>> after ben affleck won the oscar, i believe he did thank the canadians. >> he said thank you, canada. he did. ben is a very affable reflective individual and gifted as a director. the surprise in canada is there was in consultation before the movie. >> at the end of the day, it is hollywood, correct? >> yes. i think in looking back and reflecting and my, look, this is entertainment. this is hollywood. at the same time, if it said based on a true story, that's maybe where we lose our way. if he even said, roughly based upon a true story, i think it would be close to the truth. >> again, that was raj matthai reporting. former president jimmy carter got involved saying the canadians were 90% responsible for getting those americans out of iran. see more on this interview and other high-profile interviews on our website. go to nbcbayarea.com/theinterview. >>> meteorologist rob maeda here talking about, we seem to do this every weekend, here comes heat a few days down the road. >> this time it's going to stick around for a while. little mini heatwaves last a couple days and move on. we're

i have to hand to it ben affleck.ttention to himself and assuage of guilt for being american. i'll be celebrate actually. i'll be eating a pizza a day. an entire pizza every day to save whoever, i live in this great country. why are poor countries poor? they are dominated by collectively, tribalism and if ben wanted to make a difference he would be advocating capitalism. >> eric: i want to get julian in here. highest income inequality gaps are in communist countries? >> no question. i agree with that. eric, that doesn't lessen the fact that almost all economists say it's a huge problem as well. >> eric: i'm for the free market. >> and it comes back to the wealthy, get all the benefits in this country. i think its joke. we are almost at 50%. people that get welfare checks that are on food stamps. we're giving it away. no wonder why they can't get out of poor neighborhoods. >> eric: and it just doesn't have to be hollywood stars. michael moore could do 1.50 a day. >> there are more people on welfare than are working. pe

i have to hand it to ben affleck. he went on a crash diet and bring attention to himself and assuage the gut being a america. i will eat a pizza a day. an entire pizza every day to thank who ever that i live in this great country. why are poor countries poor? they are dominated by tribalism and not capitalist. if he wanted make a difference he would talk about capitolism. >> allow me to get to julian. you want to know the highest income in inquality gaps are in -- >> no question. that does not lesson the fact that it is it a huge problem as well. >> i am all for the free market. >> i hate the notion that again it comes back to the wealthy get the benefits in this country. it is it a joke. we are almost at 50 percent of people who get welfare and collect earned income tax credit and on food stamps. no wonder why they can't get out of the poor. >> wane, it could hefty guys like michael moore. he could use a 1.50 a day for a while. >> we have 11 states in the country and more people on welfare than people who are working

wondering are they going to remain serene and ambivalent as they go through the airport. >> after ben affleck won the oscar, i believe he did thank the canadians. >> he said, thank you, candy. ben is a very affable, reflective individual and gifted. there was no consultation before the movie. >> at the end of the day it is hollywood, correct? >> i think in looking back, reflect i reflecting, this is hollywood. at the same time it's based on a true story. that's maybe where we lose our way. if you said roughly based upon a true story, i think it would have been closer to the truth. >> smiles about it now, even former president jimmy carter got involved saying the canadians were 90% responsible for getting those americans out of iran. we'll be posting this segment on our website tonight. you can see our other high-profile interviews g. to nbcbayarea.com. >> now to an nbc bay area follow- follow-up. allegations of so-called patient dumping have prompted the feds to crackdown on a nevada psychiatric hospital. the centers for medicare and medicaid say they have ten days to correct deficiencies or

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ben affleck. >> thanks for ruining my bit. >> i am over apologizing to the real hero. our sh -- our trustworthy dad who just had a vasectomy. >> by the way, the only thing that would have saved clemente's career if he was sodomized by ray j. >> thank you for button holing this segment. >> i guess i should throw to a tease. >> i think we will get a peabody for this one. it will be on my real. >> what is on your shirt? it looks like 1979 in iran. >> she was hot back then. >> we have to take a break. we have another story on the way. joy of hate, autographed copy g g -- g gutfeld.com. >> last topic. "people" magazine unveiled the world's most beautiful woman issue and for some reason i was snubbed again. they chose gwenyth paltrow. the win comes after the 40-year-old topped "star magazine" of hollywood's most hated celebrities which is bizarre to me. what do you make of this? you can't be hated and beautiful, can you? >> absolutely. that's a requirement. so this actually -- it might be true on both parts, but i heard jennifer lawrence turned down people's offer. >> really

her latest, alongside ben affleck, is called "to the wonder."heaters friday, please welcome rachel mcadams. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: you look great. i don't know a lot about fashion. would that be called a jump suit? no? have i said something terrible? is that bad? >> it is not a jump suit. >> jimmy: what would you call that? >> well, a shirt and a pair of pants. >> jimmy: see, i don't know all the technical terminology. interesting. shirt and a pair of pants. how about that? you are a canadian, as people know. and i feel we should get out to the audience so they understand, you know. but unlike many canadian entertainers who become successful in the united states, you still live in canada. >> i do, i do. i live in toronto, yeah. >> jimmy: do you find that that makes it difficult for you to work and do the stuff that you need to do? >> no. i mean if you, you know, i'm fine -- actually i'm not fine with flying but i do fly. so you can -- >> jimmy: you can fly? in the jump suit? or is this -- >> only in a jump suit. yeah. but no, it is

ben affleck.child, her daughter back in 2011. what's the scoop there? >> she did what some people are saying is unusual, but i heard this before. >> i did that for maybe two days. >> she wore corsets day and night. my sister had a baby recently, it's hard to do, but she did it. >> i had a c-section, so it's different. helps you get it all back in place. >> i know what you're saying. she's got to focus, she did it. >> it's working, i think it has to do with genes, more than anything else. the rock, apparently, dwayne johnson, had surgery this week. this goes back to that bout that he had at msg, is that right? >> that's right. wrestle mania. >> wrestle mania. >> he tore abdominal muscles, and i interviewed him just last week in miami, he said, yeah, i'm going to do this the natural way and heal the natural way, not quite right. he had emergency hernia surgery. had to do it. >> superman back on the mend. >> that's right. he's very strong. he's got a whole team around him focusing on his food plan an

night live" has announced the last three hosts of the season, zach galifianakis, kristen wiig and ben affleck. >>> vince vaughn and his wife are officially expecting their second child. the actor shared the good news with ellen degeneres in an interview airing today. >>> finally, taylor swift becoming the donald trump of country music. the 23-year-old singer has purchased a $17 million beachfront home in rhode island. nice pad. look at that. she bought it in cash, by the way. taylor got the home for $3 million less than the asking price. and it has movers already on the scene. i'm wondering, though, what does this mean for who she's dating right now? >> rhode island does sound like a very strange place to drop $17 million in cash. but hey. i've got family in massachusetts, so, you know, maybe we'll pass each other on the way. >> and buy a $17 million home. >> not happening. >> i'm richard lui. you're watching "early today" just the first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> in "the washington post," panel pushes to expand wiretaps for online activity. this article says government ta

director ben affleck, raised in cambridge over the river, love to our beloved and resilient boston.. after something like this, that is an individual thing. some will feel things getting back to normal ahead of others. a different matter is that of reputation. of boston not wanting to become best known for its worst day possibly ever. consider all the great associations with that name. ♪ >> boston, the band. there's boston commons, boston general, boston college and university, food called boston, baked bean, cream pie, boston chicken. sports teams called boston. red sox. bruins. celtics. of course, a marathon called boston. what is a city to do when a happy, joyous event gets twisted into a nightmare. there is still going to be remembering. >> people are coming to take pictures of it because there was a bombing here. i mean, it might not be remembered anymore as the historic boston marathon it's the marathon that had the boston bombing. >> that reality may be harder to shake. boston sports writer and broadcaster. >> we are the hub of the universe, i just don't think this becomes an

. >>> ben affleck is participating in a global poverty awareness event that challenges him to feed himselfn $1.50 a day for five days straight. good stuff there. >>> i'm richard lui, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> well, leading the news this morning on nbcnews.com, officials say the hospitalized bombing suspect says he and his brother acted alone motivated by religion, adding that they were not in contact with overseas terrorists or groups. >>> and in "the new york times," a presidential pact for young scientists, note president obama on a bike during an encouragement of children to learn science, engineering and matd mathematics. >>> developing news out of libya now, where officials say a car bomb went off outside the french embassy overnight in the capital city of tripoli. the blast injured two french guards and a libyan teenager and caused extensive damage there. >>> the tsa is holding off on letting flyers bring folding knives on board airplanes until the group gets feedback from an advisory committee. good idea, right, bill? t

ben affleck is the latest high- profile person to pledge to live on $1.50 a day. the oscar- winning actor is joining hugh jackman and others in the effort to raise awareness of the 'live below the line' poverty awareness campaign. by taking the pledge, he promises to spend no more than $1.50 per day for food and drink for five days. his challenge begins next week. still to come, a follow-up to a critically acclaimed documentary about a mega mansion, the housing crisis and the toll it took on a billionaire power couple. that's later on. but first, when it comes to cyber-security breaches, who are the bad guys, and what do they want? bill moller investigates next. just released, somewhat troubling data about the new and aggressive ways that the bad guys are breaking into our electronic records and stealing our personal data. bryan sartin is the director of verizon's risk team. they are the ones who conducted this study. they looked at 47,000 different incidents. bryan, tell us what we need to know. what were the main findings? - the main findings are, if you have a

so, name the famous bostonian: a- ben affleck b- michael bloomberg c- jack welch d- all of the above - trick. - this is a trick. 'cause a, we were like, "done!" - i didn't even listen after a. - i am going to have to say d. - yeah. all of the above. - great job. a lot of famous people have come out of boston. you are absolutely correct. thank you guys. - thanks angie. - first business continues right after this. i wanted to be in the military since i was a kid. i served a total of 16 years. and at 19 years old, that's the first time i ever saw somebody die. coming back, i was raging. i started having pretty horrible nightmares. i started drinking a lot. i guess i never recognized it in myself. it all starts with going to the va. there's a whole community of veterans that just want to help you out. it's for the guys who couldn't come back, you owe it to them to live well. because they're not here with their families. oil futures have fallen dramatically this week. joining us now is trader tim biggam of trading block. happy friday to you tim. what is happening with oil stocks as oil fu

. >> and ben affleck tweeted earlier saying such a senseless and tragic day.our love to our beloved and resilient boston. >> you have been watching our

y dos ganadores del oscar, bardem y ben affleck se unen en una cinta independiente. >>> con la actuaciÓnn la Época. >>> el racismo no desapareciÓ, todavÍa estÁ presente, aunque las cosas cambiaron. yo no vivÍ lo que jackie, pero puedo usar mis propias experiencias. >>> era tu idea de usar las prÓtesis y maquillaje para parecerte, te sentÍas presionado porque la gente te ve como personajes iconicos. >>> no hubiera tenido valor cargando con toda la relaciÓn que el pÚblico tiene conmigo analiza harrison ford, es un personaje y colorido y querÍa representarlo debidamente. >>> en scary movie un joven matrimonio detecta una actividad paranormal, y harÁn todo lo experto por proteger a su nueva familia. y la siguiente pelÍcula, esta pelÍcula narra la historia de una pareja que se muda a oklahoma, y los problemas llegan cuando conoce a un sacerdote confundido en su vocaciÓn. >>> y esta pelÍcula "disconect " tres historias que se conectan tejiendo una excelente reflexiÓn donde la tecnolÓgia separa mÁs a las personas. >>> y traemos las imÁgenes de 5 de mayo, la historia que relata la batalla de pue

hollywood's hottest director ben affleck reportedly has a net worth of $65 million.cademy award winner and father of three is going to take on a financial challenge living on a food budget of less than $2 per day in the game of charity. tweeting, 1.4 billion people live on less than $1.50. i'm joining live below the line on behalf of eastern congo, will you. the latest star to raise awareness for those living in poverty through global poverty projects, live below the line campaign, joining josh groban, sophia bush, and hugh jackman kicked off the campaign. >> live below the line so others can rise above it. a five day challenge of living on $1.50. >> reporter: it may not be as easy as you think. these days $1.50 will get you a small coffee, can of kidney beans or small bag of chips. keep in mind $1.50 has to sustain you for three meals. >> when you are forced to think how i spend $7.50 over five days it causes you to think about resources and food and, and our connect tugs food. >> reporter: think you are ready for the challenge. here are a few of the rules -- you ca

cambridge latin preparatory school a pretty just magnet school in boston with famous alumni like ben affleck and matt damon now he had nine friends listed this morning and last one making his social connections eight in total no girlfriend to speak of and he does list his date of birth and that he isn't married and he didn't like a quote from the koran which stated and do good indeed all loves the doers of good will. the social media accounts of tomorrow and your heart provide some insight into both brothers and trust there's little indication from looking through them that they plan to commit this act of violence in washington margaret helal r t well for more on the role that social media has played in the manhunt for these two individuals i was joined earlier by our two web producer and you're blake and i asked him how social media is changing the way the police conduct investigations. well you know there's a couple dozen ways to look at not even as much as the way the police conduct investigations but the way the world conduct investigations when the press conference was launched by the f

being chased chased now apparently attended a prestigious school in boston the same score where ben affleck and matt damon study it they were on a wrestling team lived in a good neighborhood of course everybody's catching every detail on these men with one question why the men are chechen origin although they've lived in the u.s. for the last ten years we've heard their uncle speak who claims he hasn't seen he hasn't been in touch with the family for a long time here's what he says he's always say just heard if you would like to own you still of our city with his then i. will forgive no. room to intrude from those who left. as for giving islam these people. would not reclaim forgiveness indiscriminately. he put a shame to shame on people certainly not our family so no spam and people to shame on to. this is to turn yourself and what ever it will going to mean to do yourself the discretion of those who you begin. with the families will meet those from the suffer. which shared with them their grief i'm just to meet with them i'm going to just bend in front of them to you in front of them seek

yes, they have one there too and ben affleck is doing a movie there. he loves boston. shut up, greg. the missal couldn't reach our mainland, but a spokesman said the latest threat was, quote, totally killing our buzz. and is a statement from north korea's army said the american hostile policy will be smashed by the will of all service personnel and people smallerrer, lighter and diversified strike meaning the u.s. better prevail over the grave vagues. grave situation. well north korea should ponder on this. >> last night i had a wonderful dream. north korea was shaw rowedded in black smoke and the country was still and silent. not even the sound of a bird. the united states is coming, coming to crush you. those who dare provoke the dignity of the supreme leadership of america will never be allowed to survive. behold the might of our military. stand in awe of our magnificent fighting capabilities. north korea, we are coming for you. by land, by sea, by air, by any means necessary. we will harness the power all of our awesome technologies to defeat you. our storm trooper

a normal life, these two brothers, going to a prestiewjous high school, the older brother that ben afflecko on the wrestling team, getting scholarship money, the father in russia said that the younger son was a medical student, potentially. we'll get a lot of answers over the next couple of days itch the older brother was quoted at one time, long ago, as saying, wais great about america, there are jobs. you can work hard and succeed. which speaks volume this about s country and its greatness. and yet! he and his brother, allegedly committed this heinous, despicable act that targeted women and children. the other questions are, you know, who were the others? if there are others? were they recruited? were they trained and so forth? then in the end, what are the feds going to did? will they seek death? >> we are going on talk about that with a federal prosecutor coming up from the department of justice. but the other question i find interesting is how did boston do it? they took the orders, they stayed off the streets. more people didn't die. we'll be right back

this is one from ben affleck. boston native of course.tweeted out this messageessa saying such a senseless and and tragic day. my family and i send our love to our belove and resilient boston. mark wahlberg sent out this message. thoughts and prayers with my hometown boston today.ay. she's a grammy award winning singer ber her latest project isn't her new release. rel >> she's take part in a new campaign targeting women in the u.s. they make up a quarter of a onee million americans living with h.i.v. the movement offers up to $25,000 to community organizations treating women living with h.i.v. the president's 2014 budget includes over 23 billion to put towards the fight answer aids and h.i.v. in the u.s. all right we want to go now to a press conference that is getting ready to get set and underway in boston. law enforcement officials from around that area are getting ready to speak. listen in right now. >> less than 24 hours after yesterday's act of terror we wanted to organization a briefing for you with the information that we have. ha

matt's bff, ben affleck, is being honored by brown university.h an honorary doctorate in fine arts in may. >> it seems like if you drop out of harvard, you do well. mark zuckerberg, bill gates, matt damon. >> the key to success, don't finish. >>> check out this video. it has to be the most adorable play date ever. addison and her furry friend, lily, the doberman. the two play at least once a day. lily has trained addison to hold a biscuit-filled chew toy. so she can get the treats out more easily. the laugh is the cutest thing. >> it's adorable. >> slightly terrifying. >> but they're having so much fun together. she's really protective of the little baby. the favorite time for the dog to hang out with the baby is, of course, during meal time. when the baby drops food, the dog has a chance to get some as well. everybody wins. >>> speaking of something, let me get back to my video game, guys. i'm obsessed these days. >> rachel, we're on the air? >> i know. actually, this is a treat for all the video gamers out there. have you ever had an empty stom

so they went down to saint lucia way bunch of their friends including jennifer garner and ben afflecknd had a ball and were like frolicking on the beach as rich people do. >> rich talented people. >> rich talented people. i was in my house watching the movie awards. >> let's talk about the movies and "42" -- >> "42" was huge. >> was it expected to do that well? >> it's one of those stories that's so inspiring and jackie robinson is such a huge iconic guy. and no one's really tackled that before. >> and it got great reviews. >> and it's a movie that families can go see. but yeah, it's got a crazy audience score, the score was like an a-plus. so i think it's going to have really good legs. >> we've got to go. but two wekds. two seconds to tell us, what do you think of the bieber thing with anne frank? is that going to blow over? >> i just feel like he's just kind of dumb. >> you're about to make up our minds more than tim stat -- >> yeah. we are playing some fun brain games right after this. >> you're out of control, tim. take care of your engine and it'll go far. one way i can take car

. >> everyone from conan to ben affleck to mark wahlberg. > tom bergeron in tears, his wife and daughter in boston when the bombs went off. now from boston here is maria menounos. >> i am back in my hometown where a massive search is underway for the terrorist behind the attack. people are in total shock today. >> i can't get this video out of my mind, the moment the bomb went off. today we will talk to the man that shot it. first we have to talk about the im. ing herois >> so many more could have lost their live it is without the elpers and e.m.t. workers. >> the face of heart drth break. the face of determination. the president vow to hunt down the killers. >> we will take time to follow every lead, but we will find out. >> "extra" in boston with the story behind the faces, their triumph and tragedy. 8-year-old martin richard frozen in time in photographs, being remembered as a boy that loved to run and climb. he had just gotten ice cream and was cheering

i keep wondering, is it possible that there would ever be a discussion that this is because of ben affleckand the connection between boston and movies about violence. and of course the answer is no! no one will ever think this is about those things. but at the same time there's something, i appreciate the way that you claim it is the one drop. because given the cheffian, given they are caucasian, our very sense of connection to them is this framed-up notion like islam making them into something. >> let me ask you about domestic terrorism as a category. normally domestic terrorist people tend to be on the far right although that's not a good category. extremists, let's calm them that. do they advertise if they do something like this? do they try to get credit as a group or do they hate america so much they just want to do the damage and don't car if they get public credit, if you will? >> we will play later in the show, the president was asked a question about jihad. his answer is pathetic. he wouldn't use the term war on terror. why can't the left acknowledge the rise of radical islamic ji

he went to boston's elite public school cambridge rindge latin, it's a well-known school where ben affleck, matt damon and others attended. it's interesting as authorities try to piece together whether he and his brother left the country and whether they went overseas tore training and where the training would have been. we are hearing everything from afghanistan, central asia, to also north africa and libya. jon: we know, jennifer that not far where where you are in maryland an uncle has been providing information to the authorities, clearly there are some family members who are appalled by these developments, and are helping out, but apparently it's a far-flung widespread family and everybody is going to come under some kind of suspicion until proven otherwise. >> reporter: this is a chechen family that came to the united states, we are told, over ten years ago, that was back in 2003. this young suspect that we are looking for right now he would have been two years old -- sorry, he would have been nine years old at the time when he came to the states. so he was young. he spent much of hi

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. >> i was thinking today about the ben affleck movie, "the town," and how the plotline to a lot of people might have been outlandish. they were going to rob fenway park, and kind of the most unbelievable plot line you can imagine in boston. except for this today. no one would believe explosions at the finish line of the boston marathon. it's hard to describe the kind of citywide party atmosphere one day a year in that city. >> yeah. i mean, it's -- it is unbelievable. i mean, i celebrated the marathon for the last, you know, six years here. and just the shear panic in people's faces. i currently have a friend, cory griffin's condo, and we've taken in people from abroad, people from london are here. you know, just giving them a place to charge their phones and make calls. we have people from california and chicago. and it's just -- it's very chaotic, and, frankly, very scary. >> and, mike, also, it's hard to overestimate the kind of number of people per runner who are in town. you know, if you've been training in oklahoma city, if that's where you live, to come run the boston marathon, you

another celebrity who's earning the hero moniker is ben affleck.ently announced he'd live on $1.50 a day to bring attention to the plight of poverty. while a well-intentioned adventure, i'm sure, again, one must question the stakes. while it would certainly be difficult for a man accustomed to the finer things in life to subsist on a paltry daily announce, unlike everyone else in poverty, ben has the comfort of knowing when his week is done he can return to his lavish lifestyle and freedom of not having to worry if he can afford diapers for his newborn son. poverty isn't just a fun math problem to solve. it takes a very serious emotional toll that ben will fortunately never know. it isn't brave to choose to be poor for a week. now, like ben, collins has the luxury to announce he is a gay man, when countless others before him had to suffer real consequences, as dire as murder in matthew shepherd's case. unlike ben, collins isn't a straight man who decided to live as a gay man for a week. just to see what it would be like. he's lived with his homosex

. >> i was thinking today about the ben affleck movie "the town" and how the plot line to a lot of people might have been outlandish. they were going it rob fenway park. and kind of the most unbelievable plot line you can imagine in boston. except for this today, no one would believe explosions at the finish line of the boston marathon. it's hard to describe the kind of citywide party atmosphere one day a year in that city. >> yeah. i mean, it's -- it is unbelievable. i mean, i've celebrated the marathon for the last, you know, six years here. and just the sheer panic in people's faces. i'm currently at a friend, cory griffin's condo. we've take nen people from abroad. people from london are here. you know, just giving them a place to charge their phones and make calls. we have people from california and chicago. and it's just -- it's very chaotic. and frankly very scary. >> and mike, also, it's hard to overestimate the kind of number of people per runner who are in town. you know, if you've been training in oklahoma city, if that's where you live, to come run the boston marathon, your su

. >> ben affleck is going to give on the other side for a week.committed to take the 2013 live below the line challenge to shine a light on global poverty. he tweeted that 1.4 billion people live below the poverty loan and they need help. $1.50 a dollar. >> bill: i could do it. >> yeah? >> bill: right. >> for five days? >> bill: i can't imagine. but if you stock up fill your refrigerator, right -- >> you can't do that bill. >> bill: you can get buy -- >> i'm pretty sure that is cheating. >> bill: yeah. >> you found a loophole. >> bill: i did. >> this isn't so bad. >> bill: shoot you can do it. >> bill. [ laughter ] >> the nhl playoff spots are starting to fill up after a season shortened by a lockout. the washington [ inaudible ] st. louis blues beat the colorado avalanche, and even though the new york islanders lost to the carolina hurricanes they always made it in the eastern division. the l.a. kings have a spot but the new jersey devils will not make it this year. >> bill: and how did that feel last year? >> the nets lost they now lost 8 of 11

casey affleck, ben affleck, stanley tucci.l ceremony initially, right rkts so may never really got to celebrate? >> they never got to have a proper wedding. she's a civilian, which i think people love. >> a nonhollywood type. >> she was a bar tender in miami. they met when he was making a film. they have four kids. >>> a big weekend for psy. i confess, i have not seen the whole video. >> george, george, what have you been doing all weekend? >> is it wrong to say the song is already annoying me? >> it may not be wrong. here's the thing, nobody was asking him to do his acoustic version of the beatles. he's giving people what they want. to me, it's a little more lewd than the first one. a lot of the characters are in here. if you liked him the first time, no reason to think you won't like him the second time. you're laughing. >> it's goofy. >> more than 100,000 people in the stadium when he launched it this weekend in s reoul. >> he broke a 24-hour record for viewers. in the era of like, one-pop wonders. he made it. >>> finally,

casey affleck, ben affleck, stanley tucci.l ceremony first. they never got to celebrate. >> she's a civilian. >> a nonhollywood type. is there she was a bar nernd miami. they met when he was making a film. they have four kids. >>> a big weekend for psy. i confess, i have not seen the whole video. >> is it wrong to say the song is already anewing me? >> nobody was asking him to do his acoustic version of the beatles. he's giving people what they want. to me, it's a little more lewd than the first one. if you liked him the first time, no reason to think you won't like him the second time. you're laughing. >> it's goofty. >> more than 100,000 people in stadium when he launched it. >> he broke a 24-hour record for view. in the era of like, one-pop wonders. he made it. >>> finally, amy, a big story tonight of "nightline." robby rogers. >> he was living with a secret. we may think it's crazy that in 2013, it's hard to come out. guess what? no other professional athletes out of the closet in this country. he speaks openly about comin

. >> i keep swongd it possible that wherever the discussion, this is because of ben affleck and connectiond movies of violence. answer is no. >> in all these cases where you see acts of radicalized individuals using violence they may have a religious affiliation but when they give reasons for what they did, it's politics. timothy mcveigh was motivated by waco. he was motivated by his grievances with regard to u.s. policy in pakistan and afghanistan. who knows what these individuals molt vacation may be. >> megyn: chief counsel for justice and op-ed political correctness kills. that was before the latest information. you posit in your piece tax that many in this country have been determined not to keep an open mind but to keep a closed mind as to the possibility that authorities are now confirming that radical islam was the motivation this attack. >> correct. the political correctness on this can be traced back to a couple years. you have a situation, the major hassan situation there. you you have a situation we are calling it the government is calling it workplace violence even in the army

. >> reporter: hollywood's hottest director, ben affleck, reportedly has a net worth of $65 million.dget of less than $2 per day in the name of charity. sweeting 1.4 billion people live og less than $1.50 day. i've joining live below the line. will you? he's the latest star to raise awareness to those living in poverty. joining the ranks of josh groban. >> live below the line so that others can rise above it. a five-day collage of living under $1.50 a day. >> reporter: it might not be as easy as you think. these day, that's a small coffee at starbucks. a can of kidney beans. a bag of potato chips. it has to sustain you for three meels. >> when you're forced to think about how i spent $750 over the course of five days. it causes you to think about resources and food. >> reporter: think you're ready? you cannot accept handouts from friends of a snack from a previously stocked pantry. you can drink tap water. they're hoping a movement of passionate people will bring to life the experiences of impoefrished people. diana perez, abc news, new york. >> outside in times square. if you're goi

. >> "pop news" time, and jennifer garner held down the fort while ben affleck made "argo" and put hern directing what would become the best picture at this year's oscars. now it's ben's turn to play mr. mom. at the premiere of his latest movie to the wonder, affleck said he'll stay home with the kids while jen works on a couple of films. she has "draft day" and "dallas buyers club" coming out with matthew mcconaughey. hey, hey. >> i think it's been three days. >> i had to figure out a way -- >> withdrawal. >> -- to say. anyway, ben totally content with taking a backseat for awhile and that is a great marriage. right? that's wonderful. >> great. >> takes turns. >> kids, away making the movie. >> now great quality time with the three kids. she said you should start working out. it's full contact in the interview. >>> another jennifer certainly been working a lot lately is jennifer lawrence, best actress winner spotted on the set of her new movie this week wearing a neck brace, simply part of her character's costume. we talked about this, the untitled movie by david o. russell getting a

ben affleck and mark wahlberg took to social media sites to express their thoughts. gic day. my family and i send our love to our beloved and resilient boston" and mark, "thoughts and prayers with my hometown boston." he was just here with you yesterday on the show. >> right, and who would have thought that the day would turn so tragic the way it did. and the power of social media brought us together and kept us connected. >> thank you, bianna. we appreciate it. >>> coming up more from boston. we will talk to the eyewitnesses just ten feet from the exp >>> and we are back here in boston, i am here with david able, "the boston globe." thank you for joining us, david. you were right on the finish line at the moment the first blast went off. tell us about what you saw. >> right. so i was there taking video as runners were coming in when i felt the ground shake and i heard a passive pop, and i saw a large plume of smoke. took me a while to figure out exactly what was happening. >> any sense of what it could be? >> you know, a lot of people have asked me this question at t