savannah? >> all right, al. as you mentioned we are here in los angeles, getting ready for sunday's 70th annual golden globe awards. miguel almaguer is already in place in beverly hills. miguel, good morning. >> rorter: savannah, good morning. the globes, as you know, are considered the unofficial kickoff to awards season, a night where tv and movie stars mix together, hoping for that stat statue. >> with the president taking on a pilot for best actor in a drama and a mother of three challenging a cia agent for best actress -- >> there are two narratives about the location of osama bin laden. sfwlr th >> reporter: this year's golden globe awards are a tight race. in film, "lincoln" leads with seven nominations, including best drama. but "django unchained" and thriller "argo" are not far behind with five nominations a piece. there are five or six movies that are really even. >> reporter: "les miserables" with ann hathaway a good bet for best supporting actress. "silver linings playbook" star could outshine the ep

savannah? >> al, thanks. >>> there are signs this morning that the economy is thawing out in a big way. the stock market is on a tear, back to prerecession levels and unemployment is at a five-year low. jim cramer is the host of cnbc's "mad money." good to see you, especially under good conditions. >> it's great. >> we've been here before, see it go up under a housing bubble, a tech bubble. how do you know it's firm here? >> i like markets based on employment going higher. i don't think it's any coincidence we have unemployment at a five-year low and stocks are at a five-year high. it's sustainable. job fwroeth growth is sustainab >> we are seeing job growth but not enough to get the unemployment rate down. what signs are you seeing that employers will start hiring now? >> this market was brought down by housing and it's going up by housing. we were building half the number of homes we're building right now. that's terrific, it employs a huge amount of people. >> companies are posting profits,

savannah says "zero dark thirty." jason, you and i agree "argo." >> thank you. >> and the ladies, tamron and michelle, say "lincoln." viewers with the ladies on this one. 56% say it's "lincoln." savannah guthrie, defend your choice. >> i'm not really making predictions. that's why we have the experts, michelle and jason here. i just picked my favorites. there are so many good movies this year. if you have three or four hours to sit in the theater and watch them. they're long but i thought "zero dark thirty" was very good. a very stark look at the ten-year hunt for osama bin laden. i know there's been a lot of controversy setting all of that aside, it's just a very riveting film, i thought. >> jason, we were surprised when ben affleck wasn't nominated for "argo." >> but it won best picture at the critic's choice award and literally gave an acceptance speech and said i want to thank the academy. he was so on point with it. i was surprised. everybody, like you said, was also surprised. i think it got a shot, though. the

savannah? >> matt, thank you. savannah? the food and drug administratio. th is ordering the makers of ambie is and other sleep medications to s lower the dosage of the drugs n to lower the dos for women, this after new agr w. studies show those drugs do not the studies show the leave your system as quickly as system as quickly first thought for women. thought for nbc's tom costello is here in n. nbc's to los angeles with more on this story. good morning to you. >> good morning.mo savannah. women seem to be more women seem to be more affected.. americans will americans will take about 60 m million sleeping pills this ye. year, 13 million more than six years ago. more than six years ago. the the fda says they do such a good job, some people are job, some people are too drowsy. to drive the next morning. those ambien commercials promise >> reporter: those a good sleep. commercials promise >> it's the only sleep aid with two layers to help treat both two layers to help treat types of sleep problems

sav yanna savannah? >>> after a gunman burst on to a school bus in alabama, shot the driver and kidnapped a 6-year-old boy. samuel king from nbc affiliate ffa is standing by. what is going on at this hour to get this boy to safety? >> reporter: good morning, savannah. this is a very delicate situation, according to law enforcement. what you see behind me is a command post set up at a church, in the parking lot of a church. that is not the scene. the scene is behind the church, up a hill to where some people live and the man who is holding this young boy hostage apparently has some sort of bunker. now the man, we're told by police and witnesses, a combination of both this morning, is that the man went on to a school bus about 3:30 central time yesterday afternoon, went on the bus, demanded that two children come with him. the bus driver tried to resist. she actually tried to go in reverse, according to witnesses, to get away from this man. one child, we're told, actually fainted and he was able to get --

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lots of grass-eaters live on the african savannah. oh, wow! now that's a grass-eater, all right. using his trunk like a hand to pull up huge mouthfuls of the stuff. hey, thornsley! it's me, chris! come here, little guy. i just need to touch you to move to the next level of the food web. ha, ha, this is it! i'm a-- ugh! pancake. ugh, ooh! flattened by an elephant foot. it's a good thing grass is used to getting stepped on. but i missed the grab. herbivores, come back! oh, why do you have to leave me stuck as a piece of grass? (snarling) oh, that's why you were in such a big hurry. drat, foiled by a big cat, who of course, doesn't eat grass. i'll never get to the top of the food chain at this rate. all set, aviva. okay, so the herbivores are the plant-eaters. things like rhinos, zebra, elephants, guinea fowl giraffes. even bees who eat nectar from plants. they're all herbivores. wow, plants are amazing. they just keep on giving. yeah, so many animals eat plants and we need to get some of them up on our food web. jimmy? i'm on it. ow! bu

savannah? >> mike taibbi, thank you very much. >> mike mentioned the warwick, rhode island, tragedy in 2003. 100 people died there. people in the new york area remember one further back, 1974. unfortunately i lived right up the hill from gulliver's nightclub. 200 and so people died in that. the formula seems to be the same, too many people, not enough exits, not a plan of what to do when something goes wrong. >> and utter chaos and confusion when people are trying to figure out what is going on. it's a terrible story. >>> here at home a lot of people are talking about that interview with president obama and hillary clinton as the secretary of state enters her final week on the job. what does it mean? white house correspondent peter alexander has details on that. good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning to you. the president simply wants to thank hillary clinton for being what he called one of the finest secretaries of state we've ever had. the mutual gushing didn't end there. they w

>> savannah is like, me? >> no.r the thimble. >> i always went for the scottie dog. we love the dog. >> the race car. if they killed the race car, what killed would want to play again. that's true. >> you know another one i liked, this is weird. >> the iron. >> interesting you say that. >> all home making things and we all know i can't home make. >> and why they chose these various tokens, as they call them. interest interesting the poll results, the ones they want to see eliminated, the iron and wheelbarrow. >> the wheelbarrow is so cute. >> we have a christmas story of monopoly including the major award token. >> do you have the new options? >> the new options are the robot, ring, cat, helicopter or guitar. these are the ones you can choose from. by the way, hasboro is saying, go to their facebook page and this is where you vote. >> i vote ring. >> helicopter. >> where's the smartphone? >> i was like, computer? >> who's going to pick a ring? >> guy? >> ladies. >> you want to put a ring on him if you like him? >> t

savannah? >> pete williams in washington, thank you. >>> let us get a check of the morning's other top stories with natalie morales over at the news desk. >> good morning, everyone. >>> new details this morning are showing how a nightclub in santa maria, brazil, became a death trap. keir simmons is there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you can see where rescuers smashed the walls of the nightclub to save lives. but they're now asking, why was this the only exit. vigils held overnight for the more than 230 dead. >> i don't wish for anybody the same. >> reporter: survivors say the band set off pyrotechnics, igniting a fire in the ceiling. audrey lost two friends, one she was with in the club that night. >> he goes to the bathroom and 30 seconds later, the smoke, the fire starts. and i don't see him again. >> reporter: she fell to the floor, trampled, but escaped. >> i am very happy i'm here. >> reporter: outside the nightclub, panic. desperate rescues and now questions. >> reporter: are

savannah? >> al, thank you. >>> sonia sotomayor is the third woman to sit on the supreme court and the first hispanic. i recently met up with justice sotomayor to learn about the woman behind the robe. >> i wrote this book right after my nomination because i wanted to hold on to the real sonia. >> the real sonia traces her earliest footsteps on the streets of the bronx. >> this was a bustling, bustling area jam packed with people. >> reporter: at age 8, dgd with jouv nile diabetes and her mother, selena, left to raise two young children after sotomayor's father died following a long battle with alcohol. >> do you think you were fully aware of the struggles he was having with alcohol? >> even as a child, i asked if you really love me, why can't you stop? i never asked him that question, because i knew the answer. he can't. he couldn't. >> you've spoken so warmly of your mother, who i know you adore. but as a child we learn in the book you didn't always have that close relationship and at one poi

savannah?thanks, al. >> now to that bizarre hoax involving notre dame star manti te'o and the missed signs that his girlfriend didn't really exist. john yang has the story from south bend, indiana. good morning to you, john. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. not only are people asking how someone like manti te'o could be in a long-term relationship and never meet the person face to face, some are asking how could the people around him not know his girlfriend never existed? it's another day of silence for manti te'o. now there's renewed scrutiny about what he said in the past about his dead girlfriend, who never existed. according to notre dame officials, te'o told him he first learned of the hoax on december 6th. still, he spoke publicly about her death two days after that on national television at the heisman trophy ceremony. >> i'll never forget the time i found that my girlfriend passed away. >> the sports illustrated cover story on te'o, days after the notre dame star said his girlfriend

savannah? >>> there are signs this morning that the economy is falling out in a big way. the stock market is on a tear now back to pre-recession levels, and unemployment is at a five-year low. jim cramer is host of ""mad mone money". good to see you. we've seen stock markets go up on a housing bubble, on a tech bubble. how do you know the housing market is firmer here? >> i like markets based on employment going higher. i don't think it's any coincidence we have unemployment at a five-yoear low and stocks t an all-time high. >> so we are seeing job growth but we're not seeing job growth to really get the unemployment rate down. what signs are you seeing that tells you employers are really going to start hiring now? >> this economy was brought down by housing and it's going up by housing. housing got so low in this country, we're building half the number of homes we were building just a few years ago, and that employs a huge number of people. >> the stock market is having good times on wall stre

savannah. >> thank you. alabama state representative steve clouse and state senator hari harri-ann smith have spoken about the hostage. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> we know this little boy is named ethan, about to turn 6 in a few weeks. i know you've been speaking to the family, how are they holding up? >> right now, savannah, they're holding on by a thread. the whole community, the whole county is coming together. we had five prayer vigils last night around the county. people are hopeful we can bring this to a successful end. at the same time, we had the family of the slain bus driver, whose lives have been devastated. our gratitude needs to go out to him for protecting all these other children. he started the day as a school bus driver and he ended as a hero. >> senator smith, let me ask you about this medical condition we understand ethan has. i understand there's been some medication that's been given to him. is it the sort of condition that might be even more serious if he doesn't get medica

savannah? >> thank you. >>> what are the big health headlines and developments in the medical world we can expect? dr. nancy snyderman is nbc's chief medical editor. happy new year. >> happy new year to you, too. >> let's start with the flu. >> sure. >> we've seen already a bad season. >> bad fall, bad winter. unnaturally warm on the east coast. people still have their windows open which means they're not crowding as much. an uptick in many states. i expect the flu season to get worse. here is the really big news. world health organization and cdc nailed this year's flu vaccine. not too late to still get your vaccine if you haven't. >> let's move to another big medical story. bear with us, viewers. this is the new diagnostic manual for the mental health field, something that professionals use, but it has some real world implications. >> every parent that's had a kid with autism or aspergers knows what the dsm is. hoarding will be its own medical diagnosis. why does it matter? doctors try to con

(sniffing) savannah grass. aww. the whole canister got knocked over. more than all the mammals combined! and lots of creatures eat termites. now, they're with the armies of termites heading right into the middle of a predator-prey battle zone. oh, we got to find them fast! we'll need some creature power help for this creature rescue. let's split up! i'll use the power of the termites to infiltrate the colonies and search for them there. and i'll use the powers of termite predators to hunt down as many termites as i can. and i'll just freak out. (sighing) wait! termites. activate termite power! ♪ termites, here i come! woo-hoo! hey, guys. ready for another worker in the colony? okay, i get it. there are already millions of you. but have you seen two girls that smell strangely like savannah grass? hmm. guess not. did aviva add a new feature to this suit? whoa. my antenna are picking up a termite pheromone. ah, there it is, a pathway of chemical pheromones that shows all the termites the way back to the nest. okay, termite pals let's ride this pheromone h

savannah? >> michelle kosinski in london for us this morning. thank you. now here's matt. >> of a vanna, thank you. >>> now to the latest on the trouble surrounding boeing's 787 dreamliner. the faa has grounded all of them in the u.s. and overnight, europe did the same. nbc's tom costello covers aviation. tom, good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, matt. united is the only airline that flies the 787 here in the u.s. it is complying with this order and says it is rebooking passengers onto other aircraft but because other governments followed the faa's lead on safety actions, all 50 787s worldwide are now grounded. it is a dramatic action. by grounding boeing's troubled 787 fleet, the faa has elevated boeing's problems toon all-out safety emergency. the action coming after wednesday's full evacuation of an ama 787 after the pilot thought he smelled smoke. last week, a fire in the battery rack of a parked 787 in boston. now, the faa's emergency air worthiness directive. before further flight i prif

good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. send some of that obama hot sauce our way. some guys on the crew would appreciate it out in this weather. it is warming up. it's a beautiful day, as peter said. we are expecting to see the president in less than two hours make a pass by us, his motorcade, as peter said, will head up to the united states capitol. the real fun begins for the people who have begun to assemble here now as the gates have opened about -- some time after the inauguration, right about early afternoon. and we'll see him come by. we understand he is planning, again, this year, to get out of the car. we don't know how many times or where he will do that. he did it twice at his previous inauguration. jimmy carter was actually the first to do that back in 1977. to give you an eye of the scope of the security here, we've got state troopers from around the country, including from the utah highway patrol. they were nice enough to share one of their patches with us. just past them, the alabama state highway patrol. th

back to matt, savannah and al. could be a new dance craze. >> he has been doing that one for a while. who do we like in the game tonight? >> i don't know. i'm going to be neutral officially. real courageous. >> i think alabama is going to win. i do. >> notre dame? >> i just like the little leprechaun, like regis philbin, you know? >> it should be a great game. >> mr. roker, what have you got? >> snow back to the interior mountains, winter storm warnings and watches and weather advisories in effect. along the coast as we move to the south, cold. upper level low. look at the snowfall amounts there. we're talking anywhere from six to 12 inches of snow, four inches of rain possible. then to the south, cold core. this upper low will be bringing in a lot of wind to southern california. windy conditions with wind advisories. and that system will be bringing heavy rain later this week into the south. we'll get to your local forecast. first, this message. et to your forecast. first, this message. ♪ [ male announcer ] let's

savannah?l, thanks. >>> scandal that brought down former cia director general david petraeus, john allen, whose name surfaced in this investigation has now been cleared of wrongdoing by the pentagon. this, as jill kelly, the woman who triggered the investigation in the first place, speaks out for the first time. nbc's kerry sanders is outside kelly's home in tampa, florida, this morning. kerry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. it's been three months since news broke of the secret love affair between general david petraeus and his biographer, paula broadwell. it all came to light after jill kelly, who lives in the house over there, contacted the fbi about what she called threatening e-mails. throughout all of this, jill kelly has remained silent, until now. socialite jill kelly was thrown into the media spotlight last october as the story of general david petraeus and his affair with biographer paula broadwell unfolded. kelly was described in the media as the other, other woman

savannah? >> thank you. president obama will unveil his new recommendations for gun control this morning in the tragedy of newtown, connecticut. and the national rifle association is already taking the president on with an ad that gets very personal. chuck todd is the chief white house correspondent and political director. chuck, good morning. >> good morning, savannah. the president will be unveiling what one person tells nbc news is a surprising new set of proposals intended to curb gun violence and it's going to kick off a political fight. before the president has even had a chance to unveil those bold proposals, the nra is signalling it intends to fight the president, and choosing this new web video that hits close to home, targeting his daughters. here's a clip. >> are the president's kids more important than yours? then why is he skeptical about putting armed security in our schools when his kids are protected by armed guards at their school? >> so while the nra is hitting the president o

savannah? >>> we go to washington where it is back to work for president obama after the celebration of his second inaugural. the first lady, as we mentioned, was shining at last night's ball in a ruby-colored gown designed by jason wu. nbc's white house correspondent peter alexander has the details this morning. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you. the formal ceremonies conclude a short time from now. there's a prayer service at the washington national cathedral. both the president and vice president will be there. president obama dives head first into his second term, there is just enough time to savor what was a very special night. >> my better half and my dance partner, michelle obama. >> reporter: the showstopper inauguration night had nothing to do with politics. the first lady, dazzling fans at the commander in chief ball in a striking red gown by jason wu, the same designer who fashioned that unforgettable dress for the first inaugural. dancing to al green's "le

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we saw a lot of people for savannah's role. to play savannah.ssence of herself. so we decided what better way to do it than to bring savannah onto the show we had to break our budge eat little bit. she demanded so much. a lot of personalized cokes and chocolates. m & m's. >> a lot of riders on my contract, tea lights. >> you are phenomenal on the show. we are excite to have you. >> more importantly, you are phenomenal on the show. is a great character. tell us about skip gilchrest, kind of a fun-loving, almost buffoon-like? >> yeah, skip is -- skip is kind of a bull in a china shop. as -- as my stepmother calls him, he's golden retriever. he means well but everything he seems to touch blows up or flies out the window in a flaming chair. so, he is great and it's a lot of fun to play. >> and a physical role a lot of physical comedy. you do it so well. >> there is a lot of physical comedy. i have to fall over chairs. i have to jump around a lot. i have to, i said, throw flaming chairs out of windows but every day is a surprise and every day is a bl

savannah? >> i was worried too, thank you. >>> it could get tense today as vice president joe biden sits down with represents from the national rifle association. this as the obama administration looks to curb gun violence after the wake of the deadly school shooting in connecticut. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you. the vice president's gun violence task force has a full day of meetings scheduled, bringing in hunters, members of gun rights groups, also members of the entertainment industry, but the day may be highlighted by the afternoon session that's going to include the nra. the white house trying to keep the gun safety debate in america's sights, today hosting the nra. one of the country's most powerful lobbying groups that's long opposed many of the very proposals the white house is now considering. >> the president and i are determined to take action. we're reaching out to all parties. >> i was one of the few survivors in the virginia tech shooting. >> colin go

savannah? >> matt, thanks. >>> we're getting an update on the state of cancer in the united states, a new study released in the journal of the national cancer institute. overall the death rates are inching down, but a rise in hpv-associated cancer is cause for concern. dr. nancy snyderman is nbc's chief medical editor. let's start on a positive note. >> sure. >> the death rates from cancer are continuing this 20-year trend downward. >> overall since 1970 when nixon declared a war on cancer. lung cancer is down. we aren't smoking as much. some obesity cancers have gone up. overall, it's a good benchmark at this 20-year measure. >> talk about the cancers associated with the human papilloma virus. >> good news, bad news. hpv cancers are markedly up. this is a sexually transmitted virus. we've seen a spike in the last few years. anal cancers have doubled in the last four years. even more are oral cancers, we've seen those double or triple in the last ten or 12 years. the reason is it's now been out

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. >> good morning, matt and savannah. massive tornado, may be rated an ef-4 when all is said and done. you can see how huge it looks on the ground. let's look live right now in adairsville, georgia. you can see some of the destruction that was left behind, at least one fatality in this system. we look at some of the aftermath now that went on as rescue workers got to the scene. there was one area where 100 people were trapped inside of a factory, causing big problems there. you can see cars tossed around like toys, and more damage throughout the rest of the south, as well. in fact, we had heavy rain, a lot of flooding from the carolinas, all the way into the southeast, where it was a real mess. now, as we go to the maps and show you exactly what happened. here's the system, here's adairsville along i-75 northwest of atlanta. this pushes through, and there it is right around 11:15 yesterday morning. you can see the heavy precipitation that's coming down. it then continues on through and the good news is, this was a quick-m

happy anniversary, chuckles. >> wow, savannah guthrie, very kind of you. deal for you to interrupt your golden globe stuff. >> yes, well, i have to say, chuck, as much as it pains me, i know that the "the daily rundown" has only gotten better every day. it is a great show. and then something that makes me really happy, you and i have remained really good friends. and i adore you. and i am so glad to be part of your special day. >> well, i couldn't have started this without you. and i would like to think that this show has a little bit of responsibility for why things are so much better moving forward at our favorite place or second favorite morning show called the "today" show. >> and you're still doing the soup of the day and that is incredibly important to me. >> it is. and annoys viewers. >> really? >> some hate it, some love it. and some love to hate. and you know what, brook is in my ear saying let's go. apparently this is not good television. >> okay, goodbye. have a good day >>> up next, a deep dive into the obama administration's rocky relationship

savannah? >> all right, al. thanks.ow to hillary clinton who is stepping down as secretary of state amid speculation about her political future. she sat down with an exit interview with andrea mitchell. good morning to you. >> great to be with you, savannah. hillary clinton told me it is hard to imagine and special eyeglasses. will her health stop her from running for president again? >> i'm healthy enough and i'll be fully recovered to choose whatever i choose to do but i don't have any decisions made. >> reporter: are you convinced that that fall was caused by dehydration? have your doctors ruled out any vascular event? >> it was a virus. i had a vicious viral attack that caused all of the unpleasant things that viruses can cause. >> reporter: in 2011 when savannah asked her about running again -- >> will you run for president in 2016? >> no. no. you know, savannah, i'm very privileged to have had the opportunities to serve my country and i'm really old fashioned. i feel like i've made my contribution. >> reporter: th

savannah was -- >> savannah is -- >> everybody is dragging their collective rear-ends around here. >> they partied hardy or worked their buns off out in l.a. >> savannah wound up her tour of l.a. on "ellen." we're not doing this to be self-serving, but why wouldn't we be? they talked about us. so let's watch. >> so you were working with kathie lee and hoda, is that right? >> yes. >> is it true that they are drunk all the time? >> they drink every day. it's funny because -- >> every morning. not day. >> every morning. it's true. >> it's morning. >> well, for me it's lunchtime. as we discussed. >> that's true. >> no, they drink every single day. when i first came to the "today" show i had been the nbc white house correspondent which is a very serious job. when i came to the "today" show, i was so happy to be there, and i thought, wow, so these hosts hoda and kathie lee call it, like, thirsty thursday or something. that's nice. then i realized it was every day. there's, like, monday fun day, tuesday booze day, wednesday wines day. i'm, like, this is my kind of place, you know? >> she fit

morning long, you've seen david gregory and savannah guthrie. chuck todd is at the white house standing by. david, your overarching theme for today? >> well, i think the president is looking forward to a second term. he's operating in darcha differ atmosphere than tour years ago. he was making history by walking into the room. here, he's going to be talking about economic restoration. he's dealing in a capital that is still toxic in terms of how things get done. and he knows the american people have returned to office with a solid majority, but he knows that americans want compromise, they want less government spending, they want this town to operate better than it does. >> one note here for parents whose children are home today, a holiday from school, we're going to be on the air for many hours and if i might, have them stop by and sit in front of the tv and watch this. because especially coming off this political season, and with all the troubles we've witnessed as a nation, this is the -- kind of the best of america in action. this is somethi

savannah? >> al, thanks. >>> if you like calamari there may be no better place to go than southern california. fishermen there are catching huge numbers of jumbo squid. we sent nbc's tom costello out on a nighttime fishing expedition. good morning, tom. did you catch the big one? >> reporter: yes, i did. you might call this the great california squid rush or calamari rush because fishermen have never seen these jumbo squid out on this ocean in years. now it seems the whole ocean is full of them. a beautiful picturesque sunset over the pacific and the hunt is on for the ink-spitting humble squid or what we know in the restaurant as calamari. >> oh, yeah. hoping to catch some big ones. >> reporter: after word spread last week that hundreds are being caught at a time, fishermen up and down the california coast have been trying to get in on the catch. >> welcome to squid fishing. >> one of my co-workers is a fish guru and watches this like a religion and told me they're biting like crazy. >> report

>> good morning, matt, savannah and al. deadly floods are peaking in eastern australia today. four people have lost their lives and thousands have evacuated from the worst flooding australia has seen in a decade. a fleet of helicopters are plucking people from rooftops over the past several days. historic floods are being blamed on the remnants sief clone oswald. >>> president obama is set to unveil his own version of immigration reform in las vegas today. he plans to go beyond the bipartisan deal discussed in the senate by offering a quicker path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. >>> the boy scouts are considering lifting the ban on gay scouts and scout leaders. the new policy, if adopted, would reverse the national ban and allow individual troops to decide for themselves whether or not to allow gay scouts. some religious groups oppose the change and gay activists say it doesn't go far enough. >>> a rare double-arm transplant for quadriplegic iraq veteran. the first soldier from the iraq war to survive after losi

you saw the chairman earlier with matt and savannah. the q10, still has that physical keyboard and z 10 that has the digital keyboard. >> you like it? >> i like the screen. >> if you look at it, a lot like the iphone. same concept, you swipe around and get apps. what they've done for this new iteration for the blackberry. they improved the browser. that was a problem for a lot of people. great for e-mails but not so great to use the web. the question is if you've gone to iphoned and left blackberry, what's your incentive? because the concept is the same. >> we're both on iphones after blackberry. and i feel i'm being played by apple and i have the iphone 5 and stood in line for every generation. that's my phone and i'm working it out. i'm steve jobs. i have been played. i'm really tired of hearing a new report about a new apple product, so it makes me kind of tempted. but i'm not buy iing any more iphones period. i'm done. i promise you i will not spend another dollar on an iphone. i will be 80 carrying an iphone 5. >> i just got her of