followed by katy perry, lady gaga, lil wayne, rihanna, the band perry and taylor swift each got three. >>> swift, the 21-year-old has been named billboard's woman of the year. >>> in costing news, bardem confirmed he would play in 23rd unyet untitled james bond movie. >>> michael douglas will play lib ra l liberacci and his live-in lover will be played by matt damon. >>> this comes to us from the white house where the first lady and a group of kids jumped at the chance to make a record-breaking attempt. michelle obama continued her fitness campaign for america's youth performing jumping jacks with 400 kids on the south lawn, leading an effort to break the world record for the most people doing jumping jacks in a 24-hour period. over 20,000 jumping jackers must be recorded by 3 p.m. eastern time today. pretty good there. the first lady hopes kids across the country jump in for the historic and healthy event. looks like fun. i'm lynn berry and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >

. >> i would sit down to dinner with rapper lil wayne, because i listen to a lot of his music, and the words that he says are just so inspirational and uplifting, because he's had a hard life, but he's turned it around, and i think that that's amazing. >> oh, that's a tough one, but emma watson. i'm really crazy about the "harry potter" series, and she's a really good actress. >> it would be emma watson from "harry potter," because i just loved her role in "harry potter." >> of course, with such amazing dinner companions, who'd have any appetite to eat? for "teen kids news," i'm katie.  >> here's scott with this week's "flag facts." >> in 1886, france gave the u.s. a gift to symbolize friendship and independence. officially named "liberty enlightening the world," we call it "the statue of liberty," and she proudly stands at the entrance to new york harbor. >> the concept of liberty is an important symbol for new york. >> the flag of new york comes from the state seal, and it features both liberty and justice. >> the roman goddess liberty holds a staff with a cap on it known as a liber

followed by katy perry, lady gaga, lil wayne, rihanna, the band perry and taylor swift each got threee 21-year-old has been named billboard's woman of the year. >>> in casting news, javier bardem confirmed he would play in 23rd yet untitled james bond movie. >>> michael douglas will play liberace and his live-in lover will be played by matt damon. >> some make up in that casting. >> it's range. they have to have those actors. >> yeah, they don't play themselves. >> thanks for the life lesson. i'm lynn berry. this is "first look." but stay tuned, "way too early with willie geist" starts right now. >>> mitt romney at the head of the table and clearly at the front of the republican field during last night's economic debate in new hampshire as rick perry tried to remind viewers that he was there, too. the question is, with an endorsement from chris christie and a good showing at the debate, could romney possibly have had a better day? mark halperin joins us live to discuss the race. >>> meanwhile the united states accuses iranian officials of planning an assassination inside the u.s. the

. >> keith richards is on the cover but you wouldn't see lil wayne on there. this is like their survivor chapter. it's about artists who survived drug addiction, jail time, lulls in their career. erykah badu is in there. i love her. it's a great issue. 93.9. see you next thursday. >> thanks for having me. >> we'll listen to you in the morning. >> yeah. i see you tweeting all the time. look at you. >> i gotta tweet you out. >> she knows the terminology. i love it. >> see ya. >>> coming up next, secretary of state, hillary clinton pokes fun of the republican presidential candidates while overseas. >>> a growing number of customers are not buying their >>> howard county is taking a big step toward bert health. students, residents and employees started a 30-day pledge to not drink soda. they are calling it the soda-free 30. it took off in columbia. officials are hoping it will help prevent obesity and chronic disease and promote healthy choices as we approach the holiday season. it ends november 18th. >> after you don't drink it for awhile, you don't miss it. >> w

i just want to say that as a caveat, but if you listen to lil' wayne's new song about love, and in the context of that he explained how misdirected love becomes self-sabotage; right? he does it in crafty ways by telling a story. we basically story tell people and the thing about the consequences of their actions. i think that we often forget about the power of story and narrative, and in my own work what i have seen is people who are the best at principles arguments are horrible at story telling. it's the storying telling that draws people into the principles and embeds it; right? the biblical narrative, two-thirds of it is story so i b wonder what happens if we were better story tellers about these principle, and actually presented them inductively so that people could actually see the full tapestry what it means to be a person living in full virtue. the book of proverbs, for example, look at the ant. people understand what that means. i can give a lecture on, you know, swath and the consequences of that in light of a person's human dignity and the implications therein. i can do that

i had to buy a ticket to get i thought a little justin bieber or lil wayne or someone was here. >> hee if i was going to be ready to sit next to him. i said what are you talking about? he said he stinks. you ask him about it. he doesn't look like a stinky guy. he will fit in. >>> the 49ers have the week off and that means there's no coaches corner segment with dennis and jim harbaugh. but harbaugh made time to appear on another show. >> it's the joe show. the joe show. ♪ [ music ] >> gonna ask some stupid questions to some teammates. >> they said sing a song and i did. that's what came out. that was the first take. >> if you were to do an end zone dance what would do you? do you have one in mind? would you do one for us? >> it should be something out of the '80s, now. >> let's see it. ♪ [ music ] >> that's all i know. look up the '80s, you know? you don't have a whole lot going. we didn't know a lot of dances back in the '80s. >> apparently not. [ laughter ] >> oh, no. look away, look away. troy polamalu made the most expensive call of his life last sunday. the league find the steeler

taylor swift, lady gaga, lil wayne, katy perry, rihanna, all trailed adele with three nominations eachcan sing. my girlfriend's in love with her album. you can catch the music awards, november 20th. on the air from l.a. showing them live here on abc. >> check it out. >> congratulations to adele. >>> all right. many hot women have been on the list before. minka kelly, halle berry. so "esquire" for 2011, sexiest woman on the planet is boom, rihanna. partially nude. on the cover. the interview inside. she's kind of made peace with the chris brown thing. she says, i like the music he is putting out. a fan of his stuff. always a fan. obviously i had resentment towards him for a while for obvious reasons, but i put that behind me. she is moving on. looks great. you know what? >> we love you. >> we still love you. >> you go girl. >> she joins the illustrious ranks, sexiest woman alive. here is rihanna as we go to break. i will sit here and drool a little bit. just kidding. ♪ be my prisoner for the night ool a little bit. just kidding. ♪ be my prisoner for the night i will sit here and drool a

. ♪ don't forget me i'll remember your said ♪ taylor swift, lady gaga, lil wayne, and katie perry allns each. >> back on tour. adele is a great talent. she can really sing. my girl friends in love with her album. she is really good. you can catch the american music awards, november 20th. on the air from l.a. showing them live here on abc. congratulations to ade lcht echt. adele. >> check it out. >> congratulations to adele. many hot women have been on the list before. so esquire for 2011, sexiest woman on the planet is boom, rihanna. >> there she is. looks good there. >> this year's pick. partially nude. shockingly on the cover. the interview inside. made peace with the chris brown thing. i like the music he is putting out. i am a fan of his stuff. always a fan. obviously i had resentment towards him for a while for obvious reasons i put that behind me. she is moving on. looks great. you know what? >> we love you. >> we still love you. >> you go girl. she joins, the illustrious ranks, of sexiest woman alive. here is rihanna as we go to break. i will sit here and drool a little bit. ju