(laughter) the only other gentlemen in there who i had never met was ray cole. he offered to hold my little trophy while i peed. (laughter) i said i would rather you hold my emmy. and in return-- true story, true story. (cheers and applause) >> true story, in return when he peed i held his package-- (laughter) >> by which i mean these little parcels he's holding down there. so my apologies. did you touch my emmy and when you have touched my emmy, you've touched the best of me. so like my children, in that i legally adopt all of them. they're going to get everything. of course we were advertising in iowa because saturday was the ames straw poll. every one was there except the ones who weren't. and michelle bachmann won it all. her tent was by far the most popular. now some analysts say it is because of her strong support among evangelicals. others because of her strong stance on the debt ceiling but one insider had a different theory. >> we have an air conditioned tent. we've got chairs. we've got country legend superstar randy travis live. we're also going to ha

last week i attacked woi when their general manager ray cole refused to air our colbert report superpac ads. you have [bleep] with the wrong people! colbert superpac is 165,000 strong, baby, here us roar. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: i happen to foe you haven't won a local emmy in ten years. want to touch mine? (cheers and applause) >> stephen: now that was a low blow.

cole took off for home. here's the play at the plate, he is safe. and that's the ball game. rays scored five and one in dramatic fashion, 8-7. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> sometimes going viral isn't everything it's hacked up to be. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, there's no such thing as an american flag that isn't special. but some are more special than others. you're watching "early today." >>> on this thursday morning, welcome back to "early today." no umbrellas are needed in the west. billings, montana, maybe a shower or storm. also, southern arizona and the portion of new mexico, an isolated shower. so everybody else is going to have a good deal of sunshine once we get rid of the coastal clouds getting into the 70s yesterday, like san fran and l.a. not much change for florida. warmer in portland, 81 degrees. if you are watching us on kntr news source 16, eugene, oregon, many styles of dance are featured in america. a tribute shall we dance is your pacific event of the day. if you want to do