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knox to dedicate a memorial to our fallen soldiers and they are playing kevin costner's song that's been projects you are hard at work on. we'll see you on the history channel next month. we know you're a history buff. what drew you to the project about the hatfields and mccoys? >> well, just that. it was history but it was also written really well and history channel decided they would make an epic miniseries and they would invest six or seven hours or try to tell this great american legendary feud and i was surprised at how far i got into it. i mean, it was clearly part of the fabric of america coming out of the terrible civil war that we probably still haven't recovered from. we're trying to. and actually got so deep into that that we began writing music about it and we ended up writing a concept record about the hatfield and mccoys and we call it famous for killing each other. and so i think anybody that's attracted to that -- that's attracted to the miniseries might find that music kind of just takes you on a journey to that time. and those people who were absolutely real. i mean, t

. >>> and then we're going to switch gears and talk about kevin costner. he's been talkinger a sequel to the 1992 film birthdayguaodygua. he says he's working on a sequel with another icon who died too soon. we'll reveal who it is coming up. >>> if you thought the royal wedding was big, just wait. brad pitt and angelina jolie are finally engaged. we'll tell you why it took so long for them to move toward tying the knot. >>> we want to begin with the severe weather. the national weather service issued an unusually strong warning. the weather channel's eric fisher is in oklahoma city for us this morning. eric, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lester. good morning, everybody. here in more man, oklahoma, yesterday was a very busy day in what's going to be an incredibly day toward the start of the weekend. the storm prediction center, they actually had to seek shelter themselves. this apartment complex especially hard hit. some of the siding taken right off the side of the building. some of the trees were sheared off. some of this was caught on tape yes

kevin costner had loved the song and they were looking for a song to use in "the bodyguard."didn't know anything. i was just in the car and then all of a sudden i went into the "i will always love you." ♪ and i >> and i thought i was -- it just everwhee overwhelmed me. i was watching her funeral. i was in tears, as everybody else, just shattered me to hear that song played under those conditions. when they lifted her coffin up and that song -- i thought my heart was going to stop. it just -- it just pierced me like a knife. ♪ my mother was a great singer. she would sing all the great old songs that i sang so many of them, like -- ♪ pretty fair miss out in the garden ♪ my mother could also play guitar, auto harp, the mountain instruments. but she mostly had her hands full with all the kids, so, she usually just sang. music with 12 kids, poor, country people like so many in the smocky moky mountains. my mother would not allow us to say poor. there are a lot of people worse off than we are. ♪ because you're mine ♪ i walk the line i love "i walk the line." that has been a great o

. >>> why kevin costner didn't want to speak at whitney houston's funeral. >> the pressure began to mount and began to mount. >> the private letters he wrote to whitney during her darkest days. his fears for bobbi kristina and what you never knew about "the bodyguard." >> i kissed her once for myself and i kissed her once for everyone in america. >>> then, alec baldwin tweets about his accused of stalker. did they once have an affair? >>> "dancing with the stars'" melissa gilbert rushed to the hospital. the latest on her condition. >>> plus, urkel versus his ex. what you haven't heard. >> custody battles aren't nice. >> there was never any money exchanged hands? >>> chevy chase ripping his own show? >> it's

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and tonight, on "world news," he is hollywood royalty, kevin costner.d never expect. what is it? it's what makes him our "person of the week." hope to see you again tonight. have a great weekend. >> just get those codes pressed into the phone. you never know when and who you might be calling. >> so true. >> it will be hard to knock him off as world's dumbest criminal? >> yeah. he raised the bar. >>> how about "pop news"? >> indeed. good morning, everybody. angelina and brad pitt fell in love on the set of "mr. and mrs. smith." remember that film. now, they're in talks to reunite on camera. according to deadline hollywood, ridley scott will direct the couple in a film about a lawyer who gets caught up in the drug trade. the couple normally alternates working so that one is always with the kids. this will be interesting. >> this will be. yes. >>> and the shoes. do we have the shoes? this is exciting, everybody. >> props. >> we like props. how hot are these wheels? >> they're gorgeous. >> they're -- hotwheels. they're part of prada's women and cars collect

lizz winstead say that, pretty soon, the president is going to be left with kevin costner. >> think abouty knuckleheads to such a premier mission. think about a culture that wouldn't detect this through all the years of training. when it was happening, the secret service didn't report it and stop it. the reason we know is because one prostitute didn't get paid for services. >> so, guys, should the secret service director be fired? maria? >> we need to take a step back and take the amazing things the secret service does to protect the president every day from tracking down a stupid comment a teenager puts on facebook or the rants of rocker ted nugent. it's something to take into consideration. if this investigation leads to the director, yes, he should go. i think common sense, good behavior, personal responsibility and knowing when to keep it in your pants is something they need to take personal responsibility for. >> chris? >> well, i think there's a larger issue here, relative to the culture of government agencies in washington. this is an example of boys gone wild, obviously. if we loo

we have kevin costner on! >> we'll be watching. and we've got carol higgins clark and mary higgins clark in the after the show show. peter, thank you. >> the world watched and north korea failed. new reaction what is being called an embarrassing first show of defiance from north korea's brand new leader kim jong-un. ending with the rocket splintering into pieces over the ocean. good morning, everyone. i'm gregg jarrett in for bill hemmer here at america's news room. >> i'm heather childers in for martha maccallum who is on assignment. united states calling it a provocative act that will lead north korea as further isolated. world leaders describing it as a direct violation of international law. gregg: north korea left to picks up literally the piece of a launch the regime touted as a major technological advance. we have team fox coverage. we'll hear from greg palkot live from pongyang. first we turn to chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge live in washington. what do we know about this response? >> reporter: thank you

but also, remember when kevin costner said she always wanted to be good. am i good enough?ink that played a lot in whitney's life before she died. but i hope it's good. you know, i don't think it's a heath ledger situation. because that movie, when he did batman was a huge franchise. but yeah, there's going to be a lot of interest. she looked good there. >> what do you think? >> i was flooded with emotions as i watched it. it reminded me of how much we loved her in "the bodyguard" and in the other films. there's a vulnerability that she had that was -- that really came through the camera. and i think it's like watching a young dream girls. you know. it fills you with hope. and -- >> with loss. >> it does. but i wasn't thinking that, al. i don't know, maybe some people will. but i think, i think it's -- look at the face there. she's so beautiful. and i think we will see a lot of truth in her performance when we watch it. it will be nice to see jordin sparks. a whole new generation coming up. so i don't know. i had not seen a thing and i just thought oh, i'm going to love thi

. >> you know, i was thinking of the movie "for the love of the game" with kevin costner, and my ep andding there on the mound, and he tells himself, cue the mechanism, and then the crowd goes silent. and i'm curious, is that what it's like out there? is that what you do? >> i'm not really thinking about cueing the mechanism. but, you know, i have an ability when i'm pitching in a lot of cases when i'm really focused, i really feel like i can silence the crowd inside my own head, and i feel like i'm -- the pitcher's mound is kind of like my office, and, you know, and my focus is on throwing the ball to my catcher and getting hitters out consistently. >> you're a father of eight, right? eight kids. >> yes, ma'am. >> so when this happened, jamie, when you broke this record, when you made history, what did your kids say to you? is there something that maybe one of them said that you'll never forget? >> you know, our oldest wasn't there. he was in college. our second guy, hutton, he just said congratulations. i think they all -- they're kind of living it with me, and i appreciated my wife b

. >> there's a marvelous scene in "field of dreams" when kevin costner's father comes down and says,e and child playing on the porch and he goes, yeah, i think this is heaven. >> great moment, donny. >> come on. i love that. >> skimming the piece, i don't think reverend meacham comes down one way or the other hard. >> no, he doesn't. and he is talking about the discussion in the church. >> well, here is a key quote, i think. heaven isn't just a place you go. heaven is how you live your life, says reverend john blanchard, pastor of a large methodist church in virginia beach, virginia. so, you know, joe, he's really connected, for instance, what you do to all the poor kids on nantucket every summer. >> somebody has to do that. >> how do you live your life? >> i'm starting to do it in palm beach now too. i think santa monica needs it as well. >> we could camp out at shutters. >> it's not like there aren't hungry kids in capry. let's talk about other traditional views of heaven from other religions. there's a fascinating contrast here. christianity, an eternal city. judaism, many layers.