it breaks my heart and i know i speak for valerie, too, that you would just assume that valerie and i. >> joe, don't think i didn't hear you earlier in the show when you were calling mika partisan. that's -- >> a harsh partisan. >> don't you think? you owe her an apology for that. >> that's what i'm saying we should be partisan. come together and be more like me. all of us. >> that's what this announcement was really all about. something that isn't about politics. it's really about making government work for the people. today we have the president's jobs in competitiveness council meeting here in the white house. again, small to large businesses, labor and economists, and they've made a series of recommendations over ever the year. many of which we have implemented and will have a chance to report out on that as well. >> valerie, first of all, i think if you don't mind me saying it is a political analyst, this is a great election year move, but what the president did say that warmed my heart a bit, was, he said, listen, i want to take recommendations, but i'm not going to take recomme

scooter testified that he told me about valerie plame. he was put on on trial because he claimed he didn't talk about valerie plame with other people. however, in my case, he testified he did tell me about valerie plame. >> you say he didn't? >> write. >> go back to off the record versus on background. >> yes, for most people that is confusing. >> explain what it is and why would scooter libby be confused about those two or would he? >> well, yeah, scooter told me after my testimony what he said off the record he meant off the record. >> so what is the difference between off the record and -- >> well, to explain, on the record means you know i could quote you. brian lamb said such and such. on background means i could say, an executive at c-span told me such and such. then there is a phrase "deep background," which i wouldn't be any quotation marks there. officials at c-span say such and such. off the record would mean i couldn't write a thing, i might know what is going on at c-span, but i couldn't use any of that information. so i think

valerie jarrett is an old friend of the obamas from chicago. she is there mentor. she helped them get started politically in chicago and she made a transition as improbable as the one the obamas did because she goes from being a real-estate executive in chicago, she had some city government experience to going and being a senior aide in the white house and the theme of this book in a way, what is public and what does private in the presidency, valerie captures how complicated it is. she is a senior adviser in the west wing and she has this outrage portfolio of her own and on the other hand she is one of the president and first lady's closest friends. she represents michele obama's dues in the west wing. she is also the highest level african-american in the obama senior circle and responsible for matters of race. this is true in the presidential campaign and the white house. she is a newcomer to national politics and came from a different perspective. in my reporting i have seen tremendous -- some people in washington talk about valerie at the hangar on. i don't see

other colleagues defended valerie. to be fair. but i think the question going into 2012 is, a, what kind of management skills has barack obama shown in the white house? we saw the news a few days ago about his new chief of staff. second of all, is this group still united enough to function effectively in the campaign? >> schieffer: jody, it's a fascinating insight into this wlooit house... white house. thank you for being with us this morning. >> thank you. >> schieffer: i'll be back in a moment with some final thoughts. [ female announcer ] goodnight gluttony, a farewell long awaited. goodnight, stuffy. goodnight, outdated. goodnight old luxury and all of your wares. goodnight bygones everywhere. [ engine turns over ] good morning, illumination. good morning, innovation. good morning unequaled inspiration. [ male announcer ] the audi a8, chosen by car & driver as the best luxury sedan in a recent comparison test. >> schieffer: i'll be showing my age here, but i remember when the rule around washington was think before you speak a

>> valerie, it's john heilemann here.ay that much attention to the republican presidential race. but i know you're paying at least a little attention. last week, newt gingrich got lot of mileage out of calling the president the best food stamp president in history. i'm curious whether you and the white house detect a racial overtone with newt gingrich for using that kind of language. >> the fact of the matter is more people are on food stamps. why? because of the crisis we've seen in our economy. and that crisis, as we know, began before the president was elected. if we had had rules of the road that could have averted this crisis, rather than creating this crisis, we wouldn't have as many people who are relying on the government. in a wide range of capacities. and so that's the answer to why we have so many people who are depending on government assistance. what the president is focusing on is what can we do to move people towards self-sufficiency? how do we do that? by investing in manufacturing. by giving people the sk

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. >> my name is valerie lee. first of all, we love this city and we love this neighborhood, which is why we plan to buy this building. i recall the first day i was there, as we tried to just look at the building, we actually got yelled at by mr. marquez over there. i believe he lives next door as the husband to the otherves the we do respect the neighborhood. we love this neighborhood and we love the character of it. we had inherited a lot of problems, as i'm learning. lots of notices of violation from previous owners. what i have learned is that this building has been in this condition through three or four owners in three to four or five years. perhaps with a the passionate neighbors that have detained the other owners from doing anything that is to change the appeal of the exterior as well as the interior. we wish to do better for the neighborhood. we want to make our neighbors happy. the issues they brought up i believe we will address all of them through the modeling and the building department. i hear, i be

obama among her sources for the book valerie jett and former press secretary robert gibbs.get more snow and the coming days and look at the seven day forecast at a later sports blackhawks continue to get production from the young players try to pick up points against minnesota tonight. wgn news @ 9 tonight chicago first snowstorm of the year more snow down that all season 4-8 in. likely before it is over depending on where you live hundreds of flights canceled at one point midway was shut down midday trouble could be slow and dangerous tonight especially out by area's high wind and plunging temperatures kicking in city and crews working around the clock plowing and salting roadways when will it taper off and in the next seven days more snowfall? >> absolutely correct we do have a more chance higher chance for snow in the last seven days tapering off by the clock in the morning winter storm warning for chicago area expires notice winter weather advisory is outlying counties temperatures right now 23 degrees at o'hare but look at the numbers to the north and west the type of

he did it through valerie jarret who a close friend.ncy reagan, she was portrayed with the silverware and the plates. can you imagine reagan spokesperson having this kind of a confrontation about how mrs. reagan was behaving. there was recession back then, as well. i can't. breach of decorum is what is shocking about this report. >> i can't picture it either. i agree with you on that. this doesn't shock me. breach of decorum, there was a lot of tension between the first lady and her staff and robs gibbs. at some point in what they felt was private meeting was going to blow and it did. >> bill: that could have led to gibbs getting out of there. knowing the president and first lady a little bit, that was going to conduct i know was unacceptable. >> we usually don't report internet stuff but we have a running dialogue about racism is in the campaign. there was a picture in which -- throw the picture up now. michelle obama portrayed asthma reantoinetfe. she was in france and famous person that said, let them eat cake when the peasants didn'

now to skype to check in with valerie from wisconsin.d morning, valerie. >> hi. >> what's your question? >> i'm a full-time college student planning on graduating this spring. i would like to go to grad school, but over last summer i had to have knee surgery and the bills keep rolling in. some of the programs i have looked into don't want me to work much. how can i pay off medical debt, go to grad school and save money without hurting myself financially? >> first of all, you sound like you're in a hole. let me pull you back up. good news for you, you have two jobs. you're working and in this world working is a good thing. don't give your jobs up. cash is king. we don't notice it until it's gone. keep the jobs. as far as grad school, go to gradschool.com. there are a ton of schools you can go to that won't require you to give up your jobs. many you can go in the evening. you can take classes online. i have a lot of friends getting master's degrees and mbas and half of it's online. and you don't have a lot of debt. you don't have credit ca

valerie? >> i think we're very ready for another major snowstorm. i'm going to talk directly about pepco right now. i know they have done a lot to get themselves prepared by a lot of tree trimming. people kept their lights on. so we're very hopeful that we're preparing with colleagues in the region. what i think is so great about cog, we understand a snowstorm hits the region and doesn't just hit d.c. or arlington county. it's a regional situation. so i think we're prepared and i think we've been getting prepared. >> i would agree cop was involved with opm. so many private sector and local governments mimic the federal policy. a strong federal policy will have ripple effects around the recently. one thing walter mentioned is communication. regionally we have done a lot better job communicating among emergency managers and public officials to help get a common message out to the public. but then we have to make sure that the public is staying engaged. all of our jurisdictions have alert systems, a citizen that wants on get new, as we had earlier acci

and the e-mail is from valerie jarrett and turns out that jarrett is in a meeting.k. and they told me the story afterward and told me how concerned the first lady was and how she didn't want to cause a fuss and she didn't want to know -- she didn't want to cause a stir by expressing too much alarm. and so she finally picked up the phone and called the white house operator and asked for her husband. so both told me that story on the record and to me it was a really illuminating and moving reminder of the restrictions of this kind of life. and also the anxiety that runs through it. you know, when there was a news story a couple of weeks ago about how a bullet hit the back of the white house, the sort of undertone of the story -- the real importance of it is that, you know, the back of the white house is where malia and sasha go out and play, right? there's a swing set out there. and that's where they can go kick and play a soccer ball. and so part of what the book is showing is -- is what it's like to actually live this life. and by the way, i do think that there is a

[laughter] >> what about valerie jaret? >> her role is fascinating and complex. valerie jarrett is a friend, a mentor that helped them get politically started in chicago and made a transition as the one that the obamas did because she is a realistic against chicago she had it the government experience and going to be a senior aide in the white house. the theme in this book today is what is public and what is private and the presidency. she is a great -- her role really captures how complicated it is. because of the one hand, she is a senior adviser in the west wing and she has this outreach portfolio of her own. and on the other hand she is one of the president and first lady's closest friends. she often represents michelle obama's views in the left wing. she is also the highest level african-american in the obama senior circles and she's often responsible for matters of race. this is true in the campaign and the white house she is kind of a newcomer to the national politics and came from a very different perspective. and the -- in my reporting as was seen, the t

valerie jarrett is an old friend of the obama's from chicago. she is their mentor and really helped them to get started politically in chicago and in a way made a transition because she goes from real-estate in chicago, she did have some city government experience to being a senior aide in the white house. this theme of the book islic what is public and what is private in the presidency, dollar sign jarret is a great, herres role, captures how complicated it is. on the mind and she is a senior adviser in the westenh wing and has a portfolio of rome and then one of the president and first lady's closest friends. . .for matters of race. this is true in the campaign and the white house she is kind of a newcomer to the national politics and came from a very different perspective. and the -- in my reporting as was seen, the tremendous -- it's funny because some people in washington talk about her as a kind of hang iran and i don't see see her that way because she's given the president and first lady so much i think that she would run in front of a tr

[applause] [applause] valerie clinker is a voice of community change in front and behind the camera. she was a guest youth analyst at the third anniversary women's pioneer awards ceremony and presented gina davis with the woman pioneer award. she was also named valedictorian of the changing program. [applause] last but not least, a nasalee, 18, spearheaded the 16th street bart installation about gender which infused her passion for art and activism. an asset is a second year career educator at the arid and engaging facilitator of the group trend magic rashid is committed to becoming a visible and zero allied to the transgender community. [applause] [applause] >> thank you, supervisor mirkarimi, kim, mayor. once again, we are all here to honor and the phenomenal accomplishments of these 15 new four years. it has been a blessing and give to work with these wonderful warriors. thank you all for sharing this memorable day with us in honoring the 2011 youth warriors. these 15 are shining examples of what it means to be a warrior and is a gift to myself, the family, friends, nominators, an

i think, no way i would let me kids play. >>> valerie jarrett is going to join us as well.t's happening this evening. you're watching "starting point." okay, team! after age 40, we can start losing muscle -- 8% every 10 years. wow. wow. but you can help fight muscle loss with exercise and ensure muscle health. i've got revigor. what's revigor? it's the amino acid metabolite, hmb to help rebuild muscle and strength naturally lost over time. [ female announcer ] ensure muscle health has revigor and protein to help protect, preserve, and promote muscle health. keeps you from getting soft. [ major nutrition ] ensure. nutrition in charge! >>> look at that. holding thebaby and trying to eat your breakfast. i have done that many, many times. >> that's momma there. look at the daddy. >> hand off the daddy. welcome back, everybody. you're watching "starting point." tonight the president will deliver his third state of the union address. what are we expecting to hear from the president? valerie jarrett is a senior advisor to president obama. we want to talk about state of the union.

joining us now to debate both sides of this one is valerie le brawn noi, a first term senator at the university senate and author dave grady is at the university of maryland athletics. you have no money if a track team. no money for men or women's swimming but $72,000. >>> much of the funding is coming from donors. >>> really a choice to fund the new mansion or put their money else where. and the other important pieces are going to create a new space for donors to feel comfortable in and be invited into the space could really yield a lot of money in the future. >> this sure sounds nice. if i'm a student whose swim team is going away, maybe i don't buy all that. >> understandable. times are tough. for the students that are on the affected sports teams, they can also have the opportunity to raise money friday these same donors. and maybe going forward, they could utilize the space to bring in other donors that would want to bring their teams back. >> maybe the campus really needs this. >> i think it is a big part of it. the timing is a bit dubious. they announced all the programs that

valerie garrett is an old friend of the eponymous from chicago. she is their mentor. she really helped them get started politically in chicago. and she made out in the wake of a transition as a probable is the one the obama stated fish tissue does have a real estate vacated in chicago who she has in city government experience to going in the next senior aides in the white house. and you know, if the theme of this book in a way is what is public and that is private and the presidency, valerie is a great -- her role they are really captures how complicated it is. because i'm the one hand she's a senior adviser in the west wing just got this outreach portfolio of her own. and on the other hand, she's one of the president and first lady's closest friend. she often represent michelle obama's views in the left wing. she's also the highest level african-american in the obama singer circle, so she's often responsible for matters of race. and you know, the sister of the presidential campaign and still true in the white house. she was kind of a newcomer to national politics and

valerie garrett is an old friend of the eponymous from chicago. she is their mentor.she really helped them get started politically in chicago. and she made out in the wake of a transition as a probable is the one the obama stated fish tissue does have a real estate vacated in chicago who she has in city government experience to going in the next senior aides in the white house. and you know, if the theme of this book in a way is what is public and that is private and the presidency, valerie is a great -- her role they are really captures how complicated it is. because i'm the one hand she's a senior adviser in the west wing just got this outreach portfolio of her own. and on the other hand, she's one of the president and first lady's closest friend. she often represent michelle obama's views in the left wing. she's also the highest level african-american in the obama singer circle, so she's often responsible for matters of race. and you know, the sister of the presidential campaign and still true in the white house. she was kind of a newcomer to national politics and

is there a tension as people perceiving valerie jar red as representing michelle obama's interests and member. does that create fiction inside the white house? >> there are probably two people -- there are probably not two people closer to the president and the first lady through the course of their time in washington, the president's time in the senate, the ups and downs of the cam wane as valerie j jarrett and robert gibbs. they were both there for pivotal moments for both of them. whether it's time when people were calling them down and out during the campaign or when people thought health care reform was dead. i think a few scuffles now and again is not a big deal in the grand scheme of things. >> jen psaki thanks so much. >> thank you. >> we'll be right back. so, this is delicious okay... is this where we're at now, we just eat whatever tastes good? like these sweet honey clusters... actually there's a half a day's worth of fiber in every ... why stop at cereal? bring on the pork chops and the hot fudge. fantastic. are you done sweetie? yea [ male announcer ] fiber beyond recognit

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valerie burt sn the author of "where will you go from here" thank you very much for joining us. >> goodh you. >> tell me why so many middle age and other americans are going back into the workforce xwvrnlg. >> it's a few different things. a lot of these are people are afraid. a lot of people on the verge of retirement a few years a and everything went downhill so even if they have been able to regain some retirement savings, they're afraid to step out of the job market and some who jumped out of the job market before 2008 are going back in in order to shore up of that retirement. >> a trend we expect will continue in the next few year? >> i in it will continue in part because older isn't wa it used to be. people like a sense of purpose every day and research shows on average men who live to age 95 don't retire until 80. there are health benefits and lon jevty benefits to working longer. for most people now, that trend has to do with the economy and people needing to be able to live month to month. >> i imagine you have to have a good attitude if you go back into the workforce for financ

valerie gib-- robert gibbs and valerie jarret wanted to play roles in that.s not surprising in an environment where the stakes are high there are moments of disagreement. everybody was going around trying to sing kum-ba-ya. if i said that, you wouldn't believe me. people i worked with on the campaign and in the white house are some of my closest friends, most important men torz, people i talk to almost all the time and that's true of anybody who has been a part of this team. >> cameraderie is not a best seller. jen, great to see you. thank you. >> thank you. >>> live pictures now from bedford, new hampshire where mitt romney made a final appeal in a rally last night attended by roughly 1500 people. the first in the nation primary happening right now. we're keeping our eyes on nine towns today, how they vote according to new hampshire's secretary of state. they have picked the gop winner since 1952. i'm going to talk to manchester's mayor about what makes the voters pick. that and much more after this. cut. cut! [ monica ] i thought we'd be on location for 3 d

such figures at valerie garrett and robert gibbs and david axelrod.jon: what? what kind of writer are you? >> well, and so the white house pretty much knew what was in it before it came out. so anyway, i have been really surprised because.... >> jon: who is mad at you? because the lady on cnn was angry that you had not spoken to the couple since 2009. >> well by her logic, we wouldn't write obituaries because we can't talk to the dead people. so i don't know. but the thing.... >> jon: what? sorry. that was an odd place to take it. go ahead. who is pushing back? is the obama administration upset with you? >> you know, i think one thing that is a little bit delicate is that there is some behind-the -scenes in the book. that shows us a little bit how the sausage is made. for example, the obama... you know,. >> jon: they actually have a sausage factory. she's not being metaphorical. from what i understand to raise a little extra money they have a sausage factory, they have an organic farm too. >> we see a lot of beautiful images of the president and the f

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