of nbc's "late night" and sweetheart, jimmy fallon. [ cheers and applause ] and to my left is bradley cooperniro in the new movie "limitless," opening everywhere today. bradley, who's your partner? >> bradley: i will be playing with smita from atlanta, georgia. and we're ready to play some "password"! [ cheers ] >> steve: all right. here we go. [ cheers ] all righty. we're about to play. i'm your host steve higgins. thank you. all right, the rules of the game are very simple. i will give you -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: we'll put applause in later. >> steve: well, you know, we'll do that in post. we'll sweeten it. >> jimmy: let's live it up. >> steve: yeah, exactly. why not? come on. let's live it up. i will give each of you a password. all right? >> jimmy: i think. >> steve: each of you are to only give a one word clue. one word only. so, your partner -- the partner can guess the password. scoring starts at six. boom, boom, boom. we take away a point each time it passes. you have five seconds to guess each time. remember, no part or form of the word can be used. and watch the gestures. this is

bradley cooper, back on the market. >> you love some bradley cooper. >> i can't get enough of him.. he and renee zellweger have split. they confirmed after two years together they have decided to go their own separate ways. this after renee secretly and under the radar, by the way, was living in bradley cooper's house, $5 million three-bedroom house in the palisades. she's 41, he's 36. at one time cooper said, i just love her. i love acting with her. i can learn so much from her. i just love coming to work. that's when they were filming a movie together. >> that's sweet. >> now he's back on the market. even though i'm married, i'm just saying. >> oh, all right, peggy. >> i'm just saying. >> a new sitcom, a new wonder woman. take a look at the picture. i hope i don't butcher her name. adrian -- >> who cares. look at the outfit. >> that's the new woman. the outfit is a little updated. coming soon to a tv set. that's your new wonder woman. i love me some lynda carter. >> no one replaces lynda carter. that's your new wonder woman. i love me some lynda carter. >> no one replaces lynda c

and finally, let's go back to bradley cooper, shall we?veral blogs and web sites are linking him to sandra bullock and jessica biel, and this comes us to from wcau in philadelphia where in nearby williamstown, new jersey, one man showed you are never too old to do something totally outrageous. fred decided to celebrate 100 years of living by taking a giant leap from a plane. that's right. his birthday jump was planned five years ago after his first sky dive on his 95th birthday. he said he'd suit up again if he made it to 100. he's a man of his word. he took the plug and landed safely. no pressure, bill. >> what do they do -- show a guy coming down in a parachute? >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> there was some stiff competition at the cocktail world cup and stiff drinks, too. legendary bartenders showed off their best concoctions from traditional nip to magical mixes. but in what's being called a cocktail coup, team italy took top spot with a lemon inspired drink

bradley cooper and robert de niro are going to be coming by. [ cheers and applause ] from the hit show, "ncis," pauley perrette will be joining us. [ cheers and applause ] and i'll be cooking with chef marcel vigneron. that's right, marcel, from "top chef." [ cheers and applause ] hope to see you back here tomorrow night. our next guest, you guys, he was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame earlier this week. his recent album with elton jon, "the union," was nominated for a grammy. tonight, he's here to perform the classic track, "this masquerade," with a little help from the roots. please welcome leon russell. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ are we really happy with this lonely game we play ♪ ♪ looking for words to say

. >>> plus, this weekend at the box office, bradley cooper undergoes the first true test of his starower. >>> coming up, march madness at its finest on day one of the ncaa tournament. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. in a largely symbolic vote, the republican controlled house has voted to end federal funding for national public radio. the bill is almost certain to fail in the democrat-controlled senate. >>> controversial former haitian president jean bertrand aristide is headed back to his country after seven years of exile in south africa. american officials tried to keep aristide away from haiti until after this weekend's presidential runoff amid concerns he could destabilize the process. >>> in a scathing new report, the justice department says new orleans police officers have often used deadly force without justification, made unconstitutional arrests and engaged in racial profiling. the city's mayor called the findings sobering, but not surprising. >>> in the wake

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>> medication. >> bradley cooper channeling gavin newsom.o type, too. >> do you think someone is watching? >> and there are others after him for meds and there are bad side affects but what is in this pill? companies come in for a rap. just when tension builds to high pressure, there is some comedy. >> what it does is puts me 50 moves ahead of you. >> this is a visually inventive film. the pill makes you vulnerable. so we feel for bradley cooper. i think this is a break out role for him. i like the way this came together. the ending seems like a separate film there. is one yucky scene. you say no. no. he's not going to do that, but then, he does. it isn't limitless, but it's one of the best things to come around this year, i'll give it three quarters of a bucket. we'll see you on the aisle. >> and march madness kicks off with a upset in >>> join me tonight at 9:00, cable channel 13. coming up at that time from free to feed. and plans to charge leader leaders -- yeerds on the internet. >> and affect of the crisis on and now, ton sports and ma

coming in second was the animated >>> the sci-fi starring bradley cooper.tar hot. coming in second was rango. battle los angeles was in third place. the lincoln lawyer coming in fourth. >>> you've heard about the happy meal toy ban in san francisco. this morning some lawmakers are making sure it doesn't lap in their state. florida and arizona are proposing legislature that would ban toy bans, a double ban. legislation would prohibit cities and counties from banning any kind of incentive offered by restaurants. kind of crazy. >>> happy birthday twitter. >> that's right the first tweet was five years ago today. since then more than 175 million people have signed on to the social networking site. about a billion tweets are posted every week. by the way, you know what first ever tweet side, inviting coworkers. >>> you might want the tweet this today. >> one grandpa showing age is just a number. he went sky diving yesterday to celebrate his 100th birthday. there you go. a little heavy metal too. he suited up to jump 13,000 people from the 13,000 -- he suited up

we feel for bradley cooper. i think is breakout role for him.as different. there is one yucky scene but he does. limitless isn't but i think it's one of best things to come along so far this year. i will give it three-quarters of a bucket. >> this was the kind of weather that makes you want inside or go to to movies. >> definitely, we've got the rain coming down and snow coming down, as well. here is a look at i-80 at truckee where nothing is going on. we have a winter storm warning until 11:00 tonight with another one to two feet of snow. and on the way to sacramento, flooding. memoryville the rain and we're looking at pretty good downpours in the north bay, as well. here is a look at live doppler 7 hd. san rafael, berkeley up to vallejo and american canyon, pretty moderate rain, napa and sonoma, here is shower moving across the bay and in the south bay, we're looking additional rainfall south of san jose, los gatos, gilroy, watsonville. this will continue throughout the next couple of hours and taper off in the south bay this afternoon. we're

brazil worke the split between bradley cooper and renee zellwilger, is split up.movie, borught in $19 million. >>pam: barry bonds in court. the trial gets under way, what happened today and what we can expect ahead. nuclear threats, with food in japan and with the u.s. government is keeping an eye on food right here. mobil merger at&t and t mobile teamed up. what it means for customers, coming up. downed trees power outage we have the latest with news crews. a run the bay area, and more problems with another round of storms through moves and. >>pam: our big story at 5:00 p.m. at the weather and you are looking at a live picture. high wind warning. on the bay bridge. it is action also underneath the bay bridge and the traffic on the bay bridge is being either dalerted---and jackson is herete

>>> most people know bradley cooper as the oublemak >>> well, most people know bradley cooper as thely cute. >> peter travers, "rolling stone" movie critic and host of abc's news now "popcorn," sat down with the hottie himself, bradley cooper. >> hi, i'm peter travers, and this is "popcorn" where we tell you what's going on at the movies. and there's a good thriller going on right now called "the limitless" about a guy who takes a pill and suddenly instead of using 10% of his brain, like all of us do, he gets to use 100% of it, and strange things happen, and who plays this guy? bradley cooper. you remember him from "the hangover" and "the a-team." this is a very different part for him in his first i carried the picture star performance which he pulls off beautifully. >> something wrong in law school >> how do you know i'm in law school? >> they don't dry on about a dead supreme court justice. >> you're a creep, aren't you? >> no, i just noticed the book. >> reporter: some people say we use 10% or 20% at most of the brain. and yet you're playing the guy who's now using 100% of his bra

the film stars bradley cooper as a struggling writer who takes a pill that allows him to tap into hisrain potential. coming in second was rango. made 15.3 million and last week's number one, "battle los angeles" fell to third place with $14.6 million. that's it for us. thanks for joining us. see you at 11:00. captioned by closed captioning services inc. [ female announcer ] we make it little and black. you make it flirty and fun. we make it floral. you make it bloom. we make it fitted. striped. polka dot. casual. flowy. you make it amazing. with hundreds of designers at jcpenney you can find a look that's uniquely you. ♪ we make it affordable. you make it yours. jcpenney.

why our don sanchez thinks this bradley cooper-robert denearo film is one of the year's best so far, coming up at 6:00. >> hoping you'd say that. >> finally people celebrate st. patrick's day in many ways and today a group of dancers brought a bit of the emerald isle into our studios. these are the murphy irish dancers ow

the thriller stars bradley cooper as a man who takes a magic pill that let's him tap into his maximum brain potential. "limitless" opened at number one. coming in second was "rango." the lincoln lawyer and paul rounded out the top 5. well, whether you love country or pop music, you're in luck. country singer keith urban will perform a free concert in downtown san francisco on saturday. the show starts at 1:00 p.m., will be short and sweet, just 30 minutes long. it will be a solo performance where he will sing and play the accusetic guitar. >>> brittany spears' show will be sunday at noon. fans can startle lining up at 9:00 a.m. they will be filled on a first come first ---- basis. th >>> well, a merger between two of the top u.s. wireless carry years is in the works tonight. at&t says it will be t mobile from its german owner. it's a deal valued at 39 billion in cash in company stock. tatis the second largest -- the merger will make at&t the largest carrier in the nation. both companies have approved the deal but it will face tough scrutiny by regulators. >>> the ban stops here when i

bradley cooper plays eddie and unemployed writer who discovers a top-secret drug that is in the altman brainpower. the business mogul play by robert deniro wants to harness his horse for his own financial gain. limitless is rated pg-13. in the legal thriller the lincoln lawyer, matthew plays and a key. an l.a. attorney who conducts much of his business on the back of his car. he eagerly accepts his first client in years. soon finds he made take on more than he bargained for. the link a lawyer it is rated r. in a sci-fi comedy paul, to comic-book dekes take a road trip and end up protectors of a renegade aliens with an all too human name and personality. >> hi i'm paul. >>catherine: paul is rated r. >>pam: the 100 any will bay to breakers race is sold out. all 50,000 race registrations are spoken thor. this is the first time in history that dated breakers has sold out and it's done so with two full months remaining before the race. bay to breakers also announced that a custom product company has become the title sponsor for the 101 hundred and the first running of bay to breakers. remem

the thriller stars bradley cooper as a struggling writer who takes a magic pill to tap into his braintial. >>> second was rango and battle los angeles fell to third place. the lincoln lawyer and paul rounded out the top five movement fans of pop music or country, your luck with a pair of free bay area concerts. keith urban will preform. >>> and a larger audience expected when britney spears preforms a free concert in the castro next sunday at noon. fans can start lining up for a seat at 9:00 a.m. the appearance is part of a promotion for her new album. we will be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,, ♪ that airline is gonna nail that frequent flyer with restrictions when he tries to use his miles. ♪ that's a lot of red tape! step on it! [ tires screech ] ♪ i can't escape the red tape! now you can with rapid rewards! come on! [ tires screech ] [ male announcer ] join rapid rewards and enjoy unlimited reward seats, no blackout dates, and no red tape. ♪ san francisco's embarcadero --all to yourself. today was the city's first "sunday streets". the embarcadero was closed to traffic -- so runners, skat

. >>> and actor bradley cooper is live on the plaza to talk about his new hit film "limitless" and what it's like working with robert de niro. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station.

bradley cooper and robert den r ni niro. "rango" came in second place with $15 million.in at third, "battle los angeles" which dropped from the top spot last weekend. it raked in $14 million. >>> lawrence scott joins us now to look at sports and giants and a's getting together. >> getting together. their final game in arizona this spring and meet up yet again soon in another kind of exhibition. that back in the bay area, but, today, lots of defensive help. call it madness in the middle of the night. most of us were tucked away asleep in the early morning hours. >>> more thrillers in the ncaa tournament. that and more coming up next in sports. >>> good evening. both the giants and the as going split squad today. this is the last time they'll get together in arizona. they'll play a few more exhibition games against each other at the end of the month, but back here in the bay area, that's coming in a bit. defense helping out madison bum gardner today. two innings where four runs were scored by the a's. aubrey huff in this game, he had two hits and three runs batted in and d

the sci-fi thriller, staring bradley cooper, opened at number one, with $90 million in box office sales. the western, "rango" came in second. and "battle: los angeles" came in third. >>> coming up next on your monday morning, inside libya's capital, as missile strikes surround that city now. >>> and the mystery surrounding the death of the world's most famous polar bear. ng delays in san francisco, l.a., vegas, phoenix, salt lake city, boston, new york and philadelphia. >>> the pentagon says this weekend's allied onslaught of firepower against libyan defenses has been, quote, very effective. >> the coalition iadamant that moammar gadhafi is not the target of those attacks. however, a cruise missile did explode in a building on the leader's residential compound. the rest of the strikes concentrated on wiping out radar and infrastructure. allan little from the bbc reports from tripoli. >> reporter: in tripoli, the sky is lit up for a second night of anti-aircraft fire. it feels that the city is under attack. tripoli itself is not under attack. those guns were responding to missiles or fig

bradley cooper, you think he's popular?room. he's going to be -- going to be heading to graphics after that, hair and makeup and all kinds of places. >> that's nice of him to spend his entire day with the women of nbc. >> she will be so impressed with bradley when she has got joe mi michaels there. >> anyway. >> let's get a check of the weather. >> let's look ahead to the weekend and see what's going on. erika and bradley have beautiful weather for the northeast. saturday for their long weekend away. rain in the southeast, mild conditions in the southwest. the west continues to get pounded. and then sunday, sunday! we're looking at more rain in the pacific northwest. sunny and cold in the northeast. showers work their way into the lower mississippi river valley. texas is going to be hot, where we've got all of these texans hangin >>> well, we are watching a severe line of showers pushing towards vallejo right now. i-80 already got slammed by this first line of moderate rain. look what is headed here now. throughout the next

>> the story starring bradley cooper about a unsuccessful writer who takes a pill letting him use all of his unused brain power earned $19 million. it was followed by rango at 15 million and the battle for los angeles earned another $14 million in its second week. the lincoln lawyer came in 4th bringing in about 13 million. >> he are now just a few games knowing the sweet 16. >> complete run down of which teams moving on and which are going home. sports wrap is next. . >>> good evening. thank you for joining our first spring edition of sports wrap. where are you cinderella. the men's tournament still working on separating the pretenders from contenders and today the his keys looked primed to upset north carolina. roy williams sick before the game but sucked it up. huskies in the dark uniforms led for most of the game. matthew, the dunk. washington led 51-47. tarheels tack advantage of a real hometown atmosphere. barnes hits the three-pointer, tarheels take the lead for good. now washington thought referees had the time left wrong on the clock at the end but they were given just a half

. >> bradley cooper stabbed you with a bayonette? >> jimmy: what?coop. >> a good story is, when we shot "summ "s "sucker punch," we were across from "the a team." we had an awesome crew with us, the navy s.e.a.l.s that trained us. so, we decided we were going to have a paint ball competition and challenge the a-team to a fight. we -- we were trying to organize the whole thing. we decided friday night after everyone wraps, nighttime, middle of the night, everyone, commando styles. and they wouldn't let us do it for legal reasons. when i shot "limitless" with bradley i brought it up and he knew about it. i didn't think that they caught wind of it but they did. and he said they were really scared, they thought we were going to kick their butt. >> jimmy: maniacs want to shoot us with paint balls. they think we're the real a-team. well, seems like you are living a very dangerous life but sees like you are having fun. con graj laxs on the big success. "sucker punch" opens friday. abbie cornish, everybody. we'll be right back with the gaslight anthem. [ an

from the new film, "limitless," bradley cooper and robert de niro are going to be coming by. [ cheers. that's right, marcel, from "top chef." [ cheers and applause ] hope to see you back here tomorrow night. our next guest, you guys, he was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame earlier this week. his recent album with elton jon, "the union," was nominated for a grammy. tonight, he's here to perform the classic track, "this masquerade," with a little help from the roots. please welcome leon russell. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ are we really happy with this lonely game we play ♪ ♪ looking for words to say searching but not finding ♪ ♪ understanding anyway we're lost in this masquerade ♪ ♪ both afraid to say we're just too far away being close together at the start ♪ ♪ well we try to talk it over but the words ♪ ♪ got in the way we're lost inside ♪ ♪ this lonely game we play thoughts of leaving disappear ♪ ♪ every time i see your eyes and no matter ♪ ♪ how hard i try understand the reason that we carry on this way ♪ ♪ we're lost in this masquerade ♪ ♪ ♪ both afraid of saying we'

>>> and, when i asked the question -- >> did bradley cooper just pop the question. >>> then -- >> if needs to do to protect herself. >> hollywood's bully backlash. video of the teen fighting back. >> what happened after cameras stopped rolling? >>> you threw me under the bu

limitless $19,000,000 stiring bradley cooper, rango $15,315,000 the kids' movie, with an adult draft came in in seconds. battle: los angeles $14,600,000 third place. coming up we will have more on your weather forecaster on this monday morning, the latest on japan, libya as things develop there as we >> . a live look from our roof camera, will we back at 5:00 a.m.. hey marcel, watch this! hey marcel, watch this! [ buzzer sounds ] [ cheers and applause ] ♪ hey marcel, watch this! yeah, marcel! -marcel! -hey marcel! are you listening to me? marcel! [ male announcer ] don't miss a second of ncaa march madness with my multiview, only from at&t u-verse. just $29 a month for the first 6 months. dvr included. in the network there are no hard choices. >> mark: 5:00 a.m. in the kron 4 morning news tapster is that we're falling rain that tensions continue to rise after a weekend of air attacks including a missile that blasted gaddafi's residential compound. >> darya: crews have been evacuated in japan powerplant. >> mark: a big day for barry bonds, the kid home run king will appear in court to

bradley cooper has a girlfriend called it quits. multiple resources confirming this lit.ntatives have nothing to say. >> mark: according to route radar on line. cbs wants charlie sheen back onto and half man. they are ready and willing to forgive to continue to broadcast the series. he has been talking to warner brothers the company that produces and two and half man. he spoke directly to the producers that has been there target. they want the solution that would bring machine back to the show. this comes, and rumors that he has talks with fox. >> darya: he said everybody will be begging me to come back. >> mark: i dystopias and canceling his tour. >> darya: another hour of news actually several hours of news coming up a >> will: bonds is in federal court at this very hour prosecutors who want to prove that he lied about using steroids coming up offal report. >> mark: more from the nuclear-power plant to japan n.y. investigators are awaiting figures at the plant's operators. >> darya: dramatic pictures of libya tensions in the country continue to rise air attacks. >> mark

million was the limit at the box office this weekend for number one thriller "limitless" starring bradley cooperafter the wright brothers first plane took flight at kittyhawk, freddie mac decided to celebrate his 100th birthday by jumping out of a plane. taking the plunge with him, his cardiologist who says mac is in great health and isn't slowing down any time soon. good for him. now back to ann, matt and al. i guess you may as well have your cardiologist with you. >> no question. exactly right. >> good landing there. >> tonight he's at a rave. >> go for it. >> mr. roker, how about a check of the weather? >> let's show you what's going on. for today we have rough stuff in the westst east. big storm system making its way through the northeast bringing mountain snows and snow into new england. in the pacific northwest, more heavy rain. later today a risk of strong storms back through the central plains and this afternoon we have a risk in the mid ohio river valley for more of the strong weather systems working their way through. >>> good morning to you. we're starting to see pretty consistent sho

cooperation is essential. >> all right, thank you both. >> woodruff: next, we turn to the interview with the father of accused wikileaks source, private bradley manning. kwame holman puts it in context. >> holman: private bradley manning is the 23-year-old army intelligence analyst accused of stealing thousands of classified government documents and providing them to wikileaks. he is in custody at the u.s. marine brig in quantico virginia where he is confined to his cell 23 hours a day under what's called a prevention of injury watch. last week, there was a change in his imprisonment-- manning was stripped of his clothing at night. manning's attorney, david coombs, has reported the brigs action followed his clients complaint that the so-called prevention of injury restrictions on him were absurd. bradley said if he wanted to harm himself he could do so with the elastic waistband of his underwear. in an exclusive "frontline" interview this week with correspondent martin smith, bradley manning's father, brian manning, talked for the first time about his son's incarceration. >> reporter: you decided that you wanted to sit down and talk today bec