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he did a picture called a boxcar bertha had started his career and was a very good film.avis: francis ford coppola. >> i have bought some russian science fiction films. this is around 1960. the russians made a big budget science fiction films because they were very popular there with far better special effects that we had. i bought them and decided to recut them any of them in english. i called ucla and said, who are your top students about to graduate. they sent me several people at the felt francis was the brightest. his first job was recovering a russian science fiction film. tavis: the history is mind- boggling, all the people that have come for you. from a director's point of view, how you get through to then about what it takes to be a good director? one of the first things i talked to about the directors is the pre-production planning. they have about a 15-day schedule. he can't walk onto the set of a 15-day picture essay, where shall i put the camera. you better have that figured out in advance. i talked primarily about working out your whole shooting schedule, he

. >> reporter: 75-year-old bertha hope has been tickling the ivory since she was a kid. she has no plans to stop. >> jazz musicians do not retire. they just fall to the wayside. >> reporter: hope's bandmates on this day include tenor sax fred staten who at 96 was born before the jazz age. the jazz foundation doesn't only pay for play. it helps musicians with just about anything from rent to groceries to arranging free medical care, crucial support for a group often paid little over the years with no safety net as they aged. >> the jazz foundation is like the rescuer, like the fire department. >> reporter: funding comes from private donations. >> this is repayment. this is the one charity i know where you're giving back to people who made the world beautiful. ♪ >> reporter: giving musicians a new life and keeping an american art form alive. mara schiavocampo, nbc news, new york. >> very nice. that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. i'll see you tomorrow morning on "today" and right back here tomorrow evening. we leave you toni

evening hoping to at least retain their two point lead over rivals manchester united and city manager bertha mancini says the aim is to finish the packed christmas programme still at the summit it is important to stay on the top. as important as they agree is most. important to state in the end you know this isn't because we know that can happen also that we came for the second position you're in this is going to happen is if you've got to stay on the top for thirty six games thirty eight games. but we drive is possible. while in other games this wednesday rivals united get a full on fifth place all star travel to aston villa newcastle who've only lost i want so far this season to take on west brom everton face one is a sunderland travel to neil warnock's keeping are they produce a valiant showing last sunday's teeing off defeat tina said which was noted by black cats possibly o'neill. first of all a good a lot of respect for the manager he's. an excellent manager for a long time in the game so you would know what to expect from his teams. and they could consider themselves. i think i was re

the mob has set himself alight on his death on the basis of bertha's movement that gave birth to the arab spring but many people in the country offer straight to that lot of trying to send the uprising that it's too hard for real reform these. kinds of strong the authorities impose a kind of you in a normal time in the west of the country saying it's beyond the control after friday's riots that at least eleven people dead.

let's check in with bertha combs. >>> we have the dow down. investors are looking ahead to the summit meeting happening this friday in europe. standards and pours put most of the euro zone on a watch. concertgoers that bought tickets may be getting money back. they could get up to $1.50 credit. they can use it towards future purchases. >>> no rebates at the gas pump, and prices at the pump are the lowest they have been since late february. in the washington area prices average $3.42 a gallon, and that's 12% higher than last year. tomorrow marks the end of the medicare enrollment period. if you or your parent have not made elections yet, you have one more day. when it comes to medicare part d, the prescription plan, recipients saved on average $569. that's thanks to the discount for seniors paying for their own drugs. and some seniors may save more next year with the blockbuster drug lipitor as a generic. that's a big thing for a lot of folks. >> thank you so much for that report. see you later. >>> well, they are called everything from cold so

get a big bertha out and boom. nba strike because for somebody who is not an american watching this great american sport on strike because a bunch of multimillionaires were having an argument with another bunch of multimillionaires over the odd million here or there, it seemed pretty selfish in the middle of a financial crisis. with 10% of people in this country unemployed, i was like, what are they up to, these guys? >> you used the wrong choice of words. the strike is when the workers say we're not being treated fairly and we want to do something else. the lockout is when the owners say we don't like our deal. in this case, it was a lockout. and both sides made interesting points, but president obama said it the best that if millionaires and billionaires can't come to some sort of a deal and regular people lose their jobs, it will be very, very unfortunate. but they finally got it done. derek fisher did a great job, david stern did a great job. the first game will be on christmas day. >> it will be fun. >> yes, i