the cutout signs feature hasselhoff hyping iced coffee drinks. have stolen more than 550 of these signs. what do you expect? bay watch, the knight rider. he's a guy in high demand. >>> some new york high school students may have uncovered something that is absolutely huge. the double stuffed oreos do not actually contain double the stuff. and this is really saddening me. it was part of an experiment to teach students problem solving en masse. students found there is only 86% more cream in the double stuff. nabisco spokeswoman denied the students' finding saying it does indeed contain double the stuff when compared to the original oreo cookie. hard to argue with high school math students, though. so i'm on their side. they better put more cream in those cookies. finally, carrie under wood will take over the nfl theme song. but there was a serious audition process. we actually have video of that. take a look. >> quiet on the set. >> i'm heidi and i'm here for the audition. >> wooo. >> all right sunday night where are you. >> hey, jack, it's a fact.

officials saying, this is the interesting part here, more than 500 of the hasselhoff signs have been stolen from stores in several states for recent months. crazy fans. why not? >>> finally, lilly tomlin is beginning to think 42 years is long enough to be somebody's girlfriend. at the age of 74 she's thinking of tying the not with her 78-year-old partner. 42 years they've been dating. who would wait that long, some would say. >> i wonder if it will feel different after getting married after 42 years. >> probably not. >> you wouldn't think so. >>> i'm richard lui, this is "early today." we hope it's your first stop of the day on nbc. >>> leading the news in the new york times, how exercise can help us sleep better. a must read for anyone who's seeking a better night's sleep. >>> in usa today, small business jobs rising as economy strengthens. payrolls are growing at small businesses, which is a good sign for the economy. no doubt. >>> top of our news today, the nsa still does not know the extent of the intel edward snowden took. nsa is, quote, overwhelmed trying to assess the damage.

hasselhoff says is he shocked by latest case.alled for emergency meeting after syrian activists claim the regime there launched a poison gas attack on its own people. killed more than 100. some say more than 1,000. relatives of the army leaker bradley manning say they are saddened and disappointed that a judge sentenced him today to 35 years in prison. a 911 call reveals the accused shooter outside atlanta admitted that he was off his medication and should have gone to a mental hospital. and on this day in 1911, french authorities first discovered somebody had stolen the mona lisa from the louvre in paris. the bold robbery happened a day earlier. a former worker walked into the museum and took the da vinci painting off the wall and hid it under his clothes and walked out 00 door. for the next two years investigators found nothing. that changed when the thief tried to sell the painting to italian art dealer for hefty price. cops captured the cook from italy when he went to collect the ransom and the mona lisa made it back to paris

anyway, hasselhoff has these amazing posters from cumberland grocery store. there you go.ters because people love the hoff so much. i saw one, i was sort of mesmerized in front of it. >> you saw that? >> yeah. he is dreamy. >> he used to be pale white with blonde hair. >> what are you trying to say? >> you have a tanning machine in your house. >>> i had one more thing. so killed it. can i take a couple seconds to recognize, can you guys swing the camera around, greg norman in the studio audience. >> pleased to have him here today. >> greg norman. >> one of the greatest golfers of all time. he has the american spirit, companies he started, wine and clothing and everything else and the golf courses. >> greg, you're a fan of the show? i think tweet things as such? [ inaudible ] >> watches it every day when he works out. >> i am going to wrap it up. we wanted to share news with you. one of our dear friends, andrea tantaros unfortunately lost her brother monday. he was 31 years old. he was special needs. andrea said he was autistic. daniel was his mom. the siblings, everybody i

. >> another jury roomen favorite, david hasselhoff. trying to stop a thief from stealing signs that featured the former baywatch star. it happened in new haven, connecticut. the clerk spotted a man stealing advertisements for iced coffee ads that had hasselhoff's picture. cops say he ran over the clerk with his suv. he got away. officials report 500 thefts those signs in several states. the actor is shocked and saddened by happened in connecticut, who wouldn't be. he said his thoughts are with the clerk's family. the maker of marlboro cigarettes does better than delta airlines in a branding survey. the firm ranks how favorably people view companies. phillip morris comes in second, last among the least respected. the least respected of them all, delta, they get you there, they get you there with care. h & r block is third. no questions there. when it comes to the most respected. coke and pepsi tied for first place. wow ... reps for core brand based their sway survey on the public's perception, not products. all we've been hearing is cok

and in the cooler, yes, hasselhoff makes his first appearance in the post-willie geist era and conspiracyrounding the double stuffed oreo. but we begin with serious news,

days ago and during that concert will be able to see that in the video now the bass player jared hasselhoff took out a russian flag all of a sudden and put it into his trousers before taking it out and throwing it into the crowd the front man of the band jimi properly later intervened said that he did not support of this action which is hard to believe because several days before that concert they had a gig in key of and during that concert jimmy properly was shouting the f. word russia from the stage now this story gets even more crazy because this band was supposed to perform this weekend in russia in soudan part of the country during the combine a festival they came over there they were told that they will not perform because the ministry of culture deemed this act is very offensive and that and they canceled their performance still they received their money and were on their way back to the airport when they were thrown at their bus to majors and there was even a small demonstration in front of the front of the bus so they arrive to the airport went into the v.i.p. section when several

. >> move over david hasselhoff. one man recreated the famous car from night required.t until you see the interior. you're on timeout leo! some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof! some things will. some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof! some things will. >> this is fun. one man love of cars and tv show from the 80's led him to create one wild ride. check it out. exact replica of kichlt the talking car from knight required. man in detroit transformed 1991 pontiac trans-am gta using parts that he bought off ebay. >> transformed it into kit by changing the fender. the hood. the knight rider nose and season 1 if patch. that's a good running car. being what it is. >> but does it talk? chris palmer says it took him three years to create the replica and he searched on line for information. it was totally worth it. video created by haggerty classic car insurance company and they say it is by far their most popular video on you tube. silicon valley inventor musk has taken a fix national invention from the iron man movie and made it real in the movies billionaire stark move

oddly enough, of cardboard cutouts featuring the actor david hasselhoff.t funny, it's a sad story because a recent break-in has turned serious. the clerk went after those thieves and when the driver sped away, the clerk got dragged and flipped backwards and landed on his head and now he's in critical condition and police say the alleged driver, a 19-year-old boy, has come forward in this incident. >>> two brothers who suffer severe life threatening allergies are making sure that their kids and others can live a better life. what they are making and what they are designing and what they are going to say about it, you're going to hear next. my mantra? trust your instincts to make the call. to treat my low testosterone, my doctor and i went with axiron, the only underarm low t treatment. axiron can restore t levels to normal in about 2 weeks in most men. axiron is not for use in women or anyone younger than 18 or men with prostate or breast cancer. women, especially those who are or who may become pregnant and children should avoid contact where axiron is app

and, of course, "don't hassel the hoff" by david hasselhoff. i was at a bookstore and saw a memoir by a political journalist i had to have called "fat man in a middle seat" by jack germond. i knew who he was. i grew up watching him and watching the chris farley version of him on is the nl, and teamed up with jules whit to right about presidential campaigns. these were part of my self-education in american politics. while the title first attracted me to "fat man in a middle seat" i also wanted to read the book. it didn't disappoint. germond who passed away this week at age 85 was a throwback character. a political writer who loved horse races, political and real ones. he imbibed reporting before twitter when reporters could get closer to politicians than they could dream of today, proximity that could produce invaluable insight and unhealthy coziness. he didn't hide his political views. he was a democrat. his passion was politics. political campaigns, learning who wanted to run, figuring out who was going to win and understanding why. he had no

connecticut is in critical condition this morning after he tried to stop thieves from stealing david hasselhoffe tried to stop the thief, he was hit by their car. they got away. police now using surveillance video to try to track them down. don't hassle the hoff. >> brian: what is the promo? >> steve: maybe it's just him. >> anna: i'm going to start this one out as long as we can. >> brian: why, a soccer story? >> anna: david beckham's modeling career is going strong. he is right here stripping down to his underwear. i'm a little distracted here. the new ad for hnm. >> brian: he really put weight on since retirement. a shame the way he let himself go. david beckham, there he is. >> steve: 24 minutes before the top of the hour. this morning, a british tourist is in critical condition. her foot severed after a cab jumped a curb right here in new york city. wnyw reporter robert moses is live here in manhattan with the details on what happened yesterday in the big town one block from where we're sitting. robert? >> good morning to you. the next time people try to tell that you new yorkers are not f

hasselhoff? >> on the floor with the cheeseburger. although he's a very nice man. >>> in other legal news, donald trump and his for-profit investment school facing a $40 million lawsuit filed by a new york state attorney general. the a.g. accuses trump of engaging in illegal business practices. eric schneiderman says that trump, a former executive in the trump institute made false claims about classes at the school including that trump had hand picked instructors. >> what do you think of that? >> i don't know what to think. i didn't know he had a school. >> so trump says it's a political stunt. >> it is. >> which wouldn't be -- >> i have no doubt. >> which wouldn't be above this a.g. >> however, there's been a number of lawsuits brought by students who said this whole thing just doesn't work. >> i didn't even know he had a school. i knew he had ties. >> about a year and a half, two years ago, there were a number of stories written about this. >> learning a trump way. >> no, but it was when i believe some of the lawsuits started. anywa

that is dangerous when you get away from hasselhoff. >> one of the ancient civilizations i find mostcinating is the byzantine empire. they actually preserve western civilization for a good 1000 years. if you go and see the walls in modern-day istanbul, like 20 feet thick, you have to wonder if this country was overrun from the outside or did it crumble from the inside? as a military historian and a general historian as well, what confluence of threats from the outside as well as threats from within, how do you see that at work in our walls of civilization? gregg's every great civilization has enemies, foreign and domestic. how do they become superior to them when they were not in the past? does rahm destroy animals, and yet when it has 70 million people it can't stop it the but the visigoths. something changed from within. ,estern civilization christianity survive in that hostile climate for 1000 years after the fall of rome. what kept byzantium alive was not material riches. people believe in a transcendence. in this case, christianity, the atlantic language and western civilization