mr. woodward was his friend and apologized for raising his voice.hose e-mails and come away with the impression that gene was threatening anybody. >> megyn: and yet, that's the impression that bob woodward walked away with. that was jay carney the white house press secretary moments ago facing tough questions from the press corps about the escalating battle, escalating weird battle between the washington post reporter bob woodward and the white house. mr. woodward who used to be loved by the folks at the white house now clauims he received a thereiniy think e-ma from gene sperling, and sperling upset over mr. woodward's reporting on the big budget fight happening in d.c., and who is to blame for these automatic spending changes, the president's been railing against for weeks. da dana perino former press secretary for president george w. bush and a co-house of "the five" here on fnc. it's a bit after train wreck, a man who was the darling of the mainstream media, i mean, the darling of the meainstream media and the white house liked him just fine pri

mr. woodward would regret the observation he made regarding a sequester.ded to the aid's e-mail in a friendly matter. the attack on woodward did not stop there. former white house senior advisor suggested that woodward was parst his prime tweeting ths watching woodward's last two-days is imagining my idol mike smith facing live pitching again perfection once gained is railly repeated. he is carefully managing expectations regarding the seek que -- sequester. it may be weeks or months before people feel an impact. >>> be insure to watch hannity because he will be talking about the story. >>> one day to go before spending cuts are implemented. and president obama is now trying to down-play the doomsday scenario he was warning of if no deal is reached by tomorrow. >> a lot of people may not notice the full impact of the s sequester, but this is going to be a big hit on the economy. >> many republicans are outraged that the president does not seem focused on holding serious talks with congressional leaders. >> this is like a road show president. he's more inte

mr. woodward would regret the observation he made. we were on the phone call they had, and as you know having covered the white house, do you sometimes have phone calls where you're getting a substantial amount of pushback. i don't think we completely know the entire story but the white house is saying he misinterpreted this e-mail. >> you know, i guess it really just underscores how important this debate is. who gets the blame for it? the automatic spending cuts. a lot of people looking at me saying, don't look at me. >> reporter: i was going to say, when you have someone like woodward who is an icon in journalism, people listen to it. i believe talking to white house officials, they believe he is wrong on this. and so they're doing this coming from a genuine place where they don't think his op-ed was correct. obviously, he feels it is. but they're really pushing back on this because of that, suzanne. >> all very sensitive, isn't it. you know that beat very well. >> they get sensitive. doesn't matter what administration, they're all

mr. woodward noted, the e-mail from the aide was sent to apologize for voices being raised in their previousnversation. the note suggested that mr. woodward would regret the observation he made regarding the sequester because that observation was inaccurate, nothing more. the white house says woodward responded to the e-mail in a friendly manner. >>> well, history now in the making. we're watching this closely. the dow flirting with a new high, hovering below the last record high of, 14,164. we're now looking at 14,091. last record set october 9, 2007. alison kosik joining us. tell us what this means as we keep a close eye on this? >> reporter: it means investors are feeling optimistic. the way the market has been since beginning of january, it's been this moving freight train. a lot of investors, they vaebt been wanting to miss this train, especially since you look at the dow. it's up already 7% since the beginning of january. we're not even out of february yet. a lot of investors are saying, you know what, let's jump on this train before we miss it. so, that is really kind of creating the

mr. woodward noted, the e-mail from the aide was sent to apologize for voices being raised in their previous conversation. the note suggested that mr. woodward would regret the observation he made regarding the sequester because that observation was inaccurate, nothing more. and that official, carol, saying that woodward responded to that e-mail in a friendly manner in his next e-mail. >> okay. so, it goes on. brianna keilar at the white house. >>> in the midst of the spat, those forced spending cuts, one day to go, no deal, and no clearer picture of what exactly will happen if those forced cuts go into effect. at first the sky was falling. now it seems it's more likely to rain really, really hard. listen to how the president has softened his message -- >> this is not a cliff. but it is a tumble downward. it's conceivable that in the first week, the first two weeks, the first three weeks, first month a lot of people may not notice the full impact of this sequester. but this is going to be a big hit on the economy. >> of course, that's a little different from what the president has been sayin

mr. woodward, no doubt about it, it was mr. lew. in a recent op-ed in "the washington post," bob woodward quoted lew in saying this -- quote -- "there was an insistence on the part of the republicans in congress for this to be some automatic trigger. it was very much rooted in the republican congressional insistence that there be an automatic measure. woodward went on to say -- quote -- the president and lew had this wrong." that's what i just read about lew saying the republicans insisted on it, mr. woodward said in his piece -- quote -- "the president and lew had this wrong. my extensive reporting for my book, "the price of politics," shows that the automatic spending cuts were initiated by the white house, were the brain child of lew and white house congressional relations chief rob nabors. so -- close quote. was mr. lew correct in insisting somebody else did it or was he in the white house? furthermore, he goes on to say, mr. woodward does, on senator burr's questioning of lew at the february finance committee confirmation hearin

mr. woodward noted, the e-mail from the aide was sent to apologize for voices being raised in their previousonversation. the note suggested that mr. woodward would regret the observation he made regarding the sequester because that observation was inaccurate, nothing more. soledad. >> when you look at the specifics of that e-mail, he doesn't just say you'll regret doing this, which is what bob woodward is claiming. he says i think you will regret staking out that claim, which takes a little bit of the teeth out of what's being implied as a veiled threat. brianna keilar, thanks, appreciate the update. >> look, as a fellow journalist, i worship bob woodward and what he does, but on this very narrow debate on whether he was threatened in any way -- >> words he never used. he didn't say threatened. he has implied a veiled threat. >> i think the actual language is a lot less dramatic. i mean every journalist working in washington can show you e-mails, the two of you i know have the same thing that i do. after every piece. and you develop a tough skin about these things. all of us have received fa

mr. woodward would regret the observation he made regarding the sequester because that observation was inaccuratere. >> 20 minutes after the hour. right now, tens of millions of dollars, that's how much a proposed aid package to the syrian opposition is said to be worth. secretary of state john kerry is expected to announce the details in rome when he meets with them. the administration has been considering providing nonlethal military equipment like night vision goggles and body armor as well as some military training. unclear what ends up in the final deal. >>> so soon this will be scribbled on your money. that's a signature of new treasury secretary jack lew. he got a green light from the senate yesterday, john firmed by a 70-26 vote. one of lew's first task may be changing his signature. the president busted his chops about it when he nominated him. that's really tough. it's like doodling. >>> wall street coming off a strong day. positive remarks from federal reserve chairman ben bernanke along with good housing numbers lifted investors out of a short slam. the dow jones gained 0.8% to close

mr. woodward would regret the observation he made regarding the sequester because that observation was inaccuratenothing more. >> gene sperling, in keeping with a demeanor i have been familiar with for more than 20 years was incredibly respectful. can you not read those e-mails and come away with the impression that gene was threatening anybody. >> reporter: the key here, all important context. in the e-mail exchange obtained by politico, sperling writes, i apologize for raising my voice in our conversation today. my bad. but i do truly believe you should rethink your comment about saying that the president asking for revenue is moving the goal post. i know you may not believe this, but as a friend, i think you will regret staking out that claim. woodward replies, you do not ever have to apologize to me. this is all part of a serious discussion. i, for one, welcome a little heat. now woodward says it was too hot. >> it makes me very uncomfortable to have the white house telling reporters, you're going to regret doing something that you believe in. >> reporter: the president says he values a free

mr. woodward says clearly is a threat.mail, apparently from, they say it was gene sperling, the president's money guy. but bob woodward says, you know, i can take it. i can take threats. i've been in washington a very long time. but a new reporter gets a call where the white house yells at you for a half hour, that can affect your coverage. >> brian: that's what their theory was for screaming at fox for the last 4 1/2 years and it hasn't. david plouffe comes out again and points to bob woodward as a washed up reporter. saying on twitter, watching him is like imagining my idol, mike schmidt, facing live pitching again, perfection game once is rarely repeated. >> gretchen: that is a stinging rebuke of bob woodward. but the thing is, bob woodward is not backing down. he's saying reagan would not have done some of these scare tactics. he's saying george bush would not have done some of these scare tactics. i don't think he's going to back down on what he thinks he heard during all of these interviews. >> brian: to be specific,

mr. woodward would regret the observation he made regarding the spending cuts because the observation was inaccurate. nothing more. and, robin, the white house says that woodward responded to that supposedly threatening e-mail with a friendly exchange back to that senior white house official. >> all right, jon. thanks so much. >>> we're going to turn, now, to josh. other top stories that are developing right now. >> including on wall street, robin. that's where we begin with your money there. the markets clearly shrugging off any concern about the spending cuts in washington. the dow surging. it gained 175 points wednesday, coming now within 89 points of an all-time high. investors are encouraged about rising home sales. and a new statement by fed chairman, ben bernanke, who hinted wednesday that the federal reserve plans to keep pumping money in the economy, and so keeping interest rates low. >>> and there's word this morning of the deepest america involvement thus far in syria's bloody civil war. "the new york times" reports the u.s. is already training rebels at an undisclosed base in

mr. woodward said, mr. president, was it worth it, have chuck hagel to prove a point with republicans and tsk-tsk them and what kind of party they should be. woulds was it worth it to expend the political capital and others that agreed with the president and could have sailed through with unanimous votes. >> megyn: the republicans managed to filibuster him last week and deny an up or down vote for now, but john mccain was on the show saying he'll get a vote, it will happen. february 26th. he'll get his vote and when he does, he'll likely get approved because the democrats control the senate, but there's a question, chris, about whether that's true, in the way that bob woodward put it, there's the danger of witherring on the vine and you know, you're out there and timing is a factor and twisting slowly in the wind, that's how he put it. and the more of these things that emerge, the more potential trouble because now he's got the 2007 rutgers allegation and two others that he has not produced and this whole t

mr. woodward slamming the prae president's handling considering he's trying to make it as painful as possiblereadiness and other programs and adding he has not seen this kind of quote, madness in a very long time. a statement some are suggesting is a veiled comparison to the nixon administration he apparently helped to bring down with the reporting. why is bob woodward so angry? we'll take a facebook looked moments from now. we're hearing criticism of a budget move made late yesterday in the context of this role, the department of homeland security is now in he is tense giving out get out of jail free cards and hundreds and told perhaps could rise to 10,000, maybe 10,000 illegal immigrants. the agency says it's a cost cutting move and it's coming, of course, before the so-called sequester even kicks in. this sparking some serious debate how feds are making budget decisions. now there have been warnings by many that the president was going to cut or do things that would be most controversial in order to gin up opposition to these decreases in spending, that he was going to do that intentionall

mr. woodward has his friend and apologized for raising his voice. i think you cannot read those e-mails and come away with the impression that gene was threatening anybody and as i think others have observed. the point though, which reporters would pay attention to the policy substance of that e-mail because the point that gene was making was a point that i and others have made and the president has made. this is really important policy and one thing that is absolutely irrefutable is that the president from day one of signing the budget control act has been absolutely clear in dealing with deficit reduction going forward and in replacing and eliminating the sequester he believed we had to have balance. you would have to have your head in the sand not to know that. everybody here has reported it ad nauseam so i think that's the fact that gene was concerned with. that's the fact that we are all concerned with. >> all stop after this i promise. you are mark tierney unique position because you have been on the size of the reporter source relationship. a

mr. woodward would regret the observation he made regarding the sequester because that observation was inaccurate, nothing more. >>> brand new this morning, tens of millions of dollars is how much a proposed aid package to the syrian opposition is said to be worth. secretary of state john kerry is expected to announce the details today. he is in rome. he will be meeting with the opposition there. unclear what ends up in the final deal, but the administration has been considering providing nonlethal military equipment like night vision goggles and body armor as well as some military training. >> and jack lew, president obama's choice for treasury secretary, getting a green light from the senate. he was confirmed by a 71-26 vote. lew previously served as the president's chief of staff and as director of the office of management and budget. one of lew's first tasks may be changing his bizarre signature. it looks like a series of loops rather than letters and it could be the next thing on bills, large and small that you'll be looking at. >>> some business news now. the dow is going to open up today a

mr. woodward would regret the observation he made regarding the sequester because that observation was inaccuratething more. former obama adviser david plouffe took to twitter writing watching woodward last two days is like imagining my idol mike schmidt facing live pitching again. perfection gained once is rarely repeated. >> if bob woodward was this weak and old as he's suggesting, the white house wouldn't be threatening him and they wouldn't be howling the way they are. this is just childish. it's a sort of childish attack you don't expect coming from these people. >> is it possible that they didn't follow watergate? they don't know all of the president's men? they don't know the history? is it possible they are ignorant of the greatness of this man that defined journalism? is it possible? >> a guy that keeps breaking stories. broke stories first in afghanistan. breaking stories as we move forward. listen, let's get to the bottom line here. they caught the white house in the lie. at the end of the day, they are kicking back. it's stupid. i'll say it. this is stupid. they got caught in a lie an

mr. woodward said, the deal you made, you signed that's in law that's created a new spending baseline. we're not going to give up on that 19 months after we agreed to to it. what a mockery that makes of integrity in the conference and commitment to fiscal responsibility. so let's work together on that. you have had a big tax increase in january, the spending cuts occurred august of 2011, and let's get on with it and operate in the real world that we are, and i don't believe it will happen. i don't believe we're going to avoid the sequester by raising taxes and raising spending over the level we agreed. it won't happen, so we might as well get serious and figure out a way to help make this work in a more rational way. i thank the chair and would yield the floor. mr. hatch: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. hatch: mr. president, today as we debate proposals for avoiding the so-called sequester, we find ourselves in a uniquely awkward position. not only is there a general disagreement about what has brought us here, who is responsible, who is to blame, et ce

mr. woodward as his friend and pozzed for raising his friend. you can't read those e-mails and come away with the impression that he was threatening anybody as others have observed. the point, i wish reporters would pay attention to the policy of the e-mail. this is really important policy and one thing that is irrefuteable is that the president from day one has been clear. in dealing with deficit reduction going forward and eliminating the sequester, he bleaved we have to have balance. -- believed we have to have balance. i think that is the fact that he was concerned with. that is a fact we're all concerned with. >> i will stop after this. as you remarked your position because you've been on both sides, any regret about the erosion of trust between sources and reporters? does it hurt the public? >> look, i think -- i've seen this play out before in white house's i've covered previously. the relationship between the press core and the white house means that you guys are appropriately demanding more information and holding our feet to the fire.

the notion that white house adviser jean spurling threatened reporter bob woodward continues to unravel. we have the e-mail from mrling which reads and i will quote it to you in all its gory details, jared. i do truly believe you should rethink your comment about saying that potus asking for revenues is moving the goalpost. i know you may not believe this, but as a friend, i think you will regret staking out that claim. jared, you know the man. does that sound like adviser speak for a knife to the throat? a bloodied threat that's coming his way? >> look, this incident that -- first of all, gene's comment was obviously a substantive comment very much in the spirit of the ones i have been making so far today. so, you know, if you want to come after gene woodward, come after me first. but putting that aside, this is just amplifying washington insanity through the washington insanity ray which seems to be taking this town over, and i don't quite get bob woodward in this context who i always thought of as a fairly substantive guy. this is just -- >> he is. >> -- taking a crazy situation and making it beyond crazy. >> i

credibility in the debate is being questioned by journalist bob woodward wrote a book on the 2011 budget battle and charged this weekend mr. obama is rewriting history saying, so when the president asks that a substitute for the sequester include not just spending cuts but also new revenue, he is moving the goal post, a charge hotly disputed by the white house. >> first of all, the white house and the democrats are insisting on revenues as part of the trigger mechanism. republicans refused. therefore sequester was the evidence that was chosen. >> reporter: that is an issue republicans will not budge on. >> the presidents as we have to have another tax increase in order to avoid the sequester. well, mr. president, you got your tax increase. it's time to cut spending here in washington. >> reporter: he made similar vows during the fiscal cliff fight and conservatives are now warning, if the case again he will be pushed out. >> i don't quite honestly believe that the speaker would be speaker if that happens. i think he would lose his speakership. >> reporter: meanwhile secretary impala, pushed back on republicans by saying s

tweeted quote, watching woodward is the last two days, imagining my died dole mike schmidt facing live pitching again. perfection gained once is rarely repeated. tracy: unnecessary, mretting ugly. tracy: you know what? he is right. woodward is right. how about that? ashley: he picked on the wrong guy. tracy: big-time. what happens on day one of the spending cuts? will the sky fall? will teachers really be laid off and airplanes grounded as some want you to believe? peter barnes will bring reality back next. ashley: plus, california poaching. arizona governor jan brewer tells us how her state is selling itself to california companies fed up with high taxes. the first as we do at this time every day let's take a look how oil is trading, inching lower again, down about 36 cents at $92.40 a barrel. we'll be right back. friday nht, buddy. you are gonna need a wingman. and my cash back keeps the party going. but my airline miles ke it worldwide. [ male announcer ] it shouldn't be this hard. with creditcards.com, it's easy to search hundreds of cards and apply online. creditcards.com. why do more emergency workers everywhere trust duracell? duralock power preserve. locks i

woodward, oklahoma. the mayor told reuter's that roofs are collapsing all over the place due to the heavy snow. mayor rosco hill joins us by phone. mryor, nice to talk to you, how are things where you are? >> well, we're -- we're in such a mess, we've got about 20 degrees right now, and we're frozen up pretty hard and emergency vehicles are having a hard time getting around, and we just have -- just had a pretty good sized mess on our hands. >> my goodness. considering the reports in nearby oklahoma city, that the snow is collapsing roofs, are you seeing the same thing? that must be devastating if you can't get emergency vehicles to rescue anyone who might be trapped. >> we have had one roof collapse and one fatality. we've -- we discover snow plows are getting stuck and the traffic today is -- is still probably not very good. >> all right. mayor rosco hill joining business phone, talking about one roof that collapsed and a real dearth of emergency vehicles to get to people. >>> other stories making news. john has that. >> thanks, soledad. >>> a story out of middle east. 14 tourists trying to get a bird's eye view of tourist sites w

woodward's book, but we as the republican party agreed to. we got in this mess together and we're going to have to get out together. mr. president, help lead us and unlike anyone else on this stage, you are the commander in chief. do you really want your legacy to be at a time of great conflict, you led the american congress into a deal that would destroy the military at a time we needed it the most? you want to pivot to asia? how do you do that with 332 ships? what about iran acquiring a nuclear capability? if you exempt personnel from sequestration, what the president's chosen to do, how do you modernize the f-16 and f-18 in how do you go deep into iran without the f-22 and the f-35 coming into being? our enemies would love this to happen. i'm sure iran is very supportive of sequestration. i'm sure al qaeda training camps all over the world would be pleased with the fact that sequestration would gut the c.i.a. and the intelligence platforms we have to follow them around. it's just not about tanks and planes, the smallest air force in the rift i -- history of the country, the smallest navy since 1915, the smallest arm

woodward reports that in his confirmation hearings in the senate, when asked about proposing the sequester, lew went into deniable mode, end quote. the american people are tired of denial mode, mr. speaker. we need a serious plan to replace the president's sequester and it needs to come from the other side of the aisle. i yield back. mr. faleomavaega: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declar >> at age 25, she was one of the wealthiest with those in the colonies, and in her mid 40's she was considered an enemy by the british. later she would become our late nation's first first lady. martha washington, we will visit some of the places that influence her life, including mount vernon, a valley forge, and philadelphia. be part of the conversation with your phone calls, tweets, and facebook posts, tonight at 9:00 eastern, on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> ben bernanke heads to capitol hill tomorrow morning where he will deliver a semiannual monetary policy report. live coverage begins at 10:00 eastern on c-span3. the discussion now on how automatic spending cuts taking effect on friday will impact states. politico talked with governor's as part of their third st