. >> and i told you before, i think the birther thing was b.s., but thankfully he did put that issued just a couple months ago. >> he let the issue stay up pretty late before he put it to bed. >> i don't think hshould have, but he came to the right spot. >> let's talk about nice. the trouble with being nice today, and i'm all for it, but it begins to find a way of excusing anything that was said before. >> look, i'm going to say this. i think personally, it had to be incredibly difficult for president obama to have -- to be in this position that he is today, having to, you know -- >> it was like rabin shaking hands with arafat. >> but i think what the president did is he stepped into his constitutional role. and that wasn't hard, right? he put the country before his personal feelings about donald trump, which i think needs -- should be applauded, which is not an easy thing to do. as we know, this country is incredibly divided. so i think the hope is that donald trump learned from what president obama did. >> steven, this is a fascinating point here. a little bit of the point today is

i put up with the b.s., the brawls. but a killing? you know emilio lopez? no. i talked to him for, like, two seconds this morning. then bluestone got in his face. bluestone being from this other coalition, none forgotten? the black group, right. did bluestone have a weapon that you saw i don't know. i went to my office. you went to your office. look, all i wanted was to put up this senior center without the sky falling in. i put up with everything, and still something worse still happens. all right, i'm gonna say something here. and probably it's gonna get my head beat or something else. see something in conjunction with your investigation to show who did what. and if that happens, all i'm asking is not to be quoted the source of that tape. but i'm going this far because this is murder. and enough's enough. [ woman ] oh, my god! oh, no! [ crying ] stick right here. oh, my god! no, emilio! [ speaking spanish ] oh, my god! shh. take it easy, all right? who did it? who killed emilio? we're looking into hohoit happened. he was an honest man. he believed what he was

you say the person you're running against ought to be in jail, you can't just say that was campaign b.s i told you before i this i the brute so -- >> and he let the issue stay up pretty late before he put it to bed, didn't he? >> longer than i think he should have but he came to the right spot. >> the trouble with being nice today and i'm all for it, i believe in government and how it works, it begins to find a way of excusing all before it because you can say anything you want as long as you prepare to drop it the day of the transition. >> i think personally had to be incredibly difficult for president obama to be in in position that he is today, having to -- >> it was like i've been shaking hands withias heir. >> but i think what the president did is he stepped into his constitutional role. that wasn't hard. he put the country before his personal needs about drpt, which should be applauded. as we know, the this credit is extensively a little bit of the point today was that these two gentlemens, one elected, with a zil air for they never met each other. tos me that's a great story of t

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at 54 you have something else to say or i'm going to come to you and b.s.ose: how would you characterize the band when it started? >> a rock band. certainly just a rock band. we definitely didn't want to be pigeonholed into anything. i have very few regret but maybe one of them would be that my fourth album was called "new jersey" because no one ever compared to us anyone from new jersey before then. we got lumped into being in those "hair bands" in the 80s. but i kept thinking there is more to it. ♪ i hammered each nail this house is not for sale." >> rose: are you a songwriter who happens to perform or a performer who happens to write songs? >> i think that my-- i'm a very good performer, but my joy comes from song writing. song writing first, recording second, performing third. i do enjoy the interaction with an audience, but i nom an applause junky. i know those who are. i don't live for that. writing a song for me is the closest thing a songwriter will ever know to immortality. if you are blessed with a song that has been on the charts fair long period

it's total b.s. they can go anywhere as long as they have the proper environment. >> who were you watching the announcement with? >> i was watching it with my mom. >> was she excited? >> i had to calm her down from laughing. >> were you and you chanting along with president obama's new campaign slogan, if it ain't barack, don't fix it? >> yeah. >> what went dwlour mind when you saw him take out the sharpie and cross out the 22 nd amendment? >> infuriated and couldn't believe he'd have the audacity to do something like that. >> what were the people around you saying? >> i watch things by myself. at home on a little phone. yeah. after work. >> yeah. historic announcement that he will be seeking a third term. are you going to support him this time around? >> he's doing a third term? >> yeah. >> obama is? >> no way. >> yeah. >> obama is going to do a third term? >> yeah. are you excited? >> oh, my god. are you serious? >> i'm serious. >> no, no you're not. >> why? >> wait a minute. a third term? he can d

how might thing b.s. in washington with an executive running -- >> that's the same as the tone from his acceptance speech. he just can't go back to some of the more negative stuff, and four years is a long time. >> i want to ask you, president obama was not known for his great relationships on capitol hill. if he went golfing he would bring buddies or stuffers, and some staid he could have gotten more accomplished if he hung out with them more. >> donald trump has huge fence mending to do. him and paul ryan. mcmcconnell, i think he has to go to capitol hill, do something not in his dna which is humble himself. if he wants to be effective he needs congress bad. my last piece of advice, stay off of twitter. >> he has been doing a good job recently, certainly. bernard whitman, thank you so much. thank you so much. >> democrats facing disarray in the wake of a republican victory did pick up a few seats in the house, but not nearly as many as they expected or hoped. now house minority leader nancy pelosi is fa

i wasn't looking at all the b.s.ng thrown at him, and the people who went to the rallies, let me tell you, that was his ground him. here's what nobody has talked about. 10,000 people show up for a rally. they're going to tell 10,000 people. that's his ground game. that was his ground game. and it worked. it was unconventional. but it worked. and i got to tell you, those people heard the substance of what he was talking about at those rallies even though it wasn't reported. >> and then monica, they posted it on facebook and instagram and twitter. he got more bang for h his buck. i think -- >> yep. >> he's probably -- he probably spent less money than any presidential candidate in 50 years. >> he ran it like a business. what we saw is the most astonishing political story of our lifetime, maybe in the history of the republic. this is a man who has never done this before. basically had no money in his campaign and had a skeletal campaign staff, and he pulled it off. one of the big reasons why he did is he spoke directly

the bigger challenge, providing more b.s.tools without threatening free speech. >> suddenly, they have these, i think, societal duties to help us not be be faked out all the time. yet, i don't want the terms of service of one or two or three companies to have more influence than the first amendment. >> the root problem is that some people want to believe the lies. that's why the responsibility isn't just facebook or google or twitter's. we all have to get a little smarter about what we share. >> we have to be relentlessly skeptical of absolutely everything. we have to go outside of our personal comfort zones and read and watch and listen to the things that are bound to make our blood boil. >> brian stelter, cnn, new york. >>> check the source. >> you think about it. there are a lot of journalists and some risking their lives to go out and bring us facts. >> exactly. >> it's frustrating when people are flooded with that. >>> there's news, fake news and parody. that's what we have again on snl. >> alec bald rinulldwin reprise r

although, to be honest, when i watched it, i called ate little bit of b.s.hen she was, like, i'm humbled, i'm humbled. that's not humbled, seeing your name as president. that's the opposite. like when people win an oscar, oh, i'm humbled. no, you're winning an award. the people sitting down are humbled. hillary is now, yeah, i'm humbled right now. where is trump now? yes, very much humbled if most americans prefer a racist sunset. trump says, i've heard rumors hillary' humbled. i don't know what it means, but it sounds bad. ( laughter ) we are going to be making jokes tonight, but i am very much afraid. we are also going to bring you the news as it comes in. i have an ear piece in my ear. they're feed meg information, everything that comes in, and we'll be testing that and this is new to me. i'm not used to being an actual news anchor. you know, that's not what i do. i have this whole joke planned where every time i told the news i was going to put glasses and a hat on, i was going to do this, and then -- ( applause ) literally, this is what i was going to d

the bigger challenge, providing more b.s.ithout threatening free speech. >> suddenly they have these, i think, social societal duties to help us not be faked out all the time. and yet i don't want the terms of service of one company or two or three companies to have more influence than the first amendment. >> reporter: the root problem is that some people want to believe the lies. that's why the responsibility isn't just facebook or google or twitter. we all have to get a little smarter about what we share. >> if we have to be relentlessly skeptical of absolutely everything. we have to go outside of our personal comfort zones and read and watch and listen to things that are bound to make our blood boil. >> and joining us now cnn's senior media correspondent and host of reliable sources, brian stelter. and mat masore is the founder and ceo of venture technique. thanks for coming on the show. matt, i want to start with you. brian's piece he eluded to facebook founder mark zuckerberg saying that the fake content wasn't widesprea

he has manipulated people with so much b.s., such a conjob jo my friends who lost their jobs and he said tariff on their cars in mexico and he manipulate this is and people were buying it and it's -- it's -- i don't know. it's very sad. >> let's talk a little more. don't go anywhere. we'll continue on. >> okay. >> don't go anywhere. e, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me. ♪ just look at those two. happy. in love. and saving so much money on their car insurance by switching to geico... well, just look at this setting. do you have the ring? oh, helzberg diamonds. another beautiful setting. i'm not crying. i've just got a bit of sand in my eyes, that's all. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >>> back with michael moore. we're going to continue with our conversation. let's talk about this, because it's fascinating to me that 50% of the electorate did not participate -- didn't go out and vote. that's apathy. there wa

you're a no b.s. guy. you're not going to change your opinion to make somebody happen.ut as ethnics it doesn't make you feel any better, you're jewish, italian, you never feel better is if someone said the reason i said italians is criminals, because it helped me get elected here. i don't think you guys are criminals. it doesn't make me feel any better. so, how do you reconcile that from those who feel they were put in a category of other by trump's campaign, whether they're gay or whatever minority group they're from, that so you're telling me you only stoked intolerance against me because it got you elected but you don't actually feel that way and you think i should be okay with it? >> i think that he didn't do that just to get elected. he understood that there were people out there in the world had forgotten. and they used to be a really important part of our country. i looked at the michigan map, the pennsylvania map, the ohio map, and thee were rock union towns that he carried. because the people and the country forgot them. >> yeah, but you know, that doesn't addr

being rigged that's the last thing that we can suffer right now in our democracy is having that kind of b.sppen on election day. that's why i'm saying it's that important. i don't care what the clintons care about, we should all care about that. >> i think what more americans know and know heading into tuesday is the fact that mr. trump is running to be president for all americans. he's going into neighborhoods and communities that haven't just been neglected by democrats in the past, they've been neglected by the clintons in the past. he's going in and asking for every american's vote. he has a real plan to help our inner cities and help turn them around. i think that speaks a lot to his character and what he's going to do for the first 100 days as president. >> jason miller we're all going to see the one poll that counts on tuesday. >> get out and vote. >> alisyn? >> thanks so much. let's get the other side now with democratic congressman louis gutierrez. he is a clinton supporter. congressman, thanks so much for being here. >> good morning, alisyn. >> i want to get your response to somet

. >> some people would say this is b.s. >> and you triering to get money out of pet owners telling them what they want to hear. >> as a skeptic, it's not an easy concept to grasp. i didn't believe in psychics >> so joline is really happy or really sad or maybe she's thinking can i just go home? >> happy to report joline is resting comfortably at home. by the way, speaking to your pet doesn't come cheap, guys. we found prices anywhere from $100 up to $1,200 for a session. >> we have a station from joline. >> thank you. >> all right, jeff, sting is here for a live concert in studio 1a. >> i can't wait to talk to him about his new album. and we have the west point band out on the plaza on this >>> good morning. it's 8:26 on this veterans day, friday november 11th. i'm aaron gilchrist. let's start with a check on the road this morning. melissa mollet has the traffic. being pushed on to rock creek church road because of a krarchlt beltway, nice and light. we wish, of course, it looked like this all the time. it is great with a lot of folks off today and a pretty day as well. 66 inbound and o

it's total b.s.hey can go anywhere as long as they have the proper environment. >> were you and your mother chanting along with the campaign slogan, if it ain't barack, don't fix it? >> yeah. >> are you going to support him this time around? >> he's doing a third term? >> no way. >> oh, my god, like everybody is going to be oh, my god, everybody going to be -- if obama going to -- [ laughter ] >> these people right here, obama is going to be the president of the -- [ laughter ] >> i tell you what, though, it was his approval rating. maybe -- >> maybe stick with barack obama, maybe he does want to run again. >> if you want the real news, you can watch fox news as we count down to the election. we're going to be live starting at 5:00 a.m. on sunday morning and all week long we'll have complete analysis and results straight through election day starting at 4:00 a.m. on monday. >> we're going to be on, on sunday. >> more face time for you, brian. >> for us. we'll all be together. just throw away the remo

the bad lucuck to listen to the democratic national convention speeches, which were an exercise in b.s.-.--to be as polite as i can about this. there's not only no systemic criitique, thehere's no alternative. the e solutions offered are more of f what they've doneththey'rere pretending that it's been wonderfully successfuful because they're the in president justt like the other guys had to claim it was a bibig disaster. first of all, the president politics in this country is a very peculiar institution. let me close with that because it's really important. the united states is unique in the world, i think, for the following. we have been the most successful in convincing the american people of something that's patently absurd, and that is that when they have an economic problem it's the fault of the government. it's stunning. 95% of the p people whwho've lost tr job inin this crisis--and ththee are millions of them--were fired bby a private capitalist employeyer. if you're gonna get angry at somebody because of unemployment, the logigical target is the company that fired you. not in a