. >> richard wolffe and john heilemann, thank you both very much for joining me tonight. >> thanks, lawrence. >>> coming up, we fast forward to election night november 6, 2012. tonight the last word officially projects president obama will win reelection 433 days from now. >>> and later, frank rich on our country ten years after september 11. why instead of being a united country we've ended up with what he calls a busted one. [ female announcer ] what if your natural beauty could be flawless too? discover aveeno positively radiant tinted moisturizers with scientifically proven soy complex and natural minerals. give you sheer coverage instantly, then go on to even skin tone in four weeks. aveeno tinted moisturizers. yeah. well we're the two active ingredients in zegerid otc. i'm omeprazole. and i'm sodium bicarbonate. just one pill a day ... gives you 24-hour relief. & one mission. two ingredients heartburn solved. >>> coming up, why one historian says president obama is definitely going to win reelection, it's called the 13 keys to the white house and it has predicted every presidential ele

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author of "revival, the struggle for survival inside the obama white house," nbc analyst richard wolffe. thank you both for joining me tonight. howard, with the debate tomorrow night, these presidential polling numbers coming out today will surely inform some of the lines of attack that the republican candidates will be using. what does the white house have to do now in dealing with these approval numbers that something real's happening here. >> i don't think there's any question about it, lawrence, and from having talked to democrats both in the obama camp and outside of it, i think it's clear that one thing the president has to do politically, aside from whatever he says in his jobs speech, is begin to make the case that the republicans are just not the alternative, that they are too scary an alternative, that they, in fact, represent what's wrong with life in washington, d.c. more than he does, and in the piece i published in the "the huffington post" today, having talked to a top obama advisor, he said the white house, not obama personally, but the white house is going to go after t

officer wolff seeing this alter came came running out from behind his car. car to assist with the arrest that officer ramos was doing. the evidence does not indicate that officer wolff had any indication of this exchange that had just taken place between officer ramos and kelly thomas. the evidence does not indicate that officer wolff had any knowledge that officer ramos was engaged in unlawful police conduct. the fiscal alter came began as officer ramos swung his baton and cased kelly thomas. ramos punched kelly thomas several times in the left ribs after tackling him to the ground. using his hand to hold kelly thomas's neck, partially laying on kelly thomas to use his body weight to pinnacly thomas to the ground, and holding him for other officers who were responding to the scene because there was a call for help. to use their physical force against kelly thomas. ramos caused officer wolff to come to his aid and to apply force on kelly thomas including tackling him, kneeing him, punching him three or four times, and using his body weight, holding and pinni

and richard wolffe is as members nbc analyst. how did we get him? >> we got him because of the fact after months of tracking this individual, after months of firing missiles at him fruitlessly, we got the right opportunity. there was a meeting that was taking place, it was not near a major populated zone, there wasn't the threat of civilian casualties, and it worked out. it was the right time and the right place. but there was a lot of work and there were a lot of failed efforts that led into this. >> how safer are we today, because we got him? >> well, here's the problem. anwar al awlaki didn't have a official title. he wasn't the leader, he wasn't the deputy leader. he was an adviser. so he assisted with recruiting westerners, okay, but he was not a military official. he's not a bomb maker. unfortunately, as far as al qaeda and yemen goes, they have pretty much the same military capabilities today as they did yesterday. it's more of a long-term thing. it may be more difficult for them -- >> wait a minute, let's get this thing straight. is he opera

. >>> let's bring in richard wolffe, thanks for joining me. >> it's a pleasure. >> as we continue toearing this language from it is right wing, i mean, can you believe they wrote the fed chair and say don't do anything -- do nothing about stimulus? i mean, are they reading the unemployment statistics? are they looking at the level of is poverty in this country? >> well, a bit of context here, obviously it's a free country, they can say whatever they like and write letters to whoever they like, but the fed is a independent agency, the pressure has been off the charts. you may have a fringe candy, or maybe a rick perry. steve forbes used to say alan greenspan want goosing it up enough. they have allowed the fed to make policy decisions on monetary policy, because elected politicians are no good at this stuff. they get it wrong all the time. they try to manipulate things for the politics. the fed has a remedy to cut down inflation and cut down employment. if these elected leaders, the leaders of the republican party think this is normal or acceptable, then the republican party isn't wha

get it together to schedule a speech and agree on something that basic and pedestrian. >> richard wolffe and john heilemann, thank you both very much for joining me tonight. >> thanks, lawrence. >>> coming up, we fast forward to election night november 6, 2012. tonight the last word officially projects president obama will win reelection 433 days from now. >>> and later, frank rich on our country ten years after september 11. why instead of being a united country we've ended up with what he calls a busted one. just one phillips' colon health probiotic cap a day helps defends against occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas and bloating. with three strains of good bacteria to help balance your colon. you had me at "probiotic." [ female announcer ] phillips' colon health. have i got a surprise for you! yeah, it's newad me [ barks beneful healthy fiesta. gotta love the protein for muscles-- whoo-hoo! and omega-rich nutrition for that shiny coat. ever think healthy could taste so good? [ woman announcing ] new beneful healthy fiesta. >>> coming up, why one historian says president obama is def

and richard wolffe, an msnbc analyst. thank you both for joining me. now it's a stimulus plan that's dead on arrival, is when we look at how the president says he's going to pay for it, because sometimes when you get into the detail, you find where people's interests are. he wants -- so it may be that because the president is talking about some of the wealthy and corporate interests that the republicans have of late then the big representatives, since he's saying they're the ones who have to pay for this job creation, that might be why they've got their backs up the beginning of the week, which is not like talking golf with vice president biden the other night. >> reverend sharpton, i wish it were that. in a certainly way, at least it would be substantive, either a philosophic all or a very real political argument. el or that they have political interests that align them with these individuals who will see some increased tax burden. i don't think it's even that substantive. i think the speed with which they turned on and said, no, actually this is just

get it together to schedule a speech and agree on something that basic and pedestrian. >> richard wolffe and john heilemann, thank you both very much for joining me tonight. >> thanks, lawrence. >>> coming up, we fast forward to election night november 6, 2012. tonight the last word officially projects president obama will win reelection 433 days from now. >>> and later, frank rich on our country ten years after september 11. why instead of being a united country we've ended up with what he calls a busted one. [ female announcer ] crest whitestrips two hour express. in just two hours you can have a noticeably whiter smile that lasts for months. hi. hi. [ female announcer ] two hour whitestrips from crest. life opens up when you do. while i took refuge from the pollen that made me sneeze. but with 24-hour zyrtec®, i get prescription strength relief from my worst allergy symptoms. so lily and i are back on the road again. with zyrtec® i can love the air®. or creates another laptop bag or hires another employee, it's not just good for business -- it's good for the entire community. at bank

. >> joining me now, msnbc political analyst richard wolffe.hard, one trillion dollars as we hear out of the congresswoman's mouth there. it sounds good but how in the world could obama pitch that and get it through this congress? >> well, what's the definition of going big here? trillion dollars is an arbitrary number and that was pretty much where the first stimulus came out. clearly this round is not going to look like the first round because the politics have changed but there is consensus from conservative economists and liberal economists that in the short term, the united states government has to step in to kick-start, to get going, this economy, again in the short term, before dealing with these deficit issues. now a trillion dollars can be carved up in many different ways. whatever the ideas are can be configured in different ways. tax cuts are an obvious form of stimulus, not what maxine waters would think about but there is a nominal value to that which actually adds demand to the economy. that's in fact how the bush tax cuts were fi

. >> let me go to richard wolffe. richard, you know, it reminds me, back in the bush era, which seems like a long time, thank god, that bush was always saying things in his strange way, i'm not going to think a lot about getting bin laden, it never occurs to me, here's the guy he swore he was going to get the friday after 9/11. he tried to pretend that they weren't really worth going after. that we had more important things to go after in iraq. this president seems to be targeted towards getting the destruction of al qaeda accomplished. >> right. and look, i think george bush was sincere about wanting to get bin laden. obviously, they diverge e ed themselves into iraq. but intentions count. there are key markers here that really demolish the republican line about this president that he doesn't have a policy or he's weak or he's incompetent or he apologizes for america around the world. these kind of moments bring home how focused he has been on what he said he would do, which is to go after the coalition of al qaeda a

attention will now turn much i can safely or team will start training in earnest on monday richard wolffe picton new zealand. and finally to golf where the russian state of the european challenge tour came to an end with englishman some little wrapping up its third till victory after a tight battle. some little had made a big move up the leaderboard on the third day of the russian challenge cup as the englishman climbed sixteen places to take his share all believe with swede bel-air medical and austria's florian pregnant the thirty six year old was in search of with third challenge to a win on the final day which would secure him a place in the on board and top twenty and a card to return to the european tour and a londoner in next five birdies in two bodies on the front nine to extend his lead meanwhile well as compared to a down to johnston who was fourth before the final round there to put some pressure on the leader with a needle only fifteen in the long buried but on the eighteenth challenge to our johnston was trailing to a little bit just a stroke. and little had to make at least p

now turn chooses match against italy or the team will start training in earnest on monday richard wolffe lead r.t. picked in new zealand. finally efforts are being made to ensure the junior ice hockey tugwell cup returns to the russian city of on sticks him on all star squad from the american. league one same time to siberia. it's. before coming to russia for the in the old girl junior club world cup these guys had never experienced international i saw there were eight teams from just as many countries and the tournaments that e.j. h.e.l. all-star squad representing the united states you know hockey is one of the few sports studies is truly worldwide and in a sport that the united states does not dominate in which most of our professional sports are majority american born players but hockey is one where they have to compete with players from all over the world so for have them have the experience to the common and see how they match up against some of the best for around the world is is outstanding well the russian fans were dreaming of a final that would involve their team against the c

wolff? >> dan lothian, over at the white house, thanks very, very much. >>> lawmakers want the questions answered about why a solar panel manufacturer went bankrupt after receiving $500 billion in government loans. executives from solyndra were on capitol hill today, and lisa sylvester is there and following the story. how did it go, lisa? >> hello, wolff. the lawmakers didn't get many answers because the company executives invoked the fifth amendment right against self-incrimination today. the fbi and the inspector general and the treasury department are all looking into the solyndra, a company that has received more than half a billion dollars from taxpayers and money that is likely not to be recovered. >> you both swear that the testimony that you are about to give. >> reporter: the solyndra ceo and cfo were sworn in and peppered with questions, but more than ten times they declined to answer. >> i have been advised my my kocounsel it is better for me t insert my ability to decline to ans

right max couldn't quite get a bite on that last question but thanks for your input as ever much fred wolff senior analyst agree capital thank you. but the city has started a campaign for statehood ahead of the september twentieth vote in the united nations they carried a letter to the local u.n. mission in ramallah saying they are peaceful demonstrations will continue until palestine becomes a member state and results he's pulling reports next the whole region is in a state to build up to the. well the palestinian authority officially launched its campaign for statehood today thursday and in a formal letter to the un secretary chief banking roun it urged the international body to recognize palestinians just demolished and what we understand is that the campaign will involve a series of events in the run up to the opening session of the un general assembly on september the twentieth it has been dubbed the national campaign for palestine state one hundred and ninety four and to launch it some one hundred palestinian high ranking officials and activists gathered today thursday at the u.n. hea

richard wolffe is a journalist and an msnbc analyst who has written extensively on the president's economicask you about the book. we have all these weird embargo rules about what we can say. whatever you can say, this book, does it ring true? >> well, in parts it does read true. i mean, some of the things that have come out, we've already sort of knew. i mean, whether it was about this whole idea of the white house as a boy's club, that is something that we've already extensively reported on, here at "the washington post," at "the new york times," there had been pretty lengthy stories about this. of course, now we have anita dunn pushing back specifically on something she supposedly said in the book, saying that the white house was a hostile environment to women, that it fit the legal definition of a hostile environment. she's very much pushing back on that. i spoke to her on friday. she also declined to discuss -- in the book, there's a scene where there's a dinner featuring 12 women who go to the president and really complain again about this kind of frat boy, all-boys environment. and s

let's go to these questions, do you think, richard wolffe, you studied the politics of this presidency better than anybody, how do you see the argument here. let's start with the right wing, is this going to be a right-wing victory in this nomination process? when it ends up in tampa next fall, at this time next year, will we end up with a conservative candidate? >> i'll put money on that. the energy of the party is for an extreme candidate that doesn't want to have anything to do with the center, with moderates, with obama's position. >> that's what i think. i think the party of heat and hatred to some extent needs a head, that's got to match the heat and the hatred. your view, cillizza, is the party going towards somebody of true right-wing belief and attitude, not just somebody who's acceptable down the center right/middle? >> i think right now, chris, you've got the choice between the heart, which is clearly rick perry. he's the guy who gets people animated. they believe that he believes, right? he's the heart. and the head, which is mitt romney. the head thinking steady, electabil

from the reagan library is michael steele, msnbc analyst and former rnc chairman as well as richard wolffe, msnbc analyst and political contributors. good to see you, gentlemen. >> how you doing, tamron? >> doing great. >> michael, i'll start off with you. >> sure. >> does perry need to bring it tonight? >> oh, i think so, and i think he will to some degree. i think there's going to be a little bit of kind of the i'm the new kid on the block and not really want to cause too many waves but if pushed, he'll push back and he may tweak, you know, romney or one of the others like a michelle bachmann a little bit. certainly he's got a lot of upside to him and expectation, but i think the dynamics on the stage are going to be very different tonight. >> richard, you heard michael bring um michele bachmann and this will be the first debate she struggled for the spotlight. no one knew what to expect from her in the first debate in new hampshire, but she stuck to her talking points, clear, articulate and lit up the room? what does she need to do, if anything? what can she do to really try and upstage

former prosecutor, jonna spilbor and defense attorney, david wolff.he intentions when you look at the case say you weren't there, you don't get the dough. there is more to the story, david. >> absolutely, megyn. in a legal sense he has an uphill battle, there is no doubt about that. i advise people to make a contract in these situations so you're covered if you're out ill like he was. that didn't happen in this case. however for eight years, megyn, this is equitable issue. for eight years they were all for one, one for all. they were the 22 musketeers. when this man suffers a very serious back injury and misses several months of work, they throw him overboard literally say, uh-uh, you're out of luck, pal, you're out of luck. no way. when this go to a jury, juries tend to eat up equitable issues like. they like fairness. megyn: and the other 22 have enough dough they can share with this guy. the thing that caught my interest was his lawyer says the groups unwritten policy for year was to cover colleagues unable to make the payment because of illness, h