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and i love he will glenn i do too. >> ellen degeneres is generous, like her name.e her. >> how come this never happened to me? >> never happened to me either. so bizarre. >> so she wakes up, her name is jc underwood. >> yes, all think all four of her teeth pulled out at the same time, sedated, and wakes up thinking she wanted to look like nicki minaj, and wanted to be black. >> and she said she's still white. i think she thought also that she was best friends with ellen degeneres. >> ya. >> why do people do these videos? >> how did her husband do that? why would you necessarily even have a camera rolling when they did wake up from sedation? >> because now everyone is making these videos, they want to join in on the up. >> maybe when she started bad link like that, he pulled out his phone and thought i have to get this on tape. >> i think he wishes she was nicki minaj, too. >> oh, ya. >> oh, no, it is over already. chris martin, jennifer laurence, they broke up. >> unconsciously uncoupled? >> spotted when another man. >> who? >> best way to get over one, right? >> f

there, ellen degeneres and her idea for the cat gin ja warrior show. this is way too early. that was a good jump. good morning, i'm thomas roberts. it is thursday, october 16. welcome to way too early. a purple passion. looks good, right? how about applause from the crowd? we are upset. we have orioles fans and st. louis cardinals fans. can we get the broom and hats out of here? thank you. anyway, we are going to talk about spirit day coming up later in the show. we want to get straight to the top stories that concerns the news out of dallas and the growing confusion and the latest confirmed ebola case in the u.s. a top official from dallas will testify on capitol him. the front page of the atlanta journal constitution sums up what many americans are asking, can hospitals handle the ebola crisis? the second dallas nurse is being treated. amber vincent treated duncan. she took a scheduled flight on october 10 to cleveland. she did not have symptoms when she took the flight from cleveland to dallas, but did have a slight fever of 99.5 degrees. she called the cdc before boardin

there, ellen degeneres and her idea for the cat gin ja warrior show. this is way too early.as a good jump. good morning, i'm thomas roberts. it is thursday, october 16. welcome to way too early. a purple passion. looks good, right? how about applause from the crowd? we are upset. we have orioles fans and st. louis cardinals fans. can we get the broom and hats out of here? thank you. anyway, we are going to talk about spirit day coming up later in the show. we want to get straight to the

tv host ellen degeneres, chris rock and actress julia louie dreyfuss were all asked before harris signedd the other three say no? >> don't know. >>> we're learning more about the death of the modern family death. she died from cirrhosis of the liver which led to her suffering from cardiac arrest. >>> and the avengers sequel will be released next week. fans couldn't wait. the trailer was leaked yesterday afternoon and just hours later, marvel officially released it to showcase the mighty cast. >>> britney spears is surpassing everyone's expectations for her las vegas show. the star is jumping from earning $310,000 per show to $475,000 per show. not bad. >> they always had big names to go to vegas. now people are -- >> celine dionne was the first one to make it big out there and snowballing into that. absolutely. we'll have to go out and see britney's new show. >> i would, though. i would. i wouldn't see celine, not offense to celine, but britney -- >> i'm with you. >> something more spicy about it. >> i'm dara brown. this is "early today." we hope it is just your first stop of the day on

events likee big , or an amazing week by ellen degeneres. >> i think the company would discourage it, thinking that way about the company. it deserves to be thought of in a broader term than that. the numbers we are seeing suggest that even if you do think of it in those terms, they're not seeing huge bumps from any major event like football or the brazilian elections or anything else. that, to belook for deducted by the numbers growing more or less than it should have. the fundamental problem remains, this has been the story with twitter for three years now. the experience when you join the service as a new user, it's not really obvious what you're supposed to do. as a non-logged in user, there's really no experience for you at all. aboutt does twitter do the mom problem? my mom uses facebook but she still doesn't understand twitter. >> your mom follows me on facebook. s -- theabout mom' facebook issue. facebook loves the mom's, facebook business has never been better. everyone should love your mom. twitter needs a bigger audience. it needs the moms, dads, kids, cousins, and goldfish

. >> yes, she stopped by the the ellen degeneres show to pro hit her new movie ellen suggested the gone girl is number one because every ben's exposure. >> i think you're probably onto somethingment and i just, i mean, what i have to say is you're welcome. and -- (laughter and cheers) cheers) -- and, you know, i try to consider myself a charitable person. and i wanted to give back. you give me so much. >> she wants to share? >> she wants to share. she's so sweet. his movie rather by the way has earned $38 million. well, it earned 38 million in its opening week. >> i saw her movie by the way over the weekends. >> it is her mover. >> i l an ex around err's horrible -- >> yes, was cents it cute? >> it was very cute. and a lot of sort of adult humor for all of the parents taking the kids to it. all about the struggles of raising kits, demands ago lifestyle we have here in america. how about this? serious stuff here. former seventh heaven star steven collins won't be appearing in upcoming episode of scandal. confirmed he's been pulled. come under fire after audio admitting to child molestati

he follows in the footsteps of johnny carson, billy crystal, and ellen degeneres, who hosted the oscars last year. >> the rain will be here a little bit longer this morning but we try out this afternoon. rain changes today. 63 this afternoon. tonight we drop down to 50. maasai will be 64. 20 of rain friday night into saturday morning. cooler temperatures this weekend satisfy 54. dry for the bears game with high temperatures averaging 60. >> still watching an accident in the late sir,. they're working to clear this up. it's been quiet this morning but we do have good news for the blue line riders that coming up. >> coming up, the latest on of breaking story in the northwest suburbs were a police officer has been injured. >> and ebola screenings are beginning today at a zero o'hare. more coming up. >> announcer: the following is a paid program for smart living brought to you by howard law p.c. and morgan drexen integrated systems. welcome to "smart living," the show that focuses on you and your family, where we talk about getting rid of your debt and getting control of your finances, the

ellen degeneres sends one of her writers through the scream house.utive producers went through, too. >> why are you making me go through -- >> i'm not, i'm protecting you! >>. [ loud screaming ] >> we're good. we're good. stop! >> all right, those two could use a lesson in putting the chill in thrills and chills. and we know just the guy to teach them. that does it for us, we'll see you at 11 p.m. for another edition of "ac360." the cnn report, downward spiral, case against aaron hernandez starts now. >>> the following is a cnn special report. >> the n and its black eye. allegations of explosive behavior. >> aaron peterson, indicted on an explosive violence. >> prosecutors say he

. >> elvis was right across the street, ringo starr and jennifer aniston, ellen degeneres. >> and bruce built this master piece from the ground up. >> put a great team together to build the most beautiful houses in california. >> broke ground two years ago? >> two years ago. to build a very large house in two levels taking the view, almost 270 degrees from the city all the way to the ocean. >> it's almost you started with the view and built the house around it? >> correct. >> this home, not only about the views. >> as one of the most expensive homes for sale in america, at 23,000 square feet, well, you would only expect a living room to be this big. >> this is beyond a living room. 1600 square feet, bigger than some single family homes. eight bedrooms with an 1800 square foot master bedroom. and if you're planning a huge bash, no long waits for the bathroom, there are 15 of them. the sweetest part of this mega mansion. >> $200,000 wall. >> $130,000 worth of candy sfwl this is insane. >> how much fun is this? >> an entire candy store. >> next to the custom gym. wait -- >> it's a two-car

to do the ellen degeneres show. amazing. >> let's show what happened on ellen's show. >> right now, i don't know how you get to the farmer's market, but i want to make sure you get to the mafarmer's market, okay? >> thank you. >> so it worked. there you go. it really did get your mother a car. >> yes, it did. >> how did that feel that day? >> it was a wonderful day meeting miss ellen and the wonderful car and all the gifts she had for us. i was really thankful. >> tell me about cory's career from here. are you doing any career planning? >> yes. in the future i want to be an investor and i want to be a chef and i want to own stocks in different companies. >> can i mention a couple of things that maybe have to happen before that. high school. you're going to have to go to high school. college, right? '. >> yes. >> any ideas where you want to go to college. >> yes, i want to go to princeton. >> you're a jersey boy. you would want to go down the road to princeton. how are you doing with your homework now? >> it's wonderf

you know, if you think back to it, ellen degeneres when she came out lost everything.r show, she did everything, but she took that step. and that was the step that led to gay sitcom sitcoms and other that came from it. hopefully today, and it is sad that it has to be that way, tim cook's coming out publicly will be the door-opener for a lot of other people who so want to come out but are just afraid to do. >> and others, john brown from bp did not make that choice. he is very open about it now. but at the time he was outed by somebody else. in 2007, the times magazine, asked you, are you married? you gave a lovely answer, referring to your partner. you answered the question, they -- you made a choice on the fly when you spoke to them. but that was very different, that was sort of somebody putting you on the spot. >> well, what was so sad about that interview that was done by deborah solomon, is that that was the time. and the interview was really supposed to be about my book that was coming out called "women and money." which was a very important book. now she is annou

and the love from her football playing father, how ellen degeneres is honoring philly's own devin stillh tom corbett, things keep getting worse. september 16th. budget deficits force pennsylvania to borrow $1.5 billion dollars just to keep the lights on. three days later, pennsylvania's unemployment rate goes up for the second straight month. under tom corbett, we've fallen from 9th to 47th in job creation. and on september 25th, pennsylvania's credit is downgraded for the fifth time in two years. why would we give tom corbett four more years? >>> this is nbc 10 news. >>> as west africa and the world grapple with an ebola outbreak, medical experts are hard at work at a cure for a deadly disease that's already killed thousands. that includes scientists from onovia farpharmaceuticals. >> deanna durante is live in plymouth meeting. complain h explain how this works were what they're developing is a vaccine, one they say they administered to animals last year. those who didn't have the vaccine died within days of being exposed to ebola. the president and ceo of the company tells me he hopes

but on an episode of "ellen degeneres" that airs tomorrow, she pressed him on it.be an "ironman 4" and there's a bunch more marvel movies in the works. it's a division of disney, which is the parent company of abc news. >>> we turn to some of the biggest stars in music joining forces for a remake of a 1960s classic. a new rendition of the beach boys "god only knows." ♪ i may not always love you as long as there are stars above you ♪ ♪ you'll never need to doubt it ♪ ♪ i'll make you so sure about it ♪ ♪ god only knows what i'd be without you ♪ >> could that be better than the beach boys version? the ensemble was put together by the bbc for the single going to help children in need. the beach boys' bryan wilson said he was honored, saying it was one of the best he's ever written. >> that's an impressive ensemble. elton john, stevie wonder, lorde. >>> let's see who is celebrating a birthday. broadcast pioneer rona barrett turns 78. >> chevy chase, 71 today. >> academy award nominated actress sigourney weaver, she's 65. >> that's the one we heard this morning. i could

>> the correct answer is ellen degeneres. she's not doing much acting.finding dory" that comes out in 2015. >> kath, over to you. we don't quite understand that answer. hello, this adorable guy is from michigan. isn't he cute? he says he has played some baseball. cal ripken, junior, holds what major league baseball record? most consecutive games played, most home runs hit, most bats broken or most bubble gum chewed in the season. >> that is a, most consecutive games played. >> yes. a baseball fan got it right. >> most consecutive games played. he played for the baltimore orioles. the only team he played for, he set that record over a period of 16 years, and he beat yankee great lou gehrig for it. that's why he's called the ironman. >> back to kath. lovely lady from san francisco. in 1988's "bull durham" what did pitcher nuke laloosh, played by tim robbins, wear for good luck? >> b, rabbit's foot necklace. >> no, he was kinkier than that. >> he went for the garter belt. >> susan sarandon's character told tim robbins' character, if he were to wear them he'

one area that's running out of watt iris home to oprah winfrey, tom cruise and ellen degeneres. >> reporterowners here lack for nearly nothing except for water. >> so this used to be all green. >> yes. very fresh, very green. >> it's a large sized polo field. his grass is now dead ponds are now empty. >> reporter: i'm sure you're aware there are people who don't feel too sorry for people who can't water lawns. >> the big tragedy is we invested a lot of money in our shrubs and so forth. it will all have to be replaced at some point. >> if he uses too much water, he gets fined. >> most work harder so they don't get fined and those that can are importing water. >> reporter: the trucks roll in early each morning. some people are paying as much as $600 for a truckload of water. tom moseby running the month see doe area. he's handed out fines to those who haven't been allowed. >> i imagine you haven't been the most popular guy in town. >> it's been difficult. we've had many people coming to us with appeals asking for more water. >> m o nontecito has almost no groundwater. the lake is 30% full. if

>> ellen degeneres. why?ite understand that answer. this adorable good is from michigan. cal ripken junior holds what major league baseball record? most conservative games played or most home home runs hit or. >> a, for consecutive games played is the answer. >> the baseball fan got it right. >> most consecutive games played. cal ripken played for the baltimore orioles and only team he played for and set that record over 16 years and he beat yankee great lou gehrig for it and why he is called the ironman. >> a lovely lady from san francisco. in 1988's "bull durham." what did the pitcher -- i'm sorry, my floater is acting up. what did he wear for good luck? >> c, rabbit's foot necklace? >> no, he was kinkier than that. >> yes. if he were to wear them, he was told he would win more games pitching so he did win more games so it became like a good luck charm and greatest one of the greatest sports movies ever made. >> lovely lady from tennessee. oops. that is the last one! here you go. here it is. what song is th

we will tell you the ac for following in the footsteps of billy crystal and ellen degeneres next.ten to this. >> ♪ >> sound every baby crying can be tough on the ears, but apparently, it is flat out unbearable to men. what dads are doing just to avoid getting out of bed in the middle of the night. avoid getting out of bed in the middle of the night. honey, can you take care of in cases of rape,pposes aborin cases of incest,ions. and in cases where the mother's health is in danger. no woman should be forced to carry a pregnancy from a rape. mario scavello sponsored a bill to force women to have unnecessary and invasive ultrasounds. it's horrifying. women need to know that mario scavello wants to stand between them and their doctors in making decisions that aren't his to make. >>> neil patrick harris has been named the host of the american music awards. >> twitter account role be crossing off owes car host on his bucket list. >> i'm in. >> first time hosting the academy awards, most recently he was cents in that movie gone girl. >> and showing his bucket list, apparently last thing

including ellen degeneres and jessica simpson. ashton kutcher and mila kunis who moved down the block. >> baby sitting. >> i'm sure j. law will be like, totally. $15 an hour. >>> i'm not a giant fan of the word hairy to describe situations. look at your face, robin. >> not worse than moist. >> moist is a problem word for me. but hairy i don't like either. but i don't know how to describe this dispute in oregon. it's a hairy situation. both organizations say they hold the world beard and mustache champions. there's a group in the u.s., and another in europe. and the europeans say our group is a sham. and that these photos are from the u.s. event. and the europeans claim that -- >> dr. -- >> looks like. >> colonel sanders. >> there's a championship being held this weekend in portland, oregon. >> might not be the championships. >> the europeans don't call it the championships. you guys are amateur hour with those handlebars. those are, like, a tight bike. >> that's a whole life. >> so anyway, long story short. this is a story that i

. >> also hard to come off ellen degeneres. >> she was the biggest telecast in years.watch this man defy every expectation. both scientific and personal. >> it's a tough role because he's got to play the physical condition of hawking. do you think that alone will give him serious consideration as an oscar? >> i interviewed him. and he said it was hard because he couldn't use his voice. that's actually hawking's real voice. >> really? >> he gave them permission to use his voice. and he has to contort his body in several ways and he has to study his life to portray him on screen. he hasn't been a lead actor, but i think this will change the trajectory of his career. >> i like his work a lot. what about -- well, you had to do for the cover of "variety," the interview with bill murray. >> i did. >> getting him for an interview was tough. i know. he said in this interview, if you want an award so much it's like a virus, it's an illness. so, the campaign for oscar. how important is that? >> it's getting more and more serious. it's almost like turning into a political preside

positive way more than a negative way but don't ever forget that just a number of years ago, ellen degenerest everything when she told the world she was gay. now look at her. but when she did it, everything was gone. >> what is your vicious by the way, for other executives, for people out there, generally speaking? is it almost easier if you're the ceo of a company because you can just kind of come out and declare, as opposed to if you're an employee, might feel uncomfortable and not quite sure how to group kate that with people? >> kelly, it is not the position that you hold that makes it easier or harder, it is how you feel about yourself and those around you. i hope by tim coming out that others will really take his lead and make this the time that they do so as well, because the more people that are proud to say that they are gay, the more there won't be an i shall by it in the same way nobody ever looks at anybody and says, oh, they are homosexual. one day maybe you will look at somebody and say, oh, and will have nothing to do with their sexuality at all >> suze, remiss not to ask, an

robert downey jr., while chatting with ellen degeneres about this new film, "the judge," confirmed that this -- i love robert duvall. they're in the middle of negotiations, but don't expect an official announcement until after the release of avengers. the ironman franchise has been a moneymaker for both downy and disney. the stocks have been trading at an all-time high. >>> up next this morning, a not so yummy quarter for the yum. investment giant posting earns that missed street's expectations. some big troubles in china being blamed for much of the pain. >>> plus, a sweet new front in the soda wars. the new natural push from a small cola company that has the big guys standing up and taking notice. right now, though, as we led to a break, take a look at yesterday's winners and losers. some big losers on this list. down was down 272 points. we'll be right back. can you start tomorrow? yes sir. alright. let's share the news tomorrow. today we failrly busy. tomorrow we're booked solid. we close on the house tomorrow. i want one of these opened up. because tomorow we go live... it's a day

ellen degeneres has a different take.om the makers of american anyone gentleman warrior comes a show ten times more shocking. it's cat ninja warrior. where cats take on obstacles like the hang climb. the gate jump. the tail grab. the din-din spin. and the leap of faith. cat ninja warrior. it's an event you won't furget. coming to nbc. >> i don't know which i like better. the nbc show looks good. >> that one looks funny. >> it does. i love ellen. that looked like emma, my cat. top of the hour. mike barn cal, nicole wallace, still with us. there's news this morning that ebola patient amber vincent, that's second health care worker to be diagnosed with the virus flew on a commercial plane. and she flew on that plane with clearance from the cdc. she did not have symptoms when she took a return frontier airlines flight on monday from cleveland to dallas. but did have a slight fever of 99.5 degrees. she called the cdc before boarding the plane to see if she could still fly. clearly she had some concerns given she had treated an