explode: when people on the west coast heard what good radio sounded like, it was good for the howard sternnk: when you went on late night, they reproduced fluff stuff, but howard would drill in there and ask tough questions. how did you get bigger names to come on when they knew they were going to be asked tough questions. >> a lot of people would listen to the show and understood the show and enjoyed it and realized if you came on you were sort of real that the audience would respond to that. i say to people just be yourself. the audience can feel that and respond to that. that was a big help. it just wasn't that typical. people just started to like the show. >> cenk: that's interesting. is this a moment in all that that really stood out to you as either a turning point or like, i can't believe i got back or i can't believe we did this? >> i always say that one of the things that sort of blew me away was when howard did his first book. howard went to do a book signing at barnes & noble on fifth avenue in new york. he said hop in the car. i'm going down there. we started driving down fifth

she'll be joining howard stern and howie mandel. >>> the show's producer, confirming they're not calling the academy awards anymore because it sounds old. instead, they're going with the oscars in hopes of bringing in hip new viewers. people like us, huh, bill ? >>> and nba skz what it's the best picture? "argo" with 29% of vote. there's still time to choose your vote. go to nbc.com. i saw "argo," it was fantastic. >> a lot of people are saying it should easily be the best director. >> it was snubbed because of the director. i haven't seen the rest of them. >> you have to watch them all? >> i do. >>> well, this next one comes from kdiv local in michigan where they ash sheered social media is helping keep up with the times and the family. facebook has helped marguerite keep up with the past and her present. she's legally blind but that hasn't stopped her from logging on to the website. she's had a page for two years and each day her grand are daughter helps her respond to messages from family and friends. good way to stay in touch. >> i'm mara schiavocampo, and this is "early today," just

she'll be joining howard stern and howie mandel when the show kicks off this summer. >>> the show's producers confirmed they are not causing it the 85th academy awards anymore because it sounds old and musty. instead they are going with the oscars in hopes of the bringing in the hip viewers like me and bill. >>> and with the big show happening sunday, nbc asks what's the best picture? "argo" is number one with 59% of the vote. there's still time to choose your vote. go to nbc.com. have you seen "argo"? >> i have. >> they won't match up director and picture, but a great film anyway. >>> the next one comes to us from our affiliate in detroit, michigan. where in nearby lake shore social media is helping keep up with the times and the family. facebook has helped marguerite joseph keep up with her past and present. she's legally blind and deaf, but that hasn't stopped her from logging on to the website. she's had a page for two years and each day her granddaughter helps her respond to messages from family and friends. what a good granddaughter. >> i'm mara schiavocampo, and this is "early today,"

. >> '95, '96 was the first year of "the howard stern show" and i think roseanne barr had a show.o it. >> the transition was rocky at first. it was tough because there was a lot of new things and new people and trying to find out their voices and what they did strong and what they didn't do so strong. >> there was no phil hartmans and kevin nealons and dana carveys. it was really like our show. ♪ looking for a sign of life ♪ looking for something to help it turn out right ♪ ♪ looking for a conversation ♪ make my way back home where i'll learn to fly ♪ >> the whole new group, they felt like this new energy, new blood, new writers, people just moving to new york for the first time from chicago, from florida, it was a very exciting feeling. >> we had one unique experience of all coming into it together. and i think all of those people that work in that particular year were very nice people. so that allowed everybody to experiment and have their own say. i don't think anyone was shutting down anyone else's ideas. we were actually all rooting for each other. >> of course the moment you

trying to repel attacks against the presidential palace with tear gas and water cannons after gives howard sterns and days crowns the banners followed a march by thousands of demonstrators hokies egypt's current leader of repression and tightening his grip on power the protests take place on the second anniversary of the toppling of hosni mubarak as i first saw over the country last across three decades meanwhile a trips public prosecutor orders their arrest of a muslim cleric for saying the natives of the opposition should be condensed to death under islamic law of course to overthrow president morsi and earlier i spoke to author and journalist ransey bird who believes the country has become immensely parise. for the last two years egypt has not been allowed to have a strong central government that is key booboo pushing the political process forward and thus the economy of the country the social cohesion and everything else as a result you have the huge vacuum and this polarization and that is allowing egyptian society to be open for exploitation what has been happening is not exactly a popular

she joins howard stern and howe mandel.onan o'brien named this year's host of the white house correspondence dinner. he also emceed the event in 1995. >> for those watching live on c span. for god's sake, it's saturday night. go outside. meet a woman. come on. >> the dinner, by the way, is on april 27th. >> good point there. >> straight ahead an emergency recall for one of america's favorite breakfast foods. you want to listen to this. it could be filled with chards of glass. >> that is scary. and the president they call them the cards of the future. we spent tax payer money to build them. why is it this ground breaking technology is on the verge of being sold to china? [ piano plays ] troy polamalu's going deeper. ♪ and so is head & shoulders deep clean. [ male announcer ] with 7 benefits it goes deep to remove grease, gunk, and flakes. deep. like me. [ male announcer ] ad & shoulders de clean for men. ♪ [ male announcer ] ad & shoulders de clean for men. new griddle-melts to youre usual breakfast sandwich. a lot more flav

when i was on "the howard stern show" i used to do an impression of him all the time. house in connecticut. and howard looked at me and that was kind of my cue to do a mike tyson impression. and i'm doing the impression and it's not the most flattering impression. i'm laughing, howard's laughing. robin's laughing and 50 cent isn't laughing. and he sort of looks at us and shakes his head and he goes, "y'all act like mike don't still knock mother effers out." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: no, he still does. yeah. that is true. >> true dat. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: true dat. yeah, absolutely. >> yeah, i'd be afraid, i don't know. >> jimmy: but, everything's going well with you, which i'm happy to hear. for awhile there it was a little -- we were worried about you. >> i've had some trouble. i've had some trouble. but i came back in a real way. and again, i'm just happy i'm in a part of showbiz where i don't have to do real embarrassing commercials yet. because, you know, a lot of guys do. and when it's a guy i hate, i don't mind seeing it. like jimmy johnson used to coach the cowbo

born the year of the snake include oprah winfrey, j.f.k., abraham lincoln, picasso, mlk, jr., howard sterned and people are partying right now in portsmouth square, of course. this one of many events here in san francisco where the year of the snake and chinese new year is the biggest in the nation. live in san francisco, lorraine blanco. >>> people were seriously hurt after their small boat crashed right into a packed ferry. it happened at 4:30 yesterday afternoon. the ferry was heading from sausalito to san francisco with 500 people on board when the small boat slammed right into the side of it. everyone on the ferry was ok. but two men in their 60s on that small boat were rushed to the hospital. the cause of that crash is still under investigation. ferry service will run as usual today. >>> san francisco police are asking for your help to find a missing man. 20-year-old christian hughes flew up from san diego on february 4th to visit a friend, and he was supposed to fly home last thursday but no one has seen or heard from him in more than a week. his mother is in the bay area trying to

with the reports, we remember the reports, the lengthy reports and some of the ladies went on howard sterni've got to leave it at that. no, no more i've got to go, got to go. great job for both of you, mark, great to see you, kevin as well. new concerns that your home might be making you sick. oh, joy. could the appliances and products inside your home be making you physically ill? kelly's court looks the at new and disturbing evidence in the case of the olympian charged with premeditated murder of his model girlfriend. allegations now of steroid abuse, a possible new weapon in the crime and why investigators say her ipad could reveal damaging evidence against olympian oscar pistorius. that's next. >> obviously, from an american point of-- and also as a friend, it's a tragic circumstance and events that have unfolded and we can only give you at this point in time. living with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis means living with pain. it could also mean living with joint damage. humira, adalimum, can help treat more than just the pain. for many adults, humira is clinically proven to he

she will join howard stern as acts compete for the $1 million prize. >>> head to cnn.com/trends to checkate-night, guys took on celebrity wine, the oscars. >> i heard that playboy is coming out with its first iphone app later this year. or as your girlfriend put it, hey, why is your iphone locked now? pretty cool app. it's called words with boobs. >> an interesting contest going on in the best actress comedy. the stars of the movie "beasts of the southern wild," quvenzhane wallis is only 9, which makes your kid's role in her play seem less impressive, right? she said if she doesn't win she's threatening to die during the broadcast, the oldest nominee. >>> producing a new wine from their french estate, putting their names on the labels. they're not the first celebrities to do this. lindsay lohan put her name on a vodka bottle but it was with a sharpy so no one else would drink from it. >> mean. >>> "early start" continues right now. >> we learned a big ruling on bail for oscar pistorius is coming in 90 minutes. will he be freed on bail? >>> shootout on the vegas strip. police on the hunt

calling m a little howard stern and a little frank sinatra. >> some of the jokes of the evening offendedhe point. >> reporter: the village voice says what the audience got was seth macfarlane. and prime-time critics may not have been ready for it. >> the oscar audience perhaps wasn't ready and the critics weren't ready for going over the line and having someone up there who was willing to puncture pretensions, to push buttons. the ratings went up so obviously the public, as offended as they were, they kept watching till the end. >> reporter: ratings were up double digits, 19% from last year. the highest, wolf, since 2007. >> people watched. waiting for something to happen i guess. thanks very much, kyung, for that. we've just received a scary reminder, one the nation's most popular sports is very dangerous. >>> we all got a scary reminder that sometimes watching a car race can be as dangerous as driving it. a crash at daytona injured at least 28 fans. cnn's john zarrella has more on what nascar is going to be doing to keep the fans safe. >> reporter: seven people remain in the hospital h