bob costas and costas night on the great american sports network, the great bob costas is with us. as will elisabeth moss from "mad men", and we'll have music from seth sentry so join us then. our first guest tonight is a ball of british energy who has survived a large number of hardships including trying to have sex with every woman in the country. you can see him on "brand x with russell brand." airs thursday at 11:00 p.m. on fx. please welcome russell brand. how are you? >> i feel very happy, thanks, jimmy. >> jimmy: i want to ask you something. something occurred to me. i look at you and i wonder, does it take you a long -- does it take you a long time to get ready? or do you just roll out of bed? because it could be either way. it would be two hours. it could be five minutes. i really don't know. >> do you mean in this particular instance right now? >> jimmy: in general. >> like for example, on an average day? >> jimmy: yeah. >> you can never have an average day. that was a trick question. if a day is going average, eat some helium, release a dragon. >> jimmy: your hair is mes

sport caster bob costa channels his inner ludicrous. you're watching "early today". >>> alrighty. now to some other stories that caught our eye this morning. we start in new york city where a woman was shocked to find her underwear stolen from the dryer by a complete stranger. the theft was caught on the security camera video. the thief made away with the woman's personal items. >>> in mobile, alabama, some 200 national guard soldiered bid a tearful farewell to family before heading to afghanistan as part of operation enduring freedom. the troops will spend training time at fort hood before heading off to participate in base management. >>> a los angeles hospital has found a new way for moms and babies to develop that very special bond. infants in the neonatal intensive care unit can connect with their mothers remotely thanks to ipad face time. the pilot program allows moms freedom and the ability to spend time with their newborns even when apart. >>> and in baltimore, an annual elephant brunch meant a feast fit for a king right on the street. the giants paraded past fans and made

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tonight, russell brand, bob costas. and music from gary allan. with cleto and the cletones. now, how many times must i tell you, here's jimmy kimmel! ♪ [ applause ] >> jimmy: welcome, welcome. i'm jimmy kimmel, host of the show. thank you for watching. thank you for being here tonight. it's a big night in the world of late night television, as you probably heard. it was announced officially today that starting in february of next year after the olympics, i will take over as new host of "the tonight show" on nbc. i spoke to jay on the phone today. and he -- excuse me one second. [ whispering ] >> jimmy: okay, apparently it's a different jimmy that's going to be hosting. are you sure? jay leno passes the torch to jimmy fallon. okay. does anybody know what the return policy is on a yacht? because i could be in a lot of trouble. the baseball season is under way. the toronto blue jays played and lost their first game of the season last night. but that did not dampen the extreme enthusiasm of their fans. >> enthusiastic opening night crowd. >> jimmy: known as the fourth inning str

later this week, russell brand, bob costas and music from gary allen and seth sentry.onight is a delightful man with a zeal for life matched only by the size of his feet. yesterday, he ate 200 chocolate bunnies tonight he is here to burn them off from 'inside the nba' on tnt please welcome, shaquille o'neal. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: great to see you. thank you for saving that man. we are wearing the same suit but mine is a little boy's sized version. what do you do when your clothes when they are done? you can't give them to goodwill? >> i give them to the cleaners and wait for them to come back. >> jimmy: how is everything? >> everything is good. >> jimmy: how was april fool's day. you are a prankster i know. most of your pranks are unsuitable for television. >> i have only been pranked one time he went to unlv. so louie used to ride a bike to practice all the time. i used to slash the tires and mess with the chains. we were at a restaurant and he told me that someone broke into my car and when hi got there it was full of peanuts. >> jimmy: real peanuts? or

bob costas will be with us. and music from gary allen.mpsey and music from seth sentry. join us then. for 11 seasons as host of his own show on hbo, our first guest boldly questions nonsense, hypocrisy and a variety of deities. watch "real time with bill maher" friday nights at 10:00. please say hello to bill maher. [ applause ] >> in addition version of my theme song. i'm going to fire my band and hires yours. >> jimmy: how was your easter? >> i love the religious holidays. i had an easter party at my house. >> jimmy: were there bunnies involved? up that sort of thing. you tweeted a photograph that i'm interested in. >> i did, didn't i? >> jimmy: the interesting thing is you got downtown julie brown in there. >> i love my old friends. >> jimmy: she's nice. and then the sign i really like. he is risen. congratulations, jesus. with two exclamation points. >> i made that sign myself, i'll have you know. and i was wasted when i did it. a little pat on the back for that. >> jimmy: are you excited about the new pope? >> well, that's why i had

. >> i'm bob costas here with boston marathon winner peter griffin. peter, how did you do it?mn phone is busted. maybe i dialed wrong. [cell phone buttons] >> that didn't happen in television. that was doctored by some online pinheads. they distorted that clip from the family guy and which is now pulling everything off the net. here to explain further juliet huddy. >> i mean, you know the way people are that was so just -- it's so ironic that that aired march 17th. two separate story lines in one show. >> how can they do it. >> because there are sick people out there. >> bill: no, no, no. you have this on saint patrick's day this family episode runs. family guy bobcats as it. that's erie enough. then they go in these internet geeks and they twisted it around. that's not what people saw on tv. >> no, no, no. they took two separate story lines in the same show, they spliced it together. >> bill: they spliced it together. >> and it does look very convincing. is he wearing -- he is wearing muslim garb. >> bill: how can you do that? >> like technically how do you do that? >> bill:

and the bob costas of canada is named brian williams.te north, has a population of only about four people. and in many ways, commander hadfield is the very best of canada. he's right out of central casting, a mash-up of the mustache era tom hanks, mel gibson and nascar great darrell ea earnhart. in this video, it looks like he's fixing a farm diesel, and then you realize that's on the space station. he's a space photographer. his twitter shows photos of staggering beauty, like a random collection of eight clouds over the sahara, the beaches of australia, boston at night because he's never forgotten what a staggering joy it is to circle the earth every hour and a half. in canada they have what they call the order of canada. it's a medal, a decoration for outstanding merit and distinguished service. recently three recipients were all on one snl together, paul schaefer, martin short and lorne michaels, all three crowd-deserving canadians. that got us thinking. so tonight, by the power vested in us, allow us please to nominate candidate chri

i loved charlie rose, i loved bob costas.at? >> carson: go to youtube and look. ♪ >> how many cameras do you need, for god's sake? i've never seen anything like six cameras. >> carson: good to see you. this is what you hav h

all right, they're building them left and right, bob costa, but what's going to come of this?> larry, good evening. i'm not so sure there is a conspiracy with the air traffic controllers, there is a battle. you have harry reid and the white house saying they want to get a replacement for the sequester cuts. they think these delays will get people rhode island up, and stop the sequester. >> is there any evidence it would change their stripes, that is the white house the executive branch? they already have, i am not going to go into details, they are more liberal with these sub accounts than these agencies are pointing out, particularly the faa guy. but a lot of republicans say we will change this. will they change this? will the president allow them to have more latitude to avoid the alleged disaster scenario? >> one thing i just heard here on capitol hill, larry, is republicans behind the scenes are opened to a sequester replacement. they are getting pressure from back home about the delays about a lot of these federal cuts. but the question is, request they get replacement cu

. >>> it may not have been a perfect game but definitely a perfect rhyme from our own bob costas on "mlb now" last night when asked who his favorite rapper is, he began quoting ludacris who mentioned his name in his 2003 song "hip-hop quotables." take a listen to costas. ♪ i'd be rollen torpedos, and rostas and for the record i'd be like bob costas ♪ it was at that point, boys, where i said if i get hit by a bus now, i've lived a full life. it's all good. he gave a disclaimer that he doesn't condone the activities mentioned by ludacris in the song in case it needed to be made clear. >> the views of bob costas do not reflect the views of nbc. we should mention. >> when you have to put a disclaimer on it you lose rap cred. >> 7:14, the sign of the apocalypse. >> mr. roker is here with a check of the weather. al? our friends in texas thought they were living through the apocalypse, live in hitchcock, texas, over 20 minutes baseball and softball sized hail. took out windows, damaged trailer parks. 7 of the 11 cars at the hitchcock police department have been destroyed by hail. i mean, it

s office and contra costa county sheriff's office. reporting live in lafayette, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> okay, bob. thank you very much. this morning marking a somber day for a small christian college in oakland. flowers at the entrance of the university. a total of seven people were gunned down and killed april 2nd, 2012. police say it was a former student who carried out that shooting rampage. he's undergoing psychiatric treatment at the hospital. a memorial concert will be held at the st. paul's episcopal church. >>> one lawmaker taking aw "newsweek" approach to gun control. instead of focusing on the guns themselves, they are focusing on the bullets. arturo santiago joining us in milpitas. >> reporter: they are beginning to discuss in the legislature today, more to do with ammunition control rather than gun control. first is a bill from assembly woman from berkeley. it will require anyone selling or transferring ammunition in the state to be licensed and to get the id of a buyer. that id information would be put into a state registry. another bill is loo

topao leave for a trip from washingtos to mexico and costa rica later this week.is the new mexican president enriquenrique peÑa nieto ended.e >>> and bobmcdonnell is younnel arel a suring residents he can a still do his job while the fbi b looks into the his relationshiph with star scientific. ceo johnny williams to see if t the governor used his power toto promote the supplement maker. >> nothing has been done with h regard to myas relationship with mr. williams or his company star scientific to give any kind of special benefit to him or his company or frankly, any othernk person or any other company during the time that i have beee govern are. >> a wedding donation from thedi company to the governor is being questioned. in 2011, a $15,000 donation wass given to the governor's daughter as a gift. the governor claims that hethate didn't report the gift because it wasn't given to him. >>> a talk to talk president foo-- abouttoday trucks was pos. food truck groups were not happy where they limit the number of trucks allowed downtown. >>> creating safer districts in the district.district. they demonstrated how the d.c. pedestrian signals