obama chatting up with jay leno last night. dennis miller on talk and my interview with governor >> bill: impact segment tonight, president obama in campaign mode out in l.a. seeking counsel from entertainment people. he dropped in to see jay leno as well. >> you just announced the troops coming out of iraq. we have like 4,000, i think were killed. billions of dollars spent. what was accomplished? what did we accomplish there? >> well, look, saddam hussein is gone and that's a good thing. the iraqis now have the opportunity to create their own democracy, their own country, determine their own destiny. >> bill: wow, that sounds almost like mr. obama supported the iraq war. joining us now from los angeles where she is following mr. obama around, an coulter, the author of the book demonic. all right. so the president was smooth last night as always. he was smooth. if you had never seen obama before and just landed from mars and saw him you would think he was a nice fellow, he has nice mannerisms. i am not alone in finding those ma

obama chatting up with jay leno last night. dennis miller on talk and my interview with governor perry. miller up ahead. p ( phone ringing ) okay... uhh. the bad news, it's probably totaled. the good news is, you don't have to pay your deducble. with vanishing deductible from nationwide insurance, you got $100 off for every year of safe driving, so now your deductible is zero. the other good news ? i held on to your coffee. wow. ♪ nationwide is on your side ( laughing ) it's actually a pretty good day whenou consider. that's great. >> bill: impact segment tonight, president obama in campaign mode out in l.a. seeking counsel from entertainment people. he dropped in to see jay leno as well. >> you just announced the troops coming out of iraq. we have like 4,000, i think were killed. billions of dollars spent. what was accomplished? what did we accomplish there? >> well, look, saddam hussein is gone and that's a good thing. the iraqis now have the opportunity to create their own democracy, their own country, determine their own d

president obama sat down with jay leno.the topics, the president's impromptu visit the other day to a southern california racicot's chicken and waffles. there he is right there. leno and the president talking a little wings and waffles on "the tonight show." >> now, i think you order the country boy special. what is that? >> wings and waffles. with hot sauce. >> so fried chicken wings, waffles with syrup and hot sauce. now is michelle -- >> originally, it was a way to, you know, be out there and say hi to everybody. but once we got in the car, it smelled pretty good. so, i mean, i'm eating the wings. i have the hot sauce on there and the fancy presidential limousine smelling like chicken. we were actually going to a fund-raiser with will smith and jada and i didn't realize it was so close. so suddenly we pull up and my sleeves were rolled up. i have a spot on my tie. and, you know, my fingers -- i'm looking for one of the wet ones. getting chicken out of my teeth. but outstanding chicken. >> how about that? the star of herm

you body language on romney-perryre and obama-leno.tay tuned. . [ coughing ] [ male announcer ] got a cold? [ sniffling ] [ male announcer ] not sure what to take? now click on the robitussin® relief finder at robitussin.com. click on your symptoms. get the right relief. ♪ makes the cold aisle easy robitussin® has a new look, new simpler names, but the same effective relief. robitussin®. relief made simple. >> you saw me ask governor rickg perry about mitt romney. i think it's safe to say the government does not like him. that was on display at the most recent debate.ney. rick, again, i'm speaking. i'm speaking.ell you get 30 seconds. >> this is the way the rules work. i get 60 seconds and you get --s and then you get 30 seconds to u respond. >> you say you had illegals working at your home. >> you can differ with somebody like me and we're not going to slug it out. there you guys looked like you're really don't like each other too much. >> well, i don't know about that. >> you have to know.on come on. what do you mean you don't known

steve smith, senator leno, mayor lee, thank you all for coming today. madam leader, thank you for your an unwavering support to our veterans. it is an honor and pleasure to have you here today. [applause] i am so proud of our mission and to be here today as we bring attention to the effort to end homelessness. she has covered the important role our community plays in the effort. as a career va employee, i have had the privilege of serving america's veterans. it is a particular honor to serve in the mission to eliminate homelessness. sadly, veterans lead the nation in homelessness, depression, substance abuse, and suicide. these are daunting facts. something must be done about it. with the cooperation and partnership of those of you here today, we will work together to decisively end homelessness. we've heard the list of the formal forces that have gathered. together, i think we can do it. is our honor, duty, and mission to help those in need. the va has set a goal of ending homelessness among veterans by 2015. some may find this a difficult if not impos

please welcome senator leno. [applause] >> thank you for the introduction. i am sure i am not alone when i say that there are many who sleep better at night knowing that you're doing your good work at the va administration. it is a real pleasure to be here for this auspicious occasion, here with major league and leader pelosi -- with mayor lee and a leader pelosi and all of our veterans. as it is said, it takes a village, in the village has come together today to support the work of the veterans administration in this five-year plan to end veterans joblessness. leader pelosi, you're certainly aren't point when you are advocating for the public option in our health care reform last year. weren't need look no further than the veterans administration to see a public option in healthcare provision so successfully operating, with lower cost, better health care outcomes, and specifically with a much lower administrative cost than we see are in the private health insurance world. so thank you for that voice. i know that we will be returning to it at some point or a

that said, it's typical jay leno.portunity for the president to sit down with somebody who's pretty friendly and throw if not all softballs at least some questions that are letting the president say what he wants to say. he got more time than he would typically get with a regular television anchor or a mainstream media resource. i think the president did a great job. it's seen more than any of the sound bites you see. here the president is saying all the things he wants to say. my favorite was when he talked about the fact that trick-or-treating time is coming up and the first lady wants to hand out fruit. the president said they're going to egg the white house. i was trying to figure out if somebody actually tried to egg the white house. i don't think that is something you could do very easily. can you imagine how much toilet paper? i'm here. no, it's in the going to happen. >> i think those snipers that stand on top of the white house would have a problem with all of that. >> they might have something to say about y

jay leno got the member hoe on all of the negative coverage that the president supposedly received andecided that he was going to unilaterally reverse that. look, he is going to be nice to the president because he wants him to be back on. and the president is in campaigner in chief mode. this is what we've seen again and again and i think everything he does and says from this point on has to be viewed in that context. >> i mentioned the students loan program, jehmu, the president is trying to make it easier for students who took out loans, make it easier for them to walk away from some of the those obligations and leave the taxpayers paying for it. has that been covered in the media? i mean, sure, everybody wants poor students to, you know, be able to aboard the education they've just had, but taxpayers paid for it. has that been covered. >> i think that the white house probably nis it's not covered as much as it should have. it's a message to get out to young people and inspire the coalition. >> kelly: you think it's a good program. >> as a good program, because he's providing relief

senator leno is here with us this morning.ave been here all morning with malia cohen looking at the projects that we have in this area. she is part of that young talent and i get to work with, as well as scott wiener. the board of supervisors have been working with me these past seven months, and we are trying to get a lot of things delivered. not a lot of political stance. getting stuff done. fulfiling old promises. promises that you heard decades ago. you saw me smiling this morning as i embraced this man, freddie carter. he is part of the construction team here. freddie was certified when i was the director of the human rights commission. he had a joint venture. it was a small firm, and they had to get some beer projects, and i remember, you went out and bought yourself a red truck. do you still have that truck? freddie is part of the kck general contractors team that formed the property bid on the dpw and library bid process. they ultimately won the right to build this. and guess what, he is local, right here in the bayvie

he jci he just got finished taping the jay leno show "the tonight show" with jay leno. do i know the name of it properly? >> "the tonight show." >> yes. that airs tonight on nbc. he is in for some nice weather when it comes to the forecast. we'll check in with christina loren for a final look at that forecast. >> nothing to delay sfo. offshore breezes really picking up. gusty winds throughout the east bay hills, the north bay hills and, of course, the santa cruz mountains. red flag warning in place until 6:00 am thursday. you need to be practicing the best of fire safety. no cigarette butts out the window. if you are going to barbecue tonight, make sure that fire is completely out before you head indoors. offshore flow strengthens and thursday looks like the dryest day as high pressure pushes all that marine air out to sea. 11:00 am tomorrow, we'll have that halloween forecast. stay tuned for that. i'm going to send it back to you, marla and jon. >> thank you, christina. >>> say what you want to. charlie sheen has been out of the spotlight for a while. some say borderli

here's a clip from his first appearance on leno as president. it's only 59 days now. >> yes. >> so much scrutiny. is it fair to judge so quickly? >> well, look. we are going through a difficult time. i welcome the challenge and i ran for president because i thought we needed big changes. i do think in washington it's a little bit like "american idol" except everyone is simon cowell. >> these days bill burton, it's not just washington, but a lot of the country is simon cowell for the president. you heard earlier the president at the bellagio and maybe he didn't do well at the table and maybe he had a tough time saying it's not as exciting as four years ago, what do you tell the supporters? you were on the campaign and you are in a different campaign. what do you say to the supporters? >> if you look at where president obama is, it's not that dissimilar to where president clinton was and not that dissimilar to president reagan. you have done enough things to make people mad on both sides a little bit. without the benefit of a choice and the contex

why not go on a show like jay leno? so you're right, certainly trying to get out there, show his lighter side as well. because we're used to seeing him, of course, generally in these types of forums, where he is speaking to students, to homeowners. so he goes on jay leno and gets to show a different side of himself. >> all right. out of washington. and in every way imaginable, kristen welker traveling with the president. good to talk to you. >>> democratic members of so-called super committee on the hill are laying out an initial blueprint for slashing the deficit. the panel held its first public meeting in over a month today. and luke russert has the details. what do we know? >> reporter: good afternoon, savannah. we should remind our viewers that the super committee has met in secret for the past few months, and now we are starting to learn a few deails on what exactly democrats are offering. the plan they have to hit is $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction by november 23. the democrats are now according to sources offe

. >> president obama on day leno. 27 about his republican rivals, coming up. "good morning washington" continues. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning, washington. it's wednesday, october 26. i am scott thuman. >> rise and shine. great to have you with us. i am pamela brown. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. lisa baden will us navigate the morning commute but we start with meteorologist steve rudin. >> quiet stand right now. maybe a little sunshine as we move through the early morning. the clouds will start to increase through the afternoon. here's the satellite and radar. we have a cold front of to the north and west. you can see it's stretching from new york state through northwestern pennsylvania and into ohio. this is on the way later on today into this afternoon or rather this afternoon into the overnight. it will bring an increasing clouds. the showers will hold off through the daytime and a better chance for showers tonight and then. the rain for the day tomorrow. let's look at the expens

it is also my pleasure to introduce mark leno. he has been to just about every single ribbon cutting, and he really cares about libraries. so it is my pleasure to introduce to you senator mark leno. [applause] >> good morning, bayview. it does not get much better. i want to join mayor lee in welcoming everybody here and thanking our city librarian and his hard-working staff, the devoted and committed library commissioners, friends of the library folks to raise additional moneys to finish each of these projects. of course, supervisor cohen and weener -- weiner, leland yee as well. i have been not to over 20 of these ribbon cuttings. it is not often we get to say your tax dollars are at work with a smile on our faces, but we can do so today. voters knew what they were doing in 2000 when we passed proposition a, which provided $106 million for 24 renovations and a few new constructions. this being one of them. yes, this will be a 9000 square foot educational resource center bridging the digital divide with 21st century technology. bu

certainly my honor to joint leader policy and senator leno, the veterans administration, the doctor, chief suhr, and are homeless coordinator for the city. bobbi, i wanted to make sure that you knew this city and county of san francisco, my administration, we're absolutely not firmly committed to ending homelessness for our veterans by 2015. no doubt here. no doubt here. [applause] i am here in ottawa celebrate the additional beds, which are absolutely needed, but they're also want to make sure i say this -- people who have served in our armed forces, thank you very much. to wipe everything you have done but you have been there for us. it is a return to be here for you. -- thank you for everything you have done. thank you for your service to our country. [applause] our work at the local level, as dr. jesse mentioned, is in coordination with our regional partners, our federal partners, and we all, as mentioned earlier, have to do this together. that is why we have had great partnerships with our social service teams, our state -- are salvation army, and our chinese community developme

he's a represent of senator mark leno's office. b.j.ssion is here. stewart. from the public library. and pete fitzsimmons and tannish col -- hollins and camille dawkins. camille is over here. without camille and tannish rkt , none of this happens. so let's give them a round of applause for their wonderful effort. the society's primary mission is to enlighten, to inform, to inspire and to empower. we achieve that mission in a variety of ways. almost always in partnership with others. through our current partnership that trevor spoke to with the finance -- kinsey foundation shall the san francisco public library, and the california council of the humanities, we are now hosting an incredible exhibition of art and artifacts from the kinsey collection, the kron -- that chronicles the story of people of frick desnent america. if you haven't done so you owe it to yourself and particularly to your children to visit and see this important exhibit which is at our library in the frake american -- african-american art and culture complex at 762 bol

last night during his second appearance on "the tonight show with jay leno." >> now, have you been watching the gop debates? >> i'm going to wait until everybody's voted off the island. >> really? >> once they narrow it down to one or two, i'll start paying attention. >>> elsewhere, a newly released report on income levels in this country may shed some light as to why more and more frustrated americans are taking to the streets in protest. according to the nonpartisan congressional budget office, the disparity between how much money americans make has risen sharply over the past three decades. from 1971 to 2007, income for the wealthiest 1% nearly tripled, far outpacing income growth for all over groups. >>> well, while the majority of demonstrations sympathizing with occupy wall street across the country have been largely peaceful, that was not the case yesterday in california. riot police in oakland used tear gas and flash bangs to disperse anti-wall street protesters camped out in front of city hall fort past two weeks. the crowd had been ordered to disperse earlier in the day, but they

he had been scheduled to show up at the jay leno show. there he is in the jay leno burbank studios. you probably didn't realize this. but it's a good thing that the jay leno show is taped, the presidential motorcade got stopped in traffic on highway 101. they were 10 minutes late. within moments, they were yucking it up and talking politics. listen. >> when mitch mcconnell says our goal is to make this guy a one term president. i mean, why is -- does that anger you? how is that a goal? >> well, look, i think the thing that folks across the country are most fed up, whether you're democrat, republican, independent is putting party ahead of country or putting the next election ahead of the next generation. i'm going to wait until everybody's voted off the island. >> really? >> once they narrow it down to one or two, i'll start paying attention. >> that second question was who -- what do you think about the cast of candidates that want your job? and he said he's going to wait until -- >> that's not exactly true because they put out a press release yesterday, the white house, talking abo

this is the 25th year leno has taken the ride for a good cause. >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> halloween came early for some pets in the philippines. owners dressed their animals in all sorts of wacky costumes. it is a good cause. while it is a chance to show off their pets, the event was to promote proper and responsible pet care. some of the human counterparts even joined in on the fun with matching costumes. >>> well, with the clock ticking, some people with hefty appetites competed in singapore this weekend. the challenge was simple, to eat the most wontons in eight minutes and not lose your lunch while doing so. table manners were forgotten as the eaters stuffed themselves with as many dumplings as they could. the winner was a 19-year-old from california who ate a total of 210. >>> and finally to paris where a bar there is serving up some nourishment of a different kind. this siesta bar doesn't offer food and drinks, but luxurious nap times for overworked parisians. the menu includes massages, manicures

. >>> the president continues his west coast swing hitting the tonight show with january leno. his message is clear, it's all about the economy. >> reporter: the president is previewing his election handbook. >> we cut taxes for people who didn't need it and the result was the worst financial crisis since the great depression. that's what this election is about. >> reporter: that was the president in full campaign mode continuing his tour of western states. he didn't stop. he went on leno. >> have you been watching the gop debates in. >> ly wait until everybody is voted off the island. >> reporter: with republicans blocking his jobs plan and the rest of his agenda when possible bypassing capitol hill with executive actions as he did earlier this week with his housing and returning vet hiring plans and today helping students under the weight of their student loans. >> we can't wait for congress to do its job so where they won't act i will. >> reporter: there is hope for a fix. the congressional super committee looking to cut the deficit is meeting publicly for the first time in

don't forget to catch president obama on "the tonight show" with jay leno tonight. "the ed show" with ed schultz starts right now. >>> good evening, americans. welcome to "the ed show" tonight from new york. mitt romney is getting hammered for his spineless performance in cincinnati today. two weeks from tonight, john kasich's anti-worker bill could be repealed. and the 99% movement, well, they could score a major victory. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. the fight for ohio has gone national. >> two ballot initiatives. i'm certainly supportive of the republican party's effort here. >> tonight, mitt romney is in big trouble with his party for refusing to endorse the kasich union busting bill. even though he endorsed it four months ago. we'll get the latest from the buckeye state and we'll talk to a conservative radio host, bill cunningham, who thinks kasich's bill should fail. >>> rick perry's flat tax plan is out. >> for those at the top, it is hundreds of thousands, maybe even millions of dollars. >> i don't care about that. what i care about is them havin

he'll tail an appearance on the jay leno show.sers in san francisco and denver. >>> at 10:00 a.m. eastern, the sentencing phase of the casest man found guilty of raping and killing a woman and her two daughters in connecticut. today the jury will decide if he deserves the death penalty. >>> at 11:00 a.m. eastern, the cdc's vaccine advisory board will vote on whether the hpv vaccine should be on the schedule for boys and not just for girls. >>> accusations out of syria that the very place is being used for torture. let's head around the world. we have a reporter fl eer live london. unbelievable, actually. >> absolutely unbelievable, carol. amnesty international is saying syrian authorities have given security forces a free rein in hospitals. patients needing treatment at government-run hospitals in syria are being tortured at the hands of not only security forces that are there but by doctors and nurses as well. according to the 39-page amnesty report, the patients suggestibe injured during a protest are subjected to beating, so mu

i know the president made a few jokes with jay leno last night. but many americans are wondering about that herman cain ad and whether he was joking with his chief of staff smoking. was all of that for real? >> reporter: it is absolutely for real. there's no subliminal message in that ad. he's just a smoker. he also says that herman cain is just herman cain. and that is why american voters like him. this ad has certainly generated a lot of buzz for the cain campaign. it was a hot topic on "the view" yesterday. it is probably got him more mileage if he had done a straight issues ad or went after mitt romney or rick perry. the polls show that herman cain's campaign is on fire. and apparently it's also smoking, too. >> can't figure out the political calculation behind that one. but i'm sure there is. abc's karen travers live in washington. thanks, karen. >>> republicans are calling on congressional investigators to expand their probe of the administration's green energy loan program. they want to know more about the $500 million in federal money that

the president taped an interview with jay leno today in los angeles and leno asked him about the field am going to wait until everybody's voted off the island. once they narrow it down to one or two, i'll start paying attention. >> he's got those one-line si zingers there. >> thanks very much. the vatican is calling for a new global economic order. will international leaders take it seriously? >>> some are calling them radical ideas by the catholic church. lisa sylvester reports. >> occupy wall street protesters carried a golden cash named greed to make their point. the growing gap between rich and poor. >> my biggest beef is the growing economic despairty. i feel we have a capitalist system based around hoarding wealth. >> the division is a message long central to the catholic church. now the vatican is puicking up n the momentum and speaking out against what it calls the eye doll tri of the market. a proposal to create a new financial authority including a global central bank and new tax on global transactions. >> globalization has made us all in the same boat and we're going o eithe

here is jay leno before the forecast.ere is a look at what is ahead on the "tonight show." >> we have evangeline lily, and magic johnson. i am a nose coach. i am a throat untickler. i am a human cough suppressant. and i am the sniffles worst nightmare. i am a target pharmacist. ask me about cold and flu remedies. >> prepare yourself to see a lot more zombies at the end of the month. the hottest costings list this halloween season include captain america and super heroes like charlie sheen, look-alikes weiner.he winnandy and here is the weather forecast. >> tomorrow morning will have some cloud and thick fog around, some sprinkles, and temperatures around 40 degrees. but to the northwest winds are a dry breeze and will clear things out in the afternoon. it will start the warm-up mid 60's. mid 70's for the next five days. wednesday through friday looks like gorgeous october weather. the temperatures around 40 degrees. the pattern will last through the upcoming weekend. the ravens picked a good week to have a vacation. >> i

. >> the 7 day forecast coming up, but first, jay leno with a look at what is on the tonight show offood show. aaron eckert is here, but the past winner of "dancing with the stars" and a man: my electric bill was breaking the bank. so to save some money, i trained this team of guinea pigs to row this tiny boat. guinea pig: row...row. they generate electricity, which lets me surf the web all day. guinea pig: row...row. took me 6 months to train each one, 8 months to get the guinea pig: row...row. little chubby one to yell row! guinea pig: row...row. that's kind of strange. guinea pig: row...row. such a simple word... row. anncr: there's an easier way to save. get online. go to geico.com. get a quote. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. >> here is to summer weather and the fall. >> on this day in 1979 it was snowing at the world series. here you go. temperatures in the 80's today. not quite that warm tomorrow. 70's tomorrow. some rain in trekking through. >> spring and fall. >> scattered showers taper off on thursday. fall comes back for the weekend. with highs in th

jay leno asked the president whether he was paying attention to the republican debates. >> i'm goingo wait until everybody is voted off the island. once they narrow it down to one or two, i'll start paying attention. >> the president talked about the revolution in like yeah, his decision to pull troops out of iraq and talked about his lighter side talking about michelle obama's choice for halloween. >>> the white house may be working out kinks in halloween preps. >>> this is the house that goes crazy on christmas, too. a homeowner in riverside, an elaborate light and music display to a song from the movie "the nightmare before christmas." if you want to find it yourself, occupy wall streets anti-capital lift message inspiring people to capitalize on it. the effort to create an occupy brand coming up. parents and students in oakland learning the fate of their schools tonight, what they're planning to do in protest next. >>> scott, as you might expect, an easy drive for the caldecott heading towards the maze. we'll take you to the south bayi ng up. i'll sort out that maze of roadways a

-- >> well, it was for leno's benefit. he can use it for tomorrow. >> it must have been a longtime ago. >> i actually have that in my original note. it tells you how long ago that was. >> dana, you said mayor bloomburg could have stopped this after a couple days saying to the protesters, you are in a private park, move on. wouldn't the owners of the park have to ask him to do that since it is -- >> right, well yeah i guess. i think if the mayor had any fore sight he would have done it. what do you think rudy guiliani would have done? >> my point is if it is a private park, if john and maria own that park, which i'm assuming they do, wouldn't mayor bloomburg need them to say, we don't want these people here, get them off. >> he could have lined to the private property owners who live around there and who are irritated by the drum circles. they could put up with it for a couple days, but after that he would say enough is enough. >> how would anyone be irritated by a drum circle? >> i get irritated by just about everything. i