bette davis was 52, as was martha, and james mason had always been 46, you know, so... [laughter] so it was--it was good. and so i said okay, knowing at the time that when you sell the rights of a play to be made into a movie, you lose absolute control over it-- understanding that. if you write a play, you have absolute control over what is done to your play onstage. they can't change a word without your permission. but you take a chance when you sell a movie. but that whole combination struck me as being pretty good. but then there's a thing called movie magic, and bette davis and james mason turned into elizabeth taylor and richard burton. and oddly enough, mike nichols stayed mike nichols, and...but i sort of trusted mike. i didn't think he was going to allow them to really screw it up. and what happened, finally, by some great fortune: there was no screenplay. i mean, there's this guy, ernest lehman, who is credited with the screenplay. but then again, he produced the movie too. but i think he changed two sentences of my entire script and maybe cut about five minute

bette was nice enough to give me a part in her show. >> bette midler. >> right. i had an album and she let me do a couple of songs. she was big. there were 5,000, 8,000 people out there. i was nuts or just ambitious to take the opportunity and do it. i believed in the songs and this music. i did it. >> you have never had stage fright. did you that night? >> yeah. i did. i threw up in the wings. they shoved me out. >> when you got the reaction from the crowd and that was the first time you'd had it, what was the experience like for you? >> it was like floating. i remember it was the red rocks amphitheatre in colorado. it's a beautiful, beautiful outdoor amphitheatre. they light it so beautifully. i just didn't expect them to do anything at all. i finished "could it be magic". >> i think we're familiar with it. [ cheers and applause ] >> you really can't see the audience. i saw dots of people. i thought, o they must be going out for orange juice. but they were giving me a standing ovation. that was the moment i said, ooh, there might be something here. >> everythin

when i do my bette, i just try to touch it. i got a good pitch, and around 8 back home, so that's about the time my bat wakes up. i guess it's always better than never, so. >>> guthrie and the orioles looking to take the rubber match from the blue jays. two on, two out for es da bar. left a souvenir shot. toronto up 5-2. reynolds facing roush. the second day in a row, reynolds goes yard, his 9 the of the season. it wouldn't be enough. they fall 7-4. >>> it's time for a quick break. when we return, steve wheatcroft in a class of his home. highlights are coming up. >>> welcome back. they say good things are worth waiting for. steve wheatcroft had never won on the nationwide or pga tour, and prior to friday never held the lead after any single round. it changed the past four days at the prince george's open. entered the day 8 shots ahead of the pack at 22 under par. second shot on the par 4 6. he's gone bar, birdie par on the hole this week. so he makes the birdie here. bogeys this one yesterday. today he gets the birdie. 25 under

. >> brian betts, the principal killed last year, apparently met the teenager who murdered him on adam for adam. >> you open yourself up for that kind of opportunity online. >> it is a good time to get the warning out about the dangers of internet hookups. >> people get killed, rob, mud --robbed mugged. you cannot trust it. >> a lot of victims don't report out of embarrassment. >>> a woman accused in a fatal hit-and-run accident is set to go on trial today. davidson is accused of striking a 24-year-old sheelah ryan of columbia, maryland last october. rayn was getting out of her car near dupont circle and she was hit by alexis suv. >>> president and mrs. obama will host a black-tie dinner at the white house this evening for german chancellor angela multiplerkel. they had dinner last night at the 1789 esteban in georgetown. the president called her a trusted global partner. tonight's reception will be at the rose garden, a first for the obamas. >>> on interstate 95, a commercial airliner headed south through maryland. a plane is familiar. that's the u.s. airways jet that landed in the hu

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. >> oh, it's getting aeven bette. >>> this comes to us from ksas 9 news in denver, colorado where nearby idaho springs volunteers are proving the season of giving can last all year long. billy lee is well known for playing santa claus in local malls. two months after an accident left him unable to care for his animals. the society of santas are pitching in. they appoint add group of santa helpers to tend to his farm so that they can say they have done so much for others. >>> i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good boy, everyone. -- good morning, everyone. low 60's cost in most locations. 64 at the airport. mostly sunny today. high temperature in the low 80's today. >> 4:57. here's a look ahead to 11 news today. >> some workers in harford thwarted a robbery account. >> unemployment is high. the latest coming upper. >> some closures in the city. will have do you as to what to ou [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national ca

. >> shaw middle school principal brian bettes may have met his killer through the same website. >>> two scandals rocking the d.c. government. the first, the hiring scandal in city hall. there were heated moments last evening between d.c. council members and the man at the center of the probe. >> you are a witness in this case and i think it is inappropriate for you to be asking me questions. >> mr. brown -- >> no, i will put it on the record. you are a witness. >> your delusions' -- >> former candidate among brown refused to take up the sun glasses. he said candidate vincent gray paid him to stay in the race in order to run a smear campaign against the mayor adrian fenty. that type that the attorney general filed a civil lawsuit against harry thomas, jr. accused of misusing several hundred thousands of taxpayer dollars. they allege he diverted $300,000 in youth baseball funds for his personal benefit. they say the money went to travel and of outings. thomas says he is innocent. >> i am confident once we have information provided to my legal counsel in this civil suit, which has been

. >> oh, it's getting aeven bette. >>> this comes to us from ksas 9 news in denver, colorado where nearbydaho springs volunteers are proving the season of giving can last all year long. billy lee is well known for playing santa claus in local malls. two months after an accident left him unable to care for his animals. the society of santas are pitching in. they appoint add group of santa helpers to tend to his farm so that they can say they have done so much for others. >>> i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. we're with you when you're saving for your dreams. [ woman ] when you want a bank that travels with you. with you when you're ready for the next move. [ male announcer ] now that wells fargo and wachovia have come together, what's in it for you? unprecedented strength, the stability of the leading community bank in the nation and with 12,000 atms and thousands of branches, we're with you in more ways and places than ever before. with you when you want the most from your bank. [ male announcer ] wells fargo. together we'll

, she was at the hotel with bette and keeps us updated on all the developments and joins us by phone. can you hear me? >> yes. >> to the best of your knowledge, you were there earlier in the day, what happened at the beginning of this assault? what led everyone to understand the taliban was there? was it massive explosions? how did this evolve over the early hours? >> well, it began initially as an assault on the hotel where the taliban insurgents apparently detonated their explosives at the gate of the hotel after gunmen formed in in order to take control of the premises. after that it evolved into a fairly intense artillery and gun battle over the course of five hours, i was here when rpg's were being launched from the roof by taliban instuurgents in the city as well as what sounded like mortar fire earlier in the morning. now, nato helicopters fired on the hotel, however, we're continuing to hear gunfire as we speak now. and ambulances are speeding back and forth along the roads leading to the hotel. the fire seems to have died out. but things are still very tense. >> do your best

bette davis once said that old age is not for sissies. she is right about so many things, and she was right about that. when you look at the status of family violence in san francisco, it is startling. 18,000 people who feel victimized enough to call someone. that is the city agencies, aps hot line, and that is startling. but the most startling part of that is the part that has to do with elder abuse. and why is that? well, if we compare child abuse and elder abuse, taking domestic violence off the table for a moment, 14% of san francisco is comprised of children. 14% is comprised of people over the age of 65. cal protective services receivers -- adult protective services received 5758 cases. basically, pretty cool. the child abuse police unit has 10 officers. there is no elder abuse police unit. there are elder abuse specialists assigned to domestic violence units and to the financial crimes unit, and it is about 2.5 fte's. there are over 500 child protective workers in san francisco. 45 adult protective -- protective workers in san fran

. >> brian betts the middle school principal killed last year apparently met his killer on the that website. >>> serious questions about the safety of discount bus lines in general after the crash. several companies have had their safety records reviewed. the federal motor carrier safety administration gave all of them a satisfactory rating. despite the passing grades many companies still have a history of violations. >>> wild weather causing problems in parts of the u.s. including eastern arizona. windy conditions, dry lightning are fuelling a wildfire that has grown to 360 square miles the third largest wildfire in arizona history. the fire is threatening sounds and prompting evacuation's. >> me, my wife, and my family it was hard to leave our home. >> in the southern plains people are dealing with hot weather. temperatures averaged 100 in some areas. >>> two scandals are rocking the d.c. city government. the first involving a hiring scandal at city hall. there were heated moments yesterday between d.c. council members and the man at the center of the scandal. >> you are witness in this c

. >> you were the best father and by far the betts grandfather that i have ever met. i mean that with all my heart. don't for a second think otherwise. because i won't let you. >> let me go to our panel i want to read you an e-mail from the chief economic officer mercy saint vincent medical center. i don't know exactly where that is. he said zani the nanny is code for xanax used to drug a kid to get them to sleep. >> that is possible. xanax sounds a bit like zani. that could be used in that fashion. >> you think that's a possibility that's how it occurred to her or it's random? way too specific of a name for her to pull out of name. >> moi understanding when they did the toxicology on the hair they didn't find any xanax in the hair. that excludes the possibility the maybe was put to sleep by zahn ak. >> have you ever heard of the banding in the hair? >> the banding in the hair indicates decomposition but it has never been used before in the fashion it is being used here to indicate that it had to come from -- >> from a dead person. >> the national academy of science r

. >> all right, bette dam, thank you for joining us. >>> it's easy to forget what it's like day in andricans who are fighting the taliban. in eastern afghanistan on the border with pakistan, it's not politics or corruption, but brute force that wins the day. it's here that the taliban terrorists launch daily attacks against american men and women. nick payton walsh got caught in just such an attack. you'll want to watch this. >> reporter: everywhere you look here on afghanistan's eastern border, the choices aren't good. an outpost is caught between hills full of taliban. if the americans leave, militants from pakistan will flow through the valley. if they stay, then every few days, this happens. the mortars hit the base. the last attack was long enough ago there's panic. they're worried the taliban have been preparing a big one. after days of nothing, the insurgents have finally amassed around the compound and beginning to attack from all sides. >> come on, hustle up. grab it and be ready. >> reporter: they use mortars first, aiming for taliban dug into the hills, but the incoming fire

coulda woulda shoulda been bigger, bett, sold more effectively, sure. but actually, lots of analysis by independent folks agree that that shaved a coup of percentage points off the umployment rate which would be a lot higher now had the estimate plus-- stimulus not been in effect that is not a great selling point but it is true. >> rose: are the constraints talking about what they could get out of congres and didn't have a billion dollar spending plan because the they didn't believe it was feasible all the policymakers if in the white housend president's office would have been in favor of a trillion dollar stimulus as paul want smd. >> look, there were definitely people around the table without wanted to see a larger stimulus. but it's always a balancing act. and we did end up getting, in fact the largest stimulus in the history of the nation. and that discussion started, when that discussion started, we were talking in the realmss of $200 and $300 billion. no one could imagine an $800 billion plan. i'm not saying it was the right size but there a const

government thinks it knows bett how to snd our money.overnment thinks they know how to make a better life for us. they think they create jobs. th even think they can make as healthier. but that is not the case. we have to recapture the founders' vision of a constitutionally conservative government if we are to secure the promise for the i'm also here because waterloo laid the foundation for my own roots in politics. i never thought that i would end up in public life. i grew up here in iowa. my grandparents are buried here. i remember how sad i was leaving iowa to go to minnesota in the sixth grade, because this part of iowa was all i knew -- i remember telling my parents that we couldn't move to minnesota because i hadn't even been to des moines to see the state capitol. i grew up a democrat. my first involvement in politics was working for jimmy carter's election in 1976. but when i saw the direction president carter took our country; how his big spending liberal majority grew government, weakened our standing in the world, and how they

position as leader of the liberal party brought in elections afte -- liberal party. , in elections, where betts by the result -- they had surprising results -- this party has been committed to improving the well-being of canadian families, throughout measures to reduce the tax burden the typical canadian family is about $300 billion better off on average -- $300 million better off on average. [applause] later today and the budget we may hear some more things -- [applause] >> the elegy to the word "-- poverty -- allergy to the word "poverty" seems to be there, mr. speaker. i wonder if i had asked the minister, congratulating him on his appointment again, to say that the chief, on his statement, made it clear that he regarded a meeting between the crown and the first nations and all the aboriginal people, including the inuit, that had to take place on a government-to- government basis, that respects the jurisdictions of the aboriginal people. i would like to ask why that commitment -- >> the hon. minister of aboriginal affairs. [applause] >> we are at a place where we are having discussions with

anthony we bette they say quite simply in the third paragraph a real man would quit. "the new yorkin the post." host: next calller. caller: i would never vote for a man who wanted to succeed from man who wanted to succeed from the union, and also, bonita mazzoli me said that corporatism -- fascism was corporatism. the woman who called it earlier, and the republican party is very much a fascist party. she was not crazy, she was absolutely right. it frightened the hell out of me. they want to destroy government so big business and big religion can come in and take over. that is exactly what has happened in italy and germany. host: now to edward on the independent line from illinois. caller: i am learning about rick perry like everybody else is on c-span this morning, but we will not be able to fix nothing until we get rid of the lobbyists of washington, d.c., and for everyone to come together, the house, senate, and everything. it will just keep on going on with people pointing blame and everything else, and i think you very much. -- i thank you very much. host: a coupl

in fort worth, texas, bett he joins us, good morning. caller: good morning.ersonally never really considered newt gingrich a real viable candidate. i have to agree with the tweet that said he was just promoting his book. someone who is serious i would think would stay here instead of going on vacation and do some actual work. as far as rick perry trying to move into his place, you might want to take go look at a star- telegram poll here in fort worth a couple of weeks ago. they did a straw poll with registered republicans. he got 4% who thought he would make a good president. i am not sure that most people realize that in texas, the governor is just a figurehead. i personally would never vote for mr. perry. i really don't want four more or eight more years of a george bush. host: you are a democratic caller? caller: i sure am. host:"the new york times" says that the senior strategist of newt gingrich confronted him this week. mr. gingrich defended his holiday as a chance to get away and think but his aides chastised him for lacking the discipline to run a foc

>> bett was a decision made by the congress, that's correct >> the development of the act was not the development of a single congress or some partisan maneuvering, was it? >> no. >> in point of fact, in 1982, when the nuclear waste act was enacted, there was a republican president, a republican senate, and democrats from the controlled the house. in 1987, when congress determined in yucca mountain consistently the top of the top three sites was to be examined for a repository, there was a republican president and democrats controlled the house and the senate. in 2002, leadership of the congress was reversed by congress overwhelmingly result to support up a mountain development 306-17. when the nation, through its elected representatives, result how to solve the nuclear waste problem it did so in a consistently bipartisan fashion. wouldn't you agree? >> those were policy decisions passed by the congress. >> dr. lyons, the department of energy motion to withdraw allied requests application said the secretary has decided that etiologic repository at yucca mountain is not a workable opti

you had a phenomenal weekend because i hear it's already number one on amazon.com betts seller list.ls amazing. and i kind of feel sad because i'm kicking them out of their spot. >> i think they'll get over it because you are natural and amazing. are you excited you're going on tour this year as well this summer? >> yes, i'm very excited. the tour will start in august. and i don't know much about it, but if you guys want to learn more you can go to my website and find out. >> we will certainly encourage people to do that. jackie, you're going to swiing with us along with david foster, by the way. so take it away. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> again, the album is called "dream with ♪ [ male announcer ] spare toothbrush, just in case: $4. ♪ home cooked meal: $28. ♪ first date finest: $33. ♪ having time on your side: priceless. mastercard paypass. bringing you the most convenient ways to pay. learn more at mastercard.com/paypass. >>> i'm laura garcia-cannon. six people accused of killing a german tourist will be in court. 50-year-old woman was shot when apparently cot in the cross fire of a gain-related s

i chair this committee betts also chair -- but also chair another company. do you think what you did in circumventing the bankruptcy law, what otherwise would have happened, in bypassing the decisions that could have been made by a bankruptcy judge and other trustees, and to you think he set a good precedent for the future, a bad precedent, or one time event? >> judges have found we did nothing to circumvent the bankruptcy law. this was an ordinary bankruptcy. i do not think there is any status.in the basics >> you think that screwing the salary worker was a in the ordinary course of what would have happened? everybody have been in the same pot of losing? this differentiation has never happened. >> quite a bit, actually. >> salary people are not important but union workers are. >> companies make decisions of how that is to effectuate bankruptcy's. sometimes that is decided that certain creditors, sometimes warrantee holders, they are treated differently because the company concludes -- >> you would find that bondholders getting a haircut is also typical. i y