hoosier state voted for charlie white. he deserves a break.e deserves a chance and his day in court. and to not have this liberal judge say let's throw it out. election commission doesn't matter. >> you know what, but didi disagrees with the judge because the ruling, the judge is a long time judge in marion county. >> the same county that he resides in and he's a democrat judge. >> let me switch to the time we have left to a national issue and that's the 2008 presidential petitions. shaw, these went through the st. joseph county election board. allegedly forged. how could this happen and what do you think will happen in that investigation? >> well, the county prosecutor continues to investigate those signatures but i would note, eric, we've had a history of long time history in this state where the petition signatures you use as a valid way to try to gauge whether a presidential or state candidate has sufficient support. they need 500 signatures per congressional district. on whole, that's worked pretty well. we have a situation where it appea

to write this book about how it feels to be a black domestic work inning mississippi for white women. >> charlie: through a series of conversations and stories? >> interviews with skeeter the writer and through the course of writing the book i think she finds a purpose, you know, which has been absent in her life after she lost her son. so it goes. >> charlie: you read the book and wanted to make a movie. >> i did. i was very ambitious i said i want to option it and produce it and be the star of it and provide work for women of color. >> charlie: you could do that? >> in hindsight it was ambitious to see what it has turne into, yeah, it seemed overly ambitious because i was just driven by desire and need. >> charlie: what kind of desire and what kind of need? just black women are part of the narrative i just felt like it was a voice that needed to be heard and i felt like i was the one that was going to do it and it should be placed in my hands and knowing there's suspect a vast deficit of roles for african-american women i thought okay, thiss it i can't believe this was placed end my hands. of

i'm charlie sheen. >> the white house moved -- >> i'm sorry that the so-called super committee was notto do its work. >> i did not no lobbying of any kind. i was charging $60,000 a speech. >> sounds like a whole lot more. >> well, look, i was speaker of the house and strategic adviser. >> i don't think i've ever hired an illegal in my life. we hired a lawn company and they had illegal immigrants that were working there. and when that was pointed out to us we let them go and we went to them and said -- you have a problem. >> was it before he was before -- >> readily admit i may not be the best debater. i stepped in it last night. i had surgery on my back the first of july. if they print any more money over there in washington the gold's going to be good. i would suggest to you i was pretty fatigued. not to -- not the mayor -- >> sonia sotomayor? >> if anybody's looking for a perfect candidate i'm not it. >> i wanted to take the heat off my buddy herman cain. >> i'm not trying to hedge on the questions. we didn't even know that this whole thing about woman number four was going to even c

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charlie sheen is a well-known batterer and yet with white men there is a sense in which they can get than black men, right? >> that conversation still becomes about -- >> race. >> instead of gender. even when we're talking about a gender issue, race begins to trumpet. how can we think of gender justice in a different way. >> we need to have more men who are willing to educate boys and men around gender issues. i think that we have to have much more -- we have to redefine what it means to be a man. we have to have men who need to redefine mas masculinity and we need gender education at young ages so young boys can see what the power dynamic is and what we need to do to shift the power dynamic and make it more fair and equitable for women. >> do you see that as a possibility for us in the near future? >> think it's a possibility. i think that we have to really invest in that idea. we have to imagine what that future looks like and then we have to have honest conversations with one another, whether they're formal or informal about what's really happening and once we have those hoefrnt c

charlie brown spotted a small, scraggly pine tree. ♪ >>> mef snow brought out happy pandas, they were very excited to see the white stuff falling.y liked eating the snow. >>> according to the national weather service, a major winter storm is heading for r the southwestern great plains, blizzard like conditions expected across new mexico, texas, oklahoma, kansas and colorado as much as a foot and a half is expected. some how, it's going to excite the pandas, but we won't get anything like that here. no shot of a white christmas here in maryland. >>> are you happy about that? >> i want snow. >> you are with justin and that. okay. i wouldn't mind having a white christmas. now doesn't look like we are. the snow is contained to around the four corners of new mexico, rain in to texas. closer to home, high and dry, it's going to stay that way through the rest of today. the only thing i think we could be getting is maybe rain possible as we go through the next couple of days. as i look at the long-term forecast in to christmas, we could be dry, maybe a little bit chillier. 7 days away, things could change, we will keep our fingers cross

charlie sheen live. also causing a stir in 2011, lindsey lohan. she showed up for a court date wearing this tight whitess. she was charged with stealing a necklace and violating probation. >> probation as you know as -- is a gift. there is something called looking a gift horse in the mouth. >> she was sentenced to 30 days jail time but only spent a few hours. >>> the last harry potter movie brought in $168 million in its opening weekend. that was a new record. >>> beyonce's baby bump became a center of attention and set a new twitter record with the most twe, ts. >> i'm having so much fun. >> reporter: sugar land was moments taking the stage at the indiana state fair when high winds caused the structure to collapse. seven people in the crowd died. dozens more were hurt. they made a return to indiana for a special memorial concert. >> it was bad. you know but we got to play again. >> reporter: families of some of the victims filed a lawsuit against the band. >>> donald murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to four years in jail. >>> kim and kris exchanged vows in an over the top

charlie sheen live: my violent torpedo of truth." lindsay lohan also caused a stir this year.the actress showed up for a february court date wearing this tight, whitean was charged with stealing a necklace and violating her probation."probation, as you know, and as the prosecutor knows, and has always been my view, is a gift. she was sentenced to 30 days jail time but only spent a few hours behinn bars due to prison overcrowding.a concert.. turned into tragedy... country music duo sugarland was moments from taking the stage at the indiaaa state fair when high winds ccused the entire structure to collapse.seven people in the crowd died...dozens more were injured.and.. perhaps one of the biggest entertainment stories of the year... michael jackson's doctor, conrad murray, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in &pconnection with the pop star' death ... and sentenced to four years in jail. candace says: a recent topic that dominated the tabloids was 2011's big celebrity wedding. realitt star kim kardashian and n-b-a player kris humphries exchanged vows in an over-the-top ccremony -- only to file for divorce 72 days later.i'm candace dold and that

white house and another reason why the president is smiling broadly. >>> overseas opponents tovladimir putin took to the streets in greater numbers than ever before. >> their protest comes on asignificant anniversary. charlie d'agata has the report. >> tens of thousands came on thestreets to tell vladimir putin they have had enough. i came here with my friends and with the election we want to say the putins go away. >> the demonstrators are wantinga reelection for for the election that was rigged. putin's next toast is the presidential election scheduled frimaire 4th. -- more march 4th. >>> do we want putin to returnto the presidency? ". no "the crowd shouted. the critics say that is only because he hand picked his opponents. >> if march mr.putin proclaimedthat he won this election no one will believe he won honestly. >> after serving for 8 years andanother 4 years as prime minister putin is planning a return to the office of president a move that has willing russians saying, enough is enough. for the first time since the end of communist rule in russia the opposition movement is gaining momentum. putin's problems are not going away. charlie d'agata cbs news. >>> it was 20 christmases agothat minute mikael

white house and another reason why the president is smiling broadly. >>> overseas opponents tovladimir putin took to the streets in greater numbers than ever before. >> their protest comes on asignificant anniversary. charlie d'agata has the report. >> tens of thousands came on thestreets to tell vladimir putin they have had enough. i came here with my friends and with the election we want to say the putins go away. >> the demonstrators are wantinga reelection for for the election that was rigged. putin's next toast is the presidential election scheduled frimaire 4th. -- more march 4th. >>> do we want putin to returnto the presidency? ". no "the crowd shouted. the critics say that is only because he hand picked his opponents. >> if march mr.putin proclaimedthat he won this election no one will believe he won honestly. >> after serving for 8 years andanother 4 years as prime minister putin is planning a return to the office of president a move that has willing russians saying, enough is enough. for the first time since the end of communist rule in russia the opposition movement is gaining momentum. putin's problems are not going away. charlie d'agata cbs news. >>> it was 20 christmases agothat minute mikael

charlie. >>> holiday traditions taking place. the lighting of the white house christmas tree.eyed peas, and tonight, the national monument lighting at mount vernon, that kicks off at 5:30. choirs, schools, and 7:45, former raven is going to flip the switch and lights will be on. fireworks will immediately follow. you can hang around for that. back to new york for more of good morning, america. ♪ a beautiful day a beautiful day ♪ >>> a little u2, to celebrate world aids day here in times square. there's bono right there. he's joining alicia keys today, with a very special message they want everyone to hear. they have a big thank you for everyone in the united states of america. we'll tell you why, right ahead. >>> and i know you've all -- this is -- there's jack hanna. and, jack, make sure those are all present and accounted for. our friends from the columbus zoo include two members of the raccoon family. yep, they're both there there. that's kate and pippa. how about that for synergy. we're going to meet them just ahead. >>> robin has a visitor. >> that's right. >> a very spec

charlie losing the first two games so we're going great liverpool be their own. children. going to be choice talk for is going to be very close. after that much of white hart lane talk of say thirty nine points adrift of the top part of the game in hand chelsea remain fourth to force behind spurs russia city are top of the table for christmas two points and ten goals ahead of rivals not just united not in the mean time to city's yacht touré has been named the african player of the year the ivory coast midfielder beat barcelona say to cater my ses and dry you to rate there's twenty eight was voted for by managers of the african national teams. and over in spain basel i to reach the last sixteen of the coppers our a with ease thrashing the thirtieth but i let the line know that the new count to go through ten now and i guess despite resting several key players but i also went through to the next round with a foreigner when i got cut if. i stuck it out and in the k.h. outlands are up to second in the western conference after winning forty one misfiring to sky here in moscow atlanta opened through dimitri i think. it's the first period they were two up le

charlie sheen live: my violenn torpedo of truth." lindsay lohan also caused stir his year.the actress showed up for a this tight, white dress.lohan wasknows, and has always been my view, is a gift. she was sentenced to 30 days jail time but only spent a few hours behind bars due to prison overcrowdiig.a concert.. turned into tragedy... country music duo suuarland was moments from takkng the stage at the indiana tate fair when high winds causee tte entire ssructure to collapse.seven people in the crowd died...dozens more were injured.and.. perhaps one of the biggest entertainment stories of the year... michael jackson's doctor, conrad murray, was convicted of involuntary manslaughterrin connection with the pop star's death ... and sentenced to four years in jail. candace ssys: a recent opic that dominated the tabloids was 2011's big celebrity wedding. reality star kim kardashian and n-b-a player kris humphries exchangeddvows in an over-the-top ceremony ---only to file for divorce 72 days lattr..'m candace dold and that's your lowdown. 3 3 the ravens had a hard time holding on to the ball on saturday. how concerned is next in sports un

white house? when he says he'll make his final decision. an basketball fans gearing up. when nba players will be hitting the court. we'll let you know. >>> december, 1st, thursday, i'm charlie krauss. there's a look at downtown baltimore. this is something justin berk does so well every morning, showing you great sunrises. justin, this on the first pleat -- meteorological day of winter. rising from the east. setting in the west. >> we have great images to show you. it will be dark at night, bright during the day. that is a guaranteed forecast, right? first, yes, it's the start of meteorological winter and i wanted to look over some of the snow extremes. this will post on-line later today. notice typically january, february, our big snow month but a couple of years ago we challenged that record of just over 20 inches with a big storm that hit us during the second, third week of the month. yesterday on facebook i asked, are you interested in seeing snow? 232 of you actually were. viewing the comments it did look like -- i think we're on full screen right now. he lost his camera so let's just go to it. let's just show you how bel air looked yesterday. sunrise gives way to a mo

charlie in catlett. the way it is going this winter, it may be the only way to get the ground white. 18 in frederick with 30 or so here in town early. by 9:00, temperatures running in the 30s everywhere. should have a good deal of sunshine. as we go through the day, still sunshine, high clouds, mid-40s at noon in town. hagerstown, 41. 48 for cambridge and also in fredericksburg. this afternoon, notice by 2:45, 3:00, 50 in manassas, 49 leesburg and 49 also at andrews, the high for today. somewhere around the 50 degree mark. by 6:00, we're back in the mid- 40s with high clouds around. should be a decent but cool day for december. andrea and mike, over to you. >>> thank you, howard. it may be the off-season but the nationals had a big deadline to meet overnight. >> coach shanahan talks about keeping cool in the midst of a 4-9 season. here's dave owns with your morning sports. >> good morning, everybody. in the nfl you do not get points for almost winning. there's no such thing as a half win because you played hard. 'skins are 4-9. they haven't been able to figure out how to win close games. another 3m from

white house. we'll talk with carl cameron, bret baier and charlie phurt. the first lady speak to troops at fort bragg about the end of the iraq war. we will carry that for you live. revealing new secrets from inside the great pyramid. the possibility that you won't be able to text or talk in the car on your phone, we'll have all that. bill: see you in a couple of minutes. martha: this is another big issue out there. it passed in the house. some say the gop payroll tax cut plan is dead on arrival in the senate, which looks like the case. what is next? illinois congresswoman january chalkowski joins us. bill: christmas lights are good for more than running up the electric bill. the good that they are spreading, the good cheer that they are spreading this year. ♪ [singing] ♪ ♪ bill: as we approach the end of the year this will be a classic battle now. it's up to the senate after the house passes a payroll tax cut extension. several democrats blasting republicans foray tafpg the keystone i'll pipeline project to that bill. earlier today a top house republican,

. >> could we have charlie stenholme comment as a white blue dog democrat? he is wearing blue today. how you observe this process? >> i agree with the overview that has been given here about follow the nuances and we will see. i believe very strongly that to those in this town who are interested in policy, you better get redistricting factor you'll never get the kind of agreement on policy. the books "on the wing nuts" 10% of the americans are very liberal and 10% are conservative. they control processing. the only way a democrat can be beaten in some of these areas is in a primary. same thing with the republicans you have the polarization that comes naturally with it. i committed the sin taxes of representing a rather republican district for 26 years. mr rove and mr selay and mr. barry decided this was not to be done. -- miss perry decided this is not to be done. they paired with a republican. it was not necessarily a fair fight. the results were predictable. now texas had their district for now by the courts. texas is a majority-minority states. texas legi

host: charly, if fdr was president today, how do you think that he would handle the relationship between the white house and congress, in order to try to get things done for the american people? caller: i would think that he would have realized by now, hopefully obama is getting to that point, that sometimes you just cannot negotiate with people that completely despise you. and you just got to go to the american people, point it out, and explain what you want, and they will go along with you. host: andrew in boynton beach, florida. welcome. who is your political hero? caller: thank you to this service -- thank you for the service you provide. i would echo the sentiments of the previous caller, definitely franklin delano roosevelt, who created the new deal, took a lot of senior citizens of the poverty, and ended a lot of disparity between citizens. he will eternally be seen as one of our great presidents. in addition, lyndon johnson. there was a civil rights legislation in the 1960's that gave blacks and minorities the right to vote and fully participate in our democracy. i would like to make one c

white house to put terror suspects in military custody. president obama threatening to veto the entire thing over that one issue. charliee washington times." good morning to you, charlie. >> good morning, bill. bill: what kind of a box does this put the president in? >> it is a real tight box for president obama because he made it very clear that he would veto exactly this. the problem is that, you know, senator carl levin, who runs the defense committee in the senate, you know, he has to negotiate with republicans and going forward democrats will have to negotiate even more and so they're going to strike these kinds of deals. if president obama does not make good on a veto threat that will take a real important threatening tool that, really the only one the president has off the table for future negotiations on things on this. bill: charlie, does this mean gitmo stays open indefinitely? >> i think absolutely it does. i think quite frankly i would argue it would anyway because the politics of that have been so bad for president obama. he already sort of, you know, kicked this thing down the road for two years now and so

is in the white house, the ability to show the passion and the care and the touching so that big ideas resate. and it's going to the country. >> think would be. and even what i would say, charlie s that i understand there is nothing going to happen in the next 12 months. the republins aren't going to agree with something now. but my action would be run on this so if you win. >> i think you will win, if you go big. not if you go small. >> by going big you also-- you wrote a column about that, going big and some people said what tom is doing is saying that the president has two alternativ. one, can go big and in a sense go for the center, where the alternative is simply to become very populist. anattack the republicans and say basically. >> and maybe win by -- >> i think if he went big -- >> that was the choice s that the choice he has? either to go big and basically go for the center and all the grand bargains that might be there, or to become sort of part of the stewart of the 99%. >> that's probably a fair calculation. >> it's a risk. if he goes big, i think he indecember-- increases the odds that would have been a transformational president which was his aspiration. i also t

. >> i wonder if it might be appropriate to ask charlie stenholm to comment, and maybe in terms of his own experience as a white blue dog democrat, kind of the leader, founder, he is mr. blue, he is even wearing a blue today, you know. but how you observe this proce process. >> well, just a few points. and i agree with the overview that's been given here about all the nuances and the what is, and we will see. but, you know, i believe very strongly to those in this town that are interested in policy, you better get redistricting fixed or you'll never get the kind of agreement on policy. the book, on the wing nuts, it's very clear, 10% of american population, are very liberal. 10% are very conservative. they control the party process and that means that in most of the districts you describe the only way a democrat can be beaten is in the primary. and the only way to republican can be beaten is in a primary. and, therefore, you have the polarization that comes naturally with it. i committed the sin in texas of representing a rather republican district for 26 years, and mr. rove and mr. delay and governor perry dec

white house going to talking about that payroll tax cut extension. we will have that for you live when he does step out. >>> winning. you all remember charlieheen's meltdown? >>> also kim kardashian's wedding. >>> and lindsay lohan and all her court appearances. 2011 has been a banner year for celebrity scandals. to get us caught up once again, our entertainment correspondent kareen wynter. >> reporter: no, charlie, thank you for making 2011 a winning year in celebrity news. he put on his awesome display of erratic behavior. on the web and in interviews. most memorably with abc news. >> can't is the cancer of happen. >> he was spewing just this absolute crazy, awesome just nonsense to anyone who would listen. >> reporter: he insisted he was not addicted to drugs. sheen's verbal spree cape in the midst of an epic feud with his bosses at "two and a half men," a dispute that eventually got him fired. by refusing to bow to his employers or convention, he turn himself into something of a folk hero, at least in his own mind. >> every great movement begins with one man and i guess that's me. he called his violent torpedo of truth earned as many bo

charlie hurt. interesting. >> thanks, jon. jon: thank you. arthel: wonky, i got it. jon: i like it. arthel: right now an international standoff that could have huge implications in the race for the white, iran's threat to close the strait of hormuz, a vital passageway for nearly 20% or of the world's oil. just the latest provocation to land on president obama's desk. wendell goler, senior white house foreign affairs correspondent standing by lye with more. >> reporter: arthel, there was more tough talk from iran today and some action from the u.s. following yesterday's threat. the deputy commander of iran's revolutionary guard says the u.s. is in no position to tell his country what to do in the strait of hormuz which is a choke point in the sea lanes through which about 15 million barrels of oil flows every day. the white house just a short while ago announced the sale of $30 billion worth of fighter jets and parts to saudi arabia. a former national security council staffer says iran is the likely reason. >> this would be aimed mainly at iran or sort of iranian interference in the wider region. obviously, the saudis are concerned not only about what iran is doing in iran's immediate

call it a charlie brown congress, nancy pelosi says t republicans are playing peanuts with your paycheck. how does that work? the panel sticks around because pelosi said something. the whitee taliban wasn't our enemy. what would bill clinton say? the former president enters the no spin zone. it's bill versus bill everyone believes in keeping their omises once a year. but we believe in helping people take steps to keep them every single day. that's why every day we help people across the country get into their first homes. prepare for a comfortable retirement and protect the people and things that matter most. at genworth we believe every day is theht day to a step toward tomorrow. >> gretchen: welcome back. a couple headlines. new reports the son and presumed heir of moammar gadhafi is alive and well this morning. american human rights group says he is being held by libyan rebels outside tripoli and says he's being denied legal counsel. >>> eric holder's time in the hot seat not over. darryl issa says he asked him to testify before congress again over the fast and furious debauchle. january 20 is the date requested. holder has yet to confirm. now back to the panel. >> ste