. >> that's why you have the press conference and valerie jarrett fanning out across the media. i don't think the issue is whether or not someone gets done. everyone, including judd gregg coming up, will say something has to get done. the question is does the president emerge from this intact? does his authority enhanced by it or does he seem weakened? it's washington testing and probing and saying is this guy, does he still have the juice? does he still have the public authority and the confidence to get what he wants or are we going to get what we want? >> i want to bring chuck todd, who is live at the white house, in to talk about that. chuck, we talk so much about whether or not if the president doesn't get this through or if he gets something relative small through, will he be weakened politically. what about the flip side? what about all of the angst or worry if the president gets something for that is affordable and he brings down some costs? could he not come out of this stronger? is that an additional possibility we should be talking about? >> well, no. i think the chal

please join me in giving a great northern virginia welcome to valerie jarrett. >> thank you, governor. good afternoon, everybody. we are delighted to have you all here at president obama's health care reform form. we're trying to get everybody engaged. i want to thank the people from the northern virginia community college. we have students, administrators, faculty, staff. thank you all for being here. we look forward to your participation. and all of you hear from the m&a community, a community hard hit by the health-care crisis we face in america. -- and thethe annandale community. we want to engage the public and have the president answered their questions. in addition to the people here today, we are live streaming this session over the internet. we want to make sure that everybody has a chance to get in the action to participate. we will have a multi dimensional session. three different ways. first, we will have a chance to hear the video responses to the questions that were put to us here today. and the weekend the president did a youtube video and so we will have video question

join me in giving a great northern virginia welcome to valerie jarrett. [applause] >> thank you, governor, and good afternoon, everybody. we are happy to have the altar and president obama's health care reform -- have you all here at president obama's health care reform ceremony. i want to thank the people from northern virginia community college. we have students administrators and faculty and staff. thank you all for being here. we thank you for your participation. also, all those here from the annandale community that has been very hard hit by the health care crisis that we face here in america. as health care reform moves through congress, is very important to president obama that we take the time to engage the american people. we want to engage them and hear the questions, engage them and have the president had an opportunity to answer the questions. in addition to the people we have here today, we are also live streaming this session over the internet. we want to make sure that everybody has a chance to kind of get in action and participate. we will

it is valerie jarrett. is david axelrod.ty -- it is david axelrod. they did it so the hospital could make more money. >> when we went to chicago, we talked to folks to find out. they also they are not for this. in fact, a 12-year-old child was mauled by episcopal -- by a pit bull. the mother was not happy with the health care. they drove one our way to get surgery. sean: there is an audacity here by the obamas. "we want everyone covered," blah, blah, blah, and her salary went up significantly at this very hospital when he became a senator. >> the people we talked to are unhappy. sean: a great report. ainsley earhardt, thank you. that is all the time we have left. thank you for being with ahs. tomorrow, our normal time, 9:00 p.m. eastern -- thank you for being with us. it is a "hannity" special toow

it is valerie jarrett. is david axelrod.they went into the churches and community -- it is david axelrod. they did it so the hospital could make more money. >> when we went to chicago, we talked to folks to find out. they also they are not for this. in fact, a 12-year-old child was mauled by episcopal -- by a pit bull. the mother was not happy with the health care. they drove one our way to get surgery. sean: there is an audacity here by the obamas. "we want everyone covered," blah, blah, blah, and her salary went up significantly at this very hospital when he became a senator. >> the people we talked to are unhappy. sean: a great report. ainsley earhardt, thank you. that is all the time we have left. thank you for being with ahs. tomorrow, our normal time, 9:00 p.m. eastern -- thank you for being with us. it is a "hannity" special tomorrow

please join me in giving a great northern virginia welcome to valerie jarrett? [applause] >> thank you, governor kaine, and good afternoon everybody. we are delight delighted to have you all here. we are going to really try to get everyone engaged. i want to first start by thanking the people from the northern virginia community college. we have students, we have administrators, faculty and staff. thank you all for being here, and we look forward to your participation. also all of those who are here from the annandale community, a community that has been very hard hit by the health care crisis that we face here in america. as health care reform moves through congress, it is important to president obama that we take the time to engage the american people. we want to hear their questions. owe about want to engage them and have the president have an opportunity to answer their questions. in addition to the people we have here today, we are also live-streaming this session over the internet. we want to make sure that everybody has a chance to get in the action and p

talking to people in the west wing, we can tell you what valerie jarrett does. she came from chicago with the obamas and her role as keeper of the flame. she knows, according to hillary rosen, a good friend of hers, what the president promised, why he did it, and what mrs. obama's priorities are. an invaluable role. she doesn't have anything she has to do. a pretty good job. >> somebody -- >> i like her. >> that we know on this show very well recommended to the white house you've got to bring somebody close to you, that you trust, somebody who is going to keep you real. and that's what she does. and anybody that's met her knows she's a wonderful person. no airs. these people really are when you meet them they are chicago people. you get a feeling the axelrods and valerie and everybody else, they are here because they have to be here. >> right. >> they are not of washington, d.c. and i like that. i like that they want to get home and see their families. that they don't want to go around to cocktail parties every night. i may not agree with them politically on a l

we'll have a personal conversation with valerie jarrett in a couple of months.essure on iraqi prime minister nuri al maliki when the two leaders meet today. we'll talk to richard engel about that. >>> on wall street investors reacting to the latest batch of corporate earnings showing certain sectors still feeling pain but does the silicon valley have answers to make this stick? we have a power-packed lineup today. senior white house adviser valerie jarrett and republican senator judd gregg and others will join me this hour. plus, entrepreneur and investor adrian mcclain how silicon valley could lead us on the road to recovery. >>> first, fast forward to the top stories this hour. tough talk from secretary of state hillary clinton on iran. speaking in thailand she reiterated iran's nuclear agenda was unacceptable. >> iran needs to understand that its pursuit of nuclear weapons will not advance its security or achieve its goals of enhancing its power, both regionally and globally. >> secretary clinton added iran crossing could spark an arms race in the region. >>>

delivered in spanish. [ speaking spanish ] the group also heard from senior white house adviser valerie jarrett. now, the national council of la rossia says that they did not invite just democrats to address the conference. they said they also extended invitations to republican party chairman michael steele, as well as to republican governors haley barbour of mississippi, tim pawlenty and puerto rico. stooe steele and all three republican governors declined. and did so through the committee. in other words, they did not individually turn down the invites. the republican party turned down all of them. and in addition to the snub, la raza spokesman said the plum line -- the latino community is open to hearing from both sides, which is why both were invited. the republican party not being here may demonstrate a lack of commitment to our community. in an era of richard nixon, the republican party chose the southern strategy, led as much as msnbc's patrick j. bruuchana as anyone else. the idea was to maximize the standing by stoking the idea that white people needed to stand together against minorit

brian: valerie jarrett has been on here before. speaker of the house has approval rating of 25%.24 hers of -- 24% trust her. she doesn't care about the popularity. she says that's not true about the trust numbers. what's your take or nancy pelosi, the speaker? >> well, i think thatwhat she is showing now has always been there the true colors are really coming out. what i really think is happening is this is a consequence of her failure to deal with the cia debacle last may. it's catching up to her. i think now wherever she goes she is having to answer these questions. the nickname for her around, you know, the grass roots movement is belokio. when she was in houston in may after she gave dancing press conference where she tried to avoid questions. she was hounded. she is having to deal with that remember, when she couldn't quell the questions. she flew off to china. i would like to know where on her itinerary she is going to take our military plans. cut and run. gretchen: this is what she said when she was confronted about latest poll numbers. >> i certainly want to be trusted. i

valerie jarrett. [applause] >> since he is standing right here, he devoted -- he does not need much of a reduction, but i want to thank you for coming to this conference this morning. i perceived a level of disease and that we really have not seen. the remarks i heard was that the real feedback is, "b. pulte." who better to be pulled down the president? >> hello, everybody. [applause] where is greg nichols? thank you so much for your participation today. i understand governor rendell is here or was here. he may have stepped out, but when he comes back i hope to have a chance to say hello to him. kathy nopec, where is cathy? good to see you. henry cisneros, where are you? the legendary. [laughter] federer viggo penico pena, thanh for helping us get elected. and julie ex-, thank you -- and julia stash, thank you. lisa jackson, miss mills, and hilda solis. and our new director of our office -- i always forget the full name of this thing. i call it the drugs are. [laughter] -- the drug czar. [laughter] by

and there is a section in the book specifically on the episode involving barak obama, valeri jarrett,s senior white house advisor and -- from chicago and the connections to the rod blagblag scandal. -- rod blagojevich scandal and i go into how the employees national union somehow roped into blagojevich's ploy to try to trade favors for that senate seat. host: you also write about michele obama. the cultured pearls and false eyelashes applied by herful-time make-up artist michele robinson obama is a hardball chicago politico and the first lady long ago was willing to 'em employ racism ackscations of racial o' presentation. >> guest: this seems to raise much amongst my critics. i'm very hard on her and i'm annoyed at the kit gloves she is being treated with and people are coward they don't want to look as racist or -- her father was a patronage combleeds and she herself floated with the daily administration to a codesy job at the university of chicago medical center. i have very interesting chart that a blogger compiled that i put on page 65 of the book that showed the skyrocketting of

and michael, valerie jarrett's chief of staff, is 40 years old. as i went behind the scenes, i found loyal aides with a sense of pride and purpose. >> i read all the time about the african-americans who have had a chance to participate in history. and it seems like the people that have made the most impact have, you seems like the peopl have made the most impact have connected with something beyond themselves. >> reporter: this is their connection. lewis has seen what that means especially to older blacks on the street. >> they adopt me. >> reporter: lewis was raised by a single mother in new york joined the obama campaign five days before it launched. he rode the wave to the white house and was pinching himself on his first day at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. >> i didn't know i could walk through the gates of the white house. i walked through the gate and couldn't stop smiling. >> reporter: his journey began with an internship offer. >> reporter: what do you think of barack obama? >> he is a guy with kenyan roots. >> reporter: the president's love f