chris cooper is in it.r rapping in this movie. it's really funny. and the classic muppets. kermit the frog. miss pornography j miss piggy. fonzie. the story is really thin. >> what's the story line? >> the story line is that no one has seen the muppets in a long time. they quit showbiz and it turns out chris cooper is part of this evil conglomerate that will buy the muppet studio and drill for oil and destroy it. walter, jason segal's brother has decided he'll get the muppets back together to put on a big show to raise the money and to buy the studio. that's about it. the story is really thin. you don't get a sense of why they stopped show business. it's a little light. nonetheless it's a lot of fun. the jokes are fast and furious. the kids love it. a good one to go see. >> this is g, by the way? >> this is rated g. bring kleenex. they play the nostalgia card pretty heavy. >> what's your grade? >> a b. >> then a martin scorsesi movie >> yes it's a kids movie. it's based on a book about a kid that lives in a

so will they be able to save the studio before ruthless businessman rex richmond, played by chris coopertakes over? this is a touching story line, with memorable cover songs and some original songs, too, that you will know and love. those songs, plus an adorable cast, make this a very, very fun, hilarious movie, and a great movie-going experience appropriate for all ages this weekend. >>> next up, another great family film, hugo. it's a magical movie in 3d, adapted from the fantasy book by brian selznik, brought to the big screen by martin scorsese. it tells the tale of hugo, a boy who often spends time hopscotching over the city of paris, mending clocks, keeping the tradition of his late father alive. the toy shop owner is brilliant and provides much of the emotional heart of this film. it's a family film, but what martin scorsese has created here is an exquisite jewel box of a movie, brimming with treasures to be enjoyed by the entire family this holiday weekend. >>> next up, not necessarily one for the family, but it's michelle williams who takes on one of the most iconic stars on fil

so will they be able to save the studio before ruthless businessmen rex richman played by chris cooper brilliantly so i should say when he takes over. what will happen? will they connect? of course they reconnect and, of course, just like they did all those years ago. a memorable story line, memorable songs and covers because every muppet movie has great songs, right? so an enjoyable film, hilarious at time a great experience appropriate for all ages. i highly recommend the muppets this weekend. i know you guys love it. >> love them. >> how can you not? miss piggy! >>> hugo, it is a magical movie. it's in 3-d as well which adds to the experience. adapted from the fantasy book by brian selznick and brought to the big screen by legendary director martin scorsese. so it tells the tail of hugo one orphan boy who hopscotchs over the roofs of paris mending plots along the way keeping the tradition of the late father alive. ben kingsley who is a toymaker is brilliant and provides much of the emotional heart of the film. a new arena for scorsese doing a kids' movie but what he has created here

chris john cooper is talking to the players about the big game and then freshmen mj redd gets a big surpriseapplause ] >> he's hugging his mom, she's in the army national guard, she's been in iraq since august. they haven't seen each other since then. and so they brought her in unbeknownst to him to give him a big hug before the game. >> we always see these videos, and it's like dad's coming home to surprise their daughters. and it's cool to see a mom coming home to surprise her big, stuff basketball player. >> sadly, they lost pretty badly. >> they lost to the number one team in the country. >> he kept it together, he didn't have the man tears. >> because guys will break down when it comes to mom. we talked to mj via skype to find out how he felt prepping for the big game and his mom comes strolling in. >> she came out of nowhere. it was everything going through my mind. to go back on the court. it was tough with my mom. a lot of emotions. [ inaudible ] >>> you ever prepared a meal for a lovely lady that you brought over to your house? >> i do all the time. >> nice, for a lovely lady? >> fo

cooper. chris has a closer look at the new clues. >> this was the tie worn by d.b. cooper. >> reporter: the evidence was lift from this clip on tie. the seattle fbi gave a team of private scientists access to the tie and other artfacts. >> what did you find? >> the most exciting was titanium metal. >> reporter: here is a particle on the tie seen through a micro scope. it's used in golf clubs to cook ware but back then it was rare. >> in 1971, there's a big upheaval. that laid off a lot of people so certainly cooper could have been part of that fallout. >> this is a severe d disappointment to all of us. >> reporter: cooper had been unemployed and so desperate he would threaten to blow up a passenger jet and parachute with ransom money. >> we think he was an engineer or manager that went back out on the floor regularly. >> reporter: he likely was not a boeing employee. the titanium is pure, not proce processing. he was probably employed at a chemical plant. >> coming up with a profile that nor rows him to hundreds is significant. >> they are getting together in portlan

chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today, h.d. net's dan rather. bloomberg's lizzie o'leary. "the new york times'" helene cooper. and new york magazine's john heilemann. first up, there's plenty of passing chatter about newt gingrich and herman cain. and even rick perry but none of them seems to stand a serious chance of beating mitt romney for the republican nomination. so maybe no surprise that naseem and president obama already are -- romney and president obama are already sparring with each other. romney is trying to make the obama team nervous by calling them nervous. >> mitt romney. >> governor romney. >> governor romney. >> mitt romney. >> governor romney. >> didn't know were you a spokesperson for mitt romney. chris: those romney madmen who he cooked up those ads, obsession. the obama crowd may not be obsessed at least not yet but they're definitely already focused on romney. and they confess they're disappointed that romney's emerging from the primaries so unbloodied. by his opponents. >> i don't know that his positions have been scrutinized that carefully. i know governor perry has made some halting ef

for a review of the country's cooperation with the agency western leaders have come down hard on terranova claims made in the report but london based political analyst chris bambery thinks they're looking the wrong way. i'm still waiting to hear the british threatening strong measures against israel who just the other week tested a boys think missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads israel has a we go all nuclear program which was kept secret we know the britain and france many years ago provided you really really really into for that for that program in c. in secret meanwhile israel has also carried out a law for a show using an airbase in sardinia see if it's warplanes can go in there and come back in preparation for an attack on iran and why nato is allowing israel to use its base in sardinia for this purpose i don't know perhaps he could explain but instead we have the power which has used weapons america britain which is currently replacing its nuclear weapons trident and israel with its a legal secret nuclear program and a country which is said it would use nuclear weapons if it was facing defeat in a war with one of its arab states ganging up a

chris coons of delaware, they'll be here in "the situation room." will they alienate their respective basis? we'll see if this is a trend cht so far, there hasn't be a whole lot of bipartisan cooperation. we'll see if they can get something going. they're joining us live in "the situation room," that's all starting at the top of the hour as you well know. >> cooperating to create jobs. we'll be watching. thank you so much. >>> now, this. >> what do you want me to do with this money? what do you want me to do? >> put it in your panties and walk out of the house. >> the feds releasing audiotape of an official to flush 100 grand down the toilet. hide the cash. back in 90 seconds. >>> the former county executive accused of corruption is heard telling his wife to hide thousands of dollars in her bra, in her underwear and then flush a $100,000 check down the toilet. when they tried to confront his wife last year, she frantically called him about hiding that money. the fbi recorded the the whole conversation. it has just been released. >> what do you want me to do with the money? what do you want me to do? >> put it in your panties and walk out of the house. >> no, but i mean all this cash,

chris droney to be the u.s. attorney for the district of connecticut where he served with great distinction and effect until 1997. as u.s. attorney he initiated new cooperative law enforcement efforts against gangs, health care fraud, and financial fraud in addition to personally trying some major cases in connecticut and across new england, and successfully arguing cases before the second circuit court of appeals, again, the court that he is being considered for today and in a vote that will occur shortly. judge droney was selected by then attorney general janet reno to serve on the advisory committee of u.s. attorneys in which he was one of 17 u.s. attorneys selected to assist the department of justice on a range of pressing matters. in 1997 after four years of u.s. attorney chris droney was nominated to the district court in connecticut by president clinton and i might say for the second time was confirmed unanimously by this united states senate. since then, as a district court judge, he's presided over numerous federal, civil, and criminal trials and i think has consistently demonstrated sound judgment and great legal acumen in his many decisions coveri