President Obama boarding Air Force One this morning at Andrew Air Force Base. (Photo: Getty)

Air Force One had a close encounter of the Ahmadinejad kind on the way to a campaign event in Ohio this afternoon. According to the press pool report, President Barack Obama's plane passed by the jet being used by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Andrews Air Force base in Maryland.

"As Air Force One taxied down the runway at Andrews, plane passed Iran Air, which is parked at the air base, presumably waiting there before spiriting Mahmoud Ahmadinejad home. The Iranian plane is a handsome-looking white 747," wrote pool reporter Helene Cooper of The New York Times.

Mr. Ahmadinejad is on American soil to attend the U.N. General Assembly where he delivered a fiery, messianic speech this morning in which he criticized the U.S. government for "following an international policy of bullying" and predicted the world will soon witness "the arrival of the ultimate savior," the Twelfth Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, a holy figure to Twelver Shi'ia Muslims.

After Air Force One took off, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney and President Obama's campaign press secretary, Jen Psaki, discussed the U.N. General Assembly with reporters. President Obama has been taking heat for not scheduling more meetings with world leaders who are here for the annual confab, particularly Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Ms. Cooper noted the pair of press secretaries had  "nothing to say on any possible meeting with Netanyahu Friday."

Inflight entertainment--Jon Bon Jovi performing last month in Vegas. (Photo: Getty)

President Barack Obama brought a special guest on board his flight to New York for a trio of fundraisers this evening--1980's rocker Jon Bon Jovi. Mr. Bon Jovi is headlining the president's second fundraiser of the night, a gala concert at the Waldorf Astoria for which tickets start at $2,500 per person.

Before Mr. Bon Jovi's concert, President Obama appeared with former President Bill Clinton at the home of billionaire Marc Lasry, the founder of the hedge fund Avenue Capital Group. Tickets for this reception cost  $40,000 per person. Interestingly, in an appearance on CNBC last week, Mr. Lasry pushed back against the Obama campaign's attacks on Mitt Romney's career with Bain Capital by saying private equity does "very good work" and describing the campaign's criticism of the industry as "just politics."

Mr. Obama's third and final fundraiser of the night will be a Broadway concert at the New Amsterdam Theater featuring performances from Neil Patrick Harris, Audra McDonald, Patti LuPone, Angela Lansbury, Jeffrey Wright, Stockard Channing and Mandy Patinkin. Tickets for the concert started at $250 and 1,700 people are expected to attend.

After the reporters in the White House press pool took notice of Mr. Bon Jovi's ride on Air Force One, a White House official made sure to let them know taxpayers didn't foot the bill for his plane ticket.

"For those of you asking Bon Jovi's travel was paid for by the campaign," the official, who went unnamed in the pool report, said.