that singer, andy grammer, his hit single, "keep your head up", the first male start to reach the toplt pop radio in eight years and he is in town tonight, as part of nationwide tour. this morning, grammer told news4's barbara harrison about his unlikely path to stardom. >> so much fun, you know, i performed on the street for like three years, so to have a single that hit and be able to go across the country has been a dream. amazing. >> now, where did you grow up? >> i grew up in new york, actually, and then i moved and living in l.a. >> and you were a street performer for a while, is that right? >> for three years. >> and how did you make it doing that? >> you know, just actually get -- paid my rent, burned my own cds at kinkos and slung cds. ♪ fall to his niece, the sand castle sight begging you please ♪ >> the kinko's route. grammer will perform to a sold out audience tonight at the jama java music club in vienna, virginia, but promised to come back for another show in the very near future. >>> late night talk show host jimmy fallon turned the white house into a playground. the co

grammer, you are from a show business family and people might think grammer, kelsey grammer?d go on stage with him sometime and sing some songs with him. one time after i got after stage at like 5:00, i was like i need to be a bigger part of your show. because you're only bringing me up for one song, dad. not enough. >> speaking of big, the grammys happened hlast night. one of the people there was taylor swift. that's somebody you'd like to work to. >> i love her. she's great. she brought me on the stage of her show in nashville. >> who is going to write the song? >> we've had a million guests on this program in the last couple of years with a little video. we have video from every part of your life. >> i know. >> we've got -- >> awesome. thank you. >> stick around because about an hour from right now, you're going to do a number for us, right? >> yeah, i'll do a number and rock it out. >> and don't retire. >> you guys are going to play sax and clarinet on it, right? what are you playing? >> playing very seriously the violin. can you work it in? >> i hear you do an amazing ve

court documents obtained by tmz says kelsey grammer and ex-wife have settled their child custody dispute, agreeing to joint custody of their young daughter mason and son jude. a 41-year-old brazilian man was arrested and charged for allegedly using a fake i.d. with jack nicholson photo while opening up a bank account. police say he was carrying various fake cards at the time but the one with nicholson set off alarms. >> he looked like him. >> still, everybody knows who jack nicholson is! >>> ktiv news 4 in sioux city, iowa, in nearby it's never too young to learn to salsa. one of the moves being talked in a zumba class for preschoolers. they are using 500 dollars in grant money to teach kids what they hope is a fun way to exercise. i'm richard lui. this is "early today," your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. consumers today have a legitimate concern about the chicken they eat. they want to know more about how they were raised, what they were fed. we spend a lot of time on the feed because a chicken is what it eats. [ jim ] this seal verifies we feed my fresh all-natural c

. >>> court documents obtained by tmz says kelsey grammer and ex-wife camille have settled their child custody dispute, agreeing to joint custody of their young daughter mason and son jude. >>> a 41-year-old brazilian man was arrested and charged for allegedly using a fake i.d. with jack nicholson's photo while opening up a bank account. police say he was carrying several other fake cards at the time, but the one with nicholson set off alarms. i heard he didn't look anything like jack nicholson. >>> this comes to us from ktiv news 4 in sioux city, iowa, where in nearby bronson, it's apparently never too young to learn how to salsa. that's just one of the moves being taught in a zumba class for preschoolers. they are using $500 in grant money to teach kids what they hope is a fun way to exercise. there's a lot of moves though. i'm richard lui. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> take you to london. a sign that the 2012 summer games are getting close. the iconic olympic rings floating down the river thames marking 150 days until the openi

i apologize for my poor german grammer. but i hope that you will see that my very unbritish passion for europe is better than my german grammar. i have a question myself, and then immediately after that, i'm going to defer to the students' questions. recently you have said often, mrs. merkel, that if the euro fails, europe will fail. but at the same time you have said that the solution of this crisis is to go towards more europe rather than less europe. more integration. you mentioned that today. and i would ask you. you mentioned fiscal union. what do you mean exactly when you say "fiscal union"? isn't it what a lot of germans mean when they say a transfer union? and are you going to be able to convince your own citizens to accept a transfer union? >> translator: the fiscal union is not a transfer union. what we mean when we talk about the beginning of a fiscal union is what we have already decided. that is to say stability and growth, a pact which now is going to be binding. talked a l reducing the debt. people want to in

kelsey grammer is 57, the ghost whisperer actress jennifer love hewitt is 33. and ellen paige turns 25 today. happy birthday if it's your birthday as well. >>> good morning. welcome back to the 9news now. for a lot of thu is the start of a -- of you this is a the start of a short week. >> occasion ago showers before friday. the temps will be way up there except this morning. they are down. >> thursday it looks like silly warm. >> like mid-60s. if we get enough sun thursday, we may make a run to 70 but i don't think it's going to happen. we have readings down in some cases down to 19 this morning. very cold morning out there with clear to partly cloudy skies. we're going to have a milder afternoon for sure. here we go. at the bus stop forecast bundle up. jackets, gloves. leave the ear must haves at home. there's no -- ear muffs at home. there's no wind. you can stand it. 5:52 on the sunset. with some luck we'll see the sun set. we'll definitely see the sunrise at 6:52. by noong, partly to -- by noon, partly to mostly cloudy. south winds will be picking up at 134

grammer school and high school are the best years of your life. you just don't no it.ers. >> reporter: in a few week, this bunch may sail into oscar glory. with george at the helm. >> he's so quawelcoming when we on set. he's fun and easy. that's -- between him and alexander, made a fun working environment. >> reporter: for "good morning america," abbie boudreau, abc news, los angeles. >> just pitch perfect casting. and the theme of the oscars this year is "celebrate the movies in all of us." that goes for the star and the fans. the academy has a youtube channel where fans are posting their most memorable youtube experiences. let's look at some. >> my most memorable movie going experience -- >> it was a first date, he let me pick the movie. >> the best one i had. >> tim burton's "corpse bride." >> i love ed norton. >> everyone that work at the theater was dressed in command uniforms. >> going to the expendables premier. >> it put you in the mood. >> let's take a look. let's scan. >> my mom took me to see "batman" in the '60s. >> what's wrong, batman? >> manifold pressu

. -- gram ar but i hope that you will see my british passion for europe is better than my german grammerhave a question myself. and then immediately after that i'm going to defer to the students' questions. recently, you have said, often, mrs. merkel, that if the euro fails, europe will fail, but at the same time you said that the solution of this crisis is to go towards more europe rather than less europe. more integration. you mentioned that today. and i would ask you, you mentioned fiscal union. what do you mean exactly when you say fiscal union? isn't it what a lot of germans mean when they say transfer union. and are you going to be able to convince your own citizens to accept a transfer union? the fiscal union is not a transfer union. what we mean when we talk about the beginning of a fiscal union is what we have already decided. that is to say that the stability and growth, that which now is going to be binding. so we talked a lot about reducing the debt. people want to put that in their constitution sometimes. but for the first time, the european commission has the right to come

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. >>> the "morning joe" grammer update.k just confirmed that. >> i didn't need to confirm it. the catholic church. church is proper and needs capitalized so say mark halperin. >> so says both google and bing. so double sourced. the french ambassador is being recalled from syria as governments loyal to assad ramp up the assault. human rights observers say another 43 people were killed yesterday. the u.s. embassy is closed. the regime is not bowing to international pressure after russia and china vetoed a security resolution. syria makes up 7% of russia's $10 billion in annual arms sales. what happens next, what can the united states do? >> we're in a dangerous spot because the president of the united states has been so out front i think rightly so saying that assad has to go. when you combine that with the fact that the recognition in the region that assad syria is tehran's closest strategic ally. only access point to the mediterranean, only access point for funding hezbollah. but the president is out will saying assad has t