listener and fan -- >> i'm a howard stern listener.t tell you how disappointing i am in stuttering john. he asked the questions chuck todd would have asked him. stuttering john was on the howard stern show. >> what would you want to know in. >> i'm not even going to go there. >> go there. you raised it. where would you go? where should stuttering john -- >> think about the things trump used to say on howard stern. >> hallie is covering her eyes. serious question. this does epitomize the intersection of donald trump's looney world, which the rev is nodding, knows all too well. i bet if he just said who he was, hey, this is stuttering john from howard -- like i'm not sure the president wouldn't have been just as eager to pick up the phone. >> more eager. >> if he had said who he was, he might have got the call through anyway. the guy picks up the phone. the president of the united states and congratulates a senator for getting out of trouble. that's his opening now. >> right. >> and doesn't like, what can i help you with? all of this we

howard stern tells a great story. if you watch his movie private parts, may sound bizarre. mark: never watched it. >> you should watch it. actually i identify with everything that he did. he once said the well the went on the first time i was on radio, and i have no idea where this comes from. none. it just came out, and i knew i loved it from the first time i did it. i have the tapes. they're horrific. it's embarrassing. mark: you can turn them, you know. >> i'm going to. my son who is 19 heard it once and he literally said to me, oh, dad, and put his hands over his face and said that's embarrassing. but i've been very fortunate in my career in the sense that i loved it. i ate it up, and i never had a vision they could do it after growing up listening to radio, and then i did it, and then i wanted to do nothing else, and then i finally got a job, traveled -- this is where it's similar to howard stern, started traveling around the country, and i lived five years in rhode island, five years in california, two years in alabama, four years in georgia. i never thought i'd be su

finally got a job, traveled, similar to howard stern, i started traveling around the country. years in rhode island, five years in california, two years in alabama, two years in georgia. i always thought, and i do today, that i've done my last show. >> mark: when we return, what was your big break, what would you consider to be your big break? don't forget, check us out on levin tv, almost every week night, crtv.com, join us, we'd love to have you. call us at 844-levin-tv. we'll be right back. 844-levin-. 844-levin-tv. 844-levin-. we'll be right back. (vo) we came here for the friends. and we got to know the friends of our friends. and we found others just like us. and just like that we felt a little less alone. but then something happened. we had to deal with spam, fake news, and data misuse. that's going to change. from now on, facebook will do more to keep you safe and protect your privacy. because when this place does what it was built for, then we all get a little closer. does it look like i'm done?yet? shouldn't you be at work? [ mockingly ] "shouldn't you be at work?" t

howard stern tells a great story. if you watch his movie private parts, may sound bizarre.atched it. >> you should watch it. actually i identify with everything that he did. he once said the well the went on the first time i was on radio, and i have no idea where this comes from. none. it just came out, and i knew i loved it from the first time i did it. i have the tapes. they're horrific. it's embarrassing. mark: you can turn them, you know. >> i'm going to. my son who is 19 heard it once and he literally said to me, oh, dad, and put his hands over his face and said that's embarrassing. but i've been very fortunate in my career in the sense that i loved it. i ate it up, and i never had a vision they could do it after growing up listening to radio, and then i did it, and then i wanted to do nothing else, and then i finally got a job, traveled -- this is where it's similar to howard stern, started traveling around the country, and i lived five years in rhode island, five years in california, two years in alabama, four years in georgia. i never thought i'd be successful. i al

howard stern tells a great story. if you watch his movie private parts, may sound bizarre. never watched it. >> you should watch it. actually i identify with everything that he did. he once said the well the went on the first time i was on radio, and i have no idea where this comes from. none. it just came out, and i knew i loved it from the first time i did it. i have the tapes. they're horrific. it's embarrassing. mark: you can turn them, you know. >> i'm going to. my son who is 19 heard it once and he literally said to me, oh, dad, and put his hands over his face and said that's embarrassing. but i've been very fortunate in my career in the sense that i loved it. i ate it up, and i never had a vision they could do it after growing up listening to radio, and then i did it, and then i wanted to do nothing else, and then i finally got a job, traveled -- this is where it's similar to howard stern, started traveling around the country, and i lived five years in rhode island, five years in california, two years in alabama, four years in georgia. i never thought i'd be successf

>> okay. >> who are you, howard stern?was called cheech. when he was called cheech? when he was brought home from the hospital his uncle said that. >>> youtube/today, part of today.com summer of original videos. >> hoda has been on. >> i made a sandwich with you. >> what's your signature sandwich? >> i don't remember. >> first of all, maria is here because we just love her but she's also here for a series called, for your health series. looking into gender bias in medical care that can actually put lives at risk. >> that's right. what we uncovered is eye-opening from the way medicines are researched and tested to the way doctors diagnose and treat diseases. experts say there is a bias against women in our health care system. it means many female patients aren't getting the care that they need. all her life laurie edwards said she struggled to breathe. she suffers from a chronic but rare lung disease that growing up was never properly diagnosed with doctor after doctor telling "her" symptoms were all in her head. something

michael cohen has tapes, access hollywood has tapes, howard stern has tapes, even eric has tapes. ( laughter it's true, his most prized possession is a voicemail his dad left him during a butt dial. ( audience reacts ) your heart, you're like, oh, oh, oh! ( applause ) so michael cohen's secret tape was already bad news for trump, but then he got even worse news. the f.b.i. released documents showing they had good reasons to get a wiretap on trump's former campaign aid carter page, in other words not a witch hunt or, as trump put it, total witch hunt. >> the president, without evidence, insist the documents vindicate his claim that the russia probe is a partisan witch hasn't, tweeting, looking more and more like the trump campaign for president was illegally being spied upon for the political gain of crooked hillary clinton. >> but even some in the president's own party say the documents don't show miss conduct in the investigation. >> i have a different view on it. i don't think it's part of a broader plot. the only plot here is the plot to interfere in our elections by the russians. >> trev

. >>> john melendez, stuttering john from the howard stern show, says he was connected to president trumpnew jersey senator bob menendez's assistant. >> i go to the guys that i'm bob menendez's assistant. they didn't ask me one question. >> in an audio recording between two men the person who menendez says is trump discusses his views on immigration. the white house has not commented on that call. >>> in over 700 cities from coast to coast, people were taking to the streets to protest the separation of migrant children from their parents at the southern border. thousands of people participated in families belong together rallies and marched with a message aimed -- directed at president trump and his administration's zero tolerance immigration policy. >> we are sick and of seeing those children, seeing the babies taken from their mothers! >> despite president trump putting an end to family separations over 2,000 children still remain separated from their families today. although public criticism of the strict immigration policy has been sharp, officials report border patrol arrests made at

former howard stern sidekick john melendez claiming to be behind it. he played the audio on his "stuttering john" podcast. here, they discuss zero tolerance on the border. >> well, bob, let me just tell you, i want to be able to take care of this situation every bit as much as everyone else. >> it really does raise questions about, well, what kind of security filter do we have on air force one? it's a very chilling thing to contemplate. >> reporter: the comedian at one point attempting to influence the president on his supreme court shortlist. >> i promise you, you will have my vote. will help you -- if you don't go too, too conservative. you know what i'm saying? >> yeah. well, we will talk to you about it. we're going to probably make a decision, bob, over the next two weeks. >> reporter: but the president not taking the bait giving a similar answer later to reporters. >> we have great people you know we have 25 great, outstanding people. look, i like them all. but i've got it down to about five. >> reporter: president trump said that two of the fina

here's a guy who was married three times, used to be on howard stern all the time and the voters show up to back him. she will tell you is a very hard choice but it was a pragmatic choice. >> she didn't decide to she walked in the voting booth. >> let's talk about that more because so much of what created the coalition with a sense of overwhelming desire to try something new because nothing else worked or a sense of desperation by saying to themselves that they been voting for the guys forever and nothing has changed. you've interviewed and talked to voters like this for years headquartered in pittsburgh, talk to me about the evolution of voters who always put character first and said there was no way they could vote for donald trump because the way he acted but now said to themselves they need to consider voting for donald trump and second almost because of the kind of character he is and in spite of that. >> a lot don't like his character flaws but they do like that he stands up for the things that are important to him. he goes back to the pragmatic decision. they didn't see anyone

. >> my vietnam, he told howard stern was to avoid sexually transmitted diseases during vietnam. is that a campaign. >> i think ron has got it right. the bottom line is that trump is in the safe space because he has a base that is with him regardless and don't like the same people he doesn't like. and that safe space includes a congress, house and senate that is not disposed to do anything to disrupt that flow. because they are afraid of that base. when they are seeing 70% to 90% approval. >> ron, you say they hate who he hates. i hate to use your father, but a great example. he said the head of the soviet union -- there is a difference. >> if you think about trump's base, and we are talking about trump's base. >> they don't like putin. they don't like putin, his base. >> they do like putin. putin's popularity has gone up. >> their love of putin, or trump's love of putin? >> hand in hand. if trump loves putin, they will love him too. >> how about kim jong-un? how far can you stretch the fact that if you like trump, you go along with his crap. and it is crap. there is something th

you also talk and you went back in the church after two and she appeared on howard stern program and talked about wild sex every day and you talked about donald trump's quote about her proportion and her boobs so why do you put all that in one chapter if you're trying to say she is credible like that. >> well she does have good boobs and that sells good books and the men, their side, appreciate her appearance -- >> host: women do, do. >> guest: missing her in a bikini and at the pool and mar-a-lago and she looks even more gorgeous in person. when you see them together you realize this is a marriage that will last. they are very involved with discussions and they laugh and these with each other and i recently saw them the night before new year's eve the party that we went to, my wife, pam and i who work is also a formal post reporter and they were having a very interesting discussion and just having a wonderful time with each other and that marriage will last. >> host: that is great. you have [inaudible] back when watergate was the hot topic and talk about your trajectory of your care

noted how many evangelical supported the president but here is a guy married three times, gone on howard stern all the time, how did that voted come to back him and show up, read the book, the first person we profiled, it was a struggle, it was a very hard choice but in the end she made a pragmatic choice. >> he didn't decide until she walked into the voting booth. >> let's talk about that a little more because i think so much of this coalition was created by a sense of overwhelming desire that something new had to be tried because nothing else had worked and it may have been a sense of desperation but i don't mean in terms of people who were desperate but saying to themselves i have been voting for the guy who agrees with me forever nothing changed, what else am i going to do? you interviewed and talk to voters like this for years headquartered in pittsburgh and around the rustbelt. talk about the evolution of voters that would have always put character first and say to themselves there's no way i can vote for donald trump because of the way he acts now and the way he acted before. to get to

he was going to howard stern all the time. how did those voters come to back him in huge numbers and show up. you read the book, julie bell is the first person selling a profiled theater was a struggle. >> she didn't side until she walked into a voting booth. >> let's talk about that a little bit more. so much of the coalition was either a sense of just overwhelming desire for something new had to be tried because nothing else had word. in other cases it may have been a sense of desperation. as brad said, nothing has changed. what else am i going to do? you interview to talk to voters for years. talk tond me about the evolution of voters that would've always put character first and only said donald trump because of the way he acts now and the way he acted before to go to a point where he said to themselves first i think i need to consider voting for donald trump. and second, almost because of the kind of character he is as opposed to it in spite of the kind of character he is. >> a lot off them don't like his character flaws,

she has sat for interviews next to her father on "the howard stern show" as the president discussed herts. >> you're asking me to explain something that -- >> take me inside the house of trump. >> this is how ivanka operates. she's one who only does things that serve her. it doesn't necessarily serve the american people. it doesn't necessarily serve the women and children and families she's supposed to be helping out when she took her job in the west wing. if it serves her brand and it serves her father's brand, that's all that matters. speaking out on these issues don't serve those two things. there's no world in which she would say anything in this situation. >> i just know if suddenly all over the media it was reported that my dad was cheating on my mom with a playmate, i would sure as heck come out there and defend my dad's honor if in fact he hadn't done anything. emily jane fox, you have to follow this woman. thanks for joining us, i'm stephanie ruhle. my partner ali will be back tomorrow. now i hand you off to andrea mitchell for "andrea mitchell reports." >>> coming up, conserva

he is best known for his stint on the howard stern show.ing to be senator bob melendez who was recently acquitted on fraud charges. here is audio from the comedian's podcast. >> hi, bob. >> hey. how are you? >> how are you? congratulations on everything. we're proud of you. congratulations. great job. you went through a tough, tough situation, and i don't think a very fair situation, but congratulations. >> all right. so they also asked about immigration and the supreme court. nbc has not confirmed that the call actually took place or that the voice was that, in fact, of president trump. the white house did not comment on the call but did not dispute the comedian's account. "access" reports that white house staffers are freaking out how easily melendez made it through two screen calls before jared kushner returned the call from air force one. a person inside the white house tells "politico" it was kushner who routed the call to the president. meanwhile, the comedian says he has hired a prominent attorney to represent himself ahead of his me

shortly after her death in what was at times an off-color interview with howard stern, trump praiseder look. >> i said lady di had supermodel beauty. >> reporter: in 2012 many came to kate middleton's defense after paparazzi caught the duchess topless bathing in france. instead trump said she had only herself to blame. who the wouldn't take kate's picture and make lots of money if she does the nude sunbathing thing? perhaps no surprise trump did not meet with the duke and duchess, nor meghan markle, the duchess of sussex and her new husband harry. in 2015 she made her opinions about trump well-known. >> with misogynistic as trump is and so vocal about it. >> right. >> trump has made it easy to see that you don't really want that kind of world that he is painting. >> reporter: and while there are protests in the streets and blown up balloons of the president floating around london, the queen presented a royal display of diplomacy with all the pomp and circumstance. jason carroll, cnn, new york. >> i don't know what it is about that bizarre blimp. all right. thank you all so much more

he learned his trade from howard stern. say the outrageous thing. he is a guy who can't be held back. the appeal he has to people is more based on that charisma as a personality type than it is on his politics is what i would say. >> i do think and i'll say this s a former npr person. pwba raid -- actually the audience is more ideologically diverse than was generally nderstood. millions and millions of people a day. but i think some of the appeal talk radio as a daytime audience in particular where a lot of the conservative talk radio has taken hold may have as much to do as much with daytime listening demographics as well and people looking for alternatives to traditional media coverage particularly in those day parts. >> yeah, with fact checkers, i certainly think it is interesting that trump is saying how the economy is doing so well and nobody ever thought this would happen and you look at the numbers, it is a continuation of the growth we saw before he was elected but that is not unusual not just for economic issues but we have seen it in the p

donald trump is a shock jock, he learned it from howard stern. appeal is more based type.t is a personality is news anddio ,nformation, it's not pop radio they are more ideologically diverse. business media coverage ever picks up on. i think some of the appeal of talk radio as a daytime audience in particular where a lot of , theyvative talk radio have daytime listening demographics as well and people looking for alternatives to traditional media coverage, in particular he in those day parts. >> can i go back to this? we think it's interesting that donald trump is saying the economy is doing so well and nobody thought this would happen. that is a continuation of the growth that started before he was elected. issues butr economic we have seen it in the past where the candidate wanting to a change ofer and party says the state of education is terrible and find statistics that support that and once they get elected, education is going great and here are some statistics on that. it is a framing issue that we see. inasmuch inbound as you have to conte

he learned his trade from howard stern. he is the guy who can't be held back. the appeal that he has two people is more based on that charisma as a personality type then it is on his politics i would say. >> i'll say this is a former npr person, public radio is news and information, it is not talk radio. the audience was a lot more ideology ugly -- ideology ugly diverse than understood. i think some of the appeal of talk radio as a daytime audience in particular, where a lot of the talk radio has taken hold may have as much to do with a daytime listening demographics as well, and people looking for alternatives to traditional media coverage, particularly in those parts. >> with fact checker, we certainly think it is interesting that trump is saying the economy is doing so well, and if you look at the numbers it is a continuation of growth. four years ago. have seen it in the past with education where the candidate wanted to get into power, and wanted to change a party saying our state of education is terrible, and finding statistics that support that, then once

. >> like trump would rather appoint howard stern has his vp. >> yeah. exactly.there. >> so why don't more presidential candidates go with someone they enjoy being around in wouldn't that bring out a good part of their personality? >> it is a good idea, but then they might not win. but i thought it was interesting that biden -- you bring up how different they are, but they are the only case at least in my reporting of a president and vice president who grew closer over time and the whole bromance i was surprised wasn't super fr the very beginning. biden was kind of upset at first when he was told that he had to clear his replacement in the senate through president obama. >> the rare case where biden was on the record insulting obama before he was president. >> right. >> and i can't help but be fascinated with the relationship with karen pence and how she views donald trump and there seems to be somewhat of a tension between the pence family's strong religious views and then donald trump. so where do the loyalties lie at the end of the day and what has it been --