. >> maybe a little young for the kardashian chitchat. they don't leave too much -- >> to the imagination. >>> this comes to us from wgh 7 news in boston, massachusetts, where a life-saving catch led to an emotional reunion between one boy and his rescuer. this was the second time xavier found himself in the arms of the boston firefighter who rescued him. the first time was when his grandmother dropped him into the lieutenant's arms from the third floor of a burning building. the city honored the 22-year vet's heroism but that pales in comparison to the heart-felt bond he now shares with the 6-year-old and his family. >>> i'm lynn berry and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> some might call it clowning around, but this group means business. yesterday mexico city held its 16th annual international clown convention. over 200 clowns dressed in classic face paint and bright costumes gathered to showcase and improve their skills. the event aims at gaining support for their craft, a tradition i

. >> it's definitely more effective than sitting down through a boring chitchat because kids can relateant kids to take from this? >> when i saw kids at my old school it was always the same kids bullying the same kids every day and nobody else would do something about it. we're trying to get kids stand up and say something to bully. stop that. it's not cool. >> these songs speak to your generation? >> yeah. we actually have a song called future generation that tells people that we are the generation. it's our time to change and it's our time to make things better. >> steve perry, newark. >>> destroying pumpkins is a time honored activity for rebellious boys on halloween night but it can be a real art. stick around to see what i mean. [ female announcer ] if you're considering going back to school, you have options. you can attend our online program or if you prefer a classroom experience... look no further than your own neighborhood. we have over 200 campuses and learning centers around the country. where you can attend classes, career fairs and meet with students and faculty. today, yo

all right, enough chitchat. give me a taste of what i'm going to learn here. >> okay.erate housewives," the final season. you guys finally got to the stripper pole. >> finally. i almost killed myself doing that scene. you'll see. >> jimmy: it seems dangerous. >> it is very dangerous. i had pole burn and it was not fun. >> jimmy: pole burn is a real thing? >> it is a real thing. >> jimmy: we talked last time you were here about the fact that we both played clarinet in high school. >> did you have an overbite? i did. >> jimmy: oh, thank you. that's me in high school. no, that's -- that's actually junior high school. [ applause ] >> oh, you look so much better now. >> jimmy: i don't know why i let these people in my yearbook, but -- you can see it didn't really work out for me with the ladies. but you playing, i think for a woman, it's okay. >> yeah. i can't believe you did. why did you pick that one? >> jimmy: you want to know honestly? i thought -- i wanted to play the trombone and i thought they were called a clarinet. >> no. >> jimmy: so i got to my class in sixth gra

. >> you and i can get into trouble the way we chitchat. >>> we have a lot coming up. first shift, i'm going to be going until 5:00. this is like the energizer bunny shift. >> we get it done on the weekends. welcome to it. >> yes. hey, i remember doing the weekends. had a great time, yes, many, many years ago. conrad murray, of course, that's the first thing that we want to talk about. that will be coming up in the next hour. you know, our legal beagles, we have a segment with sonny hostins and lenny. they always get their opinions. strong willed women. we're going to talk about the fact that we're going to hear from conrad murray's girlfriends. that should be interesting. >> how many did we get up to? >> there's a handful. you've been talking about that, right? >> we have been talking about the trial. a lot of people, they try to follow it. on the weekends, this is a good time for us to get people caught up. >> also, the baptist preacher, you've been talking about this all morning coming forward, he had to introduce rick perry at the summit. you remember this moment w

this is all just chitchat. >> so you're attempting as i know, to run a campaign that's clean of corporate restrict individuals to donations of about $100 per person. and for that, you don't get invited to a single televised debate. nobody takes any interest in you. what does that tell you? >> well, it says that maybe i am alone. it says that maybe the issue of over collection of money from special interests is one that they don't want to talk about. now i'm a republican. right now it's just republican debates. but i have noticed that the president doesn't want to talk about it either. martin, it is our political system. we are a nation in trouble. we don't have jobs for working people. we don't stand up to china. and all we would ask would be a level playing field. we don't dare do that. we are in trouble because we're after the money and nobody wants to stand up for working families. nobody. not democrats or republicans. >> but governor, you yourself have held office. you're a public servant over the period of your lifetime. you have been both a democrat and are a republican. herman cain

just frank. [ laughter ] >> i could feel the desk doing one of these things while you guys were chitchattinggo earthquake? >> he is going to be our huma seismograph. >> plenty of sunshine, warm all the way to the coastline, 60s there. 70s inland. warmer into the weekend. elizabeth? >> and a couple of accidents following including this one in san leandro is cleared, northbound 238 east 14th. 880 through oakland cleared. things i am improving. >> we are out of time. see you later. >> caption colorado, llc comments@capco

. >> it's definitely more effective than just sitting down through a boring chitchat. kids can relate to it. >> what do you want kids to take from this? >> when i saw kids at my old school, it was always the same kids bullying the same kids every day. and nobody else would do something about it. we're trying to get kids to like stand up and say something to the bully. like, stop that. it's not cool. >> reporter: so these songs speak to your generation? >> yeah. we actually have a song called "future generation" that tells people that we are the generation. it's our time to change and it's our time to make things better. ♪ welcome to the new school, new generation ♪ ♪ making rules just so we can break them ♪ >> reporter: steve perry, new york. >> thank you, steve. >>> do you think you're having a tough time finding work? jobless rates for post-9/11 vets are higher than the national average. and things are even worse for female vets. in two minutes, you'll meet someone who knows firsthand. [ female announcer ] if you're considering going back to school, you have options.

special, say their prayer, read off a list of people who died that month, if any, and there to do chitchatting, mostly social. one of the things that kept coming up with them was the struggle they were having because their health benefits had been cut. these were benefits they have been promised decades ago. to give you an example, one of the fellows there named clayton had started at hormel meatpacking plant right out of high school in the '30s. like a lot of the guys, he left to go to the second world war, survived and came back, and then he worked another 30 or 40 years there at the plan. retired to enjoy his remaining life. clayton was secure. he had attention he had earned. he had retiree health benefits. these guys, there were millions of these guys out there, and women, who had earned maybe a trillion dollars in deferred pay, which is essentially what a pension is. it is deferred compensation. they earned pensions, health care, promised death benefits and life insurance. these were not gratuities. this was pay. they retired and then starting in the '90s mostly they started getting notic

. >>> and if you like to chitchat on your cell phone, there's a new study that says that one in six cellphones is contaminated with harmful bacteria. here's more. >>> doctor's in britain have a new health warning for cell phone users. phones across the country are harboring e. coli. >> people are going to the toilet and they're not washing their hands with soap before touching the phone. >> reporter: researchers studied 400 people taking samples from their hands and cell phones. they found fecal bacteria on one in six phones. >> 95% of brits questioned said they washed their hands after using the bathroom. the same employers are -- the same germs are on other objects. it's public health. >> researchers timed a study on local hand washing day. >> doctor's say, always use soap and the longer you wash, the better. the first 30 second kills most of the bugs. >> watch out for your cell phones. now, to fight the bacteria, hand sanitizer is always an option. but it's best to use soap and water. >> >> the baltimore city police department failed to conduct reviews of officer involved shootings to