tom daschle doesn't know me at all, former senator tom daschle, south dakota, saying i'm writing a week with trent lot, his counterpart on the republican side, about bipartisanship in government and the lack of it today and the lack -- all about leadership and the need to restore leadership to government today. would you be interested? and i, first, i thought this can't be tom daschle, you know? but it was. and i said, sure, of course i'm interested. and he said, well, we have a whole manuscript. and i said, please, send it. within three days we bought it, and it doesn't have a full -- it doesn't have an actual title yet. the working title is in our hands, but the title will change, but the book will not. it will be out in january right at the start of the election season. and it is a brilliant work, actually. these two guys who are diametrically opposed politically and led their parties during the clinton years and respectively in the senate and then thereafter always found a way, even though they disagreed, to work across the aisle together and find a solution. that was their hallmark

now, even tom daschle tom daschle is the former democrat senate leader. he recently said the good news is that congress is continuing to move in the right direction staying in session more often empowering committees to work together. that's from a former democrat leader majority leader of the senate, tom daschle. well he's exactly right the senate is working again and we're moving in the right direction and we are just getting started. now, i'm hopeful that we can continue to work together and to find solutions on more issues that matter to the american people. mr. president, there is still a lot of work to be done. specifically related to our economy. people want a healthy economy but there is still far too much red tape and regulations coming out of washington and it continues to strangle our economy. new numbers came out last week about the slow pace of economic growth over the first half of the year. one of the headlines came out last friday about the slow pace, and it said -- "worst expansion since world war ii gets even worse." "worst expansion sin

tom daschle went in there during the debate around the constitutional amendment on marriage. stewart pushed him really hard on white it would be wrong -- why it would be wrong for same-sex marriage and called him out before any journalist anyone else was doing that. you never knew when that would happen. charlie: why is he leaving? dave: i don't think anybody knows exactly. he got to scratch an ithc when he made "rosewater." he expressed the idea he wants to spend more time with his family. it is unthinkable he will ride off into the sunset. bill: in any endeavor when they say that, they usually have been fired. [laughter] in jon's case i absolutely believe that. i interviewed him when he was doing the oscars -- charlie: not a big success. bill: i was interviewing him on the west coast and he said it is bedtime, excuse me. he got on the phone and told stories to his children on the phone. he is very involved with his family. when he announced it, that is credible to me. he is never home for dinner with the kids. he will find another outlet. charlie: what will he do next? beca

tom daschle not getting confirmed as the health and human service secretary was the butterfly. former senate majority leader. he was going to be in charge of the office on the policy. >> host: what is the significance on the west wing? >> mr. todd: you have access to the president and chief of staff in a way that -- has that. ask secretary clinton if she had more influence in secretary of state? any secretary of state living now says the national security advisor gets to be the last word. you can pull somebody aside. you are there all of the time. it is like if you work -- i work in washington. all of my bosses the in new york. sometimes you have to be seen. imagine working at a bureau outside of washington. harder to understand the dynamics of how the editor process. >> host: is he able to get max bauchus who was slowing it down because he was desperate to have a bill? kathleen sebelius is qualified for run but no washington political skills. she had not been here. they had a great plan. it is up ended because he cannot get confirmed because of a tax problem so they abandoned

the site was created and they could the name from two popular female names tom daschle lee and madisonjenna: interesting investigative reporting. now those names are forever changed in our minds. the most heavily armed border, tens of thousands of u.s. troops are stationed, this as gunfire exchanged in the north threatens military action could escalate, and big news overnight on that. a 19-year-old man goes on a cross-country trip with a childhood friend, then vanishes without a trace. more on his mysterious disappearance and a short time ago president jimmy carter making his first public comments since announcing he has cancer despite a serious illness, president carter's showing he has a self a healthy sense of humor, we will talk about the former president's diagnosis next. >> president obama called, the vice president called, hillary clinton called, secretary of state college, first time they have called me in a long time. jenna: rising tensions near the most heavily on the border where u.s. troops are stationed as north and south korea exchange gunfire with the north running more

tom daschle not getting confirmed as health and human services secretary was the butterfly effect of health care reform. he's the former senate majority leader. an unprecedented cabinet post that had a cap -- office in the west wing and be in charge and that office of health care policy. >> host: what's the significance of an office in the west wing? >> guest: for a cabinet officer gavin office in the west wing you have access to the present and the staff in a way that secretary has that and if you just look at secretary of state clinton whether she had more influence as secretary of state or the national security adviser whose office in the west wing had more and a sitting secretary of state is living right now they will say the national security adviser can be the last word. you get to be the last word. you can pull somebody aside. there are intangibles. you were there all the time. if you work -- look i worked in washington and all of my offices are in new york. sometimes you have to be seen to be seen if you want to work, imagine working at the "washington post" and a bureau outs

i worked for tom daschle many years ago long before same sex marriage was an issue that the country had moved on. and tom dashem was a democratic leader and he went in there right during the debate around the constitutional amendment on marriage and jon stewart skew erred him and pushed him really hard as to why would it be wrong if a man why would it be wrong for same sex marriage and pushed him really hard and called him out before any journalist, anyone else was doing that and you just never knew when that was going to happen. >> rose: so why is he leaving? >> i don't think anybody knows exactly. i think he certainly got to scratch an itch when he made-- rose does water. and he certainly has expressed the idea of just wanting to spend a little more time with his family. but it's unthinkable that he is going to just ride off into the sunset. >> when they say in any endeavor they want to spend more time with the family they've usually been fired right. but in jon's case it was actually, i absolutely believe that, i interviewed him one night he was doing the oscars, i was in l.a.. >> ro

tom daschle, george mitchell, howard baker and bob dole. commission is to bring together what we call constructive .artisanship which means bringing together people from both sides of the aisle to come together and work towards practical and politically viable solutions to some of our biggest problems, one of which is immigration. in 2013, bpc started the immigration task force. to work on issues related to immigration reform. a lot of people thought it had huge momentum and we were going to have legislation and it would all get enacted. that didn't happen in the house. here we are again facing another presidential election, which is well underway. interestingly enough, we have more candidates in the selection -- in this election than i think we have ever had in history and the candidates are dealing with all the usual issues. jobs and the economy and national security and foreign policy. immigration is still a topic of conversation. it has been a consistent feature throughout the presidential campaign. every candidate has been asked about

tom daschle doesn't know me. senator tom daschle from south dakota saying i'm writing a book with trent lott his counterpart of the republican side about bipartisanship in government and the lack of it today and all about leadership and the need to restore leadership in government today would you be interested? at first i thought this can't be tom daschle but it was and i said of course i'm interested in it he said we have a whole manuscript a whole manuscript today said please it and within three days with audit. it doesn't have a title yet read the working title is in our hands but the title will change. the book will not. it will be out in january right at the start of the election season and it's a brilliant book actually. these two guys who are diametrically opposed politically and let their parties during the clinton years and respectively in the senate thereafter always found a way to to know the disagree to work across the aisle together and find a solution. i was their trademark and they continue to do t

for the amount of money spent and lastly out of the blue about one month ago i got an e-mail from tom daschle he doesn't know me at all the former senator from south dakota to say i am writing a book with senator lott. and to talk about leadership and indeed to restorer of leadership would you be interested? at first i thought this cannot be gm but it was. i said of course, . he said we had a whole manuscript so he said to and within three days we bought it and it doesn't have a title yet with the working title is did our hands but the title will change out in january. and it is a brilliant book actually. these two who are diametrically opposed politically and lead their party starring the clinton years in the senate and after always found a way even though they disagree to work across the aisle together to find a solution. that was their trademark. the bipartisanship with government is their big theme. and is a prize is people they are such good friends but this is the principle of the issue that really matters to them to restore the dignity of the senate. to show that the partisan conflicts