is there are real bill clinton to back either many pilgrims? who is bill clinton? and a complicated man the story is told to the voice of one of its 69 people who know him. the idea was to create a book like conversation about this fascinating man, a conversation that the reader can ease drop on i hope it is the most intimate character portrait yet. i think it is the most varied. people included of the book are people who grew up with him, went to school, worked for him, worked with him, worked against him, investigated him, defended him, reported on him, love him, hit him. everyone from the cousin who took the 5-year-old bill clinton to the saturday westerns in arkansas to a former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. classmates and every stage of his education to nationally known journalists. cabinet members, political consultants, over two dozen current and former members of congress, to republicans like bob dole and late henry hyde. there is even a cameo appearance by larry flint, the publisher of hustler magazine. i spent a solid year interviewing. my wife t

but that is bill clinton. anyone else? >> went made you write the book can do clinton's have any comments? >> i have been a political junkie since i was nine years old it is hard during presidential years for me to get anything done especially now when you can follow moment by moment on the internet what is happening. my last book was a book of world history and this wind came up, you have to of politics that you have to of but a lot of people enjoy 18 him but to the largest personality of been a occupants and it is a fascinating man. as far as comments, i only wanted to speak about close presidency retail stocks of him of the president that works throughout the whole book he did not speak directly to me. but i did meet with an aide of his suit looked me over and really checked me out to make sure was not a sleaze merchant and gave the okay and when you send out the interview requests and they will call of bill clinton's office so i did speak and a copy of the book has been given to him i have not heard from him i hope i do

bill clinton and barack obama together in what i'm convinced is the most vital political alliance in the clintons. hillary and bill both have forged a political bond that's working for the country, the political party and them. it was forged initially in denver in the summer of '08, the rousing festival of unity and excitement. was upgraded with obama asking hillary clinton to be his secretary much state. an offer backed up by bill clinton's strong endorsement. he wanted her to accept, seeing the duty and global stature she would obtain. the president's people wanted help in three vital states for 2012, florida, ohio and colorado. they asked bill to hit those states and he did. he spent his additional time on the stump traveling for candidates who helped hillary in 2008. >>> then came this past friday, bill clinton arrived at the white house, met with the president. from there the two men met with the presidential briefing room to meet the press. bill clinton gave a full throated endorsement on the bipartisan compromise on taxes president obama had struck. when president obama felt h

bill clinton and barack obama, together in what i'm convinced is the most vital political alliance inbama and the clintons, hillary and bill both have forged a political bond that is work for the country, for the democratic party, and for them. it was forged initially in denver at the democratic national convention in the summer of '08 that rousing festival of unity and excitement. it was upgraded with the high drama of obama asking hillary clinton to be his secretary of state. an offer backed up by bill clinton's strong endorsement. he wanted her to accept seeing both the opportunity, the duty and no doubt the global stature she would obtain. for 2012. florida, ohio and colorado. they asked bill clinton to hit those states and hit them hard. the former president spent his additional time on the stump traveling for candidates who helped hillary in 2008. then came this past friday. bill clinton arrived at the white house, met with the president from there the two headed to the presidential briefing room to meet the press. there, bill clinton gave a full-throated endorsement of the bipa

the purpose of having bill clinton there was unclear to me. was he there to appeal to this liberal wing of the democratic party? >> bill: absolutely. >> or was he there to imbue mr. obama, i should say respectfully, with the aura of a try lay for, someone like clinton can reach out and cut dells with the opposing party? -- i'm not sure it did president obama any good. the most interesting aspect was how he told us that he is now out of politics. and he told us that a few minutes after he boasted of headlining 133 campaign events. >> bill: you know what i love cameron, when president obama left and he had to leave, because he had other commitments. then president clinton went, all right, see you later. you in the back row there! it was great. like here i am, i'm in charge for one more day! it was funny. i don't think it did president obama any harm if he gets it passed. everybody will forget that and we'll go on with our lives. >> if it was a comparison in triangulation it was a difference. barack obama said democrats were being sanctimonious an

obama is president of the united states in large part because the democratic base didn't like bill clinton'sangulation. the democrats were angry in 2008 at hillary clinton, not just because she voted for iraq war but bill clinton shifted and played the dick morris card in 1995. he has base problems. if he can effectively reach to the middle and go out and say i'm a centrist, forget about obama care and forget about what we did in the first two years, i'm centrist and i can live in the middle. if he makes that sell he will be okay, but if people don't buy that and he can't use the tax cut and deficit reduction to get there, his base will eat him alive. >> i disagree with that. they're not going to say forget about obamacare. this is not simple moving to the center. what bill clinton did and what obama will do is make deals on some issue and fight on others and one is obamacare and financial reform and student loan reform. and he will use the tax reform and deficit reduction, the next huge debates in washington to frame an argument about growth and competitiveness. where he finally can control

he calls bill clinton in. he's got the press conference with bill clinton. he's doing all the things he should have done over the past two years. what happened? >> this was a -- this thing was an audible done on the fly in the meeting. i believe the new chief of staff is washington's most meticulous planners and is a great realistic -- great at being realistic. being realistic, the president needs to build some sort of coalition to govern and you're going to see this week and all the rest of the month you're going to see attempts to rebuild the presidency, which is in a recall stalled position. >> john, again, they just winged it. they just decided to go out there. >> it was good. >> not to make too many beatle analogies, this is paul and john, "saturday night live," trying to go downstairs, trying to get a cab because they wanted to play. but this time they actually went out and played. >> just to get to it, there's no demographics more popular than the liberals. he's the liberal democrat -- he's got a 90-plus percent approval rate. where the liberals are r

or was it hillary and bill clinton, already mentioned. she posted another idea as secretary of state and he was pivotal helping democrats around the country as well as 4e7ing president obama sell his big tax cut deal. howard, you started this. who's the all-time winner of the zeer >> i mentioned the clintons personally but i'm actually going to say the tea party. some people say it's oversold or counterjournalism saying it wasn't that big of a deal. it's a huge deal. and they will be the driving force in the congress overtime next two years. not the liberal democrad h. the tea party. >> i'm agreeing with howard this morning. he's very wise and debonair. chris: anarchy? >> i will go with the tea party because of what if you think about it this has been the most phenomenally fast rise of an movement in american politics. r yeaa and a half yalo -- chris: do you think it will descend this year? >> it may but a year and a half yalo we donjou know anythoug abt it. >> i will vote for j mn btcmiter, who proved real men can do it multiple times. c

bill clinton and bill and hillary clinton. two former clinton administration heavy weights -- robert reich and terry mcauliffe join us in a moment. >>> plus, let the fun begin. the loud noise you heard last night outside the window was the republican snowball that came when word came that michael steele is running again as rnc chair. how can the party of lincoln stop the guy with all the wins? lining up in favorite of the new s.t.a.r.t. nuclear treaty, why are so many right wingers standing in the way? we're going to debate what could be lost in the treaty goes down. >>> meet the old boss. not the new boss. you'll love this. he's in business to serve the banks. didn't he get the memo? you're not supposed to admit that. >>> we start with the tax cut deal. the "huffington post" howard fineman. so is richard wolffe. can't be any colder than this place. you know, i have to say, romney. this guy is mobile. this guy moves around. he was for the health care plan in massachusetts. pro-choice in massachusetts. the minute he cleared the

caller: bottom line, bill clinton went to the white house to endorse the bush tax cuts for the rich. if you are not in accord with the clinton-obama-mcconnell bill, you are not a friend, you are a splinter. it is strange to read the sitting president head off to a christmas party and have bill clinton coming back to show of how good he is. host: do believe that the republicans, the democrats, the white house and the congress, are they close it to a compromise? caller:. you would have to ask the congressman. is there move. they threw a temper tantrum like a bunch of adolescence. host: jeff, neb., good morning. if you turn down your television this process will work easier. we are going to move on to jacksonville, florida. jeff, democratic line. good morning. what do you think about president clinton's comments on principled compromise? caller: we are in one of the worst messes i have ever seen living here. my opinion is you have millions of people out of work right now. it is going to take longer than 12 or 13 months to put these people back to work. 13 months of unemployment benefits.

it certainly looked as if barack obama had outsourced his presidency to bill clinton. first he cut a deal with republicans on tax cuts, and he literally turned over the white house lectern to his predecessor. equally revealing an astonishing, mr. clinton's performance reinforce the impression of political deja vu, in the sense that once again a democratic president hobbled by midterm elections was pivoting to the center at the expense of his own supporters. here is what bill clinton said late friday afternoon. >> yes, i think the one thing that has always happens when you have divided government is that people no longer see principled compromise as weakness. this system was set up to promote principled compromise. it is the ethical thing to do. in a democracy where no one is a dictator, we would all be at each other's throats all the time and we would be in a state of confidence paralysis -- constant paralysis. guest: i think that if you see the difference between how bill clinton is to betray compromises and the way president obama has, i think that clinton had a compr

that's why bill clinton was here at the white house yesterday in a very unusual visit. >> so i'm going to take off. >> reporter: it was a big surprise at the white house. >> you're in good hands. >> reporter: bill clinton taking a handoff from president obama to help sell his controversial tax cut deal. >> the agreement taken as a whole is, i believe, the best bipartisan agreement we can reach. >> reporter: the fact that mr. obama turned to the popular former president shows just how fragile this deal is. clinton friday lectured some reluctant democrats who feel president obama has abandoned his campaign promise to end tax cuts for the rich. >> look, if we had 5% growth and unemployment was dropping like a rock, maybe you could have this so-called mexican standoff. >> i'm sure it didn't take the current president long to swallow whatever objections he might have to giving the stage to bill clinton because this president needs that president right now. >> reporter: today mr. obama in his weekly web address acknowledged members of his own party are uncomfortable with the plan. >> but at

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i think, when bill clinton after losing, bill clinton's image, talk about photojournalism.image was morphed onto candidates during the midterm election. >> host: why was that so polarizing? >> guest: for a number of reasons. because now today one talks about possible racism involved in the polarity, but in bill clinton's case you couldn't say it was because he was white. i think those definitely the counterculture thing which newt gingrich played very successfully, the idea that these people have had a too soft or they had avoided service in -- service and get not at all possible court or some of that. i think a lot of it was just like housing order, the first two terms are learning expenses. and he made a terrible mistake taking an old kindergarten friend as his chief of staff. he wanted somebody to trust. to be honest he had quite a lot of secrets, in terms of his private life so he wanted a chief of staff that would respect that. and it was a terrible mistake because he has a brilliant mind, but it's not a good administrative mind. he needs somebody, just like eisenhower

you know who's done with bill clinton is president obama.ou do know this, but let's remind ourselves of how friday afternoon went in this country. >> here's what i'll say is that i've been keeping the first lady waiting for about half an hour, so i'm going to take off. >> i don't want to make her mad. please go. >> you're in good hands. >> help me. thank you. >> i don't know whether to share my opinion or go to you guys first. i suspect we'll be in some version aagreement, but it appears to me that there's no upside to diminishing yourself as a president than by bringing a former president in to sell a popular policy. whether it's bush bringing his father in to sell the war or you can come up with a million vergs of this, is this a way as a communications manager, we're bringing in a former president which diminishes the -- in this case, president obama. >> i would have much rather be handed off to bernie sanders, frankly, but the only other thing i can say without totally agreeing, obama seems to be a very confident guy. it's hard for me to

and that's just common sense. >> do you see this president doing what president bill clinton did duringhe triangulation going towards the center now? >> i'm not sure he knows what the center looks like in this country. in 2009, 3 days after his inauguration, he met with republicans in the white house who wanted to have some influence on the size and composition of the stimulus. his response to them was, i won. well, he just heard from them, we just won, and this is a changed political landscape. >> well, he did say elections have consequences and he's basically said that again as he's been pushing this through. >> christiane, the thing about -- everybody keeps trying to compare this to bill clinton in 1994 and the aftermath of the election. the huge difference between that is the economy was growing was doing well. bill clinton had made bad management decisions in the two years he had run up, a series of things travelgate, don't ask, don't tell, a bunch of things he could then adjust and make different decisions. barack obama is in an economy that's only worsened since he's been preside

bill clinton called it the best deal possible. president obama is trying to convince democrats to support the bill. that deal extends jobless benefits also. elizabeth smart now 23 years old, smiling today after the guilty verdict of brian david mitchell. he faces life in prison. >>> the sausalito's marine mammal center is caring for a sea linthat was shot. its left eye was shot. gun shot pellets are lodged in his head. it's too early to know if it will regain its health. who shot the animal is unknown. >>> big changes this weekend, but still rain in the forecast and [ male announcer ] how do you say... welcome to the neighborhood. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you say... can you believe it's been 20 years since college? ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] nothing says "you're special" like boursin, a creamy, crumbly blend of real cheese and savory herbs boursin makes any moment more memorable. even if you're saying... my mother has the kids tonight. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you say boursin? >>> new developments in the wikileaks story toni

bill: you think so even with the clinton -- what do you thing of that, did he have to bring bill clintonut it is a smart move and part of the problem with messaging is that there is so much noise, it is hard to get anybody to hear your message even when you are the president, bringing in a former president like bill clinton, and, it brings them to say, maybe it is a better deal than i thought. bill: i went to the room, went looking for robert gibbs and say, we want to make a statement, and based on what i have head, president obama only wanted to do that, we'll make a statement and, he'll say something and i'll say something and that will be the end of it but with bill clinton it is never really the end, is it. >> he dozen joy the spotlight. so that is what i think he didn't want to stop. neither wants to stop, never wanted to stop the presidency, i wish i was the uniform division sergeant who sits at the entrance to the press room and watched two former presidents go down and fumble around with a locked door, how do we get in here! bill: thank you, by the way taxes, do they go through s

of course was an adulterer, like bill clinton.aised from the dead and punished, along with bill clinton all of the wicked. the amazing thing is that the assassination of the king of babylon was dated to the precise year and the assassination of the lord jesus christ was dated to the precise year. did you know that? the angel gabriel himself said it would be the 487th year and the messiah would be cut off, killed. think about that, in the dead sea scrolls 200 years before jesus, i said in the dead sea scrolls, 200 years before jesus, they talk about the fact that the messiah would come in 10 jubilees and quote the angel gabriel who said it would be 70 sevens or 490 years, i see i have five seconds. it should be february 9, next year, judgment day. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hi, my name is antonio ortiz and i'm a union steward at c.w.a. local 1495 over at kpfa and in regards to the resolution you have on number 60 and i hope that it passes. there have been layoffs at kpfa and according to our contract, it's a breach of our contr

not about nancy pelosi and other house democrats digging in, but about the fact that bill clinton had blessed this in a way, that led to the senate vote and i think it will eventually lead to a house vote that'll be successful. that circuit breaker i think was vital. the weekend would had been a lot different had it not occurred. >> and let's remember and you bring up a good point, mark, because let's remember what the picture, and i joked with a white house staffer earlier that day, i'm like, hey, you going to give us anything on this clinton/obama meeting? because other than that, i got about eight hours of bernie sanders tape to start running on air. so the of half kidding, half joking. and then you know they bring out the big dog. elvis comes into the building and guess what bernie sanders, his show ended up getting -- >> here's president clinton, though on his party. let's listen.

. >> at last report, bill clinton was not still talking at the white house podium. >>> and chances are john boehner does not take the gavel in three weeks, but the white house is working behind the scenes to build a relationship with the republicans. >>> and speaking of republicans, will he stay or go? decision day for republican national committee chairman michael steele. >>> plus, the case for ratifying s.e.a.r.t. and we will speak with sam nunn, the former author of the initiative. >> if i come to you and say, mr. mayor, i want to take a hard look at this and this is not a vanity play and we could win this thing, would you change your mind? >> no way no how. >> no way, no how. mayor michael bloomberg says he is not running, but he is offering a new political vision, politics without labels. this hour we will talk with another key player behind the effort. los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa. >>> and michelle ree is not done fighting. we will have more on that union fight as msnbc continues. i'm andrea mitchell live in washington, and we begin with news that ta virginia judge has

bill clinton called it the best deal possible. president obama is trying to convince democrats to support the bill. that deal extends jobless benefits also. elizabeth smart now 23 years old, smiling today after the guilty verdict of brian david mitchell. he faces life in prison. >>> the sausalito's marine mammal center is caring for a sea linthat was shot. its left eye was shot. gun shot pellets are lodged in his head. it's too early to know if it will regain its health. who shot the animal is unknown. >>> big changes this weekend, but still rain in the forecast and the extended forecast, we will talk about it in a few minutes. ♪ ♪ ten thousand watts of xmas cheer ♪ ♪ ten thousand watts glow brightly clear ♪ ♪ the colored lights will shine sincere, ho, ho, ho ♪ ♪ ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ♪ >>> new developments in the wikileaks story tonight. the organization itself is undergoing an internal split and russian leader says the group deserve as nobel prize and wikileaks supporters may be gearing up for a new cyber attack. >> program ca

suddenly, it was bill clinton and bill all the time. >> the dynamic between those two is fantastic to watch. no one really believes that. obama is a different president from bill clinton. he goes about things in a different manner. look along it took him to come up with that afghan strategy. maybe obama could use a little more bush, decisiveness, or fortitude, which would bring him more onto the clinton side. obama is not as politically widely as clinton was pretty he did not come out with a strong understanding -- >> how does the internet convey information in the newspapers and in broadcasting? big headlines, big pictures, big names writing it is necessary. the internet seems to be -- you have to read it to find out. we don't be a -- we are unable to grab people by the throat. do you feel that? >> i do. i think there is a number of different forces at play here. one is, we have soldiers conveying information to their families, blogging, putting up youtube videos and doing funny dances and making their own videos. then on the journalism side, i think there are new forms of journalism

obama lost 63 seats in his first midterm, bill clinton lost 54, right behind him. >> sean: good pointthe same pill clinton that said they played the race card against him. i don't think he has gotten over that. we spent a lot of time, maybe a week, two weeks talking about joe wilson we he said you lie during the state of the union address. we have these reports about democrats using the f-word to describe the president. do you think the media spent a lot of time covering that? >> it was the shout heard round the world. >> you lie! >> it was a frightening mix of disrespect and bad behavior. >> booing. >> it strikes a lot of people as awfully close to the idea that maybe there was some sort of racist or bigoted element there. >> sean: what do you think? >> what a difference two years makes. it wasn't just that one comment that was made about obama reportedly. they also -- it was reported in the huffington post they also said "f" the president, no ing way he -- he ifed up. abc.com reported it. all those networks that went after wilson for saying you lie not one --. >> sean: it is almost

bill clinton at the same time in '94 after his got walloped in the midterm was much lower. he was hovering around 40%. president obama joins core support with african-americans, latinos and democrats. that support is really, really high. as a consequence it puts his base support in the mid 40s. which is why it has been so stable for the last year. >> 58% polled are positive toward him. they like him. they see his values. he is a family man. they don't like him professionally. only 36% are positive about him professionally. you look beneath the numbers, 41% say he is a good commander in chief, 33% say he is achieving his goals, 30% uniting the country, only 24% believe he is changing the way business is done in washington. >> that is why you lose 63 house seats and senate seats. they wanted him to deal with the economy and change the way washington worked. we had a midterm report and they weren't satisfied. we ask the question, is this a successful presidency, failed presidency or too early too tell. most people said it is too early to tell. they want this president to succe

when we were talking about the bill clinton moment.een embracing the bipartisanship that he got it done. he seemed to be dish can it at the same time. megyn: usually when you strike a big deal on a major piece of legislation you come out and do a mini victory lap. >> you don't get and say i had to do this and i hate everybody including the people who are for me. being angry and blaming your -- blank the american people does not work very well. megyn: ken cuccinelli is holding that press conference taking a victory lap. this is the attorney general of virginia who won this ruling out of the district court in virginia. let's take a listen to him. >> by violent sudden usurpations. this was an attempt to abridge the rights of the people. now we have beaten it back here in virginia, of course we will see where the final decision brings us. but if we cross this line with healthcare now, this unconstitutional line, where the government can force us to buy a private product and say it's for our own good, then we'll have given the government th

>>neil: you knew bill clinton very well. >>governor huckabee: very well. >>neil: did he mean in the same way of of bill clinton when he got a drubbing, is he moderating? >>governor huckabee: bill clinton got it quickly because he is one of the most brilliant political minds that ever has existed in our country. and president obama has not yet shown that but he has never been in a position where he had to work with a body working against him. he had two years and he got a shellacking and if he is quick enough he will govern differently in the next two years than the first two because he knows there are consequences that ar irreversible. >>neil: but there arer revirsible what he does. i found it interesting that nancy pelosi was not there, she voted against it, and hoyer, number two, voted for this but he was not there and john boehner the incoming speaker, not there. we read who accepts and who declines, should we make a big deal? >>governor huckabee: not necessarily. unless we knew they specifically said i'm not going and i want no part of it, there were r

bill clinton is the 42nd president of the united states. he's just back from haiti.e's been a guest on this show 28 times. provided us some memorable moments. i'm honored to have you back again tonight from little rock. thank you so much, mr. president, for joining us. >> thank you, larry. >> larry: you look well fit. are you feeling well? >> i feel great. i've been traveling quite a bit but as you pointed out i just got back from haiti and from the day before in the dominican republic but i'm encouraged by some of what i saw there and i'm kind of like you, i have to keep working. i don't know if it keeps me young but keeps me out of the grave so i feel good about it. i'm glad to see you here and still up and going. >> larry: we're both in the zipper club. by the way, you look very good last week in the briefing room at the white house. doing that little 30-minute session. did that make you yearn to return? >> no. it was actually quite impromptu. i was -- i was in the oval office talking to the president about a number of things at his invitation and he asked me what

bill clinton calms the base, you remember when it was a lot less complicated. >>reporter: he is the best as a performance artist. the reality, and the irony, he was more of a centrist that president obama so it is odd that liberals would find consolation from watching bill clinton sell the tax deal to them. but that is what happens. from the president's point of view the danger in that on friday was you do not want to see turn the white house podium over to the guy who can sell the deal better than you but if bill clinton can bring democrats along that is in his best interest. >>shepard: and bill clinton could sell snow in the metrodome today? he is mighty good. if i had to sell something i would want them something for me president obama signing legislation that will provide more lunches and dinners to school children and make the meals healthy. we have to find a way. something wrong with that, right? better food for the kids? sign up, line up here. the president says that the law is about doing what is right for american kids and helping them reach the full p

my chance would be bill clinton. why? for this period right now, we just need someone a little tougher than barack obama. i believe president clinton would come to that challenge. host: what did you think about seeing president clinton alongside president obama talking to the media? caller: i loved it. i thought it was a great idea. like i said, bill clinton would be the right man for the tough guys -- with the new people we just elected to congress, we need a tougher democrat right now. i think he would be that one. host: wisconsin, most admired politician. linda, go ahead. caller: president obama. i agree that i hope he gets tougher. i think one of his strong points is the fact that he keeps in mind the middle class america and the people who are struggling. i remember reading in his book where he said -- when you get 40,000 feet above everyone, you can forget how people are struggling in their day-to-day lives. i know he takes time to read letters from people who sent letters to him about the struggles we are going thro

hoy el mandatario recibiÓ el apoyo polÍtico del ex presidente bill clinton sobre ese acuerdo. esidente clinton que apoyÓ su acuerdo de impuestos con los republicanos. >> este es un proyecto bueno y espero que a mis colegas demÓcratas lo apoyen. el senado se alista para votar el lunes sobre el acuerdo de reducciÓn de impuestos del presidente obama y los republicanos, pero todo se complica porque los demÓcratas quedan reducir los beneficios para los mÁs ricos. hay muchos acuerdos que se estÁn discutiendo, esperaremos a ver quÉ hace el senado. el presidente acordÓ con los republicanos extender los recortes de impuestos que caducan a fin de aÑo para todos por dos aÑos. y los republicanos se -cedieron a extender beneficios por 13 meses. >> salvamos hasta un millÓn de trabajos, es lo correcto. >> el acuerdo representa ahorros para individuos mÁs que otros planes de los partidos. pero los demÓcratas querÍan andar beneficios solamente que negarÁn al menos de $ 250.000. >> la realidad es, si los multimillonarios y los billonarios les hace falta un recorte de impuestos, estamos en peligr

the compromise tax deal and today the president called on the big guns for president bill clinton and mr. bomb amid a surprise appearance together in the white house briefing room today, trying to drum up support from democrats on the bill. president barack obama said was a terrific meeting in turn the podium over to bill clinton. >> this agreement will help america over the long term because it continues to credit for manufacturing jobs related to energy coming in to america. on remind you in the last few years, there have been 30 high-powered battery factories either open or presently being built america at taking 22 percent of the world share of that to hammer going to be at 40% by 2014. it's an important thing remanufacturing back to america because it's a huge multiplier to creating jobs. >> the deal includes two year extension of tax cuts for all income levels and the extension of unemployment benefits. it is the largest november budget deficit on record more than $150 billion. the u.s. treasury department to the budget gap was 25 percent more than the one in november of last ye

. >> bill clinton? >> a very bright guy. but also with a gift of persuasion and explanation. you can sit down at a table with del clinton in the lincoln room -- with bill clinton in the lincoln room, and when you got up, there was always give-and- take. he was a very quick study. >> what does the impeachment process look like to you? >> the fact that he was so effective is reflected in the fact that the impeachment came and went and he survived it all politically. th is a strong indication o how strong a personality bill clinton was. >> president george w. bush. >> somody who could have done a lot more than he did. decent guy. a good sense of humor. easy to talk to. someone who was content to take something, some conclusion, some recommendation. he was a very bright guy. he was a very effective guide. a very personal guide. when it came to examining d reading something, he was not the and he was not profound. >> and now the current president, barack obama. >> really one of the brightest people i have ever sat down with. as i said about bill clinton, if you sat down with barac

i think what clinton said the other kay day, it's not ideal. >> not a democratic bill. >> we've got tove it forward. the payroll tax deduction, 2%, you may not like the tax cuts, but we had to do something to get this economy moving again and i think for clinton what he said the other day, a lot of things he didn't like about it, but overall, it will move the economy forward. i think it's very important to move forward, but he and president obama, they worked together on north korea. he sent president clinton to north korea, to haiti. >> is this a relationship or transaction? >> it's been a relationship and i think the press has wanted to see this, but president obama's calling clinton, go to north korea, to go to haiti. president clinton did 133 campaign events, worked with the white house. they've been working together. they love this country. they want it to go forward. >> i think all the political transactio transactions become relationships. washington is a very peculiar kind of city. i think that next year on balance this bill probably will have a stimlative effect. over all, if

a bad mother -- >> shut your mouth. >> i'm just talking about bill clinton. >> i can dig it.ime he welcomes paul rudd and alan black weeknights 12:35, 11:35 central time on your local nbc station. >>> it's time for your "first look" at entertainment news. last night at the premiere of his latest film johnny depp gave swarms of fans more than their money's worth. he waded into a huge crowd patiently signing autographs and posing for pictures as hundreds turned out for the italian premiere of "the tourist." angelina jolie turned out with brad pitt saying her focus for christmas is on her children. >>> at 43 pamela anderson will make her 13th appearance in "playbook" magazine. this one will be different. in addition to eight pages of pictures, there will be a poem written by anderson. how sweet. >>> finally a bad girl of old says today's bad girls are much worse. the brad of the '90s "beverly hills 90210" tels us it's nothing compared to her saying none of her girls went into rehab and didn't go out and flash people so take that, hilton. >> i love poetry too. >> i know. you read

swinger of all, the smoothest of them all, the barry white of democratic politics, slick willie, bill clinton is a bad mother -- >> shut your mouth. >> i'm just talking about bill clinton. >> i can dig it. >> taxpayers are getting the shaft. >> very strong. can we see the pope one more time? t.j., do you have it? that's actually if you get past the humor, a fantastic man pyramid they put together. that is fantastic. all right. still ahead on "way too early," why are you awake? your shirtless texts and e-mails are next and "morning joe" just moments away. we'll make her holiday. that's why only zales is the diamond store. where you can get up to $1,000 off now through sunday. but i wasn't winning any ribbons managing my diabetes. it was so complicated. there was a lot of information out there. but it was frustrating trying to get the answers i needed. then my company partnered with unitedhealthcare. they provided onsite screenings, healthy cooking tips. that's a recipe i'm keeping. ( announcer ) turning complex data into easy tools. we're 78,000 people looking out for 70 million americans. tha