morton downey jr.ow host. for a few years in the late 1980s morton downey jr. was the king of the syndicated talk show world. the morton downey jr. show came barreling out of new york every friday night and barreling straight for the national id. morton downey jr. was the king of shock before america knew it wanted one of those. and he got just other-worldly guests. he got joey ramone, not sedated. he got kiss guitarist ace frehley without all the kiss makeup on. he got professional wrestlers, real ones, fighting over race and workers' rights in debates that i for one believe were just as real as their fighting in the ring. morton downey jr. even got jerry falwell, so you could watch on tv live the shock jock and the televangelist trying to outdo each other. like a snake eating its tail. viewer discretion is advised. sometimes, like when he needed to physically grab a wrestler for effect, morton downey jr. would walk around his set empty-handed. but that was an exception because most of the time in his

now roma downey and her c2sband are putting the bie on tvtv. >> wendy: for nearly 10 years, actress roma downey starred on the tv series "touched by an angel" her husband, mark burnett, is a reality tv pioneer, behind "survivor," "the a apprentice," and "the voice." recently they unveiled what they are calling their most important project, a mini series on the bible. take a look. ♪ >> remember me by doing this. i'm going to the father, but i will always be with you. >> hollywood couple mark burnett and roa roma downey have joined forces with the history channel to create an epic mini series called "the bible." >> reporter: when you look at a project of this magnitude and this scope, how do you boil the bible down into 10 hours? how do you do that? >> it took us a couple of years, really. and we got the advice of many theologians, and figure out it should be a through-line narrative, god's love for all of us. genesis through revolution. >> from the moment adam and eve fell from grace, we have been a people wanting to get back in connection with god. and that was one of the themes that we

i can't think of another word but phenomenal. [ music ] >> roma downey: as a mother, i would do anythingo. but what if you couldn't do anything? what if you were totally helpless? that's the situation for hundreds and thousands of parents in developing countries whose children are born with cleft lip or cleft palate. in the united states these deformities are corrected shortly after birth. but in many countries around the world these children are left untreated and are shunned. [ music ] [ children's voices ] >> roma downey: i'm in le loi hospital. the volunteer operation smile medical team has come from all over the world to perform surgeries, and parents have brought their children here, hoping that they'll be selected. nine-year-old sut has been ridiculed and rejected all his life. sut isn't even his real name but that's what he's been called from the day he was born. sut means harelip; a terrible name for a child born with a cleft lip. he's from a very poor family who could never afford surgery. when he was 5, he went for his first day of school. the other kids laughed at him and mad

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. >> that's roma downey, one of the best known catholic actresses.le of virgin mary. her performance along that with other cast members made "the bible" the most watched entertainment show of the year. the numbers are pretty incredible. more than ten million people watched just last weekend. roma downey produced it along with her husband, the famous producer, mark burnett. roma downey is "outfront" tonight and is executive producer of the series. you may recognize her from the series "touched by an angel." she came over here a little bit ago to light a candle to pray for the pope. i saw her and i started asking her what she made of today's announcement. >> i'm just so encouraged. i was just so thrilled. we were grabbing little pieces on tv as we've been out around the town when he stepped forward and his first request was that everybody would pray for him. that's why i came down here to st. patrick's to say a prayer. it looks like the information we're getting that is emerging is that he's a real man of the people, a humble pope. he's taken on the na

logical scholars survivor producer mark burnett and his wife former touched by an angel star roma downey who also plays the virgin mary. i wonder who she had to sleep with to get that part? nobody! it's called the immaculate audition. this is huge. [laughter] don't take it from me, folks. this is how huge it is. take it from the man who wrote the bible, mark burnett. >> in 2013 it's put freshness of life to the greatest story ever told. millions will open the bible or reopen it. maybe a billion. >> a billion new people will open the bible. >> i'm a blunt person and to be honest with you a billion is a low number. >> stephen: a billion is a way low number because as the bible says pride cometh before giant tv ratings. if you enjoy watching "the bible" you want to explore the source material. i speak, of course, of the story of god and all of us a novel based on the epic tv series "the bible." all the biblical stories you loved from the series finally assembled into one book. [cheers and applause] [laughter] but as much as i love the bible, i do have one beef, a beefcake jesus. jesus makes

and coming up next, the star of the massive tv hit mini series "the bible" roma downey joins me in theo to talk about her role as the virgin mary and she brought along an mary and she brought along an exclusive s [ man ] i got this citi thankyou card and started earning loads of points. we'll leave that there. you got a weather balloon, with points? yes i did. [ man ] points i could use for just about anything. go. ♪ keep on going in this direction. take this bridge over here. there it i [ man ] so i used mineo get a whole new perspective. [ laughter ] [ male announcer ] earn points with the citi thankyou card and redeem them for just about anything. visit citi.com/thankyoucards to apply. >> now the wildly popular mini series, "the bible" has drawn more than 15 million viewers per week and retells stories from the scriptures and viewers are taken away by powerful performances and visual effects. and catch the finale on the history channel and for those who missed the entire season, let not your heart be troubled, watch it on blu-ray and dvd on april 2nd. joining me now is one of the st

mark burnett and roma downey are the producers of the popular television mini series "the bible." you may not know about this couple, how they came to this country to pursue the american dream and now they're sharing the history of the bible, which they believe helps all people live beyond a dream. >> we love the bible. we're christians and we believe and it's a calling. there's no other way to explain it. we just knew that we had to do this. >> mark burnett and roma downey are a married couple deeply in love with each other, they share abiding faith in god. in fact, they say their love story is one of the motivating factors that compelled them to produce what they considered to be the greatest story ever told, "the basebaible." . >> it started out over a conversation over a cup of tea, in irish tradition everything could get settled over a cup of tea, said to mark, wouldn't it be great if we could bring to the screen the story of the bible told in a way for a new generation. ♪ >> the bible cal characters come to life in the hit series. millions of viewers have been watching the s

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take a pay cut after the highest paid member of the original cast including more money than robert downey jr. >> that's a fun fact. >> it is. >>> little miss sunshine is all grown up, abigail breslin spoke with reporters about growing up on screen during the premier for her newest movie, "the call." she said the transis has been pretty natural and she feels lucky for her role. >>> and gearing up for round three. check out one of the first posters for "the hangover iii." it shows the face-off similar to that of the dramatic "harry potter" finale. >>> and if you can't wait until march 9 to see justin timberlake on "saturday night live," kenan thompson joins j.t. in the promo. let's take a look. >> j.t. is back, k.t. and j.t. in the house. >> what what? >> j.t. -- >> i was celebrating, not acting. >>> and after ten years, stacy and clinton are putting away the minnillos. they're making the run from boxy cuts and mom jeans. >> that was my favorite show, i cannot believe it is over. >> you are mocking my sorrow, bill. i'm really upset about this. hopefully there's a netflix collection somewher

and then there's downey jr.glorious fragment of american history is also for sale for $115 million. jeff thinks any buyer would likely be foreign. >> for $115 million, and most likely it's going to be a buyer who will live here maybe six weeks, eight weeks out of the year, has multiple homes. >> reporter: sorry, sorry, sorry. someone's going to pay $115 million to live here for six weeks a year? >> exactly. exactly. and that's the case with all high end estates. >> reporter: like the old spelling mansion, brought by the british formula one heiress. >> reporter: this will not be a second home for anybody. it will be a fourth, a fifth, a sixth home. >> reporter: i don't know what to say to that. if you just want to rent and 17 bedrooms and 29 bathrooms aren't quite enough, there's also a seven-bedroom guest house across the pool, available for $85,000 a month. the guest house has its own tennis court. >> yes, one of the two guest houses. >> reporter: you could have your mother-in-law to stay and never see her. >>

just before this raucous scene is caught on camera, the pico rivera dons are playing the downey razorbacks and 14-year-old boys are playing football. the pico rivera quarterback drops back for a long pass, but a downey razorback makes a nice play, intercepting the ball and racing down the sideline. and after the play, a little extracurricular activity. watch as a very upset pico player says something to his coach and points toward the stands. then seconds later, an unbelievable brawl breaks out between parents. spilling out of the bleachers and onto the field. rene gamboa is the mother of the boy who just said something to his coach. she thinks a parent of a player on the opposing team pushed her son, and she's mad. >> so i turned around to the people in the bleachers, and i said, i want to know what parent pushed my kid. and the man with the blue jersey stood up and said, i f'ing pushed your kid. what are you going to do about it? >> the man in the blue jersey is this guy, who after the exchange with gamboa, is being viciously kicked and beaten. his name, dezi tubbs. tubbs said he never m

please welcome robert downey jr. >> reporter: gervais tells "nightline" he makes no apologies. >> thatt a room full of injured soldiers. >> give me the idea just how young she is, it will be 16 years before she's too old for clooney. >> reporter: and the megastar took it in stride. as for swift's counteroffensive, poehler couldn't resist a retort. i feel bad she was upset. i am a feminist and she's a young and talented girl. that being said, i do agree i am going to hell. but for other reasons. mostly boring tax stuff. perhaps the whole mean affair will wind up as fodder for swift's next number one hit. ♪ why you gotta be so mean >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm juju chang in new york. >> fair question. >>> it's time for tonight's closing arguments. when the president and congress couldn't agree on how to reduce the deficit, spending cuts were made across the federal government, even at the white house. in fact, the recent sequester has prompted the cancellation of much sought after white house tours. a move some say was unnecessary overkill. what do you think? should these tours be c

the series is produced by mark burnett and roma downey. do not know what they do. >> roma downey, she as plays mary. diogo morgado plays jesus, and darwin shaw. welcome. >> thank you so much. >> diogo, i want to start with you, because that scene that we just saw, that must have been so difficult? >> i can tell you this, carol, i don't remember, that's how big it was for me. i just -- there's a lot of things that happened during those moving strong scenes that i basically disconnected my rational thought of it. i have flashes, and i do remember how i felt. i have an emotional memory, most of all. but i -- i guess -- this is never -- i've never seen this scene before. so i'm going to join the whole audience, that will be tuning in next sunday, and i'm going to live with them. >> was it because it was so painful for you? >> it was painful. but we can say that, but it was also magical and unique. i can tell you that, at one point, being on that cross, i have a flash of my entire life, leading up to that moment. and that's really overwhelming.

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yes i think downey's the most dangerous dispute is much more serious than the south china sea there's no way china is going to go to war in the south china sea these skirmishes might continue but there's not going to be a war in any way china's racism with some of the southeast asian countries is quite good there are the problems all vietnam which is a very long historical problem in the philippines japan is a different matter why because of the history i mean it's about history it's about what japan did a century from eight hundred ninety five almost in especially in the second world war and this is still a huge scar for the chinese but i gave personally i think the chinese will be very cautious when it comes to any kind of serious escalation of conflict they will resist that it's not in their interests and i don't think they'll you know they'll not want to go down knock off and actually i don't think the japanese will heat up territory dispute of course between russia and japan. and we know that in the fact that the chinese leader will be coming to moscow in a way that they share so

the bible's greatest stories, produced by reality tv guru mark burnett and his actress wife, roma downey >> reporter: its success largely due to the one quarter of americans who identify themselves as evangelical christians. pastors have been promoting the show from their pulpit. >> to get people to actually want to open god's word, the bible, and begin to understand it. >> reporter: at least seven other biblical movies are in the works right now. russell crowe is playing noah. >> talking to russell crowe the other night and roma was laughing, saying -- >> our arc is bigger than your arc. >> reporter: christian bale apparently set to play moses. and there's talk brad pitt might take on the role of pontius pilate. >> i will crush any rebellion. >> reporter: with "the bible" and everything else to come, hollywood is now chasing the christian dollar. but as one believer just told me, the word of god is written. he didn't leave us a youtube clip. the book, they say, will always be better than the movie. nick watt, abc news, los angeles. >> and thank you for watching this monday night. "night

reporter: it's the brain child of megaproducer mark burnett, krcreator of "survivor" and his wife roma downey>> jesus walking on water. i mean, it's epic stuff. >> reporter: the ten commandments from 1956 is the best known hollywood rendition. >> behold his mighty hand. >> reporter: but burnett said it was time for an updated version. >> follow me! >> reporter: it has the support of celebrity after celebrity. even oprah winfrey tweets about the series watching it. here's one, samson not happy, killing up some people. >> these amazing stories are being brought to life. >> reporter: hollywood is clearly banking on biblical success. because next year, russell crowe will star in a movie about noah's ark. we can't get over oprah's tweet. that movie should be released next march. what's interesting about the ratings for this show, that premiere night it aired twice. the second time it aired, it got another 13 million viewers. >> unbelievable. >> timeless book and a timeless miniseries. >> mark burnett is really a hitmaker. >>> another major stories developing now, rob nelson is back with us. >>> go

mark burnett joins me along with his wife and copower actress roma downey.good morning. >> hey, don, we made this for you. i hope you're happy. >> i am happy. i have to say, you know, i say that the bible, it's almost like when you learn a foreign language you have to use it in order to keep knowing about it, and your issue was, you said you did this because you had a concern about bible illiteracy. >> no question. i mean i'll give you a test now, don, i promise. >> i knew you were going to do that. i knew you were going to do that. >> i like you. i'm your buddy. i'm not doing that, but the stories of the bible not only is our faith and hundreds and millions of americans' faith but beyond that, it's the foundation of our society, our literature, our movies. you need to know these stories. >> you're right. to be honest with you, mark, i've never seen "survivor," never seen that show. people talk it's sort of like candy, there's no substance. this show that you're doing now lots of substance and the ratings are tremendous. did you learn anything about that? >>

then "the bible" producers mark burnett and roma downey fire back, the uproar as some say satan resembles obama. plus the stars with a huge crush on jesus. >> i'm speaking of the actor, of course. >> music's biggest, the new interview with clive clive on his war of words with kelly clarkson. >> kelly and my relationship has been incredibly successful. >> plus -- >> are you going to take a drive with me. >> "extra's" day in the life with usher backstage with the newly revamped "the voice." >> "extra, extra!". >> welcome to "extra" here at the grove. i'm mario lopez. >> and i'm maria menounos. coming up is jenny mccarthy replacing joy on "the view"? first, lindsey vonn dissing tiger before they hooked up. we have got it and why she regrets what she said. >> it may be the joke lindsey vonn wishes she never cracked about tiger woods. vonn blasting woods during his infamous scandal saying you're awesome, go have that sex. >> i have to be careful what i say. >> that was lindsey vonn then at the 2010 vancouver olympics days after making the comments to "time magazine" telling "extra" she wished

listen to roman downey on fox and friends this morning. she sums it up nicely. watch. >> isn't it just phenomenal. i feel like god is moving. i think these millions and millions and millions of people are hungry for spiritual programming. >> it has engaged the country in a conversation which is great. they are talking about faith and talking about god and they are talking about the bible. >> this is another reason there should be more. i go to church and there are few younger people who are there. this isng their medium. they can watch something through television and they can see the story of jesus and they are curious about it. they don't want to be hauled off to church by their parents on sunday morning, but this gives them an opportunity to hear the message of christ. god bless these people for doing it. it drew young people in. what a phenomenal thing. >> what is interesting is how and a good thing is on you intellectually curious they are.t i read a piece and it was the first time i read the next generation after the millenials are the cynics. they don't t

robert downey jr., charlie sheen. the list seems never ending. why can't we believe in lance?l vick. i'm too big a dog lover, erin. but i think the key difference between bill clinton is i think 70% of the american people agreed with me that he shouldn't be impeached for his private life. his cheating had nothing to do with his job. whereas lance's cheating has everything to do with his job and why people believed in him, were inspired by him and it all turned out to be a lie and it went on for many, many years. >> she raises an interesting point. there's cheating and then there's cheating. lots of people cheat in their personal lives and professionally. >> he was a narcissist, a sociopath and a d-bag. >> and they did spell it out. >> and you say his whole career wasn't fraudulent. he had this one sort of personal issue. if it were just doping, people would forgive lance. it's really sort of the violence that came out who he knew were telling the truth and who he is still not apologizing to. this is still getting worse, not better. >> president clinton was one of the most popu

he is presumed dead and the house could come crashing downey moment.will have a live report from the scene. >>> and what items are getting the boot from the mcdonald's menu? we will tell you. and on a lighter note it's the modern family emergency kind of. several cast members from modern family got stuck in an elevator overnight. how long were they there and how did they get them out? we will give you the breaking details coming up on this good morning america on saturday morning. >> they probably entertained themselves. thanks so much. >>> facebook is set to unavailable their retooled news feed next thursday. no word on what the changes will look like. the last time facebook held an event like this, the company was unveiling its graph search. >>> looking for a new home away from home? well, there's a place in southern california if you have enough cash. it the a beverly hillman son is up for grabs. >> it was once owned by william randolph hearst and used by jfk and jackie during their honeymoon. and it was also used in the film "the bodyguard." it's $

and first of all, "the bible" the series is amazing and roma downey and her husband mark burnett on thee getting massive numbers for cable, almost like american idol, you don't see in cable news or cable channel and that's on the bible, and the person that was playing the devil, well, we'll put it up on the screen. some people are saying it looks like barack obama. when i was watching it this weekend, i turned it my wife and i said whoa, she looked back at me and said, whoa, i think it looks like him. do you? >> i think it does, but i don't see what the point is other than to draw an association between the devil and the president. i mean, that's pretty-- >> if you were running a campaign that would be a great political ad, sean, but-- >> i don't think there's anything intentional. it's not the devil and-- >> no, no one is calling him the devil. >> you just put it on your screen and by implication. >> sean: did i call him the devil? >> and you're showing the comparison. >> sean: i put you on the screen and i'm not calling you the devil. >> you didn't put me next to the devil-- >>, but i

now, the bible is produced by the survivor and voice producer mark burnett and his wife, roma downey.etelling of the scriptures from genesis to revelation. this weekend, right wing radio host glenn beck tweeted something about the show. quoting beck, quote, anyone else think the devil in "the bible" sunday on history channel looks exactly like that guy? that guy is what glenn beck calls president obama, mainly because he doesn't respect him enough to use his title. according to beck, the actor who plays the devil in the series looks like the president. beck has his followers which is why his tweet took off. since the broadcast, more than 20,000 tweets containing the words obama and satan have been posted. the producers of the show called any resemblance utter nonsense. today, beck took to twitter again and not to clarify. he said this. media, relax. actor has been in similar roles before. funny, nothing more. for different reasons, the bible is one of my fave shows. keep watching. actor has been in similar roles before. in the world of glenn beck, that means he's definitely a ringer f

maria has roma downey today.a" exclusive, we're in mexico with international tennis heartthrob, rafael nadal. >> the ladies want to know if he took his shirt off. bingo! >> hey, everyone, welcome to "extra" at the grove, i'm mario lopez. >> and i'm maria menounos. coming up, is "jeopardy!" going after matt lauer to replace alex trebek? why it could happen. >> first, let's get to our top trending story today. >> oprah winfrey, terrence howard, their explosive sex scene. her first words about his controversial interview. >> he was talking about my breastesses. >> oprah sounding off with steve harvey on howard and his headline making, oh, no he didn't, comment. >> i have love scenes with her and those tig old bitties. >> he misbehaved. >> he's a misbehaving kind of boy.

now, the bible is produced by the survivor and voice producer mark burnett and his wife, roma downey.as the name implies, a retelling of the scriptures from genesis to revelation. this weekend, right wing radio host glenn beck tweeted something about

reality producing genius, mark burnett and his wife actress roma downey recently told elizabeth vargaseir star power, they were forced to film with a limited budget. >> most journalists are saying how could you have spent $20 million? >> we brought miracles to life on the screen. >> reporter: burnett says there were miracles behind the scenes as well. he said the actor playing jesus read the line, the holy spirit is like the wind. at that moment, burnett says a wind almost blew the set over. and sustained for 20 seconds across the desert. everyone just looked at everyone like, what just happened? divine intervention? perhaps. but what is clear is that the series is a godsend for the once struggling history channel. >> i'm jealous of the ratings. >> powerful stuff. >>> when we come back, an epic ""the skinny"" this tuesday morning. >> the eagerly awaited announcement coming from the guy right next to me. you're watching "world news now." watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. in times of joy, in moments of grief, we are ther

for executive producers bark burnett and his wife, roma downey, who stars as mary, it was a no-brainer>> you think about it, shakespeare wouldn't have existed really without the bible. >> no. >> what, 1,200 quotes in it. clearly, "lord of the rings," none of these movies would exist without the bible. >> reporter: it's not the first time hollywood has found religion. "ten commandments" and "passion of the christ" were among the most financially successful films ever. and now, it seems americans are clamoring for more. >> moses? >> moses is absolutely right. >> reporter: the american bible challenge is the highest-rated program on the game show network. >> we live in a country where more than 75% of the population identifies themselves as christians. the clearly underserved in mainstream media, and they are hungry for entertaining and spiritual programming. >> reporter: and after the "bible's" success, more religion-inspired shows and movies are already in the works. an old story finding new life and millions of fans along the way. >> israel! >> reporter: for "today," kristin dahlgren,

robert downey jr., charlie sheen. the list seems never ending. why can't we believe in lance?el vick. i'm too big a dog lover, erin. but i think the key difference between bill clinton is i think 70% of the american people agreed with me that he shouldn't be impeached for his private life. his cheating had nothing to do with his job. whereas lance's cheating has everything to do with his job and why people believed in him, were inspired by him and it all turned out to be a lie and it went on for many, many years. >> she raises an interesting point. there's cheating and then there's on for many, many years. >> she raises an interesting point. there's cheating and there's cheating. lance armstrong cheated at a sport at the heart of who he is. they write something that was interesting. clinton faired better in print and on the internet. his cold performance, he was a narcissist, a sociopath, a "d" bag and they did spell it out. >> his whole career wasn't fraudulent and he had one personal issue. it goes beyond doping. if it was just doping, people would forgive him. it's the huma

>> well in this case, robert downey, jr.wice with ron howard. i think it was because they were seriously considering him for the role. >> "jurassic park" 1993, huge stars for the role of dr. ellie satler. let's take a look at the tapes. >> you're hearing something, turning their head so they can hear? or maybe -- maybe it's ritual behavior, specifics to specific behavior, trying to identify them to one another. maybe it doesn't have any broader meaning. maybe they're weird. maybe dinosaurs are weird. maybe it's some kind of communication. >> do you get an effect from the tranquilizers? >> yes. pupils are dilated. >> psychological effect. >> what is this animal's rage? in this general area? >> that's helen hunt. we saw gwyneth paltrow before. you're putting 14 of these audition tapes for the movie together. what kind of money do you think this is going to generate? >> the "jurassic park" we anticipate $2,000 to $4,000 but could be $4,000 to $10,000. it's hard to say. >> let's take a look at another one. iconic '80s film "the

. >> reporter: in the past we could console ourselves that the morton downey jr.s of the world wouldg has changed and now according to a new study the ease of fame is masked with the difficulty of making the famous unfamous. university researchers found nowadays those 15 minutes of fame are going into triple overtime. >> my mom making these loud, crazy grunt noises. >> someone like kim kardashian who is famous mainly for being famous does not have to do much to remain famous. >> you are crazy. >> year after year after year after mind numbingly painful year. >> thank you. >> love you. how do the kardashians of the world pull it off? >> oh, you --! >> reporter: researchers say in the current media environment fame is self-reinforcing. once you're in the spotlight, attention begats attention and all the different forms of media from tv to magazines to gossip blogs end up competing with each other to fulfill the desires of a celebrity obsessed culture. of course there are exceptions to the rule. after all when is the last time you thought about this guy? but researchers say more often th

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mark burnett and his wife, actress roma downey, recently told elizabeth they filmed with a limited budget0 million? >> miracles to life on the screen. >> reporter: miracles behind the scene, too. at one point, the actor playing jesus read the line, the holy spirit like the wind. at that moment, a wind almost blew the set over and sustained for 20 seconds across the dessert. everyone looked at each other like, what just happened? divine intervention? perhaps. what is clear is that the series is a god send for the once struggling history channel. if you're one of the few who hasn't tuned in to see it, it's not too late yet. part three airs next sunday night. and the confessions of cindy crawford coming up. the super model opening up about her biggest fears and her divorce from richard gere. >>> and josh is not here, was we have the best of "saturday night live." new honey bunches of oats greek yogurt and whole grain. here we go. honey cornflakes and chunks of greek yogurt. i'm tasting both the yogurt and the honey at the same time. i'm like digging this yogurt thing. i feel healthy. new hon

executive producers, mark burnett and roma downey.or and you said you wanted to make jesus cool. you're no allowed to say cool. >> we knew it was important that the series be created in a way that would be cool for that generation, when we left for morocco, they specifically asked us not to make the special effect. and make the series lame and-- >> don't be lame. >> jesus walks on water, healing lepers and these things are coming up in next wo week's episode. it's cool. >> jesse: i was watching, it had a game of thrones vibe to it or lord of the rings. >> we went to morocco and where the gladiator was filmed there and the old testament is epic and this sunday, the new testament, three hours of miracles, walking on water, healing the leper, it's epic and cool. >> jesse: the media keeps telling us that americans are becoming more of a secular nation. we don't go to church anymore, but then you have this huge appetite for a mini series about the bible. how do you reconcile that? >> i believe that over 160 million americans go to church a

peek of the upcoming finale are some of its stars joining us live for their first tv interview, roma downey peter and playing sampson's mother with no name we'll discuss is the wonderful sharon duncan brewster. welcome all. >> thank you. >> i want to start with you, roma, what a passion project for you and for mark and you were right. you thought if we make it, people will watch. >> oh, it's been amazing and have they watched. we believe that by the time the easter sunday episode finishes, more than 100 million people will have seen all five episodes of "the bible." >> it's going to sound silly, but what do you think it is? do you think it's the fact that you've made these characters that -- that you've brought them back to life, so to speak? i know you talked about sort of a visual updating of something. your children watched "the ten commandments." they thought it wasn't cool enough anymore. is that what's done it to bring these important stories back to life. >> i think absolutely. it was the fresh visual retelling of the greatest story that was ever written. >> yeah. >> i think the fait

mark burnett from so many reality shows "survivor." >> and roma downey from "touched by an angel."ut who knew that angels had ninja skills? >> they do. >> amazing things you can do with cgi. >> even cee-lo green has a pop song in here. if it's bringing the bible to a wider audience and gets people to be interested -- i've got to get my kids to watch it. i think it looks great. >> the broadcast networks really ought to take a page -- time to bring back the miniseries. >> we were talking about this the other day, whatever happened to lonesome dove. >> show gun. >> we would sit down as a family, sit and watch shows. that was great tv. i'm with you on that. bring them back. >> 13 million people watched. maybe the networks will follow. >> hatfield & mccoys. >> big numbers at the history channel. >>> a fake bishop, did you see this, was caught trying to sneak into a gathering of cardinals as they begin the process of electing a new pope. he passed through security. >> he is the guy wearing the fedora, by the way. >> the guy on the left of the photograph. >> same guy that snuck into the g

we've had robert downey jr., all the big celebrities. >> straight out of the academy, sheriff's deputies are assigned to a jail before getting a street patrol. they can spend on average three to four years working the jails. with the help of custody assistants, deputies are there to keep the peace and to get the inmates to get to court on time. it's located on the second floor. the low-to-medium security inmates are put in day rooms that can hold up to 30 people. the maximum-security inmates share a 10x10 cell with up to six other men. >> it's like we're going nowhere. we do everything in our cell. clothing exchange once a week. we shower every other day. you know? we never come out of the cell. we get fed three times a day, you know? it's like same gig every day, you know? it doesn't change. >> it's pretty rough, you know? you miss your family a lot, loved ones. you just got to blank it out most the time, you know? take it day by day. that's all you can do. >> twice convicted robber, 21-year-old gabriel anthony bernal will be doing 12 years in state prison before he sees freedom again.

mark burnett, roma downey and coach hurlly will be live in studio. >> steve: we'll see you back here tomorrow. thanks, anna. there is breaking news a deadly explosion at a military base in nevada. it happened at the hawthorne army depot, 140 miles southeast of reno. police say ammunition blew up during a marine corps training exercise. not clear how many were killed or injured there. we're waiting for an update from the marines. we'll bring you the information as soon as it comes in. >>> meantime, big announcement. this is significant. expected soon on the immigration debate. we're awaiting senator rand paul on the stage any moment now at the hispanic chamber of commerce. wait until you hear his headline. good morning, everybody, senator john cornyn from texas. we're live here at "america's newsroom." we have a busy day. martha: good morning, bill. i'm martha maccallum. senator rand paul throws his support behind a path for citizenship for the 11 million so illegal immigrants in america. >> we're trying to add teeth to the bipartisan plan. we want to make sure border security is in t