for george w. bush, it formed a role bond between the two of them. >> some statistics, by the time they made it to the white house, they had been married for 43 years and had lived in 29 different houses in 17 cities. dave murdock wants to know, rumor has it that barbara's hair turned white after robin's death. >> i believe that is true. >> she took the death very deeply. she went through a period of depression and it was only after she was so sad for so many months that she heard george utside saying to a young friend, i cannot come out and play today because i have to take care of my mother. she realized that was too much burden to put on a little boy. >> leroy is watching us in kentucky. >> did the bush family go by the scriptures? >> we do have a clip where barbara bush talks about her faith. were they church people? >> they always had very strong faith. i cannot really attest to how much church attendance was part of their lives, but i believe it as considerable. >> they did go to church. pres

>> i met george at a dance.n those days they exchanged christmas dances, and i met him at a christmas dance, and he cut in on me -- he didn't. he asked someone to introduce us, and i had on a red and green dress my mother's great friend had given her and said, i wonder if barbara would like this dress. it had belonged to some friend of hers. it was pretty because george asked to meet me. we came the next night to another dance. he cut in on me. my older brother asked him if he was playing a basketball game. prep school boys against the high school, and they were murdered incidentally by the high school, but george said yes, he would play and ask if i would meet him and go out afterwards. every member of my family came to that basketball game. when i would come home at night my mother would say, i want you to meet, and my father would say, tell her in the morning. i came home and said, i met this heavenly boy, and my mother knew the next morning exactly who he was, who his family was. she should have been the hea

george.ut opponents argue that the two are better together, and should work together to fix problems. making the area a poster child for sim situations that are playing out in america. what will it mean if st. george incorporates to create louisiana's fifth larger city. we have seen this playing out online. but tonight people on both sides are really coming together for the first time. >> they are coming together, but as you mention, this is a very polarizing discussion. we have chris on facebook . . . and as you can imagine, on the flip side, john says . . . and from our community on twitter . . . some harsh language. >> indeed. here to discussal of this in our google plus hangover is the spokesperson to incorporate the city of st. george, also a woman opposed to the decision, and jim richardson is a professor of economics in baton rouge. he authored a report on the economic impact of the incorporation effort. welcome everyone. lionel, why incorporate? >> there was really three central thing

it's why when mark manchester started work here and met george, he didn't even ask george if he weret. >> i didn't ask if, i said george, what year did you get your eagle scout? and i said, it should have been march 10th, 1944. >> should have because george never officially was an eagle scout. he had all of the merit badges, sure, but in the middle of his board of review hearing, the last step needed before becoming an eagle scout, george's mother interrupted the meeting. >> she told me my father was not doing well and she was heading to the hospital and i didn't say anything. i just grabbed my stuff and i said, we're going. >> george's father dial died later that day and matter of weeks george was in the south pacific fighting the japanese and the weather. it was during one typhoon in particular that george was tossed about the deck so violently he lost his wallet containing his life card, the only written proof of his boy scout accomplishment. george returned to the states and got married and raised a family and did write one letter to the boy scouts asking about his award. >> and

curious george. ♪ oh...rps) narrator: breakfast was george's favorite meal of the day... along with lunch and dinner. (chewing noisily) george, could you pass the pepper, please? (puzzled chattering) (chatters happily) (grunts) oh. (sniffs) uh-oh. pepper always made george... (sneezes) aah! ...sneeze. uh, are you all right? uh-huh. (giggles) (laughs) that's some mess you made. i'll go get the sponge-- ooh, except i'm late for a meeting. i have to go. can you clean up, george? (chattering) uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh. thanks, and make sure to vacuum up all the crumbs. i saw an ant in here a few days ago.

curious george. ♪ oh...t flying in the sky. so, tonight was his lucky night. sorry to pick you up so late, but a satellite's just crashed from space. it needs to be found right away. there's the einstein-pizza research ship just ahead. (chattering greeting) our mission is time-sensitive, so please, no dawdling. huh? (whispers): that means we have to hurry. oh. uh-huh-huh-huh. we must locate and retrieve this miniature weather satellite. it splashed down close by, but its exact whereabouts are unknown. you three will search the ocean floor in the sub. we're gonna ride in a sub? george, we're going in a sub! (excited chattering)

(snaps fingers) (george chuckles) george liked popping beats, too. (george chatters) popcorn!our bonnie smooth marathon. i love bonnie smooth. yeah! uh-huh! and for all you bonnie smooth lovers out there, now's your chance to win two free tickets (both gasp) to bonnie's concert tonight! both: huh? just be the first caller to tell me: what is bonnie's favorite snack? oh! you make the popcorn, i'll make the call. uh-huh!

curious george. ♪ oh..... (clamorous beeping) ooh. ahh. ...but george never imagined anything like this. (chattering) this was the museum's first robot exhibit. so... what do you think, george? ooh. uh-huh. are all robots this easy to control? (happy chattering) some are even easier. george, take this grape juice. ah... stop. huh? that's not for drinking. it's for spilling on the carpet. uh... ooh, uh... no. go on. she asked you to. enjoy. huh-huh. huh? heh-heh.

we haven't even taken off. [ george ] oh! here you go, george.- we're in sydney. ha ha ha! oh. [ woman ] g'day. welcome to the land down under. i'm your tour guide, bailey bungee. how'd you know it was us? recognized you by your monkey. [ hooting ] mum said a monkey would be on the safari, so i begged to come along. this is my vacation too. [ chuckles ] my daughter, bindi. and you must be george. yeah! let's get going. your australian outback safari adventure awaits.

right, george?

curious george. ♪ oh...country a lot. rainy days were great for vegetables... and pigs. (tractor sputtering, mr. renkins grunting) but not for tractors. (sighs) i'm going to need a tow truck. (allie sighs) i wish we had something fun to do, huh, george? uh-huh. bill: whoa! whoa...! (grunts) my toss is way off since i sprained my thumb. ah. (chatters a question) thumb-wrestling injury. (sighs) i really miss it. sorry about your paper. it's okay. (gasps) hey, that's something fun to do. we could get the paper down. (hooting quietly)

george w. did the same thing. throw this maybe i'd in too, i remember hearing that it of the first ladies said was so costly being the wife of the president. it's not costly at all. you don't pay your telephone bills. ou don't -- you do pay, i guess -- you pay for your food. time andests you a the it would say so and so one, egg $0.18. mean, you never could leave as cheaply as you lived at the white house. so it cost -- 90-something people taking care of you. your dryay i think for cleaning and we had someone we lived with us, 91 now, and doing our ironing washing. and she lived there. of those e care hings, but it was great to entertain at the white house and camp david. a chance for family and bunk port is just the best. getting s it keeps lown down by bad weather, but if we can live through one halloween the house left us. stays with us. >> if you ever wanted to give or talk about policy with your husband, how would you do that? that?ould you approach >> if i wanted to, i'd just tell him. ut the truth is, i rea

we're proud to sponsor curious george on pbs kids. funding for curious george is provided by contributions to your pbs station... ooh. ...and from: ♪ you never do know what's around the bend ♪ ♪ big adventure or a brand-new friend ♪ ♪ when you're curious like curious george ♪ ♪ swing! ♪ ♪ well, every day ♪ every day ♪ ♪ is so glorious ♪ glorious ♪ george! ♪ and everything ♪ everything ♪ ♪ is so wondrous ♪ wondrous ♪ ♪ there's more to explore when you open the door ♪ ♪ and meet friends like this, you just can't miss ♪ ♪ i know you're curious ♪ curious ♪ ♪ and that's marvelous ♪ marvelous ♪ ♪ and that's your reward ♪ you'll never be bored ♪ if you ask yourself, "what is this?" ♪ ♪ like curious... ♪ like curious... curious george. ♪ oh... captioning sponsored by universal animation huh? narrator: as a lobby dog, hundley knew that threats to his lobby's neatness could strike in any form... (giggles) (whimpers) ...especially a sloppy monkey with a jelly sandwich. (chattering) (whimpers) (chatters) (george giggles) hundley did his best to k

curious george. ♪ oh... captioning sponsored by nbc/universal george: ooh. ahh!. oh, boy. (excited chattering) there were tugboats and motorboats and dachshunds and... dachshunds? (george chattering) hey, it's hundley! hundley loved everything about sailing-- how the sails sounded when they caught the wind, how the doorman used the wind in the sails to make the boat go faster and how there was all that water between their boat and the nearest sloppy monkey. hey. i never knew you guys sailed. sure. hundley likes sailing so much, i put a boat in his dish.

curious george. ♪ oh... a kite with a friend. kite-flying friends are forever... (wind gusts) whoa! ...even if good weather isn't. (grunting) (excited chattering) (grunting, yells) hey! come back here! (grunts) (both grunting) all right! (george shouts) whoa! whoa... ooh. ah... (chatters sadly) i think we need a new kite. (chatters quietly) narrator: bill and george

curious george. ♪ oh...: it's not every day that a monkey sees a plane writing words in the sky. hey! (hooting) it says... "come one, come all "to a totally unique wind symphony. be there or be square." huh? i have no idea what that means. man (over bullhorn): wind symphony! one night only! be there or be square! but i guess we should be there. i... certainly don't want to be square. ah. uh-uh. huh... (curious chattering) george tried to imagine how a wind symphony might work. (wind rushing, whistling) (birds chirping) hello. hi. did you hear about the wind symphony?

go, george, go!r: he danced while he brushed. sometimes he even danced while he slept. (knocking) huh? (gasps) oh! narrator: it was bill. ah! george wondered if he was going to allie's party, too. ah! (chattering questioningly) no way. huh? i'm thinking of maybe moving. look after my stuff, will ya? (chatters questioningly) why? the dance party, that's why.

curious george. ♪ oh... monkey can ever spend is a summer vacation spent exploring the antarctic. ooh. man: hey, george, look. (chuckles) there's almost enough snow on deck to make an igloo. (hooting happily) wiseman (over p.a.): attention. will the antarctic research team please report to the conference room immediately. come on, george. duty calls. (chatters excitedly) here we are guys: the antarctic. ooh. ah. our objective is to observe and record the behavior of the region's flightless, native sea birds. (chatters inquisitively) we're here to take pictures of penguins. oh. uh-huh. see this small family of chinstrap penguins? uh-huh. well, this breed gets its name

(chittering happily) and george helped. oh, missed a spot. thanks, george.! huh? ooh! ooh. thank you, george. what're you looking at? spiderwebs? (chatters inquisitively) spiders spin those webs with special spider silk. they live there. oh... uh-huh, and the webs catch their food. (chatters excitedly)

includes anne arundel, prince george's, calvert, st. mary's and charles, back towards stafford, spotsylvania and parts of the northern neck right on through 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning for the potential of a couple inches of snow. and even includes the ern shore and out treardshe eastern shore, including ocean city right along the atlantic. we're talking about the winter storm warnings out that way. what are we going to see? how much snow? well, a coating to an inch. and i have moved that back just a little bit in flew loudoun county, northern fauquier county, a coating to an inch around d.c. 1 to 3 inches to the south. waldorf towards brandywine, camp springs, up towards annapolis and right back towards fredericksburg. 3 to 4 inches for calvert beach, huntingtown. i fully expect maybe 3 to 4 inches in parts of that area. so we'll continue to watch there too. something else to talk about, the windchill. not in d.c. we're going to see a cold windchill tomorrow morning. but look back towards the west. 5 to 15 below along the i-81 corridor,

curious george. ♪ oh...n just once a year. (clock chimes) new year's eve... (loud squeaking) ...the first day of school... (chatters "bye-bye!") ...and, of course, the annual corn roast and attic auction at endless park elementary. mmm! this is really good! yum! taste this! get your fresh roasted corn! (chatters) gracias! ah. (excited chattering) this must be what they're going to sell at the auction. ooh... george was excited. he had one whole dollar to spend on whatever he wanted. ooh! heh. should he buy this strange old horn with a handle? (lively dance band music playing)

you're thinking you're thinking that sounds a whole lot like the terrifying clowns of westminster george osborne with his big red nose and floppy feet scaring citizens into taking on ever more debt for fear of quote missing out on the property ladder or the equally horrifying stephen king like clowns of ben bernanke m.r. carney wearing their big red frizzy wigs and staring menacingly in through your window at night pointing teeny tiny scored goals at the bankers who are plundering your bank accounts in the national wealth yes these horrid clowns are scaring people off clowns altogether oh what a tragedy stacy yes max in fact you mentioned the clown of westminster george osborne we have an image here from william bonzai he was staring in apparently into william bonds a sevens window over the new year but time magazine named him the briton of the year george osborne for his economic policies the very next day over here on the guardian they observer the weekend edition of the guardian their front page mortgage crisis will plunge a million into perilous debt so the economic policies are work

we are following a developing story out of prince george's county. police are on the scene of a deadly shooting. the man accused of trying to kill a beloved officer in alexandria heads to court. i am jummy olabanji. >> i am autria godfrey. waking up to 30 degree temperatures, it is sad to say, but it feels good. outside, --.pped >> the clouds came through overnight. that helped hold our temperatures up. as you look at our satellite, there you can see all of the white. all of the clouds that have field -- filled in across the region. reagan national. still in the 20's across the board. we have not made it above the freezing mark yet. or the't do it yesterday day before, so we will break that as we head into the afternoon hours. we are finally above freezing, but we have some changes on the way. a wintry mix will be possible tomorrow morning. we think it will be light, but a could be a little great -- little gray in some spots. it will be much warmer during the weekend. right now, let's get our traffic. delay freeunning across-the-board. there is const

curious george. ♪ oh...en, come to order! narrator: george was honored when steve asked him to be part of his pod. steve: as you know, the mayor has declared today city prettification day. that's right, steve. pods will be fanning out all over the city to pick up litter and, well, make the city pretty. (chuckles): right again, steve. later this afternoon, i will pick a winner. ooh-hoo! uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-huh! pods will be judged according to the prettiness of their streets, the amount of trash they collect, and their can-do spirit! steve asked me to mention that the winning pod will get their picture on this "pretty city" poster! ooh, ah. ah. can't you just see my face... i mean our pod plastered all over the city? (cheering, shouts) good luck pod seven. i'll see you at 3:00 sharp for the judging.

curious george. ♪ oh...ey's looking forward to helping feed bill's bunnies, the man with the yellow hat can't drive from the city to the country fast enough. (excited chattering) ah! hi, george. afraid we won't get to play this weekend. i'm going to my grandmother's. (chattering curiously) the bunnies are coming, too. grandma sure likes bunnies. she says, "bill, i sure like bunnies." (car engine starts) (groans sadly) see ya.

george bloodworth was an army chopper pilot in vietnam. in 1969 he came under fire during a rescue mission. despite his injuries he helped save fellow soldiers and the pentagon awarded him the silver star, but he never actually received the medal itself. so today he got it. >> the main thing is just knowing what you did was worthwhile and this really makes it worth while to know that there are men and women out there doing the same thing again today and a lot of them don't get the recognition they deserve. >> thank you, sir, for your service to our country. all these years bloodworth never bothered himself about the medal, but his daughter learned of the oversight and contacted maryland congressman chris van hollen who worked with the pentagon to make the ceremony possible. >>> a followup with an exclusive interview with a whistleblower at a maryland cemetery. >> today an inspector looked into what we found. >> reporter: i'm scott broom at the maryland department of veterans affairs in annapolis which is reacting today to allegations of il

we continue our new year's eve live coverage, and we'll try to find george. george?es are an easy catch out here tonight. a guy doesn't have to cast very far to find it. as you can see over my shoulder here and behind me, people continue to gather. i'm amazed how many people continue to come in, and all up and down here, in front of the ferry building. i'm told that over the next 30 minutes i'll see the crowd swell even more. we're looking forward to a really good time out here. >> thank you, george. remember to join us for kron 4 new year's live. we'll make sure you have a front-row seat on new year's live right after tonight's news. >>> we have our eye on the skies. they are clear tonight over san francisco. the temperature in san francisco, 49. 44 in san mateo. we are at 41 right now in concord. we can go ahead and look at our morning lows, probably never moral 70 than they are for tomorrow morning as a lot of people will be out and about. 47, san francisco. 42 in oakland. 38 in redwood city. 36, the morning low in sunny vail. now for the "spare the air" alert, 24

here is george. >>george: the bay bridge back up is a back. a week or two weeks after the holiday weeks we've enjoyed it. it was expected that we would see something in the wake of a return to normal traffic and that's what we have here for the westbound ride. the metering lights have been activated and traffic is already packed up to the 880 over crossing permits for your ride to the san mateo bridge and highway 92 problems here with the commute. it still looks pretty good for the westbound a ride. drive times are still running 11 to 13 minutes and the golden gate bridge looks good as what was here on interstate 580 at the richmond and san rafael bridge where traffic is mold and the westbound direction. we're not tracking any delays over to marin county. looking at the traffic maps and the ride here on highway 80 in the westbound direction. still a small commute. how 4 has picked up some slowing. there was a stall on no. 1 world that's an extra delays to the westbound 580 ride. a vehicle with its transmission stuck in a park. we have some slo

up next, george zimmerman and why he may end up back in court. >> state of florida versus george zimmermanerdict. we the jury find george zimmerman not guilty. >>> a legal drama played out in florida so loaded with racial pressure the president felt the need to weigh in before and after the verdict. george zimmerman admitted to shooting and killing 17-year-old trayvon martin in february of 2012 but he argued it was self-defense the. he tried for -- he was tried for second degree murder after critics claimed the neighborhood watch volunteer targeted the teenager because he was black and demanded justice for trayvon. trace gallagher has a look back. >> reporter: the prosecution began the trial of the year with with a flurry of obscenities relaying what george zimmerman told the police dispatcher minutes before he t shot trayvon martin. [ bleep ]. these [ bleep ] always get away. those were the words in that grown man's mouth. >> reporter: the defense began with a joke. >> knock-knock. who's there? george zimmerman. >> reporter: the joke fell flat but the defense recovered by catching the pro

curious george. ♪ oh...erfectly cooked spaghetti: "al dente," which means not too hard and not too soft. (laughs) tonight, chef pisghetti's pasta was not al dente. it was glop. (grunts) did i hear her?! did she come back?! (panting) (sighs) i think something's bothering chef pisghetti. (chatters) it's gnocchi. i cannot concentrate on my cooking because my beloved piccolo gatto has abandoned me! (sobs softly) netti... the accordion. (sighs) here we go again. (accordion playing) pisghetti: oh, no more happy times watching her play hat o' pesto.

curious george. ♪ oh...farmer renkins liked having a few extra hands around to help pick the apples. this year, he also had extra feet. (grunts) huh? ah. it's real nice of you two to help out. our orchard is small, so getting every apple is important. oh. well, that's what neighbors are for. uh-huh! (excited chattering) aha! (chuckles): he's certainly built for apple-picking.

i'm george watson for segment two. >> when ronald reagan he was 70.clearly still in love with his wife. >> the living quarter would have seemed a big and lonely spot without her waiting for me at the end of the day. >> reporter: in 1994, reagan issued a letter saying he had been diagnosed with alzheimer's disease. it was a farewell letter. in the years after, they made appearances but his step was lost. waving at no one particularly. finally failing even to recognize his loving wife. >> ronny's long journey has final taken him to a distant place. where i can no longer reach him. >> reporter: that long ordeal is over. but until ronald reagan is finally layed to rest, nancy reagan can be found where you can find her any time in the last half century. standing by her husband. >>> when we come back on a second look. george watson will recall the events that made the news in 1988. >>> well back -- welcome back everyone. today we're taking a look at when ronald reagan was in office. george watson had a recap of the events that make news in 1978 railroad --

those passenger, george, as you might imagine, breathing a sigh of relief this morning. george? >> thanks very much, alex. >> let's bring in colonel steven ganyard. steve, we just heard from alex, no emergency equipment at this airport. just re-enforces how bad this incident could have been. >> this is very scary, george. this is a runway that is half the distance that the crew expected to be landing on. it's made of asphalt, not concrete. it has sharp dropoffs at either end. it could have been catastrophic if say there had been weather. if the runway was wet, or if the crew had come in faster than anticipated. >> is there a simple explanation for how something like this could have happened? >> no simple explanation. it's just hard to understand how could something like this happen. this airplane has so much technology. it can put this crew within eight feet of any point on the earth. why they were not using it, why it wasn't employed here, why they took visual cues and got pulled off to some airport that wasn't there's is just very, very hard to understand. >> not the first inc

clowns altogether oh what a tragedy stacy yes max in fact you mentioned the clown of westminster george osborne we have an image here from william bonzai he was staring in apparently into william bonds a sevens window over the new year but time magazine named him the briton of the year george osborne for his economic policies the very next day over here on the guardian the observer the weekend edition of the guardian there front page morgan drysdale plunged a million into perilous debt so the economic policies are working making him a hero to the times because the housing market is bubbling bubbling bubbling but it's cause perilous debt so he's a hero to the payday loan industry that's for sure because his policies don't support growth they support more debt and more people end up going to payday lenders at extortionate rates and then in this country anyway the amount of poverty the amount of hunger the amount of homelessness is skyrocketing and that's thanks to george osborne yes i saw some sort of posters over the christmas and new years time where it's like britain is not eating goin

♪ ♪ like curious like curious ♪ ♪ curious george oh!with the yellow hat decided to visit bunchabeak island to photograph birds, george decided to explore with him. [ chittering ] here's the radio, here's the throttle... and here is the key. [ chuckles ] think the key ring is big enough? easy there. fun to play with though. [ chittering ] okay. here you go! careful! that's the only key we have. really? huh? aye. there used to be five keys: one for each quint. - [ whistle blows ] - [ man ] the first key fell down a drain. [ whistle blows ] - the second key fell down a drain. - [ clanking on ground ] the third key... fell down a drain. [ clanking on ground ] what happened to the fourth key? yeah? probably fell down a drain. so... be very careful with this key. it's the only one we've got.

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george osborne for his economic policies the very next day over here on the guardian the observer the weekend edition of the guardian their front page mortgage crisis will plunge a million into perilous debt so the economic policies are working making him a hero to the times because the housing market is bubbling bubbling bubbling but it's cause perilous debt so he's a hero to the payday loan industry that's for sure because his policies don't support growth there's a poor more debt and more people end up going to payday lenders at extortionate rates and then in this country anyway the amount of poverty the amount of hunger the amount of homelessness is skyrocketing and that's thanks to george osborne yes i saw some sort of posters over the christmas and new years time where it's like britain is not eating going along with the former tory policy of saying britain is not working we guarding a labor policy so here we're having britain is not eating that's right in duncan smith yes he's a politician here found that insulting so he'd like a big fat baby stormed out of parliament who. can'

father georges vandenbeusch was kidnapped by islamic militants in cameroon. also coming up for you, in this bulletin, happy 2014. we will take a closer look at celebrations that rang in the new year around the world. we will start the return of paris of the french priest georges vandenbeusch, released tuesday after being held hostage for seven weeks. haram.mic group boko he was kidnapped in cameroon before being taken to the jury. the group says father georges was freed on compassionate grounds, insisting no ransom was paid. an inside source says boko haram decided to release the priest after he offered medical service to some of the group's members during his time in captivity. father georges arrived in paris early this morning when he was welcomed by french president francois hollande. >> since my release i found about all the people who reached out to me, the communities he prayed for me and thought of me. the days in captivity seem terribly long, but at the same time, it is nothing in comparison to other costs -- hostages held for longer and those still b

in maryland, prince george's, montgomery, howard, charles, and frederick county schools will open two hours late. as will anne arundel and washington county schools. calvert and st. mary schools are closed today. >> in virginia, fairfax, loudoun, prince william county schools. arlington county and alexandria will open two hours late. falls chur falls church city schools will open two hours late. >> in virginia, clarke, focus, frederick, king george, and warren schools are closed. the same for winchester, fredericksburg, and shenandoah county. >> in west virginia, berkeley, hampshire, jefferson, and morgan county schools are closed. hardy county schools will open two hours late. if you missed one or didn't see your school listed, a complete list is at the bottom of the screen and on nbcwashington.com. >>> 4:31. time for weather & traffic on the 1s. let's get the latest on this deep freeze with storm team 4 meteorologist amelia seigel. good morning. >> good morning. our temperatures are going to remain below freezing. 32 degrees until saturday. this morning, bundle up. be cautious for b

just seemed like a natural, sort of, story line, that would be inspired by george. >> hello.e ] >> that's very impressive. >> thank you. >> cnn's miguel marquez is live inside the cnn lounge this park city, utah, accompanied this hour by george takei and his husband, brad. miguel, take it away. >> thank you, there, martin. i am with george takei and brad takei, breaking news on cnn, your name has been legally changed, husband. >> takei and takei, brad and george takei. >> the big premier is tonight. >> tonight. >> and i've learned you've never seen this film. >> we've never -- well, we've seen rough cuts. but when jennifer kroot approached us -- >> the director? >> -- the director, we didn't want a vanity film. i'm an actor, and always suspect. so we said, we'll have nothing to do with the control of it. you have complete editorial control, final cut and all, and we will not invest a penny in it. it's your project. we will be your subjects, we'll operate to the extent that you want us to, we'll open up our family photo albums, but it is your project. >> but is it -- and it is

and george is helping out a growing family. first we are in an enchanting estate in connecticut. >> just outside the family room is this wonderful sitting area with yet another custom fireplace, which is perfect for spring, summer and fall entertaining. [captioning made possible by nbc universal] >> welcome to "open house." today i am coming to you from an amazing did you plex overlooking union square park. this penthouse has private elevator access and a 2,000 square foot wrap-around landscaped terrace. now we go in a three-story shingle style home in connecticut. this place has 10,000 square feet, eight bedrooms, a home theater and a pool. >> hello, there. i am the interior designer for this beautiful turn of the century house in greenwich, connecticut. come on in. >> the original house was built in 1905, and it sits on 3.1 acres of land. the house offers 10,000 square feet of living space with eight bedrooms and 7 1/2 bathrooms. the central foyer sets the tone for the house, showing original staircase, mowled can't and colum