he's dennis kucinich. well, there's dennis. - i guess he is having some enjoyment, but -- it's a serious thing. that's like a regular-sized person biting into a bocce ball. ironically, did you know kucinich means kitchen in lawn gnome? that's true. the department of homeland security announced today they're doing away with the color-coded terror alert system we've come to know and love. we're going back, i guess to the old system, which was tagging people with beards, so -- the chief of homeland security confirmed this morning what i've been saying for years. the color system meant absolutely nothing and the safest way to go is to remain constantly terrified at all times. instead of announcing the color codes now, the tsa will announce, once you get to the airport, they will announce specifically what kind of security search you can expect to get. >> your attention please. the tsa will be focusing on testicles. repeat. today is a testicle search day. your cooperation is appreciated. >> jimmy: i like that. you know, you get throu

dennis kucinich is a two-time presidential candidate and unabashed liberal.is website calls him, america's most courageous congressman. but apparently he was no match for a sandwich wrap bought at this cafeteria on capitol hill. kucinich's legal complaint spells out the case in chilling detail. the wrap was allegedly unwholesome and unfit for human consumption. and it was represented to contain pitted olives. but unknown to the plaintiff, contained an unpitted olive. when he took a bite, the olive pit allegedly caused serious and permanent dental and oral injuries. although kucinich filed the lawsuit just yesterday, he ate the offending wrap in april 2008. he didn't mention it publicly at the time. but just five days later -- >> the high cost of gasoline is troubling americans. >> reporter: he gave a speech on the house floor without any apparent problem. >> wake up, america. >> reporter: more than a decade, kucinich has been one of congress' more colorful figures. when state of the union time rolls around, he's known for waiting hours to get an aisle seat an

democratic congressman dennis kucinich is suing a congressional car tear ya for dental injuries he says he suffered after biting into an olive pit in a sandwich wrap he bought there. he's seeking $150,000 in damages. >>> one of your top health headlines on msnbc.com. in 2009, a government package issued controversial guidelines recommending against routine mammograms for women in their 40s and mammograms only every other year beyond 50. new data suggests the panel may have ignored evidence more frequent mammograms save lives. researchers found annual mammograms starting at 40, save 65,000 more women from breast cancer than mammograms done every other year in women over 50. >>> for more information on this and other health stories, check out the health page at msnbc.com. >> "early today" health is brought to you by vagisil wash with odor block. the confident clean. an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,985, after adding 8 points yesterday. the s&p rose 5 points. the nasdaq gained 20. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei

first, congressman dennis kucinich is suing the cafeteria in the house of representatives because ofn olive pit in a sandwich he purchased there three years ago. kucinich alleges it caused serious and permanent dental damage. he's asking for $150,000. >>> and former minnesota governor jesse ventura is suing the tsa. he was forced to undergo one of those now famous airport patdowns because he's got a titanium hip that sets off the detector. he said it amounts to an unreasonable search of his person and he wants a federal judge to order officials to stop what he calls their warrantless and suspicionless searches. a lot of passengers probably agree with him. >>> when we come back, the mystery of the florida keys has been solved. we now know how that piano got there. >>> so last night when we showed you the pictures of the piano on the sandbar in biscayne bay, florida, we naturally said well done and asked whoever did it to come forward, claim credit and tell us how it was done. well, fast forward to tonight. we have our answer. it's the kind of story you'd think would be behind the appe

downunder. ,,,, >> couric: ohio congressman dennis kucinich is suing a congressional cafeteria.seems he chomped down on a sandwich wrap he says contained "a dangerous substance," specifically an olive pit. kucinich claims he suffered serious dental injuries. he's seeking $150,000 for dental expenses, pain and suffering, and "loss of enjoyment." now a lesson in how not to escape from the police. a 20-year-old nicholas duffy climbed out of the window of a patrol car. one slight problem, though, it was going around 30 miles per hour. duffy got a little banged up and was quickly recaptured. singer jimmy buffet is nursing some wounds. this video from tmz shows him falling from the stage. he apparently was blinded by stage lights. he gashed his head and is in stable condition tonight at a sydney hospital. and coming up next the american spirit: a martial artist marshals artist for a very good cause. back. their creative image campaign. next on cbs 5 a bay area high school give >> couric: and finally tonight, we never know what life has in store for us. cynthia bowers has the story of

especially if you're one of the democrats that salon is labeling the top five aisle hogs, like, say, dennis kucinichho shows up on the aisle in 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010. or jesse jackson jr., salon found him in 2004, '06, '07 and '08. but once salon reporter started spotting patterns -- >> here's dale. this is not only is he in it every year, this is the same spot. >> reporter: it did raise an interesting question. in a chamber with this many seats, how do you get those few seats on the center aisle where the spotlight may shine? >> get there early. if you want to get a seat there, you have to get there early. >> reporter: that's right. it is open seating for the state of the union. >> and by early inmean, you know, more than ten hours early and then ten hours early when the president comes in, maybe you're on tv for three seconds. >> reporter: ten hours for three seconds? what's that calculation? say, new york's elliott engel, another top fiver on salon's list. visible in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 and '10. here's what he was doing at 8:30 this morning. >> he found a place on the aisle where he

. >>> ohio congressman dennis kucinich has a beef with the food providers on capitol hill. former presidential candidate is suing for dental damage after biting down on an olive pit and cracking a tooth. according to court documents, he's asking for $150,000. but a spokesman in his office refused to discuss the suit. >>> well, it's getting ugly between a california lawmaker and fans of rush limbaugh. state senator leyland ye is asking for a boycott of companies that advertise with the ray show. that's after the conservative talker refused to apologize for mocking china's president. and he says he's received racist death threats. >>> incoming college students are apparently more stressed out than ever. a new study found only about 52% of freshmen reported their emotional health was above average. that's 3.5 points down from last year. overall, emotional well-being among freshmen is at its lowest levels since the surveys were first conducted in 1985. >>> jimmy buffett is out of the hospital and on the mend, a day after he fell off the stage while performing in sydney, austral

great patriots from abraham lincoln to john quincy adams to eugene debs, jeannette rankin and dennis kucinich have combined their love with country, combined their patriotism with the insistence that the country that we not fight and not shed blood, that we not shed our own blood or any offers accept in the just cause, and what is so corrosive about what we are experiencing now it seems to me is that, and may i say it seems to me on american as well is the attempt to undermine the just cause doctrine. i started out this will talk by saying that we uniquely in our country don't fight unless we are convinced it is a just cause yet many people would like us to fight because the war is now normal and the appeal is not made to just cause so that, for example, if one looks at the current situation with the war in afghanistan and ending in iraq, sort of fun if you call leaving 50,000 troops in the country in the warmer, not get all ending in afghanistan although there are some signs of possible negotiation, more than 60% of americans disapprove the war, 63% in the last poll, that you foundation poll

. >>> well, congressman dennis kucinich from ohio is suing the congressional cafeteria.aused dental damage. the suit calls for $150,000 in damages. it says the wrap that kucinich bought in april of 2008, quote, contained dangerous substances, namely an olive pit. >>> it looks like drug smugglers are turning medieval to get their product into the u.s. you are looking at recent surveillance video shot by, yes, it is exactly what you thinks it is going to be, shot by customs and border protection. you can see them loading the drugs. there they go, a catapult towed by an suv just like the ones used during medieval times. they fired a number of packages before the u.s. border agents were able to call in mexican officials to the scene. the suspects fled leaving behind the catapult and 45 pound of marijuana. >>> meanwhile, nasa is celebrating the hubell telescope's latest sighting. it spotted a galaxy more than 13 billion light years away. it is 100 times smaller than our own milky way forming 480 million years after the 13.7 billion-year-old universe was formed making it the o

. >>> and ohio congressman dennis kucinich has settled a lawsuit against a capitol hill cafeteria where he says he bit into an olive pit which cracked a tooth. democratic lawmaker originally sued for $150,000. not billion dollars. and it was for the actual cost for fixing the tooth, considerably less than $150,000. >> nothing. carry on. >> leave him alone. >> go ahead. go ahead. >>> the australian tennis open, belgium's kim clijsters had to come back from one set down to defeat china's li na. in the women's final this morning. clijsters has now won four major tournaments. three of them since returning from retirement after having a baby in 2009. li na was trying to be the first chinese woman to win a major. came close but didn't make it. >> surprising tournaments, federer, nadal, they're out. >> they're out. men's final later our time tonight. andy murray against novak djokovic. and who do you like, dan? >> i like whoever's name i can pronounce better. >> i guess that's murray. >> and you can pronounce jackie meretsky's name? >> it rolls off the tongue. jackie, how are you doing? good m

. >>> congressman dennis kucinich is suing the congressional cafeteria. he says a sandwich wrap caused dental damage. the suit calls for $150,000 in damages. he said the wrap, quote, contained dangerous substances, namely an olive pit. watch out for those pits. >>> encouraging news for those looking for work. a new survey shows the economy is growing faster than predicted. the latest economy survey shows they will create more than 2 million jobs this year. last year the economy added half that number of jobs, but unemployment will still stay near 9% at the end of the year. a majority of economists say it will be 2016 or later before unemployment drops to the normal rate of 5%. >>> an update to a story we brought you yesterday. a penguin arrested in peru for taking a wrong turn is now on his way home. tomas was taken out to sea yesterday to return to his colony. swim with the fishes, but in a good way. his family lives on an island off peru's coast. he was picked up earlier this week after he ended up miles from his island home. he and all other humble pen

. >>> congressman dennis kucinich filed a lawsuit over a sandwich. the democrat from ohio said he cracked one of his teeth after biting into an olive pit that was in his wrap. it happened in 2008 but he wants $15,000 damage from the -- $150,000 restaurant. he wants damages. >>> it is 8:24. oakland animal services are working to find homes for 33 dogs rescued from horrible conditions. they were found in a home -- in east oakland. the dogs were living on top of each other in crates. some of the dogs will be sent to oregon and south dakota. the owner has been charged with animal cruelty. >>> sal's been busy. now there's a brand-new crash in san francisco. >> it's an accident at park presidio and san francisco. i have a map. this is north of golden gate park on within of the busiest places to get away from this is an injury crash. they have most of the street blocked as they get emergency vehicles to the seen. 19th avenue, not a good way. maybe you can go up to stanion and hang a left. crossover drive which hooks up 19th to park presidio not a good call.

especially if you're one of the democrats that salon is labeling the top five aisle hogs like, say, dennis kucinich or jesse jackson jr. salon found him in 2004, '06, '07 and '08. but once salon reporter steve conracki started spotting patterns -- >> dale, not only is he in year, the exact same spot he is in every year. it did raise an interesting question. in a chamber with this many seats, how do you get those few seats on the center aisle where the spotlight may shine? >> get there early. if you want to get a seat there, you have to get there early. >> reporter: that's right. it is open seating for the state of the union. >> and by early i mean, you know, more than ten hours early. and then ten hours later, when the president finally comes in, maybe you're on tv for three seconds. >> reporter: ten hours for three seconds? what's that calculation? say, new york's eliot engel, another top fiver on salon's list, visible in 2003, '04, '05, '06, '08 and '10. here's what engel was doing at 8:30 this morning. >> he had found the place on the aisle where he wants to be tonight. and he's camping out ther

. >>> congressman dennis kucinich has settled a lawsuit against a capitol hill cafeteria over an olive pit in a sandwich wrap. the ohio democrat says he suffered a split tooth when he bit into the pit riggers painful dental work. it's unclear how much they settled for. >>> and finally we've seen just about everything stuck in the snow lately lrks haven't we? but in virginia, it was this young deer who found herself on thin ice. the doe was trapped for several tears. fortunately she eventually wandered under a bridge and that allowed crews to lasso her back to shore. the doe is expected to be okay. and that's the news. how back to lester, amy and bill. you guys, a las schllassy, why think of that when i was trying to get to work on thursday? >> might have helped. >> bill has our first check of the forecast. >> you wanted more snow? >> it hasn't snowed in a requgo2 hours. >> just wait. for you will of a us from the great lakes through new england, just a tiny bit of snow just makes everyone say here we go again. but there's a little bit to shovel this morning in detroit, still light snow

. >>> ohio congressman and former presidential candidate dennis kucinich has a beef with the food providersl. the democrat is now suing for dental damage after biting down on an olive pit and then cracking a tooth. according to court documents he's now asking for $150,000. a spokesman in his office refused to discuss the matter. >>> it is not often that a 6-year-old boy can brag he saved his mother's life. but this morning that is what ethan can say. those who know him best are calling him a hero. tonya mendes of koat in albuquerque has the details. >> got it? all right. >> reporter: 6-year-old ethan knows what he wants to be when he grows up. >> a firefighter. >> reporter: but long before ethan grows up, he's already been given the chance to do the job of a first responder. >> i think we have a new member of the team right here in ethan. >> reporter: ethan saved a life. and that life was his mother. >> what is your emergency? >> my mom is having a heart attack. >> reporter: ethan's mom was lying face down, unresponsive. >> mom, mom. mom. >> reporter: so, ethan did the thing his mother, who

caller: dennis kucinich. host: why is that?aller: because he is supporting a department of peace rather than a department of war. i think that martin luther king would be totally supportive of that idea. host: thank you for the call. here we have a list of the 2011 african american leadership survey on the grio. throughout the first portion of the program we will be referring to that list as callers call in. who do you think most embodies you are on.lk -- mlk? you are on. caller: i think that it should be phyllis ben thnis. i saw her on "book tv." the press has demonized every one of the black leaders who have stood up. jesse jackson, al sharpton, the press has demonize them. this lady, you should have her on. thank you. host: thank you for the call, kelberg. next up is jackson, mississippi. democratic line. sorry, independent line. jackson, go ahead. caller: i believe that it is barack obama. he is the human embodiment of martin luther king's legacy. he is that legacy transcended. i am sure that martin luther king did not beli

the usa today story this morning about dennis kucinich, who is suing a congressional cafeteria for dentalage. also this morning is the front page of "the baltimore sun." a baltimore police officer is suing, saying he was forced to president obama's visit. according to a $17 million lawsuit, the officer who is now retired, filed in baltimore. grainger, indiana. robert on the line for republicans. good morning. caller: good morning. wouldn't you say the top story yesterday would have been the deficit and the out of balance on social security? show me where it is on "the new york times" front page. that was incredible newspaper. it is just an arm of the democratic party. host: the cbo the story the? caller: yes. is not on the front page. caller: does that tell you something? host: it is on the front page of most of the newspapers. it is on "the new york times" page a19. here is "the washington times." "the wall street journal" -- new york, janet on the line for democrats. good morning. caller: we the people in america need to look at it. it is not about democrats and republicans. it's about

speaker, i join dennis kucinich as well as members of both parties in the hopes that president obama will keep his promise to start withdrawing our troops in july of this year. in closing, i would like to urge the american people to get engaged in this cause and to let the members of congress know how they feel. they must encourage the members of congress to vote to bring our troops home. the pain must end and we can easily declare a victory and bring our brave men and women home. mr. speaker, as i do all the time on the floor of the house when i speak, i ask god to please bless our men and women in uniform, to bless the families of our men and women in uniform, to ask god in his loving arms to hold their families giving a child for freedom in afghanistan and iraq. i ask god to please bless the house and senate that we will do what is right for the american people. i ask god to give strength, wisdom and courage to president obama to do what is right for the american people and three times i will ask god, please, god, please continue to bless america. i yield back. the speaker pro tem

pat buchanan, ron paul on the right, dennis kucinich, but it's taken a decade of bleeding in iraq andican politics became more polarized on domestic issues, elite attitudes on foreign policy really did not. for all of the sound and furry during the years after the cold war, i think there was much less difference between mainstream republican and democratic foreign policy positions than met the eye. neocons have really been liberals in wolves clothing. liberals wanted as of as bush did to set the world right. clinton's aim was multilateral if we can, unilateral if we must. the junior bush was the reverse. they both wanted to come out in the same place. using american power and leadership to force the world into proper shape. second point, nothing fails like success. the first war against iraq was a masterpiece. kuwait was liberated, and saddam hussein was cut down to size quickly and decisively. as wars go cleanly, in victory, the coalition did not over reach. operation desert storm was truly a model for strategic effectiveness in war making. we'll leave aside the failure but not tryin