they are hesitant to sign on. japan's ministry of foreign affairs says it hears what the international community is saying and is treating the child custody cases on a case by case basis but as far as changing its laws you are considering signing it but it will take time. >> i said the possibility. it will take time. there are domestic measures that we should achieve but in order to become the party to the convention. >> reporter: u.s. lawmakers who push for the resolution in the house pledge to increase the pressure. >> we introduced legislation that would create a whole new mechanism within our government to hold countries that have a pattern of noncooperation to account. we're not kidding. japan, please listen. send the children back. >> reporter: the resolution is

nonbinding so it lacks teeth but it continues to turn up the volume on japan but for american parents who are waiting, they have no choice but to wait longer. top of the hour now. the u.s. is issuing a new travel alert for americans in europe. the alert issued by the u.s. state department this morning says information indicates that al qaeda and its affiliates continue to plan terrorist attacks there. it urges americans to be conscious of their surroundings and to be aware of the potential for terrorist to target tourists sites, airports and mass transit. what can you do to keep your family safe if you are in europe? i spoke with counterterrorism expert don hamilton who shared some interesting tips. >> the state department is cautious on these things,

fredricka. they don't want to be accused of having knowledge before hand and then not alerting people. this has been more or less standard policy ever since the pan am 103 bombing when there was some hints that the state department had that something might happen. and so we used to call it lockerbie rules. if you know something might happen, you have a moral duty to tell people. this isn't a travel warning. a warning is very specific. sort of a term of art with the state department. this is about the mildest thing they can say. >> an alert. an alert. telling people to be vigilant and be careful about their surroundings. however, when people hear that this is the information coming out and recommendation coming from the state department certainly they are wary especially if they are traveling

to europe and if they have family members in europe. what are your recommendations to take some of the ordinary recommendations from the state department when abroad and take it to the next level. >> sure. well, it's once again as nic indicated largely common sense. don't try to save a few bucks by taking a gypsy taxi from the airport. i might specifically avoid a tour bus today or for the next several days because a tour bus is a big, fat obvious target. as you know people have been taken from a tour bus that have been attacked. i would think a regular mass transit would be fine. you don't want something that says bus load of americans. >> i'm a tourist. and what about talking to strangers. a lot of times people can't find

their way around and approach a stranger and are more apt to talk to people from that reasoning and get information and consequently they probably share some information. what's your recommendation on that? >> well, i think it's probably not a bad idea to ask someone for a direction or something but i wouldn't reveal any more than i had to. >> one more thing to think about. don hamilton says don't wear sneakers in europe unless you are going for a run. unlike americans most europeans don't wear them unless involved in a sporting activity. you need to blend in wherever you do go abroad. americans aren't the only ones on alert. britain is changing its travel advisory for its citizens in france and germany from a s substantial threat of terrorism to a high threat. nic robertson joins us live from germany. why is this happening right now on such grand scale? >> reporter: fredricka, it appears to be because of a

threat that's really emanated from this mosque behind me that's closed down the mosque here that is the same one that the 9/11 hijacker got together with a small cell back in the late 1990s and again has been the place where a group of young radicals have got together and gone off to training camps in pakistan about a year and a half ago. one of them now in u.s. custody talking about this mumbai style attack across different cities in europe. although that's not what is explicit in this travel advisory, it does seem to correlate. it's talking about the same countries. britain, germany, and france. what's interested is that while britain raised its warning for british people traveling oversea, germans here are saying that they are not seeing an increase threat and not raising their threat level in germany. the spanish saying their threat level is at two on a scale of

one to four and will leave it there. french level on a red level. they say it's been that way since 2005. they see no imminent threat and no reason to change it. in britain the threat level there on the british isles says it is severe but they won't raise that level. the european perspective is that it is not necessary to change the way they read the terror situation. having said that, they are all very vigilant and aware and certainly the officials in this city are aware that some of the people that left this mosque part of their original group are still out there. >> nic robertson, thank you so much from hamburg, germany. appreciate that update. let's talk about nasty weather in this country. how weather is also impacting many folks who are traveling this week trying to get the new workweek started. our bonnie schneider is in the weather center. >> you know, a lot of people

are. busy sunday. first weekend of october. if you are heading out wondering what's going on with your flight, here's what's happening. delays out there. philadelphia, 35 minutes. cincinnati, departure delays 25 minutes and washington, d.c. also reporting delays. and if you are wondering does this have anything to do with the weather, it does. take a look at this. we've got a lot of rain sliding up from the east affecting the jersey shore for example all of the way up to the east end of long island and now trying to clip areas south of boston like in plymouth getting light showers but the airports i mentioned, d.c., philadelphia, all affected by the wet weather and so is unfortunately north carolina. wow. the rain this week has been incredible. it's not over yet. brand new area of low pressure spinning around still creates the risk for flooding. flood warnings posted for parts of eastern north carolina and even up into northern new england and you can see the low sort of rotating showers on in from virginia. it's getting better for north carolina which is some good news. and speaking of good news, if you love october for the cooler weather, look at this.

big ridge of high pressure is in place. what does that mean? clear skies overnight without cloud cover the heat can reescape into the atmosphere. imagine the clouds as a blanket to keep the heat of the ground. when they're not there it will cool out tonight. looking at frosty conditions overnight tonight pretty far south through mississippi a couple counties there into northeast mississippi. good portion of central tennessee and back out through oklahoma into missouri. the southwest missouri will be frosty. and no surprise really because this time of year it gets cooler in chicago. the actual city and most of the suburbs not under this frost advisory. you can see right here. once you start heading farther off to the south and further to the west, it will be cold. temperatures into the mid to upper 30s. also freeze warnings meaning it will definitely get below freezing up into wisconsin tonight. green bay and oshkosh, bring in pot the plants, protect the pets or maybe just take a walk out tomorrow morning if you like that cool weather. >> when you come inside, fire up the fireplace. that's one thing i love about

the cold weather. the smell of the wood burning and the fireplace and hot cocoa. >> it's nice this year. i had hot cocoa today. chill in the air. break out the hot cocoa now. thank you so much. >> sure. >> only four more weeks now of campaigning and democrats are pulling out all of the stops to bring in the votes just in time for midterm elections. ♪ i hate suburbia and the bourgeoi-sie ♪

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just two years ago when young voters played a crucial role in getting president barack obama elected. the white house is pushing hard to reenergize them but as cnn's dan lothian reports, it's not a sure bet. >> reporter: this hip energy filled loud music craving crowd is once again feeling the love from president obama. >> hello, wisconsin! >> reporter: this week massive rally at the university of wisconsin. a conference call with college journalists and a 40 and under dnc event to pump them up for the midterm elections. >> the biggest mistake we can make is to let impatience or

frustration lead to apathy and intkeufrpb indifference. >> reporter: frustrated young voters wonder why it takes the midterm election to get the president's midterm election again. >> it's like you go out on a really great first date. it was awesome. you sat there and waited for the text message back. and two years later it comes and you think to yourself, where have you been? you still go out with him the second time but maybe this time there's a little more skepticism. it's a little less sexy. >> reporter: the sales job was easier during the presidential campaign when young students like matt miller were flush with hope and enthusiasm. during an obama rally in 2008, miller was studying to enter the medical profession thought the future looked bright. two years later he's working a part-time job outside of his

field in a still struggling economy and so many promises he says are stuck on capitol hill. >> i personally voted for obama hoping that he would help alleviate some of the situations but it seem like that the partisanship battles are increasing in intensity within congress and progress is being halted because of that. >> reporter: heather smith president of rock the vote say some young people might be cynical but most are optimistic. matt miller isn't ready to throw out the democrats despite his frustration. >> i don't feel as strongly as i did before about the current administration but to say the same i think on the other side of the aisle it's getting more extreme away from the direction i want to go as a vote ar. >> reporter: a poll shows democrats making gains from those 18 to 29. down slightly from earlier in the summer. the big hope for democrats is they can get these young voters excited and that they will end

up going to the polls on election day. dan lothian, cnn, washington. >> let's talk about the week ahead in politics. paul steinhauser joins me from washington. president hitting the campaign trail this weekend. what's the first stop for him? >> reporter: first stop will be maryland on the campaign trail later this week, fred. he'll go out there to help the incumbent democratic governor right now who is fighting for re-election and thinks it's a tough rematch against a guy he beat four years ago. and this will be interesting. this is one of the first times we'll see president obama at an actual rally. we haven't seen that many of those. >> and so we also hear the president will be making a stop in chicago. his old hometown. who is he campaigning for? >> among the things he'll do in chicago is campaigning for the state treasurer in illinois and democrats nominee for the senate seat there. it's a tough election right now

between him and the congressman from the chicago area. the republican nominee. this is barack obama's old senate seat. the one he stepped down from in late 2008 after he won the presidency. they would like to keep that senate seat and joe biden's seat in democrat hands. >> at the end of the week we expect the last job numbers will come out. clearly the president is likely to have to comment on that or at least will be asked about it no matter what the outcome. >> no doubt. i like to say and people which agree the unemployment number is the most important number in politics. this is the last one. on friday the labor department releases september's unemployment level. right now 9.6%. unless it plummets dramatically, it will be difficult for the democrats with unemployment hovering near 10%. this is our recent cnn opinion research corporation national poll. who is more to blame for the economic mess right now?

you can see that more people say republicans than democrats by 6% but then if you go to the next board we asked which party would be more likely to improve economic conditions in this country and again the republicans come out on top. why is this important? the economy is the top issue with people and the top issue for them when they go to vote on november 2nd. >> continues to be. thanks so much. appreciate that from washington. appreciate it. >> thank you. also coming up, a second helping of viral video rewind. josh, what's in store for us today? >> fun stuff for you of course. we have this animated social commentary. this one is cool. it's about war. it's now being considered for the most creative video in the world. we also have really fun stuff. a giant baby like an actual giant baby. we have beyonce crashing a house party and we have this. take a look. ♪ >> what is mike tyson doing?

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welcome back to the "newsroom." a new alert for americans traveling in europe. the u.s. state department is advising americans to be aware of their surroundings and to be cautious especially at tourist sites. airports and when they are using public transportation. the department says the alert is based on information suggesting that al qaeda and affiliated groups continue to plterror attacks in europe. trapped miners in chile

could be home with their families sooner than expected. rescuers say they could reach the men by the middle of this month. they've been trapped underground since early august. the first test of a rescue capsule was carried out successfully on thursday. and for the 57th year in a row, lawmakers and members of the high court attended red mass. it celebrated every year for members of the legal profession and held the day before the u.s. supreme court begins its new term. critics say it's an unhealthy mix of politics, law and religion. we know you love viral video so that's why we have rewind. you get to see it again and sometime you get to see more on sunday. that's today. like these celebrities in spandex. that's what i saw. mike tyson in spandex. i want to know about this dance move. >> it's part of the humor of it all.

let's get right to it. check it out, everybody. return of a classic pop. ♪ >> it's mike tyson put together by wayne brady who is also a comedian. he dreamed up this entire thing. this skit of bobby brown's hit "every little step." it's for funny or die.com. pwraes b there's bobby brown himself to mix it up a bit to give it his stamp of approval. >> okay. why not? not going to have anybody else do my tune. >> i'm going to keep going with this thing. it was pretty funny. mike tyson was funny in "the hangover" but he's even funnier there. >> he probably displayed humor somewhere else but "hangover" was one of my first introductions to him and humor.

>> good analysis. that's what happens when you have a music video with choreography. how about when a superstar just crashes a dance party. d beyonce just drops in on this block party and just took over. she just starts dancing with these girls. >> how did she know this dance? >> i don't know. i don't know. >> that's not the electric slide that i was doing? >> it's the new wave version. look at what a superstar she is. if you didn't know who she was, they have their own thing going. >> very fun. >> cool. >> that will be the most memorable block party ever.

you said west orange jersey. okay. >> talk about amazing. watch it closely. the web goes wild over this shot. it's hard to see middle of your screen. in the hoop. skip to the next section i put together. a video in slow motion. watch this. this stuff is so impressive. >> no way. >> it will go in. i'm a skeptic. >> going. going. and it's in there. now did they fake it? >> look at him. no way! >> we don't know how many times they tried. i don't see signs that it is fake. if you keep trying it eventually. >> i don't know. chances of that are amazing. >> all right. on the serious turn. i told you in the past that youtube has a competition for most innovative video in the world. we've been piecing through more

of them. this is an interesting social commentary about if wars were instead dances, take a look here. it starts off with this image. people checking this one out. it's a little kid reading a history book showing when you read history you end up seeing all of the stuff about war. so then she imagines what if instead they worked everything out and they're dancing. so with people looking at the short list it's another example of the innovative creative funky stuff people are excited about. one of 125 that might win most creative video in the world. >> innovative for sure and happy. >> one reason i want to go back to this is that it is from that collection, that short list, where we bring you today's fredricka's relaxation moment. this is a video about the need to relax. take a look at this. >> i'll endorse that i'm sure. >> contemporary america. we love fast things. fast cars. fast meals.

mic microwaves, one night stands, cable modems, pizza delivery, what did we do before e-mail? i don't have time to write letters, read books, play with my little brother. >> all this while this craziness is going to come to a massive halt and she will suddenly feel like she's somewhere else and that's what everyone is saying. look at that. >> i want to get away. >> see. just imagine that you are at the beach and relax and stay calm. >> use your imagination if you can't have plane ticket to go somewhere. >> see. everything else around you can go backwards. doesn't matter so much anymore. >> soothing. >> calm down. it's all about going back to the basics. >> back to the basics. >> a little too much going on. >> go to your happy place. the happy place. >> imagination is free. >> also on the short list. now i'll bring you back up before the break a giant baby. >> yeah. >> you have never seen this kind

of big baby. this is ireport this week. look at thing. look how realistic it is. an ireporter came about this in a visit to shanghai expo in shanghai, china. it's a crying baby. people were captivated by it because it's so realistic. >> is it a model? >> it is -- i have to find out how they physically move it but they were modeling it after an actual baby at that expo there. it's huge. >> a robotic thing. big doll type of thing. >> amazing. >> and we haven't got the wrap yet. i get to get one more. this is so much fun. yesterday i started to show you and we had to run. i want to do more on this guy. this guy is online. i showed him for a second and said we have to go. take a look at this. he's a music producer. he uses only his voice and a

loop station and base effects pedal. he's so well known now this is selling out tours of europe. let me show you what happens. he records stuff in front of you and then he loops that and then loops something else and something else and now let's skip to the next section of the video. i'll show you the harmony he creates in front of you. ♪ >> just what he did with his own feet right in front of you. he has become this phenomenon. this filmmaker documented this and people are wild about it online having a field day with it. >> where did you say this was at again? >> he travels all over the world. he has sold out tours in russia. he plans to tour the u.s. next year. >> that's the great forum that you have here of just kind of incorporating different expressions of creativity and

invasion oi innovation out there and we get to see it without getting on a plane to see. >> here's where the list is. let's go to that list. facebook and twitter. josh levs cnn the whole list is up there for you. check it out. send me your favorites. we'll have them next time. i just noticed seeing myself in the monitor i can't do this anymore because i look like i'm trying to sell you a car. >> i like it. good job. lots of fun. you know this guy. george wallace, comedian. you have seen him everywhere. you've seen him on "seinfeld" and standup and you've seen him on the red fox show. now you'll see him near in atlanta in the cnn studio. he's going to talk about his show on the vegas strip. he's passing through on the way back to vegas. >> i'm sticking around. >> we're glad that he's here. george wallace coming up. ght? i don't want you going out on those yet. and leave your phone in your purse, i don't want you texting. >> daddy... ok!

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>> we need to tell you about a new travel alert for americans. the advisory issued today by the u.s. state department says information indicates that al qaeda and its affiliates continue to plan terrorist attacks in europe. the alert urges americans there to be conscious of their surroundings and to be aware of the potential for terrorist to target tourist sites, airports and mass transit. many americans are at u.s. airports right now with tickets in hand heading to europe cnn's steph cauganie elam caught up w some of them to see if the travel alert was impacting their plans. >> reporter: really it's just about continuing on with your day and plans even if that involves going to europe. we talked to a few people today and they say that i planned these trips a while ago. plane tickets are expensive in this economy. i won't give up on my travel plans today. >> i think it's just normal for

me. we're just cautious when we're in an unusual area to begin with. and air travel is so common we're either traveling by small plane because we don't have a lot of roads or we're traveling by jet to get out of the states. it's just a mode of transportation we take for granted and we're still i think pay attention but not necessarily uncomfortable. if they came back and said we prefer you not traveling or if something more than just being diligent to saying we have a lot more activity. >> i made the arrangements six months ago. it would probably take an incident of some sort where there was real danger. >> you only live once. what are you going to do? i can't let people terrorize me. >> reporter: with that in mind interesting to note of the people we talked to one person

definitely heard it before he got to the airport. he's coming from new jersey. one woman has been traveling for a while because she was coming from alaska. she heard it when she got to new jersey. she said it wasn't on facebook or anywhere else until we told her about it. the other woman says she heard about it before she left california but it really didn't impact her. she said it will be part of a tour. she feels safe. it would take a lot more than that to deter them. as far as the new york port authority is concerned, the new york police department saying they are very diligent about what they're hearing. i want it to read a statement we have for you. they are saying that the new york police department monitors intelligence from around the world every day. and while there's nothing specific regarding an attack on new york city we adjust our counterterrorism posture daily with over 1,000 officers assigned to counterterrorism duties on a daily basis and that's from paul browne deputy commissioner of the new york police department. as far as the people that we have spoken to, it's really business as usual. travel do what you need to do. just be more aware of yourself as you head abroad.

>> all right. good deal. thanks so much. the intelligence community has been following new details about possible terror attacks in europe for several days now. one nugget of information suggests a commando attack similar to the one seen in mumbai a few years ago could be launched. it made american police reexamine their own ability to handle such a brazen assault. here now is cnn's jeanne meserve. >> reporter: mumbai was a low tech high impact attack. terrorists armed with only semiautomatic weapons hit multiple targets in quick succession. some u.s. police officials had this thought. >> we're not ready for that specific type of attack especially on soft targets. >> reporter: los angeles and new york immediately dispatched personnel to india to learn all they could. there was one big take away.

>> you have to put the threat down immediately and you have to run toward the fire and not away from it. >> reporter: now every police recruit in new york is given some heavy weapons instruction and 250 officers have been trained and equipped to reinforce the department's emergency response team. the nypd knowing mumbai attackers moved by boat has identified 100 sensitive locations in the harbor. they help identify suspicious people and it is reviewed in case a boat is taken over. >> we know how to take control of certain ships and where fuel turnoffs are. >> reporter: in new york and washington the lay out of hotels and transit hubs have been mapped in case police need to get in or hostages need to get out and police are learning how to harness technologies like survesraeuveillance cameras and

phones to use them and attackers cannot. >> making sure that terrorists don't have access to each other in making sure they don't get information from public sources that they can use to our detriment. >> reporter: some police now exercise how to counter the tactics used in mumbai as they watch for if you innovations in the terrorist playbook. >> you have to be careful not to fight yesterday's war and look over the horizon. >> am mumbai is the template for an attack here, at least new york, washington and los angeles will be better prepared. >> i hope it wouldn't last more than 30 minutes before we contain it and neutralize it. >> reporter: making preparations like this is expensive. not every city can afford to do. not every city is ready for an attack like mumbai. jeanne meserve, cnn, new york. >> so much serious news. we have a get here, a man who gives you a few reasons to laugh right after this. look familiar? there he is.

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rutgers university will hold a candlelight vigil for a student tonight who killed himself by jumping from a bridge into the hudson river. his roommate and another student are charged with invasion of privacy. and police say they taped clementi's sexual encounter without his knowledge and broadcast it live on the web. china's premiere says his

country's huge stimulus plan created economic growth. he appeared on cnn earlier today and also said despite the financial crisis in the u.s., he has not lost faith in the economic management of the world's largest economy. and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is urging palestinian leader mahmoud abbas to continue talks. a settlement construction freeze expired last sunday. palestinian leaders say they want it extended or they will leave the talks. israel has not yet agreed to reinstating the freeze. so if you want a good laugh, actor and median george wallace is your man. he's been part of some of the most popular sitcoms of our time. shows like "seinfeld," "red fox

show" and had his own show at the flamingo in las vegas. you live here. >> i live everywhere. i live at united and delta. i'm at the airport and have you gone through the new metal detector where you don't have to take off your shoe or hat. people don't like it. they say it's invasion of privacy. i walked through that machine and found out i had a ruptured spleen and enlarged prostate. >> buy being in so many airports and cities you get material in your travels, don't you? stuff just falls in your lap. >> life is good. that's what's good about living. you can just laugh about everything. just come to atlanta and you can laugh and get off the plane and some of the stupid stuff that some of the things people say. i saw my uncle. rich. he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer. a person asks you a question and answers it at the same time.

how you all get up here? walk. where your dad, work? what time you get off? 6:00. he answers them. what's your mama cooking, chicken? why you walking like that, boy? your feet hurt? i am the only customer in the store today. cashier says you next? i'm looking around -- i says excuse me? why don't we wait until the next customer come through the door. i have ice cream a loaf of bread, six coca-colas, moon pie and three bags of pork rinds. you want a bag? stupid stuff. >> common every day occurrences back part of your material. you keep it current not just because it's funny things that happen in your moments. i call them "seinfeld" moments. you were on "seinfeld" so you can appreciate that. ordinary stuff but at the same

time you try to incorporate current events and news events into your show but you say it's something that the entire family can enjoy. >> my show in las vegas, five years up. i take everyone's money. kids come to my show they'll fall asleep late at night. i don't care. we talk about everything. i have the most diversified group in las vegas. young people, old people, black people, white people, hip-hoppers and gang bangers. i'm blessed to have all of them. we talk about all of them from stupid commercials that are on. it's not a commercial but i went into the store the other day and there were 20 people in line. only two people working. 20 people in line only two people working. i be thinking. i shout out where is that network? where are those 2,000 people supposed to follow me around everywhere. >> people look at you who is this crazy guy? >> they know who i am. everyone is going yeah, yeah!

i go to church. i laugh. if you can't do anything in church, i'm a serious person but you have to laugh. >> how do you keep it clean? when you talk about going to standups people think comedy in this day in age whether on hbo that it has to be dirty and it has to be risque in order to be funny. how to you keep it clean to keep it humorous and why do you do that? >> you did a "seinfeld" moment. he's watching us right now. best friend for 35 years. everyone is texting me going are you going to be on with that beautiful lady in the black dress? yeah. you keep it clean. it's harder to do clean jokes. seinfeld, jay leno, myself, we grew up where you had to do jokes to get on "the tonight show." that's how we do it. you just make a joke like i did a clean joke the other night

about people from new orleans and some of the people down there were still complaining about mr. obama saying he didn't do enough about the oil spill. what do you want him to do? do you want him to put on a life jacket and get his skinny butt out in the ocean and plug it up with a sham wow. it's moments that pop out of my head that are funny. he's the president. he's not aqua man. you just roll with it. stupid things people say. i'm walking through the airport in atlanta and some lady said to me this morning i got my luggage. mr. wallace, what are you doing at the airport? are you going somewhere? stupid stuff like that. i came here to do my laundry. i make up stuff. >> do you like being called the new mr. las vegas? >> i wanted to be like wain newton. i'm blessed to work the same stage that sammy davis jr. worked. i'm blessed. he walked on that stage every night and had to go through the

kitchen to work that very stage. every night i think about it. he would be surprised today if he were alive to know that we're still going through that same kitchen. >> okay. so what is the transition been like for you? being in vegas and you know wayne newton and he's still a l vintage vegas and then you've got prince. you also have the private shows. >> no, there's a new group. i'm one of the first people, bette midler, she just left. cher's there, prince came in and blew the place away. he would come to my show four or five times. that's what my show is like. you never know who's going to show up. tom jones. aretha franklin. >> take me there because i have -- i better get to vegas. >> tom jones come up on stage. william shatner, denzel washington. you ever heard of denzel washington? he goes to my church. we make, i make jokes about him coming to church. at my church, if you ever come to los angeles, go to the west angeles church of christ.

you'll see magic johnson. he donated $5. million. denzel washington gave $7.5 million. i don't make as much money as they do but i'm blessed as they are. i pledged $1 million. that's what i pledged. >> i see. >> i might send it in and i might not. i could have pledged $10 million. it's going to be $30 a week. stevie wonder goes that. oh, my god, he's a nice man. he loves to tell jokes. he's going to do jokes on my stage. >> do they make it nobody to you that, hey, stevie wonder just walked in? do they sit up front? >> they sit in my booth because i have to pay for their drifshgs. >> you know they're there? do you invite them on the stage? >> for the first time in 25 years, i had sly and the family stone on my stage, jennifer holiday. you never know what's going on happen. >> has it ever gone wrong? >> it's all about fun. i give away diamonds, trips, cruises. i give away a car last month. i gave away the little smart

car. a lady won it in tucson, arizona, and i put it in an envelope and mailed it to her. >> seven years do you see the next seven years, next couple years, folks come to your show, what should they expect? >> i got people coming back 17 times now. it's just -- that's why i have to change it up. i have to watch tv every day. i have to watch paula dean. i got to watch food shows. i got to pay attention to food. i got to do everything. i got to do sports. like i had barry bonds on my show. he's still in good shape and i was asking him about it because they said -- >> talk about the serious stuff. >> they said he was on steroids and i said i don't know what you're on but any time anybody can bunt the ball out of the park, you're doing something. >> what a pleasure. >> i talk about the people, just this is life. it's a lot of fun. just living every day and enjoying life, that's what it's all about. >> you have to feel very proud that for a few decades now, you've been able to, you know, stay funny and reinvent yourself

and stay current, whether it's "seinfeld," "red foxx show," being on leno. >> no, staying current is watching cnn. that's what we do. we call this the comedy news network. you like that? >> are we like that? >> yeah. >> we have to take the serious news and take the twist on it. that's what we do. >> isn't that stuff? aren't there certain topics you can't make -- >> you can talk about anything. you make people happy and my job is to make people happy. i went to mcdonald's this morning. i ordered a double cheeseburger and they took the one i had and just folded it over. you can talk about the people in the audience sometimes, they're looking for jobs. i said, there will be more jobs because i was talking to mr. obama and he was going to build more unemployment offices so there will be jobs in construction. >> you still have that job. >> something going to happen to you whether you like it or not, i'm aflamingo and everybody listening and watching, call that 702-733-3333.

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