i hate you. >> joe and mika thank you for being here. my name is adlai and i'm a fellow floridian, south florida the other half of the state. a graduate of the university medical school and this question is direct did to the issue of health care. first a statement. i can't tell you how disgusted i am with washington. i cannot tell you how disgusted i am with the democrats and i cannot tell you how disgusted i am with the republicans. we are running at 18% gdp right now. clearly we are probably going to break 20% of gdp in the not-too-distant future. there is no sense of urgency on the part of the republicans or the democrats and the issue that i have, colleagues such as phil rob, my mentor from johns hopkins andy harris rand paul. all of these guys, i cannot tell you how disappointed i am in trying to seek some sensibility to fixing this problem. i think we as physicians have taken the brunt of this. no one wants to touch the insurance companies. noaa to touch the legislative issues and no one wants to touch toward. no one wants to touch

. >> good morning to you, mika. yesterday in the middle of the snowstorm, our government announced that november across the entire globe was the warmest november ever recorded going back to 1880. pretty significant. the reason was because of this. we had an extremely warm november all across russia. even tow we were a little cooler than normal. because they were so much warmer across russia, that really skewed how november went. that was even during an n el ninio type year. warm-up is under way for the seaboard. this weekend, we will pay the price for thunderstorms in the deep south and wet weather through the ohio valley. so today it's still chilly in new england. look at the warm weather from dallas to kansas city and denver. enjoy your mid-winter break. some of that warm air will head to d.c. this weekend. we could be 70 in d.c. on sunday. 70. you won't even need a long sleeve shirt. you are watching "morning joe." [ music playing ] . did you get chips for the party? nope. [ ding ] cheese plate? cheese plate. no,

>> i got here and the next time i saw mika's pj's.

mika?ling today like me, you're going to have to pack your patience. >> pack your patience. reverend al, what have you learned? >> we can have a great coming together, at least for one day in the world as we memorialize nelson mandela. and i hope we can make some of that stick. >> no doubt about it. harold. >> two things. congrats to joe torre on being elected the hall of fame. two, sorkin's story on the evolution towards capitalist thinking. >> speaking of mandela and president obama and south africa, turns out he's stale pretty big deal outside of our borders. >> ehe was up on the jumbotron. >> a lot of people hoping things that inspired them there will come back to the united states and like mandela be able to figure out the way to bring people together. >> we'll see joe give an ovation. >> there you go. >> one day. one day. >> i have a dream. >> i have a dream. keep on -- i'm sure that dream will become realized. >> what are you talking about? >> wrap it up now. >> if it's way too early

mika?am, when i die, what's wrong with that i'd like to know? because here i go -- we're on tv. >> really. come on. >> we're live here. congratulations, by the way. hey, john, what have you learned today? >> billy baker, great young reporter with "the boston globe," incredible story that came to an collusion yesterday about a disadvantaged young vietnamese american kid up in boston, dorchester, who got into yale yesterday. >> oh my god. >> heartwarming story. >> a great story. >> barnicle? >>> i learned there is very few things as powerful as a still picture. the best from 2013. >> i talked during the break and -- he steals mine. >> are you serious? >> i feel bad for you because you're older and you take mine. >> oh my god! that's awful. that is awful what you just said. a fellow bos tonian. >> awful but true. speaking the truth. >> what did you learn, joe? >> who was the editor? >> tom winston. >> said? >> people like to read about people. true then and true today. >> absolutely. if it's w

. >> thank you, mika. >> and he always looks nice. former treasury official and "morning joe" economic analyst steve ratner joins us. >> thank you, mika. >> steve. >> and in washington, white house correspondent for the associated press julie pace joins us as well. good to have you all on board this morning. >> how was your weekend? >> it was very good, thank you. >> what you laughing about? >> nothingp. just a good weekend. >> south of france? >> no south of france. stop that. >> where were you? >> i was home. >> you have a smile on your face. >> you do have a smile on your face. tell us what happened. >> i'm a happy mom. >> what happened? >> can i do that? >> sure. >> i think you already have. >> you do it. >> you do it. >> oh. i have a kid in college. >> all right. >> good for you. >> congrat layings. >> where is she going? >> johns hopkins. >> wow. great school. >> very relieved. >> she goes to johns hopkins, going to look like mike bloomberg. >> i emaeld him. he was so nice. i e-mailed him so excited and he wrote back, conxwratss

now mika's question was will it get any better than 2014.ay yes because it can't get worse for several reasons. one, this backlash among the republican moderates if you want to call it that is legitimate. i think there are people that are upset with how the shutdown went. we don't want to relive that over again. secondarily with immigration we get hints once they are through the primary process for mid-term elections there's a small window where they may be able to move something through the house. i wouldn't hold my breath. it's a possibility. there are a bunch of other things that i think will come up. one is iran. we have the sanctions. we have a six month time limit. there will be action on that. my sleeper issue for 2014 is tax reform. the reason i say that is because max baucus is retiring. this is his swan song. he wants to go out with something and quietly pushing behind-the-scenes a reform legislation with dave camp. that probably won't go anywhere. there will be some discussions around it and some small pieces of legislation built

. >> it's the fact the that there are two joes and one mika in that shot. so much joe. >> just disturbing. >> and heilman, barnicle and rattner right there in front. >> look, one, two, three, four joes. >> really disturbing. all right. so you think about it way too much. you just have to go with it. all right. go ahead. >> are you ready for the news? >> don't do that. >> no one got everything they wanted in the budget deal. this is sort of like christmas. you don't get everything you want. and the lack of extended unemployment benefits stands out as a particularly sore spot for many democrats. emergency coverage for 1.3 million jobless americans officially expires on saturday. the length of unemployment coverage varies by state, but amongst the worst hit, california and new york which will see hundreds of thousands lose out through 2014. democrats and liberal groups will kick off a national tv blitz the day after christmas, tried to pressure republicans, but some of the gchl op agree the budget plan is no cause for celebration. but for different reasons. >>

it is the record mika wakes up at 3:30 in the morning. i got a call at 5:56 on the upper west side. .. >> joe and mika thank you so much for being here. my name is adelaide pappy mmf former floridian the south have the other half the state a graduate of miami medical school and this question is directed to the issue of health care. first a statement, i can't tell you how disgusted i am with washington. i cannot tell you how disgusted i am with the democrats. i cannot tell you how disgusted i am with the republicans. we are running at 18% gdp right now. clearly we are probably going to break 20% of gdp in the not-too-distant future. there's no sense of urgency on the part of the republicans or the democrats and the issue that i have, i mean colleagues such as phil roe from the republican party my mentor from johns hopkins and the paris rand paul, all of these guys, i cannot tell you how disappointed i am in trying to seek some "sense and sensibility" to fixing this problem. noaa to touch the insurance companies. noaa to touch the legislati

>> good morning, mika.rains back on track literally, the trains that were off track are being put on track. the ntsb has started an investigation last night. they recovered what's called the black boxes from the trains, the way there's a black box in an airplane, the train will have a black box which gives data on the speed of the train, any possible equipment failures which have been rumored. and the conduct of the operator. if there are any lessons to learn from this tragedy, obviously, we want to learn them. and that will be from the ntsb investigation. >> give us a sense of safety standards. i take it you're looking into whether metro north was up to par. i'm hearing all sorts of things tracks being pulled off the concrete off to the side because the impact was so intense. i'm hearing tracks not meeting safety standards even from levels set years ago. speed of the train too fast. how does this happen in this day and age and what are your questions and requirements to make sure we feel whole at the end o

. >> ladies and gentlemen, mika bear zip sky. >> good evening. how's everyone tonight? the beautiful. i'm mika brzezinski, cohost of "morning joe," and i'm deeply honored to be here tonight. i'm also very excited to say this to you uninterrupted. welcome to the 64th national book awards. i got through it. it's the oscars of the book world, or as fran leibowitz once called them, the oscars without money. but we'll take 'em. [laughter] so i have a very close connection to this evening's awards. just last month we had the honor of having david steinberger, the chairman of the national book foundation, on our show, on "morning joe," to announce the national book foundation finalists. as a three-time author myself, i know firsthand what an incredible undertaking it is to write a book and the nightmare scenario that it poses on members of the family. [laughter] i'm so impressed by all tonight's honorees. nominees. so on "morning joe" we're very proud to give authors the platform be to discuss their work withs and the "morning joe" book pounce bounce which is fantastic on amaz

mika and i have been going back and forth a little bit.e world to say. might be a little harsh. for a party -- >> i do support unemployment benefits for the 26 weeks that they are paid for. if you extend it beyond that you do a disservice to these workers. there was a study that came out a few months ago and it said if you have a worker that's been unemployed for four weeks and on unemployment insurance and one on 99 weeks which would you hire? every employer nearly 100% said they will always hire the person whose been out of work four weeks. when you allow people to be on unemployment insurance for 99 weeks you cause them to be this perpetually unemployed group in our economy. >> the french translation for this, by the way, let them eat cake. i understand the argument. i understand intellectually the argument. it's a debate we had during welfare reform. but as i said an hour ago my danielle adams was unemployed for a year and a half. and he was working to get a job every single day. and, you know, we needed that money. >> that was then. >

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mika will call you.nsulled that you said that he doesn't call you and you know what, he should be because he calls you all the time. >> no. no. >> he calls you up. he says, i will renegotiate the deal. >> for not calling back yesterday. okay. >> ari calls you probably more than like any of his clients. okay. >> more than me. >> i guarn tee you more than me. >> i'm not sure that was true. as you were saying so eloquent. >> i want to ask you, john meacham, ronald reagan was the best example. give me a better example than this. james baker tried to bet his brokens out in 1980 when he was working for george h.w. bush. >> and in '76. >> and in '76 when they said some really tough things about it. came from a wane that said ronald reagan will start world world ii. yet the second he boat bush, he told him, they have run my company. can that just not happen anymore i besse? >> i guess it's temperamental. president reagan came up through a business where the people around you shifted every sex months because they

>> mika is right. is the outside group connected to obama trying to get people to engage in a conversation about health care. and they're using pajama boy. i don't ecknow that they still sold the top with -- >> it has a flap. >> apparently mockable. rich loaurie's comment was hilarious. this is who they think is sitting around and -- >> that's what everybody looks like. >> i think the point, jim, that you raise is a good one. if this is the strategy, the kind of strategy behind promoting and marketing this law, this is not a good time for democrats. >> one of the most flawed rollouts in the history of man kind. but you were talking about the poll numbers, the fact this they don't get young people to have this conversation and to sign up for health care, you're going to have problems. they're having problems in every state. heck, they're having problems in massachusetts where the federal mandates are now clashing with the state model that will this entire bill was built on, this law was built upon. and

. >> stephen: or maybe you are the one that is gross, mika, there is nothing wrong with a mcrib just because it appears to be made out of sickly et. >> i have always been a firm believer that the best food raises more questions than it answers. if anything, this photo makes me want this thing even more. because it only adds to the great american mystery that is the mcrib. the elusive mcrib has appeared and disappeared on mcmenus with little warning like a meat brigadoon. mcrib hunters never know what bribs brings it out of hiding, is it a surplus of slaughterhouse floor scrapings, and its contents have always been cloaked in mystery, the mcdonald's site lists 70 ingredients none of which are rib, though it does include azo-dicarbon-amide, a flour bleaching agent used in yoga mats. >> so even a mcrib technically counts as exercise. [ applause ] and this photo might just explain mcdonald's new slogan, think with your mouth. because if you think with your brain, i am not sure if you would eat it. we will be right back. [ cheers and applause ] avo: this holiday tech the halls and ring in

in mika's seat. you're in for joe.how many pounds, how many years. >> a few less, a few less, many less. >> sam stein, of course and white house dpoereporter for "huffington post." lee gallagher.

when mika lazarus and has nothing to do with those people are just deliberately trying to tarnish this fall but have parties. but it gets a bullet that hit the party is now tied with far right groups in europe and while many of its support has made the motor it's by no means a lot of them. but sure enough the influx of immigrants court alien french culture as courageous use problems for frost. you love to be two mistakes he amassed from the band is a healthy organization for frost. skoda is the same kind of organization. that's a good peaceful one. i thought that the partition independence square. more liberal participants keen to distance themselves from school but that he might answer there are lots of radicals they don't represent all people this is a small number the sea being provoked said we think is a bad thing because it's damaging the image of the revelation and ninety nine and anonymity master list flags and slogans on the square testified to a marriage of convenience that could prescribe the inconvenient for ukraine's opposition in the future. our days of tough negotiations

. >> thank you, mika. >> and he always looks nice.and "morning joe" economicna

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mika roberson, chief of emergency medicine at carepoint health in hoboken, new jersey. doctor, can you tell us who's most at risk? typically we hear it's the old and the young. is that holding true in this case? >> that's not holding true in this case. you're right. in the past during the flu season it's the chronically ill and elderly. but this season it's young adults and middle aged. >> we're in the winter here, right in the flu season. is it too late to get the vaccination? would that be of help? >> it's never too late to get the vaccination in flu season. it's hitting october, november, through about april. but the height of it is the end of december to february. so this is a great time to get it. it lasts about three months and it starts becoming effective in two weeks. so this is a perfect time if you've not gotten the vaccine, to get it. anyone over the age of 6 months is recommended to get it by the cdc. >> in terms of the matchup of this particular vaccine, i know it's kind of a guessing game, trying to figure out what the virus will be for the next season. di

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mika roberson, chief of emergency medicine at carepoint health in hoboken, new jersey. can you tell us who's most at risk? typically we hear it's the old and the young. is that holding true in this case? >> that's not holding true in this case. in the past during the flu season it's the chronically ill and elderly. but this season it's young adults and middle aged. >> in the winter here, right in the flu season, is it too late to get the vaccination? would that be of help? >> it's never too late to get the vaccination in flu season. it's hitting october, november, through about april. but the height of it is the end of december to february. so this is a great time to get it. it lasts about three months and it starts becoming effective in two weeks. so this is a perfect time if you've not gotten the vaccine, to get it. anyone over the age of s6 month is recommended to get it by the cdc. >> in terms of the matchup of this vaccine, i know it's kind of a guessing game, trying to figure out what the virus will be for the next season. did they get it right? >> we hope they di

dragging down of values from the west he quoted by an old christian existentialist philosopher named mika like it d i have to basically say out what we're trying to do is prevent things from the outside from dragging us down to an immediate statement that he's trying to maintain what he sees as russia's your values from outside interference the president said letter to the victory of forward thinking so much for that to her. the senator care of him to me or for the career of one the counterfeit wine merchant has finally come to an end the twenty oh one has just been convicted of manufacturing fake vintage wine in his kicks. he's now facing up to forty years in jail system azeri eight reports the santa cruz the french one. no compass his crusade to sniff out the fraudster who was speaking his vintage wines began about five years ago and it's here in manhattan's federal district court this week and there's been a option as an auction in new york on the twentieth of april two thousand and eight there were eighty four bottles for my domain also and experts discovered extent only one israeli.

. >>> ladies and gentlemen, mika. ♪ ♪ good evening. somehow everyone tonight? beautiful! i'm mika.ost of "morning joe." i'm deeply honored to be here tonight. i'm also very excited to say this to you uninterrupted. welcome to the 64th national book awards! i got through it! it's the oscars of the book world, or as fran once called them, the oscars without money. but we'll take them! so i have a very close connection to this even's awardses. just last month, we had the honor of having the chairman of the national book foundation on our show, on "morning joe," to announce the national book foundation finalists. as a three-time author myself, i know firsthand what an incredible undertaking it is to write a book and the nightmare scenario it poses on members of the family. i'm so impressed by all tonight's honorees. -- nominees. so on "morning joe" we're very proud to give authors the platform to discuss their works and the "morning joe" book balance. which is fantastic on amazon. we started a book club for non-fiction read. we hope to have a lot of finalist on the show very soon. as w

commonly referred to as the mainstay camera with its shape and size resembling that of the winds popular mika. the gadget is far from just an aesthetic pleasure. it's the latest technology being implemented in to police departments across the country allowing for officers to record interactions from a rear vantage point. they just did a a completely unbiased view of the situation. it doesn't deviate at the slanted one way or the other. or you get kicked off. everything may seem everything that was too cold and interaction. but this one. the simple life and are asking for directions to the question is clear to all the purported footage though while at morals police department officers show me just how it's done in home runs for a secure online server and officers can then access thread count on their smartphone but the server for the thousands of police interactions that happened to me is my hero on a store's website called evidence dot com this is where officers c'mon in and view their captured footage. i know they can see the video. the police department says officers cannot keep her weight

lose that ring, mika because it means nothing to you. she's grasping for shafts.haft grasper. >> we don't need to see the tour. >> you're ovulating. >> oh, my god. >> we're ready. my is working done here. >> it comes to the u.s. in august. more "morning joe" in just a moment. >> who is joe? >> he sits right here. >> i'm sweating. >> here with us now, steinway signature artist and pianist to the president, david osborn who performed for president obama and his guests at this year's white house holiday parties. >> so how does a kid from oklahoma become piano to the presidents? how did that happen? >> well, way back in the '80s i went to a book signing at a gift shop in orlando, florida, where i lived at the time. i was working there and performing for the hyatt. afc big fan of jimmy carter. i went to the mall and stood for hours to get his book and i took out one of my cds and handed to it the secret service. i met jimmy carter through this because his pastor who recently just passed away. i'm a southern baptist. i was raised southern baptist in oklahoma. he called

so mika says give me yours too. she takes them in the basement. >> i have been known to stack all year long. >> is that why you're ready? >> it's one of the reasons. i have a pile of stuff that i accrue over the years. msnbc swag, but that's not -- no. i went christmas shopping. >> did you really? >> yes, i did. >> when did you have time? >> i'm organized. >> through all my talk about amazon and going on there. >> are you ready, joe >> i turned around and it was like december 18th. >> she's watching fewer fuller matches than you. >> yes. >> not into australian rule football. >> actually this will be funny. msnbc and "time" magazine senior political analyst mark halperin. i love my vitamix. >> why people buy expensive blenders. >> she looks a lot latier than me. >> she does. >> i'm portly lately. white house correspondent for the associated press julie pace. what's wrong with that? i'm happy with it. do you want to know my weight? >> no. >> 138. i hit an all time high. >> from bloomberg "business week" josh green. it

>>> you know, mika, we talked about it, the series finale of "breaking bad." of the defining moments on television this year, unbelievable. >> the show went on to win the emmy for outstanding drama series this year and anna gunn won the award for best actress. >> best show on tv. it's like a cult. it's basically brian cranston play as high school teacher who finds out he has cancer. who becomes a crystal meth dealer. tell us about your character. >> she starts out like walt who is a woman -- life through curve balls at them. they thought life would be something else. then they just ended up like a lot of families really dealing with bills, not a lot of money, a surprise baby on the way, a son with special needs and she's just trying to get by and they are putting one foot in front of the other and she's just really somebody who tries to get through life by controlling everything. and then all of a sudden she has to deal with this whole set of circumstances that's thrown at her with finding out that, first of all, he has terminal lung cancer, then she finds out

lose that ring, mika because it means nothing to you. she's grasping for shafts.o see the tour. >> you're ovulating. >> oh, my god. >> we're ready. my work is done here. >> it comes to the u.s. in august. more "morning joe" in just a moment. >> who is joe? >> he sits right here. >> i'm sweating. and you're talking to your rheumatologist about trying or adding a biologic. this is humira, adalimumab. this is humira working to help relieve my pain. this is humira helping me through the twists and turns. this is humira helping to protect my joints from further damage. doctors have been prescribing humira for over ten years. humira works by targeting and helping to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. for many adults, humira is proven to help relieve pain and stop further joint damage. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal events, such as infections, lymphoma, or other types of cancer, have happened. blood, liver and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and

if you want to go swimming with sharks or perhaps a spot of wine tasting in napa, mika, you can go took them online. >> the difference between any other travel company or is you're selling it from a different angle. what made you think of this? >> i went to istanbul and ended up spending about 20 hours planning a trip and all based on this stuff i was going to do. i found i want frustrating that figuring out what to do meant i had to read guide books, ask friends. really do a ton of digging. average person goes to about 22 websites when planning a trip. >> instead go to peek.com. >> i just did new york. you got a pizza tour of new york, the met. this is very important for you donny. bar and cocktail limo tours. >> chocolate and wine. and i don't have mike to take me around. i want to know a bar that has the most beautiful women. that's what i want to experience. >> that's not what she sells. >> there are some other sites that's involved in that but that's not peek.com. >> you go to craigslist. let me ask you about the origins. what dew point to do in istanbul before you decided, you k

. >> mika, she doesn't get out much.nly show she likes and she is very excited. >> i watch it religiously. >> 3 time 01 our time, 12:01 someone is pressing a button and this goes all over the world. >> netflix at 3:01. >> our time. >> eastern time. they press a button and we see the whole season. >> 15. >> do you know my son is going to be pasty. he will do nothing all weekend but watch. >> you can watch all 15. >> this weekend? >> yes. i don't watch in blocks. i do 30 seconds and i'm over it. it's really good. i'm very, very proud. i'm also doing a thing on amazon.com apparently on the internet. next year with the u.s. postal service. i will just mail my performance. >> i love this. >> he tweets me. >> does he really? >> don't be nervous today. >> like you. >> what's interesting is it's so friendly. he hasn't said a word to me. >> i got you mixed up with ron howard. >> can i ask you a serious question? >> i'm going to ask you a semi serious question. >> how do you change season two? >> i won't read. i will do a meeting.

. >> if it's way too early, what time is it, mika? >> "morning joe." now time for "the daily rundown" with chuck todd. have a great, safe day, everybody. >> a massive memorial service for nelson mandela this morning. historic gathering of world leaders. and how close are we to an actual nuclear deal with iran? secretary kerry tried to convince congressional skeptics from both sides of the aisle today. we'll talk to the chairman leading that hearing, ed royce. plus, a primary problem for the number two senate republican, an old clinton confidant headed back to the west wing. that and more in today's databank. good morning. it's tuesday, december 10th. taking a deep zbooif the suburbs in about 20 30 minutes. we'll have the latest on the wave of snow across the northeast that you can see many the live footage behind me. the white house almost looks like blizzard conditions with our camera there. we'll begin in south africa and the massive memorial service for nelson mandela. the so i remember is still going on at the fnb soccer stadium in see wee toe. 95,

in mika's seat. you're in for joe.ow many inches, how many pounds, how many years. >> a few less, a few less, many less. >> sam stein, of course and white house dpoereporter for "huffington post." lee gallagher. joy reed host of the "ed show" last night. and josh barrow. my clothes are a little closer, a little tighter. >> how long do you keep that tree up at rockefeller center >> hanukkah bush stays up all year. they keep it up as long as they can. it's beautiful. walking around here is insane. >> people in this building rebel because we can't leave the building. >> tourists are so thick. they will take it down as soon as possible. >> fortunately you can get sandwiches and everything you need. >> go down the new york city and casey anthonykra crannies. >> the dow jones industrial average will look for its seventh straight day of gains. another record close yesterday. up 122 points. that's the 50th record high of 2013. they are getting closer to 17,000 and the dow -- that came amid news first time unemployment claims f

if it's way too early, mika, what time is it? >> it is time for "morning joe." but now it's time for "the daily rundown" with chuck todd. have a great day, everybody. >>> with a budget breakthrough under their belts, could congress actually find agreement on some other pending issues? say, like, immigration? we'll talk to an independent -- really votes with the democrats most often, a senator who's not afraid to deal. maine's angus king. >>> senator john mccain shows his sport for pro-european protesters in the ukraine. hear what he told msnbc that might trigger the u.s. to get involved. >>> 2016 news. what's going on with chris christie and the george washington bridge? >>> in a hypothetical world where hillary clinton doesn't run, would democrats and republicans underestimate joe biden at their own peril? good morning from washington. it's monday, december 16th, 2013. this is "the daily rundown." i'm chuck todd. right to my first reads of the morning. the senate is poised to pass the two-year budget agreement hammered out by congressman paul ryan and senator p

mika wants to dig into the dark stuff. >> well, it's a rock 'n' roll life.w you how wild the tales are. there's a fight over rita, right? >> yes. >> so, i guess that fight happens. >> that was between me and steven. >> yes, exactly. then how did he nurse his ego? >> i don't know. to his ego. >> i don't know. to this day i think he is upset about that. >> what are about the gorgeous sisters who are always naked. >> you are going to the dark side. >> rita coolidge and the guys. >> steven recorded the song called love the one you're with and he wanted voices on there. he calls me and david. no problem. we get down there and here's rita coolidge and her sister. unbelievable-looking women. no doubt about it. both steven and i both loved rita from the very beginning. i asked her out and said i would pick her up at 5:00. steven said graham is sick. she ended up with steven for a couple of weeks. it was obvious to rita and i that we wanted each other. being an englishman and a gentlemen, there was no way i was going to kiss rita without telling steven first. we went

joe and mika sat down with the long time editor to celebrate the magazine's 100th birthday. [ music playingt lasts 100 years? you talk about it in the introduction that it's sort of often. >> it was very much a magazine of it's time then. it is now. we did have a gap between 1936 an 19 yes when it didn't pub learn. we filled in those years. so it covers the span of the last century. >> you have the modern era in less than 500 pages. we call it from the jazz age to our age. >> just looking at these here, how would you characterize what it means to be on the cover of vat vanity fair?" >> tra terribly, it was a mark of the celebrity when the celebrity was not if pejorative it is today. it's a sense of accomplishment. teams we get it right. sometimes we don't get it right. you see people on the cover and they disappear. usually we go with someone with legs into their career. >> icon ec value. >> the arnold schwarzenegger. i think it would be a smaller version the nextier. in a small way we did it in los angeles, 3 or 400 people there and it sort of evolved naturally over the years to what it is