joan crawford, at the time i represented her in 1945, had just had her contract dropped by mgm.ed her as one of a number of actresses who was box-office poison. and she was at a turning point in her film career. just at that time, a man named jerry wald, who was a producer at the warner brothers studio decided that despite what l.b. mayer had said, he was going to put her in the starring role of a movie called "mildred pierce." mildred. (announder) "mildred." a name gasped in the night. the one last word of a dying man. but one word that tells a thousand stories of a woman who left her mark on every man she met. (henry rogers) the morning of the awards, she called me and said, "henry, i have a terrible cold, i'm in bed... i won't be able to go to the awards." and sure enough, she was announced the winner, a half-hour later this horde of photographers and reporters were all walking into her house and up to hebedroom, where there she was, the queen, holding her oscar. (stephen schiff) in terms of career management, the joan crawford story is a great shining example, at every stage

joining us is joan walsh and david corn, washington bureau chief, also an msnbc political analyst. thanks to both of you for being here tonight. >> sure thing. >> david, romney touted back today but still he has not corrected his mistake. what is your assessment about this. >> when you write a book called "no apology" you put yourself in a bad position. i don't know what he does at home with ann but to call the president a sympathizer with people who kill americans is to essentially equate him with treasoness behavior. someone needs to say to him, have you no decency? you know, you've got mark halperin, people in the middle, a few people on the right saying that he really set a new low. and i have to think that the guy who gave us romney care, the guy who helps his neighbors through his mormon church does have an inkling of a conscience and must know the tragic death before americans and yet he is so boxed in that he can't come back to daylight. >> joan, it's not only not true about the president saying or doing that -- >> right. >> -- it's not even true in the sequence of events.

>> joan rivers. >> oh, yeah, joan rivers -- but we just did it. we already did it. so funny that you forgot. you know who else is funny, howie mandell. >> not right now. >> nothing is funny right now. >> sometimes you get confused. >> we're the funniest people we know. >> we have to run. love you. she cracks me up. class is in session. we're going to tell you how to get the best websites for back to school. and if your kids can do it, i can too. i'm going to learn how to tweet without looking like a -- [ female announcer ] to get a professional cleansing system you could spend as much as $200. olay says challenge that with an instrument that cleanses as effectively as what's sold by skin professionals for a whole lot less. olay pro x advanced cleansing system. with their $5 footlong™ faves. many of the subs you love like the turkey breast, italian b.m.t® and more are $5 footlongs, september only. ♪ party on, party all... mr. parker! sir... excuse me, excuse me... can i get you to sign off on the johnson case... ♪ we built this city! don't let food hang around. ♪ on

>> not here. >> joan jerardo, aerial kelly and then brad anderson. >> good morning. a correction, marina civic improvement and property owner's association was not notified, i was notified, it's not my duty being out of town to notify my neighbors, my neighbors were not notified by anyone from the park and rec department, an 11 and a half by 8 piece of paper before the september 6 hearing posted to the chain link fence does not qualify. this is from the coalition from san francisco neighborhood signed by president berk vits, the coalition for san francisco neighborhoods comprised of 48 neighborhood organizations represent thousands of the city's residents, the general plans guidelines for the san francisco shore line are explicit, they state if a facility doesn't need to be on the shore line, then it should be located elsewhere, and this was the resolution that was passed at their monthly meeting two days ago, whereas the san francisco general plan states "the shore line is our most important natural resource whereas the general plan mandates that facilities by which

>> not here. >> joan jerardo, aerial kelly and then brad anderson. >> good morning. a correction, marina civic improvement and property owner's association was not notified, i was notified, it's not my duty being out of town to notify my neighbors, my

joan pulled out her cell phone and began to videotape, documenting what she believes was a violationcivil rights and the americans with disabilities act.her son who was labeled a flight risk -- can be seen in the viieo sitting at the gate, uietly playiig with hhs hat.in the video, you can hhar joan sobbing and her huuband expressing disbelief. (nats/graphic)"he's behaving. he's demonstrattng he's not a problem.""i kept saying, 'is this nly because he has down syndrome?'"the family has flownntogether dozens of times. that they had upgraded for the first time to first class. "that this little boy had a seat in the firrt class area, and for some reason, they didn't want that. that wasn't acceptable."american airlines released a statement that reads in part, "the young man excitable, running around, nd nottacclimated to he environment. the pilot attempted to calm him doow and acclimate him to the surroundingg. his efforts weee not successful.. for the safety of the young man and the safetyof otherss american airlinessoffered to book &panother flight for the family" but the family says th

the author of the new book, "what's the matter with white people," joan walsh.y to all of you. you heard mitt romney in claiming bill clinton is revolting from the president. have you done reporting on the subject in your book," the promise" which i read. would you please bring mr. romney up to speed? >> well, you know, it was a nice try by mitt romney to say that bark bash is some radical departure from bill clinton. but the radical departure from bill clinton was george w. bush and what he did in the first eight years of this century where they -- tried to slash taxes and slash regulations as a way of growing the economy. they have pathetic, utterly pathetic, job growth, some of the worst in many, many decades compared to bill clinton's 22 million new jobs. so what president clinton will do tonight is say yeah, okay, if you want to go back, let's go back to me. not to bush. who by the way didn't even show up at the republican convention which gives you some idea of, you they, what their feeling is about him. >> john, you anticipated my question to the great da

anyway, joan walsh, ryan reagan, what a duo. when we return, let me finish with mitt romney, always pushing for more so he doesn't have to fight himself. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. >>> let me finish tonight with this. do people ever change? i wonder. back when he was in college, mitt romney demonstrated for the war in vietnam, but he did not go so far as to demonstrate for the war, in the war. like others, he liked the idea of the vietnam war, not the reality. here he is again today playing war hawk. he wants us to be tougher with russia, tougher with china, tougher looking backward in libya, tougher in syria, and tougher in iran. toughness in a metaphor for mr. romney. why did he say what he did last night. you have to ask. why did he put out word that president obama was sympathizing with the militants attacking our embassy in cairo and our consulate in benghazi.

. >> well, i am very happy to be here today to address you and i do, as joan was talking, as mary was reporting earlier, i do remember a year-ago having been before you that we had just in addition, to the projects that we had talked about, we had just closed out a $385 million deficit. we had introduced pension reform as we talked about it at that time to get the city in better economic gear. we had also chosen a new police chief by a year-ago and excited to see what that was. and then supervisor kim and i and david chiu had been fresh off of helping the company called twitter sustain the city and i want to thank supervisor kim, who is here today and we're working closely together to make sure we're doing it right. that all of the impacts that we can generate positively, not only on central market, but throughout her district and throughout the city. i also want to acknowledge other people that are working really hard, because my feeling in a year-ago was that after all of those things that we did, and the work that we had done that first year, rest was my major focus. and after i me

now, let me just say, as joan just pointed out, that most people on food stamps are white.o he's speaking to a he have -- about a very broad segment. >> when he's talking to white people, that's now not how they say it. >> mitt romney wants to help all americans struggling in the obama campaign as the governor has made clear he's concerned about the growing number of people dependent on the federal government, including the record number of people on food stamps, nearly one in six americans in poverty and 20 million americans struggling to find work. mitt romney's plan creates 12 million jobs in four years and that's a general statement. it doesn't quite refute whatever damage is to be made here. >> it can't refute. these are his words. i think you picked out a key sentence for a guy running to be president who says we have too much divisiveness. what do you want me to do? the statement here doesn't take issue with what he said. >> let's talk about that tape. is it your guess or estimate now, joan, that the democrats, the campaign of barack obama will get this tape out beca

joane stubbe, the coordinator, describes how it all started.[joane stubbe/coordinator " it started out as a 13 hour performance series for the semester and the chairmanin liked it so well, and it was so well received by all the students and the surrounding community, that he doubled it". rachel chen is a music major who plays the violin ... she looks forward to perfomances every week. rachel says " its fun to listen to different types of music because every time they have a performance, its different". performers who participate in the program range from students, faculty and visiting artists who play music from a variety of genres and cultures. music is a passion, that started early for sheri ross -- a violinist. sheri says "my parents had me do a lot of listening when i was young, and it developed my ears to a point where it just became a part of me, so that as an adult it's a basic function". being a musician requires a lot of hard work and patience, but for sheri ross, it's all worth it. the listening hour is held in the music hall twice a

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i told ethyl joan and i are going to take this baby home.i say to you, we will restore the strength of america. sock it to 'em! sock it to 'em! >> richard milhous nixon will be the next president of the united states. >> we have a new president. he has shown that he's an extremely hard and industrious worker. this morning he indicated that he wasn't going to use the oval room. my mother read that in the paper and she called me up, and she said teddy, i see where the president isn't going to use the oval room. she said i think someone ought to use it. we're looking into that. >> in 1969, we had a republican president. and it seemed important that we begin to have a loyal opposition. and to the extent that i could be a part of the leadership in the senate, it seemed to be both an important opportunity as well as responsibility. and one that i couldn't let go by. >> a new congress opened for business today in washington. in opening day produced an important victory for kennedy of massachusetts. democratic colleagues chose edward kennedy as assi

joining me is steve and joan walsh editor of salon.com and an msnbc political analyst and author of the book, "what's the matter with white people, why we long for golden age that never was." first, let me thank you both for being here tonight. steve, is romney running for the wrong job? should he be the accountant in chief? >> the thing with this is, any politician who has to start answering questions over the height of their campaign about taxes, that's going to be a problem. it meshes so perfectly with what democrats and president obama have been trying to say about the republican party in the republican party's priorities. the idea is the protector of this sort of privileged pampered super elite that's been immune to the great recession that's enjoyed preferential tax treatment, things like this, romney, when you start talking about a guy who pays such a low effective tax rate, he looks like the kind of person that republicans are trying to protect and the proof is in the pudding because there was a poll that jumped out at me. they asked voters, do you think the candidate romney --

joan where can the folks follow you? >> where can they fallow me?n walsh. >> john: thank you for helping me make sense of all of this. [ applause ] >> thanks, john. >> john: thank you. and we'll be right back taking your calls at 1-800-steph-1-2. >> what the hell was that? >> announcer: it's the "stephanie miller show." ♪ [ train whistle blows ] [ ball hitting paddle ] [ orbit girl ] don't let food hang around. yeah! [ orbit trumpet ] clean it up with orbit! [ orbit glint ] fabulous! for a good clean feeling. try new orbit micro packs. rrenttv na rosin discusses her new book. it's called "the end of men". oh my god, whos going to kill the big bugs in the bedroom? only on current tv. ♪ ♪ i feel good i knew that i would now ♪ ♪ i feel good ♪ ♪ i knew that i would now ♪ ♪ so good so good i got you ♪ >> john: the "stephanie miller show." i'm john fugelsang. that's james brown with the fine young cannibals. i bet you didn't know they recorded together. >> you have turned me on to all of these mash ups. >> john: i know. thank you stephanie for letting me

joan and robert spoke wiihhus tthough skype, tell us as they waated to board an americannairlines flightthey were told they weren't allowed on.(nats)"ok mm question is why are you singling me ouu and saying -- why aren't you telling them and them and them all thoss people who childreen they have to ...""this is a cootrolled area, you should not be recording this."joan pulled out her cell phone and began to videotapee documenting what she believes civil ights anddthe americans who was labbled aaflight riss -- can be seen in the video &psitting at the gaae, quietly video, youucan hear jjan sobbing and her husband &pexpressing disbelief. (nats/graahic)"he's behaving. he's demonstrating he's not a problem.""i kept saying, 'is this only because he has down syndrome?'"the family has flown together dozens of times. the only thing different was that they had upgraded for the first ttme to first class. "that this littll boy hhd a seat in the first class area, and for some reason, they dddn't want that. that wasn't acceptable."aaerican airlines released a statement that reads in part, "the young m

look at the photograph how joan rocked this look. look for joan. see her come out in the fall look. peplin, a lot of women wear off. look for something with that little flounce. the turtleneck is the staple of the fall. >> i always think turtlenecks make you look like a bobblehead. they have replaced layering piece. it's splend it. let's the peplum work harder for her. a lot of people think throwing a cardigan is the way to go. layer giving the turtleneck underneath. a great pair of pants and hot pink shoes for a little bit of fun. >> i love that, and i love the layering of the turtleneck with the top. >> not that difficult to do. >> the turtleneck is becoming the layering piece with suiting. >> joan, you look so sleek. go to the high-lo trend. carrie wore this summer. >> seen this, otherwise known as the mullet skirt, party in the front, business in the back. now we can see she's transitioned it into fall. here comes carrie. what we did again with the cardigan, another color of the season, burgundy, ox blood. this is from banana rep

but you might, joan, because you are wildly gutsy in these matters. stick and the rest of it -- >> yes, she has a -- >> what goes on here. >> dr. freud to the white courtesy telephone, that's all i can say, chris. why she's talking about the president growing a big stick is beyond me. she has a unique way with word and she is the person -- those early big stick is new to me. those early sarah palin rallies in 2008, they were pretty tea party rallies. the president palled around with terrorists and that he didn't see america the same way that we did. so this is just a continuation and the really sad thing is that now we have the candidate for president, mitt romney, sounding more like sarah palin than john mccain. and it's really kind of frightening. >> you know, war -- there is a metaphor that drives me crazy. war is real, people get killed, relatives lose loved ones. the idea that metaphor is a test stoft roan is sick, what are we supposed to do? start killing everybody in the country? imagine what the united states -- if they had done what macho wou

joan walsh is here. i want to talk our audience back to where all of this is our focus as far as the violence that is continuing. jim maceda is standing by for us in cairo, egypt. jim, what is the latest from there? >> reporter: tamron, if you can hear me okay, i'd like to talk about two protests that are taking place here. it is interesting you've got the four day stand off that's taking place behind me. you've got the u.s. embassy and this ongoing cat and mouse stand off between more hard core younger protesters who continue to throw stones at riot police. today we saw that road being blocked off. by huge concrete blocks. the police behind them. the police firing off a water cannon. and then you've got what you're hearing behind me, the muslim brotherhood groups called out by the muslim brotherhood, part of the so-called million man march today. they've been out marching around the square. they've been very loud, boisterous, but very peaceful. men, women and children. it's been like this now all aftern

thank, jeff, joan, nicolas and ben. that is all for us.l be back monday, noon eastern, 9:00 pacific joined by john heilemann, "the huffington post's" ryan grim and "rolling stone's" eric baits. find all of us and show clips at facebook.com/now with alex. "andrea mitchell reports" is next. >> thanks so much. coming up next my interview with senator john kerry who has strong words for the romney campaign's claim to be debate underdogs. and for their criticism of president obama's relationship with israel. also joining me is israel's ambassador michael orrin, congressman keith ellison and rachel maddow. up next. ♪ something to me ♪ that nobody else could do [ male announcer ] you start your day... love you, too. ...thinking about what's important to you -- your family... ...the mortgage... the kids' college tuition. [ cellphone ringing ] but life insurance? [ horn honking ] life is unpredictable. that's why at fidelity life we want you to think about term life insurance -- taking care of your family's future expenses if something happens to y

now i have the distinct honor of introducing an old friend and current mayor, and i have promised joan i won't tell any stories from the old days, but this mayor has a firsthand deep understanding of both the injustice and the fixability of poverty. please give a warm welcome to our friend and our mayor ed lee. [applause] >> thank you, denise. again, congratulations to you and joan, to your wonderful staff and the legal aid society and employment law center for celebrating the 96th anniversary. it's my pleasure to be here today to join all of you. and as i was looking at the theme today, putting justice to work, my immediate thought is that i have a very complementry theme i've been trying to do as your mayor and that's putting people to work. and i hope that that is very much the same. because we cannot be the greatest city in the world or the most innovative city in the world unless all of our communities share in the richness of this city, and that's been my theme and i know putting justice to work in the workplace is a great part of that. i want to again thank the legal aid society

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authorities say patricia was joan's caretaker and that after her death, joan was alone to fend for herself. they say that she died about a month later from hypertherm -- hyperthermia when her bills were not paid and her heat was turned off. >>> and i'm back here in just a couple of minutes fog is back at the coast. temperatures are going to trend down a little bit. your weekend is right around the [ female announcer ] now get high speed internet at home on our newly expanded advanced digital network, a connection you can count on. introducing at&t u-verse high speed internet with more speed options, reliability and wi-fi hot spots than ever. go to our website below to get u-verse high speed internet for just 14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee. it's all the speed you need all at a great price. our newly expanded advanced digital network gives you more of what you enjoy online. and with at&t, our wireless gateway turns your home into a private wi-fi hot spot that connects your wi-fi devices and can even save on your smart phone data usage at home. go to our website b

authorities say patricia was joan's caretaker and that after her death, joan was alone to fend for herselfay that she died about a month later from hypertherm -- hyperthermia when her bills were not paid and her heat was turned off. >>> and i'm back here in just a couple of minutes fog is back at the coast. temperatures are going to trend down a little bit. your weekend is right around the corner. i'll tell you which day will be the warmest and when we can expect changes. >> and the local landmark that is featured in a video that has gone viral. man: there's a cattle guard, take a right. do you have any idea where you're going ? wherever the wind takes me. this is so off course. nature can surprise you sometimes... next time, you drive. next time, signal your turn. ...that's why we got a subaru. love wherever the road takes you. >>> stanford police are warning about a series of sexual assaults. a female student says she was attacked yesterday as she walked down the sidewalk by mansanita field. the attack followed two incidents. police tripe the man as a hispanic male between his 20s and 30

robert and joan vanderhorse, they were returning home from a family reunion that was in new jersey and they were getting on board the american airlines flight with their teenaged son. he's 16 years old, and they were told that he could not get on the plane. airline security told the couple that the pilot made that decision and that they would be accommodated on another flight. at that point joan pulled out her camera on her phone and began videotaping the confrontation. >> okay. my question is why are you singling me out -- >> i'm not singling you out. >> why are telling them and them and them and all these people that have children that they have to -- >> it is a security-controlled area, you cannot be recording this. >> the family has flown together dozens of times without any problems. american airlines said that the son was excitable and running around and not acclimated to the environment there. so the family says that at no time was their son running around causing a disturbance or affecting other passengers waiting to board that flight. >>> man versus nature, it is a showdown th

>>reporter: the voice of joan crawford. dynamic interpretation by lip sync a. the wig eye liner and lip gloss is john. >> to me joan crawford is one of the great icons of the 20th century. because she represents the best and the worst of the american dream. i'm fascinated by her contribution. >>reporter: on stage they lip sync a real crawford interview like mommy dearest talking about her children. >> they have a choice of what present they want next. birthday in october. he still has opened his present. >> it's funny but we don't have to work very hard for it to be funny because she is so unintentionally amusing. >>reporter: 30 years ago ever since he saw the first drag performer and knew what he wanted to do. he created lip sync a. he left jackson, mississippi for new york. led to off broad which show and then san francisco. back in the 90's he performed at club in the castro called the juice joychbility it received great aclaim, national recognition now performing in clubs around the world. l. >> i haven't done anything wrong. >> i haven't really been to act