danny devito is here! [ cheers and applause ] he's "the lorax." we love danny devito. oh, my gosh.s a hilarious comedian with a great history channel show, and a new movie. larry the cable guy's in the house! [ cheers and applause ] love him, too. and you guys, bruce springsteen week continues with a performance -- [ cheers and applause ] a performance tonight, it's so good, john legend is here tonight! this is unbelievable! he's doing a version of "dancing in the dark" with the roots. and it's good. it's gonna be good. it's really -- i'm excited about this. this is a cool version. and i want to thank the folks over at budweiser for sponsoring springsteen week. [ cheers and applause ] making it all possible. thank you, budweiser. you guys, before we get started, i want to give a quick shout out here. last year around this time, our show was out in houston for the big houston livestock show and rodeo. it was so much fun. it's the best if you're out there, you've got to check this out. and they sent this to me here. this is a plaque that made me a member for life. [ cheers and applau

that's going to take care of the rest of us. >> that's right. >> education is so important. >> danny devito >> thank you so much. >> you can catch "the lorax" in theaters tomorrow. i can't wait. >> yeah. >> i cannot wait. >> i'm happy. >> thanks, danny. >> thanks a lot. >> more "morning joe" in a moment. [ man ] i've been out there most of my life. you name it...i've hooked it. but there's one... one that's always eluded me. thought i had it in the blizzard of '93. ha! never even came close. sometimes, i actually think it's mocking me. [ engine revs ] what?! quattro!!!!! ♪ since ameriprise financial was founded back in 1894, they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a bailout. there when you need them. helping millions of americans over the centuries. the strength of a global financial leader. the heart of a one-to-one relationship. together for your future. ♪ >>> most new jobs are created in start-ups and small businesses. so let's pass an agenda that helps them succeed. tear down regulations that prevent aspiring ent

>> the lorax features the voices of danny devito and betty white. it's bases on the environment at fable and became the biggest debut the year so far. the film took in almost $71 million. project x was southern california, act of valor safe house and good deeds. >>> it took 30 years but finally lava from a hawaii volcano has taken out the last home in a subdivision. it blanketed the road, snaking through the trees, burning everything in its path. a tin roof and a water tank are all that's left of the home. the flow is from a volcano which has been going off since 1983 . >>> a key part of the famed glacier is gone. several large pieces broke off the massive ice wall on the glacier. it's a major tourist attraction. this is the first time in four years a portion of it has fallen off. it moves five and a half feet a day. we will be right back. ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, at bank of america, we're lending and investing in the people and communities who call the bay area home. from funding that helped a local entrepreneur start a business... to providing grants

. >> danny devito -- danny devito said it.>> jimmy: he's like, you can't -- >> you can't do this martini. you can't do that. i want to watch the ballgame. oh, my god, mickey mantle. >> jimmy: pick up the sink, chief. >> come on, chief. up here. [ as jack nicholson ] >> jimmy: put the ball in the basket, chief. >> they don't make movies that good anymore. >> jimmy: they really don't. >> except for -- >> jimmy: they don't make actors like that. >> except for when they do "the glee movie." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that would be similar. >> i'm auditioning. i'm gonna play the part of the dance studio. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i think you'll be good at it. >> here's how the dance studio talks in "glee." "you guys wanna dance on me?" >> jimmy: there you go. yeah, that's perfect. >> it was funny. like a lot of people -- a lot of normal people like yourself think rehab is -- i don't know. i see it as white coats and, i don't know, people that don't do drugs, looney tunes, and it's not that way. it's people really concerned, and what they

the 3d animated favorite starring the voice of danny devito is a dr. seuss story published in 1971 and a lock to be crowned box office king with most experts expecting a take of about $40 million which would make it the year's top opener so far. >>> the weekend's other new wide release is "project x." it's about a group of teenagers who document a wild party and expected to take in between $15 million and $20 million. this year's big oscar winner "the artist" expands into nearly double its previous theaters and looking to expand its domestic take-up to $33 million. check this out. yesterday in honor of justin bieber's 18th birthday, hollywood unveiled a wax bieber complete with a 14-year-old contest winning fan who gave the wax heart throb a birthday kiss. is that really him? >> it's a new haircut he had the last year, the big boy haircut. >> it doesn't look like justin bieber to me. try again, maybe? >>> this comes to from us channel 3 in cleveland, ohio. a community in need of healing three days after a horrific school shooting found some on a basket

the 3d animated favorite "the lorax" starring the voice of danny devito is a dr.euss story published in 1971 and a lock to be crowned box office king with mideast experts expecting a take of about $40 million, which would make it the year's top opener so far. >>> the weekend's other new wide release is "project x." it's about a group of teenagers who document a wild party, and it's expected to take in between $15 million and $20 million. this year's big oscar winner "the artist" expands into nearly double its previous theaters and looking to expand its domestic take-up to $33 million. >>> check this out. yesterday in honor of justin bieber's 18th birthday, hollywood unveiled a wax bieber complete with a 14-year-old contest winning fan who gave the wax heart throb a birthday kiss. you and i have been arguing about this this morning, whether or not this looks like him. >> it's not the best i've ever seen. >> his eyebrows. what's going on? >> a little dark. don't quite match the hair. that's all right. >> didn't you tell me, don't they take a cast -- >> they model fo

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it features the voices of zach ef ron, danny devito and taylor swift, to name a few.eviews have been mixed but the kids are loving it and it is sweet. something to be said for that. >> animation looks nice. >> pretty cute. nbc nightly ne"nightly news" is.

the 3d animated favorite "the lorax" staring the voice of danny devito is a dr.tory published in 1971. it is a lock to be crowned box office king with most experts predicting a take of at least $40 million. which would make its year's top opener so far. >>> the weekend's other new wide release is "project x." an r-rated comedy about a group of teenagers who document a wild party. it's expected to take in between $15 million and $20 million. this year's big oscar winner "the artist" expands into nearly double its previous theaters and looking to expand its domestic take up to this point of about $33 million. >> finally yesterday in honor of justin bieber's 18 theth birthday madam tussauds revealed a wax figure including a fan who gave the fan a birthday kiss. we were trying to figure out whether or not this looks like the beebs. >> i think it does. eyebrows are a little dark. >> very dark. >> he has the little smirk going that he normally does. >> kind of. >> they usually model for these things. >> i feel like they could have done better. he was wearing lipstick.

and danny devito stops by. >>> we begin with today's eye-opener. your world in 90 seconds. >>> sounded like thunder but didn't quit. >> home is completely demolished. >> severe storms tear through tennessee killing at least three. >> this system is wreaking havoc as it makes its way across the country. >> a day after tornadoes carve a path of destruction through the heartland, claiming nine lives. >>> devastating. you can imagine what it was lieb. >>> more anti-american violence in afghanistan. two u.s. soldiers shot dead in the wake of a quran burning controversy. >>> the costa a leg i can't is docked this morning with 700 passengers. >> not having enough food, not being able to rest well at night. the heat is unbearable. >> believe it or not, bank of america is thinking about another way to collect more fees. >> today, google is beginning to use its controversial privacy policy. >> a high-speed police chase comes to an end with a massive crash. >> baby boomers are mourning the death of davy jones. >> all that. >> president obama traded in the lun

danny devito lends his voice to this show. listen to danny. >> what is this animation technique? >> it is gorgeous. i'm not too technically savvy on that. i know that they take my voice and they draw it all on a computer and they do it in a 3-d way and it is really beautiful. when you see it it will blow you away. it's like really bright and colorful and beautiful and music is great. >> so you can catch "the lorx" when it opens in theaters tomorrow. >>> justin bieber is now an adult. the tween heart throb turned 18 today. manager gave him a car today. we send a happy birthday to the beebes. i love that my daughter's part fish. but when she got asthma, all i could do was worry ! specialists, lots of doctors, lots of advice... and my hands were full. i couldn't sort through it all. with unitedhealthcare, it's different. we have access to great specialists, and our pediatrician gets all the information. everyone works as a team. and i only need to talk to one person about her care. we're more than 78,000 people looking out for 70

danny devito's voice of the lorax and taylor swift is also in it as well. it's based on dr. seuss' cautionary tale about the importance of preserving the environment. wow. >>> you are watching nine nine now at 6:00 a.m. -- 9news now at 6:00 a.m. i'm jessica doyle. andrea roane is off today. >>> i'm mike hydeck. here's monika santami. oh, my that is a big backup. she'll show you that in just a minute. howard bernstein is talking snow flakes. >>> it's going to happen south of town especially. we have winter advisories in spotsylvania county, those areas. a good hour's drive south of d.c. which is -- this is one of those lousy winters for snow lovers. why should today be difficult. by 9:00 38. we may see a flurry or two by then. better chance we'll see some flurries or light snow later this morning through early this afternoon with a noontime temperature close to 40. if we get a little sun in here, we make it to 44 before the day is over but a brisk day ahead with this clipper system coming out of ohio and kentucky and west virginia. now getting in toward areas in southwestern

more on the big storms in the midwest and danny devito is stopping by. >>> howard and i will be backh a live update on traffic and weather. >>> get updates on news, weather and traffic on wusa9.com. >>> we will see you tomorrow morning at 4:25. we'll come looking for you if you're not there. have a great day, everybody.

i think they should have had more danny devito who plays the lorax. why want he in the movie anymore. i think it is a decent 3-d animated film. i think families will enjoy t i didn't think there was anything particularly special. it bone live on like finding nemo are or toy story. >> a good matinee for a saturday. >> we have to get to hugo. give it to us quick. >> rent this film. it came out on tuesday. i sat down with the great martin scorsese. we talked about need and raging bill. you can check out the interview on kevin on movies.com. rent this movie. it is fantastic. >> always good to see you. >> please follow me on twitter. it is at bdk recrews. any movie questions, i'll respond immediately. >> thank you very much. over to you. >> hey, kevin. thank you for wearing blue. >> i wore it just for you. >> what's up with that? >> and it wasn't planned. >> and it wasn't planned. >> the only shirt that was dry cleaned this morning. >> by the end of the week, you are hoping you can find manage in the closet. >> thank you, guys. >> let's get right to the we

. >> jimmy: yeah, danny devito on last night. >> so good, right? legend. >> and he's fun. >> jimmy: and he's a legend. oh, he's so good. i love him. so, this is your character here. explain what your character does. [ laughter ] >> i am the bad guy. i'm the bad guy. aloysius o'hare. he's about as tall as this. he's about that, yeah. he's about that tall. >> jimmy: yeah, he's like really tiny. >> but i wanted to give him a big voice. he's got an awesome hair cut, as you just saw. >> jimmy: it's pretty neat, yeah. >> yeah, i think that's probably gonna -- you're gonna see a lot of that on wall street. a lot of corporate guys are gonna -- just like, you know, gordon gecko has the slicked-back. >> jimmy: but that's pretty cool. so what do you end up doing? can we say? spoilers? >> i don't want to give any spoilers, but i'm an industrialist who's lost his way. >> jimmy: yeah. all right, that's pretty good. yeah, that's what most dr. seuss books are about. >> exactly. real heavy. >> jimmy: real heavy. long, long books. >> "and then the mayans said on dec

the great voice cast here zac efron, danny devito as the lorax, taylor swift. would like it. i would say the story gets a little thin. and the original message gets knocked over the head. they kind of really play it hand handedly. it's a little overwhelming at times and comes off awfully anti-corporate at some points. >> okay. >> but it's still mostly -- >> all right. let's look. >> whoa. this is the most beautiful pl e place, i have ever seen. >> all right. so your grade, and this doesn't look like the dr. seuss movies, you know -- >> exactly, it's 3d cgi. ultimately loses a few points for being too hand fisted. i give it only a "c," unfortunately. and the kids will like it and there are worse films to sit through. >> project x, set it up for me. >> project x is about a high school party that goes wildly out of control, kid holds a birthday party while his parents are out of town and things -- everything that you see could go wrong, does go wrong. >> oh, boy. all right. let's look. >> evening, officers. >> having a party? >> yeah, we're having a small little b

danny devito is the voice of the lorax. you'll also hear taylor swift in this movie. >>> there's also going to abwhirlwind of campaigning this weekend ahead of the super tuesday primaries. >>> some places that depend on snow for their winter tourism dollars finally get a lot more than a dusting. >>> let's see woz' celebrating a birth -- see who's celebrating a birthday today. >> happy birthday, everyone. >>> we are back. howard bernstein is the man with the plan for your weekend. >> umbrellas only saturday morning. saturday afternoon we'll be done with t. sunday looks dry but cold. maybe a flurry then. but a quick hello to a fifth grade class. they are doing a lot of reading. great job. not just their class but the whole school. a really good school. >> you could have worn a cat in the hat hat. >> there's always next year. >> had grass pollen a few days ago. thankfully that's gone. if you're an ale ji sufferer, you know -- allergy sufferer, you know what i'm talking about. look at this. the mold spores up to 21,000. that's

(roars) danny devito... (growls) (hawk cries) don cheadle... in a mustache, academy award winner helen mirren in a hovercraft... get off my hovercraft! (bonnie tyler) ♪ i need a hero ♪ i'm holding out for a hero till the end of the night ♪ academy award winner christoph waltz... no one puts baby in the corner. academy award winner matt damon... (sweeping orchestral music playing) 'cause there's a star out there, becky, at the end of the rainbow, a big old shootin' star, and i'm gonna-- who we're going to cut out of the movie. (music stops) are you (bleep) kidding me? i will (bleep) kill you, kimmel! how do you like them grapes? and academy award winner george clooney as a brilliant disabled nasa scientist. (telephone rings) yeah? (barks) what's that, boy? (barks) a meteor hurtling towards earth? and who's that riding on it? (laughing) with gabourey sidibe as... black hitler. i'm back and i'm black! (laughing) i'm on it. (pants) i'm on it! (grunts) no. no! not now. (grunts) no! this thanksgiving and christmas and... a romantically comicpolitical

fable is now a blockbuster animated movie voiced by stars including zac efron, taylor swift and danny devitoin the first two weeks after its opening, the film took in $122 million in ticket sales. into the very zenith of the nimr's popularity, someone stole into the garden behind the home of dr. seuss's 90-year-old widow shown here ten years ago and remove the the lorax statue from its base. audrey's daughter, lark, had created two of the statues, one for the seuss memorial in springfield, massachusetts, and the other for this private perch overlooking the pacific. >> it seemed like the perfect spot to put the lorax when i made it for my mother to have it out there in the middle of the garden on the point underneath a beautiful tree. >> reporter: a perfect spot, too, because in the story, the lorax speaks for the trees, tries to save them, and when he fails as lark read from the book, he disappears. >> and deep in the grickel grass, some people say, if you look deep enough, you can still see today where the lorax once stood just as long as it could before somebody lifted the lorax away. >> r

a lot of the big name stars' voices in this film including danny devito who plays the lorax, zac efron ted smith as voices in this film. but i really think the reviews have to come from the kids themselves. so let's take a listen. >> i thought it was one of the cutest movies i've ever seen. >> what about you? >> it was a really good movie. definitely made me laugh. so it made me smile. >> what character was your most favorite? >> the lorax. >> so did you like the movie more or do you like the book more? >> i like the both of them. >> it's funny because when -- like when the tree falls down and the lorax is like, uh. >> i thought the lorax" was enjoyable. what i learned is that you can't chop down so many trees because the world won't be pretty. and -- >> chop so many trees sought roads would be pretty. >> the kids should do reviews every week. >> that's jessica and cindy. those are daughters of two of our staff members here on the show. >> proud moms as they should be. >> but i totally agree with these little girls. this movie was awesome. i gave it 4 out of 5 stars. >> oh, wow. >> so

. >> danny devito and whole cast from "the lorax" that starts today, they partnered with nea to celebrateeading. >> what are some of the tips you have for parents to get kids reading? >> you know -- we have -- we have a mommy-to-be here. i told her, read. in utero. can't read too early. read out loud with your kids. there is a wonderful thing that happens. let your kids choose books. going to the bookstore is pine. going to the library is pre. let your -- let your kids choose their books. and -- you know, what you really need to do is -- to be that model of reading. let them see you read. let them see you read the newspaper. let them see -- that you read your favorite book. all of those ways are ways to model for your kids. >> do you have a favorite book? >> yes. >> ava, what about you? do you read a lot at home? >> yes. >> your mom read to you? are you reading, too? >> yes. >> all right. you, too, ava? >> yes. >> will? >> i read. >> okay. well, this is a wonderful dawe. nea is trying to raise $1 million for public school libraries. tell me about that. >> here is a fun thing you can do. n

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>> so danny devito is the lorax. ted is zac efron. betty white is grammy norma.urs is doing better than mine. >> fails to maintain the spirit of the original. >> the reason we have the books out here is because it is dr. seuss's birthday tod >>> this morning on "world news now" -- runway rogue. the driver of an suv slammed through a philadelphia airport fence and sped down a main runway. >> the frightening scene was captured on home video as flights were diverted and the airport was shut down. it's friday march 2nd. >>> and good friday morning. i'm paula faris. rob, what do you like to say on fridays? >> tgi friday, man. >> that's right. >> ready for it. good morning. i'm rob nelson. there are big questions about airport security this morning after the breach on the runway in philly. investigators insist the suspect has no ties to terrorism, no ties to terrorism. but the incident, however, did expose how vulnerable airline traffic can really be. >> kind of disturbing to see that story. >> yes. >>> another big headline this morning, the spirit of survival at a hig

. >> danny devito is the voice of lorax.o have you here. >> love this set. i really do. feels like it's got energy. lot of good energy. >> speaking of energy, how is it that you have had this remarkably wide and prbroad success. we talked about this. you're making movies for the web. >> i fry do as many things as i can. i like a busy life and i like to do -- whether it's a play or a movie or it's a -- i like to direct and put things together and produce. i do all kinds of stuff. now i'm doing it's always sunny in philadelphia. i'm doing that -- people have said, you're going back on television. yeah, man. you bet. it's like really cool. >> we like television. >> that was seven years ago. we're going to do our 8th season in july. >> your character is really fun on that show. >> pretty much anything i want. pull out the stops. yes, sir. yes, ma'am. when. >> when did you know you were funny? >> i don't know. i don't know. >> you test it every day. >> i don't know. well with, you know, when you're a kid and you get people laughi

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