. >>> and the inside clinton book, former president bill clinton tapped one man to be his historian during his presidency, and now taylor branch has written a book about the unique access he had to the former president. he will be here, right here, to give us the scoop on what clinton thought about the monica lewinsky scandal and other items of interest. >>> also, republicans are still pushing for democratic congressman alan grayson to apologize for saying the republicans want sick people to die quickly. sounds like grayson's not only not going to go down on his knees, he's still blasting away. should the democrats be copying's grayson's anatomy? we'll get to that in the "politics fix." >>> finally, you'll never guess which republican congresswoman railed against a provision for school health clinics. okay. you probably can guess who she was. she's going -- she's doing her odd number again and that's in the "hardball sideshow," where some of these folks, by the way, should set up permanent tents. >>> let's start with today's talks with iran. democratic congresswoman loretta sanchez joins u

. >>> and the inside clinton book, former president bill clinton tapped one man to be his historian during his predsy, and now taylor branch has written a book about the unique access he to the former president. he will be here, right here, to give us the scoop on what clinton thought about the monica lewinsky scandal and other items of interest. >>> also, republicans are still pushing for democratic congressman alan grayson to apologize for saying the republicans want sick people to die quickly. sounds like grayson's not only not going to go down on his knees, he's still blasting away. should the democrats be copying's grayson's anatomy? we'll get to that in the "politics fix." >>> finally, you'll never guess which republican congresswoman railed against a provision for school health clinics. okay. you probably can guess who she was. she's going -- she's doing her odd number again and that's in the "hardball sideshow," where some of these folks, by the way, should set up permanent tents. >>> let's start our talks with democratic congresswoman loretta sanchez joins us and republican congre

he interviewed bill clinton the same week he interviewed barack obama. i mean, he is -- chris: i think that desk is a big deal. >> he's an entertainer and a comedian. the problem for letterman is that his set is our living room, and these shows are intimate. they bring us in late at night and it just feels different. i think that he's going to have problems holding his audience. my prediction -- he'll go into rehab. he'll find some way to elaborately apologize. chris: i think part of late night is this risque, after-hours atmosphere and being a bit of a cad, which i think he is, and this will be repless dant in the news when we cover it. but i think he is a bit of a cad and people don't hold that against him at night. >> chris, he's the boss, ok? and that's his problem. he's the boss. chris: well said. >> we're not talking about the alleged extortion, we've talking about letterman's behavior, not what appears to be a possible crime. chris: i think blackmail is still a major crime and i think that guy is going away if he gets convicted. when we come back,

. >> bill clinton, bill clinton, bill clinton, bill clinton, bill clintburg and bill clerton. >> he apologized yesterday. we don't know what he is apologizing for. spitzer says there's so much left undone, amber, ashley, rhonda. >> that's the thing that makes you sick about this governor thing. >> he has the four boys you think that's tragic for god sakes. how can a thing like that happen. how can a dope like that get elected? honestly, he has put himself gov his family put himself certainly above the people of south carolina. >> when it comes to personal conduct if you are a consenting adult or you are a hypocrite doing something that hurts other people your personal business is your personal business. but i don't think hypocrisy is letterman's biggest problem here. before i share what i think is his biggest problem meet veteran tv core upon sent dr. bob arnot who worked with the extortion nis and relationship expert and author of the man plan which is a kind of how to get a guy book while leg whitney casey and kim birl guilfoyle and mickey sherman join me. i can't get aw away from the fa he

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. >> bill clinton says you pass health care reform it gets more popular. >> bill clinton is the best witness on this. he said the other day, talking to the net roots out there, he said, you lose, you lose. no hiding from this. great having you on. i love friday now. david gregory "meet the press" this sunday with susan rice and rachel maddow. join us again monday night at 5:00 and 7:00 eastern for more "hardball." >>> which of these stories will you will talking about tomorrow? the fight for health care reform, about to enter a new phase, the senate finance committee almost done. did the health care industry lobby get what it paid for? where does it all go from here? tonight we're joined by finance committee democratic senator maria cant well. >>> chicago loses the 2016 olympics in the first round of voting. president obama says he's proud of the efforts. >> you can play a great game and still not win. >> the worst day of obama's presidency, the ego has landed. >>> why do you hate america, rush? >>> and the late show shocker, david letterman reveals a blackmail plot against him. >> h

hillary and bill clinton. what is their reaction early this morning when they hear that obama has gotten the nobel peace prize? mindful, andrew, that all during the bitter, rough primary campaigns last year between hillary and obama, she basically said to him, you're all hat and no cattle. you make a lot of speeches but you have no record and no action. it's like deja vu all over again with this peace prize. >> i think they're secretly enjoying. this i think that they are seizing that president obama took away her presidency. and so i think that between the acorn scandal and this, what we both call an albatross, i think that they're thinking there is the slight potential that she has a chance in 201 because the missteps this president has taken. >> 2012. really? you think he'll run at him again? >> look, there's more videos. there is more acorn videos. so i'm coming from a biassed position. and there's a lot more scandal out there. >> we appreciate that very much. my hat is off you to. you're all cattle and go

. >> bill clinton says you pass health care reform it gets more popular. >> bill clinton said the other day talking to the net roots out there, he said, you lose, you lose. no hiding from this. great having you on. i love friday now. david gregory "meet the press" this sunday with susan rice and rachel maddow. ron brownstein. join us again monday night at k and 7:00 eastern for more hillary clinton. >>> good evening, americans, welcome to "the ed show." >> one of the things i think is most valuable about sports is that you can play a great game and still not win. i'm proud that i was able to come in and help make that case in person. i believe it's always a worthwhile endeavor to promote and boost the united states of america. and invite the world to come see what we're all about. >> that is our president showing his usual class and gracious, after the united states lost the 2016 olympic games. that is the mark of leadership. taking the losses with the wins, sticking your neck out for something you really believe in. something that's the right thing to do. even if you're getting heckled

clinton would like to punch in the nose, bill safire. let's show the viewers the week you had. first, you said the first lady was a congenital liar. the white house then responded by saying the white house says president would like to punch safire. the "new york post" did a tale of the tape. did you have any pause when you write first lady hilly clinton, congenital liar. did you think, am i crossing the line of civility. should i really be using those kinds of words? >> well, frankly the first word i had in mind was pu purveayorcator, which means liar. then i thought why can't i express my opinion with a simple english word that everybody understands. i decided to go ahead and do it. >> if you walk outside and there's a white house operative, i have something to make sure -- good luck to you, buddy. >> boxing gloves. >> william safire and our family are with us in our thoughts and prayers. progressive. call or click today. >>> thanks for watching. we'll be back next week. if it's sunday, it's "meet the press."

bill: ok. vast right wing conspiracy. bill clinton, you say? >> i say there is no vast right wing conspiracy. just between you and me and the millions and millions of people watching us, there is no left wing conspiracy either. liberal bias, i have always argued, is not a conspiracy. the anchors of the evening newscast and the "new york times" editors and the "boston globe" editors don't have a conference call in the morning and say how could we go left today and make obama look good. but, on the other side, on the right side, the big names in right wing talk radio, they don't have a conference call either. it's just that they -- to determine how can we slam obama today? they just slam him because that's how they think just as that's how the left thinks about going, you know, to the left on stories. it's group think. it's not a conspiracy of any kind. bill: all right. the internet certainly, i mean these people whip around and you hear the same phrases over and over again. >> yeah. but a conspiracy not only implies but the actual definition is,

former president bill clinton will appear at an o'malley fundraiser tonight. the governor's campaign manager says it's being held at a home in new york city. clinton backed o'malley in his first bid for governor appearing in a 30-second tv commercial. >>> some local girl scouts are being recognized by baltimore's mayor for their efforts to make the city greener and cleaner. the green girl scouts of westside elementary school planted 15 trees last month. as part of the city's greenspring beaut fic -- greening buena vistaification initiative. >> if you're still in to baltimore you can go back and look at the trees as adults and say i planted this tree and look at this tree now. and the impact and differences made in the community. on behalf - >> reporter: the mayor gave the girl scouts a magnet with tips to be environmentally friendly. >>> if you're looking for entertainment and information you should head to the baltimore county baby boomer senior expo. the theme of this year's event, get the red carpet treatment. you can learn about volunteer opportunities and

former president bill clinton. he appeared at an o'malley fundraiser last night. the governor's campaign manager says that it was held at a home in new york city. clinton also backed o'malley in his first bid for governor. >>> here's a look at what is happening today on this october 8th -- baltimore city council president stephanie rawlings-blake along with hyatt regency baltimore staff will read for the record. when they hand-deliver books to donate to the city's federal hill prep school. >>> the wind is in your sails. the 40th annual sailboat show kicks off today in beautiful annapolis. >>> 5:35. he's the father of former vice presidential candidate sarah palin. grandson. now he's going to take his clothes off for "playgirl" magazine. 19-year-old levi johnston signed a formal agreement with the on-line magazine and johnston is the father of bristol palin's son and reportedly has been working out six nights a week with the body builder to get in shape. the pictures are expected to be out by the end of the year. there have been no comments about the pictorial from

richard nixon and bill clinton. these guys, you think they're dead and they keep coming back. >> in 15 seconds, recite the declaration of independence. the clock starts now. >> let's see. we hold these truths to be self-evident. that men -- all men are created equal. they're endowed by certain inalienable rights. among them, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. >> very good, very good. give us or best impression. >> that's a good one. >> hillary, hillary, you're doing one hell of a job at the state department. >> oh, not bad. >> actually, i'm quite proud of my imitation. you ought to hear my arlen specter. that's the unique ability. >>> now time for "the big number." a big one. a troubling one. the labor department reported today, the unemployment rate in this country has risen to 9.8% in september with employers cutting 263,000 jobs this month. today president obama addressed the job loss numbers. >> today's job report is a sobering reminder that progress comes in fits and starts. we're going to need to grin

let's look at the news first of all bill clinton said that -- no. goodnous for south carolina governor mark sanford, because he -- >> how about that el jot spilio spitzer, you would take a look at -- >> again, he's a funny gif. are we bordering on inappropriate now, carlos? >> no. i wouldn't -- >> or is that the way he handles it? >> i don't think we are. you know, what if you work at an office building and there's a guy there and gets caught doing something wrong fe says i don't want to talk about it you be quiet, i don't want to talk about it, everybody is like whoa, if he comes to work and like i'm kind of an idiot you can relate to him and feel for him that. was kind of funny what dave just did. >> again, funny stuff there but talking about a serious topic talking about a horribly hurt wife now, cheating, some speculating hey abuse of power -- binchts what is david letterman supposed to do? >> i don't know. you know, thousand is playing out in public opinion it cuts both ways we've had callers on both sides. what about this, kelly, i'll get your

we republicans did it to bill clinton for eight years. it always seemed that one side feels the need to delegitimize the other side. cannot be helpful for our political process. >> i don't think it is. listening to that rush limbaugh clip again, and i don't want to hear it again, it's barack hussein obama, something insidious going on in repetition of his middle name. you look at the numbers of people calling themselves conservatives and liberals in america hasn't grown very much on either end. it's just the tone of the debate and the noise that they're making that is swamping out the middle. it's important for people in the middle of this country to make sure that their voices are heard just as much as rush limbaugh's voice is heard. >> could i just come back on that quickly? >> after the break. we have to go to break. you know what's so interesting? katty makes a great point, 40% of americans call themselves conservatives. this isn't like the old split in the republican party where you had moderate republicans against conservative repub

sean: bill clinton got a lot wrong. the soviets got it wrong. >> as you know, most of those countries were trying to warn us. even our own intelligence people were telling us that we were going down the wrong road. they were told to say this and that. this was all going to come out. sean: when? >> eventually, i hope. i hope that there will be trials. sean: you really want to go down that road? >> are you kidding? if not we will be invading another country in the future. we need to take care of the people that cause of this horrible crime. sean: that is the difference between you and me. we have to defeat the people that fought for -- plot. >> we did not treat them like they were some nation. we just caught those bastards. sean: that is my point. emboldened them so that they could come back. they hijacked those airplanes. >> we are the united states of america, man. come on. sean: you want to gut our military? >> you are afraid of a few hundred guys on monkey bars? sean: millions. >> millions bevelacqua sean: i believe t

end of life counseling, which you can bill your doctor for if he joins you and your relatives became death panels, and school based health clinics with mandatory parental information becomes sex clintonics? >> well, according to michelle's definition, the house clinic that you were talking about earlier would be the congressional sex clinic, where she and other female members of congress can go and get abortions in the afternoon and then as she put it be home for dinner with no one knowing the difference. that was her, she was imagining what it would be like to get school kids getting abortions and go home and the parents don't know it. she's really off the deep end once again? >> why is she bothering to go off the deep end when people in the house and senate are doing such a good job for her. the person who brought up going to jail if people don't buy the worst health care plan, coming in from the gang of six, so it could be any one of those turkeys. >> when i was working for senator moynihan in the finance committee, at the last minute he came up with a strategic motion that he sha

a pr expert says there is a difference between what letterman did and what bill clinton or eliot spitzer did. >> letterman was single, she was dating, he did people on his staff, which was questionable. but he was single and dating as opposed to somebody who at the time was married and having an extramarital affair. >> obviously, those are the elected officials, and david letterman hosts a talk show. shepard: this is nobody's business, and nobody would know, except, according to prosecutors, a man attempted to extort him. >> this story is unbelievable. prosecutors say that halderman waited outside of letterman's manhattan home the morning of september 9, when he initially gave letterman a letter spelling out demands. letterman then went to the district attorney's office, who asked lederman to set up another meeting with halderman. it was in that meeting that letterman's lawyer or a microphone and recorded halderman asking for $2 million. halderman is now charged with eight counts of grand larceny, and if convicted with that, five years to 15 years. shepard: the flu pandemic turns million

bush, george bush, and bill clinton. shepard: the dalai lama got an award in washington, d.c., right? >> the first member congress ever to invite the dalai lama, he met with him today. nancy pelosi presented him with an award today. >> when we speak out about human rights violations in tibet, we lose the moral authority to talk about human rights violations anywhere else in the world. shepard: molly, good to see you. looks dreary on capitol hill. take a look at this for a second. cheeseburger, right? but instead of the bund, bella. -- bun, doughnut. to other people, then don't bother watching this commercial. i've taken precautions all my life to protect my identity. i've been in law enforcement all my life... and my identity was stolen. did you know that identity theft has topped... the federal trade commission's list of consumer complaints... for the last eight years? it's a serious problem for anyone with a social security number. and it continues to get worse. fact is, on your own, there are many things... you can do

i remember when bill clinton was doing the nasty with monica lewinsky. his approval ratings were even higher than when he was just doing his job. the people of south carolina are rallying around mark sanford, their christian governor who somehow mistook an argentinian woman's vagina for the appalachian trail. how fabulous is that? next time if sanford wants to win in a landslide, maybe he should have an affair with a swede and tell his wife he's snowboarding in minsk. let's face it, sex sells. sex scandals may ruin marriages, upset families and become national embarrassments but so what? the main thing here is that americans are transfixed. they don't want to miss one little salacious detail. it's a ratings bonanza. you know what? hey, this is a new show and i could use a little leg up, you know. maybe it's time for me to have a dalliance of my own at work here. this studio is crawling with men, be you know. i don't mean too much offense but there's no way, okay? even i have standards. but that's just me. >> you can catch "the joy behar show" at 9:00 eas

he still makes jokes about bill clinton 16 years later. you still hear him a couple of times a week. but the question is does his audience care? i mean -- >> does it make him a hypocrite? >> sure, but nobody cares about hypocrisy. his fans love him. they'll rally behind him. they still think he's funny. he's a huge star. we can't pretend the same standard applies, right or wrong, that the same standard applies to stars as it does to regular people. >> i don't think he's a hypocrite. i'll tell you why. he trivializes the affairs. it's all a big joke. i don't know if it's all hip chrissy that all this stuff clinton does is the subject of jokes, making jokes about sarah palin's daughter and things, that's a problem for him. but he trivializes. what he's saying is this stuff isn't important. it's funny. >> i would be very interested to see the other side of this story and how, i guess, cbs and viacom as a company looks into this. i would think they have to. unless maybe there's no one filing disclaimers. but having multiple sexual partners of

clinton's health- care reform efforts? >> as i said in a speech in kansas city a couple of days ago, we are all to blame because there is no how care now. certainly, i'm in that group, so we did give it our best shot. we said two weeks during the august recess before they gave up and pulled the plug. he was the democratic leader. i was the republican leader. we appointed -- i appointed people, and senator mitchell appointed people to try to come together and compromise, and it just about out there but did not make it. the result was no bill. and it got pretty political at the end. neil: i remember. >> i think, frankly, certain people got a little too partisan. neil: senator, if it does go down to defeat, republicans seemed to say that they are going to politically benefit. do you agree? >> i think short term, yes, and may be long term. short term, most people are satisfied with what they have. and there have never been 48 million people who were uninsured. that number has been dropped out to a much lower number. my view is

. >> democratic bill clinton embraced reagan's view and ended welfare as we know it >> by 1970 he claim to see why it was a sinking ship and break the bank stratentliy was simply not work neither was wily's narrow focus on only welfare rights. >> i thought i saw things to do better and convinced them to let me try acorn. >> he agreed to back him only if he would try the ideas in a place where rights needed help. >> welfare rights was trying to impact on wilburn mills who was head of the house ways and means committee. he was in the second district in little rock. i was willing to live in arkansas and never been there before in my life. >> rafke launched acorn in this brick house in little rock. back then it stood for arkansas community organizations for reform now. rafke never not chairman mills to deliberate. but acorn was more more than welfare. >> we were dealing with the low and moderate families. knocking on door and talking to people about the neighbors and whether or not there was a organization to join with their neighbors and solve problems that they saw every day and haven't b

the history of individual mandate is it was raised by republican john chaffy in 1994, condemned by bill clinton as the worst possible thing that we could do, then when hillary clinton was running for president, she was in favor of an individual mandate. her health plan was written by john chafee. so it has traveled the long road from republicanism now over to the democratic party. it has horrible enforcement implications, that it's on your tax return, it's enforced through the tax code, so if you don't pay it, you are up for tax evasion here, which does theoretically, not in cases like this, carry a jail term. so the individual mandate carries a lot of serious problems in enforcement terms with it. >> if the democrats have moved into that end of the twilight zone, clearly that has pushed the republicans further back in the hatch business to pass on abortion amendment yesterday, onerous, unnecessary, but it does signal their hand for the next round of it. so they're going do wind up repealing the insurance, now we're going to pay the insurance companies money and they don't have to provi

they would not have given bill clinton this much time and they did not give him that much time. it really did not. this is not a thing where they are just after the republicans. the uniquely have given obama the favor that no president in my lifetime has ever had. it cannot last forever. it will officially end the day after the november elections in new jersey and virginia when republicans win both of those governor's seats. there will be blood in the water. democrats will look for a way to say, it was not us and republicans will say, yes, it was. neil: the one in new jersey that is a draw right now. it is what it is sorted if they pull a victory out there, democrats, that will mitigate if they lose virginia, right? >> not necessarily. new jersey is historically a democratic state. nobody can look at new jersey's demographics and say, that is a likely pickup for the republicans. it is an expectation if an incumbent governor retains his seat. neil: let me ask you about the mojo for the president. would you have done that? i do not know if little rock would have been on the short

in a speech to the clinton global initiative yesterday, president obama thanked bill clinton for the extraordinary difference he has made since leaving the white house. clinton then stood up and thanked president obama for keeping hillary so busy. it's like, "thank you so much. really, really appreciate that." vice president joe biden spoke at a retirement home in maryland today to reassure senior citizens about health care reform. the seniors didn't really care what biden said in the speech, they were just happy to outlive it. they were like -- "is he done?" did you hear about this? libya's president moammar kadafi gave a lengthy tirade to the u.n. general assembly today. he was supposed to talk for 15 minutes but went on a 90-minute rant instead. i mean, where is kanye when you need him? [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] come on! come on, buddy! the dow closed yesterday at 9,829, its highest point since last october. shareholders were like, "thank god," or however you say that in chinese. the los angeles city council passed an ordinance yesterday that allows just one rooster per

in a speech to the clinton global initiative yesterday, president obama thanked bill clinton for the extraordinary difference he has made since leaving the white house. clinton thn stood up and thanked president obama for keeping hillary so busy. it's like, "thank you so much. really, really appreciate that." vice president joe biden spoke at a retirement home in maryland today to reassure senior citizens about health care reform. the seniors didn't really care what biden said in the speech, they were just happy to outlive it. they were like -- "is he done?" did you hear about this? libya's president moammar kadafi gave a lengthy tirade to the u.n. general assembly today. he was supposed to talk for 15 minutes but went on a 90-minute rant instead. i mean, where is kanye when you need him? [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] come on! come on, buddy! the dow closed yesterday at 9,829, its highest point since last october. shareholders were like, "thank god," or however you say that in chinese. the los angeles city council passed an ordinance yesterday that allows just one rooster per

to be fair, some republicans pounced on bill clinton for his personal failures but were painfully quiet regarding the same sins of members of their own party. you see, some things are either write oright or wrong, it doesnt matter who does it. when hollywood hero roman polanski drugged and raped a 13-year-old girl and fled the country instead of facing the consequences of his own dpailt plea, there should be no defensd of him from anybody.evil, a what he did was evil and rephe a rehencible. the fact that n he's a great director does not change the fact that he robbed fro a childs what becomes of our culture when people commit despicable ecuse criminal acts and get defended because their celebrities. mar if david letterman takesr advantage of suborde subordinatt work for him, it's not funny.aue the audience should not applaud, they should walk out in disguste our country was brilliantly designed by our founders, nurtured in the providence of god to withstand many points ofe view, but it cannot stand havint different rules of propriety based on a person's celebrity status. you know, i mis

okay, let's look at the news, first of all, bill clinton says -- no. good news for south carolina governor mark sanford because he -- how about that eliot spitzer, would you take a look at that? i still feel like i did the right thing and now, also, because what can it hurt once again, i would like to apologize to the former governor of alaska. sarah palin, i'm terribly, terribly sorry. so there we go. >> joining me now is the editor of newsweek.com dillon gourd. the late night hosts took their best shot and then left him alone. >> their job is to be funny, you get a shot above the belt, not below the belt, and then you move on. you can't leave this alone, you got to take your shot and go. >> conspicuously absent is conan o'brien. i know conan holds dave in great awe and has great respect for him. >> i think respect is putting it mildly. before he was on the tonight show, he spoke at length that he was humbled by the prospect of being even a competitor of letterman. but conan is the only one that competes directly against him in the time slot. so there

okay, let's look at the news, first of all, bill clinton says -- no. good news for south carolina governor mark sanford because he -- how about that eliot spitzer, would you take a look at that? i still feel like i did the right thing and now, also, because what can it hurt once again, i would like to apologize to the former governor of alaska. sarah palin, i'm terribly, terribly sorry. so there we go. >> joining me now is the editor of newsweek.com, dillon gourd. welcome. the late night hosts took their best shot and then left him alone. is this some kind of honor code among late night hosts? >> their job is to be funny, you get a shot above the belt, not below the belt, and then you move on. you can't leave this alone, you got to take your shot and go. >> conspicuously absent is conan o'brien. i know conan holds dave in great awe and has great respect for him. is that what his decision is about there? >> i think respect is putting it mildly. he reveers the guy. before he was on the tonight show, he spoke at length that he was humbled by the prospect

first of all, bill clinton said -- >> reporter: while letterman may be pulling his punches on former targets. >> let me ask you a question. do you think it's too soon to be hitting on mrs. eliot spitzer? >> reporter: some of the politicians who have been the source of letterman's best material are now offering their support. >> good news for south carolina governor mark sanford because e he -- >> reporter: from governor sanford, both my thoughts and my prayers are with him. >> hmm. that was peter alexander reporting. worldwide pants says while stephanie birkitt is on paid administration leave, she is not banned from the studio. >> still to come this afternoon, embattled governor sford in the spotlight again, this time for what happened during a traffic stop. >>> and harry connick jr. talks about the guest appearance that put him in an awkward position. we'll show you what happened there. >>> he created a washington institution more than 50 years ago. today the city is mourning the loss of the founder of ben's chili bowl. ben ali died last night after a long illness. his u street rest

now, looking out at this, i mean, letterman makes jokes about bill clinton or any other politician who had this sort of problem. does this hurt him at all, do you think? >> i think that if what comes out was that these were long-term relationships, and this particular relationship, i believe, that he was being extorted about happened several years ago. i think that if it turns out that these were consensual relationships that he doesn't have a lot -- anything, really, to fear. and i would like to point out that he did meet his wife on the show. she used to work on the show. and his former girlfriend, meryl marco also worked with him for many years on the show. >> in this, dan, you know, this suspect, robert halderman, how difficult is it going to be a case for the d.a.'s office to prove something against him? >> look, i think it's one of the reasons they wanted to make sure they actually got this check. it was a phony $2 million check that this guy received. why is that so important? because in these cases, you tend to see a defense which says, i didn't mean anything. i wasn't really a

. >> and democrat bill clinton would in essence embrace reagan's observations, ending welfare as we know it. rasky laments that development but did tell us by 1970 he came to see wily's welfare rights group as a sinking ship, that the break the bank strategy while an exciting call to arms simply wasn't working and neither was wily's narrow focus on only welfare rights. >> i thought i saw some things we could do a little differently, maybe a little better and convinced him to let me try this thing acorn. >> rasky said wily agreed to back him only if rasky would try his new ideas in a place where welfare rights needed help. >> welfare rights was trying to impact on wilbur mills who is head of the all powerful ways and means committee and is responsible for welfare legislation and he was from the second district in little rock. so i was willing to live in arkansas. i had never been there before in my life. >> in june of 1970, rasky launched acorn in this brick house in west 15th street in little rock. back then it stood for arkansas community organizations for reform now. rasky never did ge

. >> and democrat bill clinton would in essence embrace reagan's observations, ending welfare as we know it. rasky laments that development but did tell us by 1970 he came to see wily's welfare rights group as a sinking ship, that the break the bank strategy while an exciting call to arms simply wasn't working and neither was wily's narrow focus on only welfare rights. >> i thought i saw some things we could do a little differently, maybe a little better and convinced him to let me try this thing acorn. >> rasky said wily agreed to back him only if rasky would try his new ideas in a place where welfare rights needed help. >> welfare rights was trying to impact on wilbur mills who is head of the all powerful ways and means committee and is responsible for welfare legislation and he was from the second district in little rock. so i was willing to live in arkansas. i had never been there before in my life. >> in june of 1970, rasky launched acorn in this brick house in west 15th street in little rock. back then it stood for arkansas community organizations for reform now. rasky never did ge

we've seen bill clinton going jogging and george bush on the bicycle but she goes to the gym and cares about the food she puts in her mouth and in her family's bellies. >> what's her general attitude about diet. is it diet as opposed to lifestyle. >> she has a very healthy relationship with food. she doesn't have a "no junk food" rule in the white house. she has pie, macaroni and cheese and french fries. she says when her dresses get a little tight, she knows it is to spend two, three days eating clean, healthy foods. she tries to pass that along to her daughters. >> of course wv focuses on those arms, which are obviously part of a workout. did she talk about that? >> i asked her what's her favorite workout when she's doing it and what's her favorite workout when she's done doing it. she loves doing arms, she says, because she can see the results immediately in the mirror. she also likes doing treadmill workouts when she's done though. she doesn't do long cardio routines. she does intense intervals. she's added pilates and stretching to her routine as she's gotten older because she lik

. >> and democrat bill clinton would in essence embrace reagan's observations, ending welfare as we know it. rasky laments that development but did tell us by 1970 he came to see wily's welfare rights group as a sinking ship, that the break the bank strategy while an exciting call to arms simply wasn't working and neither was wily's narrow focus on only welfare rights. >> i thought i saw some things we could do a little differently, maybe a little better and convinced him to let me try this thing acorn. >> rasky said wily agreed to back him only if rasky would try his new ideas in a place where welfare rights needed help. >> welfare rights was trying to impact on wilbur mills who is head of the all powerful ways and means committee and is responsible for welfare legislation and he was from the second district in little rock. so i was willing to live in arkansas. i had never been there before in my life. >> in june of 1970, rasky launched acorn in this brick house in west 15th street in little rock. back then it stood for arkansas community organizations for reform now. rasky never did ge

. >> when bill clinton came into office in 1992, health care stocks were down about 30 to 40% over that 93/'94 period. once that risk was eliminated, then stocks rallied. >> and it was a fabulous buying opportunity. >> it was. >> all righty. both of you, thank you so much. >>> coming up, middle east has lost its hold on the oil market. russia now the world's biggest oil producer, not saudi arabia. is that why oil markets are ignoring iran? we'll be right back. do you trust your coworkers, yes, you do, so just let go. [ groan ] okay, what did we learn there? is there such a thing as personal space, no, there isn't, because we are all molecules... in the same organism. american airlines. yeah, i need an earlier flight out of chicago. i feel like some of you don't respect me. because, ah... because of the hat. [ horns blowing, clanking ] just get me on the next flight out. hey, me too. ♪ - hi. - just made it. we know why you fly. we're american airlines. [ birds squawking ] [ moos ] [ man announcing ] if you think about it, this is what makes theladders different from other job search si

. >> and democrat bill clinton would in essence embrace reagan's observations, ending welfare as we know it. rasky laments that development but did tell us by 1970 he came to see wily's welfare rights group as a sinking ship, that the break the bank strategy while an exciting call to arms simply wasn't working and neither was wily's narrow focus on only welfare rights. >> i thought i saw some things we could do a little differently, maybe a little better and convinced him to let me try this thing acorn. >> rasky said wily agreed to back him only if rasky would try his new ideas in a place where welfare rights needed help. >> welfare rights was trying to impact on wilbur mills who is head of the all powerful ways and means committee and is responsible for welfare legislation and he was from the second district in little rock. so i was willing to live in arkansas. i had never been there before in my life. >> in june of 1970, rasky launched acorn in this brick house in west 15th street in little rock. back then it stood for arkansas community organizations for reform now. rasky never did ge

bill clinton and his general had disagreements, but they quietly get together, figure how to work it. the president makes the final decision but usually it's middle ground. i'm sure they're going to do that again here. >> on that, have you been surprised the way general mcchrystal has been outspoken, or has made his recommendations so public? >> i have. i've been surprised, but mike barnacle said something on the morn show which made a lot of sense to me. perhaps mcchrystal is looking at everybody that got burned in 2003 and 2002, believed we needed more troops in iraq. if we were going into iraq we needed to follow the powell doctrine, you win with overwhelming, sig kept force. maybe they just don't want to get set up for failure again. most of the generals that are still running the pentagon are generals that came up with colin powell. grunts in vietnam. learned the lessons of vietnam or worked in the reagan administration. they learned the lessons from beirut. so after the tragedy of vietnam, the pentagon and the generals calm away with this, well, if we're going to go to war we be

. >> and democrat bill clinton would in essence embrace reagan's observations, ending welfare as we know it. rasky laments that development but did tell us by 1970 he came to see wily's welfare rights group as a sinking ship, that the break the bank strategy while an exciting call to arms simply wasn't working and neither was wily's narrow focus on only welfare rights. >> i thought i saw some things we could do a little differently, maybe a little better and convinced him to let me try this thing acorn. >> rasky said wily agreed to back him only if rasky would try his new ideas in a place where welfare rights needed help. >> welfare rights was trying to impact on wilbur mills who is head of the all powerful ways and means committee and is responsible for welfare legislation and he was from the second district in little rock. so i was willing to live in arkansas. i had never been there before in my life. >> in june of 1970, rasky launched acorn in this brick house in west 15th street in little rock. back then it stood for arkansas community organizations for reform now. rasky never did ge

i remember when bill clinton was doing the nasty with monica lewinski. his approval ratings were even higher than when he was just doing his job. the people of south carolina are rallying around mark sanford. their christian governor, who somehow mistook an argentinian woman's [ bleep ] for the appellation trail. how fabulous is that? next time, if sanford wants to win in a landslide, maybe he should have an affair with a swede and tell his wife he is snowboarding in minsk. let's face it. sex sells. it may ruin marriages, upset families and become national embarrassments. but so what? the main thing here is americans are transfixed. they don't want to miss one salacious detail. it's a ratings bonanza. you know, this is a new show, and i could use a little leg up, you know? maybe it's time for me to have my own the at work here. you know, this studio is crawling with men, you know? hank, i don't mean too much offense, but there is no frigging way, okay? even i have standards. but that's just me. >> you can catch the "joy behar show" k p.m. eastern time he

>> you know, what's happening to letterman now is similar to what we saw happen to bill clinton. and i think the people who love dave before will continue to love him but now there's this kind of but attached. the difference with bill clinton and david letterman his wife is not political, she doesn't have to do one of these press conferences that we see political types have to do with the wife by the podium. so i think the wife now is probably just probably looking at her options and i don't think she will be at a rush to forgive dave. >> i think being thrust into this publicly is dave's worst nightmare. the debate rages on people arguing whether he should have talked about his wife. keep in mind he has always relentlessly protected her privacy. before the show last night wendy williams told "showbiz tonight" that dave didn't have to say a thing about his wife on tv. take a look at this. >> i think he's handling it well. i don't think we're owed more explanation. i don't think it's necessary to apologize to his wife on the show and i don't think it's necessary to apologize to the

richard nixon and bill clinton. these guys, you think they're dead and they keep coming back. >> in 15 seconds, recite the declaration of independence. the clock starts now. >> let's see. we hold these truths to be self-evident. that men -- all men are created equal. they're endowed by certain inalienable rights. among them, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. >> very good, very good. give us or best impression. >> that's a good one. >> hillary, hillary, you're doing one hell of a job at the state department. >> oh, not bad. >> actually, i'm quite proud of my imitation. you ought to hear my arlen specter. that's the unique ability. >>> now time for "the big number." a big one. a troubling one. the labor department reported today, the unemployment rate in this country has risen to 9.8% in september with employers cutting 263,000 jobs this month. today president obama addressed the job loss numbers. >> today's job report is a sobering reminder that progress comes in fits and starts. we're going to need to grin

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richard nixon and bill clinton. these guys, you think they're dead and they keep coming back. >> in feesh seconds, recite the declaration of independence, the clock starts now. >> let's see. we hole these truths to be self-evident. that men -- all men are created equal. they're endowed by certain inalienable rights. among them, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. >> very good, very good. give us your best -- >> that's a good one. >> hillary, hillary, you're doing one hell of a job at the state department. >> actually, i'm quite proud of my imitation. you ought to hear my arlen specter. now time for the big number. a troubling one. the labor department reported today, the unemployment rate in this country has risen to 9.8% in accept with employers cutting 263,000 jobs this month. today president obama addressed the job loss numbers. >> today job report is a sobering remind per progress come in fits and starts. we're going to need to grind out this recovery. step by step. >> that's not happy news. our big numb