. >>> elsewhere, halle berry has figured some things out. she's not cut out for marriage and she wishes she knew earlier. she says her father leaving when she was young deprived her of a male model. she was warned after she turned 40 that her career would drive up, but actually, she feels that hers is just starting. >>> finally, rebecca black's song friday may be annoying to some and she hasn't exactly paid her dues in the music business. but death threats? apparently anaheim threats are investigating two recent threats against the youtube sensation. that's disturbing to hear. >>> this comes to us from king 5 news in seattle, washington, where the janitor mopping the high school halls happens to be a millionaire. five years after winning nearly $4 million in the lottery, tyrone still cleans ever green high and the coaches the track and field team. he plans to retire in two years but is donating $40,000 for the construction of a new track there. >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc s

>> probably the same odds as going on a date with, uhm, halle berry. >> reporter: part of the problem, the agreement specifies that the city bears no responsibility for the slides. >> the city has stated in the agreement that we are not admitting liability for anything that is associated with the slide. we believe it was a natural occurrence caused by the heavy rains. >> reporter: but romi says public records show there have been a number of major slides over the years and city officials have turned a blind eye to the source of the problem. >> my concern is that we have a pattern here of old slide 1958 slide and now another slide. and nowhere along the line does it seem anybody ever addressed the cause of these slides. >> reporter: but the city says the bottom line is, there is no state or federal money to address the cause. >> a long-term fix for the entire hillside is not conceivable at this point. for these six homes, there could be a long-term fix. but we would need to wait on state or federal assistance to put together that plan and to have that fix occur. >> reporter: now, that

and long story short, he'd done a movie that halle berry was in. i thought it was a horrible film.i didn't like the movie so one of my camera guys, we're about to go on the air, one of my camera guys goes, did you see the movie? i said, it was horrible. i love robert's work but i hate this movie. long story short, my microphone is open and robert's sitting in l.a. and hears everything i'm saying about how bad i think this movie is. it made for a very contentious conversation when we went live on the air five minutes later. that was the mistake my sound guy made having my mic open but i learned an important lesson, even when you think nobody's listening, somebody's listening. now, stuff we think is private on cell phones and internet, email, all the stuff you think is private can go public pretty quickly. >> isn't it therefore harder to fail up when everybody knows you failed? >> tavis: i never thought about it that way. in some ways yes, in some ways no. it depends on what the failure is and how you respond to that failure. since we're talking about b.e.t., some years later i was f

and she says, women of her generation, like julia roberts, halle berry, jennifer aniston are, quote, to be a woman who is not in her 20s anymore, still viable, sexy, and important. we have a lot to offer, she says. and there's real beauty in that. >> and you agree with this selection. you think that she's a total babe. >> she is gorgeous, yes. >> and i agree, too. i raise my hands, really? a little oversaturation maybe because of "idol." >> a little bit, a little bit. >> and although this next story doesn't bother me at all, doing with "idol" my man steven tyler. >> she loves him. >> i don't know why. >> she loves him. >> why do i like this man? he's coming out with his tell-all book and i love this about him even more, what it is called, "does the noise in my head bother you?" he's got extensions, a sharp shark tooth, what's wrong with me? he will tell-all in this book. he's 63 years old. he's going to dish on all of the past conquests, maybe the issues he's had with the substance problem. >> just a touch. >> i want to invite him up to my house in connecticut for dinner. do you thin

even halle berry on set with ellen. and who could forget this famous scene? is perfectly natural. it helps cool the body. but for people with hyperhydrosis, it happens all the time. the sweat glands go into overdrive. >> when i'm nervous, it's the worst. i'm pretty nervous socially. so, a lot of times when i'm with a group of people, i'll be sweating. when i'm in class, i sweat. the only time i'm not sweating is when i'm sleeping. >> reporter: it's been terrible for kris. after remedies and prescriptions failed, she's taking drastic action. a radical, new surgery, a laser that destroys the sweat glands. >> it's performed in an office setting. takes about an hour to an hour and a half to perform. this is the hair-bearing area. >> reporter: kris is having the procedure today. >> i can't wait to wear light-colored, tight shirts. i always have to wear a jacket over things. or a tank top and a sweatshirt, like i have on now. so, i can't wait to wear those form-fitting outfits. >> reporter: before surgery, the doctor uses an iodine test to map the sweat glands. >>

and last but not least in the skinny, halle berry dropped out of a broadway play due to custody issuesroject. she was supposed to be in a feature film. she can't do it, court appearances. her biggest priority is her daughter. and apparently getting ugly here with the ex. we'll keep you posted. >> always with her relationships. best of luck. call me if you need anything. always there for you. >> rob is right there for you. relationships. best of luck. call me if you need anything. always there for you. >> rob is right there for you. >>> and here are some stories to watch today on abc news. toyota resumed car production at all japanese plants today for the first time since last month's earthquake and tsunami. the factories will run at half capacity due to a part shortage and also frequent power outages. >>> federal tax returns need to be filed by midnight tonight. taxpayers got a few extra days this year and that's because april 15th was a holiday in the district on columbia. >>> and runners are getting ready for the 115th boston marathon today. one of the competitors is a milwaukee fire

it's like halle berry, she wants to go around and saying everybody is against her. she is worrying about racism. she is worrying about this guy that she just divorced, he is white. there is no sense in that crap. just get over it. everybody loves everybody. i don't give a mother roaching if you're red, white, green, or yellow. get over it. if -- he didn't need to enter that subject. he needs to stop. focus on the united states' problems and quit sending, just like mrs. obama, she sends all this money to -- >> on that note, brenda, i'm going to put you on hold because we got to take a break. i think that's the most interesting call of the day so far. 563-344-1420, back with more of "the jim fisher show" on woc after this. >> well, that was pretty interesting. you know, we had that conversation a little bit earlier where we talked a little bit about racism and are you ever going to fully get rid of it? are you going to ever make people like people if they're too tall or they got a big nose or whatever, people find ways to or reasons to dislike somebody else. i don't k