David: THIS WEEK ON
"THE BRODY FILE," THE FISCAL
CLIFF LOOMS.
A LOOK AT THE ROTTEN ROAD
AHEAD FOR CONGRESS.
ONE GUY FIGHTING FOR
CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES IS
SENATE RAND PAUL AND HE
JOINS US THIS WEEK.
I THINK IF YOU RAISE TAX
RATES, YOU MAY GET LESS
REVENUE.
David: AND THE RACE
FOR 2016 HAS BEGUN, AND ALL
EYES ARE ON HILLARY CLINTON,
AND REPUBLICANS ARE GETTING
NERVOUS.
AND ALSO ON THE SHOW,
JOURNALIST CHRISTIANE
AMANPOUR TALKS ABOUT HER
CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM
PARENTS, AND HER NEW SPECIAL
ON THE BIBLE.
THERE IS SO MUCH WE COULD
DRAW ON THAT WE HAVE IN
COMMON.
David: AND CONGRESS
BANS THE WORD LUNATIC.
WHO ARE THE LUNATICS THAT
CAME UP WITH THAT.
"THE BRODY FILE" LUNACY IS
NEXT.
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David: AND WELCOME,
EVERYBODY, TO ANOTHER
EDITION OF "THE BRODY
FILE."
SO, ARE YOU HAVING
NIGHTMARES YET?
NO, NOT ABOUT THE LINES
DURING CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
SEASON.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE FISCAL
CLIFF.
THOSE FOLKS IN CONGRESS AND
THE WHITE HOUSE, WELL, THEY
JUST LOVE TO KEEP US ON THE
EDGE OF OUR SEATS, DON'T
THEY.
TIME IS RUNNING OUT BEFORE
TAXES FOR EVERYBODY GOES UP
AND BIG TIME SPENDING CUTS
AS WELL.
THAT MEANS UNLESS SOMETHING
IS DONE BEFORE THE END OF
THE YEAR, YOU'RE GOING TO BE
SOCKED IN THE POCKETBOOK,
AND THE COUNTRY COULD BE
SOCKED WITH ANOTHER
RECESSION.
BOTH SIDES ARE STILL
NEGOTIATING.
President Obama: THE
MOST IMPORTANT THING WE CAN
DO IS MAKE SURE THE MIDDLE
CLASS TAXES DO NOT GO OU UP
ON JANUARY 1st.
I'M PRETTY SURE REPUBLICANS
WOULD NOT HOLD MIDDLE CLASS
TAXES HOSTAGE TO TRY TO
PROTECT TAX CUTS FOR HIGH
INCOME INDIVIDUALS.
EVEN IF WE DID EXACTLY
WHAT THE PRESIDENT WANTS, WE
WOULD SEE RED INK FOR AS FAR
AS THE EYE CAN SEE.
THAT'S NOT FIXING OUR
PROBLEM EITHER.
IT IS MAKING IT WORSE, AND
IT IS HURTING OUR ECONOMY.
David: HERE IS A
REMINDER WHAT'S ON THE TABLE
AT THIS POINT.
THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO
INCREASE TAX REVENUE,
$1.6 TRILLION OVER 10
YEARS.
HE WANTS TO JACK UP RATES ON
PEOPLE MAKING OVER $250,000
A YEAR.
NOW, HE IS NOT OFFERING MUCH
IN SPENDING CUTS AT ALL.
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP SAYS
WAIT A MINUTE, WE'LL VOTE
FOR $800 BILLION IN TAX
INCREASES, THAT'S ABOUT HALF
OF WHAT THE PRESIDENT WANTS,
BUT IT WOULDN'T BE IN THE
FORM OF HIGHER RATES.
INSTEAD, THEY WANT TO LOOK
AT CLOSING SOME LOOPHOLES
AND TAX DEDUCTIONS.
AND THEY WANT ABOUT
$1.4 TRILLION IN SPENDING
CUTS.
AND THE PRESIDENT'S LIKE,
YEAH, RIGHT.
IT LOOKS LIKE REPUBLICANS
MAY CAVE, THOUGH, TO THE
PRESIDENT IN SOME FORM OR
FASHION.
BUT THAT COULD COME BACK TO
HAUNT MANY MEMBERS, G.O.P.
MEMBERS, WHEN THEY'RE UP FOR
RE-ELECTION.
WELL, YOU KNOW THIS WEEK WE
DISCUSSED THAT AND MUCH MORE
WITH KENTUCKY SENATOR AND
POSSIBLE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL
NOMINEE RAND PAUL.
SENATOR PAUL, THANKS FOR
JOINING US.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
SURE, GLAD TO BE WITH
US.
David: LET'S TALK
ABOUT THE FISCAL CLIFF, TOM
COBURN, THE SENATOR WHO IS
VERY CONSERVATIVE, AND HE IS
EVEN SAYING, LOOK, WE'VE GOT
TO DO SOMETHING ON TAX
RATES.
WHEN YOU HEARD THAT, WHAT
ARE YOU THINKING AS A
CONSTITUTIONAL CONSERVATIVE
UP THERE?
I THINK IT IS A MISTAKE
TO RAISE TAX RATES.
IN FACT, YOU MAY GET THE
OPPOSITE OF WHAT THEY WANT.
THEY WANT MORE REVENUE.
I THINK IF YOU RAISE TAX
RATES, YOU MAY GET LESS
REVENUE.
LAST YEAR IN ENGLAND, THEY
RAISED THE TAX RATES, AND
THEY GOT LESS REVENUE, AND
THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT
REVERSING COURSE.
WE'VE HAD MANY TIMES IN OUR
HISTORY WHERE WE'VE LOWERED
RATES AND GOT MORE REVENUE.
WE DID IN THE 1920S, AGAIN
IN THE 1960s, AND THE
1980s, AND EVEN THE BUSH
TAX CUTS IN 2003, WHEN WE
LOWERED RATES, REVENUE WENT
UP, AND INTERESTINGLY, THE
RICH PAID MORE AS A
PERCENTAGE OF THE OVERALL
REVENUE AFTER WE LOWERED
RATES.
David: WHAT DO YOU
MAKE OF THE POLITICAL ASPECT
OF ALL OF THIS.
POLL AFTER POLL SHOWS THE
MAJORITY OF THE PUBLIC IS
ACTUALLY WITH HIM ON RAISING
RATES FOR PEOPLE OVER
$250,000 A YEAR.
DO YOU BUY THOSE NUMBERS?
NOT NECESSARILY.
THE PRESIDENT GOT 39% IN MY
STATE, SO I DON'T THINK
THERE IS EXACTLY A MANDATE
FROM KENTUCKY TO SAY, WE NOW
WANT YOU TO RAISE TAXES.
39% OF THE PEOPLE IN MY
STATE SUPPORTED HIS MESSAGE,
PROBABLY THE SAME IN
OKLAHOMA AND MANY OTHER
CONSERVATIVE STATES.
THEY DON'T SUPPORT THE
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
I FRANKLY THINK HE IS WRONG,
AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A
MISTAKE AND WILL MAKE THE
PROBLEM WORSE.
I CAN'T GO AGAINST
EVERYTHING I BELIEVE,
EVERYTHING THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY STANDS FOR, AND
AGAINST GOOD COMMON SENSE
AND RAISE TAX RATES.
David: WHAT IS YOUR
MESSAGE TO THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT
THE LEADERS OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY, AS IT
RELATES TO THE WAY FORWARD
FOR THIS PARTY?
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
INTERTRO INSPECTION IN THE
LAST MONTH OR SO.
IF YOU'RE RUNNING THINGS ON
KILOMETRE ON CAPITOL HILL?
WHAT IS THE WAY FORWARD?
WE HAVE TO BELIEVE IN
SOMETHING, THE LIMITED
GOVERNMENT, THE
CONSTITUTION, AND LOWER
TAXES, REALLY, I SAY
DISBAND.
IF YOU WANT TO BE A PARTY
AND BELIEVE IN SOMETHING,
LET'S DO.
BUT DON'T BE DEMOCRAT LIGHT
OR PRESIDENT OBAMA LIGHT.
David: TIME TO DUST
OFF THE ANIMATION OF 2012,
AND PUT ON THE OLD 2016
ANIMATION BECAUSE "THE BRODY
FILE" IS ALREADY LOOKING
AHEAD TO THE NEXT
PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST.
HERE IS VIDEO OF THE PERSON
TO BEAT: HILLARY RODHAM
CLINTON.
HILLARY IS THINKING ABOUT
RUNNING, AND IF SHE DOES,
SHE WILL BE REALLY HARD TO
BEET.
BEAT.
JUST LISTEN TO NEWT
GINGRICH.
THE HIGHEST COMPETITORS
HILLARY CLINTON, AND STILL
POPULAR PRESIDENT OBAMA.
TRYING TO WIN THAT WILL
TRULY BE THE SUPER BOWL.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS
INCAPABLE OF COMPETING AT
THAT LEVEL.
David: 60% OF
REGISTERED VOTERS VIEW
HILLARY CLINTON FAVORABLY.
35% VIEW HER UNFAVORABLY.
BY THE WAY, WHEN PEOPLE WERE
ASKED ABOUT THE BRODY FILE,
IN TERMS OF FAVORABLE OR
UNFAVORABLE, EACH WHO
RESPONDED SAID, "WHAT'S THE
BRODY FILE?"
ONE GUY WHO IS GOING TO GET
A CHRISTMAS CARD FROM "THE
BRODY FILE," SENATOR JI JIM
DEMINT.
WE'RE GOING TO MAIL IT TO
THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION.
DEMINT IS LEADING THE
SENATE.
HE TERM-LIMITED HIMSELF, SO
HE WASN'T PLANNING TO RUN
AGAIN, BUT THE MOVE TO GO TO
THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION AND
RUN IT, CAUGHT WASHINGTON
AND THE COUNTRY BY
SURPRISE.
JOHN JESSUP FOLLOWS THE HILL
FOR US.
HE HAS TAKEN TIME OUT FROM
HIS BUSY STARBUCKS' RUN TO
JOIN US HERE.
JOHN, JIM DEMINT IS A
CONSTITUTIONAL-MAKER.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT
THIS HAD SOMETHING TO DO
WITH THE FACT HE DIDN'T GET
A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN THE NEW
SENATE.
BUT IT HAD MORE TO DO WITH
THE FACT HE FELT HE COULD BE
MORE EFFECTIVE OUTSIDE OF
THE SENATE THAN HE WAS
INSIDE THE SENATE.
HE WAS ABLE TO GUM UP A LOT
OF LEGISLATION IN THE SENATE
WHEN HE FOUND IT DIDN'T
CONFORM TO CONSERVATIVE
PRINCIPLES, BUT, REALLY, HE
FEELS LIKE HE CAN DO MUCH
MORE AT THE HERITAGE
FOUNDATION, PROMOTING
CONSERVATIVE VALUES.
David: WHERE DO WE GO
FROM HERE IN TERMS OF WHO
MAY TAKE THAT SEAT?
THERE WAS A REPORT OUT
RECENTLY THAT SAI HALLEY IS
NOT GOING TO APPOINT
ANYONE.
SHE IS GOING TO MAKE IT A
SPECIAL ELECTION.
ONE OF THE NAMES WE HEAR A
LOT ABOUT IS TIM SCOTT, THE
FIRST-TERM CONSERVATIVE FROM
SOUTH CAROLINA.
HE WOULD BE THE FIRST BLACK
REPUBLICAN IN DECADES IF HE
WON THE SEAT.
AND, OF COURSE, THERE ARE
SEVERAL OTHER.
JOE WILSON A NAME WE ALL
KNOW.
SO THERE ARE SEVERAL PEOPLE
WHO ARE PROBABLY THINKING
AND CONSIDERING THIS, BUT,
YOU KNOW, IT REMAINS TO BE
SEEN WHO WILL TAKE THE
LEAD.
David: AND WE'VE EVEN
HEARD STEPHEN COLBERT'S
NAME.
AND THIS GAVE US A GREAT
IDEA.
IT IS TIME FOR A BRODY FILE
COMMENTARY.
JIM DECOMJIM DEMINT HAS
LEFT THE PARTY.
AND THEY ARE DANCING ON THE
TABLE OF JIM DEMINT, BUT
THEY SAY THE TEA PARTY WAS A
QUICK BURST AND THEY FADED
INTO DOMINION.
BUT THE REAL STORY IS THAT
CONSTITUTIONAL CONSERVATIVE
PRINCIPLES ARE NOT DEAD AT
ALL.
WHY DO YOU THINK THE G.O.P.
IS PUTTING UP A BIG STINK
RIGHT NOW AND TRYING TO MAKE
SERIOUS CUTS TO ENTITLEMENT
PROGRAMS IN THE FIRST
PLACE?
IT IS ONLY HAPPENING BECAUSE
DEMINT AND THE TEA PARTY
CHANGED THE CONVERSATION IN
WASHINGTON.
THE PROBLEM IS, THEY HAVEN'T
LEARNED THE SECOND PART OF
THE EQUATION, AND THAT IS
FINDING GOOD-QUALITY
CANDIDATES TO RUN FOR
OFFICE.
THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW, BUT
THERE HAVE BEEN QUITE A FEW
DUDS AL ALONG THE WAY.
FINDING THE RIGHT CANDIDATES
IS THE CHALLENGE.
JIM DEMINT MAY BE GONE FROM
THE SENATE, AND THE TEA
PARTY MAY BE DOWN FOR NOW,
BUT JUST WAIT.
LET THE RETOOLING BEGIN.
LET'S MOVE ON TO A STORY
THAT WILL MAKE YOU SCRATCH
YOUR HEAD.
NOT BECAUSE YOU HAVE
DANDRUFF.
BECAUSE CONGRESS HAS DECIDED
TO BAN THE WORD "LUNATIC"
FROM APPEARING IN FEDERAL
LAW.
ADVOCATES SAY THE WORD
OFFENDS PEOPLE WITH MENTAL
ILLNESS.
THE BILL PASSED 398-1.
WHO WAS THE ONE GUY?
WELL, HERE HE IS.
UBBER CONSERVATIVE
CONGRESSMAN LOUIE GOHMERT
FROM TEXAS.
THEY SAID, WE CHANGED THE
WORD FROM RETARDED.
BUT LUNATIC, IT'S A GOOD
WORD.
NOT ONLY SHOULD WE NOT
ELIMINATE THE WORD LUNATIC,
WHEN THE NATION IS ON THE
BRINK OF BANKRUPTCY, WE
OUGHT TO USE THE WORD TO
APPLY TO ANYBODY WHO WANTS
TO KEEP DOING BUSINESS IN
WASHINGTON THE SAME AS
USUAL.
David: I TOLD YOU THIS
WAS A SCRATCH YOUR HEAD
STORY.
BEFORE WE HEAD TO BREAK, I
WAS WONDERING IF YOU GOT A
CHRISTMAS CARD FROM THE
OBAMA'S?
ME NEITHER.
HERE IS THIS YEAR'S CARD.
THEIR DOG BO IS ON THE
FRONT.
THE CARD WAS DESIGNED BY THE
DOG WHISPER, CEASAR MILLAN,
NO, JUST KIDDING.
IT WAS DESIGNED BY LAROSA
CABLE.
I HOPE THAT'S HER NAME.
SHE IS A DOG-LOVER AND SHE
WENT WITH BO THIS YEAR ON
THE COVER.
WHEN WE COME BACK, THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIAL
MEDIA.
A LOOK INSIDE THEIR SECRET
WEAPON.
JENNY AND THE "B" BLOCK
EXPLAINS ALL OF THAT NEXT.
David: AND WELCOME
BACK TO "THE BRODY FILE,"
EVERYBODY.
AS WE TOLD YOU A LITTLE
EARLIER IN THE SHOW, TAXES
ARE GOING UP ON EVERY WORKER
IN AMERICA AT THE END OF
THIS MONTH, EXCEPT MY MOM.
NO, NO.
UNLESS CONGRESS ACTS.
AND TIME IS RUNNING OUT.
BUT THE WHITE HOUSE IS
APPLYING PRESSURE USING A
WEAPON THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA
DEPLOYS OFTEN AND
EFFECTIVELY.
SOCIAL MEDIA.
IS IT WORKING?
WELL, TO FIND OUT, WE'RE
GOING TO TURN TO "THE BRODY
FILE'S" JENNY AND THE "B"
BLOCK.
SHE TRANSFORMS INTO A
TRADITIONAL DANCING
BOBBLEHEAD, AND SHE HAS THE
LOW DOWN ON THE
ADMINISTRATING'S SOCIAL
MEDIA MOVE.
JENNY, WHAT CAN YOU TELL
US?
Reporter: A FEW WEEKS
AGO, PRESIDENT OBAMA
ANNOUNCED A NEW TWITTER
HASHTAG, MY2K.
THAT IS THE AMOUNT THE
PRESIDENT SAYS THE AVERAGE
FAMILY WILL LOSE TO THE
GOVERNMENT, $2,000, IF THE
TAX CUTS ARE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF HOLDS
THE HIGHEST PULPIT IN THE
WORLD.
HE IS USING SOCIAL MEDIA.
MORE THAN A QUARTER OF A
MILLION PEOPLE HAVE USED HIS
MY2K HASHTAG, TWEETING ABOUT
THE ESTIMATED $ 2,000 TO
LOSE IF WE FALL OFF THE
FISCAL CLIFF.
President Obama: THERE
WE GO, MY TWEET HAS BEEN
POSTED.
Reporter: SIGNING OFF
IS "B.O.," FOR BARACK
OBAMA.
A VIRGINIA WOMAN WHO TWEETED
TWEETED UNDER THE HASHTAG
GOT A PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM
THE HOSPITAL.
SHE AND HER HUSBAND LIVE
WITH HER PARENTS.
President Obama: AN
INCREASE OF $2,000 OR SO FOR
HER AND HER HUSBAND, IN THIS
HOUSEHOLD, WOULD ACTUALLY
MEAN $4,000 WAS LOST.
Reporter: AND
REPUBLICANS ARE ALSO USING
THE PRESIDENT'S HASHTAG.
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER SHARING
A LINK TO POLLING DATA.
AND ANOTHER SURVEY SHOWS
CUTTING GOVERNMENT SPENDING
MORE POPULAR THAN RAISING
TAX RATES AND THREATENING
JOBS.
AND PETER TWEETS, THERE ARE
NOT ENOUGH RICH PEOPLE IN
AMERICA TO COVER GOVERNMENT
AND MASSIVE SPENDING.
WE NEED MASSIVE SPENDING
CUTS TO GROW.
THE GOAL OF THE CAMPAIGN IS
TO PERSONA PERSONALIZE A
COMPLICATED FISCAL DEBATE.
FOR THEM TO BE HURT
BECAUSE OF THE DEMOCRATS AND
THE REPUBLICANS ARE NOT
COMING TOGETHER TO SOLVE
THIS PROBLEM GEFERS YOU
GIVES YOU A SENSE OF THE
PROBLEM.
Reporter: "WHEN THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE SPEAK LOUDLY
ENOUGH, LO AND BEHOLD,
CONGRESS LISTENS."
AS THE PRESIDENT ROLLS OUT
HIS AGENDA FOR HIS SECOND
TERM, HE WILL BE USING
SOCIAL MEDIA.
> AND HE IS INCREASING HIS
SOCIAL MEDIA REACH.
HE IS JOINING THE ONLINE PIN
BOARD POPULAR WITH CRAFTY
PEOPLE.
YOU CAN START WATCHING FOR
THE WHITE HOUSE PINS
BEGINNING DECEMBER 17th.
David: THANKS, JENNY.
FINALLY, BEFORE WE HEAD TO
BREAK, MOM AND DAD, BEWARE
OF THE APPS YOUR KIDS OR
DOWNLOADING TO YOUR PHONES.
ROUGHLY 60% OF THE APPS THAT
ARE DOWNLOADED ARE ACTUALLY,
GET THIS, TRANSMITTING YOUR
CELL PHONE I.D. INFO TO THE
APP DEVELOPER OR SOME OTHER
THIRD PARTY.
I GUESS IT SHOULDN'T BE SO
MUCH OF A SHOCK.
REMEMBER, ALWAYS BEWARE OF
BIG BROTHER.
WHEN WE COME BACK,
ONE-ON-ONE WITH CHRISTIANE
AMANPOUR, FROM ABC NEWS, WHO
TALKS ABOUT HER NEW SPECIAL
SERIES ON THE BIBLE.
NEXT.
David: AND WELCOME
BACK TO "THE BRODY FILE."
ONE THING WE LOVE TO DO IS
TALK TO BIG NAMES IN THE
MAINSTREAM MEDIA.
SO FAR WE BROUGHT YOU WOLF
BLITZER, ANDREA MITCHELL,
AND LAST WEEK JAKE KAPLAN.
THIS WEEK, HOLD ON, WE HAVE
ANOTHER BIGGIE AS WE CRANK
UP OUR MAINSTREAM
MEDIA-WATCH.
SHE IS ONE OF THE MOST
RECOGNIZABLE CORRESPONDENTS
AND ANCHORS IN THE ENTIRE
WORLD.
CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR FROM ABC
NEWS HAS HAD A FRONT ROW
SEAT TO WORLD HISTORY.
NOW SHE IS OUT WITH A
TWO-PART SPECIAL ABOUT THE
BIBLE, CALLED "BACK TO THE
BEGINNING."
SHE CALLS IT FAMILY
ENTERTAINMENT.
AND SHE EXPLORES THE STORIES
OF THE BIBLE, FROM GENESIS
TO JESUS, AND SHE JOINED US
EARLIER THIS WEEK TO TALK
ABOUT THAT AND MUCH MORE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US HERE.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT?
IT IS A REAL PLEASURE.
DLIETDEDELIGHTED TO BE ABLE
TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS
PROJECT.
David: NO PUN
INTENDED, GIVE ME THE
GENESIS OF THIS PROJECT -- I
SHOULD COIN THAT TERM.
BUT TELL ME A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT CAME FROM
REALLY MY EXPERIENCE, AND
ABC'S EXPERIENCE, IN
COVERING ALL THESE SORT OF
CONFLICTS AROUND THE WORLD.
AND SO MANY OF THE CONFLICTS
THAT I'VE BEEN COVERING
THROUGHOUT MY CAREER, AND,
OF COURSE, ABC NEWS HAS BEEN
COVERING FOR DECADES, HAVE
REVOLVED AROUND RELIGION,
AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IN SOME
FORM OR FASHION THE
COMBINATION OF JEWS,
CHRISTIANS, AND MUSLIMS, IN
SOME FORM OR FASHION
FIGHTING EACH OTHER.
I SAID, HANG ON A SECOND.
HOW CAN THIS BE?
BECAUSE THOUSANDS OF
THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO ALL
THREE OF THESE RELIGIONS
CAME FROM ONE FATHER.
THESE ARE THE ABRAHAMIC
FAITH.
THEY ALL BASICALLY BELIEVE
IN THE SAME THING.
SO I SAID, LOOK, THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT RUNS THROUGH
MY VERY VEINS IN MY VERY
FAMILY.
BECAUSE I AM BORN OF A
CATHOLIC MOTHER, A MUSLIM
FATHER, AND I'M MARRIED TO A
JEWISH-AMERICAN, AND SO MY
SON HAS ALL OF THIS BLOOD
RUNNING THROUGH HIS VEINS.
I KNOW FROM PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE, THERE ARE VERY,
VERY MANY COMMONALITIES
THROUGH MANY RELIGIONS.
I WAS FASCINATED TO BRING
THAT SIDE OF THE STORY TO A
WIDER AUDIENCE.
David: TALK TO ME
ABOUT WHAT YOUR FAITH
JOURNEY HAS BEEN BECAUSE
YOU'VE SEEN ALL OF THESE
DIFFERENT SIDES.
AND WHAT THA MAKES YOU
CONTEMPLATE INSIDE.
I HAVE HAD THIS UNPLANNED
ABILITY TO SEE THE
CROSS-CURRENTS OF OUR GREAT
FAITH AND GREAT TRADITIONS,
AND TO REALLY KNOW FROM
PERSONAL AND FAMILY
EXPERIENCE, FIRST OF ALL, TO
UNDERSTAND THE STORY OF THE
OTHER.
BUT, SECONDLY, TO KNOW THERE
IS SO MUCH WE COULD DRAW ON
THAT WE HAVE IN COMMON,
RATHER THAN USING OUR
RELIGIOUS BACKGROUNDS AND
OUR RELIGIOUS FAITH TO
GENERATE CONFLICT.
AND HAVING COVERED ALL OF
THIS FOR SO LONG, I'M ALWAYS
STAGGERED TO SEE HOW PEOPLE
ARE FIGHTING EACH OTHER
BASED ON WHAT I BELIEVE IS A
MODERN INTERPRETATION OF
RELIGION, RATHER THAN USING
THAT COMMON HERITAGE AND
THOSE VALUES AND MORAL
VALUES AND FAITH VALUES, AND
FAITH JOURNEYS, TO FORGE A
LINE THAT CAN GO TOWARDS
PEACE AND RESOLUTION.
David: ALL RIGHT,
THAT'S CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR
HERE ON THE BRODY FILE.
I'M THINKING ABOUT CHANGING
MY NAME TO DAVIDAMAN BRODY
FILE POUR.
YOU CAN TWEET ME.
I'M CURIOUS, MAYBE I'LL
CHANGE IT.
WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT
OF THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA, HOW
ABOUT WHAT WENT DOWN THIS
PAST WEEK ON MSNBC.
DAVID AXELROD SHOWED UP ON
MORNING SHOW TO GET HIS
FAMOUS MUSTACHE SHAVED OFF.
HE SAID HE WOULD LOSE THE
MUSTACHE IF OBAMA LOST.
BUT AXELROD STILL SHAVED IT
OFF FOR CHARITY.
HERE IS A LITTLE ABOUT THAT
EXCHANGE.
AND CHECK OUT HOW THE
CONSERVATIVE DONALD TRUMP
CHIMES IN.
Reporter: DONALD, HOW
DOES HE LOOK?
I THINK HE LOOKS GREAT.
YOU WERE ONE OF THE FIRST
PEOPLE TO COME IN WITH A BIG
CONTRIBUTION, AND IT MEANT
SO MUCH.
WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS AGREED ON
EVERYTHING.
[LAUGHTER]
Reporter: NOT REALLY.
BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE
IT.
WE AGREE ON ONE THING.
FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS A
GREAT CAUSE.
AND, SECOND, DAVID CALLED
ME.
HE HAD A DINNER WITH MY
DAUGHTER, IVANKA, AND HE
SAID, WHAT A GREAT YOUNG
WOMAN SHE IS, AND I SAID,
BOY, HAS HE GOT ME.
AND APPARENTLY HE SAID,
THE APPLE DOES FALL FAR FROM
THE TREE.
I AGREE.
David: IT IS BY
PARTISANSHIP.
IT IS ALIVE AND WELL.
HOW ABOUT MITT ROMNEY, HE
COULD GO FOR THE FULL BEARD
LOOK.
NOW, HE COULD PULL THIS
OFF.
HE IS LIKE A HER HERMIT IN
HIDING NOW.
AND RICK SANTORUM, HOW ABOUT
A NICE MUSTACHE FOR WHEN HE
RUNS IN 2016.
IN CHRIS CHRISTIE RUNS IN
2016, "THE BRODY FILE"
THINKS A NICE GOATEE WOULD
WORK VERY WELL.
IT WOULD GO WITH HIS
RENEGADE STYLE.
WE'RE BACK IN A MOMENT WITH
AN OY-VEY MOMENT OF THE WEEK
THAT WILL HAVE YOU THINKING
DIFFERENTLY ABOUT LICENSE
PLATES.
WE'LL SEE YOU IN A MOMENT.
David: AND WELCOME
BACK TO "THE BRODY FILE."
WE HOPE YOU ARE RECORDING IT
ON D.V.R.SO YOU CAN PLAY IT
OVER AND OVER AGAIN BECAUSE
IT GREAT ENTERTAINMENT.
SPEAKING OF GREAT
ENTERTAINMENT, IT IS TIME
FOR "THE BRODY FILE" TO DO A
SILENT MOVIE IMPRESSION.
THANK YOU.
REAL ENTERTAINMENT COMES IN
THE FORM OF OUR ALWAYS
POPULAR AND KOSHER OY-VEY
MOMENT OF THE WEEK.
*
David: WE HEAD TO
NORTH CAROLINA THIS WEEK,
WHERE THEY LOVE NASCAR AND
THEIR PRO-LIFE LICENSE
PLATE.
THAT'S RIGHT, NORTH CAROLINA
ALLOWS YOU TO HAVE ONE OF
THOSE PRO-LIFE LICENSE
PLATES IF YOU LIKE.
HERE COMES THE OY-VEY: A
FEDERAL JUDGE SAYS THOSE
LICENSE PLATES ARE NOT
KOSHER.
A.K.A., THEY'RE
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
HE SAYS THE STATE HAS TO
OFFER SIMILAR PLATES
SUPPORTING ABORTION RIGHTS
OR NO DICE.
YOU'RE KIDDING ME, RIGHT?
NO.
SO NOW PEOPLE CAN GO AROUND
WITH A LICENSE PLATE THAT
THEY ARE FOR THE CHOICE TO
KILL A BABY.
PUT THAT ON YOUR LICENSE
PLATE.
SOMEBODY GET ME SOME
EXCEDRIN.
THAT DOES IT FOR THIS WEEK.
UNTIL NEXT WEEK, EVERYBODY,
HAVE A GREAT WEEK.
