>> we are like this. >> i could see you and katie couric. you have so much in common. >> she's actually very nice. >> do you know her? >> i do. >> you think she's nice? >> i do. >> how did you run into her? >> i was on the beach. >> on the beach? >> on the beach. >> it was like all of a sudden this music was piped in and everybody was moving in slow motion and it was like works derek in 10. and she was bo. >> i saw me as bo. >> you really were in the sun a long time. >> i didn't recognize her. >> you didn't recognize katie couric? >> i don't usually think of katie couric in a swim suit. you know. >> you didn't recognize her? >> no, i didn't. >> what did you say? get lost, lady? >> i said, hey, katy, how are you? we talked. but then she was actually staying in a house right next to us and she had this big new year's eve party. there were 50 people at her house. she knew i was staying right there. >> next to her. >> they only do this at the white house. i thought about crashing it. >> you should have. >> well, i thought about it. >> did she se

was kind of going for "gotcha" questions. >> schmidt: i don't think that katie couric asked a singleestion in that interview. >> cooper: over on the democratic side, halperin and heilemann report that, early in the campaign-- a full year before the election-- hillary clinton was so sure she'd win, she had already started preparing for her presidency. >> halperin: she had two top advisors start to plan her transition for after she won the general election, even before she was the nominee. that's how confident she was that things were headed in that direction. >> cooper: what clinton didn't realize, according to the authors, was that some of her fellow democratic senators whose support she thought she had actually preferred obama. >> halperin: the sort of mythology is that hillary clinton was the establishment candidate, that obama had to run kind of a guerilla campaign against her. in fact, obama was the establishment candidate. there were a number of united states senators, democratic leaders, who secretly and privately encouraged him to run behind the clintons' back. >> cooper: the

"the oprah winfrey show" where she was asked what would you ask in the book her interview with katie couric. >> i have a vast variety of sources where we get our news. alaska isn't a foreign country where it is kind of suggested it seems like how could you keep in touch with the rest of washington, d.c. may be thinking when you look up there in alaska. believe me alaska is like a microcosm of america. >> obviously you've read books and magazines. why didn't you just name some books and magazines? >> and obviously i have of course all my life. i'm a lover of books and magazines and newspapers. but asked that question even early on in the interview i was already so in light and was unprofessional of me to wear that an alliance on my sleeve. >> you couldn't think of any in the moment. >> it was more of are you kidding are you asking me? to me it was in the context of do you read? how to use the informed? it seemed like she was discovering this nomadic tribe, a tribe from some the end of all caved in alaska asking me how do you stay in touch with the real world. that's how i took the question s

. >> well, happy birthday to katie couric. it is katie couric's birthday today. and she left nbc for another network. i have to give her a call and see how that is working out. as you may have heard there is a rumor floating around we were canceled. i heard it coming in this morning on the radio. >> i heard it, too. >> kev, if we did get canceled that would give us time to do some traveling. i understand fox is beautiful. kev, what does nbc stand for? >> what's that? >> never believe your contract. >> leno's 10:00 p.m. show is not giving affiliates the boost they need and "the tonight show" ratings have fallen since he passed the baton to conan o'brien. now to jon stewart, "the daily show" picking up on the kritism when it comes to fighting terrorists president obama just doesn't get it. >> yesterday president obama responded to concerns that he was too slow to address the christmas terror plot. >> i just concluded a meeting with members of my national security team. >> no! you're playing right into their hands. >> jon stewart, everybody. and that is the "mashup.

and especially with the katie couric interview she started to lose that talent, being in the nationalram out with leftist journalist, and you end with a leftist journalist. and i can prove this, and anything this woman would say about sarah palin, is not credible at all. these are msnbc hang-outs and the first two guests were msnbc hang-outs. host: caller, i have to disagree. caller: well, i don't care what you have to do. "the new york times" present this gal, and how many books were o'reilly had and never reviewed. it's just a bunch of leftist garbage. host: so do you have a question for anne kornblut? caller: no, she's not qualified for a call. host: we have our next caller. caller: happy new year, i hate to follow that call. i want to give background and i am a strong supporter of secretary of state, hillary clinton. you can tell in my voice i am rather passionate. and i am also educated. and i am also middle class in my work experience and my wealth. and i am also very much a supporter of civil rights. i was in fact for years a corporate recruiter working in affirmative action re

. >> it's katie couric's birthday today. she left nbc for another network, i have to give her a call, see how that's working out. as you may have heard, there's a rumor floating around we were cancelled. i heard it this morning on the radio. kevin, you know, if we did get cancelled, it would give us time to do some traveling. >> that would be wonderful. >> i understand, fox is beautiful this time of year. >> it really is. >> what does nbc stand for? >> never believe your contract. but you know, hey, i want to tell you. >> leno's 10:00 p.m. show isn't giving network affiliates the boost they needed. and the tonight show stats have fallen since he passed the baton to conan o'brien. when it comes to fighting terrorists, president obama doesn't get it, john daly's punch line. >> yesterday president obama responded to concerns that he was too slow to address the christmas terror plot. >> no, you're playing right into their hands. >> jon stewart, everybody. and that is the mash-up. still ahead tonight, president obama ordering new

we're back just in a minute to talk more about in book, more about sarah palin and the katie couric interviewart during the campaign. that's straight ahead. my mother made the best toffee in the world. it's delicious. so now we've turned her toffee into a business. my goal was to take an idea and make it happen. i'm janet long and i formed my toffee company through legalzoom. i never really thought i would make money doing what i love. [ robert ] we created legalzoom to help people start their business and launch their dreams. go to legalzoom.com today and make your business dream a reality. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. >>> we'll check in with anderson cooper. hey, anderson. >> thanks so much. we're talking about senator reida comments from "game change." he have the authors of that book. we'll get into the remarks that reid make but dig deeper into a behind of scenes version what happened between then senator barack obama and nor hillary clinton during the historic campaign, including why hillary clinton was convinced she would win the nomination and began planning her trans

we're back in a minute to talk more about this book, more about sarah palin and the katie couric interviewhat made hillary clinton fall apart during the campaign. that's straight ahead. sir? finding everything okay? i work for a different insurance company. my auto policy's just getting a little too expensive. with progressive, you get the "name your price" option, so we build a policy to fit your budget. wow! the price gun. ♪ ah! wish we had this. we'd just tell people what to pay. yeah, we're the only ones that do. i love your insurance! bill? tom? hey! it's an office party! the freedom to name your price. only from progressive. call or click today. >>> want to take a moment to check in with anderson cooper, see what's happening on "a.c. 360" tonight. >> thanks so much you're talking about it tonight. so are we. senator reid's comments from the book "game change." at the top of the hour on 360, we have the authors of that book. not only will we get into the remarks reid made but dig deeper into a behind the scenes version of what really happened between then senator barack obama and sena

and especially with the katie couric interview she started to lose that talent, being in the nationalridiculed by criticism and even by tina fey that these would damage her. host: we have bob joining us. caller: good morning, you start the program out with leftist journalist, and you end with a leftist journalist. and i can prove this, and anything this woman would say about sarah palin, is not credible at all. these are msnbc hang-outs and the first two guests were msnbc hang-outs. host: caller, i have to disagree. caller: well, i don't care what you have to do. "the new york times" present this gal, and how many books were o'reilly had and never reviewed. it's just a bunch of leftist garbage. host: so do you have a question for anne kornblut? caller: no, she's not qualified for a call. host: we have our next caller. caller: happy new year, i hate to follow that call. i want to give background and i am a strong supporter of secretary of state, hillary clinton. you can tell in my voice i am rather passionate. and i am also educated. and i am also middle class in my work experience and

thanks to our friends and colleagues at the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> returning by torchichael jackson will live in our hearts for always. >> are you prepared to take the oath, senator? >> i am. >> i barack hussein obama do solemnly swear that i will execute... president of the united states faithfully. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> it is is is required of us now is a new era of responsibility. >> senators ted kennedy who was diagnosed with brain cancer last may 21 apparently had some kind of seizure. >> right now a part of me is with him. >> i ask you to join with me. together we can build the future of massachusetts. >> we are excluded from having an opportunity to debate this because of the power of the insurance industry. >> as long as i have a voice in the united states senate, it's going to be for that.... >> the cause endures. the hope still lives. and the dream lives on. ( applause ) >> the cost of a complete collapse of our financial system would be incalculable. >> let me be clear. the united states government has no interest in running g.m.. >> we can't

journalists, you know, i work for cbs news, the network of walter cronkite, dan rather, katie couric, at bradley, morley favor, lesley stahl, the list goes on. steve kroft. wasn't early journalist and every journalist worth his salt on my network when the nation calls, you answer. we have a think about 60,000 of our sons and daughters in afghanistan. and the american people deserve to know what our sons and daughters are doing in our name. and so that's my job. that's what i find that to do. that's what i'm here to do. in writing this book, i have two basic guests. i have a lot of things in all of us have a why are you here. i believe because i love to tell stories and encourage people. in the book i do to encourage people and as a journalist i get to tell the stories of young people. that's why i go. and although i will read you one thing from the book about what sustains me when i go. next question? executive producer says i should go to the next question. thank you, ma'am for the question. >> i don't have a question that i would like to make a comment. i'm alice dunston and i've be

i've done some interviews by liberals who are overtly hostile from katie couric that joy behar the otherne. >> host: >> guest: i like that about her. >> host: is there any question from all these liberals that you wished they had asked you quiet >> guest: there are a few that i've been surprised they haven't asked me. one person asked in adobe does a liberal, maybe it was on a radio station. but it seems like such an obvious question on chapter two that got the most attention on single mothers. it seems like such an obvious question you think i would get it every place. what barack obama? and the answer is he was basically the equivalent of b. and i think everyone knows what they're not chapter. but quickly it is that single motherhood or single mothers are held up as the personification of selfless virtue. and how will this policy in that policy when they are the biggest victimizers of their own children and then their children victimized their society when they become criminals in going well for her. but i've talked a lot about that and one of the interesting things i've found in resea

>>host:i have watched so many interviews of you by liberals that there overtly hostile from katie couricjoey bakhtar the other day. >> guest: i like that one. that was fun. >> host: it was fun. >> guest: she is the fun del. she did not buy into the political correctness so i like her. >> host: is there any question from all of these liberals that he was the one that fast? >> guest: there are a few that i am surprised they haven't asked me and one person ask me, i don't think it was a liberal on a radio station but seemed like such an obvious question on chapter 2 that got so much attention on single mothers. it seems like such an obvious question, what about barack obama? the answer is he was basically the equivalent of being, oh and i think everyone knows what is in that chapter but quickly it is single motherhood, single mothers are held up of the personification of selfless virtue and how this policy or that's dfx policy when there that biggest victims of all. there is a lot of data and that chapter but i have talked about that and one of the interesting things i found in research in