i would never give myself permission to do the things i did as peter allen.ther costume. it's a personality trait, it's not who you really are. however, when i was doing peter allen, there's a scene where i kiss my boyfriend, who's dying of aids. and i go in for the kiss, and i heard this-- "don't do it, wolverine." ( laughter ) >> pelley: from the audience? >> jackman: from the audience. obviously, some... some kid's going, "yeah, let's go and see wolverine in that show, mum. let's go and see it." he's like, "what?" as i come out with my maracas and pineapple shirt, you know? ♪ who am i? i'm jean valjean. >> pelley: and jean valjean may be another surprise for an audience that can never be sure what it will see when the camera rolls or the curtain rises on the characters of hugh jackman. >> jackman: ♪ who am i? 2-4-6-0-1! ♪ >> go to 60minutesovertime.com to watch hugh jackman and russell crowe battle it out in a dramatic musical duel. sponsored by viagra. [ male announcer ] you like who you are... and you learned something along the way. this is the age of k

peter. >> no, mike allen. >> rose: mike allen wrote the piece for politico. >> yes. and mike couldn't have been better about it. it was totally stand up. he said do you want to respond to it. you don't want to get on a back and forth on this. i would just say that there were a number of talented writers who contributed to the campaign on an ongoing basis. did tremendous work, tremendous work. we never in the campaign, the same with spots we had different change of people. we all said this is a romney product, not this is by x, this is by y. and there were contributions from a number of writers to the governors. he gave the speech he wanted to give but this was always about the speech that he wanted to give. and in no way did i -- >> rose: i would hope that would be true. i would assume that would be true. i don't think that governor romney got to where he is by not being able to forcefully tell people what he thought he should do. >> particularly when it comes to writers that's never been a problem. >> rose: so he gave a speech he wanted to give and anybody trying to

allen baer. and we also joined by past giants owners. please welcome the family jamie and kim rupert and peter stoneum. also here with us today bob and connie laurie. peter and debbie mc clawlin. bill and sally newco. and now let's give it up for your giants training staff. david, mark and carl, and harold. [cheers and applause] [inaudible] your assistant coaches. shawn dun can, dave stone and the there will will clark. [cheers and applause] . and the manager for the past 54 years the legendary one, mike murphy. [cheers and applause] and we would also like to extend a warm welcome to all of the giants alumni that we have here today including former giants manager feleap laua and five of our hall of famers. gay lord perry, orlando si pirra, jaun, lily misconnie, and willy mays. [cheers and applause] we also want to acknowledge congresswoman nancy pelosi along with her husband. thank you so much for being here. we know how busy you with the election just a few days away so a round of applause for all of our vip and special guests. and now at this time we would also like to thank the city and county of sa

allen movie. >> to anyone who would listen, harts and homer ran against each other. >> peter griffin and his wife "family guy" as well. >> oh, boy. >> so this is actually happening. >> there's a precedent. >> in cartoon. >> cartoon president. welcome to mooseport. the former president runs for mayor of mooseport, maine and his wife comes to town to endorse his opponent. >> lots to watch for. >> up next, we got a nasty storm here in new york this morning but that's not the half it. snow, winds and driving rain making a mess of travel ahead of the holiday weekend. a check on what you can expect next. >>> right now our friends in the midwest are digging out from the major snowstorm of the season. it dumped a foot of snow in some areas. in chicago the storm broke a record stretch of 290 days without snow, cancelling 500 flights at o'hare and midway one of the country's busiest airport hubs. in iowa white out conditions led to a chain reaction of crashes involve 30g vehicles, killing two and injuring seven. high winds caused damage in texas and alabama. this morning the national weather service confir

former white house budget director peter orszag and rana foroohar. and mike allenith the "politico playbook." >>> first, bill karins with the forecast. merry christmas. >> merry christmas. >> happy hanukkah. >> that probably will be the only gift. good morning. if you're in dallas-ft. worth, take your kids and look outside. it is snowing. doesn't happen all that often. a little band of snow right over the top of ft. worth, will shortly be over dallas. could drop a quarter to a half inch of snow. temperatures right around freezing. it could be a little slippery. i know you don't drive on snow that often. it is brutally cold. it snowed hard in minneapolis over the weekend. ten inches of snow. windchills in the single digits and zeros all the way down to texas this morning. now, the east coast, you are nice and warm. you don't even need the jacket today. if anything, maybe the raincoat as we will watch that front coming through. look how warm it's going to be. could even see thunderstorms today, atlanta down to new orleans. and in new england, we are watching a little

before this rescue mission, a mission general allen says he ordered when the intelligence showed the doctor was in imminent danger of injury or death. >> jamie: peter, thank you. >> eric: now to the other top story. brand-new reaction as the clock is ticking for lawmakers to pull our nation back from the fiscal cliff. they got the year-end deadline. but there is little report on progress and negotiations between the white house president is republicans. but now, top lawmakers are laying out what they say could be the issues they could budge on. national correspondent jerramy e centanni is live with the latest on the fiscal cliff. >> reporter: there is no deal yet. no negotiations, face to face, but one republican is giving ground this morning on a major stumbling block. and that's the tax rates for the wealthy. and a key democrat expressing optimism. here's the two side, moving a bit closer together on "fox news sunday." let's listen. >> i think we will get an agreement. the reason i think we will get an agreement. what's standing in the way is revenues, particularly making that top rate go up to 39-6. but i think we are seeing real progress. i thi

allen president and chief executive officer of american publishers and we have james shapiro a shakespearean scholar and in the professor and vice president of the authors guild and is from columbia university. and peter jaszi professor of copyright law from the washington end college of law and is also an author and although he would not want me to was recently given the great honor by his colleagues to have a lecture named after him. congratulations. [applause] our topic is "copyright and the book" a very small topic. i want to reflect on the title because "copyright and the book" at its core is about the public interest with authors and publishers as part of the public interest. i would underscore that because sometimes in political circles it is brought up were authors and publishers are empathetic call or in the competition with the public that is not the foundational history at all. you will have a discussion how it brings together all of those in respect to copyright law to serve the readers in the valley with publishers and freedom of expression. we will talk about how changes in the book industry in methods of dissemination and consumer expectation show the need for legal change. people talk

peter schiff says the coins themselves, wait until you hear what he has to say about that. the fiscal cliff, that is what all investors seem to be hearing. partly because of the media. take ethan allen example. retail expanding overseas keeping most production here in the usa and an added kicker, recently announced a special one-time dividend. it is related to the fiscal cliff, but chairman and ceo. $0.41 special dividend payable december 20 and $0.09 dividend in january payable december 20. he fast tracked it all. why? >> it is for stockholders. we have to make sure we take care of all the stockholders. increased our retirement 401(k) payment retirement for our employees by 20%. this makes sense. liz: is a directly related to the tax break on dividends? >> absolutely. we're fortunate we are in a position to do it. $100 million in cash. the relatively smaller amount. $12 million i think it makes good sense for us and also good sense for the dollar, going to get texas. it is an interesting situation. good for stockholders and also good for the public. liz: the calendar shoveling to help the shareholders like to say people look magnificent, you are about 98% stakeholder, so your tax b

peter doocy is live in washington with more on the rescue. >> the rescue went down last night. a joint operation that general john allenof united states forces in afghanistan, ordered when intelligence reveal dilip joseph was in imminent danger of injury or death. he says it exemplifies our commitment to defeating the taliban. i'm proud of the american and afghan forces that conducted this operation. thanks to them dr. joseph will rejoin his family and loved ones. afghan and coalitions forces were able to track down dr. joseph in mountains 50 miles from the pakistan border. dr. joseph had been held there since wednesday, the 5th of this month, when he was kidnapped by armed taliban insurgence after a visit to a rural medical clinic in eastern kabul, where he worked as a doctor with the morning star development. we dug up this morning a video taken a few months ago where dr. joseph, who makes frequent trips to afghanistan, describes why he makes those trips. >> in doing community development we hope we can instill hope into a country that's been dealing with conflict the last 30 years. >> after dr. joseph was rescued he

mike allen moderate a discussion you can see live at 8:10 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. on "washington journal," peter welch, joseph schatz, plus your e-mails, comments, and tweets. house democrats found a discharge position today to force the house code to extend bush-era tax cuts. the bill has already passed in the senate. here is nancy pelosi. >> we all know the president made it very clear he was supporting the extension of the middle income tax cut. everyone, 100% of the american people, would benefit from it. 100% of taxpayers, small businesses, wage earners, and the rest. the republicans are saying rather than passing that, they want to hold it hostage to giving an additional tax cuts to people making over $250,000 a year. that is not negotiating, that is hostage taking. today on the floor of the house, the democrats have proposed a discharge petition, with only a couple of republicans joining the democrats, would automatically come to the floor, and i predict will receive the overwhelming support through the house of representatives. the american people want us to work together. we are in agre