freeze in probably a day or two and that would cause significant damage, and maybe insurance would cover it once, but i really don't wanna go through having my walls torn out and the pipes replaced. my family's gonna be safe and secure in my house because of this generator. that gives you that feeling of security that, to me, is priceless. [♪...] >> alan: since 1990, demand for electrical power has increased 400% faster than transmission capacity. so it's no surprise that during that same period, power outages increased 124%. as the u.s. population continues to grow, along with our expanding reliance on energy-hungry technology, demand for electrical power will continue to outpace the grid's capacity. that's where a generac standby generator comes in. it protects your home against power outages every second of every day, all year long. it stands guard, ready to automatically supply

power to your home within seconds of an outage, whether you're home or away. because it runs on either natural gas or l.p., you won't have to wait in a line to buy gasoline-- ever. you won't have to worry about fuel going bad or have to scramble during an emergency to hook up a portable generator. when the power goes out, you can rest assured knowing that your generac generator will automatically take care of everything, allowing life to go on without interruption. >> with the portable generators, there's a lotta opportunity to do it wrong. >> you have to run extension cords, uh, either outside the home or inside the home. you have to purchase gas tanks, go out and find a gas station that's got power. >> when people have the portable generators and they have to try and get the gasoline that day, that's not the time. >> with the automatic generator, you have the ability to decide what type of fuel that you want it to run on. you don't have to find a service station that's open to get the fuel. it's all right there. we lose power, and the family...

you could hear everybody talking from all the rooms, even if we're not in the same room, you hear everybody counting down and laughing and giggling, and of course, in 10 seconds the lights come on, everything powers up and you just go right back to working on the computer or watching a show or a movie. >> the funniest thing was that when the power first went off, within the first 15 minutes we got phone calls from our neighbors who go, "how come you still have power?" >> the fact that i don't have to do anything, i don't have to remove extension cords, i don't have to walk through my whole house, unplug, uh, in the cold, in the rain, in the weather-- it's great. >> when the power goes out, your home is at risk. sump pumps stop and basements flood. well pumps stop and clean running water is no longer available. security systems no longer provide protection. but with the standby generator, all of that changes. you can bathe, cook meals, recharge your cell phone. everything you can do with utility power you can do with generac power. even if you're away,

your home is still safe because a generac standby generator works automatically. >> in this area we lose power a lot, but especially after hurricane irene. i lost everything in my basement. when the power went off, the sump pumps stopped and the basement filled with water. without a generator attached to the house, and you have sump pumps in the basement, you lose all your freedom. you can't go out. you can't travel with confidence because if the lights go out your basement's gonna flood. my experience with the standby generator now has been absolutely fabulous. i don't have to worry. when the electric goes off, the generator kicks in and no difference at all. in a minute, everything goes back on and starts working and that's it. two days ago, i went to leave for work and i walked outside and baboom, a transformer blew. 30 seconds later... [makes whirring sound] ...the generac generator started. closed the door and i went to

work with confidence because i knew my basement wouldn't flood, because i can rely on it 150%. >> generac has been building generators right here in the u.s.a. since 1959. they started the home standby category. today, generac is the number-one brand in residential standby generators in the world. and for good reason. generac designs and builds its generators from the ground up. engines, alternators, electronics and switches-- everything purpose-built and precisely optimized for reliable, efficient operation. this can't be said for other brands of generators. only generac purpose-build standby generators that have become an industry benchmark. >> to have a standby generator is so much, uh, more comforting and reassuring knowing that things are gonna be fine. >> with the generator, it's just a normal day. it kicks on, ya just keep goin'. >> it just that automatic comes on, automatically turns off.

>> if we were away on vacation, i didn't have to worry about coming home to frozen pipes in my home, water damage. >> that gives you that feeling of security that, to me, is priceless. >> i pretty much tell everybody, "get a generator." i really do. >> it's one of the best investments i've ever made in this house. >> you know, the time to buy a standby generator is when you don't need it. it's human nature to put things off until it's too late. well, when the power goes out, it's too late. here's how you can do something about that. >> announcer: control your power and your life with a generac automatic standby generator. if utility power is interrupted, the generator detects the problem and automatically provides continuous power in a matter of seconds. when utility power is restored, it automatically shuts off and returns to standby mode, ready and waiting to protect your home and family the next time utility power fails. and right now, you can schedule

a free in-home assessment by one of generac's nationwide dealers. there is absolutely no cost and no obligation to buy anything. call or go online now to schedule your free assessment. a generac dealer will help you size a generator system that meets your individual budget and specific needs, discuss installation and provide you with a comprehensive written estimate. and because generac engineers and designs the entire system, installation is simplified, saving time and money. and, for a limited time, you can get generac's five-year full-coverage warranty, a $495 value, absolutely free! that's five years of 100% coverage at no cost. you'll also get the new mobile link remote monitoring system with one year of monitoring service coverage, regularly $279, free. receive text or email notifications, check your generator status, all from your computer, tablet, or smartphone.

you'll get the full-coverage, five-year warranty, along with mobile link monitoring and one year of service, a total value of $774, absolutely free. to qualify for this special offer, you must schedule your in-home assessment now. call the toll-free number on your screen or go online to poweryoucontrol.com. standby generators start at just $1899, with easy financing available. but hurry, this is a limited-time offer. you must act now! from powering a few appliances to complete whole house systems, only generac has a power backup solution that will meet every budget and provide the peace of mind that comes from knowing that you control the power, no matter what's happening in the world around you. [♪...] >> at the heart of every generator is an engine, but not all engines are created equal. a car engine is built to meet

the demands of driving. a generator engine has a completely different job to do. that's why generac engineers and builds its own engines right here in the united states. generac's overhead valve v-twin is designed specifically for generator use. it's called purpose-built and it makes all the difference in the world when it comes to performance, reliability and longevity. generac also purpose-builds its own alternators, which are designed for maximum power output and quiet performance. in fact, all of the generator subsystems, from fuel delivery, switches and electronics, are designed and built in-house. other manufacturers use off-the-shelf components and package them together. generac, on the other hand, purpose-builds generators to meet the specific demands of backup power generation. >> in 2011 we had a really bad snowstorm and we were out of power for six days and we

couldn't find a hotel to go to that would accommodate the family and the dog. we lost hundreds of dollars' worth of steak and hamburgers and things like that that we had in our freezer downstairs, and once hurricane sandy hit in this area, it was very, very traumatic for everybody, but thanks to the generac 20-kilowatt generator that we have, we, you know, we barely noticed it. we have heat, we have air conditioning, we have all of it. the world around us was very chaotic but in our home we felt very safe and secure. i'd be more than happy to buy... buy it again. you know, it's, it's one of the best investments i've ever made in this house. >> rigorous quality control further assures you that generac is the brand of choice. >> in addition to continuous engineering validation, every generator passes a 100% full function test before it leaves the factory. and once a week your generator performs a 10-minute self-diagnostic test that keeps your system

in top shape and alerts you if it needs maintenance. so when the time comes, you know you'll be able to rely on your generator-- because it's a generac. >> it's a great product. it gives you security. it's reliable. >> the reliability's 100%. >> i've never had a problem with it failing us. i never have. >> the self-test run, it turns on the motor, runs it, makes sure everything's lubricated. >> it checks the battery, it checks all the circuits. it tells you if there's something wrong, it's very... it's very good. >> for us, who are in our... senior citizens, uh, it's that extra assurance that everything is gonna work when i need it. >> alan: because the enclosures are either all-aluminum or rust-resistant steel, not plastic, they're highly weather-resistant, extremely durable, and will look great for years to come. they've been designed and built to withstand winds of up to 150 miles per hour and provide quick access to the generator for ease

of service and maintenance. thoughtful, intelligent design and quality construction. it's no surprise that generac is the number-one-selling home backup generator. >> the enclosure's aluminum. i don't have to worry about it. it self-tests. i don't have to worry about it. >> the whole package, you look at it, it's a very attractive, uh, unit. it's the same color, in my case, as the house. >> we had a little pad built. we put the generator on it. it hooked right into our, um, natural gas line. >> so it's a really easily maintained, high-performance, great generator-- i love it. >> generac really has thought through the design and engineering on their products. >> since 1980, weather-related disasters around the world have more than tripled. names like sandy and irene bring back troubling memories. in 2011 alone, 12 severe storms created more than $50 billion in damage, more damage than all the storms from the 1980s combined.

whatever the cause, the severity and unpredictability of weather has changed for the worse. not surprisingly, weather-related power outages have changed, both in frequency and duration. prolonged power outages are increasingly more the norm. when events like these happen, a standby generator allows you to remain comfortably at home. the alternative? a total disruption of your life. >> when i lived in north jersey, we had a well and septic and we had hurricane floyd. i think that was 1999. we were without power for five days. that meant you had no water in the house. no water, no toilets flushing, so that was really horrible. when it got dark, my neighbor said she felt like a farmer. when it got dark, you went to bed. when it got light, you got up again. i pretty much tell everybody, "get a generator." i really do. i have my generator installed

since january of 2012. it's a whole-house standby generator. you know, at first i was thinking of getting something smaller, but then the idea of having to cherry-pick-- that the refrigerator would work but then, like, i can't get out oft the house because the garage doors aren't connected to it-- it just seemed easier to have everything connected. i wouldn't have to worry that if there's a summer hurricane that i, the air conditioning wouldn't work or in the winter the heating wouldn't work. this way, everything is connected-- i don't have to worry about it. it was just very reassuring to know that the generator was running, i had power in the house... um, it didn't really matter what was going on outside-- the house was still intact and i could do everything i needed to do. >> you can't control the weather. you can't control what happens to the nation's electrical grid, but with a generac generator, you can control what happens in your own home. generac builds generators for industrial and commercial applications as well as residential.

they offer more generator solutions than any other manufacturer. all of this knowledge goes into making your residential generator a state-of-the-art backup system designed to perform under the harshest, most demanding conditions. after all, isn't that when you really need backup power? >> announcer: control your power and your life with a generac automatic standby generator. if utility power is interrupted, the generator detects the problem and automatically provides continuous power in a matter of seconds. when utility power is restored, it automatically shuts off and returns to standby mode, ready and waiting to protect your home and family the next time utility power fails. and right now, youan schedule a free in-home assessment by one of generac's nationwide dealers. there is absolutely no cost and no obligation to buy anything. call or go online now to schedule your free assessment. a generac dealer will help you

size a generator system that meets your individual budget and specific needs, discuss installation and provide you with a comprehensive written estimate. and because generac engineers and designs the entire system, installation is simplified, saving time and money. and, for a limited time, you can get generac's five-year full-coverage warranty, a $495 value, absolutely free! that's five years of 100% coverage at no cost. you'll also get the new mobile link remote monitoring system with one year of monitoring service coverage, regularly $279, free. receive text or email notifications, check your generator status, all from your computer, tablet, or smartphone. you'll get the full-coverage, five-year warranty, along with mobile link monitoring and one year of service, a total value of $774, absolutely free. to qualify for this special

offer, you must schedule your in-home assessment now. call the toll-free number on your screen or go online to poweryoucontrol.com. standby generators start at just $1899, with easy financing available. but hurry, this is a limited-time offer. you must act now! from powering a few appliances to complete whole house systems, only generac has a power backup solution that will meet every budget and provide the peace of mind that comes from knowing that you control the power, no matter what's happening in the world around you. >> we live in a time when electricity has never been more important. it touches virtually every aspect of our lives. a hundred years ago, electricity was a novelty for most americans. today, it's an integral part of our everyday world. just think of all the things in your home that rely on electricity-- computers, refrigerators, microwave ovens, televisions, cell phones-- it's a long list.

even if a power outage lasts just a few hours, it's never convenient. >> with our older son being disabled, when the power goes off in the summer, it gets hot and there are not a lot of ways he can reduce his temperature. for us to get out of the house or to be able to escape the house and go somewhere else, our options are limited. i had had the manual generator before, and you had to choose which breakers were on or off, or which circuits were on or off, and that's-- we had to do that manually. we had to start it manually. the generac unit makes it very easy-- that's not... you don't have to think about it. things you would normally do, we can do and we can keep going. all year round, we can run the house off of the generator. having an automatic standby generator has worked very well for me. >> according to the american society of civil engineers, unless hundreds of billions of dollars are invested in our nation's electrical grid by the year 2020, the system will ultimately break down. in fact, they evaluated and graded the grid...

and they gave it a d-plus. the grid dates back to the late 1800s, expanding haphazardly over the next century into the current patchwork of power plants, transmission lines and transformers of widely varying age, condition and capacity. it's a system that's already faltering and headed for failure. so what's being done about all this? >> that plan, to come up with an overall national strategy, is really not in place. we haven't really looked as proactively as we should be at a national strategy. i think we are many decades away at this pace from achieving a higher-reliability system. in the meantime, we're gonna continue to see frustration from consumers in terms of the amount of outages they're experiencing in the grid and the prolonged nature of how long those outages take to repair and restore. >> we had a blackout for a couple of days where new york and the whole

east coast was affected. >> lights are out, there's... nobody has any power, people are looking in a panic. >> weather is changing all the time and, uh, storms can come up very quick. >> when the trees come down, the lines come down. so it's not unusual at all for a summer storm to trigger a power outage. >> weather-related disasters capture more attention because of the destruction of property and the unfortunate loss of life. some of these events happen with very little warning, at all times of the year. a massive linear windstorm called a "derecho" rapidly swept across 600 miles of the u.s., from northwestern indiana to the atlantic ocean in less than 11 hours, taking communities by surprise, killing 22 people and leaving more than 4.3 million without power in sweltering heat for up to a week. we used to call events like these "100-year storms," but these days 100-year storms seem to be an annual event.

>> we keep track of how often the powegoes off and as of last saturday the power was off for the seventh time. the storm in june 29th of 2012, we lost over $600 worth of food from the freezer and the refrigerator. >> we had no landline telephone to reach anybody. we have pretty bad cell service out here, so we weren't able to reach anybody with r cell phones either. so, um, it, it was pretty scary. >> without power, you're just kinda cut off from the world. >> at that point we said, "we've been wanting to get a generator. this is it-- we're going to this time." >> procrastinating, uh, about buying a generator, uh, it, it hurt us. it cost us money, uh, because we lost a lot of food from that june 29th storm. >> this generator has really been a relief for us. >> now when the storms come and the winds blow and the lightning crashes, uh, and then the power goes out, we just kinda say to ourselves, "wait for it," and 10 seconds later we hear the generator start and then

10 seconds later we got power and we said, "o.k., everything's back to normal." >> protecting your family from the risks and disruption of power outages is not only fairly simple, it's also a lot less expensive than you might imagine. now, sure, you could survive without electrical power. people have done it for centuries. but why would you want to? every second of every day, your generac generator stands guard over your home whether you're there or not, ready to automatically supply power within seconds of a utility outage. you know, as the nation's electrical grid continues to degrade, with superstorms and climate change on everyone's mind, it makes sense to at least investigate the option of a home standby generator. of course, the time to do that is now, when the lights are on, the phone is working and the computer has power, because you never know when that might change. generac power systems thanks you for watching. >> i pretty much tell everybody, "get a generator."

i really do. >> it's one of the best investments i've ever made in this house. >> we really like our generac. >> it's a great product. it gives you security, it's reliable. >> if we were away on vacation, i didn't have to worry about coming home to frozen pipes in my home. >> with the generator, it's just a normal day. it kicks on, you just keep goin'. >> it just that automatic comes on, automatically turns off. >> that gives you that feeling of security that, to me, is priceless. >> there's an old saying that says, "failing to plan is planning to fail." >> don't wait till, till trouble's upon ya-- do it now. >> the best time to buy a generator is yesterday. >> announcer: control your power and your life with a generac automatic standby generator. if utility power is interrupted, the generator detects the problem and automatically provides continuous power in a matter of seconds. when utility power is restored, it automatically shuts off and returns to standby mode, ready and waiting to protect your home and family the next time utility power fails.

and right now, you can schedule a free in-home assessment by one of generac's nationwide dealers. there is absolutely no cost and no obligation to buy anything. call or go online now to schedule your free assessment. a generac dealer will help you size a generator system that meets your individual budget and specific needs, discuss installation and provide you with a comprehensive written estimate. and because generac engineers and designs the entire system, installation is simplified, saving time and money. and, for a limited time, you can get generac's five-year full-coverage warranty, a $495 value, absolutely free! that's five years of 100% coverage at no cost. you'll also get the new mobile link remote monitoring system with one year of monitoring service coverage, regularly $279, free. receive text or email generator status, all from your

computer, tablet, or smartphone. you'll get the full-coverage, five-year warranty, along with mobile link monitoring and one year of service, a total value of $774, absolutely free. to qualify for this special offer, you must schedule your in-home assessment now. call the toll-free number on your screen or go online to poweryoucontrol.com. standby generators start at just $1899, with easy financing available. but hurry, this is a limited-time offer. you must act now! from powering a few appliances to complete whole house systems, only generac has a power backup solution that will meet every budget and provide the peace of mind that comes from knowing that you control the power, no matter what's happening in the world around you. the preceding was a paid program from home standby generators brought to you by generac power systems.

>> i remember nights where i would go to sleep, and i would pray that i wouldn't wake up. i never considered suicide because it was against my religion.

i got up every morning. i was sick. i'd have panic attacks. i'd take a shower, i would get dressed, and i would go to work. and then when i got home, i would get in my pajamas, and i would lay on the couch, and i would just wait. "i'm done. please, just let me go." i look back on that, and it's-- it makes me so sad. [dramatic music] ♪ >> oh, it's absolutely terrifying because you're no longer the person that you used to be. you're starting to become this person that's terrified of everything. i couldn't leave my home, and i would go into panic and have anxiety at work. i would quit my jobs because i was embarrassed. i was afraid that someone would find out that, you know, i'm hiding behind the filing cabinet

having an anxiety attack, and i didn't want everybody to think i was crazy, 'cause that's what you think you're doing: you're going crazy. >> as i was going through life and everything like that, "boom, boom, boom, boom," just this big old hammer just smacking down on me constantly. "you can't do this. you can't do that. don't go there. don't say that." all i was was a nail, and this big old hammer was just gonna pound me right into the ground, and it might have just been a huge-sized coffin that i was pounding these nails in, because that's how i felt. i just felt dead. dead inside. >> i was off duty for about four months. i had both my neck and my lower back operated on, and on the first day back in, i was the engineer, or driver. our first call came in, and i pulled out of quarters, and i got about two blocks away. and all of a sudden, i had to pull over, and the captain looked at me, and he said, "what's the matter?" and i said, "i think i'm gonna die." i said, "i'm having a heart attack or something." i said, "i'm dizzy. i feel like i'm gonna pass out." they called an ambulance out, and they took me to the hospital.

and for the next six months, i went through a series of doctors trying to figure out what was wrong with me. i told my wife that since i couldn't drive fire trucks anymore that we were probably looking at a minimum pension and that we better sell everything we own and get debt-free so that our kids could go to school. so i did. i sold the dream home that my wife and i had built. >> i didn't really notice any bad symptoms of anxiety until i was, oh, maybe 65. well, i don't know what brought it on. it's like my life got littler and littler. >> it was right after high school that i started to have anxiety. i actually had a girlfriend who passed away in a car accident. i woke up in the middle of the night. i just couldn't breathe, and i actually went outside on my parents' deck, 'cause i just felt like i needed air. from then on, that is when i really knew that i was scared, and i didn't know why. >> i never wanted therapy. i never sought it. i really tried to just hope it'd all go away. i was just not wanting to live.

i don't know that there was any answers out there for me. i absolutely had no hope up until this point. i didn't want to exist. i really didn't want to exist. >> i'm seeing the right doctors. i'm going to a psychiatrist. he tells me i'm not crazy. i'm going to a psychologist, and he's helping me the best that he can. i think i should get more help, but i'm getting the best that i can, and i'm getting worse. >> my daughter was living in ontario, and she was getting married, and they were having a showeror her. i was a nervous wreck knowing that, "how am i going to get on that plane?" and i was sitting there waiting for us to get ready for take-off. and it hit. it hit like the biggest storm ever. the sweat. the heart rate. the full-blown panic attack. and i just said to the stewardess, i said, "you have to get me off this plane. i am not going to be able to settle down." and then, like, i just started to scream, and i said, "you have to get me off the flight now, or we're gonnate pilot's gonna have to turn around and land somewhere, because i am not gonna be able to stay on this plane

for 3/12 hours." and, i mean, i was embarrassed. i was crying, but i couldn't control the panic attack. the pilot said, "okay, fine. we have to get her off the flight." >> my mom would sit me down or tell me before i would leave that she might not be there when i got back. she would allude to the fact that she was going to kill herself. i thought it was my responsibility to make sure that those bad things that i feared did not happen, and that's when my panic attacks started. >> well, my self-esteem plummeted, and i lost all of my confidence. no independence. i just started to depend on people. i became a victim, you know. i just turned myself into a victim of these circumstances, and it was just an awful, awful feeling to be so powerless. and i figured, "this is just terrible. i'm 35 years old,

and this it. this is gonna be for the rest of my life, and i hate it," but i sort of just started to accept it. >> i think i stayed in bed for, like, six months. i was just totally depressed. i didn't--i didn't want to live anymore because it was too painful to watch myself just basically fall apart. >> i became socially phobic. i was uncomfortable staying in other people's houses. i was uncomfortable traveling in other people's cars. and i lived in my own little world, and i didn't tell anyone. i would go to bed at night and just lie there and worry that i was gonna become possessed, that i was going to become mentally ill, or that i was gonna die of a terminal illness. those seemed to be my three fears at about 14. >> i think one of my biggest symptoms was, i felt kind of dizzy and light-headed, and i felt like i was gonna pass out. and my biggest fear was, "what if i pass out while i'm driving with my two young kids in the car?" and that scared the heck out of me. and even if i was in a store,

i thought, "well, what if i pass out right here and then, you know, the ambulance has to come or something like that, and then my little daughter who's just two years old what's happening to mommy?g what if i never wake up? what if i end up in a mental institution?" i mean, all those things were going through my mind. >> after my first incident, where i had to stop driving the fire engine, i probably went through a dozen or more doctors. i was in a shop with a doctor. she was a specialist on balance and inner-ear problems. and she was having me do a bunch of balance tests, and they had strobe lights going and the whole bit. she finally stopped the whole thing, and she just kind of chuckled, and she said, "why are we doing this?" she says, "i know what's wrong with you." she says, "you're having panic attacks." i can remember i looked at her, and i went, "you're kidding, right?" i said, "do you know what i do for a living? i'm a fireman, so i'm not afraid of anything." i said, "do you know where i've been and what i've seen in my career and in my life?" and she said, "well, it's real common with motor officers, with firefighters,

with soldiers." she says, "it's the stress that you're under that you don't realize." >> i work with couples and families and individuals, people who have problems in their relionships, people who have problems with anxiety and depression, addictions. i myself had anxiety disorder when i was in my 20s, and it kind of came on me very suddenly, and it was very debilitating. so i know the terrible feeling of anxiety disorder, the horrors of a panic attack. i've experienced that myself. >> the thing that alcohol did for me is, it numbed the depression. the depression was 24-7. i was able to work a job and really excel with it, because i had learned to be a hard worker. and once i got home, i had nowhere to turn. my mom was a nurse. pills were everywhere. in fact, when i started the program, my mom says, "why don't you just take a pill?" >> anxiety and depression are two of the main reasons people miss work, visit the family doctor, and take prescription medication.

take control of your anxiety and depression, and you'll take control of your life. you'll think more clearly, have more energy, sleep better, and be happier. take the first step right now. there is hope. there are options. call for a wonderful free cd that will show you how. >> it was unbelievable to me that you can do and you can achieve whatever you want. >> it's motivated me to do many different things that i've always wanted to do but was just so scared to do. >> i'm feeling physically better. you know, suddenly i could sleep. suddenly i was able to take my kids to disneyland. i could do all these things and not be afraid that i was gonna have to leave. >> before i found the attacking anxiety and depression program, there wasn't a single therapy that helped me. thank god for this. i am so blessed. >> you want help for your anxiety and depression. you want to feel better. you just don't know what to do.

let the midwest center help you take the first step. >> i think the program was wonderful. it did--was a miracle to me. >> these are life skills that really, really do stay with you. >> i cleared out my attic. then i found me. and i found out i like me. >> like, i never get anxious, and i'll never have a panic attack for the rest of my life. and i know i won't, 'cause i'll never allow that to happen. >> it was just so freeing to feel that heaviness come off myself. there's hope. there is a way out of this. >> right now there's someone waiting to talk to you who understands what you're going through. call now for this wonderful free cd. >> i was on medication after medication. i think every six weeks for a couple of years, i was being switched to a different medication and going through the side effects and weight loss and weight gain and nausea

and irritability. it was horrible, and i was doing it to myself. i was on this quest for something that would make me feel better immediately. >> and i'm getting angrier because there's nobody helping me medically. all the doctors are saying is take, you know, prescriptions and try another antidepressant and try this anti-- you know, they just kept switching the drugs around. and i said, "but that's-- it's not helping. none of it's helping." so i finally went into therapy, and i just didn't find it helpful at all. i was just frustrated with them. i said, "but i need to understand what i'm going through and why i'm going through and how i can fix this." >> i remember there was no safe place anymore. i couldn't talk to my mother on the phone. that made me anxious. i couldn't drive to my favorite grocery store. that made me anxious. i just was living in this little shell wondering how much worse it was gonna get, and i prayed to god, and i said, "please, show me one person that's gone through this and lived and thrived, and i'll help you

for the rest of my life." and the next morning, i woke up and turned a show on, and it was a woman talking about panic attacks. >> when you're dealing with anxiety and depression, you know, you go through so many different physical symptoms, and one of them is insomnia. and so anyway, one morning at 4:00 in the morning, i get up, and i said, "i'm gonna switch on the tv. i'm not sleeping anyway." and then i see lucinda. i'm listening to her, and i'm going, "oh, my gosh. that sounds just like me." >> i was so incredibly excited when i found the midwest center for stress and anxiety. i knew that i was on to something. i had found something that was gonna work for me. >> nobody ever told me that it's about changing the way that you think, and that was-- when i found this attacking anxiety and depression program, that was the major, major thing. and it's something so simple. i wish would have learned before then. >> the first thing that was so helpful was, i understood exactly what anxiety was. she described it, she explained it, and she told you why it is

and what it does to you physically and emotionally and the whole chemistry imbalance in your body. and i'm thinking, "why couldn't a doctor tell me that?" >> i really enjoy working with people in therapy who are using the program, because it is a great complement to the therapy. it's just great to have people kind of in that therapeutic environment for the entire week other than when--the hour that they're with me. if people don't have access to therapy or don't particularly need therapy but have the program, they can do a really god job by working with this program and with the midwest center to recover from anxiety and depression. there is a lot of support from the midwest center, phone support. there's coaching support. >> i could take a negative thought and run with it, and i could catastrophize the worst-case scenarios. and talking with other coaches, i find out that this is probably one of the biggest obstacles for everyone, and certainly, the clients that i've coached, that's the main focus that i work on.

>> my days started to change. my thoughts started to change, and it changed my life. it gave me the freedom to live my life, because before, i didn't. i was too scared. >> i had to give up my security blanket, and my security blanket was fear. my security blanket was, "do not go there." my security blanket was, "don't do that. don't trust the world." because i was brought up in believing that it was a bad place. >> it was a shock, 'cause it was like, "oh, my gosh. it's been me all along? like, i'm the one that's causing this?" but then when you find out that it is under your control and you can solve it, that in itself just gives you that oomph. "oh, okay. i've just got to follow this program." you don't want to listen to the fact that, you know, you've been victimizing yourself all this time, because you're very angry at the fact that you've allowed yourself to do that. >> you know, it was a whole

different way of thinking, because for a long time, people believed that people who were anxious and depressed were deficient or that they were sick or unstable or incapable of helping themselves. and the different twist that i saw to the whole thing is that, "no, wait a minute. people with anxiety and depression are creative and intuitive and futuristic thinkers, and they have a vivid imagination. and if you could take all that creative energy that they're turning inward and making themselves sick with and turn it outward where it belongs, these people could conquer the world." >> i learned what i was missing, and it lit a fire under me that i don't know anybody could ever put out. my world opened up, and my life opened up, and my heart opened up, and my mind opened up. and the things that i probably should have been doing or could have been doing for the first 30 years started happening.

i was not living. and i'm living now. >> the program is utilizing cognitive behavioral therapy. it helps you to learn to identify how your own thinking is impacting your feelings and that your body is responding to your thinking and creating this panic and anxiety. medication can relieve the symptoms of the anxiety disorder, but the medication really doesn't do anything at all to correct the negative self-talk that's going on. >> yes, you can take medication. yes, you can self-medicate with alcohol, but that's not gonna help you in the long term. and that's not the kind of message you want your children to see. you want to be self-empowered. you want to know that no matter what, you can pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and get your energy and your confidence back no matter what's going on around you. and that's what this program does. >> the macho image-- it's hard for people to open up. it's hard for men to open up, to get them to admit their

weaknesses, to show their emotions, to really come up with a plan of action, to take control of their life, and just admit their fears. >> in fact, i've been told that, by a psychiatrist, that my defense mechanism is always on. [laughs] i'm always denying that there's a problem and that it's the way that it is. same thing with pain is, that's the way that i get through my life day to day: i deny that i'm hurt. i think one of the hugest breakthroughs that encouraged me to start the program was the information, and something i had never heard from one of my doctors is that i wasn't sick, i didn't have a disease, that it was a condition that basically i had developed throughout my life and that i didn't have to be cured from it, that i could teach myself and use the tools that were provided through the program to get over it. >> i like the way that it made

me realize that i was causing the problem, and i think that's one of the things that took me a long time to get into my head, but as it went on and on, i think i finally realized that nothing outside is making this happen. it is me that's causing it. >> life for me now is amazing. i can seriously say that i'm just--i'm blessed, and i'm so happy. i could have never been on a plane, you know, before and fly for six hours by myself, but i'm just my own safe person now. i don't rely on others to cheer me up all the time. i can do that for me now. >> you cannot put a price on what it gives you. it gave me my life back. it made me find me. >> the attacking anxiety and depression program is something that i keep in my car, i keep on my ipod. i go back to it all the time. it's like having a good friend that's sitting in my car with me. if i'm worried, i'll put in the "worry" cd, and i remember that that doesn't do me any good. "it doesn't do me any good

to worry. what can i do to change that?" and you know what? sometimes we need that friend. we need that, "you know, you can do this. you might have forgotten that you can do this, but you can do this. i've seen you get through worse things." and that's what it is for me. >> it's time to take control of your worry, anxiety, and depression. it's time to put an end to the fear and "what if" thinking it creates. please, pick up the phone and call right now for a wonderful free cd that will show you how to finally free yourself from the obsessive worry, fear, and exhaustion that's caused by anxiety and depression. you can get your life back. you can feel good again. call now for your free cd to learn how. >> just to get that freedom and be able to appreciate the things i had really, really--it was more than help. it was a dream come true. every day in my prayers i thank god for that blessing. >> i think the program gave me a new way of looking at things and looking at life, and it

made me feel like i can do anything. >> keep practicing the skills, and it will work. and i'm proof that it works. >> we want to help you help yourself. you can control your anxiety, stress, and depression, and we can show you how. call now. >> it hit home. there were people that had exactly what i had. >> life now is much, much, much better. i feel like i can handle my life now. >> it's amazing. sometimes i have to step back and say, "oh, my god. i used to do that. i used to worry all the time. i used to make myself sick. i just am so happy with where i am in my life. >> the midwest center saved me in so many different ways that could honestly say that i'm no longer scared to death. i feel like i'm a part of something now. this program really works. >> you have a right to be happy. you have a right to not feel anxious and depressed. life is supposed to feel good.

call now for this motivating free cd and take control of your life. >> there is a changing your life. you have to commit to it. you have to believe that you're worth it. and you just keep going. but if you don't use it, it's not gonna do you any good. i go back to it every day. i live it. it's a way of life. >> i'm a totally different person. i am so in control of my life. i'so happy. i have confidence. my self-esteem is just fantastic, and i can't even believe thai put myself through that. i feel like i had to probably go through it to get to where i am in my life. it's given me my independence back, and it's totally empowered me to know that i can succeed i want to do.rk at anything >> it's literally allowed me to get my life back in order;

whereas before, it was just chaotic. >> i definitely feel like the program saved my life. i mean, i don't know what i would have done without it, because you are your own parachute, and was the only one who could save myself. it's actually one of my proudest accomplishments. >> it's something i definitely could have used years earlier, and i think it would have helped me even before i had panic attacks. it was a life changer for me, a real life changer. >> i've changed. it's not the world around me that has changed. it's still the same world that i grew up in, but it doesn't scare me like it used to, because i know who i am now. and i know that no matter what happens, good or bad, and i'm gonna get through it, and good and bad things happen to us all, and it's about choosing whether or not you want to be a victim or you want to be a victor. >> i think this program could

help everybody in the way they think about life. it's full of wisdom about how to live your life in a successful way and in a healthy way, and most of us didn't get that blueprint. so, you know, this program has kind of gathered up thinking from just a huge range of places and made it accessible in one place. >> i mean, life is life, and stress is stress, but the incredible thing about it is, you know when it's coming on and you see that you're gonna be in a stressful situation. you just have the skills to deal with it. you just live in the moment, and that's a definite you'll have to do. don't go sweating about the past and beating yourself up about the past. don't get too far into the future, because you really have no control over the future. and it's to stay in the present moment, and that's where i've been for the last year and a half--staying in the present moment. and my lifhas been fantastic. >> it was so simple, because knowledge is power. and getting the education and having someone explain to me

what was happening with my body and that i wasn't the only one going through it and that other people have been successful at it-- there's a recipe for success right there. >> because of the attacking anxiety and depression program, i am more confident than ever, any time in my entire life, that i can decide for myself. i can live with my choices. it's like you're unleashing the side of you that's nice, that's normal. it empowers you in such a way that you never even thought possible. it makes you prouder of yourself than ever before. >> this program is for any single person living in this day and age. our lives are so stressful. it's life skills that you need to learn. whether you have problems with anxiety, stress, worry, depression, it certainly helps. and it helps you keep on the straight and narrow. i still pull out the cds and listen to 'em when i'm frazzled or i notice myself going back into some negative phrases

and things like that. >> i have grown backwards. i think i was 80 when i was about 8. [laughs] then in my 30s, i'm starting to play. this is the first time i've ever had a childhood, and i'm gonna have it. i'm gonna experience every single thing about it that i can and i wasn't able to before. and i can now. >> i wanted to illustrate what i was like before the program. basically, i was hunched over, basically like the hunchback of notre dame basically. this is how i'd be walking. just like that. but after the program, check it out. the sky's the limits. whoo! >> it just worked. you get control of yourself and control of your mind and your life. and i took control, and i've

been traveling ever since, and i've got total independence. i went to stay in new zealand for five or six weeks. then i went up to australia for a month, and then i went over to thailand for 2 1/2 months, and i did all of this by myself. trains, anes, and automobiles. >> life now is fantastic. i appreciate each day. i've learned how to slow down. i've learned how to relax. i've learned how to actually do nothing and feel good about it and know that it's healthy to do nothing. i used to have a bief that you had to be doing something productive at every minute or you're wasting your time. and that's not the case at all. that's not being healthy. i'm enjoying life. >> don't let anyone ever tell you that you have to live with anxiety and depression the rest of your life or that you have to take medication for the rest of your life, because it's not true. what you need to do is believe in yourself and go deep inside of yourself and take a look at who you really are. and you need the skills to know how to get your confidence back and be self-empowered so that

you can live in the moment and help yourself. >> i know what it feels like to live on that edge and hoping beyond hope that somebody would just go ahead and push me over and get it over with. i also know what it feels like to have somebody come up and take my hand and walk me away and show me the beauty that, you know, was beyond that cliff. and i'm no better than anybody else. i don't--i'm no smarter. it's taking the program, the attacking anxiety and depression program, and it is attacking all of those bad things that you've been telling yourself, all of those horrible things that you may have learned, and it is putting your foot down and refusing to live the way that you've been

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good morning. nina, what are you doing this weekend? i don't know, i may have plans. why? well, i have tickets to the cherrywood manor mystery weekend. you know, it's one of those interactive theatrical experiences. yes, i have plans. oh, come on, nina. it'll be fun. it's like a party. the guests mingle with the actors while sipping merlot and eatihors d'oeuvres, and then a murder is staged, and we amateur sleuths have to try and solve it. i'll go, if you can guarantee i'll be the first one murdered. but the food's really good.

are you talking about staley's, because their onion loaf is to die for. no, i am talking about the cherrywood mystery weekend. the cherrywood mystery weekend? you know, it's one of those old fashioned whodunits with food and wine? oh, one of those. would your family like to come? i hear they put on a great show. there's a show? we all love a good show. so you'll come? well, i don't know. everybody's sort of busy. i mean, if you had told us earlier, or if it were free-- it's my treat. all right, we're in! now, let me get this straight, colonel pinkham, you stopped a charging rhino with nothing more than a stare, and then actually wrestled it to it's death? that's exactly what i did.

let me shake your hand. ah. having fun, sweetheart? oh, i'm having a wonderful time. mary, i'd like you to meet colonel pinkham. he, he was just telling me about his last hunting trip. oh, don't tell me, let me guess. on the plains of the serengeti? oh, you bagged yourself a smart one there, dick. excuse me. oh, by the way, good luck. good luck to you, pinkham. you know, what a remarkable character. oh, yeah, he's good. i saw him last year in man of la mancha at theater on the pier. a big game hunter and an actor? my god. he's a renaissance man. did you see the size of those prawns? thanks. yeah, i just want one more. so, uh, how long before the show, dick? oh, i hope it's not for a while.

i'm meeting the most fascinating people, harry. dick, what kind of a weird-ass party is this? everyone i talk to, they want to tell me their whole life story, and then, they want to tell me secrets about the other guests. yeah, yeah, and that guy, chip caswell, he keeps telling me about how much he hates this old dude with the young wife, and you know what? he wears makeup. you know what your problem is? for the first time, you find yourselves in a civilized social situation where you have to match wits with intellectuals and bon vivants, and you crumble. i, on the other hand, flourish. another drink, colonel? don't mind if i do. [laughs] [laughs] captioning made possible by carsey-werner company l.l.c. and the u.s. department of education

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your twice-baked cheddar chive potato. can i have it? i--i'm not feeling too well. oh, you should talk to my friend here, jack wallencott. he tells me he's in excruciating pain, mary, but he's not going to give in until he gets that damned will of his sorted out, right, wallencott? right. i only hope nothing happens to me before i do. i feel queasy and bloated, and i'm all sweaty. i've gotta go lie down, excuse me. yeah, well, uh, hurry back. so, colonel pinkham, would you regale us with another story of man against beast? oh, well, i once shot an elephant in my pajamas. ooh. really? mmm. how he got in my pajamas, i'll never know. [laughing] did you leave your tent open? a tad more wine, mrs. wallencott? why, chip, i hope you're not trying to get me drunk

so you can take advantage of me. certainly not, mrs. wallencott. mrs. wallencott. you are having this conversation right in front of your husband. what say we take it on down to the drawing room, and leave the pretty boy behind with the cheese. eames! you've been my butler for 20 years, you never remember to keep my wine glass full. you see how she bosses that guy around? yeah, and he's the best dressed guy here. what a wuss. mmm. pathetic. hey, eames! more water, now! [speaking british] and uh, could you clear this dirty plate, eames? very well, sir. very well, sir. [glass tinkling] i would like to propose a toast.

a toast to my new friends. all: hear, hear! ooh! good heavens! don't move. [screams] he's been murdered! but by whom? a trio of sorbets will be served in the drawing room. [all talk] does this mean the show's canceled? [laughing] oh, this is horrible. a man has just been murdered, and everyone is calmly standing around eating sorbet. obviously, these people have been completely desensitized

by all the gratuitous violence they've seen on television and movies... especially the movies. so what are we gonna do? we're gonna grab mary and get out of here. come on. everybody stay exactly where you are. good evening, ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. i am inspector macaffery from scotland yard. he got here quick. no one is to leave the premises. until further investigation, everyone is considered a suspect. everyone? sh-sh-surely you don't mean everyone? given the right circumstances, anyone is capable of murder. but not everyone. yes, everyone. but not anyone. yes.

[crying] there, there, milly. ooh. oh, i'm sorry. hey! slow down there, buddy. i'm sorry. what are you, crazy? that woman's husband was just murdered, and you're trying to stick your tongue down her throat? do you want to become the prime suspect? well, why would i be a suspect? it's obvious that hunter guy did it. how dare you! my dear friend colonel pinkham is many things, longbow expert, marksman, knife and gun collector, actor... but he is no murderer. [mary retching] oh, my poor mary. listen, let's not spoil mary's "whodunit" weekend with news of this heinous murder. dick... you guys having fun? all: oh, yeah. darling, yes, we only wish that you could

join in all the gaiety. how are you feeling? i feel awful. i've been throwing up for hours. did anyone else eat the prawns? all: no. it must be food poisoning. oh, my god, mary! you've been poisoned! who has done this to you? who? who? who? who? who? who? [door slams closed] oh, my god. if they can get to albright, then none of us is safe. uh! oh, sorry. i'm ok. uh!

?ó so, inspector, any breakthroughs?

no, but the game's afoot, i dare say. you know, i could assist you in all this. what if we collected some bits of physical evidence? uh-huh? you know, cigar butts, lipstick stains, a monogrammed lighter, a monogrammed handkerchief, a monogrammed towel, a monogrammed shirt, anything monogrammed would be really good. right, well, let's not get overeager, hmm? why don't you sit back and take in the events as they unfold? but there's a murderer among us! yes, and he'll be among us all weekend. now, if you'll excuse me, i must phone scotland yard. that inspector is appallingly lackadaisical. look, maybe i'd better just call don. yeah, we need some rutherford blue on our side, but until then-- and i know this might sound a bit unorthodox-- i think we need to do some sleuthing on our own. are you saying that we should try to solve the murder ourselves? at a party? exactly.

someone may have had the motive. someone may have had the opportunity. my god, if they had both! i'd better go confer with my dear friend, the colonel. ok, this might sound crazy, right, but what if eames did it? you think the butler did it? well, that's a little far-fetched. well, think about it. who gave albright the poison prawns? uh-oh... tommy... you haven't been very nice to eames. no, you picked on him first. i'm a teenager, i couldn't resist. whatever. look, harry, come on. let's go find a phone and call don. aah! eames. hi, man, how are you doing? listen, you got a first name? eames.

eames... ok. well, listen, eames, that whole business back at dinner, you know, i was just playing around. i was just trying to have fun with ya, you know? so, i mean, you and me, eames, uh, we're cool, right? no, sir. that dude's gonna kill me. colonel pinkham, we need your help. this inspector has some agenda of his own that i don't understand. i think-- [gasps] colonel? [gagging] colonel? [screams] he's dead! my dear friend colonel pinkham has been murdered! a selection of domestic ports will be served in the foyer. that's it! i'm not staying for the show.

inspector. yeah? oh, hello! just enjoying a little sustenance. this case is a particularly taxing one. another man has been murdered. already? oh! sorry. sorry? because of your laxity, a man is dead! maybe that lazy pip-pip-cheerio attitude flies in foggy old london town, but you're in ohio now, guv'nah! listen, i've done a thousand of these. calm down, sit back, enjoy it. enjoy it? that's it. i'm taking over this investigation. give me that police blotter. casting call? this is for actors. what do you want from me? i'll tell you something, macaffery, maybe you should try acting because you're a damned awful inspector!

hello, mary. i brought you some crackers. they're aled, so i think theye sa. thanks. i'm just so glad you're not... dead. that would be ironic, wouldn't it? maryi haven't been completelyonest with you. something's happened 2 ople ha beemurded. , no. you don't sound veryoncerned, i said, 2 people, murdered. 2 people, and ve been up here, sick. so you have. it's been awful. you have been up here the whole time, right? when you have food poisoning, you can't move everody knows at. yes, everybody knows that

what kind of crackers are these? garlic and sour cream. mary! ok, tommy, i gotta stay up here and guard albright's door. you go downstairs and wait for don, and don't tell anyone what you're doing. ok, um, could you take that candle away from your face? it sort of makes you look like a monster. ooh! all right, that's not funny. ok, i've got issues with eames, and-- come on, tommy. you can get through this. we've been through tougher things than this before. you're right. ok. we have. damn right, we have. yeah! ok! all right! [gunshot] both: aah! hey, i'm sorry, i thought that the trigger was the safety. oh, god, don, thank god you're here. what's wrong? unspeakable things have been happening in this house, don. well, i'm sure it's nothing this police officer hasn't seen before, son. this old guy in a wheelchair

got a knife stuck in his back, and he croaked right in front of us. i've never seen that before. and then, somebody put poison in this safari guy's drink, and he just fell dead, right out of his chair. and he was, like... [screams] 2 guys were killed? i'd better get backup. you hang tight. no, no, no. don't let anybody see you, baby. they could kill you, too. aw, jeez. aah! [grunting] i just saw don. he's going for backup. good. because i think i'm on the verge of blowing this case wide open. follow me! aha! fingerprints on the mantle, but whose prints could they be? who was last seen alone in this room? [clock chimes] alas, that concludes tonight's chapter, ladies and gentlemen, thank you. man: bravo! [all applaud] inspector: pleasant dreams.

not so fast! no one goes to sleep just yet, inspector. oh, for crying out loud. everybody sit their evil little butts back down, now! thanks. ladies and gentlemen, dr. solomon is about to address you all. please hold all comments until he has finished his summation. thank you, harry. these are the facts, as we know them. during dinner, jack wallencott dropped dead into his potato, a hunting knife protruding from his back. hours later, my dear friend colonel pinkham was found poisoned to death in his favorite wingback chair. dick, come to bed. quiet, mary, i'm summing up. but it's only friday. shut it! who is responsible? ooh! mrs. wallencott. oh, lord. silence! one hour ago, i was rifling through mrs. runquist's suitcase.

how dare you go through my things? how dare you own a leopard thong? and while i was contemplating that thong, i wondered... who is the person that we would least suspect of poisoning the colonel? will you sit down? you're stealing my part. i get to do this. how many more people have to die because of your incompetence? i do the summation after brunch, every sunday. read the damn brochure! no! the least likely suspect is the person... who, herself, was poisoned, but poisoned only to the extent that she lay sick in her room, above suspicion, away from the crowd, the perfect dose. and who knows more about poisons than an anthropologist? a toxicologist? yes. but forget i just said that. that leads nowhere. no! mary albright killed jack wallencott

and then in a fever of vengefulness, she killed my dear friend, colonel pinkham. what the-- yes, mary. i could tell immediately you were jealous. you never expected the colonel and me to forge such a bond... and if you couldn't have me, no one else could. you can't accuse me of murder, you can only accuse the actors. and which actors would those be, mary? if you had hips the size of that blonde woman, would you be wearing that skirt? oh, darling, please. i wouldn't even leave the house. ooh. colonel. you're alive. and mr. wallencott, you... you can walk! dick: wait a minute, you only pretended to die. none of this is real.

this is all a scam! no, wait... you're all actors. this is the show, right? well, you were all marvelous. and you, sir, are the reason i want to leave acting, and return to my first passion, drink! mary? i--i never really believed that you were the murderer, especially once i found out that everybody here was an actor, that's when it really hit me. [bang] hut, hut, hut, hut, hut! freeze! everybody down on the floor! down on the floor! you! show me the bodies! now! go, go, go, go, go! sally: don! don! hon. captioning made possible by carsey-werner company l.l.c. and the u.s. department of education is this one of those murder mystery things? well, yaah.

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[captioning made possible by warner bros. domestic television distribution] >> now on "extra" -- simon's first words about his paternity scandal. >> i'm proud to be a dad. >> officially admitting he's a daddy. his new interview about becoming a father and his seet rendezvous with his baby mama. is he getting ready to pop the question, too? america's two hero rescuers speak out on "extra," the plumber and dr. oz helping save a tourist from a taxi crash. >> it was really bad. she wasn't going to make it. >> and the man that saved dick

van dyke when his car exploded in flames. >> i said you've got to get out now. >> jim parson's "big bang" paycheck and sofia vergara's soaring salary and the highest paid list. >> what makes more, ashton kutcher or mark harmon? >> tough one. >> hot couple news, jen and justin making out in mexico. fergie and josh, not ready for baby? then lady gaga's monster return to the spotlight. her new music. her amazing slimdown. plus, live at the grove, mario is going toe to toe with iron mike tyson. >> jamie foxx has been saying he'd love to play you in the movie. >> don king and the whole situation. >> he's too damn old to play me. when i'm the drug addict. >> "extra, extra." >> hey, everyone, welcome to "extra" here at the grove, i'm mario lopez >> and i'm maria menounos. the list of highest paid tv stars leaks out. wait until you hear what makes what. that's coming up. >> i think i have a pretty good

idea. but first tv's highest pate personality, my friend and boss, the 57-year-old simon cowell. he's breaking his silence about having a baby. a top secret reunion with his baby mama. are they having a boy or girl? and the words the world has been waiting for simon to say. >> i'm proud to be a dad. >> cowl's all new headline making bbc interview at the premiere of one direction's new movie for the first time confirming the rumors he's going to be a father. >> it's something i hadn't thought of before and now i know. i feel good about it. she's a very special girl. >> brand-new pics of that special girl lauren silverman's baby bump and $39,000 diamond bracelet gift from simon in full says play. she just landed in france after hammering out a $2 million divorce settlement, clearing her way for her love birds reunion with simon. ahe's ready to pop the question, he's not saying. the bbc asking -- >> you know if you're having a boy or girl? >> i'm not saying. >> coul does know this --

>> it's fine for me, yes. >> new video, "bachelor" star gia allemand in queens as we reveal shocking details about her suicide. the 29-year-old was reportedly on the phone with her mother when she hanged herself with a vacuum cord. one story saying her nba player boyfriend ryan anderson told her, "i don't love you anymore" only hours before. >> i've had the good, i've had the bad with, i'd had it all. >> gia in 2011, "people" magazine reporting anti-anxiety and sleeping pills found had her bathroom but no indication she abused them. >> happier news trending. we have details on baby north west's tv debut. >> the picture of kanye on kris jenner's talk show. it looks like they had a lot of fun. we hear he brought a picture of her daughter to show off, something kris hinted to me he might do yesterday. >> you'll have to watch the show to find out. >> kris confirmed they turned

down a lot of money for the photo. we hear it's as much as $4 million. >> her little bilateral apparently taking her first vacation. the family jetted off to california's wine country for a secret weekend getaway. >> all right, now today's front page story on "the new york post." the tourist run down by a cabbie and dr. oz who just happened to be close by, jumped in and helped out. >> dr. oz had a big assist and that was a new york plumber who is about to become a household name. we talked to him today in new york. >> it was really bad. she wasn't going to make it. >> this beautiful british tourist mowed down by an out-of-control taxi just hours after she got to new york. the horror scene unfolding in midtown manhattan. >> everyone pulled out cell phones to videotape it. >> but not david justino, the plumber who saw 23-year-old sian green lying on the ground with a severed right foot and mangled right leg. without a thought for his own safety he jumped into action.

>> i grabbed my belt, jumped -- dropped my stuff and put the belt on tight and held. >> david said he was holding on tight until a doctor arrived but had no idea who else was rushing to help. >> he said, i'm a doctor, i looked up and i said what do i do? and he said you're doing it, dave. >> you have seconds to apply pressure. plumber dave, an average joe walking along the street but saved her life. >> surgeons were not able to ave sian's foot. justino plans to visit her but in the meantime he doesn't want to be called a hero. >> i just want to go home and have some cookies and hopefully one day i'll see her on dr. oz, give her a hug and wish her the best. >> across the country, another ordinary hero in an extraordinary situation. the good samaritan who saved dick van dyke from his burning car. >> it was completely in flames. >> tmz with the video, piers morgan getting jason pennington's rescue story. >> i flipped around and actually went up the on-ramp so i could get close to the

vehicle. i grabbed him by the arm and pulled him out and said you've got to get out now. >> asked why he risked his own life, simple -- >> to me i thought i was doing the right thing. >> i know both guys don't want to be called heroes but that's exactly what they are. you guys have an open invite to come down here and we'll roll out the red carpet, v.i.p. treatment, right? >> absolutely. well, all right, now jennifer anton and her man justin are away in mexico and we have new pics today amping up the wedding rumors. how do you make a summer vacation in kolbo even hotter? yeah, this will come. jennifer aniston and justin theroux steaming it in the hot tub and these back there a worldwide tour promoting "we're the millers." and from the looks of she couldn't be happier to see her boyfriend. >> mexico is your go to spot. you spend time in cabo and villarta. >> i love the way he says that. say it again, villarta. >> no word when they'll make it official but as for kelly clarkson, she could be getting ready any minute.

>> " ♪ tie it up >> she's proudly showing off her engagement pictures. she is engaged to reba mcintyre's stepson david stockton. looks like love is contagious, adam levine currently on tour with kelly, recently engaged to victoria hottie behati prinsloo. they were spotted on a datin l.a. opening up to a.j. >> i was giddy, i was speechless. it was a beautiful moment. >> a red carpet moment for fergie and josh duhamel. >> she demands a lot of attention. >> showing up together for josh's movie "scenic route" raising the question when is fergie going to finally give birth. >> we don't have a bag in the car. we're not nearly responsible enough. but we're close to the hospital if anything happens. >> i'm so happy for her. she's going to be a great mom, by the way. just so you all know, fergie happened to be my first kiss ever. i like to brag about that. now we're both parents.

how cool is that innocent >> i definitely can't compete with that. how about we do a face-off using tv guide's new list of the highest paid tv stars. my contestant, meg, red hair versus yours. >> courtney and i are a big winner. you go first. >> the question is who makes more, "ncis's" mark harmon o'"grey's anatomy" patrick dempsey. >> patrick dempsey. >> the correct answer is mark harmon, $525,000 per episode. our question, who makes more, jim parsons from big bang or "two and a half men's" ashton kutcher? >> "big bang theory." >> i saw the squeeze go on. >> he goes -- >> go on. >> ashton makes $750,000 per episode. "modern family's" sofia vergara, or jane lynch from "glee"? >> jane lynch from "glee"? >> sofia makes $175,000 per episode. a late night battle right here,

jimmy fallon or jimmy kimmel? >> jimmy kimmel. >> fallon with $11 million per year. i would have gotten that wrong, too. >> with he both would have been wrong. >> guess what? we're complete losers. >> it's a tie. you were horrible. the new tv guide is coming out tomorrow. >> up next, hollywood's cutest kids revealed. strahan's girls, elvis' mini me grandbabies and the most fashionable twins. guess who? crazy video, honey boo boo's game of redneck wipeout? then two hot exclusives. is this america's next top supermodel? and did beckham thatted up and stripped down. >> what's he selling? >> who cares. >> plus, mike tyson's punchout with mario at the grove, coming up. >> well, this week's blu-ray giveaway epic is an action adventure fantasy about bugs like the one crawling on me

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>> coming up, cher's wild newspaper hairdo the first look at her first music video in 12 years.

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knockout chef giada de laurentis will join us. she's got a huge new project. >> i love giada. speaking of knockouts, i cannot wait to talk to a guy who knows all about them. "iron" mike tyson will be here. remember this name, natasha barnard, she's about to be the next big thing. this sexy s.i. candy sparkles with a capital s. >> makes you feel ex-quiss pit. >> 25-year-old south african beauty natasha is the glamour face of jacob and co's new campaign. >> i'm excited what we did. >> covered from here to there for diamonds and barely covered up for the "sports illustrated" swimsuit issue and not surprised if she lands next year's cover and is rocking real girl curves like kate upton. >> i've always been curvy and us south africans love food. this industry change sod much, they don't want just models for their looks. >> taylor swift seeing red, her

tour breaking britney spears' record for most soldout shows at the staples center in l.a. with 11. >> to be able to break and hold this record is the most unbelievable feeling. >> taylor bringing surprise guest sara bareilles onstage turning sara's hit "brave" into a girl powered hit. >> "extra, extra." >> what do michael strahan and lisa marie pressly have in common? they each have twin daughters, making people's list of cutest kids in hollywood. >> what gives me most joy of raising twin girls is pretty much when they call my daddy. >> lisa marie revealing harper and finley is everything you'd expect elvis' grandbabies to be. >> they love music and i see signs in the drama department, meaning acting. >> people naming s.j.p.'s twins tabitha and loretta as best-dressed celebrity kid. >> gia is one of hollywood's hottest kids. >> david beckham stripping down

to sell his fall line of body wear for h&m and includes tank tops and lounge wear. who are we kidding? you want to see becks in his underwear, right? here you go. >> you better redneckognize. honey boo boo back on tv giving us her commentary on her family's favorite pastime ball wars. >> i thought my sister's head was going to fall off. undisputed former heavyweight champion of the world and here to tell us about his latest project, please welcome my man mike tyson. how are you doing, champ? you're looking great. >> thank you, baby. >> still solid as ever, looking like you're ready for a show. >> never again. >> right there. let's talk about your new series first, "being mike tyson. >> our crazy. >> the six part series chronicling mike's battles in and out of the ring. >> i have to be a conflict. if i'm not a conflicted individual, i have be be in conflict with myself. >> what would you say is the one thing you regret

[ >> peak of my career i was miserable and distracted all over the place. i couldn't pay my bills. >> now iron mike a tender dad. >> i love you, too. >> in a much better place. >> this is the best i've ever been. >> his life story, perfect for the big screen. >> jamie foxx recently been saying he wants to play you in a movie. >> jamie too bad old to play me. he playing me when i'm the drug addict? >> wait a second, you seen his impression of you? >> perfect. >> mike tyson is the heavyweight champion. people talk about the fact i went through with don king and the whole situation. i want to make -- i have to do that movie. >> he's the best, the look and everything. >> that's awesome. you can't have a bigger fan than me. check out the new series "being mike tyson" sunday, september 22 on fox. >> thank you! >> coming up, lady gaga ink. >> it's in everything i do. >> how much the monster mother banked last year. and then celebrity chef giada

de laurentis therapy and why she's pen pals with princess kate. the extra hot deals of the day, watch as charms in these star styled sun glasses for $300 off. next. >> and online now, kim k's b.f.f., jonathan, dishing o s instagram disaster and new ch gadget. >> it's a mirror and screen protector. >> at "extra"tv.com. >> "extra's" like no other show on television. >> we've got all the moments. >> all the action on theed rpet >>hoo! >> you're the best. >> from neyork -- >> it's all in the knees. >> oh. >> to l.a. >> let's see booties shake. >> the only place to go for your entertainment is "extra." >> yeah. >> every day is a live event. >> don't do that. >> "extra."

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v.m.a.'s. gaga's shock show. selena's secret date.

>> "extra, extra." >> well, we are just days away from lady gaga opening up mtv's video music awards in brooklyn. you just know there's going to be something wild, right? >> oh, yeah. she did just give fans this. she's been dancing until her feet bleed to make sure her performance is unforgettable. >> that's serious dancing. one thing's for sure, gaga's bank account had an unforgettable year and is about to get even bigger. >> she's come as a guy, she's died and who can forget that infamous dress made of meat. lady gaga, always one to look out for at mtv music video awards. this week, no different. >> i come up with everything i do. you don't know that by now? >> gaga set up to open the show with a premiere performance of er latest single "applause." no word if the performance will

be as clothing optional as the video but why wouldn't she want to show had her recent 30-pound weight loss? >> i think the best thing you can do for your body is be happy. don't stress yourself too much about body image. >> gaga is plenty happy spotted with boyfriend taylor kinney, pretty rich, too, topping the list of stars under 30, winning $80 million in one year. >> ♪ poker face >> what matter is how the fans feel about the work i'm doing and the music. it's always really nice to get compliments like that. >> gaga causing coast to coast monster mania getting fans ready for her fourth album "art pop" out november 11. >> "extra." >> she's an emmy award-winning celebrity chef and tv personality as well as "the new york times" best-selling author and she's about to bring her culinary skills to las vegas. please welcome my friend giada de laurentis. >> hi. >> the food network superstar

breaking news about her big sin city campbell. >> go big or go home. >> serving up her first restaurant ever, the gansevoort hotel restaurant opening in 2014. >> your first restaurant? >> yes. we talked about it in the past. you asked me if i'd be interested in doing it. i've always been interested but never found the right spot. >> is it going to be italian, i assume? >> no, actually chinese. no. yes, it's italian. >> when you are at home with this busy schedule, do you cook for yourself and your family? >> i do. cooking at home is a lot more fun and therapeutic sometimes than cooking on camera. i don't have to talk to anybody. i don't have to explain why i'm doing anything i'm doing. >> who she really loves cooking for? the royals. she hopes it will happen again. >> i would love it. i have sent her cookbooks, i have gotten thank you letters from her. so you never know. >> maybe she'll cook for them in vegas, just leave prince harry at home. >> now it's time for a little retail therapy with some extra hot items.

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>> coming to new york, la toya jackson, the musical. sort of. la toya will be joining the cast of off broadway's musical "the musical" next month and i hear it's really funny, too. >> i heard the same. we leave you today with a first look at the much-anticipated music video from cher looking amazing and singing her new song "woman's world." >> ♪ this is a woman's world ♪

>> ♪ half truth ♪ this is a woman's world ♪ and i'm strong enough ♪ to rise above

where teams compete to make the right decisions about safe food preparations. our challenge in this round -- read and follow package cooking instructions, and use a food thermometer. let's see how our teams are doing so far -- team 1? we just got 100 points. we separated our raw food from our cooked food. team 2? we got a 100-point green card for proper hand washing before our meal prep. referee: we've reached a critical safety point in the challenge. okay, team 1, let's check this out. uh-oh, not a safe internal temperature for those hamburgers. that puts everyone at high risk for food-borne illness.

you get a red card -- undercooked. always read and follow the package cooking instructions and use a food thermometer. let's see how our winning team cooked it safe and avoided problems. well, i just kept focus on the four food safety steps -- clean, separate, cook, and chill. and we followed the package cooking instructions and took the temperature. can you cook it safe? >> today on "tmz" -- >> this is big news, everybody. fred doesn't want to bang judy anymore because -- >> i'm gay. >> fred from nickelodeon, people on twitter asked him straight up if he's gay. >> how did you know he's not gay? >> he's like, everyone is asking if i'm gay. cop --

>> argued that he recognized d.m.x. >> if you had a warrant, if he's d.m.x. he has to be drugged. >> well, that's a good point. >> dr. phil tweeted out, if a girl is drunk, is it ok to have sex with her? shouldn't it be apparent -- the girl is like, ok, what the -- >> if you have to ask the questions, no. >> maybe he was at the bar asking a question. >> well, that's true. >> johnny knoxville, the stunt ere he tore his -- >> sexual pleasure. >> oh, my god! he put the photo up. >> ok. one more and you get suspended. >> i have to go home? [captioning made possible by warner bros. domestic television distribution] >> it was anoubsment no one saw coming. >> i'm gay!

> fred is gay! >> i have no idea who he is. >> he entertains children and annoys everyone else. >> ♪ everyone call 911 >> yes, because we may shoot ourselves. >> 68 million views. so yesterday he was doing one of his videos and someone from twitter asked him straight up if he's gay. >> lucas along with jennifer biel shocked the world. >> gay. >> i'm gay! >> awesomely unexpected, fred was in love with judy. >> that's judy. she's my girlfriend. >> and now he's gay. where were the signs? other signs. >> he was trying to bang judy. >> he carries around a pom rainian. >> he's like, everyone is

asking if i'm gay. >> you can't judge people how he speaks. >> whatever she can get. >> all lady killers. >> video, all the comments were like -- >> this was a surprise to whom? >> i didn't know he was in the closet? i guess that's the real news here. so fred being gay isn't a surprise? hello. fine. you know what would be a surprise -- >> when you saw this -- said this yesterday i thought fred flinstone. >> wouldn't it be funny if it was fred and barney. >> it was the age of the yabba, dabba don't tell. >> i'm gay. >> we know. >> dr. phil saying -- called ask dr. phil and it's on twitter. and he tweets out questions that gets the conversation going. and yesterday he tweeted out -- if a girl is drunk, is it