here's abc's chris connelly with the "nightline" interview. >> hut, hut! hike!orter: odds are you know bradley cooper from his work in such r-rated come dims at request "wedding crashers" and "the hangover 1 and 2." the bachelor party, the whole night, things got out of control. >> for me, "hangover" was a huge shift in terms of being recognized more and having more opportunity. but the truth is, it's been such a sort of slow incredit am growth for me. in this business. >> reporter: because while you can see cooper now on magazine covers, or squiring stunning actresses in the tabloids or promoting his movies in french, this son of a stockbroker, raised with his sister outside philadelphia, didn't act until he years at georgetown. and wasn't ticketed for the a-list. >> i have never walked through my life having to deal with, oh, he's just too good looking. was not the handsome [ bleep ], you know? a lot of the feedback was, brad, what a nice guy. he's just, yeah. no edge. just not go edge. i was bummed out by that. >> reporter: in fact, set the way back machine t

. >> thank you, members of the board, my name is chris connelly. part of our mission is to make sure that as new technology comes along that people don't have to choose between using the new technology and keeping their privacy. we are pleased to hear that mtc is taking action that clipper action, although not as precise as information from a cell phone, can reveal a lot about a individual. it can reveal if you got on or off bart near a hospital, near a clinic, all sorts of things that may imply things about your personal life and particularly over a long period of time there is an extensive amount of information collected about a person. are they going to church on a regular basis. are they going to baseball games when they are supposed to be at work? i think it is important to recognize that these records should be respected, should be treated as private information and as the commission said, should be looked at and retained only as long as necessary for operational purposes, not because it's cheap to retain data but because you need them for fr

abc's chris connelly gets serious about the jabs and the jokes. >> reporter: this election could wipes face. well, except his. but america's comedy elite, the 1% of political humor, has kept its campaign promise, to keep laughing with everyone, all the way to the end. >> i'll be a good soldier. i'll vote for romney. but i'm going to hate it. >> this is not mitch romney's father's republican party. >> joe biden's been drinking robitussin again. >> if you have a single working-class suburban undecided voter in your home, cover her with plywood. >> some of their jokes can be sharp-edge. but for the most part, they're a breath of fresh air. >> reporter: the late-night skits and the jabs, can mold public perception of a candidate's personality for performance. >> governor romney just said he killed osama bin laden. would you care to respond? >> no. you two go ahead. >> reporter: take "jimmy kimmel live," offering an off-the-wall appeal friday night from chris rock. >> you need a man you can trust. that man's name is president barack obama. >> reporter: a skid that didn't make this weekend,

i just don't want it to. >> reporter: for "good morning america," chris connelly, abc news, los angeles. george and diane sawyer will anchor our election coverage all night, right through the final result. and we thank you for keeping us up to date. >> will you deliver punch lines? >> i don't know, he got all the best ones in that piece. >> he sure does. >>> we're going to look at brand-new pictures of lauren scruggs. she's inspired so many with her remarkable recovery after that propeller accident took her left arm and her left eye. and this morning, we're learning more about her comeback from her upcoming memoirs due out next week. abc's ryan owens has a preview. >> a girl walked into an airplane prop. i need an ambulance immediately. >> reporter: nearly a year after model and fashion blogger lauren scruggs walked off an airplane and into a spinning propellerle she says she still can't explain how it happened. the 24-year-old writes, i remember the sky was black. we were on the dark side of the plane. it was december 3rd, 2011. and after that split-second, i remember absolutely nothin

talk about the house vote in this particular district, which involves the democrat jerry connelly, the conduct chris perkins. they sail -- the incumbent chris perkins. it's going to take the precincts about an hour or two to tally up their votes after the precincts close at 7 and get them over to the central election board so that they can get, talk up the numbers. so, we're looking at maybe something around 9:30, 10:00 tonight before we get a real inkling about what is going to happen in this all-important state of virginia. back into you. brian. >> karen. >>> far from over on this election day. coming up after the break, president obama in chicago, mitt romney in boston and we're going go live to both campaign headquarters and the final stretch, insight into what could happen tonight. you're watching -- watching the news edge special edition of you decide 2012. you be -- we'll be right back. we're here! [ giggling ] these days, nobody has time to get sick. mom, i don't feel good. but minuteclinic makes it easy to get well. our nurse practitioners can diagnose and write prescriptions for everything