the american legislative exchange council alec or it's a bunch of right wing laws in order to state and federal lawmakers to get passed a very good at alec was founded by paul way rick a conservative strategist who also co-founded the heritage foundation we all know it where we're at his most famous for saying this was in a in a church with a group of christian republicans take a look. how many of our. what i call them grow good government they want everybody. i don't want everybody to vote it works and. majority of people they never have been from the beginning to rock creek and they are not. going to go look for it in the elections by panic like go out go calling oculus go go so there you have the reason why for example so many of the republican controlled states right now kansas for example just recently are trying to make it harder and harder for people to vote at the voters because people vote holy cow that's democracy and people tend to vote democratic at least on the issues of females but now we get into this whole legislative thing about this two thirds two thirds majority f

that we have the freedom to experiment the roots of this bill are found in an organization called alec the american legislative exchange council it's a gigantic right wing group about a third of state legislators are in it has a lot of corporate funding a gigantic corporate board the majority of its money comes from businesses and corporations like time warner comcast basically shop around temple builds a different state they stop this bill around in north carolina they basically had the state legislature undercut the ability of cities to start their own broadband network that is same thing with living wage laws for example in atlanta passed its living wage law they had the state legislature passed a bill that made it illegal for city says i there always will now i. sometimes this is where sometimes they're they're not efficient but i think that said we should have the right to do that i don't think that's a just that but on behalf of big corporations and say you have to deal with the private we don't have the right to know what happened clearly one of the conservative notion of the lo

they're seeing these think tanks they're seeing the cokes they're seeing the bradleys they're seeing alec and they're just getting a clear picture of it i think you know it's in the media as well or try to open things up as well and make it clear what they're fighting against do you think the average american gets not yet i think they're on. way but i think there's more work to be done reporting it and organizing to to fully understand what the conservative movement is built all of these all these years and it's really it's it's it's an amazing it's an amazing creature they've created and thanks so much for granted you are to have you with us and he's reporting proof of the need the union busting that we're seeing around the country is not just a coincidence but instead a coordinated attack on democracy in the workplace an elected union answerable to its members and that attack is coming from well financed sources but the question is are these armies or right wing think tanks justified in going after unions or public unions what's really bankrupting america professor daniel to solve all t

hundreds of arts activists will join alec baldwin and kevin stacy.he actors were scheduled to testify todayas cancelled. they are helping members discussions for budget negotiations, stacy says that it's a win-win. >> we have senators who are on the subcommittee that will decide on this appropriation who believe in the arts and believe that they are an important part of our lives, not just because of the economy but because of what they do for our nation's spirit and health. >> some republicans have called for a $40 million cut to the national endowment for the national endowment to the arts. >>> it is brisk. temperatures in the 50s downtown. 70 in antioch but everyone experiencing the cooling trend but this is just the preview. i'll explain coming up. >> plus, royal watchers are hoping new memorabilia is not of prince and kate. we'll expl are you trapped and don't know how to escape your addiction to cigarettes? one out of two regular smokers will die prematurely from smoking. you don't have to be one of them. escape the trap. say "enough." for free

hundreds of arts activists will join alec baldwin and kevin stacy. the actors were scheduled to testify today was cancelled. they are helping members discussions for budget negotiations, stacy says that it's a win-win. >> we have senators who are on the subcommittee that will decide on this appropriation who believe in the arts and believe that they are an important part of our lives, not just because of the economy but because of what they do for our nation's spirit and health. >> some republicans have called for a $40 million cut to the national endowment for the national endowment to the arts. >>> it is brisk. temperatures in the 50s downtown. 70 in antioch but everyone experiencing the cooling trend but this is just the preview. i'll explain coming up. >> plus, royal watchers are hoping new memorabilia is not of prince and kate. we'll explain. >>> we're seeing the cooling trend. >> it's on and off. it's really chilly here but it looks pretty nice with the high clouds but the fog has been drifting in from the sutro camera. we continue to see the c

. >>> in washington, democratic lawmakers will be joined by 30 rock star alec baldwin as they unveil legislation at changing the way congressional elections are financed. >>> and today marks the anniversary of the olympics. on this day in 1896, the first modern olympic games formally opened in athens, greece. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. find out what a government shutdown means for you as president obama and congressional leaders struggle to compromise on the federal budget. and debbie reynolds is live in studio showing off some amazing hollywood treasurers that she's putting on the auction block. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. the day today on your nbc station. have a goo

year-old tina fey has announced that she's pregnant with her second child and that news comes as costar alecwin told "new york" magazine that next year will be "30 rock's" last. after which he said tina will have a big career directing films and writing. >>> a new tattoo spotted on angelina jolie in tunisia this week set off wild speculation the actress may be adapting or having another child with brad pitt. below a seventh seof latitude and longitude points have appeared. these mark the birth places of all her children. >>> we're in nearby trenton, new jersey, one boy's tears of sorrow led to a big win for little guys all over. >> that was jesse on election day 2009 after being told at the age of 3 he was too young to be governor. well, the video went viral and now the pint sized politician's dream has come true. jesse was made governor and his twin, brandon, lieutenant governor just for a day. but his mom says he may not have gotten the vote since he said he would raise property taxes. >> i saw an interview. now he said what he wants to do is be a rock star next. >> let's get steven tyler

. >> and i remember the night that i went to work, i was with alec baldwin.-- you know, he's so cute and so sexy. [ light laughter ] and there were all these people lining the street. we were doing a night shoot, and there were all these people in the neighborhood, and then they all wanted alec's autograph. obviously, i mean, he's a famous star. but they also wanted my autograph. and i was, "wow," you know, "this is happening so fast. i'm already famous. i mean, the oscars. amazing. and my life is changing. and later on in the middle of the night, i had to take my little dog out for a walk. and they said, "i'm sorry, ms. bates, you can't go by yourself, you have to take a bodyguard with you." and i was like, "whoa, this is like -- you know, four more and i'm like madonna, you know." [ laughter ] and i was just getting so excited about all this. and so i went on a walk with my little dog, and he did his business. and i realized i didn't have anything to clean up after him. and i was horrified. because i thought, now the bodyguard's gonna talk to the trades --

okay, as i said, my name is alec, i'm on truck 11. let's go into some light search and rescue. before you start, what do you do? stop, look, listen and think. any time you pull up to an incident or you see something, you take a breath, assess the situation, use all your senses and think about what you are going to do. those are all components of what we call the size-up. there are many components to size up. what's one of the

sri lanka skipper when our side the current all those ricky ponting slave living is posed as captain alec david well. i was told all the eyes service is the guardian cup lineup is now complete with celebrity alive joining up landing the consonantal hockey league decider following tuesday's narrow win over mitt romney by gorske a girl's flowing during game six and making it a forest but an otherwise typical low scoring game so all the series in the far blood semen and tip of showing how to seize the moment the fifteen year veteran that seemed so real in the forty six minutes remaining it's a vicious lot because chargers and stay put in a bar where the final series pretty well rested at long last the region kicks off on friday. and while the cage els younger brother the junior hockey league known as the am h l continues to make strides on the ice larger crowds across atlantic to use and hear a pin expansion being just some of the byproducts of an action packed second season . of has more. isn't second year in example tied for groove knows no bounds there tandems evidence of this rule eighty

alec save if he said yes now we knew that he was yuri gagarin back. there was a red carpet rolled out on the airfield of a moscow airport on april fourteenth one thousand sixty one in ceremony all steps major got in march toward soviet leader nikita khrushchev without noticing that issue a says to come undone still he made his official report. comrade first secretary of the communist tulsi of the soviet union it is my pleasure trip to see you at the world's first place fly to both the vostok space ship and it on the twelfth of april one thousand nine hundred sixty one. bishop systems and equipment has been working like clockwork without fail on an excellent healthy and ready to fulfill any new assignments by our county and government. major garrett in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight the news of good got and death spread around the country almost as fast as news of his spaceflight seven years prior that was despite the fact that the announcement had been long delayed and was couched in very terse phrasing. the commission to investigate the cause

there have been no deaths on our side just what if alec copter crashed and god forbid we lose ten people all all by the way they use those heat seeking missiles which you can basically just walk in and tell you that calling to today's papers. if that happened we saw i've been blown out of the sky i don't even think about it so the issue is we haven't dropped any blood yeah we've dropped tens of millions of pounds which we haven't gotten but not one single one of our people has as died when that happens the game and the p.r. game will change politically what does someone like david cameron gain from waging a war in africa a militant able cameraman sore what was in it for him for a country he's a pro for he is unfortunately a professional bleeding hearts and so he's one of those guys who rush around endlessly he's a total political animal probably rush around endlessly saying something must be done the answer is something mustn't be done it's like when you've been to send off a really stinking is. on the night before to your boss right. don't send that a mile go to bed wake up in the morni

community using political and religious groups to create separate rules wearing the full face veil alec station feeds and schools separate hours miss i'm still in these calls to change the school curriculum we're confronted with a list amount based must stop i say to people clearly in philly and honest means or everyone must admit the french way of life its practices traditions and rights with no exceptions for someone who grew political and your how do you feel when nicolas sarkozy tries to steal your anti immigrant votes. that's the problem of integrity and honesty in politics which has created a crisis going on fouls he made a series of promises stolen from the national front and succeeded in taking some of our voters the problem is he hasn't kept a single promise so he's got nothing but disappointment from the hopes he raised to see how nicolas sarkozy can recover more bounce back because on immigration and security there's a long list of failures of this there. he everything that you saw against the european union. and everything about the european union is absurd if forces are far

you know i think it's a i did a lot of reading about the site myself and i saw a lot of alec allegations regarding whether or not this constitutes legal prostitution or maybe not so legal prostitution but whole issue of prostitution in and of itself. is one it's exciting and one that we all want to talk about but i don't know that it's relevant to this particular argument the question at hand is whether or not somebody wants to date someone if they're outside of their attraction range or outside of their socio economics range is willing to just be honest about that and prevent out there and i think that's what this does to be honest with you i know that that's probably not a politically correct response i'm wondering dr said what you think about how this shapes the future certainly we watch these old movies about you know courtship involving you know sitting in the front room with parents in the next room or you know walking around the garden together those days of course are long gone now but how does this shape the future in terms of big there's always going to be i'm sorry i think the

." >> and alec baldwin says he believes that "30 rock" will actually end next season. >> right, and heey're wrapping it up. >> a lot of things are changing in the world of television right now. >> "hangover," who didn't love that movie? funny movie. "hangover 2" recently wrapped up filming and it turns out the trailer is so naughty that theaters are saying they can't run it. you are looking at the trailer that's being pulled from theaters across america. >> apparently the motion picture association of america says that there's a scene at the end, which we're not going to show -- >> you should get a tattoo. >> i thought about it the other day. >> i would look good on you. >> you think? >> you think the shots would be believable if a had a tyson tat? >> it's the same thing. the trailer is supposed to follow what you see as far as the movie on the ratings. >> but this will make people go online to watch the trailer to go to the movie which is -- apparently the monkey that's in the movie is also very spicy. >> memorial day weekend is when the flick comes out. >>> stay with us. coming up, a

some of the cast joins us with more about the show, you are alec. >> yeah. >> tell me about it. how long have you been performing? >> i have been going on six years now. the show has been going 20 years. when they came up with this concept, they were street performers. we don't have to use conventional instruments to make music. 20 years later, stomp has been running forever. >> how often is it that you see folks coming out after watching you and they are hitting the walls or anything they can. >> all the time. they are always coming out and banging on stuff. >> literally, you have safeway sacks. >> like people if you have seen the show, the show changes every two years. we have a couple new numbers. we have a number called paint cans, doughnuts. if you have seen the show, come out. it changes. there are new surprises. come out. bring the family, the wife, the girlfriend, boyfriend, whatever. >> there you go. if you need help waking up, here is your chance. we are going to give them a chance to perform. i'm going to get out of the way because god knows what they are going to be

>>reporter: with the train barreling along underground, passenger alec l pulled out his camera and documented the muni train door sliding open and closed as passengers semi-ingly unaware of any danger stood inches from the opening. . man with the beard standing next to him san francisco supervisor scott weiner. >> i didn't feel like we were going to fall off the train but i was worried there might be a rock or object that could come in through the door since we are traveling so quickly through the subway. >>reporter: supervisor weiner didn't pull the emergency brake cable for ferry someone might be injured in a sudden stop. besides he said the train operator knew the door was open. >> the operator came on to the intercom. pretty shortly in the trip when in the tunnel announcing that he was aware of it and people should stay away from the door. and then we just went all the way to church station. >>reporter: transit officials say it's the second i'm in a little more than a year that they have seen this happen. riders on the l train confirm it's uncommon. >> i have never seen it happen. >> i ha

how he verifies you're actually in the park and not some smart alec tweeting a thousand miles away, i says it has signed a deal that will allow it to start streaming episodes of "madmen." the "l.a. times" says netflix paid as much as $900,000 per episode. you will pay nothing after your monthly netflix subscription. the first episode will start streaming in july. but new life for "mad men." >> i think we should have a "mad men" day and you guys all dress in those suits and i'll serve you cocktails. >> can we tweet for doughnuts instead of beer? would that work? >> maybe so. >>> finally this morning, a german girl was disappointed that her parents would not let her get a horse so that she could show jump. >> she improvised with a cow. she had been training this cow, luna, to jump fences for two years an now luna gets the -- lets her saddle her up and go. the twist is, is that the parents are actually so impressed with their daughter and what she's done with the cow that they actually might buy her that horse finally. you know, our niece actually did -- look at that, it even bows. it's

reporter: well, this year they've installed stars for penelope cruise, adam sandler, colin firth and alecnow i certainly was. >> bill gates. >> bill geist. >> bill geist, okay. >> reporter: you may be wondering how could this happen? how could i get a star on the hollywood walk of fame? next to jane russell? a few steps from spencer trace, a across the street from jack nicholson titans of the entertainment industry. here is gene autry. well, a few years ago i was doing a snide little piece needling the late johnny grant, the godfather of the walk of fame and honorary mayor of hollywood. he's the one you saw kneeling next to the stars at the unveiling. i told johnny that lately it seemed like lessers were receiving stars. it seemed like it used to be clark gable and gregory peck and marlon brando. >> well, there are no clark gable. there are missouri marlon brandos and no gregory pecks around today. >> reporter: purely in jest i filled out an application. i just would like to apply for a star on the walk of fame. >> sure. fill out the application. >> reporter: i sought some advice from a b

them again an opportunity to look back at a sitcom that launched a superstar and a series of smart aleceporter: it brought catch phrases to classrooms coast to coast. ♪ welcome back your dreams were your ticket out ♪ >> reporter: showcased the era's most irresistible theme song. ♪ to that same old place that you laughed about ♪ >> reporter: and was the tv birthplace of a future superstar. thanks to the hyperactive hips of lovable sort of bad boy vinnie barbarino. ♪ you got me rocking and a reeling barbarino barbarino yeah yeah ♪ >> reporter: sunday night saw john travolta and the rest of the "welcome back kotter" cast sweathogs and all, reunited on the tv land awards. >> bar none, this is the coolest night in television. >> reporter: a chance to revel in the buzz that was back in the late '70s. >> i have waited 35 years to thank this man. i never got to publicly thank gabe for his genius. his putting us on the map. we wouldn't be here today without gabe. >> reporter: this is based on your life. why do you think people have such affection for the show 35 years later? >> there's a horshac

jack, who is played by alec baldwin he's dated just about everyone and sometimes the pick who they picked. and condoleezza rice apparently is the next heartthrob for jack on "30 rock." >> fascinating choice. >> in the episode apparently he gets upset when she dumps him to date vladimir putin. and approached clinton to star in the 100th episode of "30 rock." which his people immediately turned down. >> it would have been great to see him on the show. >> the wedding is less than two weeks away on the 29th. and apparently "the huffington post" broke the story. kate middleton's dress. label, is the designer. >> i've never heard of her. >> okay. >> i haven't a bloody clue. >> not a clue. apparently she was designer of the year at london's graduate fashion week and back in 1999, and she kind of honed her design skills under the late alexander the queen and kate wore her dress to a wedding couple of years ago and now apparently according to "the huffington post" the designer for the big wedding dress the 29th. the big secret is out and now i can sleep easy. >> kate is getting so thin, by the way

. >> mark: she may have time pregnancy perfect, word is alec baldwin maybe leaving 30 rockets.id it will be his last season next year. he previously said he planned to leave the show in 2012. >> george: an update on interstate 80 hot spot, an accident before university likely involving chp, emergency vehicles responding. we will be right back >> mark: coming up the latest with japan as 7.4 aftershock, tsunami warning. but no danger for hawaiian tsunami. they expect a wave 3 ft. high in japan. >> darya: skies are clear on van ness avenue in san francisco we will be right back. hey marcel, watch this! hey marcel, watch this! [ buzzer sounds ] [ cheers and applause ] ♪ hey marcel, watch this! yeah, marcel! -marcel! -hey marcel! are you listening to me? marcel! [ male announcer ] only at&t u-verse lets you follow your favorite channels on one screen. just $29 a month for the first six months -- dvr included. in the network there are no hard choices. >> justine: big breaking news, another earthquake has just hit japan. it's in the same area as last month's earthquake in tsunami. 7.4