and pat goodell was writing, and name three stories that should have gotten attention and didn't.erie jarrett, white house aide gets secret service protection, how does that happen. dav david plouffe, he was with on with george stephanopoulos and a national security advisor that is 172,000, and pension at 55 years old. still working and 148,000 a year more from, from what's left of fannie mae, none of those stories got any traction at all in the mainstream media. >> and hats off to john carl, media note. for putting out one of the three steel workers trotted out in front of the democratic national convention who got up there and said, you know, mitt romney is bad because bain capital closed our company and we lost our jobs. one of them didn't work at the company. he was a union organizers. >> the same problem that they had with that ad that was put out by one of the non-affiliated super pacs, on the obama committee. they need to do better in the fact checking department and i actually think the press, they did that and-- >> isn't this the party that's running our country right now

and pat goodell was writing, and name three stories that should have gotten attention and didn't. jarrett, white house aide gets secret service protection, how does that happen. dav david plouffe, he was with on with george stephanopoulos and a national security advisor that is 172,000, and pension at 55 years old. still working and 148,000 a year more from, from what's left of fannie mae, none of those stories got any traction at all in the mainstream media. >> and hats off to john carl, media note. for putting out one of the three steel workers trotted out in front of the democratic national convention who got up there and said, you know, mitt romney is bad because bain capital closed our company and we lost our jobs. one of them didn't work at the company. he was a union organizers. >> the same problem that they had with that ad that was put out by one of the non-affiliated super pacs, on the obama committee. they need to do better in the fact checking department and i actually think the press, they did that and-- >> isn't this the party that's running our country right now? >>

joining us now is the former pollster for president clinton and fox news contributor, pat goodell.. >> well, i'll tell you what's gotten my attention, not that she's the most powerful or the closest person to the president, this woman has a secret service detail. she is not a chief of staff or someone with a national security portfolio. she's a general advisor. this is unheard of. you're talking about 24 hours of round the clock service. this is a white house that argues it is for ordinary people, that it's not out of touch. it's romney and the republicans. but this woman has a full detail secret service. men and women who are around the clock, working on her protection. for what? this is a boon. this is kind like versailles, i'm afraid. when you tie this to what she's doing, the question is why? who is she? >> brian: right. who is she? she evidently paved the way for him in many ways his advisor and great person to hook him up with powerful people when he was a state senator and paved his way as the u.s. senator. and then was there for him and his wife as he became president of th

but i hope the democrats -- megyn: well, doug schoen is a former adviser to president clinton and pat goodell, both are fox news contributors. doug, there is a report today in "the new york post" quoting an author, someone who has just come out with a book, and they claim that obama advisers had tried to keep bill clinton off of the big stage this week wanting to relegate him to a minor non-prime time speaking role, but bill clinton threatened to boycott the convention unless he was given a role. [laughter] do you believe that? >> no, i really don't. i think that david axlerod and the team around obama made plenty of mistakes, but i think they recognize when bill clinton has a 65% approval and barack obama i think in gallup had about a 43% approval, that gap of 22 points, which is about as huge as you can get in american politics, particularly among swing voters, means that bill clinton of necessity has to be there especially in a circumstance where the question is are you better off than you were four years ago? because bottom line, the republicans are making the case that we're worse off, a

goodell and the nfl are in negotiations with the referees union. but three weeks of chaos and controversy over calls on the field are taking their toll. sunday, patsach bill belichick grabbed a ref's arm, after his team lost to the ravens after another controversial call. all right. the seahawks won the game, 14-12. the ending was farcical. the game wasn't over for another ten minutes. both teams called back from the locker rooms for the extra point. the nfl responded, telling players they have to respect the game. now, they're hearing the same thing directed at them. as josh said earlier, it's a case of integrity. >> guys. >> all right. john. at its height, more than 6,000 tweets a minute. >> it broke twitter. the glut was remarkable. >>> now, for the latest troubles for american airlines. pilots in a bitter clash with the bankrupt company. and it's causing a rough ride for thousands of passengers. abc's lisa stark is at reagan national airport with the details. good morning, lisa. >> reporter: good morning, george, well, flyers are bracing for another tough day with american. on monday, only about half of the carrier's flights arrived on time. t