sandra: yeah, it is not just harvey weinstein. it is eric lacoste lee, cofounder of groupon.ig names. is there ever a time when a client comes to you when you say i will ignore it? >> never, ever, ever. in a weird way, especially with social media and the internet. it is a way with domestic terrorism. what often happens -- this is an extreme case -- what usually happens is harvey weinstein, if you don't give me a million dollars, i will go on the internet and make it seem like he made a sexual advance. you tried to molest me and etc. you know how difficult it is to reverse the headlines of the "new york post." that happens all the time. sandra: i a wondering what his intent was. was that the money or him trying to get his name back in the spotlight and back into hollywood? >> if you look at his website, it's all about him. sandra: he is all about the pictures. >> he wants to be a player in the main guy and he is obviously one with mental problems. sandra: did people actually get the money? >> we do not know the. sandra: we would not nonactive. >> my educated answer is yes, th

harvey weinstein has produced films such as "shakespeare in love." and his wife is an actress. at an aspiring actor was threatening to kill weinstein's family if he wasn't wired money to an account. an aspiring d-list actor trying to extort money from a hollywood producer, by threatening to kill his family if his demands in cash weren't met. the producer, harvey weinstein, who won an academy award for "shakespeare in love," and co-founded miramax studio. this man, vivek shah, busted by authorities for sending threatening communications among other charges. >> extortion in and of itself doesn't draw a large sentence, typically. but when you add physical violence or harm to it, he's facing potentially a lot of years. >> reporter: with a bit part in "the dark knight," shah hasn't seen much air time. but one look at his facebook and imbd pages show him posing with tinseltown elite. tom cruise, angelina jolie, zach galifianakis and others. he sent the same letters to four other tycoons, sources say. ranging from a coal magnate to an oil executive. and each threatened to kill names of

harvey weinstein shoots, he has shot "scary movie 4", two or three locations were in canada.this is the man who organized the big bash for the president. >> that is right. it shows that obama's lack of understanding when it comes to businesses. companies outsource because they think they are going to get a better deal elsewhere, so he created economic climate where the companies felt they could produce them in the united states and get money's worth out of it, then it wouldn't an issue. it falls back on obama's policies and how he failed and he wants to point the finger to romney for something his donors are doing. >> i have morgan freeman on the screen at the moment. he regularly shoots on location in india, china and u.k. he is not a director or producer. he is an actor but gave $1 million to pro-obama pac. it was a pac he gave money. to i guess you could say a huge supporter is an outsourceer. >> you could say that. bottom line, you want to put your money where your mouth is. to the certain extent they have outsourcing regardless because of the different locations. if you

move on to harvey weinstein case. he and other very well to-do individuals across the country had been the subject of an extortion plot by this one individual debra, tell us what we know about this. we have all these people collectively $100 million or more family threats and so forth. >> i think we are very early on in this case and he was just arrested. what we do know is that he is charged with something called a hobbs act which is a very very serious crime that's punishable up to 20 years in jail. and it was an attempt at an extortion. what this is going to hinge on is whether his actions were enough for the prosecution to establish that he committed enough acts and attempts to commit this extortion. i do think that this is a relatively defendable case. i don't know that enough steps were taken. actually prove that he committed this hobbs act. >> laura: he is appear aspiring actor. he probably didn't get the role that he wanted in oceans 12. i don't know. >> is he going down. >> laura: let's talk joey. >> i don't

one is at the home of film mogul harvey weinstein. guests include weinstein and ann hathaway. he' expected to raise at least $2.5 million for the campaign. president obama and republican rival mitt romney are locked in a tight contest for the white house with only three months to go before the election. romney is expected to name his running mate before this month's republican national convention. >>> later today, president obama will sign a measure aimed at helping the men and women who served in america's armed forces. the bill will help provide for the needs of veterans and their families with improved health care, housing and education. the same bill is designed to restrict protests at military funerals. >>> time now 4:45. southwest airlines says it is sending out refunds after customers were accidentally billed multiple times for a single flight. the airline says a computer glitch was supposed to give fans a 50% discount on fares and it backfired. some customers were charged as many as 20 times. southwest will cover the extra billings as well as pick up any overdraft fees

reporter: the president then headed to an exclusive fund- raiser at the home of movie producer harvey weinstein hollywood heavyweights like ann hathaway reportedly paid $40,000 each. the. has to keep the pace up. new figures show romney raised $26 million more than the president last month, the third month in a row the republican has won the money race. the president has spent about as much time on the fund-raiser circuit as on the campaign trail. in july president obama attended 21 fund-raisers compared to 17 public campaign events. using its war chest, the romney campaign released a new television ad today acuesing the president of gutting welfare -- accusing the president of gutting welfare reform. >> under obama's plan you wouldn't have to work or train for a job. they just send you a welfare check. >> reporter: it's designed to paint the president as a big government liberal. tara mergener, cbs news, the white house. >>> coming up next, howard with the forecast. >> we've got some hazy sunshine out here, but south and east of town, some heavy showers have been occurring at times the last fe

well holding two campaign fundraisers in connecticut including one at the home of film producer harvey weinstein. the president is expected to bring in at least $2.5 million from those events. >>> virginia's board of elections will not take action against a nonprofit group over its voter registration mailings despite hundreds of complaints. the board said it looked at the voter participation center's mailings and found no cause for criminal investigation. people across the state had complained the group sent forms to dead people, noncitizens already registered voters and even animals or in the case of mo morris in bedford county, a dodd that had been dead two years. the voter participation center said it did nothing wrong in the errors and the mailing lists are ones they bought from vendors. so the group says the mistakes were not intentional and the state agrees, but isn't there a bigger problem here? with a right as sacred as voting shouldn't more be done to make sure only people who are allowed to vote actually cast a ballot? cast your thought into mcginty's mailbag, the address mailbag@wusa9

obama heading to connecticut for a fundraising that include as $35,000 a plate dinner hosted by harvey weinstein. >> the july reports listed the markets but new trading troubles may be weighing in. good morning. >> good morning. let's look at the markets now. futures are higher after friday's big rally on wall street stocks soaring on the back of that jobs report which showed that companies added 163,000 new workers in july, more than expected but unemployment rose as more joined the job search. the jobs report was strong enough to boost confidence slightly but keep alive the idea that the fed may step in soon with a new stimulus program. asia and european markets are higher at the moment there is no specific economic data coming out in the united states today but we get report this is week on productivity t trade deficit and import prices. on friday the dow jumped to close at 13,096 and the nasdaq added 58 to close under 3,000. knight capital, the trading firm received $400 million in new capit capital. the deal will reportedly allow knight to open its doors for business today after it suffered

hollywood movie mogul harvey weinstein threw a private a-list event for the president at his home in westport, connecticut, last night that took in $2.5 million. now mitt romney will be in illinois today to talk about reviving manufacturing jobs. he'll also attend two fund-raisers there. while obama stays close to home at the white house. he'll headline two fund-raisers later in the evening in washington. we're live in washington, i'm claire leka. lynn, back to you. >> all right, claire, thanks so much. >>> also we are learning more about the man who carried out the mass shooting at a sikh temple outside of milwaukee on sunday. a 40-year-old army veteran was the lone gunman who shot and killed six people before being shot and killed by police. nbc's andy roesgen has the latest from oak creek, wisconsin. >> his name is wade michael page. >> reporter: a known skinhead and member of a popular neo-nazi band, police say they are still working on a motive for sunday's attack. >> who he is. what he has done in the past. and the possibility of his being in other records of other law enforcem

which is the home of ali wood and some including peter bogdanovich a famous movie director and harvey weinstein are suggesting that hollywood itself is responsible in part for these massacres you're in los angeles you understand the scene very well there what are your thoughts if anything wow i mean i think here in l.a. you know people aren't really discussing it that much i mean you know i see it on the news and it's just a bizarre case and i you know i i i'm not exactly. you know feeling like there's some sort of big you know backlash to that in los angeles and these guys are still making a lot of dough yeah i think i think that's an interesting point the bad guy in the film is qana like from the occupy wall street movement there are a few images in the film that kind of bring up the occupy movement so now the occupy movement the movement toward civil disobedience the movement toward freedom of speech is being portrayed as evil and then batman who is like mitt romney bain capital private equity wall street terrorist is portrayed as the good guy is not a complete reversal of what's really goin

. >> reporter: hollywood movie mogul harvey weinstein is throwing a $35,000-a-plate dinner for the president at his home in westport, connecticut, this evening. we're live in washington, i'm claire leka. veronica, back to you. >> thank you so much. >>> after approximately 352-mile journey from earth, the "curiosity" rover touched down on mars just hours ago and has beamed back its first images of the red planet. nbc's jay gray is live at the jet propulsion laboratory in california with more on this historic landing. it was quite a sight, jay. >> reporter: yeah. good morning, veronica. and what a morning, you're right, here at the jet propulsion laboratory. "curiosity" pushing the limits of technology, science and of dreams while opening a new chapter in the history of american space exploration. >> they have started guided entry. >> reporter: it was an unprecedented, high-risk entry and landing the nasa team called seven minutes of terror. >> and they're good! >> reporter: computers controlled the descent with no help from earth and mission control, slowing the spacecraft from 13,000 miles a

it could be a movie script but it's a real life nightmare for hollywood mogul harvey weinstein. a chicago area man has been arrested for threatening to kill weinstein's family if he did not wire 13 million dollars to an off shore account. fbi agents arrested 25 year old vivek shah at his parents home in schaumburg. they say he wrote extortion letters to weinstein and four other millionaires. shah is an aspiring actor. if convicted he faces 20 years in jail. a second death linked to the west nile virus here in illinois this season. this time, the victim is a 64 year-old elgin man who died last week. the first death was 76 year-old lombard village president william mueller. he died of complications from the virus. while most infected people show no symptoms, about 20 percent develop mild flu-like symptoms within about two weeks after a bite from an infected mosquito. serious illness and death are possible, with people over 50 at highest risk. tomorrow night at this time, cardinal francis george will be attending an event in oakbrook. his first public appearance since it was reveal

raise at least 2 1/2 million dollars at two events in connecticut one at the home of film mogul harvey weinsteinring soon? you probably paid more in taxes than you will get in social security benefits. according to an analysis by at associated press people retiring today are part of the first generation of workers who have paid more in social security taxes during their careers than they will see. -- they will receive. >>> recycling company hopes to cut waste by changing the way plastic bottles are disposed of. a company plans to install recycling machines at subway stations in beijing each bottle put into the machine will give customers credit to ride the subway. china produces estimated three million tons of plastic bottles every year. no word on whether the devices might make it to the u.s.. >>> 5:50 now. let's check in with mike. hope had you a great weekend. >>> this week a lot of heat summer back after -- did you get sprinkles at your house? >> no. but i fear the ac bill. >> we had to use it a lot a little bit couple weeks ago. i won't ask if you got raindrops where you were? >> in kauai t

raise at least 2 1/2 million dollars at two events in connecticut including one at the home of harvey weinsteinus airways letting economy passengers on some international flights upgrade their meals, it costs, for $19 paiges can get -- if you don't want up to grade you can stick with the regular free meal. >>> southwest airlines says it has started giving refunds to customers who were mistakenly over charged after an online ticket promotion backfired. the half price deal was designed to celebrate the airlines reaching three million fans on facebook. instead, hundreds were charged multiple times, up to 30 times for their flight. southwest is blaming a computer glitch. >>> ebay gets into the same-day delivery service. >> jane king live at the new york stock exchange with that and how stocks are performing this morning. >>> good morning. better than expected earnings that is helping drive wall street higher. best buy shares surging more than 20%. the company's founder is offering to buy the entire company and take it private. here's how we look so far on wall street, dow, s&p all agreeing with the

one of them at harvey weinstein. the president celebrated his 61st birthday with a quiet weekend at camp david. presumed republican challenger mitt romney as a series of private meetings and his new hampshire home today. he was under attack over claims he had not paid his taxes. >> henry reed is not the one who is made the debate. mitt romney has brought this to the floor. >> i like harry reid, but what he did was out of bounds. he is lying about knowing something about romney. >> mitt romney strongly denies the claims and has yet to name a running mate. >> anxiously awaited information. it is 76 degrees 6:08. health officials are warning people headed to local fairs. >> emotions running high in oklahoma as people are coming back to see this after returning home from wildfires. if you've been successful, you didn't get there on your own. if you've got a business, you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. my father's hands didn't build this company. my hands didn't build this company. through hard work an

even harvey weinstein was saying it's something he struggles with. feel like there's something deeper that we need to confront about why these things are happening in all kinds of contexts. you know, that's not to say that i don't think that artists have to think about, you know, what they're saying and what they're doing. i mean, i think all of us would say that we -- you know, you have to believe in what -- if you're diving into a piece, even as an actor, even if you're not the author, you want to have a conviction that there's something constructive, even if the material's tough. and everybody's got their own balances for that. >> thank you, edward norton, great to see you, jeremy renner. thank you very much. much success. >> thank you. >> congratulations. >> thanks. >>> tomorrow on "cbs this morning," steve carell talks about giving marriage advice to meryl streep and tommy lee jones. it's in a new movie "hope springs." we'll be right back. dad look, you can get eggs, bacon and pancakes for $4. umm. in my day, you get eggs, bacon and pancakes, an

they say 25-year-old vic shaw, pictured with tom cruise was trying to extort money from harvey weinstein groupon cofounder. joining us now someone who knows hollywood from the inside, mandalay chairman and ceo. peter guber. everybody likes to have themselves photographed with a star. the fact we saw him photographed with tom cruise and other stars doesn't me was successful in any way. this is struggling actor who may have just been trying to extort money to make ends meet, right? >> yeah. you know, this is the old story. celebrity, and screen credit and bank credit. people want gold and people want the glory. these people often become victims of crackpots who want to get into the honey pot of their money. you see it all the time. never becomes public as much as you would think it was. it is private and gets nipped in the bud. reality that kind of act traction comes when you have that kind of celebrity. liz: yes, but now, you see these things and you wonder what do wealthy people have to do to protect themselves. i mean, first of all interesting. all of the stars next to whom he stood loo

harvey weinstein threw a big star-studded fund-raiser for the president, whopping $40,000 a ticket lastt despite all this, he's still being outfunded by mitt romney who's raising a lot more money. if mitt romney continues to raise considerably larger funds than you guys do, then he could do to you what he did to his republican nominee rivals which is blow them out of the water financially. >> let me take just one second to respond to what tara said. a nonpartisan report came out last week that said governor romney would cut taxes on the top 5% of the population and raise them on 95% of the population. if you're a middle class family with kids, you'll pay $2,000 more under governor romney and the romney campaign has not provided alternative data to dispute that. we knew after citizens united that special interests would be able to contribute unlimited amounts to try to defeat the president this election cycle. you've got secretive oil billionaires out there spending millions on tv in an attempt to protect taxpayer subsidies for their oil companies. that taxpayers can't afford. and they d

harvey weinstein will host one and actress anne hathaway will be one of the many celebrities in attendancesers expected to bring in $2.5 million. >>> republican presidential candidate mitt romney is prepare for a national bus tour on friday he's expected to hit the road with stops in the nation's capital. also make campaign stops in virginia, north carolina and florida. this morning political analysts are scrutinizing the early list of speakers at the convention in tampa bay. we learned senator john mccain, mike huckabee, and condoleezza rice will speak. south carol governor nikki haley and new mexico governor susana martinez will speak. no so far no word on who will deliver the key note speech or who mitt romney will pick as his vice president approximately no mention of bob mcdonnell. >>> 6:35 is our time. ahead, the push to bring the olympics to the district. >>> also, a must cecil brags. the guy who finished a race and still had the energy to bust a move. >>> and we'll tell you the grand plan or why the grand plan to overhaul union station could hit a roadblock. [ male announcer ] it w

the middle of that arena and ride that bull and do the best movie i ever did in my life, and harvey weinstein there some place and kevin costner and whoever they are. and i'll find one of them. and i'll go out the way i want to go out. and that's not living some kind of half -- [ bleep ] life that old actors live. that's the name of that tune. where were we? >> i was going to bring you to the events of 2001 that obviously dramatically changed your life. before the night that your wife died, tell me about your relationship with bonny lee leading up to that night. >> it's funny, when push comes to shove, whether i'm in a motorcycle joint or a barbershop or wherever, sooner or later, and take this with love, not sharpness, everybody wants to put me on the stand. because i didn't take the stand. okay, i promise to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. my real name is michael james. i was born in 1933 in nutley, new jersey. now, what would you like to hear? >> what your relationship was like with her before she died. >> my relationship with her was not bad. i felt sorry for he

harvey weinstein's beach front home where donors paid $38,000 a plate for some face time with the president and tyler perry are also big bundlers, alec baldwin and tom hanks are donors as well. 90% of the money they brought in july came from normal folks, folks day naturi donating $250 . we asked you, if you haved 2 e$ what would do you with the money? >> i would keep it for myself. i'm not going to lie. >> keep the money for myself. >> split it between me and obama? >> i probably give it to the obama campaign. >> i'll do half and half. >> i don't think they need the money. keep it for myself. yeah. >> i would keep it for myself, too, i think. i'm joined by will cane, he is a cnn contributor. will is dying to jump in here. >> i love the guy whose vote is worth half a million dollars. it's not priceless but not cheap. >> it's not cheap either. we know millions coming in each month, billions is the projection at $2.5 billion campaign. will, i'll start with you. what do donors get for this money? >> i think the most obvious thing they get is influence. influence over all of us and who we choos

the president will attend two fund-raisers tonight i cluding one at the home of film mow gal harvey weinstein. anne hathaway will be there. the two fund-raisers are expected to bring in $2.5 million. >>> republicans will gather later this month in tampa bay for the republican national convention. mitt romney will formally accept his party's nomination. republicans are expected to release their convention schedule today. we've learned senator john mccain, mike huckabee, and condoleezza rice will speak at the gop convention. south carolina governor and new mexico governor martinez will also address the convention. so far no word on who will deliver the key note speeches. >>> the wife of illinois congressman jesse jackson jr. revealing new information about her husband's medical leave of abs sense. jackson's wife told the "chicago-sun times" her husband is suffering from depression and collapsed at his d.c. hom two months ago. she says his condition could be linked to a weight loss procedure he had in 2004. doctors are treating the congressman at a mayo clin anybody in minnesota. he's been on se