usually my ego won't let me do that. >> so nice to meet you, phyllis. >> phyllis offered to give me ane tour of the manhattan art market, starting with her own collection. >> wow. this is unbelievable. i don't even know where to look. >> to phyllis, it is not just what she puts on her walls, but what she places beside it that matters. she has a personal connection with some of the artists and likes to take their preferences into account. >> well, bill knew picasso and had -- >> bill, your husband? >> -- my husband, and had maybe 20 visits with him. they talked about the influence of tribal on picasso. >> phyllis' late husband was curator at the museum of modern art for over 20 years. he passed away in 2006, but that didn't stop her from growing the collection and investing in picassos like this one. >> it didn't look very astounding, but i thought and knew wow, that's for me. and it had a reasonable estimate of $100,000 to $150,000. i had to bid three times that at least to get it. >> are you certain you could get that money back if you were to sell this today? >> i think so, yes. >> m

oh, come on, phyllis, she's not slothy!y, as her friends, we owe it to her to straighten her out. we have to force her to take a good, hard look at herself. we have to shake her up, we have to slap some sense into her! and there she has a big hair dryer on her head, a big, inflatable hair dryer and a big long hose. rhoda... and i pick up the hose and i say, "rhoda!" i scream. rhoda! and she goes, "ohhh!" [chuckles] what? what? what? everybody loved that show and so did i, it was fun. seacrest: "the mary tyler moore show's" most acclaimed episode involved the death of chuckles the clown. what happened, lou? who died, will you tell us? chuckles. chuckles the clown is dead. it was a freak accident. he went to the parade dressed as peter peanut. and a rogue elephant tried to shell him. seacrest: on paper, the chuckles episode ran 5 minutes short, but once the story was performed for a live audience, the show came out the right length, thanks to laughter. so i went out there, where the first scene was with murray, and he starts

anytime phyllis asked me to do something the answer is always yes. she is a great lady, a great leader and thank you for participating in working at eagle forum this year. you are to be congratulated in helping that organization. let me mention a couple of things. i'm going to be back here next month in this room to icas you could say premier in washington the next movie. echo light studios is a movie or production company. we have done a couple of films that are out. a couple of months ago we released to the hallmark channel a movie. we felt, i felt it was important for us to weigh in that we are a faith-based movie company. i thought it was important for us to weigh into an area that i think is the quintessential issue of our time with respect to faith and that is our religious liberty. we put together a documentary which is coming out september 1. we will show it later in august and you can talk to folks at heritage to see if you can get an invitation. it's called one generation away based upon a speech ronald reagan gave which is -- only one gene

the horrific -- >> phyllis, can i just hold you there for a second. there's that but i want you to consider this additional element, which i know you know a lot about. and that is the national security establishment in washington, which, as you watch this it seems that they eventually, no matter which president it is no matter what era it is that national security establishment eventually imprisons the president, willingly or unwillingly. and that this president, like all of his predecessors, was being hammered with the military options every day by that establishment, in addition to the clear political connection to what's going on here. >> that's absolutely right. i think we have to be careful in how we understand and how we define that national security establishment. i think that, for example, parts of the military are quite averse to moving militarily. some of the intelligence agencies, as i mentioned have been very clear they don't see the big danger here. the pressure comes from the military industry those who make a killing, as they say, on se

holds a summit on combating islamic medalists -- militants, we will speak to phyllis bennis about expanding attacks in iraq. and who is paying the pro-war pundits? regularlyem on tv pushing for war with isis. they are identified as former u.s. generals. what is left out is who they work for now. military contractors that stand to benefit from another war in the middle east. then the ebola crisis deepens in west africa. in the hardest hit countries, guinea, liberia, sierra leone, the number of new cases is moving far faster than the capacity to manage them. toll nears 2500, we will speak with laurie garrett. all that and more coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. an international summit on combating militants from the islamic state has opened in france bringing together around 30 countries from the us-led coalition. the obama administration says several arab league countries have signed on for airstrikes in iraq and syria but no sustained campaign is imminent. speaking at the white house, josh earnest said the u.s. is at war with i

that could change, are they fighters, friends, or phyllis? >> thousands protesting in berlin, calling on germany to lift its 20 year ban on the kurdistan workers party, the pkk. it is considered a terrorist organization by the eu and u.s. since the 1970's, they have fought for an independent kurdish state. in turkey it has cost 45,000 lives. in 1990's, pkk followers attacked consulates and travel agencies. the group has since sworn off such attacks. it is now engaged in the battle against islamic state jihadists. >> the pkk plays a central role. the kurdish fighters in northern syria are an offshoot. in the mountains in iraq, it was pkk from the party's central office who shielded the minority in the retreat and escape from the region. >> unlike the pkk, another group, the peshmerga, have received to german weapons to help against i.s. critics question of the groups are working together and whether the pkk could misuse the weapons. on the other hand, the pkk's fighters could wipe out i.s. for the west, it poses a dilemma. >> if an organizatio

>> somehow, phyllis managed to slip by us. >> dr. cutler: slipped by you? i don't want excuses. i want her found now.

phyllis. she's the global fx strategist. stay with us. ♪ >> welcome back. is "countdown.: " >> we are back with phyllis. let's talk about sleepless nights. should we compare notes about how little sleep everyone had? convinced the solid fundamentals behind the u.k. economy rate expectations, that continues to push sterling a lot even in the face of of conversations about constitutional reform and devolution? >> upwards is the way for sterling. now that we have the referendum out of the way, we have a key uncertainty out of the way. people were really uncertain and -- about what the outcome was. in the the argument run-up to the referendum that the fundamentals in the u.k. are strong and solid. the pm eyes were wobbly last month. pmi's were wobbly last month. the bank of england was on course to raise rates. political risk-- doesn't dissipate with the election taking place may? it all takes place in 2017? do we configure that into the thinking or not? >> the referendum will be a bigger event risk than the scottish referendum. both the election in the u.k. as

a number of urbana-champaign departments have passed votes of no-confidence in the chancellor, phyllisday, students will hold a campus walkout and a day of silence in support of steven salaita. he's expected to make his first public comments. >> in a public statement, chancellor phyllis wise said her decision to un-hire salida was not influenced in a new way by positions on the conflict in the middle east nor his criticism of israel. she goes on to write -- the school has now reportedly offered steven salaita a financial settlement for his troubles. the schools board of trustees is expected to take up the controversy at a meeting on thursday. for more we're joined by two guests. kristofer petersen-overton is an adjunct lecturer of political science at lehman college. in 2011, brooklyn college initially decided not to hire kristofer petersen-overton is an adjunct professor for seminar on middle east politics. but the school reversed its decision after criticism that the decision was politically motivated. joins us,ine franke professor of law at columbia university and the director of th

and phyllis diller, till she was 92, she just laid it down. and i'd like to beat them all. i think i will. [laughs] that's what's so sick, i think i will. first wife is always some poor, dumb bitch who he married on the way up. second wife is always like, "hello [gibberish]," and he's a [bleep], he marries her. and the third wife, he's 96, the balls are on the ground, she's 11, she's chinese. "i ruv you." [cheering and applause] thank you. a pleasure. [orchestra plays] this is where i belong. only time i'm truly, truly happy is when i am on a stage. why can't you do a good job once? it's embarrassing. i keep saying, "she's wonderful," and you always fail me. joan: i am a performer. that is my life. that is what i am. that's it. [orchestra continues] [duo vocalizing melody] you know their names... whoo! because their spirit just wouldn't be tamed. you know who they are. because of us. that one picture belongs to the public, really. we're "american masters." ♪ ...the wild side ♪ said, hey, honey ♪ take a walk on the wild side ♪ "american masters" is supported by the corporati

like phyllis lines. her plaque sits outside the wine country. >> folks in the 70s were another generation who took this neighborhood to a new place. and celebrating them and celebrating their achievement in a physical way to remind everyone i think season truly special. >> volunteers raised $100,000 for the rainbow walk. it'll be unveiled at 11:00 this morning. then the fund raising and selection process begins for another 20d plaques. >>> the san mateo county officials will spray for mosquitos after some were found infected last week. redwood city and menlo park are are set to be fogged this evening. the area is industrial and bordered by kempfield avenue in redwood city and jefferson drive in menlo park. that spraying will take place between 9:00 tonight and 5:00 tomorrow morning. >>> 4:36 right now on your tuesday morning. summer over already? >> well, i guess it's the unofficial end of summer, but we have what, a few more weeks, christina? >> the official day is september 22nd. that's when fall offic

fantastic influence for all women, let alone women comedians i grew up watching people like her and phyllis diller. and joan was so smart, so brave. >> rivers was the first woman to have her own late-night show. that did not go well with johnny carson, the king of late night. >> a lot of us remember she was beat tonight by "the tonight show". she was next in line. she would have been a jay leno. and she didn't get it because she stood up for herself. . >> i said johnny -- and he hung up on me. never, never spoke to me again. >> she went on to perform at several comedy clubs including the hungry eye and purple onnin she was an icon in the gay community she wrote several books about her life the recent was "diary of a mad diva". books ink corporated in the castro had just one copy left. she never apologizes >> she was irreverent and always with gay people before it was okay. >> she would appear with her daughter, melissa. becoming the popular red carpet fashion critic, known for making fun of herself and others seeming to get away with it. her greatest joy is to make people life. >> just make

teddy's wife vicki and eli's wife phyllis are here as well. we thank you so much for everything you have done and for your support. [applause] >> as windy mentioned all of you are part of a national event. since yesterday, 9/11 day of service, hundreds of thousands of americans have taken part in service projects in all 50 states. michele and i spent a few hours helping out a school in d.c. joe biden volunteered down the street at george washington university. today thousands of americans are taking the pledge as new americorps members, president george h. w. bush is wearing in volunteers in maine. president george w. bush, a video seen across the country. so it echoes back to that day in 1994 when president clinton's war in the first class of americorps members and some who were here were in that class. we're starting a journey that would change your lives forever. americorps would change the life of the nation. and that was a bold claim but bill clinton -- he knew from his own life, what the service can do. it serves a common purpose that it

# joining me now is phyllis benice. she's at institute for policy studies. also the author of going to tehran. why america must accept the republic of tehran. she served on the national security council in the clinton and bush administrations as well as in embassies throughout the middle east. so nice to have you both here. >> great to be here. >> let me start as i said at this table last week and heard people who i like and respect who who know more about a topic than i do get into an argument about what we ought to do. i thought, okay, so then how does the the president, who is surrounded by people he likes and respects? how does he come to a decision in the context of the information he's get sng. >> first, there's two sets of people the president has around him. one is a set of people who have made their way among powerful domestic constituency groups and people who made their way through the party. the same thing happens on the republican side. so you have people brought to the fore on the political level, from domestic political constituencies and from

. >> lastly we have phyllis. >> is phyllis here? >> there's phyllis. >> love phyllis.ht from victoria's secret, their best-selling athletic pant, and then bold sneakers are a must for all fashionistas. this is from new balance. they can incorporate with anything as simple as black -- >> can we show lilianna's dress. by the way, you rented it? >> i did, for 85 bucks. >> so cute. >> who is the designer? >> opening ceremony. >> thank you lovely ladies. >>> are you still holding on to your kid's preschool paintings. >> we're going to help you finally let go of the precious keep take saeks? >> not lucy and ethel? >> yes. it's time. i was a negative nancy. but, thanks to fingerhut.com, >> not lucy and ethel? >> yes. it's time. a take saeks? >> not lucy and ethel? >> yes. it's time. k take saeks? >> not lucy and ethel? >> yes. it's time. e take saeks? >> not lucy and ethel? >> yes. it's time. s take saeks? >> not lucy and ethel? >> yes. it's time. take saeks? >> not lucy and ethel? >> yes. it's time. ake saeks? >> not lucy and ethel? >> yes. it's time. for the credit you dese

in who killed the american family, conservative commentator phyllis schatly argues the nuclear family is under attack and constitutional scholar pere when --erwin shemeresky in the case against the supreme court. watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and booktv.org. >> nina krushcheva, the daughter of nikita khrushchev discusses her book "the lost krushchev: a journey into the gulag of the russian mind". this is about 40 minutes. >> live coverage from the national book festival continues up next, a presentation by nina krushcheva, granddaughter of nikita khrushchev with her book "the lost krushchev: a journey into the gulag of the russian mind". she is being introduced by a peter roudik of the library of congress. >> government propaganda and -- this study is tied with national collective historic experience. officer of this book, dr. nina krushcheva, is president of international affairs in new york. and the policy institute. social scientists, she is a contractor, indicated articles regularly in the new york times, the wall street journal, newsweek and many other public

he was once schmitten with phyllis wheatley of boston and poem to her. john barry's second wife sara her husband's th absences but the consequences of a family ripped in two. sara was a stitch sister of betsy ross. flags flew atop jones' ship ranger. while her brother samuel marched others to fight with washington in trenton and brother n, her older was such a staunch loyalist he responsibility by william howe to see that the patriots didn't burn the city down. left he british philadelphia, william went with not into exile but to one ship and d on command a privateer near the raid down the chesapeake. captured at yorktown and never saw philadelphia again. t fell to young sara, now caring for the young sister's eight children after the woman died in childbirth to have to return of the austin estate seized by the for ylvania assembly william's treason. gustavus cunninghamm was captured, he feels sent to england to hang weighted down 55 pounds of chains. letters but e spared the news after washington promised the british that six officers would meet the sam

of us yes you look beyond well she and say are you an absolutely area back and read is the middle phyllis and you had a baby in the us. they say the best for last how did you decide to become a group. well being the oldest in the family i started the first band of this bunch i was fifteen years old and my little high school sweetheart played bass guitar and they needed a lead singer a bunch of my buddies in high school and so they knew that like to sing a little bit and invited me to be a part of the band and it just sort of stuck in reading neal we would always rehearse with my high school buddies in our living room and so reading mail would have been eight and ten years old at the time and so every time our drummer and our bass player would take a water break read neil would jump on the john kit and the bass guitar and so all of us sat in the three of us were even playing music in our living room while i was supposed to be practicing with the other band and became very clear that eventually the family band was the end goal you both guitars the way we all play guitar and yes kimberly is

the phyllis pick up a wip in san diego by our good buddy cole hamels. cole, over seven innings. cole is 9 and 7 on the season. he was charged with three runs or less. > let's say that again. 21 straight starts where he didn't give up more than three runs mple that's remarkable. >> he just needs run support. please phyllis. > i have this big event coming up, it's called you got to try this tasting party. basically it's just a party to come out with the good day crew and stuff our faces. there's going to be some cocktails and plenty of food. you simply go to myfoxphilly.com. you you can see where to buyer tickets. you click on the good day tab. it's all over our internet, our website where you get the tickets. you got to come. please, alex is going to be there. sue ising whying to be there. contact than is going to be there. you name any on air person, they'll be there. > could you be a millionaire? yes, and not even know it. somewhere out there there is a power ball ticket worth $1 million and that winning ticket was sold right higher in center city. while you're running out of t

unpleasant letters that you will not like to read in which jefferson gets a piece of poetry from phyllis wheatley and it says, she didn't really write this. couldn't believe a black woman would do it. or, in 1806 he exchanges a letter with another virginia planter who says, you know, i need to figure out how we're going to think about mixed race slaves and black, free blacks. jefferson wrote him back and said, half and half, it is still black. 3/had, it is still black. sally hemings is 3/4. 7/8, all his children by sally hemings by 7/8. the blood clears. >> thanks. so much to say, no question about it. , first of all, for, joe to have said that about my book is extraordinary thing. so thank you. that is remarkable and i appreciate it. there is no question about jefferson's views about race. joe's quite right, that is what they were and for me one of the most important features of working on the declaration was to discover how many voices contributed t to its constructi. and so, what i would say about that issue, actually specifically about the per suit of happiness phrase is that it is n

smitten with the young african-born poetess, phyllis wheatley of boston, and even wrote a poem to her. john barry's second wife not only dealt with her husband's absences, but the consequences of a family rent into by the war. some historians call the revolution our first civil war. they prove it. she was the sister of betsy ross. one of her flags flew at top jones's ship, but while her brother samuel marched with and other philadelphia sailors to march with washington, her older brother, william, was such a staunch loyalist, he was given responsibility by general william howe after the fall of philadelphia to see that departing patriots did not bring the city down. when the british left philadelphia, william went with them, not into exile, but to serve as a mate on one british ship and later command a 20-gun loyalist privateer during benedict arnold haase made on the chesapeake. william was captured at yorktown and never saw philadelphia again. it fell to young sarah, now caring for her half-sister's eight children after the woman died in childbirth, who also have to fight for the re

it could be like phyllis diller where it was all about self-deprecation but the type of really biting humor that she specialized in really was new, especially in the '60s and '70s to the point where sometimes some of these talk shows didn't quite know what to do with her. >> you know, it's interesting, billy, that male comedians don't have to be good looking but women comedians tend to be pretty good looking. i was thinking of sarah silverman, certainly joan when she first started. that was a lot of her appeal. she was damned attractive. >> she was beautiful and what flew out of her mouth made men love her more. talk about relevance. you talk about some of these comedians what go on. joan was 81. she was the queen of the "e!" network, sorry, kardashians, along with the kardashians. because she made fun of celebrities and took pot shots at them. chris, we're in a politically correct world run amok here, and joan could make fun of anyone because she was joan. she's grandmothered in. you say i don't know, can there be another joan rivers? i don't know if there can be in the world we live

phyllis and. >> well, it is interesting. i mentioned this earlier.think of america and what it thinks of congress and below the approval ratings are for lawmakers in the united states, times that by 100 that gives you a sense of what it is like an scotland with regard to westminster. especially with the conservative government under david cameron. that is the argument for those that want to become an independent country. on the other hand, those that say they would much rather continue to be a part of the united kingdom are frightened of what the economy will be like here and how will that be segregated out, and. charles: thanks a lot. we love when you go abroad and do these kinds of on the ground reports. no one is better. >> thank you. charles: they were independent we have art for you. counter terrorist forces resulting in at least 15 arrests, major effort involving hundreds of officers, equipment and helicopters. andrew napolitano the action was prompted by intelligence of a plan to publicly beheaded in naturalized australian, a natural born aust

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joining the panel now is james carafano, a national security ex pert at the heritage foundation and phyllis bennis direct aror of the project at the institute for policy studies. is there a reason? part of terrorism is to be provocative. clearly these two horrifying videos are provocative but do they provoke us to do something we ought not be doing? >> i don't think there's an a analogy between the fictional scenario and what happened here. these deaths of symbolic, represent ticatives of war crim. it's not just responding to the death of an american. it's respond iing to a horrible situation in the region. >> but it is the american deaths that wake up the u.s. public to it. isis has been engaged in these kinds of actions for months. >> yeah, but that may be but people in washington are focusing on national security, recognize that an isis state in the middle of the region isn't horrible t. could lead to a wider sectarian conflict that could lead to a large war which is destructive and damaging. it wouldn't be a base. thousands of fighters flooding in, thousands of fighters from a strong ba

phyllis diller was playing clubs years before joan rivers. but joan redefined the medium for women. >> i do not cook. i hate to cook. cooking is boring and it is stupid and cleaning -- can we talk about cleaning? my kitchen is so dirty, my mice wear spikes. you want the floor to shine? i have to wax the roaches. not one woman here was ever made love to because she did the linoleum. the floors are immaculate! i hate children. the only child i think i would have liked was helen keller because she didn't talk. >> lily tomlin says she learned about the comic craft by watching joan work. >> i mostly learned from joan to be audacious and speak your mind and she just went out of her way to be explicit about what she thought and what she was going to say and she really didn't censor herself. that was something you found to be admired. >> roseanne barr, ellen degeneral rus, sarah silverman, and of course kathy griffin all owe a debt to joan rivers. >> i would often say to her, i wouldn't be doing this if it wasn't for you. and she didn't want to get o

. >> reporter: phyllis salem had little doubt. >> they're cowards, and they're evil. and the evil people should be taken care of because evil people do more evil things. >> reporter: well, police say no suspects as of yet, and they need information. live in northeast philadelphia, i'm doug shimell, nbc 10 news. >>> now, your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> a change of course. a chance of showers this thursday. they're not expected to interrupt tonight's phillies game against the pirates as we look live at citizens bank park in south philadelphia. but you certainly can feel the higher hee higher humidity out there. >> not for long. nbc 10 chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz tracking more changes. >> it's going to feel a whole lot different tomorrow morning. we have a very warm day, very humid day. nothing like that tomorrow. now, we've had a lot of cloud cover during the day today. a little more sunshine in the last couple hours. the locloudiness one of the reasons the showers haven't developed that much. we see some on the radar. there's some clouds, as you

. >> reporter: influenced herself by phyllis diller, rivers weaponized day-to-day domestic-front comic of the rituals of suburban life county. as she did in her >> i'm from a little town called larchmont where if you're not married, if you're a girl, and you're over 21, you're better off dead! it's that simple, you know? >> reporter: a new generation would give rivers her propers as sarah silverman did on the web series "in bed with joan." >> women run comedy. it's all tina fey and whitney cummings and joan rivers. >> and all those hacks. that's enough! >> reporter: in an old-school showbiz world dominated by men who flaunted their privilege, rivers fought for opportunities. battling to be paid what she was worth, hosting her own shows without compromising her viewpoint or her sass. >> i don't know if any of you saw in the paper we have been banned in boston, which i think is wonderful, wxne, so pick a finger, wxne. >> reporter: from stand-up to internet snark, if you seek joan rivers' influence, just look around and laugh, even if this comedy matriarch never wanted to be seen as a pio

legislation through congress, the corporation the national community service, the late eli segal whose wife phyllis to the volunteers and what they did with their lives in americorps and after it. americorps works because all of view that went before kept her promise to get things done. americorps works because there are people from every walk of life, from every religion, from every racial and ethnic groups, straight and gay, seven, number all western, eastern, people who have already finished college and people who don't have their high-school diplomas. and all things in between. there are now mountains and mountains and mountains of social research which proved that people who work together in diverse groups make better decisions and get more done. therefore creative corporation beech constant conflict every single time. you prove that every day. i want to thank -- the first efforts started in philadelphia in 1736 pitbull four we became a country. you know, these americans, they are not like where i come the middle and they want something to happen they complain about it for a day or two and the

there was filler diller before her -- phyllis diller before her who came out and dressed funny to beunny. joan rivers came out and said, i can be pretty and brilliant. the comedic genius and timing. believe she, she would look in the audience and know what everyone was thinking and knew the eyes of her audience. there's no one like her. we're all weeping. a living legend -- >> she would be. i tell you what -- one of her quotes in her book was, "i don't want some rabbi rambling on," at her funeral. "i want meryl streep crying in five different accents." >> she would want humor, she would. comics do hate things -- like she said, i hate this, i don't like this. she's right. all of us have. that but she only spoke what we all think or would be too afraid to speak. she lit the way -- for me in another career now, i ran into her at the shopping channel, a shopping channel in canada. she said, "how you doing, kid?" i said, "great." it was all about competition for herself. win, winning. that's what stage meant to her. it was getting the laugh. getting the sales. and -- >> and that we all do

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ben revere resumes his quest to become the first phyllis to win in more than 40 years, at the top right6789 the last fill toy win it hall of famer richie ashburn who hit .350 to win his second batting title. led the league in hitting in 1955. >> 7:49 right now. busy morning around here, we get you pump up for eagles football. >> we've had the eagles pep band, drum line, eagles cheerleaders this our studio. they were on sister station cbss3. unveil their 2015 swimsuit calendar during fashion show last night. >> this year's edition photographed in mexico, but around here this morning, it was an eagles pep rally. >> ♪ >>> ♪ >> bobby and the gang, oh, they do it so well, been doing it so long. the calendar 1499. >> i wonder if we can show that on air? there go. >> 1499. so good. >> a loft folks did research on that, yes, today. help us with the scripts. >> yes right. >> still ahead, an american classic hits i mack theatres. >> oh, yes. >> hey, i am this week forest gump back in theatres for its 20th anniversary, we're behind the scenes of the iconic film. that's c coming up. >>> relive an a

phyllis diller was playing clubs years before joan rivers. but joan redefined the medium for women. >> i do not cook. i hate to cook. cooking is boring and it is stupid and cleaning -- can we talk about cleaning? my kitchen is so dirty, my mice wear spikes. you want the floor to shine? i have to wax the roaches. not one woman here was ever made love to because she did the linoleum. the floors are immaculate! lie down, you hot tramp. >> decked out in big hair, big jewelry and lots of makeup, she perfected the take no prisoners assault. the only child i think i would have liked was helen keller because she didn't talk. >> lily tomlin says she learned about the comic craft by watching joan work. >> i mostly learned from joan to be audacious and speak your mind and she just went out of her way to be explicit about what she thought and what she was going to say and she really didn't censor herself. that was something you found to be admired. >> roseanne barr, ellen degeneres, sarah silverman, and margaret cho, of course, kathy griffin all owe a de

how we bring into the civic fold our lenore 12 million undocumented friends, neighbors, co-workers, phyllis students, even family members. this is a non trivial thing. if we can figure out how to do this we are acceding to the idea that america shall have a permanent underclass of second-class not even citizens, people in limbo. we are many years past chinese exclusion, many past the ways and periods in history where under color of what we decided we would treat a group of people as outside the bounds of participation in american life. we have to have comprehensive immigration reform to trust that. that is another piece of it. >> those already citizens, already in the country, there is the approach to education we were talking about earlier. what are you seeing and where does it concern you? >> so glad you asked that question. this is a thread throughout my book and actually even more to the heart of the work i do in running this nonprofit. we run a variety of programs that -- some are political or policy but many are in a sense cultural or to use another phrase, 6 religious, about the idea

phyllis and other funny stories." the british producer about whom we woke who would commitside and they married after a four-day courtship. joan rivers met her husband and five days later they got married. she hosted a morning talk show on nbc in 1968, and the next year she made her las vegas debut with female comedians. that was still a relative rarity. in 1968. thereyzirÑ were still rarely fes leading anything. especially not in the comedy world. but joan rivers did. she broughtxz other women to her side. and she took her act to las vegas and beyond and had a quote in 1977 to "the los angeles times": to control an audience is a very mass -- masculine thing. they totally springstrip away your femininity. which isn't the so. katherine the great had a great time. next year she wrote and directed in the movie "rabbit test." billy crystal was a man who got pregnant, but was poorly received in 1983 she scored a coup when she was named permanent guest host for carson on "the tonight show." think of that. no woman had led i

>> i really think that because of comics like phyllis diller and joan rivers, women have a much moreisibility. you can just -- you can just see women, a lot of women comics now, and i think they've really -- they've really blazed the trail for us, you know? >> judy tenuta, thanks so much. >> absolutely. >> that is "all in" for this evening. "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. she was just here, now she's there. the magic of television. >>> thanks for having me earlier. thanks to you at home for joining us. the first governor of virginia, patrick henry, give me liberty or give me death patrick henry. the second governor of virginia was thomas jefferson, as in dude who wrote the declaration of independence. that thomas jefferson. they were the first and second governors of virginia. tough act to follow. right? virginia governor since 1813 have all lived in this historic executive mansion in downtown richmond, virginia, the state capital. this is the oldest continually operateder

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