but when the tribune bought it, mark willis didn't know that the tribune was buying the company. they bought it when he wasn't even looking. it was just kind of a nice little back-stabbing drama that played out in a place where they literally made drama, in los angeles. and i think because they were trying to really do the deal in secret, a lot of things that we should have known about that we didn't know about came back to haunt us later, and the company got in this -- the things that we didn't know about like a huge tax case, circulation problems at newsday and the circulation fraud, all of these sort of things came back to haunt us and really became, put us into a troubled condition which made us vulnerable to mr. zell. .. >> when everything seemed possible are over we have entered a time of uncertainty when our in niche of the arab revolution is framed not only by the images of jubilant protesters but by sectarian this in mob violence and church burnings, a humanitarian intervention of the struggle for hegemony for iran, turkey, united states, israel, much more complicated pi

for it, and it was -- and the way the deal was structured is we bought the company even though mark willis, the cereal killer who was the ceo of times mirror -- and, by the way, he got that title, he used to be the co-chairman of general mills where they made all the cereal. [laughter] and the staff of the l.a. times was phenomenal -- if staff of the l.a. times would have done as well at journalism as they did with coming up with nicknames, we wouldn't be talking about this. [laughter] because they did a great job. they nicknamed mark the cereal killer because he started cutting things and cutting staff. he went and closed new york

mark halperin is a senior political analyst, and willie brown is a former mayor of san francisco. mark, you look at all these, and here are some of the highlights from last night's elections. in ohio, by two to one, voters soundly rejected an anti-union law that limited collective bargaining by public employees. the cleveland plain dealer reported, quote -- "without question, the results will be viewed as a momentum builder for democrats nationwide and should encourage president barack obama." in mississippi, a personhood amendment which would have defined personhood starting at conception was defeated. this would have outlawed all abortions and many forms of contraception. in arizona, the republican president of the state senate, architect of the state's harsh anti-immigration law lost in a recall election. he's out. and in maine, voters rejected a law that ended same-day voter registration. there was one defeat for the president. in ohio, voters went two to one in rejecting the president's health care individual mandate. voters supported that proposal that says no federal, state,

thank you so much, mark haleprin, and willie brown. >>> coming up, accusing the accusers, herman cain's camp is going after the women who are accusing him of sexual harassment. how long can this go on? you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. two of the most important are energy security and economic growth. north america actually has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. a large part of that is oil sands. this resource has the ability to create hundreds of thousands of jobs. at our kearl project in canada, we'll be able to produce these oil sands with the same emissions as many other oils and that's a huge breakthrough. that's good for our country's energy security and our economy. >>> more election results from last night. in kentucky, governor steve beshear, cruised to reelection. he could provide a blueprint for president obama. including defining your opponent early. take note, mitt romney. in mississippi, phil bryant defeated democrat johnny dupree, the first african-american major nominee for governor in mississippi since reconstruction. and here in san francisco, ed lee

it's going to be marked short -- >> gary: it is. willyobinson, defensive coordinator, brought six, meaning it was man-to-man on the play. jefferson sees six coming. throws the quick out. tackle. and the spot. i thought at first he put his foot on the line and then he switched it. still short, though. >> verne: a smidgen. >> gary: i thought he put his foot right on the 40 yard line to begin. watch the official right here that makes the call. i think it was the proper spot just ahead of the line. what will les miles do? >> verne: guess what. in part, he earned his reputation as the mad hatter because he went for it on fourth down, most memorably five times, successful five in a prime time game against florida in 2007. this year they've only gone for it four out of five times -- or successfully, four of five, and will he? apparently he will. >> gary: the way arkansas moved the ball last time, i think he wants to keep the football here. if you can't make two inches. >> verne: so it's jefferson, quarterback sneak. flag is down -- whoa. >> gary

and mark haleprin. willie's on his way walking in. >> yeah. >> yeah. happy friday. >> where's my crimson tide tumb tumbler? kate? what do you think? i gave it to you so you could drink off set with it? where is it? it's not doing anybody -- it's not doing bama nation any good downstairs. >> when's this game done? >> never. >> it goes on forever. >> really? >> who are you going to watch with, mika? >> i -- >> you going to watch at a party? >> no, i'll try and tune in. keep up with what you all talk about incessantly. you want to talk politics? >> no. no. it is tomorrow. the tailgating has begun. >> has it really? >> yeah, barnicle and i were -- were grilling out and eating pork this morning 5:15, washing it down with some mountain dew. >> mr. pibb. >> we've had meat on the grill for four straight days. >> rc cola goes down good. >> was there anything? >> no, i was going to tell him, you know, people up in connecticut and new jersey, they should invest in -- if they can, reasonably priced little generator that you can hook up to your heating system and k

back with us onset along with willie geist, mark halperin, donny deutsch, and eugene robinson.hypocrisy plays perfectly to share with everybody. maybe you can explain it. maybe i'm skewed. we'll get there but i want to talk about ron paul. let's look at these numbers. a new national poll by the pew research center showing mitt romney and herman cain in a dead heat with 23% and 22% support. we'll talk about herman cain as well and the interview he canceled. they're followed by the surging newt gingrich with 16%. ron paul and rick perry are both tied for fourth with 8% support each. let's look at iowa, which i think we're about 50 days away. a new iowa state university poll shows herman cain leading the pack with 24.5% and ron paul coming in second at 20.4%. mitt romney, rick perry, round out the top four with 16.3%. and 7.9% respectively. ron paul's success in iowa in this poll coupled with a strong standing in the latest bloomberg news poll has analysts taking note. iowa state university political science professor dave peterson said, quote, this. he's more of a front runner th

good to have you with, mark, jon, mike, hi, willie. >> hi, willie, how are you? >> i don't even want to see it. >> i don't want to see it either. >> so let's show it. >> so let's show it. >> let's get it out of the way. >> do we have to get it out of the way? >> i do. this is -- i don't -- i'm not going to -- i want to take my ear piece out. >> i feel like saying good morning, mika, good morning, joe, and good morning -- >> just stop. >> there's a -- >> mark haleprin -- >> i know you guys. >> that's mean. >> where's mark right now? >> he's in michigan. rochester. >> hey, mark, so last night's debate will be remembered for years to come. >> they're calling it an epic gaffe. >> for one reason. tell us what happened last night, and is it the end of rick perry's campaign? >> well, governor perry was having a decent debate, not a great one, he was a little bit left out of the mix as he's been in some of the previous contests, and when it got to a point where he was trying to drill his message about limited government, he's got this litany of three departments he'd eli

back with me on set, we have willie geist, of course, mark halperin, john heilemann and jeffrey sachso say. >> disgusting. absolutely disgusting. no sense in any meaning in all of this. absolutely revolting actually. >> am i year of row acting? >> no. i'm sickened by that. >> the republican party needs to engage on the immorality of the income inequality in this country and they'd be politically smart to try to capture some of the sentiment there that rails against a lot of what they should be against, too. >> so it is fair to say he's in the 1%. correct? >> yeah. >> he's telling the 99% to take a bath and get a job? really? really? i wonder how they do that right now. how given the state of this country, how anyone is supposed to try and just get a job and take a bath. who is this man? who does he think he is and why is he surging in the polls? i don't get it. >> it is again though, to mark's point, it is kind of amazing. you would have thought that there is actually common cause in some cases and ideologically and temperamentally. there are some people in the tea party who are as an

willie, what did you learn today? >> doing a dukes of hazard like a dale jr. >> what did you learn mark halperin. >> a lot of people who >> i'm just going to answer some of the questions i'm getting. yes i would probably vote for a republican if a right we think came along. >> carl marks. >> c

willis in 2007. now, the dodgers are oh financially up for sale. two questions. how much and who is buying? markavs is interested. just imagine the billionaire owner cuban in the front row. because frank mccourt is in bankruptcy, this will be a court administered auction. lou wolf was asked if he is interested at all. he said no, he just wants to get approval for a new stadium for the a's. >>> who you good is kelly slater. go down in history as both is youngest and oldest surf champion ever. captured his 11th word title. wop his first crown in 1992 at the age of 20. now, he is 39 and dill still dominant. advanced in today's heat and wrapped up the championship in the process. three to five surf. a great scene like occupy ocean beach. everybody is happy. fans carrying slater up the beach. slater is from florida. he wins his first title in u.s. surf and now he can finally relax because he was stressed out. >> you know, it hasn't really sunk in. i have been pretty stressed about today. i'm just glad it is over, you know. it was very fulfilling. and, you know, just personal satisfaction. >> good stu

mark cuban buys the team, we have no hope in terms of spending. the new york yankees will look like a little league team. >> cuban will put in. >> the major league baseball as you know, willield be surprised if they let mark close to the dodgers. >> i don't think they want to. but he'll fight to get in. >>> a little basketball news or what passes for basketball news during the lockout, anyway. chris paul, the superstar guard for the hornets has got some time off, let's be honest. what did he do? he played the feud with his family. watch this. >> boy, we gotç it going for y today. it's the paul family. playing against the o'hara family. so let's get it on. give me chris, give me amy, let's go. >> good luck to you. >> guys, here we go. we've got the top six answers on the board. name something that might get broken if a wife catches her husband cheating. >> chris? >> vase. >> a vase. >> amy? >> his car. >> oh car. >> his car. >> his car. >> yeah! >> name something a man might carry in his pocket he wouldn't want anyone to see. >> his wallet. his wallet. >> wallet. don't count our money. >> name something the man might not want the woman to know he's wearing. >> musk, you don

willis is here to tell us what is going on with this. >> here is what is interesting today. you saw the markets trade higher through a critical 12,000 markhe dow. that is good news. not everybody is reading it positively. the vice chair says that the disruptions impact our economy. so we could still feel more impact in our economy from europe. >> harris: okay, so italy, though, just to get back to them for a moment because we could, as i said, see their premier, berlusconi step aside. but they face another test on coming monday. when the markets open up, as we are sleeping on sunday night, when we wake up on monday, what will happen? >> here is what is going to happen. italy will issue more debt. $3 billion euro of debt. the thing that will set it to free fall is they will pay more than 7% for the debt. we have don't think it will happen but it's something to watch. >> harris: that would mean they couldn't pay it. >> unsustainable debt to pay debt at 7% for government. >> the former new jersey governor jon corzine headed up a company called ms global. we saw him step away. now more fall-out. now more fall-out. the company is in bankruptc

willis for fascinating business news. and there were 397,000 new applications for jobless benefits, which is 9,000 fewer than the week before, and only the third time it has fall be below 400,000 mark since the month of april. and we are told it means businesses are laying off fewer workers. so good news. fox news is america's election headquarters and a lot of finger-pointing in the wake of the herman cain sexual harassment scandal and backtracking. the campaign accused rick perry's staffer, i, kirk andersn of leaking the story of sexual harassment. this guy, anderson, used to work for cain as an advisor on the 2004 senate bid but, today, on fox he denied he leaked anything about the story and said cain never told him of the allegation. >> all this stuff about would leaked whatever, any reporter in the free world is free to tell anything to anybody that i've ever said to them about herman cain. i have nothing to hide and i have affinity for the guy. >>shepard: is nobody listening? it is clear who started telling this information: herman cain did it back in 2004. he said so yesterday. hello? the chief staff tells fox news until he gets the facts he will take anderson at his word bu

but he has not passed that 50% mark and if he doesn't then dennis herrera or john avi lows can -- avilos did clinch the win. this continues until someone has the 50%. willie brown says he doesn't appear of the rank-choice system. >> rank-choice voting would allow all 16. >> we have some -- why don't we just limit it to three? >> well, that's crazy.. >> i think it's a good thing to have rank-choice voting separate from the runoff which always sees a huge drop off in people turning off to vote. rank-choice voting is a way to do that and show the rally of votes. >> reporter: now, at a post- campaign celebration at the palace hotel, ed lee thanked his supporters. the new mayor will have his work cut out for him with the deficit in the millions. coming up, we will tell you why mc hammer got involved in the campaign this year. some interesting things that he had to say. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, tara. >>> the district attorney's race is going to round two. george gascon leads with 42% of the vote. david anneck and charmen bock are in a close race for second. ross mirkarimi leads by 3%. chris kunnie, 28%. we'll have more at ktvu.com. >>>

mark zuckerberg is only two spots behind the pope. >> oh, come on. >> how do you not let that get to your head? >> yeah. >> i don't know. i don't know. >> it's crazy. >> good stuff. >>> willie, if it's way too early, what time is it? >> it's "morning joe," see you back here tomorrow, and stick around for "the daily rundown" hosted by chris cillizza with guest appearances. >> chris cillizza, i'm fixing on "the daily rundown." >>> president obama joins world leaders at the g-20 summit in france where there's tough talk against greece's plan to put their bailout to a popular vote. can they avert a meltdown in chuck todd join us live from the summit. >>> another day of damage control by the herman cain campaign. dogged by accusations of sexual harassment. they're pointing the finger at rick perry supporters for the leak. but now a third woman has a story to tell. >>> overnight police dressed in riot gear clashed with protesters in oakland. a violent turn to a standoff after demonstrators shut down the port on wednesday. >>> it's thursday, november 3rd, 2011, and this is "the daily rundown." good morning, i'm chris cillizza, in for chuck todd. we begin with president obama in fr

willie, you know, i don't usually talk smack. seriously, alabama's a better team than lsu, you go back to that first game, mark mays said it on saturdaychdowns. horrible coaching, horrible offensive play calling. this weekend, alabama actually discovered the forward pass on first down. >> yeah, i think they'll be ready the next time around. you don't beat him twice in one year. it just doesn't happen. >> that's going to be awesome. lsu, by the way, man, they've done everything. they've beaten four-ranked teams, no disrespect to lsu, because alabama, lsu are right there, they're a great, great team. >> mike florio, great to see you, thanks. mika's must-read opinion page is next. >> great ones about newt. all in support. dad, why are you getting that? is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. [ male announcer ] inside every box of cheerios are those great-tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. is it a superhero? kinda. ♪ nyqui tylenol: me, too. and cougnasal congestion.ers? kinda. nyquil:what? tissue box (whispering): he said nasal congestion... nyquil: i heard him. anncr v

willie? >> why would we mention it without running the sound bite, alex? yeah, will ferrell last night accepting the award that he first dropped, the mark twain prize for americancial care of it. if my children try to touch it or even look at it, i will beat them. vivica -- [ laughter ] all i can say is thank you and thank god i found you. you've given us three beautiful boys and we have a wonderful life together. but i do have to say, sometimes you get a little lippy, okay? and i'll tell you one thing and one thing only, okay? tonight is my night, all right? do you hear me! i mean, tonight, if i -- after the show, if i want to go on a bender with gwen ifill, i'm gonna do it, okay? and there's nothing you can say to stop me. i love you. >>> up next, what, if anything, did we learn today? love that guy. >>> business travel forecast, this storm is headed off the coast, not up to new england. temperatures in the eastern seaboard, no problems, mostly 50s and 60s. there is a snowstorm heading for wyoming, and eventually, that will get to denver tonight into tomorrow. be prepared, more snow. your core competency is...competency. and you...rent from national. because