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. >> time now for our political ticker with tim farley, host of "morning briefing" on sirius potus liverom washington. good morning. >> good morning, carol. this seems like what you would call a developing story, developing all the time, is it not? >> yes. it developed quickly throughout the day. early in morning he was saying, i don't know, there was no settlement. two hours later he said oh, yeah, there was a settlement. the big question for herman cain is how will this affect his campaign and does he need to release more information about what happened so many years ago? >> it struck me as you were speaking earlier that this relationship with the united states and maybe republican voters have with herman cain, maybe going the same way in the graphic arc as kim kardashian's wedding, 72 days, right? he's run right to the top of the charts. the problem is the way people look at this, they see herman cain is either not in command of the facts or he's lying about them. he's either fudging or he just can't remember. neither sounds good because if you're talking about even a case that took

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that's one of the biggest problems for him. >> tim farley, host of "morning briefing" on sirius potusthanks for joining us this morning. >> or voir. >> leaders are meeting on the french riviera trying to map out the future of the global economy. the u.s. and french presidents set to speak in a couple moments. we're take that live. let's head around the world with ali velshi who is live in cannes, france, the site of the g-20 summit. good morning, ali. >> good morning, carol. stormy around here. all cloudy, heavy winds, sort of setting the tone for the g-20 which, by the way, is just getting under way right now even though all the excitement was yesterday in the meetings between german chancellor angela merkel and french president sarkozy with the greek prime minister george popandreou. we have just heard that popandreou has called an emergency cabinet meeting for 10:00 local time which is 6:00 a.m. eastern time. they look like they're going ahead with this referendum for december 4th. basically the rest of the europeans have said to them, if you go ahead with this referendum, understa

. >>> time now for your political ticker with tim farley, live from washington, live from sirius/xm potus. >> when am i getting a free cop pitch your book by the way. >> i'll send it to you after this, if i get the right answers. >> yesterday we were making finance of rick perry and he came out and did the morning shows. i have to say, he brought a lot of charm with him. then he took it to late night. do you think he's emerging from this? >> no, no. come on, this is going to be forever. it's sort of like the dan quayle, jack kennedy, it will define him. running for president or anything else he takes a shot at, this will be the oops heard round the world. it will stick with him for a long time. he's fun but that's not what people want in a president. >> one of the things that seems the effect seems to have been, he made a joke on letterman that he was trying to deflect attention from his buddy herman cain. is herman cain's scandal which has been bumped out of the news for about a day still hurting him? >> interesting notes on polls, first of all, this quinnipiac poll showing herman cain i

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time now for your political ticker with tim farley, host of morning briefing on sirius potus live fromton. good morning, tim. >> good morning, car. >> we're not going to talk about what jimmy kimmel just said. >> absolutely not. >> today one of herman cain's accusers is expected to release a statement defending her claim that he sexually harassed her in the 1990s. there's been no letup in the scandal since politico broke the story on sunday. this story has legs, tim, and it will likely continue through the weekend. is it a safe bet to say the longer it goes the more it will hurt cain's campaign? >> of course. because it's a distraction. although you look at fund-raising numbers, polling numbers, the latest rasmussen poll, it shows herman cain still holds a lead over mitt romney. they've raised over $1 million since this first hit. this is one of those things i'm sure he'd like to put it behind him. he keeps bringing it up and talking about it. i had a conversation with ed rollins yesterday. he reminded me of something that happened in geraldine ferraro when she was running in 1994. she

you're listening live on sirius radio. you can do what nick saban does and text the word awake. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for friday, november 4th. a lot going on today. we'll tell you what they have been up to. a great moment in history of game show innuendo. it's not the newlywed game blooper, but it's close . >>> let's get to the news. the turmoil in greece continues as the country's prime minister faces a critical vote of confidence today. that comes as he announced he would abandon his bid for a bailout in the wake of sharp criticism from other european officials. other members of the party will not support him today. in an address yesterday, pappen droe said, i don't care about being reelected. i'm interested in saving the country. he added that he's open to the creation of a transitional government to ensure greece gets the next round. recent polls show about 90% of greece oppose his policies with just 20% supporting his party. fast-moving developments overshadowed the latest g 20 summit in france where president obama says finding a solution to the eu

the audio for this program is broadcast at 9:00 a.m., 3:30, three times on saturday on sirius xm radio. we can also be seen at around the world on the english language station of voice of america. the program coming to you from washington, d.c. linda gasparello and myself are talking to larry graham, the head of the national confectioners association. we have in front of us an enormous bowl of goodies. larry, this is a happy story you are telling of an industry that is doing quite well that does not seem to have all of the privations. you mentioned that small business is important. what are they complaining about? do they have problems with banks? do they have problems with regulations? what would they like to see? can anybody get into the candy business? can i have llewellyn king super sweet candy is coming to you? >> we are a seasonal business. there are four major holidays -- halloween, christmas, valentine's, and easter. once we get through easter, there is no major holiday until halloween. many of our company's have to borrow money from the bank to be sure that they can meet their

i'm glad you're with us watching live or listening on sirius xm radio. shoot me an e-mail or e-mail me and let me know what you're doing awake at this hour. we'll read the best responses. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this monday, november 7th. eye opening news just this morning about the nuclear capabilities of iran. plus s&l's rick perry tries to explain his wacky new hampshire speech last week, and i don't think he helped himself with this explanation. that clip later in the show. first let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. >>> greek prime minister george popandreou has agreed to step down halfway through his four-year term as greece takes the initial steps towards forming a new coalition government and securing bailout funds from the european union. now the focus of the financial crisis there turns to italy where the cost of borrowing has jumped to its highest rate since that country adopted the euro. let's take an early look at the markets. we go to geoff cutmore life in london. >> george popandreou was increasingly seen as a p

the audio from this program can be heard on sirius x.m. radio, channel 124. we are broadcast every saturday at 9:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m., and 6:30 p.m. eastern time. we also broadcast around the globe by the voice of america english language service television. i'm joined now by ruth smith. general electric has been in the energy spotlight because the reactors at hiroshima were general electric reactors. what was the reaction? alarm, doubt, or pride that nothing extra happened? >> well, the first concern was to our employees. we actually had 44 hitachi employees and subcontractors on site the day of the earthquake. our first concern was to make sure they got out safely, which they did. second, to be available to all of our engineers to help assistant our customers. we did that. we stood up an emergency control room in wilmington, north carolina, where we are headquartered and in toke ya, where hitachi has its headquarters. and we staffed it 47, providing information and support. >> will there be large design changes? >> the really exciting news is that g.h. hitach

i'm glad you're up with us this morning watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. shoot me an e-mail or tweet me and let me know what you're doing up at this ungodly hour. or do what you're we'll read the best responses later in the show. it's tuesday, november 8th, one year until the 2012 president election. there's a lot going on today including nbc polls ha that show how president obama is stacking up in head-to-head match-ups with this motley crew of republican candidates. plus monday night football and a game the dream team eagles simply had to have, could not lose. highlights of a tight game between philly and chicago. that's later in sports. >>> first let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. facing new charges of sexual harassment, republican presidential contender herman cain is vowing to set the lord straight in a news conference this afternoon in phoenix, arizona, that in response to a fourth woman who claims the former head of the national restaurant association made unwanted sexual advances toward her after a dinner together in 1997. the alleged victim,

i'm glad you're up with us this morning watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius/xm radio. shoot me an e-mail or tweet me @williegeist1 and let me know what you're doing up at this hour. the next 30 minutes is your cram session for this tuesday, november 1st. a lot to tell you about today including the latest on the winter weather that ripped through the northeast over the weekend and the lingering power outages it left behind. still a lot of people without power. and will ferrell is handed the mark twain prize for humor, and he promptly drop it highlights of his acceptance speech later in the news. first the news at 5:30 a.m. herman cain is trying to clear his name responding to a politico report that alleges at least two female employees complained of inappropriate behavior by cain while he was the head of the national restaurant association in the 1990s. nbc news can confirm the accusations and that at least one woman did receive a financial settlement from the restaurant association. sunday the cain campaign denied the harassment claims altogether calling them "thinly-s

watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius radio. shoot me an e-mail or tweet me at willie geist 1 and let me know what you're doing up at this hour or do what john zuccotti texts. we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes is your cram session for this tuesday, november 15th. a lot going on including the supreme court taking part of the healthcare law up. it consumed the first 15 months of president obama's term. gabby giffords in her first interview since the shooting ten months ago that she survived miraculously. we'll hear her voice a bit later. first, though, let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. at 30 rock in new york city. we begin with the occupy wall street movement where early this morning, hundreds much new york city police officers began to force protesters out of zuccotti park in lower manhattan. city officials demanding the demonstrators leave the encampment so it could be cleaned. nearly 200 protesters, many of whom have lived in the park for two months locked arms and chanted no surrender a

this program, honor, a legendary journalist from ", the washington ""terrance sammy baugh and from sirius tim farley. this is just slightly different from what you are used to. we have cameras. you cannot scratch yourself. >> i shall be careful. >> that is the main difference. between radio and television. linda, the middle east, iran, more concerned that there will be bombing, that israel will go in or that american hawks will persuade are sometimes wavering president to do something -- >> or the republican candidates may do it, to? >> they cannot do anything because they have not been elected yet. you have been to a run and you speak farsi. >> i think the president's approach which has been to isolate them and find out more about them and try to work with the international institutions is the best approach at this point. i cannot imagine that if iran is a tactic that it will destroy what they've got built up and it would lead to a huge conflagration in the area. >> i think we have forgotten that the military have said that we need to live with an iranian bomb. three outgoing military le

point guard had been a heartbeat of olympiakos for four years however during the summer he moved to sirius come moscow his former club couldn't afford him. the amoco billows brothers olympiacos the basketball club well the football side olympiacos was a runway they call this these teams world their toys and they pour into their money into them before the financial crisis but now even they don't want to spend their money down global as brothers wanted to quit supporting the economic course but after fans rights they decided not to leave the club in this situation when you push the link between greece and sports goes back centuries even fashions of years the country has given so much to sports one could even say the country helped invent the idea of a principle of organized competitions for the first ever olympics held in a limpy in seven hundred. hundred seventy six b c four greece would also hold the first ever modern olympics in one thousand nine hundred six. times i'm obviously changed and this is one of the country's more modern stadiums where greece will take on russia in a friendly ma

me from new york is andrew rubin, he has been on the show before host of "health care connect" on sirius xm radio. did this surprise you at all, that the supreme court is taking this on? >> no, we knew this would happen. it's the best way to get to the finish line on whether health care reform will survive. it's been going back and forth in the courts far too long. >> if the supreme court overturns health care reform what does that mean for health care? what does it mean for this whole plan? this whole bill overall? >> okay. you have to remember, health care reform has two parts. one is health insurance reform. that's really what this individual mandate is all about. now, if the individual mandate is overturned by the supreme court, then it really throws into question the entire health care reform bill and law at this point, which is really restructuring the entire health care system. >> andrew, don't know if you have done this recently, i did open enrollment, a lot of companies have these to figure out their health insurance. there are some big changes for next year. i think one message

glad you're up with us watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. shoot me an e-mail or tweet me @willygeist 1 or you can do me what silvio berlusconi used to do. we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes with l be your cram session. a lot going on including the debate you missed while you were out saturday night. we have new polls that show how rick perry is doing in the aftermath of the michigan meltdown. we'll show you how fake rick perry did on "s&l." you knew this was coming. we'll watch the clip later in the show. >>> first let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. at 30 rock in new york city as you bear with my voice this morning. several penn state officials including former head coach joe paterno reportedly could face civil lawsuits. trial lawyers say the monetary damages could total $100 million. that's an early estimate without knowing all of the facts of the case. first there is the criminal case against sandusky charged with 40 counts of sex crimes against children. currently free on $100,000 bail. new reports s

brought to you as always today by franzia, i'm glad you're up with us, watching or listening on sirius xm radio. tweet me to let me know what you're doing up on this ungodly hour. you can text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this thursday, november 3rd. a lot going on today, including occupy oakland protesters shutting down the country's fifth-largest port. amid a new confrontation with police there. plus, they're calling it in india, a real-life "slum dog millionaire." a million bucks goes to a poor shop clerk, a great story here. first the news live at 5:30 a.m. at 30 rock in new york city. herman cain's rough week continues with the "associated press" reporting that a third woman formerly employed by the national restaurant association says she was harassed by the republican presidential candidate. and considered, we should point out, considered filing a complaint. however, no formal complaint was ever filed. nbc news has not confirmed her allegation. the story come

i'm glad you're up with us, watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. shoot me an email this morning or tweet me @williegeist 1 or do what floyd money mayweather does is text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this wednesday, november 9th. there's a lot to tell you about. a live report from europe, the continent that's sorting through -- problems of a different country it seems every week. today we're on italy. plus, what in the name of the sunshine state is going on here? i'll tell you what's going on? florida governor rick scott is deejaying 0en a carnival cruise ship. an explanation if we can find one, later in the show. >>> but first, the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. a year ahead of the 2012 presidential election, there was another important election night on tuesday. democrats scored a number of hard-fought victories on the state level. in ohio, voters repealed a law passed earlier this year that limits the bargaining

i'm glad you're up for this or listening live on sirius xm radio. shoot me an e-mail or tweet me@willie geist 1. or do what justin verlander does, text the word awake to 622639. we'll read the responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes is your cram session for tuesday, november 2 pd. a lot to talk about today including president obama traveling to new hampshire where mitt romney has set up shop. that should be interesting. plus, michele bachmann goes on jimmy fallon and helps him hone his michele bachmann impersonation. that clip a little bit later in the show. first, though, let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. at 30 rock in new york city. responsibility for cutting the nation's debt and deficit is shifting back to congress as the super committee officially yesterday admitted failure. just hours before the midnight deadline, the leaders of the bipartisan panel issued a statement about the deadlock. they wrote in part, "despite our inability to bridge the differences, we end this process united in our belief that the nation's fiscal crisis

we're glad you're watching us, watching or listening live on sirius xm radio. shoot me an email or tweet me @williegeist1, or text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later in the show, the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this monday, november 21st. there's a lot to tell you about, including most of the republican presidential field in tears in iowa over the weekend. we'll show you what brought out the kleenex. plus, jon huntsman not in tears, during his cameo on "snl," what does this guy have to do to get above 3% in the polls? we'll watch the clip later. first the nurse live at 5:30 a.m. at 30 rock. officials in new york city say they've stopped a terrorist bomb plot, targeting police stations, post offices and u.s. troops returning from overseas. this morning, jose pimentel, a naturalized u.s. citizen and an alleged al qaeda sympathizer is being held without bail. the nypd says he was on the verge of completing at least three bombs. the 27-year-old was arrested on saturday, police say he was putting

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pete dominick is a husband, a dad and comedian and host of sirius kpmt m standup. >>> that cute littleaby that will cost a quarter of a million dollars. the usda says compare that to 1960 when it was 25 grand to have a baby. take a page out of -- a detective, woman who works for a child cara soerk. is it irresponsible to have a baby now? >> it's the most expensive time it's been to have a baby. it's not irresponsible. there's a lot they can do to shore up finances. number one, she needs to start looking for a job now. not when it happens. they also need to be very smart, look at their finances, where they're spending money and create an emergency fund. if something does happen, they won't have to dip into the credit cards and really find themselves in a bad financial situation. >> tighten the belt too. maybe they might have to tighten the belt and get -- pete's laughing because there's a double en ten dra there. >> i wish congressmen and women would act like they've had a baby. then they would realize you have to tighten your belt and as you're saying, get another job. take my personal

i'm glad you're up with us this morning watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. show me an e-mail at waytooearly@msnbc.com, tell me what you're doing up this hour or tweet me @williegeist1, or do as barney frank does and text the word "awake" to 622639. we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this tuesday, november 29th. a lot to tell you about again today, including reports of an upcoming monster ipo for facebook and for the kid who invented it in his dorm room just a few years ago. plus, stephen colbert rushes to the aid of mitt romney. a great late-night clip coming up. >>> first, let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. fresh off his endorsement from the new hampshire "union leader" newspaper, newt gingrich is in south carolina today on a three-day campaign push. that state's primary comes 11 days after the one in new hampshire coming up in february. speaking to a charleston radio station yesterday, gingrich slammed mitt romney's record of changing positions while labe

glad you're watching or listening live on sirius xm radio. shoot me an email or tweet me @williegeist 1 or text me. that's what regis does, followed by the word awake, to 622639. i think that went well. we'll read the best responses later in the show. >>> the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this thursday, november 17th. a lot going on, including the latest on newt gingrich's well-paying relationship with freddie mac. more detail this morning. plus, jerry seinfeld and david letterman settle a red-hot jealous feud over regis philbin, that clip later. but first, the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. president obama is heading to bali right now, after wrapping up a two-day visit to australia. although his trip will not take him to china, the u.s. relationship with that country took center stage. the pentagon deploying u.s. marines now to australia as the united states flexes its military and economic muscle in the region. >> i have therefore made a deliberate andqsñ strategic decision. as a pacific nation, the