reason. he didn t come out and say i can t get harry reid to do what i want. this is a very partisan. by the way, the white house says this isn t an official visit. it s not a political visit it s a official visit. greta: this one. not campaign it s official visit. problem here that harry reid is taking things into his own hands. remember there was a point in the fight other the debt ceiling where harry reid and mitch mcconnell said to the white house okay, guys, you get out of, this we ll take care of it, now harry reid has done the same thing with this jobs bill saying i know you would like it passed in one piece, mr. president, we re going to cut it up in pieces. we re going to change the way we fund it we re going to make these changes and then we will get it done. they are really in charge here. greta: i thought last week we he had ed henry getting slapped around a little bit saying are you the governor romney spokesperson and then today
the other candidates. and, you know, there are a lot of factors both good and bad and luck and so many things involved. she is saying a lot of the right things. she resonates with a lot of people. she went up like a rocket ship. i think when governor perry came in he really took some of her thunder and you and i have discussed that, michelle. i don t know right, right, wrong, or indifferent, i think she is really doing an excellent job. greta: well now to the battle over jobs. it is getting nastier by the minute. actually, it s getting snarky. here is president obama taking a shot at congressional republicans today. what we re going to do is brake up my jobs bill. maybe they couldn t understand the whole thing all at once. [ laughter ] so we re going to break it up into bite size pieces. so they can take a thoughtful approach to this legislation. greta: now, the president isn t the only one getting a bit snarky today. white house press secretary jay carney on air force one talk
why did they do that do you think? what was their motive. part chamber of commerce speech. they wanted to if emphasize that crime is not so bad in their cities. it s not. the narcoterrorists are going to the empty spaces rather than the cities. that would make sense. in the elm tear go to where the military is weakest. in this case it s in those empty spaces between the cities. not in the cities. that s the point we tried to make to them during the hearing. greta: maybe ignorance a little bit. could be. once again i m terribly sorry. i know your reputation. i know you and i know general mccaffrey s reputation and i m sorry. thank you, greta. greta: no more fun than this betty white going wild. latest role may seem shocking. not typical running of the bulls. not in spain. where is it? start guessing. here is a hint. close. plus lady gaga finds a not so new way to say happy birthday mr. president. stay tuned for this one. with in.
major general bob scales joins us. and let me be the first to apologize. [ laughter ] greta: i m real really ashamed. i know you very well. i know general mccaffrey very well. you were called up to give information about your report and i think it s scannedless the way you were scandalous the way you were treated. berry and i have served in the military shot at many times. greta: usually you expect the enemy though. in this case the shots were verbal. i think that the congressman was really took a personal attack on both of us. and impound our integrity and motive and that s what barry and i got most upset about. greta: he didn t do it to me and i m embarrassed. you know what? you guys did a report. you went up there to tell the report. fair report.
they are trying to score points against each other. greta: name of the game both sides at this point. they both said even the president s jobs bill there are things in the president s jobs bill that the republicans did like and do like. they like the trade agreements and finally got those passed. greta: other things as well that there is no sort of incentive really to work together. what democrats have done and what the president was talking about today they have cut out a $35 billion part of the bill which would give money to teachers, fire, and police. and they are daring the republicans to vote against teachers, firemen, and police officers. and it has a little bitty tax increase, i think half a percentage point on people making a million dollars or so. so a portion of the millionaire s tax that the president wants. they are trying to find the most appealing, hard to oppose part of the bill and put it up and dare republicans to. greta: democrats in the senate like the pres