it's also valley jarrett. my next guest, best-selling author and investigative journalist is out with a new bombshell book today that pulls back the oval office curtain and reveals that when it comes to key decisions, not one i is dotted, not one t is crossedcon highly influential jarrett. here's the author of "leadliing from behind -- the reluctant president and the advisers who decide for him." you're saying that valerie jarrett probably single handedly stopped the attack to take out osama bin laden three times and maybe even a fourth time? >> well, that's the word that filtered down in the planning of bin laden raid. in january, february and marnl, the operation planning was stopped and the word that filtered down to them was that was at the behest of valerie jarrett. he says he talks to her two or three times a day. and in the same time frame, that two-year period, when they were hunting bin laden, he saw his cia director nine times. nine times in two years versus two or three times a day. >> what is her s

and the one leading figure on his team that i singled out was valerie jarrett.f-proclaimed brain of obama. i mean, she was heralded at obama's brain from the time they were growing close and intimate together, politically and ideologically in chicago. this is the ultimate obama insider. and is tight not only with barack obama but michelle obottom aof course. and i think that what makes her particularly dangerous is that toxic combination of radical left-wing ideology, coupled with chicago corruption. this is somebody whose name has come up many times in the house probes, committee members of the boondoggles in the billions that have been wasted on the crony companies and her name has been cited specifically in all of that. i think the other thing is that as you mention, she has become more and more visible as the campaign has dpn on. she joined twitter. and what was she crusading for? not only the disastrous tax hikes in a very dire economy, but also. ful. propagating all of this equal-pay myth stuff, to shell and panned tort left flank of the democratic party.

valerie jarrett is high esteemed person in chicago. they respected her.y didn't have those kind of connections. they had dinner together, she really saw in them a couple who could be very powerful and who she could help quite a bit. an interesting look back. take a look at what the white house is saying on your book. it comes as no big surprise they're not too pleased the way this is being portrayed. i don't know if we have that. can we pull that up on the screen now? there we go. it was completely made up and wrong. the decision to take out usama bin laden was made, there we go, by the president. as many of those involved here have said on record. when you look back, bob gates, vice president biden, hillary clinton, who you claim in the book, sort of pushed him to make this decision, said, absolutely. it was the president's decision. >> this is very typical of the white house. attacking an argument i'm not making rather than looking at reporting in the book. irnever said the president didn't make the decisions. certainly nobody pushed the president away

she said no. >> has valerie jarrett, and i will use her as a proxy for obama.ertainly. >> has valerie jarrett and obama just given up on joe biden with all the miscues and most recently the racially charged miscue? have they just given up? >> i think they are stuck with him. i think they have to go with him, unless, as i say, bill and obama can team up on hillary and say, you've got to do this. she does not want to do it. he would like her to do it -- her husband. but i don't think she will. >> do you think there is a possibility that with biden taking the traditional hatchet man role as a vice president is deliberately smearing people including this remark, they are going to put you all back in chains -- meaning romney. that's an incredible racial smear. is it possible that's actually part of obama's negative campaigning and that biden is doing his bidding? >> i ask you this question. if paul ryan went to danville, virginia, and said, here in north carolina, we're going to win the election. in other words, he didn't know where he was, and then said, we're goin

i'm gregg jarrett. has been a shooting at a sikh temple in oak creek, wisconsin, just south of milwaukee this morning. as parishonners were there at a service. apparently at least one gunman opened fire. four people have been shot. a hospital spokesperson telling fox news that two people have been rushed to the hospital. that may now be three. and they are being treated there. the temple president reportedly among the victims. three other victims may be priests. police have the temple on lockdown. there was a report that the gunman may have had hostages including women and children hiding inside various rooms. the s.w.a.t. team is inside the temple right now and trying to determine if it there is a second gunman according to the chief of police there in greenfield, who held a news conference a short time ago. at least one gunman has been quote unquote put down. the police officer who shot him has also been shot multiple times, expected to survive. harris faulkner at the breaking news desk now with more

hello, i'm gregg jarrett.e a tracking tropical storm isaac bearing down on the gulf coast, expecting to become a hurricane, sweeping over key west and bringing high winds and waves to miami. and meteorologist maria molina from the extreme weather center. >> yes, we do have some hurricane warnings in effect right now across parts of the gulf coast, including the city of new orleans and also, mobile, alabama and extreme western parts of the florida panhandle. so, basically that means that as we head into the next 24 to 36 hours, we're going to start to see conditions deteriorate and possible tropical storm conditions. take a look at the time line and we anticipate late monday night start to experience the tropical storm conditions, hurricane conditions by tuesday, six to 12 foot storm surge is possible, especially on the eastern part of the center of the storm system and up to 15 inches of rain, can occur near the center of the storm. so we're going to be tracking closely where that center of the storm is going

gregg jarrett has the news live in new york. >>gregg: if israel is considering a strike as widely reported, evidence allegedly uncovered by the nuclear inspectors could militate in favor of it. at an underground site iran has built hundreds of new centrifuges and could be accelerating their uranium enrichment. >> there is no reason to enrich at a level of 20 percent. can you not make a bomb with 20 percents you need 80 percent or 90 percent but that gets you down the path. that is what is most worrisome. that is what intelligence and government officials will look at. >> officials do not think iran has made a decision, yet, to build a nuclear weapon. but they are developing the capability to do is. it could then just be a matter of months before iran could construct a crude nuclear bomb. trace? >>trace: we have been asking this a number of times recently, but that is the status of negotiations with iran? >>gregg: two separate levels. today's talks with nuclear inspectors broke up without an agreement. the separate talks with the

from career and political people intimately involved in this mission. >> sean: what about valerie jarrettgure in american history. since 1991 he's been the advisor of both the president and the first lady, a mentor. never in american history, has someone simultaneously mentored the first lady and the president of the united states. the president has said he never makes a decision without consulting her. others refer to her as the other half of barack's brain. she panicked. she did not want to go forward. >> sean: what about handing off big decisions, like healthcare, we'll let congress deal with it. >> i talked to more than 100 members of the administration, past and previous, or people who worked with the president in congress, or other ways, one of the things that surprised me, obamacare doesn't deserve the name. it should be called pelosi care, because at the beginning president obama was not on board. rahm emanuel was opposed for months and months early on. it was nancy pelosi, with every moment of indecision, which every moment obama wanted to back away, she forced the ball forward.

and politics he did some improv for the in crowd pretending president obama was it ann and keith jarrettt to him >>> what do you want me to tell romney? i can't tell him that you are absolutely crazy. you're getting as bad as biden. >>> in a response to the east was improv the president tweeted this picture of himself and said called his seat is taken " the commander in chief as 19 million followers on his twitter page would not of mitt romney's de eastwood said new having attorneys in the white us a bad idea referring to the obama's but he did not realize romney has a law degree from harvard. >>> the democrats get their tour next week and whether a concern, president obama slated to deliver his speech at an outdoor stadium in charlotte, n.c. one week from tonight the forecast is for rain and thunderstorms. >>> we caught up with democrats scouting the competition they tell elizabeth cook their perception of mitt romney's beach and effect it could have on voters. >>> he took the stage in tampa mitt romney met with thousands of supporters this crowd of democrats in san mateo less support o

that was planning for jarrett weaver he struck out nine.he pitch is a complete game shutout angels 1 and 4-0 and bumps the a's at a wild-card spot for the time being. the giants in st. louis. his seventh post all-star home run game tied at 2. matt cain not his usual self. a single to left can get as of five runs. cardinals won it 8-2 the final. the petaluma nationals in just the second game in 54 years to make a to the west regionals angela nolan sent us this video had a limo ones it in san bernadine now they beat orange they need to more wins and they will go to williamsport for the little league world series. forty-niners fan vikings this party on cbs 5 jim harbaugh fell down in practice try to execute a fake field goal his execution is spent starch the top five >>> to the untrained eye i'm sure that look like a slip and fall to the ground. do this at the football mind that was a chance to demonstrate the importance of cutting off the outside ft. cbs 5 had this exclusive video avoided but light terrell owens last seen playing indoor footb

our greg jarrett on the story live for us in our newsroom now.ow big is of a deal is this for apple. huge as if apple wasn't the most valuable company on earth as of last monday. now it's a billion dollars plus richer. apple originally sued samsung saying you stole many of our innovations for both at that point tablets and smart phones. samsung sued them back saying you did it to us. in the end the jury had to sort it out. samsung claimed they were inspired by apple's products. they didn't steal them. the jury didn't buy it. based largely on internal documents that samsung had to produce showing that, in fact, they did rip off some of the patents that were held to be valid by this jury. what does this mean for the average individual, the consumer may have a samsung product? your product is not going to change. this is simply money that's changing hands samsung has to give money to apple. don't worry about your current samsung products. harris? >> harris: greg, thank you very much. the central florida neighborhood watchman who shot and killed an u

. >> one of the things i was trying to do -- i became a big fan of keith jarrett when i was young. thought, wow, if i can do something like that with a guitar -- and i remember, i was a student at uc-berkeley, considering going to graduate school in economic geography and working as an intern coming here at the san francisco planning department. i was also a record in my first album. i wrote this piece called " turning, turning back." it began the recording but it also began a new direction for me. they say every musician that starts recording for writing, arranging music, they have to find their own voice. i think i may be found my own voice in that one. >> are you going to play some of it? ♪ >> just playing an excerpt from the middle, -- time part. -- double-time part. the main theme -- ♪ [applause] >> that is the main theme. >> often, when i listen to guitar players, because i'm a guitarist myself, i'm trying to figure out what they are doing and how they do it. i cannot do that when i listen to you. the music for " washes over me. for me, it is so immediately engaging and hypno

i'm gregg jarrett. this is brand-new hour. >> heather: i'm heather chill determination.tting new reaction from stunned parishioners. there was a terrifying scene of a gunman opening fire before services, one man saying his uncle is among the wounded. >> as far as i know my uncle has died. he was shot and he was down for a while and the hostage situation. right now he is in the hospital apparently in the hospital with a light wound. i'm not sure what his condition is. we're waiting to see, my aunt to make sure she got out safely and the kids that are in there. we're waiting to hear and update on his status. at least he is out and not as horrible of a gunshot wound we were worried about. we have services on thursday but sunday is the biggest one, sunday morning where a few hundred of us actually come together and pray. unfortunately this situation the gunman came earlier than when most people come. i think relatively damages were limited. it happened an hour or two later. god knows how many people would be hurt or dead. i don't want to think about it. >> heather: police sa

a psychiatrist will testify that jarrett often are competent to enter a plea, he will then enter a guilty plea and receive a life sentence in. the plan depends on the judge. >>> the state attorney general, harris comes out in support of a bay area lawmaker's bill to close a loophole in the assault weapons law california law allows gun manufacturers to sell weapons with magazines that can be removed and replaced quickly using a tool nonet known as a bullet biden. leland yee wants to amend the law. he wants the lot to include rifles and shotguns. >>> 50 years later and still captivates surf and the mystery behind marilyn monroe's death. >>> we are flunking the test in protecting our children in california. >>> the fight to end sex trafficking in california a former facebook exec helps >>> that the showers and thundershowers and the prospects must be nice, cheering on team usa from the shallow end. back in '08, we didn't have these u-verse wireless receivers that let you move the tv around wherever. no siree, bob. who's bob? and if you didn't have a tv outlet, well then you couldn't watch di

greg jarrett with details live in our new york city newsroom.ut the acruised ringleaders. >> two inmates, two prisons setting this up elaborate drug ring they ran by cell phones smuggled in by prison guards. oscar perez there is he in one prison for murder teamed up with this drug dealer in a second prison. the feds then say they were aided by this guy. john dobbins. a guard in a third prison, as well as other guards who smuggled cell phones into the hands of the inmates and that way they avoided prison phones, routinely recorded. >> a prisoner makes a phone call from inside of a prison. those calls are recorded and they are monitored. here, these guys were able to go unconnect detected for a fair amount of time because they were using these cell phones and the conversations weren't being monitored. so they were able to slip through the cracks that way. >> two other guys, germane coalman and john smith there are their pictures are still at large at this hour wanted by authorities. the ringleaders were were so brazen they would hold conference ca

now he needs to get tough not only with team obama and the likes of valerie jarrett and david axle rod but also all of the lap doggies in the media that are doing their best -- yes, lab doggies who are doing their best to tear this man down and do what the white house has done all four years which is to hoist false narrative after false narrative in the american public. now that it has come to hurt and to damage and really face romney directly i think he finally gets it that the mets have to come off. >> michelle malkin also appearing on "fox & friends" this morning. make sure to tune into that. >> now we have stories you can bank on this morning. bad news for big cities. nearly all major metro areas reporting a rise in unemployment. breaking down the numbers is lauren simonetti on the fox business network. >> this is bad news ahead of the big jobs report. unemployment rose in nearly 90 percent of large u.s. cities in june. many young people graduated from school with no process. unemployment rose in 332 large metro areas unchanged in 11. >> if you drive a toyota you have to listen up.

gregg: i'm gregg jarrett in for bill hemmer. with the republican national convention just over a week away, a lot of digits there, we should hit that $16 trillion mark just as republicans take the national stage. martha: big number. stuart varney joins me now. host of "varney & company" on the fox business network. stuart, good morning. the weekly jobless claims number, what do you make of that? >> it shows the economy is not getting any weaker. jobless claims are pretty stable but at a very high number. 366,000, that is high number. that means the economy is still weak. we still have 8.3% unemployment. we're only growing win 1/2, 2%, that's it. essentially, martha, these numbers tell us, they confirm that our economy is bouncing along the bottom. that's all you can say. martha: people talk about the fact that businesses are sort of stuck. they don't want any growth or hire new people because they don't know what is coming. that is a big issue for us here. you talk a little bit about the debt as a backdrop for this convention se

gregg: i'm gregg jarrett in for bill hemmer.ates are not known for staying silent in town hall events that romney and ryan are holding today. they will focus on the alternative medicare pwhrapb thaplan that they say will not affect anybody over the age of 25. we are live at a college in new hampshire. carl, what do we expect here today? >> reporter: it will be a little bit of the medicare, mostly it will be the romney-ryan ticket arriving back here in new hampshire the first time for the two-some to be together. he held this in abeyance until this moment so he could introduce his candidate to the granite state. we'lcoming to new hampshire is symbolic for romney. he has a vacation home here. yesterday he was at his lake house and went to church. paul ryan by contrast was campaigning in florida, whethe where he went to the "villages." he brought his mom along to say that the obama administration is gutting medicare. the democrats say that is an out-and-out falls hooout and falsehood, because mr. ryan's budget would have cut that m

gregg: good friday morning, martha, i'm gregg jarrett in for bill hemmer. this controversy began after senate majority leader harry reid took to the floor of the senate that claimed an unnamed source told him that governor romney did not pay taxes for a decade. reid has never revealed his source or offered any concrete proof. martha: governor romney went and looked over his taxes then he had this to say. watch. >> harry reid's charge is totally false. i'm sure waiting for harry to put up who it was that told him what they told him. i don't believe it for a minute. every year i paid at least 13%. if you add in addition the amount that goes to charity, the number gets well above 20%. martha: very interesting development in about all this an hour ago. the obama campaign is trying to cut a deal of sorts with the governor, promising that they will back off this whole issue if he does something on his side. peter doescy live at the white house. the obama campaign is asking governor romney to release five weeks of returns. then they will say they won't mention it

thank you, make jarrett for coming in, clayton, we hope you are feeling better, brother. right? >> alisyn: thank you. >> dave: get better, clayton. >> alisyn: we have a lot to talk about in the "after the show" show and suggest you join us at foxandfriends.com, so much to follow up on. >> dave: it will be good. foxandfriends.com. >> eric: we start this morning with a "fox news alert." good morning. iran reportedly dodging the full force of economic sanctions aimed at its nuclear program thanks to the help of a surprising ally. i think and there is news this morning even iraqi government officials are reportedly profiting from it all, a stunning new development, on the iranian nuclear fronts, that raised a lot of questions in washington. good morning, everyone, i'm air rake sean. >> jamie: a lot of question we'll get to it. i'm jamie colby, great to have you here, this is a brand new hour inside america's election headquarters. but, first, according to the new report, iraq is helping to keep cash flowing through into iran through a network of financial institutions. and oil smugg

host: beshear valerie jarrett type person? -- is she a valerie jarrett type person?uest: i would mention some other people. the former senator from missouri. also rumored as a possible senior administration official. i would put him in that list of foreign-policy advisers. i would also put in a former world bank president who was just appointed to be mitt romney's director of national security transitions. a position that does not have anything to do with the campaign but this is the guy who would choose the officials if and when mitt romney is elected. there are a few others we can discuss. host: on the obama site, secretary of state clinton, panetta, and tom dolan. national security adviser. guest: the beauty of having a sitting president run for reelection is the art has a theme in place. he has thousands of people working on national security. those are four of t top ones. we should mention that hillary clinton will not be returning for the second administration. >> deferments from mitt romney, and why are we having the same voters that the bush administration ha

jarrett parker, a tough first inning. >> okay. the royals took it 3-0 by the way. >> a nice play.t back. >>> a little correction. we want to see the highlights against kansas city royals. they actually took the game 5-0. they'll be both playing again tomorrow. ? we lost henry there for a minute. he may have gone out for a hamburger helper run or something. aaa's price report is out. >> it says the average price in california is $4.10. even more expensive in the town of gorda about 30 mile south of big sur along highway 1. how about 6:59 for regular and you wonder why they can get away with it. the gas station is the only gas station on the 65-mile stretch of highway between big sur and san simeon. of course the gas station is right there at gorda. if you're driving along and you're on empty, you don't have a choice. that would be the best of all cases of supply and demand. >> yes. so unfair. >> if i will up before you get there, right? >> price gouging. >> talk about the drive along the coast if people decide to do that. >> the fog will be there with us. that will be some good new

and charlotte with potentially significant impacts on public safety and transportation and you know jarrett the me the media the mainstream media is reacting to this memo here's a look at the way they're covering it. tampa police and federal authorities are planning for the worst including from around the anarchist groups who may try to disrupt the republican national convention. just issued a poll today especially urging police across the country to watch out for indications that activist mary a white be planning to go to the convention to help them and the bolton is titled quote potential for violence or criminal action by anarchists extremists during the two thousand and twelve national political convention the f.b.i. and department of homeland security warned state and local law enforcement that anarchists are targeting the democratic national convention in charlotte north carolina too and they could even try to use improvised explosive devices. so jared what do you think could these fears be being below out of proportion and do you think protestors as a whole are being branded or stere

best of just over three hours and thirty seven minutes almost a full minute ahead of a straight is jarrett talent who got silver on the track maria sutton over added an olympic gold to her world crown in the eight hundred metres belorussian a catheter you know pushed the giver claim bronze behind south africa's caster semenya and after that the women claim silver in the four by four hundred meter relay behind the usa and while that was going on and the child over claimed gold in the high jump the world champion the only woman to clear to meet is in five compadre it said learned to call in and got the bronze and america's projected barack the silver so that takes care of five gold medals but the very first one of the day was won on the water at eighteen dorney with russia winning the men's kayak double sprint power. paratroop pushed the guy and alexander finishing the two hundred meter course a full second ahead of the rest for limping glory even still grab bronze in the men's singles sprint. on this occasion there were no gold medals for russia's wrestlers but they did get their tenth and

jarrett off their took responsible for the shooting rampage -- jared loughner took responsibility forhooting rampage and will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars. president obama is expected to discuss his plan to restore security to the middle class. mitt romney rolled out in other attacks on tuesday accusing the president of backing a plan that would gut welfare reform. the drought is affecting much of the midwest. president obama is off rising additional funding available to help crop and livestock producers. details and a live report at 6:30. >> some tips to keep your cooling costs low during the remainder of the summer. close the curtains. set the thermostat at 78 degrees when you're home. turn it up. 85 degrees when you're not home. closed the doors to rooms he didn't use and close off the air vents in those rooms. travelers on american airlines can skip the carousel and pay to have your bags delivered. your luggage should arrive within four hours. it costs between $30 and $50 depending on the amount of luggage you want delivered. that brings us to our water cooler que

this report says that jarrett loss and will enter the plea tomorrow.chiatrists are also expected to say that he is not competent to stand trial. he is suspected of shooting 19 people during a meeting creek in tucson of last year. six were killed. he will receive life in prison and if he does into the guilty plea. we will be right back as the kron4 morning news continues we have a live look at the golden gate bridge. so far we have light traffic across the bay. must be nice, cheering on team usa from the shallow end. back in '08, we didn't have these u-verse wireless receivers that let you move the tv around wherever. no siree, bob. who's bob? and if you didn't have a tv outlet, well then you couldn't watch diddly-squat. you talk a lot. you have no idea how good you have it. that's not working. [ grunts ] [ male announcer ] the wireless receiver, only from at&t. get a free wireless receiver with a qualifying u-verse plan. rethink possible. the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. i

he canceled three missions by urging of senior advisor valeri jarrett. he moved on with the mission with bin laden. the hour of that -- the author of that book is called leading from behind will join us live. mystery surrounding tony scott's death. the family is denying reports today he might have taken his own life because he had terminal brain cancer. his wife said he was not suffering from any medical issues. the director of hollywood hits like top gun days of thunder and unstoppable jumped to his death from a california bridge. he spent billions of tax payer dollars on the recovery act. take a listen to this. >> we put 65,000 people to work in 15,000 projects in two years with no problems. i am very proud of that. >>> he is proud of it but if you do the math it amounts to 738,000 dollars per job. how about that? >> check out the time lapse video showing the construction of the stage at the republican national convention after taking a year and a half to design and build it's finally finished. >>> our convention will connect with people across america

remember, the president meets on a daily basis with valerie jarrett.es an important decision without talking to valerie jarrett. >> brian: she's a chicago political operative. she's deciding on international relations on the war on terror? >> she has a voice in everything. she's his mentor. she's also the mentor for the first lady, which is an unusual position. no one has ever been the mentor of the first lady and president, certainly not at the same time. she's been guiding the careers of both obamas since 1991. >> brian: enough of that. let's talk about the leaks and what it meant. the ramifications to the president going forward with details of an operation, many of which were wrong. why is that a big deal? >> there is no greater advantage in war than surprise. after bin laden was killed, it wasn't necessarily a kill mission, but it turned out that way. there were hours and days, maybe a week, in which that information gathered in that castle could have been used to find other high level al-qaeda. you could swoop in and surprise them. that's the kin

valerie jarrett. she says no, i'm not interested. who knows if the door is really closed?e vice president has had a rough week we came out with -- he had the kind of weird intonation and said mitt romney will put y'all back in chains in front of that largely african-american crowd. >> brian: he told the people of virginia he could win north carolina. >> steve: he got the century wrong of the some on the right say look, the guy is a walk embarrassment. he is a gaffe machine. and that's why there have been -- if you've been look at drudge, yesterday they had 20 more days that barak obama could drop joe biden. well, our own ed henry thought, some people want to know about. so he asked this question of jay carney yesterday. >> since the president has given the vote confidence and defended the vice president, this is the ticket, obama-biden. yes. that was settled a long, long time ago. while i appreciate, i have great admiration for and a long relationship with senator john mccain, but one place i would not go for advice on vice presidential running mates is senator mccain. >>

gregg jarrett has the dales. -- details. >> reporter: well, the military and the government both needacial diversity and, thus, minorities should get preference in college admission. well, that's the argument at least that president obama's administration wants to make before the supreme court. the university of texas automatically accepts applicants who rank in the top 10% of their classes. after that the school uses race and other factors. abigail fisher, who's white, scored in the top 12% but was rejected, and she argues she would have been admitted if race had not been a factor. so she sued claiming her equal protection rights were violated under the 14th amendment. now, nine year ago the u.s. supreme court ruled that racial quotas are unconstitutional, but they said race may be used as a factor. it's a subjective approach which president obama's solicitor general donald verrilli says is properly being followed by ut. quote: race is not considered on its own, and it is never determinative of an applicant's admission by itself. rather, race is one of a number of contextual factors.