bob woodward, gloria borger, michael duffy and lesley stahl. enough about the book, i want to hear about your date. well, he showed up in a van. [ women ] oh-awww. [ voices in background ] [ female announcer ] swapportunity. the opportunity to swap a higher calorie snack for a delicious 90 calorie yoplait light. ♪ sorry... about your date, the details of your date. [ female announcer ] just one swap a day helps keep the calories away. yoplait. it is so good. >>> good evening. i'm dine divider. >> i'm terry mcsweeney. we begin with breaking news out of boston where nbc news is reporting the surviving marathon bomber is communicating with investigators with handwritten responses. i don't ca dzhokhar tsarnaev is -- charge may come tomorrow. >> also today many pause to remember the victims and reflect on what has been an overwhelming week in the city. >> jie gray has been following and has the aftermath from boston. >> reporter: they continue to clean out the area inside the crime scene. as more of the city begins to open, many today were drawn h

bob woodward, this is your life. actually that's not far from the truth. as we said we're highlights a new discovery channel movie about the making of "all the president's men" because it's been four decades since watergate. you talk about the light bub that struck -- bulb that struck about watergate. >> saturday morning, june 17th, no one flashed a message to me. this is going to be one of the most important days of your life. chris: wow. bob woodward. you made print hot. >> i know. [laughter] >> but that's true. and i'd been at "the post" for nine months. and the city editor, the big boss said come on in. it was a beautiful day in washington. and the editors sat around and said gee, who could we go get come in, who would be crazy enough to come in on such a nice saturday morning? and i was at the top of the list because i was the junior guy. and i they sent me down to the courtroom and that's when james mccord who was the lead burglar who was asked where did you work. and mccord went -- and didn't answer. and the judge said speak up. and he finally said

bob woodward -- >> the watergate bob woodward. >> yeah. >> watergate bob woodward has written -- >> now the post-watergate bob woodward. >> -- written a book about these negotiations and did a lot of talking to the republicans. and ended up saying boehner and obama reached a deal and obama walked away from it. well, eric cantor, in his interview with ryan lizza of "the new yorker" a couple of months ago basically corrected him. he said, well, i talked to boehner and said it really wouldn't be a good idea to reach a deal now because then the issue evaporates. the president gets the credit, and he has a better chance of being re-elected. better to keep it alive and fight it out in the -- in the election. >> and it didn't pay off for them, did -- >> it didn't pay off at all. >> except they held the house but it didn't pay off for them in the senate. he lost two seats in the senate. didn't pay off for him in winning the presidency? >> it was a -- call it a riverboat gamble, i suppose you could say. because what cantor said in that interview was -- if we win it all, then we don't have to com

bob woodward -- >> the watergate bob woodward. >> yeah. >> watergate bob woodward has written -- >> now the post-watergate bob woodward. >> -- written a book about these negotiations and did a lot of talking to the republicans. and ended up saying boehner and obama reached a deal and obama walked away from it. well, eric cantor, in his interview with ryan lizza of "the new yorker" a couple of months ago basically corrected him. he said, well, i talked to boehner and said it really wouldn't be a good idea to reach a deal now because then the issue evaporates. the presidengets the credit, and he has a better chance of being re-elected. better to keep it alive and fight it out in the -- in the election. >> and it didn't pay off for them, did -- >> it didn't pay off at all. >> except they held the house but it didn't pay off for them in the senate. he lost two seats in the senate. didn't pay off for him in winning the presidency? >> it was a -- call it a riverboat gamble, i suppose you could say. because what cantor said in that interview was -- if we win it all, then we don't have to compr

bob woodward -- >> the watergate bob woodward. >> yeah. >> watergate bob woodward has written -- >> now the post-watergate bob woodward. >> -- written a book about these negotiations and did a lot of talking to the republicans. obama reached a deal and obama walked away from it. well, eric cantor, in his interview with ryan lizza of "the new yorker" a couple of months ago basically corrected him. he said, well, i talked to boehner and said it really wouldn't be a good idea to reach a deal now because then the issue evaporates. the president gets the credit, being re-elected. better to keep it alive and fight it out in the -- in the election. >> and it didn't pay off for them, did -- >> it didn't pay off at all. >> except they held the house but it didn't pay off for them in the senate. he lost twathe sat didn't pay off for him in winning the presidency? >> it was a -- call it a riverboat gamble, i suppose you could say. because what cantor said in that interview was -- if we win it all, then we don't have to compromise. they didn't. but the reaction wasn't, all right, now we have to com

today "the washington post's" bob woodward and "the new york times"'s and cnn's gloria borger and "time" magazine's michael duffy. first up, so much of our politics and supreme court rulings were shaped by the george w. bush presidency. the president talked about how he saw it in his dedication. >> future generations come to the library setting this administration, they will find out we stayed true to our convictions. when our freedom came under attack, we made the tough decisions required to keep the american people safe. chris: today a special extended look at the force that's propel bush, personally and politically, with foreign corespondents who covered bush. two of whom wrote books about him. we will do this with a series of questions today. first, bob and everyone, was george w. bush a better president then most thought he would be when he came in after he lost the popular vote to al gore and took office for the u.s. supreme court settled the florida recount, bob? >> first of all, i hate to do this and argue with your notion that the two wars, iraq and afghanistan, in leading us i

it's 40 years since bob woodward were following the money on a story that drove nixon from office. will the same thing happen today? with us today from "the washington post," bob woodward, cbs' lesley stahl, gloria borger from cnn and michael duffy from time magazine. for nearly 12 years americans have had a full awareness that enemies are dedicated to hitting us. we dedicate ourselves to carrying on to stiffening our resolve as the president said thursday. >> we may be momentarily knocked off our feet. but we'll pick ourselves up. we'll keep going. we will finish the race. chris: and our resilience isn't just rhetoric. we haven't seen evidence that worries about threats intimidate americans from carrying on. here is the way condoleeza rice expressed it to you on "60 minutes" back then. >> we had an event on september 11th that has changed the way we think about security. that can't be ignored. the fact is that we are more aware of the vulnerabilities of an open society. but we simply can't let the terrorists win. chris: maybe we don't get hit that often. that's a nice picture, by

got to give it up for bob woodward. [applause] earlier this evening, a waiter asked him if he wanted regular or decaf and he said, stop threatening me! some big names in television news. when it comes to television news, we have a divided landscape. fox news is watched by conservatives, msnbc watched by liberals and cnn is watched by people who clean the offices at cnn. [laughter] [oohs] oh, it gets worst. cnn's ratings are so low, when it comes up, james earl jones says, you are watching cnn? what the hell? i have to say, in the past two years, cnn has made some odd moves. it replaced the -- popular larry king with one of the footman from "downton abbey." it is good to see my old friends at msnbc. chris matthews is here. chris matthews has the only show where the commercial exists just so they can wipe the spittle off the lens. [laughter] during the boston coverage on msnbc last week, chuck todd stopped a pundit from speculating on unverified information. there is no joke here. i'm just letting the people at cnn know t

print media still has a big start in bob woodward. give it up for bob woodward, yeah? earlier this evening, a waiter asked mr. woodward if he wanted regular or decaf, and he said stop threatening me. also tonight some of the big names in television news. when it comes to television news we have a divided media landscape. fox news is watched by conservatives -- is and cnn is watched by the people who clean the offices at cnn. oh, it gets worse. cnn's ratings are so low no, sir when the logo comes up james earl jones says "you're watching cnn? " whathe hell? >>> i have to say in the past two years cnn has made very odd moves. for example they replaced the popular larry king with one of the scheming footmen from countcount count downton abbey. hey, it's good to see my old friends at msnbc. chris matthews is here. chris matthews has the only show where the commercial exists just so they can wipe the spittle off the lens. by the way, during the boston coverage on msnbc last week, chucd stopped a pundit from speculating on unverified information. there's no joke here, i'm ju

and to the fair print media still has a big star in bob woodward, okay. got to give it up for bob woodward, yeah. earlier this evening a waiter asked mr. woodward if he wanted regular or decaf, and he said stop threatening me. also tonight, some of the big names in television news. when it comes to television news we have a divide media landscape. of course, fox news is watched by conservatives, msnbc by liberals and cnn is watched by the people who clean the offices at cnn. oh, it gets worse. cnn's ratings are so low now when the logo cos up james earl jones says you're watching cnn? what the hell. i have to say in the past two years cnn has made some very odd moves. for example, they replaced the popular larry king with one of the scheming footmen from "dnton abbey." piers slides right into that show, oh, lord cranston. you'll get yours, lordianston. good to see my old friends at msnbc. msnbc's chris matthews is here. chris matthews has the only show where the commercial exists just so they can wipe the spittle off the lens. by the way, during the bosto

he told bob woodward, bob woodward asked him did you ask your father for advice. he said i asked the heavenly father for advice. he literally thought god told him--that's the fact. >> john: if god wanted saddam hussein and thousands of iraqis dead he would have smited them himself. president obama had kind things to say. >> to know the man is to like the man. he's comfortable in his own skin. he knows who he is. he doesn't put on pretenses. he takes his job serious will youseriously due buthe doesn't take himself too seriously. >> wow, if i lost a son or daughter in afghanistan, i don't think he's a good man. i think what we did to those countries is unforgivable, and i think it will rain down in spades. i think it's unforgivable and i don't think they could leave the country. >> john: the best you can say about the president's legacy is his personality is awesome. >> he's comfortable in his own skin which kind of hurts because of the physical injuries that people experienced when we went into this phoney war. the fact that he's comfortable with himself is not som

and to the fair print media still has a big star in bob woodward, okay. got to give it up for bob woodward, yeah. earlier this evening a waiter asked mr. woodward if he wanted regular or decaf, and he said stop threatening me. also tonight, some of the big names in television news. when it comes to television news we have a divide media landscape. of course, fox news is watched by conservatives, msnbc by liberals and cnn is watched by the people who clean the offices at cnn. oh, it gets worse. cnn's ratings are so low now when the logo comes up james earl jones says you're watching cnn? what the hell. i have to say in the past two years cnn has made some very odd moves. for example, they replaced the popular larry king with one of the scheming footmen from "downton abbey." piers slides right into that show, oh, lord cranston. you'll get yours, lordianston. good to see my old friends at msnbc. msnbc's chris matthews is here. chris matthews has the only show where the commercial exists just so they can wipe the spittle off the lens. by the way, during the b

and to be fair, print media still has a big star in bob woodward. give it up for bob woodward. yeah, yeah. earlier this evening a waiter asked mr. woodward if he wanted regular or decaf and said stop threatening me! also tonight some of the big names in television news. when it comes to television news we have a divided media landscape. fox news is watched by conservatives. msc by liberals and cnn watched by the people who clean the offices at cnn. oh, it gets worse. cnn's ratings so low now when the logo comes up james earl jones say you're watching cnn what the hell. in the past three years cnn made odd news. replaced the popular larry king with one of the scheming footmen from dalton abbey. slides right into the show. >> msnbc chris matthews is here. the only show where the commercial ex-isists just so they can wipe the spittle off the lense. during the boston coverage on msnpc chalk todd stopped a pundit from speculating on unverified information. no joke here. i'm just letting the people at cnn know that you can do that. this is a learning experience. hello to fox news sta

got to give it up for bob woodward. [applause] earlier this evening, a waiter asked him if he wanted regular or decaf and he said, stop threatening me! some big names in television news. when it comes to television news, we have a divided landscape. fox news is watched by conservatives, msnbc watched by liberals and cnn is watched by people who clean the offices at cnn. [laughter] [oohs] oh, it gets worst. cnn's ratings are so low, when it comes up, james earl jones says, you are watching cnn? what the hell? i have to say, in the past two years, cnn has made some odd moves. it replaced the -- popular larry king with one of the footman piercedownton abbey." slides right into that show. it is good to see my old friends at msnbc. chris matthews is here. chris matthews has the only show where the commercial exists just so they can wipe the spittle off the lens. [laughter] during the boston coverage on msnbc last week, chuck todd stopped a pundit from speculating on on fire side -- unverified information. there is no joke he

it's 40 years since bob woodward were following the money on a story that drove nixon from office. will the same thing happen today? with us today from "the washington post," bob woodward, cbs' lesley stahl, gloria borger from cnn and michael duffy from time magazine. for nearly 12 years americans have had a full awareness that enemies are dedicated to hitting us. we dedicate ourselves to carrying on to stiffening our resolve as the president said thursday. >> we may be momentarily knocked off our feet. but we'll pick ourselves up. we'll keep going. we will finish the race. chris: and our resilience isn't just rhetoric. we haven't seen evidence that worries about threats intimidate americans from carrying on. here is the way condoleeza rice expressed it to you on "60 minutes" back then. >> we had an event on september 11th that has changed the way we think about security. that can't be ignored. the fact is that we are more aware of the vulnerabilities of an open society. but we simply can't let the terrorists win. chris: maybe we don't get hit that often. that's a nice picture, by

. >>> after a public spat, bob woodward sat down for lunch with gene sperling. dan pfeiffer says they had a good laugh and smoothed over their friendship. earlier this year, woodward suggested sperling took an over confrontational e-mail. >>> before we look at the national weather, bill, you have to check this out. >> i don't want to see anything. >> oh, yeah. video of snow. >> i want a picture of miami beach. >> we want you to get rid of this white stuff. slick roads yesterday morning. >> that looks lovely. >> tell me -- >> sandy, we had the nor'easter. that was early november. november, december, january, february, march, now we are in april. six months of snow. >> can you fix this? >> you need winter gloves this morning. in oklahoma of all places, now into april, we have rain changing to sleet and snow outside oklahoma city. very, very rare. that's one of the wet spots. if you are in the southeast, you got soaked yesterday in the golf. now you are watching the rain in tennessee and northern alabama, south carolina in the green, it's light rain filling in. lat

got to give it up for bob woodward. [applause] earlier this evening, a waiter asked him if he wanted regular or decaf and he said, stop threatening me![laughter] some big names in television news. when it comes to television news, we have a divided landscape. fox news is watched by conservatives, msnbc watched by liberals and cnn is watched by people who clean the offices at cnn. [laughter] [oohs] oh, it gets worst. cnn's ratings are so low, when it comes up, james earl jones says, you are watching cnn? what the hell? i have to say, in the past two years, cnn has made some odd moves. it replaced the -- popular larry king with one of the footman from "downton abbey."[laughter] right in to that show. it is good to see my old friends at msnbc. chris matthews is here. chris matthews has the only show where the commercial exists just so they can wipe the spittle off the lens. [laughter] during the boston coverage on msnbc last week, chuck todd stopped a pundit from speculating on unverified information. there is no joke here

and to be fair, print media still has a big star in bob woodward, okay? got to give it up for bob woodward. yeah. yeah. yeah. earlier this evening a waiter asked mr. woodward if he wanted regular or decaf and he said, stop threatening me. tonight some of the big names in television news, when it comes to television news we have a divided media landscape. fox news is watched by conservatives. cnn is watched by the people who clean the offices at cnn. msnbc is watched by liberals. oh, it gets worst. cnn's ratings are so low, now when the logo comes up james earl monroe jones says "you're watching cnn?" what the hell? i have to say in the past few years, cnn has made some very odd moves. for example, they replaced the popular larry king with one of the scheming footmen from downton abby. piers slides right into that show. it's great to see my old friend at msnbc. msnbc's chris matthews is here. he has the only show where the commercial exists just so they can wipe the spittle off the lens. by the way, during the boston coverage on msnbc last week, chuck todd

woodward she finds herself under mounting pressure over a sharp rise in sectarian violence that and more after a short break stay with us. technology innovation. developments around russia. however. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything. i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. we can with. the consumer. choose to get to. choose the stories that if you. choose. to. thanks for staying with us seventeen minutes past the hour now in venezuela voting in the country's presidential election is set to kick off later sunday a snap election triggered by the death of who go chavez last month and will determine the course of the world one of the world's most oil rich nations a short bitter presidential campaigns been marked by allegations of conspiracies assassination plots and even mysterious omens let's take a look at the two candidates and their chances with artie's tessera cilia reporting from caracas. important elections for the venezuelan people cert

got to give it up for bob woodward. yeah. yeah. earlier this evening a waiter asked mr. woodward if he wanted regular or decaf and he said, stop threatening me. tonight, some of the big names in television news, when it comes to television news we have a divided media landscape. fox news is watched by conservatives. cnn is watched by the people who clean the offices at cnn. msnbc is watched by liberals. cnn's ratings are so low, now when the logo comes up james earl monroe jones says "you're watching cnn?" what the hell? i have to say in the past few years, cnn has made some very odd moves. for example, they replaced the popular larry king with one of the scheming footmen from down ton abby. piers rides right into that show. it's great to see my old friend at msnbc. chris matthews is here. he has the only show where the commercial exists just so they can wipe the spittle off the lens. by the way, during the boston coverage on msnbc last week, chuck todd stopped a pundit from speculating on unverified information. there's no joke here. i'm just letting the people at cnn k

bob woodward is in seoul, south korea. >> reporter: the reporting out of seoul is that the south korean military is now speculating that if there is a missile launch, it could be happening sometime around april 15th or before because that day is the 101st birthday of the founder of north korea kim ill so song. parades, marches and military action are connected to important dates. the last nuclear test happened within a few days of the birthday of kim jong-il. this rocket last april launched but failed took place a couple days before the 100th birthday of his grandfather kim il-sung. that's why they're watching the movements toward the coast trying to predict what will happen if a missile is launched how south korea, japan or the u.s. should react. >> we think we have the capable to knock it down but have never tested against it so until you actually do it for real, there's no knowing that we have absolutely 100% certainty of knocking this down. so there's obviously going to be some tension within the u.s., as well. can we actually engage this missile. >> reporter: in a frightening warni

well, listen to bob woodward. >> the boston event, obviously a serious tragedy. but i don't know that it's going to go down in the history books. the question it is not necessarily that big of an event. >> tell that to the guy who lost both his legs. well, in minnesota, democratic congressman keith ellison who is muslim sees the boston attack this way. >> all these cases where you see acts of radicalized individuals using violence, they may have a religious affiliation but oftentimes when they give reasons for why they did what they did, it is politics. and who knows what these individuals' motivation may be. it probably has to do with politics rather than religion. let's not cast a wide net and go after a whole religious group. >> do those comments make you confident that the country will be properly protected? let's started with brennan because he was the first one in the monday montage, he talked about it's not terrorism it's a tactic. that's what it is. do you think that president obama has mislead us by using words like this. it's just the means to an end. >

if we are going to keep him in prison, we know bob woodward has released information that was far more classified than bradley manning. should we put them in the brig as well. >> you have landed on the enforcement of secretory rules are. you have obama's former chief of staff daily bragging how he liked to leak things but he didn't leak things as much as rahm emmanuel his predecessor. this is a bit of a joke. when a private does it, he suffers horribly. this is not law. this is just pure authority and it is not the american tradition. >> cenk: we all know rahm emmanuel leaks information. he brags that he leaks information. either butt rahm put rahm emmanuel right next to bradley manning or let him go. chase mader thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thanks. >> cenk: back to the boston bombing, they're muslim, and what implication does that have on gun legislation and immigration. all that when we return. rights but still support the drug war you must be high. >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the day. >> do you think that there is any chance we'll see this president

but with all the talk of war, why is our bob woodward finding life as usual on the streets? >>> break's over. breaking news, nelson mandela out of the hospital released after being treated for pneumonia. the former president of south africa will now receive care at home and ron claiborne is in south africa. >>> celebrity s.w.a.t.'ing. a hollywood prank getting out of control. justin timberlake, selena gomez, p. diddy, all this and the bogus calls to 911 this week. what is the lapd doing about it? >>> and who to root for? it's the extraordinary final four matchup. tiny wichita state, the cinderella team, against powerhouse louisville recovering from the dramatic loss of star kevin ware. >> he's dislocated some portion of his leg. ♪ let's get it started ♪ lose control ♪ take it slow >>> hey, good morning, everybody. ron claiborne is off this morning but we are very happy to have linsey davis fresh back from her honeymoon on the set. >> congratulations. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >>> we have a lot to get to on this saturday including that apology

whether he has effectively reached out to congress, there is serious criticism leveled by bob woodward. i'm not concerned about him putting his feet on the desk every once in a while. >> neil: he is like the coolest guy mountain room. i noted that he does have as a sense of trying to be cool without being trying to cool -- i don't know what it is -- i think every president has a aura around him just for being president. bill clinton was good at that. john kennedy was good at that i wasn't around for abraham con, bill o'reilly's take on that, but we place a lot of value on that. do you? >> i think he came across very likable during his comedy routine. there were some problems with it. there was one joke in particular where he alluded to his past marijuana use. made a joke about that. at the same time his policy is to arrest people like him and send them to jail and possibly ruin their lives. sometimes i think there was tone deafness to that. some people were rightly outraged. he is currently arresting them and throwing them into jail for them. >> neil: you but he is cool and you are not

whether he has effectively reached out to congress, there is serious criticism leveled by bob woodward. i'm not concerned about him putting his feet on the desk every once in a while. >> neil: he is like the coolest guy mountain room. i noted that he does have as a sense of trying to be cool without being trying to cool -- i don't know what it is -- i think every president has a aura around him just for being president. bill clinton was good at that. john kennedy was good at that i wasn't around for abraham con, bill o'reilly's take on that, but we place a lot of value on that. do you? >> i think he came across very likable during his comedy routine. there were some problems with it. there was one joke in particular where he alluded to his past marijuana use. made a joke about that. at the same time his policy is to arrest people like him and send them to jail and possibly ruin their lives. sometimes i think there wassome tone deafness to that. some people were rightly outraged. he is currently arresting them and throwing them into jail for them. >> neil: you but he is cool and you are

abc's bob woodward is in seoul, south korea. >> reporter: good morning, dan. you know, the reporting out of seoul this morning is that the south korean military is now speculating that if there is a missile launch, it could be happening sometime around april 15th or before because that day is the 101st birthday of the founder of north korea, kim il-sung. it is a tradition in north korea to connect major events, parades, marches and military action to important dates. the last nuclear test in february happened within a few days before the birthday of kim jong-il, father of the current dictator, kim jong-un. this rocket last april which was launched but failed took place a couple days before the 100th birthday of kim jong-un's grandfather, kim il-sung. this is why the experts are now closely watching the rallies on the streets, the movements of missiles toward the coast trying to predict what will happen if a missile is launched how south korea, japan or the u.s. should react. shooting it down or letting it fall into the sea. >> we think we have the capability t

got to give it up for bob woodward. [applause] earlier this evening, a waiter asked him if he wanted regular or decaf and he said, threatening me. threatening me! some big names in television news. when it comes to television news, we have a divided landscape. fox news is watched by conservatives, msnbc watched by liberals and cnn is watched by people who clean the offices at cnn. [laughter] [oohs] oh, it gets worst. cnn's ratings are so low, when it comes up, james earl jones says, you are watching cnn? what the hell? i have to say, in the past two years, cnn has made some odd moves. larrylaced the -- popular king with one of the footman from "downton abbey." it is good to see my old friends at msnbc. chris matthews is here. chris matthews has the only show where the commercial exists just so they can wipe the spittle off the lens. [laughter] during the boston coverage on msnbc last week, chuck todd stopped a pundit from speculating on on fire side -- unverified information. there is no joke here. i'm just letting the

the paper of ben bradlee and bob woodward and carl bernstein, the paper that brought down richard nixon, which raises the question... how in tim dakt was it -- intimidating to follow in their footsteps. >> it is an institution, that played a singular role in american journalism. >> chris: he knows all about taking on the powerful. before coming to washington he was editor of the boston globe for a decade when it won 6 pulitzer prizes including one for exposing sex abuse in the catholic church. >> a pattern, they knew priests abused children they continued to reassign the priests and the priests continued to abuse children. that was a pattern of, i believe, misconduct on the part of the church. and, it was another story that we needed to do. >> chris: before that, he ran the miami herald during the 2000 presidential election. >> the supreme court ruled there would be no recount and we felt there should be one. >> chris: who won? >> the results showed joush won by a very narrow margin. >> chris: bush beat gore in florida. >> yes. >> chris: but there was a problem, he hired an accounting f

woodward, okay? got to give it up for bob booed ward. yeah. yeah. yeah. earlier this evening a waiter asked mr. woodward if he wanted regular or decaf and he said, stop threatening me [ laughter ] >> tonight some of the big names in television news, when it comes to television news we have a divided media landscape. fox news is watched by conservatives. cnn is watched by the people who clean the offices at cnn. msnbc is watched by liberals. cnn's ratings are so low, now when the logo comes up james earl monroe jones says "you're watching cnn?" what the hell? i have to say in the past few years, cnn has made some very odd moves. for example, they replaced the popular larry king with one of the scheming footmen from down ton abby. piers rides right into that show. it's great to see my old friend at msnbc. chris matthews is here. he has the only show where the commercial exists just so they can wipe the spittle off the lens. by the way, during the boston coverage on msnbc last week, chuck todd stopped a

we saw this with bob woodward if they find something they don't like they try to cull. he was trying to call the drudge report out as not okay. he was mocking reporters who asked him about stories that appear on the drudge report. >> john: it amazes me that woodward goes into that and says that. >> how many times can he pull the rug out. >> john: ed henry does a terrific job there. you can tell his ex dhiangsz with jay carney are laced with a lot of pointed rhetoric. >> this is what is interesting. pfeiffer and company you say sau him talking to chris having a get to point where they can do a budget or do something. that is reflection on the president's lame duck status. the sand is running through the hour glass and they have to do it. there is parallel construction with the press. if they think they can continue to trade access to the president for favorable coverage every day the president is in office access is one day less valuable. >> john: it's november 14th. >> every day between now and then pfeiffer has less potency. >> john: i remember when i first joined the

bob woodward the one that blew the whistle on the obama administration, pointing out the sequester. and the loss of the white house press corps that usually protects them. >> megyn: can you respond to that point specifically, simon? >> about the defensiveness. >> megyn: and tony's theory t their feeling that they are losing a press that had been, you know, pretty enamored to some extent with the president. >> i'm not sure that the white house staff would feel that the press is in love with them over the last four years, but-- >> you remember president obama even joked that the white house correspondents dinner, all of you covered me, most of you voted for me. >> look, i think that-- i don't know that they're being defensive in general, and i think that yesterday there was a heated exchange between your guy, ed henry, a very good reporter, by the way, and jay carney and i think that they are making their case. i think that part of what the frustration you saw yesterday was the sense that there are stories-- i saw three stories today about things that are getting cut out in local comm

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[laughter] >> people ask that if i cooperate like bob woodward is an option. [laughter] even in my, you know, where books don't cooperate, i would always talk with the author. and i hope they continue to have a relationship and talk to bob for many years going forward. >> okay. a week from today the president's budget will come out, wednesday, april 10. there's a muir i are budget, there's a ryan budget. what is the president's budget going tell us? why will it be important? >> i don't think it will be a big surprise to folks. the president in the state of the union and through a lot of fiscal discussions has been very clear about what he wants to do in terms of creating jobs for the economy. but also with the deficit. what it does do is provides very detailed road map of, you know, how are we going do things like provide, you know, more jobs by rebuilding roads and bridges. now our fiscal policies are well known. they have been talked about. they have been posted on the web. they have been in infographics. the reason is delayed because we didn't know -- our b

the president has, and for those of you, one book, a second book, "price of politics," the bob woodward book in which woodward talks about the 2011 debt limit struggle and geithner told house republicans we don't get full territory, but close. it was said on campaign trail, spoken privately, and the great unknown is, you know, we know where geithner was going to go on that, but he's gone. what's secretary lew's view on that. >> i have a weird view on this, and it wouldn't be the first time, but we held a conference early on in president obama's first administration with international proposals. although there were people at the conference who came away as barack obama as a crazy socialist. at least i do. the three papers from dave kemp, and he's not a crazy socialist when he looks at the things the president looked at in his first term. i find that a useful, helpful sign if we stop calling -- either side stops calling each other names, maybe we'll get someplace. that's my signal it's going from partisan politics to politics. they have a lot in common. they should sit down and talk. >> l

to be fair, print media still has a big star in bob woodwood. got to give it up for woodward. a waiter asked him if he wanted regular or decaf, he said stop, threatening me. also tonight, the big names in television news, when it comes to television news, we have a divided media landscape. fox news is watched by conservatives, msnbc, by liberals and cnn by the people who clean the offices at cnn. oh, it gets worse. cnn's ratings are so low now when a local comes up, james earl jones goes, you're watching cnn? what the hell? i have to say in the past two years they made odd moves, replaced larry king with one of the scheming footman from downtown abby, piers slides into yours, you'll get yours lord grantham, chris matthews is here, the only show where the commercial exists just so they can wipe the spittle off the lens. by the way, during the boston coverage on msnbc, chuck todd stopped a pundit from speculating on unverified information but there's no joke here, i'm letting the people know at cnn know that you can do that. this is a learning experience. hello to fox news star