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. >> questlove: you are arrogant ninja. >> jimmy: arrogant ninja? >> oh, really?ant ninja. i'll take it, man. >> that's not bad. >> jimmy: that's a good name. [ cheers and applause ] >> that's not bad. >> jimmy: arrogant ninja. it's pretty awesome. i love it. >> it's good. >> jimmy: hey, i want to show everyone a clip from "californication." here's david duchovny, you guys. >> the business of show has brought me to the left coast. and how could i pass up an opportunity to gaze upon my lady? >> relax. this one's not your lady anymore, hank. >> bates, good to see you wearing pants. how's it tucking? >> that's between me and your ex-baby mama. >> oh, she's still my baby mama and always will be. get used to it. that will not change. >> now, didn't we do this once before and it ended in fisticuffs? >> yes. and a good fisticuffs it was. epic. mm-hmm. in fact, i think we needed to do it. like men in prison, we had to get it out of the way. we had to do the man dance. just once. just a taste. so we could move on with our lives and become the cold war powers that we are to

>> angry birds -- oh, you took the screen off too quick. >> fruit ninja? >> no. the game is similar on the wii. >>> this morning we are going to get a little taste of standard winter we've had so far. the fact that we've had rain. all these storms coming at us. the clouds already moving in south of 50, we'll spread that in the next couple of hours. rain lingering to the south and west. we're currently 23 degrees in towson and ellicott city. 33 eldersburg back towards westminster. and one more time, want to pull this back and show you the rain expending to the south. a line of strong storms will hit georgia and the carolinas. we could get thunder reaching the eastern shore but plan for the rain to move in, especially the second half of the day and heaviest stuff tonight. >>> 5:39. let's check the roads with angela. >> on the roads now the pace is picking up a little. especially on the major roads. i-95 especially if you are heading towards the capitol beltway, starting to see a little more activity in the southbound lanes. also northbound 95 a little heavy as you

. >> no one's heard of the teenager mutant ninja bears.alents of a visual effects artist? or is this the child of bruce lee? >> we think how the hell did it do that? it's crazy. >> i was waiting to know what camera trick they did. >> amazingly, the kung fu bear is 100% accurate. >> it's just a talented bear. >> for years claude the bear has been wowing visitors in japan with his mastery of martial arts. claude taught himself serious stick skills after zoo keepers gave him a five foot staff to play with shortly after his arrival. >> this poor bear is bored out of his mind. he says i've got this stick and i'm smart. >> he doesn't gain fame until this teen visits the zoo with his family in 2009. >> the zoo is generally really quiet. i walk off by myself. >> soon alex comes face to face with claude the bear. >> so i take out my camera. >> alex can't believe his eyes when claude picks up the stick. >> i was pretty amazed when i saw claude playing with the stick doing all these amazing tricks. at the time i was filming it, i thought this could g

top ten list ninja knives hidden inside of a hollowed out book called the shadow warrior those commit a number four but we should note that this was not brought to the airport by an actual ninja coming in a number three is a broad topic with handguns in general over twelve hundred fire. those are found in airports in two thousand and eleven some of which were loaded number two is one firearm in particular a three eighty pistol that was strapped to the ankle of a passenger at a detroit airport and the number one good catch of last year small chunks of c. four explosives they were found a bag of one thousand on his return flight not even on his first flight with the c four it's now going over all these good catches you're probably thinking of the items seized probably shouldn't be going on airplanes but you notice something else here none of these ten items are actually ever linked to a terrorist or a terrorist activities they were all brought on by just your typical passenger none of those situations led to any suspicion of terrorist motivation so all the t.s.a. decides to get cute on

because you literally he's a media mogul who controls most of the world and he also has a ninja assassin as a wife but he literally is like a. character you know like you. just can't really think. it was one of piers morgan's or pers bronson's one and it was a very good but still he was there so i have nothing to go what about this i mean what about this idea that the owner of the you know the most successful cable news network a very successful newspaper you know is engaging in a policy debate certainly that doesn't suggest that he's telling the writers what to say or telling the anchors what to say on air about do you think you don't think it's crossing the line at all. i know because i feel like of the other things he's been accused of breaking into people's phones fox news in general tim weeding is the least of his offenses up he has a ninja assassin as a wife just like he just telling is the least thing he's tweeting us a big deal that's not to do it's like a it's like saddam hussein tweeting all right thank you we all right why would you give him her kill less people did you just c

fruit ninja is number three. camera plus is the only nongaming app.ds features to the iphone camera. fifth is where's my water. players help an alligator find a shower. facebooked to the social networking category much the company unveiled the ipad app. as for sports, espn score center was the top free. pandora was the top music. craigslist mogul was tops. >>> what's your favorite beer? folks are going for light beer. at least that's what a trade publication determined. it said coors light has edged out bud. bud light ranks as the number one beer. >>> restrictions designed to protect the bay's population. a new study by the smithsonian research shows the female crabs outnumber males three to one. they will see how it affects the population further. maryland and virginia imposed harvest restrictions that focused on protecting female crabs. >>> what a difference a day makes. gorgeous weather throughout today. really temperatures gorgeous for january. we are at 50 with humidity low, dry air in place and very light west, northwesterly breeze. this was sun

. >> reporter: because let's face it, unless you're a stealth ninja business traveler like george clooney "up in the air," it's pretty easy to lose your cool when running behind schedule. >> what stresses me out is, everybody else doesn't know what they're doing. >> reporter: between his high-powered p.r. job and pressure, jeff moran's on the road about 60% of the time. he never leaves home without his wallet, his passport or consulting his travel psychic. meet linda lauren, who claims she can help guide you to a smoother journey, after a short, half-hour, $90 reading. >> she said don't take the plane. and the plane went out of service because of a problem with the engine. i trust this woman implicitly. i can leave earlier or later. >> earlier. absolutely earlier. >> reporter: think of her as part-travel agent, part-goes whisperer. she's meeting with jeff to talk about a trip with his family. >> i can pinpoint their energy to work with how they are going to travel and what to watch out for in terms of pitfalls and how they're going to react. >> reporter: as jeff goes to pittsburgh, we put

>> can't you ninja them before they get there? exactly.ou think so. >>> it's time for an early look at some of the stories we'll follow throughout the day. two days after announcing her resignation from congress, representative gabrielle giffords will present her final piece of legislation, which aims at cracking down on cross border drug smugglers. the bill would impose new penalties on those using small, low-flying aircraft to bring drugs across the u.s.-mexican border. >>> the u.s. census bureau will release a 2010 census brief on the american indian and alaskan native population. an expert panel will address the current social and economic impact of the latest population data on those groups. >>> and singer alicia keys turns 31. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the latest developments an those stories and others on msnbc.com. tonight, be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. vice president joe biden and republican candidate new

where a cat has mastered an ipad game known as fruit ninja.ck out the lightning fast hands or paws. he can swap all the fruit before it lands, and he also avoids the bomb. this is not exactly modern warfare on your xbox or even madden, but it does seem to require quick reflexes. our feline friend certainly seems to have them. when you think about it, he's racking up the points and doesn't even have fingers or thumbs. just imagine how he would do with something that really got his attention like angry birds, for example. and he would really kill at three-card monty. >> i guess he was doing that, he has no paws. >> or if a person doesn't care what happens to their ipad. >>> in the mailbag tonight, politics. first up, some reaction to a story from last week on the group known as americans elect which wants to get the name of a serious presidential contender, not necessarily beholden to any major problem on the ballot in all 50 states. michelle from hyattsville is a fan. people should be allowed to crossover voting regardless of registered party s

fruit ninja is third. camera plus is the only non-gaming app in the entire top 10.n fifth, wars my water -- where's my water? >>> paying more and more for your orange juice, that is undeniable but the price spiked to the highest level in 35 years. this comes after the fda is reporting that the juice producer found levels of fungi craidz in their profits -- fungiicides in their products. it came from brazil where it's legal. they are testing it to see if it pose as possible health risk for us in the united states. >>> and remoats for tvs may soon become a thing of the past. neww remotes can be controlled by voice and hand gestures and facial recognition so tvs know your viewing preferences as you sit in front of them. this is getting scary. >>> mercedes benz is showing its latest in-car technology. it will provide speech recognition and concierge services. at what point will be you driving? >>> still much more to get to on "good morning maryland." abc2 news to go is straight ahead. >> lawmakers are heading back to annapolis for the start of the session. i'm linda so.

rocket to own a woman that and now in the us the reason that the banks were doing the churn and in the ninja loans the no no income no job loans and all these kinds of things was because every time they made a loan the made a commission and some banks are walked off with a profit in their in their pocket and there's never been an attempt to recover any of those funds from those those bankers or where the people who made the commissions or whatever it's it's all been dumped on us and i guess has there been an attempt to claw back those profits made by the by the icelandic banks or in this time of frenzy no none none at all that is say yes special prosecutor the for so special prosecutor office force established to do precisely that go into the record of the banking crisis and the banking fiasco and see to the extent the loss of a broken to called to account those who would responsible but so far that has been no criminal indictment handed down same here in the united states now there have been watching from afar it appears to be correct me if i'm wrong that there have been two times in in the

fruit ninja is in third. camera plus adds zoom and filgers. -- filters. then where's my water?resting. tonight, "celebrity wife swap." flava flav and dee snider switch wives for a very i opening experience. >> you do not talk honor fallen, it's rude. >> to make them it's disrespectful and rude. it's all about respecting your family. >> see what happens at 9:00 followed by "body of proof" and abc7 news at 11:00. >> sometimes i cannot believe what i see. let's see what's coming up on abc7 news at 6:00. >> i have a feeling it will be much more tamed. maureen bunyan is here. >> it is almost time to count the votes in new hampshire. coming up, we're live in the granite state as we get closer to a decision in the republican primary. how the candidates are working up to the last minute. there have been plenty of complaints about the protesters, but concerns are now growing about what they now may have attracted during their stay here. that and more when you join me at 6:00. >> we will see you then. more weather changes on the way. >> what's the latest, doug. >> here in the belfort fur

>> a ninja. >> you guys look-alike. stop that! >> reporter: the balloons sculptures are big hits. >> are you kidding? is anything better? where did you go? okay, we'll start. and there she is. look at this and is there anything better than this? >> you like glitter? >> yeah. >> and not to mention face painting. >> reporter: even employees say it's a night to remember. >> and to work with them. >> reporter: at midnight, all are invited to gather outside of the george washington masonic memorial. >> we're going to do new york one better. they have one big ball and they're going to drop at midnight and we're going drop 6,000 ping-pong balls on the crowd here. >> reporter: a perfect way to bring in the new year before it's time to get cracking on all of the new year's resolutions. >> is come -- [ indiscernible ] >> ah. >> what do you want to do this year? >> play and hahave fun. >> happy new year. -- . >> play and have fun. >> happy new year. >> reporter: and no waterford crystal ball here. of course, we do have all of the ping-pong b

. >> kimberly: a little ninja.one. >> eric: romney uses your metaphors. >> greg: i send it to him late at night. the lawyer test. who would you rather have defend you in court? you know newt would shred the opposition, but you know during that period, the judges and the jury would hate him. judge and jury would hate him. >> bob: who is the guy the sweater and kid's show? mr. rogers. that is who romney reminds me of. >> greg: newt is captain kangaroo. and mitt romney is mad men. >> bob: barney. >> eric: we've got to go. got to go. coming up, the left is going to be doing a lot of fundraising in the campaign. we have multiple examples from the last few days. we'll show you next coming up. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> bob: welcome back. you know, race is always a difficult and dangerous territory for politicians to walk on. newt gingrich was accused in south carolina by some democrats which i'm about to show you of race bait. you have to make up your mind about that but look at the montage and what democrats have to say about i

>> ninja. >> do you have a new years resolution? what do you want to do this year? >> play and have fun. >> happy new year. >> thousands of ping-pong balls were dropped on the crowd at midnight. >>> thousands of folks rang in the new year with a bang in charm city fireworks over the inner harbour, captured an exciting evening. the fireworks display is the largest in the region. >> we are hearing there could have been a record crowd to usher in the new year in times square, a million plus in manhattan. >> reporter: a big party in the big apple as times square welcomes 2012. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: they come from all over the country and the world to see the famous ball make its plunge and catch a glimpse of their favorite performers. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: perhaps the biggest attraction here is that nearly 6 tonne ball that dazzled on lookers high above the cross roads of the world. >> that is everything if it wasn't for that this wouldn't be here. >> freaking unreal. >> reporter: many we talked to say they are happy to bid farewell to 2011. >> hopefully new begin

. >> people living in the aztec civilizationed would probably never witness a ninja starting a war. >y: did you mention that snooki's only natural predator is the roomba? i did. a lot of fighting on "jersey shore" tonight. it didn't take long for old tensions to flare up, and by tensions, i mean herpes. there was a lot of texnsion. so, we want to diffuse some of that tension, by combining the audio from "jersey shore" with video from an old scooby-doo cartoon. >> my boy unit is here. this is the perfect storm. rider and unit were witness to myself and snooki getting down two months prior. >> you're so annoying, unit. [ bleep ] hair is curly, [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> loser. [ bleep ] it owe. >> nicole just saying really mean things. >> unit, your name is [ bleep ] unit, you moron. >> don't make me -- >> gel your hair. >> okay, unit. all right, unit. get real, bitch. [ applause ] >> jimmy: for those -- kanye west had quite a night last night. he went on a bizarre twitter rant. by the way, is it good that i can now say twitter rant and everyone knows what i'm talking about? anyway, he man

. >> kimberly: a little ninja.e one. >> eric: romney uses your metaphors. >> greg: i send it to him late at night. the lawyer test. who would you rather have defend you in court? you know newt would shred the opposition, but you know during that period, the judges and the jury would hate him. judge and jury would hate him. >> bob: who is the guy the sweater and kid's show? mr. rogers. that is who romney reminds me of. >> greg: newt is captain kangaroo. and mitt romney is mad men. >> bob: barney. >> eric: we've got to go. got to go. coming up, the left is going to be doing a lot of fundraising in the campaign. we have multiple examples from the last few days. we'll show you next coming up. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] imagine facing the day with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine living your life with less chronic low back pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your

neighborhood of manhattan rick washburn supplied movies and television shows with guns, lives, bombs legal ninja furrowing disks and any instrument needed for theatrical violence. he kept his collection behind 888-doors in a basement called invisible to shoppers strolling by. a native of arkansas, washburn came to new york in the 1970s to be an actor and landed minor roles. a hit man in the cotton club in 1984 and fbi agent in mississippi burning in 1988 and a hit man again in billy basket in 1981. as a boy growing up in the country he had learned a lot about guns and offered advice on the senate to directors who didn't know a revolvers from a semiautomatic pistol. a rough all for is a gun like the smith and wesson 38 that is the cylinder that the bullets going to have the cylinder turns as you pull the trigger. a pistol is a gun that has a magazine, spring loaded box with ammunition that goes into the gun. without getting into the mechanics that is the basic difference. we have an expert in the front row. wreck washburn began charging for guns and and discovered he could make a better living in

rick washburn supplied movies and television shows with guns, knives, bombs, machetes, stilettos, ninja throwing disks, and the instruments needed for theatrical violence. he kept his collection behind to blocked doors in the basement vault, invisible to the shoppers strolling by. a native of arkansas, he came to new york in the 1970's to be an actor. he landed some minor roles. a man in that kind club in 1984, an fbi agent in 1988, and hit man again in 1991. as a boy growing up in the country he learned a lot, offering advice on the set to directors who did not know revolvers from a semiautomatic pistol. a revolver is a gun like this that the muslim 38 that has a cylinder that the boats go into in the cylinder turns as you pull the trigger. a pistol is a gun that has a magazine with a spring loaded box of the ammunition in it. good. we have an expert in the front row. rick washburn began charging for been consulting and discovered that he could make a much better living in the proper business them from performing working with everyone from martin scorsese to our schwarzenegger. karl wa

you look at president obama's state of the union address, a minimum 30% taxes, we're going to send a ninjag voters may not like that kind of rhetoric. >> he also had a message, though. i swear he's read my book, because he also had a message for the america first democrats. he talked about the jobs, he talked about tax credits for companies that create jobs here. he talked about taking away the tax benefit when companies move jobs overseas, which are two things i talk about. so america first democrats are hurting, factory jobs are disappearing, creating those jobs are vitally important to those kind of voters in ohio. >> and the equality argument, i think, is one that might transcend. >> it might, but how does that play to those starbucks people, who are not necessarily that interested in the class warfare type of argument and are not necessarily against wealth or have interested in seeing people's taxes go up. we don't live or die by whether the wealthy pay 15% or -- >> well, here's the thing. and i don't understand why the democrats aren't pushing this more. the last time that capital ga

anarchist ninja suits gave weight to a buddy striped and tattered school team t-shirts and beer bellies, bareback, shaved heads, dreads, close cropped buzz cuts and well-trained boys shaking in the cemetery dust of a gypsy, fights on flamenco. the music was a gumbo, and the crowd ragtag with all the best and worst senses, but the specter of purity placed the air. a belief in its possibility, it's fire ability. but the door of the church someone painted a poster board with the giant green fish bubbling a command, don't vote, like the holy rollers of old. the radical theories of now, the midnight conversation was made up of, algers as fundamentalists used to describe themselves. come out from the record world. come out from big media. put away your notebooks. and then joined. we did not do this for him. we're not doing it for you. there is no story right now. later their would be evaluation of the meetings in strategy sessions. the trombone would turn against the two up. one anarchist would call another hon nark or copper tool. the burning dragon. the dancing derided as narcissistic. docu

bill: you're calling him ninja newt. >> yes. argued that it could help him. >> the reality is in the republican primary is mostly made up of male voters that's why it's okay for speaker gingrich to be cold, cal losed, come bass tiff. she's are things that are probably more appealing to men. in the general election if he were to at whatever possibility he has to become the nominee, it's going to be really hard for him to, you know, connect with the women voters that have been aeu lee eve alien natured a hreurbgs enated. they are going to go up against president obama who one with the largest number of women voters ever recorded. it will be hard for them to switch from appealing the 12th man in the audience that has been rooting on this type of very combative, very callous, cold arguments he's making. bill: the polling shows that women have left barack obama's camp too which is causing some concern there at the white house. but to jemu's point m. k., does he need to be careful here? >> yeah i think he does for a general election.

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