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And building up a fan base. ♪ blame it all on my roots i showed up in my boots ♪ ♪ and ruined your black tie affair ♪ >> when they asked people their favorite singer, number one in the nation was garth brooks. are you surprised by that? >> yes, sir. i guess my family knew they would be asking the questions and got there before they did. ♪ i got friends in low places ♪ where the whiskey drowns and the beer chases my blues away ♪ >> living in mississippi, country was a huge part of m...

He was still buying into the whole zeitgeist of that war, the men who were his colleagues, in the state department, were loving the whole scene of the danger, the risk, the adventure. almost like being in a john wayne movie or something like that. >> i think a lot of people want to join the marines to see if theyre up to it. never been able to throw a hardball, couldnt play with guns. i wanted to be a soldier, so the marines were a chance to do that. i think i was the only first lieutenant in th...

Like catherine hepburn. >> bringing up baby. you and your dog. >> do i get to answer? >> yes, jump in. >> i didnt think you wanted to. >> dont decorate the house. >> [laughing] >> thats what i will go home to tonight. i think sterling in "silence of the lamb," and shes cool. >> you want to play a female lead? >> is that a problem? >> no. >> i will play john wayne. "dirty harry." thats better. >> what is the one thing you hate about being on tv? nothing! >> i dont like the makeup. it takes a long...

American who actually led america through 9/11 pretty well. >> its fascinating the ethics adviser that resigned from the trump administration responded to his tweet. its okay that you had fun golfing but the presidency is not supposed to be for profit. so no more spectacular. >> john wanted to listen again to donald trumps robo call. he found it interesting. >> i did. lets listen. >> hi. this is president trump, and i need alabama to go vote for roy moore. roy moore is the guy we need to pass ou...

This isnt real. even if its just a portion of that, its enough. its enough for it to sew doubt among people who are maybe on the fence about this. >> and actually all the focus on the accusations, the women, the yearbooks, has taken away from the rest of the roy moore story which is corroborated as on the record and could help people lead alabama into the future as opposed to sticking with roy moore. but the distraction has been the accusations. >> same roy moore who, this weekend we found out, ...

We have a new segment here. its a yuletide segment. we hope you like it. >> a very drump christmas? >> no. >> you can download on it spotify. its so good. just say, alexa, play a very drumps christmas. >> we listen to it on a loop at my house. >> we have a new segment here. this is about when public figures whose salary now pay actually advertise for presidential golf courses and resorts and facilities. lets go over to whatever that desk is called with john right now. he has a tweet from this we...

During the 2016 primaries was when donald trump came out in south carolina, defending planned parenthood. donald trump defended planned parenthood when he was campaigning in south carolina. and had a massive victory there. now people in alabama are saying they cant vote for doug jones because he supports organizations like planned parenthood. and what it shows is that we no longer vote based on issues. we dont vote on ideas or ideology. we vote based on symbols. >> tribe. >> and tribe and symbol...

Overtaken by westerns in the 1950s, and all these guys were these rugged heros. >> am i breaking the law? am i doing something wrong? >> just your being here is wrong. >> i was growing up in the 50s. at that point in america, we were feeling so muscular after world war ii and that the american way of life was the only way of life and the best way of life. >> truth, justice, and the american way. >> there were these expectations, since we had won the war and we had acted heroically and all of tha...

Hes a democrat turned republican in the height of the clinton administration. how significant do you think that may be in telling other republicans even maybe just establishment republicans its okay to vote for the democrat this one time? >> joe, talking to dozens of voters, suburban republicans in places like huntsville and mobile, you get the sense this is a fiercely republican state but also a fiercely proud state and theyre embarrassed, some of the republicans by the candidacy of roy moore, ...

Voters are facing. do they want -- is the supreme court so important that you would vote for someone who on every other measure you would not trust to watch your kids? and apparently a lot of voters have decided that. theres that great line in the psalms about put not thigh try in princes. what a lot of people in 2016 going forward have done have decided the prince is actually more important than the principles that they otherwise live by. >> all right. john, robert, thank you both for being on ...