tonight on the program, a man who was born with a guitar in his teeth, the great joe walsh is here. in 20 years, it's called "analog man." playing with the cletones. i listened to you guys in rehearsal, sounded great. >> lot of fun. >> jimmy: okay. make sure to join us tomorrow night on the show. our guests are matthew fox, from the show "revenge," emily vancamp and we'll have music from paul weller. and the week after next week, from october 29th through november 2nd, we're bringing the show to brooklyn, new york. our guests will include howard stern, chris rock, jon stewart and stephen colbert, tracy morgan, david letterman, music from alisa key, sharon jones and the dap kings and vampire weekend. that's all from the brooklyn academy of music. i don't know how we got all those great guests, but we did. and i don't want to question it. and next week, by the way, i should mention that michelle obama, the first lady, will be here. her husband's running for president, so -- [ applause ] join us for that. our first guest tonight is the whac-a-mole of tv stars. you turn one network off a

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your thoughts. >> and a guy like joe walsh who won't even pay his child support. this is a guy that won't take responsibility for the births that he is directly responsible for producing. chris has a great point, but birth control has become yet another part of the culture wars, and you have guys like walsh that have taken this hard and fast position which is anti-abortion. just to give some statistics to mr. walsh in case he needs to be educated on them, maternal death still happens in this country. the united states is 39th in the world behind countries like greece and germany. albania has a better rate in terms of maternal death versus places like houston. specifically, especially in red states where you have got something like 16 deaths, maternal deaths per 100,000 births according to a study in atlanta in 2010. this is still a very real problem and there are still very real women dying -- >> let's get off sex -- i want to get off sex for a minute and obviously reproductive rights. i want to say something about equal pay. why has governor romney refused to say

and so much of it is -- i mean, joe walsh is not just ridiculous, but he's an embarrassment.ple like todd akin kind of put on the national stage for people to say, wait a second, these tea party people, this is not america. this is not what, you know, this is not advancing our country. and i think it gave people kind of a second look pat what that agenda really is. >> and then there's alan west. this congressman from florida said that romney's 47% remark may have been clumsy, but then he doubled down on it. >> really, the number is 48.6. that's the percentage of people in the united states of america that are receiving some form of government welfare assistance. and i'm not talking about medicare and medicaid. >> i'm not sure if that number's correct. what do you make of it? >> i think he was just making stuff up, like he usually seems to make stuff up when he talks. and i think one of the things we need to acknowledge, there have been a lot of great groups like credo and dccc doing great work, making sure we get rid of some of the worst of the worst. >> you know, paul ryan i

then my favorite, tammy duckworth versus joe walsh. well joe, it was nice knowing you. why is he down so much? it may be comments like this. >> they wants the hispanic vote. they want the hispanic dependent on government. just like they have african-americans dependent on government. >> there is no exemptions. >> don't blame the marketplace for the mess we're in now. i'm tired of h >> pick this president up, pat him on the head and say son son. >> cenk: well, we're about to pat you on the head and say son, son son there's the friggin' door, enjoy it. i wish the host had predicted this earlier hmm. >> joe walsh, the clown of the earth. he thinks on medicare you have to double down, go harder at it. he's first-termer. he's going to be wanted out. i would be surprised if he survived that first term. he's a bull in the china shop. he has no idea what he's doing. >> cenk: that was only a year and a half ago. hey joe you know what this is? i've got a personal one for you. elbow from the sky--bye bye. now, all of you stay right here because we've got a whole other hour of "the

here's what joe walsh. >> i'm pro-life without exception.about exceptions we talk about rape -- >> joe washington added this. >> let me briefly say there's no such exception. with modern technology and science, you can't find one instance. this is an issue that opponents of life throw out there to make us look unreasonable. there's no such exception as life of the mother. and as far as health of the mother. same thing. with advances in science and technology -- health of the mother has been, has become a tool for abortions any time under any reason. >> you mean to say it's never medically necessary to do an abortion to save the life of the mother. >> absolutely. >> and this afternoon, medical expert joe walsh said this. >> when i say i'm pro-life, i mean that i'm pro-life for the mother and i'm pro-life for the unborn child. while i do not support abortion, i do of course support medical procedures for women during their pregnancies that might result in the loss of an unborn child. >> joining me now an exclusive interview lieutenant colonel

let me also point out that joe walsh recently made comments -- you don't work for joe walsh, but joe h also recently made comments which i would like to take a look at here. >> there's no such exception with modern technology and science you can't find one instance. there's no such exception as life of the mother, and as far as health of the mother, same thing. with advances in science and technology, there is -- health of the mother has been -- has become a tool for abortions any time under any reason. >> we've got representative joe walsh saying science and technology means you don't have to have a carve out for life and health of the mother. you have congressman akin saying that, in fact, women's bodies is sort of in the primitive way that can do this. i have to say, if i'm the obama campaign, i'm trying to tie the up ticket to the down ticket here. i'm trying to put mitt romney in a class with joe walsh and todd akin. >> mitt romney is absolutely in a class with them. when you look at -- and paul ryan as well. paul ryan co-sponsored the akin amendment to redefine rape, and he is o

joe walsh joins me now.ome. >> nice to be here. >> is there anybody out there other than you, i've spent more time listening to in my car? and i have concluded no. you are my go-to car music man. >> thank you. >> how does that make you feel? >> thank you. makes me feel really good. really good. driving music. >> it is classic driving music. that song, "one day at a time" i read the lyrics and the sleeve notes here. very interesting. it's basically your story, isn't it? you were this huge, huge rock star, one of the biggest bands in the world, living life truly to all excesses known to rock stars. >> yep. >> and then 18 years ago, you walked away. you said i'm done. i'm done with that. and life ever since i guess for you has been one step at a time, one day at a time. >> one day at a time, yeah. you just can't decide to get sober and wake up the next day and be cured. i had to learn to do everything that i always did drunk sober. ♪ oh, yeah really uncomfortable until i had a good night. >> or learn to play th

joe walsh of illinois.t's his medical opinion that pregnancy can never harm the health of a woman. take a listen. >> there's no such exception of life of the mother. and as far as health of the mother, same thing. with advances in science and technology, there is -- health of the mother has become a tool for abortions any time under any reason. >> remarkable. but mr. walsh is not alone. you no doubt remember todd akin, he of the legitimate rape claim. or rick santorum who said pregnant rape victims should make the best of a bad situation. paul ryan, who co-sponsored 38 anti-abortion measures, including 10 with mr. akin this term. or gop mega donor foster freeze who once told our own andrea mitchell that contraception is as easy as an aspirin between the legs. of course, to compile mitt romney's many flip-flops on the issue requires not one binder, but his own wing of the entire library as you can see. joining us now from washington is karen finney, a columnist for "the hill" and an msnbc political analyst,

i think your last statement soledad is the judgment in the end on joe walsh's statement.t wrong. >> but they do have the technology -- akin had that claim that biologically speaking somehow women don't get pregnant if they're raped by some biological magic. >> he had to admit to being wrong -- with joe walsh he's just wrong. >> there's a broader context here which is that these are not so isolated. the idea that conservatives keep trying to pull science into the abortion, pro-life discussion, as if it is on their side in these kinds of ways. even paul ryan, who didn't go deep on this, but during the vice presidential debate basically said i'm not just pro-life because of religious reasons. i'm pro-life because of logic, and science, it's on my side. and i was waiting for them to press a little bit to say, please explain to us -- please explain to us -- >> -- logic. >> i'm talking about the scientific part of it. this is another case in which conservatives have basically said that science is telling us that the -- that -- that childbirth has advanced to the point where thi

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your thoughts. >> and a guy like joe walsh who won't even pay his child support.take responsibility for the birth he's directly responsible for producing. chris has a great point, but birth control has become yet another part of the culture wars, and you have guys like walsh that have taken this hard and fast position which is anti-abortion. just to give statistics to mr. walsh in case he needs to be educated on them, maternal death still happens in this country. the united states is 39th in the world behind countries like greece and germany, albania has a better rate in terms of maternal death versus places like houston. specifically, especially in red states where you have got something like 16 deaths, maternal deaths per 100,000 birth according to a study in atlanta in 2010. this is still a very real problem and there are still very real women dying -- >> let's get off sex -- i want to get off sex for a minute and obviously reproductive rights. i want to say something about equal pay. why has governor romney refused to say as of this moment, friday afternoon at

joe walsh. what stands out right away for you? first let's look at the numbers this is a race being watched all over the country what we found is that it's duckworth, 50 percent, walsh 40 percent. nine percent are undecided which seems like a fairly large figure so close to election day but when you go deeper into the numbers it's very simple why she has this lead, it's the women's vote among men is 46-45 walsh but when you look at the women's vote it is 54, 34 duckworth 20 percentage points. everybody is talking about women's issues. plus you have these recent flaps with wash talking about saying a abortion was and never medically or technologically necessary to save a woman's life. duckworth is running against walsh and points out the issue of child support that was resolved. nine percent of women here are undecided which is quite a large chunk. when we look into these numbers there are really hurdles here for walsh to try to earn a second term you've got the fact that independent voters were 35 percent of the district voters, 4

any >> joe walsh is running a fierce against tammy duckworth.nstancesere are no record of an abortion be necessary to save a mother's life. just last year, a representative the house floor of in that exact position. workersn of electrical ratify a four year contract. marjah than 1100 employees were verge -- more than 1100 awere on the verge of strike last month. time for a full look at our forecast. somee going to see sunshine at some point? in the metro, it is still fairly gray with low clouds. better conditions this weekend. west, especially we have someand, beautiful fall foliage. these were put on facebook. thank you so much. i wish i could sure all of them not have enough time. this is the chesapeake beach. this is a gorgeous tree. , bradn northwest d.c. posted this great picture. just from this morning. you can see the leaves just with littlern red from the showers overnight. elizabeth posted this vote. beautiful red tree is just starting to shift. and rickey, you always take such pictures. is this data from just a few days ago. there is s

last night joe walsh, congressman joe walsh of illinois said abortions are absolutely never necessaryo save the life of a pregnant woman. actually, my good friend who is a health policy expert and a pediatrician has a great blog entry on the incidentaleconomist.com entitled when facts don't meet your world view, stop talking. okay. we shouldn't listen to todd akin about how women get pregnant. we shouldn't listen to congressman joe walsh about whether or not women can die if they are pregnant and may need an abortion. we shouldn't listen to me or the mayor about hair care advice. i will yield to women every time and doctors about how your bodies work. and i will let you decide the choices that you need to make to stay healthy. and men that have no idea should stay out of it or stop talking. >> such a great point. i'll just end that we ought to add the men of the supreme court of the united states to that list because those are the scary guys that mitt romney will appoint. you couldn't be more right. >> i'll tell you, let me tell you something, the democrat senate candidate from arizon

democrat tami duckworth who lost her legs in iraq is running against joe walsh.as to tough against running against someone who sacrificed so much for the country. >> i believe she talks about her service too much. i'm running against a woman my god that's all she talks about. our true heros, the men and women who served us it's the last thing in the world they talk about. >> jon: if you talk about your service you are not a true hero. i have someone you should talk. >> tom: lieutenant colonel allen west just received deployment orders and prepares his known go to war. >> jon: can i be there when you tell him he is not a real hero. i don't think he's going to take that so well. he caught a lot of flack for that remark. he seems to have learned the lesson. he takes cheap petty shots on the service when there's so many shots you can take. >> tami was on a stage in charlotte. if you can look at the picture picking out a dress for your speech tuesday night. that's what i was doing. [ laughter ] >> jon: what does that do to a picture of her picking out a dress for her

tea party candidate joe walsh during a debate with tammy duckworth saying no exception when it comes to abortion for life of a mother because of advances in science and technology. that's what he said. let's listen to exactly what those words were. >> there's no such exception as life of the mother, and as far as health of the mother, same thing. health of the mother has been -- has become a tool for abortions anytime under any reason. >> now, look at this, chip. you throw in todd akin and the comments made by him and the aftershocks from views like this. romney and obama looking at the women vote. for romney, will this continue to be a problem for him? how does he make his case it to overcome this? >> mitt romney talks about where he stands on abortion and being a pro-life candidate, and i'm not sure where congressman walsh was going on this. it made me scratch my head on this issue. at the end of the day, mitt romney has to be his own candidate and talk about the issues important to him. we know it's about jobs and economy. whether you're a man or woman, that's the number one issue

this, of course, after freshman house republican joe walsh of illinois insisted there is no such thing as an abortion to protect a woman's life or health because of "advances in science and technology.". and representative todd akin's infamous remark about women's bodies shutting down to prevent pregnancy in cases of so-called "legitimate rape." >> so doctor, are these extreme remarks by republicans distancing themselves from these remarks, are they what are keeping abortion front and center? >> they are actions. they remind women of people trying to redefine rain rape. the words are bad enough. the actions are worse. >> i disagree, bonnie. i think it's to the less advantaged to keep this conversation going. most of them are concerned about the state of the economy and jobs and that's what they are going to the whole thinking about. >> what we know is abortion is the leading topic for women. 39% to 19% to the economy. with the electorate being 56% women, swing voters being a key women demographic, the candidates and the campaigns need to address the issue and have to be in front of it.

. >>> joe walsh from illinois clarified his controversial comments on abortion.eviously said he's prolife with no exception and the exception of the life of the mother is just an excuse for an abortion. here's his clarification. why i do not support abortion, i do support medical procedures for women during their pregnancies that might result in the loss of the unborn child when such an occurrence takes place. that is a very difficult decision and one that should be left up to the mother and her family. >>> finally, in detroit, a rash of shootings has drivers there on edge. since last tuesday, at least 15 people have been shot at by an unknown suspect. most of the shootings have occurred along interstate 96. no one has actually been injured. police are looking for a suspect. >>> 15 cars shot out this week. three counties and most along interstate 96 corridor, but some along surface road seem random. >> everything that's happening there, it's pretty bad. >> let's talk about ohio, wisconsin, scary for some of the people who are running for president and vice presid