. >> replace susan in new york, samantha powell. >> when i first asked tom to join my team, i knew igetting our nation's foremost policy leaders, key understanding of his and our nation's place in the world. he shared my view,lpÑ in order renew leadership for the 21st century, we had to fundamentally rebalance our foreign policy. more than that he knew how we could do it. tom is a combination of strategic and tactical. a strategic sense of where we need to go and a tactical sense of how to get there. moreover tom's work ethic is legendary. he began service in the carter white house when he was just 22 years old somehow he's been able to maintain the same drive and enthusiasm and reverence for serving in government. he's helped shape every national security, including security strength at home to ending the war in iraq. here at the white house tom oversaw the operation that led us to bin laden. he's helped keep our transition on track as we wind up the war in afghanistan. >> there you have it. outside the white house, talking about the national security adviser stepping down. he will

ambassador in waiting in samantha powell.ntha first came to work for me in 20 05, shortly after i became a united states senator as one of our country's leading journalists, i think she won the pulitzer prize at age 15 or 16. she sd us we have a moral responsibility in defending human dignity. she's been a relentless advocate for american interests and values, building partnerships on behalf of democracy and human rights, fighting the scourge of anti-semitism and human traff trafficking. you will find no stronger advocate than samantha. over four years she's worked hand in glove with susan in her role because she's been the lead white house staffer on issues related to the united nations. i'm fully confident she'll be ready on day one to lad our mission in new york, while continuing to be an indispensable member of our security team. she knows the strengths, the weaknesses, he knows american's interests are advanced when we can rally the world and she knows we have to stand up in thing foss believe in. i would strongly urge t

depending on whether you support this president or do not, his appointments of susan rice and samantha powell are either pulled or deft strokes by the president intent on not adding an outsider to his inner circle. while avoiding a confirmation process for the unpopular susan rice. likely to bring unrelenting pressure on mr. obama and his white house that is now managed to stonewall on benghazi, the internal revenues to service, and adding that today, a market that certainly has more than one reason to decline. but among those reasons, a widening despair. both his administration's political and economic policy. fading hope thpresident obama can find a strong and positive voice and quality of leadership needed to restore prosperity. here is the present today. naming ambassador rice to the national security post in his administration. >> as our ambassador to the u.n., susan rice has been a tireless advocate. >> i am deeply grateful for your enduring confidence in me. we have much still toaccomplish on behalf of the american people. i look forward to continuing to serve on your national security

nto that his appointment of two top officials samantha powell to take over as ambassador of the u.s. and susan rice will become his national security advisor. both of them are known very publically as major supporters of so-called humanitarian intervention. they are leading this charge within the administration to escalate the u.s. military role. >> now, you heard from the turkish foreign minister earlier saying that turkey doesn't rule out any military action at this stage and you know, the jordan ians are also saying the same thing. do you think that syria's neighbors could go it alone? you know, as far as military intervention, military action is concerned? >> syria's neighbors are on both side. syria's name iran and iraq are both supporting the' jet stream. syria's other neighbors, jordan, turkey, saudi arabia and qatar are supporting the rebels. so the region is thorely divided. there is a regional war in syria most particularly between iron and saudi arabia with qatar and turkey backing up their respective side. and all those various forces in the neighborhood are willing to fi

samantha powell. >> we will be talking about that, i'm sure, soon. let me ask you about the president's approval rating. it is holding steady. why? >> one of the reasons is it is his base of supporters. the same people who elected him in 2008, re-elected in 2012, were firm lindh him. another reason why it has not hurt him all had a much is that most americans don't directly blame him for at least three controversies we have been talking about. the irs, the benghazi stories as well as the leak investigations. so those are propping him up. if there is one bit of warning sign for the president in the poll, his numbers among independent have gone down a little bit. overall as we put it, he seems to have absorbed the punch he has taken from congressional republicans on the scandals and still is standing out and can't probably afford too many more punches. >> americans' reactions to the irs scandal. >> they have concerns and -- 58% of americans, around 58%, end up saying that this is something that gives them doubts about the obama administration's honesty

response to the criticism to the benghazi attack, nominated to take her place at the united nations samantha powell a pulitzer winning author. >> here is what the president said about each of them. >> has been with me every step of the way and the american people are, owe you enormous gratitude, you restored our nation's prestige and standing in the world, you have positioned us well to continue to lead in the years ahead, i think that tom donelan has been one of the most effective national security advisors our country has ever had and he has done so without a lot of fanfare and a lot of fuss. so tom, on behalf of us all, thank you for your extraordinary service. >> as our ambassador to the u.n., susan has been a powerful advocate for our interests, diplomacy in new york and helped to put in place tough sanctions on iran and north korea, she has defended israel, she has stood up for innocent civilians from libya, she supported an independent sudan and raised her voice for human rights, including women's rights, put simply, susan exemplifies the finest traditions of u.s. diplomacy and leadership so

samantha powell probably said some things about one of my favorite people former secretary of state hillary carolina. she is qualified. she wrote a book on gen side. i think we can all agree that's a bad idea. she'll go up. i think that's a confirmable position. people will ask her. just to say somebody is pro palestinian is, you know, a lot of things, charges get slung around. i'm sure she will get askedant that. again, i go back to miss rice, i was a friend of hol brooks, who she famously did not get along with. i think she is qualified for the position. she's a pretty assertive women. some people don't like pretty assertive women. i suspect obama, maybe he likes that and heir. it's his choice. he won the election. that's what happened. he's won two elections. >> let me go, ed klein, i want to american this to domestic politic, because, obviously, this benghazi thing gets re-enflamed over the susan rice nomination. >> absolutely. >> james is right the president doesn't care. maybe it's too bad he doesn't care. generally, okay, you got a new paperback book out, a new addition about obama c