there was a line of public defenders in the first row who could have said, where is jon casey? nobody stood up, and that is one of the problems of ordinary injustice. they become so worried about their own interests that they stop thinking about the people they are supposed to be protecting. >> we should have invited that judge to come to see what he would say. last year, our reporter went into a courtroom -- nez reporter went into a courtroom, and he sought -- a reporter went into the courtroom, and he saw the judge. he saw hundreds of people waiting for justice every day. what he did not see was a lawyer, so he took it upon himself to study it and write about it, and i am going to let you tell what happened. >> unlike judge our common and the judges in dept. 43 j judge bauer -- unlike judge bauer common the judges in department 43 are borden. there is no one to make objections or advocate for the people who go to these courtrooms, because they have never had them there. there is no lawyers, so what happens is i go into the courtroom, and i hide behind a broad-shouldered deput

casey affleck says it's a terrific performance. the performance of his career. >>> you had glenn beck's big rally there in d.c. a couple of weeks ago. now jonwart and steven colbert are going to hold dueling rallies of their own. jon stewart's called the rally to restore sanity. >> you may be asking yourself right now, sitting at home, but am i the right type of person to go to this rally? the fact that you would even stop to ask yourself that question as opposed to just, let's say, jumping up, grabbing the nearest stack of burnable holy books, strapg on a diaper and just pointing your car towards d.c., that means i think you just might be right for it. >> he went on to say we're here but only until 6:00 because we have a sitter. stephen colbert holding a dueling rally on the same day to restore fear. that's what his is all about. still ahead on "way too early," why your awake? you are checked out for the weekend. texts and e-mails are next and "morning joe" just minutes away. [ male announcer ] mix it. blend it. sprinkle it. sweet! [ female announcer ] just about anywhere you use sugar you can use splenda® no calorie sweetener. [ male anno

casey joins us now and you actually have ridden one of these things. >> i did, i went down the face of a 50-foot wave with a jet ski. >> with layered hamilton. >> right. jon was that like? >> it was bracing, it was exciting, the wave was extremely steep, but the one thing i noticed was the g forces are so intense when you're on a wave that big that i really had a hard time turning my head but i could -- but i want to see the lip but i couldn't turn my head. jenna: a lot of people are looking at this video thinking that's crazy. why do people chase these wave? >> in the case of surfers, this is their life. it's a small, elite band, they can surf a 100-foot wave if they can find t i call it a globe at scal eveninger hunt. they can tell when the storms create the waves. >> there have been a lot of people killed doing this. >> it's not a sport for the faint hearted, that's for sure, and the first time i went out with a group on the west coast, unfortunately, a surfer lost his life to ghost tree a.60-foot wave off the coast near pebble beach. jon: but the book is not just about the surfers. i mean, i was astounded to read that there are, what, a ship every cou