. >>> charlie sheen is worried about his reputation? the early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> the jungle's toughest predator attacks a child. we're slightly exaggerating. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." fairly strong storm for this time the year is coming on into central portions of oregon. steady rain from seattle down interstate 5. getting it in northern california. eventually we get light rain in san francisco. majority of the heavier rain is to your north. by this afternoon rain should stop in most coastal locations. friday's forecast some showers left over from that storm system and cooler air behind it. if you're watching us in fairbanks, alaska, explore the wildlife that lives amoungs. from spiders to cockroaches and walking sticks at the museum of the north. that's your event of the day. >> would you let your friend cut your hair? what if you were a big movie star? cameron diaz always has told jay leno when she had the latest short cut due to a misunderstanding, she burs

. >>> charlie sheen is worried about his reputation? the early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> the jungle's roughest predator attacks a child. we're slightly ex-ager rating. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." here is what you need to know weather-wise as you head out the door for your morning routine, watching a line of strong thunderstorms heading for des moines and ames area. strong thunderstorms toward green bay and northern michigan where the worst of the wet weather is. as we go through the afternoon we will see additional strong storms late today and tonight, chicago, kansas city, and just north of st. louis. tomorrow we could see very strong thunderstorms in areas like new york city down to d.c. that is for friday afternoon. >>> if you're watching us on wbre tv, examine the honey bee through the lens of an electron microscope at beeyond, at everhart museum. that is the early today event. >>> to infinity and beeyond. >> here is an early look at headlines in entertainment. woul

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. >> charlie sheen speaking of "2 1/2 men" he's suing a strip club here in new york because they namedn and they had it covered with photos of him when his acting days and people are paying 250 bucks to go into the private room and you can actually eat sushi from the bodies of the dancers there. now he's suing them saying take down my name. nothing like bad sushi in the badpagne room. sushi in the champagne room. follow the wings. [ male announcer ] we asked real people if they'd help us with an experiment for febreze fabric refresher, they agreed. [ experimenter 1 ] relax, take some nice deep breaths. [ experimenter 2 ] at do you smell? lilac. clean. there's something that's really fresh. a little bit beach-y. like children's blankets. smells like home. [ experimenter 1 ] okay take your blindfolds off. ♪ hello? [ male announcer ] if febreze fabric refresher can freshen this couch, what can it do for yours? febreze fabric refresher -- breathe happy. ♪ someone saved my life tonight ♪ ♪ sugar bear sugar bear ♪ you almost had your hooks in me didn't you dear ♪ >>> oh, nice, nice. >> well,

. >>> charlie sheen's lawyers got a cease and desist and told "e" news it's unfortunate these parasitesen't ex-exterminated. >> i don't know if charlie went there himself to close it down. >> i'm sure he went there himself to take care of business. i'm lynn berry on "first look." "way too early" starts with willie guise right now. >>> the case of the chinese dissident who sought house arrest and refuge at the chinese embassy in beijing and now says he fears for his safety and wants to come to america. the question is how is secretary of state hillary clinton handling chinese accusation the u.s. is meddling in chinese affairs. >>> and riveting on "rock center" with brian williams that revealed what went into the president's decision to green light the navy seal mission that killed osama bin laden. the question is, which of his closest advisors did the president buck to go ahead with the operation. >>> newt gingrich does what a lot of people thought he had done a month ago and dropped out of the presidential race. the question is without newt, will america ever put a man on the moon colon

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it's like going to charlie sheen and asking how to raise a family. >> due but he does not know a lot about foreign policy. >> his idea was i'll go as far to the rights as possible and i'll surrender my people, but the fact that he does know that much like george w. bush is scary. he's malleable on this. will he have core convictions that he'll push back on or will he go along with his visors. >> in fairness, you can say the same about president clinton, he didn't have much foreign policy experience as well. now saying saying that the-- >> but clinton did not surrender himself with crazy people. >> yes, who does romney think he's going to appeal to? is this going to help him? i would think he has the right wing vote locked up. there is not going to be an evangelical challenger, why would mitt romney work so hard to pannedder to pander to them he wants to paint obama as weak. that's his whole strategy. he's trying to get to the right of obama on foreign policy so he can make obama look like the reincarnation of jimmy carter. >> i think his view on foreign policy is less talk about obam

[evil cackle] >> stephanie: charlie sheen threatens to sue a strip club for naming a room after him.called the -- you don't use that name anymore. >> stephanie: speaking of class. octomom has filed for bankruptcy. she's ready to do porn now. >> she already did the porn. >> stephanie: she had turned down the offer. now she's rethought it. >> stephanie: imagine what -- imagine what could fit up there. >> eight kids. >> too much attention to her nether regions. >> stephanie: her r area. buddy in columbus, you're on "the stephanie miller show". >> caller: hey mama, jacki. >> stephanie: stop perving out over jacki schechner for god's sakes. >> caller: in the big picture, this thing in north carolina it is stupid, sad but it won't stop the change. as a straight man i know it is coming. it is not a question of if there will be gay marriage. it is when. the 14th amendment. it is there in a second. this action reminds me of in the '50s and '60s, all seven states when civil rights laws were coming, the confederate flag on the state flag. thinking that would stop civil rights laws from coming.

engaged the most powerful attorney in this town, marty singer who represented arnold schwarzenegger, charlie sheen and tiger woods. now, the mo of marty singer is very clear. he rarely goes to the court of law. instead he dukes this out in the court of public opinion and already john doe number one has had list claims tested through the use of john travolta's alibi. receipts at the restaurant in new york were presented to discredit the alleged date and he has come back and said he got the date wrong. you will find that marty simmer in this case john travolta's aggressive lawyer will attempt to discredit the claims in the public. >> always good to have you with us, dylan. all right, first accuser as dylan just said goes from it happened on the 16th and then marty singer comes in and shows proof that john travolta was in new york city and not in l.a. so how does this hurt the case? >> total money grab. how it hurts it is it shows a lack of credibility. you are alleging these allegations affected you so much, judge, i want $2 million. i was stressed and outraged and then you don't know the date it ha

the other thing is -- >> eric: charlie sheen. >> bob: if you put on a poll would you like to see thelicans control the house, senate and white house, you would overwhelming percentage is no. what scares them -- mitt romney may be safe in some sense. but idea of a republican congress and republican if white house is so frightening to so many people. particularly the swing voters. that is not going to happen. >> greg: it was frightening to have a democratic president, democratic congress. >> dana: that's how obamacare came to be and it look like the worst strategic decision to do in the way they did it without an attempt at bipartisan support. >> bob: argue if it was all democrats in the white house, and people didn't like it, they went and voted for split government. then i argue they vote for split government this time. >> dana: women came out in droves. >> andrea: they don't like to be pandered to. we talk about it before but a slide show that says it will give an obama website a women a check at every stage of the her life. they show a single mother raising a child alone. >> bob: t

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this charlie sheen hit, trying to compare him to that, the stuff that has been -- are you at all uncomfortable of the personal road that this campaign could go on? >> this is the least qualified person to run for a major office. >> you're comfortable with these attacks? >> it's the truth and the people of florida need to know it. he is trying to run a campaign where people will mistake him for his father and we can't make that mistake. this country is in too much trouble. we need to win this election in order to take back the senate on the republican side. if he is the nominee, we will lose. >> senator george lemieux, thanks for coming on this morning. appreciate it. >>> next, the reverend wright ramifications. vice president biden's fire in ohio. the political panel will be here to chew over this, appeared a rye mier reminder, you can download the new nbc political app store free. first, white house soup of the day, black bean chorizo. this sounds like what would be my favorite soup if they'd let me have it. you're watching "the daily rundown" only on msnbc. we'll be right back. for three hou

standards, i would cast meryl streep to play michelle schimmel and maybe i'd put mel gibson or charlie sheen>> spoken like a true friend. robert and crystal, thanks for playing with us today. >> thanks. >>> from secretary of state to security threat. reports that 88-year-old henry kissinger was patted down by tsa workers. ♪ ♪ why do you whisper, green grass? ♪ [ all ] shh! ♪ why tell the trees what ain't so? ♪ [ male announcer ] dow solutions use vibration reduction technology to help reduce track noise so trains move quieter through urban areas all over the world. together, the elements of science and the human element can solve anything. [ all ] shh! [ male announcer ] solutionism. the new optimism. the key is to have a good strategy. the same goes for my retirement. with the plan my financial advisor and i put together, a quick check and i know my retirement is on course. [ male announcer ] with wells fargo advisor's envision plan, you always know where you stand. in fact, 93 percent of envision plan holders say they will retire on their own terms. get started on the plan you need today -

and this super bowl 25 ring that once belonged to lawrence taylor was sold to, wait for it, charlie sheen believe. >> we believe, we have not yet confirmed. >> the former giants agent revealing that sheen is still winning. this time he's scored by bidding more than $23 0,000 for the ring. he has a large sports memorabilia collection. lawrence taylor's son put the ring up for sale without him knowing. >> sheen forks over dough for sports memorabilia. he bought babe ruth jersey and he has the yankees, contract when they sold babe ruth from the yankees. >> how about lawrence taylor's son putting the ring up for auction? >> l.t. was ok with it. >> it's like going through my dad's stuff. >> and there was the seinfeld -- >> talking politics this morning. the president trying to paint an interesting picture of his record. he is tired, i guess sick and tired of being called an overspender so there was in denver at a fundraising event and he's trying to talk about how he is not an overspender and under him, spending has plummeted. take a listen. >> my opponent didn't tell you was that federal spen