we have amanda petitiat up ther reading, bill cosby, the mayor, all the people getting across that if we read to kids, it helps them in their eccal career. al roker on the plaza, talking about stories and this make you feel good and this makes you cringe. >> you and i are kind of germaphobes anyway. the five germiest places, from the shopping cart to handbag, bacteria all around us, waiting to get us. you won't believe which of these things has more bacteria than a toilet seat. >> i will go with that one right there. that soap thing. >> i bet you. if you think you can't afford a family vacation. think again. our good buddy is here and will track out fun packages from travel & leisure magazine so you can have fun with the gang. >> patti labelle looks so cool, the coolest coat on i have ever seen. look at patty. >> she looks comfy. >> she does. let's get a check at he headlines. natalie is in while ann is on assignment. >> people in parts of arizona assessing the damage trying to recover from four tornadoes at least, that hit the state on wednesday. there could be more severe weather to

my only problem with bill cosby's critique is it didn't do a lot of good to yell at people, just yelling you must do better. fine. where are the tools? where is the possibility? >> we do have time for our last question. >> my question and concerns of the audience makeup here. it's almost entirely white and older than the average demographic, and does that mean that -- well, what does that mean in regards to black americans reading and young american reading and the texas book festival and austin, texas? >> you may live here. i don't live here. so i don't know exactly what it means. talk about black reading habits, though. african-americans, particularly african-american women, are avid readers and book-buyers, and they are a hugely sought-after demographic for publishers. so i don't think that necessarily says that black folks aren't reading. may have more to do with austin. i don't know. i'm glad everybody who is here is here. >> thank you. [applause] >> with that, the old saying, if you want to keep something from black people, you have to hide it in a book. but we won't get to that to

the only other person to win best actor three years in a row is bill cosby. >> bill cosby won three years[ laughter ] it must be exciting. three is, like, well how does it feel? i mean you go is it like -- where do you put them? >> it's amazing. you know wha i -- i started to think about it. and what it -- dawned on me is that these emmys are just like having children, because you love them, you're proud of them, you're -- you embrace it, you're very grateful, and, and then when the newness wears off, you stick them in the back room and forget about it. [ laughter ] yes. >> jimmy: that's what you do with children. >> right. i mean -- >> jimmy: absolutely. yeah. >> right? you do that with yours? >> jimmy: yeah. >> yeah, but i think -- i think i'm most grateful for this last one because the otr two have been fighting a lot and -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: so, it takes it away. they really are like children. >> this one has the naral ability to mediate. and so trey has really become our favorite. >jimmy: do you find that you, you change your, your speeches? trey, oh my gosh. [ laughter ] >> i p

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. >> and his book "enough" put the bill cosby side in that great debate. >> what terry smith calls reprehensible, you write, "we all have prejudices. everybody profiles somebody or another. it matters how we put our prejudices aside." you didn't find the comments to be reprehensible. >> no. i would only disagree with terry to the point that there's a right way and a wrong way to say that. everybody profiles. >> we acknowledge people proposal. >> thank you. everybody proposals. >> but i wouldn't put that it way. >> right. what is said, it's not what you say, it's what other people hear? and that's what happened. >> did the media wrench this out of context? i tried to play the full clip, shouldn't do this to christians with timothy mcveigh. he seemed to be making actually the opposite argument. >> well, i think the fundamental problem here is he had one role on npr as an analyst and another role on fox as a commentator and even, you know, playing the fox game, a bit of a provocateur. so those two things are not compatible. and npr should have acknowledged that, and i would say that juan williams s

african-american man like juan regardless of his extraordinary stature, to be there and kind of a bill cosby liberal, night down the line liberal, is a sin as well. they have been gunning for him for years and the remark about muslims, people in muslim garb at airports was merely a pretext and have been wanting to get him and got him, and in so doing exposed themselves for what they are. >> chris: nina, some crai congressional conservatives are talk bofg cuttiing about cuttint funding for npr, 1 or 2% and also, for public television. how likely is it to happen. >> it is a response that went back in the 19 the 90s, a serious effort to defund npr and the member station do get taxpayer funding, it's not just the 2%, it is a time of budget crunch and is a threat now as juan mentioned there was outrage over his firing from the left and right and media. editorials. you cannot get past the double standard issue and i'll raise another name, the late great daniel shore did a biting, aser big liberal commentary regularly on npr and called the 2000 supreme court decision that gave george bush the right

an african-american man like juan regardless of his extraordinary stature to be there and be a bill cosby liberal, not a down-the-line liberal is a sin as well. they've been gunning for him for years. this remark about muslim, people in muslim garb at airports was merely a pretext and they've been wanting to get him and they got him. so doing, exposed themselves for what they are. >> chris: nina, some congressional conservatives are talking now about cutting government funding for n.p.r. they don't get a lot of money. 1-2% of their budget. but also from public television, which would be a much more serious deal. is that the right response? how likely do you think it will happen? >> the response that has been going back to the 1990s. the mid-'90s there was a serious effort to defund n.p.r. a lot of their member stations get taxpayer funding, too. it's not just the 2% that goes to n.p.r.. it's in a time of budget crunch, looking for cuts. it's a real threat right now. there was outrage from the firing from the left and the right, media editorial. you can't get past this double standard issu

both great ladies. >> bill cosby and patti labelle tomorrow. >> have an awesome wednesday, everybody.

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i was low on the totem pole but to work would someone like bill cosby who was is -- was and is a comedicas amazing. we would toil away and try to realize his vision. the problem is, this man was so funny, this man could read the phone book and have you in stitches, and sometimes that didn't translate well when you went to write the script. "different world" was like a big happy dysfunctional family. leer is what i learned in my days of start -- writing for tv. every single show has a mole. if it is the craft services person, they are spying and sometimes they get the people wrong when they say there was a fight i still read the "star" and "enchoirer." people say you are lowsing brain cells. i say no, this is where you get it first. >> what are you working on now? >> a book about reality tv and a woman who is divorced and whose life has imploded. i'm going to keep writing and keep contributing to "essence" and other publications. >> all right. let's make thure people know where they can see you today. 2:30 today central library. 410-545-3115. that's www.pratlibrary.org. >> good luck with

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african-american man like juan, regardless of his extraordinary stature, to be there and be kind of a bill cosby well. they have been gunning for him for years and been wanting to get him and they got him. >> welcome back to morning joe. top of the hour. we have mark hill prin with us and joining the table, political director for the atlantic media company and national journal's editorial director, ron brownstein, and the national journal's congressional correspondent, major garrett, and this morning, the national journal is unveiling their newly redesigned magazine and website and the new issue contains many must-read articles and commentary which we will be getting to in a moment, include be, obviously, an interview with president obama and the "new york times" -- >> let me ask you. >> look at the headline. big article. >> wow. >> 40-year-old -- how exciting. mika, let me ask you about the clips we had going in -- do you think npr could have handled this juan williams issue any worse than they have? >> um, nope, i don't think so i think they have just said, here we are going to mess up in a bi