. ♪ i am america ♪ one voice united we stand ♪ i am america ♪ one voice [cheers and applause] >> stephenomething about that guy just seems cool. [ laughter ] [coughing] i can't put my finger on it though. [ laughter ] of course, the bed wetters in the nerd patrol don't get it. >> it means disaster. i don't understand this at all. i don't understand why the campaign manager is in a commercial. i don't understand the cigarette. i don't understand the music. i don't the understand the logic behind this. this makes no sense whatsoever. you talk about shooting yourself in the foot. >> stephen: that's stupid, he's not shooting himself in the foot. he's shooting himself in the lungs. [ laughter ] this is sending the strong message that herman cain doesn't just want to be president of the united states, he wants to be the president of flavor country. [ laughter ] but fox news host and alfred hitchcock love interest megyn kelly proved she gets it when she talked to the guy in the ad. >> were you trying to appeal to folks who are out there living real lives-- working the farm, working in detroit,

. ♪ i am america one voice united we stand ♪ ♪ i am america one voice ♪ >>> okay.newest campaign ad featuring his campaign manager mark block lighting up in a new web campaign ad that has everyone talking today. we'll find out if the cigarette strategy works in iowa in january. meanwhile the cain campaign is launching a new ad in all 50 states beginning today. >> 9-9-9 means jobs, jobs, jobs, and uprising has me leading this hour. but i need you. donate $9 or $999. every gift counts. >> we'll check in with his campaign ahead. >>> joe the plummer, remember him? the entry into the race in the ninth congressional district was met with this response from congresswoman's office, his name is not joe. he's not a plumber and we're not sure what district he lives in. other than that he's the perfect candidate. joe legally worked as a plumber after leaving the air force. joe will make his intentions for 2012 official coming up tonight. >>> on a different thoet for you this morning, police are warning that a serial rapist may be targeting sorority women in texas. take a look

i am america one voice united we stand i am america >> look like he owns an adult bookstore. >> this > vote for herman cain. he will unite americans like no other politician can. i am america one voice united we stand >> no, the best part is the eight seconds it takes for herman cain to smile. oh, yeah. >> we are going to get a guy, smoke a cigarette and say watch politics. >> we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] to the 5:00 a.m. scholar. the two trains and a bus rider. the "i'll sleep when it's done" academic. for 80 years, we've been inspired by you. and we've been honored to walk with you to help you get where you want to be. ♪ because your moment is now. let nothing stand in your way. learn more at keller.edu. and here's what we did today: supported nearly 3 million steady jobs across our country... ... scientists, technicians, engineers, machinists... ... adding nearly 400 billion dollars to our economy... we're at work providing power to almost a quarter of our homes and businesses... ... and giving us cleaner rides to work and school... and tomorrow, we could do even more. c

♪ i am america ♪ one voice, united we stand ♪ i am america, one voice, united we stand ♪ >> i'm hermanarettes, and if that doesn't make me crazy, check out this smile. yeah, 9-9-9. >> i think colbert figured that smile takes eight seconds, which is a long time in television for the full smile to reveal itself. tad, this is just mano for the obama white house watching these stranger videos. >> it is. herman cain is leading in both polls this week, ahead of romney. the guy is a sensation, the problem is, he can't be taken seriously for the president of the united states if he's going to operate a campaign like this and if he's not going to run real campaigns in places like iowa and new hampshire. it's amusing, entertaining, ultimately, this is a race between perry and romney, and i think herman cain is providing a side show. >> is romney going to go for broke and try to knock perry out in iowa? >> he's putting together a 50-state campaign and preparing for a long slog, clinton/obama four years ago whether that happens or not. but he's not going to put all chips on any one state. if the o

. ♪ i am america ♪ one voice united we stand ♪ i am america ♪ >> look like he owns an adult bookstoreolling in. >> vote for herman cain. he will unite americans like no other politician can. ♪ i am america one voice united we stand ♪ >> no, the best part is the eight seconds it takes for herman cain to smile. oh, yeah. >> we are going to get a guy, smoke a cigarette and say watch politics. >> we'll be right back. whoa. whoa. how do you top great vacations? whoa. getting twice the points on great vacations. whoa! use chase sapphire preferred and now get two times the points on travel, and two times the points on dining and no foreign transaction fees. whoa! chase sapphire preferred. a card of a different color. apply now at chasesapphire.com/preferred so i got my nephew i neto build a website., i hired someone to make my website... five months ago. we are building a website by ourselves. [ woman announcing ] there's an easier way. create your own small-business site... with intuit websites. just choose a style that suits your business, then customize, publish and get found... in three

. ♪ i am america ♪ one voice united we stand ♪ ♪ i am america ♪ one voice united we stand ♪ >> look at banned from wisconsin politics because of accusations he created a slush fund in a judicial race there. that ad got a lot of attention. you're saying during break you're a defender of the ad. >> yeah, i think it's a great ad. i think he really understands his base. his base is a group of people that love nothing more than to stick it to liberals like me. and i think that's a great comprehension of that fact. if i were herman cain, i'd be much more worried about my organization in iowa and the states than my ads, but i think if he actually had something behind that, some sort of structure behind that that would help him in the primaries, i think he'd be well on his way. >> when you say stick it to liberals -- we have been talking -- we were talking about this ad on the staff the whole week. i threatened we were going to do a karaoke segment where i sang that song. the cigarette smoke is so fascinating because smoking has become this intense class identifier. like, this -- like if you w

. ♪ i am america ♪ one voice united we stand ♪ i am america ♪ one voice >> okay.hrough this. one thing we know american voters like is to have smoke blown in their face. you want to make sure you get that in the ad. just ripping smokes, blowing it at you. herman cain with the creepy smile as the song "i am america" plays in the background. an original score. last night jon huntsman stopped by the colbert report to get some help. he thought he could rise across swing states by speaking mandarin. >> you speak mandarin, do you not? >> i do. >> okay. say the most non-scary thing -- if you don't mind, would you say the most non-scary nicest thing in mandarin, please? [ speaking mandarin ] >> terrifying. what did you just say? >> i just said i think that you ought to consider being my running mate for vice president. >> well, sir, recent polls, you are at 2%. are you ready for the colbert bump? >> i am so ready for the colbert bump. >> governor, you may be at 2%, we're going to get you up to whole milk. >> steven colbert. we all know jon stewart has a treasure trove of

. ♪ i am america ♪ one voice united we stand ♪ i am america ♪ one hope -- >> of course, that's hermanmpaign manager mark blount, blowing smoke at america. the ad is a web hit, and lit up the late night talk shows, too form. >> i was so impressed by these ads, folks, i have made ads of my own. >> no one has ever had a vision for america like herman cain. we hope you share or vision. ♪ i am america >> they're enig mattic. take a look at this one. >> rich lowery here, chief economic adviser for herman cain. government must get off our backs, out of our pockets and out of our way. ♪ i am america ♪ one voice united we stand >> you never actually hear herman cain speak, so we added some voice-over. i think it works even better than this. >> i'm herman cain, and i approve cigarettes. if that doesn't make me sound crazy. check out this smile. yeah. 9-9-9. >> also joining us, dana milbank from "the washington post." nia you have beenlogging about this like crazy. >> yes. >> herman cain is number one in the polls. >> he is, is the joke on the gop, are we being "punk'd" with this ad? they almost

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. ♪ i am america ♪ one voice united we stand ♪ i am america ♪ one hope -- >> nia, this guy seems likegone viral. so did cain win the week? >> well, you know, i can't get that song stuck out of my head. if there have been a million hits, i probably have watched it 500 times and contributed to that. if you want to look at winners and losers, cain may have won the week by the sheer absurdity of this ad, that people are watching, laughing, parroting on all the talk shows and late-night comedy shows. he certainly has gotten a lot of attention, his campaign manager has gotten a lot of attention, unwanted attention, a.p. had a story looking at his checkered past, but in some ways, it seems the more publicity that cain has gotten, it seems to even boost him higher. he's like a teflon candidate so far. >> the fox poll has cain at 24, romney 20, gingrich 12, and on down. across the board cain's number one in ohio, iowa, south carolina, national, i mean, what's going on, erin in is he going to run away with? >> republicans are obviously shocked. they think his 15 minutes of fame is up, and that

we can take this country back. ♪ i am america one voice united we stand i am america one voice united> look at that. >> oh, my lord. >> blowing the smoke at the camera. >> you get so wrapped up in the smoke and the cain smile you didn't hear the "i am america" song they were playing in the background. >> oh, my. >> one more note. >> yeah. >> mr. block told nbc news when asked about the ad it's just block being block. >> you know, i -- >> that as quote from our nbc news embed. just block being block. >> just the republican party being bizarre this year. >> it is isn't it? >> this is a strange group of cats. >> whose birthday is it today? >> louis bergdorf. >> where's bergdorf? where's louis? >> there he is. >> sing it. >> happy birthday, louis. >> do i have to give him a present? >> how old is he? >> 26. >> louis is 26? >> yeah. louis's job is his gift. >> he's a good man, louis. >> a great guy. >> sweet little boy. >> he is. >> i think we should raise him up to intern. >> mika's dad is going to be here, and also former washington, d.c. mayor adrian fenty and eugene robinson of "the wa

. ♪ i am america one voice united we stand ♪ i am america one voice ♪ >> in the spotlight tonight, whyn's campaign ads cannot convince us that he is really running for president. as has been reported here and elsewhere, herman cain continues to earn an income as a motivational speaker while he's supposed to be running for president. he continues to run his so-called campaign on a skeleton crew, headed by this man who stars in cain's newest campaign ad. >> tomorrow, it's one day closer to the white house. i really believe that herman cain will put united back in the united states of america. >> okay. as peculiar as that ad may seem, herman cain created a much-ignored ad in august that is beyond bizarre. >> pretty flowers you got there, mister. >> uh-huh. pretty yellow flowers. >> well, i'm glad you like them. >> you know, i'll bet you are as yellow as those flowers right there. >> why's it always got to be about color? what are you guys, liberal? >> card carrying. >> so that's how it is going to be, huh? >> hi, i'm international film and television star nick -- looking cool and reading

. ♪ i am america one voice united ♪ ♪ i am america >> the gift that just keeps on giving. >>> more evidencethat that florida story marcio rubeo has long told about coming to america is contradicted by ç facts. documents show his parents applied to come to america using immigrant visas to stay in the u.s. permanently. rubeo has lon insists they planned to return to florida. peter good morning. >> in your piece today you quote the senator at a gop campaign event. we're going to put it up on the screen. nothing against immigrants but my parents are exiles. that comment would suggest that marcio understands the difference between exile and immigrant but the evidence is pretty clear at this point his parents were not exiles, is it not? >> it would seem that way. they came in 1956 as we learned in the "washington post" last week. the "saint pete times" shows despite the senator's argument they all intended to return, his parent had told the u.s. government they wanted to stay perm nngtly. so the question i guess is can he call himself the son of exiles when his parents arrived here in a very con

. ♪ i am america one voice, united we stand ♪ ♪ i am america >> herman cain defended his chief of staffing wrong with it. >> outsider status that cain has and reinforced by an ad like this is one of the five-hour energy drinks. it gives you a big boost but there is often a crash at the end. this reinforces the general narrative of his campaign. he is not a typical politician. he is from outside of the system. that is appealing to a lot of republicans. but it also creates a ceiling as well. the more these things happen, the smaller ultimately the universe will be. >> a lot of people watched that ad. >> it got a lot of free publicity. it's unserious and silly. and the guy is standing there smoking a cigarette, whatever that means. and there's this grin that comes across cain's face. it leaves people scratching their heads and asking the question, okay, is this a serious campaign for the presidency or not? what's the message here? if you don't know what the message is, maybe the candidate is not serious. >> you have a cover story entitled the age of volatility. it is a volatile political e

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. ♪ i am america, one voice united we stand ♪ ♪ i am america >> it's bad enough what you see, but itoing the ad, the guy with the cigarette and the guy that is talking is his actual campaign manager. >> right. >> so i'm an american, i'm watching this, steve and erin, i'm seeing the guy smoking leaning up against the wall is going to be the chief of staff in the white house, and the guy doing this is going to be the president. >> and there's the guy who right now is in first place in most of the republican polls that are being taken, herman cain is running in first right now, and i think, you know, when you see that number you showed earlier, the 80% who aren't ready to make up their minds and when you talked in the previous segment with mitt romney out in ohio today where he backed off this position that everybody in the tea party would love him to take, you know, on the union bill out in ohio because he know it's sort of poison in the general election. that's why 80% won't make up their mind because romney is the guy they know they have to go with in the end. cain is probably the ma

. ♪ i am america one voice, united we stand ♪ i am america... ♪. >> woodruff: it's different. >> my heart for that smile. i just eye like it. everybody is going crazy-- oh, it's terrible. first offalli went into journalo hang around byes like that. >> woodruff: we should say he's a strategist for cain. >> and, you know, i don't mind the smoking. i like humphrey bogart, lauren bacall smoked a lot. i think it's fine but people are going crazy about it. >> i couldn't agree more. i'm so tired of the formula political ad, the candidate with the jacket over the shoulder, the two beautiful kids, and the dog, walking into the sunset, you know-- >> woodruff: this is the opposite of that. >> this is the opposite. thisthis is totally-- it's authentic. it's natural, it's none formulaic and it's completely consistent with herman cain's absolutely eccentric campaign. and authentic and eccentric i would say. >> woodruff: the cigarette smoking-- -- you don't see that very often. >> people smoke cigarettes. they do. we can deny it, i guess, in public buildings but people do. >> woodruff: and you mentioned

. ♪ i am america one voice united we stand ♪ >> cain campaign confirmed it is a real ad. campaign has gotten a lot of feedback from people who find it funny. he says they like all the attention they're getting. as for why the chief of staff is smoking, he personally responded saying it was just him being himself. >>> republicans were part of the discussion when president obama made his fourth appearance on "tonight show" with jay leno. >> tonight's appearance will be the second time on the show since becoming president. >> have you been watching the gop debates? >> i'm going to wait until everybody's voted off the island. >> wow. once they narrow it down to one or two, i'll pay attention. >> the first sitting president to appear on "tonight show." that was taped earlier this afternoon. you can catch the show tonight here on news 4 at 11:00. >>> after the 11:00. >>> if you are watching leno tonight at 11:30, you might want to pay taerngattention. >> it's called the aurora bor l borealais. solar activity generates the particles that lead to the phenomenon and an increase in

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. >> the i want of -- ♪ i am america ♪ one voice united we stand ♪ i am america >> the pizza man, thebizarre ads with random campaign managers smoking cigarettes, the guy with no knowledge of foreign countries. wow. so how did he get here? mr. front-runner, meet mr. microscope, an explosive peet in "new york times" today takes us inside the chaos of the campaign. former staffers spill the dirt on campaign, being m.i.a., not planning conference calls, staff meetings, calling off appearances at the last minute. and mr. nice guy routine, not with the folks in his campaign. a memo was sent out to the staff that said, quote -- do not speak to cain unless you are spoken to. and some former staffers couldn't believe he focused on a book tour smack in the middle of the campaign. inch they can go to this is herman cain.com. that happens to be the name of the book. >> folks, we're getting a look at the real herman cain. joining me now is chris hays, host with "up with chris hays" here on msnbc. thanks for being here tonight. >> great to be here. >> you know, the commercial that everyone is aski

. ♪ i am america one voice united we stand ♪ >> okay.ck smoking is creating some buzz about cain's stance on smoking. in the past, he's opposed smoking bans as a lobbyist with the national restaurant association. after seeing this ad, several organizations contacted herman cain's campaign thinking the ad is a spoof. cain's campaign confirmed the ad is legitimate. >>> president obama expected to announce a change in federal student loans tomorrow. today lawmakers on capitol hill will look at student loan programs. a house subcommittee will hold a hearing on the federal government's new direct loan program. lawmakers want to make sure it's working as it's supposed to and will hear from an executive with the office of federal student aid. >>> washington redskins are scrambling this morning trying to fill the holes after losing five offensive starters to injuries over the last two weeks. >> any time you have seven new starters from when you started, it's always a little different. on the good side, john beck was practicing with the scout tea

. ♪ here i am america one voice united we stand ♪ >> you can see that block takes a long drag on a cigaretted that is creating some buzz about cain's stance on smoking. after seeing this ad, several organizations contacted herman cain's campaign, thinking the video was a spoof. cain's campaign confirmed, though, that the ad is legit. >>> all right. today the nba is expected to announce at least two more weeks of the season are cancelled. that's according to "the new york daily news" that commissioner david stern will cancel another 102 games through november. negotiations broke down last week, and owners say they won't come back to the table unless players agree to split revenues 50-50. player representatives call that proposal, quote, intolerable. >>> and this story is sure to stir debate. the president of the ncaa is announcing a plan allowing them to create grant money for student-athletes, effectively paying them to play. their expected to consider the proposal. >>> the texas rangers are just one game away from winning their first world series after a big eighth inning last night that gi

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. ♪ i am america one voice united we stand ♪ >> so as i was watching this, paul, i thought to myselfes that cigarette. i'm just trying to figure out what he's meaning to convey. >> unusual is the word that came to my mind when i saw it. let's start with the cigarette. what is most bizarre about this is herman cain is the colon cancer survivor. maybe that's not the best symbolism that his chief of staff is taking a drag on a cigarette. carol this thing came out last night and it went crazy online. it was definitely talkst online world. we were trying to figure out fit was real. yeah this is ours. this is our new video, our new commercial. bizarre. the guy there mark block is the chief of staff to the campaign. bizarre commercial. we'll see if it catches fire. >> oh, that's a good one if it catches fire. i can see it on saturday night live right now. >> yeah. we can already bank on that for next weekend. paul, thanks so much, we appreciate it. >>> now to today's sports headlines. game five of the world series, texas rangers hosting the st. louis cardinals. the game came down to clutch