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holding fund-raisers tonight at sarah jessica parker's home.s going to bank more than $4 million from the two events. don't expect a photo op for that price. the closest we could get is this. this is actually -- this is -- bear with me, this is a live picture. you see all these people, they're wnderring what's behind the turn trucks. the dump trucks are on purpose so no people can get down the street. the street is where sarah jessica parker lives. they pulled up some dump trucks. that's how much they want us to see ways going on. john avlon, our guests, this is kind of interesting, we looked into this. these are the president's 18th and 19th celebrity fund-raisers this year. that's a lot of time for the clooneys of the world, john avlon. $50 million total for these events to be exact. you hang out with celebrities all the time, celebrities obviously have money. but we're not seeing him glad-hand, take pictures, brag about this. >> i think he steps on his message. he gives a very strong economic speech, all about how the president's the guy's w

i like sarah jessica parker. can support obama, who cares. >> kimberly: my nanny works for her sometimes. >> greg: well, in that case. i change my whole opinion if your nanny works for her. what is wrong with you? >> kimberly: a nice lady. >> greg: with the left, fairness replaces freedom. it should be about freedom, not fairness. >> bob: in that segment we didn't talk about mittty. who is favoring mitt? >> greg: who cares? >> bob: that is the point. that is the whole point. >> kimberly: sorry -- >> the 18-year-olds watching the awards or 15-year-old or 14-year-old don't read "vogue" magazine. they can't afford one of the shoes. >> kimberly: greg bid on it. >> greg: imagine a more boring dinner? unless matthew broaderick was doing the dishes. >> bob: that is a bad shot. one thing obama is not boring. >> greg: i'm talking about anna wintore. >> bob: you wouldn't understand it. you're supposed to tease. that means get out. ready? >> greg: other people in america can't hear what is in your ear. so if you say we have

sarah jessica parker didn't make sense to me. i don't think that generation cares about her. probably read the prompter normally and said can you do that again as carrie so she had to restart with okay or so. anna winter is cool. for starters she wears sunglasses everywhere. secondly, she was a "b" before it was cool to be a" b" before it was empowering to do so. and third and most importantly, she had sex with bob marley. that is true. you can look that up. >> no proof whatsoever. >> she had a torrid affair and her editor didn't know where she was and she was in jamaica with him. >> something tells me we will hear about that at half time. >> that's all we need to know. she is so aloof. she is so aloof she is aloof, and i don't even know what aloof is. >> a woman like that enjoys my type of comedy, greg. they find me charming and endearing. >> she was also in the remake of "charlie and the chocolate factory," bam. >> no she wasn't. >> maybe it was johnny depp, but he stole her look. >> did she really have sex with bob marley? >> absolutely. >> some is something andy has to lo

women like sarah jessica parker and michelle obama. these two wonderful women and i are hosting a dinner, along with the president, in new york city to benefit the obama campaign. >> jon: i take it back, i take it back. i take it back, that was a pretty good impression of anna winter. i had no idea. i'm glad the president is going to be with anna winter because if there are two things the american people relate to it's the devil and prada. ( laughter ) you know, it feels beneath office of the presidency for obama to have to hustle this hard for dough all the time but you know what? he made $3.5 million from three fund raisers in one day. beat that, mitt romney. >> according to politico, romney and the republican national committee raised about $77 million in may. >> jon: so! ( laughter ) all obama has to do is six fund raisers a day for the next 22 to 23 days and he matches you. as long as there are no other fund-raising factors i think we have found that the finances even out. >> the "wall street journal," own bide our parent company,

by the way, sarah jessica parker, that was years and years ago. why are we doing this scene? >> you know what? i have to say you're really being a downer. oh, my gosh. you've been sitting there this whole time? okay. can you not take the temperature of a room? things are tense here. >> reporter: i was getting a lot of mixed messages. i needed help so i raced over to see jess. i can't wait to show her my killer new shoes. somebody, help me. my shoes are so comfortable. i needed to be quoted by someone new. >> oh, no, i just feel like i don't have a lot of options. there is this one other guy from massachusetts. he's a billionaire. it's just so weird, you know >> yeah. i'm sorry. who are you in this? >> i'm the black friend there weren't any black friends though. get me out of this awkward social situation. my friend essy would know what to do. she always griffs me such good advice >> it looks back. it's bad for obama to throw this fund-raiser and hobnob with hollywood celebrities when we still have 82.2% unemployment >> sometimes she gives too much advice >> a lot people in th

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women like sarah jessica parker and michelle obama.h the president and new york city to benefit the obama campaign on june 14th. it will be a fantastic evening and you can join us. we're saving the two best seats in the house for you. so you have to enter to win. >> okay. the guy who ended the war in iraq, the guy who says you should be able to marry anyone you want and the guy who created 4 million new jobs, that guy, president obama and michelle, are coming to my house for dinner on june 14th. and i want you to be there, too. >> susan page is with usa today, washington bureau chief, and editorial writer with the "washington post." let me stipulate that i think anna win is brilliant and a wonderful person and i love sarah jessica parker in all fashions. but is this the way to run a campaign? especially given the jobs number? >> isn't this a sign that they really think they need to focus on raising money? because incumbents expect the advantage, that won't be the case. if anything, the republicans will have the advantage. david axelrod

because president obama is scheduling a fund-raising dinner in new york city with actress sarah jessica parker a little video. maybe you've seen it. this is another one of those cases where, like the dinner at george clooney's house, they have dinner at a celebrity's house and auction off two tickets if you just pay $3 to the obama campaign, you are eligible for the drawing and you may win two tickets to sarah jessica parker's house. here she is. >> okay. the guy who ended the war in iraq, the guy who says you should be able to marry anyone you want and the guy who created four million new jobs, that guy president obama and michelle are coming to my house for dinner on june 14th. and i want you to be there, too. but you have to go to joinobama.com for your chance to win and the contest ends tomorrow night. go right here right now because we need him and he needs us. >> i'm barack obama and i approve this message. >> bill: i mean what's wrong with that? what's wrong with that? sarah jessica parker is a great actress. seen her on broadway. we've all seen her in "sex and the city." a little perso

also, president obama heads to new york later today for a fund raiser dinner co-hosted by sarah jessica parker and anna wintour, the editor of "vogue" magazine. $40,000 per person to attend the dinner at parker's home. critics say it makes the president look out of touch. >> i'm glad the president is going to be with anna wintour. because if there's two things the american people relate to, it's the devil and prada. [ laughter ] >> later tonight, the president goes to another manhattan fundraiser where mariah carey will sing. ♪ why you so obsessed with me ♪ boy i want to know >> this one is co-hosted by newark mayor cory booker. one reason the president is doing so many celebrity fundraisers, he's trying to compete with gop super pacs that have been outraising his campaign. >>> now we want to show you some amazing video out of dallas. take a look. looks like a pretty scene, right? but not really. underneath that eerie fog is a blanket of hail. for nearly 30 minutes, three waves of storms dumped massive hail. some of that hail was the size of baseballs. >> it went for at least 20 minutes. it ju

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president obama partying at sarah jessica parker. this is a pricey party. the who is the president reaching out to? >> steve: tired of blame bush routine. survey said that helps brian >> brian: we are americans, but not legally. this new cover creating controversy. only ones willing to work hard? "fox and friends" starts now. ♪ "fox and friends". ♪ [ singing ] >> steve: def leopard. they sold 100 million albums in the course of their careers and they will be the fourth act in the summer concert series here. >> brian: you know it is a big day when you see ian known for his george will-like deliberator. def is here and they sold 100 million albums, mostly to his family . he's pumped up . crowds are gather sizzle fired by coal. >> gretchin: i am surprised you went after an individual in the start of the show today. after yesterday, all of the blondes thought you went after me and i stood up and protest. do they not watch our show? >> brian: i don't know. you want to google our names . we like to have fun and good to see an all-male band. >> steve: all male. >>

there is more lipstick on that number than on sarah jessica parker quite frankly. last month 1.4 million fewer jobs than there were in december of 2008, the last month of the bush presidency, what's even worse for those who did have jobs we have seen no income growth. the median family income is down 4,000 dollars. overall disposable income is growing barely at all. enormous number of people out of work. he hasn't created jobs those who have them still not doing very well. >> mr. goals buy you say? >> the 4 million jobs so ever the last two years. what doug is talking about mixing the big drop from the recession and then six the recession ended they have added more than 4 million jobs. that's over the last two years. i would just say that's the way each of the candidates running for re-election, including ronald reagan, george bush, and others, that's the way they counted the jobs. >> bill: first two years of the president's term shouldn't count because he was dealing with this recession that happened under mr. bush's tenure. okay. now, going forward, this is what

sarah jessica parker doing the ad for the president, supporters can compete in an online raffle to earnicket to the fund-raiser at sarah jessica parker's home. a similar contest at george clooney's california pad netted the obama campaign several million dollars. go online with sjp. yesterday britain's queen elizabeth, maybe you saw this, traveling by barge. not just any barge, a totally iced-out, tricked-out barge. the river thames as part of her diamond jubilee, she's celebrating 60 years on the throne, she led a 1,000 ship flotilla. up to 1 million people expected to line the route in what was the biggest flotation celebration, if that's a term, in hundreds of years. since the 1600s apparently. crowd thinned out a bit when another british tradition, gray skies and pouring rain. the big celebration kicking off a busy summer for london that includes the olympic games. and they came out by the millions in lining the river to watch that festival. still ahead on "way too early," why are you awake? your royal tweets, texts and e-mails are next. [ male announcer ] if you think any battery w

sarah jessica parker threw the party and matthew broderick is working.m on broadway and i am busy tonight. they have a party at his house and the husband is not there to enjoy the president hanging out in his kitchen. >> steve: last night was ferris bueller's night off. and the then the president jetted over to the plasa where corey booker. >> brian: he was dead to him unless he was useful to him. he paid a lot of money to the president. >> gretchin: said your name. supposed to read. >> brian: go ahead >> chris: i was going to say when you look at people in attendance last night. you know, the new -- talking about how the president is isolated and said he doesn't need anybody. but look at all of the fupped raisers he's been to . and who does he listen to. he listens to a number of very rich liberals . what do they talk about? they are body in three things in particular. same-sex marriage endorse reproductative rights and want women get free contraceptives and the excel pipe line. the crowd hates that because they ink it is damaging to the environment. >>

women like sarah jessica parker and michelle obama.two wonderful women and i are hosting a dinner along with the president in new york city to benefit the obama campaign. >> ok. so let's talk about this. cnn contributors roland martin and john avalon on here. >> what up, carol? >> well, here's my first question. can president obama really make the point that mitt romney is out of touch? roland? >> who cares? are we somehow shocked that there are fundraisers with people who are either celebrities or folks with lots of money? no. not shocked at all. plus, you know what, i am so sick of this regular guy narrative. i don't want a regular guy president. i don't want a regular woman president. i want somebody extraordinary. we need to stop thinking that these folks are just like us. they are not. and they'll never be just like the average american out here. >> ok. john, why do they keep saying they are just like us? >> roland, look, if mitt romney was hosting a fundraiser with anna wintour you'd be teeing off on it talking about -- >> actual

>>neil: but he has more money than sarah jessica parker. >>guest: of course.: so she more of a target. >>guest: he is already a target he is in the news, in the times. >>neil: would will have more one? >>guest: the g.o.p. is. because it is their burden to get more money to make sure --. they have gotten more wall street money. >>neil: and the obama side will use that against them. although they did not mind the money four years ago. >>guest: they will. it is in the works. >>neil: thank you very much. walking the tight right, pore get this guy preparing for the niagara falls stunt on friday, focus on these guys preparing for their on sunday morning. [ male announcer ] how do you trade? with scottrader streaming quotes, any way you want. fully customize it for your trading process -- from thought to trade, on every screen. and all in real time. which makes it just like having your own trading floor, right at your fingertips. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. try our easy-to-use scottrader streaming quotes. it's another reason more

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president obama attended star-studded fund-raiser in new york city including one at the home of sarah jessica parker, while mitt romney did some phrasing himself in the president's hometown. >> justin bieber, the biggest pop star on the planet and he's who are for a concert today pop star on the planet and he's who are for a concert today friday 15th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and ann curry, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning. welcome to "today" on friday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> i'm ann curry. as everyone can say bieber mania has invade rockefeller plaza. between 7 and 8,000 people so far are here for this concert. >> i don't think we're in kansas anymore. arriving tuesday morning and tuesday afternoon, sleeping out in nasty weather, which of course has gotten a lot better for this concert. justin is going to be here in our 8:30 half our. we'll talk to him before 8:00. he has brought not one but two special guests with him. a little later on justin and i are going to do something th

megyn: would romney be featuring yan wintour and sarah jessica parker if he could get them? >> well, i don't know that he would or wouldn't. the fact is that mitt romney is a big supporter of business which apparently the president doesn't do enough toward, and obviously, she's a big supporter of business. if you remember the movie, they talk about the fact that that industry supports billions and billions of dollars worth of jobs that go to people in america and around the world. i wish the president were more supportive of business as mitt romney has been. but the only business the president knows is how to make excuses. now it's france's fault that our economy stinks. it used to be bush's fault. soon it's going -- well, it was the tsunami at one point. can he find anyone to blame for why america has a stinking economy right now? megyn: on the point you made before, lars, and this is for leslie, the president like mitt romney needs donors, and there was a report just this week about how the president is really hurting among the smaller donors, the same group that opened up

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president obama partying at sarah jessica parker. this is a pricey party. who is the president reaching out to? >> steve: tired of blame bush routine. survey said that helps brian >> brian: we are americans, but not legally. this new cover creating controversy. only ones willing to work hard? "fox and friends" starts now.

they were at the four story brownstone home of sarah jessica parker and matthew broderick raised 250 million, some paying 40 grand each. matthew broderick was a no show at his own house. the president said he had a broadway show to run off to. the evening raked in another 2 and a half million dollars at the plaza hotel from 250 guests paying 10 grand each. they got to hear mariah care reap and alicia keyes perform. there was official business he took a tour of 1 world trade center with christie and cuomo. his message read as follows. we remember, we rebuild, we come back stronger. barack obama. out in the president's old backyard in chicago, mitt romney capped off a busy day with fawned razor of his own making $3.3 million at an event at the public hotel in chicago. he will hold a rally and ice cream social in new hampshire the president will hold a few events for l br gt bride month. they will celebrate a wedding and father's day and spend a few nights in their house there. >> peter doocy, thank you. >> 40,000 dollars. >> that's big money. >>> for a look at who's talking. >> mitt ro

a collective $2 million last night to have dinner with the president, the first lady, and sarah jessica parker. this is about as close as you could get to president obama last night, unless you were willing to pay $40,000 a piece to attend the dinner at sarah jessica parker's manhattan home. >> the president was on my street, so that was cool. >> reporter: cool for the president, too. capping off a long day campaigning. in ohio, it was all about the economy and attacking republicans. >> the regulations designed to protect consumers and workers, they promised to not only keep all the bush tax cuts in place, but add another $5 trillion in tax cuts on top of that. >> reporter: the president didn't outline new proposals in cleveland, but he did speak for 54 minutes. mitt romney tried to steal some of his thunder with his own event in cincinnati, saying the president's policies were following the path of europe. >> actions speak loud. if you want to see the results of his economic policies, look around the country and you'll see a lot of people are hurting. >> reporter: today romney will launch a b

now at the home of sarah jessica parker. meryl streep, which is interesting meryl streep and anna wintour were there because meryl streep played anna wintour's charter loosely based on an aside. is it a danger spending time with these hollywood elite. i don't think the average american can relate to them and sending they are the ultimate arbiter for the election? >> this goes back to the 2008, that is is the celebrity president. he is not a man of the people but instead operates in a bubble and certainly the president does spend a lot of time in places like beverly hills and manhattan and certainly with these kinds of folks. as the president continues to keep up this blistering fund-raising pace, in order to finance this campaign he opens the door for mitt romney and republicans to make the celebrity argument against him he is in a bubble and is out of touch. megyn: does it matter? last time around john mccain tried to paint barack obama as the biggest celebrity in the world. remember that campaign ad? look how that worked o