well, of course i'm a man that keeps my promises, so i will be wearing jay leno's denim shirt for theire monologue. jay, i hope you're happy right now. [ light laughter ] i don't think i can pull it off. i mean, look how jay rocks -- rocks this outfit. i mean -- >> steve: aw. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: he's cool. he can pull it off. i -- i -- >> steve: can you pull it off? >> jimmy: i don't think i -- >> steve: no, i'm asking you, can you pull it off? >> jimmy: no, no. not yet. no, he can't. let's just get to the jokes here, guys. [ light laughter ] lots of big election news going on. i read that texas governor rick perry has challenged nancy pelosi to a debate. yeah. perry got the idea when he was like, "i can't remember, am i good or am i bad at debates?" [ laughter ] happy birthday to vice president biden who turns 69 this weekend. [ scattered cheers ] that's right. [ scattered applause ] when they saw him coming the -- [ laughter ] >> steve: do me a favor. >> jimmy: what, what, what? >> steve: walk slowly toward the camera. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: what is that? what do you got? what do

then last night jay leno asked president obama about the debates. >> now, have have you been watchinge g.o.p. debates. >> i'm going to wait until everybody is voted off the island. [ laughter ] once they narrow it down to one or two, i will start paying attention. >> bill: he didn't say widdle but he was close. the sage of southern california dennis miller joins us. >> i don't need any more bounced checks in my life. i don't think of that as stealing. that's an easy joke. biden could have figured that one out. i so see solyndra as stealing. i see the 16 buck muffin as stealing but, no, that's an easy sitter at the net. >> bill: i could be absolutely wrong. but i'm going to submit they saw the segment, they being the white house communications people and subliminally it stuck. and, of course, the president has, you know, some -- here is what happens with jay leno as you know, miller, been on the show many times. jay will come in and he will rap with you. comes in with jeans and little shirt. he says look, this is what we want to do. >> jay likes having presidents on the show. quite fra

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then last night jay leno asked president obama about the debates. >> now, have have you been watchingdebates. >> i'm going to wait until everybody is voted off the island. [ laughter ] once they narrow it down to one or two, i will start paying attention. >> bill: he didn't say widdle but he was close. the sage of southern california dennis miller joins us. >> i don't need any more bounced checks in my life. i don't think of that as stealing. that's an easy joke. biden could have figured that one out. i so see solyndra as stealing. i see the 16 buck muffin as stealing but, no, that's an easy sitter at the net. >> bill: i could be absolutely wrong. but i'm going to submit they saw the segment, they being the white house communications people and subliminally it stuck. and, of course, the president has, you know, some -- here is what happens with jay leno as you know, miller, been on the show many times. jay will come in and he will rap with you. comes in with jeans and little shirt. he says look, this is what we want to do. >> jay likes having presidents on the show. quite frankly i'm

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and finally, i'm out on the west coast and last night i stopped by "the tonight show" with jay leno to discuss my new book. "jack kennedy: elusive hero." we had a great discussion on kennedy's presidency and i shared with jay my discovery about jack's most famous line. let's hear it from the interview. >> jack kennedy's famous speech about ask not what you can do for your country, but in your book, you say he didn't actually write that. tell that story. >> he went to choate school, which is a private boarding school up in connecticut. and i had heard the rumor that maybe he got the ask not what you can do for your country from his headmaster. the speechwriter thought it might be true, but never could prove it. i went up there, they pulled open a looseleaf book. i opened it. it was the headmaster's daily sermon notes. it had the number of the hymns, and it said, the youth should always ask of its alma mater, not what he can do for them, but what he can do for her. i found where it came from. >> a 50 year mystery right here. >> it was a heroic memory and i'm bringing it back to life as b

comes to having the smarts that you need to have the right to be the president and so last night jay leno actually had a little fun suggesting that maybe we could have the presidential candidates be on jeopardy take a look. category is famous monuments this structure in washington d.c. is named after our first president rick the. moment. just for. the show that's really. just the city. rick groups. that's. pretty good i wish i could have at it myself but we decided that's so funny that we bring it out could you imagine if herman cain michele bachmann and rick perry were all in jeopardy together it would look like. as a one day jeopardy champion i can tell you but the problem is you were one day. you know there's probably just have a clicker problems you know if you're worried about your experience here well you really have to master the clicker and you can be the smartest guy in the room and even if you can't sort of remember a time you will lose jeopardy and you will lose so you mastered the clicker for one by one they only last you they give you a little sort of practice beginning and i

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here's jay leno. >> anybody catch ann curry's birthday celebration on the "today" show friday? she's usually so reserved. she does all the serious interviews. but i was kind of surprised at what she did for her birthday. take a look. >> a little birthday cake. >> yay! >> dance, dance, dance! >> that was so good. >> that's the real ann, by the way, right? that's the real ann. >> can i just tell you what a bad camera person i am real quick? >> yeah. >> my brother came in for his birthday last night with my sister-in-law and my mom and hannah. you know, there's only a moment that you have to capture the birthday surprise and the singing and everything. of course, i was on camera one trying to shoot it. i click, clicked. i thought i got it. it was over. and i missed the whole thing. here's what i made them do one more time. >> wait, i didn't get it. ♪ happy birthday to you >> i made them do it twice. a re-do. >> they can't sing the whole thing, hoda! >> anyway. i just want to show you that you can capture the second time if you really want to. >> happy birthday. how old is he now?

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they have jay leno, conan o'brien joking about mitt romney flip-flops and they have a couple of mittomney conflicting quotes and then they have ronald reagan saying here you go again. >> wow. and so this is on six wing states? >> that's right. d.n.c. is going to do events around the country to draw events to it. we've seen mitt romney jumping ahead to running obama. he took his two daughters to surprise people in the stores. so he first brought the reporters in to get them positioned and people started buzzing about why it was happening. he was there for business which is sandwiched between black friday and cyberspinlte somebody said hello to one of the daughters and even after the president was gone, she stopped to talk to a little boy there which i should she was real poised about one of these daughters who i'm sure don't like to be galked at when they go to buy a book. >> absolutely. mike allen thank you for that. >> and this is a place that you can buy her a birthday present. it's home run birthday tomorrow. >> i like that. thanks for the shoutout. >> taking a look now today ahea

>> jay leno? >> we're not going to do that here. what are we doing? molds at the cooking store, cooking supply store, just brown sugar and a little bit of water makes it wet enough to pack into the mold. >> just like sand. >> it is. >> and once it dries, here is one that's dry, you can just invert it and, oops. that's not dry enough. here's one that's dry. it must be totally dry. >> that's hard. >> and you make two of these and stick them together with royal icing, confectioner's sugar and egg white. >> this is edible, no? >> no. >> well you could eat it if you want to but who is? >> a mouthful of brown sugar. >> children. they would eat it. >> and the pom pom, turkeys are very, you know how to make a pom pom? >> i remember doing these in, as a kid. >> two rings like this, wrap your yarn around and around the rings, and then once you get it nice and fat, you cut it right around here. >> we're running out of time here. >> and put a string around it and there is your pom pom. >> and the top on. >> make two, little and a big and make a pretty little tail

he won his first championship in 1992 when jay leno debuted. he won another one today. >> you're all over me tonight. no pro surfer has won more than four titles and today kelly slater smashed the surfing record books at ocean beach. kim coyle has more. [ applause and cheers ] >> he is definitely one of the best athletes of our generation. >> make way, make way. >> whoo! >> it's like cal junior going out. >> reporter: not even the ironman can say he owns 11 championships. 20 years ago, kelly slater became the youngest to win a world title. today he became the oldest. what was it like being carried in just the emotions and crowds? >> a long walk like that is too much. a little overwhelming. i didn't -- i felt kind of silly being up there on people's shoulders for very long. it would be nice if it was a 10-yard walk. >> reporter: the win came with mixed emotions for slater. today is the one year anniversary of his close friend's death, fellow surfer andy irons. >> how about a quick moment of silence for andy irons. >> reporter: what would andy sa

here is jay leno. >> president obama's bodiman, that is what they call his assistant. aid bodiman.ve is leaving the white to ushouse to get a degree. he's going to go to school of business.

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by the way, the president told jay leno last week that he has quit smoking.s is something that 46 million americans are struggling with. 46 million americans smoke. a lot of people will be watching this closely. the physical also interesting for a few other reasons and said the president is eating healthy and active and his cholesterol is down. excellent results all-around. according to that physical, he is fit for duty. >> the fear of the first lady work when is it comes to the president. thank you, kristen. >> the day's top line are coming up. stick around. >> we are having a little fun, at the same time our relationship with china is so important. our dad brings should go to the table that none of the others do. that's an experience on the world stage. that's kind of what we are trying to send in our message as well. just one phillips' colon health probiotic cap a day helps defends against occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas and bloating. with three strains of good bacteria to help balance your colon. you had me at "probiotic." [ female announcer ] phil

tomorrow night i'll be on "the tonight show" with jay leno talking about my new book, "jack kennedy: elusive hero." "politics nation starts right now. >>> hey, republicans, you ignored the people. you remember? the people? here comes the cavalry. no to stopping a woman's right to choose. no to union busting. >>> it's time to -- tonight senator sherrod brown on the big fight ahead. >>> and live reaction from white house senior adviser valerie jarrett. >> but i will vigorously defend my reputation. >> failing cain. the candidate says he's not going anywhere. and his accusers say they'll speak out. together. >> i gave him every opportunity to make this right. >>> plus -- gop fight night in romney's home state. i wonder how voters will react to this -- >> let detroit go bankrupt. >> welcome home, willard. "politics nation" starts right now. >>> welcome to "politics nation." i'm al sharpton. tonight's lead -- america, this is what winning looks like. >> issue 2 failed and not by a small margin. >> would you turn around and tell people that news. >> they just called it. issue 2 is gone. >>

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tomorrow night i'll be on "the tonight show" with jay leno, talking about my new book, "jack kennedy: elusive hero." "the ed show" with ed shultz starts right now. football fan to know this man. his respect was legendary, no coach had won more games, fewer coaches will ever garnish his reputation. and in a few moments, by a unanimous vote tonight, all of that changed. legendary head football coach joe paterno has been fired by penn state university. as a broadcaster, it's almost hard to say. joe paterno will not coach another football game at penn state amid allegations he did not do enough to stop the alearned sexual abuse of boys by a former assistant football coach. here is part of the news conference held by the penn state board of trustees just an hour ago. >> our view was -- a larger view of what was necessary to move the university in the right direction. the specific aspects of these terrible activities that occurred and the terrible damage that was done really remains to be established by whatever law enforcement investigations are yet underway. as well as the investigation b

there is jay leno. >> mitt rom any said i tasted a beer and cigarette once and never did it again. is. huh? doesn't drink, doesn't smoke. never did drugs and doesn't fool around thchl guy wants to go to w

has been named the capitol of something else, here is jay leno. >> a new study shows washington, d.c.thought it was beverly hills, but washington, d.c. is the most shopaholic city in the u.s.. do you know that? most shopaholics. okay. they shop and owe people money. that is why. >> and before we go we want to remind you about greta wire alert system that will send you breaking news. i'll send you alerts directly so you'll get on the record greta wire and breaking news fast. it's free. to sign up just go to the right side of greta wire.com and enter your e mail address to s

. >> jay leno taking a jab at president barack obama. we're exactly one year away from the 2012 presidential election. and if you pay attention to either the white house or to national democrats, you'll notice a pattern. they generally ignore criticism coming from the various gop candidates for president unless it's mitt romney. take a listen. >> mitt romney's coming out with a spending plan. if it's like his tax proposal, it will be something only a billionaire could love. protecting -- >> this video is from the democratic national committee. they released this rebuttal to the romney spending plan before romney even had a chance to unveil the plan friday. dan lothian has more on the white house's fascination with all things romney. >> reporter: as he wrapped up his trip to the g-20 summit in france, president obama sidestepped a question about the politics of his economic problem at home, and how it might help lift the fortunes of his republican opponents. >> i have to tell you, the least of my concerns at the moment is the politics of