this is barack obama, i'm talking about. he is looking to the world like he doesn't really know what to do. now, that may not be fair, but it is the perception, is it not? >> well, i don't know if it's perception or not because if you think about this, to do a strategic review and that after all the administration has to look at this is an integrated thing. it's not just about the troops on the ground. it's about diplomacy with pakistan. it's about what india is doing in the area. bill: shouldn't they have been doing that all along? what are those guys in the pentagon doing? they are supposed to be fighting a war. >> you have got to pull it all together and to do it, you have got to get the top people involved. bill: general, are you telling me that our enemies in the world feel that barack obama's hesitation going on three weeks now, to send more troops to the theater is a strength play? do you think iran sees obama as a strong guy? i don't. >> well, you know, i don't know what the leaguers privately say about him. but i wo

>> barack obama carried both states easily only a year ago. now his approval ratings are around the 50% mark in both states and this is trouble in 1993, as you referenced when the democrats lost virginia, new jersey the democratic never passed significant legislation and the republican landslide came. the blue dog democrats 49 house democrats stheu districts mccain won. about a dozen democratic senators they are worried if a signal is sent about dissatisfaction about obama's policy, other than the president remains personally popular that could mean their seats are in jeopardy duringxú a landslide year. >> paul: there's an obama versus bush dynamic in both races describe that? >> in new jersey corzine's argument has been if you want to elect my opponent >> paul: electing for bush and cheney again. >> he says the same bush policies that got us into trouble. to pick up john's point especially in virginia. obama carried virginia by six points the first time a democrat had won there in 44 years this is now one of these kind of swing states that t

when we come back, barack obama and america's other noble laureate in our hits and misses of the week. me on, girls with, lifeless hair... our expert stylist recommends full & thick from pantene. it just got the good housekeeping seal. you wanna know why? the full & thick collection really leaves the hair full. starting at the roots, your hair lifts up and away. look at all this body. and that's gonna last all day. [ stacy ] a little expert advice. full, thick-looking results the leading salon brand can't beat. full & thick from pantene. healthy makes it happen. >> time now for had your our hits and misses and this week turning them over to the nobel prizes and jason, you have good things to say. >> yes, a big hit to the eight american scientists who won nobel prize nz chemistry, physics, six immigrants as well which is remarkable. the debate in this country usually focuses on low skilled immigrants. >> especially from mexico. >> mexico and other parts of latin america, but high skills should be a part of this conversation and if we're going to remain, excuse me, remain on the leading

president barack obama won the nobel peace prize. a senior administration official said the president was told about it around 6:00 a.m. eastern this morning and he was humbled. we should hear more from the white house later. the announcement took many by surprise because his name was not mentioned among the front runners. we want to know what you think about this, though. are you shocked about it? proud? go to our facebook page at cnn.com/robin and share your thoughts. >> one said obama! good. i love to see good things about our president. someone else, what's next, iran's president as time magazine's man of the year? totally unbelievable. >>> police in texas are honoring a five-year-old girl for saving her mom's life. about a month ago, briana sanchez's mom cut an artery in anterior arm on a broken window. she was bleeding so bad, she told her daughter to call 911. >> she was telling me to get the phone out of her pocket and call 911. >> little briana there got three awards including one given to police office -- by police officers

barack obama never promised the government-run health care plan. certainly never promised to quit afghanistan. is the white house now letting the noisemakers dictate the scorecards? and finally, unshockable. david letterman admits all and it's cost him nothing job-wise. so what's changed? some paid dearly. why not dave? is it ok these days to be a cad? hi, i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. barge barge, senior political analyst for cnn. clarence page writes a column, and david ignatius is a "washington post" columnist. first up, in the last few weeks the letdown between the allies seems to have spread. they're disappointed that some issues haven't been pushed and they're worried about the skill of the white house team. they're distressed at the heroic obama of the campaign, the guy who murdered a nobel peace prize is looking far more ordinary in washington. the first year has been critical for presidents who have gotten re-elected. f.d.r. pushed through his new deal in his first year. reagan passed big tax cuts and when bill clinton did his b

do you see they actually made fun of barack obama? but i don't believe it is -- i don't think it's -- i think it's a warning to him from the left. i'll explain, coming up. we have a lot to do. buckle up, and grab a pencil and paper because you will need to take some notes in the next few minutes. ifif you believe this country is great but corruption is taking us down, it's time to stand up! come on, follow me. hello, america. it is going to take three things to get us out of this hole. it is going to take honest questions. question with boldness. then, hold on to the truth. no matter what it is. no matter what you find, if it's the truth, it's the truth. hold on to that truth and then speak without fear. well, this is an odd process. i think that we are living through history right now. i know we are. things don't make sense to millions of americans. they don't make sense to me. they don't make sense to you, and i don't have the answers. i try. millions of americans come to this show every night not necessarily for the answers i give,

one of the things is i'm not barack obama. i couldn't make it through the press line of "dancing with the stars" without cursing people out. let alone a presidential press conference. >> he is extraordinary. >> yes. yes, he is absolutely -- >> the movie "guess who's coming to dinner?" sidney pottier had to have a ph.d., had to work for the u.n. and had to be so perfect in that film. i thought when obama was elected that is how perfect the black guy had to be in order to get elected. >> you're absolutely right. i remember one point during the election, and i -- how much time and energy was spent by barack obama and his organization just proving to america, i'm just like you. there's nothing to fear. i have a wife. i have two kids. >> they still don't believe it. the birthers still believe he wasn't born in the united states. >> well, he wasn't. other than that, i still voted for him. >> he was born in hawaii. but people still think that he's a muslim instead of a -- they just make up stuff as they go along, you know? you made y

>> barack obama went over with team chicago for the olympics. i like aflak because companies like aflak will go up 30%. brenda: where else? where else but on cable news would you hear "put the blade down

the nobel peace prize for 2009 going to president barack obama. the committee saying that he showed extraordinariest to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peop. you think a lot of people didn't think th -- mr. obama's name was mentioned but i think many people had thought it was a little bit too early in his presidency for that prize to be awarded to him but in fact it has gone to president barack obama. >> we are also following developing news in the philippines. deadly mudslides, a disafter the are relief official says dozens of landslides have killed an estimated 100 people. four major mudslides happened thursday burying almost an entire village. >>> president barack obama will meet with his top aides as he tries to formulate a strategy for the war if afghanistan. a senior official says the president is preparing to accept some part of taliban in the future. >>> and we're learning more about that midair collision between a small plane and a tourist helicopter over the hudson river back in august. >> what, are you having

>> barack obama went over with team chicago for the olympics. i like aflak because companies like aflak will go up 30%. brenda: where else? where else but on cable news would you hear "put the blade

. >> if barack obama were somehow able to cure hunger in the world the republicans would blame him for over population. >> tonight representative grayson's challenge to congress in its entirety and then he'll join us as our special guest. >> $79 million to bomb the moon and all we get is this? nasa's big bang is a big bust visually, will it still be a success scientifically. >> and from joker to punch line, david letterman leads the late-night laughs at his expense. >> i got into the car this morning and the navigation lady wasn't speaking to me. >> after week one of the scandal, is david letterman going to survive? all that and more on "countdown." >> i would give anything to be hiking on the appalachian trail. >> good evening from new york, i'm lawrence o'donnell in for keith olbermann. you shouldn't need to consult etiquette books to know the appropriate response when someone wins an award is to offer congratulations. our fifth story on "countdown" in response to the stunning news today that president obama has won the nobel peace prize, all but a handful of republicans and right wi

bush and barack obama between the chicago olympic bid is barack obama became president and lobbied for it. their support was the same. the only difference i see is the color of the skin of barack obama. but in any case, a joke about a candidate's stutter becomes big news. why is anybody joking about somebody stuttering, and on "hardball" with chris matthews, whether there is a flit between afghanistan and the white house. ( whooshing ) announcer: you could buy 300 bottles of water. or just one brita filter. ( drop plinks ) brita-- better for the environment and your wallet. how you could start saving. >>> there's a lot going on today, and here are a few things we thought our viewers should know. >> the gubernatorial race in virginia has taken a pretty interesting turn. a supporter for republican bob mcdonnell was caught on tape, david, mocking democratic candidate, since he has a stutter. that supporter is one of the wealthiest women in america, sheila johnson, and co founder of b.e.t., black entertainment television. here she is discussing communication skills at a rally this weekend.

barack hussein obama. mmm, mmm, mmm. barack hussein obama. has been running around the world for nine months telling everybody how much our country sucks. why would anybody award the olympics to such a crappy place as the united states of america? >> where rush goes the republican party follows. newt gingrich tweeted today, "president obama fails to get the olympics while unemployment goes to 9.8%. iran continues nuclear program. america needs focused leadership." rnc chair michael steele jumped into it, too, with a statement. "our country needs the president's undivided attention on urgent issues facing american families today. rising unemployment, soaring health care costs, winning the war in afghanistan and dealing with iran's nuclear threat." get a load of this. michael steele telling president obama to focus on health care costs? the hypocrisy here is absolutely mind boggling. now, the same crowd that says they support the troops didn't support the united states getting the olympics. they only support the troops when it's good for them.

president barack obama was in denmark and he met with general stanley mcchrystal on air force one. roman polanski settled on paying the sum to his victim back in 1979. a series of earthquakes have struck a remote area of eastern california. the earthquakes had magnitudes reaching 5.2 but there have been no reports of injury or damage. there were centered southeast of the tehran -- >>> rescued jews are still working in american samoa. -- restroom -- rescue crews are still working in american samoa. many could still be trapped. >> climbers of hope today -- a teenager and his mother pulled from the rubble 40 hours after the earthquake. they were conscious and without serious injury. beneath the debris, rescue voices heard voices. this woman waited as restaurants -- this woman waited. >> i saw the rocks and rubble collapsing. i thought by some would be killed. >> sides of life have rejuvenate rescuers but they say it is a large task. they have limited machinery, almost no power, and spot a communication. >> their desperate now so where do you start? we need large machinery. >> amateur

>> i think this was barack obama's emperor has no clothes moment. the guy should have gone over their only if he knew that he had it locked up. he expanded on a lot of political capital over there. he saw that he could woo the olympic committee. democrats are making fools of themselves by continuously blaming things on george bush. when will this stop? i heard bob himself a couple months ago saying that barack obama was the best economic president since roosevelt. patti ann: when an american president voluntarily takes up a fight and loses, it is a big deal. this demonstrates that being love is not the same as being influential are taken seriously. >> i do not buy that. the notion that he burned up a lot of political capital that not getting this is absolutely absurd. conservatives spend gleefully hours since this thing happened saying how it was a bad thing for obama. they're attacking their own country, in essence. their country lost the chance to have the olympics. i would argue back this morning -- >> do you think it is fun? >> you are not being

>> barack obama carried both states easily only a year ago. now his approval ratings are around the 50% mark in both states and this is trouble in 1993, as you referenced when the democrats lost virginia, new jersey the democratic never passed significant legislation and the republican landslide came. the blue dog democrats 49 house democrats stheu districts mccain won. about a dozen democratic senators they are worried if a signal is sent about dissatisfaction about obama's policy, other than the president remains personally popular that could mean their seats are in jeopardy duringxú a landslide year. >> paul: there's an obama versus bush dynamic in both races describe that? >> in new jersey corzine's argument has been if you want to elect my opponent >> paul: electing for bush and cheney again. >> he says the same bush policies that got us into trouble. to pick up john's point especially in virginia. obama carried virginia by six points the first time a democrat had won there in 44 years this is now one of these kind of swing states that t

if we can just deploy barack obama that his wonderfulness will turn the tide. will change the atmosphere. will win over people. that seems to be a fundamental tenet ofhe foreign policy of this administration, and the second point that seems to me worth making about that is there was a sense with chicago knocked out in the first round, but this was really the thumbing of the world's nose in a way at this country and it suggests that not only did the wonderfulness not work, but all of this engagement and charming that he's been doing of foreign leaders hasn't worked very well either. >> 18 of 94 votes. one of the most interesting reactions, immediate reactions came from illinois senator roland burris who blamed the chicago loss on george w. bush and his foreign policy for eight years. take a listen to this. >> chicago now is a victim of all of that negativism that came out of that bad image created. >> ouch. >> any comment on that? >> no comment actually when you think about how roland burris came to the united states senate in the first place. i do think to say

obama. >> reporter: only nine months into office, barack obama became just the third sitting u.s. president to win the nobel peace prize, teddy roosevelt was the first, back in 1906. president obama said it was not just for him. >> i do not view it as a recognition of my own accomplishments, but rather as an affirmation of american leadership. >> reporter: the nobel committee chose president obama for his work to increase diplomacy and address climate change and lessen the number of nuclear weapons in the world, goals that the president knows are all still works in progress. congratulations came from around the world. >> what wonderful recognition of someone who has already made such an impact on our planet. >> reporter: not everyone believes the prize is deserved. republican national committee chair michael steele said the real economy americans are asking is what has president obama actually accomplished? outside the white house reaction was mixed. >> he really hasn't had time to do anything of great significance. >> i think he has brought a lot of change here. he brings persona

they understand that if barack obama could somehow bring about world peace, they would blame him for destroying the defense industry. in fact they understand that if barack obama has a blt sandwich tomorrow for lunch, they will try to ban bacon. but that notice what america wants. america wants solutions to its problems and that begins with health care and that's what i'm speaking for tonight. i yield the rest of my time. >> wow. congressman grayson's speech from the house floor yesterday. up next the congressman will join us to talk more about the message in his remarks and to share his thoughts on the right wing reaction to president obama's nobel peace prize win today. representative alan grayson live next on "countdown." what is...? that's the guidance you get from fidelity. thanks. stay on the line! whatever your destination, fidelity has the people, guidance, and investments to help you find your way. >>> mr. bray kbra grayson goes to washington, but -- incapable of sustaining a filibuster, the appearance of an elected democrat putting the republicans on the defensive with simp

. >> if barack obama wins a second term, the games will be in the final year of his presidency. >> there's nothing i would like more to step a few blocks from my family's home with my wife and my two girls and welcome the world back into our neighborhood. >> it looked promising and then the first city to be eliminated. >> the city of chicago will not participate in the next round. >> humiliation for barack obama, he had spoken to them fa-to- face and had been rejected. then there was madrid. >> i am 89 years old. man i ask you to consider -- a man had asked you to consider to bring the games to my country. -- may i ask you to consider to bring the games. >> they were going against brazil. the president of brazil also came. south america have had none. that is going to change now. they never need much of an excuse for a party in rio, this one as well underway. the 2016 olympics will be in reio. >> disasters have produced astonishing stories of survival. it is now suspected that 2000 people are trapped under buildings collapsed by powerful are >> . the indonesian government is desperate to f

out in the first round, but barack obama praised chicago for its efforts. >> i am proud of was able to come in and help make that case in person. >> the president made the trip. did he pay a political price for trying to get the olympics? i do not think so. >> chicago supporters are more likely to be angry with the international olympics committee and give the president points for trying. critics say that going to copenhagen was a bad idea. >> we have a war in afghanistan and it could be a case of misplaced priorities. >> the bottom line is that chicago loses out. and rio de janeiro made history because of the first south american city to host the olympic games. >> president obama says he called the rio president to congratulate him. in washington wbal-tv 11 news. >> grab your cellphone 3 want to hear from you about this. tech's the word yes or no to 88509. standard text messaging rates apply. 66% say they would support another bid to bring the summer games to baltimore. >> now, at your 11 insta-weather forecast. >> there may be a few scattered showers tracking through tomorrow morn

barack hussein obama. mmmmm. barack hussein obama. mmmmm. has been running around the world for nine months, telling everybody how much our country sucks. why would anybody award the olympics to such a crappy place? as the united states of america? >> terry jeffrey for the defense? >> well, i think -- i do -- i think rush makes an excellent point. i think one -- no, i do. i think what he is pointing to and something the americans ought to be worried about with president obama right now is his going off to copenhagen to lobby to get the olympics for his hometown and failing to get it shows a serious lack of prudence, chris. and rush made the point, this guy is negotiating with the iranians. right now the guy is trying to negotiate with the iranians to stop a nuclear program probably headed toward the iranians getting a nuclear weapon. this it guy cannot predict what the international olympic committee will do when he talks face-to-face. yes, that should be ridiculed in forms like talk radio, and rush did an excellent job of point to go that v

>> chris, that's the question barack obama is asking general mcchrystal even today. if i give you the 45,000 troops, how long will it take for them to pacify the country and get a government that can stand up and army that can stand up and control the country? i think those are hard questions to answer in the positive in the short term, chris. from what i'm hearing from chuck todd and others, it seems as though the president is tilting toward more an anti-al qaeda strategy. in other words, holding off on the troops, the add-on troops to basically control the cities and protect the population and basically go in for a policy of going after al qaeda. >> let me go to howard on the same questions. how many troops, how long, and what will they get done before they leave? because eventually one fact is real. we eventually will come home and the afghanistanies will run their country. the afghans will. so what do we get done if we send a lot more troops over there? >> chris, the interesting thing is that question isn't just being debated behind closed doors at the white hous

. >> the nobel peace prize for 2009 is to be awarded to president barack obama. >> president barack obama, winner of the nobel peace prize. the announcement shocked the world. perhaps no one was more surprised than the president himself. >> this is not how i expect to wake up this morning. im both surprised and deeply humbled by the decision of the nobel committee. >> the reason for this highest of honors? >> for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. >> the nobel committee noted the president's efforts to reduce nuclear arms, ease tensions with the muslim world, and focus on diplomacy. the nominating deadline was february 1. the president had not been in office two weeks. even now, he has not had a chance to accomplish much on the world stage. he is fighting two wars, trying to push the middle east closer to peace, and push iran farther away from a nuclear weapon. >> we cannot tolerate a world in which nuclear weapons spread to nations, in which the terror of a nuclear holocaust and dangers more people. >> some believe that this i

i'm talking about president barack obama himself, the first u.s. president ever to enter into this kind of fray, and his wife, the first lady, michelle obama. it really was a yin yang approach and presentation. michelle obama really at times almost in tears, appealing emotional emotionally two of the ioc members saying how she remembers watching nadeo comenici. barack obama meanwhile appealing more to the head that america is a multiethnic society. that the state department and the white house and every organ of the united states would support back and deliver the best games ever if, in fact, chicago got that vote. but there's no sense at all at this point of course whether those two individuals even as persuasive as they are has swung the vote in chicago's favor. we won't know the answer until 1:00 p.m. eastern today. back to you, dan. >> all right, jim, thank you. well, if chicago beats the competition, the whole country could see an impact from hosting the games. the windy city, though, that would be center stage with a global spotlight. kristen

barack obama. barack obama has been running around the world for nine months, telling everybody how much our country sucks. why would anybody award the olympics to such a crappy place? as the united states of america. >> how do people -- whatever you think of rush, he never said america sucks. this guy is the best reputation builder. it is not even a partisan statement. no one has made america more popular in the world than the election the people did of barack obama. >> the argument is illogical. this president going around saying the united states has erred in all these different ways would be very well received in the international olympic committee which feels that way. and by the way, doesn't like the u.s. does not like the united states olympic committee. was burn over the bribery scandal. said at the time, we don't want to come back for about 20 years. >> why did he take the risk? why did he stick his neck out and to go copenhagen? was it the home town booster? >> chicago. he had a lot of pr

by barack obama's view of the world he should have been routing for brazil to get the olympics. we don't need the olympics. we've had it and our economy doesn't need the boost of the olympics. an american president goes and tries to bully the international olympic committee, i'm here for america. can you imagine if bush had done this and we hadn't gotten this heavy-handed cowboy, unilateralist, obama falls into the trap. they run for it. i must say you couldn't be help but being amused about this. >> brett: should they receive blame, the staff the white house over there, looking back it looked like they had it in the bag? >> i don't know they had it in the bag. i think valerie and you think about valerie jarret, rahm emanuel all through mayor daly, yes, this is going to happen. we're going to get votes out of african nations and asians nations thatren't convinced. they didn't have anything lined up. its temporary embarrassment. it's not going have to a long term effect. the way it looks internationally and president saying, you know, we need to confirm this is now america workin

barack obama has just won the nobel prize for peace. what's extraordinary about this particular win is the fact that the nominations closed on february 1. that means essentially barack obama was in office two weeks before he was nominated for the nobel peace prize. what did dough? brian: speech in germany when he was a candidate. steve: does that count? alisyn: they say they were impressed by his outreach to the muslim world and attempts to curve nuclear proliferation. i'm not sure that iran has complied with his attempts to curve those things. it's really incredible. nobel prize watchers -- and yes, there are those -- thought that this was not going to happen and a complete long shot when they heard these rumblings that president obama would win because his presidency is too new. as you said, the rumblings started two weeks into his presidency so that seemed like something people were doing for hype. but it has actually happened this morning. i'm stunned. i mean i'm stunned. steve: that's a good word to put it. alisyn: he was up agains

president barack obama has won the nobel peace prize surprising many. why they chose him. plus, nasa is set to intentionally crash two spacecraft into the moon just as you see here. why on earth are they doing this? and then police went to a licensed daycare center and found explosives plus a load of marijuana. how doctors tipped them off and all of that. breaking news, our first top story on this day. good morning to you again. >>> president obama has won the nobel peace prize. there were audible gasp s in the room when the stuns announcement was made an hour ago. the nominating committee said mr. obama was chosen for his, quote, extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy. they noted his research to the moslem world, his outreach to the moslem world in attempts to curb nuclear proliferation. >> only very rarely has a person to the same extent as obama captured the world's attention and given his people hope for a better future. his diplomacy is founded in the concept of those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that a

but more importantly, we should try, and we should give two weeks to the president barack obama to try to get -- to try to get our investigators in there and our inspectors in there. >> there's one little problem with your argument, okay, and you ought to take it to heart. your leaders in the democratic party rolled in 2002 and went with the president for the war in iraq for political reasons. they all did. john kerry did. hillary clinton did. chris dodd did. they all did. except for the president. they rolled. most of your leadership rolled for political reasons because it was easier to support the war than to fight it. you know why? because they're afraid they would be blamed if they didn't support the war. they chickened out. that's why you can't make that case anymore, because too many big shots in your party supported the war. >> chris, i certainly can make the case because i voted against that war. and my number one reason was because i worried about what was going on with iran. well, we just have to stand up and we have to tell people what we believe and we have to vote against

glenn: right. >> it is no attack on barack obama. there is no mention of democrats, because this is a non-partisan outkai from the american people. the right to be heard is so fundamental in american life. husbands expect it from wives an vice versa. children want it from parents and vice versa. why shouldn't we have the right to be heard from those we elect? glenn: when we come back, i will run through the rest of the signs quickly when we come back. 9 moms have a couple of questions for you, and i want to pick up that this is the opposite of saul alinsky, will it work to be positive in america? i think it will, but you are the expert on that. @=h%%%%%%% glenn: we're back with frank luntz and our moms here. frank is the author of "what americans really want, really," and i just want to go through these signs real quick, signs that frank says this is what the tea party people should be carrying. the next one is "how much will it cost?" and then -- >> and that's also part of "stop wasting my money." the number one thing america

you have conservatives saying that barack obama -- this is his point. the point is they say i'm a nazi. i'm a socialist. i'm destroying america. i haven't done anything yet. he's getting it from both sides. >> i love "saturday night live." i don't want to date myself here but i've been watching myself ever since it started. there's a role for humor. come on. you can disagree with some of obama's specific policies but he's in the tradition of great reform presidents. will he be one? we don't know. every reform president in modern history going back to roosevelt and maybe before has met with opposition. roosevelt led the war against fascism was called a socialist. i thought paul krugman was interesting on the failure of the olympics. we were talking about half of chicagoans opposed bringing the olympic games -- >> let's talk about that. let's take it, mike, from the strategic standpoint. was the president let down? everybody except dick knew that when they were going over there to copenhagen that this was a president getting the job done. let's listen to

barack obama talk about the aggressive use of intelligence, and he is right. that is what it takes to stop terror before it strikes. if we lose those provisions because of meddling by congress, because liberals who objected to george bush did it, unless they now support it when obama does it, we can unwind the cia and fbi possibilities to do their jobs. it is a tough job they have to do, because we do not know where these people are and where they are hiding. we need the means to do it. and this administration is largely good on counter- terrorism. the biggest mistake made was to try to close guantanamo. i hope that they do not try to close that. >> there are individual democratic members introducing amendments. this is not going to change. the obama it ministration can be sure of that. a combination of centrist democrats and republicans will stay with the patriot act in terms of the tools you need to do what happened here in this recent case. jon: are you saying that centrists and republicans will combine to keep a law where it ought to be? >> sure. obama's s

chuck, what is the win/loss ratio here for barack obama having joined michelle obama and valerie jarrett, flown overseas, put up with all the republican criticism that he's not dealing with the problems at home. the surprise appearance of general mcchrystal. take it from there. >> well, that's right. it's probably a good thing that general mcchrystal meeting happened. that can be, probably, had as much impact on the president as anything he did while on the ground in copenhagen. but, look, they're trying to make a pretty bitter tasting lemonade out of these lemons. you know, i had one aide say to me, imagine what the president would be feeling if he were sitting in the oval office when chicago got eliminated. muttering to himself, well, maybe, maybe mayor daley was right and i should have gone out there and done the final push. look, john yang had it right, the president was boxed in. that said, i wouldn't want to be a chicago elite, somebody who believes they're in this white house looking for a favor from this white house any time soon. in many ways it was a very ham handed way that ch

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and at the same time, barack obama succeeded in getting the poorer debtor nations in the i.m.f. to increase their vote share from 43% to 48%. that's like having the debtor nations run the bank they owe money to. and this absolutely was american policy at this g-20 summit. and in "catastrophe" we talk about how this is the opening step in repealing the declaration of independence that will put us in the same position as the european nations of being subservient to the european union and the i.m.f. sean: you think he'd compromised our sovereignty? >> yes, absolutely. i think he believed in one-world government and he believes in coordination. basically the socialists -- we write this and explain it. the socialists took over france in 1981 but it didn't work because everyone went to reagan's america and thatcher's britain. then the socialists said let's take over europe with the european union and that we they won't flee to another european country but they went to the united states. now they're trying to bring the united states into the global system so they can impose their socia

it's not clear where barack obama is. increasingly, it appears where larry summers and wall street is. while millions are losing their jobs, their credit cards are defaulted. where he is? where his leadership? >> in essence that's what the white house must now grapple with. as they confront really a big problem in this country and that is the rising number of unemployed americans. the movement clearly wants the president to act boldly and take on the status quo and allow this need for bipartsan this need to compromise to rule his agenda. >> the chair of the republican national committee, michael steele, was too sharp, but he went straight to jobs and the economy. all things being equaled, the white house would prefer the nobel prize for economic so they can focus more on jobs. >> look, the other problem with the movement is that it's shrinking. not nearly as exciting to support an incumbent president as a candidate for president. i think there was a joke during the bush years, being president is hard work. and i think oba

barack hussein obama. mmm, mmm, mmm. barack hussein obama. mmm, mmm, mmm. has been running around the world for nine months telling everybody how much our country sucks. why would anybody award the olympics to such a crappy place? as the united states of america? >> how do people -- whatever you think of rush, he never said america sucks. this guy is the best reputation builder. it is not even a partisan statement. no one has made america more popular in the world than the election the people did of barack obama. >> the argument is illogical. this president going around saying the united states has erred in all these different ways would be very well received in the international olympic committee which feels that way. and by the way, doesn't like the u.s. does not like the united states olympic committee. has not liked us since salt lake city. was burned over the bribery scandal. said at the time, we don't want to come back for about 20 years. >> why did he take the risk? why did he stick his neck out and to go copenhagen? was it his hometown booster? >> a

. >> barack obama. >>> dive-bombing the moon. nasa deliberately crashing one of its own rockets into the moon. see it live. and a giant question answered. is there water thousands of miles above the earth? >>> swine flu. we took you inside the cdc, action central for battling the disease. and you responded with a tidal wave of questions. and concerns. and we tackle them this morning. >>> and that startling diagnosis. breast cancer in a 10-year-old. an update this morning on the medicine and the tiny champion. she's here with her family. medicine and the tiny champion. she's here with her family. and their story of courage. captions paid for by abc, inc. >>> and good morning to all of you. i'm diane sawyer with robin roberts. it's friday, october 9th, 2009. and talk abo breaking news. president obama, nine months into his presidency, has won the nobel peace prize. it's really the kind of olympic gold of international diplomacy. >> he is the third sitting president to win the award. efforts to strengthen international diplomacy. >>

juan: barack obama is pointing the fingers at you and president bush and here you are pointing fingers at president obama. i don't see anybody looking out for people though are having their homes foreclosed on. >> i'm trying to correct a misstatement. you said we didn't do anything to do anything about it i'm correcting you. president obama is the one who constantly points the finger at president bush for everything. juan: you point the finger at him. >> people are sick of it they want to know what he is going to do. juan: if you saw it coming, how's come it hit us like a meteor. >> because fannie and freddie as bad as we thought they were, they were even worse. between 19 8 and 2000, fannie and freddie, these government-sponsored enterprises bought roughly $2 trillion worth of mortgage paper. between 2001 and 2005, when we tried to regulate them, they had a trillion dollars. juan: karl, we're coming back to you. >> $1.4 trillion. juan: year north cutting you off. karl is going to weigh in on the iran nuclear talks and president obama's big meeting with general mcchrystal. also, the st

first lady michelle obama, president barack obama, and oprah winfrey. but that star power was not enough to bring the 2016 olympic games to chicago. we have more on the big disappointment for the state. >> the city of chicago having obtained the least amount of votes not participate in the next round. >> their olympic dream turned into a nightmare. >> it is shocking that they went out in the first round. >> thousands gathered for an announcement and the celebration shifted to group therapy. >> for it to be over that quickly, it is a very fast. it is heartbreaking. >> i just do not feel good about it. >> it is a devastating end to almost three years of work. many celebrities and dignitaries pushed for it to come to chicago. >> i urge you to choose america. >> president barack obama made an overnight trip to denmark to lobby the voters for four hours. the white house says he is disappointed in thethe decision but is proud of chicago. >> our athletes and this nation is excited to compete in 2016. >> a stunned silence seemed to linger over chicago in hours.

. >> well in that euphoric moment when barack obama became president. we were tearing up and hugging. i'm going to the inauguration. i hugged my wife. we're now divorcing. a lot of things change. she's like, are you serious? like a hangover. she go, what you said last night. i said, what did i say? we're going to the inauguration. oh, yeah, that started the journey. >> jimmy: how did you wind up? were you invited to the inauguration? >> initially? initially, i was given tickets. the platinum vip package is what was told me worth $50,000. i basically was going to sit next to barack obama an hold the lincoln bible. i'm like, really. >> jimmy: and then what happened? >> we ended up with the purple tickets. >> jimmy: what did those represent? >> they were purple tickets. when i got there. everybody had purple tickets. purple, that's a royal color. i mean, it's not gold. and when we got there, it just was -- it was interesting. >> jimmy: were there other celebrities with you? >> not in my group. not in my group. as i stood, let me repeat, stood on the field