and the sergeants came, nursing staff, other officers. >> jarrett? jarrett? jarrett? what's up? what happened? what happened? anything hurt anywhere? >> what's the status now? is he conscious now? >> yeah, he's conscious. he's talking to them now. >> okay. how long has he been in that room? >> about an hour. probably about an hour. he said he thought a bigger room would help. i guess not. >> all right. >> being in jail the first time. >> okay. >> what happened the last time you passed out? >> yesterday, i don't even know what happened. i don't remember anything from yesterday. >> they took you to medical? what did they say? >> they gave me some medication. >> yesterday? >> something for your anxiety? it's not helping? >> i was taking trazedone as needed. and now they have me something something, i don't even know what it is, every few hours. and i would sleep for a little while and that's it. >> according to the jail's mental health supervisor, there are several reasons jarrett is unable to have the same medication he takes on the streets. >> we try treat anxiety through anti-de

we just had valerie jarrett on. we asked her about his case. she said his time was up. >> well, valerie jarrett is not speaking the truth with regard to that. i think she's speaking

valerie jarrett is the principal adviser and is not a politician does, not understand. it's a very insensitive word. using parade. it is fun and cheerful. this was not cheerful. a serious demonstration. lou: obviously trying to trivialize it. >> the president made a mistake and didn't go there. he should have been front and center and made the admission that they did not send the proper people and that eric holder was doing other stuff and what have you. someone of that statute, the president or the vice president should have been at the front of that line. lou: ed rollins, always good to see you. >> thank you, sir. >> on wall street, too much for the market to overcome a day of heavy trading the dow down 106 points the s&p down 19. the nasdaq fell 68. volume on the big board more than 4 billion shares, 4.2 billion. crude oil settling above $46 a barrel 40 cents above recent lose. the yield on the 10-year note falling, that's the lowest yield since may of 2013. >>> switzerland cutting interest rates and scrapping a cap policy that limited how much the euro could fall ag

. >> jarrett: are we all fired? >> bill: jarrett. >> jarrett: just me? >> ivy: hey. sorry i'm late.ng, traffic. i'm not used to l.a. yet. >> liam: hey, so, we're actually in the middle of a meeting right now. >> ivy: oh, no, i know. your dad called me yesterday. >> bill: from san diego. when i took a break from hobnobbing with all the military magazine brass. just thought ivy might like to be here when i named liam as president of spencer publications. >> liam: what? >> katie: that's why we're here. congratulations. >> justin: nice. >> liam: [ laughs ] [ birds chirping ]

jarrett refuted the charge saying white house women staffers are paid equally. they're both sort of right. according to white house salary data released last july, the average male staffer earns just more than $88,000 per year while the average woman staffer earns just more than $78,000 per year. the reason, as fiorina referenced, is that men are likely to be in more senior positions: reaction to his comments during state of the union, will it ignite a new debate over pay equity? >> bonnie, i think, bring it on. as long as my republican colleagues refuse to pass the very modest update of equal pay act that is 50 years old we need that. >> i think this debate about how women are paid in the white house is sort of useless. we have more constructive way of dealing with the issue. >> i think the debate is going to continue and up to women to make sure that it continues. >> i think if fiorina runs for president this will be front and center. most people forgot the state of the union at all. [ laughter ] >> are you saying women don't care about equal pay? >> i'm sayin

the president's closest adviser valerie jarrett joins us in a moment. a new threat for isis another video demanding ransom. is the u.s. doing enough to take on islamic state? >>> the new chairman of the senate arms services committee, john mccain joins us next. will cuba be -- we'll ask pat leahy just back from cuba when he joins us live. >>> democratic leader nancy pelosi on how democrats will deal with the republican congress. >>> good day, everyone i'm andrea mitchell coming to you live from capitol hill. tonight president obama will deliver his sixth state of the union address but will this be the first time he's doing so in front of a republican-led house and senate? for more on the president's message, i'm joined by valerie jarrett, senior adviser to president obama joining us from the white house. valerie, thank you very much for being with us. >> my pleasure andrea. >> good to see you. this is a very big day. the president said he wanted to work with republicans in 2015 at the end of the year but his tax reproposals that have been released in th

jarrett, this is your first appearance on "the lead." we had the president before we had you.o much for joining us. >> good evening. pleasure to you with you. >> let's start with the terrorist threat facing our country. isis has been directly linked to a plot in belgium targeting police officers. there's a new video of threatening to kill two japanese hostages if they don't get $200 million ransom. even with the air strikes being carried out by the u.s. coalition, this group doesn't seem to be destroyed or degraded at all. is it possibly time for a shift in strategy? >> well jake first of all i want to say there's nothing more important to the president than the safety and security of the american people. and he will implement whatever strategy he thinks best will affect that. we are constantly in touch with our colleagues around the world, specifically in yemen, obviously the state department is in close touch with the folks at the embassy there, monitoring the situation. the president is receiving regular updates on world events and this is a top priority for him. we do thin

jarrett jack. he loses it gets it back stops, pop and it drops. buries the jumper. later the wizards trailing by 3. this time pierce feeling it from the outside. 3 of 8 points tonight against his old team. but that score tied at 61 in the third. then brooklyn taking over. you can't stop shorty. no not that guy, he can dunk. that's brook lopez. here's shorty jarrett jack again on wall and the foul. 26 points for jack. what the heck, jack? wizards, they know they let one get away. 102-80. >> we got to come out each and every night. you got a desperate team settle down the losing streak. have to take the next step. >> we got to look forward. let it sit in for a sec and learn from it. >> they can't kick themselves along because they're back in action tomorrow night against the nets, this time at the barclays center in new jersey. also the caps are back in action against dallas against the star also 8:00 p.m. >> no rest. >> another busy night. more tvs on trading-in or selling your car truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. on

. >> the book also takes aim at senior advisor valerie jarrett's role in crafting the law and making sure others did not have as much power. let looney other cabinet member would ever be senior to jarrett when it comes to having the president's ear or -- >> the president did not duck that question in a one-on-one interview and said the author submitted dozens of written questions, the white house chose not to answer the one about valerie jarrett. josh ernest told me she's very important around here, but the characterization of the book is overblown. >> we begin this first full week of 2015 by tracking the movements of some of the people who may very likely run for president in 2016. chief political correspondent carl cameron has the latest developments. >> with the new year comes the new campaign for 2016 presidential campaign cash and grass roots organization. form --- >> if i were willing to absolutely rule that out. i could keep doing this show but i can't make such a declaration, the honorable thing to do at this point is to end my tenure here at fox. >> huckabee won the iowa cau

we just had valerie jarrett on. we asked her about his case.e jarrett is not speaking the truth with regard to that. i think she's speaking inaccurately. his time was not up. he had a couple years left on his sentence and he's got an insidious history as an al-qaeda sleeper. sent here on september 11 -- actually september 10, 2001, one day before the attacks to get ready to prepare attacks in the united states, from 1998 to 2001 he trained in al-qaeda camps and had contact with ksm. he investigated the use of cyanide poison and took photos of u.s. transportation. then on september 10, 2001, he came to the u.s., the day before 9-11 arrested while attending grad school in illinois and held without a charge for nearly six years in the u.s. navy brig in south carolina. in 2003, president bush declared him an enemy combatant and then in 2009, he pled guilty to providing aid to a foreign terrorist organization al-qaeda, got an eight-year sentence, went to super max in colorado, and now on january 17 arrived in qatar released by the president of the u

valerie jarrett is not representing the united states as our ambassador. lou: she isn't? she wasn't involved in any way with iran. get a grip, judy. judy, if you would like to participate tonight you'd better take your time away from judy. she's going on an offensable flight. >> i think israel's survival depends on -- (?) lou: would you have netanyahu resign? let's be a little sober in this. the reality is, this is a president who is puffersing what is effectively an alliance with iran. responsible for a third of our casualties with the war in the iraq. they are the largest state sponsored terrorism. we have no window into these negotiations. only the assurance of a president who seems to have never met a dictator building in whom he doesn't have absolute servile faith. this is perfect preposterous. >> i am not not defending what the president may sign with iran. at a moment like that, you'll need the most support you can get. lou: i'm sure that will be a news blast for them. >> i don't thinki don't think it's a good idea to expose the risk. it's good when you have your p

jarrett, we want to talk about the state of the union address.ldn't remember a state of the union where the threat of a veto was invoked more often. last night president obama said he would veto any repeal of obama care he would veto any repeal of watching wall street sanctions about iran. tell us about that tone. was that the right tone for a state of the union address? >> i think first of all the president really enjoys an opportunity to speak directly to the american people. it gives him a chance to lay forth his agenda what his priorities are and how he wants to -- how he sees the state of the union and he sees the state of our union as very strong. just take a step back and remind everyone we've now had 58 straight months of private sector job growth over 11.2 million jobs. we're absolutely moving in the right direction, but the president wants to make sure that what's happening in the aggregate in the economy actually is happening with individual families and their lives. he wanted to be clear about what he's for but he also wanted to be cl

i think that's a very dangerous policy. >> now, valerie jarrett pushed back on the general idea that the president is turning away from the terror threat saying it's his most important responsibility. but there's an obvious reason why the president didn't want to talk about al qaeda, the situation in yemen, any of that in any great detail last night. yes, ma'am season in flames right now. just four months, the president suggested it was a success story in terms of his counterterror policies and let's not remember what he's said for a couple of years about al qaeda being on the run. now, not so much. >> ed, thank you so much. not a pete about islamic extremists in the president's speech last night. to democratic congresswoman who says the president's refusal to identify the enemy is part of the problem. congresswoman, very good to have you. you've stressed this is not about politicals with you. you support the president on most issues. this particularly worries you because it should be a bipartisan concern. what do you mean by that? >> i think this is a bipartisan concern. it's a bipa

let's start with valerie jarrett. >> let's look right here at home, whether it's a seik temple or the holocaust museum right here in washington, d.c. those were terrorists, those were extremists but they weren't of particular faith. before we start turning around labels. let's look broadly at it, not limit it. let's attack it together. >> monica crawley, a fox news contributor, i have a problem with valerie jarrett saying let's attack all forms of extremism. let's call it what it is in each independent case. >> that's xa makes her case ridiculous. it's in perfectly keeping with the approach they have had in the beginning drawing an individual crazy acting out of madness or some other reason versus a global jihadi movement that we know is organized. we know it's supported by certain regimes like iran and in other cases saudi arabia. we are talking apples and oranges, to draw that diminishes the true threat. they are doing it for a reason. because if they told the truth about the true nature of the threat, then they have to go and do something about it. the administration can't call it

. >> in less than a month kristina calvert and her husband jarrett are expecting a baby boy. >> we're very blessed to be number three. we have a 2-year-old and a 7-year-old. so we're really excited. >> kristina says this year's resolution for 2015. >> just to survive having three kids at home. and we've been just working trying to get things ready for the new baby. >> but part of that resolution started months ago when both parents decided to make health a priority. >> i've lost 70 pounds. in about six months' time yeah. >> they also both wanted to be great role models for being fit as a family. >> that was one of the reasons why it felt like i needed to lose the weight because i could see especially in my daughter that what i was doing, she was reflecting. >> but a couple of things that think chose to do really helped set this family up for success. if you are looking at perhaps, setting some goals in the new year, what they did might work for you. >> there needs to be a sense of commitment and some type of motivation. >> this is a personal trainer at the ymca. he says families who g

lou: president obama's chief adviser valerie jarrett tried to do considerable damage control on the issue and messed it up a bit calling the demonstrations against radical islamist terrorism a parade. she did it not once, but twice. the white house apparently thought they should try and try again. >>> new york mayor bill de blasio who's come under fire for treatment of police his refusal to apologize for what many consider his assault on law enforcement had no hesitation in jetting to paris to show support for the french. de blasio spending 24 hours, there meeting with political leaders and members of the jewish community. we're coming right back with much more. >>> this is number six for president obama. lofty goals, soaring rhetoric and plain old class warfare. congressman randy forbes on the lame duck agenda and what we can expect, next. you just got a big bump in miles. so this is a great opportunity for an upgrade. sound good? great. because you're not you you're a whole airline... and it's not a ticket you're upgrading it's your entire operations, from domestic to international... w

site of super bowl xlix and jarrett, i have to tell you we invited you just so i could ask you thishis comments yesterday deflate this whole controversy? >> not in the least. because some people are now disputing his theory on scientific level, you have to wonder, bob, about the other team's footballs. belichick has his explanation, on one level bob it's interesting that they conducted their investigation, they came to that conclusion in three days, the nfl is still going to have this long drawn out investigation. so you kind of gave it to the league on that level. the fundamental question is, okay, if the weather conditions affected the patriots ball, what about the footballs used by the indianapolis colts? that is at the root of this issue. going to be here all week, it's super bowl, super bowl hype. >> schieffer: what are we going to have to do? referees carry around those pressure gauges like we carry in our car to see if our tires are at the right amount of air? basically what he was saying was that when the balls are inside where it's warm, hot air expands. they weigh one thin

but, again, mcdid you knowna, susan rice, you know, valerie jarrett. ben rhodes. we have seen this cast of characters make all kinds of mistakes for a long period of time. and they are all ultimately responsibility of the president of the united states for lack of vision lack of understanding, wrong headed philosophy and very bad decisions on the international scene. >> well, but, you know, i don't know if i -- you accuse the president of creating that environment. i mean, if a president hires some aides and said you make decisions when the really important ones come along you wring them to me. you can't sit and police them day in and day out. he makes the expectation that they will exercise good judgment. how you can say he created the environment? >> god back and read two books by secretary of defense. leon panetta before him his predecessor appointed by president bush. both of them had -- were very emphatic the white house staff is basically a bunch of sick fits. people who do not challenge the president. do not bring him bad news. the president is a bad decisi

. >> reporter: at 4:35 on the north lawn of the white house, abc's john karl spoke to valerie jarrett he does have a bounce in his step. it is reflected in the fact that the economy is strong, the state of our union is good. >> reporter: that bounce in his step likely the result of recent abc news poll numbers showing the president's approval rating has jumped nine points since november when his party got clobbered in the midterm elections and the republicans took control of both the house and, for the first time in years, the senate. at 7:50, the white house tweeted a picture of obama's suit for the big speech, with the #yeswetan. at 8:00, the white house said that representative foxx was chosen as the designated survivor. the cabinet secretary who will spend the evening at an undisclosed location ready to take control in case anything dire should have happen during the speech. back in 2006 jim nicholson who was the secretary of veterans affairs was the designated survivor. >> the white house mess fixed me a fabulous meal that i told my wife it was the best meal i had outside of our

for example, valley jarrett was just on "new day." we know her importance to the president.stration a solution to that problem. she says all parents now work in 60% of families but they are not seeing their wages grow. larry, why is that? >> you know, chris, these problems were not made in a month or a year or even in a decade and they're not going to get solved overnight, but you look at some countries like australia and canada that have seen patterns of wage increases for middle income families who live in the same world of globalization and technology that we do so there's no reason for fatalism. this is an issue that can and i believe will be addressed. >> give -- please. so give me the big fix because what are the impressive numbers we see? unemployment's going down but not under employment. people are working harder. they're taking temporary jobs. more hours, less pay. how do you fix it? >> chris, let's not forget that we are at a very different place than we were five years ago. we have a long way to go but we are at a very different place than we were five years ago.

>> valerie jarrett, thank you so much.s well. >>> coming up senators john thune, bernie sanders and congressman joakim castro and mares across the country have descended on d.c. for the mayor's summer meeting. next baltimore mayor, we'll be right back. youmayor's summer meeting. . >> america for all we have endured, we're on the zbrip and hard work require the comeback for all the tasks that lie ahead, know this that the shadow of crisis has passed and the state of the union is strong. [ applause ] >> here with us now, we have the democratic mayor of battle more and vice president of the u.s. conference of mayors which meets today, mayor steffi rollings-blake. the u.s. conference of mayors is kicking off its winter meeting today in washington. mayor rawlings-blake given the grade he gave the country. the state of the union is strong,let talk about our cities the city of baltimore, certainly has its struggles. what would you say the biggest problem that you face or challenge you face now that perhaps you are fought getting

>> yes. >> starting monday. >> starting sglon does jarrett know who will wake him up. >> we have to figurehat out. >> i'll work on that right now. >> and that's it for this edition of fox unfiltered. we wish everybody a happy new year keep the e-mails coming in 2015. we certainly like to hear from you. i'm jeff cole. >>> take a look at the forecast now. this is one of those days we'll have the tail of every hour being a different scene. until the poconos you may get snow says doe min ka davis today. we have a little of everything in the forecast over the next 24 hours. wintry mix north and west will be rain. and one thing we'll all have today we'll see temperatures climbing through the day right through the evening as well. it will get mild around here. he's a look at ultimate doppler snow coming in just to the west. that's where we have snow and wintery mix starting to move in to the lancaster area and poconos you'll start to see that as well coming up and down to south is where the rain is pushing in as well. by about noontime we'll all be looking at wet weather. this is massive system c

but there is morning, valerie jarrett was asked what's the deal with that, it's so unpopular. she said we want to strengthen the middle class how do you pay for that? martha: those are some of the good highlights we saw from last night. bill: chris stirewalt, "digital politics" editor. many would argue this was a speech by barack obama for barack obama. >> i like to eat bacon a lot. whatever meal it is, i would probably recommend we have bacon with it. the president has painted rationales for why his policies are good. he said the policies he wanted to enact were necessary to get out of a recession and he says the same policies are good to oppose because we are out of the recession. it doesn't really matter because that's what he wants to do. bill: in summary when you take the totality of his speech last night and hear joni ernst saying we are calling on to you cooperate what does it suggest about the next two years. >> mitch mcconnell would like to do something anything, whatever to demonstrate to the american electorate it was a good idea to put the prup cans in charge of th

frankly trivialize what has occurred in europe with his tone, that of his senior adviser, valerie jarrettain she's talked about we wish we could have marched in the parade. i mean how is this being received in europe? >> well they think we've lost our direction. you know, we got our tragic wake-up call on 9/11. the president has spent six years trying to put us back to sleep. in europe, as you rightly say after these attacks, watching what the belgian police did, i think they are awake. what makes this even worse that the president won't say rad call extremist islamist the muslims themselves know this is a problem. and i think the very courageous reports by president al-sisi of egypt where he called for a revolution in islam shows that muslims know they've got a problem with the terrorists even if our president does not. lou: you know we should actually do much more with what general al-sisi said, what he wrote. it is a call within islam for a profound change in both perspective and acceptance of responsibility here, and we will do so, and i would like to you participate in that discussio

season's "the good wife" has higher obama administration representation with a cameo from valerie jarrett than this very important rally perhaps the most important rally in europe in a generation. >> joining us how toen a liz the coverage of these issues surrounding terrorism and "charlie hebdo," nina easton fortune magazine amy holmes oig, the hot list, and charles lane, "washington post" editorial writer. nina, when all these world leaders show up in paris including at the timebenjamin netanyahu, mahmoud abbas, is big story small story? >> it's a massive story and it feeds into the narrative that there is this president who seems kind of bothered that the war on terror is something that he has to tip dealcontinue dealing with. in terms of the coverage, i think jake tapper of cnn actually almost gave the press particularly cable stations permission early on in the week by saying i'm ashamed. he's at this march. he's there seeing these 44 world leaders as you know, the prime minister of israel, president of the palestinian authority, putting hairput their differences aside and locking arm

and almost seemed to blame jarrett. not only if the outcome of the midterms but the general staffing problem. it's really relevant to talk about the staff piece. i also wonder if because staffers are representatives of their elective officials, whether or not those relationships could build if not happen at top. >> i love the president's optimism to think what you're talking about, the police and african-american communities and other communities or color or whether talking about this this administration and the new congress. i love his optimism. i think barack obama's life story is a story of compromise and coming together. even internally as an african-american and a white man himself. this is his story. he believes in the struggling. i don't think talk matters and interests to not align. i think it's interests that matter. and i think this president spent the first two years of his administration, you look at the health care bill and what his efforts were. he didn't go for a singer payer plan. which the democrats hav

where top adviser valerie jarrett tweeted a photo of the president posing with the state's former congresswoman gabby giffords on the anniversary of the shooting that changed her own life. the president joking how gifford's brother-in-law, an astronaut is leaving on a long mission. >> i know folks in washington wish i was going to be in space for a year. [ laughter ] >> but i'm still around. [ cheers ] >> i got work to do. >> reporter: a reference to the economic agenda he'll be touting at upcoming state of the union address. the republicans charged the president needs to get to work on making the american homeland safer in the wake of the paris attack. senator lindsey graham declaring jihadists are trying to bring terrorist-style attacks to america. >> when he left iraq, he did so based on a campaign promise. he's trying to close gitmo based on a campaign promise. campaign promises are getting people killed. >> reporter: noting aboard air force one on the way home, the president convened a call with top officials to review america's security posture on top of what he said in the oval office sh

where top adviser valerie jarrett tweeted a photo of the president posing with the state's former the source of contr and death. >> i haven't seen the president's full schedule yet but i don't believe that's something he's planning to do. >> reporter: republican speaker john boehner says the commander in chief should have stopped in because the system is still broken. >> called on the president to offer long-term vision for reforming the systemic problems at the va. we've yet to city. >> reporter: on the terror front, the president is sending attorney general eric holder to meet with european counterparts and get a handle on the latest threats. after returning from phoenix, the president took his motorcade over to the french embassy in washington for an unscheduled stop so he could pay his respects. lou? lou: thank you ed henry. both chamber of commerce ignoring the president's threats for vetoes. the senate energy committee approved the construction of the keystone pipeline. a 13-9 vote. the full senate takes it up as early as next week. >>> the house approved a bill to define a work

. >> they've raised more than $200,000 for jarrett. his wife has multiple sclerosis. i. >> i just got a text from her saying that it has gone up. that's nice. >> doctors found a tumor on douglas' brain. he beat that. the marathon is bringing his previous fitness. >> it's all coming to a head now. >> in sydney a midnight start is needed to get all seven races run within the 178 hours of a week. quickly the runners spread out. each marathon has had its own particular challenge. in antarctica it was the cold. in morocco it rained. in dubai the heat. here in sydney, it's running at night after a 16-hour flight, and of course, after running six previous marathons. blistered feet and swollen ankles are almost badges of honor. douglas wilson was the first to cross the sydney line. his time, 3:17 was the fastest run all week. >> i think it will take a week or two to get back on track and then it will all start to come back. >> meanwhile there is one overwhelming priority. rest. andrew thomas, al jazeera. sydney. >> there has been a high-speed crash in the down under cycling e

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mention it as he tried to stay on message about the housing rebound in arizona where top visor valerie jarrett tweeted a photo of the president posing with the state's former congresswoman gabby giffordsed on the anniversary of the shooting that changed her own life. he joked how his brother -- >> i'm still around. i've got work to do. >> reporter: a reference to his economic work that he's going to be doing. the republicans today charged the president also needs to get to work on making american homeland safer in the wake of the paris attack. senator lindsey gra hasn't said they're trying to bring paris-style attacks to america and policies of releasing terrorists from guantanamo gets them closer to their plan. >> his campaign promises are getting a lot of people killed. >> reporter: white house aides were eager to counter that by noting the president going aboard. he called to review mesh's security posture on top of what he said in the oval office shortly after what he said in the oval office. >> to hunt down and bring the perpetrators of this specific act to justice. >> reporter: they also

i don't know charles maybe it rhymes with valerie jarrett? [laughter] it's just a guess.ut i heard a couple different excuses now so i'm a bit skeptical. first we heard that he was watching football, and they didn't know how big it was going to be and then it was a security issue, and now he wasn't invited? >> listen, this doesn't define the administration. i think it exemplifies the administration because we're talking about a president who's been aloof and indifferent for so long that i'm not surprised. it's crazy, it's nuts, but by the same token, it's not surprising. and, of course, president obama ultimately makes the decision. is that what the white house is? even within the white house the buck doesn't stop at his desk. i mean i could see, you know, there were other presidents who said if something happens in butte, montana, i'll take responsibility. he's saying even within the white house there's a lot of barriers between my desk and the ultimate responsibility. it always lands on his desk and it's his fault. >> they say they didn't ask him. is he the gimp? do the

the president's closest adviser valerie jarrett joins us in a moment.her video demanding ransom. is the u.s. doing enough to take on islamic state? >>> the new chairman of the senate arms services committee, john mccain joins us next. will cuba be -- we'll ask pat leahy just back from cuba when he joins us live. >>> democratic

when there's nothing wrong that the good wife had higher representation with a cameo from valerie jarrett than this very important rally perhaps the most important rally in europe in a generation. >> this tweeted, not an excuse in universe can explain why u.s. failed to send to paris a more visible representative than attorney general eric holder note k mias including the president and mrs. obama, vice president joe biden, none of these people were available for this? by this afternoon he writes even the white house itself will acknowledge the mistake. >> some have asked whether or not the united states should have sent someone with a higher profile than the ambassador to france. and i think it's fair to say we should have sent someone with a higher profile to be there. >> our chief white house correspondent ed henry reports tonight. ed, good evening. >> good to see you martha. what's particularly clear is the case of attorney general eric holder, as you noted he was in paris but decided to skip the rally. his aides say that's because he wanted to get back to washington by sunday afternoo

valerie jarrett. the white house, the doj. still haven't called me back. i called them today they said they are not at their desk. they are not available. >> with all these questions. and then they don't get back to me. >> it's wednesday. we still don't know why he had to come back. now, this is what tees me off. we pay these people's salaries. that's about as simple as it gets. why did he have to come back? now they are dodging and won't say. i have to conclude that there is something untoward going on here. all right? >>> he has a public appearance tomorrow in philadelphia. maybe the reporter can ask. >> i hope so. all right, now, keystone pipeline, new fox news poll says about more than 60% of americans want the president to approve the keystone pipeline which takes oil from canada and brings it down through the united states to be refined in louisiana. but then we don't know where it goes. and that's president obama's beef. go. >> understand what this project is. it is providing the ability of canada to pump their oil, sen

valerie jarrett tweeted this photo of giffords and her husband, mark kelly, during the president's stop in phoenix today. one year ago, giffords marked this day with a skydive. four years ago, in tucson gunman jerry lee loughner shot her in the head and sprayed a crowd with bullets, killing six people. he's now serving a life sentence. >>> we're hearing about another round of phone scams. this one could target you if you live in loudoun county. residents there received phone calls from a person claiming to be from the irs, threatening legal action. the con artist sometimes give bogus badge numbers and may alter the caller i.d. to make it look like the irs is calling you. know that the irs will never call to demand payment, or require a specific payment method for your taxes, like a prepaid credit card. >>> well it's happened again. the new concerns this afternoon over a form of transportation that's supposed to help not hurt commuters. it's not even open yet. >> i'm dianna russini at the live desk. the decision is in when it comes to what the nfl knew when video surfaced of ray rice pun

in an interview with cnn, president obama senior adviser valerie jarrett talked about a potential showdownanticipate any pushback from congress on the president signing the presidential memorandum on this initiative? >> i think clearly it's well within his authority to sign the presidential memorandum. i think what we would really call on them is to recognize the fact that with these changing demographics in the workplace, if our u.s. employers want to be globally competitive they're going to have to offer the kind of benefits that will allow them to compete for, to attract and retain the best talent. >> so let's talk about this idea. cnn political commentator and republican strategist tara set meyer is with me and cnn political commentator and democratic strategist donna brazile is here as well. welcome to both of you. >> happy new year. >> tara is paid sick leave a right or a privilege? >> this is not a right. it's a privilege. when we start calling everything a right, it diminishes what are god given rights like right to religion and things like that. this is another political ploy. who

oh jarrett! your dad played in the nba and he couldn't top that. former star actually grabbed the rim to stop going up higher. high flying, gravity defying, attitude changer, espn. calling it the dunk of the year. jared grant of notre dame. you have two of them to talk about. >> good one. >> and the call no i know grandma's house isn't the most exciting, but it's only for a few hours. look what i've got. when you get verizon fios, you get beautiful hd picture quality; super fast internet, and america's most reliable network. so you won't miss a second of that movie, that game they love, or those moments with family. can we sleep over? please! come on! make your house the house when you get more guaranteed from verizon fios, with tv service rated #1 in hd picture quality and signal reliability based on customer satisfaction studies, plus america's fastest, most reliable internet. get a price quote in writing and professional installation from a highly trained verizon technician. hurry now to get an offer that can't be beat. last chance to get a fios

i'm joined by nfl sports columnist mike barnacle, jarrett bell of "usa today" and robert klemko fromllustrated." why do you think libs are not for football? >> i don't think that they are for it or against it. i think they're indecisive. what the poll really points out is there's a geographical difference, i think the nfl in five, six, seven years will be strictly an s.e.c. it will be like the southeastern conference tore big ten conference, ohio state, michigan, now that harbaugh is there. far more geographical than ideological. >> those kids come from the south or they're recruited to the south? >> both, both. but they go to big football schools. a lot like hockey used to be in the northeast, when you get young kids with spectacular hockey skills that would gravitate and be pulled into the prestigious prep schools. if you have a dream of playing professional football, you don't go to the university of rhode island. >> it's like going to the roman coliseum. the people are fanatical. i'm not sure the geographic thing explains it all. why are liberals against football for their kids?