. >>> coming up, steven colbert's superpac. that's in the rewrite. >>> and a big win for democrats in wisconsin as they take two senate seats away from republicans. what does it mean for the prospects of recalling the republican governor and what does it tell us about next year's presidential election? ed schultz, just back from wisconsin, joins me next. [ female announcer ] what if your natural beauty could be flawless too? discover aveeno positively radiant tinted moisturizers with scientifically proven soy complex and natural minerals. give you sheer coverage instantly, then go on to even skin tone in four weeks. aveeno tinted moisturizers. >>> here's who's not represented on the congressional super committee. if you don't live in one of those colored states, you are one of the 85% of the american people who is not, not represented by the congressional super committee. coming up, what the recall elections in wisconsin mean for 2012, and a controversial film about white women and their black maids in the south opens today. if

. >>> coming up, steven colbert's superpac. that's in the rewrite. >>> and a big win for democrats in wisconsin as they take two senate seats away from republicans. what does it mean for the prospects of recalling the republican governor and what does it tell us about next year's presidential election? ed schultz, just back from wisconsin, joins me next. , when. one log in lets you monitor all of your balances and transfer between accounts, so your money can move as fast as you do. check out your portfolio, track the market with live updates. and execute trades anywhere and anytime the inspiration hits you. even deposit checks right from your phone. just take a picture, hit deposit and you're done. open an account today and put schwab mobile to work for you. >>> here's who's not represented on the congressional super committee. if you don't live in one of those colored states, you are one of the 85% of the american people who is not, not represented by the congressional super committee. coming up, what the recall elections in w

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comedian steven colbert is speaking out about the u.s.e. >> it has always been aaa but now plummeted to the unthinkably humiliating aa plus. and we have to get our parents to sign it and turn it back in. there's nothing to worry about. >> more than 400 points. >> the dow is down more than 500 points. >> down 600 points. >> down 630 points. wall street spending, yet road day in what's being described as freak out mode. >> just remember, over the long term, stocks always increase in value. okay. this is just a temporary correction. okay. there's no need to lose confidence in the system. okay. yes. perhaps -- perhaps we're experiencing a wee bit of a contraction but don't pull your money out of the stock market just yet. get in. >> that was good. time now for your political ticker with tim farley. live from washington. tim -- he was right there. was it something i said, tim? i hear you. where did you go, tim? >> reporter: i don't know. that new technology. >> you're a radio guy. we can do this like radio. you're better looking than radio. al

. >> comedy central funny man steven colbert the political ad game in iowa and mocking endorses rickn the ames straw poll, well, sort of. >> but not their rick perry. our rick perry. on august 13th, write in rick perry. that's parry with an a for america. with an a for iowa. >> and pac ran ads this week and one local tv station refused to run them out of fear they would confuse voters. and americans for a better tomorrow. on a much more serious note perry is making a formal announcement at the top of the hour and fox of course will carry that announcement live and we love hearing from you at home. we have been asking you if the addition of rick perry to the 2012 presidential contest would change things? and am of you weighed in and shelly writes, yes, governor rick perry running for president will change my vote, i will vote for him. charles says rick perry will make a difference because he's advertising his religion to the religious right, same as george bush did. that will do it for me in washington, but america's news headquarters rolls on. kelly wright and jamie colby standing by

any other candidate, earning his campaign the new label "the mittness protection program," and steven colbertls the debt fight as a children's story. that's next. >>> this summer, the largest billy goat came clopping up and said mr. troll, i will not raise the debt ceiling unless i get to gouge out your eyes and throw you off the bridge. so the troll had to compromise by gouging out his own eyes and throwing himself off the bridge. and the moral of the story is, when the first goat comes along, you got to tear its head off, have sex with the neck hole and mail its carcass back to the brothers and say any of you goat -- want to put a hook on my bridge? >> across the country the american people have responded with a disgusted and sarcastic slow clap. tea party activists and leaders told "the wall street journal" they saw no triumph in the compromise. that doesn't mean a weary nation won't be immediately subjected to the next round of the budget fight. the deal called for a special congressional committee of 12 members to find $1.5 trillion in debt reduction over the next ten years. house majori

any other candidate, earning his campaign the new label "the mittness protection program," and steven colbertetells the debt fight as a children's story. that's next. [ jasmine ] i want to be a pediatrician so i want to major in biology. miss gopie is the best teacher i ever had. she's amazing, i love her. [ jade ] i'm teaching jasmine ap biology. i knew she had the talent... i always pushed her. [ jasmine ] her class you literally have to think, like it takes so long to do her homework. [ jade ] she's gained the confidence that she can achieve anything. [ jasmine ] i'm going to be a pediatrician... and i'm going to make this dream come true. a 100 percent. ♪ >>> this summer, the largest billy goat came cloping up and said mr. troll, i will not raise the debt ceiling unless i get to gouge out your eyes and throw you off the bridge. so the troll had to compromise by gouging out his own eyes and throwing himself off the bridge. and the moral of the story is, when the first goat comes along, you got to tear its head off, have sex with the neck hole and mail its carcass back to the brothers and s

. >>> steven colbert has a thing or two to say about america's credit.your punch line. >> now that it's done, all americans are breathing a sigh of relief because it may have been a painful, drawn-out process, but at least the economy is saved. >> the dow today down 265 points. >> what? >> america is currently rated aaa which means we're a very safe investment plus i believe we get free roadside assistance. greece now has such a low grade it may be held back and forced to repeat the last 3,000 years. and lowering america's grade is bad news. >> that could mean that you pay more for your mortgage, the cost of buying a car could rise, credit card rates could rise. >> if the u.s. loses the aaa status, it will be much more difficult for the u.s. to restore growth. >> so these unelected elites get to wave their wall street wand and tank our economy. why? they're not special. they're not rich. they're standard & poor. no wonder they're so moody. >>> time for your political ticker from tim farley. deal done, sign and delivered just in time, tim, for president o

any other candidate, earning his campaign the new label "the mittness protection program," and steven colbertetells the debt fight as a children's story. that's next. [ melody ] the bar is raised for everybody in an ap class, from the teachers to the students. i had a student the other day that said... "miss stacy, this class is changing the way that i look at things." sparking that interest and showing them that math and science are exciting... it's why i teach. ♪ i know they can, even when they think they can't. >>> this summer, the largest billy goat came clomping up and said mr. troll, i will not raise the debt ceiling unless i get to gouge out your eyes and throw you off the bridge. so the troll had to compromise by gouging out his own eyes and throwing himself off the bridge. and the moral of the story is, when the first goat comes along, you got to tear its head off, have sex with the neck hole and mail its carcass back to the brothers and say any of you goat -- want to put a hook on my bridge? >> across the country the american people have responded with a disgusted and sarcastic slow

. >> everyone loves steven colbert, now we're knee deep in the political season.gn arks commercial in iowa where the straw poll is about to come out, supporting rick parry for president. parry, okay. >> parry with an >> perry with an "e" -- he's supporting a faux candidate, rick parry. take a listen. >> we want you to vote for rick parry too. not their rick parry, our rick parry with an "a" for america, with an "a" for iowa. >> got to love colbert, you have he's so good with all of this stuff. all of this is mocking the supreme court decision last year which allows them to receive and spend certain amounts of money as long as they don't coordinate with a particular candidate. >> i get beth this guy, parry with an "a" get ace lot of write-in votes. >> i'll tell you what to do. right, parry? >> it will be a very interesting weekend, politically, the iowa straw poll. one expects sarah palin to visit while the poll is going on and rick perry with the "e" is going be perhaps announcing his candidacy officially on saturday. so, here we go. >> fasten your seatbelts. >> n

steven nohave not found colbert funny. i cannot tell you. john stewart is at least sometimes enable opportunity satirist. that is my contribution. -- an equal opportunity satirist. that is my contribution. >> if they did not the democrat -- why are there not republican equivalents? i think it is partly because the ambiance of that kind of humor and that way of talking about the news is not a comfortable fit for today's republican party. but what about the simpsons? >> what about the simpsons? [laughter] >> do they not take gone liberal and conservative issues? >> they are more liberal, taking on the comedy central text of. >> we will now take on closing statements. >> we covered a lot of ground in this debate. it has been jolly fine. i hope i convinced you are made to consider the idea that we do have a demographically driven lean in the electorate toward the democrats that is likely to be here for some time to come and for whom ongoing trends should strengthen. michael raise the number questions about my thesis. i cannot cover them all here

steven colbert, jon stewart navigating, inspiring confidence. >> maybe standard & poor's are tough gradersountries who still have triple a ratings? >> everyone from australia, denmark, germany, strongest economy. the netherlands, sweden, the united kingdom, and even, wolf, the isle of man right off of the coast of the uk. >> ouch. we're below isle of man, this place? ♪ let's hear it for the boys let's give the boy a hand ♪ that place has better credit than we do? there's no industry there. they just horse around in the pool all day -- just -- i'm being told that's man island, not isle of man. >> folks, it's nothing to worry about. wall street, cooler heads always prevail. >> you can see the dow jones industrials down almost 300 points. >> we're down almost 400 points. >> the dow is now down 500 points. >> down nearly 600 points. >> down 631 points. >> wall street spending yet another day in what's being described as freakout mode. >> don't panic! everything is fine. just down here looking for my emergency hobo satchel. okay? a number -- remember, folks, just remember. oh. remember, over th

i saw the bid that steven colbert did.because you have a refrigerator and microwave, that does not make the middle class or wealthy. this conservative push back on what it means to be poor is troubling for me. i want to go back to the caller gets a vote. we are active participants. we vote every election. there are a lot of people in this country who did think a couple of years ago that they were voting their way out of this. that is the problem. a bunch of folks, black folks, white folks, independence, republicans, a bunch of people across the aisle to support president obama. he told the story how republicans would whisper to him that they were voting for him and he would say why are you whispering? the point is a lot of americans thought they were voting their way out of this. now they are deeper in to hear again, the new poor are the former middle class. guest: why not sit home as a protest vote? why not sit at home, and not vote and sent a message? guest: i think people ought to participate, but when we say lift every

i saw the bid that steven colbert did. just because you have a refrigerator and microwave, that does not make the middle class or wealthy. this conservative push back on what it means to be poor is troubling for me. i want to go back to the caller gets a vote. we are active participants. we vote every election. there are a lot of people in this country who dithink a couple of years ago that they were voting their way out of this. that is the problem. a bunch of folks, black folks, white folks, independence, republicans, a bunch of people across the aisleo support president obama. he told the story how republicans would whisper to him that they were voting for him and he would say why are you whispering? the point is a lot of americans thought they were votingheir way out of this. now they are deeper in to hear again, the new poor are the former middle class. guest: why not sit home as a protest vote? why not sit at home, and not vote and sent a message? guest: i think people ought to participate, but when we say lift every

. >>> stephen colbert is endorsing rick perry for president, not the rick perry but that's rick parry with an ad. his new tv ad hits the airways in iowa just ahead. comedian stevenhas been super dupe and he's got a message about the others. >>> these campaigns, they send your jents e-mails with emotional triggers that make you feel part of something bigger like bachmann's join the fight, pawlenty's i can't do it alone and her man cain's give me $5 and i'll punch a muslim. this is shameless manipulation and i'm disgusted that i am not doing it. so if you'll excuse me, i need to draft a quick e-mail to my super pact members, subline, spiders in your hair. they here doing it again. we only have seconds to stop them. don't forget, earlier i used the phrase "spiders in your hair." send me $25 right now to make a difference, or send me $100 to make four differences. or just let the bad guys win. your choice. quick, look behind you. stephen colbert. >>> i hope he raises a lot of money. what better way than to talk about our political ticker than with tim farley. live if there washington. >> oh, that stevphen colbert. >> i know. so clever. >> i know. he's a funny mack.