look at obama abroad.o american president has ever established as much critical distance between himself and his country as obama has abroad. >> that verges on slander. does anybody here seriously think barack obama does not stand with the expression of desire for legitimate counting of an election in iran? and when you talk about crusading liberalism, what do you want us to do in attack iran? >> stand up forthrightly. >> barack obama believes this country is exceptional enough that we can recognize that other countries are exceptional as well. which is why he made that speech in cairo and recognized all the contributions the muslim world has made. >> before that speech in cairo, he made speech after speech on foreign soil apologizing for the united states. apologizing for perceived injustices. >> we are off the topic. >> why aren't you medaling in iran's affairs? what happened when barack obama rationed up the rhetoric, what happened? the iranians blame all their problems on us. [ inaudible [ . >> relinqu

>> kremlin has no interest in gathering big crowds to listen to obama because obama is quite popular here for many reasons, as far as with president bush and russians know the life stour about as an american, you know, getting to the top of the american political office and the kremlin didn't like the obama mania and they want today make sure that his visits will be within the very small official state controlled by the state media. >> all right, gary, thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> when would he come back. first mark sanford and then sarah palin. not a good summer for g.o.p. up and comers. who is set to lead the party into the 2010 and 2012 elections? our panel weighs in after the break. opportunity. at amway global, it's the foundation of our business. because opportunity built nutrilite, the world's... top-selling vitamin, mineral, and supplement brand. and artistry, one of the world's best-selling beauty brands. which makes amway global the online... health and beauty leader. and worldwide, amway has over 8 billion in annual sales. for your opportunity to be part

obama. the deficit as a result of the tax cuts and the drug plan, katrina, and the wars was $485 billion. it went up to $1 trillion when bush left office because of the tarp program and $1.3 trillion because of the tarp program under obama. now it's not $1.3 trillion. it's $2 trillion. the extra $700 billion he added. in the six months this guy has been in office, federal spending went from $3 trillion to $4 trillion. bill: let's cut to the chase. how much trouble is he in six months after he took office? can come back quickly? say he hires you tomorrow. can you change this or is it now three and a half years of chaos? >> it's right on the cusp. health care reform could pass or could fail, ditto cap and trade. and it's right on the cusp. it could go either way, which is why people need to write their senators and express their opinion. that really works. but it's right on the cusp. now, health care reform and cap and trade fail, which i'm inclined to believe they will, but they still could p

obama. the deficit as a result of the tax cuts and the drug plan, katrina, and the wars was $485 billion. it went up to $1 trillion when bush left office because of the tarp program and $1.3 trillion because of the tarp program under obama. now it's not $1.3 trillion. it's $2 trillion. the extra $700 billion he added. in the six months this guy has been in office, federal spending went from $3 trillion to $4 trillion. bill: let's cut to the chase. how much trouble is he in six months after he took office? can come back quickly? say he hires you tomorrow. can you change this or is it now three and a half years of chaos? >> it's right on the cusp. health care reform could pass or could fail, ditto cap and trade. and it's right on the cusp. it could go either way, which is why people need to write their senators and express their opinion. that really works. but it's right on the cusp. now, health care reform and cap and trade fail, which i'm inclined to believe they will, but they still could p

obama' the core problem mr. obama is going to have in dealing with mr. putin is i think he has developed a sense he can do whatever he wants to do with nearly absolute impunity. there's a long list of offense that bolstered this sense over the years. think it's also clear mr. putin has a chip on his shoulder about the size of the rock of gibraltar. and finally mr. putin believes that for now russia has the upper hand vis-a-vis the united states that washington needs to make the fundamental concessions, in other words, do all of the study. i think this feeling of powerful, over confident is not going to make it easy in moscow. there are three things i would start with in what i think mr. obama needs to convey to mr. putin in very clear terms. i start with georgia. once again we hear rumors of the possibility of russian preparations for war, to finish the unfinished business. this absolutely cannot happen. # last year as conflict was a massive blow to the security in the region and the world. obama must on the one hand assure putin that the georgian presid

a deal on climate change was obama's other major goal. he was able to convince the nations to agree to a limit on a rise in the world's temperature. the major industrialized nations also agree to cut their carbon emissions by 80% by the year 2050. still, he couldn't convince the wider group to go along with that target for reducing emissions. opposition was led by the so-called g-5, a group of important regional players that includes brazil, china, india, mexico and south africa. obama acknowledged the growing importance of such countries. >> for us to think we can somehow deal with some of these global challenges in the absence of major powers, like china, india and brazil, seems to me wrongheaded. >> reporter: afterwards, the president met in rome with pope benedict xvi. the two greeted each other warmly. this despite their differences over issues like stem cell research and abortion. >>> now for more on the president's meeting with the pope today we are joined by the reverend drew christiansen. editor in chief of the national catholic

obama campaigned against that. an employer mandate. obama campaigned against that. taxation of benefits, health care benefits. obama campaigned against that. so baucus is actually out to the left of obama on a few things. it's very hard to tell how those campaign contributions affect that. >> great point. lawrence o'donnell of msnbc and "the huffington post." thanks, as always. appreciate your coming on tonight. >> thanks, david. >> you're welcome. >>> the senate judiciary committee has put off its vote on supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor for one week. meanwhile, support for sotomayor among gop moderates is growing. the committee vote is now scheduled for july the 28th, after republicans requested more time to study miss sotomayor's record. democratic chairman patrick leahy says he's confident sotomayor will win confirmation by a bipartisan vote of the full senate in time for the first supreme court's session. this as susan collins of maine becomes the fourth republican to break with conservative leaders and publicly support sotomayor. collins joins republicans

obama tried. what we believe him when he is now hiding the numbers and he has been wrong about the american economy estimates? >> i heard you and michael steele say we have not saved jobs. look, pa. has received in the last fiscal year that has just ended, we received over $1 billion in federal aid, and this year, we will receive over $2 billion, and that has allowed us to not lay off at least 5000 to 10,000 teachers, scfiremen, policemen. sean: i appreciate that, but you and i both know that the historic measure, ronald reagan, he created over 20 million new jobs, and since january, we have lost over 3.5 million jobs. this is some sort of mathematics doublespeak. >> but the question is, sean, what we have lost more without the stimulus? i know you are coming into pennsylvania -- would we have lost more about the stimulus? we can interview the workers. they had not a word in six months, and they are back on the job. we will interview contractors who are providing his concrete and steel, and i can

he is a friend of president obama.was about the professor was right and the cop was wrong. >> there is a large class distinction here. that's like it is not about racial profiling. this is about someone -- remember, the governor of massachusetts is black. the president is black. henry louis gates is black and he is a harvard professor and he is making calls to someone asking who is the police chief? these are people with a certain level of status in the society, so there is no question. >> that's why it is so toxic politically, and that's why he had to recant essentially, even though he didn't do it fully. he is the one who, not knowing the facts, assumed that gates had told the right story and the cop hadn't, and secondly, accepted the gates' narrative, that's the word that the left loves, the narrative that it was all about race, when obviously it was not about race. bret: over the past 48 hours, juan, we heard a lot about sergeant crowley, how he gave these racial sensitivity classes at the academy, how he resuscita

>> barack obama. >> who? >> barack obama! >> that is more like it. you very excited about president obama's visit? >> yes. >> why are you excited? >> this is an historic event. he is the first african- american president of the united states and i feel privileged that he is visiting my homeland. >> ward you like barack obama? >> the what -- why do you like barack obama? >> the way he does things, he does what he wants to do. >> why are you excited about his visit? >> because he is the first african-american president. >> that is right. >> and he is coming to ghana. and who comes to visit donna? >> -- and who comes to visit, donnghana? >> what would you say to president obama if you met him down the road by in some rice? >> [laughter] i would say that he is my role model because he is very courageous. he can do things without being scared, even though the consequences might be bad. >> obama is the biggest president in the world. he can -- he has proven the black people can do exactly what white people can. >> that is what the kids are feeling right no

obama tried. what we believe him when he is now hiding the numbers and he has been wrong about the american economy estimates? >> i heard you and michael steele say we have not saved jobs. look, pa. has received in the last fiscal year that has just ended, we received over $1 billion in federal aid, and this year, we will receive over $2 billion, and that has allowed us to not lay off at least 5000 to 10,000 teachers, scfiremen, policemen. sean: i appreciate that, but you and i both know that the historic measure, ronald reagan, he created over 20 million new jobs, and since january, we have lost over 3.5 million jobs. this is some sort of mathematics doublespeak. >> but the question is, sean, what we have lost more without the stimulus? i know you are coming into pennsylvania -- would we have lost more about the stimulus? we can interview the workers. they had not a word in six months, and they are back on the job. we will interview contractors who are providing his concrete and steel, and i can

to help her sell the obama care plan. sean: you go basically by person, like meet the average joe biden and that's a myth. you go through the crooked cabinet. explain what you mean. >> well, joe biden like barack obama even when he was campaigning for president himself tried to position himself as a man of the people and he's always stressed the fact that he was one of the least wealthy members of the senate. the fact is that he and his family, his son hunter who was a lobbyist, one ever the evil lobbyists the obamas are always crowing about and his son bo all profited from the biden name. there is his championing of amtrak that i think deserves a lot more scrutiny, pfert -- particularly with the shenanigans with the inspector general there and because of all the stimulus money biden is funneling into dweafment -- delaware. sean: it struck me that for whatever reason the country seemed to go into a hypnotic barack obama trance, the very sight either sending thrill up your legs if you're an anchor or the feeling of omnipot

and i suspect that's one of the things that obama may have had in his mind, president obama may havehad in his mind. listen, this woman is smart. say what you want to about her, but everything in her background, th wom did not go to school just to eat her lunch. she's really smart, and he may have sensed in her as time goes along, she may be a scalia who can take on scalia, if you will. chris: well, smart people are also independent people. pete, is there any chance she'll surprise us on something like rowe v. wade? there's a wonderful case of a liberal activist injurist leader, and we all thought he was another republican governor from california who put the japanese-americans behind fences. frankfort, another big surprise going to the right. >> well, i think the days of the big prices are gone. chris: really? >> yes. because before they're even nominated, their opinions, speeches, everything is so carefully scrutinized, that didn't used to be the case. certainly wasn't the ce with david souter, who did surprise the bush administration. chris: in this case we don't have a paper trai

>> kremlin has no interest in gathering big crowds to listen to obama because obama is quite popular here for many reasons, as far as with president bush and russians know the life stour about as an american, you know, getting to the top of the american political office and the kremlin didn't like the obama mania and they want today make sure that his visits will be within the very small official state controlled by the state media. >> all right, gary, thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> when would he come back. first mark sanford and then sarah palin. not a good summer for g.o.p. up and comers. who is set to lead the party into the 2010 and 2012 elections? our panel weighs in after the breaea so what do you think? i think i'll go with the basic package. good choice. only meineke lets you choose the brake service that's right for you. and save 50% on pads and shoes. meineke. [ bottle #2 ] is he better than us? i mean i feel like it took you like three times longer to do whatever he did... dude, dude, he's got...these -- like -- microscrubbers... magic man. he's a magic ma

>> i came to meet obama. >> reporter: the man everyone says he resembles. >> they call me, obama, obamaobama every time. >> reporter: what part of you do you think looks most like barack? >> everywhere. >> reporter: felix sees himself in obama and he is not the only one. obama has changed how many people here see themselves. >> the flame of change that we are lighting today and it is going to burn for the rest of our lives. >> reporter: now along with the excitement is a little bit of disappointment that the president won't be holding a large public event as so many people are hoping to catch just a glimpse of him in person. lester. >> mara, thank you. we turn now back to this country and to fri. and a double-murder that has stunned a community just outside pensacola. a couple killed in what was apparently a home invasion while eight of their children were also inside. nbc's mark potter is miami with the latest. mark. >> reporter: good evening, lester. police say they're looking for three suspects seen leaving the crime scene in a red van. the murders occurred after a break-in at a larg

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>> barack obama. >> that is more like it. >who is barack obama? >> he is the president of the united states. >> are you excited about his visit? >> yes. >> why are you excited? >> he is the first african american president of the united states. i am privileged is coming to my homeland. >> why do you like barack obama? >> he believes in himself. >> are you excited about barack obama's visit? >> yes. >> why? >> he is the first african- american president and he is coming here. who would've ever thought that he would come to visit here? >> 2 has a message for the president? -- who has a message for the president? what would you say to president obama if you met him down the road blind some rice -- buying some rice? >> i would say that he is my hero because he is very courageous. he can do things without getting scared. >> he is the biggest president in the world. black people can do exactly what white people can. >> that is what the kids are feeling right now and it is a lot more than that. for these young folks, having barack obama here is a gift en

you see michelle obama there, president obama as well, standing where they just arrived. cape coast there in ghana where they'll be taking a look at the cape coast castle. where a lot of africans were taken and held until they were shipped off to be slaves in other parts of the world. there's the president. drawing huge crowds everywhere he's gone in ghana. this is after he's made a speech earlier today, to the parliament there in ghana. in the capitol of accra. look at that crowd. >> look at the crowd. >> take that in for a second. i think we have the sound. take a listen to these folks as they erupt for the american president. [ drum beat ] >> again, there the president is, we'll get a shot of the first lady. the president's family is along for this trip with him there in ghana. and tough, love, really in this speech today for many countries, but really saying the future of that continent, the future of africans is in the hands of africans. again, as the president makes his way in shades, looking good. probably a hot day in ghana today. coming down where everybody is ex

so and so has 100 obamas, somebody else has 80 obamas. the good side to that is because they know they're so much smarter than you are, they take your criticism with a degree of exwhat anymority don't. the bush administration, after you criticize them, they call you and say, you're a complete and total loser. my the obama people call you and say, we like you, it's so sad you're a complete and total loser. the other positive thing is his ability to hire hillary clinton and get this cavalcade of brains. if we're attacked by terrorists in the harvard-yale game we're screwed, they'll all be out in new haven. but they do have this intellectual superpower and the people who can rise in this administration are thee the people who can dominate a table with sheer brilliance. like peter or s.a.g., so those people -- orr s.a.g., is those people. the negative side to self-confidence is the decision to do everything at once, with eight people. so they had to hand off a lot of power to capitol hill, which led to a mishmash of mediocre policies and seco

i voted for obama. appreciate the fact that obama is actually in 1912 and that is how it is supposed to be. we are all members of the human race. that obama is it you 19 at the world -- obama is uniting the world. russia is the only superpower that did not participate in the slave trade. host: is there something specific you like to see obama address with the leaders in russia? caller: yes, unite. talk to them in the context that we are all together in this because the united states is about to use its aerospace in russia to transfer material. those are some of the ways you want to unite the world. the soviet union is [inaudible] but the united states makes them not to be skeptical. -- makes them out to be skeptical. but obama is doing the best and is alicit is how it should be. host: here from another article, it says mr. obama is starting relatively small, using a visit to russia that starts monday to advance an intense negotiation with the tree the deadline of the end of the year to reduce the arsena

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obama do with this dynamic now? >> i think what he has to hope for is that we don't spend another day or two talking about it, to be totally honest with you. that this essentially goes away. that the police officer does not talk more to the media. that the -- that the issue goes quietly away and we move back to health care. if it stays in the limelight. if it comes out that this was, in fact, as the police officer was doing the job that he's been trained to do, then you get more to shaky and tenuous political ground for the president. what he wants right now more than anything is to start talking about health care, even if we talk about the fact that the health care vote has been slated for september. he would much prefer that to this conversation. >> at "the washington post," chris, thanks for coming on. >> thank you. >>> governor schwarzenegger, as you might imagine had a bit of explaining to do after he was seen brandishing this knife in his office. and later, new jersey living up to its corruption reputation, bu

obama's next stop was the vatican. major garrett is traveling with the president. >> every presidential audience with the pope is a head of state affair, but this president has also portrayed it as a personal pilgrimage inspired by catholicism's call for social justice. the pope placed that issue in fresh relief with his church document on social and economic justice. in it, pope benedict notes a, quote, urgent need of a true world political authority, unquote, to tame globalization. it calls for global labor rights and income redistribution, profit, it says, must be rooted in ethics and morality. quote, once profit becomes the exclusive goal, if it is produced by improper means and without the common good as its ultimate end, it risks destroying wealth and creating poverty. senior advisors tell fox mr. obama read the the encyclical while attending meetings and said some postwar organizations, including maybe the g8, should go. >> we need to update, refresh and renew the international institutions that were set up in a

hearing what president obama has to tell us. it is a very open forum because it counts numerous experts who are graduates of that institutes. if you read one moscow newspaper, hit you can read >> -- you can read every publication. i am looking forward to a very thrilling speech telling us that the u.s. is ready to change the way the world is changing a dramatically, have because we are not used to feeling ourselves as an object of change. we are not yet ready to except that we can preheat the initiators of change, but we want to go in line with a -- we are not ready to accept that we are the initiators of change. i would like to voice my admiration for president obama for his voice in america possibility to change in itself. you have your own problems. -- admiration for president obama for his voice in america's change in itself. thank you. >> just one follow a quick question. do you think this visit is going to influence the internal policies in russia? for example, in such areas as freedom of the press, the rule of law, and ma

that is what obama said.hey ran on the idiot that this was the worst economy since the great depression. now, they're saying, well, we misread the economy. everybody guessed wrong. >> you and i both said at the time that it was filled with pork, backslapping from one politician to another. it has not worked. the states have abused the money. they have not used effectively to create jobs. they have not improved productivity. people are beginning to think about much as republicans, not just independents, the democrats as well, when you look at the mass of plans that have come out of washington, everyone is asking, how are our kids and grandkids going to pay these bills? you are beginning to see obama's popularity began to drop and you see people beginning to question whether this man really does have the right formula. we can see in the stimulus package that he does not. sean: if he ran on the idea this is the worst economy since the depression but they are claiming they misread the economy and they guessed wro

barack obama -- the difference between governor palin and barack obama, barack obama was paid for 18ths for doing nothing. for 18 months traveling the country so he could be a president because he had the selfish ambition you're so critical of. and similarly rambo emanuel. >> she didn't say she's going to run for office. she is quitting her job because she couldn't take the pressure. sean: she has a higher calling. >> people who think sarah palin seems dumb or insane are mad she's not governing the state of alaska. it doesn't make sense to me, the argument. if you think she's a bad governor, shouldn't she quit? >> i didn't think she was a bad governor. sean: if you're going to call her a quitter, by your definition sebelius is a quitter. >> no, that's wrong. sean: let her answer the >> these are other people that put it on the line, sean, and basically said i'm going to do something else and this is what i'm going to do. she hasn't done that. she quit her job. we don't know what she's going to do and the most inartful statement i've ever seen in politics. so -- to say that americans

barack obama, the son of a kenyan and also the first lady michelle obama of slave ancestry and the two daughters, sasha, malia getting a tour of the place. the president coming out afterwards to give a sense of what this meant personally for him and his family. take a listen. >> i think it was particularly important for malia and sasha who are growing up -- in such a blessed way, to be reminded that history can take very cruel turns. and hopefully one of the things that was emparted to them during this trip is their sense of obligation to fight oppression and cruelty wherever it appears. and that any group of people who are degrading another group of people have to be fought against. >> tom, really the message from the president and this trip to accra, ghana, not only to the people here, but also to other african nations, african leaders saying that it is up to africans, the future to determine their own future. that the responsibility of good governance is up to them. that corruption needs to end. and there was a real sense here that president obama had the credibility to say that. un

obama's most powerful czar.nstead, the president named a secret health secretary and separate czar. some of the czars like the intelligence czar and drug czar are mandated by congress. some of the czars president obama created like his chief performance officer are new jobs added to existing positions. >> instead of having that become a white house staffperson, his dual hat with someone who is already confirmed. >> even if the individual czars don't have more power, critics say the increasing number of them adds to the power of the executive branch, and that's something candidate obama criticized president bush for. >> the biggest problem that we're facing right now has to do with george bush trying to bring more and more power into the executive branch and not go through congress at all. >> mr. obama's complaints were usually about congress being excluded from national security and civil liberty matters. republicans are afraid his czars will shut them out of healthcare and environmental concerns. czars work bet

i come to think that obama -- the word obama will denote self- confidence. someone has so many obama's, etc those have a good size and that said. said. they -- the good thing is that they take your criticism with a degree of the equanimity. the obama people call when you disagree with them and they say, we like you, we admire you, it is so sad that you are a complete and total loser. [laughter] the other positive thing is his ability to hire heller clinton and get this cavalcade of brains in the administration. my joke is that because of all of the harbour people, of we are attacked during a harvard/yale game, we are screwed. [laughter] the people that can rise in his administration are the people who can dominate the table with sheer brilliance like larry summers, richard holbrooke, peter orszag. those people really dominate. that is a positive side in the debate. the negative side of self- confidence is, to me, the decision to do everything at once with a people. they had to do it by handing off a lot of power to capitol hill, which i think led to a lot of

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there were stain books on michelle obama and the obama administration in january. i thought what was interesting is up until the very last second hit that went to press, i was updating it. every day in the headlines there's a relevant story that i think that points to the deficient as is. because i would see a story that sort of glossed over a lot of the conflict of interests and croney ties and i would say see, we need this book. it definitely has filled a vacuum. host: you were on the "today" show with pat lauer. >> i was shocked at all that they had me on, grateful for that opportunity opportunity and they graciously reprinted the entire introduction of the book on their website. but you know, you've got three or four minutes to try to get your point across and most of the questions had nothing to do with the book, which is fine, but i really think there was was really a game of trying to beat the clock and in the end i think matt lauer got beaten. it was a very entertaining experience. host: michelle malkin thank you for being with us on c-span for a full half-

will obama win? will obama lose? count down clocks, the networks put a countdown clock to the press conference. they sit around with the tingles up their legs all day and marvel at how obama is so smooth and elegant. they are not reforming -- informing anybody about the details about his policies and yet 53%, over 50% in most polls now oppose this healthcare plan. so who it telling the people what's in it? alternative media, your network, talk radio, the conservative blog network. the mainstream media has cashed in its chips and have become nothing more than steno graphers for ram emanuel and it is breathtaking to see willingly sacrifice every characteristic that makes quality journalism. >> greta: up next, rush says president obama attacks pediatricians last night and the president just making up numbers out of thin air. what exactly does rush mean? the radio powerhouse also i never thought it could happen to me... a heart attack at 53. i had felt fine. but turns out... my cholesterol and other risk factors... incre

[unintelligible] it's not about obama. my question is what would happen if moscow becomes barack obama's frustration? >> what would happen in moscow that would disappoint or frustrate the american president during the visit? baker, do you want to take a crack at this one briefly and then go to fritzl >> the only thing i could imagine would be if the russian side of the negotiations did not put forward a list of things they would want the u.s. to go along with, because i think that basically the obama administration has been in a very accommodating mood with regard to that. but it is clear that the russian side at the end of the day is really not that interested in significant nuclear weapons reduction. essentially, it puts forward a list of items that the obama administration continues to pursue with no finality. in other words, these things continue to be stretched out. i think that from the perspective of this administration, that they would be disappointed in that. >> for i don't know what would frustrate the president,

the barack obama experiment. experiment, experiment, experiment, experiments, in that economic laboratory, experiments, experimentation. multi trillion dollar experiment. experiment, experiment, experiment. so it's time to stop the experiment, experiment, experimentation, experiment. risky experiment. w.barackobamaexperiment.com. >> they even have a website? we did the math. steele actually said "experiment" or some variation of the word 32 times in that speech. after reading his prepared remarks to the national press club, the rnc chair took some questions. without his script, steele was not as sure about his views on health care when he didn't have the script around him. at one point the moderator asked did republicans support an individual requirement to get coverage? that question stumped him. >> does -- an individual requirement, what do you mean by an individual requirement? do we support requiring individuals to get health coverage? again, that is one of those areas where there -- there is different opinio

they are enabling obama to [ inaudible ] obama has outsmarted himself. they spend all their time focus grouping every word he says, go through the mail and look for anecdotes that tug on heart strings and they get it perfect. the problem is a boring package that marion francis berry contribute for call it bloodless. it drained away the interest and it is not doing him any good. >> another interesting thing that caught my eye talk about the president trying to go over the heads of the press. he held a meeting with important n his words bloggers some of the more, i guess, more read blogers -- more red bloggers and said they are best at debunking milts that can slip through media outlets that is why you are going to play such an important role in our says in the weeks to come. first of all cal, blogs are better than al -- traditional media at debunking myths? >> it is talk radio from limbaugh to hannity to levine, these guys have read the 1,000 page house bill they are dissecting it, putting out the true information that's the reason the support for it is i

president obama has spoken about the environment. he's spoken about the situation in the middle east. they'll both want to speak about poverty, the economic crisis, and all the points of conversion they have. the open undoubtedly is interested in these things but will bring up issues of ger divergence, especially life issues. both men have been looking forward to the meeting and will start out talking about all the different points they have in common and get down to brass tacks, especially the elimination of extreme poverty and other points both men are concerned about. then they'll probably move on to discuss the question of conscience, protection for healthcare workers. the whole question of life in u.s. law and other questions where they tend to differ a little bit. >> could this meeting change what some have called rocky relations of the president with the catholic church? >> i think both men hope so. a face to face relation always means a change in reports, not like written back and forth. the chance to get to know each other a

plus, what was president obama caught looking at? >> after beautiful weather, will rain spoiled your weekend plans? >>> more on the hostage situation in leesburg. pamela brown has the details. >> two elderly people in their eighties have been held by the armed robber cents two o'clock. earlier today, there were reports of gunfire, but there is no reason to believe there are any injuries. swat team members and the snipers are surrounding the house. we're told they will not make any sudden moves unless it is necessary. crisis negotiators are in contact with the suspect hoping to reach a paceful resolution. this unfold it this afternoon when the suspect robbed a bowl jewelry store and fled on foot -- robbed a local jewelry store and fled on foot, then chose a house at random to hide out from the police. right now, the hostages are inside the house. officers are calling this stle. we will keep you updated on any developments. pamela brown, abc 7 news. >>> a photograph of president obama's from the g-8 summit is getting a lot of attention

obama does the opposite. he is increasing the deficit that when you go to borrow money to refinance your home the fed is elbowing you out of the way now the fed knows that if it let interest rates go as high as they can go with this massive borrowing that we will be in the great depression. do you know, what they're doing? they are printing money. they don't call is printing money they say buying treasury securities. or buying stocks but they are buying stuff and putting money that is not there into the economy burma obama's said i will give you always -- give all of you a full tank of gas then they went to iran shooting gas into your car and every car in the country was now on goal but people did not want to drive because it was no wing or raining or lousy rather so they put the car into the parking garage and then when the weather improved and the economy got better they come out of the parking garage then they use the gaspar the problem is they will do this all at once. you are no strangers to traffic but

candidate obama vowed to allow t.v.re negotiations. federal agencies such as the departments of justice and agriculture have been warned against hosting conferences in las vegas, reno and orlando, because those destinations could give the wrong impression. the wall street journal obtained an internal f.b.i. mail which reads "conferences are not to be held in cities that are vacation destinations, spas, resorts, gambling. las vegas and or orlando are the first two on the chopping block. " an agriculture department employee says his agency is encouraging employees to hold meetings in places that have not considered resort locations but still considered cheap and easy to get to. approved cities include denver, chicago, portland, washington, d.c. and milwaukee. some say the rules are punishing travel dependent states that have tens of thousands of hotel rooms, lots of conference space and great deals. an official at the u.s. travel association says, quote, and & in the quest to demonize travel, we're killing jobs." the home

>> well, obama still was wobbly on that, frank or not. what he said actually is we work through our disagreements on georgia's borders, so it's a matter of disagreement should you innovate or -- should you invade or not, should western russia detach georgia as it has? it sounds that he is equivocal on this. when he talks about a sense of drift, it is coming out of the mutual actions. it was because less than a year ago, russia invaded friendly democratic neighbor and split off the western half of that country. that's not adrift. that's aggression. bret: juan, last word. the president says he trusts dimitry medvedev. that's not like looking into his eyes and seeing his soul but he did say he trusted are him. >>fully close! he trusts him to follow through on the deal, and by the way, he, in the news conference, president obama said you have got to respect georgiaian sovereignty and made it clear they have a difference there. >> juan, thugs always want respect. >> no, respect georgia! >> you get nothing back. from t >> i'm talking about dimi

he says pre-obama versus post-obama auto supply era.pitzer and a number of different gun dealers say the shortage should run itself out in the coming months. >> and somebody is actively seeking to replenish the ammunition then? >> i talked to remmington. if you're looking for a job, that's a spot to go. >> hot part of the economy. >> they've added a fourth shift. >> an upside in the economy. thanks. >>> up next the issue that won't go away. the matter of president obama and that birth certificate. now facing rising criticism from within his own party, democrats say the cost of his health care proposals are simply too high. they are baffled. that's their word. not mine. to stay on top of my game after 50, i switched to a complete multivitamin with more. only one a day men's 50+ advantage... has gingko for memory and concentration. plus support for heart health. that's a great call. one a day men's. >>> joining me now are -- from philadelphia, from wpht, good to have you with us. and washington, d.c. whfs, guy lambert. here in new york, d

obama is letting them go up. bill clinton eliminated the deficit by cutting the capital gains tax from 28% to 20 and i'm not crazy, you cut that capital gains, more people sell, more people buy, they are more transactions and produce more revenue and permitted us to eliminate the budget deficit. i remember sitting with him and a yellow pad in the oval office and he literally wrote the budget from memory. this guy knew every one of the 50,000 lines in the federal budget and he wrote the budget, and those cuts ended up being completely meaningless. the only cut that mattered was the capital gains tax cut because that generated revenues that eliminated the deficit but obama is doing the opposite. he is so increasing the deficit that when you go to borrow money for your refinancing your home, the feds are elbowing you out of the way. the federal reserve board knows that if they let interest rates go as high as they are going to go with this massive borrowing, that we will be in the great depression. you know what the

i come to think that obama -- the word obama will denote self- confidence. someone has so many obama's, etc those have a good size and that said. they think -- good sides and bad sides. after you criticize them, they call you the next morning after the budget measures. the obama people call and say we like you, we admire you. my job is if we are attacked by terrace during the harvard-yale game, we are screwed. it has created an atmosphere where they had this intellectual superpower, and the people who will rise in this administration are the people who will dominate a table with sheer brilliance, like larry summers, people -- peter ordaz ag. those people really dominate, the real sense of debate. the negative side of self- confidence is the decision to do everything at once, with eight people. they had to do it by handing off a lot of power to capitol hill, which i think led to a lot of mediocre policies when it could have had a clear and may be more ambitious policies, and second and finally, it is just the money. the money is out of control. it happened un

obama never provided his birth certificate. what he provided is certification of live birth that was issued last year that does not have the name of the doctor, does not have the name of the hospital, does not have any signatures. you note that hawaii has a statute, 338, that allows foreign-born children of hawaiian residence to get hawaiian birth certificates. did you know that? >> errol, i would like you to -- >> listen, i think -- i think what we have here is a case where under the guise of saying, well, we can't trust whether or not he should be president because we don't have the evidence, it's actually the reverse. these are folks, and there are a number of them, and some of them are raising money like "world net daily" which is a scam, selling all kinds of bumper stickers and stuff like that, and i don't know what they are taking in the way of legal fees. they're raising legal fees from across the country and the reality is they don't accept that the president is the president, and, therefore, they work backward and ther

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