sources say jeremy piven's higher paid grade is the main reason the other "entourage" actors are refusing to sign on for the movie. they want as much as ari gold gets. that's what happens in these -- >> you try to get everyone back together and have their grudges from the salaries before and maybe they don't think they got enough money and -- >> the good thing we at "early today" have agreed to keep our salaries at 50 million and that's agreed upon. >> we spread it out evenly. i'll take about 99% of that. >> that's right. >> and the others get parts of that too. all getting paid 50 million. our directors are getting paid 50 million. >> you really shouldn't give those secrets away. >> they just told me to move on. i better be quite et. i'm richard lui. we hope this is just your first stop of the day. >>> leading the news in "the huffington post" house passes bipartisan water bill by 417-3 vote, the republican-led house overwhelmingly approved the $8.2 billion bill despite opposition from conservative groups that encouraged the government shutdown. >>> imagine that vote. we haven't seen som

. >> what has jeremy piven been up to? >> first, are we too in love with zombies and does that leave you feeling dead inside? >>> will everyone get their way when it comes to the holidays? in two weeks new york city will elect a new mayor, hopefully a giraffe. they both vowed to do one thing, add two muslim holidays to the calendar. the city closed the schools for major jewish and christian holidays and now other ethnic groups want their days recognized as well. the holy day of dowali and the holiday celebrated by me and some like minded men i met at the gym. meanwhile, a spokesman for mayor bloomburg says adding holidays for every religion is not feasible in a city as diverse as new york. >> lightning rooooouuuunnnndd. lightning round. >> he has a point. for this group you have to say for every group. >> look, 150 languages. why not 150 religions. >> there is no answer to that. >> look, the point is, christmas is a national holiday. >> it is for jewish holidays but there are so many jews in new york. there are far more je

good news for people who like watching jeremy piven scream into a cell phone. >>> how would you liker the low low price of $135? sotheby's is raffling off this original called man with opera hat to raise money for charity. it's worth about $1 million. each ticket costs $135 but the odds of winning, well, one in 50,000. still, that's a heck of a lot better than the odds you'll win your state lottery. a journalist in paris came up with the idea as a way to get people more involved in charity fund-raising. the drawing is set to take place december 18th. >>> that's it for "the lead." i'm jake tapper. i now turn you over to wolf blitzer. he is next door in "the situation room." mr. blitzer? >>> happening now, new revelations about u.s. snooping on allies sparking anger abroad, questions at home. did all of that massive surveillance take place behind the president's back? >>> bill clinton back to doing what he does so well. the former president on the campaign trail trying to help an old friend and trying to help democrats take back a key governorship. >>> and the pop star chris brown back