i'm about to show you a shocking clip of sesame street. young children, chances are they're asleep right now. i want you to wake them, drag them disoriented into the room and shake them and say, "don't look at the tv." this is not for you. then put them back to bed. i'll wait. no, just run the clip. >> would you share your food with someone? >> yes. ou would? why? >> because if they don't have any food i'll give it to them >> if they do not have any food, you would give... you would give them some? >> um-hum oh, that is very nice of you. [bleep] >> jon: how dare you? how dare you? i'm sure that makes sense to y you, grover. your heart is as red as they come. we go to john oliver and wyatt cenac in our regular issue segment. ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: john, wyatt? how does sesame street make itself more palatable to conservatives? >> it's going to take some work. they've got a lot of problems. >> that's right. first, there's the name. sesame street. >> jon: yes got an awful middle eastern connotation to it. >> jon: and you would sugges

that doesn't include sesame place and all of this other stuff they get money from. the teachers it is really stupid to let people know how rich you are. then other people want your money. >> that's a good point. is it embarrassing that sesame street has asked the campaign to pull the ad? or is it embarrassing? >> i think the ad is what is embarrassing. not that sesame is asking them to take it down. they are nonpartisan, a nonpolitical organization. their request makes sense. i think what is offensive is the political ad. if the issue is 3w* ceasing public funding for the networks or the show, then have an intelligent debate about the issue. this ad is like a movie trailer. it is a dramatic voice and the stupid cut ins with the -- with big bird. i think it is playing to the lowest of the low in our community. >> dennis, shear my theory -- here is my theory, every day we talk about big bird we are not talking about libya. >> and we are not talking about the horrible economy and small business confidence which has plunged to new lows because people are afraid to inves

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in a statement sesame street workshop says sesame workshop is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization and don't participate in a political campaign. we have approved no campaign ads and as for general profits we request the ad be taken down. mitt romney says he believes there are more important issues to focus on in the campaign. >> stacy dash is getting a big support from paul ryan. she tweeted vote for romney the only choice for your future. dash now reveals paul ryan called her to say he and mitt romney appreciate her support and she was brave to speak out. on hannity janeane borelli expressed outrage for the attack. >> the real war is against black conservatives. there's a war on women. that's the real war on women. >> dash says she supports romney because of the content of his character. she was in the movie "includele"clueless." >> gas prices pier to be sort of leveling off. the average price of gallon up three tenths of a cent yesterday. a whole lot of gas stations are still selling gas for more than $5 a gallon. experts say the prices could start to drop off the next few days. tha

kevin said just before the break, the number of jobs associated with sesame street.ng. the people who make all of those toys and all of those products. it is a huge industry. american-made. no, mitt romney, destroy all of that. here is marie in east grand rapids, michigan. hi, marie. >> caller: hi i have a dog in the background sorry about that. >> bill: that's fine. welcome to the show. >> caller: you kind of stole my thunder because that's the point i was going to make. if you get rid of big bird which is a socially important program, what else are you going to get rid of that is socially important and relatively low cost, and yet keep the bombs. >> bill: yeah, marie it is a matter of priority. when i write my tax check i don't get to say you can spend it for this but not that and i know part of my money is going to go for things that i can't like. that's true whether you are liberal or conservative. you just have to accept that. but i want some things on that list that i do like that i do support, and i don't want to continue. the problem is the republicans would

it's "sesame street." >> at a rally at ohio state, entertainer will i.warmed up the crowd with a familiar song. ♪ republicans today rolled out another star of "sesame street," count to add up since last week's debate, the president now talked about that show 13 times. not mentioning libya or specific plan to fix the economy. ann romney said she is fed up with the charge her husband lied to victory. >> like in sand box that lost the game and kick sand in someone's face and say you liar. now they lost. okay, the game, we didn't like the game. it's to me poor sportsmanship. at the showdown tuesday, president has to be careful not to get too negative with a "washington post" showing he has likability edge. while romney got a bump out of the last debate, and now seen favorably by 47%, 51% still see him unfavorably. in ohio, this is obama country. but slew of new state poll suggests a state that was slipping away from romney is now tightening fast. >> bret: thank you. we will analyze the sesame street strategy of campaign later in the show. break down how big

we bought tickets, and you can buy sesame street characters for the kids.se that -- lou: marketing for big board and sesame street. my goodness, who would have thought. thank you for being here. >> you bet. lou: more on the presidential rate here with the a-team. stay with us. obamacare unplugged and extraordinary woman sums up the president's signature achievement in a long entertaining, remarkably accurate sentence. >> for those of you who might not guess, i will not read every page here, but this is the short version of obamacare. it's like 1100 pages, and i'll tell how many is original. you know, from this podium, i'm going to stand on this. lou: you'll meet this remarkable woman, doctor, attorney, none, professor -- well, there's more, but we'll save it. barbara belar joins us. america's job picture. the unemployment rate falls, jack walsh goes all government conspiracy, but it's simpler than that. it's just government. former cbo director, douglas holtz-eakin, next. lou: the unemployment rate dropping and dramatically. the jobs picture, however, is st

sesame street telling the obama campaign to stop showing a big bird in a new campaign ad. it is mocking mitt romney for saying he likes big bird but woultubun f eb cpaay iis faga in a statement sesame street workshop says sesame workshop is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization and don't participate in a political campaign. we have approved no campaign ads anerfie ret aean. mitt romney says he believes there are more important issues to focus on in the campaign. >> stacy dash is getting a big support om paul ryan. she tweeted voteorom sh reveals paul ryan called her to say he and mitt romney appreciate her support and she was brave to speak out. on hannity janeane boi tasetr f t >> astck conservatives. there's a war on women. that's the real war on women. >> dash says she supports romney because of the content of his character. she was in the movie lus"ces e ra price of gallon up three tenths of a cent yesterday. a whole lot of gas stations are still seing gas for more than $5 a gallon. ar topff n riceul days. that is your 5@5:00. >>> in a few hours the house over site comm

president obama elevates sesame street's big bird to a whole new level. >>> sandusky speaks hours before being sentenced on 46 koucounts school abuse. >>> and curious discovery. the ma are. s rover finds a bright object on the surface but what is it? >> good morning, everyone. i'm lynn berry. those stories and much more straight ahead on "first look." >>> well from sesame street to main street, last week's debate has catapulted big bird to the forefront of the presidential campaign. mitt romney said he would cut funding to the public broadcasting service in order to help reduce the country's deficit. now the obama camp released a new tongue and cheek ad casting the star as a criminal mastermind. will it be infective? take a look and decide for yourself. >> i'm barack obama and i approve this message. >> bernie madoff, ken lay, gluttons of greed. and the man who towered over him. one man who has the guts to speak his name. >> big bird. >> big bird. >> big, yellow, a menace to our economy. mitt romney knows it's not wall street you have to worry about, it's sesame street. >> i'm going to s

. >>> and the street fight involving sesame street of all places. could mitt romney really fire big bird? just the thought of it has pbs fans all fired up. nightly news begins now. >>> good evening, coming off a lackluster debate performance, the president got some good news today, 32 days before the election, the nation's jobless rate fell to the lowest level of his term in office. economists will argue what it means, but here are today's numbers, the economy gained about 114,000 jobs in the last month, pushing the unemployment rate to 7.8%, that is where today's political debate in this country started out. we have it all covered here tonight. and we'll begin our coverage with nbc's andrea mitchell, good evening, andrea. >> reporter: good evening, brian, in a week that has been a roller coaster for both of the candidates, today's news gave a good bit of a jolt, but that set off a firestorm on what it really means. the news that the unemployment dipped below 8% since he took office came just in time for a president battered by his poor performance

there is in reason "sesame street," and all characters who have made millions --. >>neil: but elmo on his own replacing big bird, that is a slam dunk. but it is a basic question if joking about big bird and cutting the government's apron springs doesn't cut it what does? >>guest: this is fought a serious debate when president obama said we cannot cut one small program. to we cannot cut this program what can we cut? we have $1.1 trillion deficit and that was an improvement. >>neil: the argument is, it is chump change. but you add them up, it adds up. >>guest: i do watch pbs a lot, sometimes i listen to npr but people would listen to it and watch it and like the programming, they should pay if it. talk about children's programming. it used to be "sesame" was the only game in town, the most successful program in the history of tv. now this are hundreds of programs like "sesame street" on pay for profit television. my feeling is, if people like warren buffett and people like ted turner feel this is such an important programming, why shouldn't they pay for it? >>neil: t

is it right to compare sesame street and wall street? absolutely.ves you a sense of their priorities. here's what i wish the add focused on. pbs gets $23.2 million from the government. big deal. do you know how much sheldon adelson would get under mitt romney's tax plan? a savings of over $2 billion, 22 million versus $2 billion. that's just one guy. that's the real big bird. now, that's not all. how about bush's tax cuts no romney wants to extend them and add 20% on top. if you just extended the bush tax cuts it would add a trillion dollars to our deficit. why? mcmitt romney is looking out for the rich speaking of which, how about the iraq war? mitt romney was in favor of it, the entire republican party. how much did that cost? is this estimates have it as high as $5 trillion. and you're talking to me about big bird? you're talking to me about big bird? $22 million you want to cut and your dumb ass war cost $5 trillion. your tax cuts for sheldon adelson cost $2 billion. i'm not having the conversation about big bird and cutting down his nest until

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it's sesame street. >> i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs. >> zp this sesame me street folks say they don't endorse candidates for participate in political campaigns. obama campaign says it's taking their request under advisement. >> a's going up against tigers tonight and trying to keep playoff hopes alive. there is they they are down. >> you would think they are up, not down. everybody thinks they're going to pull off a sweep and move on to the next round and if there is anyone that can do it, it's the a's. and there is where they swept owe get into playoffs. these guys are going to have fun. >> this is what it's all about. you play 162 games per year to get into this position. and there is to be in playoffs it's been everything i thought it would be. this is a blast its been fun. right? >> fun making it post season. but that is behind us now. and this is about getting to it. winning the world series. >> if you can win it's here. >> we do. we have had a great crowd here and there is a great last home stand. and we're going to take that confidence and ability. >> is some great energy

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"sesame street" is now a political football.ng pbs at wednesday's debate. >> today, president obama took it on as well. >> for all you moms and kids out there, don't worry, somebody is finally getting tough on big bird. rounding him up. elmo's got to watch out too. governor romney plans to let wall street run wild again, but he's going to bring down the hammer on "sesame street." >> i know everybody wants to be sympathetic to big bird and to "sesame street." i love the product. it was started the year i was born. >> thanks, bring that up. >> why does taxpayer money need to go to a product that is clearly so profitable? they have toys. they have games. they make money from licensing and revenue. why do taxpayers have to subsidize that? as a stand alone business, "sesame street" will do just fine. >> doesn't the profit from all those toys go to the nonprofit group? there's a children's television workshop that gets the money. >> they nonprofit, so why does taxpayer money subsidize a nonprofit? >> you can make an argument easily th

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governor romney plans to let wall street run wild but he's going to bring the hammer down on "sesameeet." >> reporter: the president here in ohio tonight, the same time as mitt romney underscoring just how crucial this battleground will be. no republicans won the white house without, diane, as we all know without ohio, diane, without you too, and we learned tonight that governor romney will be spending four days of this week alone right here in ohio, where i'll be spending some time the next couple of days. >> you have a lot of noise behind you tonight. thank you, david. from ohio on the campaign trail and david and the rest of the abc news political team will join george stephanopoulos and me when the vice presidential contenders face off "one on one, the candidates debate" moderated by our own award-winning martha raddatz, and that's thursday night 9:00 p.m. eastern, 6:00 central. >>> and now we have some breaking news to tell you about tonight, just as we came on the air, new details from the state department about what happened in libya, the violence that cost four americans thei

the makers of the sesame street character are asking the obama campaign to pull the latest ad. a teacher compared her romney ryan t-shirt to the kkk. the support a teen is getting after being allowed to return to school. and temperatures -- >> and temperatures are above average at 55 in baltimore. 56 in easton. i will tell you if the above average temperatures stick around and for how long. that's coming up. >> reporter: well, there are no delays on 95 here in white marsh. i will let you know how traffic is shaping up. ah. fire bad! just have to fire roast these tomatoes. do you churn your own butter what? too? this is going to give you a head start on your dinner. that seems easier sure does who are you? [ female announcer ] new progresso recipe starters. five delicious cooking sauces you combine with fresh ingredients to make amazing home-cooked meals. ♪ ambiance [ female announcer ] new progresso recipe starters. your head-start to home cooked. >>> thanks for joining us. big bird wants to stay out of politics. the owners of sesame street asked the president's obama campaign

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will i am played a sesame street song?least he didn't have him do some half-assed remix of it. ( laughter ) >> jon: we'll be right ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: welcome-- welcome back to the program. as we saw earlier this our program, the presidential race has now tightened considerably. how i do know? >> a new poll from the pew research center-- >> gallup daily tracking poll. >> rasmussen swing state poll. >> epic mra poll. >> fox news poll. >> quinnipiac poll. >> marquette university poll, nbc/"wall street journal" poll. >> you get a red cup for the republicans, a blue cup for the democrats. >> jon: the new two-girl, one-cup poll. that has a margin of error of-- i have to send this poll to my friends. some news anchors seem almost addicted to the polling data. >> i don't know about you, but one of the first thing i try to do in the morning is check the gallup tracking poll on the state of race for president. ( laughter ) >> jon: that's the saddest thing i've ever heard. ( laughter ) me, i get up, i have half a grape f

now people at sesame street are weighing in on the race. the question is, will the obama campaign pull the plus on its big bird ad? plus, sentencing day for the convicted penn state child rapist, jerry sandusky. >> displayed deafians and narcissism. >> the former assistant coach will coach will certainly opinion the rest of his life in prison. but sandusky and his attorneys still maintain he's innocent. >> i hate to use that phrase from the o. j. simpson barracks if ever there was a rush to judgmenter. >> shep: tonight sandusky learns his fate. plus, one of the most wanted drug king pins on earth is reportedly dead after a gun fight near the texas border. he was the leader of the vicious zeta cartel who went by the name, the executioner. but now we're told a gang has stolen his body and one of his underlings is under arrest for the murder of an american on a border lake. but first in fox this tuesday night, battle ground ohio. president obama and governor mitt romney are both in that crucial swing state tonight. four weeks to the day before

of sesame street to early childhood education and the role it plans.john's point, this is kind of -- we have serious issues at hand. >> exactly. >> and the chock is ticking. >> feel like i want to bring in mr. rogers and talk about my feel approximationp we should be talking about education and infrastructure, it is a tiny number but representative of something larger. >> two things to say about this ad, only one good thing, it's not running in any battleground states, only cable bait, and the bad thing to say about it is, it says nothing about anything that is of relevance to real lives to real people. nothing. you can -- we -- it's funny, i like it. president obama making the jokes on stage are -- those are funny lines. >> elmo in the white suburban is a good one. >> the idea that this ad given not just in some pies way -- which is i'm with this is not addressing the big issues we face, it's just for a swing voters, undecided swing voters if this ad were running they would be like this says nothing to me about anything that matters in my life. >> i w

well, it's "sesame street" versus wall street. according to these ads, wall street is evil and supported by mitt romney. he's going to destroy "sesame street" as well. here's the ad. >> bernie madoff, ken lay. criminals, gluttons of greed. the evil genius who towered over them, one man has the guts to speak his name. >> big bird, big bird, big bird. >> big, yellow, a menace to our economy. mitt romney knows it's not wall street you have to worry about. it's "sesame street." >> i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs. >> mitt romney taking on our enemies, no matter where they nest. >> oh, god. it must be political season, bill. >> you think? >> an ad like that may explain why the obama campaign has seen a major reversal of fortune from heavy hitters on wall street. >> employees of big banks did more financially for the obama campaign than anybody else donating a total of over $3.4 billion. that was in 2008. now they've gone the other way giving more to romney than anybody else. so does wall street -- are they using its money as a weap

it's not like "sesame street" will disappear.sizable chunk of their budget and would be a big blow. >>? how much? a perspective? how much the government chips in? >> it fluctuates year to year. 10% to 15%. in 2011, 12% funneled stlu came from the government subsidy. >> definite lay sizable clunk there. pbs has released a statement accusing governor romney of making pbs a political target and not understanding the value the american people place in public broadcasting. how do americans generally view public broadcasting and its funding? >> people are generally very favorable of it. pbs did a study last year where 69% of people were in favor of keeping the public broadcasting's funding, and that was across party lines, even conservatives favored keeping it to the tune of i think 53%. >> hmm. >> so it's something people like, and the thing is, it's such a small part of the federal budget. it's less than 0.1%. see if i made $40,000 a year that would be about 56 cents out of my annual budget, would go to public broadcasting. >> that's

vice president biden, paul ryan debate on thursday. >> he's going to bring the hammer down on sesame street. >> the president has no new ideas. >> both vice presidential candidates are practicing for thursday's debate. in fact, paul ryan is in florida practicing after four days in virginia. vice president biden still in delaware where he said to be not only looking at tapes of ryan's speeches, but taking a very close look at his budget as well. lynn? >> tracie potts in washington, thank you. >>> a nashville hospital is reporting yet another death from the meningitis outbreak according to associated press. if confirmed, it would be the fifth deadliest case in tennessee. the ninth nationally. at least 105 people in nine states from minnesota to florida have been infected. the cdc now believes 13,000 people in 23 states may have received steroid injections tied to the outbreak. while many are believed not to be at risk, those who got the shot between late june and september are being urged to get checked. >>> for the very first time we are hearing from jerry sandusky ahead of his senten