that's how well the film was doing. ( cheers and applause ) >> pelley: now, it's a lot harder for colin firthed. recently, he was immortalized in hollywood pavement, and brought along his italian wife, livia. they've been married 14 years and have two sons. with "the king's speech," we realized that firth is one of the most familiar actors that we know almost nothing about. so we took him back to his home town in hampshire, outside london. he's the son of college professors, but firth dropped out of high school to go to acting school. but you don't have a hampshire accent. >> firth: ah, no. my... my accent has changed over the years, as a matter of survival. so until i was about ten, i... ( in hampshire accent ) i used to talk like that. i remember, it might have been on this street, actually, where... i think the conversation went something like, "oy, you want to fight?" and i said, "no, i don't." "why not?" "well, 'cause you'll win." "no, i won't." "well, will i win, then?" "well, you might not." and so, you know, we went trying to process the logic. and i thought, have we dealt with it now

the thing that made me smile a bit is my nieces, who i'm very close to, were very tickled because colin firthactor from "the kings speech," received the same level of award, a cbe. so i think they have the idea that if they come to the award ceremony with uncle kevin, they might be able to capture a glimpse of a big star. >> kwlin see him in the hallway will you call him commander? >> we do that any way with. so nothing's changed. >> well, i wouldn't like that. i'd must say i much prefer to be just called kevin. >> reporter: he is modest is but is about to meet the queen to keep a 94-year-old legacy alive. >> it's part of our tradition. and it is a lovely tradition. so, you know -- being british has its bonuses sometimes. >> reporter: scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> we'll have to call him sir. if you deliver some sunshine this weekend we will knight you as well and call you sir. sir jeff ranieri. >> commander of the weather. >> sounds nice coming from you. today's highs a few 80s in the east bay. 80 in concord and livermore and fairfield. 85 in the valley and some 60s in the side communit

thing that made me smile a bit is my nieces, who i am very close to, were very tickled because colin firth, the actor from "the kings speech" received the same level of award, a cbe. so i think they have the idea that if they come to the award ceremony with uncle kevin, they might be able to catch a glimpbs of perhaps a big star. >> when you see him in the hallway will you call him commander? >> we do that any way. >> nothing's changed. >> exactly. >> i wouldn't like that. i must say i prefer to be just called kevin. >> reporter: he's modest but he is about to meet the queen to help keep a 94-year-old legacy alive. >> it's part of our tradition, and it is a lovely tradition. so, you know -- being british has its bonuses sometimes. >> reporter: scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> commander kevin will kneel before the king later this year. he's a coincidence he got the news on his late mother's birthday and he said she would have been proud of him. >> it is nonstop here. don't worry, i'm not going to do the news. >> it was nice today. >> a little fog here but not going to stick around for th

any previous career, we dealt with an incident with a gunman on board a train, colin firth is an, on the long island railroad back in 1993, who actually killed the husband of a member of congress. and the response by the passengers on board the train was certainly very similar to what you are describing now. it appears that the woman was very credible, very believable and those people truly believe that their lives were eminently in danger. they took what action they thought was literally going to save their lives. one of the things we do in amtrak is actually try to teach passengers evacuation plans, both in stations and on board the trains. i think probably all agencies should take a look at their programs and see whether or not we need to reinforce that and put additional training out there for the passengers. in today's world we have active shooter situations. we have situations in rapidly required responses on the part of the public, and they need to be part of the solution and we need to provide the training for them. >> mr. lord? >> i would agree with mr. o'connor. i think the