arianna huffington of huffing ton post. thank you, arianna. >> thank you, keith. >> the work to borrow a phrase goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, the dream shall never die. two democratic senators came up with new tax to pay for the health care reform. let's turn to senator jay rockefeller. the democrat of west virginia and the member of the finance committee. good evening, senator, thank you for your time. >> thank you, thank you. >> let's start with your news. senator franken introduced something he called the fairness in health insurance act in 2009. you adapted it in the form of an amendment. tell me what it is, what you're trying to do. >> it's simple. i don't believe all of this is about politics and process. i think it's about how people are treated. do they get health care through their insurance or do they not? do the insurance companies make so much money that it means they're not giving health care to the people? the answer to that is yes. so my amendment will be simple, along with franken -- al fr

up the point is so i could name drop arianna huffington. >> whoopi is wrong because he copped a dealstatutory rape. >> greg: and then one of the woman, what is her name on the huffington post. joan. she is the president of women overseas for equality in belgium. >> is that an acronym for something? >> it as word. >> greg: anyway, she said that it wasn't really and she said -- she pooh-pooh ed the situation. she almost said the daughter asked for it. if a man had written it, they would ask for his job. >> this whole thing, i have never been there. flat earth, praise jesus, hit my developmentally delayed son with a spoon. >> she is one of the few flat earthers. earthers. >> you are right. >> greg: from dirt bags to degenerates. in raleigh, north carolina, which is it state in the union, still, bums can actually beg to their smelly heart's content as long as they have a per knit. north carolina actually issues permits to panhandle ares. the paper work is free but the year long license calls for a photo i.d. with or without feces encrusted -- it's true. it happens when you are homeless.

arianna huffington and donna brazile. george, i have to condition fez, when i want to know what the white house thought and what you thought given your history with the nobel prize committee. >> the nobel prize committee forfeited its reputation for seriousness. if it had a reputation for seriousness. the president has a problem in afghanistan a real problem in scandinavian. the war set off a global cry of two words, for what? the committee answered that. they said, after 263 days of his presidency, but really after 11 days, because it was february 1st that the nomination was closed. he was honored for values and attitudes. notice the word attitude. shared by a majority of the world's population. this is an award for attitudinizing. >> it is well deserved. >> well deserved in. >> come on, george. i'm a forward-looking optimistic person. the president, in my judgment, he's well deserv. but he must also earn it. george, in 11 days, president obama overturned many of the policies that much of the world disliked. he ended ban

joining me to see if americans still think it's funny are arianna huffington, editor and cofounder ofuffington post, chuck nice, and joe watkins, the best-looking republican i've seen in years, pastor and former white house aide for george bush senior. okay, chuck, this is australia. >> yes. >> can we chalk it up to cultural differences or is it race? what do you think? >> i'm going to say that it's both. what's funny there is the fact that they actually think that's entertaining in any way, shape, or form. >> well, it's down under. >> it was just a horrible, horrible, horrible performance. seriously, how corny, the jackson jive. on one hand, it's a cultural difference, but on the other hand, you know better. so it's a combination -- >> well, the guy, the front man for the sketch did say that he would not do that sketch in the united states, which leads me to think that he knows it's racist. >> exactly. >> what do you think? >> of course. and the world is so small now. what you do in australia is going to be seen, obviously, in the united states or america. so you ought to be sensitiv

joining me to see if americans still think it's funny are arianna huffington, editor and cofounder ofngton post, chuck nice, and joe watkins, the best-looking republican i've seen in years, pastor and former white house aide for george bush senior. okay, chuck, this is australia. >> yes. >> can we chalk it up to cultural differences or is it race? what do you think? >> i'm going to say that it's both. what's funny there is the fact that they actually think that's entertaining in any way, shape, or form. >> well, it's down under. >> it was just a horrible, horrible, horrible performance. seriously, how corny, the jackson jive. on one hand, it's a cultural difference, but on the other hand, you know better. so it's a combination -- >> well, the guy, the front man for the sketch did say that he would not do that sketch in the united states, which leads me to think that he knows it's racist. >> exactly. >> what do you think? >> of course. and the world is so small now. what you do in australia is going to be seen, obviously, in the united states or america. so you ought to be sensitive to

joy behar spoke with arianna huffington about this. >> it remains in the private realm and i feel strongly whether you're a comedian or a politician if it is a private matter it's between you and your wife. if the law is involved because of sexual harassment or prostitution or anything else, that's another story. but we have no evidence yet that it was sexual harassment. >> what do you think about that? >> i have a very high tolerance for sexual harassment. >> you write about politics. >> there's a lot more interesting conversation as you can probably imagine, some commentary, too, at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on hln each and every night. >>> shifting gears a little here, one major league team is rallying around the memory of a fallen teammate to guide them through the playoffs. here is rafer weigel with this story. >>> yeah, and it appears to be motivating the club. it's very bittersweet right now, richard, for the los angeles angels. they lost pitcher nick adenhart at the start of the year to an alleged drunk driver. start of drunk driver. but his memory has been hanging on the wall with hi

hln's joy behar spoke with columnist arianna huffington about it. >> if it isn't, it remains in the private realm. and i feel really strongly that whether you're a comedian or a politician, if it is a private matter, it's between you and your wife. if the law is involved, whether because of sexual harassment or prostitution or anything else, that's another story. but we have no evidence yet. i mean, we may have, that it was sexual harassment. >> what do you think about that? >> well, first of all, i have a very high tolerance for sexual harassment. >> you write about politics, no wonder. >> i used to have a sign over my door, sexual harassment welcome here. no one has knocked lately, that's all i can say. >> the conversation, i guess, didn't exactly end there. you can watch more of the commentary with joy behar. her show happens at 9:00 p.m. eastern time right here on hln. >>> and we are getting all kinds of reaction from president obama winning the nobel peace prize this morning. hear what former winners are saying about that announcement. they said it would never last. but it's been two m

. >> well, that was arianna huffington calling for joe biden to resign. if obama doesn't heed his advice on afghanistan. i have to tell you after eight years of the gchl op slobbering over president bush it's refreshing to see how the left is willing to engage the white house in an honest, open debate. joining me are actor, comic and author of "i am not a psychic." and new york daily news columnist liz benjamin. welcome to the show. so listen, should biden resign? if obama sends troops into afghanistan? >> i think that arianna is right on the money in terms of when you look back at recent history, colin powell should have spoken up, clearly. >> yes. >> certain people should have spoken up. >> scott mcclellan. >> scott mcclellan wasn't making war decisions. >> he was there and he knew about the machinations and the evil -- >> colin powell became the good soldier and i think forever tarnished his reputation by helping lie us into a war. i agree with arianna. i think if biden threatens to resign if there's no troop reduction, then we have a real country here