. >> barney frank is an idiot! >> barney frank. all he did was run a gay prostitution ring out of his house office. (audience reacts) >> i thought you guys loved job creators. (laughter) (cheers and applause) look, i don't know what republicans are going to do. barney frank leaves the house finance committee who do you think the will replace him thaty can beat up half as gleefully. >> he could be replaced by maxine waters. >> jon: that could work for you. maxine waters for helping bank her husband owns stock in. this maxine waters? >> as far as i'm concerned the tea party g k go straight to hell. (laughter) >> jon: all right, the keening is dead, long live the queen. (cheers and applause). >> jon: welcome back. my guest tonight, oh, we love her, an actress, her new book is called "betty and friends, my life at the zoo." her t.v. land show "hot in cleveland" returns tomorrow night. how. >> how did you guys find he? >> we were searching the guest house for clues when i noticed you had written on a pad next to the pho

up next, into l media reaction to barney franks announcement that he is retiring. >> barney frank is retiring after four decades in office. how is the press covering his departure? and an n.f.l. quarterback is taking shots from the media for his religious beliefs on the field. is this an attack on christianity? christianity? answers next on news watch. i take my multi-vitamin but wanted to do something more for my nutrition. there's so much information out there. what's good for you today, is bad for you tomorrow. i had no idea what to choose. until i found pronutrients -- a new line of supplements from centrum, who i totally trust. omega-3 supports not only my heart, but my brain and my eyes too. probiotics helps with my digestive balance and my immune function. and fruit & veggie has antioxidant properties. new pronutrients from centrum helps make nutrition possible. n[ femala $100 cream. we were flattered when regenerist beat flabbergasted when we creamed a $500 cream. for about $30 regenerist micro-sculpting cream hydrates better than over 20 of america's most expensive luxury cr

. >> barney frank is an idiot! >> barney frank. all he did was run a gay prostitution ring out of his house office. (audience reacts) >> i thought you guys loved job creators. (laughter) (cheers and applause) look, i don't know what republicans are going to do. barney frank leaves the house finance committee who do you think the will replace him thaty can beat up half as gleefully. >> he could be replaced by maxine waters. >> jon: that could work for you. maxine waters for helping bank her husband owns stock in. this maxine waters? >> as far as i'm concerned the tea party g k go straight to hell. (laughter) >> jon: all right, the keening is dead, long live the queen. ♪ ♪ ♪ mom? dad? guys? [ engine turns over ] [ engine revs ] ♪ he'll be fine. [ male announcer ] more people are leaving bmw, mercedes, and lexus for audi than ever before. take advantage of exceptional values during the season of audi event. (cheers and applause). >> jon: welcome back. my guest tonight, oh, we love her, an actress, her new book

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barney frank 22nd september, 2005. okay. you are self-identified as a group that has a lot of discrimination against them. what has it been like living your life openly left handed? >> very difficult. pencil sharpeners, for instance, are right handed. >> stephen: scissors. >> door knobs. >> stephen: i was born left handed. i believe you are born left handed it's in the a decision. >> right. >> stephen: my parents, especially my dad were pretty upset. they did everything in their power to get me to switch sides and go right handed. they even got me involved in this christian ministry youth group to get me me to go over to the right side. has your minister ever approached you about changing from left to right? >> my minister is a rabbi. >> stephen: you are jewish? >> yes. >> stephen: to sum up, you are left handed, jewish, as i learn here but there's something else about you and this is sort of the elephant in the room that i'm not naming but as a journalist i feel like i have to name it: you are a little overweight. does your

we would be losing barney frank's voice. i am not a fan of him this. he is a mean and nasty. >> i am a fan. i confess, when i read all the stories, i did not realize he was that mean to people. >> he did not like stupid questions. >> if you sit back to him, do not give me a stupid answer, then it is ok with it. he is so smart. when you read hank paulson's book, you realize as we were about to go off the cliff, it was a barney frank and worked with the bush and mr. should keep us from going off the cliff. >> barney frank was elected state representative in 1972. george mcgovern lost 49 of 50 states. he was hurting. barney frank went up to george mcgovern and said, he did not know him, and he said, i run on your coat tails. he has had a remarkable career. the personality problems are real, but the intellect is towering. >> he will be remembered as the guy in the years when we could have had reigned in fannie and freddie, defended and protected them, and try to intimidate those who wanted to tell the truth about it. i think his leaving the congress will r

i am not a fan of barney frank. he is mean and nasty. >> i am a fan. when i read all the stories, i did not realize he was that mean to people. >> he does not like stupid questions. >> if you say that, then do not give me a stupid answer. he is so smart. the thing is, when you read hank paulson's book, you read, as we were about to go off a cliff, it would party frank who worked with the bush administration who kept us from going off the cliff. >> barney frank was first elected state representative in 1972. george mcgovern lost 49 of the 50 states. barney frank went up to him and said, senator, i won on your coattails. burnie has had a remarkable career. the personality problems are real, but the intellect is telling. >> he will be remembered as the guy, who in the years, where we could have reined in fannie and freddie, defended and protected them, try to intimidate those who wanted to tell the truth about it. he is leaving and the congress will have on a better level of civil discourse. >> let's talk about the economy. the unemployment down to 8.6%.

barney frank makes marie antwon net look like a lawyer doing pro bono work. dennis miller wants to wish barney frank happy retirement kind of. >> a tough guy with sharp elbows. >> bill: caution. you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. captions by closed captioning services >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. less than five weeks until the iowa vote. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. as the republic party consolidates and absorb as new frontrunner newt gingrich, it is worth looking back four years ago from tonight. on november 30th, 2007, rudy giuliani was leading the republic pac, fred thompson second, john mccain third and mitt romney fourth. obviously john mccain scored the nomination. here are the latest polls. in a rasmussen poll today gingrich beats barack obama. 49% to 43%. legitimate contender for the republic nomination. that means mr. romney will have to go after newt gingrich as did he on "special report" when he called the speaker a career politician. >> i think to g

barney frank 22nd september, 2005. okay. you are self-identified as a group that has a lot of discrimination against them. what has it been like living your life openly left handed? >> very difficult. pencil sharpeners, for instance, are right handed. >> stephen: scissors. >> door knobs. >> stephen: i was born left handed. by the way, i believe you are born left handed it's in the a decision. >> right. >> stephen: my parents, especially my dad were pretty upset. they did everything in their power to get me to switch sides and go right handed. they even got me involved in this christian ministry youth group to get me me to go over to the right side. has your minister ever approached you about changing from left to right? >> my minister is a rabbi. >> stephen: you are jewish? >> yes. >> stephen: to sum up, you are left handed, jewish, as i learn here, but there's something else about you and this is sort of the elephant in the room that i'm not naming but as a journalist i feel like i have to name it: you are a little overweig

. >> after three decas in congress, barney frank is quitting.. the massachusetts congrsman. tip o'neill, speaker of the house, president, senators. things are changing of ththere. what is your reaction? >> as far as i'm concerned if a person can take toy barney frank votes, there will be no change. in fact, it will be a game. i am not aan of him thi he is a mean and nasty. >> i am a fan. i confess, when i read all the stories, i did not realizee was that mean to people. >> he did not like stupid questitions. >> if you sit back to him, do not give me a stupid answer, then it is ok with it. he is so smart. when you read hank paulson's book, you realize as we were about to go off the cliff it was a barney frank and worked wiwith the bush and mr. should keep us from going off the cliff. >> barney frank was elected state representative in 1972. george mcgovern lost 49 of 50 states. he wasurting. barney frank went up tgeorge mcgovern and said, he did not know him and he said, i run on your coat tails. he has had a remarkable career. the personalityty problems are real but the inte

we put together a special segment, it's called barney frank, oh, for the love of god -- barney frank, congressman massachusetts retiring, barney frank, oh, for the love of god. ♪ >> so, gentlemen, we are aware of the importance and i would repeat what i said because i've found that not everybody listens to everything i say the first time i say it. >> listen to this. earlier today on the internet, bon jovi, somebody said, hey, guess what, bon jovi is dead. so first of all, let me say he's not dead and secondly, got a tremendous sense of humor. look what he posted on the internet in response. can you see that? heaven looks a lot like new jersey. there he is. bon jovi. that was cute. >> jon bon jovi is alive and well and we're glad those rumors are finally all clear up. and the grinch who stole christmas is going viral. surveillance video captured a fedex delivery man tossing a brand new flat screen television over a fence. the person waiting for the package, who was at home at the time of the incident, says all the guy had to do was ring the door bell on the gate. fedex is, quote, sho

>> so barney frank is leaving congress. what a shame, sad day. i'm kidding. what is missing from these reports on barney frank. >> one of the most familiar, powerful, and colorful characters on capital hill is calling it quits, barney frank, announced today he will retire tend of his term in 2012, saying, he has had enough. >> barney frank is one of these people who was always the smartest person in the room, and that was his strength on capital hill. >> smartest person. you followed this more closely. did anybody mention a guy named steven gobey? >> no. >> no. that's a chapter they don't want to revisit. they don't want to talk about the house of male prostitution going on in his townhouse. beyond that, what about fannie mae? why aren't any -- why isn't anyone in the media talking about the obvious? this is a man who single-handedly presided over the collapse -- if fannie mae and freddie mac cost the american taxpayer $151 billion thanks to the policies of barney frank. barney frank fought president bush when he tried to do something about it. >> good point.

>> so barney frank is leaving congress. what a shame, sad day. i'm kidding. what is missing from these reports on barney frank. >> one of the most familiar, powerful, and colorful characters on capital hill is calling it quits, barney frank, announced today he will retire tend of his term in 2012, saying, he has had enough. >> barney frank is one of these people who was always the smartest person in the room, and that was his strength on capital hill. >> smartest person. you followed this more closely. did anybody mention a guy named steven gobey? >> no. >> no. that's a chapter they don't want to revisit. they don't want to talk about the house of male prostitution going on in his townhouse. beyond that, what about fannie mae? why aren't any -- why isn't anyone in the media talking about the obvious? this is a man who single-handedly presided over the collapse -- if fannie mae and freddie mac cost the american taxpayer $151 billion thanks to the policies of barney frank. barney frank fought president sssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhho something about it. >> goo

we put together a special segment, it's called barney frank, oh, for the love of god -- barney frank, congressman massachusetts retiring, barney frank, oh, for the love of god. ♪ >> so, gentlemen, we are aware of the importance and i would repeat what i said because i've found that not everybody listens to everything i say the first time i say it. >> listen to this. earlier today on the internet, bon jovi, somebody said, hey, guess what, bon jovi is dead. so first of all, let me say he's not dead and secondly, got a tremendous sense of humor. look what he posted on the internet in response. can you see that? heaven looks a lot like new jersey. there he is. bon jovi. that was cute. >> jon bon jovi is alive and well and we're glad those rumors are finally all cleared up. and the grinch who stole christmas is going viral. surveillance video captured a fedex delivery man tossing a brand new flat screen television over a fence. the person waiting for the package, who was at home at the time of the incident, says all the guy had to do was ring the door bell on the gate. fedex is, quote, s

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. >> woodruff: we have a conversation with long-time congressman barney frank of massachusetts as he announces plans to retire at the end of this term. >> brown: and hari sreenivasan talks with global-post correspondent iaon grillo about his new book "el narco," which chronicles the growth of mexico's violent drug cartels. major funding for the pbs newsho has been provided by: >> computing surrounds us. sometimes it's obvious and sometimes it's very surprising where you find it. soon, computing intelligence in unexpected places will changeó & our lives in truly profound ways.ç technology can provide customized experiences, tailored to individual consumer preferences, igniting a world of possibilities from the inside out. sponsoring tomorrow, starts today. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you.çç >> brown: "we can beat this disease," so declared president obama as he marked world aids day. he al

maybe we'll see a barney frank/ron paul wing of the republican party emerge. i wonder how that would do in south carolina. joining us now, dave weigel, slate.com and msnbc contributor. >> thanks. great to see you. >> you have followed ron paul and his relationship with the republican party for a long time before these primaries. >> since the beginning of 2007, really. >> yeah. some of your -- part of the reason i started paying a lot of attention to you as a reporter because i thought you were trenchant and talked about ron wall in a way that resonated with me. is he more acceptable to the republican establishment than he used to be? >> he talked in 2007 about building up the republican party, adding more people to it. i think he actually succeeded in part bringing people who might have been up for grabs. i talked to ron paul voters in 2007 who liked barack obama and liked ron paul. i was one of those voters. once they were disappointed by what barack obama did in office, they've remained in his camp. if you talk to young people at rallies, you'll hear a lot -

if you look at members like barney frank, who had their marquee legislative achievement in the dodd-frank overhaul regulatory, they reached sort of the end of their legislative career and they know that. i'm not sure barney frank would have any problems getting re-elected. gwen: he ran a tighter-than-expected race last time. >> if he won in 2010, hard to see how 2012 would be a harder year for democrats than 2010 was. >> and redistricting was so important for frank. they loss a seat in massachusetts and had to reconfigure the seats. gwen: are there other place where's they have drawn the lines differently and made it a bigger challenge to get reee legislated yesterday? >> yes, in fact a freshman from 'announced he would retire and that's in part because he was drawn in one another member in the ohio districting process. he's a freshman. surprising to see somebody leave unless they're under an ethical investigation or something. gwen: moderate word, ben nelson who has a reputation of being a blue dog democrat, are moderates more under fire than they have ever been and do they have less rea

maybe we'll see a barney frank/ron paul wing of the republican party emerge. i wonder how that would do in south carolina. joining us now, dave weigel, slate.com and msnbc contributor. >> thanks. great to see you. >> you have followed ron paul and his relationship with the republican party for a long time before these primaries. >> since the beginning of 2007, really. >> yeah. some of your -- part of the reason i started paying a lot of attention to you as a reporter because i thought you were trenchant and talked about ron wall in a way that resonated with me. is he more acceptable to the republican establishment than he used to be? >> he talked in 2007 about building up the republican party, adding more people to it. i think he twhactually succeeden part bringing people who might have been up for grabs. i talked to ron paul voters in 2007 who liked barack obama and liked ron paul. i was one of those voters. once they were disappointed by what barack obama did in office, they've remained in his camp. if you talk to young people at rallies, you'll hear a lot -

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barney frank, i hope you stick around in public life. it's good to hear from you. >> you said my exit interview, chris. does that mean i can't come back anywhere in. >> no, just your official exit interview. >> thank you. >> mr. frank, i've been with you at human rights campaign events. you're an inspiring leader. it's great to have you on the show any time. i mean it. i like you. i don't mind admitting it. you like to be grumbly and angry with people, but i admit i like some people. i'm all for you. i don't want to embarrass you, but thank you very much. you're great. >>> when we return, let me finish with a story of courage and leadership i'll be telling tonight at the john f. kennedy library up here in boston. what an honor it's going to be to be up there. ze in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. [ male announcer ] inside every box of cheerios are those great-tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. is it a superhero? kinda. ♪ whoa. kinda. whoa. how do you top great vacations? whoa. g

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what happened to barney frank is the redistricting in massachusetts. there is a good chance he wasn't going to win the election. >> paul: he is going to have face a lot voters he hasn't faced. >> and he wouldn't get the chairmanship of the committee. >> paul: that means chris dodd and frank are out of congress. does that increase that dodd-frank could be repealed? >> it increases the odds. >> i think there is a lot of fixes that have to be made. you recall when he was creating it was about taxpayers behind housing. what they gave us was derivative trading among other problems love. [ laughter ] >> there are a lot of these issues that anyone in the public they need reform. you have to fix a lot of these problems that went unaddressed while they spent 2300 pages pursuing their liberal social policies. >> all these congressman think they have legacies and glass eagle, two congressmen lasted for 50 years, dodd-frank is not going to last for 50 years. it will be taken apart piece by piece. >> paul: and it was signed by bill clinton. when we come back. with

maybe we'll see a barney frank/ron paul wing of the republican party emerge. i wonder how that would do in south carolina. joining us now, dave weigel, political reporter for slate.com and an msnbc contributor. dave, thanks for being here. nice to have you here. >> thanks. good to see you. >> you have followed ron paul and his relationship with the republican party for a long time before these primaries. >> since the beginning of 2007, really. >> yeah. some of your -- part of the reason i started paying a lot of attention to you as a reporter because i thought you were trenchant and insight sightful and not dismissive of ron paul in a way that really resonated with me. is he more acceptable to the republican establishment than he used to be? or in the same relationship with them that he's always been in? >> he talked in 2007 about building up the republican party, adding more people to it. i think he actually succeeded in part bringing people who might have been up for grabs. i talked to ron paul voters in 2007 who liked barack obama and liked ron paul. i was