moore, of course, split from ashton kucher in november after six years of marriage.years of we'll have lots more on this coming up on "gma." >>> and a big legal victory today for garth brooks. a jury in oklahoma ruled a local hospital must pay the country singer $1 million for failing to build a women's center named after his late mother. he donated $500,000 for naming rights but sued when the hospital used the money for different projects. >>> now time for sports. >>> this is your espn news update. let's start with the nba. dwight howard and the magic taking on the pick it up pick it up first quarter. jameer nelson. howard working the pick and roll. we're knotted up at 9-9. howard, doing what he do with the big slam. that makes him the magic's all-time leading scorer. we're tied at 49-49. richardson with the three on the buzzer. magic lead by 12 after three. fourth quarter now. richardson.lay-in,reverse lay-i. it's all magic. later in the fourth, j.j. redick, the magic go on the win, 102-83. >>> college hoops, michigan taking on purdue. second half, trey burke. the layin. michigan up

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finally, ashton kucher in told tv writers he would like to stay with "2 1/2 men" beyond the season. i think he looks good with short hair. >> i wouldn't know who it was if i saw him in the hallway. >> i would know who he was. feel better. this is "first look" on msnbc. stay tuned. "way too early with willy geist" starts right now. >> on to south carolina. the republican presidential field loads up for one last attack on mitt romney with gingrich and perry looking to paint the front-runner as a boss that takes pleasure in throwing people out on the street as he lafdz while lighting a cigar with a $100 bill. the question is, is it too late to stop mitt romney? president obama meanwhile expects fully to face romney in the general election and probably preshz gingrich and perry making the case for him. he focuses again on creating jobs in this economy. the question is, what did the president propose yesterday to bring back the manufacturing jobs many have said are gone for good? >> and iranian

lot of things in her life are not going as planned at the moment going through the divorce with ashton kucherut we are hearing there is substance abuse involved. >> that is sad news. >> dax we don't know if it was substance before it started before or after the relationship broke up. >> yeah, do not know that. >> all right let's move on i heard harvey talking a few days ago halle berry having trouble with her baby's father. >> more trouble. >> yes, so, the other day basically, let me just give you background here, gabriel aubrey the father of nala did not take the daughter to school the nanny showed up at the house next thing there was pushing and shoving and the nanny filed a police report for battery, well, since hearing that halle is going i don't want my daughter around this man that is violent she went to court yesterday for an emergency hearing to get an order against him so he would have no contact with the daughter, and the judge in the case was on vacation, and so the judge that was there yesterday said i am going to push this off so as of the moment there is no order in place for hi

moore ended her marriage to ashton kucher two months ago. and that is what's happening in the news.gop race for the nomination. joining us, governor mitt romney. governor, thank you for joining us. >> thanks, brian. good to be with you. >> steve: governor, i'm sure -- i know you did the preamble to the state of the union last night. we're going to play a snippet because on the stump you talk about restore america. it sure sounds like the president is stealing some of your language. listen to this, governor. >> we can either settle for a country where a shrinking number of people do really well where a growing number barely get by, or we can restore an economy where everyone gets a fair shot and everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules. >> steve: okay. so it sounds like he's stealing some of your language and then he takes a shot at guys like you who he says are not playing by the rules. your reaction, sir? >> well, of course he knows better than that. but the key in last night's debate was the extraordinary disconnect between what he thinks america