i don't even know the answer to that question. >> congressman carter's office. >> reporter: it's joe johns with cnn. is john stone, the press secretary in, please? is the press secretary in? is he in? >> sir, he's not in at the moment. would you like me to take a message. >> sir? >> reporter: yes, ma'am. >> he wasn't picking up. would you like his voicemail? >> yes, please. >> one moment. >> no one seems to want to talk about this, and getting back to colonel lakin, not many answers there, either. the last time we tried to talk to him was before the trial. he only said a few words, letting his lawyer speak for him. watch. colonel, you say you're refusing your orders because, quote, there is significant evidence or unanswered speculation that mr. obama's not eligible to be president. you said that in a note to general casey. ignoring the idea that you actually cited speculation as justification for your decision, but to say there's significant evidence that the president was not born in america is just false. you're an honorable guy, you've served your country incredibly well, you're a doct

>> yes. >> reporter: joe johns. is there carter or the press secretary around? >> they're in a meeting right now. >> reporter: can i leave a message? >> sure. >> reporter: joe johns with cnn. do you know what's happening to the amendment? >> i haven't heard talk about it once. >> reporter: you haven't really? he's a co-sponsor? >> i don't even know the answer to that question. >> congressman carter's office. >> reporter: it's joe johns with cnn. is john stone, the press secretary in, please? is the press secretary in? is he in? >> sir, he's not in at the moment. would you like me to take a message. >> sir? >> reporter: yes, ma'am. >> he wasn't picking up. would you like his voicemail? >> yes, please. >> no one seems to want to talk about this, and getting back to colonel lakin, not being answers there, either. the last time we tried to take to him was before the trial. he only said a few words, letting his lawyer speak for him. watch. colonel, you say you're refusing your orders because, quote, there is significant evidence or unanswered speculation that mr. oba

that is joe john. history happened yesterday. joe john got to witness it. he got to sit in there.e rangel censure. we are going to talk to you in just a moment. one of my favorite segments. >>> sarah palin and former president george w. bush squaring off. a war of words, you could say. that's next. we actually have a lot of scientists that play music. the creativity, the innovation, there's definitely a tie there. one thing our scientists are working on is carbon capture and storage, which could prevent co2 from entering the atmosphere. we've just built a new plant to demonstrate how we can safely freeze out the co2 from natural gas. it looks like snow. it's one way that we're helping provide energy with fewer emissions. >>> by my watch, it was about this time yesterday when we were showing you live pictures of veteran congressman, charlie rangel's final defense. would he get a reprimand or censured? >> he was censured, publicly dressed down in front of his pie peers yesterday. it was a bitter pill after a 20-term career. rangel called the vote very political. our own joe johns wh

well, joe johns knows y he always has the good stuff, the stuff we never know, but joe johns, political that with us next. tsnship. we fill them with amazing technology. and we fill them with inspired design. and now your chevy dealer wants to fill them with as much good will as we can. come see how chevy is giving more. right now, get no monthly payments till spring plus 0% apr financing and fifteen hundred dollars holiday allowance on most chevy models. see how your dealer is giving at facebook.com/chevrolet. with listerine® whitening plus restoring rinse. it's the only listerine® that gets teeth two shades whiter. and makes tooth enamel two times stronger. get dual action listerine® whitening® rinse. building whiter, stronger teeth. >>> now to one of my favorite parts of the show, looking for answers that aren't getting answered, we turn to our guy in d.c. working inside the beltway about three decades, joe johns for political pop. joe, let's talk about this spending billoweded with earmarks, seems to be the word of the day here, correct me if i am wrong, didn't we hear it was mitch

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i can see abigail adams sitting and clutching her scorching hot cup of joe, john adams saying sit down and drink your damn coffee, woman. she really was the brains of the outfit. my mother is overworked, tired, but her still solid body stood hard as a rock. i'm not going to cry, as a tear falls down from her face. don't cry, mom, don't cry. [cheers and applause] >> that was her first time ever. yay! and up next we have indiana telepenova. >> a recipe for water. start with the color magenta, a burning asphalt, of beach ball sighing out its life, a garden grown on accident after accident, add a father painting shelves on the cove, a pinch of guilt, statues of isabella butter flisse -- butterflies, and extinct alpha betts, a teaspoon of autumn leaves, a shepard playing with the winds, some animal begging for snow. mix vigorously like the mountain mixes up its slopes. preheat the bed of a star to -- 240 light-years away. thank you. and next is -- [cheers and applause] >> next is robin black. >> hi, robin! >> oh, ok. i had to know. this is called "eviction notice." the police turned us away

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first joe johns is back with the news and business bulletin. >> a russian man the fbi says is responsiblethe spam in your inbox pleaded not guilty in a milwaukee, wisconsin, courtroom today. the 23-year-old is charged under the 2003 can spam act. the fbi says he could send 10 billion spam e-mail messages a day, everything from fake rolex watches to counterfeit viagra. if convicted he could face up to three years in prison. >>> a texas man got all bloody when he says his cell phone exploded while he was using it. aaron embree says he needed stitches after the incident with his new motorola droid ii phone. motorola says they're not aware of this ever happening, but safety is a top priority and they'll investigate thoroughly. >>> all new vehicles would be required to have rear view backup cameras by 2014 under a proposal announced today by the national highway traffic safety administration. currently most luxury cars have the technology. the agency says the cameras could save lives by showing drivers who's in their blind spot. >>> and cashing in on the national anthem, a first edition copy o

joe, thanks. a lot more to come including a conversation with senator john mccain.a key player in many of the key debates on capitol hill. will the s.t.a.r.t. treaty pass? and this is a special day here at cnn. we'll call it larry king day. the end of an era. our good friend wraps up his final live broadcast tonight. some facts and figures about a remarkable staying power of larry king. and on the street, he wants to know this. will congress be home for christmas? stalling tactics. does pete like them or not? eenl] i would love to have been a musician but i knew that i was going to need a day job. we actually have a lot of scientists that play music. the creativity, the innovation, there's definitely a tie there. one thing our scientists are working on is carbon capture and storage, which could prevent co2 from entering the atmosphere. we've just built a new plant to demonstrate how we can safely freeze out the co2 from natural gas. it looks like snow. it's one way that we're helping provide energy with fewer emissions. hey tough guy, that cold needs alka seltzer pl

joe johns is here with some of the latest news you need to know right now. >> uncle sam taking bp and several other companies to court over that massive oil spill that ravaged the gulf of mexico. u.s. attorney general eric holder says they violated regulations in failing to prevent april's oil rig explosion. >>> from the northeast to the midwest to down south, much of the country is in a deep freeze. already arctic temperatures are expected to get even colder this week. along with more snow. and investors brewed up a big day on wall street for sam adams. they drove shares of the boston beer company up nearly 13% after the brewer hiked its earnings forecast. so a good day for one of the original tea partiers or at least the beer named after them. >> how much am i responsible for that? earnings going up? i don't have a stake in the company. i do have a stake in the earnings going up i think. >> you got a piece of the rock or of the beer. >> well, i don't think i'd call it a rock. joe, thanks for coming in. we got more to come on the program tonight. joe, you got me thinking about having

i'm joe johns. more of "parker/spitzer" in a moment. four gop senators now say >>> hello. i'm joe johns. more of "parker/spitzer" in a moment. four gop senators now say they'll support a repeal of "don't ask, don't tell," and they have dropped their requirement that a key spending bill get passed first. republicans scott brown, susan collins, olympia snowe and lisa murkowski are expected to join democrats tomorrow to give them the 60 votes needed to move the legislation along. >>> a crash of a drone in el paso, texas, is under investigation. at first, mexico denied the drone was theirs. then they admitted it was, quote, following a target. the mexican embassy in the u.s. said the device was being used in an operation with the u.s. government. >>> los angeles police say so far they've identified five women shown in photos in the home of the suspected grim sleeper serial killer. leads have been pouring in after they posted 100 photos, 180 photos online yesterday. police are trying to determine if any of the women in the photos were victim

joe johns, he has a political pop.xt. >>> when we look at questions that are not getting answered, we talk to joe johns. we're talking about rahm emanuel. he's in the hot seat in chicago over the residency requirement. what's the story? >> this story really is about questions today. it's amazing. this guy leaves his job as chief of staff because he wants to be mayor of chicago. he's the front-runner in the race by a wide margin but he's stuck in a marathon hearing over whether he meets the city's residency requirement. it's ranged from the ridiculous to the almost bizarre. if we can put up some of the questions. vanity fair online compiled some of the questions that he's getting from just average citizens who have actually challenged him. there is one. have you ever heard the term smiling like a butcher's dog? i mean, what is up with that? >> what? >> yeah. have you ever been a member of the communist party? that takes us back to mccarthy, of course. with all of that money, why would you need to rent out your house? th

i'm joe johns, i'm in for john roberts this morning. and we all know kiran chetry who has been very busy over the past few days and weeks. >> you all know how it goes this time of year. >>> let's get caught up on what's happened overnight. the wild, almost winter storm that brought the midwest to a halt is not over yet. many stranded at the airport and stuck in their homes this morning. and dangerously cold temperatures closing in right behind it. >> yeah, and all the snow, too much for the metro dome's teflon roof in minnesota. it deflated and collapsed under the pressure of one of the biggest snowfalls in minneapolis history. and all of it was caught on tape. from the inside, some of the teflon tearing and you can see the snow is coming right in. sent the giants and vikings scrambling to find a place to play. that's moved to detroit. and we're going to have amazing video from inside the dome just ahead. >>> and president obama's tax cut compromise. a large chunk of your 2011 take home pay on the line today. the obama administration pr

. >>> a lot happening tonight, joe johns is here with the latest in this "360" bulletin. >> a federalpanel has endorsed approving lap band obesity surgery for patients who are less than severely obese. the vote could pave the way for doubling the number of americans who qualify for weight loss surgery. aler agaigen proposed relaxing restrictions. >>> in moex co-a 14-year-old boy has been detained on suspicion of working as a drug cartel hit man. that's right, hit man. a local paper reports that soldiers detained the teenager and two of his sisters at an airport in central mexico. >>> mattel's new barbie video doll has triggered an fbi alert. the agency is warning police that pedphiles could use the doll, which has a digital video camera in its chest to make child pornography. so far the fbi says there are no reported incidents. >>> and take a look at "us magazine's" first look at a double dose of reality star drama. in an upcoming episode of her new show, sarah palin takes reality star kate gosselin and her eight kids camping. i want to know, are they going to cross paths with a real

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joe johns for a political pop.el steele on your radar today. >> that's right. should he stay or should he go? this is one of those issues that's been around for a long time. steele could announce his future today, a guy people love to make fun of. republicans, democrats, liberals, conservatives, rush limbaugh, even the president's made fun of him. take a listen to what the president said about him at the white house correspondents dinner. >> i saw michael steele backstage when we were taking pictures, aka notorious gop. michael who knows what truly plagues america today, taxation without representing. >> wow. >> that's pretty good stuff, right? >> i don't know what to say to that. >> well, you know, the charitable view is that steele was a bipartisan punching bag. the uncharitable view is that he brought it on himself blurting out things that put him and the party in awkward positions and even though republicans did pretty well in the midterm cycle, steele isn't getting credit for it. in fact, some republicans i've

joining me now, joe johns and melanie sloan, currently executive director for citizens of responsibilitynd ethics in washington. next year she'll go into private practice with lanny davis. melanie, is congressman rangel corrupt? he says it's not corruption because he wasn't personally benefiting financially but is there an argument to be made? >> i think there is. i think if you ask most americans, they'd think that if you're getting a bunch of apartment that's other people couldn't have access to, that if you're trading on your influence in congress in order to raise money for basically a big monument to me, people would have problems with those kind of things, as well as a tax violations, for example, failing to disclose income, those are things that directly benefited mr. rangel. >> you were at the house today, what was his mood like? >> humiliated, no. contrite, no. apologetic, yes. admitting that he did something wrong and needed to be punished, yes, but bottom line was he thought it was too much punishment and the interesting thing was watching the dynamics in the house, he was sur

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tdd# 1-800-345-2550 on the back let's check in with joe johns. >> they're working to get to homeownersw stranded motorists for nearly 20 hours on interstate 90. >>> in iowa sarah palin did something she usually doesn't do, answer a reporter's question about 2012. the reporter here is cnn's jim ka kosta. >> any chance you're closer to an announcement on running for president? >> am i doing interviews? i want to talk to the nice people. where is our good enthusiasm? >> well, we're nice, too. >> not always, but maybe you are. are you getting any closer? >> no, not any closer yet, no. >> and then they were kicked out of the event? what is up with the cnn people asking questions. >> reporters want to ask questions. we'll get to that at the table. she has a little shuffle there? >> what was up with that. >> maybe she got that from dancing with the stars. she's had experience with that latest. she has an interesting strategy right now. number one, she's smart. she has these book tours and she has a big audience in iowa, duh, she's twice in iowa going to south carolina. it's not in her interes

joe johns joins me with the latest. what do we know?ce say mark madoff hanged himself with a dog leash in his apartment in soho. it was attached to a ceiling pipe. his 2-year-old son was in the apartment. police said the boy wasn't hurt. authorities said apparently before committing suicide mark madoff apparently sent an e-mail to his wife, who happened to be in florida with their daughter telling her to have someone check on their son. his father-in-law went to the apartment and found the boydy still hanging. it came from the two year anniversary when he and his brother told police bernie madoff had confessed to fraud and actually they're the ones who turned him in. bernie madoff 71, 72 years old serving a 130-year prison sentence. >> bernie madoff is not going to be attending his son's funeral, right? >> there have been at least reports bernie madoff did not want to attend that funeral out of respect for his children and grandchildren. he apparently told somebody he was going to have a private ceremony in his prison in north carolina.

dana mill bank joins us live from washington along with joe johns.st people think, okay, that sounds really serious against charlie rangel that they're going to kick him out or he's going to get arrested. it's -- nothing happens. >> no. it's sort of a literally a slap on the wrist and if he does get the censure he'll have to stand there in the well and the speaker of the house will say, congressman rangel you've been a very naughty boy, and then he'll apologize and go on about his business. he's not going to go to prison. he did lose a big prize and that was the chairmanship of the ways and means committee. if they're not going to expel the guy and they're clearly not going to do that, the rest is just about levels of embarrassment. >> joe, what about these -- this thing where these two lead investigators, one of the lead investigators who's been investigating maxine waters suddenly has been let go and a lawyer too. what's going on? >> the other thing that's out there is that when they did all this other stuff last week, they also sent all this infor

. >>> hello, i'm joe johns. more of "parker-spitzer" in a moment. first the latest. south of disney world. a 52-year-old resident of celebration shot himself during a standoff with a s.w.a.t. team. authorities say the death is not related to the case monday, the first homicide in the community's 14-year history. >>> tonight on 360, a big day in the don't ask, don't tell debate. the top military brass tells a senate armed services committee what they think should happen. that's the latest. now back to "parker-spitzer." >>> tonight's postscript, paper yellows with age. a 200-year-old copy of the star spangled banner looks in darn good shape. it sold at auction today in new york for more than $500,000. >> that's a lot of moolah for a song nobody knows how to sing. the sheet music is up of the first 11 editions of the tune. the story goes he wrote it after watching the british attack ft. mchenry during the war of 1812. >> bone up on our history, too. he saw the rockets' red glare and bombs bursting in air. gives me goose bumps when i'm at a football game or baseball game

let's check in with joe johns for the latest news you need to know right now. >> hey, john, presidentpardons of his administration. no big names on the list. the oldest conviction for a liquor violation goes back 50 years. >>> bp now says the gulf oil spill was smaller than previously thought. today the chairman of the house energy committee demanded bp prove it by submitting all materials related to the company's new position. the air force's new unmanned space plane landed in the dark early this morning at california's air force base. everything concerning the x-37b's mission is secret, but the air force does say the space plane completed its objectives in orbit and there will be another launch next spring. >>> and on capitol hill today, the leaders of the military services testified about don't ask, don't tell telling lawmakers both yes and no. >> allowing americans to serve in the coast guard openly will remove a significant barrier to those coast guardsmen who are already serving capably. >> i would not recommend going forward at this time given everything that the army has on it

and with that, let's check in with joe johns for the latest news you need to know right now, before youack for new hampshire. >> i can't believe we're already talking about that! it seems like ten minutes ago. >> well, the candidates are out there, joe, we've got to cover them, let's have a debate. >>> other news tonight, wikileaks founder julian assange remains in a london jail even though a judge granted him bail today. swedish prosecutors who want to question assange on rape allegations are challenging the bail ruling. >>> "the new york times" reports north korea's new plant to enrich nuclear fuel is significantly more advanced than iran's nuclear facilities. obama administration officials reportedly suspect pyongyang has a network of other secret sites. >>> a virginia man and afghan native is accused of threatening to place pipe bombs in d.c.'s metro system. he allegedly revealed his plans on facebook. he was arrested last week. >>> and richard holbrooke is being remembered as the diplomat, who in the words of bill clinton, made the world safer and stronger. even as he was being sed

bernadette, you said if you have ever been to a new jerseyed with whg john bonn joe scree comes on, itic. you mean his music, right? >> yes. what did i say? when john bonn joe jon bon jovi comes on? >> yeah, i just didn't know if he showed up at every wedding. >> no, the peroxide got to my brain. sorry. >> first a couple things, you mocked peter gavin for referring to jbj as a poet. you honestly never listened to the lyrics. the steel horse i ride is a tour bus. how poetic is that? >> i thought he was talking about a robot horse. >> no. and the term for a black saxophonist is blaxophonist. >> my apologies. >> and bon jovi is italian for good jovi. >> have you heard anything from the e street band about this? >> no, they have been relatively silent about this. they are at home and working on a new version of "jack and diane." >> love that coping. >> love that ditty. >> jimmy carter said we are ready for a gay president. you are sure the question carter asked didn't have to do with the issue of a gay president. in fact, the interviewer just said to him, thank you for joining us, mr. pres

no jamal crawford or joe john sons. the hawks were 50% from the free-throw line.n of the ball but 18 turnovers for the atlanta hawks. 18 turnovers. tough thing to do, particularly when you have a streaking team here in the boston celtics. again, no rondo or shaq, no problem. they are the key right now and boston continues to go forward. >> yeah. >> tough. it's going to be interesting, drew. the nba is really going to be interesting as we get further on in the season. >> i'm not a hockey season but i love it when people throw things out on the ice. >> fish, dead fish, all kinds of stuff. >> you've got a great tradition here in the western hockey league. the hit men sponsor an annual teddy bear toss. they throw them out there all for charity. what happens, after the first throw of the game, they get the throw the stuffed animals on the court. the game, the players deliver, they round these all up after the first score and e players deliver them to local charities and hospitals but 23,000 stuffed animals after the first game. again, the western hockey league's hitmen

joe johns had to get into the thick of things. he's on capitol hill with today's political pop. mr. let me ask you this, have you bumped into charlie rangel today? >> reporter: i haven't bumped into it but i have seen him. i was in the house chamber a while ago and he's apparently been sitting out there for quite a while, pretty loose, smiling, working on some type of a statement, surrounded by friends. right next to him was one of the constitutional law experts in the house of representatives, congressman bobby scott of virginia. also saw jim clyburn who is the house majority talking to him for a while. and i'm told he also spoke very briefly to the speaker of the house while he was out there. so charlie rangel has planted himself on the house floor in advance of this procedure which just got started, brooke. >> let's talk punishments here. they've mentioned censure, being publicly dressed down in front of his peers, or the lessor of the two, the reprimand, the written punishment. >> reporter: some members of the new york delegation, i'm told, even a republican or two, have been say

. >> joe johns was there. >> it was exciting. including "icarly."t's why they had to come. >> i didn't see her. what's her name? miranda. >> cosgrove. >> ellen degeneres joked that she was there because opera was in australia. >> that's going to do it for us. we'll see you bright and early tomorrow morning. j.r. should be back. >> one of us will be here. you're heading back hopefully to d.c. if you can get out. >> good morning. it's 9:00 on the east coast. here's some of the stories that had us talking. a major storm pounding the eastern half of the u.s. heavy snow and bitter cold grounding more than 1700 flights. >> fed ex says today will likely be the busiest shipping day in history. our david mattingly jumps on a truck and takes us on a live tour. >> in sweden police say explosions that killed one person and wounded two were an act of terrorism and could have been worse. police believe the bomber was on the way to an area more crowded with christmas shoppers. >> we begin this morning with the raging storm and video that's gone viral. watch closel

welcome back to "morning joe." >> john boehner, let's talk. boehner -- >> did a good job last night. >> i thought he did well. >> welcome to boehner america. he laid low. now he's stepping up. you know, he's not speaker yet, but come january he's laid out a biographical framework for people to get to know him. >> you really got to know him last night because it's an amazing story. it's a story that can bring a tear to your eye. let's just say it's an amazing story. it was america at its best, and there's no question. and he welled up a few times on "60 minutes" repetitively. take a look. >> making sure that these kids have a shot at the american dream. it's important. >> you know what's happening over here. >> my nose is running. >> no, it's not. what set you off that time? because she's proud of you. he cries all the time? no, no. but he's going through an emotional period too. >> it happened several times during the piece that lesley stahl did. >> she's like, he cries all the time. he said, no. >> what set you off this time. >> you know what

. >> the last time the ravens travel to houston divide was the rookie campaign for joe flacco and john harbaugh ended when well. gerrie sandusky has more -- and it went well. gerrie sandusky has more from texas. >> last time they had to do a work around because of hurricane ike and they are back in houston and it is another work around as ravens try to work around the playoffs nafud they'd put themselves in last week against the steelers. -- the playoffs snafued they put themselves in last week against the steelers. this is a playoff game because one more loss and they are out of the playoffs. >> they put themselves in a tough spot as far as the a.f.c. south is concerned. but you're absolutely right, december is when you're playing your best football. >> we talked a couple of players when we got here and they had different opinions. rice said this is as big as stage as there is in the regular season. chris carter says you have to play that game for that games merits. what do you think? >> i think you have to have a lot of merit to that. monday night is a great opportunity to go out the

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joe connors. thank you and john predecessor stole away from us, michael lane. thank you, michael, wherever you are. lastly, my personal reflection on this building. this building, to me, is truly a monument to the tremendous capacity of generosity in the heart of sentences go. the voters of san francisco in their great willingness to support this facility will always have this hospital as a sign of their willingness to help those most in need. these neighborhoods that surround this facility, i think, consider laguna honda at their private treasure. we really do look at this hospital as our own. wov