Downloading video clips into iMovie

Is it possible to download video clips from YouTube and network TV clips such as MSNBC (which plays on their own player) to iMovie? If so, how does one go about doing that?

Here's one way
First you can capture the video (FLV) from YouTube using (say) *iSkysoft free video downloader*.
Then use another converter (say) *iSkysoft Video Converter* or Videographer to convert the FLV to MP4 or MOV.
I'm still only getting into the video side...but this seems to work..

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Shotgun approach:
Drag the 1 second video clips into an iMovie Project. Then SHARE/EXPORT USING QUICKTIME.
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