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First off, your reaction to those polls there and seeing hillary clinton at the top 61%. any surprise to you? >> no, i don't think there's a surprise at all. i think she was an admired figure before she went to the state department and it only built upon that. i wouldn't make too much from the differential between her and president obama either. when you're in office and you're fighting every day, and the fights are partisan, you know, then 30, 40% of the country is not going to be admiring of you on any given day. i think there's something, too -- the same thing happened with her husband when...

Going to whip this place into shape? >> i'm not going whip it into hap. i'm going to gradually get it into shape. >> with more senator pat moynihan. senator moynihan, any thoughts about what the bush presidency is likely to be now that we've seen how he has been behaving during this transition? >> very different from what we've had, and we're all very proud of him and happy for him today and looking forward to the next four years. >> i don't know if you can pick him out in the crowd, but senator moynihan is one of the few gentlemen today who was wearing a hamburg. very distinguished it is. >> ...

Barbour did go through the crucible of katrina and bonded with his state and recognized the importance of federal and state cooperation. on the other hand, the notion that haley barbour's big giant brand not having to think about politics, i'm a little skeptical of. >> more than a little. >> he's one of the most political people in the country. i say that in a neutral or admiring way. we're a week away from the election and it all has implications. you can't ignore that. >> it definitely does. sorry, willie. i'm not going to make a fake media fight here or whatever. but all you have to do is l...

Florida and new hampshire, pulling ad ns colorado off the air. chris cillizza is an msnbc contributor, managing editor of post politics.com. mark halperin with "time" magazine, both joining us now, mark in new york. thank you very much. susan, we have seen moments like this before, moments of national crisis where candidates and presidents, commanders in chief, become console ers in chief. it's a very important talent and i say that in most admiring way of political figures to pull us together. we saw it with president clinton, with president reagan. we saw it with this president after gabby g...

dropping out of sight. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we begin with today's damming new report on penn state's university's cover-up of coach jerry sandusky's sexual attacks on young boys. it says the top people at the university including the legendary football coach, joe paterno, hid what they knew and had no regard for the young victims. just now university officials are promising it will never, never happen again. >> you should know that our hearts remain heavy. and we are deeply ashamed. >> we're in no way lessening our focus on our own failings. we also are...