decision, although i think there s a window of opportunity, and in life, for all sorts of reason and this was probably my time. although i don t know, given kind of what i believe and how i believe it, i m not sure i would have been successful as a candidate, either. these are different times than just six years ago when i last ran. bill: that is some candor. bush went on to deny rumors of possible vp run saying that, quote, under no circumstances would he accept a vp spot on the republican ticket this year. jamie: you have a green job? what defines a green job. there s actually a definition from the labor department. but the white house right now is facing new scrutiny about that. an administration official admitting under tough questioning, a bus driver, someone who sweeps the floor, even if you work in a bike shop, those all qualify as green workers. i asked you a question, you know the answer, would
from 2001 to 2006 i worked as a volunteer on national security and health issues in the bush administration, and in 2008 we developed an american solutions drill here, drill now, pay less and began to raise for the american people the central importance of an american independence energy plan so that no future president would ever again bow to a saudi king and so that we would not be dependent on the strait of vermoose and dealing with the iranians. over my lifetime i have tried to move the national debate including 24 books starting with window of opportunity in 1984. we have done seven documentaries. they entered the author phase of trying to lead and educate with sweet land of liberty in which ellis the elephant introduces 4 to 8-year-olds to american history and an effort to fill the vacuum left by all too many modern educators and we re now going to put down the role of
this has been an incredible saga. if you look back at the past week, he escaped house arrest, he took rev few in the u.s. embassy. today it looks as though there was a breakthrough. he walks there the embassy a free man, he was taken to a hospital for medical treatment, reunited with the family. but how there has been a complete back flip. speaking to him, he says he kne feels he s been let down by the united states, that while in the embassy, he was cut off from the news and he was encouraged to leave. when he left, he went to the hospital, he met his wife, and his wife told him what had been happening to her ever since he fled. she told him that the guards who were locking them down in their village took her away, tieder h to a chair and interrogated her, said they were waiting for them with weapons back in their house. chen told me very clearly that if he stays in china, he fears for his life. initially he wanted to stay in the country. he says he can no longer live it the
gene made the good point, not just about messaged discipline, it s about having the right message, and what is the message? how does romney move from pivoting so far from the right and then coming back to the middle? you can imagine the ads that david axelrod is dreaming about. at lot of them just in the debates. so this weekend, you ve got rick santorum got rick santorum, also going to have virginia governor mcdonnell and o malley facing off about the big issues for the fall. thank you so much. gene, stay with us. and coming up, window of opportunity, iran s supreme leader praises president obama s push for diplomacy as israel looks to build up its arsenal of bomb. do you think david will put that quote from a grand ayatollah? it s hopeful. it s hopeful. the latest on the tense standoff coming up next. [ male announcer ] for the saver, and a big first step.
let s get started. usually it s her. she s the one who says this over and over, jobs, jobs, jobs. you know what, jobs is the big story today. big report, remember the last one we told you that was real good, we have another one out for you. as good? anything negative? we ll get the low down on it all? is it going to boost or bite president obama. also we re talking iran and israel s stance on iran. the prime minister talking about a timetable on an attack on iran giving a series of interviews laying out how many days, weeks, months, who knows for sanctions to take hold. the pressure and the heat on that situation. attention pennsylvania. take a look at this. a little plane coming in and it is not a good story, folks. the landing gear, look, it s not down. wow. how did it end? you ll see this but you ll hear more about it in just a moment. wow. bobbi kristina speaking to oprah. that s right, whitney s only daughter. the first time she s opening up about her mom.