From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Alyssa mastromonaco is often called one of the most powerful people in washington. That you have not heard of. The deputy chief of staff of operations at the white house. Nothing gets done without alyssa being part of it at the white house. She coordinates with secret service, air force one, and more. She is in on strategy. She has become like family. She started working with then senator obama in 2005. Next came the campaign. She leaves this may. She will remain engaged as an outside advisor. We talked last week at the old Senate Office now occupied by sherry brown, the senator from ohio. This is it. This is where young senator obama had his four key staffers. Yes. This is the former deputy chief of staff. The press secretary. We did ok. Every time i read a piece about you, it talks about power. Tell me what you do. What i do . I think the reason people think i have power is i am the person everyone comes to. I have the answer f
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Alyssa mastromonaco is often called one of the most powerful people in washington. That you have not heard of. The deputy chief of staff of operations at the white house. Nothing gets done without alyssa being part of it at the white house. She coordinates with secret service, air force one, and more. She is in on strategy. She has become like family. She started working with then senator obama in 2005. Next came the campaign. She leaves this may. She will remain engaged as an outside advisor. We talked last week at the old Senate Office now occupied by sherry brown, the senator from ohio. This is it. This is where young senator obama had his four key staffers. Yes. This is the former deputy chief of staff. The press secretary. We did ok. Every time i read a piece about you, it talks about power. Tell me what you do. What i do . I think the reason people think i have power is i am the person everyone comes to. I have the answer f
A man loses his home to foreclosure and gets a mortgage settlement offer but its not enough to even cover his first months rent. Keith ward from michigan will join us later this hour. And tigers fans, they are no fans of kung fu panda. Gets things going with a bang. It was actually more like bang, ba bang, bang. Newsroom starts now. Good morning to you. Happy thursday. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining us. President obama is about to take the stage in tampa. And hell have some big news to celebrate with his supporters. Just over an hour ago, republican with vast crossover aappeal announced his endorsement for obama. Listen to this from former secretary of state colin powell. I voted for him in 2008 and plan to stick with him in 2012 and ill be voting for he and Vice President joe biden next month. Thats an endorsement for president obama for reelection . Yes. Jessica yellin, many say colin powell is a rino, republican in name only. Will this endorsement matter . Reporter
[ theme ] bill hey, good morning everybody. Welcome to the full court press this Tuesday Morning january 8. Good to see you today. Good to be back with you. Im here with 100 brain and heart and 50 voice but well try to struggle through it with the help of our friends today. Good to have you with us. Lot of big news to talk about. President obama completing the nominations for his National Security team yesterday. Nominating chuck hagel to be secretary of defense and john brennan to be the next director of the c. I. A. The critics are already out with their sharp swords. They intend to do to chuck hagel what they were able to do to susan rice but its not going to work this time because the white house is fighting back. Theyre already doing so. Weve got to join that fight. Well talk about that and a whole lot more. First, we get the latest, todays current news update, here she is, Lisa Ferguson out in los angeles. Hi lisa. Hey bill. Welcome back. As bill mentioned obamas new appointments
School, all the way up to high school, where he did drop out in 11th grade. He did receive his ged just before applying to college. I was reading a few online reports just before we went live here, mike. And there was a local station that did reach out to a former girlfriend who dated him in eighth grade and then again in high school. She said he was very christian, very kind. She ran into him about a year ago. He did not seem the same. In that same area where he allegedly attacked a 22yearold. This attack against a 22yearold jogger that happened back in may, which is linked to the Jessica Ridgeway case. She was 22. She was able to get away. She was attacked. Jessica, unfortunately, just a little girl. Wasnt so lucky in this particular case. And not only was she abducted and murdered and dismembered, but dumped like a piece of trash in the middle of the woods. As you know, she went miss iing october 5th, found five days later. Just terrible. It is. And when we look at the incident in m