THIS WEEK ON THE "THE BRODY
FILES". IT'S A DEMOCRAT LOVE
FEST IN CHARLOTTE. WEAVER AT
THE CONVENTION BEFORE PRESIDENT
OBAMA STARTS HIS FIGHT FOR A
SECOND TERM. WE'RE ONE-ON-ONE
WITH THE CAMPAIGN MANAGER.
WE NEED TO DO BETTER THAN
THAT.
SPEAKING OF A LOVE FEST IS
THE MEDIA IN LOVE WITH BARACK
OBAMA. WE DISCUSS THAT AND
MUCH
MORE.
IF WE HAVE A BIAS WITH THE
MEDIA IT'S TO BE OVERLY
SUSPICIOUS WITH AUTHORITY
FIGURES AND THEY'RE NOT TELLING
THE TRUTH.
LOOK WHO ELSE IS ON THE
SHOW?
"THE BRODY FILES" AND
REPUBLICAN
TURNED DEMOCRAT MS. HUFFING TON
AND WE'RE AT HIS STATION. I
WANT TO GET A MASSAGE.
YOU SHOULD.
ALSO SAY GOODBYE TO
.
AND WELCOME EVERYBODY TO
"THE
BRODY FILES", IN CHARLOTTE
NORTH
CAROLINA, THE HOME OF THE
NATIONAL DEMOCRAT CONVENTION
THIS YEAR. FOUR YEARS AGO
PRESIDENT OBAMA HAD THE HOME
AND
CHANGE THING AND FOUR YEARS
LATER HE HOPES AMERICANS DON'T
WANT TO CHANGE PRESIDENTS SO
CAN
HE WIN A SECOND TERM? ALL THE
POLLS SHOW THIS RACE IS VERY
CLOSE AND THAT MEANS GET READY
TO RUMBLE. NOW, HERE'S ONE
POLL
THE PRESIDENT SHOULD BE VERY
CONCERNED ABOUT. HAVE A LOOK
AT
THIS. A MAJORITY OF VOTERS
BELIEVE THE COUNTRY IS WORSE
OFF
TODAY THAN FOUR YEARS AGO.
THAT
IS A PEP TO BIS MOW MOMENT FOR
THE PRESIDENT. 54 SAY
PRESIDENT
OBAMA DOESN'T DESERVE A SECOND
TERM AND THE PRESIDENT SAYS
WAIT
A MINUTE. HE'S NOT DONE. HE
WANTS ANOTHER FOUR YEARS BUT
WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR THE
FUTURE?
WE TALKED TO ONE OF HIS TOP
AIDS, STEPHANIE CUTTER, AND HE
PASSED HISTORIC HEALTH CARE
LEGISLATION BUT THERE IS MORE.
LISTEN TO MY INTERVIEW.
LET'S REMEMBER WHAT WE HAVE
DONE OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS,
4.5 MILLION PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS
HAVE BEEN CREATED AND DOUBLE
THAT WERE CREATED UNDER
PRESIDENT BUSH DURING HIS
RECESSION. PRESIDENT BUSH OVER
THE COURSE OF EIGHT YEARS LOST
JOBS. WE CREATED JOBS. WE
NEED
PLANS TO GET MORE YOBS AND GROW
THE ECONOMY FASTER.
ACTUALLY THE BRODY FILE DID
DIGGING AND IF YOU TAKE THE
POINT WHERE THE JOBS WERE AT
THE
LOWEST AND USING THE FORMULA
THE
BUSH ADMINISTRATION CREATED
4.8 MILLION NEW JOBS AND OH BY
THE WAY RONALD REG^GEN CREATED
8 MILLION JOBS. THAT'S THE
APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON.
BESIDES THE LACK OF JOBS THERE
IS SOMETHING ELSE THE PRESIDENT
IS LACKING A LITTLE BIT THIS
YEAR, ENTHUS YASM AND DOWN AS
IT
RELATES TO YOUNGER VOTERS HERE
IS STEPHANIE CUTTER ON THAT.
YOU HEAR THE TEA PARTY AND
TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE PRESIDENT
DOESN'T HAVE A SECOND TERM.
LAST WEEK THEY WERE ONLY
SPEAKING TO THE TEA PARTY AND
NOT ALL AMERICANS. IT'S
DIFFERENT HERE IN CHARLOTTE.
WE'RE TALKING TO ALL AMERICANS
AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE
FORWARD. THE ENTHUS YASM YOU
TALK ABOUT I'M NOT SURE IT'S
REAL. WE HAVE IT HERE.
THE BIG NEWS IS THE SPEECH
BUT THEY GET BUSINESS DONE AND
ON THE PLATFORM THE WORD "GOD"
WAS NOT MENTIONED AT ALL IN THE
PARTY PLATFORM. THIS IS HOW IT
READ IN 2008 "WE NEED A
GOVERNMENT THAT STANDS UP FOR
THE HOPES AND INTEREST OF
WORKING PEOPLE AND GIVES
EVERYONE WILLING TO WORK A
CHANCE TO MAKE THE MOST OF
THEIR
GOD GIVEN POTENTIAL. NOW, IN
2012 IT SAYS THIS: "IN AMERICA
HARD WORK SHOULD PAY OFF.
RESPONSIBILITY SHOULD BE
REWARDED AND EACH OF US SHOULD
BE GO AS FAR AS OUR TALENT AND
DRIVE TAKE US" SO THE WORDS
GOD
GIVEN ACTUALLY TAKEN OUT OF THE
PLATFORM. HERE IS REACTION BY
THE DELEGATES ON THE FLOOR.
I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
I
KNOW WHERE I STAND. I KNOW
THERE IS ONE AND THAT'S IT.
WE SHOULD POINT OUT THAT THE
PARTY PLATFORM CONTAINS A
PARAGRAPH ON THAT BUT DOESN'T
MENTION GOD THERE ALSO AND THE
DEMOCRATS MENTIONED SEVEN TIMES
LAST TIME AND THE REPUBLICANS
MENTION GOD AND THAT IN THE
PLATFORMS.
HOLD ON EVERYBODY. BREAKING
NEWS ALERT FROM THE BRODY FILE.
AFTER OUR STORY BROKE IT MADE
SUCH BIG HEADLINES THE DNC HAS
ADDED THE GOD LANGUAGE BACK IN.
IT'S TRUE. THE PUSH BACK WAS
TOO MUCH AND THE DEMOCRATS WENT
TO THE FLOOR TO MAKE THE CHANGE
BUT THE VOTE WASN'T SO SIMPLE
TO
APPROVE.
I WILL DO THAT ONE MORE
TIME.
ALL THOSE DELEGATES IN FAVOR
SAY
AYE.
AYE.
ALL THOSE DELEGATES OPPOSED
SAY NO. IN THE OPINION OF THE
CHAIR TWO THIRDS VOTED
AFFIRMATIVE AND THE PLATFORM
HAS
BEEN AMENDED AS SHOWN ON THE
SCREEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU.
THIS WHOLE THING REALLY
TURNING INTO A MESS FOR THE
DEMOCRATS THIS WEEK. BOOING
THE
ADDITION OF THE GOD LANGUAGE.
NOT A GOOD VISUAL. THIS WHOLE
CONTROVERSY COULD BE A CAMPAIGN
ISSUE THIS FALL. ONE PHRASE
THAT IS DEFINITELY MENTIONED BY
THE DEMOCRATS HERE IN CHARLOTTE
IS THE GOP WAR ON WOMEN. HEY
IT'S CATCHY FOR SURE. WE EVEN
CAME UP WITH A GRAPHIC FOR IT.
HOW TRUE IS IT. DEMOCRATS SAY
REPUBLICANS WANT TO RESTRICT
WOMENS' REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM.
AND THEY SAY HOG WASH. WE
TALKED TO ANDREA MITCHELL ABOUT
THIS.
WHAT ABOUT THE DEMOCRATS AND
THEY DID A MARKETING ON THIS.
IT'S A PHRASE I DON'T USE
AND
WHEN TALKING ABOUT WAR IT'S THE
MEN AND WOMEN SERVING IN
AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ. WAR
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE OTHER THAN A
BRANDING OR MARKETING
OPPORTUNITY.
WE WILL TALK LATER TO HER IN
THE SHOW AND SHE WILL TALK
ABOUT
MEDIA BIAS AND HER JEWISH
UPBRINGING. VERY INTERESTING.
ANDREA MITCHELL IS A BIG NAME
AND WE LIKE TO STALK BIG NAMES
AND
CELEBRITIES. WE FOUND ADRIANA
HUFFINGTON
AND PEOPLE CAN COME IN FOR
MASSAGES AND SIT DOWN AND WE
TALKED ABOUT POLITICS AND HER
JOBS INITIATIVE.
TELL ME ABOUT THE GENESIS OF
THIS CONCEPT? WHAT HAPPENS
HERE
EXACTLY.
WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT THE
POLITICAL SYSTEM IS SO BROKEN
RIGHT NOW THAT THOUGH SOLUTIONS
ARE GOING TO COME OUT OF
WASHINGTON SOON SO WE FEEL THIS
THE TIME TO MOBILIZE THE
PRIVATE
SECTOR TO GET COMPANIES,
FOUNDATIONS, NOT-FOR-PROFITS
AND
CITIZENS TO COME TOGETHER THE
WAY THAT WE DO IN THIS COUNTRY
IN MOMENTS OF CRISIS AND MAKE A
HUGE DIFFERENCE.
A LOT OF NARRATIVE IS
PARTISAN POLITICS AND NOTHING
WILL GET SOLVED IN WASHINGTON.
HOW MUCH HAVE YOU SEEN THIS
CHANGE?
THIS IS PARTICULARLY
POLARIZING. THE DIVISION IS
MAGNIFIED AND I FEEL THAT JOB
CREATION CAN BE AN AREA WHERE
WE
CAN ALL COME TOGETHER.
WHERE ARE YOU ON THIS
PRESIDENT EXACTLY?
THERE ARE TWO AREAS I FEEL
HE
HASN'T DONE ENOUGH. ONE IS THE
AREA OF JOB CREATION, AND THE
OTHER AREA IS AFGHANISTAN. I
AM
JUST CONSIDER CONCERNED ABOUT
THE FACT THAT WE ARE STILL IN
THIS PERPETUAL WAR IT APPEARS
WITHOUT CLEAR OBJECTIVES.
THAT'S ADRIANA HUFFINGTON ON
THE BRODY FILE.
BEFORE THE BREAK WE WANT TO
HAVE FUN. IT'S CALLED WOULD
YOU
RATHER? WE SENT BRODY FILE
DANA
RITTER ON THE FLOOR TO ASK
DEMOCRATS A SIMPLE EITHER/OR
QUESTION.
OKAY. LET'S SEE HOW
DEDICATED HE'S OBAMA FANS ARE?
WOULD YOU RATHER WEAR A DAISY
DUCK HAT OR VOTE FOR MITT
ROMNEY?
I WOULD RATHER WEAR THE HAT.
WE'RE HERE WITH THE HAWAII
DELEGATION. WOULD YOU RATHER
SWIM TO THE MAINLAND OR VOTE
FOR
MITT ROMNEY?
I WOULD SWIM.
EVEN WITH SHARKS WE WOULD BE
SWIMMING.
I SEE YOU ARE DRESSED UP.
WOULD YOU RATHER GO TO THE PROM
WITH MITT ROMNEY OR BARACK
OBAMA?
BARACK OBAMA AND HE IS SO SO
FISCATED AND KEEP HIS HANDS OFF
MY MONEY.
THEY'RE DEDICATED JUST LIKE
THEY WERE ON THE REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION TO MITT ROMNEY.
AND THEY'RE NOT HAPPY AND
WE'RE HERE TO EXPLAIN.
WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY TO
THE
BRODY FILE. WE'RE ARE HERE ON
THE CONVENTION FLOOR AND IN THE
MIDDLE OF ALL AND SPEAKING OF
SOMEONE IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL.
YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS?
FAITH
IN POLITICS. JENNY IN THE B
BLOCK IS IN THE MIDDLE OF IT
ALL. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE AND
SHE IS TALKING ABOUT PROLIFE
DEMOCRATS AND SHE'S HERE IN THE
FRESH. NICE TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
PROLIFE DEMOCRATS DON'T
REALLY HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
YEAH. THEY TOUTED THIS WAS
THE MOST DIVERSE CONVENTION IN
HISTORY AND DEMOCRATS THAT ARE
PROLIFE ARE 21 MILLION STRONG
AND THEY WANT TO BE INCLUDED TO.
IT'S TOUGH TO BE A
PROJUSTICE
PROLIFE DEMOCRAT. WE
ACKNOWLEDGE THE DIVERSITY BUT
WHEN IT COMES TO PROLIFE IT'S
SILENT.
HE HAS STUDIED HISTORY AND
THE MATH AND THERE IS 176
PRO-CHOICE REPRESENTATIVES IN
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AND
NEED 218 TO BE IN THE MAJORITY
AND CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT
RECRUITING MORE PROLIFE
CONGRESSMAN LIKE HE WAS.
BEING IN THE MINORITY
BRINGS YOU AROUND
TO THIS AND HOPEFULLY TO GET TO
THE MAJORITY.
AND THEY WANTED LANGUAGE
THAT
DEMOCRATS DON'T AGREE ON
ABORTION. THEY WERE ALLOWED TO
BRING THEIR CASE BUT THEY WERE
VOTED DOWN.
INTERESTING. WE WILL SEE
HOW
IT TRANSPIRES BUT IT LOOKS TO
BE
GOING IN THE ARE DIRECTION.
WHAT IS THE PRAYERS AND ALL OF
THAT?
YEAH CONVENTION WEEK STARTED
OFF WITH JIEWMA PRAYERS, WHICH
MUSLIM PRAYERS AND THEY
ADVERTISED THOUSANDS WOULD BE
THERE AND 200 SHOWED UP. IT
FOCUSED ON THE IMPORTANCE OF
JEWISH PROPHETS AND AT ONE
POINT
HE SAID "IF THEY KNEW WE LOVED
JESUS THEY WOULDN'T CRITICIZE
IT
IS AND IT WAS CRITICIZED AND HE
WANTED THEIR
LAW TO TAKE OVER OUR LAW AND
THIS HAD MORE FAITH PROGRAMMING
IN IT IN HISTORY.
YOU WERE TELLING ME ABOUT A
GROUP THAT WAS DENIED AND
BASKETS.
YES, A COALITION WANTED TO SEND
BASKETS TO DELEGATES AND THEIR
CHURCH'S AVAILABILITY TO ASSIST
THEM WITH TRANSPORTATION BUT
THE
DNC DENIED IT BECAUSE OF THE
PROLIFE STANCE.
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE SENT ME A
MESSAGE AND WE REGRET TO INFORM
YOU THAT YOU DON'T ADOPT A
DELEGATION AND YOUR VIEWS ON
NOT
IN LINE WITH WOMEN.
IF YOU OPEN THE DOOR WITH
ONE
YOU HAVE TO OPEN IT FOR OTHERS
OTHERWISE YOU'RE PLAYING
FAVORITE.
AND YOU BROKE THE NEWS AND
TOOK THE WORD GOD OUT OF THE
PLATFORM AND FAITH HAS
DOMINATED
THE HEADLINES.
JENNY FROM THE B BLOCK WE
APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU.
COMING UP WE WILL TALK TO
ANDREA MITCHELL AND TALKING
ABOUT MEDIA BIAS AND PARTISAN
POLITICS. BACK
WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY TO
CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA, THE
HOME OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
CONVENTION. WE ARE THE BRODY
FILE AND WE ARE SPONSORED BY
THE
HOLY SPIRIT. ALL RIGHT. TIME
FOR THE MEDIA SECTION AND TIME
FOR THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA WATCH.
IN THIS WEEK'S SEGMENT WE HAVE
ONE OF THE VETERANS IN THE
BUSINESS, NBC'S ANDREA
MITCHELL.
SHE HAS DONE IT ALL. COVERED
THE WHITE HOUSE AND FOREIGN
AFFAIRS AND NAME IT SHE HAS
DONE
IT. WE LOVE TO TALK TO MEDIA
MEMBERS ABOUT SO CALLED MEDIA
BIAS AND WE LIKE TO GET TO KNOW
THEM BETTER TOO.
THE STUDIES HAVE BEEN DONE
ON
THIS. TYPICALLY WORLDWIDE LEAN
LIBERAL BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK
OF
THE LOVE FEST.
I QUESTION THE PREMISE. THE
REPORTERS THAT I KNOW AND THE
GREAT CORRESPONDENTS AND COVER
CAPITOL HILL AND IF WE HAVE A
BIAS IT'S TO BE OVERLY
SUSPICIOUS AT TIMES OF
AUTHORITY
FIGURES AND NEVER TO BELIEVE
THEY'RE TELLING THE TRUTH, SO
WHETHER THEY ARE CONSERVATIVE,
LIBERAL OR NOT THE POLITICIANS
WE COVER WE TEND TO LOOK AT IT
IN A HEALTHY SKEPTICAL WAY
THROUGH THOSE EYES AND I'M NOT
A
CHEERLEADER FOR EITHER SIDE.
I AM CURIOUS AND OBVIOUSLY
WE
DO POLITICS AND FAITH A LITTLE
BIT AND GROWING UP JEWISH AND
WHAT DOES -- IS IT LIKE AND I
TALKED
TO WOLF ABOUT THIS TOO AND
GROWING UP JEWISH AND WHAT
HAPPENED IN THEIR PAST AND HOW
IS IT LIKE COVERING ISRAELA AND
HOW THE MEDIA COVER ITS.
I COVER ISRAEL HOW I COVER
EGYPT OR LIBYA OR ANY PART OF
THAT REGION, SAUDI ARABIA. AT
TIMES DIFFICULT AS A WOMAN MORE
THAN I THINK AS A JEWISH WOMAN.
I HAVE BEEN IN IRAN AND ARGUED
WITH AHMADINEJAD
AND I AM CONSTRICTED WEARING
THE
VEIL AND YOU HAVE TO AND IT'S
MORE THAN A SYMBOL AND MATTER
OF
RESPECT TO THE COMMUNITY. IT
JUST CHANGES THE WAY YOU BEHAVE
AS A WOMAN. IT'S VERY
INTERESTING. AS A PERSON WHO
WAS RAISED IN JUDAISM I SEE HIS
HISTORIC AREAS AND I BECOME
REALLY AWESTRUCK BY BEING IN
THESE PLACES. I DON'T THINK
THAT MY RELIGIOUS UPBRINGING
REALLY CHANGES MY PERSPECTIVE
BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE BEEN TO
ISRAEL, AND YOU HAVE, ISRAELIES
ARE FIGHTING AMONG THEMSELVES
AS
WE DO.
LAST QUESTION. NOT THAT YOU
GO AROUND THINKING ABOUT WHAT
YOUR LEGACY WILL BE BUT THE
TRUTH OF THE MATTER AND
ESPECIALLY FROM A FEMALE
PERSPECTIVE LET ALONE A
JOURNALIST PERSPECTIVE YOU HAVE
BEEN ONE OF THE PIONEERS IF YOU
WILL AS TIME HAS GONE ON. HAVE
YOU THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT IT'S
LIKE
AS A WOMAN IN THE BUSINESS AND
BACK THEN AND THE CHANGES.
SURE. I THINK ABOUT THAT
ALL
THE TIME.
I BET YOU DO.
WHEN I STARTED IN
PHILADELPHIA OUT OF COLLEGE I
WAS LUCKY TO GET A JOB. THEY
DIDN'T WANT TO HIRE ME AND THEY
HADN'T HAD A WOMAN IN THE NEWS
ROOM. THEY HIRED ME AS A COPY
BOY AND WORKED MY WAY UP AS A
POLITICAL REPORTER COVERING
CONVENTIONS FOR THAT WONDERFUL
TV STATION AT THAT TIME. WHAT
I
LOVE MOST IS I NOW HAVE A
LITTLE
BIT OF -- A LOT OF SENIORITY
AND
A LITTLE BIT OF CLOUT AND I CAN
BRING WOMEN IN AND HIRE WOMEN
AND MAKE SURE THEY GET
OPPORTUNITIES AND LOOK OUT FOR
THEM AND MENTOR THEM AND THAT
IS
A GREAT JOY.
AND THAT IS AN DREA MITCHELL
HERE ON THE BRODY FILE. ALL
THIS TALK LEADS INTO THE BRODY
FILE COMMENTARY. WELL, IS THE
MEDIA LIBERAL? OF COURSE THEY
ARE AND THE WORLD VIEW GETS IN
THE WAY AT TIMES BUT ANDREA
MITCHELL IS ON TO SOMETHING AND
TALKS ABOUT THE
ANTIESTABLISHMENT MIND SET FROM
THE MEDIA AND THEY LIKE TO
CAUSE
A RUCKUS IF YOU WILL AND THAT
IS
100% TRUE AND HERE IS ANOTHER
THING TRUE ABOUT THE MEDIA.
THEY LOVE THE NARRATIVE, A
STORY
ARK. THERE ALWAYS HAS TO BE A
GOOD AND BAD GUY AND A
COMPELLING STORY LINE. IS IT
THE MEDIA LIBERAL? YES. BUT
IT'S NOT THE WHOLE STORY.
THERE
IS A LOT MORE
AND WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY
TO
CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA THE
SEA
OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
CONVENTION. IT'S OUR LAST
SEGMENT AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT
MEANS. FIRST IT WAS GOING TO
BE
MY HAIR BECAUSE OF THE HUMIDITY
IN CHARLOTTE. INSTEAD HERE'S
THE MOMENT OF THE WEEK.
SO THE GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND
AND A STANCH OBAMA SUPPORTER
WAS
ON "FACE THE NATION" THIS WEEK
AND ANSWERED A QUESTION THAT
RAISES A QUESTION.
CAN YOU HONESTLY SAY THAT
PEOPLE ARE BETTER OFF NOW THAN
FOUR YEARS AGO.
NO, BUT THAT ISN'T THE
QUESTION.
THEN WHAT IS THE QUESTION?
THE BRODY FILE KNOWS THE
QUESTION. HERE'S THE QUESTION
OF 2012. ARE YOU FOLLOWING THE
BRODY FILE ON FACEBOOK? THAT
IS
THE REAL QUESTION AND WILL
DETERMINE THE OUTCOME OF THE
ELECTION. THAT'S IT FOR US
FROM
THE CONVENTION. NEXT WEEK WE
WILL BACK IN THE STUDIO AND
UNTIL THEN GOD BLESS AND GOOD
NIGHT
