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heather: welcome back, time now for the good, the bad and the ugly, first the good, two-time cancer survivor meets the man who saved his life during marathon at disney world, crossed finish lines, barns who happened to be a navy vet, and the bad, a dad reveals the gender of his baby with a real bang, watch this. wife is expecting a baby girl, finally the ugly, pregame ritual of table smashing but ends up being an epic fail.
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prize winning historian jon meacham -- >> wait. jen, help us out here. we get barnicle and it's legendary. whenever we say meacham's name, everyone shouts out french and indian war. french and indian war. >> it was the first global conflict. >> how about just boring. >> pulitzer prize winning historian jon meacham. >> political writer for "the new york times," niclas confessore. will patterson also joining us. in make up in the back. >> pregame ritual. >> did i judge? >> a lot going on yesterday. >> wow. hard to know where to begin.
pass or wearing a favorite be jersey, football fans are some of the most superstitious. according to a recent survey by the public religion institute, more than half of football fans believe supernatural forces control the game and often they lead for heavenly intervention. >> it is a high number to say that, you know, more than half, 55% of football fans in the country see the supernatural at play in the outcome of sporting events and one way or another. so either seeing -- believing that their team has been cursed in some way, praying for god to help their team win or just seeing the divine at work. >> reporter: you know, the survey finds that 33% pray for god to help the team, 31% say some teams are just cursed, and 25% of fans perform some kind of pregame ritual. >> one fan, for example, told us he puts on histity underwear on top of his pants, then puts on
history. from the andes mountains in peru, scott fujita signed a one-day contract then announced that his football career is done. not sure the best decisions are made 10,000 feet above sea level overlooking machu picchu, but, then again, maybe those are the best decisions in life. fujita played 11 seasons in the nfl. including four in new orleans where he helped the saints win a super bowl. unfortunately, fujita may be best remembered for his role in the saints bountygate program. >> another reason to be envious of a professional athlete, shane battier won with the heat last year. he's a key reason they could repeat this year. he has a pregame ritual to indulge in a beer prior to each game. naturally the beer company donated a truck load of beer to a man who has already earned more than $50 million during his playing career.
do you expect as far as any part of that. megyn: they have got to be a little aggressive, do they not? >> it will a much different environment. there will be a lot of candidates looking to follow up and to ask for time. so it will be a challenge for all of us to juggle that ball with 7 candidates on stage. i also point out first ever presidential debate in sioux city. northwest iowa is psyched for this. >> reporter: after this about going for the jugular. there is a down side. in 2004 gephardt and howard dean went at each other tooth and nail. the iowa voters backlashed against that. and you ended up seeing john kerry and john edwards finishing first and second. you want to make your point and don't want to let any attack go unanswered. but you can turn off voters if you are too aggressive. megyn: is anybody nervous and what is your pregame ritual?
glimpse, the pregame ritual of perhaps the best hitter in baseball, albert pujols. how did he spend his day off tuesday before wednesday's world series elimination game? he went to a local best buy to pick up a copy of the captain america dvd released on tuesday. he was one of the first in line at best buy. thanks to this photo posted on twitter by a cardinals fan. pew holes seen posing holding his newly purchased dvd. the forecast for tonight, 50 degrees, clear skies, colby lewis pitches for texas against the card nalls' jaime garcia. coming up on "morning joe" rick perry falling in the polls hints he may bail on some of the debates. we'll assess the road ahead for the texas governor with our "morning joe" crew. when we come back we'll huddle around the water cooler to hear herman cain's announce mement ripping cigs to win votes. "way too early" will be right back. [ female announcer ] when kate collects her pink yoplait lids
watch a movie. >> all right. >> we also got a glimpse yesterday of the pregame ritual of mr. albert pujols. >> is he the best hitter in baseball? >> i believe he is. how did pujols spend his day off on tuesday before wednesday's world series game six? what else do you do? you go to the local best buy and you pick up the new captain america dvd. it was just out on tuesday. he was one of the first in line at the best buy. as you can see -- >> was he really? >> yeah, he met st. louis cardinals fan there. got his picture taken. >> captain america. >> posted on twitter. >> i was told that was out yesterday. >> they will play tonight. the forecast for tonight's game, 50 degrees and clear. colby lewis pitches for texas, garcia going for the cardinals. >> who is going to win? >> cardinals. >> what do you think? >> i'm rooting for the cardinals, but i think texas wins. >> do you think the cardinals can come back and win the series? >> oh, yeah. >> do you really?