. with rahm emanuel leaving, i know conservatives don't believe this, but that takes out a strong, centrist common-sense person in his inner circle. a better idea that would solve the current problem, which would improve his chances, is to make hillary clinton the chief of staff. she works hard, knows the hill, that would put great fear in my heart, because i think she would actually talk some sense into the president from that position. >> let me repeat the question, mary. which is a stronger democratic ticket, hillary clinton on the ticket, or joe biden? >> probably her, but i don't think the ticket's going to matter if they don't get anything done in the next two

but you know hillary clinton's not in the senate anymore, right? dd in the "new york times'" write-up was it wasn't clear that christine o'donnell realized that secretary is clinton hasn't been a senator for two years now. the reporter asked her who in the senate. whether or not christine o'donnell doesn't understand who hillary clinton is now was left vague or strange. then this happened. taking questions at the delaware republicans last night, she was asked to twitch a wharves on the top of your head response to the phrase "health care reform bill." this is what her answer was -- on the top of her head when asked about health reform. >> if both the house and the senate pass legislation to repeal the health care bill and then barack obama thumbs his nose to the will of the people and vetoes that bill right before his re-election, i've already seen some hillary clinton ads. there are a lot of democrats who don't want this. if he has the audacity to ignore a very clear message from the people, he's making his re-election very uncertain. >> i have alr

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

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 -

secretary of state hillary clinton is there in a bid to persuade the country to make concessions in its refusal to recognize its breakaway territory of kosovo she's done with courage and much sort of to e.u. membership the visits part of clinton's tour of the balkans and follows a previous stop to bosnia there she also tried to put pressure on the country's serbian minority to embrace the form which will eventually stripped of their autonomy most serbs scattered around the territory of the former yugoslavia still remember that nato sided with the muslims during the ninety's ethnic conflict and can't forgive us led bombings of serbian targets to or about this tonight with that we should get rid of a cheater balkans political expert thanks for being on the line with us tonight's pre-show what is the u.s. trying to achieve in the region do you think what is their interest there and some would say they're interfering. oh indeed they're going to figured right from the early one nine hundred ninety s. and as you correctly said they conducted a war where the first award. led by a known europea

. >>> 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 close races? >>> and in last night's debate, what seemed to stump tea party star, christine o'donnell. >>> and close encounters of the new york kind. the bright lights that had the big city buzzing. could it really be a ufo? >>> 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." we're going to hear all about it this morning. >>> also, an exclusive interview with one of the miners who tells us what really happened during those 70 days underground. and, robin, i know they were watching where you

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

host: an asset being circulated by hillary clinton supporters. where there is ahill, there's a way. caller: the reason the republicans are not calling it is they are all laughing too hard. host: why do you say that? caller: another clinton and the white house and bill around there with nothing but time in his hands? are you kidding? i think obama will be a one-term president regardless of who is on the ticket with him. host: greenville, north carolina. democratic line. caller: i think obama will be a two-term president. i don't know what this man is talking about. he is crazy. i don't know what's the problem. it seems like when obama came in, everything was going downhill. this man had to spend all of this money to get us out of the whole we are in. bush put us in a whole. he had to. i don't think hillary will run against obama. everything they got going together is right on. host: what about 2016? caller: if she goes for 2016, all of the democrats will be right behind her, for hillary. if she had won instead of obama, we would have been behind her. obama 1 so we got behind him. host

rumors are put forth that the secretary of state, hillary clinton, might replace vice president joe bidenmor? >> i have absolutely no interest and no reason for doing anything other than just dismissing these stories and moving on. because we have no time. we have so much to do and i think both of us are very happy doing what we're doing. >> what's the likelihood of the takeover? >> they pretty much said it this week. if she wants to be president, she would be better staying secretary of state because she doesn't have to own the whole obama agenda and she has a good shot at being named the replacement for gates at the defense department when he steps down sometime next year. >> how can the democrats be certain about maintaining the presidency? >> they have to invigorate the ticket, john. she brings what? she brings women? >> she brings white folks. she brings the folks in pennsylvania and ohio and west virginia, kentucky that voted against obama. but here's the thing. it is too ideal not to be on the table if obama is in trouble. >> there is zero chance this is going to happen for two rea

reporting last night that president obama may shake things up as he heads for election in 2012 as hillary clintonrunning mate. >> in 2013 will we be hearing the phrases vice president clinton and secretary of state biden? >> could they be part of a freem deem after all? >> it would be crazy. >> president obama bumping joe biden for hillary clinton, the news went haywire. >> to wha does it mean? >> actively discussed. >> no, no, on the table, that book is on the table, right? that doesn't mean you're going to read it this week. maybe you'll read it sometime, maybe on your summer vacation. the point was and the book deals with this at some length, one of hillary clinton's strategists, mark penn, when she talked to him about becoming secretary of state. >> right. he saw the potential benefit of 2012 and maybe she could move up. >> maybe she would be needed and take biden's place. >> so as you know hillary clinton responded to this. let's play that for the viewers. >> okay. >> we have a great relationship and i have absolutely no interest and no reason for doing anything other than just dismissing th

ticket which was denied why would hillary clinton jump on the deck of a sinking ship.k the obama presidency has gotten brim grim. it would be unbearably grim if biden weren't around. >> hillary clinton might want to leave the administration before she would take that job. maybe secretary of defense. but the vp, i don't see that happening. >> no way. >> paul: remember, if you have your own hit or miss send it to us at foxnews.com. that's it for this

why would hillary clinton jump on to the deck of a sinking ship? but i for one would really miss joe biden. i think the obama presidency has gotten kind of grim and it would be unbearably grim wasn't around saying he'd like to strangle republicans, say it ain't so, joe. >> paul: hillary clinton might want to leave the administration before she would take that job or maybe secretary of defense, but the vp, i don't see that happening. >> no way. >> paul: all right. and remember, if you have your own hit or miss, please send it to us at jer@fo

hillary clinton is very popular with a lot of the voters that obama needs to get elected to a second term. >> reporter: mike emmanuel. >>> did banks act too quickly when foreclosing on tens of thousands of homes. thee banks have stopped foreclosures in 23 states after evidence surfaced that their employees or outside lawyers

american pressure to make concessions in exchange for nato membership talk to experts about hillary clinton's visit to the balkans. and hasta la vista moscow california governor. wraps up his visit to the russian capital with a pledge to try and terminate global climate change. this

secretary of state hillary clinton wants people here to help with diplomacy. she is asking for ideas and says she is ready to listen. >> she was definitely in friendly territory. the commonwealth club has invited her to speak several times before, but she has been busy. >> this is only the third place in the united states i have spoken since i became secretary of state. >> but she said now is the appropriate time to have a conversation. and then she made her pitch to this crowd. diplomacy needs technology. >> and i know there are a million ideas that are born every day here. if you have a good idea, we willisen. >> not only does she want ideas, she also encouraged the crowd to participate in public and private partnerships. >> we recently launched a new mentoring program called tech women that pairs accomplished women in silicon valley with counterparts in communities around the world. >> the crowd loved it. >> we created the ideas that inning chaed the world. it is awesome to know the government is behind that. >> about 1500 people came to hear her speak. mos

new version you can play as bill and hillary clinton. "vanity fair" magazine, douglas brinkley. good to have you on the show. >> great to see you. >> pat and i were talking about barack obama. some little incident with humor. and just have wondered how barack obama 2008 have hoped and changed and got bury in the ugly realities of washington. >> i think so. the president doesn't like criticism. you can't be in washington because you're going to get hit all the time. ronald reagan has been used to stay away from any criticism. barack obama has been hit a lot. he's hurt a lot. he's a bit angry at his base. he seems to be turning it around a little bit and trying to find his hope and change voice and going with the young people. >> that is so important. >> did you read the rolling stone interview. coming back to the white house. and then unloading on progressives. i just thought, speaking of reagan, something reagan just wouldn't do. reagan did somehow insulate himself from the criticism. >> reagan's genius. he never let his critics win. i e