. >> you probably recognize jason russell, the filmmaker behind "kony 2012."up to jenna bush hager about his very popular meltdown earlier this year. how is he doing now? we'll hear from him and meantime inside studio 1a, i'm savannah guthrie alongside willie geist. matt will be back tomorrow. >> also ahead this morning. are you one of those parents who tweets or facebooks every time your kid loses a tooth or gets an "a" on a test. if you are one of those parents, milestones big and small beware of oversharing because one blogger is watching and could be having a little fun at your expense. we will meet her. >> okay. just ahead, legendary rocker pete townsend will be here to talk about his new memoir detailing his life in the who, his difficult childhood and why he says he regrets not facing the child pornography case he faced in 2003. >>> let begin this half hour with new details on a story that gripped viewers in 2010. a woman who helped catch her attackers decades after she was abducted and sexually assaulted. today national investigative correspondent jeff

>>> of course you remember the naked breakdown of kony 2012 film maker jason russell.now explaining why. "showbiz tonight's" a.j. hammer is live in new york. >> they called his video the most viral video of all time. he's speaking out for the first time since having what he says was a nervous breakdown. that breakdown virtually crushed his project which really seemed to be inspiring a movement against ugandan war lord joseph kony earlier this year. he spoke with oprah winfrey yesterday. he said most of his doctors agree that post-traumatic stress disorder compounded his breakdown which built up over nine years of stress and the catapult into the media exacerbated the pressure he felt. here's what he told oprah. let's watch. >> did you go crazy? >> oh, yeah. oh, yeah. >> i'm glad you say that. >> oh, yeah. it was like a soda can. you shake it up. it explodes into the air. i mean, it was -- >> how do you end up in the street naked? >> yeah. i know. i wish i knew. i had my bathrobe on and my underwear. a friend was coming over. we were talking in the kitchen. it got tohe

jason russell is the creator of the charity invisible children and director of the kony 2012. both campaigns against guerrilla leader joseph kony who is known for abducting children and forcing them into a militant movement. he was caught naked and pacing on a san diego street corner. this morning in a very candid "today" show, he says he was overwhelmed with the film's overnight success. >> my mind couldn't stop thinking about the future. i literally thought i was responsible for the future of humanity. there was a moment where i was not in control of my mind or my body. >> russell also told "today" he's hard at work on his next project. another movie. and a march here in washington on november 17th. >>> he says at one point he just snapped but after prayer and treatment and yoga of all things he now feels he has it back together. >> it's great he has it back together. i don't know if it's still the same project for ugandan children. >> it's a movie that is the same topic. not the same movie but the same topic. the time now, 11:42 right here on news 4 midday. a sitcom writer

jason russell is the creator of the charity invisible children, and he's the director of kony 2012. they are both campaigns against ugandan leader and forcing people into a militant movement. >>> after the release of the film, he was caught like this, on camera in the middle of a street having a breakdown. naked and pacing on a san diego street corner. this morning, in a very candid interview with the "today" show, he said he was overwhelmed with the film's overnight success. >> my mind couldn't stop thinking about the future. i literally thought i was responsible for the future of humanity. and there was a moment where, click, i was not in control of my mind or my body. >> russell also told "today" that he's hard at work on his next project, another movie, and a march in washington november 17th. >>> the rocket space x is now on its way to the international space station. it took off last night from cape canaveral in florida. it's scheduled to arrive at the space station tomorrow. once it arrives, it will unload more than 1,000 pounds of cargo and supplies. this unmanned mission is

. >>> you may recall the story of jason russell creator of "coney 2012" which highlights warlord josephgo running into traffic with no clothes on. he tells oprah winfrey in an interview that aired last night " oprah's next chapter" he was hospitalized suffering from a condition called reactive psychosis. >> you don't go through something this traumatic, dramatic, public, and not learn a lot from it and not grow closer to your wife and to your family and to the people who are in your tribe. >> jason russell says he feels like he is on top of the world these days. nice to hear. >> good for him. >>> it was a nice -- it was nice while it lasted. coming up why experts say this stock market surge is history. >> oh, no. >> we're going to tell you why. christine will tell you why, coming up. ♪ ♪ ♪ we're lucky, it's not every day you find a companion as loyal as a subaru. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. for their "destination wedding." double miles you can "actually" use. but with those single mile travel cards... [ bridesmaid ] blacked out... but i'm a bridesmaid. oh! "x" marks the sp

. >>> you may recall the story of jason russell. kony 2012 which highlights the brutality of joseph kony. back in march he had a public breakdown in the streets of san diego running into streets with no clothes on. he tells oprah winfrey in an exclusive interview that aired last night on her program "oprah's next chapter" he was hospitalized suffering from a condition called reactive psychosis. >> you don't go through something this traumatic, dramatic, public and not learn a lot from it. and not grow closer to your wife. and to your family. and to the people who are in your tribe. >> the good news is jason russell says he feels like he's on top of the world these days which is nice to hear. >>> a wild finish. a pile-up involving 25 cars during sunday's nascar race at talladega. driver tony stewart tried to make a move on the race's final lap. didn't work at all. set off a massive chain reaction wreck. amazingly every driver, na thankfully, was able to walk away from this. when t >>> some of the top female leaders in business and go