>> the first script written by allen burns and jim brooks had mary coming to minneapolis divorced.ickly cbs said, no, no, no, no, no. >> at the beginning of the decade, divorce was considered somewhat scandalous. >> she went on dates with a lot of guys. >> but the guys were really important. >> we seem to be hitting it off, and i just thought. >> you just thought? >> she's not obsessed with finding a husband. >> don't forget to take your pill. >> i won't. >> this was about people coping with one another, and the workplace was like a family. >> i told ted to close the copy for sue ann. >> oh, my god. >> what's wrong? >> i told the projectionist it was the other way around. >> oh, my god. >> local pig farmers served notice today that rising corn prices are forcing them to find other means to feed their stock. here's one pig. just look at her gobble up that slop. starting tomorrow we'll be presenting a new feature on wjm, "dining out without with sueann nivens." >> once jim brooks said to me, i know there's a world of comedy in my wife's purse. i just can't access it. we've got to fin

. >> once jim brooks said to me i know there is a world of comedy in my wife's purse.t can't access it. we have got to find some female writers for the show. >> did you trash the men's room? >> of course not. >> i went as somebody's guest. >> why do you think it is such a winner? >> i think because of the casting. and i think because of the writing. they've don't sacrifice the character for the sake of a good joke. >> that effort to keep the female sensibility is what made it authentic and good. people would say "your's just like me and my girlfriends." how can you gorge yourself and stay so skinny? i'm going crazy with hunger. >> well eat something? >> i can't. i have to lose eight pounds by 10:30. >> the head of the network said valerie, listen, i will spin you off. i thought, oh, my god, i'm fired. because spin-off is a term that was originated in the '70s. >> if we're going to start living together we have got to till each other everything. >> okay, joe, i want to be married. >> the wedding became a huge national event. 52 million people tuned in to see that. >> su

jim brooks tempe, arizona.ised john kerry broke his leg, the iranians have really been pulling on it. >> i'll accept that. gig harbor washington i became a premium member and received killing patton free. my payment is donated to charity. all the money i derive goes to charity. well to pm status, hope you enjoy it. william zoeller, i have to say this right, cuyahoga falls, ohio. bill my wife surprised me with birthday tickets to see you and miller in cleveland friday night. can't wait be a fun show sold out, as is memphis on saturday. we have six don't be offended shows left this year. all in the fall check them out on bill o'reilly.com. they will sell out. every year we tell you where you can look to see if anyone owes you money. if you check out the website, unclaimed.org. that's unclaimed.org. you might be very happy. also missing money.com. it's estimated there's about $42 billion in unclaimed money and property just laying around the u.s. we hope some of it is yours. factor tip of the day. check it out. th

brooke? >> sunlen thank you so much. i want to go straight to the white house with our correspondent jim acosta. the president decided just today to go to capitol hill? like too little too late. how is the white house responding? >> reporter: that is basically what everyone in washington is saying right now, brooke. too little too late. the president knew he was in trouble yesterday. he was hearing that house democrats may vote against this taa bill which would provide financial assistance to workers around the country who lose their jobs due to outsourcing. that trade assistance bill went down in flames. the house democratic leader nancy pelosi came out against it in a very long speech there on the house floor that we just watched within the last hour. and this is despite the fact that the white house yesterday, josh earnest, the white house press secretary was saying if you vote against trade assistance there's no guarantee republicans will bring it up again. so just to you know pull out the alphabet soup here brooke the way this was packaged unless taa was passed there is not going to be a bin

. ♪ ♪ >>> check out this wall of clouds from honey brook chester county this afternoon. jimposted this on our twitter page. clouds like these scary for folk across the area. they're just part of the storm damage more of it and even more power outages. seven days after line of storms cut power to 500,000 we're staying on top of this. of course we'll keep you updated. >> rescuers in indonesia still searching through the rubble in the town of ma dan after military plane crashes just after take off. authorities say over 70 people were killed. the plane was carrying military personnel and their families. witnesses say the engines caught fire before crashing. the plane was over 50-year-old. indonesian government is investigating. >>> two people are dead after a man in japan set himself on fire on passenger train traveling from tokyo to osaka. officials say the man poured flammable liquid over his head broke out cigarette lighter and set himself a blaze. passenger hit the emergency brake. it is the deadliest incident in the 51 year history of japan's bullet trains. that leaves 26 o

>> i don't have all of those details for you, jim, other than to tell you that the president and first lady paid for the event. >> reporter: brooke there were other questions about what happened on saturday night because they said there were pretty high rollers at this party from american express, other big companies around the country raising the issue of transparency and why the public did not know that potentially there was lobbying going on at this party with the president and the first lady. the white house press secretary during that briefing when asked those questions, said maybe some of us in the press are experiencing a little bit of angst because we were not on the invite list. and that we are jealous and that's why we are asking these questions. >> i think we all appreciate a little transparency. stevie wonder? come on. jim acosta thank you. >> it would have been nice to know about it. >> right. thank you. >>> here's what else we know with regard to the naacp president, the leader accused of faking her race. she said she will never stop fighting for human rights but we have learned today that she has stopped fighting f

thank our staff that put this bill together for all of us, headed up by our clerk, are, jim, paul, walter b.s. wright brook adrian megan conan, cornell, of my staff, nancy, and katie. the minority clerk becky and tonya. and from mr. visclosky's staff joe. mr. chairman over the years members of congress have agreed that the defense appropriations bill is no place for partisan politics. our national security is far too important. this week the leadership of the other party has decided to throw that out the window and their timing couldn't be more unfortunate. as we gather here this afternoon over 200 men and women in uniform do the hard work of freedom across the globe. in afghanistan, iraq sinai eastern europe, along the d.m.z., and other far away places. there are also members of our armed forces and their comrades who serve here at home and their families. all of them deserve our admiration and gratitude. this bipartisan bill before you delivers for them. i urge a no vote on the motion to recommit and yes on final passage of this bipartisan bill that recognizes and honors their service. i yield back. the

jim defelice recount her life after her husband's death. up next, in the road to character, "new york times" columnist david brooks looks at the lives of 10 historical figures as examples for how to achieve success. also on the list, ashley vance profiles the inventor and cofounder of tesla motors and paypal in, "elon musk." wrapping up this week's best-sellers tom brokaw long-time host of the "nbc nightly news" program discusses his personal battle with cancer in a lucky life interrupted. that is a look at some of the current none fix best he willers -- nonfiction best-sellers according to the chicago tribune. >> it wasn't a choice initially. i think i started working in the first or in the third person. then i realized that the that the, struggle of the text was how do you get a reader not to think they already know. because i think these are old problems, they're ancient. and, they have stayed with us you know, now we can say centuries, right? and so how do we reenter in a way that allows us to have to interrogate again? and the second personal loud that because it, it, it meant that the reader had to say this person is doing that and that person

jim, officials are saying this is not a drill. this is a legitimate concern for this weekend? >> that's right. let's frame it this way, and as you did there, brookeave a whole range of possible terror alerts ranging from the most severe there's a credible and specific plot. this is not that. but it is also not a sort of general warning that hey, we know terrorists may try to do something. the level of concern today is greater than it's been in some time and the specific reason for that is this call from a senior isis leader to supporters from around the world to attack anywhere they can during the muslim holy month of ramadan which we are in right now. the concern is you have more americans, like the last person that was arrested whose picture you showed on the air right there, as more americans get caught up in this isis wave isis is the kind of group that knows the power of timing and july 4th weekend would be enormously powerful timing. that's the collection in the threat picture right now. not a specific threat but a very real threat. not just a kind of general everybody watch out but they encourage people to keep their eyes open. they are no

jim defelice recount her life after her husband's death. up next, in the road to character, "new york times" columnist david brooks looks at the lives of 10 historical figures as examples for how to achieve success. also on the list, ashley vance profiles the inventor and cofounder of tesla motors and paypal in, "elon musk." wrapping up this week's best-sellers tom brokaw long-time host of the "nbc nightly news" program discusses his personal battle with cancer in a lucky life interrupted. that is a look at some of the current none fix best he willers -- nonfiction best-sellers according to the chicago tribune. >> it wasn't a choice initially. i think i started working in the first or in the third person. then i realized that the that the, struggle of the text was how do you get a reader not to think they already know. because i think these are old problems, they're ancient. and, they have stayed with us you know, now we can say centuries, right? and so how do we reenter in a way that allows us to have to interrogate again? and the second personal loud that because it, it, it meant that the reader had to say this person is doing that and that person