. >> life is pretty good for barney christoph. he gets along well with his parents, and he does not have a long walk to school. it is located in his home town. he is lucky. many romanians schools have been closed down. but there are some things about barney's school that he does not like. it is pretty run down, and above all, it is much too small. without enough classrooms, the children have to go to school in two shifts. this week, barney's class starts school in the afternoon. >> it is hard for the children to come one week in the morning and one week in the afternoon. they are distracted and tired. it affects me as a teacher as well. everything gets all mixed up. >> the school principal wants to expand the school, adding 10 new classrooms. the european union is supposed to fund the expansion, and the school hired a private company to take care of the complicated paperwork demanded from brussels. it worked. the you made funds available, but the school is still waiting for the 1.6 million euros. >> there is a great need for eu fu

. >> barney frank. nathan myhrvold. >> it's like, i don't even know you an >> jimmy: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live." tonight -- jessica alba. barney frank. chef nathan myhrvold. and music from the tower of power horns. with cleto and the cletones. and now, once more, here's jimmy kimmel. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you. hello. and thank you for watching. thank you for coming out tonight. [ cheers and applause ] i am jimmy. you can call me james, if you want to be formal. today is ash wednesday. as some of you probably know. and it is also because god has a weird sense of humor. national margarita day today. that's a real dilemma for you, guillermo, right? do you get ashed or smashed? [ laughter ] what did you choose? did you go to church today? >> yeah. 12:00. >> jimmy: you did? >> yeah. >> jimmy: at 12:00. why don't you have ash on your forehead? >> because of the show. >> jimmy: guillermo usually gets it in his mustache, so it doesn't show up. if your co-w

the same sort of thing happened to barney barnum. i'll ask a couple of questions and bring out some of the things in their actions in just a minute. his unit was ambushed. he was a young first lieutenant with a lot of young marines and his commanding officer and radio man was killed and he had to take charge. that characteristic is present with all of those who have received the medal of honor in terms of being able to take charge of a situation that we find incredibly hard to relate to and do something to make a difference. and to do something more in the case of saving lives than taking lives. i'm going to ask a couple of questions to set the scene here. sort of to warm up. i'd like you to be thinking about questions you'd like to ask, because as soon as i ask a couple and get it started, i'm going to turn it over to the audience. i'll come back at the end and ask one final question before we finish, then following that you will have an opportunity to meet these gentlemen upstairs and if you so desire to have them sign one of these

. >> barney frank. nathan myhrvold. >> it's like, i don't even know you anymore, man.h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h

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the hill with this canoe that he had written in the true love. >> who was barney? >> barney barnett at the ranch all the time with us. and with us in sacramento. wonderful man. he's no longer with us. and ronnie took me out in the canoe, in the canoe. he said, well, i haven't got a ukulele but i can hum. >> there's a picture over here of you sitting on the dock? >> yes, front and back. he built that. >> what, that dock? >> yes. >> did you ever help him? >> no. >> what did you do at the ranch? >> oh, i'd do lots of things. i'd walk. i did lots of things. i just loved being there. everybody thought i didn't like it for some reason or another but i did. i liked it. i loved it. >> right behind you -- right in front of you, right behind our cameras is october 1986 schedule at the white house. >> pretty full, isn't it? >> what was the point of putting that? >> to show how full the days were. >> did you have that schedule every day so you could look and know where your president -- >> where my president was? >> where our president was, yes! >> how did you interact when yo

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my dog growing up was barney. barney walked me. barney walked me. but i have to say this.ed the dog show over there, westminster dog show that dog would not be walking around. that is the kind of dog i had. i will bill o'reilly. the spin stops here because we are definitely looking out for you. the white house staying silent about soaring gas prices that are threatening to destroy an economic recovery. back in 2008, steve doocy when you were a small young man when president obama wanted an investigation into gas prices, we do hypocrisy, we report, you decide. >> man, oh, man. democratic congresswoman maxine waters of los angeles apparently hasn't heard the president's calls for civility. >> don't ever let me see again

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a newly redistricted seat that was held for many years by congressman barney frank. he announced his retirement earlier this year. he joined us this morning on "washington journal" and the issue of joe kennedy's run for congress came up. >> joseph kennedy iii is set to announce for his seat. >> yes, i have met with joe. i am very impressed with him. he's a very thoughtful guy. he's not by any means assuming because he comes from this family of people with a record of distinguished service, he's working hard. he has an openness i found refreshing. he worked as a prosecutor in the largest county in massachusetts some of which is in this district. i'm very enthused about him. >> the comments of barney frank who is stepping down at the end of this year. his seat as the campaign begins in massachusetts, one of those candidates is joseph kennedy. at the white house today, a surprise visitor for those who were on a tour. >> how are you? you guys have got a big group. it's exciting. >> for the fourth time since moving to the white house, michelle obama surprising visitors at

kennedy will announce his bid for the house seat being vacated by congressman barney frank. mr. frank supports kennedy's campaign. kennedy is a harvard law school grad served in the peace corpss in the dominican republican. three other democrats and two other republicans are seeking the state held for so long by barney frank. >>> still ahead on "way too early" lin-sanity rolls on as the point guard who went from near anonymity leads the knicks to the seventh straight win. highlight in sports. >>> there are two endorsements every republican candidate covets, jeb bush and the other from lead singer of mega-death. we're waiting for jeb, but we have an answer on the mega-death enforcement. we'll bring it to you and check weather when way too early comes back. >>> i ensure we will always keep the because we know the feeling of our people the mind of our people, and we are trying to do the things well and agree with their feelings. ahh, one. two. three. one. two. and, three. [ male announcer ] with the bankamericard cash rewards credit card, earn more cash back for the things you buy

and it's got a burgeoning retail network because it bought smith barney.om citi. that's a better play. because you get everything including a return to a more buoyant equity market. here's one from kent from washington. "boo-yah, jim. i noticed that the list of major shareholders for companies like citigroup, wells fargo, and apple include billions of dollars held by jpmorgan corp." are these holdings considered part of jpmorgan's book value? if these shares are not part of managed client funds and considered assets of jpm then it looks like jpm's book value could go way up when the market gets into full swing in the next few years. thoughts?" no, ken, that is not the case. that maybe funds jpmorgan -- look, if you go look at a lot of companies, you'll see a couple of big holders. they are often index funds. they are often funds that have to say that they own the stock even though they're rung other people's money. and that's going to be the case with jpmorgan. jpmorgan's book value will not be affected by those numbers. all right. let's do some of these @

david dar israelis the chief investment strategist with morgan stanley smith barney. he joins with a lot more. good to see you. thanks so much for joining us. seen a powerful rally in stocks so far this year. nasdaq up 13% or so. what is behind it and would you buy into it here? >> the three rs are behind it resolve, resilience and recovery. resolve is the european central banks. you have reported from calf voce and elsewhere about the problems in greece, portugal. ireland's bonds this is amazing. in july, ireland's bonds were yielding 15%. they are down below 7% now. they have taken medicine. taken the medicine. italy's bonds have fallen. rae sill yep has been the jobs numbers, housing numbers, you reported now, home sales next week, we will see how they come out, the housing starts, construction, empire state, philly fed -- >> i'm amazed the u.s. consumer borough, not on a wild spending spree but the numbers hanging in there. so the three rs have been so far able to hold the three ds in check, deleveraging, desell letter racial and disfunctionality. >> do i want to

barney frank has gone too far to the right of politics.al government spending is more than half of the nation's individual income. given that fact, i think that is a really hard argument to make, but when it comes to tax reform and the history of significant tax reform, i do not know if the american people know that every time going back to coolidge in tehhe 20's after kennedy cut taxes, we had significant growth and increase in revenues and job creation. in 1983-1984 nearly 7 million jobs were created at an average of 6% quarterly growth figures. even after bush's tax cuts -- guest: i think what you're talking about specifically is the size and scope of government. and really the way we define that is a single question, and the question is always, who decides? what we believe is in the devolution of power from centralize power in the federal government down to the local level, and when you do that you will end up with different solutions. san francisco will operate differently than dallas, texas. those solutions will be more creative than

a chance to call in with questions for congressman barney frank. and the ranking member former chair of the financial houses committee. and two coauthors of a book called "the tea party patriot: the second american revolution." we'll take your calls about the tea party and its role in politics. tune in tomorrow. thanks for joining us on this wednesday. i hope you enjoy the rest of your evening. ♪ >>> in a few moments, more about the administration's 2013 budget request in a hearing with treasury secretary tim geithner. in a little less than two and a half hours, defense secretary leon panetta and general martin dempsey justify about the pentagon's 2013 budget request. then another view of the 2013 budget from the acting director of the white house budget office testifying on capitol hill. >>> on washington journal tomorrow morning, barney frank of massachusetts will take your calls about the president's 2013 budget request. we'll be joins by mark meckler and jenny beth martin. and we'll discuss u.s./china relations and the chinese visit to washingt

. >> reporter: you won't find ralph cram done here nor probably barney rubble. >> barney rubble may bowlole host of others who would never bowl with the flintstones. >> reporter: lucky strike opens next month. not looking for league bowlers. >> we probably have the lowest average scores in the history of the game. people come for good times. >> reporter: so what's the deal? it's hard to tell while they take the wraps off things but there are plans for a restaurant with gluten-free mac and cheese, sushi, organic soft serve ice cream, craft beer and wine on tap, wine on tap. it's the latest green trend. seems people now have money to spare. we have booked more pre-opening parties than we have in any other city that we have ever opened in. >> reporter: this is the 22nd city in the chain. a bowling alley with a dress code? meet casual fitted attire the rules say. would the dude abide? if he had some cash. >> it's better. the economy has been tough the last few years and it still hasn't come out of it yet. we are starting to see that pick up again. >> reporter: among the backers, giants close

and i -- that has to be repudiated. >> congressman barney frank.now we asked you on at the last minute to talk about these things, thank you for coming on. we appreciate it. >>> and the colbert report will be dark again today. comedy central would only say it was due to "unforeseen circumstances," but there are widespread reports that there is perhaps a medical emergency in colbert's family. the show could be back on the air as early as next week, and of course, we wish the best to him and his family. >>> who is the "your business" entrepreneur of the week? when a pigly wigglyna, she decit but instead of opening one restaurant, she opened three. they share the same kitchen, so she saved money on resources. for more, watch your business sunday mornings at 7:30 on msnbc. ogresso. it fits! fantastic! [ man ] pro-gresso they fit! okay-y... okay??? i've been eating progresso and now my favorite old jeans...fit. okay is there a woman i can talk to? [ male announcer ] progresso. 40 soups 100 calories or less. when i got my medicare card, i realized i need

i think barney frank nailed it on the head, he's out of the mainstream on a number of social issues, and that's something that's really coming to light as people start to pay attention in the race. >> and i want ask you both about how romney's camp can capitalize on this. showing the sound bite, romney talking about the trees, the height of the trees, he likes cars, he was talking about girlfriends in the audience the other day. he's trying to come off as a normal, approachable guy. are republicans worried about him seeming continually robotic and out of touch? >> you know, so far there's some of that. it's hard to escape it, thomas. you know, he needs to find his voice and connect with voters in a way that every candidate running for office, every presidential candidate has been able to find that voice. if he can't find it, he's going to have a tough road over the next month heading into super tuesday to capture those voters as the number of contestants in this race get smaller. but he has to do it. and he's trying to find it. hopefully he can find it for his sake, he can find it in

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where is barney? >> he declined the interview. >> bill: he declined?you antagonistic and it's none of his business what he is doing on superbowl sunday. >> bill: i really don't want to know. i don't know what he is doing. >> then he gave an official response he goes to foxboro but doesn't mix politics and sports. >> bill: of course not. he is going to give mortgages to the losing team. what bill likes to tell people. he did good at harvard. he did well at harvard. >> bill likes to tell people he went to harvard. >> bill: your piece didn't work well. rangel blew it all up. what is he talking about? it's in indianapolis. barney i don't want to know what you are doing! >> megyn kelly on the fast and furious scandal. will it bring down attorney general eric hold every. great clips to show you moments away. >> bill: i'm bill o'reilly. attorney general eric holder called to testify in front of a committee today over fast and furious gun scandal. a border patrol agent that was shot dead that was involved with a government sting may file a $25 million wrongful

where is barney? >> he declined the interview. >> bill: he declined?first he called you antagonistic and it's none of his business what he is doing on superbowl sunday. >> bill: i really don't want to know. i don't know what he is doing. >> then he gave an official response he goes to foxboro but doesn't mix politics and sports. >> bill: of course not. he is going to give mortgages to the losing team. what bill likes to tell people. he did good at harvard. he did well at harvard. >> bill likes to tell people he went to harvard. >> bill: your piece didn't work well. rangel blew it all up. what is he talking about? it's in indianapolis. barney i don't want to know what you are doing! >> megyn kelly on the fast and furious scandal. will it bring down attorney general eric hold every. my name is robin. i'm a wife, i'm a mom... and chantix worked for me. it's a medication i could take and still smoke, while it built up in my system. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantiis proven to help people quit smoking. it reduthe urge to smoke. some people had

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barney frank will become the first member of congress to have a legal game merits. barney frank telling "usa today that he and his longtime partner have set a july wedding day. the wedding will take place in massachusetts. >> the numbers are in from the first allied stream of the super bowl. >> is it true 2.5 million viewers. is the most watched sports event on line. the webcast did not feature commercials or the halftime show. the feed was about 30 seconds behind the actual broadcast. >> what do you got? i got a ring. they got a ring. >> we got a ring! we got a ring! >> oh, my. maybe the giants should stick to playing football. they broke out in song yesterday during a ceremony following their victory parade. victor cruz showed off his famous salsa dance. they they deserve some celebrations. in today's attack bites, the apps industry created have the million jobs. >> online dating is more popular than ever. >> chrome on th emove. google released a mobile version of its browser. it is available on devices operating the ice-cream sandwich mobile device system. nearly

. >>> congressman barney frank is the first sitting congressman to have a legal same-sex marriage.nk who served 16 years in the house has already announced he will not seek reelection. he has decided to tie the knot with his partner. the wedding will take place in massachusetts. >>> police say a woman led them to where she left their still born baby and what authorities are telling them about the investigation. governor martin o'malley and the comptroller get into it over the gas tax proposal. how their comments turn presidential. [ man ] launch sequence initiated. -[ beep ] -15 seconds and counting. [ male announcer ] at kfc we have one mission: and t-10... serve the world's best tasting chicken. 9...8... that's why our whole chicken is delivered fresh. 7... and prepared fresh by real cooks t-5. all systems go. 4... with kfc's world famous secret recipes. preparation complete... 3... 2...1... taste for yourself why fresh is better. mission accomplished. and now pick up an 8 piece meal with 2 sides and 4 biscuits, just $15.99 at kfc. >>> congress is putting $63 billion on the table

. >> barney frank is known as the first openly gay member of congress. he is about to make history again. >> i do not stand here to claim to be the conservative alternative to mitt romney. i stand here to be the conservative alternative to barack obama. >> rick santorum delivered a huge blow to the front runner mitt romney. rick santorum swept all three presidential contests last night. >> of the trial began and that the you be a murder trial today. >> "good morning washington" at 5 a.m. begins now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington." on your side. abc 7 newcaptioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> it is wednesday, february 8. i am cynee simpson. >> we begin with their traffic and weather every 10 minutes. we will check in with lisa baden in a minute. first off, a storm watch. >> we have a little bit of snow moving our way. the morning commute will be ok but the evening commute will be heavy with areas of snow falling. minor accumulations. the roads have been warm enough with the sunlight and warmer temperatur

is identified as a lot of things but probably best known as the creative ambassador at large for barney'ske to add self-help expert to that list, advice on how to lave better life in this funny book called "gay men don't get fat." a little takeoff on the french women don't get fat. >> real men don't eat quiche. remember that? >> nice to see you. >> nice to see you. i wrote it for you girls. you know what? >> how? tell us? >> i was hanging out at the barney shoot in london looking at all the groovy chicks like you and i thought to myself life of straight women today has become very complicated. >> it's not easy. >> you have to be, like, a mogul and have a lifestyle brand. you have to look like angelina jolie. >> and adopt children from foreign countries. >> be like the old woman who lived in the shoe with children. >> and still fabulous the whole time. >> look fabulous the whole time. expectations on women were accruing at an insane rate. i thought women need the velvet entourage, the gay wisdom, some humor. >> what kind of gay wisdom do you have for us? >> first and foremost it's a humor

joining me now is congressman barney frank, democrat from massachusetts. he's also the top democrat on the financial services committee. mr. chairman, thank you for joining me this evening. >> you're welcome, al. >> let me ask you, mr. chairman, how can romney say that the safety net helps poor people when he supports things like the ryan plan that would shred the safety net? >> i thought the most revealing thing about that was when romney, who claims to be very well informed and, in fact if you talk about the tax code. if you talk about corporate tax breaks. if you talk about things that will help wealthier people. if you talk about foreign policy, he prides himself on how well informed he is. listen to what he said about the safety net. if it's broken, i'll repair it. we've repeated that twice. in other words, he has no idea. he knows there's one out there. i thought it's very revealing. he cares so little about this issue, as he's acknowledged, that he tells us, yes, there's a safety net and if it's broken, i'll repair it. by this time, after having bee

joseph kennedy iii is launching his campaign for the seat of barney frank. he's is son of joe ken did i ii and is the late bobby kennedy's grandson. >>> iran stirring up new concerns. saying they're dramatically closer to being able to produce nuclear fuel. they've resumed talks with powers. a government official tells us that the u.s. believes this is still time and space for a diplomatic solution. >>> and families in honduras are demanding justice after more than 350 prisoners were killed in a fire. inmates said guards refused to let screaming prisoners out as flames swept through the prison. firefighters said they were kept outside for half an hour. >>> the so-called underwear bomber could be hit with five life sentences when he's in court today. he confessed to trying to blow up an airliner with a bomb hidden in his underwear. he was the only person hurt in the 2009 christmas day plot. >>> and new details in the whitney houston investigation. her death certificate has been released. it does not list a cause of death. >> meanwhile, family members have all

barney frank talk about michele bachmann. he also called out newt gingrich and said he held him responsible for the demonization of opponents that has contributed to the atmosphere we live in today. i do think he came into the house. he slashed all of the caucasus and civility. we are seeing this. this is a man who a few days ago talked about education reform in the context of firing the janitors in schools and putting the kids to work. a lot of the media called that unconventional. [laughter] let's repeal child labor laws that we fought hard for in this country. bring in dickens to chronicle it. i do think there is the cruelty amidst the reality show debates we have been subjected to. who is running this, entertainment or news? there is a cruelty when people cheer that someone dies without health care or bbo a soldier that dies in iraq. >> i am joking about herman cain. he is a guy who cannot hide the truth well. that makes me more comfortable with the idea that i know who he is about so i can make a decision. >> are you tal

. >> barney frank has taken a hike. >> that is worth talking about. you see in this congress michele bachmann and michele bachmann one of these -- wannabe's. there are fights about redistricting. >> use of the one strength the president obama, his rhetorical skill, is not sufficient. >> it has not been used at the scale necessary in this time of crisis. america is in a crossroads. this is a moment comparable to coming out of the great depression. this was a moment coming out of the financial crisis when tectonic shifts are under way in this country. hope is not a policy. policy is a wonky word. hope needs a story, a narrative. here is what is going on in this country. president obama now is speaking more forcefully about what he wants to do it and against smoking out those who are obstructing. this is really wonky. anyway, i think one of the most exciting things are the movements of our times. i closed this book out before occupy. i wrote about wisconsin. our correspondent was there for 57 days. that was about occupying the state house. occupy has bec