team, it could .ill up an entire season this latest scandal involves the wife of general manager scott mcclellan pay or jessica has now apologized for going on twitter and accusing a female espn reporter of treating sexual favors for football scoops. --se tweets started surfing servicing yesterday afternoon and now the wife had down her account and apologized saying that her comments were inappropriate and that she has the utmost respect for the reporter and espn. it shows there is a fundamental problem where the focus is not on football but other issues. it translates to poor play on the field. >> controversy after controversy. when does it end? it is time for dan snyder to sell the team and move on. the redskins take on the jaguar at in their final preseason game tonight. if you have not noticed, they have been playing pretty well. 3-0 this season. colt mccoy will probably play as kirk cousins is getting ready to be the starting quarterback. larry: kind of crazy. 3-0, who would've thought? no drama with the weather. >> it has been hot out there. midday on this wednesday, starting out with the

now a tweet from the wife of gm scott mcclellan -- mcclellan -- mccloughan. a statement issued from the team mccloughanof ms. says -- as far as we were told, her twitter account has since been shut down the that twitter will get you. -- shut down. that twitter will get you. leon: this is getting ridiculous. robert: a new reality show here in d.c. , new still ahead controversy over gay marriage licenses in kentucky. the clerk who is fighting the system. and too much homework? we will have a new study for you. and a major shift in policy that has -- at the elite army ranger leon: developing now, a battle over same-sex marriage in kentucky. this week, the supreme court ordered clerk kim davis to start issuing marriage licenses. she still is refusing to do so on moral grounds. the aclu wants her to be held in contempt of court. the hearing is set for that tomorrow. the court records revealed that of a roller coaster for davis herself. ,he has been married four times to her current husband twice and two separate times has been divorced. words of sadness, but also

scott mcclellan is former white house press secretary to president george w. bush. he is still in simi valley. in washington, d.c., foreigner battleground state director for president obama in 2012 mitch stewart. scott, that was one heck of a way to go after trump for what he did in that magazine article to carly fiorina regarding her face. did that effectively make her the winner? or did a lot more lead to what people are saying made her a winner? >> well, i think it's the post-debate analysis that's going on that made her the winner. as much as that moment and that line. that was a very strong moment for her. very strong line. and she showed that she has not only the look but the talk to compete in this primary, and she is going to get a lot of benefit from this. she has a wave that she can ride for a long time right now. she ought to make the most of it. donald trump threw her a fast pitch right down the middle and she knocked it out of the park with that moment and that line. >> mitch, i want you to weigh in on that moment between jeb bush and donald trump. a lot

i have a minute bad news i have to give at the beginning, which is you will notice that scott mcclellan is here. he is ill, and not is able to make the trip. we are sorry he is not here for we will try to soldier on as best we can. i just want to note the presence of mr. calico in the audience and thank him for his longtime support. [applause] i will introduce the panelists and sit down and allow them to go in order. i want to underline the question. many people will be arriving as we get underway. to give everyone a to ask questions, please ask questions and not make statements. thank you. i will introduce all four of the panelists, and unwanted go in order. to my immediate left, worn crispy leads strategists. he was special assistant to president bush and deputy assistant to vice president dick cheney. he has also been a fellow at the kennedy school of government he is the author of three books. next to him, howard dean is former chair of the democratic national committee. is he was presidential candidate and six term governor of vermont. he is now a strategic advisor and consultant f

scott mcclellan's term, the propaganda campaign.to say that no one in the media asked questions. the questions were asked. the answers were terrible that we got from this administration. freedom is on the march was a regular answer. also the strategy is victory and the evil ones -- there are also a number of factors i think that we forget, atmospherics around this time that must be considered in context when we talk about press coverage of the bush administration. as the governor mentioned, bush's approval ratings were very strong. the average for his first term was 62%. barack obama would kill a man to get to 62% right now. overall it fluctuated in his first term from 90% down to 52%, still incredibly good for a first term president. people were terrified after 9/11. they were willing to believe anything. after a strong effort by the administration to conflate 9/11 and iran, 70% of americans in one poll agreed that iraq was responsible for /11. of course, even the administration was saying in the side of their mouth, iraq had nothi

i just spoke with scott mcclellan and he tells me this is his first road game with the skins and he is interested to see how the team responds on the road in a division game. you have got to think that kirk cousins really has something to prove. the last time kurt thousand started against the giants it was in prime time. it happened to be one year ago tomorrow and it was not pretty. >> i feel like i have improved. probably because they went to those experiences and learn from them. erin: new york manhandled washington, he 5-14. -- 45-14. he had four second-half interceptions. >> it was a tough one. i had not really thrown four interceptions in a game for that i can remember. ultimately i believe it is a be stronger as the back and a player and as a person. -- quarterback and a player and a person. erin: he is the undisputed starter according to jay gruden who believes he will weather the storm despite any mistake. >> he will make mistes here. there are four teams games -- 14 games left. but he is the mental toughness to bounce back. erin: it will be interesting to see how the redskins

dan pfeiffer, great to have you, and scott mcclellan, great to ask you questions and you take them, andto wait a while for that one, and amanda, as well, thank you for your insight, and the great color choice and glad you got the memo. and now sh, they are arriving a moment, and the stage is set, and the podiums are ready, and they will be walking through to get it started in a few moments, a nd you can watch it unwind right now, and the debates are are in earnest at 6:00 p.m. and you know that in the undercard jindal is going to be saying something nasty to donald trump and you know what happens when you eke out a whim, you will end up on the big stage. so we will be right back in a few minutes. i'm mike, and i'm very much alive. now my doctor recommends a bayer aspirin regimen to help prevent another heart attack. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. we danced in a german dance group. i wore lederhosen.man. when i first got on ancestry i was really surprised that i wasn't finding all of these germans in my tree. i decided to have my dna tested through an

what happened was scott mcclellan, the press secretary that hired me and was a very good friend of minewhen he left the white house not under his own desires. he was asked to leave. i think he was very bitter about that and he wrote a book that was extremely critical of the president. i felt like that was the biggest act of betrayal that i had ever experienced. the president picked up on something that i hadn't even admitted to myself. but i find out because he calls me into the oval office and says, so, i hear you're upset about this book. i said yes, sir, i am because the coverage is bad for you and it's not going to end for a while. the sunday shows are going to be covering it and he said, i'd like to you try to forgive him. and i said, but i -- he said no buts. i don't want you to live bitterly like he is. and i immediately felt a weight lifted off of me. but it was what he said to me on my way out that mattered more. i just about crossed the threshold of the oval office and he said, by the way, i don't think you would ever do this to me. and i realized that that's when i knew that

scott mcclellan's term, a propaganda campaign.ut it's wrong to say no one in the media asked questions at this time. the questions were asked, the answers were terrible that we got from this administration. freedom is on the march was a regular answer. also the strategy is victory and the evil ones. there are also a number of factors i think that we forget sort of atmospherics around this time that must be considered in context when we talk about press coverage of the bush administration. as the golf mentioned, bush's approval ratings were very strong. the average for his first term was 62. can you -- barack obama would kill a man to get to 62% right now. overall it fluctuated in his first term from 90% down to about 52%. still incredibly good for a first-term president. people were terrified after 9/11, they were willing to believe anything. after a strong effort by the administration to conflate 9/11 and iraq, 70% of americans in one poll agreed that iraq was responsible for 9/11. of course, even the administration was kind of s

i have to give at the beginning here which if you've looked at the dais here, you notice that scott mcclellan not here. we learned yesterday that he's ill and was not able to make the trip, so we're very sorry that he will not be here, but we will try to soldier on as best we can. i also, you know, this is a presentation of the peter calico center for presidential studies here at hofstra, and i just want to note the presence of mr. calico in the audience and thank him for his support of this important longstanding initiative. [applause] so i'm going to just introduce the panelists and sit down and let them go in order. when we get to questions, and i will reiterate this at time, i want to underline the word "question." i'd like to give as many people here, and i'm sure more will be arriving, to give everyone time, please ask questions and not make statements, okay? thank you. so i'll introduce all four of the panelists and then let them go in order. to my immediate left, ron christie now leads christie strategies, media and political strategy firm that offers government relations and communic

three years i cannot think of a time in oval office that we did not have either ari fleischer, scott mcclellan, or someone from the communications office sitting there. her presence was not as a policy role, but if they could not communicate what the policy message was, then we were off message. it was all about discipline and making sure that we are on the same page. for us to stay on the same page that meant that the communicators and policy geeks had to find a way to work together. the policy people were saying -- here is exactly the president's policy. communicators of course want to find a sex year way of -- sexier way of putting it out there. it doesn't work in a soundbite, we have a strong relationship between the press and the communicators. if they could not articulate the president's policy, it did not matter what the president was trying to convey. >> it is important not to think that pr -- and i completely agree with the premise, the press secretary always has to know it's happening. public policy, in no administration i have been in, you don't make decisions to do good pr. you hav