rich and the poor but first, obama gift to cable news lefty liberal martin sheen visits with steven colbert. when it doesn't fit anywhere else, we put it in the viewfinder. >> the great thing about president obama and the candidate, mitt romney is theirthey are creating jobs for cable talk show hosts who sit around all day trying to figure out what obama said and what mit romney should have said. god bless both of them because we wouldn't have a show right now if it wasn't for mitt or obama. >> why can't the president say i misspoke misspoke. >> i don't think he mis spoke. >> this isn't what a gaffe which i find to be laughable. this is what barack obama believes. he doesn't understand the economy. he doesn't understand the private sector. he wants the government to stimulate it. it hasn't worked. big debt. it just goes on and on. >> charlie sheen tiger woods, mel gibson experienced epic falls from gauging when their ominous undercarriages were exposed. barack obama exposed his under karen with those two quarts "doing fine". >> he said the private sect is doing fine. is he really that out o

steven colbert decided to cover the bases himself with that brick wall. >> the united states supremeourt has done what none of us expected. the mandate has been struck down. there's been another recount and george bush the president again. the united states supreme court in a hotly contested decision has declared that call me maybe is the song of the summer. also, no health care. today, the united states supreme court did what none of it expected. justice scalia revealed that the whole time, he's just been four raccoons in a black garbage bag. excuse me, excuse me, i said nobody in the break room. out. >> murdoch had the video taken down soon after it went public, but it was too late to hide it. >>> next, bring out baseball and boston can be a risky move. yesterday, president obama thanked the beantown crowd for kevin youkilis who was traded to the white sox. >> i just want to say thank you for youkilis. i'm just saying going to have to change the color of his socks. i didn't think i would get any boos out of here. i should not have brought up baseball. i understand. my mistake. you

transitioning that you and the other institution the media has read studies that more people my age watch steven colbert and john stuart than any other form of news programs. do you feel like what was such a huge part of your life being the evening news that some day people like me are never even going to understand what was like? >> i don't worry about it because time has moved on. but at the heart of the question i've responded if it isn't true already i believe it is true but most people will get used to the news in the internet. the internet has its problems. the only idea that you could smear somebody's reputation, your neighbors or former boyfriend or girlfriend with anonymity. but moving forward, the internet power to communicate more information including news is the greatest that we've ever had. i'm old enough to remember when people said radio? newspapers are dead. then television came along and said. that hasn't worked out. it's been supplemental. as for the evening news, it's only my opinion, but i think that in the evening news as you have known it and we still know it to a degree it wouldn

. >> host: if you watch john stewart or steven colbert. >> guest: it's very edgy part of the same lineage. and it's always very generous about how much laughing that was and eight lead to a much greater freedom in the bbc about religion you couldn't in personate politicians and couldn't mention religion. all those sort of things we just blew out of the window and it meant that people coming after it had that much experience. >> host: i believe john cleaves and the monty python gang also went to cambridge. >> guest: yes, what happened is that was the week that was coming and then the next comedy show why did which was deliberately more social than political, more contemporary which brought him to television. the first time he had ever done television. and also, the two people that became a huge and another television so we had these three people exploding all over at the same time and amazing writers including in their writing team or all five of the who have different background but it was -- who were the other two in that group? so they were all a part of the writers of that shows they b

more people my age watch steven colbert and john stuart than any other form of news program. do you feel what was a huge part of your life, the cbs evening news that people like me will never understand what that was like? >> i don't worry about it because time moves on and things change. at the heart of your question, i respond to that if it isn't true already at leave it is true already but if it isn't it soon will be. most people get most of their news off of the internet. i am optimistic about that future. the internet has its problems. you can severe somebody's reputation for boyfriend or girlfriend with anonymity. moving forward the internet's power to communicate more information including news is the greatest we ever had. radio, newspapers are dead television came along and said pollution kills radio and newspapers. has been supplemental. as for the evening news, that is only my opinion but the evening news as you have known it and we still know it to a degree would not surprise me if one of the works over the next three or seven years decided not to do evening news o

affordable health care act is upheld as constitutional. [ applause ] [ laughter ] >> well, that's steven colberton to the health care decision. >> what steve looked like. >> incop solable. >> a toaster on the set in a minute. the man actually joining us, one of the keyç architects and for the obama affordable care act. he says it's time to simplify what health care reform means for you. in the guest spot, the man they call mr. mandate, jonathan gruber. professor of economics at m.i.t. and director of the health care program at the national bureau of economic research. jonathan, thanks for joining us. i wanted to start with this. i was reading over an interview you gave a few weeks ago to website cogged capitalnew york. in a moment of exasperation you said of the romney plan of massachusetts and obama law nationally, you said they're the same "bleeping" bill, except you didn't say bleeping. the idea they're so similar is kind of, well known. i wonder, if that's the case, what has romneycare meant for massachusetts, and can we expect the same thing to happen now nationally? >> yeah, that quote ki

the first question is about jon stewart and steven colbert, they have two shows popular with our generationn is, both those shows use satire to slant an issue or a few on a politician. how do young conservatives and independents in the millennial generation bring aware nis to this slant or push back against the slant? >> first of all, keep in mind, they're comedians and the satire is a wonderful reflection and you can only do satire when it has a tinge of truth. i like both those guys and been on both shows many times and find them incredibly entertaining and even though i have a very different point of view than both of them do probably philosophically. i appreciate the fact that they'll illuminate issues and sometimes pick on people on the left. and main thing, i recognize they're comedians. the sad things, sometimes i get better information from comedy central television shows than i do from certain blogs or supposedly legitimate news sources, so what i'm saying is sit back, enjoy the ride, but remember this, always be your eneditor. because, when i was your age, there was an editor betw

since yesterday's "talk back" was about the proposed big soda ban in new york, we thought steven colbert's on! this is america, the land of plenty. we haven't even achieved type iii diabetes yet. we're so close. and i don't know about you folks, but i can't drink less than 16 ounces. i need a soda so large that james cameron wants to go to the bottom of it. >> i so love him. we're following a lot of developments in the next hour of cnn "newsroom." time to get serious. let's check in first with joe johns. >> hey, carol. we're in greensboro, north carolina after the mistrial in the john edwards case. the government has a big decision to make as jurors in that case start speaking up. we'll have more on that at the top of the hour. >>> i'm christine romans in new york, following a disappointing jobs report for the month of may. we now have three months in a row of sub par jobs growth, and that's making for some pretty ugly politics and economics. i'll have that story at the top of the hour. >>> also ahead, it ain't your mom's snow white. >> mirror, mirror on the wall. who is fairest of them al

steven colbert came to his defense. >> the property has ruled obama constitutional. >> we now know thatn as a split decision, striking down part but not all of the health care bil. >> the united states supreme court has done what none of us expected, they found an answer which led to no decision at all. >> my only criticism here is the only options mourdock prepared for were overturned, not overturned, half overturned and no answer. but what about all the other possibilities? i think we've got to be ready for anything. jim? >> the united states supreme court has done what none of us expected. there's been a recount and justice antonin scalia ruled he's been for raccoons. >> only clarence thomas can rule on obamacare. he's remained silent. >> justice alito announced he'll be stepping down from the bench to become the base player for iron maiden. tonight the long-awaited decision on obamacare came down -- >> excuse me, excuse me, i said nobody in the break room. out! out! >> love him. >> youtube. >> when we go into break, i asked reverend al a question. >> oh, that was mean. >> and t.j. c

steven colbert named it the sport of the summer. >> i hadn't heard of it before all of this happened.ne lady. she can do whatever she wants. but it does reenforce the nation, the romneys are not like the rest of us when they have got enough money to buy this horse and then ship it all around the world and they are into dressage? >> right. it does not -- it does not make the image that romney is part of the 99% sitting around watching nascar or wwf or even just sort of slowing a football around. >> some of his best friends own nascar teams. >> and football teams. >> i don't think it proves any part of the 1%. joe behar at the top of the hour, we mentioned he is part of the .00001%. beverly call from saint david illinois. what do you say? good morning. >> great to hear from you, bill. how are you doing this morning. >> great. thank you. >> just wanted to mention to ms. turk he will first of all, i happen to like your reporting. you have always done a very good job. >> thank you. >> when i have seen you. but you failed to mention that in wisconsin, even with all of that money, the democr

. >>> last night, steven colbert took up the wisconsin recall election.lebrate, abobig time. ran into trouble, though because of the unions guys on his crew. let's watch. >> i think this is a repudiation of big unions, number one. big labor. >> the unions knew they were losing after 2010. they have thrown everything into this, and they are losing. >> this shows the irrelevance of unions. at this point, i have said they are obsolete. >> whoo! we did it! it is the end of unions! whoo! [ cheers and applause ] whoo! whoo! whoo! jimmy, jimmy, we talked about this. where's my balloon drop? >> stephen, a lot of union people work on this show. and they're kind of upset. >> is that true? [ laughter ] >> all right. i understand. i get that. but you lost, ok? so let's be professional about it. it's my show. drop something. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] message received. >>> the old dead fish. >>> still ahead, economist jeffrey sachs will join the conversation. >>> and later, senator tom coburn and joan rivers together again. keep it on "morning joe." [ male a

if congress has time to look into major league baseball and invite steven colbert to come to a committee hearing, surely to goodness we have time to get answers on a fundamentally flawed legal investigation like fast and furious, thus we have mr. jarman embarked on an investigation to get answers to some pretty fundamental questions that i still cannot answer. when i'm asked back in south carolina can't give them an answer. when asked who knew about gun walking and did nothing to stop it i can give them this but this is a part of the answer because it is part of the documents. how did the false letter get written on the part of justice letterhead and delivered to a united states senator. i can't tell you how the letter got drafted. why was it withdrawn after ten months? why did it take to months to withdraw the letter. why was the criminal to my friend pat me him's .1 was the criminal chief on that part of justice advocating from walking on exactly the same day that is demonstrably false letter was delivered to the committee of congress. can anyone answer that question? can you tell me w

. >>> and the official chaplain of the colbert report will join us later. i'll find out how much stevenpaying him and i'll make him an offer he can't refuse. that's coming up. >>> the veep stakes game began today with this report from abc news. "knowledgeable republican [ male announcer ] this is genco services -- mcallen, texas. in here, heavy rental equipment in the middle of nowhere, is always headed somewhere. to give it a sense of direction, at&t created a mobile asset solution to protect and track everything. so every piece of equipment knows where it is, how it's doing or where it goes next. ♪ this is the bell on the cat. [ male announcer ] it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better. ♪ >>> the veep stakes game began today with this report from abc news. "knowledgeable republican sources tell me that rubio is not being vetted by mitt romney's vice presidential search team. he has not been asked to complete any questionnaires or been asked to turn over any financial documents typically required of potential vice presidential candidates." marco rubi

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