former nba bad boy dennis rodman composed himself long enough for a special tea. the retiree, an all-star of course, no longer dresses in drag but he showed he could still relate to the ladies. rodman was a special guest at a tea party hosted by a nonprofit and a new american girls store. he advised the girls to keep failure out of their lives. >>> i'm lynn berry, this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. you can share your response on wblatv.com, on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail at watercooler@wbal.com. you are watching wbal tv 11. live, local, late breaking. this is 11 news at 6:00. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> good morning. it is pretty chilly out there. a lot of 40's showing up on our temperature map. 42 at bwi, 40 in parkton. if you think this is cold, it is printed get colder. including tonight. a cold front approaching the area. showers and ohio and western pennsylvania. we may not get the precipitation, but a dro

want to go to thanksgiving with them. >>> this comes to us from wtvj where former nba bad boy dennis rodman composed himself long enough for a special group of tea. he no longer dresses in drag but he shows he could still relate to the ladies. rodman was a special guest at a tea party hosted by a nonprofit at a new american girls store. he answered questions and advised the girls to keep failure out of their lives. >>> i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," your your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> it is 4:28. a live look tside. 50 degrees outside our studios. what you can expect today and through the weekend is coming up. >>> our adversaries are much more willing to test us, and they're brazen in their attacks. >> with all due respect, that's a lot of mularkey. >> a night of lively exchanges between joe biden and paul ryan as they try to make their cases for the upcoming election. good morning. i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. it does not get any better than this. with their backs against the wall, the nationals win their first postseason game since 1993 to ke

earliest settlers. >>> and this comes to us from wtvj nbc 6 in miami where former nba bad boy dennis rodman composed himself long enough for a special group of tea. the retired all-star no longer dresses in drag but did show he could relate to the ladies, still. rodman was a special guest at a tea party hosted by a nonprofit at a new american girls store. he answered questions and then advised the girls to keep failure out of their lives. good advice. >>> i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> in egypt one of the world's seven wonders has received a makeover. the question is, will people visit? the country's second largest pyramid reopened after nearly three years of restorations. several tombs were also unveiled with new ventilation systems and lighting for after dark visits. well, with turmoil in the region, egypt's tourism industry hopes to show the country is a safe travel destination. >>> a czech painter had no interest in keeping his head above water during his latest project, and that's because this scuba diving artist was loo

so, you get dee snider, you got dennis rodman, bret michaels. okay, so wait.>> gary busey. >> jimmy: marilu henner. i think -- well, trace is great. trace -- my fave. >> trace is great. >> jimmy: yeah. he's good. i'm thinking -- penn, i didn't feel like got his fair share. dennis rodman could be a curveball. >> you know, dennis -- i have to say this. and we're shooting it now. but dennis has really cleaned up his act. he's amazing. he's really been smart and sharp. and on the last show, we had a lot of problems with dennis because he was having a problem, but he's a great inspiration. if this keeps up -- he's a smart cookie, i tell you what. dennis is a good guy and some people will smile because, you know, he's had a long time. but this guy is smart and sharp, and he's doing great. >> jimmy: i'm proud of him. and busey -- you just got to bring him back just 'cause he's fun. >> gary is a -- >> jimmy: just 'cause he's fun to hang out -- just don't throw him off. just -- can't you just leave him down there? 'cause i just love having that guy. >> he's been doing

if your answer was dennis rodman, you are wrong. vern glenn is standing by, vern, sorry about that. i was a little distracted. we had a robotic camera that's out of control here in the studio. >> reporter: well, i bet you have to bring the things under control den necessary when you can. out here it's been mostly quiet here at comerica park with good reason with the giants' lead. but somehow, this crowd, they have to hold on to some kind of belief that they can pull this one off. now, among the america crowd, somewhere in that detroit sky, i'm not sure if he's the most impassioned fan, but he's certainly one of the tallest. we're talking about the mayor of this great city, former pistons' great dave bing. all right mr. mayor i know you're going to play with me a little bit. but if you and justin verlander were walking down michigan avenue, who would sign the more autographs? >> i'm sure justin would at this point. [ laughter ] >> reporter: hey but you know you had the better jumper. >> yeah -- but he throws 101, 102 right now. so -- the kind of night we're having tonight. weather-wi

. >> jimmy: this is my man, dennis rodman, right there with you and him.t to be at this party. what is this? [ laughter ] >> this is actually chris mullin, who has been on your show. this is when the bulls beat the pacers for the eastern conference champions. so, i went to meet dennis and went off on his motorcycle. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: what is happening? what are you gonna do? what else are you gonna do? what else are you gonna do? >> you roll with it. you roll with it. [ applause ] you guys, this is one of the most fun humans ever. >> please buy this so, you know my life and -- >> jimmy: if you don't read this book, kindle it. yeah, you got to read this. [ cheers and applause ] too many fun things that she did. she's just the coolest. i love you so much. we have people on. i know you're always fun. you're always down for a game. would you like to play a game with me? >> what kind of game? >> jimmy: password. >> i probably did the original show. that's how depressing -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: let's do it. when we come back, penny and i are playing passw