as search and rescue attempts continue, the focus moves 0en to who is to blame for the sinking of a giant ocean liner off the italian coast. and we ll tell you which production houses is big at the golden globes and what these awards tell us about the upcoming oscar ceremonies. first up, though, if the new year promised a new europe, well, some people could be disappointed. standard & poors last week had other ideas completely. to nobody s great surprise, this particular influential company decided to downgrade the credit scores of nine countries across the euro zone on friday. these particular downgrades apply to a large swath of central and southern europe. it is this country in the center here, france, that is commanding all the headlines today. this after france lost its treasured aaa rating. that in turn, some economists say could undermine the a aa rating of the total esfs. one country as well that s hitting the headlines, one country that will ill afford any more b
till he tried to make a quote/unquote black film or for black stars in an action movie, he didn t really understand what it was like. and my pal jimmy fallon stops by to share his song about nfl sensation tim tebow or tebowie as we ve renamed him. this is piers morgan tonight. snap the football and may god s love be with me mark wahlberg s had an extraordinary career. going from the tough streets to a net worth of millions. he s an oscar-nominated actor and producer. my favorite mark wahlberg movie is boogie nights. he joins me now. i see you raising your eyebrows. did we get it too low? no, is there a check someone is holding? my gosh. are any of these figures ever true you read about? not usually unless it s a divorce settlement and that s pretty spot on. your movies have grossed $1.5 million. that s good. you re not exactly on the bread line, are you? no, no, i m very fortunate, very blessed, thank you. you said famously when you got to 40 you
they re referring to the straits of hormuz. this is a big threat from iran, the closure of it and the u.s. is bearing down on that as well as the accusations we killed their scientist. you ll those words. there are new efforts to take away parole power from the governor in one state. and this is reaction to that fiasco that happened in mississippi where the outgoing governor decided to give full pardons so there are four convicted murders on the loose right now, the attorney general is saying there will be a nationwide manhunt for those guys that took off running. i still don t understand that how can you work for a guy that is technically innocent? weird. we ll get to the bottom of it. also, here s one for the funny books. stephen force. or is it. i love this man. but would he be a good president? could he be a good president? could he even be president? he made a big late night announcement. it ain t the first time stephen colbert has suggested throwing his hat
is responding. we ll take you live to afghanistan. also, no holds bard in south carolina. the candidates unleashing brutal attacks trying to stop mitt romney from steam rolling straight to the nomination. will it work? newt gingrich who said, i m not going to go negative. here s what he said. this is going to be armageddon. they will come in here with everything they ve got, every surrogate, every ad, every negative attack. wait, wait, what happened to the i m not going to go negative? that s ridiculous. i will not go negative until now when i go negative. we ll talk about that. plus, the story of a florida gator quarterback who is not named tim tebow that everybody loves. starting point begins right now. welcome barx, everybody. here inside tick talk diner in new york, lower part of midtown. the delicacy here is this dish. loet me move my coffee out of the way. this is a diner delicacy everywhere. giant waffle covered in fruit and then smothered in whipped cream, a
to why he thinks it was okay. but guess what? there are four killers who are already out and there is no hope for getting them back in but we may have changes in the other ones who are set to be released. that is right. several bombshells in the casey anthony case as well. how she thinks she got pregnant, who killed her and why. there are reports this morning that her attorney has quit. quit or fired? always want to know. they both have something to say on this. new this morning as well, if you are in north carolina, our hearts go out to you. you re dealing with very ugly weather. apparently check out that funnel cloud. remarkable. look at this damage. overnight some severe storms really wreaking havoc in that area. a mobile home park apparently was completely wiped out. there are families trapped, apparent apparently. we ll get an update. there s an o.j. ban because of fungicide fears. there are shipments that are being stopped, headed in from brazil. the state attor