revisit the comments from yesterday went a step further talking about guys in speedos grinding at the parade saying that's, quote, not normal. >> then joey unfortunately saw his dad doing some abnormal things growing up. what did you learn today? >> i learned when's really in charge here and it's not you. >> very good. >> ronlger? >> i learned i'm sure jerry jr. wishes he got out of bed after 9:00 a.m. in the morning. >> what did you learn? >> on sale tomorrow. willie's book. you can preorder it on amazon.com. one at a time. >> you are good. >> 25 seconds over and we apologize to chuck todd. i was thrown off leaning too forward. >> it's "morning joe." this is "the daily rundown." don't let them hijack your agenda. the american people deserve to know who's trying to sway their elections. >> president obama keeps turning

up the heat on republicans saying secret special interest money is fueling their campaigns. but does he have any proof? plus, florida's democratic senate candidate kendrick meek under pressure to drop out of the race by some. he joins us live to respond. and light at the end of the tunnel for those miners trapped for months, all 33 could be out in two days and the fight to be the 33rd guy to get out is interesting, as well. >> crazy. >> october 11th, 2010. 22 days until the midterms and columbus day. i'm chuck todd. >> good morning. i'm savannah guthrie. we start in new york this morning where the republican candidate for governor carl paladino is once again the center of controversy after making these remarks of homosexuality over the weekend. >> me approach is live and let live. i just think my children and your children would be much better off and much more successful getting married and raising a family.

and i don't want them to be brainwashed into thinking that homosexualality is an equally viable option. it isn't. >> kelly o'donnell is the capitol hill correspondent. kelly, we have already heard from paladino responding to those remarks on if "today" show this morning. >> reporter: absolutely. he talked about it and mix it up some more. in one breath at this event yesterday he seemed to say don't misinterpret the remarks as hurtful to gay and denounced gay marriage, talked about the gay pride parade with a mocking sort of expression and tone and attached it to the democratic opponent andrew cuomo. today on the "today" show he was asked to clarify the remarks. he said he would not back off of what he said and tried to add a bit more to it. >> that remark has to do with

schooling children. my feelings on homosexuality are unequivocal. i have absolutely no problem with it whatsoever. >> and paladino also mentioned that he has a gay nephew. he spoke to him. he would try to hire qualified gays in a paladino administration if he were elected governor and of course an appeal to voters who were among an orthodox jewish leadership group on sunday in brooklyn, speaking to a group itself opposes gay marriage and he said he'd gotten remarks from them, suggested comments and that he made some changes to those trying to insist that he was speaking from the heart. that was his claim. savannah, chuck? >> all right. from our washington newsroom, thanks very much, kelly. savannah, the thing of carl paladino, he has no chance. okay. >> of winning. >> he has 1% chance. obviously his name's on the ballot so anything can happen on

an election day. but let's remember. this is a guy 25 points behind and he almost has a flare for stunts like this and you wonder how much of yesterday was an attempt to get attention since all of a sudden the prepared remarks circulating all over town. and ridiculous how much coverage he demands. the president and democrats opened a new line of attack against republicans saying secret corporate donors are pumping millions into republican campaigns calling it a quote threat to democracy. >> well, you and i know the white house is pushing this storyline for months and dialed up the rhetoric lately and on sunday a fierce point-counter point on whether foreign money is fueling republican campaigns. >> it could be oil industry. could be the insurance industry. could even be foreign-owned corporations. you don't know. they don't have to disclose. >> this part about foreign money, that appears to be peanuts, mr. axelrod. do you have any evidence that

it's anything other peanuts? >> well, do you have any evidence that it's not, bob? the fact is that the cham ler has asserted that but they won't release information about where their campaign money is coming from. >> and the notion that david axelrod, a sworn official in the white house would sit on this set and say i'm going to lob the charges and let them prove it's wrong, what if i accused the cameraman, prove that's wrong. that's an unbelievable mentality. >> they have not one shred of evidence to back up that baseless lie. this is a desperate and i think disturbing trend by the president of the united states. >> well, there you go. you have karl rove and ed gillespie, the two, the rain makers for american crossroads, the biggest of these groups to help raise money and not doing day-to-day strategy and they have been rainmakers to get donors involved.

it was amazing to hear do you have any proof that they don't? it was very one reporter called it mccarthy-esque like we'll lob an accusation. prove we'll wrong. >> this is not an issue that they have been talking about at the white house months an months and almost january when the decision from the supreme court kind of opened the floodgates of corporate money and something they feel passionately about and tried to make a political issue, one wonders how much it will resonate particularly at a time when people are concerned about jobs, the economy. this is a process story and issue. >> it is. and what's interesting is there's some democrats not associated with the white house who are still angry at the white house for cutting them off from access to start similar groups. you know, remember, democrats were the dominating outside group in 2004. i mean, they made up all this money. george soros putting in money. labor unions. this time because the president is so passionate about it, it dried up the democratic money and that said, you know,

democrats should be happy that the president's out there loan owning it, owning the issue. do we know if it resonates in 9.6% unemployment? >> chuck, we'll move on to chile where the stage is finally set far dramatic rescue months in the making. crews are putting the finishing touches on an escape shaft into the collapsed mine. the final step before hauling the trapped men to the surface one by one. nbc's kerry sanders is in copiapo, chile. it's a waiting game as the final days are upon us. >> reporter: yes. and a lot of excitement, electricity as it counts down here to what looks like is going to be a wednesday rescue. the biggest step that's taken so far after discovering that the men were alive, all 33 of them after the first 17 days is the complete breakthrough of the shaft down to the men. that came on saturday morning. take a look at this picture. this is a camera down below and you actually see it breaking through.

incredible excitement because that meant that everything was now in place for a safe passage, a transit up and down of this escape capsule that they have built. now, they are, indeed, putting some reinforcing pipes in the upper levels here but if you look at it, it's simple. almost like an elevator. it will drop down and one man will get in. it will come in. and they'll do that for all 33 that are trapped down there. before anybody gets in that capsule, though, it goes up and down empty and then going to go down with a paramedic and then down with one of the mining officials and an expert on all types of issues that they could run into and then they'll get a chance, chuck and savannah, to do the extraction i think wednesday. >> kerry, we have heard there's negotiations going on among the 33 men about who gets to be

first and who gets to be last. as if they are aware of the media attention that they're going to be getting. >> reporter: they understand the media attention because they have been schooled in it. there was a pr group that came in here, because, you know, they have tell conferences and explaining to them how to talk to the media and going on for weeks. they have been trained in media training. no different than some politicians in washington. >> oh my gosh. >> kind of depressing. >> they're not fighting to be first but last. every one of them wants to be the last one up. sort of a brotherhood. i'm going to step out here and let the camera point up there and i'll step away. as you look up there, that black tarp, they're going to be exited beyond that. that black tarp there, not only to keep the cameras away but the men underground for 68 days at my count now. they haven't had any sunlight and can be dramatic to come into

sunlight. >> to say nothing of colleague lights and kerry sanders, in chile, they have been spending time down there. they need to pass the time. >> still effective of pr teams. >> want to prepare them for coming out. thanks. most banks are closed today but wall street's open for business and the opening bell is 20 minutes away. let's check in with becky quick for a quick check on what's going to happen in the markets today. >> i tell you, first of all, i would not be raising my hand to be the last one out of there. kudos to those guy there is. >> i agree. >> first, please. the markets, it is a holiday for the bond market but the stock markets are open and it's an interesting idea of the fed to continue to ease the monetary policy driving just about every market right now and let's run through some records. stock market futures are higher today, not a lot but a little bit. this is interesting because it comes for the first day of trading after the dow closed

above 11,000 since way back to may. also, if you watch what's happening with the dollar, that's a key for us. once again today, the dollar hit a new 15-year low versus the yen. when's maybe more interesting is that people are not betting that the dollar is coming back any time soon. last week, the bets against the dollar topped $30 billion for first time since mid-2008 and significant, as well. 2008 was the height of the financial crisis. as the dollar's moving down, boosting gold prices most days. the dollar up toward $1,350 an ounce and crop report, concern, actually driving corn to its biggest jump since all the way back to 1973. up by 8.5% today and coming as the u.s. government forecasting that crop supplies shrink to the lowest levels in 14 years because the u.s. is the biggest exporter of corn in the world.

back over to you. new records hitting today. >> wow. all right cnbc's becky quick, thank you. coming up, 22 days until election day and rumors of possibly a backroom deal. will meek drop out of the race? we'll see about that. later, five ex-governors running for old jobs again. this another sign of voters nostalgic for better times or that they don't want to throw all bums out? >> who knows? we'll get into that question. first, a look ahead at the president's schedule today and it is a busy one. making a statement on infrastructure and then meeting with the kids of the documentary "waiting for super man." the five kids, we'll get a meeting with the president. you're watching "the daily rundown" on msnbc. [ female announcer ] what if your natural beauty could be flawless, too?

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an october surprise. the buzz in the sunshine state is a backroom deal could be in the works to get candidate meek to drop out of the race giving independent charlie crist a clear shot at knocking off the republican marco rubio. >> congressman meek, have there been any discussions with supporters of yours and crist of any sort of deal whether it is you dropping out or governor crist dropping out? >> absolutely not. this wall street journal columnist wrote an article. i guess he wanted a little attention and nothing fourther from the truth. today i meet the president landing here in miami. next week i have bill clinton in two cities on the i-4 corridor. endorsed by the veterans of foreign wars. we're moving full steam ahead. >> well, that may be the case

but i don't have to tell you, you have some problems among democrats. you've got charlie crist in the race splitting the democratic vote with you. 42% of democrats said they would vote for if the election was today. crist with 37%. why is your message not resonating even with the party's base? >> well, we're working very hard to make sure we get the party out and not only the democrats but also independents. i think it's clear if anyone watched the last debate we had that i was the one standing up for the middle class and against the tea party. and folks went on, kendrick meek.com and gave like they never gave before. i think it's important to note the governor spent millions upon millions of dollars and still gone from 42 to 27 so i don't think that's a badge of success. we have three weeks left. i was ten points down before the primary. at this -- almost at this very time and we won by 26 points. i'm not going the say we'll win

by 26 points but we have what it takes to make it happen. >> well, but the math is just daunting, congressman. between the two of you. the republican, the base united around rubio. governor crist maybe getting 15% of the republican vote and rubio getting 85% n. a three-way race, that's a done deal. that's 42% to 45% of the overall vote in the state of florida so at what point do you sit there with governor crist and at some point -- i mean, does it -- what is more important, trying to make a point and finish second between the two of you or more important to try to prevent rubio from winning? >> let me tell you what's important. what's important is getting floridians back the work. i'm the only candidate if you look at the governor and i that's nominated by the people of the state of florida. i'm the on the candidate with

the third party value didaters . i believe that the people of the state will not allow a right wing candidate like rubio to be the next senator of the state of florida that does not stand up for creating jobs and opportunities. i'm running for first. i think it's important to note the governor had the chance to beat rubio. he pent millions of dollars on television and still hasn't come close. for those saying who best the chance mere? i have the best chance of winning and that's the reason we have so many of these big democrats coming here to support my candidacy and continue to push us forward because i have the agenda to protect social security, create jobs in the state of florida, also, our environment. >> if you stay in this race and ultimately that means the vote is split on the democratic side

and rubio wins, can you live with your role in that? >> well, that's interesting. savannah, that you would say that, again, i would say i'm nominated for hundreds of thousands of voters in this state. charlie crist walked down to the office and became an independent because he wanted to get out of the kitchen with rubio. he had his chance to win. i have been working hard. the people of the state of florida counting on me to stand for them and this is not something, a quest for me personally because as far as i'm concerned i'm running for the people of the state. remember, i have the voters behind me. charlie crist has a change and registration behind him. same platform of rubio running on a few months ago. i have had the same platform all the way through the process so i don't think it's upon me to say, well, i'm just going to let down everyone and not stand for the things that i said i stood for to get people back to work in the state. i don't think that this is my

responsibility. i think maybe someone needs to talk to the governor or talk to someone else but it's not my responsibility because we have worked hard. people have voted. >> well, you come close to saying it but didn't say it. should charlie crist drop out of the race? >> that's up to the governor. i can live within my skin and stay on my two feet saying that i've done everything that i was supposed to do. qualifying by petition, first candidate in the state to do that through signature. won a primary election when folks said i didn't have a chance. running against a millionaire, we won by a lot. i think history shows that we have the ability to pull it out and we have the strength behind us with the democratic coordinating campaign here in florida to win, to get the vote out. the governor can't say that. >> all right. congressman kendrick meek, democrat in florida, a battle down there. you have president obama coming the miami area today to do some fund raising so thanks for your time this morning, sir. we appreciate it.

>> thank you. coming up next in decision 2010, the senate majority up for grabs. what would it take for republicans to get to the magic number of 51? we're going to chart out some of the what-if scenarios. later, gentlemen, start your engines. electric electric engines. we have a test drive of a new car. first "washington speak." pickup. a seat away from the other party. so for a for example, in connecticut in the senate race, if mcmahon the republican defeats blumenthal the democrat that would be a pickup for the republican party because the democrats currently hold the seat. >> and the opposite of pickup is a hold. you will hear that. this is a democratic hold if a blumenthal is able to successfully win dodd's senate seat because it's a democrat seat. democrat replacing a democrat. >> you can talk like chuck, too. very exciting.

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all right. 22 days out and today we're unveiling a new nbc news outlook for the senate. the majority still up for grabs. here's how republicans could get to the 51. democrats currently have 57 seats. as you know. actually 59 if you count the independents here. by the way, this little map here that you're going to see, this is how we depict the united states senate in these various things. two independents represent bernie sanders and joe lieberman. they caucus on the blue side and 59 there that you put together. obviously, all in the red are the 41. that's where things stand right now. the question is, could republicans get to 51? take a look at where they're kind of ahead at this point. i say kind of ahead because you have some polls that are back and forth but if you look here,

these eight states here are where you have republicans in the lead or they feel really good. north dakota, indiana, arkansas are three states that the democratic's party's not investing that much money in anymore. then the next couple of five, right? west virginia here, pennsylvania, illinois, that big debate on "meet the press" yesterday, wisconsin and colorado. all of those states in a moderate way they feel pretty good about and so they would get their eight and that would get them to 49. the question is, how do they find two more? how do they get to their 51? well, that the point, take a look at the democratic firewall. it is basically three states at this point. notice we're kind of leaving california out. that one feels like it's faded just a tad simply because of some issues at the top of the ticket. for now, let's look at these three right now. washington, nevada and connecticut. these are three states where the democrats have a slight lead and

nevada is tightening it seems and unpredictable aspects to the thing. looking at the three states, democrats feel like they're kind of in the lead if you look at murray and rossi here. we're doing our little back and forth where you pop things. still experimenting with our little ipad. it's okay. three states, the democratic firewall. this is the majority makers. republican haves to win two of the three. in washington state, it's patty murray and dino rossi and feels that murray is sitting right in the 50s. low 50s, 49 to 51. dino rossi stuck at about 45. some republicans believe he's not tough enough on patty murray and compare rossi's campaign to ron johnson in wisconsin. it was all about russ fine gold. rossi less so, less tough they believe on that respect. well, go back and look at nevada. obviously, the wild card in nevada, we know harry reid won't

get 50% but the problem for republicans is he could get 45 and be a winning number y.? because there's a third basically -- a lot of candidates on nevada but a third box in here to include and that's none of the above. right? and if none of the above and a bunch of other third party candidates get 8%, 9%, 45% is a winning number for reid and angle at 43% or 44% is a real problem and does seem that angle's had momentum and reid's negatives are finally catching up to him. now, the final state here in this democratic firewall is connecticut. and when you look at the connecticut senate race, it's obvious there's interesting back and forths over the weekend between blumenthal and linda mcmahon. she has up to $50 million she's spending. blumenthal is ahead in pretty much every poll and linda mcmahon's own polling has

blumenthal narrowly ahead. is he over 50? public polls had him over 50 and private polls have him just under 50 so we shall see. there's the democratic firewall. two of these three, whichever party wins two of these -- washington, nevada or connecticut, will control the united states senate. savannah? >> writing that down. >> those three. leaving out california for now. it could flow in there and that increases the republican odds and then they need two of four but the problem with the top of the ticket and meg whitman's problems but jerry brown got himself in trouble and might help and fee ri no is sort of not in control of their destiny and we identify those three. this is the firewall and where do we see president obama a lot? in those three state's you bet. more of it, too. thanks. still ahead, called one of the most vicious hate crimes. eight members of a notorious

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bottom of the hour now. a quick look at when's driving columbus. >> no regrets that's what carl paladino is saying about the controversial remarks over the weekend about homosexuality.

on sunday, he says he doesn't want children quote brainwashed into thinking that whomo sexuality is normal. debates if two senate races. in wisconsin, democrat russ fine gold against republican challenger ron johnson and in kentucky rand paul with jack conw conway. conway could get a boost of former president bill clinton later this morning and making campaign stops in west virginia and new york. very busy guy today. coal country. >> the may primary states if 2008. west virginia and kentucky. old bill clinton went in the rural parts. helped hillary. >> he is going back. >> there he is. other stories this morning, in new york city one suspect is still on the loose and what police say was a vicious anti-gay attack last weekend in the bronx. police say members of the latin king goonnys gang tortured a

teen recruit for hours after learning he was gay. eight suspects were arraigned in that case this weekend. in chile, the end of a two-month nightmare is near for 33 trapped miners. rescuers are making final preparations now to bring those men to the surface. if all goes according to plan, the first miner could be lifted to safety as early as wednesday. and word today that 58 million americans who received social security benefits likely will not get a cost of living increase next year. this would mark only the second year without an increase since automatic adjustments adopted in 1975. the first was actually this year. well, the race to deliver the most driver-friendly electric car is getting a jolt today. get it? from the chevy volt. gm is hoping it will be a game changer in the electric car race. >> cnbc's phil lebeau in

michigan today taking the volt for a test drive. are you still driving? wow. >> distracted driver. >> i drove up. you didn't hear me drive up except for -- hear that? it's a friendly little chirp is what they call it. a way of telling people that there's an electric car approaching. we took the car for a drive. it is unlike any other vehicle we have ever driven. ♪ i'm all charged up. sunglasses are ready. let's take this volt for a drive and see if i get 350 miles. we blast off out of millford, michigan. all electric power. the volt updates how much juice it's using. one thing to notice is how quiet it is. but has plenty of power to zip along the highway. a quick pit stop draws lots of stares. >> sounded like a spaceship. >> i like the center cop sole.

looks like an ipod. >> so quiet. >> wow. so smooth. you don't even hear it. >> reporter: gm built in a friendly chirp. three years in the maker, the volt joins stiff composition from the tesla roadster and the nissan leaf both completely battery powered at at $41,000, gm is hoping the bells, whistles and chirps pay off. >> they have to hope that the electric driving experience, that it's quiet and the fact to fuel it at home has value to take up the difference. >> reporter: after 39 miles, a fuel pump shows the engine is now on gas assist. we pull into plymouth, michigan, where elizabeth lives and buying one of the first volts. >> question yettest car i've ever driven. >> reporter: the interior is not like the deck of the star ship enterprise but it is high on the cool factor. back live in rochester,

michigan. this is -- people are saying how do you charge the volt? it is simple. hit the key fob here. open comes the door. you charge it in. there you go. takes about four hours with a 240 volt convection. eight hours with a 120. guys, over 120,000 people in america who have raised their hands and said we are interested in buying the volt. we'll see how many become actual sales now that this vehicle is about to roll into showrooms in a month over two. >> quietly roll. >> phil, you can just -- 120 volt. so regular old plug. you get your cord in your garage and bloop. >> reporter: yep. yeah. basically. that's how it works. it comes with a charging cord in the back. if you're out somewhere and want a charge at a hotel or something, do that. >> are you really going to go jack up the electric bill? >> reporter: well, that's the big question. it's probably going to cost you a little bit. depends on where the rates are.

but four cents a mile is what they're saying the cost to be to you driving the volt. how much that meanses if your electric bill is utility where you are. not a huge increase but an impact. >> all right. phil, thanks for showing us the new car. >> very cool. in mexico, investigators looking into the deadly pirate attack seem to be shifting off the wife tiffany and two other suspects, members of the local drug cartel. >> janet, finally looks like her story's being blamed and the mexican authorities are starting to follow up on an investigation. >> reporter: that's right, chuck. but you know what? it's one of the things where it depends on who you talk to. over the weekend, both newspapers in mexico and the united states talked about these two suspects. brothers. reportedly wanted in a number of other violent crimes. members of the zetta drug cartel and the mexican government

denied that there were any suspects at all refuting an earlier report of a different mexican official. so where do we stand? falcon lake is behind me. three miles across this lake on the mexico side, the search continues. u.s. officials are continuing a search on their side. the sheriff here says he is not optimistic at this point that they're going to come up with anything. and continues to believe in tiffany hartley's story. also over the weekend, we saw some new video, dash cam video released by the texas department of public safety that showed david and tiffany hartley in the truck pulling the jet skis. they were pulled over for a traffic stop. and expired registration sticker. david hartley said they were going to falcon lake for the day. they were released. where the investigation stands, no one is too optimistic and it's across the border, there's

a translation issue. there are two different governments involved. it is hard to know. >> it becomes an international incident. literally. all right janet, thanks very much. let's do the trivia on a columbus day. who's the first i tannian-american elected to the u.s. senate? >> i did get this one. the answer is rhode island -- >> not the picture we're showing. >> first elected in 1950. >> here you go. >> the first italian-american woman roll that picture -- oh! oh my gosh. all the pictures are switched up. >> mary landrieu, not sort of french background but an italian background. she is technically the first italian-american woman elected to the senate. geraldine ferraro was hoping from new york. deja vu at the ballot box. five ex-governors running to win

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all across the country voters are pinning hopes on political newcomers and sending incumbents packing. >> not everywhere. in some states it's deja vu all over again on the ballot. there are five ex-governors gunning for their old jobs, more than any other time in history. here to discuss it, susan paige from "usa today," washington bureau chief. let's quickly run through the five and order of most likely to win. terry branstead in iowa. he has a big lead. >> he does. longest serving governor in the state's history. endorsed by -- served for 16 years. i think two-year terms the first -- >> right. >> endorsed by sarah palin which i thought was a sign she is

running for president. >> absolutely. next in line here, i guess, we would go with jerry brown or -- starting with jerry brown. >> jerry brown. >> a loophole, right? >> youngest governor in the history of california. if he wins, the oldest. >> donald rumsfeld youngest ever defense secretary and oldest. oregon, another democrat. >> term limited. couldn't serve a third term. he's coming back. and he's in a competitive race. >> with the worst free throw shooter. roy barnes in georgia. one termer. >> he expected to win that second term. it was kind of a surprise when he lost it. i think that's maybe one of the cases where it's not -- he's back and a close race. >> and did an i'm sorry ad. bob uhrlich , a rematch. >> this is really a theme from

the ex-governors saying look at the mistakes. thing wrs better when i was in charge. >> did you notice the theme of the candidates doing better, the former governors are the ones governor a longer time ago. so in other words, the closer in time we are to their actual tenure, it seems voters don't like them as much. i think it holds true for branstad, 199. same thing with brown, the '70s. those are the guys doing better. what is it, nostalgic or amnesia? >> fuzzy memories. they're fresh for younger voters. they don't remember when they were governor. >> the dynamic is surprising because everyone thinks it's a throw the bums out year. how do you account for the fact that the governors are doing well on the notion of, like, things were better when i was presiding over this? >> it is true. some of these were -- >> well, sure. >> they were effective. >> a great depression, right. the other side. >> branstad i think got high

marks when he was governor. he probably could have kept being govern nor of president. he said his wife asked him if he was nuts when he said he thought he might run again. but there he is. >> susan page, interesting little factoid in the political climate. >> it is. it throws a wrench in we've got these means, drive the narrative. >> thanks. coming up -- why nbc's brian williams is apologizing to me. >> oh, some day we'll all be apologizing to her. ♪ [ male announcer ] ever have morning pain slow you down? introducing bayer am, an extra strength pain reliever with alertness aid to fight fatigue. so get up and get goin'! with new bayer am. the morning pain reliever. aveeno hair shines in real life. new aveeno nourish plus shine with active naturals wheat

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before we go, a dip notice shallow end. here we take a strong stance against blatant self-promotion. >> we do. >> perhaps we could be a little

bit less modest so our co-workers know our names. watch what happened on nbc's friday nightly news with brian williams. >> the national security adviser, retired jim jones, stepping aside, replaced by tom donnell lynn. >> samantha guthrie at the white house for us tonight. thanks. >> what? did that just happen? let's play it one more time. >> samantha guthrie at the white house for us tonight, thanks. >> okay. that's brian call me samantha on live tv, which happens a lot. what can i say? brian does feel bad. he e-mailed me. he had the good graces to send an apology. >> so, savannah you've had your fun, and i gave you a clean shot, and i deserve it. but my defense, in my own defense is, multi-fold, we'll get through this. number one, as i told you, i

went to school with a young woman of, shall we say, the other name, which shall no longer be mentioned, and i will endeavor to prevent in the future. fi ly finally i flew overnight from new york to l.a. worse than that, i got on the plane at jfk and there is johnny knoxville, first face i see on the plane. two problems arise. if the plane should go down, god forbid a thousand times the headline reads, jackasss, 200 others die in crash. dog tired. made a mental error, which apparently i'm never going to recover from. i will be watching you now like a hawk, my friend. i'll see you. >> don't worry, that was bob williams from nbc "nightly news." >> i love the johnny knoxville thing, how concerned he was. was the little guy that is always with johnny knoxville and

the films there, too? brian is right, he could be like three or four and the plane crash obituary. >> that's true. >> "jackass 3-d" is coming out. >> he sent me an e-mail and said i'm sorry for calling you what i called you. he's afraid to say samantha and it will stick. >> our producer knows better. >> maybe it's something notice the water. . brian was not the only one whohood a big weekend. >> meg whitman and carly fiorina got into the spirit of things friday, downing tequila shots. fiorina especially loved the tradition. >> every speech should begin with a shot of tequila. >> wow! if you can do that, you should do it.

>> i degree. that was something else i could not pull that off. >> meg whitman did not know what to do with that. she's like i don't know if i'm going to follow her. >> that's it for "daily rundown,". >> coming up, "jansing & company." we'll see you back here tomorrow, tequila-free. was gathered together in one place. [ printer whirs ] done. ♪ thanks. do you work here? not yet. from tax info to debunking myths, the field guide to evolving your workforce has everything you need. download it now at thinkbeyondthelabel.com.

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