and "huffington post" is right to cover it.esting story but it is very clear adelle son is trying to send a message. i'm trying to do legalized bribery here in the united states. the laws we have fixed in place allow me legalized bribery. i tried it in this election cycle, i'll try it again in the next cycle. when you go against me, remember where your bread is buttered. when we come back you'll see the results of that. the rich getter richer, and the poor getting poorer all on the same street. park avenue in new york. >> this stretch of park avenue on the upper east side of manhattan is the wealthiest neighborhood in new york city. this is where the people at the top of the ladder live. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> cenk: do you remember last week we told you the heartwarming story of an officer who found a man with no shoes on and he went to buy him shoes so he wouldn't be cold at night. of course, he was barefoot at the time. an unfortunate story, "the new york times" caught up to him. he did not have shoes on a

and our sincere apologies to amanda turco of "the huffington post," who was unable to join us due to technical difficulties beyond our control. >>> up next, america's murder capital. what makes this city so much more violent than los angeles and new york? we'll talk about the guns and the attitudes. >>> and the country re-elected its first african-american president. yet that hasn't stopped some from engaging in hate speech and racist stunts. we'll talk about this mannequin and much more. >>> please, stop the killering. >> guys see what happened? huh? you didn't see what happened? >> he don't do nothing wrong. >> i can't take this! he didn't do nothing to nobody. >> my grandson belonged to me, not -- not whoever took it upon themselves to kill him. >> thanks for staying with us. chicago marked a grim milestone today. it's officially the murder capital of america, reporting 500 homicides this year. shootings are up 11%. compare that to los angeles. l.a. is four times bigger than chicago, but it's reporting almost half the number of homicides. new york city is also four times bigger th

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jennifer bendry from huffington post. written an interesting piece about about president obama and judicial vacancies. we will talk your calls on the fiscal cliff and john boehner. lead or get out of the way? 866-55-press. >> heard around the country and seen on current tv this is "the bill press show." unleashed. joy behar. >> on my next show, fashion savant carson kressley goes from dancing with the stars to dishing with moi, on say anything. [ singing christmas carols in background ] aunt sally's singing again. it's a tradition honey. [ singing christmas carols ] mmmm. [ female announcer ] make new traditions with pillsbury grands! cinnamon rolls. [ female announcer ] what would you call an ordinary breakfast pastry that's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design? a toaster strudel. pillsbury toaster strudel. so delicious...so fun. from silver screens... to flat screens... twizzlerize your entertainment everyday with twizzlers the twist you can'

rachel maddow had on their whole prime time lineup with a couple of people including arianna huffingtonthat i went to a private meeting with president obama at the white house. lots of people supported them, over for chats, coffee, doughnut ts burke this looks like the msnbc commentary, people who host those commentary shows that they're on the team? >> well, thank is the impression. i just don't see what use it is to go when you can't get anything out of the president. in other words, you're basically -- the problem with this is it seems to be an act of capitulation. please spin me -- >> lots of proponents have gone to off the record briefings. >> no. >> they've been described as influential. >> influential progressives. >> did they talk with you? >> what bothers me is they go about it in lockstep silence and they won't talk what they asked the president because they're not bound to off the record. they can me what they said, how they viewed this thing. but i called almost every one of these people, oh, i'm sorry, i can't say a word. this is like tor grets or something. >> at least you

many are going to lose their health insurance under this new policy when asked for comment by the huffington post and how many workers will be affected wal-mart declined to answer make no mistakes about it while it may be individual wal-mart employees who are collecting government benefits for the corporation itself benefits trim mendus if our government didn't step in to provide food assistance wal-mart couldn't operate with a team of m a she and workers unable to lift pallets of canned food or call back the correct change of the checkout lanes. if our government didn't step in to provide health insurance and wal-mart stores would be a breeding ground for infectious diseases since their employees can't afford to see a doctor on their own if our government didn't step in to provide school lunch assistance and parents who work at wal-mart may have less money to put gas in their car may not even be able to make it into work how can a business succeed with a sickly tardy target tired and altogether absent workforce it can't and while most businesses understand that having a healthy happy produc

raw deal was the headline on the huffington post website while moveon.com condemned obama's effort to cut. it may abe good sign that the two teams are suited up and ready to play. after all, the fact that they are playing in the same ballpark in washington is no small feat. joining us now to sort it all out is nbc's luke russert. >> independent of the irony, as karen finney points out of the republican supporting plan b, not lost on the -- >> they absolutely heard from women in the 2012 -- on to plan b. >> what is plan b? there's now back and fourth. in the minutes leading up to this show the white house repleased a response saying that boehner wasn't playing ball and boehner's office released another response. what does plan b represent? is this just a stop gap measure to get us past january 1st? >> no. plan b is a negotiating tactic used by speaker boehner that would allow him to say if all these talks fell apart something that he said before which is the house has done its job. the senate and the white house couldn't get their act together. we passed something out of our end, and w

we're talking to amanda terkel from "huffington post" in the next hour.er in this hour, major neil franklin with a group called law enforcement against prohibition, they're not happy with so many police officers spending so much time chasing pot. we'll get into that with him. but first -- >> this is the "full court press". >> the most memorable quotes of the year. the top two belong to mitt romney. number one -- the number one most memorable quote is the 47% comment that was caught on video. number two is binders full of women. and a quote from president obama is number three. that was his you didn't build that comment. also in the top five, the president's horses and bayonets jab during the debate. >> bill: yeah. we can do that until the end of the year. pull our favorite clips from the campaign. >> bill: 9-9-9. >> some of the clint eastwood stuff could have been in there. >> bill: newt gingrich and the moon. >> plenty of talk about people shaving hair in washington arrive brad woodhouse from the dnc buzzed his head and david axelrod shaved his mustache.

opposedounder area huffington.hey all met with the president today in the white hhhuse straight foard about the political purpose of their meeting, saying this afternoon at the wite houe the presdent met with influential progressiv to ta about the importance of preenting a tax increase on midle class families, strengthening our economy, and adopting a balanced apoach to deficit reduction. and so it goes. my first guest says it does not matter who you tax or what form revee takeshim, taking more money at the private sector will hurt economic growth. joining us now, republican senator from the great state of kentucky from the senat rand paul. good to have you with us, senar. >> good evening. the president says we don't have enough time for tax reform or in thailand reeorm. you know my responses? we haveeentalking about this for two years. why haven't we done anything? i met with the president a year-and-a-half ago and i looked across the table in. i said in a we need to do something about social security. we nd to do

it is also a stat that chairman of the stop handgun violence quoted in the huffington post blog titledgh dead children from gun violence." and joins me now live. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> let's ask for your reaction of the nra silent except waiting to get more information on the investigation. >> well, the nra has virtually owned the republican party and they have intimidated the democrats in to submission. so, you know, they're just going to lay in the weeds. they already know they control congress. and as a result, 83 more people will die today and every day. i mean, just since the massacre in newtown 240 more americans died. average 83 a day and 8 kids. that's another 24 kids. so basically, another classroom has been emptied by gun fire just since the newtown massacre. >> let's read something saying in part it is easy and in moments of desprar such as friday understandable to scream more to gun control, more to the morass of airport-style security that is spreading its way across the institutions. more to the diagnosis and the institutionalization of the mentally ill

i'm joined tonight by sam stein, political reporter for "the huffington post." don't you dare give me a hard time about the packers. who is winning the conversation with the american people? what kind of week was it on the hill? >> you can say the president is winning this conversation at this junction. these things change. a lot of this is posture. when you look at the circumstances that play here, it seems clear to me that democrats would be more comfortable going over the fiscal cliff. you have republicans not just sort of modern republicans, but real conservative republicans saying we got to do what the president wants to do on taxes and debate the other issues later down the road. i don't see democrats doing something of similar hair si on their side. the president controls the game. >> why are the republicans disz dising a $600 billion cut? why do they say that's not a credible proposal? >> it's laughable, in some respects, that they think the administration would come at them with something in the middle ground. that's what they did with the stimulus. the

amanda at "the huffington post requests ran the numbers and found the current congress is on track tomost unproductive since the 1940s. >> who ever said the republicans haven't accomplished anything. the do-nothing congress truman talked about? they got over 906 bills signed into law. how about speaker newt gingrich's congress. 333 bills signed into law. your congress has just 219 bills signed into law. >> the american people are sick of it. joining me now is clarence page, columnist for the chicago tribune. thank you both for being here. >> i'm glad to be here. thanks for having me. >> ryan, this "huffington post" story got a lot of coverage. >> it's as dysfunctional as anything we had in the modern era. it's great that amanda ran the traps on that. what she found is dozens of these bills managed simply renamed federal bills or post offices. so, in some ways, their accomplishments are even overstated. so, you know, it's just -- it's just been an awful two years from congress and the american people's opinion of it is right. i think it has an eight or nine or ten percent approval rati

huffington post with a headline, raw deal, obama's latest fiscal cliff offer targets middle class and elderly and then on the other side of the equation the heritage action blasting boeh r boehner's offer to let the bush era tax cuts expire an saying if you have both sides complaining that means there's equal pain. >> well, i mean, the art of compromise is how much pain each side's willing to accept. it is really that simple. listen. there's not a deal that is possible that's going to make every democrat happy and there's not a deal possible to make every republican happy. >> which means a good deal, right? >> that's the point. >> isn't that the point? >> yeah. that is the whole point. you have to come up with a deal that can actually pass and there's a political reality to this and right now i think they're moving in that direction and hopefully, wait to see the details before everyone erupts but moving in that direction. >> molly, quickly, the rank and file will get the numbers and that's the next i guess shoe to drop to see how they atervet to spin it or react to the numbers coming

sam stein and ryan grim, both of the huffington post. thank you for joining me today. >> thank you. >> coming up, two last word exclusive ls. first up, college student duncan takes on supreme court justice scalia over his laws comparing bans on sodomy to bans on murder and bestiality. duncan joins me and law professor jonathan turley. and when the show ended george and lawrence did not stop the conversation. the part of the exclusive interview you didn't see is tonight's last word. >>> and if you think the president won't be able to achieve anything in his second term, think again. what's already in motion whether the gop likes it or not. that's coming up next. [ male ann serving handcrafted coffees in seattle, and people seemed to like it. so we wondered -- where else could we take this? ♪ for over 40 years, we've brought our passion for fine coffee and espresso to people everywhere. but one place was impossible, until now. our lattes, espresso and brewed coffee, now in your home from a machine like no other. and now $50 off through jan

"the huffington post" reports, warren will get a seat on the howerful banking committee, the seat that. now when bankers testify about their bad behavior, senator warren will be asking the questions. when republicans try to gut financial reform, senator warren will be there to stop them. and when president obama needs progressive leaders to help fight for fairness, senator warren will be standing by his side. right now, i bet there are some bankers quaking in their gucci loafers. joining me now is ryan grimm, washington bureau chief of "the huffington post" who broke the warren news this morning and stephanie, president of emily's list, the progressive group that played a key role in miss warren's campaign. thanks to both of you for joining me. what does this news about miss warren's tell us about the democratic priorities in the new congress? >> just the fact of the announcement of the news is a win because there was a huge internal fight waged by bank lobbyists to keep her off this panel. just the mere fact that she's on it, that's a victory for starters. but secondly it shows that d

i learned this when i was at the "huffington post" that i created this whole false story about me that i did with this guide -- flight instructor named scott. he was never home. [laughter] they would be some kind of weird stench in the basement. i wrote this up because the left was used to dealing with somebody who was messing with them. in the world of left and right, the right was always what i would call the dean wormer. they been from animal house. they delighted in the. my goal in life is to switch that, and i don't need any help because the left has become over the last 30 years the dean wormer. the person that is trying to stab fun out of your life and uses tolerance in order to outlaw any behavior that you might have. i talked about, i made that joke about, being thrown out of the library. i made that joke because a good example of what the book is about. we did a story, red eye, i can't remember where. it doesn't matter because i'm probably making it up -- [laughter] there was a story about how they were having a problem with homeless people looking at pornography in libraries

huffington post, stephen colbert for senate. role call, south carolina for stephen colbert. "new york post", are we ready for senator colbert? (cheers and applause) are we ready? well, i get it i get it i know when i look at the u.s. senate. i say to myself, you know what they could use, another white guy. (laughter) so i want you to take to the twitters, okay, take to the twitters. i want you to tweet@nikki-- ask nikki haley why she should appoint me to the u.s. is senate with the hashtag senator colbert. (cheers and applause) s that-- that feels right. now of course we all know jim demint leaves some big shoes to fill. then again-- (cheers and applause) but i'm not surprised that the people want me to have this honor. i've been honored in so many ways. in lego form, in ice cream, in space station treadmill, as a plush hockey mascot. which of course let me realize my dream of having drunk townies throw beer cans at me. but now the ultimate honor has come. being immortallized at madame tussaud's wax museum. they-- i know, i know, it's impressive. they have the world's bigges

the co-founder of the "huffington post" arianna huffington.ditor of "the washington post," eugene robinson. great to have you both onboard this hour. >> arianna, you've talked about it for some time. the party system is so broken. washington is so broken. we're seeing democrats and republicans do the same dance they did a year ago except they seem to be even further apart. >> they're further apart, but also, there's something interesting happening. i just wrote about, which is if you listen to the president's speech in pennsylvania, he's really only making one appeal. and this is the $2,000 that's going to be in your pocket if this compromise that he wants goes through. there's no other appeal. there's no appeal to growing the country, coming together, rebuilding the economy. it's just -- remind me of 1996 of newt gingrich. remember, he said there are three things, you know, you can reduce the republican message to three points, you know. earn more, keep more, do more. and, you know, when you have jon meacham here and the greatest j jefferson,

sam stein and ryan grim, both of the huffington post. thank you for joining me today. >> thank you. >> coming up, two last word exclusive ls. first up, college student duncan takes on supreme court justice scalia over his laws comparing bans on sodomy to bans on murder and bestiality. duncan joins me and law professor jonathan turley. and when the show ended george and lawrence did not stop the conversation. the part of the exclusive interview you didn't see is tonight's last word. >>> and if you think the president won't be able to achieve anything in his second term, think again. what's already in motion whether the gop likes it or not. that's coming up next. [ male announcer ] playing in the nfl is tough. ♪ doing it with a cold, just not going to happen. vicks dayquil -- powerful non-drowsy 6-symptom cold & flu relief. ♪ no matter what city you're playing tomorrow. [ coughs ] [ male announcer ] you can't let a cold keep you up tonight. ♪ vicks nyquil -- powerful nighttime 6-symptom cold & flu relief. ♪ secondhand smoke affects lief. e

internet, cofounded the digital a cad -- academy of arts and sciences and sits on the board for the huffington post. adviced hillary clinton on technology and society, produced several films and named by "newsweek," as, quote, one of the women shaping the 21st century. she is a parent and is focused on making an impact, especially in our everyday use of technology and connection and her newest film is called "engage." take a look. [ speaking spanish ] >> that is your life clock. some day it's going to stop. a lot of things are going happen in the world between now and then, so what are you going to do while you're here? stand on the sidelines? or are you going to be part of something bigger? give a little bit, give a little bit of my life for you give a little bit, give a little bit of your life to me. >> tiffany, welcome back. you always are so fascinating to me. you're constantly re-inventing yourself. do you ever run out of new ideas? >> right now, i'm in a fertile period. and i'm always interested in the same thing and that is basically the internet. >> uh-huh. >> and how do we be mindful

companies taking part included aol, huffington post and adobe. >>> a san jose elementary school went under lockdown briefly while police searched for a reported gunman. police told people on rocky mountain drive to shelter in place at that school. earlier, officers got a call from a resident that two people jumped over a fence on monrovia drive and retrieved a handgun from a yard. the two left the car and were later found. that lockdown was lifted at 9:45. >>> a threat forced hoover elementary in oakland to hockdown. police say someone called in a threat to the school. the school went into lockdown mode until investigators determined the call was got credible. investigators are currently looking for that caller. >> if we do find out who is responsible for making this phone call, we've -- we'll pursue that with our full force. the school was on lockdown for about an hour. administrators say most of the children were never aware of the threats. >>> two san lorenzo schools received threatening high schools, royal and the east bay arts school received the calls ended with the words dead

huffington post contributor.to have you here to talk about this. first of all, how does this vote at the u.n. figure into the equation? you write about the change from the word entities, as palestine recognizes entity to an actual state. that's a big word change. >> yes, except they're not full members of the u.n. but they have that word change. and they will use it as best they can. they can join more entities. >> why -- >> and it also boosts the palestinian authority, gives it more prestige over hamas. >> oh, absolutely. but, why did the u.s. oppose that? i mean, it is certainly in the vast majority in the terms of the number of votes in the u.n. >> enormous majority. more than anyone expected. why does the u.s. oppose it? because israel opposed it. because, mrs. clinton has said a few times, they have to negotiate. and not use new york platform instead of negotiation. however, alex, they're not negotiating, and they're going to need the obama administration to push them into it. >> is this a game changer in th

washington bureau chief for "the huffington post," ryan grim, and eric bates. you are looking live at the white house where president obama is scheduled to speak any minute now for the third time since friday's massacre at sandy hook elementary school. he's scheduled to announce vice president joe biden will lead a task force to combat gun violence. obama's announcement will come against the back drop of four funerals and three wakes to be held today for victims of the shooting. the nra announced it will hold a news conference on friday. it's unclear what the group will say or what it will do, but a statement said in part, "the nra is prepared to offer meaningful contributions to help make sure this never happens again." in recent days, the gun industry has faced pressures. gun makers have seen their stock prices fall and yesterday a major equity firm announced it would sell the company that manufactured the gun alleged used in the shooting by adam lanza. in california, lawmakers introduced legislation to require background checks on anyone who purchases ammuni

the huffington post reports warren has been selected to join the committee starting next year.arren, a major advocate of wall street regulation and cracking down on big banks, won the race for senator in massachusettes in the november election. she also helped launch the consumer financial protection bureau in 2010. two seats will be open on the banking committee after the year wraps up. 2012 is turning into a very profitable year for banks. the latest numbers show bank profits increased 9.4% in the 3rd quarter - the most in any quarter during the past 6 years. fdic reports the industry earned $37.6 billion, up 6.6% from last year. loan balances edged up .9% to $64 billion. the improving numbers are viewed as a sign banks are gaining strenghth and lending is showing signs of life. after the craziness of black friday, or more accurately what is becoming a "black weekend" of shopping following thanksgiving, retailers face a lull. trying to keep consumers coming through the doors, retailers including banana republic, j.c. penney and neiman marcus are offering additional promotions

huffington post, bureau post huffington post.com. >> this is "the bill press show." ñmber one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. [ music ] >> this is the bill press show >> bill: all right. robert e-mails in: while we are in remorse over susan rice's decision, lindsey graham and i see ilk are boasting they slapped a woman. wanda says, bill don't forget how republicans tried to railroad eta head lisa jackson for no reason at all. mary as, with a few sentences, susan rice displayed her true contact character. she made small men look smaller. too bad. susan rice, she would have made a great secretary of state. >> this is "the bill press show." kkk adopt a >> susan rice dropping out of consideration for secretary of state, which means that the get guys lose and the bad guys lindsey graham and john mrk cain, win. what i want to know is: why wasn't wasn't president obama willing to fight for her all

i learned this when i was at the huffington post that i created this false story behind me that i lived with a flight instructor named scott who was never home and there would always be some weird sense in the basement. i wrote this because the left wasn't used to dealing with somebody who was messing with them. in the world of left and right, right was always the dean from animal house. they delighted in that. my goal in life is to switch that. i don't need any help because the left has become over the last 30 years the person that is trying to stab fun out of your life and use tolerance in order to outlaw any behavior you might have. i talked -- made that joke about being thrown out of the library, i made that joke because it is a good example of what the book is about. we do -- it doesn't matter, i am probably making it up. there was a story about how they were having a problem with homeless people looking at pornography in libraries and a solution in 1915s would have been we don't have the internet so it doesn't exist. that is a terrible joke. my point being common-sense in the 50s

the title of us tara slayer also i'm finally one of the most read online news publications the huffington post recently featured an article about gaza written by linda in the laws though which said quote the most vocal challenger of israel's aggression is abby martin a t.v. anchor for russia's r.t.s. station it's a performance worth watching for its fearlessness and confronting israel directly which american journalists and the american government lack the courage to do. that is so dope to be quite the most vocal challenger of israel's aggression but at the same time it makes me kind of sad that no one else with a platform such as this is calling out such glaringly obvious truths i mean i just call it like i see fit i try to speak the truth no matter how unpopular it may be because i feel like it's the right thing to do i've never known any other way what this really shows me as more than anything else how controlled the media really is their hands are tied by the corporations that fund them furthermore it shows me how scared journalists are to address israel and any sort of confrontation

you spelled it out in your letter to "the huffington post," religious bigotry.or me some of the things that you found most offensive. >> right. well, things that have happened to me personally have just been conversational and really just condescension and disrespect from other people. and i can give my personal stories all day long, but so far, it seems that my greatest criticism comes from people saying that they can't believe what i'm saying. we have over 150 clients here and the staff, faculty, and cadets at west point who also agree that this is a problem. and there are thousands throughout the military who also agree that this is a problem. so if anybody wants to just pretend that this sort of harassment doesn't exist, they're really missing it. i've had conversations with -- >> forgive me for interrupting you, you said the mrff, and that's the military religious freedom foundation, of which mr. winestein is founder and president. we'll turn to him for a moment. is it true that this is a -- how big of a problem is this? and how many complaints do you get?

take the title of us tara slayer awesome finally one of the most read online news publications the huffington post recently featured an article about gaza written by linda in the laws which said quote the most vocal to.

the huffington post said that he actually spent $150 million. >>> the word "election" was the numbern yahoo! this year, but don't worry because kim kardashian was still the most searched person, just in case you were. >>> and president obama and former president clinton were part of a golfing foursome sunday but no cameras were allowed. these pictures are from when they played last year. it's believed to be the president's third time hitting the links since the election. >>> finally, birther tate tried to force occidental college to release president obama's student records. the judge said no, told her, quote, evidence is not stuff printed from the internet and ordered her to pay the college $4,000 for its trouble. >>> and that is your morning dish of "scrambled politics." >>> and now for a check on wall street this monday morning. the dow opens this week at 13,025 after gaining 3 points friday. the s&p was up a fraction. the nasdaq lost 1. overseas, the nikkei added 12, and the hang seng dropped 262. >>> investors and traders keep tabs on statement out of this week's fiscal cliff ta