i'll go i'll go for magna carta literally means great for the great charter and wondered out the seeds of democracy really brittania which is a beautiful refrain. based on appalled by james thompson a family with james thompson well i'm not. the british media had a field day over the oxford an eton educated elite as epic fail over the questions about the magna carta and the rule britannia one of the real questions on the u.k. citizenship test all six how many parliamentary constituencies there are in the united kingdom the correct answer six hundred and fifty now we've come to the u.k.'s national library to find out if the london is ten k'naan so that question correctly would you be able to tell me how many constituencies there are in the u.k. . sorry i just don't know would you be able to tell me how many constituencies there are in the u.k. . so looks like david cameron's not the only one to struggle with the on says every year over one hundred thousand people take the test with as many as one in three failing fortunately for them unlike the british prime minister. he chaired the dis

. >> certainly not in the magna carta. stop it, that's no fair. >> here is the odd, freaky thing here, this anti-collective bargaining statute excepts police and fire and that's a serious problem because the wisconsin constitution and the federal constitution require equal protection. similarly situated people must be treated in a similar way. the federal judge that struck part of this down it's going tore argued in the appellate court and the wisconsin judge says how can you give collective bargaining to the police and fire, but not to the teachers? you have to give it to everybody or to nobody. so that political compromise that they struck might be the hook on which the demise of the statute hangs. stuart: don't you ever get sick and tired of the will of the people expressed freely in two contentious elections, being overridden by a-- i believe an unelected judge. >> yes. stuart: who comes from extreme left. >> and nothing wrong with a judge not being elected, but i agree it's not an issue of constitutional law, it's an

. >> set to music in 1740 where the magna carta was signed. >> running me. >> yes. >> right. >> and theal translation was what, you have magna -- >> again, you're testing me. >> magna carta litter means great charter. >> are you popular? >> not very popular, now. >> in that spirit, we're going to quiz ross on some culture rap questions. how many parliamentary constituencies are there? >> 630 odd. >> you're not far off. 646. this is remark be. >> i'm within 15. >> is the following statement true or false? a dialect spoken in northern ireland. >> true. >> look at this. two for two. okay. i'm getting excited now. in which year did mattered women get the right to divorce their husba husband. >> this happened after the first -- i think between the wars. >> he's off by a good century. 1857. charlotte will be relieved. in which two of the following places does the european parliament meet? do we show the options here? london, strasburg, paris and brussels. >> brussels and strasburg. p i didn't need the options for that one. >> which of the following two types of people get hair prescriptions f

magna carta literally means great chart. >> he ruined it. i was going to ask you.nest. >> magna carta, because i'm slightly older than david cameron so i learned latin in school. >> you would have known? >> well, by the way he learned latin in school. let me tell you, there is nothing worse than being on these types of shows -- i used to get -- i would never get nervous about, you know, certain level of apprehension about doing let's say, with you i was always nervous because i never knew where you were going to go, but the ordinary political interview, whenever you went on one of these chat shows or programs like that, you were taking your life in your hands. >> you have sympathy for mr. cameron? >> i'm afraid i have total sympathy. >> would you have known who ruled britannia? >> no. i know i should, by the way. was it vaughn williams or something? i literally don't know. >> your sympathy is -- >> my sympathy is totally with him. and i have been in that situation myself. the only way to handle it is with self-deprecation. >> i think he said this is a career-ending

we're talking about, david cameron may need to brush up on his country's history. >> when was the magna cartas what? you have magna? >> again, you're testing me. [ laughter ] >> boy, it would be good if you knew this. >> yeah, it would be. >> gretchen: wow. the translation of the magna carta? i wonder what percentage of people could tell you this. it's great charter. i mean, when you factor in, if you go to times square and ask people who the vice president is and 50% can't tell you, that's kind of unfair to david cameron. >> brian: or think paul ryan is running with barak obama to be the next president. >> steve: the people in times square love their naked cowboy. >> brian: every day. >> steve: he knows all of our names and we know the name of michelle malkin. she is in colorado springs. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. no naked cowboys here. >> brian: thankful. >> steve: so far. let's talk about this, there is a report out that apparently somebody who has been identified by the f.b.i. as an operative for the muslim brotherhood has shown up at the white house. what can you tell u

had a field day over the oxford an eton educated lead as epic fail over the questions about the magna carta and the rule britannia one of the real questions on the u.k. citizenship test all six how many parliamentary constituencies there are in the united kingdom the correct answer six hundred and fifty now we've come to the u.k.'s national library to find out if the londoners hit can answer that question correctly thirty constituents you saw there in the three hundred sixty five three hundred somewhere around sixty group. fifty something in that region. would you be able to tell me how many constituencies there are in the united kingdom constituencies i have no clue about fifteen. fifteen is a lot. so it looks like david cameron is not the only one to struggle with the aren't says every year over one hundred thousand people take the test with as many as one in three failing fortunately for them unlike the british prime minister that his career had ended during the show they can enjoy as many retakes as they like. on our website right now a costly blackout drunk and broken says you can't re

us back about eight centuries and king james was forced from the people to instill you know the magna carta due process i mean this is a concept that goes back very far in human history into kind of just brushed under the rug with no one really knowing about in this country david why don't people know about this very important piece of legislation that should be on front page of every newspaper it should be on the front page of the new york times it shouldn't be a little article which is what they've been doing little articles with bad titles people go i don't care about some tara wall that was decided by a new york judge whatever you know they just skip right over it. i asked the maker of fox news i said why don't you guys covering this defense bill and the implications of it and his response to me was we have and i was like oh i'm sorry i must have missed that thirty second segment when you discuss this because if you were to poll ninety eight percent of fox viewers i think they would not only know but they wouldn't know anything about this they would be quite angry that fox and m.s.m. b.

(laughter) do you know where the magna carta is? >> runnymede. not anymore. >> dave: william the conquerer? >> i must make a correction, actually. it was signed in 1214 and a half not 1215. >> dave: (laughs) >> i think he was nervous. >> dave: he was off by six months. am i right, william the conquerer was in on this, was he not? >> he was in on a lot of stuff. >> dave: i knew it was him! i knew he'd pull something like that. you're living in new york city now? >> yes. >> dave: do you have a family? >> i do, i have a wife and a three-year-old boy. >> dave: oh, tremendous, there's nothing better than that. well, listen, great pleasure meeting you and good luck. the show is titled "elementary" and you can see it tomorrow night at 10:00. here's hoping it's an enormous hit. nice meeting you. thank you very much. thanks for watching. good night. everybody. [laughter] craig: the girls of lesbian rorks everybody. [applause] -- row, everybody. i know what you're thinking. you're thinking, craig, why have you brought up the girls of lesbian row? tonight i

. >> when was the magna carta signed?5. >> 1215. >> the literal translation was what, you have magna -- >> again, you're testing me. >> boy, it would be good if you knew this. >> yeah, well, it would be. >> did you see "the king's speech"? >> the film? >> yes. >> yes. >> you sound like the guy in the film. are you popular? >> not very popular at the moment. >> really? that's where you want to be. this is exactly where you want to be. >> david cameron, nice job with david letterman. >> yeah. he played well on that show. >> he did. you never know when you go on letterman. things happen there. >>> elementary, my dear watson, but he never had this dr. watson with him until now this morning. there's dr. watson, also known as lucy liu about taking over that classic role in the new tv drama, it's called "elementary." >> you think peter greenberg is talking her ear off in there? >> yes, he's very chatty, that peter. >> lucy liu, we'll come rescue you in a minute. >>> right now it is time for this morning's -- that seemed to get a

you might have thought that a hundred years after the magna carta when people had established over centurieshe right to a trial is somehow in our constitution you are guaranteed the right to a fair trial. did she think that? did she think that? you were mistaken. you are not guaranteed the right to a fair trial. you are only guaranteed something mysteriously called to process and it seems that the definition of two process by this administration, a constitutional lawyer had a net is that they call in the guise for terror tuesday and decide whether to put you on a kill list or not. and it is terrifying and i look for responses to eric holder's idea that we were not guaranteed any kind of judicial process. the best one i found was not from a harvard lawyer or any constitutional lawyer. it was from a late-night comedian named stephen colbert. you might've heard of him. stephen colbert said yes, the founders were icky. trial by jury, fire by a child, rock, paper, scissors, who cares. two process just means there's a process that you do. the current process, the president meets with his advisers,

he knew which year the magna carta was signed. but he didn't know what magna carta meant. it means great charter. he also couldn't name the composer of "rule britannia." that composer is? thomas arnes. i'm going to guess there aren't a ton of brits that know it, either. on par, he can be excused. >> a pop quiz. >> nose are the only two he missed. >> little high-risk for a british prime minister on letterman. josh, thanks. >>> the race for the white house. "your voice, your vote" with 40 days to go. and president obama has opened up his biggest lead yet in gallup's daily poll, six points. that puts more pressure than ever on mitt romney. and david muir had a chance to talk to him late yesterday in ohio. good morning, david. >> reporter: hey, george. that gallup tracking poll will be a concern for the romney campaign. that's the poll they've been pointing to make the case this is a head-heat race. but the president taking the lead in that poll, as well. we asked the governor about these poll numbers as a new ad comes out this morning from the president, trying to keep that l

britain's prime minister david cameron flunks british history when letterman asks him to explain what magna carta means in english. er tla m - >>ou're testing me. >> it would be good if you knew this. >> it would. >> there's that latin. good day. i'm andrea mitchell le in new york. waiting for israel's prime miertais tat u. genal aembly any moment now. joining me first, former u.s. ambassador to israel, dennis ross, who held top jobs in middle east policy including iran and three administrations, the obama white house. a midder middle ea dipma fobcnd washington institute. dennis, let's talk about what netanyahu signaled he's doing today, demanding an ultimatum to iran on its nuclear program something the administration the white house, has insisted o ighere?amou >> imnot sure there is as wide a gap as you think. i believe what you're seeing is an agreement on the objective of making certain that iran cannot ha nuclear weapons and then also i think agreeing that you have to come up with some kind jee prevention has a meaning and it doesn't lose its content. i do think where the prime minister's co

he was asked what the magna carta literally translates to in english. >> the literal translation is -? you have magna -- >> again, you're testing me. >> boy, it would be good if you knew this. >> yeah, it would be. >> you know, if somebody asked me, simon, in all fairness, there's what it is. if somebody said to me, what's habeas corpus mean i? wouldn't even know what corpus christi means. >> to an american it's an obvious question to ask the british prime minister. actually britons are not actually still in the 15th century fox hunting and all the rest of it. >> learning latin, by the way. >> he's concerned about iphones and budget deficits. but you see britons as something very different, somebody unlike yourself, which is not true. >> it means great charter. >> i saw that. >> all i know is corpus christi is a town in texas. i don't know what it means. habeas corpus? jon, you're a lawyer. what does habeas corpus mean? >> i don't know. >> there's a lawyer, he doesn't know. and he's not even british. how do you like that? anyhow, moving on to the next one, right? sears and darden rest

the important thing is that the people have -- magna carta. the important thing is that people have the essential information -- their payment, their industry. >> that is what we are trying to do. we have had to go out for lots of public input and are happy to get input from your office. >> what specific elements need to be reformed so that we can reduce that step and make sure that consumers have the proper information? >> although my point is that, as the stack, a lot of it is state law, not correctable by this congress unless you will print -- pre-empts state property law. a lot of is imposed by the lenders themselves as a defensive medicine hike approach. >> my time is short, that is why i am trying to asked about the federal laws. i concede that much is state law and much is as as -- as old as the magna carta. i'm talking about things we can control. >> that is what we are doing, trying to simplify that as much as possible. that proposal is out for comment now. we will be finalizing it next year. again, we are happy to hear from everybody

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. >> when was the magna carta signed? n to -- the literal transition is what? magna. >> again you're testing me. >> boy it would be good if you knew this. >> it would be. >> did you see "the king's speech"? >> the film? >> yeah. >> you sound like the guy in the film. >> are you popular >> not very popular at the moment. >> really? this is where you want to be. this is exactly where you want to be. >> david cameron. nice job with david letterman. >> he played well on that show. >> he did. you never know when you go on david letterman. sherlock homes liked to say this, elementary my dear watson but he never had this dr. watson with him until now. this morning, this dr. watson also known as lucy liu taking over that classic role in that tv drama. he's very chatty. >> lucy liu we'll rescue you in a moment. time now for this morning's health watch. >> reporter: good morning. today in health watch less exercise more weight loss. we've long known exercise is a big part of maintaining a healthy weight. when it comes to losing weig