you got valerie jarrett there, right?on that runs chicago and the white house for the president and the first lady. she is the one who is involved with h.u.d. a month ago to see how we were going to finance this. this city has no money. they are put in charge. 50% of the people in chicago are against having these olympics. they voted in city council 49-0 to have the olympics. mayor daley and his friends and contributors have appointed alderman eddie burke. let me just say, just to tell you, it is like putting dracula in charge of the blood bank. he is going to watch the financial numbers. glenn: let me ask you this -- fox t.v. in chicago was told they can't run a story on the negative part of the olympics, and valerie jarrett, some people say she was a slum lord and she may personally benefit. i would like to ask you that question. can we do that next? can we have pat back? ok. ciaries who need assistance getting around their homes. there is a medicare benefit that may qualify you for a new power chair or scooter at littl

her chief of staff at the east wing was also involved as was valerie jarrett, the senior white house adviser, who at the time of this incident was on the university of chicago board of directors. >> host: this is an e-mail, and i know you get a lot of attention because you're a contributor to the fox news channel, but this says, cough, cough, fox. fox news has been very create calf of this -- critical of this president. generally your sense about the role played here in this town. >> guest: well, there are many different parts of fox, and i think people confuse that. we keep saying it until we're blue in the face and people don't appreciate that, yes, in prime time you have hosts who have very strong opinions, sean hannity, glenn beck, bill o'reilly, but even among those three there are very diverse opinions on basic policy matters and on how hard or how soft to treat barack obama. and then, of course, there's the news side which, i think, is unfailingly fair and balanced. so again, just to level an ad hominem attack, fox that discredits a 400-page book? that's ridiculous. >> host: t

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valerie jarrett, another long time chicago political player, and mayor daley is going to be indebted to him. he is taking david robinson and mark conner s a big effort to just fly the flag. go have some fun. i don't think there's anything wrong with t i'm surprised to hear mr. gibbs say he thinks healthcare is under control, but maybe they know something that i don't know. bret: but juan, they haven't made any decision on troop surges in afghanistan. >> it is just one day, run running back and forth. bret: we wanted to do a calculation for the carbon footprint that is headed to carbon carbon footprints for copenhagen. we don't know if he will go to the climate change meeting. >> most chicagoans would like to get the olympics. as a milwaukee native we consider chicago our greatest suburb, but i think the real problem here is one of priorities, as byron said. it is stunning that the president hasn't met in person with stanley mcchrystal yet. this is a war. it is not any war. it is the war that he campaigned on as the good war dating back as fares far back as 2002 and he said a couple w

we have about 20 folks and we work under valerie jarrett.'s one of our fantastic leaders and tina chen and so we're really here at your disposal and we want to be helpful to you. >> so valerie jarrett, a lady we have been -- >> yes. yes. glenn: she called barack obama family. she's instrumental. she is the one that got van jones in, right? >> yeah. she was the only interview van jones had. you can see that she is at the nexus in chicago, kind of the daley political machine, the financial interests are, and the radical left. she brings them all together, and you can see through buffy wicks, that is the person she brought in to do the radical left through the service.gov initiative. glenn: so the idea that the government is using your tax dollars to make art and the president didn't know anything about it is completely implausible, because we have our pal val to thank for that. back in a minute. >> that's right. >> killing capitalism through a "what do you mean homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods?" "a few inches of water caused all this?

because of valerie jarrett. valerie jarrett. this is the best friend -- they call each other family. these two call each other family. she is the one in the white house that is aware of everything. she is the one that said van jones is the person we need. her mom started something for university on education, and it was bill ayers' dad that was a partner with her mom, so she grew up with her mother and bill ayers' father knowing each other. she didn't know who bill ayers was? gosh, that seems wierd, for someone who calls barack obama a brother. ok. the apollo alliance. van jones, a bunch of other people, and jeff jones. jeff jones, van jones, interesting. remember, if you're in the fringe media, what i'm telling you here is it is all a conspiracy. i mean, you'd have to verify with that crazy technology called google. i'm sure, you know. it's not the full power of abc news, but i don't have as much time for sailing as charlie gibson does, so i just have to google things. remember, jeff jones, jeff jones, the founder, cofounder of

we have about 20 folks and we work under valerie jarrett.'s one of our fantastic leaders and tina chen and so we're really here at your disposal and we want to be helpful to you. >> so valerie jarrett, a lady we have been -- >> yes. yes. glenn: she called barack obama family. she's instrumental. she is the one that got van jones in, right? >> yeah. she was the only interview van jones had. you can see that she is at the nexus in chicago, kind of the daley political machine, the financial interests are, and the radical left. she brings them all together, and you can see through buffy wicks, that is the person she brought in to do the radical left through the service.gov initiative. glenn: so the idea that the government is using your tax dollars to make art and the president didn't know anything about it is completely implausible, because we have our pal val to thank for that. back in a minute. >> that's right. >> killing capitalism through but one thing that we should never take for granted are the brave men and women of our volunteered arme

valerie jarrett, senior adviser and assistant to the president.> i'm fine. but how is the president? how are you and the president and the white house team going to walk this tight rope? you want to have some republican support. orrin hatch sent you a letter saying slow down. do it incrementally. is that too slow or is that the right advice right now? >> look, i think, andrea, first of all, the president is in good spirits. he's looking forward to this evening. he welcomes the opportunity to speak directly to the american people and to the members of congress. we've made a lot of progress over a very short period of time. more progress in our nation east history towards achieving health care reform. we're now down to the final finish line. he's looking forward by the end of this evening to explain to the american people what's at stake here, what it's all about, how he's hoping that those who have health care will have an opportunity for security and stability, particularly at this fragile time, and those who don't have health care will be able to

aides to the president say they should not be distracked but valerie jarrett told the "new york timesbly give a very powerful speech just as he did in the course of the campaign but right now, his top domestic pry or sit health care reform." keith richburg is the new york bureau chief for the "washington post" and joins us now. all right, keith, let's talk about what valerie jarrett just said, he could probably give a powerful speech on race but they don't want to distract from health care reform. it's interesting that they are thinking like that. >> absolutely. you know, we saw this come up during that press conference he gave on health care reform when he got totally distracted about a question by henry lewis gates at the end. that ended up with a week of discussion about the gates' controversy, rather have are it focused on health care reform. he realized this is the big issue, anything that distracts is not good for them any time he goes into the race debate is not good for him. >> why doesn't anyone tell jimmy carter to do? he says it with brian williams and repeat it is a second

. >> for more on the president's speech and its intent, let's turn to valerie jarrett. thank you again for joining us. >> my pleasure. good evening. how are you? >> i have some specific questions and i have a general question. the president left the overall intent of this for last. there were a lot of intriguing specifics and things that will sell well and extraordinary moments in the speech, but the emphasis of this and the goal of this if he had to blow it down to a sentence was this was a moral imperative. >> i think that's exactly what he said. he said it was something about the character of our country that makes it so important for us to deliver on behalf of the american people right now. for those who have insurance, they need additional safety and security and stability in the system. for those who don't, they need affordable health care and we have to reduce the cost for everybody. it's a simple message and any american out there who was listening tonight knows where the president stands and i also think that by the nearly 30 standing ovations he received from

. >> valerie jarrett is a key. you need to understand who valerie jarrett is.ty organizer in chicago. the reason he moved to chicago, she is instrumental, she is the one who did the van jones things. she is the one who is behind the nea propaganda move. steve: she could have been u.s. senator. >> she is extraordinarily powerful. if you look wall street is now saying wow, gee, we didn't see socialism coming. you are not smart enough to work on wall street. brian: they thought they had a moderate. >> they are out of their mind. brian: that's what he has pitched himself to wall street is get who else is let down. geithner. juliet: treasury secretary. brian: and key economic advisor says we are not being the go-to guys on key economic decisions it's valerie jarrett. >> why is that, brian? because valerie jarrett understands clower and piven two community organizers who said the best way to take control is to collapse the system financially. look at in the book, i don't know if you can get it here. >> zoom into this picture here. this is barack obama's spiderman. th

david axelrod, susa sure who is now her chief of staff in the east wing was also involved as was valerie jarrett, the senior white house adviser who at the time of this incident was on the university of chicago board of directors. >> host: this is an e-mail and know you get a lot of attention because you are a contributor to the cost news. fox news has been critical of this president and the democratic party. generally your sense about the role of fox news plays in the dialogue here in this town? >> guest: there are many different parts of x and i think people confuse thaand they keep saying it until we are blue in the face some people don't appreciate that yes, in prime-time you have hosts to have very strong opinions. sean hannity, glenn beck, bill o'reilly butven among those three there are very diverse opinions on basic policy matters and on how hard or hulsof to treat barack obama. and then of course there is the new side which i think is unfailingly fair and balance so again, to level an ad minem atck, fox, that discredits the 400 page book? >> host: the gst is michle malkin, the book is "

senior advisory valerie jarrett said the famously competitive president intends to bring home the gold. >> president obama never goes anywhere to come in second. of course he wants to win. >> reporter: well, the first lady is still planning to go today, as she briefed some of us reporters and made it clear she approaches this like an olympic competitor. she said, it's a batter we're going to win, take no prisoners. and the decision comes friday, brian. >> we will see at the end of the week. savannah guthrie at the white house tonight, thanks. >>> and like som cities, so many urban areas in this country, there is another side to chicago. not far from where they're hoping to host the olympic athletes, street violence in chicago has taken the lives of dozens of school-aged children year after year. tonight a beating death that was caught on camera that has shocked even many veterans in law enforcement. our report tonight from nbc's rob stafford. >> reporter: he was by all accounts an innocent bystander caught in the middle of this -- a street fight on chicago's south side that soon turned

driving that bus and people to open the door that need to be under scrutiny, and it starts with valerie jarretta key figure in the culture of corruption, the call ciliary to both michelle's and barack obama -- consigliari. she is on videotape taking responsibility for recruiting van jones and from having watched him from his days in oakland, which i think as a direct indictment of people at the highest levels in the white house. sean: you are singing, and i agree with you, and we showed the tape -- you are saying, and i agree with you -- this has been my question about obama from the beginning, his radical associations, a long term. he has an energy secretary to wants to paint every black top white. in the case of eric holder, it is a science adviser, he is in favor of compulsory abortion and sterilization -- his science adviser. there is another one to support sharia law. >> well, in the case of john holdren, the science czar, i think it is an indictment of republicans, because they were sleeping at the wheel. unlike the other is czars that were appointed, we did the other czars that were appo

driving that bus and people to open the door that need to be under scrutiny, and it starts with valerie jarretto was a key figure in the culture of corruption, the call ciliary to both michelle's and barack obama -- consigliari. she is on videotape taking responsibility for recruiting van jones and from having watched him from his days in oakland, which i think as a direct indictment of people at the highest levels in the white house. sean: you are singing, and i agree with you, and we showed the tape -- you are saying, and i agree with you -- this has been my question about obama from the beginning, his radical associations, a long term. he has an energy secretary to wants to paint every black top white. in the case of eric holder, it is a science adviser, he is in favor of compulsory abortion and sterilization -- his science adviser. there is another one to support sharia law. >> well, in the case of john holdren, the science czar, i think it is an indictment of republicans, because they were sleeping at the wheel. unlike the other is czars that were appointed, we did the other czars that wer

just last month, senior white house advisory valerie jarrett told how long she had been watching an admiring van jones. let's take a look. >> we have been watching him really for as long as he has been active and for all of the creative ideas that he has, so now, we have captured that, and we have the energy and enthusiasm in the white house. sean: so the white house sought out van jones? is he the tip of the iceberg? we know there is the science and technology adviser who has advocated compulsory abortion, and then there is a law professor who wants to ban hunting and grant rights to livestock, animals, and pets. it is time to take a much closer look at who this president has now serving in our government. and joining me now to discuss all of this, the chairman of the gop, michael steele. michael, it raises so many different questions. let me get your initial thoughts about what happened with van jones, and i want to talk specifically about whether or not you think there are people that should be fired in this administration, but your thoughts on him first. >> i think the van jones case, we

spending our tax dollars through the white house's valerie jarrett, encouraging people that have justrants, hey, you might want to do pro obama stuff like the "hope" poster. we have that. we have another indoctrination piece that came out of the tides foundation. we just showed you this with the kids chanting. >> yes. glenn: first of all, what should parents think of all of this, and then what should they do about it and what is the effect on children? >> first of all, i think it is great to have heroes. i do. i think you assimulate your heroes yourself. your family does t your culture does it. you do it. you pick them and say i admire that person. it's not an indoctrination, and that's my fear here is that you get people who have a kind of cult-like mentality at the expense of themselves. see, you want yourself, and then to say i admire that other person, too. glenn: right. >> but when you go and talk to little kids, it's unnecessary. if barack obama wants to inspire millions of people, all he has to say is you know what i have done? i finally quit smoking. ite? so here is a presiden

and valerie jarrett is a senior adviser to the president.u touched on it a moment ago. history tells us that these women will move on to be leaders in corporate boardrooms, right? leaders of think tanks. creators of businesses. are they aware of their position, their power today, and in the future? >> absolutely. i think -- i think the women who touched on that most directly was united nations ambassador susan rice, who said that, of course, you know, in their current capacities they have a huge influence over policy and the future direction of this country, but, you know, beyond that, they're going to have an impact on all other areas -- >> yeah. >> -- of their professional life. and, you know, history has shown us, as you said, that when you leave the white house, you take that power and that influence with you to other areas of your professional life. so, you know, this is only the beginning. and this is the first time that we've seen so many african-american women serving at this level, having this access. >> and how about that, cynthia,

marilyn matts, she indicated if i appointed valerie jarrett to the u.s.aise money from their network of contributors across the country, which is interesting. the fact remains, you write, that people approached us about campaign contributions if i appointed them or the person they were supporting. you're turning the whole thing around in the book saying people were doing deals with me. i wasn't shaking people down. it's more like they were shaking me down. do you stand by that? >> you're absolutely right i stand by that. i didn't shake anybody

bill: valerie jarrett? >> she is a big cheese. she loves him. michelle obama loved him. bill: loved who? >> van jones. bill: how do you know? >> i read it in the paper. bill: what paper? >> i believe. bill: you believe what you read in the paper? you are telling me michelle obama loves van jones? >> michelle obama, it was quoted yesterday that michelle obama. it is from -- it may have been the huffington post, i'm not sure. but it was a lefty blog that said michelle obama was instrumental in getting him. and jarrett absolutely was. bill: jarrett was. we don't know about michelle obama. >> they vacationed together. bill: so your hypothesis, big word but i feel can you handle it. >> i can't spell it. bill: he is -- the president is a closet marxist? how far are you taking this? >> >> i don't know yet, bill. bill: but you are on the trail. >> i think americans need to ask themselves the question. bill, you're president of the united states. would you have a man who was a self-avowed communist? bill: no, i wouldn't. >> who said i would rather lose the radical pose for the en

just on that note regarding her speech for the summer olympics, i believe it was valerie jarrett saying her speech, there won't be a dry eye in the house. it sounds like she has something very special planned here. >> well, i think chicago means a lot to her. it is really, really, not only the roots of her parents and grandparents living there, and she of course returns to it after graduating from harvard law and could have gone anywhere. and it is also where she really provided the launch pad. the foundation, the roots in many respects. the base for barack obama's political contrary. so i think chicago is more than just a place where she lives for her. >> and we've seen the first lady. she is essentially steered clear from policy in the first months of the administration. but now we saw her speak today. we hear chuck todd moments ago, talking about her dipping her toe. not going full out with the policy speech but dipping her toe in that today. is she growing into this role? will we see more of this from her? >> i think so. i very much think so. a couple factors we have to keep in mind

as a matter of fact, you know, valerie jarrett, they're great friends, says there's an element of fearhich is good. you know, he doesn't want to do the wrong thing or say the wrong thing. he says, she's my co-conspirator, the one person who keeps thing real, and michelle, yeah, i'm the bad ass wife who keeps thing real. in any long-term marriage, in any marriage that's going to last -- >> you're missing my point, chris, i'm trying to be positive, you're talking about bad-ass. i want to know -- this is something every guy out there wants to know the answer to. he wants to know if it's true for himself. can he still impress his wife, do surprising things? can he still win her heart anew? >> well, you know, i think everything he has accomplished -- >> you don't know, do you? >> i would say, my take on it is that she's constantly surprised by what this man has been able to achieve. because she wasn't so sure that it was smart to run for senate in the beginning or smart to run for president. >> what do you think it's like up there in the white house? i was up there once with president bush

you got the first lady and valerie jarrett, who was very involved with the pitch to get the olympicscago before she even became a senior adviser for the president. >> that's right. there's no question but that president obama is taking some of his credibility on this and some of his -- people will be assessing the powers of his diplomatic per wags persuasion as he goes. no mean that chicago will win but he is calculating we can go over there with the first lady and swing a few votes and come back with a win. >> i want to read to you what senator kit bond saying the president spending too much time on the olympics and spening too much time on that. quote. general mcchrystal said on "60 minutes" he had only spoken to the president one time. again, how does he balance some of the pushback he is getting on this one, peter? >> you know, i think president obama flies by his own compass and he feels confident he is doing enough on afghanistan, he's got meetings the next couple of days on that and dealing with iran's nuclear ambitions and he has made a calculation he can go over over and dod

. >> let's in valerie jarrett, the senior adviser to the president. thank you for making time for us today. we appreciate. >> it my pleasure. how are you guys? >> we are doing well. let me ask you how is team obama doing today? 4:15 eastern time, the president is expected to meet with moderate democrats and that's telling, actions following the speech where he feels his priority must be to move this fall board. >> well, as he says very clearly last night, he wants to be the president that gets this done. i think it was an opportunity for him to outline his plan to the american people and he came across very clearly and we have had an outpouring of responses today from people all over the country. both regular people, mayors, governors, you name it, all prepared to get behind the president's plan and move this forward. now many people are still wondering, valerie, how can the president show such patience for his -- desire to have bipartisanship here when you look at just the wilson moment, some of the other instances where it appeared that the gop sat

i remember when the president valerie jarrett senior advisor brought newt gingrich together, we're goingy enough to work with others to make sure we solve it. it's not generation a. this generation had katrina. this generation has a white male that just beat a black woman in south carolina. it has nothing to do with age, it has something to do with agenda and whether we're mature enough to solve the problem. >> miss cupp, here's what robert gibbs, the white house secretary that to say on this today. we'll have you comment. >> the president does not believe that -- that criticism comes based on the color of his ski skin. >> the president doesn't believe it. i guess you think then the preside president, in this was totally wrong. >> i think the president realizes this line of politic is a loser for him. it's not politically expedient to bring race into it for him. i think he found out the hard way when he injected himself premature lin the gates incident and i don't think that did any favors and i don't think those playing the race card now does him any favors either. think he knows that.

and, again, "air force one" as i think that clip of valerie jarrett said, "air force one", you can do a lot of work. the time commitment isn't what people are saying. frankly it was the political fallout he feared by not going. and all of the grumbling that was going to come from chicago. remember, nothing -- nothing inspires true anger in people than when you hurt somebody you love. those chicago folks would have felt -- would have felt a lot of heartburn if the president didn't go and they didn't get it. >> chuck, we know perception is reality within the beltway and outside of it. i want to play what the president said about two weeks ago regarding going to copenhagen. >> sure. >> i would make the case in copenhagen personally if i weren't so firmly committed to making real the promise of quality, affordable health care for every american. >> what changed, chuck? you've got the vote happening right now with public option. democrats fighting democrats. what changed? >> reporter: it's called all politics is local, tamron. as you know, with chicago, it is something else. i can tell you

. >> steve, when he said, i asked valerie jarrett the same question nearly an hour ago.the president said he will call people out who tell lies about health care reform, do we take him literally at that? are we going to see the president come up and shout back, but not shout back but answer back? >> well, he is a person who -- as i know him -- cares a lot about political discourse. one of the reasons he ran for the presidency was to try to change political discourse in washington. i don't think that he's going to be irresponsible in how he might call somebody out, but i do think he is going to make very clear what the truth is and what the truth isn't. and for those people who are distorting his plan and his ideals, he should be very forceful in pushing back, just as he did tonight. >> i was going to say, is that what we should expect, something like a simple statement about the death panels, that's a lie? >> well, you know, i can't -- i don't know for sure exactly how they would implement this. i think, you know, they will make sure that, you know, the army out there kn

as a matter of fact, you know, valerie jarrett, their great friend, says there's an element of fear onu know, he doesn't want just do the wrong thing and say the wrong thing. he says she's my co-conspirator. she's the one person that keeps things real. michelle says, yeah, i'm the bad -- wife -- who kypes things real. in any long -- any long-term marriage, any marriage that's going to last you have to have that. >> you're missing my point. i'm trying to be positive here. you're talking words like bad a here. this is something every guy wants to know the answer to. he wants to know if it's true for himself. can he still impress his wife, do surprising things? can he still win her heart anew? >> you know, i think everything he has accomplished -- >> you have no idea. >> i would say my take on it is that, you know, she's constantly surprised what this man's been able to achieve. she wasn't so sure it was smart to run for the senate in the beginning, smart to run for president. when she was on board she was one of his most important tools. >> what do you think it's like up there in beautif

just last month senior obama advisor valerie jarrett told a crowd just how long she had been watching and admiring van jones. let's take a look. >> van jones, we were so delighted to be able to recruit him into the white house. we have been watching him for really for as long as he has been active out in oakland and all of the ways that he has -- creative ideas that he has. now we have captured that and we have all of that energy and enthusiasm in the white house. sean: all right. so we know the white house sought out van jones which begs the question how many more like him are serving in our government? is van jones just the tip of the iceberg? we know for example john holdren the science and technology advisor who has advocated compulsory abortion. and then there is cass sun stein the harvard law professor who wants to ban hunting and grants rights to livestock wildlife and pets. we can only conclude it's time to take a much closer look at exactly who this president has now serving in our government. and joining me now to discuss all of this chairman of the g.o.p. michael steele. mi

then valerie jarrett should get a doll, because she has power and she is hot. >> well, you lie!ould not apply to those that are illegally here? >> you lie! >> the best part of the whole exchange is that he was not lying. the jaw-dropping preach earning the congressman his own action figure. you get your own action figure. pull the spring and you hear the you lie outburst. nancy pelosi's dirty look not included. his action figure, 40 bucks to you. >> i have two children that i cannot get to sit still, so i think what i will torture them with is a ball of moammar gadhafi, and make them listen to the 19 minutes of the speech in arabic. >> yeah, put them to sleep. >> i say no other toys, just that. let me know when you have gone through it. >>> finally, five faces of sarah palin. you have her in a stylish pantsuit, and then the lovely sarah palin kick you know what action figure, wearing a mixed martial arts outfit. and then there is the palin action girl. >> somebody save me. >> check out the red hair. it gets better. you have the sarah palin school girl action figure. >> come on.

straight to the senior white house, valerie jarrett is the -- that's a mouth full, she's joining us from the white house north lawn. i bet you were inspired by robin's book, are you going to go out and get it, valerie? >> immediately. i was just thinking about going out and getting it. >> we'll make sure that robin gives you about 20 copies to give out to everyone at the white house. valerie, we're talking about the president's speech, of course, tonight, a lot of eyes going to be on that. we have received a lot of questions, i know you're open to answering those for us from our viewers. this is coming from bobby'sgirl 1972, my insurance company just denied me an imperative breast cancer test. how can the proposal help me. >> as we have traveled around the country and as the president has received letters from the american people, we hear these gut wrenching stories about people who are doing everything they should be doing, they're trying to take care of themselves, they're trying to work hard, but in this economy, we know how fragile things are. people will pay their premiums year afte

here is what senior adviser valerie jarrett says.re reform. >>> now comedian and actor bill k cosby is weighing in. he writes on his facebook page, i agree with president carter that racism is playing a role in recent outbursts against president obama. he spoke on andrea mitchell reports yesterday. >> i don't think you can get people who are entrenched in their own hatred to stop. i think what we have to do is find the people who are willing to work together, the people who realize that mistakes will happen, and we've got to work for the betterment of the american people. >> by the way, we have a special airing on msnbc this as you know with bill cosby presented by michelle bernard. about our children will address topics such as health, education and parenting, september 20th from 7:00 to 9:00 pm eastern time on msnbc. >>> with us from the washington post, jonathan capehart, toure also here, chuck todd joining the conversation, chief white house correspondent here. jonathan, having been around washington as a journalist for a long ti

. >> senior white house adviser, valerie jarrett, told us this morning, she does not feel the presidentpeech this morning. he is focused on health care reform. what do you think? weigh in at abcnews.com on all of this. >>> on to the weather now and sam champion. hi, sam. >> good morning, kate. we are in cleveland, by the way. we're inside these vintage railroad cars that make up the traveling exhibit of the new "a christmas carol" movie. when dickens wrote this in 1833, he was about 31 years old. it was an overnight success. some of the things from the dickens museum in london. you see some of his original writes. in the car we're in right now, are some of the costumes of the film. when we say this is a film, it's in this whole, new, creative way, called performance capture. let me show you clips from the movie. you can see what we're talking about here. they take the artists and digitally capture them and make them into characters. they don't make them look like they're putting makeup and prosthetics on these people. they make digital characters of the actors. in this, jim carrey plays

do five cities that came out as a result of our meeting with president obama, senior adviser valerie jarrettrought this unusual trio together. we're going on the road to talk about the need to go across party lines and deal with the question of education. this is the kind that unified this president has been. this is why i don't want us to get sidetracked. we just agreed today we're going to go to alabama together. >> three of you? >> the three of us. because we're showing america, if you can bring a newt gingrich and al sharpton together to say we've got to do something about the quality of education, maybe they'll get it. i think that one of the dramatic ways of doing things not only to confront when we disagree, but to cooperate where we agree. >> do you think he's going to run for the republican presidential nomination? >> that's where we'll have to confront him if he does. we'll be talking about that on the road, i'm sure. >> i'm sure you'll have a good discussion. >> i'm sure. right now let's save education together. >> the three amigos heading out to promote education. >>> we know how