elmo made this video with katy perry.hey released it on the internet, but they're not going to air it on "sesame street" because parents complained that katy perry is showing too much cleavage. and maybe she is. i used to -- i turned the number eight on its side and draw dots on it. this morning, elmo and the executive producer of "sesame street" were on the cbs "early show" talking about it. and watch elmo's hand there. >> did it occur to you that she was wearing something inappropriate? >> you know, if -- >> jimmy: okay. what is he doing behind that little partition? what has katy perry done to elmo? it's his cherry chapstick there. and -- oh, there you go. well, you know what? looks like elmo's learned to tickle himself, at long last. [ applause ] at this show, we frown on that kind of filth. with that said, it's time for our weekly tribute to the fcc, where we bleep and blur things whether they need it or not. it's "this week in unnecessary censorship." >> young girls around the world are just crying their eyes out be

. >> elmo.is visit was part of the racing readers initiative. >> it's very important to learn to read. because you learn a lot of things. and you get to use your imagination. taking it to other places that you're reading about. >> it uses the power of the media. >> and through this initiative, we have targeted over 200 children in the drew community, as well as in the moravia community. >> parents say elmo is making a difference in their kids' reading abilities. he's learning. recognizing words. which means a lot to him. he's learning how to recognize bigger words. >> this is about the children two through 8. >> this really increases the wealth of reading. >> when can you come here? >> elmo is not only helping children to read. he's one of the biggest stars who always gets the last word. >> back to you on tv hill. yeah, baby. [ laughter ] >>> ron matz, wjz eyewitness news. >> thank you for baltimore's own kevin clash for bringing us elmo. >>> we're following breaking news right now. near the csx

she's too hot for elmo. >> elmo? didn't i date him?i, miss katy. >> are you ready to play dress up? elmo! ♪ you want to play ♪ so i wore dress-up clothes ♪ then you ran away ♪ left me here in this pose ♪ how am i supposed to play with you ♪ ♪ cause you're hot and your cold ♪ >> party people, if you're having a good time, let me hear you! [ cheers ] >> we have another special guest, your favorite california girl. ladies and gentlemen, give it up for katy perry! [ applause ] ♪ you're hot then you're cold ♪ you're in then you're out ♪ you're up then you're down >>> whoa, katy perry, man. i thought jersey girls were hot. you california girls are okay, too. >> i thought you were christina aguilera. >> elmo:that tickles! >> i know a real jersey boy. check it out. >> jenna, lester, this is an admirable job. this is a really good try. i'm going to take it all in good humor as i take the series "jersey shore." just remember, if you go there you need to talk to me first. you need to talk to somebody from there. i have that over most of the cast

then, pinheads and patriots datey perry ellen degeneres elmo datey perry ellen degeneres elmo controversrsoffice pri our presentation, they could have shipped it too. saved ourselves the hassle. i'm not too sure about this. look at this. [ security agent ] right. you never kick off with sales figures. kicking off with sales figures! i'm yawning. i'm yawning some more. aaaaaaaand... [ snores ] i see your pnt. yeah. snores ] [ malannouncer ] we understand.® you need a partner who delivers convenience. next time use fedex office. >> bill: back of the book segment tonight, the great american news quiz, here they are, the epitome, brilliant fox news anchor martha maccallum playing for barbara gillvar from colorado. and steve doocy playing for a player in -- if you would like to win great prizes sign up on bill o'reilly.com. teen idol justin bieber was drawn into a political controversy this week after an appearance on the show csi that seemed to disparage what group? >> bill: roll the tape. >> we stop playing their game. [chants] >> we stop paying our taxes that pay for their failures. cut up y

not necessarily a picture of jesus, but maybe elmo. >> i don't know about that. that's just me. >> elmo might get them to eat it. >> good point. >>> what a difference 24 hours makes. torrential rains, flash flooding, we had it all yesterday. >> tonight we're drying out. what is on tap for the weekend? gary is looking ahead, next.  [ electronic humming ] [ announcer ] complete opposites... in complete harmony. introducing the sport hybrid. [ engine revving ] ♪ [ dance rock ] ♪ hey ♪ [ woman vocalizing ] the combination only honda could engineer. the all-new cr-z sport hybrid. ♪ [ woman vocalizing ] words alone aren't enough. our job is to listen and find ways to help workers who lost their jobs to the spill. i'm iris cross. we'll keep restoring the jobs, tourist beaches, and businesses impacted by the spill. we've paid over $400 million in claims and set up a $20 billion independently-run claims fund. i was born in new orleans. my family still lives here. i'm gonna be here until we make this right. . >>> well, it's that time. we're

angelina hooked up with, um -- with elmo, right? no? hold on a second.nfused with another thing. but i think what i'm trying to say is, if any one of you has a disease, you all have that disease now. >> no. well, maybe, but -- i don't want to think about that. >> jimmy: you ever get like embarrassed that they send cameras into your bedroom and, you know, showing you -- i don't know when they stop rolling. i would imagine they never stop rolling. >> they don't. never. >> jimmy: so there are video tapes -- there are probably 70 to 90 sex tapes now made -- >> probably even more. >> more. more. >> jimmy: really. and do you wonder what they're doing? >> well, not me, because i only smooshed once. >> jimmy: only once. >> i didn't do anything wrong. but the boys, they bring home four girls at a time where they switch, and -- that could be a lot of money for a sex tape. >> jimmy: it could be. i heard j-woww has an offer from "playboy" and do you think she'll do that? >> have you seen her boobs? >> jimmy: yeah. >> she has such a nice body. and i think she should

. >>> some maryland elementary school students got to meet one of their favorite characters, elmo. a visit to john eager howard elementary in west baltimore. there he encouraged students to put their nose in a book as part of maryland public televisions raising reader initiative. it uses the power of the media to prepare children to enter school ready to learn. >> it is very important to me because you learn a lot of things and use your imagination. >> love elmo. hundreds of children are benefiting from the program. parents say youngsters are recognizing bigger and bigger words and starting to read earlier. the project is funded with a grant from the u.s. department of education. >>> today is walk to school day in montgomery county. we'll head out live now, about an hour from now and that is coming up at 6:00 a.m. >>> plus, the fbi is using a disturbing demonstration to better train some of its agents. >>> cameras around the region, here at 27th street, everything is all clear out here. more news is next. stay with us. >>> the first civilian trial of a former guantanamo bay detaine

this is me with elmo, years back. see, nothing happened to me. we have a wide shot there?> bill: you have to make the call on that one. on the pinhead front spoking is bad we hate it at the factor. but actress catherine heigl may not see it that way. >> now i do the electronic cigarettes. >> i've never heard of this, never se this, don't know what that is. >> got a bejeweled bottom. bet i'm freaking you out now. going to get arrested by the pc police. >> what was that? >> water paper. >> is there nicotine in there? >> yes. >> is nicotine bad for you? >> i don't know i've read things that say it is as bad as a cup of coffee. i'm choosing to believe that. >> bill: bulletin to miss heigl nicotine is bad for you, if you promote, you are a pinhead. check out the fox news website different from billoreilly.com. we would like you to spout off about the factor oreilly@foxnews.com. don't >> top of the morning to you. we have lots more for you this morning. his late grandfather was awarded the medal of honour for serving our country. why wasn't this little boy allowed in the white h

>> vampire. >> elmo. >> look at that sparkly headband. >> look at elmo. >> that's very good. >> whatstume. >> who's this over here? are you a person? >> a dead kid in a boiling pot. >> i like it. >> dead kid in the boiling pot. okay. i think that works for me. >> me, too. >> very good. >> what's your name, honey. >> celina. >> where are pru? >> staten island. >> all the way from staten island. what other categories. >> here you go, something for our boiling child in a pot. >> very nice, very night. >> congratulations. >> you know, that's how they are best served, boiled. >> now we have to choose best adult. so, let's see, hmmm. >> kim? soinchts many great characters. >> miss kardashian -- >> i like this one. >> miss kardashian. >> are you my twin sister? >> oh, i don't know. i could be. my name is may, i came from florida. >> all the way from florida, very nice. >> although, we have -- there's a serious contender. >> where are you in from? vegas. >> yes, i'm a las vegas show girl and fan dancer. >> that's not a costume. you do that all the time. >> well, not always. >> yeah, i think

this is me with elmo, years back. see, nothing happened to me. we have a wide shot there?hat one. on the pinhead front spoking is bad we hate it at the factor. but actress catherine heigl may not see it that way. >> now i do the electronic cigarettes. >> i've never heard of this, never seen this, don't know what that is. >> got a bejeweled bottom. bet i'm freaking you out now. going to get arrested by the pc police. >> what was that? >> water paper. >> is there nicotine in there? >> yes. >> is nicotine bad for you? >> i don't know i've read things that say it is as bad as a cup of coffee. i'm choosing to believe that. >> bill: bulletin to miss heigl nicotine is bad for you, if you promote, you are a pinhead. check out the fox news weit

. ♪ i wear it up i wear it down ♪ >> reporter: he recruited elmo's puppeteer to get her moves just righter star of the broadway show "lion king." ♪ i really love my hair >> reporter: we found hundreds of responses on the internet, like this -- my daughter loves this video. i could see her eyes light up as she began to sing along with the girl with hair like hers. ♪ it's a part of me >> reporter: a little, brown muppet on "sesame street," encouraging young, black girls to love what they have on top. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> so cute. >> it really is. >>> that's what's making news on am

. ♪ i wear it up ♪ i wear it down he recruited kevin clash, elmo's puppeteer to get her moves just rightantylla johnson, the former star of the broadway show "lion king." ♪ i really love my hair we found hundreds of responses on the internet like this -- "my daughter loves this video. i could see her eyes light up as she began to sing along with a girl with hair like hers." ♪ an awesome part of me >> reporter: a little brown muppet on "sesame street" encouraging young black girls to "love what they've got on top." ♪ i love my hair linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> how great to have a dad who can sing to you from the mirror. hope you have a great night and we see you tomorrow night. / on. >>> next an overturned truck filled with wax causes a back-up in the south bay. >> also the unusual ad by chevron agreeing with environmental critics. >> two weeks until election day. we'll show you what won and whitman plan to do about the economy. >> and why the contents of this speaker could be the key the future of transportation, technology developed right here in the bay area. >>> good evening.

. >>> students at a school had a visit from elmo today at john eager elementary.his was part of maryland's public television raising readers program to build the reading skills of those from low-income families. >> you get to use your imagination, thinking that your at the places you're reading about. >> he's learning and recognizing words which means a lot to him because it's like he's doing it on his own now, he's learning how to recognize bigger words, so he's getting the ability to learn how to read. >> the program supports the characters well-known even among the parents to enforce the idea of reading. >> raising readers is a national project funded by the u.s. department of education. >>> this week's weather is slowly getting warmer and nicer. meteorologist topper shutt on the terrace with your out-and- about forecast. >> notice the sunshine on my forecast. i've taken the showers out of the forecast for tonight and there was only a couple and they've dissipated. at about 6:00, partly cloudy, temperatures around 60. by 8:00, upper 50s. and by 10:00, temperatu

elmo has been the monster. grover was the monster that i loved the best. i love seeing grover back.e monster. >> we love it. >> i'm not going to take this sound, we have shown it before. but here's the new miley cyrus video. it is very adult, i will say. she'sen on a bed and guys running their hands over her thighs. she's 17 years old. she's a tween star. they are callingç for a boycot what do you think? >> i'm the mother of an 8-year-old daughter. there's sexualization out there broadly. but there's a space here when on the one hand we want to say the video is a problem, but we don't want to vilify the 17-year-old girl. she is responding to market pressures. so we want to be critical of the market pressures that encourage all of our daughters from my 8-year-old to 17-year-old miley cyrus to sell themselves as sexual objects. >> who is marketing their 17-year-old like this? >> everybody. that's the sad reality. she goes out and says she wants to have a breast implant. talk about a marketing lift, really. >> we are going to give three thumbs-up to grover. and we'll leave parents out

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. ♪ i wear it up i wear it down >> reporter: he recruited kevin clash, elmo's puppeteer, to get her movesoice, chauncey johnson, the former star of "lion king." ♪ i really love my hair we found hundreds of responses on the internet like this. "my daughter loves this video. i could see her eyes light up as she began to sing along with a girl with hair like hers." a little brown muppet on "sesame street" encouraging young black girls to love what they've got on top. ♪ i love my hair linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> that's such a great lesson. you know, it is a huge issue in the black community. particularly among black women. whoopi goldberg bu made it part of her stand-up. chris rock did a whole movie about good hair. it really is -- it's a huge issue. everyone is just good. >> having seen that documentary that chris rock did on g >>> war of words. intense political rhetoric. >> we can see 2012 from our house. >> what's at stake just two weeks before the midterm vote? >>> then cannabis controversy. california's heated debate over marijuana laws, tax dollars, and a key vote. >>> and sea

this is from dappos.com and elmo's from yandy costumes. whoever it is. coming up with a unique pop culture-inspired costume. >> really, really smart. good thinking here. >> i love you don't have to spend a lot of money to do halloween right. you've shown us so many examples. >> that makes it fun. >> all right. thank you. the grand finale. >> trendy fun costumes. we have jackson, age 6, who looks amazing. >> that's what i wanted to be, i wanted to be an "avatar" person. >> he loves his tail, as you can see. "avatar" is one of the hottest costumes this season for boys and girls. >> that's some serious makeup. >> again thanks to our team at mac, who did a spectacular job. here we have on jen, a very pop culture costume, of course. >> she is her facebook page. >> on her iphone. again, very easy to do. you can print this out and blow it up and strap it on with grograin ribbon and you are good to go. >> that may be my favorite. >> i think it's a good one, easy. >> so smart. i love it. thank you. let's bring out all our scary and adorable models.

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california, elmo on our independent line. caller: i am a 25-year veteran. the problem that i have with etting the military decide -- they openly discriminated against blacks and i am a black. they were against blacks being a part of the military and integrating in the military. the president at the time made a decision that it would go forward. it took years before we were considered equal. that separate but equal is garbage. talking about and the showers. there is some much bunk. there -- they are serving. the young people today who fight our wars, they seem not to have the same problem that the people in congress have who would not even vote on it. and most of them having never served. they think they should be controlling -- and of course, the civilians to control the military. they have not served, but they know all the right answers. i am sorry, they need to drop this stuff, leave the gay people, let them serve and do their jobs. those that they are kicking out, they need to stop it. give the people pensions who have been there 17, 18, 19 years. thank

. >> alisyn: it is hard to take money away from elmo. i'm telling you. >> that is not news, right? in the meantime we have news for you. here's your headlines. three beaches in california central coast are shut down this morning after a deadly shark attack on 19-year-old body boarder lucas ransom, and it will be up to officials tomorrow to decide when the beaches will be reopened and experts believe the shark that attacked him was likely a great white. >>> deadly cholera outbreak in the kept of port-au-prince, it haiti. five cases are confirmed. and officials are concerned, tens of thousands or still living intent cities after january's devastating -- in tent cities and claimed 208 lives, a small town in north carolina's population doubled. 5,000 people packed the town of king to protest the decision to stop flying the christian flag at a veterans memorial and the council took the flag down over fears that it would not have the money to fight a looming aclu lawsuit. >> we are concerned our first amendment rights in this country war taramped upon and we are letting the country know

army say insurers will let craig has cleared up we are seeing a big improvement here heading towards elmovalley. we had our delays earlier this morning they have cleared up no longer reporting any problems they are on time and we have had a trouble-free ride for cal train and ace train. >> think you george. administrator of the $20 billion bp fund to pay gulf oil spill claims says the program has been inundated with questionable documentation in inflated claims and some fraud. bp is attorney said it is bogged down by the sheer volume of the request. 98,000 claims. those represent livelihood's that were impacted since the explosion killed 11 workers and spewed 200 million bits gallons of oil in the gulf. >> in fremont this search for a man whose slams a stolen van until motorcycle officer. the bike under the ban smash up against the tree. this was a mission will boulevard the officer spotted at a van and attempted to pull it over when it hit him and pinned the officer under the man appeared will tran spoke with fremont pd this morning has the latest. >> this veteran is lucky to be alive be

-- elmo, how are you? you should set a good example by saying i will try to stop smoking. maybe you could get the president a year he smokes, too. maybe the two of you could stop smoking. that would be a good thing. >> i appreciate your suggestion. >> it seems he has interviewed just about everyone in the politics and government. he is always trying to develop new sources. it is a task he seems to enjoy. he is hard to beat on a story. on rare occasions his star has been eclipsed. a guy he was not even there stole the show. >> joe the plumber. >> joe the plumber. >> is that the best you can do? >> who wants more pizzazz? this will be our first "face the nation" broadcast with a blimp. i never in my wildest dream thought we would have a blimp shot. i have a bobblehead. ic to hisountry musci t love of tcu, no one has had more fun. he looks more and more like a senior stater. [applause] >> it is a thrilled to learn more about here tonight and one example you are two generations of journalists. and to find out more, we will have to examine more deeply and deal with some of the