and jodi kantor joins me now.. >> thanks so much for having me. >> you're getting a lot of flak for this book. how are you dealing with that? did you expect it? >> well, actually there's been a lot of praise and excitement for the book. it's gotten some great reviews. you know what's exciting about this book is that it shows how the personal intersects with the political in this white house. and you know, there were some big headlines and scoops that came out of the book. but the real book that exists for people who are reading it as opposed to the abstract thing that a lot of people have been discussing on tv without reading is this sensitive nuance texture portrayal of the obamas in the white house. >> that's clearly not how they're seeing it. i can tell from the first lady's reaction in an interview yesterday with gail king. she's not happy. >> i was surprised by her reaction. and i assume what she's reacting to is the coverage of the book, which has been a little distorted rather than the book itself. because

please welcome to the program jodi kantor. ( cheers and applause ) how are you? >> i'm good. >> jon: all right. the book is called "the obamas." i'm not going to lie to you. i heard a tremendous amount of controversy about this book. the portraying the first lady very poorly, as an angry woman. she was out on gayle king show talking about it. i saw you on cnn where the woman was yelling at you. so i made the mistake of listening to that before reading. so i was very angry at you. >> and then what happened? >> jon: i read it. >> and? >> jon: she seems nice. >> (laughing). >> jon: really. i'm surprised at the controversy because the book seems to portray michelle obama as a complex yet human individual struggling with this unbelievable situation yet remaining the moral compass and center of an administration trying to find its footing. the only thing i would say to you is, how dare you? >> it is really weird to me. i've been covering the obamas for five years. basically i asked two questions: what happens when you take these two pretty regular people and put them i

. >> schieffer: all that plus jody cantor, author of the controversial new book, the obamas. why is the white house so upset about her book? this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: good morning again. newt gingrich joins us from charles town south carolina this morning. good morning, mr. speaker. >> good morning. good to be with you. >> schieffer: thank you very much. mr. speaker, mitt romney dumped a load of negative ads on you in iowa. you responded by attacks on his veracity and his business record. some republicans are saying you're just doing barack obama's work for him. are you uncomfortable with that? >> well, look, none of those folks were complaining when mitt romney spent $3.5 million on negative ads in iowa because they were for romney. now that all of a sudden somebody is willing to stand up to him and is willing to argue the other side of the case, they think it's unfair. whoever we nominate has to be prepared to take on barack obama, and the president already has $240 million in the bank. he plan

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jodi hernandez is live with more on the speech tonight. jodi? >> reporter: the governor delivered an awesome message. she tried to maintain a positive tone as we continue on a path that's far from easy. >> putting it as stiffly as i can, california is on the mend. >> reporter: governor jerry brown says he's determined to stay on the path of recovery in a 20 minute state of the state address, he spelled out his plan to get california out of debt while maintaining the status as the land of dreams. it's a plan that includes tax hikes. >> again, i propose cuts and taxes. neither is popular, but both must be done. >> reporter: if voters get behind the tax plan, schools will benefit. the alternative, painful cuts to education. >> it's impairtive to donate more tax dollars to the basic of public services. >> reporter: despite the challenges, he's going to invest more in the state's infrastructure including a reliable water supply and plans to build a high speed rail system. >> california will continue to grow, if millions more people look at our state,

i'm jody gonzalez, red lobster general manager. and i sea food differently.m jody gonzalez, red lobster general manager. >> announcer: "nightline" continues from new york city, with terry moran. >>> some bad news for travelers tonight. chicago airports have canceled 800 flights due to the biggest snowstorm of the winter so far. and more than six inches of snow reported in some areas there. there's a snowstorm brewing here in the northeast, as well. not necessarily a good time to hit the road. not unless you can somehow know ahead of time what conditions would be like. well, tonight, we meet someone who says you can. here's abc's t.j. winick. >> reporter: whoever said half the fun is getting there must have never been stuck in a snowstorm. >> it's crazy out here. >> reporter: or endured hours on the tarmac. >> unbelievable. never had an experience like that before. >> reporter: because let's face it, unless you're a stealth ninja business traveler like george clooney in "up in the air," it's pretty easy to lose your cool when running behind schedule. >> what s

at uc berkeley, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> okay, jodi, thank you. >>> a local connection now to the state of the union tonight. two notable bay area residents have been invited. they will be sitting right beside first lady michelle obama, philanthropist lorraine powell jobs, the wife of the late steve jobs and mike creek, the co-founder of san francisco's insta graham, whiri the white house describes as the nation's fastest growing social mobile startup the contributions and work of both will likely figure into the president's address tonight. bringing you the state of the union live here on nbc bay area beginning at 6:00. less than an hour from now, right after nightly news with brian williams, which begins at 5:30. you can also watch our coverage of the state of the union live online at nbcbayarea.com. >>> in other news tonight, redwood city police are investigating a possible sexual assault by a student at a high school parking garage. it happened last night in the underground parking garage at summit high school. police say the summit you 19-year-old student david vel

jodi kantor says valerie jett and former press secretary robert gibbs white house special who she broke. obama among her sources for the book valerie jett and former press secretary robert gibbs. coming up could we get more snow and the coming days and look at the seven day forecast at a later sports blackhawks continue to get production from the young players try to pick up points against minnesota tonight. wgn news @ 9 tonight chicago first snowstorm of the year more snow down that all season 4-8 in. likely before it is over depending on where you live hundreds of flights canceled at one point midway was shut down midday trouble could be slow and dangerous tonight especially out by area's high wind and plunging temperatures kicking in city and crews working around the clock plowing and salting roadways when will it taper off and in the next seven days more snowfall? >> absolutely correct we do have a more chance higher chance for snow in the last seven days tapering off by the clock in the morning winter storm warning for chicago area expires notice winter weather advisory is outlying

i think it was jodi's first week of school almost 20 years ago in jodi has been one of my best friends ever since her marriage to run the poor actually was my first wedding. so i think it only appropriate that it was my first wedding in the subject of my book that i spend the rest of my introduction talking about her marriage. so i'll do that for just a few minutes. fastmac no, just kidding. the question as i prepare for this evening is how does someone introduce one of the best friend? do i talk about exploits at columbia? the answer to that is no because their exploits were basically a statement on friday nights, so not going to go that way. i could also talk about her work bio. of course as impressive as it is, winning one of the young alumni leadership awards from columbia, dropping out of harvard law school to work at slate magazine and after that becoming a section editor at "the new york times" at the later section, one of the youngest editor of a section on record. i could talk about the numerous excellent articles that she's written for "the new york times" and other publicati

thanks for joining me tonight, jodi. >> thanks for having me. >> jodi, your book has provoked the famouse obama quote of last week, the so-called angry black woman quote. and i just want to run that quote again, to show how she said it and what she was referring to when she said it. let's listen to that quote. >> it's more interesting to imagine this conflicted situation here and a strong woman and you know, but that's been an image that people have tried to paint of me since, you know, the day barack announced, that i'm some angry black woman. >> who can write about how i feel? who -- what thirty person can tell me how i feel? or anybody, for that matter. >> so just to be clear, that reference to angry black woman was not to your book, which michelle obama says she has not read and has no intention of reading. the quote did come up in the context of a discussion of your book. she was saying that that image is something people have tried to attach to her for a long time. for example, september 2008, during the presidential campaign, bill o'reilly saying, she looks like an angry woman. sh

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i'm jody gonzalez, red lobster general manager.[ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hi, there. and welcome back to the show. tonight on the program, a talented, young actress you can see now alongside queen latifah and dolly parton in the movie "joyful noise," keke palmer. [ cheers and applause ] and then, with music from this album, "the trouble with angels," filter, from the bud light stage. that's a good band. we have a new show for you tomorrow night. tomorrow night on the show -- we don't normally do a show on friday. but tomorrow, we're doing one. with terrence howard, the young star of "extremely loud and incredibly close," thomas horn will join us. and music from safetysuit. so, join us tomorrow night. our first guest is an exceedingly likable and excitable golden globe and peabody award winner, who, this weekend, goes for his second peabody with his new show, "my big redneck vacation." the show premieres saturday at 9:30 on cmt. please welcome, tom arnold. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] normally, they get out

jody hernandez has more on some of the other new laws taking effect. >> come on, hop in. >> we don't go anywhere without having our seat belts on. >> the children know the drill. a trip in the minivan means strapping into their car seat for safety's sake. >> if you don't put on your seat belt, then you'll get hurt and then you will end up in a hospital and that's no fun. so -- and then when you end up in a hospital, then you can't play. and that's no fun. >> now thanks to a new law, these children will be buckling up in booster seats a few years longer. starting sunday, children will be required to ride in a back seat booster till they're 8 instead of 6. >> i think it's important because the kids need to be safe when they're in the car. if they get in a crash, the seat belts will harm them. >> that's one of hundreds of new laws that will hit the book come new year's day. if you enjoy shark fin soup, eat up now because starting sunday, restaurants will no longer be able to stock up on the delicacy. shoppers can't bielich core through the self-serve check out line. and openly carried a

it's the war room [ jody ] four course feast. man it's great.ve it. [ male announcer ] red lobster's four course seafood feast is back. get soup, salad, cheddar bay biscuits, dessert and choose one of 7 entrees. four courses for only $15. offer ends soon. i'm jody gonzalez, red lobster manager and i sea food differently. >>this is outrageous! we've have no choice, we've lost our democracy here. >> as we mentioned the candidates have been fighting tooth and nail to appeal to the florida voters but being able to identify what matters most for floridians can be tricky. here is the first of our nightly spot called "shh brett's talking now." >> hey i'm brett ehrlich and i'm talking now. withif you've been following the action in florida they want to connect with floridians. they're talking about cubans or space. >> people on the coast who are suffering. >> building space. >> it is my expectation that fidel castro will finely be taken over this planet. >> wow, that was cuba and space. you may be asking yourself, why cubans in space? of all the things

jodi hernandez has been on the case since last march. jodi, this is going to have a huge impact on the other defendants too. >> this is a huge development in this case. the 20-year law enforcement veteran got up and admitted to being a dirty cop. in his own words, he described the dirty deeds he says he committed while wearing with the badge and he says he's fully prepared to testify against other former officers. >> he wants to move forward in his life, he knows to do that, he has to pay the piper, as the phrase goes. >> and for a former san ramon police officer that meant pleading guilty to nine felony charges. lombardi who was indicted last year along with christopher butler, and the former head of the contra costa narcotics team struck a plea deal with the prosecutors, agreed to plead guilty and testify against the others in exchange for a possible lighter sentence. >> mr. lombardi as i said, has been very open and cooperated and takes complete responsibility for what he's done, and in part of that is who he did it with and for what

"the obamas" written by jody kantor. she writes about the relationship about the president and his wife behind the doors of the white house. mrs. obama not so thrilled with the book. we'll talk about her reaction and talk with the author this morning. stephen cobelbert is exploring possible run for the office. >> i am proud to announce that i am forming an exploratory committee to lay the groundwork for my possible candidacy for the president of united states of south carolina. >> finally, i'm feeling excited about this. race, we get to weigh in and what it all means for the republicans and that, of course, hear about this? the conductor of the philharmonic, cell phone rings in the middle of a performance and you know what he did? he stops the orchestra. i am cheering for him. we agree with this. i love this man. we're going to talk about that and much, much more as we begin qu "starting point" right now. okay back. we are back once again inside the tick took diner as ashleigh and zoraida told you about. they were stosz

i'm jody gonzalez, red lobster general manager. and i sea food differently. a ramen noodle- every-night budget. she thought allstate car insurance was out of her reach. until she heard about the value plan. dollar for dollar, nobody protects you like allstate. >> mike: welcome back to huckabee forum two south carolina undecided. our next presidential candidate is former pennsylvania senator rick santorum. please welcome senator santorum. [ applause ] >> good to see you. >> i got to say you got the vest on. great to see you. thank you for joining us. i was commenting on your vest. i see you wore that today. >> that has been -- it started out actually, mike, at your forum in des moines and we went out and everyone else was wearing a suit and i came out with a vest and things went well that night and so we started the trend -- you started the trend for me so i figured i would keep it up. >> mike: , well, it is working for you today. congressman tim scott has our first question for senator santorum. >> the first question from kimberly williams. >> welcome to char

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jodi hernand jodi hernandez joins us from richmond where the university made the announcement this morning. this is a huge step for that city that sometimes has had trouble maintaining big business there. >> reporter: this is huge, jessica. it could mean an influx of jobs, innovation and discovery right here in richmond. today the university of california announced plans to build a massive new laboratory right here on its bay front property off interstate 580. folks who live here couldn't be more excited. >> you hear richmond and people shy away. richmond this. it's like a black cloud over richmond. >> reporter: richmond's rough and tumble reputation is about to get a major makeover. the university of california says its chosen richmond to build its second lawrence berkeley national laboratory campus. >> it's great to go into a community when they're on a rise and not at the peak because then you can help them grow and you can get in for a lower cost. >> reporter: 350,000 square foot lab will bring 800 of the world's top minds to richmond to tackle some of society's most pressing problems.

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