melissa: has he been dipping in the holiday eggnog? the holiday eggnog? he turned a new leaf on the ! blue! timeme! time out. i touched it. i touched the ball before it went out, coach. come on, alex, the ref did not call that! you gotta be kidding me, alex! it's the chaionship game! talk to him, coach. i touched, it's their ball. don't foul them when they inbound. team on 'three.' one, two, three. nice going, alex. sorry coach. alex! good call. melissa: so this is the senator harry reid that we now. >> the republicans were against things. ey are obstructing things and it's totally unprecedented. melissa: and this is the senator reid that we don't know. >> i met with william palmer last few days. i have grown to really like him. he wants to get things done here. and i find that wonderful. melissa: who was that guy? harry reid praising rand paul for crossing party lines. going to liz macdonald now. figuring it out, hashing it out. >> i also like what the senator said. i hope i don't ruin his reputation. but that was so funny. but it's always great to try t

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by the way, they all drank eggnog before the segment tonight. when we come back, it may get mellower. coming up, more with the studio audience. let not your heart be troubled. and secretary sebelius is being called out by darryl issa. her department is charged with criminally obstructing his investigation. our audience reacts. later, this young drunk driver murder i ared four innocent people but was steentenced to probation because he was deemed too rich to go to to jail. how his wealthy family got him off the hook. >>> welcome back. things are going from bad to worse for kathleen sebelius. her department is now being accused by one of the most powerful men in washington of criminally obstructing the house committee's probe into the disgraced health care.gov website. today chairman issa explained on "fox & friends." watch this. >> the fact is kathleen sebelius is not providing america the truth. as a matter of fact in a letter i sent to her, i warned her that her people are obstructing justice, telling individual companies who have serious repor

it's a smoothie of sorts and cinnamon and nutmeg and the traditional eggnog flavors and a little bit of rum, of course, because it's the holidays. you can omit the rum. >> you've made up for it with the rest of it. >> you can swap one or two things and the neat thing about these are all recipes you can find at up wave.com. >> i hear you can't say the title of the show in front of your kids, is that right? >> "cook your ass off." >> just did. >> is the title of the show and, you know, i kind of talk over it sometimes. but, you know, i love the name of the show. because, i mean, we are empowering people to get up, to get in their own kitchens to think about the way that they eat or the way that they cook to change their lives. i think it's a pretty transformational show. >> as much as we talk about health care in this country and basically trying to prevent the disease, food can be medicine and still taste pretty good. i've come to believe that. i thank you for your great advice over the years, richard blais. >> it's an honor. >>> still ahead on "sg md," keeping with the same topic, we

. >> eggnog. >> i like eggnog. >> spike it. >> christians need to start obeying the law and stop complaining when they are forced to obey the law. >> you poor innocent victim. the poor atheist all beaten up on by society. >> against their laws, their rights. >> liberals love tolerance. but you are the intolerant one. you are intolerant of a majority view that's christian in the country. >> the majority has nothing to do with it. >> you don't care. >> i don't care if it is 99-1. we all have equal rights. >> we do, but you feign outrage. i don't believe you are fayning outrage at all. i think you are trying to raise money by appealing to your base and going after christian groups. that's what i think. >> nice to meet you, kettle. my good ness you're talking about raising funds with a fake war on oh christmas. we are putting up -- >> how many people have donated since you put your little sign up. >> i'm not going to release that information. >> check mate. coming up, a michigan teachers' union is fighting for this convicted child molester's massive severance package. he'll spend 30 years in jai

eggnog stock came from an english drink called passet in the 18th century. >> i saw it coming.>>> i was watching thanksgiving and i thought isn't will fairlg such a great guy, he must have relatives in north dakota. and i thought, promotion. how effective do you think this is? clearly it's working. >> i think it is we're talking about it and it's reaching us through all the ways that we consume media normally. you know we're a star, will fairlg,errell who do this incentive epic marketing campaign. he's a writer on the film producer on the film and he's amazing at it. >> he's so believable. is there a down side to too much promotion, in this case do you think? >> i think there would be if it weren't funny and if he weren't so good at it. but he does have the ability to stay in character for 30 minutes on a news segment for an entire book-signing. i don't hear anybody saying enough with the will ferrell, that could happen. but so far, it's great. >> i was stunned to learn that the dodge durango commercials began airing in october, that the sales of their new suv have increased 59

. >> eggnog is one of the favorites. >> i love that. >> was there another alternative.u like it with the works, rum, right? >> right. >> i do half and half with almond milk. >> there are two ways to do things there are people that go i want a small amount of the real thing. if that's you, have a teeny, three or four ounces of real eggnog. and going this is good. that's not melvina because she goes, i like to have several. so what you can do is have -- >> my kind of women. >> well, okay -- usually, then, you dilute it and water it down with something that's not water. almond milk. or we had our viewers wrote in and had some skim milk along with it. cut down on the booze a little bit. >> did you like how it tasted when you watered it down? >> no i think it tastes great. i didn't feel deprived at all. >> what about moving, working out? exercising? >> i just doubled up on exercising all weekend. >> that's a great way to barter. we always think about food. if you walk about 20 minutes, that's about 100 calories. >> that's all? >> it takes five minutes to eat -- >> five minut

melissa: has he been dipping in the holiday eggnog? he turneda new le on the melissa: so this is the senator harry reid that we now. >> the republicans were against things. they are obstructing things and it's totally unprecedented. melissa: and this is the senator reid that we don't know. >> i met with william palmer last few days. i have grown to really like him. he wants to get tngs done here. and i find that wonderful. melissa: who was that guy? harry reid praising and paul for crosng party llines. going to liz macdonald now. fiuring it out, hashing it ut. >> i also like what the senator said. i hope i don't ruin his reputation but that was so funny. but its alays great to try to reach acrossparty lines to get things done in washington dc. this is a refreshing moment and let's revel in it. melissa: adam, i think maybe he was drking too much eggnog. [laughter] >> i think it is a good pre-christmas moment and i happen to agree wi liz macdonald. we're i agree if this is an aberration. maybe he was in a good mood, maybe they did have a

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melissa: adam, i think maybe he was drinking too much eggnog.] >> i think it is a good pre-christmas moment and i happen to agree with liz macdonald. we're i agree if this is an aberration. maybe he was in a good mood, maybe they did have a good meeting. maybe he is optimistic. unfortunately, we know that it's not going to last. melissa: that's right. suggesting anything that they can work together or that any of them wants to reach across party lines and i think that is what the country needs the. melissa: what exactly do you think they would achieve? it is hard to imagine what they would come together on. >> absolutely. i can understand where you are coming from. >> they still have to have immigration reform. and there is still, you know, there's government spending. because congress understands this. but the question is this a good thing for the united states? we saw that in california. whether or not it's good for the country remains to be seen. melissa: is rand paul becoming cool all of a sudden? may be here he is the guy that everyone want

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unless you've been hitting the eggnog hard, this elf is taking the world by storm.ut some think it is going too far. in the break you told me about this elf that i had no idea. take it away. >> there are a lot of rules for the elf. you can't touch the elf, you can't touch it, otherwise it loses his magic and it can't fly back to the north pole and report on your child. he is a spy, is what he is. >> what the heck are you -- >> no, you are getting too close to it. >> he has to spy on the kids all day long and at night he reports to santa all of the things you did. >> how do you start elf on the shelf? >> because we have kids. my nephew i told him i wanted to take pictures with the elf on the shelf unless he got a personalized text message from santa saying it was okay for the elf to be on the shelf and we had to pick it up with pliers to pick him up. >> she's not touching it. >> i'm careful not to touch it. >> and you have elf on the shelf story. >> i like the elf. it keeps my kids in line and he has a direct line to santa and it answers the kids' ask how does santa

>> we just watched elf and love actually, and paying for overpriced eggnogs, but we have a google comment. steven sees, the so-called war on christmas, the nonsense logic that says that gay marriage is an attack on marriage. thank you, victor, for being such a downer on this holiday. >> bah humbug. >> it does represent a sentiment in our community that feudalism has crept into this holiday. >> that's something that we'll talk about in the show, people from activists to pundits to politicians claim that there are people out there wanting to ruin christmas. they say it's coming from all sides. trying to taking away a holiday. critics argue your help that christmas displays before thanksgiving. somewhere in the middle, christmas is being under undermined. for more, we're being joined by joel raney, from the baptist association, and copresident from the freedom from religion foundation, and the libertarian chick online. and parker marie malloy, joins us on skype. now, before we get started, if this is your first time joining us, we want to mention that we use a lot of media platforms to bring

. >> sure. >> the kids' eggnog.e holiday is really all about, what it really means. >> then you move on to the eggnog. >> then you don't remember what the holiday is. >> my uncle, hurricane rita who is a wonderful guy. >> always sounds good. >> uncle herb make what is we call herb nog. he gets help from uncle bert. >> were they money sets in >> real people. >> like ben and jerry. >> some people in this room met herb and bert. the nog start office as a pleasant eggnog, the course of the day every ladleful gets stronger and strong, somebody in the back. >> basically a clear liquid. >> a clear liquid. christmas gets exciting. put it that way. >> the kids are really fending for themselves at that point in time. >> mommy and daddy won't come out of the bathroom. >> good luck, kids. >> oh. oh. >> a lot of people looking things up about christmas day. what do you do after the gift are open, top searches on yahoo!. they put together a list each year, number one is what's open, people want to know about grocery stores, resta

. >> we're calling it a slight of eggnogs. it can get boring. we made three flavors of eggnog.le twist. >> spiced with -- >> very -- >> i'm sorry to tell you, they're not spiked. but -- >> we're following fcc regulations. >> what are the different ones? >> the green is a peppermint. then a gingerbread. you have that or the mocha. >> this is mocha. >> it tastes a little bit like a fr frappucino. i love the gingerbread. >> that's my favorite. >> thank you. >> the recipes for you on goodmorningamerica.com. what a nice twist to eggnog. >>> also coming up. an extraordinary story. a mom who died in the delivery room but was revived to be with her now baby as you see right there. they're calling this a medical miracle. >> an unbelievable story. you need to see it to believe it. especially this time of year. >>> and then also, it started -- "saturday night live" start off with a bang and it did not let up. there's the reason why. justin timberlake. jimmy fall l mi famy fallon. magic on and off camera. the broadcast made us giggle the. >> they were making each other giggle. >> you could

going to make some eggnog today.-- you can also make it at home which is just fantastic. >> beautiful. >> all right. do that real quick. >> mix me up an eggnog fast. >> mix me up an eggnog. >> christmas morning. >> christmas day or christmas eve? >> christmas eve. i will tell you that i went one day, i ordered a lot of lobster and i forgot to pick it up and this was the day before christmas eve and i was getting in my car in brooklyn and i got one of these and a guy goes, i suggest you talk to tony about the fish. and i froze. i called up tony so fast and i got that fish. >> then you're like, hey, we're just serving eggnog instead with southern comfort. >> this is awesome. this smells great in here. it smells like good kind of fish. >> good fish. this is good fish. >> merry christmas to you. >> merry christmas. >> somehow i ended up having to wear the sweater for like five minutes. >> in your contract. >> now it's going to smell like delicious fish. >> it shells so good. ben sergeant, you are a genius. >> don't leave

. >> time to throw back an eggnog and celebrate the holiday "right this minute." >>> how cool is it toave an encounter with santa claus? >> cool. >> the coolest. >> totally awesome. >> this time, he was visiting these kids in washington and they are so excited that he's there. >> are you hoping they've been nice, not naughty. >> what do you want? >> i want a pet. >> of course he asks what they want. one of the girls said i want a pet. what about your dad? where is your dad? >> in afghanistan. >> what do you think he wants for christmas? >> anything [ inaudible ]. >> wow. >> your kind of dad. >> i figured you would like that. >> cool guy. >> referring to colonel louis stevens in afghanistan, been there for a while. isn't expected to be back home for four more months but this is santa claus. >> don't you think he would want to come home? >> whoa. >> that's dad. >> it wasn't real santa all along. >> it was dad dressed up as santa coming home early. his daughters or wife didn't know he was coming home. >> got you. >> he arranged this with the fire department who hooked him up with a santa

. >> was that coffee or eggnog over there. >> eggnog! >> this is from sydney, australia.ew year's eve! >> happy new year! captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >>> good morning to your viewers in the west. it is tuesday, december 31st, 2013, and welcome to "cbs this morning." >>> a bitter cold end to 2013. temperatures nose dive for millions and there could be a huge snow heading for the northeast. >>> and an entire community told to get out after massive explosions in a train derailment. the toxic risk to thousands this morning. >>> plus, beyonce accused of insulting memories of american heroes. controversy over her new song and the "challenger" disaster. >>> first a look at today's "eye opener." your world in 90 seconds. >> very heavy plume of

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. >> felicia: where is dad's famous high-test eggnog when we need it? >> thorne: oh, come on. you know this can't be easy for her without mother. >> felicia: where is the father of us all, anyway? >> thorne: i don't know. >> kristen: ask rick. maybe he knows. [ birds chirping ] >> pam: [ sighs ] [ bird chirping ]

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just as exciting as our eggnog. p from theht a solo cu bitcoin christmas party. i can't tell you what is in it. >> thank you so much. matt miller. moving and shaking, tracy -- the isirman of benjamin moore firing workers, freezing the pension plan and outsourcing the -- technology department to a company in india, according to "the new york post." the job cuts are coming after years of neglecting benjamin moore's -- the washington post" she had to do something to compete with sherman williams. >> imagine. getting a nicotine fix in new york city got harder. the council voted to ban the use of these cigarettes in public places and could be followed by other big cities. the potential impact. this is an interesting story. a great column in "the new york times" was talking about the health impact of these things. cigarette people aps and now new york did he, too. >> the city says they think e- cigarettes are a gateway to regular combustion cigarettes. that is rather controversial. the speaker said it would make it harder for smokers to quit traditional smokers. they t

. >> did you have the eggnog? >> one. >> let's move on to kathy. >> she stepped on the scale. is down 2.1. >> that's good. >> a total of 3.3. >> what do you think? >> great. i feel energized by not worrying about the food. i feel mindful. >> what did you do differently? >> i'm hula hooping. >> you love to knit, but that was a sedentary thing and you put that down and picked up the hula hoop. >> and i haven't baked. >> another thing is when she goes somewhere and went to a a party with a lot of peruvian treats. she didn't say i'm dieting. the minute you say no thank, they shove it on you. she was successful by being a taster and not saying anything. >> good for you. >> do you let people know you are watching or don't? >> yes, i think everyone knows here. >> you were at a party and she ate before she went. she wasn't as tempted when she went to the party and she had wine and everything. that's true. >> i have friends who eat yogurt before they go out so they feel saceated and full. >> there is a lot of great stuff to eat. you feel more focused. why set yourself up in a situation

where's the eggnog? christmas wish when her son dressed up in a santa suit and showed up at her work to hand out gifts. >> it was part of a well-orchestrated surprise by co-workers. we see the unforgettable moments. >> it is not a sleigh but that red mitsubishi that suits this family just fine. here at the ocean medical center, no one knew who was behind the white beard. no one except the man himself and two planners who arranged for the army specialist, travis -- to give his mom the greatest christmas gift of all. >> this year's different. she is like all i want for christmas is for you to be home. >> home from a nine month tour in afghanistan but travis wasn't supposed to come home until march. a welcome surprise from the military. travis' mom leslie is a nurse in the maternity ward here at the medical center. she is used to pleasant surprises but has no clue about this one. she thinks all of the nurses are about to get gifts from santa. >> it is a way to say thank you. >> alas, a christmas miracle. le

the staff is drinking the eggnog. did you know? >> it's spiked, too. >> there we go. 38%, 43. he's now creeping into the 30s in a lot of polls. what does it mean? >> first of all, you have the wall street journal numbers. 60% of people said their opinion is being informed by obama care. 50% said the obama care is a bad idea. 47% felt strongly about it. 27% felt strongly it was a good idea. you have a dynamic driving the numbers down. it was interesting to me to look at the internals on it. overall in two months from september -- should be three months. among the groups were independents, millennials -- 18 to 29 -- and women. if you look at gallup from january to december, among all americans there's been a 13-point decline. >> pan in on this a little bit. we have to get you a bigger white board. >> it's not the size of the white board. >> we can come in closer, guys. >> 13-point decline among all voters. 18 points with hispanics. millennials, 14%. women, 13. independents 13 and college grads, 12. >> millennials want to remove him from office. >> that was from harvard from the

many of you are probably curled up by your fireplace drinking eggnog or exchange gifts with family. and we are going to exchange gifts too. but first we want to talk about some of the worst gifts men and women give each other according to the new york post. let's look at the worst presents that women give to men. okay, clothing like ties. that is always a popular one. what else do we got here? anything gadgety. i thought guys like gadgets. grilling equipment. sports fan -- a watch, a cheese tasting course, protein powder -- >> who gets a guy that? or a couple mannmanni-pedi. >> have you ever gotten those? >> no. can i just say i'm sitting next to these poinsettia. if it wasn't for christmas nobody would have these. the worst thing i ever gave a woman is hepatitis. >> well -- >> dana, have you ever given any of these gifts. >> certainly. ive course i've given clothing, what else is there to get guys out of this list. i've never given a couple man manni-pedi. and pajamas aren't on the list but those are popular this year than before. >> and you know what didn't make it on here -- eric

. >> one class of spiced eggnog has 360 calories. can you have for the same calories? you guys buzzed in. how many? >> three. >> you would be wrong. >> oh. >> two, three or four. 360 calories. >> it can't be four. so two? >> no, it is four. >> we have learned nothing. four glasses. >> it is 90 calories in a glass of champagne? >> 90 calories. >> in a small glass, five ounces. >> all right. >> main dishes. >> okay. >> one of these main dishes has less than 300 calories for a 5-ounce serving. which one? is it baked ham, center cut prime rib or salmon? >> salmon. >> no. you can't reveal it. >> tells you how many calories. >> it's going to be a crab stuffing, but not all crab. which one has less than 300 calories? >> if you don't get this right -- >> "c." >> "c," you would be wrong. >> all right. >> you have this. give it. >> it's the prime rib. >> the baked ham. baked ham is pretty lean. >> this would be explaining why i have not been able to cut the creep. >> so, okay. now we're going to talk about desserts. your specialty. carrot cake

many of you are probably curled up by your fireplace drinking eggnog or exchanging gifts with family and we're going to exchange gifts with each other in say moment too. but some we want to talk about the worst gifts men and women give each other according to the washington post. the worst gifts women give to men. clothing like ties. that is always popular. what else do we have here. anything gadgety. i thought guys like that. sports fan -- a watch. monthly grooming or a cheese tasting course. protein powder, who gets a guy that, or a couple mani-pedi. >> greg, have you seen any of these gifts from any women in your life. >> no. i'm lucky. and can i point out i'm seated next to the huge -- what are they called, point settia. if it wasn't for christmas, nobody would have them. they are the worst red monstrosity. the worst thing i ever gave a woman is hepatitis. >> you have given any of these gifts? >> sure, i've given clothing. what else is there to give a guy? i've never given anyone a mani-pedi. though i'm tempted to get bob beckel one. >> and what made it on here, eric, a nose-tear

. >> you can have a little eggnog. [ overlapping speakers ] >> let me -- >> i have a 15-year-old whos whole time, whenever we are at dinner, he is like this. and so what that was, that was the kid who removed himself from what was going on from the family, meanwhile what he had been doing was videotaping all of the nice things that were going on. >> and he put it together. >> that is why one of the ads that i welled up when i saw it because i didn't get it. but when you see it at the end, you are like, whoa. >> you cried? >> the only thing i know for sure, is my kid is still going to be tempting and not -- texing and not paying attention to me. >> after the 18th time i've seen it, i'm tired of the teen-ager. >> but you sit next to one. >> we'll skip the grinch. >> it was great for apple. >> they need help with advertising because they are doing so poorly. >> i love christmas and despite the fact that no what is happening in your life, you have to stop and slow down and think about other people and the true meaning of campus and the blessing of jesus and now greg. >> i find the whole

many of you are probably drinking eggnog or exchanging gifts with family. we'll exchange gifts in a moment, too. first we want to talk about some of the worst gifts men and women give each other according to the new york post. let's look first at some of the worst presents women give to men. okay. clothing like ties. that's always a popular one. what else? >> these are ugly, red monstrosities. the worst gift i ever gave a woman was hepatitis. >> oh! >> my gosh. >> well. >> have you ever given any of these gifts? >> certainly. of course i have. what else is there to get guys out of the list? i have never given anyone a couples mani-pedi, but i'm tempted for bob. onesie pajamas aren't on the list but they are more popular this year than before. >> do you know what else? nose hair trimmer, >> what are ? >> he will? okay. listen. guys, there is no bad gift. if a woman gives you a gift, nose hair trimmer, sweater or tie, it's awesome. >> would you go to the mani-pedi. >> i will go if you go. >> that was a wonderful thing you did for me and put it in the closet.

holidays can be a busy and stressful time with family, decorating the tree and drinking all of the eggnogsometimes your pets can get neglected. >> they drew attention to that yesterday in peru. dressing up their dogs in the christmas spirit. the idea behind this event is to remind everyone that pets need to be cared for during the holiday season. >> some dogs up for adoption were at the event which has been held for five straight years. all adorable. hope they find homes soon. >> very cute. >>> remembering peter o'toole. the iconic actor's legendary life. a brilliant body of work. >>> later, forget that daily newsletter to aunts and uncles. in this youtube generation, the latest holiday greetings are over the top and on-line. ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by no no hair removal. >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by no no hair removal. . prove it. enough is enough. d-con baits are specially formulated to kill in one feeding. guaranteed. d-con. get out. not financially. so we switched to the bargain detergent but i found myself using three times

. >> i am thinking that richardson has been consuming too much eggnog or spiked the o.j.n the green room at meet the press. and as you remember, the clintons thought he was going to be in their camp in 2008. >> richardson. >> richardson. so, i think maybe there is some score settling going on. this makes no sense to me. for a variety of reasons. first, john kerry was the first democrat since 1988 not to win a plurality of the vote. >> 2004 since george bush. so he was the first one. and democrats certainly remember that he we all know how democrats think about george w. bush and kerry lost to him is certainly not -- >> -- how about the wind surfing photo. let's go back to that. >> and for as much as he has compiled you can dispute whether his record is good, bad or indifferent. whatever he has done has been -- hillary's efforts with the russians and libya and syria as a springboard. >> i would say mary katherine his record as secretary of state has been far superior to hillary's. i think you can make the opposite argument that has actually tried to to play clean up to the

check the label because some drinks like eggnog need to be refrigerated after opening.f you have a question to consider, send it to ask liz@nbcwashington.com. search for me on facebook. coming up at 5:00 tonight, are the poinsettia plants toxic or dangerous to your pets? when you get a rebate do you get charged tax on the original or discounted price? is it worth getting the l.e.d. lights? we have that answer at 5:00. >> all right. we want to know the answers. thanks, liz. barbara? >>> coming up, eating healthy doesn't just take self-control, it's pricier. we have the number on the cost of eating healthy. >>> parts of the country getting slammed by the inter storm system. creating treacherous conditions. we have a live report from arkansas. veronica, what does the weather look like in our area? >> for us, rain tonight. a winter type weekend with icy travel likely. how much ice and how will it impact your sunday drive and monday morning >>> a shocking police involved crash is just in. let's go to scott macfarlane at the live desk. >> this is powerful video. the person in

i see the eggnog kicked in. let's go to congressman kucinich. welcome. you are interesting to me. i find myself agreeing with you more this year than ever. we have had heated battles over the years. >> and? [ laughter ] >> i thought you were going to weigh in on this. did obama have a bad year? was this a collapse of his presidency? >> i don't know about a collapse. he has another three years. can't talk about a collapse. he's in for three more years. the question is the country. what's happening here? in terms of stories, one of the big stories of the t year is the fact that the american people resisted being dragged into another war against syria. that was an outcry that happened from the american people. >> the american people or did obama back away from his red line? >> oh, no. an outcry was happening. i have never seen numbers of unity among the people saying we don't want to do this. it was reflected in congress's position, too. that was a big development. >> on the other hand, he went behind the backs of the t israelis and saudis and made a deal negotiating with iran who i

could you two just have a glass of eggnog and call me in the morning? cannot believe you're blowing this up to some national, you know -- >> the guy is going to be running for president. >> okay, mother superior. let me ask you a question. now that you're looking down at us two. push your vestments aside for a moment and answer this question. you're sitting with the guy, you're his guy, you're his best friend. okay. what would you tell him to do right now if he's watching this show? because i think there are things he can do. i'm not sure he didn't give this guy a wink and a nod and tell these guys this. or this. i can't stand that damn mayor. what's the problem with that guys. and the aides heard it and acted. it could be that innocent. why doesn't he say so? >> i think he should say so, number one. and i advise taking the first step if his hands was the one that caused the firing of these two people. good. put that out there and tell people why you did that. >> because they went beyond my instructions. >> and there were no instructions. they shouldn't