don king with hugo chavez in 2004. a bodyguard for don king and became good friends and the boxing promoter joins me. welcome to you. >> thank you. >> let's talk about the relationship with two evil dictator. hugo chavez and roger ayers. >> i love them both. so but hugo chavez, he's a great man because he helped the poor, the underprivileged, the downtrodden and denied and the people in venezuela, the great people of venezuela love him. the poor people, they love him. he's one of the masters and he can deal with the classes but he was a guy that was tried tested representative of the people and loved the people he represented. >> how did you feel about him attacking the president, the united states and the way he did? >> i didn't think that was a good thing to do because i love george walker bush as you have seen in the tape but the thing is, you know, i gave that tape to the aides of george walker bush when he was trying to appeal to him to let him know he wanted to be friends with america. this is a guy that comes ri

don king with hugo chavez from 2004. he was a former body guard for don king.t's when they became friends. welcome to you. i want to talk to you about your relationship with two evil dictators, hugo chavez and roger ailes. who do you want to start with? >> i love them both. hugo chavez is a great man because he helped the poor, the underprivileged, the people of venezuela, they love him. he's one of their masses and he can deal with the classes, but he was a guy that was a tried, trued, tested representative of the people, and he loved the people he represented. >> how did you feel about him attacking the president, the united states, in the way that he did? >> i didn't think that was a good thing to do because i love george walker bush, as you have seen in the tape. but the thing is, you know, i gave that tape to the aides of george walker bush when he was trying to apipeal to him to let him know he wanted to be friends with america. he came off the street, an army lieutenant, and he works his way up through acclimation to be president of the country, goes to

i did have a purple tiny doll with hair that looked like don king. >> a troll. >> somebody watching rightll us what that was. >> i'm going throw you guys a barbie party. >> i didn't have one either. >> they were wonderful. >> i guess we missed out. >> team usa is closer to the next round. former warriors come back to haunt their former team. sports is next. [ man ] it's big. quickly reconnects families. same with aladdin. the biggest in bail. no one has lower prices, is faster or more professional. aladdin bail bonds. bigger because we're better. yuh-huh. we have a wireless receiver. listen. back in my day, there was no u-verse wireless receiver that let you move the tv away from the tv outlet. we can move it to the kitchen, the patio, the closet and almost anywhere. why would you want a tv in the closet? [ both laugh ] ♪ [ fancy voice ] brilliant idea, darling. ♪ [ female announcer ] the wireless receiver. get u-verse tv for just $19 a month for 1 year when you bundle tv and internet. rethink possible. ♪ [ male announcer ] now's the time to save 5% off every day with your lowe's consumer

so this is bogus, this is, where's don king? >> so i think we have a tie. >> can i get a drink?have one more. do we have time? a tiebreaker, a "west wing" question. >> you better not beat me at this. this whether be messed up. >> wait a second. didn't i just get the "thrift shop" one right? >> almost. the judges will give it to you, you're leading 2-1. a "west wing" question, president bartlett's first name in the -- >> josiah. >> there we go. >> all right, he wins he wins. >> look at that. >> totally unqualified, i believe both of you are totally unqualified. >> that's why we're here. it comes out in may, check it out, psych-os. >> time for a family fashion show for easter. >> that was awful, terrible. >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist crystal yager. it's going to feel very much like winter as we kick offspr g offspring, especially in the midwest. temperatures stay below average here. light snow across the great lakes, especially lower parts of michigan and the u.p. tapering off in places like boston and up across the majority of new england. the southeast, still looking at a

that's how i got don king, and that's how i got carroll o'connor. >> jimmy: no way!n, i was asked to never come up to this floor again. [ laughter ] letterman's people said if they see me here, they'll escort me out. >> jimmy: yeah, they're very smart, yeah. >> fantastic. >> jimmy: well, being years on "the howard stern show," you must have seen a lot of crazy stuff. did you have a favorite guest or a favorite moment? >> i like -- i'm a big music guy. and so, we've had -- we were really lucky. we had billy joel on a couple years ago. [ scattered cheers ] and billy was kind enough to let us get a steinway piano, and he sat at the piano to do the entire interview. and we got to -- howard got to ask him, "well, how did you write this song?" and he talked about it, and he'd play a little bit of it. that was pretty amazing. >> jimmy: that's amazing. >> it was great. >> jimmy: that's cool. now that you have this show, "for what it's worth," it's kind of like an "antiques roadshow" type of thing, but with rock and roll memorabilia. >> exactly. rock and roll and pop culture

. >> jimmy: this sounds like don king wrote your dialogue., here we go. >> all right, just going to push this little button here. >> jimmy: wow! wow! [ applause ] that is not a practical way to dispense beer. did you get any in the glass? all right. you got some foam. is this the closest you ever got to going to spring break, bob? >> yeah, maybe, yeah. >> jimmy: science bob is going to do all kinds of stuff. we're going to have a flame tornado here in the studio. [ applause ] don't get excited because no one goes home with their eyebrows tonight. [ laughter ] one more thing. it's thursday night, it's time for our weekly tribute to the fcc where we bleep and blur things whether they need it or not. it is "this week in unnecessary censorship." >> remember that, 7 years ago, more than seven years ago, lance armstrong denying outright that he [ bleep ] himself. >> savannah has been [ bleep ] a lot of major male stars. >> it's part of the job. >> notre dame is now notre [ bleep ] to some people. >> jennifer lopez told a much younger boyfriend to [

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was in ohio, people got together there, our friend, what's his name, karl rove, got together with don king lot of african-american preachers up in cuyahoga county in cleveland to get their people out, the flock out, the congregations out to vote against this gay marriage thing, and that turned that state. >> constitutional amendments were used as battering rams against progressives -- >> we thought north carolina would be hurt by that. >> first of all, 85 senators voted for doma including joe biden, joe lieberman, chris dodd, tom daschle, barbara mikulski -- >> keep going, i love this. mikulski. all the liberals. >> john kerry did not vote for it. ted kennedy did not vote for it, but the majority -- 85 senators voted for it, and now we're in a position -- >> what did doma do? >> doma basically designated marriage as between a man and a woman and basically said that the -- >> all federal payments -- >> -- states wouldn't have to recognize -- >> that most important -- that's true, didn't have to recognize -- >> outside of that definition. >> virginia would have to recognize maryland, but it

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hundred palestinian prisoners or america as the head of terrorism one protest many were don and martin luther king masks in an attempt to invoke the spirit of the civil rights movement in south african apartheid was a far cry from the imagery of obama in israel you know the medal of distinction by the israeli government a first of its kind for any american president so here to talk about the significance of this trip and the prospects for peace between the two countries i'm joined now by phyllis bennis director of the new internationalism project at the institute for policy studies thank you so much for coming on good to be with him always good to see you so as his first trip as president to israel it's a gesture that every president kind of has to make during their tenure was this a trip of necessity for that reason or do you think that he actually had the intention or cares about brokering peace between the two countries i don't think the question is whether he cares about it as a person probably yes but that's not really the point i think that there was a very clear message here that there is n

so this is bogus, this is, where's don king? >> so i think we have a tie. >> can i get a drink?at that. >> totally unqualified, i believe both of you are totally unqualified. >> that's why we're here. it comes out in may, check it out, psych-os. >> time for a family fashion show for easter. >> that was awful, terrible. the allergy muddlers. es l you know who you are. you can part a crowd, without saying a word... if you have yet to master the quiet sneeze... you stash tissues like a squirrel stashes nuts... well muddlers, muddle no more. try zyrtec®. it gives you powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because zyrtec® starts working at hour one on the first day you take it. claritin® doesn't start working until hour three. zyrtec®. love the air. claritin® doesn't start working until hour three. crow's fmeet your match.? new garnier ultra-lift targeted line smoother. with hyaluronic acid and pro-retinol from nature. skin looks tighter and smoother in just one use. even better over time! for the tough ones? this one's tougher. garnier targeted line smoothe

king's comments. >> reporter: hi, don. m said officials here are closely watching this situation and at least one member of congress, congressman peter king, said he believed the north korean leader's strong words aren't just an empty threat. he also echoed this concern that kim jong-un could be putting himself in a difficult position with this fiery rhetoric. he's a member of the house homeland security committee, and let's listen to what he had to say today on abc. >> it's not an empty threat. i wouldn't be that concerned about them hitting the mainland u.s. right now, even any u.s. territory. i think the real threat is to what north korea might be boxing itself into. kim jong-un is trying to establish himself. he's trying to be the tough guy. he is 28, 29 years old, and he keeps going furt ennher and fur out. his concern is he might have to save face, launch some sort of attack on south korea or some base in the pacific. >> reporter: any attack on south korea or pacific base would be a dangerous escalation of things. in

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background, entrepreneurial frame and one of my favorite authors is don petersen and he had a book he asked what did martin luther king, and nelson mandela and gandhi all have in common? the peak of their influence was jail time. [laughter] which is the truth. he expressed to exercise moral authority. with the peak of the influence the 82 be something to someone suggest with mandela even after they formalized authority to get elected, they lost their influence a little bit. so the role of elected officials that have the formal authority. >> host: have you done time? [laughter] >> guest: no. to a point* but the idea we have to wait around for a the guy on the white horse for i have been waiting around to some were expecting it was arnold schwarzenegger. not a democrat but married to maria shriver and president obama, there is a notion may have to wait around for someone else to solve our problems. the overstated but the use of spain and with the tea party movement there is an energy out there. >> host: and estonia estonia, south korea, in search of innovation ahead of what we have. there are places across the globe ahe

>> don, lots coming up in "the situation room." we go to amman, jordan, john kingn tell us how the president did in the middle east this week, but more importantly where we go from here. is there really hope an israeli, palestinian peace process can get off the ground? we will get their assessment, they have been there with the president. >>> and two potential republican presidential candidates, senator rand paul, congressman paul ryan, my interviews with them and a lot more coming up here in "the situation room." back to you, don. >> looking forward to it, wolf, thank you very much. >>> what if extinction isn't forever? researchers are working on bringing back some species that haven't been seen on earth for decades. that's next. [ indistinct conversations ] [ male announcer ] when you wear dentures you may not know it, but your mouth is under attack. food particles infiltrate and bacteria proliferate. ♪ protect your mouth, with fixodent. the adhesive helps create a food seal defense for a clean mouth and kills bacteria for fresh breath. ♪ fixodent, and forget it.

king, ashleigh banfield, randy kay, chad meyers. i'm not even down there yet. fred, kate. >> this is not good. >> oh, my gosh. keep going. dons is passion week. this isn't about the first shall be last and the first shall be last. >> i'm going to get it. let's talk golf right now. tiger woods still leading the arnold palmer. why is he playing so well nowadays? >> it's two keys can. putting and personal. he's never putted better in his life. it goes back to earlier this month. let's get to the personal. three years ago we discovered that tiger was closer to being eddie haskal than cleaver. did you see that facebook? >> i did. to continue the leave it to beaver theme, it looked like june, cleaver, didn't it? >> it did. that's the new normal now. >> that's exactly right. >> america's new gordon and june. >> wally and beaver and all these guys. >> the first shall be last. thank you, terrin. coming up after a quick break, the album that defined a generation hit, find out how pink floyd fans -- i'm drinking -- try fixodent. it helps create a food seal defense for a clean mouth

king who is in amman, jordan. john, what is the most important agenda item in jordan for the president? >> reporter: donaid you mentioned. jordan is being overwhelmed, swamped by refugees from syria coming in, several thousand a day, approaching the half million mark here. this country's economy was already struggling to begin with. and officials here say it spent somewhere in the ballpark of a billion dollars to deal with the refugees. the united states is already number one. the president noted in the international community, in putting up both cash and other human taryn resources to help with the refugee crisis but is promising 200 million more. that's the most important takeaway from the jordanian perspective. they need the financial help and in the meeting, the president also able to talk about what is the jordanian government and the intelligence service, what is their assessment of what is going on in syria, how long does the king think bashar al assad can hang on? an update on syria the most important item here. >> what was really accomplished, john, in this trip overall? >> reporter: you know,

don. they'll be taking questions from reporters, but opening up with formal statements. let's go to jerusalem right now. jessica yellin is standing by. john kingto you, give us a little sense of what has happened so far in the hours since the president arrived. >> wolf in the hours since he's arrived we have seen the optics that both governments want. that's a friendly, happy, upbeat reception. people talking washington, people talk here in jerusalem, across israel, about the frosty personal relationship between president obama, and president netanyahu. you would have no hint of that from watching the last few hours unfurl. air force one landed in tel aviv. a big celebration, even a joke from the prime minister that maybe he and the president should go out bar hopping. said he would give the president a despise. the president went to president obama went to the residence of the israeli president shimon peres, schoolchildren singing there. he's now in the private meetings with president netanyahu and that is the key question. in the private meetings, can they make progress on working cooperation when it comes to the iran nuclear program? what i

in the lineup on bleacherreport.com, a calves fan donning a "we miss you, lebron" t-shirt ran on the court in the fourth quarter, but he didn't rattle king>> he just said he missed me and come back, please, and i didn't have much time to say much to him, because, you know, the security got to him. but i just patted him on the head. >> and playing gaming for the big dance wrapping up last night. lasalle back in the tournament and having no problem with boise state. they won 80-71 and will play kansas state on friday. rounding out the field of 64 will be james madison. the dukes won their first tournament game in 30 years, taking care of liu brooklyn to earn them a matchup with indiana. in case you had any hope of ending up with a perfect bra bracket, let me end that for you right now. the odds of filling out a perfect bracket are 1 in 92 quintillion. if all possible brackets were stacked on top of each other, the pile would reach from the moon and back, over 1.1 million times. carol, there is some good news. if you know something about basketball and the tournament, like 16 seeds don't beat 1 seeds, your chances increase to 1 in 128 billi

king is with us from jerusal jerusalem. seemed the president selected his audience well. >> reporter: smart politics, don. the president bringing to israel some of the personal style we've seen on the political campaign trail and the policy campaign trail, if you will, back home. traditionally, an american president visits and goes into the parliament. what would be in there? older people, right? older people. no offense to older people, but the president's trying to put pressure on the poll tigs. he said flat out, i'm a politician, we don't do risky things unless we get pressure from the people. he's trying to rally the younger generation of the israelis, who was interested. he was getting applause from young israelis. he's trying to get them to put pressure on their prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, a conservative, somebody unwilling to say stop settlement building. rise up to your government and said, we want a new israel, different israel. don, we could talk an hour about the obstacles of peace, but nudge your side to move forward, hopefully young palestinians will nudge their side. might say the pr

king or a queen. jack of hearts >> no. >> wasn't the jack of hearts? >> not the jack of hearts. >> don.f clubs? >> oh, my god. >> three of clubs. that's the card right there. the three of clubs. >> he doesn't say much but it's the look that's worth a thousand words. >> that's even crazier in person. >> that's really cool. >> three of clubs. >> how did you do that? >> it's a magic trick. mostly david. >> what advice would you have for young magicians and illusionists out there? >> to do lots of shows and practice. just like that. >> don't go sleep like that. >> and please, guys, good to have you here. thanks for waking up. we're search forge the next great illusionist. send us your videos. >> coming up, nicholas cage after your local news. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] nothing gets you going quite like 8 grams of whole grains in quaker chewy bars. today is going to be epic. quaker up. and "i have no idea what i'm doing," you need a hand. well, walgreens is innovating to help. by making prescription refills this easy. and we're bringing our pharmacists out front to answer your questions. at

don griffith says mitch mcconnell has -- is threatened because he knows his is on the line. a couple of stories quickly. cpac on the way -- underway. donald trump is speaking. neil kingmp started off by saying the country is in very serious trouble and so is the republican party. >> that's how he started his speech. the best and the brightest there for the g.o.p. one of thing you will appreciate 100 years ago today that woodrow wilson gathered up 100 reporters and held the first formal white house press conference in 1913. you carry on that fine tradition. >> bill: but president obama is out of town today. >> the first question he took was from helen thomas. >> bill: congressman, "new york times" did an interview with speaker boehner yesterday. the headline is boehner stands firm on spending and taxes. he told them that there is no need to change their position from what it was last year in terms much the issues we talked about, no new revenue, cut social security, cut medicare medicaid and he said those ideas were not to blame for their losing the election. it was because mitt romney was a bad candidate. so a little sense of denial here, do you sense? >> well hasn't