valerie jarrett and michelle obama were the two people who said listen, mr. president, actually, valerie call him barack. the only person in the white house other than michelle who does. you were elected to be not as president but to be a special president. a transformational president. a person who is going to change the direction and course of america, and you can just do this now. you have to take the whole thing, you have to go for the health care bill and go down in history as the first president to pass the national health care bill. and he listened to valerie and michelle, not to rahm emanuel. this was the beginning of brahma manuals erosion of power. it was one of several examples in which the president listened to the ideology of valerie jarrett, rather than the pragmatic advice of rahm emanuel. ultimately, rahm emanuel was forced out of the white house. he was forced out by michelle and valerie jarrett. to edward klein, what are your politics. are you a conservative? >> i would describe myself as someone who is right of center, that makes me conserva

valerie jarrett. she hired michele many, many years ago from the goodale the administration but she is a person who comes from a well-off african american family. she introduced for the obama's to the power center jewish-american donors and dave political operatives. as a result raised from obscurity now all socializing rogaine shoulders with the power centers. and then when president of the united states. and she is their godmother now the senior advisor and obama's said i run at all decisions through valerie and trust hurt implicitly. no one has more power than the salary jarret spirit trying to figure out her hold on the president did say famous guessing game. >> what is bourse source of power? she has no foreign policy experience but it tends national security council experience. no economic background but in the most important domestic meetings regarding the economy. nobody can see the president without going through her. what is the power? the only explanation is she has given in the first lady

valerie jarrett. >> close confidant for a long time before he became president in the chicago years.who don't know valerie jarrett, also african-american. >> she is. >> why would she not want the president to go to the naacp convention? >> we're talking about people who are thinking about what the reasons could possibly be. this is conjecture. a lot of people feel that valerie jarrett has tried to keep the president away from events that are considered black events. you mentioned that he's going to address the urban league, it's an organization that focuses on jobs. 9 record for african-american jobs is not so great. but the whole idea that they would be keeping him away from the convention is very very curious. that's why people are saying, this is the convention that gave him the medal their highest medal that they award. >> cenk: it makes sense. the naacp, our first african-american president. the urban league as well, that part of it makes sense. is it political calculation here? we've got the black vote. keep it real. we've got 'em, we can only do damage for some white independe

black journalists. >> the president didn't make send valerie jarrett and she was there. she did in fact say the room packed full of african-american journalists that the president has genuine love for black people. what's fascinating to b. that to me few things. number one that i have never heard the president say that so, to send a surrogate out to tell people that he really loves you is fascinating for me if the president himself doesn't tell you that i love you. that's like me sending you to tell my momma that i love her. >> laura: actor morgan freidman an ardent obama supporter added fuel to the fire while trying to defend the president against critics. insisting he is not the first black president. barack had a momma and she was white. very white, american, kansas, middle of america, there was no argument about who he is and what he is. america's first black president -- he is not america's first black president. is he america's first mixed race president. >> laura: joining me now from new york reverend jacques degraff. is he a fox news contributor and here in washi

that the bin laden raid was repeatedly stalled and nearly derailed by top presidential advisor valerie jarrett. >> the author alleges jarrett's constant worries about the impact of the failed attempt began to fray the operation. the white house shot don the reports. >>> there are dire warnings about looming military budget cuts. >> virginia, d.c. and maryland could suffer the most if lawmakers don't stop the cuts. fox 5's tom fitzgerald has the story. >> reporter: in a crystal city ballroom, defense contractors rally warning they are under the gun. >> we are worried about jobs. we are worried about our country. >> i personally worried about the whole industry. >> reporter: at issue are automatic spending cuts. that means the military is staring at a half trillion dollars of automatic cuts all because congress' supercommittee couldn't reach a deal to shrink the deficit. >> this can be avoided and we have to come together to stop it now. >> reporter: nationwide, 2.1 million jobs could be lost. virginia alone relies on 113,000 defense jobs, $8 billion in sales and $150 million in revenue. >> send

and something that general us democrats still admiral mike mullen both talked about and then valerie jarrett picked it up and you can see it moving through the festival a series about the draft because i do believe doing what. if someone has to serve it should be everyone has to be at least in a position to be like it should not be left to the weakest part of a community. so let's add a ricks to the list and explain his plan he argues that there should be three options for men and women fresh out of high school number one they could do eighteen months of military service with low pay but with post service benefits like free college tuition number two they could opt to they could opt to not be deployed and instead they can perform office style tasks that are currently held by contractors for example doing paperwork money lawns driving generals around and other civilian tasks and if they are interested in servicing the army serving in the r.v. at all rick for pros that they do other low pay national service tasks for slightly longer jobs like teaching in low income areas aging elderly folks an

yeah, we'll take it any way we can get it, valerie jarrett. wait a second. it's a penalty. the president disagrees with it. if he disagrees with the court's decision, don't put it through. i mean, seriously. repeal it. >> eric, you've been tough on governor romney. i think politically governor romney -- setting aside the economic issues which are disastrous with obama tax now -- but politically nome has to defend a highly unpopular bill and defend the massive tax hikes that come with it, right? it took governor romney a couple days to come out and call it's a tax, right? he's been given this gift and it took him so long. look, if he's trying to protect him from romneycare, here's the deal. nobody cares what happened in massachusetts. we're fighting for the life of the country and the survival of the constitution. let's get with the program, right? >> yeah. actually i wasn't tough on governor romney, but his press secretary, who said immediately the governor doesn't think it's a tax, it's a penalty. i said, look, this guy should take the next few months off, come back the da

five members of the white house staff valerie jarrett, christopher lou. dave carney and christopher plouffe all have investments, including many of them investments in foreign international mutual funds one of them is a particular favorite among this crew has money in banks from russia to gutter to china to you name it. they have -- they hold pieces of secretive holding companies headquartered in such tax savings like the aisle of jersey, the aisle of main and buremed. if these are bad things for mitt romney. maybe the president ought to start policing his staff and get money in foreign banks. >> bill: ad is ludicrous not going to have any effect at all. >> no. the american people get it this is not the first such ad they have run. they have been runs these ads since may 15th. >> bill: you don't think it's working. >> i don't think so. particularly since romney has begun to rebut it and other outside groups have begun to rebut it. why is obama doing this? the american people are not dumb. they know he is doing this small ball dirty little gutter campaign

particularly our girls. >> ladies, one gentlemen right here. >> okay. >> thank you so much. >> valerie jarrett, everybody. [applause] thank you. >> thank you. our thanks, our thanks to national journal for having us. valerie, thank you so much. >> connie. >> big round of applause again for everybody today. great job. thank you. [applause] >> i would like to say google, the american beverage association, our distinguished panelist and your audience for joining us this morning. for video of today's even go to national journal.com/events and join us for upcoming programs also if you are going the conventions we'll be there with our events so thank you you very much for coming today. bye. >>> it was about those men and women who are almost injured in war who because of the huge advances that have been made in medical trauma treatment over the last ten years, that being saved an incredible number of them are being saved. almost everybody who falls on the battlefield is being saved. i wanted to write about what life was like for these people and i really started off with the question, having seen so

valerie jarrett tells wjz, the president has the best interests of all americans at heart. >> when theresident took office. we were losing 4 million jobs just in the last six months of the prior administration. we lost another 4 million jobs before any of the president's policies could take hold. so certainly, we are working our way out of this incredible mess. >> reporter: the june labor report cites the unemployment rate for african americans at 14.4%. compared to 8.2% of whites. >> we all know that the african american community suffered before this last recession. >> we have been having tough, tough times for a long time because of the previous administration. >> reporter: african american or not, president obama is expected to carry maryland, a state where democrats rule. i'm pat warren, reporting from morgan state. back to you on tv hill. >> this is the fourth in a series of african american policies and discussions held around the country. >>> time now for a quick look at some of the stories you'll find in the baltimore sun. the baltimore county school system is investigating so

take out osama bin laden were repeatedly stalled and almost derailed by top presidential advisor valerie jarrettjanuary, february and march of 20-11. but a spokesperson from the white house says those reports are false. "it is an utter fabrication. it seems pretty clear that mr. miniter doesn't know what he's talking about. ms. jarrett was not read-in on the operation, on the mission against osama bin laden."áthe mission was also reportedly cancelled the day before it was successfully carried out because of weather.but miniter claims he obtained reports for that day showing ideal conditions. the... battle between apple... and samsung ... wenmt.. to court today... in... san jose, california...//.jury selection... is... under way... in the case. case.apple... says... samsung ... copied... their i- phone and i- pad...//.but... samsung claims... apple's... trying to stifle... competition... and limit... consumer choice.../.the... judge ... already issued... a... preliminary injunction.../ banning ... the... sale of ...samsung's galaxy 10-point-one tablet.../ pending the trial ...outcome..../apple's.

the reason why, well senior advisor valerie jarrett reportedly persuaded him to dance el cancel it ind a third time in march. i said legislative success. obviously not legislative. in the 236 years america has been shaped trailblazers and visionaries. time magazine singled out 20 of them as the most influential in history including president abraham lincoln who preserved the union by winning the blood yis war in american history, alexander graham bell who at 29 years old made the fist telephone and last but not least steve jobs the man who started apple, the world's most valuable company and he started it in the garage. >> that would be fun to put that list together, wouldn't it? >> first lady wraps up her trip to britto-- britain. she spent time with families and posing for pictures as well. she cheered on the u.s. basketball team at olympic park. that is your 5@5:30. the count down is on the election 99 days away. both candidates kicking up their campaigns into high gear today doug luzader is live from washington with all of the details for us. >> mitt romney is on his way to poland

not to senior white house advisor valerie jarrett.lames fox news for the angry rhetoric. >> so many businessmen and others have said that the message has become one of class warfare, attacking the rich, attacking people who make a profit. people who make jobs. why is it that tone has been set, that people believe that this is a class warfare. >> they may be watching one particular network. >> cnn? >> no. >> neil: governor mike huckabee heard that and suggests she might want to check with her boss, this is what he and vice president joe biden say all the time. >> you guys, educators, teachers, you're under full blown assault. >> i don't think we grow our economy from the top down. i think we grow the economy from the middle class up. >> he says the president's out of touch? how many of y'all have a swiss bank account? >> there's not wrong with asking the wealthy to pay a little more in taxes. >> they don't get us is! this he don't get who we are. >> governor? [ laughter ] >> take it from here. >> joe's half right. they, whoever they ar

people like valerie jarrett. joining us now from santa barbara, california, mr. miller. and you say about the presidential payroll? >> i can't believe that dipstick biden makes north of a duce. they ought to pay him off in beaver pelts as bad as he is i mean for god's sake. and the president making 4. biden is at 230. could we not give somebody some back end profit if they put the country on the right track? get a jack welch in there? what are we paying him 400 for? biden is getting 230? >> bill: that's a private market thing you are doing here. they don't do that at the government. when the federal government controls the economy there is no incentives. >> god forbid we try something new because these are the glory days right here, right? everything is going swimmingly. i saw as i read down that list, billy that can a leggographers are making 8 a, $90,000. they got three calligraphers on stack. >> when clinton was in there it was a calligoligist. they would arrange some of the activities around the place. >> bill: wait, i have to stop you. you are outrunning your covera

when you have media matters having weekly strategy calls with the administration, a meeting with valerie jarrett doesn't make you question a little bit? it's not a surprise, is it? it's not a surprise. we know they're very tight with the media. we know the media is going to protect them and feed certain stories on the front page. i find it very hard to believe that if george bush, happening with gonzalez, everybody knows about alberto gonzales. >> tucker: that's true. clinton was a liberal democrat, beloved by the media, yet when he got in trouble, they were on him. they were, in all fairness, the liberal media took off. >> that's their agenda. >> tucker: i have to say, this president seems immune from the scrutiny of the president. doesn't he, ms. holder? >> am i allowed to speak now? >> tucker: yes, you are. >> oh, o. you're talking about deflection of the president when the president has never ever been proven to have any relationship with fast and furious whatsoever. there's a separation between this issue that your mall cop wants to have with eric holder and the president. just to mix the t

. >> reporter: white house senior adviser, valerie jarrett, tells wjz, the president has the best interestl americans at heart. >> when the president took office, we were losing 4 million jobs just in the last six months of the prior administration. we lost another 4 million jobs before any of the president's policies could take hold. so certainly we are working our way out of this incredible mess. >> reporter: the june labor reports cites the unemployment rate for african americans at 14.4%. compared to 8.2% of whites. >> we all know that the african american community suffered before this last recession. we have been having tough times for a very, very long time because of many of the policies of the prior administration. >> reporter: a recent gallup poll shows 87% of black americans support obam a. about 5%, romney. >> reporter: they expect the president to carry maryland, a state where democrats rule. >> and a fourth of african american policy discussions held around the country. >>> bernadette is back. we're watching showers. >> yeah. >> looks more like a friday night rain. looks like

hour the president will meet with the fbi director, chief of staff a jack lew, john brennan, valerie jarrett others on the shooting in colorado. we have house homeland security committee chair peter king to join us momentarily. he is standing by. here he is. congressman, tell us what you thought when you got word of this tragedy in colorado this morning? >> alisyn, the first concern that we had whether or not there was any terrorist link. fortunately we were able to rule that out pretty quickly. he was not on any terror watch list. there was no one in the country illegally. that was important to have that resolved early on. the fbi and atf are the lead agencies involved in thisead the department of homeland security is attempting to list anyway possible. there are still unanswers questions that hopefully can be answered at the news conference. what was his motive. where did he get all the weapons. to rule out nobody else is involved. there is no accomplice. there is no evidence there is. i think it is important for them to rule that out. also around the country we have to be on the lookout f

the vice president, the fbi director, robert muller, kathy rumler the white house council and valerie jarrett to review what they know and what they can do. we had an announcement that the president issued a proclamation instructing that all american flags be flown at half staff here at the white house, federal government, military bases until sunset on july 25. the president started in west palm beach. he was on a two-day campaign swing through florida at 5:26. awoken by his homeland security adviser john brennan. told the news that transpired overnight in colorado. the white house had a decision to make. obviously the president wanted to address the nation, the citizens of colorado, the friends and families of the victims. he proceeded to ft. myers. the previously scheduled event. at 11:20 eastern time it was supposed to be a campaign rally and there were elements still excited to see the president. the president calmed the crowd and said in part the following. >> i'm sure that many of you who are parents here had the same reaction that i did when i heard this news. my daughters go to the m

much worse than obama tells them, that they know that this health care plan, obamacare, that valerie jarrettident's number one adviser said on the radio, we'll get it any way we can get it. which means, we'll get it without admitting to the american people it's the largest tax increase in history. but all of those things, the american people know are hurting the economy, making it harder to create jobs. and as kay bailey hutchison wisely said a while ago, they understand that obamacare is going to make their health care worse. but it's going to cost more. they're going to pay more and get less. the real issue is jobs and the economy. it is a referendum on obama. >> but, haley -- >> give them something to vote for. >> with all due respect, you are one of the greatest republican strategists of our lifetime. we both come out of the reagan administration. you get a mediocre jobs number tomorrow, i think you have to say, this is underperforming, this is an anemic recovery and it is an economic referendum on obama. but, haley, i think you also -- mr. romney has to say very clearly what he stands f

well, if it is, then valerie jarrett, dan piper, david -- >> but he -- >> christopher lou and jay carney ought to be kicked out of the white house because all of them have foreign investments. >> if that's what it is, release them and say you are petty at the white house. look at this. we have foreign investments and you guys have foreign investments but the fact that he doesn't release them, i mean, he's given -- >> let me ask you a question. how many does he need to release to end the issue? >> you know how i would do it? i would say i think it's a stupid thing but i want to end the issue, i'll release four years, that's it. and you can ask me all the more you want or five years or whatever it is but that's what i would do. i would give them a little bait and stop it there or end it there but right now he's given them an issue they are running on. >> was this an issue in 2008? no. do you know how many years returns john mccain produced? two. this is a phony issue. >> it may be a phoney issue but it's created an issue for him. >> i understand. do you know how you supersize something? we

was associated worked with rod blagojevich to get valerie jarrett appointed to the senate. that didn't work out if it ever happened. joan, are you old enough to remember -- i'm not sure you are, the fight that -- crazy right was -- they are fluradatining or water to control our mind. >> it is ball our minds. chris, you know to go back again, this brings up john mccain to me because one of the things they are saying there is that john mccain ran a lousy campaign and john mccain had access to this stuff and didn't use it. and that's just not true. the other group that is being insult bid romney campaign is the media. it is basically saying that we didn't look into the rasco stuff which we did. we didn't look into the cocaine stuff which we did. this president has been vetted. we looked into those stories. i certainly -- we all spent time talking about reverend wright. think think they are going to go back to playbook that didn't work in 2008, four years later, when we know this president. you may disagree with him but the affordable care act. have at it. but we know who he is