. >> gary trudeau, the greater of doonesbury. >> jon: that's wonderful. >> he writes these incredibleipts. very funny. and johnathan altar. he's a producer and got the political angle on everything. he's great to have around. >> that's assume. he's bun of th one of my heroesg up and reading doont doontz do . a remarkable guy. >> disabled veterans. >> jon: yes. >> incredible. >> jon: is he on the set -- >> crossing t's and dotting i's. he loved that sentence, jom. -- jon. hey you went to yale. >> jon: understanding it's a prestiges institution let me just say there are thing that happened there that would make me feel better about your self. let me just tell you briefly if i may, we have a little bit of time. there are five kids from yale. so before the show. i come out and there he is, nice to see you, vegetarian, next question that kind of thing. we're from yale was the question. it's not like i don't know, i don't know the answer. here's his question. someone on campus that's been urinating in dryers. and recently they've taken up to defecating in dryers. what do you think we should

gary trudeau, international all-time comic genius and of course dozens of papers across the country,ust in texas, dozens of papers across the country felt they had that shield their readers eyes that week. and frankly that's part of why the internet will live and physical papers will die. but texas is not the only state with a forced ultrasound law on the books. it was lars year that bob mcdonald earned his governor ultrasound nickname when he signed into law a version of the mandatory ultrasound law. he tried to distance himself from the bill once it earned him lots of protests and national attention and of course the nickname. but then there's the also the great state of oklahoma a state that passed the mandatory ultrasound bill back in 2010, in addition to requiring the ultrasound even if you do not require it, and your doctor does not want you to have it. the oklahoma law session that the doctor had to show you the ultrasound screen and had to describe to you everything that the screen could pick up. most of these laws do not require women to watch, do not require them to listen

it has kwoit a pedigree written by gary trudeau.an senators who share a house in d.c., including john goodman and mark consuelos. >> we just met. >> although i've been backing him for years. >> and i've been fronting for her. and who knew? >> who knew what? >> that she was so much more than this illegible signature on a check. and it gets better, she's setting up a super pac for me. shhh. >> joining me political analyst and executive producer, jonathan alter and he is also the author of "the center holds, obama and his enemies." and the actress you just saw, yara mar teentinezmartinez, one actors. jonathan, you and i have been friends for a long time and you convinced me to come and do a little cameo with michael steele and tom brokaw on the set of "alpha house." >> just to mention a couple of other people who are in that, grover norquist and anthony weiner. but you have to wait until episode 11. >> you guys are having some fun with this, aren't you? >> we are. we're having a great time with this. >> what's the point? is there a poi

with iran; living on less after cuts to food stamps; four fictional republicans share a house in gary trudeau's new web series and the push for democracy in the birthplace of the arab spring. >> woodruff: amidst a chorus of complaints from israel, some arab gulf states and members of congress, president obama and other administration officials went out today to try to sell the interim deal reached with iran over its nuclear program. the president took time at the start of an immigration reform event in california to make a pitch for the iran deal struck in the wee hours of sunday morning: >> if iran seizes this opportunity and chooses to join the global community then we can begin to chip away at the mistrust that's existed for many many years between our two nations. none of that's going to be easy, huge challenges remain. >> woodruff: but today talk focused on the nuts and bolts of the six-month pact. and the initial sanctions relief secured in sunday's deal had shoppers and merchants buzzing in tehran's grand bazaar today. >> ( translated ): people have more motivation to buy. there is more

the set and there he is, he's making a great big television show for amazon and it written by gary trudeau and it's -- when window after window opens, you're going to see more opportunities for great stuff and part of what happens is the great stuff -- sometimes we have to wait for emily to tell us that it's good. >> rose: right. >> but other times it just sort of gets personned up by everyone and they say you've got to see. and we're able t program our own universe so we can go and get it wheneverwe want to. >> rose: emily? >> i agree technology is very much at the center of what's happened with t.v. to me there was this amazing confluence that happened at the turn of the century between the rise of a set of television writers who were very cantankerous and rebellious against the old rules of t.v. and its relationship with the audience and then d.v.r.es and the internet which happened esstially simultaneously enabling people to save shows andause them and rewind them and archive them and then discuss them with strangers online. i think when both of those forces came together you could cre

they come out of gary trudeau's head. you know, they're not strictly based on anybody. so he's cruising to re-election. he find out the duke basketball coach. >> mike she chef ski. >> digger man kuzzy is a pea party ktd. we have 11 episode, the first three are available now. they're going to be released one a week for eight weeks after this week and so some people can see that develop. >> how does this compare to the washington you know. >> i kind over like it. i think the way it sharened and showed members of congress. i don't think all pebs of congress are real boobes. they are funny. i was looking at the john goodman character to when i covered the house of representatives, there is a high level house of representatives members who i walked no a room once and i was you know made up a little more than i usually dress up. he was like, you look better than you usually do you are kind of hilarious. three, sometimes people are people are real life. >> it's seen as almost exactly. >> that's terrifying. >> with the a id to john goodman. >> what is your take? >> i can see ho

i'm executive produce we are creator gary trudeau and elliott webb.ou just saw mark consuelos and jar martinez, a florida senator and his super pac good friend, john goodman, matt milloy, clark johnson, cynthia nixon, a lot of great stars in this production, and i think for anybody who, you know, likes to watch msnbc has any kind of interest in politics, you might want to check it out. three episodes are available right now on amazon for free. and the other eight episodes, which we've already shot, are going to be available one a week for the next couple of months if you subscribe to amazon prime, which gets you free shipping. >> get people hooked with those first three. >> also, i mean, amazon prime is a great deal. so it's part of the brave new world of online television. it's a little bit like being in cable news in the early 1980s or in network television in the early 1950s. it's a very exciting thing for me to do. but i'm not quitting my day job. still on msnbc. >> happy to hear that. lynn sweet, jonathan alter thanks for your time this afternoon