>> notice joe has his top butnd. >> buttoned travolta. >> [ inaudible ]. >> we don't want to see any more than we have to. >> [ inaudible ]. >> thank you, brian. >> brian, that was great. >> that was awesome. look how tall. look how tall he is. >> try again tomorrow with clothes on, okay? >> you're like naked. >> just for you i'm going to wear a snuggie. >> i love it. >> thank you. >> oh, wow. >> he's tall. >> we start this morning, mika, with the story of a political brand. >> that's -- >> that's just not -- just -- >> they had a rough weekend. >>s. >> there's crisis management and crisis management and damage control. we're talking about the senate race, where in missouri republicans have been gearing up to unseat democratic incumbent claire mccaskill. >> that was supposed to be an easy thing. >> until now. >> claire down ten points, easy.