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>> well, rosie o'donnell was watching the case in florida. i guess from wherever she was.ked somebody that she saw -- she was going on the "today" show and she asked somebody from florida if they knew a female lawyer that was really tough and could get things done. she got my number and she called me up. as a matter of fact, i wasn't even working at the time. my mom had just passed away. and i told rosie, i said, i'm not working right now and i just can't really do this. and she said you know what, your mother would want you to go back to work. go back to work. it had been six weeks. she called me again. i went up to pensacola. and i saw this little boy. the pictures that you've been showing. and i saw him in a jail cell, throwing a spaulding ball at a wall in the jail cell. and how could you not just want to help this kid? i mean, he was a baby. he was a little boy. yes, he did something awful. but we don't just throw children away. and i think -- >> larry: at that time, jayne, he was convicted and was facing what? >> he was facing 22 to life and he was going to get 22 ye

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and rosie o'donnell agreed on her xm show that "the view" isn't the right venue. >> i don't really thinkitting presidents should go do fluffy daytime tv shows. >> reporter: the president is certainly no "view" virgin. stopping by to dish about hot topics has become a campaign must. but are the rules different for a commander in chief? >> it is so hard to break through and there's so much noise. >> reporter: white house communications director dan phifer says getting a message across in the modern media age requires creativity. >> we're trying to basically solve a riddle, which is that people are more interested in government politics than they've ever been before. they are more informed on what's happening in the world yet they are watching traditional news sources less. they are getting information somewhere. how do you reach those people? >> reporter: he hasn't had a primetime press conference in more than a year. are you trying to bypass us? >> no one should take it as a sign that we're going around the traditional press. we're doing them in addition to the traditional press. >> hello

but when she oinks at me and camryn manheim and rosie o'donnell and all these other wonderful women, she really feeds into the sexism of our culture. thank you for joining us today. as long as i could get my own nasty comments in. that's what this is all about. we still think you're topical and talented. topical, talented, and terrific. oh, great. thanks for being here. thanks for having me. captioning provided by the first amendment center, funded by the freedom forum. captioning by emily at captionmax www.captionmax.com (female announcer) join us next time as we continue our discussion on free expression and the arts. for more information about speaking freely, visit our website at: i feel like all of us are starng to see what the problems in this country are. i think plenty of people are opinionated. i don't think there's many forums where you can really express yourself or try to make a difference or anything. i mean...wha'...whatdo... what do i do, ya' know? the only people that i'm able to affect are the people who care about what i have to say. there is something you can do, b

but when she oinks at me and camryn manheim and rosie o'donnell and all these other wonderful women, she really feeds into the sexism of our culture. thank you for joining us today. as long as i could get my own nasty comments in. that's what this is all about. we still think you're topical and talented. topical, talented, and terrific. oh, great. thanks for being here. thanks for having me. captioning provided by the first amendment center, funded by the freedom forum. captioning by emily at captionmax www.captionmax.com (female announcer) join us next time as we continue our discussion on free expression and the arts. for more information about speaking freely, visit our website at:

even rosie o'donnell agreed on her xm radio show, that "the view" isn't the right venue. >> i don't thinkg presidents should do fluffy tv shows. >> it's so hard. >> reporter: white house communications director, dan pfeiffer, says getting the message out in the modern media age requires creativity. he hasn't had a primetime press conference for more than a year. >> no one should think we're going around the traditional press. we're doing them in addition to the traditional press. >> reporter: how did you prepare for this? how do you get the president ready for "the view." >> we leave it to the first lady and his daughters to keep him up to date on those sorts of things. >> reporter: after all, being surrounded by women, is well within mr. obama's comfort zone.

even former co-host rosie o'donnell agreed "the view" isn't the right venue. >> i don't think sitting daytime tv shows. >> reporter: the president is no "view" virgin. >> please welcome presidential nominee senator john mccain. >> reporter: stopping by to dish about hot topics has become a campaign must. but are the rules different for a commander in chief? >> it so is hard to break through, and there's so much noise -- >> reporter: white house communications director dan pfeiffer says getting a message out in the modern media age requires creativity. >> we're trying to basically solve a riddle, which is that people are more interested in government and politics than they've ever been before, they're more informed on what's happening in the world, yet they're watching traditional news sources less. they're getting information somewhere. how do you reach those people? that's what we're trying to figure out every day. >> he hasn't had a primetime press conference in more than a year. are you guys trying to bypass that? >> don't take the fact that he's done leno and letterman and "the vi