my dad was a general manager, no jobs left in scranton, he moved down to wilmington, delaware. he eventually got a job and he ended up being an automobile manager of two of the largest agencyth in the state for the better part of 35 years. and as dave said, he was a proud man. my dad used to say, joey, and i give my word i'm not making this up, joey, a paycheck's -- a job's about a lot more than a paycheck, it's about your dignity. it's about your self-respect. it's about your sense of who you are. it's about your place in the community. it's a lot more than just a paycheck. an awful lot of people in the valley, an awful lot of people in the wyoming valley where i'm from, an awful lot of people in the delaware valley where i ended up living, have had their dignity stripped. and somehow, i don't think -- these other guys aren't bad guys but i don't think they get that part of it. i don't think they get that part of it of what a job means. more than just a paycheck. but it also reminds me, going down to my dad's -- my dad's dealership, i was telling joe last night, one of the gre

(cheers and applause) >> stephen: nation, a chilling story from wnep scranton's weather news leader.eather from wnep because they've got a backyard weather center. i mean why would i trust someone who's inside to tell me what it's like outside. he's got no skin in the game. but look what happened as anchor trish hartman and scott shaffer were throwing to meteorologist curt aaron in the backyard weather center. jim. >> curt aaron is out in the backyard to give us our forecast. told curt is not in the backyard because there are bearings outsideness he coming inside. >> this is live video from the backyard right now. >> no way. so this is why curt aaron is not out there right now. >> i don't blame him. >> there are four bears. let's take another look there. that was a big bear. >> stephen: that's right. that forecast was partly grizzly with a chance of precipitation and curt aaron's pants. which brings to us the number one threat in america, newscasting bears. folks, these godless killing machines are coming for our broadcasting jobs. it's bad enough that cnn has a wolf and fox news has

didn't see anything crazy as far as high amounts around scranton, in d.c., over an inch the last 48 hours, roanoke, knoxville, most areas picked up at least half an inch of rain. a little more rain out there this morning. not a lot, just a little bit, most of the heavy rain pushed off the coast just clipping here around cape cod and marchthat's vineyard. if you're going to get hit by down pours, look out around trenton, they are exiting philly heading up in new york city and up in the hudson valley, western portions of connecticut this morning. that is probably just about it. most of the country is dry today, summer weather pattern is established, jet stream going up through canada, a little dip in the great lakes, that is why it will be cooler in chicago and detroit. but from the rockies to the middle of the country, definitely feels like summer. that is the look at the national forecast, here is a look at the weather outside your window. florida entered the wet season, we'll add a chance of showers and thunderstorms each and every afternoon from here on out through the summer. has been

his body ended up in scranton. it was over his head, the shell instead of hitting burst over his head and all we seen was a lot of little pieces. the birds had a picnic because, i'm telling you, this is what war is. this is what you have to face. so whether or not you like it or not, you want the stories, you get them. you don't want to hear them, i don't belong here. >> we have time for a couple more questions with the men. >> bill henry, rhode island national guard. gentlemen, these days our veterans organizations are quickly depleting in membership. what would you say to the young veterans and young service members to encourage them to join these organizations so we can maintain the tradition and comradery with the military? >> veterans organizations, the membership is declining, what would you say to the younger generation to keep them active in veterans organizations, the legion, and others? >> i think they are fine organizations for one thing. they help veterans. they help people to assimilate. they help them

his body ended up in scranton. it was over his head, the shell instead of hitting burst over his head and all we seen was a lot of little pieces. the birds had a picnic because, i'm telling you, this is what war is. this is what you have to face. so whether or not you like it or not, you want the stories, you get them. you don't want to hear them, i don't belong here. [ applause ]

from the blue ridge east the whole i-95 corridor from richmond up toward new york, extending up to scranton. philly, anywhere this afternoon even across the bay, maybe going to the beach to the weekend. you'll also have the threat for strong storms later today and tonight. here's the futurecast. we'll try to give you the times on this and remember this is a computer model. say up to cumberland or hagerstown, always a little bit of variability with these things. but by noon still fairly quiet. i'm stopping the clock at 2:45. some storms fire off to the west and the mountains. now we're talking about 5:00, 6:00, we've got some storms potentially getting in toward northern virginia just on the north and west side of the mote row for the evening hours coming in. it's not going to be raining everywhere all the time but any of the storms that pop this afternoon and evening have the threat to be on the strong side with the strong winds can the hail. this will be around 9:00. overnight the storms start to wind down. still could have a few of them. quieter saturday morning. how about your saturday?

the syrian government scranton amnesty to two hundred sixty five rebels ahead of monday's multi-party parliamentary vote the first such election in decades meantime a series of blasts in the capital damascus and also in the northern city of aleppo left at least three civilians dead on saturday and as r.t. sara first reports next people are placing increasing hope then on the u.n. observer mission monitoring the frequently breached cease fire. in the heart of damascus thousands come out to. the funerals of people killed during clashes in the capital once again drew into focus the very precarious situation the country now finds itself before the bodies of the that they carried through the streets of damascus the funerals of the people who were killed under the station they here's the story you've got the military the security watching this is at the same time as the u.n. observers are supposed to be here overseeing the peace plan early in the day we join the u.n. observers or one of the daily to is to flash point areas. this have been traveling to some of the areas where the this is by

scranton, pennsylvania. >> topeka, kansas. >> where dida, you start maccallum. >> right here in new york> bill: that's mccallum where else would i start? here is question number four. >> little market. >> bill: bill clinton played theke saxophone on arsonnial hall. what song did the former president play on arsenio hall? cards up, please. roll the tape on it. ♪ ♪ ♪ heart break hotel. ♪ heart break hotel. >> appeal to younger audience. >> bill: when they liked elvis, they were young. >> i get it. you know, it wasn't exactly a hip song at that time. >> >> bill: something really strange is happening.ng doocy has got them all right. he is four for four. he has won already you can't beat him? >> it's swimming in the freezing cold pool. >> first host of the today show on nbc. he famously had a chimp as a sidekick. >> do you remember me? i workre here all the time. a long slow look. i'm looking at you. no, i'm not looking at you. take your mouth out of my glasses there. i can't see too good without these. >> the chimp jay fred mugs is actually still alive. 6-year-old chimp is currently at a chi

i saw it in scranton. i have seen it in wilmington in the steel mills, i have seen it in the valley here. but let's look at this. what's troubling about this story is that the 30 executives they put in place to run the company, they walked away with $9 million. the 30 executives. and romney and his investing partners walked away with $12 million. that's romney economics. two sets of rules. one for his wealthy investors and the other for everybody else. now, look, folks, some of romney's defenders say it's not fair to criticize romney for this, and they go on to point out that it's not the job of investors, not the job of bain capital or any other company like that, it's not their job to create jobs. it's their job to create wealth for the investors. that's true. it's their job to create wealth for the investors. if it creates jobs in the process, good. if it costs all the jobs in the process, okay. it's to make sure their investors get a return on their investment. but that's not the job of a president of

i wasn't joe biden hard scrap pell kid coming out of lines in scranton in w.t in my hand. i was just a normal, middle class kid with a father with a high school education and worked like hell. >> we were talking about sort of taking the temperature where the campaigns are at this point. you have got vice president biden and, you know, the obama campaign really going on the attack, the screaming, the yelling, and the attack ads against mitt romney. meantime you have mitt romney releasing his out of the general election. all about moving forward. what am i going to do from day one if and when i get elected? keystone pipeline, things like that. >> they are highlighting a look at that ad on day one. he also yesterday was up in new hampshire standing in front of this bridge, which of course, is still in the fixed in this empty repair job. sort of emblematic. mitt romney is going around the country and stood in front of abandoned factories and yesterday standing in front of this decrepit bridge which was supposed to be part of the stimulus money to be fixed as presi

scranton, pennsylvania, i worked there my first tv job. i worked there.ot it it i know what happens there. your father struggled in and out. i get that you had a nice mom. your mom and dad encouraged you and your siblings to do the best they could. i get all of that. what don't i understand, joe? here is what i don't understand why you're exploiting and you are right, laura. you are absolutely right. why you are trying to drive a wedge between some americans who work hard and others who work hard. why do you want to drive that wedge, joe? is that morally correct to do that? is that a good thing for america to it do? i don't think so. >> he wants to do that bill. because, of course, if he is not doing that he has to talk about what they have done over the last three and a half years. much of which is not impressive. most of it is not impressive on the economic front that's the big diversion and distraction game. >> bill: it doesn't make any sense. who is buying this? does the president and vice president actually think that independent americans -- look, t

scranton, pennsylvania, i worked there my first tv job. i worked there. got it it i know what happens there. your father struggled in and out. i get that you had a nice mom. your mom and dad encouraged you and your siblings to do the best they could. i get all of that. what don't i understand, joe? here is what i don't understand why you're exploiting and you are right, laura. you are absolutely right. why you are trying to drive a wedge between some americans who work hard and others who work hard. why do you want to drive that wedge, joe? is that morally correct to do that? is that a good thing for america to it do? i don't think so. >> he wants to do that bill. because, of course, if he is not doing that he has to talk about what they have done over the last three and a half years. much of which is not impressive. most of it is not impressive on the economic front that's the big diversion and distraction game. >> bill: it doesn't make any sense. who is buying this? does the president and vice president actually think that independent americans -- look,

whole point of him being picked as a vice president in the first place, is because of his scrappy scrantonlass voters, romney wants to talk about obama and the economy. vice president biden is going to be the chief attack dog when it comes to bain. he's going tuke about -- about lost jobs after bain took over, of course romney wasn't there during day to day operations at that exact time. but that is the message we're going to hear from joe biden. we're going to talk about biancabain and romney is having to talk about that about a company that went under in dade county. >> probably not now, after what you said about immigration. >> well, the governor there, susanna martinez, she's a mexican-american, she speaks fluent spanish, another person pointed to as marco rubio talked about as someone who's cuban american. but i don't think suzanna martinez would have actually been the pick because she sort of ruled it out. i know a lot of them say it's not going to be me, but she is a guardian of a disabled sister and so she couldn't move. i think she felt free to speak about immigration issues. she

he's from scranton and so he's a key factor in that electoral map strategy. >> that's right.ticity that he brings. and authenticity is what's going to be most required to win those swing states that you and chuck were talking about that were so crucial to president obama's re-election hopes and so necessary to mitt romney's hopes of getting the white house. so that's his secret weapon. depending on who mitt romney picks as a vice president, lease nobody on the ticket that's going to be that equal. i think it can pay real dividends down the road if he's deployed correctly and if he stays on message. >> especially if rob portman from ohio ends up being on the ticket. thanks so much, joe. with our political briefing today. john edwards' lawyers foregoing firewor fireworks. the latest from the courthouse in north carolina. plus l.a. mayor antonio vil vil on the crisis in his state. this is andrea mitchell reports only on msnbc. i'm here to unleash my inner cowboy. instead i got heartburn. [ horse neighs ] hold up partner. prilosec isn't for fast relief. try alka-seltzer. it kills

i can out of scranton with a lunch bucket in my hand. just a normal middle-class kid with a father with a high school education. the thing that i resent i have to tell you is a lot of mitt romney supporters say we are engaging in class in thenvy . wealth and the. climb on and dad didn't. wealth and the. climb on and dad didn't dream of having a millionaire or one of their kids . climb on and dad didn't dream of having a millionaire or one of their kids could invent the new thing? what do they think we think? what do they think makes us tick? do you know anybody is grew up with in your neighborhood that doesn't dream the biggest dreams and the world for their kids? do you know anybody who says i will just be satisfied if my kid gets the same house i have? like everybody else, like the rich guys. we dream. we have aspirations. that go well beyond the minimum we have a right to expect. the right to expect we can live in a safe neighborhood. that we can own a home and not rent a home. the right to expect we can send our kids to a good school

part of him is still joe biden from scranton, pennsylvania.e animosity or anger towards the vice president on the gay stuff. >> oh, no, i can't believe it. not for a second. >> for forcing the president's hand. but he is a valuable asset to this president. >> he's the best thing they got when it comes to politics. i'm sorry, he knows exactly what he's doing. >> he gets it. and mika, boy, he went after them. >> let's show more of that fiery speech at a youngstown manufacturing plant yesterday. the vice president addressed the challenges facing the middle class while taking aim at mitt romney for his tenure at the investment firm bain capital. >> this election is going to be a choice between two fundamentally different philosophies, and that choice is about whether or not we're going to rebuild the middle class or continue to help those at the very top and hope everything works out well. romney made sure the guys on top got to play by a separate set of rules. he ran up massive debts in the middle class laws. and, folks, he thinks that experience

from syracuse to scranton. des moines, likely areas will fire up in the afternoon. areas highlighted in blue, especially florida, most of the country is dry and here's your memorial day forecast. so you can make your plans. we continue to watch the southeast on that monday holiday day. your local forecast is 30 seconds away. but first here's our weekend getaway forecast coming right now. >> low clouds across the region. degrees in laurel. you can see the clouds. but the sun should blow off that cloud deck. patchy clouds. degrees in dulles. washington. 63 off to the west in winchester. sunshine at later today. is the high. warm and humid. possibility of a >> we have already started the fun in the park. if you're new york city, you should be right here in central park, it's the "good morning america" summer concert series. all of that weather was brought to you by the amazon kindle. >>> coming up -- breaking details on the disappearance of 6-year-old isabel celis. >>> and why is sharon stone being sued by her former nanny right now. charge everything el. maybe it's ti

ohio, pennsylvania and michigan because he can identify with the working class with his roots from scranton, pennsylvania. they want to bridge the gap with some of those white working class voters. >> gregg: erin mcpike, good to see you, thanks so much. >> 419,000 plumbers, why can't i find one? >> i was amazed there was that many plumers in america. and those folks in america, to say a plumber is not qualified. joe the plumberer might disagree. >>> we move on -- i don't know where to go from that. coming up, the u.s. alliance with pakistan taking another blow over a doctor who helped track down osama bin laden. pakistan saying he is a traitor. will our relationship with pakistan recover? now we'll analyze. >> gregg: president obama putting romney's experience at bain capital in the crosshairs but even some of his allies are crying fall. will it backfire and power panel is here to weigh in. >> still ahead bobsleder had the right stuff to compete in the olympics but he is joining another elite team. his inspiring story. that is coming up. >> i hope there is another soldier, i don't want to b

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look, he grew up in scranton, pennsylvania right. and just a good working class family. >> caller: sure. >> bill: his roots are right there. he knows what it is all about. >> caller: i'm just a middle class person. i worked for 30 years for the same outfit. i worked in massachusetts in the transportation industry there. and you know, we had teddy kennedy, you know what i mean. >> bill: oh, yeah. >> caller: he was always full of fire. >> bill: al, the thing about the kennedy family, teddy in particular, teddy could really identify with the middle class. he had all of the money in the world but still the kennedy family, they understood how tough it was for people who were out there going paycheck to paycheck working for a living trying to get their kids through college and not having everything handed them with a silver spoon. but romney doesn't. i mean look, he grew up in wealth. he's consistent. isn't that what brian said? >> he's good with his money. >> bill: he grew up in wealth and he's still rolling in wealth so what does he know

i am a kid from scranton who climbed out of a coal mine with a lunch bucket in his hand. ladies and gentlemen, what i find and i resent are those people who talk about we are engaged in -- and class warfare. they don't understand in your house and mine, middle-class neighborhoods, we were raised by people who not only wanted to live in a decent neighborhood in baby on their home and not rent etc., they also had dreams for us. daydreamed that their kid could start a business someday and maybe be in a new job, maybe be the new multimillionaire or billionaire. maybe being a woman or man who helps find a cure for cancer and maybe be president some day. in my household, my mother and father never doubted that i could be president of the united states or vice president of the united states. they never doubted my brother could do his own business and make money and leave in -- live in the even better life. they never doubted my sister had the ability to be an officer in a corporation. these guys don't understand this. they think somehow, we don't dream like they do. ladies and g

as i said, you are going to read about me, and i am middle-class joe, like i am the kid from scranton who just climbed out of a coal mine with a lunch bucket in my hand. what i find and i recent is those people talk about we are engaged in wealth and class warfare. they don't understand that in your house and mine, middle-class neighborhoods, we were raised by people who not only wanted to live in a decent neighborhood, be able to own their own home, not rent, et cetera. they also had dreams for us. they dreamed that their kid could start a business some day, maybe be the new steve jobs, maybe be the new multi-millionaire or billionaire. maybe be the woman or man who helped find a cure for cancer. maybe be president some day. in my household, as middle-class as we were, my mother and father never doubted that i could be president of the united states or vice president of the united states. they never doubted my brother could make his own business and live a better life. they never doubted my sister's ability to be an officer. they never doubted. these guys don't understand us. they th

because we come from the same kind of background and i wasn't joe biden coming out of the mines of scrantonormal middle class kid with a father with a high school education that worked like hell. the thing that i resent, i have to tell you, is a lot of romney supporters say we're engaging in class envy. wealth envy. like my mom and dad didn't dream? that one of their kids could be a millionaire? like my mama didn't dream that one of their kids could be president? my mom and dad didn't dream that one of their kids could invent the new thing? what do they think we think? what do they think we think in our houses? what do they think makes us tick? >> he said and i'll try to say it more calmly than i did the day before. i wonder when he was watching when we did the side-by-side comparison between him and the unhinged howard dean actually after the iowa primary back many years ago. bill o'reilly listened to the vice president and had this response. >> that's true, mr. biden. i don't get you. in fact, i don't know what you're talking about! you came from humble beginnings. you made it big. same w

his roots in delaware, his roots in scranton.e class, having tough times and since part of the obama narrative that they're standing up for the middle class while romney and republicans are favoring the rich, that you can be absolutely sure that biden will play that card over and over again. he may need to get on the decaf because he did seem to go over the top in the middle of the week. >> dave: do you think it's going to work. >> clayton: at issue here we know the base is going to many could around. but it's the independents. is the argument going to work with the independents, are they going to buy that. >> when people talk about the deficit and presented with a list of options and one is to cut programs that the middle class depends on and cares about, very little support and when it's raising taxes on the rich, a lot of support. so, you know, understandably, and it's as, as old as human nature, people are going to want solutions that are going to affect and hurt other people, not them. >> alisyn: chris, i want to play jeopar

i wasn't joe biden, hard-scrap bell kid coming out of the lines of scranton with a lunch bucket in my hand. i'm just a normal middle class kid with a father with a high school education and worked like hell. the thing that i resent, i have to tell you, is a lot of romney supporters say, we're engaging in class envy. wealth envy. like my mom and dad didn't dream that one of their kids could be a millionaire? like my mama didn't dream that one of their kids could be president? like my mom and dad didn't dream that one of their kids could invent the new new thing? what do they think we think? what do they think we think in our houses? what do they think makes us tick? do you know anybody you grew up with, do you know anybody, friends of yours now in your neighborhood, that doesn't dream the biggest dreams in the world for their kids? do you know anybody who says, you know, i'll just be satisfied if my kid just gets the same house i had. i'll be satisfied if my kid -- we're like everybody else, man. we're like the rich guys. we dream. we have aspirations that go well beyond. the minimum w