former counselor to president bush who was one of matt latimer's bosses say latimer's recollections don't is president bush has been nothing but gracious toward president obama and vice president biden. >> reporter: latimer says president bush wasn't impressed with the republican ticket either. after sarah palin was tapped, latimer writes bush said i'm trying to remember if i've ever met her before. i'm sure i must have. his eyes twinkled then asked what is she, the governor of guam? >> the notion that he didn't know who sarah palin was i can tell you flat out is just not the case. >> reporter: that sentiment echoed by former bush aide jason wrecker who was loaned out to the campaign. you would be hard-pressed to pick him out of a lineup. >> reporter: we tried to get reaction to that from matt latimer's representative. she didn't respond directly, pointed us to general praise of the book. we were told matt latimer would not do interviews until his book is released next week. back to you. >> brian, thanks so much. that brings us close to the top of the hour. wednesday, the 16th of septembe

but former speech writer matt latimer doesn't bash his former boss. his book goes in depth about the economic collapse and last year's campaign. among the insights, when bush was told his concept of the bank bailout plan wasn't quite right, he is quoted of saying, why did i sign on to this proposal if i don't understand what it does. of candidate brshg wrshg, he noted, this is a dangerous world. and this cat isn't remotely qualified to handle it. this guy has no clue, i promise you. and of sarah palin, bush reportedly said, this woman is being put into a position she is not remotely prepared for. let's wait and see how she looks five days out. and latimer reported he was shocked to see the president wearing crocs around the white house. >>> coming up, having a smarter baby may have a lot to do with what they eat. >>> and in sports, players ejected. even left battered and bruised of a bench-clearer at yankee stadium. of a bench-clearer at yankee stadium. the highlights j i'm semi retired and i'm here to tell a story. my parents all smoked. my grandpare

ed gillespie, former counsellor to president bush who was one of matt latimer's bosses, tells us latimer'skses don't ring true to him. >> it's possible he was in meetings with the president bush that i wasn't in, but it's unlikely, and i just don't recall that. the fact is president bush has been nothing but gracious towards president obama and vice president biden. >> reporter: latimer says president bush wasn't too impressed with the republican ticket either. after sarah palin was tapped as john mccain's running mate latimer writes bush said i'm trying to remember if i've ever met her before. i'm sure i must have. his eyes twinkled, then he asked, what is she, the governor of guam? >> the notion that he didn't -- you know, he didn't know who sarah palin was i can tell you flat out is just not the case. >> reporter: that sentiment echoed by former bush aide jason reccer who was loaned out to the palin campaign. he said latimer was not a significant figure at the white house. quote, you'd be hard pressed to pick him out of a lineup. we tried to get a response to that from matt latimer's re

former clinton aide james carville says of latimer, i think this tweeb r.weeb needs to be glove slapped. finally, an upcoming book about bill clinton reveals a tale about boris yeltsin. usa today reports that mr. clinton says yeltsin's late-night drinking during a visit to washington in 1995 nearly created an international incident. quote, the russian president was staying at the blair house, the government guest quarters late at night, clinton told author taylor branch secret services found yeltsin clad only in his underwear standing alone on pennsylvania avenue and trying to hail a cab. he wanted a pizza, he told them, his words slurring. the justice department is getting involved in the burgeoning scandal over the community group acorn following the airing of embarrassing undercover videos. eric shawn has the latest blow to the embattled organization. >> now the justice department's inspector general is investigating acorn's efforts to get and use grant money from the department. that, the latest probe of the trumpet organization in the wake of the under

do not get me wrong, i love the back story and the behind the scenes information, but take latimer, for you do that? why would you go work for someone and owe them a certain level of loyalty, and then turn around and sell them out? >> yeah. that is a question. and a lot of people -- the sort of universal response here, in washington, among bush evas, who is matt latimer, trying to do you think play his role, and this happened with scott mcclellan who was also a bushy who wrote a tell-all book. and i think there is something to be said about coming off a presidency that was not popular. and so you don't maybe feel that level of loyalty, and you want to distance yourself from it. that's what scott mcclellan did, and that may be what's happening here. fall, though, is big-time in the publishing industry, so i think a lot of these big, splashy books are just part of the publishing schedule. >> okay. so gq has come out with some experts. but we saw some more today in the "huffington post", jimmy carter if i'm ever 82 and acting like that, have someone put me away. on the other hand, he says

donald rumsfeld gets a pass because he says nice things about latimer and president bush did not if ownly they had known that when they dismissed him he was writing it all down. what i do know is i have seen this so many times. scott mclellan, unforgettable press secretary replaced by and forgettable tony snow, set to account every slight, and don regan has a dustup with ronald reagan's wife nancy who wants him up, and then don comes up with a zoo i zy on -- a doozy on nancy and that whole tarot card thing. if they had been treated better, they would have never betrayed confidences but they were slighted so they betrayed them. i know some folks no matter how nice you are to, they will bite, but if they bite you, did you give them a reason to? personnel experts say hell hath no fury like a worker scorned, but i thinkt'

host: will spend about 15 more minutes with our guest matt latimer.here is some criticism of your book about we read in "the wall street journal" -- this reporter writes a mainstream,. he writes that the man that i heard was not the star he thought he was. it says that of a good speechless" is the with atmosphere of and tends to a surge the authors importance. only mr. rumsfeld gets the full gush. guest: well, a heavily relybill. we got along very well. he asked me to step the white house after he left early. i was promoted. -- i have always really like bill. it is too bad. i say a lot of nice things about a lot of people and i would question whether secretary rumsfeld like everything in this book. there will be things he does not. i talked about the communications office at the pentagon. i talked about the others are really like. one of those and most admired was a senator i work for for many years ,john kyls. he is a conservative. many americans may not be comfortable with a conservative. he was honorable, not a media hound, someone who tried to do

. >> up next, former bush speechwriter matt latimer's candid look at his former boss.iums 4 times faster than wages. pay your ceo twenty four million dollars a year. deny payment for 1 out of every 5 treatments doctors prescribe. if the insurance companies win, you lose. tell congress to rewrite the story. we want good health care we can afford with the choice of a public health insurance option. introducing listerine® total care. everything you need to strengthen teeth, help prevent cavities, and kill germs. introducing 6 in 1 listerine® total care. the most complete mouthwash. now complete your oral care routine with the superior plaque removal of the new reach® total care toothbrush and new reach® total care floss. get the complete routine with reach® and listerine® total care. >>> welcome back. here joining us former speechwriter for president george w. bush, matt latimer who is offering stunning insights on his former boss and some others. in the new book, "speech-less: tales of a white house survivor," he writes this or has this to say on the former president's r

mas th latimer has one million times his iq and writing ability. and forman ve.ho has worked in washington it is completely true and completely hilarious, notd inou wasn't a full conservative and matt needles h a about that. he says great things about rumsfeld and cheney by the way. just for the whole, washington inewrience. >> the allegation is that you are nice to ri sfeld becetise you are helhileng h a write hs memoir. >> anybody who knohe donald 9iops moldes,nohe that nobrety writes his book but donald rumsfeld. i was aired to help h a put hs memoirs together. >> geraldo: i like this book, but what are you hearing about matt's critics. >> seems there isn't a lot of infighting among the cochee read the article by his former boss in the "wall str9/1t journal" claiming that he is exaggerating his atless. that is par for the coulette wn people don't like what they are hearing and i thith he is repon't ing things thawee fran, sort of make a lot of people lorite bome. >> can i say something about that? >> geraldo: please, your boo> >> i want to mmyse a little bit o

matt latimer is just out with his inside of the bush white house, "speechless, tales of the white houser." from what you learned about karl rove and time working at the white house, how important is it for him to feel like he's affecting the -- influencing public policy? >> well, karl rove was a very dominant voice at the white house and as my book talks about, he was involved in a lot of different things. and i think he has this role to play in the republican party, but my concern is what happened in the republican party, based on a mentality i saw in play at the white house, sort of pursuing a 51% mentality, just getting enough people together, scraping together to advance just to get a slender majority as opposed to advancing ideal and principles and trying to include more people, more conservatives. >> what do you see now concerned among many conservatives is this catering to the fringe far right-wings, the birthers and the folks who accuse the president of being a muslim and the like. did you see that during your time in the white house? >> the birthing movement? >> the catering to

he said that latimer was not a significant figure at the white house.on to that from matt lattimer's representative. she pointed us to some general praise of the book by various pundits and we're told that lattimer would not do interviews until his book is released next week. >> i'm heidi collins. "cnn newsroom" continues with tony harris. >> it's wednesday morning, the 16th day of september, top stories

. >>> latimer's book a lot of speculation about this book "speechless."ring of eight ed gillespie wanted to insert a few lines and bush called the speech too condemnatory and said the following. in the campaign leading up to the election, he did, of course, run on anti-gay marriage platform. >> hey, i tell you. he shouldn't -- >> considered very loyal. >> garbage. but it's nice to see you. you are a jewel. if that book is garbage, you are a jewel. >> thanks, dylan. >>> much more ahead. mike allen still with us. top commander in afghanistan telling the president he needs more forces in afghanistan or the mission will fail. but what is the mission? general montgomery meeks, what are we doing in afghanistan and is it protecting americans from terrorist attacks or are we gratifying our desire to feel like we're doing something lightly while leaving ourselves wide open? we'll have a conversation after this. eaving ourselves wide open? we'll have a conversation after this. imodium multi-symptom relief combines two powerful medicines for fast relief of your diar

german chancellor angela merkle, latimer putin, and the polish president, at 9:00 eastern and pacific. >> now, a u.s. chamber of commerce forum on the economic outlook and employment issues. it is about an hour and a half. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. i am the executive director of communications at the u.s. chamber of commerce. we are here today across from lafayette park at the white house for our annual labor day greeting. we have our chief economist with us today, who is going to do a forecast on the economy, and head of our labor policy division, the senior vice president of the chamber, randy johnson. he will talk about the work force issues facing the business community and employees. with that, welcome, and we will start off with dr. regalia. >> i am going to take a few minutes and talk about what we are seeing specifically in labor markets and then turn it over to randy. as with most economic presentations, there is always some good news and some bad news. the economy is growing again and we are coming out of this economic downturn, one that without hyperbole can be

host: mike mike garrett tweets -- "do your thing that latimer -- guest: i think it is misplaced great the russians dug holes for themselves. when this was first argued about, they said this is a threat to russia. it was never a threat to russia. there were going to be 10 interceptors, and the russians have 2000, 3000 nuclear-weapons. they knew that was happening, there were trying to intimidate central europeans. when the united states went forward with that, the russians just looked a little bit stupid. this does help the russians save a little face, but the objective is to get the russians to be cooperative on what the united states wants with regard to sanctions on iran. maybe it will work, maybe it will not. but i suspect the russians will be a little bit less ought to read them they were before, and that is an achievement. host: "nato secretary-general rasmussen has urged the western alliance to -- guest: this was pose under the bush administration and it makes sense. the real problem when you get to it that the allies can agree upon and the russians can agree upon is shorter ran

host: mike mike garrett tweets -- "do your thing that latimer -- guest: i think it is misplaced greathe russians dug holes for themselves. when this was first argued about, they said this is a threat to russia. it was never a threat to russia. there were going to be 10 interceptors, and the russians have 2000, 3000 nuclear-weapons. they knew that was happening, there were trying to intimidate central europeans. when the united states went forward with that, the russians just looked a little bit stupid. this does help the russians save a little face, but the objective is to get the russians to be cooperative on what the united states wants with regard to sanctions on iran. maybe it will work, maybe it will not. but i suspect the russians will be a little bit less ought to read them they were before, and that is an achievement. host: "nato secretary-general rasmussen has urged the western alliance to -- guest: this was pose under the bush administration and it makes sense. the real problem when you get to it that the allies can agree upon and the russians can agree upon is shorter range