. >> new reports tie liberal mudslinger media matters to the obama white house and left wing media operations including msnbc. accusations all involve in an effort to attack the right and silence fox news. are the reports true? and a troubled superstar death gets big media attention but did the same media ignore the warning sign? answers are next on news watch. we can turn this weekend into a fresh floor... or an updated bathroom... or a brand-new look. so let's hit those orange aisles, and make today the day, we make a big difference, no matter how big our budget. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot maximize your budget with great buys, like mosaic tile, just $4.98 per square foot. ... >> jon: david broke met with valerie qa jarret. they had weekly calls so democratic donors that give money and give it to media matters. >> so they have power, they have entry to the white house. they go back and forth. >> and influence in the press in the mainstream media. >> jon: that is tucker carlson and editor in chief of the daily caller which has been running a is a series of rep

but there is one camp in the white house led by michelle obama that said, first of all, our personal ces are still our personal choices and second of all, we're the first african-americans in the white house. michelle obama knew exactly what the negative stereotypes were and she wanted everything to look beautiful and sophisticated and chic to counteract those. on the other hand you had robert gibbs who was very cautious in his approach, dealing with public resentment over job loss and foreclosures and his position was we do not want any john edwards, $400 hair cut moments. the obamas have to reflect a much more sort of regular american lifestyle. >> is that why they clashed? >> it caused a lot of attention. >> over such small things. one thing about the white house is about how tiny things can be magnified. even the question of whether they would announce a new florist that had come to the white house? could michelle and obama take a hair and makeup artist on trips. this these are matter of quiet contrast. >> how do the management styles of the obamas differ. the let's move initiativ

you know looks like this made president obama have a change of heart as he's now signed off on a plan to dispatch cabinet officials senior advisers at the white house and top campaign staff members to deliver speeches at fund raising events for priorities usa that's the largest democratic super pac now this new policy the mainstream media all abuzz today. president obama is now giving the go ahead to wealthy democratic donors to contribute to a super pac supporting him the obama campaign changing its position on super pacs in response to the massive amounts of money raised by those republican groups president obama makes a u.-turn deciding now for his team to help raise campaign cash for his super pac the president's campaign manager says look we cannot fight this campaign with one hand tied behind our back was this inevitable i think it was chris. all right so the question here that they ask is was this inevitable and like i never said we see said yes personally i'm not so sure on one hand this is a big flip flop and a cave on the part of the president not like we are used to seeing that happen by now but if disconcerting nonetheless at the same t

citizens and this was rejected by the obama white house and rejected by the democratic party all of the struggles over the wording of the bill with carl levin's office it was co-sponsored by carl levin a democrat and john mccain a republican was over who would decide which american citizens would be swept up in the military dragnet and denied due process and which would be granted exemptions who would have that power the obama white house one of the power for themselves they got it and once they got it they signed the bill into law but it was never a discussion over whether or not americans should be stripped of due process so these are not the kinds of tools we want to hand to the state especially in times of turmoil and instability i just ask you one last question here to switching gears in regards to the situation in syria and the increasing violence that we see the u.n. security council vote that russia and china vetoed and we saw the russian foreign minister today go and meet with assad what do you think should be done here do you think the international community should intervene

obama administration is responsible for the financial meltdown. anybody with any brain knows it happened in october 2008. when george w. bush was in the white house. and if you recall, they suspended the campaign, and george w. bush called a meeting at the white house and called john mccain and barack obama, candidates, in to say, what can we do about this? whatever you say about barack obama, he did not cause the financial meltdown. he wasn't in office at all. he's still trying to dig us out of it. just a sample of where they don't care about the facts anymore. they just throw this crap out there. and you saw these people there, they love it, they stand up, they don't even think. i find it very amusing. back to your question about, look. i was really worried about president obama's re-election. because the economy not moving, coming back as fast, unemployment up 10%. president obama, i didn't think -- he wasn't forceful enough. he was spending too much time again dealing with these republicans. he wasn't putting his message out there. he lost the fight over the debt ceiling, i thought. had to give up and extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest pe

the obama white house today tried to recover from a fumble. they veered into an area that had all the makings of a political firestorm in an election year. they were accused of waging war on religion, needlessly meddling in birth control. that's what some of their friends were saying. this started on january 20th, when the administration announced religious institutions would be required to offer free birth control to employees as a benefit of health care. the white house tried to end this today. we begin tonight with white house correspondent kristen welker. kristen, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. this was a political stumble of the obama administration's own making. every day the headlines kept getting worse, and today the president himself tried to stop the bleeding. under fire from catholic bishops, republicans and some members of his own party, president obama today back tracked on his contraception mandate. >> after the many genuine concerns raised over the last few weeks as well as, frankly, the cynical desire to make t

. >> so what impact have you had yourself on the health care bill that was passed out of the obama white house? >> well, i think i've worked on some nettleson issues. i worked on the abortion issue. and i worked on -- not as much the immigration issue for nettle som. >> they were deeply comfortable and they were detractable forces on both sides so we needed to come up with new solution. and that would bring a majority of support behind the bill. and so there were a bunch of compromises forged in the law that you had to get a majority of support to get both houses of congress for. that proved difficult but it ultimately happened. and i did a fair amount of work on the exchanges and how to set up the exchanges and how to set up the public plan. >> when you look back at it you were in the obama white house for how long? >> i was at my official job. i was at the department of health and human services was an advisor. and i was working on that health team. so i went to the white house every day. >> so when you look back at the passing of that bill, how many people were involved? >> oh, i mean, prob

white house decision on birth control. first, romney's troubles. conservatives can't stanton barack obama, but when will they learn to stand romney prom? even after the white house handed them that huge contraceptives issue, republican voters stayed home in the three primary states this week. turn out was way down from 2008. but conservatives are the big prize. there are many more than before. they have gone from 29% of total voters in 2000 to 34% in 2004 and 2008. look at this. they now represent 39% of the people in the polls. the bad news for mitt romney, he is getting only 17% of conservatives, one in six. at the meeting in washington this week -- >> i am convinced if we do our job, if we lead with conviction and integrity, that history will record the obama presidency as the last gasp of liberalism's great failure. >> john, this losing 3-3, saying he might lose one, then he might lose two, strike out, all three. then you see all these discussions about cultural issues where he seems out to lunch. what does he know about bishops and these social issues? he wants to talk about equity a

. >> peter mara, you have covered the campaign and candidates but also inside the obama white house, and many tea party activists indicate that the seeds of this began in the bush administration, but it really went full force in the spring and summer of 2009 as the president saw spending increase now approaching a $16 trillion debt. from your standpoint how has this evolved? >> well, for example, i have to say, steve, this white house rarely mentions the two parties "tea party." even when there are direct questions about it. i searched the white house website, whitehouse.gov. you find very few mentions. the president in his speech that he game in kansas, which became the template for the state of the union message, of course, did mention it. again, as he has a couple of times, folded it into a mention with the "occupy" movement saying that the situation with the economy has driven people on the right and on the left to form these groups. so you find very few mentions of the tea party by the president. the administration, the obama campaign, more than happy to let the republic candida

. >>> finally this morning, a rare look at the man charged with documenting the obama white house. >>icial presidential photographer pete sousa cease things we will never see. ben bradley of chicago has the story. >> reporter: inside this country's best known building, one of the world's most photographed men. long after the media is ushered out of the president's public events and private meetings, one photographer typically remains. his name, pete sousa. he's been with barack obama from before day one. >> he goes through a lot of emotions. that people maybe don't. he gets mad. i see him get mad. he laughs. i see him laugh. he sings every once in awhile, which, you know, the public finally got to see him do. >> reporter: souz harksz more access to more meetings than almost any adviser. there, that's sousa next to the military aide carrying the military football. >> think this was the happiest day of his presidency. >> reporter: the day american forgss brought jus ttice to osa bin laden. that was one of the days he was keenly aware the world would be watching america's action through

. >> what impact have you had, yourself, on the health care bill that was passed from the obama white house? >> i worked on on some issues, the abortion issue, and i worked on not as much state immigration issue. >> why? >> they were deeply controversial and there were intractable forces on both sides and we needed to come up with new solutions that would bring a majority of support behind the bill. so there were a bunch of compromises for it in a lot. you had to get majority support from both houses of congress. that proved difficult but ultimately happened. i did a fair amount of work on the exchanges and how to setup the exchanges and a fair amount of work on the public plans as well. >> you were in the obama white house how long? >> i was at my official job was i was at the department of health and human services, adviser to secretary kathleen sebelius, and worked on the president pose a health reform team as part of that. i went to the white house every day. >> when you look back at the passing of that bill, how many people were involved? >> probably -- in the congress and for the pres

he says this is part of a much bigger battle with the obama white house. listen. >> i frankly don't care what deal he tries to cut. this is a man who is deeply committed -- if he wins re-election he will wage war on the catholic church the morning after he's re-elected. we cannot trust him. we know who he really is. and we should make sure the country knows who he really is. >> dana, let's go through some of the temperature if you will of the reaction. jess mentioned the catholic church. let me read a statement from the u.s. conference of bishops "while there may be an openness to respond to some of our concerns we reserve judgment on the details until we have them." sounds like they're saying thanks but we're not so sure and maybe we want more. >> exactly. look. this is far from over when it comes to the policy and the politics. you just mentioned the policy. i think jessica was saying at the white house they were certainly happy or at least that was maybe the expectations game they were happy that the catholic bishops didn't come up blasting it but they

of the elements of any health care insurance plan on february 10th, earlier in the month the obama white house announcing a compromise to asia insurers and not affiliated institutions would have the right to fuse tha -- and this is earlier today by barbara mikulski. >> i am here to talk in opposition to the blunt amendment. if we pass the highway bill we could create hthousands of jobs in construction and get america rollk but instead we have to deal with the blunt amendment which is an attempt once again to derail the ability for the american people to get the health care services that is deemed essential by their doctor. the blunt amendment is a significant overreach in terms of a new power of employers to deny health care. make no mistake, this is politics masquerading as morality. politics masquerading as morality. what is the blunt amendment do? it allows any health insurance company or any employer to deny coverage for any service they choose based on religious beliefs for moral convictions. what's a moral conviction? where does a moral conviction come from? i have moral convictions. you

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the obama white house is said to allow the protesters to get away with the campsite that would be prohibited by other groups or individuals. some d.c. business leaders openly complained about the campsite as have some people who actually work downtown and have been enjoying their lunches at mcpherson square. and over at freedom plaza before the occupy takeover. >>> mixed snow falling in parts of the region. anny hong in the weather center. what's going on? >> light snow falling at this hour, generally northwest of town. we also did see the snow starting to fall this season and picking up a decent accumulations. here's a look at pictures we got in, courtesy of dave johnson. in leesburg, virginia, tonight where they got a little bit of snow. in germantown, maryland, snow total 1 1/2 inch. damascus, 1.4. gaithersburg 1/10th. new market, maryland, 1 1/2inches. here's a look at live doppler 9000. you see where we've got the blue is indicating light snow still falling. northwest of town, south of hagerstown, frederick getting light snow. charles town, win chester and leesburg, you see the purple,

all right, the controversy between the catholic church and the obama white house continues.ith "associated press," archbishop timothy dolan was asked if he feels that the president is antireligion? here is what he had to say. >> i don't want to believe he is antireligion. he assured me personally and i believe him he highly respects the work of the churches. >> eric: okay. some are making hey about this, saying he doesn't believe it. but he didn't rule it out in the interview. >> greg: you have to be careful. i don't think president obama is being antireligion, i just think he didn't think about religion when he was doing it. to him he thinks about votes, women's rights. he doesn't understand the kerfuffle. >> andrea: what is a kerfuffle. >> dana: when you rub a chicken the wrong way. >> greg: i'm exhausted by this topic. i think that is the strategy here. to wear you down because they assume you won't fight over it. and it won't exist. i'm not sure about that. >> andrea: the president has come out and said, the advisors said he is not backing down. they made concessions and

the obama white house calling the steps important if limited. nonetheless they signal that the new leader kim jong eun is at least willing to engage with the united states. the u.s. is pledging to exchange tons of food aid to help the isolated nation. the issue came up in statements earlier. secretary of state hillary clinton testifying on the budget. getting questions on the developing story from representative ed royce, republican from california. >> this morning it was announced that north korea has agreed to suspend uranium enrichment. that was announced in tandem with the obama administration's finalizing details on food aid to north korea. 240,000 metric tons of food aid. i had legislation passed last year that prohibited food aid to any country that diverted for unauthorized use. the french ngos told us of monitoring food aid which ended up on the food exchange in north korea's capital. we have numerous examples of how food aid went to the military in north korea. the law now would indicate we have to verify that. we have been duped a num

put in place by the department of health and human services after weeks of debate within the obama white house. a number of the aides to the president signaled a mutually agreeable way to put the rule in place to begin in august of 2013. the rule put in place last month does exempture churches, but it would affect catholic hospitals and universities and even though contraceptives are contrary to catholic teachings, it would require it. and some of the catholic bishops discounted some of the white house assurances and this past sunday around the country, and many parishioners heard letters of bishops and arch bish shocbi around the country, and so it is turning into a religious and political issue. members of the white house weighed in on this, but jay carney taking questions at the top of the white house briefing. >> on the issue of contraceptives, speaker boehner is wanting to deny it through the rule, and i'm kind of curious about your reaction to that, and if it were to happen, is that the kind of omeasure that the president would veto, or does he feel that strongly? >> well, that is a lot

you can almost hear the sigh of relief coming from the obama white house. >> altogether, we've added 3.7 million new jobs over the last 23 months. now, these numbers will go up and down in the coming months. and there are still far too many americans who need a job or need a job that pays better than the one they have now. but the economy is growing stronger. gwen: so let start there. the president said at the state of the youtube and said today things -- of the union and said today things are getting stronger, is it as rosy as it looks? >> get news, unemployment is down to 8.3% and we're adding a lot of private sector jobs in areas where the underlying data are very good. manufacturing looks very good. and the job growth is very good. services look very good. and the job growth is good. this is all really good news. now the bad news. 12.8 million americans looking for a job and can't find one and the economy is still very vulnerable to outside shocks and what do you know? there are a bunch of threats looming on the horizon in europe, in our housing market, and maybe most insidiously

. >> moyers: i am not popular at the obama white house, because during the election of '08 i was quite analytical in the, in our criticism, our calling...you know, i had on jeremiah wright, his pastor who felt he had been really wronged. no our job, as i said, is not to elect or defeat candidates. as a citizen i will vote. you can ask jim lehrer about that. he used to think, he used to say, i don't vote because i shouldn't be biased in that regard, but i can't denigrate the political right we have as individuals to try to make our single, our single political act as a voter work. but i am disappointed... i think the job of journalists is to truly raise the questions that you would ask, they would ask, if they had access that we have. and it is true for the party in power, if that happens to have been traditionally your party or the party out of power, the new party that comes to power. >> smith: well, let's stay there. let's talk about journalists and journalism in the media, because maybe the only thing that could make us feel better about the state of politics is to talk about the st

. >>> the obama white house is trying make sure it's not surprised by an israel strike against iran.hington. he met with the prime minister and today he is meeting with the leading hawk on the iran threat. joining me now is our guest. you have a lead story today, front page story that details how challenging it would be for iran to go in. because we have gotten used to the whole idea that for israel to go to iran rather. we have gotten used to the fact that israel attacked the reactor in iraq. in 1981, niece lightening strikes. but this is a different and more complicated operation, just the distance and over flight and refuelling capability, which they do not have. >> it depends who you talk to. there's unknowns here. the united states does not have perfect visibility on what they have. this would be difficulty as you said, it's not an in and out, overnight bomb a reactor and leave. this would need a hundred planes, a lot of complex operations are refuelers and planes to protect the refuelers and also having to strike a number of targets at the same time. >> now quietly there's repo

we expect to hear president obama's ideas on what to do about all of this thursday. chief white housespondent ed henry tells us what he is hearing right now. >> reporter: since december alone, gas prices have soared an average of 31 cents per gallon nationwide. today, president obama's aides tried to deflect blame. >> if you are suggesting there is a responsibility for a rise in the global price of oil, it's certainly not because of anything he habit done to expand domestic oil and gas production. >> production is up, white house aides acknowledge the green light for some of that drilling came from former president george w. bush. it has not stopped the dramatickize in gas prices -- dramatic rise in gas prices. now a threat to president because he may counter good news from the stock market. >> $40 extra in the paycheck. >> reporter: republicans note his victory on the payroll tax cut could be erase by consumers spending extra money at the pump. >> i got to get to work. i can't pay the mortgage with the money i am paying for gas. it has dramatic effect on the u.s. economy. >> reporter

in past administration white house photos ended up in a presidential library but the obama white houseon the photo sharing site flicker. it has received nearly 60 million hits. >>> a bay area woman was honored with the same award given previously to noble prizewinners and congress m. b. she receiv the outstanding american by choice award. it recognizes distinguished immigrants. ms. chung is the executive director of san francisco's self-help for the elderly a center that prepares seniors for citizenship. among those she convicte convio take the oath is her own mother. >> she made up this 50/20 rule. she has been in the united states for 20 years and over 50 years so she could take the exam in chinese and that is why she became a u.s. citizen when she was 80. >> proving it is never too late to become a u.s. citizen. 1200 people became naturalized in today's ceremony. >>> up next, how much it will cost to buy will and kate as ken and barbie. plus, life lessons from jeremy lin about being overlooked and then setting the world on fire. >>> as strange as it may sound, russian authorities ha

president obama unveiling a $3.8 trillion plan that the white house insists will reduce our ballooning decifit. republicans argue it runs against president about him's own promise made at the beginning of his presidency. >> that's why today i'm pledging to cut the decifit we inherited by half by the end of my first term in office. now, this will not be easy. it will require us to make difficult decisions and face challenges we've long neglected. but i refuse to leave our children with a debt they cannot repay, and that means taking responsibility right now, in this administration, for getting our spending under control. megyn: joining me now, fox business network's lou dobbs, host of "lou dobbs tonight". lou, already the president's critics are coming out and saying this is a political document, it is not an actual budgetary proposal. what say you? >> well, i say they are following the lead of senator harry reid, senate majority leader, who has promised there will be no action on this budget proposal, so the leader of his own party in the united states senate tells us that the presiden

and they are also in close collusion with the obama white house. have records of a meeting between the president and media matters, david brock, and valerie, the president's top advisor. we have knowledge and reported of a weekly conference call between the white house and media matters. and others another meeting they attend with media matters. this is in effect an arm of the obama campaign and our view is and i think the view of any nonalliance person looking at this, that's fine, but just don't expect to get tax-exempt status. in real life, as you know, it's very hard just to get anyone tax-exempt status revoked. that almost never happens. there are members of the congress now looking into media matters as tax exemption and we will see what happens from here. but that is the crux of why this is outrageous. >> you and i both know that churches are regularly threatened with the loss of their tax-exempt status because their pastor stood up and said he's against abortion or against marriage and that's from a pastor speaking his heart from a biblical