the enemy's list, nixon's enemies list did backfire on nixon. will this backfire on obama?e fact that he sent a set of criminals to break into their offices or their psychiatrists' offices. that's a big discussion. >> that's a distinction. using the federal government to essentially target folks. that's certainly not what anybody thinks of that the obama administration is doing. but the slippery slope argument, are you kind of sullying the image of the white house, by taking on glenn beck. i don't know how many viewers he gets, but i guess the larger question is, who actually believes what he's saying. isn't it just entertainment what glenn beck does and rush limbaugh. >> what do you think? >> i think this is working for the white house. because they are publicly calling these people out. it's not a secret enemies list. in the case of fox they're driving a wedge between some of the most irresponsible and hateful people on that challenge. and greta van susteren came out and said, hey, i'm not like these guys, my show is different. >> turning. i love it. >> what could validat

richard nixon and bill clinton.se guys, you think they're dead and they keep coming back. >> in 15 seconds, recite the declaration of independence. the clock starts now. >> let's see. we hold these truths to be self-evident. that men -- all men are created equal. they're endowed by certain inalienable rights. among them, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. >> very good, very good. give us or best impression. >> that's a good one. >> hillary, hillary, you're doing one hell of a job at the state department. >> oh, not bad. >> actually, i'm quite proud of my imitation. you ought to hear my arlen specter. that's the unique ability. >>> now time for "the big number." a big one. a troubling one. the labor department reported today, the unemployment rate in this country has risen to 9.8% in september with employers cutting 263,000 jobs this month. today president obama addressed the job loss numbers. >> today's job report is a sobering reminder that progress comes in fits and starts. we're going to need to grind ou

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richard nixon and bill clinton.se guys, you think they're dead and they keep coming back. >> in 15 seconds, recite the declaration of independence. the clock starts now. >> let's see. we hold these truths to be self-evident. that men -- all men are created equal. they're endowed by certain inalienable rights. among them, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. >> very good, very good. give us or best impression. >> that's a good one. >> hillary, hillary, you're doing one hell of a job at the state department. >> oh, not bad. >> actually, i'm quite proud of my imitation. you ought to hear my arlen specter. that's the unique ability. >>> now time for "the big number." a big one. a troubling one. the labor department reported today, the unemployment rate in this country has risen to 9.8% in september with employers cutting 263,000 jobs this month. today president obama addressed the job loss numbers. >> today's job report is a sobering reminder that progress comes in fits and starts. we're going to need to grind ou

the hotel, famous for the 1972 burglary that led to the downfall of president nixon, has been closed since 2004. monument realty has reportedly agreed to a $25 million offer. >>> maryland state lawmakers will no longer be able to use free easy passes to avoid paying highway tolls. the maryland transportation authority says it has revoked the free ez pass transponders it issued to state delegates and senators. nearly 15,000 other state employees with free passes will be allowed to use them as long as they'rerz traveling on busins purposes. the transponders cost everybody else $21 along with $1.50 monthly fee. >>> still ahead on news 4, a potential bombshell in the affair between john edwards and rial hunter. >>> an autopsy report contradicts some information about michael jackson's health. >> we have clear skies, clouds coming in. a bright night and also a chilly night. >> bob, redskins defensive coordinator greg blache says if you twoont blame someone blame me. the capitals starting the season with a flurry. >>> the search is under way for three men who killed a 16-year-old in riverd

early on, johnny carson was hosting the likes of richard nixon and martin luther king from his desk. you may recall that john mccain actually did his formal presidential announcement on letterman's show. and three weeks ago letterman hosted president obama for a full hour. they talked policy. >> so men and women, american troops, coming out of iraq after a long, long difficult struggle, and now people are suggesting more and more american men and women going to afghanistan. what is that? >> well, first of all, i think that our troops are performing at an extraordinary level in both afghanistan and iraq. chris: gloria, what do we make of this? we have the hardest time figuring out this topic. here he is an entertainer, but there he is behind the desk, almost officially interviewing presidential candidates, carson interviewed martin luther king. they play an almost surrogate role for us as citizens. explain their role and why they seem to be above the kind of scrutiny that politicians get. >> well, they're kinds of, as you say, citizen interviewers. politicians like to go on those show

by a series of administrations of both parties from eisenhower through kennedy through johnson and nixon of both parties a building block of a strategy that contributed to the conduct of the cold war and to the prevention of communist domination of the area and one has to remember that too few people remember the influx of soviet arms into the region and concern with communists, radical party some at the time. i mention this because there's no reason why america to fuel and iran that governs itself and that believes in pursuing its historic national purposes what creates a strategic problem for us and the world is iran that seeks the nomination on the basis of its shiite revolutionary fundamentalist that supports terrorist organizations and lebanon on the west bank and over the region and therefore it is an element in the instability of the region precisely because of the fear that iran inspires nuclear efforts. it is usually presented primarily as a threat to israel. that's one aspect of it but a major aspect is the impetus it will give to other countries in the region to protect themse

the point is that we forget nixon didn't just have an enemy's list. he used the machinery of the government, the irs, the fbi, a hired band of criminals and thieves to actually attack physically sometimes his enemies. >> let me tell you some of the people on his list. kennedy, sargent shriver, birch bay. >> birch bay. >> bay? the black panthers, barbra streisand -- >> bill cosby was on there. >> wait a minute, carol chaning, come on? "hello dolly"? >> we go from fear and anger to pity. >> i mean it's weird, isn't it? >> i know. >> nixon's enemy list backfired. is this going to backfire on obama? >> it was the fact he sent a group of criminals to break into their offices. >> yeah, that's a distinction using the federal government to essentially target folks. that's certainly not what anybody thinks the obama administration is doing. but i think the danger here is you know this kind of slippery slope argument and also, the image of the white house by taking on glenn beck. i don't know how many viewers he gets, but the larger question is how many believe

mcfarland who served under president's nixon and ford and the reagan administration and jed babbitt,nder secretary for president bush 41. thanks for being here today. [applause]. >> pleasure. >> when i'm reading the papers on any given hour, not just day, my heart is skipping a beat, i'm watching what is going on in iran, and, i don't know if a lot of americans fully understand the single most important issue taking place in our planet now, as part of the -- it may be what is happening in iran, with their build-up, of enriched uranium with the possibility of creating a women. >> right. >> what a is that dangerous and matter to americans. >> okay. because iran is going for the bomb, i mean, that is clear and we have caught them red handed with the second nuclear enrichment site and they are going for it and what does it mean, iran, if they get nuclear weapons, there is a nuclear arms race in the middle east, and the rush to get... that is like throwing a match in a gasoline filled room, and the other alternative, is that iran looks like it is getting there and we cane have an effectiv

is a guy promoting homosexuality in the schools, the obama schools advisor term czar originate with nixon and reagan, the advisor is named kevin jennings, 15 years ago he wrote that while he was a male counselor -- for this limb -- as to limbaugh's fascination with that topic, i refer you again to the limbaugh comedy routine by the late bill hicks. >>> who has pleaded guilty to terrorism financing now faces up to 25 years in jail. he thought he was transferring 152,000 to pakistan and afghanistan to buying night vision goggles. he was arrested in february of 2007, but oddly the bush administration did not make a big deal about it possibly because also had transferred $15,000 to the national republican congressional committee and $20,000 to the national senator torl committee. >>> and the republicans celebrating national hispanic heritage month not mentioning sena sotomayer. they left out the nation's first hispanic supreme court justice, sonya sotomayor, and caesar chavez and former republican senator mel martinez and instead of writing a press release in spanish, steele's guys simply tri

we sold out taiwan, nixon did it to china, but in return we got an extremely important strategic relationship. obama shells out the russians an poles on missile defense and gets nothing. concessions ok, but concession with no return is appeasement and naivety. here, i don't understand why what he fears from china. do it if you believe in human rights, and otherwise, you don't have to see them at all if you believe it gets in the way of relations, but show us something in return. he has shown us nothing yet on any of his concessions. jim: there is a lot of issues between the u.s. and china. he wants their help on climate change because they need to reduce their emissions and he wants help from them on north korea and iran. he hasn't gotten a whole lot on the latter. there are a lot of things on the table that the from president is worried about, but did the dalai lama get lost in the shuffle here? >> they made a very concerted effort to let the dalai lama know he would not be visiting with him. as much as the white house is acting like this is a last-minute surprise, they they are squirmy abou

mcfar land who t served as a national security advisor to presidents nixon and ford, and the former deputy undersecretary for defense. u k.t. and jed, thanks for beinga here today.. >> a pleas>>ure. >> when i'm reading the papershe on any given hour, not just day, my heart is skipping a beat., i'm watching what's going on inw iran, and i don't know if a lot, of americans fully understand that the single most important issue that is taking place onoan our planet right now, as important as health care is, it, may be what is happening in iran with their buildup of enriched uranium with the possibility of creating a weapon. >> right. >> why is that so dangerous, and why does it matter to americans? >> because iran is definitely going for the bomb. i mean, that's clear. they've been caught red-handed a with ago with a second nuclear enrichment site. they're going for it.they so what does that mean? i if iran gets nuclear weapons,yee then there's a nuclear arms racr in the middle east. saudi rain arabia, egypt, and s. will rush to get weapons.ol that's like throwing a match ine a gasoline-filled

the same question nixon had to deal with. and these are fair questions. you are looking at millions of dollars of taxpayer dollars. you are looking at an impact within our entire election system. this only occurred when we realized that mary poppins and mickey mouse were being registered to vote a couple cycles to go in ohio. i would take leslie to task here. really, if we are going to investigate everyone, acorn brought this on themselves. i suppose we should investigate every member of congress because larry craig had a bathroom issue. maybe we should follow every person to the bathroom or charlie rangel's issues when it comes to taxes, maybe we should investigate everyone who doesn't have a tax issue. you know, evidence and corruption becomes apparent and acorn has got a lot of work to do. the fact of the matter is, vigilance, when it comes to media is key. government has always been responsible only when the media is looking. bill: that was good, tammy. look, leslie, rangel has tax issues, what do you do audit all the house of representatives? tammy m

but let me remind you, julian, came into politics before julian was born and richard nixon in 1965, lindenicare and all that stuff through, and in 1966, he lost 47 house seats to the republican party. >> all right, listen guys, we got to make a quick correction here, but julian and pat, love to see you as always. >>> that correction here for all of you watching the previous story there, it's foreverfamily.net. there it is, at the bottom, sorry about that, we're going to get this together, see you later, thanks. ste, and intensit. ste, and intensit. now campbell's has found one that tops them all. it's naturally flavorful. adding it helps us use less salt than before in campbell's tomato soup. that famous, familiar flavor, as delicious as ever. now with less salt. thanks to a very special sea salt. ♪ so many, many reasons ♪ it's so m'm! m'm! good! ♪

which was to record their telephone conversation and that has been an extipnct practice since the nixonpes helped drive him from office and the way he was talking in private. he wanted as close to that as he could get and, therefore, the closest we could come up with was a contemporaneous dierary that we had to keep secret because we were afraid that if it got out it would get subpoena or great cry to get at it in order to solve whitewater or some controversy at the moment. >> he talked recently about the great right wing conspiracy saying he felt that president obama was affected by that kind of conspiracy. how angry was he in the real time about the white water investigation and all the other things that led to the sprelsh prosecutor? >> well, he said agreeing to the whitewater special prosecutor was the greatest mistake of his presidency. he said he did it because he thought it would go away and it was the great cry thing and what did he have to hide? he should go ahead and get it over with and hillary was his strongest critic saying he shouldn't do it for constitutional reasons. he

we were coming to say hello and start the conversation and nixon and everyone following nixon was absolutely china on a monthly or daily basis and look beyond it to the larger goal. and with iran we're saying you have to be a good boy on day one or we won't talk to you on day two and day two will never come. >> that's an interesting point. >> we have leverage with russia now on iran because of what we did with the missiles in eastern europe. we don't have leverage with china. >> i see in this week's issue of "time" you have a piece on health care reform. and that's the other debate this morning. we were showing tom the clips of congressman grayson and his first comments which was the republicans want you to die quickly, then his apology which involved the word holocaust. we're not going to replay them. lawrence o'donnell, you really keyed tine the health care debate and how these things pan out. is the kind of shrill rhetoric getting in the way of anything happening? >> no, i think it's very helpful to moving the legislation and here's why. >> okay. >> i was down there yesterday in the senat

the pop superstar was one of several stars including cynthia nixon in d.c.lady gaga tells "showbiz tonight" that her rebel yell, calling on the president for equality, it was for everyone. but mostly for her young fans who feel like they don't hatve voice. lady gaga got choked up talking about her passionate commitment to young gays and lesbians. >> i was hoping to make more young people aware of what this is all about and why it is so serious. i am just, i'm quite like really touched by -- by the whole day really. this has been the most important moment of my career. >> wow, although we are not sure the president specifically heard lady gaga scream. "showbiz tonight" can tell you he did give lady gaga a shout-out in a major speech at the human rights campaign the night before lady gaga's emotional scream. president obama joked about who the real star of the show was. >> thank you so much -- all of you, it is a privilege to be here tonight to open for lady gaga. >> there you go, lady gaga did perform after the president's speech. singing john lennon's imagin

you did see certain wage controls during the nixon administration any time of wage push inflation, but now, it is very interesting that there is this bifurcation of arguments were some people are worried about hyperinflation from the standpoint that we are debating the dollar and printing so much money. -- debasing the dollar and printing so much money. and others are worried about deflationary and a period of leveraging where people have to sell off furniture just to pay the heating bill and a mortgage is something -- and this is something that is very deflationary. it is yet to be seeing which way the economy and the dollar and prices are going to go. last year we saw oil prices go up to nearly $150 per barrel by the summer of 2008, and that crippled a cross food prices. we saw much of the corn crop diverted to corn based ethanol and that caused all sorts of side effects, whether there were torchiere riots in mexico -- tortilla rights in mexico or scarcity of grains in africa. it shows that we're all connected. it is difficult for the government to come in and post price controls, bu

he and nixon realized american power was not infinite. that is the path that obama should take now. if he did, he would really earned this premature nobel peace prize." brooklyn is next. bernie, on our republican line. caller: in general, i consider him a smart man. it should not be a factor in the decision. as far as awarding him the prize -- host: why should it not be a factor? caller: it has nothing to do with the political or strategic value as a component of decision making. what does it have to do with the cost of lives, if we win the war, whatever that means? how it affects american defense from america's point of view. why should the award have anything to do with this decision? decision should be made on how it will affect our security. host: this peace prize winner is trying to finish wars in iraq and afghanistan while contending with eight nuclear north korea. the president yesterday made comments at the rose garden. here's what he had to say. >> i'm both surprised and deeply humbled by the decision of the nobel committee. let me be clear -- i do not view it as a recognit