. >> can we get to mike allen? >> she just called mike allen hot. >> no. it's just intense. out, then. >> yep. it is confirmed. >> you've made his monday. >> mike allen here with a look at the playbook. good morning. >> good intense morning to you. >> looking hot, according to mika brzezinski. >> always. >> yes. let's talk about this deal here. after weeks of taking heat for obama care, the healthcare.gov fiasco, politico says it appears president obama is moving on, now focusing on foreign policy. even if his fellow democrats are not. explain that a little bit. >> yeah. so the president is wanting to talk about it. he's out on the west coast talking about the economy. he has a clear foreign policy win. whether or not joe disagrees with it. this is something the administration was trying to do and that they accomplished. and so he's able to talk about some other things. we're finding, though, that democrats who are going to be back home for thanksgiving for a week or two are worried that the white house with its let's move along, nothing to see here, approach is going to lea

the chief white house correspondent for politico is mike allen. orning. >> good morning, willie. >> let's talk governor chris christie of new jersey continuing his victory lap after winning big re-election last week. yesterday governor christie deflecting questions about running for president in 2016. but he did not shy away from revealing his winning strategy. here he is. >> it's about doing things, accomplishing things, reaching across the aisle and crafting accomplishments. you can't just show up six months before an election into groups that have not normally voted for you and expect they are going to vote for you. you go there, you listen and you present your views and that's the way you bring people in to your movement. judge me by my record. that, i'm very, very comfortable with. all the labels, that's for the folks down in washington, d.c. obviously, they love playing that game. but the people of america aren't interested in that game. i think given the approval ratings in washington, they've shown that. >> the list of republicans questioni

. >> with us now chief white house correspondent for politico mike allen here with the morning playbookke, we'll start with your feature on how senator mike lee is stepping out of ted cruz's shadow. smart thing. here's how the "new york times" frames the relationship. lee sees america's biggest problem as a slow-burning social crisis rather than a failure of beltway grand bargaining and as a result his policy goals are socially conservative, communitarian and populist rather than corportist. while lee is clearly offering a sketch, an outline, of a be conservatism. will he fit in the republican party or will he have the ted cruz label? >> this san effort to get away from that and to say republican party needs more than tanningry party. when we talked to him and asked about whether or not there should be a shutdown threat in january the next time that there's an opportunity for it he said no. like i would love to see obama care defunded but that won't happen. he's trying to show conservative activists show his party that it's possible to win on a broader slate of issues. he and senator cr

mike allen?s like someone tugging -- a little kid tugging at chris christie's pants. got that far. >> yeah. >> doesn't really -- the two of them going at each other. >> and chris christie has brushed him off like in the past when he proposed they make up, chris christie brushes it off and christie, obviously trying to make a food joke, governor christie in the past has also pushed that off when he was asked one time about twinkie manufacturer leaving new jersey he's like you guys aren't going to catch me on camera talking about twinkies. >> speaking of twinkie, donald trump and twinkie summit. talk to me. >> so this is another one of our 2016ers, senator ted cruz was in new york to raise money today and he is just happening to make a stop by trump tower and trump obviously was very involved with the romney campaign. you can see how helpful he was there. >> as long as we don't have to endure more stories how donald trump is really running for president this time. >> those are coming. >> they are.

mike allen, what did we just hear?in the briefing room. what you don't get is jay carney mocking john carl, imitating his tone, saying i get it. >> why would he do that? >> there's a great frustration. the abc news memos show the problem not only exists if you apply by paper or phone but the administration well knew that before the president came out and said these alternative way are fine. so the congressional committees are having a field day with these notes. they actually say war room notes at the top, sort of a reporter's dream, turned over to congress, make their way to reporters. "the wall street journal" story you cited at the top is a real canary in the coal mine because the whole plan depends on getting young people like louis bergdorf into -- >> that ain't happening. >> -- into the plan and the white house, of course, says people like lou ris are still on their couch, will procrastinate and come in at the end, but insurers looking at the numbers are already worrying saying it's already out of whack. >> if th

. >>> with us now, mike allen here with the morning playbook. mike, first off, election day just four days away. liberal groups are spending big bucks in the more closely watched races. tell us about it. >> they are, but mika, before i get to that, one of my favorite tidbits from "double down" reveal one of the mrs. obama's favorite television programs. something she watches religiously while she's working out and while she's doing it, she e-mails valerie jarrett when she doesn't like what's being said. >> what's that? >> "morning joe." >> oh, i am so sorry. >> you really ought to take back everything you said this morning. >> i take back everything. i'm from the south. >> we like the president and michelle. she's awesome, especially the health stuff, which i would like to work with you on. >> she's the one who is watching it. >> you know what i found out? >> please, joe, please. >> women around me, they were the ones that always get angry at what was said about me. it wasn't me. ah, it's business. i'm sorry, mrs. obama. i have to be nice now. >>

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we will check in with politico's mike allen and he made space.will give you his take on the election results. speaking of it happens, we will have a check on the weather. >> good morning to everyone. cold air continues to plug northern new england. about two days of warmth and temperatures here in the 50s from d.c. to philadelphia. mild air should be easily into the 80s and look at the buffalo area from the rainy file says from the great lakes southward. an all day rain in the o mio valley. not a lot of rainfall in the atlanta area to charlotte, but not too bad out there. minneapolis is cleared out. not too many delays. those on the east coast, rain in the northeast and light rain from d.c. northward. time square and new york city is more likely in the 50s. you are watching "morning joe." >>> time to take a look at the morning tarps. after months of denials, toronto mayor admitted he used crack. one of the most impromptu news conferences you will ever see. >> you guys have asked me a question. you asked me a question back in may. can you repeat t

politico mike allen. he has a look at the playbook. >> we have new evidence, the impact, the affordable care act on several senate races as the americans for prosperity, a group backed by the coke brothers goes after several vulnerable democrats, which ones are they looking at? >> willie, we are hearing that democrats are very, very worried in these senate races. they spent $18 million. until now they have been targeting of course senator mary landrieu in louisiana and senator kay hagen in north carolina. these ads are what they call anti--political ads. they are very simple, stark. a woman speaking against a white backdrop saying that the problem is not politics. the problem is not a website. the problem is people and the phrase that we'll be hearing again and again obama care isn't working. also in this new spate of ads going up today. the one that targets senator mary landrieu has that clip that we will hear the president saying so many times, if you want to keep your plan, you can, period. >> what's t

that seems to be fighting with everybody from mike enzi to allen simpson, to you know im. >> let me go to joy. if you were a conservative of wyoming and you like the jib of the woman running out there and thought it was time for a new generation. and you heard she was loyal to her sister on same-sex marriage because she was her sister, would anybody normal vote against her if they knew the reason. people don't make -- people aren't that dumb and klutzy to say if she's on that position. no she takes that because of her sister. understand that. who would want the votes of people who voted for you when you threw your sister under the bus? who would want those people? is politics that desperate? as jack kennedy once said party loyalty asks too much. >> you're right. i grew up in colorado out west. we drove through colorado a lot. the thing about people out west, they are conservative. when i was growing up colorado

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. >> mike allen, the chief of the white house correspondent for politico. mike, good to have you up here. first thing, your screaming headline this morning is ominous one for ken cuccinelli. it reads cuccinelli fights off stench of doom. you also have a piece up, texas tea party members trying recruit what they say is another ted cruz. >> oh, boy. >> who are they looking at and why? >> ted cruz is driving the conversation in the republican party much to the dismay of republicans so in texas they are talking about bringing another tea party guy, a ted cruz-type to run against senator jon cornyn who is up next year. david barton who helped ted cruz win. they call him an vevangelical historian. >> a little background. david barton goes back and shows all the quotes of the founding fathers. very explicitly makes the point that this country was founded by men of great faith. so david barton, a lot of evangelicals know who this guy is. he probably has a national following. >> do you think he's qualified to be in the united states senate with that kind of temperame

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let's do politico. >> mike allen has a look at the playbook.to convince conservatives it's time for a change and said it's not enough that mike enzi voted against obama care and received high marks from the american conservative union, right to and the nra. >> it's not about age. it's about he has been here for 18 years and the last five under barack obama. the people in wyoming are suffering greatly. we are ground zefor the president's policy. i am going to continue business as usual here in washington. you have to demonstrate results. it's the take on our side of the aisle. people who are willing to lead and stand up and say you know what, the president's war is not going to devastate wyoming and requires leadership and mobilizing people to stand up against this onslaught of constitutional and liberty and values and over the last five years, things have gotten worse and not better. >> we will talk about the public fight with her sister in a moment. let's talk about liz cheney. is she making up ground on mike enzy? >> there was one poll that c

. >> what is now the chief excuse correspondent is mike allen. he has a lock at the playbook. od morning. >> good morning, happy get away day. >> a group of people can get away. let's talk wyoming politics. senator mike enzi under fire from challenger liz cheney. americans for jobs security has put up an attack ad tying senator enzi to obama care. >> mike enzi praised them. >> i like the exchanges. these exchanges can be good. >> good? yoem wyoming's obama care exchange has the most expensive in the country it's marred by glitches. >> i like the exchanges. >> tell mike enzi we don't leak these big liberal obama care changes, paid for by americans for job security. >> i would have stung out with it one more time i like the exchanges. that's a good one. we know the margin. he has a fairly comfortable lead over liz cheney in this primary. does this hurt him? >> no, because there the a basic problem with that ad and that is that senator enzi voted against obama care. he's soeted to defund it. he's voted to repeal it. people in wyoming will find that out. so this americans for jobs

watchers ice cream sandwiches were nice to sandwiches carl reiner starts the show at the beginning so mike allen and i going to be here it's a two hour show for the with the jews right. and then the phone rings and ryder picks it up he goes hello yeah it was very pleasant he's still here and he looks at me goes it's mel brooks and mike watt and i go hello and all i hear mello yello here is mel brooks go eighty percent right. and i go maybe eighty five he's like alright maybe eighty five put carl back on the phone and then they talk about i think they were talking about whether or not caro could roast a chicken or not and then. and then i remember i forgot to ask him about the chicken feathers right so i turned the mikes back on and i said you know you mentioned some a chicken feathers he said oh yeah oh yeah that's right that's right me and mel brooks and there's a publicist and on the couch he goes is there a question behind you having a question so he puts his pillow in his lap and he just there's a run in his hand over it and i'm sad i think i know we're off road now and he pulls a feather ou

mike allen, have a great weekend.ee ya. >>> coming up, oregon, could they remain unbeaten at stanford? they were down big. they rallied huge in the fourth quarter. we'll show you the highlights when we come back. >>> a couple big college football games last night. thursday night, unbeaten oregon, number three trying to sneak ahead of fsu to beat alabama. what are you doing? leaned into my shot to see how his jacket was looking. >> unbelievable. the vanity is staggering. >> it's staggering. let's watch oregon at stanford. >> second quarter, stanford up. dives across the goal line. the ducks shut out in the first half for the first time since 2009. shutout into the fourth quarter. oregon blocks a field goal, returns it for a touchdown. it cuts the lead to 26-14. they eventually cut the lead, 26-20 with the help of a kick. it was not enough. stanford holds ongoing up 26-20. now oregon has a loss and is out of the picture unless something crazy happened. alabama undefeated, ohio state will sneak up. this other team that i

you get a uniter, mike allen and i talk a lot about it in the book.would believe that a 69-year-old guy that people like howard dean were calling right-wing fascists -- >> i was not. >> they said ugly nasty things about ronald reagan. but fascist, fastest gun in the wembgts radical right-wing extremist, he'll lead news to world war iii. republicans were saying that about him. young voters were all swept up and they voted for him overwhelmingly in 1980 and 1984. >> it's about the person not the party. it was ronald reagan not the rnc that led working class democrats to vote republican. >> you're exactly right. >> not a database. happy weekend. >> exactly. >> thank you for sharing what's under your pillow. good choice. coming up next, i'm very excited about this. defending british open champion fannie mae and freddie mac. he'll talk about the opening season. and he'll talk about getting books in the hands of kids nationwide. what a great idea. sports coming up next. i am today by luck. i put in the hours and built a strong reputation in the industry. i

watchers ice cream sandwiches were nice to sandwiches carl reiner starts the show at the beginning so mike allen and i going to be here it's a two hour show for the it's the jews right. and then the phone rings and writer picks it up he goes oh yeah it was very pleasant he's still here and he looks at me and goes it's mel brooks and mike watt and i go hello and all i hear mello yello here is mel brooks go eighty percent right. and i go maybe eighty five yes i go right maybe eighty five put karl back on the phone and then they talk about i think they were talking about whether or not karl could roast a chicken or not and then. and then i remember i forgot to ask about the chicken feathers right so i turned the mikes back on and i said you know you mentioned some a chicken feathers he said oh yeah oh yeah that's right that's right me and mel brooks and there's a publicist sitting on the couch he goes is there a question behind you having a question so he puts his pillow in his lap and he just there's a run in his hand over it and i'm sitting i think i go now we're off road now and he pulls a feath

bill: thank you, mike allen, reporter in manila. we'll be in contact with you throughout the morning. martha has more. martha: terrible images coming out of there the geography of company is part of the reason the devastation is so massive. "time" magazine said the philippines may be the most vulnerable country on the planet to tropical storms. it is literally all islands, swept through these warm waters covering 116,000 square miles. give you context that is about the size of arizona. it is spread out in more than 7,000 islands in that space, with estimated population of 100 million people. it is nearly impossible to evacuate those island when this kind of weather headed their way to get to people on higher ground. bill: mike cohen, said help is on the way from the u.s. military. some of it is already there. defense secretary chuck hagel has asked to deploy ships to the area. since 1990, 23 years ago, the u.s. government has responded to more than 40 disasters in the philippines alone at the request of that country's government. fo

mike also said he and i are fishing buddies, which is simply not true. never happened. >> people talk about not wanting the clintons back in office. what about the cheney's? the allen thing, the mike fishing thing with dad and today it was the sister getting in the mix. yesterday liz went on fox news sunday and once again declared her opposition to marriage equality. >> i do believe it's an issue that has got to be left up to the states. >> you talk about your position against same sex marriage. your sister who is married to a woman put out this post. she said for the record, i love my sister, you, but she is dead wrong on the issue of marriage. >> yeah. listen, i love mary very much. >> moments later, the response from mary. liz, this isn't just an issue on which we disagree, you're just wrong and on the wrong side of history. today dick cheney and his wife put out a press release in which they took sides. liz has always believed in the traditional definition of marriage. liz's many kindnesses should not be used to distort her position. liz cheney's position on same sex marriage, who knows what the political impact of that will be. the majority of the country is i

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cortez allen stops you from the touchdown but let's talk about mike tomlin. his foot appeared to be on the field. how aware were you of him? >> i'm looking at him like, i see him -- i don't know if he knew i was there or what, is he going to move? i got up on him i weaved a little bit and that's how the buddy tackled. i shouldn't have been caught. that was the first time in my life. that's like usain bolt losing a race. >> do you feel like he was pushing you into cortez. >> i probably did the same thing if i knew i was back there. >> so no ill will? >> no. it is what it is. we got the w. that's all that matters. >> big w. this game matters so much in the division standings and where you go from here. what do you take away from this? >> we're moving up. still in the hunt for the playoff. we're 6-6, we're .500. >> looks like you're enjoying that? >> i'm almost finished. >> i'm having a hard time chewing here. >> don't forget, guys, we have game balls for each of you. you know, we aim to please here at the madden thanksgiving day player of the game. congratulati

mike enzi. the second breach was lynn cheney calling allen simpson a liar and ending that friendship.ow this breach is with her sister. and another breach, i think you're referring to before is dick and lynn come out and kind of basically back liz and say, no, she's never supported gay marriage. and that -- what must that feel like? they really did in this particular spat take liz's side, not mary's. so there's something very disturbing. >> i'm sorry, joan. you probably saw -- there's a great scene when the young man betrays him. sells him out. saying you never say anything against the king. he said you're giving your mortal soul away for wales? i mean, she's giving it up for wyoming. and she's -- how could she go to her sister two weeks later and say you know i had to do it? >> republicans admire when people stick up for their family. that's fundamental. >> she doesn't think so. >> i know. but you know what? any voter can get over a disagreement. what they can't get over is a character flaw. and to not stand up for her sister, for mary cheney not to understand her sister's position u

mike enzi. the second breach was lynn cheney calling allen simpson a liar and ending that friendship.ow this breach is with her sister. and another breach, i think you're referring to before is dick and lynn come out and kind of basically back liz and say, no, she's never supported gay marriage. and that -- what must that feel like? they really did in this particular spat take liz's side, not mary's. so there's something very disturbing. >> i'm sorry, joan. you probably saw -- there's a great scene when the young man betrays him. sells him out. saying you never say anything against the king. he said you're giving your mortal soul away for wales? i mean, she's giving it up for wyoming. and she's -- how could she go to her sister two weeks later and say you know i had to do it? >> republicans admire when people stick up for their family. that's fundamental. >> she doesn't think so. >> i know. but you know what? any voter can get over a disagreement. what they can't get over is a character flaw. and to not stand up for her sister, for mary cheney not to understand her sister's position u

cortez allen stops you from the touchdown but let's talk about mike tomlin. his foot appeared to be on the field. how aware were you of him? >> i'm looking at him like, i see him -- i don't know if he knew i was there or what, is he going to move? i got up on him i weaved a little bit and that's how the buddy tackled. i shouldn't have been caught. that was the first time in my life. that's like usain bolt losing a race. >> do you feel like he was pushing you into cortez. >> i probably did the same thing if i knew i was back there. >> so no ill will? >> no. it is what it is. we got the w. that's all that matters. >> big w. this game matters so much in the division standings and where you go from here. what do you take away from this? >> we're moving up. still in the hunt for the playoff. we're 6-6, we're .500. >> looks like you're enjoying that? >> i'm almost finished. >> i'm having a hard time chewing here. >> don't forget, guys, we have game balls for each of you. you know, we aim to please here at the madden thanksgiving day player of the game. congratulati

. >>> to the nba, mike scott hit a turn around jump shot, but miami bounces back in the second half. ray allen costs up big with a three-pointer as the heat pull out a win, 104-88. the lakers kobe bryant practiced on tuesday and said it is possible he could return to the team late this month. his recovery is from an achilles injury last april. in college basketball, number two kansas got a scare as eye owe in a had the lead in the early going. butkansas turned it on and won in that. >>> the check this out. which rodriguez tried to blast a pain of glass but the shot bounces back causing rodriguez a whole lot of pain. right bat at you. the crowd advised him just walk it off. and a new foot locker commercial suggests that their new shoes can right all the world wrongs for well-known sports figures. >> i'm sorry, evander. >> so round trip to north korea? >> one way. >> one way? >> you think mike really kept the ear? i don't know about that. good to see those two hugging it out. also we'll keep you posted on rod man's one way trip to north korea. bill karins is in. that's one of the best i've seen

in the first quarter, atlanta's mike scott hit a turnaround jump shot as the hawks take the lead, but miami bounces back in the second half. ray allenomes up big with a three-pointer as the heat pulls out a 104-88 win. >>> the lakers' kobe bryant practiced on tuesday and said it's possible he could return to the team late this month. he is recovering from an achilles injury last april. >>> in college basketball, number two ranked kansas got a scare as armon gave unranked the lead. kansas turned it on in the second half winning 86-66. >>> following the deadly tornado in washington, illinois, this week the town's high school football team is preparing to play in the state's playoffs this saturday and their opponents are raising money to feed the players and the washington fans as they recover from that disaster. >>> rodriguez trying to smash a pane of glass but the shot bounces back causing rodriguez a lot of pain. the big crowd advised, walk it off. ooh, did not look good. >>> a new foot locker commercial suggests that their new shoes can right all of the world's wrongs for well-known sports figures. >> i'm sorry, evander. it's your

allen west is somebody that cuts an interesting figure for the republican party. there's other folks. mike pence of indiana. he's kind of laid low so far but i'm hoping he will throw his hat in the ring. one thing is certain for the republican party. in order for the republican party to win again the need to overcome a couple things. one is a tremendous technological disadvantage they demonstrated in 2012. second, we have to nominate someone that is willing to draw a stark contrast between the conservative movement and the liberal movement. we are not going to win. republicans are not going to win claiming they can run the government better. the government ring no one can wield this thing. the government has to be taken down. it has to be shortened. it has to be curved. it has to be controlled. and the idea that the government is just a tool that can be wielded by anybody lee and that republicans are better at managing things, maybe we are better at managing american decline but you are still managing a decline so long as government continues to grow at this rate. >> host: ben shapiro why