: adam sandler.e week here at the show. are you a video game player? >> i'm not good at -- i don't know. i wish i was. i used to be when i was a kid. i mean, i love it. i love everybody that does it. [ laughter ] but i just -- i, kind of -- i was great at it when i was, like, in sixth grade. i was great at -- maybe even younger. no, when i was, like, ten i used to do pong. >> jimmy: oh, pong. >> pong was fantastic. >> jimmy: pong is a great game. >> i was great at that. i even knew how to turn it on, even at the house. i would flip it on the tv. i know to switch it to some channel and it would work. and then, as it progressed, i got worse. space invaders, i started going down. i wasn't great at that. like, defender, at the arcade, i started sucking at that. and that missile command is where i gave up. >> jimmy: gave up. >> the little circle ball -- i pinched my finger one time. i started screaming in the arcade, "no!" [ laughter ] and everybody is like, "what happened?" and i'm like, "it got me. it g

last yearley nar dough dicaprio tied for second place with adam sandler.hank you for weaving the biebs into our segment. ben stiller with $33 million. >>> and finally r. kelly reveals in his new memoir the "notebook" inspired him to divorce his wife of 12 years in 2009. he realized his marriage couldn't stand up to ryan gosling and rachael mcadams romance. >>> its is the holtd battle of neat versus man and women. the defending choins of nathan's fourth of july international hot dog eating contest had their weigh in ahead of today's annual showdown. record holder joey "jaws" chestnut came in while sonya "the black widow" tipped the scale at 100 poundets. i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. >>> even mother nature a bit patriotic this morning, a gentle cool breeze. don't get used to that today, though. good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to this july 4th, 2012. happy independence day. >>> one person died in an apartment fire if fire broke out just before 2:00 this morni

last yearley nar dough dicaprio tied for second place with adam sandler. you for weaving the biebs into our segment. ben stiller with $33 million. >>> and finally r. kelly reveals in his new memoir the "notebook" inspired him to divorce his wife of 12 years in 2009. he realized his marriage couldn't stand up to ryan gosling and rachael mcadams romance. >>> its is the holtd battle of neat versus man and women. the defending choins of nathan's fourth of july international hot dog eating contest had their weigh in ahead of today's annual showdown. record holder joey "jaws" chestnut came in while sonya "the black widow" tipped the scale at 100 poundets. i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] >> good morning, everybody. happy fourth of july. we have a little bit of rain to contend with. we will see showers and thunderstorms dropping out of pennsylvania. they are moving to the south and east. these are headed towards baltimore and i think even

but i mean adam sandler came out with a movie two weeks ago that did nothing at the box office. and there were tons and tons of billboards and i saw tons and tons of commercials for it. and i think called that's my boy. the point is i don't remember what it was called. complete and utter disaster at the box office. not because they didn't have a bunch of positive comecialtion and a bunch of positive billboards. it's that people thought, too we really want to see another crappy adam sandler movie and they thought no. so, people are a little bit smarter than that. they may think do we want a sequel to the barack obama movie or don't we? bill, i had this interesting thought when i was driving in. and thinking about liberals and hollywood and hipsters and how they all drive prius, right? >> bill: right. >> what percentage of them would still drive a prius if it was made by g.m.? >> bill: i don't know. what percentage? >> do you think it would be quite a bit less? >> bill: i don't know. because toyota makes the prius. you think they like the japanese? >> i think they don't like this

. >> remember the movie "big daddy" with adam sandler where he dresses up as scuba sam?an, how you doing? i'm scuba sam. scuba steve's father. >> well, daniel garcia decided, you know, that's a good idea. when he became a dad, he really wanted to do it. except he dressed up as spider-man and showed up to visit his 3-year-old son, oliver. >> got this for you, buddy. yeah. are you going to be spiderman like me? >> yeah. >> he showed up dressed as spider-man to get his son to do whatever he wanted, things that little oliver needed to do, but he told him if you behave well, i am going to take you to a trampoline park. oliver, of course, behaved perfectly. >> he was probably an angel all day. >> guess where he went with spider-man? >> the trampoline park. >> this looks to be a lot more fun for dad, actually. i think i'd like to dress up in a superhero costume and jump around all day. that looks like fun. >> the kid obviously thinks this is the real spider-man. >> it makes him look like the real thing because he's jumping around like normal. >> i don't think little oliver noti

. >> last year's top earner leonardo dicaprio tied for second place with adam sandler, both with $37illion. dwayne "the rock" johnson came in fourth with $36 million, and comedian ben stiller in fifth with $33 million. >>> and, finally, r. kelly reveals in his new memoir that the movie "the notebook" inspired him to divorce his wife of 12 years in 2009. the r&b singer says he realized his marriage couldn't stand up to ryan gosling and rachael mcadams' romance. it's a movie, people. >> silly. >> it is. and this comes to us from wnbc 4 new york where on coney island it is the holiday battle of meat versus man and women. ah, we love this every year, right? the defending champions of nathan's famous fourth of july international hot dog eating contest had their weigh-in ahead of today's annual showdown. record holder joey "jaws" chestnut came in at 210 pounds. while sonya "the black widow" thomas tipped the scales at a mere 100 pounds. she last time ate her way through 41 dogs. very impressive. i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc s

tom cruise came in well ahead of fellow actors leon ordered to cut rio and adam sandler both coming in with only $37 million. tom cruise has the mission impossible franchise huge success to thank for all of those millions. good for him. >> your fourth of july cookout could be a little less expensive than it was last year. >> the price tag for these and other bbq favorites is $59.14 these days, actually down a few dollars from one year ago. the meet cost more but the total price has come down because of the lower fuel costs. here's a look at today's closures and schedule changes. most government offices, libraries, schools and banks are closed. post offices are closed and there's no mail delivery. most local transit systems will be operating on a sunday schedule including bart and ac transit and muni. a piece trains are not operating today. well, he came, he saw, 88. the san jose n,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> today's tip of the date is the idaho russet potato. i favored a table for baking and french fries or scalloped potatoes. it has a wonderful flavor in inside. but you have to select and st

last year's top actor leonardo dicaprio tied with adam sandler, both with $37 million.yne "the rock" johnson came in fourth with $36 million and ben stiller with fifth at $33 million. >>> finally, we like ryan gosling, but really? r. kelly reveals in his new memoir theovie "the notebook" inspired him to divorce his wife of 12 years in 2009. the r&b singer says he realized his marriage couldn't stand up to ryan gosling/rachel maced a daps' romance. just a movie. it's funny. ryan gosling jokes in interviews people will come up to him and think that he's like his character in "the notebook." oohing and aahing. he's like, i'm not, i'm not. >> you want to be like that, you love that movie. >> it's a great movie. >> it was on cable a couple of days ago, they showed the scene like in a boat, he falls in the water or something. >> and you were sticking around. i've been trying to talk you into watching. >> i said, there's no way i'm seeing that movie. >> you're missing out. >> i'm missing out, all right. good morning. showers and light rain continuing this morning. it's not goi

leonardo dicaprio and adam sandler tied for second with 37 million dwayne johnson, ben stiller and sashat the top five. >> i'm give them something extra and this is auto matically for the birds. >> two schools say an argument over actor steve buschemi inspired them to figure out exactly what make someone cool. they use surveys to identify cool qualities and asked people to put those qualities in order of purpose. this is what they came up with: good looking plus friendly plus being a high achiever. bonus points for being a community volunteer then you add in trendiness and individualism, confidence and humor and that is cool. >>> thanks for joining us at 5. happy 4th. the news edge at 6 starts now. >>> five days now since the storm and there aren there -- there are 10,000 outages. more than 100,000 customers are in the dark. pepco has more than 37,000 of those. 53,000bge customers in the dark. dominion virginia is 21,000 without electricity. 26 people have died as a result of the storms and extreme heat. >>> a d.c. woman's life changeed forever and she was riding her motorcycle when the

second and third, leonardo dicaprio and adam sandler.e's made them, but he has this cult following who love 4i78. the rock surprisingly, 36 million and ben stiller, $33 million. i'm surprised the rock is on that list, but he's making kids' movies and we'll do anything to keep our kids occupied for an hour and a half. >> they're big, necessary for parents. there's a biolodge call movie about jimmie hendrix that's coming out, but controversy about the music in it? >> how do you make a j-- the estate will not allow the producers to use any of his music, so they'll have the performer from outkast, to perform the songs he didn't write that he made popular. you know what that does for me. that piques my interest. really? it makes me want to see the movie even more. >> and those songs will be good, regardless. >>> some food for thought about nikki minaj. >> i love her s we're one of a kind. she can eat anywhere she wants. she's a superstar. what does she do? she finishes performing in manchester and goes to a chicken joint -- i shouldn't say a

yeah, leonardo dicaprio and adam sandler both trailed behind him, only $37 million. that's your five at 5:00. >> we go to the loss of an american legend. he was america's favorite sheriff and lawyer adored by fans. today, andy griffith is being remembered by fans who loved him best. >> i'm telling you to hush up. >> you told me i could speak now or forever hold my peace. >> well, now i'm telling you if you don't hush up, you'll be forever holding the seat of your britches. >> so cute! great. of course, that was ron howard who played griffith's son opie on the andy griffith show. he tweeted "his pursuit of excellence and the joy that he took in creating served generations and shaped my life. i'm forever grateful. rest in peace, andy." griffith passed away where he lived nearly all of his life at his home in north carolina with his wife cindy by his side when he passed away. she released a statement saying andy was a person of incredibly strong christian faith and prepared to the day he'd be called home to his lord. he's the love of my life, my constant companion, my p

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molly was silly and loved to do adam sandler impressions and she was loving and a good friend and she sports, and she had given up her winter prior to her disappearance to be trained as a lifeguard. >> what would you like police to do next in this investigation? >> i would like to see them go down to florida and certainly obtain some search warrants and look through that trailer and the safety deposit box down there and i would also like them to interview as many people as possible while they're there, and i know the state police have searched under every rock and they followed every avenue that they could to find this person. i am truly grateful for the commitment. >> heather, thank you so much for your time. we wish you the best of luck in i understand tooing out what happened to your sister. >> thank you. >>> cnn has we mentioned is looking into this case and we will continue to do that as well. be right back. ♪ why not make lunch more than just lunch? with two times the points on dining in restaurants, you may find yourself asking why not, a lot. chase sapphire preferred. there's

he came in ahead of fellow actors leonardo dicaprio and adam sandler with 37 million.mission impossible franchise's success thing fall for his millions. superstar justin bieber has graduated high school. between making hit albums the canadian superstar turned his and will be part of his graduating class p at his private school in ontario. in the grinder and on tuesday in north carolina at the age of 86. the tv star has received condolences from ron howard who began his career beside griffith and from the president is that the actor won the hearts of americans everywhere. >>darya: we are following breaking news out of san francisco where a body was found along the embarcadero in the area we are showing you were joggers are going by in the port of a fourth of july. body was a floating along the embarcadero around 8:00 a.m.. the big question is, is that the body of the dodgers fan who was spotted falling into the water last monday night? there has been no i data and is on the body and in a secluded if the we do automatic if. this since and the belly of an francisco this m

that is more than double the next two on the list, adam sandler and leonardo dicaprio.e the rock johnson and ben stiller round out the top five. not a bad payday. >>> we just got some news we're a little disappointed to hear that jeneba tarmoh, the one who was initially declared the victor, did the victory lap, did the press afterwards, sort of relishing in really realizing her dream, and then hours later basically the folks come back to her and say, sorry, this was in fact a dead heat. it was a statistical tie. and so you're seeing the pictures of the woman who was racing with her, allison felix, who is a pretty marquee two-time olympian. they were supposed to do a runoff. and we just found out literally sixty seconds ago that she cancelled. it's unfortunate, jeneba. we would have loved to talk to you and hear your story to find out why. there's been a lot of talk about this. >> she will be in the olympics, though, right? >> not in an individual race. >> any speculation why? >> there was the thought that she could get injured. we had kerry strugg on yesterday, who said

son went to the trampoline dressed as spiderman and got the idea from the movie "big daddy" when adam sandlerthing like this with your kids? >> you know, you do almost anything to make your kids smile. >> look at that look at the video he recreated afterwards. >> how old was the child? >> 3 years old. >> you'll have keep doing it, at 3 i don't know it's a lasting memory. >> also setting the bar, really, really high. this is going to be hard to match. i would do it except for the tight clothing -- >> come on. >> you have to be a super hero with him. you can't do that if your jeans. >> hats off to that dad. >> facebook did better than expected in its first earnings report in the public company but that does not necessarily mean good news if you own some of its stock. we'll explain that coming up. for an expanded look at our top stories head to our blog, cnn.com/early start. sometimes, i feel like it's me against my hair. [ female announcer ] weak, damaged hair needs new aveeno nourish+ strengthen. active naturals wheat formulas restore strength for up to 90% less breakage in three washes. for s

. >> adam sandler thinks he's jewish. >> exactly.st issue of "the new yorker," chuck you take it since you are a bruce expert, take it to david out of the read. you write david in part, unlike the rolling stones, say, who have not written a great song since the disco era and come together only to pad their fortunes as their own cover band, springsteen refuses to be a mer sin nary curator of his past. he continues to evolve as an artist filling one spiral notebook after another, with ultimately new songs. his latest album "wrecking ball" is a melodic indictment of the recessionary moment of income disparity and what he calls the distance between the american reality and dream. the work remote from humid summer interludes and abandoned out on the turnpike. can you keep reading? that's great. beautifully written. chuck todd. >> apparently i'm supposed to -- i'm not going to pretend to be a bruce expert. david, you sound like this is -- you know, not to create generational warfare here, but this is, you know, you baby boomers sticking to