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now here's your earn gee bra edition of scrambled politics. today's parade in new york city will be without a sponsor. this bans lgbt families from participating. ford motor company is the only major partner left. from the boston mayor thomas menino is fighting cancer. he's fighting the diagnosis. he served five years as mayor. comedian bill marr hits the sunday chat show circuit stopping by "meet the press." he had strong words for the gop on why he thinks most republicans vote for republican candidates. i understand why the 1%, the richest 1% vote republican. they deserve those votes. you know what, they represent the richest 1% perfectly. anybody else who does, just

corporate america's useful idiots. >> condoleezza rice kicked off the california gop convention saturday. the former secretary of state is calling on her fellow republicans to become more inclusive on issues like immigration. she told the crowd, quote, we have to continue to be a place where people who want to be a part of that dream can come and be welcomed within our laws but also within our values. and in case you missed it, donald trump says he won't run for governor of new york this year. he says he has much bigger plans in mind and wants us to all stay tuned. okay. and that's going to do it for your morning dish of scrambled politics. joining me for your first look at politics is washington post david knanakamura. >> let's take a look at politics. senate harry reid may have legitimate bid for re-election.

>> this makes him nervous. he's the majority leader. we don't know whether he will be after this fall. brian sandibal, the republican governor of nevada has high approval ratings this fall and there's going to be a lot of pressure on him against harry reid. re reid has faced a number of threats this go around. he used the nuclear option and overturned the filibuster rules and he's very controversial. you have a popular governor with support. brian sf aandibal could draw support and it's an interesting time in that race. you're looking at a lot of pressure coming from republicans for him to run. >> what else do we know about him? he's a republican but he seems pretty moderate? >> pretty moderate. he's worked with democrats in the state quite effectively. what's interesting is he is

hispanic. he could draw support from that community. he did cause some frustration among that community last go around when he was running in a primary. he had tougher immigration views, embraced the arizona tough immigration law. that's a bit controversial. it's also interesting that the last go round for his race for governor he defeated harry reid's son rory in that race and he could go up against his father. >> what do you think, david. how likely is it that he would actually run? >> i think it's a very strong chance especially if republicans do well this fall whether they win and unseat democrat's control of the senate or not. i think if they do well, you know, this fall there's going to be a lot of pressure in 2016. democrats have other struggles going forward. obviously there will be a question of who's running from the top of the ticket but i think there will be f. governor sa sandoval runs well, he'll be in

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a race in england shows that chivalry might not be dead after all. it is the seventh annual wife carrying race and the name speaks for itself. men race through an obstacle course with helmet clad partners on their backs. the event is believed to have originated in viking times. i think guys should still do that. >> especially when we're wearing heels, you know. >> go with the times.

>> that's a fantastic idea. it is time for the first buzz. i have the picture of the morning. i'm going to tell you all about this wild bore caught in north carolina. this is more than eight feet long, 500 pounds. jeff webb caught this. the good news is that he says that it's going to feed his family for a year. >> that's a lot of bacon. >> i don't know how i feel about hunting. if you're going to use the food. >> that's a lot of bacon. bacon casserole. >> the animal was so big, crazy, right? >> i'm going to talk about lady gaga. she's not wearing any sort of crazy costumes. it's interesting. back in 2009 she just admitted that she was actually bankrupt when she did her monster's ball tour in 2009. she said she only had $3 million in the bank but she used all of that to build her stage. she was hoping to get the attention of black nation's

arthur foghle. she threw a check at her for $40 million. >> you think they're ga zzillio airs -- >> but it worked. >> francis. >> she wrote a memo, a green memo. >> a little green will share amongst the three of us. >> we're going to get pinched. >> pinch to you. >> everything is going green. how about the river in chicago? we know that turns green, but look at this. this is kind of cool. i thought it was fascinating to see the time laps image. that's a boat. >> it dumps the dye. >> it dumps the dye. they cover the entire river. >> how cool is that when you're watching the time lapse? >> they do it a day or two before. >> how long does it stay green? >> at least for today. in other parts of the world we're talking about iconic world landmarks that are turning green, that's the london eye. that's all green, too, as we know. this is in brazil.

the christ the redeemer statue in rio de janeiro. >> happy st. patrick's day, ladies. >> you too. >> and to you, too. i'm veronica de la cruz. happy st. patrick's day again. "way too early" with thomas roberts starts right now. the fbi couldn't call to help that. interpol would have been called in. our intelligence agencies. but my understanding is malaysia is not cooperating at all. very reluctant to lay what they have out on the table. there's been no terrorist chatter. there's nothing out there indicating it's terrorists. doesn't mean it's not. so far nothing has been laid out there from day one. >> missing malaysian flight 370, it's a missing race against the time to find the black box. the vote is in and the people of crimea want to join russia. senator john mccain is asking if

russia is a country or a gas station. >> the irish mayor gets his green on. if you were looking for outfit inspiration when you get dressed, this might be whatnot to wear. this is "way too early." hi, everybody. good morning. i'm thomas roberts. it is monday, march 17th. welcome to "way too early." how was that? no. "way too early." not good? okay. the show that will never steal your lucky charms, we just enhance them around here. they dared me to do it. i tried and i failed. anyway, it's great to have you with us this morning. we start off with serious news. the search for the missing flight 370 has now entered an unprecedented stage. it is the 10th day of the search efforts. they continue. officials are taking a much closer look at the pilots of the plane, keir simmons has mo.