mr. giuliani despises the terror killers who murdered all those innocent people. so, if you are not aggressively fighting those savages, rudy giuliani does not approve of you. therefore his opinion of president obama is negative. on the president's side, he is not deeply emotional about fighting terrorism. we all know that. we saw that demonstration demonstrated. hours after condemning the beheading the journalist james folly, the president took to the golf course. that was a mistake and rudy giuliani certainly noticed it. president obama is a man who lives in his head. as i said he is larkly unemotional. rudy giuliani is the opposite. he takes wrongdoing very personally. so you can see that these two men have a jury was stickily talking points believes president obama does love his country. it has certainly been kind to him. i have had conversations with the president about helping wounded vets and american history. and i don't doubt his patriotism. but if barack obama were here today on this set, i would tell him that he needs to stop equivocating about terrorism

mr. giuliani shouts mr. president, wake up. come off the golf course. building him, frankly. it increases his bookings on television. we're writing about him. we keep his name in the news. there's a class of people in either party who live off the fact that we're talking about them. whether it's donald trump, the former mayor of new york whether it's -- all sorts of other people. their livelihood depends on the relevancy on seeing their name in the news. that's a big part of it. it's on us to decide whether or not it's worth talking about. and frankly i know having talked to a lot of republicans they say these people who get quoted who say these outlandish things we have got to stop giving them airtime. we have to disregard them. we have to push them to the side and get back to talking about serious issues. this might be the cycle alex where we start to see the leaders of the party say shut up and get out of the way. >> quickly i want to switch to senator marco rubio. he was heckled by critics on his stance of immigration reform. what happened? >> well y

mr. giuliani's remarks. >> i love america. that's the only person i can comment on and i think america is a great and exceptional country and i think the president is perfectly capable of answering that for himself. >> that's scott walker repeating the answer at manhattan's 21 club where former mayor giuliani said this about president obama. i do not believe and i know this is a horrible thing to say that the president loves america. mr. giuliani said he doesn't love you and he doesn't love me. he wasn't brought up the way you were brought up and i was brought up through love of this country. on fox and friends, he said this. >> i'm not questioning his patriotism. he's a patriot, i'm sure. i'm saying that in his rhetoric i rarely hear him say the things i used to hear ronald reagan say, bill clinton say, about how much he loves america. i hear him criticize much more than other american presidents and when it's not in the context of overwhelming statements about the exceptionalism of america, sounds like he's more of a critic

mr. giuliani test drove this line of attack during his fleeting 2007 run for the presidency.ee with him on one thing, it was a horrible thing to say." here now to respond, former new york city mayor and former republican presidential candidate rudy giuliani. mr. mayor do you want to apologize for your comments? >> not at all. i want to repeat it. the reality is from all that i can see of this president all that i've heard of him, he apologizes for america, he criticizes america. he talks about the crusades and how the christians were barbarians, leaves out the second half of the sentence that the muslims were barbarians also. he sees christians slaughtered and doesn't stand up and hold a press conference although we hold a press conference for the situation in ferguson. he sees jews being killed for anti-semitic reasons. doesn't stand up and hold a press conference. this is an american president i've never seen before. >> but to say that he doesn't love america, i mean that he could view foreign policy as a democrat might view it and through a different lens than you or a rep

mr. giuliani test drove this line of attack during his fleeting 2007 run for the presidency.th him on one thing, it was a horrible thing to say." here now to respond, former new york city mayor and former republican presidential candidate rudy giuliani. mr. mayor do you want to apologize for your comments? >> not at all. i want to repeat it. the reality is from all that i can see of this president all that i've heard of him, he apologizes for america, he criticizes america. he talks about the crusades and how the christians were barbarians, leaves out the second half of the sentence that the muslims were barbarians also. he sees christians slaughtered and doesn't stand up and hold a press conference although we hold a press conference for the situation in ferguson. he sees jews being killed for anti-semitic reasons. doesn't stand up and hold a press conference. this is an american president i've never seen before. >> but to say that he doesn't love america, i mean that he could view foreign policy as a democrat might view it and through a different lens than you or a republic

mr. giuliani's comments. i don't take joy or vindication or satisfaction from that. the only thing i feel is i feel sorry for rudy giuliani. >> you think rudy giuliani has lost it? >> i don't know. >> those kind of hard hitting questions. inappropriate response? >> i don't know. what are you going to do. this is a team sport. what is terrible about this story in a way is when you think about these two people how they can work together president obama and rudy giuliani are like a cop team in which one is the nice wimpy cop and the other gets crapped on. it is like l.a. confidential. you put obama out there to appease your adversaries and then giuliani in the back waging war. >> i wish it was possible instead of the games we got something done on immigration on health care. i can go on. >> the media is really in the tank here to act like all outrage and then carry water for this guy. i remember when sarah palin was accused of having something to do with the shooting death of gabby giffords. we had so many insulting things said by the left. biden republicans want to put

mr. giuliani four pinocchios for inaccuracy. inaccuracy. >>> another u.s.story. seven former colleagues who were with fox news anchor bill o'reilly during a riot in argentina doubt his depiction in buenos aires as a war zone. they also challenge his description of a cbs cameraman being injured in the chaos. former cbs correspondent eric enberg was there and spoke about it. >> is she lying when he -- he he lying when he describes the combat situation? >> i think he's trying to build it up into a more frightening and deadly situation than it was. it wasn't a combat situation loi by any sense of the word that i know. there were no people killed. he said that he saw troops fire into the crowd. i never saw that. and i don't know anybody who did. i was there on the scene. the one thing i am going argue about, the thing that's got my talking about this is in one of those types -- you haven't played it -- >> actually i think i know which you'll refer to. let me play the sound bites and see if that's what you're referring to. this is from the hamptons in 2009 -- >>

mr. giuliani.disgusting. >> richard it's good to talk to you. >> thank you, tony. >> richard thank you. >>> a key face of the obama administration is changing jobs. state department spokesperson jen sake is moving to the white house. she served as a traveling spokesperson for the president's 2008, and 2012 campaign and was his deputy communications director. there are also be a change in the pentagon briefing room. the top spokesman is stepping down, and will be replaced by a civilian as jamie macintyre tells us now, it is a decision with political implications. [ applause ] >> reporter: the new defense secretary, ash carter was introduced to the pentagon work force in an all hands meeting as a man of action. and just 24 hours into the job, he reacted to remove john kirby. kirby isn't the first high ranking officer to hold the job, but he acknowledged there has always been an internal debate about having a military officer defend policy. >> one of the questions that i think he wants to rhetorically

mr. giuliani to speak for himself again because he did call in last night to a program -- and this is comingefore press secretary josh earnest expressed pity for him. and this is bloomberg tv with a sort of an apology for former mayor rudy giuliani. >> i should say that the president does or does not love anything or anyone i don't know. i'm not a psychiatrist and he doesn't have one and he doesn't need one. >> joan? [ laughter ] >> look, let me turn it over to my friend wayne barrett in the daily news writing today -- i'm going there, writing about what rudy giuliani knows about love and his three wives and love of money and fame. and i think jonathan is being too kind calling him color blind. i don't think the tension with black community were a byproduct of his governing strategy they were his goal. and he is standing up to a community, what does it mean when you stand up to a community with a disadvantage makes you a tough guy. they are riding against a backlash against things that went wrong in the '70s and he took that and made it his calling card and he is dining out on it. >> and he

mr. giuliani is a smart man and he understands political posturing, he understands the effectiveness of rhetoric and so who knows what his motives are, but it is clear to me that his comments add to an already hostile environment, and i think it exacerbates existing fears and hostilities that are evident in this environment. >> there are people who say he's not running for president, he can say whatever he wants to say and it's not harmful. do you disagree agree with that? >> well, i think his comments are harmful and hurtful. they don't add value to what we're talking about. mayor giuliani was at the helm of the mayoral seat during 9/11 and i think that he -- he of all people should know that adding fuel to the fire in an environment where our government relies heavily on muslims who work for our intelligence agencies muslims who work in law enforcement communities to help with information and push back on crime. he knows that because he has worked with these communities outside of some of the comments and outside of some of his political strategy throughout the years. he knows better. >> so ma

mr. giuliani's taunt of your mama don't love america gives us an excuse to learn more about the woman whohe is taught him about the nation. she was in the words of her biographer, a singular woman. joining me is the author janny scott. so nice to have you back to talk about his mother. you write about her as an anthropologist, did community organizing on behalf of the poor around the world. did she contribute to a jaundice eye for her son looking back on america? >> i would not say that. it's very hard to know how any parent influences their child. you can talk about the parent and the child but to make the link is difficult. but ann dunham lived half of her adult life abroad in ind near, but she never denounced her citizenship. i think in many ways her experience abroad led her to an appreciation of what was in the united states. she had a very american childhood. her parents were from kansas she moved around the country and ended up in hawaii. from there became an anthropologist anthropologist, not a conscious decision to depart from the united states and lee it behind. i would be very

anything but the unique willingness to crassly exploit it here is how far out in the deep end giuliani was on this. >> mrou want to apologize for your comment. you can understand the differences but you condemn his patriotism to question his love of america? he was raised in part by his grandparents, hi grandfather served in world war ii. >> jon: big deal you know who else served in world war -- hitler. he didn't love america. (laughter) i'm sorry. mayor giuliani he must have made a mistake. he must have thought that he went to visit the old 9:00 p.m. fox time slot. you were looking for safe haven for your deranged right wing views you have to go on the show that is now after megan. >> if you really love somebody, let's just say somebody do you fundamentally want to transform them? >> jon: thank you sean (laughter) >> yes, the old bama fundamentally transform america comment as republicans have taken out of context since 2008. i see what is going on here. the real problem with obama is that he loved america in spite of his flaws not by ignoring them. but isn't that a more honest kind of love. i mean mr.

mr. giuliani test drove this in his fleeting 2007 run for the presidency and some republicans considering a run for the presidency piled on. bobby jindal said the president has shown himself to be unable to speak the truth about the nature of the prisz from the isis terrorists and scott walker refused to disagree. >> the mayor can speak for himself. i'm not going to comment on the president. he can speak for himself. i love america. >> with the interview with the "new york times," giuliani rejects suggestions that his criticism is racist. saying that the president was brought up boy a white mother and grandfather and went to white schools and learned most of it from white people, adding this is not racism it's socialism or anti-colonialism. the white house does not want to add fuel to the fire but they add plenty of speeches where he praised america and criticized terrorists. >> chuck todd good morning. let's get to the substance of the issue aside from the back and forth we heard about. this goes to the president's somewhat controversial stance not to use the word islamic terrorism or is

here to respond the man himself america's mayor rudy giuliani. mr. mayor, you seem not at all fazed. you were laughing during the montage. >> i'm only laughing because i had forkten how far he went in criticizing america. first of all let me make it clear as i did from the very beginning i'm not questioning his patriotism. as he did with president bush. i believe you can be a critic and a patriot at the same time. we've had many of those. my situation is one of personal disappointment. that president obama who had a great story to tell about a young man with a lot of issues like all of us has had but in some cases his were worse, made it in america. that's the rhetoric around which ronald reagan and bill clinton, the man from hope and the guy the cowboy riding from, you know, out on the clouds. that's the way in which they made us feel like we're part of a great country, we're part of a country with an unlimited boundless future. particularly reagan. clinton didn't quite have that talent. and they knew how to lift our spirits. and then after having g

mr. giuliani test drove this during his fleeting 2007 run for the presidency. some republicans considering a run for the presidency in 2016 piled on. louisiana governor bobby jindal said the president has shown himself completely unable to speak the truth about the nature of the threat from these isis terrorist terrorists. and wisconsin's governor refused to disagree. >> the mayor can speak for himself. i'm not going to comment. he can speak for himself. i love america. >> and there is more. in an interview with new york times giuliani rejects suggestions that his criticism of the president is racist. saying that the president was brought up, his words, by a white mother and grandfather and went to white schools and learned most of this from white people adding this isn't racism, it's socialism or anti-colonialism. the white house does not want to add fuel to this fire. others point out plenty of speeches where the president has praised america and criticized islamic terrorists. >> andrea mitchell in washington, thank you. let's turn to chuck todd. good morning

now into this controversy jumps former new york city mayor rudy giuliani who insisted again and again this week that he believes mr. obama doesn't love his country. should giuliani's opinion even matter though. is it relevant or constructive? those questions weren't dealt with. instead we got the media feeding frenzy who was wholly unsatisfactory and likely met with more than a few eye rolls. >> breaking tonight. new outrage and backlash. >> is rudy giuliani adding insult to injury? >> i can't believe it came out of his mouth. >> it's cable catnip and front page catnip too. exhibit a of what happens when a former official desperate to stay relevant is given a megaphone. television turns up the volume and politicians, afraid of their own base refuse to take it away. >> rudy giuliani. >> this week's race to the bottom led by former new york city mayor rudy giuliani is proving why americans are learning to hate politics and the media. on wednesday, giuliani told a group of donors at a fundraiser for scott walker i do not believe and i know this is a horrible thing to say, but i do not believe that the president loves

mr. president, wake up. >> rudy giuliani rips into president obama, now presidential candidates are asked to weigh in. we have a full report tonight on "hannity". >> there was no doubt the appearances are awkward at best. >> also the left, turning against hillary clinton regarding accepting money from donors. >> we know we have more work to do. >> john legend using his oscar win to make comments about america. >>> and jessica tarlove recap. and liberal academy awards. >>> plus the somali terror group with links to al qaeda, with a chilling warning we have to pay attention to. >> i'm not telling people not to go to the mall. i think there needs to be an awareness. hannity starts right now. and welcome to hannity, the controversy swirling around former new york mayor rudy giuliani, and the comments he made about president obama's love of the country. now, the comments were op-ed, saying my intended focus was really the effect that his words and actions have on the morale of the country and how that effect may damage the country. joining us is our chief white house correspondent ed henry. th

giuliani said, please, mr. president, come back to earth. is out in space somewhere, right?>> what would you have done in terms after compromise? we see it coming down the pike, whenever you make money and security on opposite ends of table, who doesn't want to say you don't want to protect the country any point, specifically at this point? >> i think mcconnell made the smartest move if this was chess he get as credit for my book. having clean bill. bringing it to the floor and making democrats vote on that. >> yes. >> then republicans need to talk about executive orders, playing out in the court. it is best chance for defeats obamacare and unraveling a lot of these bills. >> before we go on what do you say to those conservatives in the gop they believe what they're doing? trying to keep immigration executive action from happening. what do you say to them? >> when i see peter king lindsey graham, john mccain ringing his tear yaw bell, i grab a soon witch get back. i don't tend to get hysterical when they get hysterical. when there is caccophony of more well-balanced voices i

mr. president wake up! >> rudy giuliani rips into president obama now presidential candidates are asked to weigh-in. we've got a full report tonight on "hannity." >> i think there's no doubt that the appearances are awkward at best. >> also is the left turning on hillary over the clinton foundation accepting money from foreign donors? >> powerful interests have tried to capture washington and rig the system. >> john legend using his oscar win to make a comment about race relations in america. we have andrea tantaros and jessica talk about the most talked about moments. and a somali terror group with links to al qaeda issues a chilling warning we've got to pay attention to. >> i'm not telling people to not go to the mall. i think there needs to be an awareness. >> "hannity" starts right here right now. >>> welcome to" hannity." the controversy surrounding former mayor rudy giuliani tonight surrounding comments he made involving president obama's love of his country. entitled my bluntness overshadowed my message. he wrote "my

former new york city mayor who said he didn't believe president obama loved america, rudy giuliani is doubling down. >> mr. mayor, do you want to apologize for your comments? >> not at all. i want to repeat. the reality is from all that i can see of this president, all that i have heard of him, he apologizes for america, he criticizes america. i don't hear from him what i heard from harry truman what i heard from bill clinton, what i heard from jimmy carter which is these wonderful words about what a great country we are. >> a lot of liberals don't believe in american exceptionalism but that doesn't mean they don't love america. >> i don't feel this love for america. >> giuliani told "the new york times" that some people told me they thought it was racisteistracist. i don't get it. this isn't racist. this is socialism or possibly anti-colonialism. rudy giuliani wasn't invited to the event where he started this firestorm. he was not scheduled to speak at the event or was invited to attend it. >> the mayor can speak for himself. i'm not going to comment on what the president thinks or not. >> did you agree

mr. president wake up! >> rudy giuliania now presidential candidates are asked to weigh-in. we've got a full report tonight on "hannity." >> i think there's no doubt that the appearances are awkward at best. >> also is the left turning on hillary over the clinton foundation accepting money from foreign donors? >> powerful interests have tried to capture washington and rig the system. >> john legend

. >> reporter: democrats also blasted religion giuliani's criticism of mr. obama's upbringing.mes" yesterday, he said criticism isn't racist because mr. obama was brought up bay white mother. >>> gabrielle giffords has paid a visit to a houston rehab hospital where she recovered from being gravely wounded. it included a singing performance. ♪ or maybe real nearby ♪ she maybe pouring you coffee ♪ >> her recovery just amazing. giffords belted out a bit of the song "maybe" with her music therapist. she greeted the doctors, nurses and technicians who helped her recover four years ago. >> her progress is so remarkable. >> astounding. >> and to hear her singing like that when a couple of years ago getting a word was difficult. she has better singing abilities than me. >> sure does. it is testament to the wonderful people who worked with her in the hospital and did a fantastic job. >> and her will power. >> absolutely. most stories we do involving kids and pets are so adorable. this one is well maybe not so much. it is about an 8-year-old and her pet cockroaches. >> shelby of tulsa ke

and the pressure is building after giuliani stood by his insult. >> mr.e for your comment? >> not at all. i want to repeat it. the reality is from all i've seen of the president, all i've heard of him, he apologizing for

and the pressure is building after giuliani stood by his insult. >> mr. mayor, do you want to apologize for your comment? >> not at all. i want to repeat it. the reality is from all i've seen of the president, all i've heard of him, he apologizing for america, he criticizes america. he talks about the crews ides and how the christians were barbarian barbarians. i don't feel this love of america. the president and his comments has not displayed the kind of love of america, the kind of love of america and exceptionalism that other american presidents have displayed. i'm right about this. i have no doubt about it. i do not withdraw my words. >> there is no way to spin it. these are hateful slurs from a fading republican desperate for relevance. it should be easy for fellow republicans to reject this. and this morning msnbc's joe scar borough warned 2016 gop hopefuls, they can't let it hang over their party. >> are we really going to go through another cycle where republican candidates are too stupid to get out of the way of the stupidest people in their part

mr. obama's patriotism. democrats are calling on potential republican presidential candidates to denounce giuliani's comments. >>> doctors know how patients at a southern california hospital were infected by a potentially deadly superbug. seven people were infected after undergoing endoscopy procedures. at lauk medical center. role in two deaths. hospital officials are apologizing for the outbreak and promising it's not a public health threat. >> we're very sorry about the anxiety and concern that the situation has posed for our patients as well as our community. >> nearly 200 people were exposed to the superbug, which is antibiotic resistant. the hospital has adopted more stringent sterilization techniques for its medical devices. >>> amidst all this cold, some good news from frigid chicago. the dogs that were inside a minivan that was stolen are safe this morning. they were reunited with their very relieved owners yesterday. the minivan they were in belonged to their doggie day care. it was left running and was unlocked when two men stole it on wednesday. owners feared for the dogs' health because of the a

mr. ernest was asked about recent remarks by former new york city mayor rudy giuliani .. or how the united states is a force for good in the world and a ` the greatest force for good the world has ever seen. so we continued those debates and many have delivered those remarks in this country and around the world. we can set those examples. more generally i can tell you that it's sad to see when somebody who has attained a certain level of public stature and even admiration tarnishes that legacy so thoroughly and the truth is i don't take any joy or vindication or satisfaction from that. i think really the only thing that i feel is i feel sorry for rudy giuliani today. c-span's "washington journal" has been touring the nation's historically black colleges and universities. next a look at tuskegee university in alabama. this is about 45 minutes. >> host: good morning to you. thanks for giving us your time on this series. we have been talking to other presidents on this series. one of the things that has come up repeatedly was this idea of how to retain students specifically

approval rating just as politics, it seems crazy to me and just personally for rudy giuliani, yes, mrco rubio, mika is the only republican we've been able to find who spoke out and said he believes the president loves america. behaven't heard from rand paul or jeb bush or governor chris christie who are probably the biggest opportunity to help define themselves in a positive way. it doesn't mean you have to attack rudy giuliani or repudiate what he's done positive in public life but this kind of rhetoric, so unhelpful for republicans in winning back white house because while it's attempting to appeal to the segment of the population it's not going to let votes. >> before donny jumps in i feel this is a slippery slope. this is an opportunity for all the presidential contenders who are going to have to go out there and somehow appeal to the base but then make it to the big game. put this behind you so you don't have to fall into these sort of terrible areas of divisive talk. this is an easy one to put behind them but they've got to speak out. >> so it's tempting if you're a republican n

this was giuliani on a tear last night on fox news. >> mr. mayor, do you want to apologize for your comment? >> not at all. i want to repeat it. the reality is from all that i can see of this president, all that i've heard of him, he apologizing for america, he criticizes america. i think that is a perfectly reasonable opinion that the president and his comments if we look at all his rhetoric has not displayed the kind of love of america, the kind of love of america and exceptionallyism that other american presidents have displayed. i'm right about this. i have no doubt about it. i do not withdraw my words. we haven't mentioned some of the communists and leftists who educated him as a young man. but all we need is reverend wright, 17 years in that church and that man condemned america over and over again and he remained a member of that church? >> the president wasn't there for those sermons. >> the other parishioners didn't tell him about it? >> in other interviews he's offered head-scratching reasons for these kinds of comments. we'll get t

giuliani after he made some negative comments about the president. political reporters say that the former mayor was at a private dinner when he said he does not think mr. obama loves america. syndicate is sad to see when someone has attained a certain level of public stature and admiration tarnished that the legacy. and the truth is i don't take a joy or vindication or satisfaction from that. i think the only thing that i feel is i feel sorry for him. >> the event featured wisconsin governor scott walker who is considering a presidential bid. he has refused to comment on the remarks. >>> florida police say a hillsboro county middle school teacher had sex with one of her students at school. alex thompson has details about the allegation. >> reporter: this is the principal and turkey creek middle school calling with an important message. one of our teachers has been arrested. >> reporter: the words no parents want to hear delivered to the phones of every turkey creek middle school parent. a message informing them that megan connor, a 30-year-old teacher was arrested for having sexual relationships with one of her students. a 15-year-old boy. >> we learn

mr. president. please deal with the radical islamic threat today. and former new york mayor judy giulianid this way friday, on fox news. >> absolutely the wrong thing. at absolutely the wrong time. and the president as weak a historian as he is a president and as weak a theologian. >> i'm johned by john meachum executive editor of random house and author of american gospel, god the founding fathers and the making of a nation. i don't know if there's any person that understands the cross section of religion in politics better. pick up on rudely giuliani's quote there that the president is not a good historian and theologian. >> well the crusades were not good. that's a fairly safe bet. complicated, two centuries, 109 5 to the end of the 13th century, the pope was one of the central figures. a lot of scholarly debate about how much of it was about religion itself. how much of it was a reconquest of muslim land. how much was colonization, a search for wealth in which religion became a justifying force. complicated debate. what is not complicated is that on the christian crusades there were m