[applause] rebecca: coming up next, jennifer coolidge. announcer: tomorrow on "live," singer carrie underwood. announcer: tomorrow on "live," singer carrie underwood. and "the democratic party of virginia sponsored this ad." ken cuccinelli is on a mission. he wants to overturn roe v. wade, in virginia, to make all abortions illegal. cuccinelli even tried to bully the state board of health to get his way. the virginian-pilot said "the consequences of such a politically motivated precedent could be significant." cuccinelli's war on abortion, even in cases of rape or incest. ken cuccinelli. he's focused on his own agenda. t us. [applause] rebecca: our next guest never fails to deliver a memorable character. please welcome the always memorable jennifer coolidge. [applause] ♪ >> hello! hi! [cheers and applause] michael: great to see you. >> hi. michael: hello, hello. welcome. >> hello, hello. rebecca: i can't believe you just got off a plane not too long ago, right? >> last night, yeah. rebecca: how come you're so fresh? >> so are you. rebec

rushmoore, and coolidge announced he did not run for re-election. for reasons that are still slightly mystifying. henry ford had a madid -- a madid to build a city. so this book came not just looking at these two figures, baby ruth and lindbergh but looking at everything that was happening. it was kind of frenetic amount of activity, a great deal hoff changed the world, changed the way we perceived popular entertainment and so on. so it was constance general shall and always interesting and lively. >> host: any reason all these events happened in the summer of 1927? >> guest: they just happened in the summer of 1927. that is what kind of interesting about it. sometimes these things just happen and all of these happened then. by and large there wasn't any particular reason. they weren't there because it had to happen in the summer of 1927. mostly they just happened then. there were connections. the reason that it lindbergh was able to fly first to europe bass was of the same storm system that caused the flooding in the midst, the great mississippi fl

look at president coolidge, rornld reagan spurred the economy, when he lowered them, he later raised them, but to get the economy going, he lowered taxes. walmart said they're hurt by lower income sales. a 2% payroll tax increase, the payroll tax cut was put in place. it hurts lower income. if you're in the upper middle class, if you're higher, it doesn't affect you at all. with high gas prices, lowest labor partipation rate since the 1980s and the economy stagnant, it hurts consumers significantly, yes. >> it's not just lower economy because we saw macy's, nordstroms, they have to fire their piano player or something, th is really hitting everyone. >> it's simple, right? you tax me more, there's less money in my paycheck. that's the bottom line. that means they're less disposable income for me to go to nordstrom's and buy a pair of shoes. instead what i have has to go to pay my bills. taxes hurt, bottom line. they'll continue raising them, which means this economy is not going to get better. >> steve, you buy that? >> nope, it's completely i will logical. our greatest economic pros

calvin coolidge was the last one not to have a dog. he had a cat. and i don't know if they thought about the name well enough. sunny and bo. if they get in trouble, you'd be like sunny and bo no. >> i don't know if they thought about that. speaking of presidents, scored a big interview for world humanitarian day 2013 with beyonce and they talked about world humanitarian issues. he said he was so excited he could die. and beyonce before he left made sure that he sealed things with a kiss. very cute moment. >> what can that guy not do. >> are we best friends? >> only if i get a kiss on the cheek. >> okay. >> come on, come on, come on. thank you. >> even beyonce hater has to admit it was a wonderful moment. and cliff diving. >> yeah, how can i follow that up. there was a diving contest. this guy diving off 50 feet. this bridge goes back to the era of the romans. even a 75-year-old guy was diving there. >> amazing. thanks, guys. this is "first look" on msnbc. stay tuned, "way too early" starts right now. >>> i have not been the recipient of sloppy kisse

look at president coolidge, rornld reagan spurred the economy, when he lowered them, he later raised them, but to get the economy going, he lowered taxes. walmart said they're hurt by lower income sales. a 2% payroll tax increase, the payroll tax cut was put in place. it hurts lower income. if you're in the upper middle class, if you're higher, it doesn't affect you at all. with high gas prices, lowest labor participation rate since the 1980s and the economy stagnant, it hurts consumers significantly, yes. >> it's not just lower economy because we saw macy's, nordstroms, they have to fire their piano player or something, this is really hitting everyone. >> it's simple, right? you tax me more, there's less money in my paycheck. that's the bottom line. that means they're less disposable income for me to go to nordstrom's and buy a pair of shoes. instead what i have has to go to pay my bills. taxes hurt, bottom line. they'll continue raising them, which means this economy is not going to get better. >> steve, you buy that? >> nope, it's completely i will logical. our greatest economic p

look at president coolidge, rornld reagan spurred the economy, when he lowered them, he later raised them, but to get the economy going, he lowered taxes. waart said they're hurt by lower income sales. a 2% payroll tax increase, the payroll tax cut was put in place. it hurts lower income. if you're in the upper middle class, if you're higher, it doesn't affect you at all. with high gas prices, lowest labor participation rate since the 1980s and the economy stagnant, it hurts consumers significantly, yes. >> it's not just lower economy because we saw macy's, nordstroms, they have to fire their piano player or something, this is really hitting everyone. >> it's simple, right? you tax me more, there's less money in my paycheck. that's the bottom line. that means they're less disposable income for me to go to nordstrom's and buy a pair of shoes. instead what i have has to go to pay my bills. taxes hurt, bottom line. they'll continue raising them, which means this economy is not going to get better. >> steve, you buy that? >> nope, it's completely i will logical. our greatest economic pro

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in the 1920s, chief henry standing bear and president calvin coolidge commissioned the crazy horse memorial. - henry standing bear and the others wanted the rest of the world to know that american indians had great heroes also. - the lakota try to live by four virtues which guide their lives today, despite the challenges of modern life. - the first one would be wacantognaka, which would be generosity. the next one wld be fortitude, wacintanka. then yuonihan, which is respect. and then the last one is woksape, which is wisdom. - they guide the next generation of lakota. - right now, i'm learning new things about my tradition, and elders talking to me about this 'cause they want me to be a leader one day. - the spirit of chief crazy horse still inspires his people today. next, my journey to the memorial. wherever your still sutwist the ride... today. with twizzlers. the twist you can't resist. your carpet stains can reappear. [ laughing ] [ male announcer ] try resolve stain remover, the formula penetrates deep into your carpet and removes stains so they don't come back. trust resolve. forget

you had calvin coolidge the standing the world by announcing he did not want to run for reelection for president. could have won in a landslide in decided not want to do it. lots of reasons, but it was mystifying. henry ford, the mad idea to build an american city in the amazonia. one thing after another. lots and lots and lots of things one after the other. the whole nature. looking at all of the things that were happening. the first talking picture film was filmed the death same summer a tremendous amount of activity, a great deal of which changed the world. so it was a consequential summer, but also really interesting and lively. >> any reason all these events happened in the summer? >> that is what is kind of interesting about it. sometimes these things just happen. all of the things happen. by and large there was not any particular reason. it they were not there because it had to happen. most they just happened then. there were connections. the lindbergh was able to fly was because of the same storm system that caused the flooding in the midwest, the mississippi flood him at the s

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you can go back to calvin coolidge and he talks about, every dollar that we carelessly waste makes the life of an american that much more meager. i think that what you have to understand is, this money isn't just growing on trees. it comes from somewhere. in this case, from the american people. >> right. and isn't there a deficit of, i don't know, sean, you know the number because you quote it every night. what's the number of the deficit? >> well, unfunded liabilities, $90 trillion. obama is giving up $7 trillion. that makes it $17 trillion and going higher. >> okay, so, of that $17 trillion you are angry about $23 million of science -- >> you're missing the point. it's not about the size of it. it's the principle of the thing. the idea that maybe there are some things that government shouldn't do. and that these are some of those things. >> did you -- you are a lawyer. have you read the constitution? >> of course. >> why are you so willing to just dismiss hundreds of millions of dollars in waste, fraud and abuse that -- we really are to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on promo

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speaking, i have to register as a lobbyist, but in reality when this association was formed when calvin coolidge was president in 1925, it is an entity formed by county elected officials whose sole purpose it to represent the taxpayers and to defend smaller commune-based government and prevent the encroachment of larger governments like the federal and state department. stuart: who pays your salary. >> it's paid for -- well, the board of directors sets my salary and paid in part from private sector funds and in part from membership dues from the county of new york. so it's truly a blend, it's not funded exclusively through by any means the taxpayers of the state of new york. stuart: okay, do you think our viewers have any grounds to object? i mean, you've made the case, this is by law. your position is defined and your pension is, i understand all of that. but don't you think that our viewers have a right to object to someone like yourself advising public employees how to keep their generous benefits and getting those generous benefits himself? >> well, i think it's the exact opposite. so, the v

by the way, the record holder for the most presidential news conference is calvin coolidge. in the 1920s, he held 391 in one term. wasn't his nickname silent cal? really? >> the things you know, greg, it always amazes me. >> how could that be? 321 news conferences and he was silent cal? i think it was dinner parties he didn't have much to say. the president who had the least since president eisenhower was george w. bush, he held 17 in his first term. >>> as we've been saying, it was great to hear from you. if you were at the white house today, we asked you on twitter, one viewer tweeted how can we trust the nsa is not abusing its authority when we know they have lied to congress? great question. you can tweet us at gregg jarrett and jamie colby tv. we'll check them out and trying to read as many as we can on the air. >> getting really really good ones and a couple more coming up. stay tuned for that. >>> let's get more on the new terror threat. this is a new one. this one in pakistan, the u.s. government warning americans not to travel to the country. and it's advocated gove

prominently on a ball that jpac's headquarters is present calvin coolidge is sage advice. the nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten. the dedicated men and women a jpac endeavor to see that this never happens. madam chairman and senator ayotte, thank you again for the opportunity to appear before you come and more important, for support of the noble and critical mission. i welcome the questions you might have. >> chairman mccaskill, senator ayotte, i want to thank you for the opportunity to speak about what the department of defense is doing to improve the department's efforts to achieve the fullest possible accounting for our missing dod personnel and provide answers to their families. i look forward to discussing the responsibilities of the various members of the departments accounting community of the specific collaboration between the defense prisoner of war missing personnel office, dpmo, and the joint prisoner of war/missing in action accounting command, jpac. based on my experience as a first command a jpac, i came to micro position well aware o

were educated by them and it is great to see you here in brookline and it's wonderful to be in the coolidge center theater with this great bookstore and co-sponsored with the massachusetts historical society, which has been an institution that has been absolutely essential to my life as a historian. i sometimes sort of feel like i've taken up residence in the archives there, and every book i've done there has been a central information that has come from there but among the more so than bunker hill. one of the characters i delve into, the papers are there at what we call the mhs and it is an organization that is essential to anyone that is looking into not just the history of boston, but this country. and the genesis for a bunker hill really goes back to the summer of 1984. my wife and i had just moved to boston full-time. we were living on prince street in the north end. i was at that time a failing a journalist. but my primary responsibility was to be at home with almost 2-year-old daughter jenny. so i had a lot of free time on my hands and i would push the stroller to the crooked streets

i have the honor of meeting your boss at the calvin coolidge home two weeks ago. i told him what a wonderful thing he has done with c-span. only unbiased place to get your news. he was such a gentleman. i got to speak with him for about 5 minutes. that's totally impressed me. my comment this morning is i am a retired state employees. i used to bid and do procurement contracts. in vermont for a while, we tried home delivery. as the milkman went away, so did wic home delivery. we went over to the more current system. the thing i noticed is in a little state like vermont, there was millions of dollars at stake. the competition amongst the vendors, the thing behind the scene with the wic program i noticed is there is a lot of wic formulas.t in whoever wins the bid gets shelf space at the retail grocers. host: let's take that point. guest: the caller is talking about one of the innovations of the wic program or one of its worst characteristics. the infant formula makers are forced to bid on state contracts. that means they provide the infant formula for the state progr

prominently on a wall is president calvin coolidge stage device. the nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten. the dedicated men and women of jpac endeavor to see that this never happens. madam chairman and senator, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you. more importantly for your support of this noble and critical mission. ibook and the questions you might have. >> chairman the castle, senator, thank you for the opportunities to speak about what the department of defense is doing to improve the department's efforts to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing department of defense personnel and provide answers to the families. i look forward to discussing the responsibilities of the various members of the department's accounting committee as well as the specific collaboration between the defense prisoner of war missing personnel office and the joint prisoner of war missing in action accounting command. based upon my experience as the first commander to my came to my current position well aware of the challe

i go back to the coolidge administration, as you know, joe. >> silent cal. was a great one. but they did nothing so well. thank you so much, senator. we greatly appreciate it, and willie, boy, a lot of decisions to be made as we move forward. we're going to see it unfold. probably as we're in detroit tomorrow. >> yeah, looks like something this week will happen on syria. senator mccain, thank you. >>> still ahead on "morning joe," the new york city council tells mayor bloomberg hand, off on the controversial stop and frisk policy. commissioner ray kelly, vocal supporter of that policy, joins us next. next, michigan governor snyder with the latest on what his state is doing to get the city of detroit back on track. ♪ ho ho ho [ female announcer ] at 100 calories, not all food choices add up. some are giant. some not so giant. when managing your weight, bigger is always better. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant [ babies crying ] surprise -- your house was built on an ancient burial ground. [ ghosts moaning ] surprise -- your car needs a new transmission. [ coyote howls ] how abou

coolidge and mrs. hoover who tried to do inventories of the white house she kid the first -- she did the first inventory i'm aware of. and her vision of the historic nature of the white house and its collections and her campaigns for the betterment of women were very important but not picked up on in her own time. >> here's one from facebook, what modern day first laity would caroline compare most to? >> dare i say rosalind carter who was a quiet first lady but was very busy trying to do worthy things? i guess, you know, -- >> betty ford and her -- >> less public -- betty ford was awfully public -- not awfully but public. ms. carter wasn't. >> she was a much quieter, more behind the scenes kind of person but i also -- i want to say jacqueline kennedy in the sense [inaudible] next week, ida mckinley will be the final first lady in our first season of first laities, taking us into the new century and we look forward to seeing you then. >> thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013

it's all incredibly embarrassing and incredible and i heard you guys saw jennifer coolidge yesterday. she's amazing. she's crazy. it's hilarious. she's amazing. she's so great. she's like a movie to me. rebecca: and you were pregnant while you were shooting? >> yes. so there was -- we were wearing corsets but mine had a very expandable side so every day, it would get bigger and bigger. and the only time my life that i actually had boobs. [laughter] i was so excited. i was like yes, show off! great. [laughter] yeah, so. boobs and dresses. michael: we're going to take a look at a clip. and in this scene, you're having a discussion with a pan who is a lot like jane austen's mr. darcy. here is keri russell in "austenland." >> outside, i'll find the conversation of women to be stimulating. >> oh, i just can't imagine why you're still single. >> fancy the ring on your finger. >> that's right all right. i asked for it. i am single because apparently, the only good men are fictional. >> you think there's any good women out there? no, no, no. they prefer honesty and fidelity and while we are a

were educated by them and it is great to see you here in brookline and it's wonderful to be in the coolidge center theater with this great bookstore and co-sponsored with the massachusetts historical society, which has been an institution that has been absolutely essential to my life as a historian. i sometimes sort of feel like i've taken up residence in the archives there, and every book i've done there has been a central information that has come from there but among the more so than bunker hill. one of the characters i delve into, the papers are there at what we call the mhs and it is an organization that is essential to anyone that is looking into not just the history of boston, but this country. and the genesis for a bunker hill really goes back to the summer of 1984. my wife and i had just moved to boston full-time. we were living on prince street in the north end. i was at that time a failing a journalist. but my primary responsibility was to be at home with almost 2-year-old daughter jenny. so i had a lot of free time on my hands and i would push the stroller to the crooked streets

promenading on a wall that jpeg headquarters is president calvin coolidge's sage advice. the nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten. the dedicated men and women of jpac, endeavor that this never happens. madam chairwoman s. in the eye, thanks again for the opportunity to appear before you, and more important for your support of this noble and critical mission. i welcome the questions you might have. >> chairman mccaskill, et cetera i outcome thank you for the opportunity to speak about what the department of defense is doing to improve the department's efforts to achieve the fullest possible accounting for a missing dod personnel and provide answers to their families. i look forward to discussing the responsibilities of the various members of the department county community as well as the specific collaboration between the defense prisoner of war missing personnel office, dpmo, and the joint prisoner of war/missing in action accounting command, jpac. they so my experience as a first commander of jpac, i came to my current position well aware of the ch

prominently on a wall and jpac headquarters sits president calvin coolidge's sage advice. a nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten. the dedicated men and women of jpac endeavor to succeed as it never happens. madam chairwoman and senator ayotte, think again for the opportunity to appear before you. and more important for your support of this noble mission. i welcome the questions you might have. >> chairman mccaskill, senator ayotte, thank you for the opportunity to speak about what the department of defense is doing to improve the department efforts to achieve the fullest possible accounting for a missing dod personnel and provide answers to their families. i look forward to discussing the responsibility of the fairest members of the department accounting community come as well as a specific collaboration between the defense prisoner of war, missing personnel office, dpmo, federal prison of were missing in action accounting command, jpac. based on my experience as a first command of jpac, i came to my current position well aware of the challenges i wo