here is lisa miller before. all right, lisa, let's see the new you!walking down the street ♪ ♪ the kind i'd like to meet come on out! wow. wow, wow, wow. kids, you ready? take off your blindfolds. you ready to see? you ready? right here. >> oh, my god! >> you look fantastic. >> that looks awesome. modern and new yorky. >> i'm not even the same person. wow. >> spin right around, look right at that camera. >> so pretty. >> tell us about the hair. >> lisa hasn't colored her hair in 20 years. >> 20 years. >> i love that color. >> we made her hair color the darkest blond, which is natural, believable. and works so well with her complexion. >> kids, what do you think? the kids are speechless. you like this? what do you think? is it okay? >> yeah. >> jill, that dress is perfect. >> right? >> he keeps laughing. >> from andrew mark, a twist on the little black dress. we wanted just a pop of color so the earrings are from bauble bar. and a great metallic shoe from payless. >> lisa, please join your kiddos. >> next is beth trout, 33 of new york city. her daily r

we're thrilled to be joined by lisa miller.sure to have you here. >> so happy to be here. >> john: i'm so happy you're here. your piece centers largely around one woman kelly mckeno, making an active choice it to become stay at home moms. what factors are behind these women's decisions. >> these are not the ivy league lawyers of a previous generation who are fleeing the workforce to go home and. they feel that the choices that they have now are just too hard. you work now. you are an ambitious woman you don't make enough money. your job future is uncertain. your kids are at home and you can't afford daycare. all of a sudden you think to yourself, if there is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow why not stop fighting with my husband about who is going to buy the milk, pick up the kids and who is going to bring the kids to school and who is going to walk the dog. why not have a really traditional labor of marriage and have dinner on the table at 6:00. >> john: as a man i feel comfortable talking about feminism all night but w

. >> lisa miller is great. >> i will tell you what you learned. >> what? >> how do ask a question from little children in new jersey. take a look at the tape, joe, and take a cue. >> quick. to the point. >> anything else? >> got any weekend plans? >> yes. >> what are you doing? >> college hunting. >> oh. wow. >> i remember those days. >> for amelia? what about you, sam? you're getting out of college in a year. >> yeah. i'm still at college. >> getting his application. >> i have girlfriends visiting from cleveland, ohio. >> part of rock 'n roll. >> you have a live chat. >> here's what i'm going to do. a live twitter chat right after the show at joe nbc. thank you so much for watching. have a great weekend. thank you for being patient all week. >> keep it short. >> thank you. we'll see you later. way too early. morning joe. now stick around. the fix is in. >>> air jordan. the next leg of president obama's middle east tour takes him on a quick flight this morning to israel's next door neighbor. we'll go live to ahman for a preview. plus it's friday. so it's t

with me now, lisa miller, religion columnist at "the washington post" she's contributing editor.> that same poll shows 52% of american catholics say church leaders are out of touch with their views. how do the beliefs of american catholics compare with catholics from around the world? >> i think american catholics are like a big catholic family in that they love their leaders and they're loyal to their leaders and yet they vociferously and ardently disagree with their leaders. so what was striking to me about these polls that came out last week was this ambivalence and this ambiguity and they disagree with the bishops, cardinals and the pope on all kinds of aspects of catholic teaching, as you mentioned, birth control, homosexuality and women priests, mared prieried priests and they their parish priest and they actually think the church is doing kind of an okay job and so they aren't going on strike. they aren't taking to the streets and they're taking a kind of wait-and-see attitude although they also don't have much hope for the next pope, either to be able to do these things t

here is lisa miller before. all right, lisa, let's see the new you! come on out! wow. not even the same person. wow. >> spin right around, look right at that camera. >> so pretty. >> tell us about the hair. >> lee is is a hadn't colored her hair you said in 20 years? >> 20 years. >> i love that color. >> we made her hair color the darkest blond, which is natural, believable. >> kids, what do you think? the kids are speechless. you like this? what do you think? is it okay? >> yeah. >> jill, that dress is perfect. >> right? >> he keeps laughing. >> from andrew mark, a twist on the little black dress. we wanted just a pop of color so the earrings are from bauble bar. and a great metallic shoe from pay less. >> lisa, please join your kiddos. >> next, betsy, 33 of new york city. her daily routine consists of showering. so she begged us to give her a brand-new look. let's listen to her tale. >> congratulations. i know you're engaged. we're going to surprise your fiance with a little straight-hair makeover. what do you think he'll think? >> awesome. i think he'll love it. >>

lisa in alabama you are on the "stephanie miller show." >> caller: hi, what i want to say about dronesss miller. i wanted to ask you a question and follow the question up with the reason why. okay? >> stephanie: okay. >> caller: i wanted to know if you thought that -- if you thought that perhaps the fcc was and afraid of the republican party or full of the republican party? the reason that i ask is because i wrote them an email, and filled out their form online complaining that fox news is not news; that they are a republican propaganda machine. >> stephanie: right. >> caller: and i cited that conspiracy with [ inaudible ] and mixson and mourdock and instead of charging fox news they want to charge warner cable and direct tv and they told me that i had no grounds for those charges against fox news. >> stephanie: well, yeah, i'm not sure -- jim let's go back to propaganda laws do you know anything -- >> no, i don't really know. >> stephanie: if they could just put quotes around news i would be happy. >> fox opinion channel. >> stephanie: exactly. >> that would work. what that woman was

and, later, dennis miller on colmes fiscal madness and dennis rodman in north korea. we are coming right back. [ lisa ] my name's lisa, and chantix helped me quit. i honestly loved smoking, and i honestly didn't think i would ever quit. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. it put me at ease that you could smoke on the first week. [ male announcer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. if you notice any of these stop taking chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any history of depression or other mental health problems, which could get worse while taking chantix. don't take chantix if you've had a serious allergic or skin reaction to it. if you develop these stop taking chantix and see your doctor right away as some can be life-threatening. if you have a history heart or blood vsel problems, tell your doctor if you have new or worse symptoms. get medical help right away if