congressman from texas, democrat chris bell who ran for texas governor against rick perry in 2006. good morning to you. thanks for joining me. >> good morning, alex. thanks for having me. >> it was the texas pastor robert jeffers who called the mormonism a cult at the voters summit. does any of this controversy over the pastor's words surprise you? >> well, it doesn't really surprise me because obviously, republicans have been having that conversation privately. but i think what rick perry is finding out, that a private conversation one thing. but when it's a public conversation, it's a whole different animal. i don't think they were prepared for the backlash they're facing right now after the pastor's remarks. i think a lot of people were wondering if that was a complete accident. >> ultimate will you, do you think it might do more harm than good for rick perry? >> i think so. it makes people very uncomfortablement obviously, this is an issue that mitt romney will have to address like barack obama had to address religious issues in 2008. but being the one to put it out in the open

chris cornell. and on thursday -- john goodman, lake bell music from evanescencs. to please join us for that.s a legendary performer, best-selling author, two-time emmy winner and a major, major john stamos fan. do yourself a huge favor and see him live in concert, october 22nd at the grove in anaheim and november 12th and 13th at the r orleans in vegas. please say hello to mr. warmth himself -- the great don rickles. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >> okay! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> sit down. >> jimmy: don, we booked your all-time favorite musician tonight, john stamos. >> who said that? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you and john are very close -- >> wait a minute. can i talk? >> jimmy: i'm sorry. >> that man went on and on and on -- like hanging. you know what i mean? he's a great drummer. annoying kind of personality, but a great drummer. we don't need that. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you don't like that? >> anything to keep his name alive. >> jimmy: you don't like rim shots? >> no, i don't like greeks. anyway -- [ laughter ] it's a joke, it's a joke. i like greeks. for your salad.

bell, abc7 news. >>> coming up, celebrating breast cancer survivors. see how chris cooley helps. >> spotted in manassas a boar named wilbur comes into town. the best place for a vacation is mississippi. you mean louisiana. florida's where folk's want to be. alabama's got you all beat. no matter which state you choose everyone agrees the gulf is vacation at it's best. mississippi outdoors, louisiana seafood, florida beaches, alabama shoreline. so come on down to mississippi louisiana, florida, alabama. the gulf is the world's goodtime headquarters. and we are 100% open for business. >>> breaking news from northeast where police say a person must them to death. they recall to virginia avenue to investigate a disturbance call and they are now looking for a female suspect. they believe the crime as a domestic in nature. >>> the search is on for the suspect who gunned down a 17- year-old boy. >> he was shot and killed in front of the temple hills home. sam ford spoke to his mother who witnessed the shooting. >> he was a 17-year-old living his life to the fullest comic hi

to the floor because he we don't have the votes [bell ringing] >> not the republican keeping it from happening it's his own party. why does governor christie keep saying no? i have no idea. and january 31st, why does a matter, completely changes dynamics of the election, if florida goes early which now they're going to, means, new hampshire, iowa, nevada as well as south carolina go early, there could be the first election sometime before christmas. it also means that those who come in late have a great disadvantage and the person who probably is most advantaged, someone you're going to see later in this show, mitt romney. so what's going on with that? it's something huge to keep your eyes on and finally, let me tell you something i want to show you what i'm doing here, i'm actually taking this hot dog, i'm practicing for something, and mmm, why, why am i eating this hot dog? you remember a few weeks ago when president obama had a $35,000 a plate dinner for people who were donating to him at the waldorf atora, $35,000 a plate. now the president is kind of looking for different donors, and he says that if you donate $3, you win a chance

chris cornell is here. tomorrow night, we're going to have another show. we do it every night. john goodman will be here, lake belll be with us and hear music from evanescence. and we're going to give away a baby on tomorrow night's show. still looking for a baby. we're going to find a baby and we're going to hand it to a rand random person in the audience and then we're going to watch and see how it does over the years. a reality experiment. our first guest tonight is a popular and talented actor, despite being very unpleasant to look at. you can see him every thursday night on the very funny show "parks & recreation." please welcome rob lowe. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. >> jimmy: how are you? >> i'm good. >> jimmy: seems like you get younger every time i see you. have you discovered some black magic? >> for sweeps, i'm coming back and wearing a diaper. >> jimmy: great. that will be wonderful. love to have that. did you work today? >> yeah, i was -- we had our table reading of our episode six. very funny. [ applause ] thank you. thank you. keep watching. >> jimmy: everybody knows what a table read is, r

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bell out this classic in public. we are the champions. don't miss a special edition of "hardball" tonight at 7:00 eastern time. chris moderate the great american debate where a panelists of experts, ak victiv discuss whether president obama should steer to the left or take on a more centrist approach. that will wrap up this hour of "jansing & co." thomas roberts up next and i will see you back here tomorrow. these nasal allergies are spoiling our picnic. i know what works differently than many other allergy medications. omnaris. omnaris, to the nose. did you know nasal symptoms like congestion can be caused by allergic inflammation? omnaris relieves your symptoms by fighting inflammation. side effects may include headache, nose bleed, and sore throat. got allergy symptoms out of my way. now life's a picnic. [ man ] omnaris. ask your doctor. battling nasal allergy symptoms? omnaris combats the cause. get omnaris for only $11 at omnaris.com. but they also go beyond banking. we installed a ge fleet monitoring system. it tracks every vehicle in their fleet. it cuts fuel use. koch: it enhances customer service. it's pret

bell dings ] [ sighs ] how mad is she? she kicked me out. but took the best stuff. i'll get the wrench. ♪ [ male announcer ] kohler's tresham collection. life. with a twist. ♪ >> chrisr thanks to the great folks in austin, especially >> that's it for today. thanks to the the texas history museum. we're headed back to washington sunday.

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