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. >>> and billy bob thornton, a prime-time exclusive. anti-hero, oscar winner and angelina jolie's ex. >> i'm so normal that i would probably bore anyone to tears if they hung out with me. >> he tells all the rumors, romances and the one that got away. >>> and keeping america great with president obama's power fund-raiser, the man they call the george clooney of hedge funds, knows wall street better than anybody. what does he think of the facebook frenzy, jpmorgan chase and that $2 billion mistake. >>> plus only in america, why you should never, ever come between a man and his fish. >> they refuse to give us any more fish. >> this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening. we begin as we do every night with the big story. it's a very real threat of a war between iran and israel, one washington is desperately trying to avoid. no matter who wins the election in november, the president will have to face the reality that this country's closest ally in the middle east may be on the verge of attacking the islamic republic. the consequences c

"the billy bob thornton." i love you on the front.t makes you look completely mad, when you're totally not. it's been a pleasure. come back. >> i'll do it. >>> coming up next, the man they call the george clooney of hedge funds. what he thinks wall street can do to keep america great. >>> now i want to turn to one of the favorite topics on the show. keeping america great. one who knows about that is the chairman and the ceo and cofounder of avenue capital group. he's also a powerful fund-raiser for president obama and a man called the george clooney of hedge funds. and welcome, mark. >> pleasure. >> you're a billionaire hedge fund george clooney creature. how does that make you feel? >> i guess that would make me feel pretty good. >> being a hedge fund manager, simply a very successful one, now carries with it a sort of dirty connotation of greedy capitalist pigs fleecing the populist. how do you feel about that and how you trying to change the image if you are of hedge funds and hedge fund managers? >> look, i think in what we do, or

my son tommy was really wild and made so high energy he made billy look slow some times and billy was high energy. he was a tough little kid. just like an angry little boy. his purpose was to take over my house. he was working at that and he and i were very much -- i was on top of his activity to see what direction he was going. very much bull headed. he wanted his way and that was it. i am visiting him and he has his 2-year-old and a high chair and says to him finish your dinner. done. and he says finish just like that. two more bites. he puts them on the spoon. bun. he is trying to say just one more. done. he wasn't going to have another bite. i hear my son tommy saying what made this kids so bull headed? i just started laughing. this is too good to believe. so wonderful to have these grandchildren and to see your children raising them. and having to deal with the same issues you dealt with many years ago and not to have to worry about that. you can spoil them all you want. grandchildren are the most wonderful thing in the world. i count the days until my oldest brings back the olde

i bring billy in and i now know billy is okay is not doing well, that is going to be fine. i said wurster? he said derek went down to get help. i don't know where he is. he was supposed to get help. what happened as he tells me as he and derek were claiming around this waterfall on the side of it where there's a lot of growth, but very steep and billy's foot slipped and dropped 15 or 20 feet into a branch -- until he caught a branch and as he went down he must've hit his arm and but his leg was launched and he couldn't get a free and with a broken arm he wasn't getting it free, so derek says that says that anybody can get help. what went derek came down the dirt path, what he didn't realize was there was a fork in you and to the left and as he went down a deep, the underdressed that much, much heavier. he pushed his way into the bike wouldn't go anywhere and turned around and couldn't see anything. so he was lost in the words. so that's why billy had finally wedged his foot out and was in shock and walked two miles to the house. you can watch by two people said how are you

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he answers the door and there's older brother billy pale as a sheet. his arm twisted in some odd shade. blood coming off his leg and he panics and yells for me and racism to the bathroom and shuts the door. he wants nothing more to do with this. so i bring billy in. i know he is okay. he is not doing well but going to be fine. where is derek? derrick went down to get help. i don't know where he is. he was supposed to get help. what happened he told me is he and derek reclining around this waterfall. on the side of it where there's a lot of road that is very steep and billy's foot slipped and he dropped 15 or 20 feet until a branch caught him or he caught a branch and as he went down he hit his arm but his leg was lodged. of that broken arm. derek said i will get on the bike and get help. derrick went down the dirt path. there was a fork and he went to the left and as he went down a deep hole the undergrowth got much heavier. he realized something was wrong and pushed his way until the bike would go anywhere and turnaround and couldn't see anything but

i went to laos and then vietnam. >> billy wall was a non-commissioned officer. he and his team were some of the first americans to see combat in southeast asia. >> special oregon trained their men and then these men into combat troops killed the enemy. we went there to train and get them in good shape and go kill. >> by the end of kennedy's first year in office, there were over 3,000 military advisors like billy. >> the reality the americans are starting combat. >> here is a report from robert mcnamara. >> world war ii veteran robert mcnamara. >> he had a reputation of a brilliant analyst. he came in with a charge to clean up the department of defense and came in with hundreds of initiatives. lots of requirements. he met a lot of resistance and built a great deal of animosity zblaofr8 it was strained at best. leaders of our government was forced to face the biggest challenge, 1962 october missile crisis. >> the soviet union has put nuclear weapons in the island off the u.s. coast. >> many times, they start sticking missiles down in cuba that is too close. >> oli

billy in texas. hi billy in texas.>> watch your language this time billy. >> caller: good morning guys. >> stephanie: you shush buckwheat. >> caller: say again? >> stephanie: go ahead. >> caller: i have been listening about this proposition i guess that was passed in north carolina with regards to the gay marriage thing. i've been kind of following the history of this a little bit trying to figure out just what the gays problems is -- >> stephanie: i want to give you a regular feature now. billy from texas knows what the gays problem is. >> caller: going back to the day when they were like stay out of our bedrooms then it got to the point where they were yelling out we're here, we're queer get used to it. now they want to get married. i've maintained all along that the gays, they just want to -- >> stephanie: they want to get married just like you can isn't that something? >> that's horrifying. >> caller: that's not the point. >> stephanie: oh, it's not? >> that's the point. >> stephanie: that's the point. >> caller: b

if you go in charlotte, drive along the billy graham parkway, also home to the billy graham library which draws lots of tourists. he has a very specialist relationship with that home state of his in north carolina. i think this will have an impact. to what degree, we'll see. this is an extraordinarily close vote. there's been a lot of early voting. i talked to an lgbt activist today and he told me, there are a lot of people going out and feeling cautiously optimistic that this bill will be defeated. their organization has poured millions of dollars to fight this. but when you have a person with the gravitas, billy graham is america's pastor in a lot of ways. remember, just think, fred, how many inaugurations he did the blessing before the presidential inauguration. so his voice is not taken lightly in that state. that's for sure. >> which makes it that much more interesting, because you would wonder, what provoked him to speak out. traditionally he doesn't like to be in the middle of political dialogue. just as you say, he is america's pastor. >> yeah, reverend billy graham, his long and

that's billy bob thornton, and his struggles with dyslexia is one part of his life.re eating phobias, that marriage to angelina and a creative life still burning bright. >> reporter: he bedded halle berry, one of hollywood's sexiest women, in monster's ball. offscreen, he married one of the world's sexiest stars. >> i call it a kaiser blade. >> reporter: between sling blade and bad santa, he's become one of the most controversial and unlikely stars, yet he's remained something of a mystery. to set the record straight, he sat with friends telling stories, which turned into his new book. in it he admits to a lot of strange behavior that drives his creativity, his dyslexia, his fear of medieval furnitiure, kim odo dragons, even silver wear. >> reporter: so what do you eat with in a restaurant? >> i don't go to many restaurants, but i'll ask for plastic wear. >> everybody says there's a fine line between genius and madness. >> i don't know if i'd call myself a genius and i don't think i'd call myself mad either, but there's definitely a connection between creativity and

billy retired in 1972. total time in vietnam, seven and a half years.wrote about life as a warrior in his book hunting the jack will. >> we could have ended that so easy. >> oliver: he received navy cross for his heroism for his operation starlight. they would return to second tours in vietnam. navy corpsman received a bronze star after starlight and left the navy in 1968. >> a lot of men died and were wounded. we didn't get to do the job we could have done. >> oliver: in the early days, vietnam was the longest military engagement and the only conflict where we won all the byes but still lost the war. years after it was over, robert mcnamara, december of 1965 he told johnson america couldn't win the war militarily. it didn't stop vietnam to drag on for ten nor years. vietnam has to seen the broader context of the cold war. the people that fought in vietnam cloud shrouded mountains and rice paddies, this war was anything but cold. it's easy to point to errors in washington but for those that fought there, there is something more important. it's honoring

i went to the pay phone and call billy crystal. he had been talking to lorne about the possibility of being on this new show. i said, do you have any hints you can give me so i can have a leg up in this meeting? he said, well, he used to write for woody allen. he used to produce monty python specials. oh, and he hates mimes. lorne hates mimes. the bulls up a chair and give him this poem with 1100 jokes in it. he opens it. he reads the first joke. egos, u -- he goes, uh-huh, good. then he closes the book. i wrote 1100 jobs over two days, and he reads one joke. i wrote a jokes and the post office was about to issue a stamp commemorating prostitution in the united states. 10 cents, but if you want to lick it, it is a quarter. [laughter] he said, good. good. he said, tell me, how much money do you need to live on? i said, well, i am making $2.75 an hour at the deli. match it. [laughter] he said, well, tell me a little bit more about yourself. acted it to mean before he committed this kind of cash, he wanted to see what he was buying. i

>> i have no idea. >> the night weighs heavily on billy groves as well. he's locked up in the intensive detention unit. >> this is the woman i love. this is me and her. that's me and brandy together. this is on our first visit. >> earlier in the day, groves' girlfriend, brandy, was caught attempting to smuggle tobacco and cell phones into the prison during her visit with him. >> bring him over this way. >> the following day, groves is questioned by internal affairs. >> i'm going to ask you straight up, you want to give me any statement on this or anything like that? >> no. >> no statement at all? >> no statement at all. >> now, she went home friday. i didn't send her to jail. i'm going to get a warrant for her arrest for misdemeanor trafficking. it's all on you right now. do you understand that? >> yes. >> she'll never be allowed to visit at any prison ever again. all right. anything else you want to say? >> no. >> all right. go ahead and take him back to idu then. >> but alone in his cell, groves did have something to say. he used the camera our producer

billy from texas is on the phone. like to play with you like a little cat toy. >> we have john fugelsang coming up on the phone. he is on the road. >> he is in phoenix. >> yeah. >> we have a right-wing world, a celebrity stack, we have -- just -- a -- i was going to -- >> nashaka, but that wouldn't be right. >> no. >> san diego jew? >> we have a san diego jew coming up. why didn't i be with a crew that glosses over my mistakes instead of highlighting them. >> we would spend all of our time glossing. here is jacki schechner. >> good morning, stephanie. good morning, everyone. we have an update for you on the richard grenell story. mitt romney speaking out for the first time about the gay staffer who resigned after just two weeks on the job. he called grenell, quote, very accomplished and he wanted him to say. he resigned saying that curve backlash against his sexuality made it impossible for him to do his job. the romney advisor called those critical of grenell, quote, voices of intolerance, empathizing that romney onl

look at that billy. he is on the price is right, afghanistan there. a new humvee. >> bill: come on down but duck, duck. [ laughter ] >> you can't go over though. listen, i would do it, too, if i was him. i would be michael flatly dancing on that grave. and the simple fact is the only way that -- the only person who can dance on the gave since he was buried at sea was obama because he walks on water. by the way, i read today that a treasure hunter said he he might have found usama bin laden osama's body down there. i have a theory. i think the body broken half on the surface and spiraled down and there is a debris field in between the two parts that is filled with beta max, porn tapes, xanax. we are sending dan down next week. the simple fact is obama pats himself on the back more frequently than a double-jointed contortionist who is choking on a piece of steak. i would do it, too. i was watching dancing with the stars this week. lynn thought it was flourly. bruno thought it was hot and sensed a lift in his dancing on the grave. i would do it, too. wha

billy is like my closest friend. he and larry are both my buddies. larry david, when we all started out, we used to sit back in the back of the improvisation or whatever club we were in it just to watch larry. he was the comedian's comedian. back then he had hair like larry from the three stooges. he had wire rim glasses. he would get on a stage on a friday night at the improv. the crowd was predominantly suburban predominantly wouldblue hair. a pure suburban crowd. larry would get up. he will look at them and the first words out of his mouth -- you know, i feel very comfortable with you people. in fact, i feel so comfortable, i am thinking of using the true form of the verb instead of usted. i was laughing my ass off. it was so funny. the audience was like an oil tank. he had no idea what they were looking at. he kept on going. as said, i think a lot of people miss use the tu form of the verb. for example, when it they stabbed caesar. he said, et tu brutus? is that policies are, i just step do, if there's any time for usted, it is now. tumbleweeds d

look at that billy. he is on the price is right, afghanistan there.> bill: come on down but duck, duck. [ laughter ] >> you can't go over though. listen, i would do it, too, if i was him. i would be michael flatly dancing on that grave. and the simple fact is the only way that -- the only person who can dance on the gave since he was buried at sea was obama because he walks on water. by the way, i read today that a treasure hunter said he he might have found usama bin laden osama's body down there. i have a theory. i think the body broken half on the surface and spiraled down and there is a debris field in between the two parts that is filled with beta max, porn tapes, xanax. we are sending dan down next week. the simple fact is obama pats himself on the back more frequently than a double-jointed contortionist who is choking on a piece of steak. i would do it, too. i was watching dancing with the stars this week. lynn thought it was flourly. bruno thought it was hot and sensed a lift in his dancing on the grave. i would do it, too. what else would he

the golden age may be over. >> Ñ-billy mace. >> reporter: we used to get a kick out of billy mays and of his products worked well. in recent years more have pitched easy ways to wealth. the green millionaire showing how to put in solar panels and pay no electric bills, remember the smiling people in john beck's free and clear real estate system who got rich buy and flipping houses in you won't see them anymore ñnbecaus the ftc shut them down. from the doesn't that stink file paying more subpoena more money to a get rich quick commercial that drains your walt. the ftc won a settlement saying everybody who got the john beck system lost money. they also said the green millionaire, led to an 89 dollar yearly subscription. the one thing the two had, both claimed you could get something for almost nothing. now getting rich quick was that would Ñ-do it. you may want tostication with the shamwow so you don't waste your money. >> you know those unlimited down loads on your smart phone, they are about to go away. verizon making changes to have you digging deepener to the wallet. what they are a

joel. >> billy joel could not have been more respectful and more of a gentleman.ter than i do and i like his introduction better. >> reporter: you can bet other big names will be getting in touch as his repertoire and impact expands. ♪ let it be let it be ♪ >> i love that. >> some gifts are god given. that's the only way you can explain some things. >> that's right. that's right. a god-given talent. >> and how cool is it that billy joel himself reached out to the kid. well done. nice story all the way around. more from abc coming up next. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now," informing >>> this morning on "world news now" -- al qaeda's expanding arsenal. all the work of the mastermind behind the terror group's latest plot. >> new concerns about weapons that can be hidden in plain sight or in a plane's cargo hold. it's thursday, may 10th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning. i'm sunny hostin. >> good morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. it is nearly unbelievable to hear what u.s. authorities are now telling us about al qaed

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she was smoking all right, billy. >> on fire. >> hysterical. took a piece of bread, put it between my thighs and it is toast. hysterical. this is what we live in. it has been overnight sensation. this woman was a local store write on thursday of last week. and now there's not a person in the world who doesn't know the too tan lady. it is incredible how fast these things move. paparazzi on her front lawn today, yesterday getting her reaction. she said yes, i saw it. she saw the "snl" thing and thought it was hysterical. they were there too long. get off my lawn! she is going to get an agent or she will lose it. >> yeah. little hot to handle. >> a lot of buzz over rihanna's performance and her pre-performance. what do you make of her appearance on "saturday night"? >> she was great when she performed. you would think by the looks of what she pulled off, not once but twice, you know, dress rehearsals went perfectly. the truth is she didn't go to dress rehearsals. she missed them. nobody missed a dress rehearsal after as a musical guest. mick jagge

billy graham has been sponsoring promoting the amendment. bill clinton is reportedly in opposition to that amendment. >> catherine: of mcdonald's is accused of schmoozing bloggers in exchange for positive reviews. online. >> catherine: looking at gas prices coming up. >> jacqueline: chrissy field some temperatures are still just

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this is what this book is about, billy bob thornton.lly bob tapes" on sale now. you're watching "cbs this morning." ,,,, ♪ strea-ea-ea-ea-eam ♪ stream, stream, stream... ♪ strea-ea-ea-ea-eam ♪ stream, stream, stream... ♪ when i want you... ♪ ...in my arms... ♪ when i want you... ♪ ...and all your charms... ♪ whenever i want you, all i have to do is... ♪ [ female announcer ] introducing xfinity streampix. stream your favorite movies and full seasons of shows instantly on any screen. ♪ we install microwave oevens ♪ custom kitchen delivery >> there's phoenix. >> beautiful. >> we had a really good show today. >> this was a fun show to do today. >> lots of good guests. >> i thought it was nice, billy bob said, i'm not just saying this because i'm sitting here with you, because i really do watch this show. i always think that's a nice thing to hear from people because you don't have to say that. >> you don't. i agree. >> but i started thinking about 10,000 hours, what i would do. singing. what about yours? >> golf. >> but you already know how

he writes like the first sentence, which is, what a wonderful day, and he sent it to billy crystal. he says to me, billy loves the first sentence. >> i was just taking the temperature of how this was going. he liked the first sentence. ok, i will write another sentence. >> we rode three or four chapters. we do not know if it was anything. the people i am sending it to really love it. loves what? we have no book yet. that is the way he thinks. >> but it worked out. we already had a movie deal with steve carrell attached to play my character. it sort of worked. >> apparently. >> you're listening to the commonwealth club. [laughter] you are listening to the commonwealth club of california radio program. we have dave barry and alan zweibel peter i am along for the ride. you answered about 10 questions that people have submitted. about the movie, i picture steve carrell as one of the characters. reading it, i was alternating for that character. any idea who willpeckerman? who would you like to? >> brad pitt. >> i knew that was your answer. [laughter] >> thank god it is radio. >> alan is

this is what this book is about, billy bob thornton. you. >> "the billy bob tapes" on sale now. you're watching "cbs this morning." ♪ we install microwave oevens ♪ custom kitchen delivery >> there's phoenix. >> beautiful. >> we had a really good show today. >> this was a fun show to do today. >> lots of good guests. >> i thought it was nice, billy bob said, i'm not just saying this because i'm sitting here with you, because i really do watch this show. i always think that's a nice thing to hear from people because you don't have to say that. >> you don't. i agree. >> but i started thinking about 10,000 hours, what i would do. singing. what about yours? >> golf. >> but you already know how to do golf. >> that's true. but 10,000 hours would make you much better. the thing about golf, the passion is to get better and better and better. for many of us it's to be really good. >> i think orren is on to something, even if i did it for 10,000 hours, i still don't think i'd be good. yours, erica? >> i haven't thought about it. i don't know what

. ♪ ♪ sing us a song you're the piano man ♪ >>> i'm a huge billy joel fan.his next story. a 6-year-old piano prodigy from connecticut has become a youtube sensation after garnering more than a million hits. >> that's crazy, too. "piano man" one of the greatest bar songs ever written. this kid's rendition was so good that even billy joel sent him a note as a compliment to the kid. what makes him so remarkable is that he is autistic. a really amazing story here. here's reporter ally reid. >> reporter: listen to ethan walmark play the piano and you can see he's no ordinary kindergartner. he has an extraordinary talent and an even more extraordinary story. ethan is autistic. >> when he plays, every disability disappears, and he's just a regular kid, and it just makes him so happy. he really feels it. >> reporter: his first piano performance was when he was just 1 year old. >> he started playing on a kids piano and he all of a sudden, we were in the kitchen and heard "mary had a little lamb" and "twinkle, twinkle." we thought, well, gee, that's odd. is that on "s

so we all know billy bob thornton is one of the most unusual leading men in hollywood.hat really could be an understatement. >> billy bob often chooses off-beat roles. now he's revealing his deepest secrets to juju chang. >> reporter: between "slingblade" and "bad santa," he's become one of the most controversial and unlikely stars. yet he's remained something of a mystery. to set the record straight, he sat with friends telling stories which turned into his new book "the billy bob tapes." in it, he admits to a lot of strange behavior that drives his creativity. his dyslexia, agoraphobia, his fear of medieval furniture, komodo dragons, even silverware. >> everybody says there's a fine line between you know, genius and madness. >> there's definitely a connection between creativity and some of these -- whatever you call them. >> reporter: he's a charming eccentric. >> what is she doing with russell. >> reporter: perhaps that's what angelina jolie fell in love with when they met on the set of "pushing tin." she was just 24. he was 20 years older. their personal lives becam