sir. but we truly hope that this show has inspired you to uphold our american values and to work on behalf of all of us, all of us. [ cheers and applause ] in the spirit of the show, this wonderful american story told by a diverse group of men, women, of different colors, creeds and orientation [ cheers and applause ] it represents all of us. jason maskee joins us on the telephone from new york. he was in the audience. he got far more of that show than he ever expected. let me say, first of all, jason, thank you very much for joining us. was there any indication that vice president-elect mike pence was going to be there beforehand? not that i saw. the only thing was that there was a lot of seats next to us that were empty, which is
we have the craigslist ad that came out. we need somebody who s a good babysitter to be speaker of the house. suddenly everybody s a comedian on twitter. the dems are noticing that there is a vulnerability in the party now. i think it s important to get someone who will unify the party. not a fan of boehner, but they were so mean. they really were. you re orange, you cry a lot. that was my joke. he s a scorpio, did you know that? it s mercury retrograde. of course he s crying a lot. we are emotional. yeah. so you re a scorpio as well? yes, october 29th. i m surprised when i hear women talk about as strolliastr. liberal panel, my guess is, if you had a choice for speaker of the house, it would be speaker mao? it would be a wonderful
former president george h.w. bush, making quite a jump today to celebrate turning 90 years old. eric: a wonderful american and we wish him a happy birthday of course. jenna: as we re talking a little bit about his military service the former president s military service one of the things we re talking about today as well is what is going on in another part of the world where our military has been certainly heavily invested in the past. iraq is a big story today. and iraq is, according to some reports on the verge of an all-out civil war. islamist militants threatening to march on baghdad. that is a story we are watching closely for many different reasons and a lot of dynamics to cover. we re florida you re staying with us. not only birthday of the president but other news we want to get to today. i m jenna lee. eric: i m eric shawn in for jon kottkamp the latest news all morning are al qaeda linked sunni fighters advancing throughout northern iraq. they re going south, taking city afte
so fascinating. wonderful american instead they chose someone maybe with a slightly larger audience size selecting pope francis who had a pretty big year too. it contains an e-mail interview with edward snowden and named him the dark prophet. joining us now to talk about their decision and the process is deputy managing editor of time. thanks for joining us. thanks for having me. the choice of pope francis, do you think is says more about who he is and what his message is and the approach he has brought or to the time that we re living in where people are so deeply concerned about poverty and income inequality? i think it s both. person of the year has a lot to do with the individual and his or her accomplishments but also has to do with the great themes and stories of the year and of our time. certainly the topic that s pope francis already raised in his
on the moon he said, man because mankind are the same time. it doesn t take away from the accomplishment. if you look on the tv, a lot of tvs were black and white at the time. it was amazing and awe inspiring. wonderful american. bob: did you know kimberly, one of the astronaut contributors to fox said that the computer capability, you remember it broke down near the end and he had to hand land itthere is more capebilityn the iphone than i the apollo landing mission. kimberly: testment to his ability and skill. the way he was able to keep it together to make an incredible accomplishment for the country. that is why he is revered by all generations and will be for many to come. bob: sorry about my ear piece. people say i have big ears and it s true. dana: big mouth. bob: did you to say that? yes, a big mouth. dana: lighten it up. bob: you are right. greg, i was going to ask greg.