people say betty white, what motivates her to still do this?> i happen to love what i do for a living. and they keep asking me. and as long as they -- if they really want to get rid of me, don't ask me. no is hard for me to say. i used to be able to say it when i was younger. i said no quite a bit. not often enough, but i just love what i do. >> why does america love you so much, do you think? when you look at the longevity of your career. people say you've come back. you never really have been away. you've been incredible for six, seven decades. why, do you think? what is the betty white magic? >> it's not magic. i think it's familiarity. i've been around so long that the kids kind of grew up seeing me. and their parents kind of grew up seeing me. and their grandparents kind of grew up seeing me. i've just been there all that time. and i think it's familiarity. >> i have three sons. two of them are teenagers. they're from britain and they said to me oh, dad, she's that cool lady from "the proposal." immediately. >> really? bless their hearts.

the eternally naughty and utterly hilarious betty white. >> people say betty white, what drives her,hat motivates her to still do this? >> i happen to love what i do for a living, and they keep asking me. and as long as they -- if they really want to get rid of me, don't ask me. because i'll say -- no is hard for me to say. i used to be able to say it when i was younger. i said no quite a bit. not often enough. >> and vanessa williams. beautiful, brainy, talented, and a bit of a rebel. tonight she reveals what drives her. from miss america to stage, screen, and music stardom. ♪ and i was standing face to face ♪ ♪ isn't this world a crazy place ♪ ♪ just when i thought a chance had passed ♪ ♪ you go and save the best for last ♪ ♪ >> the signature song from a multitalented superstar, vanessa williams. actress, singer, and of course a former beauty queen. she's now written a candid, moving, and revealing memoir titled "you have no idea." and vanessa williams joins me now to tell me what i have no idea about. >> that's right. >> what do i have no idea about? >> the title of the book origi

we all know her for years now. >> jimmy: oh, i love betty white. [ cheers and applause ] i beat bettyy white on television >> jimmy: you come into my home and threaten me. >> throw the game. let betty win. >> jimmy: i don't do that. i don't throw anything. >> i know. you're a gutsy guy. but, listen, jimmy, here's who i play. i play a guy who is a hairdresser and who has -- she's been to his salon for years and then suddenly the -- and she thinks he's y. and so -- >> jimmy: you play this guy? >> yeah. and so suddenly the salon closes down, bankrupt, couldn't make it. but she loves the way he does her hair, and so she wants him to come to her home and do her hair once a week. so, she finds out he's not gay once he gets into the house, see. so this means i'm going to have a hot scene with betty white. [ cheers ] >> jimmy: oh, my gosh. this is too much for tv. >> now, i just want to get your advice. i thought, you know, i've known her for 40 years. she's a great gal. >> jimmy: i love betty white. >> i just wonder if you think the kiss that i'm going to deliver to her, should it be -- shou

long story short, it is the real betty white. she was playing a prank on valerie bertinelli.ting for herself and the first tweet was ryan seacrest. >> how cute. >> wonder. >> and you need to tweet us next, betty white. >> that's right. >> and with the followers. thank you, sarah. brian, back to you. >>> and we're staying on top of breaking news out of florida. the special prosecutor handling the trayvon martin case expected to announce charges against george zimmerman at the top of the hour. we'll take you to the press conference live and bring you reaction from his parents here in d.c. in d.c.  [ glass clinks ] i just wanted to say a few words. thank you for the lovely meal, jane. mom. and maybe this is just the cake talking but let's celebrate! [ male announcer ] buy any kfc 10 pc meal or larger and get a free double chocolate chip cake. >>> a passenger now known as snack man helped stop a fight that broke out in a new city subway. another passenger recorded the fight as the woman accused the man of following her on to the train. then a man eating ch

betty white making us laugh then.e for what seems like the entire history of the planet. the "golden girl's" been entertaining us. at the age of -- i can't say that. a gentleman doesn't do that. she joins me now. >> is 90 the word you're looking for? >> don't say you're 90. don't kill the magic. >> i'm sorry. >> you look about 30. >> yeah. well, that's only around here. >> it's taken me 15 months to lure you into my den. why have you been playing so hard to get? >> i just wanted you to really want me. no, it's all been my fault. and i know we've tried to work this out. but we finally did. >> no, i've been available. it's your damn schedule. you're the busiest 90-year-old ever. >> well, then nothing wrong with that if you're enjoying it. >> there's only one way you can make this up to me, this terrible delay in the way you've been tormenting me. >> yes. >> i want you to kiss my chubby fingers the way you just did in that clip. oh, my god. this is the most erotic thing that's ever happened to me. >> you poor baby. >> my

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now she's the star of hot in cleveland, 90-year-old comedic actress betty white joined twitter. >> sheas nearly 100,000 followers. white is only following 40 other accounts including lady gaga, rihanna and president barack obama. one of her first few tweets was a little saucy. white refers to her new prank show off their rockers being in the same time slot as american idol. she tweeted hey, ryan seacrest, i've always dreamed of sharing a night with you. >>> the creator of the simpsons is talking about his real life inspiration for the town of springfield. matt groehne says the town is actually springfield oregon. the show has now been on the air for 23 years. groehne noted when he of young father knows best was set in a -- when he was young father knows best was set in a town named springfield. it is, in fact, next to eugene, oregon there. you go. there's a lot of springfields all over the country, a lot of people wondering which springfield it was. >> we thought it was virginia. >>> the washington ballet offering up a wild ride down the rabbit hole. this is a dress rehearsal held this

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that would be betty white. i love her. actually knows how to make an impression. we figured that out pretty quickly. she famously said in the past, she wouldn't join twitter, but has now. and she joined up in part to promote her new show, betty white's off their rockers. kind of a hunks by seniors. very funny show. she apparently decided to pull another joke on valerie bertinelli. she started tweeting off about this. is not here, don't know how that got verified, please retweet. so fans reportedly started repeating that and calls were flying in, then came this. stop the presses. betty just got a call. an account was opened on her behalf, more to come and it's all a misunderstanding. finally, this came in, carol. may be 90, but betty white has still got it and is going to have a lot more twitter followers now. >> thank you. if you want information on everything breaking in the entertainment world, a.j.'s got it tonight on "showbiz tonight." [ male announcer ] this is lois. the day starts with arthritis pain... a load of new

links them to >> well, it turns out a new celebrity is john twitter, and it is none other than betty white. the 90-year-old created her account, and she already has 100,000 followers. she follows people including president obama and lady gaga. she sent a flirtatious tweet already. you could win tickets to see a taping of "jeopardy!". just go to wjla.com to sign up. take another look at the weather, adam, what do we have in store? >> i just went on facebook, our first report of snow. thank you to the viewer. >> will we see accumulation? >> absolutely not. let's look of the pollen count. hi still forgeries. still breezy tomorrow. warming up. saturday, 73. sunday near 80. >> hopefully we will not have to think about snow anymore. >> probably not

betty white's new show "off their rockers" makes the season premiere tonight here on nbc 4. >> she stillg strong. this is hysterical. white sends a fearless band of seniors to the streets to pull hilarious sometimes shocking pranks on the younger generation. the stunts, candid moments, and priceless reactions are all captured by, you guessed it, hidden cameras. betty white is the star and executive producer of the show. >> there are a whole group -- i have a whole posse of people who are just marvelous. they carry on these conversations and, oh, they don't realize of course they're being overheard. but they conveniently make sure that that young person accidently hears them and it's great fun i think. >> oh, hi there. >> conveniently. yes. however, white says the stunts are not mean-spirited in any way, just funny. "off their rockers" premieres tonight at 8:00 right here on nbc 4. >> looks like it's going to be fun. >> it does. >> can't wait for that. >>> the official announcement came today. ryan seacrest is coming to nbc but maybe not in the way some people were expecting. >> months ag

. >>> the smithsonian will honor betty white next month here in washington. the smithsonian associates program will have an evening with white. that will happen sunday, may 17. white says she started in television before it even existed. she says she's excited about this honor. we are excited about getting betty white back here in washington. >>> storm 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here. he says it is snowing out there someplace nearby. boy, we weren't red write for this. not again. >> lot of -- >> not that much so far. >> they had up to six inches in western maryland. more than we had all winter here. they had just this morning on april 23 in many municipalities are not prepared. they have not mounted the plows back on their trucks and the salt and sand already has been packed and put away. around our region, we don't need any of that. we just had rain. there is a t gray sky over the capital and the monuments on this monday morning. right now certainly looks like spring. everything is green and it is chicago bully, though, 45 degrees. this is more like late

and betty white has a message for ryan see crist. what is going on between the hollywood a-listers?e seen our top stories but here is the best of the rest. it is all the rage. and now secretary of state hillary clinton is getting in on it herself. secretary clinton submitting her own post to texts from hillary. until now it feature the fictional texting, but she posted her own message. she writes "thanks for the many lols" but they said they are pulling the plug on the site. they say they want to quit while they are ahead. >> texting or tweeting, she is texting and betty white is tweeting. she's jumped on the twitter bandwagon. she said she didn't think it would ever happen but she's joined the ranks of the tweeting celebrities. and one of the first tweet is going to tv host ryan seacrest and it's white tweeting, >> a gas in a texas gas station cost one dollars a gallon. turns out the bargain price was caused by a c lots of drivers had to take advantage in a station manager shut down the pumps. to hit thee button, this alarm button is not for you. the new clock makes it very hard to

it's that betty white show. come on. we just love it. i've never seen the whole show.atch clips here. we've got a funny one for you here. take a look. >> young lady. you realize how fast you're moving in here? >> what? five miles an hour. did you see the sign? pedestrian speed limit is five miles an hour. i tell you what, just step back for me. i could cite you. that's good. that's good. show me you can progress at a rate less than five miles an hour. come on. stop. okay. okay. good, good. by the way, love your scarf. >> thank you. >> have a good day. >> she don't know. >> do they ever tell them or they just let them go. >> i don't know. i've never seen it. do they tell them at the end? we don't know. >> it's like "punked" for the older set. >> for the older set. >> tonight, 8:00, right? 8:00/7:00 central. >> we are again just telling you about our mother of the year contest. we teamed up with salary.com and we're trying to find the mother of the year. you know what the winner gets? $112,962. >> really? >> yep. cha-ching. >> where is that money coming from? >> i think

the amazing betty white has a new show "off their rockers" here on nbc at 8:00. at 7:00 central.second time around for it. it premieres again tonight. it's hysterical. let's take a look. >> let's do it. >> my bag hasn't come out yet. i partied for three nights in vegas and i'm so wasted! oh, my god. i have such a hangover you wouldn't believe. you ever done that? >> yeah. >> here comes my bag. oh, my goodness. okay. okay. oh, it's good to be back in reality. in the real world. you know, you party and you party. but there comes a time when you have to -- oh, my goodness. when you have to get back in the real world. bless you. thank you. >> sister mary katherine. >> that's a hit. >> very, very funny. tell me, do you think this is going to be a hit, billy ray? there was never a group like the beatles. all of them have had children. there's an idea their offspring, a member -- a kid from each beatle will sort of form a beatle 2 band. james mccartney says he, john lennon, johnny harrison are on board. the old holdout is jack starr. that's not his real last name. his brother jason migh

. >> and chris says betty white is the most beautiful, sexy woman ever.ark simpson is a close second. >> she is the second black woman to be named most beautiful. guess who the other is. >> halle berry. >> another pretty one. >> i am a big beyonce fan so love for her. >> pretty forecast. >> let's think about that. yesterday a pretty forecast. today not so much. maybe a thunderstorm south and west of the city. it's a possibility. >> if you are a weather fan like you, that's beautiful. you love seeing weather happen before your eyes. >> that big green blob looks ominous but not so much. >> well, there are rain showers south and west of the city down to culpeper. i think it's beautiful. there you go down to fredricksburg shower activity as most of the action has been to the south and west. not so much in washington. a couple of sprinkles. we had rain that moved through north of the city out to columbia and baltimore. let's switch maps. there we go. there you can see most of the action is off to the south and west this morning. we will continue to do so. this

that's the funny one we love with betty white. >> can you please put it on earlier?off my rocker and we go to bed. >> it's on at 8:00. >> still a little late. i'd like it at 7:00, please. >> this is like an older people's "candid camera," they spoof younger people. >> why did i think it was on at 10:00? >> because you're always sleeping. >> let's roll the first clip. ♪ >> you guys valet? >> huh? >> wipe it down, will you? [ bleep ]. >> you got to be ridding right now. >> are you kidding me right now? >> no. >> excuse me. hi. you know, they used to make these eggs in a carton of six. >> really? >> yeah. look. can you hold this, please? i mean there's 12 of them. i don't need 12. i'm single. i mean really. why would i need this? >> i don't know but this is awesome. >> one more. >> am i wrong, did we see that lady before? she's one of their regulars. >> she may be one of their regulars. >> that's going to be the trouble. people are going to start recognizing them if they're up at 8:00 watching and see them coming. then they're going to be on to it. >> you ready for a li

. >> betty white's show "off their rockers." >> they send us a couple clips.n today. let's take a look at this clip. >> fellas, she's got a really hot date tonight. it's a third one, you know, so she's going to get -- anyway, you're the guy's age. which one should she wear? >> oh, baby. >> what do you think? >> this is tough. >> what would you like better? >> let's go with the -- >> black. >> the black. he said the black. >> so you think this will guarantee that i'll get lucky? >> you think? >> you think? >> i'm thinking what would cody have done. this lady is becoming too recognizable. that's a third time we've seen her. >> is that her again? >> yeah, yeah. i want them to use my mother and your mother. >> oh, my gosh. >> my mother is the funniest -- >> she's really funny. >> she doesn't know it. that's what's so funny. >> she doesn't. >> all righty. here's another one, apparently. we got one more. >> uh-huh. >> here you go. >> thank you. >> sorry for the gloves. i'm dealing with a nightmare thing in the toilet back there. i'll be back in a minute. >> he's sca

basketball stars alonso mourning and isiah thomas, chaka khan and betty white. >>> newly revealed evidence is opening new wounds for the family of missing utah mom susan powell. two months after her husband killed himself and the couple's two young sons, we're learning police had piles of evidence including blood found in the family home and a chilling note. more now from abc's mark greenblatt. >> all the signs were there, and the police didn't act on it. >> reporter: the sister of susan cox powell believes that police in utah have blood on their hands for not arresting josh powell in connection to his wife's disappearance, not protecting the powell kids after police collected what now appears to be a mountain of evidence linking josh to susan's possible murder. >> look what it did. it killed my nephews. by not putting him behind bars when he should have been. >> reporter: denise cox is reacting to newly unsealed documents revealing how investigators found susan's blood on the couple's floor near where two fans were set up and blowing on to a sofa that appeared to have just been cleaned. u

. >>> the smithsonian will honor actress betty white next month right here in washington. the smithsonian associates program will have an evening with white on the george washington university campus on sunday, may 17. white says she started in television before it even existed. she says she's excited about the honor. >>> a heartbreaker has the caps looking to game seven to keep their playoff run alive. >> scores! >> the bruins scored the game winner just three minutes into overtime to force the decisive final game back in boston. the caps never led but kept fighting to tie the game with big goals from jason chimera and alex ovechkin whose second of the series forced overtime. players say they are excited that the siri has come down to the wire. >> it will be nice to go into that rink with a little less pressure, go in with kind of a "screw you guys" attitude. if out and play hockey. and i think it's going to be great. >> it's been one of the closest game in nhl history with all sick games decided by one goal. three have gone to an extra frame. game seven is wednesday night

all of them together would be like the pope, dalai lama and betty white rolled in to one compared to guy. 3%. thinking to myself, self, who are these people? three out of 100 folks who approve of john edwards? who the heck did they poll? bernie madoff? the cat from the "bachelor"? no who? who? one thing to shrug your shoulders but to like him, knowing everything we do now? i interviewed him whence he was running for president and when he was out promoting a book where he grew up and how it taught him to value what people like most. >> strength of leadership. people want a president of the united states they can be proud of. >> neil: indeed they do. very charming, but not at all what i thought. not at all what most of his devoted followers thought. a man who emblazoned his name in the lexicon when he complained of his affair that at least it when his wife was in remission. that is antic i can hall of fame remark. but for 3% of americans apparently not. for this politician, could improve his base. maybe not big enough to fill a convention hall right away but start. assuming he starts i

. >> not a bad day when betty white take you into the 5:00 hour. >> i love that lady. >> she is everywhere. >> she just keeps on going. sounds like maybe a break from yesterday somewhat. >> a little bitter. a little bit of an improvement. a few more rays of sunshine and ten will be closer to 60 rather than closer to 50. we are headed in the right direction. >> it was chilly yesterday. >> i saw sarah before she left for the day and she had this big sort of heavy coat on. >> my rain coat. >> i had nothing. i came so unprepared. >> will, there is no excuse. i sit next to you every morning. >> i didn't bring it with me. >> cloud cover hanging tough across the washington area. there might be a shower or sprinkle particularly north and west of the city. most of the day will be dry and cloudy with a few breaks of sunshine as well as we start to watch the system that brought us the heavy rain on sunday start to wind down. it is now up into canada. temperatures in washington are on the cool side. 44degrees. 30s off to the north and west this morning. that is actual air temperature. 39 at dulles. 39

. >> i want betty white to play because she's funny, she's around my age, and when they do your lifelm, it's not really your life story. these are people manipulating scenes. >> please stay with cnn for continuing coverage of two breaking stories we'll follow throughout the day. the deadly tornadoes across the midwest, the series of coordinated attacks across afghanistan. i'm candy crowley in washington. find today's interviews, some analysis, approximate web exclusiveives at our website cnn.com/sotu. fareed zakaria gps is next for our viewers

. >> i want betty white to play because she's funny, she's around my age, and when they do your life on film, it's not really your life story. these are people manipulating scenes. >> please stay with cnn for continuing coverage of two breaking stories we'll follow throughout the day.

. >> i want betty white to play because she's funny, she's around my age, and when they do your lifelm, it's not really your life story. es

. >> i want betty white to play because she's funny, she's around my age, and when they do your life story on film, it's not really your life story. these are people manipulating scenes. >> please stay with cnn for continuing coverage of two breaking stories we'll follow throughout the day. the deadly tornadoes across the midwest, the series of coordinated attacks across afghanistan. i'm candy crowley in washington. find today's interviews, some analysis, web exclusive at our website cnn.com/sotu. fareed zakaria "gps" is next for our viewers here in the united states. >>> this is "gps, global public square." welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm fareed zakaria. we begin an important show with the most important topic today. the economy. to talk about it, we have no lesser an authority than president obama's top economic advisor, that's gene sperling, director of the national economic council. why isn't employment picking up? we'll ask him. then we'll go global. who should be the next president of the world bank? should it be an american, as always, or