to walk us through the budget battle, jimmy williams, an opinion writer for u.s. news.com and an msnbc contributor. how are you? >> how are you, hello. >> i want to start with one of the more important things which is that child care tax credit. this is big for people. when you look at the numbers from the white house, you're talking about well over 1.5 million people effected, $600 for a lot of folks with children under five years old. my view, tell me if you agree, a lot of these folks, that's $600 they can use for child care and other things and goes right back to the economy. what do you think of that proposal for families in this budget? >> it's very smart. it's middle and lower class families. it's targeted to people with families. how much more pro family values can you possibly get? what the president's proposing it would expand to something like 15 million families. that's a big number. you can offset that with revenue raisers which are in the budget. i think he's got $500 billion of revenue raisers. for something like this you're asking the wealthiest to

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. >> jimmy: billy dean williams. how is he going to do? >> radioi think he'll do okay. erator. >> jimmy: he's lando also. he's going to get a lot of nerd votes. drew carey. >> ehe's super funny. he's lost a lot of weight. he's got permty as well. -- personality as well. >> jimmy: he's gong to be a problem for you. what about these guys? oh, wait a minute. i meant to say the olympic ice dancers. do you think it's fair that olympic ice dancers, gold medal winning olympic ice dancers are allowed to be a part of the dancing competition. >> to me it's not really fair because they're professionals. i just won the olympics. they're skinny, they're young. you know, i think, no. but you know what i did see, i don't think they have soul. >> jimmy: i think you're right. they know how to do everything on skates. but you've got to do this in heels. >> jimmy: i don't even think they have souls. now this is a tough competitor. she swam around the world and strangled a shark to death. >> i think she's a great competitor. i think all of these people who are athletes, they have the endura

billy dee williams. [ laughter ] i don't know man. >> steve: wow! [ applause ] ♪ [ british accent ] >> jimmyter mash i've ever seen. he's still on the show, billy dee williams. [ laughter ] someone was worse than that. that can't be real. just show him dancing again. ♪ [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's just -- that's just awesome. i just think it's awesome. this is just crazy. i read about a girl scout in oklahoma that sold a record 18,000 boxes of girl scout cookies this year. the girl said it was all thanks to her family, her school and most importantly, being right next door to colorado. [ laughter and applause ] "hey, what's up? you selling cookies or anything? i definitely want some of those. i want to munch on those, man." [ laughter ] >> steve: you got the munchies? >> jimmy: yeah, i got the munchies a little bit. yeah, i want to crunch down on those. [ laughter ] i want to crunch down on them? >> steve: crunch down on them? >> jimmy: no one says that. i want to scrunch it up in my mouth. [ laughter ] >> steve: you're gonna scrunch up food in your mouth? >> jimmy: i don't know what he's t

jimmy is a [ bleep ] right now. you know? >> corey's brother william has also had a setback. he was caught entering another inmate's cell. >> yes, sir, there is. >> he has now lost his chance to an early release to a halfway house. >> when he entered the other inmates cell, it was 3:00 in the morning. in the particular housing unit that inmate allen was in, those doors are not secured. they are not locked due to the nature of what kind of housing unit that is. they are not supposed to be going into another inmate's cell at that point. at the time when he was in that particular housing unit, he was on a detail that detail was the night detail, that's why he was awake at 3:00 in the morning. however, he chose to take advantage of the situation by entering someone else's cell at that time. inmate allen is typically not a disciplinary problem. >> i've been here almost a year and a couple months. and i haven't had one disciplinary action. this is my first one. so all they charged me with was being out of place. that's all the charges was. >> william will now have to serve out the

. >> jimmy: let's talk about the movie out now, it's called "the face of love," ed harris, robin williamsbin williams is a great dramatic actor. >> he is. he is. and he was very generous on the set, very forthcoming, very present. wanted so much to be there with all of us and make this film that was a labor of love. he also is hilarious. and you know, when the cameras weren't rolling and we were just hanging out, he's a a wonderful guy. >> jimmy: i love seeing comedians do dramatic stuff. louis c.k. >> yes. >> jimmy: fantastic in "american hustle." i love seeing that. i can't do either. i'm neither funny nor a good actor. right in the middle there. this movie, tell everyone what it's about. kind of a cool -- >> yeah, the director, ari posen, his mother told him about this experience where she was -- her husband had passed away, and she was visiting the l.a. county museum of art. and a man walked past her who looked exactly like her husband who had been dead for about ten years. and she saw this man. and she was just flooded with feeling of just actually, she -- it felt very good to her. s

because i've got a a ton of coin riding on billy dee williams winning "dancing with the stars." [ laughter ] there you go. ♪ [ laughter ] [ cheers ] >> jimmy good about that guy. guys, my pal rob ford is back in the news. boy, this guy's so great for our monologues. he's just so great. i guess there's a new video of him at toronto city hall, and it looks like he might be working out, i guess. look at the video. this is great. that's him. yeah. [ laughter ] in fairness, he did think he was being chased by a dragon. so i mean, that's -- [ laughter ] you've got to give it to him there. check this out. starbucks is coming out with a a new tea inspired by oprah. in a related story, they're also coming out with a cup holder inspired by stedman. [ laughter ] want a sip? want a sip? >> steve: oh, no, you did not. >> jimmy: seems like they're always coming out with new apps for the iphone, but i'm not sure how useful some of them are. just heard about a new app that lets people in large cities reserve parking spots in advance. the way it works is you reserve the parking spot, then the other drivers don't care. [ laughter ] "oh, sorry, you reserved

president is booted. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: great job, arthur. [ light laughter ] i don't even know what dance that is. but billy dee williamsuld definitely steal that for his next move. ♪ [ laughter ] this is just weird. this week belgium wanted to give the u.s. embassy in brussels a gift. they want to give a gift to commemorate obama's visit. this is real. this is a gift. they decided on a life size cookie of president obama wearing a usa sweatshirt, and holding a basketball. [ laughter ] look at this thing. this is real. [ laughter and applause ] france gives us the statue of liberty. belgium gives us that. [ laughter ] it got even weirder when biden spent a half hour talking to it. he's like, "you seem quiet today. everything all right? [ laughter ] he seems flatter." some more political news. i heard that kentucky senator mitch mcconnell's new campaign ad mistakenly features a clip of duke's basketball team celebrating a win, instead of the university of kentucky. big mistake. i saw another one of his ads. seem like there were a bunch of mistakes. just take a look. see if you can find any of them. >> hi, i'm mitch mccon

don't ask him how to make billy dee williams a better dancer because -- ♪ [ applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: oh, my god. >> jimmyng to grow on me a little bit. i like it. yeah, yeah, yeah. it's so cool, yeah. and finally, do admire the pope's hat. don't tell him pharrell's hat is way cooler. [ applause ] i mean, he doesn't want to hear that. >> steve: why would you do that? >> jimmy: because it's larger. >> steve: no need. >> jimmy: of course the other big story is march madness. there were a ton of big upsets. everyone's bracket is ruined, right? yeah. i saw the answer this weekend. there are no winners in warren buffett's billion dollar march madness challenge. but on the bright side, warren's kids are speaking to him again. [ laughter ] you were going to leave all the money to some person who's a a good guesser? and not us? [ light laughter ] that makes sense. thanks, dad. >> steve: yeah. this is cool. this is my favorite ride. i heard that this year marked the 50th anniversary of disney's "it's a small world" ride. i love "it's a small world." yeah. they're actually making some changes to it, though. i heard

jimmy's on air numbers are going strong here. his online presence is off the charts. in march, his twitter, facebook and youtube videos which include paul rudd's singoff and brian williamss on fire here. >>> entourage star kevin connolly had an accident on set while throwing around a football with russell wilson. >> i don't know why that's funny. >> connolly athletically tripped over a sprinkler. unfunny part, he broke his leg when he tripped. >>> jennifer aniston is a favorite of the tabloid newspapers. she said she's not used to the attention, though. she called the paparazzi and tabloids toxic and jarring. >> she's never -- she's never embraced it. i don't know how you could, but -- >> so intense with her, especially in los angeles, the way they chase her around all the time. >> she's been engaged and pregnant, like, 50 times. >> it would seem so based on the covers. i'm richard lui, this is "early today." we hope it is your first stop of the day right here on nbc. [ male announcer ] let the rich robust flavor and irresistible aroma of nescafe clasico stir what's inside of you. ♪ [ engine revving ] [ tires screech ] ♪ [ male announcer ] that was bold. real bold. ♪ we

jimmy: i don't know what's going on. >> steve: whoa! ♪ [ laughter ] >> wait a minute. [ laughter ] ♪ thank you, billy dee williams, for making it throughapplause ] and showing me how my professors probably felt when i made it through another year of college. how is this happening? >> steve: he's still here. >> jimmy: how is this guy doing this? >> steve: beat the ice dancers. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: no, they're still in it, right? >> steve: they're still there? >> jimmy: sean avery. >> steve: oh. >> jimmy: he's not an ice dancer. >> steve: what is he? >> jimmy: he's a hockey player. >> steve: he's not an olympian, he's a professional athlete. >> jimmy: he's not an olympian. >> steve: i don't know. legalize it. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that doesn't make any sense. [ laughter ] ♪ thank you, clif bars, for sounding less like a healthy snack and more like a really dangerous place to get drunk. [ laughter ] there you guys have it. those are my thank-you notes. we'll be right back with january jones, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ truck! got a brand new truck i got a truck truck! i got a brand new truck ♪ ♪ than chocolate, it's an invitat

and though he says jimmy has provoked him to violence, the medication corey receives in jail has had a positive effect on his behavior. >> i doing medication time. >> williamiced a difference the first time he encountered corey in jail. >> when i came here, he told me he loved me and i almost had a heart attack. because that's not him. whenever a substance leaves your body, the real you comes out. >> in fact, their time inside the suffolk county jail gave all three siblings a chance to not only stay clean but to rebuild their lives. at the time of our visit, they all lived on different floors of the jail. but managed to maintain their bonds through letters. >> i have a card that i made for my sister. every year no matter where i am in the world, i always send her something for her birthday. nothing's going to stop me. >> my brother wrote me for my birthday. >> this is from lisa! ha ha! >> all that matters is where we are together and that we keep walking side by side. >> the card was so cute. thank you. i miss you and love you so much. >> that is the sweetest thing, hey? >> this is so cute, though. >> i love my brother. >> while in jail, melissa earned her

williams. buckle up for this one. this is a great one. here, check him out. ♪ ♪ [ cheering and applause ] >> steve: wow! >> jimmyow's new name, "dancing next to the stars." we have a great show tonight. give it up for the roots, everybody! [ cheering and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: we have a great show tonight. thank you for tuning in. but first, this is kind of fun. questlove, our very own questlove right there is going to be -- [ cheers ] he's going to be a dead body tomorrow night on "svu -- law and order." [ cheering and applause ] >> steve: oh! >> jimmy: i cannot wait. it airs tomorrow night, but also -- you were acting --you did the -- if you want to call it acting. [ laughter ] you were -- you know. you did a very good job. you did a great job. you did a great job laying there and sleeping. but then he came into work that day and i go, "what happened?" and he goes, "i was in 'law and order.'" and i said, "don't take the bullet hole out of your head." and so we just left it in your head and no one said anything. >> questlove: they didn't say anything. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: th

. >> williams was charged with and tried for only two murders -- nathaniel cater and jimmy payne, both of the chattahoochee river. cater's body was nude, but his hair was caked with mud. >> digging through that silt, i was able to recover dog hair and fibers that were close to his scalp. >> the dog hair was consistent with sheba, the wayne williams family dog. in cater's hair was one of those unusual green carpet fibers. under a microscope, peterson could see the boomerang shape just like those in the williams carpet. this is a piece of that actual carpet which the fbi's harold dedman said was quite rare. >> it's got an unusual carpet fiber. it was manufactured a limited amount of time. it was a ten-year-old carpet. >> on jimmy payne, the other victim, dedman found yellow rayon fibers stuck to his cotton shorts, fibers consistent with the blanket under wayne's bed. >> i personally took the cutting from the yellow blanket that was under the bed. >> this evidence slide contains the yellow blanket fibers that dedman clipped that night, magnified by our own video camera. but when larry pet

jimmy: here's some others. will the best actress winner cry? 100 to win 400 if she cries. >> i can make her cry. oh, yeah. yes, i can make somebody cry. >> will ferrell williamso win 700. >> what do you think about those big hats? >> bring a hat and super glue and see what happens. whether he likes it or not. >> and then he sits in the audience and someone behind him doesn't see the whole show. >> jimmy: will pink and bette midler perform a duet. >> i know. >> jimmy: this is guaranteed money. how often do you find yourself in a situation like this. tom ford would have gotten you a pocket. >> i need pockets in this thing. >> jimmy: i very much look forward to you at the oscars. >> i look forward to seeing your show after the oscars. it's always fantastic. i love kevin spacey. >> jimmy: watch ellen. and the oscars, live sunday march 2, 7:00 eastern, 4:00 pacific on abc. be right back with tom ford. there was a boy who traveled to a faraway place where villages floated on water and castles were houses dragons lurked, giants stood tall, and the good queen showed the boy it could all be real. avo: whatever you can imagine, all in one place. expedia, find yours. so

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