willie don't care. >> there you go. comment was in reference earlier lil kim said i smell like bologna. >>> jon stewart making the rounds last night stopping by david letterman. >> the guy i feel worse for is romney. >> mitt? >> well, not just for that. because he's the guy you know is like considers himself next in line, the guy at line at the deli, but i'm number six. but they don't like him. the voters. >> yes. >> and he's like -- because he wants to be a regular guy but he can't be himself. he puts on jeans but you know he's got his suit pants underneath it. like he's in a bar, sure, i used to hang out in this bar. get me one of those malted hop drinks. like he's -- nothing is authent authentic. i realize that rick santorum is the guy mitt romney's pretending to be. now they're up against each other in these debates and there's a certain inauthentic quality. >> yeah. he reminds me of the guy that you see on the package of underpants. you and i look at these two different ways. >> oh, dave. still got it. >>> still ah

for mary, losing willie is the worst tragedy of her life. a blow that sends her into such protracted grief, the president warns her he might have to commit her to an asylum. in her desperation, why is sessions yield to white seances. mary even begs the president to attend one, in a sad, vain search to reach willie, worry she will go mad, she goes. >> we have met with so overwhelming an affliction in the dleath of our beloved willi that i can scarcely get myself to right. my home is beautiful t grounds around us are enchanting. yet the charge is dispelled and everything appears a mockery. the idolized one is not with us. he has fulfilled his mission and we are left desolate, can life be endured? ? >> in this world of ours, sadness comes to all, and to the i don't think it comes with the -- >> i have become so wrapped up in the world, so devoted to our own political advancement that i thought of little else besides, our heavenly father sees fit to visit us for our unworldliness, how insignificant all worldly leaders are all, i am not prepared

what else happened with willie? >> willie was good. we played pin the pasty on willie with lil kim. handsy. i wasn't comfortable with. >> she was. >> wow. >> she was. >> i felt like both of us had a shot with lil' kim last night. >> you think? that's the first thing she said last night when she sat down, she's in love with mr. cohen. >> it almost happened, jim. >> it did? >> i was holding my breath. >> did you? >> i was watching. >> i bet you were. >> i was saying, magic's going to happen tonight. >> the cover story of the new edition of "parade." >> you can't do the segue. how can you do the segue? is there a segue here between andy? >> yeah. i was trying to make it look natural. >> okay. this is good. >> i'll try it again. this is perfect timing because the cover issue of "parade" -- >> oh, my gosh, it is. they're rich, we're not, and explores why the lives of the so-called 1% are captivating viewers on television. >> i love this. i think it's a great one. >> it's perfect because andy, you have all of these -- >> housewives of the 1%. >> segue to maggie looking at some of these ni

and it was willie brown.think it's fair to say that willie and i have been fast friends. and i watched him, three years in the california assembly, 15 years at speaker. those were the days when speakers didn't change every few years. it was the time when a speaker could do an agreement or even with a minority party, a speaker could find three or four votes. last time i talked to willie, we were talking about the budget and he said to me, oh, i would have known in january where there were three or four republican votes. and i believe him. i believe him. he is an incredible human being and so this man has walked the walk and talked the talk decade after decade. he was a fine mayor for this great city. like all of us, he served two full terms. he did his job and he is still doing his job. he is a great friend of everyone in this room. i hope you will warmly welcome the honorable former member -- former mayor, former speaker of the california assembly, the one and only willie brown. [cheers and applause] >> diane

the willis family took the subway in from brooklyn with sergeant willis, he's serving in afghanistan after finishing a tour serving in iraq. his mom told us that another child of her's, a daughter, served three tours in iraq and is now in germany. ms. willis had come to the parade for her son, a giants fan who celebrated like mad when his team won the super bowl in 2008 would have given anything to himself be in new york today. >> i promised him before we won the first one, i said when we win the super bowl i'll take your picture and go to manhattan for the parade so you can be part of it. and i know he's happy now and smiling. >> we know for a fact he loves this. even without his mom telling us, if you look back at the old coverage, you will find celebrating then too, telling the paper "i don't know all the word in the dictionary i don't think webster has a word to describe how i feel it's indescribesable." he sent this post before the game. >> hi, i'm sergeant willis, originally from brooklyn, new york, i want to say hi to my family in brooklyn and go big blue. >> from afghanistan.

good morning, i'm willy geist. the republican race now pushes ahead to super tuesday. next week there are ten states and hundreds of delegates up for grabs. mitt romney is off now. he focused his attacks on president obama. >> four years ago we warned that the presidency was no place for on-the-job training. well, today we have the economy to prove t all right? . did he fix the economy? no. did he tackle the housing crisis? no. did he get america back to work? >> no. >> instead he put us on a path toward debt and deficits and decline "first look" id decli decline. it's time to get back on the path of american prosperity. he's not spending our money. or infringing on our rights, he's busy running for re-election. he believes that, did you hear this, he believes that he ranks among the top four presidents in america history. i find a different spot for him. he said, we can't wait to which i say, oh, yes we can. >> oh, no, you didn't "first look" despit his second place finish santorum remained optimistic framing his second place finish as better than expected. he made hi

it's time for willie's weekend review.h, gosh. i think it's sponsored, so we have to. >> all right. he's there, right? we're paying him. bill karins, what does it look like? >> every time the alarm goes off, i say, not enough, definitely not enough. we're watching a very potent storm system in the middle of the country. finally a winter forecast. a lot of heavy snow in colorado. the front range they call this region. denver could see one to two feet of snow. as far as the forecast totals go, we'll also see that snow extending into nebraska later on today and tonight. and areas from north platte and lincoln and omaha, you'll have to shovel come saturday morning. as far as the forecast goes for the weekend, today we'll see thunderstorms. oklahoma into texas. then as we go through your weekend, that wet weather will move into the middle of the country. it's not snow because it's just too warm. areas like st. louis and kansas city, just rain for you. on super bowl sunday, rain down for you in the southeast. overall the west lo

willie, don't take offense and please don't write about that on sunday.laughter] >> i'm just, as diane knows, i'm a big fan that goes back to my high school days when i was that little nervous teenager that was invited in the mayor's office. she asked me what i was interested in, a shakespeare class i was talking. next day, a beautiful book, collective works of shakespeare, 300 pages, it hasn't been open. i did open the first page, there is the mayor of san francisco, dianne feinstein. i still proudly have that book on my bookshelf. i have been a fan since then. boy, do you get to know someone on a personal basis and work with them and you get to admire them more. i drive around this city, i kid you not, i see so much of the work that you probably don't know senator feinstein thas has done. a lot of work at hunter's point cleaning up the shipyards, dianne feinstein's fingerprints are on all of it. the work in transbay terminal, you see it right now, dianne feinstein, work that is being done or soon will be done on treasure island, dianne feinstein. you dr

like danell willis. it looks like the giants ride today only with line after line of marching troops. we've heard talk of parades in other cities for veterans of our second war in iraq, but so far only the mighty mighty city of st. louis has thrown one. it started with two ordinary guys and a facebook page. it did not start off as an official response, but the whole city got behind it. they turnd out 100,000 people. the official response in new york has been that now is too soon. with troops like sergeant willis back from iraq but still serving in afghanistan, not now, maybe later. instead the white house is planning a gala dinner for a few hundred veterans to take place in a few weeks. before the super bowl a couple of members of iraq and afghanistan veterans of america, new yorkers, put out this video not just for a welcome home parade but a national day of action to help the troops coming back find help if they need it. today we asked glenda willis, a mom with kids that logged four tours rs one still

my name is staff sergeant danell willis. i want to say hi to my family back in brooklyn and go big blue. >> from afghanistan. after all that he was there today, if only as a picture on his mom's poster downtown. you cannot throw a ticker-tape parade, and they through a parade for americans from the gulf war. it looks like the giants ride today only with line after line of marching troops. we've heard talk of parades in other cities for veterans of our second war in iraq, but so far only the mighty mighty city of st. louis has thrown one. it started with two ordinary guys and a facebook page. it did not start off as an official response, but the whole city got behind it. they turnd out 100,000 people. the official response in new york has been that now is too soon. with troops like sergeant willis back from iraq but still serving in afghanistan, not now, maybe later. instead the white house is planning a gala dinner for a few hundred veterans to take place in a few weeks. before the super bowl a couple of members of iraq and

willie, it's news you can't use.sing weight clicked for me when i lost weight in all the right places. you know what i mean! [ laughs ] when i tried to lose weight other ways, i felt hungry all the time. on weight watchers online, i eat all day long. i loved grabbing those activity points and throwing them into my tracker. and then it adds it up for you at the end of the week so that you can earn more points for food. i never thought that way before. i lost 38 pounds with weight watchers online. i really did it. [ laughs ] [ female announcer ] join for free today. weight watchers online. finally, losing weight clicks. nyquil tylenol: we are?ylenol. you know we're kinda like twins. nyquil (stuffy): yeah, we both relieve coughs, sneezing, aches, fevers. tylenol: and i relieve nasal congestion. nyquil (stuffy): overachiever. anncr vo: tylenol cold multi-symptom nighttime relieves nasal congestion... nyquil cold & flu doesn't. what do you get when you combine the home depot with this weekend? the cure for cabin fever. be

dianne feinstein, willie brown, nancy pelosi, i can go on and on and

shoot me an e-mail or tweet me @willie geist 1. do what kendrick perkins does or text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for thursday, february 9th. a lot to tell you including big news of a $26 billion deal between the federal government and five of the country's biggest banks to help a couple million americans who owe more than their homes are worth. we'll have details on that in a live report. >>> plus, will ferrell, the guest public address announcer for the chicago bulls last nighnight it's as good as you might think it might be. you don't want to miss his descriptive introductions. >>> to the news live at 5:30 at 30 rock in new york city. mitt romney's plan to focus on the general election is on hold this morning as a resurgent rick santorum has given romney a lot to think about in this race for the republican nomination. after losing in three different states on tuesday, romney now focusing directly on his republic

willie?hat she has bradley cooper's e-mail. >> i think, no, i don't think you envy me. that's nice. thank you. >> roger bennett talk me a phase. chocolate leg is your weak

anyone who showed up, willie brown would anoint, without asking interest. and today, i announce supervisor newsom is chair of the task force i have formed. it was a difficult day. paul and i were among the many never part of this. paul started talking about this green thing. i immediately jumped up, enthusiastic about it. i was the one with the ev from saturn. i thought it was the best idea i had heard. we created a new commission out of that task force that eventually went into the mta, and now at risk and is responsible for it. paul was responsible for that. he advanced this initiative and codified his passion. we have been celebrating his tenacity, resolve, constancy, and faith in this project. paul, i want to thank you for your vision and not giving up on this. i know you have taken a lot of heat from your colleagues, others who were outraged. i want to just say, hat's off to you and the elected family of san francisco. finally, to mayor lee. my department meetings were never found. i have to acknowledge that. i would never acknowledge that as mayor. ed

change of spirit. >>> willie ness shares never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3s. 60 miles in 3 days is-- is huge. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. you just put one foot in front of the other, and you know that you're walking for such a great cause that you just keep going. (man) that you have all these people coming together for one common goal. (woman) the goal is to bring an end to breast cancer. (woman) the fund-raising was the easiest part. people were very giving. complete strangers wanting to help. if i can do this, you definitely can do this. (woman) i'll never stop walking, not till we find a cure. (woman) and it has to end, but it starts with us. i knew someday i was gonna do this walk. it is the most rewarding experience i have ever had in my entire life. we can do this. you can do this. we can all do this together. (man) register today for the... and receive $25 off your registration fee. because everyone deserves a lifetime. >>> for nearly 16 years, herb cain made everybody feel like an insider. mixed in all the column

willie refused to cave, god love him. >> willie geist, who is smarter, joe or mika? >> ow!t, tell us one embarrassing thing about brian williams that might annoy him. >> smells like bologna. >> willie geist, who is the hottest female politician right now? >> the hottest? i still have a fifth, don't i? >> you do. >> good for it. >> let's go with -- let me go off the grid a little bit and go with south carolina governor nikki haley. >> excellent. he didn't plead the fifth, everybody. willie don't care. this is an rc robotic claw. my high school science teacher made me what i am today. our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers. it has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ isn't that cool? and that's pretty cool. ♪ one chance to hunt down the right insurance at the right price. the "name your price" tool, only from progressive. ready, aim, save! grrr! ooh, i for

. >> reporter: that's what she has been for willie griffin. willie started running at the oakland p.a.l. track team when he was 4. he says there were times when he was rough on coach dixon. but steve? gave up on him -- she never gave up on him. >> always think about the support she gave me, sacrifices she made. i think about the time where she was telling me to just go home, leave practice. and everything played a part into keeping me on the straight road because she taught me discipline away from home. >> reporter: as a police officer, margaret was recognized for developing numerous community programs. adopt a family, hoops for education, read and run. she retired from the department 7 years ago and started teaching a class in criminal justice at merritt college challenging her students to serve their community. >> what do you see yourself doing to make a difference? >> reporter: and as she does on the track, she asks each student to finish what they start. >> i expect for you to put your heart in it and finish this class. whether you win or

. >> does he look rich, willie? looks like he's early for wimbledon. >> or hazing week at the university of maryland. >> listen who should talk, with us onset, senior political analyst mark haleprin and chairman of deutsch incorporated with a vest on and a shiny blue tie donny deutsch. >> mr. chairman. >> probably very slick gel in his hair, right? that doesn't naturally sit like that. >> willie mocked joe long before i piled on. and there's a lot you can work with over there, yet -- >> look at you. you're thurston howell. >> since this is the age of romney and in garb now, i'm going to start running $18 million worth 30-second attack ads against mika. we'll finish her off. >> i'm not piling on because i need a ride back to greenwich later. >> very good. what happened in florida? a week ago, we all heard the press talking about newt's momentum, the polls show newt was ahead, what happened? >> this was not inevitable. even in an unpredictable year, you run a lot of negative ads, you get the momentum back. romney ente

willie?s go to mike allen, the chief white house correspondent for politico with a look at the playbook. before we get to the results, let's talk about olympia snow. big story coming out of the senate. she's announced she will not seek reelection. what does it mean? >> well, there's two big take aways. one is republicans were pretty optimistic about taking the senate. i can tell you the republicans are more and more pessimistic about the white house. a lot of them are looking past 2012, already to 2016. so the senate was what they were hanging their hat on. also the moderates from the northeast. senator snowe was one of the last holding down the fort. >> let's talk about last night in michigan and arizona. what was your big take away, mike? >> well, our big take away is this is now a math problem for mitt romney. but he's not going to put this away. he's not going to close the deal through charm or through charisma or being bill clinton. it's starting now to be a state-to-state house-to-house

willie?> i think willie would agree, one of the greatest movies of our time. >> never gets old. >> of all time. any time. >> any time. >> that's why i went to willie because you didn't see "groundhog day." >> no, i didn't. >> mika. >> it's that bad? >> it's more than one of the great movies, it's like a deep philosophical -- it's like, you know, let's start the show over. >> from gobbler's knob? >> i like when she says gobbler's knob. >> that's like those trippers in miami. >> you're thinking of tip jar. >> tip jar. terrible. >> it's 6:00 a.m. let's stop there. >> it's a wonderful life on christmas, groundhog day on groundhog day. >> it's not even friday. >> here's the idea, mika. bill murray wakes up and he keeps doing the same thing over and over and over again. >> right. >> until he gets a chance to get his day just right. and when he gets his day just right, finally he gets to move on to february 3rd. i hope you've seen the movie at home. >> talk about a spoiler alert. >> what a silly ide

i'm joined by former mayor of san francisco willie brown.writes a column in the chronicle called "willie's world." good morning, mayor brown. >> good morning. i think the obama campaign will do exactly what mr. obama has been doing for the last several months and that is touting his successes and the challenges his administration has had to meet and how they have met those challenges and with great success. i think he will continue in that vein and that will resonate well as long as the economy keeps perking in the fashion it has been moving. >> that's the question. they say things may look better for barack obama but $5 a gallon of gas in the sum eric we saw the bailout in greece, that's done well in the stock market today, but all you need is something bad to happen in the economy and it could turn bad quick will i for the president. do you buy that? >> no, doichbt thank. i think the economy is being managed by the democrats at the white house level the way it should be managed. he's also very, very connected to the rest of the world. and