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you know bill murray is actor, but what about bill murray the singer?s a new project on the way. that's coming up in "pop start." we are back on this saturday morning, april 22, 2017. the crowd out there is very lively this morning. we'll head out there later this morning. we'll head out there a little later to say hello. back here in studio 1a, here's what is making headlines for you this morning. >>> president trump is promising a hefty tax cut this week approaching 100 days in office. and with the help of congress, he's ng on health care as wn looming. >>> and today is earth day with thousands around the world expected to hit the streets and march for science. the event aimed to promote science, especially in policy in line of the president's proposed budget cuts. >>> and sad news this morning after a prominent italian cyclist died after colliding with a van while training with his peers. michelle starponi claimed victory earlier this week. now the 37-year-old leaves behind a wife and two children. >>> and we'll start out this half hour with the down

is that the one that bill murray came to or no. >> we stopped and met bill murray. he goes, "no that was a a full-size horse." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that was the problem with the story? [ laughter ] >> yeah, yeah, i was like, "sorry --" >> jimmy: that was his problem with the story, it was a full size horse, it wasn't a donkey, you idiot. >> the weirdest part was when i first met dave, sean hannity kept sending over tequila shots, which was -- >> jimmy: what? >> right? [ laughter ] sending -- where were you -- where did you eat? can you -- oh, you don't want to say. sean hannity? he was out eating, not with you -- >> not with us but he ran into dave, and i guess he geeked out on dave and just kept sending the table tequila shots all night. it was so weird, it became like a running thing. >> jimmy: wow, you know what's weird? i saw sean hannity at a a restaurant once. he didn't send me anything. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: let's talk about "the walking dead." it's bigger and bigger and bigger and bigger and bigger and bigger and better and awesome. [ cheers and applause

. >> jimmy: we did a tribute to bill murray. >> yep. >> jimmy: at the kennedy center. >> that's true. and for you was a mixed -- i've been hearing reports. i've been hearing your accounting of the story. >> yeah, what happened after we left. >> jimmy: what happened afterwards from mutual friends. >> so we were at the mark twain awards honoring bill murray, jimmy was hosting, i was in it, it was a huge honor. next day my wife and i were going to fly home commercial. like most people. but jimmy said, hey! i have a private plane. >> jimmy: well, i don't -- [ laughter ] >> baby shoes? what's your advantages? >> jimmy: baby shoes, that's it. baby shoes. >> baby doll? >> jimmy: sunday night, i had to get back to work to do the show. >> yes, yes. he had a private plane take us back. so -- >> jimmy: i invited you and your wife. >> wife maggie, you and molly, stephanie your makeup person -- >> jimmy: i wear makeup on my private jet, yes. >> she was doing us all up, that was fun. >> jimmy: by the way, that was your publicist, not my publicist. >> okay. we sound like a bunch of jerks. my publici

you know bill murray the actor. what about bill murray the singer? a unique project. it's new.he way. that's coming up in "pop star". >> such a renaissance man. >> he is. >>> we're back on this saturday morning, april 22, 2017. the crowd outside, very lively, i have to tell you. we'll head out there in a little bit. to say, later, a little later to say hello. how about that? back near studio 1a, a look at what's making headlines. >>> first, president trump is promising a hefty tax cut this week as he approaches 100 days in office. with the help of congress he's hoping to make a big move on health care as well. it all comes with a potential government shutdown looming. >>> plus, today is earth day with thousands of people around the world expected to hit the streets in march for science. the events aimed to promote science, especially in policy in light of the president's proposed budget cuts. >>> and sad news this morning. after a prominent italian cyclist died co-collides with a van training with peers. he claimed victory in the opening tour of the alps. he leaves behind a wif

[ cheers ] >> anthony: meet one of the owners of the charleston river dogs, charleston resident bill murray >> bill: we're gonna see how fast he can go all the way around the outfield. >> anthony: today the rivedogs are facing the evil forces of the dreaded savannah sand gnats. >> bill: yow! that's going to score a run, and that's going to leave a mark. he's gonna hold him. >> anthony: bad day for the sand gnats. >> bill: you're hated. you're hated. >> anthony: we will crush you like a -- well, sand gnat. >> bill: a sand gnat has almost no backbone. almost not skeletal structure. they fold. >> anthony: as difficult as it might've been to forgo the joys of the bacon-wrapped foot-long corn dog known as the "pig on a stick," we knew we'd be coming here, husk, sean's restaurant in downtown charleston, one of two that have helped make the city a fine dining destination. so i wanna know, southern living, it's very different up there and down here. it's a big transition. easy, easy for you or not? >> bill: it's easy. the only -- driving was the real transition because i drive like a new york perso

. >>> and at 66 years old, bill murray shows no fear of slowing down or of trying something new.on a surprise new venture. ♪ >> yep, that's the comedian singing in gershwin standard. in it he'll perform songs from steven foster and songs from oth others. he plans to release the recording in august. nothing he can't do. >> nothing wrong with that. thank you. still ahead, we'll san antonio, texas. welcomed a beautiful baby killer whale. but first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> there's a new addition to the seaworld family in >>> there is a new addition to the sea world in san antonio, texas, what is bring iing joy t the area. >> maya rodriguez has the story. >> reporter: making waves. takara the killer whale swimming protectively with her newborn orca in san antonio. a sight for all ages. >> that aquarium will feature that whale. >> reporter: it's her fifth calf and the third time a killer whale has given birth at sea world. it's also the last time one will ever be born into captivity here. >> this is the most beautiful veterinarian. imagine, but it is sad because it is our last one.

. >>> and finally, 66 years old, bill murray showing no signs of slowing down or fear of trying somethingrily so what you're liable to read in the bible ♪ >> yep. that's the comedian singing in gershwin standard. part of his new project "new world." in it performs songs from the musical "west side story" and spoken word including works from mark twain, walt whitman and ernest hemingway performing in napa valley july 20th and plan ross release a recording in august. >> i like that. >> nothing he can't do. >> nothing wrong with that. dylan, thank you. >>> still ahead, we'll take you to san antonio, texas, where seaworld just welcomed a beautiful baby killer whale, but first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> there's a new addition to the sea world family in texas. it's bringing a lot of joy to all those who worked there. >> it's bittersweet as it marks the end of an era for the orca breeding program. >> reporter: making waves. the killer whale swimming protectively with her newborn orca. >> it was so cute. >> reporter: a sight for all ages. >> incredible picture that keeps in your mind forever. >

the last one, thought bill murray played for the cubs. the team and fans had the last laugh. the north siders won the game. that was friday night, actually. they won saturday again for good measure. look what i found. >> it used to fit perfectly. >> yeah, right. it's for you. >> oh, thank you. >> former chicago and cincinnati fan. right? >> that's right. i still root for the cubs. go, cubs, goo. >> rob is like, is it my turn yet? >> no threat of ron and i getting caught on the kiss cam. after that. >> it was a rhetorical question. >> we're on the marciano band wagon. alabama border wind, reported tornado did tree damage and home damage, rain across the chattanooga area, swift water rescue happening. you see the gentleman hanging on to the telephone pole there. rain across the southeast this is a slow mover, we have flood watches for eastern tennessee and parts of the carolinas as this low dives toward the coast. bringing in more moisture, a two day event. there could be flooding in spots. that's the national headlines, here the local forecast. >> reporter: good morning everyo

the last one, thought bill murray played for the cubs. the team and fans had the last laugh. the north siders won the game. that was friday night, actually. they won saturday again for good measure. look what i found. >> it used to fit perfectly. >> yeah, right. it's for you. >> oh, thank you. >> former chicago and cincinnati fan. right? >> that's right. i still root for the cubs. go, cubs, goo. >> rob is like, is it my turn yet? >> no threat of ron and i getting caught on the kiss cam. after that. >> it was a rhetorical question. >> we're on the marciano band wagon. >> i love you for that, as well. >>> a couple of pictures for you out of northeast alabama, or northeast mississippi. on the alabama border. a reported tornado. tree damage, home damage, no injuries there. rain across the chattanooga area. one to two inches of rain falling there. and there's a swift water rescue happening. that gentleman hanging on to the telephone pole there. some rain across the southeast today. this is a slow-mover. it will continue to hit the brakes. flash flood watches. posted for eastern te

. >> it's as bad as it gets, to quote bill murray. no, i mean, it's been shocking. 12 years. >> seth: mm-hmm. >> and we never expected it to be quite this bad. >> seth: yeah. >> so -- >> seth: you -- he recently -- you mentioned you've known him for ten years. >> yeah. >> seth: you guys had a relationship with him, a friendly relationship, he came on the show. >> well, yeah, i mean -- yeah. >> seth: you interacted with him -- >> not a physical relationship. >> seth: no, that's true. [ laughter ] >> but we had a relationship. >> seth: you had a relationship. and a -- >> friendship. >> friendship. we had a good friendship. >> seth: did you -- he recently unfollowed you both on twitter, was that harmful? did that hurt you guys? >> it was actually a highlight -- a highlight of the month when he unfollowed us. >> i think it actually, in all seriousness, it shows that we got in his head. >> seth: and where -- what was the turning point? what was the moment -- because, you know, he watched your show. >> right. >> seth: that was one of the shows he consumed. it seems like t

. >> huge fans of bill murray of in here.s what happened here in this, in this game going on. this is at charleston river dogs game. co-owner of the team. he was set to throw out the opening day pitch. not before prying to sway officials with cold, hard cash. >> what he did with the cubs last year. definitely jelly. it's already coming out. does tuesday work? treat your clothes better with new tide pods plus downy. cleans and conditions in one step. it's got to be tide you won't see these folks they have businesses to run. they have passions to pursue. how do they avoid trips to the post office? stamps.com mail letters, ship packages, all the services of the post office right on your computer. get a 4 week trial, plus $100 in extras including postage and a digital scale. go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again. shis it dna or olay? er than she should. new olay regenerist helps take years off your skin age so you can look younger. who needs dna when you have olay? new regenerist. garden party for her birthday

you had bill murray playing the bear. i like this idea. i think will smith has great personality. i think robin williams obviously that role is going to be hard to top. in in my opinion i think he deserved an academy award for that. he didn't get nominate the academy has grown to give voice performers that recognition yet. i don't know. what do you think about will shim as the jeannie? what do you think? >> i think that like when you think about robin williams, will smith is on that same, upping, level as far as big personality, funny voice, all that kind of stuff, but i got to admit, i mean, there only be one robin williams doing the jeannie if my opinion. >> i agree. >> i'm sorry. >> i think it's a really hard role to take. i actually -- i love will smith. >> me too. >> but if i'm an actor, i don't know if i'd want to touch that. >> right. >> because it's a really -- it's one of the most iconic chara inevitable they're definitely doing this it has to be somebody. they're already remaking it so ice guess the question now

they need bill murray in here., anyone wanting to do anything on their land has to have inspectors come out to see whether the earth has been turned up in the same way as a golfer in would do it. if they -- gopher would do it. there's a long process to be allowed to do improvements on your own land. stuart: but there are literally millions of gophers -- >> so gopher rights surpass property rights? >> yes. there are two minor subspecies which they've found -- >> a pocket gopher. stuart: thank you. that's the one they've got to protect. >> right. now they're proposing a tax that if you do, you have to pay a big tax to do any building on your property. that tax will go to create new habitat for the pocket gopher. stuart: i promised our audience rob to neecialtion i don't want to drone on too long on gophers. [laughter] check this out, the man who killed usama bin laden has written a new book, and he details the story, it's called "the operator: firing the shots that killed usama bin land and my years as a seal team wa

i have a tough time imagining a democratic senator doing the ivanka, patty murray bipartisan bill on's rights. that's probably going to be a tough hill for her to climb. >> is education the place she should tackle. yesterday when they were speaking to an astronaut from the international space station how important it was for girls to study s.t.e.m., women to go into s.t.e.m. fields. she mentions it today. yet, public schools, board of education budgets are being shredded. is education a place to move the needle? she has betsy devos's ear. >> i think education are too big to tackle and the debate is always robust and ongoing. that's not place she can be effective. she can be effective in terms of trying to do some of the things she's talked about on equal pay. that is actually something that could resonate with some more moderate republicans in the congress but i'm still very skeptical of the entire idea that ivanka represents empowerment or supports empowerment for anyone over herself because she did not say anything about the numerous times donald trump said offensive things about w

so glad you're impressed with, that we certainly r i jump down to eileen murray quickly came in from bill >> i can't believe the size every it, it is huge, huge. but i also like the artwork, the skyline ton beautiful. >> we were very impressed too how beautiful the artwork came out on it too. one more we want to talk to ed connor from chesterfield, thanks for driving all the way out here. localized weather reporting like this is a really crucial part whatever we try to do here, because the climate can be so different. so what do you think about how this might be able to help just that endeavorer? >> with local weather here, well, it doesn't shutdown. you got all of the new technology. and safer here. so for me, i would like to know the weather ahead of time. so it will help me for that. >> definitely. definitely true. that's the whole goal here right? we want to be table touch every corner of our region, because we have got the shore, we have the mountains, we have the urban corridor, we have the country side. and i will say that all of the folks here represent every single corridor of ou

murray, thank you very much. we're back with congressman castro of texas. what do you make of the attempt to try to revive the health care billch was pulled last month, they didn't have the votes? >> i've got to imagine if paul ryan and the president are going to bring the bill back with the support of more members of the freedom caucus, which is basically the tea party wing. it means that nothing in the bill has changed but many of the members have succumbed to the bullies on twitter and other means that donald trump has placed on them or they maybe made it worst or moved it further to the rice to cater to the freedom caucus. it will be interesting to see how exactly they pick up the votes. the bill was supported by 17% of americans because it was so horrendous. 24 million would lose coverage, even those who had a policy. it would not be worth the same as it was before under the affordable care act. >> i'm being told that the vice-president who himself served in the house of representatives he has a meeting scheduled later tonight with the members of the freedom caucus to review where they stand to get up to 216 votes in ord

murray joins me now. mark, there's a lot going on generally this weekend. specifically today for the speaker, the government funding billt relates to the -- oh, listen. mark, hold on. speaker paul ryan is pulling up to the podium. let's listen in and talk later. >> are you ready? >> ready. >> why don't you have your sticker on, speaker? >> what sticker? oh, i haven't had one of those in a long time. good morning, everybody. first, i want to welcome all our special guests today. i think it is great to see you here, and it is great you get to see the work your parents do. don't tell them this, but they're actually kind o good at their jobs. one of those your daughters? oh, my god. so cute. you had one last year with us, i think. >> this is her first time. >> very cool. okay. i digress. sorry. later today, the president will sign an executive order to improve accountability at the v.a. under the obama administration, not nearly enough was done to told bureaucrats accountable for failing veterans at our veterans affairs. despite promises to clean things up, a scattering of people were removed out of their jobs. only a scatt

short term funding bill would meet the lights on another week while lawmakers work out a spending package to fund the government through september when the new budget year starts. mark murray joins me now. mark, the democrats threatened to vote no on the temporary government funding pibill if th republicans brought up the health care vote. that's not happening today. are we no longer look k ing at shutdown? >> that's correct. a few days ago, there seemed to be a potential government shutdown due to president trump's insistent, number one, o on a border wall, and then the argument of what to do on key subsidies. both of the obstacles were removed. today's action was to be able to punt for a week, to be able to reach a deal, to dot all of the i's and cross the t's for legislation next week. sometimes, it takes a while for the house and the senate to be able to come together on one page to have the legislation out, to be observed for a 72-hour period, for the senate to move. they need a little pit more time to be able to get that done with these obstacles now removed. >> mark, the president was on a tweet storm yesterday, accusing democrats of trying to force a shutdown. demo

murray, he says we've lost 60,000 coal jobs in the past eight years. he thinks that president trump will bring back 30,000 of those coal jobs if we get deregulation and tax cuts. congressman billm ohio. that is coal country itself. sir, welcome back to the program. it's been a long time. welcome back. >> thanks, stuart. good to be with you. stuart: now, the numbers from robert murray, 60,000 coal mining jobs gone, 30,000 come back if we get tax cuts and deregulation. you in line with those numbers? >> i absolutely am. and i'm very, very hopeful. you know, with the moves that president trump has taken already in eliminating the string protection rule and last week in halting the clean power plan, he's now brought down the two twin pillars of the obama administration's war on coal and attack on the supply side with the string protection rule and the clean power plan that attacked the demand side of coal. and i think these were very, very critical moves that needed to be made to allow the coal industry to compete on a level playing field with other energy sources. i'm hopeful. stuart: sir, i think that's why president trump -- or donald trump as he was then -- won the state of oh