it's al franken.r's taking care to shed his funny guy image, last night at a chris coons' campaign rally for senate, franken let loose. >> we need to work from now until election day, many of you have families, ignore them. except the little kids. you know, about 8 years old, kids can -- can survive. for their future. >> wow, we've got the point. now to a not so successful foray. florida governor charlie crist threw out the opening pitch in front of a sold-out crowd at last night's tampa bay rays playoff game. it wasn't pretty. that's a little wild, but at least it wasn't a duster. you know, right there in the dirt? actually i've been there. [ rattling ] [ gasps ] [ rattling ] [ laughing ] [ announcer ] close enough just isn't good enough. - if your car is in an accident, - [ laughing continues ] make sure it's repaired with the right replacement parts. take the scary out of life with travelers. call or click now for an agent or quote. ♪ when it's planes in the sky ♪ ♪ for a chain of supply, that's lo

franken apologized. "god, i'm sorry. the senator from new mexico."hat wasn't his only embarrassing moment. franken doodled and nodded off in elena kagan's supreme court testimony. and he mocked mitch mcconnell who later admonished franken saying, "this isn't 'saturday night live', al." >>> students in suburbs will start selling advertising space with notes they send home with students. our affiliate there reports a school committee in peabody approved a plan to sell ten ads on back of her mission slip and form -- permission slip and forms home to parent to hope to raise $24,000 a year. they will be age-appropriate and the search for money they have already tripled bus fees. that got us thinking. what if school buses sold ad space like nascar. maybe it would keep bus fees down. ♪ ♪ >>> top story at bottom of hour. pete rouse was introduced this morning as the interim white house chief of staff and replaces rahm emanuel who resigned today as you know. emanuel is expected to run for mayor of chicago. and while he has certainly -- he certainly has a head

presently, we begin with senator al franken. he was pressing his attack on the chamber of commerce, following up on his request for an investigation into the chamber. saying he might file a formal complaint to trigger such an investigation. federal laugh forbidding the use of money from foreign nationals in u.s. election activity. the chamber, run by republican donor tom don he, has reportedly spent more than $10 million this week alone. this is part of the campaign supporting the races of two house democrats, nine season republicans and 22 house republicans. according to "the new york times," however, quoting, under tax rules, it must funnel its donations into a general fund, political and nonpolitical align. its donors are not permitted to direct funds for specific political uses. senator franken said it does not much matter whether it keeps the money separate that comes from overseas that are affiliated with the chamber. >> the biggest problem is that many are paying their memberships into the same account that the chamber us

it's al franken.innesota's junior senator's taking care to shed his funny guy image, last night at a chris coons' campaign rally for senate, franken let loose. >> we need to work from now until election day, many of you have families, ignore them. except the little kids. you know, about 8 years old, kids can -- can survive. this is for their future. >> wow, we've got the point. now to a not so successful foray. florida governor charlie crist threw out the opening pitch in front of a sold-out crowd at last night's tampa bay rays playoff game. it wasn't pretty. that's a little wild, but at least it wasn't a duster. you know, right there in the dirt? actually i've been there. coming up next, "your business." everybody has somebody to go heart healthy for. who's your somebody? eating campbell's healthy request can help. 25 delicious soups with low cholesterol, zero grams trans fat, and a healthy level of sodium. because heart healthy is good for your life... and the people in it. healthy request from camp

great catch by colbert. >>> next, live from delaware, it's al franken.senate, franken let loose. >> we need to work from now until election day. many of you have families, ignore them. not the little kids. about 8 years old, kids can -- this is for their future >> wow, we got the point. >>> now to a not so successful foray. charlie crist throughout the opening pitch at the tampa bay bay rays' playoff game. it wasn't pretty. that's a little wild. at least it wasn't a duster. you know, right there in the dirt. >>> up next, president obama is trying to rev up his base by blasting karl rove. is that smart politics or he should be spending his time talking about something important, like the economy? you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. hey, did you ever finish last month's invoices? sadly, no. but i did pick up your dry cleaning and had your shoes shined. well, i made you a reservation at the sushi place around the corner. well, in that case, i better get back to these invoices... which i'll do right after making your favorite pancakes. you know what? i

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it's al franken.re to shed his funny guy image, last night at a chris coons' campaign rally for senate, franken let loose. >> we need to work from now until election day, many of you have families, ignore them. except the little kids. you know, about 8 years old, kids can -- can survive. for their future. >> wow, we've got the point. now to a not so successful foray. florida governor charlie crist threw out the opening pitch in front of a sold-out crowd at last night's tampa bay rays playoff game. it wasn't pretty. that's a little wild, but at least it wasn't a duster. you know, right there in the dirt? actually i've been there. >>> up next, president obama's trying to rev up his base by blasting karl rove but is that smart politics or should he be spending his time talking about something important? like fixing the economy. how are those flat rate boxes working out? fabulous! they gave me this great idea. yea? we mail documents all over the country, so, what if there were priority mail flat rate... e

president obama echoed franken's charge today. >> this is a threat to our democracy.he american people deserve to know who is trying to sway their election. >> the chamber received $1 million donation from news corps, and put out tv ads such as this one for republican rob portman, ohio senate race is fighting back. saying no foreign money is used to fund political activities. conservatives say this is the latest salvo by democrats who for year poured union manpower and money in the election. >> now all of a sudden it's an issue of concern that groups on the right doing better than groups on the left. >> crossroad gps founded in part by political strategist karl rove put out ads like this one against the democratic candidate for senate in pennsylvania. now the democratic senator max baucus is calling for the i.r.s. to look in the non-profit group involved in the political activity and not required to disclose doe nores. he wants the tax agency to example whether they're operating for the intended tax exempt purpose. republican senators orrin hatch and jon kyl also sent

>> al franken warming the crowd for the second of the five stops aimed at governor's races. there are 37 this year which is unusually large number and evenly split between 26 democrats and 24 republican incumbents but that balance is expected to radically change after november 2nd. the president is determined to try to to limit their losses. vegas was a last stop where he campaigned for harry reid and barbara boxer. >> the governor's races are more about stopping the being. former senator mark dayton which was best known for shutting down his office after his office issued a terrorist threat actually as had a good chance of beating lousy odds. >> i think minnesota is place where democrats are looking better because you have eight years of a republican governor. it's easier to make a change argument because republicans have about been in power. >> tim pawlenti may be a victim of anti-incumbency and dayton faces a republican and third third party candidate, as well. republicans may wind up with a net gain with eight governor's races this year which would tip the balance of 38

former funny man al franken still has it.airport with fellow senator talking about which security line he was going to take. franken said he enjoys the line where they pat you down. he said, "the way my marriage is going these days." his office insists it was just a joke. minnesota governor tim pawlenty is not running for re-election and many think's because he will run in 2012. bret baier talked to him. >> i'm in minnesota to talk to tim pawlenty one of the possible 2012 republican candidates of the get to that a minute. first, rundown of the important minnesota races. first, race for governor that could go down to the wire. former senator is leading in the polls. the real clear politics average has it ten at points. the independent is taking 15 points and that could be a key factor. in the house races are there tight races. tim walls is facing a stiff challenge from demer in minnesota one. michele bachmann appears likely to go back to capitol hill to be re-elected. they there is a real challenge here and if the race turns a

. >> because there's nothing more classic than franken stein. >> i've got video from you, it should be real footage. i've got it. >> now michael is here with sports what he recollects do you have with this week. >>> we're going to take a look at the football team. facing their first division one team not worked the spartan football team were ready to play against the bulldogs. marissa love was there. >> the rain was coming down at spartan stadium as san jose steve compared to pair off against the long time rival. they're facing the fresno state bulldogs to win 14 out of the past 15 head coach is getting a lot of praise from last year's head coach dick tony ironically who was in the audience doing play by play for the wac network. this is his fist time back since last season. >> he started the game with a strong defensive presence holding the bulldogs to 43-yard field go. after the first quarter they would come out just as strong as. >> fresno state will get the ball back and ryan hands the ball off to running back for a four yard touchdown. going into the half the spartans were down 10

. >> president barack obama: al franken talked about a car being driven into a ditch and he said there were alligators down there, he embellished it. i didn't see the alligators but it is true, the car went into the ditch, we gave the other side the keys back, and, they, i promise you, will have those special interests should itting should the gun. >> reporter: while in minnesota, out going republican governor pawlenty left a video message for him, tongue in cheek tip sheet on minnesota slang with a dig at democrats in washington. listen: >> like if you asked minnesota, do you like the federal takeover of the health care system? they might say, not so much. and when we're surprised by something, we say, yikes! as in the sentence, the federal deficit was over a trillion dollars, the last two years, and will be next year, too. yikes! >> reporter: the governor's race is one of the few places in the country where democrats could make gains and the white house would likely take credit for that. back to you guys. >> eric: politics makes strange bedfellows and the president quoting two als, a

here is the president. >> i know that al franken taught me a little about the analogy of a car being driven into the ditch, although i guess al kind of embellished it a little bit. he said there were alligators down there. i didn't see the alligators, but it's true the car went into the ditch. we give the other side the key back and i promise you will have those special interests sitting shotgun. meanwhile, minnesota governor tim pawlenty said he'll decide next spring whether to run for president in 2012. he released a video, bemming obama to minnesota with a tongue in cheek vocab lessen so m min talk. >> if you ask them in they like the federal health care system. make say ah, not so much and when you surprise someone, we say yikes. the federal deficit was over a tral and might be next year, too, yikes. >> and the race there is actually one of the fee places in the country where democrats could make gains and the white house would like to take credit for that with poles showing the g.o.p. with good chance to take control of the house here in washington. back to you. >> yeah, yikes,

al franken, the senator from minnesota...emocratic senator calling for a criminal investigation of the chamber of commerce. you know, i mean this kind of intimidation to silence political opponents, bob, you wonder why people may not want to be disclosed? look what they're doing to folks who are stepping up and saying we're going to challenge you in the electoral process. >> schieffer: i take your point on all of that. but i still go back to the basic question. wouldn't it be a good idea to know who is putting money into campaigns? i mean, how do we not know that foreigners aren't pouring money in? because now, it is possible under the law. wouldn't that be a good thing to change that law? >> well, if everybody plays by the same rules, i'm for everybody playing by the same rules. again in 2008, $400 million went to help elect barack obama from liberal nonprofit advocacy groups, much of it non- disclosed, the sources of that. if people want to change the rules and have that debate, that's fine. don't accuse those who are playi

shameful and transparent gay baiting of his opponent the openly gay congressman barney frank but franken stake in the high road on this battle and one can only hope that he'll probably be reelected because of it now it is twenty ten and it's probably time that politicians stop bashing gays as a way to appeal to the far right in this country but i guess they couldn't figure out a way to fear monger with the muslim threat so is it was and that's why republicans shan't be allowed as tonight's top time winner. now world finance leaders may have cut a deal at the g. twenty meeting in south korea over the weekend to try to curb the erupting currency battle but the deal might just not be enough to take a look at our teeth correspond to financial correspondent lauren lyster in the following story. the united states has waged well known wars in afghanistan. and in iraq. but some argue it's also waging a lesser known battle with the united states leading financial world war to obtain foreign resources. and essential aid to make other economies pay tribute to it in this war us dollars are the bulle

. >> senator franken. >> confronts liberal lawmakers in the hallways of congress. >> why don't you mind your god dam business. >> i'm serious. >> you have to shut up right now. >> and ryan sorba. >> pepsi zero, water. >> he's an anti-gay activist not afraid to stir up controversy. >> sodomy is wrong. it's immoral. do you hate christian. >> i don't hate christians. >> why are you yelling at me like that. >> armed with video cameras, ideas, and the internet, it's a new wave of good old-fashioned guerilla journalism. many call themselves investigative journalists. reporting on stories others are afraid to report. disappointed and angry they say the mainstream media let them down. so they decided to do the job themselves. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome hanna giles. >> and they are rock stars of the movement. >> i love you guys so much. you have no idea. >> and perhaps james, the most secretive of them all would end up revealing the most about himself when he tried to turn the cameras on us. >> do you like christian? >> they are controversial. and confrontational. that's the way they like

the people in charge of the recounts in states like i don't know, minnesota, al franken, well, sorosays he has stopped dumping money in the mid-term election, because if i may quote him, "i cannot stop the avalanche that is coming for the republican party." that's great. just a note. by the way, spooky dude george soros, hey, always a delight to see you. just a note to the republicans, don't get too comfortable. americans are not the same old pull the "d" or pull the "r" shrubs that we have been in the past. if the republicans find themselves winning a lot of votes, warning, you start nudging, you start spending, you start being corrupt. and playing the old game. guess who george soros won't be helping next time? yes, you. ♪ ♪ >> glenn: from los angeles, california, hello, america. good to be back with you. i had been out for a couple of days but through the miracle of video capture, it look like i've only missed a day. i've been on the road since friday. i've been undergoing medical tests. everything is fine and i'll tell you about that tomorrow, because i learned something i want t

franken is focusing the u.s. chamber of commerce and they say they do not use overseas money for political activities. >>shepard: republicans are concerned because when the rnc raises money the other groups are funding everything. >>reporter: they want some limits on any time of investigation into the groups. senators hatch and senator kyl said to the i.r.s. "we are worried the only purpose of this effort is to chill the legitimate exercise of first amendment rights and intimidate americans who wish to be part of petitioning the government for redress of their grievances." they say "political influence should not determine which groups are investigated. remember, that unions that back democrats, also would fall into this nonprofit category. >>shepard: molly, thank you from washington, dc. your taxes could soon be going up. it doesn't have anything to do with the bush tax cuts. your hope to prevent it is the united states congress. stay tuned. >>shepard: good news for the economy today with a surprise dip in the w

. >> barney franken, thank you as always. >>> this is how thrown the u.s.hamber of commerce and karl rove are of the expo say of the untraceable foreign money they have siphoned into the republican campaign ads. asked point blanlt yes or no, rover can't even straight out lie. a quick update from that chilean mine next. ♪ ♪ one, two, three, four ♪ you say ♪ flip it over and replay ♪ we'll make everything okay ♪ walk together the right way ♪ do, do, do, do >>> karl rove's desperate scramble as the walls close in on him. his remarkable answer to a yes or no answer coming up in a moment. first this might be a night of significant rescue of miners trapped deep in the earth for 69 days. t for quick updates kerry sanders at the mine site. kerry, do we have a time line yet for tonight? >> reporter: we believe we may have the first rescue take place at 9:45 eastern time. the engineers are running their last tests. they have the escape capsule that they brought down and up once yesterday, tla brown it down and brought it up and now they've had a little bit of delay.

and people like al franken and others aren't going to give up. so we can expect in the next three weeks a bunch of scandal charges to try to divert attention away from the state of the union. that tactic works but looks like democrats are committed to it. and that is a memo. now, tonight reaction. joining us tonight from washington penny lee. so you were at the white house recently. you know what is going on behind the scenes in this thing. is it a wise move? >> i think it is. what the white house is trying to say that sth could be over because right now, we have seen more money in the mid terms being spent than ever before. and millions and millions being spent by special interest groups that have in requirements to be disclosed. so there is simply saying look f you're going to go out there with a organization such as, you know, citizens for a better environment chrk in fact it's being paid for by bp, exxon or mobile you should disclose it so people have a fair understanding. >> bill: i don't have an objection to full disclosure there. is no req

look at minnesota last time with al franken.almost went the entire senate term before they worked that out. >> they know is important. >> it is. rick, thank you. >> next governor huckabee is on a mission the kind npr won't like. >> well-known president obama supporter is going rogue. he has nice thins to say about governor sarah palin. who is it -- you have to wait. it is a heartbreak, you have to stick around. ♪ ♪ i like your messy hair ♪ i like the clothes you wear ♪ i le the way you sing ♪ and when you dance with me ♪ you always make me smile [ male announcer ] we believe you're at your best when you can relax and be yourself. and at thousands of newly refreshed holiday inn express hotels, you always can. holiday inn express. stay you. and now stay rewarded with a sweet dilemma. up to five free nights at any of our properties or double points. just don't feel like they used to. are you one of them? remember when you had more energy for 18 holes with your buddies? [ glass shatters ] more passion for the one you love? more fun

senator al franken wants the fcc to investigate and insist that foreign companies prove where the funds are going. fair enough? is that fair? all the righties are getting a boost from the chamber. they are looking the other way. they are just playing dumb. we don't know anything about that. today, outside a fund-raiser for sharron angle, a reporter caught up with congressman, roy blunt, who has the full support of the chamber. here is the exchange. >> the chamber of commerce has admitted that its accepting foreign money from businesses like the bahrain petroleum company and they are running that same bank account. i have a membership application that the chamber of commerce is distributing for the same campaign account used to run campaign advertisements here in america. do you have any comment on that? >> i have no idea what you are talking about. >> i want to respond to the people that claim that we are nothing but a bunch of commy and pinkos that were at that rally in washington, d.c. if you are on the other side, explain why your guy couldn't answer the question. explain how you fee

al franken called them to investigate the investigations.searcher and author of the report today at think progress joins us now. lee, good evening. >> good evening. >> the idea that the chamber of commerce has some imaginary wall in the bank account separating foreign and domestic money intuitively sounds like that's not possible. is that your finding? >> they're spending an unprecedented $75 million in attack ads going to foreign businesses and foreign individuals saying if you send us checks, you'll have a voice in american public policy debates. they're sending those checks to the same bank account used for the attack ads so, you know, these funds can be moved around. we really don't know. what's alarming is the chamber of commerce hasn't put out any documentation. they haven't proved that there's some firewall. they're just saying, hey, trust us. >> your report mentioned money going to the chamber from corporations controlled by foreign governments. what do you know about that? >> well, i have here a membership application they're distri

there are a few in congress, bernie sanders, ron paul, al franken. the voting track records indicate they look out for their voters base on real principles, instead of campaign do nations. these people are few and far between because money has swallowed congress whole. everyone else convinced you need huge sums of money to run for re-election and the best way to get the money is to run for wall street. as senator durbin said about banking institutions and congress, he said frankly, they own this place. now we have richard wolffe, nbc news political analyst. richa richard, do i have this wrong, or are the populists going to realize, oh my gosh, i need to get reelected. >> well, it is interesting watching someone like scott brown come dm and run the senate office in a very different way than his campaign. it leads to tensions and frustrations. when you get to the money piece of it, it's pervasive. the hard thing obviously is to stop it in a meaningful way that is still constitutional. and what you have here is a desire for disclosure. that's why the wh

in addition, senate democrats al franken of minnesota and robert menendez of new jersey have asked that congress' investigative arm get involved. they want the government accountability office to examine whether regulators overlooked problems at the mortgage companies. >> we are aware of the charges. >> brown: today, u.s. attorney general eric holder said a mortgage fraud task force is looking into the allegations. and for more we turn to: michael calhoun, president of the center for responsible lending, a policy, research and advocacy group-- the center served as co- counsel in one of the current foreclosure cases in maine; and christopher mayer, professor of real estate, finance and economics at columbia university's business school. we contacted a number of banking industry trade groups and lenders; none agreed to join us for our discussion. mike calhoun, i'll start with you, you're familiar with this process that people go through. fill in the picture that we just presented a bit. what have some foreclosure processors allegedly done? >> well, this is a critical breakdown in one of t

people like george soros, al franken and other far left radicals aren't going to give up. we can expect in the next three weeks a bunch of scandal charges to try to divert attention away from the state of the union. that tactic rarely works but it looks like the democrats are committed to it. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight, reaction. joining us from washington penny lee democratic strategist and former political advisor to senator harry reid. so you were at the white house recently. and you know what's going on behind the scenes on this thing is it a wise move? >> i think it is. i mean, what the white house is trying to say is, look, this thing could be all over if we just knew who was giving these contributions because right now what we are seeing more money in the mid terms being spent than ever before. millions and millions are being spent by special interest groups that have absolutely no requirement to be disclosed. so they are simply saying look, if you are going to go out there with an organization such as, you know, citizens for a better environ

senator al franken wants the fcc to investigate and insist that foreign companies prove where the funds are going. fair enough? is that fair? all the righties are getting a boost from the chamber. they are looking the other way. they are just playing dumb. we don't know anything about that. today, outside a fund-raiser for sharron angle, a reporter caught up with congressman, roy blunt, who has the full support of the chamber. here is the exchange. >> the chamber of commerce has admitted that its accepting foreign money from businesses like the bahrain petroleum company and they are running that same bank account. i have a membership application that the chamber of commerce is distributing for the same campaign account used to run campaign advertisements here in america. do you have any comment on that? >> i have no idea what you are talking about. >> i want to respond to the people that claim that we are nothing but a bunch of commy and pinkos that were at that rally in washington, d.c. if you are on the other side, explain why your guy couldn't answer the question. explain how you fee

but, on the other hand, i just was reading this morning that the democrat has al franken going in and not as though both sides are

al franken called them to investigate the investigations.searcher and author of the report today at think progress joins us now. lee, good evening. >> good evening. >> the idea that the chamber of commerce has some imaginary wall in the bank account separating foreign and domestic money intuitively sounds like that's not possible. is that your finding? >> they're spending an unprecedented $75 million in attack ads going to foreign businesses and foreign individuals saying if you send us checks, you'll have a voice in american public policy debates. they're sending those checks to the same bank account used for the attack ads so, you know, these funds can be moved around. we really don't know. what's alarming is the chamber of commerce hasn't put out any documentation. they haven't proved that there's some firewall. they're just saying, hey, trust us. >> your report mentioned money going to the chamber from corporations controlled by foreign governments. what do you know about that? >> well, i have here a membership application they're distri

criticizing the move, democratic senator al franken of minnesota said the plan -- the banking giant jp morgan chase meanwhile said it has expanded a review of its mortgages in 23 states to 41 states. the developments come as new figures show foreclosures have hit record highs in recen months. according to realtytrac, banks seized over 100,000 homes in september for the first time. over 288,000 homes were seized in july to september quarter, the highest ever total 43-month time frame on record. in afghanistan, the u.s. appears to be taking new steps in backing peace talks between the afghan government and the taliban. the new york times reports u.s.- led forces have allowed the movement of senior taliban leaders to attend negotiations and the afghan capital of kabul. a na official said top taliban leaders have recently made overtures to senior afghan officials. the talks come as six u.s. soldiers were killed in various attacks around afghanistan on wednesday. four and italian troops also lost their lives. the and sicker the council meanwhile but a wednesday to extend nato's mandate in a

there was no arlenspecter democrat, there was no al franken. >> rose: would youhang e filibuster rule in the senate? >> well, it's our house, i have enough to do... >> rose: you said it's the biggesprobm. >>t i a proble it is a problem. >> rose: so does it make government in america dysfunctnal? does it? >> we wereble t pass the health carbill unr reconciliation. >> rose: exactly right. because you didn't hav0 vote >> look, i don't want to go into the rus in the senate. >> rose: it says to you we' dysfunctional if we uldn't do it? >> i'm not claiming we're dysfunctional i'm just saying everything has to be reviewed because the fact is one sator in the united states senate could hold up... it isn't just about getting 60, it's aboutne senator hang the power to hold up any legislation. >> rose: and hold up appointments as well. >> 99 senatorsre not enough, that's the expression. if you have one who objects then you have a problem. so let's have some clarity about this the president has an emergency bill at the beginning of the congress which was a job creator. he had a budt that was to d

however, o'donnell's opponent, also got support from minnesota senator al franken, the latest poll showsrable lead over o'donnell. >>> the president has also been trying to drum up democratic votes ahead of the election. he and vice president biden are in philadelphia this weekend in support of two key races. >> karen traverse is joining us more from washington with more on the democrats' strategy to maintain control of congress. hi, karen. >> good morning, rob, vinita. >> reporter: at this point in 2008, then-candidate obama was traveling to states, trying to expand the electoral map in his case against john mccain. >> reporter: two years later, his campaign itinerary looks quite different. last night, president obama headed back to his hometown of chicago to try to help save his former senate seat. >> i hope you are fired up in the last few weeks. i need you to be fired up. fired up and ready to go. i need it. i need that. >> the president was campaigning for democrat alexi giannoulias, an old basketball buddy. >> i still have some sore ribs to prove it. he is a competitor. >> reporter

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while you gave al franken a complete pass on his defamatory book.hink that's fair terry need to get in another business, i'll tell you that right now. and i'll tell your listeners if you have the courage to put this on the air. this is an unfair interview, designed to try to trap me into saying something that