>> you have to give it to van jones because at least he's honest.giving voice to how the left really does view conservatives, and i would broaden that out and say normal americans who love their country. at least he's being honest and characterizing them because most leftists won't be that honest. they think that way, but they won't be that honest. look. this is how the left thinks. this is how they behave. sometimes they dress it up more than other times like van jones, but the bottom line is that they're interested in the fundamental transformation of the nation. van jones' case, that means characterizing the left or characterizing conservatives who happen to believe, by the way, sawn, in fiscal responsibility, individual freedom, economic freedom. i can see why guys like van jones and the president think those are radical ideas, but this is who they are. >> we're not going to save the country, we're not going to balance the budget until your side cuts it out, and if people like you, i think you're a reasonable person, but you feel a compulsion to

treacherous. >> van jones is one man who can speak. not speak for the entire left and entire democratic party. he's one man. i applaud his passion. >> sean: applaud his passion of calling me treasonus? >> he uses words i would use? no. but he has -- . >> sean: it's a weak way of dodging responsibility. the country never going get out of the battle until people like you start speaking up, but we've got to go. thank you. >> thank you. >> sean: why is nbc so committed to dividing the country along racial lines? and president obama warns syrian president assad not to cross the red line and make chemical weapon ons. we know they did, so how is our commander in chief going to respond? and what about radio hosts in australia? should they be fired? next. %. mmmm tasty. and cut! very good. people are always asking me how we make these geico adverts. so we're taking you behind the scenes. this coffee cup, for example, is computer animated. it's not real. geico's customer satisfaction is quite real though. this computer-animated coffee tastes dre

van jones is a cnn contributor, former special adviser to the president. and van, good to see you.g in on this. you sent out a lot of tweets. you've got a conservative democrat west virginia senator joe manchin today who says look, there needs to be a discussion, a serious discussion, about whether or not we need assault-type weapons on the street or whether or not they should be banned. on the other hand, you've got a group -- the michigan coalition for responsible gun owners arguing that actually having a gun saves people's lives. here's what he says. >> the shooter in the mall in oregon was confronted by a legally armed citizen who pointed his gun at the shooter and then decided not to squeeze the trigger because he was afraid of missing and hitting bystanders. he was acting very responsibly. and the next shot that that shooter fired that the killer fired was on himself after he was confronted with an armed citizen. so that's actually one example of a responsible gun owner using a gun to save lives. >> van, where do you fuall on this? because they make the case on both sides. on

joining me now is van jones, cnn contributor and former obama administration official. od morning. >> god morning to you. >> so, van, i guess my first question that's eatsy for geithner to say, we're perfectly willing to go off the fiscal cliff. that means a tax hike on middle class americans and maybe some of them are thinking this morning i'm not really so happy geithner said that. >> it might have been inartful for him to say it the way he said it. i think he is making a very important point, which is that the american people did vote. they voted for the one thing the president said very clearly, which is that tax rates would go up on the wealthiest. it's an incredibly popular position. it's important for republicans to know that the white house is not going to accept any kind of a deal. that's the point he was trying to make. i think all the leverage now is with the democrats, with the president. the american public is on his side. i think it's important for the republicans not to think that they can just get any kind of deal out of him because if they do go over the

. >> first of all van jones was already in the job.ouse didn't give him the support he needed. maybe republicans took hip down at that point. it was a different time. right now the president won reelection. he was opposed from the very get go. you had john mccain doing it, the problems that susan rice had were there weren't enough democrats that thought she had the personality that was required to be secretary of state. >> cenk: i don't know what that means. what does that mean? i think that's a load of crop. >> i don't think that's a load of crap. >> cenk: that's the kind of stuff they used to say against robert dean. >> you have friends with weird temperaments. i've got a friend, cenk. >> cenk: i have a weird temperament. >> i sort of know what it means. i don't know that i'm right but people have talked about this as being a problem for her. democrats, when you don't see them coming out there with strong crazy support and they're not angry about what these senators doing after an election, there is something there. i think there may

and hopefully pronounce the words correctly as well as the potential landmines, ari fleischer and van jones. former obama adviser and co-founder of rebuild the dream. so van, apart from my bad grammar, how close do you think president obama and speaker boehner are to a deal? and from your perspective, is a bad deal better than no deal? >> well, no. i think a bad deal is a bad deal and we shouldn't accept it. republicans have the problem that all of the polls show the vast majority of the american people say that -- people who have done well in america should do well by america and start paying america back. this tax break, even george bush didn't want it to be permanent. somehow, republicans have gotten hung up on this one thing, turning tax policy in to theology. they can't let it go. it has united the democratic party against them, and now most of the american people are on the other side of the debate. we can't talk about spending until we get out of the corner. >> ari, how much of the republican opposition is based on principle, to the raising of taxes on the wealthiest is based on prin

john is coming i am a tall bald african american man like van jones. squee!cketmaster damn the fees purchased two balcony tickets for january 19th. as an african american male who could be at van jones' family reunion as an almost twin, can i be with you? signed another african american man who wishes he could you. [ applause ] >> oh. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: so we have a lot to get to today. it's all happy clappy news today. >> it is. >> stephanie: and jim demint bye-bye. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> double your pleasure double your fun. >> jim de-mint. >> stephanie: all right. and we may hear -- are we going to hear maybe today about prop 8 supreme court. >> maybe. >> stephanie: it's another maybe. >> the supreme court really doesn't give a schedule. so when it happens it happens. >> stephanie: you know prop 8 of course passed because of all of that mormon money that magically flows into california. >> i don't trust it as far as i can throw it. >> stephanie: they are trying to soften their image towards the -- in this case the gays. [♪ "world news toni

we saw them occupy wall street, van jones, code paint during the iraq war. this is the left.se are the radicals, the left. this happens all across western societies and it's got one objective which is disruption. it's all about tearing down and destroying to they can turn around and rebuild their far left marxist utopias. >> isn't there a difference between an anti-war movement, which is fairly intense, and gay marriage? these are the people right now who, look at the difference. the people who want traditional marriage, combs, are peaceful and they are they've signs, they're trying to get their point ak as kron -- point across and these are the people who disagree. >> it's actually physical violence against the anti-gay people. they're the ones, anti-gay group actually physically attacked, physical kale violent. >> i don't think that's true. >> it was true, reported in the washington post. >> oh, they were watching? >> so it can't be true, right? it can't be true. >> they're not in good shape right now. >> the reports we got said the violence came from the anti-gay. >> that'

if the governor brown had used the same rhetoric about nuclear power, van jones head would explode.ikely that the governor would talk about that about nuclear power. are you prepared to leave california? >> no, no, i told you before, stuart, i'm in for the fight. what we have to do is we have to bring light the troop behind green energy and tell folks, it's not the investment they think it's going to be, that nothing is free, there's always unintended cost behind it, if we can be reasonable about this and kind of back off some of these, these promises, or mandates that we made. my fear is though, that the senate democrats are going to end up using the super majority power and not only mandating the utilities, have that 33% rate, but a lot of corporations getting tax breaks from the state of california will also have to comply with getting 33% of their power from alternative energy by the year 2020. >> you think that might happen. i mean. >> right, yeah. >> that's just a prediction, that's all. >> okay. and there's no such legislation before sacramento's legislature at this moment? >

sharon more says she got acorn, van jones and sheroded.en and minorities against the g.o.p. might be worth more than having her in the position if you are looking at it from a political standpoint. my pre-dix is susan rice senator or better. 2016 or beyond. >> huffingtonpost.com, their lead story barack obama avoids fight over susan rice. huffington post. politico. politico. >> that's the lead story. some reid, president obama has other battles as you point out. right? to fight? global warming immigration reform fiscal cliff. does this make those battles easier for him having susan rice out of the ways? >> it's one less battle he has to fight for sure. it's not as if susan rice was going away. she's still going to be, you know, a key member of his national team going forward. we said -- suggested in our story, national security advisor which would not be a position that would require senate approvals approval >> bill: it would be a natural for her. >> and, you know, may even have more power than secretary of state, given that she would be

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and washington bureau chief for more jones david korn and communications director and an msnbc political analyst karen finish where i politico executive editor jim van dehigh, and chief national correspondent for the morning times magazine mark rubavich. >>> over at the white house president obama has no public events scheduled. meanwhile, over in michigan thousands of union members and supporters are protesting at the state capitol building in lancing. the state, which is the heart of the united autoworkers and ground zero for union rights is poised to sign a major anti-labor bill into law today. the president weighed in on that, speaking yesterday in redford. >> these right to work clause, they don't have anything with economics. they have everything to do with politics. what they're really talking about is giving you the right to work for less money. america is not going to compete based on low skill, low wage, no workers rights. that's not our competitive advantage. there's always going to be some other country that can treat its workers even worse. >> the house speaker, john boehner, is speaking now on the house floor regarding the fiscal cliff

wafde kapachav itz -- i beg your pardon -- mark owen, purnell jones jr., grace anne charington, sarah brown clarke, kevin malltech, jeremy vanryan colagar, ted strickland, chris redfern. mr. secretary, the calling of the role is complete. all 18 electors are present. >> the 53rd ohio electoral college -- i asked maureen o'connor, chief justice of the ohio supreme court, to come forward and administer the oath of office to the members of this electoral college. >> thank you, secretary. electors, i ask you to stand and raise your right hand. if you will repeat after me -- i solemnly swear that i will support, obey, and defense the constitution of the united states and the constitution and laws of the state of ohio and that i will faithfully discharge the duties of my office as i shall answer and to god -- unto god. congratulations. >> thank you, chief justice. i will now entertain the nominations for the chairman of the 53rd ohio collect oral college. this time, i would like to call and weighed capps a cabbage -- on wade kapsikavitch. >> i nominate chris reverend -- redfern. >> i moved a nominations for chairman the coast. --

jones gana la canasta. >>oklahoma iba adelante por un punto. >>empate a 98 se van a tiempo extra.s que ves en pantalla, te esperamos en despierta américa. >>arriba las chivas de guadalajar!! >>momento que te voy a invitar a mi fiesta de fin de año, que me va a costar 300 mil libras esterlinas. >>qué manera de tirar el dinero >>pero eso es también para los amigos. >>y cuantos dólares es eso. >>mucho. >>no tengo idea. >>que nos digan en twitter. >>carlitos, aunque busquen 300 mil libras esterlinas en dólares. >>mientras nos informan de esta conversion, vamos a a ver algo bien impresionante que sucedio en china un incendio de un edificio de seis pisos, llegó un sinfín de bomberos a apagarlo, seis o siete camiones, 21 horas tardaron en apagarlo. lo bueno es que nadie resultó herido. >>21 horas ardiendo, imaginen la desesperacion de los mismos bomberos. >>ellos hacen una labor increíble, son heroes de verdad. >>muchos son voluntarios. >>agarran a la gente y pa fuera. yo veo fuego y salgo corriendo >>en china ocurre de todo, señores, donde una mujer está sacando dinero del cajero, y un