former congressman from tennessee, harold ford jr.or political analyst for "time" 45g zone, mark halperin. and washington correspondent and anchor for bbc world news america, katty kay. welcome all of you. i have to go right to the scene this weekend on saturday. down in atlanta, herman cain's brand-new campaign headquarters. there it is. quite a -- quite a display. then you have him and mrs. cain arriving on a campaign bus. they get off the bus, the music that you can hear, "i am america." he's there with his wife, and yet, katty kay, here he is. this is why he's getting out of the race. >> this is exactly why -- >> because of these faults and unproved accusations it has paid and had a tremendous, painful price on my family. >> katty? >> well, he was defiant when he got out of the race. and he didn't say it was specifically that there was anything in these allegations, and that that was why he was leaving. but, this has dodged him for the last couple of weeks. it was interesting to me that his wife was up there on stage with him. it

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>> harold. >> harold, really. >> harold ford jr. >> coffee with harold. >> okay. >> you can join us,at i need. >> and i'm going to buy you. >> you're the auction item. >> you are an auction item. >> he needs his own auctionite them. >> you're an auction item within yourself. >> but mika, look at this. >> you can bid on harold and you might win. >> take a bid on the harold and bid on joe and mika, or he can bid on the pope. tell us about this. how did you get that? >> how great is that? >> what is that about. you go to see the sistine chapel. >> no! >> you go have a mass with the pope. you get private, you know, very special seating there. you can go see a few other things in the vatican. >> and you get to meet the pope. >> you get to meet the pope. >> you go straight to heaven, you know. that's part of it. >> yeah. >> that's worth $11,000. >> you better bid on that. >> this is going to be putting down. >> and all this money goes to a good cause. >> it really does. >> and i thought coffee with harold was something. >> but you've got to have that. >> you also have could have we harold,

mark halperin and harold ford jr.politics nation" and president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton, who is in the health and wellness section of "the wall street journal." reverend sharpton's power talking fitness routine. look at this. but this is an incredible story. reverend al was 300 pounds at one time. >> holy cow! >> 305. >> wow. >> now you look good. >> you look sexy. you have brought sexy back to this set. >> now that's just -- >> brought sexy back. wow. >> but look at him. he is the justin timberlake of "morning joe." >> we're both going to get a lot of tweets off of that one. >> so here's -- you go through in this article, your workout, your diet. it's amazing. >> i can't a wait to read this. >> i think it's fantastic. but i'm confused here. you talk about your gear and then the play list. >> yeah. >> most mornings reverend sharpton watches msnbc's "morning joe." a show on which he is a regular guest. while working out he watches it. he says host joe scarborough is his morning inspiration.

i guess harold ford, yes. i have a lot of problems with newt gingrich. >> no. >> i have laid them out very clearly, right? but i guess you and i both know because our names have been on the ballot, if you spend $2 million on anybody over a course of a campaign, said something like iowa viewers had seen 1200 negative attack ads over the past week against newt gingrich. you could do that to anybody and destroy them. i just -- it's one thing if it's an even fight. there's something wrong with this. is there not? again, i don't want to give people whip lash, somebody accused me of giving them whip lash yesterday but this is just a -- is it just me? >> yeah. >> is it just me? >> mm-hmm. >> this is what happened. you and i both know. this is what happens at the end of a campaign. the numbers are larger because we're nearing the end of the beginning of the process with the caucus in iowa. when you searurge to the lead ae did mitt romney has certainly taken his share of attacks over a period of time you have to come t

games of the season with ford and moore and especially mcfadden, maybe all coming back next week for the detroit game. the executive producers of the nfl on cbs, sean mcmanis and haroldryant. today's game was directed by mike arnold. the director of the nfl today, coordinating producer of cbs sports and the associate directors of today's game. jim: a happy birthday to tom and big ian cooperston. so 46-16 shellacking. 13-0 it is. partner, i will see you next week in the mile high city. phil: that's rye. -- that's right. jim: tim and tom. phil: tim and tom. it's going to be exciting. jim: or is it timmy and tommy? phil: either way. jim: ok. i'll see you there. 46-16 green bay. coming up next, "60 minutes" followed by the amazing race, "the good wife," "csi: miami." so long from green bay. you've been watching the nfl on you've been watching the nfl on cbs. whoa, whoa, whoa. break it up. i've got roughing the passenger's wallet. man: please swipe credit card. look! see! that's it! you're gone! [ male announcer ] bags fly free. southwest airlines. it's the right call. [ female announcer ] during the holidays, there's a lot to get done. and safeway select appetizers help