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. >> of the john oliver the john oliver show is good. >> great. >> it's so funny. he was one of the correspondence that did the occupied peace and so we labeled it and write about him in the book. and our poor sweet publicist was like he's interested. not once they get past chapter two. [laughter] >> we can't amend it and say his new show is much better. but if the show was fantastic. they've more leniency. maybe he's always wanted to do that. i don't know. but you can watch those comedy shows and have fun. we don't want you not to have fun. but don't expect the amy goodman of comedy shows. >> that isn't as far left as you can go. >> other questions? >> so, as the woman in the front row was saying i'm also an inspired journalist because i can learn more about journalism from you. so i was just curious when you were hitting your lowest of lows, what kept you going? >> so, i think that for me personally what helped me is this balance of 80% self-loathing and the most ridiculous confidence that you will ever see. and this self-loathing keeps me humble and in check and

. >> the other guy twho's done it successfully is john oliver on hbo.e had his own character and now he's had big success. you need to take those serious issues and make fun of them. >> it's a satire ends on saturday night. dies on saturday night. it's very hard to do satire. anybody that's ever been caught saying something sarcastically or satirically, they take it flat and you get screwed for it. nobody understands satire. >> if you ask are you kidding, you're dead. >> john oliver is brilliant. it's full of substance. but you can be the go to "david letterman" and do -- you've got to stay in some character on "david letterman." >> in many ways, washington is a self parody. if you try to explain washington to people, you'll get a lot of laughs because people aren't going to believe you. >> it's all about how the federal government works. and it was ludicrous. it's true. >> it's true. all the stupidity of it. >> do you know who's getting better? kimmel is getting better. and, of course, jimmy fallon is a hit. >>> but i think satire, the nice thing about

it should not be left to a comedian like john olven -- god less him -- john oliver -- god bless him -- to speak out alone. we must not fail those at risk only because they believed our promises they they helped americans in some of the most difficult circumstances we've ever asked our soldiers, diplomats and aid workers to face. this is a failure we can avoid and we can end this congress on a positive note that can make everybody feel better as we approach the holiday season. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until noon >> the house is in recess after morning speeches. members will be back at noon eastern for legislative work. there are nine bills today. can see axonek, we legislation extending tax breaks. more on c-span. we are learning that president obama may announce the former second in command at the pentagon, ashton carter, to lead the department. he is widely expected to be president obama's top choice to be defense secretary. if chosen, carter would replace chuck hagel. carter w

the steven colbert, jon stewart john oliver.hese resonate with the students >> woodruff: how do you see that evan, how do you get your news? before you started this journalism class how were you getting your news? >> mostly its just twitter because twitter it's like you can follow the certain pages you want, the certain areas of news that interest, you can just scroll down. >> woodruff: rona what about you? it sounds like you're getting news from a lot of places. you mentioned newspapers online. what about your friends? how do you see them getting the news and are they typical? >> the typical teenager right now usually gets the news from twitter. they follow certain accounts that provide news. its really useful so when the teenagers are using their phone it doesn't mean that they don't care about the world-- they do. but it's only in different way they know what's going on out there in this world actually. >> woodruff: is that what you're seeing mark eaton? as the teacher do you think they're learning about the world by the sour

stephen colbert, john oliver. there's a lot of people doing, you know, what they used to do. so the competition is much more fierce. >> jim miller, when you're not writing books, what do you do? >> i write for paper, and i do media consulting. >> jim miller, tom shales, live from new york: the complete, uncensored history of saturday night live. this is booktv on c-span2. >> up next, author and think tank b president arthur brooks. the former french hornist turned social scientist talks about his research on charity, happy and free enterprise. -- happiness and free enterprise. the head of the american enterprise institute is the author of four nonfiction books including new york times bestsellers gross national happiness and "the road to freedom." ... >> host: arthur brooks, where did the phrase "gross national happiness" come from? [laughter] >> guest: the phrase comes from the government of bhutan, i should say the king of bhutan about 30 years ago realized that a process of development, of economic development, was great. it would pull millions of people out of poverty. pe

liz: oliver pursch, john donaldson, dan stesich. thank you very much. david: joining us by phone, someone can tell us by phone what is going on inside the fed. jon hilsenrath, "wall street journal" chief economics correspondent. jon, i can't stand parsing language, considerable time, but you did say considerable time would be removed but didn't say definitely but suggested it. are you surprised kept it in at least once. they changed it one time but kept it in once. >> they tried to have their cake and eat it too. they changed their guidance and said they would be patient before removing accommodation which is signal rates they see interest rates coming next year and didn't want to freak the people out and make people think that meant they would move in april say. so they put the words back in there saying the new words, patient, don't really, they aren't any different than the old words, considerable time. it was, a bit of an odd approach you might say. liz: well we did see a little bit of a revelation. she revealed, janet yellen revealed, yes, russia i

oliver mcgee, thank you. >> thank you, john. >>> tense moments earlier today on the high seas near greece. a cargo ship carrying hundreds of migrants responding to a distress call from a passenger on board. john is live in jerusalem with more. so, john, is there any sign of the ship? >> reporter: yeah, everything turned out to be fine. turns out greece's navy and coast guard were able to make contact with the cargo ship's captain. communication was lost earlier today, and you talked about that distress call, possible armed men aboard the ship. it turns out the captain said they simply lost communication. they are not in danger. so fortunately this turned out, you know, to be good news, arthel. >> you know, john all of this is happening in that same area where a passenger ferry caught fire, so do you have any updates on that story? >> reporter: yeah. well, now the death toll has grown to 12 people, arthel and that number could grow even higher. that's because officials say that migrants they determined migrants were on board in the cargo hold that may have died in the fire or drowned after

oliver north. all the way from john kennedy's assassination i i don't know if you have seen the new photos of george bush senior and dealey plaza on the day kennedy was assassinated, through watergate when george bush senior asked nixon to resign through iran contra when george bush senior. >> ronald where are you going with all of this? go ahead and wrapup. >> i want to compliment john dean for having the guts to say any of this because so many people have been killed their books about how many people have killed. >> a lot going on there. we are goin lose i would be amazed but their were hundreds of people. >>host: how do conspiracy theories connecting dots that may or may not have been a part how does that begin? >>guest: some of the most aggressive conspiracy theories are pushed what i call conspiracy. entrepreneurs who write books about them, sell books about them, always fatally flawed because the conspiracy theorist does not want all of the hard information. there is never an answer. if you if you show them at true fact they will invent a false fact to replace it. it is a sad information defin

john, thank you. be sure to stay with fox news throughout the week' for the latest on election results. lt. colonel oliver north going "on the record" saying former secretary of defense hillary clinton just wrote off being president of the united states. colonel north was responding to secretary clinton saying this: >> this is what we call smart power. using every possible tool and partner to advance peace and security leaving no one on the sidelines showing respect even for one's enemies. trying to understand and snars psychologically possible emphasize with their perspective and point of view. helping to define the problems, determine the solutions. that is what we believe in the 21st century will change. change the prospects for peace. >> and here is what colonel north responded. >> those words coming out of someone who intends to become commander and chief are not just naive and utopian, it's irrational. i mean, consider we're supposed to be using smart power. sounds more like to me we have no power. and that isn't smart to say as a candidate. this is not someone who is a write-in candidate she just w

john leger, about on carrier 8.0. ♪ >> welcome back. this is "bottom line." is out withurants earnings after the close of trading today. the owner of the oliveden is under the control of star board value, cutting costs and making management changes. julie hyman is here with the details. >> it looks like they are improving to some degree, due in part to changes that they made and the trend that followed garden was on anyway. in the month of september they said that their comparable sales were 6/10 of 1%, representing a rebound with sales at their other chains, like steakhouse and capital grille, pushing strength that their specialty work, including some of those other brands. so, that has been consistent. they have indeed been cutting costs. the company has been selling its corporate airplanes and it cut about 15 jobs, saying they would save about $20 million per year. the cfo will be departing in march or sooner. the ceo, clarence otis, has already left the company, was supposed to leave at the end of the year but he left earlier because of, again, the influence of starboard. at earnings per share of $.28 after the close. again, comparable s

john travolta. >> oh, okay. >> i thought mad about your christmas lights. >> which we don't have yet. neither is the tree. >>> a man in utah purchased an unlimited pasta pass in oliven and decides to use it to help the he homeless. >> he had has a unlimited supply of meals for seven weeks. we did a story about other by that did this. anyway, tribe said he could never eat that much pasta so he used power for good. his goal was to give the homeless 100 meals during the seven week period and he says he exceeded that amount. >> i realized, oh, yeah, how does that make your day better. doing something nice. how often does that had happen? how often are these people just ignored. >> for the the help of the friend, he documented the journey on line and through the you tube video hoping to spread his message of kindness. >> good dude. >> seriously. awesome. >>> one man put himself out there on line, asking for a very big favor this thanksgiving. he wasn't expecting much of a response but the answer, came pouring in. what he asked for, behold, the subway steak, egg white and cheese: start your morning off right with juicy, sizzly steak, stacked high with protein-packed egg

john mccain describe this as shameful. are you ashame sd? >> no, i'm not, scott. this boils down to me to a question of morality. >> here with reaction is war stories host lieutenant colonel oliver north. let me get to this media narrative. last night you have mr. cnn anderson cooper making analogies -- nazi analogies, listen to this. >> it is shocking. i mean, just quickly, when you read this if you envision nazis doing this, and i hate to say this, if you envision the -- rouge doing this, it's not that far removed from stuff they were doing. >> wait a minute, is mr. cnn, is he going to make or envision nazi-camar rouge analogies? what's your reaction? >> apparently he's certainly trying to do that. but i would point out that waterboarding was never considered to be torture until years after 9/11/01. and back in the '60s, survival of state resistance invasion instructors of which i was one subjected american military personnel to be dipped in ice water, stuffed into tiny hot boxes, waterboarding, standing naked in the dark, sleep deprivation and exhaustive interrogation. >> in other words you've been through all of that. >> all of it. all of it. >> as part of your training. >>

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now you have jon stewart, stephen colbert, john oliver. there's a lot of people doing, you know, what they used to do. so the competition is much more fierce. >> jim miller, when you're not writing books, what do you do? >> i write for paper, and i do media consulting. >> jim miller, tom shales, live from new york: the complete, uncensored history of saturday night live. this is booktv on c-span2. >> up next, author and think tank b president arthur brooks. the former french hornist turned social scientist talks about his research on charity, happy and free enterprise. -- happiness and free enterprise. the head of the american enterprise institute is the author of four nonfiction books including new york times bestsellers gross national happiness and "the road to freedom." ... >> host: arthur brooks, where did the phrase "gross national happiness" come from?

oliver north. all the way from john kennedy's assassination i i don't know if you have seen the new photos of george bush senior and dealey plaza on the day kennedy was assassinated, through watergate when george bush senior asked nixon to resign through iran contra when george bush senior. >> ronald where are you going with all of this? go ahead and wrapup. >> i want to compliment john dean for having the guts to say any of this because so many people have been killed their books about how many people have killed. >> a lot going on there. we are going to lose that caller. >> let me just say this. they have had howard hunt in daily plaza. i would be amazed if george bush senior was in daily plaza, two. there were hundreds of people there. >> how do conspiracy theories connecting dots that may or may not be a part how did it begin? >> some of the most aggressive conspiracy theories are pushed by what i call conspiracy theory entrepreneurs. they write and sell books. they are always fatally flawed because the conspiracy pierced does not want all of the hard information. there is never an answer. they