it's a cast television network executives would dream about, john goodman, mark convict swail oes, "alphaouse" is not on next thursday's nights's must-see tv. it's one of 14 online pilots produced by amazon studios. yes, the same amazon where you bought that last-minute mother's day gift. >> they were trying to put together a slate of pilots quickly. they wanted to get going. and this was rtd to go. >> the show's creator is a familiar name, too, garry trudeau, better known as the creator of doonesbury. it's how to bring his washington asatire to the small screen on the fast track. >> the amazon studio was so new, so few executives available, that we basically were given a lot of support and not that much guidance. >> the funding came from amazon? >> the funding came from amazon. they wanted to get in the content business. amazon's idea was that, if we can create high-end television comparable to good cable series, that we can compete in that space. >> it's basically what hbo had to convince people of 20 years ago. hbo then. netflix now. the online movie service recently launched the origi

here now is john goodman, president of the national center for policy analysis.e's the author of "bryceless, curing the health care crisis." mark hannah and robert tranum are with us. robert, tell us in brief, why are between 10 and 35 million people have to change their health care plan, count tore what the president promised? >> you know, with enthe president ran in his first election bid, he made it sound like he had a plan for the help a few poor people and everybody else was going to be obviouslied. now we discover everybody is going to be affected. 300 million americans are going to be affected by this law. some more than others. >> why is that? in other words, it's not just little businesses, it's big businesses. the way i understand it is a lot of people just don't want to pay the fee. they don't want to pay the cadillac tax. they don't want to pay the premium. they don't want to pay the deductible. if you are a small business and you work 30 hours, they don't want you to do that. are those the reasons why everybody will have to be displaced? >> yes. if y

part of the storyline isn't john goodman is a north carolina senator. >> i love house of cards.liberals and conservatives. so i think that the more that we have satire humor, the better it is. dennis: they are already bashing republicans like crazy. >> you have that problem with democrats and republicans both at this point in time. i was at an event last night, a comedian made a joke. a democrat is like the happy interviewers that says, i'm going to take you to disney world. something comes up. and he goes by himself and you're sitting there at home. so the satire is definitely right for the kitchen right now. i think that everyone needs a little bit of a breath of fresh air. >> i think it is a fascinating house of cards. it is a game changer for hollywood. it would be interesting to see how they are accepted into the hollywood mainstream community. >> when you say things that sound so much more intelligent than when americans say something. i just want to point that out. last one. did you ever think you would hear of someone getting fined for washing their car? welcome if you h

that may, in fact, may be bs -- >> but you have john goodman and bill murray, did they owe you a favor no one was more surprised than i that he got involved. a year ago, i don't think anybody of that stature was running towards making online programming. >> kevin spacey and now -- >> i think that was the thing. >> that was a big game changer and i also think that he likes the project and he decided in two days and we didn't get the push back that i imagined we would all across the board with cast and crew. everybody -- no one blinked. no one said this is web, we're not doing this. so, we got some very talented people from the film world and television world. >> i'm going to accuse you of having a cynical view of washington because you have the congressional group house and a senator who considers going to afghanistan just to make sure he can get himself re-elected and then you have a latino lawmaker and then an anti-gay lawmaker who goes and gets an award from council for normal marriage. that how you view our nation? >> well, as you didn't say, all four of them are republicans. and th

it stars john goodman and is written by pulitzer prize winning cartoonist gary trudeau.esident obama had a bad week but at least he's not this mayor who allegedly just got caught on video smoking crack. as first reported by gawker.com. that story straight ahead when "the lead" continues. when we made our commitment to the gulf, bp had two big goals: help the gulf recover, and learn from what happened so we could be a better, safer energy company. i've been with bp for 24 years. i was part of the team that helped deliver on our commitments to the gulf - and i can tell you, safety is at the heart of everything we do. we've added cutting-edge safety equipment and technology, like a new deepwater well cap and a state-of-the-art monitoring center, where experts watch over all our drilling activity, twenty-four-seven. and we're sharing what we've learned, so we can all produce energy more safely. safety is a vital part of bp's commitment to america - and to the nearly 250,000 people who work with us here. we invest more in the u.s. than anywhere else in the world. over fifty-f

>>> still ahead, the creator of the doonesbury comic strip team up to produce a pilot starring john goodmanrasso takes aim to the president's health care law saying it is keeping some companies from hiring. we will talk to him next on "morning joe." ♪ ♪ >>> 26 past the hour. here with us now republican senator from wyoming, senator john barrasso who recently wrote in the investment business daily about obama care and he says it's blocking job creation and economic growth and here is why. he writes, in part, now even more working americans are seeing their hours cut because of the unreasonable burdens of the president's health law. the culprit is a requirement in the law that companies with more than 50 full-time workers provide expensive one-size fits all health insurance. some small businesses stopped hiring to stay below that number of employees and others are cutting full-time workers back to part-time status. the federal reserve reported in march the health care law is a major concern for businesses. the drop in hours and the reluctance to hire are having a ripple effect throughout our

this time around the guy lost in the first one, doug, is kidnapped by john goodman's character and the they get into shenanigans, go to vegas, it's all the nostalgic element. my biggest issue is that the first half is so dark. it's not funny and it's awkward and violent. i don't know if you've seen the trailer with the giraffe. i don't find that funny at all. when animals get hurt in movies, it's like worse than watching people get hurt in movies. there's animals and dogs. it's a strange movie and it becomes a nostalgic type of hilarious film. the best scene of the film is in the credits. >> do not leave. >>> if you're a fan of the series, you might as well go see it and get closure. but you're going to be let down. >> take a bathroom break in the first half. >> show up and hour in. >> do you like them? >> i liked the first one a lot, it was awesome. one of your biggest complaints about the third one is that zach galifianakis' character, there's too much of him. >> i think he's a better supporting actor. i think he's funny in smaller doses. they make him the center. one interesting thi

in a minute john turner will present his biography on brigham young. melvin goodman talks about his book national insecurity:the cost of american militarism. .. the story of the bankers in charge of the top three world bank's during the recent financial

we heard from john tudor, melvin goodman and scott berg. next, lynn olson talks about the decision by the united states to intervene in world war ii. >> welcome to the fourth annual gaithersburg book festival. my name is george leventhal and i represent the county on the montgomery county council. gaithersburg is that diverse city. it two at city council members here, judge asherman is founder of this excellent book festival and gaithersburg does such a great job supporting the arts and humanities and the city is bringing you this event free of charge thanks to the support of its sponsors so please visit the sponsors and say thank you. a couple quick announcements. please silence all of your electronica devices. let me do that myself. in order to keep improving this event we would love your feedback. surveys are available here at the information booth and online at the gaithersburg book festival website. your opinions matter so please take a couple minutes to fill one out by submitting a survey entered into a drawing for new key reader. lyn

goodman is our guest and host of turn two. we are going to start taking calls now. we begin with john in santa barbara. >> caller: thank you for having me. i have been trying to think what show have i watch longer than "democracy now!", and it is the longest one i've ever watched. there is a solution to all of these problems. it is the article five convention, congress put out a paper last year about the article five convention. all we need is people like amy goodman and peter and c-span2 hold this kind of convention. people think it will be controlled and they hear about a a convention, but it's just open discussion. there's nothing to control. this would allow for this discussion you are talking about where it that people can actually come together and build a consensus. so at any point will c-span and democracy now start talking about needs and her political connections? >> guest: is growing a little bit more. >> host: i'm sorry, moving onto another caller. go ahead. >> guest: i would have to make the comments instead of talking about something i don't know as much about. >> caller

johns hopkins. it is clear he is constantly writing it just about everything except maybe "people" magazine. ladies and gentlemen, i am pleased to introduce the author of national insecurity, and bill goodman. [applause] >>. >> host: thank you for the invitation to talk about the book. i am glad you started with eisenhower does i will start with eisenhower but who was greatly underestimated the you having trouble in the back? john talked about one morning i want to talk about the four warnings that eisenhower gave in to appreciate the terrible mess we're in with national security policy and defense policy, you have to appreciate these warnings in the first military industrial complex warning probably made that farewell address along with george washington did to most famous for well we have ever heard in his own hand review ever looked at a rough draft of the speech in remember eisenhower was are born -- wonderful writer and general marshall whatever he had a problem and needed a memo written he would always ask eisenhower. but in his own hand he wrote congressional industrial complex with his brother asked him why he dropped congressional he said to take on the military and industry was e