believe that it should pass. 22% believe it should not pass. while 44% had no opinion at all. listen to this. support spikes when the pollsters gave those same people specific details about the plan, including cutting the pay roll tax rate, extending unemployment benefits, and increasing taxes on the wealthy and corporations. 63% then said they favored the bill with 32% opposed. now the senate voted against advancing this bill with two democrats breaking rank and voting no. this morning, on the "today" show vice president joe biden said the white house has gone out of its way to make the proposal as attractive as it can be to republicans. >> last night we heard people say this is a temporary fix. they will only give long term tax breaks to the wealthy but not to the poor. when you show up on a scene and someone is bleeding because they've cut an artery and they've also broken their back, if you stop the bleeding to put a turn kit on, somehow that's

only temporary. >> president obama is saying today that this fight isn't over. he was speaking at the american latino heritage forum that the white house was hosting at the interior department and really saying that they aren't going to take no for an answer when it come to getting a jobs bill through congress. >> that's exactly right. what you'll see is the bill chopped up into smaller components. things that actually could pass the united states senate and also the u.s. house of representatives. one of the reasons why the legislation didn't clear the senate yesterday is how difficult it is to get 60 votes to clear procedural hurdles in the united states senate. even if all democrats had voted for the legislation, you still would have needed another seven republicans. so you're going to see the white house as well as senate democrats and congressional democrats go back to the well to see what can get 60 votes in the senate and also, a majority support, 218 votes in the house. >> and senator reid pulled back voting no so they could talk

about it again in the future. >> right. that's a procedural move you see time and time again when the majority ends up losing a vote. that the majority leader would decide to vote against it so they can bring it up again. >> we've got a long way to go with this one. we'll talk about it. great to see you. the news nation also following breaking news right now at the manslaughter trial of michael jackson's doctor. let's take a live look at the courtroom where a cardiologist from the california medical board is testifying. just a short time ago, conrad murray's lawyers dropped the claim that jackson gave himself the fatal dose of propofol. it came after dr. steinberg outlined six ways that murray was negligent including leaving jackson alone. >> when you monitor a patient, you never leave their side. especially after giving propofol. it's like leaving a baby that's sleeping on your kitchen counter

top. >> certain areally visual there. stephanie, explain what's going on as we see the trial taking shape this afternoon for the prosecution to come to rest. >> reporter: well, good afternoon to you. this was a bit of a surprising move. i do want to clarify from what we are hearing, the defense is dropping the claim that jackson may have swallowed propofol. so we understand the defense lawyer michael flanagan said a studied commission said the effects from swallowing propofol would be trivial. the judge and the prosecutor seems surprised by this disclosure which by the way was not done in front of jurors. as you said, testimony continuing right now with the cardiologist from the california medical board who reviewed the case and concluded that the deviations in the standard of care allegedly given by dr. murray directly contributed to michael jackson's death. they found six dee yagss in care. the cardiologist testified that had dr. murray taken the proper

steps, michael jackson would still be alive. >> all those deviations giving propofol, giving it in an unmonitored setting without personnel, without appropriate monitoring, without the appropriate equipment, not being prepared. if these deviations would not have happened mr. jackson would have been alive. >> and another deviation not mentioned there was not calling 911 in a timely manner. now, yesterday we heard testimony from conrad murray via the tapes. this was the taped interview that he gave with police. and one of the thing that was talked about was the moment in which dr. murray described in which prince, paris and blanket, jackson's three children, learned of his death. it was some emotional tapes. it was an emotional tape, dr. murray saying on the tape that the children cried. that then paris uttered words of unhappiness and was worried that

she would have to live alone without her dad and be an orphan. so that is the latest here at the trial of dr. conrad murray. and again, testimony continuing as we speak with the cardiologist from the california review board. thomas? >> stephanie stanton in l.a. for us. we move on to breaking news coming to us out of florida. take a look at these images. officials say a small plane landed on florida's turnpike. this north of miami. as we're learning now, the plane landed on the turnpike near hollywood, florida. it didn't appear to have hit any cars at this time of day. at least two people were seen to be on stretchers, as you can see. one side of the turnpike is now shut down. psych traffic slowly moving on the opposite direction there. some police vehicles going by. just look at the way that this plane landed coming right up against the semibarrier in between the different direction, or the opposite direction of traffic. once again, a small plane landing on florida's turnpike

north of miami in the hollywood section of florida. again, two people that we know of right now that we're seeing taken off in stretchers. we're waiting to get word on more people that may have been inside the aircraft but it did not come in contact with any vehicles on the road. we are getting some new strong reaction this afternoon from secretary of state hillary clinton about an alleged iranian plot to assassinate saudi arabia's ambassador to the u.s. today, the u.s. imposed new sanctions on an iranian airline. the state department has issued a terror alert for americans worldwide. the alleged plan involves a bomb at an undetermined washington restaurant and blowing up the saudi embassy in washington. u.s. officials tell nbc news there was also a secondary plot targeting the israeli embassy as well. an iranian born naturalized american is under arrest and was arraigned tuesday in new york. starting last spring, he allegedly tried to hire an assassin from a mexican drug

cartel. but american official say his contact turns out to be a u.s. undercover agent. >> it was a flagrant violation of international and u.s. law and a dangerous escalation of the iranian longstanding you've of political violence and sponsorship of terrorism. >> iran is calling the allegations ridiculous. joining me in our studio, tehran bureau chief, it's good to have you here as we try to dissect through all the information that's now coming out. this afternoon press secretary jay carney giving a briefing at the white house a short time ago. says that this plotting happened at senior levels of iran's elite quds force. what can you tell us about the elite quds force? >> it is the revolutionary guard's international branch. they've taken the most elite members of the guard and put them in the quds forceful these the top of the top in iran and they do all their operations abroad. having said that, it is

uncharacteristic of that to pull off an operation like this on american soil at a time when iran is under such scrutiny over its nuclear program. i just can't see them wanting this headache. on the other side, and in the comments that are coming from the doj and the secretary of state, very vocal. they must have some evidence to back this up. so i think over the course of the next few days as the evidence come out, we'll have a clearer picture. >> we'll see the one suspect making an appearance in court. a second suspect is believed to be in iran. what do we know about the connection that he may have to the iranian government? >> the second suspect may have some connection to the man that was arrested here. apparently they have a cousin linked in the quds force. he would have been a senior operative in iran advising him, telling him to go about his business if indeed he was involved. the other guy is in iran at large. so i don't think we'll ever see him again. >> and wheen while, iran is calling this ridiculous and saying this is america setting us up, making us look bad so

they can i they can impose more sanctions. >> yesterday they said this is an excuse by america and israel to further ice late rapp, bring bigger sanctions in. they even went to say this was a plot by america to deflect attention on what's going on on wall street. >> all right. great to see you, you head back tomorrow. right? >> yes. >> great to see you. safe travels to you. we bring in the director of policy in government affairs at the philanthropic plow shares fund. we'll talk about what you think of this. this is what vice president biden said about the plot on the "today" show. take a listen and we'll talk about it. >> the idea that you would assassinate a diplomat, that is something for the whole world, every nation in the world may learn the facts of this will be outraged that they would violate such an international norm. in addition to obviously being a claim to assassinate anybody,

and in the process, probably have killed scores of americans. >> we're still waiting on an abundance of fookts legitimize all of this. still a question of whether the iranian government was involved in this, especially to the higher senior levels. why would they attempt such an assassination, especially as ali is pointing out. they are in such a tentative world view as it is under the nuclear program suspicions. >> that is the question that is being asked right now amongst the former national security intelligence professional community. why did this happen? if it did indeed happen? it is clear there was a serious tlelt. the administration has a plan. it has been effective in counter terrorism, at home and abroad and it is really looking at ways to prevent terrorist acts and it found something. why would the iranians do something now? and the intelligence community of professionals are looking at this saying, wow, this is a really amateurish action. this does not appear like the

quds force and it doesn't add up. >> this is all based on the fact there is this alleged iranian plot to assassinate saudi arabia's ambassador to the u.s. we're hearing how the u.s. is going to be responding. sanctioned, probably more to come. how might saudi arabia respond? >> certainly, this strengthens the american hand in promoting more aggressive measures against iran in the international arena. this means that the u.s. when engaging other countries on diplomacy, putting more political pressure for iran to stop the nuclear program, this will strengthen its hand. saudi arabia is very circumspect yesterday. did not respond immediately. there are major tensions between saudi arabia and iran. a regional competition over many years. so this may very well unleash different dynamics. right now, it is too early to tell. certainly we need to allow for some cooler heads to prevail and not see any rash actions take place. >> great to have you on today. thank for your time.

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mitt romney is emerging as the leader of the pack. grill at the table by his rivals, he defended his 59 point economic plan. the massachusetts health plan that went into effect while romney was governor, even the wall street bailout. take a listen. >> action had to be taken. was it perfect? no. was it well implemented? no, not particularly. were there some institutions that should not have been bailed out? absolutely. romney care has driven the cost of small business insurance premiums up by 14% over the national average in massachusetts. >> i'm proud of what we were able to accomplish. i'll tell you this. we have the lowest number of kids as a percentage uninsured of any state in america. you have a million kids uninsured in texas. a million kids. under president bush, it went down. under your leadership, it's gone up. joining me now, talk show host and msnbc contributor,

michael smerconish. what is your take away? >> i think he looks strong. there have been no gaffes, no stumbles of any significance by mitt romney in any of the debates we've had thus far. a long process, slow and steady wins this race. i've often said that he doesn't need to win the debates. he just needs to survive this whole primary process and so far he is doing that. >> he is doing that. something else getting a lot of buzz is herman cain getting attacked for his 999 plan to fix the economy. he defended it on the daily run-down. take a look at this and we'll talk on the other side. >> the fact that i got attacked so much, my plan got attacked so much, that's a good thing. it gives me an opportunity to correct my misperceptions. >> for most people, they'll have a net-net tax decrease because we've expanded the base. >> so he thinks it's a good thing. it is an interesting thing to watch.

that 19 other candidates really care about the surge he's taken in the polls and they find him to be a contender. do you think he won points last night for how he was presenting his comebacks to the attacks on the 9-9-9 plan? >> i think he did last night but it will be interesting to see whether he can now sustain the scrutiny that i suspect will follow herman cain. just as michele bachmann was a flash in the pan and then the joot any bar was raised. and frankly, she didn't match it. and then rick perry, same kind of thing. he look enticing to a number of folks. they took a closer look and his number are in free fall. when people really start to parse the 9-9-9 proposal. when for example those 47 or so percent who haven't been paying taxes now recognize they'll be on the hook for 9%. i think there will be a lot of legitimate questions raised and i don't know if he'll sustain the scrutiny. >> it was interesting when rick santorum asked the crowd there, who liked the idea of the 9%? not one hand went up.

see? that's how many votes you'll get in new hampshire. i want to move to rick perry. he seemed to have a lot of pressure on him. a lot of people having expectations to see how he would do. take a look at how he performed. >> i'm going to lay it out all for you tonight. mitt has had six years to be working a plan. i've been in this about eight weeks. >> so after the debate, he said debates aren't my strong suit. this debate really zeroed in on the economy. how could perry not have gotten details of any economic plan out there given the fact that he knew that would be something of last night's debate. >> last night, i'm in my barcalounger like everybody else, tweeting, my thought about him is that he look overcoached. whether you like or dislike this guy, he is full of something and vinegar. i won't fill in the blank. he's now lost that edge. he seemed so docile and so coached and following talking points. i thought he blew a huge opportunity. the big story yesterday,

politically speaking, was mike isikoff's investigative report on nbc which said that romney advisers had been brought to the white house to school the obama administration on romney care so that they could replicate it on a national level. and last night i thought for sure when each were given the opportunity to question mitt romney, they would say, hey, governor, what of it? you're always drawing a distinction between romney care and obama care. now we've just learned through this investigative report that your folks were the ones called upon to be the architects. nobody raised it last night. missed opportunity. >> i'm thinking about you. modern day dad. barcalounger and tweeting. >> the kids are all asleep. they have no interest in this, unfortunately. >> who would have thought when they were invented, people would be tweeting in them 50 years later? >> true. up next, a father's struggle. i'll talk to a man who has been fighting to get his name and his partner's name both on their adopted son's birth certificate.

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jointly adopt in louisiana. they instead offered. the louisiana registrar said this is an issue of you and your partner not being married at the time of the adoption. but you were not denied legal recognition of the adoption in new york. so why do you feel that you and your partner are being treated unfairly in this instance? >> well, if you ask the state of louisiana, they're basically saying because we're an unmarried couple. that seem to be the catch 22. we can't get married. even if we did get married, louisiana would not recognize that marriage. really, the issue that we feel is that this is more of a constitutional issue. this was an adoption that happened in the state of new york. the decree was sent to the state of louisiana. and because of full faith and credit, they really should have

granted us the amended birth certificate like in any adoption. >> have you thought about coming back to new york and getting married here and then going back to louisiana to say, because it is legal to get married in new york, to go back to louisiana? would they recognize it then? >> they still wouldn't recognize it. just as a matter of point, my partner and i did actually have a civil union in connecticut because that's where we were living at the time. just over the border. and that civil union has become just as a matter of law, is now considered a marriage. so technically we are married. but louisiana does not recognize it. >> louisiana attorney general said that he was pleased with this decision by the supreme court saying it does not compel, or he does not compel louisiana to change its public records to conform to other state's laws. when you hear something like that, what is your response? >> it's extremely disheartening and it makes us very, very

angry. really at the crux of the matter is our child's rights. this is not a gay rights issue. this is a children's rights issue. this make our son really a second class citizen. he doesn't have a birth certificate. and we don't understand that. that's the part that's confusing to us and it is very upsetting. >> where do you go from here and how do you make sure he is properly medically covered by mshance? >> we've had to do some thing. we've had to supply documentation. we've had to supply really the adoption decree from the judge which is a sealed document. so technically we're breaking the law each time we use that document to establish our parent -- our child-parent relationship. we're being asked to break the law and that's what we've had to do. we do that for our own protection. so at this point from my understanding, really it's legislative action. and it is going to take some time and it will be difficult. but we're not giving up. we're doing what's right for our child. and honestly for many children

out there, we've been in contact with other families thatnd the exact same issue. >> we wish you the best of luck austin this fight for your child and your family. thanks for coming on and sharing your story with us today. >> thank you for having me. coming up, new revelations about the anthony weiner sexting scandal. a tell-all. plus, a massive blackberry outage spreads through north america frustrating million of customers. i'm one of them. and we've heard some bizarre 911 calls but never like this one. a family gets lost in a corn maze and calls emergency for help. to bring you a low-priced medicare prescription drug plan. ♪ with the lowest national plan premium... ♪ ...and copays as low as one dollar... ♪ ...saving on medicare prescriptions is easy. ♪

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>> nbc's like russert joins us live from capitol hill. democrats plan to brakt up trying to get it through piece by piece. >> that's correct. look, most democrats would admit to you privately that this bill in its entirety had no chance of getting through congress. specifically because it would have great difficulty in the senate but also named dead on arrival by republicans in the house. what they're really imploring is a piecemeal strategy. try to get bits of pieces of bill that they had they will come across the aisle and support. what type of proposal would be in? there's the extension of the pay roll tax. i spoke a to have a republican aide who said that is something the house could bring up. perhaps this fund you've heard often about it, trying to help veterans coming back from iraq and afghanistan to get a job. thing like that that they could work on. president obama with a huge push for infrastructure. he would like to see some direct money there. his idea of an infrastructure

bank is dead on arrival in the house of representatives. there is some speculation that a big highway surface transportation bill that's being worked on by republicans and democrats could possibly see the light of day out of the house. there are a few areas there. this idea of a wide reaching, widespread deeply funded $447 billion bill is very much viewed as a stimulus to republicans. that's something they won't move on at all, thomas. so it really will be bit by bit by bit, piece by piece by piece. nothing that grand. >> meanwhile, there is something else that's supposed to boost the house and the senate having a vote on free trade agreements with south korea and panama. >> we talked about the one thing the republicans say is that it is in their view, a job creator. it will eliminate terrorists. these bills are expected to pass both the house and the senate today and be signed by president obama. the white house has said all along that they would like to

present the president of south korea with that deal signed, sealed and delivered. that graem is ready to go. that should pass. you've heard some democrats come out today against the unionization practices that go on in colombia but really, widespread support overall. a lot of folks have said, these were things that were negotiated under the bush administration. democrats thought they were made better under the obama administration. and there's no -- there is a very secure pathway. no road blocks for these thing to be slowed up. >> great to see you this afternoon. thanks. >> you too. be well. there is growing anxiety that a major deal to free an israeli soldier held hostage for five years by hamas could lead to new violence. now israeli soldier giad will be set free for the release of 1,000 palestinian prisoners. joy has been dampened by news that about 300 of those palestinian prisoners have been

convicted of killing israelis. nbc's market fletcher joins me now live. he is also the author of the new book, "the list." great to see you. the book is out. you're a busy man, always writing a book or doing something of importance that we must talk about. this is very important to talk about this soldier. israel's cabinet minister said the release of the terrorist will be immense incentive to kill israelis. are those fears just identified? especially now that they've been trying get to this process over with over the last five years? >> i think so short term. the israel writes afraid that they had to do this deal they felt to get their man. the people they released include 350 people who were serving life sentences for killing up to 600 israelis. in the past, there have been these kinds of lop-sided prison exchang exchanges. in 1985 they released 1,500

palestinians to get three soldiers back. there is a history of this. what happened in the past? the israelis say, many of those released went straight back to terrorism or fighting israel through terrorist methods. so there is a real history of this. >> meanwhile, it as you point out, this continuing cycle. there are more militants threatening to capture israeli soldiers as long as palestinians are still held captive. what is the way to get to the core of the issue here? to stop the bloodshed basically? how can that be resolved? >> that's a great question. it can't be resolve in the short term. the peace negotiations have been going on for 18 years and that's why when the palestinian president mahmoud abbas went to the united nations. he's in the process of trying to get the state of palestine through peaceful means, nonviolent means. that is in a way a hopeful sign but hamas rejects that. they have sworn to the disruption of israel and insist

that they will continue the fight against israel. and right now they're releasing the prisoner for 1,000 palestinians. the hamas leaders have already said their first goal now is to kidnap another israeli soldier. >> it goes on. while wif here, i want to ask you about "the list." will you tell us about the book? >> oh, sure. it is a book about how jewish holocaust survivors adapted to their new lives after the second world war. it is based very much on my own family story. most of my family died in the holocaust apart from my parents. and i wanted to write about that. what was it like to find out what happened to your family in the holocaust? how was it to rebuild a life? unfortunately i couldn't ask my parents. by the time i had the idea for the book they were dead. i had to do a lot of research. an emotional story which also became a bit of a political thriller. but i won't give that away. >> thank you for sharing it as much as you did. the book is called "the list."

thank you very much. the repeal of a domestic violence law tops our look at stories around the nation. budget cuts in to peek a kansas led to the city council voting to decriminalize domestic violence. the vote shifts responsibility for prosecuting misdemeanors to the state where it is still a crime. millions of blackberry users around the globe are still unable to use their phones today because of a mass service disruption. an internal technical glitch is blame on these outages which span five continents over the past three days. research in motion. the company that designed the black berry said it is working a solution for all. and the massachusetts family calls 911 after getting trapped in, you guessed it, that corn maze. a scared woman called police for help after getting stuck. past closing time with her husband and small baby.

>> you will be happy to know that they are safe. the family was rescued and they turned out to be just 25 feet from the exit. day 26 of the occupied wall street protest in new york city will once again center on banker jamie diamond. he is the chairman and ceo of jpmorgan chase. protesters are expected to gather outside the new york city headquarters of jpmorgan chase today. the rally against new york's 2% millionaires tax that and nirs december. just yesterday, the march stopped in front of his manhattan home. now more for us in new york city where protesters are gearing up for another big weekend. there is a planned march, i understand, on the banks this weekend. tell us what we expect to see on that. >> reporter: yeah. we're going to see a lot of activity this week. that's what we're expecting. there is a global day of activity planned. it is being called united for global change.

organizers say they have planned more than 700 events in 71 countries on every continent on the planet. the idea is for groups with similar grievances to come out on the same day in a show of solidarity. near new york protesters say they are planning to city police banks and ultimately end up in times square. this event has the potential to draw thousands. it was an event last week with the labor unions held on a wednesday on a week night and that drew thousands. this is taking place on a saturday during the day. you can see why we are expecting a big turnout. in terms of the message, there is this question that we've been hearing so often which is why are people here? why whatever do they want? aid chance to talk to one of the protesters today. someone who has been here since the beginning. and he tried to explain to me why they're here. >> these need to be fixed. the financial system is tilted, skewed toward the rich and the powerful. and you know, politicians catered to them for their political contributions.

that's just the tip of the iceberg from which the other problems flow. so that's the message. and the louder that we broadcast that, the better. >> thomas know for the next couple of days a lot of rain is expected. you can see they've been battening down the hatches, covering everything with tarps to get ready for that. >> the storm are coming over the next several days. that's for sure. thank you. still ahead, police arrest a man they say hacked into the e-mail accounts of scarlett johansson as well as other celebrities. first, a lot going on today. here are some of the things we thought you should know. doupg do you remember this picture of the first lady michelle obama shopping at target last month? in an interview, she said you may be surprised by just how often she escapes the white house for shopping. >> i do that more frequently than people realize. and it's amazing how people don't recognize me. they don't expect to see me at

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coming up at the top of the hour, the state of the gop field and the best headline of the day. herman cain screams 9-9-9 while rick perry may want to dial 911. his campaign is staggering.

romney baby flying. why no love from the tea party? chris matthews and a host of others help us handicap the race. now back to thomas. >> thanks so much. so general motors today unveil its first all electric car. it is called the chevy spark. cnbc's phil lebow covers the auto industry. when can consumers get it? >> not for a while and it will be limited in material of distribution. it will come out in 2013 in select markets in the u.s. this is really taking the compact chevy spark which we will see in showroom already rolling into showroom. the internal combustion showroom. they'll put an electric engine in it. we don't know the range nor the price. although likely there will be a premium over the internal combustion engine and the range will be in that 75 to 125 miles, fully charged. but this is gm showing it's committed to rolling out a full line of electric vehicles. of course, they have the chevy volt which is a gas assist

extended range electric vehicle. now you see the spark. we'll see more models introduced over the next year to year and a half. >> it takes a spark to start a fire. great to see you. thanks. this is the video everyone is talking about today. nicki minage surprises the little girl who has become the sensation. the feds arrest a man they say has been hacking celebrities. let's get the scoop now from today's pop couplumnist. and i've had this song stuck in my head. >> we're talking about sophia, they put this on youtube. they were fantastic at it. like creepy fantastic. real pipes here we're talking about. not this kind of stuff -- >> not lip syncing. >> they've got rhythm and everything. fast forward to the ellen degeneres show in the else airing today. nicki minage came on stage and surprised these two little girl.

some of the best live reaction i've ever seen before. take a look. ♪ >> it's definitely worth checking out the whole thing if you can. one of the great thing is nicki was so good with these kids. you don't always see these celebrities know how to react with kids but she was fantastic. and she said you're really talented but stay in school. >> she gave them wigs. that whole thing was adlibed like they just did that off the cuff. >> all three of them on the stage are pros. moving on to beyonce. she is in the middle of a scandal yet again. she's being criticized for possibly stealing some dance moves for her video for countdown. the newer song that she has out right now. a belgian choreographer is saying that really she choreographed those moves in a video. >> when do you the side by side. >> let's take a look right now.

♪ >> it's worth noting here that it isn't the very first time that beyonce has been accused of doing something like this with single ladies, she was accused of taking some of, or borrowing some of those dance moves, too. you're looking at the single ladies video there. >> there you go. >> the videos didn't look anything alike. >> that punch the ground move is apparently very bob fossy. >> why would you plagiarize? the hair do was the same. >> it seems like a little bit much. i'm going to go with imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. >> then why was not she wearing that hot yellow number? >> the universe has. questions. >> another question that may be solved is the situation with the celebrity -- >> that's right. the availability of new photos of celebrities is just dwindled greatly as of today. the fbi had a press conference

earlier today saying if. if you recall those nude photos of scarlett johansson that leak on the internet and other places, they found the man who they think did that. a florida man. christopher cheney of jacksonville who is said to have been behind this. a lone wolf of sorts. he hacked into e-mail accounts and then kind of hijacked the forwarding feature so that every time one of these people sent an e-mail, it also sent a copy to an e-mail address that he controlled. and so he was able to disseminate the photos. >> wow! >> he's looking at 25 counts of i.d. theft, unauthorized access to a computer. serious stuff. >> we don't get to see each other often enough. you look beautiful. >> thank you. flattery will get you every where with me at this point. for more you can log on to the scoop.today.com. the new movie re-creates the

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