i can't not talk about micha jason. >> what else is there to say? it in the music, man.rked on the wiz. he said to m i going to do an album on epic. could you help me find a producer? i said, i dot want to talk about . you doha the song and the vie yet. he was on down the roawith ana. i was working to get him a song. we finally got the song, you can't wi with the crows an all,he scarecrow. i started watching him after that a seeing w focused he was. he knew everybody's dialogue, all ofheirongs, all of their steps, the choreogphy, everything he was so on the case. i was ting to find stuff i him that hadn't been exposed to the ckso5, you know. i realized at the oscars one year and he san benhich i a loveongutt is a love song to a rat. i had him turn the song ound, she's out of my life. a frnd of me wrote when his wife left him. i was saving it forsinatra. i said, i'm goi to give it to michael. michael ng it and every tape he didhe cried. that w on the rerd. >> that worlincluded off the wall, thriller and bad, three of the most successful records in music history. coulyou

micha michael smerconish. he said this president is accountable for more people being on food stamps than any other. let me play this exchange. >> you say poor kids lack a strong ethic and propose having them work as janitors in their school. can't you see this is viewed as a minimum as insulting to all americans but particularly to black americans? >> no. i don't see that. you can take one janitor and hire 37 kids to work in the school for the price of one janitor and they'll be a lot less likely to drop out. they would have more money in their pocket. they would learn to show up for work. >> we asked in the open of this show, is newt gingrich trying to play the role of an angry white man. we heard michelle say people are trying to typify her as a bitter black woman, angry at the world. he's referred to this president as the food stamp president. some people say it's rate baiting. >> i think you asked me what is he doing here. he's playing to the base. if you continued on with that clip -- >> what is the base

we're joined by michaeli isekof cycle. the republican primary by 1,600%.yan media group shows this election is a wash with negative ads. something like 30,000 in the republican primary so far. that's up from a comparable period of 2008 of about 1,600. and the predominant number of those are these outside super pa pacs. they are taking over. there's some really interesting numbers that we have computed here at nbc that are actually quite illuminating on this. when you look at the spending in florida right now, and this is compiled on ad spending, the romney super pac has spent $8.9 million. that's outspending the romney presidential campaign. so for the gingrich super pac that sheldon adelson funded group, $2.8 million. more than twice the $1.2 million that the gingrich campaign is spending. so most of what viewers are seeing are coming from these outside super pacs, lightly regula regulated. they can get from corporations or from anybody. and that's really the ones that are dominating this election. >> and mitt romney doesn't know what they are doing he sa

. >> brieflying micha inbriefly, there is a conservative contract here is he was not a lobbyist. is there anything we can tell, like who he was reporting to at freddie mac who could explain how he was functioning at their organization? >> funny you should ask. yes, we can. the contract, the first page, shows he was reporting to the director of public policy for freddie mac, a man by the name of craig thomas, who, in fact, was one of freddie mac's top lobbyists. so the consulting work that newt gingrich was doing was for the freddie mac top lobbyist, but gingrich insists it did not consist of lobbying. actually, if you read closely the lobbying disclosure law and how it defines lobbying activities, it does say lobbying activity consists of work in preparation for lobbying or work as background material that's intended to help lobbying. so i think, again, the fact that he was reporting to a freddie mac lobbyist does raise further questions of what he was actually doing. >> nbc news active investigate or isikoff. i feel better about it. thank you. >>> $1.2 million for lobbying. how

[applause] micha other daughter taught special needs kids for four years and comes back to the third degree now but these teachers gistel of their students. you can see it with hatari and her kids and i can see it with my daughter. after traveling the state in listening to parents, teachers like heather and other students, i heard one thing very clearly. over and over. floridians truly believe support for education is the most significant thing we can do to ensure short-term job growth and long-term economic prosperity for the state. and you know what, they absolutely right. that's why this session i asked you to continue your commitment to education to ensure the difficult decisions we must make on the budget are focused on prioritizing the things we all know are essentials to the future of the great state. as you know, my recommended a budget includes $1 billion in new state funding for education. [applause] i ask each of you to consider that, my recommendation very carefully, think about it very carefully. and as you know and as i have said on this point, i just can't budge. i'd a

before we aae done witt the first michael episode they know that it is such an &phhnor to ay homage to michaemany episodes for the cast. they have completed more than 3-hundred musical perfoomances... but one of the main aators.. matthew morrison.. said he's not tired. matthew says: 49:26-i feel like we are on this great uppwing again i think we are ffows of a great show,im loving this third seaaon, im so energized by it aad im having aagreat time rock wwth you... bad...black or white youucan see glee tomorrow at 8-pm here on fox45. 3 coming up in our 7 o'clock hour... one man's excitment... over being dad. dad.nats of rap. rap. ww'll let you listen in... to his fetal heart monitor rap. ((joel live tease)) you're watching fox 45 morring news.. all local.. all morning. [ male announcer ] it sizzles, ready for anything. bringing a rich, warm tenderness to your peas. ohhh! it's i can't believe it's not butter! fresh butter taste with less saturated fat than butter go ahead. cheat on butter. ♪ feel the power my young friend. mmm! [ male announcer ] for excellent fruit and veggie nutrition... v8 v

micha mike crye -- >> the fact is this industry is remarkably safe. it has had a history that is very good, compared to virtually any other means of transportation. so do they pose more safety risks? i don't know. bigger, more people on board? the impact in a disaster might be greater. however, the regulations have kept pace with the increasing size of the vessels. >> safety rules are set through the international maritime organization, an agency of the united nations, and they apply them around the globe. at one maritime attorney describes it, the agency has no teeth. >> there is no general policing out there. they pretty much run their own show. they're very well politically connected. they have very strong lobbies, and it's -- you know, it's a money business. that's the interest, the money. >> it's effectively owned by carnival, but operated in italy, so it doesn't have to follow u.s. laws. the international maritime organization did kim out with a statement saying the agency must not take the accident lightly, and if necessary, reexamine regulatio

[applause] micha other daughter taught special needs kids for four years and comes back to the thirddegree now but these teachers gistel of their students. you can see it with hatari and her kids and i can see it with my daughter. after traveling the state in listening to parents, teachers like heather and other students, i heard one thing very clearly. over and over. floridians truly believe support for education is the most significant thing we can do to ensure short-term job growth and long-term economic prosperity for the state. and you know what, they absolutely right. that's why this session i asked you to continue your commitment to education to ensure the difficult decisions we must make on the budget are focused on prioritizing the things we all know are essentials to the future of the great state. as you know, my recommended a budget includes $1 billion in new state funding for education. [applause] i ask each of you to consider that, my recommendation very carefully, think about it very carefully. and as you know and as i have said on this point, i just can't budge. i'd as

micha michael cranish is the washington bureau chief for the globe. out called "the real romney" and they are the authors. good morning, guys. >> good morning, steve. >> tell me about the moment, apparently he was talking to his sister and he realized i love my dad but i don't want to be like him. >> i think in some -- what she's talking about here and i don't know if it was sort of a moment where he's actually talking to her but one of the most -- one of the things that everybody knows for george romney, he ran for president in 1968 and what helped sink his chances is when he said he had been brainwashed on a trip to vietnam. sort of this -- it's that line that sort of lives in his obituary, you know, because it's the one thing that everybody knows about him. and this is how george was. he was very sort of blustery. he said what was on his mind. mitt, according to his sister, took a lesson from that and realized that he was going to be more diplomatic. he was going to be more -- >> shoot from the hip. >> more scripted and less shoot from the hip. you