the best sandwich in america.of his new program on the travel channel. >> he'll be traveling all over from jumpin' jay's fish cafe to the famous katz's deli right here in new york city. welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> i'm thinking you got a great job. you're my type of guy, where you get to travel around and taste all sorts of wonderful food. you have a formula. i'm thinking it's the bite theory. b stands for? >> bread. i is interior. t is taste and e is eating experience. the reason it's "adam richman's best sandwich in america," it's not that i must have my name on my projects but simply put, this is my personal preferences and this is what makes a sandwich i love. we figure the b.i.t.e. scale would be a catch-all. bread, crunchy, chewy, complement that inside the sandwich, indicative of the region. >> i love focaccia. >> excellent bread. interior, content of proteins to vegetables, the variety, influence, textures. taste is sort of the whole guess tault of the whole family. eating experience is everythi

such approach this touch this touch this go pay the cashier there's your sandwich it's amazing. what was left out of that clip was an analogy romney was trying to make between the wah-wah sandwich machine machine and big government bureaucracy here's romney in that same speech talking about the paperwork an optometrist had to do to move his office across town take a look at. the poor he gets to change addresses is thirty three pages long or thirty three pages one because some might ask how to fill it out because some of the government they tell him what to do he sends it in they send it back was it done right you got to do it again another thirty three pages he calls another person and they tell him what to do doesn't do it right the second time third time's a charm that this takes several months during which time he's not getting the checks for the work he's doing for people who need his care that's that's how government works the night i was at it was i want to order a sandwich he passed a little. keypad or i just touched it and you know that's sandwich because if you catch th

sandwich that i love.bite scale would be a catchall. bread, is it crunchy and chewy or complement that inside the region. interior, balance of condiments, protein to vegetables and again balance and textures. taste is the whole sandwich. and eating experience is everything from decor and people who serve it and brass tax, does it fall apart or get soggy, is there a place to sit if it is a fall apart sandwich. it has ramifications on your enjoyment of it. >> you getting too everywhere. chapel hill. portland, oregon. >> that's correct. i got a chance to be in maryland, north carolina for chicken cheddar biscuit which you just saw. >> one of the best is portland, oregon. i like this name. big ass sandwiches. i want to go there just because. or in st. louis, heart stopping blt. >> it's definitely one that my cardiologist perked up about. you ate something called heart stopping blt. >> do you know whether it is good at first bite? >> yes. of the 30 sandwiches on the show, i picked 20. three sandwiches per regio

it's sandwich related anger, by the way. >> i spent many times with you when you were angry over sandwichest after gigs. you were always angry about a sandwich. because it's about proportions. [ laughter ] you go to these places who makes a grilled cheese sandwich with (bleep) three inches of bread on both sides and two slices of cheese? >> i understand. somebody is really (bleep) off about the sandwiches. >> jon: just because your people have not developed taste buds doesn't mean the rest of us have to suffer. >> my people can taste whiskey seven blocks away. [cheers and applause] by sniffing. >> jon: that's not taste. that's just sensing it. >> sniffing the air. >> jon: let's talk about the movie. >> there's two movies. there's ice age 12. >> jon: oh, please. there's paycheck 12 and then there's did. >> spider -- "the amazing spiderman". >> jon: why are you in the first one. you were already green goblin if the nirts speederman? why are you -- in the first spiderman? >> you know i've been away from security because people think i'm defoe -- dafoe from spiderman. i get security because of

your sandwich.t's amazing. >> it's amazing. (laughter) >> you know, when these candidates get out of their comfort zone. >> yeah. >> and that's what-- and in smalltown america, you've got to be able to, you know, speak the language. >> msnbc anchor andrea mitchell with unof the contributors, chris, are laughing as you saw at a clip of mitt romney that they had edited to make the g.o.p. presidential candidate seem, well, overly excited about his sandwich ordering experience at wa wa, here is what really happened. >> i went to order a sandwich. you press a little touch tone key pad, all right. you touch that and the sandwich comes in, touch this, touch this, touch this, go pay the cashier there's your sandwich. it's mazing people in the private sector learned how to compete and it's time to bring competition to the federal government to get it smaller and never respond to the customers, which are you. >> judy, a selective videotape editing not the first time at nbc. they got caught doing this with the

sandwiches. the very best buys for the upcoming months. a lot to get to. let's get a check of the weather right now. stephanie abrams is in while al is on assignment today. hi, steph. >> hey there, matt. good morning to you. some people bring their kids to the plaza but you left your kids at home and still wanted to make sure they got on tv. >> yes, we did. >> look how cute all these little kiddies are from bakersfield, california. also just graduating, where are you starting out? >> at the orange county register in california. >> all right. might see you here one day. let invest aa look at today's forecast across the country. the threat for severe weather, south, also in in the northwest. showers in the northeast today that continues into the day tomorrow. we lose that severe weather risk throug w >> good morning. it will be a pleasantly cool day today. high temperatures will make it into the mid 7's this afternoon. >> and for your forecast 24 hours a day, all you have to do is go to weather.com

(sot: children)"sandwiches." "sandwiches." "deffnitely bar." o... most kkds are happy withhjust about any ice cream, at consumer reports we found a couple of them that topped oor ratings, that just might make the discriminaaing big kids happy, too." (v/o)taste testers evaluated 21 differrnt frozee treats, including bars and sandwiches from dove, good humor, haagen-daas, and klondike. nostalgia- favoritt... ood humor bars..... were the lowest- bars tested. sensory tasters described the coatinggas thin, waxy, and crumbly, with ice crram that tasteddof artificial-vanilla and a hint of the wooden stick. several other dark chooolate bars got sweeter reviews, including haagen-dazs and dove. both rated excellent. although these kids might not notice the nnances, the bars had rich and complex vaniila ice cream and dark chocolate..... but they do come at a price. (sot: erin gudeux)"they're expensive. they cost about a 1.25 a bar. and justtlike all the ice creem bars, nutritionally, they have a lot of at and calories, so you pmght want to save them as a splur

the cashier and get your sandwich. it is amazing. >> here is the thing, at first it seems funny, but i didn't know that you could get a sandwich through a touch tone at wawa. i haven't been to one in a year off the turnpike. i don't drive so much anymore since the incident. maybe he has every right to be amazed. >> he said the wawa in repetition. he reminded me of my great uncle on methamphetamine. and trust me, she on methamphetamines a lot. he is trowns around and repeating. >> i think that was boyish excitement. not bad for a 65-year-old. >> it was an excellent break down of every man's experience. >> i know what it is like to shop. i have done it. let me prove it by going through every step methodically. >> i am trying to think the last time i was at a wawa was in the lehigh valley, pab. this is new for me the touch pad for a hoe gee. >> i didn't know that. i am familiar with wawa. i agree with ely. there is something about him trying to be the every man. jay he shouldn't be. >> i think he -- i agree. he wassen thr

there's your sandwich. it's amazing. >> romney actually had to change his event from one wawa to another apparently not up for a confrontation with protesters on his american safari all of which made for an even greater contrast with the president who was busy being, well, i guess presidential at the g20 down in los cabos, mexico. the president met with the mexican president filipe calderon who praised his initiative on immigration as well as vladimir putin president of russia known only to mitt romney as our number one geo political foe. yes, quite a contrast indeed. let's bring in our panel in a special new york appearance. i have anna marie cox correspondent of "the guardian" with me in the studio. in washington democratic strategist julian epstein of media group and msnbc political analyst, former dnc communications director karen finney columnist for "the hill" and also appearing regularly on bill maher from now on. we'll come to that in a moment. he was amazed by the touch screen technology. >> touch

why one pelly customer said he had to call 9 1 1 over a sandwich? sandwich? >> ,,,, >> today's tip of the date will be this big beautiful hot house grilled tomatoes on the market. when you buy them make sure that they're nice and read all the way around. read a and heavy. a deep red. they grow in hothouses of mother nature has nothing to do with this. the grower picks them when they're nice and read and make sure that they are heavy. when there have the in means that they're packed with flavor but when they are light in means there is a cavity in there. it is air and you don't want to buy that. the heavier the better. always store tomatoes on the counter, never in the refrigerator. hothouse grown jumbo tomatoes. look at these things! look how beautiful they are. when you grill these tomatoes, just a little bit of olive oil and salt and pepper, take amount and it is a beautiful thing. i'm your fresh grocer, always remember to eat fresh and stay healthy. look at these tomatoes. >> some people apparently don't understand the meaning of the word " emergency ". >>

mitt romney's comments sandwich wawa. >> i went to order a sandwich. it was a touch tone key pad.ich coming out and you touch this. go pay the cashier. it's amazing. >> it's amazing. >> she is laughing because romney called wawa, so what. what is relevant that wawa does have a computerized way to order sandwiches that is fast and easy. they sell you a sandwich for less than four bucks. governmental couldn't do that. if government did it they would give you a sandwich you didn't want. as i said the governor daniels the communist world produced all kinds of products leiblgs this car. this east german trebant. >> you had to put the oil and gas in separately and shake carted to mix them. a man in indiana happens to collecting this terrible car. >> there is no gas gauge. this is checking the fuel. >> he owns six. >> when governmental running things, this is what we get. >> that is why i wrote, no, they can't. government fails but individuals succeed. and groups of individuals in the form of private profit seeking corporations do everything better. politicians promise they solve approxi

they are competing for the best sandwich in the usa. you always find a crowd here in lexington market. their crab cakes bring folks from all over the country for a taste. >> you are from buffalo. >> buffalo, new york. >> i'm mary rain hold. we get crab cakes in tampa but not this good. >> reporter: adam richmond from the travel channel. he featured these in a competition for the best sandwich in america. >> it brings people. my bestest business is tourist from all over the country that want to come and get a good crab cake. >> reporter: they started in 1886. the crab cakes have won numerous awards. folks comfort food and more. >> the atmosphere. you meet people from all over the united states or various countries. >> reporter: the famous crab cakes will be competing against 29 other sandwiches from around the country. >> i think they will do very well. they don't have a lot of filler. they have crab meat. when you get that lump crab cake, you get crab. >> reporter: a taste of baltimore ready to take on the country. >> this kind of thing

giant subs, sandwich and cookie platters. and big-time value. subway catering. order today! >> live, local, late-breaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news at 6. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> we begin this evening with a loss. the pentagon has confirmed 21- year-old eugene mills iii was killed in afghanistan. he was in the first battalion eighth marine regiment. he is the fifth marylander to be killed this year in the line of duty. we spoke briefly with his father' this afternoon. he said, "when my son was 11, you saw the towers ball and wanted to serve his country. the families headed to delaware to retrieve the body. now the way for big news. looking for decisions in health care reform and immigration law out of arizona. they could come out as soon as tomorrow. bryn mawr has the details. -- brian mooar has the detail.s there is anxious waiting. the highest court in the land is supposed to be above politics, but in this tense election year, republicans and democrats alike have their sourc

. >>> a connecticut man furious with his sandwich. this is his beef to police. don't miss the 911 call. >> and now the site for those scared of heights, 20 stories above a niagara river, the daredevil makes history. the walk that took him to cloud nineteen error. that is coming up in -- cloud nine. stay with us. that is coming up. ming up. . >> as we head to a break, a birthday celebration months in the making. thousands gathered in london to celebrate the trooping of color ceremony as the official birthday of queen elizabeth. the queen and prince phillip were joined by other members of the royal family, including the veteran of cambridge. the queen's actual birthday was in april when she turned 86. we'll be right back. stay with us. with us.   joke see if i tried to get on one skeet -- . >> i could see if i wanted to get on one seat but three seats were paid for. >> that didn't stop delta airlines for canceling the ticket on the world's largest living athlete. he's an american amateur sumo wrestler. he's 6'7" and waveways 700 pounds -- and waveways 700

sandwiches.best buys for the upcoming months. a lot to get to. let's get a check of the weather right now. stephanie abrams is in while al is on assignment today. hi, steph. >> hey there, matt. good morning to you. some people bring their kids to the plaza but you left your kids at home and still wanted to make sure they got on tv. >> yes, we did. >> look how cute all these little kiddies are from bakersfield, california. also just graduating, where are you starting out? >> at the orange county register in california. >> all right. might see you here one day. let invest aa country. we are seeing that threat for severe weather. southeast, also in the northwest. showers in the northeast today. that continues into the day tomorrow. we lose that severe weather risk throughout a big chunk of the south. a look at what's happening outside of your door. >>> good morning. cooler than average for the workweek. warmer for the weekend. and today highs reaching the 70s. clouds in and out. just a slight chance

giant subs, sandwich and cookie platters. and big-time value. subway catering. order today! >> it is clear. 68 degrees in central maryland. the complete first warning forecast is coming up. >>> situation in colorado wildfires is not improved much. the third largest wildfire many state history. at least one person has died and hundreds others evacuated from homes. firefighters think the blaze was sparked by a fire spike. >>> a teacher faces child abuse charges for allegedly holding a knife. she asked for help after she hurt her knee and then held a knife against the girl's knee, threatening to cut it off. she was released on bond yesterday. >>> the girl fighting flesh eating bacteria, amy copeland, is now refusing pain medication. she has lost her left leg, hands, and updated to serious condition. copeland is studying holistic pain medication and would be traitor if she used drugs. >>> the defense claims sandusky suffers from a personality disorder to act in an overly seductive manner. he must make himself available to prosecutors. sex abuse against ten boys and convicted to

the drugstore's old fashion ice cream sandwich was the only sandwich tested that wasn't gum my.ft, cake-like cookie that has a big coco flavor. a conclusion these novices can definitely agree with. >> consumer reports show if you are looking to satisfy a craving for an icy cold treat with fewer sal he calories and no fat, consider frozen fruit bars. testers sized up strawberry bars and rate the the whole foods strawberry bars excellent and the strawberry bars made by whole fruit. i'm michael finney. 7 on your side. >> we've had some warm, some would even say hot days recently. lisa argen is here to talk about whether that trend will continue. >> you know, if you were just on the coast yesterday, it was pleasant. but everywhere else, wow, 90s, triple digits and today you probably are already feeling the effects of that cool down. here's our shot from our sutro camera. you can see the fog offshore with the sunset. the richmond district. the marine layer running parallel to the coast. but, boy, is it bringing erelief all around the bay today. you see the winds out of the west, sout

the drugstore's old fashion ice cream sandwich was the only sandwich tested that wasn't gum my.a soft, cake-like cookie that has a big coco flavor. a conclusion these could have voices can definitely agree with. >> consumer reports show if you are looking to satisfy a craving for an icy cold treat with fewer sal he calories and no fat, consider frozen fruit bars. testers sized up strawberry bars and rate the the whole foods strawberry bars excellent and the strawberry bars made by whole fruit. i'm michael finney. 7 on your side. >>> doesn't summer officially begin -- >> wednesday. >> but it's been feeling like it the past couple weeks. >> but it will feel more like spring the nest couple days. >> as we yo into summer. >> exactly. but the actual first day of summer, to confuse you more, will warm up again. >> let's listen to lisa argen. she's confusing. >> and we headed outside. right now this is mount tam, and you will notice that it's nice and clear out there. but we are going to see that breeze continue to pick up along the coast today. so marin county, folks up there will fee

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sandwich. it's amazing. >> it's amazing. when they get out of their comfort zone and get with the people in small town america you got to be able to speak the language. >> sean: what that radical left wing news outlet does not want you to know is that the governor was not expressing shock you can order a sandwich on a computer. he was making the point that private sector spurs innovation in america and barack obama's big government strategy is part of the problem. you to watch the whole clip to get the context but, of course, they didn't want to do that. watch this. >> i went in to order a sandwich. you press the little touch tone keypad. just touch that and the comes in and touch this and touch this and touch this and go pay the caucuses cheer here. people in the private sector learned how to compete. it is time to bring competition to the federal government and get it smaller and respond to the customers which are you. >> sean: joining me with reaction plus analysis of the media continued eff

. >>> coming up, what constitutes a sandwich emergency?the ridiculist" is next. >>> time. >> now for the "ridiculist." tonight, we're adding code red to priority full-blown sandwich emergency. in connecticut, a gentleman went to a place to get his favorite sandwich. he ended up using the phone in the deli to call 911. >> i'm at grateful deli. i specifically asked for little turkey and little ham and a lot cheese and a lot of mayonnaise and they are giving me a hard time. i was wondering if you could just stop by and -- i was just wondering if you could -- >> you're calling 911 because you don't like the way that they're making your sandwich? >> exactly. >> so then don't buy it. >> calling 911 because your sandwich is messed up. go out an on a limb and say that may have been a slight overreaction to the situation. there are people all over this great land of ours who seem to have low thresholds for what constitutes an emergency. here's one from wisconsin. >> what do you need the police department for? >> well, i'm eating at this restaurant,

who wants sandwiches? >> summer is here and what better time to stock your freezer full of grab and go treats. >> most kids are happy with ice cream. we found a couple of them that capture ratings that make big kids happy, too. >> they evaluated 21 different treats, including bars and dove and several others. the favorite good humor bars were the lowest rated ice cream bars tested. they describe the coating as thin and backing. with cries cream that tasted with a hint of wooden stick. several others, hagen daz were rated excellent. kids may not notice the nuances, they were rich and complex vanilla ice cream and dark chocolate but they do come at a price. >> they are expensive. they cost about 1.25 a bar and like all the bars they have a lot of fat and calories. >> for only 50 cents apiece, consider the ice cream sandwiches from walgreen's. the drugstore's old-fashioned ice cream sandwich that was tested that wasn't gummy. it is soft and big cocoa flavor. a conclusions these people can agree with. >> if yo

you are calling 911 because you don't like the way that they are making your sandwich. >> exactly. >> so don't buy it. >> i wish you could see the studio right now. because everyone is listening with bathed breath to this -- bathed breath to this call. police arrived and talked with the man but it's unclear whether he was cited or if he was arrested. >>> many companies advertise their businesses on facebook. and it's to get your dollars. >> this morning a. new way facebook is going to track you to find out what you buy and they will do it and watching you when you are not watching them. >> over 600 students drop out of school in the united states on a daily basis. the plans one group has to draw attention to the problem today in washington. >> good morning. i am mike and we have temperatures in the 70s on the way to the 90s. we will detail the full forecast coming up. lauren. >> reporter: well, an earlier accident has left behind a major backup on the west side of the beltway. tracking the delays and we will have the timesaver traffic report coming up on "good morning maryland." >>> 6

there was a sandwich, [unintelligible] your mother is not going to throw a sandwich down 20 floors to you. one of these pigeons or seagulls might gravid. >> that initial wave of hope became a far more harsh reality. the high-rise towers became symbols of poverty and alienation. like many of the first residents, when he lived there in the late '80s and early 90s, it had a very different kind of community. no longer a desirable place, people were not taking turns decline in the hallways anymore. >> when you get out and see the big huge round of the building. -- the run to the building. a few days beforehand, it was a click save, so when you look at the kitchen window, you could see where they were being patched up. >> [unintelligible] crime seemed to be the easiest way to pay for things. >> he would probably get shot here. it is kind of a dumping ground, isn't it? >> ferment going to the shipyard and so forth, '80s, it was no longer a problem. it was the idea of the space, the idea that things -- there was no future. this residual as asian -- residualization. >> this could be the end of

he loved the touch screen computer used to order custom sandwiches. while sharing his washington experience with supporters, here is what he said? >> by the way, where do you get your hoagies here? do you get them at washingto wa. we went to wawa. you press a touch tone keypad. the sandwich comes in, touch this, touch this, touch this. go pay the cashier. there is your sandwich. >> do you know who else was at wawa, our steady cam man, john. >>> your tweets, texts and e-mails are next. ♪[music plays] there's another way to help erase litter box odor. purina tidy cats. only tidy cats has new odor erasers... making it easy to keep things at home... just the way you want them. new tidy cats with odor erasers. [ female announcer ] new aveeno skin strengthening body cream helps transform dry, thinning skin, by strengthening its moisture barrier, for improved texture and elasticity in 2 weeks. reveal healthy, supple skin. aveeno skin strengthening. support team usa and show our olympic spirit right in our own backyard. so we combined our citi thankyou points