why put gary busey into it? >> i will go with it, why should it just be dinner? he needs to make some money. why not sweeten the pot? >> i am in favor of obama. i am just not in favor of dinner. it strikes me as desperate. is it reminds me of working at a magazine and then say we have to come up with a novel way to connect with the people. how can we use social media. what is next, the country decides who is president? >> so true. >>> gavin, what do you make of this? if you would have won who would you choose? >> if i had to choose say i won and i could choose a -- i want wadi from "exploited" or willow smith. i feel like i learned a lot about gay marriage and willow smith could be a fountain of information. we can all have our own senate where willow and obama and i solved a bunch of problems. >> willow will be there anyway. >> i am not spending my chips on that. >> do you like this idea? >> i think it is fantastic. obama was great on ellen do generous and "the view" and jimmy fallon. it is a really exciting presidency. remember the dance on ellen? that was awes

. >>> and actor gary busey turns 68. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and more as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. a live report on david beckham, failing to make britain's olympic soccer game, did age finally catch up with the 37-year-old superstar? >>> and maroon 5 rocks the plaza for a full half hour in the "today's" summer concert series. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports, and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. the day, today on your nbc station. have a great weekend. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

. >>> looking at who is celebrating a birthday today, oscar nominated actor gary busey is 68 years old. comedian and actor richard lewis is turning 65. love boat actor turned congressman turned dc radio host fred grandy is 64. he won nine prime time emmys for the sopranos. matthew weiner is 47. and this pussycat digital turns -- doll turns 34 today. happy birthday to you if it is your day today, too. >>> good morning, welcome back to 9news now, 5:45 on this friday morning. it is muggy, humid, sticky, it is ugly out there. olga breese has the rest of our morning weather. >> yes and we told you so. we knew it was inevitable. we watched all of this heat and humidity track across the nation and yes, it is now here, on our doorstep. we are looking at muggy conditions this morning. humidity is high, we have passing clouds at this hour. our forecast for today is definitely going to keep the heat around. we are going to dial it up more than what we have seen over the last company of days. we'll keep a little bit of sunshine through midday and early afternoon. we'll push quickly through the 90s