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About the same old things have not worked so far. for him to attack me, its as if you have conservative principles, ideas that actually work. it hasnt taken those who are living in poverty out of it. as you walk-through the restaurants, drive the local bus, we find people strapped. stuck in poverty. >> they said thats the fault of the far right, and thats why theyre going after you. and with the name calling that youre a dummy, youre a ventriloquist dummy, because you believe in the conservative...

This was said by that guy -- >> william barber. >> he said "of tim scott, a ventriloquist can always find a good dummy. the extreme right wing in south carolina finds a black guy to be senator and claims hes the first since reconstruction and then goes to washington and articulates the agenda of the tea party. calling tim scott a ventriloquist dummy. >> wow. >> its incredible. how do you feel if youre senator tim scott? he fired back. lets take a listen. >> pretty remarkable and absolutely ridic...

Than him and have never set foot on a football field. so you cant really hold that against him. but not everybody thinks that way. not everybody knows that. and sometimes perception unfortunately is reality. i hate to say that. >> thats what im worried about. >> youre referring to the guys that are all drinking beer, rooting these guys to knock each others heads off. right? >> yeah. >> and now they have a problem with how he responded, the fact that he was that passionate and his emotions took o...

About the same old things have not worked so far. for him to attack me, its as if you have conservative principles, ideas that actually work. it hasnt taken those who are living in poverty out of it. as you walk-through the restaurants, drive the local bus, we find people strapped. stuck in poverty. >> they said thats the fault of the far right, and thats why theyre going after you. and with the name calling that youre a dummy, youre a ventriloquist dummy, because you believe in the conservative...

Well, the issue is not so much being conservative. the issue is the character of the policies and how they impact people. in our movement that we built, 16% of the people are republican but they dont agree with extremism and dont agree with policies that go after voting rights, the policies that undermine education and policies that undermine health care for all people. thats not about liberal. thats not about conservative. its about whats right and whats wrong. its about whats moral and immoral...

Jim scott now responding to william barb erias comments. he says this a ventriloquist can always find a good dummy. the extreme right wing down here finds a black guy to be senator and claims hes the first black senator since reconstruction. senator scott was on the kelly file to talk about harpers outrageous words. >> what we are hearing is baseless rhetoric about the same old things that have not worked so hard. for him to attack me it is as if you have conservative principles and ideas that a...

>> that was the only thing they know. heres my question -- so 75 years ago, there was a ventriloquist on the radio. was that skill necessary back then? wasnt it just a guy going. >> you are on the radio. how does that work? >> just a guy doing two different voices? >> did he even hold a dummy unless it was before a live studio audience? >> that might be the case. >> almost sounds like juggling on the radio. >> yes. look at the ball go. >> look at them go. >> the guys having a smoke. coming up,...

>> reporter: orson welles had shaken the country without knowing it was possible. >> a story about a mythical invasion by monsters from the planet mars. had a profound effect on radio listeners. >> reporter: what welles did is say boo on the radio and america actually jumped. ned potter, abc news, grovers mill, new jersey. >> amazingly much more innocent time. this is an awesome point down here. apparently the number-one show that night was not "war of the worlds" but an nbc show. it was charlie...

Another place this afternoon is parts of the plains and middle mississippi valley, even parts of the tennessee valley. were talking severe weather possible. damaging wind, hail, isolated tornadoes are possible. heed the warnings if you live across the center of the country later on today. lets head back inside. >> steve: we should point out its national hot dog day. >> thats why we have hot dogs back here. were handing them out throughout the morning. so stop on by. >> steve: allall right. >> gr...

That didnt like having fun. now its the left. they are going after charity concerts. they are going after charlie brown. they are going after the nativity scenes. anything that involves families. i wouldnt call it a war on christmas. so much as a war on fun stuff do you around christmas. >> bill: mcguirk, they are denying on the left, many of them, our pal jon stewart being among them, that there is any war on christmas at all. im making it all up. im fab brie calgt. i actually think im like jef...