Daily Show Prep - Thursday February 5, 2015

• France, Germany and Russia huddle to avert 'total war'
• Dems block funding for DHS. Where are the mainstream media?
• Is there a link between vaccinations and autism? Autism rate by state
• The Dalai Lama and the Dalai Bama
• Rand Paul comes out swinging against Lynch nomination
• Columbia U requiring students to take sex respect course
• Amy Pascal stepping down as Sony CEO
• Sen. Alexander floats blueprint to increase nuclear power production
• Is it a cure? Scientists find way to 'jam' genetic code of cold virus
• Pope: Parents can smack their kids for bad behavior
• Plurality of Americans are happy with current job
• Man with 'Joker' mouth robs Walmart
• Woman finds tongue-eating creature in can of tuna
• Bloomberg Business fails to disclose environmental writer's ties to Greenpeace
• Anonymous diner apologizes 13 years after paying for pizza with bad check
• US Copyright office endorses performance royalty for radio
• Man chops off nose to look like Marvel Comic villain
• Gary Glitter convicted of child molestation, likely to die in prison
• Elvis' granddaughter weds
• More happy tweets come from South and West
• NY Times urges Harper Lee not to publish second 'Mockingbird' book
• Phil's movie, An Inconsistent Truth, coming to cable and satellite tomorrow!