. >> tom: still ahead, martha stewart goes through j. c. penney as the big retailer takes a big stake the her business. >> susie: jon korz sign will be in the hot seat tomorrow on capitol hill, the disgraced c.e.o. will face tough questions from lawmakers about what exactly led to the lapse of the brokerage firm. members of the house agricultural committee won't be the only ones interested in corzine's answers. thousands of former customers want to know what happened to their money, which disappeared following m. f. global's bankruptcy. diane estabrook reports. >> reporter: in sunny ft. lauderdale, florida, jennifer is facing a gloomy holiday season. she still hasn't gotten back $10,000 she had in an account at bankrupt m. f. global. the 35-year-old single mom was counting on the cash to launch a new business. >> i can't start my business at all, because i have absolutely no capital. i cannot pay bills that i have currently. my childrens, my twins' birthday is do it 9, we can't have a party now. christmas is canceled. >> reporter: behind th

and until recently stewart served on two prominent state committees ... appointed by governor o'malley.... to help re-draw the state's voting districts... and the maryland stadium authority. now... republican party leaders say stewart also donated more than 90-ttousand dollars to the governor and other key democcats. and they think pooiticians should give the money back. last week... the governor said he had no idea about stewart's tax records. 33 <"it is beyond me how any individual... that was pending.> pending."> some republican leaders say the governor should've knnwn about the charges against stewart. it's been a past few days too forget for thh newt gingrich to qualify for theeprimary in his own state..leading to questions about his ability to organize. as greg lack reports... now a persistently thorny issue for the former house speaker is back. this as he fights a close bbttleeto win the rapidll approaching iowa caucuses. 3 --reporter pkg-as follows -- the past has once again arisen as an issue in newt gingrich's campaign for the white house. divor

[jimmy stewart] "time to let jimmy see your rear window."the woman up so she could kick him square in the nuts. it is all about manners back then. "it's a wonderful life" is about a guy named george bailey. he's thinking about suicide. he gets a rare opportunity to see what life would be like if he was never born. it's interesting to think about. sometimes i wonder what things would be like if i was never born. do we have a clip of what life would be like if i had never been born? [applause] yeah. it doesn't look that bad, actually, did it? for decades people have loved "it's a wonderful life." it's a great movie, but it seems out of date. a mean old banker using unscrupulous methods to foreclose on working people's homes so he can line his their -- pockets with their cash. thankfully, we've come a long way since then. that could never happen today. craig, you're saying the opposite of what's true. that's right, sherlock. it's a [beep] joke! george bailey is depressed because he wanted to travel the world but never got to. he had to stay at

well the reality s a lot of people these days do get ú&eir news from jon stewart and stephen colberrborowitz: well and yoo know what? they're not. this is another kind of misnomer. they're noo really doinn fake news. jon stewart is actually showing the aatual events. >> mith: he's showing real news.ú >> borowwtz: he is analyzing it. he just, he just happens to beemaking it funny. &->> borowitz: it's a fuuny presentation of the news. >> smith: right. >> borowitz: but you're hour of the jon stewart show including his interviews which i think are very good, you're getting more real watching, yoo know, thh situation room with wolf blitzer, you know, where ú&'s standing up in front of all those tvs like he's a salesman in a beet buy -howroom, you know? enough, it's, it's the networks it's the cable news networks that are the real clowns now and the ones that we laugh at. >> smith: yeah. >> borowitz: and jon stewart >> smith: it also seems interesting to me, that all of you guys, i lump you all into the same category here, will takeethings that seem very serious and horrible and somehow, h

stewart was convicted on federal charges of tax evasion. until recently stewart served on two prominent state committees - appointed by governor o'malley.... to help re-draw &pthe state's voting districts... and the maryland stadium authority. now... &prepublican party leaders say stewart also donated more than 90-thousand dollars to the governorrand other key democrats. and they think politicians should give the governor said he had no dea about stewart's tax records. <"it is beyond me how any individual... that was pending.> pending."> ssme repubbican leaders say tte governor should've known about the chargessagainst stewart. pplice in annpolis say they are still looking for a suspect after a break-in at an auto dealership. dealership.a video sscurity service tipped off police to the crime at the fitzgerald cadillac dealership.police arrested one of two men seen running from the scene. they also found bolt cutters and other tools on the lot whichh they belleved were being used to cut catalytic converters from two vehicles. they are also i

because stewart, who plays in the nashville bluegrass band for over 26 years, he says, you know, i've never looked at a piece of music in my life and edgar, the bass player, both can play bluegrass or classical. he's written concertos, he plays everything and he's comfortable all of these or as uncomfortable in anything because he's trying to -- he's going for perfection. he's going for something in his mind that is absolutely pure and beautiful. there is purity, in his mind, there's that kind of purity and we all experience that some of the time but it's really never just in a domain. so we were working until, you know, till we were taping, on a short version of a song that you will hear later on, and we were kind of figuring out what to do, what's going to sound good. well, it sounds -- and we're using our ears, our eyes, and our minds to say, how can we make this right for the tavis smiley show, for that length, for this audience, and so figure it out. so, yeah, there are certain things that are written down, but actually we'll change it if it doesn't seem right because of the envi

governor martin omallly got 7 thousand dollars from stewart.still hasn't said what he will do with the money. his spokesman says they haven't discussed it yet. there's a new form of gambling making its debut in baltimore. buttsome public officials... are questioning...whetherrit's really legal. gamblers.. pay money up front... usually around 20- dollars and then they log-on...to computers that resemble slot machines.one state lawmaker believes those gambling parlors... are illegal.but a city councilman says he see's nothing in- appropriate. (reseigner) "they are internet sweepstakes, pre-determined what i've seen and they did have a permit from the city of baltimore where they paid for their license for threeemonths and then it'ssmy understanding for the new year they'll apply for the license." license."one state lawmaker saysshe plans to introduce a bill that would "outlaw" those "gaming" parlors. retail giant target becomes a parget itself... of mothers angered that someone was apparently told to go elsewhere to breastfeed. ninette sosa has t

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jon stewart. got a great show. i apologize. very quickly, very quickly, i have to tell you, i'm completing a letter i'm writing to the ukrainian people. [laughter] the hangover remedy for u.s.o. volunteers. listen, our guess tonight, warehouse director of policy melody barnes. we here at "the daily show" realize politics takes steadfastness and the excessive buzz of the northern american douche fly. [laughter] there to red kyle and poke fun at your every move and gesture. colbert. but there's a fine line between courage and audacity, and several public figures have recently crossed it. it's the subject of our new segment, "holy [bleeped], you got some huge, hairy, mother [bleeped] balls on you" brought to you by lowe's hardware, the one-stop home improvement shop that legally can't prevent us from pretending they sponsored our balls segment. [laughter] we think. we don't actually know that that's true. is that true? i don't even know. first up, former presidential candidate herman cain, while he was running for office he captur

it's jon stewart.othing proves that better than his attempt to stop republican voters for voting for gingrich. >> this is an intervention. it's why we are all right now at the caucus hampton in. everyone is here because they love you. tom, why don't you start us off, tom? >> i'm not inclined to be a supporter of newt gingrich having served under four years and experienced personally his leadership. >> why is that? >> because i find it lacking. >> oklahoma, you can't even find people with blue eyes in oklahoma. he's so conservative, he wants to protest against seeing schindler's list on tv because of the nudity. that's true. the nudity. that's what strikes us as obscene in schindler's list. we listen to this guy? >> you know, he's been out of government for a long time. he's reattached himself to his faith. >> first of all, he's reattached himself to his faith? and second of all, the only faith that gingrich has attacked himself to is the belief in the infall built of the gingrich. this is him last mont

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my name is jon stewart. we have a good one twour tonight. joining me tonight great bob costas talking a little bit of smack about brian william, maybe. i don't know what is going to happen. kidding can of course. let's begin with a new segment. we base it on the fact that no one has yet been held accountable for the 2008 financial crisis, it's a new segment we call how the [bleep] is it that martha stewart went to jail? (laughter) all right, let's get into it. we all remember the infamous bank bailout, tarp, troubled asset relief program and by assets i mean liabilities and by troubled i mean worthless. it was an enormous wall street bailout that everybody agreed we had to do and shouldn't do it. >> remember tarp, remember the bailouts, main street didn't get bailed out but the rich guys on wall street did. >> $700 billion thrown together over a weekend. >> $780 worth of tarp. >> tarps with a bailout fund that never should have happened. >> tarp is the most hated piece of legislation in recent american history. >> jon: oh! all, all of americ

host: alice stewart? guest: i think the world of bob, a tremendous leader in the fifth community but he is by no means the voice of the entire faith community in iowa. he himself could not get the consensus of his own group, the family later, to rally around his choice for president, rick santorum. while rick is a fine candidate, he is not a general consensus for the faith community. michele the terminus of more from pastors and faith leaders, the endorsement of more than 100 pastors and faith leaders, traveling the state and speaking for her. we have a former leader of the family leader who has been traveling us on this county to war. we have had concerned women for america speaking for us. these are leaders in the faith community that have vetted all the candidates and looked at where they stood on the key issues of concern of the christian and faith community and they see that she is the most steadfast and consistent and true on the social issues that they are concerned with, and that includes on life,

(cheers and applause) >> jon: welcome to the daily show, my name is jon stewart. we have a good guest, republican strategist ed gillespie will be joining us, i will ask him about the gop republican field and i will sit back and watch him weep, weep, like a child, will weep. (laughter) oh, where are you, jeb bush? captioning sponsored by comedy central (laughter) quick off the top. a couple nights ago i responded to the way christmas sell brants feel when they are unable to celebrate christmas at all times and all places. and i addressed our nation thusly. >> my fellow american, tonight i hum below come before you to declare war on christmas. >> that was two days ago. now look at me. (laughter) look how war ages a man. that is weird, how can i age in two days. is that-- well, last night one of santa's unusually large elves fired back. >> our pal jon stewart is following the various christmas controversies very closely. >> no, there is no question that mr. stewart is going to hell. (laughter) (applause) (laughter) >> jon: i know. (laughter) but here's what you and y

stewart is going to hell. (laughter) (applause) (laughter) >> jon: i know. (laughter) but here's what you and your mignons don't understand, o'reilly. your hell doesn't scare me. i make my living watching fox news eight hours a day. (laughter) i'm already in hell. (laughter) boom! (cheers and applause) boom! your move, o'reilly! actually, talk of the war on christmas brings me to a fun fact. did you know that not all americans celebrate christmas? (laughter) it's true. many american jews celebrate a completely different holiday called-- how come we don't get to celebrate christmas. i see. it's actually called the republican jewish coalition forum. it is celebrated every four years. for this holiday jews commemorate the miracle of incredibly religious christian presidential candidates fighting over who loves jews more. and lo, god provided the hebrews two good look mormons, though they had prayed for but one. well, to be honest, none, they wanted giuliani but that's not going to happen. so who will win the tuchu tuchus-kissoff. >> karen and i have been to isr

. >>> after the break, jon stewart and 2012. who's looking worse on "the daily show" the politicians or the press? here you go. driver's license. past five years' tax returns. high school report cards. and i'm gonna need to see a receipt for that watch you're wearing. you know, you really should provide us with a checklist of documents we're gonna need up front. who do you think i am? quicken loans? at quicken loans, we provide a checklist of the mortgage documents you'll need up front. it helps keep you in the know every step of the way. one more way quicken loans is engineered to amaze. but proven technologies allow natural gas producers to supply affordable, cleaner energy, while protecting our environment. across america, these technologies protect air - by monitoring air quality and reducing emissions... ...protect water - through conservation and self-contained recycling systems... ... and protect land - by reducing our footprint and respecting wildlife. america's natural gas... domestic, abundant, clean energy to power ou

. >>> and how did stewart the dog learn to salsa? we've got the secret. >>> we begin today's show with some after-school activity. steven, you have the full story? >> school's out for the day and we've got some rambunctious teenagers outside of this school in pennsylvania. one is 14-year-old shawna wilson. we see her walking with her friends. which suddenly jumps to her being held up against a parked car by this officer jason amani. according to a newspaper in the the lehigh valley, this is what happened. wilson is hit by a tazer and she goes down immediately. the thing is, wilson was hit in the crotch. >> oh, my god. >> and was taken to the hospital and had to have the probes removed. they're designed to go into, go through your clothes and into your skin. and stick into your skin. now, this incident was from back in september. but this video was recently released as evidence in a federal lawsuit against this police officer and the city of allentown that was filed by wilson's mother, victoria geist. in the lawsuit they're saying tha

ichard stewart resigned from appointments to the redistricting board and the stadium authority afteris cooviction this month. lieutenant governor anthony brown says he's returning the and congressman elijah stewart.- cummings says he will donate the money he received from stewart to charrty.here's what the governor had to say. 3 "yep, we'll do the same thing....pause........ pause.......what do you want us to 3do." do." the governor laaer commented that the money may have already been spent. a dual funeral was held thursday... for two ossible victims of theeso-called "backpage killer."in detroit... four women have been found dead.three of the victims... are linked to escort service ads on don't have any suspeets or motives at this time.thhy're now searching for clues. baltimore has the exact same website with listings for escorts. police are warning anyone who uses the site to be extremely careful when meeting peoppe. police in minnesota are releasing this surveillance photo... of the man suspected of sexually assaulting a girl inside a wal-mart store.the girl claims the man followed

stewart is going to hell. >> i know.[laughter] >> but here's where you and your minions don't understand, o'reilly. your hell doesn't scare me. i make my living watching fox news eight hours a day. i'm already in hell! boom! boom! your move, o'reilly. >> my move, stewart? all right, here's my move. how can you watch 8 hours of fox news every day and still be a pinhead? that is it for us tonight. please check out the fox news factor website, different from billoreilly.com. also we will like you to spout out about the factor from anywhere in the world. o'reilly at foxnews.com, o'reilly foxnews.com. if you wish to opine, word of the day, when writing to the factor, do not be maudlin. again, thanks for watching us tonight. i am bill o'reilly r

market street is closed between stewart and spear.word yet as to when the lanes will reopen so use an alternate in the meantime. i also am getting word that embarcadero is reduced down one lane. so only one lane open through there both directions. that may cause delays for the morning commute. bart still on time, muni not hearing any specific delays. they may have rerouted things through there. but that's also possible due to all the activity near justin herman plaza. the rest of mass transit though right on time this morning. now, the altamont pass we are seeing some delays westbound as you work your way from altamont pass to 680. that earlier accident on the eastbound side near north first street is wrapped up. westbound 4 typical slow and go conditions. bay bridge metering lights are off so one of our bright spots, no delays into san francisco or out of san francisco into oakland. >> give it time, though. >> i know, right? >> it's not 6:15 yet. >> you have a spring in your step. maybe you should work around the clock all the time.

. >>> plus jon stewart versus bill o'reilly on the war on christmas. >>> lech walesa was working in a shipyard then came solidarity and years of martial law followed by freedom then came politics. tonight after 45 years of communist rule the poles have elected a president apparently overwhelmingly. his name is lech walesa. [ male announcer ] drinking a smoothie with no vegetable nutrition? ♪ [ gong ] strawberry banana! [ male announcer ] for a smoothie with real fruit plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoothie. could've had a v8. you noticed! these clothes are too big, so i'm donating them. how'd you do it? eating right, whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios... five whole grains, 110 calories. >>> 5:45 in the morning. a beautiful live picture of the rockefeller center christmas tree all lit up for you in new york city. a check in weather from nbc meteorologist bill karins. bill, stop talking to barnacle. focus on the map behind you. >> barnacle is entertaining, though. >> barnacle, turn aro

she like jon stewart, is he a smart and funny guy sometimes. i secretly know he looks forward to getting those hanukkah gifts so i am sending him the factor words book. coming right back with jesse watters trying to educate rhode island governor lincoln chafee about the christmas tradition in america. later, dennis miller on blagojevich going to prison. and the rebranding of newt gingrich. we hope you stay tuned to those reports. >> bill: the governor of rhode island lincoln chafee reefs to acknowledge that the tree the state puts up is indeed a christmas tree. the governor believes it is a holiday tree. we sent factor producer jesse watters up to see mr. chafee. >> hey, governor? jesse watters with fox news. could we talk to you for one second? >> sure. >> we just wanted to know who exactly does a christmas tree offend? >> i'm continuing the past practice previous governors have instituted and calling it a holiday celebration it goes back to governor almond and maybe before him. it's continue ago past practice. >> don't you think you calling i

lieutennnt governor anthony brown says he's returning the monee he received from stewart.ey he receeved from stewart to chariiy.here's what the governor had to say. 3 thing.....ause........ - pause.......wwat do you want us to do." do." thh governor later commented that the money may have already been spent. the.../ rrat recession.../ and... bad... holiday ales.../ have taken.../ a... heavy toll... on... sears. sears. 3&this location.../ in... ellicoot city.../ is... one... of the stores... on the ...chopping block...//. ááit'lláá close.../ along with ...78... other sears... locations.../ across ...the country....// ááanáá additional... 41... kmarts and sears locations.../ could be .../ shut downn..//. áánoáá... word... on when...// the maryland... locction.../ will... close.... 3 bad day for a retail giant... becoming the target of baa publicity. are you going to nurse me ommy mommywomen joined forces... for a "nurse in" protest... at target sttres around thh mooher says she was insulted a - for breast feeding her 5 mooth old at a target ii exas.she claims employees told