of joe wilson. outing his wife as an agent may have been part of that. my question to you is, how did you find out that cheney was perceived by bush as benefitting from that pardon himself? that he would somehow benefit by pardoning scooter libby? >> well, the discussion they had, really the fight that they had, president bush and vice president cheney in the last days of their administration consumed by this discussion about whether to pardon scooter libby. the president decided to send his lawyers out to relook at the case. ian met with scooter libby at a seafood restaurant near the white house. he said, look, we think the jury had ample reason to convict. what was interesting is the president on his mind swuz special pleading. the vice president in effect was pleading for the man that the president seemed to think would take a bullet for his vice president. and that ultimately did influence the decision not to give that pardon. and it was a big break between the two men. >> you don't have to read

. >> joe wilson. >> joe wilson had published and article saying he had been sent to investigate some of the allegations about saddam importing yellow cake from niger. and the intention was to undermine the credibility of the vice president and the administration in asserting there was evidence of this. and he was asserting in contra that he had been asked by these same people to look and he had told them no. the response out of the white house to this was to -- was not i don't believe to attack joe wilson personally, but was to undermine the credibility of what he was saying in part by saying, look, we didn't send him. he was sent by the agency. and in particular, at the suggestion of his wife, who worked at the agency. so there was a -- there was a substantive credibility reason to out the wife. i don't think it was intentional. it appeared in a bob novak column that the revelation of the wife having been at the cia. and the -- and as it turned out, the person who had leaked that information to bob novak was deputy secretary of state, dick armitage who in the course of the investiga

. -- i have forgotten the name of valerie plame's husband -- >> joe wilson? articled published an saying that he had been sent to investigate some of the husseinons about saddam and he had reported back. -- it just waso not so. was intended to undermine the credibility of the vice president and the administration. it asserted that there was -- itce that there was asserted that there was evidence of this and that he had been asked my the same people to look "no." had told them, the response of the white house was not intended to attack joe wilson personally. it was to undermine the credibility of what he was saying. in part, by saying that they did not send him and he was sent by the agency. wife, suggestion of his who worked at the agency. there was aa -- credibility reason to out the wife. it was not intentional. it appeared in a bob novak column. the revelation of the wife having been at the cia. the -- as it turns out -- the person who had leaked this information to bob novak was the deputy secretary of state. armitage -- dick armitage. >> he fessed up to

the response of the white house was not intended to attack joe wilson personally. it was to undermine the credibility of what he was saying. in part, by saying that they did not send him and he was sent by the agency. at the suggestion of his wife, who worked at the agency. there was a credibility reason to out the wife. it was not intentional. it appeared in a bob novak column. the revelation of the wife having been at the cia. and, the -- as it turns out -- the person who had leaked this information to bob novak was the deputy secretary of state. >> armitage -- dick armitage. >> he fessed up to it and said that he did not realize that he was revealing any classified information. the prosecutor investigation went on, even though they knew the source of the leak. they decided that they would keep digging at the white house. what they were doing was interviewing people and the hopes of catching them in some sort of perjury trap. that is how they caught scooter libby. >> how involved was the president? >> very limited. especially after a special prosecutor was appoin

that's if you believe joe wilson on anything. it is outrageous that the president has temporarily halted death benefits for fallen americans who have given the ultimate sacrifice. why he didn't know this when he signed this and voted for the thing is not explainable by his current tone. well, the pentagon did warn congress before the shutdown that this would be one of consequences. let's watch. >> we would also be required to do some other bad things to our people. some examples. we couldn't immediately pay death gratuities who those who die on active duty during the lapse. >> the statements came out. unless you're part of the wacko caucus who said we found million year old bones and there was some plot by his mother to marry a kenyan so she could have a president some day. if you brief their cockamamie conspiracy theories, here's something thrown at them. >> i keep hearing that republicans are blaming this administration for trying to inflict as they say, the most amount of harm. you know, republicans really did want to inflict

that's if you believe joe wilson on anything. it is outrageous that the president has temporarily halted death benefits for fallen americans who have given the ultimate sacrifice. why he didn't know this when he signed this and voted for the thing is not explainable by his current tone. well, the pentagon did warn congress before the shutdown that this would be one of t consequences. let's watch. >> we would also be required to do some other bad things to our people. some examples. we couldn't immediately pay death gratuities who those who die on active duty during the lapse. >> the statements came out. unless you're part of the wacko caucus who said we found million year old bones and there was some plot by his mother to marry a kenyan so she could have a president some day. if you brief their cockamamie conspiracy theories, here's something thrown at them. >> i keep hearing that republicans are blaming this administration for trying to inflikt as they say, the most amount of harm. you know, republicans really did want to inflic

both my husband, joe wilson and i, went through the ringer. and it took me awhile to realize that it least if i'm going to be a public person i can use my voice and speak out about things which i care about passionately like global zero, for instance. >> unfortunately we have to go. but i hope there has been a silver lining in all this for you. while you had dedicated your life to something it must have been very hard to lose that. at least everything that you've >> the government is already shut down. now congress is facing off over the debt ceiling. congress says it will mov

i had almost forgotten joe wilson's july moment. that moment in congress -- you go back in history, another congressman from south carolina got up and beat with a cane a northern representative there -- i am blanking on the names. this was after the civil war. the divisions in our country now are severe. even when we talk about obamacare, we have over half the states spending medicaid out of protest with this white house. a lot of people out there who need health care are not getting it as a result of it. how things are perceived out there in the countryside, it's very hard for me to argue against people who say this president isn't getting special abuse because he's african-american. i think that is certainly part of it. i agree with you it is not a primer moreover, but it is out there. host: kathleen parker, her piece n the washington post this morning. a monumental mistake, saying that playing politics with the greatest generation was ridiculous. guest: the memorials were closed off. the lincoln memorial, etc. people need to see

my husband joe wilson and i went through the wringer. it took me a while to realize at least if i am going to be a public person i can use my voice and speak uta out about things t i care about passionately like global zero for instance. >> unfortunately we have to go. i hope there has been a silver lining in all of this for you. >> you dedicated your life to all of this it must have been hard to lose that. the autobiography and the novel and the series of enoug novels e movie must have made up for some of what you went flew. through. i look forward to finishing your book tonight and the rest of the series . the show may be over and the conversation continues on our website. you can also go to twitter. we'll see you next time. >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. here's are the stories that we're following for you. >> i'm confident the republicans will allow the government to open and extend the ability of this country to pay its bills. >> lawmakers try to work out a deal as the deadline for extending the debt ceiling gets

my husband joe wilson and i went through the wringer. it took me a while to realize at least if i am going to be a public person i can use my voice and speak uta out about things t i care about passionately like global zero for instance. >> unfortunately we have to go. i hope there has been a silver lining in all of this for you. >> you dedicated your life to all of this it must have been hard to lose that. the autobiography and the novel and the series of enoug novels e movie must have made up for some of what you went flew. through. i look forward to finishing your book tonight and the rest of the series . the show may be over and the conversation continues on our website. you can also go to twitter. we'll see you next time. ... >> welcome to al jazeeramey. here are the stories we are following for you. shutdown showdown. day 13. the senate meets in a special sunday session to try to re-open most of the government. >>> the u.s. coastline is taking a beating from phailin taking 14 lives forcing evacuation of hundreds of thousands. >>> i

my husband joe wilson and i went through the wringer. it took me a while to realize at least if i am going to be a public person i can use my voice and speak uta out about things t i care about passionately like global zero for instance. >> unfortunately we have to go. i hope there has been a silver lining in all of this for you. >> you dedicated your life to all of this it must have been hard to lose that. the autobiography and the novel and the series of enoug novels e movie must have made up for some of what you went flew. through. i look forward to finishing your book tonight and the rest of the series. the show may be over and the conversation continues on our website. you can also go to twitter. we'll see you next time. >> hello and welcome to al jazeera america, i'm thomas drayton in new york. no break in washington on the political or fiscal crisis. senators will be back work being on a possible deal tomorrow. >>> lady liberty will once again welcome visitors aas will the grand canyon as states decide to foot the bill for their n

i had almost forgotten joe wilson's july moment. that moment in congress -- you go back in history, another congressman from south carolina got up and beat with a cane a northern representative there -- i am blanking on the names. this was after the civil war. the divisions in our country now are severe. even when we talk about obamacare, we have over half the states spending medicaid out of protest with this white house. a lot of people out there who need health care are not getting it as a result of it. how things are perceived out there in the countryside, it's very hard for me to argue against people who say this president isn't getting special abuse because he's african- american. i think that is certainly part of it. i agree with you it is not a primary motivator, but it is out there. host: kathleen parker, her piece in the washington post this morning. a monumental mistake, saying that playing politics with the greatest generation was ridiculous. guest: i'm a veteran. the memorials were closed off. the lincoln memorial, etc.

but as joe wilson so eloquently put it, neil, in the state of union address, if the president of the it's now says he didn't know about it, then he is lying. >> here's one issue i'll raise with you. if the president is detached on these issues and allows this underlings to do this stuff you could read, if you're working for him, the boss is detached. we can go ahead and screw up the shop. >> that's no excuse. you're making an argument -- >> i'm not at all. if you provide the atmosphere, then everyone around you will run crazy all over you. >> that could be the casa, could well be the case. >> then he is grossly incompetent as the commander in chief and the chief executive of the united states. you have two options, either grossly inexcept or lying, pick one. i know which one i would choose. >> neil, neil, i'm not a hater. i'm not a hater. >> no, you're not. understood. >> okay. >> i would always go with grossly incompetent. that's what works for me. i built a career on it. >> now they're tacking and taxing. why getting behind the wheel could put you behind the eight ball. >>> after f

both my husband, joe wilson and i, went through the ringer. and it took me awhile to realize that it least if i'm going to be a public person i can use my voice and speak out about things which i care about passionately like global zero, for instance. >> unfortunately we have to go. but i hope there has been a silver lining in all this for you. while you had dedicated your life to something it must have been very hard to lose that. at least everything that you've done since, your auto biography, the novel, and a series of novels, and the movie, hopefully it made up for what you went through. i look forward to finishing your book tonight. i'm really enjoying it, and i look forward to the next ones in the series. the book is "blow back." thanks to valerie blame tonight. www.aljazeera.com/consider this, facebook and twitter google plus pages. we'll see you next time

background of joe wilson wife who is the critic of the administration and said they mischaracterized intelligence to go to war. and vice president felt this was a political investigation, it was unjustified conviction. and he went to the president and he says i think you need to pardon scooter libelee on the way out the door the final week of the administration. and he keeps going back to the president again and again and again by his own account. the president is annoyed by this. he doesn't much like pardons to begin with, he's one of the most conservative or stringiest grarnt of pardon in presidential history because he thinks the system is rigged for those who have influence. here is the ultimate influence asking for a special pleading. he asks the lawyers to look at the case examine the transcript and they meet with libby at the end of the administration. came back to the president and says we think the jury was justified in their verdict. and the president says that's it. and he tells the vice president, and it's a very unusually harsh moment between the two of them. they both l

background of joe wilson wife who is the critic of the administration and said they mischaracterized intelligence to go to war. and vice president felt this was a political investigation, it was unjustified conviction. and he went to the president and he says i think you need to pardon scooter libelee on the way out the door the final week of the administration. and he keeps going back to the president again and again and again by his own account. the president is annoyed by this. he doesn't much like pardons to begin with, he's one of the most conservative or stringiest grarnt of pardon in presidential history because he thinks the system is rigged for those who have inflnce. here is the ultimate influence asking for a special pleading. he asks the lawyers to look at the case examine the transcript and they meet with libby at the end of the administration. came back to the president and says we think the jury was justified in their verdict. and the president says that's it. and he tells the vice president, and it's a very unusually harsh moment between the two of them. they both lat

in retaliation for her husband, former ambassador joe wilsons editorial that questioned the evidence of chemical weapons of mass destruction, used to justify the iraq war. >> i worked on behalf of national security of our country, on behalf of the people of the united states, until my name and true affiliation were exposed in the national media on july 14th, 2003. >> reporter: her picture was flashed all over newspapers and magazines including this profile in "vanity fair." thrust into the spotlight, plame's career was over. in 2007, she released her memoir entitled "fair game" and spoke with "60 minutes" about her time with the cia and her confidence being revealed. >> i can tell you all the intelligence services in the world that morning were running my name through their databases to see did anybody by this name come in the country. when? did we know anything about it? where did she stay? >> reporter: since then plame and her husband have quietly retreated and led their private lives. valerie plame is now the co-author of a spy novel called "blowback." good morning. how much of wh

in retaliation for her husband, former ambassador joe wilsons editorial that questioned the evidence of chemical weapons of mass destruction, used to justify the iraq war. >> i worked on behalf of national security of our country, on behalf of the people of the united states until my name and true affiliation were exposed in the national media on july 14th 2003. >> reporter: her picture was flashed all over newspapers and magazines including this profile in "vanity fair." thrust into the spotlight, plame's career was over. in 2007 she released her memoir entitled "fair game" and spoke with "60 minutes" about her time with the cia and her confidence being revealed. >> i can tell you all the intelligence services in the world that morning were running my name through their databases to see did anybody by this name come in the country. when? did we know anything about it? where did she stay? >> reporter: since then plame and her husband have quietly retreated and led their private lives. valerie plame is now the co-author of a spy novel called "blowback." good morning. how much of what

that was when south carolina republican joe wilson was moved to shout, "you lie!" when president obama said in his joint address to congress that his health plan would not cover undocumented immigrants. when it finally came time to vote on the law, republicans threw every procedural obstacle in the book at the senate to approve law. fill bulsers and 30 hours of debate and calls on the senate call for prayer. the democrat splitters missed the vote. they kept on trying with legal challenges all the way up to the supreme court, refusing to expand medicaid or establish state-run health insurance exchanges, voting more than 40 times to repeal, defund, or dismantle obama care. and in true wile e. coyote form, showing how willing they are to go over a cliff and take the rest of the country along with them in the pursuit of their prey, even when it meant their party and their poll numbers were going splat. but, hey, rock bottom never stopped the coyote and we shouldn't expect anything less from these republicans. the attack by interrogation that started thursday, the energ

forgotten joe wilson's july moment. congress -- you go back in history, another congressman from south carolina got up and the with the cane -- a northern cane representative there -- i am blanking on the names. this was after the civil war. the divisions in our country now are severe. even when we talk about obamacare, we have over half the spending medicaid out of protest with this white house. a lot of people out there who need health care are not getting it as a result of it. how things are perceived out there in the countryside, it's very hard for me to argue against people who say this president isn't getting special abuse because he's african- american. i think that is certainly part of it. i agree with you it is not a , but it is out there. kathleen parker, her piece in the washington post this morning. sayingental mistake, that playing politics with the greatest generation was ridiculous. guest: the memorials were closed off. the link morrill, etc. people need to see this government shutdown. a visual story. yo

wilson even those of us to have an ocean or a memory it is generally of that very severe presbyterian ministers son and i have felt this was quite possibly the most deeply passionate a highly emotional man in the white house i am not forgetting abraham lincoln but the most dramatic personal story ever to a fault and that is something i hope to capture. >> so i'll ask you a very unfair question every admitted in court because it is almost third degree here say. i had a colleague who knew arthur link who was the editor of i think the best edited collection those papers our fantastic here is what he was said to have said i am not sure if historians were talking about of the sex life of the president. [laughter] somebody was talking about what about abraham lincoln or john kennedy? somebody said rather dismissive of woodrow wilson and according to this story as a very distinguished historian he pulled himself up to the full heighth and said i will have you know, that woodrow wilson was the sexiest president in american history. [laughter] do you care to respond? >> i am not sure that ikea

and joe kelly scored and we are tied at two. cardinals hoping to end it. brian wilson on the will. strikes out. former athletic matt holiday, on to extras and plenty of them. one out, returners at corners. michael young, flies to beltran in right. former athletic mark mark ellis tagging up. yadier molina blocks the plate and he is out. no tag applied but the ball clearly beatle list. one out, beltran lays as single off of l.a. closer kenley zen to right, scoring daniel. cardinals take the opener by a scarf 3-2 in thirteen. the a's will spend another winter wondering what they could have done to get past the first series. they said they will pick up the option on coco crisp's contract. belfour, a free agent, may have thrown his last pitch for the green and gold. >> i always want to come back where you enjoy playing, but it's not up to me now. i feel like i had three years here, three solid years here. >> college football, fifth-ranked stanford will visit utah and cal is in pasadena to face number 11 ucla at the rose bowl. they have a ton of injuries, betting shredded on defense. the

"morning joe" starts right now. ♪ >>> count three and one. it's a base hit. red sox win it. this series tied in a game a piece. >>> holy cow. >> that changed, didn't it? >> oh, my gosh. unbelievable. >> looked like it was over.

and joe kelly scored and we are tied at two. cardinals hoping to end it. bottom of nine. brian wilson on the strikes out. former athletic matt holiday. on to extras and plenty of them. top of ten. one out, runners at the corners. michael young, flies to beltran in right. former athletic mark ellis tagging up. yadier molina blocks the plate and he is out. no tag applied, but the ball clearly beat ellis. bottom of 13. first and second. one out, beltran laces a single off of l.a. closer kenley jensen to right, scoring daniel descalso. cardinals take the opener by a scarf 3-2 in thirteen. the a's will spend another winter wondering what they could have done to get past detroit in that series. they said they will pick up the option on coco crisp's contract. he would like to resign bartolo colon, as well. belfour, a free agent, may have thrown his last pitch for the green and gold. >> i always want to come back where you enjoy playing, but it's not up to me now. i feel like i had three years here, three solid years here. >> college football, fifth-ranked stanford will visit uta

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joe kelly and matt carpenter scored and we are tied at two. bottom of 9 and cardinals hoping to end it. exgiant brian wilson on the hill and strikes out matt holiday and on to extras. one-out runners on the corners. not a former giant or a, but he flies to right. the former athletic tagging up. molina blocks the plate and he is out. no took applied, but the ball clearly beat ellis. one out and beltran laces a single off l.a. closer jenson to right. good night, game over, drive home safely. cardinals open the series opener with a score of 3-2 in 13. >> the a's will spend another winter wondering how they can get past detroit in the off series. they will pick up the option on cocoa crisp's contract and would like to resign bartolo colon. >> always want to come back to where you enjoy playing, but it is not up to me now. i feel like i had three years here, three solid years here. >> college football and fifth ranked stanford will visit utah and cal is in pasadena to face number 11ucla at the rose bowl. cal is struggling. a 1-4 record and a ton of

all the glitches slowing things down. >>> later this morning at the wilson building, d.c. city council members will reconvene a hearing on the decriminalization of marijuana. the hearing began last night in southeast washington at the anacostia neighborhood library. right now those caught with small amounts of pot can head to jail for up to six months. a bill supported by several council members would do away with that criminal penalty and replace it with a simple penalty of $100 fine for small amounts of pot. >>> democrats hope the federal government shutdown has also closed the door on the virginia governor's race. tonight republican ken cuccinelli and democrat terry mcauliffe square off in their final debate. it's in blacksburg on the virginia tech campus. since the shutdown began october 1, cuccinelli has lost more ground in the polls with many americans putting more of the blame on republicans for the shutdown. the shutdown affected scores of virginia residents and it cost the nation billions. >>> it is 5:36. time for another your money report. jessica is off today. w

. >> i will go see any time hanks movie wilson? >> would you sit through joe vs. tom hanks meg ryan? >> that volcano blew up. hey, rick. >> people used to tell me i look like tom hanks. [ buzzer ] >> i don't get it i got it probably 300 times back in the day. >> buddy days? >> i think maybe forest gump. >> now it's all making sense. suddenly i get it. i didn't get it before. a couple clipper systems. start off. east coast, maybe a shower or two kind of a stray quick shower snow is off towards the north. that moves out by tonight. next one starts to move in tomorrow for the most mart not any real big problem. really quiet weather pattern. cool. this is a very cool morning right now 29 degrees in raleigh. a couple areas breaking all time record lows for the date. all kind of areas seeing freeze advisories. anywhere you see this dark blue end of growing stephan across parts of the south. today, warming into the 60's. all down across areas of the south and then tonight. dropping back into the 40s. little bit letter tonight than you were this morning. >> freezing on ha

cardinals, two on two out, carlos beltran, joe kelly and matt carpenter scamper home. bottom of the 9th, still two apiece after back to back walks, brian wilson, wilson gets jay the to fly out, wilson out of the jam. in the 10th, the go-ahead inning, fly ball to shallow right center. beltran, yadier molina, bang bang double play to end the inning. worth another look. molina blocks the plate, holds onto the ball. we play on. bottom of the 13th, runners at first and second, there's beltran, a hero again. that scores daniel descalso, thrilling game one, 3-2. beltran has 16 homers, four doubles 34 rbi and batting .345. if reggie jackson was mr. october what is beltran? >> in a game lasting almost five hours a fitting hero wins game 1 of the nlcs for the cardinals. bottom of the 13th inning in fact he drove in all three runs for st. louis,. >> i try not to keep up with the numbers, because when you try to keep up with the numbers you know, you could get caught up there trying to do a lot of bad things. you know and trying to look for homers and trying to you know change you

"morning joe" starts right now. ♪ >>> count three and one. it's a base hit. red sox win it. this series tied in a game a piece. >>> holy cow. >> that changed, didn't it? >> oh, my gosh. unbelievable. >> looked like it was over. >> yeah. unbelievable. good morning. it's monday, october 14th -- >> you were there. were you there last night? >> i was. i actually was for seven innings. >> when did the come back start, joe? >> the eighth. >> maybe by leaving. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to "morning joe." that is quite a win for the red sox last night. with us on set here in new york, washington anchor for bbc new york, katie kay. mark halperin. and msnbc policy analyst isra klein. >> we were watching the game and i said i have to leave. built i get to work. you know barnacle is not here. i have to drive through the night. so i got in the car and about an hour down -- unbelievable. >> 5-0 when you left. >> it was 5-1. but more remarkable than this and i put this with what in 2004. look, all weekend, willie, you saw this. we red sox fans went through the two most frustrating