obama jr. wrote about him in his book but he only goes so far and tells what his experience at his father it seemed this was a book that needed to be written. >> host: in the process of working on the book he said he went to kenya and you describe that in the book itself. tell us a little of what i was like. did you get a lot of access to people, was there suspicion of an outsider for a racial dimension talking about an african family? >> sure. all of those were true. i went to kenya five times and found many wonderful people who helped me who knew obama senior many well. many family members. some people were eager to talk because this was such a high-profile presidency they were proud of obama jr they wanted to tell a positive story. obama sr. is a complex character as you know since you read the book. a very passionate person, also very self-destructive. because of that there were people who didn't want the story told or only certain kind. i think i was a white woman coming to tell which rais

i think obama jr. defined himself in part in the shadow of his father in reaction to who his father was, what their relationship was not. you read in dreams, there's a period what obama is a young man in his early 20s is searching for identity. what does it mean to be a black man? what does it mean to be an american, to be a black man in america? all of that comment he had been told of his life his father was this great figure, this great success. he finds out of worse he wasn't. that he was admirable in some ways but really a very conflicted roque in person. and i feel like he really never went beyond that. so yes, think he defines himself in reaction to this chaotic figure who leaves behind children and families and obama jr. decided to be just the opposite, to be a very rooted person, committed person at a steady person obviously. >> host: right now even though so many conservatives criticize president obama's policies, he is considered a paragon of our american family values. very committed to miche

he comes around christmas and obama, jr. is very excited and watches his father and watches his movements and how people pay attention and for a while it goes well but soon obama's sr. habit of telling him what to do, quarreling do, quarreling, began to wear on everybody. by the end of the visit they get into a fight and obama's senior waits for a television program and says you need to stop watching television and go do your homework and he was very much waiting to this show in the adults began to argue in, jr. is wishing his father with the youth and he does. that is the last time he sees him and write letters later but that stops. >> host: did that meeting was that pivotal seeing this man did a look back on a later to draw some conclusions? >> i don't feel that this it was pivotal but the image continues to be "the shining" hero his mother betrayed and did that for good reasons but as a junior begins to look into his father was finds the painful truth which is pivotal. >> host: a one to back up. all of the controversy of t

i think obama jr.osen a very different life, would be a different person in many respects if he'd grown up with that kind of a paternal figure. >> in all of your research for the book, what surprised you most about obama sr.? >> well, the two events in his life that i found most surprising was, "a," the adoption piece, and also that he was forced to leave harvard before he really needed to go, and that had to do with his personal life and not his academics. he did quite well at the school but had to leave. >> was there anything positive? we talk so much about the fact that he was kicked out of harvard. he later died at the age of 46 in a car accident. anything positive? anything redeeming about obama sr.? >> absolutely. for starters, he was hugely successful in one sense. he made it from a very poor, simple childhood in western africa to harvard. he was really a brilliant economist. also, his story was deeply entwined with that of kenya of the moment. he was a fierce advocate for the african people. he

jr. gates was arrested at his home five days earlier igniting a little bit of a racial firestorm with president obamary national attention when he accused police of acting "stupidly." the controversy eventually ended a few day later with a beer summit at the white house. feel forget at the president conference where the president answered that question it was supposed to be about health care. >>> moving on to the fight in florida. no, the sunshine state, not the primary, not the presidential race -- but this fight apparently between a constituent and a member of congress -- and two members of congress. congressman allen west and dnc chairwoman wasserman-schultz. he lives in her district. after she called him out on the floor, he e-mailed her you are the most vile member of the u.s. house of representatives. he have proven repeatedly you are not a lady, therefore should not be afforded respect from me. to which she responded on air with my colleague andrea mitchell. >> it is not surprising that given the pressure that the republicans are facing -- i mean they're defending ending medicare as we know it

obama. even as the country's economic profile is getting worse. will the radical left bring down the president? >> they killed malcolm x. they killed dr. martin luther king jr. they killed. >> they were killed by the authorities. >> yes. this is all documented. >> bill: a former georgia congressman woman rooming around the muslim world saying vial things about our country. we have a factor investigation. >> o for oil, i for israel. l is for logistics. >> acaviar? >> i hope so. >> bill: also tonight jesse watters goes to the hamptons, tally who he. and dennis miller on the proposed junk food tax. >> it's a fakeout. it's a fakeout. >> bill: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. captions by closed captioning services >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. why a debt deal can't get done. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memos. first of all, we taped this program earlier today because right now at this very moment i'm on a plane to california. if anything happens this hour shepard smith will magically appear before your eyes. do not be horrified. if anything happens, our hard n

jr. in houston is -- she says implementing va policy and interfering with this most sacred and private of ceremonies. the obamaheir way into the examining room with our doctor now they are attempting to shove their way into the funerals of our she ropes by thank you for staying focused on this. martha: it's a strange situation and we know you are following it closely. congressman, thank you very mu much. >> thank you very much. martha: we are just learning that a judge says he will release the name of the jurors who acquitted casey anthony. but is that fair since some of those jurors have said that people are threatening them? a fair and balanced debate about that straight ahead. we'll be right back. a lot of people ink fiber can do one thing and one thing only, and those people are what i like to call wrong. take metamucil. sure it helps you keep regular, but it doesn't stop there. metamucil is the only leading fiber supplement with psyllium, which gels to help remove waste and reduce cholesterol. it can multi-multitask. it's so 2012. look at it! it's doing over a million different things right now. metamucil

jr. cap still remains. and this gap is persisted over time. let me point something else out to you when we start talking about a race, class, and voting. you know, obama was elected with 43% of the white vote. okay? in a color blind society. let me say that another way. i want us to understand that. 57% of the white electorate, or six out of ten whites did not vote for barack obama. okay? so so much for colorless, color blind society. 95% of blacks voted for obama. 67% of latinos, and 62% of asias. what is the message here? now again, harken back to what professor reed was saying about the president's inability or unwillingness to delve into some other social or social issues or rights agenda. we all understand that to a certain extent, a president, particularly black president would have their hands tied to a certain extent. but there's a bitter message here. president obama became president despite the fact that most white people didn't vote for him. okay? what's the bigger message? in obama can get the presidency, maybe tyrell can get city council, maybe leesy can get the mayor's office and maybe natasha can be governor. do you understand? the true

obama. what did you mean by that? >> what i meant by that in the role of a martin luther king jr., a real black man that can be decisive, leadership experience, a real black man that understands how to address the right problems, and a real black man that understands that the business sector is the engine to growing this economy. right now we do not have that leadership in the white house. >> herman cain, we've got to leave it there. it's good to have you was today, thank you. >>> savannah, thank you. monaco has a new princess today after a nearly a 30 -year wait. she tied the knot with prince albert in a weekend of lavish events. we find her on this 4th of july. good morning. >> hi, willie. in a place like monaco, no surprise this was a gorgeous royal wedding. for some though the only surprise was that it happened and that all these reports that the bride charlene had made a run for the airport a week earlier caused such scrutiny on this couple on their wedding day, they're subject to openly wondering is this real love or just a fairy tale? ♪ even before it started, this was glamour. where else would you gather crowne

jr. we are going to go into the 2012 race coming up. who is the most likely alternative to mitt romney and who has the best chance to beat president obama. a look at the war in afghanistan. now the longest war. how do we get out? does obama's policy differ from president bush's and what is the effect for generations to come? joe and mika and willie join in the conversation later this hour. we begin with the debt crisis. they are trying to make a deal on the deficit. houses of congress are rolling out separate compromises to safe off a default. harry reid is meeting with mitch mcconnell to craft a solution to appeal to both parties. according to reports, this would do the following. it would allow the debt ceiling to be raised three times for a total of $2.5 trillion. in exchange, some $1.5 trillion in spending cuts would be enacted. the plan would be established to identify new deficit cuts. proposal, already, getting a lukewarm response from the fellow republicans. among them, the freshman snar mark arubio and tom coburn. take a listen. >> it gives the president the ability to raise the debt limit. the debt limit isn't the problem. the