the book details the friction, name well former obama press secretary robert gibbs and former obama chieftaff rahm emanuel, now the mayor of chicago. mrs. obama had this to say about rahm emanuel. >> one thing is true, that i talk very candidly to my husband about how i feel, but that's the kind of relationship i have. i wouldn't go to rahm about something i would talk to my husband about. if i didn't agree with something, i would talk to my own husband about it. >> the cantor book also details an alleged incident in which a french book says that carla bruni, the wife of nicholas sarkozy, asked mrs. obama how she liked living in the white house. mrs. obama reportedly replied, "don't ask. it's hell. i can't stand it." both mrs. obama and mrs. bruni deny the first lady ever made the comment. mrs. obama does not like the depiction. >> i guess it's more interesting to imagine this conflicted situation here, a strong woman and -- you know, but that's been an image that people have tried to paint of me since the day barack announced, that i'm some angry black woman. who can write about how i fe

next up, press people are being verbally brutalized by the obama administration. na perino will react. two big debates this weekend. chris wallace will handicap them >> bill: the "washington post" reporting that some white house press people believe the obama administration trying to intimidate them by using harsh language if they don't like what the journalists print or broadcast. four here now, dana perino. how lucky it is to have you here. >> thank you. >> bill: not you, you. but you, because you were the press secretary at one point. not that you, you -- >> it will be enough. >> bill: i said, we got you right here. i was friends with tony snow and knew how he handled stuff. we talked all the time. your style is much different than tony's. and apparently the obama administration style is much different than what you did. correct? can you define it for us? >> tony snow had a particular way of dealing with everybody in his life. you could disagree with him but walk away thinking, that guy could be my best friend. >> bill: he was very jocular. >> if he knew somethi

obama plan? >> the president stood before you, i can't remember if you were here friday night. some of you weren't 'cause you cut out early. >> bill: members of the white house press corp. say the obama administration is trying to intimidate them, being mean to them, even cursing. can it be true? dana perino on that. >> what is a caucus? >> bill: the "jersey shore" crew getting involved in politics. kinda. >> a carcass? >> a caucus. >> bill: caution. you are about to enter the no spin zone. "the factor" begins right now. hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching. the political viciousness ramps up. that's the subject of this evening's talking points memo. president obama got good news with the unemployment number drops. the president says that proves his policy are working. those who don't like mr. obama say the improvement is due to the fact that millions of americans stopped looking for work. talking points believes the american economy is improving slightly, but the big picture is federal spending and regulation, not decimal points on unemployment. the campaign is really all about an entitlement society versus a self-reliant one. the struggle will be intense.

to ordinary people it's true and if he does become the nominee it's ideas like this president obama may press hard upon not to mention as you just said at romney's time at bain capital which of course the daily show so humorously it touched upon let me play this really quick matt. it into the previous the narrative about mitt romney being an out of touch multimillionaire and now a kid but throughout pictures like this one wrongly run the buyout capital everything about romney tells the tale of a man who just call you and you old dad. so john oliver there of course painting that. romney as scary evil businessman but i want to put some real figures up just you know to remind people according to the two thousand and ten census data forty six point two million people americans live in poverty that's fifteen percent of the total population these are the highest poverty numbers since one thousand nine hundred three and currently as we see there the median household income is about forty nine point five thousand. so again i mean i think it's important just to show people you know this candidate who

obama. >> this press has enacted job killing regulations. i will eliminate them. lost our aaa credit rating. ill will restore it. he passed obama care. i will repeal it. >> reporter: he leads the polls in south carolina but faces a tougher crowd there. >> he had a clear-cut victory but we are nibbling at his heels. >> ron paul played off attacks. >> they are telling the truth because we are dangerous to the status quo. >> after spending weeks campaigning here in new hampshire john huntsman came in third. like the rest of the candidates he is promising to take the fight to south carolina. >> third place is a ticket to ride, ladies and gentlemen. >> i think just the fact that he is moving forward to south carolina is going to cause a lot of people to take another look at him. >> after disappointing finishes newt gingrich and rick santorum are counting on their conservative base. >> in the next couple of days make a list of every person you know in south carolina. >> we can win this race. >> rick perry, who skipped new hampshire, has been concentrating on drumming up

obama. >> reporter: the candidates pressed on in their attacks. >> first of all, i don't think ask raising questions is a prerock turk of only barack obama, and i don't think that the republicans should allow themselves to be intimidated, because every time you raise a question, people say you're doing something the democrats would do. >> reporter: the negative tone of the campaign has become a hot topic. >> if i had something in a super pac that was supporting me that was inaccurate, i would go out and say stop it. >> reporter: rick santorum has spent $1.5 million in ad time, and ron paul $1-. >> there was one add we used a- - $1 million. >> there was one ad we had against rick santorum, and the problem was i couldn't get in everything i wanted to say in one minute. >> reporter: south carolina has picked the eventually gop in every election since 1980. >> as a member of congress, i worked with president ronald reagan. we passed an economic growth package. we created 16 million jobs. >> i would get rid of a substantial amount of those financial regulators so that we can, in fact, get back

obama and press secretary robert gibbs. the french first lady that living in the white house was hell. she denied that conversation happened. she felt neglected by him. it reached a boiling point this a staff meeting that included white house senior advisors. gibbs exploded in anger. f this that's not right. i've been killing myself on this where is this coming from? you shouldn't talk that way, jarrett said. gibbs you don't know what the f you're talking about. scla wirt, the first lady would not believe you're speaking this way. >> mrs. obama brushed it off. >> gibbs is a trusted adviser. >> and remains so? >> and remains so. and i'm sure we could go day-to-day and find things that people wish they didn't say to each other. people stumble and make mistakes. michelle is described as a warm first lady. she said there was a learning curve growing into the job but one that she embraced. >> i love this job. it is -- it has been a privilege from day one. now there are challenges. >> yeah. >> with being a mother and trying to ke

obama also spoke out about an alleged incident... with former press secretary robert gibbs. was reported that mrs. obama told the áfrenchá first laay that living in the white house was "hell." mrs. obama denied that conversation ever happened... and was upset with gibbs for not pushing harder to correct the record... saying she felt neglected by him.gibbs later reached his boiling point... cursing about the incident in public.since the book's release... gibbs has issued an apology. the new batman movie... titled "the dark knight rises"... doesn't open until late july. but already... ticcets are going on sale.and in some places... they're sold out!the tickets are on sale through the online retailer "fandango"... which admits it's unusual for them to go on sale this far in advance. coming up on the early edition... quota questions... at one police department in mar. maryland...6:28::3"they really erode the public trust" trust"find out where the orders may have come from. from. 3 ((ad lib meteorologist)) 3 ((traffic reporter ad libs)) map fiber map 175 3 3 3 3 3 coming up... a

barack obama's press secretary already has seized on these numbers to say see he is not paying his fair share of taxes of the i don't think mitt romney have to apologize for being successful businessman. after all, when before in this country's history have you had to apologize for being a success? also i think it makes the case, jenna, for why we should maybe do what newt gingrich and herman cain and others have been talking about for months, which is maybe we should have a flat tax. jenna: interesting to hear the point. mention the president's press secretary. not just the president's press secretary, warren buffett out in "time" magazine cover story. he has this to say about this same tax rate, this 15% tax rate. "time" magazine writes this. buffett doesn't want to hovel capitalism, he wants to give it a heart. he says the way to do that is change our tax policy to insure that people who earn their money from investments rather than by working for a paycheck, contribute their fair share. >> right. this is exactly the point i was just making. i wrote about warren buffett's taxes. you

joining us now, chief white house correspondent jessica yellin and ari fleischer and former obama deputy presste house secretary bill burdens. jessica, how are officials justifying this move? >> i just learned that president is going to be visiting the consumer financial protecti bur tomorrow morning to rub salt in the wound or squeeze the last bit of media attention out of this story on the same day jobs numbers come out tomorrow. but to your question, yes, i have been talking to white house officials. and white house counsel simply doesn't believe that the senate is in session. she says that banging a gavel, standing around for 30 seconds and banging a gavel again does not allow the senate to fulfill the constitutional responsibilities. so the president had to do what he had to do to fulfill his. that's what she says. >> so where do you stand on this, ar snichlt the constitution doesn't explicitly say how much time is needed for a recess appointment to be made. so the president on any solid ground here from your standpoint? >> no, he's not. that's why this is such a disturb thing that presid

it's probably, you know, i don't know how you can argue that it's not a smart move, but here is obama's press terms of the president's relationship with congress in 2012, the president is no longer tied to washington d.c., sort of fed up with congress. >> of course. >> if you have a 5% approval rating why not make the strategy to go against that. >> if you're a 5% approval rating. >> i don't know, you want to be able to work well with congress. >> that's the reverse side of that. if you're any kind of leader, you could get congress to work with you. >> what you're supposed to do. that's your job, get everyone to work well together. >> clayton: the best ceo's are the ones that come in the board room and let everyone get angry and duke it out. and know the saying this is my decision and duke it out. >> mike: that's what he says, i'm a republican in a blue state and i got people to work together. we'll see if it works. >> ainsley: to the rest of the headlines, arsonists strike again in hollywood, california. the second night in a row. claims destroyed homes and buildings and 40 cars torched in 4

obama and former press secretary robert gibbs and chief of staff rahm eman we will. in the first year of trying to define her role as first lady, michelle obama said she wanted to help seall the health care over haul propos proposal emanu reluctant to give her a bigger role. the white house fired back, calling the book an overdramty inflation of old news and said the couple declined to be interviewed and hasn't spoken to the author in three years. it does offer a revealing look at the couple's relationship and the evolving role of the first lady. >> the transition for her into the white house, into the gilded cage has not been easy. not easy for anyone. >> the book also says mrs. obama was initially put off by political lies after her husband won the presidency and even considered postponing her move to the white house until the girl's school year was finished. jena. >> michelle, thank you so much. we'll take a break. we're back, but, first, these messages. uaker because there are mountains to climb. ♪ dreams to be realized. ♪ new worlds to be explored and hearts to b

obama's 2008 campaign. he also served as white house press secretary. een with obama for many years, and he's now a key strategist for the president's campaign to stay in the white house. he joins us from washington. welcome to our war room. >> governor, it's great to be here. >> it is really great to have you. all i can tell you is having visited the campaign headquarters in chicago is that you know the republicans be afraid. be very afraid. it is an amazing operation. is it like what it was in 2008? >> no, it's way, way bigger than it was in 2008. i think jeremy and michael really touched on the core of it, governor and that is conversations with voters and with activists young people, older americans, and everybody in between that we need to get involved in and stay involved in this election, that's really what the outreach and the targeting is all about. look that place is massive. one of the first times i went i had to ask directions to get to the bathroom, and then i got lost halfway. >> i did the same thing. [laughing] >> our thing has been from t

if he gets out there he is pressing obama harder on both the economy and international affairs and heue-collar democrats who are looking for jobs. that is the formula you have to have two wings to the airplane, if do you that we could have a major third party candidate. >>neil: very interesting. thank you for great, great work last week. until 3:00 not morning we were like two drunks in the bar. phenomenal. >>guest: if you missed it you really missed it. >>neil: huntsman is betting big on, new hampshire and a money man, john mack, former morgan sugar sugar stanley is ms move. [ ma annncer ] wouldn't it be cool if you took the top down on a crossover? if there were buttons for this? wouldn't it be cool if your car could handle the kids. ♪ ...and the nurbgring? or wh if you built a car in tennessee that could change the world? yeah, that would be cool. nissan. innovation for today. innovation for tomorrow. innovation for all. ♪ when you walk 10,000 steps a day, it's the same as walking a professional golf course. humana. proud supporter of health and well-being. a body at rest tends to

there are ads i just don't get any better or worse i guess i gotta give it a bit of press about obama going to he's black and over for the next turn. around but i'll hear the obama was impressed me he says saying. they're now being oppressed some even flow. saying it just like you know this recited the lyrics you know why it's a good life again that kind of thing but when the south al green was cheating well whatever i want to see mitt romney does and al green that yeah you know ok yeah bring it on guys. i think i should have a little what together i think it should be if they end up debating there should be like a like now isn't jay z. kind of thing like i don't know they might start fighting and they can bring bill clinton out to play the saxophone will be great that'll work for you or like mitt you know you'll be back at the answers yeah i don't have the right words not to pick a word you get on my back. and oh yeah i think way to flatter making this happen. and that will really not even bring the intelligence level of the debate down all that much and now it's on thinking and havi

. >>> plus president obama becomes the first president to ever hold a press conference at the pentagon and he's not delivering good news for our military.  did you have >>> president obama made a rare visit to the pentagon press briefing room today to outline his plans to cut the military's budget. flanked by his top national security advisors, mr. obama said with troops out of iraq and a gradual drawdown underway in everything america should spend less on military and more on the problems here at home. the president also promised american forces will remain the strongest in the world. >> so yes, our military will be leaner, but the world must know the united states is going to maintain our military superiority with armed forces that are agile, flexible and ready for the full range of contingencies and threats. >> the army and marine corps will shrink under the plan, but the pentagon has not announced specifics on the size of expected troop reductions. >>> now to the campaign trail, the focus has shifted to new hampshire. republican presidential

obama out of office. >> mitt romney is being pressed about his tax returns which he says he will do but not before tomorrow'smary. >> ♪ i >> rave reviews for president obama who sang. the crowd cheered the commander in chief at the apollo theater last night. the president said he did it to show his appreciation for those in attendance. hollywood fans stopped by to pay their respects to blues and jazz legend edit james. she lost her battle with leukemia this morning with her husband and son by her side. she was non four hits sanchez " -- such as "at last." she was 73 years old. ravens fans are, and on this purple friday but has it reached a new england? jennifer franciotti searched high and low. >> we had to get out and explore so we decided to head to boston. we had to make the detour because we found a place called him the raven's nest. >> let's go ravens! >> ravens fans may want to stop here on main street in massachusetts. it is where we found a bar and restaurant that made is still at home in baltimore. only for this week's, the owner had to change the name for fear of losing local business. >> i woke up

it's the populist going after the press and obama, we saw it in south carolina after he won in the stateusing debates that are undoubtedly a score strength of his to disguise his weaknesses, the three wives, the fact that he is inconsistent on causes over the past decade, the delusions of granduere and more troubling eraer erratic leadership. he is taking the weaknesses and neutralizing them or stubboturn them into a strength. >> chris christie addressed off the bat question of whether or not he was a lobbyist. >> the speaker, a strategic adviser? that the the oldest washington dodge in the book. that is because he did not want to register as a lobbyist. let's be serious. >> that question is going to come up, it's going to trail him. and certainly mitt romney has put it front and center today in his news conference and in his new ads. >> it's no doubt going to be an issue. i don't know if it's his biggest weakness. doesn't seem like a make or break issue for conservatives. i think the bigger problem he has is that he has been inconsistent on a lot of conservative issues and republicans t

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reporter: and in 2010 after democrats lost their filibuster-proof majority in the senate, barack obama vowed to press pass health care reform. >> don't walk away from reform. not now, not when we are so close. let us find a way to come together and finish the job for the american people. >> reporter: all statements woven into the fabric of this nation's history. >> that was nbc's mark murray reporting for us. >>> the economy will be the principal theme in tonight's state of the union address with his re-election chances hinging on the state of the american worker, president obama will emphasize an economy that, quote, works for everyone, not just a waelty few. i'm joined by an economics professor, robert reich, also the former secretary of labor under president bill clinton. it's nice to have you on with me especially when we're rachingmpp to an important evening tonight. in tonight's state of the union should we expect president obama to do the same, play to the center? you know, although the left is going to say he panders to the right, the right says he panders to the left. >> yes, he's going to p

and former press secretary for president obama, bill burton. all right.nd of debate are we going to see this weekend? is it, jonathan, going to be a knockdown, drag-out? this is it. >> i hope so. this is first-class entertainment, ed. they've been good so far. the expectations are high for this weekend. because as the voting starts, a little sense of desperation sets in. and it's very, very hard to consistently take the high road in these events. they've got to score points. and then you have somebody like newt gingrich who's made no secret of the fact that he wants to deliver some roundhouse punches to mitt romney. so at a minimum we're going to see that. >> joy-ann, are the candidates going to pile on mitt romney? >> well, except for ron paul who seems to be going after newt gingrich. he called him a chicken hawk already. you're going to see a lot of cross fire in this debate. it's going to be interesting because each of them has a mission. mitt romney has to once again prove he's acceptable to conservatives. newt gingrich claims he owns the debate foru

about president obama -- the press never wants to go into his college record. he was registered at occidental college and admitted as a foreign student. where is the press on that? are used host: still there lead reymont reminded the coming up after "washington journal" is our "newsmakers"programs . he will join us at 10:00 eastern time. among the issues we talked about is the issue that maria just brought up on delegates and a whole winner-take-all. here is a portion of that interview in his take on the florida vote tuesday [video clip] >> you lose half of their delegates and you'll probably get the same number of delegates seated at the conventions. a former chairman of the republican party, michael steele, says that all is not exactly a done deal and your office, the current rnc, has confirmed to nbc that is in fact winner-take-all and whoever wins -- what do you say to chairman steel on this? >> 50 delegates, winner-take- all, it is our role. our rules committee signed off on it and our committee voted on at. the rnc had their legal counsel look at it. chai