think i'm ready or did lebron know and that is all he needed. >> lebron knew he was ready. and i give allotted of credit to my mother because any decision i always make she said, i told my mother she say okay, that's the decision are you comfortable with. i said yes. she is like go for it. >> that is what she says. if you know your heart, i'm with you. >> absolutely. >> but there, if you look back at everybody there, i mean it is, it says something special also they stay together. >> it's unbelievable. and that's the thing. that is the question i always get are they really close to this day. and absolutely. i mean they're probably even closer. geographically they are further apart a lot of times and they are all so busy like lebron said. they are all so successful in their own rights but when they are back, they are either at his games. he goes to their games to watch the college games or whatever. they are just as close if not closer because their lifes are becoming more full and now they are part of each other's family life. it is unbelievable. it is unique it is a unique

think i'm ready or did lebron know and thats all he needed. >> lebron knew hwas ready. and i give allotted of cred to my motherecause any decision i always make e said, i told my mother she sa okay, at's the decision are you comfortle with. i said yes. she is lik go for it. >> tt is what she ss. if you know your heart, i'm with you. >> absolutely. >>ut there, if you look back at everybody there, i mean it is, it says someing special also they stay together. >> it's unbievable. and that's the thing. that is thquestion i ways get are they really close to this day. andabsolutely. i meanhey're probly even closer geographicly they are furtr apart a lot of times and theyre all sousy like lebron id. they are allo succeful in tir own rights but when they are back, they are eithert his games. he gs to their games to tch the college games or whatever they are justs close if not closer because their lifes are becoming me full and now they are pa of each other's family life. is unbelievable. it is unique it is unique relationship and i don't think you sea lot of young men have and

tonight -- nba mvp lebron james. nba mvp lebron james. chef chris bianco.to and the cletones. and now, look out, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by abc, inc. >> thank you, fellas. hi, everybody. i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. someone had to be, and i was chosen. by the way, it's never smelled better in this studio than -- it's actually never smelled good this this studio. i does tonight because it's friday night, we have the italian feast of san gennaro going on right here in our backyard. this is our eighth annual feast. it's a big charity event we put on. it goes on all weekend here, so if you're in the area come by and say hello. last night we set the world record for the largest meatball ever recorded, 198 pounds. [ cheers and applause ] we're pretty proud of ourselves too. this morning, i weighed in at -- what is 205 plus 198 pounds? whatever that is, that is what i weigh. the food is the main attractive at the feast, but there's also music, carnival games. carnival games are something i've been fascinated with. i d

some people think lebron is the best.am. >> yes. >> carson: so he's basically rebuilt. >> yeah. >> carson: who do you think's better? >> i'm going with kobe. because -- [ cheers and applause ] and i can defend this. >> carson: we're clearly not shooting this right now in cleveland. >> i know. i know this is debatable, but the reason i pick kobe is because -- >> audience member: lakers! >> he's a laker, but his skill are ridiculous. like, there's nothing he cannot do with a basketball. >> carson: right. >> i think lebron is on his way to that, as well. like, lebron has brute power, speed. he can score. he can jump over you. he has all of those things. i mean, it really is a blessing to see him play because he's only, what 23? 24 years old. >> carson: right. >> and he's ridiculous. >> carson: well, it'll be fun to watch 'cause nobody wants to see orlando and denver. >> i want to see the mamas come out. just, you know, that's what i like to see. like, you know, the mamas on the -- "that's my baby!" i need some of that. [ lau

lebron james, live. you should have seen when he walked in the studio earlier this morning. >> what is it about tiger woods and david beckham, h he is one the top-three most recognized name in the world of sports. he's done it. age 24. >> 24. that's it. >>> anyway, coming up also in this hour of "good morning america," janet jackson talking for the first time since michael's death. we hear about the last time she saw him. alalso, how his c children are g today. that's ahead. >>> first, we're going to get more, now, on jon gosselin, on the breakup of america's most famous and talked-about tv family. in the intview, he addressed about the rumors about affairs and how lif is different with his girlfriend. now, chris? >> the response is big to the interview. as many of you found out watching last nights. and i know because you tweeted me. gosselin feels he e has reason be upset and used harsh words when talking about he and kate's breakup. this morning, he'll talk about what went wrong. how he tried to save

i think putting shaq with a guy like lebron only makes that team better. lebron knows how to carry the load night in and out and has a enforcer like shaq. cavs got better too, once again. >> you mentioned your book. a lot of it has to do with the fact you were a short kid growing up and took a lot of criticism. what was the worst experience hufrom being a small player? >> the worst experience from being a small player, probably just all of the jokes. my brother and his friends constantly picked on me about being short. freshman year of high school when the team ran out to smack the backboard before the game started, i had to grab the net and things like that. i prayed for height night in and out. just got to play with what i got. >> what do you want kids to take away from it? >> what i want kids to take away is to understand the book is obviously about basketball because that is what i do. but understand in life there will be challenges and people that tell you that you can and can't do something because of your statour and size and where you are from. if

one of them is now lebron james, the great.wed him through his whole career, a family member. and made a movie out of this whole thing. >> you're acting, as well. >> i did my first feature film, called "i can do bad" all by myself today. >> was it a big leap? >> it was a big leap. i'm nervous. i'm always nervous because i never get used to the favor that's shown to me. you know? so, i was very nervous. and i got an acting coach and everything because, you know, it's not my first profession. i needed the help. >> but working with tyler perry, i'm sure that helps. i'm sure he really helped you, as well. he's marvelous with young talent. >> yes, he did. he's so supportive. he makes you feel like it's okay to make a mistake. like we all make mistakes. you know? but he allows you to get the part and just be yourself while you're getting it. and he makes you laugh. and he makes you cry. you know? i love tyler. it was fun. >> did you ask lebron to come to the knicks? >> no, i didn't. >> look at chris. trying to get personal favors. >>

like the lebron james arnold lebron james they didn't ke it to the finals of the nba championship after having the best record in the league. but i mean, i guess you know about the cubs you know about e indians. left's bead thank you. >> ladies and gentlemen, harvey, paul, l, me, studs, thas for coming. by this book. [applause] >> harvey pcor is the author of the autobiographical "american splendor" comic book series and the subject of the movie adapted from that work. paul buhle is a senior lecturer in history in american civilization at brown university. this talk was part of the 25th anniversary "chicago tribune" printers row lit fest. for more information to the "chicago tribune."com/about/en/printers row. on the first sunday of each month we invite one author to discuss their entire body of work andake your calls. in depth also includes a vit with the author to see where and how they write their books. that is what you are about to see. we have visited autr and critic stanley crouch at his home in lower manhattan. >> we are in the west built near the hudson river. and i have been l

they are lebron james and chris pull. >> oh, my goodness! what a look away by chris paul! >> rose: has every part of the dream been realized for you? >> i'm almost there. >> rose: one big thing. >> one more dream. >> rose: n.b.a. championship? >> absolutely. you got it. >> rose: and last year when you didn't get it, how did that hit you? >> it hurt. any time i set out a goal and, you know, i feel like it's... i can reach it and it's like right there and it doesn't happen, it hurts. it hurts. >> rose: but tell me more. >> we've got another season and we're looking forward to this one now. i've got a teammate that's going to help me get there. >> rose: by the name of shaq? >> by the name of shaq. >> rose: what does he add? >> he adds a low pulse presence that i haven't had. >> rose: so you go down the paint, you've got a place you can drop it off? >> absolutely. >> rose: and even if i don't go down the paint, i can also give him the ball and let him go to work also. >> rose: and you're not worried about him being pushed out of the way. >> if anyone can push shaq out of the w

[laughter] they just bombed out like, lebron james or no breb lebron james, they didn't make it to the finals the of the nba championship after having the best record in the league. but i mean. >> ladies and gentlemen -- >> i guess you in know about the cubs you know about cleveland. >> thank you. >> great remark. >> ladies and gentlemen, harvey, paul, liz, me, studs, thanks for coming. buy this book. [applause] thanks >> harvey pekar, is author of autobiographical, "american splendor" comic bo series and subject of the movie adapt food that work. paul buhle is a senior lecturer in history and american civilization at brown university. this talk was part of the 25th anniversary "chicago tribune" printers row lit fest. for more information visit chicagotribune.com. >> on the first sunday of each month we invite one author to discuss their entire body of work and take your calls. n depth" includes a visit with theuthor to see how and where they write a book. we visited ited author, stanley crouch in his home in lower manhattan. >> we're in the west village, near the hudson river. and i'v

lebron was on as well.ut his new partner there in cleveland, shaquille o'neal. >> now, sometimes they would say that, like michael jordan needed a couple of players to complete the puzzle or that kobe bryant needed a couple of players to complete -- is this guy a puzzle completer? >> i could tell you one thing. if michael jordan needed a couple of pieces to fit the puzzle and kobe bryant needed a couple pieces, i think shaq is big enough that he are those couple of pieces. >> lebron james, got a new book out on him. you ran into him? >> i did. i saw lebron this morning as i was leaving a midtown manhattan hotel room, he was coming in quite early in the morning with a few members of his team. true story. >> probably getting a little late night workout at the gym. coming up next, "news you can't use." this is very exciting. mika brzezinski co-hosting "the view." it's our favorite morning show, to be perfectly honest. we love "the view." mika had the rare opportunity to sit down and join the ladies for the ful

bush, a former president in the house, and lebron james. but you know what? when 105,000 boo, merrill, it's loud. >> i know! and if you don't like watching it on the field, just watch it over the screen. you can tell the giants are adjusting. they know what tony's going to do. they feel like they got to get to something different. they didn't expect just to throw it to him, though. chris: that's bruce johnson taking the pick. tony romo throwing it behind his receiver and a bit over his head to boot. >> that's why we talk about accuracy all the time. got to be accurate, accurate, accurate where only your guy can catch it, not when the other guy can catch it. >> this is justin tuck, appears to be flozell adams, and look it, he trips him. doesn't look too bad, but tuck jammed his shoulder on the play and he'd leave the game. later in the drive, tony romo passing to his left side, and kenny phillips somehow comes up with it, taking it all the way back to the end zone as he throws another one. this one went behind jason witten. >> i mentioned accuracy, and that ba

the first along, some lebron james stuff in there as well. those two guys are so famous in sports, even i know who they are. >> we look forward to the show. up next, maria bartiromo has firsthand accounts. >>> as we go to break, here's another live look at the 9/11 memorial service at ground zero in new york city. >>. >> michael morgan taylor. >> paul a.tetmire. >>> as we near the one-year anniversary. cnbc will air a special on sunday at 10:00 p.m. eastern, reflexes on waite wall street. maria bartiromo sits down with self people to get their firsthand take on what happened and how far we've come back. maria joins us right now with more. it sounds like a heck after good program. >> thank you so much. we're all feeling so differently one year later. one year ago we were feeling more frantic. we remember the sense of urgency, the panic, uncertainty, as rumors circulated. lehman was looking for a white knight, would merrill lynch be sold? what was going to be the impact on the entire financial system? of course, all of this happening so fast. r

>> i would say like lebron. >> we have the bravo network. >> kathy griffin here. okay. here we go.there be a health care for my dates? >> i certainly hope so. >> okay. can you not give us three specific dates i hate? perez helton, julio. >> my bill could cover all americans, even spencer pratt. >> get a room. >> who's next? >> fox news? they can be fair and balanced. >> let's see. >> if i write down "obama" the letters can be rearranged to say aroma. i don't like. those letters don't arrange to spell that. in russia they do. >> next? >> the food network. it's guy fiueri. >> here is my health plan. call caught up with tortilla chips. >> that doesn't seem leak a viable plan. >> we top it off with liquid caso. >> i'll show myself out. >> next? >> there is someone from cw. it it's a teenage vampire. >> oh, obama. give us blood, dude, or don't, you're not the boss of me. >> finally nbc. >> i thought we did nbc. >> it's someone else. >> please, god, don't tell me it's brian williams. i give that guy one day of access and he acts like we went to camp together. >> it's keith morrison from

lebron james won't just be on a court. a new movie for king james. the 24-year-old nba most valuable player had them lined up for a signed copy of the new book that's hitting the shelves. the cleveland cavalier stars have tried his acting chops at "snl" here's the script from that. has signed on to do a comedy feature next summer and next month a feature on his high school's state run to the championship is released. the regular refs rejected the final contract offer. the old deal expired earlier this month. the cost of two pounds of flesh? $600,000. floyd mayweather jr. weighed in at 146 pounds for his fight tonight. the contract called for both fighters to come in at 144 pounds. so, according to reports, may weather will have to paymar k mz a penalty for $300,000 for each additional pound. >>> will be great. play of the day, watch this. this is out in utah. $1 million hole in one tournament. they created a hole right there in the driving range. 150 yards away, this is jason hard again. his shot -- goes in for the $1 mill

it featured president obama, lebron james, kelly clarkson, but it stars three young people who work with them and help them be successful. so we are trying to send a message in a sustained way, engaging our business partners, the entertainment community on the paramount lot. we will change the course of education. >> what is the best way to reach students today? do you think it is through entertainment? how do you get them to sit up and get interested? >> well, the entertainment industry has a powerful influence on our kids. we all know that. we have great influence in our society. we think that with the information and the data provided by the gates foundation, they know what's wrong with our school system. they know how to fix it. we know how to reach kids. we know how to engage them through our programs, through our movies. people look up to entertainers. we can have them be education ambassadors around the country. we hope to engage kids, engage their families, politicians, school administrators to make schools more accountable to our kids and help our overall economy. we need to hav

just down the road from his new teammate lebron james. >>> time for the fox 5 high school game of theatchup, the defendi maryland 3a state champions. the west lake wolverines taking on the hurricanes. who took home a win? >> reporter: going into tonight'game boast west lake and huntingtown were unbeaten at 3-0 but after four quarters, only one team would remain perfect. was it west lake or huntingtown who is trying to end the four- game skid to the wolverines? players thinking tonight is going to be a good, good night and it was. second quarter, 70 yards for the score. he is fast but not quite that fast. west lake strikes first. it's 7-0. the defense for united huntingtown steps up. the hard hit. the ball is full bammed and huntingtown is back in -- fumbled and huntingtown is back in business. we're all tied up at 7 but just before the half the home team responds. kendall jefferson is going to go the distance. 65 yards for the score. but west lake would miss the extra point and that would prove costly towards the end of this game. meanwhile the fans at west lake are loving our game of

th are lebron jamesnd chris pull. oh, my goodness! what a look away by chris paul! >> rose: has every part of the dream been realized for you? >> i'm almosthere. >> rose: one big thing. >> one more drea >> rose: n.b.a. championship? >> absolutely. yogot it. rose: and lastear when you dn't get it,ow did that hit you? >> it hurt. any ti i set ou aoal and, you know, i feel like it's. i careach it and it's like right there and it doesn't happen, it hus. it hurts. >> ros but tell me me. >> we've got another sson and we're loing forward to thi e now. i've got a tmmate that'sgoing help me get there. >> rose: by the name of shaq? >>y the name of shaq. >> rose: what does he add? >> he adds a low pulse presence that i haven'tad. >> rose: so you go down t paint, you've got a place yo cadrop it off? >> absolutely. >> rose: and even if i don'to down the paint, i can al give him the ball and let him go to work also. >> ros and you'reot woied out him being shed out of the way. >> if anyon c pushhaq out of the way, find him for me. (laughs) competition is amazing. people always ask

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. >> lebron -- you and lebron would have come as a package deal. we know that. larry, thanks, guys. steve we'll talk to you later on. >> thanks. >> becky? >> carl, up next, we'll be talking about tangled up in green. former michigan governor john engler, president of the national association of manufacturers says don't hold your breath for all those so-called green jobs. he'll tell us next on "squawk," coming up. >>> i'm concerned about protectionist naturalistic tepdencies around the world and i think we have to be a leader at keeping world marks open and very positive dialogue, because i think trade and the growth of trade is very important to global economic recovery. >> that was jim owens of caterpillar earlier this morning on "squawk." our next guest is not holding his breath for green jobs, saying we are simply not there yet. joining us now, former michigan governor john engler, president of the national association of manufacturers. thanks for joining us. >> good to be with you, and the gang in new york as well. >> you said don't hold your breath for gree

in jerry jones box this inge other guests expected to attend are kid rock, bon jovi, john madden, lebronming out in dallas, which is just the way that jerry jones likes it. >> kid rock and 43 together? >> there was a black tie event and i think former president bush was there. >> it's a spectacle. the real spectacle in philadelphia, the quarterback situation, mcnabb not starting but kolb. everybody thinking michael vick next week. do they? >> this week the eagles guaranteeed the fist two weeks of jeff garcia's contract so kolb gets start today obviously against the new orleans saints but they doing ject garcia, backing him up and won't hesitate to use him if kolb struggles so he'll be there even after michael vick comes back. >> last week you talked about roger goodell not suspending new orleans because of the state court the viking players are allowed to play and the commissioner has been very critical publicly of the union in the case in pushing the thing forward. >> but here's the problem with goodell has with the union not backing the policy, he will not go to congress about the cred

really unique thing, one of the most premiere athletes right now, lebron james. these were the shoes he wore, he wore them inauguration night in the game. >> and it doesn't really show up when you're watching it on television, but in person i am struck by the fact that after you buy these shoes they're going to make terrific flower pots j they very lar pots. >> they are very large. >> the auction is? >> coming up this week, on thursday you can bid online at our website. it's a different flavor than we used to do. always fun. >> good to see you, david hundrhunt. >> this fall's book season will be the biggest in years. you have dan brown's latest, ted kennedy's memory war. that amazon, barnes & noble and borders, mixed trading. amazon to the plus side. bbbbbbbb >>> did you read di vinci code? >> yes, of course. >> did you love it? >> "angels and demons"? >> yes. >> now we have "the lost symbol" hits bookstores like a tsunami on tuesday, the 15th, with a 6.5 million book printing. >> is that a record? >> i have no idea if that's a record but that is a lot of books.

those lebron james' shoes he wore personal favorite, checks jordan's that somebody kept.tion which helps fund underserved public schools and is building a hospital. >>> an update on this adorable video. if you haven't seen it, you've got to see it. a dad catches a foul ball. he gives it to his 3-year-old daughter. and she throws it back. and he goes, oh! steve and his 3-year-old daughter, emily. the two have become national stars. instant celebrities partially because of the guy's reaction. isn't it priceless. >> precious. >> he's like, it's okay. >> they've been making the rounds on talk shows. the team graciously gave them four balls, four, after they saw this on the tv. >> he said the reason that he hugged her and stuff, because she thought she was in trouble after doing it. isn't that sweet? he's like, it's okay. >>> yes, bobby? >> there's something about daughters, you know. take a sledge hammer to your car, you're like, good swing. let me show you in tampa, the tampa/st. pete area, showers just off across the gulf. see it rotate it. delay wise for the area, atlanta