someone printed off a stencil of lionel richie. night long ♪ >> reporter: what was once seen as a leftover from the '80s became their anthem. it started popping up everywhere, in the hangars, the flight line over the radio. >> it can be hard to find humor at times. >> you need something like that i guess. >> everybody got behind it and started started motivating each other. someone printed off t-shirts and unit patches. we couldn't keep them. we had to reorder three times. >> reporter: by the end-of-the-year long deployment it became a badge of honor. >> so lionel richie is all over. >> reporter: he's never done this, unknowingly provided a much needed more rail boost for soldiers serving a half mile away. >> there he is. >> reporter: the son of an army captain, richie insoichbtd meeting the men who gave new life to his old song. >> this is incredible. >> likewise. >> i keep waiting to be punked but it's not going to happen. >> mr. richie pleasure to meet you. >> they're in the military and they're looking for something for morale

. >>> doesn't otto porter look like lionel richie? my gosh. all night long. richardson. he got the 270 pounds up in the air and spiders up by 12 but furious rally. wright at the buzzer, game high 22. patriots knock off richmond 67- 64 wow. what great action. >>> matter of hours we're going to find out whether rg3 and rust go together. griffin musted last week's game in cleveland. this week he's hailed as being healed by the coaches and the doctors who say he is ready to go in time for a visit to the link. nothing like a tough nfc division east game to chew on when you desperately need a win. the eagles have had their wings clips but they're dangerous and griffin is taking care of himself too. don't get hurt man. >> one two, throw it out of bounds. i think that's a faulty approach to the game. but you know i get where everyone is coming from and i'll continue to protect myself and this latest injury. could have happened to anybody. you know i was getting down and it is what it is. and i have to move on from there. >> that's the redskins' story. over to the ravens now. ree

. >> you've got to love lionel richie, come on. >> really?i'm a commodores guy. >> you're a commodores guy? >> no, i'm not. >> you're not? >> no. >> the fiscal cliff topping our headlines this morning. speaker john boehner urging the senate to come up with a passable debt solution, promising to at least consider any bill the uper chamber produces. senator harry reid to continue tax breaks for households with incomes below $250,000. the senate bill would also likely contain an extension of expiring unemployment benefits. the fiscal cliff is not the only ticking clock in washington. in a letter to congress treasury secretary tim geithner said the u.s. would hit the $16.4 trillion ceiling on monday. without extraordinary measures geithner announced that the treasury would begin accounting moves that would keep the government from hitting its credit limit for about two months. the treasury secretary warning that it's hard to predict exactly how much time the accounting moves will buy, because ongoing cliff negotiations make it hard for them to fo

. >> trying to sing "hello" to lionel richie. >> were you really trying? like to make the guest feel like they're the star contrary to public perception. with you and lionel, make you think you're better singers. >> an ego boost. that's nice of you. >> perk you up a bit. you sold 10 million albums? >> something like that. >> what's the worst song you've ever written? >> i don't even want to say it. >> one that makes you shiver. >> this is cnn. come on. >> your worst bruno mars song you have ever written, one that even now makes you come out in a weird sweat. >> me and my partner phil wrote a song called "bedroom bandit." that's all i have to say. >> i can't even imagine how bad those lyrics are. >> if you had been in the studio, we thought we were going to win 18 grammys off this song. we thought it was -- then the next day we call each other up, what were we thinking? >> you've been involved with songs about desperately wanting to be a billionaire. >> and that's the beauty about "billionaire." if you listen to the lyrics of it, it's really not about -- i

lionel richie had a good record, one of the biggest selling records of the year this year, shut out.-z and kanye west? >> kanye west and jay-z, six nominations each, but not in the major categories. they're the old guard now. >> but how is it bruce springsteen, with that new album that came out, is not nominated for a major award? >> i know you're outraged over this. i know you are. >> outraged i tell you, outraged! you heard the album! >> because the grammy organization and the voters want to get with what's happening right now. and so, it's been a big tent for them for a long time. there are 81 categories. there's just too much, and they want to focus on what's happening right now, and they have, and they've done it pretty successfully. this is a good list of major nominations. >> so, what about the women? that was also a headline last night. why so few female artists? >> album of the year, no nominations for women in album f the year, and i'm a little surprised. there were a couple of my favorite records, fiona apple, pink, very good records, different kind of records, and no nomi

[ inaudible ] [ moaning ] we'll play that for you that's lionel richie. [ applause ] >> when she is playingthe tin man. >> stephanie: yeah. steve in indiana, you are on the "stephanie miller show." hi, steve. >> caller: hi, stephanie, how are you? >> stephanie: good go ahead. >> caller: i hate to tell sean hannity that he is racist. >> i never actually said that. >> caller: i say it, because he is. >> caller: it was a song parity that was talking -- >> caller: yeah, i know. >> stephanie: that's what he does with everybody. he creates a straw man. he says things that liberals never said. he literally said i said every conservative is racist. >> never said that. >> caller: let's go to stephanie in illinois. hi, steph. oh stephanie in illinois? hello? >> caller: hello. hi! the caller who said the unions are racist? >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: first of all the last time i called you, i hung up on you because my two cats thelma and louise started attacking my feet -- >> do not let the them drive the car. >> stephanie: no. >> caller: thegy with the unions, my brothers are electricians and the

no lionel richie. >> there's still a tremendous amount of cash sitting on the sidelines.ne of the big questions is whether it's going to get put to work if the fiscal cliff dust settles in washington. joining us now from ft. lauderdale, rich steinberg of steinberg asset management and our guest host for -- not just the hour, but for the program. what do you think down there in ft. lauderdale? first of all, do you think that the dust is going to settle at all over the next three days? >> well, if it does settle, it will be a mini deal because i think the republicans will hold the debt ceiling talks over the democrats heads going into the end of february. and, you know, it's kind of like halloween where your kids come home and they're trying to trade candy like, oh, i don't like this snickers kb whiff this. i think today they're going to start that process. they're going to have to try to come to a quick deal at least to get some solution for the amt issue, for the sequester and for unemployment. but even if we go off the cliff to markets, markets react to the unexpected, n