and he knows who dennis rodman is. how many world leaders even know who dennis rodman is.e's also -- he loves movies, as did his father. his predecessor in this role. when one goes to north korea, even to this day, if you're even hoping for an interview, or get in the presence of the supreme leader, you're always advised, take along some really good new movies, and that will give you your best chance. >> dennis rodman's taking a lot of flack. i'm not defending him and i think he was very naive about the way it's played out. having said that, i think it is encouraging there is any dialogue with north korea. the more you know about this country, probably the better. >> i agree. >> the sequestration, which is probably something even north korea doesn't understand. i found the events of last week incredibly dispiriting. the fact that america, this great superpower, has this demeaning political system here. >> no one wants to say it, and some can accuse me of being harsh in the language. but we have been parachuted into the valley of the stupid. the united states -- this is dum

now, there is at least one guy who came to rodman's defense. >> maybe dennis is a lot better than what we have. >> donis trump was dissing the obama administration's diplomatic skills. rodman just returned to trump's all-star excellent apresentence where he was picked last when two teams were formed. >> i was the last one picked. it didn't bother me. >> kim jong-un sure doesn't bother him. >> very humble. >> so honest. >> his country like him. not like him, love him. >> cartoonist steve breen drew both of them thinking in unison, standing next to him making me appear less crazy. from north korea, rodman tweeted, maybe i'll run into the gangnam style dude while i'm here, which prompted the gangnam style here to tweet back, i'm from hash tag south, man. south, not north korea. >> gangnam style. >> this is diplomacy rodman style. >> guess what? guess what? don't hate me. >> jeanne moos, cnn. >> don't hate me. >> new york. >> can't make this up. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, reports that a major figure in the war on terror has been killed. or has he? >>> pl

that is dennis rodman. and this is dennis rodman new friend. his name is kim. dennis is a pro basketball hall of famer. kim is not. he has other hobbies. he is a fan. when dennis, members of the globetrotters visited him last week. mr. kim and his crew showed their affection for the player and the game. dennis tweeted they love basketball here. honored to represent the united states of america here. here in this case is north korea. kim is the new dictator, kim jong-un. his other hobbies include testing nuclear weapons and threatening to use them on dennis's home and i'll let the spokesman finish my thought. >> in the upcoming action, a new phrase lasting century after century will target against the u.s., the sworn enemy of the korean people. >> not very friendly, is it? kim jong-un also maintains a whole network of concentration camps where tens of thousands of people are housed and die of starvation and disease and neglect and execution. kim jong-un is belligerent to the u.s. according to human rights watch, kim's rise to power has had, quote, no positive im

democrats and republicans would have to be not to goat to this ball punch it's like dennis rodman in north korea. [ laughter ] [cheers and applause] yeah, or the hottest show in the country being about duck call manufacturing. by the way, even though coming up with the most basic of spending cut and tax revenue frameworks was beyond the skill level of this congress there was another way to completely avoid the arbitrary cuts. >> we will be amongst the first on the floor to nullify that provision. scong not bound by this. it's something we passed. we can reverse it. >> i think we'll bypass the trigger mechanism. we'll say time out it doesn't apply. >> jon: all they had to do was go -- i get i. passing a budget can be hard but time out (bleep) is easy. that's why the founders in their infinite wisdom gave congress three timeouts per legislative session and one not it. [ laughter ] but it still happened. because congress as always its infinite wisdomming forgot how (bleep) incompetent they are. it was like they tied a belt around the neck and looped it over the shower curtain in the hop

dennis rodman played diplomat. his trip to north korea, he's gushing about his newfound friendship with the brutal dictator of a country notorious for prison camps. >> as a friend. the kid is only 28 years old. 28. he's not his dad. not his grandpa. as a kid, he's very humble, he's very strong as a man. he's very strong, but he doesn't want war. he's a great guy, just a great guy. if you sit down and talk to him. he wants obama to do one thing, call him. what i did, what i did, was history. >> yes, it was. rodman is said to be the only american known to have met mr. kim. there's no laughing matter, but as for a phone call from the president, that's not going to happen. white house press secretary jay carney would only say north korea is wasting its time and money. >> north korea should be focusing on its own citizens and opportunities to improve their lives, and the united states has channels of communications directly. those are the channels we choose to employ. >> is the basketball star making more headway with k

that's dennis rodman, and this is dennis rodman's new friend. mr. kim has other robbies, but he is a fan. when dennis in a production team from vice media visited kim last week, mr. kim and his crew really showed their affection for the player and the game. dennis tweeted, they love basketball here, honored to represent the united states of america. here in this case is north korea. kim is north korea's new dictator, kim jong-un. his other hobbies include building rockets to carry weapons in the world and use them on dennis' home -- i'll let the north korean spokesman finish that thought. >> a new phase of the anti-u.s. struggle that has lasted century after century, will target against the u.s. the sworn enemy of the korean people. >> not very friendly, is it. by the way, kim jong-un also maintains a whole network of concentration camps where tens of thousands of people are housed and die of starvation and disease and neglect and execution. kim jong-un is downright vicious to his own people. kim's rise to power since the death of his father, quote,

dennis rodman.odman, you could be right, a young, naive black man mostly known for smoking pot and leaving foreign policy, what could go wrong? >> and winning a know -- nobel peace prize. >> as much as we make fun of dennis rodman, his policy of having the north koreans talk with obama is not that far off from what hillary clinton has vowed and what barack obama himself wanted us to do. he wants to pick up the phone and talk to these guys. he just thinks i haven't made peace yet because we haven't met each other. just think, rodman is articulating the obama policy. >> rick, i wanted to ask you, venezuela's acting president since hugo chavez died. he credited chavez for the election of a south american pope. he said, quote, our commander ascended to the heights and is face-to-face with christ. something influenced the choice of a south american pope. something arrived at christ's side and said it is time for south america to come. >> if he is at chide's side how are they face-to-face? >> you just shu

. >>> and later, the diplomatic skip skills of dennis rodman. and seriously. seriously, why shouldn't the president call the nut who's running north korea and ask him to be not so crazy? that's coming up. >>> and you have sent in some great suggestions on where dennis rodman should go next. i'll pick a winner coming up. asional have constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating? yes! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues... with three strains of good bacteria. [ phillips' lady ] live the regular life. phillips'. will restore even skin tone? think again. introducing olay professional even skin tone. developed by experts in skin genomics to target 5 major causes of uneven skin tone and help restore even color. olay professional even skin tone. >>> keep sending me your ideas on twitter, facebook about where dennis rodman should go next. i'll pick a winner coming up. >>> the most valuable player in the 2012 presidential campaign. the man who brought us the mitt romney 47% video will join us. that's next. [ kitt ] you

>> well, look, dennis rodman calls this guy a friend. he spent a couple of hours and got drunk, this is not a friend and dennis rodman is speaking from a place of total and utter ignorance. you can't divorce the fact that he's done missile tests and nuclear tests. you can't divorce the fact he's starving his people. the meeting with him in this forum, this is a propaganda cue from north korea. nothing more than that. frankly, for the state department or our government to countenance or encourage it by meeting and thinking they're going to act on dennis rodman's, the north korean dictator doesn't want to do war, it'sry dib louse. ridiculous. >> they put it on the front page of the newspaper the next day. the spokesperson for the whout security council made this statement. instead of spending money on staging sporting events, the regime should focus on the well being of its people who have been starved, imprisoned and denied their human rights. do you want the state department comment goes far enough? >> it covers the broad ground. he visi

isn't anybody concerned how bizarrely weird and insane appearing kim jong-un in the fact he wanted dennis rodman to come visit. >> did bill richardson meet with this guy outhowled man. >> they went recently. >> some rope i thought rodman -- >> may have been before. this doesn't hurt us here in america. but you can bet that kim jong-un will take that clip and run it all over the state-run media and look how dennis rodman loves me. and therefore you're to loaf me, too. >> he is a hero in america. >> he said everybody loved him. everybody loves ewan. but you can imagine who they stuffed that hall with. >> let's move on. speaking of tough meetings, for a mere 500 brand you can get a sitdown with jay carney, asked today if the president was for sale. watch. >> any notion there's a set price for a meeting with the president of the united states is just wrong. the president would likely meet with their representatives to discuss his agenda but any notion there's a price for meeting with the president is simply wrong. >> dana, we reported -- "the new york times" reported -- said for a 500 grand you get

dennis rodman probably said it best. he said i'm making history. what i did is history. aks more volumes than something going viral. this will live on for a long time. >> it's an interesting story. rodman is in rome apparently lobbying for an african pope of african decescendescent. >> rodman is actually watching to see what color the smoke is. >> i knew he was well sourced. >> i'm sourced with the vatican people. >> rodman is well versed in smoke. they are coming on stronger than ever. now tablets, there are more droid tablets, not necessarily samsungs, but more tablets being sold than apple. >> apple's marketing aim was not to actively pitch a lot of corporate clients but pick up all the business that blackberry left in its wake. a lot of people switched over to the iphone not because they loved apple but because they hated the blackberry. so they are actively getting out there. >> young people, i go out to tech parties in new york city. you ride the sub way and you see lots of people with samsung galaxies. these are more affordable to people. i sort of feel old when i

the image of dennis rodman zitting at a basketball game with kim jong-un or the image of dennis rodmanand talking to george stephanopoulos? i can't wrap my head around which is weirder. it might be the domestic one. >> you know what in that jacket is money. hah! >> oh! >> on that note, dennis rodman isn't the only one clocking sky miles. bo is a common fixture aboard air force one. what do you think is going through bo's mind right now. totally unprompted. dan katz suggested bo was thinking, so, are you going to call dennis rodman or snot make sure you like us on facebook so you don't miss tomorrow's episode of s.e.'s tweet bag. check that out. that's pretty fun nir. i won't say the famous friend joining her. you have to log on and find out. >>> up next, the exclusive interrue of dennis rodman. no. "forbes" has the list of the richest people in the world. i can assure you i'm not on that list. ♪ [ female announcer ] they're all going in the same direction, but in very different ways. and pampers gives all of them our driest, best fitting diaper, ♪ pampers cruisers with 3-way fit. not o

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it's dennis rodman.a fan of basketball for a long time, he's sort of been the most unpredictable of unpredictable folks operating on the national stage. he hadn't been operating on the national stage frankly until very recently. i mean, this story, if a week ago i told you that dennis that dennis rodman would go to north korea and be the basketball diplomat, there's no chance you would believe me. now, all of that said, i'd love to have that coat he had on. >> steven, meadowlark lemon said to be heading for hugo chavez. steven a., what is the real downside, if there is one, to all of this? >> well, there's no real downside outside of the sadness that gets attached to dennis rodman because you realize how pathetic he can be. the reality of the situation is he came over and incredibly misinformed, clearly insensitive to the plight of a lot of north koreans over there in prison. we're talking about the state department classifying the biggest violators of human rights. and here you are, a former basketball

the wild child of basketball, dennis rodman. >> you would be hard pressed toa find an odder couple thann had dinner and drinks with the dictator, he had some kind words as well. >> they were so honest, and one thing that guess what, his grandfather and his father were great leaders. he's proud. his country like him. not like him, love him. love him. i love him. i love him. the guy is awesome. >> eric, at first i looked at this and go, why is this news? then i thought about it. and i'm like, he's the first one, dennis rodman, to sit down with kim jong-un. do we make him a diplomat or charge him with treason? >> i have no idea. one of the best basketball rebounders in of the history of the nba. >> kim jong-un? >> no. dennis rodman. but he must have hit his head on a basket too many times. several hundred people have died and in prison camps. they constantly threaten south korea and the west with missiles and whatnot. not goodst people. dictators. they're leftist dictating thugs. i don't know why we would even let rodman go to that place. >> the way the media covered it, i moon, diane sawy

so he allowed dennis rodman to visit the capital city with a film crew. an brought back this message for president obama. >> he want obama to do one thing, call him. >> he wants a call from president obama? >> that's right. he told me that. he said if you can, dennis, i don't want do war. i don't want do war. >> okay. i'm not sure we should take dennis's word for it, though. peace-loving north korea conducted its third nuclear test right before dennis rodman's visit, and now is working on a long-range missile. but let's forget about peace and talk about love. here is dennis rodman again. >> his country like him, not like him, love him. love him. >> rodman and some harlem globetrotters got special tours of north korea's best sites. they did not see this north korea, where sic million people need food aid. 19% of the babies are malnourished, and most people make four bucks a day. those statistics explain why the state department was not thrilled about watching kim jong un roll out the red carpet for rodman. >> clearly you've got the regime spending money to

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i don't think he is a dennis rodman fan. nce he'll call. >> this makes it impossible to establish conversation. >> as an american i'm embarrassed. rodman has the right to say whatever he wants but not speak on my pe half from a foreign policy perspective. h he should shut up. >> should the state department debrief dennis rodman? >> it might be worth having the conversation if he's willing to do it. i don't think it will be of much value to them. but they may want to have a conversation. we shouldn't consider this diplomacy. state department does the diplomacy. we had ping-pong diplomacy with china. i recommend your viewers look at that. we have tried wrestling diplomacy with iran but sometimes it goes nowhere. >> it's a bizarre story. i think dennis rodman fouled out. peter brookes, thank you. that's it for this evening's show. thanks for watching. sorry, dennis rodman. no more for you. keep the tax rates low. that's all i will say. he

it's dennis rodman.someone who has been a fan of basketball for a long time, he's sort of been the most unpredictable of unpredictable folks operating on the national stage. he hadn't been operating on the national stage, frankly, until very recently. i mean, this story, if a week ago i told you that dennis rodman would go to north korea and be the basketball diplomat be on this week with george stephanopoulos, there is no chance you would believe me. all that said, i'd love to have that cody hat on. >> meadow lark lemon said to be headed for hugo chavez at some point soon. what is the downside? we love to deride this, show the video and so forth. steven, what is the downside if there is one to all this? >> there is no downside outside of the sadness that gets attached to dennis rodman, because you realize how pathetic he can be. the reality of the situation is he came over incredibly misinformed, clearly insensitive to the plight of a lot of north koreans over there in prison. some of the heinous things

b, why is dennis rodman talking to george stephanopoulos?s a really bizarre week-long story. >> to say the least. this is when we do the shameless plug. article, wh earl, what are you plugging today? and gillnobleavenue kind ofs.com. it's 40 years of great interviews. definitely worth a look. >> one is to check out the new york daily news's editorial today. and two, on the -- >> can you plug two things? >> yes, that happens. that's allowed. and two, on today's the cycle, we have the great tom brokaw on to breakdown the sequester fallout. boom. >> okay. that's -- i like the second. >> my reporter, rosy gray, is working on the best named media scandal, the peola scandal and in which a number of conservative bloggers were taking money from the malaysian government to plant stories favorable to it including everything from the huffington post and the washington times. >> i like that. we should have done a better job of naming the sequester. >> i called it the great ax of 2013. >> that's not much better. that's it for this edition of "daily rundo

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dennis rodman is a pig and moron.he side if i was invited to go to the dennis rodman does north korea. to watch kim jong-un. it would be a great piece. >> north korea denounces and reacts the un security council resolution. by un rules, if you denounce it. the security council has to take time to reconsider. >> really? >> no. >> i would be reading that stuff. it is those stupid actualy comic books. >> but oh, that jugged had. >> chavez funeral. why lib liberals support dictators. from is a strain that knows what is best. they long for a dictator and they get caught. tom freedhan said he wished america could be a china. >> no, just longs for a firm hand. >> i don't at all. >> that is a good point. >> thank you. i thought you meant tucker. >> both of you making good points. >> yeah. >> that makes me nervous. >> nick you said seen pen was the greatest actor. don't appreciate the shot at nick cage. >> you know the middle name. should be put in one. >> i will let that sit. >> i thought it was monte. >> law professor has st

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dennis rodman wined and dined with kim jong-un. a moredictator's per than anyone in the cia. he shared the details on abc's "this week." >> when you say that you think he's awesome were you aware of his threats to the u.s.? >> i don't condone it. >> aren't they forced to? >> well, i say no, because i think he's -- he's a great guy. >> a guy who puts 200,000 people in prison camps. >> we do the same thing here. >> we have prison camps here. >> this is all politics. he loves basketball. obama loves basketball. he want obama to do one thing. call him. >> he wants a call from president obama? >> that's right. he said that he doesn't want to do war. >> he said in the past that he'll destroy the understand. >> i think that's coming from his father >> it seems like you're apologizing for him in. >> i'm not apologize for him. he's my friend. >> hypothetically a friend who's murderer is still a murderer. >> guess what, what i did, what i did was history. don't hate me. don't hate me. >> listen, rodman is just making history there. just hate

. >> wait, are we going to have dennis rodman on today's show. >> i think so. in honor of dennis i'm here this morning, but guess what -- don't hate me. [ laughter ] >> all right. we're going to get started in just a minute here. i want you all to call in 866-55-press, 866-557-7377. good morning, welcome to the "bill press show." my name is jamal simmons and we'll be right back. ♪ billy zane stars in barabbas. coming in march to reelz. to find reelz in your area, go to reelz.com you know who is coming on to me now? you know the kind of guys that do reverse mortgage commercials? those types are coming on to me all the time now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? ♪ >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation on your radio, and on current tv this is t

i believe that dennis rodman started drinking when he was 5.e peeks like my five year old nephew henry. he says guess what. five times . guess whampt guess wharks guess what? i like're i love steak asaurus. >> we need to move on. >> and i think we should send our fields disguised as an nba team. they wouldn't know the difference. you have a video of an animal doing something interesting, not bad but interesting. half time report from andy. jerk. >> tonight's is sponsored by dolphins, the mamams relate tod whales and generally smaller and having a beak-like snout. thank you, dolphins . i was pretending and you didn't you have to bring tup. >> people watching the first time never saw anything like that before. >> nor will they see it again. perhaps i am wrong. president obama mix jedi and star wars with the mind melt. what a mistake. >> nice, i have to say. >> ann, you think the president did this on purpose to show he is not a nerd. i can see that. i think you are all wrong. i think he proved how hip he s. it is a mash up, kids. >> i didn't get

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dennis rodman calls the repressive leader awesome, says he loves him.asketball great who has had more contact with the north korean leader than any american anywhere. but, first, sad news from the entertainment world. the pioneering sitcom actress bonnie franklin has died. she was born in california, got into show biz at an early age. appeared in '60s show gijt and the monday centers. bonnie franklin was best known in starring role sitcom one day at a time during which she broke ground playing a divorced mother trying to raise two teenaged girls. >> mothers have certain inalienable rights, the right to nag, to interfere, to lay on guilt. >> make me wear clean underwear in case you get in an accident? >> that's right. >> shepard: recently franklin guest starred on the tv land comedy hot in cleveland and over her career she was nominated for a tony, an emmy and golden globe. a family friend says she died of complications from cancer. ♪ this is it. >> shepard: bonnie franklin was 69 ♪ to go and have a ball ♪ this is it ♪ this is it ♪ straight ahead ♪ and r

dennis rodman love him. >> happy friday. >> shepard: mercifully.er friday in what is it a state of suspense. >> i'm going to live in that period of great suspense with a nod and a thanks to you are own amy kellogg in rome. >>> the lawmakers we pay to get stuff done in washington aren't doing anything. nothing. they did not reach a compromise to avoid sweeping budget cuts that would affect a lost americans. the thing is they invented the crisis in the first place. they invented the remedy. they voted on the remedy. they hated the remedy. they voted i on it, they put itn place, and it will kill everybody. what happens now. mike emanual is on capitol hill. are there widespread renations across the fruited plains, mike? >> reporter: that would be a no, shep. it sounds very much like it's back to the drawing board as we've been reporting. republicans do not want to give new tax re revenue as part of te acquired spending reduction. after the meeting, the democrats order this. >> the president challenged us to look at all the expenditures that government

dennis rodman gets a reaction.strange relationship with north korea's leader. medical breakthrough. aids expert on a child who was cured of hiv and a retirement home horo. an elderly woman denied cpr is dead and audio tells the story. is on assignment. you are in "the situation room." >> on this first monday after the fourth budget cuts went into effect, most americans are not feeling the pain. the pain that the president and other officials were warning about about. president obama said it's only a matter of time, but how soon will it start to hurt and how much of a hurt will there be? let's bring in jim acosta over at the white house. jim? >> president obama is insisting that americans will start feeling the pain from these forced budget cuts going into effect and while the white house is rejecting the notion they are engaging in budget hype. one secretary did acknowledge he had facts wrong when it came to the impacts from the cuts. >> from the table in the cabinet room, president obama warned the consequences of

bret michaels and dennis rodman, our new ambassador to north korea, dennis who is back home safely after visiting the north korean dictator kim jong un. and apparently they hit it off. rodman called him a friend for life. but he said the same thing when he married carmen electra. and he said that kim jong un said he wants president obama to call him. a lot of people are criticizing rodman for getting friendly with a guy who said he wants to destroy the united states. i think we should crazy new dennis rodman to the washington monument and dare them to bomb us. rodman gave an interview to george stephanopoulos yesterday. some people had a hard time unctioning what he was saying. but i speak fluent rodman so we will break it down for you. >> one thing about that, i understand what he's doing. i don't condone that. i hate the fact he is doing that. but the fact of that, you know what, that's a human being. he let his guard done and did one thing to me as a friend. i didn't talk about that. i understand that. i understand that. >> i can't explain the jacket but i will try to explain what he

and everybody will come to that in their own time. >> bill: talking about smart and nice dennis rodman, hey, what can you say? >> well, listen, you know. i hate to say it but that wasn't very nice of rodman because i'm convinced that his visit to north korea is what killed chavez out of jealousy. broke his heart. rodman is not the first guy to go over there. carter in 1994 got played like this. i don't like it when dennis says that we have 200,000 like in intermeant camps. the most we ever had was under the quintessential fdr we put 110,000 japanese americans in interment camps not anymore. fdr did do that i find it funny that stephanopoulos would embrace him. i remember when barack obama said he had to be adherent to his islam faith and stephanopoulos tackled him to correct him to the christian thing. let's face facts. dennis rodman has drank so much he can't get paid anymore even over here to sit next to julie newmar on the bat mobile. my theory is he should go back there dressed up in the wedding dress, marry the kid. become the first lady in north korea and refuse to put out unless

it turned out to be the wild child of basketball, dennis rodman. there he is, splashed all over the front page of their newspap newspaper, with the dictator, kim jong-un. and abc's john donvan tells us why. >> reporter: dennis rodman's arrival in north korea early this week, the diplomatic stunner of the year so far. a meeting by the basketball court with kim jong-un. no american gets in to see the north korean ruler. not even, say, google founder eric schmidt, whose visit was not well regarded by the u.s. government. >> we don't think the timing of this is particularly helpful. >> reporter: but maybe that's because schmidt was never an nba star. while one of the known things about the secretive kim's private life, from his days as a student at a swiss boarding school, is that he was an nba nut, especially big on rodman's old team, the bulls. and when "vice magazine" pitched north korea on bringing over rodman and some harlem globetrotters to do some exhibition play for its new hbo show, it was, "sure, come on in." and so, dennis rodman is there am

. >>> coming up our powerhouse but first dennis rodman, no on all the week's politics but first, dennis rodman has spent more time with the world's most mysterious dictator from north korea. his first interview is right here in 90 seconds. ntrary korea. his first interview is right here in 90 seconds. trary korea. his first interview is right here in 90 seconds. rary korea. his first interview is right here in 90 seconds. ary korea. his first interview is right here in 90 seconds. ry korea. his first interview is right here in 90 seconds. y korea. his first interview is right here in eo c o >>> and we are back now with this week's weirdest encounter. top of the news in north korea, the first american to meet kim jong-un, not john kerry or even jimmy carter, nope, it was dennis rodman, aka the worm. they watched basketball. kim is a big fan, but that was just the beginning. some ice skating too and an aquarium visit then a long dinner and lots of drinks with one of the world's most mysterious and dangerous men. >> i love him. i love him. the guy is awesome. he was so honest. >> that abou