crist ran for the u.s. senate as an independent in 2010, but was defeated by marco rubio. some are speculating this move is in preparation for another run for governor against rick scott in 2014. >>> the supreme court has decided to take up two major same-sex marriage cases. the first is the defense of marriage act. the 1996 law denies federal benefits to legally married same-sex couples. right now around 120,000 legally married same-sex couples in the u.s. the second is california's proposition 8. that made same-sex marriage illegal in the state. a decision on these cases is expected next year. >>> is this the end of gangnum style mania? korean pop star psy which is the most watched video in youtube history is apologizing for an anti-american lyrics that aired in 2004. made its way around online. it included lyrics calling for the deaths of american troops serving in iraq. in his apology he said his performance was emotionally charged and, "while i'm grateful for the freedom to express one self, i learn there is some limits to what language is appropriate and i'm deeply s

i'm joined by former florida republican governor democrat charlie crist.nor, i always will call you governor, it may be appropriate some day, but it's an honor to have you on this show. i have to hit you up front with a "hardball" question. peter feeman, who is now and still your republican national committeeman, he said you sat at his table not too long ago, his breakfast table, and you said ima ronald reagan republican. were you then, are you now so changed that that's not true? >> i think the party's changed is what's really happened. i think reagan is a great example. my friend jeb bush not long ago, in fact, said that ronald reagan probably would not be successful in today's republican party. that tells you everything you need to know. and i really think it's the leadership of the party more than the membership. but what's happened is on issue after issue, chris, and you know this better than i do, whether it's immigration, education, voter suppression, what the leadership of the party has done is say on immigration, you know, you got -- we want depor

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crist announced friday on twitter that he had signed papers switching party affiliation. some are speculating that he made the move perhaps to position himself for a run against republican governor rick scott. co coming up in 2014. >>> look at this wild police chase through the streets of miami. police say a man stole a u-haul truck and sped away from police when an officer tried to stop him. when they finally got the truck to stop, you can see it there, they drew their guns. but watch what happens next. a mob of law enforcement surrounds the truck and they break the window and yank the suspect out of the driver seat. the police pounce on him and cuff him and police identify the suspect as darrell conyers. no serious injuries reported there. >>> well, before the break i asked you this political junky question. who did south carolina senator jim demint replace when he originally won his senate seat? the answer, earnest hollings. hollings, a democrat, served nearly 40 years in the senate. for most of those years he was there alongside south carolina's other long-time senato

charlie crist joins me now. welcome to you. >> good to be with you. for having me. >> you were a republican. you morphed into an independent. now you're officially a democrat. tell me about your journey and why you have ended up in president obama's camp? >> as i said at the convention, i didn't leave the republican party. the republican party left me. what i mean by that is issue after issue, they seem to get more strident and more difficult, if you will, less tolerant, less welcoming, whether it was immigration or education or voter suppression that we saw recently. each and every one of these issues really was counter to my values, that my mother and father raised me on. and the kind of ethics that i believe in that we should be a tolerant people. a welcoming people. and try to have a big tent as a party rather than try to shrink things. and the republican leadership, i really don't think the republicans, my mom and dad still happen to be republicans, but i think the leadership of the party today has moved in a direction that even jeb bush said not

crist announced he signed papers switching his party.speculating he made the move to run against rick scott in 2014. the latest now on the fiscal cliff. there has been very little actual movement this week on it. both sides have their proposals on the table, but it seems like no one is sitting at those tables. there's been a lot of back and forth on television, but what's really getting done, if anything? joining me now as they do every week, cnn contributor maria cardona, and amy holmes, anchor for real news on the blaze. good morning to both of you. >> good morning, randi. >> i'm sure you've been watching all the back and forth. it's getting ugly. the disagreements have been public. grover nordqvist suggested that negotiations be fully televised. but would that work or would it be better to just lock them in a room away from the cameras? amy, i'll start with you on this one. >> dana milbank said republicans had not merely thrown up the white flag, but the white bed sheet. i think you have seen movement on the part of republicans, that

we have admissions by governor crist.e has -- there's no reason for him to lie about the fact that the republican party in florida actually did this so that democrats could lose, and then on top of it really targeted african-americans and latinos who are the loyalists to the democratic party. and so we're not speculating about this. we know the hard core facts are this was an attempt to take the vote away from african-americans, the elderly, young people, and latino voters. >> here is some of the elevator music for this campaign. we call this a montage. one reason so many minority voters were turned off by the republicans may be the way leaders in the party use ethnic dog whistles. listen to some examples. judge for yourself. >> president obama is the most effective food stamp president in american history. >> the men and women all over america who have worked hard to build these businesses, their businesses, from the ground up is how our economy became the envy of the world. it is the american way, and i wish this presid

i'm joined now by former florida republican governor, democrat, charlie crist.ov new york city i will always call you governor. it may be more appropriate some day, but it's an honor to have you on this show. i just happened to hilt you up with a hardball question. peter freeman said you sat at his table, not too long ago, his breakfast table. and you said i am a ronald reagan republican. were you then -- are you now so changed that that's not true? >> i think the party has changed is what's really happened. i think regan is a great kparm. my friend, jeb bush, said not long ago, that ronald reagan would probably not be successful in today's republican party. that tells you everything you need to know. and i think it's the leadership of the party more than the membership. what's happened on issue after issue, and you know this better than i do. whether it's immigration, education, voter suppression, what the leadership has done is, say on immigration, we want deportation. when it talks about education, it's talking about not funding it anymore. when they talk abo

crist announced friday he signed papers switching party affilulations. the move to position himself for a run against republican rick scott in 2014. >>> is this the end of gangnum style mania? the most watched video in youtube history is now apologizing for anti-american lyrics that he rapped back in 2004. that performance resurfaced on cnn's ireport in october and then circulated online. calling for the deaths of american troops serving in iraq. in his apology he said his performance was emotionally charged. on the 21st psy is scheduled to perform at a charity concert in washington and president obalm saw planning to attend that event. >>> psy is one of the names that grabbed our attention this year to the outrageous and inspirational. we want your input to choose the most intriguing people of 2012. cast your vote for the top ten most intriguing people of this year. cnn will reveal your selections on air and online monday, december 24th. >>> violence and protests have shattered egypt's calm and raised alarm in washington. mohamed morsi is meeting with m

. >>> charlie crist announced friday on twitter he's officially a democrat. crist spoke at the democratic national convention in september as an independent. he ran for the u.s. senate two years ago as an independent but lost to marco rubio and served as governor of florida as a republican. sum are speculating crist made this latest move in preparation for a run against incumbent florida governor rick scott in 2014. >>> lawmakers want answers about what that deadly depth seventh attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya is all about. soon they may hear from secretary of state hillary clinton. she will testify before a house committee on a state department report expected next week. u.s. ambassador to libya chris stevens and three other americans were killed when the consulate was stormed three months ago. >>> in britain, a prank call from an australian radio station to the hospital treating the duchess of cambridge has turned tragic. two deejays called the hospital, tricked a nurse to get information about katherine's condition. well, that nurse was fou

. >>> florida governor charlie crist completed his political transformation. crist was elected governor as a republican in 2006, then later ran for the senate as an independent. he campaigned for president obama, and spoke at the democratic national convention. he's now officially a democrat and is widely expected to run for governor again in 2014. >>> south africa's beloved nelson mandela is getting tests in a hospital. the country's president says no cause for alarm there. he says the 94-year-old mandela is getting tests consistent with his age. the nobel laureate became his nation's first black president. >>> the fbi wants to talk to a man in custody in egypt. he's a well known islamic extremist. that's why egypt wanted him taken down. but american terrorist watchers think he might be behind the deadly attacks this year at the u.s. consulate in libya. cnn's susan candiotti has more from new york now. >> investigators have had this man on their radar for some time. and now he's being called a possible suspect in the benghazi attacks. mohamed jamaal abu ahmed

well, a journalist, crist merhr maloney did the exact thing but took it a step further by printing out still pictures from movies we know and transported it -- in this case, diane keaton and woody allen. another great movie, "breakfast at tiffany's." >> so much of the architecture in new york is so old and this proves it. >> this is bruce willis from "diehard with a vengeance." >> how in the world did he manage to get the legs of the people on the left? >> that was probably coincidence. >> that's just wild. >> gnarly, right? >> apparently this whole thing started just as a fun little thing that christopher wanted to show his friends, but his friends and family thought it was such a cool thing, that they encouraged him to do now and now he gets thousands of views on these photos. >> isn't it cool? >> the coolest thing i've seen in a while. >> to tell us more about this we have christopher maloney via skype "right this minute" all wait from canada. so where did the idea start? just out of curiosity? >> i one day -- i worked next to, and wanted to smo my friends that, printed off a pictur

. >>> i'm first class crist ter hyde.'d like to say hello to my son tyler and daughter victoria, my mom and dad and friends in kentucky and new york. happy holidays. happy new year. love you. the enamel starts to wear down. and you can't grow your enamel back. i was quite surprised, as only few as four exposures a day what that can do to you. it's quite a lesson learned. my dentist recommended that i use pronamel. because it helps to strengthen the enamel. he recommended that i use it every time i brush. you feel like there is something that you're doing to help safeguard against the acid erosion. and i believe it's doing a good job. prego?! but bought ragu for years. [ thinking ] wonder what other questionable choices i've made? i choose date number 2! whooo! [ sigh of relief ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choose prego. [ sigh of relief ] ♪(music playing) ♪(music playing) ♪(music playing) ♪(music playing) ♪(music playing) >>> here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. new york, afternoon clo

one the general election, whether it was delaware, or supporting marco rubio early against charlie crist. the other unwritten stories that you have two major conservative figures leaving this week. you had big armey leaving freedomworks, a very conservative outfit aligned with the tea party, and getting, get this, and $8 million buyout. jim demint has a net worth -- average of $41,000. he is going to institution that pays its chief executive more than $1 million. armey-demint -- if the congregationalist. they came to do good and they're doing very well. [laughter] >> with him leaving the senate and going to the heritage foundation, the intellectual level of both places lifts up. now -- you got it. >> yeah, i got it. >> remember, heritage was the originator of the mandate for health insurance. >> he said that we spend too much time concentrating on obama and not our own positions, don't forget that it was demint who said in 2000 and that if we stop him on health care, this will be his waterloo, we will break him. he failed to do that. he has been a very partisan die for the whole time he

where they could have one of the general election, orn, supporting marco rubio early against charlie cristher hd written story is that you have two majo conservative figures leaving this week. you had dick armey leaving freedomworks, a very conservative outfit aligned with the tea party, and getting an $8 million buyouout. jim demint has gone fr the fourth poorest man in the senate's an institution, the heritage foundation, and more than $1 million. armey-demint --- they are like the congregationalist in hawaii. they came to do good, and they're doing very well. [laughter] >> with him leaving the senate and going to the hetage foundation, i think the intellectual level both places lifts up. now -- you got it. >> yeah, i got it. >> remember, heritage was the originator of the idea of the federal mandate for health insurance. >> he said we spend too much time concentrating on o obama and not our positions. don't forget that it was jim demint in 2009 who said that if we stop him on health care, this will be his waterloo. we will break him. he faid to do that. he has been a very partisan guy h

former florida governor clarly crist is now a democrat.a republican as governor and then ran for senate as an independent, announced his not so surprising news on twitter friday night. he tweeted "proud and honored to join the democratic party in the home of president barack obama. crist will join chris matthews tonight on "hardball" to talk more about that. booker will decide soon whether to run or not for governor of new jersey next year. >> i am absolutely considering running for governor as well as giving other options and consideration. i'm going to be focus odd that for the next week to ten days or so. >> so if booker does get in the ring, he will be pitted against friend and popular current governor chris christy, who with an approval rating exceeding 70% is seeking another term. >>> a little bit of controversy surrounding this year's annual christmas in washington charity concert. among those who performed for the first family during last night's taping was south korean rapper psy. his performance came just days after video surface

charlie crist is not a democrat. do you welcome him to the democratic party? is this setting the stage as a potential run as governor as a democrat nunn could 2014. >> he was hugely helpful in electing president obama. it is a great victory for us. he is an incredibly capable victor. we do not take sides before we know that we have one single candidate. everyone knows he was a great governor. he led florida with precision. if he is a candidate, we would welcome him. >> is he interested in running? >> i am glad to let him speak for himself. one of my jobs is a chair is to work together to recruit the best candidates that we can. he is high on the list. we will be having conversations with him. >> had had any? >> we are not eliminating any other candidates. >> patty had any conversations leading up to him over the weekend? -- have you had any conversations leading up to him over the weekend? >> florida is led by a tea party governor that is so focused on the white wing agenda he is the not succeed in -- right-wing agenda that he has not succeeded in jobs. they a

he beat charlie crist in a primary and one of his biggest failures is christine o'donnell.e's not afraid to get into the mix and we -- he didn't want to be here much longer. he was going to be out in 2016 so he was ready to go. you're right, the question is what does he do with this new position? use it to positive agenda? tell america what we stand for or, as many republicans we all talk too are worried about is he's going to use that perch to punish republicans who don't tow the tea party agenda. gwen: what is the tea party? we saw that with dick army and paid a lot of money basically to go away. we've seen a lot of shifts and moves. jim demint's departure from the south carolina senate seat races the question of who replaces him? >> right, and there's a tea party governor whom he elected and there's a lot of talk she should pick tim scott for that seat. also a tea party candidate and he's african-american. what a great opportunity. that i got criticized for not diversifying and anybody that wasn't white. now you have an indian female governor appointing an african-americ

florida's former republican governor charlie crist has switched political parties. he's now a democrat. speculation crist may run for governor again in 2014 challenging the republican who currently holds office, governor rick scott. in washington state, dozens of same-sex couples waited in line overnight. today is the first day that they can legally marry there. in sports, texas a&m's quarterback johnny manzel became the first freshman ever to win college football's heisman trophy last night. known official as johnny football led the aggies to a 10-2 record this season including last month's upset victory over then top ranked alabama. at the 113th army-navy game in philadelphia yesterday, army looking to avoid its 11th straight loss to the mid shipmen launched a drive later in the game only to see it come to not with this fumble. navy sunk the army 17-13 and took home the coveted commander in chief's trophy yet again. police have charged dallas cowboys' nose tackle josh brent with intoxication manslaughter after a crash that killed teammate jerry browne. the practic

. >>> charlie crist blasted the state's election law that was supposed to prevent voter fraud. he trashed governor rick scott for the law that might have suppressed the vote in florida, saying it turned the state into what he called a, quote, late-night tv joke. >>> actor ben affleck testified to congress about security in congo and he stuck to his mission, politely declining to comment on possibly being named to the senate if john kerry becomes secretary of state. affleck said, quote, that's not what i'm here to talk about. >>> a white house photo just released shows the president playing with the son of a staffer outside the oval office in october. he escaped quickly enough to win re-election less than two weeks later. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> and now for a look at the national weather forecast, we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. good morning, bill. sounds like it will be pretty bad. >> not as cute or funny as that photo of the president. it's an ugly morning. it's a classic plains blizzard we're dealing with

charlie crist is not a democrat. >> i will let him spear for himself. one of my jobs is to work together to recruit the best candidates we can and charlie is high on the list. >> will you recruit him? >> we will be having conversations with him, certainly. we're not eliminating other candidates i want to be clear about that but charlie is a strong candidate. >> have you had conversations leading up to his announcement that we was switching from a independent to a democrat. >> i'm not sure prized by that. florida is governored by one of the tea party governors that is so focused on the right-wing agenda that he's not succeeding in growing jobs and florida is hurting like so many of our states. what governors are focused on are jobs and opportunities, that means, not only creating more jobs and raising incomes for those who have jobs. florida is a great example of a state that needs change in 2014. >> >> good morning, governor. before you get into the 2014 mid-term elections you have a couple of big governor races in new jersey and virginia. obviously in

people ignorant tea party people people who know nothing and are proud of it earlier this month charlie crist who as recently as two thousand and ten was a very popular republican governor in florida switched parties and joined the democrats saying what changed is the leadership of the republican party i didn't leave the republican party it left me even current republican members of congress are openly talking about what's wrong with their party after speaker that is john boehner his plan b. failed last week as proving that even the smallest tax increase on the smallest group of rich americans camp as the republican house republican congressman steve la tourette blasted the tea party wing of his party saying it's the continuing dumbing down of the republican party and we are going to be seen more and more as a bunch of extremists that can't even get a majority of our own people to support policies that we're putting forward is singled out forty chuckleheads that all you have screwed this place up and in the editorial pages of today's financial times an op ed asked about the future of the repu

waterfront playground is a volunteer organization formed by two waterfront neighborhoods, the barbery crist and [speaker not understood]. currently there are about 12,000 residents and it's growing to 20,000, which includes over 1,000 children. in addition to those children, there are 700 children that come to the area every day in child care centers and the ymca camp. however, there are no public play grounds within a half mile of the area for these children to play. the friends of waterfront playground have been working in partnership with the san francisco recreation and park department and their fiscal sponsor, the san francisco parks alliance, to plan for and build a brand-new playground to serve these neighbors and these children in sue bierman park. sue bierman park is located in the embarcadaro. it covers about two city blocks bounded by the embarcadaro washington street, clay street and davis street, and it's bisected by drumm street. in 2004 rec-park led a [speaker not understood] for sue bierman park. at that time the community did express interest in including a playground, but

expected him to get when that race started, you know, he was facing this very tough candidate, charlie crist, who was a popular governor at the time -- but outside of florida his profile was much smaller. and now he's been introduced to people in all sorts of key places like iowa and north carolina -- >> host: was just there. >> guest: -- and all of these other swing states. >> host: so when it comes to marco rubio as a presidential candidate, is he going to run in 2016? >> guest: well, nobody tells you at in this stage of the game that they are running. but if you want to look for some clues, on the weekend of the book festival he finds himself on saturday night in iowa. hmm. one could draw a conclusion from that possibly. clearly, he's on the short list of people that republicans are excited about, and clearly he's ambitious. there's no question that he'll be talked about in that vein. whether it ends up happening or not, well, many aspire, but certainly you could expect him to be in the conversation. >> host: we are talking with manuel roig-franzia about marco rubio. the numbers are going

over the site where chestians believe -- christians believe jesus crist was born and there was a midnightass. >>> special presents delivered on motorcycles. the destination? the visitors center at san quentin prison. we went along for the ride as we put the holiday in focus. >> started 13 years ago. sitting in the kitchen, a first run every month. they decided it would be a good idea to bring toys to the children of san quentin inmates. >> i am very grateful i can do this for these kids. >> overwhelming. i cried last year. [ laughter ] >> a lot of us have been locked up, spent time in san quentin, for me to go back and give back is amazing. first time 20-30 riders. last year we had 350 bikes. the best moment of the toy run is the moment when all the bicycles coming up the -- bikes coming up the hill. they hear the roar of the bikes. they know santa claus is coming. get to see the kids' faces. >> merry christmas. how are you? >> merry christmas. how are you? >> i am so excited. >> i can't stop smiling. wait. let me try. no, no. >> thank you for coming. >> some kids don't get christmas beca

this is kind of sparkley to have this on your crist. >> you don't need to wear one on each wrist. some people do? >> it's fun, right? more sparkle the better. >> rings. >> cocktail rings are a must. you have to have one. these are $19. we have a picture of sophia vergara wearing one. lots to choose from. this is jumbled. $19. >> yeah. >> they're pretty much $19. like i said, if you want a reason to sparkle, why not? right? >> we have a deal for people. >> 20% off today. actually all week. the week'shqhqhqhqhqhqhqhqhqhqhq >> welcome back. time for holiday brunch. joining us this morning is a special guest, one of our reporters here at wbal. you brought your son rex here. how old is he? >> rex is -- how old are you? >> 4. >> he's 4 years old. >> great. you're going to help your mom make a special treat for the holidays. what is this called? chicken kre sent squares. this is a little secret we got from a friend of ours, lauren conner. we make it all the time. you could probably make it by yourself, couldn't you, by now? maybe. >> it's very kid friendly. >> it is. >> where are we goin

crist is a vocal supporter of president obama and even addressed the democratic national convention last. >>> a dallas cowboy player dead who started here on fox report. a teammate charged in his death. new details still unfolding at this hour. we will have an update for you on our sttop story. we have been reporting on the growing tension in egypt. it is one of our most important allies in that region and the stability is crucial to peace in the middle east. coming up ambassador john fulton joins us to weigh in on what is at stake there. one business owner display this is inflatable santa on his store's roof for years. now the town says santa has to come down. he's getting fined for having him up there. is this a fest i display on a safety hazard. we report, you decide. [ male announcer ] kids grow up in no time... marie callender's turkey breast with stuffing is a great reason to slow down. creamy mash potatoes, homestyle gravy and 320 calories. marie callender's. it's time to savor. johan comes in a porcelain vessel, crafted with care by a talented blonde from sweden. ♪ smooth, rich,