megan mccain has already shown she's a lot of fun and has a book out that's really interesting insidehter of a presidential candidate. all of the pressure that she's been under as a result of that. and we'll just i think have an ceasy conversation about that. >> you've been around for a long time, both in the knee at trickal side of the west wing and diagnosing what goes on dramatically here in washington and also as the chief of staff of the senate finance committee for pat moynahan. i was with a democratic senator and republican senator, both receipt van veterans last night. any could not even agree, both exhausted by this experience that the leadership on the hill couldn't agree on the house side and nancy pelosi had a cast of unusual vote, just to get 209 to 210 aadjourn. . the democrats are divided. have you ever seen gridlock like this. >> not exactly like this. it has gotten worse. we have seen how the number of cloe tour motions has increased dramatically but it's taxes andrea. taxes, taxes, taxes. it's like in real estate, they always say, location, location, location. in pol

>> i don't keep tabs on megan mccain. i don't follow what she is doing.ll i know is she is trying to sell books now if she thinks attacking my family is going to sell her more books, i 's what she is going to do. >> greta: is it fun to be in the public eye? i guess probably not. >> there's pros and cons to it, definitely. i've gotten to do awesome things, travel and tripp has been with me the whole time. definitely cons to it as well. >> greta: tell me the good parts. we tend to in the media seeing the raw side putting the spotlight on a person's life is the good part? >> i have a huge platform to talk about my message with the pro-life and abstinence education. i'm blessed to be able to speak about it and my experience and teach others. >> greta: how about when people say things about your family? i now often times that is tough. take it yourself but it is harder to hear it said about somebody you love. >> yeah, that's very difficult for me. i don't think i will ever accept that when people spread lies about my mom or say mean things about my siblings or

megan mccain plays hookey from her book tour is is caught by her own tweet.roblem was to go ahead and wear hats. i was always the hat guy. i can't even tell you how much it's changed my life. [ male announcer ] only rogaine is proven to regrow hair in 85% of guys. no more hats. [ male announcer ] stop losing. start gaining. >>> here's some things we thought you should know. bristol palin has launch ad facebook fan page. she's using the page to promote her appearance on "dancing with the stars." as of this morning, nearly 1,500 fans had joined the page. >>> onto another political daughter. megan mccain plays hookey from her book tour is is caught because of a tweet. she scheduled an appearance at a college citing unforeseen professional responsibilities. then she tweeted she was on her way to vegas to hang out with friends. and gop chairman michael steele says he's fed up with back biting and nitpicking within the republican party after heated primaries this year. steele made the comments as he tried to rally a group of activists during a stop in arkansas repu

. >>> well, megan mccain, the daughter of john mccain, is now talking about sarah palin bringing "drama, stress, complications, panic and loads of uncertainty to that 2008 presidential campaign." however, ms. mccain said she doesn't believe sarah palin is to blame for her father's defeat. >>> a conservative legal group is trying to force governor schwarzenegger and attorney general jerry brown to defend the state's gay marriage ban in court. a judge overturned proposition 8 last month. it sponsors an appeal. but there's concern they don't have the authority to challenge. an emergency order would require the governor and attorney general to support the appeal something they've refused to do. >>> we're now hearing the dramatic cockpit tapes from the quantas flight that made an emergency landing at sfo early yesterday morning. the pilot radioed in after one of the jet's engines exploded over the pacific. >> engine number 4 has failed. [ inaudible. [ . >> the wet was only about 45 minutes into its flight from san francisco to sydney, australia. the frightening blast ripped a hole in the eng

thursday, megan mccain and morks mayor michael b back in our spotlight. since the publication of bob woodward's book "obama's wars." in bob woodward's new book, "obama's wars," you argued against the troop increase the president went with, argued for a different strategy than what the president settled on. what would the situation look like today if we had gone with the obama strategy -- the biden strategy. >> look, barack obama is president of the united states. i told him i would give him my unvarnished opinion and back it up with the facts as i saw them. the president had the most thorough going review. american people should read bob woodward's book. at the end of the book you'll see a president who is a leader, approached problems in an analytical way and made sound decisions everyone signed onto including joe biden. and the strategy the president put in place i think is the best strategy that we have in play -- we have it in place now. we should pursue it. lawrence, it's only this august, the end of august, that all the troops have been in place and

you're going to give me megan mccain, because she's on my show tonight. after this show. >> we're going to do that right new. >> we'll read donny interview later. if it's like all the over donny e-mails, it says he sucks. if it's way too early, what time is it? >> "morning joe." but right now it's time for "the daily rundown" with chuck and savann savannah. >> rahm emanuel's last full day as white house chief of staff. it's getting down to the wire. friday's coming soon. >>> and water, water, everywhere. if you're anywhere on the east coast, chances are you have wet socks right now. and on alert. why terror officials worldwide are sounding the alarm. we'll bring you the latest on the terror lets all over western europe. it's september 30th, the last day of september, savannah, 2010. >> you know what comes after that? >> apparently october. >> is that how it works? if you haven't figured it out. i'm chuck todd. she's savannah guthrie. >>> let's get to the rundown. white house chief of staff rahm emanuel expected to step down as soon as tomorrow. and widely

thursday, megan mccain and morks mayor michael bloomberg. >> so, ah, your seat good? got the mirrors all adjusted? you can see everything ok? just stay off the freeways, all right? i don't want you going out on those yet. and leave your phone in your purse, i don't want you texting. >> daddy... ok! ok, here you go. be careful. >> thanks dad. >> and call me--but not while you're driving. we knew this day was coming. that's why we bought a subaru. i love my grandma. i love you grandma. grandma just makes me happy. ♪ to know, know, know you grandma is the bestest. the total package. grandpa's cooooooooool. way cool. ♪ grandpa spoils me rotten. ♪ to know, know, know you ♪ is to love... some people call us frick and frack. we do finger painting. this is how grandpa and i roll. ♪ and i do [ pins fall ] grandma's my best friend. my best friend ever. my best friend ever. ♪ [ laughing ] [ boy laughs ] ♪ to know, know, know you after this we're gonna get ice cream. can we go get some ice cream? yeah. ♪ and i do ♪ and i do ♪ and i do ♪ and i do bull market or bear, traders are a

it is the title of megan mccain's new book, jahmeshia's daughter.hether the tea party is pushing out moderates in the republican party and whether she would vote for sarah palin. >>> okay. we mentioned this a second ago. still rocking with rush after all these years. i went one on three with the canadian music legends and had a shot at a rock n roll fantasy. ♪ on stage and backstage with rush. just ahead. kiran? >> we look forward to that. thanks. >>> up first, though, extreme weather. rnado watches, downpours, winds up and down the east coast this morning causing problems in many cities. carolinas getting the worst of it so far. a foot and a half of rain already and more on the way today. there are flood watches and warnings from the carolinas all the way up to new hampshire today. the radar is lit up all the way up the east coast, john. >> sorry about that. little frog in my throat this morning. rob marciano in the extreme weather center. if the cough is a worst of the worries, we have it okay but it looks terrible out there. >> people call it a f

. >> i've got megan mccain tonight. what questions for megan mccain. >> we'll work on that.i do. >> i talk to democratic women more. i recently sat down with the former governor of florida, jeb bush. in our wide-ranging interview, we talked about charlie crist, the future of the republican party, and his own presidential aspirations. >> i can't tell you how many republicans i hear, wherever i go across the country, talking about how they want you to run, they need you to run. they believe not only that the republican party's future depends on it, but america's future depends on it. how do you say no to that? >> well, i have enough humility to know that that's not the case. that already going to be good candidates. look, i'm troubled about the future of our country. i think we're stuck when we need to be explosively moving forward to transform how to do things. and i'm going to be involved, but i'm not going to be involved as a candidate in 2012. >> how frustrating is that for you on the sidelines to see america losing its competitive edge? we're still number one, but china's