billy crystal's father worked in this record store.e that actually put it out, and having put the record out, of course, the next issue was getting it played on the radio. and most radio stations wouldn't touch it, and this lasted for many, many years. i mean, for a long time, you could not hear this song on the radio. there's a story in my book about wnew debating at great length over whether or not to let billie holiday perform strange fruit. in this era, records weren't played so much as there were live performances on the radio, and they went back and forth about whether or not to let her sing the song and ultimately decided to let her sing it in the middle of the night when presumably nobody would be listening. and as you point out in your book, there is some censorship, certainly, involved there, but it's also a very somber song. it's not appealing radio programming. right, it's not appealing programming. i mean, this was a story that-- i interviewed the guy that chooses the music for one of the airlines, and there was a story th

billy elliott. trading boxing for ballet. billy is not alone.his take s five billies to rotate the role. they're taking a summer camp. children can explore the arts. >> and he remembers work shops where he got a chance. >> i try to think back to that. for another billy this is a home coming. jp from half moon bay. it took two years of auditions before he was cast. >> this is a lot of dancing, singing and acting. remember notes you can get. >> notes from production team. >> they're students in this program hoping they can be broadway bound and getting a lesson showing how difficult and how tough and demanding it can be. but these young people are inspired. >> i just love singing and dancing. this is my home you don't think bit. you are hear applause, you can't help smiling. >> that is like a line from billy elliott. they'll perform july 25th. billy elliott plays through september 17th. >> and this is good. >> barry zito is back in action for the giants. next is the sports. >>> hope you can join me on cable channel 13. the planet gets buzzed by an

but just how much did billy know about his brother's activities?> i do still live in the hope that the worst of the charges against him will prove groundless. it is my hope. >> reporter: billy bulger swore before congress that while he cared for his brother, he never knew where he was hiding. billy bulger went on to become the president of the university of massachusetts before being forced out of public life. and today, he had no comment on his brother's arrest. diane? >> all right, john, thank you. it is an incredible story. >>> and, now, we move to gasoline prices, and a big surprise from the white house today. the president decided to use some 30 million barrels of oil from the u.s. emergency supply, the strategic reserve. as soon as he did, oil prices tumbled, $4 a barrel today. so, why did he do it now, and what does it mean for gasoline prices? abc's bianna golodryga, who has worked on wall street and reports on dollars and cents, is here. so, why now? does he know something we don't know? >> reporter: well, diane, the key here is he didn't

it takes 5 billy roy retake it the role.a master class in this summer camp where children can explore the art. >> let's get started. okay. l. >>reporter: daniels from australia at age 15 he remembers workshop where he got a chance. >> i always try to think back to. that why i am doing it in the first place. i want to give to a the will of kid what they gave to me when i was their age. >>reporter: for another billy this is a homecoming. j p is from half moon bay. it took 2 years of audition before he was cast. >> still pretty hard. 3 hours long. there's a lot of dancin dancing. singing. acting. you have to stay focused all the time. remember all the notes you get. >>reporter: notes from the production team all students in the summer program hoping they some day can be broadway bound and getting a little lesson here from experts showing just how difficult, how tough, how demanding it can be. but these young people are already i hope expired. >> i love singing and dancing so i fl this is my home. >> get so into it you don't thi

>> billy himself has struggled with that question. when he testified before congress in 2003, his opening statement was very long on this point. he said he tried to help his brother at points to get away from a life of crime, but he can't force somebody to be what they don't want to be. just two different paths that people took. and the family and friends make the argument that whitey was forced to do, you know -- to descend in to this life of crime because he was trying to care for the family as the oldest child and that created some buffer for billy down the road to go on the more stud yus pursuits. >> we've been led to believe they were pretty close. was there any sense being in the courtroom that this was a strain in the relationship now? >> certainly not. there was tension in that courtroom before the door opened and whitey walked in. i could feel my heart pounding. i know everybody around me felt the same way. what was he going to look like, was he going to be this sort of demonic figure. his brother sat there straight and didn'

billy has always denied any knowledge of whitey's alleged crimes or where he's been hiding. msnbc's lawrence o'donnell grew up nearby. >> you would not be asked questions about what your brother does, because too many people have brothers doing things they couldn't explain. >> reporter: but those pesky questions never went away, even at a 2003 congressional hearing. >> i do not know where my brother is. >> he was respecting his brother by not telling him where he was. >> everybody knows everything and kept people, same old, same old. >> reporter: you think billy knew? >> yes. >> reporter: billy did release a statement after the arrest late last night saying i wish to express my sympathy to all of the families hurt, but also said he will not comment any further. >> by the way, lester, it's important to remember, whitey bulger was an fbi informant. many believe he actually had accomplices with the fbi, people who still work there, so if he cuts a deal with prosecutors, it could open a whole new can of worms. >> many people in boston were surprised that whitey bulger was finall

the mob sterp's younger brother, billy, for years, was the most powerful democrat in the massachusetts state house. president of the senate. >> sort of like an update of the old angels with dirty faces story of the priest and the gangster. jimmy bulger controlled the rackets in that part of town and his brother was own of the most powerful politicians in massachusetts. >> reporter: the fact that the two brothers kept in contact, even after whitey went on the lam, would later prove an embarrassment for billy bulger. a committee put him on the hot seat. >> i know my brother stands accused of many things. serious, brutal crimes. i do still live in the hope that the worst of the charges against him will prove groundless. >> reporter: in another twist of the plot, billy bulger's first campaign manager, john conley, ended up joining the fbi. whitey bulger was his informant, a position he used to eliminate rival italian mob sterps and consolidate his own grip on power. >> he has always conquered and divide law enforcement here in boston so that they were at each other's throats. that one elem

billy currington performs next.u 15% or more on car insurance? host: does it take two to tango? ♪ ♪ anncr: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. ♪ >> jimmy: our next guest has scored seven number one hits on the billboard country charts. he's here tonight to perform his latest single "love done gone" from his album "enjoy yourself." please welcome billy currington! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ba bada bada ba ♪ don't worry baby sometimes things change nothin' we can do about it now no way ♪ ♪ this doesn't come easy but that's just life we can't keep pretending everything's all right ♪ ♪ we told each other it was love before the simple truth is it just ain't no more ♪ ♪ the bells stop ringin the music won't play the crazy little feelin that's faded away ♪ said or ever did wrong it's just love done gone ♪ ♪ ba bada bada ba ♪ i don't regret a single thing that we did anytime together that we ever spent ♪ ♪ i wouldn't change a thing baby, you know sometimes we got to just go with the flow ♪ ♪ lik

back in one nine hundred eighty eight kids mellish billy was just a student he joined the mass from the strike outside government headquarters at that time the country was still cooled a georgian soviet socialist republic. that hunger strike which lasted eight or nine days triggered a movement of liberation i often sat on the steps with my friends. the number of protests is good day by day so somebody than a young historian lend his support to that cools. that independence was my watchword at that time i didn't miss a single public action all right. in a police news thousands of people gathered in tbilisi for an open ended rally outside government headquarters they wanted independence for the republican ga. the gamsakhurdia leader of a nationalist movement was the speaker who made the most extremist remarks in an intensely dramatic speech. in the early hours of april ninth the soviet government dispatched vehicles and soldiers against peaceful demonstrators sixteen people died and hundreds were injured. a mathematician and the magnate of georgia was lucky enough to evade even injury. we

the politicians were nothing but nice to billy bulger. >> if i remember correctly, billy bulger actuallyed before congress. do you know if there was ever any evidence of corruption there? >> no. they sent congressional investigators up that summer to check on all these bills that punished whitey's enemies. they couldn't find any fingerprints on them. >> do you have any idea how close the fbi was to finding him before this final tip sent them out to santa monica? >> i thought they were just dealing with a lot of dead ends. i didn't think they were close at all. there hadn't been -- there had been various crazy rumors over the years. the most reticent one was he died in coast rica and katherine greig, his girlfriend, had him cremated. >> what do we know about her? >> she was a dental hygienist and married to a boston firefighter, and the boston firefighter had two brothers, two twin brothers who were in the rackets. over the course -- in the 1960s and early 1970s, whitey ended up killing both of her brothers-in-law. that didn't stop her from developing a romantic attachment to him. one of

worst of the charges against him will prove groundless. >> reporter: in another twist of the plot billyr's first campaigngnanager john connelly ended up joining the fbi. whitey bulger was his informant. a position he used to eliminate rival italian mobsters and consolidate his own grip on power. bulger's fbi handler john connelly was eventually put in jail himself. now bulger may be in a position to implicate other agents, as well. i'm david wright in santa monica. >> much more on the long legal road ahead for whitey bulger coming up on "good morning america." >>> well, justin bieber's people are blaming a misunderstanding for the pandemonium that broke out during his visit in new york. it happened outside macy's in manhattan. police and security were rushing bieber away from a surging crowd when a man refused to step aside. he turned out to be a bieb bodyguard but got a ticket for disorder early conduct anyway. >>> lindsay lohan got a turn talking to but wasn't returned to jail during a hearing. the judge chided her for hosting rooftop parties while she's on house arrest. but he said s

local lad jp is in the lead role as billy.e doesn't miss an opportunity to pull at our heart strings. i was crying like a little boy in a tutu. there, i said it. okay. a little girl in a tutu. with music by elton john, the tunes are strong, the performances by the cast flawless. "billy elliott" will move you and stir you. if it does not, please go and see your doctor and get your heart checked. curtains up at the orpheum through september. i have not seen it b i had only seen the movie. i have to tell you, it was utter le fantastic. >> i saw it in new york. the kid was fabulous. >> i love -- there are five billy's all in all. they rotate every night. the local billy from half moon bay knocks it out of the ballpark opening night. "tales of the city" brought to you by armistead maupin, it went from the page to the stage. now enjoying an extended run , huh ra, at a.c.t. theater in san francisco. armistead's eight books about the swinging '70s in san francisco, full of heart. the performance is great. music is memorable. it keeps

. >> reporter: down the road at brother billy's ranch, it was coming so big and so fast.here's no way to stop something like that. >> reporter: billy lost five of eight guest cabins. >> the ones that are burnt, they are a pile of tin and brick. there's nothing left of them. >> reporter: today the family was escorted back in to see what happened to their ranch. esther was fearful but hopeful. >> i don't want to think about that part. our family is safe. that's the most important. we don't give up easy. we've been through droughts and floods and hard times and poor years. we don't give up easy so -- >> reporter: russ, the family tells us that they will update us on the condition of the ranch once they come back outside the danger zone. they already know their horses and most structures are safe. they also know this wildfire and therefore the danger are not ible." he said he needed time off from congress to map out a course of treatment. >> reporter: when congressman weiner came clean about his lewd tweets and e-mails, he was asked if he intended to get help. >> i sr-pbd rul

billy "the kid" was shot to death in new mexico almost 130 years ago.ou may not know the name, we bet you know the music of fred steiner. ♪ steiner composed the unforgettable theme for the "perry mason" t.v. series, also music for "rocky and bullwinkal," "the twilight zone," and the original "star trek." he died last week at the age of 88. ahead this sunday, an inventor that turns junk into robots, and turns a handsome profit as well. that story is next. a handsome profit as >> mitchell: finally tonight, thomas edison once said to invent you need a good imagination and pile of junk. well, these days another american is taking edison's idea to heart. here is michelle miller. >> reporter: people who think americans don't make things anymore have never met gordon bennett. >> if something is kind of old and beat up like this, that's-- i love that. >> reporter: bennett has turned his eye for the old and discarded into artistic mechanical creations, or as he calls them, robots. this is an important question: do they work? >> some of them light up. some of the

it's pulled as the only real picture of billy the kid. they say it's worth a thousand words, apparently also $2.3 million. that's the price paid by william cotch. no word on if he likes to be called billy. >>> swift moving rivers flowing faster because of the record snow helmet and legislation cures are busy. how you can keep yourself from getting in trouble. >> and coming up after this newscast a cal head baseball coach joins us on the show and how much fan mail did you get? it wasn't just local, it was national. >> we got quite a bit. between e-mail, texting and mail it was quite a bit, it was a lot of fun to kind of get the energy behind the program. >> the cal bears, very much a national story this week. we will visit with the head baseball coach, we have the a's and of course the raceway coming up. ♪ [ woman ] sam begged and pleaded... so i sent him to camp. we'd earned lots of points with our new citi thankyou card... and i put them to good use. he told me about his bunkmates, and how he signs up for every activity. ♪ he even hangs

it is built as the only authenticated picture of legendary outlaw billy the kid. sold for $2.3 million at a colorado auction. >> if billy only knew. >>> and the fresh grocer, scouting the produce aisle for some seasonal delights. >> he is coming up next. a deputy who knows how to multi-task when it comes to romance at the workplace. >>> and a reminder, if you have a consumer problem or question, just call our hot line, 888-5-helps-u. volunteers are standing by right now. ,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> today's tip of the day will be sweet spanish onions and a lot coming in right now, and the player is incredible. and so is the price. they are sold to the stores in 50-pound bags. i unloaded this whole truck. no, just kidding. no, i didn't. i have selection and storage. let's talk about selection. when you select the sweet spanish onion, the outer layer, unlike the hotter onions, they're translucent. that's what you want to look for. free from decaying and sprouting whatsoever. and when you bring them home, store in a cool dry place and not in the refrigerator. keep them

billy bean had him as the best man in the wedding. no more. bob melvin is the replacement. >> really is a dream come true. this doesn't happen very often in baseball where you literately get to come home in the capacity i get to. >> he was born in palo alto, went to cal, played for the giants. his debut against the white sox did not go well. adam dunn built a home run off trevor cahill who gave up six runs in two and two thirds. as lose their 10th straight game. >>> world series hero edgar renteria returning to san francisco with the reds to get his ring. madison bumgarner gave up just one run all night and was an r.b.i. single. enough for the reds who win 3- 0. he is now 2-8 this season. >>> lebron james had a triple double tonight. wasn't enough against the mavericks who ended the game on a flurry. dirk nowitzki giving dallas a lead with the dunk. then jason kidd buries the three. dallas ends the game on a 12-3 run. they are one win away from an nba title. the series will now ship back to miami but you know, the ex- cal player went to st. jo

we hear from the new skipper and billy beane about the plan moving forward. giants have one more world series ring to hand out. the mvp making his first visit back to san francisco tonight. the latest from china basin coming up in sports. >>> and good evening. i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri underneath the cloud cover. we'll havtail seven-day forecast in just minutes. >>> it's hard to fathom given all the rain we've had, but a number of bay area communities will see the water rates rise. joe rosato jr. shows us where your money is going. >> reporter: in the east bay not far from where the fault and the valley, sits a critical piece of the bay area's water delivery system. >> this water treatment plant is one of san francisco's two water filtration plants. >> reporter: it is a backup water supply that delivers water to san francisco and 27 other cities. >> when heche isn't available we cruise in plant. >> reporter: if a major earthquake hit the bay area that entire system could be vulnerable. >> hundreds of millions a month in loss. >> reporter: at this t

please welcome billy currington!ings change nothin' we can do about it now no way ♪ ♪ this doesn't come easy but that's just life we can't keep pretending everything's all right ♪ ♪ we told each other it was love before the simple truth is it just ain't no more ♪ ♪ the bells stop ringin the music won't play the crazy little feelin that's faded away ♪ ♪ like snowflakes when the weather warms up like leaves on the trees when the autumn comes ♪ ♪ like the dogwood blossoms in a late spring rain all the disappearin' bubbles in a glass of champagne ♪ ♪ like a red kite lost in a blue sky wind i don't know where the good times went ♪ ♪ it ain't nothin we ever said or ever did wrong it's just love done gone ♪ ♪ ba bada bada ba ♪ ba bada bada ba ♪ ba bada bada ba ♪ i don't regret a single thing that we did anytime together that we ever spent ♪ ♪ i wouldn't change a thing baby, you know sometimes we got to just go with the flow ♪ ♪ like snowflakes when the weather warms up like leaves on the trees when the autumn comes ♪ ♪ like

still billy lost five of eight guest cabins. >> the ones that are burnt, they're just a pile of tin andere's nothing left of them. >> reporter: today, the family was escorted back in to see what happened to their ranch. she was fearful. but hopeful. >> i don't want to think about that part. our family is safe. that's the most important. we don't give up easy. we've been through droughts and floods and hard times in four years and we don't give up easy. >> reporter: the family said they'd update us on the condition of the ranch when they came back outside the danger zone. they already know the horses and most structures are safe. they also know this fire and therefore the danger is not over yet. bill whittaker, cbs news, springerville, arizona. >> and crews here in the bay area are getting ready for monday's start of fire season. the wet spring has helped spur the growth of fire fuel. sharon chin on how homeowners are getting the familiar message to get ready. >> just clean out some of the vegetation on this lower side of the structure. >> reporter: when firefighters walked around gordon

billy bean had no other choice.'s have had the sixth lowest winning percentage in the majors since '07. his replacement is a bay area native. the first since billy martin to manage the a's. he was born in palo alto, and played college ball at cal. he played for the giants and six other major league teams before managing the mariners and the diamondbacks. he joins oakland as the interim manager. >> there's going to be energy, there's going to be passion for what they do. we're going to play hard for 27 outs. that's the type of style that this team needs to play, that's the type of style we will play. >> melvin's first game, the big lebowski meets fraggle rock. the offense showing signs of life in chicago. first run was an rbi single scoring kurt suzuki. not too long after, trevor cahill -- a two-run shot that makes the 10th straight loss a reality. oakland continuemptos lode i >>> a former cal bear is one win away from his first nba title. fee court is now in session. ♪ that airline charged me a 150-dollar change fee

here's an exclusive special look that billy -- a new graphic that billy built for us for the 4th of julysunny, hot inland, ranging from 60s to 99 degrees. elizabeth, how's traffic? >> all right, thank you, erika. let's go live to san jose and our photographer, edgar, standing by as usual. thank you, edgar. he is showing us traffic near the mckee exit today mixing it up a little bit. yesterday was alum rock, today mckee. and those headlights are moving northbound into santa clara. looks good. check us out on twitter by the way, cbs 5 traffic. we are doing well across the bay area as far as traffic goes. not a whole lot going on. not quite 5 a.m. so maybe that's the reason why. benicia bridge everything is moving fine across the span. highway 4 mostly green meaning speeds over 40 miles per hour. really from antioch all the way into concord as you make your way towards 242. once again, there is a lunchtime as game taking on florida at the coliseum. past the coliseum everything is great. headlights are moving southbound, a quick trip towards 238. in fact, we'll give you some drive times for

open on the line, billy did just fine.on the north course where he shot a 2 under par 70 thanks to the pro shot on 9 and that set him up for a nice birdie putt that hirl found a way to drain. he was at 7:00 and worth it to ply one of golf's biggest stages. >> you know, it's a long day. it was an early morning getting up at 4:00 is not fun. i wasn't even going to the ship. so it was an early morning and a long day, but you know, the weather's nice. a couple of years ago it was really hot which made it harder. and having a good weather day makes it easier. >> it's a lot of fun to be able to play in the greater d.c. area, growing up in virginia noi. it was a huge thrill to play the professional. >> billy hirl shot a 138. still half the field, is in the hunt, even the most well inform head difficulty. gym he knows everything he needs to know, but woodmontt is a challenge for the congressional pro who doesn't get to play all that often. as a director of golf it would be a treat for him to play the u.s. open on his own course. w

brad pitt plays a's billy bean.n the internet to the film will be released in september. >> when brad pitt and angelina tulelake came into town it was very hectic. we'll have more on the debt of saxophonist clarence clements when we come back >> in computer memory is dwindling every six months, they somehow related computer memory, human memory. whoever said that "less is more" is more or less mathematically challenged. less isn't more, it's less. and the only thing more than more is a lot more. which is exactly what i get at embassy suites. more space... more down time. more family time. -more me time. -more me time. -more me time. because the more more i have, the more i have to have... more. [ female announcer ] more room. complimentary drinks. free breakfast. embassy suites hotels. i read somewhere where books and writing have wrecked human memory. instead of memorizing all whole column have the computers done the same things to us. are they ready in human memory. and what does high-tech have to do with our bran

. >> how about your relationship with billy? >> i have known billy for quite awhile.that is why this happened so quickly, it basically happened in one day. we talked a couple of times during the day, and in the next thing you know i was on my way to chicago and later that night i was managing the a's. i think that the relationship had a lot of it coming together so quickly. >> you have several guys on the injured list, not to mention mark ellis but let me lay it out, can you make the run at the american league west and with all of these injuries? >> i cannot think that is the focus, the focus is to get going in the right direction. we do not want to look too far ahead and we do not want to look in the past. it is about to day and we start winning some games to figure out where we are in the standing and then go from there. >> now we are in the fifth inning, kansas city is leading oakland for to one. the giants jumped out to a five to nothing leave, now it is five to four, arizona is bouncing back. apollo has one hit and an rbi as the giants return to the line. the cal

as a matter of fact, in my novel that margaret spoke about, about jazz, in it, billy farrell, who is one of a very large number of characters, is a jazz pianist and before he begins playing a black leprechaun appears to him, mr. mcginniss so you can assume it's the ghost of mr. mcginniss. as margaret said, in 1949 we came to the south bronx, which was an irish neighborhood, mostly. i was sort of a spaced-out kid, destined obviously to be a poet. i was this big at 13 and i was a good rollerskater and the kids were amazed and they befriended me. after a while, they recognized that i had some sort of athletic ability and because i was so spaced out, they mistook it for great courage and if they pushed me, i pushed them back. it was just like a game. so they took to me and asked me to join the shamrocks. i even changed my name from ed vega to ed mcveigh. and this is how they passed me off because most of the teams they played were other irish kids. this was a regular football team so, consequently, they listed me as eddie mcveigh. it was great fun and my friends were jimmy flynn, paddy o

take pkg pues sara maldonado y billy rov-zar ya estan divorciados oficialmente.. tramites legales estan finalizados entre el y la actriz..el ahora ex marido de sara.. dice que ahora que ya dejo finalmente el alcohol se siente un hombre mejor....sara por su parte se le ha visto en revistas muy contenta con un nuevo amor que al parecer lo conocio en espaÑa. alguien que nunca ha tenido problemas para hablar de sus experiencias sexuales y tendencias bisexuales .. es lady gaga...pero ahora resulta que la cantante de "bad romance" no quiere que sus fans adolescentes pierdan su virginidad con la primera persona que se encuentren....segun ella no hay nada de malo con hablar del sexo porque para ella es su inspiracion pero al parecer no quiere que los jovenes se inspiren tan pronto. )) monica spear "tiene muchisimos ingredientes. y creo que el principal es el amor que le estamos poniendo a esto...es increible. aqui va a haber de todo...va a haber baile. va a haber diversion, va a haber drama..." se trata de nueva tele- novela de telemundo "flor salvaje" y ya iniciaron las

. >> billy want ratings agencies to play a role in the regulation framework? if not, we must remove the agencies from the important role that we play. >> they have not yet taken shape. the struggling economies will continue to look nervously. >> appoint a postscript, it is important to remember that the ratings agencies did not warn of the financial crisis before it happened. the power of the ratings agencies, thank you for the company. u

billy bean has selected a former diamondback mariners manager andbob melvin.up catcher for the victorious giants and the late '80s. billy been talking about melvin along with bob as words. >> he has a great reputation and the leave from his former players and that is important. are there is no question about it. those are the 25 guys they have to live with every day. >> it is my job to deflect off of that. to get back to doing the things that this team does very well. great pitching, good athletes, and you know, we will try to play the game that we are suited to play. >> let us see what hot melvin's team was suited to play tonight in chicago. a planned 162 times, you cannot take much from one game. now matsui and finally did something get a single and a home run tonight, but by that time the white sox were up 6 to 5. and paul had his third home run in seven career at bats. and remember bryans' comments about garin pretty much open the floodgates and that was it. nine to four. the a's have lost 10 straight. there are 98 games left. now time for the audience par

. >> billy want ratings agencies to play a role in the regulation framework? if not, we must remove the agencies from the important role that we play. >> they have not yet taken shape. the struggling economies will contcont>> appoint a postscripts important to remember that the ratings agencies did not warn of the financial crisis before it happened. the power of the ratings agencies, thank you for the company. hi, i'm janice edwards, inviting you to join us for bay area vista. as you probably know, bay area vista is your show. we're talking about your community, talking about what's important to all of us, here in the bay area. i always thank you for the great job that you do in our bay area. so, that's what tuesdays at 6:30(pm), here on kcsm, are all about. please join us then.

what do you want billy crystal's act? he's the best at billy crystal.ve martin is the best at steve martin. >> i went to the emmys when you were the host, and what they really want is they don't want it to ever feel uncomfortable or nasty. and your genius that day is you were coming out with lots of stuff, just knifing people, but it all felt so warm and celebratory that everyone felt they could laugh. >> yeah. >> that's your trademark, i think, isn't it? >> i think that's my thing. i don't like to kick people when they're down. i like kicking people when you're up. i'll take care of you until you're up again. then i'll take a shot. if you're in on the joke, i know everybody can take a good joke, that's the fun of it. i remember we had ted danson, i had to introduce ted, great guy, great sense of humor. i was, like -- they played the "cheers" theme. i go, ladies and gentlemen, wherever this guy goes, everyone knows his name, give it up for mr. tim dinson. he immediately got the joke. people are, like, what? tim dinson. the fact you screw up ted danson's

it's billed as the only authenticated photo of legendary outlaw billy the kid. $2.3 million. it had been expected to go for about 400,000 bucks. billy the kid by most accounts paid 25 cents to have this made about 135 years ago. >>> a woman is subjected to forced sterilization by the state of north carolina. along with thousands of others. you'll hear her story for yourself. she's joining me live straight ahead. >>> and he says i don't c what you think i told you. and he laughed again. but you're sterile. and you are not going to have no more kids. you ought to be thankful for the three you got. >> this north carolina woman was forced to be sterilized and then became frustrated by a system that has yet to compensate her decades later. she is one of about a dozen people who testified before a panel trying to figure out how the state of north carolina can make amends. forced sterilization happened in 33 states right here in the united states. 33 states. starting in the 1930s. what were called eugenics boards labeled the victims as feeble minded and usually the dis

this is an authentic photograph of, yes, billy the kid. it went up for auction yesterday and got $2.3 million. it was only expected to get around $400,000. but this is a 130-year-old photo. apparently billy the kid paid 25 cents to have it taken. you are wondering who maybe bought it? of course a billionaire, william coke is the name. >>> 12 minutes past the hour and thousands of people forced from their homes in north dakota. gulf waters engulfed the city of minot. we'll have more on the disaster after the break. bination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites... for greater access to all the things you want, whenever you want them. it's the at&t network... and what's possible in here is almost impossible to say. a complete four course seafood feast for $15. start with soup then have salad and biscuits followed by 1 of 7 delicious entre

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 captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> your monday morning. i am mindy basara. >>

the first bay area native since billy martin. he played college ball at cal before playing in the majors with the giants and six other teams. he says he's up to the challenge. >> that's the type of style this team needs to play. it's the type of style we will play. >> he says he kind of knows the game very well and of course the club. he's going to have his work cut out for him. the as lost 9-4 last night. >>> to wall street news before the bell, let's turn to nicole lapin. good friday morning to you. >> reporter: a very happy friday to you, as well. wall street broke a six-day losing streak. the trade deficit shrank in april. a little bit of data out this morning on import prices, the measure of inflation. the dow rising 75 points yesterday to recap 12,124 is where we closed. nasdaq was up. hp is launching the touch pad on july 1st. you can start preordering it june 19th. it has a nearly 10-inch screen. $599 for 2 gigs. the touch pad is powered by palms operating system. hp bought palm last year. lightning mcqueen could be more

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 formed a crew of santa's helpers to tend to the farm of the man they say has 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. >>> thanks to modern technology, one museum in japan has the world at it's fingertips. this 20-foot globe is covered with over 10,000 special lighting panels to display the movements of clouds and weather patterns. it shows how the march tsunami in japan spread through the pacific ocean. the images are beamed directly from meteorological sites in space. >>> restaurant workers in germany were serving up some entertainment for the crowds this weekend. the waiters' race allows hospitality workers to show off their skills to run hundreds of feet with service trays in hand. to win, you can't spill anything. the annual race started after world war ii as a light hearted way for

to match the beat of the song with a bit of billy idol's "mony mony." >> 3 96 of them are going to go reporter: except the singer. >> do you want to do it? >> i will get in line with everybody else. >> we're going to rock! >> reporter: we head into the night with a bit of creative tension. with the crowd filing into the arena only adds to the increasing tension. we go on next. on a good night i get paid to talk to 5 million people, i think. but right now, there's maybe 200 people here and my heart is a jackhammer. and i feel like i want to throw up. okay, here we go. rock and roll. ♪ ♪ hey mister can you tell me ♪ where i man might fine -- >> reporter: right around here, the anxiety melts. and the next four minutes are a blur. ♪ take a load off annie ♪ take a load for free ♪ take a load off annie ♪ and ♪ and ♪ and ♪ put the load right on me ♪ >> reporter: and when blow hole faces its moments of truth, sara goes back and forth from "mony mone mon mony" to "pure poison" like a pro. >> she just jumped up and -- >> i'm not going to bail on my band. >> reporter: let's go have indiscriminat

we're all looking cool, and billy crudup just tripped me from behind. [ laughter ] and they left thatyou see it? i was so mad. i was, "can we do it again, please?" cameron's like, "no, that's all we can do." i was like -- [ gasps ] it was the worst. >> i was really impressed with your performance in that movie. i didn't know you had it in you. >> jimmy: thank you. >> but you did it, and were you great. you were really, really funny. [ applause ] >> jimmy: there was a character that you used to do on the set called herman. do you remember him? >> yeah. yeah, he comes out sometimes. yeah. he -- >> jimmy: what was his deal again, herman? >> well, he doesn't like people. and he was jealous because he always wanted to be an actor. so he was always just yelling stuff and getting in the way. >> jimmy: he would show up. and remember, he looked like this at the time. >> yeah. >> jimmy: so you would lay on the ground. like, wait outside of people's trailers or something like that, and you would surprise people. right? >> yeah. >> jimmy: and how was herman talking -- >> herman talked like this,

we're next. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, in billy beane's wedding...but the honeymoon's over. today fired geren after the a's lost 9 straight and geren lost control of >>> once upon a time bob geren was the best man in billy beane's wedding. he was fired as geren lost the control of the clubhouse. he took over the team that won the west in 2006 only to fail to reach the play-offs in four seasons. as are in last place in the division. geren is criticized for his lack of strategy, misuse of the pitching staff and poor communications skills with his players. then again, geren can't swing the bat for his players. the as are near the bottom of the majors in battling averages and runs scored last in home runs and beane put this roster together not bob geren. the last time the as fired a manager midseason jackie more was replaced by tony la russa. >> for me, there's added significance obviously. this is my third managerial job but coming home to a place where i grew up, went to grammar school, high school, went to university of california, played for the giants, and understand the hi

billy crystal's act? he's the best at billy crystal.e martin's the best at steve martin. >> i went to the emmys when you were the host. and what they really want is they don't want it to ever feel uncomfortable or nas estimate and your genius that day you were coming out with lots of stuff that was knifing people but it all felt so warm and celebratory that everyone felt they could laugh. >> yeah. >> and that's your trademark i think, isn't it? >> i think that's my thing. i don't like to kick people when they're down. i like to kick people when they're up. if you're down i'm your friend. i'll take care of you until you're up again and i'll take a shot at you. if you're in on the joke, everyone can take the joke. if you're in on it why not do that? that's the fun of it. i remember we had ted dan son. i had to introduce ted dans son. awesome. they played the cheers theme? i go, ladies and gentlemen, wherever this guy goes everyone knows his name. give it up for mr. tim denson [ laughter ] >> he came out, immediately got the joke. some peo

and i find a fare on the mountains and an inspector billy i saw one guy. it was rock and luggage he was already hiding was he yes yes did you have a chance to talk to him to communicate. he said let's just hear law and disappear. can we say that. each was characterized. as particularly cruel person compared to other pretty simple some of the war was the special or no more lots of people know like it was a puppet in the hands of slobodan milosevic yes because milosevic gave them orders milosevic paid him money. to send weapons to boston serbs. it doesn't mean that he's not. guilty he is but he is a political leader was slobodan milosevic. and i believe that now in cake. you will show two. trials first time secret documents captured together with him in the will it's close to belgrade and it will be documents. against not only slobodan milosevic who unfortunately that was. the result. trial but against the leader of syrups nationalists rediculus slobodan sorry voice enough special. was paramilitary groups killed people on the same way like soldiers or luggag

. >> billy eliot, a boy who just wants to dance.ring the music of elton john in orpheum theater. >> they say kim is filled with style and sass. now at the raz room with a tribute to nina simone. >> kim is also playing the 27th annual jazz festival to showcases acts from fusion, to la ten. it's music, food, shopping on fillmore. catch the artwalk friday night and stanford jazz festival. >> assisted living the musical is a wild ride through perils of later life. if you're older or you plan be, enjoy laughs at the imperial palace. >>> three dog night. the pointer sisters and the temptations part of the fair. and nightly fireworks. fourth of july tradition in the marrin city. san francisco has a certified hit. tales of the city has been held over through july in the adt theater. the it's life and landscape of marin. in larkspur. there are fourth of july celebration with fireworks and parades everywhere. watch the aerial exfrav gan san antonio from the uss -- extravaganza from uss hornet. >> that does it. thank you for joining us. >> "wh

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. >>> baseball, angels and royals scoreless in the ninth when billy butler hit a walk-off home run.r did he? butler didn't know if it was out. the umpires had no idea. they went to the replay. about three minutes later, back on the field they came and made the call. that is a home run. it took some time, but they got it right. royals won it, 2-0. >>> great grab in seattle. a shot to the center. adam jones tracked it down. spectacular over-the-shoulder grab before running into the wall. shades of willie mays. and oh, yeah, he also got the go ahead run in the eighth. baltimore won it, 2-1. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> how lady gaga went temporarily broke. and how art collector steve martin got stung. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. plus, they say they're a girl's best friend, but really, who doesn't like a diamond? you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this thursday. some amazing pictures coming out of the uma. a beautiful thunderstorm. i say it was beautiful because it was in a rural area and didn'

of course, we can improve the bicycle infrastructure, the cycling networked, and especially made billy -- and especially maybe the bicycle parking. we could do that, but we cannot reach very far there. what is disappointing is that the road projects scheme is not expected to do more than 1.5% to 3%. so is not what i expected. i expected much more from that. the other problem is we are not allowed to introduce cars sharing because there are things that the government will not allow us. but they are gradually changing their mind. they say in 2015, maybe we can go on with the program. >> you should see the graph of car use and bicycle use in amsterdam when they increased parking fees. the car use went down, the bicycle use went up. higher parking fees are very effective in decrease in car use and increasing other modes of use -- in decrease in car use iqi 5u9 it was quite effective. another thing, peter talked about the parking permit. in amsterdam, you have to wait two and half years before it because you -- you have to wait two and a half years for the parking permit. >> people except t