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We just went online and found round trip plane tickets from washington, d.c. to los angeles we are $600. good deal. how does american spend $800,000 flying our defense secretary back and forth to his west coast home? president obama making a late night tv appearance later. a couple of them this week in an effort to connect with young voters. why he needs to do that, and why critics think it is no laughing matter for a sitting president to hit the comedy circuit. >> i want to issue a quick spoile...

student debt. one in three for the gop. john boehner sounding the alarm saying theres a one in three chance they could lose control of the house. secret wiring, listening devices. were not talking cia but football. new orleans saints general manager under fire this morning over allegations he eavesdropped on rival coaches. still on duty. a shocking turnaround, sanford police chief bill lee tries to resign and is denied. outcry and disappointment from trayvon martins family has a ...

Back to "hardball." now for the sideshow. first up, thank your lucky stars. thats not what a lot of republican voters are thinking when they think of the choices for the presidential candidates. for those in the comedy circuit, its pure gold. a gold mine, if you will. hollywood veteran david steinberg who directed "seinfeld" and "curb your enthusiasm" appeared with steve carell last night. what trio does he think has a place in presidential politics? >> this is a gift from god to comedians from ...

>> bill: american people are being set up. its poke, poke. youre a dad. if you spank your kids or discipline kids whark is the first thing do you after you discipline them? >> make them watch your show. >> bill: that is what you do? you hug them. >> yes. yes. >> i hug them for days. only making you watch this for your own good. that is what you do. america just got spanked okay? a lot of americans feel like wait a minute, what happened? they dont listen. we feel like weve been spanked whachl sho...

>> bill: american people are being set up. its poke, poke. youre a dad. if you spank your kids or discipline kids whark is the first thing do you after you discipline them? >> make them watch your show. >> bill: that is what you do? you hug them. >> yes. yes. >> i hug them for days. only making you watch this for your own good. that is what you do. america just got spanked okay? a lot of americans feel like wait a minute, what happened? they dont listen. we feel like weve been spanked whachl sho...

The american people are being set up. its poke, poke, poke, poke, poke. you are a dad. if you spank your kids our discipline your kids. whats the first thing do you after you discipline them? >> bill: make them watch your show. [ laughter ] >> thats what you do to discipline them? you hug them afterwards. >> bill: yes. hug them for days. >> im only making you watch this for your own good. thats what you do. america just got spanked, okay? america, a lot of americans feel like, wait a minute, wha...

Mandate, theres an erosion of freedom. when you have in an government-centered economy like president obama has put forward is fewer jobs, stagnant incomes, higher prices for gas and electricity. >> i think sometimes you listen to the romney campaign and they think a lot of people in this country are stupid, david, their message is you didnt clean up our mess fast enough. weve had 11 consecutive months of positive economic growth. 25 consecutive months of positive private-sector job growth. >> t...

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