that from james carville. >>> alec baldwin. man we love, perhaps america's finest comedic actor, can i say that? the "30 rock" star, we're not going to talk about that show even though it was on last night, we're talking about a commercial he was on. if you live in the northeast, you know about wegman's groceries, it's beloved throughout the area. and alec's mom loves it. he agreed to do some holiday commercials. now keep in mind this isn't like funny or -- ironic, earnest grocery store commercial from alec baldwin. >> wegmans brings delicious to the season with our bakery fresh cakes and pies. enjoy home made taste with a variety for all your family gatherings. well, i don't want to bother my mother with choosing, so let's have one of each. >> let wegmans help you sweeten the season. >> low prices, incredible service, best ingredients, healthful meals, and friendly, caring people who make you feel like family. what an amazing experience. >> every day you get our best. >> i love that. he did it for his mom. >>> still ahead on "

alec baldwin running for congress. you said a spokesman says he was interested in politics, but now is not the time? i would like a spokesman. >> think about it, with that idea this is a great piece for that spokesman. >> that's true. >> it is like, oh, i can handle this one. >> not to be a spokesman, but to have a spokesman. >> i can be your spokesman. >> not a good idea. >> i would like to be your spokesman. >> not gonna happen. >> i will be your father figure. >> if he runs for the party ticket -- >> yeah, the party ticket. do you think it was a publicity stunt? >> you nailed it. >> that's twice. >> also, when you say you and alec would stand around talking about eating way too much food and chicks there was a comma after food, right? >> terrible. >> gu wanted to check -- just wanted to check. it wasn't clear. my job is to clear things up. >> remy you can't understand the fas nags of -- understand the -- >> well, he is a great actor, but i don't know if it qualifies him. >> it qualifies danny frank. >> bill, daniel

this is alec baldwin's district on long island.shop, long-time democratic congressman there is in a fight with randy altschuler it is going to recount, so, kind of open there. what happens next is kind of unclear. stla lot of interest in alec baldwin, of course, he has expressed interest in politics over the years. it all seems kind of vapor rouse, the idea he would jump into this. you are saying he is reportedly interested. i'm seeing a bunch of blog postings here and there citing msnbc saying sources close to baldwin saying he is interested in doing. this y'all may know better than i do but not seeing a whole lot of credible evidence this is going to happen necessarily. >> let's say hype threatically the republican wins and hypothetically, baldwin throws his hat in the ring. hypothetically what would be the pros and cons of his run? >> you have to think what would be the pros and cons for him? he is a very successful actor on a hot streak right now i think it is one thing to say you are interested in politics, would you like to b

hey, there you go, alec, for you skiers out there in colorado.ming and montana, early season powder as we head through the early days of this week. >> consider it my christmas gift. thank you very much. >>> three men lost in the gulf of mexico friday night are now back home with their families after being rescued. a florida fish and wildlife officer found the men clinging to their overturned boat yesterday 25 miles offshore. they were left hungry, thirsty and bruised but otherwise they're in good shape. >>> thousands of bernie madoff's possessions hit the auction block in new york. the ponzi's diamond engagement ring went for the highest price. all the items including furniture, shoes, mon grammed underwear, i kid you not, came from his new york and long island properties. some bidders were there for specific items while others wanted a piece of history. >> i tend to go for the art deco pieces that mrs. madoff was very much a fan of. >> it's something of personal interest to come and make a bid and see if i can get something unique. >> u.s. marsh

market strategist alec young says many multinational companies rely on china to offset slower growth in the u.s. and elsewhere. >> china is now the world's second largest economy. it's growing at 10% a year. so, by far the biggest driver of the global economic engine. and the s&p 500 is now deriving close to half its sales overseas-- one of the fastest growing pieces of that pie is china. >> reporter: the worries about china come as little progress was made at the meeting of the group of 20 nations in seoul south korea. president obama hoped to pressure china to let the value of its currency rise: >> china spends enormous amounts of money intervening in the market to keep it undervalued. wolfgang coaster koester-- head of the risk management firm fireapps. >> right now, there is just a here with no real direction of how to solve it. >> reporter: that leaves u.s.neg 15%. strategist stephen wood thinks stocks will end the year near current levels. >> we're pretty comfortable for where the markets are right now. they are a little bit above our forecasts. earnings look good. corporate am

and i've worked with the president of the naacp to ask the people of the hunters point area to come alec to the redevelopment. they finally agreed to come under the redevelopment, and right now, we have the last ship yard out there, and i thank the board of supervisors for passing that measure, and i would like to be around to see that be done. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you, commissioner. colleagues, any questions? supervisor mar. supervisor mar: i wanted to thank you for your leadership not just within the labor movement and the international longshoremen and lieberman unit for over 64 years, but also, your effort to fight against displacement of low-income people throughout the city, and i wanted to say that i respect and appreciate that history, but also, i know you are a great father, grandfather and great- grandfather as well and an icon in our city, so thank you for your service. >> thank you. supervisor campos: i, too, want to thank you for your service and the fact that you continue to be interested in serving the city and county. i think that continuity is important, e

leading investigative journalist in moscow police say that they called the sun newspaper reporter alec close links to his word. between moscow and talk here over president dmitry medvedev stole to russia's far east korea on its boise's it has eased as japan's ambassador returns to most unexpected after he was recalled while japan lays claim to they on ns russia says that ownership is beyond dispute and promises more investment in the region. up next we'll hear from both who were liberated from nazi death camps by soviet troops in the spring of nineteen forty five. pissed off. pitch. in the spring like many others in europe looks cherries and nightingales. but those who fold their way across the continent liberating town after town and village after village remember it differently than one thousand. cherries on the women seemed to be just full. of people and sheep stumped by nate and a russian officer came to the tonight he started a syrian he said you're a life v.a. but there was a dead bodies only before we found you next menashe the body. locum did separates us including soviet soldi

journalists must be found and punished as president to me also one of russia's top investigative reporters alec was savagely beaten me and his home and remains in a coma. in britain demonstrators have been demanding convictions for police officers responsible for fatalities in custody with none so far i've found to be able to have killing this point to death rate a one a week. and it's never too late that's what the russian of mine must be thinking after fathering a baby son of the age of eighteen knowing how to raise from southern russia is one of the all those dogs ever to a new born but he has an experience hans the person who'd already having fathered his other son at the age of seventy three. thanks to explore everything about russian bred as modern entries hates the capitals bakeries and i'm going to tame and try moscow out. there's a famous person probably i don't see a full if you haven't tested right of the centuries it's been one of the key finches also of russian diets and from the russian dog ride bred to the popular drink class that's what we'll be exploring on this weeks moscow ou

so alec baldwin agreed to do -- remember this is totally serious, a commercial for wegman's. watch. >> wegman's brings delicious to the season with our bakery fresh cakes an pies. enjoy home made taste with a variety for all your family gatherings. >> i don't want to bother my mother with choosing. let's have one of each. low prices, incredible service, best ingredients, help with meals and friendly caring people who make you feel like family. what an amazing experience. >> every day you get our best. >> is it serious? >> there you go, alec baldwin for wegman's. >> what a nice thing to do for his mom. >> he was on letterman recently and asked his mom to move west. she said i'm not moving west, they don't have wegmans there. wegmans heard about it and got him to do the ad. there you go. >> that's great. >>> still ahead, vice president joe biden right here on "morning joe" in washington with you guys. we'll be right back with sam stein from the "huffinigton post." [ male announcer ] humana and walmart are teaming up to bring you a low-price medicare prescription drug plan calle

last year steven martin and alec baldwin shared duties. they were terrible. on who is in the running this year. >>> and another big honor for tina fey award the mark twain prize by the john f. kennedy center for the performing arts. it goes to the artist who made significant contributions to the world of american comedy and she will be honored tonight at kennedy center. jennifer hud op and betty white are a few of those expected to perform. >>> coming up new at 6, making the move from military life to civilian world can be tough especially when it comes to finding a job. we will go to a career fair that gave special attention to the men and women who served our country. >>> plus, we have heard about complication that is can spring from obesity like diabetes and hypertension and rue se -- reserves shows problems facing obese teens. those stories and more at 6 and now preview of world news at 6:30. >>> coming on world news, pastors with a secret. a crisis at the center of their soul. it's probably not what you might think. what is the secret the answer tonight

okay, as i said, my name is alec, i'm on truck 11. let's go into some light search and rescue. before you start, what do you do? stop, look, listen and think. any time you pull up to an incident or you see something, you take a breath, assess the situation, use all your senses and think about what you are going to do. those are all components of what we call the size-up. there are many components to size up. what's one of the components to size up? gathering facts. you want to assess the type of damage there is. what kind of situation is it? what is the issue? is it a medical problem? if it's a medical, is it a big hurt or a little hurt? is it a rescue situation and if it's a fire, do you have the resources to control or extinguish that fire? how about your situation, do you have all your people? do you have all the resources that you need? have you collected all the material that you need if you are going to start doing a lifting exercise because someone is trapped? because you never start a rescue, you never start a lifting exercise, never start anything, unless you know you

we patrol the surrounding forests the folly here is quite diverse you can spot alec spears slinks and sables in winter he can hunt moves but chasing them on skis as for bears they can only be hunted in their dance in winter the rangers spend a month at a time in the thick of the forest and in order to survive while they're there hunting for food has become part of their daily routine. no bears this time but there was certainly no shortage of birds. come in urban people are just not suited to all this it takes no one animals habits and being a good child to be successful hunter well i'm no good at either of those so i tried my hand at fishing instead it didn't take us very long to experience the extreme conditions the siberian wilderness throws your way but if you know how to work with nature and to work hard at your survival you'll find that it has plenty to offer. we kind of business news with you it is coming your way in just a few moments. for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. in some petersburg don't use available

is nothing short of disturbing, but the inside part is very funny, and somehow, he got blurbs from alecdwin and ken burn, which, that can't be the real ken burn, can it? can it? maybe it can, i don't know. buy that, adam needs money. you know, our first guest tonight from the movies 'crash,' '2012,' and 'mission: impossible 2' among others. her latest is called 'for colored girls' but they say anyone can buy a ticket to it. if they want. it opens friday, please say hello to thandie newton. how are you? >> oh, you have your microphone. >> jimmy: you know that happens a lot. women will come out and put on their own microphone. i think because they don't want dirty microphone guys touching your body. >> you're absolutely right. i would never have a dirty microphone man anywhere near me. >> jimmy: ho are you? >> very well. it's a wonderful year to be here. >> because of halloween? >> yes. i had a wonderful halloween because we don't celebrate in england? >> jimmy: why don't you? the queen ruled against it? >> i think people are paranoid with children going to stranger's home and getting can

programming note to pass along this morning i'm very special guest join is us here in the studio, caps star aleco talk hockey and talk about his new dvd is that is just out. you won't want to miss this. >> that is fantastic. that is great. >> cool. >> some positive sports news to talk about this morning. we'll be talking plenty about the other. >> nice to refocus at that point. >> rainy outside and also foggy. >> got some fog out there. you want to be aware of that. the rain will slow your commute a bit. we'll deal with rain through the day and i think fog through part of the morning as well. you are wondering where the rain is right now. it is likely over your house, over your head. there it is. rain showers across the area. it is broken up a little bit here in the district itself. rain showers generally scattered through the region. a little spot of heavy rain down to our south here. that is well south of dale city. some lain showers inside the beltway, outside the beltway, reston. it is raining out towards front royal, a little bit towards severna park, very light rain. as the day progresses,

he shows up on a tv screen reporting on a story as alec baldwin's character watches. >> making politicalut of the wheat field that is the nbc cable town merger -- who wrote this? jared, honestly. amping up the rhetoric in a dead race. >> since we seem to be on a role i would love to be on "30 rock" but i don't want to play myself. i would like to play, i'm thinking liz lemon's trouble making sister? ♪ it's beginning to look at lot like christmas ♪ you have to sing it. you can't say it. here is the rockefeller center christmas tree, 74 feet tall, weighs 12 tons. the tree comes from new york state. the lighting ceremony takes place november 30th. i opened the office window and said it is beginning to smell a lot like christmas. >>> another twist with the russian spies caught in the united states over the summer. it involves a double agent and a moscow hit team. >>> want to be a gladiator? and who doesn't. a businessman just opened up a gladiator school in the small turkish town of serek. this guys get to wear costumes and body armor and hems. they use real swords presumably they are not fi

. >> good morning to you, alec. how are you in. >> i'm well, thanks. i hope you are too. what is the overall sense in the white house of the way forward. believe now it's essentially to press a reset button, to take a look at what happened in the midterm elections and see what the message was that voters sent to democrats, to washington a, and to take advantage of what they saw and what that means in the short term is compromising on this bush era tax cut issue. i think you're likely to see a compromise from the white house during that lame duck session. that's in the short term. beyond that, i think the white house will look to reach out to republicans on a range of issues. we saw the president in his youtube address talk about earmark reform, i think the president will also see compromise, republicans reaching out to him as it relates to foreign policy, certainly as it relates to thepolicy in after smoog what about those in the middle, shall we say? because "the washington post" says the white house officials are concerned with the independent vote. here's why. in 2008

>> i learned our friend alec baldwin enjoys a really good wegman's holiday pie and who doesn't? >> i love it. >>> and mika, you have a big event tonight. >> we're doing an event to raise money for the carpenter shelter which is a great, great, great organization here in d.c., helping people restart their lives. >> all right. very good. eig willie, if it's way too early, what time is it? >> it's "morning joe." have a great weekend, everybody. stick around for "the daily rundown." >>> summit fever, the president in portugal for another round of back-to-back meetings with world leaders. chuck is there live. >>> on the nato agenda, the afghanistan handover timeline, but this as the fighting appears to be intensifying. we're live in afghanistan. >>> and a hollywood murder history, who killed a famed public li publicist as she drove through beverly hills, police say she was targeted. we'll bring you the latest. >>> good morning, everyone, i'm savannah guthrie, let's get right to "daily rundown." president obama globe trotting for the nato summit where he'll face tough questions about

i'm glad alec baldwin isn't here. my reputation is bad enough i don't want him following me around.he has a reputation of being a left wing entertainer which she is. no doubt about it? >> sure. >> bill: she's are the people that always are honored. first of all, and if dennis miller gets a kennedy center award then i will say -- >> bill, are you saying you want a dinner? do you want to have a dinner? >> bill: i want a cable guy to get an award. >> i will give you dinner. >> bill: i don't want anything. larry the cable guy or foxworthy. they never get on there. it's always tina fey. >> poor conservatives? oh, you poor little conservatives never get honored. so sorry. >> left wingers dominate the entertainment. >> bill: how do you know the kennedy center is dominated by the far left. >> the kennedy center i don't know. entertainment far left actors and -- >> come on. >> bill: fox news never gets dom nominated for anything. you worked for us from the jump. are we that bad? >> i don't follow these award things. >> bill: ha ha ha, talk about dodging a good question, colmes. why don't you

i'm going to go to you, alec, on this question. what's the problem? to your larger point here i think that we've really lost part of our principle civilian control in military, doesn't matter you look at congress the courts -- >> supervise so that out in the marines, say something out on the public record. >> you are right, congress has the power to raise and support army prmts major iity of the people. >> it seems that they're hiding behind. i understand your passion, you served your country. i wasn't over there. you did. let me ask you this, why are they hanging their hat? >> you see the reports leaked that's not good enough. they want hearings now on the report and they want to make sure they they run out of clock and run out the clock this year. next year it's a rng congress. you say politics is something that you get into a lot harder for a republican congress to do it. what do you think? you first. >> it's not about whether a mission -- >> why don't they do it? >> it doesn't matter whether it's considered difficult or hard, it's a matter of doin

i loved working with meryl streep, alec baldwin, nancy the director, nancy meyers. when i walked on the set, i hadn't worked in a couple years, i was stepping over these cables and walking on the backs of these sets looking at things holding them up and i thought "home." >> rose: home. >> yeah. and i've been doing movie my whole life and it was a strange feeling of boy do i know this. and i finally after all these years i felt i'm really comfortable here. it's a strangely hard life, too. people go "oh, please." but it's a very long commitment when you're older you don't really want to go live in a foreign country for three months. >> rose: but are you saying that's home but in a sense it's a place that you visit, it's not a place that you live? >> no, i like doing it. when i did "the big year" it was great. it was really great doing those scenes. jack black and owen wilson, really fine actors. >> rose: this is about bird watching. >> yeah. >> rose: how did this come into being? >> i was offered the role. >> rose: that's it. >> yeah. >> rose: you're an actor for hire

>> reporter: good morning, alec. no doubt the fighting has ramped up with the troop search in place here in afghanistan. the fighting is particularly strong in the south and east of the country, these are the areas that border pakistan where the militants have a safe haven going in and out of the borders. right now a big focus is on the south in kandahar and heldman province. record amounts of night raids and bombs. they said night raids have increased six fold. air strikes have doubled in the last few months. that has not come without a cost. this year has also been a record year for nato deaths in the war in afghanistan since it began in 2001. and although civilian casualties are down by 8%, there are still over 400 innocent afghans that have been killed or wounded because of the fight. as you mentioned earlier, right now there's a summit going on in lisbon about a transition of power. president obama stating that he wants to start transitioning some of the power to the afghan forces by july of 2011 hoping to finis

watch our interview with the state department's senior adviser for innovation, alec ross. he describes how new technologies are aiding foreign policy. and on the "rundown," view never-before-seen photos of president john f. kennedy as published on "life" magazine's web site. we interviewed the director of photography for "life" for the back story of the images. plus, jeff talks to "new yorker" music critic about his new book of essays, "listen to this," which examines popular perceptions of classical music. that's on "art beat." all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. jeff. >> brown: and that's the newshour for tonight. on monday, we'll look at the agenda for congress's lame duck session. i'm jeffrey brown. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. "washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you online, and again here monday evening. have a nice weekend. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made

a bunch of smart alec young political operatives thought they had the right to tell this candidate, being the candidate for vice-president -- these young yale graduates have the right to tell them what to say, and damned if she did not go rogue and say whathe had to say. i'm smart enough to be my own person and say wi

a bunc of smart alec young political operatives thought they had the right to tell this candidate, being the candidate for vice-president -- these young yale graduates have the right to tell them what to say, and damned if she did not go rogue and say what she had to say. i'm smart enough to be my own person and say what i have to say -- they call it going rogue, we call it being real. host: who is a more viable presidential candidate, sarah palin or marco rubio? guest: the voters have to decide that. marco rubio is so excited about the privilege and the duty that has been given him, being senator of florida. have left the politicians for years. i have seen people and their first race for city council and they start planning their presidential race. marco rubio said, look, the peoplef florida give me a good opportunity and trust and i am staying focused on that. i thought that s extremely mature on his part. he exhibits a level of maturity and responsibility and tha one does not often find any people who seek public office. i'm really excited about him. host: independent line. jack, you

a bunch of smart alec young political operatives thought they had the right to tell this candidate, being the candidate for vice-president -- these young yale graduates have the right to tell them what to say, and damned if she did not go rogue and say what she had to say. i'm smart enough to be my own person and say what i have to say -- they call it going rogue, we call it being real. host: who is a more viable presidential candidate, sarah palin or marco rubio? guest: the voters have to decide that. marco rubio is so excited about the privilege and the duty that has been given him, being senator of florida. i have left the politicians for years. i have seen people and their first race for city council and they start planning their presidential race. marco rubio said, look, the people of florida give me a good opportunity and trust and i am staying focused on that. i thought that was extremely mature on his part. he exhibits a level of maturity and responsibility and that one does not often find any people who seek public office. i'm really excited about him. host: independent line. jac

today we celebrate impact aid for advancing education alec which the and recognize that we still have much to do to give all our children a truly world class education. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in support of house resolution 1641 which celebrates the september 30 as the 60th anniversary of impact aid. the impact aid program, a now title 8 of the elementary and secondary education act of 1965, supports local school districts with concentrations of children who reside on military bases, indian lands, low rent housing units and other federal properties. signed into law in 1950, the program is an invaluable resource for local school districts across the united states that have lands within their boundaries that are owned by the federal government who have been removed from th

a bunch of smart alec young political operatives thought they had the right to tell this candidate, being the candidate for vice-president -- these young yale graduates have the right to tell them what to say, and damned if she did not go rogue and say what she had to say. i'm smart enough to be my own person and say what i have to say -- they call it going rogue, we call it being real. host: who is a more viable presidential candidate, sarah palin or marco rubio? guest: the voters have to decide that. marco rubio is so excited about the privilege and the duty that has been given him, being senator of florida. i have left the politicians for years. i have seen people and their first race for city council and they start planning their presidential race. marco rubio said, look, the people of florida give me a good opportunity and trust and i am staying focused on that. i thought that was extremely mature on his part. he exhibits a levelf maturity and responsibility and that one does not often find any people who seek public office. i'm really excited about him. host: independent line. jack,

possible should be taken to satisfy ourselves, the public, and our allies that if any wrongdoing is alec -- is alleged, it is fully investigated, that any evidence is gathered and passed on, and that it is dealt with to conclusion. that is why the previous attorney-general referred two cases where concerns had been raised to the police for investigation, and that is why we look forward to the judge-led inquiry into allegations of complicity in torture now that the civil cases are settled. can the gentleman confirm that the police will be of a conclude their investigations before the judge-led inquiry begins? obviously the house is not been privy to the details of the settlements and the negotiations, but the honorable gentleman would know that there are legitimate questions about the settlements that the government has come to, that means that these 16 cases will no longer be resolved individually in the courts. we understand that the government has had to consider this in the light of the ruling by the court of appeal in may. can the secretary of state confirm to the house that the sett