former labor secretary robert rice is predicting a hillary clinton and joe biden swap next year.nton to run for vice president with barack obama. we nominated gary nurenberg for an up date. >> reporter: wright blogged on his website that president obama needs to stir the democratic base. and that clinton on the ticket would take attention away from the economy and towards foreign policy where he says the president and secretary of state have shined. biden shot down similar speculation a year ago telling vanity fair he has already been asked to run again, but does the idea make sense? >> no, it doesn't. first of all, although there is precedent for dumping a vice president, there's not a lot of it. >> reporter: presidential scholar steven hess. >> the reason is pretty simple. where a president is running for reelection, they don't want to admit mistakes. and dumping your vice president would be considered a very big mistake. so that doesn't happen. but there is another reason as well. not only would obama retain joe biden, but he thinks joe biden is doing a very good job. and, in

warfare on full display yesterday in kansas and today some of his left wing supporters, such as robert rice, are praising the address as, quote, the most important economic speech of his presidency. however, there's a slight problem. according to multiple reports today, including a scathing fact check done by the washington post, many things can't be verified. take, for example, this statement by the president. >> some billionaires have a tax rate as low as 1%. 1%. that is the height of unfairness. it is wrong. >> what's wrong with that statement, according to the post, a white house official has now conceded the administration has no actual data to back up that claim and as a result the polls have awarded the remarks with three pin nokios, thinking significant factual error and obvious contradictions were present. oh, he didn't tell the truth. that's my analysis. ms. crowley is here and sandra smith. you are saying there's a party for the media people at the white house tonight? >> yes, and i can't believe none of us got invited. >> did anyone get to go? >> certain media organizations. >>

. >> former secretary of labor robert rice generate add lot of buzz today when he predicted that forcampaign hillary clinton and biden will switch jobs. this would mean obama clinton ticket with biden as secretary of state. rice theory is the president needs to did something to energize his base and adding mrs. clinton as running mate is the best way to do it. interesting idea but on abc world news tonight political reporter says it will never fly. >> kind of crazy talk. vice president biden doesn't want to do it. secretary clinton doesn't want to do it. most importantly president obama doesn't want to do it. but it does touch on an important problem for president obama. and that is he's not going to be able to capture the same lightning in a bottle that he was able to get in 2008 when he energized so many people.so there is a hunger for president obama to do something to bring some excitement on the ticket. at least there is among democrats who want him reelected. >>reporter: here's why. writ now president obama atravel rating is only 47 percent. >> letter accusing former hp executi

by paul volcker, democrats and republicans, bill donaldson, the sec chief under bush was there, robert rice who, of course, is one of your favorites here. their all together. robert wolf, the ubs wall street titan. they're together because they're afraid. people are feeling the shudders on the landscape, they're feeling it shake. and obama right from the start is saying the things that almost no one else is saying, we need to reform the financial capital, we need to reform the system of credit. we need to make it work for the american economy and the american people rather than in so many ways against it. to kill off the volatility that we feel even now as we run up and down these parables of fear just in the last few weeks. he got it. and volcker is really his guide. now, volcker is in the book, and some people say he's the hero of the book. i'm not big on heros or villains, you know? the reporting is the reporting. but volcker speaks with force in this book. we had many, many lunches, we talked across almost two years. and volcker is the kind of avatar, the kind of champion of tough love,

robert rice who is the secretary of labor under bill clinton and a political commentator wrote a column wednesday saying in his opinion a swap is in the works, that in the coming months barack obama is going to trade out joe biden for hillary clinton. joe biden becomes secretary of state. the current secretary of state hillary clinton becomes the running mate in 2012. is this making any waves in washington? >> reporter: it is not. what's interesting about this story is every time the rumor pops up i get reminded by folks inside the white house and those close to the president about how loyal both the vice president joe biden and the president are to each other. that is a very close bond. with all of the turmoil and shuffle inside that west wing the last person i'm told president obama would like to see leave the west wing, remember, joe biden has an office right there a couple doors down from the oval office, the last person he would want to lose is joe biden there and that is one reason why i'm told that switch is just so unlikely to happen savannah talked to secretary clinton a couple

. >> ray rice and brian roberts teamed up for an event at port discovery. >> to be part of an event likebecause you see the smile on these young kids faces and to hang out with me and brian roberts, and it is a cool event. >> governor o'malley and santa claus also paid a visit. >> the annual toy drive has made possible for families to have toys for the families for christmas. this year, more help is needed because of the economy. you could drop toys off at the donation box at any baltimore county library. 27 degrees on tv hill. an inmate found dead inside a baltimore prison. >> police movement on the occupied protest in mckeldin square. i am kim dacey with the latest. >> it is quiet and cold again this morning. we do have some rain in the seven-day forecast. >> we have some closures in the city because of that police >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> falling breaking news this morning. police clearing out occupy baltimore demonstrators from mckeldin square. we love more coming up in just a bit. good morning. welcome back to 11 news today. i'm stan stovall.

. >>> the governor will join baltimore rain ray rice and oriole brian roberts to host holiday event for the children and families served by the university of maryland children's hospital. it will take place at port discovery tonight at 5:00. >>> it's one of the biggest sports organizations in the u.s. and this morning it is coming under fire. two men coming forward claiming they were sexually assaulted there by the amateur athletic union known as the aau. sherrie johnson has been tracking that story and joins us with the latest. >> reporter: well, two men have stepped forward with alarming accusations against the amateur athletic union one of the largest sports organizations in america and the x-aau president is is accused of molesting two former players in the 1980s. the allegations have rocked the aau all american reputation. it is one of the oldest and most powerful sports organizations in the world. now ralph west says he was 15 when it happened. his memphis basketball team was on a youth league trip when he says his coach bobby dodd came into his hotel room and sexually assaulted h

. >>> the governor will join ray rice and oriole brian roberts hosting a holiday event for children andamilies served by the university of maryland children's hospital. it will take place at port discovery in baltimore and kicks off at five. justin. >>> 6:53. high pressure in control. no doubt it's been cleared, crisp and cold and light winds but the winds helping to pile in the moisture in the deep south. otherwise there's not much action to talk about. a thin ribbon of rain across the heartland and there's freezing rain advisory for wisconsin as this bumps into colder air. that's the only major issue. we have dry real estate between both systems and we get cloudsskirted from the south today and we will see the western system approach heading through midweek and much diminished form. similar to last week with a rain makeer to the west. but i don't think the resurgeent rain will hit us as it swings through. so until then we have a rather ho-hum pattern. 45 degrees the two degree guaranteed high a little below normal this afternoon. and again as for the beautiful sunrise a mix of clouds

. >> ray rice and brian roberts teamed up for a special holiday event at port discovery. they brought gifts and good cheer on monday night to children from the university of maryland children's hospital. >> you see the smiles on their faces and for getting a gift for christmas. >> the governor and santa claus were also on hand. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. some delays starting to form on the west side. 21 miles per hour beginning at 795 down towards edmondson. an accident clearing in the city at isterstown road. 45 miles per hour on southbound 95 south of the beltway. in fallston, watch for an accident on belair road. everything running smoothly on the rest of the major roadways. 15 minutes on the west side. southbound 95 to the fort mchenry, five minutes. 10 minutes on southbound 95 to 32. outbound traffic building at 108. looking good coming down from parkton down to the beltway. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now get the latest from ava marie joining us live from powe

. >>> two baltimore sports stars team up to spread holiday cheer, ray rice and brian roberts hosted an santa as well as the oriole bird and the ravens mascot. >>> stay with wjz 13, maryland's news station for complete news and ♪ jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the -- ♪ ♪ oh, what fun it is to... ♪ get in the spirit with dunkin's holiday coffees and lattes. try peppermint mocha gingerbread, or new cinnamon swirl today.

number of seasonal workers to handle the workload and governor o'malley will join rain ray rice and oriole boyan robertsnd families served by the university of maryland children's hospital. it will take place at port discovery in baltimore kicking off at 5 tonight and includes advice fritz santa claus, from both mascots and again special guests governor o'malley. now back to new york. we are back in 25 minutes for wore monday -- for one more check of the forecast. see you then. ♪ >>> hello, everybody out there. closing in on christmas right now. holidays a big time for baking. we have the cake boss here, buddy valastro. he's going to put us to the test. there he is. i was going say something. sitting next to me and he decides to start -- >> just getting comfortable. >> i'm playing the part of robin. >> teasing me as you come in. >> i love it. it's like lara's angels. >>> no, sam. no, sam. all right, so it's a great time of year for holiday entertainment. billy ray is here with his new tv movie. there he is, looking so dapper. it's perfect viewing for this holiday season. we can't wait to talk to you, bi

former republican secretaries of state james baker, henry kissinger and condoleezza rice, former defense secretary robert gates, admiral mike mullen and general david pet trace. there is -- petraeus. for eight long years during the previous republican administration, republicans on the floor arguing time and time again that it was inappropriate, some said unconstitutional, for congress to ask a basic question about the bush administration's policies on issues like iraq, torture, waterboarding and warrantless wiretapping. time and again we were told that congress should defer to president bush, our commander in chief. let me give you one example. my friend, senator lindsey graham of south carolina on september 19, 2007, said -- and i quote -- "the last thing we need in any war is to have the ability of 535 people who are worried about the next election to be able to micromanage how you fight the war. this is not only micromanagement, this is a constitutional shift of power." end of quote. now with a democratic president, obviously some of my colleagues have had a change of heart. they think it's not only

rice, cohosting a program. not only will he be there, but so will be the orioles' second baseman, roberts.th wjz 13, maryland's news station, complete news and first morning weather at noon. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,