veronica mars the movie.nelly has been followed kristen bell and company for the past year. >> i don't really do that anymore. >> a feature financed by fans via social media. it's unprecedented in hollywood history. >> mars. >> it's been a year in the making. "nightline" has been there every step of the way. >> a girl, a teenager and a private detective. a triple threat. >> seven years after its small screen debut, veronica mars and its sleuth at center with enjoy an unlikely resurrection. kristen bell is now the voice of anna in "frozen" and the original veronica mars cast. >> i wanted to make the movie since the day our production shut down. our cast has been stayed very close. we knew everyone was in. >> did anyone on your team say it's crazy. you have a flourishing career. you don't have to do this. >> i do not let them talk to me like that. second of all, i do not have a flourishing film career. >> reporter: veronica mars was a perfect fit for the skills of kristen bell. >> so much of me is in veronica.

future for "veronica mars."films could you potentially do? >> i think we could keep going. kristen bell has said she would go until she was angela lansbury's age. [laughter] we may be doing these for the next 50 years. we're hoping this movie does well. we could be a low-budget bond franchise. no reason why there couldn't be a new "veronica mars" every couple of years. >> i did see one headline that said it is so good, you could expect a sequel. "veronica mars." >> it is hard to imagine being better than the original. i have seen each one dozens of time. >> the movie is out this weekend. time for that byte, one number that tells us a whole lot. >> how about $30,000? that is the dollar amount by a founder holding that money in his hands. after the company got funded, they received $25 million last year. >> a great story by bloomberg news. it sort of seems like it is not going very well. people are not same very long. we do not know what they are working on. we will see about that one. have a great weekend, everyo

"veronica mars." >> the movie is out this weekend.that byte, one number that tells us a whole lot. >> how about $30,000? that is the dollar amount by a er holding that money in his hands. receive 20 family dollars last year -- >> it's sort of seems like it is not going well. we do not know what they are working on. we will see about that one. have a great weekend, everyone. ♪ . >> welcome to "lunch money," where we tie together the best stories, interviews, and videos in business news. in world, malaysia expands the search for the missing jetliner. looking into possible pilot and crew involvement. in africa, companies trying to break into the new frontier of investment. apollo, all you can eat. the private equity giant that just bought chuck e. cheese wants a piece of dave and busters. happy friday, 3.14 occupies a special place in our hearts. megadeth, mega-successful.

>> we are going to do a funny, spin-off of veronica mars. to be ryan hansen attempting to get a dick casablanca spin off of the show. it will be very meta-. internally it will be closer to my other show "party down." it will include a lot of lebron um -- veronica mars regulars in it. >> i know you see a potential james bond play but future for veronica mars and all of her adventures. how many films do you think you could potentially do? >> i think we could keep going , kristen bell said she would go until she was angela lansbury age. we may be doing these for the next 50 years. if they will let us. we are hoping this first movie does well. a low-budget bond franchise. there's no reason why there could be a new veronica mars years -- movie every couple of years. >> i did see one headline that said it is so good you can expect a sequel. everyone dozens of times. the movie out this weekend. time for the bite. >> one number that tells us a lot. how about $30,000? it is the dollar amount being waived. the company got funded. received $25,000 last

>>what do you think about the veronica mars situation? the fans love it. through crowdfunding and kickstarter they poured in some $5.7 million just to get it on the silver screen. >>well i don't think it's gonna make that $5.7 million back at least in the theaters. maybe when it hits video it will pick up pace. but it's only gonna be playing in a handful of theaters after all the expense and time that went into crowdfunding this thing. we're gonna see it mostly on on-demand. so that means people who have cable service and amazon and itunes can watch it at home and don't have to hunt the film down in the theaters. >>at the box office last weekend, 300:rise of an empire came in at number 1 with $45 million, mr. peabody and sherman at $32 million, non-stop at $15 million, the lego movie at $10 million, son of god coming in at $10 million. but analysts are really down on this mr. peabody movie. they're saying that dreamworks could take an $84 million write down. what do you think? >>the panic derives from the fact that this was a very expensively budgeted film

they contributed to kickstart her to revive "veronica mars" on the big screen. >> we had to bring you back. >> "veronica mars" returns in a new full-length movie to solve a murder involving her ex-boyfriend. after the cw canceled these series about the teenage private eye. the comeback is attributed to fans to contributed to kickstart her. opens friday on 270 screens and simultaneously on demand. the mix of fan money, social media, theatrical, and on demand could create a new wave to get mall movies produced. 300:e movies this weekend, rise of an empire to pen an impressive $45 million. 10% ofeens, that's about the number of screens a blockbuster opens on and do not expected to win the box office area do expect this to change, possibly, the way movies are made. >> if you contribute the money, shouldn't you be able to see it for free? >> no, no. i think you got a t-shirt, maybe a couple of background shots. would think you would get something better than a t-shirt. >> she is sort of like nancy drew. think of it that way. >> all right. pizza up -- a large company filing for bankruptcy.

the clip is the "veronica mars" movie. this friday. >> haven't you spent nine years figuring out exactly who you are? hasn't your life been better since giving this up? getting out of neptune? it was an iniquitous hellhole when you left, and from the look of things, it's only gotten more corrupt. everything you worked for is right in front of you. solid relationships, quality job prospects, low-profile existence. or does all that just bore the [ bleep ] out of you, veronica? >> jimmy: whoa. [ cheers and applause ] everybody in our audience will go see "veronica mars" this weekend. but to get you guys through the week, kristen bell brought a a copy of the "frozen" dvd for everybody here tonight! [ cheers and applause ] so there you go! ♪ that's the kind of guests that we love! that's what i'm talking about! kristen bell, you want to stick around and play a game with us? >> i would love to. >> jimmy: yeah. that's what i'm talking about. kristen bell and i are playing pictionary after the break! come on back! come right back!

. >> but the show "veronica mars" is placing a big bet that if you build it they will come.w premieres. we are up all night long with abc's chris connolly. >> i don't really do that anymore. >> reporter: a feature financed by fans, via social media. it's up precedented in hollywood history. seven years after its small screen fadeout, veronica mars and teenager sleuth in its center can enjoy an unlikely resurrection. as a film that reunites kristin bell, now claimed as voice as anna in "frozen." and the original veronica mars cast. >> i wanted to make the movie since the day our production shut down. i mean, our cast stayed very close. so we knew everyone was in. >> oh, my god. veronica mars. >> hi, gina. >> just to exist, this new movie needed cutting edge technology and more than 91,000 fans who paid for the production. like flight attendant lillian tomlin. >> it was something i wanted for so long. i was just excited at the opportunity. >> reporter: now a social media success, one we began following last spring with "veronica mars" writer, producer and now director, rob tom

reporter: chryst tin best teenage teenage lieutenant is veronica mars, now she is grown up and on thep a boyfriend who is accused of murder. along the way she runs into all her old friends and enemies. the movie was primarily funded by a wildly successful crowd funding campaign that raised nearly $6 million. veronica mars is rated pg-13. >>> and taking a look at sports, jason collins has been assigned by the rest of the season to the brook loan mets, second-10 day contract which the mets had to sign him for the remainder of the season, the raiders agreed today on a 2 year deal to keep free agent safety yung, after an injury shortened first year inoke land, young's agent tweeting that out today, running back gary mcfadden signing his one- year contract to the team. >>> who is that? that is web -- of san jose a fan of -- her mom and dad sent that in to us and we thought we would share it with you, we have young dem graphics you know, 11:00 is a bit past her -- in this incredible weather. >>> you never know. >> you never know. >> but, yeah, the weather has been spectacular and wonderful

. >> veronica mars. >> for $10,000 you can actually be in the movie? >> i think so. oh my god. >> we begin in ukraine where a senior united nations diplomat learned just how dangerous the situation is in crimea. u.n. envoy robert serr serry is. the secretary of state john kerry's efforts to decalculate and get parties to talk in paris has failed. russia proposed its own sanctions against the west that would allow it to confiscate assets belonging to european and u.s. countries. nick schifrin is in sempl simfel in ukraine. you were there when u.n. gloament roberdiplomat robert s. >> serry was not so much held up at gunpoint but threatened by armed men right as he walked out of ukrainian naval headquarters about three or four hours ago. that's when he politely declined their insistence that he leave crimea. he invited journalists to stay with him, almost guard him. he explained what he was going to do, he resisted leaving but we're not sure why he gave in but he said yes i will leave. big russian flags chanting putin, putin, russia russia clearly colluded and barricade

tv character veronica mars featured debut -- feature film debut this week. about it coming up. ♪ >> this weekend box office winner was actually last weekend's alleged flop. we are talking about "mr. peabody and sherman." it is about a very smart dog and his adopted sons and their time traveling adventures. it earned about $21.2 million. and in second place, rise of an empire. the adaptation of 300 grossed 1.1 million dollars in its second week. and in third place, the need for speed. it pulled in $17.8 million in its first weekend. and a rocky opening weekend for veronica mars, not just at the box office. it grossed just $2 million. there are also glitches for those downloading the digital version at home. backers who donated $35 or more could watch online, except some experienced five-hour delays. all kinds of technical issues. the movie, which is a film version of the much beloved low rated television series was almost entirely financed through crowd funding. 5.7 million dollars in the kick starter. >> i started doing back of the cocktail napkin math am i

"veronica mars" opens nationwide on friday.f the weather. >> what a group out here. we have a bit of a rain/snow mix coming down. it will be a rather mild day. look at the ladies from pennsylvania. 60 years of hiking. and on my right here, happy birthday to samantha, in minnesota. let's get right into that forecast. we have beautiful twitter photos to show you. coming from hawaii. we thought we would all warm up there. kona, the big island. and port -- anybody know? you have to -- no one in the crowd knows. parts of california, a nice sunset. tuesday, it starts in chicago. parts of michigan, ohio, that is snow. and more snow for parts of new england, wednesday into thursday. some places could see a foot. just as we all start talking about spring, some more snow to talk about, too. >>> good morning. a little wet for the morning commute, but a whole lot of sunshine. temperatures near average this afternoon. 60 at the coast, mid to upper 60s for the rest of us. check out the accuweather forecast. near record high this weekend. >>

, pero posiblemente en la segunda voy a ver si puedo manejar uno de los autos. >> en pelÍcula "verÓnica marspero debido a la manera en que se lleva el caso las cosas no salen bien, y verÓnica se encuentra de nuevo en una vida que creÍa haber dejado atrÁs. un hombre que compite en un concurso de deletreo y ortografÍa para niÑos, las reglas establecen que pueden participar aquellos que no han terminado el octavo grado, y como nunca llegÓ a completarlo tÉcnicamente puede convertir, nadie confÍa que puede llegar a vencerlos, pero hay algo que no saben, se estÁ haciendo pasar por tonto, y su plan estÁ dando funcionando. para los estrenos de blueray esta semana, mi favorita, y ganadora de mejor pelÍcula animada en el oscar "frozen", esperemos que se la pasen muy bien este fin de semana. >> y este fin de semana tambiÉn estrena la cinta "club de madres solteras", que debuta en hollywood, y bueno y lo hace junto a la compaÑÍa, como lo puede observar de william levi, maÑana vamos a presentar una entrevista, y no se lo puede perder, por cierto, pronto hollywood se va a contagiar de una cinta en la que

of course, the creator of the "veronica mars" television show. broke records on kickstarter.veronica mars" movie and made $6 million. the scar kristin bell joined us yesterday. this is even for crowd sourcing and kickstarter, which is a fantastic thing, you had the idea about a year ago today to do this. >> uh-huh. >> in the first few hours, it's like watching a ticker. what was that like? >> it blew my mind. we were hopeful. i had been sort of the pied piper trying to convince warner brothers for a year we would take off and we'd do all right but in my wildest dreams those first 12 hours, i couldn't have imagined that. we -- we asked for $2 million and we had 30 days to get there and we got there in less than 12 hours. >> less than 12 hours, so you get about 6 million bucks. great way to make a movie. what i love, though, is when the show went off the air, you made something of a calculated artistic decision to not give it a satisfying conclusion. >> that's right. the network, when we had three or four episodes left, asked me if maybe i would consider putting a nice little b

. >> veronica mars, the silver screen sleuth? >> our fans made this movie possible. out the red carpet now. ♪ >> welcome to "on the red carpet." i'm rachel smith. we're here at the home of cedric the entertainer and nash. let's hear from this week's fi

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. >> and back to school and back to work for the stars of "veronica mars." >> i never in a million years thought we would make a movie. >> we're rolling out the red carpet now. ♪ >> welcome to "on the red carpet" from park city, utah. i'm rachel smith. every year some of the most exciting and groundbreaking movies of the year come out of the sundance film festival. here's a look at some the star-studded movies you could be seeing in theaters soon. this year's winner of sundance's grand jury

fans of "veronica mars" just decided.ood. >> on the market, liberty media, the stock is popping a little bit today. liberty media announced plans to split into two tracking stocks earlier this year. -- later this year. this is all about charter's failed bid for tar morning -- time warner cable, intended as a way to finance a takeover. that comcast is buying time warner, liberty media has to come up with some alternatives. here they are. it should make shareholders happy. >> tarnish on the golden arches. do not tell my kids. employees are suing mcdonald's. ♪ >> this is "market makers." back.come i am stephanie ruhle. >> i am erik schatzker. we are talking about mcdonald's. there is in trouble at the golden arches. >> again. >> workers in three states are suing the chain and several franchise workers. they claim them are not paid for all the hours they worked, and did not get the breaks they were entitled to. we are joined by a lawyer in california. he is in san francisco this morning. talk about the evidence you are presen

fora rocky opening weekend veronica mars, not just at the box office. it grossed just $2 million.litches for those downloading the digital version at home. backers who donated $30 or more could watch online, except some experienced five-hour delays. the raw kinds of technical issues. the movie, which is a film version of the much beloved low rated television series was almost entirely financed through crowd funding. 5.7 million dollars in the kick starter. >> i started doing back of the cocktail napkin math am i trying to figure out, well, it seemed crazy at the time, but could we raise a couple million dollars on kick starter to fund our movie echo -- our movie? at the time, the biggest kick was $900,000, so we would have been asking more than twice the largest project ever. it seemed a bit crazy when i thought of it, but we kept pursuing it until we got a yes. >> and you have thousands and thousands of backers as a result. what do these backers get? will we see a world record producer credit? giving producer credit was one of the things i was originally going to offer, but the p

some backers got to be extras in the "veronica mars" movie. >> has the mandate changed?he mission statement? >> no, we are fortunate in that the original idea we had in 2001 have been consistent throughout. it is hard to do creative things and make art. the only ideas that seem to get money just make someone else money. a lot of the great ideas of the world are things that people are excited about. they have passion for it. >> as somebody who supports kickstarter projects, you make a contribution because you may imagine that other people would enjoy it. participate, we will not get the fruits of this. >> we are creating the culture that we want to see, rather than accepting the one we have. billion has been largely a $25 increments. people are not spending their life savings. >> you just passed $1 billion. that is remarkable. size of thel pledges. $1 billion. is that a milestone of significance? >> i guess so. it is a big number. i do not know what to think about it. a lot people care about bringing things to life. they care about creative things. this happens in the pas

>> crowd funding brought veronica mars back to life on the big screen this time.he is all the way to space. that's ahead. hi, yancey. that's ahead on a te ond is in jail >>> good morning. teacher in richmond is now in jail this morning accused of sexually abusing four students at a middle school. ronald guinto was then hired at another school. no one there knew he was under investigation for that alleged abuse at another school. >>> a woman spent 15 hours clinging to a raft after her boat sank off the monterey coast. two fishermen rescued her. they got her to the hospital in time. she should be just fine. very lucky. >>> and that mysterious google barge slipped out of the bay under the cover of night. google isn't saying where it's headed but it is on its way up the delta. we can tell you that much. and we hear the rumor is it could be the city of stockton. >>> stay with us. traffic and weather in just a moment. television announcer: mattress discounters' $197 mattress sale is ending soon. bulldog: mattress discounters' $197 mattress sale! television announcer: ri

kristin bell returns to her role as teenaged tv sleuth veronica mars.ig screen. she's a new york lawyer who is helping a former boyfriend accused of murder. >> are you gonna ask if i did it? >> i wouldn't be here if i thought you did. >> reporter: she runs into old friends and enemies. >> original enough for you? >> reporter: the movie was funded by a cram cam. >>> and it's sports. jason colins has been signed by the brooklyn nets. he's finished his second ten- day contract which met the nets had to sign him for the remainder of the season if they wanted to keep them. the raiders agreed to keep free agent safe young after an injury shortened his first year in oakland. young's agent tweeting that out today. the raiders also formally announced that darren mcfadden signed his one-year contract to return to the team. >>> a day today. >> absolutely beautiful. like summertime out there. >> not a cloud in the sky. >> blue skies. warm temperatures. meanwhile, the poor people in the east, different story, they have a snowstorm coming through tomorrow and monday.

while i didn't watch 'veronica mars" when it was a tv show, i know it's fans are loyal.they'll be thrilled with the big screen redux of the beautiful, witty detective. it's a delist see. >> week 51 today. increasing clouds. snow tonight into sunday. a special north of the city 26 on sunday. >> coming up, a police officer killed following a police chase ended near the dam ryan. details ended near the dam ryan. details on >>i don't have to listen to you! i wish you were dead! >> don't you ever talk to me like that! >> if you're the mother of a child with behavior problems, i'd like to talk to you. my name is janet lehman, and i'm a behavioral therapist and a mom. i know what it's like when the child that you love becomes a defiant, out-of-control child who disrespects you. that's why my husband james and i created the total transformation, the program that tens of thousands of moms are now using to turn around their child's behavior. if you've heard about the total transformation and wondered if it will work for you, now you can try it for free. i'm willing to give away a

so this movie looks like it could appeal more than just to the veronica mars fan base. "u.s.e is something rather bland about veronica marches but the one-liners are sharp and the whole thing ticks along with a minimum of fuss. >> all right. let's talk about the need for speed on the other hand. life as a wildly successful video game, it features lots of high octane drag racing and car chases. toby is just out of jail. has a beef with another driver named dominick who framed him. toby needs to get across america to street race and dominick helps him out. >> you're not going anywhere. >> ingram is not going to leave this car in the hands of an ex-con who's about to leave the state and break parole. >> "need for speed" will probably have a slow week at the box office. new york post says, young men and fast cars are automatically stupid together but even if you set your intelligence level at off you will get a hangover from this 200 proof stupid clinking with moron ice cubes and with an idiot cherry on top. >> wow. >> the cars are sexier than the cast. i want a cocktail with mor

. >> the star of veronica mars live on mars?rich people should pay higher taxes because they can afford it. end of story. xo. well, dave wants to know what is stopping her? uncle sam makes it very easy for you to contribute more if you choose. very choose? very good point, dave. what do you think of this? >> you see people like this and they are constantly making the implication that taxes, no matter what, will not have any implication or any effect on behavior, and yet "variety" magazine, the bible of hollywood, has been writing as early as earlier this month talking about the massive flight of production from hollywood because of tax incentives so on the one hand, you know, kristen who is a pretty savvy social media promoter of herself, and her film is not doing too well at the box office, a good way to kind of get her name in the news. here we are talking about her. >> she did okay in "frozen." she was one of the princesses. >> and her new movie came out and mired pretty well. >> she's in the 1/10 of 1%, that's fine. anyone w

this friday, fans of "veronica mars" rejoice, as the smash-hit t.v. series finally becomes a movie. hings veronica, rob thomas. for more on the new film, check out tonight's "last call" spotlight. >> no one actually sat down and did the math of how long it would take to sign all these posters, but the answer i can now vouch is about 12 hours to sign 5,500 posters.

something veronica mars, things like that. it's more imaginative than a financial return. >> rose: has the mandate >> how do you mean. >> rose: the mission statement, the purpose. >> no. we actually are very fortunate of that. the original idea that my partner perry had in 2001 has been consistent throughout. the idea was always that it was too hard to do creative things and to make art. and especially because the only ideas that seemed to get money are ones that might make someone else money. but of course a lot of the great ideas in the world are just things that people want to do because they're excited about it. because they have passion for it and kickstarter is the place. >> rose: i assume somebody who supports kickstarter, kickstarter project would make that contribution because they may imagine that there are other people like me would enjoy this. unless we participate, we won't get the food service. >> yes. we're making a better world. we're creating the culture that we want to see rather than accepting the one we alr

we are talking about veronica mars. she is back on the big screen thanks to kickstart her.e look at the five most successful campaigns in its history. ♪ ♪ >> have a terrific night, everyone. i will see you right back here tomorrow at 3:00 eastern. ♪ the hour andast that means bloomberg television is on the market. news we to mention some got from herbalife. it has postponed its annual meeting just by five days to allow herbalife to continue its discussion with carl icahn regarding adding additional nominees to herbalife board. the company was dealt a set back after it wasregarding adding ree federal trade commission was investigating its sales practices. critic of been a big herbalife. he alleges that it is a pyramid scheme. session,on was quite a big declines for the three major averages. the s&p falling by more than one percent. the dow was down by 230 points. it was technology that took the worst of it today. you can see that in some of the names. technology apple, facebook, google all declining. amongued nervousness investors about the situation in ukraine as well as ec

but now "veronica mars" set to take the screen. what's your take? >> this movie made history.tally on demand. this movie was done through kickstarter. it's crowd funded. the show was canceled in 2007 and what they did was they raised money from the fans who wanted the film made. over $5.6 million, over 91,000 donors. you may be asking, why does hollywood need money from the fans? here is what they did. you don't just give them money. you get something for your money. depending on how much you donate, you got a t-shirt, a copy of the movie, a speaking role in the film. you could be an extra, voice mail from kristen bell, depending on how much money you gave. the movie takes place nine years after the show ended and it's about an investigation about a murder mystery. kristen bell is fantastic. >> how many stars? >> i gave it three out of five. i recommend it. they gave you a two to three minute prologue to explain what happened in the show if you never saw the show. >> you donate enough money, you have kristen bell call your answering machine. >> exactly. >> thanks, kevin. >> gr

veronica mars, the new movie based on the tv series was funded by kick starter donors who were offerededented chance to watch it at home at the same time it was released in theaters for $35. many of them had problems getting their digital copy. offering refunds one week after another digital fiasco involving the tv show "true detective." warner bros. says the vast majority of "for on echo mars" downloads worked fine. coming up, courtney and kim kardashians hav a new venture. warren buffett will offer $1 billion to anyone who has a perfect ncaa record. how likely is this? we will find out in a moment. ♪ up with a car -- em sisters is no easy task. the reality tv stars have expanded their fashion empire once again. the latest addition is her -- she and kids, girls clothing line available exclusively at babies r us. it's another collaborative effort by sisters kim, courtney, and chloe who are partners with sears on their women's line. kim and kourtney kardashian are joining me now from l.a. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you for having us. >>kim, let me start with you, why did

"veronica mars" was a tv show on the cw that went off the air a few years ago.rter to bring it back as a movie and it's going to hit screens. >> and the next weekend, another big weekend, two movies "divergent" based on the best-selling book series. >> yeah. so there's a young adult trilogy. this is the first in the series. and it's highly, highly anticipated. she stars in this. and a lot of people are excited to see their favorite characters hit the screen. >>> already, i think some of us have bought our tickets. "the muppets most wanted." >> i think we're going to see more of the terrific, songs, big capers, this one goes -- the muppets go international. ti tina fey rickey gervais. there's an evil doppleganger to deal with. >> finally, the big bible and weather extravaganza noaa on march 28th. this is the water vortex. >> so russell crow is hitting the screen as noah, telling the story of noah and his ark. there's a lot of controversy and eyes on this movie because there's a question of how true to the biblical story it's going to stay. so, you know, i think p

really does. >> you're speaking to tucker, he likes men crying who are mindless. >> exactly. >> "veronica marswas the quick-start project after the show went off the air. did it live up to the hype? >> they kick-started the movie raising $5.7 million with 91,000 donors. you don't just give the money, you get something for your money. depending on how much you donated, you have a voice mail mess edge from kristen bell and you could be in the movie with a speaking part in the film, this movie made history. the first major film by a major studio released simultaneously in theaters and on demand and digitally in the same day. it takes place nine years later after the show left off. she returns to her hometown to investigate a murder mystery. now they give you a two to three-minute prologue in the beginning to catch you up on any story you may have missed in the show. it's an interesting film, the performances are fun. i give it three out of five. worthy of a matinee. >> is this a trend we'll start seeing more? i mean, 91,000 fans coming up with $5.7 million seems like a pretty big deal. >> it's de

on march 14th the breakthrough movie of the year, a dramatic change in how we finance movies, veronica marsld go. one of the executive producers is named daniel orenstein. >> kate, you are the winner of today's match-up. do you have any final thoughts? >> i learned this week that harry reid believes his wife came up with a new democratic slogan that the gop is addicted to coke as in coke brothers. that's where he got the inspiration to go with that line. >> he knows how to stir it up. i want to thank jeff smith, l. joy williams. joe and kate for getting up this morning. thank you for getting up. tune in tomorrow, sunday at 8:00. we will have an exclusive behind the scenes look at cpac. what you haven't been seeing. plus, miss kentucky. a pageant winner from the blue grass state comes out. we'll talk to her about the battle brewing in her state about gay marriage. coming up is melissa harris marriage. how republicans are going after president obama. we'll talk about the decimation of access to reproductive rights at home. special guest sally field. nerd land is next. 2009. orbiting the moon