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[laughter] arianna huffington, the darling of the left, or else i like to say one scary broad. she pulled off with few progressives thought possible. she sold the huffingtonpost.com to aol for a reported $315 million, and she got a reported $100 million out of the deal. $350 million for the huffington post. and the 9,000 loggers who spent six years working for her for free, guess how much they got? a big fat nothing. zero. zero of the $100 million she reportedly got. the full amount was in typical progress fashion was hysterical. one blocker said we made the huffingtonpost.com we are being abandoned. another disgruntled sucker rb stuart road he regrets estimating an estimated $25,000 worth of content and then a slap in the face for the slavery victims he said arianna not only sold her soul as well as her ship of slaves, but still deceives her demise of this act of greed and exploitation. when arianna huffington sold the post to a well she made her a leftie fan base so upset i didn't know whether to shove her or give her a high five. when in reality, she knows all about corporat

i don't know how arianna feels on that.at dividend. >> and also, you know, here in tampa if you make it, we have the oasis to unplug and recharge. >> wow. >> and have some great baklava. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> we hope to see you on the set soon. >> maybe next week from the democratic convention, too. >> good. more from -- coming up from the rnc convention. up next, republican congressman issa and the next half hour senator orrin hatch what he expects to hear from mitt romney in tampa. dad's tablet... or lauren's smartphone... at&t has a plan built to help make families' lives easier. introducing at&t mobile share. one plan lets you share data on up to 10 devices with unlimited talk and text. add a tablet for only $10 per month. the more data you share, the more you save. at&t. you have to dig a little. fidelity's etf market tracker shows you the big picture on how different asset classes are performing, and it lets you go in for a closer look at areas within a class or sector that may be bucking a larger trend. i'm

government leaders have spoken out against him saying he's put our national security at risk can you talk arianna about that accusation. many allies of the us many countries of the west do share that opinion but at the end of the day it's no it is because julian assange. whatever you believe about him whether he's the villain or the hero he did has disclosed classified information about government information that governments were keeping from their citizens now at the end of the day critics say that he has compromised the national security of countries and even led to the arab spring the overthrow of governments but one may want to ask was it julian assange to blame for disclosing this information or the governments themselves for carrying out these actions and not disclosing them to their own citizens this is the international to be debate that is happening right now and those that are supporting julian assange those that include scholars and journalists many in the us believe that it is the job of the journalist to hold big corporations and elected officials accountable and that is something t

by donald trump and this morning the man with the world's worst hair plugs decided to lash out at arianna huffington in a tweet trump said kerry on huffington is unattractive both inside and out i fully understand why her former husband left her for a man who made a good decision you know i don't know what's worse the fact that the donald things people care he that he has you know what he has to say or the fact that republicans actually listen to. and a very very ugly tom smith a week after congressman todd akin made his mind blowing legitimate rape comments smith the republican senate candidate from pennsylvania said something almost as ignorant in an interview with an a.p. reporter yesterday smith compared getting pregnant from rape to having a baby out of wedlock smith thinks that getting pregnant as a result of a brutal sexual assault with major life time psychological effects is the same thing as having a baby through consensual sex you think every republican in their brother would be watching their words after a gaffe but i guess not so again we have another republican who is just c

over time, arianna huffington was republican and conservative.he realized it was not in line with where she was. she likes to say that the website is beyond left and right. there are issues like the housing crisis and the war in afghanistan which are not democratic or republican issues. we go for the issues that unite us and said of divide us. host: your publication and others said that the vice president will visit during the republican national convention. guest: people would like to see hillary clinton as vice- president or president. joeublicans enjoy seeing biden speak because he speaks of the cup. that's what a lot of democrats like him. i think people like seeing him make things more human and sort of funny. host: this is the republican line, hi. caller: good morning and thank you for having me. your guest demonstrates the hypocrisy of the huffington post. she has misquoted mr. akins and what he said and he apologized. the uproar is incredible joe biden made a racist remark saying y'all will be put in chains and nothing is said. not a peep

donald trump and arianna huffington in a war of words.d, is unattractive both inside and out. i fully understand why her former husband left her for a man. he made a good decision. she responds -- we always wondered what is under the bottom of the barrel. please report. saying donald is slumming on the bottom there. these bring out the best in everybody, don't they? >> rosie and donald all over. >> ugly out there. take it easy. everyone relax. >> ugly out there. take it easy. everyone relax. new lysol power & free has more cleaning power than bleach. how? the secret is the hydrogen peroxide formula. it attacks tough stains and kills 99.9% of germs. new lysol power & free. powerful cleaning that's family friendly. another step forward in our mission for health. have given way to sleeping. where sleepless nights yield to restful sleep. and lunesta can help you get there, like it has for so many people before. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake. walking, eating, driving, or engaging in other acti

jessica steffans joins us with nutritionist arianna.want to say thank you for letting us touch and handle your medal in the newsroom, like kids. what's it like? it's not the first olympic medal that you've won. what was it like to win gold? >> this medal is so special. we've been working for this not just the last four years but there's girls on the team that it's their fourth olympics. we wanted to really bring home the gold for them. >> in our household i have a 4-year-old and a 6-year-old and we talk a lot about sister power. you really have sister power. sister maggie on the team as well. >> yeah. that was i mean that was amazing. i'm sure any sibling can say you fight, but you also love each other so much and there's just -- that was amazing to be able to play together in the olympic stage. >> we saw a video of, i think the men's water polo -- actually the women's and men's. what happens under the water you're moving constantly. constantly treading water and moving around and maneuvering. so i mean there has to be something to not

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what is his deal with arianna huffington? he's not very perceptive. she's a beautiful woman. so there you go. that didn't work. >> stephanie: i don't know what his deal is. he said she's unattractive both inside and out. i understand why her former husband left her for a man. he made a good decision. [ whatever! ] now he's sending gao get well twitters to rosie o'donnell. he's picked a new target. rosie o'donnell got married. they're going to have another family, i'll bet donald trump will give her away. the world has gone insane. >> that wedding cake is huge. huge. >> flip-flop world. we all just live in it. do we? no, we don't. yes, we do. whatever i said, i stand by it. >> stephanie: hal, we got a late of hate letter. explaining comedy to us. because we don't have the number one comedy album in the country. okay. jack, subject line you are so stupid. >> so? does he drag it out? >> i listen to a few seconds of your show this morning. i cannot believe how stup you and your clowns are. you played the clip from rush limbaugh and you idiots took it as b

o'donnell, donnell trump may have found a new liberal punching bag on twitter, "huffington post" founder ariannahusband left her for another man. >>> the first glimpse of snooki's little man shows a head of hair thick enough for gel or a blowout or the snooki poof. snooki spotted outside the hospital. >>> these little girls love to dance in unison whenever their daddy picks up his guitar. ♪ >> adorable. the girls are only 11 months old. just wait until they grow out of those booster chairs. they are so cute. it's six minutes past the hour right now. let's go back to al with another check of the weather. he's in new orleans again. hey, al. >> hey, natalie. we've got the latest in from the national hurricane center. right now isaac is 20 miles southeast of houma, louisiana, 50 miles south southwest of new orleans. sustained winds 80 miles an hour. moving north northwest. the projected path, we see isaac staying a category one storm as it finally starts to make its move on land sometime later this afternoon by late tomorrow -- late tonight, early tomorrow morning. it's a tropical storm but still du

but i got arianna huffington to give me a massage, with oil. and she's pretty good at it.ay. >> that's making me uncomfortable. i'm uncomfortable now. >> i took off my shirt too. i have video of it. i suggest not watching the video, if just the words make you uncomfortable. >> yes, no, i think that's a really bad idea. so you're going to do the same thing for the dems i assume, because i know you are completely bipartisan. do you have advice for the dems in the middle of the rnc? what is your take away from what you've seen so far in tampa? >> yeah. keep your convention short. apparently, no one on tv is interested. they will be distracted by rain or wind. so i suggest maybe a day or half a day is all you really need for this thing. you can still have your parties, but don't bother the tv people with your convention. >> fairly confident they are not taking that advice. and neither are the republicans taking your advice. joel stein, thank you for the advice on my outfit and the egypt thing. >> no. you look sporty. you look great. you really do. >> thank you, joel. appreciat

i agree with arianna. garbage in, garbage out.o we have the filters to only pay attention to what is likely to be important and relevant while, at the same time, not having such fine filters that block out everybody's opinion? i want to know the information, but i don't just want to know about the echo chamber that i live in. there are also criminals on the internet, whether to harass people or to enter into relationships with people that they might not want to be entered into. there are all sorts of stuff in the internet. >> you are worried about your safety and security. >> we help parents to understand internet safety. but the fundamental issue is that we worry about bullying, but the vast majority dolefully -- the vast majority don't bully. you have to exercise a certain amount of street smarts to exercise your show. -- to protect yourself. >> i think about tweets that told us that osama bin laden was killed. i think about a article that told us that the article by dan rather about george bush was wrong. we did not have this i

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for arianna huffington and political views, i think, overtime, she saw where she, as you mentioned, wasublican, conservative, but saw where it was shifting and simply realized it was not in line where she was. as i mentioned, she says that the website is beyond left and right looking at issues like the hoying crisis -- housing crisis affecting americans regardless of political parties, and war in afghanistan, the people over there, not republican or democrats, but both parties, and looks for issues that unite us rather than divide the country. >> host: speaking of joe biden, your publication and other things that the vice president won't be present in tampa, at least the beginning parts of the national convention. >> guest: yes. that's exactly right. i mean, i think that there are a lot of people who support hillary clinton who want to see her back as vice president or president, but there's biden fans too who, well, i think republicans enjoy seeing him speak because he's prone to off the cuff gaffes if you will, i think that's why democrats like him. they like seeing unscripted moments

arianna huffington has a bit of a different view. she calls them "the dark wizard cult."right anti-tacticax since coming in our species, you can only be the cross of two people, a male and female, i found myself reminded of what mark shields once said about his good friend bob novak, the late columnist, when he said that bob novak is proof positive that calvin coolidge and mop parker were more than just casual acquaintances. [laughter] i thought about that when i thought about grover because he is a remarkable combination. i think it is fair to say that he is a bit of a slasher. he takes a rapier to his opponents. he takes no prisoners. at the same time, he is always very pleasant. he never raises his voice, which is projected in mellifluous tones and has kind of a lilt to it. it occurred to me that, maybe, back in the 1950's, richard nixon somehow hooked up with doris day. i'm not sure. [laughter] in any event, grover. >> thank you for the unique introduction. i have been talking about domestic policy and foreign policy and how they interact. there is the reality of econ

arianna huffington has a bit of a different view. she calls him "the dark wizard of the right's anti-tax cult." p.j. said, "grover norquist is tom paine crossed with lee atwater, plus a soupcon of madame defarge." i pondered that. since in our species you can really only be the cross of a male and female, i found myself reminded of what mark shields once said about his good friend bob novak, the late columnist, when he said "bob novak is proof positive that calvin coolidge and -- were more than just friends." grover takes a rapier to his opponents. he takes no prisoners. at the same time, he is always very pleasant. he never raises his voice. it is always in mellifluous tones and has a lilt to it. it occurred to me that maybe richard nixon hooked up with doris day. >> thank you for the unique introduction. and, i think, generous. i have been asked to talk about economic and foreign-policy, domestic policy, and how they interact. are two ways in which they interact. there is the reality of economic policy and whether it works or not.

arianna huffington has a bit of a different view. she calls him "the dark wizard of the right's anti-tax cult." p.j. said, "grover norquist is tom paine crossed with lee atwater, plus a soupcon of madame defarge." i pondered that. since in our species you can really only be the cross of a male and female, i found myself reminded of what mark shields once said about his good friend bob novak, the late columnist, when he said "bob novak is proof positive that calvin coolidge and -- were more than just friends." grover takes a rapier to his opponents. he takes no prisoners. at the same time, he is always very pleasant. he never raises his voice. it is always in mellifluous tones and has a lilt to it. it occurred to me that maybe richard nixon hooked up with doris day. >> thank you for the unique introduction. and, i think, generous. i have been asked to talk about economic and foreign-policy, domestic policy, and how they interact. are two ways in which they interact. there is the reality of economic policy and whether it works or not.

he tweeted tuesday that huffington post founder arianna huffington is, i "unattractive inside and outft her for a man. huff tweeted back about trump. we've always what's under the bottom of the barrel. please report. >>> the first glimpse of snooki's little man shows a head of hair that's already thick enough for gel or a blow-out or maybe the snooki po uh-hpouffe. >>> these identical twin girls love to dance in unison wherever their daddy picks up his guitar. ♪ >> adorable. the girls are only 11 months old. just wait until they grow out of those booster chairs. they are so cute. it's six minutes past the hour right now. let's go back to al with another check of the weather. he is in new orleans again. hey, al. >> hey. thanks a lot, natalie. again, isaac is still a hurricane. it's been very consistent with the wind speeds. 80 miles per hour for about the last eight hours. it looks like it's going to stay stubbornly at 80 for another few hours as it makes its way to the northwest. again, we're watching this system slowly make its way. the path of the storm will bring it up into louisia

arianna huffington has a bit of a different view. she calls him a dark wizard of the right anti-tax called. p.j. o'rourke, my favorite, said grover norquist is tom paine crossed with lee atwater, plus just a stupid song of madame debarge. now, i pondered that a bit, and since in our species you really can only be across of two people, a male and female. i found myself reminded of what mark shields once said about his good friend bob novak, the late columnist, when he said that bob novak is proof positive that calvin coolidge and ma barker were more than just casual acquaintance's. now, i thought about that as i thought about grover because he sort of a remarkable combination. he is, i think it's fair to say he's a bit of a slasher. he take sort of a rapier to suppose. he takes no prisoners, and at the same time he is also very, very pleasant. he never raises his voice, which sort of is projected. and has a kind of a little too. so it occurred to me that maybe back in the '50s richard nixon somehow hooked up with doris day, i'm not qu