the new yorker reports that two of the president s closest advisers went toe to toe over a decision that has outraged many americans. white house chief of staff emanuel vehemently oppose the decision by eric holder to try self-confessed 9/11 mastermind laura silsby khalid shaikh mohaw york city federal court. emanuel did not want that. vowed eric holder would get the blame if that decision alienated some in congress. indeed it has. good afternoon. great to have you back. megyn: thanks so much. great to have you on. this is interesting. they don t normally show this political divide. but emanuel saw the storm that would accompany this decision. it looks like the obama administration and outside of emanuel did not because it
forward to trial web s not going to get on the stand to testify. all the prosecutors need to care about in this case is the credibility of his current wife. because that s what this case rests upon. if the facts went down the way she said, this is bad and he will probably see the inside of a jail cell. but if they didn t, what next? this is her word against his word. it s a celebrity case. it s always tough. megyn: the problem for the prosecution is as we so often see in domestic abuse cases is she is no longer cooperating. now she is having second thoughts. they want to be back together. if they can t get her to take the stand and he doesn t volunteer to testify, how do the police proopolice prove their c? i have got a handful where the witness was cooperative, the victim. the rest, they don t want to be
small businesses. today he will have another lending increase through the small business administration. to put it all in perspective. just to tread water and keep up with population growth. american economy needs to add 125,000 jobs a month. i want to follow up on one thing i heard you report in the last hour. you referenced a geographical location known as the bourbon room. i would like to know more about that at some point. megyn: you have been in the bourbon room many times. who are you trying to kid? now that i think of it, i have photographic evidence to profit. i think we need to toss to break. megyn: james, thank you. well, hope you aren t trying to get away by flying this weekend, because airlines are not wasting any time. already canceling flights. along the east coast if you are
megyn: i didn t even give you a heads up i was going to ask you that. very impressive. friend in washington are calling this snow-maggedon. 30 inches could fall in washington, d.c. and they are not equipped to handle that in the nation s capital. what s happening there? they are also saying snow-my goodness. it s more like what the snow looks like on the pavement. this is really the calm before the storm. you can see traffic moving at a good clip. people scurrying to get home. lots of people holding umbrellas. they are calling this a whopper snowstorm. 20-30 inches expected in the d.c. metro area. we have seen fights over shovels in stores. people trying to buy salt, and
it s fair. was john mccain fair to her because she didn t have the time. during the campaign all i get every morning was issues like this. she has got to start if she is serious. he has got to learn the issues. megyn: one way we ll be able to see if she knows the issues. fox news sunday chris wallace has an exclusive interview with sarah palin. it will go for 60 minutes. you can check in with the listings for the time. in the meantime, geraldine ferraro, what a pleasure to have you here. friends in washington as i mentioned are calling it snow snow-ageddon. janice dean is coming up next on how this storm is poised to set snowfall records. is it going above 30?