he was also in all four of the superman" r reeves' " movies. >> hollywood heartthrob, george clooney, turns 50 tomorrow. he started his rise playing a doctor on e r. he has been nominated for an academy award five times. there will be an a-list extravaganza at his home in italy. that includes brad pitt, matt damon, and stan stovall. >> 45 degrees on capitol hill. coming up, a look at the morning headlines. >> just when i told you to take the harrisburg expressway, but there is an accident. i will call you know of other problems coming up. >> we will take a look at the current temperatures in the forecast for mother's day weekend coming up here yet here is a look outside. >> welcome back. and headlines this morning, the high-pro by a trial of a pair of brothers accused of setting a pit bull on fire is delayed. there were supposed to stand trial yesterday. the first trial ended in a mistrial. one of the defense attorneys told the judge he needs more time to prepare their case. a new date is set for july 26. police are looking for a door to door robert. a woman told police he flashed an

. >>> and happy birthday to george clooney. the actor and humanitarian turns 50 years old today.appy birthday. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. ann curry reports live from pakistan as officials learn more about the plans bin laden had to strike america. >>> and parents weigh in on a controversial new anti-obesity campaign aimed at children that some say crosses the line. >>> 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. enjoy your friday and have a terrific weekend. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com do i look like someone who's at risk for heart disease? well guess what, i am. heart disease took my dad's life, but it doesn't have to take mine because 80% of cardiac events in women may be

just because president obama or george clooney may look powerful, distinguished, even sexy. it doesn't mean salty hair is always welcome. >> we all want to stay young. >> artist ray hulbert spent years darkening his hair. >> the wrong notion that going gray was a negative thing. i think i was probably influenced by some of the commercials. >> hate that gray? wash it away. >> clairol marketed hair die, sold as an elixir for romance. that notion persists when the dating website match.com polled its members. 54% of responders would consider coloring gray hair to appear younger on a date, but by his early 40s, he got tired of hiding his roots. >> it was like a masquerade. >> his new gray got mixed reactions. >> a lot of people thought something dramatic had happened to me, like maybe a heart ailment. >> a bay area crew launched, i can relate. asking about my health. for me it was about deciding the match might look with my insurance and time on the planet. at least one career counselor would advise me to get rid of the gray should i ever need another job. >> first impressions ar

hundred dollars a ton a full load could earn a substantial paul first of one million dollars but sky clooney raise so much just in his rounds of industry that he began to draw the attention of the authorities a judge in the northern italian town of asti led the inquiry he also rise the phone tapping over several months of suspected members of the network. loons rule was to collect the waste that's what he himself told the industrialists he met at. the office said what he was doing was entirely legal. ever the point was that at the time somalia was a country that couldn't legally import subset of with. whatever documentation he provided. these days scotty only is no longer a somali honorary consul is so shared with masonic and templar organizations and is the self-proclaimed head of the phantom state of nevada a tiny island off the coast of haiti. it effectively exists only on the internet. great to be interviewed only in his capacity of the prince of. senior. so if your country is recognised i'm jus become head of state c.s. then you would have diplomatic immunity agreement which. i look at

i'm not going to hold my breath waiting for democrats to haul george clooney up here to justify his income. >> reporter: the bill ending tax credits is not likely to pass. it doesn't have enough support in the house or the senate. danielle nottingham, cbs news, washington. >>> hundreds of bay area commuters aren't paying for gas today. they ditched their keys and they biked to work. it is the 18th annual "bike to work" day. this morning, cyclists took advantage of some. freebies at an energizer station out by the golden gate bridge. advocates say the economy is convincing many people to change the way they get to work. >> higher gas prices go, easier it is people want to get out of their cars. >> studies by san francisco transportation experts show biking is increased almost 60% in the past four years. >>> bombshell allegations against a top bay area cop. plus, a drug scandal. now he is accused of running a brothel. >>> a terrifying light show caught on tape. what happened when one. world's biggest planes was struck by lightning. >>> hi, i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow in the cbs 5 weath

just because president obama or george clooney may look powerful, distinguished, even sexy, it doesn't is always welcome. >> we all want to stay young. >> artist ray spent years darkening his hair. >> i come out of a generation that grew up with the wrong notion of going gray was a negative thing. i think i was probably influenced by some of the commercials. >> hate that gray, wash it away. >> clairol targeted hair dye in the 1960s, sold for romance. >> makes your husband feel younger. >> that notion persists when the dating website match.com pulled its members. 54% of respondents said they would consider coloring gray hair, but by his early 40s, he got tired of hiding his roots. >> it was like makeup. >> his new gray got mixed recollections. >> like a heart ailment. >> i can relate. when i went gray in march, viewers wrote about asking about my health. i'm fine thank you. for me, it was about deciding to match my looks with my experience and time on the planet. at least one career counselor would advise me to get rid of the gray should i ever need another job. >> first impressions are

many people here in the second world war he was the great hero of the allied people as well i think clooney well maybe not hero to stalin. churchill and roosevelt but they see. him greatly and it's appreciating to see his role in the in the knuckles that contemporary you old style person if you will gets lost the second world war in the context of the outbreak of the cold war the thigh ended up right down off the ground the loss between britain the soviet and united states i would say. stalin and the soviet side just another stalin old soviet union wanted. a cold war the you know. try to avoid a cold or need a cold will broke out. they went to great lengths to actually bring the cold war. to an end so. on the western side the cold war was broken out there was a much more positive engagement with the cold war was on the subject saw it there was a reluctance to become involved in the cold war and continuous efforts to revive you know the ground lost one of the great feats of post-war sort of foreign policies a desire to return so that because of the lines there is an initiative in russia thes

for one magnificent day, clooney, cruise, and pitt will be replaced by mucho macho man, archarc archarcharch, and pants on fire. >> you can feel the magic, derby fever is palpable. >> reporter: an affair that shared over 100,000 founds who will pour in to chunlg hill downs for the most prestigious horse of the year. >> who are we rooting for? >> factor. >> you know who you want to win? >> no. >> you're into everyone winning. you want it to be a 20-way tie, right? >> yeah. >> okay. >> reporter: it's more than just the running of the roses, here in the farm, fans get up close and personal with the legendary stars. >> they're in their second career. they're racehorses but now retired here for the breeding purposes. >> the stallions and the studs, three times a day, they're active. >> so, a lot of love here. >> a lot of love, lot of winners come out of here. >> reporter: winners like the 2008 derby chance big round. how popular is he? he gets actual fan mail. birthday cards, christmas cards, even thank you notes. >> isn't he beautiful? oh oh he is. he is quite beautiful. far better than brad pit

george clooney.>> good morning, america. >> give them good morning, america, and walk away from it. >> good morning, america. >> a little creepy. say it with your eyes. i felt that. >> buenos dias, america. >> how about we sing it? ♪ good morning good morning, america ♪ >> you're hurting yourself. let's go back. >> good morning, america. >> that's it. that's it. i'm touched. work on that. >> good morning, america. good morning. good morning, america. good morning, america. >> oh. >> he is ready. >> you are ready. george clooney was great. >> you know, you mentioned it earlier, robin, you heard the bells for hours and hours, i heard "good morning, america," in my dreams and nightmares for days and days. good morning, indeed. >> you never know what jamie foxx is going to do? >> he was incredibly gracious with his time. want to thank him. it was something of a last-minute affair. and for him to jump is was wonderful. >> it is odd, how he's walking up and down the hallway. he is always just walk around t

. >>> george clooney celebrating a birthday. turning 50 years old today.e slated to be released in october. >>> it is friday night. home quickly or sitting in traffic? >> i think we will be sitting in traffic. yellow light. couple things to show you. first of all, start with the map. southbound side of 295 right here there is an accident at the parkway and authorities are on the scene. look at all these red cars on the vw parkway right here. it all begins at route 50. continuous for 16 miles all the way up to route 32. it is just that friday get away traffic. take you around town live right now. here is what if looks like planning to head northbound on i-70. now we will go to 95 which seems to be the worst of it in virginia. southbound side you've got it from route 7100 down to triangle. i'm going to say that's a 70- minute ride at 14 miles an hour. we also have a commuter alert for weekend metro riders. expect delays on the red, orange and blue lines starting at 9:30 p.m. tonight and continuing through sunday. crews will be performing track work and upgra

just because president obama or george clooney may look powerful, distinguished, even sexy, it doesn'tean salty hair is always welcome. >> we all want to stay young. >> artist ray says he spent years darkening his hair. >> i am coming out of a generation of people who grew up with what i think is the wrong notion that going grey was a negative thing. i think i was probably influenced by some of the commercials. >> hate that grey? wash it away. >> clair marketed hair dye to the masses in the 19060s sold as an elixir for romance. >> makes your husband feel young just to look at you. >> reporter: that notion persists when the dating website match.com told its members 54% of respondents said that they would consider am coloring grey hair to appear younger on a date. but ray says by his early 40s he got tired of hiding his roots. >> it was like a masquerade like makeup. >> but his new grey got mixed reactions. >> a lot of people thought that something dramatic had happened to me, like maybe a heart illness. >>> a bay area crew i can relate. the viewers wrote asking about my health. i'm fine

." >> george clooney and go. >> "good morning america." >> wow. ♪ good morning ♪ ♪ good morning ♪ ♪ morning ♪ ♪ america ♪ >> okay, you are hurting yourself. >> that was a few weeks ago when they taped that. but i thought it was really, really funny. jamie is so funny, effortlessly funny. welcome it our new colleague over there at "gma." >> get hr on the phones. >> shania twain, she is talking about her divorce from mutt lange, her husband of 14 years. she's beautiful. we can say that for sure. a lot of people miss shania. she's not been out talking about the personal disaster that she calls it, a real tragedy in her life but she talked to oprah. she sat down with mer. let's take a listen to that. >> i've come a long way since this happened to me -- >> yes. >> -- and i didn't like where i was. i was angry. i'm sitting there like -- i didn't want to be like that. >> now interestingly enough, that's her new husband frederic thiebaud. marie -- anne-marie was his former -- wife who was shania twain's former best friend and close assistant. marie -- is

. >> rose: george clooney is celebrating soon his 50th birthday. >> really. >> rose: well, he's a director, screenwriter. >> amateur basketball player. >> rose: amateur basketball player. >> he's the coffee dude in europe. >> rose: no but he's done a lot in sudan. put a satellite in the air to watch troop movement. >> incredible. he said one thing, like you know, yeah, you don't have to just sell things with celebrity. qu actually do some good things. some amazing things. it's very inspiring. i think i will just be doing more of the same. >> rose: of course will you then be dr. franko. >> i will. i will be teaching. but i'm going to be teaching next year. so i think it will just be-- . >> rose: where are you teaching next year. >> at nyu, in the grad program. >> rose: but you're teaching now this editing program. what's it called? >> just tell me. >> no. >> rose: please, tell me the title. >> it's not true. you've just been reading the blog. >> rose: no, i haven't. it's not true. >> i did a project with my friend who teaches at the school called columbia school of the arts. >> rose: in red

for one magnificent day, clooney, cruise, and pitt will be replaced by mucho macho man, archarc charchaffair that shared over 100,000 founds who will pour in to chunlg hill downs for the most prestigious horse of the year. >> who are we rooting for? >> factor. >> you know who you want to win? >> no. >> you're into everyone winning. you want it to be a 20-way tie, right? >> yeah. >> okay. >> reporter: it's more than just the running of the roses, here in the farm, fans get up close and personal with the legendary stars. >> they're in their second career. they're racehorses but now retired here for the breeding purposes. >> the stallions and the studs, three times a day, they're active. >> so, a lot of love here. >> a lot of love, lot of winners come out of here. >> reporter: winners like the 2008 derby chance big round. how popular is he? he gets actual fan mail. birthday cards, christmas cards, even thank you notes. >> isn't he beautiful? oh oh he is. he is quite beautiful. far better than brad pitt. i mean, look at those muscles. >> gorgeous muscles. and his shirt's off, right? >> yea

. >> how about this, george clooney and go. >> good morning, america. >> how about we sing it?that the girls dance harder than the byes do. the boys stapd while the girls spin. >> hey, hey, hey, let me say, she came in third, right thereupon with bristol palin. >> oh. >> well, bristol and i didn't kiss bruno to get points. >> maybe that's why i won. >> you want back in on this? you sure? >> zip it. >> it's not too late. >> welcome home, lara spencer. >>> california teachers and supporters are launching a week long state of emergency campaign in sacramento. some of them gathered in san francisco this morning. they are doing sit-ins and urging lawmakers to end the budget crisis. >> i think it's going to warm up about three, four, five degrees. warmest weather, upper 50s in the valleys to rest of us in the low 60s. it will be cooler in the coming weekend. >> delays on caltrain, 221 had to be taken out of service because of mechanical problems. backed up to the maze. southbound

george clooney. and go. >> good morning, america. >> wow.ing, america. >> give them good morning, america, and walk away from it. >> good morning, america. >> little creepy. say it with your eyes. i felt that. >> buenos dios, america. >> how about we sing it? ♪ good morning good morning, america ♪ >> you're hurting yourself. let's go back. >> good morning, america. >> that's it. that's it. i'm touched. work on that. >> good morning, america. good morning. good morning, america. >>> now maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weatherate. >>> good morning. 8:27. the which friday should be nice and easy. sunshine and light breeze and 52 in baltimore 55 easton. ocean city pushing 62. they are getting excited for spring fest and out of the 30s pushing 48 at york, pa. there he a front that is going to change our afternoon heading in our direction and take the clear morning and replace it with clouds. clouds will lower and thicken and we will dim out sunshine and this could be a shower or storm pop up main

george clooney. and go. >> good morning, america. >> wow.merica. >> give them good morning, america, and walk away from it. >> good morning, america. >> little creepy. say it with your eyes. i felt that. >> buenos dios, america. >> how about we sing it? ♪ good morning good morning, america ♪ >> you're hurting yourself. let's go back. >> good morning, america. >> that's it. that's it. i'm touched. work on that. >> good morning, america. good morning. good morning, america. >> live and in hd, this is an abc 7 news update. good morning, everyone. i am greta kreusz at 8:27. let's check on the trafficwatch lisa baden. a longstanding car wreck on 118 middlebrook road. that is in germantown and they the area ind germantown. nowand middlebrook road is open. pictures inou live the americanss legion bridge which is beautiful. no worries to report in virginia, 95, 395, 66 has normal volume out of springfield for the pentagon. we are right near 50 degrees sunshiner skies and overhead. moving into the valley and i will be the metro area later this mid da

george clooney. and go. >> good morning, america. >> wow.merica. >> give them good morning, america, and walk away from it. >> good morning, america. >> little creepy. say it with your eyes. i felt that. >> buenos dios, america. >> how about we sing it? ♪ good morning good morning, america ♪ >> you're hurting yourself. let's go back. >> good morning, america. >> that's it. that's it. i'm touched. work on that. >> good morning, america. good morning. good morning, america. >>> san francisco police have a d.u.i. suspect in custody. they believe he was involved in a fatal hit and run accident this morning. a 55-year-old man was hit and killed on masonic avenue and church street. the car kept going. it crashed a short time later n outside st. mary's hospital. 23-year-old driver suffered facial injuries and was taken to the hospital where he was treated and detained. >> right now, let's see how traffic is moving. >> "h" train delay, number 3, major delays up to 45 minutes. number 5 is five-minute delay. southbound 880, dakota on-ramp is reopen. s

i'm not going to hold my breath waiting for democrats to call george clooney up here to justify his income. i do not believe we want to go down the dangerous road of deterring u.s. businesses of becoming too profitable. i'm afraid we're going to see you try to score political points today. i have a chart depicting what i believe this hearing will turn into. there you go. that's a really nice picture. >> bst the horse and who's the dog? >> i think we both know. i know who the horse's ass is, i'll put it that way. i shouldn't have said that. elaine is going to give me heck when i get home. it perfectly appropriate to examine the purpose, design, and intent and effectiveness of tax incentives that promote the production of oil and gas. let's have that detective. in 2004 congress passed the american jobs creation act. the centerpiece was the domestic manufacturing deduction. this provision was designed to strengthen the domestic mastering sector. it is a deduction for manufacturing everything from coffee to appliances to the domestic production of oil and gas. the amount of the deduction is ti

i'm not going to hold my breath waiting for democrats to call george clooney up here to justify his income. i do not believe we want to go down the dangerous road of deterring u.s. businesses of becoming too profitable. i'm afraid we're going to see you try to score political points today. i have a chart depicting what i believe this hearing will turn into. there you go. that's a really nice picture. >> bhost the horse and who's the dog? >> i think we both know. i know who the horse's ass is, i'll put it that way. i shouldn't have said that. elaine is going to give me heck when i get home. it's perfectly appropriate to examine the purpose, design, and intent and effectiveness of tax incentives that promote the production of oil and gas. let's have that detective. in 2004 congress passed the american jobs creation act. the centerpiece was the domestic manufacturing deduction. this provision was designed to strengthen the domestic mastering sector. it is a deduction for manufacturing everything from coffee to appliances to the domestic production of oil and gas. the amount of the deduction i

i'm not going to hold my breath waiting for democrats to call george clooney up here to justify his income. i do not believe we want to go down the dangerous road of deterring u.s. businesses of becoming too profitable. i'm afraid we're going to see you try to score political points today. i have a chart depting what i believe this hearing will turn into. there you go. that's a really nice picture. >> bhost the horse and who's the dog? >> i think we both know. i know who the horse's ass is, i'll put it that way. i shouldn't have said that. elaine is going to give me heck when i get home. it's perfectly appropriate to examine the purpose, design, and intent and effectiveness of tax incentives that promote the production of oil and gas. let's have that detective. in004 congress passed the american jobs creation act. the centerpiece was the domestic manufacturing deduction. this provision was designed to strengthen the domestic mastering sector. its a deduction for manufacturing everything from coffee to appliances to the domestic production of oil and gas. the amount of the deduction is tied

. >> george clooney. >> sean connery. >> president obama. >> bill clinton. >> anderson cooper. >> oh,r time of thinking of well known women who sport gray hair. >> there are very few. >> very few. >> betty white. >> carson. >> paula deen. >> she's very pretty. >> queen elizabeth, but she's an older woman. >> for our next exercise we asked six "today" staffers, some with gray hair, some without to pose for photos. we photo shopped a second version of each picture, either putting in or taking out gray, and asked our focus groups which look they prefer. >> i definitely like it better with gray hair. >> for two of our three men and two of the three women, more than half preferred the gray-haired look. for the two, gray is their actual color. >> he looks darnger with the younger hair but i think he looks better, more natural with the gray in. >> so the gray. >> gray. >> gray, definitely. >> gray. >> the gray. >> and for program manager and culinary director, the gray was photoshopped in. >> beautiful hair any way. >> the gray is nice. >> i like the gray. >> i like the gray. >> she can -- s

i'm not going to hold my breath waiting for democrats to call george clooney up here to justify his income. i do not believe we want to go down the dangerous road of deterring u.s. businesses of becoming too profitable. i'm afraid we're going to see you try to score political points today. i have a chart depicting what i believe this hearing will turn into. there you go. that's a really nice picture. >> bhost the horse and who's the dog? >> i think we both know. i know who the horse's ass is, i'll put it that way. i shouldn't have said that. elaine is going to give me heck when i get home. it's perfectly appropriate to examine the purpose, design, and intent and effectiveness of tax incentives that promote the production of oil and gas. let's have that detective. in 2004 congress passed the american jobs creation act. the centerpiece was the domestic manufacturing deduction. this provision was designed to strengthen the domestic mastering sector. it is a deduction for manufacturing everything from coffee to appliances to the domestic production of oil and gas. the amount of the deduction i