we have complete coverage from wall street, plus, james carville. also, why hillary clinton says the u.s. is willing to talk with terrorists and a shocking revelation from the wife of bernie madoff. details of the couple's suicide pact. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> let's begin with the breaking news. a banner day on wall street as ripples of relief spread from europe across the world market. a deal has been reached to tackle the e.u. financial crisis. european leaders have agreed to expand the e.u. bailout fund while private sectors will take a 50% loss on greek bonds. the european agreement translated into a huge day for u.s. stocks. let's go to alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. the closing bell just rang. how did stocks finish? we don't know the final number, but we know it's very positive. >> it is. the numbers are settling. we're seeing the dow up 340 points. the nasdaq s&p up more than 300%. the bulls busted out of the opening bell and never looked back. this is what investors have been waiting for. these debt problems p

james carville, stratic strategist from new orleans. thank you to you.u. the democratic, the president's plan had the popular millionaire tax. it polled very well among republicans and democrats. what part of the republican plan today could rival that? >> i think the boost to energy exploration will be popular. it makes a lot of sense. it may not produce the job pop that people would like to see but it is a good idea. the president's millionaire tax is ir rel vanlt to job creation. he inserted that in to the plan as a way to get to know. the president dwaunt his plan to pass. he wants it to fail in ways that can blame the republicans. >> i have to say he would pay for his plan with the tax which did include a payroll tax cut. that was the argument that it would create jobs. >> that's not why it is there. that's the excuse, not the reason. >> which i guess -- >> james carville, what's your view on the republican plan? >> well, first of all, i was going to cause a pop in the deficit if it passes. it's not because it calls for repeal of health care reform.

that's where you see the big gas guzzlers. >>> james carville, david frum, cnn contributor and john avlont to see all three of you on a friday night. >> thank you. >> you start laughing, mr. carville. you hear the tea party conversation we had? we had a couple of the 5,000 groups on, including the guy who said michele bachmann get out. what do you think? >> i cannot believe what i'm watching over there. you watch these debates and then you watch tea party splitting. it's hilarious. then the chairman of the republican national committee talking about obama and pageantry and look at himself in the mirror. >> you don't need to pay for pay-per-view boxing anymore, do you? >> i really don't. i'm mystified but gratified that all this is going on. as a democrat, it's fun to watch here. >> all right. john avlon, what is your take? are they going to coalesce? they say they don't need to but they do. will they? >> this is going to be a long process. the reality is mitt romney, the presumptive nominee, is not getting support from the tea parties or evangelicals. that teavangelist crowd. that's a big

that's where you see the big gas guzzlers. >>> james carville, david frum, cnn contributor and john avlongreat to see all three of you on a friday night. >> thank you. >> you start laughing, mr. carville. you hear the tea party conversation we had? we had a couple of the 5,000 groups on, including the guy who said michele bachmann get out. what do you think? >> i cannot believe what i'm watching over there. you watch these debates and then you watch tea party splitting. it's hilarious. then the chairman of the republican national committee talking about obama and pageantry and look at himself in the mirror. >> you don't need to pay for pay-per-view boxing anymore, do you? >> i really don't. i'm mystified but gratified that all this is going on. as a democrat, it's fun to watch here. >> all right. john avlon, what is your take? are they going to coalesce? they say they don't need to but they do. will they? >> this is going to be a long process. the reality is mitt romney, the presumptive nominee, is not getting support from the tea parties or evangelicals. that teavangelist crowd. that's a

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or apologize needed for the panel, erick erickson of redstate.com joins us, gloria borger and james carville. james, i didn't.talk to you last night. what do you say about last night? >> when newt gingrich makes more sense than everybody else put together, you probably got a problem. the truth of the matter is, any people up there being a chance of nominee that is perry and romney, to text that accident, maybe per ski help. >> you think herman cain, surging in the polls. no chance -- i can say that because i'm a contributor, you can't, you are an anchor no chance of being a republican nominee? >> you are saying that -- >> no chance. just no chance. >> no chance. i wish he works but he doesn't have a chance. >> you made your point there erick erickson, i didn't talk to you last night, i read a lot of your tweets, you liked what you saw in governor perry, or at least that he came to basically came moder bear on stage. >> where is this guy been? they said they wanted to get him off script, could you see there were a couple of times he had scripted answers, like his response on the reverend jeff

erick erickson of redstate.com, gloria borger, and james carville. james, i didn't talk to you last night. what do you say about last night? >> when newt gingrich makes more sense than everybody else put together, you probably got a problem. las vegas, we've got a problem here. i'd be interested to hear whaeric had to say in particular. perry helped himsel. he's got a version of the flat tax -- but the truth of the matter is the only people up there with a chance of being the nominee is perry and romney. maybe perry did help. >> you think herman cain, surging in the polls. >> i can say that because i'm a contributor, you're an anchor, he has no chance of being a republican nominee. >> you are saying that -- >> no chance. just no chance. no chance of being the republican nominee. i wish he would, did you but he doesn't have a chance unfortunately. >> you made your point there. erick erickon, i didn't talk to you last night, although i read a lot of your tweets. you liked what you saw in governor perry, or at least that he came basically loaded for bear

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digging deeper with democratic strategist james carville and republican consultant alex costianis. jim, you say you're not shocked by this news at all. why? >> no. because one thing is the republicans are not going to attack him on it. the only people that are going to bring this up are people in the media. and as you pointed out, he's sort of complied with the letter of what he said he was going to do. and some of the things he's done have been actually sort of significant. but i'm not shocked. there's no way to -- that this can happen. what we used to do back in '92, we took -- our campaigns were publicly funded. we got like $70 million or $72 million the night you were nominated. and then that was broken in 2000. i won't go black to blame bush. but i think he was the first one to do that. now no one takes the public money. i don't know why you couldn't run for president on $72 million. >> do you agree with james this is not something republicans are going to be able to raise? >> oh, i don't know about that. i think they will raise it, because i do think it matters. generally jam

which i get the political -- all right, so james carville, what's your view on the republican plan inhe deficit if it passes. it's not, because it calls for the repeal of health care reform, which according to cvo, will save us money. i've got -- i don't like the plan, but i like the fact that romney has something out there. hopefully we can have an election that will bring some clairity to this. i think as the romney plan comes out, as the republican plan does, the president's plan, anything else, it's good to get it out there, because we need some kind of a decision here from the voters come november of 2012. and i think we can interpret as positive. romney says he's going to balance the budget, increase defense spending and cut corporate taxes. good luck trying to sell people on that. at least he's out there saying it. >> let me ask you, david, what do you think about john mccain as being put out as the face of this? because at least it would seem that was a nod to the fact that people want compromise and someone in the center, which john mccain, relative to a lot of other people t

the one and only james carville is with us joining me now from new orleans. a thrill, sir.c. bureau, former adviser to george w. bush. great to have you with us. it's really fun for me. thanks for coming on our new show. david, we love that stringing together. no. no. no. no. no is no it will it's yes. we got an answer. what does it mean? the recent polls had a pretty good chunk of people looking at chris christie. >> congratulations on the great debut. this race is simplifying. barring the increasing neutrality of a race, we have a race between mitt romney who is more or less the front-runner since the race -- since election day of 2008. facing an ever narrowing field. herman cain has not been a governor. he hasn't even been a mayor. he is not really held elected office of any kind. he is not going to be the leader of the republican party. the governor of texas who theoretically could be is plunge plunging because of his own various mistakes, weakness that's he's exhibited. who is the field? it is going to be governor romney. and this is a very, very big day for him. >> ja

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which i get the political -- all right, so james carville, what's your view on the republican plan in it's going to cause an immediate pop in the deficit if it passes. it's not, because it calls for the repeal of health care reform, which according to cvo, will save us money. i've got -- i don't like the plan, but i like the fact that romney has something out there. hopefully we can have an election that will bring some clarity to this. i think as the romney plan comes out, as the republican plan does, the president's plan, anything else, it's good to get it out there, because we need some kind of a decision here from the voters come november of 2012. and i think we can interpret as positive. romney says he's going to balance the budget, increase defense spending and cut corporate taxes. good luck trying to sell people on that. at least he's out there saying it. >> let me ask you, david, what do you think about john mccain as being put out as the face of this? because at least it would seem that was a nod to the fact that people want compromise and someone in the center, which john mc

digging deeper with democratic strategist james carville and republican consultant alex costianis. jim, you say you're not shocked by this news at all. why? >> no. because one thing is the republicans are not going to attack him on it. the only people that are going to bring this up are people in the media. and as you pointed out, he's sort of complied with the letter of what he said he was going to do. and some of the things he's done have been actually sort of significant. but i'm not shocked. there's no way to -- that this can happen. what we used to do back in '92, we took -- our campaigns were publicly funded. we got like $70 million or $72 million the night you were nominated. and then that was broken in 2000. i won't go black to blame bush. but i think he was the first one to do that. now no one takes the public money. i don't know why you couldn't run for president on $72 million. >> do you agree with james this is not something republicans are going to be able to raise? >> oh, i don't know about that. i think they will raise it, because i do think it matters. generally jam

james carville and mary matlin and then marisa tomei. >> rose: what plays the "new york times" reporter? i bet they loved that the that at the "times." >> yeah, don't say in and evan rachel wood who is just unbelievably talented young actress. born in north carolina, by the way. >> she is. she did some theater in north carolina. >> rose: her father is still there. >> he is. >> rose: and jeffrey wright playing a senator who's sitting on top of a bunch of delegates that everybody wants. >> rose: (laughs) whh will cost them. >> we've seen that before, you know. things you get straight away. >> rose: t central khark sister the press secretary. >> in the play and the film, yes. >> rose: he's the central character. >> he is the central character. we have to watch the film through someone's eyes and it is absolutely through ryan gosling's eyes. >> rose: here's the first clip. >> i want to help you get an education and create national unity, teach young people a trade and we're going to get them out of debt for their collegloans. where did that fail? >> that's exactly right, governor. but if yo

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thank you, james carville, forgetting our heads straight for the day.er] and for keeping your eye on the ball and never quitting when people told you it was a lost cause. i want to thank chicago for playing for us and playing for us again tonight. [applause] i want to thank fleetwood mac for "don't stop thinking about tomorrow." nick fleet would actually sent us a contribution to support us this reunion weekend. i want to thank al gore for calling in and being the best vice-president this country ever had. [applause] he was great. i would like to thank my daughter who was here last night and you had to leave this morning for that great film and for a wonderful life time of reminding me what politics is really all about. i want to commend president obama for appointing the best secretary of state i can imagine. [applause] you know, i have had a great time these past 10 years being a has been and watch hillary be a center -- be a senator and run for president of the united states. when we met many years ago, 40 plus, to be exact, as soon as i got to know

. >> eric joins us, gloria borger and james carville. james, i didn't talk to you last night. >> well, when newt gingrich makes more sense than all of them put together, you probably got a problem. i think perry might have helped himself a little bit last night and then he comes out with a version of flat tax. the truth of the matter is, there are only two people up there that have any chance of being a nominee and that's perry and romney and to that extent he -- >> you think herman cain even though he's surging in the polls -- >> i can say that because i'm a contributor. you can't. you're an kor. he has no chance. >> no chance? >> i wish he would but ep doesn't. >> eric aerickson, you like wha you heard from governor perry? >> you could see there were a couple of times he had scripted answers, like his response on the reverend jefferies matter. they are asking for an alternative and he went off script several times, including that one moment where he called the lawn service company and said, i can't have illegals, for pete's sake, i'm ru

thank you, james carville, forgetting our heads straight for the day.hter] and for keeping your eye on the ball and never quitting when people told you it was a lost cause. i want to thank chicago for playing for us and playing for us again tonight. [applause] i want to thank fleetwood mac for "don't stop thinking about tomorrow." nick fleet would actually sent us a contribution to support us this reunion weekend. i want to thank al gore for calling in and being the best vice-president this country ever had. [applause] he was great. i would like to thank my daughter who was here last night and you had to leave this morning for that great film and for a wonderful life time of reminding me what politics is really all about. i want to commend president obama for appointing the best secretary of state i can imagine. [applause] you know, i have had a great time these past 10 years being a has been and watch hillary be a center -- be a senator and run for president of the united states. when we met many years ago, 40 plus, to be exact, as soon as i got to kno

and james carville is 67. >>> do you believe in miracles? yes.he goalie for the hockey team, team usa is 57. singer katy perry turns 27. 55 degrees here in northwest washington. a chilly start but not too bad. feeling every bit of that. 50 degrees. >>> temperatures even chillyier toward friday, saturday and sunday. get ready a nice, crisp weekend out there. good weekend for the pumpkin patch. her having their pumpkin testify value coinciding with the farmer's market this weekend. let's get you going. south and west of washington. however i will reiterate in college park and fort mead there has been some fog and well. some of the denser fog this morning. we are seeing visibility in fredericksburg. they have come up to about two miles. last check a mile or less bouncing around there a little bit. we'll see whether or not this dense fog advisory lasts until 9:00 a.m. not a bad thing though. sunshine, mainly clear. 40s and 50s at the bus stop this morning. our sunrise in washington 7:27 this morning. 48 degrees at national. 8:00 by noon. 62, winds no

on cnn.com this morning, james carville said this candidate is not just week, it's a joke. e democrats if they underestimate their opponents? maria? >> i agree with james in that i do think it is weak. and i think their policies are a joke in that they do absolutely nothing to help the middle class and workers, or absolutely nothing to create one job, continue to protect the wealthy and corporations. but we absolutely need to take anybody who's a nominee seriously. that's exactly what president obama is doing. he said himself the other day he considers himself the underdog. >> james carville is a great guy and clearly frustrated he's out there having to defend barack obama with regulations coming out that prevent job creation. there's nothing to say good about the obama presidency. james has to slam the gop field. i feel sorry for james. >> robert? >> in 1979, democrats said bring ronald reagan on, please. he is the person to beat. in 1988, the democrats said please bring george h.w. bush, he was the person to beat. in 2000, democrats said that george w. bush was not very sm