ryan seacrest is with us. erin andrews and soundgarden are on the way.? what is the title? >> "dick clark's new year's rockin' eve with ryan seacrest." >> jimmy: it has to be shortened. when you pass away, god forbid, will they keep you in it two "dick clark's new year's rockin' eve with ryan skraest hoeacrest mario lopez v?" where does this end? do you enjoy doing that? is it fun? >> i do love it, e i was this kid i was watching these live event shows and shows that dick clark did and i wanted to do be in the audience, if you will, in the crowd, to get the opportunity to work with him and then, this year will be bittersweet, obviously the first time he hasn't been there. i've never done it by myself on abc and he takes midnight and counts us down to the happy new year. >> jimmy: an american institution, for sure. that will be strange. >> i'm not quite sure. >> jimmy: i think you'll by good. you're filling three hours with watching a ball slowly go down. >> such an art. >> jimmy: it is an art. >> i have no experience with balls crop i s dropping, no mat

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he's a real-life barbie doll or ken doll. >> sean: you're going to insult ryan seacrest?bring to the table more so than -- >> sean: let me get penny in here. >> even the idea that she would be considered is a slap in the face to about 60 million evangelical and catholic women who are offended by the idea that we are forced to pay for someone else's abortion or abortion-inducing drugs. her whole platform was advocating on forcing us to violate our consciences. this issue is not over, sean. liberty university's case has been remanded back down to the fourth circuit. we will have our day in court. the idea that sandra fluke is somehow held up this as bastian woman that -- >> sean: fundamentally, this issue, this is not true. also the entitlement mind-set, why should i pay for birth control? >> and why should the woman who took the national stage saying she wanted free stuff be the ideal women, when we've got young women in pakistan, who took a bullet in the head because she advocated that young girls should be able to have an education, women who are fighting in the middle e

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this is ryan seacrest who had a very flam rouse day. he was taking out the trash. >> do you think he really takes out his own trash? >> i do. i do of the. just like you. >> i'm sure he has someone that can do it for him. but he wanted to be like the rest of us for one dafrnlths from wthr in indianapolis where in fishers, indiana, one man is causing quite a flap in his neighborhood over his 50 pet pigeons. they are certified racing pigeons which he houses in his garage. the problem, the birds' exercise routine, a daily flyover. when they do their business which several neighbors say is causing a health hazard. neighborhood meetings are set to discuss the fate of all these fowl. >>> i'm veroniy r n egypt visitors can get a revived glimpse of history. after six years of renovations and the arab spring uprising the tomb of king tut has been reopened. the u.s. ambassador to egypt received a special tour. the events marks 90 years since the tomb was first discovered. egypt is hoping to boost tourism industry. >>> to mexico city a musical trip

and ryan seacrest had a glamorous day. out the trash. >>> it is now time for another look at the weather with bill karins who took out the trash not once but twice yesterday. >> at least. great to know ryan is with us. i'm sure he can hire somebody. >> let me take you through your weekend. last warm day for areas from boston down to d.c. going to be about ten degrees cooler as we go throughout the weekend. especially in the nights, too. a little windy and breezy. all that cold air today has already settled into minneapolis. chicago, some snow showers along with your friends all through the great lakes region. as far as the southeast, it's going to get chillier as we go through saturday and sunday. but it's still going to stay sunny. texas isn't going to be too bad and then the northern plains, it's going to be cold but at least we're not going to see a lot of snow. even into sunday, it's not horrible. temperatures in the 40s in new england. southeast in the 50s. overall, a nice, quiet period but much cooler this weekend. >

. >> all right, coming up, an exclusive interview with ryan seacrest. >> you smell like cocoa puffs. >> is harrison ford dead -- dead against playing hans solo again? >>> has america become ameri-stoned. on tuesday colorado and washington washington state voted to legalize marijuana use. it would allow adults to legally purchase 1 ounce of weed by the end of the month. while the rain and fanal state approved selling the pot-related product. said the governor, love your name, of the measure he opposed, but it will not block. this will be a complicated process, but we tend to fall through. federal law says marijuana is not a legal drug. so don't break out the cheetoes or goldfish too quickly. >> that's what they eat. let's discuss this in the -- >> lightning rooooouuuuuunnnnnddd. >> extra long? >> lightning round. >> first you make it too short and then you try to make it too long. that's why obama won. in your face. >> exactly. sherrod, i'm assuming you don't have any thoughts on legalization. here is my point, if it is not legal federally obama will go after them anyway. >> that's wh

we have a nice lineup of guests for you next week including mike tyson, ryan seacrest, eric bana, rebais, the winner of "dancing with the stars" and music from future, soundgua soundgarden and wiz khalifa. so join us then. on friday night, should you emerge from a thanksgiving-induced food stupor, you can watch our first guest be just as befuddled by his family as you are by yours. >> morning. >> look at that. a woman working while you're sitting in a chair. i wish i could tell you it's always going to be like this. >> mom, dad. i need $2,000 for my trip to cancun. >> oh. as luck would have it, i have a crisp $2,000 bill right here. >> really? >> no! >> honey, don't listen to your dad. we'll give you the money. >> you will? >> no! >> jimmy: "last man standing" airs friday nights at 8:00 on abc. and you can see him live at the venetian in las vegas february 1st and 2nd. from infinity and beyond, please say hello to tim allen. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: how you doing? >> very good. very good. you're looking sharp, man. >> jimmy: you look sharp, too. i just thought that when you ca

they're very confident in the obama campaign, but the president in a radio interview with ryan seacrest did talk about having butterflies. >> he talked about having butterflies. i like that. >> we don't have that sound. yeah, we -- right. so we don't have that sound, but he talked about how, you know, you -- okay, we have it now. he did talk about butterflies with ryan secrest. take a listen. >> i think anybody running for office would be lying if they say that there is not some but flier buter flies before the polls come in. that's the magic of democracy, it is up to the people to decide. at a certain point, you get calm because you know if you've done everything you can do, then the process is working the way it is supposed to, which is power now resides with individual voters. >> i just got an e-mail short time ago from a senior campaign official who was listing off all the efforts by volunteers in key battleground states, hispanics, veterans, young people, seniors, who are either giving people rides to the polls or knocking on doors or working the phones. that's how they believe thi

he did one interview yesterday that aired with ryan seacrest the president talked about how he might be a little nervous about this campaign and the results. >> well, there's -- look, i think anybody running for office would be lying if they say there's not some butterflies before the polls come in because anything can happen. that's -- that's the magic of democracy, it's up to the people to decide. but at a certain point, you get calm because you know if you've done everything you can do, then the process is working the way it's supposed to, which is power resides with individual voters. >> reporter: now the president and his team are big -- a bit suspicious and one time they did not play basketball before the new hampshire primary the president lost. so they are not going to make that mistake this time around. the president will be taking part in a basketball game sometime today. i'm told that his former body man, reggie love, has been charged with getting this game together. so he will be playing basketball, and of course will be watching the election results from here in chicago.

ryan seacrest and juliana hough, bonny and clyde. this year she flaunted her shrinking waistline.a pumpkin can be an experience. here at mr. bones pumpkin patch, you're as likely to find celebrity and paparazzi as you are costumes. jessica alba brought her kids here in search of the perfect pumpkin. a halloween to remember with so many costumes that will be hard to forget. for "today," miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >> cute, right? >> any favorites there? >> no. >>> just ahead, a recipe that even savannah can do. how to turn canned goods into a meal. you've done that. >> not very nice. ♪ >>> back now at 8:44 with "today's" kitchen easy as one two three. and this morning, a meal cooked from canned goods for the times you can't or don't want to get to the grocery store. usually when we do homemade we don't necessarily do canned goods, but in trying times. >> yeah. >> are these items you should have in your pantry? >> totally. canned goods, the reason why they're great and people tell you to stock up on them is because they have a long shelf life. if you keep them in a cool,

. >>> we're getting new tape in here, tv personality and host ryan seacrest interviewed the presidents radio show this morning. let's listen in. >> well, look, i think anybody who is running for office would be lying if they say that there's not some butterflies before the polls come in because anything can happen. that's the magic of democracy is that it's up to the people to decide. but at a certain point you get calm because you know if you've done everything you can do, then the process is working the way it's supposed to, which is power now resides with individual voters. >> president obama speaking out. that was just yesterday, that tape airing today. forget fancy graphics, virtual reality when it comes to foting the people of dixville notch, new hampshire, they have this thing down. they do it the right way. ten people, just ten, cast their ballots in one of the traditional first votes of the presidential election. one by one making their choices. in the end it was no decision. it was a tie five to five. hearts, it is harts, there president obama scored 23 of the votes mitt rom

ryan seacrest and juliana hough, bonny and clyde. this year she flaunted her shrinking waistline.a pumpkin can be an experience. here at mr. bones pumpkin patch, you're as likely to find celebrity and paparazzi as you are costumes. jessica alba brought her kids here in search of the perfect pumpkin. a halloween to remember with so many costumes that will be hard to forget. for "today," miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >> cute, right? >> any favorites there? >> no. >>> just ahead, a recipe that even savannah can do. how to turn canned goods into a meal. you've done that. >> not very nice. anncr: it's said that character is what we do... when we think no one is looking. mitt romney: believe that they are victims. anncr: mitt romney thought no one was looking when... he attacked forty-seven percent of americans. his companies shipped jobs overseas. his plan cuts millionaires' taxes, but raises yours. he'll voucherize medicare... and make catastrophic cuts to education. so remember what romney said... and what his plan would do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approv