nick sherman, mark shelley, richard ellis, michael hughes, elizabeth colbert, simon winchester. i have been calling a lot of people and asking a lot of questions. thank you to my studio assistance. in sound and media, we have carolyn chadwick, raymond chavez, alex chadwick. my media coordinator, luc d ubious. they've given us a much of their time and brilliance to work with us to help in the final character of the media and also pentagram and management. i have to think what wall of foundries -- i have to thank walal walla foundries. what is missing? it begins with an accounting of what we are losing as we watch. in terms of species and habitat loss and i hope it provokes more a sense of wonder at what this planet is capable of and still could return to. this is a beginning. let's imagine this as a portal. we have begun to think of this as listening to the earth. me will be able to connect to the president. we see all the things that are being accomplished. we can also see into the future and by 2000 12th, we will start wi

elizabeth taylor. late night comedian steven colbert has raised more than $1 million for his super pack. he's been asking his viewers for donations trying to pointdz out what he calls -- points out what he calls the absurdity of campaign finance law. >>> thank you for watching 9news now. it's 6:00 a.m. good morning. happy wednesday. i'm andrea roane. >>> over a million bucks. why don't you say we start a super pack. i'm mike hydeck. glad you're ear. here is monika samtani. she has traffic. >> we vote for howard bernstein. >> there are restrictions on how you use it. >> if you watch, there are-- >> maybe not enough. >>> weather wise what another winter of a day we're going to have. temperatures well into the 60s once again. this morning we have some showers we're dealing with. they're fairly light and scattered about but nothing horrible. by noon near 60. this afternoon more sunshine, 62 at 5:00 with highs mid to the upper 60s today. another 20 degrees or so

colbert have donated to create an advertising campaign around colbert's strengths or do i buy this (laughing) from the estate of elizabeth taylor? both are legal. both are legal. but only one brings out my eyes. ( cheers and applause ) happens to leave me with enough left over to pay the country of china so from space you can read 58008. which unbe known to the chinese when the planet rotates says this. ( cheers and applause ) now, you're probably thinking there's no way steven colbert wanted jon stewart to blow all his super pac money on this kind of crap. maybe. who can tell? watch newt gingrich try desperately to send a message to his super pac about what he would like them to do with the 30-minute anti-mitt romney movie they had already paid for and distributed. >> i'm calling on the super pac... i cannot coordinate with them or communicate directly but i can speak out as a citizen talking to you. i'm calling on them to either edit out every single mistake or to pull the entire film. but to not run the film if it was errors in it. >> jon: what does that mean? good luck untangling those verbal hieroglyphics. it's like

colbert, a question? >> he will get the judger vote. >> no doubt. >> let's kick it over to elizabeth. we have some activity out there already. >> we have some action going on, on northbound 880. that 98th street off-ramp is shut down for some police activity. we have unconfirmed reports there was a slow-speed chase that resulted in a minor accident so they are out there now. 98th street off-ramp to northbound 880, completely shut down. the main lines of the freeway we doesn't think are impacted and your drive times should be 15 machines between 238 and the maze. so we'll follow that one problem spot in oakland. in the meantime, this is san jose i know it's difficult to see but this is 280 out of downtown san jose. so far things are light towards cupertino, 12 minutes between 101 and highway 85. golden gate bridge definitely "friday light" all across the bay area this morning. i'll step out of the way to see if we can see any cars. nope, not a one -- oh, there's a couple in the northbound direction. yeah. they have not done the lane change yet so we'll let you know as soon as they do.

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colbert joining team robin. robin is recovering from her bone marrow transplant. lara is off. welcome back to elizabeth vargas. these are pictures right now from hong kong. horrific ferry collision there. 37 dead right now. the crew of the ferry has been arrested. we're going to have the details in that coming up. >> what an amazing disaster. >>> we also have an astonishing car accident caught on tape. one of the world's most expensive superstars crashing into a lagoon. was it all a multimillion-dollar disaster? or an elaborate front? we'll weigh on that in a moment. >>> also, an oscar shocker, guys. the man behind some of the naughtiest characters on the small screen and big screen, is the surprise take. who is seth macfarlane? more on him ahead. >>> first, let's get to the latest incident on american airlines. the story first reported here on "gma" on monday. the airline is under investigation by the faa, after seats came loose onboard three different mid-air flights. investigations by the airline has found more loose seats on more planes. jim avila has more on this. good morning, jim. >> reporter: good morn

elizabeth vargas here. we have a space between us. >> i'm not going to take it personally, george. >> we have a special guest. stephen colberts and applause ] >> he's with us for the rest of the show. good morning. >> good morning. nice to see you. >> good morning. good morning. good morning. good to have you. >> thank you. >> glad to see you again. >> george? sam? >> thank you very much. >> stephen, the last time i was on your show, i came and brought a little bit of a gift. >> yes. >> i think we're going to have it right there. a little jack. >> jack daniels? >> yeah. >> george brought me jack daniels. >> it was jack daniel's. >> exactly. >> i brought you liquid, too, george. this is -- best way to start the day. little juice, with just a float of mountain dew. >> a mountain dew cocktail. >> it will get you there, man. >> just what you need at 8:00, too. >> cheers. >> you knock that back. and you have to start teasing, buddy. you have to earn the keep. >> what do we have coming up? good morning. hey, good morning. competition for being the most famous catholic in america. >> who is that? >> she can try. jenny mccarthy is h