minneapolis is the danny devito to st. paul's schwarzenegger, if you will, it is now the vestigial twin which if the technology had existed doctors would have removed long ago. this has been an incredible week, so many things happened that have been unexpected, we have been following hurricane gustav, thank goodness the worst appears to be over. samantha bee is in the weather center. >> thank you, jon. >> jon: how are you >> that's right, jon, as you can see, hurricane gustav has now been downgraded but there is actually a lot of activity we're keeping an eye on up here in the pacific northwest. now, as you know, immediately after john mccain announced sarah palin as his running mate, it was looking like nothing but clear skies and surprising hotness. [laughter] >> take a look at this wider shot. a lot of activity. we're going to keep an eye on it. over here, we've got abusive power allegations. [laughter] >> a secessionist front. some possible crazy-preacher activity, that video of palin saying she doesn't even know what

america day, they're about to have the book "the lorax" read to them by super celebs zac efron and danny devitothe lorax," so they're the perfect pair to read the famous dr. seuss book. >> you guys ready to read? >> oh, yeah, we're ready. you want a mustache? >> you guys excited? [ cheers and applause ] >> getting kids excited about reading is the goal of the national education association. that's why it creates special occasions like this every year, all across the country. >> "from the ripulous pond came the comfortable sound of the humming fish humming while they were splashing around." >> i've always wanted, if i would have a chance to read back to the kids, "the lorax," which was read to me as a young boy. >> read across america is a celebration on dr. seuss' birthday, but it's also the beginning of another year of really reinforcing year-round literacy. >> here's a piece of trivia for you -- dr. seuss isn't his real name. it's actually theodor geisel. >> it's very important for kids to pick up books these days and keep reading, you know? "where the lorax once stood." >> "the lorax" tells

danny devito is the voice behind the title charter fighting to protect his land.lawrence for cbs news, los angeles. >>> good morning. thank you for watching 9news now at the 6:00 a.m. hour. i'm andrea roane. >> i'm mike hydeck. monika is off today. beverly farmer is going to have timesaver traffic in just a minute. >> howard bernstein has our weather first, a sticky start to the week. >> humidity way up there. we've got a couple of showers. nothing terribly heavy but southwest and southeast of town those are the areas looks like if you're north of d.c. right now, relatively quiet. here's a look at our day planner. first outside clouds are breaking a little bit here as we look toward the northeast. this camera on the roof in northwest washington, d.c. temperature in washington down to 79. yay, we've made it to the 70s. 85 by noon. still a spotty shower or thunderstorm can't be ruled out, even into the afternoon with highs mid- to upper 80s. front came through or trying to come through. one line of storms yesterday ahead

but i think the most fun i probably had was with michael douglas and danny devito in our films, in "romancing" or "war of the roses." the three of us were kind of mischievous shall we say? we had some good fun. >> i facebook'd out that the body double for jessica rabbid was going to be here today. everybody thinks of you as one of the most sensual women in america. >> that's very flattering. >> people still say that about you. how does that feel? >> it feels pretty nice. pretty good. i'm certainly long past the age of being the, how do you say it, the sexual icon sort of level. >> but maybe that goes to show us that age doesn't really matter. >> i certainly hope. i'll tell you one quick story, that when i was doing -- i developed the play "the graduate" in london. they asked me to bring it to broadway. i said no. there's full nudity. i didn't want to deal with the americans hypocrisy on this issue. but then i got a script that described the lead character as 37 but still attractive. and it made me so angry i called up the producers and i said we're going to broadway. >> so you did it? >> yep.

like the movie twins, danny devito and arnold schwarzenegger. >> one's a ripped stud, the other the runttter, i suppose. check you out -- got a thing for large gorillas? >> i do have a thing for large gorillas among other things. >> how is the view at the top of the empire state building? >> frightening. fear of heights. >>> coming up, "insomniac theater." we're coming right back. "insomniac theater." we're coming right back. 3q lysol knows a real clean is something you see and smell. lysol no mess automatic toilet bowl cleaner cleans your toilet and freshens your bathroom with every flush. so it's always at its freshest. available in a range of fresh scents. >>> i love friday. "insomniac theater." and "insomniac theater" means it's friday. >> friday means it's friday. >> saturday is tomorrow. we have two new movies, one is whitney houston's long-awaited onscreen performance. >> start out with "expendables 2," a star-studded cast. sylvester stallone, chuck norris, jet lee, arnold schwarzenegger, jean-claude van dam, tough guys. starts with a brazen bid to rescue someone from imminent dan

million or 8 million, 4 million or like height for a gal million stellar than michael jordan, danny devito and you see this all the time. i'm sure these kind of conversations happen in faculty meetings in law schools, and meetings in the white house and the white house staffers about who should be listened to in the games. this idea that to shrink down marriage, to shoot down the thing you are deciding that the -- whether it's money or smartness as some kind of easily identifiable non-problematic quality in which people are ranked very obviously has a huge part of the pathology here. it is precisely in some sense because your truce to be so difficult to define but particularly on wall street. you know, if you're a lifelong student, it's nice to have grades. i mean, as someone who gets ratings every tuesday morning and take the dictate as my wife can attest. but there is a desire for grace. there's a desire for something quantifiable and money stands in for that. okay, next. behind you. >> two quick things. [inaudible] >> you're welcome. >> and sidekick, but the president and stuff like tha

if you look at winston churchill or danny devito. they aren't models but we like them.y and on our side. on the other hand, they get things done. >> whether we like it or not. people look at likability, charisma when determining who is going to run the country. >> yes, they do. >> when you look at president possibility of which vp and which president have the most charisma? >> everybody is talking about ryan right now. he still has a nice emotional range. though there's some friendliness and -- he can look a little smug. i still like biden between the two. romney's issue is he's very strong and accomplished, handsome guy. lots of good strength stuff. on the other hand, on the wam warmth side, he had that little smile he wears. the problem is he wears it too much. we don't necessarily trust him. that's some of the unfavorables we see. obama, on the other hand, he's really great. really charismatic in a lot of settings. he also has a hitch in the swing. can get a little arrogant. little chin up in the air, looking down his nose at folks. they all have pluses and minuses.