mike barnicle won the toss. he decided to lead. you will defend the golf. are you ready?eaker of the house and you want to keep calm and carry on, do you compare one of the world's great religions to naziism and compare kathleen sa bibillus to a nazi? >> can i have a lifeline? >> yes. be calm about it. >> okay. i have an answer. yes. >> i am sorry, mike barnicle. >> don't get the hat. >> you don't get the hat. >> that was a trick question. >> try another one. >> let's see if willie does a little better and see if tj does a little better. >> all right. here we go. golf balls, willie, are you ready? question. if you're a liberal radio and tv talk show host and your goal is to stay calm and hold on, do you say to a liberal politician who just had a heart attack, quote, we ought to rip his heart out and stuff it back in. >> is it life-threatening or cost his life? >> life-threatening. he's still alive. these guys aren't that good at this. >> it's a new game. >> yes. you said threatening. >> no. i'm sorry. the buzzer! you stopped the match game music and then you hit the buzze

i think it's much more damaging, the switch itself. >> mike barnicle, look, you're more than just anid baseball fan. you're very plugged into major league baseball. i ask you this. at what point does the best interest of baseball, it is a -- sort of enumerated power of the commissioner of baseball. at what point do you see this spectacle kog on in l.a., perhaps the third or fourth most important franchise to major league baseball, does the commissioner say, enough, this team has to be sold and sold now, regardless of what the judge does. does the commissioner have that kind of power? >> yeah, he does. now, whether it holds up in court, chuck, i don't know. frank mccourt, i've known frank and jamie for a long time. i know larry silverstein, lawyer. frank is a little litigious personality. whatever happen s at the major league baseball, he could tie that up. to answer your question, before spring training, major league baseball is going to act on this because, as you indicated, there are four premier national franchises in major league baseball, dodgers, franchises i baseball. what has

taliban, freedom, taliban, free done mike barnicle. we all know people like that. ust stay on the damn meds. stay on the meds. >> a lot of stuff going on here, mike. richard holbrooke was on a couple days ago. i'm not knocking richard because he's got a job. and when you sign up for the job, you debate behind closed doors. and then you salute. we pressed him yesterday or the day before on afghanistan and told him it wouldn't work. and he said, oh, it is going to work and we have to stay there. and then we find out in the book, we don't think it's going to work. >> you're not surprised at that, are you? >> no. biden doesn't think it's going to work. most of the administration doesn't think it's going to work. the president got rolled by the generals. did you read what petraeus said? an american hero, love the guy. did remarkable things in iraq. but he's telling obama we're going to be fighting this war for the rest of our lives and our kids' lives. no, we're not. we or not. we're out of afghanistan. we or not going to be fighting this for the raeft of our lives. >> t

mike barnicle just walked 30 yards. you okay, sir? do you need medical attention?we talk about your shoes? because they trouble me. it's sort of a frog man look. look at those. >> these are the most incredible shoes in western civilization, the diagram, five fingers, no more back pain, no more knee pain. a guy named phil night comes around and tries to change the way we humans run in 30 years, it's bad for the back. >> these frog man shoes are absolutely incredible. everybody that's tried them after they are seen me running or walking in them, absolutely loves them. >> all right, that's the next plug for those. norah you've got the best plug out for the baby book right now. you talk a lot about eating healthy, that's why we're here, living healthy, fighting obesity, you say it starts within the first two years of life. >> we know now that obesity begins in infancy, and more than a million americans are obese. i'm a terrible cook, i admit it, but making baby food is not that hard and we all struggle with trying to eat healthy. i'm not saying you have to live a pure

mike barnicle is here and he's already made some trouble. i've been here 30 seconds. >> i'm trying to have a calming effect. >> no. just stop. also, we have with us, thank god, publisher and owner of the "daily news." mort zuckerman, great to have you here. a good show today. >> looking great. >> a handsome boy, isn't he? >> great. >> strapping. >> did i miss something? >> no. >> big show today. colin powell will be with us, and alma powell will be with us at the 8:00 hour. >> general powell and his wife, alma. >> part of education nation. they will talk about something specifically near and dear to their hearts an organization they have been working on for years and a goal in life to make a difference. what's so funny? >> it's been a great week. i'm happy. glad to see you happy. willie. >> no, it hasn't, actually. broadcasting has been great. >> i'm playing this game under protest until i get a new chair. >> also, we have dockmentarian and baseball historian, ken burns on the show tonight. >> did you see that? it's fabulous. >> i will do th

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