when i got the property, i wanted george burns.i paid alan arkin his full salary, i think, i can't remember, but i'm pretty sure i did. he's a great actor. i just wanted burns. burns to me was god. i loved burns. and burns was 80. i couldn't get him insured. i had to self-insure him. the studio was going crazy. but i self-insured him. i said, burns is god. he is god. the only problem i had with him being god was he had to wear a toupee. i said you cannot wear a toupee, george, and be god. god would not run around in a toupee. can't imagine that. so if you notice in "o, god" george always had a hat on. >> larry: correct. >> a cowboy hat, a baseball cap. >> larry: every time you see him. >> always a hat. that's because of the toupee. >> larry: how do you get him for "ocean's?" >> well, arkin was signed to do "o, god" and i got rid of arkin at the time. didn't get rid of him. i asked him to step aside for george which he did gracefully. years go by and i always remembered i owed alan arkin one. we get to the "ocean's" thing and i said

as george burns said, if you can fake that, you got it made. a sense of humor. the ability to keep balance. not too moody. even tempered yet mysterious. we all want a little mystery. as far as longevity in marriage, i do not have the answer to longevity in marriage. that is one i don't know. estimate i think i learned a lot about women in my life and sometimes i don't think i learned much at all. my favorite quote is from stu convenient hawkins. the man writes through his teeth. he holds it in his mouth. he is in a wheelchair, can't talk or move. one of the most brilliant men the world has ever known. i had him on my show interviewing him. he was answering my questions on his machine. this is one of the smartest men in the entire world, astrophysics, big bang theory. you name it. i ask him what puzzles you the most? his answer. women. >> don't you agree? is there anything that would puzzle you more than women? >> i think they bring a separate set as men do in relation to them, a separate set of skills, of intellect, intellectual levels. >> intimidation. >> sensi

. >> george burns said that retirement at 65 is ridiculous. today we will talk about people who want to work beyond retirement age and how those decisions affect social security. when it comes to social security, people say there are only two ways to avoid insolvency. there are other ways, and these ways did not involve cutting benefits. for example, there is that tax gap. it is the difference between what taxpayers owe and what they actually pay. the last year for which we have data, 2001, the total tax gap, which includes a payroll tax, was about $345 billion every year. this is tax that is not paid. in my view, as we try to whittle down the deficit, a good place is here. this, nine years later, is probably a lot higher. the point use within that three and a $45 billion there is also the payroll tax gap. $58 billion each year under the payroll tax, the social security that is note, collected. if that were collected, these are dollars that are legally owed that would help reduce the strain on social security. we have to do a lot more to colle

glenn burn owned by george sorose. mystery of rhinebeck's real connection to chelsea clinton wedding will come to an end in six days, still plenty of time for rumors in this small town to run rampant. >> glor: still ahead on tonight's cbs evening news, life in a day-- the grass roots film with a cast from around the world. >> glor: two famous hollywood directors are holding a casting call today and their audition is open to anyone. they're asking people to videotape and post what they're doing on youtube with the intention of creating a movie that sums up one day all over the world. that is tonight's "weekend journal: life in a day." an unknown italian ukulele player way video camera hoping to hit it big in a feature film produced by ridley scott, the man behind "gladarty" and "thelma x luis" and directed by kevin mcdonald who made "the last king of scotland." >> we have all seen films following one person through a day or a week but this is following everybody. >> there's our heroic driver. he's been taking us on this

george. we are following an apartment burning in oakland that revealed up pot growing operation. concede that the fire is out right now to get even more news faster return to our sole reporter. julie, with the firewater they doing now? >> at this point they are cleaning up the back in their tried to figure out whether this is a growing marijuana operation that is legal or not. they have a place apart on the scene and they're blocking the west bound side of the cul-de-sac and they have investigators in the right now trying to figure out whether this is legal or illegal. >> can you show me which on caught fire and how bad the damage appears to be? >> ok, services and building that caught on fire, we have it the view of the back side because that is where the fire originated, is in the stairwell, it was active made it when they had the the investigation to see at the very top that there were two rooms are concealed, on the third floor. that is where the marijuana was found. james? >> where followed the latest set of san mateo where couple has admitted to brutalizing the sonoma home

burned part of an apartment complex and killed an 8-year-old girl. the fire started just before 2:00 this morning in an apartment on hamilton avenue at meridian. george kiriyama is in san jose with the latest for us. george? >> well, diane, we've learned six families, more than 20 people, are staying somewhere else tonight. some with friends, others at a nearby hotel. a maintenance worker was boarding up a couple of apartment units. it was tough for many of the neighbors because an 8-year-old girl died in this fire. she was visiting from north carolina and was staying with relatives here at the apartments. firefighters found the 8-year-old in a back bedroom of a bottom apartment unit and pulled her out. she died an hour later. there were five other children and a couple of adults inside when the fire broke out. most of them were able to get out on their own. ten others were hurt in this fire. mostly scrapes and bumps and from breathing in too much smoke. the fire was pretty intense. >> what was the fire shooting out or -- >> i mean, bad. i've never seen anything like that in my life. bad. >> reporter: now most of the damage was kept to one apartment

george has lived here for 25 years. >> lost everything. including animals. watched my barn burn to ground. may boat. cars, trucks. everything i own. >> reporter: 200 firefighters are battling the blaze along with four aerial tankers. 60 miles due north, 700 firefighters are trying to contain a second fire near the town of kernville. >> grab the dogs and go down the street. i thought i was going to lose my house. >> evacuate! i'm going -- i ain't going nowhere. >> reporter: governor schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency for kernville. this fire is 0% contained. however, there is good news. no injuries in either of the fires. patty kaufmann, cbs news, tehachapi, california. >>> to the latest on the gulf on this 100-day anniversary of the disaster. it has been about two weeks since the temporary cap was put ottwell. since then not much oil hit the surface. the big question, where did the millions of gallons of crude go? mark strassmann is in new orleans with the latest on that. mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, harry. it is a good question. o this milestone day. day 100 of the spill and while the

burned to the ground. my boat and cars and trucks and everything i own. >> there is no official word on the cause of the fire but george, the man you just saw, tells "tehachapi news" it was started by three men using a grinder to cut metal in grass. >>> 152 people on board an airplane in pakistan were killed. that was en route from karachi and was about to land when it lost contact with a control tower. the cause of the crash isn't clear but the plane was trying to land in cloudy rainy weather. the air bus jet operated by a company called air blue had 146 passengers and six crewmembers aboard. >>> voters in antioch are going to decide this fall whether to raise the city sales tax by a half-cent. city council voted last night to put that measure on the ballot in hopes of easing antioch's budget woes. a pact house at city hall as many people objected to the idea, but city leaders say if the measure doesn't pass deeper budget cuts would be necessary including police officer layoffs. >> the city is facing a $4 million shortfall in the next fiscal year. so unless we find a revenue source now, we are laying off a lot of cops

george barely made it out alive. >> i watched two of my neighbor's houses burn before i got back to my place. and my place was fully engulfed so i just left. it's all i could do. >> reporter: he came back to total devastation. his house burned down, a lifetime lost. hundreds of firefighters are working around the clock to try to prevent more pain. they attacked the blaze by air, and from the ground. but they were met with tough conditions. firefighters have had three big challenges, erratic winds, steep terrain, and very dry conditions. and the second blaze is burning fiercely to the north in the sequoia national forest, also destroying several homes. the dual fire is leading governor schwarzenegger to declare a state of emergency. for george there was one bright spot amidst this tragedy. one of his cats survived. and right now, he and his neighbors are holding onto these moments for hope. now there are still a number of structures that are in the fire's path here in kern county. so it's still a touch zband situation. at this point both fires are still under investigation. >> kristen welker,

burned to the ground. my boat and cars and trucks and everything i own. >> there is no official word on the cause of the fire but george, the man you just saw, tells "tehachapi news" it was started by three men using a grinder to cut metal in grass. >>> voters in antioch will decide this fall whether to raise the city's sales tax by a half cent. city council voted last night to put that measure on the ballot in hopes of easing antioch's budget woes. it was a packed house at city hall as many people objected to the idea. but city leaders say if the measure doesn't pass deeper budget cuts would be necessary including police officer layoffs. >> the city is facing a $4 million shortfall in the next fiscal year. so unless we find a revenue source now, we are laying off a lot of cops next year. >> if approved, the higher sales tax would take effect july 1 of next year and last for eight years and early this morning, the antioch city council rejected a proposal touted as another way to generate revenue. it was a request by wal-mart to expand its store on lonetree way into a supercenter. >>> voters in concord will also decide

george psychiatric hospital in san san leandro. >> thank you. >>> our time is 8:01. >>> in southern california homes are threatened this morning by an out of control wildfire burning near palm dale. 7,000-acres have been burned. 1,000 homes remain evacuated. evacuation orders have been lifted in rancho vista. about 500 firefighters and planes are out there trying to fight this fire. a short time ago, we saw a dc 10 tanker make the first drop out there. the temperatures are cool. winds are calm right now. but that is expected to change this afternoon. the winds are expected to pick up. the temperatures are expected to be, turnly in the high 90s. that's not good. the fire is about 5% surrounded right now. in the meantime some bay area firefighters are saying this morning's layoffs will increase the fire danger in their city. just moments ago they wrapped up their final shift. ktvu's paul chambers is joining us live in san jose where a news conference just ended. good morning, paul. >> good morning. the interim fire chief just talked about the layoffs and how this will afc the police -- i keep saying police, i apologize will affect the force here in san jose. the fir