but was happily surprised. >> reporter: the occasion was the opening of julian lennon's first exhibitionphs. at 47, john lennon's first-born son is already seven years older than his father was when he was killed in 1980. >> if millions of people weren't coming up and asking you about your father's 70th birthday, is it something that you would be working in any way. >> i'm actually looking at my age and his age going, jesus, what happened? you know, time has flown. and now more than ever i look back with a great deal of respect for him as a man and his work. but not necessarily as a father. but as a man and his work, no question about that. there's also a lot of forgiveness now. ♪ ever since you've been leaving me ♪ ♪ i've been wanting to cry > it's been the paradox of julian lennon's life that he spent his childhood chasing after his father's love, and the years since running from his father's shadow. ♪ too late for good-byes ♪ yes, it's much too late for good-byes ♪ >> reporter: he scored a string of his own hits in the '80s but was always being measured against his father's mythic ima

lennon left julian when he was just five. >> he died when you were 17. >> yup, scary that one.n't want to repeat. that's why it was a conscious decision of mine not to have a family so early. i mean, believe me, that-- that was the reasoning behind it. >> reporter: so for john lennon, who only in his last years became a devoted family man... >> both of them are very talented sons. >> reporter: ...this may be the greatest tribute of all. >> who would have thought, eh? ♪ i love them all ♪. >> reporter: anthony mason, cbs news, new york. >> couric: and that is the cbs evening news for tonight. i'm katie couric. thank you for watching. good night.

lennon left julian when he was just five. >> he died when you were 17. >> yup, scary that one. didn't want to repeat. that's why it was a conscious decision of mine not to have a family so early. i mean, believe me, that-- that was the reasoning behind it. >> reporter: so for john lennon, who only in his last years became a devoted family man... >> both of them are very talented sons. >> reporter: ...this may be the greatest tribute of all. >> who would have thought, eh? ♪ i love them all ♪. >> reporter: anthony mason, cbs news, new york. >> couric: and that is the cbs evening news for tonight. i'm katie couric. thank you for watching. good night. i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message. the real andy harris. his past attacks have been called deceptive, his new attack, false. harris voted for deregulation increasing our electric bills by 72% it's not surprising, harris always sides with the big guys. he opposes cracking down on wall street and supports tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas. harris even opposed making big insurance cover cancer screenings. andy

lennon left julian when he was just five. >> he died when you were 17. >> yup, scary that one.want to repeat. that's why it was a conscious decision of mine not to have a family so early. i mean, believe me, that-- that was the reasoning behind it. >> reporter: so for john lennon, who only in his last years became a devoted family man... >> both of them are very talented sons. >> reporter: ...this may be the greatest tribute of all. >> who would have thought, eh? ♪ in my life i've loved them all ♪ . >> reporter: anthony mason, cbs news, new york. >> couric: and that is the "cbs evening news" for tonight. i'm katie couric. thank you for watching. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. caption colorado, l.l.c. >>> this is an attempt to discredit me. >> another bay area race gets nasty. but no one counted on this. what happened when a candidate tried to crash someone else's news conference. >> i wanted to nip it in the bud. >> why call a news conference if there is no news? the anonymous tip that sent oakland police scrambling

>> reporter: julian lennon lost his father first when he left and again when he died. john lennon lost his mother, as he says in the film "imagine." >> i lost her twice, once as a 5-year-old and once again as i was re-establishing the relationship with her. >> reporter: she died when he was just 17. lennon left julian when he was just 5. he died when you were 17. >> yep. it's scary that one. something i didn't want to repeat. that's why it was a conscious decision of mine not to have a family so early. i mean, believe me, that was the reasoning behind it. >> reporter: so, for john lennon, who only in his last years became a devoted family man. >> both of them are very talented sons. >> reporter: this may be the greatest tribute of all. >> who would have thought, eh? ♪ in my life, i've loved them all ♪ >> reporter: anthony mason, cbs news, new york. >> that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thanks for watching. we hope you'll join us a little later for "the early show." i'm manuel gallegus. have a good day and a great i'm manuel gallegus. have a good day and a g

and john had said not long before he was shot that he missed having that with julian lennon, wanted toith him. and i said to julian, do you feel cheated that you didn't get that opportunity? and he said, yeah, that part of it really, really hurts. >> i can't imagine. and so you grow up with this name and legacy looming over you, yet you didn't have the inner personal relationship with that father when the entire world adored that man. it's very strange. it must be very strange. >> your dad is some famous person floating around but didn't float home very often. >>> programming note, our cnn documentary, losing lennon countdown to murder is premiering december 4th and 5th at 8:00 p.m. eastern. you'll be very interested to see what people remember happened 30 years ago. >>> your top story's coming up in a moment. i don't want you going out on those yet. and leave your phone in your purse, i don't want you texting. >> daddy... ok! ok, here you go. be careful. >> thanks dad. >> and call me--but not while you're driving. we knew this day was coming. that's why we bought a subaru. this chicke

that sculpture was unveiled this morning by john's first wife, and julian lennon, his eldest son as wellbe britain's answer to a memorial of straw berry fields. >>> and a new decision to scrap the transit project under way. he met with transportation secretary who applied some pressure urging the governor to rethink his plan. christy slammed the brakes to the project thursday saying the budget could balloon to $14 billion, and that's something the new jersey state cannot afford. the funnel would have doubled the number of commuter trains from new jersey to manhattan. >>> good news for verizon customers. steve jobs has plans to make the iphone available on your carrier. and the analysts joins me right now to discuss this decision. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> why has it taken so long to get this around from at sxchlt t and diversify? >> well, they are putting the credibility on the line and they are saying they have sources that claim he's going to make the announcement and be available in january. the reason it has taken so long. in 2007, apparently they went to verizon first

. >> reporter: in liverpool, lennon's birth place, his first wife, cynthia, and son julian, celebratedfe with a sculpture called peace and harmony. >> to honor dad and pray for peace. >> reporter: near reykjavik, iceland, lennon's widow yoko ono and ringo starr honored lennon's birthday with the lighting of a tower ohno creating. it's called "imagine peace." ohno said lennon would be fighting for it still. >> i don't think that he would have retired. he is not the retiring type. >> reporter: but lennon remains the type that merchandisers can only cream of. all of his solo albums have been re-released a new couplary chronicles his years, and the movie "nowhere boy." lennon stuff, says a music editor, is timeless. >> this was somebody who from a very young age was writing songs like "help," and "in my life," and i'm a loser." >> reporter: alan light of "rolling stone" brought his seven-year-old son to central park to remember lennon. light said lennon achieved immortality by showing how mortal he was. >> i think what people still respond to is the honesty and the combination of confidenc

lennon's son julian and his mother were on hand.nother statute was placed in strawberry fields in his honor. if you are wondering what he would have looked like at 70 here is a sketch created by a digital artist. a photo has been digitally aged. given a shorter haircut but as you can see the same trademark round framed glasses. >> you're in tonight for kim coyle. you will bring up where we went to school, aren't you? >> every time the bruins come to town you are sitting up at the anchor desk. they haven't been winning much. >> we will find that more coming up. >> this year it was the bruins turn to face the bears but big question is could cal stop the run game. something went very, very wrong on this offside kick. this you have to see to believe. you will not believe this. sports is coming up next. can a smartphone be its own guardian angel ? can it keep an eye out for itself, literally show and tell you where it is when you don't even know yourself ? droid can with lookout mobile security, one of thousands of free apps for the droi

. >> reporter: in liverpool, lennon's birth place his first wife and son julian celebrated his life withculpture called peace and harmony. >> to honor that and to pray for peace. >> reporter: near iceland lennon's widow and ringo star lit a tower. it is called imagine peace. she said lennon would be fighting for peace still. >> he would not be retired. he is not the retired type. >> reporter: but lennon remains the type that merchandisers can only dream of. a documentary chronicling his years in new york. and a new film "nowhere boy" shows the birth of the beatles. >> we should write our own stuff. >> reporter: lennon's stuff says a music editor is timeless. >> this was somebody who from a very young age was writing songs like "help" and "in my life" and "i'm a loser." >> reporter: allen light of rolling stones magazine brought his son to the park to remember lennon. he said lennon showed how immortal he was. >> people still respond to the honesty and the combination of confidence and vulnerability. >> reporter: songs by a young man who will never grow old. imagine. cbc news, new york. ♪

. >> reporter: in liverpool lennon's birth place his first wife and son julian celebrated with an 18-foot sculpture called peace and harmony. >> to honor dad and to pray for peace. >> reporter: near iceland lennon's widow and ringo star honored lennon's birthday with the lighting of a tower that yoko ono created. she said lennon would be fighting for peace still. >> he is not the retiring type. >> reporter: but lennon remains the type that only merchandisers can only dream of. a new documentary is chronicling his years in new york and a new film "nowhere boy" reimagines the young john lennon, paul mccartney and the birth of the beatles. lennon's stuff, says a music editor, is timeless. >> this was somebody who from a very young age was writing songs like "help" and "in my life" and "i'm a loser." >> reporter: allen light of rolling stones magazine brought his son to the park to remember lennon. he says lennon achieved immortality by showing how more talhe was. >> i think what people still respond to is the honesty and the combination of confidence and vulnerability. >> reporter: songs

now, in liverpool, a sculpture was unveiled by john lennon's first wife, cynthia, and his eldest son, julian. >>> in new york city, a documentary with never-before-seen footage of john lennon will be see in central park. the film depicts his life with his wife and son. there are stories that work closest with him. >> he deliberately put his d string out of tune. he would tune up and then turn the d flat, and i would ask him, why do you do that? why do you flat the d string? he said because when we used to make the beatles records, they would go on the radio and my aunt mimi would say, john, is one of these guitars, you, and he would say that one, you hear the one slightly out of tune, that's me. >> joining me now is the writer and director, and congratulations on the film. it's a great one. >> nice to be here. >> we were watching the clip together, and you said people love that story. why that is? is that something behind the scenes where you would have said i never would have known that? >> yeah, and jack was the producer and a long-time producer of john's. i never knew john purposely toned

lennon 70th birthday. those are people signing a birthday card. in liverpool in england, his son julian and his first wife said to unbilled a sculpture celebrating his life. john lennon was a course shot and killed by mark chapman in 1980. that has a new logo, so far not popular. the company changed its decade local, the new design suppose it shows how a company has the ball on its body image. tell but to the critics, we find out what's on local shoppers think. >> i am outside the gatt start on market street, but below goal has not changed and is the same on the bags. it will be a slow rollout. so many customers say they do not like the idea, to get a look at but to prepare >> i like the old one better, the new one does not stand out. >> i like the old one better a job so you. >> i'm not certain what they changed the logos. is so recognizable >> it is moderate to benefit the many, i recognize logo they currently have, that i do not think it will benefit their cells. >> below gold was zero impactive if i ever shop there. s at the i coul carethey are not changine name, just awful >> what.

morning, a sculpture has been unveiled, a sculpture of -- unveiled by john lennon's first wife cynthia and his eldest son julianswer to the memorial. >> how many people are stopping traffic to cross the street, stop, take that pose, the iconic pose in the middle of the abby road crosswalk? >> well, there are literally a steady stream of them, as you can see a few just doing it right now, and what you can't see, i can look down the road and there is such a long queue of traffic here. as far as the eye can see. people are taking it in good spir spirits, but a few people are tooting their horns. >>> so move over old spice guy, you're getting some competition from the "sesame street" set. you know the commercials i'm talking about, right? the ones that feature a shirtless man promoting old spice body wash by telling customers to smell like a man and sometimes he's in the shower, sometimes he's on a horse. here's grovers version, urging viewers to smell like a monster. >> anything is popular when you smell like a monster. >> there's been a lot of old spice spoofs on youtube, but this one looks like the favorite. nno

sculpture has been unveiled in the last hour in the center of liverpool by john lennon's fst wife cynthia, and his eldest son julianritain's answer to the memorial in strawberry fields in new york. >> all right, jenny, thanks so much. and we're bang. but first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> still to come on "today," close to freedom. breaking news from chile where those rescus are just a few feet away from the trapped miners. >> and dora goes to court. no fun and games from the girl who was the character's voice. she is sues now for millions. we'll tell you why, but first these messages. ♪ every time it's so right ♪ well, it feels so good [ female announcer ] when you have a softer bath tissue, you can enjoy going more... while still using less. introducing new charmin ultra soft. new charmin ula soft has an ultra-cushiony design that's soft and more absorbent. so you can use four times less versushe leading value brand. [ both ] ♪ soft to the touch... [ female announcer ] using less never felt so goo new charmin ultra soft. enjoy the go. ♪ your favorites, in pieces. >>> good morning. it's 7:56 on this saturday, octo

sculpture has been unveiled in the last hour in the center of liverpool by john lennon's first wife cynthia, and his eldest son julianas britain's answer to the memorial in strawberry fields in new york. >> all right, jenny, thanks so much. and we're bang. but first, this is "today" on nbc. two governors, two different approaches. even in good times bob ehrlich didn't make education a priority. he increased college tuition by 40%, cut school construction by $200 million, and ehrlich voted to eliminate the department of education while serving in congress. but in the toughest of times, martin o'malley has made record investments in public schools, new school construction, and o'malley froze college tuition four years in a row. with martin o'malley, our children always come first. >>> still to come on "today," close to freedom. breaking news from chile where those rescuers are just a few feet away from the trapped miners. >> and dora goes to court. no fun and games from the girl who was the character's voice. she is sues now for millions. we'll tell you why, but first these messages. ♪ every time it's so right ♪ well,

sculpture has been unveiled in the last hour in the center of liverpool by john lennon's first wife cynthia, and his eldest son julianas britain's answer to the memorial in strawberry fields in new york. >> all right, jenny, thanks so much. and we're bang. but first, this is "today" on nbc. meg whitman's nose is growing again. this time she's lying about jerry brown on taxes. but as governor jerry brown cut $4 billion in taxes and says no new taxes without voteapproval. meg whitman -- her nose just keeps on growing and growing. meg whitman is lying about jerry brown again...on taxes again. newspapers have called many of her ads untrue. fact: jerry brown cut taxes by $4 billion and says no new taxes without voter approval. but meg whitman's nose just keeps growing by the millions. >>> still to come on "today," close to freedom. breaking news from chile where those rescuers are just a few feet away from the trapped miners. >> and dora goes to court. no fun and games from the girl who was the character's voice. she is sues now for millions. we'll tell you why, but first these messages. ♪ every time it's so right ♪ well,

people are celebrating john lennon worldwide and gathered at central park at the strawberry fields to celebrate, here is a picture of the festivities. in the u.k. his son julianand it's meant as a symbol of peace and lenn lennon's widow yoko oko and band member ringo performed in iceland. >> would it be nice to be known for world peace or-- >> work on that. >> everyone knows him for that. >> that's nice. >> that would be nice. now let's talk sports, the yanks not known for peace, but for winning championships and another year, another yanks sweep of the twins in october. you've heard this before. new york with 6-1 win to advance to the alcs, and swisher go deep, hughes, seven innings of shutout ball and minnesota lost 12 straight post season games, nine straight post season games to the yanks. in texas, former president george w. bush witnessed the rays staying alive against his rangers. and crawford and pena homered in the 9th. rays win 6-3 and trail the series 2-1 and game four today, head to head with football. speaking of, some college football, what a win, number one alabama knocked off by south carolina, the gamecocks pull off a stunner in columbia. led