actor jeff daniels did it, and even built his own professional theater company. brown visited daniels in his michigan home town. >> he's going to insist that if you want the part, you audition together or you go home. >> brown: in the new play, "casting session", two actors vying for the same role, desperate for any role, await their auditions. >> brown: the playwright is hollywood and broadway actor jeff daniels, who's known both the highs and lows of his profession. >> i've been in this waiting room where you're just trying to get the next gig, the next job that pays $125 a week, and maybe someone will come and see it and get you a better job, but you've got to get this one. >> brown: that was you. >> oh, god, that was me for years. the board believes you're no longer needed. >> brown: at 60, daniels is seemingly everywhere now, with major roles in two big new movies: "steve jobs" ... >> he's going to starve to death. >> brown: ...and "the martian." >> good evening, i'm will mcavoy. >> brown: he won an emmy two years ago for his starring role as a television ne

i know jeff daniels, who played my part. this is really entertainment. it has nothing to do with the biopic. it is not particularly accurate in its facts. steve jobs is a much nicer person that it is portrayed in the film. it only shows a part of his life when he was very young. he wasn't perfect, as we all are, when we are young. he believed he could make perfect products and did not care if he was personally liked but wanted people to love his products, and that does come across in the film. in a lots not accurate of its details. steve is a much better person than he was portrayed. stephen: did you have much interaction with jeff daniels in playing you? i did meet with jeff because he wanted to see what my personality was like. some of it was kind of ridiculous. they positioned me as the suit. i haven't worn a suit in 40 years and i do not wear suits at apple. it is all part of entertainment. jeff is a great actor. stephen: you still have a diverse investing portfolio, papers interest in technology. at an event like this, when there are so many comedie

. >> ifill: and actor jeff daniels on bringing theater to his home town in rural michigan. >> you haveem to not just go to the plays that have a happy ending. "is it a comedy? okay, it's not a comedy, when's the next comedy? i'll come to that."

as well as jeff daniels, naomi watts and octavio yous spencer. and now, to the hawk. bay watch star may have changed his last name to hoff. he posted this video to his you youtube channel thursday. >> i've been wanting to drop the hassle from my life for years. how, i have made it official. david hoff. >> even though it would be awesome if he changed his name, it appears this is just a stunt. according to us weekly, his rep explained it's an excerpt from an ad campaign in australia. more will be revealed in the next 24 hours. and full house meets friends in this new video from candace cameron burr, they decide to take a rachel and monica break while filming fuller house. here's the moment. >> tran responding. >> trans sponsor. >> that's not even a word! >> well, is it? for the uncanny, lori and jennifer anniston. it's scheduled to be released 2016. in the meantime, if only i had people who could visit my nightclub who could dance. the bouncers are so strict at my club and no one ever comes to my party. i feel so alone. the best of roker thon and diane keaton after you

on wednesday, actor jeff daniels at home on screen, stage and his native michigan. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. join us online and again here tomorrow evening. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> the ford foundation. working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. >> support also comes from >> carnegie corporation of new york. supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of international peace and security. at carnegie.org. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> this is bbc "world news america." >> funding of this presentation is made possible by -- the freeman foundation, newman's own foundation -- giving all

that looks like jeff daniels. >> it does. >> i agree.liment. 40s on the temps here. 30s, 40s. i think most of the 30s have disappeared. 52 sfo, running a little warmer. 30s showing up, but again most locations were about two to three degrees warmer than yesterday. petalulma in there, the fog not as widespread. not as bad except towards oakley and discovery bay. the footprint of fog back tonight and tomorrow. 8 truckee. 32 -- 18 truckee. 32 south lake tahoe. a strong system is barreling into the basic, this will drop over us saturday and sunday and will be a cold system. some of the fog, a little breeze maybe in the hills. easterly breeze. so we're looking for a lot of 60s here top to bottom. sal, slow traffic, 8:33. things improving? >> we do have things improving in general, but we have breaking news when it comes to the traffic world. police have confirmed that a child was hit by a vehicle at 73 and arthur. we're not sure if it's a car or truck or what kind of vehicle it is. a few blocks away from mark um elementary school, but not cle

. >> the action packed film posts a star-studded cast including jeff daniels and octavia spencer.. now i have made it official. david hoff. >> what? even though it would be awesome, it appears this is just a stunt. according to "us weekly," david's rep explains it's an excerpt from an ad campaign that launches in australia qthis weekend. more will be revealed next week. and by the way, we definitely won't hassle the hoff about that one. and full house meets friends. in this new video, miss d.j. and lori decided to take a friends break. here is a look. >> that's not even a word! >> well, is it just us or is the resemblance uncanny? look at that. they look somewhere. anyway, full house is scheduled to be released 016. can't wait for see what other antics the cast has planned. in the meantime, if only i had people who could visit my night club who could dance. it's like the bouncer is so strict at my club and no one ever comes to my party. i feel so alone. the best of rokerthon and diane the best of rokerthon and diane ke it's a highly thercontagious disease.here. it can be especiall

daniel yergin will join on the resiliency of oil. over at citibank, ed morse watching for low oil prices as well as jeff currie edelman sex. rning -- dow futures up 48. the german two-year is front and center with the yen churning at a 1.2 271. from london and from new york, a beautiful new york. getting ready for thanksgiving. "bloomberg surveillance." ♪ francine: you are looking at live pictures of the russian foreign minister, sergei lavrov, talking to reporters. he again once again said that the russian warplanes that was down yesterday by turkey did not syrian airspace. he said this was something that was preplanned. does this mean they want to escalate it? probably not, because it has been 24 hours. let's get the bloomberg first word news with vonnie quinn. vonnie: as you were saying, the defense minister saying it will send its antiaircraft missiles -- the jet was shot down yesterday by turkish f-16s. one of the pilots was rescued by syrian troops. the other is reportedly dead. russia denies violating turkish airspace. helpa merkel is vowing to france in the fight against islamic state. a day after meeting with presi

my fellow jurors were danielle alacone. [applause] jeffffrey renard allen -- [applause] sara bagby and laura litman. [applause] and i want to say that i'm humbled to have had the opportunity to work with all of you on this prize. the finalists for the 2015 national book award in fiction are refund, by karen e. bender -- [cheers and applause] published by counterpoint. the turner house, by angela flournoy. [cheers and applause] published by houghton mifflin harcourt. faiths and furies, published by river held. fortune smiles, by adam johnson. [cheers and applause] published by random house. and a little life by hania yanagahara, published by doubleday. [applause] and the 2015 national book award in fiction goes to fortune smiles by adam johnson. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ >> i was having the most wonderful, calm, relaxed -- [laughter] at peace evening because i honestly knew with so many kind of fine, fantastic other finalists that this was the one thing that wasn't going to happen. and i told my wife and my kids, don't come a

jeff gordon has had o . >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist danielle niles. clearing skies, although we wake up to areas of snow. for us it's a chilly breeze, lot of sunshine. the temperatures only around 40. those real-feel temperatures in the 30s this afternoon. tomorrow low 40s for highs, a lighter wind on wednesday. no travel-related issues. 50s for thanksgiving, looks beautiful and low 60s to end the week, turning cooler by sunday. have a great day. this morning" sponsored by i brought in some protein to get us moving. i'm new ensure active high protein. i help you recharge with nutritious energy and strength. i'll take that. yeeeeeah! new ensure active high protein. 16 grams of protein and 23 vitamins and minerals. ensure. take life in. i am your father. no, no, no! i am your father. campbell's star wars soups. that's gotta be the worst vader ever. made for real, real life. what if getting ready was this easy? now teeth-whitening is, with the colgate optic white toothbrush plus whitening pen just brush, whiten, and go! no waiting. no rinsing. it deeply

jeff glor shows us how it could keep them swimming. . >>> good morning, everybody. i'm meteorologist danielle niles. bright, beautiful start to us about our friday. clouds are build ing this afternoon and there might be an isolated sprinkle by this evening. upper 50s to us about near 60. a gusty wind. west-southwest, 15 to us about 20 miles per hour and wouldn't be surprised to us about see gusts 20 to us about 30 and a real feel temperature in the mid- to us about upper 30s. not as windy, low 50s on sunday and a quiet start to us about next week with temperatures in the 50s. music my k-cup filter is back. now you can make anything, even a piece of home. serve-make-all-your-favorites keurig hot. your favorites. your way. feel a cold sore coming on? only abreva can heal it in as few as two and a half days when used at the first sign. it penetrates deep and starts to work immediately to block the virus and protect healthy cells.. don't tough it out, knock it out, fast. abreva. your nfl loyalties will be tested. that's right, go pack go. what did you order coach? a big mac for me, and fries for

daniel tosh busy getting fisted in key west? [laughter] it's great to see my old friend jeffrey ross here tonight, doing what he does best-- sitting and watching funny people tell jokes. wow, jeffetter hair on susan boyle's taint. [laughter] don't you laugh at a hair joke, trump. look at that helmet. what do you say to a barber to get that type of hair cut? "i fucked your daughter"? [laughter] situation from the jersey shore. you're all over television. and you have a book out. i tried ordering your book on amazon.com. amazon said, "customers who bought this book also bought a rope and a stool." [laughter] but enough about chachi. let's get to the reason we're all here tonight-- donald trump. donald, tonight, people will make fun of your looks. fuck 'em! you've always gotten beautiful women. you've ruined more models' lives than bulimia. you've disappointed more women than sex and the city 2. you are the ultimate proof that money can buy good-looking pussy. if you were broke, you'd be fucking me. [cheers and applause] but that's all behind him now. donald is very happy with his lovely wife "insert name here." i joke. donald's wife's name is melania, which is slovenian for "get

jeff bezos will be with us. he pulled off what's called a game changer. studio 57 on the challenge of bringing holiday shoppers >>> good morning. it's 7:26 right now. let's look to danielle with a check of our weather. it is cold out there. chilly start absolutely. a breeze is making it feel colder than that. temperatures come up into low to mid-40s. not quite as cold as yesterday. the wind not nearly as strong. accuweather seven-day forecast, mid-40s tomorrow with sunshine. 50s on thursday but thanksgiving will be more clouds. showers friday night into the start of the weekend. >>> danielle, you usually get crazy later, but here are tough rides right now. to the north, 93 southbound now. jammed stoneham to the leverett connector. from the southeast expressway to columbia road. the mass pike, which will be the worst roadway to travel later today. already bumper to bumper allston to the brighton tolls. >>> the state department is issuing a worldwide travel alert to americans during the busiest time of the year. groups could be planning more attacks around the world. it warns americans to be careful while attending public events with large crowds. we'll see you back here i

daniel, mooresville, north carolina. independent line. political correctness, free speech and tolerance are the topics. caller: good morning. my name is jeffabout your talk color from texas that called up and talked about free speech going back to the forefathers. he's coming from a very white perspective because i am quite blackuring those times people do not have the freedom of speech. country people in this that feel that certain people don't even have a right to form an opinion or express what they feel. if you want to talk about tolerance, look at the lady in texas who refused to issue a marriage permit based on her religion. she is a christian. that is tolerance? i don't get that. host: let's move on to joan, a democrat in new jersey. you are on the washington journal. caller: i think political correctness is run amok. not everything is meant to be racism. not everything is meant to offend someone. zones for black students, safe zones for white students. running the campuses which is ridiculous. the real world does not work like that. woodrow wilson said that american,hould be an not anti-american. i don't understand why people feel