o.j. simpson receiving secret medical exams for brain cancer and is begging president obama to pardon him so he can die at home. the national entiinquire ir is reporting that simpson is convinced he does not have long to live. he is serving out a kidnapping and roby sentence and isn't up for parole for another four years. >>> how about this from american idol u.s. congress clay aiken, american idol second season runner up considering a bid to represent north carolina's second congressional district. the 35-year-old raleigh native has met with political consultants in dc. no official decision has been reached. he had a successful music and broad k broadway career. >> the meteor shower hits today and has an extremely short peak only eight hours that is short for these meteor showers. it is very strong with 100 meters per hour. they are predicted to peak at 3:30 p.m. meaning they could hit in daylight for most of the u.s. scientists say if you are staying home from work today it is well worth going outside to take a look. >> the time is almost 20 minutes to the top of the hour. and they riske

o.j. simpson was set to play the terminator. see, the things you learn by watching the snow.p of senior citizens got together to reenact classic music scenes from the nursing home calendar. we got james bond. james and rose. and audrey hepburn from breakfast at tiffanys and marilyn monroe from the seven year itch. >> have you ever seen it? >> i don't think so. >> that's what we're doing next rainy day. >> i'm betty nguyen and this is "early today." we hope it's your first stop of the day on nbc. [ male announcer ] if you can clear a crowd but not your nasal congestion, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec-d®. powerful relief of nasal congestion and other allergy symptoms -- all in one pill. zyrtec-d®. at the pharmacy counter. chose prego traditional over ragu traditional. prego?! but i buy ragu. [ thinking ] i wonder what other questionable choices i've made. [ pop muzak plays ] [ sigh of relief ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choose prego. >>> virginia's former mayor bob mcdonnell planning to face a judge as a report surfaces that he rejected a possible plea

o.j. simpson case, even my mother denied being related to me. after of after i mean, it was -- [laughter] i mean, it was really, really a cause of unop lairty. by the way, they didn't hate me during the trial. they said, oh, he's giving a guilty defendant his due process rights. when he was acquitted, oh, my god, you won that case? how could you have done that? well, we didn't win that case. the secret is the prosecution lost it. they did everything wrong. they tried on the glovement -- glove, without knowing that under california law you could have tried the glove on outside the presence of the jury, first, to see if it fit, then to decide whether to do it in front of the jury. chris darden didn't do it. it was done for the first time in front of the jury. whether or not it didn't fit or o.j. didn't make it fit, reasonable people could make disagree, you don't try on a glove unless you know it's going to fit. >> people still talk about it, and you still have answers. >> right. >> yeah. let me ask a different question, how has your level of reli

o.j. simpson. people watched oj, they were obsessed with it. that started that whole medium.mz is a billion dollar business. what we have is supply and demand. celebrities are viewing up all the time -- are screwing up. we are an obsessed culture with celebrity status. therefore there is demand and you will see coming because it's good for business. bill: on social media and every website in america, what was trending? justin bieber was number one. if the audience didn't want that these media organizations would not give to it their viewers or listeners or readers. >> remember miley cyrus on the twerking thing. we were on the eve of going to war with syria. coverage of miley cyrus twerking outweighs syria 12-1. are media outlets responsible pore doing this? i think they are giving people what they are asking for. what i don't get is why guys like bieber are still driving when you could call a cab, call a chopper. you have an entourage. hire a kid to drive you around for a while. the nfl says if you have been drinking you can call a phone number. it's anonymous, they will driv

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o.j. simpson. >> can never get enough o.j. stories. i know the enquirer is a major source. shivering, freezing outside for us. >> i have a coffee for you, maria. >> let's take a look at the weather conditions across the country. it is very cold in the northeast and also across parts of the plains and into the midwest. even portions of the southeast waking up to a little winter weather early this morning. northern georgia picked up a couple of flurries and snow showers this morning. they did have a winter weather advisory in effect. very widespread the cold temperatures across the eastern half of the country. it is still snowing in places like new york city right here, parts of connecticut and new jersey and up into portions of new england. parts of southern new england you're still looking at very heavy snowfall rates. several inches of snowfall expected. the wind has been gusting over 30 miles per hour at times across the northeast. and of course wind chills are going to remain cold over the next several hours across the northeast eventually moderating as we head into this

o.j. simpson verdict. and going after jesse jackson, repeatedly.was like a subway token that didn't open the gate anymore. and when obama came back, wow, it just exploded. unfortunately, for liberals, there is no racism. there is more cholera than racism. >> you know what? america elected a black president twice. >> an incompetent black president. that is how much they want to vote for a black president. >>> and coming up next, a wide array, and what made this mom go on the attack at a sugar bowl conference. >>> it upsets me that people like rand paul would put people at risk. if we follow rand paul, we could put america at risk. >>> plus, what would happen if you ate only mcdonald's, and only mcdonald's for three straight months, well, one man did. the results will surprise you, we'll tell you the amount of weight he actually lost. >>> and littater this, the fami of a 13-year-old girl, terry's brother, bobby, is here tonight on the latest, with this very emotional story straight ahead. c explore what's new for 575 calories or less on oulighter far

o.j. simpson murder case. >> i think i agree with -- greta van zest ren wrote on her blog, let's put it upreen. she said "watch for those in the media who cover justin bieber by doing segments about how awful the media is covering justin bieber. that's the oldest trick in the book. that's exactly what anchors do when they want the celebrity ratings but they think it will tarnish their images to do the story." and i hear us, dorsey, i hear us saying it's not awful that they're covering justin bieber but it's about the amount, it's about the proportion. >> right. and i've criticized cnn about coverage like going way over the top with like the cruise ship, the poop ship. >> watch out. there's another cruise ship out there now that's having trouble near puerto rico. >> i've been seeing teases for that. and that was kind of overkill. you know. and if you want to look back at the first day that the christie story broke, the bridge story, i mean, it was almost double -- i mean more than double the amount of time cnn and nbc covered that story compared to the bieber story. >> dorsey, you live in t

o.j. simpson to come this is the last well-known case. represent a woman named sandy murphy allegedly killed her boyfriend, much older, rich man, she allegedly had another younger boyfriend. allegedly killed her older boyfriend by compressing his chest so that his lungs couldn't expand and he couldn't breathe. and the proof was that there was a button marked on his body that corresponded to the button on his shirt exciting is in place, seem like very compelling evidence. the jury convicted. when i got the case on appeal, i looked at the picture and i saw something suspicious and i had it blown up many, many times the size. i showed it to the chief dermatologist at mass. general hospital and sure enough he concluded but a very careful look at the structure of the veins and others in the alleged bruise that wasn't a bruce bechtol. it was a benign tumor that had existed well before this incident and, therefore, it proved nothing. we won the case. we got it reversed. she had a neutral. she won her a quick. she is now living happily with her t

o.j. simpson that he wants to get out of jail too because -- >> -- of course he does. >> well, who doesn'tn, there are a ton of people dying horrible deaths from emphysema and cancer in prisons. and i personally feel sorry for every single one of them. i do. i can't help myself. why is it that the person whose crime was anti-american, mating the united states, why is she singled out? >> seems like fast track. >> weigh in on facebook today ff weekend. coming up on the show. remember when the president said al qaeda was on the run? not anymore. the terror group issuing a huge blow to american advances in iraq. how did this happen. veteran of the iraq war joins us live next to talk about it. >> move over superman. toronto's crack smoking mayor like you have never seen him before in action figure form. rob ford goes place stick. the modest first floor bedroom in tallinn, estonia and the southbound bus barreli down i-95. ♪ this magic moment it is the story of where every great idea begins. and of those who believed they had thpower to do more. dell is honored to be part of some of the world's g

o.j. simpson, at some point, something else is going to happen here and they're going to throw the book athe has to be careful. >> dan, we'll be seeing a lot of you in 2014. >> yes, i'm sure. >> thank you for that look ahead. >>> time now for a check of your local weather. >> coming up what you should know about the hot, new technology, on its way in the new year. >>> new year's edition of "eat it to beat it." four simple steps to make this year your healthiest and happiest, ever. >>> we're rascal flatts. happy holidays from all of us. >>> happy holidays. >> very happy new year. >> happy new year to everybody out there. straight talk wireles. she'll get the same great nationwide coverage at half the cost. let's see if she notices. brrr-rrrrrr. the boys sure did. she saved 950 dollars. that's enough to rent a sick monster truck! thank you, mom!! you're welcome. who's your mommy now? the world needs more straight talk. same phones. same networks. half the cost. get an lg optimus dynamic. unlimited everything, just $45 a month. only at walmart. [ female announcer ] we eased your back pain, yo

o.j. simpson case of columbia. >> richard, what a story.. the fact is i could probably find somebody to take your money but they probably prefer you bet on the home team. it was not as easy before this case, because after this happened the police had the fair on this. >> what changed their mind this was not a bookie standing his ground? >> that was an interesting fact you can't use the stand your ground defense if there was a crime being committed where the shooting takes place, and while betting is technically illegal, charlie, it would not have been in place. >> is this pick on charlie day? >> i didn't bet much on sports. what is the question this piece answers? >> this was a great example of good old-fashioned police work. you get so used these days to forensics, and there was interesting forensics, and these guys worked this case for months and mothers and just cracked it. >> what were some of the things that discredited the story? >> i don't want to be too specific, but there was a wound on one of the victims that told the story the po

o.j. simpson with the bronco chase, and the menendez brothers, and you have "the new york times" along withive, like a detective story, not right up-front bang on it. >> right. >> the element that was interesting, is then, is now, continues to be is this sort of upstairs/downstairs saga that the media perpetuated. as you indicated, harding was downstairs, the servant girl working downstairs, and nancy kerrigan, although not true, the upstairs girl. and i'm interested in nancy kerrigan -- >> tonya is very, very busy about the media coverage, the way she was depicted. and most people today think she was actually the one who hit nancy with the baton. >> right. actually -- >> they think of her as being the perpetrator, whereas she was never convicted of even being involved. she just pled to hindering the prosecution. >> wow. by the way, nancy kerrigan is now working for nbc, and she is going to sochi. >> this is a terrific piece of work, this "30 for 30." >> fascinating. thank you so much for being on. >> thank you. >> "the price of gold" airs tomorrow on espn at 9:00 p.m. eastern. "morning joe