speaker this is jimmy williams.mer governor bush, jeb bush from your state said today in the "wall street journal," republican party must not write off entire segments of american society by assuming that its principles have limited appeal. you just said freedom. i like the idea of freedom. should i have the freedom to get married. should my girlfriend or my girlfriend that i don't date should she have the ability to go and have a consultation with her doctor and have that freedom. this issue of social issues is dragging your party straight into the toilet. when your goes going to figure out that you got to get off that start and start doing what larry is talking about which is stay out of people's bedrooms. if you're wearing pajamas the government shouldn't be involved. if you're wearing a business suit that's fine. some regulation, pro growth. when is your party going to figure that out. you're sitting there with the conservatives. when will you figure this stuff out? >> we're figuring it out. what we figured out

that's my point, jimmy williams. i'm larry kudlow. williams is still with me. we'll be right back. all right that's a fifth-floor problem... house! ha ha ha!. ha ha ha! no no no! not today! ha ha ha! ha ha ha! jimmy how happy are folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico? happier than dikembe mutumbo blocking a shot. get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. >> >> with the whole world watching, cyprus banks are going to open up in just a few hours from now. cnbc's chief international correspondent michelle caruso-cabrera joins us from cyprus again this evening with the very latest. good evening, michelle. >> larry, the banks of cyprus finally set to re-open tomorrow after being closed for nearly two weeks. however the authorities are expecting runs on the banks so they're putting place new restrictions to try to stem the outflow of depos its. first, cypriots will not be allowed to withdrawal more than $300 euros a day. they won't be allowed to cash checks and they won't be allo d allowed -- there are preparations under way for the mass

we are still here with jimmy williams and sara fagen.t is great to see you. >> good to see you, man. >> thank you for doing that. >> glad to do it. >> i just want to get this out of the way. the woodward story has been around for a while and he's telling a different story that the president really came up with the sequestration. >> right. >> but the one that shocked me today was the lanny davis story. a white house senior staffer called the "washington times" and said if you continue to publish lanny's columns, you're going to lose your press credentials. what is up with that? >> first of all, i don't know about that. on bob's thing, the conservative media is all disappointed they're mad at woodward because they released it. he wouldn't threaten anybody. there was nothing to this story. nobody was threatened at all and it was all kind of whatever. now, what we're really talking about something serious here is the potential impact of this according to macroeconomic advisers, .5% off gdp, goldman says .6% of a point off gdp. i don't know i

joining me now, jimmy williams and david corn. k you both for being on the show. >> sure thing. >> thank you. >> jimmy, let me go to you first. it doesn't seem like scalia is an impartial umpire, now, does it? >> no, reverend, no. he's not very impartial. out of the all the things that you just listed that he has compared homosexuality to as a certified, organic homosexual on national tv, i have not done any of those things. i have a dog, but i've never had sex with my dog. because i'm normal. just like everybody else. and for that man to go around saying things like racial entitlement, bestiality, et cetera, et cetera, it's farcical. i wrote a column back in november -- back a couple weeks ago when he did this thing on racial entitlement. i said in the column i thought i was hearing a justice of the supreme court from the 1960s or from the 19th century. this is a man that is out of touch with reality by choice, by the way. he has no desire to make the constitution a living, breathing document that applies to today's america. and h

msnbc political contributor jimmy williams in washington. now who was responsible for recording mitt romney's infamous 47% speech. of course, conservatives are complaining this guy wasn't a mutual observer, that he was pushing some kind of agenda. but for argument's sake, let's assume he's not a mutual observer. so what? it doesn't change what mitt romney said, does it? >> it's almost like the movie "can "the help". they are mad at this guy, at a fund-raiser for multi bazillionares. they're pissed off because they defended the help? how out of touch could these people be? they're blaming the guy who recorded the video. that's pathetic and an affront to working people across this country. it really is. >> dana, i realize you're wearing a somewhat impressive badge today. there we are. don't believe the liberal media. who was that given to you by? >> i picked that out myself, martin. i'm under cover as you can see at cpac. i'm a few feet away from governor perry talking to fox news. i want to say in contrast to your earlier segment, i find him

let's bring in msnbc contributor jimmy williams and victoria defrancesco soto, a contribute for msnbci want to draw your attention to a story in "national journal." it says things are changing in your native state. the tea party isn't quite the power it may once have been. it also says senator graham is gambling that changing times and his own political skills will keep him safe in 2014 from a primary challenge by the tea party. do you think that's accurate? >> not after yesterday. >> oh, dear. >> not after he went to the floor and beat the living hell out of the libertarian, the liberty, the tea party favorite senator rand paul. there are a lot of conservatives in south carolina. i have spoke with two of them today who are itching -- after him going to the floor and excoriating senator paul for doing the filibuster, they are beyond apopeletic. he's tacking to the center on immigration, but what he did by going after rand paul, while i agree with what lind si said, which is all they were all quiet during the bush administration, he did, in fact, stir up the conservative base and they

. >> joining us now, jimmy williams, a democratic strategist, and dr. terson, an associate professor at lehigh university and an m msnbc contributor. thanks to both of you for joining any. >> thank you. >> jimmy, i want to start with you. you know, obviously we've seen the nra try to play big and play big in many races. how far, though, can they press this strategy in 201? i mean, the president was also talking about the 90% versus the 10%. obviously that's not a clean 10%-90%. at some point, americans, there is momentum. aren't we going to see americans saying, you're wrong, enough is enough, we don't want this anymore? >> look, senators are insulated people, if you will. i mean, they run, they have a six-year term and they hardly ever go home, to be brutally honest about it, unless they live back there like jon tester. you have a lot of members who represent their states. heidi hitekamp, she's not going to vote for gun control and she's not in cycle. look at the ones who are in cycle. there are nine of them. you just put up the chart. a lot of those fo

joining us now is my colleague toure, co-host of "the cycle" and msnbc contributor jimmy williams liverom washington. toure, this is hardly the first time justice scalia has, to borrow someone else's phrase, pushed people's button. a federal judge named richard posner criticized his ruling on the arizona law. let me quote. there are no citations to that part of the opinion where he talks about the people of arizona are trying to defend themselves from this horde. it gives that part of the opinion the air of a campaign speech. campaign speeches are all well and good, but do we really expect that from the bench of the supreme court? >> i don't know what to expect from the bench of the supreme court at this point. it's definitely becoming a very politicized body, which it's not supposed to be, but it is completely that. sort of another congress per se. is fairness a racial entitlement? is protecting people's right to vote a racial entitlement? is telling people that shats will not play shenanigans and change your right to vote in terms of redistricting, in terms of voter i.d. which all th

number of community protesters also showed up at the press conference held by city councilman jimmy williams and once again express their anger against the city . but. there was there every day i believe to be quite. right what. my the people that put my i am what i still have a discussion of the security that there was about the discover that are to correspondent on a stasi a choker now was out in the streets of brooklyn until late last night covering the protests she brings us this report. that. last saturday sixteen year old kimani gray was killed by police shot four times in the front and three in the back. the n.y.p.d. claimed the team had pointed a gun at them however this remains uncertain that there was a weapon that no one saw and not his friends his family didn't know he had a weapon and there were a lot of witnesses. who were able to see it that this individual this child didn't have a weapon on him as these candles burn in memory of yet another killed youth an entire community rises up night after night to demand justice and an end to police brutality for three nights in a row fe

the joining me now are jimmy williams and victoria de francesco soto. with me tonight. >> jimmy, i'll start with you. congratulations. >> thank you. >> us did the tea party think -- let me ask you, do they really think railing against health care will bring mack the momentum they used to have? >> you can keep putting your finger on the stove and -- after 36 times you've ran out of fingers. i don't think the tea party actually with south carolina, they did a poll in february, 6% approval rating. the i'm sorry. 6% of south carolinans and one in ten republicans in south carolina, this is a home of the gaston flag, the flag that they've flown for three years now, saying don't tread on me. apparently they forgot no one was treading on them. the hotbed of the tea party nation, if they aren't getting an approval rating, if you will, what is happening with the rest of the country? they have failed to appeal obama care. it's not going to matter. by the way, the supreme court said so. >> victoria, you're in texas? >> another prime spot. >> you look at the fact tha

. >> jimmy williams, as always, nice to have you with us. >> this we we saw advocates and opponents voice opinions on equality loud and proud. it was the 1967 landmark supreme court case brought by mildred and richard loving that set the precedence for who could marry, specifically interracial couples. when it comes to the case of two men and two women marrying, will the supreme court replicate the progress they made 40 years ago? joining me is the co-editor of your book "long way from loving." it was basically my bible on vacation. in an article she said i understand it, i believe it. as we take a look at the 16 states with had ant anti-massogination laws, do you think that we could have a sexuality blind supreme court ruling? >> absolutely. because it's all the same issues here. it's about marriage, equality and it's about fairness. when we look at this from a constitutional angle, there would be a due process angle, which is about fairness itself and can the people actually be heard, their fundamental rights issues be realized. so all they wanted to do is just get married and then they

i have one other thing though from my south carolina insider source, jimmy williams. >> i know him. >ow him, too. >> he said if sanford gets below 49% in the run-off, he's in real trouble. and as for elizabeth colbert bush, he is impressed with the race she is running. he thinks she has a tough up-hill battle but she's been super focused on jobs. has been laying low and really doing a great job. their this is a district south carolina win, that mitt romney won by 18 percentage points. so it will be a tough role for her. >> i will say i think having a woman against him is probably a plus. >> i think you're right. >> i am wondering -- >> there is another thing we haven't acknowledged, which is that perhaps it makes it easier. the rt sof scandal is bluntd a bit by the fact that he married the mistress. it sort of makes that whole thing a little more palatable. >> i found my true love. >> i'm wondering as i thought back about some of these in the past, brad pitt, for example, and angelina jolie, you mentioned -- >> the other connection i made right away. >> tom hanks married rita wilson.

the white house report he for politico and democratic strategist and msnbc contributor, jimmy williamsgood to see both of you. this warring ten-year budget plan. these plans that will come before the house and the senate this week. what can we speck to happen in. >> i think we'll see the plans pass each chamber. but they're sharply at odds. so it is not the struggle they'll face within each chamber. it is what happens when paul ryan and patty murray tried to reconcile the two. and there will certainly be an attempt to do that. because these are the two packages, or this is the vehicle that the president is looking to to try to get something larger on the debt and deficit. because there are very few remaining paths for the president to try to get a grand bargain. one is the budget process that is commencing simultaneously in each chamber for the first time in a good number of years. so this is an unusual circumstance and one that provides an opportunity for the president, however, like i said, very, very different plans. >> let's talk about that. you wrote a piece that i really enjoy. i

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. >> joining me, jimmy williams. hello. >> good morning. >> jimmy, what are you hearing?eetings making headway? >> yeah. i'm shocked. i have been in washington for almost 22 years, maybe i'm jaded. i'll be honest with you, i think it's good news. it's also a baby step. as i have said before to you and others, i'm a cynic creature. i worked in the senate almost seven years. i distrust the executive branch whether it's this president, the last one or bill clinton. there's a tension between the branches of government. the president going and speaking to the caucuses this coming week is a big deal. the question is, will they reciprocate. mr. ryan is putting in his budget. he's going to repeal obama care. talk about a poke in the eye. how many times have they tried and it failed? it's a two-way street. both sides have to pony up here. >> we are talking about this being the charm offensive. is this an attempt to change the narrative? by the way, the white house doesn't like the phrase, charm offensive. >> the white house doesn't have a choice in what we call it. it's what it is

jimmy. although prince william and the duchess' baby isn't due until this summer, people are already speculatingrry. sorry, can you stop that? it's a little annoying. >> oh, sorry, i just thought it'd be fun to try out a british accent. anyway, i guess we'll just -- [ laughter ] -- have to wait until the baby's born to see if it's a boy or a girl. back the you, jimmy. >> jimmy: thank you, simon. [ cheers and applause ] now, we're joined by our entertainment correspondent barry sobel, who's got a limousine waiting outside. barry, who's in your limousine? >> thank you, jimmy fallon. [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much. i've got my limousine outside. ♪ there's a party going on. ♪ i don't want to brag. ♪ i don't want to name names. ♪ make you feel bad who i'm down with in my limousine. jessica alba! ♪ jessica biel!inieber. ♪ with no shirt. ♪ smoking a joint in london. ♪ heartbroken. ♪ he's heartbroken. ♪ in my limousine, i got lindsay lohan -- ♪ i got -- in my limousine. in my limousine i've got bell, biv, invitation's still out to devoe. ♪ when we gonna get devoe? in my limousine, i got the n

and jimmy williams. let's go first, everyone, to capital conundrum.followed by former white house press secretary robert gibbs. >> is force congress to do the right thing. the american people may have the capacity to do that. >> many people in congress are far more concerned about a primary challenge from their right in the case of house republicans than they ever are about being in a district where a democrat can beat them. so right now there isn't a lot that compels working across party lines right now. >> and so my question to you, amy, first, that is eve fn the president calls on people to do for the greater good, isn't the fear of being primaried really, personally at home, isn't that going to take precedence and trump these polpoliticians? >> i can understand why the former press secretary is trying to shift blame. let's talk about the problem congress is facing with sequestration. house republicans gave the president is opportunity to pick and choose these cuts more wisely. now we're moving to a government shutdown. i think the american people

with me is' lease, susan del percio, and msnbc contributor jimmy williams.ere. elise, sarah palin having rallied the faith of the at the gathering of the conservatives in washington, she went right after president obama. let's take a listen. >> yes, she did. >> and background checks i guess to learn more about a person's thinking and associations and intentions. more background checks. dandy idea, mr. president. should have started with yours. >> so that may work with the right but there are a lot of reasons who said that the gop brand needs to be improved. do you think this kind of rhetoric is going to help on that front? >> well, i think you can always count on sarah palin for some good red meat and that's what we're seeing at cpac. i think the thing to remember about this gathering is that there are all kinds of colorful characters all the time. and some of the panels, some of the speeches are going to be more substantive than the others, but in terms of the rebranding of the gop, that isn't with wha this event is about. this is about the faithful remindi

jimmy: our next guest is the new face of simple skin care. and she also stars in the hit hbo show, "girls," which has its season finale this sunday at 9:00 p.m. please welcome allison williams> jimmy: thank you for coming back to the show. you're here for justin timber-week. >> oh, my gosh. >> jimmy: and everyone is like yeah, omg. >> it's the most excitement ever. i've had the same level of sustained excitement at the mention of his name for so many years. >> jimmy: right. >> and it has never changed and i doubt it ever will. >> jimmy: did you get to meet him? >> i did. i just got to meet him. >> jimmy: how was it? >> i was totally cool. >> jimmy: hey, good. that's great. all right, good, good, good. that's it. >> i said like six words and it was over. >> jimmy: and it's over and done. yeah. i've got to say, first of all, i love you, from back when you first came on the show. >> thank you. >> jimmy: when you started "girls," and then i was so lucky, i got to present the golden globe for best comedy to you guys for "girls." >> it was so nice of you. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: what i loved, it was so deserved. >> oh, thank you. >> jimmy: what i really loved about it,

jimmy: but it's a great movie. the lead is fantastic. >> yeah, jurnee smollett-bell she's amazing. lance gross, robbie jones, vanessa williamsm kardashian in this movie. >> kim kardashian, yeah. [ cheers ] >> jimmy: how did you -- how did you, why did you? [ laughter ] in the good -- in the best way. in the best way. >> let me tell you something. she's the sweetest girl, if you got -- get a chance to know her, man. >> jimmy: yeah, she's been on a couple times. >> she's a really sweet girl. and i just thought i wanted to do a younger, sexier, hot cast for this movie because i want young people to see it. it's about what happens when you make the wrong choices in life. and who else, who better to get to be a part of it -- [ cheers and applause ] what? what? what happened? ♪ okay. so, okay, that's not what i meant. that's not what i meant. okay. come on! ♪ no, what i meant was -- >> jimmy: interesting choice. interesting choice. >> no, what i meant was, who better to get than someone who has -- let me finish my thought -- [ laughter ] who has 17 million people following her every move, want to wear -- what to know what her shoe

jimmy: have you met any of them? >> i met harry, prince harry and william. they were -- >> jimmy: i bet you have. really? in trouble? >> no, i'm not that guy. i am not that guy. but i was at a polo match. >> jimmy: really? >> i swear to you. and they're actually amazing polo players. they said everyone let's go meet the royals. some other people were going to line up. suddenly they bring me on to the field and i'm one of a few people for some reason and we're shaking hands and they're talking to me and they're both incredibly, like, present and cool and self-deprecating. and prince harry keeps calling me ari. and it was -- it was both awkward and thrilling. you know? because i didn't know -- i mean, do you correct him? >> i don't know. you may get beheaded for something like that. >> literally, can you be beheaded. >> jimmy: does he think "entourage" was real? >> i think he thinks it was a documentary. yeah. >> jimmy: hey, i know you're a drummer. do you want to sit in with the band a little bit? >> i would love to. >> jimmy: jeremy piven his show is "mr. selfridge." >> hi. i'm jimmy kimmel. guillermo ha

williams? [ laughter ] seriously. >> jimmy: oh, my god. [ applause ] >> you thank! you thank, okay? yes.idn't thank everyone when you won your grammy. >> you mean this? you mean this, when i won this? [ cheers and applause ] did yours not come in the mail yet? >> jimmy: no. >> no. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: they make you wait. >> it's like two months. >> jimmy: two months. >> and then you're not supposed to do certain things with it. >> jimmy: you can't do anything with it. i was gonna pour something in mine and they said, "please don't do that." >> they got very mad at me when i fed mine baby food on air. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: 'cause you loved it so much? >> i love it, it's my baby. >> jimmy: you fed it baby food. >> so, anyway, yeah. >> jimmy: well, look, i was -- you didn't thank everyone. i mean, you didn't thank elvis costello. willie nelson was on yours. john legend, toby keith. >> i didn't thank any of those guys. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: no, no, no. >> because you're up there, when you're at grammys and you win, you go up there and the camera is on you and there's 15,000 people

jimmy is a [ bleep ] right now. you know? >> corey's brother william has also had a setback.ail, he was caught entering 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 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.

. >> jimmy: so for $35, you can buy "the complete works of william shakespeare," or you can get "how enail fungus" by mike tecton. [ laughter ] mike tough-acting tecton. tough choice. >> steve: deadly. >> jimmy: this next book is about women, which is perfect, because march is women's history month. this is called "are women human?" [ laughter ] let's look at another one. this is a how-to book. i love those ones. this is "how to make your own dolls for pleasure and profit." [ laughter ] >> steve: what kind of dolls? >> jimmy: another beautiful cover here. clearly put a lot of work into this. this thumbnail picture of -- can we make that any smaller? [ laughter ] let's see what kind of dolls you can make here in the book here. this one's called apple grandma. "everyone falls in love with apple grandmas and grandpas." they sound great. let's see if we fall in love with apple grandma. ahh! [ laughter ] hey! it's a nightmare doll! imagine waking up and seeing that in your bedroom eating your soul? >> steve: eating your soul. >> jimmy: eating your soul. frightening looking doll. >> steve:

williams' daughter. he had charles barkley. >> barkley woof clam. >> i didn't bark, but he asked me to do something. >> jimmy, my favorite tv personality is hoda kotb and favorite jedi master is yoda. do you think you could combine them to make yoda kotb? that sounds interesting. i would like to see that. put your hands together for yoda kotb. [ cheers and applause ] [ clearing throat ] >> fourth hour of the "today" show it is. >> there you go. >> that was my yoda impression. >> you'll do that, but you won't bark? >> yes, i have standards, i told you. >> okay. >> anyway, but you know what -- >> it did bring back a memory. remember that halloween. >> that was the ugliest, i think, that i've ever been. >> pretty much. i loved that you kept asking for lipstick, because it made you look prettier. >> i did. i needed lipstick. i have to tell you, i felt insecure without it, with the wisps and all. >> everybody is still talking about justin. justin bieber had a great performance. >> you mean justin timberlake? >> yes. sorry about that. don't want to make that mistake. timberlake was on fallon. >> on all week. >> th

joining us now is victoria difrancesco sorto and msnbc latino and williams, an msnbc contributor. yeah, that's right. jimmythat beautiful relationship to the issue of taxes, but what is your view about how this will play out? will the supreme court find this particular section of the defense of marriage act unconstitutional? >> i think that they will, and you have to go back and look at two separate cases and justice kennedy and one was in lawrence and one was in texas. he sets up the language literally writes it into the case law and says, for all intents and purposes the due process clause must apply to all people. you cannot discriminate against people. he did not talk about marriage in that case, but he did write lawrence and he did write romer. he will probably write this next case and my guess is he will strike down roma and prop 8. the proof is in the pudding. it's there. let's be clear. what edith wanted was equal treatment not special treatment. gay marriage isn't a special right, it's an equal right. it struck down equal in the brown v. board case. we don't want separate, but equal. we just want

the jay out, jimmy in breaking news reported by "the times," the "hollywood reporter" and even brian williams >> always strange when your own company is in the news. >> the story fallon will take over for leno on "the tonight show" possibly as soon as next year. he'll do it in new digs. the show leaving l.a. and returning to its new york roots

. >>> well, tonight on jimmy kimmel live, oakland's own sandhya coleman is on the top spot on "dancing with the stars." researchers have created images of what prince william and kate middleton's child might look like. >> if they have a girl, this is what -- she looks very old for a baby. leah michelle from "glee." if they have a boy, they have determined he will look like this. this is either the future king of england or a murderer, i'm not sure. they're planning to give birth to a j. crew mannequin. >> okay, jimmy kimmel live airs weeknights here on abc 7 at 11:35. nightline comes on right after jimmy. >> still ahead, drama on the dance floor. >> dorothy hamill forced to drop out of "dancing with the stars." why it's not because of the fans or the judges. >>> a "dancing with the stars" shocker. >> a popular contestant is withdrawing from the competition. >> i've taken the advice of my spine surgeon, and i need to withdraw from the competition. >> olympic great dorothy hamill gracefully bowed out of "dancing with the stars" last night. >> her self-elimination means no one was sent home last night. a lot of people sorry to see her go. >> we hope she does

. >>> well, tonight on jimmy kimmel live, oakland's own sandhya coleman is on the top spot on "dancing with the stars." researchers have created images of what prince williamnd kate middleton's child might look like. >> if they have a girl, this is what -- she looks very old for a baby. leah michelle from "glee." if theve a boy, they have determined he will look like this. this is either the future king of england or a murderer, i'm not sure. they're planning to give birth to a j. crew mannequin. >> okay, jimmy kimmel live airs weeknights here on abc 7 at 11:35. nightline comes on right after jimmy. >> still ahead, drama on the dance floor. >> dorothy hamill forced to drop out of "dancing with the stars." why it's not because of the fans or the judges. >>> a "dancing with the stars" shocker. >> a popular contestant is withdrawing from the competition. >> i've taken the advice of my spine surgeon, and i need to withdraw from the competition. >> olympic great dorothy hamill gracefully bowed out of "dancing with the stars" last night. >> her self-elimination means no one was sent home last night. a lot of people sorry to see her go. >> we hope she does okay w

williams in our washington bureau tonight. pete, thanks. >>> something is going on in washington tonight that you don't see that often. something jimmy stuart made famous. a real-live filibuster on the floor of the senate. while not quite as cinematic or dramatic, this one all day has been led by republican senator rand paul of connecticut. he has been talking on and off since 11:47 a.m. in order to delay a confirmation vote for the president's cia nominee, john brennan. he has been getting some help with his effort, other senators helping out. nbc's kelly o'donnell covering it all on the hill tonight. kelly, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. this is a senate talk-a-thon about drones. it's about pressuring the president to answer a question. does the administration believe it has the legal authority to use deadly drone strikes inside the u.s. against an american. the attorney general responded that the white house has no intention of using drones that way. but that was not definitive enough for senator paul. >> i will speak as long as it takes until the alarm is sounded from coast to coast that our constitution is impor

pee-pee breaks for the referees. [ laughter ] i'm stephanie williams, and i'm a 17-year-old girl with braces. [ laughter ] [ cheers ] >> jimmyst." the fashion segment where we show you two celebrities wearing the same outfit, and you decide who wore it best. first, we have emma stone wearing a beautiful red dress. now, here's a picture of cnn news anchor, wolf blitzer, wearing the same red dress. [ laughter ] [ cheers ] so we asked you who wore it best, and here are the results. oh, looks like emma stone edges out wolf blitzer once again. folks, there's a lot of news to cover tonight. i hate to waste time, but here goes. [ laughter ] [ applause ] in health news, the flu epidemic is continuing to spread all across the united states. so here with an update is our flu correspondent. [ laughter ] ♪ [ flute plays ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: sorry. that's our flute correspondent. thank you for stopping by, dave. thank you. folks, a lot of people are talking about the oscars. so here at "night news now," we'd like to take a moment to reveal our oscar nods. ♪ [ laughter and applause ] ♪ [ cheers ] ♪ >> jimmy: thank you, osca

williams, david gregory, entertainment. alec baldwin, tina fey, seth myers, "saturday night live" which was an arm of the obama campaign during the election. jimmy fallon, remember they pulled that stunt with michele bachmann coming out she is a lying b word. i don't like these people. i don't know if it's politically motivated. this is a disaster in the making. it couldn't happen to a nicer bunch. >> bill: i know leno and i like leno. leno has been fair to us and he is good. i don't think it's a good move in the sense the way they are handling it gutfeld unfortunately is right for once in his life. they don't care about ratings anymore. they want little kids to watch at 11:30 at night so fallen gets the younger demo. the word tonight is that fox broadcasting might hire leno which would probably be a smart move and put him on at 11:00 after the nunes from 10 to 11. >> young viewers first of all. >> they're watches on the computers. >> reading tweets and playing youtube videos. >> bill: they are not there anymore. they have vanished. >> i don't know any kid, they do not sit and watch tv. >> bill: you know, this carl's jr. they don't have that on

williams. thank you, pete. >> you bet. >>> thomas roberts returns with a big lineup tomorrow as they hear the prop 8 arguments. jimmymer new jersey governor kristy todd whitman who signed an a.m. cuss brief supporting same sex marriage, robinson, and ayanbade jo. don't miss that. >>> cyprus getting a bailout. their plan to avoid financial collapse were laid out earlier today. the island nation received 13 billion from the european union and in return will shrink its banking sector. stocks at home opened higher on news of a deal there, but since pulled back a little. >>> coming up, under state control, new jersey governor chris christie announces changes for camden struggling school system. >>> and spring snowstorm, old man winter not ready to retire for the season, not just yet. yo? a talking car. but i'll tell you what impresses me. a talking train. this ge locomotive can tell you exactly where it is, what it's carrying, while using less fuel. delivering whatever the world needs, when it needs it. ♪ after all, what's the point of talking if you don't have something important to say? ♪ by the armful? by the barrelfu

. >> williams was charged with and tried for only two murders -- nathaniel cater and jimmy payne, bothr. cater's body was nude, but his hair was caked with mud. >> digging through that silt, i was able to recover dog hair and fibers that were close to his scalp. >> the dog hair was consistent with sheba, the wayne williams family dog. in cater's hair was one of those unusual green carpet fibers. under a microscope, peterson could see the boomerang shape just like those in the williams carpet. this is a piece of that actual carpet which the fbi's harold dedman said was quite rare. >> it's got an unusual carpet fiber. it was manufactured a limited amount of time. it was a ten-year-old carpet. >> on jimmy payne, the other victim, dedman found yellow rayon fibers stuck to his cotton shorts, fibers consistent with the blanket under wayne's bed. >> i personally took the cutting from the yellow blanket that was under the bed. >> this evidence slide contains the yellow blanket fibers that dedman clipped that night, magnified by our own video camera. but when larry peterson had returned that ju

jimmy: how do you learn when you're from those backgrounds a southern accent? do you get frit television? >> yeah, you get it from television. in england everyone has this fantasy of doing a tennessee williamst on. when i went to do "the walking dead," it was funny because i thought i'm really going to go method with this accent. so i exclusively talked to southerners and would only talk to teamsters. and all of our teamsters are men. so i started to sound really, really southern. and my producer did not like me sounded like a man. so i had to kind of shake that off a little bit. >> jimmy: john wayne was probably not what they were looking for. >> and i did the walk, too. it was just weird. >> jimmy: fans of "the walking dead" are like crazy. like they'll not only watch the show, then they watch the show that talks about the show that follows it. and that must be -- well, it must be exciting and annoying simultaneously. did you have a show like that growing up that you were obsessed with? >> i didn't have a show like that, but when i was a kid i had a crush on, of course, michael bolton when i was 6. >> jimmy: of course michael bolton? >> yeah. obviously. it was really funny. my parents wer

williams' daughter. he had charles barkley. >> barkley woof clam. >> i didn't bark, but he asked me to do something. >> jimmy fourth hour of the "today" show it is. >> there you go. >> that was my yoda impression. >> you'll do that, but you won't bark? >> yes, i have standards, i told you. >> okay. >> anyway, but you know what -- >> it did bring back a memory. remember that halloween. >> that was the ugliest, i think, that i've ever been. >> pretty much. i loved that you kept asking for lipstick, because it made you look prettier. >> i did. i have to tell you, i felt insecure without it, with the wisps and all. >> everybody is still talking about justin. justin bieber had a great performance. >> you mean justin timberlake? >> yes. sorry about that. timberlake was on fallon. >> on all week. >> they do this barbershop quartet, and you know the justin song "sexy back." they turned itself a barbershop number ♪ we're bringing sexy back ♪ we're bringing sexy back ♪ bringing sexy back ♪ all the boys know how to act ♪ i think it's special don't turn around ♪ ♪ and i'll pick up the slack ♪ take it to the bridge ♪ bab