never liked you, charlene. >> better time next time, charlene. speaking of wedding registries in virginia. they may be getting bigger. the old dominion's ban takes on a new court challenge. new car testing shows they are getting the worst grachltd then is jimmy fallon the incarnation of johnny carson. he weighs in on passing the torch. this is "way too early."johnny . he weighs in on passing the torch. this is "way too early." >> hey, everybody, i'm thomas roberts. it's friday thursday, january 23rd. the show where they can no longer keep captain and teniel together. don't be sad. we will update you on their personal story here in a moment. we want to start with some serious news this morning,

coming overseas where at least three protesters are dead in ukraine. >> that company's capital is boiling over with political unrest. the images have been stunbling. last night the streets erupted in violence as protesters hurled burning tires. now, earlier in the day, police issued tear gas and rubber bullets. the demonstrators responded with molotov cocktails, truly one of the most iconic images from this raid is this, an orthodox priest standing in the middle of the chaos cross in hand. now, opposition leaders have issued ukraine's president an ultimatum, hold elections or face an attack in the capital. joining me right now on set is nbc news foreign correspondent. ukraine's president has given a signal there is room to talk here, but how much time can they waste? afford to waste as the clash seems to be more serious. >> these talks seem to be going on a while. they have had talks with the

opposition, the opposition has been critical of the president saying his intentions haven't been good. he hasn't been holding the talks with syria's plans. they think the early elections are falling on dever eaf ears. >> i want you to stand by. i want to fill everybody in on this other story. we knew the syrian peace talks if switzerland would not be easy. there is hope going forward. it is dim after a really rough first day. syrian government accused them of evil and being in a league with israel. the open six accused bashar al-assad of murdering his own people. secretary of state john kerry made it clear syria's interim president would not a a part of the country. >> bashar assad will not be a part of that interim government. there is no way, no way possible in the imagination that the man who has led the brutal response to his own people could regain

the legitimacy of the government. >> syria's foreign minister replied saying no one, mr. kerry, has the right to provide legitimacy except for the syrian people. yesterday we told you of the revelation of the photos showing the torture and death of syrians at the hand of the government t. new york times reporting the u.s. state department was aware of the photos as far back as november. officials say the u.s. did not act because they cannot authenticate them without the digital files. we kept you around because we want to talk about this it was a really long day for secretary kerry and again rough, but there was a sheer significance because of this meeting and these talks of the photos, they are shocking. >> well, you know, here's the irony of the photos, a lot of us covering syria know these atrocities have been happening. there is enough everyday videnc has been happening. this law firm in london raises

the profile of it even more. it also comes with a little bit of uncertainty given the fact that so much in syria is driven by foreign country, everything, even when it comes to human rights violations being leaked everybody now questions them and can't authenticate them as we heard from the u.s. government. >> thank you, sir. well, another possible candidate for president in 2016 is facing strong criticism this morning. it involves andrew cuomo, the governor of new york. he was talking on a radio show of the current state of the republican party and said, in part, quote, who are they? are they these extreme conservatives, who are right-to-life, pro-assault weapon? anti-gay? is that who they are? because if that is who they are, and they have extreme conservatives, they have for the place in new york. republican governor bobby jindal of louisiana invited anyone offended to his state. he wrote on facebook he displaced and persecuted new

yorkers, you can find refugee loving people and great food in looch in louisiana. governor cuomo says his comments were taken out of context and he was referring only to political candidates. today, virginia's attorney general will begin a push to strike down the state's ban on marriage equality. democrat mark herring on the job just two weeks says he wants to put the commonwealth on quote the right side of the law and history. he is expected to file a brief supporting the lawsuit that challenges the ban on same-sex marriage. now the impendingified in virginia follows recent rulesings in utah, they say the marriage amendments violated the constitution. a mexican national walls executed overnight in texas, despite concerns it would increase dip lo pattic tensions between the u.s. and mexico. edward tomaio, less than three hours before the warrant expired. tamayo was convicted of killing a houston police officer in 1994 after shooting him three times

in the back of the head. the excukes was put on hold as the supreme court considered the appeal. mexico's government says the excukes violated international law since he was not told the mexican consulate could provide legal help. they say it could jeopardize how americans are treated overseas. this was the first execution in texas for 2013. all right. you may want to hit the brakes if you were thinking of buy wag is considered to be a min ficar. nbc's tom costello shows and explains why. >> reporter: the latest crash tests involving the smallest cars on the market did not go so well. the insurance institute for highway safety says none of the so-called mini cars earned an overall good rating and only the chevrolet spark earned an acceptable score. >> minicars are the worst of any we tested. ten of the models are in

marginal or poor rating for protection. >> reporter: at 40 miles an hour the overlap protection test measures when the front of the corner collides with another vehicle or object like a tree or pole, earning marginal scores, mazda 2, kia rio, toyota yaris. and poor scores, mitsubishi mirage, nissan ver sa and hond da fit. in nearly every car, the vehicle collapsed. in some case the dummy's head hit the instrument panel. >> most of the car manufacturers said their vehicles met or exceed government safety standards. we move on to business where investors are looking ahead to earnings report to big names mike microsoft, samsung, starbucks and mcdonald's, yesterday stocks so you mix mixed results after unimpressive numbers. samson pearson is live in d.c.. the bonus checks are about to

start flowing? >> yes. especially at j.p. morgan, thomas. they'll be telling their employees about the 2013 bonuses this week. most won't be getting the check thanks to the bank's mounting legal bills. reports say total compensation was flat with 2012 as managers warned in every no, j.p. morgan announced $20 billion in settlements, the legal expenses doubled, cutting into profits 16%. net flicks is growing by leaps and bounds the company's fourth quarter profits soared. thanks to original shows like "house of cards" and "orange is the new black." net flicks added 4 million subscribers in the quarter. it is considering a plan that for $12 a month would let four people in the same household stream movies an tv shows at the same. . net flicks may also introduce a budget plan for about doctor

6.fine a month. >> they got a good modem. film us in real quickly on a trick rental company out with a top moving location in the u.s. what is the hot spot? >> again, for the fourth straight year, atlanta tops the penske moving list, tampa is second, followed by dallas, ft. worth, orlando and phoenix, they said they have seen a continued migration of customers from the mid-west. they create a list analyzing one-way truck rent also. after the wonderful weather we have been having in the northeast, gee, i'm really surprised by that, thomas. >> i know, atlanta, the new york of the south. i love atlanta. i lived there six years. thanks so much. while netflix and atlanta are growing, some say facebook will be shrinking and fast. a new pool says it will go down to obscurity, they expect it to shrink by 80% by 2018.

we want to know how will you be using facebook in three years? tweet us your responses, we will use some of those answers later in the show. so captain and teneil are getting a divorce, the report comes out from "people" magazine that this couple best known for their string of hits in the 1970s, including "love will keep us together" they starred in their own variety show. we all recall that. "the captain and teneil" show. they were people on the love boat. all right. still ahead on "way too early," so what led up to the interview around the world the new tame i tape on the matchup that led richard sherman to lose his cool, later in the cooler, louis and his excellent venture at the sun dance film festival. it wasn't just the celebrities that left an impression.

i can't wait to see this, he takes two wheels, my man louis. >> that story when we come back. >> i have asked for this radio and television time tonight for the purpose of announcing that we, today, have concluded an agreement to end the war and bring peace with honor in vietnam. ♪ ♪ stacy's mom has got it goin' on ♪ ♪ stacy's mom has got it goin' on ♪

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game. his rant, erin andrews. >> that has generated strong opinions online and on tv. during a press kaurns, he was asked about a particular word some of you describe him. >> richard, of all the backlash, the work done, does that bother you more than any? >> the only reason it bothers me is because it seems like it's the accepted way of calling somebody the n-word. everybody else says the n-word. they say thug. that's fine. it kind of takes me aback and it's kind of disappointing, because they know, what's the definition of a thug, really? can a guy on a football field talking to people you know, maybe i'm talking loudly and doing something, you know, talking like i'm not supposed to. but there is a hockey game where they didn't even play hockey, they just threw the puck aside and started fighting. i saw that, i said, oh, man, i'm a thug? what's going on? geeze. so i really, i really am disappointed in being called a

thug. >> to some tennis now, down under the australian open had been the top seeds were going down early, serena, djokovic are all gone. roger federer will advance after ousting andy murray last night in four sets. he will face top ranked rafael nadal to advance to the final four. so it's federer and nadal friday at 3:30 a.m. set your alarm class, and dvr. >> we have been up for two hours. >> gather around, watch tennis together. we will move on to hockey, where the hurricanes were leading the flyers, 1 and 0 in the 2nd then this happened. >> a foot race ensues and nathan girby walks in, what a goal! >> did you see that? a sensational between the legs goal to give carolina a 2-0 lead. the canes go on to win it 3-2. watch, bam!

that was worth it. sprayed him in the face the goalie with all that ice. let's get a check on the weather are meteorologist bill kierans. >> i was trying to be positive and show you warm smother today like florida and i thought maybe hawaii. but they even have issues today. let me show you, in hawaii, they're expecting these like really monster huge waves, some of the biggest they've had in a decade, a little yesterday, a little in the day today. they're saying they could get waves up to 40 to 50 feet high. that's when you see the crazy surfers towed in on the jet skis, we will see how damaging they r. florida, by the way, are you not much better, orlando with a wind chill of 33 right now. even miami, your wind chill is registering at 46. so i guess if you go to l.a. up to the west where the droukt is horrible to find warm air. tonight of all places, houston, austin and san antonio, you are under a winter storm watch, you will see freezing rain an sleet this evening. maybe up to a tenth of an inch

of ice. i'm sure it will have the schools canceled today. they usually don't have the salt out there necessary to street something like that. so this cold outbreak dives all the way to the deep south today. minneapolis, even with sun today, your high temperature will be minus 4. it's ugly up there this morning the wmp are in the minus 33 degrees range. d.c. at 27, it will help alleve the pave. . same with new york at 21. atlanta there at 40 degree, in case you are wondering when we will get rid of the cold, this will easily by the coldest ten-day stretch of the winter. on saturday the white and purple shows the cold air. another shock for new england. look what happens on monday and tuesday, another big outbreak. maybe a little worse than the one we are in right now. pretty much everywhere, the eastern half of the country. the good news is as we head towards the super bowl, it warms up a little bit. not a lot, thomas, this will be a ten-day strechlt everyone will be making plans for spring

break. >> you really depressed us. >> i was trying to be positive. i couldn't find anything. it was either that or show up. >> i'll take that option. >> we could go to barnacle for an uplifting moment. >> no, you are not going to get it. >> a color-coded chart. >> purpose him. green. all right. coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe, request itself the latest from the violent protests in ukraine. we will have in-depth analysis on that, also, we will find how much impacting the rest of region. then on a much lighter note, we will huddle around the water cooler him leno is getting ready to host his final "tonight show" for the second time. does this feel right? what he thinksant paging the torch? louis is here coming your way in "the cooler." stick around. [ music playing ] the day we rescued riley was a truly amazing day. he was a matted mess in a small cage. so that was our first task, was getting him to wellness. without angie's list, i don't know if we could have found

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. >> at the top of the show, we talked about musicians cap taeven and teniel divorcing. dragon had a short stivent with the beachboys, tennille was a back-up singer on pink floyd's album "the wall." let's check in with louis. he is back, he has an update on jay leno and late night. >> jay leno is getting ready for his final "tonight" show. he gave "60 minutes" about how

he feels about his successor. >> you would have liked to stay? >> it's not my decision. i think i would have stayed if we didn't have an extremely qualified young guy ready to jump in. sure i probably would have stayed longer. but we have somebody, very good, very talented. i think he's, you know, probably more like a young johnny than anybody since and he's really good. so you go with the new guy. it makes perfect sense as to me. if they said, look, you are fired, we don't know who you are going to get, we don't know who we are going to put in there, anybody but you, we want you out, i would be offended. but this makes perfect sense to me, i understand. >> it's pretty obvious he doesn't want to give it up. leno's final show is set for february 6th. fallon will premier from new york studios on february 17ing. now, arnold schwarzenegger has played a lot of roles, nothing

like this. >> to reps of water drinking, do another rep of water drinking, go down a little further. you have elbows and you have knees. so touch them. very nice. stand up straight. very good. rep number seven. stop being a baby. this is not a baby gym. >> and ten. very good, you did it. give me five! wow. why hit so hard? >> it's me, arnold. >> that is me, arnold. so, bradley cooper is probably as hot as an actor as there is in hollywood right now, but that's not stopping him from heading back to broadway. the "american husband him" star's good looks may hurt his performance in the leading role of "the elephant man." entertainment weekly reports they won't use makeup instead will use his body and voice to portray his flight. he received his second oscar

nomination this month. we will keep an eye on that. now, bill cosby is coming back to nbca. network spokesman confirms the 76-year-old will play a patriarch of a multi-generational family. it will feature his take on children and parenthood. the "cosby show" was one of the most popular show in the 1980s it continued to live on in send cakes. for all you young-ens out there, ramon sim money hit stardom with "that's so raven. '80s you know raven, don't you? >> i do when she was a little girl on "the cosby show." i wonder if those wild sweaters will come back. >> i hope so. i love those colorful sweaters. so finally i headed out to park city, utah for the 2014 sun dance film festival this past weekend. that's a celebration of the film making that attracts big name celebrities and has a history of launching little known indy

films into the national spotlight. this year's fefrl was for the different. >> no cha place is champions than this place. somebody here ten years ago the whole place changed my life. it's special. >> ten years ago morgan sperlock, launched supersize me, it brought him to super stardom. one of the lesser known festivals is cat dance, a film festival at sandunce based solely on feline films. check this out. [ music playing ] [ music playing ] . >> we are obsessed by cats. they are the guardian of the temple. you really feel when you touch them you really feel they absorb your energy. >> let me tell you something, thomas, cat dance was definitely the highlight of the sundance film festival. are you a big fan of cats, aren't you? >> no. >> no, you are not a cat guy? >> i'm a fan of laser cats.

i like dogs. i like laser cats. >> well, we'll have much more on sunburn dance film festival later on in "morning joe." that's all i got for you. >> it was excellent. welcome back. still ahead on "way too early" how will you be using facebook if three years? maybe pictures of your cats? your best tweets, "morning joe" just moments away. [ female announcer ] who are we? we are the thinkers. the job jugglers. the up all-nighters. and the ones who turn ideas into action. we've made our passions our life's work. we strive for the moments where we can say, "i did it!" ♪ we are entrepreneurs who started it all... with a signature.

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