. >>> back in 2003, the much beloved singer and actress barbra streisand filed a lawsuit.he decided to sue a group called the california coastal records project. the california coastal records project documents erosion on the california coast by taking pictures and posting them online. it's not super controversial activity, but barbra streisand's home happened to be on the california coast in an area they were documenting erosion and she t people to see pictures of her house on this group's website. so she filed a lawsuit to force the group to take down the picture of her house. she sued them initially for $50 million. the group fought the lawsuit and not only did they win the lawsuit, and not only was barbra streisand ordered to pay the group's legal fees, but her attempt to make this one picture of her house disappear from the internet totally backfired. instead of making the photo disappear, she drew a ton of attention to it. before she filed her lawsuit, this image had been downloaded six times and two of those six times were by her own lawyers. after the lawsuit, and

. ♪ [music break] barbra streisand singing "i'll get by" for daniel ellsberg.e turn now to senator microtel from alaska, yes the democratic residential candidate today. in 1971, he received the pentagon papers from washington post journalist who had interned gotten them from daniel ellsberg . hethat may just pick up or left off, because it really -- there's a lot of little vignettes, and i'll talk fast, but i want to get all the details out, because i know what you want to know is the inside skinny. you can read the broad lines, but it's what happened about our lives of the time that -- dan calls my office. he talks to my minister at assistant joe. i was down in the senate gym getting a massage breed i was on a table. and of course you can have staff come into the senate. this was hallowed ground. into the senate jim. so he's not going on the door and says, i've got to see the senator, it's an emergency. -- so he is knocking on the door and says, i've got to see the senator and it's an emergency. the masseur says, somebody wants to give you the pentagon papers.

. >> i think i'd interview barbra streisand and ask her what she would have done differently.ppointed in anything in her life. i don't know why, but that would be a fascinating thing to hear. >> next up, carrie from illinois. is she asking or you? >> i will. i would like to know if you could have any meal that you wanted to have, but you didn't have to worry about ingesting any calories, what would you have in that meal? >> you know what i'm thinking about all week? earlier in the week we had the ribs, the barbecue. >> they were unbelievable. >> the meat falling off. >> we are cave women. >> that and mashed potatoes. a big pile soaked in butter. >> no shallots. >> soaked in butter. >> i'm going to italy in a couple of weeks and to me all of that pasta dripping with sauces is i think what i would have. >>> don't let this opportunity pass you by. how to get promoted over the summer. >>> and dress your kids for the beach. ♪ >>> we are back on this try-day friday with more of "today." advice to get ahead this summer at work. beautiful weather can make spending time in the office a

. >> i had a very big -- hard time with barbra streisand because obviously like she's an icon and fore's -- there's so many voices like i go through anita baker to britney spears, rihanna. there's 50 voices in that show and there's like for everybody -- >> so we'll hear four voices, pink, we're going to hear tina turner. >> yeah. >> who else? >> you're going to sheer shakira and maybe a bit of dolly because, you know, there are some people working from 9:00 to 5:00, you know, we need to cheer them up. >> we work 5:00 to 9:00. 5:00 a.m. to -- >> here she is, veronic singing a medley of our favorite songs. >> thank you. ♪ made a wrong turn to my way out there bad decisions that's right welcome to my city lights ♪ ♪ mistreated misunderstood no way it feels good it's getting so me down ♪ ♪ mistaken always second-guessing underestimating look how i'm turned around ♪ ♪ pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're nothing you are perfect ♪ ♪ pretty pretty please if you ever, ever feel like you're nothing you are perfect to me ♪ ♪ ♪ looking for that ba ba ba ♪ ♪ can't you see i'm

i have been feeling like i was very ethnic, but suddenly barbra streisand was out and share was havinga style of a gypsy or an indian and one day my father is being overbearing. we stopped to greet him and asked him how his day was. he was very old-school european. i think i said i realize now that i am a grown-up like you and i don't need to listen to anymore. i'm laughing because his badly needed to say and he really flipped out and he hit me. and it sounds like yes, it is violence, and it was, because when you hit someone in anger, even in the old days when people's bank their kids, it depends on the mood and whether they do it because you and teach them or because you put out. and i think that he flipped out for that led to my becoming a writer in ways that are disclosed in the book. i wanted to hit him back and i really would have, but of course i couldn't. and that is the sort of thing in the bible they get killed for. so i went to the bathroom and took a piece of toilet paper. i was like upset in the bathroom and i wrote some notes about how much i hate daddy. and one day i will

about performing at age 66, she gave examples of senior citizen stars, mick jagger, age 69, barbra streisandndez reporting for abc news. >>> major evacuations continue near palm springs where a forest fire is entering its fourth day. more than 4,000 homes are threatened by the fire which is now only 15% contained. fire crews face several challenges including the steep terrain and hot and dry weather. many homeowners and visitors are prepared to leave when the time comes. >> we've had fires but nothing like this. not at all. >> nerve-racking for -- i don't live so close, but for friends and family, they're all getting packed up and ready to evacuate. >> seven homes and several outbuildings have been destroyed by the fire. >>> from the fires to the blazing heat. the heat dome is spreading today. 20 states are under heat advisories and warnings. not just the mid-atlantic region and new england, but all the way west of the dakotas. here's abc's karen travers with the big picture. >> reporter: across the entire nation, the mercury is soaring. >> this heat wave isn't unprecedented but certainly ve

his lens trained on other stars, barbra streisand. carry grant.t was marilyn monroe that green was closest to. she lived with his family for a short time. those images, revealed. david muir, abc news, new york. >> is it possible that she gets more beautiful every time i see her? >> i could stare at those for hours. >> well, you're a guy. but she is sunny. always has been. and i feel like there are troves and troves of the treasures of marilyn monroe. they keep popping up every once in a while. yeah. >> looking for them. >> i know. i think that's what's really going on. there's going to be an auction. they're going to fly off and be worth millions are. >> that's the news for this half hour. >>> this morning on "world news now," nation divided. the protests for and against the george zimmerman verdict. >> he will never be able to just walk down the street and not worry about who's looking at him or who's walking behind him. >> as demonstrators from coast-to-coast take to the streets. >>> heartthrob's death. remembering cory monteith. the unforgettab

here's a hint, people who need -- >> barbra streisand. >> jeff, who was the co-star of ryan's movie ", tom goodman. >> denzel? >> there's a couple. >> denzel washington. not denzel martinstein. >> so, everybody, looking for the roller-skating mountie movie. we thank you so much, fellas, for coming in, playing the game and now a final check of the weather. >>> good morning, gang. we're going to talk about the uber ice cream truck when we come back in the show. let's get to the weather. we have only 30 seconds. we need to do this rapidly and quickly. we'll show you what's going on by the nation today. and thanks to the long island folks at lij hospital for a beautiful event last night. in comes in this cold front. this is beginning of breaking this heat wave. lit take some time. where you see storms for the next couple of days, you can see strong to severe storms. because we're up against this heat. when it's over 100 degrees, it's perfect for ice cream. when it's over 100 degrees, >>> good morning, sunshine about an hour quicker and warmer weather on the way, 81 in the north bay and so

his dad is the own man in the world who can profess his love for barbra streisand without everyone automatically thinking he's gay. this is "viewpoint." >> john: i'm john fuglesang and this is "viewpoint." good evening. the house judiciary committee began discussing ways they might restore the voting rights act of 1965 in response to the supreme court's gutting the act in a 5-4 rules less than one month ago. the court's decision lifted restrictions on nine mostly southern states and several counties, allowing them to change their election laws without prior approval from washington. and boy oh boy are they trying to change them fast. speaker of the house john boehner admitted he knew a little something about today's hearing, a very little something. >> i know that there are a group of members mostly on the judiciary committee who are having conversations about how to deal with the supreme court decision but i don't have any progress or updates in terms of how they're doing. >> john: the speaker indicated restoring the act was not among house republicans legislative priorities. >> we've got a big