singer bobby brown has checked himself into rehab. his publicist says it's part of when its plea agreement from a drunk driving arrest last month. brown and chris drake are facing a lawsuit connected to their brawl. they're being sued for $16 million saying they instigated a melee. the singers do not face any criminal charges. >>> if you've got what it takes, come on down. "the price is right" is looking for a male model to help show off prizes. viewers will choose a winner in october. the lucky model get as week- long stint on "the price is right." >>> the breakfast of champions is honoring olympians. wheaties boxes feature michael phelps and misty treannor. >>> the 3-d stop motion animated film is about a little boy who uses his pair norma powers to save his town. that's your eye on entertainment. i'm edward lawrence, cbs news, los angeles. >>> good morning. thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >> grab another cup. friday's here. we're glad you're here. i'm mike hydeck. good morning, monika. monika samtani

. >>> and later, bobby brown's latest addiction battle six months after the death of ex-wife whitneymajor development coming up in "the skinny." >>> first, paul ryan was greeted by protesters for the first time since he was chosen as running mate. about 200 demonstrators outside a las vegas hotel where ryan was meeting with a campaign donor. >> the topic of energy had mitt romney and the president exchanging sharp words as abc's david muir reports. >> reporter: the war of words began the debate over how to produce energy and jobs. mitt romney in ohio coal country taking on the president. >> i see how he has been waging war on coal. >> reporter: president obama in iowa arguing wind power creates jobs, blasting romney and in doing so going there for the first time. talking about the story that followed mitt romney when he strapped the family dog to the roof of the car while driving the family on vacation. >> that's what he said about wind power you can't drive a car with a windmill on it. now -- i don't know if he has tried that. i know he had had other things on his car. >> reporter:

coming up -- bobby brown, confronting a major new personal battle.is taking it off for "playboy" it's all next in "the skinny." >> announcer: abc's "world news now" will continue after this from our abc stations. ♪ skinny so skinny >>> all right, everybody. welcome back to "world news now." and today's version of "the skinny." bobby brown according to tmz and radar online and his wife of two months has checked himself into rehab. if you remember, just a month after his ex-wife died, whitney houston passed away in february. in marchs arrested for dui. so he is currently getting somehow, reportedly for alcohol abuse issues. a problem that he has had for, for years. and he has been pretty open about it. we kind of saw that open book when he and whitney had their reality show. their drug issues as well. really it was the urging of his new edition band mates, they have come together for rendition concerts. and they really urged him to get some help. they saw the spiral he was going on. his wife is telling radar online he is doing great in rehab. again the

. >>> bobby brown is making a chance. is janet jackson using her mom as an execution to get money? >> here is georgia alfredas from the russ parr morning show on wyoys, we know they're getting divorced, vh1 has pulled the reality show, but what else can you tell us? >> we're hearing a rumor that he was cheating on her way before while they were engaged. but that's hindsight we are going to hear she's going to continue doing the basketball wives' show. shani o'neill does this show, and she told tmz, evelyn did, that she's disappointed that chad hasn't said, you know what? i did there and apologized to her. he said i want to thank my fans and friends, but never said anything to evelyn. she's kind of upset about that. >> i can imagine. >> let's talk about bad blood between another celebrity couple that has become uncoupled. kim kardashian and kris humphri humphries. >> they're going through divorce proceedings as we speak. they're not in court, their lawyers are in court. what i think is hilarious is how shady chris hue y kris humphrie are. they sent a subpoena in a box from nordstrom

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bobby brown posed by says that her husband is back in rehab. wife says thats is back in rehab the. >> actor robert pattinson will tell his side of the his break upng from kristen stewart. he rang the opening bell on the new york stock exchange tuesday morning and will appear on good america. it was revealed that kristen aewart had an affair with married movie director. atd morning america begins 7:00 a.m. right after "good ."rning washington >> we are looking at 70 degrees. still ahead, congress is making history, but not in a good it means thousands of jobs, schools, and benefits the whole state. for supporters of maryland.n

. >>> bobby brown has entered treatment for alcohol addiction. >>> and finally let the guessing games begin. taylor swift has released another song about an ex-boyfriend. you'd think that guys would pick up on this. formers, john mayor, jake jillen har and others are the subject of titles that we are never, ever getting back together just in case the never didn't work out. >> i am so sorry. >> i am so, so sorry. it's not you, it's me, i swear. >>> and this comes to us from gary owe when, montana, where an entire town can be yours. gary owen is the site of the battle of little bighorn also known as general cust ter's last stand and it's up for auction. it was made famous after the seventh cavalry was made. the tourist spot has a museum, a gas station and a sandwich shop. it's sitting on about seven acres. bidding for the town starts at about $250,000. i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. >>> 4:28 is your time. 72 degrees right now on this wednesday morning. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. >> good morning. i'm aaron gi

she was already using drugs way before she met bobby brown, anyway. all this. would you agree with that? >> i agree that he wasn't to blame. one of the miss misconceptions was that when she married bobby everything went crazy. that's so untrue. i find bobby to be a wonderful guy. but like i said in the book, i told whitney then, i stood my ground and said he's just not the husband. please, don't do this. >> it was almost fire and fire, wasn't it? >> to a certn degree. being in the same industry. when someone marries a person that does the same thing they do a and jet setting and kids he had out of wedlock and this is not the person and at the same time, whitney was grown and whitney made her own decisions and she made her decision i said i would be right there. >> do you have any personal regre regrets. >> no i don't. i think it's a very important lesson for all of us that have friends that are dealing with situations to speak the truth. you know? and love, i think, is the most important and powerful tool that we have. i loved her. and by loving her i

bobby brown entered treatment for alcohol treatment and let the guessing games begin, taylor swift wroter song about an ex-boyfriend and a couple of things people think it is. maybe joe jonas, titled we are never ever getting back together. >> joe jonas? >> she only writes songs about breaking up. this is the first look on msnbc. willy is next. >> a comment made by joe biden asking the president to take his campaign of division, anger and hate back to chicago. how did the obama team defend about putting people back in chains. paul ryan continues to dance with the third rail issue of medicare. the question is has the romney campaign answered where the candidate stands on the ryan plan? it is starting to come unglued as a report said many of the red sox players don't want to play for the manager bobby facility. what or who is going to give up in boston. sn way too early for this.

looks to be a gooder er binter >> whitney houston's ex, bobby brown, is in rehab. >> he finally admitted'm in rehab. his people say he's trying to get this together, doing this for his kids. he wants to be there for him. then we find out it was court ordered. tmz talked to his daughter, bobbi kristina, of course, his daughter with whitney houston, and the photographer said, hey, you know, how do you feel about bobby brown rising above, you know, and trying to get this thing kicked? she was like, rising above isn't exactly what i'd say he was doing. >> wow. >> ouch. >> yeah. >> not too crazy about daddy still. >> okay. >> yeah. >> all right, georgia. >> thank you. >> thank you all. >> have a fantastic weekend. >> you all, too. >> all righty. >>> and still to come on "nbc 4 at 4" this afternoon. this is what happens join get too close to lady gaga. the interview is buzzing over video showing her bodyguards tackling a fan. >>> this is your grandson. this is your grandfather. >> plus, spike lee joins us in the studio to talk about his new movie. >>> and steve harvey reveals how he plans to o

. >>> tmz reports singer bobby brown has entered treatment for alcohol addiction. >>> and, finally, let the guessing games begin. guys goat get a little nervous. taylor swift has released another song about an ex-boyfriend. formers, john mayor, jake gyllenhaal, taylor lautner, and joe jonas are all potential subjects of the song titled, "we are never, ever getting back together." >>> and this comes to us from garryowen, montana, where the entire town, a part of american history, can be yours. garryowen is the site of the battle of little bighorn, also known as general custer's last stand, and it's up for auction. it was made famous after the seventh cavalry was defeated by native americans in 1876. the interstate 90 tourist spot has a museum, a gas station, and a sandwich shop. it's sitting on about seven acres. bidding for the town starts at $250,000. squiet the steal. i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. >>> well, brussels smells better than ever. over 660,000 begonias were used to create this carpet. this year's theme

. >>> and bobby brown has returned to rehab to deal with his alcohol abuse issues.t was six months ago that his ex-wife, whitney houston died. brown said he realized he couldn't beat the problem on his own. >>> you can't eat cinnabon or pizza-bonn without feeling guilty, but a new warning about eggs. for people over 40, egg yolks are just as dangerous as smoking. >> the number of egg yolks promotes the thickening of arteries almost as severely as smoking does. that can increase the risk of stroke or heart attack. >>> time, now, for your wednesday morning sports, courtesy of espn's zubin mehenti. >> good morning. the top two records in the american league meeting last night in the bronx. that would be the yankees and the rangers. that's nick swisher. game two on tuesday. kuroda, on the mound. the best pitching effort of the season. complete game. two hitters. usually draw that distinction. the yankees win it, 3-0. >>> in the n.l. west. dodgers/giants, heading l.a. in pittsburgh. chad billings went five-straight starts. top four, cruz shoots one through. dodgers take

. >> bobby brown and madonna and dracula d a child. >> nexus brought to you by hair are. raise your standard. >> coming up, all new pictures, lindsay lohan re-creating some of liz taylor's famous life moments. nd why howard stern says >> give it up for steve arvey! [applause] > funny surprise on "america's ot talent" last night. i don't know who cauaught it but steve harvey the comedian was on aking shots at everyone. >> nice. his new talk show starts tuesday d he invited a.j. to his in chicago for a taste of what we're going to see. >> i'm on the set of steve harvey's show in chicago a he's taking it over. steve letting only "extra" scenes for a little the windy city tudio. >> everyone saying steve came to chicago and everyone saying he will be the next oprah. >> if i could bebe a 1/3 of oprah. she's got a billion dollars. 'll take $333 million. listen for a econd. ain't my e, you and you ain't my mama. > he built a empirere teaching omen to think like a man romising to deliver the mal point of view bigtime. > i know you don't beeve anything your husband says nymore, but

. >> bobby brown has checked into immy: it is already? he never disappoints.here's a big scandal rocking the world of competitive scrabble right now, which is a sentence i never thought i'd say. the national scrabble championship has been going on for the last five days and yesterday, a young contestant was ejected from the competition after he was caught cheating. you know, you expect this kind of thing from boggle, but not scrabble. apparently he was stashing the blank ties down on the floor by his feet and another competitor noticed an the scrabble police were alerted and the kid is going to get, like, six years in prison or something. they stripped him of his previous wins, they kicked him out of the tournament. he's not allowed to compete again. they are saying the poor kid might even end up with a girlfriend. [ laughter ] i'm glad that there are still kids out there who are playing scrabble, but it isn't like it courthoused to be, with the computers and the video games. american kids are falling behind when it comes to learning. and our first guest tonig

. >> you're quite sympathetic about bobby brown.t was certainly the impression i began to get from the people that knew her well that to blame him for all the drug problems was way off the mark. she was already using drugs way before she met him anyway. and he wasn't really the blame in all of this. would you agree with that? >> i agree that he wasn't the blame. one of the things that i think, misconceptions was when she married bobby, everything went crazy. that's so untrue. i find bobby to be a wonderful guy. as i said in the book, i told whitney then, i stood my ground and said he's just not the husband. >> well, it was almost fire and fire, wasn't it? >> to a certain degree of just being in the same industry, a person who is doing the same thing they're doing, jet setting, kids that he had out of wednesday lock and there was a lot of reasons that i shared with her but at the same time, whitney was grown and she made her own decisions and when she made her decision and i said i would be right there and i was. >> do you have any p

. >>> bobby brown checked himself into rehab. rep for the r&b singer said he checked himself in last week, as part of a plea agreement following his march arrest for dui in los angeles. he released his fifth album in june. the first in 14 years. he plans to perform scheduled solo concerts with the tour of his group new edition. >> a brand-new exhibit in l.a. is paying tribute. the late whitney houston. the exhibit provides an in- depth look at aspects of houston's creative life bringing together a collection of diverse artifacts, rare photos, and footage. >> we are so proud that thegmmy museum decided to do the exhibit on britney for all to. if whitney were here today, she would say this is for me? and she would grab her hands and she would smile. just smile. >> houston drowned in a bathtub in her hotel room in february. >>> thousands of elvis fans are swarming graceland, celebrating the king of rock'n'roll's life 35 years after his death. fox's rick leventhal takes a look at his career and a tribute decades later. >> reporter: s

r-and-b singer bobby brown has checked into rehab... for alcohol-related treatment.ing to his spokesman. back in april... brown agreed to enter the 90-day program after he pleaded no contest to ddiving under the influence. he was also sentenced to 36 months of probation.brown's wife released a statement saying his family is very ppoud of him. coming up... the cost of childcare... is oo the rise.how high it's reached... and the other monthly payment it's surpassing. and paul ryan hits the campaign trail... but some wonder... was he really the smartest choice as mitt &promney's running mate?our d-c insider weighs in next.you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all morning. ((break 3)) 3 representative paul ryan from wisconsin is mitt romney's piik for vice president. the annoucement last saturday was a bit of a surprise .. and a week later, the verdict is still out for some on whether he was the right choice. ryan has faced criticism for his budget plan, his medicare plan and being out of touch with the average american. our d-c insider and political commenta

this, i went to school, and on the fridges on television you would see sew fee carmichael and browne and bobby seal and newton and the news described them as the black militants. they were talking about black power. i want to back up too, and talk about all of my lessons in black history. i don't want you toy think it was over the dinner table. pa was a working man and he was what they calledded in the those days a race man. a lot of my lesses would be as simple we were watching television ab an old black and white tv. an old tar disan movie would come. they swing across the scene yelling his yell. pa would be looking at that and after about move five minutes go what the hell is that. tell me how in the hell a cracker baby can grow up and speak monkey every day. boy, change the dambisa channel. it was living history. i would switch and harry reiser in. he was giving some editorial, i think it was about the space program and he was going on and on and being very educate and very bright young white man pa looked at him for about four minutes you've a lying onion hand. dambisa cracker. change the

brown and bobby seale and you renew when in the news described them black militants and of course talking about the power. i want to back up a little and talk about because all of my lessons in black history i do what you think it was over dinner table with books spread out. paul was a working man and he was what they call in those days the race man. so a lot of them would be as simple as we'd be watching television, the old black-and-white tv and a tarzan movie would, on. johnny wipe the fly across the screen and to speak his language and the monkeys would go here and pa would you looking at that and after five minutes he would go what the is that? last night you tell me how a little cracker may be consolidate the airplane, grow up and speak everything. boy, change the channel. it was living history. then i would switch and i remember this come in the first time seen a job very reisner giving some editorial. i think it was about the space program. and he was going on and on and been very educated can make out, bright and. elected them for five minutes and said you were lying, onion had,

brown with the hit hacks on to the ball. in the fourth quarter, one more, the hat trick for curtis painter. the screen play to bobby rainey. we talked about him having a very nice preseason. look at him cap off his first game as a raven. into the end zone for 18 yards. the ravens rushed for 118 yards and passed for 203. all told, 321, not bad. but the first quarter was not good. 6-7 on third down conversions. one turnover for baltimore compared to four for the atlanta falcons. now when we come back we will talk about the player of the game and maybe hear from coach harbaugh when the >> back with you on the ravens postgame show. once again, baltimore getting the victory by a final of 31-17. they had to come back after trailing 14-0, but a win is always better than a loss. the ravens will take that. now our player of the game, curtis painter, third string quarterback tonight behind tyrod taylor and joe flacco. he played very well. not against the first-team competition, but curtis painter acquitted himself very well. he showed toughness and poise. he was 7-14, 76 yards and threw for three touchdowns. again, he was a starter

. >> brown: romney then made a change to his schedule and diverted to louisiana to survey hurricane isaac storm damage with republican governor bobbyi'm here to learn and obviously draw some attention to what's going on here so that people around the country know that the folks here need help. >> brown: it was all part of building on hoped-for momentum from the convention, which last night focused on mitt romney, the man and the leader. friends gave testimonials to his many unpublicized works and acts of kindness. pam finlayson spoke of romney's repeated help when her daughter struggled with health problems. >> as i sat with her in intensive care, consumed with a mother's worry and fear, dear mitt came to visit and pray with me. >> brown: florida senator marco rubio painted romney as a candidate who's lived the american dream. >> america has always been about new beginnings, and mitt romney is running for president because he knows that if we are willing to do for our children what our parents did for us, life in america can be better than it has ever been. >> when somebody does not do the job, we've got to let him go. >> brown: no

brown v. board of education in 2007, bobby clyde named the library after me. it is the julianne malveaux library. there is a quote in the library that i will share with you. i read it when i'm happy. i read when i'm sad. i read when i'm lonely. i read when i'm mad. my mom has a couple thousand books in her library. choose to put the books were not for kids on the upper shelves, and then we could sort of take advantage of the lower shelves. i hurt myself badly climbing up the shell to get a book. if she said that she did say if you want to do that, you can read it. it does have some sexual content that was probably not appropriate. but i kept asking, what is this and what is that going through the dictionary. you know, the book was kind of hard for me to get through, but after i had fallen, i was going to get through it. i would say to your knees, let her run roughshod through bookstore. >> host: what is it about leo tolstoy's anna karenina? >> guest: i'm not sure of the quote, but happy families are not all that interesting, but they are the subject of fiction

jarnell brown and bobby server these are children who died too soon as a result of solomon jewelry butcontained a very high level of lead, swallowing powerful magnets that had fallen out of children's toys and being entrapped in crevice and play areas there were deadly. these are products made in china but they are made with steve internals materials and they didn't have a safe design. they were not made to meet the best safety standards. they were not properly tested. they were not caught have in part and they were not recall on time to prevent a tragedy. simply put, the global product safety system in 2007 and 2008 didn't protect the safety of children. and congress stepped in to change the system by passing the most comprehensive consumer product safety legislation in decades. the passage by congress of the cpsia end of the cpsc's the implementation of the law in the recent years created of the strongest product safety systems in the world. to explain how we create a stronger safety system in net and safety system, often referred to the consumer product safety protection triangle. t

jar now brown, kenny sweet, william johns, danny keys are and bobby's corigliano. these are all children who died to sin. as a result of swallowing jewelry at a very high level that contained a high level of lead, swallowing powerful magnet that have fallen out of children's toys or been entrapped in cribs and players that were deadly. these were products made in china, that was dangerous materials and did not have safe designs. they were not made to meet the best safety standards. they were not properly tested. they were not caught at import, not recalled on time to prevent these strategies. simply put, the global product safety systems in 2007 in 2008 did not protect the safety of children. congress stepped in to change the system by passing the most comprehensive consumer product safety legislation in decades. the passage by congress of the cpsia was a game changer in the soap implementation in recent years has created one of the strongest product safety systems in the world. to explain how we created a stronger safety system, net and safety system, i have been