weekend about one of the most controversial and powerful figures in the 20th century america, jay edgar hoover. hoover was director of the fbi and the agencies that proceeded it from 1934 to 1972. he ran the agency with an iron fist and secretly influenced the government by using investigation, secrets and threats. he listed gangsters, communists and political radicals as the enemies of america. and went to great lengths to find them and stop them. in november 1933 a kidnapping case in san jose brought hoover's agents. a case that would result in a lynch killing in one of the most notorious acts of vigilante capture. >> reporter: the heart family had always owned the store by 1933 young brook heart 22 years old and just graduated from the university of santa clara was poised to take over the store from his father. minutes before closing time, brook heart left the department store and walked a short distance to his car. his kidnappers would be the last people to see him alive. >> this is the great gangster era of the 30s and the great terrorists crimes or fashion in that time was kidnapping for

. >>> jay edgar hoover finished fifth with $12 million. >>> and both kris humphries and kim kardashian are apparently lawyering after after accusations that their wedding was fabricated for tv. and the whole kardashian thing, what do you think? >>> this comes to us from wtvj nbc miami in florida where one husband went to extreme measures to correct the bone headed mistake that he made with his wife's diamond ripping. anna became an emotional wreck after learning her husband accidently put her engagement ring into the trash. >>> this comes to us from wtvj nbc miami in florida where one husband went to extreme measures to correct the bone headed mistake that he made with his wife's diamond ring. anna became an emotional wreck after learning her husband accidently put her engagement ring into the trash. after 90 minutes of sifting through trash, muck and unbearable stench, he found that ring and returned home to a hero's welcome. can you imagine? >>> i'm veronica de la cruz. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> argentina's annual celebratio

. >>> jay edgar hoover finished fifth with $12 million. >>> and both chrkris humphries kim kardashian are apparently lawyering after after accusations that their wedding was fabricated for tv. and the whole kardashian thing, what do you think? >> does it matter? >> yeah, i think you're right. >> does it really matter if it was real or planned or -- it's just over. >> i think it was staged, but go ahead and send us a tweet and let us know what you think. >>> this comes to us from wtvj nbc miami in florida where one husband went to extreme measures to correct the bone headed mistake that he made with his wife's diamond ripping. anna became an emotional wreck after learning her husband accidently put her engagement ring into the trash. after 90 minutes of sifting through trash, muck and unbearable stench, he found that ring and returned home to a hero's welcome. can you imagine? >> the pressure of -- >> the pressure. >> certain situations you don't want to be in. >> and then digging through the dump on top of that. >> gross. >> exactly. >>> i'm veronica dela crew. this is "early today,"

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the assassination the secret service tried and the only when they could find been used was by jay edgar hoover. who happened to be long used by al capone. [laughter] >> we called it a 150 was the number of the car was a handgun but at least it had some resistance. >> as you prepare this book and search through your mind to come up with the information and the stories that had been helpful, was it painful to go through all of this? >> painful from the aspect that i operated mainly on the internet, and i found out i normally wasn't touching on the side and so i started using of the telephone and one question ago to an hour and 15 minute telephone conversation and will of a sudden i started detecting of the emotions, and the difficult thing was bringing the the emotions out to people who carried the burden over the years. it was very deep inside. i found without the counseling everybody handle this differently but it truly had an impact on their lives. >> what do you hope people take from this book? >> what i want is a balanced history. lisa ran into an article in usa today that said the the tren

his next book "master of defeat, jay edgar hoover: america and the age of lies" will be published inhe spring, and it's a great pleasure now to introduce mark aaronson. mark? all yours. >> thank you. [applause] you know, it was a bad year for muffled phone conversations with disastrous consequences. of course, i'm thinking, as we all know, of the fifth game of the world series in which the cardinals lost because of a bad call to the bullpen, and, of course, we had our own little oral malfunction, but the cardinals went on to win the world series, and i have to say that i hope you'll agree with me that in the end, even though we had our little detour, there was ultimately a triumph because the nba board stood for the one principle that everyone in the room shares which is the integrity of the judging process, and i had the distinct privilege of serving of the most marvelous jury with nick, and the infatigable will weaver, and together, we selected five marvelous books, any one of which deserves the prize; however, in the end, we have to select one, and so for her note perfect eve cati

it was hubris and arrogant like anybody in power, jay edgar hove hoover, and he is dictating the terms. he wasn't a very good football coach. by the way, that's all he was the end was a football coach. the most significant firing which nobody talks about is graham spanier. the president. >> i was it to ask about that, christine. this is a guy who ran the university. and you know, almost an afterthought. some of the coverage has focused on jerry sandusky. but if you look at the headlines and leads in the network newscasts, it's paterno. >> if it's a sports story, paterno is the lead. whoever would have thought we'd hear the words penn state fires joe paterno. of course, he absolutely should have been fired. i wrote before he was fired that he should have been fired. and i want to let the trustees worry about other things. that was so self-serving and disgusting. i can't believe that there wasn't p.r. help. than we worry about that side of it. but the apowelling nature of how penn state handled this. going back to graham spanner in, of course, the boss of joe paterno, who also was inform

the new film chronicles the life of jay edgar hoover and it was the information that made him feared.look. >> can you keep a secret in. >> yes, of course. >> i'm not interested in getting married. my work comes first. >> then perhaps you would consider a position as my personal secretary joining me now is amy palmer. >> i would say it's a must see. he ages decades throughout it and there's talk of an oscar nomination in the works. however, it's very slow. i'm going to just put it out there. it's 2 1/2 hours. the movie is slow. it's great performances but i would say for his performance, it's a must see. >> okay. another film being released, jack and jill. let's take a look at that. >> okay. >> why are we doing this? >> oh, my god. oh, my god. i am so sorry. i'm sure you have others, though. >> what do you think about that? >> this is a must avoid. it's a ridiculous movie. adam sandler's movies, 12 of them, have grossed over $1 million. this is showbiz. biz, i'm emphasizing. if his business makes that much money, that's why these movies are getting made. >> can you tell me what the pre

jay edgar much older. >> that would be a lot. let me ask you a little bit. you touched on it in your story. there are questions about hoover and his relationship. what did you find out? >> i don't think anyone will ever know. i mean, historians are saying it's possible. there's lots of points to it. it was his assistant. they lived together. they ate their meals together. certainly there was a partnership. beyond that, it's a big question mark. >> can't wait to see the movie. brian. >> if you were enrolled in a class in school, but that class never met and everyone in the class got an a? george washington university is fighting allegations of that right now. the director of the program accused of being a no show in class. fox 5 explains that director has now resigned from the hospital. >> one of the careers taught at the medical school at george washington university is called the physician assistant program. according to a source familiar with the program, all pa's were required to take a class called evidence based medicine. basically how to do research in medical literature in order to keep current on practices and medi