folks, the establishment may have thwarted my campaign for president of the united states of south carolina. but there is one moment they can never take away. last friday's rock you like a herman cain south-cain-olina at the college of charleston. it gave me some of hope to see so many students so willing to skip class on such short notice. (laughter) though the campaign is over, don't let it be forgot that once there was a spot for one brief shining moment that was known as cainelot. jimmy? >> stephen colbert is having a rally today in south carolina. >> stephen colbert roll mood south carolina. >> herman cain an stephen colbert are taking south carolina by storm. >> the rock me like a herman cain south cain-olina primary rally. >> give it up tore the man, mr. herman cain! >> stephen: whooo. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: i'm going to let it shine, let it shrine shine ♪ ♪ let it shine ♪ this little light of mine ♪ ♪ what's up buddy ♪ i'm going to let it shine ♪ ♪ let it shine ♪ let it shine ♪ what a beautiful day the lord has given us. what a beautiful state. what a beautiful town what

of a problem. his name does not appear on the primary ballot in south carolina. how can he continue to run for president of the united stateslina? with the help of her maintain. he is still on the ballot in south carolina, and colbert is not asking his supporters to vote for the pizza man. >> because we are so similar, i think that if this saturday herman cain were to get a significant number of votes, that would be a sign that voters are hungry. hungary. hungry for a season colbert campaign. anybody who shares my values can show it by voting for herman cain. >> as for herman cain, he thinks it's a great idea. he will take a segment for the colbert report in south carolina on friday. tweeting this caveat. to be perfectly clear, i will not be assuming steven colbert to the identity. we a very different when it comes to the color of our hair. colbert's super pak now run by john stuart releasing this at exploiting the situation to voters. >> there is one name on the ballot that stands for a true american identity, herman cain. americans for a better tomorrow tomorrow believes a vote for herman cain is a vote for america. on ja

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colbert has a bit of a problem his name does not appear on the south carolina primary ballot the state doesn't allow write in candidates. how can he continue to run for president of the united states of south carolina? well, with the help of herman cain. cain is on the ballot in south carolina and colbert is now asking his supporters to vote for the pizza man. >> because cain were similar, if herman cain were to get a significant number of votes that would be a sign voters are hungry. hungry for a stephen colbert campaign. anybody who shares my values can show it by voting for herman cain. >> well, as for herman cain, he thinks it's a great idea. cain will tape a segment tweeting this caveat, to be perfectly clear i won't be assuming stephen colbert's identity we are different when it comes to the color of our hair. colbert super pac run by jon stewart released this ad explaining the situation to voters. >> there is one name on the ballot that stands for true americanism, herman cain. americans for a better tomorrow tomorrow more believes a vote for herman cain is a vote for america. on january 21st vote for herman cain. >>> lets get insight from ari melber and krystal ball

south carolina primary. so it is with a heavy heart, i'm rhesus spending herman cain's campaign. also i'm hereby officially ending my exploratory committee to run for president of the united states south carolina. i know. i know. >> the tragedy. stephen colbert officially ending his run for president of the united states of south carolina last night. announcing he's now ready to retake control of his super pac from his unassociated strange and unknown friend jon stewart. >> jon? jon, what is going on? remember when you gave me the super pac, remember how we didn't coordinate you would give it back to me if i decided not to run? >> i do remember not coordinating that. >> well, jon, i'm not running so let's sign the transfer papers. did trevor send them to me? >> yeah, i think he did. there's your papers. boom! >> jon! give me the money back! >> i got to go. they are fueling my zeppelin. i got to go. >> stewart! >> in all seriousness by now, most americans are aware of the fundamentally corrupting influence money, let alone billions of dollars in secret money, have taken in our political system. while it will take a constitutional amendment, the 28th constitutional amendment to ge

south carolina primary a week from tomorrow. >> you can write him in on the ballot if you really want to see him. president of the united states of south carolina. >> he always makes election season interesting. well done, stephen. >>> time for this morning's weather. there's snow in minneapolis. it's partly cloudy and cool in the south. and today's best weather will be in los angeles. the city of angels. >> it will reach the mid 40s in the northeast. new orleans only makes it to 49. 24 in omaha and indianapolis. 25 in the windy city. salt lake city's high will be 37. in honolulu, a wonderful 78 degrees. >> it's always beautiful in hawaii. isn't it? >> you can't beat paradise this time of the year. >>> and still ahead, a consumer alert. bed bath and beyond recalls a product said to be radio active. >>> and why was heather locklear sent to a hospital overnight? >>> and a riot over iph >>> you are hearing it. you're thaerg sounds of angry apple fan this is morning in beijing. customers actually egged this apple store and scuffled with security after they waited all night to buy the iphone 4-s. the crowd was too big and unruly an

he's exploring run for president of the united states of south carolina. come on, why is the "t" in his name silent, what else is he silent about? letting murderers out of jail? enough is enough. i have had it with these money-grubbing super pacs messing with our monday to friday elections. >> south carolina, send steven colbert a message. on january 21st, vote for herman cain, we can't afford to have a leader like this. >> joining me now is comedian and writer john fugelsang. he is also a part of the sexy liberal comedy tour and will be performing his award-winning solo show "guilt: a love story" on january 28th at the queens theater in new york city. john, great to have you with us tonight. >> good to be here, slow news day. >> it's a very heavy news day, i know what you're saying. but this ad, these guys were doing us a favor to get us away from the political exhaustion so we can laugh at all this but also illustrating the absurdity of it all. what do you make of it? >> right away we've made history, but it's unique for three reasons f you're going to te

the formation of an exploratory committee for a possible run for the president of the united states of south carolina. (cheers and applause) that announcement has completely changed the complexion of this race. it has gone from linen to egg shell. and today it just got a little off whiter, jim. >> today our campaign for the presidency ends, but our campaign to build a better and more trustworthy america continues. >> stephen: folks, do you see what has happened here? the mere possibility that i might run for president blew jon huntsman all the way back to the land's end catalog he came from. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: good. again, that's just from me exploring the idea of running. can you imagine what it would do to the field if i, stephen t colbert, looked into the camera right now and officially announced, but i'm not-- (laughter) >> stephen: by the way, that snapping sound you heard just now was the sphincters of the other candidates slamming shut. you have to listen. you have to listen closely for romney because it starts out about 90% clenched. all right. so here's where we are. here's wh

exploratory committee to lay the groundwork for my possible candidacy for the president of the united states of south carolina! i'm doing it! drop them, jimmy. whooo, whooo, whooo! and with your help, and possibly the help of some sort of outside group that by am not coordinating with, we can explore taking this country back. thank you. god bless you all! and god bless citizens united. we'll be right back. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: whooo! >> stephen: oh, hy. welcome back, everybody. nation, i hope you know whenever a friend of this show is under attack i leap to their defense. that's why i was so up set about a recent attack on "new york times" puzzle editor will shortz or as we call him in our anagram club-- now wiz here has been catching heat for a clue in last saturday's crossword, back in hip-hop. the-- wach in hip-hop the answer was illin which i knew immediately when i read the answers on monday. but web blogger julyie ann smolinski got up up in his grill saying the clue reads wack in hip-hop and the answer is illin, these are not the same things at all. ah, 4 letter word is a sound produced by

superpac ad mysteriously surfaced in the support of my exploratory bid for president of the united states of south carolina. now, i have recently learned... (cheers and applause) thank you very much. folks i have recently learned that i can't get on the primary ballot and being on the ballot... (audience reacts) i know, i know, folks. being on the ballot is one of the leading ways to gauge whether voters would vote for you. (laughter) but someone whose values i deeply share is on the ballot. former candidate and future "celebrity apprentice" contestant herman cain. (laughter) so last night i told my viewers that if herman cain were to do well in this saturday's primary i would interpret that as a call for me to formally declare that i am running. and then out of nowhere the definitely not coordinating with stephen colbert superpac run by my shadowy friend jon stewart ran this ad in south carolina. >> the people of south carolina are frustrated. it's less than a week before the election and there's still no candidate for us. plus, the economy. thankfully, there is one name on the ballot that stands for true

call and decided to explore the possibility of joining the race for president of the united states of south carolina. and! when he did, everything changed. >> the poll shows obama at 41%, romney at 38%, this is p-- poll and colbert at 13%. (cheers and applause) >> jon: 13%, 13%, 13% after a week. 1 week. at this rate, should he decide to run we can project right now stephen colbert will win in november with 546% of the vote. (applause) stephen colbert. it's incredible. powerful story, common sense approach to hardworking families. but mostly to a salvo of devastating ads crafted by his masterfully run superpac. i'm sure stephen himself would thank this adroit organization if he could, if only he could communicate with this superpac directly which he obviously can't. but if he could he-- (laughter) how powerful is colbert's influence been on this race? since colbert threatened to get not race other candidates have been jumping overboard like an italian cruise ship captain. you heard me. e my, that's so topical. first huntsman and then this morning. >> there is no viable path forward for me in this 20

according to some polls here in south carolina, pulling ahead of jon huntsman, who finished third in new hampshire. says he is now considering a run for president of the united statesna. mandy? >> peter, thanks very much for that. finally, friday the 13th was both a lucky and unlucky day for a hawaiian fisherman. he hit a close encounter of what he said was a 15-foot great white shark. after about an hour the shark lost interest and the fisherman was able to make it back to shore with his catch, which was a 300-pound marlin. that's the news. let's head back outside to amy on the plaza. >> i think that was the longest newscast ever, mandy. i'm just kidding. it's freezing out there. with that let's get a check on the weather with scott williams. it says 29, right? right. >> why does it say 39? >> we're talking windy conditions across new york city. also temperatures will stay in the 30s. high temperature will be 37 degrees for you in new york city, 33 in the boston area. we are still looking at some of that lake-effect snow downwind of the lake. a little milder for parts of the south plains. and then for sunday, snow for places like seattle and also portland. showers

exploratory committee to lay the groundwork for my possible candidacy for the president of the united states of south carolina in south carolina says he might become a write in candidate for the primaries next saturday. of course, this stems off a poll that is in question that showed him with 5% of the vote. he wasn't even in the race. one point ahead of jon huntsman. colbert jumping in. still ahead, why are you awake? your friday the 13th themed tweets and texts are next and "morning joe" is now just moments away. [ male announcer ] drinking a smoothie with no vegetable nutrition? ♪ [ gong ] strawberry banana! [ male announcer ] for a smoothie with real fruit plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoothie. could've had a v8. what ? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it ? hello ? hello ?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello ? ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. ♪ baby, baby, come along ♪ baby, baby, come along with me ♪ [ air horn blows ] ♪ i love you and i need you ♪ just to hug and squeeze you ♪ baby, why can't you see? [ female announcer ] the s

exploratory committee to lay the groundwork for my possible candidacy for the president of united states of south carolina. >> finally, i'm feeling excited about this. race, we get to weigh in and what it all means for the republicans and that, of course, hear about this? the conductor of the philharmonic, cell phone rings in the middle of a performance and you know what he did? he stops the orchestra. i am cheering for him. we agree with this. i love this man. we're going to talk about that and much, much more as we begin qu "starting point" right now. okay back. we are back once again inside the tick took diner as ashleigh and zoraida told you about. they were stosz tossing to me. making our tour through diners. i'm going to need to run through the gym after this segment. today start with the oatmeal. i'm having oatmeal. will is having oatmeal. you're having eggs and english muffin. you're having fruit. wow. >> we started the week last week with like piles of deep fried foods. moved into healthier options. this we're going to dig in today because new york city diners are known for the massive cakes and