he's like when can i audition. >> we're ready for darth vader two for sure. in the hospital. you got to see the stanley cup? >> i got to see the cup when i was recovering, a week later i got to see the stanley cup. >> what else did you get to do with the stanley cup? >> i got to drink out of it. >> milkshakes? >> i wish. >> well, we're so happy to see you doing so well. i know you're little brother has been by your side? >> uh-huh. he's always been right here. >> max, you are just a doll. we're so happy to see you doing so well. and jennifer, you, too. keep in touch both of you. >> congratulations on your new job. >> thank you, sweetie pie. we'll see you running around later this summer. >>> coming up next, unlikely star of a new ad campaign. we're going to introduce you to brad pitt's brother doug right after this. now you can apply sunblock to your kids' wet skin. neutrogena® wet skin kids. ordinary sunblock drips and whitens. neutrogena® wet skin cuts through water. forms a broad spectrum barrier for full strength sun protection. wet skin. neutrogena®. bec

i'm sure. >> but the other reason is because if you're getting protested by darth vader that means you're the good guys. next time i get i'm going to get protested by someone in a curious george outfit who's going to kus me of working in league with the man in the yellow hat. last thing i'd like to say it's a really pleasure to be here not just with my friends on the panel, but with i'm really glad to be on a panel that does not have -- one of the few panels that does not have richard epstein on it. i am finally going to get a word in edgewise. >> here he comes. >> one personal story, richard and i have this podcast we do every two weeks. after one we happened to be in new york. i thought it would be fun to go to a jewish deli with richard. he instructed to proceed the waitress on what all the sandwiches should have on them. that was a lot of fun. i very much enjoyed the remarks. i agree that the scholarship in our field is moving in this direction more about constitutional design rather than historical legitimacy or authenticity. i wanted to take what he had to say a little bit farther.

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. >>> he captured or attention playing a little darth vader.oday he's speaking out about having open-heart surgery. max page was on "today" show today. he had surgery last month to receive a new pulmonary valve. this was his eighth operation and first open-hard procedure. he told savannah guthrie that he's feeling great. >> i feel awesome. i feel really great. >> can you tell the difference already between how you felt before the surgery and now? >> it feels way better. my heart feels better now. >> it does. how did it feel better? we have you tired a lot? >> i got tired more easily. >> and since the surgery? >> i've just held up and just been good. >> yeah, he's been good all right. max also says letters of support are pouring in. erenal got one from actor james earl jones, who was the voice of darth vader in the original trilogy. he's like a little man. the way hoe talks, but a cute little guy. so glad he's doing well. >>> there's more to come. trouble on the set of the filming of the new sandra bullock movie. >>> and the reason why sales of

he spent some private time with james earl jones, the voice of darth vader in the original "star wars" trilogy. max gained fame playing the pint-sized darth vader in a volkswagen commercial. >>> a florida teen is recovering today after losing part of his arm in a vicious encounter with an alligator on monday. this morning officials released the call to 911. his friend placed just moments after that attack. >> 911, what's your emergency? >> hello? >> yes, this is 911. do you have an emergency? >> yes, ma'am. a gator just got my friend in the water. >> are you all right, fred? i'm calling. fred, just get out of the water! >> fred langdale said he was just cooling off with some friends by taking a dip in the river when he was attacked. doctors say his arm cannot be reattached. hours after the attack the alligator was captured and killed. >>> a bouncing baby girl in china beats the odds as this chimp is born to a 40-year-old mother. in the wild it's rare that chimps make it to the age of 40. the little female is hand fed by keepers for now. she's cute. >>> you think the president has mill

. >> reporter: the guy known as darth vader talked to us about facing his own death two years ago aseart, after six heart attacks, started to fail for good. >> two years ago at this time i was on a respirator, heavily sedated. just had a pump, left ventricular, on my heart. it was the end. >> reporter: dick cheney like i'd never seen him before. reflecting on his own mortality, personal, even vulnerable. >> lost 40 pounds, heavily sedated in the intensive care unit. had pneumonia while i was in recovering from the surgery. and by the time i came out from under, looked in a mirror, and what i saw was my dad shortly before he died. >> reporter: back then, cheney looked like a shadow of his old self. today, he's transformed. thanks to an anonymous organ donor. do you know anything about the donor? >> i don't. they deliberately maintain anonymity, at least at the outset. i can't think of a more magnificent gift than to be given additional years of life and that's what it is. >> reporter: don't think cheney's gone soft. when it comes to politics he's as confrontational as ever, even takin

times, one man wearing a darth vader mask held a sign with an arrow pointing to the direction of cheney'souse that said dinner on the titanic. another protester sign said, 1% towards the golf complex and 99% toward the grand teton national park. any pictures to commemorate the event? no, the event was closed to the press and one possible reason is cheney left office with a 13% approval rating. a snapshot of the duo might not be the best selling point. >>> finally, ever watched a classic disney movie and said, hey that character reminds me of someone? well, the folks at the huffington post did some match-ups. let's look at some highlights, all personalities aside. barney frank, look for his look alike, think goofy but loyal companion, how about mr. smee from peter pan. all the congressman needs is that hat and it's a done deal. >>> then there's sarah palin. we have seen this snapshot before. her disney twin transitions from ladylike to the wild ways of her husband. jane porter from tarzan. they both went rogue. next it's charlie rankle, democrat from new york. the light of his life. give i

. >>> as many as 180,000 capped crusaders, darth vaders, wall crawlers and everything in between. it is that time. comic conin san diego where heroes and villains share the escalator and the gathering brings sci-fi and comic book fans to see the latest and greatest in fantasy, film, and fiction. 100,000 people attending. now what we are working on tonight. going broke. from wall street to main street. now entire cities. the paychecks for firefighters and police in one town now minimum wage. >> $7.25 an hour. >> sorry your town next? the black vote helped him win the white house. is the president's lock on those votes? >> you vote for people you can relate to. >> slipping. >> sex, drugs and olympic gold. what goes on in the village stays in the village, until now. swimming with sharks. idle chatter. and vacation or die. or both? on cnn saturday night. you know this well. the great recession hit wall street and then main street and now it's landing at the steps of city hall. this time public safety, your safety and my safety may take the hit. cuts in city service up for debate in ci

it darth vader is his father. >> i see it sequel introduces a new competing club. still in tampa. this is why it is important. you don't want to go to a bigger place. you keep it in tampa, and you bring this new group in, and they are a competing group. you know where they are from? russia. they are russian male dancers. >> it is the male dance olympics. >> and in a dance competition, one of the americans dies. >> is this like "rocky 3"? >> yes, it is "rocky 3". >> and then the plane wept to the wrong saint petersburg. >> yes. >> and there were snakes on the plane. >> you are welcome, hollywood. >> and they end up there, and they don't even know the language or the routines, but they have to figure out how to do the russian dances, and they win over the russian populous with their awesome abs and their will to live and their will to dance. >> and they keep referring to their testicles as rubles. >> and they are jigglin for the ladies. >> you know what is amazing about russian strip clubs -- women are in american ones laughing and giggling and there are the shots and the whip cream

darth vader is a tea party hater. james earl jones, my second favorite three-name actor next to brian austin green shared his views on the anti-tax movement on a radio interview. roll audio, audio rollers. >> i think i figured out the tea party. i think i -- i do understand racism because i was taught to be one. by my grandmother. my grandmother was part indian, part black. she hated everybody. she taught all of her children and grandchildren to be racist, to hate white people and to distrust black people. >> i will never watch "star trek" again. that wasn't a mistake. i just hate "star trek." let's discuss this in the -- >> lightning roooouuuunnnnndddd. lightning round. >> anthony, i am a huge fan of james earl jones. some say i am his biggest fan. those are the people that keep may away from him. keep me away from him. how do people become experts on the tea party without meeting him. the left and right do this all the time. >> something tells me james earl jones is not up on what the tea party is about. >> if it wa

a short jewish guy against darth vader? i don't think so. yeah. that's what i said. so the bet was the loser has to buy dinner? yeah. huh. what? oh, nothing. what's with you? feel this. wow. that's hot. yes. piping hot. straight from the dryer. elaine, you've got to feel my pants. i'll see you later. all right. you don't know what you're missing. i'm lovin' this. i am never putting on another piece of clothing unless it's straight out of the dryer. so every time you get dressed now, you're going to the basement and use the dryer? oh, yeah. it's a warm and wonderful feeling, jerry. so, what are you gonna do later? i got a date with nicki. oh, yeah. she's a beauty. she's also quite bold. ah, bold and beautiful. steinbrenner: oh, this calzone is fantastic. and look, no dripping. the pita pocket prevents it from dripping. the pita pocket! [ring] yeah. what is it, watson? lost and found, huh? no, i don't think we need that. if people can't hold on to things, that's their tough luck. you got a little junk on your lip there, by the way. you know, a lost and found could be a

." >>> he's known as the little darth vader and his force is being restored. suffered a congenital heart defect and last month he underwent an eighth surgery. the time in the hospital has not put a damper on his spirit. he and his mom joined savannah g guthrie on the "today" show. >> i feel awesome. i feel great. >> can you tell the difference? >> it feels way better. my heart feels better now. >> how did it feel before? >> i got tired more easily. >> he says he feels better than he ever has. it makes me happy. they said it was equivalent to like wearing a back pack for him. weighted back pack. now he feels light. our biggest challenge is holding him back. he's such an athlete. he wants to get back to all of that. >> it melts your heart seeing him comfort his mom there. he can't quite run free yet. doctors say he has a couple more weeks of lying low before he is fully healed. >>> well, here are some of the stories coming up on "news 4" this afternoon. scott peterson, the california -- in california facing a death sentence for killing his wife and unborn son is

and how is that mini darth vader from the super bowl ad doing after open heart surgery. tell us as he joins us live in our studio this morning. and it's also a big morning around here as we get set to welcome savannah guthrie to her new role as co-anchor. that's when we get started on a monday morning here on "today." >> all right. thank you very much. well, london games around the corner, pretty exciting. we're what, a couple of weeks away. if you like what you see during the london games you can decide this, check out the city. you might want to get there soon. >> travel experts say that october may be a pretty good month to go because traditionally there is a travel lull in the city that hosts the olympic games in the weeks following the games. a great time to snag bargains sow might want to check it out. >> let's check out the forecast for today. hope you like the heat this week. turning it up. >> finally turning it up. all of that sweltering heat we're reporting for the east coast, it's our turn and it's going to come in quickly. make sure you are ready for that. ta

times, one man wearing a darth vader mask held a sign with an arrow pointing to the direction of cheney'ssaid 1% towards the golf complex and 99% toward the grand teton national park. >>> any pictures? no the event was closed to the press and one possible reason is that cheney left office with a 13% approval rating. a snapshot of the duo might not be the best selling point. >>> finally, ever watched a classic disney movie and said, hey that character reminds me of someone? well, the folks at the huffington post did some matchups. let's look at some highlights. all personalities aside. barney frank, look for his look alike, think goofy but loyal companion, how about mr. smee from peter pan. all the congressman needs is that hat and it's a done deal. >> sarah palin, we've seen this snapshot before. her disney twin transitions from ladylike to the wild ways of her husband. jane porter from starzan. >>> charlie rangel from new york. the light of his life. give it up for cogs worth from beauty and the beast. lastly, ron paul, his disney doppelganger is anything but fun-loving. he held in the c

matter what his publicity was bad about, he stood for his principles, stood up and was seen as the darth vaderf his particular era. i think that's a signal they're sending to other republicans, especially mitt romney, stand up. stand up. >> they do have mitt on the defensive stuff because he's been out there calling for -- >> he's going to spend 61% more than the current president is spending on defense if elected into office. i do think the optics here, if we're talking about a time when the republican party is arguing against cutting food stamp -- funding for food stamps and then on the same hand, is bringing lockheed martin in and dick cheney in and they got mitt romney as their candidate, message-wise, it is not -- >> they're showing toughness. i think that's what it's all about. it's a clear signal. i think they're gambling. >> there's something logical about the economic message that the republicans are putting forward on tax. for example, i wish we were talking less about tax because the only thing that's not going to spur growth is a tax cut. it hasn't worked for three years. it didn't

he is sake whatever the hell he wants darth vader. >> talking with jonathan carl, and he said, let'sop kidding ourselves. >> she is an attractive candidate, but based on on her background she had only been a governor for two years. i don't think she passed that test of being ready to take over. and i think that was a mistake. >> i think that was a mistake, he said. yeah. it was, and it took years to tell them. it might have turned out differently without her. >> dave zirin will join us talking olympics with us. craig crawford democratic strategist and blogger. i see him often on current tv. he will be here as a friend of bill a little later. and larry sabato down at the university of virginia will be along as well. but first: >> this is the full court press. >> well, bill, dancing with the stars announced the competitors for its upcoming 15th season the first time a top-rated, all-star season. >> you are oozing that term a little loosely. they include boast past champions and runners up. the pamela anderson christi allen and our favorite bristol palin. >> bristol palin. >> wendell tu

you may be wondering what in the world i am doing with a darth vader mask and light sabers, but as yodae to second guess another person's decisions. sorry, the light sabers are making a lot of noise. but maybe just this once at times it's difficult to reconcile who mitt romney is what republicans want in a candidate, as though they are trying to perform a jedi mind trick on voters like onni wan kenobi. >> let me see your identification. >> you don't need to see his identification. >> we don't need to see his identification. >> these aren't the droids are you looking for. >> these aren't the droids are you looking for. >> he can go about his business. >> he can go about his business. >> move along. >> move along, move along. >> with a wave of the collective jedi hand, the gop makes voters think what they found problematic in mitt romney is not a problem at all. here are the jed imind tricks they couldn't get past us, trick, number one, we, the republicans hate the individual manda mandate, therefore, we're going to nominate a former governor who passed individual health care reform as an

i think we'll have some view of bane who is worse than darth vader. he has this tube. >> like luke skywalker, he's your dad and bit off your arm. >> batman comes out of retirement. >> i know we're going off a tangent this is the last episode. what happens at the end? i don't know. >> have you seen the first two? >> have. >> i'm a batman guy. a spiderman guy. >> i think you're more of a robin guy. [ laughter ] >> you know -- >> we were going to dress up. >> i was going to be forced to be robin. i don't know what. i think it is now time for the global markets report. kelly evans is standing by in london this morning. kelly. >> hi, andrew. i hope everyone can bear with me. i'm in a different position because behind me we're still taking the testimony from this latest barclays libor hearing and i can't see what you're seeing on the screen but i'll try to give you a sense of what's happening. i'll mention july 17th is significant for a few other reasons. i want happens to be birthday not just of angela merkel but of kayla and me as well. let me get straigh

and darth vader and from 21 different states. we have 11 female pilots.r signature blubaugh's this year. and t rex flies a little more difficult than a regular balloon actually. >> i would imagine. >> great event. congratulations, good luck to you today, guys, much more coming up from the balloon festival. send it back to you. >> i want to fly in the dinosaur balloon. >> it's typical of you. >> i like that. >> pokey monday balloon. >> coming up on the show is the dream act just a dream for criminals? the president's plan reportedly being exploited to protect law-breaking illegal immigrants. the head of the ice agent's union here with his reaction next. >> you know him from the country music world as 2-foot fred. but he says he was able to change his life with the help of dave ramsey? we have a crazy mash up for you. fred is here to explain. eat good fats. avoid bad. don't go over 2000... 1200 calories a day. carbs are bad. carbs are good. the story keeps changing. so i'm not listening... to anyone but myself. i know better nutrition when i see it: great g