and farrell is so great at playing those characters. he's also a little vulnerable when he plays those characters which is a key because we can see ourselves in it. >> rose: why do you think you play those characters so well? >> huh. um... you know, it's just... i don't... there's just something really satisfying about being really arrogant and wrong all at the same time. >> rose: (laughs) yes, it's perfect for comedy. >> it really is. and then... and then weave ago glimmer of, like, i'm right, right? >> rose: (laughs) . >> all that put together just will never not make us laugh in a way. >> rose: so you love doing george bush. >> well, it... >> rose: well, you must have, you brought them to the stage. >> it was quite a journey. i only pause because it makes me laugh because when i first... it's not like i had this killer george bush impersonation on the shelf when he first ran for office. >> rose: you didn't think he was going to win. >> i thought i would do it for two months. (laughter). >> rose: find something else. >> go "that was f

as a matter of fact, in my novel that margaret spoke about, about jazz, in it, billy farrell, who is one of a very large number of characters, is a jazz pianist and before he begins playing a black leprechaun appears to him, mr. mcginniss so you can assume it's the ghost of mr. mcginniss. as margaret said, in 1949 we came to the south bronx, which was an irish neighborhood, mostly. i was sort of a spaced-out kid,

it's will farrell, mark wahlberg. mean, what did he do wrong where we just didn't let him in movies for a while? >> you know, i don't think -- >> jimmy: "multiplicity"? >> it wasn't our choice. i think it was his choice. he's like, "i'm going to chill out for a little bit." but, he came on set and he still has his fastball. it's, like, all there. he's as funny as he ever was. he was improvising. it was insane. >> jimmy: i'm so happy. i'm so happy he's back because i saw "toy story 3," and he's in -- he has a voice in. >> he's amazing. >> jimmy: and he crushed it. and i heard that he's unbelievably hilarious in the movie. >> "night shift." remember "night shift?" >> jimmy: dude, he's the greatest. >> oh, my god. >> jimmy: "beetle juice." >> "beetle juice." >> jimmy: come on -- but you're bringing him back! >> by the way, no response from the audience at all to any of these movies. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: we add -- no. they save it up. they save it up. >> do they? okay. >> jimmy: they save it for the right one. "mr. mom.

magic we will talk with urban magic farrell next. a few months ago stored hall i school on the verge of being closed for financial reasons but banks to large parts of some serious online fund-raising the boy's only catholic school will not only remain open its actually adding a football program for the first time in 10 year history. the football equipment hasn't even been on wrapped yet as the knights repair for their inaugural season in their home games will be on treasure island. here's tommy farrell the school principal alas you again have you go from were born to close our doors to now let's start a project from college on down high-school the most expensive thing to get going for schools is a football program? we >> been planning it for a while. we have a little speed of in june it was a stressful month. now we have plans to stay open we raise millions of dollars to get focused back on high school in the fun things about as close having football. >> full disclosure my daughter goes right next door when i got picked up by never s

as a matter of fact, in my novel that margaret spoke about, about jazz, in it, billy farrell, who is one of a very large number of characters, is a jazz pianist and before he begins playing a black leprechaun appears to him, mr. mcginniss so you can assume it's the ghost of mr. mcginniss. as margaret said, in 1949 we came to the south bronx, which was an irish neighborhood, mostly. i was sort of a spaced-out kid, destined obviously to be a poet. i was this big at 13 and i was a good rollerskater and the kids were amazed and they befriended me. after a while, they recognized that i had some sort of athletic ability and because i was so spaced out, they mistook it for great courage and if they pushed me, i pushed them back. it was just like a game. so they took to me and asked me to join the shamrocks. i even changed my name from ed vega to ed mcveigh. and this is how they passed me off because most of the teams they played were other irish kids. this was a regular football team so, consequently, they listed me as eddie mcveigh. it was great fun and my friends were jimmy flynn, paddy o

the will farrell and mark wahlburg comedy knocked inception from its three week run at the top.he parody raking in $35 million in its opening weekend. second highest debut for its film in which will farrell starred. >>> inception finishes second place $18.6 million now made $227 million since it opened july 16th. rounding off the top 5, step up 3d. salt and dinner for smucks. >> what is coming up later on the early show, erica joins us from new york. good morning. >> good northerning to you. a lot to get to including new housing numbers, looking at home values across the country, reports out numbers actually really good for san francisco house values went up san francisco and also san diego but talk about down, like over 15% in areas like miami. we will take a closer look at numbers across the country and what they could mean if you are looking at buying, selling, staying put and maybe refinancing. also, this is just kind of scary to me i have a dog and cat and it turns out that the way that we feed them and where we feed pets in our home, we have to be careful the entire family

farrell? guest: i hope so. the hard question is when the war is done in the combat troops have moved out, there is still 50,000 in iraq. everyone is supposed to be out by the end of 2011. i guess that could be a date when the war is done. yes, there are losses. what we did with this piece, we try to give a broad view of the issue that veterans are facing and society is facing as the war comes to a close in iraq. i hear many stories that could shoot off in facets' that we only brushed over. there are issues of female veterans coming back and entering into a male-dominated v.a. system. where in some places there are very few services for a 30- something woman, now a veteran, dealing with ptsd, sexual dramatic issues. there are issues of homelessness and suicides. i think the monitor will continue to shine a light on these issues. i hope i get a chance to do more of the stores. host: brian on twitter asks if there are thoughts on the roles of veterans in the american legion and vfw? guest: i think both groups are

it stars will farrell and mark well burt and it made more than $35,000,000.10 >> i thought kate was cartedtalk and >> know it's all new >> alright to walt now insufficiently it at a press i guess i should talk about whether we get temperatures in the '50s with all lot of what it all over the place prayed drizzles are falling in san francisco board to see that four to one morning as well and by the afternoon as the fault slowly clears the way we will see those numbers on the cool side with 60s in san francisco and oakland, 70's and the warmest place is inland and antioch is still 84 degrees. lookit that, 77 in concord. fairfield is 70 degrees and a cool place will remain until next weekend. >> have you a good evening will see this week. no carrier

will farrell's like, i'm trying to say this. we have to have more.id this bit dress rehearsal and then on air, came on with a smaller shirt. and so when he lifted the cow bell, the gut came out the bottom. i couldn't -- then the glasses fell off and running around kicking things. >> larry: you had to laugh. >> like looking in the eyes of a lunatic. >> larry: did you see the other guys? three times i saw it. >> they had the silent fight. at the funeral? whispering fighting like i'm going to kill you. they start fighting each other but quietly. >> larry: bed, bath and beyond. >> oh my gosh. great. >> larry: mark wahlberg. >> michael keaton, they got his back. >> larry: loraina, texas, for jimmy fallon, hosting the emmys sunday night, hello. >> caller: hey, jimmy. who's your favorite person you ever worked with on "saturday night live"? >> larry: that's hard. >> i would say loren michael. >> larry: i guess in skits. >> they're all good and cast members but me and tina fey had a good ride. >> larry: she's doing okay. >> what is she up to? i think a show

we have will farrell and mark wahlberg after this. this is "today" on nbc.ere priced out of an overheated housing market. but the times have changed. get the facts at remax.com. it's a great place to see all the listings in thousands of cities and towns. with lots of houses to chose from and down-to-earth prices the dream of owning a home seems more attainable than ever. find out what an experienced re/max agent can do for you. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. visit remax.com today. >>> we're back now at 8:35 with "the other guys," the name of the new action-comedy starring mark wahlberg and will farrell as a pair of mismatched detectives here in new york city. guys, good morning. nice to have you. welcome back, i should say. you have been here a lot. you didn't know each other before shooting this, right? >> no. >> no. i had just serenaded mark at the oscars, if you recall. >> remind me of that. how did that go? >> john c. reilly and myself and jack black sang a song about comedians not getting respect. we kept pointing out people in the audience,

it was the second best opening ever for farrell after "talledaga nights." that opened with 47 million. "inception" which had been the top film for the past three weeks fell to number two with more than $18 million to increase its overall take to over 227 million bucks. >>> the other opener this weekend this weekend, the dance sequel, "step up 3d," came in third place thanks to the $12 ticket that bill bought to see it. >> what do you think, bill? >> is ferrell the king of comedy now? >> i thought since "the elf" he's been the king. he's had a couple of failures, will ferrell and now back in the game. >> adam sadler has had a couple of duds, too. >> that last one, "grown-ups" that was pretty weak. >>> this comes after an unlikely reunion after 21 years. back in 1989, he thought he lost his wallet forever when it fell into an inlet on a water skiing trip. well, more than two decades later, a father and daughter who were fishing reeled quite a surprise. the old wallet from just 200 yards from where it was lost. i'm sure there were barnacles and mud on it, but

we are looking live at the scene on o 'farrell between polk and larkin.ire was reported around 5:30 and quickly knocked down. it was put out 15 minutes later, but not before one person was taken to the hospital. and as we mentioned, we were able to confirm that at least one person is dead. no estimates on the damage to the building right now, but the scene remains secure. you can see some of the street is blocked off. we will bring you updates if we need to. >>> parts of southern california are in a state of emergency because of a fire that has now burned more than a mile and a half of land in two days. 30 homes are evacuated, but no structure has burned. the fire was reported around the afternoon time on friday, and it is burning in the tahoe national forest areas north of grass valley. >>> if you took municipally to where you were going yesterday, and muni made you late, you might wonder why. turns out there were three separate incidents. one pedestrian was struck and killed, and several other passengers were injured. it was a bit of a stroke of bad luc

for mayor gavin newsom said the drivers had had a chance to help out voluntarily and have you lun farrell -- voluntarily. >>> san francisco police are warning about car break-ins in a normally quiet neighborhood and they say the break-ins are unusual because the suspect or suspects broke into the same cars parked on the same block at the same time. cat lit tick converters were reported -- cat lit tick con vrters were reported missing as well. >>> in hayward, the ncaa office was hit twice in eight days. jade hernandez has more. >> reporter: good afternoon. hayward police are being cautious abs they investigate this indent -- as they investigate this incident. the reason for the ncaa's concern, the building has been vandalized twice within a week. these are pictures for the most recent attack which left a hole in the window and quite a bit of damage behind. hayward police sent out a sergeant and a detective this morning to gather information because this office was struck by pellets a couple of weeks ago leaving behind a shattered window. in that incident. a nearby business and a bank next

. >> the other guy stars will farrell and mark wahlberg. it raked in more than $35 million in its opening weekend. inception fell to number 2 with 18.6 million. step up 3-d, salt and dinner for smocks round-out the top 5. >>> tiger woods finally talking to reporters, huh? >> yeah, he did. but it didn't go well for him today. did he break his silence but it came after his worst round ever and could a former cal staffer star be the latest to throw a no hitter. from being no d time this >>> the tampa bay rays have the second best record in baseball yet they were one out away from being no hit for the third time this season. brandon morrow one out way from being the sixth pitcher to throw a no hit but evan longoria bounces one. that is the base hit, no hitter gone. with the tying run on third, he ends it with a career high 17th strikeout. jay's beat the rays, 1-0. >> feel like you had your a game. >> i felt good. giants and braves wouldn't have minded an ice cold bucket on their heads in hot atlanta. gonzalez scoops this and it's a double play,

farrell? guest: i hope so. the hard question is when the war is done in the combat troops have moved out, there is still 50,000 in iraq. everyone is supposed to be out by the end of 2011. i guess that could be a date when the war is done. yes, there are losses. what we did with this piece, we try to give a broad view of the issue that veterans are facing and society is facing as the war cometo a close in iraq. i hear many stories that could shoot off in facets' that we only brushed over. there are issues of female veterans coming back and entering into a male-dominated v.a. system. where in some places there are very few services for a 30- something woman, now a veteran, dealing with ptsd, sexual dramatic issues. there are issues of homelessness and suicides. i think the monitor will continue to shine a light on these issues. i hope i get a chance to do more of the stores. host: brian on twitter asks if the are thoughts on the roles of veterans in e american legion and vfw? guest: i think both groups are defini

. >> tuvo la oportunidad de trabajar al lado de dos grandes actores, will farrel.ne la lista en la escala de mitÓmanos. (en pantalla) empieza que el celular, y cosas como barrera. >> mantiene su expresiÓn fÍsica limitada y muy rÍgida. hace pocos movimientos con brazos, piernas. ponga atenciÓn. otra seÑal que dice que nos miente es cuando trata de convencerla mÁs de lo necesario. cuando detalla mÁs que una anÉcdota comÚn. Él trata de romper el silencio. condenados mentirosos. recuerde que toma una postura defensiva y alguien inocente solamente querrÁ saber por quÉ estÁ usted dudando de Él. descubra a ese mintiroso. >> vamos a seguir con mucho mÁs de despierta amÉrica. y miren, muchos padres se ponen colorados cuando sus hijos les preguntan sobre sexo. vea cÓmo tratar este tema tan interesante. >> desde mÉxico cÓmo muchos buscan la mejor armonÍa con el medio ambiente y ahorrando mucho dinero con su cuenta de luz. >> en las noticias les diremos cÓmo responden los neoyorquinos a la implementaciÓn de una ley parecida a la de arizona. los detalles de esta y ot ---por med

. >> will farrell and mark wahlburg comedy knocking inception from its run at the top.ked in more than $35 million. inception falling to number 2 with 18.6 million. step up 3d, salt and dinner for smugs. >>> users and sellers of medical marijuana were in san jose for hemp con 2010. it included lectures, exhibitors, entertainment. convention goers could buy medical marijuana and learn about the history. one merchant had glass pharmacy jars druggists uses to display cannabis in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when it was a legal painkiller. >> these jars were used for display in the drugstores. and now days i am selling many of them to people who own the co-operatives for the same purpose. >>> with the growing acceptance of medical marijuana and push to legalize cannabis for personal use in california and elsewhere. shows like hemp con are attracting more and more entrepreneurs. >>> statue of liberty will soon be closed for another upgrade. the reason, make it safer in emergencies. lady liberty will be 125 years old next year and after that anniversary, it will be

with "wall street journal" news reporter louise radnofsky then christian science monitor michael farrell look at challenges of returning iraq war

michael farrell its about the challenges facing iraq war veterans. and in economic professor talked about how he would lower the federal deficit and balance the federal budget. live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c- span. >> there are 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors every weekend on "book tv." this saturday, the debate the size and role of the government in the twenty first century. a journalist says that advanced research projects -- darpa is the greatest idea factory in america. then we look at zero area and why it kills 1 million people every year. >> secretary of state hillary clinton says that direct talks between israelis and palestinians will begin september 2 in washington. leaders from both sides will attend a white house dinner before with president obama. there has been set a one-year time limit on the talks. we hear from secretary clinton followed by george mitchell. this is 35 minutes. >> good morning and welcome to the department of state. we have secretary of state hillary clinton here along with their special on boy george mitchell.

. >> reporter: she said she did not know who they were from until she spoke to the actress mia farrellmrs. pharoah afai farrowd it is charles taylor. >> reporter: charles taylor, who is the former dictator of liberia who used diamonds to finance a war. a concept in the movie "blood diamonds." >> it is so rare that men will do anything to possess it. >> reporter: he is accused in the hague for war crimes and crimes against humanity and including scripting child soldiers and rape. but campbell did not want to testify. she had to be subpoenaed. and her reasons? fear. >> i don't want anything to do with this, and i care about the protection of my family. >> and why would you be concerned about the protection of your family? >> because this is someone that i read up on the internet killed thousands of people. >> reporter: and she also testified that before she met him, she never heard of his country liberia or blood diamonds and she had had no contact with him since the dinner. as for the diamonds campbell said she gave them to a man working for the nelson mandela's charity and she testifie