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boone, real quick, i got to run -- but what is the website for the pickens plan?> pickensplan.com. i got 1,700,000 people signed up with me. >> you're also on twitter #boon pickens. >>> an alleged victim of hazing at famu says she was not alone. >> not everybody was but a good few people got hit. >> her story in her own words in the growing investigation into hazing allegations against famu's marching band. that's next. welcome to idaho, where they grow america's favorite potatoes. everyone knows idaho potatoes taste great. but did you know they're good for you too? they're high in vitamins and potassium. and idaho potatoes are now certified to carry the heart checkmark from the american heart association for foods low in saturated fat and cholesterol. so they're good for my family, and for yours. heart smart idaho potatoes. always look for the grown in idaho seal. >>> it is time for today's crime and consequences. we are getting a disturbing look at the alleged hazing at florida a&m university, details that come straight from a band member from the iconic band th

boone pickens free market fellow with the business and media's duty and welcome back to the show it's a pleasure we've got is actually had to use the muppets personally but the people behind the people put their hands and pulled the strings on the muppets so why do you why do you hate muppets i don't have muppets actual opus which is which is i mean that's really the offense here i look we the left is going completely berserk about the story which is truly entertaining i mean this is the story is global and that you know you've got people in the state of high dudgeon from you know from san francisco all the way. to the movies out of oil but the movie is the art is built into the article and made on stage is fortune and oil and he wants to drill right where they are right with their studio i mean that that makes it about oil it doesn't mean it's the only plot the part of them getting together but it's a very well i won't give a spoiler to the movie but but the whole idea of the movie is he is the villain he's a businessman and tom but as you know he would been doing that for the kid le

boone pickens. >> what time is it? >> it's the end of "morning joe," right now it's time for "chuck todd". >>> new nbc news marist polls shows newt gingrich showing no signs of slowing down and new leads in two. pivotal states, leading in double digits in florida. we'll go inside the numbers later this hour. and despite an onslaught from fellow republicans, newt gingrich kept his cool, avoids missteps at this weekend's iowa debate and that's the $10,000 question. did mitt romney hurt himself with an unusual, unforced error. >> with so much dissatisfaction on both sides, what are the odds of a third party run? ron paul still won't rule it out. this morning we'll hear from one democrat who is saying yes. it's monday, december 12, 2011. let's get to my first read of the morning. from conservatives and tea party supporters, newt gingrich has opened up double digit leads over mitt romney in both south carolina and florida according to new nbc news/marist polls, to romney's 23%. a 35-point jump since april, ron paul in third

go ahead and investigate, but boone pickens, wow, great job. as once said, it's hard to rally a campus around a math class. boone if i can yours that out. i'm done. >> you sure? >> kind of. >> okay. coming up, we're going to bring in congressman barney frank and jim clyburn. but first, bill karins with a check on the forecast. >> good to have him back. >> thank you. "morning joe" detox went fairly well, not perfect. good morning, everyone. dense fog this morning, big issue for folks on the east coast down through jersey and the chesapeake, temperatures are very warm. and people in northern new england are wondering where's our snow? they count on it for the ski season and snow mobile season. that fog should lift by 10:00 on the east coast, traveling today, rain, buffalo, erie, pittsburgh, through ohio, but still very warm, the big cities. a lot of rain coming up from the south. shreveport, little rock, indianapolis, cleveland, and detroit, it's all umbrella weather for you. all the cold air back toward denver. minus 7 windchill, so winter's in t

boone pickens and the national football coaches foundation for having us emcee their gala last night.

boone pickens guy. i firmly believe that if it's american, we need to be using it. this goes for not only the renewable forms of energy but the vast amount of fossil fuels that we have been blessed with throughout the united states and directly off our shores. if we use what we have here in a responsible manner, we can be better positioned to pick and choose who we import our remaining oil needs from. importing oil from canada will accelerate america's independence for overseas -- from overseas oil by increasing petroleum trade with one of our most reliable allies, one of our most reliable friends, instead of depending on the likes of saudi arabia and hostile regimes like venezuela for much of our oil. the amount of oil provided through this project is equal to half the amount we import from the middle east. i doubt that anyone in this body would argue that any of the countries that we import oil from in that region are more stable than canada. president obama needs to quit pandering to the radical environmentalists. he needs to do what is best for the country, not