yes jerry lewis what's your favorite role debate. take shelter in my movie take shelter i made curtis the character of curtis is probably the one that i have the most emotional connection to have a pet peeve obliviousness. remember the first girl you have a kiss me god. yes there was no name and all you i was. thirteen kentucky yes it was it was orchestra thing although he was in the office and yeah we were at our youth orchestra retreat what i have and angela had no idea that year three years was there a moment you knew that you had made it that this was your profession. probably the first time i came to new york and did a show here that was of. pretty amazing it was back in ninety eight as a killer joe i did old scott glenn and the man who did it was a killer joke that movie and c.b.s. . we just did interviews on that yeah that was was you play them was on a roll no i played a meal hirsch role oh yeah because i was you know i was when i was a little bit younger you know oh god what a play yeah yeah it's crazy that he bought me a sc

i remember jerry lewis. a congressman out of the los angeles area, he described it as the difference between when we went from radio to television that that's the same kind of communication transition going on today where people get their news, they interact both personally and professionally. and there's communications. we're using those tools. so after the election. i -- i -- i concluded that wasn't about the republicans needing to moderate, but we do need to modernize. part of it is on the communications team. i'm charged with the communications strategy of that in the house. a lot of our work is taking the methods to every corner and engaging with people from every walk of life. every demographic group. we start to meet up, for example, for republicans on capitol hill sit down with millennials from around the country and talk about issues on their mind and listen and have a dialogue with them. we've done it with vietnamese-americans, korean americans. static. and it's to build relationships and to -- as

i am jerry lewis -- i in gerri willis. beginning today in the middle of the government shut down the changes our due to obamacare. how long can social security payments be held hostage by the stalemate? the next batch will go out in a few days. will they? a computer glitch shows hiatus 80 as they raced to get the application in on time. we are on the case with "the willis report." gerri: our top story. that you need to bill about open enrollment starts with medicare seniors. is for next week's plans but they better start looking at the fine print to right away. premiums will skyrocket and questions remain if pavements are made on entitlement programs as the different flirts withh3 default. one credit rating has been put on watch for a possible downgrade because of the political deadlock did washington. former policy advisor dr. scott, welcome back to the show. this news under to the market and the stock market was already trading low but people say if they don't make the entitlement payment we're talking about medicare ton

i am jerry lewi -- i in gerri llis.the middle of the government shut down e changes our due to obamacare. how lon can social security payments be held hostage by the stalemate? the next batch will go out in a few days. will they? a couter glitch shows hiatus 80 as they raced to get the application in on time. we are on th case with "the willis rept." gerri:

. >> jimmy: jerry lewis at the telethon.ver walk alone again." >> he has done some great stuff. i tell you. and in france. >> jimmy: very popular. >> i have heard that. in any case. c climate reality project.org. tune in live on the internet now. leave jimmy's show on. enjoy the two screen experience. so we are, this year's show is called the cost of carbon. the concept is we are paying the cost of all of this global warming pollution in the form of all of these floods and droughts and big storms and. well, you have legendarily did four nights live in new york city during hurricane sandy, bless you. >> jimmy: yeah. >> that was -- >> jimmy: i did it for myself to be honest. >> back when i did the movie "an inconvenient truth" david guggenheim's movie, biggest attack line from skeptics was you showed animation of the ocean coming into the world trade center memorial site. that is ridiculous. how could that happen? it happened last october 29th. almost exactly a year ago. and it is because the -- the day that storm formed, the

. -- that was starring jerry lewis not the ones starring eddie murphy.hat is the young people's version the one that i saw was jerry lewis i went to see "the nutty professor" with my cousin through the side door of the theater the covered people's interest -- and trends in reset in the balcony. i will get this from the point of view of a nine year-old because i thought this was great. [laughter] because we had a strategic position in the balcony we throw stuff over. and pepper if the people beneath us with candy. was much more difficult for the people below to throw stuff on us. there is other stuff that was not so nice. 1962, 63, 64, those three summers that i spent with my aunt in south carolina i could not go to the public park. why? because it closed all public parks rather than desegregate. all public parks were closed those three years. let me just say this. you have been very patient along the baseline now with affirmative action i of the affirmative action baby i have been helped at various3 affirmative action baby i have been helped at various p

jerry lewis former republican congressman from california, also, paid his wife, $512,000.nd get this, the top dog number one, hastings the democrat congressman from florida's 20th paid his girlfriend, $622,000. nice job, congressman. you take the cake for the sleaziest sleaze ball in the ball pit. now bob you're pretty fired up about this. >> this story has been sitting out there and thank goodness they've done it. when they -- i originally testified in the buckley v. vallejo hearings when they said they wanted to put the cap on contributions at $1,000. that led to the proliferation of all these ways to get around $1,000. they came up with this great idea the leadership pac. they rammed it through the ethics committee and what it is is a member can take unlimited amounts of money and they can use it as they see fit. they're supposed to use it to give to other members of their party to help their elections. but i have yet to see one that has ever used the majority -- the other thing i will say in my own campaigns i can't tell you the number of times i've had to get family m

i am jerry lewis -- i in gerri willis. in the middle of the government shut down the changes our due to obamacare. how long can social security payments be held hostage by the stalemate? the next batch will go out in a few days. will they? a computer glitch shows hiatus 80 as they raced to get the application in on time. we are on the case with "the willis report." gerri:

i remember jerry lewis, a congressman from the los angeles area described it as the difference between when we went from radio to television. that is the same kind of communication transition going on today where people get their news, they interact both personally and professionally. their communications are very different. it's digital. election, i concluded that it was not about the republicans needing to moderate, but we do need to modernize. part of it is on the communication side of it. that is where my focus is. i am charged with the communication strategy for the house. a lot of my work has been taking our message to every corner and engaging people from every walk of life and we have started asanizing meet ups republicans on capitol hill sit down with millennial's and talk about issues that are on their minds. done that with vietnamese americans, korean americans, hispanics. we have another one coming up with indian americans. it is to build relationships and two, as republicans, talk with people from all different backgrounds as to what is on their minds and hear from them. i

paul only ranked third in total pay-outs to family members, behind former republican congressman jerry lewisnd democratic congresswoman maxine waters, both of california. for some congressmen and senators, this is sort of a family business. >> sloan: absolutely. it is a family business. they have members of their family on the campaign payroll. and they also will often have members of their family who are lobbyists and lobby on issues in which the member may even be working. >> kroft: we were interested in talking to republican congressman rodney alexander, who had just retired midterm, after winning a campaign with no democratic opposition last year, a race in which he paid his two daughters a total of $130,000. congressman? steve kroft from "60 minutes." we just wanted to ask you about both your daughters on the campaign staff? i mean, the figures that we have according to the reports are $73,000 to lisa lowe, and $57,000 to ginger. >> rodney alexander: that's for a two-year... that's for the election cycle. >> kroft: what exactly did they do? can you tell me? >> alexander: do everything o

president nixon, i saw him when he was out at the airport at washington and he said to me your jerry lewisdent i'm john lewis. jerry lewis is from california. i'm from georgia. and so we chatted for a while at the airport. >> we are going to leave the last few minutes of this program now one book tv. our regular weekend programming. you can watch any of our book tv programs online at c-span.org. we are leaving because in just a few moments of the senate will be gaveling in today. they are expected to vote within the hour on whether to limit the the date and move forward with the debt ceiling bill introduced by the senate majority leader harry reid earlier this week. this is a test vote and that measure would increase the debt limit until december 2014. currently, the u.s. is set to reach its debt limit five days from now on october 17th unless congress acts and if cloture is invoked a vote on the final passage of the bill would come sometime next week. live coverage now on c-span2. give our senators this day the special gifts of wisdom and understanding, patience and strength, motivating t

i remember jerry lewis, congressman out of los angeles, he described it as the difference between when we went from radio to television, the same kind of communication transition that is going done today where people get their news, interact personally and professionally, communication is very different, digital so we need to use those tools. after the election, i concluded that it wasn't about the republicans needing to moderate but we need to modernize. part of it is on the communications side and that is where my focus is on a leadership team. i am charged with the communication strategy for republicans in the house. a lot of our work has been on taking our message to every corner and engage in people from every walk of life, every demographic group and we start organizing meet ups as republicans on capitol hill sit down with millennial from around the country and talk about issues that are on their minds and listen and have a dialogue with them. we have done that with vietnamese americans, korean-americans, hispanics. another one coming up with indian americans, to build relationsh

i remembered jerry lewis out of the los angeles area he described as the difference between when we wentm radio to television that is the same kind of communication transition going on today where people get their news, the internet both personally and professionally and their communication is very different. it's digital. so after the election, i concluded that it wasn't about the republicans needing to moderate but we do need to modernize. so part of it is on the communications side if it and this is on the leadership team. i'm charged with the communication strategy for the republicans and house. a lot of our work has been on taking our method to the come message to every corner and is engaging people from every walk of life, every demographic group and we started organizing the meat of this for example where as republicans on capitol hill we sit down with millennials from around the country and talk to them about issues on their mind and even listen and just have a dialogue with them. we've done that with vietnamese americans, hispanics, we have another one coming up within the ameri

president nixon, i saw him after he was out at the airport, at washington, and he said to me, you're jerry lewis, and i said, no, mr. president, i'm john lewis. i said, jerry is from california. i'm from georgia. and so we chatted for a while at the airport. >> host: what wassure relationship with george w. bush? >> guest: wonderful. i got along with him. i talked with him, and with the other bush, the young bush, i remember said to one of my staff people, how too you feel working with an american hero? and the staff person was -- didn't know what to say. and i enjoy working with him or something like that, but i got to know both of them. screw bill clinton. >> guest: bill clinton was a friend. he is a friend. he is a friend. he wrote the -- wrote something about march one, and just wonderful. what he wrote, -- >> host: congressman john louis haas has been a resounding moral voice in the quest for equality in more than 50 years and i am so pleased he is shear his mentalries of the civil rights movement. in march he brings a whole new generation with him across the bridge from a past of clenched

legendary singer, songwriter, jerry lee lewis, had his song, "great balls of fire" recorded 56 years an instant hit. sold one million copies in the first two weeks. went on to become one of the best-selling singles of all time. thank you, jerry lee. bill: we needed that. tomorrow we'll play that at 9:00 a.m. martha: bye, everybody. see you tomorrow. jon: waking us all up there. right now we are covering all the breaking news on capitol hill and there is a lot there happening this morning. but first, brand new stories you will only see here. jenna an atf whistle-blower gearing up for a showdown with the agency behind the "fast & furious" gun-running scandal. the feds don't want him to write a tell-all book and how they are trying to stop him and whether they can do that legally. >>> a feat of strength. fresh off a swim from cuba to florida, a 64-year-old hits the pool for a 4-hour swimathon. why she is doing it. what happens to the human body with that kind of

behalf of so many former members who served with bill, like our mutual friend and former chairman jerry lewisnd my condolences to his wife beverly, his sons, and his entire family. mr. mica: thank you, and now i'd like to yield to another member of the defense appropriations subcommittee, the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. cole. mr. cole: i thank my friend from yao -- for yielding. madam speaker, like every republican in this chamber until 10 days ago, every day i served in the house of representatives, i served with bill young. it's been noted here, he was a lion, he was a legend, at the time i was fortunate enough to come to this chamber in 2003, he was probably at the zenith of his influence. he was chairman of the house appropriations committee. he was the confidant of the president and our military leaders and frankly leaders around the world at a time when the yeats was at war. no one cared more about the defense of the united states of america than bill young. and no one cared and did more for the people who actually bear the burden, the men and women that wear the uniform of this countr