show the bible with record ratings. some saying one character, that one there who plays a devil in this series looks like obama. what do you say? straight ahead. [ slap! ]
relationships between labor and management in a way that few do. and, mike, i m curious what your perception is in terms of the effect the bad call the horrible call on monday had in terms of the lockout ending. right. i think what it did was provide a cost because all along the owners can say no one watches the game for a ref. we re getting record ratings. we re going to make 9.5 billion with or without them. there was no cost. when, you know, the factory shuts down, they do the tabulation. if we lose this many days, if we lose this many workers, there is a clear cost. once there is a cost, not that bad call, the scab refs, picking the scab, every week they can say i can foresee this is actually having a tangible effect or a psychic effect. the 32 owners. 31, the green bay packers are owned collectively, they want to be prominent in their community. they don t want to go to their country clubs saying, what are you doing, bob kraft?
grits a t a waffle house where the normal people go. waffle house is a win in alabama. if you want to win a race, you have to know every barber in the state. your waffle house rule might be accurate. there s a picture of me in a waffle house in burleson, texas. that does count. up next. we want to be as transparent as possible and answer some of those questions right now. the group behind the viral video kony 2012 releases a new v video. they are responding to the backlash. toure is back with us for a second day. record ratings. game change become s hbo s most watched movies, we ll tell you in how many years. details the ahead. announcer ] d and flu relieves your cough 50% longer than tylenol cold multi-symptom nighttime.
aaron rodgers who you mentioned and clay rogers are the top selling jerseys. although we re hearing green bay, which is ridiculous by pro-sports standards in that the stadium is almost as big as the population of green bay, these guys are just so passionate, and it is so much about the economy. and i ve got to tell you, the nfl just announcing robust deals coming out of the work stoppage, doing a deal with marriott, with pepsi, with bose. and this morning, announcing a $1.9 billion annual deal with espn to bring monday night football through the 2021 season. i think everyone s ready for football. do you think the lockout helped wet the appetite for everyone getting excited for tonight s game, at least? reporter: oh, yeah. the lockout. people have never been more excited about football. i think there s going to be record fantasy football numbers, record ratings.
television. can you imagine. i m not anticipating record ratings last night, and i saw the super bowl ratings last night. we ll maybe leave last night. tonight will be an amazing night so you can think of me tuning in. piers morgan. thank you so much. always great to talk to you. speaking of interviews. donald rumsfeld hasn t given one since 2006 until now. so is he admitting mistakes during his time in the bush administration? that is ahead. and cpac, the place where conservatives talk who may be running for president in 2012. who is attending and more importantly who is not. joe johns has the political pop. he s next. together we ll find the perfect gift this valentine s day. you don t know [ male announcer ] that s why only zales is the diamond store.