just walk behind him. >> joe, think about how hard it is to deal with follow-up questions from donny deutschto, like, say donny, no, no, no, we've got to take issue with that, we'd be here all day, right? >> chuck, you're just mad because i made fun of you. >> i love you, donny. >> look beyond this a little bit and kind of ask the question, who is chuck hagel, he's kind of a defense intellectual. and you could see that he's weighing everything in his mind and so forth. maybe the confirmation process on television as theater is the wrong forum to assess who he is. >> i think it is, bob. i think it is. i think there are a lot of questions that need to be raised about chuck hagel, his preparedness. we're just saying the hearing wasn't handled well. there are a lot of people -- and bob, i know that you'll remember this name very well. who have come up to me quietly who support chuck hagel and have said, is this going to be our century's version of les aspen? >> that's the recollection i had. les aspen, the pinnacle of defense intellectuals and just deny work out in the pentagon and was very hesi

i'm willie geist joined by natalie morales, al roker and our special guest, donny deutsch. >> never in a rut. >> wearing the bracelets, everything else will fall into place. >> that's a man with a daughter. >> every one of these comes from one of my three daughters. >> sweet. >>> next hour we'll introduce you to people who, maybe like you, may feel stuck. from changes in your career, your love life, your style, we've brought in experts like donny. we put up a poll on today.com. interesting to see the results. we just tallied them. we asked where in your life do you feel the most stuck? in your work, love life or appearance? 39% said appearance, 37% said at work and 24% said in their love life. are you surprised by those numbers? >> i would have thought a little heavier at -- i wouldn't have thought appearance is at the top. >> appearance is at the top. >> i would not have thought that. >> appearance you can change. >> maybe can't lose weight. i think it's mostly about weight and health related. interesting thing about what i would love to say to all our viewers in any category, you can

joining me again, donny deutsch and jodi kantor.verything since i have been here, we have been headed toward some cliff, some crisis, some turmoil. at the last minute, they do a deal. it's very child-like, it seems to me, in terms of adult politics. what is going to happen this week? are we actually going to fall off again? >> well, you know, the problem with reporting the story is you have experienced, too, is there's a groundhog day quality to it, right? it does seem to follow the same pattern again and again. what we have seen in the past is that there have been last-minute deals, sometimes with hours to go, to avert the worst that does seem to happen. that at the very, very last minute, almost as if we were watching a movie, at the oscars, something happens to postpone the crisis. but then really, we just face the sort of next subsequent round of budget battles, so one of the questions we're keeping our eye on is is the president's second term really turning into a long, depressing series of budget battles. the white house so cl

i want to go to donny deutsch who's in new york.'ve spent an entire career building one of the biggest advertising and marketing companies in the country. earlier i was talking to a cruise expert who said, from her poll so far, there's a bigger impact from this cruise ship disaster on people's willingness to take a cruise in this country than there was from the costa concordia. how big of a problem do you think this is for carnival? >> the good news for carnival is, three months from now, six months from now, it's not going to be a problem. we live in a world where people are used to things going wrong. we've seen such horrific tragedies. nobody got hurt here. carnival has been doing everything possible to make it right. they're going to give refunds to these people, the crew has been acting wonderfully. we took a poll tomorrow, are people taking cruises no? this will be fine for carnival. the whole cruise line industry. when people look at this they don't just go, ooh carnival, cruises offer things for people theyen cat get other p

i'm willie geist, along with savannah, al, natalie and our special guest, donny deutsch joining us for take three. good night for the ads? >> i think iwas an okay night for the ads. when you look at the success of the clydesdale ad, we're going back to human stories. let's have people finish spots on the air and -- >> nostalgia. >> yeah. really, people want back to basics and great human story. >> we'll dig in to some of those ads in a few moments. >>> take one, most memorable moment, jennifer hudson, we just talked to her here in the studio, and the sandy hook choir from the elementary school in newtown, connecticut, singing "america the beautiful." fair to say not a dry eye in the house or any house when that song was going on. >> you can see the football players even struggling on the field. they want to go in there, all ra ramped up for the game. but that was very emotional. >> jennifer talked about how hard the rehearsal was, to be around those kids. she said she went around, hugged them one by one. said i'm praying for you. you combine the stage she's on with the gravity of that

>>> i'm donny deutsch filling in for piers morgan. tonight, nine at 9:00. the things people are talking about right now and the questions we are asking. >> the pope resigns. >> i'm not kidding. i was very startled. >> how old is too old for a pope, a ceo, or a politician? >> size matters. america is overweight and it's costing us billions. are we too politically correct? >> the man who says he killed bin laden. now he's spilling the gory details. is something really secret anymore? >> guns in america. are we even asking the right questions? does the problem start with child's play? >> plus, do the grammys glorify bad romance? is there a double standard to who comes as taylor swift's date. >> and on the high seas, why would anyone go on a cruise? this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening. i'm donny deutsch, in for piers. we're going to do something different we're calling nine at 9:00. nine big questions asked and answered with my all-star panel, stan van gundy, faith, contributor for cbs, gary vee, best selling author, and abbey huntsman, welcome, ev

donny deutsch is chairman of deutsch inc.t, michelle obama presented the most coveted award of all, and friday, she was dancing on "jimmy fallon" which i'll show everybody because she was pretty darn good, right. >> look at that. >> she's good. good shoes she's got. and her approval rating is 73%. >> okay. >> dwarves her husband's at 52%. so is oscar smart? a billion people are watching? >> there's a big difference between the "jimmy fallon" thing and the oscars. "jimmy fallon," the consumer at home gets to vote and say i want to tune you in. i want to introduce politics to my entertainment. when you're sitting at home and watching the oscars, watching entertainment, watching movie stars, i didn't invite you in. forget whether you're a democrat or a republican, it is presumptive and disrespectful to say, here i am. i wanted to see more jack nicholson. to me, it was a tone deaf quality, and an elitist quality, which we never hear with the obamas, to say i'm going to come into your entertainment space without being invited. cli

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zbigniew brzezinski, richard haass, donny deutsch, sam stein. good lord. where do we begin?k he did very well. i'd like to associate myself with the comments your dad made at the beginning. that was an extraordinary moment yesterday and a great democracy, wrestling with very, very difficult issues in a pretty open way considering what was at stake and all the classified information. it was quite a day. and i think he did very well. he came across as very straightforward, honest. i thought one of the strongest moments of the day was when he was asked several times, do you think torture or waterboarding saves lives? and he said, five or six years ago when i answered that question based on the data i had gotten from within the cia, i answered it yes. he said today after reading the report or the summary of the report that the intelligence committee has done, he said, i'm not so sure. i don't know. and i thought for a major public official to look into the eyes of the committee and the cameras and the world and say i don't know, i thought it was the right answer, the right thing

without accountability, we can't strike the right balance between security and liberty. >> senator, donny deutschbe targeted by drones unless it is such an extreme definitive circumstance? am i missing something here? >> well, donny, you can't get into the details of any operation, and that's why i pushed so hard for more than two years to actually see the legal analysis. i have felt that the committee, and there are 15 of us on the senate committee. there's a house committee as well. we've really been in the dark on these kinds of issues. and by law, we are required to do vigilant oversight. and in a couple of hours i'll be going in to look at the legal underpinnings of this program and we'll have more to say about it then. >> let me ask the senator a question. ron, are you more concerned about the possibility of americans being targeted, or are you concerned most about the general use of drones without rules of the road? >> every american has the right to know when their government believes it's allowed to kill them. i don't think that, as one person said, that is too much to ask. and this idea

star jones, donny deutsch and dr. snyderman are here to tackle the stories that have you talking. good morning, all. >> hi, matt. >> sunday evening they were saying the oscar goes to. i want you to complete this sentence. and the blame goes to, unless there's a deal struck, the sequester goes into effect, $1.2 trillion in spending cuts. in almost every analysis people agree this will hurt the economy, hurt the recovery, might even damage national security. and the blame goes to -- >> the american public for not being invested enough in the terms of what it means, inspiring every one of these s.o.b.s the next time it comes around. >> the american public not because of them but because of us. nobody in today's generation wants to give anything. nobody wants to work till 67. nobody wants to give up entitlements. rich people don't want to pay more taxes. we are a country now of complete nonself sacrificing. you can't blame the politicians. blame us. >> but blame them for not getting a deal. >> i don't understand how washi

our "today's" professionals, star jones, donny deutsch and dr. nancy snyderman are here.k about putting in privacy. i'm sure you heard the president played golf with tiger woods. i don't know. i thought you would appreciate that, as an ad guy. tiger woods and the president play golf over the weekend in florida. the white house does not release a photo of that outing, nor do they let the pool cameras take a picture of it. some are up in arms, white house press specifically saying here you go again, denying access. do you think the white house should have released a photo or do you think they are within their rights? star? >> i think this is a silly story. the only people that are up in arms are the white house press corps. i don't think there's any person in the united states of america sitting around, while they're trying to get a job worrying about whether or not they could cover the president on the golf course. it's ridiculous. >> doupg tdo you think the whit house's decision to not release a photo, do you think it's because they're concerned about the image? >> the bo

donny deutsch is here to help us out. we came with baked goods and beautiful photographs.at a time while i'm still in culinary school i decided to take some classes at the community college in their program to learn more about the business. where i would like it to go is brick and mortar and for it to become my full-time job. >> you do a little bit of everything, party planning, baking? >> event planning as well. >> first impression? >> firstly, you've done the hard part. you are a road map to take that first step. while you have your current job, start to take one foot in is the hard thing, that's number one. number two, you're doing what you're passionate about, which i love. so my advice to you is every place you go now, every party you have, every -- even the customers who are at the party, say, hey, here's my card. everybody, every musician that's there, gv them your card and say, oh, by the way, i'll give you 10% of everybody you send to me. make everybody around you ambassadors. don't be shy with friends and family. let everybody know this is what i'm doing. the gre

. >> independent commercial producers, lara petrecca and donny deutsch needs no introduction.d morning. >> good morning. >> what did that 34-minute delay in the third quarter mean to advertisers? >> they were not happy. particularly because it was a blow-out. if the numbers drop -- they guarantee a certain audience for the super bowl. if the audience drops below that, they have to make that up. certainly not a win for advertisers. >> this is the five most popular ads. i'll show a little bit of your number one ad, budweiser and the clydesdale. let's check it out. ♪ took my love and i took it down climbed a mountain and i turned around ♪ ♪ well i've been afraid of changing cause i've built my life around you ♪ >> the panel says this was a winner. >> definitely a home run for budweiser. very powerful ad has great music, iconic clydesdale. there's nothing wrong with this ad. it should be held up to people for perfection. >> talk about tugging at the heartstring there is. >> the number one ad school in the country, resonated with them as well. next generation, knocked it out of the

our "today's" professionals, star jones, donny deutsch and dr. nancy snyderman are here.ent played golf with tiger woods. i don't know. i thought you would appreciate that, as an ad guy. tiger woods and the president play golf over the weekend in florida. the white house does not release a photo of that outing, nor do they let the pool cameras take a picture of it. some are up in arms, white house press specifically saying here you go again, denying access. do you think the white house should have released a photo or do you think they are within their rights? star? >> i think this is a silly story. the only people that are up in arms are the white house press corps. i don't think there's any person in the united states of america sitting around, while they're trying to get a job worrying about whether or not they could cover the president on the golf course. it's ridiculous. >> doupg tdo you think the whit house's decision to not release a photo, do you think it's because they're concerned about the image? >> the boehner thing was an absolute play on part of the white hou

star jones, donny deutsch and dr. nancy snyderman are here to tackle the hot topics of the day.d he would like to go into space. that prompted a tweet from our own senator john mccain. so ahmadinejad wants to be the first iranian in space. wasn't he just there last week? what he was referring to is that last week iranians managed to send a monkey into space. was this a legitimate joke, a joke that went too far? is it racist? >> i'll jump right in. i thought that the senator diminished himself by even making a joke like that. i know that we should lighten up in some ways, but the fact that we have to sit here and defend, if you will, the president of iran, with everything he has said and done to our country because mccain made a politically, incorrect stupid comment? >> i'm not defending ahmadinejad. >> he basically wants to annihilate israel, denies that the holocaust existed. we can call him anything we want. >> not on twitter. >> i can call him anything i want. >> he is a united states senator. have some decorum. don't be an old, cranky dude on twitter. >> free speech issue an

star jones, donny deutsch and dr. talking. good morning, all. >> hi, matt. >> sunday evening they were saying the oscar goes to. i want you to complete this sentence. and the blame goes to, unless there's a deal struck, the sequester goes into effect, $1.2 trillion in spending cuts. in almost every analysis people agree this will hurt the economy, hurt the recovery, might even damage national security. and the blame goes to -- >> the american public for not being invested enough in the terms of what it means, inspiring every one of these s.o.b.s the next time it comes around. >> the american public not because of them but because of us. nobody in today's generation wants to give anything. nobody wants to work till 67. nobody wants to give up entitlements. rich people don't want to pay more taxes. we are a country now of complete nonself sacrificing. you can't blame the politicians. blame us. >> but blame them for not getting a deal. >> i don't understand how washington works. in every other aspect of society, you nego