worked so well. >> despite jim henson's innovative ideas, kermit and his fellow muppets didn't become they had to work their way up the ladder just like most actors do. >> with this camera, i shoot pictures of people who don't drink wilkins coffee. >> i'm ready. shoot. >> anybody else? >> well, a lot of people don't know that many muppets got their start in television commercials. you know, a lot of actors get their start in commercials, but that's the same thing for muppets. when jim henson started working in television, he got the opportunity to make some television commercials and ended up making hundreds throughout the 1950s and '60s. and some of his characters for those commercials went on to bigger careers. cookie monster, for example, started as a puppet in a snack-food commercial, and rowlf the dog, who's the pianist from "the muppet show," got his start in a purina dog chow commercial. >> these drawings by henson are called "storyboards." they show the dialogue and action in a production before it's shot. the next step is making the puppets come alive by giving each its own u

. >> tom: kermit baker is the director of the modeling futures program at harvard university. with us tonight from that school. kermit, your index of home improvement activity has been climbing lately, it's been pretty optimistic, in fact it's up to the level that we last saw back this the middle of 2008. 123 billion dollars spent at the end of last year. is this recovery sustainable? >> i think it is, tom. we saw pretty steep decline, as you noted, from mid 2007 up until the middle of the year in 2010, and it's kind of been hanging around that level, waiting for something to give it a little spark. and looks like we finally got to that point, looks like we're going to have a good year particularly a good second half of 2012 and we expect more growth in the industry as we move into 2013. >> tom: what gives you that optimism considering that we have seen same store sales slow down this spring at home depot and least, a couple of key suppliers when it comes to renovating and home remodeling? >> we had an unusually mild winter in most parts of the country, i think that accelerate

opinions about, which is, what is the relative benefit to doing work to 1's home prior to sale, with kermit, verses without a permit? is it a good step to take to seek to legalize things that were done in the past that might of been done without a permit? essentially, what percentage of the value added do you get from your kitchen remodel it you haven't got a permit for? >> are you saying this is already built? they want to know whether they should do the permit or not? >> most often, i find it to be the former. the latter does come up. people do considerate. usually, it is whether you will go back and permit something that was done illegally. >> that is really tricky. it has a lot to do with the expectation of the amount of money they will get for the property. you have to disclose, disclose, disclose in that case. it has happened to me before. it is mainly because you cannot see what is behind the walls. you can tell that to buyers and sellers. buyers should be concerned about what the electrical looks like, where the plumbing is, what is happening to something that has not been permitted

. >> annual puerto rican festival opens humbolt park four-o'clock quickly closed because of kermit reasons until half an hour ago park district preview when some very airport that insurance documents. porter rican community is furious. every man at the park is closed to they'll lose money rides are shut down offenders cannot sell any 10 family standing outside the gates hundreds of people crowded the sidewalks and street festival the second largest in the city behind taste of chicago 1.8 million people will walk through the gates over the next six days. 30 years of existence has never happened. histthey know it is impossible for us to get the paperwork and the day opening festivities for the portrait that read >> telling vendors to stop selling loss of revenue for vendors and organization bad image for the organization and discriminated against. >> definitely a lot of frustration another issue that might just add to the problems here chicago police confirmed a few were officers assigned to the porter weekend festival this year than last year they say units are ready to be deployed at the e

kermit didn't make the movie.from man to lizard, how long did it take to do that makeup? >> at its worst, it was seven to eight hours in a makeup chair with five or six really skilled makeup artists pli s applying reptilian appendages. >> i hear you managed to really scare emma stone. there's a scene where the lizard breaks into the lab. you used a dark, filthy voice. >> it's too early in the morning to give you any detail. >> we've loved you in "notting hill" and "pirate radio." congratulations on the movie. "the amazing spider-man" hits theaters. >> thank you so much. >> good morning. it will be a nice afternoon. we expect mostly sunny skies. >> and that's your latest weather. now let's check in with our uncle willie, see how he's doing. >> your nation's capital, the national gallery of art sculpture garden. how beautiful. you must come see the national gallery next time you're here. happy birthday from smucker's, how sweet it is. from beautiful charlotte north carolina, kathryn harris, 100 years old, breast can

corruption and kermit in the same sentence.t of the garbage can in the street. martha: that would be oscar the grouch. he was the bill o'reilly of sesame street. bill: true dat. shuttle enterprise now making its final journey to its new home. the shuttle traveling by barge to jersey city. going to be in the space museum docked in new york city. you don't see that every day. laura ingle is there and waiting. can you see her? can you see enterprise? >> reporter: i can't yet bill. we have a great position and our cameras are all over the place here on lower manhattan on the west side of manhattan to bring you all of the excitement here today. it looks like a cruising fish vessel has proved up next to the intrepid or along the intrepid right now. this is where all the action will take place. after three and a half years of waiting the intrepid museum will get to place host as the space shuttle enterprise on board. it it was hoisted onto a pw-rpblg and began a 50-mile trek along new york water's ways traveling under four bridges. it

kermit didn't make the movie.an to lizard, how long did it take to do that makeup? >> at its worst, it was seven to eight hours in a makeup chair with five or six really skilled makeup artists pli s applying reptilian appendages. >> i hear you managed to really scare emma stone. there's a scene where the lizard breaks into the lab. you used a dark, filthy voice. >> it's too early in the morning to give you any detail. >> we've loved you in "notting hill" and "pirate radio." congratulations on the movie.sp" >> thank you, thank you so much. thank you. >> pleasure. >>> mr. roker. >> that's what's going on around the country, here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, comfortable now near 70 degrees with low humidity and lots of sun and a blue sky, but later today, we'll continue to climb and temperatures jumping rapidly from now on. low 80s by noontime and upper 80s mid to late afternoon and lots of sun and another day with low humidity tomorrow and hotter, lots of sun, low 90s and then humid

. >> kermit flail. >> stephanie: yea!> caller: everything you're saying, i'm a liberal, i agree with everything you're saying. >> everything? >> stephanie: you aren't the dump truck kid right? >> no. >> stephanie: oh well, brandon, thanks. >> caller: i agree with everything. >> stephanie: do you have any adult supervision? >> caller: my grandpa and grandma watch your show every day. now i agree with you. i'm going to watch. >> stephanie: join us. thank you, brandon. you're the smartest boy in class. >> caller: thank you. >> stephanie: grandma and grandpa are too old to care about what the kids are doing. >> there are some right home schoolers saying you're abusing the child. [hypnotic music] >> stephanie: everybody at news busters just exploded. mike in madison, you're on "the stephanie miller show." hi mike. >> caller: hi, guys. i would like to give a different perspective for dave who called in about wisconsin. i'm assuming, dave, you had to a chance to hear the fake phone call with the coach. i'm assuming you had a cha

kermit didn't make the movie.an to lizard, how long did it take to do that makeup? >> at its worst, it was seven to eight hours in a makeup chair with five or six really skilled makeup artists pli s applying reptilian appendages. >> i hear you managed to really scare emma stone. there's a scene where the lizard breaks into the lab. you used a dark, filthy voice. >> it's too early in the morning to give you any detail. >> we've loved you in "notting hill" and "pirate radio." congratulations on the movie. "the amazing spider-man" hits theaters. >> thank you so much. >>> okay. good look at this beautiful shot over the san mateo bridge. you can see for 10 miles or better here. it's just phenomenal out there. temperatures bayside are going to be the most comfortable today, 78 degrees on the east shore, fremont today, oakland, 78 for you as well. 67 in san francisco. holding on to the mid to upper 80s in places like livermore and fairfield. here in san jose, we're talking about 82 degrees. by tomorrow, we'll take your t

even kermit has a green job. see you guys today. >>> well, congressional republicans showed up at the department of justice hearing today armed with the documents that they say prove that there was a cover-up in how attorney general eric holder handled the fast and furious gun-running sting. we're going to show you how that showdown went today at the top of the hour. you want to stick around for that, trust me. >>> and there are new concerns today about what republicans are calling attempts to intimidate the supreme court ahead of the health care ruling which could come out any day now. in three minutes we're going to talk about it with former attorney general alberto gonzales. coming up. >> attempts to manipulate or to bully the supreme court, especially during deliberations in a particular proceeding, are irresponsible, and they tend to threaten the very fabric of our constitutional republic. a party? [ music plays, record skips ] hi, i'm new ensure clear. clear, huh? my nutritional standards are high. i'm not

in 1953, the cia went down with the leadership of kermit roosevelt in the revolution and installed the sha. -- shah. guest: thank you for the question. you are raising an important question about when it is or is not legitimate for the united states to interfere. i accept that in another country's internal affairs. but i have to say the historical at assad was not ever democratically elected. the elections that have taken place in syria are completely fraudulent. there is no other candidate running against assad for president ever. he has proven to be ruthless -- a ruthless, bloodthirsty dictator that has already massacred about 15,000 of its own people -- of his own people in the past 16 months. that death toll is rising every day. if we do intervene in syria, it is not against the democratically elected leader. it is against a dictator murdering every day hundreds of his own people. host: did you have a follow-up? caller: i do. to my knowledge, the people are coming into the streets and supporting him. the idea he is murdering civilians is fabricated, and outrageous lie. the assassin

of this magnitude cost a half a million dollars require significant adjustments to structure, pier kermit investments, and composition. we achieve those in the context of the elements of the new strategy that i discussed. let me just walked through each of those. first, we are obviously have the force that is smaller and leaner, but it has to be more agile and technologically advanced. we knew that coming out of the war, the military would be smaller. to ensure an agile force, we made a conscious choice not to maintain more force structure that we could afford to properly trained and equipped. implementing structure reductions consistent with this new strategic guidance and will give us a total savings of about 50 billion over the next five years. so, those recommendations are to gradually resize the active army, about 560,000 now and would bring that down over five years to 490,000. 70,000 reduction over that time. it is the force that would be flexible, and jal, ready, lethal , still maintaining 18 divisions, 65 per great comeback teams and 21 aviation brigades. we do the same with the