he is working with john york co-owner of the 49ers who was on the safety committee.y the tell me the n.f.l. is getting closer to find the best way to gather research on impacts to the brain, mouth guard sensors like this or helmets with sensors. >> i think we may have the ability to put those into helmets or into mouth guards at the beginning of next season. >> it's such a weird injury. you are not sure. i think i'm okay. the brain sits in a pool of fluid. so if you move the cranium quickly the brain is going rotate and move as well. >> cheryl: the doctor says using mouth guards it could apply to a lot of sports. >> there is soccer, lacrosse and field hockey and women sports. >> cheryl: it's such a big issue. joining us is sports anchor is mike shumann. >> i have former oakland raider safety and he has been through this. let's start out how many concussions did you have while you played? >> more than i can count. that is part of the game. any kind of blind spotted or tingle is officially a concussion. >> you didn't think it was a concussion unless you got knocked out

john: new york?e biggest giveaway was a hard drive taken at a flight computer desktop and not put in improperly. was only 12 i don't know how they work very well but i was aware someone was tampering with my computer hard drive in the screws are not putting improperly. >> we learned later they had almost 300 photographs of items the documents and they have went to the house when we were not there on more than one occasion gone in and they had taken from their clippings damage dna samples cigarette butts. john: how did they get your fingerprints? your passport had expired. wwy you? >> i listed in the military in 1984 as an officer through the rotc progrrm and apparently of was fingerprinted it even had this secret clearance and worked for military intelligence so i had an application for cleerance. ironic. of and apparently allegedly they found the latent fingerprint number 17 on a blue bag that contained detonators outside the train station where the bombing occurred and then it was photographed in t

. >> delta flight 172, a boeing 747 from tokyo was on final approach to new york's john f.nedy airport. high winds forced the pilot's request a go around, which is an aboarded landing. turn left to stay out of the potentially dangerous weight turbulence of another plane. at the same time, 170 operating as a delta connection flight bound for jacksonville, florida, just departed from laguardia airport. in air traffic recordings, a controller can be heard alerting the pilot. >> 172. yes, sir, we are almost there now. >> delta 172, we have a traffic, 12:00, 1400 feet. 1600 feet. >> both planes turned in front of each other and at their closest were separated by a half mile and 200 feet vertically. this vowlated the minimum required separation of three miles horizontally. mark is the former chairman of the ntsb and a cbs transportation analyst. that was extremely close. unacceptably close. however, with that said, what you saw was incredible professionalism by the pilots and both aircraft. you saw professionalism with the air traffic controller and you also saw the intervention.

john in new york. john. >> caller: hey, jim. how are you doing? >> real good. how about you, john? >> caller: good. so in honor of the great -- myself being a bucknell alum, giving you a big bucknell boo-yah. >> bill gruber boo-yah. professor at bucknell who had me speak there for their big fund-raiser. what's up? >> caller: terrific. my question is there's been a lot of going on, making several acquisitions in the past few months and speculation of more this week. may be an ipo in the next future. do you think yahoo is a good long-term investment? >> yahoo the parts are worth more than the whole. therefore, yes. it's not hostage to the whims or the slings and arrows of the regular economy. i think it is a good situation. i really like that ceo. let's go to scott in georgia. scott. >> caller: hey, jim, i'm trying to understand what's going on with these reits, particularly nly. announcing their dividend today, down 11% but still yielding 12 1/2%. is it safe to go in? >> no. you know, these companies are all -- they declared their dividend. their dividend was cut. i don't know how t

john: i met your daughter back stage. she's a delightful creature. how is it bringing up daughters in new york? >> it's very hard. john: there was this one moment this weekend i was walking past a playground. what do you call those in america? >> a playground. john: potato, potato. and there were these two little girl standing outside one of them was dressed up in their dress with a nice handbag and little braids in her hair. she turned to the one next to her and looked really angry and said you told me this was going to be dressy. at a playground. that's a lot of pressure for a child. >> well, my daughter back stage is wearing a shirt that said brave men run in my family. >> john: you have an awesome daughter. thank you so much for being here. >> thank you john: i really appreciate it. white house down. >> go see white house down. [ cheers and applause ] ladiesn: maggie gyllenhaal,

. >> reporter: delta flight 172, a boeing 747 from tokyo, was on final approach to new york's john f. kennedy airport. high winds forced the pilot to request a go-around, which is an aborted landing. delta 172 was then instructed by the control tower to turn left to stay out of the potentially dangerous wake turbulence of another plane that had just departed. at the same time, an embraer 170, operating as a delta connection flight bound for jacksonville, florida, had just departed from laguardia airport and was flying directly towards delta 172. in air traffic recordings a controller can be heard alerting the pilot of delta 172. 172, are you turning? >> yes, sir, we're almost at 040 now. >> dealt >> 172, are you turning? >> yes, sir, we're almost at 040 now. >> dealt a172, traffic 12:00. 1400 feet, embraer, 1600 feet. >> reporter: both planes turned in front of each other and at their closest were separated by just a half mile horizontally and 200 feet vertically. this violated the minimum required separation of three miles horizontally and 1,000 feet vertically. mark rosenker is the

john the divine in new york city this morning. >>. >> happy birthday to ross perot. he's 83. actor tobey maguire turns 38. fashion designer vera wang, 64 years old. >>> later on the "today" show, reaction to the landmark supreme court decision on same-sex marriage. and live from beijing, a u.s. ceo speaks out after his angry workers release him from captivity in the factory he owns from china. keep it here for more news, weather and sports. thanks for watching "early today." have a good one. >>> we're keeping an eye on south africa where there are new details overnight on the health of ailing leader nelson mandela. the latest on his condition next. >>> farm workers ready to strike in just a matter of days. we'll let you know what other bay area transit agencies are doing right now to try to keep the bay area moving in case they go through with the threat. >>> we hear a lot about san jose's fight to bring the a's south, but new developments today could help keep the team right where it is. details next. >>> right now nothing can stop us from giving you this beautiful shot, kin

recently fired new york rangers coach john tortorella will become the new head boss of the vancouver canucks. the canucks former coach was given the rangers job. >>> tonight, game six of the stanley cup finals is in boston. the puck drops at 8:00 p.m. eastern right here on nbc. the chicago blackhawks lead the series against the bruins, three games to two. so they could wrap it up tonight. >>> in baseball, we go. a great catch in milwaukee has the brewers center fielder made that huge leap and then hit the wall. he sprained his shoulder and is day-to-day but what a catch that was. >>> detroit's first baseman victor martinez knocked down a line drive and scrambled into foul territory to grab the ball and then without looking to see that he flipped backward to the pitcher to beat the runner for the out. now that is talent right there. good for him. >>> just ahead, paula deen supporters and detractors are out in droves. what's next for the southern chef. those details ahead on "early today." >>> welcome back. at least a few areas where we have a chance for showers. northern california, a

york times" and mainstream media in washington. we have a story, a profile piece this morning on john kerry. chael gordon the "new york times" reporter doesn't mention the word china. it's a puff piece how great john kerry is doing but we don't mention snowden or china. here hong kong is holding snowden and john jury doing everything deliberating kli right. >> eric: what do you want him to do. he has a photo of obama and putin together. he may now be in moscow. russian authorities knew about that and now going to cuba. >> this is what they have to do. they have to use er tool available. you have to make it clear to the chinese and russians, this is not just a diplomatic request. this is economic request. this is trade request. this is one of the most serious cases of a leaker that we have seen. if the obama administration cannot deal with this at a very top level and make sure this is a priority and that every single government knows that we're going to make this priority and going to get the paperwork right, we're going to encourage other people to leak and have this left wing viewpoint of i

exploratorium company which make games like farmville closed offices in los angeles, new york and dallas. >> johnexplains the local headquarters is taking a hit too. >> despite the sign outside zipping a fancy new headquarters south of market not much fun inside as myes were given boxes and told they were out of a job. >> i have been nervous for awhile. just because i don't know why. i was a little bit nervous. programmers artist. creative people behind the on lean games given the news told the sign separation agreement and then sent on their way. >> lake i said the way things work with games. i have been doing this for a long time. you just do the best you can do and sometimes things happen outside of your control. >> zing a on strong with facebook games like farmville but analyst say they are under performing and the core business of virtual interaction is unraveling. bloomberg news. >> business declined. it's not drawing and they need to shift the game toward mobile soil. not doing that as quickly as they should. thought having as much success as they did in year past so they are scaling back

exploratorium company which make games like farmville closed offices in los angeles, new york and dallas. >> johnexplains the local headquarters is taking a hit too. >> despite the sign outside zipping a fancy new headquarters south of market not much fun inside as myes were given boxes and told they were out of a job. >> i have been nervous for awhile. just because i don't know why. i was a little bit nervous. programmers artist. creative people behind the on lean games given the news told the sign separation agreement and then sent on their way. >> lake i said the way things work with games. i have been doing this for a long time. you just do the best you can do and sometimes things happen outside of your control. >> zing a on strong with facebook games like farmville but analyst say they are under performing and the core business of virtual interaction is unraveling. bloomberg news. >> business declined. it's not drawing and they need to shift the game toward mobile soil. not doing that as quickly as they should. thought having as much success as they did in year past so they are scaling back

york. >> thanks john.eks about how this government has been sweeping up information about american citizens. the reasons given security, efficiency and some suggest political gain. one thing we know from last fall's election this president and his team understands the political power of big data. >> thank you, america. >> i so wish i would have been able to fulfill your hopes to lead the country in a different direction. >> nearly half of america mitt romney's half election night 2012 came as a shock with a terrible rae con me at home and new dangers abroad president obama seemed so beatable. romney didn't know what obama did. >> obama's team time and money something new with politics. >> he literally wrote the book on the new signs of political campaigning that obama mastered. >> make sure the people know how to vote. >> by furnish nashing data. the obama campaign made a virtual profile of every single persuadeable voter in the country. then with experiments in behavioral psychology they targeted people w

exploratorium company which make games like farmville closed offices in los angeles, new york and dallas. >> johnexplains the local headquarters is taking a hit too. >> despite the sign outside zipping a fancy new headquarters south of market not much fun inside as myes were given boxes and told they were out of a job. >> i have been nervous for awhile. just because i don't know why. i was a little bit nervous. programmers artist. creative people behind the on lean games given the news told the sign separation agreement and then sent on their way. >> lake i said the way things work with games. i have been doing this for a long time. you just do the best you can do and sometimes things happen outside of your control. >> zing a on strong with facebook games like farmville but analyst say they are under performing and the core business of virtual interaction is unraveling. bloomberg news. >> business declined. it's not drawing and they need to shift the game toward mobile soil. not doing that as quickly as they should. thought having as much success as they did in year past so they are scaling back

. >> john: on the new york city mayoral race, christine quinn is losing steam to anthony weiner.l released today said weiner leads quinn 25% to 20% among registered democrats. again that's only 45% of the people who can vote, but what are we thinking about this rise for weiner. rick start your puns. >> well, i think he's been very handy with using a lot of quinn's format. she said all kids to get a tablet. he's going to say all kids want a tablet and show my penis. and then remember my penis with the it's not proportionate to my little body. >> john: you say that helps him? >> he's the kim kardashian candidate. notoriety matters more than substance. no one knows. >> look, i am with randy. >> john: randy? he's been on this show. >> i know, randy shouldic on every debate and on the ballot because he's talking about poverty. he's talking about stop and frisk. he is talking about how to live in new york where real new yorkers live, living wage, i love randy. >> of course, he's a millionaire like bloomberg. >> john: there is that. >> but i think anthony weiner, i think that just shows

from pennsylvania, and upstate, rochester, new york, and very own john, our new ep, executive producer from his apartment in new york city caught it. nice apartment. gio. in new orleans, there's video from the super moon. sunset turned around and the moon had risen. so really great shots. not all good news, i can't just be smiling. some bad news, severe weather. more on the way today. but what happened yesterday, there were certainly more than 100 severe weather reports. some tornadic. this in nebraska. it almost looks transparent in the middle, land spoutish. but low precipitation. great video, no one was hurt. today, here are the area on alert for isolated tornados, damaging winds and hail. green a bay, des moines, kansas city, all the way back to denver. it's the same area that gets hit over and over. not so much weather, but the rain. look at southwestern wisconsin, major flooding. almost a foot over the beginning of the weekend. i've got bad news. more on the way. in the purple area, 1 to 2 inch range. this is the next 24 hours. a bulls eye in des moines, iowa. anywhere in the nor

actor james began doll 5 seset for thursday at new york city's st. john the divine cathedral. the star of the "sopranos" died walwednesday after suffering a heart attack while on vacation in rome. he was 51. paula deen became a celebrity by cooking up southern comfort food on television, but tonight she finds herself in an uncomfortable place, out of a job and in the national spotlight. elaine quijano has the story. >> and we'll work on our filling. >> reporter: she's the face of a multi-million-dollar empire built on southern cooking and a folksy image. paula deen's vast portfolio includes tv shows, restaurants and deals with some of the nation's biggest retailers, including k-mart and target. but deen is now doing damage control after she admitted a deposition she had used racial slurs in the past. the revelation ignited a firestorm and prompted the food network to drop her. mike paul say public relations executive. she is not accuse of doing anything illegal here. why is this so damaging, in your view? >> the court of law is important, but the court of public opinion is as

from pennsylvania, and upstate, rochester, new york, and very own john, our new ep, executive producer from his apartment in new york city caught the super moon. thank you for all the photos. please keep sending them in. nice apartment. right. that was gio, i didn't say that. in new orleans, there's video from the super moon. he is actually looking at the sunset, turned around and actually saw the moon that had risen. so really great shots. of course, it's not all all good news. i just can't keep smiling in the broadcast. some bad news, severe weather. more on the way today. first, i want to show you what happened yesterday. there were certainly more than 100 severe weather reports. some tornadic. this one in nebraska. we've got the video for you. it almost looks transparent in the middle, land spoutish. but low precipitation. if we call it that. great video, no one was hurt. today, here are the areas on alert for isolated tornados, damaging winds and the isolated hail. minneapolis. green bay right on the edge there. des moines, omaha, kansas city, all the way back to denver. it's the

our winner this week is -- john steve from glenville, new york. >> stop it! wnyt out of albany. i think john is on the line. congratulations, john. >> thank you. >> your excited? >> very much. how are you doing, girls? >> how you doing? a little shout out to the ladies. we want to tell everyone a little about you. john works the second shift which gives him an opportunity to watch the fourth hour. he said he -- now that he's confessed his man secret is out. check out his t-shirt. >> he's out of the closet. >> and what a man he is. look at those arms. >> hello. >> john's favorite part of the show is the playlist. and kathie lee's friday funny. so diplomatic of you john, splitting it down the middle. so your ready to hear where you're going? >> absolutely. >> okay. get ready for a fun-filled trip to hollywood, florida. you and a guest are going to the seminole hard rock cafe and casino. a four-night, five-day stay with a lot of good times and relaxation because we got you some spa treatments. hotel and air fare accommodations provided by the seminole hard rock h

the mayor of new york will hit you from that. >> john, the moment and idea of gettingsowed. would it be a good idea for the work place? >> to each business it is to ch their own. probly fosters a greater corporate cult xur peop are talking about ideas as rick said. it is something to encourage. if people are happy at work. they are more productive. >> but if they are weaving down the hallway, are they productive? >> steve is right. paint a bull's eye with a sign that said sue me. it is a playground for tort lawyers and sexual harrassment cases, too. >> emac, would it help. time magazine. time magazine the night before they put the magazine to ped, they roll throug the aisles with liquor cart. >> it is delivered copy to their tables. they are boozing it up at noon. and i liked the job and delivering the copy. i like what rick unger said madmen and look at autoworkers who got trouble boozing on the job. i wont want a drunk to put my car together. >> the fact is, rick, you have a doctor, would you want your doctor drinking before prapting. nobviously not. it was drinkin that pu

in 2010 he opened the john mcenroe tennis academy in new york. he also just returned from the french open where raffa nadal captured his eighth ground. all eyes now turn to wimbledon which begins on june 24. as always, we're pleased to have john mcenroe back at this table. welcome. >> good to see you again. >> rose: what are you doing with your life right now? >> well, my life is mainly tennis. i play tennis. i'm on the old foege gives tour, i call it. >> it's exhibitions? >> it's somewhere between an exhibition and real event. we go out to play but we want to entertain but there's good players out there, sampras, agassi, so i've got my hands full as well as a guy like bjorn borg, my great rival ivan lendl comes back into the game after 17 years being out. i also do the commentary, as you mentioned, so i do the majors and the this tennis academy is probably the newest venture to try to bring a spark, the energy the life back to new york tennis because the last guy that probably made it out of this area was my brother and we're talking 25, 30 years

. >> john: for more i'm joined by alexis mcgill johnson an executive director of the american values institute, and here in new yorkirector of the brennan center for justice. thank you for being here on "viewpoint." >> thank you for having us. >> john: alexis, let me start with you you're in d.c. can we believe what we heard from general alexander in the hearing given that james clapper doesn't even have a slight problem misleading the public or congress? >> you know, i think that is the real challenge here. we don't know what to believe from anybody. there is an odd circularity in their logic. at some level we have to assume that we're being protected because they're seeing these attacks, they're foiling them at the expense of data mining millions and millions of innocent americans. and so we're being asked to weigh some very serious consequences. our civil liberties on one hand and the fear of another attack happening. i think part of their whole logic is to actually keep us in a constant state of fear. >> john: it would seem that way but let me follow up. if they can tell us that there are a lot they can't tell

. >> reporter: clinton attended forum tuesday night in new york with republican john mccain, a fierce of mr. obama for what he says is two and a half years of drift on syria as the slaughteras escalated. to sources familiar with the event can from a political report that clint declar in the president runthe ddnger of lookinlike a total fool if they paid much attention to polls and public officials need to see downhe road in to win. republicans charge, this was an opening sho i hillary intos 2016 presintial campaign to show se daylight betweenhe obama policy and the foer secretary of state. >> i don't tnk this was entirely accidental onormer president clinton's part. the implication that he h given is that president obama is leaking - we can, indecisive, and poles driven. >> repter: that comes afr fox poll in may found 68 pcent ofmericans believe the administration should stay at of syria because of cil war the u.s. could end up harming anti-american extremists, while 20 percent say the u.s. should get more involved becauset is a humanitarian crisis. presidenti aides insist that polls

captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. rose. >> rose: john galliano is here, he was one of the most acclaimed fashion designers in the world for many years he was the creative force behind kristine difficult or and his own label, john galliano, then at a small parisian bar near his home he on more than one occasion said the most outrageous things, racist, anti-semitic and hateful one of those incident from 2010 was filmed, the video went viral, here is that video. >> >> you are pompous --. >> oh, my god. >> rose: when that video was released john galliano became the subject of international scorn, he was fired. he was convicted, he has apologized and he has been in rehabilitation this is his first television interview since the incident. he spoke for a remarkable piece she wrote for vanity fair magazine that is on the newsstand today, i was asked to do this interview and i of course said yes, last night on this program i did two segments one on the demonstrations on turkey, another on surveillance of americans by the united states government,

. >> there was some strangeness with the timing of "the new york times" and john mccain on the senate floor jumping the gun a little bit before the white house made this announcement formally. do you have insight into how the timing unfolded today and why this happened tonight? >> well, they've been working toward this now for a couple of days. we've all been waiting on this announcement and there was certainly a lot of evidence that there were meetings. we knew they had a big principals meeting at the white house yesterday. the most unusual thing is not that "the new york times" broke the story because they've been working very hard on it and have excellent reporters. the most unusual thing is that john mccain went on the floor and announced it for them. and announced it by casting it in what has to be the most negative light. that it was the fact that he was applauding this decision but clearly it's a decision that he thinks is too little, too late. it's the least bad of a lot of bad choices according to administration officials that they knew that they now had to get out in front o

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. >> clinton attended a forum tuesday night in new york with republican john mccain, a fierce critic of mr. obama for what he says is 2 1/2 years of drift on syria as the slaughter escalated. two sources confirm a political report that clinton declared any president runs the danger of looking like a total fool if they paid too much attention to polls and public officials need to see down the road and win. republicans charged this with an opening shot in hillary clinton's presidential campaign to show day light between the obama policy and former secretary of state. >> i don't think this was entirely accidental. and the implication is that president obama is weak, indecisive and poll driven. >> reporter: that comes after a charge in may found 68% of americans believe the administration should stay out of syria because it is a civil war and the u.s. could end up warming anti-american extremists while 23% say u.s. should get more involved because it is a humanitarian crisis. >> what does factor in is what is in the national security interest of the united states and what has the best ch

"as i lay dying: meditations upon returning" by father richard john neuhaus of new york city. thank you very much. >> guest: a joy to be with you. booktv's on facebook. like us to interact with booktv guests and interviewers. facebook.com/booktv. >> one of the interesting aspects of this buildings history is the fact that it exists at all. and really much of the reason this building is still here is due to our governor at the time, and governor fans. when the civil war started to come to a close and union troops are camped outside of raleigh, he was very concerned about the fate of the people of raleigh and of this building. he knew what had happened and many of the other southern cities when troops came through and so he crafted a peaceful surrender of the city of raleigh. he agreed to leave the city of raleigh and have the confederate troops leave the city of raleigh peacefully and that the union troops were also taking charge of the city of raleigh peacefully and specifically they would spare the state state thee capitol with the museum and library. we do have three represe

john the divine in new york.ying today that the plans are in place and he is thanking the many supporters. take a listen. >> we are now looking hopefully at getting the remains back to the united states tomorrow. the provisional land is to depart rome tomorrow afternoon and arrive in the united states in the evening. we, the family, would like to thank the u.s. government, especially secretary john kerry and our friends at the state department, for helping us if this time of need. our express thanks to the people in italy for working day and night on our behalf. >>gregg: he died suddenly after suffering a heart attack while on vacation in italy. he was just 51 years old. >> heather: coming up, brand new details on the criminal investigation involving hernandez and police were back at his massachusetts home for a second time and why. >>gregg: a cherished sweet treat from childhood making a delicious come back. >> heather: breaking details as we track down the movements of snowden around the world. if you're suffer

. >> bart, in terms of the settlement issue, new york times said john corzine wasn't given the opportunity >> i can't get into it. i'm sorry, kate. but right if you we are trying to work out a settlement with mf global. but again, subject to the court's attention. but this is something we think needs to be brought before a jury. this shouldn't be transparent. we want it out in the open and a jury of their piereers can makee determination. >> what do you know about john corzine's corporation. how much money do you believe he would have to -- >> i don't know about his financial situation. maybe other people do, brian. but i don't personally know about it, sorry. >> in your press release, you talk about the fact you've come to terms with mf global or what is left of it at this point and there would be a hundred percent restitution by commodity customers when the firm went down. you talk about court approval, which is essential, right? we are having a debate as to whether courts would sign off. would this include an admission of wrongdoing or is that not yet clear? >> in general, when we do se

>> john: yet you live in a two bedroom apartment in new york. those numbers don't seem to match up. >> no, they don't. but it's not as if we're trying to prove something. it's not like "we're going to raise our kids in a box." (laughter) it's just circumstances -- you know, my wife gets pregnant looking at babies so she is -- i don't even let her hold avocados john. (laughter) but you can't -- over the past couple years you can't really turn to someone who's seven months pregnant and be like "hey let's pack up and move." so we've been waiting and eventually we'll move. or we'll have another kid. i don't know. (laughter) >> john: five children, you are the definition of a committed catholic. >> i have one more and i could be a republican nominee. (laughter) (applause) >> john: one more and you get an official medal from the vatican. >> hey, the pope gave me these shoes. >> john: they are pretty fly for a white guy. >> i'm catholic baby wife is very catholic, she's a shiite catholic. so there is no goalie. >> john: the numbers back that up. jim, s

our good friend, john conyers and jerry nadler from new york. conyers from michigan, offered an amendment saying let's have an exception certainly carve out an exception for women who are the victims of rape. trent franks says no, no, no, that's not necessary and here's why. >> before -- tried to make rape and incest the subject the incidents of rape resulting in a pregnancy are very low. >> bill: the incidences of rape resulting in a pregnancy are very low. here we go again! can you believe it? i mean has he ever heard of todd aiken? >> right. >> bill: doesn't he remember todd aiken? we remember todd aiken said basically the same thing during his senate race last year. >> it seems to me, first of all from what i understand from doctors, that's really rare. if it is a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down but let's aschum that didn't work or something. there should be some punishment but it ought to be on the rapist. >> bill: something about the woman's body. that sperm comes up there and if the sperm is

with us on set national affairs editor for new york magazine and msnbc political analyst john hileman>> this is important. >> former white house press secretary and msnbc contributor robert gibbs. and in washington, reporter for "the new york times" jeremy peters joins us as well. we have a lot to get to this morning. >> willie, because you can't wear a sign on your head that says i am in the middle of writing an important historical book, you just don't shave for a couple weeks. >> to make sure people ask. >> you're hoping people will notice that -- >> it's distinguished. graying in places. >> look at that. >> he looks so wise, doesn't he? >> you like it better from me. >> i like it better from you. >> it hurts more. >> and obviously he decided -- he was in such a hurry, he grabbed -- he realized you don't usually go like, you know, black on black. >> still wearing his pajamas. >> dark blue on black unless you're vladimir putin. >> or johnny cash. >> i was looking for the putin look. >> somebody give me a guitar. >> you know, the putin deal, hear this story? >> i think it was a gift.