. >> reporter: clint eastwood's script with an empty chair that was supposed to be president obama hadome cheering. the romney family was not laughing. >> we appreciated clint's support. he's a unique guy and did a unique thing. >> reporter: the campaign defended the actor saying judging an american icon like clint eastwood through a political lens doesn't work. the ad libbing was a break and the crowd enjoyed it. the president's twitter account took notice sending out this tweet at eastwood and romney saying this seat is taken. >> not a word about his record in massachusetts where job growth was 47th out of 50. >> reporter: signs of the tough fight to come, the obama campaign countered romney's speech and biden offered a rebuttal of his own in ohio. >> we do not think you grow the economy from the millionaires down. you build it from the middle class out. >> reporter: they are down playing a post convention bump in the polls. they did one up the president in one category, getting to louisiana first. president obama arrives here on monday. randi? >> jim, thank you. now to central afgha

clint eastwood's chair, everybody. (cheers and applause) clint eastwood's chair! oh, oh-- chair-ryan 2012. [bleep] it's too late. we'll be right back. (cheers and applause) we asked over 3,000 doctors to review 5-hour energy and what they said is amazing. over 73 percent who reviewed 5-hour energy said they would recommend a low calorie energy supplement to their healthy patients who use energy supplements. seventy-three percent. 5-hour energy has four calories and it's used over nine million times a week. is 5-hour energy right for you? ask yodoctor. we already asked 3,000. >> welcome back, everybody. thank you so much. nation, america lost an icon last week. the first man to walk on the moon, neil armstrong. and remembrances have been pouring in like money pouring out of nasa's budget. (laughter) >> he was an american hero and a space pioneer. >> armstrong rewrote history. >> he was the epitome of cool under pressure. >> a man who made his country believe that with enough know how we could do anything. >> i want to give a shoutout to astronaut neil armstrong. th

they did that. >> clint eastwood made the media's day. and i did talk to romney advisers, david drucker, said they didn't know what eastwood was going to do. a topistra strategist said he tt it played on the whole, in america's living room, we don't know. doesn't care how it played in the green room, meaning the fact that most people in the press panned it. >> face it, who cares what we think? we're not the majority of voters. who i found interesting is of course as journalists covering these conventions, what do we always complain about? things are so scripted, everything's so predictable. >> right. >> the minute something -- minute something happens that's not scripted and not predictable, oh, my god, how could they allow this to happen? how could they do something so unscripted and not control the message. here's what i found interesting, while i think they could have done without this, what i think is important is how did it play at home. and for the 50-plus voter in the heartland, out all over the country, i was checking with my fami

clint eastwood's chair, everybody. (cheers and applause) clint eastwood's chair! oh, oh-- chair-ryan 2012. [bleep] it's too late. we'll be right back. (cheers and applause) >> welcome back, everybody. thank you so much. nation, america lost an icon last week. the first man to walk on the moon, neil armstrong. and remembrances have been pouring in like money pouring out of nasa's budget. (laughter) >> he was an american hero and a space pioneer. >> armstrong rewrote history. >> he was the epitome of cool under pressure. >> a man who made his country believe that with enough know how we could do anything. >> i want to give a shoutout to astronaut neil armstrong. thank you for letting us all dream of going where no man has gone before. (laughter) >> yes, you can always count on geraldo rivera to find just the right words from-- the star trek opening credits. well, nation-- i would like to ad my voice to these tributes and say, neil armstrong, i don't know. no, no, hear me out. i know i'm to the going to win any space medals for this but may i remind you what he said

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throughout the speech, called the routine unique. >> seemed to be surprised by the romney -- by clint eastwood'serformance as the camera took a cut-away of you. >> i didn't know it was coming. >> romney strategist stuart stevens told reporters eastwood did not have prepared remarks. listen, the guy went out and did what actors do. a little improv. if someone wants to say it wasn't clint eastwood's greatest performance, have at it. some people didn't like "dirty harry" some people didn't like "grand taurino." that's okay. he's got some support from apologists at fox news. >> i thought it was, you know, it was clint eastwood. >> he's ran actor. he's going to say things and do things quirky. >> they were like, oh, no he didn't. and he was like, oh, yes i did talk to an empty chair. i didn't think it was bizarre at all. >> but the host of "inside the actor's studio" james lipton called the speech disrespectful to the president. >> he certainly is a friend of mine, he has been on my show, i know him well. and i like him enormously. i find him a very congenial person. he's also a great director, late

friday morning jobs report is a lot bigger event next week than clint eastwood was last week. >> i want to talk about eastwood, too. talk about records. because i asked rahm emanuel, did you see the democrats run very fast from the sense of are you better off now than four years ago. that's where mitt romney wants to keep this rails. race. >> well, absolutely he does. and i think the speech that we ought to be talking about as well, is in jackson hole, wyoming, where ben bernanke said we're probably going to have to stimulate the economy again, because this unemployment situation is a lot more grave than it's getting the kind of attention that it does. however, to respond to the speaker, even the lead editorial in "the wall street journal" says, by not explaining his agenda, he left an opening for the democrats, speaking of romney, said our point is, not so much to throw cold water on tampa, the afterglow, so much as to point out that sooner or later romney and ryan are going to have to make the case for their policies. my own impression is, david, that out in the country, if anyone's l

and that's why clint eastwood comes in. and that is where clint eastwood has done a huge favor to us all. because the republican party's irrationality that they have worked so hard at the convention trying to conceal was unleashed in a 12 minute improvised avant-garde performance of one angry men. eastwood finally revealed the cognitive dissonance that is the beating heart and soul and fiction of this party. he's so far gone they are hammering obama for things bush did. and romney is. >> but you thought the war in afghanistan was-- was okay, i mean you thought that was something that was worth doing. we didn't check check with the russians to see how they did there for the ten years, but-- . >> jon: oh, snap. you really gave it to the guy who didn't get us into that war. (laughter) >> i never thought it was a good idea for attorneys to be president anyway. >> jon: yeah, take that harvard lauer barack obama, you'll never be the man harvard lawyer mitt romney is. so we-- we oh clint eastwood a debt of thanks. not only because

. >> eliot: i bet logical be clint eastwood. that's "viewpoint." stay tune to enter the war room with jennifer granholm. have a great long weekend. >>> >>> i'm >> jennifer:. tonight in "the war room," well, that was interesting the party of no, turns into the party of i, i am willing to tell lies, i'm already looking forward to 2016, as in i -- oh i can't even go there. tell just gop what happened to we? as in we the people. >> all in favor signify by say saying aye! >> aye! >> jennifer: i guess that answers that. ♪ >> mitt romney's speech last night, he rolled out a new strategy to win over former obama voters. he said i know you liked him. i know you were excited about him, but don't you think it might be time to give someone else a try? listen. >> romney: if you felt that excitement when you voted for barack obama, shouldn't you feel that way now that he is president obama? [ cheers and applause ] >> romney: you know there is something wrong with the kind of job he has done as president, when the best feeling you had was the day you voted for hi

clint eastwood. mitt romney is like damn!ne he hasn't won. the soul train award. you got any he hasn't wan? that's it? there are so many good old clint eastwood movies. do you a picture of one of those? there you are. you like clint eastwood? you like him, don't you? geoff: oh, yeah, big fan. what are you looking at me for, man? craig: i'm not. i was doing my tough look at dick knuckle. i think -- i've got a funny feeling that the cbs executive is actually on the floor, our day is limited here and i'm trying get a career as an actual movie star. [laughter] when i do that thing with my eyes, i try to look tough but i look like i'm being queeny. i look like that but i'm kind of going -- [laughter] you try it, geoff. it is not as easy as it looks. you try it. see? [laughter] geoff: you just look like you're giving me a disapproving look. craig: that's -- the disapproving look i give people before i kick their asses. that's what it is. i'm an action movie star. i go hmm. then i kick their asses. you know who is good? jason statha

so somebody knew. >> yeah, somebody, clint eastwood. at the very last minute we learned this afternoon in our reporting clint eastwood asked a prop person just a couple minutes before he went on stage, could you get me a chair? suddenly, there was a chair on stage. i really do think that people were taking in a completely live improvised show the likes of which we have never seen at any presidential convention. >> so as far as you've been able to find out, there was no practice and nobody actually like vetted a speech, asked eastwood to -- >> what we do know is they vetted every other speech. whether it was some hr person from the massachusetts governor's office or rick santorum, line by line. but there was no line by line to go through with eastwood. he was making it up as he went along. >> i want to play a little more of mr. eastwood's speech or performance, whatever you call it. >> i know even people in your own party are very disappointed you didn't close gitmo. i thought -- well, i think closing gitmo, why close that, we spent so m

he said it was a nod to clint eastwood's speech at the republican convention. becausethat he hung it people were stealing his other signs. but i feel like it is an attack on free speech. it's like a little of nothing and they build it into something. is awarecret service and it's under investigation. iswe don't yet know who run the country, but plans are underway for inauguration day. california speaker john boehner and house minority leader nancy hammered away at the nails in the platform that to. be used the president will take his oath monday, january 21. a private ceremony will be held the day before. >> the anticipation finally coming to an end. day-to-day apple fans have been waiting for. >> the company's newest smartphone will hit store shelves this morning. fans have been lining up and be some of the on theo get their hands latest on. phone. these folks in bethesda have been there a little while. spoke with some of them. >> this was the only way to getting the first round. >> is there anything else you outside all night for? >> maybe if i could win a mi

get out to the airport nobody asked me about romney's speech, i they asked me about clint eastwood. romneyon the airplane and the guy said "hey, are you gonna asked mnt eastwood on "face the nation"?" i said "we'll ask him." aidl tell you scott, it was like-- and you've been to these- - the fellow who spends a whole lot of money on his daughter's eydding and it's beautiful and the bride is beautiful and people are talking about her l ans and then the future ndother-in-law gets up and tells some story about them all going skinny dipping. t just changed everything. you know, it was a big night for romney but somehow he was overshadowed. and this just in, i have just learned the democrats are thinking about having a mystery guest at their convention here like the republicans did but i re report this, they've decided no, that's not a good idea. >> pelley: bob, thank you very much. bob's gonna bring you "face the nation" from charlotte on sunday. he'll have a look ahead at khat's likely to be a tightly scripted democratic national convention. ention.oes of governor romney's speech appear

in an interview with tampa's wfla, paul ryan weighed in. >> clint eastwood is clint eastwood. we're happy to have his support. >> reporter: team romney said that eastwood asked for the chair at the last minute. a stagehand thinking he would sit in it. no one knew he would channel his inner obama. >>> the ball moving to president obama's court as he prepares for his coming convention this week. visiting u.s. troops on friday, exactly two years after declaring the end to the u.s. combat mission in iraq. david kerley is at the white house this morning. david, the president trying to draw some stark contrast with his challenger in that speech. >> reporter: dan, very quickly, the obama campaign pointed out that not once did mitt romney mention the war in afghanistan or the military. so, the president stopped at ft. bliss, surrounded by soldiers. it was an official stop. but that didn't stop the president pointing out his record. he meant what he said. ending the war in iraq, going aft after al qaeda. >> even as this war ends, we will stay vigilant until afghanistan is never again a

. >> laura: clint eastwood makes a surprise appearance at the republic convention. but did his speech cause a distraction or did dirty harry hit the mark? >> i will start it you finish it. go ahead. >> make my day. mr. president, it is time to stop blaming predecessor for your failed economic policy. >> laura: republicans hit back against president obama's incessant blame bush mantra. how will the democrats respond? we will tell you. >> caution, you where to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. >> laura: hi, everyone, i'm laura ingraham in for bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. the state of the race. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. three days of speeches at the republic national convention, successfully drove home three points. one, mitt romney has the experience and the demeanor required to get this country moving again. two: mitt rom? i a caring person. is he a family man. he possesses a great empathy for those in need. and, three, barack obama's policies have failed miserably i wish president obama had succee

after that clint eastwood speech, the newest online craze is eastwooding. people capturing themselves chastising empty chairs. even pets are getting into the act now. there's a twitter account for that chair. some 62,000 followers. >> amazing. i think how hard it is to get followers. then, i'm like, wait a sec. an empty chair is getting 62,000. i'm kind of losing. >>> maybe that will inspire ron claiborne to get a twitter account. >> maybe, yeah. i won't argue with a chair. >> do some news for us. >> okay, dan and bianna. everyone out there. breaking news out of nevada. police in that state issuing an amber alert for a teenager snatched from her home in broad daylight. a multistate search is under way. authorities fear her abductors may be taking her to another state. 17-year-old melissa duran was abducted from her home on friday. now, kidnappers are holding her for ransom. >> she's a great girl. i don't know. she's doing her schoolwork and stuff and working. so, i have no idea who would do this or why. >> reporter: police say two men knocked on the door of

(click of gun) (clint eastwood) the "outlaw josey wales" was written by an indian, or at least he was was a man who spent an awful lot of time with indian issues in this particular country and had a lot of sympathy towards it. what appealed to me with the project is that it was one of the first stories that really depicted indians with a sense of humor. it's not right this d--- woman doing something like this. i used to have powers, now old age creeps up on me. (josey wales) well, it's more like old habits than old age. (chief dan george) who the h--- is this woman? chief dan george was very funny in the film. and then will sampson played the indian comanches and tribe who -- and josey wales ends up, instead of -- they're both -- though they're both warriors, they end up understanding one another because they are warriors, but they also understand the necessity for negotiation. it is good that warriors such as we meet in the struggle of life, or death. it shall be life. (dramatic music playing) so will it be. i reckon so. (narrator) the same year clint eastwood directed "outlaw josey

i want to ask about clint eastwood's address.was quite remarkable in his raising the issue of president obama cannot not closing guantanamo, and also going to the issue of war. somehow saying that president obama had not ended the war in afghanistan, which he had not, but mitt romney would pull out troops tomorrow, which in fact, is not what mitt romney has said but the opposite. his criticized president obama for ending these wars to sen. it looks like we may have just lost glenn greenwald as he is on videostream. the me give a little information as we try to reach him. a second subject we want to take up with glenn greenwald, and that is the latest news that just came down yesterday of attorney general eric holder announcing the justice department would not prosecute anyone involved in the killing and torturing of prisoners in cia custody. the justice department have been investigating the deaths of two men -- one in iraq, one in afghanistan. gul rahman died in 2002 while being held a secret cia facility known as the salt pit i