an old white man save his farm and this man and this woman talked on the phone yesterday morning, because they are friends, because she helped him save his farm. and that is a wonderful story and that is the american story. that is the story of good people in this country, not those who, for some malicious reason, want to put out a story that there is a war with black and white people in this country. absolutely right, norah. that s great. pat, we can t completely excuse ourselves. it s not just fox news. as mike pointed out, everybody in the world ran the clip yesterday. we got the clip, we were here yesterday morning, and it was you know, it wasn t terribly audible but you got the words and what was said and what you got was here is a woman who is the first half of her story which was an honest first half saying, look. here comes this white farmer in here and i m a young black woman and my first reaction was, you know, i don t really need to help this guy and i don t particul
are you re going to be on glenn beck tonight. that s where we are in this country as far as news gathering, a lot of us and as far as politics, too many people. and fear. let me just say if that scares willie, if that scares a white house into firing a woman without due process, then that white house is not strong enough to run this country. that is pathetic and it s an indictment on the full-scale panic that has overtaken that place. miss sherrod said exactly what you just suggested a moment ago shp she told the administration. she says there is more to this story. said they didn t want to hear it. wow. we will show you the new quinnipiac polls that just came out on president obama s approval rating. maybe that is why they are panicki panicking, willie. a day once dawned and it was beautiful
the judge made the decision, and it s her job right now to comply with the judge s order. if that attorney looks familiar it s the original attorney lindsay has had. she quit but circled back and now on the case. unfair. any other would have gotten six months. lindsay lohan? what, for the probation? yes. don t get so serious about this story. norah o donnell, thanks so much. my pleasure. nice to see you guys. we ll see you soon. coming up next, new poll numbers on president obama. hot off the press. we re just getting them now. joe and mika from pensacola in a couple of minutes. stay here. hang five
we re in pensacola. we will be talking more about that in a moment. joining us now for continuing coverage on this story from the white house, chief economist for the president s economic recovery advisory board and a member of the white house council of economic adviser, austin ghoulsby and co-host of the daily rundown savannah guthrie. savannah, start with you on the story about miss sherrod. what was the trigger for the white house to reverse its decision here? i think it s the posting by the naacp of the full context of her remarks and i m sure also the fact that the white farmer, the alleged party here came out so strongly in support of miss sherrod. he said the talk here is fascinating. reporting on the story yesterday. did a piece for nightly news. the word out of the white house this was at the solely discretion of the agriculture secretary tom vilsack, that the president had been briefed on it after the decision was made, but
she tells the whole story how she got to know him and these other folks. it is black and white but it s not just that, it is more than that. so it is a wonderful story. we got the first half of it and i think we reacted as, frankly, as normal people, why did all of those people laugh about what she did to this guy? we had half the story. we had half the story. we played the full clip at the top of the show and play it again throughout the morning. guys, thanks. great conversation. we will continue that. coming up next, though, an exclusive first look at the politico playbook including tax adds anonymous. how secret donations are being used to launch a new round of ads at the white house. who is behind it. high anxiety on a cross-country flight. it felt like i was down an elevator shaft and hit the bottom and came back up. more than a dozen passengers injured and one seriously. we will have the latest on a scary story.