we wanted to catch up tonight with word from over the weekend that cliff robertson died. he was an oscar winner for the film "charlie," a product of the actors studio in new york he was a veteran of stage, tv and film. he played john f. kennedy in "p.t. 109" and he creepily played hugh hefner in the movie "star 80." cliff robertson died a day after his 88th birthday. >>> and fans are mourning andy whitfield who died of nonhodgkin's lymphoma at just 39 years of age. born in wales, he lived in australia, came to fame playing spartacus in the series "blood & sand." he leaves behind a wife and two children. >>> we have extraordinary pictures from the southern california coast tonight where they have spotted a pod of blue whales looking for food apparently, and putting on quite a show for whale watchers. they are the largest creatures on earth, up to 85 feet and 80 tons. because they were hunted almost to extinction, this is always a welcome sight in any waters. >>> when we come back, ten years later now, the memorial at ground zero is officially open to the public for the fir

(laughter) seriously, cliff robertson? barbara billingsley and james arness? they have not worked in years! god i hope i get on that thing before jon stewart does. (laughter) but what really enraged me was all the british people touching america's golden lady. and by british, of course, i mean anyone with an accent. (laughter) kate winslet, guy pooers, maggie smith and, most british of all, the creator of "downtown abbey" julian fellowes. >> at the risk of being grandiloquent, i would like to thank you, the american industry. >> stephen: well, at the risk of being grandiloquent, go fornicate yourself you wicket-sniffing mash banger! america invented t.v., buddy! we get the awards for it. and look who he won for! i believe we have a clip of masterpiece theater's "downtown abbey" right here. >> pardon me, do you have any grey poupon? (laughter) (cheers and applause) you know what? you know what? i take it all back. that maggie smith can act. (laughter) of course, there's one foreigners really robbing america-- barack obama. (laughter) yesterday obama unveiled hi

. >>> funeral service announcend for academy award winning actor cliff robertson. his funeral is this friday on new york's long island. other services are also being planned for a later date in new york city and los angeles. robertson died saturday from natural causes, just one day after his 88th birthday. he is best known for his role in the film, pt109. more recently he played uncle ben in the spiderman movies. >>> cnn's anderson cooper is launching a new daytime talk show that will debut here on ktvu this afternoon. he joined me live on morning on 2 saying it will feature interviews from a wide variety of people. he says it's designed to entertain and inform viewers. this afternoon's premiere will focus on amy winehouse, with interviews from her family. she died suddenly seven weeks ago. >> this is the first time today they're breaking their violence, revealing what they think happened to her. we're talking to her mom, her dad, her stepmother, her aunt, her boyfriend, so we have all the members of the family. >> some of the other interviews include harry potter

. >>> he played kennedy and won an oscar, cliff robertson has died. in 1963 the president selected him to portray him about his world war ii exploits. he won an oscar in 1918. in the 70s he made headlines for blowing the whistle on a financial scandal. >>> there was a lightning storm in the skies above kern county last night. look at this amazing video and that is clearly not it. it was -- the trouble was that the storm sparked more than 40 separate fires and some of them are still threatening homes. authorities have issued precautionary evacuation orders, there it is if you can see. several communities on the watch, the storm also caused power outages. there are still about 5,000 without power. >>> jim joining us with a look at the rest of the weekend. we have lightning last night and you have been watching it. >> we have more tonight as the -- pattern continues here around the bay and the foothills of the sierra where we continue to see the afternoon and evening thunderstorms. once again we have a strong cell out around livermore here with just patc

. >>> and cliff robertson died at 88.cently, he played uncle ben parker in the spiderman films. his acting career spanned more than 50 years. cliff robertson wasle -- was 88 years old. >>> in a couple of hours, raw fee yale nadeau or his -- rafael na $will -- raphael nadal, will play the competitor for the win. >>> serena got into an argument with the umpire, just similar to the outburst at the same tournament a few years ago. her opponent won her first grand slam. >>> 7. 5054 -- 7:54. >>> we do have a bunch of slow traffic out there right now as we are still in the heart of this commute. we had an earlier crash on the san mateo bridge near the toll plaza. traffic is slow before and after the crash and look at that overcast. it could delay flights into sfo. actually i saw steve tweet about that. so we got that from steve. i just got it from twitter. let's take a look at the commute on interstate 880 northbound and southbound. that traffic is busy. northbound, especially. >>> if you drive to d.c. d.c. county, very slow, an

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