on francis underwood?you mean hillary clinton? >> i was up until 3 a.m. >> have you been watching it? what you think about the people that are here. what they care about is who is going to be the next president of the united states. they are thinking about the issues. excuse me. they are thinking about the issues that are really important in the country. these are serious issues. their lives are stake. what is going on here? what are you doing? >> i don't have time to watch and i'm a binge watcher. i cannot do it once a week. >> let's watch the whole thing. >> i don't know why your priorities are that you want to watch stuff? >> i have to see what happens. >> don't tell me. >> do you want to watch it now? >> don't tell me. >> ok, ok, i don't have a lot of time. it is so unfair that cpac is happening right now. what you are trying to run for president. you don't have any viewing parties set up or anything? >> i remember the last part when he knocks the desk. >> bang bang. >> i am watching "house of cards" w

francis underwood is an optimist optimist. >> hold it. an opportunist, he's a lot of things, but an optimist? >> an optimist. he the ways he goes about it may be distasteful to you. but what do people relish in a frank underwood, a guy who gets things done. they see that in his journey that they don't see in the real washington right now. >> a guy who gets things done by any means possible. let's hope fiction doesn't inspire the real politicians. for "meet the press," i'm cynthia mcfadden, maryland. >>> when we come back, kevin kline harrison ford, martin sheen, who is your favorite fictional president? we know it is really not frank underwood. that, pl [ aniston ] when people ask me what i'm wearing, i tell them aveeno®. [ female announcer ] aveeno® daily moisturizing lotion has active naturals® oat with five vital nutrients. [ aniston ] because beautiful skin goes with everything. aveeno®. naturally beautiful results™. [ male announcer ] you wouldn't leave your car unprotected. but a lot of us leave our identities unprotected. nearly ha

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this is the series featuring kevin spacey, francis underwood. those are your latest top headlines.house of cards" fan tom? tom: no. brendan: i cannot even get to the second season. there is not enough time in the greeley household to get there. tom: i have been told i would like it. you are almost as cynical as i am. brendan: no. we will take a look at a real person, he used to own hundreds of thousands of dollars as a project planner in norway's brent crude, but it glass, and joergen now works for the biggest dairy producer. this is a big story from our oslo bureau. here is the bigger theme -- even norway, a responsible diverse oil economy, has to rebalance. as many as 40,000 of those good go. mark harris is here and he understands the world. -- maury harris is here and he understands the world. is this just a blip right now? maury: i do not think it is a blip that oil is half of what it had been stop you can make the case that oils able eyes is near -- oil stabilizes near recent levels, but we see a partial recovery a little bit over $60 a barrel next year the energy-producing pa

. >> let's talk about francis underwood here because he is somehow a very sympathetic character even know that in pisces three. twice in fachlkt somehow he's so compelling. what is it you think that makes him so compelling? >> i think there's a delicious aspect to frank ujds wood in which we get to see a guy who cuts through the gridlock of washington. he's unapologetic and self-serving. there's a part of us that wishes we could liberate ourselves from the morals and ethics and the rules. we can't, but he can and we get to enjoy that ride. >> where does that character come from? you worked with bill schumer and others in big campaigns. >> frank underwood is an extreme version. most show up for the right reasons. they want to serve people do good. with frank we see a dark version of some element in some politicians. the character is not based on any one politician but certainly my work on all campaigns and those in politics contribute to the creation of the character. >> one of the most distinctive aspects of the show is direct address when frank turned to the camera and talks to the