Exclusive: Gov. Palin, Pt. 1

" We live in Anchorage Alaska and you're not gonna see this anywhere else. For the past two days who spent hours with the governor of Alaska and -- cameras have been rolling all the time and so tonight you will see part one of our interview -- at work -- at home. And here's the governor."

" Governor must be funding back in your office here enriched it's great for a lot of work to do so it's good to be back what's on the agenda today. Cabinet meeting this morning and then working with our gasoline teen who ramping up. Production. What we have the news -- supplying the US with more. Domestic sources of energy that's always top of our agenda here in the state of -- working on that today let me move the -- clarify some loose ends here -- But close what is the story on the close but cool when I arrived to pick convention. There were. Closed waiting for me and -- been ordered for me and for the family for eight of us. And ever since then have those close feeling that they didn't belong to me many of them. Had been returned many of whom were put in the belly of the airplane. And some of them were returned home with -- boxed Ramallah Cinemax TV rightful owners the Republican national. Committee and a story on the close did you order the closed. Did not order the close did not ask for the clothes I would've been happy to warn my own quotes from day one but. And that turned -- I have issue and -- campaign issue listings were wrapping up there has to. Who ordered what and who demanded wet but. Now -- happy day chickens come home my own closet and put my own clothes on again which we had done of course -- most of the campaign also but the convention clothes were. Going to be our instinct. You know whose idea that was or how that even evolved. Really heard how all that evolved. And and really pursue it until -- getting criticized for supposedly asking for all these clothes my family and me. And that's still don't have all the answers but it just at this point and especially since so. Irrelevant and less -- that criticism continues. In regards to my family -- me demanding anything. But it just seems Richardson irrelevant issue when you consider what's going on in the world today and and how. And you administration is being ushered in and people being concerned about the direction of the nation and policies that will be adopted in. I'll flip the same kind of excited about this historic moment in our nation's history clothes just to seem irrelevant. You know I I greeted."

" elements that the number was so horrific really 150000 dollars isn't giant number and it seemed give it also -- that hammered -- benefits to those innocent fares that unfair area. Why is it that this became an issue and I don't mean to harp on but. I did this become an issue."

" It won't that the that is a good question again there are arriving at the convention being told that along with. Staging in Hawaii -- and everything else was wardrobe for my family in need to wear -- during the convention. And down he has come and go on with the fall okay -- that's so find especially that they do this about cuts can -- wearing the clothes. During that time there's no way could have been 150000 dollars -- the close not unless every jacket and pair shoes were 1020000. Dollars I and I don't see how it added up. But. It was for eight people not just for myself and my understanding is right off the bat about a third of the quotient -- returned because they they just want going to work. And another third of the close. That we were wary and all got returned to the RNC in another third of the close. We never did see him evidently there in the belly of the plane and those got set back all -- So that they get hit unfairly that it sure is a stupid issue and think that there is unfair criticism that maybe. Lingers today that. That my family and I asked for anybody to pay for any of our close that the RNC had. Offered -- and and that it -- show to attend both the clothes in the style if they were all hired before we even were introduced in the convention so. You know if it hadn't been part of an RNC -- planned. And -- I think to some of the puzzlement Tearrius. I don't know if people are asked can the Democrats how it worked for them you know who did hair and makeup -- the Democrat nominees and it wear their clothes provided in. You know what what happened there but I'm. Certainly we've been asked a lot of questions about this."

" quick -- a silly question so you never said. Give me six Armani suits are getting a certain style instead a New York City or anything like them is this is. No there's no demand from Europe quest for new."

" No and in fact the criticism that you know I took time not to rule Marcus or Saks. Armed group can never set foot in either one of those this stores and that. I'm Kristen all the New York Silas who being hired -- anything else they're really nice gals they're wonderful people and and they you know it was it was I guess that. The productive in a sense and that the they picked up some really nice clothes to borrow for awhile there but. That was not anything that the Palin family would have chosen for ourselves in fact. I'm much more comfortable in my own skin in my own clothes and them. I -- I guess it was this part of and strategy that. Perhaps. You know I've been in hindsight looking back of people had to do something over again. I think can and they would've been more than happy at this point to. Reverse some of that let me go back to Alaska pack my own bags -- my own quotes on the truck and reflected to I think more of who we are family asks Alaskan snow and pretentious not not trying to. Has changed see anything about -- appearance sure what we represent and maybe some of that this. Have to do with the."

" One other -- criticism of this whole business about Africa and I investigated and I talked to someone who was in the room with you whose name I can't reveal who was there for all your preparation. Talk that person. -- that person cross examine the person said that Africa thing. Never happen never happened. And I grilled the person now why didn't that get the likelihood of its own you know."

" Because I remember the discussion about Africa my concern has been around the atrocities there and are four and and the relevance to knee with that issue as we spoke about Africa and some of the the countries there that where -- you're kind of the people succumbing to the dictators and the corruption of some collapsed governments. On the continent. The relevance was Alaska's investment and -- fur was to have our permanent fund dollars I want to make sure that that didn't happen at any morsel."

" We discussed what was going on in in Africa. And never ever that I didn't talk about well -- into the country years of the con and I just don't know about this issue. So I don't know how they took our one discussion on Africa and turn that into what they turned it into. I don't know who didn't tell and so hard it. What doesn't say what."

" If someone was there. And like I said a sick and I grilled the person you know I'm pretty heavily on two occasions as recently as last night will be. And that person says and that's it that's not up Palin personnel to McCain's staff person would pay that much and senate never happen but it certainly -- You know it was sort of that a string of gossip that has. Emerged in the last week and -- they -- what what what why would someone want to -- like that."

" I don't know because I don't know that inside baseball stuff at that top Echelon of the way campaigns are run hat at why anybody would do that it doesn't make any sense doesn't it it it -- everybody to have false allegations like that. I'm all along those same lines of course with the criticism that. And supposedly I didn't know that will with the participants an -- NAFTA work and never again have a discussion about NAFTA and now. Alaska again be relevant to the discussion with said the trade that we have with Canada being our next door neighbors how important was that. We continue NAFTA and having good relations with them next Cohen with Canada. And wanting to know what Barack Obama meant by saying that he would want to perhaps you laterally getting married renegotiate NAFTA -- that discussion. But it there was never a question about one quarter the participants to NAFTA so far my discussion merit to be spun into something that it was -- and then. I'd be broadcast on national television. Again based on anonymous sources. That's been another puzzling thing to me. Is there anything else that has been raised a set of you in the media -- during the convention and we during the campaign before -- since the campaign ended that you think you need to address. That has been in on allegation I -- unfortunately here early on their tremendous. Number of examples that we can give. Regarding my record and things that could have should have been so easily corrected if they can you had taken one step further and and investigated a little bit not just gone on some blogger. Probably sit there and your parents basement where they're the -- of blog and some kind of gossip or. RYAR. Regarding for instance. He then the discussion about who was trains were a mom you know listen whenever doubters are it was she'd taken her pregnancy. Wasn't mainstream media the question that was asked -- strategist. -- me an end and a you know going to set the record straight and then when we try to correct -- that yes truly I am intrigued mother. 4218 days for it ever to have been corrected that that kind of right out of the -- was one of the hottest teams some of this campaign messaging and then two things that again so easily could have been corrected about my. I suppose it attempts to and it censor and ban books. When I was familiar wasilla and one of the examples that the game was found that meeting was to serve it when the books I can be analyst Harry Potter. Of course it hadn't been written when I was the -- was telescope. Just issues like that that just you know it it was it was mind boggling to consider what it was that that we were going to be up against when. And you could see that something was written about someone stated in the media I -- the truth than in I had the record to prove. Otherwise -- and death. Yet so it would either take too long to. To un ring that bell that had just been wrong or there's no attempt at all to correct the record is pretty frustrating."