there you have it, samuel l. jackson, hollywood star, gold medal olympic tweeter. keep them coming.onight. l. j star, olympic tweeter. all i can say, samuel, keep them coming. that's it for tonight. >> we begin tonight keeping them honest with harry reid doing what gamblers often do in his state, doubling down, tripling down, now quadrupling down on unproven allegations about mitt romney and taxes claiming he didn't pay any for a decade, without the chips, in this case the facts, to back it up. governor romney answered. >> it is time for harry to put up or shut up. harry's gonna have to describe who it is he spoke with because of course that is totally and completely wrong. it is untrue, dishonest, and inaccurate. it's wrong. so i'm looking forward to having harry reveal his sources and we'll probably find out it's the white house. >> so far he has not. you will see in a moment when dana bash joins us, he is offering no facts, no evidence, just insinuations. before we go further on this story, you should know we're not being partisan here. for weeks, we reported on michele bachmann

. >> somebody, please, call samuel l. jackson. there were almost some snakes on a plane. authorities say he tried to smuggle 27 stakes on a flight back to brazil. the orlando sentinel says he was fined $6,000. luckily, the non-poisonous snakes never mated on the flight. -- never made it on the flight. >> your insta-weather-plus forecast with tom tasselmyer. >> the first signs of a weather pattern that might lead to some wet weather rover the weekend. we're supposed to be dropping to about 64 this time of year. that warmth of the day is being trapped underneath the clouds. 81 downtown. 73 in hagerstown. eastern shore locations mostly in the 70's. this is pushing north. the real steady rains are down on the outer banks of north carolina. bill looks like this area of low pressure will be drifting north -- it looks like this area of low pressure will be drifting north. if you have plans to be outside in the morning, you are probably all right to the early-morning hours. from late morning until lunch time, and after the noon time hour, we start to see more showers popping up.

samuel l. jackson tweeting, it is unfair republicans in tampa were spared from hurricane isaac. this morning the fallout and inevitable apology. "cnn newsroom" begins right now. >>> and good morning. thank you so much for joining us this morning. i'm carol costello. we begin right now with tropical storm isaac. right now it's growing stronger and closer and expected to be a hurricane when it charges ashore. new orleans and the mississippi gulf coast in the crosshairs. isaac's landfall to come late tonight or early tomorrow, the seventh anniversary of hurricane katrina. and it is that disaster that largely defines how prepared the city of new orleans is today. cnn meteorologist rob marciano is at one of the levees rebuilt in hurricane katrina's aftermath. is the system ready, rob? >> reporter: well, you ask the army corps of engineers and they say a resounding yes. you ask residents and they scratch their head and say, we'll see, because a lot of people point out, you know, we build things as men, and m

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especially samuel l. jackson who has taken time from filming every movie in the planet, to comment on every olympic sport on the planet. he appears to be glued to the tv set. and you have to do it in a "pulp fiction"/"snakes on a plane" voice. uh-oh. pommel horse next. that's like balance beams for dudes. and there's salty language in there, which you want from samuel l. jackson. there's a lot of, i want this mother -- pommel horse out of these mother -- olympics. you can follow our stream on twitter. we'll keep you plugged in. >> the man does a lot with 140 characters. >> especially when bill weir reads them back. >> yeah. >>> you know who is also a good follower of the olympics, sam champion. they get no better. what do you have? >> i don't know if i'm good at olympic tweets. we have a lot in doubt. 220 counties by the department of agriculture, which brings the total to 1,500 counties in drought in america right now. 32 states rolling through that. one of the reasons is the big heat. yesterday 115 in oklahoma

there you have it, samuel l. jackson, hollywood star, gold medal olympic tweeter. keep them coming. that's all for us tonight. l. j star, olympic tweeter. all i can say, samuel, keep them coming. that's it for tonight. >> we begin tonight keeping them honest with harry reid doing what gamblers often do in his state, doubling down, tripling down, now quadrupling down on unproven allegations about mitt romney and taxes claiming he didn't pay any for a decade, without the chips, in this case the facts, to back it up. governor romney answered. >> it is time for harry to put up or shut up. harry's gonna have to describe who it is he spoke with because of course that is totally and completely wrong. it is untrue, dishonest, and inaccurate. it's wrong. so i'm looking forward to having harry reveal his sources and we'll probably find out it's the white house. >> so far he has not. you will see in a moment when dana bash joins us, he is offering no facts, no evidence, just insinuations. before we go further on this story, you should know we're not being partisan here. for weeks, we reported o

. >>> tonight, the summer games as seen through the eyes of the world's coolest man, samuel l. jacksons taking his appreciation to whole new levels. he is an uber crazy fan using twitter to let everyone know what he thinks in real time. when allison schmitt won, for example, he tweeted. hope they got picks of her soles because that's all they saw. okay. that was drunk lady staggering flip dismount. made famous by many girls missing the top step in da club. he also tweeted commentator dude spends a lot of time yaking about the negatives of the gymnasts and even the americans. and that was not a hand stand,

samuel l. jackson. such a cool guy. tweeting in the olympics.s the stuff of legend. -- the olympics? >> say it again. >> did you like the olympics? >> oh, yeah. see me wearing my jacket? >> i do. >> this what you wore when you win a medal. >> it was mainly about britain. >> you guys did great. >> wasn't bad, was it? >> you guys did great. >> tell me this, america. >> yes. >> elected its first black president. a moment you talked about. one of those great moments you'll never forget. has it made america more or less racist? >> i like to say, first of all, african-americans alone did not elect president obama. it was a coalition. black, white, brown, yellow. gay, straight. everybody came together. and it was such a great moment in america. i think some people got tricked into thinking that when he put his -- when barack put his hand on abraham lincoln's bible, that automatically, magically, presto, change-o, abracadabra, racism would evaporate, and we'd be ithe post-racial area. i still don't understand what that word is. so it's still a great mov

she says, "i promise to make samuel l. jackson [ cheers and applause ] damn, u.s. pole vaulter almost impaled himself. >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: this one is from @amgilliams. he says, "i promise to make sure the mcrib stays on the menu all year, and i promise to legalize marijuana so the other promise makes sense." [ laughter and applause ] you know what would be really great right now, man? >> steve: what was your promise again, man? >> jimmy: i forget, man. [ laughter ] this one is from @shadpowers. he says, "i will make a law ensuring that he who smelt it receives a fair trial before declared the one who dealt it." [ scattered applause ] >> steve: this isn't soviet russia. it's america. >> jimmy: yeah, thank you. this is from @mnamero. he says, "i will eliminate bags of chips that are only half full. this is america, give me what i paid for!" [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: angry tweet, man. >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: this last one here is from @shabalajandra. she says, "i promise to have the kool-aid man repai

samuel l. jackson, this guy has been live blogging. letting his thoughts out in the world. here's what he had to say about u.s. men's beach volleyball tweeting how could we take these dudes lightly? served by latvia. and track. the d.r. rocks 400 hurdles. solid gold. imagine sam saying it. finally, his take on tennis. congrats to andy murray for taking that gold. brits getting their george jefferson on. moving on up. i like that. we'd like to share a couple more but you know, sam jackson, uses a salty, sometimes off color language so we can't do it. it's not for everybody but you can look it up. guy's racked up a million twitter followers. we were talking about that. >> we were yesterday in the newsroom talking about a character he is as well. >> so there is your connection. it's amazing with twitter how you can be connected. >> raj mathai as well, if you tweet him he'll tweet you back in many cases which is amazing that he does that for his fans. we aren't going to have that many fans of the hot weather inland. temperatures are going to be at their peak. and this is the re

. >>> tonight, the summer games as seen through the world's cool est man, samuel l. jacksonaking the appreciation to a new level. he is not just a fan, but an uber cool man. he is not holding back on the twitter, and he said allison schmitt and five exclamation marks. hope they got pics of her soles, because that's all they saw. go usa. and now this is drunk lady staggering flip dismount made famous by my girls missing the top step in da club. and now this one, commentator dude spends a lot of time nagging about the

. >>> tonight, the summer games as seen through the world's cool est man, samuel l. jackson is taking the appreciation to a new level. he is not just a fan, but an uber cool man. he is not holding back on the twitter, and he said allison schmitt and five exclamation marks. hope they got pics of her soles, because that's all they saw. go usa. and now this is drunk lady staggering flip dismount made famous by my girls missing the top step in da club. and now this one, commentator dude spends a lot of time nagging about the negatives of the gymnasts, and even the americans. and it was not a handstand, but more like a hand split. the uk gets jacked by judges. you have to love it. all i can say is "samuel, keep them coming." that is all for tonight. "ac360" starts right now. >>> and now, what they do in his state doubling down and tripling down and now quad ruppling down claiming that mitt romney didn't pay any taxes for a decade without the chips to back it up. governor romney responded sharply today. >> it stim for harry to put up or shut up. and it is time for him to say who h

samuel samuel l jackson.ertion of the word mother [ censor bleep ], jackson creates a quarantine zone of olympic fever where nationalism mixes with joy that is walking upside down on a staircase next to glory. [ applause ] >> he is incredibly enthusiastic about every event. wow. wow. wow. good for him. all right. katy perry and john mayer have gone a date together everybody. her body obviously a wonderland. >> apparently. there was canoodling. >> that's great. >> how long can it be before he says inappropriate things about her on twitter. >> i don't think people have canoodled since the 70s. >> celebrities still canoodle. >> john fugelsang knows this. jennifer lopez is fighting back at tabloid reports that her boyfriend recently visited an exotic massage parlor and adult video store. >> she married john travolta. [ buzzer ] >> no jim. speaking of [ inaudible ] >> prince -- >> he is going to play gay in a libberrauchchi flick. >> i wish my brother george were here. >> yes if he was playing a guy who was handcu

samuel l. jackson has been all over twitter and his posts are hilarious. dream realized. u.s.essure makes diamonds. go usa. that was a drunk lady staggering flip dismount made famous bay mean girls in the club. pommel horse next. they have u.s. men's number. oh, well, go usa. some are not so clean, but they are hilarious. check them out. >> i will have to follow him. late night laughs, john stewart jumping into the chicken fight. take a look. >> the crowds were so big that many restaurants ran out of chicken. oh, my god! we're out of chicken. the nightmare scenario that the lions prophesy. america is out of chicken. it's the cluck pacalypse. >> it feels so good to be politically active. it's a protest. something's happening here. finally. a form of activism americans can fully embrace effecting social change through the act of eating a fast food sandwich, said gandhi, [ bleep ] me. i had it backwards. >> just genius. >> unbelievable. i am so glad we get to share that with you. >> a few minutes before the hour and we will have the top stories straight ahead. about to touchdown

>> ellen barkin, samuel l. jackson. you've got to be -- >> reporter: i think hollywood justtics you o just ticks you off. >> it does. it does. i don't need to know about gwyneth paltrow as bm. >> reporter: woe! neither do i. i don't want to talk about that on "squawk box.." >> then don't follow her. that's why you don't follow her. >> your hair is tweeting? >> excellent. and carl's neck tie? what should we -- >> carl's neck tie and -- >> what are we going to -- >> -- and joe kernen's hair. >> what should becky -- just becky's sweet smile, pretty good? >> sure. i'm a little concerned about where we might go with this. i'll take smile. >>> coming up, check out these pictures from new orleans. officials reporting overtopping of a levee southeast of the big easy. a live report from the gulf coast in a few minutes. >>> plus, we'll look at the energy industry and ask what the storm will do to production and prices. at optionsxpress we're all about options trading. we create easy to use, powerful trading tools for all. look at