chris brown and i made a film before and ti made films but not with me and we just had a great chemistryaltogether. >> the family film with king. >> yeah. >> that's right. >> i know you have a couple of projecjz in development right now as well. as you look at the different genres, you have been on the office, you do tv and we see you in different roles and of !'urse with obsessed. any preference that you have? is one a favorite project of yours? >> one of the films, it is a very small independent film i did called legacy, and i am very proud of it for two reasons. one, because the performance i put into it is one of my best and favorites, and secondly, i was also an executive producer 'g this, so from the conc"htion i saw it was part of this, you know, and the legacy if you like. >> right. >> i am excited for people to see that film. >> you have that balance, and how do you deal with thethreb at this because it is one thing to focus on the work, úgd you're talking about the cam radry on set and seeing that and then there is the whole genre evolved where it is people want to know about y

look at chris brown and rihanna, the public condemned him.harlie sheen putting a knife allegedly to his wife's throat, repeatedly being charged with abusing women. and it just seems like the public doesn't care. why? >> i think it is the fact that they sort of excuse him by virtue of the character he plays on television, number one. but number two, you haven't had the kind of vivid evidence we've seen with a mel gibson, or chris brown, where we actually looked at the evidence. if we had seen or heard the things that actually happened, i'm not so sure we would be so forgiving. >> we're here in the warner brothers lot where "two and a half men" is filmed. it doesn't seem that anything charlie does outside of here affects his role on the show. just six months after that incident between him and his wife in aspen, cbs reviewed his contract for nearly $2 million an episode, making charlie sheen the highest paid actor on tv. in less than a week after charlie's alleged rampage at the plaza hotel, he was back on the set of "two and a half men." cbs a

. >>> chris brown reportedly getting high marks from the judge who sentenced him for doing community. he pleaded guilty back in june 2008. tmz reporting that the judge told brown during a progress hearing that she was blown away by the singer's work ethic in carrying out his sentence. he has completed 581 hours of his nearly 1400 hours of community service. >>> if you have no idea what quidditch is, i guarantee you kids do. it's the hogwarts sport from the harry potter series. guess what. real people take it seriously, too, but they play closer to the ground. josh levs with some of them playing at the university of georgia. we'll take you there live. >>> if you're a harry potter fan, how many goalposts are there on a quidditch pitch? 12, 2, 6 or 8? think about it during the break. one word turns innovative design into revolutionary performance. one word makes the difference between defining the mission and accomplishing the mission. one word makes the difference in defending our nation and the cause of freedom. how... is the word that makes all the difference. my professor at berkele

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brown. always more taxes, more spending, and more lost jobs. chris: welcome back. tell me something i don't know. to talk a little bit about governorships. to esday night it's going be a wreck for democrats in the industrial midwest. pennsylvania straight to iowa, the way pluns are going to show all those governorships. chris: again, economics is driving politics. >> sarah palin is going to claim big wins. she may suffer biga big black eye which is that lisa murkowski gets the win. >> i think the white house are flank. you talk about officials talking about what happened with edward kennedy. th're preparing to see -- chris: are they afraid of a challenger? democratic challenger? yes. >> fascinating. there's a debt ceiling, $14 trillion is going to have to be raised in early spring and the democrats are going to say, fine, you republicans are in charge now. you dot. i get the tea party to vote to raise the debt ceiling. chris: government shutdown. do the republican king makers think sarah palin could beat barack obama? be right back. >> the "chris matthews shows" br

brown. roxy, thanks so much for joining me. >> thanks for having me, chris. >> first of all, i think you haveg perspective. your from the steel workers. why is it that they have been so supportive of climate legislation? it seems a bit anti-thet cal? >> our union's concern around issues involving the environment really stems from our desire to have safer working conditions for our mechlmbers. this is something that we have been concerned with since the '60s. something we have been working on for over 40 years. in 1990, we identified global warming as the most pressing challenge facing our future. the document actually entitled, "our children's world." a lot of the rhetoric that you talked about in the segment just before this is actually not rhetoric to us. it is something that we are seriously trying to work to attain a cleaner, sustainable environment for our current members and workers and also their future children and grandchildren. >> even the grandchildren. >> absolutely. >> i know you have done a lot of work on the hill around the climate change legislation that was there. first of al

chris christie of new jersey, bob mcdonnell of virginia, scott brown in massachusetts.then picking up six senate seats, more than 60 house. i hope michael runs. i know he's thinking about it still. >> who's out to get him? >> from day one there's been a group of people who didn't think michael steele should be chairman of the rnc. some are still members of the rnc and some are off the committee. i think the facts speak for themselves. i think with michael's election victories and starting in last year and then this year, he has a very -- an excellent chance of being re-elected. >> is there a move to dump him if he tries again? >> yes, there is. now, how coordinated that is, you can leave it up a little bit. most people i talked to, there are 168 members of the rnc. these are the committee people who vote. i think michael steele is between 50 and 60 solid votes. he needs a simple majority to win. i don't know that he's going to get there. he may and he starts out ahead of anyone else. i think there is a desire among the professional political class, consultants, strategi

though he had a lead in the last few days, some of thought something would happen to beat chris christy. when scott brown was elected it was clear that president obama's moe owe had been diminished dramatically and the prospect of americans having to live under obamacare had been diminished and perhaps crushed. but the president came before the republican conference, had a conversation that lasted about 90 minutes, and subsequent to that, he called a meeting on february 25 at the blare house, which was the big -- at the blair house, a big square table discussion about health care, challenging that republicans didn't want to talk, we just wanted to disagree with the proposals he had. republicans wanted to talk, it was the president that didn't seem to want them to talk. i had a staff person who sat there and put it all in a spread sheet, timed everybody's time, but the president said he didn't have to follow the rule thrs -- rulers in meeting, he interrupted republicans 72 times that day on february 25 at the blare house. that was the level of are respect he had for our input. he gained some traction and

chris. let's start with democrats unhappy with president obama. senator sherrod brown is a democrat from ohio. thank you for joining us. i want to show you some of the reportings from politico today about what went on in the caucus meeting you attended last night and bill nelson's frustration at the president. it was reported -- is that an accurate report? can you paint the picture of what went on behind closed doors? >> i don't want to talk about a meeting not open to the public, but i will say that of course the president's controversial, but among senate democrats, we want to president to stand strong. we want him to sharpen the differences. republicans want to block unemployment maintaining unemployment benefits for the millions of unemployed workers that are going to see those benefits run out. at the same time, the republicans want to do tax cuts for the wealthiest in the country. we want the president to make those distinctions sharply because that will clearly win the message and help us governor the way we ought to govern. >> to what extent does that limit his

but, again, i saw this right after scott brown won in massachusetts, no response, no containing. right after chrison in new jersey, no change. and all the tea parties and all the protests and rallies and the big midterm shellacking and they go on as if marching off a cliff. >>guest: without question, that is why i brought up the state of the union because it was after the scott brown election that people were saying, is he now going to change focus and he said he was at the state of the union, but, we took five months to get health care passed. so he did not do that. here is the case where he has to deal ... >>neil: so you are abandoning the president? >>guest: no and he will look better in two years when the economy is doing well than you think but right now he has some immediate problems that probably need to be taken care of or he will be dreaming outside of the white house. >>neil: and a lot of people said the titanic looked good. >>guest: from a distance. and they could not get out in time. >>neil: thank you, sir. >>guest: good to be with you. in the in the stay tuned. >>neil: this is from a

chris. >>> let's start with democrats unhappy with president obama. is it becoming a lightning rod for his own party? senator sherrod brown is a democrat from ohio. thank you for joining us, sir. >> okay, good to be with you. >> i want to show you some of the reportage from politico today about what went on that caucus meeting that you attended last night and florida senator ben nelson's frustration at the president they reported, nelson told colleagues, obama's unpopularity has become a serious liability for democrats in his state. and blame the president for creating a toxic political environment for democrats nationwide, according to two democrats familiar with his remarks. is that an accurate report? can you paint the picture of what went on behind closed doors. >> well, i don't want to talk about the meeting that was held in private that was not open to the public but i will say that of course, president's controversial, but among senate democrats, we want the president to stand strong. we want him to sharpen the differences, as you just said on the set of the show, that republicans want to block unemployment, maintaining a lot of unemployme

week but in terms of the earlier election in virginia, in massachusetts with scott brown and in new jersey with chris arnold schwarzenegger, the outgoing governor of california, he was on jaly leno last night and he said he didn't really have a problem if people want to smoke pot. he said, no one cares in you smoke a joint or not, he said, although he did oppose proposition 19 which was defeated last week which would have completely legalized marijuana for recreational purposes in california. he says this proposition 19 went a little bit too far, i think, and it was written badly. but that's going to generate some commotion out there when he says nobody cares if you smoke a joint or not. >> wow. wonder if he would have said that if he weren't the outgoing governor. >> probably not. >> there he is -- >> see you tomorrow in atlanta. >> can't wait, wolf. cannot wait. >>> your next political update in one hour. for the latest political news go to cnnpolitics.com. - the gulf. - and i saw things. - incredible things. - and people you never forget. - i did my job. - for my country. - my buddies. - for total

brown bat. these guys usually pretty feisty. look at that. >> reporter: chris and his colleague gina will note what they've caught, take measurements and then set this bat free. this research is not being done for a government or university study. chris works for abr, inc., gina for a company called petro-tech. their client is the wind energy industry. >> this bat has been found at wind facilities. it can make up roughly a quarter of afatalities at some locations. >> reporter: it turns out that bats are dying by the thousands at wind farms like these. at one wind farm on the east coast, an estimated 2,000 bats were killed in just six weeks. infrared video shot by boston university showed the bats looking here like small dots getting knocked out of the sky time and again. oregon fish and wildlife's mark kirsch couldn't understand why it was happening. >> we're just absolutely flabbergasted that something as agile as a bat with the excellent echo location capabilities that they have would ever come in contact with a turbine blade. it would be just like a person w

brown. >> and the republican, dino ross i trying to unseat patty murray. and we have the former governor john kitzhaber going against chris dudley. >> we might get clues of how things will turn out in the west by looking at the east. let's check it out here, with jake tapper, who is at the white house and has the latest on what the administration is feeling going into the polls opening right now. jake, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, robin. the political terrain is about to shift. by this time tomorrow, top democrats feel that john boehner will be well on his way to being the speaker of the house. real question is how big will his majority be? what will be the face of the senate. former president bill clinton stumped throughout the day and in the night, ending in florida. >> i think florida is for everyone. i think i will vote. >> reporter: the first lady hoped luck would be a lady in vegas for engaged senate leader harry reid. >> my husband, he can't do this alone. >> reporter: after which, she crisscrossed the country to philly, to push struggling senate candidate joe sestak. >> can we do this? >> reporter: hou

the hitch is that brown promised in his campaign not to raise taxes without a vote of the people. if he holds to that promise, chrissome sort of special election early next year and why? because we are just running out. thank you very much. >> we have your blog up on-line, prop 0. along the top the prop 0 tab click on that and get a wealth of knowledge. thank you. >> okay. >> we'll be back with your detailed forecast. plus, while dad was doing special mission training in iraq, wife and daughter were doing a special mission of their own. you have to see this story just ahead. >>> live look at the bay waters this morning. what a nice day to spend outside. maybe raking up the leaves that fell overnight. there were a ton in my yard. >> so many blowing around and then the wind comes through. also since you mentioned that some allergies are up because of all the leaves have blown around the dust pollen. some of you might be suffering from fall allergies. that's another reason it could be happening. be prepared if you're going to be raking up the leaves, put them away quickly. the wind will be behind it, come and go all d

chris. >>> let's start with democrats unhappy with president obama. is it becoming a lightning rod for his own party? senator sherrod brown is a democrat from ohio. thank you for joining us sir. >> okay good to be with you. >> i want to show you some of the reportage from politico today about what went on that caucus meeting that you attended last night and florida senator ben nelson's frustration at the president they reported, nelson told colleagues, obama's unpopularity has become a serious liability for democrats in his state. and blame the president for creating a toxic political environment for democrats nationwide, according to two democrats familiar with his remarks. is that an accurate report? can you paint the picture of what went on behind closed doors. >> well, i don't want to talk about the meeting that was held in private that was not open to the public but i will say that of course, president's controversial, but among senate democrats, we want the president to stand strong. we want him to sharpen the differences, as you just said on the set of show, that republicans want to block unemployment, maintaining a lot of unemployment ben

chris. california remains a blue state, that's for sure. no question about that. particularly on the social issues, okay. but in choosing jerry brownrepublican meg whitman, voters seemed to say they preferred experience over promise. okay. fair enough. democrats continue to dominate the legislature, no big change there, with majorities of 25 to 15 in the state senate. 52-28 in the assembly. it's lopsided as those majorities are, democrats still don't have control. why? because it takes a full two-thirds vote on most of the important legislation. and that's the rub. that's why things really haven't changed. >> so, jerry brown is going to be the next governor. >> yep. >> former governor. governor-elect, what's his biggest challenge? i would think it's the budget. the economy and the budget is the biggest challenge. >> that's a big part no question. he has two, two dig challenbig . he has to recalibrate citizen expectations. we expect first rate public education, the best excellent transportation, support for local government programs. yet at the same time we don't have the tax base to support all those things as evidenced by a new 20

brown do from ohio? do they look at it the same way? >> well, part -- i think there's certainly a different perspective but chris, be i think a state likennsylvania has great potential to be able to make that shift, for a couple of reasons. number one, we have great universities, we have great work ethic our people. >> that's true. >> we will be able to create those job if we put a tax strategy in place but also, we make the right decisions on creating the workforce of the future. one of the best things we will do in the next year or so work with on the reauthorization of the workforce investment act where we are focused on the skills and training and jobs of the future and one of the twice do that make sure you can diverse fi your economy. i had lunch today with pat toomey, just got elected in the senate. one of the things we talked about in pennsylvania, you go county by county in a state like ours, the two biggest employers almost every county, whether it's philly or small rural county, health care and government jobs. >> if you two guys get together that is good for america, i'm glad to know you went to lunch, i want to know how you

if it means pat brown and building things for everyone not certain programs which drives the middle class people through the roof and it's a point liberals ought to listen to. >> chris has gone all cementy on me. >> i love cement because it cracks all the time and you have to replace it which is very much a democratic notion. >> charlie: that's what happens when they come to this program, they go to a place they haven't been before. but chris, in your own home state of pennsylvania the president had a difficult time sort of speaking to the very workers that you are talking about in the primary. does he have within him the capacity to communicate in a way that makes believers out of them in the next two years because the constituent has it put him where he is came apart in this election? >> a lot of people voted for barack obama who may not do it again. i think a lot of high-toned republicans, eisenhower republicans voted for him who won't again because he now appears more i' ideologically l than he seemed and they did okay for sestac but he didn't win and has tget the voters back. he ought to beat a toomy but the regan democrats went over to the republican candidate

chris? >> in the polls, the race for governor was neck and neck for a long time and in the last couple of weeks see saw a gap open up. jerry brown was out on the campaign trail enjoying a 10-point lead in the polls yesterday and celebrating the san francisco giants world series win. he said he sell be out trying to persuade voters today. he is going to vote in oakland today. whitman said it's not over until it's over and her internal polls give her the edge and she is no throwing in the towel soon. she won't vote today. she did early voting last week. you listened up on that one. rank choice voting is in effect today for the first time. you want to put your candidates in order of choice. a, b, and c. don't put the same candidate for all three because it only counts as the first choice and you have no second and third choice. there is another curiosity for treasurer of san pablo today. there is a chance voters could elect a candidate who passed away a month ago. charles nicholas still appears on the ballot. if elected, the council can appoint somebody or call an election. there write in candidates trying to vie for that one. we w

chris has important news. >> you have important news? >> about screaming. america should be interested pris wi prince william and kate middleton are officially engaged. >> tina brown, finally, you're of use to us since you don't give us the "newsweek" story. this guy, mika says he's absolutely gorgeous, good looking guy. >> he never says that. >> very popular in this british press. tell us who she is. >> kate middleton -- her mother was an air stewardess, her father has a business about selling party planning equipment. she's a very middle class girl actually, in british terms. she stuck it out. her nickname is weighty katie she spent so long waiting for prince william to propose. she kept nearly bringing it off. in june, i wrote they were about to announce their engagement and they were. there was a complete scuffle where the queen ordered the champagne on her personal account. william, when he gets busted, gets very mulish, wants to surprise everybody, would be his announcement. >> you said she's very middle class by british standards. does that mean she doesn't own a castle? >> her mother was a stewardess, as the british press constantly reminds her. she went t