real name too but everyone called it touchy feely. the whole idea behind the class was learning how people perceive you. when i put something out into the world i may think that you're reacting to me in a certain way. but when you actually get in a group of people that are told to be honest about their reaction, it's interesting how you're perceived is not necessarily what you think. >> absolutely. that's a form of social capital which is a component of invisible capital which is not just who you know, but who knows you and what they think of you. >> and then finally, pride. >> well, what are you most proud of beyond your tech cam competency in your business, providing goods or services? separate from that, what do you do really well, really well? actually write that down and look at the lists of privilege, pride, profile and see what connections there are. >> thanks so much, chris, it was great to see you. >> my pleasure. >>> well, we do a lot of communicating online. still nothing beats a face-to-face meeting when it comes to networ

it's a very touchy-feely kind of situation.ink that the state of virginia is on the hook because it's a medically necessary procedure. and it can result in severe harm to her. and she doesn't have it. so it's just useful as it may be, i think they have to do it. >> you know, even people who match the sympathy for the inmate may actually say someone is serving time for committing a serious crime. >> the thought that my tax dollars to go to a sex change operation for an inmate who is serving 70 some years in jail for bank robbery is absurd. how far do we want to take this? if someone has a deviated septum and is having problems breathing? are we going to provide inmates with nose jobs as well? this doesn't seem like a good use of taxpayer dollars and i don't think it's going to go anywhere, even though the appellate court said it is sent back down. charles: this wouldn't be the first time. there has been a case recently where they actually did rule in favor of the inmate, correct? >> yes, that is true. i think that it's a strange

okay, so now, i know this is starting to sound a little, you know, touchy-feely, you know especiallyst bear with me. when you simply recall the experience of love or joy, your brain will actually react and start to release neurochemicals. chemicals like oxytocin, dopamine, serotonin, and endorphins. and they will instantly make you feel better, okay? it's neurochemistry. these are the molecules of emotion. and guess what, as they get released by your brain, just 'cause you're thinking about something really nice, it will also serve to improve your health. these chemicals have been shown to enhance your immune system. there's a whole part of neuroscience called neuroimmunology that studies how your emotional well-being can work to enhance your immunity against, you know, getting a cold or just getting sick. so as you repeat this process every day, you will increasingly become the user of your emotional brain rather than letting it use you, and you'll be taking the next step toward creating your super brain. now, let's talk about that newest part of the brain, the newbie on the block,

woman: brian, do you want to come on the feely wk?l me what you feel. that was soft. soft. it was soft. oh, cold! that's the cold one. what's in there, jonathan? ice. ice. let's see... how will that feel on your feet? no. no, don't like that one, huh? hendrick: it's so important that we encourage our children to develop all their senses, like touch... sight... hearing... i think she's thinking about trick-or-treating. ...smell and taste... because the more they use them, the more they can learn. do you want to smell the next one? ok. let's see if we can guess what it is. hendrick: take a close look at these activities. what other activities can you think of that might help your children use all 5 senses? woman: let's see what that was, rhondel. what is that? oh, you know what that is? girl: it's a rock! woman: it's a rock. hendrick: children love to explore and investigate new sensations. we can help by encouraging children to make comparisons by feeling and smelling things... do you know what that is? hendrick: ...as well as by looki

everyone's supposed to be so nice and touchy-feely. >> absolutely.'m going to have to agree to disagree with mike on this one. in fact, i actually -- putting women's, you know, diversity issues aside and collaboration, there are actual substantive differences of having women in power. we see this across the boards in study. we see in terms of decision making, in terms of having diversity of thought, and we also see this across having more women on corporate boards, and in terms on investment and in terms of making women's issues a priority, both domestically and globally. it not only shifts the agenda, it shifts how decisions are made in washington. >> michael? >> okay, where has this ever worked in american political history? some of the most contentious, some of the most polarizing figures in the history of the u.s. congress have been females. when i worked in congress briefly, worked at a congressional staff, i was very close to the office of a woman named bella abso, who was known for throwing tantrums, for smashes things, for verbally abusing he

months in a karaoke performing neil diamond, but louisiana governor bobby jindal was a bit less touchy-feely the prospects for the party. >> we've got to stop being the stupid party. and i'm serious. it's time for a new republican party that talks like adults. it's no secret we had a number of republicans that damaged the brand in year with offensive and bizarre comments. i'm here to say we've had enough of that. >> so governor jindal wants to shred his i'm with stupidt shirt, and he doesn't want to trade it for any of that big business bling either. >> we must quit big. we are not the party of big business, big banks, big wall street bailouts, big corporate loopholes or big anything. we must not be the party that simply protects the wello-off s they can keep their toys? >> do you remember mitt and ann romney? in a change of their schedule for selects drapes for their car elevator, they were celebrated in washington today. not by an inauguration as they'd hoped, but by a luncheon with top fund-raisers, including bill marriott. yes, the whole gang got back together with romney's former runnin

but maybe this younger crowd, they don't need that touchy-feely stuff. right here. >> that has to be it. because it doesn't make sense otherwise. >> it just seems profoundly naive. but katie said last night she got the impression that he was genuinely duped, he was not in on the hoax or part of the very weird -- >> but he never met her. >> she believed the story. and dad seemed convincing, too. it is bizarre. between lipsyncing and fake girlfriends, america, we've got to get it back. >> what is going on? are you real? >> i'm here, i swear. >>> coming up, an old role is new again for eddie murphy. >> and a chapter of the kardashian story you have to hear to believe. that's coming up next in "the skinny." ♪ skinny, so skinny >>> skinny in the house! >> whoa, willis. i haven't heard that octave in a while. everything all right? something drop on you? i know you guys get sick of the kardashians sometimes. we all get sick of the kardashians sometimes. i got a little crush on kim. but besides that issue, this is juicy. robert kardashian, the father who passed

. >> joe, how are you feeli? >> good!ecial olympics athlete, and all you guys are special olympics athletes. when you see all the people plunging for you guys, what do you think? >> it's so much fun, and i'm so happy to have all these people who care. >> well, you guys are cold. how are you doing, angle? >> i'm doing wonderful. i'm tired but having a blast. this brings joy to my heart. every year when we do this event, it brings me such great joy. these people want to be a part of our lives and community and that's great. >> go get warm, babies. thank you very, very much. >> you're welcome! >> big plunge today at 1:00. y'all will have finished 24. >> i'll see you next year. >> ok, baby! >> we have more to go. let's do this! >> we're going to do it. all right! special olympic athletes, in my opinion the greatest athletes in the world. rob roblin, wbal-tv 11 news and we'll be hear all morning. back to you guys. >> all right, robby, we have a lot of questions. we have been hear every year and still have questions. we will as

trillion last night, passes the -- this is like saving yourself -- >> i didn't know you were so touchy-feely. >> let me get this great, richard haass. the republican party saves itself. they're virtuous. they save themselves for 20 years, they decide, going to be chaise, going to raise taxes, and they waited for 20 years before giving themselves away. and they did so last night on a bill that increases taxes, that doesn't cut a dime in spending in washington, d.c., which everybody knows is the real problem. everybody knows that. and third, the congressional budget office scores it, and they add $4 trillion to the national debt. richard, you actually are removed from washington politics a bit. you actually travel the world -- >> lives in the world of ideas. >> he actually goes across the world and has people scratching their heads. the united states of america, while everybody's patting themselves on the back, we just added 4 trillion more dollars to the national debt. >> on every one of your substantive points, you're right. this is a bad bill that made a bad situation worse. the only thing

they don't feely had has a good sense -- feel he has a good sense of regulation. he's a budgetary wonk, a partisan. it's interesting that wall street isn't that close behind jack lew. although it doesn't matter, wall street doesn't have a seat at this table now. the only game in town is budgetary. yeah, that stuff he did at citigroup will come up, i don't think it will go anywhere. >> if wall street hates him, he might be perfect the job. >> that's what people think actually. >> good to see you always. >> you, too, as always, my friend. >>> let's go live to the white house. want to talk with someone who knows jack lew, kenneth mann, former associate director of communications for the white house office of budget and management. that must have a business cut. you were senior adviser to lew. tell us what we can expect from him as treasury secretary. what makes the white house so sure he's the guy? >> there's very few people in the country who have as much experience at the highest level, the public sector, the private sector, and nonprofits. you know, omb and also a

it's kind of touchy feely kind of thing.e and the fact it will hit 6 1/2 next month. >> let's track ups and downs in the data. that should mean a slowly falling unemployment rate. actually with the bls benchmark provisions we probably have the unemployment rates slowly declining and that could suggest slowly declining, go by the presented lines the end of the year closing in on 7%. >> how tough is it to come to a number not even the end of the month yet. you have few days trickling in, getting the first friday of the month happens to be the first day of the month. does it make it more complicated? >> it includes that week. doesn't matter, just when you do the cut off. >> there's a trim tabs numbers they have their own number 135,000 to 155,000 this is range they're looking at based on what they say is the analysis of daily income taxes to the u.s. treasury. have you heard of that? is there a good analysis? >> it's a good indicator. you look at that data, it's all over the map. it's pretty hard to glean information. a lot of

he has a lot of plowing to do, in order to get -- to achieve -- if he doesn't reach a mark people feelie, it will be very open for the republican party in 2016 for somebody like a chris christie to step into the frey and seize the reins. there was a lot of talk before the obama speech about the curse of a second term, where you can do a lot with the second term. dwight eisenhower was able to be a moral leader in his second term by sending troops to little rock and standing up for civil rights, by creating anwar, ike created our nation's largest wildlife refuge. eisenhower demilitarized antarctica or people would be feuding over military rights in antarctica and kept it as a peace zone. it's not that much for president obama to talk about climate change. how many sandies do we need or record breaking temperatures? forests are burning in wyoming and colorado and mexico. this is a big problem and others have shown leadership on climate and i think the president joined them yesterday. >> thank you so much. >>> up next, they squared off on jeopardy and now chris matthews and robert gibbs fac

some people are more touchy feely than other people.t change the fact we live in a much more ideological age, where people just kind of turn their backs on each other ideologically in terms of policy and sometimes personally. >> jon meacham, on the best selling biography of jefferson, he was brilliant in using entertainment to bridge differences. >> what would jefferson do? >> thank you. every night jefferson was in session, he had lawmakers down. here this is not nostalgic, he only had federalists or only had republicans because he didn't want them fighting with each other. he knew he had limited time. he wanted to weave attachments to him. if they didn't come, you're right, they couldn't be part of this larger discussion. there is an interesting intellectual philosophical point here. it goes to both republicans and whether they participate and the president, whether he initiates, which is there is a republican, lowercase r virtue, you know this well of social yabability you don't know each other -- and i know too much about harold. >>

that is a touchy-feely kind of sentiment.it is the kind of sentiment that republican politicians have to deal with. he was better at dealing with this than any leader of the party. >> people have seen their wages fall over the last five years. how we're different. we will say we need to be the federal government program. we're line to give the more cash in money. this is how you are going to get this back to work. that is how we will get your child into the college they want to get into. we have to make our core message relevance and middle- class americans. the reason why romney lost, and you can look at him, it's a three minutes of listing to mitt romney talk about economics to realize he did not get it. >> there is one guy on this panel who spent much of 2011 and 2012 maneuvering desperately to try to get absolutely anybody to jump into the presidential nomination fight. the n -- the list was in less. -- was a list. i want to ask you. you try to get an analyst parade republicans to run. do you think what we need is a leade

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touchy feely.eptune was in pisces was 169 years ago. >> we're all going to be mushy and public displays of affection? >> we won't go extreme but it sounds like you don't like that because you're a libra. but seeing each other more is a good thing. >> texting does tend to -- i like it better than talking. >> texting is good but you don't want to be in a beautiful restaurant -- >> definitely. e-mail your questions about 2013 and susan will answer them all morning long. >> absolutely. >> put in your birthdays and dates. >> and time of birth and city of birth. >> you'll know everything. in a few hours the house could vote on the senate's fiscal cliff deal. will it pass? our next guest says republicans should have walked away. here to explain, plus new numbers show you were paying more for gas last year than any number before. there may be good news on there may be good news on that. you can't argue with nutrition you can see. great grains. great grains cereal starts whole and stays whole. see the seam?

that's a touchy feely kind of sentiment. it's not a conservative sounding sentiment but it's a sentiment that republican politicians have to deal with and that george w. bush, for all his many flaws, was better at dealing with than any leader of the party has been since. >> it also, though, it's not just brand purity because brand purity is not going to get us to a majority again. we got to be able to explain to middle-class americans, to working class americans, to people who've seen their wages fall over the past five years, how we're different than the democratic party. the democratic party will say we are going to give you a federal government program and we are going to give you more cash here and we are going to give you more money there and we are going to tax the rich there. that's how you're going to get back to work. that's how we're going to get your child into the college they want to get into. we have to make i think our core message. i mean, we got to make our core message relevant again to americans. the reaso

that's a touchy-feely kind of sense but. it's the kind of sentiment that republican politicians have to deal with and that george w. bush for all his many flaws was better at giving with than any leader of the policy has been since. >> and also though, it's not just grand purity because grand purity -- we've got to be able to explain to middle-class americans, the working-class americans, the people of seen their wages fall over the past five years how we are different from the democratic party. the democratic party will say we'll give you a federal government program, and we're going to give you more cash and we'll give you more money. and we will tax the rich there. that's how you're going to get back to work. that's how we're going to get your child into the college they want to get into. we have to make, our core message. we've got to make our core message relevant again to middle-class americans. the reason why romney lost and you can look at romney, i'm sort of if we have a lot of mitt romney than steel industry, it to

here's a question, touchy feely. how co you feel about the future? >> i feel great about the future. i always have and i think i always will. >> you are an american. >> yes. anyone who thinks that america can't recover from eight years of the obama presidency is ignorant of american history and the greater challenges we have faced. what we need are political leaders who will clearly and boldly state the case for reform. if that means blocking obama's agenda or passing our reforms and have obama explain why he is opposed to them. we should articulate our goals and policy programmings and explain them. >> tom cotton of arkansas. [applause] >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i'm the director of the at the heritage society. welcome to our conversation about life. it is strategically timed on this 40th anniversary on the infamous roe v. wade decision. hundreds of thousands of people gathered on the mall to march for life. thank you for standing for life. a generation and a half have grown up in the shadow of roe. we are thankful for those pro life l