of food or was it ken lay himself i mean you know his wife wendy was on the board of enron and she was you know the one that was pushing phil gramm to do the commodity futures modernization act and gramm which while it deregulated the banks years and much of the commodity markets look at. gary cohn the president of goldman sachs testified to congress and he said he said he literally said there is no natural long in grain no natural long in oil what did he mean by this what he meant is that is that it wasn't possible for his bank to invest in necessary commodities like food the way you and i might invest in apple stock or general electric or something like that in others we might have bought it if we were lucky in one thousand nine hundred four and that we just hold it for thirty years but there's you can't do that with great well for obvious reasons there's you shouldn't hold grain for thirty years but what they manipulated what they were able to do with the commodity index is they would if they were able to say ok if we go take a derivative and then once removed from the derivativ

there were three guys named, ken lay, the head of enron. but here's the problem. administration didn't take down ken lay. he was taken down during the bush administration. kozlowski was prosecuted during the bush administration. bernie madoff, his son turned him in under the bush administration. where are the heads of j.p. morgan and country wide, all these companies that caused that epic collapse, also under the bush administration? did they get prosecuted under the obama administration? the definitive answer is hell no. they didn't get prosecuted so much, president obama couldn't find a single one prosecuted under his watch that he could put in that ad. so what's sad is unfortunately president obama isn't that much better than mitt romney on this issue. i wish he was tough on wall street so that that ad could make a ton of sense. look is mitt romney going to let off wall street even more? of course! of course! he's going to get rid of dodd frank. it's incredibly weak and mitt romney instead of wanting weak regulations wants none. is it right to compare sesame st

ahead, the president is out with a new adadlinking romney to slew of criminals, from bernie madoff to ken lay it's me, big bird. >> big, yellow, menace to the economy. romney knows it's not wall street to worry about. it's "sesame street." >> at a rally at ohio state, entertainer will i. am warmed up the crowd with a familiar song. ♪ republicans today rolled out another star of "sesame street," count to add up since last week's debate, the president now talked about that show 13 times. not mentioning libya or specific plan to fix the economy. ann romney said she is fed up with the charge her husband lied to victory. >> like in sand box that lost the game and kick sand in someone's face and say you liar. now they lost. okay, the game, we didn't like the game. it's to me poor sportsmanship. at the showdown tuesday, president has to be careful not to get too negative with a "washington post" showing he has likability edge. while romney got a bump out of the last debate, and now seen favorably by 47%, 51% still see him unfavorably. in ohio, this is obama country. but slew of new state poll sugges

. >> bernie madoff, ken lay. criminals, gluttons of greed and the evil genius who towered over them? one man has the guts to speak his name. >> big bird. >> mitt romney knows it's not wall street you have to worry about. it's "sesame street." >> now wall street strikes back with its most powerful weapon, money. >>> plus, street smarts. wall street about to get a look at a whole new set of regulations that could impact your bottom line. we'll give you an exclusive sneak peek. >>> and chaos in the ring. the bulls may be running wild at nyse, so how come market maichbs are still wondering why? >>> also, unwelcome visitor. german chancellor angela merkel gets a less than warm welcome in greece. is it time to fire her travel agent? that and more on the "closing bell." >>> welcome back. one of the features in today's trading, oil prices striking again, this time on renewed tensions in the middle east and political maneuvering in israel. sharon is here with details. >> it was just about an hour ago that israeli prime mi

. >> bernie madoff, ken lay, dennis kozlowski, criminals, gluttons of greed and the evil genius who towered over them? one man has guts to speak his name. >> big bird. >> big bird. >> it's me, big bird. >> big, yellow, a menace to our economy. mitt romney knows it's not wall street you have to worry about, it's sesame street. >> i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs. >> mitt romney, taking on our enemies no matter where they nest. >> that actually was from the obama campaign. that was not stewart or colbert. still coming up, why you're awake? "morning joe" is moments away. [ male announcer ] there are only so many foods that make kids happy. and even fewer that make moms happy too. with wholesome noodles and bite sized chicken, nothing brings you together like chicken noodle soup from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. yeah. then how'd i get this... [ voice of dennis ] ...safe driving bonus check? every six months without an accident, allstate sends a check. ok. [ voice of dennis ] silence. are you in good hands? [ voice of dennis ] silence. if we want to improve our schools... ...wh

. >> bernie madoff, ken lay, gluttons of greed. and the man who towered over him. one man who has the guts to speak his name. >> big bird. >> big bird. >> big, yellow, a menace to our economy. mitt romney knows it's not wall street you have to worry about, it's sesame street. >> i'm going to stopt subsidy to pbs. >> mitt romney taking on enemies no matter where they nest. >> with the presidential election four weeks away, there is new polling out. it shows the race between president obama and mitt romney closer than ever. tracie potts has more on that from washington. good morning. >> lynn, good morning. mitt romney is going to iowa today to a family farm before heading off to ohio where we'll hear his repeat his new campaign line. mitt romney has a new campaign line today. >> hope is not a strategy. >> reporter: we first heard it in the foreign policy speech monday. he argues, president obama's policies have made the world more dangerous. >> it's a risk of conflict in the region is higher now than when the president took office. >> romney promised to create one po

. >> bernie madoff, ken lay, dennis kozlowski, criminals, gluttons of greed, and the evil genius who towered over them? one man has the guts to speak his name. >> big bird. big bird. big bird. >> reporter: "sesame street" now asking the obama campaign not to use the ad saying they don't endorse candidates. the campaign saying they'll review it. today a big bird banner over a romney rally. and singer will.i.am warming up an ohio crowd tonight with a familiar theme song. ♪ can you tell me how to get how to get to sesame street ♪ >> reporter: the president talking sesame on the stump. >> elmo is making a ride for the border. oscar hiding out in his trash can. governor romney plans to let wall street run wild but he's going to bring the hammer down on "sesame street." >> reporter: the president here in ohio tonight, the same time as mitt romney underscoring just how crucial this battleground will be. no republicans won the white house without, diane, as we all know without ohio, diane, without you too, and we learned tonight that governor romney will be spending four days of this week al

he wanted to you want to make his wife and wendy happy because she was on the board of enron and ken lay wanted to start speculating in unregulated markets and so phil gramm introduced the commodity futures modernization act but back to bit romney mitt romney has as said that he's considering a failed banks there is a treasury secretary doesn't this tell us something about mitt romney. but but come on tom that's a little bit insincere i mean bill clinton's treasury secretary was was reuben who was a coach chairman of goldman sachs i'm not here to defend what the world but i am i will not defend robert rubin they are i'm mad as i am you ronnie. and i think this will be bill clinton's not running for anything this is totally this is totally hypothetical we don't know who it's going to be but it can't get any worse than tim geithner i mean look at his record and you talk about bonuses how about one hundred sixty five billion dollars of bonuses does. or took none none of that was that he was at the fed he was not a bank that there take it but he overseen it he was the treasury secretary when

ken lay. dennis kozlowski. criminals. gluttons of greed. and the evil genius who towered over them?e man has the guts to speak his name. romney: big bird. big bird. big bird. big bird: it's me. big bird! anncr: big. yellow. a menace to our economy. mitt romney knows it's not wall street you have to worry about. it's sesame street. romney: i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs. anncr: mitt romney. taking on our enemies... no matter where they nest. [ female announcer ] go-to... [ male announcer ] house party. [ female announcer ] go-to... [ male announcer ] temptation. [ female announcer ] i just love that moscato. go-to... [ male announcer ] girl's night in. [ female announcer ] never the wrong time, for the right wine. [ male announcer ] yellow tail. the go-to. >> >> jimmy: tonight on the program a very, very funny man whose new book "the guy under the sheets: the unauthorized autobiography" comes out tomorrow. the great chris elliot is here. and then with music from this -- i got a lot of stuff on my desk -- this new album called "3 pears" dwight yoakam from the bud light stage. [

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they are likening him to ken lay from enron? more than that, he is right. i don't want to barrow money from the chinese government so i can fund pbs. i guarantee you if they cutoff funding tomorrow big bird will find plenty of buyers and backers. they don't need that money. that's of the issue that is skirting away with this funny ad. >> no one knew that sesame street license did great. now everyone knows that. you used to think it was totally dependent on the government. >> as the father of four daughters, whaz your name? >> i don't have a take because i don't remember their names. david was one, i think, but i am a little high right now. 2 wasn't barak who brought it out in the debate. gentlemen, you are right -- yes, 3% comes from the government. it does not matter. w45 it does to our budget is infan tess mall. every conservative looks at it and says, yes, destroy pbs. mitney -- >> is that a new name? >> yes. >> i wish her name was kit and he was a talking car. i would vote for him. >> he reminds me in warmth of kit. >> bill, i do kind of agree with you

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who will put a target on big bird's back while letting wall street criminals like bernie madoff and ken layas they please. sesame street workshop which received more than a million dollars in stimulus money in 2010 said they canned i asked te obama campaign to take the ad down. they will review their concerns. president obama is taking his sesame street story to ohio. >> for all of you moms and kids out there don't worry. someone is finally getting tough on big bird. who knew that he was driving our deficit. we are going after that. we are going after big bird, elmo is making a run for the border, oscar is hiding out in a trash can and governor romney wants wall street to run wild again but he is going to bring down the hammer on sesame street. >> the r&b has enlisted another character the count to defend against the president's claims. the image has been making the rounds on-line that says at recent campaign events president obama mentioned big bird 8 times elmo five times while failing to mention libya or a plan to fix the economy. h in honor of the count i will say there's only 27 days l

ken lay. dennis kozlowski. criminals. gluttons of greed. and the evil genius who towered over them?speak his name. romney: big bird. big bird. big bird. big bird: it's me. big bird! anncr: big. yellow. a menace to our economy. mitt romney knows it's not wall street you have to worry about. it's sesame street. romney: i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs. anncr: mitt romney. taking on our enemies... no matter where they nest. >> jimmy: we're back. kevin james and bas rutten, stars of "here comes the boom." we just did a very, i think, educational segment that -- >> yeah. >> jimmy: it really will help people out. >> it shows you the ins and outs of being on the street. >> jimmy: and you caught this to kevin. >> lethal weapon right here. always in stealth mode. >> jimmy: where are you from, bas? >> hold land. >> jimmy: that's something else. i wouldn't have imagined a man of your violence and caliber being from gentle windmill like country. >> well, that's what they think. >> also heineken. >> jimmy: right. so, tell us about this movie. i've teen the movie, but tell the folks. >> i pla

. >> bernie madoff, ken lay, criminals, gluttons of greed.nd the evil genius who towered over them? one man has the guts to speak ahis name. >> big bird. >> big bird. big bird. >> it's me, big bird. >> mitt romney knows it's not wall street you have to worry about. it's sesame street. >> i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs. >> mitt romney taking on our enemies, no matter where they nest. >> as you well know in last week's debate mitt romney said he would cut funding to pbs, which, of course, airs sesame street starring big bird. romney gave a major foreign policy speech to reboot the perception his campaign is weak on global affair as. romney cited recent protests and violence in arab countries as examples of a aworsening security situation he blamed on president obama's policies. >> the blame for the murder of our people in libya and the attacks on our embassies in so many countries lies soly with those who carried them out. no one else. but it is our responsibility and the responsibility of the president to use america aa's greatest power.

. >> bernie madoff, ken lay, criminals, gluttons of greed and the evil genius who towered over him. the guts to speak his name. >> big bird. >> big bird. >> big bird. >> big, yellow, menace to the economy. romney knows it's not wall street you have to worry about. it's sesame street. >> i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs. romney taking on the enemies no matter where they nest. >> dana: this is my analysis. i think someone on the obama campaign in chicago came up with the wall street "sesame street" line they were so desperate to use it, they spent money to make the ad. they haven't bought time for this. this is a joke. it backfireed completely. >> brian: i thought it was fake. >> this is -- this is capitalism versus redistribution edition of what is actually going on here. big bird. taker. dorothy, maker. the big bird, the sesame street workshop takes in $6 million a year. dora the explorer. >> andrea: why doesn't big bird cut up the check? >> eric: why would you give a company, give them $6 million a year. >> dana: you want to see how much they make a year for big bird? $314 mill

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. >> bernie madoff, ken lay, dennis kozlowski, glutens of greed and the evil genius who towered over them, one man has the guts to say his name. >> big bird. >> big, yellow, a menace to our economy, mitt romney knows it's not wall street you have to worry about, it's sesame street. >> i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs. >> mitt romney taking on our enemies no matter where they nest. >> now it's funny. >> politics. >> when talking about sesame street and not taxes, you know, foreign policy or, you know, what to do about the fiscal cliff, what kind of a campaign is that? >> well, this is -- so the gamut here, you mentioned, this is on cable tv nationally in some broadcast tv nationally and not in any swing state. if the obama campaign spent $100,000 on this ad buy, i would be surprised. they certainly don't have any real money behind it. this is meant to be a talker in the media and to send to their base and say see, mitt romney, he's being ridiculous. the danger when you do things like this, this close to an election is to your point, i got lots of republicans sending me the famous

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. >> bernie madoff, ken lay, dennis kozlowski, criminals, glutens of greed and the genius that toweredr them, one man has the guts to speak his name. >> big bird. >> big bird. >> big bird. >> it's me, big bird. >> big, yellow, a nmenace to ou economy. mitt romney knows it's not wall street you have to worry about it's sesame street. >> i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs. >> mitt romney taking on our enemies no matter where they nest. >> that is a new ad from the obama campaign, cheekily taking on governor romney's vow to end federal subsidies for pbs. public broadcasting funds support shows including sesame street that provide educational programming for children especially those that cannot afford to go to preschool. the total money going to pbs accounts for roughly .00013% of the federal budget. that's a very small amount. despite utterly nominal amount of money on the table the president has been trumpeting the big bird message since the debate. >> thank goodness somebody is finally getting tough on big bird. >> governor romney plans to let wall street run wild again but he's goin

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. >> bernie madoff, ken lay, dennis kozlowski, criminals, glutens of greed and the evil genius who towered over them? one man has the guts to speak his name. >> big bird. big bird. big bird. >> it's me, big bird. >> did you see the new ad put out by the president, the re-elect obama campaign? big bird. big bird. what is that all about? >> we get straight to it now with our tuesday political power panel. msnbc contributor jonathan capehart, also an opinion writer for "the washington post." msnbc analyst karen finney, also a columnist for "the hill." and republican strategist john brae bender. karen, i want to start with you. that pew poll for swing states and likely voters has to be a real wake-up call to president obama and his re-election team. what really caught our eye here is about the gender cap. according to the poll, romney's wiped off the board any lead, brought it to a dead heat. do you think this is real? and i have to talk about my deceased irish catholic grandmother, because she used to say about pollsters, if they have the nerve to ask, you have the nerve to lie. but could the

. >> bernie madoff, ken lay, dennis kozlowski, criminals, gluttons of greed and the evil genius who toweredr them. one man has the guts to speak his name. >> big bird, big bird, big bird. >> it's me, big bird. >> big, yellow, a menace to our economy. mitt romney knows it's not wall street you have to worry about, it's sesame street. >> i'm going to stop this subsidy to pbs. >> mitt romney taking oun our enemies no malter where they nest. >> please, god, just for a minute, shrumy, and you too, michael, be independent minded and answer this question. is that the right way to go in this crucial last month to be focusing on big bird? >> no, it's not. no, it's not, number one. number two, they're not broadcasting that ad in the battleground states at any heavy level. number three, they shouldn't. number four, we should be talking about who is going to save medicare not who is going to save big bird. >> well said. michael, i can't say it better. >> bob, one of the few times i will say ditto. >> okay. and the only caveat i offer here is that there is a way through really good sarcasm to make fun o

ken lay. dennis kozlowski. criminals, gluttons of greed and the evil genius that towered over him?as the guts to speak his name. >> big bird. >> it's me, big bird. >> big, yellow, a menace to our economy. mitt romney knows it's not wall street you have to worry about. it's sesame street. >> rick, you see, if i was on your side, i would be like i would welcome this. it looks unpresidential, a bit silly, a bit school play ground, latching on one quite light-hearted although it had a good point to it, i thought the pbs point romney made, whether you agree with it or not it's a reasonable point to make. but going after him in the wrong way. if i was going after mitt romney and i was a democrat president right now, i would be going after him hard and serious about his plan to get america back to work, his plan to revive the economy, the tax plans at the moment have no real beef to them. >> i think you're exactly right. a lot of republicans look at that and they say keep doing that, because they're going to lose. i think the obama campaign really doesn't have a message right now. they've