ted copeland. he was treasurer, and you don't know why his brother wrote a check for the building for $3 million dollars? like i said, i don't have immediate access to those records. i could write a letter to the management-- don't bother. we'll have the subpoena by the end of the day. detectives, wait. the board did nothing wrong. this is a murder investigation, mr. fellows. we don't have time for games. murder? is that what this is about? adlai, he was helping his brother out here. why? the building was going through renovations. refinancing. long story short, ted embezzled. $3 million dollars? two. the brother stepped in and paid restitution, plus a little extra. which is why you didn't prosecute. we dropped it because adlai made sure that ted and his family moved out. ted got caught embezzling, and he wanted to stay here? hmm. his poor wife was mortified. she'd sneak out through the basement with her son, to avoid running into anyone. but ted was shameless. (ted) dad, we just-- [exhales heavily

"call me ted "came out was a huge success. we learned a lot about ted. tell us what different story you wanted to tackle with "last stand: ted turner's quest to save a troubled planet"? >> there have been several books that have come out. ted wrote his memoir "call me ted" it dealt primarily with his business career. it mentioned some aspects in "last stand: ted turner's quest to save a troubled planet." it didn't die -- dive very deep in to them. when i started it, i not only wanted to interview ted and get at his motivation. i interviewed a number of people he has collaborated with over the years, gorbachev, kofi aman. >> tell us about the environment -- environmentalists that influenced you as mentors, as friends, people you worked with and people you looked up to. the environmentalists that meant something to you in your life that you have worked -- like -- others. >> jack and jane good al, i think, she's a fancy young lady. those are two that -- obviously [inaudible] katherine's son is very, very leadership position in this area. >> there's a story

>> ted cruz needs to stop. >> senator ted cruz all for nothing talk-a-thon. >> i guess it is all over but the shouting. >> green eggs and ham was my favorite book as a boy. >> deep spite the 21-plus hours. >> a losing battle. >> the senate voted in the past hour to move forward. >> the speech will do absolutely nothing. >> it will not defund the nation's health care law. >> this is just phony. >> a little like the world wrestling federation. >> this is just pretend. >> the world's longest presidential stump speech. >> i hope one day to be granted the letter. >> cruz has been getting backups. >> i can become a pirate as a longed to be as a child. >> you were the worst child i ever heard of. >> i hope one day to be a pirate on the high seas. >> you have heard of him. >> you are invited to join me. >> cruz's speech, referenced everything from nazis to star wars. >> nazi germany. duck dynasty. green eggs and ham. this is life and death. mike lee, i am your father. >> i don't think we learned anything. >> i think he thinks he is starring in a movie. >> has any one on capitol hill learned a

helping ted cruz rest his voice box for a little bit.an tell you -- not one of them, not mike lee or ted cruz has said one true thing, not one true thing, about what is actually in the bill as written and signed by the president. not one true thing. i do think they have a bit of an argument about the possibility of an impact on certain jobs, a 30-hour threshold. nothing in the bill, you know that is trying in any way to -- to, to force people out of work. but what every single thing they, every other single thing they say about what is in the bill. irs agents deciding if your mother lives or dies. the guys get on the senate floor and say that with a straight face. they do not know or cannot honestly describe what is in the law you helped write. >> it is no surprise. this whole debate has been filled with death panels. we go back to the summer of 2009. where created out of whole cloth, something which doesn't exist. and, you know they have made quite clear that reality is not something they're interested in. they often talk about the bill

coming out on the side of ted cruz. so here you have the rnc, which is the umbrella organization that's supporting all republicans, standing in solidarity with ted cruz while mitch mcconnell is opposing what he's doing on the senate floor. that, as one republican aide said to me, was more of the establishment ranks, looks deeply dysfunctional to our chief donors and shows the party from where we are right now. democrats sit back dumb founded. democrats know there's a lot of political liability with this bill but as long as ted cruz does this, the focus is on him, his ego, whatever he's doing here in washington, d.c. so they're more than happy to led ted cruz take center stage and go as long as he wants. thomas, this could be the first of a few of these types of long-winded speeches wlr, wheth they be fill busters or whatever you want to call them. we could see more. >> luke russert reporting for us. thanks, buddy, appreciate it. in total, eight republican senators were there to help cruz make it through the night, inclu

but that said, all of this villainizing is what ted cruz wants, because for ted cruz, being the most hated man in washington is a badge of honor. what is not a badge of honor is being viewed as a snobby, overcredentialed jerk, and that is the picture of ted cruz painted vividly in a new "gq" profile out today, which notes as a law student at harvard, cruz "refused to study with anyone who hadn't been an undergrad at harvard, princeton or yale. says damon watson, one of cruz's law school roommates, he said he didn't want anybody from minor ivies like penn or brown." while working for george w. bush's campaign, he was also known for dispatching regular updates on his accomplishments that one recipient likened to "the cards people send about their families at christmas, except ted's were only about him and were more frequent." "gq" also retells the story of the oil painting ted cruz has hanging in his senate office. it's a story ted cruz had previously told abc news and one that stephen colbert knocked down handily. >> i have always liked the fact that i sit in my office and i look at a

there are 19% with ted cruz on that, 59% against. among independents it's worse for ted cruz's hopes. no real surprise in that poll, i don't think. >> no real surprise but probably the numbers are higher among republican members of the house. the thing that will be happening in the house this weekend, this is really incredible to be watching. it isn't a shut down. they are going to pass a debt krooeling. and alongside raising the debt limit. and what boehner is trying to do is convince his members that no, no, no. don't do this shut down. this is, by the way, a more irresponsible fight than the one that ted cruise is threatening. defaulting on the dead even temporarily is much more catastrophic than shutting down the government for a period of time. and for boehner to be moving his people over to that fight and be climbing into a position that he can't climb back down from, no one in washington seems to have a good answer for how the debt ceiling fight resolves itself without any problem. eventually it will resolve itself, if they ge

beyond providing confirmation ted cruz is a big fan of ted cruz, the speech will do absolutely nothing. it will not delay the vote this afternoon to fund the government. it will not defund the nation's health care law. it will not truly be considered a filibuster because ted cruz is not actually blocking any legislation. really, at this point, what's the point of asking what's the point? in the hall of mirrors that is ted cruz's psyche, the only image, the only answer, the only truth that exists is ted cruz, a senator so hell bent on self-promotion, so uncompletely unconcerned with good governance or governance of any kind, that it only took him 25 minutes to begin comparing the rollout of a national health care plan to the rise of nazi germany. >> you go to the 1940s, nazi germany. look, we saw in britain neville chamberlain, who told the british people, accept the nazis. yes, they'll dominate the continent of europe. let's appease them. i suspect those same pundits who say it can't be done, if it had been in the 1940s, we would have listened to them and it would have gotten on televi

so ted cruz may believe he was using dr. to burnish his credentials, he didn't like demagogues, all is not lost for senator cruz, in some ways he is a dr. seuss character, kind of a cartoon character who sort of parodies his character. you can imagine him being in a dr. seuss book. he may be a little lonely, he pointed out if i were invited to a dinner with my characters, i wouldn't show up. >>> if all you were watching and listening to in the last 24 hours was senator cruz bloviate about the new health care law which begins on tuesday, a train wreck in motion that will bankrupt america, then you probably missed this headline. that is that premiums on obama care will be significantly more lower than expected. from obama care to the cleveland plain dealer, insurance exchanges set to go. coverage rates here will be lower than expected. even the houston chronicle got into the act with the headline that read "texans to have an array of insurance options" all that coming from the state's insurance report. that premiums will be 16

>> you know, ted's doing whatever ted needs to do. >> what is he reeling?rd it's a phony filibuster. >> i heard it called that. the fact we will vote at 1:00. he worked out an arrangement across the field then. would you guys vote while you are talking? >> i'm confused how does that work. >> the debate will enat noon. we're scheduled to vote at 1:00. >> is it a filibuster. >> no, it's not a filibuster. look, he feels passioned about this. i understand that. he wants to get a message out there. >> a show of passion. >> instead of focusing on what politically makes sense, which is these democrats who now are going to have to cast a vote again for the worst piece of legislation and that i have seen in my 20 years here, all the focus is on ted cruz. >> going to speak. again, the house passed defunding obamacare. i don't know much about politics, i went to alabama, why we can't add well? >> no, that's okay. >> the number one the low tide. i don't understand, saxby, if we have a bill in the senate that defunds obamacare. i thought that's what he wanted. >> well.

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for 21 hours ted cruz stood in a self-made spotlight.ake no mistake about it the marathon speaking session was theater, a one-man show casting himself in the hero's lead role. to that point he began his speech by likening his critics, those who oppose funding the affordable care act to nazi sympathizers, nazi appeasers before world war ii. let's listen to his story here. >> you go to the 1940s, nazi germany. look, we saw in britain, chamberlain who told the people except the nazis, yes, they'll dominate the continent of europe, but that's not our problem let's appease them. i suspect those same pundits who say it can't be done, if it had been in the 1940s we'd have been listening to them. >> those comments did not sit well with john mccain whose father and grandfather both served in world war ii. here's mccain speaking. >> i resoundingly reject that allegation. that allegation in my view does a great disservice. there were those who went to war because of the barbaric and great threat to civilization and everything we stand for. amongst

now you have ted cruz doing it. where does it lead, knowing the rules of the senate where going to cut him off at 12 noon eastern time. >> it leaves the american people appreciating what he believes in. he ran on repealing obama-care, defunding obama care, doing whatever he can to st. paul obama-care. he's taking a stand and teaching the american people about obama-care. if you learn what's in that bill listen to the talk ted cruz has been giving about what's in it. you can't keep your doctors, and senator rubio talked about obama-care crushing the american dream, not allowing for more opportunity. he's saying it will go to the house after this because they will vote to send it back. but this shows that he's willing to stand up for his principles. bill: do you believe for republicans against him, some of them publicly, is this changing their mind, yes or no. >> no, i don't think it is. bill: it's not changing the argument, not changing the debate, not changing the issue? >> it's change the issue with the american pe

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a republican said that about ted cruise today. and what do you think ted cruise did? >> house republicans versus senate conservatives. >> it's easy to focus on the political back and forth. >> defund the president's health care plan. >> obamacare isn't working. >> here in the house we will lead. >> speaker john boehner is caving to tea party pressure. >> i want to commend speaker boehner. >> this is playing with fire. >> i'm not doing that. i'm not doing that. >> guess what? we are going to win the fight over here and get the job done >> i want to commend speaker boehner or leading. >> unimpeachable leadership skills. >> this is a moment for republicans to unite. >> this is playing with fire. >> just going to end in disaster for the republicans. >> you are entitled to your own opinion. but you are not entitled to your own facts. >> they do not have the votes. >> they're going to fail. >> why is john boehner doing this? >> i want to commend speaker boehner for leading. >> ted cruise still refuses to back down. >> ted cruise is running to be rush limbaugh. >> he can't k

it's like all about kind of him. >> ted is doing what ted needs to do for whatever reason. >> what exactly is he doing? >> ted cruz loves his countrymen. >> i think it is about cruz. i think cruz is trying to run for president. >> no, it's not a filibuster. >> i want to bring in today's company. steve kornacki, dafna linzer is managing editor of msnbc.com. are we having fun yet, kids? here's what kelly o'donnell says, that ted cruz has not left the floor, has not taken a bathroom break. he's barely nibbled food, although he has had water to drink. of the top ten fill busters, he's talked longer than seven of them. what would you call this, steve, a legislative feat? >> first of all, it's amazing to me the lack of a bathroom break. i can't go more than two hours, i think. >> too much information. okay. >> no, it is kind of amazing. dafna and i were talking about this before. i think the thing that's misunderstood, there's a lot of grumbling from republicans about this. this is screwing up their message on this, this is screwing up their strategy on this and you've had some republicans overt

ted cruz cares about one thick. as you keep saying, rev, the head of the republican party right now is essentially rush limbaugh. the entertainment wing of the republican party, the entertainment industrial complex owns the paefrmt somebody has to become the political titular leader. who's that going to be? right now ted cruz is wink the race. >> joy reed, abbey huntsman, thank you for joining me tonight. >>> coming up, a republican is calling cruz's sideshow governmental terrorism. but we're now five days away from a government shut down, and it might be a reality. we'll talk live to senator barbara boxer. how do republicans try to justify their attacks on health care and the poor? i'll talk live to a republican congress. >>> ant tape you need to see. florida's attorney general apologizes for canceling a planned execution to host a fund-raiser. what's on your mind tonight? e-mail me. friend or foe, i want to know. reply al is ahead. thank you orville and wilbur... ...amelia... neil and buzz: for teaching us that yo

she recognized the phrasing because david had showed her letters from ted and told her about ted's preoccupations>> i think it's partly that the voice in the manifesto is a chicago voice. phrases or just the grammar, >> david recognized in the manifesto echoes of his brother's wording. david said the one thing that really struck him was seeing the term "cool-headed logician." he said that's directly out of ted's mouth. there was a strain of ted's philosophy in every paragraph. it was becoming impossible for them to not push it further. >> through a lawyer, david kaczynski contacts the fbi. he submits the copy of an essay ted had written in 1971 to compare to the manifesto. >> it was clear to my by the third paragraph, what i was reading which was a 1971 essay was identical in many ways to the manifesto. the biggest problem for david was he was afraid that if the government came to suspect ted kaczynski on their own, they would storm the cabin and ted would be killed in the encounter. he wanted to prevent more violence. he didn't want anybody else to die. >> david's information leads authorities t

shine and ted cruz is shining. it's not just him personally, individually what it is he as a person represents, it's his beliefs and ideals his love of country, and again, not want wanting to ease see us destroyed under something like obama care the irs is going to continue to cram down our throats. >> sean: governor, great to hear from you again, we've missed you, thank you for being here. >> thank you, keep up the great work. >> sean: there is a poll out today americans believe government is too powerful at a record level. tick a listen what is going on on the senator floor let's take a quick look at what's happening and what is coming up. >> best way for judy or anyone to have health insurance is to have an econo people can get jobs and have opportunities. let me respond with two things, number one, before the senator from illinois came to the floor of the senate i read a number of letters coming from people around the country. the next one happens to actually be counter part to your story about judy. this is a

texas senator ted cruz is a man true to his word. and today he proved that and is proving it right now. let's watch. >> i intend to speak in support of defunding obama care until i am no longer able to stand. to do everything that i can to help americans stand together and recognize this grand experiment, three and a half years ago is quite simply not working. >> now, senator cruz has been speaking for almost six and a half hours and it doesn't appear he is ready to stop any time soon. let's listen in live to the senate floor. >> after a summer spending with friends, working for a temporary job at a nonprofit, he found a grant that allowed him to enroll this fall, but he still doesn't know what he is going to do at the end of the semester. quote, i kind of did everything i was supposed to be doing, unquote. the cost of the lost generation, i'm still reading from "the wall street journal" go beyond the impact on young people themselves, the corporation for national and community service, a federal agency. >> now, we're going to be kee

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there's a blame game much of it targeting ted cruz. >> how stupid ted cruz believes not only the american people but members of his own republican caucus. >> how stupid is ted cruz? and he is so wildly out of control stupid, he is insistent that blocking the bill is the very best way to support the bill. as the press pick sides in this showdown and fail to highlight how obamacare will actually work. >>> hillary gives a magazine interview and guess what? she's not sure if she's running in 2016. but that has not affected the cable chatter. >>> and jeff daniels capturing the prize for the newsroom. >> protesters holding signs that say we are the 99%. >> yes. >> i am the 1%. >> some people would say i'm overpaid, but i'm not. i'm paid exactly what the market will bear, which means i'm paid what i'm worth. so which system would you replace capitalism with? >> why is this the hbo drama that so many journalists love to hate? the iphone not getting rave reviews. and in our digital download in this age of twitter and tumbler and google and bing, what about the millions of americans who don't use t

krystal, we keep hearing that ted cruz is isolated.he does have a dedicated band of followers, including mike lee and marco rubio. he doesn't seem that isolated, does he? >> he doesn't seem that isolated. i think the reason is, if you look at the tea party wing of the republican party, there is broad support for whatever it is that he thinks that he's doing. they don't particularly care about governance. they did send him there to throw bombs, essentially, and they think that that's what he's doing. so if you're a marco rubio and looking forward to 2016, you don't want to be too far away from ted cruz, because he's the guy that the base is in love with right now. >> right. john, if ted cruz were to feel a little isolated, he decided last night to -- and this morning, to make a number of very complimentary comments. take a listen to what he said. >> the junior senator from florida is absolutely correct. i agree entirely. and let me say, senator rubio, you inspire me. and let me note, there are many reasons why i love the senator from ut

and ted cruz doesn't talk about that. ted cruz never talks about i've got a better plan.urance. he never talks about how we're going to make sure that we do something for those out there who are sick and being denied. this is the fallacy and this is the false presentation of a guy who is trying to hoodwink this country. i tell you what. this is today one of the most important days that president obama will have since signing the law into law. and it's a law. >> yeah. >> there's a tremendous amount of conversation about, well, is the white house selling it? well, what do you want him to do? have 42 votes in the senate to pass it 42 times, to counter what these idiots are doing over on the house side? the fact is, in one week from now, we are going to have uninsured americans who are going to have freedom. they're going to have freedom to go to a website and freedom to see exchanges in every state, every state in this union will have exchanges. they're either going to be set up by the state or they're going to be set up by the federal government. and this is going to happen

meaning than ted cruz is among republicans.ond his own side, calling his bluff, and laughing at him openly and essentially dumping their chamber pots out their windows on to his head as he does this, his own side is very unsubtly leaking negative stories about him to the press. chris wallace on fox news sunday admitting this weekend when it became known he had had booked ted it cruz, he was flooded with unsolicited opo, unsolicited opposition research from other republicans who wanted him to use those negative stories about ted cruz against ted cruz during the interview on fox. today with senator cruz pretending to filibuster while having no practical effect, except drawing attention to himself, another republican -- well, republican sourced but theoretically anonymous tip to the washington newspaper roll call explained how at the senate campaign committee for the republican party ted cruz technically has a knob to do there, but he's not bothering to do that job. quote, senator ted cruz has not been engaged in his role as vice