danny bonaduce who played danny partridge, i was the same age. he played the bass.y the bass. we finally got together. al david cassidy joined in. and more than a couple surprises. >> very much looking forward to that. before we get to all of that let's get another check of the morning's headlinesrom cnbc's melia francis over at the news desk. good morning aga. >> good morning, everyone. we begin with breaking news overseas. burma's pro-democracy leader aung san suu k has bn set free. nbc's ian wliams joins us on the phone from bangkok with more. good morning, ian. >> reporter: good morning, melissa. well there was no formal announcement, just the sudden removal of barricades and riot police who'd been blocking access to her lakeside home. thatllowed supporters, hundreds atfirst, soon swelling to thousands, to gather at the gate of her house. she then appeared looking absolutely delighted. the crowd was singing, they were cheering. she told them, we have to be united to achieve our aims. and we have a lot of things to do, which is probably a bit of an unrstatement.

"come on get happy." ♪ come on now >> reporter: danny bonaduce is a philadelphia radio show host. >> not much of a niche. >> reporter: but recently david cassidy threw down the gauntlet. challenging danny to play one song on the bass. >> it's four strings. how hard can this be? the answer is really, really, really hard. >> reporter: but he did it. ♪ >> reporter:y partridge would have been proud of danny bonaduce. >> people couldn't wait to get rid of him. they couldn't wait to say, oh, he's an obnoxious little kid. now he's an obnoxious teenager with acne. >> so far i'm loving this story. >> you should be. >> what you're seeing here tonight is the first collaborative effort between danny partridge and myself. i knew how much he admired me and looked up to me and kind of wanted to be a rock star. he still does. >> so anyway since meeting the two of them, i've now given up the bass. >> what a moment for you. when you walked into the interview, you thought i would be jamming with them. >> yeah, danny, show me what you have. not a note. but i was proud to see him on stage because he wasn'

danny bonaduce, this interview did not turn out the way i thought. >> what happened? tell you. but the whole premise of me doing this came apart in the interview, but you'll see. >> and david cassidy too? >> david cassidy joins as well. >>> plus we're going to take you inside the house of windsor, what life is really like for william and harry. plus more details on the possible royal wedding plans. and the one and only bob newhart, he celebrates half a century in showbiz. that's all coming up next week on "today." i used to love bob newhart. >> >> he's just the sweetest, funniest. >> plenty of sunshine and milder than normal temperatures. los 6 is the perfect is on the lower eastern shore. 68 >> that's your latest weather and we're just moments away from sunday night, sunday night being the best night of the week because that's sunday night, football night in america. as the new england patriots come into heinz field to catch one the pittsburgh steelers, that's right, you'll relish this one, mostly cloudy, 20% chance of a shower, but temperatures cut the mustard at 49

we know the problems with danny bonaduce, david cassidy ran into some issues. was caught apparently driving under the influence. they arrested him and they tested his blood alcohol, which measured about .13 or .14, allegedly, which is over the .08 legal limit. and he lives in ft. lauderdale now. he was released at 3:22 a.m. thursday morning. now he's facing dui charges. >> of course "the partridge family" was huge. >> huge show, he's a big teen star. he's run into some legal problems. >> that's a sad turn of events. >>> here's another story that caught our eye this morning and another one that's hard to believe. a former "bachelorette" contestant was found dead on the side of the highway. he watched the gillian harris season, which was 2009. you may or may not remember this guy, his name is julien hug. one of the reasons you may not remember him, he didn't receive a rose by the second episode so he was eventually sent home. he was first reported missing on monday, then his body was found two days later in a remote area off of a highway. right now they're saying

rented himself out for the day at one point, even boxed danny bonaduce for cash. canseco posted his personal phone number, urging people to call him to chat for money. one post he says, i'm ready for you, call me now, let's talk. you will be charged a small fee. half of lit go to a charity. he later wrote, if you don't believe me, i will get on skype with you. jose canseco giving out his personal life to chat for money. how does that transaction even work? you give your credit card number to jose canseco? that's a terrible idea. >> you're not doing that. can you imagine? >>> up next, mika's must-read opinion pages. don't forget to tune in later today. you're watching "the view" anyway. but watch closer because joe has a sit-down with the ladies. you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. [ advisor 1 ] what do you see yourself doing one week, one month, five years after you do retire? ♪ client comes in and they have a box. and inside that box is their financial life. people wake up and realize i better start doing something. we open up that box. we organize

danny bonaduce, this interview did not turn out the way i thought. >> what happened?s. and the one and only bob newhart, he celebrates half a century in showbiz. that's all coming up next week on "today." i used to love bob newhart. >> >> he's just the sweetest, funniest. >>> there's a look at the airport this morning. sunny skies and a pretny nice afternoon. upper 60s even near the water. same story in santa rosa, pretty pleasant afternoon. we may see the winds out of the north-northeast for the hilltops. mid-70s in a few spots. 60s to near 7 0 around san francisco early next week. >> that's your latest weather and we're just moments away from sunday night, sunday night being the best night of the week because that's sunday night, football night in america. as the new england patriots come into heinz field to catch one the pittsburgh steelers, that's right, you'll relish this one, mostly cloudy, 20% chance of a shower, but temperatures cut the mustard at 49 to 53, on sunday night, football night in america. and guess what? we found a football, they also found the roc