kathleen parker, dan senor, chrystia freeland, and bernard-henri levy. kathleen, you were talking about during the break how it's been difficult to have a rational discourse about the mosque. >> right. well, i wrote a column, as i guess probably most of us at this table have, in support of building the mosque near ground zero. not on it but near it. and i got these just, you know, floods of letters from people, many of whom were appreciative. and by the way, my column was translated all over the world. i've gotten letters from countries, muslim countries all over. which has been really gratifying and lovely. but from the united states i've gotten quite a different taste of support for the -- not support for the mosque. and what i've seen is this leap of logic from oh, if you support the mosque then the next thing you know you're going to be living under sharia law and i will be the next stoning victim. the assumption is that you give one muslim, you know, a cookie and he's going to impose sharia law and that's the end of freedom as we know it. >> but doe

kathleen parker and former governor he wieliot spitzer, th new program. parker/spitzer debuts in two weeks. kathleen, to you first, you talk about solving the rid am of the sphinx. what happened to the guy who had the midas touch to where he had this town hall today he was getting battered by people who said they supported him? >> yeah, well, i'm afraid that he touched too much and it didn't turn to gold. this time obama has gone too far with too many programs too fast and the american people feel overwhelmed and that lady spoke for many. i think even those who voted for him are now exhausted and trying to defend him and find a place to land that they can be in favor of his agenda. it just hasn't worked so far. >> you know, john, let me defend the president if i might, and i don't do this as a partisan, as a democrat, but somebody who has take ann look at those presidents who have been transformational whether it is fdr, whether it is lyndon johnson, whoever it may have been, it takes time. campaigns are truncated. they're a number of months. you get the

beginning on monday, kathleen parker, eliot spitzer will debut their new show. i met eliot the other day. he's a good guy. i mean, he's fired up about this. they're going to do great. >> best of luck to them. >> you and i are going to stay connected. >> we're still here in the afternoon. >> 3:00 to 4:00 every day on "rick's list." here now, our pal larry king. >> larry: tonight, bob woodward and president obama's wars on the battlefield and in the back rooms. the commander in chief shares his fears about a nuclear assault. says america could absorb another terror attack. and rips into pakistan. revealing it all and more. why do presidents keep talking to bob woodward? we'll find out next on "larry king live. kwvt good evening. he's an old valued friend. we go back many moons. than we both care to say. he's the associate editor of "the washington post." number one on amazon. "obama's wars" published by simon and schuster. thanks for being with us as always. this has a double meeting, does it not? >> it does. it's specifically the war in afghanistan, which is, of

kathleen parker, eliot spitzer, will be here tomorrow night with a preview of their new show which debuts monday. they'll answer your questions. send them to kings things on twitter or my facebook page, facebook.com/larrykinglive. let's check in with anderson and "a c360." what's our lead tonight? you always have something surprising. >> yeah, we're keeping them honest tonight on really the strangest story we've come across. new developments in the case of a michigan assistant attorney general. he's made it his mission to o n attack an openly gay student. he's called the student a nazi, put a swastika on him and satan's representative and hung outside his house at night with a video camera, again, this is from the assistant attorney general in michigan. we spoke to him last night and defended his actions of the today though a lot of people are calling for him to be fired. there's one person who can make that decision and that's his boss, attorney general cox and we'll talk with attorney general cox about why no action has been taken and one of the more bizarre and sexually accusatory ads

and cnn's newest hosts kathleen parker and eliot spitzer join us. we'll see you, soledad, at the top of the hour. >> anderson, thanks. that's in a couple of minutes. let's talk about your past. you've been working for the state department or with the state department for many years, under the bush administration and now as well. what exactly do you do? >> they have a visitors' program, an exchange program where they send people from this country, americans all over the world, to talk about things in latin america and various other subjects and they also invite people from other parts of the world to visit the united states, get to know the united states. >> that's a national security mission in a way? >> kind of an exchange visitors' program to get -- to build relationships between people in various professions, religions, et cetera, with their counterparts, with other people in other parts of the world. i've done about half a dozen of these to various parts of the muslim world. >> you've heard about this pastor in florida, terry jones, who is propo

instead hired were kathleen parker, eliot spitzer and piers morgan. joining me to talk about these moves, in new york, senior reporting for broadcasting and cable manage in. tamp, media critic for the "st. petersburg times." here in washington, executive producer of "bbc america's" "bbc world news america." are you feeling their pain? you got sacked as producer of the news six months after couric's debut. can be a brutal business. >> i was looking at my iphone friday and thought, boy, this is not a good day to be a middle aged white media executive. i was attempted to hide under the desk. sure, nobody likes to get fire department. -- fired. i didn't and i'm sure these guys didn't. john and jeff were in the jobs probably longer than anybody should reasonably expect in this day and age. this is a volatile, tough business, and a particularly tough time in a tough business. this is not the last act for either one of them. >> zucker, as i mentioned, wasn't surprised that the axe fell because of comcast spending billions to take over nbc. it's got to be an

kathleen parker, eliot spitzer are here tomorrow. jenny mccarthy on friday. right now, "ac 360" with some incredible stories. here's anderson cooper. >>> larry, thanks and thanks for watching everyone. tonight keeping them honest, the law enforcement official, an assistant attorney general targeting a college student in his spare time, singling out for a campaign of vitriol and online attacks. new developments tonight, and the same question people keep asking us, why hasn't his boss fired him? we'll put that question to his boss, the attorney general of michigan. >>> also tonight a bombshell campaign ad re-enacting a senator's visit with a prostitu prostitute. is it fair? is it true? we have the facts. >>> and later a rare sitdown with michael j. fox, his battle with parkinson's, what his days look like and what the future looks like in the battle against this killer disease. >>> we begin though tonight keeping them honest. one of the new developments in one of the oddest stories we have reported on in a long, long time. new calls tonight for an assistant att

kathleen parker and eliot spitzer, our new dynamic duo on thursday night and go to our blog to send in your video or written questions for them. cnn.com/larryking. "a c360" and anderson cooper, right now. anderson? >> larry thanks. thanks for watching. begin with breaking news. as you mentioned, president obama's right-hand man chief of stuff rahm emanuel all but certain to be stepping down. sources say he'll be running for mayor of chicago. got two of the best political team on television to talk about it, what it means for the white house. they will weigh in. also, politicians distorting the truth in hopes of winning your view. you'll see which politicians are playing fast and loose with the facts and how they selectively edit videotape in their commercials to do it. we're keeping them honest, a democrat and a republican. later, eddie bernice johnson, remember her, the democratic lawmaker who steered money that was supposed to help needy kids go to college, steered it into the pockets of her own relatives? she says she's taking responsibility but every time she talks about it she ref

host: kathleen parker wrote in "the washington post" about the president's choice to go to cleveland, ohio, where the house minority leader gave a speech on the 24th. if you are interested in that speech, you can find it on our website, c-span.org. what she says about this is that he does not get it. "no one is a -- enjoying his attempts to demonize john bay near than john maynard. in the process, elevating the prey. when the administration called rush limbaugh the leader of the republican party, no one was more delighted than rush limbaugh. host: butler, indiana, your thoughts? caller: i appreciate your taking my call. as a tea party member, i cannot stand republicans or democrats. the thing is, we will have a problem watching republicans saying all these few things that they believe, acting like they are one of us, but once they get into the white house they will go back to their own business. host: why do you say that? take someone like scott brown, who had support from tea party members. what you make of how he has voted since he came to the senate? he did not get the seat complet

. >>> bob woodward, wednesday night, kathleen parker and eliot spitzer, our new dynamic duo on thursday night and you can go to our blog to send in your video or written questions for them, cnn.com/larry king. "ac 360" and anderson cooper right now. >>> breaking news, president obama's right handyman, chief of staff, rahm emanuel, is stepping down. sources say he's running for the mayor of chicago. we have two great democrats to weigh. >> and winning your vote? >>> which politicians play fast and loose with the facts and how they selectively edit video taip in their commercials. >>> and remember eddy bernice johnson? remember her? she was supposed to steer money to help needy kids go to college. she steers the money into the pockets of her own relatives but then when she talks about it she refuses to take blame and won't say what happened. her story this time is pretty stung. >>> and tonight, a picture of may him in afghanistan with civilians killed for sports. body parts kept as souvenirs and troops in fear for their lives if anyone talked. all of that in the hour ahead. rahm emanuel l

kathleen parker, eliot spitzer are here tomorrow. jenny mccarthy on friday. right now, "ac 360" with some incredible stories, here's anderson cooper. >>> larry, thanks and thanks for watching everyone. tonight keeping them honest, the law enforcement official, an assistant attorney general targeting a college student in his spare time, singling out for a campaign of vitriol and online attacks. new developments tonight and the same question people keep asking us, why hasn't his boss fired him? we'll put that question to his boss, the attorney general of michigan. >>> and a campaign ad re-enacting a senator's alleged visit with a prostitute. is it fair? is it true? >>> and later a rare sitdown with michael j. fox, his battle with parkinson's, what his days look like and what the future looks like in the battle against this killer disease. >>> keeping this honest, new developments in one of the oddest stories we have reported on in a long, long time. new calms tonight for an assistant attorney general of michigan to be fired. in a moment we're going to talk with

kathleen parker from "the washington post." we'll be talking about everything from economics to politics to culture. things that matter to people. this story today about this awful story about the rutgers student driven to suicide. what does that mean about privacy and the invasion of privacy? the inability for people to lead a life without everybody staring at it. what's happening to our society? is this 1984? what do we do about it. the gamut of issues. a lot of laughter and serious conversation. >> wish you the best of luck. we'll all be watching. great to talk to you. >> my pleasure. >> john? >> thanks, kiran. >>> tropical storm nicole fizzled out and serious flooding in store today and tomorrow. rob's tracking the forecast and you can see from the red it is going to be a messy one. stay tuned. ♪ [ man ] i thought our family business would always be boots. until one day, my daughter showed me a designer handbag. and like that, we had a new side to our business. [ male announcer ] when the martinez family saw an opportunit

host: kathleen parker writes -- given what you just said, do the republicans need a new leader in the house? guest: i do not thk so. if the republicans won 50, 60 seats, it is not likely that they would get rid of boehner. in a broader sense, obama is almost radioactive, politically, now. democrats do not want to be seen with him. democrats are running ads against him. if obama goes into ohio and criticizesohn boehner, i think she is right, it is a boon for him. the agenda he is proposing is going to help boehner become speaker of the house. host: next phone call. ron on the republican line. caller: i was watching c-an 3 yesterday. i heard the republicans try to push their 2003 tax cut through. they guaranteed us that they would have jobs, that they would create 2 million jobs. by the end of the decade, they would see the best economy that we could ever see. they lied. i listened to everything. democrats said everything that would happen with their tax cuts happened. i do not know how they can go back to the george bush tax cuts, and paid for -- unpaid for. if you want to do something