even though he isn't brad pitt. >> i think it would be better to be brad pitt's brother than brad pitt because you don't have to deal with the paparazzi. >> pretty sweet christmas gifts. >> clearly he didn't get the color fax machine he was looking for. >> i'm going to upgrade to the color, but right now this baby gets it done. >> they're trying to give him a little taste of what it's like to be a celebrity, so his first celebrity endorsement is virgin mobile. and now we all know doug pitt. >> exactly. >>> there's a lot of talented musicians on youtube. blake mcmurray is one of them. he's 17 years old and he can play the acoustic guitar like a total boss. ♪ he has so much music inside him, he needs to use more than just two hands to play this guitar. ♪ >> is he slapping the bottom with his foot? >> yes. he just needs that one more beat in this song called "eclipse" that he can't get with two hands. this seems to be blake's own style. i've never seen it before. to see how he developed this unique playing, blake joins us via skype. >> describe that moment where you thought i need to use

, but how do you stay cool when you end up in a brad pitt film?i keep myself rounded and keep myself in focus, but it is a tremendous experience going from the movie i just didn' ando be able to do a film on that same level is amazing, because a lot of times a lot of actors have to stay at the bottom doing different things, and for me to that iswn into a celfilm getting all of the praise working with steve mcqueen and brad pitt, that has taken my career to another level, and it is amazing it has happened to me. it is like hitting the lottery. tavis: when did you first see it? >> my first time was at the sundance film festival. he did not want me to watch dailies. he explained he did not want me to critique myself. he did not want me to watch the dailies and look at myself on the screen and say, i need to do this different or that different, so he did not want me to watch that to critique myself, so my first time seeing it was at the sundance film festival, and i am sitting in the audience. they have 1500 people in the audience. i am nervous. my ha

brad pitt we can assume had some of those views perhaps when he was growing up. maybe he grew up in the same town and so on with his mother. oddly enough when he got to hollywood they all change. bhow that? >>> up next, what news stories had the most impact on you? >>> this week a study by sony electronics and nielsen ranked television moments. the recollection of the tv moment, where they were and when they watched, and if that event sparked conversation. taking the number one spot, television news coverage of picking the number one spot, television news coverage of september 11th, 2001 terror acts 2005 hurricane katrina. it was nailed one of five deadliest hurricanes. number three goes to o.j. simpson not guilty verdict on october 3rd, 1995. that drew sum sauch large audience people stopping working causing an estimated $480 million in lost >> the space shuttle challenger disaster in 1986 takes number four. that aircraft, space plane broke apart 76 seconds into the flight resulting in the death of the crew members. rounding out the top five, the killing of lead

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you have online comments like brad pitt's mother die, f-you brad pitt's mother, what a b-word. and nothing on this from brad pitt. >> that is what i find the most troubling. if anybody says anything about my mama you're going to hear from me. i'm disappointed that pit brad pitt hasn't stepped forward and said wait a minute this is my mother. i don't agree with her opinions. she has a right to free speech. i'd like everybody to back off my ma'am a. that kind of concerns me. >> they sent the brother brad out to the today show to talk. or doug, whatever his name was, in any event it wasn't the most full throated defense of his mother. she went onto talk about how if you don't vote for romney it's a vote for his opponent barack hussein obama, she writes, a man who sat in jeremiah wright's church for years, did not hold a public ceremony to park the national day of prayer and who is a liberal who supports the killing of unborn babies and same-sex marriage. this seems to be the passage that got people very upset with mrs. pitt. >> i can hear you again, megyn, i couldn't hear you for

i understand there's not a week that goes by you don't have what would be a couple of brad pitt momentst do they ask you? >> most is innocuous, nice, is brad coming to down? what's he doing? what's angelina like? >> do you tell any nasty stories, make things up. >> there have been these questions for a long, long time. i understand the interest and appreciate it. >> now that you've had a little exposure in the limelight here, would you like to perhaps trade places with him for a week to get a sense of what his like is like? >> i've had that seat to be able to watch, again, for 25 years what he goes through. there is a price that he pays. again, to his admission, he welcomed it himself, walked into it. he's done extremely well and i'm really proud of him. >> how do you think he would do if he were to take a week and spend it in your normal life. >> i think he does normal, he and angie. they do a great job shutting out the noise to some degree that you can. >> your mom made some headlines recently with an op-ed she wrote talking about politics and social issues. i don't want to get into w

but, come on, this is not brad pitt we are talking about his mom. if she is going to be all upset, i'm sorry about something she doesn't feel is very, you know, christian or she doesn't like the president supporting gay rights. i don't want to be mean is she going to talk to her son and is he going to marry that woman? he has got six kids with her. come on. where is the christianity in that? >> laura: they are getting married, right? >> it was more about mormonism. >> laura: i think it was more general point. thanks, ladies. great to see you. plenty more ahead as the factor moves along this evening. as black unemployment continues to rise. some influential african-americans seem to be turning on president obama. we will hear from both sides. later, congressman joe walsh under fire by the left-wing media for remarks he made about his opponent and her frequent references to her military service. he will be here to respond. we h >> laura: in the factor follow up segment tent, the latest unemployment figures indicate economic conditions are getting wors

for brad pitt, those fights are going public. his mother coming out against president obama and gay marriage. she's not mincing words. directly challenging a lot of what her son is championing. >>> first, this morning, just as we're running out of ways to say it's hot. just as normally mind-blowing maps like this one have become reminders of the blazingly obvious. the send now in sight. we have new problems. including this -- violent storms and rising food prices, of all things. ginger zee, who has been on this story for eight days straight. she's in central park. good morning to you. >> reporter: the other thing we keep doing is getting bigger thermometers. i can't handle another day, i won't be able to hold it. this is the actual observation, close to 80. it's not the heat. it's the added humidity. it's the swampy feel that makes the difference. i'm not one to overblow a story. but this is going to be legendary. a summer scorcher and severe storms from the rockies to the south. torrential rains flooding denver streets. a thunde

for brad pitt, those fights are going public. mother coming out against president obama and gay marriage. she's not mincing words. directly challenging a lot of what her son is championing. it's a fascinating story you're going to want to see coming up. >> he cannot be too pleased by these developments. >>> first, this morning, just as we're running out of ways to say it's hot. just as normally mind-blowing maps like this one have become blaring reminders of the blazingly obvious. the end is finally in sight. now, we have new problems, including this -- violent storms and rising food prices, of all things. abc meteorologist ginger zee, who has been on this story for eight days straight is once again melting in central park. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, dan. the other thing we keep doing is getting bigger thermometers as the days go on. i can't handle another day, i won't be able to hold it. the temperature here if central park already above 80 degrees. this is the actual observation, close to 80. i've go

that's according to figures from the urban institute. >>> brad pitt's mother is allegedly receiving death in response to a letter jane pitt recently wrote in which she openly criticized president obama. on the "today" show yesterday brad pitt's brother doug defended his mother. >> i think moms and dads and kids agree to disagree all over the world. why would our family be any different? no, there can be healthy discussion when people disagree with you. i think there should be. the bad thing is when it turns to venom and negativity. >> in the letter written by jane pit, it referred to barack hussein obama as well as the reverend jeremiah wright's church. that was one of the things that drew eyre of some people. obviously death threats hard on anyone. >>> a snat state senator authored by glen grothman, it will chaz ties women who have babies and are unmarried. those are the things we just thought you should know. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 let's talk about fees. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 there are atm fees. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 account service fees. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 and the most dreaded fees of all, h

sir paul mccartney, jude law, sigh ena miller, brad pitt, angelina jolie, politicians, sports stars. the case that got this going in the british consciousness was of a murdered schoolgirl who was 13 when she was killed in 2002, it is alleged journalists even hacked into her phone in their attempts to get -- >> dan, we should mention rupert murdoch media including twin century fox films studio, the list gotten on here, the scandal has rocked the empire here. were there any surprise das in today's charges? >> well, there were some people that weren't charged. 13 suspects whose files were forwarded to prosecutors, only eight were charged. now, three of those, there will be no further action. two possibly there may be charges in the future once they get all their information together, but what's critical at the moment is this hasn't been brought to the kind of doorstep of the murle talks, so james murdoch has not been charged and it has been very clear all along he knew nothing about this. in fact he joined the organization well after all the this broke. so as of yet, it hasn't got that

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morgan freeman, brad pitt. i'm the brad pitt., done that. >> i think that they think that they think that they're always sparring. >> well, let me tell you something, ira, you come over

. >> listen, this brad pitt mom thing is getting out of control.it's on. brad pitt's mom wrote a pro-romney letter saying any christian should spend much time in prayer before refusing to vote for a family man who is against abortion and shares christian conviction just because he's a mormon. if it's a difference between discriminateing between a mormon and a gay always go for a gay. this should go over well for angelina, who for a period was also gay as a girl. we have this serious home footage. i hate to see them fight. now the public is up in arms. according to radar online, brad's mom has received death dress from twitterthreats from twitter useers like i bleed ga-ga. and now jon voigt jumps in and saying i believe her. you're going to espouse her belief and you're the gigolo from midnight cowboy. why don't you stay out of the public eye and stick with what you're good at,

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their victims included a murdered school girl and celebrities like angelina jolie, brad pitt, and paulannouncement? >> well, i think this was widely expected, but it is hugely significant. this is the first time since this whole scandal erupted here that we've had people charged actually with allegedly commissioning phone hacking itself. before people have been charged with, you know, allegedly trying to cover it up or lying about it. it is alleged in court. but now we've got people charged with the offense of, you know, commissioning phone hacking which is illegal in this country. so 8 of the 13 suspecting that were being considered have now formally been charged. they include rebekah brooks who was the ceo of news international, one of rupert murdoch's most trusted executives. she used to edit "the news of the world" along with her deputy andy collisonel coal -- colson. she's charged with three counts, him with five. alison levitt from the prosecutors here in britain explained the rationale behind the decision. >> all with the exception of glen will be charged with conspiring to inte

forget brad pitt. we have been having a discussion about v.p. selection. who would you like? the... with the conservative main-- >>> names. i want names. >> marco rubio, perhaps, could be someone who could fill that gap. >> sarah palin. [laughter] >> sean: you are -- you know -- [laughter] >> sean: just when i am beginning to like you again. >> i really like rob portman a lot. >> sean: you are saying this for the governor's sake? >> wait a second. that's absolutely true. romney is a very good friend. love him. chris christie, macdonald, neighboring state, virginia, pretty important. >> sean: i think it's going to be portman? >> it is. i think it's a good choice. >> sean: last time i said to you -- i am probably going to pay a price f. it's portman, he will never give me an interview. >> that's not true. >> sean: i like him. i have been on stainless steel with him. he's a smart guy. good with the economy, worked with the bush. i am only concerned, vice-presidential, part of the role is to go out and attack. vinever seen him in that role. this is a media age. and i never see hi

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morgan freeman, brad pitt. i'm a little bit more of the brad pitt between the two of us.s the wise guy. been there, done that. >> i think that they think that they think that they're always sparring. we're this crazy odd couple. but as a listener, i don't really hear that. >> well, let me tell you something, ira, you come over and watch us edit the show and

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. >> stephen: brad pitt was nominated for that. >> he was nominated but it was dull, as tedious as soccer is. >> stephen: you're no fan of soccer. you're no fan of soccer. >> oh, soccer-- . >> stephen: right up here, baby doll. no, listen what separates us from the animals is our opposable thumbs. >> that's exactly true. >> stephen: i think a zebra could play soccer. >> it's the only thing, the only institution in the world in which we don't use our hands when we have a choice and then we use our heads, you know to butt the ball like that. and that's why americans, i think, are the only superpower left on the face of the earth. (applause) >> stephen: i agree you say that all the breakthroughs have happened in sport. what dow mean by that. >> i meant when i got in a long long time ago there were, for example, very few women playing sport os then. i mean the greatest thing that has happened in my time, seriously, has been women coming into sports. this is the 40th anniversary of title ix. >> stephen: you are in favor of title ix. >> absolutely. it's given women a chance. let me tell you, mo