what's your take, matt lewis?> i agree, it's an unfortunate -- that e-mail that was supposed to be internal -- >> reply all, oh, no. >> look, let's be honest. i mean, we -- it is a facof life. i think that these debates, you can question the debate format, are these helpful. but all the networks know that if you're not polling well, if you're not seen as relevant, you're going to get less questions. >> as it turns out, congresswoman bam bachmann got almost as many questions. >>> and rick perry does interviews as he tries to forget about -- forget about that thing he did in the debate. ♪ it was the best day [ whooping ] ♪ it was the best day ♪ it was the best day ♪ ♪ it was the best day ♪ 'cause of you we make a great pair. huh? progressive and the great outdoors! we make a great pair. right, totally. that's what i was thinking. all kinds of vehicles, all kinds of savings. multi-policy discounts from progressive. call or click today. and here's what we did today: supported nearly 3 million steady jobs across our co

karen finney, matt lewis, always a pleasure. of course, we'll continue to follow the herman cain story. again, that newser set for 1:30. we'll watch it and pass it along to you as well. information that comes out of that. >>> tomorrow being called super tuesday for the number of major referendums on state ballots. and while there is no president or nominee being selected, precedent could be set in mississippi in the form of possibly the nation's most restrictive state abortion rules. joining me now, elizabeth crisp of the clarion ledger in jackson, mississippi. good day to you. >> hi, craig. thanks. >> for folks who haven't been following this story as closely, the vote is on something called initiative 26. what is it, and why is it so important there in mississippi? >> initiative 26 basically says do you believe that life begins at fertilization or cloning or the equivalent? so voters will see that language on the ballot and it will be a simple yes or no. it's been going on for a while. there were over 100,000 signatures that w

host: matt lewis is with a daily column. how often do you participate? guest: i tried a post three or four times a day. host: mr. lewis, thank you. in our last hour, we take a look at operations inside arlington national cemetery. two guest joining us for that period that begins at 9:00 eastern standard time. up next, beau biden taking a look that mortgage finance industry and investigations that they are launching. we will speak with him in just a few moments. first, this update from c-span radio. >> it is 8:23 eastern. president obama signs and an executive order to cut waste across the federal government. agency spending will be cut back on travel, smartphones, tablets, and laptops. they will stop the use of taxpayer dollars to buy swyg. the aim is to reduce combined cost to 20% below 2010 levels by fiscal year 2013. turning to the european financial situation, italy's 10-year boring grade has jumped about 7%, considered by some to be unsustainable over the longer term. this coming one day after pearl was coming -- the italian prime minister announced

senior contributor at the daily collar, matt lewis and jonathan capehart. gentlemen, good morning. >> good morning, chris. >> you got to wonder if this campaign just doesn't know how to do damage control. there's even more conflicting sound bites. i want you to listen to one more. >> can you remember everything about an incident from 12 years ago? i know that there was an agreement, whether it was a settlement, agreement or whether it was termination, i don't remember what it was called. so that choice of words, i'm not going to say that it's changing my tune. >> matt if you were accused of sexual harassment 12 years ago, is that something that would slip your mind? >> i think i would have remembered it. by the way, rule number one of political campaigns is do opposition research on yourself first and then when in doubt, bring it out. if there's any chance that anything is going to come out about you in a campaign, you want to bring it forward. that allows you to frame the debate, to choose the reporter you want to talk to and to frame it and to really -- t

matt lewis, help me understand.wed in my opinion because i actually was at this event where he was very critical of my father and i was sitting right there in the front row. i must be bias. and so explain to me how newt gingrich defends this, or perhaps i'm misunderstanding the hypocrisy here. >> well, look, i think it's an issue, don't get me wrong, but if you were to -- if a martian showed up yesterday and was watching this network and other networks, they might assume this was like watergate, the biggest scandal in the world, and i don't think that's the case. >> no, it's just hypocrisy. >> i think it's just a blip. let's put that in context. barack obama has railed against wall street and he took more money from goldman sachs than anybody, but i don't remember news cycles revolving around that. again, i think it's an issue. you can -- newt gingrich is probably guilty of rank hypocrisy there, but this is a blip on the radar, as far as i'm concerned. >> what does that mean? a blip tactically? or a blip in terms of

sheer another one also from matt lewis.t tribe deep in the rain forest somewhere. >> that's true. like you're in science lab. >> a hundred percent true. >> that's nicer than the ones i'm getting here. >> why are you reading those? >> i'll stop it. >> let's get matt lewis on this week. >> good. and chris kristi. he needs to come out of his shell. >>> all right. cnbc's melissa francis. good morning. where do you want to start. >> reporter: with crude oil. we just crossed $100 a barrel. that's definitely something to watch as we head into the holiday season. consumers, maybe this was paying more at the pump. this is definitely a story to watch. we're also once again watching europe really closely. the new premier there, mario monti in italy is supposed to announce his new government today. this as the country's biggest bank is reportedly seeking emergency funding from the ecb, some other night money. so this is a beg concern in the european markets. we're watching european markets be pretty jitter ri. that's really translating

number two, matt lewis brought it up earlier on the show and he's right. the ethnicity of this woman will be jarring for some people and have an impact on the way this story plays out. number three, we are now seeing a pattern here. not just women or two women or three, we are talking about four women on the same day that we are talking about a study that was released about the sexual harassment going on in schools and among our children. this is a serious issue. you were talking about the ethnicity of the accuser. >> what does this woman use. we will see how they worry their new black friend that he is harassing blond women as opposed to black women. that thing of black sexuality. very frightening in this country and threatening. we will see how that plays out. even with the details that we hear today, this is low in terms of the scandals. there is no sex even with maids or women who live in south america. there is no sending naked pictures to people it is going to take more to shock us. >> do you think there questions with regard to this woman's credibil

host: matt lewis? guest: he sort of tone it down a little bit what i found interesting is that early in the day, the campaign issued a press release attacking the credibility of ms. bialek, talking about paternity suits, the fact that she was a defendant in several lawsuits, that she fought for bankruptcy. it really a sort of character assassination. the question is whether or not that is relevant. clearly, the cain campaign decided to go after her credibility to undermine it. it is every possibility that she could be -- is very possible that to be a statue person and yet be a victim in this period is a risky strategy. the other problem is that it's sort of reminds people of bill clinton. this the third instance where people have associated cain with clinton. we had at the moment where he was sort of parsing what "is" is, and then you have to james carville, his famous line about dragging it $100 bill for a trailer park. yesterday, during a press conference, herman cain talks about a democrat machine,

now to talk about that, democratic strategist julian epstein, daily caller, senior contributor matt lewisgentlemen, thank you so much for being with mow this afternoon. >> thank you. julian, let's start with herman cain. asked on fox news whether race is playing a factor in this controversy, here's what he said. >> do you think that race, being a strong black conservative, has anything to do with the fact that you've been so charged? >> i believe the answer is yes, but we do not have any evidence to support it. >> julian, your thoughts? >> well, i think herman cain's new campaign motto ought to be herman cain can't explain. he's had probably five or six different answers on this latest flap. he's unable to explain his position on abortion. he's unable to explain why his 9-9-9 plan won't increase taxes on most americans. he's unable to explain where he'd teal with terrorists, whether he'd negotiate with terrorists, and you just continue to see in every major issue, including the latest controversy, he's unable to have a consistent story and to explain -- explain something in a way that is

. >> willie, it's almost like i'm at home and people -- what was matt lewis' quote?around the "morning joe" table are looking at republicans as archaeologists look at ancient tribes -- >> well, as if they have been dug up. >> fantastic. >> major garrett, grade the debate last night. who's the winner? >> well, look -- let me say one thing about the debate up front. and having co-moderated one recently, i have a appreciation i didn't have before. don't waste the first 15 minutes, please. cold open. just get to the questions, number one, and number two, the winner -- look, until mitt romney falls in these debates, he always wins, he's the default winner unless he does something memorably uncomfortable, which he did not do. he struck all the right notes on immigration, all the right notes generally speaking on pakistan, iran, all the major topics. newt gingrich also performed well, except on immigration where either intentionally or unintentionally he created weakness for him in the two most important states. >> as you said, major, that's only going to hurt him in iowa a

[applause] >> on tomorrow owes -- tomorrow's washington journal we'll have matt lewis of "the daily caller". beau biden will talk about how states are investigating misconduct of financial institutions and kathrin con donn and patrick hallinan, the superintendents of arlington national cemetery. later in the day on c-span 3, more about the presidential campaign when we join the radio program "new hampshire today." that gets underway at 3:00 p.m. eastern. >> a hearing on capitol hill, attorney generic holder today acknowledged mistakes in a weapons trafficking program that allowed guns to leak into the mexican black market. that hearing is next on c-span. then republican presidential candidate rick santorum meets with the staff of a new hampshire newspaper. later, deficit reduction and spending cuts. >> on afterwards, the reactionry mind author discuss the history of -- and condoleeza rice discusses her years in the bush administration and former president bill clinton's thoughts on the current state of the economy. look for the complete tv schedule at book tv.org. sign up for an alert, wee

matt lewis joins us. thenbeau biden will discuss how states are looking at misconduct of financial institutions. then a roundtable discussion with kathryn condon and patrick hallinan, the superintendent of arlington national cemetery. later in the day on c-span 3, more about the presidential campaign when we joined the radio program "new hamshire" today. guests include ron paul and john huntsman. that it's under way at 3:00 p.m. eastern. attorney general eric holder testified about the government to talk fast and furious operation meant to track and in the u.s. and smuggled into mexico. two of those guns were later found at a shootout in arizona that left a border patrol agent dead. at this oversight hearing, attorney general eric holder is asked about cyber security, the proposed at&t and t mobil merger and voting rights. the hearing is just under three hours. >> i will probably run the clock a little more diligently than usual including for myself. as we complete our continued importance on oversight, t

also matt lewis.cial perspective. you look at the candidates out there, notably ron paul and michele bachmann. they are not raking in anywhere near the kind of money as mitt romney. perry did. gingrich is coming up in the money raking in. how does that play out? how does it keep the money grabbers out in front? >> the problem for the candidates not raising a lot of money is there are four primaries or caucuses in january. the advantage goes to the person who can compete across the board. if you don't have the money to get to florida, you are going to be out of gas. the media might like to think they are in better shape. does huntsman have enough money to get past new hampshire or doing all heck to get to new hampshire then he's out. >> it's a place to sleep on people's couches. florida, you make that point, not so much. matt as we look at the end of the third quarter, huntsman's campaign. the debt was more than twice that much. so, how long can gop candidates last as money for them remains scarce. wit

we'll hear from matt later in sports, plus more on ray lewis. back to you for now. >> in addition to getting ready for the game, many ravens fans are also giving back -- or ravens players giving back to the community this holiday season. our complete coverage continues with jessica kartalija, at a school, where star ed reed is handing out thanksgiving meals. >> that's exactly right, denise. we are at the seed school. and ed reed told me he feels fortunate to be in a position to hand out hundreds of turkeys to families in need. >> reporter: safety ed reed trades the pigskin for a butter ball. >> to be in the position that i am, you know, i'm supposed to do this. >> reporter: at the seed school in southwest baltimore, reed's eye of the hurricane foundation hands out more than 300 turkeyless. to students and -- turkeys, to students and families. >> it was a really nice thing to do. he didn't have to do this for me. just love it. >> i actually think it's great. opportunity for us to bring our families together. and i want to thank everyone for helpi

lewis missed a game was december in 2007. he is looking at others to fill ray's big shoes. >>> meantime, the team will officially place one of the original ravens into its ring of honor. matt stover. the ravens' unsung hero was with the cleveland browns. he was a raven until the team decided no the to re-sign him after the 2008 season. after playing with the colts, he retired as a raven earlier this year. he is the nfl's fourth all-time leading scorer and ravens fans have been waiting sometime to honor this guy. >> it's just a privilege to be able to be part of the ring of honor. the other six recipients, i can't say enough about the community of baltimore and how they embraced the team in '96. remember i was part of that, and just for me to be up there, everybody else is gonna be up there with me. >> today, silver also received a signed football helmet from the maryland crusaders team which is made up of home schooled student athletes. silver contributes to the team each year, which the team says allowed them to keep on playing. >>> the johns hopkins football team hopes to stay undefeated this weekend in the first round of the ncaa division iii football tournament. hopkin

nbc's george lewis is at the jail in lynwood, california to explain why. george, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, matt. well, it isn't part of her court-ordered community service. but lindsay lohan is giving everyone a little civics lesson because state prisons in california are badly overcrowded. they've been shipping fe inping county jails like this to accommodate them. misdemeanor offenders like lohan are simply shuffled in and out of here. conservatively attired in a polka dot dress, lohan waived her right to a court hearing on probation violations, accused of failing to show up for community service and court-ordered psychological counseling. >> do you admit that you violated probation by failing to obey all orders of the court? >> yes, your honor. >> with respect to both things the city attorney represented? >> yes, your honor. >> reporter: with that, the judge pronounced sentence. >> you're to serve 30 days in the county jail now. you are to surrender within one week. >> reporter: but the sheriff's office tells nbc news that because of overcrowding, lohan will likely spend at most one night in