concern about unemployment's impact on public health is a concern for at least one former obama white house official. as reported in "the new york times" on november 17th of last year, white house chief of staff william daley asked one interest group lobbying for stricter epa rules, an interest group lobbying the administration for mr. even stricter epa rules, mr. daley said, quote, what are the health impacts of unemployment?

still to come tonight, it is amateur hour at obama white house as administration official announces thatquote, the war on terror is over. i bet you didn't know that. reaction to the stunning comment as brave men and women continued to fight overseas and much more coming up on this edition of hannity. ♪ i'm making my money do more. i'm consolidating my assets. i'm not paying hidden fees or high commissions. i'm making the most of my money. and seven-dollar trades are just the start. i'm with scottrade. i'm with scottrade. i'm with scottrade. and i'm loving every minute of it. [ rodger riney ] at scottrade, we give you commission-free etfs, no-fee iras and more. come see why more investors are saying... i'm with scottrade. >>. >> sean: this is a fox news alert. mitt romney picking up wins in five states. we are still awaiting results from the state of new york. we continued with dana and stauvt. i wanted to go through the speech. it's still about the economy, we're not stupid. powerful line. >> no matter what kind of distraction you try to throw our way, the focus is on the economy. that w

you were quick and other obama campaign officials, white house officials, the president, vice president themselves, you tweeted this shortly after hilary rosen said what she said about ann romney never having worked a day in her life. families must be off limits on campaigns, you tweeted, and i personally believe stay at home moms work harder than most of us do. here's the question. why were all of you so quick to throw hilary rosen under the bus? >> let me first say that she is a friend. she's apologized for that remark, but i tweeted that because i disagreed. i believe that family has to be off limits. as someone who worked for the first lady in the last campaign, i think it's very dangerous to start going after families. and i also believe that i know a lot of moms out there and a lot of moms who stay home to raise their kids. oftentim oftentimes, i i believe they work harder than i do. so those are my beliefs, but i think that the entire debate distorted the real issues in this campaign. this was sort of a faux argument yesterday. the real issue is what are we going to do to help se

. >>> from barack obama's white house, the race is officially on. of wanting to return to the failed policies of the past. nbc's mike vicara is live with us at the white house. mike, we keep hearing it. back to the future, back to the future on mitt romney's foreign policy, his economic policy. how common in the white house that this link to the past is going to work with voters? >> it's all about a choice versus a referendum. it's a cliche, but it's true. the obama white house wants to make this a choice between mitt romney and the republican vision about an emphasis on the republican vision because they're going to try to tie that albatross around his neck and they have the poll to back it up. a choice between mitt romney, the republican party, and obama fear the future, not a referendum on the economy, a referendum on what voters say they're disappointed with this president about. when you look at the student loan issue that the president was hitting hard in his travels. do you remember last month when the president was out west in nevada at that

. >> reporter: president obama is watching today's developments closely. a white house official says they'll meet to discuss what the next move will be if today's deadline is not met. >> we certainly have seen no signs yet of the assad regime abiding by its commitments, which is obviously quite unfortunate. >> reporter: the peace plan appeared to break down over the weekend when president assad demanded rebels agree in writing they would lay down their weapons. opposition groups say they would obey the cease-fire if the government would stop fighting. michelle? >> thank you. >>> in afghanistan, a suicide bomber killed at least nine people and wounded 21. it happened this morning in the province in the western part of the country. officials say the bomber attacked a crowd of people waiting outside a building. civilians and police are among the casualties. several airlines say they're going to stop flying over north korea. the north says it is ready to launch a satellite later this week so, the airlines have decided to temporarily reroute about 20 flights. the u.s. objects to the

obama administration about knowing for months. >> this happened in 2010. these people should have been fired two years ago. the administration has known about this. and wept all the way up to the top. >> white house officials insist they didn't know pointing out that president obama demanded that top officials step down as soon as he learned about the conference. the g.s.a. has issued a statement about the conference. >> complete lack of judgment exhibited about the conference. >> and still ahead right here in washington, a historic d.c. theater is set to reopen its doors this week. >> we are back >> bracing ourselves for cooler temperatures. >> temperatures around 58 degrees. not going to be that bad and we'll make it through. looking outside, partly cloudy skies. temperatures for tonight will not be as cold as it has been the last couple of nights. 74 degrees. what a nice easter we had. 10 degrees above average for this date of the 93, the record set back in 1929. 60 at the airport. winds have settled down quite a bit out of the west,-northwest. next stop takes us to bethesda at 68 days. and george university, wind gusts today at 25 miles per hour. the winds have settled down right now and expected to pi

a white house official says president obama is being briefed on the investigation today.many as 12 secret service employees are already on leave as the government investigates. what happened at a hotel in columbia last week before the president arrived for a summit? >> that secret service agent dallied with prostitutes while out of the country has gone from bizarre to scandal to career ending in a matter of days. derek is shocked that we are so shocked. >> anita, i don't believe we're all that taken aback by this. everybody is saying all the right things. this is terrible. we thought these guys were better than that. how could they compromise the president's security, all that is good, but wait just a second. isn't this the same country we're being caught naked on film used to be humiliating? but now, it makes you a reality tv star, a place where some of our most critically acclaimed television has more sex than late night cable ever did and politicians have been scandalized but somehow, we never imagine that the guys who protect them could have similar weaknesses? i am n

. >>> more on the secret service scandal, obama administration is fighting off accusations that the white house officialsvolved in this. the questions are raised by republicans, this weekend maryland representative cummings spoke out about the president and how he has responded to the scandal thus far. >> i think he is doing enough and acted decisively and got folks out of colombia the moment he found out about. this he stripped them of security clearance. he suspended them and they have taken action. >> the incident claims agent had involvement with prostitutions in advance of the president's trip to columbia. members left jobs and five are on administrative leave and clearances temporarily revoked. >>> tomorrow we have five more gop primaries to be held in connecticut, delaware, new york, pennsylvania, rhode island placing votes. we have presumptive mitt romney and newt gingrich and ron paul. >>> around the nation, 14-year- old boy is out of the hospital after shot three times while sleeping at a friend's house. police say the teen was on the couch when shots were fired in to the home. the shootings ma

white house officials are trying to say that obama administration sanctions have prevented north korea from developing its missile technology. >> and we expect some international reactions, as well. what kind of sanctions could north korea face because of this? >> reporter: there could be severe sanctions. the u.s. has cut off food aide that was supposed to go to the starving citizens. the u.n. should take action. and, rob, there's a security council meeting that's scheduled for later today. >> should be interesting. they spent $850 million on that rocket, while so many of their residents are starving. tahman bradley, thanks for that report. >>> we turn to florida where george zimmerman has spent his second night behind bars. he was in court for the first time since he was charged with second-degree murder. at his side, his new lawyer, who said zimmerman spent his first night in jail in virtual isolation, weeping for hours. >> he's tired. he's stressed. again, he has, in effect, been isolated for several weeks. and that's got to take a toll. >> o'mara says his client plans to apologize

the white house says it was official business, and so the government, not the obama campaign, paid for it. today, the house speaker called them out and said this particular trip was a political stunt. today, the house speaker's words were unusually sharp and personal. >> frankly, i think this is beneath the dignity of the white house. >> speaker john boehner lashed out at the president, accusing him of campaigning on the taxpayers' dime. >> it's time for the obama campaign to pony up and reimburse the treasury. >> this boiled over after the president visited colleges in three battle ground states. this week, the issue, student loan interest rates. the current rate of 3.4% will nearly double in july unless congress passes an extension. >> congress needs to act right now to prevent interest rates on federal student loans from shooting up and shaking you down. >> while every sitting president takes heat over whether his travel is legitimate policy or pure politics, today was different. boehner claims the president is, quote, inventing an issue aimed at young voters. the speaker claims bot

and later a white house official talks about the obama administration's proposal for protecting consumer data privacy. >> during the two week congressional recess, we'll be featuring some of booktv's weekend programs in prime time. tonight, a look at the revolutionary movements in the middle east. after the "the communicators," we start with the author of "liberation square: inside the egyptian revolution and the rebirth of a nation." then at 9:55 eastern, the senior political analyst with al-jazeera talks about his book, "the invisible arab." after that at 11:05 eastern, noni darwish will talk about her book, "the devil we don't know." booktv in prime time all this week here on c-span2. >> c-span's 2012 local content vehicle cities tour takes our booktv and american history tv programming on the road. the first weekend of each month. this past weekend featured little rock, arkansas. with booktv at the high school collection at the university of arkansas. >> collector of photographs, and she he was particularly, again, interested in the 9th century. -- 19th century. these are two friends

romney's mormonism, i just don't see it being brought up by either the democrat, the white house, president obama, his officialr pacs, that sort of thing. it is a fact. mitt romney is a mormon. as he gets introduced to a broader swath of the american public, aren't aware of it, will become aware of it. is there a outer loop of people who may not vote for him because of that? sure. is it something that will be talked about by the other side? i cannot imagine so. i feel like about religion, particularly in pejorative terms, as that question seemed to suggest. it is just a no-win situation for the other side. i would say the same thing, if a democrat, a mormon who was a democrat was running for president and we had a republican in the white house. it is just territory that i don't think you need to go into and it is very dangerous to wade into. >> as we see the president accompanied by the mexican president and canada's prime minister, coming out in the rose garden. here's the president. >> it is my pleasure to welcome two great friends and partners. president calderon of america and prime minister harper of cana

obama white house? >> she has no official role even in the dnc. >> so, she has no role in the dnc, she has no role in theon a prime time cable show. >> yeah. >> and suddenly, you got the white house and the republicans and ann romney and michelle obama immediate -- >> okay. >>> it is crazy. >>> it is a motherhood and apple pie thing. it is an easy one for both sides to jump on hillary rosen. >> joe tends to back into things. i'm going to back and explain what i'm talking b now the headlines this morning are spotlight on ann romney, flies the 2012 election plan that is the headline from today's "wall street journal" after democratic strategist hillary rosen's comments that mrs. romney has "never worked a day in her life." ann romney, herself, hit back against rosen's original comments, defending her decision to stay at home with her children. >> she should have come to my house when those five boys were causing so much trouble. it wasn't so easy. my career choice was to be a mother and i think all of us need to know that we need to respect choices that women make. i will tell you that mitt said to me more

hilary rosen has no official position in the white house or the obama campaign. why did this cause in motion -- commotion, mark? >> it terrified democrats. the question obama has against mitt romney is women voters, and one of the real achilles heels campaign is the inability to develop enthusiasm on family values of voters. this gives a wedge to romney, to make ann romney the embodiment of the stay at home mother, and it's backs, fairly or unfairly, of business in this and a patronizing attitude towards women who make that choice -- dismiss a finesse and a patronizing attitude towards women to make that choice. >> nina? >> mark is right. we all said stupid things on television, but this is in the category of "what was she thinking?" being a mother is away harder than what we're doing here. people pay nannies a lot so they don't have to do that every day. ann romney is the best thing mitt romney has going for him. >> hilary rosen does have children of her own and has a knowledge ids a tough job -- it is a tough job. colby. >> i heard the criticism before i heard

we also do know according to a senior white house official, jessica, that president obama will be briefed by the director of the secret service, mark sullivan. this is significant. it's been certainly the focus of a lot of questions in the white house briefings. because while the president's chief of staff and his deputy chief of staff have been in regular contact with sullivan, the president himself hasn't spoken to sullivan since the beginning of this scandal. so we do understand that he will be briefed. it is also important to note that by and large right now, jessica, republicans have been holding their fire when it comes to calling for mark sullivan to go. they've been saying they support him. the white house of course says they support mark sullivan at this point. it seems like a lot of people are holding their fire as we wait for the results of this investigation which could really prove pivotal to the director of the secret service, jessica. >> i want to add this, while you were reporting, if you check your black burberrblackberry, ys too, multiple e-mails from multiple white hous

deputy to secretary of state hillary clinton and white house officials including steve simon, a high-level national security adviser to president obamaher hood will turn egypt into a fundamentalist islamic state, the white house defended the outreach. >> we believe it is in our interest to engage with egypt in part in an effort to encourage egypt to maintain its commitment to its international obligations and to maintain its -- to maintain a positive role in the region. >> the brotherhood controls the new egyptian parliament and could win the presidency and since egypt is a lynchpin for peace in the middle east the u.s. is keeping the lines of communication open. eric trayinger, the washington institute is skeptical the brotherhood will follow a moderate path, but he said the talks are a must. >> we have no choice, but to talk to him and the illusion that the brotherhood might actually change. >> wolf, these muslim brotherhood officials who are here and who met with officials at the state department and the white house, they're not by any stretch of the imagination the top decision makers of the muslim brother hood. they're seen as s

hilary rosen has no official position in the white house or the obama campaign.why did this cause such a commotion, mark? >> it terrified democrats for the following reason -- the questio -- cushion democrats have is with women voters. and one of romney's achilles heels is his inability to generate enthusiasm with family values of voters. this gives romney a wedge to make any romney it the embodiment of the state at home mother, and it smacks, fairly or unfairly, dismissesne -- of dismissiveness towards women to make that choice. >> nina? >> mark has it right. we have all said stupid things on television, but this is in the category of "what was she thinking?" being a mother is way harder than what we're doing here. people pay nannies is not so they don't have to do that all day. -- a lot so they don't have to do that all day. ann romney is the best asset mitt romney has. >> hilary rosen it does have children of her own. colby? >> i heard the criticism before i even heard what rosen said. the airwaves were static with criticism of her. i think barbara bush said i

>> shep, good evening, white house officials said president obama and prime minister of turkey did indeedhey declined to offer any more specifics beyond that this reported comes from veteran roast columnist david ignatius who last made headlines when he reported exclusive details about what the navy seals found inside usama bin laden's compound in pakistan. the turkish prime minister was in tehran last week and did meet with the ayatollah khamenei. if this report about president obama's secret message was true it does raise questions because the last two white houses have basically said the same thing publicly multiple times. >> they are entitled to peaceful, civilian nuclear power. they are not entitled to nuclear weapons. there is two different processes. >> we have promised to support a peaceful civilian nuclear program. america will not allow iran to develop a nuclear weapon. >> the u.n. security council nations plus germany are set to revive talks with iran over nuclear program. iran is being a bit ornery over where the talks should occur, shep recently suggests as possible locations

. >> reporter: the white house is pointing out that hillary rosen has no official role with the obama reelection campaign. however, the romney campaign is looking to capitalize on it. you can get a bumper sticker that says moms drive the economy. you can get one with a $6 donation to the romney campaign. >>> jury selection got underway for the criminal trial of former presidential candidate john edwards. it's related to secret payments made by campaign donors. the prosecution is trying to prove that the money was spent on rielle hunter. >>> baltimore city police are asking for your help in findinged individuals that they say were involved in this salt and -- assault and robbery. >>> how many hours do you spend on the computer and how this could ruin your eyes. here's a preview of what's ahead on world news. >>> a little boy's dream comes true with the help of stranger's. a random act of kindness that changed a boy's life and inspired people. >>> stockses finished higher for a second day in a row. the dow dow rallied -- dow jones rallied and the nasdaq closed at 3,056. the s&p rose 19

deputy to secretary of state hillary clinton and white house officials including steve simon, a high-level national security adviser to president obamas by some the brotherhood will turn egypt into a fundamentalist islamic state, the white house defended the outreach. >> we believe it is in our interest to engage with egypt, in part in an effort to encourage egypt to maintain its commitment to its international obligations and to maintain its -- to maintain a positive role in the region. >> the brotherhood controls the new egyptian parliament and could win the presidency. and since egypt is a linchpin for peace in the middle east, the u.s. is keeping the lines of communication open. eric trager for the washington institute for near yves policy is skeptical the brotherhood will follow a moderate path but believes the talks are a must. >> we should talk to them pu have very little illusion about the fact that the brotherhood might actually change. >> the members of the brotherhood are not at the top of the organization. they're spokespeople, very fluent in english, familiar with american customs. the white house is downplaying these ta

merging with the romney campaign more now on the race for the white house from doug luzader on capital hill. >> president obama is about to officially hit the campaign trail as mitt romney locks up another high profile endorsement. >> is it easier to make ends meet? >> if you needed any more evidence all republican momentum is behind mitt romney there is this, texas governor perry who previously endorsed newt gingrich is now a romney guy as for gingrich he is now preparing the throw in the towel next week after romney swept all five primaries on tuesday. >> pretty clear, that governor romney is ultimately beginning to be the nominee we will do everything we can to make sure he is effective. >> reporter: and a new fox news poll shows the race is a toss up, with registered voters evenly divided between romney and obama. the much discussed gender gap give it is president a 5 point advantage with women voters, romney 4 points up with men. white house meantime says the president is about to officially kick off campaign season with a series of rallies. >> this is about your future,. >> reporter: republican party says the president's re- e

controversy and he insists what this official had to say does not square with anything the white house believes. he added natural gas production is up under the obaman so they believe this philosophy that the official was talking about was never implemented. i pressed him on whether the official will be fired given the fact back in 2008 the president said he would be about hope and change and setting a new tone here in washington. here is what jay carney had to say. >> he apologized. what he said is clearly not representative of either this president's belief in the way we should approach these matters or the way he has approached these matters from the white house or the epa. >> reporter: the white house believes this was an isolated incidents. but republicans like james inhofe pushing for an investigation. megyn: the search for a missing girl in arizona may have hit a dead end. what now? it is a day for the investigators in "kelly's court," including former detective mark fuhrman. he never thought it would go this far. marine sergeant gary stein discharged from service after criticizing president obama on facebook. we dug up a human rights report

. >>> white house party crasher tareq salahi is in the news again. and president obama will officiallyk off his campaign for reelection may 5th when he will appear with first lady michelle at rallies on the campus of ohio state, then virginia commonwealth university. both ohio and virginia are swing state, considered important to winning the 2012 election for president. >>> still ahead tonight on 9news now, outrageous audio of a teacher berating an autistic student. >>> plus, a family's impassioned plea for return of their little girl. >>> and an increase in the number of baby boomers getting high. >>> i'm meteorologist topper shutt. 71 for your high today. do not leave home without the umbrella. a few showers at 5:00. better chance for the midmorning. 42 to 54 at 7:00, in the 50s at 9:00. new data just into the weather office. we're make some more chaimtion to the temperatures and >>> baby boomers abusing drugs at an alarming rate. >> the substance an bus and mental health services administration says addiction cases for people over 50 are skyrocketing. our ken molestina explains. >>

white house correspondents' dinner. it is the night when journalists, government officials, and politicians main goal. the headliner was president barack obama used his time to poke fun at the washington institution and politicians, including himself. >> four years ago, and looked like this. today a look like -- this. [laughter] four years from now, i will look like this. [laughter] [applause] that is not even funny. >> that actually is bunny. proceeds go to scholarships and awards for distinction in the profession. this week, a very special anniversary for pope john paul ii. -- to the events in rome. >> people sunshine today. this system not to the west will eventually play a role in our weather. that is coming up in the insta- weather + forecast. a nice day today down in the beach. >> the first anniversary of pope john paul ii's beatification is on tuesday. he served as head of the roman catholic church for 27 years. he died in 2005. at the vatican today, pope benedict ordained nine priests, eight of them will be for the diocese of rum and the ninth before vietnam. -- diocese of rome. >> today was just short of perfect. inner harbor, 71. w

obama arrived in that country. a prominent republican senator is ask whether other american officials may have been involved. nbc white house correspondent christian walker is at the white house with the latest. >> reporter: a week after one of the biggest scandals to hit the secret service in decades. ix six employees are under the process of being removed from the service. also one employee was cleared of serious misconduct but still faces administrative action. and now another agent is under the microscope, leaving five on administrative leave. 11 military personnel are also imp will i kated. nbc's mark potter has details on new video 37. >> investigators are hoping to question all the prostitutes involved in the scandal and also see if any of them are underage. in a video shot thursday, colombia police can be seen arriving at the play club where officials say some of the u.s. agents had been last week. this man says several officers told him the play club and three other clubs were rated in an attempt to locate women identified in the investigation. >> reporter: back in washington, republican senator chuck grassley post

obama officially kicks off his presidential campaign. last night he was busting out the jokes at the white house correspondence dinner. the question is, was he really funny. find out when ron brownstein weighs in. >>> president obama is planning to officially launch his campaign against mitt romney this week with rallies in the key states of ohio and virginia. republicans are already accusing him of misusing taxpayer funds by campaigning on trips the administration has labeled official business. mitt romney is trying to convince a couple of his republican opponents to endorse him now that they're out of the race. ron brownstein joins me now from washington to talk about the latest twists and turns in the campaign. hi, ron. >> hey, alison. >> president obama has been doing lots of traveling in the united states. the gop chairman accused the president's administration for using taxpayer funds to campaign. is this kind of just that general sign that the general election fight is off and running to the races? >> you know, the fact is, the president did make a series of appearances here on college campuses that happened to

that's right, and the government officialing a the fifth is not the imagery any white house would hope for. what's more, after that top gsa officials appointed by president obamain why after they learned of the lavish conference they nevertheless gave the official in charge a bonus. ♪ the 23ufun filled conference th cost taxpayer are almost $1 million included rap videos, a mind reader and $1200 for shuttles to take staffers to party on the vegas strip. the gsa official in charge was jeff neely. >> i think i pre pretty much promised to deliver an over the top, up forgettable team building experience. how did we do on that one? >> but neely has told investigators he'll take the fifth today rather than answer questions. >> taxpayers needed to know that what they see in those videos is in pact the tip of the iceberg. there's a culture of waste that when people misbehave, they're seldom punished for it. >> e-mails show that even after senior gsa officials were alerted to excessive spending in vegas, administrator martha johnson personally approved a $9,000 bonus for neely. and vegas was only part of the story. a think lo longer conference was held in palm springs

white house or the epa. >>> epa official appointed by president obama said his philosophy talking to other e.p.a.ing the oil companies should be crucifyed. he apologized. he said i apologize to those i offended and rebret poor choice of words. offensive and inaccurate way to portray our effort to address the potential violation to laws. and i've been committed to vigorous enforcement of the laws. the epa under obama administration has implemented 75 regulations. there are 219 regulations pending. bring in your panel. tucker carlson from daily caller.com. mara liasson national political correspondent of national public radio. syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. charles? >> well, he said poor choice of words. it was perfect choice of words. he says what he thinks. and others in the e.p.a. he talked about, you know, saying well, we really believe in all of the above as obama said. we heard jay carney saying it doesn't reflect what we've done. he is wrong. look what they have done on coal. regulation to make it impossible for any american to open a new coal plant because of regulations and over

white house or campaign officials i should say, obama 2012 campaign officials holding a conference call with reporters earlier. the chair hitting mitt romney telling him he needs to release his tax returns over the course of the previous ten years. he's only done that for two years and reported a tax base -- or a tax rate that he has paid of only about 14%, thomas. >> mike viqueira at the white house for us this morning. mike, thanks so much. i appreciate it. >>> well, also in the news this morning, the renewed focus from the romney campaign on women voters getting this unexpected boost, but the president's team is not sitting on the sidelines of this one. ann romney as you probably heard has been thrust onto the stage of the campaign battle. and her husband in standing up for stay-at-home moms across america. hilary rosen's comments about romney's wife have sparked this national discussion and put some of the big names walking the white house halls into damage control mode. >> my response is that's an outrageous assertion. if my daughter wants to be able to say i'm staying home and rai