another remake, stars colin ferrell as the vampire next door. and finally, good news, bad news for "l.a. ink" star kat von d all in the same day. the good news is her engagement to sandra bullock's ex-jesse james, is reportedly back on. the bad news, tlc has just announced her show has been canceled. you're disappointed, that was appointment tv for you, bill. >>> and this comes to us from las vegas, nebraska, where the spotlight was on unsung hero of the vegas strip, housekeepers from some of the city's poshest hotels have their game faces on at the 21st annual housekeeping olympics. teams competed in events such as bed-making, mop and vacuum races and buffer pad topping. the winning team took home queen-sized beds and the reputation for house on and off the job. i'm lynn berry and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today, on your nbc station. >>> when it comes to the war on obesity, no one is safe. boris has been placed on a strict diet and he is apparently not happy about it. tipping the scales at 480 pounds, the australia

another remake, "fright night" stars colin ferrell as the vampire next door is only expected to pull in $13 million and kat von d's engagement to sandra bullock's ex is reportedly back on. but the bad news is that tlc has canceled her show. >> now they'll do a wedding show. >> i think the bigger problem is the engagement is back on. and what's her show called by the way, do you know? >> it was canceled. >> i guess that's why. >>> i'm lynn berry and this is "first look" on msnbc. but stay tuned, "way too early" with willie geist starts right now. >>> the dow with yet another big drop triggering fears over european debt and a possible return to recession here in the united states. the question is, how real is the possibility of a slip back into recession? we're going to talk to andrew ross sorkin in a minute. >>> meanwhile, major news overseas as u.s. officials tell media that moammar gadhafi is ready to pack up his robes and shades and get out of dodge. the question is, what do libya and syria look like without their long-time leaders in power? >>> and the struggle for global supremac

will ferrell got a bunch of "saturday night live" veterans together to spoof how the ex-presidents might give barack obama a pep talk. i love this one. >> i'm just tired of getting my butt kicked from both sides on this. >> go to bed, sweetheart. your heart will tell you what to do. >> boo! i'm the ghost of dick cheney. >> relax, it's just us! >> man michelle's got some legs on her. >> how did you do get in here? >> the security code is just 1, 2, 3, 4 from when i was prez. only took me five times to remember it. >> we hear you tossing and turning. >> so we're here to give you some advice. >> yeah, well, if you listened to me, it would have raised taxes. >> then i would have had one term. >> yeah and that second term of yours was a real victory lapper, wasn't it wers? listen boy -- >> barack. >> you have to listen -- >> i know a thing or two about doing what's right and being unpopular. >> oh, great if it isn't mr. let's get the party started. what do you say we open up a bag of malaise potato chips! >> there you go again skwlm again! >> this can't be! you're dead! i saw them lower your

. >> while jacob looks forward to getting away from prison politics, for level 1 inmate stephan ferrell, politics play a large part in his everyday existence. >> what i do as a housing clerk a primary housing clerk for the yard is accommodate people for their race affiliation and medical needs. you have to be very careful about what information you acquire because once you acquire it, then you have certain obligations to pass some of it on. so if you have information you do go to your people first. if there's something going down that you're privy too, if there's information about -- whatever it is, i always go to our remember on the yard first. this is simply the protocol that you follow, and it keeps things organized here. if i don't do that, it would put me at risk. you don't want to get beat up. that's rule number one, protect yourself. and my focus is to get through here with all my teeth. >> stephen learned early that no one is exempt from claiming a race allegiance, nor exempt from the associated violence. >> i had to fight somebody. and the reason i had to fight them was because

jay rock ferreller is sort of an unusual case in that he is a democrat from what has become a prettyst virginia is a state that used to be reliably a democratic state, but in recent elections, a strongly republican state, and as a democrat from a pretty strongly republican state, i think that it's in his interests to sort of play to the center. he has to appeal to these increasingly conservative republican voters in his state. >> so just time for one last question, alan, because this is all fascinating stuff. what do you say to people who would say independents of the fastest growing group of registered voters or ho don't state affiliation. lots of polls open to the idea of a third party. for those of us who are in the kind of radical center, aren't you wrong in some way in saying it's only left and right? >> i don't think i'm wrong. if you look at independents, you find that the large majority of them are what we call independent leaners. of the 40% or so of american whose say that they're independents, over 30% typically say they lean one way or the other. and those leaners, those

this is will ferrell playing george w. bush.ing josh brolin. rick perry is pulling off a bad george w. bush imitation. >> the notion of attempting a miracle, if you dig deeper, it's not the greatest miracle for a lot of people. his main problem is his health care bill in massachusetts. it's what obama did nationally. i don't see how republican voters, could repeal the law and get beyond that when it comes to mitt. >> the real focus shifted to the economy, jobs and debt. mitt rock knee led strong suit. if he can get to the election -- >> get through the republican primary. >> because of so many other issues. what's happening in the party is we almost always nominate the guy who lost last time. go back to nixon in the '60s. this time, it's four teams within half a game of first place. it's just there is no front-runner. almost anybody can win, that includes michele bachmann. >> is that a good thing right now? >> here is the map on bachmann. she will bring out so many new people, women and the whole tea party movement, people who t

. >> reporter: from jaime foxx to fellow actors george clooney, tom hanks and will ferrell. hollywood elite and much of high-tech. >> good to be back in san francisco. >> reporter: in the bay area, president sold out a $35,000 a plate dinner hosted by google executives. >> our work is not finished. >> reporter: gay rights, green energy, cutting troops, obama is preaching to the choir in much of california yet many liberals are not happy. >> i think there are folks right now who are disappointed with the president. >> a lot of liberals are not excited at all. are unhappy with his performance. >> reporter: will that disappointment discourage big-money democrats, powerful donors known as bundlers? >> a bumped letter is -- bundler is somebody who collects checks from other people. >> reporter: hollywood bundlers led by david geffen and jeffrey katzenburg from dreamworks topped $4 million in 2008. topped by wall street fat cats who raised ten million and 15 million from lawyers. >> what is for them access to the administration. access is worth lots of money. >> reporter: this yea

yeah, we have too many ferrell hogs we're trying to get rid of. >> the hair these guys have, great hairkaw made that point yesterday. perhaps the best hair he's seen in the republican field. that's saying something. tom covered a lot. >> possible exception of pat buchanan. >> speaking of pat buchanan, he's standing right over there. join us in a minute with robert gibbs and chuck todd. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] this is the network. a network of possibilities. excuse me? my grandfather was born in this village. [ automated voice speaks foreign language ] [ male announcer ] in here, everyone speaks the same language. ♪ in here, forklifts drive themselves. no, he doesn't have it. yeah, we'll look on that. [ male announcer ] in here, friends leave you messages written in the air. that's it right there. [ male announcer ] it's the at&t network. and what's possible in here is almost impossible to say. say i'm missing england... i type in e-n-g and he gives me a variety of options. would you like to have a look at a map, my lad? ah, why not? should we check on the status of your

. >>> this weekend on booktv on c-span2 john ferrell on the life and times of clarence darrow, attorney for the damned. on "after words" amanda foreman on british citizens who fought for the union and the con fed race. and live sunday at noon eastern, "in depth" with ann coulter. her latest is "demonic: how the liberal mob is endangering america." look for the complete booktv schedule at booktv.org and sign up for booktv alert, weekend schedules, in your inbox. >>> 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3,2, 1, 0. these are the stakes, to make a world in which all of god's children can live or to go into the dark. we must either love each other, or we must die. >> vote for president johnson on november 3rd. >> this weekend we'll look at the history of political campaign ads with lsu professor robertman. also former merchandise detective james he vel on the day jack ruby killed lee harvey oswald, and former speech writers for president nixon reveal how his messages were crafted and communicated. american history tv on c-span3. get the complete schedule at c-span.org/history. >>> in the midst of worries o

. >> when i saw him lost in the, whatever movie that was in will ferrell, playing himself, he playedbout in the makeup room. because he's neeer funnier than when he steps through that door. >> we're not at liberty to discuss that. >> here's a question, are good friends with your husband's friends? there's a new tudy out that shows that if you have a strong relationship with a friend of your husband, it sort of emasculates your husband. he doesn't like it. and it's actually says that they actually suffer froo erectile dysfunction. >> which is also a theme this week. >> i have never found that to be the case in my life. thank goodness, or in frank's. >> but -- was there ever a time where you were too flirty with frank's friends or too close to, ann he didn't like it. >> frank thinks i'm too flirty and close to everybody, everybody. imagine when we have eduardo in our house. imagine when kevin costner was in our house, what frank was like. frank issa caveman. frank is territorial. my woman. he really is. >> i remember being at an event with you guys and there was some guy who was talkin