. >> tim farley is the host. what's the most important thing our viewers have to look for? killing me with all this comedy. actually, you mentioned the press conference at the top of the show. but there is a big meeting at the white house today with senate democratic leadership, including harry reid, chuck schumer, patty murray and dick durbin and this is to get down into the democratic message what is going to be happening with these debt and deficit agreements. this is serious stuff at the white house today. >> yeah, it's so serious and we're about a month away from this deadline where we start having to stop paying bills. the clinton global initiative begins. what gunk we'll see there? >> well, it's fascinating to see who is at this because you have republican governors like haley barbour and mitch daniels taking part. this in the context of the latest mcclasp which i poll which shows that 58% don't way the way the president is handling the deficit and the economy, and yet president clinton is saying that he believes even with 9% unemployment, that barack obama could be

. >>> time to talk to our good friend, tim farley, the host of morning briefing on sirius xm.. >> it's all about jobs today. >> it is all about jobs. it is all about iowa and jobs. the president is going to be in iowa as well, talking about jobs. with a company that's creating them. >> as a matter of fact, it's alc alcoa, he's going to betancourt, his arch program, alliance of manufacturing partners. and sarah palin is in iowa, there for the premiere of her documentary, "undefeated." it's not hers, but about her, the life and times of the former alaska governor. and also on the campaign trail, the former governor of minnesota, tim pawlenty is going to be making his big pitch, speaking to the council on foreign relations on what his advisers are saying is a response to the president's flawed may 19th speech about the middle east. >> what's your sense -- talk about this for a second, the foreign policy stuff. we've got john huntsman in the race, who is somebody with a lot of foreign policy experience, obviously, he was the ambassador to china, he speaks chinese. tim pawlenty, wh

joining me now is tim farley, the host of "morning briefing" on sirius live from washington. good morning, tim. what's on your agenda today? i know we have michelle bachmann. we heard her talking to chris wallace. she's announcing her bid for presidency today. >> good morning, ali. yeah. the launch at 9:00 this morning eastern time. not 9:00 local time. she will be in waterloo, iowa. she was born in waterloo. it's not a big surprise, but today she will be -- you mentioned the polling in iowa which indicated she was neck and neck pretty much statistically with mitt romney, who is the frontrunner right now in the republican party. fascinate i fascinating. the other big story is president barack obama today meets separately with the majority leader of the house. senator harry reid this morning, and then the minority leader mitch mcconnell this evening, and that will be the story we're watching closely for the president and his personal interest in what is taking place in the deficit talks. >> we got a little over a month before we run out of money. august is the date that the tre

time now for our political ticker with tim farley, live from washington. good morning. listen, normally i ask you what's the most important thing that's going to happen today is? this is an interesting one. it's the farewell ceremony for defense secretary robert gates. this is important. he's been an important and big player. i guess this makes us wonder about what the future holds? >> you are absolutely right. the man has been for 0 years in charge of serving the country. and served two presidents, the secretary of defense. he's being replaced by leon panetta. we also expect that david petraeus will be confirmed by the senate to take over as cia director. secretary gates is one of those people who has the respect of republicans, of democrats, men, women, civilians, soldiers, yin, yang, whatever. he's about as good as it gets when it comes to being secretary of defense. we expect there will be emotion when the pros has a few remarks around 10:00 this morning. >> gates has shown emotion in the past. he's a guy that seems connected to the work that he does. we were showin