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governor rod blagojevich doing his best elvis. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> greta: apparently blagojevich enthusiastic lovee king has paid off. "time" magazine just put together the top 10 list of elvis impersonators. blagojevich number two. johnny cash number one. comedian andy kaufman came in third. today would have been elvis presley's 75th birthday. >> do you have a lead foot? don't speed in switzerland. a man got caught speeding slapped with a big ticket, $290,000 for speeding. the fine is a new record, new swiss record. before you feel sorry to the driver he's supposedly worth more than 20 million dollars the court based the fine on his wealth. the repeat offender speeder was going 85 in a 50 mile hour zone and he was driving what else, a red ferrari. he to keep that >> how are you at heights? the world's tallest building just opened in dubai. naturally two people decided to jump off. how do you say geronimo in arabic? >> coming from a northern direction at about 10 knots. >> greta: those jumps broke the world record with the highest base jump, ever. >> angelina jolie gets dumped. no, not by brad but

blagojevich was removed from office january 29. burris says he won't run again. when we come back, the president decides to stimulate the struggling economy and ignite a year-long debate. qlú ñ2x >> bret: welcome back. the president started out february 2009 by announcing that the white house would have direct supervision over the 2010 census. well, republicans immediately said president obama was trying to politicize the census, which among other things determines congressional redistricting. in mid-february, president obama's one-time political rival hillary clinton began her first trip as secretary of state. clinton visited several key asian nations, including china, where she made headlines by saying the u.s. could not press human rights issues at the expense of economics. climate change and security. quickly our panel, a.b. what about secretary clinton as secretary of state this year? >> well, hillary clinton was not a terrific candidate, but she has been a terrific secretary of state. all the predictions about how she and her husband would muck up the poli

politicians turned reality tv stars tom delay and rod blagojevich. the definitive southern rock band lynyrd skynyrd. we're also going to show you some gut-wrenching interviews and revisit some of our favorite games. you're not going to want to miss a thing in tonight's show. [ applause ] the new year gives us a gait to the next chapter of our lives we tend to learn what we used from the last year and use fresh start of the calendar to promise it will be different in the coming year. it learned this year that the more government tries to do to fix the economy, the worse it gets. i know they mean well, but spending money we don't have and borrowing money that we can't afford to pay back really isn't working out for us. it would be nice in the new year president and congress would figure out that businesses would grow and create jobs, i'm talking real jobs. if they weren't scared sick they'll have a little profit margin left after they end up because of increased cost of doing business, whether it's healthcare, taxes, huge energy cost hikes because of c

rod blagojevich. he was good.an't believe that guy actually looked me in the eye and he was just -- i mean typical dirtbag from chicago. i don't know if you know this. a typical dirtbag politicians. looked at me right straight in the eye, "no. no. i'm really a good guy." oh, my gosh! i remember the moment with rod blagojevich was when i said to him -->> if you're innocent, then you know what? the biggest tragedy is being done right now and we need to get to the bottom of it. but if you're lying do you realize the damage you're doing to this country? >> look me in the eye right now -- >> looking at you in the eye. >> you tell me. you are absolutely clean, you had nothing to do with this. >> i'm telling you, i did not commit any criminal acts. >> for a fraction of a second, i could see behind his eyes the oh, my gosh, i am that dirt bag. it was an amazing moment. i don't think it translated on tv. i could see it for a millisecond, the realization of -- a friend from acorn, which was another great, fantastic intervie

so i'm going with blagojevich, he was impeached in january and went on to a whole saga of reality showsnd it's great political theater, too, because you got the feeling he was somehow enjoying it along the way. >> monica. >> the town hall demonstrations this summer. those demonstrations are exactly what the founding fathers had in mind when their representatives got out of control, the people rose up. >> sarah palin's book tour, she had a lot of support. catapulted not only the number one on theamazon list, but the leading candidate for presidency. >> sarah, power house. best political theater, south carolina's republican governor. mark sanford was reported missing over the summer. his staff said he was backpacking. in reality, he was having a tryst with a lady. okay, worst political theater, pat. >> another south carolinaen, congressman, joe wilson, yelling you lie at president of the united states during a joint session of congress. bad theater. >> is that carolinian? >> yes. no french kings there. >> the worst political theater. the august town hall meetings masquerading as the real

will you be using former governor blagojevich as a campaign weapon? think the issue of corruption is underneath everything in illinois. recently i completed my second preserve tour of duty in afghanistan. i met with the afghan agriculture minister and he said you all seem like a normal active duty officer commander. i said that is right, i may reserve is. he said what you do in civilian life? i said i am a congressman in illinois. he said in afghanistan we know corruption but not like that. >> you are in the reserves for the president called for a lifting of the ban on in the military. >> i don't think we should change the policy. but my focus on military policy is he back the surge in afghanistan and that is a good thing. i think we are winding up the mission in iraq. that is a good thing and i was touched by the first lady and the second lady, mrs. obama andr focus on military families which i think is warranted. >> marker, republican of illinois, thanks for your time this evening. still live from statuary hall for the coming up next is another demo

that's like rod blagojevich talking about ethics reform. it doesn't meet the history of work. if the president is serious, i and many of my republican colleagues, i can assure you, stand ready as a willing partner. >> we'll take back -- go ahead, larry. i'm sorry. >> larry: you think he'll get a bump tonight? >> i think he will. incredibly frustrating that my colleague and friend adam -- aaron shock looks at the president's speech tonight as cynical box checking. i mean, i don't know which kind of constituents he represents, but the ones i represent are hurting. they want to make sure they have an opportunity for job creation. they want to make sure that when you have a pre-existing condition that an insurance company can't drop or deny you coverage. >> larry: aaron, will you get a jobs bill, aaron? >> let me say first, i'm not being cynical. i'm being somewhat critical because the rhetoric hasn't matched up with his behavior. if he's serious about the platform he laid out here tonight, he's going to get it. on the jobs bill, we had nearly a trillion dollar jobs bill that pass

we had just finished reporting on rod blagojevich, the governor of illinois and his prevailed. my friend got an e-mail from the fbi saying bernard madoff arrested, $50 billion can. i said, i don't know who he is. that's a typo. it can be 50 billion. that would be the biggest in history. i soon found out. >> what kind of resources did you and your unit turn over to this investigation? >> well, we had the entire abc news investigative unit immunologic of action, much of it for broadcast but there were so many great details that just could not fit into the world news or nightline, 2020 and we ended up doing this book the first book i've written. >> it is her first book? >> i'm a rookie at this. but i enjoyed. it usually consists of a minute and a half or a minute fortify. and here i had as much other wanted. >> so how did you fit right in this book into your working? >> 4:30 a.m. was a good time to write, and they gave me a few days off over the july 4 weekend. so right after the sending at the end of june, i really swung into action. i was in pretty good shape to get out as quick