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stop wasting your time. novel concept. get up at 6:00, shuffle coffee down your throat, get to work, stop complaining and get your [bleep] out of bed like everybody else in america and get to work. >> give me a jobbism ill go to work. >> eric: listen to maines governor for straight talk for lazy, whiny free loaders. >> compassion and commitment to the children. to all of your able-bodied people up there, -- >> good for you. we have a choice. do we want to be a hardworking america that ...

this is "press pass" your pass to an extra "meet the press" conversation. this week, a special thanksgiving edition. we went to the white house kitchen to speak with sam cass, assistant chef and senior policy adviser for healthy food initiatives. he works closely with the first lady michelle obama. we talked about the challenge of coming up with meals for the first family that are delicious and also nutritious. i want to start by pointing out i wouldnt normally wear a full suit in the ...

of the macys thanksgiving parade. >> and matt and ann are 43 blocks south therefore at macys in harolds square. >> happy thanksgiving. >> here is the question of the morning. where you can find 800 clowns altogether in one place? not the "today" show control room. here in manhattan. we have the 85th macys thanksgiving day parade. an american institution and by the numbers, its huge. youve got 27 floats, 11 marching bands, 15 huge helium balloons, 44 balloonicles or balloon heads as we ...

any new additions? we know theres some traditional ones this year. >> yes. we have the sonic the hedge hog that will be redesigned this year. hes going to kick off that para parade. k, weve got paul franks julius. that will be the only other balloon. joining us, mickey, youve got spider-man, buzz light year, all of those favorites. my personal favorite, of course, snoopy. >> mine, too, michelle. take care. michelle franzen, live in new york for us. >> a lot of fun. >> it is. im excited...

dark long enough for you and your kids to go out and play. well tell you why. our top story, bishop eddie long is speaking out about the sex scandal thats enveloped his atlanta-n atlanta-area megachurch. today he addressed allegations of sex with young men from the pulpit. he said while hes never professed to be a perfect man, he said hes not the man thats being portrayed on television. after the church service, long spoke to reporters. >> i just want to take this moment to address y...

e, her husbandsalling poll numbers -- >> has it been hard to keep your spirits up and his spirits up? >> and what shes doing to try to give sasha and malia a normal life. and pay day. aig, the recipient of the biggest government bailout ever, set to dole out a new round of bonuses to the tune of $100 million, and a lot of outrage today, wednesday, february 3rd, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. im matt l...