whether it's madonna or david bowie or paul simon after he had that weird growth removed.onight i am proud to announce my second annual summer concert series. [cheering and applause] >> steve fest ochella '12. >> stephen: nation. [cheering and applause] nation, get ready to rock. in two weeks. the only thing bigger than festival itself is this year's venue. you may know her from her work capturing the marshal islands during world war ii. she displaces 41,434 tons. ladies and gentlemen, the mother [bleeped] u.s. intrepid. give it up. whew, whew, baby. we'll be on deck with a boatload of rock talent, including santa gold, grizzly bear, the flaming lips and fun. [cheering and applause] i love fun. i hear their shows are a ton of band. and the official aircraft carrier-based d.j. is the per fechtor of the scratch, grand master flash. don't push him cause he's close to the edge. and on the intrepid, the edge is like a 50-foot drop. friday, august 10th at 7:00 p.m. for more information, including how to get free ticket, visit colbertnation.com. tell them i sent you. this will be

i learned all the paul simon songs. as i got older -- >> he is a hell of a guitarist. people do not realize. he is not flashy, but if you try to learn his tunes, they are really hard. >> he is a brilliant guitar player. i eventually got interested in jazz, world music, everything. maybe that is one of the reasons. i enjoyed so many kinds of music, i did not have a preference. i did not want to be anything in particular. i just wanted to play guitar and get that sound that i was hearing in my head. >> is there a particular song of yours that you can trace back to and influence, sound that you were trying to get that you heard somebody else use and you wanted to use it? >> i will play you a few bars from a piece that i wrote in the 1970's, very much influenced by the british isles style. this one is called "inverness." ♪ >> i am cutting it short, but, to me, that is the quintessential british isles style. >> although, in your hand, it is more harmonically complex. >> it could be. >> one of the things i was trying to do -- i became a big fan of keith jarrett when i was yo

cab cal obey, jay mcsham, buoy, daisy duke, ray charles, aretha, paul simon, frank sinatra, michael jacksont's the whole 20th century of black music. >> ludicrous, snoop dogg, everybody. incredible, man. it is a blessing and i receive it very gracefully. >> when you got into the music business, you began as an artist. playing the trumpet. how did you get your first big break? >> i wanted to be a gangster until i was 12. >> before music, you wanted to be a gangster? >> yeah. my dad was a master carpenter in chicago in the depression. five million black people and he was a carpenter for the city's most serious triple owe gees on the planet, the jones boyce. i got my medals, switchblade, seven years old, ice pick in my head. >> so what got you out of the gang life and into the music? >> oh, no, no. my father was busy all the time. my mother was put in a mental home. so he was never home to look out after us. he was working and all. he was working with these guys. capone found out that they started a policy racket in the first black-owned businesses. the five and dime stores. they made $100 mil

. >>> in sweden, paul simon and yo yo ma will both receive the 2012 polar music prize. one of the music industry's prestigious. >>> and on this day in 1963, dr. martin luther king jr. delivered his "i have a dream" speech during a civil rights rally in washington, d.c. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. details on a new wedding ritual that turned tragic for one bride in canada. and "american idol" winner phillip phillips performs live. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

i am not paul simon.ne day maybe i will work for another paul simon or somebody like him. >> like i mentioned earlier, i graduated with a degree in political science. i was interested in international politics, working for a non-profit, but i found myself in juneau. i found myself working for the legislation -- legislature. it was partly timing and where i was. after spending one session there, i felt like i sort of got to be addicted. it is really a dynamic work environment. even the the job i do is really similar and constant, a session by session there are so many things that are changing all the time there. also, for a number of years i worked seasonally. i worked during the legislative session, and i went to work in the tourism industry in the summer. as a young person, that was really appealing to me for the first two years, to have that variety in my life that accommodated my lifestyle well. overall, i have found has been a great fit. >> as far as what motivates the -- motivated me to run for offic

afro-brazilianrummers like these laid the foundation for paul simon's rhythm of the saints. and globalization also spreads diseases like sars, west nile virus and hiv/aids. but the driving force behind globalization is economic. one of its key components is manufacturing. this is headquarters for nike shoes in oregon. from here, orders fan out to manufacturers across the globe. this nike contractor is in guangdong, china. the spatial movement, or diffusion, of new manufacturing plants is based on several factors, including political stability, infrastructure anretive locatn. but in the competitive global economy, one reason stands out above all others, according to geographer richard wright. wright: the diffusion from japan to south korea to taiwan and then subsequently to other parts of southeast asia is driven by seeking low-wage labor. narrator: nonetheless, employees in these places find higher incomes and standards of living than ever before. so globalization is a mixture of positive and negative effects. it stirs passions on both sides of a growing debate. how do we ev

with paul simon.th paul simon. he gave in my introduction to politics. i took an internship in springfield in 2004, and have done many things on staff since. i worked with members on their communications needs and things like that, but there has been this big push toward turning our efforts and our focus toward the web. it is been a great thing to be a part of that. we're constantly looking for different ways to improve ourselves and make sure the people know the good things members are doing. it is a pleasure to be here. >> good morning. my name is jennifer esser. thank you to being -- for everyone being here and being invited to be on the panel. i began my legislative career in wisconsin state senate working for our caucus staff, then went on to work for senate majority leader, which began my tenure into leadership. then i went on to work for the senate president as his chief of staff. most recently, i worked for senator pam galloway, a freshman lawmaker. and for still, she had to resign due to fami

the first one i want to do is paul simon. a song from 30 or 40 years ago.f all the stuff i learned in high school, my lack of education has not heard one comp -- heard me but -- what i hope to do this morning is help you read the writing on the wall just a little bit. if you found it compute -- confusing before in terms of budgeting in general, do not be surprised. that was my intent. i have traveled all around the world. i have been to paris. our system may be the most transparent system in the world. i believe is also perhaps the most complex. complexity trump's transparency every time. what i try to do is help you read the writing on the wall. my next famous " is, budgeting is the art of saying no. there is an art to it. it really takes some skill to determine why the governors decide what is the best thing to say. -- to say yes or no about. there is never enough of anything to satisfy all that want it. the first lesson of budgeting. i confess i am an old-time budgeteer. i want to spend one more moment on my background. you have already been told i have

the first one i want to do is paul simon. a song from 30 or 40 years ago. when i think back on all the stuff i learned in high school, my lack of education has not hurt me none. what i hope to do this morning is help you read the writing on the wall just a little bit. if you found it confusing before in terms of budgeting in general, do not be surprised. that was my intent. i have traveled all around the world. i have been to paris. our system may be the most transparent system in the world. i believe it is also perhaps the most complex. complexity trumps tranarency evy time. what i try to do is help you read t writing on the wall. my next famous quote is, budgeting is the art of saying no. there is an art to it. it really takes some skill to determine why the governo decide what to say yes or no about. there is never enough of anything to satisfy all that want it. the first lesson of budgeting. i confess i am an old-time budgeteer. i want to spend one more moment on my background. you have already been told i have been in paris for five years. i had 30 yea

the first one i want to do is paul simon. a song from 30 or 40 years ago. when i think back on all the stuff i learned in high school, my lack of education has not hurt me none. what i hope to do this morning is help you read the writing on the wall just a little bit. if you found it confusing before in terms of budgeting in general, do not be surprised. that was my intent. i have traveled all around the world. i have been to paris. our system may be the most transparent system in the world. i believe it is also perhaps the most complex. complexity trumps transparency every time. what i try to do is help you read the writing on the wall. my next famous quote is, budgeting is the art of saying no. there is an art to it. it really takes some skill to determine why the governors decide what to say yes or no about. there is never enough of anything to satisfy all that want it. the first lesson of budgeting. i confess i am an old-time budgeteer. i want to spend one more moment on my background. you have already been told i have been in paris for five years. i ha

i got to work there at the public policy institute with paul simon. this was 2003, 2002.nd of gave me my introduction to politics. i took an internship in springfield in 2004 i have since done a lot of different things on staff. i worked with members on communication needs, things like that. there has been a big push towards turning our efforts and focus towards the web. it has been a great thing to be a part of that. we are constantly looking for different ways to improve ourselves and to make sure that people know the good things we are doing. it is a pleasure to be here. i look forward to the discussion. >> good morning. my name is jennifer esser. thank you to everyone for being here and for sending the invitation for me to be on the panel. i began my legislative career in wisconsin state senate, working for our caucus staff. i went on to work for the senate majority leader. then i went on to work for the senate president as his chief of staff. most recently i worked for senator pat galloway, a freshman lawmaker. unfortunately, she had to resign due to family health is

jon: top ten seconds to wrap it you, simon. >> i think this is, i think paul ryan made this a clear choiceer time choices in front the public will not play well for the republicans. i'm confident in barack obama's re-election. jon: simon rosenberg, kate obenshain, good debate as as you. jenna: they agreed at the end. jon: clear choice. jenna: common ground always found in the debates. speaking of he do bates the battle over immigration is still playing out in states across this country. wait until you see it pop up on the campaign trail. you know you will see it over the next couple weeks. today arizona is taking up the show your papers law. a brand new court ruling on other state laws in alabama and georgia happened this week. judge andrew napolitano will join us and break down what is happening and what it means for immigration policy in this country. >>> also she was so close. endurance swimmer diana nye idea, abandoning her record swim a day shy of her 63rd birthday. we'll tell you why she had to get out of the water and an update how she is doing, next. it's something you're born with

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what's coming up at 10:00, simon? >> paul ryan, an exclusive interview with paul ryan.w will be on the show. looking forward to that. we have an exclusive interview with the head of tanger factory, stocks up 25%. jpmorgan says he can't go much higher than that. and an interview with the ceo of diageo, the largest spirits company in the world, still unable to buy jose cuervo, though. >> he's bringing samples as i understand it. >> is he? >> going to be an interesting 10:00. >>> let's get to six in 60 with jim. caterpillar. >> not too much of a good outlook so i don't know. >> joe global upperform at clsa. >> people were freaking out on coal. >> ultrapetroleum, a sell at stern. >> a lot of people have been saying we have a bottom in natural gas. clearly this is not that count of call. >> guess. you called it a disaster. >> guess is missing the mark. they used to an as separational brand. now it's a brand that's gone bad. >> salesforce.com. >> this is one of highest risk/reward stocks there is. you've got a guy sticking out his neck, piper saying the pipeline will be good.

. >> stephanie: like sister simone talked about paul ryan and his budget being immoral.> stephanie: yep. >> this irrational hatred of trying to hate people who don't have. it is mainstream republican ideology. >> stephanie: eric, great stuff. next week. 29 minutes after the hour. jacki schechner next on "the stephanie miller show." >>oh really? >>tax cuts don't create jobs. the golden years as the conservatives call them, we had the highest tax rates, and the highest amount of growth, and the highest amount of jobs. those are facts. >>"if you ever raise taxes on the rich, you're going to destroy our economy." not true! nah, he's probably got... [ dennis' voice ] allstate. they can bundle all your policies together. lot of paperwork. [ doug's voice ] actually... [ dennis' voice ] an allstate agentvent 10 3v ♪ ay need to get you in the fort with me full time. did you hear that caller? >> having troubles defending the crazy by yourself? >> stephanie: a little bit. this right wing caller said there's nothing wrong with what representative akin said and i said about transvagi

back in a moment. ,,,, ,,,, paul ryan pick, "washington post" columnist ruth marcus, politico's roger simond frum from "newsweek" and the daly beast. schurnlg a democrat strategist and columnist for the week put we're going to start with cbs news political director john dickerson out in the campaign trail in mooresville, north carolina, with mitt romney and paul ryan. john, what did you take away from watching this debut for paul ryan yesterday? >> reporter: hello, nancy. i think the biggest thing is ryan has-- his goal is to, one, reintroduce mitt romney. he's talking about romney's business career, his family. he's using his introduction to the country to reintroduce the candidate. and that's important. mitt romney has a lot of work to do in terms of the way voters think about him, imagining him as the president. then ryan also played the sort of traditional attack dog role, pointing out the differences in problems with obama administration. then his other role-- and we'll see how this develops-- is that he is sort of the ideas man. the campaign is arguing that this is a bold choice becau

nuns on the bus sister simone campbell will join us and talk about taking on the vatican and paul ryan. and what happens when you run the poorest city in the country? and the window of picking a v.p. is closeing in on team romney. let's see if they can avoid managing getting their heads stuck in it. you're in "the war room." we'll be right back. there she is ! hey, i got a leak ! yoo hoo ! wait a minute, come back ! um, miss ? up here! right. like 85% of us you have hard water stains and that cleaner's not gonna cut it. truth is, you need something powerful. you need lime-a-way. it's 4 times more effective at removing limescale than the leading bathroom cleaner. because lime-a-way is specially formulated to conquer hard water stains. for lime, calcium and rust... lime-a-way is a must. >> if people had been in massachusetts under governor romney's healthcare plan, they would have had healthcare. there are lots of people losing their jobs and their healthcare in president obama's economy. >> jennifer: wait a minute. andrea soul in the romney campaign, did she just say if people in massac

the paul ryan pick good for democrats. we will discuss it with jamal simonsu'd have some cut-rate policy. [ kyle ] nope, i've got... [ voice of dennis ] ...the allstate value plan. it's their most affordable car insurance -- and you still get an allstate agent. i too have... [ voice of dennis ]...allstate. [ roger ] same agent and everything. [ kyle ] it's like we're connected. no we're not. yeah we are. no...we're not. ♪ ♪ ask an allstate agent about the value plan. are you in good hands? [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> hey, what do you say, everybody? hello. hello. hello. happy monday and welcome to the "full-court press" on this monday, august 13th. great to see you today. thank you for being part of the program here where we tackle the issues of the day here in our nations's capitol, around the country, and around the globe, and give you at that chance to weigh in at 866-55-press. of course, one big story dominating today, and that is yeah, well, friday i bellgged mitt romney to pick paul ryan as his running mate. i never thought he would be dumb enough to take my

simone campbell, who lead the nuns on the bus tour through nine states. we appreciate your time tonight. >> glad to be with you. >> does former governor -- excuse me paul ryanunderstood his faith? >> i think paul ryan has a very limited understanding of his faith. he gets one part about individual responsibility, but he misses two other key parts, one is that responsibility only works when you are in strong solidarity understanding the whole of society, and the second piece that catholic social teaching says the roll of government is to offset the excesses of any culture. and what paul ryan misses is that his faith calls him to balance that individualism and community. >> what you just articulated is a very different conception of community that i and many others think is completely based biblical teachings, and yet paul ryan sees it very differently. how to you engage him to show him a more powerful notion of the bible. >> we had a chance to have a conversation a few weeks ago, and i tried to engage him on those issues and basically he said you have your understanding and i have mine and we agreed to disagree. i think the only way that he'll be touched is

simone campbell will join me next. stay tuned. >>> and in the big finish tonight, mitt romney's embrace of paul ryan's budget has a group of cathlines calling him out. the nuns on the bus tour traveled across nine states protesting the ryan budget plan that slashes programs that help low income americas. the sisters have called the proposed cuts immoral and inconsistent with the catholic social teachings. the group has now invited mitt romney to join them for a day and give him the opportunity to meet some of the people who depend on the programs that he wants to cut. the romney camp has yet to respond to the invitation. joining me tonight is sister simone campbell, leader of nuns on the bus and executive director of the national catholic social justice lobby. sister, nice to have you with us on the program tonight. what do you want and what would you like for mitt romney? what does he have to know that he may not know? >> well, i think he doesn't know how those at the lowest 20% of income in our society live and he doesn't know how hard way work and how they struggle every day and he is making some gross generalizations about them

simon. >>> we're hours away from mitt romney's speech coming on the back of his vice president running mate paulyan who laid out a scathing indictment of president obama and his policies in tampa last night. our own john harwood is at the republican national convention site in tampa where he joins us now. john? >> reporter: there's no question this is the most important speech of mitt romney's life and an important moment looking back on the km pain and whether or not he got over the hump appealing the people he hasn't been able to reach so far. paul ryan was effective. republicans loved the substance and the delivery. democrats found several ways to distort the truth and agreed it was an effective speech and one thing paul ryan did not neglect to do is set things up for mitt romney, the guy who put him on the ticket. >> our nominee is sure ready. his whole life -- his whole life prepared him for this moment. to meet serious challenges in a serious way. without excuses and idle words. after four years of getting the run around, america needs a turnaround and the man for the job is governor mitt

simon, cnn, california. >> we want to let you know we're keeping an eye on the mitt romney/paul ryan rally under way in powell. we have paul sign houser there as well. this the eighth trip for mitt romney to ohio, very important state, very important swing state. we'll keep an eye on that. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. but proven technologies allow natural gas producers to supply affordable, cleaner energy, while protecting our environment. across america, these technologies protect air - by monitoring air quality and reducing emissions... ...protect water - through conservation and self-contained recycling systems... ... and protect land - by reducinour footprint and respecting wildlife. america's natural gas... domestic, abundant, clean energy to power our lives... that's smarter power today. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm randi kaye. it's 9:00 a.m. on the east coast, 6:00 on the west coast. thanks for waking up with us. this morning we're learning more about the office grudge that led to a deadly shooting, left two

simon. thank you very much. we do have breaking political news, exclusive results on a brand new nbc news "wall street journal" poll, the first since paul ryan was added to the republican ticket. john harwood is with us today. always great to see you. not such great news in this poll for the republican party. >> it's not, sue. you remember when nancy pelosi was running the congress, the ratings were very very bad. they're at the worst ever in the nbc "wall street journal" poll history for congress right now with republicans in control of the house, only 12% approve of the performance of congress, 82% disapprove. you could say that's a split decision because the democrats control the senate and republicans control the house. you look at ratings of the two party, you see democrats just barely in positive territory, 42% favorable, 40% unfavorable. mitt romney has picked a house republican to run with him on his ticket. >> how does that change, given what you've seen from your view how things might play out in november? >> there are many other factors, of course. we have the republican convention in a week. mitt romney gets a chance to rein

simon hobbs with a look at what's coming up next hour on "squawk on the street." >> it's good to be back. it's amazing to see what the inclusion of paulth sides of the political spectrum. we're going to talk to senator jim talent who's a romney surrogate. and also kent conrad will give us the democrats' take. and we'll talk about facebook. you get the lock-ups beginning to expire on thursday. we'll talk about exactly where we are now with f.b. back to you. >>> "six in 60" this morning, we'll talk some cicso. >> stifel says it may not be a good a quarter. a couple of upgrades last week saying it was good. battleground. >> tesoro. >> bp sells the refining. it's very big. >> eog resources. >> favorite fastest growing oil company in the country. it's terrific. >> we talked about peltz earlier on. this is -- >> international paper, the price increases are sticking. another sign the world's economy might be better. >> five below getting some initiation. >> this came at 17. what a home run. >> and kimko realty. >> people are worried about the amazonization -- they're doing fabulously. >> speaking of the jcpenney call today saying it's a new