hillary clinton answers questions about her political future. stand by for my exclusive interview with nato head quarters. the secret service reels from a prostitution scandal. we're looking at the culture of the agency and whether it is a factor in this exploding controversy. >>> wasteful spending of your tax dollars, far beyond one costly conference in las vegas. we're learning about numerous lavish trips by an agency that's supposed to keep federal cost down. we want to welcome our viewers. you're in the situation room. >>> two of the highest members of president obama's war team. secretary of state hillary clinton and leon panetta traveled. i went and they joined me for an exclusive joint interview. we talked about some of the biggest global challenges as well as politics right here in the u.s. >> madam secretary, mr. secretary, thank you for joining us. >> glad to be here. >> let's talk about afghan san. $2 billion a week in u.s. tax dollars being spent to maintain the assistance of the afghan people. is this money well spent right now, a h

my point is hillary clinton was ambitious. she had a sense of her trajectory and other people who looked at her similarly had a sense of her tragedy ect roye and destiny decades ago. somebody like that i don't think gets to a certain age and says, you know what? i'm done. time to coast. if she sees an opportunity she will dick -- take it. ing chris: paut -- put it all together would you say take a year off? relax, get in shape, enjoy life, get all this office out of your head and then zipe -- decide? >> yes. i suspect that's what she has in mind. chris: dan? >> one, i don't think it's better for hillary clinton's chances if she wants to run in 2016 if obama loses. i will think an obama victory would be better for her. belter for her taking on an incumbent republican president, wouldn't like her chances. too, i do think she probably doesn't know herself whether they wants to one. -- run. but we haven't played out this election year yet. if things are close in august, does barack obama work out some arrangement where he says i w

the trajectory of hillary clinton's career stuns. i'm pleased to have known her and worked with her throughout much of it. while this is no retirement dinner, hear that, hillary? no retirement dinner. we honor you for the entire arc of your remarkable chair, during the carter administration, a white house where jim freeh and i served, to u.s. senator of new york and of course, u.s. secretary of state. i was in beijing in 1995 as part of the small congressional delegation for the u.n. congress on women when first lady hillary clinton uttered the iconic rallying cry for female quality. you just heard it in her fill many. that same year saw the formation of the council of women world leaders, the only organization for women who had countries. now it has 47 members and just last year relocated, where else? to the wilson center. with strong support from secretary clinton and her magical ambassador-at-large for women's issues milan who is here. we are building it into a major platform to showcase women's leadership and mentor emerging wome

. >> four years ago, i was locked in a brutal pri pair battle with hillary clinton. fur four years later, she won't stop drunk-texting me from cartagena. >>> it is perhaps one of three nights a year where they're deliberately funny in washington, d.c. why is chris christie laughing? the jabs thrown at him, hillary clinton, donald trump kim kardashian and others. we'll throw no jabs this morning at sharyn alfonsi. >> no shortage of material for the dinner last night. >>> we have breaking news overnight. a deadly collision between some

bill clinton would be happy if hillary runs for president. hillary clinton, 2016. well, luke russert asks husband bill that very question. >> i think it's up to her really. i don't think she plans to do it. and i think that you will understand this in 30 years or so, but hillary's worked really hard for 20 years. >> and one result of that work, respect. gallup ranks her the most admired woman, ahead of oprah winfrey, the first lady, and queen elizabeth. andrea mitchell talked to her about being a role model. >> i don't think of myself that way, but i know that i am considered that in the eyes of many people. and it's a great honor. it is a burden -- >> the most popular woman in the world for ten years in a row. >> well, it is a great honor. >> she knows cool can turn to icy. in 2008 she rode that wave. now, hoping to profit from this wave, a $22 t-shirt. it says, "i supported hillary clinton before it was cool to support hillary clinton." and chris, that is the meme. >> richard, thank you so much. it is hilarious if you read it. let me bring in karen finney, msnbc

aren't you reading a little bit much into hillary clinton's night out? do you agree no senior public official must ever be seen in a bar, with a drink, and or dancing, without make that rule? >>guest: it is a pretty good idea if they do not ... they look extraordinarily embarrassing, stuart but i go back do my original point, people working for the government are servants of the taxpayer, servants of american people and they should conduct themselves in an appropriate manner and, of course, recognizing the fact that they are representing the american people on the world stage. all the pickets circulating around the internet of hillary clinton are down right embarrassing. >>stuart: we heard you, especially the reference to the "jersey shore." thank you, clearly, he is not terribly impressed. i wonder if my next guest shares that opinion. this is a g.o.p. strategist. you are a g.o.p. strategist. >>guest: republican. >>stuart: you say? >>guest: i defend her. if anyone should have a drink who has gone through what hick heck -- hillary clinton has gone throug

hillary clinton has a good man working for her for 2016. he is endorsing her among the 2008 allies, rewarding her supporters and punishing her opponents. is bill fighting old battles, or getting ready for a big knew one. mark critz just won this week, and was a recipient of a big bill clinton endorsement, and alex wagner joins us, a host on msnbc. howard fineman wrote this yesterday, we have three leading congressman mark critz, i was rooting for you, you represent everything i like about politics, it's local, you look out for your base, and you deliver, congratulations. held me about bill clinton, his popularity, and his future importance. what do you see the clinton's role? >> obviously president clinton is still very popular. people look back to when he was in office and when hillary ran in '08, and his support of me, i'm hoping i had something to do with it, but he was really important to my race. i think it helped with voter who is may have been on the fence. >> tell me about, let me bring in alex, we're going to talk more about your r

hillary clinton gets on a plane. this is not your usual bags cost extra turn off your cell phone plane, either, because hillary clinton is of course america's secretary of state. in this case she is riding in a c 17 military plane that has been kited out just for her. it's like, look, right? it's like a secretary of state batmobile. so people can stand up and walk around, they can take highly classified phone calls at cruising altitude. and seriously, the secretary of state needs the room. she's got meetings, capital m meetings in malta and oman and pakistan and afghanistan and libya. she's got reporters along from time and reuters and apoeshed press who get to tell us about this later. plus she needs room for her giant briefing books so she can read up on what she has to read up on. somewhere on the flight to tripoli a press reporter took this picture. although this picture is not brand-new, it was actually taken last fall, last october, this week this picture became a brand-new idea to everybody on the internet mac

is hillary clinton running in 2016? one clue, she's got a pretty good advance man working for her, bill clinton. i would say the former president has taken on the role of endorsing allies, rewarding her supporters, punishing her opponents. big deal, and it's a big question. is bill fighting old battles or getting ready for a big new one in 2016. mark critz just won the democratic nomination in his state of pennsylvania last week, and my colleague alex wagner joins us now. she's the host on msnbc. quote, we have three leading political parties in america today, howard wrote. republican, democratic and clinton. the last is a mom and pop operation with a chelsea. it's been 12 years since they had a president in office, but they still keep score, tend to their base and ponder what to do next with their political, financial and charitable clout. congressman mark critz, i was rooting for you, sir. you're the jack mertha of today. you represent everything i really like about politics. it's local, you look out for your base, yo

so hillary clinton gets on a plane, right? this is not your usual bags cost extra, turn off your cell phone plane either because hillary clinton is, of course, america's secretary of state. in this case she's riding in a c-17 military plane that has been kited out just for her. it's like a secretary of state bat mobile. people can stand up and walk around, they can take highly classified phone calls at cruising altitude, and seriously, the secretary of state needs the room. she's got meetings, capital m meetings in pakistan and afghanistan and libya. she's got reporters along from "time" and "reuters" who get to tell us all about that later. plus she needs room for the giant briefing books so she can read up on all the stuff she needs to read up on. somewhere near tripoli the press photographer took this rather amazing picture of madam secretary and filed it with the editors back home. although this picture is not brand new, this picture was taken last fall, last october. this week this picture became a brand new idea to every

>> reporter: the obama campaign helping hillary clinton pay off her 2008 financial debt. her husband increasingly vocal advocate for mr. obama during an already sharp general election fight. even appearing in this new ad touting the president's decision to order the killing of osama bin laden. one year ago this week. >> he took the harder and the more honorable path. >> reporter: but that has angered mitt romney supporters who blame president obama for using the raid as a political weapon. >> it's something that was a unifying event for all americans. an event that governor romney congratulated him and the military and the intelligence analysts in our government for completing the mission in terms of killing osama bin laden. and he's managed to turn it into a divisive partisan political attack. >> reporter: obama campaign advisers argue the successful campaign to hunt down the al qaeda leader is fair game. >> just a few years ago, president obama, then a candidate, said in a speech that if we had actionable intelligence of a high-value target in pakistan we would go in an

he was the chief strategist of hillary clinton's 2008 presidential campaign. i always look to you, governor rendell, for anything to do with the clintons. you are their guy. you're close. it's a relationship. it's not transactional, it's for life. so here's the question. is this a good marriage? will it last through november, which is all that matters? >> absolutely, yeah. it'srein e e ulanth a t tuspoci wod adisasr. d ao a real respect for president obama and how he's handled president clinton. they have a mutual respect and admiration and even general friendship. i think president clinton has been enormously impressed with that. i think this is all out, 100%, n not leaving anything out on the table. >> i'd like you to got. s enead molicly a asto oma ihi sote. i mean,th president has given hillary clinton the ability to go out there and create a persona for herself, and she's done a great job with the american people, love what hillary clinton has done, and i think president clinton is very appreciative of the way president obama is handling it. >>tran sth de

hillary clinton, the u.s. secretary of state, due to touch down here in a matter of days, and this is number one on the agenda. carol? >> dan, you mentioned secretary of state carol costello leaves today for talks with china. a lot is at stake. the u.s. would like to see greater flexibility on security issues involving iran, syria and north korea and u.s. touting itself as a defender of human rights, though. in just about ten minutes we will talk to james rubin, a former assistant secretary of state under president clinton about hillary clinton's delicate dance. >>> in tucson, arizona, this morning, a surveillance video may offer new clues this morning in finding a missing 6-year-old girl. it shows a group of men and women leaving a bar around 1:30 in the morning a block from the home of isabel celis who was discovered missing hours later when her father says he found her bed empty and her window screen removed. police aren't revealing what these potential witnesses have to say. >> if fi anything, it's one les

hillary clinton dpunjab, personal and political ties to india. that was an insta-walkback. within days obama called the quote a mistake. the obama and clinton camps sited with animosity for much of the two-year campaign. there were whispers of sexism from her supporters. obama fans came close to calling her tactics racist. >> i have known hillary clinton as a friend, a colleague, a source of counsel, and a tough campaign opponent. she possesses an extraordinary intelligence and a remarkable work ethic. i am proud that she will be our next secretary of state. >> the rest is history. some of these relationships actually ended in real friendships, but all of them began as bottom line politics. >> we're going to make sure that however this thing comes out in the end, that the republican nominee defeats barack obama, and i think that is the essence

. >> tambiÉn estuvo de fiesta hillary clinton pero el gobierno de estados unidos no ve nada de malo la visita que realizÓ. >> maestros en la mira de california, fueron enviadas a lo largo del sistema escolar. >> si deja el pago de impuestos para maÑana maneje con cuidado, los que dejan la declaraciÓn para Último momento y los que lo realizan en el minuto. ya comenzamos. >> este es su nolte skweticiero univisiÓn. >> ¿quÉ tal? muy buenas noches, jorge ramos estÁ de vacaciones esta semana. >> comenzamos con lo que dijo el secretario de que ofensa de los funcionarioss norte americanos que se fueron de fiestas en cartagena antes que barack obama llegara a colombia, dijeron que serÁn investigo s y como ndice lourdes en donde participaron los agentes y 5 militares podrÍa haber comprometido la seguridad del presidente, veamos. >> el escÁndalo no se quedÓ en cartagena, al menos 11 de agentes encargados de proteger la vida del presidente y varios militares estÁn suspendidos y son el centro de una investigaciÓn sobre la relacion sobre prostituta en este hotel antes de la llegada del

to me, hillary would mean hope to the peaceful, affluent clinton years. hillary clinton versus sarah palin, historic for sure. paul in reno, do over. that's what 2008 voters who were spell bound by a charismatic barack obama's way with words. we would like a little more steak with our sizzle. if you want to read more, on my blog, cnn.com/caffertyfile or go to my post on "the situation room" facebook page. i will see you on monday. >> thank you. >>> it is like a scene from ia disaster movie. what happened after a plane crashed into a grocery store. lisa sylvester has the latest. >> take a look at this area video. that hole you see is where the plane plunged squarely into the middle of the roof of a publics grocery store in deland, florida. you can hear the initial panic in the 911 calls. >> oh, my god, oh, my god. >> what's going on at the publix. >> up in the westgate plaza. an airplane just went into the publix. i hear the sirens. oh, my god. oh, my god. >> just relax. they are on the way. >> 911, what is your emergency? >> someone is on fire in publix.

this at a weekend summit in istanbul, secretary of state hillary clinton acknowledges that the u.s. is providing critical communications equipment to the rebel forces. i sat down with her in istanbul last night to talk about the crisis in syria and the challenged posed by iran. >> you have said that there will be serious consequences if assad does not stop killing his people, that this is the moment of truth. that the time for excuses is over. but short of military intervention, what is going to stop this man? >> well, andrea, i see it as a progression that is too slow and it's very painful to watch the terrible killing continue by the assad regime. but out of this meeting today, we have agreed on not only more sanctions, but a means of enforcing them. we now have a sanctions committee. that was quite an accomplishment because this group consists of a lot of countries that are really the mainstays of the syrian economy. we have more humanitarian aid going in. we have an accountability project under way to catalog all of the atrocities that have been done. and we are increasing the v

he was the chief strategist of hillary clinton's 2008 presidential campaign. i always look to you, governor rendell, for anything to do with the clintons. you are their guy. you're close. it's a relationship. it's not transactional, it's for life. so here's the question. is this a good marriage? will it last through november, which is all that matters? >> absolutely, yeah. it's a marriage borne of a lot of things. number one, president obama's belief that president clinton did the best he could and that going back to the bush policies would be a disaster. and also a real respect for president obama and how he's handled president clinton. they have a mutual respect and admiration and even general friendship. i think president clinton has been enormously impressed with that. i think this is all out, 100%, n not leaving anything out on the table. >> i'd like you to go over that. it has been -- you have a close relationship with the former president. it's his feeling about the personal and professional respect between the president and the secretary of state which

you bring write about hillary clinton being a -- >> they really taught us that whatever you do, be great at and make sure that people remember you for it. i went up and started do the books for my family when i was 13, went to college and was not involved in politics, when i started seeing how hard it was to make a dollar, how easy it is for the american people to take it. my mom said, if you don't like it, change it. everybody told me that i should not run for office. i went to where hillary clinton was speaking and she said to a few dozen people, there are going to dozens of people who tell you you can't do something, and it for that reason you do it. she's a strong woman that understood no people are quick to say no you can't. that's all the more reason that you have to push through this. i needed to show that moms can do this or wives can do it. i appreciate her saying it. she said it at a time that was very important in my life. >> some people have questioned, why write a memoir, you're 40 years old and the first term is the government of south carolina, what is it about your story

. >> and i love the part about then first lady hillary clinton with nixon. it says right in your book that nixon found hillary a little intimidating. >> he did. although one of the things we found very poignant was president clinton told us there's a letter that nixon wrote him just before he died that clinton pulls out and rereads every year to this day. that's how important that relationship was. >> you read about the letter but tell us a little bit about the letter. >> just before nixon died, he had gone to russia and locked over the landscape of a fast changing soviet union e said you need to replace in ambassador, change your policies to do it this, emphasize that and clinton said it was some of the best advice he had gotten in his entire presidency, not just about russia, but about foreign policy. he's yet to release the letter. >> there's so many interesting things. i love the book. and hillary clinton, who worked on the impeachment of then president nixon said to -- or president nixon said to her, i tried to get healthcare 20 years earlier, meaning t

mark penn almost got hillary clinton elected president the first time, probably will the next time. >> and president clinton the second time. up next, just like getting bin laden. romney wrote an op-ed called "let detroit go bankrupt" now they're trying to credit mitt for the spectacular success of the bailout. they're trying to spin it. hi, i'm phil mickelson. i've been fortunate to win on golf's biggest stages. but when joint pain and stiffness from psoriatic arthritis hit, even the smallest things became difficult. i finally understood what serious joint pain is like. i talked to my rheumatologist and he prescribed enbrel. enbrel can help relieve pain, stiffness, and stop joint damage. because enbrel, etanercept, suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis and discuss whether you've been to a region where certain fungal infections are c

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four years ago i was locked in a brutal primary battle with hillary clinton. four years later she won't stop drunk texting me from car at that haine in a. look at this party. we've got men in tuxes, women in gowns, fine wine, first class entertainment. i was just relieved to learn this was not a gsa conference. even sarah palin's getting back into the game. guest hosting on the "today show", which reminds me of an old saying. what's the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? a pit bull is delicious. i know at this point many of you are expecting me to go after my likely opponent, newt gingrich. newt, there's still time, man! take mitt romney. he and i actually have a lot in common. we also both have degrees from harvard. i have one, he has two. what a snob. in my first term i sang al greene. in my second term i'm going with young geeze. in my first term we repealed the policy known as don't ask don't tell. in my second term we will replace it with a policy known as, it's raining men. in my first term we passed health care reform. in my second term i g

hillary clinton says the u.s. will proceed with appropriate action, but that isn't stopping them from starting to fuel up the missile. our report from inside north korea ahead. good morning from new york city. it's wednesday, april 11, 2012 and this is "the daily rundown." i'm luke russert in for chuck todd. after 32 states, 20 debates and $180 million of candidate spending and 15 more from super pacs effectively ended yesterday when rick santorum suspended his campaign. >> against all odds we won 11 states, millions of voters, millions of votes. we won more counties than all of the other people in this race combined and we made a decision over the weekend that, while this presidential race for us is over, for me, and we will suspend our campaign effective today, we are not done fighting. >> nbc news senior political editor mark murray joins me now. mark, thanks so much for being on the program. this was a gift to mitt romney because it was on the cover of "usa today." now it's essentially obama-romney. i want to

and did you wonder what it might be like to text with hillary clinton? it is viral and in the sideshow. and let me begin with the best thing of all that began this week. begin with the economy and the presidential race. john heilemann is the u.s. correspondent for "newsweek" magazine, and we also have the author of "showdown" and both are political analysts. today, the unemployment rate down a notch with jobs added at 120,000 and even though they are head in the right direction, the numbers be fell short. this morning president obama expressed cautious optimism. >> we welcome today's news that businesses created another 121,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate ticked down, but it is clear to every american that there will still be ups and downs along the way, and that we have a lot more work to do. >> the republicans reaction was far less charitable, because mitt romney said it is a troubling jobs report. and john boehner said that families and small businesses are still struggling to get by because of president obama's failed economic problems.

as secretary of state hillary clinton is set to arrive. >>> terrible toll. an suv careens out of control plunging over a guardrail, taking the lives of three generations of one family. >>> apple's slice. it's the richest company in the world, but it pays one of the lowest tax rates in america. how do they get away with it? >>> also this morning, nerd prom. the white house correspondents hold their annual dinner. look who they get to bring as the dates. >>> good monday morning, everyone. i'm rob nelson. >> i'm sunny hostin. paula faris is on assignment. >>> high level talks between the u.s. and china could soon resolve the fate of blind dissident chen guangcheng. abc's tahman bradley joins us from washington with more. good morning, tahman. >> reporter: the u.s. will not say whether the dissident is under protection. if he is, it would be the first time since the tiananmen square protests that the u.s. has protected a human rights activist. the u.s. is scrambling to contain a diplomatic crisis with china. on the eve of important negotiations, a blind chinese