>> it's part of the job description. >> i get coffee. i shine shoes. >> what the hell are you doing, calling this early in the morning? it is not. were you watching at the top of the show? oh, my god, are you kidding? you have to watch the beginning of the show. seriously. why weren't you in your office? oh, i see. you get coffee, is that it? yeah, i've got to prepare the next hour here. so to lie, you know. we been through too many elections, right? all right, i'll do it. i will see later. watch the beginning of the show. all right. hey, that was -- that was brian lamb, and he wasn't watching at the top of the show, dammit, but is going to go back and watch it on tape. how many times do we need a lemon, and i think -- i think he was afraid to watch at the top of the show. all right. so let's review here what we are doing. okay, first, oh, right. >> do you want them now or later? >> i guess later. was the update? illinois, right? we could use both of those, washington state. alaska -- >> we didn't get -- >> i like that. but -- well, you know, we could probably speak to you -- >> sneak some calls in. >> let's do it. so three minutes and we are ba back. >> teater, but do we want to get into we need to do a low bit -- what time do we want to get out? [inaudible] >> so we need -- a little more than just an update. >> i think you could probably sneak some calls in. >> yeah. >> i would do a couple of update things, take five minutes, and then take two calls and then out. >> i want to get in -- well, so for outside, we will focus on mcconnell, right? >> yeah, i think so. >> and what you can negotiate with this guy. >> thanks for holding, your first name? you've already got some calls to work with. >> all right. but the other thing we can do is that the nile, benard to now, i like that clip. -- denial boehner clip. >> all right, 30 seconds. >> i don't see how i'm going to do this. >> whatever you want. >> all right. >> there's cameras all over this damn place. i'll hide under the desk. [inaudible] >> hey, mom, we're on television. i feel like the crowd outside of the today show, you know? everyone is waiting. >> and only slightly less obnoxious. >> i need a big sign. good morning, everybody. it's the bill press show. good to see today. friday, november 5, the bill press show. we are live coast-to-coast all the way across this great country of our starting out right here in our nation's capital, washington, d.c., just down the street from united states capitol building. that's what you will find us here in our little radio factory and book factory on capitol hill. the bill press show this friday edition. good to have you with us, and thank you so much for joining us, all of our regular listeners and wherever you happen to be, and today all of our viewers from c-span. c-span to cover and the show today. could have you onboard as well. welcome, welcome, welcome to our studio here on capitol hill. big news yesterday on the financial front. the fed said they will pump some more money into the economy, but some more money and wall street liked it. the dow shot up 219-point yesterday. my 401(k) was excited. that means the market is back to where it was or the first time now, back to as high as it was he for the crash in october of 2008. good news on the economic front. the economy is bouncing back. if you want to give us a call, look forward to your calls at any time on any topic, 866-55-press, -- i have to distinguish that that's the democrat line, 866-55-press. or for c-span today we have three separate lines. the independent line is 86655 press. all put together, thanks to a regular press team europe, peter auburn. you're running the new york marathon? >> no, i'm not running the new york marathon. i am thinking about it next year however. >> new york city? >> i am. >> why that would? >> why not? >> you should do the san francisco marathon spent i'm thinking about doing these efforts is the triathlon next year. >> you have to swim and seven cisco bay to work for that one. that's a rough crossing. i mean, i've done it so many times. [laughter] >> but i will tell you who is running in your city marathon this year, which is astounding is one of the miners who was rescued down in chile after being underground for three months or whatever it was. he went up yesterday and it turns out he is not only a runner, he is also an elvis fan. his name is edison. ♪ return to sender ♪ address unknown. >> they are the only four words of english he knows. >> that's the only english he spoke. address unknown. >> that's all the english he spoke. an amazing that after all that time he still has the strength to run like that. >> i think dan reported it yesterday. he ran six miles in that cave. >> underground every day. i can just picture him running in a little circle over and over again calculating six miles. >> how many turns is one mile? also check out the website as always. low-pressure.com. -- billpressshow.com. if you haven't already done so, there you go. order your copy of toxic talk, my new book on how the radical right has poisoned america's airwaves. somebody said yesterday this book, we should have done it online and just added more toxic talk everyday because there's more toxic talk coming from rush limbaugh and michael savage and sean hannity and glenn beck and all the rest. it's all summed up here. toxic talk just go to the website, billpressshow.com, tell us how you want assigned your we will sign one and get it out you right away. coming up later senator byron dorgan will the industry with us the next hour, and also congressman chris van hollen from montgomery county, maryland who was the chair of the democratic congressional campaign committee with insight on what the hell happened on tuesday. but first -- >> other headlines, 7-eleven, they're hoping to cash in on the joke president obama made saying he wanted a slurpee summit with the new republican leadership that they want to make it happen. a spokeswoman said we don't want to be opportunistic but nothing has ever been this big for the slurpee. they've offered to bring red and blue slurpees, and even throw in some purple ones. when you mix the red and blue together. >> i've got it, i'm not a purple. >> it's been around for 44 yea years. >> the president said slurpees our diligence. they are good. nothing wrong with a slurpee. >> if you're stoned out of your cord and there's nothing else. >> i think they're good if you're 10 years old. >> john boehner said slurpees summit? i would rather have a glass of merlot. >> i have a better idea, merlot slurpee. think about it. >> lady gaga is getting waxed in a different places. she will be replicated in wax. >> waxed in one place. >> you can see her at a different wax locations across the world started on december 9. each one sporting one of her different outrageous outfits. you can find them in london, berlin, new york, hollywood, new york, shanghai and hong kong. >> i don't like starting this hour with lady gaga getting waxed. if you delay gets squeezed -- [laughter] >> if you easily get squeamish in movies you don't want to be 147 hours this weekend. it's a new film, starring the true story of that rock climber who resort to self abdication to free himself from a boulder pinned his arm in a candid. he was that there for five days back in 2003. many viewers got sick in the movie because it was so realistic they had to leave the movie and couldn't return. >> this is truly a movie i want to go see. what a good time watching his men cut his arm off. >> true story. the movie i want to see is i got an invitation last night a special screening here in washington, d.c., for client number nine, it's a movie about eliot spitzer. i'm going to that. >> make sure to wear your trenchcoat. >> the timing is perfect, right? a documentary about eliot spitzer and client number nine at the mayflower comes out just two weeks after the new show, parker spitzer debuts on cnn, which by the way to such a disaster it and going to last. your phone calls again, 866-55-press. we been talking this morning especially about whether or not the message, of the midterm elections, is that the voters review the eighth all the policies of barack obama. that's what republicans are claiming, that's the message. so, therefore, just be honest and say i'm sorry, we're going to undo everything we did, just pull the plug and there's no more health care, reform, no more credit card reforms, no more student loan reforms, no more lilly ledbetter act. it's all gone because you repeated it. that's what the republicans say. how about you, 866-55-press. back to calls and justice act, but meanwhile, this little update on the political front, easy republicans got all their wins on tuesday night. democrats are a little smarter. they are stretching this out. and there were things i decided on tuesday but yesterday we learned that michael bennet is, in fact, the new senator, the next senator from colorado. yesterday we learned that pat quinn is, in fact, reelected as governor of illinois. good news for democrats. and we also learn that patty murray is now confirmed in fact, reelected as the democratic senator from washington state. she was happy to accept yesterday. >> i'm just grateful for this tremendous opportunity so i want to thank all the photos. and a want to thank mr. rossi who was gracious, called me just a while ago to congratulate me. i never want to thank him and his family. i know what a sacrifice it is. >> and patty said -- shut that kid up a -- patty says by the way, i want health care. she's not a vote for repeal. >> we move forward on health care reform. it is very important to do. we will now see what republicans have to offer, but i will say this. i am not putting our families back at risk again. >> good for you, good for her, and glad she is back in there. and alaska still -- know, no resolution there. they say they will speed up and check out all the write-in votes but lisa murkowski looks like we'll walk away and come back to washington as the incumbent senator, reelected, no thanks to republican party, reelected to a writing campaign. unfortunate scott mcadams, a democrat, still hanging behind in third place. and sarah palin, well, she's back, at least back on late-night television. tina fey was the guest of david letterman last night, andy astor, can you still do a mean sarah? >> issues access as he these days, all her mama grizzlies are winning. [laughter] >> and they are busting through. busting through the glass ceiling. [laughter] >> the mama grizzlies are going to washington and they're going to blitz their picnic table, dave. and they're going to go through that garbage. [applause] >> they're going to have to tie your food to a treat. >> sort of like dana carvey will always be daddy bush. she will always be sarah palin. and, finally, people get back to your calls, john bennett again yesterday telling diane sawyer that barack obama just doesn't get it. americans re-tee eight, or repudiate, depending on how you say it, his policies. here is boehner. >> there seems to be something out on the part of the president and other democrat leaders. the message -- >> no. john boehner, award is democratic leaders, democratic party. if your speaker had to speak the english language, dude. angela is calling from, arkansas called callbacks that i'm up in holland, missouri now. >> host: you're driving. good morning, good morning. >> caller: i don't think there is a message. but the party in power always loses seats at midterm elections. it's not a repeat asia and. >> host: a special in a economy is bad. the incumbent party always does. >> caller: and dana is going to act like it is. would i be a terrible geek if i told you all i see is -- [inaudible] >> host: well, it's interesting what people do think of when they hear boehner, or see the 10 men, or the orangemen. gavin is calling from lonetree, colorado. >> caller: good morning. >> host: thank you. >> caller: you know what, you were referring to the idiocy of the voters, that a colorado coat -- court we have mail in ballot and i just pulled straight ticket all the way. i think that was wrong. it was just for convenience and efficiency. i didn't have time to do it. and i think this is how people are inclined to vote. >> host: so i don't understand that it would've been just as efficient to pull a straight democratic ballot. i mean, why did you pull a straight ballot one or the other side? just because you're too lazy? >> caller: pretty much so. >> host: all right, gavin, at least you admit it. i would hope that most americans would put a little more thought into their ballots, either ballot initiatives or candidates, whether at the local level or the state level. more calls coming up, 866-55-press. >> the bill press show continues. >> i'm not used to such honesty. >> yeah. why did he even bother, why did he even bother to call and tell us that? >> why did he bother to vote? i just want to call and say i am a stupid -- >> i'm just an idiot, a jerk. you said voters are idiots and i just want to call and let you know that you're right. [laughter] >> there's a lot of us idiots out there. and we're here for you, gavin. >> clips? >> oh, shoot. yeah. >> clip number five, his name is john largent. explains why -- john. explains why he moves the referees. >> in tennessee, right? >> right. clip number four, carl walks off of an interview. remember, this is in response of him calling -- >> the little girl? >> clip number three, michael steele on tuesday. >> is that 37? >> clip number two, john boehner crying. clip number one, -- >> wait a minute. okay. >> it's the one from tuesday night. and then clip number one is bill clinton campaigning for john by jerry where his wife goes into labor. >> he got a baby anyhow. >> okay. so to have time for anything else? >> we might. i do first clips and then jump into a call. >> okay. ♪ >> oh, shoot, do you know what? >> what's up? >> i mean, i should've asked dan to do a coffee run -- >> they have donuts and there? >> wide? get out. >> come on. he didn't give any to us. screw them. >> all right. >> i'm kidding. here he comes with a dose. i'm totally kidding. >> do you guys have coffee? >> no. >> do you want some? we have a great coffee shop downstairs but i will buy you a round of coffee. >> and tell him i will pay him back. just find out what they want. who wants coffee? coffee? one coffee. can you grab one -- >> tell them brian lamb is paying donuts and coffee. >> cool, thanks. >> kelvin brian is paying. >> he's going to jump back down again. >> okay. all right. clips and after clips calls if you want. >> okay, good. >> here we go. >> i'm ready. >> you've got a telephone is out of the our the bill press show. how about it? sunday, check your local listing. i'm going to be on the michael auslin group with john maclachlan. it's your number one. hasn't changed all these years. should be a lot of fun. i always enjoy doing that show so check it out on sunday morning. meanwhile, here we are on a friday. ♪ >> and as all of the regular listeners know, and now our c-span audience will know as will on a friday we always kick back and look back at our weekly file and pick their favorite soundbite of the week. we start at the bottom and work away up to the top. we start the day with a guy down in tennessee. he wasn't happy with the referees call of his son's football game. his name was john largent, so he turned around and moved to the ref. yours what. >> number five. >> i told him he was crazy. and he proceeded to throw yet one more flag. i told him he might as well throw a flag at this, and i moved him. >> throw a flag at this. full moon. full moon over tennessee, i've got today, ugly site. carl paladino, the big loser in more ways than one in new york state. he was asked by reporters about his comment calling kirsten gillibrand chuck schumer's little girl. karl not happy. he walks out, number four. >> you think little girl as a sex extent but to make? >> you could make it whatever you want, kristin. >> so you don't think it's sexist? >> absolutely not. >> a number of republicans are telling us that due to your behavior and remarks space are we going to talk issues or am i leaving you right now? >> i think this is about issues. some of the comments you made say that you're not capable of running -- >> yeah, he says i'm going to take my baseball bat and go home. michael steele, this was before tuesday, how many seats would you have to win to declare victory? >> we need 39. if we get 39 seats and take the majority, that success. if we get 37 seats, that's success. >> john boehner was so overcome with success that he showed it, number two. >> i spent my whole life chasing the american dream. >> yeah. [applause] >> hey, boehner, man up as all i've got today. and bill clinton has an unusual interruption to a speech he is getting for candidate, john. >> ohio has cut its dropout rate among the kids. we have -- >> my wife is having a baby. >> the baby is now being born. tell him goodbye. [laughter] >> bill clinton could handle it. we have time for a quick word from john out in washington. hello, john. alcala good morning, bill. hey, these band audience. i was just going to say that president obama needs to come when he talks to mitch mcconnell and these republican leaders, i hope he doesn't -- does it live on cam and i hope he points out the fact that they are liars, and i hope he uses the word liar. >> host: you know what books i would love to see that, john. i hope that c-span cameras just like their here this morning in that meeting and the president called him out and say you are the ones that block everything i tried to do this year. more calls coming up. >> this is the bill press show. stay tuned for a special announcement to learn how you can get a four night car but will -- for night a carnival cruise for free. >> what's the question? >> boy, washington, 4:30 in the morning. watching c-span. >> did you get these guys coffee? >> yeah. >> peter? so the question is, i want to focus on the compromise question, right? especially in light of -- but that mcconnell -- we don't actually have been saying for one term, do we? >> no. >> hipeter? you don't have give saying that the message was work together? >> not from yesterday, no. >> i do have the obama from the press conference from wednesday where he says moving forward together. let me let you hear that. >> yeah. >> all right, that's good. let's do that, and -- good. >> just that one? >> i think so. >> we will start out with a call bank. >> here we go. >> thirty-three minutes after the hour the bill press show, coming live coast-to-coast from a radio studio here on capitol hill, washington, d.c.. our nation's capital. and going out to you live coast-to-coast this morning both on the radio airwaves and on c-span, c-span2, and we welcome all of our friends joining us maybe for the first time here on c-span2. if you have you onboard. talking about the big issues of the day. this section we go outside the beltway because we devote the next half-hour to your calls. and the telephone number of cores, 866-55-press. unlike c-span, actually where you don't have to know three different telephone numbers. they make it so complicated over on c-span. and then you also have to identify yourself as a republican or an independent or democrat. i mean, we are more egalitarian here at the bill press show. we have one number, 866-55-press. welcome your calls. and what i want to ask you today is really whether or not the president should try to compromise with republicans. is that the message of tuesday? he seems to indicate that's what he took away. you he was wednesday at 11 a.m. news conference which i attended in the east room of the white house. >> i told john boehner and mitch mcconnell last night