i just posted a selfy of dr. ruth and i on instagram. take a look at my account. becoming dr. ow. i'm going to go see it. it's been extended. mazeltov. it's great. >> i promise you i'll be there. we'll sit in the back and we'll do a talk offwards. >> sounds great. that does it for us. thanks to my panel. thanks for watching. thanks for watching. we'll see you tomorrow. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ 8 front yards blinding ♪ 6 snowballs flying ♪ 5 packages addressed by toddlers ♪ ♪ that's a q ♪ 4 lightning bolts ♪ 3 creepy gnomes ♪ 2 angry geese ♪ and a giant blow-up snowman ♪ that kind of freaks me out [ beep ] [ female announcer ] no one delivers the holidays like the u.s. postal service. priority mail flat rate is more reliable than ever. and with improved tracking up to 11 scans, you can even watch us get it there. ♪ you can even watch us get it there. could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well, did you know that when a tree falls in the forest and no one's around, it does make a sound? ohhh...ohhh...oh boy! i'm falling. ever

it was the mother on the 70s show plays dr. ruth. >> when i came to this country, the said you have to take speech lessons to lose your accent. i made one dollar an hour. i was a single mother who had money or time for speech lessons? she had to take a speech coach to learn my accent. she does it very well. now here's, i have seen it 25 times. i'm sitting in the back. i get tremendous pleasure even of the set part when i came out of nazi germany, i was greatly wounded. things they usually don't talk about when i talk about orgasms and erections. >> i didn't realize you were a sniper. >> oh. you and i -- i have to tell you. i can put five bullets. i knew how to throw hand grenades. i never killed anybody but i was badly wounded. she plays that very well. so i'm sitting in the theater, west side theater. it's called near broadway. not off broadway. >> what's the theater? >> west side theater. >> the show is called? >> becoming dr. ruth. and i'm sitting in the back so that she doesn't make eye contact with me. so that she doesn't get c

it's becoming dr. ruthe thing about it is everybody has their idea and no two people have the same idea. i do mine. >> she has seen you do it? >> i talk about her family and her family has been there. the first time it happened was scary. >> did they give you notes and criticisms and critiques? or do they love it? >> they are a great family. if you are going to do a one-person show about someone who is alive, dr. ruth is the one you want to do it about. she loves it. >> why else would you do a one-person show on dr. ruth? what is it about her that makes this work? is it a message or is it that she represented something more? >> something dictated by the audience. every show is different depending on who is coming in and watching. some want to watch. i'm lucky because she is really funny. she's a really funny little person. the people who want to come and laugh, it's a huge comedy. some people that get very involved. she lot of her entire family, hitler took her family basically. there people that get very i

. >> dr. ruth uncomfortably or generally? >> generally. >> i like those socks. >> it was all good. i'm from florida. what do you exec me to do. chuck todd is up next with "the daily rundown." thank you for your patience as always. >> that didn't take long. chris christie uses the first full day after reelection to talk to the press in a media event that felt like it had to do with a lot more than new jersey. how fast is the governor hitting the road to 2016? meantime in washington preventive medicine or presifting condition. republican senators with potential primary problems and a hearing with secretary sebelius to make sure their base is hearing them. with just over 50 days left in office, mayor bloomberg is getting an earful for election efforts outside of goth am. good morning from washington. it's thursday november seventh. a packed show and we will hear 2012 nuggets from the double down duo. the authors will be here on set. let's get to the first reads of the morning. we joked that new jersey governor chris christie's campaign would begin on election day. the day after christ

later one reason why selfy is the word of the moment and the year, dr. ruth westheimer joins us.

dr. mary ruth sims routinely checks on the shu inmates. >> i've been here for 7 1/2 years. what i do is different every single day. some days i do groups. some days i do individuals. some days it's crisis all day. hey, did you want me to pick up a letter? was that meant for me? >> yeah. >> how are you doing? >> so i see people when they need to be seen, when they asked to be seen, when somebody else thinks they need to be seen. i will see what's wrong, see what can be done in the institution to help them cope. >> the only way i can get out of this mood, i mean, i don't care, you can give me drugs, alcohol. the only way i can get out of moods is through self-injury. >> okay. >> group therapy in the shoe is conducted with each inmate locked in a separate holding cell. dr. sims moderates this small group of self-mutilators. >> once i see my blood, i'm in another world. i'm a different -- i'm someone totally different from myself. i mean, that's the only time i actually, you know, can actually feel real, feel alive, and feel like everything's going to be okay. >> for me, it's b

dr. smith. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ please welcome our guest to the stage for the city of dallas. mrs. ruthich you willer. and most rev lend bishop kevin jay farrell of the catholic dis ones. and mayor of dallas. and david mcculla and pastor emeritous of the st. luke united methodist church zan w. holmes junior. thank you. ♪ ♪ to our viewers just zoining us. 13 minutes after 12 noon in dallas, texas. we are watching along with you the memorial service marking the moment when john f. kenned was shot and assassinated that day. 12:30 in the afternoon central time in dallas, texas. we'll watch the ceremony play out and we'll dip in and out and now the presentation of the colors and there will be speakers and music and moment of silence when the clock strikes 12:30 central time in dallas, texas. ♪ ♪ >> please remain standing for the national anthem performed by monica sel lda bar. ♪ o say can you see. ♪ by the dawn's early light. what so proudly we held at the twilight's last gleaming. ♪ whose bright stripes and bright stars throughout perilous night. ♪ over the rampart we watched were so gallan

dr. aaron smith. >> these welcome our distinguished guests to the stage, led by the chairman of the 50th commemorative committee for the city of dallas, mrs. ruthcollins. reverend bishop, kevin j farrell of the diocese of dallas. the mayor of dallas, the honorable mike rawlins. david mccullough. and pastor emeritus of the saint luke's trinity united methodist church, sam w holmes junior. thank you. and now we ask you to please rise for the presentation of the colors by -- of the the dallas police honor guard. please remain standing for the national anthem, performed by monica saldivar. ["national anthem"] whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight o'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? and the rocket's red glare. airbombs bursting in gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. that star spangled waver yet freethe land of the brave ♪ me of the >> please be seated. today's invocation is presented by kevin chain -- by the catholic diocese of dallas. >> almighty and ever faithful god, today we lift up our minds and hearts to you because you have lifted us up from the horrible tragedy enacted

dr. aaron smith. >> please welcome our distinguished guests to the stage, led by the chairman of the 50th commemorative committee for the city of dallas, mrs. ruthollins. the most reverend bishop, kevin j. fair roll, of the catholic mayor of dasms the mayor of dallas, the honorable mike rawlings. david mccullough. and pastor emeritus of the st. luke's united methodist church, zan w. holmes jr. thank you. ♪ and now we ask to you please rise for the presentation of colors by the dallas police department honor guard. please remain standing for the national anthem, performed by onica. >> ♪ o say can you see by the twilight's last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars rough the perilous fight o'er the ramparts we watched ere so gallantly streaming and the rockets' red glare he bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night hat our flag was still there say does that star spangled anner yet wave 'er the land of the free ♪d the home of the brave >> please be seated. today's invocation is presented by the most reverend beneficiary opened j.f. fair roll of the catholic diocese of allas. >> almighty and ever faithful god, today we lift up our m