it was during that period that sachi says maclaine told her that steve parker was not her father, butrbiting in space. that story is so crazy. it's -- it's crazy. >> yeah. >> reporter: i mean, who believes a story like that? >> she does. and did. >> reporter: i mean, most people would say, somebody believing that has a screw loose, to be honest. >> i choose to believe that she was way-eide-eyed and so full o wonder. >> reporter: sachi says she tried to make her mother see that parker wasn't a clone, but rather a conman. when maclaine discovered the truth, she divorced parker after 28 years of marriage. so, tell me why you decided to write this book. it's not a very favorable portrait of shirley maclaine. >> i hope that she will see the positive in it. >> reporter: sachi is a divorced mother with two teenage children who, she says, know their grandmother mostly through old photos. sachi still wishes for that happy hollywood ending with her own mother. >> i find myself wanting to protect her so badly. because i so love her. and yet the pain is very deep. i don't -- i would hope that she

steve. he was our president, our friend, our brother. but he was blind... blind to our enemies, blind to our opportunities... parkerpeech, does it? walter: this is the point i was trying to make with steve for months now. many of you have. sorry to say... he never did see the light. i wish that he had, i really do, but take a look around you, gentlemen. see who's here, who isn't here. these are your real brothers, the ones standing beside you right now. everybody else... like i said, crossroads. some of us will be going in one direction, some of us in another. anybody got a problem with that? he's not talking about going to battle. kate: he's talking about taking over. he's talking about a purge. ed: if he's announcing it, it's already in motion. how many targets are still out there? and where? luke: geez, brian... brian: just keep your mouth shut and your head down, okay? you'll be fine. karl's not here. i know. dennis, richard... are they all dead? good work, luke. karl borance, dennis barber, richard breed. who are they? loyalists - of steven miller, the assassinated brigadiers leader - and now marked men. don't

bitch slap is what he said. [ talking over each other ] >> steve: and the question was from elvis' manager. >> jimmy: it was colonel tom parkerimmy, can you find someone in your audience who looks like a cross between a young george harrison and michael phelps?" a cross between young george harrison and michael phelps? let's check the audience. how about that guy right there? [ light laughter ] that's pretty good. not bad. yeah, that's pretty good. [ cheers and applause ] i think it's good. "jimmy, my favorite tv personality is hoda kotb and my favorite jedi master is yoda. do you think you could combine them to make yoda kotb?" yoda kotb, that sounds interesting. i actually would like to see that. so, ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together for yoda kotb. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] [ clears throat ] >> fourth hour of the "today" show, it is. >> jimmy: there you go! oh, my gosh. [ cheers and applause ] yoda kotb, everybody. >> steve: -- as a button. >> jimmy: isn't that -- yoda kotb, everybody. yoda kotb, give it up for yoda kotb. [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: come on. >> jimmy: this one's from connor o'malley. "hey,

. >>> coming up on "morning joe," "the washington post's" kathleen parker will be here with her new op-ed on congressman steve king. also msnbc's joy-ann reid, jilian tett, and john densmore will be here too. first, here's bill karins and he has a check on this hot, humid, sticky weather here. >> it's not quite hot and humid. it's word, cat. it's supposed to be august. we're supposed to be like sweating as you go outside this time of year, but it's been so cool this summer, people are actually appreciating it and looking forward to these temperatures near 90 degrees. one thing that we are dealing, we're getting towards the crop season here in the midwest. it's been pretty dry lately. chicago's had a very dry july and august. all of a sudden, our crops are starting to stress a little bit in areas of iowa. that's where a lot of our corn comes from and the soybeans. there's a growing drought there in the central plains. the farmers are really hoping they get some rain here towards the end of our season. we'll have to watch that and maybe the prices too. yesterday was very hot. it was 99 in denver. it was a nice

steve? >> when i was senior reserve officer for admiral parker, i proposed a reserve rotational concept. many of the units of the fellow chiefs are underage. -- are under it. we hope we can institute that. if you take those 5000 forces of coast guard that are ready to go and break it up -- if this is your year you have to be -- >> one last question in this session. as i mentioned earlier, unfortunately we are stuck -- we are not going to give up fighting the sequester. that is on a bipartisan basis. is the only way we are going to get out of it. no one is giving up. so far we do not have the votes. we will keep working it. but us assume we are unfortunately stuck with these lower-level resources. what are we doing and what can we do on the rc side to tighten our belts a little bit? what missions might be candidates for either increased or decreased rc participation? i am going to hit jj and marcia up. air reserve and the army reserve are caught up in some of these issues right now with the headquarters. jj, i will start with you. >> as i mentioned in my opening comments, you can see what

steve? >> sir, when i was standing reserve officer for admiral parker, i proposed the reserved rotational conceptfor the seven-eighths of those not in psus under the bog and dwell that many of the units of the fellow chiefs are under, and he was very enthralled with that. in fact, the area commander supported it. we hope to institute that, so if you take the 5,000 forces of coast guardsmen ready to go, break it up in a bog and dwell of one in five, but if this is your year, you have to be full of ground requiring the command to have over the five-year period a minimum ready to go. >> as i mentioned earlier, we're stuck -- i think, unfortunately, by the way, wii not giving up fighting the sequester. those on a bipartisan basis that support coming up with the kind of balanced exrops that chairman levin talked bow, and that's the only way to get out it. no one's giving up, but so far, we don't have the votes. we'll keep working it. assume we're stuck with the lower level resources, think smarter, not richer, what are we doing and can do on the rc side to tighten the belts a little bit, and what miss

steve? >> sir, when i was senior reserve officer for admiral parker, i proposed the concert for the -- [inaudible] that aren't in psus. they're under the bog and dwell that many of the units of the fellow chiefs are under. and be he was very enthralled with that. we're hoping we can institute that. so if you take those 5,000 forces of coast guardsmen that are ready to go but we break it up to a bog and dwell of 1 in 5, but if this is your year, it hate them over the five-year period ready to go. >> one last question in this session, as i mentioned earlier, we're stuck -- i think, unfortunately, we're stuck -- by the way, we're not going to give up fighting the sequester. those that on a bipartisan basis support coming up with the kind of balanced compromise that chairman levin talked about, and that's really the only way we're going to get out of it. no one's giving up, but so far we don't have the votes. we'll keep working it. but let's assume that, unfortunately, we may be stuck with these lower level resources, think smarter not richer, what are we doing and what can we do on the rc side to ti

steve? >> when i was senior reserve officer for admiral parker, i proposed a reserve rotational concept. many of the units of the fellow chiefs are under. he was very enthralled with that. we're hoping we can institute that. if you take those 5000 forces of coast guard that are ready to go and break it up -- if his is your year you have to be on ground, which requires the command to have over the five-year period made them ready to go. >> one last question in this session. as i mentioned earlier, unfortunately we are stuck -- we are not going to give up fighting the sequester. that is on a bipartisan basis. that is the only way we are going to get out of it. no one is giving up. so far we do not have the votes. we will keep working it. but us assume we are unfortunately stuck with these lower-level resources. what are we doing and what can we do on the rc side to tighten our belts a little bit? what missions might be candidates for either increased or decreased rc participation? i am going to hit jj and marcia up. the air reserve and the army reserve are caught up in some of these issues