while striking as a protest technique, the barbarian flash mob does not have wide ç applicability topoliticians. we've not seen other coordinated dance retun routines, gay, barbarian or otherwise used against candidates this year although a girl can dream. we've had a flury of glitterings this year. if you're a candidate who's being glittered or being in the case of -- oh, yeah -- in the case of tim pawlenty, a candidate who was being confettied. how do you -- oh, how do you handle that as a candidate? i mean, really, there's not much for the candidate to do in this circumstance. there's no real way to come out of that looking great. essentially, you should wait until it's over is probably the best advice for how to deal with that. more recently we've seen another new protest tactic gain traction across the country. that is the human mike. the human mike is an occupy wall street innovation. in the absence of a microphone, it's the means of communicating to a large group of people. >> mike check. >> mike check. >> we amplify each other's voices -- >> we amplify each other's voices. >>

conan the barbarian. not happy at all. >> how many times -- how many remakes do we have this year?>> there was a lot. >> foot loose -- >> let's not even go to foot loose. >> they are remaking every single film. it is getting to the point like where is hollywood going that we are so inundated with unoriginality. you look at films like the descendants or these individually original films that are doing really well but they don't go to wide theaters because people apparently want to see a bunch of remakes and conan the barbarian was just another unnecessary remake. you cannot fill the shoes of arnold. i don't care who you are. nobody will ever fill that role like arnold did. taking it on, it is almost like calling the audience stupid. i want to see arnold. stay away from the movie. rent the one from the '80s. >> battle l.a. >> it was forgettable. it came out like march or something like that. the trailers were unbelievable. i was so obsessed. i watched the trailer 30 times and then you see the movive all the best parts were watched in the trailer. all of these movies were boring. it w

the barbarians are at the gated communities. we must be ready to flee at a moment's notice because that's why i was recently comforted by a full-page ad in this international magazine. i read in the my dentist's office which is also a yacht. now, the good people here... it's a full page add. the good people over at haar grave custom yachts have our backs. the ad reads "we used to sell yachts as luxury items. in today's world they are really a necessity." (laughter) "because successful supreme now become the target!" yes, the yacht is a necessity for escape. i forone cannot imagine fleeing the collapse of society in a boat without an on board infinity pool! what am i supposed to dodd? go all the way down to the water to swim? and these days who can you trust if not your yacht dealer? as the ad says, if you ever get discouraged and think nobody in the world cares about you and your dreams, trust me, the boating industry does. (laughter) (cheers and applause) oh, boating industry, you had me at "ahoy." of course, the problem is how

he coined the phrase barbarians at the gate at the dawn of the corporate takeover craze. ted forstmann was never boring. he briefly dated princess diana. his hero was nelson mandela. he adopted two sons from africa. never married himself. he died of brain cancer at the age of 71. >>> while you may know a lot about the research about birth order and how it can affect your life thereafter, there is fascinating new research on birth spacing -- the interval between siblings and how it can affect things like intelligence and test scores. the thinking is the more space between kids can often mean more parental attention, more reading, more supervision, especially among lower income kids and that can mean higher academic achievement. we have linked to the study on our website tonight. that's nbcnightlynews.com. up next here this evening bringing home the dogs of war and reuniting them with the warriors who fell in love with them. >>> finally tonight here a touching reunion between some americans who fought for their country in afghanistan and some of the friends they made over t

he kind the phrase barbarians at the investigate at the dawn of the corporate takeover craze.never boring. he briefly dated princess diana. his hero was nelson mandela. he adopted two sons from africa. even died of brain cancer at the age of 71. >>> while you may know a lot about the research about birth order and how it can affect your life thereafter there's new research on birth spacing, the interval between siblings and how it can affect things like intelligence and test scores. the thinking is the more space between kids can often mean more partal attention, more reading, more supervision especially among lower income kids and that can mean higher academic achievement. we have link to the study on our website. up next here this evening bringing home the dogs of war and reuniting them when the warriors who fell in love with them. to follow? which ones the equity summary score consolidates the ratings of up to 10 independent research providers into a single score that's weighted based on how accurate they've been in the past. i'm howard spielberg of fidelity investments. th

people naturally grabbed for the high ground to escape the marauding barbarians that characterized thoses. over time, these towns were fortified and eventually functioned as independent city-states. in their glory days, they proudly charted their own course, generally free from the dictates of popes or emperors. then, the bubonic plague swept through tuscany in 1348. that, combined with the increasing dominance by the regional bully, florence, turned many bustling cities into docile backwaters. ironically, the bad news of the 14th century mothballed these towns, leaving them with a unique charm and a tourism-based affluence today. siena maintains much of its medieval character. its sprawling main square and towering city hall recall the days when it rivaled even florence. assisi -- with its walls, gates, and castle -- was home to st. francis. its massive basilica remains a favorite destination for countless pilgrims today. volterra was an etruscan capital centuries before christ. within its wall, the town's rustic center offers an evocative tuscan charm. and san marino -- all 24 square m

he was dressed as conan the barbarian. there he is with his mother.ght? i mean -- [ laughter ] the photo was taken at six flakes magic mountain last night. arnold must have been thrilled to see that this morning. i said tellytubbies! seeing all the people roaming around in costume last night got me thinking to the people who stand outside our theater in costumes every day. they made no money in tips yepd. these are men and women who dress in costumes to take pictures with tourists for tips. since they are always in costume, i thought we might swap things around a little. i thought it would be fun to see what they look like out of costume. so, we have them in their regular clothes. let's start first with superman. >> hello. i'm superman. >> jimmy: hello, superman. now, let's slide things over and see what superman looks like in his regular clothes. that's chris, the guy who plays superman. chris? [ applause ] >> hi, jimmy. >> jimmy: hi, chris. so, you can see you've got a -- well, it says superman on your jersey. you have the whole thing going. >> yes,

he famously called invtors financing their bids with high field high risk junk bonds barbarians at the gate. in 2008 he predicted the current problem financial system by saying you shouldn't loan money when it cannot be paid back. forstmann's curiousity about the world and the quest to improve it inspired the creation of the annual forstmann conference in aspen. he began it in the mid 1990's. forstmann is survived by his two sons he rest and siy his brothers anthony and john and his sisters marina and e list awe. he was a good friend of mine. he amount on the program over the years. here are excerpts of him talk big his world. >> my mother triedo instill in us there was a deference between right and wrong. i'm not sure i would exactly agree with everything she thought w right and everything she thought was rock but the principle was really important i think. and so more than religion, i think there is a right, i know there is a wrong and i think it's important that we try to do as much right and a little wron as we can. >> charlie: she also gav you a sense of winning or losing. >> ohio

imperial rome in all of its power having just the victory they imagine themselves so superior to the barbarians and in the sort of betrayal of their own ideals end up becomg exactly like them. and it's that mirroring, doubling, that's so central to the play. the romans that... the two villains of the play are both called ravenous tigers. but someone else says of rome that rome is a wilderness of tigers. and in betraying their own best images of themselveshey' become exactly like the people they would revenge themselves themselves against. >> rose: we're going to see more revenge in just a moment but i want to come... so where are we in afghanistan today with the approaching withdrawal of american troops? >> i think the violence is getting worse in afghanistan. i think a lot of people could tell you that. i think the security around kabul is decreasing. i think most afghans don't feel safe leaving kabul and i certainly don't feel safe driving out of kabul. there have been certainly some improvements in the south. u.s.as spe a lot of time and money... >> rose: kandahar. >> kandahar. helmand. thos

. >> i remember karl icahn and ron pearlman as the barbarians at the gate in the '80s, it was outrageous they were, what, 8.5 to 1. >> yeah. the thing here, the question you have to ask yourself is, lessonlessons learned? >> yes. >> hard to really see it. it is the case that dodd/frank financial reform does have capital reserves in there, but it's up to the regulators to decide where to put them. and they haven't really been on that yet. >> and not only have they not been on that, peter, the swaps market, which is where a lot of this leverage lives, has little to no capital requirements and exists in the off exchange with nobody clearing it. i think it's -- blaming greece for these problems is like blaming the subprime borrowers. greece stupid? yeah, you bet, they're real stupid. but they're also the size of dallas, texas. so who's stupider? greece, who was like, we'll take all the money, or the western bank regulators who said it was legal to give the greeks this kind of leverage. >> well, look at the swaps market. the swaps market is anywhere between $300 billion and $600 billion -- >>

conan the barbarian was just another unnecessary remake. you cannot fill the shoes of arnold.. nobody will fill that role like arnold did. you can't do it. take that go on it's luke calling the audience stupid. do you believe jason as conan? no. stay away. rent one from the 80s. that's a classic. >> battle l.a.? i don't remember hearing about that. >> came out like march or something like that many the trailers were unbelievable. i was so obsessed. i watched the trailer 30 times then you go see the movie. all the best parts were ruined in the trailer. all these movies were boring. it was a acast ser film and it was a disaster. this is one of the biggest disappointment to the year. and happy v 2. i know people are upset with me but i did not like the first one, did not like this one. that's one of the worst films of the year. all these movies, i did not like. stay away. >> any of the ones that he just named. stay away. >> everything else has to be much better. >> much better than that. >> back to you. >> that does it for this hour. coming up at 9:00, black friday madness. this

he copied his father's breakout movie role, dressing up as conan the barbarian for a halloween weekendking. 8:05 right now. let's go back outside to matt and ann. >> natalie, thank you so much. how about a check of the weather. hey al. >> we have friends from connecticut. you don't have any power? >> alexa. >> where are you from? >> avon, connecticut. >> how long have you been without power? >> since saturday. >> so you're just hanging out here? >> yeah. >> who is with you? >> my dad, my sister, my brother and my mom. >> is everybody here with you? >> yes. >> you're ignoring them. look, there you go. she got on tv. she forgot all about you. unbelievable! hopefully you get your power back soon. >> thank you. >>> let's check your weather, shall we? see what's happening. birmingham, alabama. alabama is 13, sunny, mild, 71 degrees, and as we look on the satellite, not much going on, although we will see snowflakes flying in the rockies later this afternoon, and this evening. also a storm system moving off the mid-atlantic coast, some showers right along the coastal lines from virginia up i

schwarzenegger kept secret for 14 years copied his father's break-out movie role dressing up as conan the barbarianing. the resemblance is striking. 8:05 right now. let's go back outside to matt and ann. >> all right. natalie, thank you so much. how about a check of the weather. hey, al. >> hey, we've got some friends here from connecticut. you don't have any power? what's your name? >> alexa. >> where are you from? >> avon, connecticut. >> how long have you guys been without power? >> since saturday. >> so you just are hanging out here? >> yeah. >> who is with you? >> my dad. my sister. my brother. >> that's everybody right here? >> yeah. >> my mom. >> you're ignoring them. there you go. she got on tv. she front of all about you. unbelievable. all right. well, hopefully you guys get your power back soon. >> thank you. >> let's check your weather, shall we, see what's happening. birmingham, alabama, alabama, 13, sunny, mild, 71 degrees. if we look on the satellite, not much going on,holt augh we will see snowflakes flyinglt in the rockies later this afternoon and this evening. also, a storm system