we will ask "the new york times" wesley morris about his social comedy and whether it's basing a backlash. >>> a woman is celebrating her 100 birthday on this leap day. we will see how scientists uncovered the astronomical analogy. time to show you some of the morning's headlines from around the globe. buzz aldrin saying we will get to mars by 2040. he believes a staging base on the moon would be needed. >>> the seattle times reports first shop in italy next year. starbucks hasn't been as self successful in italy than other nations. >>> a man busted for allegedly selling fake hamilton tickets. he is accused of selling two bogus tickets to the hit musical for $175 apiece to a craigslist. he was arrested when the woman's boyfriend set up a sting with police when he tried to sell the same tickets to him. >>> jada pinkett-smith and will smith boycotted last night's ceremony after the nominations were introduced. rock took a jab at them. >> jalen boycotting the oscars i wasn't invited! oh, that's not an invitation i would turn down. but i understand -- i'm not hating. i understand you're mad.

so y'all would be watching neil right now. >> wesley morris and elena are here tris rock do? >> i thought he did great. we don't want him to be comfortable. we want him to push the want him to be chris rock. >> yeah. >> you don't hire him to just be nice to everybody. i think it's interesting that hef things, like he went after the jada pinkett-smith and will smith boycott or their not lly wanted to keep the focus on there not being nominees of color, while also pointing out the fact that the the lack of wouldn't get the job irnl. >> he either. he is providing a context when he gave aor the idea of boycotting. >> both of you gave him straight a's? >> no. >> no. >> i just want to mention one ught he did was brilliant make the point about there being black oscars and why the gender categories are sti i've been saying this -- i wanted to write a story about this and i've been saying three years, the grammys no longer have gender categories. i want to know what would happen -- i think it would n terms of how we talk about these things if you eliminated the gender category. >> one