bradley cooper, i was so dean. i m so damn proud of it. we re now i admitted him for his mfa. we trapd him, and we are so proud of him. i cannot gipp begin to describe it. he is a wonderful actor in comedy, in drama, and he is proving it now. i m so proud of him. ly also give a shout-out to jennifer lawrence, who also has some sort of bipolar disorder sfwloosh she s probably going to win an oscar. sthoo she s fantastic in that film. we have to take a break, but we will have our final oscar picks next on now. all right that s a fifth-floor problem. ok. not in my house! ha ha ha! ha ha ha! no no no! not today! ha ha ha! ha ha ha!
am i a man or am i a muppet we ll be right back.5 am i a man or am i a muppet a question we ve all asked ourselves at one point or another. who are you? a man or a muppet. i m a wo-man. music right there, oscar winner am i a man or a muppet. beat out the one other song that was nominated. if you saw our show on friday morning you saw our oscar picks, our personal ones. so time to check out how we did. let s start out with the big kahuna, award of the night, best picture. mm-hmm. you picked? i picked the artist. and i who did you pick? i did not. i thought that the help was going to pull an upset win and surprise. i thought it had a lot of momentum, was kind of sentimental favorite because of octavia and viola and everyone loved the book. you need help with your picks. i did not have a good day on friday, as you slowly will learn here. so yes, clearly now you re up
bellwether state because of the economy and the employment situation there. also, romney s home state. can he pull it out? are we looking at another gore tennessee situation? we ll see later tomorrow. another major headline this morning is that horrific passenger train accident outside toronto. we have the latest on the fatalities, the frightened survivors, and what caused that terrible crash. in lighter news, all the big winners at last night s academy awards. a look back at the unforgettable moments and see who came out ahead in our own oscar picks as well. i did not do well at all. plus, are academy voters too snobby and out of touch with the american moviegoing public? do you think the artist should have won all the top awards as it did? director, actor, best picture. we ll talk about that all in just a second and all of that good stuff from last night. i just want to say i promise not to get you sick. please. because i know you ve got two kids at home. you re germ factor
early start. and it is very early, i m ashleigh banfield. and i m zoraida sambolin. we are bringing you the news from a to z. we re happy you re joining us this morning. it s 5:00 a.m. in the east. let s get started. the taliban claiming they poisoned food at a base in afghanistan. we have explosions and car bombs and the u.s. is pulling out more americans working in afghanistan. and it s one of those questions you have when you wake up. did gas prices go up again while you were sleeping? well, guess what? $6 gas is already a reality and is it in the place where you live? we ll let you know. and the political roller coaster continues. first the surge, now the slip. a new poll shows rick santorum falling behind mitt romney again. one day now before michigan and arizona, the primaries there. the candidate says he is tweaking his strategy on the trail now. if you watch any kind of red carpet, this was a moment to behold. oh, my lord, you didn t. the whole quest
film to put in there to give it i think the king s speech is one of the great films i have ever seen. it s an incredible experience. i also like a lot of the other nominated films. they charge? i didn t know that. what a great idea. jeffrey lyons and geraldo rivera now with our oscar picks. first of all best supporting actress. i think melissa is going to get it she was so good in the fighter. she as a member of at great ensemble past. around for years in independent films. if she doesn t get it maybe your choice. haley seinfeld in true grit. she was fantastic. she played a 14-year-old who had real spunk. i don t know how old she is in real life. she is 14, yeah. acts a lot older. the poise she had. i loved that film in the john wayne version.