that's ellen burstyn of u.s.a. network's political animals mini series. thank you so much for joining us in "the war room." delightful to have you on. by the way this debuts this sunday at 10:00 p.m. up next, our own brett ehrlich compares mitt romney and joe biden's naacp speeches. you will not be booing. you're watching "the war room" on current tv. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] what's the point of an epa estimated 42 miles per gallon if the miles aren't interesting? the lexus ct hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. of sununu, you're wrong. mitt romney, you're wrong. we need more teachers, not fewer teachers and more cops and more firefighters that support our >> jennifer: and now a little visit to crazytown which is moving off-line. actually google announced it had plans to promote safer conditions for gay people in countries are harsh anti-gay laws and almost immediately the american family association began considering a boycott of google. of google! how do you boycott google? not only would boycotting google seem virtuall

she's no stranger, ellen burstyn isn't to political films. she played barbara bush in w. d she's coming to us tonight from new york. thank you so much, miss burstyn for joining us in "the war room." >> thank you and please call me ellen. >> jennifer: all right ellen. i have to brag, ellen was born in detroit so she is a michigander. so we are sinal patco. -- we are simpatico. in addition to being a michigander, you're a political junky. what was your reaction when you were asked to do the show? >> i'm very happy to be on the show. it is well-written. my part is funny. it is a series show. but i get all of the good comedy lines. and it's very interesting to see all of the maneuvers and the behind the scenes dealing and what goes on in the political life. and it is just so well-written that i couldn't resist it. and i love my character. >> jennifer: your character seems very colorful. what a great thing to be able to play. so let's play a clip -- another clip from the show. i'll talk to you in a sec. >> okay. >> i saw the attendee list. why is that bitch susan byrd coming? >

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jennifer carol and also minority whip steny hoyer will be our guest and roland martin checking in and ellen burstyn with us. >> welcome, everybody. starting point this morning, fighting words from mitt romney as joe biden prepares to address the naacp convention in houston after romney's rocky reception at the convention and he is now telling the detractors go vote for someone else. it was a tough sell. he was trying to convince african-americans they would be better off with him but when he prom i canned to repeal president obama's health care law the crowd erupted in boos. >> i am going to eliminate every non-essential program i can find, that includes obama care, and i will work to reform and save -- >> romney is getting hammered in the wake of that by the naacp. jim acosta is live in houston this morning. good morning. how did it go? >> well, soledad, whenever you get booed for 15 seconds it is not exactly going well. the romney campaign did send out some of their folk who is do outreach for the campaign with the african-american community to talk to reporters. i was there. they said that they

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ellen burstyn, ciaran hinds.of state. >> jimmy: secretary of state. once her husband is in the middle -- >> yes, he was sort of fooling around in ways that weren't so great. >> jimmy: in the white house. >> yes. >> jimmy: it just sounds familiar. >> really? [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah. >> i don't know what you are talking about. >> jimmy: it just sounds like i have seen it happen or something. >> no, no. >> jimmy: no, yeah, probably just a coincidence. yeah. but everyone is talking about thing. >> i'm really happy to be a part of it. it's really nice. >> jimmy: i want to show a clip of our pal, carla gugino. here she is in "political animal." >> you don't seem on have a lot of friends yourself these day. >> yeah, i get it. you don't like me. >> mr. president, i know you think i have some kind of journalistic vendetta. i didn't. i write about what the country is talking about. columbia just did a study on presidential legacies. they asked people to say the first word that pops into their head when asked abou

ellen burstyn on obama versus romney, and jay roach on art imitating life in his new movie. >> after punching incident, he's jumped 11 points in the polls. >> mitt romney's splash across the pond may be engolfed by the games in the pond, but by the scathing estimation of the brits and the head shaking wonder of romney's usual allies here in america, the candidate himself continued his mile-long walk back and in fact, mitt romney hasn't talked this much about the olympics since 1988 when he took a break from outsourcing american jobs to

ellen burstyn plays my mother. we have great catfights in the kitchen, my mother and i. two lovely actors play my sons. then you know, last but certainly not least, carla guggieno plays my nemesis you just saw on the clip. she's the other female lead, a very brilliant newswoman who did build her career on zapping my marriage and my ex-husband. but we become these sort of wary allies and then maybe even friends, and it's a really interesting relationship that i don't think i have ever seen frankly in a film or in anything else. she's just wonderful. >> it sounds so complex. full disclosure, i had a teeny, teeny, brief cameo appearance. >> a very important one. >> very, very small. >> political animals starring aund y andrea mitchell. >> elaine barrish hammond, just minutes from addressing the packed ballroom at the radcliffe hotel in chicago. there's not much you can say about the governor that hasn't already been said. she's been called everything from a feminist liberal icon to an opportunistic closet conservative, cold and ambitious to warm, charming and unfairly malig

jennifer carol and also minority whip steny hoyer will be our guest and roland martin checking in and ellen burstynerybody. starting point this morning, fighting words from mitt romney as joe biden prepares to address the naacp convention in houston after romney's rocky reception at the convention and he is now telling the detractors go vote for someone else. it was a tough sell. he was trying to convince african-americans they would be better off with him but when he prom i canned to repeal president obama's health care law the crowd erupted in boos. >> i am going to eliminate every non-essential program i can find, that includes obama care, and i will work to reform and save -- >> romney is getting hammered in the wake of that by the naacp. jim acosta is live in houston this morning. good morning. how did it go? >> well, soledad, whenever you get booed for 15 seconds it is not exactly going well. the romney campaign did send out some of their folk who is do outreach for the campaign with the african-american community to talk to reporters. i was there. they said that they were pleased overall wit