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james arness. >> reporter: james arness took the role john wayne turned down. u.s. l matt dylan. >> you ain't throwing nobody in jail, lawman. >> then put the gun away. >> reporter: the 6'7" arness came across as tv's version of an ideal american man. >> i've told you once today, and i'm telling you again. go home. >> reporter: dylan never shirked his duties, but drew his six shooter only as a last resort. arness said his wounds from world war ii made it painful to mount a horse. he made dozens of movies, but will best be remembered as the modest marshal who for 20 tv seasons always got his man. chris bury, abc news. >> 20 years. >>> and still ahead, a city that's written off fights back by raising its voice. our "persons of the week." sometimes life can be, well, but when it's hard or hurts to go to the bathroom,,/ there's dulcolax stool softener. dulcolax stool softener doesn')t make you go... dulcolax stool softener. easier to go./ make yourself comfortable. with heart-related chest pain or a heart attack known as acs, you may not want to face the fact that you're

i knew there was only one guy to play him, james arness. series ran from 1959 to 1975, one of the longest running series in history. arness was nominated for three emmys. the set is long gone at the cbs lot in studio city, california where it was filmed. the show was such a big part of the network, there is even a street named gunsmoke avenue. photos of arness and the cast are on the set. harrison ford and burt reynolds careers were launched through it. >> his

james arness. >>reporter: james arness took the role john wayne turned down. u.s.matt dillon. >> you ain't throwing nobody in jail law man. >> put the gun away. >>reporter: tv version of an ideal american man. hard to leave bee. >>reporter: marshall dillon never shirked his duties but drew the 6 shooter only as last resort. l arness says his wounds from world war ii made it painful to mount a horse. he made dozens of movies but will best be remembered as the modest marshall who for 20 tv seasons always got his man. l this is abc news. >>> what a great picture that is. >> still ahead tonight. over weight lug annual can cost you big bucks these days. michael investigates the accuracy of big bucks these days. michael investigates the accuracy of the airport scales. stay with >> if you get caught at the airport with an over weight bag you know it's going to cost you. but can you trust the airport scale. michael has been looking into that. see what he found. >> most airlines allow check bag to weigh up to 50 pounds without additional charges. they go above that and yo

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. >>> james arness has died of natural causes at age you will.e played matt dillon in a tv western series begunsmoke. he was 32 when his friend john wayne declined the lead role in begunsmoke and recommended arness instead. >> dr. death has also died. jason cazares rose to fame after becoming a death advocate. he helped 138 people to end their lives. he had been in the hospital with kidney problems. he was released from a michigan prison in 2007 after serving eight years for second-degree murder in connection with an assisted suicide. jason cazares was 84. >> john edwards is about to make his first court appearance in north carolina facing federal criminal charges that he illegal gave campaign contributions to his mistress. >> its stunning fall from grace, a vice presidential nominee and now indicted on criminal charges. it's the culmination after two year federal investigation into whether hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign donations were illegally used to cover up edwards piaf with his mistress. >> his attorneys said they gave them as

james arness passed away today at his home in brentwood, california. "gunsmoke" went on the air in 1955 with arness as the marshal of dodge city. when the show ended its run in 1975, it was the longest-lasting series in television history. that record finally was tied by "law and order" last year. james arness was 88 years old. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jim. >> lehrer: governments in three middle eastern nations try to put down popular uprisings. jeffrey brown has our update. >> brown: it was a major escalation of the fighting in sanaa. rockets blasted the presidential compound in the yemeni capital, wounding president ali abdullah saleh and killing at least six guards. saleh was reportedly moved to a military hospital for treatment. but a government spokesman said the injuries were light. >> ( translated ): his excellency is in good health. he will be well, god willing, in the near future, and he will appear in front of the people. >> brown: saleh was heard, but not seen, late today in a taped audio address to his countrym

. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini slee >>> james arness has died of natural causes at you will. he played matt dillon in a tv western series begunsmoke. he was 32 when his friend john wayne declined the lead role in begunsmoke and recommended arness instead. >> dr. death has also died. jason cazares rose to fame after becoming a death advocate. he helped 138 people to end their lives. he had been in the hospital with kidney problems. he was released from a michigan prison in 2007 after serving eight years for second-degree murder in connection with an assisted suicide. jason cazares was 84. >> john edwards is about to make his first court appearance in north carolina facing federal criminal charges that he illegal gave campaign contributions to his mistress. >> its stunning fall from grace, a vice presidential nominee and now indicted on criminal charges. it's the culmination after two year federal investigation into whether hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign donations were illegally used to cover up edwards piaf with his mistress. >> his attorneys said they

. >>> actor james arness has died. he was a world war ii veteran and the older brother of the late actor peter graves. james arnecessary died of natural causes at 88 years old. >>> paying to park in downtown san jose could cost more starting next month. the city council will consider a plan to raise rates as much as 33% at the 5 public garages breathed by the city. the proposal calls for eliminating free parking on weekends and holidays. merchants say that will drive away customers who are starting to come down town to ntown to shop and dine. >>> good afternoon to you, a live look from bay point, high clouds overhead, temperatures cooler than yesterday but no sunshine today. mid and high level clouds across the region. they are not going away. we are just getting started. 59 degrees right now san francisco. 57 in oakland, 63 degrees san jose. low 60s concord, 63 in livermore, 59 degrees outside your door in redwood city. you been picking up moisture already over areas of boulder creek down into santa cruz. most of this

. >>> actor james arness, know the show, know the face, know it all. he has died. a lot of you may not recall that nail. your parents certainly will, however. arness played marshal matt dillon in "gunsmoke" from 1955 to 1975. he worked with hundreds of actors, some of whom you certainly recognize, harrison ford, charles bronson. he died of natural causes. arness was 88 years old. >>> say good morning to my man reynolds wolf. good morning. i was saying right before we went into that story, you remember arness? everybody remembers that show even though it was before our time, if you will. >> my memories on james arness are fair to partly cloudy. reruns but certainly a great american. across there great country we're going to be dealing with incredibly warm temperatures not all over the nails, but in the southeast, southern plains, it will be roasting out there. we'll show you how high the temperatures will go and how long the heat wave will last. more in just a few seconds. >> reynolds see you in just a few. >>> we have found a link between ellen degeneres and al qaed

actor james arness played marshall james dillon. life he was a world war ii hero who received the purple heart. he left a letter on his website to his fans thanking them and saying he had a wonderful life. he was 88 years old. >> i remember "gun smoke." popular show. >> he was over 6'6". >> big guy. >> very tall guy. >> thank you. a high school trip abroad turns into real tragedy as an american teenager is shot dead in costa rica. >> we don't know what to think right now. being told -- he was a very good kid. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] with amazing innovation, driven by relentless competition, wireless puts the world at your command. ♪ >>> not just the news media pressuring congressman weiner about a lewd picture sent over his twitter account. fellow democrats are urging him to put an to end the controversy which sources are calling painful. dana bash is up on capitol hill. what's the latest on this whole congressman weiner saga. >> reporter: a member told me today that a democratic leaders have talked to anthony weiner and told him t

james are required in this area. ue sky is lots of sunshine on tap increased in temperatures are for later on in the week we have really nice condition in the upper '70's at 632 it looks like there's a parking lot of the bay bridge >> its slowing down in the westbound direction. that could change it very quickly. there is an accident in the vicinity of the metering lights the meeting lights had just been activated and his backup reaches the end up of the parking lot. and we will see if we can turn the cameras see to see that reported crashed. the san mateo bridge. instead this is trees blowing on montano. a priest of commute very light traffic in marin county >> 8 6:33 a.m. police in east palo alto are looking for two men and that killed a baby and injured their parents this is sketches of the two individuals they're looking for it was about 1:00 a.m. and sunday. >> they believe one of the two adults was targeted did they do not know the motive we all know me yet perhaps the suspects near their victim. we're waiting f

megastars kobe bryant and le bron james are catching up to the call for having cash in fifty three forty eight million respective. talking basketball to be n.b.a. where miami have struck first in the n.b.a. ground finals the heat rallying back from a slow start to see off dallas in the best of seven series opener to a way to le bron james to vying for a forty six point six at the half of miami so tire points all ninety two eighty four the final score with dallas is the last total of the playoffs dirk nowitzki impressed again for losing i think though being twenty seven point eight rebalanced game two stays in miami. it feels good you know because it's the first game we play we was a movie a lot of work to do. you know we come in with the same mindset on thursday and looking forward to this challenge once again notice in front of us so as one of the books you know we're excited about this game where we prepare for games to. see ways we can get better. today is international children's day so what better time to take a look at gold's president cup right here in place the event raises money

james, are flights now all back to normal? >> obviously very much the patience of travelers have been tested over the past couple weeks in terms of flights on the mainland of australia they have resumed. there was very much a backlog at major airports at the moment including sydney, adelaide and melbourne. qantas, virgin, australia and jetstar working overtime. they brought in more planes, bringing on more stuff to try to work through the backlog. they are expecting to i suppose get that dissipated by the end of the week. the bad news, though, is for those people looking to travel to and from tasmania or new zealand. those flights still canceled at this stage. that second chilean ash cloud you mentioned is starting to thin out, dissipate. but it is moving over the as the man, hence the issues with tasmania and new zealand. jetstar says they will look to put flights back to and from as mania by 10:00 tomorrow, new zealand, they'll re-evaluate by midday tomorrow. in terms of the passengers, i suppose when it comes to safety, tha

are asking, where is lebron? >> i am a big fan of lebron james.at player, but he does not halfcourt icloud the closing skills. he would rather upset someone else up. if you look at his staff, 17 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, probably the best all-around player on the floor. at the end of the game, you have to score points. >> in the last four games he has scored two points or less in the final quarter. jason kidd had a couple of big shots. >> exactly. here is the difference, and jason kidd scored 11 points last night and everyone thought he was a great because the expectations for him are not as high as lebron, the point is, the expectations on ron james are so high -- the expectations of lebron james are so high, he could score 35 points papaw and if they do not win, people that think he has a hand in that. the plea tuesday in miami, the next two games are both in miami. >> he should call those of the biggest gains of his life. [laughter] >> if i was a coach i would say, no between on of daysgain days. hard >> is nutrias was -- >> gilbert irin

james arness dead at the age of 88. again, reynolds, that was kind of before our time. we weren't necessarily watching the show but we're certainly aware of some of the reruns and the name and certainly know the story. >> what a great american he was. he was a big guy, about 6'7" and he was also a veteran. he served in the ansio campaign, landed in italy. wonderful veteran, good man. pretty good horse rider too. pretty good equestrian there. what a guy. >> to another story that will have people scratching their heads, one of the insult to injury stories. everybody is concerned out there about identity theft. can you imagine someone stealing your credit card? stealing your identity. using it to buy up something and then sending you a little thank you. in the mail. this is what happened to these folks. dade and janel york. those are their names. they noticed hundreds of dollars had been racked up on their debit card. then, that arrived. you see that, folks. a rose with a simple "thank you" note and police, they believe it is from the actual thief, but they don't believe i

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but derk and love braun james are going at it.he king tonight, he had 24 points miami wins game no. 1, they will come back on thursday in miami for game no. 2. i will say it again, skype right, people say skype. >> it is basically free. >> it is good for military families because when they're on deployment, you can actually talk to them. >> thank you, i am having fun with this and you bring in the servicemen. [laughter] >> up look a local boy. j.r. hilderbrandt. >> he has to get around the traffic, j.r. hilderbrandt, oh no! he hit wall! >> he hit what is known as the marble. it calls him to miss winning the indy 500 but he received more press from when he lost. >> i think for better or worse is the right word. but obviously being able to cross the line skidding with just two wheels on the car, it was not a bad day in the office coming in second. >> you take the lead with three laps to go, were you getting ready for a drink of milk? >> i was not planning my victory speech just yet, we are running supertitle and on fumes by the end.

james, how are you feeling this morning. he would say i am stepping, but not high. isn't that wonderful? okay. okay. i go play down by the creek. he would say yes, tkarlg, but be particular. that meant be careful because i love you and don't want anything to happen to you. it was coded in the be protected. he often said be careful now. that meant one thing, be particular, there was stuff down by the creek and he wanted me to be careful and watch because he didn't want anything to happen to me. be particular did it all. when he would say when you go over there, i want you to walk and hold your head up like you belong to somebody. that meant you were representing your family. i want you to carry yourself in a way that you represent your family well with. he didn't have to go through all of that. hold your head up and act like you belong to somebody. if you didn't, you were growing up like a weed. i love dunbar for that reason. fast forward many years later, i am a teacher of 8th grade english. i want to give my students dunbar. there is nothing for young readers. so i

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we haven't tried a case against each other in over a decade, james. are you still bitter?the deposition? croissant, a beret? >> [ bleep ] you, patty. >> have a lovely day. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's fun. it's such a good show. now, you're always talking about all these games. and all these fun things that you do. and last time we talked, you said that you and your family sumo wrestle as well. and i didn't understand that. >> this is true. >> jimmy: yeah. now, but -- >> my husband david shaw has a sumo suit. >> jimmy: yeah. >> and i -- the first time i ever visited the home in maine, he put me in a sumo suit, and basically sat on me. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: well, i was wondering if you want to -- >> it's a test. >> jimmy: yeah, it's a test to see if you're cool or not. if you're down to wear a giant sumo suit. >> can you get back up? >> jimmy: yeah. do you want to try that? >> absolutely. >> jimmy: all right. there you go, you guys. glenn close and i are wrestling, sumo wrestling, when we get back. oh, yeah! get ready! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ male announcer

and whu can answer the phone " king james " you are going to bring on the things through your life. >ated like that sense you were 13 years old? 14 years old? you start believing it. however, maybe life is not like that. >> what do think happened last night? >> since he knew that dwayne wade was there perhaps that fog to mop. and now, since his >> if you look out and you see that lebron james and what else? and when wbear will let me be honest, it is not only physical presence but these guys also you can see how they dress. if the you see you coming in it as a slump? >> to dress up for the media. >> lebron went to dartmouth, and then for this in francisco examiner and the san jose mercury. and before jackie was even born. don nelson, chris webber he was working with them, and even though he was only 20 years old. he was breaking all of these stories. and he is a really sharp guy. you have to ask the question. did you watch the press conference? six, seven people in a row and why did he fail? and then there will go to another ca commentator? >>pam: the dallas mavericks are a great team

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they're doing just fine without lebron james. >> tom: so these are all long-term projects. it takes planning to get those up and running, a lot of construction to happen. what about the ripple effect though of losing a talent, not just in the nba but an industry? >> well, if this were just a widget company it would be a different story but the impact psychically of losing lebron james, pretty significant, especially to the dreaded miami. remember i was part of the ownership group or the creation of the miami heat way back when. and i decided to wear this driving into cleveland. listen, the they weren't too excited, i want to tell you. >> tom: they weren't respecting you because you had a t-shirt on, not a suit. miami may be in this year's nba finals. while the team clearly has increased its value, what is interesting to note, we will look at this it is not up as much as cleveland's value is down. in other words, why the miami heat is more valuable team one year after lebron james, the cleveland cavaliers have seen its value go down much more. value has actually been destroy

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