mr. eastwood pretended was mr. obama. nternet react the quickly and newly formed twitter handle invisible obama gained over 40,000 followers overnight. and even visible obama got in on the act tweeting a picture of himself in a chair. eastwood has become the creative outlet for those who are tired of tea partying. here to join us john fugelsang it's good to see you. >> i would love to say what a pleasure was to drag you and that excellent panel down to my level every night this week. >> eliot: it was great. >> it was great. i had a riot. al gore, too bad he had something to say but it was really very entertaining. >> eliot: give us your take on clint eastwood. is this a guy off the rails? even his hair was not combed rights. >> this is what happened when you're surrounded by yemen. clint did not have to submit a script. he didn't have a script. i thought it was charming to be honest with you. he got what he was doing. i thought he was funny. he was the only loose performer we saw the entire week. he was very, very relaxed.

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mr. eastwood thinks he got it done.re ideas that mitt romney whole heartedly agrees with, bret. >> bret: carl cameron live in new hampshire tonight. thank you. despite the disappointing jobs numbers out today, the president does have access to some interesting ideas about job creation. but chief national correspondent jim angle tells us tonight there is a big difference between getting advice and taking it. >> president obama has not met with the jobs council he appointed since january of this year. the counsel led by g.e. ceo jeffrey immelt recommended several things that the president embraces such as the importance of education. >> we formally established it to get advice from business leaders and others, about what he should do to increase jobs in this country. >> mr. obama, however, ignored other recommendations including some on corporate taxes. the council for instance called for what is known as a territorial tax system; meaning, foreign earnings of american corporations taxed overseas would not be taxed again w

mr. eastwood read. >> i thought it was very funny. i thought he was very charming.er the killing of our ambassador stevens last week, i thought maybe there were more than one empty chairs. neil: that's interesting. but you don't go out of your way to get overtly political heated or do the jon wertheim red white? >> well, jon voight has a passion he feels like it's more important for him to be vocal about what he feels. neil: do you believe like he does, that this country is slipping away? >> certainly the country is changing. i don't know if it is changing for the dead. so i have questions that are serious and i am alarmed and concerned. i am nervous. neil: would you be alarmed if the president was being reelected? >> just. in context from you have to look at that political pragmatism. i know i have attended one of those fundraisers. another context for that basic conversation is to say that i was in california at the time and say that you won't see a mitt romney campaign out here. we know that it is a waste of our money. the context of that conversation, about 47 a

mr. eastwood's speech or performance, whatever you call it. >> i know even people in your own party are very disappointed you didn't close gitmo. i thought -- well, i think closing gitmo, why close that, we spent so much money on it. but i thought maybe it's an excuse -- oh, what do you mean shut up? okay. i thought it was just because somebody had a stupid idea of trying terrorists in downtown new york city. maybe that will work. >> gloria, some romney supporters are saying, look, it played well in the hall. i've been getting tweets saying you liberals just don't get it or you in the elite media, you're making much ado about nothing. you said this was a complete embarrassment to the romney campaign. >> yeah, i think it was an embarrassment because they had spent the entire convention aimed at this sliver of voters who actually voted for president obama in 2008. are now disappointed with him. and might vote for mitt romney. this tone was distracting. it was very often crass. and it has become a diversion from mitt romney's speech which is of course what they want to be talking about all day

mr. eastwood, maybe he believes that that really odd performance was somehow targeted for the middle.be the middle of fifth avenue, some guy naked pushing a shopping cart. but no, that -- it was really -- it was just painful. he is an icon, i love his movies. mary, i'm like a professional >> i'm like, you're not a normal person. you watch this convention like someone who hates conservatives. thinks that the sun rises on obama. people understood him as the iconic person that he is -- >> this is mary's problem, she lives with james carville so she can no longer recognize crazy. you've got to give her a break. >> that's a good point. okay, on that we'll agree. >> we'll leave it there on that. mary, appreciate it. paul, thanks very much. >>> there are growing concerns tonight about a deadly virus outbreak at yosemite national park. a third person has now died from this thing called the hanta virus. park officials are scrambling to alert thousands of visitors who may have been exposed. chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta joins me ahead to explain this thing. my name is adam frucci

.> reporter: eastwood also had the invisible mr. obama uttering bamaenities. >> what do you want me to tell romney? i can't tell him to do that. he can't do that to himself. >> reporter: eastwood was scheduled to speak for five astwoos but ignored the red light to wrap up and spoke for ghice as long. lonraffic on twitter about the actor's bizarre speech spiked, the romney campaign rushed out a the shatement, even as their t,ndidate was delivering his isceptance speech. "judging an american icon like clint eastwood through a typical political lens doesn't work" the statement said. his ad-libbing was a break from the political speeches and the crowd enjoyed it. the obama campaign quickly tweeted a picture of the quicident in his white house chair with the caption "this "tt's taken." and the morning after mitt romney's big moment it was eastwood who was the top trending topic on google. one republican official told cbs news political director john dickerson that eastwood was not scripted because they didn't want to rein in his creativit

eastwood made's stir with the gop convention speech . tongue in cheek pay back the cowboy is getting for the famous empty chair. that cowboy being mr. d . dry mouth may start off as an irritant. it'll cause cavities, bad breath. patients will try and deal with it by drinking water. water will work for a few seconds but if you're not drinking it, it's going to get dry again. i recommend biotene. all the biotene products like the oral rinse...the sprays have enzymes in them. the whole formulation just works very well. it leaves the mouth feeling fresh. if i'm happy with the results and my patients are happy with the results, i don't need to look any farther. >> hey, everybody. well, show you the cardboard cutout of hollywood icon clint eastwood has overlooked california highway and now another cardboard cutout joins him, this one of the invisible president obama or perhaps it's just a chair. the empty chair was made famous by the actor's rnc speech a couple of weeks ago. during the speech he asked the invisible president why he didn't keep the 2008 promises. telling his hometown newspaper his convention speech was a last minute idea. >

mr. eastwood, we're thinking what scene are you planning to steal next?it just goes to show you how much social media plays into our daily lives now. it's such great fodder. you didn't have that four years ago. >> no, i was just talking to the chair about that, and we agree. >> i mean, such creativity that you saw online, whether you liked the speech or not, whether you like him or not, it was so funny, and it's become such a clever little thing. and i just, i got so much amusement from that. i was dumbfounded when it was happening, but i was amused by that. >> well, we've got our little chair here. >> stay right there. >>> coming up, leann rimes, the country star says she needs to emotionally check out for a second. what's behind her voluntary break and how's it playing in hollywood? first, this is "today" on nbc. anncr: it'll start out as concrete and steel... but it'll become so much more. a new world-class resort casino in prince george's county. two thousand construction jobs to build it. four thousand permanent, good-paying jobs when it's done. hund

mr. eastwood referred to them.obama, in his view has not fulfilled his campaign promises. and then the third thing was that politicians aren't royalty or something, that if they're not doing the job, you got to let them go. that's what he said to the convention and they went nuts when he said it. >> now a lot of people have noted that clint eastwood himself had a spell as a politician. wahe an experienced orator? did he have an opportunity to speak in front of large groups of people? >> no. carmel is a small town. things are very informal there. i do have a tie on today but i usually don't wear one to work. so he interacted in a friendly and spontaneous way with his -- with the media, with his constituents, and that's just the way he does it. he told me i really don't know how to give a speech. >> quickly, paul, since you really are one of the only people in the media to speak to him since this all happened, what's his state of mind? what does he make of the frenzy after his speech? >> well, he's a very easygoing p

mr. eastwood is himself, you know, harboring racial bias or anything. >> i don't think he is. >> but there'sng in what happens when you represent the president of the united states in that way. let's even take the idea that we are somehow less safe in the world, this kind of discourse that was coming up from condi rice and john mccain. that felt to me the sort of thing that would be policed out of a democratic convention. you're not allowed to show up and say oh, you know, we're much more vulnerable now. we're much less safe than we once were. >> the eastwood presentation, it spoke to the soft birtherism that's been around all week. that barack obama is not one of ours. he just doesn't get it. and the party took on this role as the carrier of the american dream, the carrier of american exceptionalism as though the rest of us are not. and then to say actually he doesn't get it, and implication presuming lots of democrats don't get it. >> i think we're connecting a lot of dots that shouldn't necessarily be connected. >> okay. >> i think clint eastwood very clearly has a history if you look at

mr. eastwood talk to the empty chair at the republican national convention, some individuals fouthought itld be appropriate to hang an empty chair from a tree. one of them happened in virginia. for the most part, the candidates are roundly condemning those far-out expressions of what the individuals are doing in terms of freedom of speech. host: we have about 50 minutes left with our guest, elsie barnes -- we have about 15 minutes left. professor, we're showing a map on the screen of the state of virginia looking back to 2008 voted.ple arhave large swaths for senator mccain. give us a sense of how the state is laid out and how that has changed over the years electorally? guest: phrygian traditionally years ago -- virginia was a democratic state of the byrd machine and it changed as the times changed. people were democratic were less enthusiastic about some of the demographic changes, the voting rights act, and they become republicans. the constitutional party candidate started out in politics in virginia as a democrat. then he became an independent. then he became a republican. schools clo

mr. eastwood sold out. he was republican and the mayor of caramel, it's here's the party that don't know they're hurt in the back. running around in circles trying to do anything to derail the president. that's total disrespect. but the making is that the republican party, they have a little insight. it's like don't -- don't do taxes and stuff. like this. and he's wanting to increase the taxes for the poor and take away medicare, medical, all of the social programs that will have you and even schools. >> thanks for weighing in. i want to get more viewpoints in. we'll do this for 30, 35 more minutes. we're asking why you think washington is divided as ever. a piece by dan ball in "the washington post." be uh the theme of division is out there quite a bit this morning. there's the front page of the sunday l.a. times as they preview the convention which starts in two days. the headline here says under a shot of the president, a deep divide, frustrated at bridge building, obama's campaign gambles that partisans

mr. eastwood gave us in tampa. >> alisyn: you'll be surprised to be surprised.dell, thank you very much. back to you. >> clayton: the national conventions are a longstanding tradition, are the millions spent worth it? former arkansas governor, mike huckabee thinks they're overkill. >> gone are the days of yesteryear when the political convenes gave the nominee and drama. and highly scripted and choreographed world of today's political convention, several days of lodging and meals and gulag-like security and artfully crafted moments, it might just not be necessary. let's be honest and call it what it is, it's a tv show. since that's what it is. why don't we condense it to two nights, two hours, and at the end of the program bring son big time bands, and it would save time and it would save money and the results would be the same. >> dave: here to weigh in, good to see you bright and early. give us perspective historically why they used to matter so much before we debate how much they matter now. well, i think governor huckabee was on to something, back even as la

when we come back, the speech of clint eastwood, the mr.peaker. ♪ [music break] >> this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. from tampa, florida, this is "democracy now!" breaking with convention: war, peace and the presidency. this is our special daily to our coverage from the republican-to convention inside and out. next to make we will be doing the same thing in charlotte for the democratic convention. one unusual speech at the closing of the republic convention thursday generated so much attention it nearly threatened to overshadow romney's acceptance of the presidential nomination. the actor clint eastwood data rambling 11-8 minute address that appeared to be completely unscripted. during the speech, the 82-year- old actor addressed an empty chair next among the state's three pretended president obama was sitting. >> so have got mr. obama sitting here. i was going to ask him a couple of questions. i remember three and a half years ago when mr. obama won the election. and though i was not a b

is a new online trend called eastwooding. >> i've got mr. obama sitting here. and he's -- i was just going ask him a couple question autos moments after he began this could be ve ver -- conversation with the president. social media users started posting pictures of empty chairs hence the name eastwooding. and president obama tweeted this response it's a photo with a line this seat is taken. >> and president obama made a visit today ahead of the democratic national convention at w.a speech in fort bliss, texas coinciding with the end of u.s. combat missions in iraq. highlighting mitt romney not mentioning the war or u.s. troops in the speech last night. the stage being set for next week's democratic national convention in charlotte, north carolina. the president scheduled to deliver his acceptance speech next thursday night. abc 7 news mark matthews will be live from the democratic national convention as he was from the g.o.p.'s convention in tampa. and you can get instant updates all week from mark by following him on our facebook page or on twitter. >> and fed

mr. eastwood and i know one another from hanging around hollywood. >> be honest, come on, the empty chairse of what will happen to my elderly parents. so that's what i was doing. >> very diplomatic. ashley, lovely to meet you. >> if the foo fighters aren't your thing, maybe you should have listened to the james taylor piece earlier. >> i don't mind the foo fighters. i'm more of a mary j. blige man myself. >> she was wonderful. that song is, you know, we're in it together. >> we certainly are. wolf, to you. >> i like the foo fighters. piers, thanks. we're standing by. the pledge of allegiance, the former congresswoman giffords is going to do that. this will be an emotional moment here. also, hollywood's come here to charlotte as well. the delegates, they are now getting ready to hear from the actress scarlett johansson. and a turncoat republican is here to explain why he's now supporting president obama. [ male announcer ] whether it's kevin's smartphone... mom's smartphone... dad's tablet... or lauren's smartphone... at&t has a plan built to help make families' lives easier. introducing a

businessman >>> in his at that romney officials say was improvised eastwood imagine the president answering back >>> east would also have the invisible mrobama uttering obscenities >>> what you want me to tell romney? i can tell him to do that to himself >>> eastwood was scheduled to speak for five minutes but ignored the like to wrap up and spoke twice as long as traffic on twitter about the bizarre speech spike the romney campaign put out a statement even as the candidate that delivered his acceptance speech kedging up and i can't like clint eastwood throw a political lands does not work. the crowd enjoyed it. the obama campaign tweeted a picture with the president in his white house chair with the caption " this seat taken " a morning after mitt romney's big moment eastwood was the top trendy topic on googled. one official told john dickerson that east would was not scripted because they did not want to rain his creativity but a romney adviser and acknowledged was a distraction another republican official put it is clint eastwood if elvis wants to sing along songs you turn off his mind? anthony mason cbs news >>> a winery's says it m

. >>> what did the president think of clint eastwood's invisible obama in a chair at the rnc? today, mra called himself a huge eastwood fan and said of being president, "if you're easily offended, you should probably choose another occupation." the response to the eastwood speech ended up being the most popular tweet of the rnc. the tweet showed the president, of course, sitting in the oval office with the caption "this seat's taken." >>> and there you go. the white house has released the recipe for its home-brewed beer. the ingredients for the ale include hops and chocolate malt. okay. >>> and paul ryan now says he did not run a marathon in less than three hours of the surprise. in an interview last week, ryan said he ran a "two hour and 50-something marathon." but ryan actually ran the marathon in four hours and one minute. ryan responded, "the race was more than 20 years ago." also, sarah palin has ryan beat by seconds. she once ran a marathon in three hours and 59 minutes. those are the things we just thought you should know. hey! did you know that honey nut cheerios has oats that c

mr. obama sitting here. >> reporter: what did you think of clint eastwood at the republican convention?d of cute. but i was distressed that his age was really betrayed by his performance. i don't want the public to see that frailty. i don't have it yet. when i do i'm sure there will be people like ed asner to tell me. >> reporter: no one is telling asner anything yet. do you ever feel like you're a really young person trapped in an older body? >> i am, i am, i am. they won't believe me. they wouldn't believe me. (humming) >> reporter: but you better believe it. ed asner is more than ready to take on the intense work of live theater. i just think a lot of people as successful as you are, they wouldn't put themselves through this out there every night >> well then they don't love acting. i love acting. >> osgood: next, actress elizabeth banks. chicken broccoli alfredo. bring out or best-ever meatloaf. go to campbellskitchen.com for recipes, plus a valuable coupon. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine living your life with less chronic l

eastwood was slated for three minutes, a quick endorsement. >> i've got mr. obama sitting here. and he is -- i just was going to ask him a couple questions. >> reporter: but the aging gun slinger went rogue, doing improv with an empty chair berating an imaginary president obama. >> what do you mean shut up? i'm not going to shut up. it's my turn. >> reporter: six minutes in the romney camp was squirming. paul ryan looked uncomfortable and that was before eastwood got crude. >> what do you want me to tell romney? i can't tell him to do that. he can't do that to himself. >> reporter: by the time eastwood finished 11 minutes later twitter exploded. a new account invisible obama attracted 36,000 followers by the end of the night. even the president chimed in tweeting this seat's taken. this morning ann romney made the rounds of morning tv telling charlie rose she was surprised. >> i didn't know it was coming. >> reporter: a top romney aide said he first knew eastwood would use a chair when waiting back stage he saw it on the screen. he laughed off the controversy saying it's just li

eastwood thing. this video about mr. romney and his family. it's very nice. nobody saw it at the convention but they're using it at their events now. right. and they gave "time" magazine that 1968 photo of young mitt romney on a beach in france with his love letter to ann, written in the sand. i mean you can understand why they wouldn't maybe want to highlight that mitt romney spent his draft eligible years writing love letters in france instead of serving in vietnam, but there is also a human benefit to showing him, right? human. an ounce of handsome, humanized mitt at this point might be worth a pound of questions on how he avoided serving during the war. they are trying. they've even got him talking about health reform in massachusetts again. and conservatives now are so scared of him losing as badly as it looks like him losing that they are not even squawking about it this time the way they did when he talked about romney care just last month. the romney campaign is trying to do some things right. they're trying to make people dislike their candidate less

. >> reporter: eastwood talked about his latest movie "trouble with the curve," and that foray into politics. >> i have mrreporter: the polls suggest that people remember your speech, not mitt romney's. >> i wasn't trying to upstage anybody. >> reporter: and you didn't let the campaign see what you were going to stay because you didn't know what you were going to say. >> i can't tell him to do that. can't do that to himself. >> reporter: do you think you went too far at all? >> no, not really. anyway, everybody seemed to have a good time with it. and that's all that matters. >> reporter: president obama said he's an olympic fan of yours. >> you know, that's his bad judgment. actually, he seems very charming to me. >> reporter: the most memorable convention moment in decades. >> unforgettable. >> i was glued. >>> that's what's making news in america this morning. >> have a great tuesday, everybody.