jimmy williams put the original draft of the get money out amendment. why is that such a big deal? i love it, but i'm interested to hear why you think that's so consequential that it should live in parallel to a section that defines money as being property rather than speech? >> we need to have a national commitment to voting and to get out the vote, to make it easier for people to do it. the idea that people have to negotiate work and child care and all of these other logistical things to cast a vote for the most important thing they'll do as a citizen is nonsense. so this is the best way to do it, to say in the constitution, there has to be one day when you're allowed to vote. >> your thoughts on australia who gives you a fine on your tax i s if you don't vote. >> i don't think the libertarians in the united states would allow that. but we need to make it as easiest as possible. >> exactly. listen, congratulations on getting this introduced. congratulations on your raising the temperature for all of us with respect to the 300,000 with the get money out and the root strikers. it i

jimmy williams a say -- >> you don't want my opinion. i could care less about this issue.gas, it does not lower the cost of college tuition in the united states. i don't give a damn. >> well! >> so foreign affairs, off the the table for jimmy williams. don't bring it up. >> i'm sorry! i don't think this makes up -- i don't think anybody in iowa cares. i don't think people in america care. >> we've just been talking about why iowa shouldn't be the be all and end all. sorry, karen, go ahead. >> you know, matt, a lot of people have said that, in terms of not really caring. and to some degree, jimmy's right, on the other hand, foreign policy, a lot of these matters actually do matter. and we should care. because they do impact, sometimes, the cost of gas. they do impact what's happening with our troops. they do impact -- i mean, foreign policy -- >> but this one doesn't. >> yes, it does, their an ally, jimmy. supposedly an ally until they're not an ally. >> if we allow him to come to this country and it causes an unrest in that country, there may be calls for us to send troops

joining me today, msnbc contributor jimmy williams, steve schmidt and msnbc political analyst and toppresidential campaign in 2008 and hugo lind gren is editor of "the new york times" magazine. joy ann reed. we're waiting for the president to announce his 18th we can't wait initiative from the white house and we'll bring

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senior strategist with united republic, msnbc contributor, jimmy williams. thank you for joining me today, guys. john boehner is defending himself this morning after a blistering article in the "wall street journal" asserts house republicans may be handing the election to president obama. here's boehner earlier today. >> all we're asking for is to get the senate members over here, to work with us, and to resolve our differences so we can do what everybody wants to do. it's extend the payroll tax cuts for the next year. i'm hoping that we'll get everybody to work this year. >> meanwhile, moments before boehner said that, this was steny hoyer on the house floor. >> mr. speaker, mr. speaker. we regret, mr. speaker, that you have walked off the platform, without addressing the issue of critical importance to this country -- and that is the continuation of the middle class tax cut. >> i love that clip. we didn't actually -- i don't know that you could see it. but there's, either actually removing the flag from the floor as stenny hoyer is trying to bring up the s

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. >> congressman, this is jimmy williams.and i started back in august the foundation called get money out. we merged with some guys -- >> some guys? found them on the street? >> no, they're really smart guys. they came to us and said, we've got to have a left/right/center coalition of folks who want to get money out of politics. you're a democrat, i'm a democrat. how do we go and get republicans to be for this issue? this is important. it's got to be bipartisan. you're the bipartisan policy center. how do we do that? >> well, first place, the public has got to demand it. they've got to know what impacts their lives. the debt and deficit doesn't happen out of the blue. it happens because interest groups who have specific interests work the congress very well. it's perfectly legal under the system, it increases the debt, the deficit, and all the they shall things that are happening right now that we're trying to get out of. ultimately, the american people have to rise up and be outraged from this. but i think that most people i

. >> i cannot think of a better place for hot-spotting than american fracture, jimmy williams.a clear data set that can be identified around the weaknesses in infrastructure, and there's a clear budget we're already spending around the world to build things. am i wrong to think that this is a classic case where a hot-spotting narrative and an american infrastructure narrative, properly prosecuted through the leadership of somebody, i don't know who's supposed to do it, the congress doesn't do it and we don't have a weak government, so there's no leaders. our government's like the occupation. but absent any leaders, i don't know how it gets done. at the end of the day, you have to figure, were there to be some kind of a leader somewhere in the country that an idea like this could perhaps gain a lot of traction. >> listen, i love clair mccaskill's amendment for one reason andç one reason only -- well, no, two reasons. i like the idea of stopping building crap in other countries. i like building things here. we've got lots of rural areas, so lets build. and by the way, that takes

as usual, jimmy williams.susan, let me start with you, you've got the home court advantage here in new york. what do you make of this? it's been a topsy-turvy race, romney looks like he's the a strong position, but santorum looks like he's coming out of nowhere. >> well, every candidate that looks like they're coming out of nowhere, day fall off overnight. i don't think you'll see that with rick santorum. he has a grand operation, but he's starting to get some hits. radioç ads came out today. plus, when you start looking at such a fluid number of people surging, it means there's a lot of undecided. but romney's people are staying strong with him. so probably, given that and the fact that you can register same day and change your party affiliation and vote will all be good news for romney. >> jimmy, what do you make of all the -- it sort of just going back and forth and back and forth. what are you looking for in the next days? >> remember that 1970s game show called "the dating game"? so you had the bachelor

he is the president at united republic, and along with our own friend jimmy williams and josh silverre among the leaders of the get money out movement in this country, which now consists of an apparatus that is the largest single nonprofit by dollars and people on the issue of money in politics, correct? >> correct. >> update us on the tom brokaw invocation, reenlisting american citizens, which has been the priority for jimmy and you and the priority for the entire staff and apparatus over the last couple of months. what have you been doing to enlist people and are they enlisting? >> they are, we're up to about 270,000 at the point. and i would take a piece of what bernie sanders said, or what you asked him about, about changing the direction of the wind, and about what brokaw said, about everyone listening as says. at this point, with washington doesn't get it. washington actually believes -- and i read that same "washington post" article that you read today about how hot dogs are fine, but if you cut them up into little pieces and call them pigs in blankets, it's not fine. washingt

i want to bring in our monday megapanel, susan del percio, karen finney, and jimmy williams.ghts on the kangaroo court arriving? >> there's a part about d.c., and when you talk about extraction, what goes on in the capitol behind me, in terms of the money between "k" street and the capitol and the money that is extracted from the district of columbia and the lack of services and budget that we have here in d.c. is obscene. part of this movement was also to say, you can't just put all that money in there and not be responsible for what goes on in this city, with the kids in this city creating jobs in this city. >> is it the right metaphor, jimmy, to look at washington as the courthouse? it's as if the occupation in new york, they're at the guillotine and protesti ining the executio. but the fact of the matter is, you have to go to the courthouse if you want to alter the ways that the rules are being made. and that courthouse in this country is washington, d.c.. >> you know how when you go to the bank and go to the drive-in teller and go up and put your check in the little thin

the senior policy advisorior, jimmy williams and in washington columnist for "the washington post" and msnbc contributor ezra klein. wait. there's more. senior contributor of the daily caller matt lewis. welcome all. happy holidays. hope everybody had a good christmasment time to get down to business. one week away from the voting in iowa. we saw mitt romney making a big push. governor rendell. that was one of the big questions whether mitt romney would play in iowa. he is playing in iowa. >> well, i think he saw a field that was so weak and didn't have any clear front-runner that he might actually wind up stealing iowa. if he steals iowa and wins big in new hampshire like the polls indicate he will then the nomination might be his right then and there. it's a little bit of a gamble but a pretty smart gamble. i've never seen anything with a week to go where you can't predict who is going to win or even come close. you can't predict the top two. >> it is remarkable, reverend sharpton. you look at the polls. you've got ron paul, newt gingrich, mitt romney all bunched right there. you cou

talking about." [ laughter ] and i'm like, "the kardashians, they're sort of our -- >> jimmy: "leave me alone." >> --william >> lamar, khloe? do you watch the kardashians?" he said, "i have no idea what you're talking about." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you can't talk reality with alan rickman. >> i did not do that. please, that's a joke. [ talking over each other ] >> jimmy: what is "seminar" about though, my friend. >> "seminar" is about a group of young writers who have a professor, alan rickman. and he's sort of, a literary genius, and he's very rude, and very mean, and it's very funny. >> jimmy: yeah, it's getting crazy reviews. congratulations on that, man. i can't wait to go see this. we always like to play games and stuff on our show. would you like to stick around and play a game? >> i would love to. >> jimmy: it involves free beer. >> i understand that. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: jerry o'connell and i are playing bar shuffle board. after the break, stick around, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ here ...this is my world. this place inspires me... ...to be tougher... ...to stay sharper... ..

jimmy: that's beautiful. >> that was given by william shatner to his second wife, marcy. >> jimmy: how did you get ahold of >> well, i got ahold of marcy as much as i dated her for awhile after bill. >> jimmy: she didn't want the jacket? >> she didn't. she gave it to me to give to my mother. my mother in turn didn't want the jacket. >> jimmy: is your mother named marcy? >> no. >> jimmy: i can see why -- and your mother didn't want the word hooker on her back. >> she actually did notice that. so, no, she didn't want it. >> jimmy: how much are you asking for this. >> this is $250 or best offer. >> jimmy: if you would like to buy this lovely jacket, go to crai craigslist los angeles and search william smarter in t.j. hooker jacket and jeff will deliver it to your home. thank you. up next is alex. alex, what do you have here? >> i have 20 slightly expired ovulation strips. >> jimmy: ovulation strips. these are used for what? >> these are to tell whether or not you are fertile enough to have a baby. >> jimmy: and when you say slightly used -- >> expired. >> jimmy: how expired are they? >> 2005. >> jimmy: 2005.

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williams. if you're wondering where jimmy, you have to know that this chair simply has to be occupied by a man whose last name is williams. thank you for laughing, karen. the interesting dynamic here, and we were talking about -- susan, we were talking about this with the book and the swaps market, the swaps segment with "greedy bastard$!." there's one reason why i'm almost inclined to believe jon corzine, and it's this. because the credit default swap market is run in secret without anybody knowing -- no bank ceo knows what our exposures are. the central banks can't tell you what our exposures are. the federal reserve can't tell you what our exposures are. jamie dimon at jpmorgan can't tell you. jeff immelt can't tell you. i don't know that that's an explanation for why jon corzine doesn't know where his client money is, but all of this is incredibly instructive as to how what we thought were the most transparent and robust capital markets in the world are suddenly laden with all of these secrets that can end up losing $1 billion from a guy -- if he can't keep track of $1 billion, susan, who c

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nancy' exclusive report tonight on "rock center with brian williams" at 10:00, 9:00 central on nbc. >>> up next we'll lighten things one jimmyurn to "snl" right after this. >> whatever you do, don't make me dance. [ female announcer ] why do your holiday shopping at walgreens? so you don't have to deal with this. [ boy ] she's pushing me! [ mom ] you guys stop it. [ horns honk ] look for spaces. hang on. [ horn honking ] are you sure that's a space? keep walking. [ horn honks ] [ female announcer ] just go to walgreens. great parking...short lines... and just the right gifts. and we're open late to help you finish your list. happy holidays and from all of us at walgreens we wish you well. [ female announcer ] shopping simplified. with walgreens...there's a way. vfor the ones that dab, the ones swho smear,r king.d. the ones who spread them everywhere. for the late night cravers to the oddball eaters, the handful stuffers and the tiny biters. thicker cut for more flavor. new fries from burger king. [ knock on door ] cool. you found it. wow. nice place. yeah. [ chuckles ] the family thinks i'm out shipping these. smooth move. y

nancy' exclusive report tonight on "rock center with brian williams" at 10:00, 9:00 central on nbc. >>> up next we'll lighten things one jimmy "snl" right after this. >> whatever you do, don't make me dance. [ female announcer ] why do your holiday shopping at walgreens? so you don't have to deal with this. [ boy ] she's pushing me! [ mom ] you guys stop it. [ horns honk ] look for spaces. hang on. [ horn honking ] are you sure that's a space? keep walking. [ horn honks ] [ female announcer ] just go to walgreens. great parking...short lines... and just the right gifts. and we're open late to help you finish your list. happy holidays and from all of us at walgreens we wish you well. [ female announcer ] shopping simplified. with walgreens...there's a way. vfor the ones that dab, the ones swho smear,r king.d. the ones who spread them everywhere. for the late night cravers to the oddball eaters, the handful stuffers and the tiny biters. thicker cut for more flavor. new fries from burger king. [ knock on door ] cool. you found it. wow. nice place. yeah. [ chuckles ] the family thinks i'm out shipping these. smooth move. you use

jimmy kimmel's show. ♪ if you are pillows are hard to actually sleep on ♪ ♪ >> reporter: so are snookie's tweets. >> love my tattoos [ bleep ]. >> reporter: even sarah palin has had her tweets performed by william, no rain, no rainbow. >> reporter: delivered soulfully, almost any tweet will have you. >> lmao. >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn. >>> thank you very much, jeannie. happening right now on capitol hill, two powerful men involved in two separate showdowns for congress. jon corzine will face big questions over his failed wall street firm. $1.2 billion worth of investors' money missing now. corzine plans to say he doesn't know where it is. >>> attorney general eric holder is getting grilled over the fast and furious gun sting. he allowed illegal guns to be smuggled into arizona. jeffrey too bin joins me now. jeff, let's talk about corzine. it doesn't appear as though he is going to take responsibility for his company, m.f. global's implosion. >> reporter: he has released a draft of his opening statement, and it's really an extraordinary comedown for a guy who was the head of goldman sachs, who was the senator, who was a governor, and now has presided over this megafinancial disaster. most pe

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jimmy carter to the united states court of appeals in the d.c. circuit. she was elevated to the supreme court in 1990 by president bill clinton. so please, join me in welcoming both joan williamsprofessor of law and justice ruth bader ginsburg. thank you. [applause] >> i certainly want to start by welcoming new, justice ginsburg. justice ginsburg and i were talking before this and we realized that she was on the same faculty as my father, and i was in her daughter's law school class. [laughter] and son-in-law as well. and i wanted to thank you so much for coming out here. not everybody is willing to jump out of a plan on to an inflatable slide. [laughter] [applause] >> i didn't plan that as part of my journey here. [laughter] but i had a unique invitation from hastings law school. and it was this way, if it was even lee who said here is the program for the san francisco opera in september. [laughter] pick any one and mary will invite u.s. redressed. [laughter] and so we saw last night a remarkable production and i think there were performances remaining, so i highly recommend it. [laughter] >> and i gather you did get to the opera despite the fact you were late. >> we missed t