and graces the cover of gq. the honor was intended to be revealed on tuesday. but it was leaked on instagram. >> not hard to understand why she was elected. you've got to check out what this man in india did in order to impress the ladies. he had a team of 15 goldsmiths to leave him a shirt made entirely of gold. it comes with matching cups and rings. it cost more than $235,000. money is no object of a 32-year- old millionaire. he says he's not lucky in love. he feels he's not the best looking man in the world, but he feels women will be fascinated with this shirt. >> i could do one of aluminum. >> i don't think that would have the same appeal. this is like rumpelstiltskin goes new york. >> i like it. in texas today a big reveal for the consumer electronics show -- and technology news. >> and there is an app to change your looks. >> the highly anticipated table watch was unveiled on day three of the consumer electronics show in las vegas. it features a particular screen. >> i liked it a lot. it's really simple,

look at the "gq." this is a segment you can focus on. >> andrea: do you have feedback about that? >> bob: that is the portrait that makes sense. >> andrea: does she look like a stalker, bob? >> bob: not at all. unless she was talking me. >> eric: look like greg gave her the flu? >> andrea: she looks fantastic. >> bob: anybody think photoshop was done there? >> andrea: no, not at all. >> eric: can we point something out, she is wherever now. perform at the bowles. every time you turn on the tv and there is a celebrity event, she is there. the question is she overexposed? >> dana: you know that greg gutfeld claims credit for launching her solo career. he has a good reason to think that because when he was editor of one of the magazines, he had a photo session with destiny's child. when he did the cover he took the other two and just had her on the cover. >> kimberly: scandalous. >> dana: it was. then she went solo. >> kimberly: she gave birth to the baby, blue ivy. tried to patent that. >> dana: i feel bad for moms that had a baby. a mere 366 days ago. it's not reality. >> kimberly:

this is "gq." i think it's funny. >> i need it explained to me what is offensive about it. it's not offensive. >> says the white man at the end of the table. >> any reference to race and ethnicity is offensive? >> i think the categories are odd. hottest pregnant sri lankan. >> how many were there? >> a bunch. i don't know who else was vying for the title. >> i think women -- not women, but i think people expect there to be some objectification in a magazine like "gq." >> what were you offended by? >> the lack of creative of the titles. as a magazine person, i was expecting a little better from the copy editor. >> high brow offense. >> and the kind of -- >> a lot of things are other people involved offended. beyonce agreed to be part of the shoot, so she may not have been offended, right? >> it escapes me how someone could be offended. i don't understand. >> she didn't win an award or category. >> she's just hottest of the millennium. >> i don't know. i have to agree with you. i think it's lame, more than anything else. >> i say it's lame. but not offensive. >> hottest birac

she will sell this late oamplet. >> as long as she looks as hot as she does on the cover of "gq" she can do what she wants. i agree with jedediah. all of the superstars are divas and maniacal nut jobs. god bless her. she is a smart lady. i love -- >> wait a second. >> look at that. come on, man. >> bernie, everything she wants wants -- are you saying that as long as she looks that hot she can throw a bag of puppies into the river? >> he is just talking about -- >> he said she can do whatever she wants. >> i didn't see anything in that rolling stone article to make me not like her except for the fact that she is a little wacky. >> she was smuggling puppies. >> will, you are a big fan of destiny's child. what about those other two ladies, what do they think when they see this? >> due to my long, close-standing relationship with jay-z this is a topic i would like to not get into. >>> okay an exbodyguard of justin bieber is suing for assault. he says the biebs be rated him and shrugged him in the chest during a disagreement about how to handle a member of bieber's entourage. he is seekin

. >>> beyonce is leaving little to the imagination on the cover of "gq" magazine. the singer wearing a football jersey that is not regulation side will perform next month. >>> jimmy kimmel live moving proved to be less than half successful. raked in fewer than the late show hosts. >>> lindsay lohan is accused of stealing a bracelet that belonged to liz taylor. the "liz and dick" star was very vocal. a short time later, the braceletle disappeared from a house. >>> jennifer lopez said her age is closer to 16 than 18. she's currently scripting a 25-year-old. i can't fault her, i feel like i'm 19, what can i say. >> i married a 27-year-old. >>> this next one comes from breezy point, new york, where a charity group orchestrated an emotional homecoming for a retired company devastated by hurricane sandy. the crew of volunteers spent three weeks rebuilding their storm-battered home. after a fresh coat of paint, the welcome mat was laid out foyer a surprise the couple never saw coming. i'm mara schiavocampo. this is "early today," this, your first stop of the day on your n

they all think they're "gq" material. >> four pictures on one sheet, so it ain't too bad of a deal. other prisons you get one picture for it. >> tim harris is one inmate who never misses picture day. >> every month. this one right here is actually a photo that i took that last month's pictures, which you can see it has a different background. we took this one inside of rec. so i got my fro out in that one, it's looking a little bit rough. so i didn't send these out too much. i passed these ones out to the guys that i hang around with here, so they had a picture of me to put in their photo album. >> the sun is bright. >> makes a good picture. >> i can't really see too much. the sun is too bright. it's kind of reflecting off the screen. i couldn't see it too good. i guess when it prints out, we'll see how good it is. >> feet can't be on the wall. >> can't be on the wall? man, you're so strict! >> privileges like this are reserved for general population inmates with good behavior records. carlton wright, who is one year into a 50-year sentence for robbery has mostly stayed out of troub

"gq's" michael haney joins us next. and his film, "silver linings playbook" is a nominee for best picture. we'll bring in david o. russell. >>> first, bill karins with a check on the forecast. >> mika, have you seen washington, d.c. this morning? a coating of white. one of the first snows of the season to cover virginia, maryland with and the lawn of the white house. looks like a beautiful scene. a few snow flurries left, but it's just about over with. we have one other area of snow this morning that we're watching, coming off of lake michigan. that white there with the blue in the middle, that's actually intense snow heading for gary, indiana, shortly. driving on 94 there, right along the lakeshore, not a fun drive. it's trying to inch its way towards chicago, so don't be surprised if chicago, you see a little bit of snow in about an hour or two from now. and the windchill just biting. look at those, duluth, fargo, international falls, that's like minus 25 to minus 35. not much better in new england, and still very col

. >>> beyonce is leaving little to the imagination on the cover of this month's "gq" magazine. the singer wearing a football jersey will be performing at the super bowl halftime show next month. >>> jimmy kimmel's move to 11:35 proved half-successful. david letterman was knocked down to third place. >>> little league is being accused of stealing a bracelet that belonged to liz taylor. the bracelet now belongs to taylor's longtime nurse. short time later it disappeared from the nurse's house. >>> jennifer lopez said her mental age is 18. she's currently dating a 25-year-old. i feel like i'm 19. so i understand that. it makes sense for her now to say that. it can work, absolutely. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> stay tuned "way too early" starts right now.

. >>> beyonce is leaving little to the imagination on the cover of "gq" magazine. the singer wearing a football jersey that is not regulation size will be performing at the super bowl halftime show next month. i don't think she'll be wearing that, though. >>> and britney spears is reportedly out at "the xfactor." the show's producers were underwhelmed by her success on the show. >>> jimmy kimmel live moving proved to be less than half successful. it raked in fewer than the late show hosts. >>> lindsay lohan is accused of stealing a bracelet that belonged to liz taylor. the "liz and dick" star was very vocal how much she admired the bracelet. a short time later, the bracelet disappeared from the nurse's house. >>> and finally, jennifer lopez said her mental age is closer to 16 than 18. she's currently dating a 25-year-old, so maybe that's contributing to her mental age. >> i can't even remember what i was thinking at 16 to 18. >> you know what they say about guys, we don't mature past 18. >> so where are you now? >> probably 28. we'll see how that goes in the coming

the blog has been hailed by "gq" magazine as man's best tumbler. >> not outfits were not too shabby. >> pretty looking goods. >> four legged pants is tough to pull off. the senate judiciary committee holds a hearing entitled what should america do about gun violence. we'll be watching that. among the witnesses testifying are wayne lapierre of the nra and captain mark kelly, the husband of gabby giffords, a victim of gun violence. and is expected to speak sass well. >>> new orleans is beefing up security ahead of sunday's big game. 1300 federal agents and 3600 extra state troopers have been added. today, nfl officials will hold a news conference with homeland security secretary janet napolitano. and happy birthday to marcus mumford of mumford and sons. he tushs 26 today. old man. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments on those stories and the best political analysis on msnbc. and tonight, be sure to watch "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. microsoft founder bi

we've got beyonce's revealing "gq" cover. >> is she showing too much? >> posing in nearly nothing. "e.t." with the shot first. is beyonce trying to top rihanna? >> is jimmy kimmel the new king of late night? jennifer aniston with a sledgehammer and cutting kimmel's hair. >> so did the stunt help jimmy win the night? >>> then, josh brolin comes clean about doing heroin as a teen. >> plus, the shocking age he lost his virginity. >>> miley cyrus in bed with taylor swift's one direction ex? plus, who will taylor bring as her date to the awards? >>> then "e.t.'s" "american idol" week with the show's new wild card. >> what nicki minaj only told me about her feud with mariah.

for starters "gq" magazine named her the hottest woman of the 21st century. and in true beyonce fashion she will release another album soon along with a documentary starring herself. she also is working on a new song with a new group, destiny's child. >> she is hot. she deserves that, right? >> i'm going along that. >> why not. [ laughter ] >> it's 5:56 right now. in the next half hour, you don't hear this often. a budget surplus. what's getting money in the proposed plan for the first time in years. >> and "snakes on a plane." not a movie prop here. how a boa ended up on this plane's wing and went for quite the ride. >> we're live in marin city where deputies are still on the scene of a homicide investigation where a 17-year- old boy was shot and killed. we'll hear from his sister and why she says this was a mistake. like a lot of things trying to find a better job can be frustrating. so at university of phoenix we're working with a growing list of almost two thousand corporate partners - companies like microsoft american red cross and adobe - to create opti

. >> she's on the cover of "gq" and she is looking good. >> she looks amazing. this cover got leaked. >> it wasn't supposed to be out until january 16th. anyhow -- >> how does it hurt "gq?" if it's out now. they're not giving any quotes. they're letting the picture speak for itself. >> i can't believe how great she looks a year after the baby. that's unbelievable. >> there's a recent picture. i guess it's also leaked. it's also from that. she is much exposed in some part of her body, and the minute i thought, i didn't just think she looks great. we all know she looks great. i was thinking, beyonce' is one of the most talented human beings, women on the planet, and i just always wish they didn't do it. i don't know why. >> what? they didn't -- >> they didn't show. >> it's not that she showed so much. it's like really? i didn't -- i wasn't happy. >> she's not trying to please me. sometimes women do that sort of thing because they can't get noticed any other way. >> i also hate to see. >> she can get noticed every other way. >> let her talent speak for itself. >> s

if you can't get enough of her super sexy "gq" cover there's a new companion video. i'm trying to talk really slow so we can see more of this video. >> yes, indeed. >> just for all of you out there. live in living color. we're going to check it. she looks fabulous. >> what you said. yeah. >> uh-huh. should we keep going? >> i'm not complaining. >> it's friday, everybody. a little treat for you. >> you better believe it. willis likes it, that's for sure. pipe down, willis. >> are you going to be okay? >> i'm going to be okay. we'll settle willis down and we'll all be okay. >>> first, lance armstrong, some stunning admissions he made to oprah winfrey. >> not only did he admit to using illegal drugs, he says he thought of taking those drugs as being similar to filling his bike's tires with air and his bottle with water. so it was really just trying to level the playing field. >> abc's brandi hitt joining us with more on this interview and admission. good morning, brandi. >> reporter: good morning paula and john. this is the confession everyone wanted to hear, but can th

hottest woman of the 21st century according to gq magazine grazing the january cover. inside she talks about her upcoming superbowl performance. she is planning to release the first -- or 5th solo am bull in the next few months. >>> we have purple on brain gearing up for the ravens versus the broncos. >> coming up 4:30 tomorrow afternoon and abc2 news jamie costello is in denver padding it -- chatting it up with ravens fans. hear what they have to say about getting readity to the -- ready for the mile high ride. >> the vice-president is putting together a list of how to stem gun violent in country. we will tell you what's on the list and what gun rights advocates are saying about this. we have details straight ahead. >> reporter: good morning. topping america's money, wall street will have a closer eye on the third biggest company. japanese government approved 117 billion dollars stimulus planned creating 600,000 jobs and adding 2% to the country's gdp. the ax is swinging at american express they are slashing 54 unhad hundred -- 5400 jobs most in travel services hit by

>> well, you see this beyonce on the governor of "" "gq"? she gave birth to her baby girl a year ago. now she's headlining the super bowl in february. her fifth solo album is expected to come out later this year. she's incredible. jay-z, her, i'm a huge fan of both of them. >> it's probably dna and she works hard. she probably works her tail off. >> she works very hard. incredible woman. now we told you earlier in the show about president obama nominating chief of staff jack lew to head the treasury department. everyone, including president obama himself, are poking fun at lew's penmanship. here's john stewart's take. >> president obama will nominate his chief of staff over at the white house jack lew to be the next treasury secretary. >> it's going to be his signature on the bottom of our currency. it will look something like this. >> that -- that's your signature? or are you just testing to see if the pen works? hey, lew, here's a tip. stop signing all your checks on the teacup ride at disney world. the only way that you're allowed to have

the 100 hottest women of the century according to "gq." >> hottest of the century? >> yes. there she is, miss beyonce. she looks beautiful. are you barking or are you in heat, willis? >> number one of the century? >> yes. she's on the cover, which is coming out tuesday. but in the interview, some pretty interesting things come out of this interview. we know that in two weeks, she's going to be performing at the super bowl. she's going to premiere an hbo documentary in which she says some pretty interesting things. she says stop pretending if i have it all together. if i'm scared, be scared. allow it, release it, move on. i need to go listen to make love to me and make love to my husband. she says that in the interview. and as to what inspired her to the writing of "bootyliscious," she says it was funny but it came from people saying i had gained weight and me being a southern women and this is how southern women are. so some fascinating things coming out. >> as well as a few hot photos, as well. but you're only reading it for the articles. >> i'm reading it for the pure con

"gq" has crowned beyonce, the number one hottest woman of the 21st century. and the magazine has proof to back up the blame. the superstar supposed for next month's cover. she looks amazing on it. that's a great choice. let's face it. she is a triple-threat. in the magazine, she talks about how she videos almost every waking moment of her life. and as we now know, some of that footage will be featured in an hbo documentary next month. didn't she say she was embarrassed about sharing her life. >> in that picture, she's not. >> no. she doesn't look embarrassed at all, does she? she's also working on a new album and getting ready for her super bowl performance. >> every waking moment? >> how does she do that? >> oh, boy. the follow-ups, here they come. i don't know. >> there are people for that. >> there are people for that. >> you're a superstar. >> my guess is, a lot of it has to do with having a baby and wanting to capture those moments. and her recording. she likes to look at video of herself. but she is critical of herself. >> i'm videoing myself right now.

. >> bill: certainly the "gq." doesn't rate very high on that. >> he doesn't care. >> bill: boy there's so much going on this week. i have to ask you as a friend, are you -- were you sometimes embarrassed this week to be a member of this congress? >> you didn't see my tweet the night that everyone went home, new year's eve at 6:30 when we still had the fiscal cliff to deal with. i was sitting in my office and i said you know, as a little girl growing up, i was told you don't go home until you finish your job. but he basically -- the speaker -- adjourned, they went home to toast the new year when we hadn't finished our work. i was pretty disgusted. >> bill: i'm sure you were. the next night, you went home. the fiscal cliff i'm going to get to that. you went home without finishing another important piece of work. >> right. that was, of course, the aid financial aid for the victims of sandy. and how can you -- when people are suffering as they have for months now. not do our work. it was all about optics. that's what

. >> i did six pieces for gq, the editor andy ward i lived in homeless camp in fresno for a week, i went to dubai and traveled with president clinton. being in situations and kind of going with an idea in mind and having a real world just watch over you and take your idea out, so refreshing especially for somebody in the middle of their live, it was really eye opening and i think a lot of of the kind of more positive qualities here are a effect of those getting out in the world and writing those stories. >> rose: you also stated at some point you started about the idea i was talking about earlier you said the absence of wealth was the erosion of grace. meaning? >> i'll tell you the exaggerated version. i worked at a slaughterhouse in my 20's, young guy pretty healthy kind of a positive thinker. and just worked eight or ten hours as a knuckle it was called. and so there in the prime of my life i had come home, couldn't open my hands because there was a hook and a knife and i was 26 year old running them under hot water. i noticed with a little bit of shock at night i didn't want to do any

he nominated her for gq's list of hundred hottest women of the century. quote, i think somebody who is getting sexier every year is hillary clinton. every year she seems better at whatever she's doing. she'll have it locked down. >>> from the national endowment from the humanities that will provide new books for a community college library in his own district. well, hint. the title of the grant program is bridging cultures books help muslim journeys. and the congressman walter jones of north carolina asked a christian group to offset that donation with its own set of books. >> i respect all religions and all faiths, but i want them treated fairly. i think too many times the christian faith is not treated fairly. if they want to have books about the muslim faith, let's have equal books about the christian. i'd rather see the $150 million spent to remodel schools in craven county or build schools at craven community. >> well, there's been no outcry at that school over a lack of christian reading material at the school. on top of that he says he wants the $1

so he got like a german gq or something that his publicist sent him. it says like dying matt damon. he goes you just lost my business, pal. the guy goes, okay, get out. as he walks out, he goes hey, jim, i think you're pretty hilarious. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i knew that matt damon was a violent, arrogant, pompous drunk and now you've proven it on television! >> it's true. >> jimmy: well, you did a really great job with the movie. the movie is called "promised land." it opens on theaters january 4th. go see it. john krasinski, everybody. we'll be right back with mike birbiglia. sorry. sore knee. blast of cold feels nice. why don't you use bengay zero degrees? it's the one you store in the freezer. same medicated pain reliever used by physical therapists. that's chilly! [ male announcer ] bengay zero degrees. freeze and move on. >> dicky: the "jimmy kimmel live" concert series sponsored by bud light. to stream off-air performances and other music videos, go to jimmykimmellive.com. starting january 8th, watch "jimmy kimmel live" at 11:35 when jimmy's guests will be jennifer

on a plane this weekend, bought a lot of magazines for the trip, "sports illustrated," "esquire," "gq." i'm the demographic the nfl is appealing to. all of them had articles, each one of the three, super bowl week, super bowl month, all of them had articles about violence in football. >> we're on this show talking about it. >> players committing violence. if the demographic who should be watching football is reading that, seeing that on shows like this, reading that in the magazines they read, the nfl has a tremendous image problem, and it is in our culture now. >> something good came out of these wars we're coming out of, that is the research and development that happened with our soldiers. you have to go to the hospitals and talk to these guys. seven, eight years ago, they would have been given up on, mouth service, but now we're really involved in trying to help them and their families come back together in society. and if we don't, so many fall through the cracks and wind up like this brave football player, unfortunately kills himself. and, you know, a lot of these soldiers, if we

. >>> be sure to check out the article in februaryish you've gq on stands next tuesday which is january 29th. brian? >> let's round out our tech tri. microsoft, reporting after the bell tonight. what can we expect about a company whose stock is back to where it's been the last decade. let's bring in senior analyst, ed, what do you want to see from microsoft tonight? >> well, this is a quarter where expectations have been set fairly low on the pc side. i think what we're looking for and what investors are looking for is validation that long-term strategy is showing progress. windows 8 has been off to a start that's equivalent to the pace of windows 7. but the lack of available touch screen laptops seems to have crimped some of the uptake. we've seen some concerns in the pc supply chain. weighing on sentiment in the stock. but what we like to focus on is what microsoft is doing around the enterprise. the growth and enterprise licensing agreements and pending products like cycle that is right around the corner. >> but you really hit on this, right? enterprise business is the growth driver

that was our "gq" segment. you missed that, david o. russell. what did you learn today? >> i learned that he had his shirt off -- no, i learned that he went to my college, where i went, you went to williams, the competitor, and i went to public high school, public high school, jefferson, and jackson, and i'm the patriarch of the joke, and you have something of a century-long bargain or bet that could be a movie with mr. weinstein. >> i am seeing now why "silver linings playbook" was so good. that's all i'm going to say. >>> all right, if it's way too early, it's time for "morning joe," but now it's time for chuck todd with thedale r daily rundown. have a great day, everybody. >>> clinton's conclusion or is it? >> secretary clinton back on the hill this morning to support john kerry's nomination to secede her. her testimony wednesday was forceful and sparked some potential early peeks at 2016 fights. >>> republican reset, with a short-term debt ceiling deal in motion, speaker boehner and paul ryan talk tough on the party's path forward. this morning, we'll talk to another

. >> i did six pieces for gq, the editor andy ward, i lived in homeless camp in fresno for a week, i went to dubai and traveled with president clinton. being in situations and kind of going with an idea in mind and having a real world just watch over you and take your idea out, so refreshing especially for somebody in the middle of their live, it was really eye opening and i think a lot of of the kind of more positive qualities here are a effect of those getting out in the world and writing those stories. >> rose: you also stated at some point you started about the idea i was talking about earlier you said the absence of wealth was the erosion of grace. meaning? >> i'll tell you the exaggerated version. i worked at a slaughterhouse in my 20's, young guy pretty healthy kind of a positive thinker. and just worked eight or ten hours as a knuckle it was called. and so there in the prime of my life i had come home, couldn't open my hands because there was a hook and a knife and i was 26 year old running them under hot water. i noticed with a little bit of shock at night i didn't want to d

election, republican senator marco rubio of florida, a possible future presidential candidate, told gq magazine he's long enjoyed rap music. make no mistake who that's aimed at. but some political observers wonder what does the hip-hop community want? >> we know what the gay and lesbian community asks for as a demographic. we know what the latino community asks for around immigration. what does the hip-hop community ask for? so when jay-z gave a fund-raiser for the president with his wife beyonce, what was the ask? what did he ask for in terms of issues? >> reporter: he says the hip-hop community does have issues like high unemployment in minority communities and education. other things he'd ask. >> first, i would ask the president of the united states give a shout out to the hip-hop community. >> shannon travis, cnn, washington. >> well, they're going to have their chance to see what happens. so here is the thing. it's pretty nice out here tonight. it's going to be chilly out here tomorrow and then people are going to warm it up, get their dancing shoes on and go to the balls. it's re