. >>> robert gates will soon lead the boy scouts of america.would. >>> robert gates will soon lead the boy scouts of america. he was elected to serve as the group's national president. >> and ted cruise makes an appearance on late night tv. he'll appear on "the tonight show" with jay leno next friday appearance on late night tv. he'll appear on "the tonight show" with jay leno next friday appearance on late night tv. he'll appear on "the tonight show" with jay leno next friday appearance on late night tv. he'll appear on "the tonight show" with jay leno next friday appearance on late night tv. he'll appear on "the tonight show" with jay leno next friday. >>> for more now on our new nbc news "wall street journal" poll, we're joined by bob franken in d.c.. thanks for being here. >> good morning. >> let's talk about some of the poll numbers. president obama's approval ratings now at an all-time low. so what do you think the biggest reasons are for this and what needs to happen for his numbers to stop falling? >> i think what needs to happen is that his signature policy achievement of his

chief john roberts sided with court liberals to say the penalty in the obama law for not buying health insurance is a tax, because the constitution permits such a tax, roberts wrote, for the five-justice majority, it is not our role to fosh bit it. the court did linlt the federal government's power to force states to take more medicaid patients. the affordable care act goes forward. guaranteed coverage and every american ncluded, like it or not. >> i was hoping for the whole thing to come down. >> we have to unite and fight this. >> i am very happy with the decision that was made today. >> we have worked for this for a long time. >> president obama praised the high court's decision. >> with today's announcement, time for us to move forward. to implement and where necessary, improve on this law. >> house republicans scheduled a repeal vote for july 11th. mitt romney said he would sign a repeal if he wins. >> if we want to get rid of obama care, we are going to have to replace president obama. >> it is barack obama who got a boost. i'm steve handelsman, nbcç new washington. >>> last ni

they won 52-27. >>> in other action, washington quarterback robert griffin iii sprained his knee but the redskins beat baltimore on an overtime field goal 31-28. >>> in minneapolis the vikings had a touchdown and 154 yards rushing. it was a 21-14 win over chicago. >>> and check this out, louisville basketball coach rick pitino found out how hard it was from answering a cell phone, especially someone else's cell phone, during a post-game news conference. take a look. >> hold on one second. hello. i'm doing great. how about yourself? i'm just doing a press conference. where would you like to meet for a drink? >> the phone belonged to a sportscaster who was recording the event until it was interrupted by that ringing phone. well done, sir. >>> and now for another look at the weather here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with a weather channel forecast. bill. >>> veronica, this storm is heading towards the east coast but not with the snow and ice. it's going to be a warm, windy, spring like day. look at the temperatures to start the morning, in the 40s and 50s. not worried about any icy r

roberts says i'm going to score, too. hustles around third. the throw to the plate is there, buthe catcher can't handle it. an inside-the-park home run. d-backs win a barn burner 14-10. there's no way david ortiz is going to hit an inside-the-park home run, but he can do this. a grand slam for big papi. red sox have their way with the marlins. they win it 15-5. rockies and phillies tied at 5-5 in the ninth. two outs with the bases loaded. placido polanco with a grounder. marco scutaro's throw to first pulls him off the bag. the winning run scores. not pretty but the phils will take it. finally, hockey's best were in las vegas yesterday. not to see celine dion, but for the nhl awards. henrik lundqvist won the vezina trophy. the penguins' sniper evgeni malkin won his first mvp award. soak it up, hockey fans, this could be the last time you see these guys for a while. there's a real threat of a lockout next season. that's your first look at sports. >>> now for another look at the weather, here is bill carrington. makes a very good point about the

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instead of an official pop li politician, he named robert griffin iii. morris said that mitt romney would win in a landslide with 325 electoral votes. he also made the prediction that president obama might pull out of the race. >>> a new "washington post"/abc news poll said that hillary clinton would be approved for president obama. and another path said that michelle obama would do well. right now she leads republican senator mark kirk of illinois 51-40%. >>> so a new congressional report shows wasteful spending of tax money that was intended for counter-terrorism purposes, some of the worst examples, the homeland security department paid for a hog catcher in texas. a fish tank and an underwater robot in a midwest city with no major rivers or lakes nearby. former republican senator allen simpson has a message, use the tools to sign up people for the can kicks back campaign to avoid the fiscal cliff and cut the national debt. the 81-year-old simpson went "gangnam style" to make his point. ♪ >> i have a bum knee. horse, horse. ride the horse. >> senator

>> the blogosphere is burning up with the talk of the end of "twilight" couple, kristen stewart and robert pattinson. due to her carrying on of an alleged affair. according to the "us weekly" the 22-year-old was caught in a compromised photo of the married 41-year-old director of a film. stewart's source called the incident a fleeting moment that shouldn't have happened. >> so -- you've broken a lot of news for me today. first off i didn't realize they were a couple. and secondly she told me that becomes a vampire in the last movie. >> you've got to get with it. >> this is a big morning for me now. >> "way too early" is next. >>> a new batch of nbc/"wall street journal" poll shows a tight national race with the president leading in the swing states that will decide this election. the question is, what if anything will break open the campaign as we turn for the stretch. >>> reports this morning that syrian president, bashar al assad, has escalated the civil war in his country by using fighter jets now to bomb rebel positions. the question is, what are the united states and the west doing be

look," i'm thomas roberts. last night on "late night with jimmy fall jimmy fallon," he joked about a man who ran naked in front of president obama yesterday. >> obama called the stunt highly immature, and owe biden called it totally worth it. the rockefeller center ice skating rink opened this weekend, you guys. nice change of pace. i like it. nice change of pace. usually when they deliver to ice for nbc, it's for kathy lee's mini barr. don't know if you heard about this, a high school in texas has a new club where girls don't wear makeup. yep. it's called the softball team. >> on "late night tonight" johnny knoxville, and musical guest everest. that's "late night with jimmy fallon" on your local nbc station. it's time for a look at your -- your "first look" at entertainment news. the marriage of a popular hollywood couple is coming to an end. we're talking about the 11-year marriage between courteney cox and david arquette. they are calling it quits. the pair confirm they separated months ago but remain friend

nbc's annabel roberts joins us live with the latest on all the events this morning. what can we expect to see? >> reporter: good morning, lynn. after the frivolity of the flotilla and the fireworks last night, today is about formality. as i speak the queen and her family are on their way to st. paul's cathedral for a special service of thanksgiving. that will be attended by members of the settlement, a lesson will be read by david cameron, the prime minister. there will be a prayer written at the queen's direction and specially composed music. after that the world family goes to receptions then they all come here to the houses of parliament behind me for a lunch at westminster hall attended by thousands of members of the establishment and representatives of charities with which the royal family, the queen in particular, are involved. from here they travel in hopefully open-top carriages if the weather holds to buckingham palace. they're going along a special route through whitehall up the mile to buckingham palace and the roads are already as you might man lin lined

. >>> defense secretary robert gates is urging the government to repeal the ban on gays serving in the military. gates said he would like to see the repeal of don't ask, don't tell, but added he was unsure what the prospects for that were. the senate has not yet taken action and the pentagon has conducted a study which is due out on december 1st. but in a pushback against a stand, the new commandant of the marine corps has said with troops fighting in afghanistan, now is not the time to overturn the policy. >>> as if the grief stricken nation of haiti needed any more problems, the river that's been the source of the cholera epidemic there is now expected to overflow today. this comes after hurricane tomas soaked the survivor camp and swamped coastal towns sparking mudslides and flooding that killed at least six people. a dam has been opened as people along the river are being forced to evacuate. here is your first look at other news going on around america today. in missouri, one freight train rear-ended another after it pulled on to a side track after stopping. several rail cars and a

. >>> last night on "the ed show" president obama's senior campaign adviser, robert gibbs, describes what he hopes to hear at tonight's presidential debate. take a listen. >> i hope the moderator gives governor romney a chance to do what paul ryan said he didn't have time to do and that is explain how they pay for a $5 trillion tax cut. as you pointed out, ed, it is a time problem that is vexing in this budget. it's a math problem. they can't pay for it. if they can't pay for it to provide the tax cut for the rich then they're going to raise taxes on the middle class. that's what the economic studies have shown. look, i don't know anybody who thinks we' we're another tax cu a millionaire away from a stronger middle class. >> watch ed schultz every night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "the ed show" on msnbc. >>> a judge in pennsylvania has blocked the state's stricter voter inch d. law. ruling means that voters in pennsylvania will not have to show a state-approved i.d. to cast ballots on election day. the judge said he was concerned that the law could prevent some people from voting. the st

robert de niro place the his hants and feet in concrete at the chinese theater. the oscar winner had this to say. >> you know, joe pesci always said i'd end up with my feet in cement. i don't think this is what he had in mind. >>> and speaking of joe pesci, the actor has settled a lawsuit against the makers of a john gotti biopick. his lawyer says he was owed $3 million for the part and gained 30 pounds for a role that never happened. >>> kristen wig joined the cast of the long awaited "anchor man" sequel. >> i love her. >> i love her. she's fantastic. >> i also love betty white and her 90th birthday special is airing tonight on nbc. it's going to feature the star studded lineup of guests like amy polar. there is another one you love. >> i watch "parks and recs" all the time. >> she is fantastic in that. >> and happy birthday, betty white. this is "first look" on msnbc. stay tuned because "way too early" starts right now. >>> i've made jokes about you not just one or two, not just on going here and there, intermittent, but -- >> i didn't know this was going to be

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just before noon sunday, supreme court chief justice john roberts administered the oath of office as required by law on the 20th of january. take a listen. >> please raise your right hand. >>> i about a rack hussein obama swear that will faithfully execute the office of the president of the united states and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> thank you, mr. chief justice. thank you so much. thank you, sweetie. thank you. >> i did it. all right. thank you, everybody. >> and in case you didn't hear that last part, sasha said you didn't mess up. in reference to the first time he took the oath in 2009. last night the president and first laid yea long with the vice president and mrs. biden all attended an inaugural reception where each of them spoke. here's a taste on how that evening went. >> thank you so much for joining us tonight. but more than that, thank you for the kindness, friendship and support that you've shown us since we've begun this long journey together. >>

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apparently the kristen stewart cheating scandal has not damaged robert pattinson's stock, thankfully. the star has been named world's sexiest man for the fourth straight year. >> are you going to read it? >> absolutely. did you doubt? seth mcfarlane is going to be the next host of the oscars. mcfarlane joked he hopes organizers don't find out he hosted charlie sheen's roast. >>> adele is debuting "skyfall" this weekend. >>> 36-year-old drew barrymore who got married in june has given birth to a baby girl named olive. >>> oprah winfrey tops this year's "forbes" list of women, earning $165 million between may 2011 and may 2012. >> is own doing that well? >> well, her magazine. >> everything. >>> taylor swift tells "glamour" magazine her ex, john mayer, is being presumptuous in thinking her song is about him. he thought the song was cheap and humiliating. >> she doesn't want to admit it was about him, because then she'd be accused of being cruel and mean. >>> i'm lynn berry. this is "first look" on msnbc, but stay tuned "way too early with willie geist" starts right now. >>> five weeks t

robert redford says democrats suffer from a failure to communicate. redford explains the democratic party has a good story to tell, but they don't know how to tell it, and the other side has no story to tell and they tell it loud and clear. finally, pretty co reports andy cohen got president obama to play his celebrity tv game plead the fifth at sarah jessica parker's fundraiser. out of three questions, you get to plead the fifth and not answer one. which one did he duck? choose an outfit that michelle wears that you don't like. when the first lady demanded to know, the president said no way, i'm not crazy. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> president obama's new immigration policy has already made for lots of talk on the campaign trail. last night on the edge show, congressman luis gutierrez shot down the claim that he has done nothing for immigration, arguing that he actually fulfilled a promise on the issue. take a listen. >> look, what the president's action is a reflection of the will of the nation, of both house of representativ

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. >>> the robert pattinson, kristin stewart has turned into a reconciliation. "people" magazine saying they will be a couple again. the two are back together after a dramatic make up in los angeles. >>> finally, lindsay lohan has been arrested again, this time in new york city for leaving the scene of an accident after clipping a pedestrian with a borrowed porsche. lohan was slurring her words and reeked of boos. lohan claims she is being set up. what do you think? >> with her track record? it's hard to believe that. >> it's always the first place you go. shocker. at least she's back in the news again. what are you thinking, first of all, driving in new york city? >> driving, then to be reeking of boos and driving. yeah. there's no good place to be. >> yeah. it's lindsay, though. when is she ever going to learn? >> probably no time soon. >> i'm veronica dela cruz. "way too early" with willie geist starts right now. >>> mitt romney continues to address the secretly recorded video tape saying as president, his campaign is for the 100% of the united states, not th

. >>> during a farewell tribute to defense secretary robert gates, president obama surprised him with a medal of freedom, the country's highest civilian honor. gates is being replaced by cia chief leon pinetta. >>> prince william and his new wife katherine arrived in canada for their first official trip abroad. the newlyweds arrived in ottawa to cheering crowds before attending an informal barbecue and a reception. >>> and check this out. officials in china szechuan province have apologized for releasing a blatantly doctored photo of three men inspecting a highway project so poorly photo shopped, it appears the men are levitating. the photographer admits to combining photos because he felt his originals weren't impressive enough. >>> now here's your "first look" at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,414 after gaining 152 points yesterday. the s&p was up 13. and the nasdaq rose 33. and taking a look at overseas trading this morning. in tokyo the nikkei added 51 points, while the hang seng climbed 336. >>> stocks closed a rough month and a quarter thursday with t

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it's robert, dad. [ female announcer ] come in to find the right credit options for your needs. because when people talk, great things happen. >>> now here is your first look at scrambled politics. president obama's defense of the affordable care act tuesday compared any glitches in the rollout to one successful high tech company that has occasional problems. >> consider that just a couple weeks ago, apple rolled out a new mobile operating system. and within days, they found a glitch. so they fixed it. i don't remember anybody suggesting apple should stop selling iphones or ipads. or threatening to shut down the company if they didn't. >> republican senator ted cruz of texas who conducted a faux filibuster against the health care law last week played a part in the strategy that shut down the government. and one republican congressman calls it a disaster. >> ted cruz is to blame and those in the house who stand with him have brought about this train wreck. it's up to us to get it out and the president to step in and stop standing on the sidelines. >> sheldon adelson lost a lawsui

. >>> us weekly" reports robert pattinson selling the house he shared with kristen stewart because there are too many memories. >> oh, that's so sad. >> it is. young love, you know? it always is a little upsetting. bill rebound as well. >> kick her out of the house. >> exactly. just clorox that up and you'll be fine. i'm lynn berry. this is "first look" on msnbc. stay tuned. "way too early with willie geist" starts right now. >>> i want to talk not about what divides us but what holds us together as an american family. i want to talk to you tonight about that one great thing that unites us, that one great thing that brings us our greatest joy when times are good and the deepest solace in our dark hours. tonight, i want to talk to you about love. >> the greatest lesson that mom ever taught me, though, was this one. she told me there would be times in your life when you have to

. >>> baylor quarterback robert griffin iii announced he'll enter the nfl draft. he has one more year of eligih l eligibilihe will jikt but will receive a masters in communications this summer. impressive for a guy who is only 21. that's your first look at sports. i'm fred roggin. >> and now for another quick look at the weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins, bill "the voice" cairns with the weather channel forecast. >> the voice of a 15-year-old cracking. nice to see kit snow in northern new england. it's been a while. that's what we're dealing with this morning. mass pike, you have snow right along mass pike. we're getting a mix now of sleet mixing in with snow. it is all rain and heavy rain at that everywhere around the greater philadelphia, central jersey and new york city. right around 6:00 to 7:00 a.m. the morning drive around the tri-state area in connecticut, new york and new jersey is going to be very difficult. as far as snow goes, only northern new england is going to get accumulating snows out of this. it will move out during the day. we'll cl

>> annabell roberts, thank you. >>> a u.s. army sergeant is charged with secretly filming female cadets. the staff member at west point is accused of putting hidden cameras in the showers and bathrooms to tape women who are naked or partly undressed. defense secretary chuck hagel was concerned and disturbed by the allegations. it's just the latest sexual misconduct incident in the military following a pentagon report estimating that as many as 26,000 service members may have been sexually assaulted in the last year alone. >>> later today, president obama will give what's being billed as a major speech on counter-terrorism. he's expected to discuss the u.s. prison at guantanamo bay and the on going war on terror. his remarks could be used to defend the administration's drone program after an admission from the attorney general. nbc's tracie potts joins us live from washington with a preview. good morning. >> good morning. the big picture here is that with al qaeda central organization essentially decimated, there are other thre

. >> the hollywood reporter learned "iron man" robert downey jr. will make at least 50 million bucks. this thanks to an amazing agent who signed him a deal that gets him a percentage of any film -- >> has to be the most by any actor. >> -- that he plays "iron man" in. samuel l. jackson and scarlett johansson who both will appear in other marvel films will earn $4 million to $6 million. superheroes sell. chris evans, chris hemsworth, mark rough alo earned $2 million to $3 million. >>> as for lady gaga's june concert in jakarta, indonesia, may be canceled. >>> john travolta's sexual harassment lawsuit is dropped. >>> speaking of ellen, ryan seacrest bought her nine-bedroom house for a whopping 37 million bucks, which is like the interest on his new contract. it's really nothing for him. >> ellen must have had a pretty big pad. >> they did. >> she's done well. syndication is where the money is. >> i'm lynn berry. this is "first look" on msnbc. stay tuned. "way too early" is next. >>> so we're doing this again. house speaker john boehner promises an el

milton wolf will primary challenge kansas senator pat roberts next year. wolf is related to the president through his great-grandfather who is also mr. obama's great-great-grandfather. >>> and california governor jerry brown has been named the greatest bald man in the bay area by "the san francisco chronicle." what an honor there. after winning the contest, he sat down for an interview. and in it, he says he would probably never wear a hair piece. brown also says the bald eagle is his baldness role model. and that is your morning dish of "scrambled politics." >>> time now for our first look at politics. for that we are joined by syndicated columnist bob franken who has all his hair. good morning, bob. >> good morning. hearing a lot of baldfaced lies recently. >> let's talk about that because the government shutdown is delaying death benefits of fallen soldiers, and many say this is downright shameful yet both sides keep pointing the finger. when is this going to end, bob? >> well, there is some legislation which will probably pass which should restore it.

night during msnbc's post-debate coverage, rachel maddow asked former white house press secretary, robert gibbs, what he thinks we can expect to hear from the president in tonight's speech. >> i think what you'll hear from the president tomorrow night, he's going to talk about the mess that we're in, the economic mess. and this all didn't start when the bank collapsed on wall street in 2008. this has happened for years and years with middle class families who have watched themselves get farther and farther behind. he's going to have some very concrete ideas for how to get our economy moving. for how to create economic growth and economic growth leads to job creation. but most importantly, raechel, he's going to challenge congress to get something done. to put their party allegiance aside and go for their country first. i think that's what american people want to see out of washington, the ability to get something done. the president will offer ideas that republicans haven't supported in the past. the question is and the challenge he'll have for them is, will they have the courage to stand

. >>> mitt romney's wife ann will fill in on "good morning america" as co-host robin roberts recovers from a bone marrow transplant. >>> and the first lady was asked by popsugar.com who she'd like to see play her husband in a movie. she said she had two choices. either will smith or denzel washington. what do you think? who would you choose to play barack obama? you can tell me on twitter. go to @lynnberry or head to facebook.com. that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> and now to wall street. the dow closinged at 13,575 after gaining 80 points yesterday. the s&p was up 10. the nasdaq add 14. taking a look at overseas trading this morning. in tokyo, the nikkei inched up 38 points. the hang seng climbed 104. the s&p is on the cusp of a five-year high. barring any surprises from september's job reports, it could hit that high today. experts predict about 115,000 jobs were added last month. weekly claims ticked slightly higher yesterday. >>> on thursday, coal companies rallied after republican mitt romney gave coal a shoutout during wednesday night's presidential debate. >>>

the grandson of robert f. kennedy went to stanford and harvard law school and worked as a prosecutor. he hopes to win the house seat being given out by congressman barney frank, who is retiring. >>> former illinois police sergeant drew peterson has been found guilty in the 2004 drowning of his third wife, kathleen savio. court sketches show a stone-face peterson and an emotional savio family as the judge read the guilty verdict. after just two days, the jury was won over by a largely circumstantial case that, according to one juror, hinged on hearsay testimony that originated from peterson's missing fourth wife, stacy, whose whereabouts are still unknown. sentencing is set for november 26th. peterson faces up to 60 years in prison. >>> here's your first look at other news going on around america today. in maryland, newly released video shows a big rig that hit a police car and seriously injured a trooper. unbelievable. the officer was performing a traffic stop when that truck slammed right into his vehicle and

the lawyer representing army staff sergeant robert bales who is accused of killing 17 afghan villagers this month says he will argue his client suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, including severe nightmares, flashbacks of war and persistent headaches. >>> pope benedict has wrapped up a three-day visit to cuba after meet with former leader fidel castro. the pope called for greater human rights in the communist country and also he criticized the u.s. for its trade embargo on cuba. >>> last night, texas executed a convicted child sex offender for the 2001 fatal beating of a 10-month-old boy. jesse joe hernandez was put to death by lethal injection hours after the u.s. supreme court denied his last-ditch appeal. >>> bluegrass banjo legend and country music hall of famer earl scruggs died in nashville wednesday at the age of 88. scruggs' collaborations with bill monroe in the '40ss and lester flatt have been referred to as big bang moments for modern bluegrass and 20th century country music. >>> and did you get your ticket? if you hear this you just might. the mega millions jackpo

and robert pattinson took the high rode rood. he was classy. sharing pint of ice cream on the daily show, john stewart joked they were a couple of gals talking about a break-up and that pattinson was better off without former flame. pattinson never directly commented on kristen stewart saying only right now he needs a really good publicist. >> i go for the chocolate chip cookie dough. >>> returning to acting in "the expendables 2" after an eight-year break, arnold schwarzenegger insists it's tough staying in shape at age 68, but the same workouts and food he ate when he was working out still worked. claude van damme said he had an affair with kylie minogue when he was shooting "street fighter." miley cyrus went platinum blonde, super short. she quoted she's never felt more me in my whole life. >> she has a pretty face, she can totally get away with it. i could not. >> that is a bold statement. you think -- i'll just end on that because it boggles my mind. i'm lynn berry, this is "first look" on msnbc. stay tuned, willie geist is next. >>> with

i'm thomas roberts and this is way too early. the hoe is practicing its portuguese for the next olympics. you are listening live on cirrus xm radio. let us know why you are awake early. shoot us an e-mail or do what carly lloyd does or text the word awake followed by your response. we will read the best responses later on in the show. before we get to the news here, willie gift is standing by. the u.s. women's soccer team did it again, getting revenge against the tough japanese team. >> they lost in the world cup to japan last summer and they were heartbroken and had been thinking about that game every day up until yesterday. we will have highlights there. also another run for the ages. usain bolt does it again. we will have highlights of his run away later. >> you know who else will get redemption? >> your alarm clock monday morning will get redemption on you. >> i'm not look being forward to it. >> mitt romney is in boston after wrapping up a two-day swing through morning and new jersey raking in an additional $5 million. woody

diary of a wimpy kid robert rules came out on top with 24 had the $4 million thanks to an under 18 audience. they managed to beat all estimates and came in ahead of the original "diary of a wimpy kid" which opened last year with $22.1 million. the action fantasy "sucker punch" had a soft debut. the film cost $75 million to produce and analysts say poor reviews and ratings may affect it going fort. >>> limitless had $15.2 million. reese wither spoon and her talent agent tied the not over the weekend in southern california. finally, actress amy adams is tapped to play lois lane in the big rescreen make of "super man" which is slated to be released at the end of next year. the guy that is going to be playing super man, thumbs up. >> who is that again? >> i can't remember his name. i think henry cavil i think? >> i love amy adams. >> i'm veronica de la cruz. stay tuned. way too early with willie geist starts right now. >>> with the path cleared by u.n. air strikes, rebels continue to push back the forces of gadhafi claiming now to have captured gadhafi's hometown. the question is what does it m

kennedy was opposed to lyndon johnson from becoming president and talked to robert about preventing it from happening. and in sweden, hate when this happens, a drunk moose got stuck in a tree after eating too many fermented apples. it's not uncommon there. the branches were sawed off to help the moose, it sobered up and made its way back to the woods. and here's the first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,295 after falling 119 points yesterday. the s&p was down 12 points. the nasdaq lost 19. taking a look at overseas trading this morning. in tokyo, the nikkei dipped 55 points. while in hong kong, the hang seng shed 46. >>> well, when the fed chairman speaks, wall street tends to listen. investors didn't like what they didn't hear. stocks tumbled after ben bernanke delivered an economic outlook which includes no stimulation of investment measures. investors had hoped for some kind of cash injection. a rise in weekly jobless claims added to yesterday's gloom. today we'll see what they thought of president obama's jobs package. g-7 finance ministers meet i

. >>> robert kraft on aaron hernandez's murder charges saying, quote, if this stuff is true, i've been duped and our whole organization has been duped. he added, he said to me he wanted to be a role model to the hispanic community. he said we'd given him a second chance and i believed him. he's the most likeable young man. this is all very sad to me. very sad. >>> rex ryan in pamplona, spain, half mile running of the bulls with friends. not all smiles here. scrambling up a wall. >> is that him? >> that is, not very quickly. 1,000-pound bull on his tail. he ran the race sunday and monday. he did it both days. it's not confirmed, but i heard when he got to the other side the tebow'd. >> bad bull. he made it out alive. that's all that counts. >>> for your first look at today's political buzz i'm joined by washington post reporter. >> good morning. >> president obama meets with the black caucus this morning. it's the first meeting in two years. why such a strained relationship and what's today's focus? >> it's been a big concern among members of black caucus about jobs for black americans

. >>> what a debut for robert griffin iii. found pierre garcon across the middle, 88 yards to the house. a pair of touchdowns and the skins upset the saints 40-32. >>> andrew luck's debut didn't go as well. picked off three times. the bears are expecting big things out of jay cutler and brandon marshall. they got it. chicago beat indy, 41-21. >>> mark sanchez didn't throw a single touchdown in the preseason because apparently he was saving it for the bills. three touchdowns. in fact, the only thing that went wrong was on the sidelines. rex ryan leveled by scott chandler. popped right back up. jets were all smiles and why not? they won it 48-28. >>> pats and titans. gronkowski picked up where he left off last season. new england up 21-3. but the celebration needs some work. not exactly the kind of spike he had in mind. the pats are happy he can hold on to the ball when it counts. they won it 34-13. >>> from one botched celebration to another, alex smith connecting with vernon davis. touchdown, niners. davis then showed off his

i never really thought i would make money doing what i love. [ robert ] we created legalzoom to help people start their business and launch their dreams. go to legalzoom.com today and make your business dream a reality. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. >>> turning back now to some of top political stories. jonathan, thanks so much for being here on the phone. >>> let's start the sequester just days away, if it goes into effect, how will those affect the average person. >> we're talking about $1.2 trillion cuts to both defense spending and domestic spending. there may be about 700,000 jobs loss. president obama and his statement from the white house yesterday he was surrounded by police and firefighters, those first responders would be subject to cuts, schools would be subject to cuts, an array of government services that people have come to rely on will be faced with cuts. >>> switching gears to vice president joe biden, he made news during a facebook town hall where he urged people to, quote, buy a shotgun. >> not exactly the message that the white house wants to send.

i never really thought i would make money doing what i love. [ robert ] we created legalzoom to help people start their business and launch their dreams. go to legalzoom.com today and make your business dream a reality. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. >>> turning to our top stories, confirmation hearings of john brennan for cia director and release of classified documents on u.s. drone strikes. joining me for more on this is sinn syndicated columnist bob franken. let's start with the release of the documents which the administration won't officially acknowledge until wednesday. why are they releasing them now? >> they're releasing them in a couple of hours before the hearing which is a little bit cynical when you think of it. it's going to be difficult to do a thorough analysis of them. but the answer to your question is they're releasing them because they were sort of embarrassed into doing them. >> and what effect are the memos expected to have on the confirmation hearings? >> this is going to be a hearing that touches not only on drone strikes but also on torture. on

roberts ripped the ball. k.d. walker somehow, some way jumped over the catcher avoiding the tag and he was safe. unbelievable. walker put on the brakes and popped up and over to the plate. you can't teach that. truly an amazing play like no other. that's your first look at sports. have a great weekend. i'm fred roggin. >>> now another quick look at the weather. good morning once again, bill. >> i had to find an example. been talking about the snow in the plains and i found this picture from the department of transportation in nebraska. this is north platte. and you should be looking at interstate 80. major highway. it is snow covered. you can see one car, maybe a plow or a truck. reports of many vehicles off the roads. winds gusting up to 60 miles per hour. and this area is under a blizzard warning. and power outages are widespread new areas of western nebraska and even western kansas, too. that's the know i side of this storm. the severe weather side is about to slam new memphis. a new tornado warning to the sout

. >>> new alabama governor robert bentley has apologized for comments he made just hours after being inaugurated monday. bentley said anyone who has not accepted jesus into their life was not his brother or sister. >>> a new survey by "travel and leisure" may surprise you. named los angeles as the rudest city in the country. new york city, which has long battled the image, came in at number two. >>> and in new zealand, a group of fishermen had the ride of their lives yesterday when they attempted to cross a notoriously dangerous river in rough water. the captain said they were eager to return home after a week-long fishing trip when they decided to risk the crossing. the local coast guard says men are lucky to have made it out unharmed. >>> here's your first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,825 after dipping 12 points yesterday. the s&p shed 13 points. the nasdaq lost 40. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei fell 119 points, while in hong kong the hang seng tumbled 415. >>> the economic downturn left much of the financ

over the weekend, secretary of defense robert gates said that the u.s. has begun preliminary talks with the taliban x although he doesn't expect those talks to yield for much. >>> today, we get another republican candidate for president, jon huntsman, president obama's former ambassador to china, is expected to make his announcement. >> tracie potts, thanks. >>> arizona's long-ranging monument fire may be 40% contained. but still the agonizing wait continues for evacuated residents, wondering whether or not the wild afires have burned down their homes. >> reporter: winds subsided monday. not the emotions of victims caught in the middle. 12,000 people evacuated from just the area around sierra vista in southeastern arizona zcould only watch and wonder. >> what dow owe need from your house? what do you need. >> i need money and some clothes. >> reporter: residents wanting to return were turned back by law enforcement. fuel for these fires is this -- dried up brush, easily combustible in arizona's triple-digit heat that have left hundreds of square miles sc

chief justice, john roberts. >> mandate is a command. >> no disagreement on that. >> the bill the president signed requires almost all americans to buy health insurance by 2014 or pay a fine. 26 states sudden. >> coming in to federal court to challenge this unprecedented obligation to buy a good or service that consumers don't want. >> a new survey finds two-thirds of americans want obama health care struck down. >> if we went on the individual mandate obamacare in totality will fall totally practically speaking. >> the imposition of government rule over people's lives. >> obama supporters rallied saying his plan imposes fairness. >> we are rich and prosperous nation. it's only morally right a minimal level of health care should be right and not a function of income or which eyes you have. >> all eyes will be on justin anthony kennedy. he could be the swing vote. >>> outside the supreme court rick santorum said health care is not a right because rights are given by your creator and health care reform could force you to do things which you believe are against the teachings of your faith. >>

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>> i can tell you, i can hear robert gibbs saying this is not a repudiation. we won the governorship of new york, florida, california, maybe ohio. those would be -- >> that would be a good night for them. that would be a surprisingly pushback last-minute showing. that would be affecting redistricting and affect organizational strength. and nobody in this group of three of us now can imagine -- check me on this that president obama can be re-elected without those three states. california, florida, ohio. >> he could do it with two of the three. >> don't miss "hardball with chris matthews" week nights at 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. eastern. and be sure to keep it right here on msnbc, the place for politics and nonstop coverage of the 2010 midterm elections. >>> officials around the world spent the weekend trying to get to the bottom of what appears to be a plot to blow up planes in flight. a woman arrested in yemen in the case is freed this morning as the search continues for whoever was behind this security scare. n >> reporter: a worldwide security alert as it emer

robert moore, itv news in the north atlantic. >>> it is time now for your first look at entertainment news. movie goers apparently still have a big appetite for "the hunger games." the blockbuster pulled in an estimated $21.5 million in its fourth weekend overshadowing several new releases. that raises the film's domestic total to a whopping $337 million. big numbers. huge. and then coming in seconds bringing screen version of "the three stooges" which pulled in an unexpectedly strong $17.1 million thanks to a largely male audience that bill was not a part of? >> no. surprised it did that well. >> in third place the comedy "the cabin in the woods" managed to scare up $14.9 million due to strong word of mouth and critical reviews. and ninth place, the space thriller "lockout" which debuted with a weak $6.3 million. all right. so you may have heard the big news that after six kids, seven years, brad pitt and angelina jolie, they are finally engaged. yep. there are several reports saying brad's ex-wife jennifer aniston is also thrilled for them, especially now that she's found happiness

. >> and tonight jimmy welcomes "30 rock's" tina fey, colin hanks and musical legend robert plant. that's "late night with jimmy fallon" weeknights on your local nbc station. >>> well, it's time now for your first look at entertainment news. at least one legal issue is resolved for lindsay lohan. the actress has reportedly settled her $100 million lawsuit against etrade. lohan accused of firm of making fun of her in a super bowl commercial. >>> meanwhile, a judge has issued an arrest warrant and set a friday hearing to determine if the actress violated probation after failing a court-ordered drug test. >>> lady gaga is going from pop to politics again. the eccentric singer visited maine monday to urge lawmakers to repeal the military's don't ask, don't tell policy ahead of today's senate vote. >>> channeling his inner gordon gecko, michael douglas showed no signs of weakness at the new york premiere of his latest film, "wall street money never sleeps," despite battling stage four throat cancer. >>> and finally, joaquin phoenix may have duped some into believing that he left acting

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. >>> last night on the "rachel maddow show," robert gibbs says the tax cut just doesn't add up. >> there's a $4.8 trillion tax cut that no study that actually looks at the real numbers can come up with a way of paying for it. into that, $2 trillion for pentagon spending and that's how they want to start the deficit reduction conversation. this is all a big ruse for how do we cut taxes for the very upper end and hope that it trickles down for the middle class. it won't work under mitt romney. >> the rachel show airs weeknights at 9:00 eastern. tonight she'll head up our special coverage of the debate beginning at 8:00 eastern right here on msnbc. the place for politics. >>> now here's your "first look" at this morning's dish of scrambled politics. oklahoma senator tom coburn issued his annual report on billions of dollars in wasteful government spending ranging from $300,000 marketing caviar to $90 million in lost taxes because the nfl is considered a nonprofit organization. mitt romney's campaign raised $170 million in donations in september, a little less than president obama's $181 milli

. >>> and cryonics pioneer has died, robert etinger was 92, his body became the 106th to be stored at the cryonics institute which he founded in 1976. >>> now your "first look" at wall street. the dow opens at 12,592, after losing 88 points yesterday. the s&p fell seven points and the nasdaq dipped 16. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, the nikkei was up 47 points, while in hong ko kong, the hang seng climbed 278. wall street was down monday as jitters heightened over the prospect of defaults with no progress towards a debt ceiling deal. volume was light, even by summer standards. suggesting many sat on the sidelines. while overall losses were moderate, the amount of falling stocks far outpaced advancers. wall street's so-called fear index jumped over 10%. >>> the debt stalemate prompted a flight to gold and another record high. the dollar fell to a record low against the swiss franc, a traditional safe haven currency. earnings steady bright spot were no help monday, kimberly-clark dropped 2% on a doubtful profit forecast. >>> hospital operator, hca, tumbled 19% after rep