if you said mark twain or samuel clemmons you were right.peare is responsible for what many call literature's most famous procrastinator, hamlet. psychologist wendy walsh is still with me. wendy, that did not really go too well for hamlet but can't some procrastination be okay? >> well, it can. i mean, you could say that whatever you divert yourself to, the time filling activity that you're doing while you're procrastinating, can be a well of creativity. you could be doing the fun stuff and that's where creativity lies. sometimes avoiding tasks can be helpful. of course, depending on what the tasks are sometimes you have to get down to them like what about paying bills on time? got to get to it. >> are there certain types of people who are more prone to procrastinating? >> yes, of course. what you would assume, people who are more fearful. they want to be careful in decision making to not make a decision too quickly. they want to make sure. but then there are some other people who procrastinate almost as an act of self-sabotage. think of tho

the connection to the land of israel is enough but for those in is not i go back to the book of mark twain and i show historic claim that connection between jews and israel but if that is not enough i also talk about the legal rights and when you read the book with the legal document international binding legal right here is something else common-sense rate. when you go to war and win you do not give the land that you won during the war. we won the war. and those that were aggressive and started have come to us to say i want my land back. it does not go this way. even here in the u.s. with war with mexico and you one nobody came to say we want our land back. to know that if they should start another war they get price. if you lose, you lose. we tend not to speak of what belongs to us because i think it is about the will to prevail. if they tried to satisfy everybody all the time we could not win. we live in a beautifully and. so much enemies and travel even with high-tech use the technology inaction. to use the cellphones technology, the cat scan and a hospital, and the amount of innovatio

luke, if a mark twain commemorative coin is the best this congress can do, why should we expect themle anything serious before this year or even next? we're hearing talk of sequester two? >> it's looking more and more likely, alex, we will probably see a massive punt of all of these difficult issues into next year. however, it's all dependent upon who wins the presidency. if mitt romney wins the presidency i've heard president popular idea is to essentially republican says we will not work on anything to next year, it's our mandate, we have a conservative mandate to move forward to deal with these issues. if president obama wins, there will be some interesting decisions made on the republican side. will republicans say that the loss of mr. romney was, in fact, that we weren't conservative enough or because we were too moderate? if it's the idea that they were too moderate, you would probably see a wanting of -- to fight the president in all the way through the lame duck. the most interesting thing, though, will have to be with the tax cuts. i heard from a few republicans they say thi

. >> as mark twain a lie can get halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on.as gone on to other subjects and back to campaign and david muir asked romney how come you are behind. so mission accomplished even though the truth is victim. >> we know one thing for sure, if it was a republican president there would have been calls for independent council and investigations by congress and suffix gate would have been next to libya. >> somebody talking about benghazi gate already. >> the goff ball is gone. replacement sent packing the real refs back on the job. did the media blitz forced them to end the lunacy on the field? we'll tackle that next on news watch. a little bit more vanilla? this is great! [ male announcer ] at humana, we believe there's never been a better time to share your passions... because the results... are you having fun doing this? yeah. that's a very nice cake! [ male announcer ] well, you can't beat them. [ giggles ] ohh! you got something huh? whoa... [ male announcer ] humana understands the value of spending time together that's a lot of wo

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mark twain and will rogers and others may have been part of their career in the house and the senate. it is only recently there has been polling about this. but i think in the past you would seen probably the same. >> part of the job? >> part of the job. >> back to entitlements for a minute. it seems like people don't want to believe that the deficit is the result of programs that they really like. i wonder if as appropriations chairman you have come up with a snappy comeback for why waste, fraud, and abuse is not going to get us there. >> i wish i had a snappy answer to that. [laughter] but, you know, over half the american people draw a check, and over half pay no taxes. so it narrows the field of people who are deeply, deeply concerned about each of these programs. nevertheless, whatever we do to trim spending has got to be fair, and it has to be even handed. and people have the idea that we have to do something, and that case is not yet perfectly made. >> back on the appropriations side. i want to check 0 in on -- i want to check in with you on earmarks. the house and senate, do y

never the twain meet in education. >> no. unfortunately this strike was not for the best interests of the chicago children who have graduating high school at 60%. it was for those teachers who are the third highest paid teachers in the country. i think that's ashame. >> yet the majority they polled parents in the majority of the parents were in support of the teachers striking which at the time of our taping the strike was looking like it was about over. >> i think it's unfortunate a lot of parents are misinformed. the whole thick about standardized testing is a big issue since we were in great school. take it or leave it part of life is about standardized testing. really the -- >> wait a second. let's parse this out part might be about standardized testing but only standardized test i took in high school were the psat and s.a.t.s. and we were not -- this whole pointing, everything not having arts classes, not having gym classes because they're so cash strapped, not having foreign language classes but putting a bunch of kids

the house james -- james thurber liv dan and compared with mark twain. a humorous but a master of the short form. very well known for his cartoons and his career at the yorker called one of the great writers. like to move through the house to tell the stories we know as the father of three boys had a lot to put up with. they always had two or three dogs. this is where he would retire to put himself in isolation. repellent great to quote he was a politician ever a striking man but he himself writes a chapter about people who have an impact. it certainly tells you about charles thurber. he was plagued by the mechanical and the manufacturer that takes more ground. doors, lines, the detachable would not attach adjustable would not adjust. he was forever trying to on lonesome thing with the key to something else. charles was quite a man and she was a fisher they're a very famous it -- famous family and fu stories for you to understand how what works. in the kitchen mom used to bake brownie is. they had a dog who like to bite people. she had a cavalier attitud

. >> if you are taking much for real, mark twain, all on time and on schedule.ull-service trained at manassas this morning. overhead with the rush hour. very slow through fair oaks. earlier debris. he spent 66.-- eastbound 66 is stop and go. commuters are tried to merge all bu50off of 50. sandro on the beltway -- same drill on the beltway. university boulevard towards georgia ave. back to you. >> thank you. 52 degrees on this thursday. the joy of live television we know how that is. our reporter catches of accident during his report. >> growing out your hair can mean split ends, which i don't like. so pantene dared me. skip a trim. pantene beautiful lengths. the pro-v keratin protection system helps prevent breakage and repairs split ends and the program donates $1,000,000 to help woman fighting cancer. so getting longer stronger hair also means i care, that i i like! beautiful lengths from pantene. hair so althy it shines. >> on the hill today, a house committee takes a look at the botched gunrunning program known as fast and furious. this comes one day after t

about 1913 to 1917, james is one of the great american shore ever authors and often compared with mark twain. he was a humorous. he never read any novel. he was a master of the short form is what they like to say. he is well known for the cartooning especially the cartoons for dogs and his career after of the new yorker he blossomed in to being one of the great writers of america. i like to move throughout the house and tell the stories about the family as we see the house. this room has a great resist. we know the father of three boys had a lot of noise. they had over 50 dogs and not all at one time. they had two or throw dogs and this is where charles would retire, close off the doors and put nims isolation and the dogs and the boys knew it was area. let me read you a great quote about charles, he was a politician, and striking man. great book writes a chapter about people that had a impact on life. it's not long. but it certainly tells you about charles. he was always privately -- [inaudible] by the mechanicals. he was also plagued by the manufacturing which takes in a great deal more bra

. >> as mark twain said a lie can get around halfway around the world... been back on the campaign. again, mission accomplished. >> we know one thing for sure, if it was a republican president there would have been calls for an independent council and investigations by congress and the suffix gate would have been next to libya. >> somebody talked about benghazi already. and coming up replacement reffiasco. >> the real re back on the job. did the media blitz forced them to end the lunacy on the field? we'll tackle that next on news watch. are you ready ? share everything by turning your smartphone into a mobile hotspot for up to 8 wifi-enabled devices at no extra charge. like the new droid razr m by motorola only $99.99. it's got that sweet honey taste. but no way it's 80 calories, right? no way, right? lady, i just drive the truck. right, there's no way right, right? have a nice day. [ male announcer ] 80 delicious calories. fiber one. >>. >> rick: football fans giving referees a standing ovation after they ironed out a deal to end the walkout. replacement

. -- erase the federal deficit from moon oring the pro football hall of fame, mark twain and send 10 of mother's dame in the past 30s the coins have generated more than 400 million dollars for private companies. congress wants to make coins to help the federal economy. >>> american claims pilots are deliberately causing delays and cancellations leaving passengers in the dust. the troubled airline says pilots are calling in sick or grounding planes for minor repairs. the union says american is operating with too few pilots and aging planes. some passengers say their flights have been cancelled more than once. >> my boss needs me back at work and i can't show up because i'm here to them i'm just a number. >> one flight tracker estimated 100 american flights were cancelled monday san francisco international reports no flight disruptions. >>> san francisco 49ers say their new stadium is 15% complete and 100% on track to open on schedule for the 2014 football season. the media was given a tour of the 1.2 billion dollar, 68,000 seat facility yesterday. 400 construction workers on-the-job f

james thurber is o of the great american authors and is often compared with mark twain. he was a humorist. he never read any novels but a master of the short form is what they like to say. he also very well nope for his cartooning, especially his cartoons of dogs, and his career at the new yorker, he blossomed into being one of america's great writers. i like to move throughout the house and tell the stories about the family as we see the house. this room has a great history. we know the father of three boys had a lot of noise to put up. but with 50 dogs and not all at one time, i might ad, one poor boy almost fainted when he thought what was true. they always had two or three dogs and this is where charles would retire, close off the doors and put himself in isolation, and the boys and the dogs knew this was kind of his area. let me read you a great quote about charles. he was politician and not a striking man. never accomplished great things. but thunder thurber himself writes a chapter about people who had a big impact on his life. this is not a long quote but tells y

my job is not to predict the future because, as mark twain once famously said, no one can do that.job is to recognize what is going on. what is going on is you have this incredible amount of negative news that does not take the market down. why is that? because this system is awash in liquidity. individuals want yield. they can't get it. corporations want returns. they can't get it. the fed, you can mathematically show why stocks will go up based on what the fed does. the fed, all the news. this guy, obama, who has done a terrible job, a terrible job on the economy, forget everything else. on the economy. he has been off. his friend has been terrific. >> he has done what he has been trained to do. it says on page 43 of the playbook, this is what you do. he doesn't know what else to do. lou: i have not heard a very good prescription from anyone else to be honest. you have the other side. chilly not functioning. the bottom line is you are in a very, very rare time. >> i can tell you what is going to happen. i just can't tell you when. lou: all right. tell us what is going to happen.

but we don't like anyone to prematurely, as mark twain said, i think the representations of my dead aregreatly exaggerated. voters were outraged. they rushed to file the form. the question is if you're elderly, disabled, sometimes mail sits on your table for a long time and you wouldn't know to fill it out. we tried to encourage people to fill it out but we said we've gotta put our gloves on, register voters in texas, for example, up until october 9th. >> eliot: so well said. the texas voter i.d. statue was struck down as being unconstitutional. it was deemed unconstitutional for all of the reasons you just articulated. the big lie that undergurds the effort from the republicans on the other side is the effort to pretend that there's a voter fraud crisis out there. they can't show any evidence to substantiate that it is simply a big, fat fraudulent lie that is infecting our politics. i hope people appreciate that fact. >> it really is. just in the last 24 hours south carolina received a decision on their voter i.d. law. wisconsin, another state notorious with the so-called there's a lot

. >> as mark twain said, the lie can get halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on.nd david mere having mitt romney in his interview last week, mission accomplished even if the truth a the victim. >> we know one thing for sure, if it had been a republican president it would have been called for an independent counsel, there would have been investigations by congress and the suffix "gate" would have been affixed to libya. >> rick: there's still time for all. and some are talking about benghazi-gate already. and coming up next on news watch, the replacement ref fiasco. >> the goofball is gone, replacements sent packing, the real refs on the job. do the media force them to end the lunacy on the field? we'll tackle that next on news watch. ♪ [ male announcer ] every car we build must make adrenaline pump and pulses quicken. ♪ to help you not just to stay ale... but feel alive. the new c class is no exception. it's a mercedes-benz through and through. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial services. through mercedes

never did the twain meet. that was on the table. they can come back to it when they wanted to.f they are determined to sit down, lock the door and cut a deal. no one is prepared. >> do you think mitt romney will use it in the debates and on the campaign trail. do you think romney will say, look, i know how to make a deal without giving up my principles? i know how to bring people together, roll up my sleeves. i'm a turn around guy. is he going to stress that? obama couldn't, but i can. >> he may try to stress that, larry. the polling data is solid on this. the country thinks more often than not republicans in the house have been the obstructive factor. if mitt romney says being the house republicans we'll solve it. he's going to have a credibility problem ahead of him. mitt romney may say i can bring democrats and republicans. he leaves democrats out of the equation, the public will be skeptical with reason. >> many thanks, major garrett of the national journal. up next, mitt romney call it is democratic national convention a celebration of failure. are democrats celebrating bi

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looking deep for an twain bolden. a tough grab for a 34-year-old touchdown. the ravens didn't look back after that. up 14 late in the third, ed reeves, who else. up to his old tricks. picks off the pass from andy dalton, races 34 yards for the touchdown, set as career mark for interception return yards in the process. after another bengals turnover, ray rice has finally got a chance to dance. plunges in for the score from a yard out. ravens roll the bengals 44-13. >> it was a hard fought game. it was 17-10. it was -- and they were driving down the field. we came up with a stop to keep the lead on the one-yard line. that was big. >> we're just getting started on this journey. we know what we need to get better on. eight good to get the first one under your belt, the first win. >> reporter: imesure the red skins were -- i'm sure the redskins were taking a close look at this game. not only do they host the ravens but rg3 makes his fed ex debut against the bengals. both games can be seen right here on wusa9. nationals were in the big apple facing the new york met

mark twain probably said it best. if you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. honestly, this guy must have people on the payroll just to keep track of it all! it's like he's putting together a puzzle. if he can say just the right things to the right people at the right time in the right state and confuse the people he offends just long enough for him to come back around and say brand new right things to all of them, then maybe just maybe, he can time it all out to get one more vote and and then well, that's the problem, isn't it? because then god only knows what. >> jennifer: another day another reboot for the romney campaign. the latest strategy, more romney and that means according to politico that the campaign is going to try to show romney's softer side. and on the advice of senior adviser ed gillespie, he'll spell out his policies more clearly. good luck with that! he doesn't seem to have a softer side and the more voters find out about his policy positions the less they like. and then on the trail today romney didn't exactly stick to the plan and show his

he is one of the great american authors and is also often compared with mark twain. he was a humorous. he never read any novels but was a master of the short form. he also is very well known for his cartoons and especially of dogs and his career at the new yorker he blossomed into being one of america's great writers. i like to move throughout the house until the source of the family as we see the house and this room has a great history, too because we know the father of three boys have a lot of noise to put up with but he had over 50 dogs, not all at one time i might add. one boy almost fainted when he thought was true but they always had two or three and this is where charles will retire and put himself in isolation and the boy is and the dogs knew that this was his area. let me read a great to beat concrete quote she was a politician and not face stricken man but fervor himself had a great book and retractor about people that have an impact on his life. it's not long that it tells you about charles fervor. he was always played with a mechanical further right. he w

media award for top talk show episode, there is more, 15th annual mark twain prize for humor this octoberher show. amazing career. >> i think she deserves it. >> new orleans native to boot. congratulations to ellen. >>> we also talked about this story yesterday about this "vanity fair" article, explosive story about tom cruise, scientology, how they were auditioning women to be his wife before he met katie holmes. literal literally, a process, interviews, the whole thing. now the story is corroborated by writer/director of the movie crash, paul hagis and he claims he knows this woman, holmes, tom finally settled with, the name here, missing it, anyway, it was -- missing the name. anyway, it was a woman they found -- he confirms that he knew this woman, knew the process she went through. she was embarrassed by her involvement in it. he since left the church, hagis has, she left it as well. he is confirming the story. check out "vanity fair" could be validity to it in terms of how the church works and how it deals with tom and his ladies. >> i don't like that at all. >> weird story. >> real

. >> you quote the famous mark twain line.line, travel is safe of bigotry. >> americans don't travel because they are afraid. i think america is a great country, it's my soapbox. a great, wonderful country, but fearful country. political decisions are based in fear and if americans traveled, the world is a much different place than they think it is, and we're very insular. >> did it change your perspective of america too? >> the more i traveled the world, the more i realized america is a great place and most places love america and americans. they often don't agree with politics, but very welcoming to us as individuals. a lot of intelligent, smart people, and i would invite friends to travel with me. no. that was a quick no. travel's a habit. travel obliterated fear in my life. and i had an experience on the road that jolted me into realizing, wow, i react always out of fear. in any decision i make out of fear is generally a bad one. >> you are getting remarried to dolores, been together four years, have a daughter together an

skin a lone thha pack media stuff, so i started traveling and was comfortable e you quote the fam twainigotry. >> americans don't travel because they are afraid. i think america is a great couny, it's my soapbox.a great, fearful country. political decisions a based fearnd ian traveled, the world is aferent ace thek is, a we're very; nsul. didtnge y rspeofctive rica too? t more i traveled the world, the more i realized amer ia great placend most places loveamerica and americans. they often don't agree with politics, but very welcoming to us as individuals. a lot of intelligent, smart people, and i would invite iends to tvel th me. no. that was a q . travel sayhabit. trav obliterated fe in my life. and i had an expience on the ro that jolted me into realizing, w react always out of fe. in any decision i make out of fear i generally a bad one. >> you areettingemried t dolores, been together four ar toget and in typical andrew mccarthy style, you got an a plane to patagonia. >> in fairness, i had to write for a magazine, but i tend to suffer, i love you, i got to go syndrome, it's not you,

i go back to the book by mark twain in the show historically the connection between jews and israel. just like the connection of palestinians to israel. i am talking about their legal rights and i am sure there are some law students in the room. when you read the book and the legal documents about the declaration, you understand about legal advice and international, finding, legal rights to jews and the rights to the land. i call this the common sense rights. [inaudible] this side was aggressive and started the war in and saying, you know, above my land back, -- even in the united states, nobody comes and tells you that we want our land back after we lost the war. the common sense rights should be something that should be said straightly. it enables us to espouse another role. [inaudible] if you lose, you lose. i've been talking about the rights about something very important, many times because of the pressure, coming from washington and the u.s., we tend not to speak about what belongs to us and what we believe, and i chose the name of the book "isreal: the will to prevail" because

classics like mark twain, books that deal with racism and slaves that you might not, that they might appear to read mcpherson said this and say this is racist language. what's the message he is trying to say? we shall paper's other present or maybe a scientist. the library of congress has papers that are wonderful to read. >> do you think there any book should read recently are heard about recently the kind of accurately portray the state of our society and culture and the political system currently? >> not recently. i spoke at a boarding school so you're kind of interested in what they're reading. nothing recently that i can mention politically spend what book are you currently reading right now? >> i'm reading a book about how sad and i do a very interesting story about labor unrest in idaho in the early part of the 19th century. actually the governor of idaho is coming home, ex-governor was coming home to his house and opened the gate and was blown up by a bomb. a great book. it had to do with clarence darrow. it involves walter johnson is by the greatest pitcher of the early 20th