he's fast but not kona ironman fast. >> but he used to be slow, really slow.low and. >> i was a the fat guy. >> reporter: a fat guy who two years ago had this happen after surgery. >> my wife was crying next to my bad bed and said you have to change. >> reporter: it's one thing to make a vow, another to keep it. greg kept. so what did you do? >> i started running, riding my bike, swimming, playing ultimate frisbee, anything i could do to keep moving. >> reporter: the fat guy isn't fat anymore. >> it worked. i slowly but surely have lost 85 pounds the last two years. >> reporter: he's run, biked and swam in races and now has his sights set on the kona ironman world championship. >> i didn't dream that i could ever be anman. >> reporter: race organizers offer slots to people who symbolize the ironman spirit. they have to make a video to convince people to vote for them. >> little by little the weight started woman coming off and i began -- the weight started coming up. >> for a guy like me to do that in the shape i was, it's just incredible. i think anybody can

mostly just extra ironman questions to be honest with you.way, here it is your moment of zen. >> imagine you took a lot of acid and then he ate that whole bowl. you go home and you experience violent diarrhea. like you're tripping at 4:00 in the morning. you turn around and you look at the toilet. like there are ant engineering gone out of control? potatoes have eyes, corn has ears, and now turnips have big titties. then bad news for photojournalism. a picture is now worth about 37 words. and my guest, jonathan alter, has a new book about obama versus the republicans. so thrilling, it's like nothing gets done on every page. the t.s.a. has dropped its plans to allow golf clubs on airplanes. great. now the putting green in first class is useless. this is the colbert report. captioning sponsored by

not the director of ironman, the former director of speechwriting for president obama. he is the cofounder of fenway strategy and a columnist for the daily beast. please welcome to the program jon favreau. [ cheers and applause ] how are you? >> i'm well. how are you? >> jon: how was your new career? you've left the speechwriting. >> left the speechwriting. i have a life again. >> jon: how long did you speech write? >> i speech-wrote for... jon: don't. i see your talent already, sir. >> i was with the president since 2005 when he got to the senate. >> jon: but you seem very young to me. how old were you when you first began to write for him? >> 23 or 24. i can't remember now. >> jon: [bleep] you. how about that? how about that? wow. that's truly remarkable, not that i was doing wild turkey in the basement of a liquor store on route 1 in jersey. how did they find you or how did you find them? >> i was in the kerry campaign i was robert gibbs' assistant. gibbs left to go work for obama. obviously the kerry campaign didn't go so well. >> jon: what happened with that? and t

will be suiting up for ironman 2 and 3. there's no negotiations for ironman 4. >>> finally, the rumored name of kanye west and kim kardashian's daughter has a lot in common with the city of seattle. can you guess it, bill? according to the media -- >> rainy, gloomy? >> that might even be better. the child was named north west. i don't know if i like that. north? that's kind of lame, right? people are pretty upset about this. >> someone said, what, was wild and key taken already? >> i get it. key west. this is "early today." we hope it's your first stop of the day here on nbc. >>> the lead story this morning, could paula deen's words bring down her empire? it looks into the recent admission by the celebrity chef that she's previously used racial slurs. >>> and in the "l.a. times" as beijing pollution worsens, some american ex-pats leave. >>> all right. topping our news, an autopsy is scheduled today for iconic actor james gandolfini. he died late wednesday after suffering cardiac arrest while on vacation in italy. loved ones

he clocked four hours and 20 minutes in the ironman. it was a full 10 minutes up of his personal best. >> i really enjoyed the bike. 1100 participants took the plunge on a sunday morning with amateurs and professionals competing in different age groups. each wore different swimming caps. after the swimming, the bike section before a final punishing run. the quickest over the 113 kilometer course, a former two- time world and european champion one backup for bold margin of four and a half minutes -- won by a bold margin of four and a half minutes. >> i'm going to collapse like a wet sack. >> i came here all the way from bahrain to germany to make my country proud, to represent bahrain. >> jenson remains the fitness celebrity freak. >> finally, two different worlds met in rome today when a contingent of harley-davidson enthusiasts attended a mass in st. peter's square. pope francis rode his rather more sedate vehicle to greet the and inspect their gleaming machines. the american company is celebrating its 110th anniversary. stay with us.

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whether it's ironman, the biggest star at the moment boop. >> just good old fashioned revenge. >> orp it together in the chaos of gotham city. >> then you have my permission to die. >> we need superheroes to tackle problems that are too tough for mere mortals to superheroes are the greek gods of secular life. other worldly figures able to tackle the problems of this one, like the gods of mythology, they can be flawed. >> in fact, we need them to be flawed. >> we recently met with the known who scored the movie. he started with superman's theme. right? we have hope right there. that's the possibility of hope. ♪ >> how do you describe the many facets of one character with just two nights? -- notes? >> the superhero themselves have changed their tunes ever so slightly over the years. >> let the games begin. >> reporter: their response to the challenges we need them to tackle.

new "ironman," a new "man of steel."hough there are some worries from some of the analysts two to three films late looks light. that's quote. let's check in with rich the ceo of imax, len more about his company and prospects. welcome back to "mad money." >> thank you. >> rich, remember at the beginning of your most recent conference, you started off by saying the company has three priority, pen trax, differentiation and scale. i want to know how far along you are with the united states and the world, differentiation, i don't know who has anything like you, i don't know who need to difference chayet yourself from. scale, how big? how big? >> so in terms of penetration, we targeted certain markets that were underrepresented. those include latin america, where we have a fairly small presence, europe, where we have been little because of the size restrictions in europe because of screens and slow growth building perms, and the emerging markets like russia and china. actually, it's going great. i had a conference call yesterd

if you could charge people $50 to see ironman three on opening night, why not do it.s have prevented studios from having that kind of experimentation. >> thanks both of you. we appreciate it. we will be watching. it is continuing to evolve an all about the demand out there in terms of who is going to the movies. thanks so much. >>> watch out for corporate spies. that's next. his phone has been ringing nonstop. ever since the employee blew the lid off top secret surveillance programs. we are talking about rising corporate paranoia, what it is justified. stay with us. [ agent smith ] i've found software that intrigues me. it appears it's an agent of good. ♪ [ agent smith ] ge software connects patients to nurses to the right machines while dramatically reducing waiting time. [ telephone ringing ] now a waiting room is just a room. [ static warbles ] we're headed the same way, right? yeah. ♪ [ panting ] uh... after you. ♪ [ sighs ] [ male announcer ] it's all in how you get there. the srx, from cadillac. awarded best interior design of any luxury brand. lease this 2013 c

new ironman and man of steel, which is the new superman movie, and fast and furious six. they're popular overseas. there are some worries from some of the analysts that the film slate looks light. that's a quote. let's go to rich, the ceo of imax. learn more about his company and its profits. welcome back to "mad money". >> thank you. >> rich, at the beginning of your most recent conference where you start out by saying the company has three priorities. penetration, differentiation, and scale. i want to know how far along you are with penetration both in the united states and the world. differentiation, i don't know who has anything like you, so i don't know who you need to differentiate yourself from, and scale. well, how big? how big? >> so in terms of penetration, we targeted certain markets where we're under represented, and those include latin america, where we have a fairly small presence, europe where it's been -- we've been a little -- because of how the size restrictions in europe about screens and because of slow growth and building permits, we haven't grown as

mostly just extra ironman questions to be honest with you. anyway, here it is your moment of zen. >> imagine you took a lot of acid and then he ate that whole bowl. you go home and you experience violent diarrhea. like you're tripping at 4:00 in the morning. you turn around and you look at the toilet. like there are ant engineering gone out of control? potatoes have eyes, corn has ears, and now turnips have big titties. then bad news for photojournalism. a picture is now worth about 37 words. and my guest, jonathan alter, has a new book about obama versus the republicans. so thrilling, it's like nothing gets done on every page. the t.s.a. has dropped its plans to allow golf clubs on airplanes. great. now the putting green in first class is useless. this is the colbert report. captioning sponsored by comedy central [ cheers and applause ] >> stephen, stephen, stephen, stephen, stephen! >> stephen: welcome to the report. thank you so much. good to have you with us. all right. folks, thank you for coming. folks, the supreme court delivered a lan

matthews of ironman water sports and they decided to do a dunk in the water over this bridge. >> you are right, i want to do this. >> all of you people who have dreams of dunking a basketball and will never get there, you can do this. >> you have to get a couple of guys out there with the flyboards and get a little two on two action. >> well, it is neat that they were able to get all of the angles so you can see how high up he actually gets. >> ultimately how much control these guys have over those flyboards things, to be able to set and shoot. >> and we will have flyboards one day. >> oh! >>> in wood haven, michigan, a girl named joanne. >> we are seeing what is on the movie screen, but we are also seeing joanne at the theater. the date comes up. >> this does not happen. >> and underneath the movie trail ser the song "tongue tied" by group love. you can see that joanne is reacting as soon as a strapping young man appears on the screen. >> how did you get in the movie. >> you are probably wondering what i am probably doing on the screen right now. he gets right to the point. i am goi

so if this follows the path that ironman 3 and fast and the furious did, which are the other two big openers this year, its probably gonna come in just south of $300 million domestically and i would think that even if it gets a similar bump internationally that superman returns did compared to man of steel, i think we're probably looking at a break even situation for warner bros. and probably have to make money on dvd. > >also last weekend at the box office, take a look at this. the numbers just drop off. > >75% drop. huge drop. > >what happened there? that was a momentary blip. coming up this weekend at the box office as i mentioned...you had the opportunity to screen a couple of these. let's start with monsters university, coming from disney. > >yeah, monsters university, remember the days when we all looked forward to a new pixar film? i think those days are done. the argument could be made that this is actually the laziest production in their history. it's a really disappointing prequel. it seems like they took a cue from monsters inc. where at the end of that film, they discover

it's a bigger risk on a original content than some of the established mans like "ironman" or "man ofe seen so far this summer. looking to recoup its costs and build because, paramount and theater chain regal introduced the first-ever megaticket. $50 bought access to a wednesday prescreening, a digital downloading of the film, 3-d glasses and a limited edition paurs. the test was successful now they're looking for way to roll out more megatickets with future films. it's not quite the $150 tickets george lucas predicted when i interviewed him last week, but it is key experimentation to help the studios grow profits. >> and how is the summer box office shaping up? >> so far, it's been very strong. so far the summer is up 12% over last year, and with these gains so far, it looks like the total year will end up over last year. >> all right. julia, thank you so much for your time. julia boorstin out in l.a. >>> now, media stocks, of course, have been one of the hottest trades this year, but there are signs that there could be some trouble here. let's call to the charts and find out why, wi

dennis: do have kabul scores for ironman three? >> ironman three was way up there.teel will be a big one. dennis: you are on hundred 21,000 screens nationwide. how many thousand screens are you not on and how do you end up getting to them? >> about 39,000, almost 40,000 screens in america. on a screen count, we have lots of growth ahead of us. we ticket 75% of the moviegoing public goes to the movies. obviously a lot of moviegoing in major markets. we really over index. there is room to grow and we continue to add new theater partners every day. dennis: you joined 2012 i am thinking the only reason you are there is because you would like to unlock that baby and spit it out as a privately held company. >> right now my goal is to grow the core business. we have a huge opportunity. we are a giant moviegoer destination. you will see original content that we have already started to create show up across our companies pop. right now i want to unlock the power in the company and see where we go from there. dennis: good answer. thank you very much. >> tank you for having me

you're going to have to pay 25 bucks for the next ironman. probably only $7 to see the movie link in. >> is referring to the price of tickets not corresponding to the budgets of movies at all. you pay the same amount to see life of piety due to see john carter. you know, so i think that what he is referring to, going forward, if you're going to spend $250 million to make a movie, people are going to have to pay more for it. gerri: it is like a two-tiered structure. maybe three or four, we don't know where it's going. >> i don't know. i mean, there is so much entrenched right now in the movie business. it is going to be a difficult thing to change. i think that steven spielberg is good at predicting the future. so i would not rule it out. gerri: i think what he said in a comment is that someday, some year, some summer, all of the movie theaters will have a different blockbuster enable all fail because they cost so much to put on and you can't have all movie theaters having all these of these different shows. would he make of that? >> i think i

it's an ironman movie a star tracker twilight it will d well everything i here. see how they can do because for years now the studios and people like myself haveeen trying to figure out a formula for predicting box office. it might just be able to. dennis: gully but has a great forestgachine. yet when i follow-up on this and ask them, your entir study has no specifics, namely because they don't wt to miss any studio that ty want to advertise. that is no rson. we have two examps. magic mike, the stripper movie, it was a huge hit. no one had any idea. they said thatheir trailer search data guy everye thought thatat this movie would do nothing. there trailer search status of the movie would open up 40 million. they came in at 39 million. >> 40 million. twice the expectations. it was very impressive. we have the great example. if anybody went on t srch aboutha film, the great trailer promoting very entertaining to the women who want to see that film. did very well. that's one reaso dennis: in the other example was. >> exactly. dennis: they predicted -- >> the studios

it's the biggest june opening ever and the second biggest of the year just behind ironman three, aapocalypticomedy finished. and the drama now you see me finished third. >> do you think a lot of women justice went to see henry,ry, whatever his last name is as superman. >> that could be, i have to be honest. >> the kardashian clan has expanding now. beauty star -- reality star. beauty star? reality star kim cash dashan -- kardashian and kanye west was born over the weekend. she was born five weeks early but both are just fine. the child has dark hair and and looks like her mother. a name has not been released. can you tell that early on. >> of course, you can. c name the baby kimye.i just do it. lock and roll? well, you can. rolling stone frontman mick jagger's hair goes up for auction next month. bidding starts at $2300 at a british auction house.ctio do you we know really? rea mick jagger's hair after being wash and trimmed by somebody. >> they put it in like an envelope and we're going to save it. don't waste your money because he is going to want it back. [ laughter ] >> ahead at 9:00 a ne

they call him the ironman character, you will quickly see why tonight. >>> i'm dane dane with kim kim, bob kendrick, greg greg. fiefz in new york city. (5kvfelg6çl-72#bzk,cs%m!ñáqccñ 7 paula deen takes on the network. her career in free fall. here is paula deen. >> i am here today because i want people to know who i am. >> would you have fired you? >> would i have fired me? knowing me, no. >> are you a racist? >> no. the day i used that world, it was a world ago. it was 30 years ago. >> you have never used the "n" word other than that one occasion? >> no, i have never, with any intention hurt anybody on purpose and i never would. if there's anyone out there that has never said something that they wish they could take back, if you are out there, please pick up that stone and throw it so hard at my head that it kills me. i is what i is and i'm not changing. >> a powerful interview. we talked about this story friday, greg. i think i jumped to conclusion. when i first down heard it and we got it ten minutes before the show, i thought it was more recent thing. 30 years ago, perhaps should

ironman, superman returned to the big screen., someone else is making a come back as well. remember this guy? >> how much time. >> you're on. >> i love scotch. i love scotch. scotchy scotch scotch. here it goes down. down into my belly. i'm ready. >> yes, america's favorite news man is back. the first official trailer from anchorman 2, the legend returns has been released. ladies and gentlemen, ron burgundy. >> we are starting a 24 hour news channel. we want you. >> i am going to do what ron burgundy was set on the earth to do. have salon quality hair and do the news. >> the news team is back! >> welcome to the '80s, baby. >> is that your foot between my legs? >> no. >> oh, it was my hand. >> onto therapy. >> my eyes are watering. >> this is my segment, of course. gave me something, i have never seen this movie, have no idea who ron burgundy is. i will give it to greg to help me out. >> here is the thing, one of the most destructive movies. saturday afternoon, 1:00, you have to run errands, do something important, you walk by and

ironman 3 was untouch ale untouchable numbers, you are riding this streak, this economy is improvingly, people like to get their wallets out in this economy. neil: i think you are right, it is good fun entertainment. and speaking of all things movie, dreamworks animation, and netflix, two are planning to produce more than 300 hours of them, dipping into a rich library of franchises from "shrek" and madagascar to cap per the friendly coast -- kasper the friendly ghost, a stupid movie by the way, and rocky and bullwinkle, scott? >> they are doing nicely, they had house of cards and arrested development, netflix stock has been on fire, and down food chain, bringing on cartoon stuff, a smart move on net glick a part and dreamworks, this seems to be the new allure, single issue distribution that is hitting the -- growth. neil: and it will boost interest to whatever net glick does. >> there is a double win, dreamworks wants distribution, and net glick wants programs, netflix cut off their deal with viacom, which was spongebob and all them, they need more stuff. dreamworks has always come o

ask at risk of sounding rude, a lot of people, a lot of people called you tony stark character, the ironman character on which that ewell b!elaborate downey bs titan, playboy if you will, is that true? >> they called my that. they have called me the tony stark of the cyber world. whether it is true or not, i am just who i am. i live my life. i say what i want to say. to what i want to do. neil: so, when it comes to money issue, at the risk of pushing this too extremes, tony stark loses a fortune, getting it back, presumably the talk is you lost a fortune, got a lot back, coming your way back down with a book, movies, that -- could be features you, making you the subject, that seems look a guy very much back in the game? >> i don't think that i ever really left the game, my game has changed. it no secret as a very young man, i was making money from selling drugs in mexico, thank god i am not doing that any more. i made a fortune lost a fortune more times than i can count, money is easy to make, sir, simplistthing in the world to make, keeping the money is always the problem. neil: very well

they call him the ironman character, you will quickly see why tonight. >>> i'm dane dane with kim kimb kendrick, greg greg. fiefz in new york city. paula deen takes on the network. her career in free fall. here is paula deen. >> i am here today because i want people to know who i am. >> would you have fired you? >> would i have fired

we like to think it's actually probably better than ironman in "minority report."er and interact with like you interact with the real world every day. so in the same way we reach out and pick up objects hundreds of times a day. that itself the experience we want to bring to a computer and let you reach in and interact like a character in "minority report" or ironman. in this way it's powerful. there was arguing last night looking at minds shift to be. there is my plug to get it. tell us of the real world applications people are using this for. you see it on the screen, some of the great stuff that's happening. >> yeah, one of the most exciting things is the diversity of applications. so out of the box, you can control a windows or mac computer. then we have developers like otter desk who have built a way for engineers to manipulate 3m models or the new york times who have built a 3d news reader and video reader. issuable networks, facebook, other situations where you have complex data, all of their friends and photos, you want to navigate through 3d space. of cours

ironman 3 made more than twice as much in its first weekend overseas than the first weekend here in theing this trend the new "superman" film, "man of steel," is making its u.s. debut this friday, days before it opens in foreign markets. is the trend changing and what does it mean for hollywood? joining us peter guber, chairman and ceo of mandalay entertainment. wonderful to see you. condolences on the golden state warriors but you made it to the playoffs. kudos. may the same happen to the l.a. dodgers now. why isn't the new soup every man movie opening up -- "superman" movie opening upoverseas because they have been doing so well with that strategy in the past? >> very expensive film. warner is pouring a ton of movie in all media. they were looking for the right date. there is so much traffic out there with big american films they wanted to get the right date. they got the right date for the united states. the reason is very interesting. they changed the name of the fflm from "superman," which is very american to "man of steel." they were looking at that international marketplace and t

are we heading to a world where tickets to blockbusters like ironman or superman cost you 50 bucks oraybe 150 bucks. what some of the biggest names in the business are saying about your future at the box office. it's all coming up on gma. of this saturday morning. hope to see you then. >> you will see us then. i got a sneak preview of the last story you teased and i cannot fathom paying that much money for one night of anything. food, a movie? it's outrageous. >> it would have to be an extremely good movie. the idea is going to the movies in the future will be like going to a broadway show. >> it would have to be a pretty darn good movie, pretty real. >> right. >> to cost that much. oh, my gosh. we will definitely see you at seven. >> for cheap you can stay on the couch. >> which i much prefer, then i don't have to get dressed. thank you. see you at seven. >>> back in the bay area, google glass is not only a new style, maybe fashionable to some people, it's a search engine for everyone. the company has released this video showing what glass can do. all you have to do is touch the pad

he said that's not ironman in the suit. [ baby crying ] >> her son is 23. [ laughter ] >> mom, he's noting. he said he has never had his eyes done, but he has had the wrinkles removed from his -- it's a new technique. many people in hollywood have done it, it's a called ball ironing. >> i hope he was joking. >> stephanie: he was joking. but now it's a thing. hollywood's rejuvenateors began offering the treatment. nurse janey owner of beauty park medical spa, said her new tighten the tackle procedure, removes hair erases wrinkles and corrects discoloration on the scrotum. >> that's kind of hard to swallow. [♪ circus music ♪] >> stephanie: oh john louise. she said the tide is turning, don't knock it until you try it. >> that's not the part they are supposed to be looking at. >> stephanie: many are particularly before an awards ceremony. >> oh, come on! they are not going to be on display -- >> what kind of awards are we talking about? the golden globes or the avn -- >> stephanie: what are you wear? well i'm wearing armani but would you like to see -- >> meanwhile in the third world -- >>

. >> good luck to the athletes competing in the williamsburg half ironman this weekend. >> that will for this edition of the daily rundown. we'll see you back here tomorrow morning. coming up next, chris jansing and company, she will as i promised have the very latest from the supreme court. pete williams is standing on the steps. that's not him but we'll be right back. >> i'm meteorologist karen cairns. story is severe weather in the plains from minneapolis southwards oh, maha, sioux falls all with a chance of seeing damaging wind and hail with those storms as they roll through on this evening. nice in areas of the east coast, few thunderstorms down along the gulf and fire weather still very dangerous with hot and dry conditions from phoenix to denver. have a great day. [ female announcer ] are you sensitive to dairy? then you'll love lactose-free lactaid® it's 100% real milk that's easy to digest so you can fully enjoy the dairy you love. lactaid®. for 25 years, easy to digest. easy to love. chantix... it's a non-nicotine pill. i didn't want nicotine to give up nicotine. [ male ann

they call him the ironman character, you will quickly see why tonight. >>> i'm dane dane with kim kimn new york city. (5kvfelg6çl-72#bzk,cs%m!ñáqccñ 7 paula deen takes on the network. her career in free fall. here is paula deen. >> i am here today because i want people to know who i am. >> would you have fired you? >> would i have fired me?

language ] >> so what you're looking at here for people who don't know is a scene that was added on to "ironman book about how a lot of these means are being repurposed from the beginning for this sort of foreign audience that sometimes is up to 70% of gross. how much does that change the way our movies are being created? >> it changes them fundamentally. when i first starred in the business, the foreign market was 20%. and the domestic audience was 80%. now it's fundamentally reversed. china is the number two market in the world. and by 2020, it's going to be the number one movie in the world. china basically only wants to play our 3-d and our imax movies. they have a quota and that quota only allows 3-d and imax movies in our blockbusters. so if we know that that's going to be the number one market in the world and they only want our blockbusters and action movies, they won't let in dramas, won't let in political movies, they won't let in certain kinds of movies, then why is hollywood going to make anything that's not going to get into the number one market in the world. >> i was struck watch

to the scene," it's a competition show based on a bunch of big movies like "et," "terminator ii," "ironmants have to replay all of these scenes from the movie and i'm the host. >> and who will you be interviewing? talk to me about what kind of people you'll be hosting? >> these are regular people who signed up on the show to compete and try to win ten grand in half a day's work. >> excellent. >> it's kind of exciting, and it's also fun and comedic. you know, so something different for me. >> we're looking at some of the shots, it's pretty amazing, the strength and power of reality tv. and how well it's done. >> yeah, i don't watch much of it, but -- now i've got to watch it because i'm in it. >> let me ask you about your movies, the two expendables films worldwide have made nearly $600 million. what have those movies done for your career at this stage? >> well, i think it kind of brought me back to the big screen, you know. it's funny enough, we still own the first time and second time to do. came up with a cool character. and set my career, and it was a lot of phone number to play those r

. >> i don't think the reviews are going to be as strong as for "ironman 3" but i think warner brotherhands. >> reporter: which at the end of the day is the super news this superman is looking for. >> now, industry estimates have "man of steel" coming in at number one at the box office this weekend. 100 to $115 million. the film is already breaking records overseas in the philippines coming in over a $1.6 million. in taiwan, the best opening for warner brothers, beating harry potter and the dark knight. they're on their way to china now for the shanghai film festival. >> henry cavell is smoking hot, they're hanging a whole lot of that of the movie's success on that. that bruting character. >> that definitely helps. there were also a whole bunch of corporate sponsors. i hops, 7-elevens and nicon and the first tim that retail giant walmart sold tickets for the film. "man of steel" is estimated to cost about $225 million to produce and another $150 million to market and the head of warner brothers studios says that it's going to be their highest performer ever. brianna, a sequel is alread

he has made a fortune off of playing ironman, and three signature films, and now he has signed up tocharacter at least two more times. he will act in the avengers two and three. he did take home a $50 million payday for the first avenger's payday. >> bill: wow. wow. i don't know if you have heard what happened on immigration reform yesterday. i couldn't believe what they did yesterday. now we have talked so much about this, and sun kim is going to be along later to give us more details, but this is a real problem facing this country, no doubt about it mainly because we have 11 million people -- i think that's conservative, 11 million people living here who -- who themselves or part of their family came here illegally years ago, and they are living in the shadows and making great contribution to this country, but with that large percentage of the population who's legal status is unclear it creates all kinds of problems. so we have to do something about immigration reform and making sure our borders are secure. and so this issue which is a priority for president obama is a really, real

batman, ironman, superman, that reflects our world. we know so much more about our leaders, so much more quickly than we used to. we even know that the best are not blameless. they're not pure good. but if you ask me, a more complicated story is ultimately a better one. pure good versus pure evil, kind of boring. the action of real life may be harder as a plot to follow, but we can still do it. we can untangle the plot lines and tell you who the villains are. and rest assured, there are still bad guys in politics. many of them are in the house of representatives. look at the farm bill. the house's version included severe cuts to s.n.a.p., the food stamp program. $21 billion cut over the next ten years. close to 2 million people could lose benefits. 200,000 children could lose free school lunches tied to s.n.a.p. eligible. 850,000 households could see reduced benefits. there are provisions to drug test recipients, to prohibit the usda from advertising s.n.a.p. in any way, to change eligibility rules, to bring back the asset test, to kic

couple other pictures like "ironman."shot on the relocations where movies were done and -- >> steve: wait a minute. we saw new a wedding dress. what are you doing? >> no, you didn't. >> steve: yeah. we just saw new a wedding dress. >> i don't think so. >> gretchen: it was a strap key little number. i saw it. >> steve: what were you doing there? >> in the dress? i only wore it once in photos. >> brian: the second time you don't wear white. >> gretchen: there you are. you're reenacting the movie ""bridesmaids." >> i don't know how i did that. >> brian: you're the host, you have to take risks. >> steve: you're outside the fake bridal shop where the girls got sick after eating at that joint. >> yeah, yeah. >> brian: this is real tv. very exciting. >> yeah. it's a fun show. it's got funny stuff like gags like "terminator 2". >> brian: that's good because america wants to be in films. there is very few guys like you who get to be in the film. >> whatever you say, yeah. >> brian: i'm selling your show! >> thank you. >> gretchen:

as ironman. he signed on to appear in the next "a vengers" seeker film.nant with her second child. congrats. jenny from the block is now jenny from the walk. getting a star on the hollywood walk of fame. fantastic. congrats. >> congrats to her. fabulous, fabulous. >>> also fabulous indra petersons is in the weather center with what you need to know before you head out the door. >> first day of summer, which we know. perfect conditions except where they're getting too much heat. once again, red flag warnings, low humidity and still in the forecast for them, but some rain out there. almost too rain. we're talking from the dakotas to minnesota. day after day means two to four inches possible in that area. it is summer, we want to end on a good note today. gorgeous weather, especially in the northeast where you had so much rain. finally we can all enjoy our weekend. >> have a fabulous weekend, my dear. >>> we're now at the top of the hour, which means it's time for the top news. >>> too close for comfort. a delta 747 pulls out of a landing and just misses a p

. >> i don't think man of steel can approach what ironman made which is 175 million but i think a $100e it again, absolutely. >> this weekend's box office receipts will tell if superman is still the man of steel or will he rust in peace. e news, hollywood. >> so the new guy is getting good reviews. who is your favorite superman of all time. i go back to the base ix on tv. >> but before george receives in the movie was kirk allen. >> you like him. >> modern era sort of. christopher reed for natalie and me. >> no dean cane. >> there's one superman like no other, al roker. >> looks like james brown there for a second. >> i did. i did. >> when was that from? >> two years ago halloween. >> oh, that's right. >> try to get that imagine out of your head and we'll be right back after your local news. new honey bunches of oats greek yogurt and whole grain. here we go. honey cornflakes and chunks of greek yogurt. i'm tasting both the yogurt and the honey at the same time. i'm like digging this yogurt thing. i feel healthy. new honey bunches of oats greek. ♪ but i won't do that ♪ or that ♪ or this

my guest tonight jon favreau who is either acclaimed director of ironman or the former chief's speech writer of president obama. i do not know and i have not asked. we're going to start tonight across the hudson river where long-time new jersey senator frank laudenberg sadly has passed away at the age of 89 leaving my home state of new jersey temporarily unrepresented. yes, my home state, new jersey. you may not know this. buy bourgeois pronunciation, my taste for exotic sex boys that i may seem like a some physician ticked and urbane new yorker but at heart i'm just a jersey boy nostalgic for the garden state's winding country roads. historic cart-a-combs. and amber waves of pizza. you know, my grandfather... [ cheers and applause ] beautiful it is. my grandfather came to this country, worked night and day in the pizza fields just so he could feed his family. ironically. anyway, my beloved state finds itself one senator down. new jersey governor chris christie has three options. >> governor decides to set a special election sometime this fall. it could be held on november 5. >> and t