would filter down to them was valerie jarrett didn't like the idea and valerie jarrett is a mentor to the president and the first lady but i want to be clear she didn't order them to stop. at that in the normal chain of command they heard stop working on the bin laden reagan when asked why this was the reason they came back. >> host: was valerie jarrett involved in any of the discussion, for example with hillary clinton and robert gates and leon panetta? was she a member? >> guest: unclear but probably not. there were a lot of discussions between valerie jarrett and the president himself and remember what barack obama had said about valerie jarrett. he told "the new york times" in 2009, never make an important decision without talking to valerie jarrett first. he said he speaks with her two to three times a day and if you look at white house visitor logs you will notice the first two administrations while they were hunting bin laden, the visitor logs, leon panetta only visits the white house nine times that we have two to three times a day on one hand versus nine times in two years so

important decision without talking to valerie jarrett first.he said he may support two to three times a day. if you look at what has this deluxe can you notice in the first of the administration, while we were hunting bin laden, to direct here, leon panetta only visited the white house nine times. so we have two or three times a day in one hand versus nine times in two years. >> host: you describe in your book how he met with the president far more often than the white house loves. you mention in the discussion in this particular case study that the president was able to make smart decisions, but never the big decisions along the way. >> guest: that's right. people tend to think of it as a movie where the president picks up the phone and tells them where to go and they take off. but it is complex and involves a lot of moving parts. you have to do then to carry people at the key positions. you have to train and rehearsed. this flood of intelligence has to be examined. and even before that you have to decide what shape the national tape. for much

so this is a very unusual figure in american history, and if valerie jarrett is a mentor to both therst lady and the president at the same time, and they're deeply indebted to her. every major job that michelle obama has held since 1981 in one way or another was gotten for her by valerie jarrett, and for barack obama she played a key role in all of his campaigns from 1991 forward, and it's hard to overestimate how large of a role she has. barack obama has said she never makes an important decision without talking to her first. megyn: all right. this is how i'm going to do the interview now. hopefully, i'll have hearing by the end of the program. i want to ask you about the secret service detail because we're talking to former white house people who are saying this is extraordinary for her to have her own secret service detail 24/7 door to door -- [inaudible] full secret service detail paid for by the taxpayers. how extraordinary is that? >> well, it makes it hard to -- [inaudible] doesn't it? it's very unusual. karl rove who had a similar but much more diminished role compared to val

the thing it is valerie jarrett -- do you think it is valerie jarrett or the other end of the chicago machine. thati is all. guest: the president is calling the shots. he is heavily influenced and the man who ran his successful campaign in 2008, the senior adviser and has the office closest to the oval office. geography is very significant. he is a very skilled political operative. when there is a decision to be made, he ways and with the political -- weighs in with the politcal angle. i would say his influence, valerie jarrett plays a role. there are many other people. the congressional liaison plays a significant role in all of these. i layout exactly what happened, what we used to call the best obtainable version of the truth and it is often emotional. at many points it is complicated. host: the influence of joe biden in these talks. and the preparation and he did in what was known as the b iden group. guest: biden is critical on all of this. going back to 2010, after the democrats lost the house, obama center by -- sent vice president biden to negotiate with mitch mcconnell. in th

tell us about her and valerie jarrett's background. >> guest: valerie jarrett was born iranian and is a noted blood researcher. she was born there and spend a lot of for topic following her parents around the middle east to the developing world and in some cases, western europe. so when she meets barack obama in 1991 at a cafÉ in chicago, they had a lot in common. they grew up in muslim countries. iran and indonesia. they had a different perspective. definitely on the left part of the american political spectrum. and they have a disdain for what they consider american parochialism. that becomes a bonding moment for them very early on. but let's not forget who valerie jarrett is to be obama's. she is the gilded arch gateway into the establishment. she knows everyone. she is from a prosperous family that has been successful for a long period of time she is the deputy chief of staff friend, she knows a lot of people. she went to stanford law school. very connected very influential, very powerful. and she has done enormously beneficial things for them. they have become very grateful. she

this isn't new, the power of valerie jarrett.ntion, not that she's the most powerful or the closest person to the president, this woman has a secret service detail. she is not a chief of staff or someone with a national security portfolio. she's a general advisor. this is unheard of. you're talking about 24 hours of round the clock service. this is a white house that argues it is for ordinary people, that it's not out of touch. it's romney and the republicans. but this woman has a full detail secret service. men and women who are around the clock, working on her protection. for what? this is a boon. this is kind like versailles, i'm afraid. when you tie this to what she's doing, the question is why? who is she? >> brian: right. who is she? she evidently paved the way for him in many ways his advisor and great person to hook him up with powerful people when he was a state senator and paved his way as the u.s. senator. and then was there for him and his wife as he became president of the united states. the question is, should he be

this morning, and valerie jarrett is there newsmaker guest.hat will be coming up this morning at 7:55 a.m. eastern time, valerie jarrett with the folks from "politico." a couple of more facebook comments. are you better off than you were four years ago? host: maria, are you better off than you were four years ago? caller: i am now paying for more taxes than before. after that, i voted for obama and it took me out. they started talking about race. black people and white people. and i decided not to go through it. i saw a woman who voted for obama and he did not do nothing for the black people. nothing for the spanish. excuse me [unintelligible] host: that was maria, from puerto rico. here is the front page of "the los angeles times" this morning. richmond, california. wanda, are you better off than you were four years ago? >> definitely i am a better off than i was four years ago. let me just explain, my friend, i am losing my train of thought, but mentioned it was a republican who mentioned he was not better off. now i cannot think of the thin

the thing it is valerie jarrett or the other end of the chicago machine.esident is calling the shots. he is heavily influenced and the man who ran his successful campaign in 2008, the senior adviser and has the office closest to the oval office. geography is very significant. when there is a decision to be made, he ways and with the political angle. i would say his influence, valerie jarrett plays a role. there are many other people. the congressional liaison plays a significant role in all of these. i layout exactly what happened, what we used to call the best obtainable version of the truth and it is often emotional. at many points it is complicated. host: the influence of joe biden in these talks. guest: biden is critical on all of this. going back to 2010, after the democrats lost the house, obama center by president biden to negotiate with mitch mcconnell. in the west wing, joe biden is known as the mcconnell whisperer. he has the decades-long relationship with mcconnell to work out a deal. they worked out a deal in 2010. they extended some low income

. >> that was white house seen wr senior adviser valerie jarrett this morning giving a preview of whatdent obama will say tonight. he's expected to speak in broad terms of where he'll take the country over the next four years. the message won't be delivered with the usual pomp and circumstance, citing whether kmps the obama campaign yesterday scrapped plans to hold the speech in the bank of america stadium. in other words, no balloon drop. the move gave republicans an opening to take a jab at the president. a spokesperson for the rnc said, quote, after promising to hold the event at bank of america stadium rain or shine, suddenly team obama is moving inside after questions about enthusiasm for the event. what's the real forecast for the speech in 40% chance of lies and scattered executions. youch. guess those balloons meant a lot to some people. joining the panel now is "time" magazine and msnbc senior political analyst, mark ha halperin. mark? >> only 40%. >> hey, not so bad. let's talk about the president and the expectations here. he's had a team of surrogates to tee it up for him t

valerie jarrett. thank you so much for being here. >> my pleasure. good afternoon, andrea. >> good afternoon. >> we're hanging in there. day three. >> one more day. this is the biggest day. what is the president going to say today that is different about why he deserves another term? >> well, you know, i'm not going to get out ahead of him, but what he will do is make a very concrete and specific case for his vision for the future. he'll talk a little bit about where we've come, what we've accomplished and then set forth the roadmap for the future of our country and how he wants to build a strong middle class, provide a ladder of opportunity for those who work hard and want to get into the middle class, and it will contrast pretty dramatically with what we've seen from the other side which is this theory of trickle down, or as president clinton said last night, double down on trickle down that we know just doesn't work. >> now, what specifics might he offer? could he be more specific, for instance, about simpson/bowles, reaching out to others who wan

valerie jarrett, white house aide gets secret service protection, how does that happen.avid plouffe, he was with on with george stephanopoulos and a national security advisor that is 172,000, and pension at 55 years old. still working and 148,000 a year more from, from what's left of fannie mae, none of those stories got any traction at all in the mainstream media. >> and hats off to john carl, media note. for putting out one of the three steel workers trotted out in front of the democratic national convention who got up there and said, you know, mitt romney is bad because bain capital closed our company and we lost our jobs. one of them didn't work at the company. he was a union organizers. >> the same problem that they had with that ad that was put out by one of the non-affiliated super pacs, on the obama committee. they need to do better in the fact checking department and i actually think the press, they did that and-- >> isn't this the party that's running our country right now? >> yes, it is. >> running or ruining? >> brit hume was very struck by something that i a

>> we were there with valerie jarrett and the head of the communications team. of the things that i think we can say is i got the sense that they're very committed to making sure that young people, women and people of color turn out to the polls. >> well, i think the white house versus the campaign -- >> that's interesting. >> -- is interested in making sure that people are clear on what this administration has done. >> another thing that's happening in this election is that you begin to see the rise of all the black republican organizations that are committed to getting more black folk in the ranks and providing opposition to president obama. what do you all make of that? >> it's not new. i mean, anybody that's been working in presidential politics in particular has seen black republicans organizing. sometimes it's been with greater cooperation from the gop. i think in these teams it's with greater opposition from the gop. there's not a lot inside the gop that's welcoming black folks in a way that there might have been when gillespie was running the gop. so i t

david axelrod and valerie jarrett.'re joined by caroline kennedy who is scheduled to speak tonight about the kennedy legacy and the democratic party. >>> tough talking dr. phil makes a house call to studio 57. that and more a little later on "cbs this morning." for now, that will do it for "cbs morning news" for this thursday, friday eve. appreciate you watching. i'm terrell brown. appreciate you watching. i'm terrell brown. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ,,, two dozen residents. >>>

willie, that doesn't work. >> valerie jarrett, thank you very much. >> my pleasure. >> someone's proud> thank you. >> thank you, valerie. >> keynote speaker julian castro, mayor of san antonio. and michael foxx is here. live from the blackfinn salon. humans -- even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why, at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what else comes standard at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> mitt romney, quite simply, doesn't get it. a few months ago, he visited a university in ohio and gave students there a little entrepreneurial advice. start a business, he said. but how? borrow money if you have to from your parents, he told them. gee, why didn't i think of that? i don't think governor romney meant any harm. i think he's a good guy. he just has no idea how good he's had it. >> welcome back to "morning joe." here with us now, at the blackfinn salon, two stars of last night's democra

he has a formidable competitor in susan rice, very close to valerie jarrett, the president, very close to both of them. she's got a lot of internal champions and everybody in the administration says she knows the president's mind in a way that john kerry, as respectable as he is, is not. and i would continue to give her the inside track on that job. >> well, if he doesn't get it, he and i can go together in on the strip club. >> he would be a good partner for you. >> that would work out nicely. before break, an incredible moment, regardless of party, you couldn't help but appreciate this. former congresswoman of arizona, gabby giffords, still recovering from the shooting in tucson from january of last year, 20 months ago, appeared on stage with her friend, debbie wasserman schultz, ahead of the dnc, leading the audience in the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. [ cheers and applause ] >> that's just an incredible moment. you

as valerie jarrett told us just before the broadcast, the senior white house adviser, this is not '08, this is a different man, a different year, tempered. "the new york times" this morning said he was a humble president, perhaps more conservative. we are indoors, after all, tonight. turns out to have been a clear night here in charlotte, but a preponderance of caution. right now democrats are threatening to make this an open-air arena. savannah guthrie and i have moved down to the floor. we have been told we are under threat of confetti cannons, so we'll stay low. the obama daughters, first lady have joined him up on stage. savannah, your initial marks on the speech. >> i think we have just heard the 2012 version of hope and change. i was told by an adviser before this speech that it wasn't going to be about barack obama, it wasn't going to be about mitt romney, it would be about the american people. clearly that's the message. he said it's the american people who brought change and at the end he said it's the american people who give him hope. they promised a lot of things. he is cl

as valerie jarrett told us just before the broadcast, the senior white house adviser, this is not '08, this is a different man, a different year, tempered. "the new york times" this morning said he was a humble president, perhaps more conservative. we are indoors, after all, tonight. turns out to have been a clear night here in charlotte, but a preponderance of caution. right now democrats are threatening to make this an open-air arena. savannah guthrie and i have moved down to the floor. we have been told we are under threat of confetti cannons, so we'll stay low. the obama daughters, first lady have joined him up on stage. savannah, your initial marks on the speech. >> i think we have just heard the 2012 version of hope and change. i was told by an adviser before this speech that it wasn't going to be about barack obama, it wasn't going to be about mitt romney, it would be about the american people. clearly that's the message. he said it's the american people who brought change and at the end he said it's the american people who give him hope. they promised a lot of things. he is cl

women as everybody knows, the two most beloved women in barack obama's life are his wife, anne valerie jarrett talked at a breakfast. she said that he is running as an underdog, and we always run as the underdog, even if

closest advisers, senior campaign adviser, david axelrod and senior adviser to the president, valerie jarrett. welcome. >> good morning. >> this is the first time the two of you have appeared together side by side and you've known each other and worked together -- >> 25 years or so. >> we were waiting for the right occasion, charlie. we said this is the one. >> what did president clinton accomplish last night? >> i think he did exactly what we hoped. he made a very strong case, particularly on the economy. he has the perspective that very few have having been in the position he was and having done the things he's done. to see what he built, what the republican policies brought and to make the contrast between what president obama has done and where necessity want to lead. i think he did it incredibly effectively. >> what does that leave of the president do tonight? what does the president have to accomplish because in comparison, what a remarkable performance last night and by the first lady the night before. >> absolutely. the first lady really spoke from a perspective that no one else share

got no answers. >> david plouffe is a senior advisor, probably one of the most powerful with valerie jarrettouse. to take money from a telecommunications company doing business in iran. $100,000 fee. a month before he goes into the white house. pretty simple that's a conflict of interest. he ought to give the money back. megyn: does it compromise the presidentw when it comes to how he will deal with iran? >> when i was work for president clinton i had people approach me with offers that i thought were inappropriate. one of which came from intermediaries of the government of iran. you know what my answer was? a simple no, don't want to talk, don't want to meet. full stop. megyn: these companies may realize they can't compromise the president so they go to the underlings and try to compromise those folks. >> nobody walks up to you and gives you $100,000 and wants nothing in return. that's not the way the game works. he was on abc last week. not a single question about this. i lived through in the carter administration back in the days when the press did its job. any kind of scandal or issue, s

valerie jarrett, white house aide gets secret service protection, how does that happen.id plouffe, he was with on with george stephanopoulos and a national security advisor that is 172,000, and pension at 55 years old. still working and 148,000 a year more from, from what's left of fannie mae, none of those stories got any traction at all in the mainstream media. >> and hats off to john carl, media note. for putting out one of the three steel workers trotted out in front of the democratic national convention who got up there and said, you know, mitt romney is bad because bain capital closed our company and we lost our jobs. one of them didn't work at the company. he was a union organizers. >> the same problem that they had with that ad that was put out by one of the non-affiliated super pacs, on the obama committee. they need to do better in the fact checking department and i actually think the press, they did that and-- >> isn't this the party that's running our country right now? >> yes, it is. >> running or ruining? >> brit hume was very struck by something that i als

somehow all of this brings me to white house senior adviser valerie jarrett who has magically replacedot just one, but two men. >> isn't that funny how one woman can replace two men? >> thank you very much for coming up and being with us. >> my pleasure. >> i'm interested in contrition. i know the president's job tonight is to drum up the base, win back fans, remind everybody of '08. what will we hear tonight about how he's going to be a better president? >> well, i think savannah said it a couple of minutes ago. this is going to be a very honest conversation, certainly to our supporters who are here and watching around the country. but it's a speech really for all americans. he's the president of the united states of america and he's looking forward to having a chance to make his case directly to the american people for why he deserves to be re-elected president. it's been a great convention, it's been electric, and i think it's crystallizing, the choice that's really before the american people. >> the bob woodward book is coming out, and in it apparently the white house staff is in f

last week when i was down south, i got a call from presidential advisor valerie jarrett.that a new book accuses her of telling president obama not to approve the raid that killed usama bin laden. she said that is absolutely false. and i believe her. over the years she has never mislead me. now the reason i bring this up is to tell you that goldberg and i have in business, in business to keep things honest. and the purveyor of bernard goldberg.com joins us now from north carolina. >> i'm watching 60 minutes on the navy seal who shot bin laden, i thought it was a pretty straight report no spin. what did you think. >> i will answer that in a second. first i have to ask you a question. do you know what this is? >> bill: come back to bernie. that is a mule deer. >> exactly. >> bill: wasn't there a guy named gary muledeer who was a singer or something? i remember gary for some reason. >> maria muldowyer. >> bill: that's what was rove was referring to me as. >> i'm on top of it. >> bill: looking outer for me. >> i watched the interview. i agree with you. i found it riveting tele

>> well, he wrote some things that were okay and valerie jarrett, the senior adviser at the white houserned out when the columns were published in "the new york times" she didn't like them and actually told him he burned his bridges with president obama. orszag was the budget director for the first two years. >> right. as you know, nancy pelosi was reported as having put the president on mute. she says that did not happen. >> the president wasn't on mute. >> she put her own people on mute. >> she put herself and her people on mute. they had to come up with words on the stimulus package and they were dividing a great pie, and if you know lots of people in conference calls, which essentially is what it is, they get bore odder they want to do somethingle something else or focus, and they will mute their phone. it's not necessarily unusual. again, it was a nondenial. >> you're standing by the reporting. >> well, and the witnesses were there and emphatic about it. and there's nothing -- but the point of including that in the book is to show that this, you know, seven or 800 billions of dolla

. >> cornel west and want to ask about a profile of the valerie jarrett, perhaps the most important visorresident obama. and yet they talk about a moment where she calls you up to basically to you out. can you explain what this was about? >> i think it had to do with an interview i had given that reflected on the president and my claims that the president the would-what was the language? >> black puppet critics wall street' autocrats, black puppet. she asked me to take a back and i said i thought i was speaking the truth. then she tried to give me in line. i said i'm not that kind of negro. i tell the truth, but in the white house, cracow's, are in the house but that her to call me crazy and an american. in many circumstances, being called an american is a compliment. >> what you mean? >> i am anti-injustice in america. usually you are often viewed as being an american or anti- american reed said that as a complement. >> tavis smiley, due to the president has in some sense moved on some of these issues of wealth inequality? certainly he did appear in the earlier years of his administratio

the thing it is valerie jarrett other end of the chicago machine.uest: the president is calling the shots. he is heavily influenced and the man who ran his successful campaign in 2008, the senior adviser and has the office closest to the oval office. jogger free is very significant -- geography is very significant. when there is a decision to be made, he ways and with the political angle. i would say his influence, valerie jarrett plays a role. there are many other people. the congressional liaison plays a significant role in all of these. i layout exactly what happened, what we used to call the best obtainable version of the truth and it is often emotional. at many points it is complicated. host: the influence of joe biden in these talks. guest: biden is critical on all of this. going back to 2010, after the democrats lost the house, obama center by president biden to negotiate with mitch mcconnell. in the west wing, joe biden is known as the mcconnell whisperer. he has the decades-long relationship with mcconnell to work out a deal. deal inked out

tomorrow on the show, valerie jarrett, beau biden, senator barbara boxer, former seminar tom daschleron hall has a look what's next on "news natio nation". >> president obama will arrive in charlotte in the next hour. the latest on the breaking news regarding the change ren knew for the president's big speech and we perhaps will have our first video of the president touching down coming up. what are they saying, the democrats about the weather and why one senior visor is furious over the rumors that the venue was changed because of empty seats. plus both sides are agreeing, she delivered. plus, what the president said to his wife right after her speech. [ lisa ] my name's lisa, and chantix helped me quit. i honestly loved smoking, and i honestly didn't think i would ever quit. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. it put me at ease that you could smoke on the first week. [ male announcer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or ac

about that in the next segment, but you mention that had there was a meeting at the white house, valerie jarrettillary clinton, not a direct offer, but just sort of kicking the tires a little bit about the what-if, joe biden stepped aside and her being the vp and the white house vehemently denied there ever was such a conversation. tell us how we can be confident there may have been such a conversation. >> you know, i spoke to someone who spoke to hillary about it. and hillary related to this source of mine, that this lunch took place, a very pleasant lunch with valley jarrett, who we know is one of the three most important people in the white house after the president and first lady, and though it was a policy lunch, the subject of joe biden came up and although vall valerie didn't offer the job, that's up to the president and the vice-president, and she's certainly indicated she wondered what hillary felt about it and hillary said flatley she had no interest in running on that ticket for the very simple reason, that, one, she'd have to run in 2016 and defend the obama record which i don't thin