jimmy williams is with us, an msnbc analyst. jimmy, your reaction to seeing this? >> well, the beginning of that footage right there, had those barriers not been there, that woman would have been able to drive literally up the graduated steps straight up to the capitol steps. those were put in after 9/11, they did their job. those are massive steel pilings put into the ground, and so what we did after 9/11 to secure the capitol complex worked today. our precautions actually worked and that's a great thing. what did not work i think is when you see her go around that monument and then she goes back up and then she takes a right up constitution avenue, there are massive metal plates that are supposed to come up, and there's no way she got all the way up past the capitol building up to the supreme court without going over two or three of those metal barriers. so those didn't come up. i assume that by the time she got up to the supreme court, that there's a set of barriers there that those did come up and that's why she was stopped. it looks like after 9/11 everything

that is a very scary place to be. >> jimmy williams, last question to you because you're not wearing a bow tie. >> i'm a little sad about that. >> i'm sorry, guys. >> don't let it happen again. >> i like that. krystal pointed out we had a debt ceiling standoff in 2011, we just had a standoff over this and horrific things happens, stock market went to historic lows. it seems to me a bit strange now we have default or debt ceiling deniers when we have evidence of just threatening the thing is painful enough. >> listen, they can deny it all they want. happy people are birthers. what i do pay attention to are markets. i watch what markets do and like history. when apple looked at what happened in the markets in 2011 when we didn't go over but came close, that tells us something. there's a bigger problem here and that's something not being addressed, the issue of bonds. when you were young, if you're a genx er or mill lennial, you're in high risk markets, stock markets, if you're getting closer to retirement, guess what most of yours is in, low risk, those are bonds. guess what happens if

joining me now are joe madison and jimmy williams. thank you both for being here. >> thank you, reverend sharpton. >> jimmy, 25 years since the willie horton ad, you remember the ad. how important was it? >> i absolutely remember it, and i was a -- let's see. i was a junior in college. i actually can't believe i admitted that on air, but i do remember. and it was pretty striking to think that that was being played across the country. it was especially striking in the south. the south at that point was solidly republican, but there were definitely pockets of democrats still down there. and that ad alone changed the course of that race. it absolutely changed the course. it made white americans, especially white southerners, raise an eyebrow and think we can't have a man from massachusetts releasing, quote, black criminals all across the country and letting them rape our white women and children. that was the point of that ad. that's exactly what that was. now, i would like to take that and sort of put it here today and think of it from

joining me now is jimmy williams and joe madison. thank you both for being here. >> thank you. thank you. >> jimmy, it seems that the frustration and the hatred towards this president was on disturbing display. a confederate flag rally. what's your take? >> i'm from the south. i'm from south carolina. i got to be honest with you, that is one of the most offensive thing i've seen in my life. first of all, that guy in my opinion is trailer trash. i don't know where he's from, but he needs to go back and stay there. he can fly his flag at his house. that's fine. but to take that flag and fly it in front of the white house that has in it the first african-american president of this country is patently offensive. it is blatantly racist and has zero to do with southern pride. i have ancestors that fought in that war, the civil war. they died for their cause. guess what, they lost. i'm over it. the south needs to get over it. and that to me is one of the most awful things i've seen in the five i can't have years of barack obama's presidency. >> jimmy, let me ask you. there were republ

news and world report, jonathan capehart of the "washington post" and msnbc contributor jimmy williams. jonathan, if i might begin with you, grover norquist, the president of americans for tax reform, compared the shutdown to the iraq war. he says the people who brought you the shutdown are the same people who said plan: step one, invade iraq. step two, it turns into kansas. could i ask if there's anything between step one and step two oh ye of little faith? what do you think of that? >> well, it's amazing to me that people actually in the house actually believed senator cruz and senator lee when they told them that if you lead the charge to repeal, delay, defund obama care, we will deliver the votes for you in the united states senate to make it happen. and no one in the house thought to think that -- thought to ask the question how is that going to be possible when democrats control the senate. and if by some miracle this were to happen, a democrat controls the white house, who under no circumstances would even sign that bill into law. that's what i'm trying to figure out. who were t

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and they're not going to give up. >> can i ask, jimmy williams, my old buddy, what i'm hearing -- i don't know what you're hearing from various staff people, but we're all on the phone talking to them. what i'm hearing is the shoin is going to go on for at least another week. eventually the c.r. is going to roll into the debt ceiling. in fact, in fact, paul ryan's staff is now organizing some early talks for next week because on october 17th you -- the debt ceiling is busted. and it takes a week to just get the technicals in line. i don't see, jimmy, how you can stop the shutdown from rolling into the debt ceiling. you tell me if i'm wrong. >> i'm going to confirm once again larry kudlow's -- we must be talking to the same staffers. i was in the senate yesterday. talked to a stop staffer on the senate side and counterpart on the democratic side and they both said, we're not getting through this until the 17th because, again, boehner has a caucus he cannot control. i will say this about what boehner could do, and i'm not being a partisan on this, 18 of his own caucus members have said they

jimmy williams, thanks so much, jimmy, for walking with us through today's broadcast and thank you for watching. of course, "the ed show" will pick up our breaking news coverage of the shooting on capitol hill right now. ed, over to you. >>> good evening, americans, and welcome to "the ed show." we begin with breaking news of another shooting in washington, d.c. it unfolded shortly after 2:00 p.m. a woman attempted to ram her car through a date at the white house at 15th and e streets. the secret service pursued the suspect roughly 12 blocks to 1st and constitution where the suspect hit a police car. the chase then went on for another two blocks where shots were fired at 2nd and maryland near the senate hart building. at that point the woman was shot and killed by u.s. capitol police. this afternoon vermont senator bernie sanders described the situation near the hart senate office building. >> we heard what seemed to be four shots. >> you were also with two senators. [ inaudible question ] >> i don't believe that i have seen -- [ inaudible ]. >> so it was four or five shots. do you rem

let's bring in jimmy williams and robert traynham. robert is a former senior adviser to president george w. bush. good to see both of you. exciting day there in the beltway, huh? >> sure. >> jim, you're just laughing there. jimmy, to you first. in a facebook post sarah palin wrote this, defaulting on our national debt is an impeachable offense and any attempt by president obama to unilaterally raise the debt limit without congress is also an impeachable offense. why so much talk about impeachment here, jimmy? we've been hearing that word a lot lately. >> i said back in june, on june 4th that i thought if we got to the point where we were at this debt ceiling crisis, if we had a government shutdown, blah, blah, blah, the next thing would be impeachment talk. so here we are once again having a conversation about impeachment. the interesting thing about former governor palin is, is she's putting in her mind putting the president in a box. what she's saying is if the president doesn't -- if the president raises the debt ceiling under the

here to explain is friend of the show, jimmy williams, former senior adviser to senate majority whip dick durbin. always great to have you. when you hear the farm bill, you think tractors, crops, maybe a small population of farmers who rely on it. it's actually much more important than that. it's a massive piece of legislation that billions of americans rely on. it's a bill that has not been able to pass to this point and would have huge implications. help break this down for us. why is it so important? >> walk down the aisle of a grocery store. walk into your cvs or rite-aid, and pretty much everything is dealt with in the farm bill. not directly, but when it comes to the safety of our food, the safety of our tylenol, the safety of any prescription drugs. you said it, steaks to milk, all of that is contained within the farm bill. a traditionally nonpartisan bill that was always sort of divided up. the southerners got what they wanted. the northeasterners got what they wanted. the midwesterners got corn, et cetera, et cetera. that's always been the case until last year. unfortunately

jimmy fallon gives us a rundown on what to expect. >> with the backstreet boys and robin williams is on the program. mark cuban always has something controversial to say. whatove the song and delights betty white? limp -- a lip-synch battle. that's after jay leno. check it out. >> this week, they will do one thing a lot less. they have to do a lot better. we'll tell you about it. >> for. 4. 43. 30. 23. 50. the mega ball is 11. 4. 43. 30. 23. 50. when our little girl was born, we got a subaru. it's where she said her first word. (little girl) no! saw her first day of school. (little girl) bye bye! made a best friend forever. the back seat of my subaru is where she grew up. what? (announcer) the two-thousand-fourteen subaru forester. (girl) what? (announcer) built to be there for your family. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >> now, your sport. another growing concern. the punting game. before the season, you had to go back three years to find me last one.-- find the last this is bizarre. you cannot count on this happening. denver turned the game upside down. john harbaugh has

nothing else. >> jimmy: he's clapping. he nailed it. >> get it, got it. >> jimmy: oh my gosh, this is making me laugh so hard. now there is a family called the williams family. >> oh, man, hold on. [ laughter ] you got to go on youtube to see this. a family comes on "family feud" called the williams family. they're the loudest people i've ever -- i never met people louder. so, the girl comes up and i go to her, her nametag has p-u-n-k-i-n on it. punkin. so, i go "excuse me what's your name?" she go, "punkin." i say, "oh, i'm sorry. don't you mean pumpkin?" like p-u-m-p-k-i-n. she says, "no, punkin like halloween." [ laughter and applause ] so, this is the sister. so, the question was -- no, jimmy, turn around. no, jimmy, turn around. the question was name a word or phrase that begins with the word pork. p-o-r-k. so she's at the challenge round. she hits the buzzer, she goes -- i say "punkin" law! i didn't understand it? lawn. i said, "lawn?" she said, "no, steve, lawn. like pork loin." >> i said, "oh, pork loin." >> she sa

. >> jimmy: all right, luther. all right. who is up next? >> my name is givanni williams, i hip-hop dance. >> you ever get drunk at work? >> he is a hip-hop dancer, so, guessing, does he dance -- i think he dances out on hollywood boulevard. let's lock in our votes. and find out. if luther drunk, not drunk. not drunk. see what luther had to say. >> i don't drink at work. or ever. [ applause ] >> why not? >> it affects dancing. i can't do that at the same time. it messes up your, like your body. you have to be fit to dance. but i smoke weed. [ applause ] >> jimmy: okay. >> rosie ewing from kansas city, missouri. >> do you ever get drunk at work? >> jimmy: what do we think here? what do we say? does sunny get drunk at work? let's see what our tally is? the audience says, mostly, 2/3 say drunk. >> yes. i have gotten drunk at work. we went out to lunch. we ended up drinking. so we were drinking, slow gin fizz back then. and weep just got back to work late. and we were drunk. and the supervisor knew it too. >> jimmy: pretty matter of fact with th

but jimmy fallon happening right now. jimmy! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6a in rockefeller center, the national broadcasting company presents -- tonight's guests are -- and featuring the legendary roots crew. and here he is -- jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you all very, very much. it feels good to be back home. hot crowd. welcome to "late night with jimmy fallon," everybody. you guys feeling good? [ cheers and applause ] i'm happy you're here. thank you for being here. i know traffic is awful outside. i already heard. traffic is insane here in new york city. everything's closed off because of the -- what is it? the united nations. united nations general assembly is right here in new york city. and all the world leaders coming together for this thing. today, president obama gave a big speech over there on the middle east. the leaders from the middle east were like, "you have touched our hearts. [ laughter ] and from now on, we shall have peace." [ laughter

>>> domanic williams pulls a houdini. he goes 74 yards for the touchdown but it was in a losing effort. but he got the top five. then the world series got weirder. a paper airplane in the middle of an at bat. didn't faze john lester though. >>> a marlin. this actually happened. not trick photography. you know from all your marlin fishing that the bill could be deadly. >> absolutely. >> it is over a thousand dollars, yeah, you are paying it. not me. >> very good. he'll be here all week ladies and gentlemen. [ laughter ] ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> from the heart of broadway, broadcasting across the nation and around the world, it's the "late show" with david letterman. tonight... plus paul shaffer and the cbs orchestra. i'm alan kalter. and now, david letterman! (cheers and applause) captioning sponsored by worldwide pants and cbs

hey, that's pretty good, actually. >> yeah. >> jimmy: that's not a bad look. here is harry styles from one direction. let's walter white him. [ laughter ] he looks like joey lawrence. next, we've got my man tom hanks. let's see what he looks like. yeah, that's nice. and finally here is vice president joe biden, and here he is as walter white. yeah, i love it. this one is from abbey lynd. "hey, jimmy. i can't believe it's already october. halloween is just around the corner and i have no idea what i'm going to be. could you give us some costume ideas and maybe do it as a rap?" [ cheers ] halloween is coming up soon, i know our own tariq from the roots loves halloween. tariq, do you mind rapping about some possible costume ideas? >> no problemo. ♪ ♪ well maybe i get a costume of my favorite cartoon spiderman, ironman, mf doom maybe me and my wife ♪ ♪ will come as the sun and the moon you and yours popeye and alice the goon ♪ ♪ i know but less stress more festive though throw your snow shoes on like and eskimo ♪ ♪ how about a mariachi out of mexic

>>> domanic williams pulls a houdini. he goes 74 yards for the touchdown but it was in a losing effort. but he got the top five. then the world series got weirder. a paper airplane in the middle of an at bat. didn't faze john lester though. >>> a marlin. this actually happened. not trick photography. you know from all your marlin fishing that the bill could be deadly. >> absolutely. >> it is over a thousand dollars, yeah, you are paying it. it. not me. ,,,,,, to thoseworried...ited... poked and prodded... taken risks... and lived in a state of "what if?"... welcome to a new state... of health. welcome to covered california. the place to find quality, affordable coverage. financial help for those in need. and nobody can be denied because of a pre-existing condition. enroll now at coveredca.com.

and though he says jimmy has provoked him to violence, the medication corey receives in jail has had a positive effect on his behavior. >> i doing medication time. >> william noticed a difference the first time he encountered corey in jail. >> when i came here, he told me he loved me and i almost had a heart attack. because that's not him. whenever a substance leaves your body, the real you comes out. >> in fact, their time inside the suffolk county jail gave all three siblings a chance to not only stay clean but to rebuild their lives. at the time of our visit, they all lived on different floors of the jail. but managed to maintain their bonds through letters. >> i have a card that i made for my sister. every year no matter where i am in the world, i always send her something for her birthday. nothing's going to stop me. >> my brother wrote me for my birthday. >> this is from lisa! ha ha! >> all that matters is where we are together and that we keep walking side by side. >> the card was so cute. thank you. i miss you and love you so much. >> that is the sweetest thing, hey? >> this

here's one from william gregg who was watching a football game. and saw this right here. holding 20 cox. [ laughter ] >> steve: all the penetration in the end zone. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: is that -- >> steve: a lot of penetration in the end zone. >> jimmy: yeah, interesting game. >> steve: i don't know if you caught that. >> jimmy: football is such a very physical sport. >> steve: yeah. yeah. tight end. [ clears throat ] [ laughter ] balls. >> jimmy: okay. [ laughter ] okay. stop. stop. stop. end zone. this is from sophiana cohn. she was checking online dictionary for the meaning of the hindu ward, namaste. let's see what it means. look at the fourth one down. a really slacker way of saying, now i'm gonna say. "yo, you coming to tony's after-party? >> steve: nah, namaste." [ laughter ] [ applause ] ♪ tony's after-party? >> jimmy: namaste. this one's from david mckias. that how you pronouncing it? mckias? mckias of sanger, california. this is insane, man. the screen grab of his youtube feed. >> steve: okay. >> jimmy: okay? just interesting placement of photos here and ju

. >> well, this is the best thing that ever happened to jimmy carter. >> mr. trump, by the way, thank you, i love my trump tie. >> aren't they great? >> these are great. >>> and coming up next, juan williams talking, and they will be here for a heated debate on whether the shutdown will be political in terms of the victory for the gop or democrats. we have surprising poll numbers on the very subject, and then tonight. >> president obama promised to bring us together, but every turn he sought to divide and demonize. he promised to cut the deficit in half. but he doubled it. >> the man who warned you about president obama and what a second term would be like. former governor presidential candidate mitt romney is here for an exclusive interview you don't want to miss, as we continue. straight ahead. ♪ [ male announcer ] may your lights always be green. [ tires reech ] ♪ [ beeping ] ♪ may you never be stuck behind a stinky truck. [ beeping ] ♪ may things always go your way. but it's good to be prepared... just in case they don't. toyota. let's go places, s

and help take care of the royal baby. >> steve: aw. [ audience aws ] >> jimmy: it's cute, but it's going to be weird when she's like -- [ imitating british accent ] "time for a diaper change. then i'll be back to take care of that baby." [ laughter ] [ applause ] i love that they saw it coming, but still gave it up. that's a good crowd. that's a good crowd. i love this. thank you. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] this is hard to believe, but today was the premiere of season 44 of "sesame street." [ cheers and applause ] 44 years. you can kind of tell that the characters are getting older based on the episode summaries. take a look at my tivo this morning. this is the episode here. this is where the count forgets what number comes after six. [ laughter ] this episode also has "bert and ernie get into an argument about where that breeze is coming from." [ laughter ] and then the last episode, "elmo has an accident after too much tickling." [ laughter ] [ applause ] it's odd. it's odd, it's odd. it's still great. i love "sesame street." i don't know if you guys watched the miss america pageant l