george clooney. allegations of something called a bunga-bunga party. ay force clooney to come face to face with an ex-girlfriend for the first time since they split. good morning, america. i'm dan harris alongside sharyn alphonso. >>> we're going to start this half-hour, though w a little bit of breaking news we'll get over to linsey davis in for ron claiborne. >> good morning, everyone. >>> in the news this morning -- breaking thus former senator and presidential candidate george mcgovern has died. he lost the 1972 election to richard nixon in a landslide. he was 90 years old >>> the "new york times" is reporting that iran is making moves toward holding one-on-one talks with the white house over its nuclear talks. >>> that report will most certainly come up at tomorrow night's third and final debate between president obama and mitt romney. both are taking time off from campaigning to focus on the debate. >>> finally eight-time grammy winner adele is a mom. the singer reportedly gave birth to a baby boy last week, as you expect, he's said to be ecstatic

go long. ♪ >>> ♪ let's talk about sex >>> it's a starring role that i'm pretty sure that george clooney want. he's expected to testify in italy about a party at the home of former prime minister. clooney may also have to face an ex-girlfriend for the first time since their breakup. as part of this testifying. it's a sticky situation. abc's tanya rivero is here for more. >> reporter: this is the sensational trial riveting the world its tawdry cocktail of sex, power and celebrity. now, the most eligible bachelor is being dragged into the mix, george clooney, has been summoned to help defend someone with much more serious crimes. former italian prime minister berlusconi made a rare appearance at his own trial friday. claiming that george clooney and his ex-girlfriend can help him through that he's never had sex with an underaged dancer. now, the defense is calling both of them to the stand. >> to have a big movie star to come from hollywood all the way to italy to testify on your behalf, that's credibility for you. >> reporter: the stakes are high. berlusconi faces up to 15 years in prison

denial will boost their case. >> if george clooney says i wasn't there, itdibility of these other witnesses. it also could give respect to the defense itself. >> and we reached out to clooney's reps to find out if he will, indeed, testify in milan this friday, as requested. so far no response. but if he and his ex do show up in court, it will be the first time the two have seen each other since their breakup last year and, of course, people will be looking for sparks. >> awkward. >> sparks or icicles. >> appreciate it. >>> coming up on "gma" what is making this baby so upset? >> ah. >> a little hint. it has to do with a preference for either cats or dogs. ♪ oh baby baby baby nightlwing the stacking the steaming. that's the transformative power of one ingenious little breathe right. try one free at breatheright.com and open your nose instantly. feel the power of air sleep like you mean it and rise to mornings alive with activity. breathe better, sleep better. one free try is all it takes. it's your right to breathe right! one free try is all it takes. living

that's george clooney and you don't know.t's after the picture has been worked on and lightened. when it was posted -- >> don't you like being in the dark with george clooney? >> yes, i do, now that you mention it. anyway, it's nice. on my twitter i woke up and was clickety-clacky on twitter and this woman named adele holeman took a stab at making it lighter. now it's black and white, but grainy. at least now you know it's him. >> it's probably impossible to ask such a thing. >> dream big. >> what if, could you imagine if george clooney came into our studios and retook that picture? >> and since jennifer can't be here, i would be jennifer in the photo. >> it would be really nice if he came. is he here? >> not today. >> we want you to please tweet him and get it for hoda. there is so little in hoda's life that is joyful. >> here's the thing. it's a moment that happens once and it goes away. any time you've taken a picture, you go back and say, i thought i had it. i don't have it. >> i would personally love to meet him and god

who would you rather see, george clooney or katy perry? >>gregg: are you kidding me? perry, especially with blue hair. >> the first presidential debate in the latest jobs report having a major impact on the race if the white house. according to the latest rasmussen, governor romney leads president obama with two percentage points following wednesday night's debate. also, the latest gallup poll giving president obama a slight lead over governor romney with 49 percent. now we will bring in john leboutillier, former republican congressman from new york, and pat caddell, former pollster for jimmy carter, and doug schoen, a former pollster if bill clinton. doug, the rasmussen poll is more accurate because it is strictly post debate? >>doug: gallup is seven days, scott rasmussen polls three days moving average so it is all post debate. he shows four points of movement in his national polling which puts obama from a narrow lead to a narrow deficit. effectively, though, this race is deadlocked. when we get to the swing states we will see that. >>gregg: people call this a boun

if obama goes more than a month without seeing george clooney he gets nervous.former not invited was william taply, he refers to himself as quote, third eagle of theapocalypse and co-prophet of -- co-host. mr. taply posting original songs on his eau tube channel and latest is anti-obama anthem called "take the r train" cat catching tune that reveals shocking facts about our president. ♪ let's out obama like "newsweek" today ♪ ♪ he is our first gay president ♪ ♪ after november michelle will leave ♪ then he'll shack up with george, ed or steve ♪ >> jimmy: that seems hypocriti hypocritical to me. can we look at this from the other angle of this song? [ laughter ] meanwhile, mitt romney is on the campaign trail talking all kinds of folks like you and me, romney stopped at the tin fish restaurant in port st. lucie with the staff when a member decided to clean him up. [ laughter ] he's already creating new jobs. let's watch that again in slow motion. the person is like, this is nice and then -- oh. oh, okay. wait a minute now. and then he kind of uses his hand to tap,

if obama goes more than a month without seeing george clooney he gets nervous.ne performer not invited was a gentleman named william tapley. he refers to himself as quote, third eagle of the apocalypse and co-prophet of the end times. that's kind of like being a co-host, like, "live with kelly and michael." michael is the co -- host, in the case, profelt of tphet of t apocalypse. mr. tapley has been posting original songs on his youtube channel and his latest is ant anti-obama anthem called "take the r train." catchy tune that reveals shocking facts about our president. ♪ let's out obama like "newsweek" today ♪ ♪ he is our first gay president ♪ ♪ after november ♪ michelle will leave ♪ then he'll shack up with ♪ george, ed or steve >> jimmy: that seems hypocritical to me. i mean, can we look at this from the other side, from the other angle of this song? yes. [ laughter ] he's republican in the front and party in the back. [ applause ] meanwhi meanwhile, mitt romney is on the campaign trail, talking to all kinds of folks like you and me. he stopped at the tin fis

going to give them humanitarian aid because so misstepped when he let me so let me go back here george clooney i mean and private was organizing a united nations force ok george i'm a misstep again i mean this is still about american exceptionalism that the u.s. can do whatever it wants in the world that's what we heard at this debate both candidates said exactly the same thing in different ways. absolutely absolutely i mean it's a misstep a mistake well that's a nice euphemism for about thirty thousand people killed and the chaos goes on every day in libya so how what kind of a misstep is it i mean you know it's the other leaders should make missteps such as that then consider what the situation is in iran both candidates will happily delightedly expressing the effect that sanctions have had on the iranians now the sanctions are hurting ordinary iranians i mean these are people who are suffering as a result of these sanctions and what is the reason for those sanctions the reason is supposedly iran has a nuclear weapons program no evidence whatsoever has ever been presented by iran they buy by

this one involved george clooney. jon bon jovi, katy perry and stevie wonder.ddressed his debate performance with some self-deprecating humor. >> everybody here is incredible professionals, great friends and they just perform flawlessly, night after night. i can't always say the same. >> dana: the president admits the flaws and robert gibbs blames romney saying he was dishonest. >> governor romney had a masterful, theatrical performance this past week. the underpinnings and foundation of the performance were dishonest. >> dana: that memo went out yesterday or sunday before the sunday shows because i saw three people use masterful, theatrical performance. talking points are guidelines. my question for you, bobsh if you were advisor on the obama campaign and you could see the debate wasn't going well. would you spent the next six days coming up with other excuses or done what president obama did to say not my best performance but i'll do better next time. >> bob: when you make a mistake, it's good in politics. i remember bill clinton did badly at the democratic n

. >> president obama held a star- in southernraiser california that included a list such as george clooney, perry.ie he poked fun at his less than stellar debate performance last week. >> everybody here are great friends and incredible professionals. they perform flawlessly night after night. e same.t always say th [laughter] >> republican candidate mitt theey rally supporters in critical state of florida on sunday. warned that a second term for obama would lead to ruin thatf economic crushes the american dream. >> we will hold to that sort high on november 6. the world will see we are .erious >> while mr. obama continues to romney, summonses money will win the election -- that policy matters and not money will win the election. >> president santos joe biden getting stronger than the policies they put in place. mitt romney will say elected.to get you have to wonder what people say as president. >> we have a few more rounds to go in this fight. we saw very energized performance in the first round. >> mr. romney promised to cut federal funding to pbs in the last debate. next, the highly anti

. >>> george clooney's famous friends come out to honor him for his kind heart.inelli reveals which addiction was harder to kick than cocaine. and adele becomes a mom. big news in "the buzz today." adele's baby joy. adele is now rolling in the diapers. 24-year-old singing sensation and her boyfriend simon konecki welcomed a baby boy over the weekend. she announced they were expecting their first child together saying we're over the moon and very excited but please respect our privacy at this precious time. >> honoring george. george clooney was honored at the carousel of hope ball saturday and "showbiz tonight" was right there. the celebrity event was chaired by ifphilanthropist barbara dav and raised millions point of view for dee bites treatment and research. she presented george with this brass ring award. he opened up to us about being named this year's honoree. >> it's less about an evening for anybody individually. it's really nice to come out and support barbara. she's doing amazing work with diabetes. so it's fun to do that. >> valerie's food addiction. v

here is the thing, he is buddies with george clooney. as we all know george clooney likes to have a good time, specifically pranks. he will put this on a loop and whatever party brad pitt hosts next he will put it in there. everybody will laugh, except brad. it is a journey. >> it is a journey. a never ending journey. this journey is almost coming to a close. see how i did that? >> it was great until you said, see how i did that? >> tomorrow we will do the same segment tomorrow. but tomorrow we are not having a segment because of the debate. go to fox news.com/red eye. >>> ace mentioned we have no -- as i mentioned we have no show tomorrow because of the presidential debate. i will be there for "the five," a show on in the afternoon. but coming up wednesday on the next "red eye" we have tucker carlson, lori rothman and gary johnson. he will be pissed. back to andy levy for a post game wrap up jie. michael, what are you up to next week? >> all next week, excited to announce i will be making out with your mom. two shows on friday and two o

>> well, george clooney, willow with a beautiful rendition of sky fall, and george clooney with an off-rendition of sweet caroline. maybe you've seen that. also robert pattenson and kristen stewart, and they're all over the globe. eventually they'll have to come together and face the questions here. but right now, he is in australia, she is in tokyo, so very far apart. we'll get the latestn them. >> okay. billy bush, we'll be watching access tonight. thank you. >>> if you like it warm, this week is for you. >> we like it warm, veronica. >> yeah. it's nice when we've had such chilly, cold mornings, and now we're switching back the other way. at least for a couple of days. wait until you see how high the temperatures are going to go over the next few. outside right now, we've got the pretty blue sky. 73 is our current temperature at reagan international airport with a west wind at 7 miles per hour. this evening, we're talking about a light wind. look at the numbers throughout the area right now. 72 up north in mount airy, falls church, fairfax city, you're sitting at 70 degrees. 72 over in greenvi

>> george clooney. it's called the carousel ball, i believe, held every year out in los angeles.studded events at the carousel of hope ball in beverly hills. and i guess neil diamond was the headliner. >> he was trying to get george clooney to sing with him. he said he threw back a couple, then he was kind of willing, right? >> kind of, let's watch. ♪ ♪ i'm feeling fine ♪ ♪ sweet caroline ♪ good times never seem so good ♪ ♪ so good so good so good >> so cute, so cute, so cute. >> i just like to look at him. he doesn't have to sing. >> how adorable. >> he just seems to enjoy life, doesn't he? why not? he's like carey grant. he's old hollywood glamour to me in a new nice package. he's no spring chicken, hoda. >> how old is he? >> got to be in his 50s. >> can you taste this just because it's sitting here? we have to. what do they taste like, you know what i'm saying? >> how is it? >> get in there. >> no! >> no, no, no. let me wash it down with something better. >>> ellen received an award for, what else, her humor. the kennedy center awarded it to her. >> she brings joy, light and j

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. >> up next, george clooney, stevie wonder and katie perry in the audience as president obama makes fun of his own debate performance.@p@po'u]+w87@çoj >>> 30 ds to go and both candidates are enjoying new momentum tonight. governor romney is drawing his biggest crowd yet. >> 9,000 supporters jammed the town square, 6,000 last night, all ready to turn the president out of office. >> you hear hisnswers or non-answers. now, of course, days later we are hearin hi excuses and nxt january we'll be watching him leave the white house for the last time. >> team romney is feeling the momentum from his debate performance and obama campaign is admitting even the president realizes he didn't perform at his peak. >> i think you can assume he reviewed the tape and it will inform how he handled these subsequent debate. >> the unemployment rate went below 78% and he broken record by raising $181 million just in septemr. it's an issue from the debate >> governo romney' central economic plan calls for a five trillion tax cut. >> i don't have a five trillion tax cut. >> that has campaigns arguing. what

and finally, what does this guy have in common with brad pitt and george clooney. not as much as he thought. las vegas police are now looking for the 31 southern california man. they say he stole $1.6 million worth of casino chips from the venetian's resort. those chips are virtually impossible to cash in undetected. >>> coming up next, the champions of the national league are headed to the world series, plus a painful body slam sack on monday night football. your sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> well, if you live in the northern half of the country, quick changing weather is the rule as we go throughout the next four or five days. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> well, in sports, let's start with baseball and the decisive game seven of the national league championship series. it was a very one-sided game as san francisco pounded out hit after hit against st. louis and run after run as they shut out the cards 9-0. the end of the game was played in pouring rain. >> that should end it. and who else? scutaro. and the giants have w

he's been endorsed by everyone from george clooney to neil patrick harris, to beyonce and jay-z to leonardo dicaprio, ellen degeneres and stephen de spielberg. it's like an episode of dancing with the stars but with stars. and so far, so far, folks, my man mitt just has clint eastwood, donnie and marie os bond, the lady from northern exposure and i want to say joy behar's older sister. (laughter) that is who that is. but now mitt has picked up the biggest endorsement of all. >> there is a squirrel in south carolina who folks say can pick presidential winners. four years ago they set up two bowls of nuts. an obama bowl an mccain bowl. he preferred the obama nuts and this year he favors romney nuts. (laughter) >> stephen: there it. (cheers and applause) folks, get used to the term president romney. hmmmm, hmmmm. oh that leaves a real taste in your mouth. what is that? i think that's-- that's romney nuts. (laughter) hmmmm, hmmmm. (applause) folks, it is going to be great. because mitt has got big plans right out of the gate. >> i will repeal obamacare and stop it in its tracks on day one. star

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many musicians performed and george clooney made an appearance. tickets were $25,000 a person. he will stop in california and designate the la pas property as a national monument. he is a tending a dinner and san francisco fund-raiser at the bill graham auditorium. concert tickets will range from $100 to $7500. >>> we are less than a month away from election day. mitt romney is not wasting any time. he and his wife, ann, were on the campaign trail today in the battle ground state of florida. romney spoke about last week's debate and slammed mr. obama over his health care law and economic policies. florida is among several swing states that hold 29 out of the 270 eelectoral votes needed to win in november. the next debate is set for october 16 in new york. joe biden and paul ryan will take the stage for the first and only debate on thursday. you can watch it all on kron- 4's bay area news channel. >>> ugo chavez of venezuela was reelected. he received around 54% of the note. his challenger only received 44% of the vote. the victory gives chavez another six year term as he tries

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jj abrams, george clooney, kid rock, no it is not the cast of a new movie, but those are some of theorsing a candidate this is year's big election. lindsay lohan even got political this week endorsing mitt romney. "i just think unemployment is really important right now, so as of now, mitt romney." comedian dean obadala joins me from new york to talk about this. good morning, dean. did lindsey do it for you? did she make up your mind, or what? >> you know what, i didn't know which way to go. she put me over the top. i look at the issues, and then i consult with a cast of "jersey shore." i see where they're going, but this year i'm bagt for honey boo boo. she's the hot one on the block. wherever she goes, i'm going. honey boo boo give me an answer. who should i support in the -- >> she's too young to vote. so she's the one celebrity that would sway your vote? >> i don't think one celebrity would sway my vote. i think traets true for most people frankly, and i put it out on twitter, and most people said no. they gave interesting response bz how a celebrity impacts them, the way the cel

obama has three events in la including a rally featuring george clooney, stevie wonder and jennifer hudson. 9 of those visits on this trip. tomorrow president obama will attend a campaign fundraiser at the bill graham civic auditorium in san francisco. final bay area visit before the election. already raised more than $30 million in california. earlier in the day, he'll be in the central valley to announce caesar should have ez national -- chavez national monument. >>> battleground state of florida. he was confident he will win florida and move into the white house in january. later he stopped by a seafood restaurant to shake hands and pick up take out. >>> food labeling is the subject of a controversial initiative on the november november ballot. proposition 37 would require food -- both sides discussed the issue on cbs 5 this morning. supporters of proposition 37 say genetic engineering forces insec at this sized into food. opponents argue the fda says genetically engineered foods are safe to eat. >> genetically modified food or engineered ingredients are no different than any other type

destructive and unusual that a book was written about it followed by the release of a movie starring george clooney. the perfect storm happened right around halloween in 1991. it was the result of hurricane grace getting swept into a large nor'easter type storm causing it to gain size and wind speed as it slowly moved westward toward new england. 75-mile an hour winds and waves as high as 40 feet were reported. today as hurricane sandy moves north, our forecast models predict a cold front will advance toward the east coast at the same time. as with the perfect storm sandy is forecast to rotate inland becoming part of a mega cyclone that will bring heavy rain and high winds. the current forecast predicts the hardest hit areas will be north of us and strong winds and heavy rain are the biggest threat to the d.c. metro area. luckily if the forecast stays on its current path, we won't have to deal with the storm surge on the oceanside beaches and western shores of the chesapeake bay. erica grow, 9news. >> we have to remember our timetable really is next week for the impact on the immediate metro area i

. >> i am so grateful to george clooney. >> after the first debate, hollywood turns out in full force how many millions did they raise? and what effect does "snl" have on the election? >> governor romney has just said that he killed osama bin laden. >> jennifer aniston's huge engagement ring. the first photo.

george clooney made an appearance.nded his night with an appearance at a gala for the six were $25,000 a person. >> we have an election to win. everything we fought for in 2008 is on the line. here in 2012. and i need your help to finish what we started. i need your help exploration for the and we are going to continue our full-time coverage of the president's visit to the bay area has to continue this morning. >> republican presidential candidate mitt romney he is also on the campaign trail there he is with his wife. and they were in the battle crossed the florida yesterday and riley spoke about last night of sight last week's debate and he slammed the president over his health care law and economic policies. >> florida is among several swing states. it holds 29 of the electorate votes needed to win in november. >> will note that we are just days away from the first and only presidential debate and the candidates are preparing for that match up on the heels of the first presidential debate. politicians from both parti

george clooney was on hand for a fund-raiser last night. also there was seth mcfarland, creator of "the family guy" who will host the oscars. politics says president obama blinked at a rate of 70.8 times per minute last week. much more than mitt romney. it's a measure of stress, but does it definitely say which candidate will win in november? on "meet the press," nbc political director chuck todd said that president obama may have a problem because hispanic voters are not as enthuse see as 12ik as they were in 2008. >> even though he's going to get more hispanics if less of them turn out, it's a net zero and yet you look at republican enthusiasm up, senior enthusiasm up. by the way, all of this, pre-debate. >>> on abc's this week paul krugman hammered the media for not fact checking mitt romney in the debate. >> the news media will not cover me as long as i forcefully say he won. >> the press is against obama now? >> it doesn't know how to handle untruths. >>> and a strange political endorsement online from that wild and crazy guy, steve ma

she says she saw george clooney at one of the parties. he says he was not at the party. line, quietly covered the tab, she told the clerk she knew what it was like to need help. >> i will always remember her. and she has no idea the impact that she made, and on how many people. she just has no idea. he looks at me and he goes, you know what, i didn't have enough for my bill, but i have a $20 and i'm going to pay that for her. she gave me the money that she goftsing so spend, and the next person came through the line, which i believe was the two teenage girls. >> they're teenagers. what would i have done? score! i would not have thought of passing it on to the next person, but they did. >> other shoppers were so inspired, they started donating as well. >>> boys are hitting puberty earlier than ever. they usually start about 11-and-a-half years old. it's starting up to two years earlier, and similar patterns are happening in girls. >>> if you filled up your car lately, you probably noticed you're paying a little less at the pump. the average price fell over 8 cents in the