michael mcdonald, your reaction? guest: about the ease of of voting.here are some states that have an early voting locations in high traffic areas like a shopping mall. there are others who will have early voting locations in less accessible locations. maybe it is a government center or something else not in a high traffic area. there is evidence to suggest that the distance you have to travel to vote is a factor in whether or not you will vote. from the caller who said he will just walk down the street and vote in person, that makes sense to me. that will be the easiest way for him to vote. if early voting will increase turnout overall, it will provide more opportunities and it will allow greater convenience for voting. if you do have a location that you can vote in or maybe you cannot vote because you are in a nursing home or something. this is an opportunity with more convenient for you to vote. on the issue of fraud, it is one that gets raised quite a bit. there is actually very little evidence that we have widespread fraud in elections. we have sp

michael mcdonald, your reaction? guest: about the ease of of voting.here are some states that have an early voting locations in high traffic areas like a shopping mall. there are others who will have early voting locations in less accessible locations. maybe it is a government center or something else not in a high traffic area. there is evidence to suggest that the distance you have to travel to vote is a factor in whether or not you will vote. from the caller who said he will just walk down the street and vote in person, that makes sense to me. that will be the easiest way for him to vote. if early voting will increase turnout overall, it will provide more opportunities and it will allow greater convenience for voting. if you do have a location that you can vote in or maybe you cannot vote because you are in a nursing home or something. this is an opportunity with more convenient for you to vote. on the issue of fraud, it is one that gets raised quite a bit. there is actually very little evidence that we have widespread fraud in elections. we have sp

though one of the directors, michael mcdonald, now a producer, the first time he directed, he said, listenney, i didn't see that much "friends." i don't know that much about it. i said, that's okay, it was only on for ten years. twice a day still. >> jimmy: one of the most popular shows ever. >> that's all right. but literally like after saying he doesn't watch it, said, so, now, monica, when you start over there -- and i said, no, no, i'm playing jules. he get so nervous he kept calling me monica, like four times that day. but it was nice to play jules and jennifer's character which i can't remember at the moment what it's called. what was her name on the show? you don't know. we'll learn it in the clip. it airs tomorrow. >> jimmy: we have a clip. we'll learn -- >> what's the character's name? >> jimmy: we'll find out. if we have to, we'll call david. here's a clip from tomorrow's edition of "cougar town." take a look. >> actually, things are going really well with grayson. >> that's great. who's grayson? >> my boyfriend. >> jules. didn't he try to choke you? >> there's no choking. maybe

with a george mason associate professor, michael mcdonald. that is on tomorrow's "washington journal. i want to thank you for being a part of today's program. we will see you tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> ahead this morning, and look at older voters and the midterm elections. then a few even from the weak on foreign policy. the former u.s. ambassador to iraq ryan crocker and in the saudi ambassador to the u.s. follow the key candidates and races every night. we have archived debates on line and on our politics page, we have twitter feeds and other helpful resources. follow c-span coverage 3 election day. next, a discussion on health care and social security. cokie roberts moderate the event. it is hosted by retirement living tv. this is one hour. ♪ >> the older voters are always keep an off-year election when there is no presidential candidate running. voters over 50 actually bothered to show up at the polls even when t

michael sm smurconich. your thoughts? >> i was -- i was the maintenance man at mcdonald's, and i loved that job. i would be easy to say that michael steele is a knucklehead, but i said to my producer, is it $7 or $7.25? it's embarrassing. it will hang it us. i don't know. i'm not ready to hang him out to dry on this. >> i get that because a lot of people may have said, $7, $7.25, i get your point. but when you're on a national program slamming your opposition for being insensitive to american workers and not focusing on jobs and getting people to work, one must realize there are a lot of people out there, at least the people i know, that make darn near minium wage or minimum wage in taking care of their families. >> it's bad prep work. it's going to hang with him for a while. i have to give him credit for -- he's really not a policy guy. he's a political guy. that is his job. it sounds like i'm making excuses for him. maybe i am. okay, maybe i am. but i'm giving him a pass on this one. >> i don't think it sounds like -- i think you're looking at both sides of it. if people could make a ha hamomen

michael. we were -- i was doing a joke in my stand-up comedy act about how if suh p per size me was a real movie where a guy ate mcdonald's 30 day, why couldn't i smoke pot for 30 days and call it super high me. it was a joke, but i mentioned to it my friend michaels, who's a film maker. i said, you think there's anything in making that movie and what did you say, michael? >> i really liked the idea. i remember us talking to you about being a little nervous about making it. a, who would pay for someone to make that movie? i think that was one thing we were a little nervous about. >> most movies have some idea or thesis. was this just to watch what happened or did you have an idea? >> i mean, i can tell you that definitely, our thesis was we wanted to make a funny movie because doug is a comedian and we knew each other from comedy world, so like i wouldn't necessarily classify the movie as a study. doug, would you agree? >> it's not an official experiment because there's one subject, but if people watch this movie, they will see that for the 30 days i don't smoke after being a regular smoker for years, i have little troubl

mcdonald with the fox business network is live outside our studios with this story. liz, who has raised concerns over our extreme debt. >> reporter: pentagon officials including admiral michaelcal even who is the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. hillary clinton, u.s. secretary of state. take a hreuts tone what hillary clinton has said about this issue. >> rising debt levels poses a national security threat. it undermines our capacity to act in our own interests, and it also sends a message of weakness internationally. >> reporter: general at issue here government officials are saying look a debt- the u.s. could basically caus cause a gll run on the u.s. dollar that could start overseas. we are seeing the u.s. dollar dropping to 15-year lows against the yen already. there are fears that our foreign holders of u.s. debt could start rotating out of their holdings of the u.s. treasury. we see china doing that already. china's hold dinner dings are down by about $100 billion from last year. borrowing costs could rise as bond yields rise. this is a very serious issue for the entire country. jenna: there is a lot of information out about the debt right now. when we talk about