in the '70s, jerry lewis, tony orlando, norm crosby, charro, barry man any low, jack jones.hem, and i love it. jerry raised almost $60 million for the fight against muscular discrow if i. he's 86, but that does not mean he isn't still, shall we say, active. >> since '75, i can't eat a half an egg without half of it on my shoulder and on my fly and into my shoes. i don't understand -- i do understand no hanky-panky anymore. i have wonderful porno stuff that i watch a lot. >> jimmy: sex sells, i guess. and by the way, i want to -- if i could get serious for a second, what happened to the real tote board music? it used to be, they play eed wh the world needs now is love sweet love. i don't know what that is. i demand an investigation. i don't know who i'm demanding it from, but i want one. here's something else i want to investigate. there's a kid on the cbs early show. he talks like a middle aged wedding planner. he does movie reviews, and, well, here's jackson from yesterday, sharing his sassy thoughts on the movie "prince of pers ya." >> coming out on dvd. you are taking a l

here with the song "rockin' my life away," please welcome jerry lee lewis!good ♪ ♪ rockin' my life away i'm just movin' and groovin' and doing it both night and day ♪ ♪ i got a gal called nelly she chili pepper hot she knows how to roll it and she knows how to rock ♪ ♪ i'm rockin' rockin' my life away i like to boogie woogie baby i like to do it ♪ ♪ both night and day ♪ streamline, fleet line military brat she knows the general's daughter ♪ ♪ taught her where it was at i'm rockin' rockin' my life away i'm just a movin' ♪ ♪ and groovin' and i'm rockin' both night and day ♪ ♪ ♪ you know, i like some long and i like some lean i like the way that you shake that thing ♪ ♪ i'm rockin' rockin' my life away i'm movin' and groovin' and boogie both ♪ ♪ night and day ♪ ♪ ♪ i'm just rockin' rockin' my life away i'm just rockin' rollin' my life away ♪ ♪ my name is jerry lee lewis and i'm damn sure here to stay ♪

also george clooney is the new jerry lewis.nized by george clooney. >> it's amazing we make cracks about jerry lewis but people jump on the tragedy of the moment. the ignore list or afghanistan whatever anybody comes up with an here is jerry lewis cranking it out for ms. he's never come out and said why that's close to his heart. >> really. >> he never says it's in his family or his neighbor anything i give them credit. it's a terrible thing to say but i was not it was fixed he always did better than the year before. you know what i mean. >> werner recession and he still keeps doing better. >> for whatever reason he's doing the sun and the son of a gun is doing it. i think that if you drive up in your hubcap falls off for a job interview did not have a chance you have to fake it. even if you don't have money have a nice car. with that said you can have a nice car as long as you have a back seat. these cars that are hundred and 50,000 and no back seat. you are selfish showoff. >> why the need a back seat. >> if your neighbor kno

. >>> jerry lewis has once again raised some big bucks for charity.tions and pledges from this year's labor day event total almost $60 million. the money, of course, goes to the muscular dystrophy association. lewis, who is 84 years old now, has been hosting that telethon for more than four decades. >>> time, now, for sports news and highlights from the biggest game from the first week of the college football season. here, now, is espn news. >> i'm paul severino with this espn news update. it sounds like a strong statement to make. but even in the season's first week, it's a must-win for boise state, as number three takes on number ten, virginia tech. first quarter. kellen moore, lobbing, back corner of the end zone. tommy gallarda makes a great catch. they had to review this down on the field. see it again. does, in fact, make the grab. 17-0, boise state. they led 20-14, on the half. ryan williams gets it out to the nearside and in. virginia tech takes a 21-20 lead. later in the third quarter, boise state on their own 29 yard line on third and one. d

. ♪ you'll never walk alone >>> an emotional jerry lewis last night ending his 45th annual telethon withitional singing of you'll never walk alone. this year contributions totaled more than $58 million. that's slightly down from last year. lewis attributed that to the rough economy. some 40 million viewers tuned in to the 21 1/2 hour event. >>> for many people, spending time at the beach can make for a relaxing afternoon, but for young patients with a debilitating disease, the ocean is a lifesaver. hattie kauffman reports. >> reporter: though he hits the beach every opportunity he gets, caleb is not your average surfer dude. surfing is helping you live. >> exactly. i now surf to live. >> reporter: the ocean helps him with something we all take for granted, breathing. caleb has cystic fibrosis. nearly 30,000 americans suffer from the disease which causes thick mucous to build up in the lungs and the digestive track, making it difficult to breathe and to break down food. cystic fibrosis patients undergo a rigorous routine, including breathing treatments, and twice a day therapy in a vest t

channel 2 will participate in the nationwide jerry lewis telethon stating right after "mornings on 2.u will see many of our tv personalities helping out and many colorful volunteers ready to take pledges from viewers. the event runs from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 this evening. >>> we'll tell you what happened in oakland this weekend for the first time in six years that provided some much-needed medical help. >> reporter: at one specific mcing in in the bay area, getting food off the dollar menu is no longer -- longer possible. >>> later, the jetblue flight attendant with the rude passenger is due back in court. when -- next. south of laredo, there's a place... so hot, rattlesnakes combust. ♪ but we go, cause ya gotta eat bold. [ male announcer subway fiery footlong subs. the bold-acious new turkey jalapeño melt and buffalo chicken. subway. eat bold! >>> look at this. this is gonna be happening every year until we hit our 40th like san francisco did across the bay. >> in addition to the food and entertainment, there was also free h.i.v. screenings at the event. in alameda county, about two-

"the skinny" is next including a very funny message from jerry lewis to lindsay lohan. >>> and what'sn suffering from muscular dystrophy. he's now turned his interest to helping some troubled women of hollywood, rob. >> yes, and the very compassionate jerry was asked how he would deal with lindsay lohan and her recent troubles. he showed some more of that trademark compassion. take a listen. >> i would smack her in the mouth and be arrested for abusing a woman. i would say, you deserve this and nothing else. whack! and then, if she's not satisfied, i'd put her own my knee and spank her. >> hey-yo! >> jerry! >> he's 84, and he is on fire there with some interesting thoughts. >> jerry is all worked up. wow. he is all worked up, jer. stirring words not only for lindsay but paris hilton, all these young stars getting into trouble. jerry had some interesting words. >> bail him out, he might need to take some donations for bail. >> that will be his telethon for sure. because i have an undying crush on jennifer aniston i have to bring up this next story. to keep tabs on who's she's dating. a

. >> you remember jerry lewis had to take all those steroids that's what elmo's head looks like right now. >> despite providing saturday night with a ton of material was sesame street right to leave the pop star's duet with elmo on the cutting floor? we will ask kim girl guilfoyle and joey jackson. let me ask new a larger complex. have you noticed how boobs have made a comeback. >> did they ever go away? >> stylistically speaking they come and go this is this season. kim kardashian we know. >> it is true the woman is 3 feet away what's the etiquette? >> you know what's funny? when i saw this i thought about cat women and when i was a kid i didn't realize how curvey she was. i look again and i am like wow. >> parents needs to relax. this is fine. the kids love this. the hot cold thing is wonderful. they love it for the right reason. >> he was speechless and didn't know. he is like is this my mommy? he whether or not sure. came up to here. >> two points one is the question of sesame street is always the genius of it. as with homer simpson on fox. the genius has been multi levels that pe

. >> do you remember when jerry lewis had to take all those steroids and his head blew up. that's what elmo's head looks right now. >> >> bill: no report from elmo reportedly distraught by the whole episode. check 5, proposition 19 with california with legalized marijuana in that state and public policy polling says it's running ahead 47% to 38%. the prop 19 is helping democrats jerry brown and barbara boxner their races because it is bringing in more liberals to the vote. historically the liberal community supports legalized pot. by the way, since federal law trumps state law the vote is largely symbolic if the feds want to make an issue out of it. check 6 yet another award for helen thomas. another arab american group adc honoring her for courage. you may remember ms. thomas forced to retire from white house commentary job because she urged jews to leave israel and, quote, go home. finally check seven. nasty confrontation in california for gubernatorial candidate john kitshaber. >> [inaudible] >> with all due respect that's my fourth rights. [inaudible] >> the guy was try

the bay area came through again helping ktvu raise money for the annual labor day jerry lewis mda telethonour viewers pledged33,780,921. the numbers were down from record highs but still a tremendous showing considering many families are struggling with the slow economy and pam, you and i and sal. >> oh, yeah. >> happy to be a part of it as well. >> -- meet to meet -- all the people willing to -- >> -- volunteers -- >> -- following -- >> -- time -- >> -- 311 sal- >> -ktvu -- >> -- you -- >> -- don't see gave up their time and worked real hard. >> exactly -- >> -- kid with the hat that was back -- >> -yeah- >> -frankie- >> -- up there -- >> -- phones -- >> -yeah- >> -- time- >> -- counselors -- >> -yeah -- >> -year -- >> -right- >> -- well of course. let's go out and take a lack pat what we have now, northbound 101 approaching the 80 split, that traffic is moving along well into san francisco. no major problems there. we are off to a pretty decent start on a tuesday. this is the day when most people you know, now, i don't know kind of summer is unofficially over now and most schools are bac

a number of your top leaders including congressman jerry lewis who likely will be the chairman of the house appropriations committee wants earmarks back. are you willing to pledge if you take over the house, the republicans do, earmarks will be gone forever? >> it will not be business as usual in washington, d.c. >> chris: that is not answering my question,. >> i it will not be. you know me, i never asked for an earmark in the 20 years i have been in congress. >> chris: a lot of your colleagues have. >> i understand. it will not be business as usual. >> chris: you talk about caughting nondefense discretionary are spending which is only 16% of the federal budget. and you talk about cutting $100 billion from that pot next year which would amount to a 22% cut in those programs. you say you want to cut across the board. according to the the white house that means 200,000 kids kept out of head start. the fbi would cut 2700 agents and the government would detain thousands fewer illegal immigrants. >> for a guy that served on the head start board in my county for ten years i know that is not

>>> the sluggish economy has not slowed down the jerry lewis telethon. ♪ [ music ] the final total, nearly down slightly from the 60.5 million last year. 2008, $65 million were raised. the telethon aired on 170 tv stations. >> how many years has that been going on? >> i don't know. we'll look it up. >>> it is 5:26. coming up in the next half hour the new proposal that could force some families with small children to take to the roads instead of flying. >> where governor schwarzenegger is going this week to promote california products and bring in billions in business. >>> an accused gang member is set to face the music for allegedly shooting a police officer. there is a silver lining in all this though. talk about it coming up. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ j-e-l-l-o ♪ j-e-l-l-o ♪ j-e-l-l-o ♪ j-e-l-l-o ♪ j-e-l-l-o but what were the results? fact: brown promised to improve schools. but the drop out rate increased 50%, and the state had to take over the schools. fact: the city controller found employees paid for 22,000 hours... they never worked. fact: brown promised to cut crime. but murders doubled, making oakl

meanwhile, the manzari brothers will be performing in the annual jerry lewis telethon this coming labornd. >> lehrer: again, the major developments of the day: hurricane earl neared the outer banks of north carolina with winds of 115 miles an hour; an oil platform exploded in the gulf of mexico off louisiana. all 13 workers were rescued, and there was no sign of an oil spill; and israel and the palestinian authority opened their first direct peace talks in two years. and to hari sreenivasan, in our newsroom, for what's on the newshour online. hari. >> sreenivasan: on "art beat," watch a performance from "sophisticated ladies'" maurice hines and find more from jeff's interviews; learn about a new survey showing american workers are paying for a bigger chunk of their health insurance costs than ever before; plus read our political team's analysis of the california senate race. that's on their daily rundown feature called "the morning line." all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy. >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. >> lehrer: and i'm

. >> chris: a one year moratorium that ends in march and a number of top leaders including jerry lewis and likely the chairman of the house appropriations committee, wants earmarks back, and are you willing to pledge now, if you take over the house, the republicans do, earmarks will be gone forever? >> it will not be business as usual in washington, d.c. >> chris: that is not answering my question, sir. >> it will not be. listen, you know me. i never asked for an earmark in the 20 years i have been in congress. >> chris: but a lot of your colleagues have. >> i understand it will not be business as usual. >> chris: congressman mccarthy, let's drill down in to the spending cuts that you propose in the document. you talked about cutting nondefense discretionary spending, which is only 16% of the federal budget. and you talk about cutting $100 billion from that pot next year which would amount to a 22% cut, in those programs. you say you want to cut across the board and according to the white house it means 200,000 kids would be kept out of head start, the fbi would cut 2700 agents, and,'

it's jerry lee lewis and he'll tell us why he calls himself a mean old man.l about the tackles and the touchdowns... and watching my boys do what they do. but for me, it's even more than that. game time is about our time. together. [ female announcer ] get low prices on all your favorites for the game. save money. live better. walmart. [ baby crying, teapot whistling ] everything's fine. [ male announcer ] of all the things that happen on your wooden surfaces, disinfecting has to be one of them. clorox disinfecting wipes. safe on wood. hard on germs. .... et out of jail free card. no way. you're busted. [ chuckles ] [ male announcer ] tide stain release. an in-wash booster that works with any detergent, to target and remove tough stains the first time. [ dad ] see? hey, look who's home. huh. what's that? ♪ [ male announcer ] tide stain release. stains out. no doubt. pancakes! ♪ from dawn 'til sunset, i'll never walk away ♪ ♪ blueberry pancakes are so good ♪ [ male announcer ] bisquick. pancake lovers unite. what do you call a cheese that isn't yours? i don't

. >>> jerry lewis, he was at it again, raising big bucks for charity. pledges from this year's labor day event totaled almost $60 million. the money goes to the muscular dystrophy association. >> that amount is down a little from last year but lewis said he is pleased with the fund drive, especially considering these hard economic times. the 84-year-old lewis has been hosting that telethon for more than 40 years. and god knows how much money at this point. >> he's still got that big smile, a lot of energy, still giving it his all. >> all for a great cause. more after this, everybody, stay with us. ♪ though your heart is aching, smile even though it's breaking ♪ >>> welcome back, everybody. what you're looking at now is extremely rare color footage of a ravaged london during world war ii. the film's release coincides with the 70th anniversary of the nazi bombing campaign known as the blitz. the film was recently found in an attic in london and shows several city landmarks destroyed. those raids started back on this very day in 1940. >> color, too. that's

jerry lee lewis and singer-songwriter sarah.c in this thing, somebody is in trouble. >> nobody would that cruel. tha. . >> hoda's got the day off, and look who is sitting in her chair today. >> thanks. >> yankee great jorge posada and his beautiful wife laura. >> what are we going to do about paris hilton. >> this is worse for me. that's me, okay. so get over it. that's how i am. this is how i roll. >> the real housewives of new jersey. >> are they feeling hormonal today? >> hoda, you look at that. >> everybody is so funny. everybody. come on. you're my friends. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ben and his family live on this block. ben's a re/max agent, and he's a big part of this community. re/max agents know their markets, and they care enough to get to know you, too. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. visit remax.com today.

tomorrow night, justin long, juliette lewis and music from five finger death punch. and later this week, sharon osbourne, jerry from truth and salvage company and t.i., so join us for that. i also want to mention our announcer dicky barrett and his band the mighty mighty bosstones start their tour this thursday house of blues with a very special guest on base clarinet, that being me, playing clarinet. thank you. [ applause ] the bosstones then travel to washington, d.c., allentown p.a., philadelphia, new york milwaukee, and finally, the mohegan sun on september 4th. tickets are on sale at ticketmaster. >> dicky: thank you, jimmy. >> jimmy: thus for entertaining us, dicky. our first guest is responsible for making the rat-tail hairstyle popular even in galaxies far, far away as anakin skywalker in "star wars." you can see him now with matt dillon, with regular hair, in the new movie "takers," opening august 27th. please say hello to hayden christensen. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: it's good to see you. >> good to see you. >> jimmy: i have to say, i was -- [ cheers and applause ] ladies, please. he knows he

jerry brown and gloria alred coordinated together to get this o out? >> i don't know. she's a democrat. she's contributed to his campaign. they've been working together for many years. >> nbc's george lewis is following it all from burbank. george, you heard meg whitman this morning saying that these claims are unequivocally false, and yet, gloria alred say she has proof. >> this could be highly damaging to the latino vote. whitman and her opponent, former governor jerry brown are running neck and neck in the race. this could anger latinos and cause them to turn out in greater numbers. it's a story of conflicting narratives. whitman says she was unaware the housekeeper was in the country illegally. that she only found hout in 2009 when the housekeeper told her and fired her at that point. under law she had to get rid of her. the housekeeper says whitman knew all along, that whitman got a letter from the social security administration in 2003 saying that there was a problem with your employee's social security number, which should have been a sign that the housekeeper was there illegally. >> meg whitman today says she'sing there to take a polygraph test to prove she has no idea, was shock