up next, brett erlich, ann romney and dancing with the [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> jennifer: this week themost action oriented tv program on tv dancingdancing with the stars. a in, n romney was invited to dance in this season. brett bet is here to report on her response. >> a man this was a tough week for stars. i wasn't going to get a death star and ann romney is not going to be on "dancing with the stars." come on, ann. yes you can man. although ann romney does watch the show. she was spotted at a tapping she respectfully disclined to participate. making her sensible, the word is sensible, and with that mitt romney will not be the latest political figure to appear on the show which has been on five times the the amount of seasons as "arrested development." get it together. there was jerry springer, whose pride fell victim to not existing for a long time ago. >> i have made a fool of myself so many times in life this is only going to be a

what is going on with ann romney's hair? >> those bangs were happening no matter who won. [ laughter ] >> jon: does this immigration bill make up for past slights? i mean, gain the republicans the extra 17% they need? they've been hard on the hispanic community. >> probably not, jon. the problem for veabz that while over 90% of -- republicans is while over 90% of hispanics support immigration reform a full 65% of latinos hold grudges. 83% if it's something you did to their sister. [ laughter ] >> jon: al, how long would a grudge like that typically last? what would it take for hispanics to get over the grudge? >> a latino grudge on average lasts just over four generations. so right there -- >> jon: i get it. all right. [ laughter ] >> italian, irish -- >> jon: makes sense. >> the good news is that a latino generation is only seven years. >> jon: i didn't know. that to get to 51% of the electric tour rate they'll have to -- electorate they'll have to -- the republicans. >> pull some votes of previously offended demographics.

and of course, there was no debate between michelle obama and ann romney. but for some reason, people are very willing to lie into news cameras, or what they think are news cameras. this afternoon, we went out to hollywood boulevard to ask people how they think our show is doing in our new time slot. keep in mind, we've only been in this time slot for about three minutes. so there's no possible way they could have an opinion on this. but that didn't stop them from having one. and it's time now for tonight's edition of "lie witness news." >> have you been watching jimmy kimmel during his new 11:35 time slot? >> i have. and i'm very excited. >> and what do you like about the new show? >> um, the new show -- i feel like he has a lot more freedom to be himself and it's a little more edgy. you know, he gets to push the envelope a little bit more. >> have you been watching jimmy kimmel at his new 11:35 time slot? >> i have been. it's easier. >> do you like the old show better than the new show? >> yeah, because i get to bed earlier. it's pretty good. >> do you li

ann romney, wife to former presidential candidate mitt romney was asked to join the next season of abc'sth the stars." according to tmz. the site reporting she even met with producers several times after her husband lost the election but ultimately decided against appearing on the show. the next season starts in march. cast has not been announced yet. >> bill: what do you think about the fact that ann romney would even consider appearing on "dancing with the stars"? isn't that kind of silly? >> they usually get a political person. she would have been great. >> bill: i can't believe she even gave them the time of day. >> who would have even thought that that would be where she would go in her post-election process? it is just -- you know, you would have to actually deal with the 47%. >> right. >> bill: she does have a horse that dances. [ laughter ] >> bill: she might have said i'm not interested but have you met my horse? >> have you met my horse? >> tiger woods is not the only top golfer sponsored by nike. the athletic giant this week signing a deal with rory mcilroy. cbs reporting it i

now you got ann romney on one side. >> i feel like i'm a really good example of having it, having it most. i mean, it sounds very showy to me and very sort of pompous to say i have it all. but the fact is, my kids are intact so far, my husband and i have been married forever. in fact, my kids, i mean, i look at them in awe. they're so much further along emotionally than i was when i was when i was 40 and they're in their 20s. i mean, i look at them like who are you? there's no question that i've made choices. you know, when the kids were younger, i turned down a lot of things, but, yeah. tavis: so i like kevin bacon a lot and i assume you do too. >> i do too. tavis: he's been on this show before. please tell him i said hello. >> i will. tavis: he's sat in that very chair on occasion. >> i will. tavis: i'm only raising this because you raised it. i can just tell, reading interviews that you have given, that you are so over being asked about your marriage and how it is lasted and why it is lasted. obviously, you celebrate being married to this man for, you know, 20-some years. but i ge

. >>> ann romney, wife of the republican presidential candidate, said during the 2012 campaign that she was a big fan of "dancing with the stars," but it's reported that romney said no to an invitation for her to appear as a contestant on that show. >>> former president bill clinton was a big hit at "the golden globes" and also popular backstage after his appearance on the broadcast. actress clare danes says she was invited to meet clinton in a private room. actress jessica alba was already in the room and so was actress rosario dawson. and that's your morning dish of "scrambled politics." >>> and now for a look at the weather, here's nbc meteorologist dylan dreyer. good morning. >> good morning to you. it has been really nice across the east coast. above average. it hasn't been exceptionally warm. we've been missing the sunshine, that's for sure. we are going to see most of our rain today just south of new york city, stretching through the mid-atlantic region right down into the new orleans area, right down into the gulf of mexico. it is heavy at times, but you can see it's just this s

there were two jars of cookies, one recipe from ann romney, the other to michelle obama handed out inthe hotel lobby. >> the obama cookie won. >> the hard working students are grads from the hard working d.c. kitchen. >> they've served 25 million meals to this city's hungry and homeless, but d.c. central kitchen does a lot more. the students are part of a program which empowers people that are looking for a career in culinary arts and so the collaboration that we have with the ritz carlson allows them to get a -- ritz carlton allows them to get a taste of what it's like. >> reporter: on inauguration day guests will be treated with taken of cookies, a special ammenity for each hotel room, and

and ann romney saying no, to an offer to appear on dancing with the stars, despite gbeing a fan of theleo and bubba, pals for a day. deonardo pays $100,000 to spend a day with bill clinton. and the president has a new portrait, looking sharp as also, you can bet that watch he is wearing probable not a timex either, and joe biden has a portrait, it's a fake autobiogr autobiography, this is just from the foreword. you have done uncle joe a solid by buying the book, i do not forget my debts -- not to be outdo outdone, joe biden respond, a transam? ever look under the hood of a corvette, and said i'm a vette guy, and included a picture of himself with a corvette ♪ locate little red corvette r baby you are much too fast ♪ ♪ little red corvette ♪ need to find a love that is going to last, last ♪ ♪ little red corvette ng. eucerin professional repair moisturizes while actually repairing very dry skin. the end of trial and error has arrived. try a free sample at eucerinus.com. plays a key role throughout our lives. one a day men's 50+ is a complete multivitamin designed for men's health concern

ann romney was very much into him being the next president. . i don't know if he'll have a future influence on the party. >> jimmy: and what is going to happen to the republican party? i feel it's at a weird -- they're just going, do you want to run? maybe you? >> whenever a party is defeated, especially an incumbent president winning a second term, this is a common time. they kind of go off with their wounds, strategize. they have to decide who they are. bobby jindal, the governor of louisiana, said at a party conference friday, "we have to stop being the stupid party." and people laughed in the room, and he said, "no, i'm serious. our ideas have to be smart." so, you know, leaders will emerge. if you really consider it an aspect of the election that chris christie and obama getting along allegedly hurt mitt romney, allegedly helped the president. if we're in that kind of a spot where after that hurricane hits my home state so badly and a republican governor and a democratic president can't get along to help people without 41,000 people out of

hillary rosen, mentioning a -- hillary rosen said ann romney, the wife the mitt romney, that she's never worked a day in her life because she was a stay at home mom. as a stay at home mom and any mom knows, we work -- it's harder to stay home with the babies than it is to go to work. i'll tell you that. it is very tough to be a stay at home mom. how about democrat chairman -- chairman of the democrat committee in south carolina. he's on the left. he's just a profound raging liberal. dick harpootlian compared governor haley to eva brawn. did you hear anybody on their side condemn that as vicious and hate-filled? no, nothing. she has suffered, by the way, disportionally, as all conservative women do by ridiculous character assaults, attack, attack, attack. while running for governor, she was accused after having an adulterous affair. okay. ridiculous. there's not a single gram of evidence to back it up. she said if you bring up a piece of ed, i'm out of the race. nobody could bring up anything, and, yet, the liberal media insisted on putting that paragraph in every single article it wrote

>> do you remember mitt and ann romney?change of their schedule for selects drapes for their car elevator, they were celebrated in washington today. not by an inauguration as they'd hoped, but by a luncheon with top fund-raisers, including bill marriott. yes, the whole gang got back together with romney's former running mate paul ryan apparently also in attendance. imagine, right now we could all be crawling over the controversy of romney's own lip syncing of "america the beautiful" and preparing for ted nugent to be nominated as secretary of state. let's get right to our panel now in washington is dana milbank, political columnist for "the washington post," and in philadelphia lehigh university professor james peterson, a contributor to thegrio.com. good afternoon to both of you. professor peterson, as the president was busy today working on immigration overhaul, the gop was trying very hard to stop being the stupid party, to stop being the big bucks party. all the while re-electing their leadership and celebrating a losin

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ann romney's dance card is full apparently. tmz said she was approached to compete on the next season of dancing with the stars and say she was very interested, but the one-time first lady hopeful ultimately declared. she did appear as a greft they tweeted overnight he would have loved to have seen it. >> that would have been fun. the transformations that people do on the show -- >> i'm struck by how much work they go through. >> maybe you should do it. >> maybe not. >> you have your afternoons free. you would be done by 10:00 in the morning. >> lance armstrong apparently admits to doping and gives a tearful apology to the staff of live strong. we will look at the interview with oprah up next. >> they blame video games for the violent massacre. why does this new ap kill children as young as 4? >> congress prepares for the fight over the raising of the debt ceiling. tim geithner is urging action. all of what this means for you and your bottom line. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. executor of efficiency. you can spot a

mitt romney and his wife, ann, are visiting the nation's capital. ey had been scheduled to attend a reception today, the romney's are expected to attend the alfalfa dinner tomorrow night. romney did not attend the inauguration. the two did have lunch together last month, however, at the white house. >>> thousands of antiabortion rights activists marching to the steps of the supreme court today. it was the an yowl rally, known as the march for life. the crowd marked the 40th anniversary of roe versus wade. that's the supreme court ruling that made abortions legal nationwide. demonstrators said with the reelection of president obama, quote, we have to keep up the battle. >> we have a wusa9 exclusive tonight featuring allegations of abuse of power, corruption, and illegal use of funds. that's what a metropolitan police department sergeant is accusing the head of the city's automatic traffic enforcement program of doing. kristin fisher reports, sergeant mark robinson claims he has been removed from the unit after he complained to his superiors about the

we hunt pigs here in and ann romney. >> stephanie: oh, okay. >> razerbacks. >> caller: and you don'trifle. >> caller: like that you would need a semi automatic weapon just for your own protection. and it's a problem here. >> they are overpopulated? >> >> caller: yeah. >> stephanie: is that the same degree of military assault weapon that was used in these latest killings. >> caller: okay. the one i have is a semiautomatic that i use -- >> stephanie: how many bullets? [overlapping speakers] >> caller: more than 15 rounds, probably ten, 12 times i have had to use more than 15 rounds -- >> stephanie: so if there were 40 pigs you are screwed. >> caller: that's right. >> stephanie: i'm going to give you immunity just for your gun. all right. we'll see you tomorrow on the "stephanie miller show."

is important, but the other thing and this is what is fascinating -- >> and you don't want to do ann romneyi love you women." and that felt like whoa! >> yes, right. >> but the other thing is that we have to recognize, too, and this is what is interesting about the new class that came in is that we have to get women who are from different age groups, and different, come from different backgrounds and at the same time they are going into a system that is still not only still dominated of course by men at the top who are the committee chairman, et cetera, but it is a system that is created by men. >> old boy's club. >> yes sh, and so you have to s of get in there and the question, and this is really the question for you which is do you then say, we will change this culture or we are going to be just like them in order to fit into that culture? >> oh, no, no. absolutely never. i think that women lead different and women govern different and women behave different. >> and you don't think so -- >> well, i'm not sure, but let me give you some ideas women are more collaborate and men are more comp

ann romney, who i really liked as a person. i thought she was terrific.was heady stuff and intoxicating in those last weeks when she was on the road with her husband nonstop and they were showing up in cities they had never been to before and seeing ten, 15, 20,000 people waiting and cheering them on. >> did anyone give you a reason as to what went wrong? can they put their finger on it? >> obviously one of the most significant ones in the broadest of terms they allowed the obama campaign, re-election campaign, to define mitt romney long before they defined themselves. there were just those summer months after the primaries where they were getting pounded in the states where it mattered most. particularly ohio. as this wealthy businessman who doesn't care about you. the bain capital thing cost them. that was defined as a negative instead of a positive as a business experience element for his resume'. the 47% comment is one of the top aides to governor romney said to me at one point as we stood beneath the wing of his plane. he said peter you've been doing

. >>> mitt romney, by the way is in washington today for a reception hosted by two of his top donors. his wife annim. romney didn't go to the inauguration the first losing nominee to skip it since michael dukakis. >>> former colorado congressman tom tancredo will honor a bet and smoke pot. he promised in colorado legalized marijuana, he would partake. he bet a documentary filmmaker the measure would not pass. >>> organizing for action. that's president obama's new grassroots group, is trying to cuddle up to george soros. politico reports organizing for action is reaching out to soros and companies like lockheed martin, citi and duke energy for cash. >>> did you catch the president trying to fend off a fly yesterday? >> consumer financial protection bureau this guy is bothering me. where is the secret service when you need them? the insect pestered the commander in chief while he was nominating a new head of the s.e.c. that picture caused quite a buzz yesterday. everybody is ca critic. tom brady may be watching the super bowl from home this year, but, oh, what a home it is. the detroit free press d

romney in washington, d.c. this weekend. he and his wife, ann, honored by the marriott corporation on saturday. his staff did not allow media after that event. he rejoined marriott's board of directors after the election. and tonight he will attend the alfalfa club dinner. president obama will visit las vegas on tuesday, the second trip of his new term. >>> frigid weather, when and where will it warm up? dylan dreyer here with the forecast. >> good morning, alex. it will still be cold in the northeast, but not as cold as it has been, we'll see improvementory the next couple of weeks. in fact, a big warmup by the end of the coming week. teens through the northern plains. 19 in minneapolis, 23 in chicago. cold air setting the stage for the next storm system moving into the area. hardly even see it on the radar right now. lake effect snow across michigan and western pennsylvania and new york. a lot of rain in the southwest that will stay all rain. that will fuel the next system. so winter storm advisories, winter ice warnings, already posted across southern wisconsin, northern illinois. in the chi

romney. the car guy. >> i drive a mustang and a chevy pickup truck. ann drives a couple of cadillacs actually.ith the spark cash card from capital one, olaf gets great rewards for his small business! pizza! [ garth ] olaf's small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase, every day! helium delivery. jonathan alter and jared [ pop! ] [ garth ] why settle for less? great businesses deserve great rewards! awesome!!! [ male announcer ] the spark business card from capital one. choose unlimited rewards with 2% cash back or double miles on every purchase, every day! what's in your wallet? >>> i saw a story today that one of the great manufacturers in this state, jeep now owned by the italians, is had thinking of moving all production to china. >> now, here is an interesting coda to one of the most interesting moments to the 2012 battle for the presidency. in the dying days of his desperate campaign, mitt romney started airing an ad which claimed that jeep was moving manufacturing jobs to china. and all because of the president's auto bailout. politifact voted that its lie of the year. jeep has j

romney is in washington, d.c., this week. the marriott corporation honored him and his wife ann on friday and he had the board of directors after the election and tonight he will attend the bipartisan alfalfa club dinner in d.c.. >> and as he often does when announcing sweeping new policy measures, president obama will hit the road to unveil his plan for com prehundredsive immigration reform and he'll do that tuesday in nevada where the white houses president obama will double down on proposals that he's supported since taking office with the hope that this time the appetite on the hill is a little more hungry for change. >> what has been absent in the time he's put those principles forward has been the willingness by republicans to move forward with comprehensive immigration reform and what he hopes is that dynamic has changed. >> joining me now from the white house, white house correspondent, kristin welker, the president expected to give us the contours of a plan tuesday in las vegas. at this point do we have any idea what it will look like? >> craig, good afternoon. i think you will hear president obama unveil his vision fo

romney heads to washington, d.c.. two of his former aides saying the former republican presidential nominee and his wife ann will be in the nation's capitol, make that friday, for a luncheon in their honor. friday is the luncheon. the former massachusetts governor sought to avoid the public spotlight since losing the election in november. spent inauguration day quietly with his family at their home in california. martha: much of the country is in the grip of arctic freezing, freezing cold weather right now. in the northeast temperatures hovering near zero and across the midwest windchill readings falling to 30 degrees below. guess where we find our friend mike tobin? he is in chicago are but it feels like 7 below right now. we're hearing about a warehouse fire there. turns out that was quite a sight, mike. >> reporter: it made quite a sight. the bad news that warehouse fire backed up this morning, 50 firefighters had to get out in bitter cold to spray water back on top of this structure which has become an "ice castle". they need so much water, the firefighters are bringing out a special deluge unit to the warehouse f

mitt romney we're told is at home with his wife, ann, in lahoya, california., how was the view different from your location? >> well, as you know, often who is challenging the ban on gay rights prop 8. and i was really -- you know, you've talked about the other issues that were addressed in the speech, the substantive issues about medicare, medicaid, entitlements, climate change, the other policies. i was really struck by his saying that we will not all be free. you know, he mentioned stonew l stonewall. that was the horrible riot in new york city in greenwich village against gay rights. he said our journey will not be complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated equally under the law. so that, to me, was another unprecedented mention in an inaugural address. brian. >> and let's go inside the rotunda. kelly o'donnell is part of the press group that just watched the president pass through. kelly, he's going to a signing ceremony. >> that's right. this is one of the traditions that happens right after the president is in most cases taking the oath of

although ann romney does watch the show.potted at a tapping she respectfully disclined to participate. making her sensible, the word is sensible, and with