tv is changing dramatically now with 150 channels that might be available in the near future. there are a lot of things we do you couldn t have on network television. this is more a celebration of culture, opening the doors and allowing america to come on inside. there s always something on television and some of it may be better than we deserve. that was cool. [ cheers and applause ] listen to it. oh, they know when it hits the bottom, it will be 1990, good-bye to the 80s. ten, nine, eight eight, eight, eight! oh, will this horrible year never end? when the 90s began, we started to see a lot of experimentation. and the simpsons i think in some senses was inspired by not necessarily hatred of television, but a distrust of a lot of the ways in which television was talking to us. tv respects me. it laughs with me. not at me. you re stupid. doh! i think the sitcoms of the 80s were such a warm, safe, humor. i love you guys. you see? the ki
we do that you couldn t have on network television. people are really trying to do something adventurous. channel 7, shame on you! this is more celebration of culture and opening the doors and allowing america to come on inside. there is always something on television, and some of it may be better than we deserve. that was cool. [ cheers and applause ] listen to it. oh, they know when it hits the bottom, it will be 1990, good-bye to the 80s. ten, nine, eight eight, eight, eight! oh, will this horrible year never end? when the 90s began, we started to see a lot of experimentation. and the simpsons i think in some senses was inspired by not necessarily hatred of television, but a distrust of a lot of the ways in which television was talking to us. tv respects me. it laughs with me. not at me. you re stupid. doh! i think the sitcoms of the 80s were such a warm, safe, humor. i love you guys. you see? the kids, they listen to the rap music
brian: the reason we have a snow shot ainsley s upset with snow. this is the least snow we have had in new york since 1973. ainsley: not supposed to snow in new york. brian: i have to do this for you. this should have been your bump-in because you love show. ainsley: christmas alley ski slope. ing. you said your daughter is going skiing for the first time today? we are going to do the bunny slope today or tomorrow. brian: are you going? ainsley: of course i m going. i mean, i send her up there all by herself? brian: listen, she has got to go grow up. will is here. avians ains have you taken your children skiing either one of you. brian: no. oh yeah, hi, will. brian: ainsley asked me a question. will: i tuned him out. all morning long you have been throwing shots and lobbing missiles over this way only catching one of every five. brian: i just looked at him. wow i was hoping it would have been pete and we got off to a bad start. will: pizza pie down
they know when it hits the bottom, it would be 1990, good-bye to the 80s. oh, it is horrible year never ends. when the nineties began, we started seeing a lot of experimentation. the simonsimpsons was not d or anything. it was a distrust. tv disrespects me, it laughs at me, not with me. the sitcoms of the eighties were sort of a warm, safe humor. the kids, they listen to the rap music which gives them the brain damage. there was a real yearning for another type of humor. we were able to spoof fatherhood which at the time and i stress, at the time was bill cosby as the shining example. stuff that got away with because it is a cartoon. the father strangling the child. we are going to keep on trying to strengthen the american family, make american families a lot more like the waldens and a lot less like the sim simpsons. we go to the bizarre period of time when the sitting president is raging against sitcoms. they dealt with issues of racism and
at $2,000 and extend expiring health care subsidies for three years. jessica dean is live on capitol hill with more on all of this, jessica, what is happening? reporter: well we have the senate in session now, fredricka. they are doing a couple of nomination votes to get everybody here and everybody moving and in the meantime behind the scenes the democrats are waiting on final rulings from the senate parliamentarian because remember they re using the specialized budget process in order to move this legislation forward. it requires the support of only democrats but they also have to pass the test of the senate parliamentarian who is looking over every provision and making sure that it fits within this budget process. so they re waiting on final rules from her. they re also waiting for the congressional budget office to see just how much some they re going to score this and how much it will cost and how much it will effect the deficit. so they re waiting on a couple of thi