he sings that song, when people said he sang, i said i bet he sang al green.t i -- he does it all the time. >> he has the better singing voice than you? >> he absolutely does. >> how did the first lady feel about performance the other night in florida of the man trying to take her husband's job? >>. ♪ oh beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, for purple mountain's majesty ♪ . >> did you hear mitt romney sing? what did you think? >> beautiful. >> you knew this was coming, jon stewart last night on romney's america the beautiful. >> tell me, tell me mitt romney is not about to woo elderly voters with the power of song. >> can you sing that song, do you know that song? o beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain ♪ >> all right, you sang averse of america the beautiful, very nice. now we can move on --. >> another verse i won't make you sing it you won't know the words. [ laughter ] . >> the reason no one knows the words no one subjects their audiences to two verses of that song. >> wow, thank you, gentlemen, ladies, thank you. wow. i

he sings al green. she was charming. 9 best hope we have is mitt romney. he has a classy wife who is ill and he stayed with her. she a rich guy. he could do for us what he did for himself, perhaps. >> she attractive. >> he is is a tom brady of the republican party. he is the best hope we have. obama will be tough to beat. >> i agree. bill you have been analyzing political races since the 1950s. what do you make of this? >> in the same survey they said his numbers are down in hawaii. i speak for every american who says who cares what they think about him in the home country of hawaii? they can't even vote. by that rational he is an illegal president. >> that is true. >> you have read my blog. >> i have read your blog. everybody says he is from kenya, but he is from hawaii which is a different state. >> have you to be connected to the country to be a state. >> exactly. no borders there. if there are no borders there is no way you can i'm ma -- immigrate. right? >> yes. >>> what happens if you check out a radio exclusive's home 1234* and then, i will shoot yo

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al green's numbers, that is. sales of his single skyrocketed.us moments can give a president or candidate the kind of wall-to-wall good will coverage money can't buy. and to think they get it for a song. savannah guthrie, nbc news, new york. >>> that's our broadcast on a wednesday night. thanks for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we'll look for you back here tomorrow night. "rock center" tonight. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening, everyone. i'm jessica aguirre. >> i'm roth mathai. we start with the motor city, not detroit but silicon valley. there is a destination for car companies and it is in our own backyard. let's bring in scott budman. how serious are the car companies about the bay area? >> very much, much like silicon valley and its technology is built into the hollywood movie machine, technology companies and local universities are magnets for car companies all over the world. they're coming here to make your drive smoother and safer. as the virtual road rushes by, volkswagen engineers are collect

that's why i knew, i said i bet he sang al green. he does that all the time. i can't sing. >> i think would you say he has a better singing voice than you? >> absolutely does, yes. he doesn't hesitate to show off his lungs to his wife. he's good. >> mrs. obama added the first daughters are less thrilled, adding something all parents know, she said, quote, "everything we do is embarrassing." up next, a mystery. some rare visitors far south and far from home. >>> we learned today, january was the third least snowy january on record in the lower 48, but there is something snowy causing some commotion lately. the snowy owl. they are only usually found in the arctic, but now coming south in record numbers, showing up in places you never expect to see them. the story from nbc's kristen dahlgren. >> reporter: even for the most avid bird watcher -- >> they may be looking at us right now. >> reporter: the snowy owl can be an elusive subject. >> you don't find owls, owls find you. >> reporter: their white feathers usually blend into the icy tundra, but this year the sno

that's why when people said he sang, i said, i bet he sang al green.all the time. >> did you hear mitt romney sing? what did you think? >> i heard it in the green room. beautiful. >> beautiful. >> i thought that was great. i think -- my rule about if you're in politic, you shouldn't put on a hat? i also think that unless you have a voice like president obama, you shouldn't sing. >> that's for sure. >> what if you're the secretary of hats? >> then you might -- >> it's why eric will never be in politic. >> there is somebody that beat all of them. the greatest singing politician ever was john ashcroft. >> he can sing. >> i thought maybe we would show it. >> we're going to show it right here. ♪ no other king ♪ let the mighty -- eag the soar ♪ ♪ . >> that's serious bravata. but somebody decided to make a political thing out of this. let's take listen to that one. >> i'm not going to compete with obama in singing because i'm not running for entertainer in chief. i'm running for president. and i would say to him now, mr. president, you can not sing your way p

the other event they didn't get to hear al green and him do a duet. >> belva: al green was there to sing. you have to tell people what that's about. >> you have to give the big donors some love. obama did a huge fund-raiser at the masonic. really the message for the president is going up and down california, repeating, is look, you wanted change in 2008, i haven't been able to give you everything you want, but who's more for the middle class? who's more for the goals of ending the wars, creating infrastructure, protecting the environment? that's what i'm for. and the republicans are not going to get that done. that is his message in california. >> belva: was he also campaigning for passage of his budget? >> that was only part of the speeches that he gave. we saw him at the masonic auditorium talk about some of the goals. the budget is a tough situation. and actually, that one actually went through this week. not a lot of attention because there was a lot of back and forth in washington over the payroll tax. and of course obama was out of town fund-raising. but the fact is there's some is

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was cheating well whatever i want to see mitt romney does and al green that yeah you know ok yeah bring it on guys. i think i should have a little what together i think it should be if they end up debating there should be like a like now isn't jay z. kind of thing like i don't know myself and they can bring bill clinton out to play the saxophone will be great that will work for you or like me you know you'll be back at the answers yet none of the hate works not to pick a word you get on my back. and oh yeah i think we have a flat or making this happen. and that will really not even bring the intelligence level of the debate down all that much more and now we know something and having a battle speaking the debates we know that newt gingrich kind of has like his move at this point is basically just attacking the journalists or the moderators that are trying to lead it. just one of my colleagues who've done a terrific job of answering an absurd question. first of all chris that i took seriously broach injunction to put it sort of the talking points and i wish you would put aside the gotcha

are you with me on al green or not? >> at the time i didn't hear it. thinking about it, it's been mentioned, i still didn't hear it. but i do think it was fair to ask rick tyler about it, however. that's his guy. >> by the way, technically, of course, it's not his guy. the real world we live in it is his guy. >> independent for gingrich. but he's supporting gingrich for president. and he was asked not only about al green, but but also the food stamps. when he attacked on race baiting. it's always true. i grew up with listening to it on the republican side. >> when bill clinton had his soldier move moment, was that a racial moment? >> yeah. >> okay. but no one read it that way. everyone applauded. >> south carolina primary four years ago. i wrote about that, too. it is his fault all the time. let's get off the race for a second onto the race. that's the question of mitt romney. when he looks ats the numbers that tamron hall came up with, is he going to make moves? 41% say he's too liberal. 38% say they're looking for mr. or mrs. right and haven't shut u

al green's numbers, that is. sales of his single skyrocketed.ts can give a president or candidate the kind of wall-to-wall good will coverage money can't buy. and to think they get it for a song. savannah guthrie, nbc news, new york. >>> that's our broadcast on a wednesday night. thanks for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we'll look for you back here tomorrow night. "rock center" tonight. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> live outside the court house where george hugly has just been convicted of second-degree murder in the death of

the judgment of your aides i'm going to start singing al green, that takes guts.took mitt romney even more guts to sing a whole song, an american anthem knowing youtube and everything else people will see this. >> you've got to have guts if you're going to be president. the time you're in front of the public, you've got to have a lot of guts. this doesn't really surprise me. we learned about their voices but i don't think we learned anything new about thinker gumption. >> why would anyone want to be the president given the stress workload and attention? >> we should say this from time to time because we tear apart the candidates and being critical of them. it is really, really difficult and wearing to run for president. it guarantees we do not have people in the oval office that didn't really want the job. >> i have great respect for all the candidates. and the workload, the incredible attention, the goldfish bowl they live in. exposure to their families. it's enormous. i think that people often forget that. and are quick to judge them negatively. but actually you

." >> if i was still judging "america's got talent" and barack obama did his al green impression and mitt romney did what he did tonight, one of them would get through to the next round, and it wouldn't be your guy. >> our guy would have won the america's got courage competition for sure for singing in front of that many people. 6,000 people turned out. >> i give him credit. knowing he isn't one of the best of singers, to do what he did showed kurcourage. i agree with that. what is the biggest challenge going forward? if you believe newt gingrich that he's going to keep going, going, going, attacking, attacking, attacking, ron paul certainly won't pull out either, and rick santorum may decide to hang in there, this could go on for months and months and months. what is the challenge for mitt romney, do you think? >> i think mitt romney needs to continue to put himself out there. show that he's got a plan for america moving forward, that he understands how jobs are created. that it's not government, it's the individual -- the risk takers, the people sitting at home watching, who are wi

aater he sang the hit al green song "let's stay together." now..f american idol wants president obama to come to hollywood. @barackobama we loved your vocal performance so much we'd love to invite you on to american idol this season for a duet wiih al green. we do know two people who will be inging together in a superbowl commercial."the x factor" winner, melanie amaro, earned the spot afterrhee run on the show.here's a preview. melanie singing:respect ... melanie will have a special guest...elton john!!!! there is a shake-up... on the hit fox show "the x factor." facttr."simon cowell has cleaned house... letting go of &ppaula abdul... niccle ssherzinger... and host steve jones.that leaves us with simon ann l-a reid.there are reports mariah carey might come on board. now the outsted talent is tweeting about the move. 3i've learned through my longevity in this indussry that business decisions often times override personal conside. considerations... simoo is, and will remain a dear friend of mine.. mine... want nothing more than for the x factor to e

he left the al green space in there he didn't just sing the song.ce, left the space in there. >> that's confidence to leave some space out there. >> that's soul. that's confidence, that's jazz. anybody can sing the notes. singing the spaces is the hard part. >> mitt romney did the smart thing, a political song, a patriotic song. >> he couldn't sing that well but he was singing the right song. >> nobody is ever going to do this to a patriotic song. he made a smart choice. >> all right. stokes, great to have you. thanks very much. nice talking to you. >>> that's all for our conversation today. you can follow the conversation all week long on our blog, presspass.msnbc.com. now stay tuned for president obama's weekly address after this short commercial break.

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at a private dinner in pacific heights, soul singer al green was there. "let's stay together" about a month ago, the video of that went viral. last night the president was there with al green, but the president did not sing. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> the point of the president's trip was fundraising if you ask most people what they will remember about the trip? it is likely to be mr. obama's unscheduled stop. the president picked up dim sum take out at the great eastern restaurant on jackson street. the customers even the restaurant's owner say they were stunned to see him walk through the door. the president seemed happy to work the room, posing for pictures and shaking hands while he waited for his or. >> the president: we just went for a dim sum collection. mid-afternoon snack. didn't want to have the full seven courser, because i've got five vents going on later. >> -- five events going on later. >>> as the president leaves drivers are being warned to peck rolling closures from his hotel to -- expect rolling closures from his hotel to sfo. >>> in

that is why when people, i bet he sang al green.all the time. >> he has better singing voice than you? >> absolutely. he doesn't hesitate to show it off. >> did you hear mitt romney sing what did you think? >> i saw it in the green room. it's beautiful. [ laughter ] >> greta: first lady was different in the tonight show but i'm not sure when president is asked about it. and snooki is not ignite so diplomatic. she is making her feeling knows about her feelings against chris christie. she said she won't be voting for christie for president but the governor is not running for president but that didn't stop snooki, i will not be voting for chris christie, from degrading the jersey shore show. -- >> greta: so what sparked the snooki's mean tweet. he has said that jersey shores make his state look bad. >> you remember this picture, jan brewer pointing her finger at president obama. cameras got caught her on the tarmac with the president and new photo shows it pointing again. this time she is pointing at sheriff. it happened there she was

the president's eight-second performance has been remixed into a virtual duet with al green. ♪ so inaign has even turned the per for mformance in ring tone. as for mitt romney the first comedians poked fun of him for speaking the same lines. >> oh, beautiful for spacious skies -- >> t >> no, that is friday. >> oh, beautiful for spacious skies -- >> no, that is monday. i want today. >> a harsh critic might say this mitt sings worse than this mitt from the arby's restaurant promotion. ♪ amazing roast beef how sweet the sound ♪ >> if you can't take the heat, don't sing in the kitchen. ♪ above the fruited plain ♪ america america >> jeanne moos, cnn. >>> and good morning, everyone, thanks for joining us, we begin with mitt romney not singing, but a clear front-runner for tr republican nominee for the presidential race. romney topped florida with 46% of the vote and gingrich with 32%, and rick santorum and ron paul way behind and in the victory speech last night, mitt romney said he will oust president obama. >> three years ago this week, a newly elected president obama faced the american

. >> he can do a little bit of al green. you never know. >> what is the latest?ttle chilly, i have a sunset for you, by the way. you can see those high clouds and in the sunshine peeks through at the bottom. it cleared out enough. our temperature outside right now, 40 degrees. we gain about and how were in the next month of daylight. inand now work of sunlight the next month. we are heading towards the tail of winter. in the southern hemisphere, that cyclone.ense wynns are 140 miles per hour. it is moving through madagascar are. be a devastating storm. it is right in the center. meanwhile, looked at the cold air that continues. it is beginning to break. this was a great picture from space. there is england and there is france. look at the snow. if you want snow, that is the place to go. there is the snow from the weekend over us. that is the beautiful shenandoah national park. here we are in washington. overnight tonight, there is a of moisture coming our way. of this is not reaching the because the air is so dry. overnight tonight, we will see clouds coming thro

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. ♪ i so in love with you >> shep: president singing the al green at a fund-raiser earlier this montha we loved your vocal performance we would love to invite you on to american idol with a duet with al green. perhaps hoping to get in on the act. romney shared off his singing skills last night ♪ oh, beautiful for spacious skies for amber ways of grain. for purple mountains majesty ♪ ♪ above the plains >> shep: i'm led to believe, they were less impressed, if the election was based on vocal talent president obama would beat romney but, of course, it's not. >> leaders in the catholic church has been blasting the health care law for mandate on birth control coverage. now rumored vice presidential candidate or potential is joining the fight in a big way. we'll get to the details in that. plus the latest on the florida primary, 12 minutes until they shut down in the panhandle. all the polls will be closed and you have to wonder if our decision team won't have some announcements to make. 7:00 central time. 8:00 eastern time. this is america's election headquarters and you are here for the e

. >> al green. >> can't go wrong with al green. >> sarah will be singing this at her otherth weddingry. >> i hope i am. >> 359 leaving duke street headed out towards seminary road. all lanes are open. outer loop of the beltway still at speed leaving new hampshire avenue. noirnlg avenue north of nam -- georgia avenue north of new hampshire avenue for accident activity. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> the rumors continue to swirl as to whether the redskins are going after colts quarterback participate ton manning. the doctors say manning is good to go despite being out the entire last season after neck surgery. >> three neck surgeries, mind you. dave ross and i sat down to debate this on a special edition of off the wall. we had some unexpected guests show up and take over the show. >> off the wall, dave ross, wisdom martin. we have athe got a long time before the nfl draft. we do want know what the redskins are going to do at quarterback. there should be a quarterback available, peyton manning. should the redskins go after peyton manning. >> you need number 18 with t

let's catch it now. >> i heard you. >> come on. >> i heard you singing al green.done started something. you got to keep it up now. you can do it. come on. woo! ♪ come on baby don't you want to go ♪ ♪ come on baby don't you want to go ♪ ♪ same old place sweet home chicago ♪ >> you know you're president when mick jagger brings you the microphone. once again the president does his part in helping the music business. sales of "let's stay together" spiked after the president's rendition last month. next up, earlier this week, newt gingrich blasted president obama's energy policy as anti-american and in favor hive gas prices. he also offered up this dig at the president's offer for fuel efficient vehicles. >> let me start with the simple premise that most oklahomans will understand. you cannot put a gun rack in a volt. >> well, i said it last night. that is an asinine comment. it still is. was that a challenge, however? to one guy in atlanta, that's what it sounded like. here's the outcome. >> he said you can't put a gun rack in a volt. i take this to heart because i am

. >> marvin gay, franklin, al green. all of them. >> reporter: singer gladys knight says cornelius took a big gamble and it paid off. back to you. >> thank you. when it ended in 2006 it was the longest running television show in television history. >> that was a long time. coming up, a deadly stampede in the stands at a soccer game. see more of the riot that spread to the field and sent people running for their lives. >> i was freaking out. i didn't know what was going on. >> yes, she got a scare of a lifetime. the big mistake that left her front door in pieces. >> women check your medicine cabinets tonight. the birth control recall. >> cooling down just in time for the weekend. i've got your forecast coming up next. ,,,,,, >>> it's 64 degrees with a few clouds in central maryland right now. egypt looks more like a war zone after a bloody and deadly melee. stands stampeded on to the field and chased the players. 72 people were killed and others were injured. this is the deadliest case of soccer violence since 199 6. >>>

the president goes to the apollo, does some al green, he did it well. >> very well. >> in ten days, ie "america the beautiful" but it felt a handler said, okay, governor, get out there and break into song. and it ended up hurting, i think, into you it furthered this image that he's trying to be something he's not. karen, i'm preaching to the choir. >> i always have felt my job is to figure out what are you really good at as a principal or candidate. how do i make that come out, not make you do something you don't want to do. clearly, though i would imagine as the president kind of indicated at the end of that song, the staff was standing backstage terrified, how is this going to go down? it was pitch perfect. he knew he could do it. i agree with romney it playing this narrative he's trying so hard, like when he was pumping gas, holding the gas hose sort of awkwardly. if that's not him, don't do that, i would say as a democrat probably he's more comfortable standing next to someone like donald trump, but find other ways to show that humanity. his wife is tutly a huge asset. she does ve