. >> unsurprisingly, the front- runners include two former prime ministers, but an unlikely candid is livening up the race. social media campaign has catapulted him into third raise in the polls. >> composer and painter vladimir franz wants to become the next president of the czech republic. he is running as an independent. the unforgettable phrase of a protest movement against the political establishment. even he is amazed by the campaign. >> i was completely surprised. right from the very start, the response was tumultuous. >> for months, a legion of volunteers collected signatures for his candidacy and raised awareness. the effort struck a chord in many people. but distrust of politicians is rampant. for 10 years, the prague castl wase the home of the outgoing president. the corruption scandals are many and they have played to the czech government under his watch. he announced a prisoner amnesty. his beneficiaries included political allies. it is really not that surprising that a striking figure like franz, untainted by political past, is making a splash. he recently came in third.

. >> unsurprisingly, the front- runners include two former prime ministers, but an unlikely candid is livening up the race. social media campaign has catapulted him into third raise in the polls. >> composer and painter vladimir franz wants to become the next president of the czech republic. he is running as an independent. the unforgettable phrase of a protest movement against the political establishment. even he is amazed by the campaign. >> i was completely surprised. right from the very start, the response was tumultuous. >> for months, a legion of volunteers collected signatures for his candidacy and raised awareness. the effort struck a chord in many people. but distrust of politicians is rampant. for 10 years, the prague castl wase the home of the outgoing president. the corruption scandals are many and they have played to the czech government under his watch. he announced a prisoner amnesty. his beneficiaries included political allies. it is really not that surprising that a striking figure like franz, untainted by political past, is making a splash. he recently came in third.

it's not getting a lot of comment out of apple unsurprisingly. could it be a plastic iphone in the works instead of the body of the past? it would bring down the price, but would it still have that curb appeal that people want when they buy an apple product? back to you. >> geoff, thank you very much. have a great day. as always we want to know why are you awake? we're glad you are. shoot us an e-mail, "way too early" at msnbc.com or tweet me @bschactman. still ahead, the game is over, but the spotlight remains on the star of the alabama/notre dame bcs championship game. i'm talking about quarterback a.j. mccarron's girlfriend, a.j. webb. we will find out an update about rg3, and abc debuts jimmy kimmel opposite jay leno and letterman. we will see how he handled his first night. >> i understand the house's actions, i'm not at all surprised by it i'm not guilty of any criminal wrongdoing. i've always kept my eye on her... but with so much health care noise, i didn't always watch out for myself. with unitedhealthcare, i get personalized information

and unsurprisingly since these payments were made two months ago the story has gone virtually unreported because this is huge this is the first time lawyers of former prisoners at abu ghraib have successfully collected money from a defense contractor in the case regarding torture but way to take them out was only five point two eight million dollars to be divided among seventy one people five point eight million dollars is the price of getting away with torturing seventy one human beings so that's seventy four thousand dollars a person pretty small players price to pay to break down someone's health and their dignity especially when it's public record that al three services was given a four hundred fifty million dollar u.s. government contract per year that sounds fair to you but wait there's more critical a.p. report all three services not only knew about their employees participated in torture but they quote willfully failed to report repeated assaults and other criminal conduct by its employees to the u.s. or iraq authorities in fact in case you've forgotten about how disgusting this

the ignorance hatred and intolerance in america a dangerous climate of islamophobia which is unsurprisingly perpetuated by the media and government establishment alike and it's not even just muslims it's those who are simply perceived as muslims hindus sikhs essentially anyone with brown skin to take a look at some of the most recent incidents fifty two year old man named randolph lin was just convicted of lighting a prayer room on fire at the islamic center of greater to leave you to lay low during his arrest he told the police officers f those muslims they would kill us if they got the chance while later len told the judge that he committed the crimes because fox news and conservative talk radio would quote rile them up and convince them that quote most muslims are terrorists. i wonder where you got that idea. meaning dangerous muslims that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo it's a frightening thought islamic terrorist training camps right here in america in our backyard so we've made it through the holidays without a terrorist attack but that doesn't mean we could ever

unsurprisingly, karen, you think this gives republicans a little bit of a smoke screen to come to theable and bargain. michael from the washington post does not. he says if obama pushes a fast pass to legalization above other reform priorities, he could fracture the coalition which may be the point. the idea that the president wants us to fall apart for republicans for his own political -- >> i think -- >> for his next election campaign? >> exactly. >> for hillary in 2016. >> that's exactly right. on the equality piece, i think the president has made clear that he is for equality for all citizens. when you are for, it you have to be for it across the board, and that's why it's in the bill. i think it's just -- i know it's cynical to say about washington, but it's just the right policy and the right thing to do, and i think that's why the president comes to it that way. it will be interesting to see what pieces of this get coupled together, though. the security piece, border security and enforcement, the president has already done a lot. >> yes. to the ayre of many in the latin communi

at the top of that list, unsurprisingly, is countering violent extremist organizations. sadly, that's a necessary function for us in africa today. but it's not the only thing that we do. we do a lot more. another priority in the defense strategic guidance is maintaining global access to and throughout the continent so as to facilitate global trade. and africa's a place that has two key, strategic chokepoints in the mamdeb and the straits of gibraltar. people forget that one-half of the straits of gibraltar are in africa. even thinks they're the european side, they forget about the african side. takes two sides to make us straight. and lots of economic traffic passes through those two chokepoints. for us, the gulf of guinea becoming strategic from an economic standpoint, so maintaining global access is important. a third priority articulated in this guidance is what we call building partner capacity. this is the substance of what we do in africa. this is working with african partners, again, to help them build the capabilities and the capacities that they need not only fo

, although under a slightly different name, karl rove had nothing positive to say about that, unsurprisinglylet's play that. >> go figure. >> let's not pass over this ethics issue. for example, on the inaugural committee we now know the inaugural committee is collecting information about everybody who is attending the inaugural and says they will give it over to outside groups. well, is one of those groups obama for america? do we really want the inaugural committee information to be given to the president's political arm, to be used on behalf of his advocacy causes? there might be some ethics questions about things like that. >> karl rove drawing -- ethices and karl rove. >> can we talk about showing up to work when you are really sick. >> please don't do that, karl rove. >> you say bless his heart. the president -- i applaud what they're doing with this group. for one reason. i hope they do it in a way where they really rally behind specific issues. immigration reform ought to be one. gun control or assault gun control ought to be a part of our commonsense around guns ought to be a part. t

republicans have unsurprisingly responded negatively, including florida senator marco rubio. >> by the own admission of the white house, what they have proposed to do would do nothing to have prevented what happened in connecticut or colorado before that or any of these other places where this has occurred. i actually think the president and doesn't have the guts to admit it, is not a believer in the second amendment. >> the white house is also up against the nra, which is raising money. e-mailing support, to upgrade their membership to prepare for, quote, the fight of the century. barack obama, joe biden and their gun ban allies in it congress only want to blame you, vilify you, bully you and strip you of your second amendment freedoms. nra president david keen made these slippery slope argument that has become all too familiar from them. this morning on the "today" show. >> you get into the sort of bidding match. they say we shouldn't have a 30-round magazine or 20-round. the president says let's have a ten. the governor of new york says well, i can top that, we'll have a seven-round

unsurprisingly for me, the circuit promptly reversed me and set the verdict aside.now, ordinarily that would have been b the end of the matter. but the supreme wanted to weigh in on it to teach every other circuit in the country that 100-day limitation must be strictly construed. and so they granted cert, and in a 5-4 decision of the fairly new roberts court, it affirmed the 11th circuit. that was the end of the judicial proceeding. the decision was written by justice alito. as soon as it was written, justice ginsburg took the unusual step of reading her dissent from the bench in which she justified the award and invited congress to overturn the supreme court decision. and as you know, that is precisely what happened. the first, first act, first bill signed into law by the new president, obama, was the lily ledbetter fair pay act under title vii. the last paycheck issued to a victim of discrimination begins the running of the statute of limitations. and the lily ledbetter experience shows that if congress is persistent in correcting the supreme court when it misinte

but the top thing, unsurprisingly was organization. that's the biggest challenge. - when someone goes to the store to do a week's worth of grocery shopping, they make a list. easier to have a list and a pad and paper right stuck on the fridge so when you run out of things, you write them down right then. - yeah, and with a.d.h.d., let's be honest, you might need a list if it's only three items but you can also make longer checklists for regular things, like, "here's what we always have to pack for any weekend trip or going to the office." - the school. - right. you can also keep a list of questions to ask your doctor. - yeah, now, see, many women with a.d.h.d., they find their wardrobe is a nightmare. - my wife dresses me. - thank heavens for that. see, they say things like, "nothing matches. nothing is coordinated." impulse shopping and a tendency to forget mean they could have seven light blue blouses but no matching skirts or pants. - and that's a challenge if you're working in one of those offices where they require you to wear pan

equally unsurprisingly, regulators will let the banks off with a wrist slap for their failure to executed effective reviews. regulators have said that the goal in ending the reviews is to provide relief to borrowers in a more timely manner. if it's timely relief they wanted, they would not have instituted the deeply flawed review process in the first place. nor would they have let the sham reviews drag on for more than a year. worse, the settlement amount is inadequate. since there are no reliable analysises to identify wronged borrowers, there is also no clear way to apportion the $3.3 billion among 3.8 million borrowers covered by the settlement." >> the bank audits. >> it's interesting, i was thinking about this last night, it's hard to think of very many hometown newspapers that are as antagonistic toward their hometown industry as "the times" is toward the banks. the houston papers i don't think are bashing exxon every day, but put that aside. "the times" has a very strong point of view on this. and i'm not here to defend the banks, but the fact is the banks paying -- >> by the way,