jimmy williams, i'll say two things. one is, i think the president has an incredibly compelling message on this. it's in some ways not a hard sell, yet he hasn't spent a lot of time selling it. he's making a big push right now but you look at those poll numbers and americans kind of don't know what to think about the affordable care act. >> listen, i think that the obama campaign from 2008 did a great job of selling itself. the obama presidency has done a terrible job of selling itself. oh, we're back in campaign mode. we're doing a great job of selling themselves. i really wish the obama white house would just stay in campaign mode, especially during the health care debate, because they did a very bad job and these numbers show it and they show it over and over and over again. they have not convinced the american people this is a good piece of legislation. i would suggest that a lot of pieces of legislation that have passed the congress throughout a long period of time, civil rights legislation, et cetera, also had very

joining me today, msnbc contributor jimmy williams.foroohar of "time" magazine, "new york daily news" columnist and co-host of "the cycle," the lovely s.e. cupp, and "new york times" magazine editor, mr. sunday morning himself, hugo lindgren. >> i like that. i'm putting that on my business card. >> something that sticks with you. by this time tomorrow, the supreme court will have announced its decision on whether to uphold or strike down some or all of the president's signature health care law. here's how each presidential candidate prepared for the ruling on the stump. >> if obamacare is not deemed constitutional, then the first three and a half years of this president's term will have been wasted on something that has not helped the american people. if it is deemed to stand, then i'll tell you one thing, we have to have a president that's going to get rid of obamacare. we're going to stop it on day one. >> i believe health reform was the right thing to do. i believe it was right to make sure that everybody in this country gets decent

jimmy williams, misnbc news contributor, "newsweek" contributor in the studio with reporter for politico. great to see you all. let's start out talking about this jimmy with the white house and eric cantor responding on "morning joe" this morning. take a listen to this. >> there's no question that they've -- the court's decision underscores now and delineates what's at stake in november. >> we're going to continue to try and fight and repeal this bill. >> panel stand by. a sense of what mish mcconnell, what everyone else is saying on the hill on right. take a listen. >> that was a central play. failing to buy health insurance did not result in a tax but the court has now spoken.ç it is a tax. >> jimmy, let's talk about this, because the right and rhetoric has been spinning over the last 24 hours. >> sure. >> it appears to be that the right wants to continue this fight. what do they have to gain besides firing up the base? what do they have to gain going forward especially when they're backing a guy that is the godfather of what is the affordable care act? >> this is going to create one

joining me, democratic strategist contributor jimmy williams and a.b. stoddard with us as well. is that the death rattle we heard yesterday for unions? >> i don't think it is the death rattle. i will say that i think labor unions have been on the decline in the last 10 to 20 years, ever since ronald reagan busted the strike of the air traffic controllers back in the early 80s. we have seen a steady decline of labor membership throughout the country. you now have more right to work states. i did labor issue when is i worked in the united states senate. one thing that i remember the most about having to do with issues is every single time the labor guys would come in to see me, they were never for something, they were always against something. they never said, so a trade agreement, we would say, all right, here is a trade bill on the floor. can you help us? no. we're against everything on the bill no matter what it is, we're against it. that's the problem that most americans see with labor unions today. here is another problem. they made a technical mistake about two-and-a-half ye

. >> krystal, do you think that's an effective strategy to shift the way jimmy williams suggested from a focus on bush to failed practice of present republicans, that is more of a powerful target? >> well, i agree in a sense. i think that is the right approach. and give the american people some credit, too. you know, recent survey, recent focus group in ohio and pennsylvania found that they by in large understood that a lot of problems we're facing were because of the bush administration. so we don't necessarily have to keep hammering that point. but i think the president has been making the case that congress has been obstructionists, that they have failed to pass the american jobs act, that they failed to act on the economy. and the american people i think understand that as well. but we need to be more forceful in pushing that point. you know, when the jobs number came out recently, that still showed private sector jobs growth, but not anywhere near what we want or what we need. that is not a reflection on the president's policies. the president hasn't been able to pass anything for

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karen finney, susan and jimmy williams. obl, susan, this is a big deal.iously, the interest rate debate between republicans and democrats on one form of student financing is a side show in comparison to what we know about learning. we had sebastian on from sanford and google. all these things and yet we're locked in this insane, it's like we're fighting over dinosaur bone from 1850 because it's all we know how to do. >> yet again, it's a great press release because they will come together, figure it out and pass something and that will be one of their crowning achievements. >> full deal making. >> what's up with actual real deal making? >> you create the the vulnerable tribe. >> right. >> which is the students who cannot afford to do this. and then you -- >> parents. >> and that's the hostage. you hold the hostage up and then you save the hostage and everybody's a hero for saving the hostage, but the whole ship is still sinking. >> my niece just graduated from high school a few weeks ago. beautiful. captain of our soccer team, whole nine yards. she announ

video out that plays upon the motion that the candidate of change is a candidate of fear, and jimmy williams what do you make of it? >> in the south we have a seeing that you attract more flies with honey than vinegar. >> we have it in the north. >> you see, i thought it was another one of my colloquialisms. jonathan made an interesting point which is that the campaign is out there sticking to the guns. i have been saying for the last two weeks that i want the obama campaign to be for something. the american people already know mitt romney, and they know he is building a el evator and has three houses and his wife owns two cadillacs, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera and typical country club republican, and fine, whatever, that is not a bad thing. we know him, but what is barack obama for? i want to know what he is for and tell me three things and give me three major policy agendas that you are going to put out there and pass and dare the congress to pass and run on it. i have been saying this for two e weeks, i want to know what the obama campaign is for and echos 2008 rather than what they a

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jimmy williams, msnbc contributor, democratic strategist maria kumar. rst of all the sheer response from this mostly democratic audience has to be noted here but, jimmy, beyond the response from the audience, the president's tone, the powerful speech, the remarks he gave there well received. how would you categorize what we heard? >> i think the president's speech was passionate. i think he was speaking from his heart. there was a marked difference between the president's speech today and governor romney's speech yesterday. and i'm not suggesting by the way that governor romney was not speaking from the heart. i'm simply saying the president today gave one of the most compassionate and passionate speeches i've ever seen him give in my entire time in politics and it was very moving for me. i can say that. >> well, you know, it's interesting, maria teresa, the president started out similarly to governor romney yesterday talking a lot about the economy. i believe about 15 minutes into this speech he transitioned to what jimmy is hitting on, the emotion and

contributor jimmy williams and "newsweek" columnist cnbc contributor, zachary, let me start with you. you've talk about the fact that people need to get used to higher unemployment numbers. this has less to do with the president and more in the direction that we are going in as the country as well as the global economy. >> yeah, look. the spin about reality wouldn't have been any different if there had been 100,000 more jobs or 150,000. it wouldn't change the relatively static job picture. now you have this political hyperbole arena where the republicans in a way that is really, really distressing although utterly predictable are in some sense jumping on the bandwagon, isn't it great that things are this bad so now we can rehash saeft argument that's things would be so much better if we had a different president. that's fantasy land. >> even the president is saying that policies he wants to put in place, a so-called to do list, he believes would have resulted in job for people out there. particularly in the construction market. you heard pelosi refer to the transportation bill. so tho

. >> that, of course, brian williams and jimmy fallon.d joining forces with the xpride foundation to fund a $1 million prize for the team or individual who can find a solution to end poverty in new york city and beyond. with us now is xpride founder pet peter. your efforts to mine asteroids in space, and as i think folks learn more about your mystery, sort of seeing how devoting your time and resources, and as you accumulate resources, how you try to reallocate them tie sio single mission, and that is the belief that if you give people a clear reward and a clear destination and a clear metric to measure how they're going to get there, all they have to do is figure out where they are and how they're going to do it, and i'm sort of interested to understand why you have so much conviction. you've lived a life that goes a good distance where you really have tried to catelize this. >> dylan, we're living in a time where exponential technologies, robotics, computers, network systems, synthetic biology, all these things are tools that are empowe

williams. >> clay aiken? >> jimmy: who? >> clay aiken?you going to his pool party this weekend? >> i am going to go to his pool party. there's a lot of hot dogs. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: how many hot dogs are you going to gobble? >> i'm going to have 149 million hot dogs. >> jimmy: good for you, man. >> yeah. >> jimmy: you guys, we have an amazing show tonight. she's one of our favorites. she's part of a big new movie called "savages." blake lively is stopping by! [ cheers and applause ] woo. woo! plus "family guy," "american dad," and "the cleveland show" aren't enough for this guy. now a he has a hilarious new film called "ted." seth macfarlane is here tonight! [ cheers and applause ] we love him! everyone loves that guy. i'm so excited about our musical guest tonight. quest, are you freaking out a little bit? >> questlove: yes. i am. >> jimmy: besides questlove, he's my favorite drummer in the history of the world. he's the best. he's a rolling stones drummer, charlie watts and the a, b, c & d of boogie woogie tonight! [ cheers and appla

jimmy is a [ bleep ] right now. you know? >> corey's brother william has also had a setback.ering another inmate's cell. >> yes, sir, there is. >> he has now lost his chance to an early release to a halfway house. >> when he entered the other inmates cell, it was 3:00 in the morning. in the particular housing unit that inmate allen was in, those doors are not secured. they are not locked due to the nature of what kind of housing unit that is. they are not supposed to be going into another inmate's cell at that point. at the time when he was in that particular housing unit, he was on a detail. and that detail was the night detail. that's why he was awake at 3:00 in the morning. however, he chose to take advantage of the situation by entering someone else's cell at that time. inmate allen is typically not a disciplinary problem. >> i've been here almost a year and a couple months. and i haven't had one disciplinary action. this is my first one. so all they charged me with was being out of place. that's all the charges was. >> william will now have to serve out the remaining six

. >> jimmy: oh my god. [ laughter ] i mean it's not me, it's like, you have a great team of people, we know alison williamsm so much. >> jimmy: he is a comedian's comedian, he is a funny, funny human being. he loves comedy, he's a fan of comedy, and you got an e-mail from out of the blue? >> i did, i got an e-mail, that was titled from judd apatow and i did not believe it was from judd apatow. i thought it was my best friend isabelle generating like a prank e-mail. which she had the technology that allowed you to generate emails from like, she could be like it's me, gwyneth paltrow, i think you're gorgeous. like she could do anything -- >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, yeah. >> -- she wanted. >> jimmy: what's her name? >> isabelle. >> jimmy: isabelle, great. >> isabelle holly. if she's watching, which she isn't. because she's like hanging out with her dog winnie right now. i can guarantee you. >> jimmy: what? >> i know. >> jimmy: those are the days, man. when isabelle and you used to like me. now winnie gets all the attention. [ laughter ] >> so, i got the email from judd, and i just wrote back, if this judd apatow -

williams. whoo! >> he's fairly, jimmy told us he was very jealous of the slow jamming the news segment and asked to beere's lester. >> now to what's up in celebrity news. alicia quarrels is an enews correspondent. let's start off being a bit nostalgic. a lot of folks grew up watching the wonder years. >> winnie cooper. >> she's getting divorced from her husband of three years. >> they have one son together. danica, we've all fallen in love with her. she's so smart. went to college. "new york times" best-seller for three books, genius mathematician and now she's getting divorced. but she said they're doing it amicably. >> she never had a lot of drama. >> this is a smart, smart woman. >> rihanna. is she sick? a lot of people are asking you know, she canceled her last trip to the uk. her upcoming commitment to her tv show and two performances. >> rihanna said she's not sick. she did cancel an upcoming tour she was supposed to do in the uk. a uk paper said oh, rihanna's sick. she's been partying too much. she said that's not it. i'm spending time with my family. leave me alone. >> kanye west and the sneak

william hung. have you had him on your show? >> jimmy: of course. >> he's just a great character.know-on unrested development. he's getting hyper. >> jimmy: no, he's gone. he's completely gone. you're the only person who has mentioned him on television in the year 2010. >> i don't see how howard doesn't get my point. ronny and all these goof balls running all over the country, selling tickets getting money. more chance of people going to guillermo convert or big barry. i would go see you. >> jimmy: i agree, guillermo. what about the guy that just gets kicked in the groin. do you see that as a show? do you see that as something that people would -- >> i see it as a classic. the nutcracker sweet. he really does take it's hard to watch, but it's unique. i think -- listen, you're talking about it. you bring it up. i think that's what it's all about today. there's so much noise out there. if you're not watching tv, you're on the internet. you remember that guy. i think there is a show. i think there's great music. it makes me laugh. i know people hate it but -- >> jimmy: why do i feel

williams on "hawaii five-0." please say hello to scott caan. [ cheers and applause ]. >> jimmy: i was thinking about it, it's kindation now away from hawaii. you work in hawaii and then you leave hawaii for your free time. >> i miss smog and traffic jams. >> jimmy: yeah. good to get back and breathe in the pollution. >> yeah. >> jimmy: what have you been doing with your free time. >> i'm doing a play that i wrote, no way around but through. >> jimmy: very nice. [ applause ]. >> jimmy: you wrote it with yourself in mind or did you cast yourself? >> i wrote it with myself in mind. >> jimmy: did you direct it as well? >> a guy named val directed it. >> jimmy: maybe you revealed something you didn't want too. i know you're a photographer. not just -- you have a published book of photographs. i was admiring, some terrific photographs in here. seems to be an overall -- seems to be a theme and that theme is a lot of naked and mostly naked girls. i mean, like, almost the whole -- >> thank you. [ cheers and applause ]. >> jimmy: i can't show most of them because they're dirty. i can't show that one. no. trying to find --

in 1980 by president jimmy carter to the united states court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit, she was elevated to her seat on the supreme court by president william jefferson clinton in 1993. she has served with distinction for almost two decades now. on the high court she's written significant decisions, like united states vs. virginia, requiring the virginia military institute to admit women, and another case that held that impoverished individuals could not be denied the right to appeal the termination of their parental right. justice ginsburg has written important defenses in cases such as ledbetter, versus goodyear. in that case, they fought the discriminatory -- a discriminatory wage that she received. that result in the lily ledbetter pay act of 2009. the theme of this convention is democracy at stake. perhaps most significantly, justice ginsburg dissented from the court's decision in pushed the door, which stopped the -- bush v. gore, which determined who won the presidential election in florida, and thus the nation. she was also a dissenter in a case of -- the case of citizens united, which allows corporate independent expenditures in el

1980 by president jimmy carter to the united states court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit, she was elevated to her seat on the united states supreme court by president william jefferson clinton in 1993. she has served there with distinction almost two decades now. on the high court she has written significant decisions like the united states versus virginia, requiring the virginia military institute to admit women. and a case that held at impoverished individuals cannot be denied the right to appeal the termination of their parental rights. justice ginsberg has also written important decisions in cases like ledbetter versus goodyear tire. in that case, the court held that lilly ledbetter's claim of paid as commission was barred because it expired 180 days after the decision to discriminate -against her was made. the theme of this convention is democracy at stake. perhaps most significantly, justice ginsburg dissented from the court pose a decision in bush versus gore, in which the court stopped counting the ballots to determine who had won the presidential election in florida and thus the nation. she was also among the dissenters in another case by know is