and i think if you like 24 you will like the midnight house. megyn: i appreciate you coming on. all the best with the book. he s a big star now. he left his job as a journalist at the new york times. if writing a book gets me on your show, i m happy meg thanks for being here. that deg that guy is megyn: that guy is on fire. people are buying his books. it could make a good valentine s day book. deliver it in a saucy outfit. alex berensen, the midnight house. back to the snow globe in new york. is all this snow making some of america s weathercasters a little bit crazy? one of our favorite clips of the day when we come back. i m jim kosek.
it would shut things down. are you a fan of that? the problem is i don t think most consumers know how to use it. as a race car driver, any car has a kill switch, you turn it off, there s no power, no electricity, no gas t. does work, the problem is you have to make sure the consumers are educated. that s the problem when it comes tothy of any of these things we ve been discussing, people aren t trained, the last thing they learned when they were 16 years old, how to pass the driving test, they don t go to the driving schools to be safer drivers. i make my kids go through it because i want them to be safe on the road. that s what people need. megyn: what s the book? lauren fixx s guide to loving your car. megyn: the best to you. if you ve ever been in a snowstorm, chances are you ve thrown a snow bawl, maybe you ve pelted your friend for fun, maybe you started a brawl, but bet you didn t wind up behind bars!
computer crash could have catastrophic consequences, as it did here. we re going 120, mission gorge, we re in trouble, there s no brake. we re approaching interstate whoa! hello? megyn: just awful. so how can you keep your car from winding up in this position? lauren fixx is car coach and auto expert. lauren, this is so scare question scary, our entire cars are basically run by computer now, so whether you have toyota or another brand you ve got a car that relies on a computer and the question is if this potentially happens to you, what do you do? if your car suddenly accelerates beyond your control, what are you supposed to do? you have to do what you can. in this case, first thing i would do, i m a race car driver so my reaction would be to put it in neutral. once it s in neutral there s no connection between the engine and wheels moving.
she took a shot at the president for using a tell prompter. he takes a shot at her for writing on her hand. this will offend all those loyal fans of hers. you cannot be taken seriously as a possible presidential candidate or whatever else you may want to be when you write notes on your hand. that s what children do. that s what kids in 7th grade do. if you are the former republican from alaska you don t write down energy and tax cuts. you ought to know that. megyn: is there a difference between what she did she wrote a few notes on her hand. bake doesn t barack obama doesn t go anywhere without a teleprompter. i think symbols in general only reinforce what we already believe. so the symbols, the hand notes for liberal elite critics of sarah palin prove their point that she is not too smart as they see it. but the teleprompter proves
to find common ground on. starting over, what the american people don t want to see is us go through the thousands of hours of hearings again. starting from scratch will put is right back to square one and take us much further away from finally achieving comprehensive healthcare reform. megyn: how do you argue with the poll numbers? you say they do want you to do that. there are lots of different polls. i m not surprised the fox news poll would show those numbers. megyn: there is no conservative or liberal bias in the polling. 63% of the people polled in the washington post poll show they want us to work towards reform. if we start over we ll be long past the next election before when reach reforms. we have an opportunity with 80% agreement on the bills in front of congress. many of the republicans i see have already been incorporated.