." >> aimed at young people and features former republican senator allen simpson, a rather spry allenimpson at that. >> stop instagraming your breakfast and tweeting your problems and getting on youtube so you can see gangnam style. ♪ >> gangnam style! >> ha-ha. >> shake what your mama gave you, allen. >> mercy me. mercy me. loving this. >> 81-year-old allen going

speaking of the star of this ad, allen simpson. allen simpson will be here. we are heading to him.t is for a little version of dc's thunder dome. we can try to get some answers on this tau -- on this debacle. and yes i might dance. i might. meanwhile rage from the guys making the machines. the national association is out with a new survey is with a sharp decline with optimism. jake timmons is the group's ceo. is this stuff, whatever you want to call it affecting their mood? >> how do i follow that last segment? >> i don't think you will see that from me. i tell you who is not dancing very much today. it is manufacturers. you are right. 89% at the beginning of the year had a positive outlook on their business. that's fallen every quarter down to 52% today. tort 3% of manufacturers -- 53% of manufacturers have fallen back on manufacturers. that's grim news for an economy that really needs to have some stimulus. >> but what is doing that? is it the fear that, look, washington might be in this impasse for awhile, or i always want to know my boss or company or another company, what are

allen simpson resorts to dancing "gangnam style" to make people interested about the debt. >> that'stty. >> we'll be right back. >>> i'm over. i'm done. >> let's go to the control room. >> we hear it's a strong -- >> what's your nickname? >> i know you know korean pop phenom and his song is one of your favorites. >> you should see my brother do this. >> you're not alone. it's youtube's most watched video. it even rubbed off on the debate over the national debt, specifically on 81-year-old senator allen simpson. >> stop instagramming your breakfast and getting on youtube until you can see "gangnam style." ♪ and start using those precious social media skills and go out and sign people up on this baby, three people a week. let it grow. take part or get taken apart. >> push, push. cowboy is riding. cowboy is riding. >> senator simpson filled in for can kicks back organization. it is made of young people. he's trying to pressure congress to fix the debt. >> that's not going to do the trick. >> senator simpson related it to riding his pony back in the home state of wyoming. >> seriously, i

in washington, danielle nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. >> reporter: former senator allen simpson said in an interview today, that a fiscal cliff compromise must include new revenue and spending cuts. >>> the sun makes a return and that helped fight off the chill a little bit. taking a live look outside. the sun has set. and there is the washington monument. it will be lit momentarily. so is winter really back after our near record warm weather? bob is in the first warning weather center, updating temperatures for us. bob? >> well, we've got clouds and milder temps. but no record-making temperatures headed our way. not going to see 70. maybe not until next spring. let's take a look at temps now. we've cooled down to 37. under high clouds that have moved in. 38 ocean city. 34 in oakland. tomorrow, and overnight tonight, clouds begin to move in. there may be a little rain in the afternoon or tomorrow night. low pressure passing to our west. but ahead of it, we'll get milder air. probably back up to 50. and maybe even into the low 50s. and even milder this weekend. but with the risk of so

this is allen simpson, as in the simpson in simpson/bowles. ♪ >> yep, that may be the most actions theiscal cliff saw today. here's the scene on capitol hill here at noon. yep, people leaving, members of congress leaving washington, heading home on a wednesday afternoon. one man standing was the house speaker and he says, i'm not going anywhere. >> i'll be here and i'll be available at any moment to sit down with the president to get serious about solving this problem. >> but, of course, it takes two to tango. where does president obama stand? >> we can probably solve this in about a week. it's not that tough. >> he's absolutely right about that. but we heard earlier this evening the president and speaker boehner did speak late today on the phone. that's good news. but in this case, we think we need facetime. they need to sit down face to face, pound it out, face to face breeds trust. even the democrats think the president needs to do a little more in-person work on this. >> the president is not somebody who -- he's prioritizing spending evenings with his family instead of going down a

." ♪ gangnam style >> normally i would say when former senator allen simpson does it, it probably meansnam style has officially jumped the shark. but i think the dancing can of soda next to it saves him. gives it a fresh twist. and there's more. >> start using those precious social media skills to go out and sign people up on this, baby, three people a week, let it grow and don't forget, take part or get taken apart. boy, these old coots will clean out the treasury before you get there. >> it's a video for a group called the can kicks back, a nonpartisan campaign by young people to fix the national debt. i think they're totally on to something with this video. i feel like any time you get to hear allen simpson say these old coots and talk about instagraming your breakfast, it not only screams fiscal responsibility and could be used in peace talks and quite possibly could cure the common cold. lest you think i'm exaggerating, take a look at how the video ends. >> the lasso again. and then the horseback. horse, horse, the cowboys ride,

. ♪ gangnam style >> normally i would say when former senator allen simpson means "gang nam style" --da saves it. gives it a fresh twist. and there's more. >> start using those precious social media skills to go out and sign people up on this, three people a week, let it grow. don't forget, take part or get taken apart. boy, these old coots will clean out the treasury before you get there. >> it's a video for a group called can kicks back, a bipartisan group by young people to fix the national debt. i feel like any time you get to hear allen simpson say these old coots and talk about instagraming your breakfast,

former republican senator allen simpson has a message, use the tools to sign up people for the can kicks back campaign to avoid the fiscal cliff and cut the national debt. the 81-year-old simpson went "gangnam style" to make his point. ♪ >> i have a bum knee. horse, horse. ride the horse. >> senator, thank you for that. and that's your morning dish of "scrambled politics." and now for a look at your national weather, let's turn to bill karins. he has your weather channel forecast. >> the best part is the underwater robot for a place that doesn't have water. >> maybe it's a pool. >> yes. >> and they need to inspect it. >> counter-terrorism measures in the backyard. you never know. good morning, everyone. getting out the door this morning, it's very cold up in new england. tell you what, the lack of snow is really becoming a slightly alarming especially if you have any interest in snowy weather recreation or skiing or ice skating or maybe you like to go snowmobiling. the northern half of the country is sparse. 7% of the country has snow cover. most of that is the high elevations in the roc

aimed at young people and features former republican senator allen simpson, a rather spry allen simpsongraming your breakfast and tweeting your problems and getting on youtube so you can see gangnam style. >> gangnam style! >> ha-ha. >> shake what your mama gave you, allen. >> mercy me. mercy me. loving this. >> 81-year-old allen going gangnam style. best empregs impression of psy. >> america at its finest. the campaign urges young people to use socialed me y to get people to sign a petition calling for a bipartisan solution to the nation's $16 trillion debt. i will give $100 if he just stops. stops. >> keep going. he dances better than me doesn't he? >> that's impressive, man. >> it is. >> how serious he is about the debt. get up and do gangnam style. >> serious point you have to inform yourself on what is going on. please do. >> no matter what be in the no. not that we could top that. coming up next, the prank that served as a weakup call to the hospital and the royal family. >> first lady of country music is showing everyone, terrible accent, right. showing everyone you are never too

. >>> 81-year-old former senator, allen simpson wants young people to get involved in reducing the nationalt, so he's going gangnam style to get his message across. >> stop instagraming your breakfast, and tweeting your first world problems. >> urging the younger generation to use their social media skills to push elected leaders to take action. he says take part, or these old coots will clean out the treasury before you get there. >>> a bay area blogger goes to the toilet after snapping a photo in a bathroom. >> a judge's ruling in the case oh, you have a keurig vue brewer? oh, it's great! now i can brew my coffee just the way i love it. how do you do that? well, inside the brewer, there's this train that's powerful enough to carry more coffee and fresh water to make coffee that's stronger and bigger... and even hotter! actually, i just press this button. brew the coffee you love -- stronger, bigger, or hotter -- with the keurig vue. >>> homeowners in the south bay and the santa cruz mountains are cleaning up from mother nature's wrath. pine hill road reopened today after being closed for

. >> allen simpson speaking out about going viral by going gingham style. >> first a look at the highemperatures around the country before we go to break. >> you remember the movie snakes on a plane? >> everybody is going to bet a bite. let's open our curtains and let me show you. >> well something like this just happened for real. someone took an egyptian cobra like this one on an air egypt flight earlier this week. it came lose and started slithering around the airplane forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing. they are cashing in on a benefit by hawking tickets on-line at inflated tick he wants it features billy joel bruce springsteen and others sold out in just minutes. now they are selling on stub hub for insane prices. try 3700 bucks for the nosebleed section. the face value $150 to $2,500. >> are you going to go? >> no. sounds great. >> lawmakers from all over the northeast are on the hills showing off images of the devastation left behind from super storm sandy. this as they ask for the federal government for more help in trying to pick up the pieces. mike emmanuel has a

that he's the guy in the can suit, dancing gang thisnam style with the cochair, former senator, allen simpsons group, the can kicks back, is working to get young people involved in fixing the debt crisis. >> we're trying to get our generation involved in a different way. we're using humor to get them to understand how this issue affects their lives. >> reporter: the grass roots want to sign up more than 2 million people to put pressure on both sides. in washington, danielle nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. >> now, former senator simpson said in know an interview this morning, that the deal must include new revenue and spending cuts. >>> time for a quick look at some of the stories you'll find in the baltimore sun. get information on do it yourself spaces for artists around baltimore. >>> the significance behind patches some of the navy players will be wearing saturday in their game against army. >>> and how the ravens plan to slow down rookie quarterback standout robert griffin iii in the beltway battle. for these stories and more, remember to look for the forecast, in wjz's first warning wea

. >>> 81-year-old former senator, allen simpson wants young people to get involved in reducing the nationalt, so he's going gangnam style to get his message across. >> stop instagraming your breakfast, and tweeting your first world problems. >> urging the younger generation to use their social media skills to push elected leaders to take action. he says take part, or these old coots will clean out the treasury before you get there. >>> a bay area blogger goes to the toilet after snapping a photo in a bathroom. >> a judge's ruling in the case of privacy, vs. first amendment rights. >> we're going to explain how nesting birds have created a $5 million problem for bart. -what's up? i'm chris. -and i'm erik. both: we're the fruit guys! back in 1998, we had this idea to deliver fresh fruit to offices in downtown san francisco. we built these wooden crates, filled these with fruit in my one-bedroom apartment. the fruit guys has been with bank of america since they first started. we work with them to help them grow and succeed. we're coming up on 50 employees and delivering to thousands of compani

even one of the leading gop voices, former senator allen simpson, has released a video that has pretty much everyone scratching their heads. >> stop instagraming your breakfast and tweeting your first world problems and getting on youtube so you can see gangam style. ♪ and don't forget, take part or get taken apart. these old cook cans will try to get you out before you get there. >> horse, horse. get them ready. the cowboys ride. the cowboys ride. >> i'm not quite sure what that has to do with the debt talks or the republican position on taxes. maybe another prominent conservative can help me understand what the gop is thinking. >> any word from karl rove? >> he's been telling you it's over. romney lost. >> dammit, i gets it's time i explain to these good people about the fiscal cliff. think of the economy as the car and the rich man as the driver. if you don't give the driver all the money, he'll drive you over a cliff. it's just commonsense. >> finally someone on the right willing to tell the truth. but here's the thing. this time it doesn't matter if mr. burns, speaker boehner, or

so much so that he's the guy in the suit, dancing gangnam style with former senator allen simpson. >> i'm keeping up on this baby. >> reporter: his group, the cankicksback is working with young people to try to solve the debt crisis. >> we're using humor to hook them in and get them to learn about this issue and how it affects their lives. >> reporter: the grassroots campaign wants to sign up more than 2 million people to put pressure on both sides. in washington, daj noting -- danielle nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. >> they said a fiscal cliff compromise must include new revenue and spending cuts. he calls it stupidity for the republicans to speculate which party has more to lose if they don't reach a deal. >>> let's take a live look outside. look at that sunset. sunny, wubrisk. -- but brisk. bob is here with updated numbers. >> you bet. beautiful shot. sun is going down about 5 minutes from now. say goodbye. it will take a while. take a look at temps. just a few high clouds at 40 degrees. 44 in d.c. remember, monday and tuesday, we got up to 70. 34 now in oakland. 41, ocean city.

. >> former senator allen simple -- simpson said the deal must include new revenue and spending cuts. he called it stupidity to speculate on which party has more to lose. >>> across the pond in london the duchess of cambridge was discharged from the hospital this morning. she is pregnant and was hospitalized because she's been experiencing acute morning sickness. she was smiling this morning. kate is now back home in the palace for some more rest and said she's feeling much better. she said to not be yet 12 weeks pregnant and no due date has been announced. >>> cooler temperatures are making their way back into our area. taking a live look outside. another sunny day with some clouds hanging around. will it get cooler through out the day? meteorologist tim williams is in the first warning weather center with the latest. >> good afternoon. funny that you ask. yesterday we did start at our warmest temperatures just after midnight and it did get cooler. today, things have -- the ship has road . temperatures are in the 30s. 38 bwi 39 elkin, 36 hagerstown, 32 oak land 41 in dc and ocean cit

that is allen simpson. >> brian: right. you can't reign in entitlements. dance about it.collecting disability. how easy can it be? you are about to find out. >> today in washington president obama met with leaders of the indian tribe. they gave him a name running deficit. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] campbell's green bean casserole. it's amazing what soup can do we believe the more you know, the better you trade. so we have ongoing webinars and interactive learning, plus, in-branch seminars at over 500 locations, where our dedicated support teams help you know more so your money can do more. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. our teams have the information you want when you need it. it's anothereason more investors are saying... [ all ] i'm with scottrade. neural speeds increasing to 4g lte. brain upgrading to a quad-core processor. predictive intelligence with google now complete. introducing droid dna by htc. it's not an upgrade to your phone. it's an upgrade to yourself. >> gretchen: big fox news alert for you. you are looking at brad new vide

. >>> 81-year-old former senator allen simpson wants young people to get involved in reducing the national debt. so he's appearing in a youtube video called "the can kicks back." >> stop instagramming your breakfast and tweeting your problems and getting on youtube toe you -- so you can see gang new hampshire style. ♪ >> yeah, there -- gang nam style. >> yeah, there is he. he says take before or the cold coots will take over before you get there. >>> grady allen died tuesday of cardiac arrest at the able of 66 and before the game, roger goodell will speak at a fan forum in oakland in the oracle arena. about 150 raiders' season ticketholders were selected to take part. the game will commemorate 50 years of the nfl. this afternoon, the san francisco 49ers. and coming up, the signing ceremony to mark the special occasion. >>> we have an update on the name of the woman bicyclist shot and killed in berkeley. this is a story we told you about live. police say 50-year-old pamela mullins was shot around 11:30 tuesday night t happened right next to longfellow middle school on sacramento streets. we

. >> did you see allen simpson doing the gangnum dance. >> stephanie: wow. >> it's actually very funny say so. kids, guess what jacki schechner is come doing d.c. with us. [ applause ] >> yay! >> and she will fit in the overhead department. >> stephanie: she will with all of the brain fluid leaking. all four sexy liberals and huge celebrity guest on panel. >> huge! >> it is d.c. after all. >> stephanie: yes. >> there are lots of celebrities there. >> stephanie: uh-huh. john is coming i am a tall bald african american man like van jones. squee! i quickly accessed ticketmaster damn the fees purchased two balcony tickets for january 19th. as an african american male who could be at van jones' family reunion as an almost twin, can i be with you? signed another african american man who wishes he could you. [ applause ] >> oh. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: so we have a lot to get to today. it's all happy clappy news today. >> it is. >> stephanie: and jim demint bye-bye. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> double your pleasure double your fun. >> jim de-mint. >> stephanie: all right. and we may hear

listen to what allen simpson, former commissioner, he's angry at tim geithner, other democrats for suggestingr the fiscal cliff if the republicans don't budge. listen to this. >> when you have leaders of parties and people from the administration saying i think it would be to the advantage of the democrats to go off the cliff, or i think it would be advantage for the republicans to go off the cliff or the president to go off the cliff, that's like betting your country. there's stupidity involved in that. >> he's not happy with some of these statements coming from democrats. >> that's probably misplaced anger. the democrats have been very clear not just over the last two weeks but the last two years, unless they extend the bush tax cuts for 98% of americans, the democrats will not budge one inch. so the 2%, the top 2% will have to pay a much higher rate. the democrats have been very consistent. >> do you think they have been? >> right now all over the country people who are unemployed and unemployed for more than 25 weeks are getting robo calls warning them their benefits will end on december

campaign to fix the debt which is one of the organizations you write in your piece tww former senator allen simpsontop instagramming your breakfast and getting on youtube so you can see gangnam style and start using those precious social media skills to go out and sign people up on this, three people a week, let it grow and don't forget take part or get taken apart. these old coats will clean out the treasury before you get there. guest: i have read about him n. washington it's better -- i've never seen a senator do the dance quite like that. host: the campaign to fix the debt has grown to 80 employees with 22 state offices and 2500 small businesses that have joined this campaign. guest: it's strat fear i can. i don't think i've seen the level because it's c.e.o. led so it's gotten a bunch of buzz. both chambers wants to meet with them and the white house wants to meet with them and it's created an interesting wrink toll see if they move on the other issues or if this is such a big one they feel they need to weigh in on it. host: why is aarp influencing the governor good but drover nor quist is twe

i have known allen and simpson for just over 50 years. i grew up in wyoming. i heard all the stories and i was a kid and then i tried to do them myself. he helped me out of that. i worked 18 years. press secretary in the chief of staff, responsible for all mistakes. [laughter] when he went to retire and went harvard, i went to the smithsonian and those in charge of government. my wonderful wife, rebecca, who was right here, i'm telling you, i could not have been without her. she researched and put up the media before:00 in the morning and is amazing. so we were tired, when overseas and did a bunch of work for charities and children and blind people on the purse and came back and ended up on a sailboat. one day in 2005 the phone connected to some island to our. it rained. it was al simpson. he said, these guys want to write the story of my life. they don't know me as well as you do. would you like to take a shot at it. asset -- it was a good life. just a second. i'm having trouble getting the court out of this bottle of chardonnay. but i did. why would i do tha

i will talk to allen deder >> allen has represented some of america's most reviled defendants like clause van beule low and o.j. simpsonthe case of the connecticut shooting the gunman is dead. there will be no trial. but i asked the professor had the gunman lived how old he defend someone responsible for one of america's most heinous crimes. >> it's the call every good lawyer dreads generally happens a judge will call you and say you are a respected lawyer, the system requires this man be vigorously defended you have the job of defending him. you have to do your very best. my daughter-in-law is an emergency doctor at is an emergency doctor at columbia presbyterian hospital. they wheel people into her who are terrible, terrible human beings she has to make them better the system requires that. in that caa case like this you look into his mental background you see if there's a plausible claim of mental illness. you know if he goes to jail he will be killed in jail. the worst treatment are given to people who killed young children understandably so, and so it is always going to be a life and death matter even if he is fac

simpson-bowles. >> that was the commission working to reduce the deficit. there's your commission chairman. whatever gets folks' attention, right? the work not in vain. there's your chairman. looking good, allenak it down. looks good in everything. >>> you know those dog owners who swear that fido really genuinely is pretty smart. >> let's not offend all of the dog owners. they are smart. >> look at this. some proof here. experts are teaching dogs how to drive. they say it took only eight weeks for the canines to master the basics. >> it's part of an animal welfare campaign in new zealand to show you intelligent dogs are. the drivers are all rescue dogs that may have been doomed otherwise. and i think they might be doomed behind the wheel of a car. >> you want to put your life in fido's hands, you go right ahead, folks. >>> for some of you, your local news is coming up next. >>> for some of you, your local news is coming up next. don't go far. i want answers! ♪ oh. right. kay. [ female announcer ] it's true, every kiss does begin with kay. introducing shades of wonder, featuring rare, natural color diamonds from australia. at kay, the number-one jewelry store in america. ohhhh. right. ♪ every