this interview with steve croft on 60 minutes after he was elected president, obama seemed to feel that. here's croft asking him how he had the confidence to handle the serious financial mess that he had just inherited. >> surprisingly enough, i feel right now that i'm -- i'm doing what i should be doing. that gives me a certain sense of calm. chris: howard, all the biographies i've read of politicians including autobiographies they never admit the one thing we know they have, whether hillary clinton or bill clinton or abraham lincoln, appear bigs. >> -- ambition. >> and david's book shows how that ambition came together and one of the great things about the book is that it makes clear that this is an american story. that only in america. i mean, david could have called the book "only in america." because he draws from the roots of all this. and what i saw when barack obama arrived in the senate, which is where i really first got to see him, was a man of unbelievable confidence and the aura of destiny about him. and i think he brought that to the white house. the problem he had once he

. >> congress has passed a law since the first report but steve croft confronted nancy pelosi about theast fall. >> you consider that to be a conflict of interest >> i don't know what the point is of your question. do you want to make a point with that? >> de think it is alright for a speaker to except a very preferential and favorable stock deal? >> wheat didn't >> the first 60 minutes story described how speaker pelosi and her husband took an insider opportunity to invest millions in visa. the updated story airs tonight at 7 on cbs five >> it is an important tradition of presidential campaigns, the small town bus tour. mitt romney rolled into several towns in pennsylvania this weekend >> job one in this country is to create jobs for the american people and i will. >> these days is 20 minutes on speech is all about the economy >> this is about saving america and putting us back to work >> his five day itinerary is taking him through small towns in rural settings. have prepared him to be the nation's chief executive. >> pour mitt romney there is one argument in every battleground state,

ladies and gentlemen, steve croft. >> going back to the health care debate -- did you make those tradesased on non-public information? >> i did not do it, have not done it, would not do it. >> i guess i would ask if it is alright for a speaker to accept a very favorable stock deal. at the time, you were speaker of the house. >> only if you decide you are going to elaborate. it is not true and that is that. [applause] >> thank you during much. i want to acknowledge ira rosen, who was the producer on the story. i want to thank peter for giving us a very early look on some of the research she had been doing. i want to thank them for letting us come and do the story. i want to thank nancy and phil jackson [applause] . they showed us where to go when we got here. they helped us out and told us which news conferences we could go to. it is quite an honor for someone from 60 minutes who has never lived a day of his life in washington. i always regret that. being here among that to -- to be here among you tonight. i want to thank all of you, whether you work on the hill, are a member of congress

colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, steve croft. [applause] >> you bought some insurance stocks.id you make those trades based on non-public information. >> i did not do it. >> do you think it is all right for a speaker to accept very preferential and favorable stock deal? you participated while you were speaker of the house. >> is only a conflict if you decide to will elaborate on a false premise. it is not true. that is that. [applause] >> thank you very much. i want to of knowledge gabrielle and kyle rose and who were the producers on this story. i want to thank peter for giving us an early look on some of the research he had been doing. i want to thank kris for giving us the visa to come down and do this story. for showing us where to go when we got here and helping us out and telling us which news conferences we could go to and which we could not. it is quite an honor for somebody from "60 minutes," who has never lived a day of his life in washington. i always somewhat regretted that. to be here among you to night -- i want to thank all of you, whether you work on the hill o