. >> 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

a book by jody cantor, reporter from the "new york times" about the obama white house. there was a question whether or not there was enough of a coverage of a secrettal alice in wonderland party separate from the military party for kids in 2009. greg you have had a lot of hollywood celebrities at your house. what kind of themed parties do you hold. >> i had a similar one in my basement except it was eat, prey, love and it wasn't a party for the guests, it was a party for me. a hellish nightmare for them. >> so did you meditate and things like that? >> no, they slowly disappeared. the flares around the -- flyers were disturbing. >> the question was why was it reported. it was because it was on johnny depp news.com which i frequent to find out what's going on. george lucas loaned them reportedly the original chewbacca consume. >> that's made from alec baldwin's back hair. >> you didn't get jab about a the hut. >> i'm for kids and parties and supporting the military. but if you didn't do anything wrong, put it out on something other than 21 jump street. the white house is

>> jodi cantor. >> it's going to be a big book coming out tomorrow, i believe. big fight between rahm emmanuel, the former chief of staff and the first lady. what do you think? is it there? have you seen the fight? >> i've not seen the fight but i've heard quite a bit it from folks who worked in the east wing. it certainly rings true. one thing about bill daley if there's one thing he did well and that was on the first days he called michelle obama to let her know that he was there and more kind of integration of the east wing and west wing. >> was there an ideological struggle left and right between rahm emmanuel and the first lady? was she more progressive, more liberal, wanting to go public option on health care? >> no, i less than -- this is less than ideological struggle and more of a -- this is somebody protecting their husband, protecting the image of her husband. >> i read this book. she wanted him to go more aggressive. >> it was more aggressive sometimes in messaging. more aggressive in what you are not feeling as if the way they were going about it, w

with her husband, according to jody cantor's new book was only because she wanted to keep the familyxcited to fulfill the duties of being the first lady. former chief of staff rom emanuel didn't trust first ladies because of his clashes with hillary clinton. their relationship was distant and awkward from the beginning. cantor tells the story about how president obama relayed his unhappy wife's feeling about the back room deals that were cut to drum up support for health care reform legislation telling aides she feels as if our rudder is not set right. obama strategies david axelrod tells of the first lady, when she thinks that things are off the track, she'll raise it because she is hugely invested had them. the first lady will send the president's scheduler nasty notes if she does not book him for certain events. but in a thursday interview, she was asked if the first lady was an advisor? >> only in the private sense. she did not come to the staff meetings. emotions, thoughts and private moments described in the book, though seemingly ascribed to the president and first lady reflec

and this is wonderful for jody cantor who interviewed 33 people in the west wing, former and currenttaff people and, if the obamas did not want to talk to her i don't think they're in a position to say you can't imagine what i was thinking, yes, she can, it is her right as long as she says that is what she's doing and i think he did that. >> one of the press criticisms thrown her way, judy, and you can address this, as a former "new york times" reporter, but, it is that none of these stories ever appeared in print in "the times," until they appear in her book. >> and that is the constant tension in the daily newspaper, "the new york times" and the "washington post" had, as cal pointed out, bob woodward withheld information for the book and this is a judgment the institution makes, and i do think readers of those newspapers ought to ask, hey, what is going on here. >> and they might ask, for example, why they had the fabulous halloween party, starting johnny depp and the director, tim burton and cost a billion dollars in 2009 and nobody knew about it for more than two years. >> the wh

. >> in a new book, "new york times" reporter jody cantor says the first lady clashed with top aides. the president told the former chief of staff his wife was displeased with the handling. emanuel was indignant. >> i'm sure that michelle obama was probably deeply offended by rahm emanuel's style. >> cantor writes, mrs. obama's reported comments to carla that living in the white house was hell created problems for former press secretary, robert gibbs. when he learned she was upset with his efforts at damage control, he cursed the first lady to staffers. >> well, i mean, that's shocking. first of all, it's really stupid. they don't understand that she's the wife. and that she has the power. >> the book revealed the evolution of michelle obama from the harvard educated mom that felt everyone is waiting for a black woman to make a mistake to a formable first lady. >> i think she is now getting her sea legs. >> it's about giving you a voice with decision makers. >> the book says mrs. obama has found her voice. >> it's about getting something done. >> and is all in with helping her husband

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author jodi cantor says it was for military children but white house officials were so nervous aboutow a splashy hollywood-esque party would look to jobless americans that the event was not discussed publicly. >>> we're going to turn now to an anniversary marked today, one year since that terrible day in tucson, when congresswoman gabrielle giffords was gravely wounded and six people were killed in a gunman's rampage. as abc's tanya rivero reports, giffords triumphantly returned to tucson, to that supermarket this weekend, and today was a day of hope and healing. >> reporter: today in tucson, bells rang out at precisely the moment the shooting began that sunny january morning. while hundreds packed a cathedral. and gabrielle giffords and her husband are expected to attend an evening vigil honoring the victims. in just 16 seconds, that gunman shattered so many lives, killing six people, including a federal judge and a 9-year-old girl, wounding 13 others. congresswoman giffords shot in the head. just yesterday, giffords visited the scene for the first time, husband mark kelly tweeting

appointment and some of the comments that michelle obama is apparently to have made according to jodi cantorsident need to look beyond the chicago team as he goes to 2012? >> sure, i think that everyone does, everyone in office makes a mistake, just surrounding themselves with people they are familiar with. to go back to frank's point. strife in administration is not bad. i loved it when several cabinet members disagreed, you get the best ideas. this is all inside baseball. rahm emanuel was the most famous of obama's chief of staff. what percentage of americans could have answered the question, who is the president's chief of staff, while he was there, one or 2%? >> now they know he is the mayor of chicago. >> difference. >> what now? suns out, guns out. santorum's sweater vest hits the market. that is next on "now." coming up next, live from new hampshire, who will win second place? we will get the latest on the ground game with john sununu and inside the white house çshake-, former secretary, that is in less than 15 minutes, join us. . >>> the sweater vest is almost as qualifying. >> that

those tensions are on display in a book, the obama's by jody cantor of the "new york times" ramsey clashing with jarrett and michelle obama over healthcare reform. >> they haven't disputed the facts and the book is clear about the fact it's based on interviews -- >> the book features robert gibbs cursing the first lady after jarrett told them mrs. obama was not happy with the way he handled a report suggesting she hated being in the white house. quote, you don't know what the expletive you're talking about gibbs said. jarrett responded the first lady would not believe you're speaking this way. gibbs fired back, expletive her too. the white house doesn't deny that incident but says various antidotes are exaggerated. >> it's a remarkably harmonious place given what's debated here every day. >> rare for a president to change chief of staff at the beginning of a election year but he's been named cochair of the campaign in chicago and there will be a spot for robert gibbs, still a valued member of the team despite cursing the first lady. >> on a snowy north lawn, it's not even snowing in manches

the book is written by "the new york times" reporter jodi cantor. in one account cantor wrote that mrs. obama was annoyed at white house strategy when the president's health care agenda seemed in danger of collapsing in early 2010. cantor also described the obamas as down to rt and committed parents. the book is based on interviews with 30 current and former aides. president obama and the first lady declined to be interviewed for the book. >> sounds like a fascinating book. i think there are excerpts you can read to decide if you want the book. >> i think many first ladies have fascinating stories. >> when she writes her book that's the one i want. >> 9.36. still ahead a teenage girl from the united states is accidentally deported to colombia. we'll tell you how it happened and show you her emotional reunion with her family. >>> yet another video of casey anthony surfaces. what the florida woman is doing on it's the perfect time to find great deals on the 4g lte devices you love. like the droid bionic by motorola for $199.99. or the pantech breakout

look at jodie cantor, the liberal who wrote the recent book on obama.a beating by her peers. the media lays off roughing up their guy fearing the same treatment. more journalists choose their profession and becomes a community organizer to make a difference. make a difference. like hope or change is a non-value where results never matter as long as your intention is good. it's why bill clinton got away with so much. his heart was many right place, even if his hands weren't. my goal in life is to make a difference, by preventing others from making a difference. because their difference results in someone else's pain. consequence unseen from the confines of a "vanity fair" cocktail party. well, all right. i have a montage here of the media's greatest valentine to president obama. let's roll them, shall we? bob, don't choke. >> bob: sorry. >> i have truth. i have been observing. your dog looks like he is out of control. >> golf. what does it do for you? >> in the first 100 day what is surprised you the most about this office? about serving in this office h

in the book, new york times reporter, jodi cantor describes conflicts between the first lady and thes top aids. in an interview this morning on cbs, mrs. obama denied those accounts saying that the book portrays her unfairly. >> i guess it's more interesting to imagine this conflicted situation here and a strong woman in a, you know, but that has been an imagine that people have tried to paint of me since the day that barack announced that i was some angry black woman. >> she said that she hopes over time people will get to know her for who she is. she can count the times that she bothered to go to the west wing and -- >>> hi everyone, coming up on news nation, the supreme kourpts rules that a woman cannot sue the lutheran church who fired her, plus, mississippi governor haliley barbour's final act has outraged many, he included 200 people, why his supporters are calling the move a mississippi tradition. and why is this being called the most revolutionary television of all time ham? >> mitt romney is going after the president's record on the economy. the president lost the state in 2

this book by jody cantor, the "new york times" reporter, will hit shelves this tuesday. fox news. >>> fresh complaints of prisoner abuse at the hands of the american military launched an investigation in afghanistan. the prisoners were held. on thursday, afghan president demanded that the afghan government take custody of those prisoners. that is in the middle of negotiating a timetable to transfer transportation for that prison over the next two years. >> some of the prisoners complained about prisoner abuse. others complained about torture. some complained about the use of gas against them. others complained about a lack of access to lawyers. >> u.s. embassy spokesperson says american officials just got the commission's report and will certainly take it seriously. the plan is for american troops to leave afghanistan in 2014. >>> women being bought and sold for sex. not in afghanistan, but right here in the united states. now groups all over the country are trying to bring the dark secret into light. fox news, elizabeth bram introduces us to a woman who has been part of

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here is why, according to the book by jody cantor, white house officials were nervous how the flashyir representatives in congress, the event was not discussed publicly and burrton and dep's contributions went unacknowledged. and the president and first lady welcoming trick-or-treaters with the white house, and you can see in his sweater and the first lady dressed as a leopard with cat ears and the real party was inside, for officials and kids of military service members where johnny depp was dressed as the mad hatter welcoming guests and in the state dining room, according to the author, fit perfectly with tim burrton's creepy comic style. but the white house is dismissing all of cantor's claims, even though she interviewed 30 staffers for the piece since she hasn't interviewed the obamas since 2009, the white house says this is the author's take reflecting her own opinions on a remarkably strong relationship between the president and first lady, both whom share an unwavering commitment to each other and improving the lives of americans and one more note about how elaborate and expe

but if he felt that way about jan brewer what will he say to jodie cantor after the book?he white house is saying it's cordial and everything is fine. nothing to see here. the better thing would have been to say if he is wanted a meeting with him, to talk substance, ask to ride with him in the limousine so it's in private. >> kimberly: good idea. greg, you are making facial gestures. >> greg: it's a condition i have. tar mac is short for tar macaidiam? now you do. the thing, it's a giant apartment with -- well, not a giant apartment. it has 50 units. 57 if you're obama. they have to deal with the problem. she's a tene tenant that sees te landlord. cornered him in the elevate tomorrow. if you look and go on amazon, her book since this happened jumped from nowhere to like number one and number two. some of subtitles, whatever you call it. rankings. i'm thinking if he picks up my book and turns the page to page 42 and sees what i said about him. >> kimberly: throwing a flag on the shameless self-promotion. >> greg: he would go crazy. >> bob: this whole rant is about his book.

the book is written by "the new york times" reporter jodi cantor.n one account cantor wrote that mrs. obama was annoyed at the white house strategy when the president's health care agenda seemed in danger of collapsing in early 2010. cantor described the obamas as down to earth and committed parents. the book is based on interviews with 30 current and former aides. president obama and the first lady declined to be interviewed. >>> we are looking at a nice, dry, mild day. we can't complain. >> you both owe me a little bit of money. i paid the overbaggage fee from florida to stuff all this nice weather into my bag. wouldn't fit in the car on. >> well done. >> i'll invoice you two during the commercial break and i'll be back to tell you how wonderful your wee ♪ more and more folks are trying out snapshot from progressive. a totally different way to save on car insurance. the better you drive, the more you can save. no wonder snapshot's catching on. plug into the savings you deserve with snapshot from progressive. >>> you're watching news 4 today. >>> w

. >> it's written by jodie cantor, they are not happy with it. the staff, back to the rahm emanuel. fighting with valerie and clashing with michelle obama on healthcare. but there is anecdote about robert gibbs cursing the first lady in private whether gibbs was handling a media report well enough. jay carney would not dispute it but in general a lot of this is overblown. take a listen. >> this is remarkably harmonious place given everything is at stake and the enormity of issues that are discussed. >> reporter: he will be sticking around, campaign cochairman back in his home of chicago. aides say gibbs will have a role in 2012 even though with the first lady. >> shep: ed henry at harmonious white house. >> economy could be turning around. according to the federal reserve americans are feeling confident to take on extra debt. important report consumers borrowing surged by more than $20 billion in november. the largest monthly gain in ten years. people took out more car loans, used credit cards to buy holiday gifts. that is big shift from a few ye

also getting a lot of feedback on jody cantore interview.t, some people not so much. >>> ahead this morning we'll tell you about this ad. have you seen this ad about the dog? will and i were talking about this earlier. take a look at the mitt romney dog ad. >> we love the dog. we had five kids inside the car. my guess is he liked it better in his kennel than he would have liked it inside. >> who let the dogs out? who? who? >> i'm trying figure out dnc ad. this is from the dnc? no, newt gingrich. all about the dog. will cain, give us a history on the dog. >> the story is that mitt romney's family dog, the car was full, five kids in the dar, maybe no room in the car. he put it in a really nice carrier and strapped it to the top of the car and pulled off down the road. said to soledad, i told you this earlier, this is not going to win me fans, popularity. >> do it anyway. say it anyway. >> i love dogs. man's best friend. had one for 13 years. we do societily accept that we can strap horses into a carriage in the back of the car and drag them do

"the obamas" is written by "new york times" reporter jody cantor.the book, cantor claims that first lady michelle obama has experienced newsroom tensions with the west wing staff. the book is based on interviews with 30 current and former aides, president obama, and the first lady declined to be interviewed. the white house posted a statement on their blog criticizing the book for relying on secondhand accounts and cantor's own interpretation of events. the statement reads, "the emotions, thoughts, and private moments described in the book, though often seemingly ascribed to the president and first lady, reflect little more than the author's own thoughts. these secondhand accounts are staples of every administration in modern political history and often exaggerated." >>> 6:37. the "today" show is coming up next at 7:00. let's check in with matt lauer to see what they're working on for "today." good morning. >>> dperng, coming up on a tuesday, voters in new hampshire head to the polls for the first primary in the presidential race as mitt romney take

the president and first lady reflect little more than the author's own thoughts and the book by jody cantor new york times reporter will hit shelves this tuesday. harris? >> harris: peter, thank you. now, new reaction to, well, unexpected publicity for target stores. this was breaking news with amazing pictures yesterday and now we know more. one of their huge trailer trucks sank through the ice, minnesota, right up to the windshield when the trailer truck veered off the highway and on to an icy pond. witnesses say it took a few seconds before it broke through the ice and sank. this happening not far from the company's minnesota head gms quarters. the driver minor injuries but they pulled him out safely. responding crews including a dive team were blown away at what they saw. >> this is what a toe guy looks for if he wants excitement. >> out of the ordinary? >> absolutely. is it something that is crazy? no. >> harris: we should tell you the ice on the respond was only 8-inches thick. not enough to support a heavy truck and the mild start to the winter can maybe be blamed for the lack of ice

the new book has come out, "the obamas" by jodie cantor.some interesting things. the book features the peace secretary robert gibbs cursing the first lady after valerie jarret told him mrs. obama was not happy after he handling the reporting saying she suggested she hated being in the white house. you don't know what the expletive you are talking about, gibbs said. the first lady would not believe you are speaking this way and he fired back, expletive her, too. here is what jay carney said about it. >> books like these tend to overhype and sensationmize things and i think that is case here. >> bret: what about this? >> i don't think there are questions there are various power centers within the white house. people who say the president was surprised. there is a cliche about the no drama obama. they try to hold that line. it has been a long time. this feels like old news to say bill daley was being pushed out. the rout had been pushed in position to do the day-to-day operation three months ago and daley was told you can offer vision and do l