>> no. >> jimmy: what about john denver, who is -- >> well, john denver. >> jimmy: that's different. denver. >> well, john denver was a little upset with me at one point in his career. and he was paying me a lot of money. and he was a huge star and he was in england. and he was traveling around europe and he kept calling, i had people with him, he kept calling, saying, you have to come over here, nothing's good, i'm not happy with anything, this and that. and my people kept calling, said, jerry, get over here, he's going to fire you. i said, i can't, i have elvis and frank and the carpenters and, i'm a little busy, dylan. and they said, no, you have to come over and see him. come over for a day and see him. so i flew over to london. when i got there, he was prancing up and down in front of the hotel. pissed off. couldn't have been worse. and i got out -- >> jimmy: i can't imagine him mad to start with. >> he was mad. i got out of the car. he said to me, we got a problem. i said, okay, what is the problem? he said, well, the airplanes are no good, the sound system stinks, the building

he's managed the careers of elvis presley, frank sinatra and john denver. his autobiography, "when i stop talking, you'll know i'm dead," is out right now in paper back. it is a great new documentary. it's fascinating. it's on april 4th, hbo, entitled "his way," featuring a lot of famous friends here. >> he's a lot of things to a lot of different people. >> he's ringling brothers. he's barnum and bailey. >> he's houdini. >> forrest gump. >> you can't buy him dinner. he knows how to [ bleep ] with somebody. >> he cuts his nails, but he has the most mushy, marshmallow center. >> sometimes he doesn't have a governor on his brain. >> he doesn't have a filter. he'll say, "you know, i woke up this morning and my balls ache. you know my grandmother?" [ laughter ] >> jimmy: please welcome jerry weintraub! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: the book, when it came out, now it's on paperback, but its a fascinating book. i have it on my kindle, i have it on my ipad. it's fascinating. >> great, did you buy it? >> jimmy: no. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i got to get into some

. >> reporter: john rodriguez's landscaping business tanked in denver's struggling economy. his wife jeanine lost her job last september. john's already sold his tools and he says donating blood is next. so here he is today, applying for an $8 an hour job to feed his wife and four children. >> it's kind of hard to make it with a mcdonald's salary, but you know, at the same time, i wasn't making anything. so, you know, i'm not too proud for it. >> reporter: but it's not the american dream. the full time entry level kitchen jobs at mcdonald's make $17,000 a year. the poverty level for a family of four is $22,000. and for what economists call economic security, the number is much higher -- $58,000 a year. >> it would be difficult to say that a job like this would be sufficient in any setting. >> reporter: but mcdonald's points out managers make a livable $20,000 to $50,000 a year. and franchise owners, half of whom started out flipping burgers, own $2 million a year businesses. even the mcdonald's president told diane she started at the french fry machine 33 years ago. >> in my

denver. >> that's about all we think anymore. >> john wants to teach her how to fish. we want to be comfortable that, yes, we can buy a plane ticket and be out there in a day. >> reporter: and they're going to be able to teach her how to fish and more because financial experts say that couple there did three things everyone should do. they tackled it head-on. they talk about it three times a week. he's going to work about five years longer and plow it right into the savings account. and lastly, they pared down expectations. that trip from kansas city, kansas, to denver, will be as grand as anything they can imagine, because olivia is at the other end. >> they may not get the cruise, but get the trip to teach her fishing. and they have advice? >> reporter: for the next generation. the savings is the big thing that got the boomers into trouble. >> save more than you think you need. thank you, david. >>> and something happened today in this country that's never happened before. take a close look. across the southeast, almost 1,300 severe weather reports. a record. pouring

john for pedestrians to get off the street. in those put seconds, the victim fell to the ground and the suspect fired additional shots in a denver direction, executing him. sergeant gordon and lt. parra were now within 10 feet of an armed murderer. there were no vehicles behind which they could take cover. their field of fire was the backdrop of a busy irving street. it was packed with pedestrians, class storefronts, passing motorists, and an armed killer. these officers knew that they had to end the deadly threat posed by this man. yet, they knew any rounds fired on that street, whether by them or the suspect, who had the potential to kill or individual victims. they knew they had to draw the attention of this suspect and gain control of him to prevent any further loss of life. sergeant gordon and lt. parra did not hesitate. they confronted the suspect, shouting out that they were the police and ordering him to drop his weapon. with nothing between them and this murder, they used their tactical expertise to triangulate on the suspect. they chose to close the distance between them. advancing on the murder in a purposeful manner.

john's catholic church is located on russell ave in felton. new details and another incident for southwest airlines. this morning a flight from oakland international headed to denver had to return shortly after takeoff. one wing warning light went off. a pilot decided it was safer to return of the plane back to oakland. the plane was a different model than the model that had a fuselage tear sparking emergency inspections nationwide. the incident was not classified as an emergency landing but rather and lesser yellow warning. once the planes are fixed consumer trust is an issue with southwest that it will have to rebuild. today kron 4 has passengers that they will still fly the airline. they were split 50-50. we will likely see a commercial from southwest that and said its recent problems. >> will be important, it will deal with inspections, maintenance and timely repair to ensure people feel safe. as long as southwest does that, it should take care of itself. over the long haul this is one of the safest airline she confide. >>pam: in addition to commercial, the public can expect other ways the company will think the customers. turning now to the barry bonds trial,

denver. >> that's about all we think about anymore. >> john wants to teach her how to fish.ant to feel comfortable that, yes, we can buy a plane ticket and be out there in a day. >> reporter: they'll be able to teach her more than just fishing because financial experts say they did three things everybody should do. talk about it, hit it head-on. address the situation for about three days. they'll work five years longer and they tore down their expectations so that flight from kansas city to denver, it won't be a trip to the islands or a trip to the beach, but olivia will be at the other end. david muir, abc news, new york. >> true. >>> well, there is another disappointment now looming for retirees. their next social security checks could be delayed along with tax refund checks and other government funding. that's because congressional democrats and republicans still have not agreed on a current budget and the temporary funding runs out friday. there were meetings at white house and on capitol hill yesterday but no progress has been reported. >>> it's been 15 years since the

harbaugh against his brother john and lone monday night game nippers at home against pittsburgh. greatness of the raiders. open on monday night football at denverptember 12. first 2 home games are really good. jets and then the patriots. oakland will play the superbowl champion packers in green bay on sunday the 11th. league made a big deal about announcing the schedule today. i can't really take it seriously because let's resolve the lock out first. >> they are probably just doing a little p.r. just trying to. >> full speed ahead. >> no problem here. everything is just fine. >> all right. western see thanks very much. >> that's this edition of 7 thanks very much. >> that's this edition of 7 news at 9:00.

checkpoint in denver stand but when the driver refused to open the car and opened fire the police fights back and out beyond for terrorists including the militant leader is that you'll believe john love were killed and these terrorists think responsibility for number of terrorist attacks not only duggie style but across the russia's north caucasus john the also known as the new france fun was believed to be responsible for training women to become suicide bombers or for future terrorist attacks across russia and the national committee says that russia's most wanted terrorist. appointed to value john up to be very hard of terrorists in dagestan in october twenty times indeed another wave of a major terrorist operations is underway here in the north caucasus but still a d.n.a. test showed no evidence of a mile off and he's a not only on the list of russia's most wanted terrorist but he's also on of the list of most wanted terrorists in the united states he claimed responsibility for most go dumb idea there were airport terrorist attack this year and a number over moscow and natural glomming that happened last year but still after a number of anti terrorist operations that took pla

brother john with the niners visiting baltimore and steelers' fans everywhere, always in full force, even on the road. pittsburgh visits the bay area in mid-december. oakland visits the denver and the raiders home opener is sunday the 25th against the new york jets. tom brady and patriots visit the coliseum at lambo field. they play the super bowl and green bay packers. and green bay paers. he ain't coming here. >> but tom brady is coming >>> four legged friends of the force are now the proud owners of the bullet-proof vest. they got the custom vests early this afternoon. one of the dogs has already been shot in the line of duty. he was hit in the shoulder by a burglary suspect. thankfully he was okay but four dogs now have bullet-proof dogs. >>> a shotgun blast to the face and a permanent home. the marine mammal center announced that silent night is moving to the san francisco zoo. now a second blind see mammal will help him at the zoo. the zoo is currently upgrading the new digs and expected to move into the new home at the end of next month. >> thank you for joining us tonight at 6:00. we'll see you again at # 1:00. >> bye-bye. >>> every day politicians rant against cali

the chief of staff for our now governor john hi higgin, when jn went into that office and i went in as his chief of staff, we faced a huge budget deficit by denver's standards. and we had to cut 11% of our expenditure. and we met with people living all throughout the city and county of denver. we sought their advice, we established a set of priorities. we passed it through a city council. and you know what? denver lived to fight another day, our economy grew, and things were pretty good there for a while until this current recession. when i became superintendent of the denver public schools, as the president knows, a district that year after year after year for almost a decade, maybe even longer than that, was the poster child for cutting every single year. every year people in other school districts would say, thank god we're not the denver public schools. every year the denver public schools would lose teachers to other districts who could afford to pay them more. and every year we cut and we cut and we cut. -- cut as a district. when i became superintendent, one of the cases i made to the school board was, we have profound structural problems i