. >> now he created a best-seller with the number one ladies detective agency, and alexander smith is new territory with opera. >> on the edge of the calahery desert, a little of opera history is being made. final rehearsals for the world premier of opera mcbeth. >> it's small and intimate, it's working. >> the man behind it all, novelist alexander nicole smith, his first opera. >> it's the mcbeth story, ambition, greed and disaster. and playing the roles. >> it's a far cry from the number one ladies detective agency, the tv series made his name. >> we were driving around the city this morning, and looking at various places mentioned in the books. >> those books helping to show there is more to africa than wildlife and wars. >> it's brought this area to the attention of the world, and i am happy about that, this is a country i admire greatly. >> back at the opera house, they warm up for the big opening night. >> of the long lasting impression on those who will have access to the city, and those who have a chance to play in this particular village. >> do you think that the opera will b

it is very intimate. >> the man behind it all is the novelist alexander mccall smith.is his opera house and his first opera, inspired by shakespeare. >> it is the macbeth story, ambition, greed, and a disaster. >> it is all a far cry from the no. 1 ladies detective agency. it made his name a name. this morning, we are looking at various places which are mentioned in his books. those books help to show that there's more to africa than wildlife and war. >> it got the attention of the world. i am very happy about that. >> back at the opera house, the largely amateur class warm up for opening night. >> this will leave a long- lasting impression on those who have access to the facility. they have a chance [unintelligible] >> you think the opera will be a hit? >> i think definitely it will be a hit. >> we are backstage at this extraordinary experience. ♪ >> it is a big moment for the arts. it is true to form. he is already dreaming up plans for a sequel. >> you can get your headlines online anytime 3 you can watch the news unfold at bbc.com. pakistan's interior minister clai

. >> some public safety officials in alexander, virginia are furious tonight. they're concerned about what they call a break down in communication after an ethanol spill in a neighborhood full of families. jackie benton has more. >> jim, the fuel spill has reignited a bitter feud between a railroad company and the city of alexandra. >> i'm very disappointed norfolk southern didn't contact the city immediately. >> alexandra city council member dell pepper is angry. on tuesday there, was a fuel spill, 50 gallons at the norfolk southern railroad's transit station. she believes they should have called the fire department mu. >> it's an outrageous we should hear it from a third party from the state dartment of emergency management no less. >> in a statement, norfolk southern said the station has standard operating procedures that are used to determine if emergency services should be called. this incident did not meet those criteria. battalion chief john north is in charge of the alexandra fire department special operations division. >> what we're encourage iing norf

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peter alexander, nbc news, new york. >>> after flash floods killed almost 300 people in the philippines, another storm on the way. typhoon parma is rolling in now with sustained winds of 120 miles per hour. government declared a state of calamity and ordered mass evacuations. risen to at least 169. relief workers are delivering food and medicine to thousands left homeless. aid is just starting to get to the survivors of successive earthquakes on the indonesia island of somatra. the death toll there stands atmore than 1,000 people. that number is expected to rise dramatically. ian williams is in the hard hit city of padang. >> reporter: it was a moment that lifted the hopes of padang 48 hours after the quake struck. a young woman pulled alive from the wreckage of her school. then, a little later, another survivor. the dramatic rescue coming as officials warned that up to 3,000 others could still be buried under collapsed buildings. today, we traveled to the hardest hit town 30 miles from the epicenter of the quake. house after house collapsed. 10,000 destroyed according to officials. peo

nbc's peter alexander has more. >> inside part, inside, inside.> reporter: on the mon cured grass at dodger stadium, these boys of summer are getting a taste of the big leagues. >> always hustle. >> reporter: guiding them through the fundamentals, coach larry bowa. >> i think it's a great opportunity for these kids to learn some tips. >> reporter: and an opportunity for one of the game's most storied franchises, now willing to market once priceless ballpark dream. >> you're out here in front of all our parents and everything. you're on the dodger stadium. it's not every day you get to do that. >> reporter: at $250 a head, junior dodgers training day brought in $25,000 in an afternoon. >> we started to think about camps, fantasy camps, fishing trips, you name it, and we hit a home run. >> reporter: with baseball facing its steepest drop in attendance in more than 50 years, team owners knew they had to make a dramatic shift, selling not just the game, but a baseball experience. for the dodgers, that means slumber parties in the outfield and yoga les

where are 13-year-old janet and 7-year-old twin brothers al alexander and alexis? tonight, is there a break in the case? >> a 13-year-old girl and her 7-year-old twin brothers are missing after they disappear, possibly at a local shopping center. that shopping center hosting a carnival. georgia police issuing missing children's alerts in the attempt to locate 13-year-old janet and 7-year-old twin brothers alexander and alexis villanuva. the 13-year-old girl taking a walk with her brothers. they never came back. frantic parents calling the cops hours later. just how do three children vanish? >>> good evening. i'm nancy grace. i want to thank you for being with us. just hours after croslin handcuffed by cops on alleged road rage she flies first class to new york, takes to the airwaves to declare she's innocent. how does a fish get caught? he opens his mouth. but even in this interview she can't keep her story straight. changes, even subtle, small changes in misty croslin's story about the night haleigh went missing bothered you. what changes -- >> yes, ma'am. >> -- i

where are 13-year-old janet and 7-year-old twin brothers alexander and alexis tonight? is there a break in the case? >> a 13-year-old girl and her 7-year-old twin brothers are missing after they disappear, possibly at a local shopping center. that shopping center hosting a carnival. georgia police issuing missing children's alerts in the attempt to locate 13-year-old janet and 7-year-old twin brothers alexander and alexis villanueva. the 13-year-old girl taking a walk with her brothers. they never came back. frantic parents calling the cops hours later. just how do three children vanish? >> good evening. i'm nancy grace. i want to thank you for being with us. just hours after croslin handcuffed by cops on alleged road rage she flies first class to new york, takes to the airwaves to declare she's innocent. how does a fish get caught? he opens his mouth. but even in this interview she can't keep her story straight. >> changes, even subtle, small changes in misty croslin's story about the night haleigh went missing bothered you. what changes -- >> yes, ma'am. >> -- if any,

alexander the great served notice. >>> rio de janeiro will host the 2016 olympics despite president obama's efforts. the olympic committee was not swayed by his appearance. it will be the topic of discussion on sunday with george stephanopoulos. he joins us more on the political fallout. how damaging will this be for the president? >> there is no question. it is a setback when combined with the unemployment numbers that came out today. how big a setback will depend on what happens going forward on the big issues. does he get the health care plan through? does the economy turned around? can he create an international coalition to block iran pose a nuclear program? if he can make progress on those issues, this is just a bump in the road. if he doesn't, this moment could become shorthand for all the problems the administration is facing. is he trying to do too much too quickly? >> you mentioned in 9.8% unemployment figure. you spoke with the former chairman of the federal reserve, alan greenspan, about that? >> we're going to talk to him and have a debate on the where the congress can take the

. >>> and alexander the great also had an assist. 4-1 final the boston. >>> laurel park historic ending. watch the third that's currently third, rabbit out of my hat. amazing sprint. three winners for garcia today, he needs just two for for a thousand victories in his career. now that was a dash to the >>> they were doing the mash potato, now we're not talking about the 60s dance craze but rather a massive food fight. dozens of students tossed more than 200 pounds of studs. now, it could have been >>> coming up next, letterman, blackmail ng reveal of a ( band playing "late show" theme ) >> from new york, the greatest city in the world, it's the "late show" with david letterman.

alexander the great living up to his name. the wrister finds a home. ovy will knock the wind and the desire right out of you. the capitals win it 4-1. a baltimore native one [unintelligible] the no. 1 overall pick of the atlanta a dream played out like the team name. repeat of the year honors. she averaged nearly 13 points a game. also in 2009, she led louisville to the n.c.a.a. title game. before we take a break, or righr k >> visit is golfer's weather. it looks like it will be pretty decent the rest of the time. showers early saturday morning. the rest of saturday, it clears up, and a beautiful finish for the weekend. this is the golfing season. the greatest golfing weather is right now. >> they will start at 8:00 tomorrow morning. today, a lot of scores not so low. >> just a reminder, if you missed any of this newscast, we will have an encore broadcast for you at midnight. >> we will see you here tomorrow. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ]

that was peter alexander reporting.ldwide pants says while stephanie birkitt is on paid administration leave, she is not banned from the studio. >> still to come this afternoon, embattled governor sford in the spotlight again, this time for what happened during a traffic stop. >>> and harry connick jr. talks about the guest appearance that put him in an awkward position. we'll show you what happened there. >>> he created a washington institution more than 50 years ago. today the city is mourning the loss of the founder of ben's chili bowl. ben ali died last night after a long illness. his u street restaurant opened back in 1958 and is famous for its half smoke and its high profile clientele. celebrities like ella fitzgerald, bill cosby a favorite, even president barack obama have all come through the doors to eat there. ben ali was 82 years old. we'll have much more on his life cosurháonight at 5:00.ñr >> harry connick jr. wanq apology after his guest appearance on an australian talent show, where one group performed in

nbc's peter alexander is outside letterman's studio. peter, should be an interesting day there, i should imagine. >> reporter: that's for sure. good morning. one late show employee said today will be a "strange day" back at the office. man accused of trying to extort $2 million from david letterman, joe halderman, is out on bail. he's been suspended from cbs and he's facing first-degree attempted grand larceny charges. if convicted, that is 15 years behind bars. he was seen this weekend barking at reporters outside his connecticut home, the home until recently that he shared with 34-year-old stephanie birkitt, a woman who is one of letterman's assistants and who "the new york times" says had a past sexual relationship with letterman. letterman said he would not speak anymore on it. but other women, past employees, have come forward saying they had past relationships with letterman. meantime, one of the kings of comedy is now being ridiculed by some of the other guys that share that slot at night. >> peter alexander, thanks so much. >>>

. >> peter alexander was covering the story with jeff rossen. 58% of his audience are women. so i will be curious if -- what he says tonight and if there will be any backlash from that, we hear more stories that may to thely well with that side of the gender conversation. especially, you know, talking about young women in the office. >>> still ahead other hoon "the big picture" "saturday night live" takes on president obama and boy, did they. what happened when the president becomes a punchline eight months into office. is it funny because it's true? >>> also, a man lives to talk about a bungee jump that went very, very wrong. >> oh. for a red irritated nose try puffs plus... with lotion and a touch of shea butter. it's more soothing than plain tissue, why use any other? a nose in need, deserves puffs plus indeed. crunch time, wheat thins. you and your tasty whole grain. this can only end one way. (crunch) wheat thins. toasted. whole grain. crunch. have at it. >>> welcome back. a man accused of stalking, david, and secretly videotaping an espn reporter is in a chicago courtro

peter alexander is at nbc headquarters. peter, tell us about what is going on with this indictment and the arraignment to come this afternoon on the cbs producer for allegedly, allegedly trying to blackmail david letterman. >> the word strange is an accurate one and discussing this situation. last night when david letterman made the revelation on his air it was unclear with nervous laughter by the audience whether this was a revelation, a confession or a joke. what we do know right now is that in the next hour, 51-year-old robert haulderman, a producer for the "true crime" news show was arrested last thursday or yesterday, we should say. he will be indicted on one count of attempted first degree grand larceny. that is punishable by between 5 to 15 years, if he is convicted. i was just down listening to robert morgan, the district attorney from the city of new york and he said the following. he said that mr. haulderman left a letter and other material for mr. letterman early on september 9th and in that information he listed

peter alexander is here with the latest. they're calling his desperate, capable of doing anything. >> they say they believe he was in serious debt which may play into why this all came to happen, they suspect. good morning. new information we should help you und, may help explain the alleged ex-tors plot against david letterman by this cbs news producer. the "new york times" reports an executive from letterman's production company told them that stephanie burkett, one of letterman's assistants a woman who at one time lived with the suspect, did have a past sexual relationship with david letterman. >> reporter: this morning 51-year-old robert joe halderman is free on bail, but today new details are emerging about the bizarre tale of sex, crime and money. this first unfolded when letterman stunned his "late night" audience with a confession thursday. >> that i have had sex with women who work for me on this show. >> reporter: letterman told viewers he found a package and letter latched on to the back seat of his car. >> it say

where are 13-year-old janet and 7-year-old twin brothers alexander and alexis?case? >> a 13-year-old girl and her 7-year-old twin brothers are missing after they disappear, possibly at a local shopping center. that shopping center hosting a carnival. georgia police issuing missing children's alerts in the attempt to locate 13-year-old janet and 7-year-old twin brothers alexander and alexis villanuva. the 13-year-old girl taking a walk with her brothers. they never came back. frantic parents calling the cops hours later. just how do three children vanish? >>> good evening. i'm nancy grace. i want to thank you for being with us. just hours after croslin handcuffed by cops on alleged road rage she flies first class to new york, takes to the airwaves to declare she's innocent. how does a fish get caught? he opens his mouth. but even in this interview she can't keep her story straight. changes, even subtle, small changes in misty croslin's story about the night haleigh went missing bothered you. what changes -- >> yes, ma'am. >> -- if any, do you recall? >> i can't r

we'll talk to the lawyer representing the cbs news producer in the case in a bit, but peter alexander has more. >> reporter: this morning we've seen many late show employees arriving here at work. letterman's stunning admission has revealed a series of still-unanswered questions, like how many women were involved in did all the relationships end well, and did any of those women feel pressured by their boss' advances or were they all happily consensual? in the meantime, the man accused of extorting david letterman faces first degree grand larceny charges and if convicted, severe punishment -- up to 15 years behind bars. >> i have had sex with women who work for me on this show. >> reporter: it was no joke. david letterman's stunning confession last thursday revealing a bizarre story of interoffice sex, crime and money. now out on bail, robert joe halderman who prosecutors say tried to extort $2 million from letterman, seen this weekend running errands and barking at reporters outside his connecticut home. the 51-year-old, prosecutors say, delivered a package to letterman's car last mon

shaun alexander had a streak of 87 and for tomlinson that is 86 games in which he had played and carried the ball ten or more times. that is against the equivalent of almost five 1/2 seasons. >> cris: you need two scores here so you can go field goal/touchdown and can try a field goal and then try a hail mary with onside kick. >> al: absolutely. and rivers -- sacked. loses the football! james harrison with the sack and the force fumble. >> cris: well, the defensive end mvp is back. only one sack coming into this game but, tonight, when the game was on the line and that is what mike tomlin talked to us about. he said we have defensive stars who, when the game has been out there for the taking, we have not made plays. tonight, that is not been the case. they finally stepped up when they needed to. that says it all right there. welcome to pittsburgh. >> al: san diego never feels welcome in pittsburgh because this will be 14 regular season losses and no wins for the chargers in pittsburgh. though, they have won 2 out of 3 in postseason and a trip to the super bowl by winning the champion m g

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also in new york, megan alexander, a correspondent with "inside edition."ople today having a really hard time wrapping hair heads around agassi's shocking revelations, especially that he used crystal meth when he was a tennis superstar. people finding that so hard to believe. megan, what were you think when you first heard this? >> it was pretty shocking. i always have been a huge andre agassi fan, but i noticed in his article with "people" magazine, he said, if you're going to tell your story, you owe it to yourself to tell it honestly. i have to admire him for his honesty here and i wonder what an incredible burden that has now been lifted from his shoulders. imagine keeping that dark secret a secret from so many people for so long. it's very interesting that he feels he needs to reveal it and one has to admire him for telling the truth. >> a good point. another point that he makes is that the name of the book is "open," i don't have a choice, i've got to be open about everything. and you've got to hear how andrey agassi describes the first time he used c

you heard today, for instance, lamar alexander on the senate floor was saying, this is reminiscent ofnemies list that, of course, nixon had, that started with 20 people, and it grew to something like 30,000 people by the time it was all over. so some people are making that argume argument. >> let's sho that lamar alexander, who worked in the nixon administration. he had some advice for obama. take a look. >> i want to make what i hope will be a friendly suggestion to president obama in his white house. and it is this. don't create an enemies list. >> doesn't everybody have an enemies list? every administration, the nixon administration is notorious for it. but i'm sure clinton had one. everybody's got one, right? >> yeah. >> right. >> go ahead, peter. >> first of all, i always find it no oh fence to mr. alexander, but i find it hard to take seriously advice from a man whose first name sounds like a spanish verb. lamar? >> lamar. >> lamar. you remember when he ran for president, his campaign slogan was lamar, which sounded like an order. everybody, lamar! that's beside the point. >> or

. >> jerry referring to jason alexander character george. >>> a fiery debate over roman polanski, should he be locked up or left alone, even though he had sex with a 13-year-old girl 30 years ago. we got a call from a woman who think roman should serve time. >> my god, this man committed an act of rape against a child. i can't believe anyone. it wasn't even a charge, it was, in fact, an admitted offense against a child. oh, my gosh. he needs to go to prison like everybody else. >> we also heard from chris calling into showbiz on call from north carolina. chris doesn't get why some stars are defending roman. >> i'm absolutely disgusted there's even a debate over roman polanski. he's a child molester. he had sex with a 13-year-old. i don't care who he is, he needs to be brought up on criminal charges and brought back to the states. he has hidden and it's just disgusting anyone would even be celebrating a coward like that. >> thank you. call showbiz on call. let us know you what think about this, about anything. showbiz on call phone lines open all time. call the number, leave us a voice ma

that man, the baby's own father, johnny alexander drummin. police say he's fled with adryn after assaults adryn's mom. authorities are afraid of what may happen to the baby. >>> and breaking news, satsuma, florida. a 5-year-old little girl tucked into bed. five hours later, she's gone, vanished. the back door propped wide open. daddy comes home from the night shift to find not a trace of little haleigh. the last person to see the 5-year-old alive that night, new stepmother, misty croslin. bombshell tonight. in the last hour, croslin handcuffed and taken for questioning after alleged road rage. in a frontic 911 call. the reported victim tells dispatch a blue dodge caliber chasing her for miles. the driver, the occupant, wildy gesticulating obscene gestures, threatening her, and waving what appears to be a gun. we have the 911 call. and tonight, taking your calls. the alleged road rage victim with us live. now, think about it. if new stepmother misty croslin will behave this aggressively with another grown woman, a stranger, what would she do b

nbc's peter alexander has the details.orning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning to you. in the past few days, we learned that "jon & kate plus 8" will now be renamed "kate plus 8" and jon would have a limited role on the show, but he as not on board with that plan and now says his children's participation is hurting them. >> i need to be a father. i need to be a father and i need to take my kids off the show. >> reporter: a new reality for jon gosselin, appealing on "larry king live" alongside his attorney thursday night. jon explained why he wants his children off the family's hit show. >> i don't think it's healthy for them and i -- the reason i don't think it's healthy for them is that we're going through a divorce right now and i don't think it should be televised and i think my kids should be taken off the show. >> reporter: on the gate of his family's pennsylvania home, which he owns with ka, jon posted this sign, warning tlc crews to keep out, and so far, they've listened. >> daddy, we're doing interviews. >> r

peter alexander has the details on the investigation and last night's shocking announcement. people were blown away in the studio audience. >> yeah, i don't think they knew what to think. he made the dramatic revelations right in the middle of the show last night, mixing together the jokes with a confession acknowledging he slept with several women that worked for him. take a listen. >> the creepy stuff was that i have had sex with women who work for me on this show. now my response to that is, yes, i have. would it be embarrassing if it were made public. perhaps it would. perhaps it would, especially for the women. >> the whole thing was obviously odd. under arrest and charged with attempted grand larceny is a high-rank producer working with cbs, and his name is robert halderman. he tried to get letterman, tried to extort him for $2 million so he would not reveal the details about the sexual relationships. and letterman said i need to protect these people and my family. it was a curious evening with late-night comedy. >> it was an odd tone, but got everybody talking today. t

here now, peter alexander. >> do you feel like a story? >> it was an extraordinary late-night confession that many of letterman's audience member mistook for a joke. he told the viewing audience that last month he got a pack can in his car. >> there was a letter in this package, and it said, i know that you do some terrible, terrible things. >> letterman also made another startling admission. >> i have had sex with women on the show. >> and today more details became public as prosecutors charged 51-year-old robert joe halderman, a producer for cbs programs including 48 hours with attempted grand larceny, said he wrote letterman a letter claiming he needed a large chunk of money. >> we will not tolerate the coercion of extortion of anyone rich or poor, famous or anonymous. >> reporter: prosecutors say last month letterman's attorney met privately with halderman twice secretly recording their conversation before giving halderman a fake $2 million check, that he tried to deposit yesterday. his attorney says he's not guilty. >> there is anothe

the stops include shar lots kill, culpepper, burke and alexander yeah. the train continues to philadelphia, new york and boston. amtrak sponsored a whistle-stop tour to welcome this service. one of the stops was in burke. >> what this pilot program does is it brings a transportatatn -- a new transportation option to us here in fairfax. whether to go into the central part of the state right now we don't have a rail option at all or get the midday downtown dc option which we haven't had. >> this is scheduled to last for three years. >>> the swine flu may be wreaking havoc with some businesses but it's creating a boom for others. demand for flu-related products is sky rocketing. bertha coombs has a look inside a flu mask plant where the work keeps on coming. >> reporter: they are fighting the flu around the clock at the mask factory in salt lake city. since last spring's outbreak, demand for the mask soared. the company increased production to 24 hours a day. >> when h1n1 hit in april, whatever stock we had in this warehouse was shipped immediately on the 2

for "today," peter alexander, nbc news, new york. >>> joining us now isw3 dan abrs and a "today" showtributor and a psychologist. the company says there's no violation of company policy. was there a violation of good judgement? >> sure. any time you hear that a boss is having sex with people who work for that person, you get concerned. in the context of this case, so far there has been no complaint. there's been no lawsuit. and as a result it seems that a lot of people are talking about what might happen, what could happen legitimate questions, but so far none of those complaints have happened. david letterman married someone that worked for someone. there wasn't a national outrage, my goodness, david letterman married someone he works for. >> your point is well taken. when we hear the term consensual, what about the other employees that work in that office? did they consent and is that an issue for them? >> the whole thing is an issue. for the person that's involved, is it consensual if your boss who has all kinds of authority who you want to like you and admire you and appreciate yo

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yeah, alexander hamilton and aaron burr had a duel. but why do we have these traditions? my distinguished colleague from south carolina, the esteemed gentlemen from pennsylvania. why were those put? because democracy does demand when you're in the congress, in our sacred halls, a certain level of civility. cable tv does not demand that. >> neither does talkradio. >> i think it's great for the democrats to come back real muscular on talkradio and talk this way. >> senator bernie sanders said the real opposition to the health care reform is coming from right wing talkradio because the democrats have not been muscular enough. there was nothing uncivil about saying people who are denied health care die. >> thanks for joining us tonight. if i could just add, i love the charts, because that means it was planned. he knew exactly what he was going to say, he knew exactly how he was going to say. it's a successful attorney, a great presenter. we need more of that guy on the floor. thanks, fell lees. >>> the republicans want the speaker to reign in people like grayson. congressman

alexander is staff writer for "us weekly" magazine.>> nice to be here. >> what's going on? the latest? >> well, the twins celebrated a birthday friday, you said. jon and kate, on the front for the children but aside from that, behind the scenes, so much trauma going on with the two of them. >> the show has a new name. is that one of the dramatic developments? >> yep. "kate plus eight" renaming it, since jon's off the show and now they are fighting over money. kate filed for alimony because jon had taken money from the bank. supposed to go to court monday but the judge had a family emergency and wasn't able to see them. >> we have to hedge this. it it is a he said she said t. is completely that. >> asking like $1,000 in the bank account. 's he says, not true. she has multiple accounts. >> they're at each other. jon wants to see kate suffer. kate, sources tell us, that jon's a deadbeat dad. basically the nannies are taking full control 95% of the tile. they're the ones taking care of the children. taking them to school. >> that's the big

that man, the baby's own father, johnny alexander drummin.y he's fled with adryn after assaulting adryn's mom. authorities are afraid of what may happen to the baby. >>> and breaking news, satsuma, florida. a 5-year-old little girl tucked into bed. five hours later, she's gone, vanished. the back door propped wide open. daddy comes home from the night shift to find not a trace of little haleigh. the last person to see the 5-year-old alive that night, new stepmother, misty croslin. bombshell tonight. in the last hour, croslin handcuffed and taken for questioning after alleged road rage. in a frantic 911 call, the reported victim tells dispatch a blue dodge caliber chasing her for miles. the driver, the occupant, wildy gesticulating obscene gestures, threatening her, and waving what appears to be a gun. we have the 911 call. and tonight, taking your calls. the alleged road rage victim with us live. now, think about it. if new stepmother misty croslin will behave this aggressively with another grown woman, a stranger, what would she do behind cl

tanika ray, megan alexander, thanks very much. and jessica simpson's rep says she's not commenting on the fox video controversy and maybe that's the best thing for her to do. >>> brooke anderson, i cannot tell you how happy i am to have you back from maternity leave. in fact, the entire staff, we're all very happy you're back. we missed you very, very much. >> that's very sweet. a.j., i missed everybody too, and i did not come back empty handed. i've got a new photo album of my beautiful little kate. there she is. i cannot wait to share these beautiful pictures tonight. and kate is my little super star, but there's another baby that's stealing hearts everywhere. ♪ tonight, we've got the real story behind the heartwarming video of a baby dancing to beyonce's "single ladies." >>> we've also got the new outrage over a model posing in black face. >> i don't see anybody in this day and age slathers black paint on a white face and expects everybody to just be okay with it. >> tonight, fury over one of the biggest fashion magazines in th

aware that whatever you do, whatever are you capable of, you all end up the same, whether you are alexander the great or caesar or a grave digger or a lawyer or a politician or a courtier, you all end up in the earth. and you all end up as matter. and when he suddenly has a connection not just with that sort of scientific truth but also with the actual life that was in this skull, it's yet another moment that affects him directly to the heart. >> roll tape. here it is. >> and rest poor yuric. i knew him, horatio. full of infinite jests, of most excellent fancy. he adore me on his back a thousand times and now how my imagine, my gourds rises at it. those lips which i kissed. whether you are jibe now, your gambles, your songs, your flushes of mer iment which were were once set the table on a roll. not one now to mock your own grinning. quite chock full. they will get to you my lady's chamber and tell her that paint an inch thick to this favor she must come. make her laugh at that. >> when you watch it what do you think? >> don't do it like that. >> it's true, isn't it. >> it's clinical. >> ve

. >> nbc's peter alexander is live outside of new york ed sullivan theater. peter, do we know if this is a topic for letterman tonight or is going to try to put this behind him? >> a good question. at the end of those revelations on thursday he said he was pretty much done talking about this topic but that hasn't stopped people from trying to get a seat in here today to see the show. it tapes in 5 1/2 hours at 4:30 today. the line has been busy the last five minutes now. a tough seat to get and one of hi guests tonight is steve martin. after he does that first show he will tape this friday's show as well. he will have two opportunities to address the whole situation if he so chooses. as for the man accused of extorting david letterman, robert joe halderman, the veteran cbs news producer with the program "48 hours mystery" is out on bail and suspended by cbs. he was seen yesterday at his home in connecticut barking at reporters. interestingly this former investigative reporter who used to chase people around was now trying to keep the reporters off of his fron

bill: lamar alexander said something kind of republican- ish. he said, do not think health care reform is inevitable. he seemed to make the argument that on the floor of the senate, it is far from over. do you think it is inevitable? do democrats get this done? >> i do not see them having the votes for this bill. the divisions are as wide as the divisions between the parties as we have seen, every time you get closer, it starts to fall under its own weight. you cannot hand out these benefits and not touch these programs. it will not work. bill: that argument means it will not pass. do you stand by that? >> i think this bill is too flawed to pass. this bill will ultimately fail. the democrats will regroup and come back with a second bill that they can pass with reconciliation. it will be smaller. then they will blame the republicans in the midterm elections. bill: i know you came on to talk about the economics of the bill. if they do not pass some form of health care, it could come at a huge costs to their party. >> the political calculation is s

carlos diaz in new york is megan alexander for inside edition. i have right here in my hands the lawsuit. i want to share the bombshells that are in here. jon breached his contract and they are citing specific examples is here's some of what they say. gosselin about to capitalize on his notoriety for selling his service to other media. he entered a lucrative arrangement to appear on other shows to discuss his family and the problems he was having with mrs. gosselin and sold rights to various media outlets. i begin with you. given the path we are on, are you surprised that tlc is the network that made jon famous is now actually suing him. >> it is the definition of biting the hand that feets you. he was making $75,000 a week. you guys can't get along, you can't get along. find a way to continue to make money off of that with tlc because obviously there is an insatiable first for you and kate. you get counselling and turn that into a show and jon has done everything wrong. >> everything wrong. biting the hand that feeds you. he started speaking out

joining me tonight in new york, meagan alexander, correspondent for "inside edition." tanika ray, entertainment journalist. there are pretty darn big contenders this week. meagan, what do you think should be named the "showbiz tonight" most provocative celebrity of the week? >> rihanna's cover screamed the word provocative. i'm deeply puzzled by it. if that photo of a real life brianna bruised and bloodied by chris brown wasn't in my mind, i would say this is just art. this photo is too fresh. i quer her entourage and the people around her, why they felt she should be in an overtly sexual and physical photo. if you listen to the lyrics of "russian roulette," it's a scared little girl crying for help and is in a dark place. >> the photo own lyrics are deeply disturbing to me. rihanna has totally vexed some of her fans after releasing this photo for her new single russian rel roulette. tanika, do you agree with her? >> i think it's very provocative. you have two options, you either go with it or completely erase the last image people have in their minds and go the poly a

we'll have peter alexander coming up with that.irst elizabeth smart testifying for the first time about the story that capture ed worldwide attention nine years ago. the relinlius fanatic and his wife who held her captive in the woods. nbc's chris jansing was in the courtroom as elizabeth smart shared the details. >> reporter: at 21, elizabeth smart is moving forward with her life, planning a mission trip to france. for nearly two hours on the witness stand, she returned to 2002, when she was just 14, and she recounted in horrifying detail the night she was kidnapped from her bed at knife point. >> i thought she was graceful, remarkable, strong, and gave powerful testimony. >> reporter: for the first time ever, telling her story in public, details that even her family didn't know. >> there were certainly a lot of things that i had never heard before, and i had -- i had no idea what she had gone through so much out there. >> reporter: smart told of being chained to a tree in the woods and of being forced to take drugs and drink alco

that man, the baby's own father, johnny alexander drummin.e say he's fled with adryn after assaulting adryn's mom. authorities are afraid of what may happen to the baby. >>> and breaking news, satsuma, florida. a 5-year-old little girl tucked into bed. five hours later, she's gone, vanished. the back door propped wide open. daddy comes home from the night shift to find not a trace of little haleigh. the last person to see the 5-year-old alive that night, new stepmother, misty croslin. bombshell tonight. in the last hour, croslin handcuffed and taken for questioning after alleged road rage. in a frantic 911 call, the reported victim tells dispatch a blue dodge caliber chasing her for miles. the driver, the occupant, wildy gesticulating obscene gestures, threatening her, and waving what appears to be a gun. we have the 911 call. and tonight, taking your calls. the alleged road rage victim with us live. now, think about it. if new stepmother misty croslin will behave this aggressively with another grown woman, a stranger, what would she do behin

. >> a lot of it looks like madame alexander dolls to me. >> but they're not dolls, they're human childrene not dolls, you know? look at this? look at this one. that is a sexualized pose of a child, i'm sorry. >> two words for you, shirley temple. she was like a child pageant -- she was this tall, this young, tiny, tiny. people said, oh, she exploited, she became a senator, for christ's sakes. >> yeah, but she also felt there were old men coming on to her. i read her book, mm-hmm. simon, susan, thanks for joining me tonight and thank you for watching. good night, everybody. tune in tomorrow. >>> breaking news tonight. to satsuma, florida, where 5-year-old haleigh cummings gets tucked into bed, just five hours later she's gone. vanished. the back door propped wide open. daddy comes home from the night shift to find not a trace of little haleigh. the last person to see the 5-year-old alive that night, new stepmother misty croslin. bombshell tonight. little haleigh's disappearance, the nine-month search for the brown-eyed 5-year-old, and the finger pointing at the babysitter turned stepmom mi

lets's show republican senator ramar alexander who worked in the next son administration. he had some advice for obama. take a look. >> i want to make what i hope to be a friendly suggestion to president obama and his white house. it is this. don't create an enemy's list. >> doesn't everybody have an enemy's list? >> i do. >> the nixon administration is notorious for it. but i'm sure clinton had one. everybody's got one, right? >> yeah. >> go ahead, peter >> i find it hard to take seriously advice from a man whose name sounds like a spanish verb. lamar. lamar. >> lamar. >> remember when he ran for president, his campaign slogan was lamar with an exclamation point. which sounded like an order. everybody, lamar! i'm sorry, this is beside the point. >> "dancing with the stars." >> this is exactly the point. the point is that we forget nixon didn't just have an enemy's list. he used the machinery of the government, the irs, the fbi, a hired band of criminals and thieves to actually attack physically sometimes his enemies. >> let me tell you some of the people on his list. kenn

. >> brian: this has been a difficult environment to operate since the times of alexander the great.how are we going to figure out when so many other brill tacticians over the years had difficulty trying to find the right combination? >> i think general mccrystal and petraeus saying winning this war determines how we work with not how we work against not just about killing or capturing, also about getting in and working closely with people across that spectrum. i think part of this new strategy is going to have to be how do we better establish our relationships with the people. >> brian: what about that point mr. ambassador? it is historically, a very difficult place to operate. >> it is. it has been the graveyard of history, british, soviets. we have to start thinking about the future. general mccrystal has said don't get the support within a year the game may be up. think of the impact in that part of the world, pakistanis have an idea that the americans are fair weather friends they will pack up and leave this will send wrong signals to those who want the americans out we cannot a

peter alexander is following that story. what are you learning, peter?ppens as the story continues to move forward. a lot of the employees are setting up for the taping of tone the's david letterman show. and one employee described it as being a strange day. and the suspect is out on bail, and he has been suspended by cbs. he is facing grand larceny charges. if convicted he could face 15 years behind bars. he was seen this weekend at his home in connecticut, a home that until recently he shared with one of the letterman's assistants, and he had a past sexual relationship with letterman. >> i will say the case that has been described by the prosecution makes no sense. in the history of extortion attempts, there has never been, as far as i know, somebody paid by check. i assure you that the public should not rush to judgment. >> at the end of his rev liela s revelations, letterman says he will not talk about the topic any more. we will have to see what he does talk about at the taping set for 4:30 today. >>> a suspected stalker that posted video of a repor

peter alexander is following the story for us.er, good morning. >> reporter: lester, good morning to you. there is new information this morning, and it may help explain the alleged $2 million extortion plot against david letterman by a veteran cbs news producer. "the new york times" is reporting that an executive from letterman's production company told them that stephanie burkett, one of letterman's assistants and a person who at one time had lived with the suspect, did have a past sexual relationship with letterman. this morning, 51-year-old robert joe halderman is free on bail. but today, new details are emerging about the bizarre tale of sex, crime, and money that first unfolded when letterman stunned his late-night audience with a confession thursday. >> -- that i have had sex with women who work for me on this show. >> reporter: letterman told viewers he found a package and a letter last month in the back seat of his car. >> it says that, "i know that you do some terrible, terrible things." >> reporter: prosecutors say in th

larry david talking to jason alexander who essentially played him, played his alter ego on the show tryingll him on coming back as george. >> sellish and he's stupid and he lies -- >> he's not stupid. >> he's a neb. >> he's funny. >> funny. >> so maybe -- >> everybody laughs at him. we all know schmucks like that. what i like about that, the upside, it could make up for the finale. >> you remember the nale. it was bad. went down as -- >> running joke whether they could redeem the finale in the whole thing. of course, he's manipulating all of them. >> right. >> to did this solely to get a girl. >> right, exactly. >> which they smell. >> but what was -- what's funny is watching much of this show "curb your enthusiasm" is ad libbed and get together and to see larry david and jerry seinfeld interact with each other the way they did in the writer's room on "seinfeld" is very funny. see the rhythm. the way they expand. >> you could see them starting to laugh. >> oh, right. >> tieing to play it straight. >> elaine, my favorite. >> do the elaine dance for us. ... all over my body... ...it just doe

walter alexander, charles cashmore, charles ehrlich and michael mcclinton all cut deals with the prosecutors in exchange for their reduced sentences. all right. so, we've seen it before, and we're going to see it again. kind of the way it works, folks. first to the door usually gets the best deal in the case. beth karas, in the case, though, of he ray larose, it's not so much first to the door. this guy got a sweet deal, but they really didn't have to look long and hard for him. he came forward, didn't he? >> reporter: yes, and he didn't take a plea until the 11th hour, and it appears there are a number of factors. i don't know that the prosecution necessarily needed him for their proof against darling. it's nice that he took the plea and was able to testify from a prosecutor's point of view. however, they had problems with their proof against him. it wasn't his bullet that hit sherdavia, but that doesn't mean it would have been unprovable. then the key witness who sees larose provoke the situation recants her testimony. and larose, they know, passed two polygraphs. i think the polygraph exa

in new york tonight, megan alexander who is say correspondent for inside edition. i'm shocked. i didn't think they had it in them after jon read kate's private custody e-mail to tmz the day before the twins's birthday. >> i just got an e-mail from saying she doesn't want to see me. >> can we see it. >> i would like to split the evening so they can see us both. i would appreciate if you would pick them up at the bus stop at 4 and drop them off at six. >> kate wanted to limit the time with the kids on their birthday to two hours because jon read her e-mail publicly. i have to tell you, i'm surprised that they were able to put aside differences. did you think they had it in them? >> isn't it nice the jon and kate plus hate show took a break for a day? i would like to see this for the next couple of days, weeks and months for the sake of the kids. i don't know that that's going to happen and it will come down to keeping his legal team and lawyers giving them bad advice. it's bad when michael lohan calls you out for your choices. you got real problems. what's your take? considering

we have in new york megan alexander who is with inside edition. lot of people having a really hard time wrapping their heads around agassi's revelations, especially that he used crystal meth when he was a tennis superstar and people find it so hard to believe. what were you thinking? >> it was shocking. i always have been a huge andre agassi fan, but in his article with "people" magazine, he said if you are going tell your story, you owe it to yourself to it honestly. i admire him and imagine keeping that secret for so long. it's interesting that he feels he needs to reveal it and has to admire him for telling the truth. >> good point and another point he makes is that the name of the book is open. i don't have a choice. i have to be open about everything. you have to hear how he describes the first time he used crystal meth. he writes his assistant dumped a small pile of powder on the coffee table and he cuts it and i snort some. there is regret and sadness and then comes a tidal wave of euphoria. i never felt so alive and hopeful and above all,