i am katie monroe and i come here on behalf of the san francisco art institute. i have worked in the admissions office for about three years. i have seen what this is like to sit down with the prospective students to look at their work and look at how much money that they have. and to create a plan that works for that student. and to admit them because the institution sees that they have the potential to do well, to be nurtured by the institution and to graduate and go on to other professional endeavors. there is no portfolio that has been set, or required to be admitted to the institution to be considered in this deeply concerns me. i am it in a considerable amount of debt by i feel that my education i received is one of great merit, and of great meaning and great individual growth. and this is what i have received. i worry for those who have not received the same. thank you. -- >> i live at the corner of sutter and mason, right next door to a dormitory. the buses to come to pick up the students who sit in front of the dormitory and sometimes instructed the city

. >>> finally, katy perry as marilyn monroe? hollywood reports harvey weinstein hints in his new movie "my week with marilyn" wants perry to star as monroe on broadway. monroe on broadway? i'm not sure which is more bizarre. >> i know. that's a big role to play. >> it is. i'm not sure someone like katy perry would take that kind of a role. she's touring, doing all that. i don't know whether or not the hot pink outfits will go with it. >>> this comes to us from wnbc 4 new york in nutley, new jersey, one very lucky dog survival story is worthy of a cat's nine lives. last month this 1-year-old beagle mix was living in an animal shelter in alabama where dogs that aren't adopted are euthanized in a gas chamber. incredibly, this death-defying pup found an air pocket and survived. a rescue group brought the dog to new jersey where he was adopted. he was named daniel after the brave biblical character who survived the lion's den. that's great there. >>> i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your

. >>> finally, katy perry as marilyn monroe? marilyn" is a hit, he wants to have perry star as her on broadway. michelle williams was phenomenal in that movie. i still haven't gotten over the fact that pippa is going to do a party planning book. >> tell me you couldn't come up with a party planning book. >> we sort of discussed this could be an easy thing -- have enough booze. >> music, good music keeps it going. >> exactly. >> simple. those two things could do it alone. >> $600,000, i'll split it with you. >> thanks. >> this is "first look" on msnbc. but stay tuned. "way too early with willie geist" starts now. >>> newt gingrich unloads on mitt romney in a radio interview, pushing the charge also being made, by the way, by the obama campaign that romney stands for nothing. all this while herman cain was busy responding to claims from a woman who says she and the cain train had a 13-year affair. the question is, do people care anymore about herman cain's allege alleg alleged events? >>> and a nato strike killed 2,000 pakistani s