men just like eliot spitzer. >> governor spitzer's must can i call girl as ashley dupree. >> i have acted in a way that violating my or any sense of right and wrong. >> reporter: his confession was a political bolt. not because it was unique. in fact, just the opposite. the d.c. madam released a client list that included a deputy secretary of state, nasa officials and republican senator david vitter. who, by the way, was just re-elected this week. but spitzer's whole career was build as a law and order crusader. no one imagined that the enemy of prostitution would spend over two years and $100,000 as a call girl customer. >> you cave to temptations in a way that perhaps seems easier, and perhaps is in some very twisted way less damaging. >> less damaging how? >> than having affairs or relationships that take on a different tenor. it wasn't an addiction it was a desire. a need to find an outlet that was not within the very confined world that i had been living. >> reporter: in his most candid way yet, spitzer talks about the scandal with oscar winning filmmaker alex gibney. he mined rich i

it was revealed that spitzer only used her services once.re told there was another girl that was regular date. we're hold it was in the movie. >>> we're going to talk with chris wallace coming up. >>> and winter comes early in some parts of the country. and where this was a tough season opener. >>> certainly a cold one we are waking up with. stay tuned everyone. you're watching fox 5 morning news.  >>> a massive snowstorm in the upper midwest. it caused more than 400 car accidents in minnesota and at least two people died in wisconsin. minneapolis got 11 inches of snow and could get another 5 inches today. now of course they are used to getting snow maybe this time of year but that much -- >> that's a lot. >> and my kids were asking me yesterday, when is it going to snow? i said last year it snows on december 19th, so it might not be that far away. >> let's hope we have more than a reprieve of that. i don't think we have any snowflakes in the forecast. >> i remember that december 19th because it was my birthday and

but eliott spitzer was a very powerful voice.ulpit and he understood how the economy worked and what was wrong with it and he could have been an important and strong voice in the crisis. >> nicknamed the sheriff of wall street. when he resigned, cheers on the floor of wall street there. but he had his vices and one of them seemed to be his temper. he made a lot of enemies just by the work that he did but it sort of escalated with threatening remarks and in-your- face approach. tell us about his personality and what we never saw and ceo's saw. >> sometimes he would blow up. i think he would use it as a technique. he would snap at people and bully them and get things done. but over time it became a problem. and some of his staffers refer to his temper tantrums. but there are times when it caused him problems because people took it personally. >> and the enemies he made, they say they had nothing to do with it and then he said, i don't blame anybody. but what is the role as limited or as much as you found out in doing this film beca

more of "parker spitzer" in a moment.st guantanamo detainees was acquitted on all counts except one. he was convicted of conspiracy to destroy u.s. government property for his role in the deadly bombings of the u.s. embassies in kenya and tanzania in 1988. >>> a judge in tennessee has ruled a mosque can be built in murfreesboro. >>> and why is anderson wearing a bunny suit? part of our series, animal intelligence, smarter than you think. back after this. >>> welcome back. hollywood just announced it's planning a remake of the wizard of oz. >> i don't really care. i'm just excited, as a freakishly undersized person. remember what happened the first "wizard of oz"? it was exciting for the little people. which politicians are tiny. they're the ones that should be jumping up and down. >> the stimulus package. >> that's right. the daniels duca kis party. >> simon has done the windows and barneys and they're on the theme of food and fashion. >> food and fashion, you see, because here's food, here's fashion. people think they're

i'll ask kathleen parker and ellioiot spitzer, isn't that a of a disconnect? [ woman ] you know, as a mom, i worry about my son playing football. which is why i'm really excited. because toyota developed this software that can simulate head injuries and helps make people safer. then they shared this technology with researchers at wake forest to help reduce head injuries on the football field. so, you know, i can feel a bit better about my son playing football. [ male announcer ] how would you use toyota technology to make a better world? learn how to share your ideas at toyota.com/ideasforgood. >>> welcome back. time to check in with joe johns for the latest news you need to know right now. >> multiple democratic sources tell cnn nancy pelosi is trying to negotiate a compromise between representative steny hoyer and james clyburn, the two men are both seeking the number two spot in the house democratic leadership. >>> over on the senate side of the capitol, south carolina's jim demint is teaming up with tea-party backed senators to try to force all republicans

my vice presidential candidate is eliot spitzer. >> oh, my goodness. >> well, that's good. you know, you don't like debating me anymore. >> i take wall street reform seriously and i think wall street and banking need to be addressed. republicans are logically consistent on this. if somebody reigns you in like christie, puts a collar on you, i'd like of the you. >> who is your dream ticket? >> i'm very interested in this scarborough bloomberg thing. in the quote i read, he said, in the spear that i'm living in and that he's living in, it has been discussed. i thought, oh, that's it. that's them. because they're living in the special sphere. it's interesting. >> do you think jay scarborough's running for something soonish? >> the man served in congress for four terms. eight years in congress. he never had the notoriety from hosting a television show. to go back into politics, i don't get it. he's got the perfect platform now. >> a platform and a sphere, you're in. >> you know, i was told this was a party, so i thought of sexy and glamorous and outside of the political world.

"parker/spitzer" starts right now. >>> good evening. i'm kathleen parker. >> i'm eliot spitzer. o erroll southers joins us. he does not like the way things are being done right now. i'm talking about those body scans. >> newt gingrich's daughter will be with us too. she's a chip off the old block in certain respects. you'll want to hear what she has to say. >>> we're here nonstop about the body scanners. it's important to remember they're just a distraction. the real issue, folks, we're losing because the terrorists are playing puppet master and we're the puppet. the terror group behind the failed parcel bomb al qaeda in the abian peninsula posted an online article in which they basically mock us. they call what they're doing operation hemorrhage. what is that? it's really a simple strategy. employ low cost operations against america and get us to throw huge sums of money at the problem. we bleed money and that's why they call it operation hemorrhage. for example, that parcel bomb attack aimed at the jewish synagogues but intercepted in britain and dubai cost the bad guys $4,200

and "parker spitzer" starts right now. >> good evening, i'm kathleen parker. >> i'm eliot spitzer. welcome to the program. we have bjorn lomberg, a skeptic who thinks everybody telling us what to do to soflt prlve the p is getting it wrong. >> russell simmons, an entrepreneur in the hip-hop world and also a big fan of barack obama still, may be the last man standing who believes in hope and change. >> there are a lot of us out there. we all believe in it. come roaring back. numbers are up like we predicted last week. for opening argument, kathleen. 100 new members of congress descending on washington. we are going to give them a little advice about what to expect. you know what, folks, governing is not campaigning. and those who are out on the campaign frail say we are the not going to raise your taxes, not going to cut any spending, balance the budget at the same time. welcome to the real world. they will have to make the tough choices we have been talking about on the show. other thing they're going to have to do is realize until they say no to their best friend, they're not maki

. >>> that's all from us, we hope you're here tomorrow, parker spitzer starts right now. >> welcome to the program. another outstanding show tonight. among the stories we're covering, a moving one about the medal of honor. the military's highest award and kathleen for the first time since the vietnam war, a living soldier will receive it, tonight we meat him in person. >>> also growing anger between america and israel, a sharp exchange between president obama and prime minister net tanyahne. >> every night in this show we have been challenging our guests to name your cuts. help us find solutions to the county tries greatest threat. president obama's debt plan -- it does provide us with insight into their thinking. >> i'm excited, but guess what, this has been your obsession since the show began, so at a great personal sacrifice, i'm going to toss this to you. >> kathleen, obsession is a strong word, but this is in fact what matters for our fiscal future. so let's get a couple things straight, yes, they're going to raise the retirement age for social security and slow the increase in th

"parker spitzer" is back in a moment.est. ♪ >> on this veterans day, vice president, joe biden led a wreath laying ceremony. the vice president called more than 23 million surviving veterans the heart and soul of the nation. >>> in san diego more than 3,000 carnival cruise ship passengers are on land after a fire that stranded them at sea. they spent three days without air-conditioning, hot showers and meals. three days that seemed like three years. >> it was like gilligan's island. i felt like maroon on a ship. i had mayo sandwiches and backed up toilets. it was bad all the way around. >>> we are keeping them honest. amazon.com condoning two books of pedestrian feel ya. we'll show our efforts to contact the companies executives to get a response. john walsh, host of "america's most wanted" joins us later. "parker spitzer" continues now. >>> before we go, a postscript. it's veterans day. we were searching for a way to honor the men and women who wake up each morning to make the ultimate sacrifice for our country. >> troop

. >> i'm eliot spitzer. welcome to the program. >> the big news of the day was of course president obama's disastrous trip to asia. i think we can say it was an unmitigated disaster. >> no question about it. >> you know, it was nothing more than a global rebuke of the president. >> indeed. in fact, we'll have david gergen here later in the show to talk about that. david gervin has been in the white house advising multiple presidents of both parties. we'll talk about what they should have done differently to step aside. >> call david. >> no question about it. before we get there, last night on the show john ziegler, an ultraconservative radio host claimed the liberal conspiratorial media destroyed sarah palin intentionally. they didn't like her. the funny thing is -- >> yeah, yeah, yeah. that was hilarious. >> -- it led to quite a ruckus on the show. let's take a look to see what happened last night. >> -- targeting of sarah palin. you essentially took part in the assassination of sarah palin 1.0. that person

. >>> and promises to cut federal budget deficit, tonight on "parker/spitzer," eliot spitzer asked randaul to be specific about cuts he's going to propose. >> my answer to the question is that nothing is off limits. >> well, then let's -- >> let me finish. the other thing is, is that we will look at each individual program and do a step process to this. we will say, can it be downsized? can it be privatized? can it be eliminated? or can we not look at this program at all, because it's too important that it can't be cut. so we will look at this in a step-wise fashion and we will look at everything within the budget and we will make those determinations. but i'm not prepared to look at all thousand different categories and tell you what we'll cut about each one, other than i'm serious about doing this and i will introduce a budget and we'll be happy to come on back in january if you want to go through each individual item. but it's impossible to go through each individual item of the budget and tell you exactly what percentage and what we will cut at this juncture. >> can you see more, 8:

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twice, married three times, and when you look at a recent case, look at david vitter versus eliot spitzerrostitutes. when david vitter returnsed to the senate, of course as republican senator from louisiana, he literally got a standing ovation. and in these elections, just got re-elected, seemed like even though he ran on family values, who cares? allowed back into the senate with no problem what is so ever, including with republican voters will claim to be voting for family values. on the other handing you look at spitzer, he was run out of town, he is doing all right now but not allowed to remain as governor and had to resign in shame but when you look at the republicans, it is fascinating the difference between what they say and what they do and what their followers are following tolerate. you had rush limbaugh caught with the oxycontin and the painkiller abuse there you had newt gingrich with the three wives. you had david i will have the we are what he did. you have john ensign with the staffers. unless you get caught, honestly in some sort of gay affair as larry craig did although h

see you monday, "parker spitzer" starts right now. >>> good evening, i'm kathleen parker. happy friday, y'all. >> another great program. going to have a conversation, kathleen, with john yu, the controversial lawyer in the bush administration in the justice department saying torture was okay. >> going to hear from a major success story, the mayor of lancing, michigan is going to tell us how his city is reborn since gm came back to life. >> the opening argument. the trial, the conviction of ghalani. one count out of 285, but it was a big, big win. this terrorist is going to spend, i predict, the rest of his life behind bars exactly where he should go. and you know what? yes, there wasn't all of the evidence before that jury that maybe there should have been. you know why? you can't put evidence in a court when that evidence is produced by torture. we all know that, we all agree with that. the system works. terrorist goes to jail, justice was done. >> remember what that really looked like. those buildings were two embassies in kenya and tanzania in 1998, lost live, 284 peopl

. >>> hello, i'm joe johns, more of "parker spitzer" in a moment. first the latest. a seven-year legal battle has ended. ground zero workers exposed to toxic materials agreed to a settlement that will pay them $625 million. >> oh, my goodness. check our our blog. follow us on facebook and twitter. we'll be right back with another quick question. >>> hello, i'm joe johns, more of "parker spitzer" in a moment. first the latest. a seven-year legal battle has ended. ground zero workers exposed to toxic materials agreed to a settlement that will pay them $625 million. the lawyers said the money passed by a narrow margin. the money will go to 10,000. the tsa says it's streamlining screening for pilots. pilots in uniform with proper i.d. get to skip the intrudive patdowns and still be subject to searches. >>> tonight, what scientists are learning from lee murs' powerful brains. yes, lemurs. >>> welcome back to our political party. let's do one more quick question. this week, you linked to a threat that talked about what makes me feel old. just reading that makes me feel old

>> that's right. >> has been the equation until now. >> watch "parker spitzer" tonight 8:00 p.m. cnn. >>> all right. we are flashing back to november 11th, 1918 at 11:00 a.m. that day, world war i officially ended. europeans marked the anniversary with armistice day. we call it vet ranls day and use the day to honor all men and men who served in the u.s. armed forces. mom, new shoes? old legs. p.a.d., the doctor said. p-a-d... p.a.d. isn't just poor circulation in your legs causing you pain. it more than doubles your risk of a heart attack or stroke. i was going to tell you. if you have p.a.d., plavix can help protect you from a heart attack or stroke. plavix helps keep blood platelets from sticking together and forming clots, the cause of most heart attacks and strokes. call the doctor about plavix -- please? i will. [ male announcer ] certain genetic factors and some medicines such as prilosec reduce the effect of plavix leaving you at greater risk for heart attack and stroke. your doctor may use genetic tests to determine treatment. don't stop taking plavix without talking to

the new show, parker spitzer debuts on cnn, which by the way to such a disaster it and going to lastur phone calls again, 866-55-press. we been talking this morning especially about whether or not the message, of the midterm elections, is that the voters review the eighth all the policies of barack obama. that's what republicans are claiming, that's the message. so, therefore, just be honest and say i'm sorry, we're going to undo everything we did, just pull the plug and there's no more health care, reform, no more credit card reforms, no more student loan reforms, no more lilly ledbetter act. it's all gone because you repeated it. that's what the republicans say. how about you, 866-55-press. back to calls and justice act, but meanwhile, this little update on the political front, easy republicans got all their wins on tuesday night. democrats are a little smarter. they are stretching this out. and there were things i decided on tuesday but yesterday we learned that michael bennet is, in fact, the new senator, the next senator from colorado. yesterday we learned that pat quinn is, in

eliot spitzer. there always has failed to draw the feedback of his female counterparts. and with the t.v. news industry struggling to survive it's nice out this morning but it is cold so you got to have your warm gear weathering the storm may mean wearing a bit less not necessarily more important r.t. new york. for more on this and any other story that we're covering for you here on earth he can log onto our web site our problem right there now. after decades of rocketing man to the stars the stars come to baikonur a german art house director has chosen the possible drone as a launch pad for his latest movie. and on this very day thousands of years ago the communist party to have been in power for more than seventy years was bands around russia who did it and why find out in our russia now section. and the u.s. has for the first time faced the united nations human rights council over accusations of rights abuses american officials faced harsh criticism over violations including racial discrimination at home and torture in the country's jails abroad council members in gen

eliot spitzer. there always has failed to draw the feedback of his female counterparts oh yeah and with the t.v. news industry struggling to survive its diets out this morning but it is cold so you've got to have your warm gear weathering the storm may mean wearing a bit less not necessarily more marine important i am artsy new york and for more on this and other stories just log on to our website at r t dot com right now after decades of rocketing the man to the stars the stars come to buy in or a german art house or rector chosen the drone as a launch pad for his the latest movie. and on this very day nine thousand years ago the communist party that had been in power for more than seventy years was banned throughout russia who would it and why find out in our russia now section. the u.s. has asked for the first time face the united nations human rights council over accusations of rights abuses american officials faced harsh criticism over violations including racial discrimination to hold and tort

eliot spitzer. is sitting there always has failed to draw the feedback of his female counterparts. and with the t.v. news industry struggling to survive its diets out this morning but it is cold so you got to have your warm gear weathering the storm may mean wearing a bit less not necessarily more her an important r.t. new york. now let's take a brief look at some of the other international news making headlines this hour and security has been tightened in india as u.s. president barack obama has arrived in the country the visit marks the start of his asian tour designed to boost u.s. exports and increase access to markets the president's first stop was india's financial hub among by where he remembered the victims of the two thousand and eight deadly terror attacks barack obama will also meet with local business dealers and american executives. the leader of a powerful mexican drug cartel has been shot dead by security forces in a town near the u.s. border tony the storm was killed after a gun battle that raged for several hours three gunman and two marines also died in the confli

inappropriate veteran larry king is retiring and new york governor turned client number nine eliot spitzer. has failed to draw the feedback of his female counterparts. and with the t.v. news industry struggling to survive its bikes out this morning but it is cold so you've got your warm gear weathering the storm may mean wearing a bit less not necessarily more important r.t. new york. offer more on this in those stories just log. on terra web site at r t dot com right now. and after decades of rotting man to the stars the stars by going to war germany are the rector was chosen because of a drone as a launching pad for his latest movie. and on this very day nineteen years ago the communist party that had been in power for more than seventy years was banned around russia who did it and why i find out in our russian now section. the u.s. has for the first time faced the united nations human rights council over accusations of rights abuse an american off officials faced harsh criticism over violations including racial discrimination at home and torture in the country's jails abroad council mem

eliot spitzer. there always has failed to draw the feedback of his female counterparts oh yeah and with the t.v. news industry struggling to survive this morning but it is cold so you've got your warm gear weathering the storm may mean wearing a bit less not necessarily more arena port r.t. new york. and for more on this and other stories you can always log on to our website was there too dot com right now the stories are available year after decades of rocking them and to the stars the stars come to baikonur of the german our house director has chosen the cause of drone missile launch pad for his latest movie. and on this very day nineteen years ago the communist party to have been in power for more than seventy years was banned throughout russia who did it and why find out in our russia now section. the u.s. has for the first time faced the united nations human rights council over accusations of rights abuses american officials faced harsh criticism over violations including the racial discriminat

eliot spitzer. there always has failed to draw the feedback of his female counterparts oh yeah and with the t.v. news industry struggling to survive this morning but it is cold so you got your warm gear weathering the storm may mean wearing a bit less not necessarily more arena porton i am artsy new york. well for more on this or any other story that we're following for you here you can always turn to our web site which is our call at available right now after days of rocket and man to the stars the stars come to by going to war a german art house director has chosen the cosmic throne as a launch pad for his latest movie. and on this very day nine thousand years ago the communist party that had been in power for more than seventy years was banned throughout russia who did it and why find out in our russia now section. a journalist to writing for the russian commerce and daily has been brutally beaten in the center of moscow with a caution is currently hospital and in an induced coma neighbors say he

to be less about hard straight news and more about you know characters like former governor eliot spitzer soon piers morgan the british talk show host going to be joining them in january one different with you there you know if you're going to be watching something on t.v. i think that people obviously want to be entertained and sound forman thanks to the internet thanks to your i phone your smartphone whatever you have you can read all of the details the straight up news at any time that even you know those news articles that you read on line they claim to be objective they always come to some sort of conclusion so do you think that perhaps you know there's a difference between objectivity and neutrality that some people think you know that just to be objective and to show both sides but never come to any you know never add any analysis that that's really what's wrong. absolutely and why you and what you journalism professor jay rosen calls so-called neutrality the view from nowhere and he favors what he calls the view from somewhere which is to approach a situation with a point of view

trust those russians and the thought i won't give the all-important victory to obama. >> "parker spitzery night 8:00 p.m. eastern. >>> miami heat fans known for being late to games despite lebron james but now the team wants fans to be on time. and going to tell you how to get the message across. >>> but first, flashback, november 18th, 1929. the world first met mickey mouse that day. he started walt disney's new cartoon "steamboat willie." the video matched the audio. the audio from a 15-piece orchestra and walt disney himself provided the squeaks for mickey. disney used today's date as mickey mouse's birthday. a big shout out to mickey who's still looking great 81 years later. ♪ [ male announcer ] they've been tested, built and driven like no other. and now they're being offered like no other. come to the winter event and get an exceptional offer on the mercedes-benz of your dreams. it's our way of showing a little holiday spirit. but hurry -- the offer ends soon. ♪ riding the dog like it's a small horse is frowned upon in this establishment! luckily though, ya know, i conceal this bad

. >>> well, cnn's prime time show "parker spitzer" demanding that news makers explain how to balancelast night's guest rand paul says he has a plan in a year. >> you want me to point out each and every program, there are thousands of pages that go into the budget. >> well -- >> and there are thousands of people that go into preparing the budget. i will be preparing a budget over the next two months and it will include a balanced budget and i will give people different alternatives. >> well, senator -- >> a one-year budget. i will give them a one-year budget with significant cuts. may not be palatable to many people and budgets over two, three, four and five. but the thing is, is what we have -- what we cannot do is simply put our head in the sand and doing what we have been doing. >> "parker spitzer" every night 8:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> live pictures out of london. thousands and thousands of students taking to the streets in protest of a tuition hike. we'll take you there live right after the break. ♪ client comes in and they have a box. and inside that box is their financial life

it's a competence issue. >> you can watch "parker spitzer" every night 8:00 p.m.ll, they won't be calling her waity katie anymore. after years of courtship, prince william pops the question. ♪ obviously that's not prince william popping the question. but can you guess who this is? flashback, november 17th, 1938. gordon lightfoot, my friends, maybe prince william likes gordon lightfoot. he's a hero of ontario, canada. this is one of the biggest hits, "if you could read my mind." at 72, he's going strong, performs tomorrow night in idaho and the tour schedule will continue for 2011. [ j. weissman ] it was 1975. my professor at berkeley asked me if i wanted to change the world. i said "sure." "well, let's grow some algae." and that's what started it. exxonmobil and synthetic genomics have built a new facility to identify the most productive strains of algae. algae are amazing little critters. they secrete oil, which we could turn into biofuels. they also absorb co2. we're hoping to supplement the fuels that we use in our vehicles, and to do this at a large enough sca

parker spitzer takes on topics.mos saying torture is okay. >> part of the job of being a lawyer is defending sometimes unpopular decisions that your clients make. and i'm willing to put that -- do that part of the job. but i also think that there's no escaping responsibility of people who make policy decision. just because a law says you can drive 65 miles an hour doesn't mean you have to drive 65 miles an hour. there is still a lot of discretion and choice that elected leaders of government had the make and i'm prepared and confident in saying that i think my legal judgment then was right under the circumstances. but that doesn't mean that you had to -- that the president bush had to choose a policy they did either. >> parker spitzer airs every night here on cnn. a woman loses both breasts to cancer but doctors say she can't get reconstructive implants. she found a new way to feel whole again. we'll tell you coming up next. >> inday in history forever burned in the collective psyche of the nation. it was on this da

"parker spitzer" is looking for the news that affects you every night and last night it was suggestionside the box coming to fixing the economy. >> all these temporary measures, frankly trying to pump back up the economy in various ways to be more like it was in 2007, it's not going to work because the consumer is maxed out. businesses are wary. they went through the worst credit bubble of -- since the 1930s. >> right. >> so there's a part of me thinks really we should accept a tough few years an entry to build an economy for the long term and don't keep trying these gimmicks. as i say, the end of the day i understand what the fed is doing. i don't think it triggers inflation and the real answer is build a new economy. >> "parker spitzer" every night 8:00 p.m. eastern. >>> rio de janeiro may have carnival but may no longer lay claim to the world's largest jesus statue. the explanation and more in our "morning passport." >>> first, flashback, november 9th, 1962. you remember this song, right? >>. ♪ i don't like you but i love you ♪ ♪ seems that i'm always >> smoky robinson and the mirac

. >>> "parker spitzer," keeping the stories that matter to you on the radar and last night the hostsanhattan. >> as a piece of real estate, is this the best use for that particular property for you? i mean, is this driven in part by your wish to have an islamic center versus something else, like a gap, or something that would draw in more income? >> you know, this started out -- this is an idea, and this is a concept that we feel is going to help revitalize lower manhattan. the community board has voted unanimously twice in favor of this project. the mayor, our local elected officials are behind this project, and this is a project that lower manhattan and that new york wants. >> watch "parker spitzer" every night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on cnn. >>> an orange streak in the western sky parks a mystery and a lot of conspiracy theories. now it's fodder for late-night comics. we're following the vapor trail. boss: and now i'll turn it over to the gecko. gecko: ah, t, as we all know, geico has been saving people money on rv, camper and trailer insurance... ...as well as motorcycle insurance..

parker spitzer starts right now. >>> good evening. >> welcome to a special edition of the program. coming up, sarah palin is speaking live in pennsylvania. >> it's one of her first speeches since the midterms. i am curious to see if she gloats just a little bit about the tea party's success. >> that is just moments away. are what he says might surprise you. >> first we start with tonight's headliner. his message embodied the tea party and as a result last tuesday he will lead the movement's wave into washington. >> but converting campaign rhetoric to action won't be easy. thanks for joining us. >> good to be with you. >> thank you so much for joining us. we do want to talk about sarah palin a little bit. given the republican's opposition to any other stimulus is this not the government's last option to stimulate the economy? >> well, i don't think the government can create jobs or stimulate anything. i think the government is only successful when they get out of the way of the marketplace. i would like to stimulate the economy by, you know, the government's taking 25% or spending 2

see, if only he'd done like spitzer and given his money to hookers.e would have gotten his own prime time show on cnn. see? [ applause ] >> see, john cline? i told you that's how we should have done it. okay. so that was jay. then there was jon stewart. we criticized each other a week back. i have to say i took the spirit of his larger meaning in worst persons and he took mine and described parts of the rally as inartful. back to the subject of me, on that topic jon hit a series of homeruns. >> that's the great thing about america. we all have the freedom to have opinions and say and do what we wish. >> msnbc suspended keith olbermann for making political donations. >> almost everybody has that right. it seems friday keith broke a rule by making campaign donations without first obtaining permission from the network because msnbc has a hard and fast rule that political donations represent bias in journalism unless you ask first. >> i read somebody's 10,000 word essay on the ethics of donations and jon boiled it down to 17 with a p.s. of 21 words. >> yo

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eliot spitzer wasn't a hypocrite. it wasn't weird that he didn't tell his wife.g prostitution. the fact is he engaged in behavior which certainly you don't want from a chief executive. it was risky, not hypocrite call and of course he lied about it. >> right. so finally let's talk about the political consequences of this, right? we have on the one hand bill clinton who republicans say i cannot believe he lied about having an affair. to me that's the most believable thing i've heard in my bir life. on the other hand you have republicans who campaign on family values and then get caught with prostitutes. and he's admitted it. so is one lying okay and the other not okay? or both okay? >> we equivocate too in things. one lie is worse when you campaign on family values and against any aberrant social behavior that people in general criticize and then engage in it. it's worse than if you don't make that a key part of your political life. bill clinton didn't make that a key part of his political life. still terribly irresponsible behavior. but they're not the same. if y

"client 9" is the documentary about the rise and fall of former new york governor elliot spitzer.e have great guests coming up. >>> melber. investigative crime reporter michelle sigona. and xrt senator-elect richard blumenthal. face off the defeat of linda mcmahon. ready to head to washington. [ woman ] you know, as a mom, i worry about my son playing football. which is why i'm really excited. because toyota developed this software that can simulate head injuries and helps make people safer. then they shared this technology with researchers at wake forest to help reduce head injuries on the football field. so, you know, i can feel a bit better about my son playing football. [ male announcer ] how would you use toyota technology to make a better world? learn how to share your ideas at toyota.com/ideasforgood. if anything, i thought i'd get hit by a bus, but not a heart. my doctor put me on an aspirin regimen to help protect my life. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. check with your doctor because it can happen to anybody. plus th

more of parker spitzer in a moment. first the latest.ting, haiti's northern city is under siege from angry mob with little or no police protection as haitian leaders urge calm in the wake of yesterday's deadly riots. protesters blame under peace keepers for the cholera outbreak that has kill more than a thousand people since last month. today the under mission clald the violence was politically motivated. >>> president obama has awarded the medal of honor to army staff sergeant salvatore giunta who risked his life to save members of his unit while under attack by the taliban but not all survived. sergeant giunta is the first living recipient of the medal during an ongoing conflict since 1976. and tonight on 360, britain's prince william has finally popped the question to long time girlfriend, kate middleton. the princess bride to be has been seen but never really heard publicly before. >>> welcome back to our political party. time for one final question. president obama's new children's book, of thee i sing, come out today. given that al

. >> this brings me to elliott spitzer. >> reporter: whatever.like a hollywood ending only borowitz would write. and funny. there's no punch lines. >> i think that's everyone's worst fear in hol... hollywood is they're going to become a forgotten person. my feeling was i would like to kind of disappear for a couple of years. i'd like to do nothing and maybe just read and sort of think about things. and then see where i am at the end of that. that's exactly what i did. maybe that was crazy. i don't know. >> reporter: gutsy, i think. >> well, thank you, harry. >> osgood: ahead, to the rescue. >> and if it worked, it was going to be amazing. if it didn't work, i'm out of business. >> osgood: and sunday morning with lionel ritchie. ♪ it comes along just once a year ♪ ♪ on winters wings, decembers rear, ahha humbug faces come and dear ♪ ♪ then appears at perfect christmas time. ♪ ♪ a tiny tree, christmas, tinsel, the lights ♪ ♪ the star that sings, top your tiny tree, yeah ♪ >> osgood: imagine a group of volunteers who would be willing to sacrifice th