describe the criticism? the criticism is that obama needs to say something. we have first black president here, and we have what appears to be a clear cut case of racial bias or at least that racial overtones in the case. and we will hear some of them in a moment, yes. and the president clearly needs to say something about this, and commander in chief, and h he knows the experience and this a moment for him to step in to advocate for the african-american. and another thing that is relevant is that his attorney general and close friend eric holder is out there investigating about some hate crime. yes, and the attorney for the civil rights division is hispanic and not only one of the thing th things that the justice department taking a look at this, but when the president spoke today, he also let us understand when he says this this this is what my son would look like, what he is saying is that it is power fful for many reasons, and most importantly, this is not some kid from t
describe the criticism. the criticism was obama needs to say something. we have the first black president here. we have what appears to be a clearcut case of racial bias or at least racial overtones in this case, the president needs to say something about this. commander in chief, he knows the experience. this is a moment for him to step in and advocate for the african-americans. his close friend, eric holder, who also happens to be african-american is out there investigating some kind of hate crime prosecution. absolutely, and the assistant attorney general for the civil rights division is hispanic. one of the most important things we see, not only in addition to the justice department actually taking a look at this. when the president spoke today, he also let us understand when he said this is what my son would look like, it s powerful for many reasons, most importantly, this is not some kid from the hood who might have been acting out, where people
ed henry live for us at the white house. ed, thanks. 8 minutes, 15 seconds until the next polls close. we have them for you straight up at the top of the hour. just hours before the president spoke today, the republic white house contenders were blasting the president s position on iran. it was the latest in a series of g.o.p. attacks on the president s foreign policy. team fox coverage continues now with the chief fox report correspondent jonathan hunt who is live with us in the studio tonight. hello, jonathan. hey, shep. elections may generally turn on the economy. with foreign policy challenges piling up in afghanistan and iran and syria. fox news senior political analyst brit hume says republicans feel a real opportunity to take on the president. they believe that although he got bin laden, and al awlaki that broadly speaking on iran and nuclear weapons in particular that he has been weak and they think he has been reticent in his support of israel although, you know, the presi
country s financial future. david, should president obama be scared when it comes to reelection? elections are about the incumbent s record and with that as a backdrop, this president has the worst economic record of any president since the great depression. the white house has to be very scared. about what next year is going to bring because arguably, his policies aren t doing anything to create jobs or get the economy moving, the number one concern of voters. he s actually doing things that are making it worse for the economy. heather: before the president spoke today, he touted jobs and economic growth, saying we gained almost 2 million jobs, private sector jobs in the past 13 months. here is the thing, unemployment still 8.8%. 13.5 million americans. they still don t have a job. for those folks, change hasn t been too good. do you think they ll give president obama another chance? i tell you this, we have to appreciate where we were when president obama came into office. i ag
certainly not in a very long time. they ll get behind david petraeus, but that doesn t mean that they re going to ask him tough questions central to this being what does it mean when we talk about an exit strategy in 2011. i want to bring back in lawrence eagleburger. when the president spoke today, mr. secretary, several repetitions of phrase struck me. he talked about full agreement on policy. i won t tolerate division. renew our sense of common purpose. how does that happen and do you hear a very clear strategy here as he put it, make no mistake, we have a clear goal? they may have a clear goal, which is to win, but unless you do what you have to do which is to win, the goal is nothing more than shimera. and i m afraid that s the case if the enemy feels we re only going to be around for a year. beyond which, let s face it.