it's changing the conversation. ♪ >>> ben affleck rig >>> ben affleck right there pursuing an off-screenringing real development to the long-suffering people of the eastern congo in africa. that war flared this week. ben affleck is here with us today along with congressman adam smith. ben, thanks for coming in. you have been working in eastern congo for many, many years. one thing we saw this week is, rebels march through this country. >> one of the things that we're hearing from our people here, the schools that we're funding, rebels are hiding in. you're hearing all kinds of brutal, terrible stuff that you hear about. >> this war has taken lives of millions. >> indeed. this war, since '96 and '98, conservative estimates are 3 million people have died. which is a hard number to imagine. you can imagine if this was happening in western europe, it would be a galactic event. people would be paying a lot of attention to, but it's in central east africa. people feel it's removed for our lifetime. >> earlier this week, you sent out a tweet urging america to insist on a cease-fire. what can we

ladies and gentlemen, please welcome ben affleck!my: thank you, my friend. i appreciate you coming down. >> are they here every night, or -- >> jimmy: every single night. no, same crowd, every single night. [ cheers and applause ] that's why they're greatest. when you're here, you're family. it's like the olive garden. but you were a boston guy, but you come to new york -- it's an interesting story -- to audition. >> i did. i came down to audition here. >> jimmy: how old were you? >> i was 16 years old. >> jimmy: really? >> came down -- matt damon and i would come down together. he was, like, 17. even when i was 15 -- we would take -- 'cause you could take the planes. at the time, they were really cheap. one of them was trump air. had the big hair on the front. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's right. donald trump had his own airline. >> donald had his own -- yeah, yeah. there's peoples express, and eastern -- there were a bunch of like, really even cheaper than a greyhound $25 or less. so we would fly in for, like, the weekend. my grand

." >>> well, ben affleck is having one heck of a year.entertainment weekly" has named ben affleck their 2012 entertainer of the year. the "argo" director has come a long way since gillette with george clooney saying hollywood loves a comeback and affleck is an unbelievable comeback kid. that's for sure. >>> and finally, do you remember this? national.com has released their 2012 list of the most memorable internet moments, and some of the top ones were election-related, like this one, clint eastwood's infamous invisible obama speech, and mitt romney's big bird remarks. but the top spot? you remember this one. it went to olympian mckayla maroney's way-too-honest, not-impressed face. yep, that will leave a mark. >> i'm trying to make that face, but you can't. >> it's too cold. you would freeze. >> it would freeze that way. >>> well, this comes to us from wmtv, nbc 15 in madison, wisconsin, where a dog and his family were reunited after years apart. lucky the dog ran away from home four years ago, leaving his family with little hope of ever s

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ben affleck new field about iran called are a go. i talked with him about it and how america should deal with the iranians. -- hurts the carter administration that's why he lost to ronald reagan. a guy you like you though wasn't conscious at this time why are you making a movie about this. >> great story. one thing it's a killer. actually a comedy with the hollywood satire. complicated cia movie. it's a political movie and it's all true. >> bill: so you wanted to make an entertainment about a serious subject rescuing americans from a dictatorship, iran? >> i did. and the serious aspect of it was that this is really a tribute to the folks in our clandestined services and diplomats in the foreign service risking their lives over there tragically seeing examples of that very recently. folks who are, what they give up to serve us and to serve our country. >> this is a valentine from ben affleck to the intelligence community. the same people who waterboarded the same people who renditioned, liberal friends going to say to you. >> i don't

ben affleck new field about iran called are a go.talked with him about it and how america should deal with the iranians. -- hurts the carter administration that's why he lost to ronald reagan. a guy you like you though wasn't conscious at this time why are you making a movie about this. >> great story. one thing it's a killer. actually a comedy with the hollywood satire. complicated cia movie. it's a political movie and it's all true. >> bill: so you wanted to make an entertainment about a serious subject rescuing americans from a dictatorship, iran? >> i did. and the serious aspect of it was that this is really a tribute to the folks in our clandestined services and diplomats in the foreign service risking their lives over there tragically seeing examples of that very recently. folks who are, what they give up to serve us and to serve our country. >> this is a valentine from ben affleck to the intelligence community. the same people who waterboarded the same people who renditioned, liberal friends going to say to you. >> i don't wor

. >>> plus, ben affleck's comments about the newest sexiest man alive. you're going to want to see this. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." i'm happy to report the trend continues. this next storm is going to be further off the coast. the chances of it hitting the coast is less and less. the storm monday and tuesday off the coast, i don't even think we'll get any rain. maybe a little bit higher surf and that's it. that will be great. forecast for today, nice, chilly morning out there. typical of this time of year. this afternoon we warm it up to the 40s and 50s in most areas, lynn. airports looking great. travel is fine. nice, tranquil weather pattern. >>> bill, thanks so much. >>> ab lincoln is returning to the white house tonight. steven spielberg and members of the cast of "lincoln" will be joining president obama for a screening of the film. cast members expected to attend are daniel guy lewis, sally field and tommy lee jones. i can't wait to see the movie. >> do you think this will compare, me and the president. >> it

. >>> plus, ben affleck's surprising comments about the newest sexiest man alive. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." your forecast is looking nice and tranquil today. tomorrow will bring rain to the forecast in areas of northern california. there will be more clouds around today, the southerly jet stream shooting up high clouds, over especially southern california and vegas, keeping your temperatures down a bit. to the northwest, after a chilly start, a decent afternoon. this probably looks worse than it will be, but the bulk of the rain tomorrow will be san francisco, northward to northern california, just a few showers in the northwest. and if there's any travel trouble into the weekend, it would be on the west coast. it's not horrible, not going to be that much cold air around for snow, either, but you know, not perfect. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> well, abe lincoln is returning to the white house tonight. steven spielberg and members of the cast of "lincoln" will be joining president obama for a screening of the film. lucky them.

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that's something a lot of actors in hollywood ben affleck and george clooney have spoken out about but we have not seen a lot of action out of the obama administration. she can bring that to the fore, and get some stuff done. >> i don't know how he's a champion citing ben affleck. [ laughter ] >> minus three points, exactly. talk to me about chuck hagel. >> first we have to start with susan rice. if she can handle the united nations, maybe she can handle the united states states senate. she does go hard left. that's exactly why the republicans fear her. she is still my first choice. i would pick tim romer or dick lugar. you've got bipartisan ship, somebody a lot of people could work with, including then senator obama who traveled around the world with him talking about nuclear disarmament. i think that is someone the president is comfortable with and the senators will be comfortable with. i think that's very important if we're going to retake the center. if you can't get susan right one of the hoosiers. >> one of the hoosiers wins. every fantasy draft every cabinet fantasy draft is tal

to ben affleck's point there, why hasn't the world been paying attention?, to sum it up, perhaps in the way that president jimmy carter summed up the situation when we ignored the genocide in rwanda. they're poor. they're black. and they don't have any oil. that is essentially what the problem is. the world has been able to look away. you know, news broadcasts have come out of there, there is no shortage of the pictures. but it is an almost intractable problem in that you have private armies in some areas, all competing. it is really about the resources. this is ironically one of the richest countries on the planet today. it has gold. it has colton used in cell phones. it has tin. it has copper. it has timber. it has huge agricultural resources but can't be harnessed because what isn't being stolen by soldiers, business men and wo warlords, is being stolen by government officials. they don't have roads, they don't have education, virtually no health care. >> will the u.s. get involved here? >> i don't think so. it already has the largest u.n. peacekeeping o

are you ben affleck?those guys. >> no i'm not ben affleck. >> my guys in boston are not like you guys. >> what do you mean who is your guy in boston. >> bill: lots of guys. my guys aren't the liberal guys. >> well, like who? >> bill: i'm not going to embarrass them. anybody associated with me their whole life is over. >> i'm a jack kennedy. >> bill: jack kennedy. >> democrat. my parents are irish immigrants. obviously -- >> bill: you are a working class guy. i believe in strong military and helping those below you. and if you are balancing the budget and did a good job as president you should be able to sleep whoever you want. that's the jack kennedy approach to democracy. >> bill: libertarian democratic precincts. >> i guess so. >> bill: a lot of firefighters beat the hell out of you. because they are strong conservative blue collar. >> i have a lot of conservative views on a lot of things. >> bill: give me one. >> well, tattoos. you know, i basically i don't like tattoos unless you are a firefighter who

are you ben affleck?those guys. >> no i'm not ben affleck. >> my guys in boston are not like you guys. >> what do you mean who is your guy in boston. >> bill: lots of guys. my guys aren't the liberal guys. >> well, like who? >> bill: i'm not going to embarrass them. anybody associated with me their whole life is over. >> i'm a jack kennedy. >> bill: jack kennedy. >> democrat. my parents are irish immigrants. obviously -- >> bill: you are a working class guy. i believe in strong military and helping those below you. and if you are balancing the budget and did a good job as president you should be able to sleep whoever you want. that's the jack kennedy approach to democracy. >> bill: libertarian democratic precincts. >> i guess so. >> bill: a lot of firefighters beat the hell out of you. because they are strong conservative blue collar. >> i have a lot of conservative views on a lot of things. >> bill: give me one. >> well, tattoos. you know, i basically i don't like tattoos unless you are a firefighter who

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. >>> actor ben affleck has long been involved in efforts to help the victims of war-torn eastern congo. on sunday he talked about his call for the u.s. to take a more active role. >> i think our actions in foreign policy, and maybe i'm naive, represent our values and represent who we are. and if any american were to go to that country and stand and see what was happening there, they would insist that we do what we could. >>> more than ten years after she was kidnapped as a teenager, elizabeth smart is finally ready to tell her own story in a new book. and the author is chris stewart who was just elected to congress from utah. he tells "the salt lake tribune" he hopes to have the first draft written before he takes office in january. >>> and finally, guess who else got their holiday shopping off and running this weekend, president obama who took his daughters to a virginia bookstore as part of small business saturday. >>> and that's your morning dish of "scrambled politics." and now here's a look at your monday morning markets. the dow opens the week at 13,009 after climbing 172 points

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>> all right, george, great to see you and george has a big show this morning, actor/director ben affleckill be here. also senators lindsey graham and dick durbin. >>> now to extreme couponing gone wrong. check this out, an expert coupon artist involved in a confrontation with a store manager who refused to honor her coupons. mark greenblatt is on the story. >> you have seen those pictures, frenzy shoppers attacking each other for those deals. this morning, a store manager at a dollar tree physically going after a customer for bringing in too many coupons. you probably heard about extreme couponing by now, thanks to the learning channel. the hobby that's supposed to pay you back in green not in black eyes, like what happened to this extreme couponer in tennessee. her attacker's not a fellow customer it's the store manager herself. melissa and jennifer apparently brought too many coupons to handle. >> we were told that we were harassing her to use those coupons. >> reporter: that's when they recorded the manager getting sassy. >> get the rest of the advil. >> reporter: jennifer left first

ben affleck. >> oh, wow. >> "argo." >> he's a triple-threat this year.irector, best actor, possibly. >> and best picture. he's right up there. he's directed a couple of movies before. but he reached the pinnacle of his career this year. and he's going to be right up there with best director with steven spielberg and a lot of great directors. george clooney wrote the piece on him for the magazine. and really talks about how he's, you know, become this world-class director. and the great thing is, we've watched him grow up. and he has never let failure or success keep him down. he's just a great example of how to live and work. >> absolutely. we could tell you, we had him here a few weeks ago. and you could tell how excited and how passionate he was about this project from the start. >> yeah. and he's taken a movie about the iran hostage crisis. and it's made $100 million. not only an important movie and it has something to say and it's quality -- critical success. but it's also a real commercial movie. you know? >> and a thriller. and pretty funny. >> com

and ben affleck, we haven't seen him in a long time, but you loved his movie "argo." >> so great. >>how does that work? they just have -- different cover comes out geographically in different parts of the country, you can pick all three? are the articles all the same? >> i bet they'll be able to find out what was smarter by who bought what cover. probably a way to track that. >> whoever is on the cover sells the magazine, don't you think? >> i suppose. i don't know. i don't know. >> do you know we have two days before your opening? >> let's talk about something else. let's talk about "the voice." >> i want to talk about who i'm bringing to your opening, i'm very, very excited about my date for opening night. you ready? >> yes. >> it's liza minelli. >> i love liza. >> that's going to be the strangest date in the history of the world, you and liza. >> she loves the music, obviously. >> big theater person. for her sitting there listening, it's going to be a big night. >> you know what, she will get it. >> oh, of course. >> liza will get it. she's been through pretty much everything amy

actor/director ben affleck will be here and senator s dick durbin and lindsey graham with george stephanopoulosextreme couponing gone wrong. check this out. an expert coupon artist involved in a violent confrontation on a discount store who refused to honor her coupons all on tape. mark greenblatt is on the story. mark, good morning. >> and good morning to you. you have seen those pictures, frenzy shoppers attacking each other for those deals. this morning, we got the video of a store manager at a dollar tree physically going after a customer for apparently bringing in too many coupons. you probably heard of extreme couponing by now, thanks to the learning channel show. >> this is "extreme couponing." >> reporter: it's the hobby that's supposed to pay you back in green, not in black eyes, like what happened to this hard-core couponer at the dollar tree in germantown, tennessee. >> as you can see i have broken blood vessels. >> reporter: but her attacker's not a fellow customer, rather, they say, it's the store manager herself. melissa monzo-mart and jennifer hill apparently brought too many cou

go ben affleck. i think he did a great job. i'm going to be seeing "lincoln."n that. obviously love doris kearns goodwin's book. >> honeymoon. >> that's something that stays on your mind. >> it was really great. these wedding days are hard. planning. >> can i see a picture, though? >> yeah. let's see. >> you're a great-looking couple. >> that is us from our wedding day. yeah. so the honeymoon was great. we went to brazil. and we went hang gliding. spent a lot of time biking and going on the beach, and we hiked sugar loaf mountain. it was great. it was really nice to go away. and very to be honest, the first two days it rained while we were there. so, we were all caught up on downton abbey. >> more of our conversation at noon. we're going to talk to savannah guthrie about her cooking skills and chris matthews about just how often he goes to the movies. six things to be thankful for where the economy ask concerned this holiday weekend. and lessons learned from the book that inspired the movie "lincoln." my conversation with historian doris kearns goodwin about th

. >>> it is expected san francisco city hall will reopen this morning affleckal fire late last night.that an electrical panel started smoking and activated sprinkler system in that basement. this is cell phone video. taken by one of our trustee producers out there. showing some of that water damage inside the building. building was not evacuated but power was cut to some of the exterior lights including the big dome on city hall. pg&e crews on the scene late last night working very hard and we should know later today exactly how much damage was caused by the incident. >> happening now. bay area fishermen are dropping crab pots from half moon bay to bodega bay. bob redell live in san francisco where he just spoke with the fishermen about what they are doing today to get the crab on the thanksgiving table or even the table tomorrow. good morning. >> good morning to you. yeah. we spoke with them and know they agreed with the processors that came in agreement yesterday to go for three buck as pound for dungeness crab. which is going to be a little more than you paid last season. last seas

just a couple of years ago i was cute and now been affleck, is combing it down he is not cute. as cute. and i'm just saying that about my wife, she would probably leave me for ben f. lek but the point i am saying is that you know when a reward as high. they could possibly find somebody better so one more time before start crying. i would say that he has at least $20 million. maybe it that is a low amount. you can go ahead with your dinner plans alex s will still eat. >> the best talking about of 49ers is alden smith. the defense of a quarter of the month for the month of november with nine sacks in his last three games. he has a shot at becoming the fastest player. he is the fastest player to get to 30 sex30.530-sacks and he could very well could set a single record. by michael and next to kelly stray hand. and i am telling you that all of the things that we're talking about what alden smith. there was trouble when he went home and that is why this guy is so good that you will look the other way. alden smith is a monster. the raiders, these are tough times. they could not even

actor been affleck made at the list as well as the new jersey gov. chris christie.be less and secretary of state hillary clinton. the bridges boy jan one direction made one of the top spots. she has not named heard top person though you will have to watch her most fascinating people of 2012 to find out. it airs december 12th on abc. >> a big milestone for the bay bridge. the weight of that entire structure has been transferred from the scaffolding that has been helping supporting it to the of 32,500 t are now supported by the cables. this is some of the animation describing how they were going to do that over the last few months. there is a press corps for later on today on the golden gate bridge. we'll have our cameras there and it give you a close look up front. all the lose of pollution four. solution that permits have been sold. they sold for about $10 each at last week's auction. this is for california's so-called cap in trade program. this is and add dramatically reducing gas emissions. >> part is changing up a schedule an expectation of a busy weekend. starti

. >> ben affleck is proving himself as a director. >> he just doesn't cast himself in the starring role's one that's coming thunder weekend. a really terrific french movie called "rest in bones." a belgian actor whose name i won't pronounce. well done. really kind of a very tough drama. he's a fighter. she's a trainer, killer whales that was in a terrible accident horribly disfigured. it's another one of these movies that ends up where you expect to it go but getting there is such an intense and emotional and satisfying experience. terrific performance. >> dana what are you looking forward to that hasn't yet opened? >> "the catherine bigelow movie. >> the mission to get osama bin laden. >> describing the whole mission. >> what about "les miserables." >> i'm excited about the techniques. he's having all the actors sing their own songs but taping it on site. dubbing their voice later. >> it's an effect kind of live performance on camera. some can really sing. >> ann hathaway. >> thank you for spending part of your thanksgiving with us. >> a pleasure. >> we like being here. >> yes, we do.

ben affleck did a great job and i want to see "lincoln." f. >> the honeymoon?ing that's been on your mind. >> it was really great. these wedding things are really hard. planning. >> can i see picture? >> yeah. let's see. >> you are a great looking couple. >> that is us from our wedding day. so the honeymoon was great. we went to brazil and we went hand gliding and spent a lot of time on the beach and hiked sugarloaf mountain. it was nice to go away and i have to be honest, the first two days it rained while we were there so we were all caught up. >> if you want to check out our "office politics" issue, you can go to my facebook page. the segments are all there for you. >>> number three on our first web stories, china is building the tallest skyscraper in 90 days. it's in the city of central china. if successful, the building will be ten meters higher than the tallest building in dubai. measn by the way they clean themselves in the bathroom. try charmin ultra strong. with a new duraclean texture, it helps you get clean. plus it's four times stronger than the lea

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lek --affleck. the other one i was just thinking about. enough about gary. let's talk about gordon gibbons. canadian sense of self and you have taken a particular interest, you go there a lot and it is part of the canadian identity and that americans don't understand. what draws you and your views about it. >> a couple things. canada is a northern nation. that is what one of the things that makes us very defensive from the united states. if in canada, whereas the united states you say go west to find your identity, in this country is going north. that is part of something that the finds for for our identity and has promise in abundant resources. but let me save this. one of the things we try to do as the government, and with some success, in the economic circumstances, is we have come we couldn't be in a better situation than to have the united states as the only real neighbor, our closest economic partner and ultimately our ally and friend on everything in the world. at the same time, we are canadian national who value what is distinctive and unique about t

we will see adam smith from washington and a ban affleck who directed "argo." on me to the press, carl levin, peter king, and gregory meeks. we will also see the chairman and chief executive of honeywell international. our next call joining us on the independent line. we have pat from tennessee. caller: you made the statement a few minutes ago, exactly my thought. when you have senators and representatives of their in congress, then they are representing the states. that is how the states have a say in the budget talks. i noticed a while back they talked about reducing your marks. that is when they put things in that they want to add to the budget, things that the one for the states. that is how they are represented already. thank you. host: thank you. what you were quoting was eight tweet that came in that said states already have a say by sending members to the house and senate. democrats line. caller: i think today pose the question is interesting. this was one of the first questions addressed by congress back in the summer of 1787 at the constitutional conv

. >> ben affleck, qu"argo." >> he's the sexiest man alive.id. >> iconic actors. >> one guy i don't know. >> the third cover was kept away from mika and that is of -- >> rihanna. >> is that tattoo real? >> that is real. >> that doesn't wash off? >> no, honey. >> hey, hey. >> that's just awful. >> can you show me your tattoos, please. >> well, i don't think i will. this is your man of the year iss issue. let's talk about it as mika looks at the rihanna pictures. >> she's rendered speechless. >> i am. >> quick shot. okay, go ahead. >> many magazines this time of the year but we put channing and ben on the cover but we have a lot of other guys inside. obvio obviously if you've seen "argo" it's ben's return and channing has had everything from "magic mike" to "21 jump street" which you saw him playing. >> come on. i don't know who that person is. >> you do. >> i don't. >> we'll debate this later. you also have a list i love the least -- >> the least influential people of the year beginning with mitt romney. >> becoming less influential every day,

. >> dave: i'd like to see the affleck flick. >> and the confetti and shredded material coming togetherplot line for you. i've been at the beginning of that parade many times and always bags of colored confetti, i haven't seen anything on it except just the pieces of colored confetti. >> alisyn: thank you. >> rick: all right, guys, here is your temperatures waking up this morning. a big warm-up in the low teens and now back up to 30 and a big change here, from temporarily, when we're moving across the plains and looking good again, one little disturbance across michigan right now bringing snow, it's mutilation -- it's light snow not causing any problems, and rain and snow across the mountains montana and light, and clearing out across the pacific northwest on wednesday across the west, a couple days of a breather. and today's highs, everybody looking good. across the northern plains and not that bad and again, tomorrow, colder air behind that storm and 18 degrees minneapolis and warm-up across texas back into the 70's, all right, guys. >> clayton: and israeli president benjamin netanyah

and ben affleck, we haven't seen him in a long time, but you loved his movie "argo." >> so great. >>g to be the strangest date in the history of the world, you and liza. >> she loves the music, obviously. >> big theater person. >> it's going to be a big night. >> you know what, she will get it. >> oh, of course. >> liza will get it. she's beenhrough pretty much everything amy has been through. >> she's been through it all. >> we could name it liza, but that's been done. you watched "the voice" last night. >> they are narrowing it down, people are voting. it's kind of a mixed bag. >> told some of the people aren't up to snuff the same way they have been. >> these are a couple of the ones we love, des duran, he was the one who tried out the year before, tried out again, he's a yale student and decided he wanted to pursue music. this is "can't take my eyes off you." ♪ i need you baby ♪ ma all right i need you baby ♪ ♪ to warm the lonely nights ♪ oh pretty baby trust in me when i say it's okay ♪ >> cute, very cute. >> how did he do? >> i don't know, we'll find out. people are going to vo