. >> abe lincoln looked tired but i found out a secret. >> with such a long day like today, what keepss going? >> coca-cola. >> he came in and then he did a little quick turn and found a corner right away in the front. and, you know, it was funny. a lot of people were looking for him. but he was tucked away in a corner. >> octavia is my kind of gal. look at her feet. >> last year's winner in flip-flops, a comfortable octavia spencer shared a personal moment with nancy in the vanity fair photo booth. this is our thumbs up shot. >> thumbs up. >> cleavage shot. >> the cleavage. we were so wasted on that one. >> let her speak for herself! i don't want to get fired! >> no, no. we have to make ourselves look much more interesting than we are. >> who stayed the latest? >> daniel radcliffe. when i was leaving around 3:00, 3:30, he was leaving. >> and the most surprised? conan and martin. >> i was told there's be no press here! >> what's a vanity fair party without press? come on. everyone wanted inside this party. nancy got in. next year i want to go. there's going to be a battle of rock, pape

holocaustal war end with the extrication of slavery, had a great to do do with the legislative history of abe lincoln. i think there's a dialectic here. the country is perhaps unimagine blyable without lincoln and lincoln is unimaginable without the country. had the house of representatives failed to pass the amendment, his effort to get it through would have -- it was, as we show in the film, mixture of some self-interest and greed and also some dawning of moral principle, and also his tenure, lincoln's face -- one of the most moving things i know of in civil war history is the percentage of the soldiers -- 80 prts -- 80% he got in 64. and you took of these guys, a lot of them kids, having a choice between a famous military general and a civilian who doesn't -- >> good conversation. >> exactly. general doesn't make -- running as a candidate for a party that is saying we'll end the war the minute i get in, we'll just call this thing off. we're not fighting a war for slaves. and these guys go out and 80% of them vote in way that's going to keep them in harm's way, and many of them are going into battl

ben affleck and even abe lincoln a wife sally field and they should have cast kathy baits.till they put in the cute nun from 40 years ago. it is it a quack. we have the sequel. mary todd lincoln psycho. sally fields takes over. >> all she does track down the off spring of john wilks booth and kills them by signature on them. >> only one person at the table that has been in the oscars. your movie was up in the air. and it was fine. and that is woon after the another . in the beginning. i was starting to take it personally . oh, i just wrote a novele. >> that's okay we bleeped. >> what they did in the screen is their damn fault. >> it was not a bad movie. >> no, they kept the title which is all a novelist cares b. >> come on, you didn't read it >> i did sigh the movie though. -- see the movie though. what i'm i was up in the air. >> watching a movie about a guy in the plane, what if high was watching a move i about a plain. >> and about mary todd lincoln and she walks in. plunk. >> and dana, now that you are talk we don't understand why, is this banning of models pc run amuck

it would be easier to jackhammer abe lincoln off of mount rushmore than daniel day-lewis for taking home the award for best actor. hugh jackman, first-time nominee of "les miserables." . gets it. no actor playing an u.s. president has won an academy award. if daniel day lewis doesn't win the best actor, you'll hear the screams emanate to where you are. >> abc's oscars coverage begins tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >>> and the forecast for the red carpet is positive for the day. let's get more on that from ginger zee. >> slightly windy. let's start in worcester, massachusetts, they have had already three feet this month. they're getting more, three to five inches. some snow in portland, maine. boston, just a little bit. temperatures behind it, aren't too terrible. pittsburgh, 36. 35 for detroit. until 3:00 p.m., los angeles has a wind warning, advisories out around the region. something to note if you plan on watching, some of the hair blowing around and some of the dresses, too. morning, 50s. afternoon high, 71. >>> we'll take a look at some of the record heat that happened in florida. co

whatever. >> they don't notice abe lincoln. >> they stopped for benjamin. >> right. night. i'm willie geist along with natalie morales and al roker and our guest for this morning, food network superstar sonny anderson. >>> we'll chat with oscar winner and star of the nbc drama "smash," angelica houston, in a minute. >>> oscar awards are this sunday. we'll fill you in from all the latest news from hollywood. >>> something a little different from "today's" kitchen, vegan desserts. >> are you a fan of vegan z desserts? >> if it's a dessert, by law i'm a fan. >> you'll keep an open mind. >> yes. >> test drive it. >>> we're looking at a lot of wet weather along the eastern seaboard later today, icy conditions in the appalachians changing over to rain. snow become through the sierra and a lot of windy weather as well in between frigid and sunny. then as we -- not anderson but weatherwise. strong storms in northern and central texas, snow from the rockies moving into the plains. lake-effect snow hanging around the great lakes. it will be sunny and cold, midatlantic down int

. >> peter: you knew abe lincoln, he was no abe lincoln. >> i had a lot of criticism last night.spoke and people said, oh, were you there? how do you know? well, i know he didn't have a english accent, that's one thing. i know he was a much more dynamic president. when you watched the performance, he was always so slow -- that wasn't the way it happened. >> gretchen: i'm with you. i thought it was like a documentary. >> brian: i thought it was a pledge. there was so much lore to his life to that one amendment, i was surprised they -- >> peter: did you make it through the whole thing? >> i made it just about because i promised my folks, the followers, whatever you want to call, i said i would do it. so i made it, but i was so happy to say good night because it was boring. >> brian: let's talk about something that's going to mean something, much more substantial to you and your business. that is sequester. we have to cut 2.4% of our budget. you listen to republicans. it's no big deal. listen to democrats, the world will end. the planes will stop flying. what do you think? >> that's

abe lincoln's birthday. let's get right to the first reads of the morning. if you believe that second term domestic agendas have a shelf life of 18 months at most, then president obama's last best chance to lay out aggressive plans. for that reason, don't be surprised if you hear a laundry list of policy asks. also hanging over tonight's speech, the constant gridlock that has been this president's achilles heel. for weeks the president spent much of his time in public talking about gun violence and immigration. as the economy goes, so goes his second term agenda. he will refocus on the top concern. the economy and jobs. as the president prepares to give his speech, the unemployment rate while down from the high in 2009 remains at 7.9%. the gdp report is a reminder of ow fragile the economy is. 36% said they either were very or fairly confident in the president's ability to promote a strong and agreeing economy. they say the speech will return to economic fairness he will talk about. >> this country succeeds when everyone gets a fair shot and everyone does th

it would be easier to jackhammer abe lincoln off of mount rushmore than to deface daniel day-lewis' chances for taking home the award for best actor. hugh jackman, first-time nominee of "les miserables." he gets it. >> if i'm in the mezzanini, there's a very good chance i won't be winning. >> reporter: knono actor playinn u.s. president has won an academy award. if daniel day-lewis doesn't win the best actor, you'll hear the screams emanate to where you are. >> abc's oscars coverage begins tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern. 4:00 pack. on monday "good morning america's" oscar party with the stars. >>> and the forecast for the red carpet is positive for the day. let's get more on that from ginger zee. >> it's slightly windy. but let's start in worcester, massachusetts, they have had already three feet this month. they're getting more, three to five inches today. some snow in portland, maine, too. boston, just a little bit. that's going to pull away. temperatures behind it, aren't too terrible. pittsburgh, 36. 35 for detroit. here's that wind i was talking about. until 3:00 p.m., los angeles has a

i [ bleep ] abe lincoln. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's a first. >> jimmy: oh, i didn't know that. >> oh, sure. grow up. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: so he would be alive today? >> he would be alive today if he had listened. i said to him "stay in bed," and he said "no, i want to go to the theater." and that we did. [ audience ohs ] >> jimmy: see, you could have saved his life. but you lived -- you just recently, my condolences, because you lived with a man for nine years. >> yeah. nine years, who had one leg. not making a joke. he lost it in world war ii. he didn't lose it, he left it, but you know. [ laughter ] and i would have married him. every time he got down on his knee, you know, to propose, he tipped over. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, yeah. [ laughter ] what did you say? >> you never slept with like, paul mccartney's ex? you never slept with her? >> jimmy: no, i have not. no, i haven't. >> i just had to ask you. >> jimmy: thank you for asking. >> because there's a lot more room in the bed. it really is great. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: there's more room in

it would be easier to jackhammer abe lincoln off of mount rushmore than to deface daniel day-lewis' chances taking home the award for best actor for playing the 16th president. >> now, now, now! >> reporter: hugh jackman, a first-time nominee of "les mis," he gets it. >> if i'm in the mezzanine, there's a very good chance i won't be winning. >> reporter: no actor playing an u.s. president has won an academy award. who knows? it could be a revolution. if daniel day-lewis doesn't win the best actor, you'll hear the screams that emanate from this place all the way where you are, bianna. >> i believe that, chris. thank you. abc's oscars coverage begins tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern. 4:00 pacific. on monday "good morning america's" oscar party with the stars. will be paxed with interviews with the winners and the losers and on stage and off. >>> and the forecast for the red carpet is positive for the day. let's get more on that from ginger zee. >> it's slightly windy. that's the only thing. but let's start in worcester, massachusetts, where we have more snow. they have had already three feet this

birthday, or president's day as a lot of people call it, by showing us what happens when you send an abe lincolnk-alike to the streets of new york city. from letterman's top ten list, what you don't want to hear from a guy dressed like lincoln. >> number ten. >> how about you and i form a more perfect union? >> number eight. >> daniel day-lewis wishes he looked this good. >> that's right. number seven. >> is it true bloomberg outlawed hats over 16 ounces? >> number five. >> does the $5 bill make me look fat? >> number four. >> wow, i thought my clothing was outdated. >> number two. >> hey, where is my idiot son, abraham w. lincoln? >> and the number one thing you don't want to hear from a guy dressed as abraham lincoln. >> hey, jackass, are you going to thank me for the day off? >> i say number two takes the cake. where is w.? >>> as we talked about earlier, we're down to the wire when it comes to avoiding big chops in government spending, so alan simpson wants to know why the deficit reduction plan he put together with erskine bowles wasn't carried out. >> i say to people before you, you know,

. >> it's abe lincoln's birthday. >> today is abe lincoln's birthday as well? my goodness. one of these things is not like the other. abraham lincoln, r.g. 3 and and jim. >> jim vandehei is malice for all. >> which one is not like the other? >> we will be talking to senator mike lee what he expects from tonight's address and senior contributor from "the caller," matt lewis. [ male announcer ] this is bob, a regular guy with an irregular heartbeat. the usual, bob? not today. [ male announcer ] bob has afib: atrial fibrillation not caused by a heart valve problem, a condition that puts him at greater risk for a stroke. [ gps ] turn left. i don't think so. [ male announcer ] for years, bob took warfarin, and made a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but not anymore. bob's doctor recommended a different option: once-a-day xarelto®. xarelto® is the first and only once-a-day prescription blood thinner for patients with afib not caused by a heart valve problem, that doesn't require routine blood monitoring. like warfarin, xarelto® is proven effective to reduce the

george washington, abe lincoln, all of them are. it's not a crime to sanitize dr. king, but it is -- the danger is when you -- when people unconsciously sanitize him to make him more comfortable to them. if that's what you want -- i have lots -- and lottings of people, everywhere i go say, i can prove from dr. king's "i have a dream" speech; that we shouldn't talk about race today, just character. the content of character, and i say that is absolutely right, sir, if you are making the same efforts that dr. king made every day of his life to reach across the boundaries that divided people so that he could see character, that he was willing to go into the southern baptist seminary where they voted not to hear his speech and talk to people who loathed him to try to have a message out there and try to get to their character across those lines. if you make those efforts and you're talking about character, you will understand the meaning of race, and you won't need to talk about it so much, but to say that blindly that i'm only about character, therefore, i don't need to

raymond massey portrayed him in 1940s "abe lincoln in illinois." this is true. yeah. n's head, a john wilkes booth. really. 150 years and it's still too soon. huh? >> yeah, it is. >> jimmy kimmel had done a jfk joke at one time. it was the same punch line. oh, 50 years later. so the second he started telling -- i was like okay, this is all about the "too soon"? too soon? you still think it is too soon. >> absolutely. >> okay. whatever. i think most people agree with you, by the way. he wasn't so horrible? >> he was just more conventional. they are a's used to song and dance and -- hollywood. seth can sing and dance but he give them what they're used to seeing. >> the shatner stuff was something. >>> looking to get to the news now. officials on the state level are trying to prepare for those across-the-board cuts set to kick in on friday. automatic funding reductions known as sequestration that would slash $85 billion in spending. president obama meets with the nation's governors at the white house today after the administration rolled out new details over the weekend d

raymond massy portrayed him in 1940s abe lincoln in illinois. this is true. i would -- yeah. i would argue, however, that the actor who really got inside lincoln's head was john wilkes booth. really, 150 years and it's still too soon. >> yeah, it is. >> so jimmy kimmel had done a jfk joke at one time, that was the same punch line. oh, 50 years later. the second he started telling -- okay, this is all about the too soon? too soon? >> too soon. >> you still think it's too soon. >> absolutely. >> okay. >> whatever. i think most people agree with you, by the way. so he wasn't so horrible, was he? >> he was just unconventional. they're used to more ♪ song and dance and it's hollywood ♪ >> i told you. i told you. >> seth can sing and dance, but he didn't do all that. he didn't give them what they're used to seeing. it will settle in and they'll like it today. >> i bet you'd be adorable. >> that shatner stuff was something. >> oh, the shatner stuff. i missed that. i was walking out of the room dealing with kids. okay. all right. should we do news, please? begging you. >> daniel day-l

it's abe lincoln like you've never seen him before.m before. >> no video provided right now. >>> let's get right to the new drama in that so-called breakup murder trial. after more than a week on the stand, jodi arias' emotionally testifying about what happened the night her ex-boyfriend died. abc's ryan owens has that story for us. >> just pointing at him. and i didn't even know that i shot him. it just went off. and he was -- he lunged at me. >> reporter: an admitted killer explaining why she killed. >> i can't mean to shoot him or anything. >> reporter: a sobbing jodi arias told the jury wednesday about the day she shot and repeatedly stabbed her ex-boyfriend, travis alexander. she says, after snapping these pictures of the mormon businessman posing in the shower, she dropped the camera. >> he lifted me up, as he was screaming, that i was a stupid idiot. and he body-slammed me, again, on the tile. >> reporter: the 32-year-old said she ran to his closet, grabbed the gun and accidentally shot alexander because she feared for her life.

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george washington, abe lincoln, all of them are. it's not a crime to sanitize dr. king, but it is -- it -- the danger is when you -- when people unconsciously sanitize him to make him more comfortable to them, if that's what you want, and i have a lot -- lots of people, everywhere i go say, i can prove from dr. king's "i have a dream" speech that we should not talk about race today, just character, the content of character, and i say that is absolutely right, sir, if you are making the same effort that dr. king made every day of his life to reach across the boundaries that divided people so that he could see character, that he was willing to go into the southern baptist seminary where they voted not to hear his speech and talk to people who loathed him to try to have a message out there and try to get to their character across those lines. if you make those efforts and you're talking about character, you will understand the meaning of race, and you won't need to talk about it so much, but to say that blindly that i'm only about character, therefore, i don't need to

>> or abe. >> i know it. lincolns hot. >> abe to me. >> lincoln is hot. >> you think it's going to win? >> there's a movie every day. there's that and the o'reillys killing lincoln and "lincoln: the vampire hunter." >> i read the book. >> but? >> i did. >> you had that much time? >> i office a plane. i tried on a plane. >> that's okay. did they have bathrooms on the plane or bottles? [ flushing ] >> funny. he knows what you're talking about. >> i know he. does memorialized for all time. >> i don't think the -- >> i blame him. we don't need to tell the audience at this point. look up "business insider." you were talking about your brothers. >> only the boys. >> it was only the boys -- of course. >> little boys. trying to drive 12 hours across -- >> little boys with little wee-wees. it would be easy in the bottle. >>> let's look -- >> this squawk-ward moment has been brought to you by joe kerner. >> ha, ha, you're it. >>> the gold board -- it was her yesterday that blurted that out. where is gold? down again. >> it's d

lincoln penny. >> sentimentality aside, abe and his monument are also on the $5 bill, the economic case for a pennilessongre ex-congressman kolbe hope. >> when people find out about the savings they'll make it's substantial and they're willing to make this change. >> according to the congressman, not minting pennies would save the u.s. treasury about $45 million a year. and while we're on the subject, switch prg the paper dollar to a

lincoln penny. >> sentimentality aside, abe and his monument are also on the $5 bill, the economic case for a penniless u.s. grows more compelling, giving ex-congressman kolbe hope. >> the polling is very clear that when people find out about the savings they're going to make it's substantial and willing to make that kind of change. >> according to him, not minting pennies would save the u.s. treasury about $45 million a year. and while we're on the subject, switching the paper dollar to a dollar coin would save $178 a year and a nickel now costs a dime to produce. quarter for your thoughts? thanks for watching "state of the union." i'm candy crowley in washington. head to cnn.com/sotu for analysis and extras. and if you missed any part of today's show, find us on itunes. search "state of the union." "fareed zakaria: gps" is next. >>> this is "gps," the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i'm fareed zakaria. we have a great show for you today and we begin with american politics. what is really happening? are the republicans on the defensive? will the a

abe here in the u.s.? >> stephen: yes, will that be the end of the lincoln penny. or the new daniel day lewis penny. [laughter] so convincing. [ laughter ] thankfully, some brave patriots are resisting this penny pinch. a group called americans for common cents, which is a delightful play on words because the penny is so common. [laughter] i get it. [cheers and applause] americans for common cents is a lobby group that "aims to inform and educate policymakers, consumers, and the media about the penny's economic, cultural, and historical significance." that's right, historical significance. for instance: did you know, historians tell us there was a time when pennies were useful. [laughter] and americans for common sense backs everything up with science evidence, like a recent poll which showed that "almost two-thirds of americans still feel the penny should be retained." and you can trust that poll, because it was conducted by leading opinion researchers coinstar. [laughter] of course. [ laughter ] coinstar, clearly impartial. they don't care if the government got rid of all change. there are still p

her bad oscar sequel is "weekend at lincoln's." [ laughter ] i look forward to that one. >> steve: fourscore and seven bars ago. say hi, abeimmy: this one's from @waxandrew00. his bad oscar is "les miserables 2: electric boogaloo." [ in french accents ] >> steve: boogaloo. >> jimmy: electric boogaloo. this one's from @ralphguerrero. his sequel is "argo make me lose my mind, up in here, up in here." [ laughter ] this one is from @sarahbest6b. her sequel is "o, brother where art thou 2? seriously, bro, where the hell art thou?" [ laughter ] this one is @applesauce. that's a good one you need to get. his sequel is "brokeback mountain 2, my back's starting to hurt." [ laughter ] >> steve: oh, ouch. >> jimmy: i don't know what that means. >> steve: i wonder what's going on in that mountain. >> jimmy: i don't know, i didn't see the first one. ♪ >> steve: you didn't see the first one? >> jimmy: i did not. >> steve: here's what it's about. >> jimmy: this is from @emmaedg. her sequel is "my cousin vinny's cousin's wife roberta." [ laughter ] this is getting trickier and trickier. >> steve: that's a long title. >> jimmy: this one's

so lincoln says to her, ma'am, i have to tell you -- honest abe, right? he says, i can't afford it. i only have three. well, she knows speed, so there's a possibility that he could pay her when he gets the money. he doesn't have the money. what we know is either, a, because lincoln got embarrassed or, b, his honor got the best of him, but when she said to lincoln you can either pay me later, or maybe this one's on the house, lincoln ran out the door. so they say when you visit a prostitute there should be a happy ending -- this is not from perm experience, by the way -- but in this case it was not a happy ending, the it was a good ending. so what i thought i'd do for my main body of my remarks today is tell you just a couple of my favorite stories not just about mistresses in history, but more importantly about presidential character. but don't worry, there's some juicy stories here involved. one of them involves our 22nd and our 24th president, grover cleveland. okay? now, when grover cleveland was a young man, there was a controversy because cleveland fathered a child out of wedlo

lincoln. and the fellow that looks like it should say abe in japan. here's what i think is happening, okay? there are a lot of people who came in short after the big breakdown in the middle of the week last week. there was no follow-through with the negativity. instead, there was hewlett-packard, the first-grade interview last week. europe is not falling apart. it's just slow growth. china didn't even produce good numbers overnight. it's still not that bad. i think we're setting into the idea that the sequester is a larry kudrow bit. sa saying it's small and good for the economy. larry's got the bead on this, as he always does. he knows more about the budget than anybody i've ever met. >> it is dangerous and difficult to be short this market, right? last week we had some big calls. dennis gartman saying going all cash, now people in the network saying now is the time to get out of stocks. they've been proven to be wrong in the near term once again. even if it's a slow march, it still continues to move higher, despite a couple of down days here and there. >> they do hope, just like the bulls

abe singing and he goes for the red, white and bluetooth. it was so good that they're still running them. wasn't presidents' day -- >> i saw it last night. >> but a guy dressed up like lincolnnow, i saw "lincoln" and i liked it. i'm okay with that one. >> we've got to go across to the pond. >> see if ross westgate -- >> time for the global markets. >> he was big on bond last night. >> keep talking. they have -- yeah, they had all those -- >> it was 50 years so they had a lot. they had halle berry. >> and even -- >> i didn't see them all, but they did a big -- >> ross was not there, though. >> no, but i bet he looked it because of that. >> "skyfall" won with zero dark 30. they shared that award together. >> for "skyfall" so congratulations to ross. >> i'll take that on behalf of the british film industry and music industry, we'll accept it. amazing first oscars for a bond movie and it was a good one, as well. here we go with just three hours and sa minutes into the trading day in europe. we're weighted to the upside and you saw that from becky's report. 7 to 2, advancers outpacing decliners at the moment. plenty of focus on uk assets. we joined you in britain. we lost our aa