something that has not come out before, but remember, there have been seven congressional committees to investigate it thoroughly and the most memorable moment has been hillary clinton said, it doesn t matter, when she had that sort of outburst. i m told they ll try to limit those. and there s democrats on the committee that will help her play defense the entire time while she s taking this questions from republicans. luke russert, thanks so much. coming up, oprah winfrey is the newest weight watcher, the media mogul buys a big share in weight watchers and joins the board. what it means for the company suffering declining sales. and the fbi investigating what drove a passenger to choke the person sitting in front of him. you re watching msnbc live.
waste, fraud, abuse, but much less of it. let me push back, john. when you left it up to the states to decide, the federal reform under clinton left it to states to decide, then you have job requirements were weakened at the state level, they let the states decide. that s when you had weight watcher classes qualifying for food stamps, anti-smoking classes qualifying. i don t think that s the way to go. they should be laboratories of ideas. some will make them weak, some will make them strong, figure out locally what works best rather than one size fits all from the federal government that ensures waste. we are rewarding waste aren t we to some degree in this program? there s a lot of talk about the government mandating $15 an hour wage. this is a great place to mandate it. here is how it works. if you re earning $600 a month in food stamps, you owe the government 40 hours of work. we will find work for you. there s lots of work needs to be
psy was wearing the crazy it was legit. what were the pants? hammer pants. hammer pants. mc hammer comes out. dancing. a cool little taste of the show. also, pink gave an interesting, i thought best performance of the night. kind of this real intricate dance number with the guy around the house and fire. she looked really good last night. then we had, taylor swift. you know, carly rae jepsen, usher, kelly clarkson. a good night all the way around last night. congrats to all of the winners, including the beans. who won 500 awards. indeed. jessica simpson should be winning awards for taking off looks like almost all her baby weight had baby maxwell may 1st. may, june, july almost seven months ago. a picture she tweeted out from a weight watcher s commercial. showed off the slimmed down figure in those ripped jeans, nice little cardigan or jacket that she s got on. but, yeah, looks like she dropped close to 60 pounds. the reason i picked the story is because everyo
national spelling bee did get the first word right. but the second? ingluvies. e-n-g-l-u-v-i-e-s. engluvies. that is incorrect. just that face. i mean seriously, i m glad i didn t have to say it, let alone spell it. 6-year-old lori ann madison started with an e instead of an i but the director of the spelling bee said it was one of the toughest competitions they ve ever had. it s time for the first look at entertainment news. jessica simpson is going on weight watchers for $4 million. after a seemingly endless pregnancy through which she started about cravings for salted cantalope and buttered pop tarts. she signed a deal to lose all of her baby weight as a weight
we re going to beat you like a drum in november. don t take it personally. i like. you seem like a nice guy. you going down, bro. there you have it. republicans and mitt romney crushed between the weight lifter and the weight watcher. though it is worth remembering what sir charles once so famously said. i am not a role model. stay with us. the day s top lines are coming up. these guys wouldn t even let us put back to work 400,000 teachers, firefighters and cops by a 0.5% tax on the first dollar after the first million you made. come on, man. the dude minds. this will not stand, you know? this aggression will not stand, man. c mon dad!