only problem, jarrett was dead.ood, a round of drinks and a strip club. the two guys haven't been charged in jarrett's death, says the paper, but they will have to answer to charges of criminal impersonation and abusing a corpse. investigators are still trying to figure out how jarrett died. but here's the real kicker. not only did they drive his body around all night, they used his bank card to help pay for their fun. according to the paper, jarrett had invited one of the suspects, supposedly a friend down on his luck, along with a buddy to stay with him at colorado state university for a few months when his so-called friend robert young found him unresponsive at home, instead of calling 911, the denver post says he and the other guy loaded him into the car and drove to a bar, left him in the back seat and proceeded to have drinks on their dead friend's tab. you cannot make this stuff up. hours later after a night on the town, the friends reportedly flagged down a police officer at 4:00 a.m. and told him that jarre

>> it wasn't with valerie jarrett herself, it was with an aide.any had hired six different lobbying firms in the period since the beginning of the obama administration. it was heavily working washington. and that may have been part of the reason that they continued to get funds even as there were signs that they were in a serious decline and they were able to get their loan restructured and that the private sector got, you know, the first line of defense against potential bankruptcy. so there are some signs that perhaps their lobbying had an effect. >> so one of the questions people are trying to connect the dots, did fund-raising, political influence, political friendship, help here. george kaiser is the billionaire fund-raiser for obama 2008, backs the foundation of the top investor here. is it just this happened, that happened or can anyone connect the dots? >> so far, it's a great question for the republicans to ask, because it looks, it makes it look like this was some political conspiracy, but there's no evidence at all so far that i've seen

s bar and grill where jarrett's body stayed in the back seat while young rubenstein had a few drinks courtesy of gerrit's a.t.m. card a stop at sam's number three was also on the agenda before they headed back to jared's home to drop the body off. that is just so messed up now we we don't know the cause of death if they didn't kill him i'm going to feel differently about this right like if they killed them they're scumbags despicable but if they did i could imagine like being like you know a party. like man like you'd like to actually elaborate. on that he would want and he would want to you would want it on his tab i think barry no i would look i don't think i mean like obviously this defies like metaphysical logic here but if you his spirit would want the credit card to. keep him being how to deal with no good way am i welcome to buy my you know israel my bros right now bros if anything happens to me take the card run with it because it's going to get cancer killed and i still think was a great move good job guys good job i would have done the same as well we don't know but now obv

a friend of 34-year-old jeffrey jarrett goes to his house, finds him unresponsive.tead of calling 911, he picks up another friend, they go back to jarrett's apartment, and then they go bar hopping. they go to a bar, and they use his credit card to go inside the bar. they left the body in in the back of the truck. after they drank there, they went to a different bar. of after the second bar using his bank card, they finally take jeffrey jarrett's body back to his home, and then they take his bank card, and they go back out to a mexican restaurant using his card. then they go to a strip club until 4:00 in the morning. they spent $400 of his money. they finally flagged down a cop, and one of the guys tells a clear that he was dead. the cops, of course, arrested these men -- there they are right there. they have not been charged in the death because they don't know what the toxicology reports are, they're not sure exactly how jeffrey jarrett died. the family is infuriated because they say if friend had called 911 when he found them unresponsive, there might have been a

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we heard that just moments ago from valerie jarrett as well. the president reportedly reported the counterterrorism communities to redouble its effort in response to this new intelligence. shortly after the president addressed congress tonight, republican congress peter king of new york, chairman of the house homeland security department committee spo about this threat to luke russert. watch. >> what i can tell you, it is very specific. it's credible but it's not confirmed. but you combine the specifics and also the fact it's credible with this being the weekend of 9/11, it's being taken very seriously. i have faith that federal law enforcement, all of our agencies, federal, state, and local are appropriate and doing everything that has to be done. absolutely no need for any panic. and but, again, with abundance of caution and also knowing that al qaeda in the past does look for anniversaries, looking for land marks, it is being taken very seriously but, again, certainly no need for any type of panic. >> again, as congressman king noted this th

now, miss jarrett is an honest and sincere person, i know her. she believes what she says. president obama also believes that the federal government, quote, must make the economy work for all americans, unquote. the problem is, that is impossible. capitalism cannot deliver successful economic outcomes for everybody. enter jon stewart, who has become the face of the progressive movement and stated today by the web site media ite and that's true. mr. stewart has a vast amount of influence among liberals in the usa. last night while promoting my new book, i ventured into stewart's domain in order to try to talk some sense into ho him about the economy and the left's incessant tax the rich mantra. >> what is this whole business with the poor, poor, rich and wealthy in this country? so unfair to them. >> bill: are you ever going to wise up? ever? i mean, we've been doing this dance -- >> teach me, professor. >> bill: here it is. >> teach me. >> bill: i don't mind paying 40%, but first they're going to have to stop wasting the money. one word, solyndra. do you know what that is?

we heard that just moments ago from valerie jarrett as well.dent reportedly reported the counterterrorism communities to redouble its effort in response to this new intelligence. shortly after the president addressed congress tonight, republican congress peter king of new york, chairman of the house homeland security department committee spo about this threat to luke russert. watch. >> what i can tell you, it is very specific. it's credible but it's not confirmed. but you combine the specifics and also the fact it's credible with this being the weekend of 9/11, it's being taken very seriously. i have faith that federal law enforcement, all of our agencies, federal, state, and local are appropriate and doing everything that has to be done. absolutely no need for any panic. and but, again, with abundance of caution and also knowing that al qaeda in the past does look for anniversaries, looking for land marks, it is being taken very seriously but, again, certainly no need for any type of panic. >> again, as congressman king noted this threat remai

i'm gregg jarrett in for jon scott.ox news begins right now. ♪ ♪ >> you have been called a lot of things, skillful, dynamic, controversial and divisive. some called you the most divisive political picture in the country in a century. do you think it's all political or is there something about your personality, your demeanor that inspires animosity in the critics? >> i can't speak for them. >> you left out darth varad. >> former vice president dick cheney laughing off the colorful characterizations used to describe him. is the media's perception of the man changed? >> i don't think so. you get a weird consensus among the left and the right. even the anti-cheney, but you have even maureen dowd and george wills both attacking him. what is interesting about the book is the extent to which it brought the interim republican critics out at the fore. colin powell saying this is the -- the vice president was taking cheap shots. >> condi rice. >> absolutely. and you really saw the tension in the republican party. and that gave th

adam jones and jarrett johnson are helping officials say "only a pump would hurt a cat or dog -- punkwould hurt a cat or dog." the campaign features the athletes showing pets love. there is muscle behind the campaign. >> certain an animal does not make it tough. i think the opposite is true. if you are going to hurt a defenseless animal, those people are cowards and should be punished. >> the mayor hopes the campaign will change the minds of young people and bring the increasing number of animal abuse cases to a halt. former super bowl champion o.j. brigance turned 42. the baltimore ravens through a big birthday bash. o.j. brigance thank supporters and introduced a new t-shirt as a fund-raiser for als research. >> once upon a time, o.j. brigance set the tone for the ravens super bowl championship with the opening kickoff. now, he relies on a wheelchair for mobility and a computer to communicate. >> i could not have asked for a better birthday present. >> he remains actively involved with the team. thursday, his 42nd birthday, he shared a powerful moment with the ravens. >> we are goin

number three, louisiana state quarterback jarrett lee passed for 213 yards, including a fourth quarter touchdown pass. lsu beat number 25 mississippi state 19-6. >>> in baseball, tampa bay moves up the wild card race. the rays blasted three home runs as they pounded red sox pitching for a 9-2 win. tampa bay now trails boston only by three games for a spot in the playoffs. >>> in the tenth inning in philadelphia, ryan howard doubled off the wall to drive in the winning run. 2-1 walkoff victory over florida. philadelphia also won the first game of the double-header 3-1. >>> in the 11th inning in cincinnati, the reds jay bruce smacked a two-run home run down the right-field line against the cubs. his 31st homer of the season. it gave cincy an 8-6 walkoff victory. >>> and the nfl is stepping up security starting this week. the league has asked the 32 nfl teams to do pat-down searches. all spectators will be searched from the ankles up before they get to their seats. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. >>> you have seen this dramatic rescue of a motorcyclist trap

these news or go all the finished one minutes one seat one seconds behind the leads an australian jarrettsaw it was that. he's going i want to last ten kilometers on autopilot i don't remember the last moment i pulled myself together the only one much in mates picking up all three rounds in the race was very hard mainly due to the humid weather. remains i'm on the teacher about added another gold for russia in the women's high jump by clearing two metres three cents images with a past that sounds double depending champion blank of loss and job creation says so and the bronze one to tell him answer me out said he might see no. one more podium for russia in the women's four by four hundred meters remain as they do braun's behind the winners you say and second place jamaica. and the final gold of the day when to use a. vaulting the two hundred meters the jamaican clocking nineteen point forty seconds beating american wall to dixon frenchman christophe into second and third respectively so sweet revenge the ball towards the school of five from the one hundred meters last week due to a full st

young and rubinstein are accused of picking up jarrett's body and driving to several cars with the body in the back seat the post reports the night out included a stop at teddy t.'s bar and grill where carrots body stayed in the back seat while young and reuben soon had a few drinks courtesy of gerrit's a.t.m. cart a stop at sam's number three was also on the agenda before they headed back to deer it's home to drop the body off. just so that valerie we don't know the cause of death didn't kill them i'm going to feel differently about this right they killed them they're scumbags despicable but if they did i could imagine like being like you know a party. like man like you'd like to have celebrated. he would want and he would want to he would want it on his tab i. know i would look i mean like obviously this defies like metaphysical logic here but if you his spirit would more ok. it's a good thing how did you. know i am i was going to buy my clothes real micros right now bros of a thing happens to me take the card run with it because it's going to get cancelled even killed and i still thi

i'm gregg jarrett. >> heather: i'm heather childers. nice to have you with us. now a live look at the new york city hotel where these two fellows, josh fattal and shane bauer who were held for two years on accusations of spying in iran. we'll have the latest straight ahead. >> gregg: in the meantime, a stunning upset in the state of florida now raising the stakes on the campaign trail. last night republican presidential candidate herman cain beating out rick perry to take first place in the florida straw poll. cain scoring 37% of the vote and raising questions about perry's future. >> reporter: the race for the gop nomination just took on a different dimension with herman cain now winning that straw poll in florida, but the question for cain now a tea party favorite and former executive is whether he can capitalize on the win and build momentum. he doesn't appear worried about that offering this assessment why he won the straw poll. >> the message is more important than money. because i don't have billions of dollars, they keep under playing the fact that my mes

i'm gregg jarrett. >> and i'm health er childers.ica's news headquarters a ceremony dedicated for a memorial for flight 93 that crashed ten years ago tomorrow. the bells are tolling ringing for the victims of that tragic day. [ bell ringing ] >> and unborn child. [ bell ringing ] >> heather: thousands paying tribute to the 40 passengers and crew members who fought back against terrorists believed to be on their way to crashing into a landmark building in washington. laura ingle is live in shanksville with more on this very emotional event. laura? >> reporter: it certainly was and a long awaited event after a lot of rain and mud in the fields. sun came out and it was beautiful day and ceremony for the family members, friends and certainly the public that was allowed to be here today. i want to show you what is happening right now. the wall of names that we have heard so much about today was unveiled to help joe biden. the wall contains 48 pieces of marble, each slab engraved with the names of passengers and crew members. that wall lea

gregg: i'm gregg jarrett in for bi .ther: he is likely to roll out some of the key job creating proposals just a few days after a new numbers report showed the economy did not grow at all, in august. the motor city, a major hub, of course for the unemployment express. and ed henry is live there. what is the president planning to do today? >> reporter: well, i guess it is appropriate i'm in a parking lot for the gm headquarters here in detroit. we're told by top aides the president will road test, if you will, the big speech to congress on thursday night and he'll do that a couple hours from now, right behind me, you can hear they are testing out the music, aretha franklin among the musicians who will be on hand and, what aides say, the president wants in this speech today, is to challenge republicans as well as democrats, on capitol hill, to get behind the new economic plan and what we have heard of the plan so far is not really very new. he wants to extend the payroll tax cut, for example, and wants more infrastructure

hi i'm heather childers. >> gregg: and i'm gregg jarrett. tropical storm lee could dump as hutch as 20 inches of rain as it stalls over the gulf coast states, huge amount of water big concern for the crescent city where painful memories of hurricane katrina are still fresh. casey stegall live in new orleans with the latest. >> reporter: day three now of relentless rains and wind, battering the big easy that is because as were you saying, the system is really creeping along. it is essentially stalled out, moving at a snail's pace that is dropping all of this rain. it comes and goes in waves. you can see the dark storm clouds moving in behind me over the mighty mississippi river. as a new squall moves in bringing more heavy rain and wind with it. just as predicted, extreme amount of flash flooding in southern louisiana, in the low-lying areas. we have seen cars underwater, some roadways shutdown. like in jefferson parish, about five miles southwest of new orleans proper. let's take you to lower st. bernard parish, 500,000 sandbags could not wh

last night, valerie jarrett stressed importance of working for companies that value women. >> i was a single mom and it was very important to me and it was very important to being a mom was the most important thing i did. >> the staff of first lady mrs. obama is pushing for more workplace flexibility. a report by shows that companies with flexible work schedules are actually more productive. >>> republican presidential candidate michele bachmann will be in the bay area this morning. the minnesota congresswoman is holding a frequent fast talk at a private residence in san rafael. it comes one day after a stop in arizona. she was seeking the endorsement of maricopa county sheriff. she is trying to regain her footing after linking hpv vaccine to mental retardation. >> they are investigating why a flight to san francisco starred smoking at washington's dulles airport yesterday. it forced evacuation of 179 passengers including supreme court justice ruth bader ginsberg. several passengers saw smoke coming out of a than engine and notified the pilot shortly after leaving the gate. an announc

those were the reports that were coming out at the time that some of the women like valerie jarrett,not necessarily part of that inside team. >> it was much worse then, it was much worse and the president has taken steps to improve it is the way i'd say it. >> if he had a dinner he recognized there was a problem and he fixed it, but i have to say in this administration, women have achieved tremendous opportunities. they've gotten positions that earlier administrations maybe they didn't necessarily achieve. >> absolutely and i think brian todd pointed it out well, female deputy chiefs of staff appointed to the supreme court. it's also a great opportunity for us to acknowledge that there is a difference between giving women a lofty title and actual influence and not just in this white house, but in politics in general, and i cannot tell you how many dinners i have attended with women political operatives over the years from both parties who say it is so challenging for them because they are maybe one or two female voices on an entire team and it is so hard for their voices to be heard

. >> gregg: and i'm gregg jarrett. studio b with shepard smith returns tomorrow. >> we begin with the big topic on everybody's mind this labor day, jobs. president obama rapping up his speech in detroit.÷42/ñ analysts say today's event served as sort of a does rehearsal for the major speech this week. in detroit this afternoon the president called on republicans to put aside party differences and support his upcoming proposals to put americans back to work. >> the president: going to propose ways to put america back to work that both parties can agree to. because i still believe both parties can work together to solve our problems. given the urgency of this moment, given the hardship that many people are facing, folks got to get together. but, we're not going to wait >> gregg: the president expected to discuss that and more during a live primetime address to a joint session of congress thursday this coming after a dismal jobs report last week which showed employers added no new jobs last month. it is the first time the

. >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. >> heather: i'm hed heather childers. we're would b to show you pictures but word of caution. pictures are disturbing. >> heather: can you imagine, it slams into the tarmac near the crowded grandstand as gregg mentioned, sending debris in all directions. the plane suddenly pitched upward and plunged toward the ground. >> it twisted and turned and wham! it was all brown smoke and debris, no fire, started wobbling and came up and he started heading toward the stands and looks like he was going to still controlling and try to fly over the stands and get away from those. and plane just kind of turned hard, when it started coming down and he must have been pulling on the stick to try to get as far away from the stands as possible. >> heather: casey, casey stegall joins us by phone and what you are learning there on the ground. >> reporter: heather, i'm streaming live from the airfield because the ntsb press conference wrapping up a stone's throw away from where i'm standing now. as you heard with officials speaking with the na

bill: i'm greg jarrett in for john sko*t. the battle between president obama and house speaker john boehner over the timing of his address to congress. the white house saying the entire settling dust up highlights why americans are fed up with washington. martha jenna: here it how it all went down. the president announcing sed he will outline his jobs plan on september 7th, that is the same date as the next gop presidential debate and this is the date when this is not going to happen. wendell goler has how the world turns in washingto washington, d.c. what is the latest? >> reporter: it's the first time in history a president has been denied a request to address a joint session of congress. press secretary jay carney shrugs it off, he says thursday will work and the president promises it will be done before the kickoff season opener on thursday. this comes weeks after the country almost defaulted for the first time in history. press secretary carney says that shows the partisanship have gone too far. >> americans are sick and

it was much worse than people understand. >> i don't think jarrett would agree with your book. >> jarrettnot inaccurate, that this was a way the president developed as a manager. he had a gender crisis in the workplace and stepped up. they said talk to anita dunn who will give voice to this. this is the president growing into office. part of that point is made in the book. the book is about the evolution of barack obama across four years. >> dunn said it was a hostile workplace and if they were in the private sector, there would be lawsuits. >> her husband is general counsel, we got a little delicate as to what she should be thinking as to a legal issue with her husband seeing her every move. >> do you think the white house is a hostile workplace for women? >> i say in the book i don't think it is now. i think everyone agrees in that very difficult period in '09 to '10, it was. the key to what occurs here, people step up and say this is untenable. who can take charge? obama sits with them. >> with them? >> the women. they have a dinner which is of course in the book in november and hears

visiting valerie jarrett and mr. paulson. there is a connection there.condition a that little bit greater? why are people not asking more questions about that? we do have choices. when people say we do not have a choice about what is going on in our country, we do. we need to look at our cabinet. we need to look at what they believe in. president obama was very clear about his taking our energy prices through growth. that should tell people, this man will go green, and it is not ready yet. guest: there are a lot of connections between kaiser and the white house. there are stories that raised that. i think the reason why, i was personally surprised to see it not come up more in a hearing last week. i think the reason for that, even by republicans, the one time it did come up was by the ranking member henry waxman when he was trying to preemptively dispute the arguments he thought republicans would say about the political discussions -- connections. i think there is more of it in the media than in congress. the reason for that is there are so many layers t

page article reveals that solyndra lobbyists met with an obama aide, white house adviser valerie jarrettree times. these lobbying efforts cost the company nearly two million dollars. in the end that price tag may have been worth it for solyndra they were handed a taxpayer check for more than half a billion dollars. here with reaction republican congresswoman from the great state of tennessee, marsha blackburn is back. she was at this moing's hearing. democratic congressman rob andrews is here. they said they were not going to take the fifth so a lot has changed. >> correct. last week they were going to appear and answer our questions. then we found out they were going to take the fifth. what we would like to know from them is, what they knew, when they knew it, when they found out their business model was broken? did they discuss this in board meetings? why did they come to capitol hill in july and tell us that things were improving and they were on the right track production was going to double? and then six weeks later, they are filing for bankruptcy. there are so many questions on thi

in a period when the loan was under consideration before final approval meeting with aids valerie jarrett peter roust among others. they won't tell us what happened at those meetings. the white house denies there was any political influence. just a loan that went back because these startedups can be risky. i think there are serious questions about whether influence was involved and they were unanswered. the people before the congressional hearing today from the administration essentially were there. they said they didn't know what happened because they took office after the loan was approved. >> bill: all right. so the crony capitalism charges. we knew this with g.e. jeffrey immelt. the ceo is moving divisions to china. yet, reremains in charge of, you know, developing american jobs to the obama administration. it seems to me that in their quest and haste and enthusiasm to develop alternative energy, ie solar, that they took a big risk with $527 million, half a billion dollars of taxpayer money and they said, you know, we are going to take the risk because we really want this political pa

the number of times he said "pass this bill" a bill valerie jarrett admitted hasn't been proposed yet. that's why it's important that speaker boehner and eric cantor have taken the tone they have and it's a good step forward. >> karen? >> doug, let's remember way back when, before the president, when he was actually in the car on the way to go meet with the republican caucus on the house side to talk with them about health care legislation, boehner in the caucus meeting said we're against it, don't anybody be for it, before the guy got to him to talk about it. how you can say he's angry saying "pass this bill" i think the president was being very firm and sort of making the point that the time for the games is over. one of the things so powerful in what the president is doing, it's not just about politics but also about let's put these guys on notice. eric cantor if you're going to obstruct, then i'm going to go to your district and let your constituents know what i'm for and let you explain why you're not for that. >> doug, i call your attention to another poll ahead of tonight's tea

. >>> now for a look at tomorrow's commute tonight, our meteorologist jackie jarrett is here. >> hi,a rough weekend. today, the nation's midsection saw the worst of the weather and the travel woes and we still have delays at chicago o'hare. we do watch this weather system move to the east, so we're tracking the gulf coast and the great lakes for any possible delays. seattle, looking for patchy morning fog. give yourself extra time to get where you need to be. and nashville, showers and thunderstorms through much of the day so airport delays as well as rough on the roads. for cincinnati, showers and thunderstorms. it will be on and off throughout the day. number two, chicago, you had it all day today. unfortunately, you'll see it through the morning tomorrow. by noon or 1:00, things will look better to you. as we head to the number one city, detroit and cleveland, get up in the great lakes a lot of rain and wind so plan ahead. get up early if you can. if you have nigflights into the cities it will be worse if you're trying to get out of the cities. and then the cold front, another one

jarrett and the piece in the "washington post" today. a must read for any who wants to learn something opposed to throwing up all over themselves on our set. >> that's what i was just going to say, kids, if you want to run for office, rule number one, when you're in a debate, brit hume will tell you, don't vomit on yourself. willie, if it's way too early, what time is it? >> time for "the daily rundown" and chuck todd. >>> that is one to grow on. rick perry is down but is he out? his bopoor debate led to a poor showing in the straw poll. what's his next step to convince conservative americans he's their guy. >>> once again we're hearing a call for governor chris christie to run. how much of it is just conservative thinking? >>> president obama out to raise a bundle of cash and taking a sharp aim at republicans in speeches. it's who he's talking to off-camera that got our gaga attention. this is the dal "the daily run,m chuck todd. could washington be headed to the brink for another government shutdown, deja vu all again. to governor perr

but they also hired high powered lobbists, spent $2 million, had many meetings with valerie jarrett, assistant to the president. they lobbied washington intensely to get this loan guarantee. why did they get the loan guarantee? they had idea that superior technology could- even though it was more expensive to produce solar panels in the united states that because their technology was superior they could produce it cheaper than people using silicone the traditional method making these solar panels. silicone plunged on the commodities market, making the other kind of solar panels. china cleaned our clock, making solar panels for half the price of this company. their business model stunk. now, why was the loan guarantees granted. were the loan guarantees granted because of undue political influence? that's one area of inquiry. the other area of inquiry when is when it became clear that the company was going belly up, how did certain private investors get paid back when the taxpayers took the stiff loss of half a billion dollars. >> bill: now we're pivoting to foreign affairs. admiral mi

>> now everyone gets a minute or two to respond to all these questions, and we'll start with jarrett. [laughter] >> okay. so i'll rapid fire this puppy. so to mark, is this new. certainly, it's not a new historical phenomenon, but it's new for the al-qaeda movement, um, this focus on individualized jihad. from each according to their ability, in this case, to, right, to the global kind of movement. wherever you are, whatever you have, you know, for surrey i think, you know, he grew up in afghanistan where you had, you know, one of the things -- one of his mentors talked about the importance of afghanistan as a place that people could come to march under the banner of the prophet. but you could smell the musk in the area from all -- in the air from all these guys getting together. musk to them is something that's very good. [laughter] and so i think there's kind of this sense, well, we have to be all together in this, right? and surrey's saying, no, you can do this from the comfort of your own home. you don't even have to meet anybody, you can meet each other online. so it's kind of a

you talked to valerie jarrett during the administration and said if it wasn't for the president thishostile legally defined for women, on and on. two things, anita said, geez, could we not make that in present tense where i'm talking to valerie? i'm saying it now. let's make it in past tense. because frankly, ron, i can't be saying i saw a hostile legal workplace -- one minute. let me finish. a hostile legal workplace with my husband being the general counsel to the president. she said, look, i tell you this in april of 2011. it is me looking back. i said, fine, looking back. now, what about this thing about if it wasn't for the president? i said, anita, it doesn't make sense. what do you mean by that? you know, if there was a different president, but the still hostile workplace you'd feel differently about it? that doesn't make sense. she says, all right, well i just want to say that means we all were fascinated and love the president -- let me finish. i'm almost done. we'd walk across hot coals for this guy. i said, anita, that doesn't have anything to do with the rest of the quote

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. >> "i remember one i told valerie," valerie jarrett, white house official, "if it weren't for the presidentthis place would be a court for hostile workplace." in the book you took out the six words, "if it weren't for the president" which teams to me to change the meaning of what anita dunn said. >> i said and the "washington post" has reported that that was at anita dunn's request. at the end of the process, i called back anita, as i said, i called back all the key sources. i talked to her about the quote. she was vigorous in saying, "this is the way i think this is the quote -- this quote is most appropriate as to what i believed." the issue about the president per se is one that i said, anita, i never was sure had i meant by that. if it's a hostile workplace and the president is not involved, as you and others have said, what difference would it make if he were there or not, she says, you're right, that doesn't make send. the point -- >> whether she asked you to or not, taking those six words out really changes the impact of what she is saying. why didn't you as an author give us a full

so melody barnes was there, valerie jarrett was there, secretary of hud donovan was there and others,y answering some hard questions from the internet audience about, one, you know, what is hud doing around fha and not just african-american homeowners, but how will fha look going forward and how is this bill going to affect it. those kind of questions. it was a total and complete shock when valerie -- melody barnes introduced the president to come forward. he wasn't scheduled to be there. i think one, it showed the real emphasis the president has now on making sure that he is the head messenger on this bill, that he's not allowing other surrogates to be in front of him on this. we know that he's going to be in ohio, which is also my home state, that's in a great need as it relates to jobs. he's going to be in north carolina. i don't think we've seen him really be on front of an issue like this from a message standpoint since the health care bill and i think many of his supporters are happy to see him, not just being willing to be on the front end of it but challenging the gop to step

i'm gregg jarrett. president obama right now in paterson new jersey touring areas affected by hurricane irene. joining the president the governor chris cristie and heads of fema. let's listen in. >> well, obviously visiting wayne, visiting paterson, many of the surrounding communities gives you a sense of the devastation that has taken place not only here in new jersey but in upstate new york and vermont and a whole range of states that were affected by hurricane irene. i want to thank governor cristie, mayor jones, the entire congressional delegation that has coordinated in an unprecedented way to try to deal with this crisis. and part of what i think has helped to avert even worse tragedies and greater loss of life is because of the extraordinary responsiveness and far sighted thinking of state, local and federal officials. i'm very proud of the work that fema has done not only from our central agency but more importantly the folks locally here on the ground who have been coordinating with the emergen

be if it weren't for the the question you have to ask is, why was then anita dunn telling valerie jarrettthere was a problem if there wasn't a problem? you can figure that one out. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "hardball" ahead of what could be a very dramatic vote at the united nations over the establishment of a palestinian state, a move president obama has vowed to veto in the security council. republican front-runner rick perry today accused our president of following a policy of appeasement in the middle east. here's some of what perry had to say earlier today. >> we're equally indignant of the obama administration and their middle east policy of appeasement that has encouraged such an ominous act of bad faith. simply put, we would not be here today at this very precipice of such a dangerous move if the obama policy in the middle east wasn't naive and arrogant, misguided and dangerous. >> i think words better suited to himself. anyway, strong words from governor perry. mitt romney also criticized obama today for repeated efforts over three years to throw israel under the b

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the white use at least four times before the loan's final approval to see aids including valerie jarrettnalysts who studied the industry said solyndra's business plan to build solar panels was flawed from the beginning. >> the price was over $6 a watt to produce the product. they were selling it at about $3, but when you looked at the numbers, it just didn't work. that was from the get-go. fromom the get-go, the first ti i saw it. >> reporter: last month solyndra declared bankruptcy, laying off all its employees. >> i haven't gotten the final information. looks like the severance package is pretty much zero. >> reporter: last week, fbi agents raided the solyndra offices, seeking to find whether solyndra misled the government in order t to get the loan. agents questioned the former ceo, chris gronet, who had proudly given president obama a tour of the plant last year. administration officials denied there was political influence involved in the process and that the meetings at the white house were unconnected to the loan. as to the loss of a half billion dollars, one official said such st

. >> and i'm gregg jarrett glad you are with us. >> a crater is all that remains after that vintage plane at an air race show. the plane disintegrated by the impact. > heather: investigators reviewing videos, hoping to hone in on whatever caused the tragic indent. casey stegall is live in reno with more. >> reporter: good to see you. we are monitoring this press conference that going to happen not far from where i'm standing. if we have major developments, of course we are going to bring them to you. we had this incident in reason know friday. yesterday, as we've been reporting another crash at an air show in west virginia that kill the pilot. two air show accidents in two days. obviously, now the safety of these particular events are in question. however, the faa the federal aviation administration wants to remind people that months and months and months of planning goes into these shows before crowds ever arrive. the feds closely examine the race course and spectator areas with the goal of ensuring that a crash or midair collision, like this one, does not endanger the public. clearly, t

geithner and valerie jarrett are the only senior advisors there from the beginning. about an administration that seems not to really be on its game. and as david ploufe the senior campaign advisor said, there is not a lot of margin for error right now. >> shannon: and more than a year out from the presidential election, debbie. should the gop folks be careful about being too smug or gloating about this because we know that is a world of time in politics. >> it is a world of time in politics. on this book, i have known anita dunn forever and she has denied what is said in that book is what happened as have a number of people. i think when we talk about anger it is not just democrats. everybody is angry. people are scared out there. they don't know what their future will be or if their retirement will be there. people can't get a job. i was in the grocery store last sunday at home and three people came up to me, telling me one had been an unemployed engineer and hadn't been able to find a job for three years. one was a mother. they need help. none of us can give them t