. >> plus richard lugar on his >> romney appears to be the strongest person. >> and an extraordinary emotional and revealing interview of darrell hammond, the dark, dangerous side of the "saturday night live" funny man. >> it was pretty damn bad. it involved being taken from there in a straight jacket. >> why did you feel differently about your father? >> i think because he tried. >> this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> i've interviewed many >>> i've interviewed many comedianson this show and always had a suspicion that there's been dark stuff in their lives that makes them chase humor and a laugh. i've never had anything quite like this, darrell hammond from "saturday night live." when i finished your book, it was one of the most, i don't know, moving, inspiring in many way, depressing, sad, shocking things i think i've ever read. >> really? >> yes. >> wow. >> do you feel that when you closed the book and thought that's my life? >> yes, i did. i thought -- i thought it was probably going to be a little bit -- a little bit too dark for people to handle. but it's my story and i told it

is there any role for the republican party to protect someone like richard lugar or help someone likegar who's served the republican party for more than three decades or do you just stay away from that? >> we appreciate the service he's given, but we don't get involved in primaries. i happen to believe the tea party movement's been good for america, good for our party. >> lost you some senate seats in 2010. >> we won a whole lot of senate seats in 2010, too. i think 2010 goes down as a pretty darn good year for the republican party, and i think we owe a lot of that to the tea party movement. >> reince priebus, we thank you so much for coming by. >> thank you, candy. >> hope to see you a lot in the coming years. it will be a busy one for you. >> you bet. >>> we go local on the economy. a look at "america's cities" series starting in los angeles. >>> now the opener in our series "america's cities." we'll be visiting mayors of cities, large and small, gauging their struggle to create jobs. we went large for our first stop, los angeles, home to almost 4 million people. antonio villaraigos

is there any role for the republican party to protect someone like richard lugar or help someone likehard lugar who's served the republican party for more than three decades or do you just stay away. >> we appreciate the service he's given but we don't get involved in primaries. i happen to believe the tea party movement's been good for america, good for our party. i think 2010 goes down as a pretty darn good year for the republican party and i think we owe a lot of that to the tea party movement. >> we thank you so much for coming by. we hope to see you a lot in the coming years. it will be a busy one for you. >>> we go local on the economy. a look at "america's cities" series starting in los angeles. ♪ [ male announcer ] it has an hd webcam, killer audio, and lids that switch to start every semester fresh. but mostly it helps me try new moves on and off the court. ♪ [ male announcer ] featuring windows 7 and windows 7 live messenger. for a limited time, purchase select dell pc's and receive our holiday photo solution. our gift to you. and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. [ woman

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the henry kissinger, richard lugar, the chuck kagel wing of the republican foreign policy establishment is basically an endangered species. you've seen the neocons failing in some of their policies but have done a brilliant job of taking over and it being very, very strong in the major think tank institutions in washington, d.c. that is the crowd that basically sets the terms, if you will, for foreign policy debates now. >> so you're framing this as a kind of lack within the current republican party of this particular sort of republican statesman model that we've once seen. does this mean there's a real ideological commitment to the neo conservative foreign policy values on behalf of these republican candidates? or is this just kind of a fear tactic that's employed in the context of a campaign. in other words, should i be actually afraid or should i just be irritated by this? >> it's a little bit of both. the fact is that old style nixonian was about cost benefits. we're at an age where anger and sentiment and trying to do good and striking back are now the terms that drive foreign poli

. ♪ we are farmers ♪ bum, ba-da-bum, bum, bum, bum ♪ >>> richard lugar is the senate's most senior republicanranking member of the senate foreign relations committee. and he joins me now. senator, welcome. >> thank you, piers. >> in all the time that you've been in congress, how many years now? >> i'm in my 35th. >> incredible career that you've had. have you ever known a year quite like this one, where we've had the arab spring uprisings, the end of mubarak, the deaths of bin laden, of gadhafi. it's been an extraordinary time for foreign relations with america in particular at the forefront of this. we've seen a change in american foreign policy, haven't we, where you know, from the gung ho steaming into iraq to very much the behind-the-scenes manipulators in libya. what do you make of it all? put it into context for me. >> well, i believe the context is one in which we are engaged really in basic arguments on domestic politics. the rest of the world has been left to fend for itself. now, that's not true. >> is that a good thing? >> no, it's not. but it's an observation at least about our po

the tea party is going after richard lugar who is one of the remaining moderate.t want to do that in our party. i doubt that we are moving in that direction bu. host: the democrat from texas has announced he will retire and he is the head of the congressional spanish caucus. how does that involve next year? guest: i don't think that plays a lot into larger picture. univision came out with a big paul obama vs romney in the states with the most hispanics. his lead is higher than when he won in 2008. republicans are claiming they can take more hispanic support this year. i don't think that is the case. you are saying what happened with newt gingrich saying we must be humane to immigrants and democrats jumping all over him. it is pushing hispanics away from the republican party. the hispanic voting block continues to grow in -- especially in states like mexico, colorado, nevada, and they will play an increasingly large percentage part of the electorate. that will be an important part for the democrats to build a to win. i believe present obama will take a margin as bi