thank you. >>> pleased to welcome william short ne shatner, actor, producer, writer.s been on "star trek" and more stars roles like "the price line" pitch line at 86. is that right? >> that's got to be a misprint. 36. >> at 36 he credits horses for keeping him young and mind and body and spirit. his new book is titled "spirit of the horse, a celebration in fact and fable." mr. shatner, good to have you. you doing okay? >> yeah, great. >> good to have you on. i was teasing you about the misprint on the prompter there. so you have been at this for awhile now. >> well, if you said i've been at it 70 years -- >> yeah. >> and i'm 36, i must have been a spirit. when i hear the number, i just -- who? what? how did that happen? and they are all dying around me. every time i look around, a friend is dead of old age. >> what do you make of the fact and i'm not going to put your business out but i know you came from another taping today to do this. so you're still busy. you're still working, still out there. >> in fact, i started very early in the day to do publicity. my book ha

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. >> william shatner as well saying connc of jerry lewis. the world is a lot less funnier today. so true. penn gillette here, tweeting good-bye to the real, no irony, king of comedy. nice photo there and whoopi goldberg tweeting jerry lewis passed today. millions around the world loved him and millions of kids were helped with his telethons. rip. funnyman, that fool was no dumb pep jerry lewis was an undeniable genius and an unfathomable blessing. i am because he was. >> lastly, octavia spencer tweeting to lose dick gregory and jerry lewis days apart, my thoughts and prayers to his families, talent like yours can never be equaled. r.i.p. very nice. >> moving on tonight, also we have more on both of these legends in our nbc washington app. moving on tonight the murders of there little girls shook a community in prince georg county. the girls just 6 and 9 years old. their mother tragically finding them stabbed to death in their home in clinton. tonight, we are hearing from the family of one of those girls. news 4's darcy spencer has our story. >> reporter: this is the happy face of

. >> actor william shatner said, the world is a lot less funny today and the our greatest humanitariansaying thank you, jerry, you will be missed. >>> we take a look at the life and legacy of the life and icon of jerry lewis. >> reporter: most of the public saw him only as a funny man. >> you say you loved me. >> reporter: but jerry lewis was a lot more. during more than 60 years in show business he was an accomplished dancer, writer director, flphilanthropist, teacher and inventor. lewis dropped out of high school and took his comedy act on the road but it wasn't until he teamed up with dean martin until lewis became a star. >> within two years, these two guys who were almost out of work were making movies. >> reporter: martin and lewis became two of the highest paid entertainers of their day. >> a divorce is the only way out. >> reporter: on the tenth anniversary of their partnership, they split. >> i knew we went to the pinnacle. where were we going to go from there? >> reporter: lewis launched his solo career. >> i'm not out of order. >> reporter: he appeared in more than 50 movies

the other issue for any actor, not long ago we interviewed william shatner. he of course is...captainjim kirk. that's ok. he is a great stage actor. he now... i think he invested in a company that does commercials all the time in new york. but my point, without going too far into him, with you... you have lots of different shows. you produced, you directed, you acted. and you still do. my proudest moment are the novels i wrote. really? not acting? no. they are my proudest moments outside of my children. well, i want to talk about the book. good! it brings us back to dyslexia. that's been a theme in your life. final question on acting. do you ever wonder, "what if i never won that part?" all the time. "would i have actually gotten more out of my acting career?" no. i couldn't have gotten more. i now, at this moment, have three television shows. i act on a show called children's hospital, which started as something online. last year, it won the emmy for the best short comedy. it is only 11 minutes along. i do another show, royal pains, that is shown here. so you're not bitter abo

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actor william shatner, "condolences to the family of jerry lewis, the world is a lot less funnier today here's another one, "jerry lewis, another comic legend gone, what an amazing talent and philanthropist. a long lived life." whoopi goldburg tweeted, "jerry lewis passed today, millions around the world loved him, millions of kids he helped with his telethons. r.i.p. and condolences to his family." jamie lee curtis tweeted, "jerry lewis loomed large with my family. he made me and many laugh." as you know, lewis hosted his final telethon back in 2011. he raised over $1.6 billion in 45 years. i found this great article he did in an interview with "vanity fair" that year. they asked how would you like to die, and in true lewis fashion, he said, i didn't know we had a choice. >> very straight forward, certainly. those telethons, we all can remember either our parents or having to watch it or turning on the tv during that holiday and seeing him and so many other greats. thank you so much, nbc's morgan radford. of course, we'll continue to follow the loss of jerry lewis, dead at the age of 9

now tributes are pouring in william shatner tweeting condolences to the family of jerry lewis. the world is a lot less funnier today. actor and comedian marlon way ans posted on the instagram said all kid are super heroes. jerry lewis was mine. such a funny man, brilliant physical comedian. my brother sean and i grew up watching jerry lewis and dean martin. rest well. make god laugh. >>> he leaves behind a large family of five sons, one daughter and his wife, so what we will talk about more about him and his memories and what he left us all with, lot of laughs over the years, guys. >> not just about the laughter but even philanthropy, tell -a-tho he would have every year. >> i worked at a tv station. that is how we would spend our weekend. there was $2 billion. >> yes, over the years. >> every labor day weekend. i hosted mda tell-a-thon for years in my first tv station in topeka, kansas. went out to vegas, met him, spent a couple weeks as we prepared for our tell-a-thon. >> what was that like. >> he was funny. >> people, whenever they see me is mike just as funny off air. >> he

. >> that would be tj hooker with william shatner. >> tj hooker. thank you wisdom.brating national bowling day. it's not today. it's saturday. we couldn't let this one rolling by. >> i'm picking up what you're rolling down. >> to mark the occasion we sent erin and tucker to bowl more in bethesda. >> good morning. two. >> hi, guys. >> you met some friends. good morning. >> good morning. >> before we get started, allison, before we start, we have to clarify. >> the ball slipped out of my hand the last one. >> i didn't want to make tucker feel like a loser i a gutter ball. it would have been rude if i didn't. >> he doesn't need to you make him feel like loser erin. >> excuses right out of the gate. >> come on. >> the fact that both of them are dressed -- not really dressed like they're going bowling. >> tucker has on a tie. erin has on dress. >> you're feeding him another excuse. >> it's really hard to bowl in high heels for the record. >> okay. >> introduce our gets. >> we're bowl more out in bethesda. this place is i was m music is great. tucker had a competitive gam

actor william shatner is on a twitter rant calling out so-called social justice warriors.away from the land of lunatics, the united states of america. look who is coming to deal with this, actor producer director stephen baldwin. full response in a moment. more varney in a moment. >> i'm nicole pedallides, fitness tracker fit bit having a great day, stock is up 15%, better than expected quarter, beat the street and fit bit saw his sales jumped to 3.4 million in the second quarter. that is up 14%, down, year over year. remember when fit bit went public in 2015? june to be precise, down 82% since that time. this year, 2017 it is down 66%. they are happy with what they have seen, and they have a timeline for the holiday, it is profitable by the end of the year. stuart: kid rock teasing a potential senate bid in michigan, a new poll shows he is the republican front runner. our next guest is a star in his own right, actor producer director stephen baldwin making a return to the show. what do you make of these celebrity outsiders, big-name, name recognition and in a come, you li