hart made more money last year than even jerry seinfeld who's still raking it in from his legendary sitcomat went off the air 20 years ago. so what's so funny about kevin? tracy smith has a look. >> yeah! yeah! >> reporter: you could call kevin hart a comic, but he's more like a comedy rock star. >> we like to have a good time tonight. >> reporter: according to forbes, the 37-year-old entertainer was the highest-paid kmied yap on the planet, the runner, jerry seinfeld. >> you need an edge to succeed. my kids are growing up different. my son definitely doesn't have it. dad! wi-fi's down! >> reporter: and he built this comedic empire not so much by telling jokes but by talking openly about things people usually try to hide, like his fear of the dark. >> i grab my robe. i start scared walking toward the hallway. scared walking is when you walko walkin', but you leanin' backwards just in case [ bleep ] do you know, you get [ bleep ] somebody there real quick. >> reporter: and then there are the embarrassing families about h -- stories about his family, like the time his drug-addicted dad showe

riteing how about a summer of working based on your economic policy ideas, your ideas like a jerry seinfeldo on since president was inaugurated environmentalists destroy buildings, cars. david: emphasized by things what do you think. >> a lot of democrats are so complacent about election swept through it could wake them a up could i see a lot of congressman running on with itsch hunt ticket in 2018. >> john there are some examples around the country, of how some protesters are not panning out as people would like in oregon for example, all protesters, about a -- a natural gas facility that was going to be planted there they were going to put in liquefied natural gas terminal in oregon what happened, is voters came out with overwhelmingly rejected the ban on natural gas they want the gas sometimes things backfire. >> i am sure republicans would love it if democrats get out in finery tie dyes. >> can when democrats protesting they kill arguments much more obtuse than even the other side republicans should hope for this. >> there is something about the summer rallies they try to get together i

raising funds for that wonderful project thwith a big event on june 5th at the kennedy center with jerry seinfeld and hugh jackman and katie kuric and we're raising money so we can bring this to people who may need it the most. and it's going to be a great event. >> star studded and it's crossing all genera trs acting toed and when you talk about the youth, i know there was a kids meditation class that opened up. and i talked to schools. we have incorporated this and it has made a tremendous difference. especially when it comes to behavioral promise. >> this is a scientific fact. the fact of the matter is we have enough difficulty with stress as it is. but the little children have no way of processing stress. it scars their brain at an early age. if you can give them a tool, they do it for ten minutes of the school day. there's a great school in d.c. they meditate. >> we focus on the physical development. but the emotional development. >> thank you for stopping information, they can go to tm.org or the kennedy center and buy tickets. it's for a great cause. narrator:to do time is what is right. r

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well, it's jerry seinfeld.s totally wrong. [ cheers and applause ] keep trying. >> steve: he tries so hard. >> jimmy: tomorrow trump will leave for saudi arabia, even though he publicly bashed the country while he was campaigning. the only way staffers got him to go was by telling him he gets to meet aladdin and princess jasmine. [ laughter ] get him on the plane, get him over there. guys, i heard that a princess in japan is giving up her royal status so she can marry a a commoner. which is something she'll definitely bringin husband. [ laughter ] "your friends are coming over for dinner? i gave up being a princess for you." guys, this is everywhere. apparently the latest fashion trend is rompers for men. [ audience ohs ] [ cheers ] they're calling them romp-hims. [ laughter ] not romp-hers, romp-hims. yeah. this is real. take a look at the video they put up here. ♪ [ laughter ] >> jimmy: toddlers are like oh my god, is that what we look like? [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: romp-hims, romp-hims,

37 year-old entertainer was highest paid comedian on the planet last year, eclipsing runner up jerry seinfeld. >> you need edge, to survive in life. my kid won't have that. because they are growing up different then i grew up. my son. >> and he built this comedy empire not so much by telling jokes but by talking openly about things people usually try to hide like the time his drug addicted dad showed up at his spelling bee. >> i cannot make this up. this is all i heard. i'm in the middle of a spelling bee. then i heard, all right, all right, all right. yeah. >> does do it something for your soul, to share that with everybody, you know, the deep personal things. >> comedy does come from pain. i can tell you some things right now that at first you will go oh, my god but then you will laugh at it. >> comedy from comedy hart, but first former comedian al franken talks about his life as a u.s. senator and an appreciation of the late rock and roll legend greg allman this sunday morning at 9:00 right here on cbs-3. >>> in the next half an her of cbs-3 "eyewitness news" a tragedy in north philadelphi

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was it like -- 'cause i imagine it was incredibly intimidating pitching jokes to people like jerry seinfeld write sitcoms and they also taught me not to have emotion. not to have emotion about the comedy. because you know how it's always writers? it's like, oh, i love that. that was so funny or whatever. we can't really do it. >> seth: yeah, that's not quite right. >> but, oh, it's so great. and with larry, especially, you'd sit there and you'd be like, "so you know, i was thinking, what if kramer" -- and he'd be there, kind of usually always have like, i don't know, like something, a ball or something in his hand. "no. no. no." [ laughter ] just emotionless. doesn't dislike you, still likes you. "no. no." all right, i'll see you later. "no." yeah. >> seth: do you -- have you managed to to adopt that as somebody who runs a show? >> i've tried and i've tried to sort of tell my writers who aren't used to it, like, "it's nothing personal." we can save hours a day by just sort of moving on. >> seth: just moving on to the actual -- >> but also, it's just that -- it's not a good idea. no. let's j

. >>> so, jerry seinfeld. we love jerry seinfeld, okay with jokes. ut how the seinfeld finale left a little to be desired. he asked about julia louis-dreyfus poking fun at the finale. if it's a good joke, i'm into it. >> look at that. all these years later, seinfeld being asked about the finale. you have one next year. do you feel pressure about that? >> i don't. luckily, it's not on me. i think there is pressure. the way i feel about it personally, there's some shows nail it on the finale. other ones take a lot of heat. you look at the entirety of the show. there was criticism of "the sopranos" finale. and "the sopranos" one of the greatest pieces of work on television. i try not to put too much weight on that. >> do you leave it with a question? with "sopranos", i wasn't sure. it went black. will it be vague? like fitz/olivia, we tonight know. >> maybe, that's a question boff my pay grade. >> shonda, give us a call. >>> coming up, and the oscar 2018 host is -- find out who will be on stage for the 90th academy awards and the reaction this morning. c

. >> and jerry seinfeld said he thought the pop-tart was the greatest -- he said that was a breakoutn his house. seinfeld -- >> i'm talking about the wrapper. the pack of pop-tarts. >> did you know that hackett turned around the university of michigan athletic program. do you know how big that is versus ford? >> this morning, moving on actually to other things that are not quite as jolly, this morning we are remembering our good friend mark haines. he passed away six years ago today. mark of course the founding anchor of "squawk box" and a co-anchor of "squawk on the street." we remember mark for his knowledge, his wit, for being a champion of the small investor and his steady hand of course during the dotcom bubble. 9/11. the financial crisis as well. he called the stock market bottom of 2009 and we call it here as the haines thought. our thoughts are with his wife and his daughter on a sad day for us all. i love how usaa gives me the peace of mind and the security just like the marines did. at one point, i did change to a different company with car insurance, and i was not happy wi

anyway -- >> jerry "seinfeld," we love him. apparently okay with jokes.jokes about how the "seinfeld" finale left a little to be desired n. s he was recently asked about julia at the finale. >> he said i like a good joke. i don't care. you have a finale next year. do you feel pressure? >> it's not on me. i don't. but i think there is pressure. i guess the way i feel about it personally, there's some shows nail it on the finale. but other ones take a lot of heat, and if you look at the entirety of the show, i remember there was criticism of the "sopranos" finale. it was one of the greatest works on television. i try not to put too much weight on that. >> do you leave it with a question or finality? will it will vague? they just walk off into the sunset? >> maybe. that's a question that's above my pay grade. >> shonda, give us a call. >> coming up, and host is, find out who it is and the reaction it's getting this morning after these messages. a this morning. can you actually love wearing powerful sunscreen? yes! neutrogena® ultra sheer. no other sunscreen

clayton: he wasn't talking about jerry seinfeld. he was talking about the president. >> that's me.-out, at 4:00 o'clock the rain moved out and the temperature was perfect. it was more like 50,000 people. 38,000 was our record in the past year but 50,000 showed up, every seat was filled, overflow, the crowd was standing and watching and he knocked it up of the park. it was such an inspirational speech and geared towards graduates and speaking directly to them, he was inspiring them and giving them words of wisdom, exactly what he hoped he would do and he -- the feedback from the liberty community is that it was the best commencement speech liberty has ever had and we've had a lot of phenomenal commencement speakers over the last 44 years and i think it'll go down in history as one of the greatest commencement speeches ever. abby: wow. peter: he talked a lot about faith as i know your institution is committed to. what is it about presidency that demonstrates or shows you commitment to the fact that we don't worship government, we wereship god? >> i went through a list of things that