obama adores her. and yet is confused by her absences during high school and probably suffers from them. he's being raised by his grandparents. not everybody loves. i just found her to be an immensely richer character in life than he was -- than she was in his autobiography. >> she was trying to help him deal with being an outsider in many what's and yet when she brings him to indonesia, they have to basically move out of the house. >> it's exactly right. when she started doing research in java they lived on an old palace grounds. and because there was a relation there -- the second husband had royal relations so they were allowed to live on palace grounds in jakarta. when obama, barack, jr., would make his educational trips to java to join his mother on vacation, they had to move off the palace grounds because it was one thing to have an american. it was quite another to have an african-american. i mean, this is not a guy suffers the slings and arrows and knife sticks of john lewis. but as one of the

when barack obama jr. would make his trips to join his mother on vacation, they had to move off of the palace grounds. it was one thing to have an american, it was quite another to have an african-american. this is not a guy who suffers the slings and arrows and knife sticks of john lewis, but one the great hero of the civil rights movement said, you are born into this country at any generation as an african-american and you don't escape suffering at all. and so barack obama -- what is the night he becomes a national and international figure? it comes in the summer of 2004, boston, in d.c. if you are in d.c., you don't have a senator. go and say raise your hand if you know who the state senator is, six hands will go up, and phi of -- five of them are lying. he makes the speak that knocks everybody out. everybody knows who he is. he's on the radio show and group. he goes to logan airport with his campaign manager named jim. and he's pulled aside for extra wanting and searching opinion now that didn't happen

obama wasn't a smolinski organizer. so wilensky was as a rough figure, self-styled rough figure you could imagine very much of his time and obama wasn't that although community organizing as such especially in chicago is complete the associated with the legacy of seÓul berlinski. so i think community organizing give more to barack obama than barack obama could never get to the community organizing especially that short period of time. he had a modest accomplishment and victory that eventually came to pass. they said a big job recruiting center that collapsed under its own wheat after a while and it's not much. and i think part of what he learned is the frustration and the intention of the community organizing. that he looked around and he looked at washington's unfulfilled promise. here's somebody that spent his entire first term completely embroiled in a battle with the city council. the second term is going to get better and he buys at his desk and leaves behind not the kind of political legacy organization that he co

administration for citizenship in the obama administration. on immigration, obama managers are full of people who are at best reluctant to enforce the law on the book. using excuse we can't enforce anything until we have immigration reform. >> the problem with them saying we have to have lawful contact, that can be almost anything. >> stop, detention or arrest. >> but lawful contact -- >> no, no, no. contact isn't in the law anymore. it was taken out of the law. according to this it's for lawful stop, detention or arrest and enforcement of any other law. >> a lawful stop can -- that can be a lot of different things. >> chris: enforcement of the law. >> understood. but police can find a lot of different ways to do is that. they can find a person to stand on the street. >> they could do it now. >> but now they're going to use it as an opportunity to say look, here is a bunch of hispanic people standing here -- >> whoa, whoa, whoa. you mentioned the word "hispani"his sp span ic -- "hispanic." you can't do that. you can't use that to determine rac

obama, for coming. good night, everybody.ioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . >> coming up -- we'll take your questions and comments. then on news makers, senator mark warner on the financial regulations bill. and later, another look at last night's white house correspondents' dinner. .

during the election, they would ask, is obama black enough? is obama too black. the other way around, is john boehner orange enough? is he too orange? we never hear that. as you know, the president and first lady have a wonderful family. you remember this heart-warming photo. we all went ahh. and it reminded us of all of the similar photo taken in the previous administration, take a look. ahh! [laughter] >> our hats off to michelle obama who made childhood obesity one of her causes. [applause] >> she has started a more intense program called leave no child with a bigger behind. and that is a wonderful thing. [laughter] >> but mrs. obama with all the good work you have been doing, it's been undermined by others in your administration. here, take a look. >> it's's easy to say to stay healthy and exercise more. our children might not live as long as their parents. what can we do to help? be the example they need. make healthy choices and help them do the same. let's raise a healthier generation of kids. [laughter] [applause] >> and there was a big set back for nasa,

he was senator obama was young, hip. and president obama remind me of "saturday night live," what are they doing with the newfangled things and-- >> i must be a grumpy old man, too, i think i agree with him on the gadgets. >> you never got 70% of the youth vote, did you paul. >> paul: no, never have. believe me (laughter) >> all right, thank you. that's it for this week's edition of the journal editorial report. thanks to my palm and to all of you for

[applause] has president obama said in prague a little more than a year ago, -- as president obama said that, we need strong partners. this is why we will do everything we can to support this great endeavor of yours, because the past 65 years have shown that when americans and europeans devote their energies to a common purpose, there is almost nothing that we are not able to accomplish. together, through the marshall plan, we rebuilt europe. together, we built the most enduring security alliance, nato, an apolitical force that tied people together and brought us even closer we and a political force -- we built the most enduring security alliance, nato, and a political force that tied people together and brought as even closer. and together, we have provided relief and hope for those suffering humanitarian catastrophes in more places than i can mention, from the western balkans to our work in haiti today. to those who continue to question the transatlantic relationships or my country's attitude towards a united europe, in answer is this. even if the united states -- my answer is this. e

obama is aragmatist.ears ago he was for single pair but he recognized at the beginning of the process it was a complete non starter. i have chapter called the perfect and the good. it comes from obama's idea is that the perfect should not be the enemy of the good. in other words, if you consider a single payer to be perfect you did not want that to prevent some progress. if he held out for that he would get nothing. the same thing for the public option -- there were not the votes for either single payer or public option. it reminds me of fdr, when he puts through social security, a lot of liberals say it is a sellout, it ensures fewer than 40% of senior citizens and roosevelt said we got to start somewhere and then we can build on it. if we don't start somewhere, we get nothing. that was obama's attitude. medical marijuana, i think he sees it as a distraction. i think he has this pragmatic no distraction policy. don't ask, don't tell -- they will deal with it now but they didn't want these secondary issue

the obama haters can't handle the fact that president obama is getting the job done when it comes to fighting terrorism. they missed the bush/cheney leadership and diplomacy, right? the president missed his proverbial 3:00 a.m. call and responded like a real leader. here's how you're supposed to do it, and he did. >> as americans, and as a nation, we will not be terrorized. we will not cower in fear, we will not be intimidated. we will be vigilant, and we will work together, and we will protect and defendant the country we love to ensure a safe and prosperous country for our people. that's what i intend to do as president and that's what we will do as a nation. >> such a difference in the demeanor from the last guy and the smart guy. president obama doesn't need to run down the field and spike the ball in front of the cameras. you know, his policies have got all died on the run in the middle east. aren't you rightees out there, aren't you excited about the fact that he has beefed up troops in afghanistan? and he's putting suspected terrorists behind bars right here in the united stat

obama is a pragmatist. years ago he was for single pair but he recognized at the beginning of the process it was a cplete non starter. i have a chapter called the perfect and the good. it comes from obama's idea is that the perfect should not be the enemy of the good. in other words, if you consider a single payer to be perfect you did not want that to prevent some progress. if he held out for that he would get nothing. the same thing for the public option -- there were not the votes for either single payer or public option. it reminds me of fdr, when he puts through social security, a lot of liberals say it is a sellout, it ensures fewer than 40% of senior citizens and roosevelt said we got to start somewhere and then we can build on it. if we don't start somewhere, we get nothing. that was obama's attitude. medical marijuana, i think he sees it as a distraction. i think he has this pragmat no distraction policy. don't ask, don't tell -- they will deal with it now but they didn't want these secondary issue

>> well, we will work closely with the obama administration. we will take stock, but that's not about whether to support the strategy of nato and agree to the-- it's how to support it. of course a new government wants to look at the role of british forces over the coming years. but we will be there. we want this to succeed. it is vital for our national security and america's national security for operations in afghanistan to succeed. >> warner: do you think the obama administration strategy is the right course? >> yes. we want to give it the time and support to succeed. but,,, at every stage, as the situation develops, we want to be there helping to shape the decisions and be-- and form a close political partnership with the obama administration. again, that's why i've come here so quickly. >> warner: nick clegg has talked about a five-year withdrawal timetable for afghanistan and i think david cameron also talked about 2015. will this new government be seeking some sort of time limit on how long british forces will be there? >> we're not going

just obama and the republicans. he found out later that john boehner and the republican leadership had instructed every member of the caucus to vote no and not talk to the president and not cut a deal with them because they were wasting his time. >> the problem, it seems everything he's done has cost muff money and driven up the debt and deficit. the more he brags about what he's done and say, i didn't like that but i -- that cost a lot of money. the stimulus, that cost a lot. and your response for the deficit, the debt. and he gets no credit for the fact that the unemployment situation while still bad, there are a lot of jobs being created. >> he's got a problem in that he can't brag about preventing, something that didn't happen. in your own words, one of his main arguments is, hey, if it weren't for us, there would have been a second depression. since it didn't happen -- it is hard to brag about something that didn't happen. >> right now the thing is turning a bit. there's new parties. >> the amount of money he s

he was senator obama was young, hip.resident obama remind me of "saturday night live," what are they doing with the newfangled things and-- >> i must be a grumpy old man, too, i think i agree with him on the gadgets. >> you never got 70% of the youth vote, did you paul. >> paul: no, never have. believe me (laughter) >> all right, thank you. that's it for this week's edition of the journal editorial report. thanks to my palm and to all of you for watching, i'm paul gigot, we hope to see you all gigot, we hope to see you all here next week. captioned by closed captioning services, inc. >> on fox news watch. >> i think it's on the website, if you want to see it. the obama white house takes another step in side stepping the press acting as its own news service, with videos, pictures, opinion and twitter blasts, all positive and unfiltered. has the mainstream media ignored the issue? the president's supreme dom knee makes her rounds with lawmakers and mum to the media yet, this picture gets some in the press crying foul, real

obama is a pragmatist. years ago he was for single pair but he recognized at the beginning of the process it was a complete non starter. i have a chapter called the perfect and the good. it comes from obama's ea is that the perfect should note the enemy of the good. in other words, if you consider a single payer to be perfect you did not want that to prevent some progress. if he held out for that he would get nothing. the same thing for the public option -- there were not the votes for either single payer or public option. it reminds me of fdr, when he puts through social security, a lot of liberals say it is a sellout, it ensures fewer than 40% of senior citizens and roosevelt said we got to start somewhere and then we can build on it. if we don't start somewhere, we get nothing. that was obama's attitude. medical marijuana, i think he sees it as a distraction. i think he has this pragmatic no distraction policy. don't ask, don't tell -- they will deal with itow but they didn't want these secondary issues

do you think you will get a better nominee out of president obama? >> i think he has every right to nominate and he is the president and that is his value system. if you look at the brief he filed and what she wrote at the time, it is a my ontiopic view. harvard accepts money from saudi and they execute homosexuals. they do not allow jews to practice their religion. the american military didn't have a policy. the congress of the united states and the clinton administration she served there had a policy. for her to single out the military was an myopic position and if you read what they said at the time it was consistently focused on the military and i think at a time when you have two wars that is an inappropriate behavior for somebody to end up as the justice of the supreme court. >> chris: we have about a minute left. there are big primary elections this tuesday. arlen specter running as a democrat in pennsylvania. is in trouble in the democratic primary. in kentucky the republican candidate is running behind tea party favorite rand paul. what is g

, o le piden respuestas la primera es de adriana de texas. >> el presidente, obama fallÓ.ue tener una reforma sensible, y que se ajusta incluyendo primero a los que han aplicado a a acelerar la. >> seÑor aquÍ acusan a obama de haber mentido para engaÑar, haber cometido una propuesta migratoria primer aÑo nuevo no pasÓ nada, como responde? >> el mostrado liderazgo sobre este tema que es un tema bien complicado. y es una reforma integral, que sÓlo se puede hacer de una manera bipartidistas del presidente ha demostrado su liderazgo, y esta buscando el apoyo republicano y demÓcrata en el congreso para lograr los votos. para avanzar con la reforma integral. hemos trabajado desde el primer dÍa de su presidencia, tratando de avanzar con ese enfoque. pero Él no lo puede hacer sÓlo necesita votos republicanos y eso es lo que estamos buscando. >> siguiente pregunta es de un republicano. >> en la cÁmara y en el senado lo que hizo con la reforma de salud se puede lograr que gaste su capital polÍtico. pero tu presidente y cecilia muÑoz no dicen eso. dicen que necesitan votos republican

he's always there to jump on obama's back. it's like we heard nothing about what cheney's opinion is right now. i think we need to use his expertise. host: the jump page of the new york "time" this morning has the headline, "obama ripped oil firms for pointing fingers." this comes in a statement that he made yesterday in the rose garden after a cabinet meeting with, among others, interior secretary ken salazar and energy secretary steven choo. this is a little bit more of what the president had to say yesterday. >> i hope b.p. is committed to pay for the response, and we will hold them to their obligations. i have to say i did not appreciate what i considered to be a ridiculous spectacle during the congressional hearings into this matter. yet executives of b.p. and trans ocean and halliburton falling over each other to point the finger of blame at somebody else. american people could not have been impressed with that display, and i certainly wasn't. host: as we continue our conversation regarding the president's comments, we g

obama and democrats did note tax relief. they say they want it for the very top again. when it comes to cutting down on the of shoring of american jobs, the president wants to close those loopholes. he is going to be the spokesman. the president will take his lead from members of the house and members of the senate as to where he can be most affected campaigning for them. there are obviously some places where the president is strong and some places where he is less strong, but he is a great national spokesman. he is best at making clear what the stakes are in this election, the importance of moving forward and the cost and consequences of going back to the same economic agenda that got us into this mess. >> will republicans be making a mistake of the couch this election as a referendum on the president and his agenda? if they run against barack obama, how successful will that be or how much trouble that caught your candidates question mark >> i think it would be a big mistake for republicans. if they want to do that, go ahea

do you think you will get a better nominee out of president obama? >> i think he has every right to nominate and he is the president and that is his value system. if you look at the brief he filed and what she wrote at the time, it is a my ontiopic view. harvard accepts money from saudi and they execute homosexuals. they do not allow jews to practice their religion. the american military didn't have a policy. the congress of the united states and the clinton administration she served there had a policy. for her to single out the military was an myopic position and if you read what they said at the time it was consistently focused on the military and i think at a time when you have two wars that is an inappropriate behavior for somebody to end up as the justice of the supreme court. >> chris: we have about a minute left. there are big primary elections this tuesday. arlen specter running as a democrat in pennsylvania. is in trouble in the democratic primary. in kentucky the republican candidate is running behind tea party favorite rand paul. what is g

. -- mccain carried over barack obama. the health care bill, he said he opposed that and some of the economic -- the bank bailout for example. doesn't that give you some concerns about your agenda and message? >> no. he ran like many of our members of congress as an independent-minded democrat. there are some issues where he agrees with the president, there are some issues where he will disagree with the president. that's true of a lot of our members as well. when it comes to the health care bill, he was very much against repeal. his republican opponents said let's relitigate this, let's start from scratch. mark said let's work with the bill we have, improve it as we move along. and although the republicans tried to make a big deal about that, it fell flat. in terms of some of the other issues, he reflected the district just as jack had. jack described himself as a pro-life, pro-gun democrat. + mark crist took the same position. so the real difference here is that mark focused on the economy and jobs and the republican can

are you or are you not an obama democrat? >> i've always described myself as an independent thinking person who believes in democtic principles. those are the same principles this president believes in, but if i think they're doing something that isn't right in accordance with the principles to help families of pennsylvania, i'll stand up just like i did then. i'm a pretty pragmatic guy. you know, i come from the military. everybody has health care. the dividends in our nation are immense. we don't even promote you above a certain rating or rank unless you have an education or college degree. those are the kinds of principles that give dividends to our nation. imagine a workforce that's healthy and educated that competes with china and india. that's the kind of focused democrat i am. >> what job were you offered to stay out of a primary race by the administration? >> it was interesting. i was asked a question about something that happened a month earlier, and i felt i should answer it honestly, and that's all i had to say abo

i am seeing a lot of debate. >> i would say obama beat him.time i saw jay there, it was clinton, and clinton be him, too. tavis: i heard obama was really funny, too. >> i sat by one of his speech writers and he wasmá/ listenind saying yes, you got a laugh. tavis: it is such a huge ticket, everybody wants to go every year. >> i was there with the creative coalition. which lobbied congress for public funding and that kind of thing. fact that in a country that professes high culture, that funding for arts programs is abysmal? >> it is sad. i grew up in the public school with art programs. kind of like that show "," i was in the glee club. it is proven that if you have arts in school, you do better in in arts and sciences. tavis: that message is real, but it is not a new message. when you have large, kids tend to do better. is the message getting through now with this congress? >> i think that certainly the president and first lady are behind it. it is a matter of money. where do we get the money? we have a very inventive chairman, and he is find

the obama administration says it's not completely confident bp knows what it's doing. >>> a call to arms. u.s.-born cleric anwar al awlaki calls for the killing of american civilians. >>> and a royal stain. the guch he is of york caught on tape trying to sell access to her former husband, prince andrew. this is the "cbs morning news" andrew. this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, may 24th, 2010. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm michelle gielan. this week, possibly tomorrow, bp plans its latest attempt to stop the massive gulf spill by pouring cement and mud in into the blown well. the oil has hit more than 65 miles of the louisiana coast and nearly five weeks after the accident, the obama administration says it's not confident bp knows what it's doing. tara mergener is in washington with details. >> reporter: well, with every passing day, pressure is mounting on the white house to help end this ordeal. but the administration admits only the company and the oil industry have the know how. members of the obama administration may not like what they s

i have been endorsed by not only the democratic party, but i president obama, 0-- but by president obamapresident biden, by governor rendell, by the philadelphia inquirer, and the pittsburgh post-gazette. there is one other endorsement i am asking for -- the endorsement that is the most important to me -- your vote. support me on primary election day. and do not forget the challenge to release your navy records, congressman. not that is your time. >> i want t -- that is your tim. >> i want to thank arlen specter for his service. you can see in every poll that if we democrats have this man as the top of the ticket, his reelect ability is less than 33%. people do not want rear politicians who will say anything, no matter how meaningless -- people do not want career politicians who will say anything, no matter how meaningless. i was told to be accountable. we need someone in washington, d.c. i went down there to help change washington, not just in policy, but in politics. people who are careerists will do or say anything, actually hurting the integrity of the system, to where people no long

obama is a pragmatist. years ago he was for single pair but he recognized at the beginning of the process it was a complete non starter. i have a chapter called the perfect and the good. it comes from obama's idea is that the perfect should not be the enemy of the good. in other words, if you consider a single payer to be perfect you did not want that to prevent some progress. if he held out for that he would get nothing. the same thing for the public option -- there were not the votes for either single payer or public option. it reminds me of fdr, when he puts through social security, a lot of liberals say it is a sellout, it ensures fewer than 40% of senior citizens and roosevelt said we got to start somewhere and then we can build on it. if we don't start somewhere, we get nothing. that was obama's attitude. medical marijuana, i think he sees it as a distraction. i think he has this pragmatic no distraction policy. don't ask, don't tell -- they will deal with it now but they didn't want these secondary i

we begin with president obama's pick for the united states supreme court. get right to it with the executive vice president of a local group and he was a student at harvard when kagan was dean of the law school there. professor jeffrey stone was dean at the university of chicago's law school. kagan taught there. and now al aushuler from northwestern university. he taught with elena kagan and president obama at the university of chicago. thanks to all of you for coming n i want to pick your brain on what she's like, what she's all b josh, let me start with you. you worked with her in the clinton white house. what's she like? >> smart as a whip. fair. aggressive. and, you know, we worked closely together on tobacco and tobacco legislation. how to keep it out of the hands of kids and standing up against hate crimes. she is incredibly fair and at harvard where she was my dean, continued to show can you build consensus and do the right thing. >> you mean a liberal? >> no, i would say on a whole host of issues. >> professor stone, you were with her at the univers

i am here to reaffirm that president obama's and i believe in this idea -- obama and i believe in this idea and in the world that it does already helped bring about. you have one from a unified voice. bolster the cultural and political values that my country shares with all of you. europe that is whole, a europe that is free, and a europe that is at peace. [applause] as president obama said in problem little more than one year ago, a strong europe makes a stronger partner for the united states and we need strong partners. that is why we will do everything we can to support this great endeavor of yours. the past 65 years have shown that when americans and europeans devote their energies to common purposes, there are almost no things we are unable to accomplish. together, through the marshall plan, we rebuild europe and made perhaps the greatest investment in human history. we built the world's most enduring security alliance, nato, and state political force that ties america and europe together and brought us even closer. together, we established the greatest commercial relationship in

tenemos a un obama que estÁ interesado en la salud.difÍcil saberlo. quizÁs si. los milagros suceden. pero tenemos un movimiento nuevo. empresarios que estÁn marchando, fue la mÁs grande desde hace aÑos. >> pero obama los estÁ criticando ustedes, dice que tiene suficientes demÓcratas pero no suficientes republicanos. consigan dos o tres republicanos. >> y en este caso estoy de acuerdo. no hay suficientes legisladores, pero sÍ suficiente gente que esta a favor... incluyendo conservadores, de la reforma migratoria. tu haces una encuesta y te dicen que sÍ, pero si estarían dispuestos a legalizarlos si no son criminales y tambiÉn dicen que si. no hay liderazgo. si volvemos a fallar, pues volvemos a pasar. >> si te presionara a darme dos nombres, de tu grupo... >> hay mucha gente que quiere marchar a favor de los inmigrantes pero no estÁn los legisladores. >> los mexicanos estÁn poniendo los muertos en la lucha contra narcotrÁfico y estados unidos los consumidores. que va a hacer estados unidos? >> quÉ bueno que ha dicho que va a mandar esto

harry reid a former foxer fought hard for president obama's agenda. his opponents say after 27 years of washington reed turned his back on the folks back home. >> this is going to be a good one. pull. >> we got that one. >> the front runner in a crowded field of republican candidates vying to run against harry reid is business come and former state senator sue ls louden. we caught up with her at a fundraiser at a shooting range outside of las vegas. >> we think sow louden is the perfect candidate to send to washington. we want jobs that's what sue will do when she gets back to washington is make sure things get shook up. ee oo how is harry reid in that department? >> he is so out of touch. we have almost highest second unemployment rate has a different philosophy than current majority leader. i would cut spending and taxes. >> sue l lou den's closest competitor is danny car tak tar. son of coach jerry tarkanian. we watched them in the sports book on the strip. >> how about dad? he's a very well known figure. lowden says it's the only reason you are in

how politically damaging is this obama statement? >> the president was right when he made those remarks. even in view of this oil spill which was extremely tragic, he is still right because the oil spills have been once and a great long time is t. is a tragedy but offshore oil drilling has become extremely safe. he was right about that. >> let her finish. >> political liability to his administration is going to be whether the mms was in fact blowing through environmental regulations in order to fast track a lot of these contracts with bp to do this offshore oil drilling. >> i want to know if this increases the financial liability of the u.s. government -- >> no. >> no. >> by reason of what he said in part. >> just a simple statement. whether it's true or false is irrelevant. what it does destroy is the political credibility of the government and competence of the government is on the line here. people are losing more confidence in government as a consequence of the horror show. it is almost another katrina. >> this will climb into th

i'm almost sure that the oil companies don't consider the obama administration a huge ally. but my suggestion to sarah palin would be to get slightly more informed as to what is going on in and around oil drilling in this country. >> reporter: according to the center for responsive politics, bp and its employees gave more than # .5 million for federal candidates over last 20 years with the largest chunk going to obama. during the 2008 race, oil an gas industry as a whole donated more than twice as muchs to mccain palin campaign than to obama. >>> en indicators in arizona are under the microscope. auditors are going from classroom to classroom making sure english teachers are doing just that, teaching english. >> reporter: in classrooms, there is a whole lot more to teaching than riding, writing and arithmetic. >> 35% of our students are second language learners. >> reporter: that means they are learning english as a second language and that is just in one district a cross the state of arizona, out of the 1.2 million students in public schools, roughly 150,000 are second lang

what does president and the obama administration need to get out of next week's visit? >> the obama administration -- >> how much is domestic politics as much as -- >> exactly. obama administration, first and foremost needs it to go well and not to mess up the domestic agenda too much. they need to not get too deep in to the weeds on immigration issues, they can agree the arizona law is a terrible law, and, hurtful to the u.s. and mexico which they've already done publicly and they need to make sure, calderon visiting and talking about immigration, for instance, does not hurt them, in trying to think about and put forth on the agenda whether, before the elections, or probably after the midterm elections, a more comprehensive immigration reform. they need, when they turn to issues of climate change, they need president felipe calderon to recognize there is a bill on the table, the lieberman bill that came out this week and potentially there is a chance for it to pass and play along with that though it looks very unlikely that it will pass, given the polarization and the

. >> you start with this idea you said who is barack obama? and much of his power and ferocious her critics can project what ever they want on to him and that you can -- he can be on every magazine cover and the president of the united states yet he still remains elusive. so i was curious first is he still elusive to you and second, what is it about him and about us that makes that so? .. it is the other aspect that is so troubling to me, the notion that, he wasn't warned and we are still hearing this stuff from burgers. i have to say in my own book, i didn't say he was born on this day in this hospital, because verifiable fact by the birth certificate and to be obsessive beyond that after a while is to indulge the fantasies and craziness of this fever and it is obviously not just limited to that. that said, obama clearly, because remember he was mainly a safe senator. he was a senator for five minutes before the question started coming, are you going to run for president? the experience question i thought was completely legitimate. how could

to me, what we don't know about the obama's response to this, what sort of oversight -- the obama administrationied on bp that they had it under control, it wasn't until a week or eight days later noaa did overflights and saw and figured out, this is five times worse than we think it is. we don't know, it seems to me, what oversight, if any, they had over bp in those early day, though the coast guard was on the scene, yon at what level the epa was overseeing it? do you know that? >> to a degree i know it. because this is such a politicized atmosphere. people have to understand, president obama has been for offshore drilling, for it in the 2008 campaign, just weeks before the bp oil spill, he was encouraging more oil exploration and possibly offshore drilling in places like virginia, florida, alaska. in addition to that, your earlier report on mms show, they were being lax, turning a bit of blind eye at mms and letting companies like bp not have the rigid environmental standards the national environmental policy act demanded. a different question is could the obama administration done something?

president obama still wants more change. a sweeping energy bill, pro union card check legislation, financial regulatory over hall, immigration reform and possibly new taxes. a republican takeover of either house this november could halt his agenda completely. for months fox news has had inside access to key races in five states including two holding critical primaries tuesday night. we begin in fence pennsylvania. 80-year-old arlon spector has served in the u.s. senate 30 years. once a democrat he jumped to the gop four decades ago. spector was one of only three republicans to vote for the trillion dollar stimulus. when polls showed him losing the 2010 primary spector switched back to the democrats. he faces democratic challenge from representative joe sethdec who once trailed spector by 20 points in the polls. not any more. >> your senator who has been doing outstanding work in the senate arlon peck tore is in the house. >> march 8th a healthcare rally in philadelphia. president obama gives a shout out to two democrats figh

michelle obama, ladies and gentlemen -- >> [speaking spanish] >> i thank president barack obama and michele and also to the people from the united states of america for your invitation and the generous hospitality with which we have been welcomed during this visit. >> [speaking spanish] >> your courtesy, mr. president, as that that we have received from the first lady, honors the great friendship and partnership that brings our people together. >> [speaking spanish] today, i have once again seen that we share the hope to turn this relationship between the people of the united states of america and the people from mexico into an example of how much can be achieved among neighbors when working together under the guidance of common ideals, such as peas, security, prosperity, freedom, and democracy. [speaking spanish] >> today, we promote the agreements and the actions of cooperation that our countries need in order to face the new challenges to benefit fully of the enormous advantages as a result of being neighbors and the long border line that unites us. >> [speaking spanish] >> today, mexico

i would vote for obama -- i would not vote for them. i would vote for obama. host: rahm emanuel says in this article this. democrats line, houston. good morning. caller: america is in tremendous trouble. they knew that president , karzai was a crook in criminal. then they tried to expose him. obama has to do big things. i doubt he can succeed. if he pulls this off, he would be houdini. the problem we have is, who broke america and got all of the money and then we owe china how much money? host: projects ago, florida, republican line. will doing big things cost president obama? what do you say? caller: thanks for taking my call. i think it will really cost the democrats. they are dropping like flies now. obama ran a campaign saying he would come in on the economy like a laser beam and get it turned around. it is getting worse. he has done nothing but talk and blamed bush. i wish we could go back to those days and have 4.8 unemployment. one person lost their job after 26 years with the school system. her job is being cut along with 80 more this week. it is getti

obama has been collected over one year now. they still question whether he has -- obama has been collected over one year now. they still question whether he is an american. - obama has been elected over one year now. these republicans were going to paint the white house black. that took us away from the debate. what we need to do to stop this mess. host: marcus, independent line from florida. caller: i think britain could learn from us. i think there system is ridiculously chaotic. you have that show about britain's parliament. host: we aired live on wednesday mornings on c-span-2. caller: we have an orderly transition of power. it is much better in my opinion. \ host: here is a photograph from bangkok. bangkok. the associated press with an update on that. they plan to impose a curfew and parts of bangkok. red shirt protestors and the army continue to clash. since thursday, at least 25 people have been killed in central bangkok. clifford joins us on the republican line from jacksonville, florida. we are talking about president

we have asked president obama president obama to use his authority under law to force congress to consider spending cuts. we have also imposed an immediate unilateral earmark ban and called for the savings to be used to reduce the deficit, and we have