you look back on that now you tell the story that rahm emanuel in particular was eager to get valerie jarrett into the senate. that is one of the things that led to the downfall of rocco clive fitch. rod blagojevich. you explain rahm emanuel had such acting as a senior adviser was a formula for trouble. since then there has been a lot of trouble. valerie jarrett has become one of the most controversial members of the administration although the administration internally circulated a memo about the magic that would have done credit to the kim family in north korea. was rom wrong or do you think he was onto something? >> guest: i think rom had legitimate concerns and they were based on his experience in the clinton administration. if you are the manager is hard to manage people on the staff who have an independent personal relationship with the president with the first lady and i said before that has its challenges. i will say also that there is benefit and many presidents would say the same. there is benefit to having someone around you with whom you have a long history who is fundamentally lo

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valerie jarrett has become one of the more controversial members of the administration also the administration has circulated the memo about her magic that would have given credit to the court of the family in north korea. was he wrong or do you think that he was onto something? >> i think that he had legitimate concerns based on the clinton administration that it's hard to manage people on the staff who have been independent personal relationship with the president and the first lady and i've said before that has its challenges and i will say also that there is benefit and many presidents would say the same, there's a benefit with someone whom you have a long history who is fundamentally loyal and is unquestionably in your corner and he has the relationship. they go back a long time and there is value to that. so, i understood his concern and he did work very hard to persuade valerie to run for the seat but obama was giving up in order to become president and at the end of the day was the president who wanted her in the white house and i've not heard him ever suggest that he regretted that de

>> didn't take long before president obama's senior adviser valerie jarrett gave her glowing approval when she tweeted "congrats patty arquette, thanks for using your speech to advocate equal pay and for understanding when women succeed america succeeds. someone might want to show valerie jarrett article entitled male-female pay gap remains entrenched at the white house joining us democratic pollster and strategist jessica and great andrea tantaros co-host of outnumbered and "the five." very simple. let's go to anita dunn, remember anita dunn? she said former communications drekts tor said looking back this place would be in court for a hostile workplace because it actually fits all the classic legal requirements for genuinely being hostile workplace for women. do you know what the white house on average pays women compared to men? >> no but i think you're going to tell me. >> i'm going to tell you. 73 cents on the dollar. >> so less than -- >> obama's white house. how do you answer that? it's a bunch of hypocrisy. >> i don't think there's an answer for that beyond the fact that the p

you look back on that now, you tell the story that rahm emanuel in particular was eager to get valerie jarrett into the senate and that led to the downfall of rod blagojevich. largely in order to get her out of the white house, because as you explain, rahm emanuel feared that to have such an intimate friend of the president acting as a serious seniored aser was a formula for trouble. since then there's been trouble and she is one of the most controversial members of the administration although the administration internally has circulated and leaked a little memo about her magic that would have bun credit to the court -- done credit to the court of the kim family in north korea. was rahm wrong or do you think he was on to something? again, i think -- >> guest: i think rahm had legitimate concerns and they were based on his experience in the clinton administration it's hard to manage -- if you're the manager it's hard to manage people on the staff who have an independent personal relationship with the president, with the first lady and i've said before that has its challenges. i will say also th

valerie jarrett has become one of the most controversial members of the administration, although the administration internally has circulated a memo about her magic that would've done credit to the kim family in north korea. was rahm wrong or do you think he was onto something? >> guest: i think rahm have legitimate concerns and are based on his expressed in the clinton administration. that it's hard to manage. if you're the manager is hard to manage people on the staff who have an independent personal relationship with the president, with the first lady. and i've said before that that has its challenges. i wasn't also that there is benefit in many president would say the same there is benefit to having someone around you with whom you have a long history who is fundamentally loyal and is unquestionably in your corner. he has that relationship. they go back a long time and there is value to that. so i understood rahm's concern and he did work very hard to persuade valarie to run for the senate seat that obama was giving up in order to become president. at the end of the day it was th

we've got senior adviser valerie jarrett. national security adviser susan rice. secretary of commerce penny pritzker. and, let's face it, i like stanford grads. i notice steve chu who was around here who helped lead our energy department for awhile. and he's now hanging out -- i'm pleased to be joined by members of my cabinet our secretary of homeland security jeh johnson is here and our small business administrator maria contreras sweet. and i want to acknowledge my tireless homeland security adviser who helped and continues to shape our cybersecurity efforts, lisa monocle. so thank you, lisa. [ applause ] so i'd always heard about this campus, and everybody is riding bikes, and people hopping into fountains, and the current holder of the ax. this is a place that made nerd cool. i was thinking about wearing some black-rimmed glasses and tape in the middle. i guess that's not what you do anymore. ambassador mcfall told me if i came to stanford, you'd talk nerdy to me. but i'm not just here to enjoy myself. as we gather here today, america has seen incredible prog

and met with valerie jarrett and michele obama and the oval office.a made it clear to her that he was going to remain neutral in the democratic primaries. stuart: he just -- >> remain neutral and according to my reporting, they're looking at martin o'malley. they skipped over elizabeth warren, she does not have a fire in the belly to go ahead. stuart: elizabeth warren, very much to the left of center. very much in the obama mold on the left. >> including all this valerie jarrett has been quoted as saying in private that martin o'malley is malleable meaning if he got the nomination the obamas would have some big feed in during his administration. they would still be relevant. stuart: is there any doubt in your mind that hillary clinton will not be the nominee? >> no. bill clinton set up this strategy months and months ago in little rock with a bunch of his advisers. the strategy was to delay delay and delay the announcement as long as possible as far as the primary is concerned. first she was going to announce after the new year, then she said in april

seen, you know, sources that talk into the inner circle it is very centrally located in that valerie jarrettve a lot of power as well as susan rice the national security adviser. >> no real foreign policy expertise? >> obviously, susan rice with her as ambassador to the united nations. but beyond that, you're right. on the defense front, and when we're talking about micromanaging a developing three dimensional chest of this war against isis it takes a lot. i think there's a lot of frustration in the five side building known as the pentagon. tom: the president is out there the other day talking about if you don't give me my increased spending, you know security defense is going to hurt. and yet at the same time, you've got a guy, the generals say don't cut, don't cut, but this guy, could he possibly since he knows where the bodies are buried do cutting and keep the military strong? >> yeah, i think that's what the president wanted chuck hagel to do, and he did that until he started pushing back against the policy in syria, the policy in libya the policy in yemen, and that became a problem for

white house adviser valerie jarrett reportedly seated at the same table with the spiritual leader. back to you. >> thank you. >>> new this morning, a study from the pentagon says russian president vladimir putin may have asperger's syndrome. the autistic disorder affects, could affect all of putin's decisions. the study was conducted in 2008 and recently obtained by "usa today," and analysts at the u.s.ar college say putin's neurological development was significantly interrupted in infancy. researchers couldn't prove the theory because they couldn't do a brain scan on president putin. >>> today republicans plan to introduce their response to the affordable care act. the gop proposing an alternative to the president's signature health care reform. republicans have been outspoken about hopes to repeal that health care act. the alternative could leave millions of newly ensured americans in limbo when it comes to coverage. the supreme court will also look at the law and decide if the affordable care act is actually constitutional. >>> and for more on the proposed alternative we're join

. >> so it didn't take long before president obama, senior adviser valerie jarrett gave her glowing report saying congratulations, when women succeed american succeeds. she may want to think about the pay gap at the white house. democratic pollster is with us and of course the great andrea tantaros is with us. let's go to anita dunn, she said looking back this place would be in a war court because it meets all the requirements for genuine genuinely wrong policies. the obama's white house such hypocrisy. >> i don't have an answer for that, beyond the fact the president and all liberals and everyone should just get on board with the fact we need to change. >> so in other words they can applaud patricia arquette all they want, but not do as i say, not what i do. >> i wouldn't go that far? >> you wouldn't go that far? >> well give them time. >> give them -- they're on seven, two more years. >> 52 years ago, it was only at 59 cents of the dollar now we're at 77 cents. >> so he has had six-plus years to do something. he pays the women in the white house less, andrea. >> it's pretty hypocritical,

and i'm pleased to be joined by members of my team, we are infiltrated with people like valerie jarrett, national security adviser susan rice, secretary of commerce and i like stanford grads. i noticed steve chu was around here who helped lead the energy department for a while land he is now hanging out. i am also pleased to be joined by other members of the cabinet secretary of homeland security j johnson small-business administrator maria sweet. i acknowledge tirelessly lance security adviser who helped and continues to shape cybersecurity efforts. thank you. i know we always heard about this campus, everyone riding bike stand people hopping in the fountains, the current holder of the acts. of place that made it nerd cool. i was thinking about wearing black rimmed glasses with tape in the middle but i guess that is not what you do any more. i came to stanford, you would talk dirty to me. but i am not just here to enjoy myself. as we gather here today america is seeing incredible progress we can all be proud of. we have the best year of job growth since the 1990s. over the past 59 mont

how successful he will be getting the president or the key people valerie jarrett and the other people who are so influential in the department to alter their behavior or advice or views, i don't think that's going to happen. the president has got two more years. it seems to me the only thing that could change it is not going to be the press. it's not going to be the congress. it would have to be people in his cabinet. people in his white house staff going in and saying, look, we have been wrong we are making a mistake. we are going to have to calibrate and deal with this problem or are or 00 vacuum we have created is going to impose enormous cost on this country in time, in money, cost, and in blood. >> what do you make of what's going on in the ukraine with putin? >> well it's free play for putin. he sees no -- nothing that would suede him. europe is impotent in dealing with this problem. they have allowed themselves to develop a degree of dependency on russian oil and energy. and i don't see them -- ukraine is enormously important. right before our eyes, the world, not just the unit

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administration signed off on by secretary of state hillary clinton and senior police adviser valerie jarrett. >> they've shown a commitment over and above the letter of the law, that's consistently followed. >> reporter: not so in the case of the algerian money, the foundation says it was for haiti earthquake relief but admits the state department should have, quote, been formally informed. >> it is the responsibility of the department of state to determine how and how compliance was enforced when it comes to the memoranda of understanding. >> reporter: it's the times of the donation that raises serious questions whether that money bought algerian interest and thes more access. the contribution plus 420,000 in lobbying efforts coincided with 12 meetings between algerian lobbyist and thes state department that year. according to "washington post." then in 2012 secretary clinton met with the president of algeria during a visit to the country. algeria making huge donations while the clinton's was the top diplomat as well as qatar accused of backing hamas and other islamic militant groups. the d

it is embedded in the barack obama-val obama-valerie jarrett strategy to transform america. it is an anti-american, anti-western, but pro-islam, pro-iran and pro-muslim brotherhood strategy. his critics mount as do doubts about his leadership." all as president obama goes to congress to ask for new war powers. before genuflecting to mr. obama i hope congress will ask why a president would need greater authority for a military force that he apparently doesn't intend to use to defeat an enemy he won't name and whose threat he believes is overstated. a complex fellow our president. now the quotation of the evening. this from british journalist, editor author david gimmel, who said, "our modern world though infinitely more complex than that of ancient greece is also far more superficial. where the greeks offered simple psychological training, we live in an age of style and spin in which perceptions of good and evil slither and shift with the political view of the moment." we're coming right back. >>> the white house's stated and oft-repeated reasons for rejecting a meeting with

he listened to obama senior adviser valerie jarrett, related to the stamp honoree, but another reasonrought him here. he's collected stamps for 50 years. >> we are fi lat lists. >> reporter: he says his grandmother long ago set him right. >> she tasked me to put stamps on her christmas cards. i wasn't paying a piany attention. i put them all upside down. she scolded me and said this is really important. >> reporter: the stamp unveiling opened a yearlong exhibit of stamps tied to african-american history since the civil war. an envelope advertising slave sales, stamps recording slave purchases, ku klux klan memorabilia, klan symbols canceling stamp pshgs civil rights era, and 38 stamps honoring african-americans. more photos and information are on our nbc washington app. search postal museum. mohamed said stamps can show all people their history. >> the events that are depicted on the stamps touch just about everybody's life the if you just think of it to find out. >> reporter: in the district tom sherwood news4. >> a lot of people love stamps. so? let's recap. how bad is it going to b

as you look back now, you tell the story that rahm emanuel in particular was very eager to get valerie jarrett and to the senate and was one of the things that led to the downfall of the cleavage largely in order to get her out of the white house because as you explained he feared that perhaps such an intimate friend of the president acting as a senior advisor was a formula for trouble. there has been a lot of trouble. trouble. one of the most controversial members of the administration, although the administration internally has circulated. her magic her magic would have done credit to the court. was he wrong? >> i think he had legitimate concerns based upon his experience in the clinton administration's. if you're the manager it's hard to manage people on staff who have an independent personal relationship with the president, the 1st lady. i've said before, that before, that has its challenges. i we will say that they're is benefit in many presidents would say the same. there is benefit to having someone around you with whom you have long history who is fundamentally loyal and is unquestiona

which the white house refused to identify which leaders were in that they also sat down with valerie jarrettand others in the white house staff. fox news chief white house correspondent ed henry today pushed back. >> follow-up on the questions about meeting with muslim leaders yesterday. we were specifically told that you would not release yesterday because they were private citizen who is came in. now, as you yourself noted, the president met with private citizen who is were dreamers they're pretty young, and you brought in tv cameras. we didn't get all their names, but they're private citizens as well. i'm sort of curious is that under -- you suggested at the beginning that you might get the names. >> yeah, i'll see if i can do that for you. one thing we do know is that the names will be included in the waves record that are released. >> down the road. >> yeah. >> so they will at some point be released. >> let me see if i can get them released earlier. i know a couple individuals who have spoken in that meeting have spoken publicly about their participation in the meeting. >> doesn't that

as you probably saw, valerie jarrett made some comments recently where she almost took a swipe at you, i think, and maybe bob gates in saying she said quote, i would not serve in an administration and then be critical of that administration. you are well known in washington secretary panetta, as being a party loyalist. do you regret some of the critical comments that you've made of president obama? >> no, i think, look you know in evaluating the president and in evaluating any president, you look at their strong points and you look at the mistakes that are made. i think, you know history is going to be the ultimate judge as to each president and what they've done for the country. >> let me ask you this. are you done with politics in government secretary panetta? is there any job that might bring you back to washington? maybe hillary clinton's running mate in 2016? >> you know i've -- i've mentioned this before. i've got -- i'm back on a walnut ranch that my father helped plant and, you know i am glad to be back homeworking with a different set of nuts. it's much more fun to be working

[laughter] >> your assessment of valerie jarrett was not charitable. >> i admire her for having thatccountable power. >> that's not in the way that you think -- >> i often say that she kept the president going on this and reinforced his determination to push ahead with the bill during the different junctures where it looked like it was just going down the tube. we played a public role with the press on the tv appearance. if you are a real journalist is in a mixed picture. >> i want to switch gears for a second. you were heavily criticized by malcolm gladwell. one way of reading his review in the new yorker is that you're an imposter. [laughter] >> but it didn't end well. >> most people he's not the best writer in the world. that's where it was bad for me and i guarantee no one got it. >> what do you think his mistake is? >> one of the things he said he's not an expert in this area. >> that's for sure. he does this dichotomy as you will recall. she writes about the people and institutions and he actually said they wrote the story of how the institution of the white house corrupted ric

administration signed off on by secretary of state hillary clinton and senior policy adviser, valerie jarrett. >> sheep a commitment, their jeer january interest and others more access. the contribution plus another 420,000 in lobbying efforts, coincided with a spike in activity with 12 meetings between algerian lobbyist and the state department that year according to the washington because. then in 2012, secretary clinton met with the president of algeria during a visit to that country. algeria was one of a number of foreign governments making huge donations while clinton was the nation's top diplomat including kuwait and oweman as well as qatar, which has been accused of backing ham what is and other islamic militant groups. the disclosures a worry for democrats ahead of a potential clinton white house run, with critics bro from watchdog groups now wondering if rules against accepting foreign money by u.s. political candidates are being circumvented. >> public unable to get the records for years and years after she was secretary of state, really no transparency yes, i consider it a broken p

speaking of the white house, senior adviser valerie jarrett will be on "closing bell" this afternoonh one kelly evans talking cyber security. begins around 4:40 eastern time. next up, in china, companies usually hand out red envelopes of cash to workers on the event of the lunar year holiday on wednesday. this year alibaba's executive jack ma told his employees don't expect anything. he explained why on a blog saying in the past year, alibaba group has not had exceptional results and not any special surprises. aside from going public objectively speaking we haven't been satisfied with our results in 2014, coming on a week where elon musk like said their any going to be the best, if not already, the polar opposites of confidence here. interesting, right? >> it's very interesting, very interesting the tone he decides to strike here. especially when, just surrounding the ipo there was this global celebration that there was this company that seemed to have no limits to its growth, where many people here weren't watching it. so i do think that it's quite interesting you want to kind of mo

. >> and there are a lot of people who think maybe valerie jarrett has a lot to say about how we handlencern? >> well, it's big concern particularly with regard to iran. there are many who are now saying that she is really the architect of this nontreaty with the iranians which ultimately will result in the iranians having a nuclear program and america having to accept a nuclear armed iran. yeah she's a powerful influence on him. >> so when the pentagon feels that the shots being called from the white house are incorrect what do they do? how do they handle that? >> well, what they should do is they should push back on the president. they should complain. the national security advisor is picking up the phone and calling field commanders as this one is reported to be doing then the professional leadership in our military should be balking and pushing back and as a last resort, if they can't get any satisfaction and they see that their influence is meaningless to the president then they make a public statement and they resign and they tell the world why they have resigned. >> right. and th

valerie jarrett is the real quarterback of this administration.administration especially in the state department being run by 33 and 36-year-olds. these are not the people i think should be advancing our foreign policy agenda and she made a fool of herself on dennis: use yesterday. essentially arguing for a stimulus package that would destroy isis. imagine ronald reagan arguing for a stimulus package to get rid of the evil empire. language matters. quite honestly the people around the state department. stuart: the administration wanting fresh faces young up and come ideas. i can understand that. >> it has been record of blunders and really missteps from both the individual on dennis: use and the person running the state department under john kerry. they are just orchestrating an agenda that barack obama wants, not just appeasement bun inaction and chris matthews was really aggressive against her last night we're killing and domestic policy to handle these savages. liz: dennis: use and frustrated appears frustrated. >> he had his arms crossed. this

>> he is smart guy but at the end of the day the president and valerie jarrett seems to run foreign policyey will outpower him if he is hawkish. martha: adam kinzinger. thank you very much. bill: white house has seems mixed up. director of national intelligence moments ago telling a senate panel never seen the dangerous times in our country about but the secretary state of state. we will sort that out. martha: both navy seals wrote books about their harrowing encounters in iraq and afghanistan. marcus luttrell reacts to the verdict in the "american sniper" trial. why he says the ptsd defense of murder of his good friend chris kyle is out of place. >> ptsd is not straight line to breaking the law, because if it is, you basically, you're saying if i have ptsd i can slap somebody around all i want and cops show up claim i'm a veteran i have ptsd. that is not how that works. ♪ help an oil company overcome minus 47 degree temps, 5 foot ice, and 16 foot waves, to safely keep crude oil flowing 365 days a year. when emerson takes up the challenge it's never been done before simply becomes consider

we have senior senior adviser valerie jarrett, national security advisor susan rice secretary of commerce. let's face it. i like stanford grads. i i noticed he helped lead our energy department for a while. he's now hanging out. i am also pleased to be joined by other members of our cabinet the secretary of homeland security is your and a small business administrator. i want to acknowledge my tireless homeland security advisor who helped and continues to shape our cyber security efforts. thank you. [applause] everyone is riding bikes. people hopping in the sounds the current holder of the acts. [applause] it's a place that made nerd cool. taking about wearing sundials. i. i guess that's not what you do anymore. told me if i came to stanford you would talk dirty to me. [laughter] but i'm not just to enjoy myself. as we gather here today america is seeing incredible progress. we had the best year of job growth since the 1990s. [applause] for the past 59 months it created nearly 12 million new jobs which is the longest streak of private-sector job growth on record. and the hopeful sign for m

next two years on defense and that's not a very good position to be in especially when we've got valerie jarrett who is calling the shots and other people in the administration. will she be able to be proactive or will she spend the next two years playing defense all the time? >> when you come from a position in the state department that was so public and now you're going behind the scenes you've fwn in those positions before where you transition out of in front of the camera to mind the cam ration tell me about what that transition works. do you take someone who is famous for their gaffs but may be brilliant about strategy behind the scenes. >> you've got to hope so. the most important job for the communications director because they're not in front of the camera is being able to see around the corner being able to line up the communications strategy around the policy efforts of the president and the administration, but they also have to have again that credibility with the press with reporters, they're doing a lot of behind the skeebs communicating and, you know i think she starts off, again,

we have senior adviser valerie jarrett. national security adviser susan rice. secretary of commerce penny pritzker. and let's face it, i like stanford grads. i notice steve chu was around here, who helped lead our energy department for a while. and he is now hanging out. i'm also pleased to be joined by other members of my cabinet. our secretary of homeland security, jeh johnson is here. and our small business administrator maria contreras-sweet, and i want to acknowledge my tireless homeland security adviser who helped and continues to shape our cyber security efforts, lisa. thank you. so, i'd always heard about this campus and everything is riding bikes and people hopping into fountains and the current holder of the axe. [cheering] a place that made nerd cool. i was thinking about wearing some black rimmed glasses, some tape in the middle. that's not what you do anymore. as i came to stanford, i was told you'd talk nerdy to me. but i'm not just here to enjoy myself. as we gather here today america is seeing incredible progress we can all be proud of. we just

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which i thought was one of the greatest nights in modern political history, barack obama went to valerie jarrettat he would be on a college campus the next day. he said get me on a college campus. he went to the university of wisconsin madison and 72,000 young people showed up and support. when barack obama needed a bailout, when he needed energy and enthusiasm, he went to the young people. he built his legions on the back of millennials. now our generation has an opportunity not just to reject that agenda but to pay an optimistic future of limited government, individual liberty and increase the economy around entrepreneurship and the american dream. our generation, our belief system will be paving the way for millennials for decades to come. i look forward to this panel. thank you so much. Ëfinally we'll be hearing from representative mia love who truly needs no introduction. >> thank you. oh wow, it is so nice to be in a friendly crowd here at cpac. well unlike the current occupants of the white house, i believe that given the opportunity, the american people will rise to the occasion. on thei

valerie jarrett susan rice, secretary of commerce and let's face it, i like stanford grads. i notice steve chu who was around here who helped me lead our energy department for a while. he's now hanging out. i'm pleased to be joined by secretary of homeland security jeh johnson and small business administrator. and i want to acknowledge my homeland security adviser who helped and continues to shape our cybersecurity efforts. thank you lisa. [applause] >> so, i always heard about this campus and everybody is riding bikes and people hopping into fountains and the current holder of the axe. [cheers and applause] >> place that made nerd cool. i was thinking about wearing some black-rimmed glasses and tape in the middle. i guess that's not what you do anymore. i was told if i came to stanford, you would talk nerdy to me. [laughter] >> but i'm not just here to enjoy myself. as we gather here today, america has seen incredible progress that we can all be proud of. we just had the best year of job growth since the 1990's. over the past 59 months. [applause] >> past 59 months, our bus