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Their products. do celebrities influence voters? >> voters dont want to think hollywood slibs are telling them how to vote. their expertise is completely outside the political world. >> that doesnt mean they are not valuable? >> people that do interested in those are not on politico websites. but when they see them endorsements they are paying attention more. >> kid rock appearance drives turnout and generates coverage. >> candidates surround themselves with people from outside the political wor...

People from outside the political world in order to enhance their own credibility. >> every president inherits challenges. >> reporter: which helps explain why the president asked morgan freeman to narrate this ad and mitt romney recruited clint eastwood. while romney attracts his share of stars the edge goes to obama, with heavyweights like george clooney and jay-z and beyonce helping him raise $20 million. >> when you see celebrities come out for political events, it definitely brings a differ...

On the vice presidential debate making fun of joe bidens frequent laughs and interruptions and paul ryans complaint about it. >> i know youre under a lot of duress to make up from lost ground, i think the people would be better served if he didnt keep interrupting. >> you dont scare me, shark eyes. that >> thats your morning dish of politics. and now heres your "first look" at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow closed at 13,328 after adding two points friday. the s&p was down four....

I think thats the official theme song for thursday. for those who simply cant wait for thursday nights vice-presidential debate, there was a little something to ease their cravings over the weekend. >> that was, of course, the debate between cable tvs heavyweights bill oreilly and jon stewart. abcs reena ninan has the blow by blow. >> were weeks from being worse than the united states, even greece. and the way to solve it is to kill big bird. >> reporter: its the debate this election season that...

>> no. >> okay. megyn: so did ms. warren practice law without a license, and what would the consequences of that be? joey jackson and mercedes cohen, fox news legal analysts. william jacobson comes out with this allegation saying, let me tell you, she did it, and its a violation of law, and then you have some legal heavyweights who know and like ms. warren coming out and saying hes completely off base, its not true, and now professor jacobson is coming out and saying, it is true, and not backing...

And theyre sounding dejected maybe. whens your read on massachusetts? >> well, exactly. i think if you asked democrats a year ago, they would say it would have been over by labor day. they underestimated scott browns appeal to massachusetts voters and underestimated elizabeth warrens, you know, performance as a first-time candidate. she has made some rookie errors. think eve been hard to fix. and then there have been a lot of questions about the tone of her ads. so i think this is a very competi...

Entig entitlement and didnt run it as according the american people. she became a much, much better candidate when she became the underdog. the first part of the campaign when it was hers to lose when she lost it. >> she was dynamite in new hampshire. >> she was dynamite in new hampshire and after new hampshire. she really tore those primaries on fire and really made her case. so i would never want her to go into it in 2016 with a sense of entitlement. the american people want to be asked for th...

Obama out to greet him for that big thing. that will be in all the papers tomorrow. that double shot. >> the big hug. two alpha males out there. >> two heavyweights. minute is the natural. we said it in the 90s and this is true now. youve been doing this a long time. can you think of an expresidential speech that was this good or had this much potential for impact? i cant. this guy is even better than he was and he gave all the obama people a tutorial in how to talk about themselves. how to talk...

Bill clintons speech. cut i up into parts. each individual defense of policy and they will e-mail that to every other surrogate going out on the road. bill clinton just put on a clinic. he explained complicated policy in ways the ordinary guy, the ordinary woman could understand and he explained, i think, some of the issues people have been concerned about. jobs, where are we on jobs? he explained how we got here and he explained what president obama has done and he explained why it would have b...

Were back now with my conversation with two hollywood heavyweights. theyre both creatively at the top of their game, both oscar winners, produced in, starred in hollywoods biggest blockbusters. in our wide ranging discussion, they shared views about same sex marriage, presidential politics, and fairness. both talked about what they think the country and whats going on in the country and why its so divided. and told me what they think politicians can do to bring people together. listen to jamie ....