also, we have an exhibition on houdini. he was the son of a rabbi. he was an immigrant from hungary. he came here with his father and family. it was the story of an immigrant trying to find a way in this world. he took up, in a sense, the place of the stage. he's intrigued generations upon generations of young people and old people, just exploring the notion of the body, and illusion and everything. it's just a remarkable exhibition with original footage trying to escape from a straight jacket. he came here three different times. he has a way of performing outside in front of a newspaper building. remember, these are the days before twitter and facebook and before everything. he wanted to be sure he was covered in the news. if he did it by the newspaper station, he would be able to be covered immediately. he performed once in front of the hurst corporation building on 3rd and market street in front of 30,000 people removed himself from a straight jacket. this is one of the posters announcing houdini coming to town. it's intriguing. he was in handcuff

>> he's got to be houdini to get out of this one. he may be houdini here.ongressman barney fran one of my favorites works appeared on martin bashir who said gingrich was a lobbyist. he said a lot worse. let's listen to barney frank. >> two "l" words, lobbyist and liar, newt gingrich was reprimanded by the house of representatives for lying and this is nonsense he was being paid 1 been the 6 million, maybe more, to talk about history, to talk about the transcontinental railroads. he was clearly there as a lobbyist. he kind of slipped and acknowledged that when he said to justify that large amount of money, after all, i'd been speaker of the house. you don't enhance your academic credentials by having been speaker. what you enhance is your value as a lobbyist. >> i was just thinking, if you work for freddie mac, you must be having a hard time. who should we hire, michael bosnian serb cross, david mccullough, what about our house historian on housing? clearly he's the lobbyist in chief. let me ask you this. >> yeah. >> here's a guy, and here's where it's reall

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at one point* and i am quoting come with the innovative capitalist culture will allow us to make a houdini style escape from climate change most devastating impact. what makes you so sure of that? >> my mother always told me to avoid wishful thinking. and i always try to be provocative to see if people are awake. i take climate change jerry seriously and now that my two minutes is up. imf good jokes. [laughter] i aid to take climate change a very seriously. my optimism, the core of my optimism i don't want you to think i am naive but when we anticipated challenge, our mind in the world of 7 million or perhaps 9 billion, if enough of us are scared and aware of the challenge climate change poses some of

ride at one point, and i'm quoting here, the innovative capitalist culture will allow us to make a houdini style escape from climate change both devastating impacts. what makes you so sure that? >> my mother always told me to avoid wishful thinking and i always try to be provocative to see if folks are awake. i take climate change very seriously and now that my two minutes is up -- i love good jokes. folks i take climate change very seriously and my optimism is really, the core of my optimism and i don't want you to walk away thinking i'm a naÏve optimist, is that when we anticipated challenge, and our minds, in a world of 7 billion people perhaps 9 billion people, if enough of us are scared and aware of the challenge that climate change poses, the beginnings of addressing doom

. >> the magic houdini. >> one officer in particular, officer fulater, had an interesting way of stayingd with the inmates. he played cards with them. >> shuffle the cards up, lay them out on the table, and i tell them which card to pick. they pick the card, they get whatever prize that i select for them. >> sometimes it's food, sometimes it's extra milk. >> if they don't want it, they have to be quiet and leave me alone for the day. >> he's lying. he's lying. we don't cut him no slack. >> you first? >> yeah. >> slicks? >> ain't nothing slick here, sir. >> six. >> ha, ha! thanks! >> you got it. >> the cameras are on now. >> it was perfectly within the rules. >> seven. pay the man. >> and it was his way of sort of understanding the pulse of the pod. >> nine. >> nine? use the force. use the force. >> yes, sir. >> nine! >> any officer that comes in here and shows us respect we're going to give him respect back. we have officers in here that are for lack of a better word [ bleep ] heads. you know what i mean? but officers like fulater, the guy who does the card tricks, he's a fair officer. y

boy, houdini is in the house. wearing number 3. and nobody is home to watch that house. touchdown hawes. >> all that was missing was the stanford band, arkansas is sixth in the latest bcs standings, and danny, even you have to admit, after watching alex smith perform the way he did, than any doubt that you have have beanie raced as a result. >> come on. >> reporter: what, did you just take the dale cardinal eye gee sales course or something. >> come on now. >> come on. >> interview: i heard her screaming all the way from the north bay to the east bay. >> reporter: you know what, they are having a great season and i applaud them. >> this is coming from a raider fan. she has even got her silver and black on. >> i give them their props. >> good for football. >> yeah, long season to go. think could meet in the super bowl. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

. >> simpson: he is a houdini.chains, and he'd come out of there. >> kroft: but alan simpson predicts that norquist could soon become irrelevant. he thinks the country's financial situation is so dire that tax increases will become inevitable, and that a lot of republicans who have signed the no-tax-increase pledge are already experiencing buyer's remorse. you think there are republicans who have signed it who regret it? >> simpson: i do. i know damn well they have. i've talked to them. they come up to us and say, "save us from ourselves. i got trapped by this guy." >> kroft: in fact, there are a few signs it's already beginning to happen, albeit on a small scale. 37 republican pledge signers have urged the select committee to consider all options in solving the debt crisis. and six republican congressmen, including steve latourette of ohio, have rescinded their pledges altogether. latourette, who signed his back in 1994, says his driver's license expires, the milk in his refrigerator expires; the only thing that n

here he is, houdini-like responding to the 61 text messages between him, cain, and ginger white over the several-month period here, as early as 4:25 in the morning when these calls and texts were sent out. let's listen to how he handled it and then you jump in here. >> that by itself doesn't tell you the whole story. if she were texting me at 4:00 or 5:00 in the morning, wanting to know if i can help her with her rent or help her with her car note, that doesn't mean that i was calling her. the other thing about those phone calls, which we have requested, that we be given access to them, my attorney and i, is what really was the pattern of those? all it says was 61 calls. i talk to a lot of people 61 times. we don't even know over what period of time. >> right. >> well, apparently, jonathan, that's four or five months. >> that's the challenge that -- that he has here. every time he goes on here, mr. cain damages his campaign more saying that you text and call a lot of people 61 times is a sound bite that you're going to hear again and again because for a lot of voters out there, when

write at one point, and i am quoting here, the innovative capitalist culture will allow us to make a houdini-style escapes from climate change's most devastating impact. what makes you so sure of that? >> my mother always told me to avoid wishful thinking, and i always try to be provocative to see if folks are awake. i take climate change very seriously, and now that my two minutes is up -- [laughter] i love good jokes. folks, i take climate change very seriously, and my optimism is -- the core of my optimism, and i don't want you to walk away thinking i am a naive optimist -- when we anticipate a challenge, our minds, the world of 7 billion people, perhaps 9 billion people -- if enough of us are scared and aware of the scare climate change pos is the fear of addressing duma head-on is anticipating a problem and if our best minds, as zuckerberg of the u.s. a faculty in the world where we have seven to 9 billion people anticipating major challenges and anticipating that there will be market as folks are using their blackberry right now to text these exciting points in a world where there is the nee

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all 20 or 30 people had exited with a speed and facility that would have put houdini to shame.as winston lord who was huddle inside a corner prepared to hang around for the pyrotechnics and to clean up my blood when it was all over. [laughter] larry's variations on that theme were inexhaustible. as, for example, his tale of my reaction to a fax machine that had just, that had swallowed a just-reedited version of my maiden speech to the u.n. at the precise moment i was leaving to deliver it. [laughter] in damascus when after a night-long negotiation i had barely gone to bed when the faithful were called to prayer from a loudspeaker seemingly placed right outside my window. [laughter] reacting to what i treated as one harassment too many, i knocked on larry's door convinced that he was my solution to every problem, and he insisted that he put an immediate end to the noise. larry, in underwear, knew the foreign service procedure for dealing with an overwrought secretary. he picked up his ubiquitous pad and said, and to whom, mr. secretary, would you like me to address that message