with us today, "the washington post's" bob woodward. politics daily alex wagner. "the new york times" helene cooper and new york magazine's john heilemann. first up, barack obama won the white house as the insurgent. now he's the incumbent. he ran on the audacity of hope. where there was hope, there are now points on the scoreboard. audacity's been replaced by what, wisdom? "60 minutes" correspondent steve crop asked the president about the change. >> you ran as somebody who was going to come to washington and change it and in the end, as some of your predecessors, they've ended up changing you. >> i think it's fair to say it hasn't changed me in terms of my ideals, you know when you're campaigning. i think you're liberated to say things without thinking about ok, how am i going to actually practically implement this. >> do you think you were naive? >> no, i don't think i was naive. i just think these things are hard to do. chris: bob, you wrote a lot of inside books on our recent president, get to know him. what is the before and after with this guy? how did he c

first up tonight, a conversation with "washington post" columnist and best-selling author, david ignatius. his spy novels are always connected to real-world events and his latest is no exception. "bloodmoney" centers on fictional c.i.a. operations in pakistan. also, ziggy marley is here. this year marks 30 years since the death of his legendary father. as ziggy is continuing to forge his own path in the music business, with his latest c.d., "wild and free." later, on, a special form mans from ziggy marley. david ignatius and ziggy marley coming up right now. >> all i know is his name is james and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i'm james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference, you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible b

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the headline from "the washington post" -- "gop declares an impasse." story is by lori montgomery and we will be checking in with her in just a moment. our question, what is next? host: this morning from "the washington times, the photo of congressman erick kanter, who said he will not participate, because taxes remain on the table for democrats. this reaction yesterday from the speaker of the house, john boehner. >> i talked to the majority leader about these talks for the last several months. i know the frustration that he feels when democrat members continue to want to bring tax hikes into this conversation and insist that we have to raise taxes on the american people. i think mr. cantor has made it clear these conversations can continue if they take the tax hikes out. secondly, what i said a few weeks ago after we were all down to the white house. i said that if we're going to meet the president's side, to come to an agreement by the end of the month, he needs to engage. the president is going to have to engage. host: yesterday, speaker of the house,

the "washington post" is reporting brown gave them copies of the money orders and brown tells fox 5 he has other revelations. he'll talk about them when he testifies tomorrow. fox 5's karen gray houston takes a closer look. >> reporter: brown has been the subject of an intense search for weeks. finally a judge compelled him to testify before the committee on government operations. >> i'm sort of surprised by this, because i had a conversation with mr. brown before the investigation began. he said he was very happy to do that. didn't need a subpoena. >> reporter: brown told fox 5 by phone when he testifies, he'll produce money orders on top of the five he's already shown the "washington post." he says he'll also testify the fbi was able to get fingerprint dna from envelopes that contained the cash he said gray campaign people gave him, and that those envelopes have been linked to people in the gray campaign. brown also says the congressional oversight committee investigating the case has pictures of those envelopes. >> he's welcome to bring forward any relevant evidence he wants. >> rep

american there are related stories to this first of all from patrick who is the ombudsman for the "washington post" who says the post deported a compelling story. the story in the post saying i think readers should care about how the post handled the case of jose antonio vargas who confessed in this compelling piece for "new york times" that he was and i will legal immigrant brought in to california by his grant parents -- grandparents. it is a disclosure that the post assistant managing editor knew of his illegal status when he was a post employee from 2004 to 2009. pearl kept in a secret. he says i think the post missed an opportunity to tell a great story. this is from the ombudsman of the "washington post." from the new york daily news 1.1 million jose antonio vargas, the lesson behind the reporter who o outed himself u.s. policy is a tragedy. these are stories we wanted to bring to your attention on the former "washington post" reporter from "new york times" and "washington post" and "new york daily news". raymond from savannah, georgia. independent line. caller: we do need to cut the spendin

according to the "washington post" the fight began shortly after take-off when one passenger lowered his seat and then the person sitting behind him objected. objected strenuously. >> i guess so. [ laughter ] >> i would have guessed the food. it would have been the food for me. >> oh, okay. >> or the lack thereof. >> that's right. >>> hey, guys. we have some more scattered showers around the bay area. some of those cells are pretty impressive. we take you in toward the east bay in concord, walnut creek, look at this cell toward pleasant hill. we have a wandering cell moving through. we'll see more of this on and off throughout the morning, moderate to heavy rainfall rotating by. more of that picks up during the morning. out the door, be prepared for rain. temperatures in the 40s and 50s. widely scattered but picking up in the morning and toward the afternoon. showers with the possibility of some thunderstorms could be a very interesting day weather-

when i got to "the washington post," ben bradlee, tough but thoughtful. the managing editor, again, in the same vein. to be able to walk around a news room and see bob woodward and as can questions and others, michael will bonn, a terrific sports writer who was there the time -- again, all of these resources. bob woodward, i realized how dogged he was, but thoughtful. those two are not mutually exclusive. >> this is from december 31, 2010. if you listen closely, there are numbers that are hard to believe when it comes to the number of cell phones that are in jails. >> pierre thomas has to present to find out what happens when using a cell phone turns deadly. >> these are self funds taken from inmates in the south carolina state prison by captain robert johnson and his contraband squad. >> we will go in and search the inmates, search their living in areas, search their work areas. >> capt. john's search turns up so phones in every place imaginable. he sees some shot over the fence in homemade bazookas and sent in footballs. captain johnson does such a good

and from "the washington post," the lead story. the economic recovery is faltering and washington is running out of ways of getting back on track. two bright spots of the past few months -- manufacturing and job creation -- both slowed in may. that is the front page of "the washington post." the story continues on the inside right here. on friday, the labor department will release its report on may jobs growth and the unemployment rate. that is, again, from a "the washington post." what do you fit washington's role in the economic recovery, if any, should be? we will start with a democrat from cleveland. steve, you are on the air. good morning to you. steve, good morning. caller: good morning. host: what do you thing washington's role in the economic recovery should be? caller: the congress of the united states should immediately draft legislation to stop the corporations of this country from outsourcing and pursuing the cheap labor that is overseas. i really believe that this is why we are in iraq, this is why we are in afghanistan

a day when a knew poll is out by the "washington post." and abc news.r disapprove of the way president obama's handling the economy? 40% approve. 59% disapprove. other stats from that same poll, nine and step, continue to rate the economy in negative terms. 6 in 10 of those surveyed give president obama negative marks on the economy and deficit. bring in a pam about this. steve hayes for "weekly standard." kirsten powers. and charle charles krauthammer. >> the first problem with this is he cites at the press conference the idea what we are seeing in may is basically the gas prices are the most prominent head wind. that is the way he put it. but if that is the case, the numbers don't bear him out. it may put the best month in terms of gas prices from january through april, you saw gas prices successively rise and some cases spike in february, average gas price rose 40 cents. gas prices around the country. you had strong unemployment numbers. 200,000 jobs added per month in the time period. in may, however, you saw the gas prices decrease by 20 cents a ga

this weekend gave copies of money orders to the washington post which show he was paid by members of vincent gray's campaign during last year's campaign season. those money orders total about $600. he says they were made out to sulaiman brown. brown alleges that vincent gray 's campaign paid him and promised him a job in the administration if he stayed in the race. brown was hired and then later fired as the auditor in the d.c. department of health care finance. he made the allegations public not long after he was let go from that position. the testimony today is supposed to be around 1:00 this afternoon. as part of a deal that struck with the d.c. council committee that is supposed to wrap up sometime before 7:00 p.m. we will be here for that story and updates viewers as we get more information. jummy olabanji, abc 7 news. >>> 5:02. former international monetary fund director dominique strauss- kahn will be arraigned in new york city this morning. he is expected to plead not guilty to charges he sexually assaulted a hotel maid last month. he is under house arrest. if convicted, he c

you told her you wanted to disclose that in the pages of the "washington post." why? j the first thing i told her is i'm sorry. i said i'm really, really sorry about this. and the second thing is i said i'm going to come forward with my story and i want to do it for the post because i thought that was the right thing to do. i owe a lot of high professional identity to that paper. that paper has been very and was very good to me. so i thought it was the best place to tell the story. >> and then you did write the article and this was extensively edited and stensextensively fac checked understandably. and days before the decision would have been made to run this, the executive editor killed it. were you surprised at that decision? >> yeah, i was surprised. but at the end of the day, everything thankfully worked out for the best. i ended up just reaching out to peter baker at the "new york times" and he contacted his editor and i spoke to the times the next day and thankfully they ended up running the piece. >> but do you feel like the "post" was almost in a position

>> david ignatius pointed out in front a's "washington post" -- friday's "washington post close but is that arresting people who helped the government -- these were spies. we do that in our country when people spy for our friends. we arrest them. i don'tind that incredible. >> did and we give billions of dollars to help find the enemy? >> you don't choose your allies in this world. some of them are double dealing, and that is what pakistan is. we are in trouble if ibecause or best friend in pakistan, at the military head, is under attack from his own military and he could lose his position or more because of the resentment against america and his helping america. >> i want to go back to republican politics and take another look at michele bachmann's performance earlier this week. >> this election will be about economics. it will be about how will we create jobs, how will we turn the economy around, how will we have a pro-growth economy. that is a great story for republicans to tell. >> that is michele bachmann, congressman from minnesota. i will name no names, but in the past, a member

other stories in the news, "the washington post" political roundup. he pointed out one of the good things that happen to democrat is the emerging star of governor andrew cuomo. saying his successful push -- looking at some of the images from the newspapers. yesterday in new york there was a gay rights parade, pride parade, a lot of focus on that because of the decision late last week to legalize same-sex marriage. our question for you this morning is about defense cuts and what you think they should be part of an overall package to cut spending. there are 36 days left before the debt ceiling needs to be raised in order for the treasury to make ends meet. but "the washington post" does have a cover piece about defense spending and how republicans see it on the table. our next viewer joins us, in favor of the cut. good morning. are you with us? welcome. caller: i call -- i am a democrat, but when the lady asked me what i was i told her -- she said she was not taking any calls, so i called on the republican line. host: i am glad you got through. caller:

joining me now is john thain cape hart, editorial writer for the "washington post" and msnbc. and john erroll from new york one with. and john fear ray republican strategist. we have a full vote here. first of all, john, let me start with you, since you might be one to disagree. we will find out. whether it is chris lee or weiner, doesn't affect their jobs, i don't really care. where am i wrong there? >> i'm not sure if you are wrong. what i would like to see here, cenk is a nice, long investigation by the ethics committee, find out if he used official resources, find out if this -- these pictures he sent were part of a consensual relationship or not. i think that is a big part of this. obviously what he did was creepy. you have to work to bring credit to the house, this doesn't do that. that is a problem. i think is something the ethics committee will take up, you are right, nancy pelosi, the former speaker has thrown him under the bus and his long-term political prospects are very uncertain or worse, probably over. i think there's a lot of happy new york congressmen now who

there were stories like that as the "washington post" and 68 would arrive at the same thing. a few of them had one or two people but most of them had nobody, and so after that there was this sense my god there is a huge story and a huge community. they don't understand it or aren't comfortable out there. we need to hire some people to do it. i was hired a little bit differently. , but then what i did get to high year that as was my first john i was almost 18 with "the chicago sun-times" was as a columnist for something called viewpoint for schools and they realized they didn't have any voices that were people of color at all on this page and after doing that i got called in to the editor's office and he said to me i've been reading your column in the viewpoint for schools. what do you think starting monday if i give you a column in the reel newspaper? and i sort of looked at him and foley incompetent 19-year-old said that's what i want to do all the time, so sure. that's what happened. so i wasn't hired as a direct result of the riot but there was an awareness at that time in

washington post reports that sulaiman brown gave them copies of the money orders and now brown tells fox 5 he has other revelations he'll make when he testifies tomorrow before a d.c. council committee. karen gray houston is taking a closer look tonight. >> reporter: sulaiman brown has been the subject of an intense search for weeks. finally a superior court judge compelling him to testify before mary cheh's committee on government operations. >> i'm surprised because i had a conversation with mr. brown before the investigation began and he said he was very happy to do that, didn't need a subpoena or anything. >> reporter: brown told fox 5 by phone when he testifies on monday, he'll produce money orders on top of the five he's already shown the washington post. he said he will also testify that the fbi was able to get fingerprint dna from envelopes that contained the cash he said gray campaign people gave him. and that those envelopes have been linked to people in the gray campaign. brown also said the congressional oversite committee investigating this case has pictures of those env

"washington post" reports sulaimon brown gave them copies of the money order. now, brown says he has other revelations he will make when he testifies today before a d.c. council committee. we get more from stacy cohan. >> reporter: sulaimon brown has been the subject of an intense search for weeks. finally a judge compelled him to testify. >> i had a conversation with mr. brown before the investigation began. he said he was very happy to do that. didn't need a subpoena, didn't need anything. >> reporter: brown told fox 5 by phone when he testifies on monday, he says he will produce money orders on top of the five he has already shown the "washington post." he says he will also testify that the fbi was able to get fingerprint dna from envelopes that contained the cash he says gray campaign people gave him and those envelopes have been linked to people in the gray campaign. brown also says the congressional oversight committee investigating this case has pictures of the envelopes. >> he is welcome to bring forward any relevant evidence that he wants. >> reporter:

host: tim geithner writes in " about "washington post, the auto bailout.wo years later, all three american automakers have returned to profitability. we demanded tough concessions from chrysler and gm. they were forced to cut their bankruptcy, clean their balance sheets, and adopt stringent plans to move toward profitability. we gave the companies enough space to make sound business decisions and push ahead as they would in a private restructuring. that is timothy geithner, the treasury secretary, writing in today's "washington post." he will be on capitol hill testifying today. in new haven, chris, democratic line. we're talking about the clean debt ceiling increase rejection. what does that mean? caller: it means that we cannot raise the debt ceiling without some spending cuts. but like the guy from idaho and like the guy who just but said, there has to be some revenue increase, tax increase, and alaska i just said he would be content with the tax rates during clinton, but also spending limits like in clinton. and if you take the hysteria out of it, ther

according to a new poll in the "washington post", president oba obama's approval rating is 47%. only 40% approve of the way he's handling the economic recovery. a third approves of his approach to the deficit. on top of that, 50% say an economic recovery has not yet begun. two-thirds of all americans say the country is on the wrong track >> and the bad economic news doesn't top there for the president. the white house's top economist goolsby says he is stepping down. he is chairman of the economic advisers says he plans to return to his teaching job at the university of chicago. >>> our time right now is 5:06. whenever and if ever footbaresu there's a change at fedex field. >>> and an air quality alert for today as we begin another heat this is like an iceberg volcano. it's like lightning in a snowball. it's like frozen hot chocolate. ah! ah! you got it! yeah, i was just reading what was on the cup. try our new dunkin' donuts frozen hot chocolate. it's like frozen hot chocolate. america runs on dunkin'. >>> our time right now is 5:10. and we have 69 degrees outside. a little day

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for tonight's tool time award and tonight we've got a double winner the new york times and the washington post say these two newspapers set off the alarm this week they needed an army of volunteers to help them with a major project they needed citizens to help create some very important documents the release to the media yesterday and no was it another wiki leaks dump of documents pertaining to a war or a watchdog group releasing info and government waste oh no this was much much more important you see the state the state of alaska released nearly twenty four thousand pages of e-mails today from back when sarah palin was there governor that's right two major newspapers who run award after award for their hard hitting journalism decided that they needed help reading sarah palin's e-mails now both paper sent cruise to alaska to cover the major news event but they still needed that help from the public you just can't help but wonder why do they need help covering a non-story sarah palin quit her job sold out for fame and fortune and has spent the last two years making a living by criticizing othe

these numbers came from "the washington post" poll and they are stunning today. >>> and high drama isding in the casey anthony murder trial. the latest testimony, and what it could mean for the case. a consultant for casey's defense team will be with us to talk about how it's going in three minutes from now. you don't want to miss that. we'll be right back. >> what do you recognize that odor to be? >> i would recognize it as a human decomposition odor. >> that you smelled many, many times before? >> 20 years' worth. martha: all right. we've got some new insight into the casey anthony murder trial, a growing number of experts have been asking if the prosecution is blowing this case by taking too many legal chances. jennifer ber inger is a consultant for the casey anthony defense team. it's very good to have you here. a lot of attention is being given to this trial, a lot of people watching what's going on in there, and one of the biggest things that i think came out today is this discussion of the finding of chloroform in the trunk. now, since the very beginning, there was speculation

: then, we get the latest on the insurgent attack on a kabul hotel from pam constable of the "washington post" in afghanistan. >> warner: miles o'brien has the story of some do-it-yourself projects that are fun and serious all at once. >> what does a rolling cupcake have to do with teaching kids about science, technology, and mathematics? well, it's all about the frosting, i'll explain. >> brown: and judy woodruff talks to a father and daughter team-- marvin and deborah kalb, whose new book looks at t shadow cast by the vietnam war on today's military decisions. >> they had to win and yet they lost and so presidents after keep looking back at that experience and say we can't run that risk. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> i mean, where would we be without small businesses? >> we need small businesses. >> they're the ones that help drive growth. >> like electricians, mechanics, carpenters. >> they strengthen our communities. >> every year, chevron spends billions with small businesses. that goes right to the heart o

the first from "the washington post."y not be able to overcome the obstacle of his anonymity, at least this time around, but he contributes a thoughtful competence to the republican field. while some seem to be running for a host position on fox news, huntsman appears to be running for president. >> michael steele, what do you think about huntsman? . like huntsman. i think he brings it to the table. i think he kind of breaks that mold. he comes in. he's got a connection to the administration, which i think in the long run will not hurt him. he understands from the inside the thinking of a lot of folks in the administration. that can serve him well in a race against the president and i think a lot of base activists are going to look at him a lot less critically because at the end of the day it's going to boil down to who articulates jobs. >> john heilemann, your partner in crime, mark hall prin saw him up in new hampshire. said he and his wife together were better than any political couple he's ever seen. >> since michael

desaprobacion del presidente obama ha subido notoriamente en el tema economico, muestra 1 encuesta del washington post y la la saprobacion del presidente obama ha subido notoriamente en el tema economico,el cual sus posibilidades son relativamente buenas. pero si la economia no se mejora, las posibilidades de su reeleccion son muy bajas." mas de la mitad del electorado no cree que hay recuperacion economica. segun la encuesta, la desaprobacion mas alta del presidente obama esta en su manejo economico y en el tema del deficit federal, donde casi el 60% de los consultados no estan de acuerdo con su desempeno." el comite nacional republicano opina que los democratas no se dan cuenta de la magnitud de la crisis. si, las encuestas lo que muestran es que esta eleccion se va a tratar de la economia y del pesimo historial del presidente obama en crear el pro que le preocupa que no se creen empleos rapidamente. "mientras haya personas desempleadas, buscando trabajo, cada manana me despierto pensando como podemos volver a es empleo." hay que 5 en el nor

it still doesn't mean that the war in afghanistan is coming to a close the new york times the washington post are all reporting the president is going to remove it ten thousand troops by the end of two thousand and eleven and the rest of the surge goes by summer of two thousand and twelve but even if fifty thousand troops were to leave by the end of twenty two well that still leaves before eight thousand more we've seen these end dates come and go and even a transition to afghan control of security at twenty fourteen allan's been walked back by military officials they do officials too and reports have said that secret negotiations for a permanent u.s. base in afghanistan have been underway so this is a long ways from over so what's the real course of action that needs going to be needs to be take it what are the chances for peace talks with the taliban to be successful and it will this be our final war of large ground troops at the extended global war on terror is fought with drones and special ops teams from pakistan and yemen here to discuss this with me is lawrence wilkerson retired u.s. a

this weekend he presented "the washington post" with several money orders that he says are claims.ce gingrey denies this. >> i think we're back where we were with marion barry. i think it has put a damper on this administration. i think it shaded this whole administration. >> other residents say this support may or gray while some don't know who to believe. >> as a citizen i don't know who is telling the truth. >> that hearing starts at 1:00 this afternoon behind the wilson building. we will be in there and we will update this story throughout the day. >>> the time is 6:33. the d.c. attorney general is said to make an announcement today regarding a nonprofit organization run by councilman harry thomas jr.. it offers sports to kids but it is accused of being a slush fund. the attorney general's office have -- has been investigating who gave money to the organization and where that money went. >> the time is 6:33. the former head of the international monetary fund is scheduled to appear in new york city's courtroom. dominique strauss, is expected to plead not guilty to charges he sex

pierda popularidad >>la desaprobacion del presidente ha subido notoriamente es lo que muestra washington posttico. >>si decimos que la recuperacion de la economía es sólida y que como dijo el presidente esto solo es un bache en el camino, sus posibilidades son buena, pero no mejora, sus posibilidades de reeleccion son bajas. y los temas más bajos son el tema economico y el tema federal donde los consultados no están contentos >>y las encuestas indican que estas elecciones tratarán en economía . >>mientras haya personas desempleadas, cada mañana me despierto pensando cómo podemos volver a darles empleo >>lo que tenemos que tomar en cuenta es que esto fue un mes, y aún cuando la tasa de desempleo subió, el mes número 15 fue que tuvimos desempleo en el sector privado. >>mientras los demócratas piden una investigación al congresista anthony winner, piden su salida. >>un grupo de periodistas esperaban en su residencia, alguna reacción. >>los de su distrito fueron los primeros es dar su opinión >>una de las media docenas de mujeres a la que winner envió mensajes sexuales, le dijo que era obvio que

and dana millbank, columnist for "the washington post."mes, are the media wallowing in the salacious details of the weiner story? >> there certainly is that aspect. and andrew breitbart had the uncovered photo. >> we'll get to that. >> which i don't think actually that news organizations would have run with. >> give me your overall assessment of the behavior here by news organizations. >> the behavior by the news organizations, i think, was responsible. i think that the congressman was going out telling this absurd story about a hacker. and the media had an obligation to get to the bottom of it. he is a u.s. congressman. if there was a hacker, he was impersonating a congressman. there were ethical and legal issues at stake here. >> absolutely legitimate story, dana, but how much of it has been driven by journalistic anger which is that he lied to all these journalists at press conferences and television interviews. and is there a point where it just becomes excessive? >> i think this was a minor story until that extraordinary interview wit

expected to start sending armed drones to seek al qaeda targets inside yemen according to the washington post through its military all previous covert action in yemen the change is significant because the cia operates under a different legal authority than the military the decision reflects fears of a growing political instability in yemen. that kind of a big deal you see we're not officially at war with or in yemen and our military has been illegally hitting the place a drone strikes and bombs for the last couple of years something the media never really asks about now because we want to keep it legally hitting the place the drone strikes the decision has been made to just give that responsibility over the cia so you can expand the entire campaign and there's less publicity about it and so congress doesn't ask any questions and you got thirty seconds of your coverage wiener gate isn't a question from the president but shadow wars being fought on our behalf paid for by our tax dollars and ways without asking anyone not getting congressional approval that isn't. that's what i call a mainstream

jose antonio vargas is a high-profile reporter at the washington post covering the 2007 virginia tech shootings. he told abc news at 12 his mother sent him to california to live with his grandparents, he's been living and working in the u.s. illegally since then, he wants congress to pass the dream act to allow people to come to the u.s. as children to become citizens. >> i am one of many, many people. and we are not who you think we are. we don't just mow your lawns and baby-sit your kids. and serve you tacos. >> you can watch more tomorrow on world news and friday on good morning america. >> during her trip to south africa, there was a powerful message for a group of young female leaders, mrs. obama received a rousing welcome, urging the women to change the world for 9 the better uk be the generation that brings opportunity and prosperity to forgoten corners of world and banishes hunger from this continent forever. >> the trip included a wreath-laying ceremony at a memorial honoring those killed during a 1976 student uprising. she and her daughters dancinged with children at the day

. >> brown: "the washington post" picked up publication. the paper's late publisher catherine graham described her difficult decision to publish them on the news did hour in. >> but the editor said we have to maintain the momentum. the issue here was the government's ability to restrain the print newspaper. and they felt so strongly about it, that i came down on the side of the editors. >> brown: but a 6-3 decision in the supreme court soon said the government had no right to stop the publication and landmark first amendment decision. 40 years later, that ruling comes into play in classified leaks such as the recent effort spearhead by the controversial anti-secrecy group wikileaks. and today 40 years to the day after the world got its first glimpse of parts of the pentagon papers, the national archives released them in their entirety completely unsensored for the first time-- uncensored for the first time. though there is little expectation that much new information will be sifted from the trove n this era of instant document dumps, one of

our new abc news/"washington post" poll finds that support for the war has risen for the first time that's >> the same poll shows widespread discontent for the president on economic matters and could hurt his re-election campaign. it shows mitt romney in a dead heat with president obama among all americans. romney has a respectable lead among rest of the republican pack. the poll shows 59% disapprove of the way the president is handling the economy his worst showing yet. >>> our new poll puts sarah palin 15 points down in a hypothetical race with president obama. it has a new film as her time as alaska governor hits the big screen. jonathan carl gives us a sneak peek. >> reporter: in a clip of the movie, sarah palin is portrayed as some one who had almost super human power as governor of alaska. >> she was the ceo of 25,000 employees. >> of all 50 government noirnz the united states she was sitting at the desk as one of the most powerful. she was ant frayed to use the powers. >> reporter: many remember it differently. she left office more than a year before her one and only term was over.