and i imagine in two days it will be relished to a rhetorical weapon now and then on the campaign stump. i don t think it hurts him in any way. if the republicans want to bring it up, it is fine. the idea that obama is the only one who doesn t allow reporters into fundraising is silly. he was meeting with supporters, i think it was a fundraiser, it is totally appropriate for it to be closed. arthel: kirsten powers, jason rowe, thank you for your comments. thank you. thank you. switching gears. libya rebels advancing towards the strategic oil town of brega, no doubt taking advantage of nato airstrikes apriled at trying to weaken the government forces. as rebels make gains in the eastern part of the country, pro gaff gaff pro gadhafi
arthel: what kind of reaction will comments like these get in washington here s with us kirsten powers and jason rowe. welcome to you both. kirsten, is this red meat for the gop to cue on or maybe the president seeing red and ramping up his approach? i=)รท think that it can only enhance the president. it made him seem like a fighter. i think it made the left happy. his base has been unhappy with him over many things. i think it was good on that front. i don t think it was that much ripping into them. it is his health care plan. i think he has every right to be upset if they are trying to repeal it. arthel: jason, how do you see it? i agree it is not surprising about it. it wasn t news to republicans who have always known that the rhetoric that he uses when he s a candidate and who he really is in terms of his ideology and agenda don t
recollection recollection fox news weather an alert. a second person has died in north carolina from the powerful storm system that is right now pounding the east coast of the united states. tornado watches and warnings are now in effect. look at that from lee county, north carolina this is the same storm system that killed 17 people in four different states. spawning tornadoes that tore through communites and lives. hello i m rick folbaum. arthel: and i m arthel neville. flooding has stranded hikers in north carolina. rescue teams trying to reach those ers. meteorologist maria molina live in the weather center. it seems like they are not getting a break. that s right. i m good you brought up the flooding concerns. that s a not just across north carolina even as you head into parts of the northeast. we are seeing yellow and red popping up on the radar. that s very heavy rainfalling from symptom from some of these thunderstorms. some of the rain can obscure tornadoes. yo
advisor to senator john kerry and jason rowe served as a campaign manager for mitt romney s presidential campaign. nice to talk to both of you. mary, the president said after the election win lose or draw, we have to compromise, what americans want to do. if things go the way the polls look like they ll go, the president may not have a choice, but to play nice with the republicans. i think that president obama wants to do that. i think it will be a challenge for the democrats and republicans because of the pressure from the left and right. president obama under pressure from the left because they think he s already compromised too much the last two years and republicans are going to feel the pressure from the tea party on the right and told the candidates if you win, you re already on probation we don t want you to compromise. i think it s a challenge on the basic issues putting people back to work. everybody agrees it has to happen and nobody can agree how it s to be done. whatever
show willingness to substantially work would yous. let me ask you both we re short on time because of the breaking news, i apologize for that. i want a prediction from each of you before we go. one area, one piece of bipartisan legislation that will come as a result of the next congress? well, i hope it s putting people back to work because it s the only thing that matters. the only thing that people care about and i think that people are disappointed more it hasn t happened in the last two years even though it s a tough row to hoe and obama reached out and compromised and offered to work with republicans and they slapped his hand and we ll see if it happens again. rick: jason where do we see the compromise. i don t agree with everything she said, but i think bipartisan compromise on jobs and tax cut packages for businesses that would incentivize them to invest in capital and hire new workers. rick: mary anne morris and jason rowe, sorry for the shortened time together, but w