. >>> bette and billy. tonight, holcolywood comedy ico talk about teaming up on screen for the first time. >> i'm going to start a fire. >> from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden, and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," december 27th, 2012. >>> good evening, i'm terry moran. this year's holiday gift giving frenzy is drawing to a close. for many of us, that means this season's spending remorse is sinking in. the average american spent an estimated $700 during the holidays this year, so tonight, we wanted to bring you an inside look at the bargain stores that could help out with your wallet rehab. abc's ryan owens brings us inside the booming business of being cheap. >> reporter: they're opening their doors faster than new starbucks. >> i like it because it's cheaper. >> reporter: there are now more dollar stores in the united states than drugstores. >> since the prices are so good, it's like why not? >> you can get more stuff for cheaper. >> reporter: a $56 bil

stanwick. [ laughter ] >> reporter: we met up with bette midler and billy crystal to talk about theirtal guidance." >> i was surprised when i read that you had never worked together before. >> you had meg ryan, what did you need with me? >> oh god. oh. >> reporter: hard to believe it was more than two decades ago when "harry met sally." >> i'll have what she's having. >> reporter: and nearly ten years before that whenned miler made her motion picture debut. ♪ >> reporter: of course, the two have gone on to make us laugh year after year. he was mr. saturday night. >> we were just trying to get back at our ex-husbands. >> reporter: she started a first wives club. >> you have to pay. >> reporter: they are two stars whose stars never crossed -- until now. >> it was a thrill that you offered me the gig. >> well, there was no one else. >> reporter: that's sweet. do you mean that? >> everybody else didn't make sense with me. >> reporter: oh, come on, meryl turned you down. face it. >> all right. >> we're back. did you have fun with the boys? look at this place! we're going to have to call fe

bette and billy tonight. bette and billy talking about teaming up on . >> if you have called the state unemployment insurance line recently odds are you didn't get through to an agent. recent report says 84 percent, year percent of calls were never picked up. that's not the only state phone system with problems. what's going o on? watch this investigation tonight from abc 7 news i team reporter dan noyes. >> this is how june matthews spent the last month. >> thank you for calling the state disability insurance program. >>reporter: listening to automated menu. >> press 3. >>reporter: always getting the same response. >> we are sorry maximum number of callers waiting to speak to representative has been reached. >> i have heard that recording on average 8 to continue times a day for a month. just hurts. >>reporter: she's on disability for shoulder injury and wants to know the status of her claim. without a check from the state she could be kicked out of her house. >> for us not to be able to get any help any ass

. >> bette midler and bill lu crystal baby-sit the grandkids in "parental guidance." their old school rules don't fly. so the grandparents learn it's the surprises you make not the stand you take that keeps the family together. it is rated pg. >> matt damon tries to tip the balance of power in "promised land." a small town has been hit hard by the economic downturn so it should be easy for him to buy out the poor farmers so his company can drill for gas. "promised land" is rated r. that's the box office preview, raphael seth, nbc news. >> now for another look at the weather, here is meteorologist dil condition drier. where was the jud apatow movie? >> you're so bummed about that, right? >> i was planning my mom to see it. >> i'm sure it's still out there. >> i didn't get to see the review you. >> make the review, veronica.

>> no, bette said that.you mentioned bette midler. she's your co-star. you guys have been friends for years. what took you so long to work together? >> well, you know, she turned down "analyze this." she didn't want to play a gangster. this just felt like the right thing. i guess we just -- we sound alike. i don't know what it is. that people assume that we did stuff together. but we haven't. and she's a joy to work with. she's been a phenomenal talent for so long. and i was just thrilled to work with her. >> i've seen you off camera together and i've seen you on camera together. you have this great chemistry. you guys were singing. i think she said we're the same person. >> yeah. but i can't wear her shoes. we had dinner together when we said would you like to do this movie, and we spent some time together, not a lot. when she sat down to dinner, i knew that we were married and she ate off my plate, she fished my sentences. she insisted on driving. >> did she yell at you? >> yeah. did you really want to eat

that is bette midler belting it out there. new film called "parental guidance." and they actually first met, if you didn't know on the new york standup comedy scene three decades ago. >> they hadn't worked together until now. abc's cynthia mcfadden caught up with both of them. >> reporter: we met up with bette midler and billy crystal at the same theater to talk about their new film "parental guidance." >> i was surprised when i read that you never worked together before. >> it never came up. you had meg ryan. what did you need with me? now you're older. >> that's true. >> reporter: but they are two stars whose stars never crossed. until now. >> it was a thrill that you offered me the gig. >> well, there was no one else. >> reporter: the film also starred three adorable kids and marisa tomei as their uptight mother. but this one isn't just about the laughs. >> as the great yogi berra once said, it ain't over until it's over. >> reporter: crystal plays arty, a minor league baseball announcer. >> he just lost his job, he's 60 ye

so, bette midler signed on right away and marisa tomei, amazing cast and everybody found pieces of theirily life in the film. >> jamie: i can't wait and the kids, how hard was it to direct kids to do all of this, silliness an shenanigans that really happens when the grandparents come to take care of you? >> you know, it is fun because we have, i think we went through 24 ice cream cakes, and in the beginning the kids were so excited, they were like, ice cream, we're going to eat ice cream cakes all day long and after 12 cakes, it was, no more, i'll have brussels sprouts for the rest of my life! >> jamie: i can't imagine -- and certainly, this is going to be such a success, they'll all -- these kids will be like, wow, a hit movie. so many people will walk out of there and talk about it this season and we could all use a little lift. how great do you feel about giving folks something to be happy about? >> man, with everything that is happening in the world now, and, there is really wonderful films coming out this holiday season, we're really, the only film that is coming out, that is for th

. >> and bette midler?m heaven. >> i thought that too. >> we knew when we were making movie when we got the go-ahead from fox, we were like, we want bette. we called her, had a dinner the next night and we were married by the time she sat down. she ate off my plate, she drove home. >> she corrected you. >> you went to sleep. >> and then marissa had come to meet me and audition in 1991 to play my wife in "mr. saturday night." she gave a fantastic greeting but she was a little too young. i called her agent and said she's not going to get the part but she's phenomenal. she's a great actress, so cute, so beautiful. she's everything. >> yeah. >> so then when we said who could blake her, i said -- she comes into the same office that she auditioned for me and, yeah -- she said, now? >> she said, now am i too old? >> our scenes together are like father/daughter. >> i still remember you from "my cousin vinny." what was that iconic line. >> my biological clock. >> you know how to do comedy, you now how to do drama. d

set in paris with anne hathaway and hugh jackman ...and 21st century kids are left in charge with bette midler and billy crystal. it's the bay area's favorite way to ring in the new year. we'll be bringing you the best parties and fireworks on 'new year's live.' i'll be hosting along with gary radnich. kron 4's - new year's live. starts at 11-30 on new years eve. stay tuned -- we'll be right back! welcome back everyone. the 49ers no longer control their own destiny in terms of getting that first round not after jim harbaugh suffered his worst loss as an nfl head coach42-13 to the seahawks. a 42-13 drubbing to the red hot seahawks who now must be considered one of the top three teams in the league. and just how valuable defensive lineman justin smith? - in the six quarters he has missed the 49ers have yielded a whopping 70 points, going back to the 2nd half of the patriots game.now obviously you can't pin it all on his absence, but clearly they aren't the same defense without him seattle absolutely dismantled the 49ers with a steady dose of marshawn lynch and rookie quarterbck russell wi

. >>> coming up at 3 on katie billy crystal, bette midler and marisa tomei.t 4:00, a 20-year-old woman on one of her favorite ski runs buried in an avalanche the trick she used to stay alive. then at 5 the bra that can detect early stages of breast cancer those stories and more at 4 and 5. >>> don sanchez is retiring tomorrow, after 40 years here at abc7. >> he is so dedicated before he goes, here he is checking out what's hot this weekend, one final time. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ find more at abc7news.com with what's hot i'm don sanchez, abc7 news. >>> with that we want to wish don sanchez a happy retirement. we'll have a special look back at don's 40 years tomorrow night on abc7 news at 6:00. how is that possible he must have started when he was 10. >> i know who gets the bucket of popcorn. great working with you dud, see you tomorrow. >> for all of us here at abc7 news t [dramatic music] ♪ [cheers and applause] >> [laughs] hi. thank you. thank you. >> hello, everybody, and welcome to millionaire. with me today is a jewelry designer who is obsessed with christmas and is h

. >> you look at these bette davis eyes and you think, this guy depends on me, i have to take care ofat's one smart board. what else does it do, reverse gravity? [ laughs ] [ laughs ] [ whooshing ] tell me about it. why am i not going anywhere? you don't believe hard enough. a smarter way to shop around. now that's progressive. call or click today. [ grunting ] >>> we've interviewed a lot of inmates who are doing long-term sentences. i'm talking decades and decades of time behind bars. in order to survive, they have to find ways to make the absolute most of whatever small pleasures they can find. >> we should go get some bleach and make everything brighter and whiter. like a teeth commercial. >> james stone may still look like a young man, but his boyish face conceals a hard-lived life behind bars. >> when i first came to prison, had nothing to lose, didn't care about anything, and very violent. >> he is now 55 years old and has been an inmate at indiana state prison for more than two decades. >> they said i did attempted murder, attempted murder, deviate conduct and criminal conversi

they will not support it it was a nonstarter and never going to work in the stave you have a bett chance succeeding. >> at least it was a plan . it is no law that said you cannot change 401 k's. that is future andew hires and f their plans. you don't have ill defined benefits and by the way the private sector doesn't get. there is a pension liability in the state of the california. vicki is right. government services are starting to get cut in cities in calirnia . so i tell you, it doesn't cut it when you have things like let's raise the retirement age to age 52. >> the fact is, these things are going broke. right now the budget26 percent of la's budget is consumed by the budget cuts and what are you going to do? >> i agree. there is it a problem with pensions . they are underfunded and we need to do something about it and the big thing here dav, let's be fair and they are benefits that a promised to the employees and we nide to make them whole and they were promed in llieu of pay. >> mike, no one is talking about taking away what was promised. this was for new employees and going into t

. >> this is a special one this is >>> coming up at 3 on katie billy crystal, bette midler and marisaei. at 4:00, a 20-year-old woman on one of her favorite ski runs buried in an avalanche the trick she used to stay alive. then at 5 the bra that can detect early stages of breast cancer those stories and more at 4 and 5. >>> don sanchez is retiring tomorrow, after 40 years here at abc7. >> he is so dedicated before he goes, here he is checking out what's hot this weekend, one final time. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ find more at abc7news.com with what's hot i'm don sanchez, abc7 news. >>> with that we want to wish don sanchez a happy retirement. we'll have a special look back at don's 40 years tomorrow night on abc7 news at 6:00. how is that possible he must have started when he was 10. >> i know who gets the bucket of popcorn. great working with you dud, see you tomorrow. see you tomorrow. >> for all of us [ female announcer ] now get high speed internet at home on our newly expanded advanced digital network, a connection you can count on. introducing at&t u-verse high speed internet with more speed opt

. >> bette and billy learn to get along. >> well how come your's always telling me what to do? well bawlings you are easy. >> and jam my kimmel moves to not so late night. >> it is exciting. >> we're rolling out the red carpet now. >> i am jimmy kimmel and you are watching on the red carpet. >> welcome to on the red carpet from nokia plaza live in los angeles. i'm rachel smith we'll got you to the red carpet in a

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bette and billy talking about teaming up good morning! wow. want to start the day with something heart healthy and delicious? you're a talking bee... honey nut cheerios has whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol. and it tastes good? sure does! right... ♪ wow. delicious, right? yeah. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... ♪ well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. . >> if you have called the state unemployment insurance line recently odds are you didn't get through to an agent. recent report says 84 percent, year percent of calls were never picked up. that's not the only state phone system with problems. what's going o on? watch this investigation tonight from abc 7 news i team reporter dan noyes. >> this is how june matthews spent the last month. >> thank you for calling the state disability insurance program. >>reporter: listening to automated menu. >> press 3. >>reporter: always getting the same response. >> we are sorry maximum number of callers waiting to speak to representative has been reached

and aparental guidance' is a rated pg...with billy crystal and bette midler. kron 4. the biggest parties and spectacular fireworks. will all be on kron 4's new year's live show. gary radnich and i will be hosting. kron 4's - new year's live. starts at 11-30 on new years eve. . ♪ because we know how much you do to make the holidays just right. from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. here's stanley roberts who found people behaving badly. >> you are correct, these are bad, people being very bad. >> these are what is left of what was it planted is just a couple of years ago. there was a 7, north pole pine. actually, there were three trees. nor falk your faul theft >> they completely twisted the trunk until it broke off. but it was not just any norfolk pine this was planted in memory of their son that dies of cancer that ...christmas tree was taken. >> how many christmas trees you bought for people? >> probably at least 1000. >> and as you can see this woman is up set but not for the reason the you would think >> there is $40 left in a plain, white envelo

. >> the court today made a clear ruling confirming that the manipulation of sporting betts announced -- amounts to fraud. the bookmakers were in effect deceived. >> but the judges also overturned parts of the original verdict. he had already served time in jail for a previous scandal involving a referee. in his second trial, he helped the police investigation. the judges say that was not reflected in the sentence, but he cannot count on a softer sentence when the case goes back on trial. prosecutors will be trying for a longer jail term. europe's biggest betting scandal is far from over. >> let's stay with soccer. it has been a relatively easy draw for germany's key teams in the second round of the champions league. let's have a look now at the upcoming matches. >> bayern-munich -- the rounds big matches -- of course when real madrid faces man united. >> down to the last 32 teams, the draw has also been made. here is what awaits the four german sides. >> they take on portugal. >> andbundesliga champions to and have managed to keep alive their hopes by booking a spot in the championsh

bette and billy talking about teaming up on [ boy 1 ] hey! that's the last crescent.ant it? yea we'll split it. [ female announcer ] made fresh, so light, buttery and flakey. that's half that's not half! guys, i have more! thanks mom [ female announcer ] pillsbury crescents. let the making begin [ female announcer ] holiday cookies are a big job. everything has to be just right. perfection is in the details. ♪ get to holiday fun faster with pillsbury cookie dough. . >> if you have called the state unemployment insurance line recently odds are you didn't get through to an agent. recent report says 84 percent, year percent of calls were never picked up. that's not the only state phone system with problems. what's going o on? watch this investigation tonight from abc 7 news i team reporter dan noyes. >> this is how june matthews spent the last month. >> thank you for calling the state disability insurance program. >>reporter: listening to automated menu. >> press 3. >>reporter: always getting the same response. >> we are sorry maximum number of callers waiting to speak t

this one has billy crystal and bette midler. "grandpa tells lots of jokes that you won't get.laugh." "they're here!" "hello boy! you still single?" [laughter > > that sounds like a hit, potentially. > > potentially. it's a pg-rated comedy. it's a family movie in general. billy crystal hasn't really had a big hit in a long time. it's his first movie in many years actually. so i think it has potential to do decent numbers, not huge numbers. > > anything to look forward to in the coming new year? > > there are going to be a couple of movies that are going to be opening around christmastime that are going to be in limited release, and you're not going to see them until january. one of them, very much anticipated, speaking of oscar winners, "zero dark thirty,"hich is kathryn bigelow's follow-up to "the hurt locker." "when was the last time you saw bin laden?" "oh my god, is that what i think it is?" > > this is all about the hunt and the raid for osama bin laden. that is going to be getting a limited release in december, and then in january it is going to start opening wider. there

if, in fact, the economy is a little better, and the financial risks are a little bette th's a recipe for very low interest rates, for a mild increase in interest rates, which means bond prices go down. i would not be overweight in the treasury area. i would have modest weights and have the rest made up in equity, susie. >> susie: bob, thanks a lot. we look forward to your 10 predictions in 2013. we'll be talking to you about that. robert doll as nuveen as asset manament. >> susie: there was a new twist today in the samsung-apple saga over patent disputes. samsung electronics dropped a critical lawsuit banning the sale of apple products in euope. the good news helped put some shine on apple shares today. the stock gained nearly 3%. still, even though apple now has a green light in europe, it's facing growing competition here at home. suzanne pratt reports. >> reporter: could it possibly be that consumers are souring on apple's iconic iphone? an unscientific survey on the streets of manhattan suggests it's not so. the iphone still looks to be the smartphone of choice. but other evidenc

best we can betts, lincoln, skyfall, and the silver linings playbook.ext week will bring the hall -- the hobbit. are you a fan? >> there has been a lot of talk. highly anticipated. we go. children get a special visit from santa claus. >> i am chris van cleve. a woman is promised a reward to the conviction a d.c. woman restaurant life nab a bank robber. >> instead, all she got was the runaround. woman asked us to hide her identity. van cleave has our story. >> i did not want to an innocent person getting hurt. >> she was terrified to make the call. am putting my life in jeopardy. woman knew the man hiding under his head, captured by surveillance cameras as he united bank in northwest. this time he had a note. next time he could have a gun. he would do it again. i would bet my life on it. he would have done it again. >> she saw at his picture in a newspaper wrote offering $5,000. she called d.c. investigators with his name. she gave them step-by-step to find all on how evidence they would need to lock him up. convicted he was s later,four month deliverede

you at home who understand it's freedom, not central planning that gives us bette lives, that's our show. thanks for watching, i'm john stossel. ♪ ♪ ♪ gerri: hello, everyone, i am tracy byrnes and for gerri willis. it won't be long until more than $500 billion in tax hikes hit america's wallets. that isn't yours and mine. congress is out for held for a long weekend. john boehner skipping town. those sourcesay his meeting with the president failed to make any progress to avert the fiscal cliff. even if washington doesn't get its act together, there are steps you can take to lower your tax burden next year. you can empower yourself. in a moment, we are going to get advice from the founder and president of diverse financial consulting. it looks like congress will have no choice but to punt the fical cliff debate until next year. we have a guest from the cato institute. sequestration kicks in, maybe talked about? >> i certainly agree with the sequestration part. we should be able to find 100 belden and spending cuts. we should be able to find 50 billion in spending cuts the front. i think th

with hugh jackman and anne hathaway and rusell crowe and 21st century kid in parental guidance with betteidler and billy crystal and sometime sthe grandparents know best... take a look did this wisconsin police officer he was in the right place at the right time. we are going to play this for a couple of times and you can see that yellow shopping cart. it was headed towards a traffic. the officer was on patrol, there is that little bully. he saw the shopping cart as it was just a few feet. that is that little -- bowi 40 as wee that mother was supporting a child into cart and the other child got away. the police was able to stop the child. police was able to stop the child. >> sofa... desk... you know what? why don't you go get some frozen yogurt. i got this. you're so sweet. , right? i do got this. let us get everything off the shelf, and to your home. oh, you have a keurig vue brewer? oh, it's great! now i can brew my coffee just the way i love it. how do you do that? well, inside the brewer, there's this train that's powerful enough to carry more coffee and fresh water to make coffee th

it work bette neil: it's like with school shootings and all that. gun advocates, whatever you do, don't use something like bad. climate change is the same thing. where theyre going to use it. the u.n. talking about setting up climate change, now this in the united states. >> it is absolutely despicable. essentially, that is what is going on. the politicis are so greedy for extra power and money. neil: the fire before them is not getting to these people. if you really want to go in direct climate change, you know, what is happening with the glaciers and blame on them -- but right now, this is not the time. >> thapr opportunity has are go by. i hate to be cynical, that everyone has argues at for their political purposes and to whatever leverage they can out of it. now it is over for them. those poor people are left in staten island without a home and things being fixed and everyone who swept through, smiled and had their photo taken, has are even reelected in november the next thing the. neil: it is incredible. we will keep an eye on us. you know, sta

and parental guidance' is with bette midler and billy crystal... >> still ahead, will speak about michelle obama, hollywood and new year's eve. spread it with kron 4, the biggest fireworks and the best celebrations hosted by sports director, gary radnich and catherine heenan. >> pope benedict to the verge of the christmas message to the world. purging the palestinians to negotiate with israel also celebrating the mass at st. peter's basilica in vatican city. >> the church of nativity in bethlehem also lining up with christians believe is where jesus was born it is located in the west bay in the middle east. >> children are trying to find out michelle obama. she was speaking to children. norad tracks and monitors santa's path... jack klugman dies and your snow holiday forecast.

their ideas have sex with other people's ideas and give birth to bett things.on't know what the next breakthrough will be, the next cw50 lend to a washing machine or an ipad. but i am sure the will be some. maybe it will me from a competition like the x prize. charles lindbergh first crossed the atlantic to win a prize. six people died trying to win it. lindbergh succeeded because he came up with new ideas saying, why need a co-pilot, iill fly solo to save weight. he trimmed the edges off the maps to save weight. people called him crazy but he succeeded. he did what government said couldn't be done and brought in e age of commercial aviation. life in america is tough for lots of people today, life for most is a better life than ever existed in the history the world. we live longer than ever. this is a chart of the average life span, which is y entitlements will bankrupt us. unemployment is still before 8 percent and i blame big government and the regulation but step back and remember, this year, america did add 1.4 million new jobs. if we have 10 percent of unm

i shall also had the whole advertising campaign involved joan crawford, bette davis the idea was if you dress in the scanner silks and satins, you too, can be a star. here is an act featuring bridal section here is another one from the mid 1940's from "glamour" magazine. when the soldiers returned they got married in droves on many were getting married in the bridal sutton. it took the company to a whole new level of success. >> the company survived through 1961. 113 years after skinner founded it fixer their impact the company had throughout its existence the reader's digest included william skinner on a list of the most influential english men to land on american soil. and at that time they had the largest readership in the country, second to the bible. when asked what is your book about? then they ask how did you find your story? it had to do with my family. william skinner was my great great grandfather. here is an image of him around the age of 30. he just lost his first wife nancy. he is a woodworker in this picture with his two young daughters and opened his silk mill in the area

heart beating] [heartbeat continues] [faint singing] [heartbeat, music playing louder] ♪ i'm feeling betteld me... ♪ announcer: this song was created with heartbeats of children in need. find out how it can help frontle health workers bring hope to millions of children at everybeatmte.org. the. gerri: we talked about this earlier in the shell. congressional auditors say doing away with the dollar bill and replacing it with dollar coins could save taxpayers some four and a half billion dollars. americans have not shown a lot of appetite for these coins. what do you think? should be good rid of the $1 bill? here is was some of your tweeting the. probably, but the public has never accepted coins. very true. another says, hell, no. no one to carry 30 pounds of point. i have enough change already. all right. okay. i get it. we asked this on gerriwillis.com. 16 percent said yes, 84 percent said no. you're torn. here are some of your e-mails. why not put one question on the tax form for the so-called rich people. do you hire people are employed people? if yes the texas 25. if no, the tax rate is

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. >> billy crystal and bette midler as grandparents who were forced to go with grand kids they are taking>> folks anticipating the big screen adaptation of the musical laelesmis. >> the top stories this morning the seahawks crushing the 49ers. 42-13 to clinch a playoff spot. richard sherman returning a blocked field goal for a 90 yard touchdown. seattle wins the nfc west. arizona beat the 49ers. >> it will be winner takes all for the nfc east. rg 3 returning for the redskins washington beat the eagles 27-20. >> cowboys lost to the saints 34-31. dallas can still win the division if it beats washington. the giants the ravens routing the super bowl champs 33-14. big blue on the verge of missing the playoffs. >> christmas came a little early for cardinals fans. giving his blov to a young fan in the stands. the boy can't contain his excitement as you can see. he beat arizona 28-13. >> it is 38 minutes after the top of the hour. if you shop on-line it doesn't matter where you are but it turns out that's not the case apparently. the research shows your zip code can effect the price you are payin

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new epping land patriots may be the team to bette beat in the afc.y started strong against houston texas scoring touchdowns on the first three possessions and taking a quick lead. they couldn't over come it. the pats win 42-14. we have an update for you on robert griffin tiii knee injury. coach mike shanahan saying rg 3 has a sprained ligament it's not too bad. he neglected to say if he would play against the cleveland browns this weekend. >> there is something that scarred he loves more than scoring. have you ever thought about something called donkey cheese? they bought a donkey farm in serbia and the entire supply over the year. he plans to use the cheese in his restaurant. >> i love cheese but donkey cheese? >> president obama promised obamacare would save us money? why would it cost every single american 65 more dollars. not a heck of a a lot more. >> now you see them now you don't. amazing technology that would make soldiers invisible. >> 18 minutes before the hour. here's a complete look at headline this is morning. the antenna that will top 1

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to leverage their assets to communicate to all americans we can make their lives bette better, this isream job for me. klitcally important. i don't think the republicans will win another national election unless conservatives convince americans the principles will work. then libertarians and independents and democrats can embrace the conservative ideas if americans believe they're the real solutions. >> bret: what do you say to the constituents who say he was my guy? >> i am still that guy. what i have done like help elect good con seventive senators and stop bad things like earmarks is only because i've gone outside the senate to take the case to the american people to create pressure on the senate to do the right thing. i can do more at the hair tage foundation and that is what we plan to do. >> bret: to that point, i talked to you in september of 2010 about the senate and how it worked. take a listen to what you said back then. >> we don't have enough people standing up to stop spending. that drives the culture here. you could name a program we cut in your lifetime. we pile one prog

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starting to think it's a bette deal for the republicans to of vote present, let the president onhis completelyes. >> now. his thi. mitch mcconnell tried to get the senate, harry reid to vote on the president's plan and harry reid said no. democrats are caling it a stunt. this is the president's plan we can raise taxes on rich and you don't have to cut spending and you can do all the things that he wants to do, and they don't nt that to come to a vote. there might be something there. i'm thking that might maybe make him on it and let the chips fall where they make. elections haveonsequences. at that right now. lou: i think we all agree about consequences. certainly. your thoughts on this? does it looto you right now like we are going to avoid this fiscal clif? the president, but the brilliant idea? it's interestinhow he does this. he initiates an ultimatum and the goes passi aggressive on everyone and withdraws from the field. it's really a bizarre and intriguing strategy whicch obviously has completely confounded republican eaders. >> yes, and the polls show that the american people are proud

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