the amazing thing about jesse ventura. jesse is a navy seal. he is a professional wrestler.. he was a governor. and yet, he is boring. how can you be the -- have the most interesting jobs in the world and bore people to death? if you were on jury duty with jesse ventura you would kill yourself. insufferable bore. >> andrea: i was on larry king live with him and i almost killed myself. >> bob: my favorite movie of all time is "the godfather." paramount pictures filed a lawsuit against who wrote the book and movie as well. the executor of the estate of the godfather author i should say. anthony, the kid is being sued. to stop them from doing a sequel, family correaleone. i want to keep it going. what is wrong with them? why don't they want to do it? >> eric: they still sell a lot of dvd box sets of the godfather. one of the best series ever. they want to keep it -- >> greg: you know what i find interesting about the mob is the obsession with the mobsters and why people are criminals are so romanticizeed. in 50 years are we going to see big movies about the bloods and crips? wh

you say you knocked jesse ventura to the floor with a punch. now, you don't mention his name but everybody knows who that is. >> i knocked him down. >> bill: jesse ventura now saying he will sue the author of "american sniper" navy seal chris keil. is it legal on the case. >> you are bleeding, man. >> i ain't got time to bleed. >> caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone, the factor begins right now. captions by closed captioning services >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. will there be violence in the presidential campaign? that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. as we predicted last fall, the occupy wall street movement has diminished greatly. that's because the good people who were in the movement fled when the loons took over. and there are not enough loons to us sustain a viable nationwie presence. enter ben and jerry, the vermont ice cream guys. they are committed left wingsers who want a progressive agenda in the united states. now they are organizing a bunch of like minded people t

first of all, you say you knocked jesse ventura to the floor with a punch. his name but everybody knows who that is. number one, that happened? you knocked him out? >> well, i knocked him down. >> bill: knocked him down. why? would you knock him down. >> we lost our first two seals in iraq. we came home and lost our last guy just before coming home. we had the wake in a seal bar there in coronado. he was there. he was there for a speaking engagement at a bud ceremony, graduating class. >> bill: because he was a seal. >> yes, sir. >> bill: he was a navy seal. he was bad mouthing the war, right? >> bad mouthing the war. bad mouthing bush. bad mouthing america. >> bill: you took exception? >> i did find a problem with it the family was there. i asked him to please tone it down. that we did not want to upset the family members of mikey monseur. >> bill: who was killed. >> yes, sir. he jumped on a grenade. >> bill: he wasn't verbally bashing him he was bashing the whole thing in general. >> yes, sir. until he said we deserved to lose a few guys. >> bill: he said

paul is playing to a different crowd, tapping into minnesota's libertarian one that brought up jesse venturahe's meeting with the the young vote,. >> ron paul like the other three candidates, look, where do i perform well? where is my opportunity to come out on top? >> the one republican not working the ground in minnesota in the final pre-caucus days is mitt romney. a choice that could be seen as surrendering a symbolic win that might not have gone his way regardless of effort. >> physically impossible to be in all the states all the times when they have to make some decisions about how they allocate their time and money. >> the symbolism of a win in minnesota still mattered, it means momentum to keep the candidate on the air and it motivates donors. in st. paul, mike tobin, fox news. >> we'll have live coverage of the colorado and caucuses and missouri's nonbinding primary tuesday night starting with special report. we'll talk about a couple of super bowl ads that are taking fire today. and that's later on the p@?ñmó of >> one of the sub plots for the november election, whether catholics

they elected jesse ventura, who was a professional golfer. >> andrea: hey, you have a wrestling fan.appened to mondale? >> bob: we got extra votes when we needed them. don't get into that. statue of limitations is over. a lot of things could happen. this will be decided in the upper minut -- upper midwest. all the states from pennsylvania to minnesota could be in place. what is interesting about this, the race is kicked around so much that for romney to say he is a prohibitive front runner and he doesn't win the states is embarrassment for the guy. don't you? >> eric: none of us mentioned ron paul. >> bob: that is right. >> andrea: that's not an embarrassment but it points to what we talk about for months. g.o.p. is not settl settled. >> dana: no republican designers making bags. >> bob: if you are sticking around to see me in the next segment, don't bother. i'm officially protesting. in fact, i may not say a word the entire segment. >> andrea: whhoo, our ratings will go up. ♪ ♪ >>> i'm bret baier in washington. the big story here is president obama's reversal of his opposition to su

broad support for ross perot and jesse ventura.g a close eye on rick santorum behind me. he has been polling well at the last couple of days. at the end of the day, it will come down to who organizes well and motivate people to show up. >> neil: thank you very much. mike tobin in blaine, minnesota, one of three states beside missouri and colorado having contests today. we're all over it. much more after this. [ horn honks ] hey, it's sandra -- from accounting. peter. i can see that you're busy... but you were gonna help us crunch the numbers for accounts receivable today. i mean i know that this is important. well, both are important. let's be clear. they are but this is important too. [ man ] the receivables. [ male announcer ] michelin knows it's better for xerox to help manage their finance processing. so they can focus on keeping the world moving. with xerox, you're ready for real business. i'm bidding on a 1979 dukes of hazzard lunchbox, but my auction ends in 15 seconds ! even worse, my buddy's bidding on the same lunchbox. i

nothing against minnesota the state that elected jesse ventura and al franken, nothing against him. but ron paul got 28% of the vote in minnesota. so we're not really talking about a mainstream voting block in minnesota. are we? >> you are talking about three very diverse states, missouri, colorado. minnesota, also from america's heartland, i would pay a lot of attention to those numbers. i think that the important point here is that santorum and gingrich are locked in a semi nine think of wimbledon, the semi finals to go against romney in the finals. and until now it's been pretty much of a draw or a gingrich advantage. >> gingrich is ahead, yeah. >> the only reason that romney is on a steam roller path to the nomination is to vote against him would split three ways. these two guys and ron paul. but now if santorum is going to begin to pull ahead of gingrich. >> bill: do you predict that he will. >> yes, i think he will. >> bill: really, why? >> and be perceived as the anti-romney candidate because gingrich has had so much negative dumped on him and the one big negative he can't an

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paul is meeting with minnesota's young voters tapping into the libertarian game that brought us jesse venturaon paul has to figure out where do i perform well? where's my opportunity to come out on top? >> reporter: the one republican not on the ground in minnesota? mitt romney, a choice that could be seen as surrendering a symbolic win that might not have gone his way. >> it's physically impossible to be in all the states all the time. so they have to make some decisions about how they allocate time and money. >> after back to back wins romney may have momentum, but it may not spell smooth sailing even if he gets the gop nomination. a new washington post abc news poll shows president obama at 51% over romney's 45% among registered voters in a hypothetical general election contest. >>> a former white house intern is reviewing some intimate details about president john f. kennedy. in a new tell all mimi alfred claims she had an affair with then president kennedy that lasted over a year. she told nbc it started in 1962 when she was a nine teen-year- old intern and that she had -- a nine teen-ye

tabbed into independent polls, the kind of thing that has supported ross perot past years, and jesse venturahas a big, passionate crowd, they really eat up the kinds of things he has to say. martha: very interesting. what about the other candidates, they are trying to score points as well. >> reporter: they are trying to score points. mitt romney opted not to show up in minnesota the last couple of days. newt gingrich did an appearance in bloomington and took shots at mitt romney, especially about the safety net for the poor. he says it's a spider web that traps the poor. we have rick santorum doing appearances out here. a lot of activity. interesting results right now, martha. martha: mike tobin in minnesota thanks, mike. bill: is there more solyndra trouble for the administration. energy secretary steven chu was called six months ago to testify before congressional investigators. darrell issa is with me now. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, bill and thanks nor covering this expanding scanned he will. bill: we're trying to work through this and figure out if something was done illeg

paul has been drawing big crowds in the state that has supported independent likes ross perot and jesse venturast. the analysts are keeping a close eye on rick santorum. he has been polling well and is expected to do well with the conservatives who will be motivated to brave this cold and get out to the caucus sites during the middle of the week and that is not to discount newt gingrich, the kind of people participating in the caucus are, again, motivated, keufr tiff. -- conservative. it's expected they will make the choice for the most conservative on the landscape, which could well be someone more conservative than myth roam roth romney. jenna: you said brave the cold. how cold is it? >> reporter error real cold, like all kinds of alaska cold. jenna: mike tobin from minnesota, mike, thank you. jon: tobin is a tough guy. he's not affected by it. >>> president obama makes a u turn, deciding now it's okay for his team to help raise campaign cash for a superpac, attended by two of the president's former aides. let's talk about it with chris stierwalt, fox news' digital politics editor. the presid

remember remember the movie predator they produced two governors are no shorts and agger and jesse the body ventura who is also a pro wrestler and no one would have thought that was possible at the time and we did elect george w. bush to a second term as well so anything is possible including the rock becoming the people's president got a job brownie. coming up after the break the netherlands blazed the trail for marijuana legalization years ago but most people. of legalized. so what exactly that's holding america back from lighting up. we just put a picture of me when i was like nine years old because if you tell the truth. i think i meant to get a friend that i was traveling to pop music and. he was kind of yesterday. i'm very proud of the world without you see it's a place. and welcome back to the big picture i'm sam sacks in for tom hartman coming up in this half hour american prisons are bursting at the seams and legalizing marijuana would help relieve the pressure so why is the federal government so reluctant to embrace this harmless recreational drug and it's not a daily take american had jo

remember remember the movie predator they produced two governors are no shorts and agger and jesse the body ventura who is also a pro wrestler and no one would have thought that was possible at the time and we did elect george w. bush to a second term as well so anything is possible including the rock becoming the people's president got a job brownie. coming up after the break the netherlands blazed the trail for marijuana legalization years ago but most people in the us at the very notion of legalizing marijuana so what exactly is it that's holding america back from lighting up. we just put a picture of me when i was like nine years old until she told the truth. i think i am going to get of friends that i was driving hip hop music and. she was kind of yesterday. i'm very proud of the world without its place. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so silly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom hardy welcome to the big picture. and welcome back to the big p

remember remember the movie predator it produced two governors are no shorts an acre and jesse the body ventura who is also a pro wrestler and no one would have thought that was possible at the time and we did elect george w. bush to his second term as well so anything is possible including the rock becoming the people's president got a job brownie. coming up after the break the netherlands blazed the trail for marijuana legalization years ago but most people in the u.s. at the very notion of legalizing marijuana so what exactly is it that's holding america back from lighting up. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images. from the streets of canada. giant corporations rule the day. i'm broadcasting live from our studios in central moscow this is our to be glad to have you with us. russia warns against outside military intervention in syria saying the only way to end the bloodshed is for both government and opposition to enter talks moscow's diplomatic push comes as some western and gulf countries sever ties with damascus and there are unconfirmed reports that say se

you'll remember we had governor jean-francois ran jesse ventura ran as a third-party candidate.ura in recent times but they haven't been really successful and sustainable so they end up changing the debate and maybe the distribution of the votes but at least in minnesota they haven't achieved sustainable suction es. i think it is probably unrealistic as a way forward unless you are an entertainer or billionaire or both it is very hard to catapult over the current platform. >> an entertainer -- sounds like vladimir putin has it lined up. he goes shirtless. >> a good rule for russian leaders. keep your shirt on. >> based on our experience in minnesota i don't think it has been a factor -- it has been a factor but not a sustainable, transformable factor. >> do you think from having been out there talking to republicans and now probably having more honest conversations since you -- >> what are you saying, john, since you left? >> do you see why people were so frustrated with these two parties that seemed to be butting heads sometimes for the sake of butting heads? does that frustrat

well, you know, we might try to ascribe all of the strangeness to the state that gave us once jess i can venturad al franken as political leaders there, but maybe not. maybe this is just the way it is and the way it's going to be. live from washington cnn political editor paul steinhauser joins us along with tray harden and maria cardona. mary yarks i maria, i want to start with you. i couldn't ups how the numbers came in. because of the past. in '08 mitt romney did a whole lot better in minnesota and colorado. i think it was just massive wins, 60% he had over his opponents in colorado and 40% he got the vote in minnesota. this was just a mess. but there was something else that played here, maria. in minnesota he had the ex-governor tim pawlenty endorsing him, and senator norm coleman. he had everything he could want and still it was a disaster. is there a take away message for the republicans as we head towards the general election here? >> absolutely there, is ashleigh. here is the problem, not just with mitt romney but with the whole republican party. majorities of republican voters, and they