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Call it negative. its mainly me. i dont talk about the news. im a victim o. f the news. >> the country was ready for something different. its almost like mort sahl led a revolution that people didnt know they needed. >> are you a bad guy. >> im a western union messenger, sometimes theres bad news in the wire. >> mort sahl influenced lenny bruce, richard pryor. bob hope with his large writing staff influenced the format of the late night comedy shows. >> heres johnny. >> its going to be a good ni...

It was in action. it was ineptitude. it was a fact that we dont have a true health care system as much as a sick care system. it was the inequities that were unmasked with all of this. i thought about this a lot, anderson. we work in a system and dedicate our whole lives to help save lives. its very hard to believe that this many have died and so many of the deaths are preventable. >> that didnt have to happen. thats especially true now. i want to talk about the bill that is being reported a lot...

Shows. >> heres johnny! >> going to be a good night. i just saw bob hope back stage. we were talking. you know, it is really a wonderful thrill standing next to one of the greatest comedians in the entire world and im sure bob appreciates it. >> if youre looking for not just a take on the news but the actual news because i wasnt reading anything other than the sports and the comics johnny carson was where you would go. >> and i saw the headline in "the national enquirer" this week and the headli...

Channel: a memoir of american diplomacy and the case for its renewal." thank you for being here. >> rachel, its great to be here. >> this is not very diplomatic. you were speaking in very blunt terms. >> no. and i didnt write those words lightly either. weve seen a lot of highs and lows and im deeply worried today. not just about the hollowing out of my old institution, but about the fact that the united states is digging a deep hole for itself in a very competitive and complicated international...

To russia. hes got more than 30 years of experience in the u.s. foreign service. joining us now is ambassador burns. he is currently the president of the carnegie endowment for international peace. he is also author of "the back channel: a memoir of american diplomacy and the case for its renewal." thank you for being here. >> rachel, its great to be here. >> this is not very diplomatic. you were speaking in very blunt terms. >> no. and i didnt write those words lightly either. weve seen a lot o...

Customer, the pomost classified unique investigation for the president. it is for him to make decisions. so we knew he wasnt reading it. as you said they reported that a year ago. now were finding from the recently leaked schedules he has had 17 briefings in 85 days. he is not availing himself of this informs gaation gatoring apparatus. it is very difficult to convince him when he is wrong and when they want to show him they established something, russian election interference, if he doesnt want...

>> the country was led for something different. mort sal led a revolution people didnt even know they needed. >> im a western messener, but i only work at the office. >> mort sal influenced this whole generation of coffee house comedians like lenny bruce, richard pryor, george carlin, whereas bob hope with his large writing staff influenced the format of the late night comedy show. >> heres johnny! >> it will be a good night. i just saw bob hope as we were talking. its a wonderful thrill standin...

>> he doesnt care. >> i know. yeah. its something else. >> would you vote for him or would you just use him as entertainment value? >> yeah. well, im liberal, so i wouldnt be voting for him for president, but i do get a kick out of him. >> yeah. its true. charlie sheen says he wants to be his running mate who he would have a truther and a berther together. >> i was actually thinking charlie sheen is sort of someone else that, you know, so many actors and me probably included when you see them at...

And by rule. >> well, this week were learning the nsa might have broken into google and yahoo data centers gathering users account information and maybe e-mails. in the hot seat for reaction, glenn greenwald, hes the journalist who broke the news on the nsa snooping scandal. welcome, glenn. president obama guaranteed, guaranteed the nsa wasnt reading our e-mails. the "washington post" reported that they infiltrated google and yahoo centers so they could in fact read the e-mails. do you think pre...

Them ready to help. we anticipate the president will hold true to his word and help us work with fema to ensure much-needed assistance reaches the community of west. joining us now is the mayor of west, texas. how are you. what was your first response to the news of no more funding from fema? >> well, i guess my first response was shock. little bit of anger there and disappointment. more disappointment, i guess, than anything. >> were you surprised? >> i then called my contact in washington with...