an indian radio station reacts to comments by jay leno. why a joke turned into a religious insult. >> as we follow northbound 880, no problems past the coliseum. construction called off because of the rain. the rain is what we're watching. maybe an issue for the morning drive. >> welcome back everyone on a friday morning. a little something extra to help you feel good, smooth traffic on the golden gate bridge. it's early but it is friday. it's 4:53. >> jay leno is sparking controversy with indian-americans. last night on "the tonight show" leno made a joke about presidential candidate mitt romney's summer home and showed a picture of the golden temple, a sacred building in india. an indian station said if u.s. headquarters in san jose was flooded with phone calls. >> the golden temple which is described in the video, you see the video, it's the most historical shrine just like for muslim and roman church for christians. so, describing it as a summer house of presidential candidate that has like in a funny way, so -- yes, it is. of course.

jay leno showed a complete misunderstanding of the faith. he shied picture of the temple saying it was mitt romney's summer home. they're suing leno over the joke. so far leno and nbc aren't commenting. >>> shares of netflix making serious noise this morning. a very welcome bump for that beleaguered company. scott mcgrew says if you time it just right, netflix can make you a lot of money. >>> well, good morning. netflix shares have been bouncing all over. they're up 20% today on the open on news that netflix had increased the number of subscribers by far more than wall street expected. now you know who is not very good at buying netflix stock? netflix. the company bought its own stock back spending $200 million last year when the stock was $220 a share. then it had to issue new shares to raise money when the stock was down in the 70s and now the stock is back up again above 100. kaiser permanente has launched a new app for its 9 million patients which puts access to their medical records and their pharmaceutical orders, e-mails from their do

suing jay leno? >> here is another thing i do think sometimes comedians fall under the umbrella of being funny then get away with stuff they shouldn't say. >> bill: did you think that? >> no. i thought it was funny. and when they did the jesus thing with tim tebow, that, i thought was over the top. >> this joke was a rich joke by the way. >> and they showed a secret temple it's not in new hampshire but it's in india. >> it's guilded in gold. and implying he's a rich guy running for president. >> come on. >> if anyone should be suing anyone it's mitt romney saying that is not my real house. >> everybody should sue. i'm tired. very owe say thchl i respect religion. you know that. but people got to have a little sense of humor. i mean, come on. you're not going to get any points from the diety. it's not going to want to hang around with you. >> it's not consistent with the seikh religion which isn't good vengeance or any sort of, the religion is a very pacifist religion. >> and when talking about a stor

tonight she is on with jay leno. the 53-year-old said there is one thing we won't see on sunday. >> dear they give you a list of rules of what you can't say? >> for sure no nipples. >> maybe janet jack is watching. the art first reveals something that he said happening during live performances that may surprise you. she will deliver an eight-minute performance against the patriot and it is giants here on nbc bay on nbc bay area. we are back with the raiders new head coach. . ♪ going to the bank without going to the bank... that's a step forward. with chase quickdeposit on your smartphone, you just snap a picture, hit send and done. chase quickdeposit. take a step forward and chase what matters. ♪ we just keep on keepin' on ♪ ♪ keep on >>> it was a historical day in oakland as they introduced dennis allen as the 18th head coach. the defensive coach since john madden roamed the sidelines in 1969. he takes over a team that was 8-8 and knows the raiders fairly well. he was a defensive coordinator for the broncos

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this is a case over the host of the tonight show, jay leno. he's been sued over a joke he cracked about mitt romney. he's been sued by a bakersfield, california, man offended by a joke about a psych red temple that leno told in his monologue on thursday, january 19th. a little more than a week ago. first of all, let's take a look at the joke. >> you know, the other day they did a behind-the-scenes look at all the presidential candidates' homes and where they live. quite revealing. take a look. >> here's a look at some of the gop candidates' homes, their cribs. >> they're impressive. newt gingrich has a 5200-square foot estate in virginia. >> ron paul put his four bedroom ranch house in texas on the market. >> here's a look at mitt romney's summer home in new hampshire. >> okay. well, that home, in quotes, is the golden temple. that's a very holy sikh sight in india. so that's the man in bakersfield is saying this was blasphemous that this was done. avery, first of all, is there a basis for a man like that to win such a lawsuit? >> you know, ev

want to do jane let me do yes i let her talk about me why not so last night i didn't even know the jay leno has this thing called coulda woulda should show and he decided basically it's like happy hour like we play clips and we talk about it as the exact same thing as a free play a clip of reading a story of american comedians talk about it. our next story very painful take a look this iranian guy twenty one year old funny really great idea to have a tattoo on his penis. and the story goes on to marry guys that are kind of out with us but of course we got to go when we're talking about penis tattoos yeah welcome guys jay leno that's great it's amazing and it's kind of cute you were setting up happy hour and then they made their own happy hour with it i think i have a better right harry i agree however that our jokes about the iranian penis than they did. you don't go back and watch i'm serious when i was on your bed with iranian penis how do you joke around your penis i mean apparently to get a boner from here you had a problem with yeah they should just money this is so that people wo

leno was funny. >> i think jay leno should apologize. >> you asked michele bachmann who was the strongest candidate, and she would not answer, i thought this was the "no spin" vote. can not water board, she declined to answer and she has that right. >> and from rhode island, the factor has been fair, as can be, whiling the covering the election. thank you. >> and from maryland, as ever. mike, from new york, would love to see o'reilly and miller like, we have the turning stone casino. back in iowa, there last year, where everyone you? >> a week from tonight, i'll be in north carolina, for big, big show, a lot of presidential stuff and question-and-answers, and in melbourne, florida. come on out, see you in north carolina a week from tonight. and if you submit to interviews these days, bizarre questions will come up. paging pat sajak. >> have you ever done wheel of fortune drunk. >> yes, when i first started and was younger and could tolerate --. >> was the show better or worse? i had a great idea. no one said anything, so i guess i did okay. >> there was a restaurant, a mexican restaurant

as we reported last week, jay leno donated a tractor signed by george w. bush. it was sold for $530,000 in arizona. way to go, jay! it helps millions of military families. everyone involved in that auction is a patriot. that is it for us tonight. please check out fox news factor website. and also spout off about the factor anywhere in the world. o'reilly at&t.com. >> please do not be petsnifian. >> peculiarsniffian. >> and here is the state of the union address. >> brett: thanks, bill. you are looking live in a the house chamber on capitol hill where in a few minutes, porbt president obama will deliver his third state of the union address. supreme court justices are making their way into the chamber. this is the last address he phase voters this november. welcome to washington, i'm brett baier with special coverage with the stated of the union address. no matter how many times they say the speech is about election and politics. it's a hard argument to make. this will be viewed far more flew a political lens. especially gloomy independent voters. in a tough zme t

it is to laugh while the jay leno in chief was cracking wise the crime rate in this country is soaring. why, just yesterday two peanuts were walking down the street and one was assaulted! (cheers and applause) true story. true story. (laughter) of course, obama's little hissy fit was merely the opening act for the real state of the union address-- the rebuttal. first the g.o.p.'s response came from indiana governor and shrink ray experiment mitch daniels. (laughter) but the speech everyone's talking about came from my buddy herman cain at the national press club. cain gave the rebuttal for the team as well as his own group the "stay on t.v. party." in the speech, cain addressed the issue americans care about most. >> i think stephen colbert's endorsement of me is a marvelous thing. and here's why: one of the other things things that i and my organization has an an objective is to keep the youth vote inspired. they're not going to go and watch the shows that some of us more mature people watch to find out what's going on in the race. they're watching the stephen colberts. >> stephen: we

. >>> first lady michelle obama will appear on "the tonight show" with jay leno. >>> and justin timberlake turns 31. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the latest developments on those stories and others as they break on msnbc. tonight, be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> and finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. in a "today" exclusive, the victim of a 17-year long stalking case speaks out live after finally getting justice. >>> and former presidential candidate herman cain goes one on one with ann curry live in studio. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

jay leno is sparking some controversy with indian/americans. last night he made a joke about presidential candidate mitt romney's summer home and showed a picture of the golden temple. that's a sacred building in india. one radio station says its u.s. headquarters in san jose was flooded with calls. >> if you see the video, it's the most historical shrine just like for muslim and roman church for christians. so describing it as a summer house of presidential candidate just in a funny way, so that's -- yes, it is. of course. >> "the tonight show" is produced out of burbank, we should note the station is owned by nbc. >> a bay area company again topping "fortune" magazine's list of best places to work. google taking top honors. with revenues, profits and hiring they love to work at google. the bowling alley and the free food i guess probably doesn't hurt. other companies on the list, net ap at six. intuit 19. intel was 46. >> 5:51. apple outlining the newest endeavor. >> plus, new video of killer whales off the coast of california. where these bi

while the jay leno in chief was cracking wise, the crime rate in the country is soaring. just yesterday, two peanuts were walking down the street and one was assaulted. >> to the obama is traveling the country. he spent last night in las vegas. [ cheers and applause ] >> yeah. this morning, he woke up on his hotel room floor trying to figure out what to do about a tiger, a baby, and 9:% unemployment. >> it's hard to tell if you're watching a debate or jersey shore. >> i told this chick, i would like to get in my birthday suit with you. she's down. >> everybody's getting in on the birthday. i'll try and get laid out to a tonight. >> that's a lot. >> creative editing. >>> that answer what's making news in america this friday

it is to laugh while the jay leno in chief was cracking wise the crime rate in this country is soaring. just yesterday two peanuts were walking down the street and one was assaulted. it's a true story. true story. >> colbert has spoken. the issue of cuba has been coming up on the australia. mitt romney and newt gingrich were asked by brian williams about the former leader fidel castro. >> let's say president romney gets that phone call and it is to say that fidel astro has died. >> you think fidel castro has returned to his maker and will be sent to another land. >> first of all, i guess the only thing i would suggest is i don't think fidel is going to meet his maker. i think he's going to go to the other place. >> yesterday he issued a statement, a rebuttal to that debate. doing his weekend at bernie's routine down there says, the selection of a republican candidate for the presidency of this globalized and expansive empire is -- and i mean this seriously -- the greatest competition of i.d. kwraes and ignorance that has ever been. even fidel castro is unhappy with the field of republi

she will appear on the tonight show with jay leno next tuesday she will be on the ellen degeneres show and next thursday. >>> well he played the wife cracking jew puerto rican high school on the sitcom welcome back carter. this morning, hollywood is mourning his death. richard died yesterday at the age of 60 after being taken to a hospital. doctors say he was in full cardiac arrest. his character always wrote phoney notes to be excused from class and signed them epstein's mother. >>> a group of psychics and mediums are planning a trip to poe's grave site. what they expect from the dead author. >>> plus, over 60 million dollars of lottery money is on the line in iowa. when consider the-- >>> a murderer will learn her fate. i am linda so with sentencing day in the yogurt shop murder. >>> now "good morning maryland. >>> it's sentencing day for the woman who killed a coworker at a bethesda yoga store. linda so is here with why prosecutors say she should never be let out of jail. >> reporter: a judge will listen to the arguments before sentencing brittany norwood. prosecutors say she would

the only thing that, i was trying to listen to jay leno at the volume was not loud enough. [laughter] they could have been good jokes, i will never know. i think it is a fundamental tax the experience that should be virtually the same for everybody. you expect certain things are going to happen. the way you're not really surprised. that is the overall philosophical point on this. i would like to hear from members of the board. >> i feel obliged to say this, we get a lot of comments on taxicab issues and help our discussion here today and engaging some of the speakers have shown you how much we care. if you choose to make ad hominem attacks on our staff and in particular one person that is working very hard to bring harmony to this industry, it makes us, or at least to me, not really values the rest of what you say. if you have an argument on the merits, make it on the merits. with that, i want to say thanks to our consultant and to the folks from square that have educated me on things that i did not understand today. finally, i am not sure we need more studies. my view is t

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appearing on "the tonight show" with jay leno january 31st, talking about her fitness campaign for kids. she's passionate about that. her upcoming book, and about what it's like to live in the white house. but do not be surprised about if she slips in a plug for her husband's re-election campaign. >>> for the first lady's husband, he could be leno's musical guest when his wife appears. ♪ i am so in love with you >> president obama doing a little al green, almost as well as al green himself. in fact, the now reverend al green was sitting in the audience during this performance. the president broke out in song at a campaign fund-raiser at the legendary apollo theater in harlem. >> obama's greatest hits. nice stuff there. >>> yesterday we showed you this video of 49 player whose thought they were on "american idol," right? the players who think they have a shot at america's best dance crew. we'll show you how special teams get all juiced up, just ahead. >>> welcome back. no secret we're fired up about sunday's nfc championship game. >> good news, so are the 49ers especially special teams

michelle obama will be a guest on the "tonight show" with jay leno tonight. she's expected to talk about life in the white house as well as her let's move, her fitness initiative for children. this is her third time on the show. she was a guest back in 2008 when her husband was still a candidate and also appeared on the show in 2009. >>> this morning we're getting a look at a new commercial that's going to air during the super bowl featuring the world's greatest class cutter. >> we are talking about matthew broderick. he stars in the ad promoting honda crv crossover. >> the extended spot on line shows a tribute to the 1986 comedy "ferris bueller." directed by john hughes. take a look. ♪ >> how can i handle work on a day like today? one of the worst performances of my career, and you never doubted it for a second. >> front desk. >> hi, can i get my crv brought up, please. i've got a lot to do today. >> broderick? broderick? >> oh, brings back memories. honda says there are dozens of references to the movie in the spot. honda says the primary goal is to suppo

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she will appear tonight on the tonight show about jay leno promoting her let's move campaign. it's 6:54. >>> weather combination may seem odd. snow and thunder. the phenomenon happened in ohio this weekend along with lightning around 40-mile-an- hour winds. thunderstorms like this are not rare and people sometimes don't recognize they are going on when it is happening and lynette you are nodding up and down. is that about the weather or david beckham? >> he was thinking about the weather until you put david beckham in my head. it's not rare and we got it around here as well. talking about the thunder snow. for today no thunder snow or precipitation whatsoever. the winds are going to be a big factor. right now, we are zero. nice and calm into baltimore but the wind are blowing at the southwest at 8 miles an hour into dc and 7 in easton. 8 in hagerstown and 6 into wind chester. that will warm us up throughout the day. the southwest wind a warming wind and has a big factor on the weather. high pressure is going dominate the area for today. plenty of sunshine out there. we will ge

and happy hour jon huntsman's biggest donor was from his own family and i made a cameo on jay leno's tonight show we have all that and more after the break. the same. people calling what you said for free and fair elections. and we're still reporting from the. as you can hear behind me loud explosions. in the. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. sorry guys it's time for tonight's tool time award and tonight we're giving it to crotchety old newt gingrich yet again it's one of his stops along the campaign trail in florida who decided to set his moon colony and his child labor proposals aside to talk about religion but not all religion just the one that new follows if he tried to share a very sweet tale about how he and his third wife calista attended a catholic mass and how the church was speaking out against the obama administration's stance that insurance companies

. >>> michelle obama will be the guest on the tonight show with jay leno. she's expected to talk about life in the white house as well as let's move, her initiative for kids. >>> if you were going to play hooky, this was the day to do it. >> we're here and a trooper too, our storm 4 trooper, meteorologist veronica johnson. are we going to get you back indoors ton in the. >> reporter: i suppose so. i told you two yesterday, i said, who's taking the day off, right? >> that's right. as you can see, we're here. >> me too, right. hopefully there are a few folks out there that got a chance to take today off. it's really nice out here. you can get by with going short sleeves like me, until the wind starts blowing, it is going to be cooling down tonight. this will be the last of the warm air for the month. because we're rolling out of january and getting ready to start february. 65 degrees right now, your average for the end of january is 44 degrees. there's that wind. it's at 17 miles per hour right now, it's out of the south-southwest, that will be good enough to

. >> apparently jay leno can't find anyone else to tease. >> he's making fun of us again. >> he showed us probably certain appreciation for what we probably do best. >> according to "cosmos" magazine, women who drink a glass or two of red wine a day are 30% less likely to be overweight. additionally, women who drink four or more glasses of red wine a day are 30% more likely to host the fourth hour of the "today" show. >> oh. >> what about women who like a lot of white wine? >> yeah. >> what about those people? >> do a study on that. okay. what else? you know what's getting a lot of attention? we all know that russell brand and katy perry broke up. and i hate to see any marriage break up. i really -- it's tough to stay married in this world. i can't imagine two superstars at the zenith of their careers making it work. apparently there is a youtube video of russell removing his wedding ring going viral. >> six weeks before he filed for divorce and about to take a tour of college campuses. so take a look at this. >> this is going to a week of revolution, a week of occupation, and more imp

here is jay leno. >> president obama will be going to disneyworld to unveil his new plan for jobs. what better place to unveil the jobs plan than fantasy land? yes. >> ouch, that one hurt. that is our last call. don't forget presidential candidates are here to go

here is jay leno. >> president obama will be going to disneyworld to unveil his new plan for jobs. what better place to unveil the jobs plan than fantasy land?

jay leno raising money for the fischer house that help badly wounded american people. january 21st, leno's tractor signed by george w. bush will be sold at the barret jackson auto auction. that is a big deal. the proceeds, you see the signature there, going to the fischer house. leno will be at the auction and he is patriot for doing that. you remember our campaign, last year they raised $1.1 million. we are very happy that they are back in the spotlight. that is it for us tonight. please check out the fox news factor website, different from bill ole o'riley.com and spout off about the factor anywhere in the world. any time if you wish to opine, don't flapdoodle when writing to us. the spin stops right here. no bumper cars but the spin stops here because we're looking out for you. >> good morning, everyone. it's friday, the 13th. >> what? >> that's right. i'm alisyn camerota in for gretchen. >> ahhhh! >> the first major snow storm of the season blankets parts of the midwest causing havoc on the roads and delaying travel across the country and it's all just starting. we

leno has to say about. >> more and more details coming up about the cruise ship disaster it seems the chef says the captain ordered dinner after the crash. yeah. this is a the phone rang during the crash. the captain ordering dinner. here is the worst part. he ordered it to go. >> greta: that is your last call and we're closing down shop. thank you for being with us tonight. we'll see you tomorrow. go to greta wire.com.

. >>> jay leno recent joke about republican candidate mitt romney's wealth did not register with the india sikh community. leno showed a building of a gold building joking it was romney's summer home. it's the golden temple, the holiest site in the sikh religion. lawsuit has been filed against leno and nbc. formal complaint from india has been lodged with the state department. >>> polls show romney and gingrich are neck in neck a week before the florida primary. phil keating shows us how the candidates are targeting a crucial group in state. >> with a cuban coffee in hand and his u.s. citizenship on the table, cuban immigrant jose miguel cabrero on the verge of fulfilling his life-long dream. voting for president of the united states. >> i love the united states from the bottom of my heart. >> you can't wait to vote? >> no. i want to vote right now. >> he is one of 600,000 cuban americans in florida. voting bloc of high importance says political science profes somewhere. >> they represent 12% of the electorate. >> the president has been almost exactly going in the wrong direction in

leno has to say about. >> more and more details coming up about the cruise ship disaster it seems the chef says the captain ordered dinner after the crash. yeah. this is a the phone rang during the crash. the captain ordering dinner. here is the worst part. he o