you'll remember harry potter got that mysterious cloak. >> whoa! >> my body's gone!t that is. that's an invisibility cloak. >> we learned today that scientists at the university of texas in austin are on their way to a real invisibility cloak. it's made of a kind of copper fishnet that cancels out light waves. right now they say it only works in microwave light, but ultimately they're on their way to a cloak that will work in broad daylight. and we think hogwarts would be proud. >>> and across the globe, a celebration in technicolor. images streaming in from around the planet where millions are celebrating the hindu festival of holi. it's an ancient tradition. you paint your friends with neon color powder and water balloons and the rainbow effect marks the start of spring and the triumph of good over evil. >>> this just in after weeks of speculation. ashley judd has decided she will not run for senate against mitch mcconnell. late today the actress tweeted, i realize my responsibilities and energy at this time need to be focused on my family. >> and we love it when y

in the six months, harry potter opened up in orlando. attendance surged or to percent every day since then. day since then. we are opening up harry potter perhaps in california and japan and we are investing in other theme parks and hotel rooms. one of the wonderful things is to diversify a bit. we have about $1 billion of cash flow coming from the parks. we had zero in our business model for value when we bought the company. >> did you test any of the harry potter writes? -- rides? >> i am the chief tester. [laughter] >> it is all about people. i think steve believes the same thing. he went into nbc. it takes time to put your team together. you never get it just right. you make some changes, but i think we have got it pretty close to just write right now. when it failsief and praise when it succeeds. it is nbc. we have the same thing with the news and sports and movies. and "battle iz" ship." we had some good ones and not some good ones. that is the business. don't go so high and do not go so low. are you giving them the tools? the thin

harry potter, car magazine, ocean spray juice and fresh strawberries.nside guantanamo bay detention center. inmates can check out array of items from the library, road and trap magazine, and as we reported on the show in the past the harry potter dvd collection. fresh lemon to put on fresh fish and fresh strawberries to go with the iced tea. finally, parents of a 9-year-old michigan boy say the treat they sent to school for his birthday was censored. the student's mother made cupcake and topped them with little green army men, her son likes them. but the school said they were insensitive in light of the sandy hook shootings. the boy's father told fox news "the figure ryans are representation of world war ii soldiers, our greatest generation. if they aren't allowed in our schools, who is?" >>> members of the public are no longer allowed in the white house since tours have become a victim of the spin over the sequester. correspondent doug mckelway shows us how that is going over. >> with cherry blossom season a fe weeks away, this is not going over with t

harry potter star daniel radcliffe trading in his wand for a humpback in the latest remake. while his potter costar emma watson going the glamorous route as she puts on the glass slipper for "cinderella" due out in 2014. billy bush caught up with jennifer lawrence where she admitted to getting some help, shall we say, in her christian dior ads. take a listen. >> oh, my god. i haven't seen these. >> you haven't? >> no, i haven't. that doesn't look like me at all. >> isn't that fun? >> i love photo shop more than anything in the world. >> i don't think that's photo shopped. that's you. >> people don't look like that. >> but she might. >> she could pull it off without photo shopping, i think. >> she does not need it. there are other folks that do need it. >> and they get it too. >> very, very humble. this one coming to us from wthr 13 in indianapolis, indiana. a nearby henryville, one school is celebrating a year of recovery. in march 2012 tornadoes tore through the town destroying a high school of students hunkered down inside. nearly a year later, the same students now walk t

it shows the face-off similar to that of the dramatic "harry potter" finale. >>> and if you can't wait until march 9 to see justin timberlake on "saturday night live," kenan thompson joins j.t. in the promo. let's take a look. >> j.t. is back, k.t. and j.t. in the house. >> what what? >> j.t. -- >> i was celebrating, not acting. >>> and after ten years, stacy and clinton are putting away the minnillos. they're making the run from boxy cuts and mom jeans. >> that was my favorite show, i cannot believe it is over. >> you are mocking my sorrow, bill. i'm really upset about this. hopefully there's a netflix collection somewhere. >> it was a show? >> i'm done talking to you. >> i'm mara schiavocampo, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> stories leading the news this morning. "the los angeles times" is covering the mauling of the 24-year-old intern lion attack saying anyone in the cage was irresponsible. >>> and in "the new york times" arkansas adopts a ban on abortions after 12 weeks which makes it by far the most restricted ban on aborti

. >>> al# british actor best kno as the uncle of harry potter has died at the age of 6537 richard griffiths won numerous awards for his theater. he gained worldwide fame as uncle vernon. he died from complications following heart surgery. >> okay. we'll be right back. >>> humans at the cincinnati zoo are going to great lengths to raise a baby gorilla abandoned by its mother. they make gorilla sounds to make that baby feel loved and right at home. baby gladys is growing fast. she is nearly ready to walk on all fours. who will will eventually hopefully raise her. she was born to a first-time mother who had no idea how to be a mom. >> she loves that piggyback ride. gladys. >> what a great name. so cute! the easter bunny will also be out and about this weekend. >> yes. >> we'll get a little bit of rainfall and it won't be a problem for the easter bunny. we'll see chance of showers for saturday and the heaviest with the rainfall with the storm system will be on sunday and also a possibility of isolated thunderstorms and temperatures will cool off into the upper 60s and we'll have a few showers l

american audiences know him from the "harry potter" films. on stage, he originated the great role of the teacher in "history boys." growing up in england, he cared for two deaf parents when he was young before joining the royal shakespeare company. richard griffiths suffered complications following heart surgery. he was 65. >>> and bob teague has died. he was among the first black tv reporters in this country, hired by nbc in 1963 from "the new york times." he worked mostly in new york local news here on wnbc but often appeared on the network as well. generations of viewers remember his stylish delivery, his commanding presence on the air. bob teague was 84 years old. >>> a major collection of letters from a private collector is about to go on the auction market. letters from george washington, jefferson, eisenhower, edison, marx and darwin. but two letters in particular from popular culture figures are getting a lot of attention. in one, marilyn monroe writes to her acting coach and friend lee strasburg, quote, "i still am lost. i mean, i ca

of the story that sound a lot like ancient vermont's novels so peter has this kind of magical harry potter style deal with the flying magician he resurrects seriously yes. he resurrects a smoked fish and he you know there are sort of talking animals now in the story the reason why peter ends up dying is because he persuades the wives and concubines of room in officials to stop having sex with these women officials so that understandably annoyed and they call for peter to be sort of put on trial and he dies on charges of atheism he doesn't die because he's a christian and they hate christianity he dies because you stop sex that's right it's really does that have anything to do with the history of solomon. in the early catholic church you know it's interesting so celibacy doesn't actually enforced until the eleventh century priest getting married for a really long time peter himself had a wife and a daughter. but most other christians thought that people shouldn't be getting married do we know that peter actually had a wife and daughters that just could be just as apocryphal the story is tha

. >> the five page paperback books than getting to read harry potter to watch the movie then something to say about the smell of the book did a used book store did you flip through the pages and you can smell the history of where the book has been the best loved books have the clue is melted and pages have fallen out stand to carry these around. least death didn't day it was incapable to re-read anymore on the screen if i did not miss it. there is something to be set about turning back and forth when you read on your side in your bet because you can reap one side of the bookstore sits inside reading your favorite book for the classics. as long as there are people like me we switch back and forth these are the best memories we have that i like the smell of books also. [applause] >> if the defenders of print -- printed did not hire you and put you up to that, then surely, they will because that was a wonderful expression. i know your friend does not really disagree but it is a great struggle how we get to the word. we're in our last minutes. i love what she had to say. >> might core conc

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. >> do you have an outing planned at harry potter world? don't miss it. >> i didn't know there was a harry potder world down here, quite frankly. >> that's the wrong answer. wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. universal studioses, harry potter, great. >> and you can play while you're there, too. >> take all your friends and have some butter beer. thank you, virginie. you know what i'm talking about. >> i've not been there, but you know i know what you're talking about. >>> when we come back, we'll have more of this morning's top stories. plus, courtney reagan will join us live from new york where martha stewart is taking the stand today in a high profile fight between macy's and jcpenney's. first, an exciting day at cnbc. it's the launch of our new prime timelinup. don't miss treasure detectives, mixing business with pleasure. a team of investigators are out to close the face. they're on a mission to help collectors of art and antiques discover if they're holding trash or treasurer. don't miss it tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern time. as we head

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he loves harry potter and riding his scooter and he chats easily visiting his mother at work. >> these children they learn differently and commune differently but they're still children. they're good people. >> reporter: if shoppers next month don't know what the blue lights mean. neither did the merchants when she started. from this point, the blues can only get bolder. >> the bay bridge that was my ultimate dream. >> reporter: the global sponsor autism speaks is providing lights and home depot has them too. this center vintage oaks lights it up blue next tuesday at dusk. reporting live in novato, deborah villalon. >>> concern is growing tonight over an increase in cases of valley fever. the centers for disease control says cases of the airborne disease have more than doubled in the past decade. valley fever is caused by airborne spores and can be life threatening. doctors say the increase could be due to climate change causing dust storms that stir up the spores. doctors also warn that the disease is often misdiagnosed. >>> the obama administration wants the rest of the country to us

the first harry potter book came out and dolly the sheep was cloned. any more? i don't know. also the last time the warriors beat the spurs in san antonio. it has been awhile. the warriors lost 28 straight in san antonio dating back to 1997. jeffrey beating landry. tied at 22 after one quarter. second quarter, all spurs. former warrior captain stevenson. spurs up 13 at the half. a nice pass. 25 points and 13 boards for duncan. i will sit here and watch for awhile. jump ball. green. look at the speed here. warriors down 12 in the third. the breakaway helps bring them back. fourth quarter. curry stops and pops. he had 24. warriors within six but duncan dominating and drew bow began. 104-93 the final. 29 straight wins for the spurs against the warriors in the alamo city. >>> lebron james back in cleveland. going for their 24 straight win. cavaliers without the starting back court. they were up by 27 at one point. only to see james bring miami back. triple double. 25 points. 12 boards. 10 assists. ray allen ices it. miami comes back. 24 straight the second

so expert hackers claim they found out and say it will be emma watson of harry potter fame. >> interestingi don't buy it. >> have you read the book? >> i have not. i still don't buy it. i think it's too early. i think they even haven't started cast -- >> you don't think she's going to get the part. >> i don't know. i'm not an expert in the area. >> not an expert in the area. you're an expert in many areas. i thought "fifty shades of grey" was one of them. >> even though i haven't read the books. >> i think you have read the books. >> yes. i wouldn't admit it if i had but i have not. >>> also ahead, i'll save you here, justin bieber has been having a rough time from run-ins with the paparazzi showing up late for a concert and the worst birthday ever and i'm getting help from home and family members are joining him on tours. >>> first an abc news exclusive follow-up to the horrifying attack at california's cat haven, a worker who spoke to the young victim right before she was killed by a lion is telling her story. she is also the one who called 911 after finding the woman lying unconscious.

like harry potter would be today. and so, it was natural to get caught up in it. david crockett was the entry point for most of us. he was a very fascinating, avuncular, cool looking guy in this outfit and his coonskin cap. then the everything that i think was so provocative to us was the fact that here was a movie, we were kids -- i am speaking for me and assuming this is true for most of us -- we were kids watching a movie for the first time in our moviegoing lives the hero died, and i think there was very disturbing and haunting to many of us and we are still trying to work that out frankly. >> was actually most disturbing to walt disney because truth be known, the first of those three episodes -- that's all there was really in that initial run -- appeared in december of 1954. and by the time the third episode ran leader in the new year, he realized i told this guy away off too soon. because it was a phenomenal success. i wrote a personal introduction to this book and that's how indeed i did meet crockett. i am a kid sitting indian style and my parents' house b

. >> talk about this one, emma watson, "harry potter" fame, that adorable, cutie grown into a beautifulut a grownup woman. listen to this. there are rumors that emma watson was going to be in "fifty shades of grey." possibly cast in that -- >> ooh, hot. whew. >> did you read the book? >> no. >> i want to read a chapter. >> i read a chapter. >> how naughty is it? is it like -- >> what? >> i digress. she says this is not happening. who thinks i would do "fifty shades of grey" for really, for real? in real life? she is saying, nah, not so much. there are rumors. >> her reputation is of a young, pure girl. i can understand it. we have got to get to this -- it is abc. "dancing with the stars" returns march 18, today, two-hour premier. you want to watch it! >> there you go. ou go. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they pick up some of what medicare doesn't pay. and save you up to thousands of dollars in out

. >>> like a scene out of harry potter, scientists in texas are getting close to making things invisible >> we'll explain why we're laughing in a minute. have a look at this. >> what is it? >> some kind of cloak. >> well, let's see then. put it on. whoa! >> all right. so, chad, to explain whether this really works or not, right? >> not like that. no. and that was like what we used to do when we were doing weather on the green screen. what he did, he was in front of a kro ma key, had the same colored cloak on, probably green at the time, put it over himself and he became invisible. there's a new cloaking device, it's making something we can't see invisible. did i bury the lead? >> tell us. >> this is a little rod that scientists have now made disappear to the microwave wavelength, something we can't see anyway. you can't see the beams going around. >> right. >> but when they turn this machine on now, little copper wires going back and forth in diagonals, they can block the microwave signal from getting into the microwave sensor. >> okay. >> now, this is not visible. we can't even show you

born with a silver spoon i'm talking about talk show host oprah you can see it just there also harry potterrighted j.k. rowling as well and designer tory burch incredibly glamorous lady now alongside these inspiring maid is another eleven women among the planet's one hundred wealthiest now there were no russian women featured on the list which is rather disappointing and puzzled me at least today i asked helen are small and the deputy editor in chief of the magazine brush up on the struggles russian women face in business. i have a theory of mind on this matter but i think that our the worst enemy of women nowadays in russia are themselves because you can hear very very often when women they underestimate themselves they try to to seem stupid they try to hide their abilities they're afraid to build their careers because i don't know probably they're afraid no one will marry them that kind of stuff because in my experience i have i have faced some kind of sexism in your everyday life but i never have faced it didn't business and i never do think that a lot of women but i do think that's the

this budget could have been conceived by harry potter. the president was on capitol hill today meeting with senate democrats, as you know. he'll be meeting with house republicans on wednesday. now, you've seen the president's outreach firsthand in recent weeks. you were at that lunch with congressman ryan. but on what you've heard today, from mr. ryan, do you see any possibility of compromise toward the grand bargain that the president is seeking? when you hear the sort of nonsensical baloney that mr. ryan has offered the nation today? >> well, certainly the budget that house republicans unveiled today, it doesn't give an inch. it's totally uncompromising. it's totally ideological. the hope we have is that the president is now continuing to reach out. i mean, remember, he worked very hard one-on-one with speaker boehner. the republican leadership. speaker boehner said he didn't want to meet one-on-one anymore with the president, so the president's continuing to reach out and the president's saying, look, i'm looking for somebody to meet m

it's harry potter world we now live in. give thanks to the interventions in medicine, public health, hygiene, and just diet. diet is one of the big things. the human body now typically we today are globally i'm talking, not just rich countries -- globally we're four inches taller. live 30 years longer and 50% heavier than people have ever been before in history. we're much more than 50% healthier. we do magical things to ourselves. some of you in this room may be doing magic at this moment if you have a pacemaker. this is something you fused you body with technology. we have a guy ran in the last olympic games, sprinter with no legs, ran in the olympic games. he then went on and shot his girlfriend which spoils the story slightly. this is magic that these things can happen, and of course we have only begun to scratch the surface. these changes will go muff, much further, and it's easy to start throwing out prefixes about precisely where they will take us. i love reading those science technology futurists put we have no way

. >>> hollywood mourning the loss of a star in the harry potter movie series. >> in my opinion, why is post on sunday. ha. >> gretchen: richard griffin, who played harry's unsympathetic uncle, vernon, dying of complications of heart surgery in england. harry potter himself, daniel radcliffe, saying he was, quote, proud to know griffith. he also won a toniy award for his real in "history boys." he was 65. >>> for the second straight year, volkswagen just taking home the world car of the year award. this year the vw gulf beat out cars from porsche and mercedes. it's on sale in europe, but not available in the united states until sometime next year. those are your headlines today. >> steve: let's talk a little bit about what's going on in congress. it looks as if the u.s. senate, under the taught language of harry reid will come up with a bill they'll have everybody vote on. shortly after sandy hook, the president was talking about assault weapons ban, background checks, whole myriad of things. since then the president has backed away from an assault weapons ban and, in fact, harry reid t

and lord valdemort was called he who shall not be named in those harry potter stories. well, carbon pollution is the pollution which shall not be named. climate change, the harm that is caused by that pollution is the harm that shall not be named. the obstructionists want to squelch any discussion of the pollution which shall not be named. so as to let big polluters continue dumping carbon and other greenhouse gas into our oceans and atmosphere. take, for instance, the house select committee on energy independence and global warming created in 2007 as a forum for confronting the economic and security challenges of our dependence on foreign fuels. when republicans took controlf the house of reprentatives in 2011, they disbanded that committee. end of discussion. between may, 2011, and december, 2012, our colleagues in the house of representatives, henry waxman and bobby rush, who were the democratic ranking members of the subcommittee on energy and commerce and of the subcommittee on energy and power, wrote 21 letters, 21 letters to chairman fred upton and ed whitfield r

with harry potter and everything else, you wonder why they still pick on it. it was banned in schools because it was being used by teachers who loved it, and they thought it was good for their students, and, number two, usually, it's just one family, one family read parts of the book and say, oh, this is outrageous. i don't like the language or i don't like the fact that it's about witchcraft, and then the community and students rise up and say, no, this is a valuable novel. it's about a lot of things, not just about language and witchcraft. the problem with banning any book is that once you ban one, you don't know where it will stop, and that road takes us back to totalitarian states, and i don't think we want that. there are ways of schools to prepare students for what they read and discussion, and even bringing parents in so that it's open and students can be challenged by reading all sorts of books because it is good, never ends, and we know what that leads to. >> next, we hear from dave dewit, the author of "growing medical marijuana" discusses current ef

since harry potter and everything else, you wonder why they still pick on the novel. from the very beginning, there were the names of the novel in schools. we have to remember the reason of his band in schools is because it is being used by teachers who left it out of his guide for their students. and number two, it usually is just one family. the report said that the book and say this say this is outrageous. i don't like the language of the fat that it's about witchcraft. and then the community and students rights have been female, this is a valuable novel is about a lot of things, not just language and witchcraft. the problem with banning any book is that once you ban one, we don't know where we'll start and that road takes us back to totalitarian state and i don't think we want that. there are ways to schools of preparing students for what they read and discussion and bringing parents and say that it's been and students can be challenged by reading all sorts of books because going down that censorship road is not good. it never ends and we know what that two. >> ne

and so we're no opening harry potter, more harry potter, harry potter in california with japan. we're investing in other theme parks camacho robes. one of the wonderful things is to diversify beckham and we have about a billion dollars in cash flow coverage of the barks. we have zero in our business model for value when rebought company. >> the right to contest the rides? >> i am the chief tester. >> to reference : your whatever? >> of course you have some of that. my management technique is, it's all about people. it i think steve burke believes the same thing. it takes time to put your team together. you never did it just right, and you always are making some changes, but i think we have it pretty close to just right now. a super person taking shows. he is going to use grief when it fails and praised when it succeeds in there will be more of that attention going. we have the same thing in news, the same thing in sports, the same thing in movies. we had coming you know, but ted, some really good ones, some not so good ones, but that is the nature of the content business. for me

they were like -- essentially they were my harry potters back in the day before that even existed, and i heard that they were making this film, another movie about oz and, you know, being such a big fan of the original, i thought, ooh, i hope they have a good approach. >> kind of scary to play with a classic like that. >> yeah, right, but they did it right because they're not trying to remake the judy garland film, but they're respectful of the land of oz that everybody knows and loves, so there's the yellow brick road and emerald city and witches and flying monkeys, but the protagonist is not a boy version of dorothy or anything like that. >> he's a con man. >> he's anything but an innocent young girl. he's a con man, he's a charlatan, and so you get a whole new experience of oz because your main character is so different. >> and you turned this into a family affair. i understand your grandma mitzi is in the film. >> she -- she's kind of taking over, but she has a very small part. so you have to know her to look. she's in the courtyard at glinda's palace. >> a tiny, tiny part. >> look

people know her as hermione, right, from the harry potter series. so she came to your school.... >> sophomore. >> sophomore. what was she like? she was already a star at that point. >> well, much like you, she was way smaller than i expected in real life. [laughter] [cheers and applause] >> you're really batting a thousand, i'll tell you, drew. >> bam. [laughs] >> okay, what else? >> yeah, no, she was great. she was so nice, super, super nice, but she didn't really have a sense of humor. i guess it was, like, a british thing. sometimes i'd be like, "how was your day?" and she'd be like, "oh, it was dreadful. i had midterms and a paper." and i'd be like, "well, that's fantastic." and she'd be like, "no." no, drew. no, that's not fantastic." [laughter] >> you make friends wherever you go, don't you? [laughter] i wish you the best. >> thank you so much. >> let's take look at the money in your round 1. okay, computer, please randomize the dollar amounts. now here are the categories to your questions. computer, please randomize the categories. and now that everything is all shuffle

this is a sumatose crunch, a butter beer for hogwarts fans, harry potter fans.s of, you know, twix. >> these will give you a crazy sugar high. what is the point if it's not in print? panera bread's jacob busso says it is the fun of being in on a secret. >> it does create a little bit of a buzz. people kind of wonder what is the hidden menu? >> reporter: panera's hidden menu is all about luring in the carb free customers. if you're like me just go protein style at in-n-out. >> without the bread it's healthy right? for "today" katy tur, nbc news, los angeles. >> i hope she didn't shoot that story in one day. >> you know, that was three weeks ago. katy tur hasn't had a meal since. >> just a little thing too. great ideas. >> i like the twix thing from starbucks. never heard of that. >> i know where you're going right after the show. downstairs to starbucks. >>> up next dylan takes us inside the peeps factory. to see how easter's most popular candy is made. first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪ happy easter happy easter ♪ alright, let's go. ♪ shimmy, shimmy chocolate. ♪ s

. >> british actor british actor richard griffiths known for his role in "harry potter."art surgery in coventry, england. he was 65. >>> an inkridible story out of illinois. a state trooper saved a man hit and pinned underneath a car. he lifted the car off the man. >> we were going to count down to three, and we'll lift and pull him out. and one swoop, just, he was out from under the car. and just thank god. like there is no way i should be here right now or at least in this capacity. >> scott reunited with ethan yesterday under much better circumstances and they got a surprise visit from governor pat quinn. the rescue called inspiring and unwrapped a frame commendation for scott. >> oh, my goodness. wow. amazing. >>> here is a question for you. what would you do for a pillow pet? would you break and enter someone's room and steal it? here is a little bandit right there. a 2-year-old, his name is kyle moster and when his sister's toys started going missing, she pointed the finger at him. parents set up a sting operation in the hope of catching somebody in the act and stru

and we're also looking at harry potter. they have about 20 of these giant sculptures.mething like that. that is amazing. >> takes a lot of time and a lot of patience. >> it does. >> thank you very much. >> all right, ladies. >> say hi to phil. 46 minutes past the hour. new era begins this morning on san francisco's famed golden gate bridge. every toll on the span is now electronic. so that means drivers handed over flowers as well as cash to those toll takers on their last day of work, which was yesterday. officials say the move will save $2 million a year by eliminating 28 jobs. some drivers worry that traffic will stop moving as confused motorists attempt to pay while driving through the toll lanes. >>> an unusual guest found his way into a five-star resort in southern california. a rescue cue from sea world was called to the hotel after this little guy, malnourished and dehydrated california sea lion decided he needed a little rest and relaxation. human guests didn't seem to mind. the sea lion remained relaxed until the net squad showed up. the pup is resting comfor

this fool, he has been in the senate for two years, and finally he earns his paycheck and you and harry potterer this guy. he is a freaking tea partier. oh, my god pull my hair out. >> bill: hey, hey mike look. on this issue he is right. whoever runs against him i'll come down and campaign against him. i would never vote for him, but i -- you know i don't care who he is, if he's -- when he's right, i'll say he is right. when he is wrong i'll say he is wrong. >> if you are afraid of being attacked by a drone, don't do anything wrong. >> bill: oh, yeah that's really wide open. sure, that means give the government any powers at all. boy, that is a slippery slope mike. i'm telling you when we are using drones to kill -- you know what the count is -- my column is up on our website, just posted it yet, at billpressshow.com. the answer right now we don't know. because we're just using drones against countries, killing people right and left it's all in secret so we don't really know how many people we have killed, but journalists estimate about 3,000, of whom maybe 800 are innocent civilians just kill

. >> do you go tucci harry potter ride? >> i am the chief tester. [laughter] >> to friends call you and say you shadows this show differently or i can tell you how to run your company. >> of course. my management technique is the same and steve thought the same thing and it takes time to put your team together and you never get it just right and i think we got it pretty close to just write. kicking shows and he will get grief and there will be. >> we have the same thing of news, and sports and movies. "les mis", ted, a battleship, we have good ones and not good ones but that is the nature of the content business and it needs to be more even and not go so high or so ago but would get the people. are they making the best decisions? the thing that we found, it just wasn't right for ge to make pilots hoping to find the next hit. they could build power plants or energy so all parts of the company were getting less capital, less investment, less attention and to but we told our investors we have a balance sheet to invest so we have bet more money the of r

>>brian: i know one thing is real, the harry potter stuff, the flying.oday we're tackling medical movie myths with dr. marc siegel. welcome to you. first off, where do you want to start? one of your favorites is diseases. here's a clip. >> the average person touches their face three to five times every waking minute. >>steve: the worry is after seeing "contagion" and it scares the daylights out of our family, is if you touch something like a contaminated doorknob, your face, it could kill you. >> it's accurate. it's true. but i'll tell you the part that is inaccurate. you can get diseases this way and "contagion" and other movies remind you of that. the problem is you're not going to get that kind of killer virus that way. it is true it is transmitted that way but the chances of it mutating, that part is fiction. >>brian: is it true mat damon should survive if something like that happens? >>gretchen: whap -- what about"limitless" about a magic pill that makes you perform to an amazing ability. watch this. >> you know how they say we can only access 20% o

it was a huge cultural phenomenon like harry potter would be today.d so, it's natural to get caught up in it. david crockett was the entry point for most of us. he was a very fascinating yvonne keillor, cool looking guy with a coonskin cap and then i think the other thing that was so provocative was the fact that there was a movie when we were kids and i'm speaking for me. i'm assuming it's true for most of us. we were kids and we were watching a movie for the first time in their moviegoing lives in the hero dies. i think that was very disturbing and haunting too many of us and we are still trying to work that out frankly. >> he was actually the most disturbing in walt disney because truth be known the first of those three episodes, really in that initial run, aired in december 1954 and by the time the third episode ran later in the new year, he realized he had to kill this guy way too soon. because it was a phenomenal success. i have a personal introduction to this book and that is how it indeed i did crockett. i'm a kid sitting indian style on the l

let's vote down the harry potter invisibility cloak amendment. the presiding officer: the question is on the amendment. is there a sufficient second? mr. roberts: harry potter accepts it on a voice vote. mrs. murray: mr. president, i ask for a voice vote. the presiding officer: hearing no further debate, all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the noes appear to have it. the noes do have it. the amendment is not adopted. the senator from kansas. mr. roberts: mr. president, a parliamentary inquiry. a parliamentary inquiry, if i may, sir. the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. roberts: i respectfully ask the parliamentarian if the official senate decibel meter indicates the ruling by the distinguished parliamentarian that the count -- or that the vote was not accurate on the last vote. the presiding officer: in the opinion of the chair, the noes had it. mr. roberts: perhaps a hearing problem. the presiding officer: motion to reconsider. mrs. murray: lay it on the table. the presiding officer: without objection. the amendment

raised, younger little five page paperback books and then graduating, finally getting to read harry potter so you can watch the movies. there's something to be said about the smell of a book you may pick up in a used bookstore, and you flip through the pages, and i know it's really dorky, but you stickiness to that and you smell the ink and history and where this book has been. the most loved books and our house have torn up covers and pages were chapters have followed up, where the glue has melted. you carry these around. one christmas, i received a kindle. i think a couple christmases back. my older sister bought me a kindle the i stuck it in the bag with all these books for a trip. and my both attended the screen and made it in capable of being read anymore. and you know, i didn't miss it. [laughter] there's something to be said about turning back and forth on each side when you're reading on your side in bed. because you don't have it in your technology and you can be read one-sided book and you all, i have to flip over an epic sitting inside on a cold day reading your favorite book, o