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>> i tell you what i see, the president will do what hes going to do. despite the criticism from a year ago, that really based on the white house reaction, was like, whoa! they are saying that about me? he has not changed his behavior. and, clearly he thinks this is the appropriate way to address these international leaders. >> he doesnt care. bill: does he care... >> are you saying george bush didnt care? >> well, george bush wasnt ever going to be accused of being soft on communism, or wasnt e...

Deal with the real racial disparities in the country. it is easy for people that dont face that to say that. it is more difficult when you have blacks doubly unemployed. when you have us going to school and getting four grades less quality education, health disparities. those that suffer from that inequality are not playing a race card, were dealing with a stacked deck. thats what our conference is about this week. at one level, we should not exploit it. people should not misuse it. i think the ...

Gotcha! i reedit my interviews with journalists to make it look like they were the ones that were woefully unprepared. so katie, what newspapers do you read? its an easy question, katie. well, better luck next time. gotcha! >> well, tina feys impressions of sarah palin, fair or not, shaped some perceptions of the former alaskan governor during the 2008 presidential race. could the comedian have an impact on the 2012 race if palin decides to run. bring in anna marie cox, washington correspondent ...

Playing so well help the five months fade from view? >> i think it helps. people will still have perceptions of him. but the fact is that he is the greatest golfer and that what he does on the golf course is the same. >> were seeing him play darn well. hes only two behind the leaders at this point. but one area where he is having a little bit of challenge is on the green. youre an avid golfer and played for yale. talk about the mentality of the putting, that where the discipline has to come in a...

Convention in denver, they needed something that would turn the media conversation. the choice of sarah palin, even with the seeming scandal of her daughters out of wedlock pregnancy was perfect for moving media attention. so although this may not have been strategically planned, it certainly could be used strategically by the gop to distract from things like the health care reform, major education reform, the things that the obama administration is moving forward on and get us talking about the...

Perfect convention in denver. they needed something that would really turn the media conversation. the choice of sarah palin, even with the seeming scandal of her daughters out of wedlock pregnancy was perfect for moving media attention. so although this may not have been strategically planned, it certainly might be used strategically by the gop to distract from things like the health care reform, major education reform, the things that the obama administration is moving forward on and get us ta...

Convention in denver, they needed something that would turn the media conversation. the choice of sarah palin, even with the seeming scandal of her daughters out of wedlock prosecution was perfect for moving media attention. so although this may not have been strategically planned, it certainly could be used strategically by the gop to distract from things like the health care reform, major education reform, the things that the obama administration is moving forward on and get us talking about t...

>> all right. check out that black bear, three inches from our legs. black bear is one of the most feared animals in north america but biologist lynn rogers has studied them for over 40 years and he says the perceptions of these wild animals are wrong. and hes here now with jenna, a 3-year-old black bear cub. good morning to you, lynn. >> not really a cub. >> i was going to say. thats a pretty big cub, right? 100 pounds and could jenna rip us to shred? >> if she was like the misconceptions say, ...

In a way are heroes because they saw what was going on. >> and shouted about it. >> and profited from it. >> yeah, they made a fortune from it. theyre complicated heroes. i do think the protagonist, the people oh i wanted to follow and the people i thought the readerer would want to follow were -- they were oddballs, people outside the system who realized they couldnt do the normal business of investing in the stock market side because this thing was happening in the subprime mortgage market to ...

Congress. half say its leadership, half say its stubborn and the president is going out now and going forward to try and make the case hes offering real leadership forward on health care for the democrats. >> uma: when you ask folks whether or not they want, how they describe president obama in dealing with republicans on health care, you will find that 48% say that hes pushing the democratic agenda and looking for middle ground, only 43% believe he is. >> right, and hes doing this without repub...