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the nfl has agreed to allow suspended new orleans saints sean payton, mickey loomis and joe vitt to attend the team's game at the superdome on sunday night. and finally in basketball, the nba has adopted a new antiswapping rule that will fine players for things. >>> coming up, a square for ashton kutcher fans and honey. [ audience booing ] . >>> we'll tell you about an inspirational cyclist who gives new meaning to the words, no limits. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this thursday morning, easily the worst weather in the country this morning is in eastern portions of north dakota, grand forks expecting winds of up to 45 miles per hour today. temperatures in the low 30s with six inches of snow. welcome to winter everyone here in this region of the country. that cold air is also spreading this morning down through colorado, nebraska, kansas, minneapolis much cooler today. eventually as the front comes through. still warm on the eastern seaboard. humid air mass from d.c. through the carolinas. 90s in florida. tomorrow that cool air arrives for kansas city, st. louis and ch

the nfl has agreed to allow suspended new orleans saints sean payton, mickey loomis and joe vitt to attend the team's game at the superdome on sunday night. >>> and finally in basketball, the nba has adopted a new anti-flopping rule that will fine players for repeated violations. a league official said the exaggerated falls to the floor has "no place in our game." i think us fans can agree on that, right? >>> well, coming up, a scare for ashton kutcher fans and words of advice for honey boo boo. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, we're going to tell you about an inspirational cyclist who gives new meaning to the words, no limits. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back and thanks for joining us on this thursday morning. continuing with dry conditions, temperature differences on the west coast. that's about it. we're very chilly and cool in the northern portions of the rockies and some of that has snuck down into northern nevada, today. boise today will get up to about 63. a nice day, portland, medford, all the way down. coastal california, thou

you asked the commissioner for special permission to have sean payton, along with mickey loomis and joe vitt here. how do you think payton's presence in the building tonight might have impacted this team and this performance? >> gave us some good mojo for sure. i love my coach. i love my coach. so glad he could be here. mickey, joe vitt as well. special for our team. special that they could be a part of this night with the record. just overcome with emotion right now. but, hopefully, it's the first of many opportunities we have of things like this as a team. >> michele: drew, is it a little bit sweeter that this came against the team that drafted you and then let you go, the chargers? >> yeah. i figured you guys are no dummies when you scheduled this on "sunday night football," week five. to be honest, with you i didn't think twice about it when tefs on the schedule the start of the year and then the talk of the record came you and what do you know? we are playing the chargers on "sunday night football." like i said it couldn't have been a sweeter night. >> michele: congratulations, dre

you asked the commissioner for special permission to have sean payton, along with mickey loomis and joe vitt here. how do you think payton's presence in the building tonight might have impacted this team and this performance? >> gave us some good mojo for sure. i love my coach. i love my coach. so glad he could be here. mickey, joe vitt as well. special for our team. special that they could be a part of this night with the record. just overcome with emotion right now. but, hopefully, it's the first of many opportunities we have of things like this as a team. >> michele: drew, is it a little bit sweeter that this came against the team that drafted you and then let you go, the chargers? >> yeah. i figured you guys are no dummies when you scheduled this on "sunday night football," week five. to be honest, with you i didn't think twice about it when tefs on the schedule the start of the year and then the talk of the record came you and what do you know? we are playing the chargers on "sunday night football." like i said it couldn't have been a sweeter night. >> michele: congratulations, dre

you asked the commissioner for special permission to have sean payton, along with mickey loomis and joe vitt here. how do you think payton's presence in the building tonight might have impacted this team and this performance? >> gave us some good mojo for sure. i love my coach. i love my coach. so glad he could be here. mickey, joe vitt as well. special for our team. special that they could be a part of this night with the record. just overcome with emotion right now. but, hopefully, it's the first of many opportunities we have of things like this as a team. >> michele: drew, is it a little bit sweeter that this came against the team that drafted you and then let you go, the chargers? >> yeah. i figured you guys are no dummies when you scheduled this on "sunday night football," week five. to be honest, with you i didn't think twice about it when tefs on the schedule the start of the year and then the talk of the record came you and what do you know? we are playing the chargers on "sunday night football." like i said it couldn't have been a sweeter night. >> michele: congratulations, dre

. >> you asked the nfl to give permission for sean payton, joe vitt, and general manager mickey loomisecause those three men are says instrumental in, i think, the success of our team as anyone. and certainly they've helped build the foundation of what we've been able to create here in new orleans. and there was so many people that were a huge part of that record that really extended over the course of four years. you know, that started back in 2009, so there's really four seasons, four teams that were a part of that record, and certainly those three men were a huge part of it and i felt it very appropriate that they be in the stadium to be a part of that historic night. >> i want to talk a little bit about this program that you support. the nfl launched the play 60 program back in 2007 as a campaigning to fight childhood obesity. so now they've upped the challenge for kids and have teamed up with xbox, which i think is brilliant, with the 60 million minutes challenge. so tell us a little bit about that program. >> well, right. so to repeat what you said, kinect for xbox 360 has partne

certainly sean payton, mickey loomis were some. >> the browns said -- he's upset they reinstated the exactly the way that scott fujita presented it. i read what he put out there and i actually agree 100% with everything that he said. it's actually -- it's disappointing, kind of a shame when you see the way that the league and commissioner goodell has handled this entire situation, kind of the flip flopping, the back and forth, facing a lot of their -- basing a lot of their suspensions on speculation and rhetoric. it's really lost a lot of credibility with me and i think a lot of people. >> brian: we look forward to you when you come in to play the giants. i know you guys got one win now. but you got the talent to go to the playoffs and with you as quarterback, everybody has to be optimistic. thank you for joining us. nick seems to like you better than he does me. [ laughter ] >> football. >> brian: that's the connection. >> good luck, man. >> brian: why don't you tell us what's coming up next? >> just weeks after four americans were held in benghazi, security official at the u.s. emb