. >>> in the second year without jerry lewis. mda telethon won't be one this year. the muscular dystrophy association believes the telethons are too old school is what they are calling them. mda aired a three-hour prime time special on sunday. future programs will now be prerecord which executives say helps draw better talent. they do think the older viewers are more likely to watch newer performances and younger viewers who suddenly discover jerry lewis. since the show is no longer live it means that you can also say bye to telethon mainstays like apeels for donations as well as a running tote board. >>> 6:17 and today it's labor day and for many of us, it marks the end of summer. >>ian yeah, and it -- yeah, and it's the last day for a holiday to celebrate in september a wide variety of holidays. >> tomorrow is the eat and extra dessert day for you. >> nice. >> you have indulged a lot during the three dane weekend but take one more day and leaving diet on the back burners. september 9th is also national grandparents day. >> september 19th talk like a pirate day. he

. >> plate roam of jerry lewis, jerry lewis angry about this. >> i get a lot of jerry lewis comparesons. >> both of you have written rough pieces about the state of -- all right, guys. both of you have written rough pieces about the state of the romney campaign. jonathan, i want to start with us, on-the-record quotes, not just people blindly complaining. did he give you this quote before the video or after the video? >> it was all last week. i mean, these were all conversations that i had last week with folks in the wake of the convention, polling. so it is reflecting that. and before this video even surfaced. but here's the problem with the video, chuck. the worst gaffes reinforce the character about the person. that is the problem with this video. if i voted for, i voted against it, john kerry, for. >> played in the idea he was a flip-flopper. >> barack obama in early '08. >> elitist. >> no small-town america. here we go. mitt romney, a son of the entitled class of america saying half the country doesn't pay taxes they don't care for themselves, they are effectively wards of the state

. >> friends like jerry lewis, i got to tell you -- >> are you comparing me to jerry lewis, jim, really you know i like dominos. you know i'm one of the first to have the app. you know, we complained there was the no cheese option and you put it on. is domino's like a cultural chic thing because french tend to be snobbish. i don't think of them going for domino's. >> they love it. they love it. we are delivering to their homes. peas ya pizzas there are terrific. and the opportunity there is big. they love it. >> did you put a big ad campaign in each of these countries. like if i go to turkey and turn on the tv, will i see domino's ads during their soccer games where they care passionately about it? >> yeah, you would. it is one of the things that generates growth in a market. is you reach the point where you can go on television and the first time you do that, when you've got enough stores to make that, generate a good rli for you at a national level, you get a good double-digit bump on your comps when you first go on tv. we are already that point in turkey. we're on television some in

he's a tyleeshly retro rock musician and sometimes actor who covers elvis, johnnie cash, jerry lee lewisand his most recent release, beyond the sun. he's chris isaac. this is overheard. ♪ >> chris isaac, welcome. >> good to be here. >> nice to have you. good to meet you and congratulations on the record. >> thanks so much. already, but let me just tell you it's true. >> thanks. >> i think it's so much fun to listen to and congratulations on it, but mostly congratulations on covering all these greats we've heard for so manyt years and you don't seem small doing t you seem -- it's like they're your songs. >> you know, if i would have thought about it, i wouldn't have made this record. >> why s that? >> because if you think about it, it just doesn't make any sense. it was -- it's like, well, how dare you think you can sing an orbison tune or an elvis tune, but i wasn't thinking about that. i was just thinking this is going to be a lot of fun! it's kind of how i ran my personal life most of my life is just -- [ laughter ] >> asking forrtrouble. >> wow. she looks like she's going to be a lot

for the second straight year, jerry lewis will not host the event.w was cut down from six hours down to three. and they renamed it. it is now called the mda show our strength. the event's location is also different. instead of being held in las vegas, it was taped in los angeles, new york and nashville. over the years, the telethon raised more than $1.6 billion for muscular dystrophy relief. >>> and there's a new beer out there that's going to make you say ale to the chief. after pressure from seemingly everybody, president obama finally unveiled the secret recipes of the two custom white house beers. he has talked about the beers for weeks, but refused to reveal the ingredients until yesterday. the recipes for the white house honey ale and porter include honey, of course. light malt extract, amber crystal malt and corn sugar. it is believed to be the first beer brewed on white house grounds. and you can get the complete recipe and the instructions on how to brew your own beer on the white house website. cheers. >> he wouldn't be the first one to mak

. >> the french like jerry lewis, i mean look -- i don't want dominos -- you know i like dominos, you know i was one of the first to get the app. here's what i want to know. dominos is kind of like a cultural chic thing? because the french tend to be a little snobbish, i don't naturally think of them going for the dominos. >> they love it. they love it. we're delivering to their homes, the pizzas there are terrific. >> do you put a big ad campaign in each of these countries, would i see domino's ads during their soccer games where they cared passionately about it? >> it's one of those things that really generates growth in a market is you reach the point where you can go on television and the first time you do that when you've got enough stores to make that generated good live for you at a national level. you get a got double digit bump on your comps when you first go on tv. we're already at that point in turkey, we're on television some in france, that generates great growth for us. >> i know you got a franchise model, so the franchisees have to eat a lot of the cost. but i know you'

i no longer recognize labor day as a holiday now that jerry lewis is not hosting anymore.s it supposed to be wear white or be white after labor day? wear white? if you wear white after labor day, you'll be arrested by the e-fashion police. i for one, don't believe in fashion dos and rules. i play by lady gaga rules myself. [ laughter ] the democratic national convention got started in charlotte, north carolina tonight. what a bunch of nerds. i mean, basically, you've got a lot of people who are way too proud to be from delaware. political conventions are a fun place to go if you have no fun places to go. [ laughter ] but i guess the people there do have fun. they wear the colorful t-shirts and hats with crazy buttons all over them. there's a lot of dancing. there were many great dancers at the convention tonight but this one is my favorite. he's the dnc dancer of the night. ♪ ♪ get up now ♪ get up y'all [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: maybe i'm missing some but these conventions, they seem like a big waste of money to me. we already know who the nominees are. the speeche

for the second straight year, jerry lewis will not host the event.s cut down from six hours to three and renamed mda show our strength. the event's location is different as well. instead of being held out in las vegas, it was taped in los angeles, new york and nashville. over the years the telethon raised more than $1.6 billion for muscular dystrophy relief. >>> and that's going to wrap it up for news4 today. we'll be back in 25 minutes with the local news update. >>> join us at 9:00 for a full hour of news. until then, have a great day. grab the umbrella, right, kim? >> don't leave home without it. >> connect us with online. you can follow us on twitter and facebook. search nbc washington. make it a good one, everyone.

>> jerry lewis day anymore. it's not for the labor guys. they do sort of miss the mark, don't they? the the republicans on the reason we have this day. it's to celebrate the working man and woman in the country who may not be an entrepreneur, but who shows up for work and does their job and works hard at it. >> the week at the republican convention, i almost got the impression that public service was something that was either ignored or to be decried. everyone got on to the stage and repeatedly talked about how they were born in poverty and built a fantastic business and yet i think of people like my own wife, who's a qualified nurse and others who serve in public sector jobs, they seem to be sbe entirely ignored last week. >> their use of the word, success, did not include great music teacher, great journalists. it didn't include great painters. people who made a lot of money in business. that's their definition of success. make a lot of money in business. i i think it's a narrow notion of human existence. here at the democratic convention, i think you're going to see a lot of teac

. >> that was jerry lewis. >> thanks. to be here. >> we're back with more after your local news. >> this is wbal-tv 11 news in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. the baltimore city police department lays to rest one of its finest today. a 17-year veteran of the force, lakeforest taylor, died after complications from surgery after an accident in february. he was responding to a call when he drove into >> the sun is out. it is very, very nice. still on the humid assigned. a lot of sun today. '87 to '92 the high. slight chance that an isolated storms could pop up this afternoon. afternoon.

. >> that was jerry lewis. >> thanks.k with more after your local news. . >>> good friday morning to you. 8:56. i'm laura garcia-cannon. the teenager charged with vehicular manslaughter for the death of a father and daughter in concord will be in court today. the 17-year-old is accused of hitting and killing the man and his daughters. they were riding their bikes in april. prosecutors have decided to charge the teen as a minor in the case. nuri's family had hoped he would be charged as an adult. >>> let's get a look at the forecast with christina. >> good morning to you at home. we've got a really good-looking day shaping up, 88 degrees in inland. that's livermore. bayside, 76. at the coast, 67. we'll take your temperatures down as you head through weekend, down to 80 degrees on sunday. but still comfortable. have a fantastic weekend. [ female announcer ] these are the crescents you love on a holiday. and these are the ones you'll love on a school night. pillsbury crescent dogs with just a few ingredients you have an easy

. >> that was jerry lewis. >> thanks.with more after your local news. >>> 8 :56 is your time on this friday, september 7th, 2012. a sex scandal at dematha high school. five players are off the football team for hiring prostitutes after a game in north carolina. two have withdrawn from the school and two may be expelled. here's a look at your first 4 traffic. >> still a busy morning if you're traveling 295 in northbound, 12 miles per hour on malcolm x avenue. southbound vw parkway. >> we' anncr: this casino's in west virginia. but it makes millions off marylanders every year. now they're running dishonest ads. why? because voting for question seven is a vote to build a... world-class resort casino in maryland. creating thousands of jobs and... ...according to the official department of legislative... services, hundreds of millions for our schools. while saving taxpayer money by cutting casino subsidies. question seven. good jobs and better schools in maryland. not west virginia. >>> yesterday morning was umbrella weather.

lewis had been childhood friends. police still don't have a motive for the killing. >>> when it comes to travel, jerry brown, the governorraveling far les than his predecessor. his so called travel ban has saved california taxpayers 45 million since he took office. the state spent $144 million on travel during his first fiscal year compared to $229 million in schwarzenegger's final year in office. brown has limited his travel to only so-called mission trips. >>> it appears the recession and high gas prices have been very good for caltran. ridership has been increasing steadily over the last two years and now we're learning the rail line had its biggest riders ever. caltrans work its record for the most riders in history with an average of 50,000 per day. average ridership in july was up 10% over last year. next month caltrans will add six trains to its weekday schedule. >>> still to come here at 7:00, two sides to one report. both candidates are back on the road talking about "todatoday's reports. >> reporter: coming up, smash and grab, parents walking their kids to school are the victims. >>> also ahead, a new spin on w

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