as i said to wait until the pendulum gets too far is -- so those are a couple of hopeful things that i see out there. other questions or comments? >> ike's from my perspective, whether it's accurate and not, it seems that people who disagree with conservatives whether the moderate left or liberals, and maybe it's the same vice versa but is there a difference between conservatism and extremism on the right? i am wondering if you agree with that perception and also i thought maybe that was a big problem of why people are saying conservatism is dead, because they just see it all as extremism and then lastly how can conservatives separate themselves or make it clear that they can have conservative principles and values without being an extremist? >> that is a good -- though frankly politicians and i know that sam berman in which we work are sometimes not the best at communicating philosophical conservatism because it comes down to a win-lose on particular issues. conservative politicians have to win at the end of the day. that sort of the game. i think it is a challenge who they are list

go pro on the helmet, go pro in his hand and just that big plummeting pendulum swing. and you see, they have the rope hooked up to the cliff that juts out over the harbor. here goes gumby. never really pegged him to be a man for adrenaline. but he can take this risk because if the line breaks or an accident, slams into the wall, doesn't matter. >> no big deal. >> about 120 foot jump. notice they're not really going out over the water too much. kind of beside the water. it would be a very rocky, hard landing if anything goes wrong, but nothing does. >> a room bah is a great way to keep the floors clean, but also very expensive toy for your baby. this precious baby has been placed on top of the roombah. but it moves around the room. >> it has a mind of its own. does whatever it wants around the room. i like it. baby roombah. >> i'm blown away that the roombah can hold the weight of the baby. it is still moving around without a problem. that's got to be pretty awesome for the baby. >> it is amazing the baby can stay u whout >> true. >> it is perfect. like a little persona

now we're at a time where we haven't had a significant attack on the united states and the pendulum has swung in the other direction. we're trying to find a balance, what are the capabilities we want to protect. americans would want us to have the ability one phone number associated with a terrorist is connected with a network. we're still committed to closing guantanamo. we don't believe we need that capability. we are making progress with detainees next year. with 215, there are things we can do with the executive branch, frankly, to say we're not holding this meta data and not access it without going to a judge first. those are changes that we didn't put in place immediately with respect to judicial review. then there are other things we have to work with congress and ultimately you need the buy-in of the three branches of government to make these programs work. >> business is obviously watching this very carefully, silicon valley, tech executives met with the president. their big concern is that these programs have hurt their bottom line. microsoft's general counsel said that people

. >> i think the pendulum is starting to swing back towards the center. john: one early test will be whether congress can raise the debt ceiling without a congress. >> i doubt if the house or for that matter the senate is willing to give the president a clean de

these reforms and movies from the pendulum swing in berlin. later on just the sauce. many thanks for joining us on. isn't that often. was it a good idea for false vote on two meets with the two charts. i think he meant in a nod to talk about a few things in the future and it's always good to talk to different in different voices so when you look at it when you think about how to win the seat economic reforms of course it was a good thing to meet and it was stupid to make it secret from me because this has not secrecy to be about it and you can meet with him. the social democrats you can meet with christian democrat seeking to foment the second he was a tumor so says the director of fixed on his request and sent an email and send off other reasons as it was fun and has explained but of course he's proud of both labor market reforms which have very very and i discussed in germany and so on to say has the right to new tenants in disgust. who has the right to meet him but would you like it is also a long listened to him. and that is a very complex question and i feel it t

the pendulum has swung too far over. we heard a lot about predatory lending, and that did go on, no doubt. but to his commentary and questions, you had a situation where his family -- i don't know if they qualified for the qm rule or not, but were able to go to a community bank or credit union and work with them in way that treated them fairly, and they were able to buy a home. i'm worried low income, moderate income, minorities under this income who had an opportunity to get a mortgage, to buy a house, they're the one who is are going to be left out. and i think that's what happens when you have big government coming in and saying we are going to set the rules. we're going to set the standards. we know what's best in small town rural america. you, the small town community banker and your clients can't figure out what's best for the both of you, even though you're going to hold the loan on your books. i don't think this rule serves our community well. it doesn't serve low and moderate income individuals well. and the min

. >> i think the pendulum is starting to swing back towards the center. john: one early test will be whether congress can raise the debt ceiling without a congress. >> i doubt if the house or for that matter the senate is willing to give the president a clean debt ceiling increase. >> the debt ceiling is raised simply to pay bills that we have already accrued. the responsibility of congress is part of doing their job. john: lawmakers from both participants face the ballot in november. >> the president won't be on the ballot but his allies will be. john: republicans square off against each other. >> we all know if we took on the washington establishment, the establishment would fight back and it's going to take time to change washington to turn this country around. >> i've been pushing our members in places where they don't want to be and frankly i think they've lost all credibility. john: the agenda is just as challengingover seas but the secretary of -- overseas but the secretary of state won't stop pushing. >> we've always known that achieving peace is

it's a bit like a pendulum were moving from one side were laid over to the very opposite side. a lot of us are concerned but that's pumping very fast and totally sure of all the consequences of that. i think i can say that the unions and still manages its hat to implement these radical reforms when bitten off to sources including crucial mid term management of cisco's to recent cutbacks this is likely to be focused when all the parties' nice as part of this working group meeting for the first time this friday. we also understood that this was an issue that had to be addressed. i was going to be addressed with the master for the officials and department and the other education departments were cut off kind of resources that need to spend with abb pitch. cos the scale of the size and on about these are matters that need to be explored. i'm open to consider any reason to propose that the march for those folks. tys as it would conduct members on non cooperation with the reforms if their concerns aren't fully addressed. friday's meeting. and though kelly fourteen use chicken and sec

the pendulum can go too far in either direction. a legitimate use of psa and we need to drive this back into the doctor's office where a man is informed of the risks and the benefits and probably some benefits and then the man can decide to get the psa and, in some instances, he is going to need to get some of these other tests like the mri that i'm excited about. >> is this a change in position for you? i think the last time we spoke the task force came out is sxand the psa testing should not be done? was that the message that should have been heard? >> i don't think so. the task force actually said that some men are going to want to be screened and some doctors are going to want to screen and those doctors have an obligation to inform the man of the known risk and the known benefits and make sure that the man understands before he is screened. what we all focused on was the first paragraph which said they recommended against routine psa screening. the whole idea of what is routine is what many of us don't understand frequently. >>

and help for that down the line so i'm optimistic that we are moving in the right direction the pendulum is swinging back after forty years span you know if the n c w were to implement a payment system how do you think it would work. wow it would blow their minds. it's just not going to happen for a number of years there are going to be kicking and screaming i can't even conceive of it you know what the arguments are going to be these are seventeen and eighteen year old kids but guess what these are revenue generators did you know that underarm are signed a deal for ninety million dollars for notre dame football over ten years this is generating massive revenue the only reason that these people are employees is because no one has decided to do the right thing and pay them i don't know how it's going to work it's going to have to be a tiered system the quarterback who is the star is going to have to make more than the the bench it's really it's really almost the entertainment business is like saying you know justin bieber made a lot of money so did. it very interesting michael were flat o

he kind of -- the pendulum swung both ways. caused a lot of and some consternation.m yet an interesting relationship. esau little spark. >> she would complement. >> from indiana. the alchemy is a wonderful coach and a wonderful teacher. i might not always approve of his methods or his language. and it goes back to two things. a man named pete newell whizzes biggest rival. also the book oes talk about a man named sam gilbert to overtime of many years lavished favors. lou: in the document that. >> it was -- t was an open secret, that's not to do it justice. the secret is representing players in the nba. i felt it was important to address tht very makes part of the word legacy, but that is a big reason why does not like john wooden. there has never been a whip of impropriety. lou: the last division one coach to actually teach a class. [laughter] lou: he was somethi. the book is something. good to have you the willis report is next. gerri: hello. tonight come on "the willis report." the scandal widens at least sixother national retailers reportedly packed. is it legal? t

but until the pendulum gets too far is really painful. those were a couple of hopeful forces. other questions, comments? >> i guess i don't know if it's accurate or not, but it seems that people who disagree with conservatives, whether it is moderate left were born liberals, maybe it is the same vice versa. it is a difference between the conservatism and extremism on the right? i am wondering if you agree with that perception and also, it may be that is why people are saying conservatism is almost dead because it's the allied extremism. lastly, how can conservatives, you know, kind of separate themselves and have conservative principles and not use without being an extremist? >> ray. that's good. frankly, politicians, and that is the environment in which you work or not the best at communicating philosophical conservatism. it comes down to a win lose on particular issues. conservative politicians have to win at the end of the day. so i think it is a challenge kind of who they are listening to. that is why we wanted to write a book like this because it seems to us that the core

in right now the pendulum has swung in opposite direct with john boehner and others cracking down on tea party saying their influence is too disproportion @ly high. >> without that energy. a group of people who made all difference in 2010 in retaking the house. >> i know tom donohue, head of chamber of commerce, he is a tough guy, he is largely bluffing, 50 million will be spent throughout the year not just on primaries, i suspect there are few primary they are engaged in. i think this war does exist. but i think it isic rage ited, take -- ex age rated, take the race in alabama, tea party side did not have a candidate. the candidate of fundamentalist christians is the guy he was running against -- the point and i'm saying this is not tea party versus establishment. tea party never backed todd aikin. lou: let's get to the story, the history of what happened in alabama is a i think amo anom l. and mitch mcconnell. the leadership has been very quiet here. and greg, i ask you, why you thought that republican parties leader should not say to tom donohue, yo you know we'll run e republican

we have this amazing pendulum in american politics and policy, first on one side we go too far, in thisnic skying piece. then other side we may go too for with restrictions. to buy without restrictions. so we have to find a happy medium and we are not talented at finding a happy medium. what you need is a system that allows you to do things in a very targeted way. keeping them away from this and away from being looked at. and that is the ideal way that the people have talked about, the technical reality that we are dealing with at the moment. neil: i'm an expert on this because i watch a lot of james bond movies. every time they try to rein in james bond, they just narrowly do whatever the heck they want to do. and so i am be beginning to wonder as a security expert. >> we listen to the people that are giving them the rules and regulations. neil: how would they know? you are spying like crazy on them. there lots of politicians that think this. >> that's right. you have to make sure that there is a strong oversight mechanism in place. and you look at the way to that the house and the sen

. >> i think that pendulum has swung from fear in 2009 and betwee2009 betweenthen, to gree.to pick specific ias focus on those. >> thank you very much. that is it see you tomorrow. kennedy:oday is mlk day, we take stock in our dreams, feel our feelings, and president said some people don't like him because he is black. that sounds like backyard thinking that -- backward thinks that got us stuck years ago. we have too many laws and imprisoned ourselves from as thafalsesense of security. i think it turned us to a bunch of overly sensitive cream puffs, everyone has a cause, no one is immune. let's get drunk on ideas and discussions, this is the

romney saying it is too much red tape obviously it was too easy during the bubble but people say the pendulumrri: do you agree with that? >> i think it is more nuanced. some borrowers if you can document easily you work at mcdonald's and can cobble together 5% you can get the fha relatively easily if you are self-employed but it is harder to document then you may have great credit but it may be harder to get a loan. what do you do? if you agree it is too hard what can they do about it? at the same time people in washington wants the rule reduced. gerri: i look what has happened with dodd/frank adding rules and regulations to get the banks to back off to not open the spigot but it has worked like magic. now too much were they don't lend at all or it is very difficult or for those that can document. now they're fighting yesterday's battles not looking to the future. >> a number of folks on the close side of the aisle would agree. it is true that dodd/frank has not gone into effect yet so the biggest mortgage regulations are next week to january 10. right now it has ben fannie and freddie puttin

interestnd many tea arty members have not gone along so they'll throw a lot of i think right now the pendulumn the opposite direction with john boehner and others cracking down on the tea party saying their influence is too disproportionately high. >> and with that judgment, john, the party declares war on the tea party? and without that energy a group of people who made all the difference in 2010 in retaking the house. >> look, i know tom donahue, head of the chamber of commerce. he's a tough guy. >> he is. >> he's largely bluffing. >> the $50 million will be spent throughout the year not just on primaries. i suspect there will be very few primaries engaged in because i think this war does exist but i think it's been exaggerated. let's take this race in alabama the chamber was involved in. on the tea party side they didn't have a candidate. the candidate of the fundamentalist christians was the value he was running against. the national liefl association -- the point is, what i'm saying is this is not tea party versus establishment. the tea party never backed to achen. this is a much more co

it's always good to keep in mind that the pendulum in politics can and does swing very quickly and often in the opposite direction it did before. >> gop chairman called on dave agemma a national committeeman from michigan to resign, after a facebook comment he made about gaze and -- gays and lesbians. there's been a big way republicans are approaching the country. >> right, republicans have mounted an enormous tactual effort to regain some of the edge that the democrats had in 12. they amassed field staff to do organizing, the ground game has lifl been a weak area for republicans and they're actually trying to match the democrats now. they have opened field offices in 26 states, they expect to be in all 50 states by the end of this year. they have more than 160 field staffers. so you can go to juneau or fairbanks or anchorage, alaska and find a full time staffer in a republican party office right now several months before election day. that's unprecedented for them. they hope that's going ohelp them build their grass roots support and be in these communities. this is intertwined with the

as i said that when his painful because if you wait into the pendulum gets too far, those are a couple of hopeful forces i see out there. other questions, comments. >> from my perspective, i don't know if it's accurate or not, but it seems that people who disagree with conservatives, whether moderate left or more liberals, maybe it's the same, vice versa, but is there a difference between conservatism and extremism on the right? and so i'm wondering if you agree with that perception? also, maybe that's a big problem why people are saying conservatism is dead, because they just see it all as extremism. and lastly, how can conservatives kind of separate themselves or make it clear that you can have conservative principles and values without being an extremist? >> right, right. no, i mean, that's a good -- frankly, politicians come and i know that's we were, are sometimes not the best at communicating philosophical conservatism because it comes down to a win lose on particular issues. and conservative politicians have to win at the end of the day. so i think it is a challenge kind of who

it will take a while for the pendulum to swing back. we live in a pro choice country.t americans and americans are waking up to the threat and we're starting to see the wind shift. i think 2014 we're going to see more offense on the part of the movement. we're going to see more anti-choice legislators defeated at the ballot box and more ballot measures like we saw if albuquerque go down. people understand the gravity of what's at risk. these anti-choice politician are not just anti-abortion. they're anti-contraception and anti-women. that's note the diversity we embrace in america. it's not the reality for most american families. >> yeah, i think part of that is holding elected officials accountable today. carrying pregnancies to term very much promotes job creation. having choice is bad for the economy. >> i heard you talking to representati representative ellison. they are obsessed with this issue. i think they're going to pay for it at the ballot box. >> we shall see. always a pleasure seeing you. >> thank you, alex. >>> coming up, the latest chapter in the book of

. >> i think there is room for all but the pendulum has swung into that direction the manufactured popsf maybe people were overloaded then along comes adele and she is almost like the antidote to justin be better. she has a point of view she is a strong woman not prone to the trappings and writes her own music. how about that? melissa: watched the reality shows if you want to be popular or a success you have to be a certain physical image you cannot be adele or larger than a super model. it has to be edgy that attracts attention that would get you into trouble that you have to have these. is there a billion it is about musec? >> you do have to make music ttat people love than anything is possible and adele proved that to the nth power. on her own terms. she did not adhere to anything normal but she made the most beautiful album anyone had heard in a long time and it touched them. and she has done that as well people feel they needed this. they did not know that but once they heard it it was magical. melissa: real verses authentic minister is the halftime show it will live be lips sinkk

administration, is completely forget about the privacy and civil liberties aspect of it and has pushed the pendulume side. our allies don't like it. our trading partners don't like it. and the american public doesn't like it. and that is why congress has got to act despite what the president says a week from today. >> in the meantime he will have power to move unilaterally and whatever he wants goes into effect. >> yeah, he can, but we can respond legislatively and my guess is that if congress passes a bill he would be hard-pressed to veto it. >> congressman, thank you very much. >>> all about this controversy? the media, still over this one. >>> well, all these headlines aren't enough of a clue, chris christie's bridge controversy is getting enormous media attention. if my next guest is right so much attention, just consider this. the big three networks alone devoted 17 times more coverage to this story in one day. one day. than they devoted to the irs scandal in six months. brent bossel's media group looks as these numbers. brent, at first -- he has this wrong and i started looking, line by line

been shutdown or forced to stop performing services since 2010 and now, the question is whether the pendulum to start swinging in the other direction. take v virginia under bob mcdonnell, the legislature passed into law this medically unnecessary forced ultrasound exam along with the law that closed down clinic after clinic. ken kuch nell ran and lost an women's issues were front and center in the campaign. now, abortion rights advocates in virginia say they hope to roll back the restrictions. telling reporters yesterday they're readying a repeal of the forced ultrasound law and expansion of reproductive services in the commonwealth. that's virginia with its shiny new republican branch. in wisconsin, scott walker and the legislature there cut off funding to planned parenthood. shut down a lot of clinics in the state. the state legislature in wisconsin was all set to pass another round ofcontraception, including the ask your boss law if you could have your health insurance cover your birth control pills, but that sparked one state senator to declare he would bring all out hell to the senate i

we're already trading pretty high and when i talk to clients i kind of liken the market to a pendulum swing. often you see valuations go above and beyond where probably they deserve and that's okay. investors can capitalize on that, but you still want to take gains so you don't get too top heavy when you see the pendulum start to come back down if there is volatility. >> anthony, coming into the year, most people on the street had pretty aggressive price targets for the s&p 500 by year end. do you think the trading activity is giving them pause now. >> historically when you have poor trading the first couple days, people get a little nervous and that's on a technical side. if you look at the fundamentals, the economy will grow much faster in 2014 compared to 2013, and when you look at earnings and they're going to be keyed off global economic growth which is also going to be stronger than it was in 2013, that gives me a lot of comfort and a lot of source for confidence that in 2014 the market -- let's say the u.s. equity market will grow on the back of earnings growing close to 6%. >>

we're talking about a pendulum of decency when it comes to societal standards, aren't we? one point the guillotine was fine. at one point the firing squad was fine. they're trying to make it more palatable, death by lethal injection is fine. it's meeted out in an arbitrary and capricious way. >> i was going to ask you this evening in the newsroom when we were talking about the number of people on death row in ohio, 138, then we were saying around the country. >> yeah. >> how do they figure out who's actually going to be killed? >> that's the thing. they're on death row forever. it doesn't work. >> the one thing we have to consider now. for instance, mcguire, that murder took place 25 years ago. those who say we're putting innocent people to death i think maybe that has happened in the past, but his case was examined by so many courts. >> he admitted it. >> that's not the question. that's not the question that he was guilty of murder. the question is as a society are we going to murder people to show people that murder is wrong? it clearly doesn't work. the death penalty do

this is where the pendulum is going. >> great to have you with us. back soon. >> thanks for having me on. >> michael heyward of whisper. here's another one. see if you can guess whose whisper this is. even though i'm an investor in hair club for men, do you think the folks on "fast money" know i'm also a member? >> is that a ponytail? can you swim with it? i can swim with this. >> someone left their online banking open and i transferred all of their money into my account. >> wow. >> and last but not least, i have a huge crush on somebody i work with. >> and it rhymes with even. >> all right. >> just admit you have a crush on tim before the commercial. >> that's not a secret. >> don't need to whisper for that. so, how do you feel about cash back? i would not say i'm into it. but let's see where this goes. [ buzzer ] do you like to travel? i'm all about "free" travel, babe. that's what i do. [ buzzer ] balance transfers -- you up for that? well -- unh. too soon? [ female announcer ] fortunately, there's an easier way, with creditcards.com. compare hund

. >> and the pendulum could swing. >> and you've been digging into another alleged incident involvingstie staffers and another new jersey mayor, also democrat. >> right, a democrat from jersey city. chris christie -- here's the context. chris christie wanted to get the endorsements of as many democrats as he could during his gubernatorial race because it's a presidentilude to a president race, so they went around the state asking for endorsements. the mayor of jersey city, newly elected, decided not to endorse him. but before he let the christie people know, he had all these appointments with state commissioners set up, important people that he needed to know. suddenly, like, exactly on the day or the day after, he said, sorry, i can't endorse, all of the appointments were canceled. it's not as if they even tried to hide it, anderson. they just said, all right, forget it, you're not endorsing us, you're not meeting with these people. so, it's just kind of penny ante politics that on a national level doesn't really look very good. >> gloria, appreciate that. >> sure. >> you can find mo

and the pendulum could swing. >> and you've been digging into another alleged incident involving christie'saff and another new jersey democrat. >> yeah, a democrat from jersey city. chris christie, here's the context. chris christie wanted to get the endorsements of as many democrats as he could, during his gubernatorial race, because it's a prelude to a presidential race. so they went around the state, asking for these endorsements. the mayor of jersey city, newly elected, decided not to endorse him. but, before he let the christie people know he had all these appointments with state commissioners set up, important people, that he needed to know, suddenly, like, exactly on the day or the day after that he said, sorry, i can't endorse, all of the appointments were canceled. it's not as if they even tried to hide it, anderson. they just said, all right, forget it. you're not endorsing us, you're not meeting with these people. so it's just kind of penny ante politics that on a national level doesn't really look very good. >> gloria, appreciate that. as always, you can find more on this story

possible that in reaction to snowden's revelations and what we know about nsa surveillance, that the pendulum could swing completely too far the other direction. >> i think that's possible, but i'm not really worried about that at that point. i think part of the key point the board made when they were talking about policy recommendations was they're saying it's difficult to find examples of where these practices were actually useful in furthering u.s. intelligence objectives and keeping us safe. i think this is a theme we see with a lot of these programs. we've even seen it in new york city with the practices the nypd is doing with surveillance of muslims in new york city. very often when you say well look, this program has civil liberties impacts. it's expensive. people view it as intrusive with their privacy. where is the demonstration that this is producing value and protecting people, and the government has come up short on that. but again, that's a question for congress to be considering. i think the valuable thing edward snowden has done has gotten us to talk about that more. but congre

the pendulum is beginning to swing. we got a budget done with a lot of votes. the environment is getting better. >> congressman jim himes, we appreciate it. >> thanks. >>> what do you want to hear from president obama in tomorrow's state of the union address? weigh in on twitter @bshactman or facebook. my colleague chuck todd will be speaking with minority leader nancy pelosi tomorrow on a special edition of "the daily rundown" 9:00 a.m. eastern time, and tune in, of course, tomorrow night starting at 9:00 p.m. eastern for our special primetime coverage of the state of the union address. >>> all right, other news to get to this morning, the u.s. bracing for another arctic blast of weather. dangerous temperatures and some snow all the way to the deep south. chicago, schools are closed today as the wind chill going to be as cold as 45 degrees below zero. now this persistent cold around the country putting a strain on energy companies, as well as americans trying to heat their homes. >> we go through about three quarters of wood a year, but we're going through it

wheelies get these far right left pendulum swings. that is what it is going to take to move things along. if you're interested in what senator marco rubio is going to say, we are going to cover it. go to c-span.org for more information. he will be speaking on income mobility and the american dream. the wall street journal is expected to call for new measures to redesign welfare programs. said -- in a video. is expected to make it his primary scene when he gets the state of the union address on january 28. das from florida, independent caller. -- gus from florida, independent caller. would've been successful if we didn't have a president named president ronald wilson reagan. against the human nature and man, against him and his greed. those who have money in the bible states, all they want to do is more and more and more. economics -- it did not work and will not work. that one percent is nothing but greedy. do is revisit,d repeal, and correct reagan's economic policies. they do not want to share. that is what the one percent is. have

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