. >> a.j. jacobs has written this new book out this week that he promises will make you laugh until your sides split and endorphins flood your blood stream. can he do it? i'll talk to him next. and take aleve. it's the one doctors recommend most for arthritis pain. two pills can last all day. ♪ >>> as you know our goal here is to help you live a longer, healthier, more optimistic life. with that in mind i can't wait to introduce you to our next guest, who transformed himself literally into a human test subject with this goal. he wanted to become the healthiest man in the world. a.j. jacobs is the author of "drop dead healthy" one man's humble quest for bodily perfection. a.j., thanks for joining us. good morning to you. >> thank you. good morning. >> i got to ask. the first question i think everyone asks you is how did you come up with this idea? >> well, a few years ago i was totally out of shape. i was what they call skinny/fat. i had a body that looked like a snake that had swallowed a goat.

and a.j. johnson development director for omarion american atheists welcome to the both of you danielle i'm going to start with you too much around too much religious talk in politics today i don't believe so we've had an integral amount of religion in politics since our founding fathers who are a mix of agnostic judeo christian natural common law put that all together and then you fast forward up to a brief historical context for the last few decades on both sides of the moral majority on the right in the eighty's to even transcending from a war time and some scandal environment clinton use it embrace religion even more than w. in the southern strategy of what do you stand that you came through this current decade where we face issues like partial birth abortion defense of marriage act. catholics and what they're dealing with with the health care bill and there are a lot of religious issues whether right or wrong good or integral part of the american political process right now a.j. what do y

is too much religion religious talk in politics and compared to those that think there is too little a.j. what do you think about this poll i'm sure just a bit of clear. comes to the miner was. and he was actually trying to tell them that he was trying to keep true. to who you know the church but i would agree with paul i do think that there's too much religion and you know it takes time away from the real issues and i would assume a.j. that you would. an atheist would that matter to. me it would not matter to me one way or the other. aligned with my. myriad your and my woman health here so i imagine it would probably have many. but it would not be relevant to me. and what about you is it relevant to you would you vote for any for me personally to be a problem because i don't espouse the same personal belief system so that being a side but i want to go back to earlier point about the polling i've seen it go both ways it kind of feeds back into a point of the way to take you way to different what's a real issue and not about point about the economy and basically there are that's why mitch

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a.j. jenkins is a wide receiver from illinois. >> a.j. jenkins is a good receiver. i don't know too much about him but we need wide receivers right now so it's a good pick for san francisco. >> reporter: the number one over all pick of the draft was announced. a quarterback bay area fans saw a lot of playing at sanford. >> the first pick in the 2012 nfl draft, the indianapolis colts select andrew luck. quarterback stanford. >> reporter: jim harbaugh who coached luck at stanford called today an historic day. >> well, we're happy for andrew, i had a chance to recruit him for a year and coach him for three years. >> reporter: on the farm some students watched the draft on tv. >> it's really fun to see andrew luck on national tv. and really excited for him and like to see a stanford guy go number one. >> reporter: back at the 49ers draft party fans were still talking about the new stadium going up just across the street. and santa clara city officials are happy. >> this is what we've been talking about bringing the economic development. these people are spending money i

a.j. hammer is in new york. good morning, a.j. >> good morning, carol.nking you got to be a pretty good athlete to be an action hero and i guess the queen thinks the same thing. she personally decided that bond is the iconic british character that deserves to be opening the games this summer. so according to the sun newspaper in britain, she shot a short film where bond is given the mission to launch the olympic games. nobody seems to know if the queen actually had a cameo in the film. it's a good possibility she did. the report says they will play the video during the opening ceremonies and then it will end with craig parachuting into the stadium to open the games. i'm thinking you don't want to miss that mark parachuting into a stadium like that. the audience for the olympic opening ceremony could be around a billion people. and daniel craig will not get a second take if he indeed is parachuting in. it bill be fascinating to see that. >> he's going to have to give a gold medal performance. ha, ha, ha. >> exactly. >> let's talk about this member of the

a.j. jenkins is a wide receiver from illinois. >> a.j. jenkins is a good receiver.on't know too much about him but we need wide receivers right now so it's a good pick for san francisco. >> reporter: the number one over all pick of the draft was announced. a quarterback bay area fans saw a lot of playing at sanford. >> the first pick in the 2012 nfl draft, the indianapolis colts select andrew luck. quarterback stanford. >> reporter: jim harbaugh who coached luck at stanford called today an historic day. >> well, we're happy for andrew, i had a chance to recruit him for a year and coach him for three years. >> reporter: on the farm some students watched the draft on tv. >> it's really fun to see andrew luck on national tv. and really excited for him and like to see a stanford guy go number one. >> reporter: back at the 49ers draft party fans were still talking about the new stadium going up just across the street. and santa clara city officials are happy. >> this is what we've been talking about bringing the economic development. these people are spending money in sa

a.j. hammer is live in los angeles. a.j., tell us about the man. what was he like?uy. dick was the true professional. dick has everything to do with what i do and how i hope to do it. he was the measure. he set the bar. he set it, unfortunately, very, very high so i only aspire one day to get a little close to that. but as a young kid starting out in radio and then eventually moving into television, he was the true pioneer for having done that, where music was his first passion and television became his true love and he combined them in a way that had never been done before for all of those decades back on "american bandstand." back in the 1990s he was working at vh1 at the time and this was at a moment in my career there whereby then i had interviewed probably every huge music superstar on the planet. then one day i get the news as i'm handed his latest book that dick clark was coming in. that's when the nerves started. i would never get nervous if i had jon bon jovi or someone of that ilk coming in, but my idol, my hero was coming in. dick came in and he made it v

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. >> with the 30th pick in the 2012 nfl draft, the san francisco 49ers select a.j. jenkins, wide receiver, illinois. >> we know the raiders love fast players. so does jim harbaugh. jenkins ron the 40-yard dash in 4.4 seconds. and he's talented. 90 receptions for nearly 1,300 yards last year. >> the 49ers knew early on they were going to select a.j. jenkins in the first round. putting his name in an envelope and sealing it before the draft started. but the wide receiver had no clue he was going to be the first pick. >> i was in the bathroom. the phone's ringing. they're playing a joke on me. and i got the phone. it was amazing. like, i had no idea. >> the 49ers are not at a loss when it comes to describing why they chose the 6-foot, 190-pound jacksonville native. >> talent. character. smart guy. >> you look at where can he align. some guys are simply xs. some guys can sit in the slot. we feel that we can -- this is a multialign guy. he can line up at any spot and have success in our system. >> while the 49ers are positive about all the traits that jenkins will bring

. >> the san francisco 49ers select a.j. jenkins, wide receiver, illinois. >> i got the phone and i said, oh, my god. and i was just like -- it was amazing. i had no idea. >> i love the enthusiasm. that's a.j. jenkins on the phone. clearly a little excited by the 9ers pick. jenkins ran the 40 in 4.39 seconds. trust me, that is fast. he is talented. mindy bach had more on the receiver who had 90 receptions for 1300 yards last season. >> we'll hear from her coming. >>> an improving economy giving teens a better chance to get a job this summer. in a bad economy, older, more experienced job seekers took typical summer jobs away from teens. now they're moving up to better paid job leaving seasonal openings for teens. at parks, beaches, pools, public hands as state governments are reemerging from hard budget cuts. >> i think christina loren's making it clear, a good-looking weekend ahead. >> that's right. >> we're going to traffic. >> mike, the great-looking traffic guy. >> we're looking to the weekend, but we must first look at o

a.j., thanks so much. a.j.ill be back in the next hour to talk about the new york townhouse and how much money someone is forking over to buy it and it's connection to sex and the city. >>> it's like nothing he has ever seen before is what one veteran says about the prostitution agency rocking the agency. after the break he will give you an inside look. >>> also, oakland a's pitcher brandon mccarthy slams the kiss cam. you know what i'm talking about. we've all seen it. he says the jumbotron segment is insensitive. we'll talk about that in sports. [ heart beating, monitor beeping ] woman: what do you mean, homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods? [ heart rate increases ] man: a few inches of water caused all this? [ heart rate increases ] woman #2: but i don't even live near the water. what you don't know about flood insurance may shock you -- including the fact that a preferred risk policy starts as low as $129 a year. for an agent, call the number that appears on your screen. >>> just about 45 minutes past

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it's amazing how many people you've had on, yourself, and a.j.from ryan seacrest in which he said i am deeply saddened by the loss of my dear friend dick clark. he has truly been one of the greatest influences in my life and it seems to be the theme that is coming through this day is how many people's lives he seemed to have influenced in major ways including yours. >> i was sitting with him when ryan seacrest called him right after they were together for new year's eve and you know, there were a lot of people, a lot of things were written and dick debated whether or not he should ton continue to go on for the new year's eve programs. over the last couple of years he told me you know, i'm not going do it again this year. what happened is it was mixed, candy, because some people said why should dick clark having suffered his stroke continue to appear on television, but then he would get deluged by people who were stroke victims and other people who had infirmities and they were such admirers of his fighting spirit because he really didn't have tha

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a.j. hammer, many things to you.rtainment world, a.j. has it tonight on showbiz tonight at 11:00 eastern. >>> 20,000 fans cheering tim tebow on a sunday, still five months from the start of the nfl season. the jets quarterback did attract a crowd to an easter sunday event in georgetown, texas, not to watch him play football but to talk about his faith. the former denver quarterback says he can't explain why tebowing went viral. >> it is kind of crazy. i really don't think i was the first athlete to get on a knee and pray. it is funny, because i have actually had this same routine the last seven years and just this year, they started calling it tebowing, which i have no idea why. i have been doing same thing for the last seven years. this year, it just seemed to get popular. but i do think it is pretty cool because at least prayer is being talked about. >> there was a funny moment when the pastor tried to get tebow to put on an lsu helmet. the former florida gator, he kicked that helmet off to the side. it was a joke.

a.j. pierzynski comes up and watch paul konerko. 3rd base coach joe mcewing waves him from first 5-2 now 4-2 preseason great job jake peavy velocity 93 mi. per hour giving up just two runs in 6-2/3 innings. reaction later in sports. first look at 2012 white sox happy bunch >> perfect weather for opening day not too hot or cold inside the ballpark sold-out crowd watching a tough battle against the detroit tigers some defense playing hooky today many fans here from all over midwest some from down the street. born and raised bridgeport. opening day born and raised in bridgeport never knew there was another team on the north side. on the way to today's game ban johnson fresh tattoo white sox scoreboard with a mini skyline of chicago. >> i think i think they have a good shot underdog but i think they can pull through >> one of those seasons it did not expect a lot but a feeling good things can happen the day are going to be better than the chicago cubs. i think robin ventura will have a great f

a.j. goes for a change. that little bit up allow someone else to take the lead. a for a tire change. they battled the rest of the way. -- a four tire change. we will check the forecast with john coming up right after this. john coming up right after this. ♪ [ ping! ] [ ping! ping! ] that's why i use new tampax radiant. it helps keep my period invisible, combing tampax's best-ever leak protection with a revolutionary resealable wrapper so all they'll see is me. [ ping! ] ♪ hi. totally new, awesomely-invisible tampax radiant. check out the whole radiant collection. >> his weekend, event took place around the country for the 42nd annual earth today. people planted trees and flowers. on the national mall, people came around to naturalize the earth. the earth did need the rain. >> mother nature delivered today. the rain continues tonight. it will taper off before morning. tomorrow will be around 50. 57 on tuesday. there might be some snow mixed in off to our nw. when they dry. some thunderstorms possible. on thursday, it will be 70. the temperatures are all over the b

from mesa to clean creek, a.j.ll cry your name and then repeat, i love you, i love you, i love you. i've got to make you see what you mean to me, michelle, my belle. love always, boo. >> let me see. >> thank you. >> can i tell him what i want to tell him? i love you too and i'm sorry. i'm sorry that i'm not out there holding it down for you. but when they let me out, i'll see you at the gate. >> it could be a while, though. if she is convicted on all her robbery and burglary charges she could face up to 25 years but she hopes to plea bargain it down to seven or less and shortly after sending his poem, her boyfriend boo reached a plea deal of 4 1/2 years and was transferred to prison. jon antonucci is still awaiting sentencing but now a local newspaper has just printed a scathing article about him. >> is that article fair? >> with the amount of damage that i've caused, anything's fair. >> the article states that antonucci was a very popular and charismatic karate instructor but also a liar and a thief who eventually

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"showbiz tonight" host a.j. hammer is in new york.ng how many celebrities will be at the dinner? >> for kim i don't know if the reality cameras will follow her around but miss kardashian has been invited and she's bringing her mom, kris jenner will be attending with her. this peaked during the democratic administrations and drop off during the republican administration has been going on since the late '80s this. isn't the white house doing, people invited by the media organization paying big bucks for the tables, we've seen stars ranging frommes osbourne and kim kardashian, george clooney, stevie wonder, viola davis, the cast from "the hunger games" and, carol, even lindsay lohan made the list this year. quite a party, quite a party. >> okay. i mean, i can remember the days when you brought some boring congressmen to the dinner, by i guess those days are gone. >> yes. >> let's talk about carrie bradshaw's townhouse from "sex in the city." incredible how much this sold for. >> yes, nearly $10 million, $9.85 million to be exact. the fac

a.j.to tell us all about it. >> lee aronson feeling some justifiable heat this morning. the "two and a half men" co-creator was speaking at the toronto screenwriter conference and first offended how the women on his show are depicted by saying this "we are centering the show on two very damaged men, what makes men damaged? sorry, it's women. i never got my heart broken by a man. he then followed that up by criticizing the current crop of sitcoms featuring women saying "enough ladies, i get, you have periods, adding the shows have reached a saturation point and used a few choice references of the female anatomy i will not repeat here. understandably women in hollywood didn't take it well. the topics started trending on twitter. now aronson apologized on his twitter feed saying he was trying to be funny, it was a bad joke. i should point out his resumÉ as a writer and producer includes comedies like "grace under fire," cybil," "murphy brown." he's not against female sitcoms. he used a poor c

eastern and pacific on hln. >> thanks, a.j.ryone else. >>> in peru, environmentalists have a real mystery on their hands. nearly 900 dolphins have turned up on a stretch of beach on the northern coast. scientists have been testing the dolphins, trying to figure out exactly what happened. but these deaths are just the latest in a worldwide trend. in february, 179 dolphins washed ashore in cape cod, then in early march, amateur video taken on a beach in rio de janeiro showed more than 30 dolphins on the shore there. >>> we turn now to our weather here in the united states. boy, is it going to be a messy commute tomorrow and probably later on in the week as well. >> yeah. you know, it's already started today. there have been delays, hours-long, at times across the northeast. and of course you know that kind of snowballs, so to speak, right? into tomorrow. look at that picture. >> snow? it's the 22nd of april! >> indeed it is. this is getting a little late in the season for snow. that's dubois, pennsylvania, a picture taken by our

that ball short-hopped a.j. nothing he could do with it. single for sweeney. run batted in. his eighth. second hit of the night. danks got a strong arm but you either get it there on the fly or bounce it on the grass. but that throw, nobody is going to make that play. ken: here is pedroia. 1-4. when you got a strong arm like viciedo, he hit it right on the head. you either got to make sure that you get it all the way there on a line or the one thing you cannot do is short-hop it like he did. rios. he will get it back in. that is out number two. that will bring up the first baseman. adrian gonzales. he is 1-3. a walk and double. a run scored. out of play, left side. 3-7-0 for us. chopper. hopper. that will do it. they pick up one. we'll go to the bottom of the ninth. alexei done. ♪ i've never been one fo gym ♪ some may say ♪ ♪ but i still get my workout each day ♪ ♪ to create a physique that is better than fair ♪ ♪ for my desk at work i've a ball for a chair ♪ ♪ the girl from accounting "just can't reach up there" ♪ ♪ for a miller 64 no effort we'll spare ♪ ♪ to miller 64 ♪ ♪

he had the best car for more stood the day. 45 laps in on pit road, a.j. but the pickup allowed him to take the lead. with 31 to go, denny hamlin gets by going low. hamlin held on for his second win of the season. true >> without a win in dover. please stay with us for a check of the forecast coming up right after this. so to save money, i've found a new way to get my profile out there. check me out. everybody says i've got a friendly disposition and they love my spinach dip. five foot ten... still doing a little exploring. but... my sign is sagittarius, i'm into spanish cheese, my hairline is receding but i'm getting a weave. getting a weave. there's an easier way to save. who wants some ronald tonight!? who wants some ronald tonight!? geico. fifteen minutes could save you 15% or more.

did waves san francisco's lead to wide receiver a.j. jenkins added a little lame the aid contingent on 90 passes for nearly 1,300 yds last season is that it very productive career career illinois and is a guy that's fits our system very well for a trade standpoint from the skills standpoint. and no surprise here the colt that anti-lock with their no. 1 pick now comes the hard part for lack replacing the legendary peyton manning. it meant it was arguably the greatest ever he was my football here and realize you really replace a guy like that have candy the issues are our huge. >>> of the best of ford agreement a long sentence sunday in quarterback history could be a football dream come true. in the afternoon in cincinnati. and-deep to left. >>> it is out of here. >>> in the blood on his the three run back in the ninth to give the giants the lead to be the red 65 the warriors became the first team and with the warriors the first missing parker duncan's and oakley but the former st. mary's ♪ [ male announcer ] it's one thing... to have cre

a.j. pierzynski, catcher throws down to first base. chicago wins 4-0 as umber throws the 21st perfect game in major league history, the first in almost two years. get this, this was his first career complete game. just happens to be a perfect one. >>> the wizards taking on the heat, riding a rare two-game winning streak, looking for something more rare this season than a northern hair hairy-nose womhairy-nosed womanback. look it up. it's true. heat going the other way. chalmers misses. haslem does not. next wizards possession. john wall dishs one of his 13 assists to nene underneath. wizard up with .5 seconds to go. >>> i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. [ applause ] >> hello. hello, i'm mitt romney and i'm speaking to you from jim bob's kitchen, a really fantastic diner outside

over the two years, a.j. developed definite opinions about what works.likes the boulder tossing, log carrying and sprinting of the so-called caveman workout. why exactly are we doing this, sprinting? >> cavemen, the idea is they didn't do a lot of leisurely jogging. they did a lot of sprinting, away from the tigers. >> reporter: he likes eating healthy, fish vegetables and eggs. he likes to concentrate on what to eat but how. >> you want to eat slowly because you'll eat less. and we eat way too much. there's actually a very passionate movement on the internet called chewism. they say you should chew as much as 50 times. and that is a pain, not as much as some things. >> well, i tried colonics and juice fasts and i was not a fan of either one. and luckily the science is not there. >> reporter: at the end of two years he managed to lose 17 pounds. his body fat dropped from 17% to 7%. he says he is now bursting with energy and feels great. >> i fedoing the asian squat. >> reporter: he's backed off some of the dozens and dozens of health rituals. he says the

a.j. pierzynski threw it down.a perfect game for phillips number. >> he struck out all mine and retired all 27 mariners for the perfect game. >> i cannot put it into words. you know, going into the ninth inning there, it was just like ... that feels good ... >> i do not know what philip on burt is doing in this list. i do not know what my name is doing there but i'm thankful it is there. >> no perfect game for the giants in new york. the jury is still out on what position audrey house should decline. after today i think we can rule out the middle infield. you do not need to worry about this little guy bouncing in the first pitch. he will run it all into the catcher. there he is. the dollar's performance was nice but the panda was even better. he extended his hitting streak to 14 games with an rbi single in the third inning. ryan vogelsong made his second start of the season giving off a double to fourth. then responded by striking out. he tied a career high with eight strikeouts. but he ran into some trouble in the

a.j. hammer is with me now, the host of hln's "showbiz tonight." good to see you. i know you met him personally. what was your impression of him? >> he was a really good guy and a real pro. the idea that i got to meet my idol. this was back in the 1990s. but i came up sort of the same way that he did, as did many of my colleagues who do entertainment or music-related reporting. i was 15 years old when i started. from very early in my life he was a huge inspiration, not just from seeing him on "american bandstand" but listening to his weekly top 40 radio show. so when i found out, erin, that he was coming on as a guest, and this is after i interviewed some of the biggest stars in the world. it was sort of the run of the day there at vh1 at the time, i heard dick clark was coming in to talk about his new book and i got nervous. i was so nervous that my idol was coming in but he made me so at ease. afterwards, he closed the door of my dressing room, told me what a great job he thought i did. >> did he really? >> and really made me believe in myself at that point becau

you called him into your office and said this, i am sorry about all of that press complaining thingam a.j. ig. did you say that? >> no. >> did you say anything like that? >> i may have said i have confidence in you as editor, put that behind us, remember it, but get on with it. >> he also has you saying we had to deal with it the way we did or they would have all been banging on about privacy law again. we don't need that right now. might you have said that? >> i don't think so. generally i don't believe in privacy law, but to discuss we discussed privacy yesterday. i think privacy laws are always proposed for the protection of the great and the good and not for the mass of people that make up our democracy. >> i have been asked to put thesis questions to you by another core participant, mr. murdoch. have you ever instrucked or encouraged editors to pursue studies that promote your own newspapers, tv channels or other business interests? >> i don't have any other business interests. i certainly would ask or suggest, i don't think it needs suggesting, editor of the sun that it would be goo