straight people, too. congratulation, oklahoma governor mary fallon, you're about to be way, way more famous than you have ever been before. that does it for us tonight. . good thursday morning. right now on "first look," cocaine and the congressman. major mea culpa in the pursuit of forgiveness and redemption. a-rod's rage. the slugger stormed out of a grievance hearing saying he's disgusted with the abusive process. designer dog. is this the face of the per if he cannily procured pooch? >> and stamping out cancer while making you slimmer. and the women who accomplished the near impossible. i'm mara schiavocampo. overnight congressman trey radel

arrived in florida hours after he pleaded guilty to buying cocaine and was sentenced to a year of probation. he is taking a leave of absence from congress and apologized. >> i have been getting the help that i need and i will continue to get the help that i need and the support system that i need for years to come. i believe in forgiveness and redemption. and i hope if there is anything positive that can come out of this and i know there will be positive that comes out of this, it's that i hope that i can be a role model for millions of others that are struggling with this disease. >> house speaker john boehner won't say whether he thinks his fellow republican should resign. radel was caught last month in a sting set up by federal authorities. an undercover officer met him at

a restaurant after his dealer tipped off the feds. he pout more than bought more than 3 grams. baseball slugger alex rodriguez stormed out of an arbitration hearing of his appeal. he was angry after the arbitrator refused to order baseball commissioner to testify. >> i lost my mind. i banged the table and kicked a briefcase and slammed out of the room and felt like the system -- i knew it was restricted and i knew it wasn't fair. what we saw today was disgusting. and the fact that the man from milwaukee that put the suspension on me with not one bit of evidence, something i

didn't do, and he doesn't have the courage to come look at me in the eye and tell me this is why i did it? i shouldn't serve one inning. >> in a statement major league baseball wrote in the entire history the commissioner did not testify in a single case. and said today's antics are an obvious attempt to justify his continuing refusal to testify under oath. iran is warning of red lines it will not compromise. iran and the p 5 plus 1 indicated wednesday an agreement is possible in exchange for lifted sanctions. it's the u.s., russia, china, france, britain and germany, but there is strong opposition to a deal from audi arabia and israel. ayatollah khomeini said it was the rabid dog of the region,

hollande said such comments complicate the talks. y netanyahu renewed his call for a mutually accepted resolution. vice president joe biden is urging lawmakers to hold off on passing sanctions against iran. the obama administration says they could jeopardize the delicate talks. a lawmaker will be back at work after she was attacked feet from capitol hill. she describes herself as a tough girl from queens. when she was walking home from dinner tuesday someone knocked her out from behind and stole her purse. the congresswoman counted herself lucky saying she suffered a bump on her head and bruise on her chin. >> luckily i don't really carry that much cash on me. i had my cell phone and my credit card and id in my coat pocket. so none of that was taken thank fli. >> doctors say all tests came

back normal. as for the congresswoman she said she is taking it slow. no arrests have yet been made. paying tribute to their predecessor and icon john f. kennedy. a wreath was laid on his grave wednesday in advance of the 50th anniversary of his assassination. joined by michelle obama, hillary clinton and ethel kennedy they stood with their hands on their hearts. tom brokaw told "the daily show's" jon stewart that jfk was the first president that we all shared because of television. >> he was in everyone's home. we had never had that phenomenon before so there was a familiarity with him. he had become popular again after the cuban missile crisis. so it was a transition in how we

perceived politicians and the connection we felt to them. it was such a violent ending. i was a young reporter in omaha. i read it on the air there and i remember having two parts of my mind working, personal. i didn't know what to expect next. and then i thought this doesn't happen in this country. >> he seeks to understand the true effect of that day in his documentary "where were you the day jfk died?" you can watch that tomorrow night at 9:00 p.m. only on nbc. time for sports now. richard lui has all the headlines. >> we have some difficult news to tell you about. will lindsey vonn miss show which i just 78 days away in the latest update, she actually partially tore the ligament she just replaced. that right knee is the one she blew out in february after that accident you see there. doctors will watch and wait to see very carefully how severe that tear is. the teaguers will send prince fielder to the rangers. texas gets its .279 batting

average. and 25 home runs last season. they also get $30 million of cash and what's left of his 7 year contract. tigers get ian kinsler who had 13 home runs and hit .277 last season. pretty good trade for both sides. pacers become the first team with ten whips. they beat the knicks who sputtered in the final minutes of the game. indiana's paul george scored nine points in overtime. pacer wh pacer win 103-96. lebron leading the charge with that reverse baseline. heat dominate 120-93. trash talking turning into a brawl before a fight. uncommon, isn't it? brawling at a training session. real brawl, november 23. hockey in minnesota. talent highlight, this pass between the legs for the score. they beat ottawa 4-3.

what is jose canseco doing right now? driving around two goats in the back of his car. of course. he says on twitter he was headed to shoot a documentary called fainting goats. >> like tyson and the pigeons. >> one never knows. the packers fans made best of the boy being broken with a broken collarbone. they named help aaron roger. dropped the s so it sound more like a middle man. finally meet the man who put jo living on the prayer back on the that's the way i used to dance. fast fun song. >> thanks so much, richard.

an underwater volcano creates a new island off tokyo japan. the japanese coast guard caught this video of heavy smoke and steam billowing over the newly formed piece of land and it's officially certified as an island. japan's territory waters are expected to expand. that i think is so cool because you read about how land is formed. and to see it is amazing. >> that's how all the land was formed. just a rumor. >> and you would know. >> i wasn't here. today there are two stories out there. one, it's getting colder in many spots. winter weather in the rockies. snowing right now in denver. it's about 23 degrees and light snow. and that is sticking to the ground at those temperatures. so colorado, wyoming, new mexico getting some of that snow. maybe even you'll have to shovel in the higher elevations. for the key ski resort, you'll the next couple days.

in montana, minus 15. that cold air will spread through the plains. denver, today is high of only 22. minneapolis, only 33. this is just the beginning of the cold blast. also rain out there from dallas northwards and into friday, that's when we start to track the cold air to the east starting saturday. >> get the sweaters out. >> long johns. >> that bad? >> i can't see you doing that. >> i have to keep warm. i hate the cold. i wear like six layers. the cancer fighting waste slimming food. we'll tell you what it is. and jfk medal of freedom award 50 years after its inception. ♪

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now to other stories making headlines this morning. secretary of state john kerry announced the united states and afghanistan have drafted an agreement that would keep an american troop presence in the country through 2024. the draft will be presented to

an afghan ground council for approval today. this after a senior aide to karzai claimed no agreement would be approved without an apology from the u.s.. kerry has denied any discussion of an american apology. president obama awarded 16 people the presidential medal of freedom on wednesday, including former president bill clinton and oprah winfrey. the award which is the country and he highest civilian honor was established by president can kennedy. speaking of the kennedys, a kennedy kuz sip is expected to be released from prison after being granted a new trial in the killing of his 15-year-old neighbor. he has been serving a 20 years to life sentence since 2002. today three women are graduating from the marine corps's enlisted infantry training course for the very first time. they were in a group that matched the same standards as the men as the military prepares to open up combat jobs to women. congrats to them. harvard researchers tracked 119,000 men and women over a 30

year period. they found that those who ate nuts almost every gay were 20% less likely to die during the study than those who did not eat nuts at all. also, the risk of dieing from cancer was down 11% and the risk of heart disease dropped 29%. not only that, but the nut eaters stayed slimmer. the good nuts include peanuts, pistach pistachios, waalmonds and walnu. and a cargo jet landed at the wrong airport. the boeing 747 was headed to mcconnell air force base, but touched down at a small airport instead before the runway is about 3,000 feet too short for the jet to take off. the incident is being investigated. and now we turn to business with seema mody. >> you'll love this first story. for the first time in a decade, women are the most popular tech hires. the industry added 40,000 jobs

between january an september d and 60% were women. but they continue to lag men in pay. amazon is launching its black friday deals. mopping the deal, 60% off coats and jackets and 50 empg l.e.d. tv for $229. and mcdonalds will leave it up to local franchises to decide whether to sell the mcrib. the giant had put it on the menu the paths three years to help boost year end sales. >> no mcrib? what a downer. all right. thanks. scrambled politics is next including one utah town that just forgot to hold election day. [ woman 1 ] why do i cook?

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so you have time to focus on the things you love. ink from chase. so you can. time for your first look at this morning's dish of scrambled politics. with the stroke of a pen, illinois has become the latest state to allow same sex marriage. pat quinn signed the bill on the same desk where abraham lincoln wrote his inaugural address. massachusetts senator elizabeth warren wants to expand social security. she spoke to msnbc's rachel maddow last night. >> what we're seeing are seniors who are really in a financial squeeze. they have more debt, they don't have savings, they owe money on their homes. the old defined pension plans that help protect them from their employers about 35% of the

workforce had them a generation ago. now we've cut that in half. so they're really under a squeeze. and what they have is social security. >> the rachel maddow show ayers week nights at 9:00. the former aide to gabby giffords will run for reelection. don't go looking for pals. n the senior senator is current will you locked in a fierce primary battle from the right. >> i'm up for re-election next year myself. i'm going to make sure that tim scott gets out and allow for all the other folks on the ballot to represent themselves very well. i'll continue to work hard for my election. >> talk about oversight. one town in utah just forgot to hold an election.

by the time the city realized it h hadn't arranged an official election day, it was too hold to hold any vote. so they will appoint the current mayor and city council for another two years. it's not the first time. the town made the same mistake in 2011. and question only imagine what cory booker meant by this m midnight tweet. he tweeted when you lose your laugh, you lose your footing. and that is your morning's dish of scrambled politics. joining us now for our first look at politics, our thursday regular bob franken who is in d.c.. good morning. >> they claim they forgot the election. >> right. either that or they didn't really want to do it. >> maybe that's the answer for the country. let's just not have an election. >> could be. so let's talk about some of the new developments with congressman radel. as we reported, he announced he's taking a leave of absence

after pleading guilty to cocaine possession. in his press conference, he was contrite, he spoke of the gs seize of addiction and he says he'll be donating his salary to charity. so what are your thoughts about how he's handled this so far? >> first of all, we have to point out he's already a recovering tv anchor person and you know what an obstacle that can be to life. >> no comment. >> but beyond that, he's certainly been straightforward or he seems to have been. now whether that was on the advice of counsel or his public affairs people, whatever, he's certainly not tried to hide the problem and apparently he probably is going to get shaome points for that. >> let's talk about the nuclear option in the senate. should harry reid move forward on forcing votes? >> it sounds like they're going to. republicans are accused of totally violating the spirit of the ability to veto presidential appoints in effect with the

advise and concept options. senate democrats are saying enough is enough. however the problem is if the republicans become the majority party in the senate, then there will be the same problem for the democrats. >> shifting gears to the anniversary of john f. kennedy's assassinati assassination. as we look back at everything that has happened in our nation since then, how would you say politics have changed in the last 50 years? >> i think it's fairly clear that things have gotten continuously worse. there is the old saying cheer up they said things could be worse, so i it and thit sure enough th. we've had a downhill slide in politics to the point that politicians right down there with the most evil people when it comes to public disapproval. >> and so a lot of people position of the golden era of politics where people could compromise and get along. is that just nostalgia speaking or was there a time where things worked a lot better?

>> womthere was a time when peo were not so publicly exposed. quite frankly, i think twegs has played a role in all this. people have really started going for the cheap shot, a little bit of a sound bite as opposed to serious policy. >> all right. bob franken, thanks so much as always. coming up, bill karins and richard lui will be here for first buzz including is this the world's perfect puppy face pet? i'm tony siragusa and i'm training guys who leak a little, to guard their manhood with new depend shields and guards.

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time for "first buzz". richard, some grown siblings? >> this caught my eye. two sons of a mother turning 55,

what do we get mom? they took the childhood pekt ps and took them again today. and so they have pictures at various monuments. >> wearing the same outfits, too. >> they're really cute. even one with a kid where he's over the side of his bed in his underwear. >> my siblings and i did the same thing for my parents. >> you this? >> yeah. i was like eight months old in the photo. we did it a few years ago and my folks loved it. >> mom cried in this situation. and this is a cute one. we like to leave you with a cute video of animals. this dog could very well be the perfect pooch. he's a mix of a cavalier king charles and bichon and miniature poodle. he has a long life, never loses his puppy face supposedly. is he really cute, but that

cuteness sdoes not come cheap. $2,000 to $3,000 for this dog. hopefully he comes with the santa outfit. i'm mara schiavocampo. this is "first look". "way too early" starts right now. babies have gotten uglier. it's a fact. did anyone bring a baby tonight? >> they're not allowed to be in here. >> i prove my point. >> we have you as a baby. you were defeat the cute baby. >> that's a good looking baby. >> talk about babies. will ferrell promoting his latest baby like crazy, but we still eat it up and we will show you more. also blockbuster trade in baseball. we'll tell you how many millions the tigers are paying prince fielder just to play for another team. when it comes to the affordable care act, there is one governor

who doesn't blame president obama. he blames another world famous democrat. and we will explain on this thursday edition of "way too early". good morning, everybody. brian shactman. what do you get when you add a-rod, jose canseco and a goat? that would be our sports block. we'll have details in a few minutes. but i want to start with this potential deal with afghanistan. u.s. military appears one step closer to having american troops in afghanistan beyond the end of next year. secretary of state john kerry has announced a preliminary agreement between u.s. and afghan officials. the "new york times" reports the deal could keep american forces on the ground through 2024. it would also include billions of dollars of international assistance. other reports say the deal will