and if he makes jim hoffa apologize. >> let's turn to the 2012 race?m? >> he's a friend. >> he's a friend. >> he doesn't need to talk that way. >> the nbc news "wall street journal" poll shows rick perry with 38% support. mitt romney follows the texas governor with 23%. the poll comes as five of the republican parties. >> notice i didn't jump in and say i like rick perry. you do in a special way. they travelled to a debate mediated by jim demint. they talked about health care, abortion, the role of organized behavior. mitt romney played it safe in front of conservatives in the crowd choosing not to criticize any of the components of the tea party forum. the governor was asked about the massachusetts health care law replying it would be a asset in a fight against president obama. >>> michelle bachmann par tils pa -- participated in an event last night despite major shake-ups in her campaign. ted raw lins announced he would step down from the bachmann campaign using to a senior advisory role. >> pat buchanan goes on cnn and says this race is between romn

we begin with jim demint and jim hoffa. and as we near the anniversary of 9/11, mike rogers and senate homeland security chairman joe lieberman and all things political with peter baker of the "new york times" and mike duffy of "time" magazine. i'm candy crawley, and this is "state of the union." first, president obama is going to unveil his new jobs plan on thursday, and it's a critical speech with the disappointing jobs numbers we saw come out a few days ago, and we see who could benefit right away. he is not always a republican establishment favorite but holds sway in the tea party and the tea party may hold sway in the primaries. his event will be well attend and closely watched. he is joining me from clemson, south carolina. thank you so much for taking time out. i want to start off talking about jobs. and what is in the jobs plan and what cannot be in it? >> i spent the month of august visiting businesses, manufacturing plants. i have been on shop floors. i have talked to a lot of the companies that create jobs in sou

. >> obviously, jim hoffa had some rather harsh words to say about the tea party, and let's listen to what he said. >> we have to keep an eye into battle that we face, the war on workers, and you see it everywhere and it is the tea party, and there is only one way to beat and win that war, and the one thing about working people is we like a good fight. president obama, this is your army. we are ready to march. let's take these son of a -- out and give america back to where we belong. >> and so, mr. trumka, tea party son of a bitches? >> i probably would not have chosen the adjectives he used, but jim hoffa is speaking for the anger that millions of americans have. these people are taking and playing political brinkmanship and not willing to help us create jobs and get the country moving. some of them announced they want the president to fail in his attempts to get the economy right. that is wrong. they shouldn't be doing that. and they don't have the right to say that they are truly the only patriotic ones out there when they want the country to fail and 25 million people not to get b

. >>> the quote that everyone is talking about this morning, teams sisters president jim hoffa on the listen. >> we've got to keep an eye on the battle we face, a war on workers. you see it every. it is the tea party. you know there's only one way to beat and win that war. the one thing about working people is, we like a good fight. you know what? they've got a war, they've got a war with us, and there's only going to be one winner. it's going to be the workers of michigan and america. we're going to win that war. president obama, this is your army. we are ready to march, and president obama, we want one thing -- jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs! that's what we're going to tell him. he's going to be -- when he sees what we're doing here, he will be inspired, but he needs help. you know what? everybody here has got to vote. if we go back, keep the eye on the prize, let's take these sons of -- out and get back to where we belong. >> dan, how is the white house responding this morning? >> reporter: well, they're not. in fact, as the internet continues to burn with, you floe

we begin with tea party patron, jim demint, and then mr. hoffa. and we have homeland security chairman, joe lieberman. and all things political with peter baker of the new york times and mike duffy with "time" magazine. i am candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." >>> the nation's capital and campaign trail will be a wash in jobs plans and presidential politics this year. the president's big unveil is on thursday, and republicans that want his job have ample opportunity to vie for it. dau mint holds twa in the tea party, and the tea party may hold considerable sway in the republican party. >>> senator, thank you so much for taking time. i wanted to start off talking about jobs. what you think has to be in a presidential jobs plan that you will hear about on thursday night and what cannot be in it. >> well, candy, i have spent the month of august visiting a lot of businesses, and manufacturing plants. i have been on shop floors. i have talked to a lot of the companies that create jobs in south carolina and across the country. what they wan

that's not going to solve the problem. >> let me just quickly jamal get reaction to jim hoffa head ofters caused a big uproar spoke of tea party supporters as "s.o.b.s" today jim hoffa not backing down, we didn't start this war, the right wing did, we saul have to vote to take the anti-worker politicians out of office, we stand up for what is right, i will never apologize for standing up for my fellow teamsters and all american workers. nothing wrong with that statement but was there anything wrong, jamal, in speaking about taking out all these "s.o.b.s" because the rhetoric does cross the line. >> you can take out the word "s.o.b." and i would leave everything else it is that he said. what he said was we're going to march, if you play the entire clip we're going to march and he said everybody here has a vote and we're going to take out all those blankity blanks. we're an army for the president and going to take them out, talking about marching and voting. if that's violent rhetoric we have a high standard for what rhetoric is right now. >> mary i know you want to weigh in but we're o

i expect to hear more of it, just like we heard from jim hoffa.republican or conservative had said what was said at that meeting, we would be taken to task by every media outlet in the country. >> sean: are you confident that the republicans are going to unite against the president's spending agenda? are you confident that we're not going to have some of the problems we saw this 2011 budget and the more recent deal where republicans were competing against each other? >> sean, a lot of that depends on how active and how loud the american people are. because i'm not completely confident. when you put out a payroll tax cut and these other things that every american wants a little more change in their pocket, it is tempting for republicans to go with that in lieu of a real jobs plan. it will play out it is going to depend on how active the american people are in saying no, let's have a real jobs program that works for america. >> sean: senator, good to see you. thanks for being with us. >> the book that has launched a heated back and forth between its

. >> the shortage of jobs prompted teamsters president jim hoffa to call for something bold from thedent. >> so far what we've done hasn't worked. we're still at 9%. it's not working. we need a bold plan. we have to look at what happened with irene. we have to rebuild our roads. basically our dams, our highways, everything has to be redone. our schools. we have to start that. we need a wpa-type program. most of all, what i think he has to do is challenge business. >> well, in that state of the union interview, hoffa said he thinks u.s. companies that are sitting on piles of money and not hiring american workers are unpatriotic. >>> mitt romney is speaking at a tea party rally in new hampshire today. tomorrow he'll head to columbia, south carolina. he's certainly on the move. after all he is the candidate for president. we are going to talk now with cnn deputy political director paul steinhauser who is in new hampshire right now. paul, sarah palin spoke yesterday, romney today. are we getting a sense of what he might say? >> yes. this is interesting, alina. it's a whole different stra

you want to talk about jim hoffa?r the comments he made earlier this week. >> president obama, we want one thing -- jobs, jobs, jobs! everybody here has got a vote. if we go back and keep the eye on the prize, let's take these son of a bitches out and bring america back to america where we belong! >> not exactly conciliatory terms. give me your thoughts on this. did jim hoffa go too far? >> look. i think this is a tempest in a teapot. the real issue here is jobs creation and instead of saying what policies will create jobs. i think that is the distraction. you know, maybe i wouldn't have used the words, but i can tell you he sort of is expressing what millions of americans think out there, their frustration that people that stand in the way of job creation for their own political reasons really are frustrated people. look what representative mike ka did. he shut down the faa and put 90,000 people out of work for a couple of weeks. finally, came to his senses and said, okay, i'll agree. these are things that were done

. >> teamsters president jim hoffa says he will never apologize for calling the tea party sobs.orced to address? dana? >> i think he's going to have to address it. if jimmy hoffa jr. had said this on his own time, not at a presidential rally, but he said it and called americans sobs and then the president came out on stage, praised him, thanked him and told the crowd how proud he was of him. this is the rhetoric we're talking about. we had an ohio businessman shot for being nonunion. so i don't think these are just words. i think they are serious actions that come behind words like this. he's a union thug. >> maria? >> wait a second. news flash. a teamster named hoffa uses colorful language to describe a political opponent? i don't think it's news, kyra. and i don't think it's going to be something that is going to linger on. look. at least he didn't tell a fellow senator to go f himself on the senate floor like dick cheney did when he was vice president. >> pete dominik. >> i love listening to these two ladies. the truth is, i think this story was dead when you asked about it y

his major jobs speech, president obama is getting some strong support from teamster's president jim hoffas labor day event in detroit, hoffa said there was a war on workers and he had some fiery words for the tea party. >> when he sees what we're doing here, he will be inspired. but he needs help and you know what, everybody here has a vote. if we go back and keep the eye on the prize, let's take these son of a -- out and give america back to america where we belong. >> the president was not at the rally when hoffa made those comments. let's bring in dan lothian live at the white house. is the administration saying anything about the sons of -- comment from hoffa? >> no. so far the white house still no comment on those remarks. what the president, though, is commenting about and other white house aides is this big push to try and turn the jobs picture around, to lower that high unemployment rate. so that's what the president plans to unveil in that speech to members of congress on thursday where aides say it will be a combination of ideas that we have heard about before publicly and some

the emotional aspect, we heard it from jim hoffa and all sorts of people. the president of the united states has to realize that this is not about a fight over tenure. this is not about, you know, some professor getting a job for the rest of his or her life. this is about putting people to work. >> right. >> putting people to work now. >> along those same lines, in the washington post, they write about obama's paradox problem. he say os barack obama hates to pring up the facts we have political parties. he will have to point out it is republicans in congress blocking his agenda. they will either have to start worrying about their low ratings or begin to pay a real price for obstruction. >> with all due respect, the president owned washington, d.c. in 2009 and 2010, owned it. at points, he had a filibuster proof senate, a 79 vote margin in the house and again, with all due respect, he's a nice man, but he was blaming republicans then as well. at some point, if you celebrate the triumph of barack obama, you have to turn the mirror on the man they adore. they

hoffa. >> all right, thanks, jim sciutto. >>> the republicans seeking to defeat the president were in columbia, south carolina, today. john karl reports on latest jockeying to give some sugar to the tea party. >> reporter: before rushing back to texas to deal with the wildfires, rick perry brought his front-runner campaign to south carolina. >> i'm actually for gun control. use both hands. >> reporter: perry took a swipe at former front-runner mitt romney, who likes to tout his business credentials. >> there's going to be some that get up and say, "well, i've created jobs." and that's true. there's, you know, one in particular that's created jobs all over the world. but while he was the governor of massachusetts, he didn't create very many jobs. >> reporter: in just three weeks, perry has vaulted to the head of the republican race. the next seven days will be the most important yet of the campaign. including the first two debates to include perry and major economic speeches by both mitt romney and the president. today's forum, sponsored by conservavave kingmaker senator jim demint, went on wit

jim moore will join us for the latest. stay with us. >>> james hoffan't the only one firing up the working class in america. this is what joe biden had to say in cincinnati. >> you are the only folks keeping the barbarians at the gates. you're the only nongovernmental power. the only nongovernmental power. the only one that has the power and the capacity to stop this onslaught. the other side has declared war on labor's house. and it's about time we stand up. and understand it for what it is. >> i love it. barbarians at the gate. right on. president obama also took a stand for the middle class and unemployed yesterday. up next, you'll hear his challenge to congressional republicans. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] unlike some car companies, nissan is running at 100%, which means the most innovative cars are also the most available cars. nissan. innovation for today. innovation for all. ♪ >>> welcome back to the ed show. the numbers aren't very good. president obama's job approval is at a record low 44%. on the economy, only 37% think he's doing a good job. b