starring humphrey bogart and katharine hepburn, it became a film classic. >> you're crazy. >> and featured a trusty old work boat with a tempera mental boiler and a clattering steam engine. today, 61 years later, that famous boat, "the african queen" has found new life with a more reliable boiler. in key largo, florida, has been put into service by lance and suzanne holmqvist. he, an expert in boat restoration. she, a student and fan of old movies. >> i feel we have been given something special to take care of and we really need to do a good job. >> the boat was built 100 years ago in england but didn't stay there. >> worked in africa for 60 years hauling mercenaries and missionaries and big game hunters and sometimes i imagine they would be on the same voyage. >> after the movie, it traveled to america as a tourist boat and was left to rust in a florida pasture. in 1982, it was bought by jim hendrix who sailed her at events in england, australia, ireland, and new york. his son jimmy is now the current owner, leasing it to the holmqvists. >> she's a piece of history, a piece of history tha

ghosts here, for example, katharine hepburn sitting right here with a tiller in hand, telling humphrey bogart just what to do. >> oh, miss. have pity. >> again, a starring role. mark potter, nbc news, key largo, florida. >> that's our monday broadcast. i'm brian williams. we hope

i mean, humphrey bogart in deadline u.s.a. did you have a role model? did you see something that inspired you to be a reporter? um... maybe izzy stone, i.f. stone from i.f. stone's weekly. but mainly the people at the star. there were great reporters at the star. this was a great newspaper. at the time, the washington post had, deservedly so, a reputation to some extent for slanting stories, and it did, particularly in its local coverage. and the star really had the best of old-fashioned journalistic play-it-straight values. and it had some great reporters as well as some real characters straight out of the front page. they've outlawed characters now in newsrooms. yes, there are no longer characters. they're not permitted. they have rogues in newsrooms right now. there's no smoking, no drinking, and no cussing. so from those--that beginning-- what an extraordinary beginning. 'cause you saw america's newsrooms as they-- at their most vibrant, really. and-- when i went to work at the washington post, i thought i was going to work for an insurance company.

and i know the thing you're all thinking is we're missing humphrey bogart. it turn out that if you're a double agent, seeming to be a baa too far is a pretty good coffer, and he managed that -- cover, and he managed that. i think he managed to take in burr. they came up for a plan for an expedition into spanish territory. burr was to recruit private citizens to join this expedition, wilkinson was to bring the soldiers. and jointly they would invade, liberate the spanish colonies in this florida, in texas and mexico, and while recruiting burr would tell the people he was recruiting versions of the following story: the atlantic state, the original 13 states, were exploiting the west and that the west in 1805 was like the atlantic states had been in 1776. imagine a former vice president of the united states saying, basically, you should be rebelling. he said that the separation of the west from the rest of the country was inevitable, that war with spain over mexico was highly desirable, and he would consider it a great honor to lead mexicans into mexico city. a

. >> unless she looks like humphrey bogart all the way over there.won't have to worry about next year's gift. >> maybe you'd like to have a frying pan. >> all right. >> that is a good point. >> philip, thank you so much. >> how'd we do? >> you guys are brilliant. i love it. >> you're back. you're coming back. >> any time i want to go on vacation i know who to write my column. go camping. >> jill's fun finds coming up next. you won't want to miss. right after this. [ male announcer ] and now, another newtonism. never beat around the bush. you'll just squash the berries. new triple berry newtons. ♪ made with real fruit, 100% whole grain, and fiber. it's one unique cookie. made with real fruit, 100% whole grain, and fiber. but why doesn't it last? [ male announcer ] even after a cleaning... plaque quickly starts to grow back. introducing crest pro-health clinical rinse. it actually keeps your teeth 91% clean of plaque even at 2 months after a dental visit. new crest pro-health clinical rinse. olive garden's bringing during the taste of tuscany starting

bogart. >> humphrey bow guard. >> you smoked weed when you watch casablanca. >> you have to get in line upoke pot. you have seg regret in his mouth the whole time. you remember the scene where he and sam was at piano and she walked into the bar and they were doing some weed. you don't remember that at all? >> and along with the gun. never mind. the point you made, greg, i thought was interesting. world leaders. >> i was saying, the reason why, president obama is so appealing to the media that they probably in their little cubby holes in the dorms in the 70s and 60s doing the same thing. he is just like them. i wasn't like them. no, no. >> it is a good point. >> you got the information and flow of information and technology. our access to people that normally we wouldn't know about accept x ep for occasional headline, it's all this familiarity. something that the president does having a history of weed smoking doesn't make any difference to us? >> also it's further contrasts from that evil cold father figure, that is mitt romney. mitt romney is mean, here is a bully. he is rich. obama is so