quex, frankly, a lot of the attacks on getting right now remind me of joe mccarthy. guilt by association the fact am speaking to conservative outlets i have excerpts i have excerpts that will running conservative outlets is somehow proof of something. they are not engaging me on the issue. it's more trying to say you are actually -- a been accused of being paid by the heritage foundation. but even if i had a not really sure what that would have to do with anything. and these tactics, they use them to try to silence any kind of debate they don't want to hear. >> what is your affiliation with fox news? >> on the contributor. of the contributor of five through ten years. >> do you feel as though that made you an outlier in some respects even though you were providing i think at the time liberal viewpoints or counterpoints to things. for you see in some respects as a traitor by the liberal left or even -- >> sure. yes. the book is not about me. i don't have that much in fact, there were a couple places where the council of the things that have happened these misogynist a

which frankly a lot of it the attacks that i am getting right now are my knee of joe mccarthy. it's guilt by association the fact that i am speaking to conservative outlets and the fact that i have excerpts that were run and conservative outlets is somehow proof of something. they are not engaging me on the issue. it's more trying to say -- i've been accused of being paid by the heritage foundation. i have never taken a dime from the heritage foundation but even if i had i'm not sure that has anything to do with anything. these tactics they use to try to silence any kind of debate that they don't want to hear. >> host: what is your affiliation with "fox news"? do you a contributor? >> guest: i'm a contributor and i've been a country reader at fox for 10 years. >> host: do you feel that that made you an outlier in some respects even though you are providing a think at this time liberal counterpoint to things that were using in some respects as a traitor by the liberal left? >> guest: of course and the book is not about me. there were a couple of places where i do count some of t

senators became famous, it was propelled forward because of the crime investigation, joe mccarthy becomes a huge figure. the senators like the television time. many had presidential ambitions. in the house of representatives, rayburn was always shocked by that committee and thought that it should be abolished. he could never work it out. he was afraid if he gave it television time, they would become a circus. he created the rayburn rule which was no television in the hearings. watergate, for the first time, the house allowed a tv and the house judiciary committee was filmed in the impeachment proceedings against president nixon. that was part of the legacy of sam rayburn. this was before c-span. when tv was covering a hearing they did not cover gavel-to-gavel. they had a couple of cameras. if somebody important came in, the lights came on. senator kennedy, ted kennedy came in and the lights came on. he spoke. as soon as he got up to leave the lights went out. they were only going to show a two-minute clip at the most on the evening news. today, we are able to watch the entire hearing. bri

not walk through the neighborhood with holocaust survivors but then frankly there reminds me of joe mccarthy with guilt by association with the outlets they are not engaging on the issue but to say i have been accused to be paid from the heritage foundation but have never shaken one diamond from them but that has nothing to do with anything end to try to silence anything they don't want to hear. >> and but makes use the allied air? but would you see it in some respects a traitor by the liberal left? in those misogynist attacks of keith over mitt at the height of his power for those who watch fox news it seems strange that my views are several - - liberal. but it is nonsensical. pre-dawn need to engage them but delegitimized them to shun them. and i disagree with that. the dimension and a moment ago the university of california with the 16 year-old carrying the of pro-life sign that the professor found offensive? kid knew recount that incident and what how that is part of the trend? >> guest: university of california santa barbara is a single was the sister of a college student. they had a bi

i think, gave it an intellectual life, even though he would defend -- he didn't so much defend joe mccarthy as he didn't like his enemies. >> i think that's the best way of putting it. and you know, kudos in the end for putting someone on abc someone who was actually as smart and substantiative as buckley and turns out vidal was too. >> beats some of today's dogfights. thank you for rising the level of discourse. i can't wait for that movie to come out. up next, new calls out for a third party. want to have trouble, here it comes, third parties. but all remember how differently things would be if ralph nader, my hero, wouldn't run in two. that's next with the roundtable. you're watching "hardball." in original, and teriyaki. [bell rings] man, making commercials is boring. that's why you need xfinity. their cloud dvr lets me watch all my favorite shows anywhere. it's perfect for me because i do a lot of commercials. fast denim. comfortable fit. thanks, mama. that was me before dermasoap. parfum di edwards. for men. with a personal dvr library you can take anywhere, xfinity is perfect for peo

i think, gave it an intellectual life even though he would defend -- he didn't so much defend joe mccarthy as he didn't like his enemies. >> i think that's the best way of putting it. and you know kudos in the end for putting someone on abc someone who was actually as smart and substantiative as buckley and turns out vidal was too. >> beats some of today's dogfights. thank you for rising the level of discourse. i can't wait for that movie to come out. up next new calls out for a third party. want to have trouble, here it comes, third parties. but all remember how differently things would be if ralph nader, my hero wouldn't run in two. that's next with the roundtable. you're watching "hardball." the world is filled with air. but for people with copd sometimes breathing air can be difficult. if you have copd, ask your doctor about once-daily anoro ellipta. it helps people with copd breathe better for a full 24hours. anoro ellipta is the first fda-approved product containing two long-acting bronchodilators in one inhaler. anoro is not for asthma. anoro contains a type of medicine that increas

joe"." >>> melissa mccarthy took the top spot at the weekend box office. "spy" is the latest success for mccarthy. writer/director paul fage who first partnered on the comedy "bridesmaids." "an andreas" slipped to second place. hbo's "entourage" which cost about $30 million, finished with a disappointing fourth making it a $10 million weekend, bringing its five-day total to just under $18 million. i think that drama they'll have to make changes to make more money. >> i love the james bond look this morning. >> thank you. appreciate it. i don't break it out that often. >> louis, thank you very much. that does it for me and "way too early." let's bring in mika. >> amy, thank you. louis was great on the red carpet. scared a few people away. >>> we'll begin with the manhunt for two convicted killers hos stunning prison escape is being compared to something out of the "shawshank redemption." governor andrew cuomo joins us with more on what he's calling a crisis situation. >>> plus, on administrative leave after this accused of using excessive force while trying

decades later he denounces senator joe never mccarthy's anti community witch hunt in the u.s. it a systematic move to detroit the political rights of the individual. these letters also shed light on the human side of the great scientist. in this one einstein writes to his young son hanz, congratulating him for his interest in mathematics and reminding him to brush his teeth. and it's signed papa. einstein, who was twice married and had many mistresses muses about sects telling one correspondent he believes men are not naturally monogamous. einstein was an earth bound human being just like the rest of us. even as his minds wandered through the limitless cosmos. rob reynolds, al jazerra calabasas, california. >>> and you can keep up-to-date with all the news on our website. aljazerra.com. >> it's christmas eve and u.s. soldiers are preparing for their last month in afghanistan. about 40,000 are still here. by the end of the year there

protecting terrorists to further his own craven political ambitions and he reminds me of a senator joe mccarthythe exception that mccarthy feigned going after communists. paul is attacking professionals. stuart: say what you like rand paul won the fight against data bulk collection and now he faces pushback from republican rivals. several say he's out of touch with the rest of the party. senator john barrasso joins me republican senator that is. always good to see you, sir. >> thanks for having me stuart. stuart: my position is this data collection resumes, but only for six months. the phone companies will keep those records only so long as they want to keep them. they may get rid of them. i say our security has taken a hit. it's a defeat for our security you say what? >> i is a that people around the world are eager to come and attack america and americans and we need to keep our country secure. what's happened recently with the legislation has not helped our security, but detracted from our national security. let's face it stuart president obama has been doing this to our country for the last

only senate office building -- who should be sitting in the trolley in the seat next to her but joe mccarthy. senator smith sat down and mccarthy said what are you up to today margaret? she told me she responded i'm about to make a speech, joe and you're not going to like it. and she went on to the senate floor, and she had written that speech with her close aide bill lewis at her kitchen table in maine over memorial day weekend in 1950. she had the speech in her hand and bill lewis was in the press gallery right up here, but she told him not to hand out a copy of the speech until she was well into giving it on the senate floor because she was afraid that she would lose her nerve and not deliver the speech. that speech took enormous courage. it took enormous courage because she was telling her colleagues an uncomfortable truth. an uncomfortable truth. and i believe that today it's also important that we face uncomfortable truths. i am a strong supporter of the national defense authorization act on the floor. i am a strong supporter of the need and the importance and how crucial that bill is

mccarthy is now chief financial officer. she had previously been treasurer and executive vice treasurer for the media conglomerate. replacing a cfo who left earlier this month. those are your top headlines. joee nasdaq biotech index is --th more than death's surged more than 300% in the last five years, but many, including janet yellen, ca bubble. she said that valuations seem stretched, particularly for small firms in social media and biotech industries. despite a notable downturn in equity prices earlier in the year. joining us is the ceo of a leading biotech company, j.j. bienaime of biomarin in san francisco. what do you make of these valuations and the warnings we received from yellen and others? do they understand what is driving it, or are they missing something? j.j.: i think the evaluations are related to the fact that biotech is starting to benefit from decades of research and development, and advances in molecular biology and medicine in general. i think the market is anticipating a big way of extremely innovative products that will have a dramatic impact. joe: you know, i feel we have seen these run ups in biotech stocks in the past. they tend to happen when people are enthusiast