. >> reporter: james khan, famous for his role with quick-tempered sonny coleone in "the godfather."ith james khan, you can get in screen history can't get any more opposite. >> sonny corleone, right. >> i am not going to tuck you in. >> all right, let's do this. >> reporter: some of the big names were unknowns at the time. >> yes! >> reporter: here's a pre-"game of thrones" dinklage in the fight scene. >> call me elf one more time. >> he's an angry elf. >> look at you! ow! >> reporter: and playing the part of the fake santa at the department store -- >> hot heck are you? >> what are you talking about? i'm santa claus. >> no, you're not. >> reporter: artie lange, known for his seven-year tenure with shock jock howard stern. >> he took time to come off. >> a big get? >> so great, he was happy to be there too. >> reporter: when he realizes santas fake, buddy gives us those now-classic lines. >> all right. >> you smell like beef and cheese, you don't smell like santa. >> improvised. i made sure i smelled like beef and cheese. i always smell like that. i'm italian, it passes as cologne.

. >> james khan, famous for his role in "the godfather." >> you've got to get up close like this. >>ht. let's do this. >> some of the big names in the movie were unknowns at the time, .then things got physical. it took the art department weeks to build that set. >> so we had one take to destroy it. so favro says, just go nuts. >> as it turns ow out, this scene and several others were shot at an abandon psychiatric hospital in vancouver. >> okay. what have we got here? >> you, i know, had a cameo in this. >> it's fun to be in the movie and see myself. what i'm more proud of, actually, is the narwahl that comes up out of the water. that's my voice. that's bye, buddy. hope you find your dad. i'll probably be remembered the most for. >> i am a narwhal. >> but what most people remember "elf" for is how much they love it. >> it's surprising how each year it gets higher .higher on people's lists. i wouldn't have predicted that. running around b the streets of new york dressed as an elf, i thought they could be my last movie. and it went the other way. so i feel so fortunate. i'm so glad tha

of cnn in order to approve the deal, joining us is the reporter who first broke the story today, james khan, thanks for your time >> thank you for having me on the show >> so, now the "new york times" is reporting it's a sale of turner properties writ large, what's your latest information on what the government is demanding that at&t would have to sell to get this deal done. >> based on that reporting before the times reported about kind of turner broadcasting and directv. what we understood was the problem was cnn for the government that's what they've been told. and so -- really the question is whether this is a political move or it's a actual regulatory question that the u.s. government is kind of telling at&t you need to get rid of this asset which is cnn so for the moment the problem is cnn rather than the size of the asset. >> the timing of this and the request itself, does feel like a political move would you agree? what are you hearing in that regard let's back up just a for a second here. we know there has been this feud for the last year between president trump and cnn. >> absolut

khan, the mayor of london. i'm also talking to the great engineer and entrepreneur sir james dyson.nning, the actress, and tim parker, and stuart piech, chief of the general staff, i'm getting mixed up because we got so many guests. a very busy hour and a bit after 9am. with a lineup like that i think we can forgive you repeating one of them! thanks, andrew, talk to you later. it's a tradition that's long been the soundtrack to all sorts of occasions, whether joyful or sombre. but there are concerns bell ringing is at risk of dying out. a new uk—wide campaign is hoping to ring in the changes and attract a new generation to the art form. breakfast‘s tim muffett has been to find out more. treble's going... she's gone. weddings... remembrance... treble two two! national celebrations. or just another sunday morning. church bells convey many messages. five to four. ringing them brings many benefits. is good for the brain, it's good physical exercise as well. it's both physically and mentally a challenge because you got to concentrate really hard. the sound comes a long time after the act

conversation with kaiser khan who just taped an interview at booktv in washington who's also speaking, you'll hear from him a little bit later. mitch kaplan, a caller just asked if jamesmcbride? he was just here on wednesday night, margaret. >> caller: oh, i'm sorry i missed. >> host: margaret, mitch kaplan says if you ever get a chance to hear him speak, jump on it. >> caller: i did. and he's wonderful, and he also played his saxophone, which was great. >> host: okay. we're going to take one more call and then chris matthews is going to be joining us to talk about his new biography. martha, charleston, south carolina. martha, how are you? >> caller: i'm fine. how are you, peter? >> host: i'm fine. what are you reading today, martha? >> caller: well, i always have five or ten books going at once, but i wanted to comment on walter isakson. one of the books that he wrote, "the innovators," was so wonderful a few years ago about women. he gives, really, women the credit for the beginning of computers. [laughter] so walter always has -- >> host: yes, he does. >> caller: yeah, walter's just wonderful. i've tried to read everything he's written. and his presentation today -