i like karl rove. know him well but i like him and i disagree with everything everyone else has said. i think karl rove is a very straight forward guy and i don't believe that he was trying to railroad him. i don't believe that. i think there is a disagreement here and i think that there are always two ways to look at a set of facts and karl rove has his point of view and he's perfectly willing and has a right to give his side of the story. >> well, white house counsel harriet meyers, this was her comment in testimony to the judiciary committee. my best recollection is that rove was very agitated about the u.s. attorney in new mexico. it was clear to me that he felt like he had a serious problem and that he wanted something done about it. he was just upset. i remember him being very upset. john, what about that? >> well, you know, i mean -- >> i mean that shows that he was involved, doesn't it? >> i would look at this from a different perspective than you all. i think rove has a perfectly valid right t

after that complaint, rove's deputy sent karl rove an e-mail saying iglesius shouldn't be, "shy about doing his job on madrid." he needed to prosecute this democrat. mr. rove's defense is that he never responded to that e-mail. what he was doing was contacting harriet miers to inform her david iglesi sunshine was a problem. "karl" was agitated about the attorney in new mexico. he may have said, can't we get rid of this guy or something like that?" weeks later, david iglesius found himself on a list of attorneys set to be fired. why was he seen as such a serious problem? karl rove is still making the case in the "wall street journal" today he should have been prosecuting that darn democrat. rove's great defense, quote, despite all their digging, judiciary democrats produced not a shred of evidence that he inkormed mr. iglesias to undertake a prosecution. the idea the press should apologize for making the flood-lit inference here is ridiculous. mr. rove addresses the fact one of his proteges was installed to replace a fired u.s. attorney in arkansas. according to mr. rove, this, too, wa

if karl rove is becoming an issue?e to administration that we thought was sort of history, but karl has a book coming out, too. they all do, so he doesn't mind being on the griddle a little bit for that reason, too. >>> the president's going to go on the road tomorrow, a town hall meeting in montana, max bachus's backyard. if there was ever a time to call out a colleague and not giving the president what he wants, it would be max backus. what's the mission here? >> the mitts is none too subtle. carol lee tomorrow on politico is reporting that the tickets will be given out for the president's town hall on health care in a little different way, first come, first served, which means there could be more dissent and a little more excitement. people have said the president is good at asking questions, he should go ahead and take the tough questions, nobody is going to rattle him, and he doesn't get tagged with the suggestion he does, that the questions were too easy, because the people were screaming, so maybe a little excit

rush limbaugh and karl rove, the newest comedy team? they are making a guest appearance on a comedy show. if you thought that the town halls were dying down, think again. even president obama got into the mix today. >> all we get is bull. you cannot tell us how you are going to pay for this. you are saving here, saving over there, you are going to take money here and there but you have no money. the only way you can get that money is to raise your taxes. >> you are absolutely right that i cannot cover another $46 millio46 million people for fre. we will have to find some resources. >> why did you change or strategy to talking about health insurance reform and deciding to vilify the insurance companies? >> the insurance companies in some cases have been constructive. >> it has nothing to do with democrats but fair is fair. american is american. >> i pray you people in washington will start realizing that you are our employees. >> how many doctors have you talked to and asked them why do you think about the health reform? >> a lot of doct

kerry johnson what, have we learned. >> that karl rove was more involved and interested in the roles some of the u.s. attorneys than had previously been described. in an interview with me last month, rove described his role as one of almost a bystander or a conduit of complaints he received from lawmakers on capitol hill and state gop party leaders around the country. some of these e-mails and in fact the testimony of harriet myers reflects that rove took a personal interest in at least some of these cases most particularly david iglesias's of new mexico. harriet miers testified to the house judiciary committee that rove called her in a very agitated manner in the fall of 2006 to report that david iglesias had become a big problem this and that he wanted something done about it. >> according to testimony, it says harriet miers said of rove, my best recollection is he was very agitated about the u.s. attorney in new mexico. a it was clear to me he had a serious problem and that he wanted something done about it. michael isikoff, in the "sopranos" when tony wantses something done about

but first, we spoke to a senior adviser to president bush, karl rove. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me, greta. greta: the news that has consumed everyone in the last 24 hours has been senator kennedy's death. i assume a while you were here in washington, you had a chance to work with him -- i assume what you were here. >> he was hard-working. when you went to a meeting with ted kennedy, as we did many times at the white house, you had better had done your homework, because he did is. this is a guy that got every morning and said, "how can i advance because i believe in?" heç was a fervent advocate, and he did his homework, so i had a great deal of respect f]r him after i saw how hard he applied himself, particularly in comparison to a lot of people around him. he was an outgoing person, very friendly when he came to the white house, very courteous, a generous person. i found it hard to compare the person that i saw or the person that i saw with sambito or john roberts, particularly sambito and robert bork -- sam salida. i thought it

i will say for karl rove though if you don't draw karl rove with a forehead so shiny and massive thatn barely keep it upright, i think you miss out on an opportunity comediwise. >> as to limbaugh and a future in cartoons people forget years ago "the simpsons" did a caricature of him which was nothing like what he became in real life. >> yeah, i mean this is what i'm talking about. how do you even as a cartoonist properly display rush limbaugh's porcine qualities short of drawing him on a serving plate with an apple crammed in his mouth? whenever you have people from different sides of the political spectrum coming together for the sake of comedy two things are for certain. there's going to be a lot of controversy and very few laughs. >> all right, well let's then -- the poster boy for that, joe the plumber the comedian. what can we expect from this standup thing, the prop comedy, plungers instead of water melons? ventriloquism of some sort? what do we got going? >> did you say something about ventriloquism, keith? >> oh, here we go. >> this is my friend pashtoon hulk hogan. the way i

plus, new evidence shows that karl rove was more deeply involved in the firings of those u.s. attorneys during the bush administration. so is the law finally catching up to rove? "newsweek" investigative reporter michaelis cough will break it down for us, and how did the white house and the democrats get the strategy for justice sonia sotomayor's confirmation vote so right but drop the ball when it came to the message war over health care reform? and finally, president obama awarded the presidential medal of freedom to 16 recipients today, among them senator ted kennedy, sid no poitier, billie jean king and archbishop desmond tootoo of south africa wa. we begin with the rage over the health care bill. with us now is congressman david scott, a democrat from georgia. you've faced really angry outbursts over this. you've been in your fourth term in the house. you were in the state legislature before that. surely you've run into a lot of opposition for a lot of legislative ideas in the past. how does this compare to the kind of opposition you've run into in the past? >> there's no

. >>> karl rove behind the ntroversial 2006 firings of u.s. attorneys. >>> and playerup. a bench clearing brawl breaks out between the boston red sox a bench clearing brawl breaks out between the boston red sox and the detroit tigers. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. i'm kristen well ger. today we begin with town hall turmoil. with public meetings on the issue of health care across the nation, president obama managed to hold a civil meeting on the subject yesterday and used a new spin on his campaign for health care reform. nbc's steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: president obama went to new hampshire to reform late his health care pitch. it's taken a beating in the latest polls. insurance reform is the new obama spin. >> getting a good deal from the insurance coverers. that's what i'm fighting for. >> reporter: no ban on reexisting conditions. no canceling insurance if you get sick. >> your health insurance should be there for you when it counts. not just when you're paying premiums but when you actually get sick. and it will

we'll ask karl rove the three karl rove has another television gig.us, we are hurt by it, but to respect next? i will give you a hint. our tune. we'll tell you about it, coming up. ♪ bicycle, what are we waiting for? the flowers are blooming. the air is sweet. and zyrtec® starts... relieving my allergies... 2 hours faster than claritin®. my worst symptoms feel better, indoors and outdoors. with zyrtec®, the fastest... 24-hour allergy medicine, i promise not to wait as long to go for our ride. zyrtec® works fast, so i can love the air™. >> mike: welcome back to "fox & friends". we have heard why the republicans don't want the democrat health-care plan but what could the gop offer in its place. >> clayton: we're back with karl rove former senior adviser to president george w. bush. looking back. >> great to be here. >> clayton: we have heard five versions in the house on the democrat side, we heard a bill moving through the senate, president obama's plan out there , what would the gop do differently soon i could have offered interesting ideas. everybody

we will speak to karl rove on his take., if he had sent out a similar e-mail, there would have been held to pay. we are going to ask karl rove in his take on this is the same as people say his would have been. let's listen to robert gibbs. >> recent humanitarian mission to north korea. president clinton has debriefed with nsc staff twice and members of his team have discussed the events extensively nsc, state department, and other agencies. >> on the report to that israel has asked for new permissions for settlements in the west bank, progress is continuing, but does the u.s. see this as an answer to the president's demands that a settlement is stopped at all? >> i will simply echo what i think you heard the president say in the oval office. we have made good progress on this and other issues with the israelis. i think we are moving forward on a process that continued today with president mubarak being here to discuss long-term peace in the middle east. >> i am interpreting here, you say there has been progress, but it has

karl rove joins us to talk about it. good morning, karl. you have is audio? up. we will get the karl rove in a second during the campaign then candidate obama said the bush administration used the politics of fear, and he specifically was pointing to the war on terror a protracted war onto her and using that to drum up support for this war. he said the bush administration was using those politics. in a new op-ed piece you point out, the president is using the same tactics to sell healthcare. why do you say that? >> early on he talked about healthcare as a problem involving the uninsured. we need to ensure people who do not have health care coverage. starting two weeks ago he began to attack people and began to attack things. he talked about how americans have a fear of losing their healthcare and a fear of rising premiums. he began to talk about insurance companies and the villains in this drama. in fact nancy pelosi this week called on the amoral villains. in his nationally televised news conference, he began to attack healthcare professionals, saying doctor

plus karl rove firing squad? ah-ha. new evidence reveals that the turd blossom himself was a driving force in the politically driven motivation of a u.s. attorney and eight others. we'll explain how the house judiciary committee is going to be dealing with that. a "psycho talk" encore. and we've got a great panel showing up on all the hot topics. and one quick note before we get to the op-ed, the fed did not raise the interest rates today. you know that oobama economy? it went up 120 points. but first, tonight's op-ed. well, the fear card being played by the righties is now, i guess you could say a fever pitch. the numbers are showing that the obama administration is in trouble with some demographics. senior citizens are believing this right wing garbage, believe it or not. the very people -- and this is what gets me -- the very people that get government assistance in health care are now actually turning on the president of the united states. this isn't about reform. it's about politics. dirty politics. blatant lies. t

plus karl rove, tucker carlson and premier of our "sleen-in panel." americans are outraged by the health care bill. the daily presidential tracking poll has the approval rating at a negative eight with those who strongly disapprove of his performance outnumbing those who strongly approve. the president continues. he is living in his own radical bubble. today he had another one of those town hall events where there was wide public support for nanny-state health care and lots of love, praise and support for the annointed one, the president of the united states. and here are some scenes from the president's town hall from earlier today in montana. >> that is for all. [applause] >> thank you, montana. thank you. [applause] sean: nobody in the president's make-believe world rkts they don't like guns very much in montana, do they? >> i'm a proud n.r.a. member. [applause] >> i believe in our constitution and it's a very important thing. sean: i think four people clapped. did you hear the crickets chirping even though there are people in montana who believe i

why would karl rove be so agitated by david iglesias? why was iglesias such a serious problem, according to karl rove? well, e-mails released today from the committee showed rove's deputy, a man named scott jennings, explicitly saying ig lanous should be fired and complaining that mr. iglesias was, quote, shy about doing his job on madrid. madrid is patricia madrid, a democratic candidate for congress who reasons were hoping the u.s. attorney would target with an election eve voter fraud indictment. iglesias didn't do that to patricia madrid. the bush white house and republicans were apparently furious about that, and then david iglesias got fired. the federal prosecutor, laura dan ahee, continues to work on this case. she will decide ultimately whether criminal charges will be filed. >>> next up the off the kook and conspiracy theory that president obama was secretly not born in the united states and, therefore, is secretly not really president might be a more complicated off the kook end conspiracy theory than we originally thought. a

greta: more with karl rove. how about the recent numbers?it is interesting, the people who are independent and they looked sort of like democrats when it came to supporting obama overall, it looked like democrats when it came to supporting what they knew about the health care plan, they have moved dramatically in the opposite direction and they are looking more like republicans when they are posing a obama on this plan. for example, on the question of taxes, did you think your taxes would go up or down, the new poll, democrats say that they will go up. 95% of republicans and 75% of republicans said they would go up. -- a 75% of independents said they would go up. then there is some significant defections from democrats. for example "would your family be better off or worse off during the reforms?" 27% said they would be better off a 10% said they would be worse off. we have seen some defection amongst democrats. one out of 25 opposes the health care plan amongst the democrats. that has doubled in the last few weeks. greta: the health-care pl

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plus karl rove, tucker carlson and premier of our "sleen-in panel." americans are outraged by the health care bill. the daily presidential tracking poll has the approval rating at a negative eight with those who strongly disapprove of his performance outnumbing those who strongly approve. the president continues. he is living in his own radical bubble. today he had another one of those town hall events where there was wide public support for nanny-state health care and lots of love, praise and support for the annointed one, the president of the united states. and here are some scenes from the president's town hall from earlier today in montana. >> that is for all. [applause] >> thank you, montana. thank you. [applause] sean: nobody in the president's make-believe world rkts they don't like guns very much in montana, do they? >> i'm a proud n.r.a. member. [applause] >> i believe in our constitution and it's a very important thing. sean: i think four people clapped. did you hear the crickets chirping even though there are people in montana who believe i

plus karl rove, tucker carlson and premier of our "sleen-in panel." americans are outraged by the health care bill. the daily presidential tracking poll has the approval rating at a negative eight with those who strongly disapprove of his performance outnumbing those who strongly approve. the president continues. he is living in his own radical bubble. today he had another one of those town hall events where there was wide public support for nanny-state health care and lots of love, praise and support for the annointed one, the president of the united states. and here are some scenes from the president's town hall from earlier today in montana. >> that is for all. [applause] >> thank you, montana. thank you. [applause] sean: nobody in the president's make-believe world rkts they don't like guns very much in montana, do they? >> i'm a proud n.r.a. member. [applause] >> i believe in our constitution and it's a very important thing. sean: i think four people clapped. did you hear the crickets chirping even though there are people in montana who believe i

karl rove, senior advisor to george w. bush, fox news contributor. rl, a lot of people who watch this say, well, it's karl, rove, you know, of course karl rove, the evil emporer. he's going to say these things. let's not talk about politics at all. let's just talk about the constitution. do you agree that there is some sort of -- that the republic is being used as a host right now, and some other virus is going in and eating that host and at some point it will be what is remaining? >> well, i do think we face a very real danger of changing what our country is by putting in place policies that centralize power in government and centralize power in government in washington, and that's what i'm really worried about with these czars. these czars are a way to drive policy faster, stronger and more left and harder because of of having extra hidden muscle, if you will. glenn: everybody has had czars, but not czars like this. karl, for the life of me, i mean, look, i know the media is biased, yada, yada, yada, i get it, but this is a whole new world, and i fo

karl rove, senior advisor to george w. bush, fox news contributor. karl, a lot of people who watch this say, well, it's karl, rove, you know, of course karl rove, the evil emporer. he's going to say these things. let's not talk about politics at all. let's just talk about the constitution. do you agree that there is some sort of -- that the republic is being used as a host right now, and some other virus is going in and eating that host and at some point it will be what is remaining? >> well, i do think we face a very real danger of changing what our country is by putting in place policies that centralize power in government and centralize power in government in washington, and that's what i'm really worried about with these czars. these czars are a way to drive policy faster, stronger and more left and harder because of of having extra hidden muscle, if you will. glenn: everybody has had czars, but not czars like this. karl, for the life of me, i mean, look, i know the media is biased, yada, yada, yada, i get it, but this is a whole new world, and i

red rover red rover, a karl rove or come over.eople have been generally pretty nice is very cool speech and have people get mad at you or i don't want to say. now and letterman have been great. i went on letterman's show and the david letterman show if you don't know who that is, and here's a guy explaining things you don't have two, sometimes that's okay. just not too much. here's the deal lets get back on track. i've been lost for a while. i know that story. i went on letterman i went out of my super.he said are you -- is your zipper down? hee hee. but here's the ten top things you should do on letterman. >> mike: donald trump. >> the most luxurious human being in the history of the world. [ applause ] symantec documented bug. you can surprise top. he knows exactly what's coming. my surprise when radio show or so i thought and i started doing this genuine incredible human being, this is your conscience talking and even her conscience caused mr. top he said that must be frank. frank, how you doing. >> we talked about sports figur

karl rove has some thoughts. later dennis miller wants to ú bill: president clinton rescues two american journalists imprisoned in north korea. at about 9:00 eastern time this morning, laura ling and euna lee touched down on american soil in california. the ladies were sentenced to 12 years in prison by the north korean tyrant kim jong-il. they spent more than four months behind bars. as you know, president clinton went to north korea, met with the dictator and secured the release of the journalists. >> we were taken to a location and when we walked in through the doorgs, we -- in through the doors, we saw standing before us president bill clinton. [applause] we were shocked. but we knew instantly in our hearts that the nightmare of our lives was finally coming to an end. bill: joning us now from washington, fox news analyst karl rove. so happy ending, end justifies the means, i believe. what say you? >> well, it is a happy ending for the women and their families. and it looks like a happy ending for the united

is karl rove setting up a fall guy, do you think? hing along those lines because we are seeing mr. rove's attorney saying it was mr. jennings who initiated it. it's not the first time that thing would happen. a couple of years ago the senate judiciary committee held hearings about there and there were other aids that were fingered in all of this. so i think mr. rove is trying to deflect some of the blame here. >> and you mentioned mr. jennings. he's issuing a comment saying he has hired an attorney saying what rove is saying is false. which we don't hear too often, a former aid going back and saying you're wrong. >> we're seeing a lot of dissension from the bush administration coming out now. this always seems to happen. it's surprising in the bush white house which for so long seemed so unified and on message. and now we're getting a bigger picture of things. >> and an even bigger picture of word cheney. and word is he'll have a tell- all. he doesn't sound too happy in some of the excerpts and i wanted to get your thoughts because he

bill: joning us now from washington, fox news analyst karl rove.o happy ending, end justifies the means, i believe. what say you? >> well, it is a happy ending for the women and their families. and it looks like a happy ending for the united states, but it could over the long haul not be a good thing. we're going to have to live with the consequences of this. the question is next time there is something that north korea does bad, are they going to insist upon, what? the sitting president or the sitting vice president? what does this message say to others who grab a hold of americans? what's the next time? what's going to happen the next time this happens someplace else in the world? but look, today is the day that the families are -- have every reason to be happy that their loved ones are home, and it's turned out thus far pretty well. let's go look at what went on behind here. the back story that we don't know much about. this was apparently arrived at by negotiations between american diplomats at the united nations using what we call the new york

karl rove made headlines. this is the associated press. former white house political advisor karl rove was deeply involved in the firing of a u.s. attorney in mexico according to white house emails and transcripts of closed door testimony released today. and you say, what? >> anybody can go to rove.com and read the testimony and that's not what it says. bill: so the a.p. lied? >> a.p. has not read the document. document. they have got to go read the transcript of my interview. what i said was. this i passed on to the white house council's office to pass on to the justice department complaints about the performance of the u.s. attorney in new mexico that he failed to go after acorn in clear cases of vote fraud. he bungled a high profile corruption prosecution by interfering with the career prosecutors. and he was treating an indictment of people in a courthouse corruption case very politically by refusing to indict them when the case was ready but waiting for nine months, 12 months, 14 months until after an election. these were charges that

>> no, i had karl rove come up to me one time at an event and karl rove, like a similar event like whereet you and karl rove came up and he was, i want today meet him thought it'd be neat to meet some of you guys and he came-- i was going to go up to him and he came walking over to the car and tells me to roll down the window and he did this, what do you think i'm in a model t? so he's like, hi, frank, he knew who i was. i'm like what is this? the patriotic act? . i'm sitting here, hey, rove what's going on, man? red rover, red rover, let carl rover come over. >> mike: anybody gotten mad at you? >> i don't want to say, boo! >> you know, leno and letterman have both been great. letterman had me, i went on letterman's show and david letterman's show if you don't know who that is. here is a guy explaining things you don't have to. sometimes that's okay. just not too much. here is the deal let's get back on track. i've been lost for a while. i know that story. i went on letterman and went on with my zipper down, he said, is your zipper down, here is a top ten things you shouldn't do on lette

some newly released white house e-mails show that former bush adviser karl rove was deeply involved. nts show extensive communication between rove and former bush counsel harriet miers specifically about the ousting of david ig ig laceous. we know karl rove has already testified to congress once. he will testify again. what do we know about these documents and e-mails. how do they move the ball forward? >> they show he was more interested and more involved in discussions about this than we had first been led to believe. a lot of this involves some of his deputies, too. an e-mail from june 28th surfaced in which his deputy scott jennings wrote to another associate, quote, i would really like to move forward with getting rid of david, the u.s. attorney in new mexico. jennings said he heard that morning from members of congress who are really angry over iglasiglas iglasias' lack of action on voter fraud. white house counsel harriet meier wrote, quote, i believe the decision is to let his four years run out and then appoint someone else if this was the right case. what we don't have here,

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karl rove in deep do do tied to the firing of the u.s. attorneys. the harriet meyers attorney, rove described a serious problem and said he wanted something done about it. >> i was not in a position to find out whether or not they were accurate. that was up to the justice department but i had an obligation to pass those on. >> you know, just like typhoid. and irony immeasurable. michele bachman tries to portray amer corps as obama's personal, secret army. guess who just signed up for americorp? her son. all that and more on "countdown." >> that is so frightening. >>> good evening from new york. in yesterday's health care town hall president obama singled out specific republicans for praise, hailing their diligent work on health care, sensible proposals, extolling bipartisanship. two of those republicans have now responded snatching duplicity from the jaws of compromise and figuratively spitting in the president's face. you will recall that responding primarily to the sarah palin-betsy mccoy lie that he wants to create government death panels mr. oba

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karl rove says it's a forgery. answer that or we're done. >> i am telling you -- listen, you will be done. >> ann coulter says you're a crank. >> i don't care about ann coulter. what is important is obama has numerous social security numbers and one of them is a social security -- >> orly maybe we can get to your motivation with another question. let me try one other. is it true that while nbc offered you a car to take you to the studio there that you refused because it was a muslim-sounding name with the driver? >> no, it's not true. and let me go back to obama, which is very important. obama is completely illegitimate for u.s. president for two reasons. not only because he did not provide the place of his birth, but also because both parents have to be u.s. citizens. his father was never a u.s. citizen. he was in the united states on a student visa. >> okay. orly, you repeated yourself and you're starting to repeat yourself, and we can't let you go on if you're not -- >> you're repeating yourself. >> listen, with

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brian: we're back with karl rove. id signs show the recession is over that clearly the worst is over. do you disagree? >> i think economists are saying that the recession appears to be on the edge of being over. but we are going to have shaky resale sales and we are going to have employment persisting to next year. unemployment continue to go up. it's not going to feel like we're are in good economic times. and we aren't. it simply means we have stopped declining, plateauing. we may be able to start growing a little bit. i thought it was interesting. notice that the headline in the "wall street journal" this morning is about growth in europe in germany and france. remember, when president obama went to the g-8 and said you ought to try and pass a sim stimulus package like we did. told them to and both of them said forget it their economies are recovering faster than our economy is that's what a lot of economists are saying our stimulus package is retarding the day of growth not accelerating the day of growth. brian: sp