they're featured in the new 3-d animated adventure, "madagascar 3."ot jessica chastain, we've got chris rock and we have david schwimmer and as you can see, because this is a movie about some animals who want to go to the circus, you can see in this picture that our crew is very excited about being up close and personal with these stars. in fact, maybe they're just a little bit too excited, actually. take a look. anyway, we've got all this coming up, as well as eva longoria stopping by a little bit later. >> all right, ann. we'll have that in just a couple of minutes. then from here we're going to have more on the life and legacy and career of donna summer. >> that's right, matt. the grammy winning disco legend steamed up the charts in the 1970s and '80s with a voice that really defined an era. coming up we're going to talk to summer's former manager and one of the producers who worked with her on her last album, losing donna summer yesterday at the age of 63 to cancer. >> all right. let's go inside right now. natalie is standing by at the news desk.

why his new movie "madagascar 3" hits his -- >>> you've all had them. those days when the last thing you want to do is go out in the world and put on a happy face because you are just not in the mood. >> "cosmopolitan" magazine wants to help you get out of your funk. kate white is editor in chief. jennifer hartstein is a psychologist. >> you're beautiful with your big statement jewelry. we are women. hear us roar. >> there are mornings when any of us will get up out of bed and you're just not feeling it on any given day. >> yeah. after a three-day weekend, too. coming in yesterday, it's tough. maybe something's been festering. it finally rears its ugly head. >> maybe you're at the end of your fuse psychologically as well. >> there could be that. you went to bed with something on your mind. you woke up with something -- >> you drank too much. >> you don't feel good. the weather's bad. it's hot. it's rainy. there's so many different things that can impact our mood. we have to really figure out how to get on the other side of it. >> are some people just mo

that's the same conversation i have with women in bangladesh and cambodia and madagascar and here we're in 2010 talking about whether modern family planning is useful. i am committed to president obama and vice president biden and i'll be a surrogate and campaign and do whatever i can with younger girls who are i think are obviously we made strides and i was kind of wondering if my generation and the generation right before me maybe got a little bit lazy with three women on the supreme court, how amazing is that, we thought we're not quite there but we're so close. then all of a sudden, we're looking around and saying wait a minute, we're much further away from parity than we thought we were. >> republicans would counter on this issue of access to reproductive rights contraception and the like it's not an access issue, it's a religious test and role of government mandating religious organizations to do certain things. is an access issue or debate about the role of government? >> when you try to close down planned parenthood it's an access issue and particularly for poor women who need f

they're found in madagascar. and these are all boys. see these horns on their head? please grab that. >> sorry. [ laughter ] but, you know, we're fine. these guys are one of the largest cockroaches in madagascar, and they actually help out the environment by breaking things down. eating different types of rotten fruits, rotten vegetables, different types of leaves and bark and things like that. and they feel around with their antennas. >> jimmy: is that right? >> yeah, it's pretty awesome. they make this noise like -- [ hissing sounds ] and they'll hiss back. give it a whirl. just like -- [ hissing sound ] see if they'll do it. in the microphone, do it. do it, go. >> jimmy: wait, what do you want me do? >> just do it. [ hissing sound ] >> jimmy: why do you always make me do something stupid like that? >> that was horrible. >> jimmy: let's get rid of these because you're creeping me out. >> i'm going to move on. >> jimmy: please put them back in the box this time. >> four are accounted for. you saw it first. >> jimmy: yeah, they're all there. >> okay, good. i'm moving

martin short and "madagascar 3." >> opens in theaters friday, june 8th.row, martin's co-star, cred rick the entertainer will be here. >>> up next, the latest fashions that will make your kid a happy and well-dressed camper this summer. right after this. >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist chris warren tracking storms once again later today in the plains. the mississippi valley, parts of the south and the next system moving into the pacific northwest for some more wet weather. the big cooldown is on the way. close to 100 degrees in chicago on sunday. today, completely different story. more than 40 degrees cooler. it was 97 last sunday if you remember. still warm and nice in new york down to d.c. hot in the south. 90s and upper 80s. 60s and 70s for the northern plains. chance for showers for parts of the dakotas, into the far western portion of minnesota. and then that next system pushing into the east. say goodbye to a couple of pleasant day there is. the ohio valley staying in the 60s for the most part and cooling down in the south. upper 70s, that's it f

video sites like that was two cents better than analyst expectations, and the upcoming feature, madagascar 3, to boost results through the rest of the year. that film is due out next month. >> tom: greece is no longer in default. at least according to credit rating agency standard and poor's. s&p upgraded greece's debt rating and improved it's long- term outlook to stable. the better credit rating doesn't mean greece's debt situation is healthy. it's new rating is triple "c," which is considered highly speculative, highly risky. >> tom: it was the less than encouraging news about hiring in europe and here in the u.s. that provided for a mixed stock market. while hiring seems to be slowing here, the unemployment rate in europe is at a 15-year high. after falling to its low of the day in the first hour of trading, the s&p 500 worked its way off that bottom to end with a just a quarter percent loss. trading volume rose on the big board, 779 million shares, while it was a little lighter on the nasdaq: 1.8 billion. leading the losers, the energy sector fell more than 1.5%. financial stocks also

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. >> i do and i got a tip on how you can see madagascar for free so follow me on twitter and i will tellow. >> sometimes i hear more from you on twitter than i do -- >> i know. >>> now dave is still here and we tweet for dave, right? let's take a look at the commute, traffic is moving well out here on bay point but you will see slowed traffic in bay point and we don't have anything major reported along the stretch. 680 is getting more crowded and it looks good from walnut creek to oakland. this backup is not all that clear and in fact it has actually improved and we will keep not asking questions, this is light. the morning commute is also going to be a little bit slow on some of the freeways in the east bay. 580 livermore a little slow coming in and 880 getting slow and san jose traffic is doing well on the peninsular and san francisco looks good to downtown, let's go to steve. >>> if we have some weather information, you can tweet me and there is some patchy fog though. marin heavy parts of it, san mateo and parts of the santa cruz coastline, unless you are right there, inland it will

. >> madagascar 3 is the other. >> i was surprised how much i enjoyed that last time. >> all the animals are back. there's like a zebra, a lion, there is a flamingo, there's maybe a pterodactyl. lots of animals. >> and some people! >> and lots of people. ben stiller's character, the animals are trying to get back to central park and end up in monaco accidentally being chased and they join a circus to hide. >> it's a lot of fun. >> where they just fit right in. >> i think they do. >> let's move on to tom cruise. this movie's been getting a lot of press. >> "rock of ages" based on the broadway show which i'm sure you've seen. >> hoda loved it. >> for this one, just bring a flask. but basically it is a movie version of the musical. it is all these great '80s songs like styx and poison and tom cruz, half naked -- >> he nails it. he really can sing. >> look at his body. >> he's 50 years old and look at him. >> any good dvds if you're going to stay home? >> yes. in breaking news, "the sting" is out on dvd. >> that movie is fabulous! >> i know. i loved "the sting." >> i heard you loved it. >> a

i think i see a new episode of "madagascar" coming out.e was captured last night. >>> now we go to brush fires down in the orlando area. you can see the traffic. it seems to be moving along okay. i mentioned chad myers being the expert in all of this, because i remember you telling me about another brush fire. things can change very quickly, can't it? >> it can. we talked about how dry florida has been. we we talked about the sinkhole in northern florida caused by the drought and lack of ground watter. this proves how dry parts of florida really are and have been for a long time. i can find the fire on the radar. the radar doesn't know what's in the air. it's just looking for something. rain drops, hailstones, whatever. it's seeing smoke particles in the air. a very large plume of smoke, all the way down towards poke city. if i look at it, i can actually tilt my radar people up, it's about 6,000 to 8,000 feet in the sky. so this smoke is really movinging. the wind is really blowing and clearly this is completely out of control, ashleigh. >

sequels, ice age, continental drift and madagascar three but both will have to fight off pixar's brave. adam sandler hopes to change his box office slump with that's my boy. cameron diaz and jennifer lopez headline what to expect when you're expecting. judy dench heads to india in marigold hotel. >>> all right. may 2nd, wednesday, may 2nd. a little warm outside as we take a live look outside at the u.s. capitol dome. good morning to you. thank you for wake up with us. i'm wisdom martin. isn't wednesday much better than tuesday. >> it is. >> didn't mean to throw you off there. >> did anybody notice? >> i don't know. >> i am sweating. it is that hot and humid. >> or you could just be hot. >> thank you, wisdom. we have showers and thunderstorms moving through. we are off day rather impressive start with some showers and thunderstorms moving in. our main thunderstorm complex here is just south of the city down 95. just north of fredericksburg crossing right over 59 at the moment moving east towards waldorf and la plata. that thunderstorm has been holding together here and is dropping some

short was on the "today" show talking about his new movie "madagascar 3" when the conversation drifted. gifford was unaware short's wife died two years ago of ovarian cancer. >> you and nancy have got one of the greatest marriages of anybody in show business. how many years now for you guys? >> we were married 36 years. >> but you're still like in love. >> madly in love. >> wow. >> why? >> cute. i'm cute. >> that is true. >> and you make each other laugh, right? >> yes. >> the segment went to a commercial break and short told gifford then about his wife's death. >> she apologized on air and then again through social media. >>> police in the philadelphia area got a tip about a drug operation and it turned out the tip came from the suspect's teenage son. investigators say the 15-year-old boy led them to a marijuana growing operation in his basement in doylestown, pennsylvania. according to court documents police confiscated lights, electrical cords, timers, 18 marijuana plants. the boy's parents were arrested but the lawyer says the marijuana was for personal use. >>> and talk about a le

one of the big ones for families in particular is madagascar 3.e little animals, have escaped from central park. parents are going to love this it's a lot of our favorite celebrities doing the voices, jada pinkett smith. chris rock. that will open shortly, june 8th. lots of sequels coming? >> yes. that's a great one for families. you say we've got a great woody allen movie coming up this summer? >> he's seen his career pick up since "midnight in paris" did really well. it ran in theaters for months. he's back, sticking with that formula. he's going to rome this time. the next movie is called "to rome with love." all about tourists in the italy. a lot of celebrities, ellen page, penelope cruz and roberto begnini. who a lot of folks remember from the '90s. >> and woody allen will be in it. >> moving to july with a batman movie. >> this is going to be the last film in the batman series, called "dark knight rises." we've got two villains in this one. as well as gordon leavitt page and christian bale is back. it will be july 20th. >> it's dark, but fun

. >>> and ann will sit down with the cast of "madagascar 3" happening live. >>> and seven-time grammyk off our summer concert series when he performs live on our plaza. ♪ >> we have a busy morning. we'll get started in just a couple of minutes here on "today." >> see you then. thanks. >> thanks. >>> nice way to start the weekend on the "today" show. beautiful sunshine out there. 57 degrees. 6:41. tom kierein has the forecast. >>> hi. just got back in. i stepped outside and bird song filling the air this morning with beautiful melodies. a chilly start. down into the 40s to just near 50 degrees much of the region, that includes fairfax. here's your hometown forecast. bright and sunny morning. and by mid morning, it should be climbing into the 60s by then. by noontime, ought to be hitting near -- does look like the 70s by mid to late afternoon. then all the way down again by this time tomorrow morning to near 50 degrees. so another chilly start likely on saturday morning. we'll take a look at the latest pollen count. that's jumped. we'll look at that, what's causing the pollen as well as

in madagascar, these are the most common insects eaten; these are the locusts. they're huge. they're usually super abundant, and they're very good to eat. i prefer them barbecued. >> reporter: martinez hasn't yet put locusts on her menus. some of the bugs, maybe not the meal worms, but some of the others look kind of scary. are you comfortable with that? >> (laughing) you know what? i'm not saying it's an easy thing, the psychology of it is definitely... it has a lot to do with culture. some look scary. to pee crickets look scary but for other people crickets are more scary than worms and lar va. come on. you look at a cow or a pig, they can look scary too. >> reporter: the most used argument for increased insect consumption the health. they're loaded with protein. in fact, gram for gram, pound for pound there's as much or more protein in insects than in a comparable amount of hamburger. there's also less fat. a six-ounce serving of crickets has 60% less saturated fat than the same amount of ground beef. and twice as much vitamin b-12. a six-ounce serving of meal worms has mo

the new one about madagascar because martin's going to be on tomorrow. plus summer camps for kids. bye, everybody! -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> i'm jim cramer, and welcome to my world. i'm just trying to save you a little money. my job is not just to entertain you but i'm trying to ach and educate you. so call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. right now we're at the mercy of the largest game of chicken worldwide that i can ever recall. european chicken, that is. kok aw vin. hon schshin. cacciatore. pollo loco. you name it. the germans weren't going to give an inch on the pursestrings of europe which they control. on the other hand now there's all the other countries of europe which think because of the troubles in spain and italy, not just greece, that bonds must be printed and printed by the trillions so that all the economies in the continent can grow. not just germany. today the rest of europe won, at least momentarily, which is why the dow rallied 126 points, the s&p gained 1.05% and the nasdaq climbed 1.18%. ♪ hallelujah traders in this country simply cannot afford to miss th

so we have "madagascar 3."brave" which is pixar's first movie featuring a female heroin. >> that is exciting. now, you were talking about "brave." i have to ask you about this young talented girl. >> oh, my gosh. so the national spelling bee starts next week. and in wednesday's kids post, we feature a story about laurie ann madison. she is six years old. she is the youngest child ever to qualify for the national spelling bee. and she's just amazing. she's a competitive swimmer. she loves grilled cheese. and she has learned all 1500 words that she needed to learn to win her county spelling bee. so we'll be keeping our fingers crossed for laurie ann madison next week in the national spelling bee. >> definitely. that's amazing. as always, thank you. and for some fun family activities, visit nbcwashington.com or washingtonpost.com and click on kids post. that is kids post on tv this week. >> that spelling bee is no joke. she has to learn a lot of words. >> i moderated one with aaron gill crest. i was impressed. som

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civil war and into madagascar where he winds up having sex with the most the tories queen of madagascar. so he did, he did against a forrest gump type of thing, that he inserted his character of his into all these real-life situations. woodhouse blunder that secret he read the first book, and he said something like the great sigh of contentment when you know that series is being born and you will love everyone of them. but what i learned about them, and the reason i like him is because when i come after the afghan invasion when everyone was suddenly an expert on afghan, graveyard of empire, posh turn, use backs, they are all, the dancing boys of kandahar, everyone isn't expert on kandahar -- afghanistan. i love reading george macdonald fraser phrases. and almost as i think of it, particularly after 10 long years, 10 think this years, reading george macdonald fraser flashman on the afghans and the afghan society makes more sense in reading "three cups of tea." as a writer because the reason i mentioned this, he's beautifully specific. is there for 19th century vernacular english is marve

." >> madagascar. that's what i'm guessing. >>> finally, if you want to feel like a superhero.ok like one. here's why. a comic book fan in brazil thought it would be cool to paint himself green like the hulk. and he tried to wash the paint off. it wouldn't come off. he used the same paint that the military uses on subs. it finally wears off. >> oh, no. >> by the time, yeah. 50, 60 years. >> oh. >>> let's give an official welcome back to our lara spencer and "pop news." >> couple days off only, guys. apparently rusty already. good morning, everybody. drew barrymore is reportedly getting married this weekend. and spent the day yesterday with a last-minute gown-fitting, with cameron diaz. they were seen leaving the chanel boutique, which is not surprising, since drew is marrying the son of the ceo designer. >>> eva longoria just revealed her pals david and victoria beckham has asked her to be their daughter's godmother. she will fly back for the christening. mom and dad are giving a peek behind the scenes. victoria tweeting out this shoot from l.a. and david posting these pics on

a lot of big stars including the cast of madagascar. >> that's a good assignment. >> ann in cannes. >ake us with you. >> come on. if it was my choice you'd come. >> all right. >> let's say hello now to andrew garfield, the star of "death of a salesman" on broadway. >> hi. >> nice to have you here. >> thank you for having me. >> this is your broadway debut. you've already earned a tony nomination. not too shabby. >> i try not to think about it so much. but yeah, no, i feel very lucky and you know proud to be a part of such an incredible play and incredible cast and working with one of the greatest living directors. i feel very, very lucky. >> in fact, you earn something like seven tony nominations for this production. >> pretty good. >> but it's been 53 years since this play actually was -- won a pulitzer prize. >> yeah. >> and, and to get this role, which is just so demanding, you know, and, and to get a tony nomination, i mean it's a huge deal i mean you must be deeply touched by it. >> it's like everyone likes a part in the back. everyone needs like, you know, you're doing a good jo

have in the class 14 international students representing the nation's of el salvador, honduras, madagascar, peru, poland, republic of korea, said the gulf, serbia, singapore, tunisia and taiwan. well our international students please stand and be recognized. -- will our international students please stand and be recognized. [applause] >> thank you, please be seated. in conclusion, a total of 1073 air force academy cadets in this year's class have completed all graduation requirements. [applause] >> it gives me great pleasure to present to you, president obama, the class of 2012. i recommend each as worthy of the bachelor of science degree. congratulations. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the director of admissions, and the associate dean for student academic affairs will now present the diploma us to the graduating class of 2012. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> ladies and gentlemen, president obama joins us on stage to congratulate each of the graduates of the class of 2012. [applause] >> we

. >> madagascar 3 is the other. >> i was surprised how much i enjoyed that last time. >> all the animalsock of ages" based on the broadway show which i'm sure you've seen. >> hoda loved it. >> for this one, just bring a flask. but basically it is a movie version of the musical. it is all these great '80s songs like styx and poison and tom cruise -- >> he nails it. he really can sing. >> look at his body. >> he's 50 years old and look at him. >> any good dvds if you're going to stay home? >> yes. in breaking news, "the sting" is out on dvd. >> that movie is fabulous! >> i know. i loved "the sting." >> i heard you loved it. >> anything paul newman did, especially robert redford. >> you guys are the modern day redford and newman, the lady version. >> you know what, tim? >> that was ridiculous. >> i know where my bread is buttered. look what you've done for my career. i'm here, i flexed on tv. >> do it again. >> please! i can't. >> we got to go. the fun continues. back with more of "today" right after this. ♪ [ female announcer ] daily sun exposure requires daily sun protection. eucerin dail

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