she has worked for the new york times since 1995. reporting on domestic policy, national politics, immigration, the presidential campaign of 2004, and 2008, and first lady michele obama and her role in the obama white house. i met rachel at an event this year where i bought a book, the book she wrote, "american tapestry: the story of the black, white, and multiracial ancestors of michelle obama". after hearing her talk, i'd bought six more copies. i bought them for all my family members and to give out as christmas gifts. now after having read her book i can tell you it was a good investment. it helps me better understand my own family and many mysteries surrounding my own family. rachel l. swams's book is a compelling story that stirs deep emotions. it is also a story that would break them here and with that, let's welcome rachel l. swams. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. >> thank you for coming. in the years leading up to the presidential election, the focus seems to be on barack obama's roots and his family and the fact that he

i want to throw up something from "the new york times" here. this is, this is, this is is a headline from "the new york times." even if republicans were to agree to mr. obama's core demand that the top marginal income rates return to the clinton-era levels of 36%, 39.6% after december 21st, the article goes on to say, the additional revenue would be only about a quarter of the $1.6 trillion that mr. obama wants to collect over ten years. why should republicans agree do that. if it's not going to generate enough revenue, congressman? >> well, it's a down payment on the deal. we want to make sure that middle class taxes don't go up by $2,000 january 1st. that's something that i feel the president feels, republicans and

james glanz is an investigative reporter with the "new york times." this series is available at nytimes.com or c- span.org/communicators. mr. glanz . thank you for your time. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> the british admirals' and generals were reporting to the crown but the colonists are sending ships -- that the colonists are sending ships. this was after the boston tea party and the so-called delors of acts. it is clear that the colonists were pulling together ammunition -- coercive acts. it is clear that the colonists were pulling together ammunition. as soon as the colonies found out about the order in council prohibiting ammunition and munitions from being sent to the colonies in new hampshire and rhode island, colonists took over the force and took the ammunition -- forts and took the ammunition. >> in his latest, kevin phillips >> in his latest, kevin phillips

so let me tell you what "the new york times" book coverage means to me. cause i interview so many authors, reviews are a shopping catalogue for authors i would like too feature as guests on "fresh air." the times regularly alerts me to books and authors i was unaware of or overlooked or initially evaluated too harshly. and when i introduce guest authors on "fresh air" it's almost embaressing -- its especially embarrassing to -- but she crystallized i would why a book matters. that's my phone that's ringing because i forgot to turn it off. above all else, i think i speak for everyone here tonight, reading the times and books makes me feel a community of one with reader, a community for whom books matter. so let me add my voice to all those here tonight cheering arthur sulzberger, jr., this year's literaryian award recipient. [applause] [music] >> well, thank you. thank you very much, terry, for those very kind words and i'll apologize on behalf of all my colleagues because of the problems a couple years ago with whatever that book was, and thank you, faith,

history leaks that gave media outlets like the new york times a treasure trove of stories and yet the great lady isn't really covering manning's trial coming up an apology from the new york times public editor. and do as i say not as i do the u.s. reserves the right to spy on its citizens what does but that doesn't mean the u.s. can do the same u.s. representatives and block one attempt at world wide use dropping what it means for your privacy and just a bit. it's thursday december sixth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching our two. well starting off this hour another and another name has been added to the list of people charged under the espionage act a former contract linguist is being charged with stealing classified information from a navy base in bahrain james hits old burger has been in custody since october he is now asking a federal court to release him while he awaits his trial the government claims had sold berger was a fugitive in europe for four months after he was dismissed from his post the defense is is denying this saying the former linguist

and the new york times looks at medicare and issues that may be coming up -- the single longest term contributor -- no cohort of americans -- this is part of the dead reckoning series the new york times is during. we will hear more from c-span radio about who will be on the sunday talk shows. there are leaders from connecticut on the sunday talk shows including senator blumenthal, a democrat. also governor dannel malloy. the connecticut governor will also be on that face the nation. right now, talking about preventing these mass shootings. how can the government help. how can society help? good morning. >> good morning. caller: i would like to bring up the kids and the violent video games again. they sit there and play them daily. these are not the real consequences of taking out these guns. it just becomes part of the culture. what about that idea? host: mike, what would you do? would you ban them? make them available only to people of a certain age? caller: the age limit would be fine. maybe get that to go outside and play. host: so, the roles for parents in society? caller: yes, ma

nobody wants to hear me sing, right. >>> finally, by this time tomorrow, the new year will be upon us. >> new york'sconducted. yes, they country those tests. isn't it just supposed to fall? it's air-worthy, right? >> a committee. >> how much money was pent on that? about 17 million pieces of it will come down, some with hand-written messages. >>> in baltimore, they've been rigging up the fireworks display. the proverbial bombs will burst through the air at midnight today. >>> and in mobile, alabama, they're ready for the so called moon pie drop. it's an 80-pound treat. proceeds going to a homeless shelter. >> i flash back to grade school. we called them scooter pies back in the day. moon kax. >> it's a good thing. thank you for doing it right all you in mobile. >> for some of you, your local news is dmex. >>> for the rest, behind the scenes from the rose parade. [ female announcer ] what does the anti-aging power of olay total effects plus the perfecting color of a bb cream equal? introducing the newest beauty trend. total effects cc cream c for color. c for correction. [ female announcer ] fight 7

one name you won't hear on that this is the new york times. what you see is journalists covering a trial that is very difficult to cover and you don't see that major media coverage . let's wiki leaks u.s. attorney michael ratner calling out the new york times for neglecting to cover the man in case the times you can recall was one of the first newspapers to partner up with wiki leaks during the initial release of cable gate as it's been done using information in the document leak as the basis for many of its reports no doubt benefiting from the massive amounts of information but it's no secret that those following the case closely have been unhappy with the paper's silence activists have made their feelings known from day one here's an example of the wiki leaks truck recently decided to make a stop in front of the gray lady's office and it caused commemorated the visit by posting a picture online saying tweeted quote troll your ass harder than ever until you send a journalist to cover bradley manning's trial. also within the media community see

we heard about the new york times, the famous new times article now a few times. that "new york times" article reported earlier this week that four years ago we were at the marriott, and today not only are we have chippy enrico we have an authentic red carpet pickets over there. if you don't believe me -- and we have an after party with a dj, and not only that but we have a waiting list for after party. so who would have thought that we would have for the after party for the national book awards a waiting list. things have changed. but not everything has changed, because the times also reported, in this case they quoted me, it's not about being with the. it's about increasing the impact, great books have on the culture. that is our mission, and that is why we are here tonight. [applause] and now come in keeping with that i'd like to acknowledge the extraordinary wide web industry today. with some amazing writers. i can't mention them all, but i can mention like a few of them. i will ask you to hold your applause until i'm done. at me run through a few of the people

to the global economic crisis there was a recent piece in new york times magazine about this in a low a cartel in mexico in the way that they have strived really in a time when everybody is struggling and another ok but there's robbing because in large part banks like h.s.b.c. are longing to money. and barclays bank is engaged in fraud so during the change that you old pirate days were there similar bankers playing both sides in no like for example during world war two j.p. morgan famously laundered money for the nazis during the fed during the high the high campaign the high seas pirates where there are banks in london that were working with them directly what pirates did have were and this is what sustained them but at the same time i did them when it became very scary for these find answers to do it for pirates because the consequences were very dire they had people who were willing to trade with pirates and that was a lifeline for them and it was what they needed to continue and it was there in that the people who were trading with the pirates where they were they the banks on the

here is "the new york times" frontpage. the headline -- that is "the new york times" reporting. inside the paper, they say democratic leaders say they will move forward on legislation this week only a senator mitch mcconnell of kentucky, the republican leader, will assure them it will not be filibustered -- investors anticipate a turbulent week in the market of congress and the white house continued the standout. i also note that mr. mcconnell's own reelection bid is coming in 2014. the borrower review of the nothing to shift the anger of some self assessment of the speaker does nothing to pass it does go to the floor. the bill is not moving along, says bob corker from tennessee. here is what the republican from idaho had to say about the fiscal cliff negotiation. [video clip] >> if we get down to the end of the year and the only choice we have is to save taxes going up on the middle-class, i would support that. but i wish we had a comprehensive bill that dealt with spending, entitlement, and taxes altogether. that is really what we ought to do. host: that was senator johnny isa

corporations, walmart. >> and never imagined i was opposing such a superpower. >> in april, the new york timesled how walmart leaders hushed up evidence of widespread bribery by the largest subsidiary, walmart. now the times examines the bribes behind wal-mart's most controversial store in mexico, a supermarket built in the shadow of a revered cultural landmark, the ancient pyramids of teotihuacÁn. residents would fight for months to stop the stores construction, protests and hunger strikes pleading with walmart not to desecrate their heritage. >> i said, we have to stop this because no one can conquer teotihuacÁn. >> but evidence unearthed by the times shows walmart concord teotihuacÁn with more than $200,000 in bribes. payoffs were not authorized to buy an altered the zoning map and compliant mairead when wal- mart's leaders in the u.s. were confronted with incredible evidence, they did nothing to alert authorities. >> let me be clear, acting with integrity is not a negotiable part of this business. >> the new york times reports comes after walmart executives in the u.s. fell to fully invest

that's how people used to get their information those things still exist you can pick up the new york times you can read it on on the on your computer any time you want to they willfully. facts i find this all the time with my own writing they simply deny that these things exist they just make up numbers and they have idiots like dick morris who tell them that they're right and then when the world doesn't conform to their fantasy they're there they're shocked there's a isn't though there a certain level of human nature that seeks validation of one's worldview sure you know and so if somebody is going to peddle allegation bias is very very powerful but the difference the difference is used to not have the easy availability of a complete and total network you know in the broadest sense of the term where you never have to step outside the right wing universe to get right wing opinions and if you watch these shows you know a fox that really should be called an entertainment network it's not a news network at all it's a propaganda network and they they they don't it's all opinion you say they do

"new york times".com. thanks very much. you can read frank's column online. ahead, the lives they live. this is all new york. the knicks and the "new york times" magazine takes a look at the big names. who passed away in 2012 and had significant impacts on our lives. [ male announcer ] it's that time of year again. time for citi price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you really don't want to pay more than you have to. only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and if it finds one, you get refunded the difference. just use your citi card and register your purchase online. have a super sparkly day! ok. [ male announcer ] now all you need is a magic carriage. citi price rewind. start saving at citi.com/pricerewind. >>> make no mistake about it. if we go over it and i don't think we have to, the american people are going to blame the republican party and come right back and pass something. i don't think the middle class is at risk. if we go over the cliff, our republican colleagues are going to say uh

the new york times is saying look they are on their way out.nwhile they are controlling a party. here is what i don't get. >> they are losing influence and weakening. that is what the article was about. they are losing influence. they had it at the time. >> some of the tea party folks. rand paul. he is a star in the conservative movement. so say they have no influence and they are dying out is false. >> i think it is wishful thinking on the "new york times" part because the conditions that brought about the party aren't going away. there is still going to be that belief that there needs to be change. >> the tea party just gave a name to a movement that was going to happen no matter what. people were not happy with the way the country was going and just jumped on to the wave that was happening. they named the wave, they didn't create the wave. >> i think we will see a resurgence. with the fiscal cliff i think we will see a resurgence of the tea party. >> where are they? they are not here for the fiscal cliff so where are they? >> they are workin

i mean, you worked for the new york times. >> i would say the new york times actually did a pretty good job on the issue of the children in chinatown through a series of immigration reporters that i actually, you know... i don't think i worked on any of those stories directly. >> hinojosa: but is it still seen kind of in the media that this is... that the chinese, the asian population, is, like, this foreign population, and therefore not american, and therefore... >> i think part of... i will say that chinatown as chinatown gets a surprising amount of coverage, not just in, you know, new york city, but in cities all over the united states, in part because of this exotic factor, for better or for worse. so if there's a crime or there is some kind of movement or there is some kind of building or there's a conflict, in certain kind of things they'll cover pretty well, compared to other immigrant groups, like, let's say, koreans or... korean americans orertainin of. like, maybe even south asian americans, i think partially because almost every major city has a chinatown or something thereof

the particular status of the new york city dog who is pampered but also the same time whose owner feelsty about having their dog in new york city. right? i mean, it's an extraordinarily -- this relationship defined by guilt >> i think one of the most extraordinary things, the most unique things about dog in new york is that this is one of the few places in the world where humans also poop on the sidewalk. (laughter) >> yes, there is. >> stephen: they fit in. (laughter) well on that note, malcolm gladwell, thank you so much for joining me. "the "new yorker" book of dogs." be a good boy and go fetch one. we'll be riback.ck.

one point "the new york times" were renting a house over in baghdad? what was that like? >> yeah, we had a house. "the new york times" was never in the green zone. it was always in the red zone. we had a house and it was not a bad place actually but it was heavily fortified with a fairly large security contingency almost entirely iraqi. one bread and one iraqi, built-in machine guns and all that sort of stuff. i think it was better defended than the american diplomatic compound in benghazi and i mean that seriously. it turned out not to be necessary but i mean i didn't spend all that much time there because i did a lot of embedded reporting. they shifted it to a different location but you know, they had a bureau there with armored cars, full-time iraqi staff. it was a fairly large endeavor for the newspaper. >> are there any americans in iraq with armored cars? >> it has improved. i was there the summer before to see prime minister melekian i went around in the street with iraqis, got out of the car and went to a demonstration went to a store. i wouldn't linger in some of

time. bbc news, damascus. >> for more on the white house's handling of egypt and syria, let's start with "new york times" -- ""new york times"" chief correspondent. it seems as though the white house's in boxes overflowing with middle east crises. two weeks ago it was cause of. now you have egypt and syria. where can the administration exert influence? >> in syria there is not a huge amount of influence right now. there is probably a tipping point at this moment and they are doing whatever they can out. you heard hillary clinton talk about that. but they have some concerns not only about whether he leaves but what happens to the country after he leaves. the question least assistant and washington usually, but it is being asked in this case -- and then what? if the chemical stores fell into the wrong hands, you could have a problem that could spread out. at this point the question is does seery app implode or explode? >> the red line on syria's use of chemical weapons seems to be shifting. why? >> in august, president obama said his calculus would change if the chemical weapons were moved or used. this week w

earlier this year, we heard from new york times reporter liz alderman on a chinese shipping company that is making waves in greece. > > how successful has this shipping company, known as cosco, been so far in greece? > > it's an interesting story. this chinese basically state- run shipping company came in here about three years ago in a $500 million deal that ever since then has been a model for the country, because what they did is they bought half of piraeus port, which is an ancient port in greece and one of the most important ports in the southern mediterranean. what they did was they basically took an operation that had been effectively lagging under greek ownership and completely turned it around. > > have the the greek people been welcoming of this? the chinese work way is much different from the european way, let's say. > > the chinese have an extremely efficient working practice. as one spokesman there put it to me, they basically run their business by showing that they work 24/7, that has actually rung alarm bells, though, among a number of greek workers, particularly unionized

endgame for the military involvement. >> michael gordon, you covered the entire iraqi war for "the new york times." the one point they own a house over there or renting a house in baghdad. what was that like? >> yeah, we had a house -- the new york times is ever in the green zone. it was always an event to. it is not a bad place actually, but of his heavily fortified with glass walls, with a fairly large security contingent almost entirely iraqi. one breaks and iraqi machine guns. it is probably better defended than the american diplomat in the gaussian i mean that seriously. but it turned out not to be necessary. but i didn't spend all that much time because i did a lot of them have different wording, but i passed through there and they've been shifted it to a different location. they maintained the up there with armored cars, full-time iraqi staff. there's a fairly extensive endeavor for the newspaper. >> mr. gordon is life for any americans still in iraq still class was an armored cars? >> is improved. i was there not this last summer, but to summer before to see prime minister maliki and i we

he is currently a contributing writer to "the new york times" magazine and "national geographic" and correspondent for gq. dead certain a critically acclaimed biography at church biography of george w. bush, comprehensive history "rolling stone" magazine and a novel he transposed. robert is a native of houston attended university of texas at austin. please join me in welcoming robert draper.

. >> the new york times gets caught 40 questionable items about the conflicts in the middle east. and a british judge releases his report on the phone hacking scandal in the country and how did the media here react. and jay leno sees the light. >> this is very dangerous for the white house if they should start asking real questions. >> jon: on the panel this week, writer and fox news contributor judy miller. syndicated columnist, cal thomas. jim pinkerton, contributor. and kirsten powers. >> jon: i'm jon scott, fox news watch is on right now. ambassador susan rice asked for a face-to-face meeting with some of her most focal critics to make things better. the meeting took place and appears to have made things worse. >> rice herself asked for the meeting, but the effort to smooth things over didn't exactly work. >> for the first time she acknowledged her comments were wrong. >> susan rice has been depi depicted from everything as a thrown under the bus sacraficial lamb to a willing political accomplice. >> and ambassador susan rice meeting on capitol hill with some of her critics, h

the particular status of the new york city dog who is pampered but also the same time whose owner feelsty about having their dog in new york city. right? i mean, it's an extraordinarily -- this relationship defined by guilt >> i think one of the most extraordinary things, the most unique things about dog in new york is that this is one of the few places in the world where humans also poop on the sidewalk. (laughter) >> yes, there is. >> stephen: they fit in. (laughter) well on that note, malcolm gladwell, thank you so much for joining me. "the "new yorker" book of dogs." be a good boy and go fetch one. we'll be right ba ggdl (cheers and applause) >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. now for your yuletide enjoyment the new host from live at lincoln center and broadway star audra mcdonald. hit it, andy. ♪ ♪ i really can't stay ♪ baby, it's cold outside ♪ i've got to go away ♪ baby it's cold outside ♪ this evening has been so very nice ♪ i'll squeeze your hands, they're just like ice ♪ my mother will start to veryry and father will be pacing the floor ♪ listen to fir place roar ♪ so ral

which roosevelt told t"new york times" and congress. he said we gave them junk and we get six or seven caribbean naval bases from the empire. at one point that summer i believe churchill wrote a letter and asked roosevelt to declare war. that is how desperate he was. and so after a few brandies in t the co vilville diaries churchi says they want to us bleed to death and pick up everything that is left for free. at one point they were thinking around the dipper table of having everyone in england melt their wedding rings because it might raise $8 million or $10 million of gold and use that to buy american goods because it was all cash and carry, to shame the americans. they didn't do that. host: how much did winston churchill expect japan to get into the war? guest: one of the things, in doing this, i had to lock at what is he interested in? what is in his head. try to place churchill in his tim times. he was interested in norway, sumatra, not japan, not the pacific. his knowledge of the geography, the politics, the military situati situ

people took notice of that in "the new york times" piece. i was also fond of the fact i had a peace at the same time a lot of people have a piece on "the new york times" on the same day making the point of all of the different presidential debates took place at universities including hofstra that have ridiculous speech codes and i have some fun pointing out that if he were to apply these to the presidential candidates by the plan language of these codes and i actually made the argument that i really wish they would enforce them against the candidates because the reason they survive is because they are sort of kept in the back door when they needed to be if they really were applied across the board they wouldn't last a day because frankly the way they were so broadly worded that devotee is guilty of violating them. i assume most of you know this but i want to be clear. the law is extremely protective of the free-speech rights of college students. extremely protective. obviously of free speech, period but on the campuses in particular the case

the "new york times" on sunday after the aurora shooting that the justice department went to the white house, i know you educe weren't there then with ways to expand background checks and to go there was a decision not to go assign that far. not to assign blame but politically how hard is it to take on the in ra. to p >> having passed the brady bill assa and the assault ban, the last rea time we really had gun control it is very hard. that's why what you have to access focus on is criminal access and s the type of guns and make it a law enforcement issue. when i worked for president clinton we had all the police pol chiefs in d.c. and that's why also i think now is the proximity to the vote is is ery, very very, very important and i thinkhink it' it's essential to have a vote of conscience, put it up. people know what happened here number one.er two number two is it has to be aboutpeople - people's, the type of criminal access to the type of gun which showed is why you showed earlier the n because type of gun because i think when people see that it's clear that gun is not for the stree

. >> bible for beck is the "new york times." >> debut on the "new york times." best seller list. there. >> number one. >> eric: number one. >> but this sunday, this coming sunday, kennedy is number one. lincoln is number two. and first time in history of publishing we have one and two, same author. you know how much it pains the "new york times." they are how this happening? do we have to print it? they do. >> dana: i was on a plane three weeks ago and -- shut up. i'm walking up the aisle and i saw four people. three of them are reading "killing kennedy" and others were "killing lincoln" and they weren't sitting together. >> andrea: you know you knocked off "50 shades of gray off." >> the second author to sign it for you? >> dana: i signed gregs. >> it's a great researcher. happy to have them. really good researcher. >> bob: you are going to reanimate the president. so reanimating kennedy and reanimating lincoln. am i right? >> you're wrong but i know what your book is. "joy of silence." >> greg: in your dreams, my friend. >> hate of joy of the republicans and the conservatives wh

cartel yes cartel i said maple syrup cartel and those are not my words that's according to the new york times we'll talk about it in loose change let's get to today's capital account.

so down hold your breath for a successful prosecution and now the really bad news over at the new york times a headline reads h.s.b.c. to pay one point nine two billion dollars fine to settle charges over a laundering the first after start a call proceed to tell you all you need to know whether. global financial and economic systems quote state and federal authorities decided against indicting h.s.b.c. in a money laundering case over concerns that criminal charges could jeopardize one of the world's largest banks and ultimately destabilize the global financial system too big to fail too big to jail stacey we've been warning about this for years now and it's happened they say openly in the first paragraph of the new york times article that they didn't want to destabilize the global financial system so they got away with their crime does not over just me see this morning they gave me this package of cocaine i opened an account over there they said here piers ok welcome to just b. sing and they gave me some munchies to play in the cocaine as well because this was amazing lucas is the most is th

new york's long island. details available on bill o'reilly.com. in a moment, has the tea party lost its influence in power? that's what the "new york times" says.ll be back in 60 seconds. share everything. share brotherly love. share one up's. mom ? mom ? the share everything plan. lets your family share a pool of data across 10 devices with unlimited talk and text. get a sptrum 2 by lg for $49.99 >> mitt romney never embraced the tea party. it wasn't a loss z tea party folks aren't out there protesting like they were in 2010 but they have influence, just look at boehner's proposal. it wasy jekted and wasn't embraced by conservatives on capitol hill because it doesn't meet the tea party philosophy of lower taxes and smaller government. >> what she is saying is that the tea party stuck to a principal more about the republican party not. >> well, the conservatives did not back boehner and his plan b. it wasn't tea party. tea party hasn't been discussed much with the fiscal cliff. signing how anyone with give them credit. they've lost supporters in florida they're down to a third of who they had. >> don't you think they had jobs so they moved on?

they called this bad behavior and as "the new york times", which by the way seems to be calling our programs each time, last time they did pain, now they are dos post traumatic stress disorder, they must be watching what is happening on charlie rose. >> re: they could do worse. >> they could do a lot worse. (laughter) >> so they pointed out that veterans from the vietnam war suffer a double hurt. first of all they have the disease, the post traumatic stress disorder but in addition because many of them were thought to be malingerers, bad behavior they did not get an honorable discharge. this is no longer the case. this is now considered a legitimate category and people who suffer from it are treated appropriately. and one of the reasons it is a legitimate category is because in addition to having a good clinical definition we are beginning to have some biological markers of it. we know a little bit about the genetics. so we know from imaging experiments this of what we will discuss here that there are three areas in particular that are involved in post traumatic stress disorder. the a mig de

american military involvement. >> michael gordon, you said you covered the entire war for the new york times. at one point they owned a house over there did and they in baghdad? what was that like? >> they've shifted the house but yeah, they had a house. "the new york times" never in the green zone, always in the red zone, and it was not a bad place actually, but it was heavily fortified with glass walls, with a fairly large security contingent almost entirely iraqi, machine guns and all that kind of stuff i think it was better defended than the compound connaughton if benghazi and i mean that seriously but it turned out not to be necessary. and if -- i didn't spend all that much time there because a lot of the reporting that i pass through and it is shifted to a different location, but they have maintained a bureau with armored cars and full-time iraqi staff. it was a fairly expensive endeavor for the newspaper. >> is life for any americans still in iraq still glass walls and armored cars? >> it is a group that is there not this last summer but the saudi the customer before and i went aroun

james glanz is an investigative reporter with "the new york times" whose series is available at nytimes.com, or it's available on our web site, c-span.org/communicators. mr. glanz, thank you for your time. >> guest: thank you, peter. pleasure. >> mother jones washington bureau chief, david corn. his most recent book is called "showdown." is the showdown referring to any specific incident or just politics in general, mr. corn? >> well, kind of both. the book is a behind-the-scenes account of what happened in the white house after the november 2010 election when the republicans in the tea party really knocked barack obama for a loop and took control of the house, and then everything that happened after that. the tax cut deal, the big fights over the budget and the debt ceiling and deficit reduction, also the bin laden raid and what happened in egypt and libya. and so i'm looking at how obama made the decisions he made and took, and why he took the actions he took in that very perilous time politically, but also explain how this is all done in a way to set up the 2012 campaign that we just wen