white house press secretary jay carney later said obama misspoke. during world war ii, jan karski helped alert the world to the nazi holocaust. he visited the warsaw ghetto as well as a concentration camp and travel to the united states. he gave eyewitness testimony of the holocaust to president roosevelt and supreme court justice felix frankfurter. karski died in 2000. we go to an interview with jan karski that was conducted by andrew leslie phillips. it was recorded in jan karski's home in washington, d.c. in 1986. here he describes what is on the warsaw ghetto. >> the house i entered into one of those ghettos. the outside front of the house faced a regular street. only the back of the house through the basement, you entered one of those that rose. heard about is. oh, my god. children, women, old men, everyone having something to celebrate and onion, a piece of bread, a piece of close, begging. "please, please, i am hungry." [unintelligible] i said to my guide, is he dead? he said, no, he is dying. he is not dead yet. in the streets, naked bodies

earlier jay carney was asked who or what was being protected inside the executive branch and his responsemore questions than answers. listen to this, one exchange with jay tapper from abc news. >> the documents, they are blocked through executive privilege. are any of them to or from individuals in the white house or are they all internal items? >> i don't have a way to characterize the documents in question here. i can tell you that long ago the administration provided documentation about specific questions regarding officials at the white house and the national security staff. that was a long time ago. and which speaks to -- it was last fall. speaks to how long this political investigation has been ongoing. >> all right. society white house said it has nothing to do with the e-mails regarding national security council staffers but we already knew that. so what we don't know is who was left that the president is so desperately now trying to shield from this investigation. with the nfc off the hook, the list of possibilities keeps getting smaller and smaller. joining me now with reaction

. >> jon: the white house press secretary jay carney this week giving us take on the fast and furious investigation to our chief white house correspondent at fox news channel, ed henry and jim, i guess he's right about one thing, because fox news has been covering this story since the get-go, but so many other news organizations have not been. why not? >> well, it would almost make you think that they're thinking more like political partisans than investigators. it's astonishing to see from "the washington post," oh, yes, normally i'm from full disclosure and normally letting truth-- after all i'm a reporter and a journalist, of course in this case, no, no, we can't do anything to hurt president obama. that's pretty astonishing, where you forfeit your journalistic credentials in favor of supporting just a politician. >> and the coverage of this story from nbc, not a lot from the new york times. why do you think the story was ignored so long. >> i don't think the story is ignored. we heard about it in many, many places, and i mean, everything from the washington post to really get some

>> the media decides the context and says that jay carney was unhappy with the definition of it. but i don't know whether the reporters ate their spinach or what's going on, but they were acting like reporters, what they're supposed to be doing, asking the tough questions and poor mr. carney just came in for it this weekend. >> the president when he made the private sector doing fine remark, he it was described as a gaffe and in fact, he even seemed to say the clip he played at the top of the program, is that kind of an easy out for what it was, and what he meant? >> well, that's the question. the question is, was it a gaffe where he just meant to say as compared to the private, the public sector, it's doing fine, or is this actually what president obama thinks about the economy? and so it's depending where you're sitting, you might have a different perspective on that. whenever a politician makes a gaff, they're saying the context, the context, the context, but, look, it's not the media's job to clean up his mess. so the idea that they are he' being told, you know, why aren't ar

jay carney will usually yield to secretary duncan and mr. cordray.hey'll be talking about college student aid transparency. then mr. kacarney will continue with his briefing. in the meantime, waiting for this to start we'll bring awe portion of today's "wall street journal." our guest this morning, mark zandi, moody analytics, chief economist and talk answer calls for fed action after a weak jobs report issued by the labor department last week. >>> mark zandi, chief economist analytic, thanks for joining us from west k4e69or, pennsylvania. >> good morning. thanks to having me. >> calls for federal action after we all the saw the weak jobs report come out last week, but the fed's main purpose is monetary policy. how does that relate to job growth? >> well, the federal reserve play as very key role in terms of the broader economy, and job creation. it lowers interest rates in times of difficulty like the current period to make it easier tore people to borrow money. for businesses to borrow money, go out, invest and to hire. takes pressure off people wh

. >> white house spokesman jay carney says he insisted that president obama's claim of executive privilege is not a coverup. >> i don't a way to characterize the documents in question here. >> even if carney's struck to explain the scope of the privilege claim in the "fast and furious" scandal. >> how many pages -- i >> don't have a page count for you. >> well, why not? >> i just don't. >> what carney did know is republicans should be more worried about the economy. >> congressional republicans are focused on this politically motivated taxpayer funded election year, fishing expedition. >> defiant attorney general eric holder agreed. all the way from denmark slammed house republicans for moving forward on contempt charges. >> to say that the action that the committee took yesterday was unwarranted, unnecessary, and unprecedented. >> republicans showed no signs of backing down. senator marco rubio, potential v.p. pick, urged holder to resign. john boehner stopped short of that saying it's not about personalities but vowed to push the full house to hold him in contempt. >> this is about getti

jay carney may throw it off on politics but his death is worthy of review. if the white house wants to stone wall that review, they will have to pay a price. >> brian terry, he was killed by weapons supplied by our government and his parents want answers. the republican party came out with an ad dealing with the executive privilege which the president has invoked here and i think it's a pretty powerful ad. i want to get your reaction. >> i want to say it as simply as i can. transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstone of this administration. the mere fact that you have the legal power to keep something secret does not mean you should always use. >> president obama under fire for invoking executive privilege. >> the white house maybe involved in a coverup. >> new questions about what the white house new and when. >> is president obama hiding something? if so, what is it? >> do you favor executive privilege? >> there's been a tendency on the part of this administration to hide behind executive privilege. >> obama asserted executive privilege over th

the cross-examination is taking place now. >> white house press secretary jay carney taking the media to task over its reporting on jobs. >> i would say our general position is we're for truthful, factual, reporting that is done in context. >> we take up mr. carney's challenge. we will bring you the eye-opening context on jobs and salaries in america. a man brings a can of gasoline to a meeting with his former girlfriend. what happens next is one of the most disturbing stories we've heard in a very longtime. and in three minutes a can't miss interview for the first time since the death of trayvon martin set off a national debate in gun laws the head of the nra joins us to weigh in on stand your ground laws. that, plus new comments from trayvon martin's parents. >> many people do not know how to handle themselves with a gun, and i just want them to take a look at this law. i'm not saying for them to get rid of it, but please amend -- amend it, please review it. this was a child, this was a kid that was shot in the heart. a party? [ music plays, record skips ] hi, i'm new ensure clear.

jenna: back to the white house now, jay carney answering more questions on fast and furious. you'll hear the voice of our very owned henryowned henry. >> i think you're engaging in selective listening. what i did say, every page related to the fast and furious operation, and that is what is at issue here, how did this operation come about, how did this tactic begin to be used, which everyone recognizes, including the attorney general, the president of the united states, congressional leaders of both parties was a flawed tactic and a mistake and that's why this attorney general referred this matter to the ig for investigation. what is being -- the documents over which a privilege is being asserted are internal executive branch documents that have to do with responsible to congressional inquiries, response to media inquiries, those kind of deliberations have been protected under privilege as a matter of the separation of powers enshrined in the constitution by both parties dating back 30 years. >> how many pages? >> i don't have a page count for you. >> why not. >> i just don't

jay carney being asked about syria. not preparing to cancel this helicopter contract with the same firm in russia is is providing choppers to syria which is killing its own civilians. >> -- in different forums, the united nations the friends of syria and elsewhere to isolate and pressure assad. we've taken new steps regularly with our partners to do that through sanctions and other means to help prop up or stand up the opposition, help it organize itself. provide it nonlethal assistance and humanitarian aid to the syrian people. we'll continue to do that. meanwhile the situation in syria is obviously terrible. assad's brutality is unacceptable. he will go down in history as a tyrant who will be loathed by generations of syrians who, who are the victims of his brutality. >> will the president be speaking with his russian counterparts about the attack helicopter issue ahead of the g20 or will that -- >> i would just say that this the, the issue of helicopters is part of a broader concern that we've expressed and we'll con

ed henley was live in the briefing room and now he's live here with the story. >> what jay carney wasng was blaming the situation on various things. the our fiend debt crisis and how that made the u.s. economy more difficult to turn around. he also blamed republican inaction on the president's jobs bill that was introduced to great fanfare to a joint session of congress. he doubled down today by charging republicans are rooting for failure on the economy, don't want to pass the rest of the president's jobs act. jay carney also while acknowledging the economy isn't good enough, found a way to blame the bush administration. >> friday's numbers were very far from where we want them to be, where the president wants them to be. but even those numbers again, another month of private sector job creation compare favorably by anyone's standards to losing 750,000. >> reporter: i asked whether the president is going to call republican lead towards white house to show how you are gentle the situation is, he said the president had democratic and republican leaders here for lunch a couple weeks bac

after the jay carney press briefing, charles grassley, the senator from iowa had to issue a corrections to mr. carney that said the carney statements that the administration provided congress every document that pertains to the operation itself is, according to mr. grassley, hogwash. plus he asked the white house for them to explain exactly why the president is claiming executive privilege. and here's a snippet from the letter he had sent to the white house anna? >> well, at the last minute, before the white house committee proceedings began this mornrnin i received notice that you were claiming executive privilege. after 18 months of investigation and interaction with justice department officials on this matter, this was the first indication that anyone at the department or the white house believed the documents being sought were subject to executive privilege claims. all happening there at the last hour, too. >> meanwhile, let's talk a little bit about this. it looks like the supreme court is going to rule on so-called obamacare monday, maybe thursday. >> we thought yesterday. we als

leaks drive people crazy. >> was jay carney right that there was no political motivation here?our leak is my sco. there are journalists who work onhis trade one of the problems politically here, and there is no question that it is to burnish the credentials of the president as commander in chief, remind people of his achievements and republicans held they were entitled to the edge a national security, and a they expected to have it against this harvard law school graduate this effete democratic liberal -- >> community organizer. >> and in 2012, they are running against somebody with credentials, and that is irritation. >> you know how to burnish the credentials? you leaked stories about the most important and sensitive operation we havrun in decades, still ongoing the stuxnet virus. the code name of its successor in place and the story in "th times" with quotations on the record from people in the white house? this is scandalouous. it gives informati on how it works, when works, when it was introduced, eve gave the name of the secret israeli unit that worked with the cia on thi

leaks drive people crazy. >> was jay carney right that there was no political motivation here? >> no. [laughter] but you're leak is my scope. is my scoop. no question that i.t. is partly to burnish the president's credentials as commander-in- chief. republicans still they were entitled to the edge on national security, and they expected to have it running against this harvard law school graduate, this effete democratic liberal -- >> community organizer. >> all of a sudden in 2012 they are running against somebody with credentials and those are being punished and that is part of the irritation. >> and in order to burnish credentials, you leaked stories about the single mostmportant and sensitive operation we have run in decades, still ongoing, the stuxnet virus. there is a flame -- the code name of its successor -- in place, and the story in the "times" with quotations on the record from people in the white house? this is scandalous. it gives information on how woodworks, when it works, when it was introduced, even gave the name of the secret israeli unit that worked with the ci

. >> eric: listen to jay carney. we hear jay carney explain what is going on with president obama and jobs. >> democrats expressed real concern about not only economy but what it says about the president's chance for re-election. does the president share the concern that somehow there has been a tipping point reached? >> the president is focused far less on his job than on the jobs of the american people. >> eric: bob, i'll throw it to you. but here is jay carney's -- >> kimberly: look at bob's face. >> eric: focusing on american people's jobs. friday the horrible job report came out he did six fundraisers. today he is saying the president is concentrating on jobs. you know what the president is doing today? three fundraisers in new york city. >> bob: that's all right. that's what you do when you run for re-election. but it's not concentrating on his own job. that's not the way i would put it. >> eric: isn't that what he is doing? >> greg: waiters to serve the people that are there. and for >> bob: it's more money to

now jay carney is warning that it would reverse decades of precedent if they reverse this. now, that is the solicitor general's position. but, you know, we're a day out from the ruling, and he's making comments like that. my question for you, chris, is, is the white house in a weakened position to go after this high court as supremely partisan in the wake of an arizona immigration law ruling that saw a bipartisan, if you will, i mean, you had members from the right part of the bench and the left join together to strike down three out of four parts of that law. if they come out against the administration tomorrow in health care, how strongly can the president make the argument or jay carney, his spokesman, that this is just a bunch of partisan hacks? >> well, they'll make it pretty strongly. if it goes against them, you can bet that the team obama and democrats writ large will decry the bush supreme court packed with these radical conservatives. it doesn't matter what they did because remember, megyn, this is washington where it doesn't really matter if what you're saying is

jay carney defended the invoking of executive privilege.e of the president big support groups and addressed a gathering of latino officials today. the federal government is requiring oil refineries to use a certain type of biofuel, fine in the millions if they don't. the problem is the substance does not exist. "special report" from washington starts at 6:00 eastern. now back to new york and my colleagues with "the five." ♪ ♪ >> greg: i love the eagles. by now you've seen the video shot on a bus. karen klein was ridiculed, threatened even as she cried. >> you're bad. >> oh, my god. >> greg: watching that, what is your first inclination? i want to track down each punk. the police worry for the safety of the kids. even feels that way. karen klein is doing fine. website to send her on vacation amassed over $300,000 for one day. that's awesome. once i get past my violent fantasies, we're not all that innocent. as a teenager, i was a jerk. my teacher once slipped on snails i placed around the podium. thank god cell phonesern around then, i'd be

that bad for democrats, including the democrat in the white house, jay carney at a gaggle this morning said don't read anything into this beyond who is going to occupy the governor's seat in wisconsin, but everybody is looking at signs for november, and richard trumka, the labor leader, was forced to come out and say we're not done fighting in wisconsin or around the country. >> the nurses, teachers, firefighters, snow plow drivers and other wisconsin citizens that make the state great will continue to fight for an economy that works over a partisan agenda. >> a sense of disarray on the democratic side exacerbated when larry summers came out and said something similar to what bill clinton said to maria bart yiro yesterday. he later backtracked in a subsequent e-mail, and president obama came out through jay carney and doubled down and said we're not going toeks tend the tax cuts. lines are drawn, and at this moment, politics are difficult for the administration. >> john, at what point does this backtracking, all these guys, and back to cory booker on the bain capital issue and clinton

in washington, press secretary jay carney warned the al-assad regime is running out of time to see a peaceful resolution to the more than yearlong uprising. >> al-assad's partnership with iran is a direct defense to the syrian people, the revolution, and arabs across northern middle east and africa. we are focused on preventing iran to continually financially, which really, and logistical support their syrian regime. we have made clear and others have made clear the window of opportunity to allow for peaceful political transition in syria will not remain open for long. >> in israel and the occupied territories, an israeli soldier and a palestinian militant have been killed in an incident along israel's border with the gaza strip. the militant entered israel and killed a soldier before been shot dead. israel fired missiles, injuring three people. it is one day after israel return the remains of 91 palestinian militants who died in various attacks over the years. thousands of people marched to the turkish city of istanbul on thursday to mark the second anniversary of the deadly israeli

here is more what jay carney had to say. take a listen. >> we are, obviously, concerned about the incident, concerned about secretary bryson's health-related issues that played a role in this incident and we are still gathering information about it. >> reporter: so, just to recap according to authorities out in l.a., this whole thing unfolded on saturday. that is when they say, secretary of commerce bryson was driving in his lexus and was in the san gabrielle area. he got out and spoke to the driver of the car and wound up rear ending the car a second time and drove off. five minutes later, he had a second accident. when authorities found him, he was unconscious. they took him to the hospital. it has been determined that according to the commerce department, that he had a seizure and that is what is behind all of this. he was cited with a felony hit and run, but never taken to the police station, never booked because he was rushed to the hospital. authorities out in l.a. stress the fact that he was quite helpful. now, commer

. >> putting a lot of political pressure on this president jay carney. what's the next move for this president today. they are mostly sticking to the fact that he are blaming it on the european debt crisis not the president's policies and blaming it as well on the bush administration. they believe that republicans, basically jay carney today alleging they will do anything to make sure the president doesn't get reelected while ed gillespie, a romney advisor is saying no, no, no. this is about the president's policies and time is running out. take a listen. >> it's not okay to simply root for failure. and hope it pays off politically. i think, in fact, there is a potential for a political price to be paid if you come to washington and you do nothing in the hope that doing nothing will enhance your power in the future. >> this is a hostile environment for job creation in our economy. that's why, frankly, it adds a sense of you are general? i terms of this year's election to be able to turn things around because the only thing that's going to change it are c

. >> let's listen to what jay carney said today about why the president had to take the action that he and where the failure lies in getting real progress in this area. >> congress has had the ability to act on this ever since republicans blocked the dream act. we have a situation here where the nominee of the republican party, the head of that party at this point has said he would veto the dream act. that is not encouraging as a sign of cooperation or willingness by republicans. >> well, there goes jay carney, reminding people that romney has said he would simply veto the dream act. >> yeah, romney said he would veto the dream act. it at one point had 55 senators supporting it. for most americans who don't follow this as closely as we might. oh, that sounds pretty good. but it was subjected to a filibuster like so many other aspects of the president's agenda. i don't expect everyone to follow the cloture vote, right? but i do think karen makes a point. for the task that mitt romney had today, going into a community that voted double for his opponent, you know, 67 to 31 last cycle, he