and we also have two great, great people, roma downey and mark burnett are with us. they have the big movie, "son of god" coming out. tonight is the premiere of another mark burnett produced show. >> also we have the gator boys, you love them. >> where else are you going to find that eclectic group of folks? >> right here. >> on nbc news. >> i'd like to start out saying i was right. >> about? >> i was right. okay. so, do you remember last week when "achy breaky heart" was made into a rap song. >> yes. >> i said, this song is going to be big. >> yes. >> well, i am confirmed right again. the billboard charts came out. it's number 11 on the rap chart. that's up against -- >> oh. >> no, they beat jay z and beyonce, part 2 on the run, and they beat drakes worst behavior. 11. let's listen to a little. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> we had to buzz out everything, but the point is, i was right. it's climbing. it's climbing the charts. >> something else has fallen down if you know what i mean. >> billy ray. >> no, i love billy ray. he's a sweetheart. i didn't like that song the first time around a

tonight the greatest story ever told brought to you by the power couple roma downey and mark burnett. their series "the bible" 13 million viewers. their new project is even bigger. >> it's encouraging that jesus is going to be back on the big screen. >> roma downey and mark burnett, their big screen dreams and their extraordinary off-screen romance. plus spike lee is mad as hell. >> we had the crystal ball [ muted ]. i wrote that script in 1988. he was the first one. i can't do that. >> i'll talk to rosie perez and her amazing story. we begin with our big story. compelling, inspirational, powerful and intense. all those words apply to the new feature film "son of god." here's a moment from the film. >> my son. >> don't be afraid. everything is possible with god. >> "son of god" from the people who brought you last year's huge success, of course, "the bieb," a tthe miniseries has the largest audience of any on cable and top selling miniseries on dvd. producers are five-time emmy winner mark burnett and his wife roma downey who stars in the movie as mary. welcome to both of you. what an

back with executive producers mark burnett and roma downy. all those great miracle scenes are great. it's like watching frank sinatra in vegas. you know all the hits. until you actually hear them live or see them brought to reality, you don't quite feel it in the same way. and i've sat there in this big screening room with only a few of us. it was like one after another here come these amazing, famous moments you know about. and there it is as it happened in this dramatic way. it felt very modern. really powerful. i could go on about the movie for a long time. i'm sure you'd like me to but i'm not going to. let's talk about you two. because you shouldn't really be married. and i'll explain to viewers why. i'm actually irish. i'm from southern ireland originally. and i know from my background and my brother's in the british army, british army colonel now, that you as a british paratrooper should never really have fallen in love or been allowed to fall in love with a woman from derry, from the bog side. because politically that is about as sens

the movie's producer, roma downey and mark burnett created the movie.elcome. >> thank you. >> does he do survivor at home? >> oh, yeah, he has the kids doing all kinds of things in the pool. and we practice and have so much fun. >> i can't help it. it is my personality. >> so those crazy ideas on your "survivor" show, come from your mind? >> we're the test audience. i'm somebody who knows scuba diving, and i don't even like to swim. >> well, congratulations, that is a big step forward. >> let me ask both of you this. so you put together this miniseries for the history channel. blockbuster, huge, massive historic ratings for the channel. nothing ever higher. why? why do you think it was such a big success? >> clearly, the nation, hungry for god, who loves god. one nation under god. you know and a lot of media plays it as if americans don't love god. that is so not true. we have been to 30 cities in 40 days. churches are full. some churches are asking regular churchgoers to come on saturday nights to make room for all the new people they want to get in on

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character she played in "touched by an angel." >> i put some muscle in it. >> reporter: as for mark burnett've seen his work. ♪ he pioneered the genre of reality tv. >> the ultimate human experiment. >> reporter: creating "survivor." his current hits also include "shark tank" and "the voice." last year burnett and downey switched gears, producing the miniseries "the bible" on the history channel. >> i will crush any rebellion. >> reporter: a sunday school epic that was wildly successful in its own right. >> i am coming soon. >> reporter: so much so that on twitter the hashtag hotjesus started trending. the bible was the number one miniseries of 2013, an audience that easily rivaled "breaking bad," "mad men," and "the walking dead." >> my favorite headline of the whole bible series was "god beats zombies." >> beat walking dead. yeah, our finale beat both "game of thrones" premiere and the "walking dead" finale. >> reporter: now the couple is hoping to parlay that success onto the big screen with "son of god." >> come with me. >> what are we going to do? >> change the world. >> this thing tha

mark burnett, downey. it's "the son of god" it tells the story of the life of jesus.onate about it. he has the midas touch. >>> also coming up. a mom's startling surprise in the delivery room. she's expecting triplets. a big deal in and of itself. then, the doctor discovered number four was also in there. the odds, 1 in 13 million. that there will be a little sneaky suspect in there. all happening without fertility drugs. >> that's incredible. >> no way. >> you knew they were identical. so that gave you a clue it was without fertility drugs. >> robin. thank you, dr. roberts. >> we don't need dr. besser today. >> i just play one on tv. i just play one on tv. >> okay, doc, where was that fourth hiding? >> can you get a shot of dr. besser? >> there he is. >> do you want my card? >> no, i'll stay in my lane, thank you. >> you stay in your lane, josh give us some news. >>> we're going begin with the new details about the hijacking in the skies today. we have learned that 11 americans were on the ethiopian airlines yet flying to rome. a copilot of an ethiopian airlines jet

everything is possible with god. >> emmy award winning producer mark burnett and his actress wife romay produced the film and join me now. roma, you play mary as you did in the bible series. good to see you. >> lovely to see you. >> it has to be satisfying to know it's coming to the big screen. the bible was so fukushimaful on the tv screen. what does it mean to come to the world on the big screen. >> really when we were in morocco and saw dailies and looked on the big screen and said, mark, we should be making a big movie. i said, that's a great idea. after six months, we brought in helicopters to get sweeping shots, special effects scene from gladiator special effects, 5.1 surround sound and it comes out tomorrow in 3,100 screens. >> it's such a fabulous idea to have done them both at the same time. did you ever think, roma, th"th bible" would catch on as it did and a huge push to see the movie. >> when we first decided to do "the bible" series, people thought we had lost our minds and an audience wouldn't show up. 100 million people showed up. now we have a chance to put jesus on th

. >> so on friday night, roma downey and mark burnett, who you know. >> two of my favorite people. >>urvivor". >> mark almost killed me, yes. >> so they come out with this series, they have now turned it into a movie "the son of god." near doing a special one-hour series friday night. i had a chance to meet them. you have images in the mini series where you have the devil walking across. and people said oh, they chose somebody that looks like obama, there. okay? and that didn't show up in the movie, on purpose? >> absolutely on purpose. >> you took it out on purpose. >> i did, i absolutely wanted the devil on the cutting room floor. >> really, why? >> i felt that the conversation that ignited after that moment in the mini series served to be such a distraction. >> they never -- thought that that would become such a big controversy, people saying oh, that looks like obama. and they didn't want it to be a distraction, it is out of the movie. >> a wise decision. >> i'm okay o-- you know, they probably saw what was owner a smaller scale with the television series, a reaction. it did provi

it's new film mark burnett will be here. >> i am not trying to abuse the system in any way. >> also tonight, there is plenty of welfare available to guys like jason the surfer dude. jesse watters on the day in the life of a food stamps guy. >> taking what's available caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. ♪ ♪ >>> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. some new stuff about benghazi, libya, that pertains directly to you. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. if you believe the left in this country as well as hillary clinton. the assassination of u.n. ambassador christopher stephens and three other americans is an old story. everyone knows security was bad. mrs. clinton has taken responsibility for that but what everybody does not know is why the white house mislead the world about the terror attack. that question remains unanswered. if the president and his re-election campaign did deceive the american voters, that is a subversion of our democracy. but that's a big if. nothing has been proven so far. benghazi story i

tonight the greatest story ever told brought to you by the power couple roma downey and mark burnett.illion viewers. their new project is even bigger. >> it's encouraging that jesus is going to be back on the big screen. >> roma downey and mark burnett, their big screen dreams and their extraordinary off-screen romance. plus spike lee is mad as hell. >> we had the crystal ball [ muted ]. i wrote that s

joining me are the producers of "son of god," mark burnett and roma downey. than $4 million in advanced ticket sales. tell people, why should they go see this film if they've already seen the miniseries. >> this starts with john looking back and establishing this awful tyranny of roman rule. this is a political thriller. it has special effects from the gladiator and it's a big, big feature film that you can see in your community. it's great. >> roma, i have to ask. it must be the most difficult thing i think to play jesus but to play the mother of jesus i think would be a little daunting. how did you go about it? >> yeah. you know, i have loved jesus all my life but i've never really considered what it would be like to be his mother before, what she must have been feeling watching her son die in such a way. i'm a mother myself. so all i needed to do was bring a mother's heart to feel as a mother, to see through a mother's eyes. >> roma, the narrative structure of the film takes out the temptation of christ from the film the miniseries was criticized by some b

tomorrow night i'm hosting a google hour with roma and her husband mark burnett at 9:00 at the googlet a great movie. >> seth meyers, we wish him such great luck. he's taking over late night. his guests are amy poehler, she's perfect because he's so comfortable with her. vice president joe biden and a musical guest, a great big world. it is going to be really nice. >> wishing him all the best. he's going to be excellent. you know why? because you and i did his very first show, which was that -- >> why couldn't we get a real show? >> because they want big stars. we wish him all the best. >>> coming up, he has the looks, the moves and the voice. >> usher is heading back to the judge's chair. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] rocky had no idea why dawn was gone for so long... ...but he'd wait for her forever, and would always be there with the biggest welcome home. for a love this strong, dawn only feeds him iams. with 2x the meat of other leading brands... ...to help keep rocky's body as strong as a love that never fades. iams. keep love strong. with 2x the meat. love the iams difference or your m

also the producers son of god mark burnett and roma downey join us.he winner of the daytona 500. dale ernhardt, jr. also. we have it right here on the channel for news fox news channel. : >>> a man in utah killed in a paratkpwhraoeugd -- gliding accident. police say the man had a mishap in the air. he was part of a group in fair field. his identity not released. >>> he battles in the ring and is now battling cancer. former w.w.e. wrestler jake the snake roberts announcing he's undergoing surgery to remove a cancerous tumor behind his knee but plans on returning to the ring on march 14 cancer or not. roberts got the nickname the snake by taking pythons and cobras into the ring with limb. -- with him. >>> a teenager in texas is going above and beyond the typical high school project. 16-year-old kelsey maer bought a house and turning it into a free family crisis center. >> the community need something like this. i hear a lot of people tell me it's going to be hard but i think i can do it. it's going to be worth it because it will help a whole lot of peop

it is produced by mark burnett and roma downey. touched by the angel series. i had a chance to talk to them. they call themselves the noisiest christians in hollywood. >> we are so excited. we have been working on this for a number of years. it doesn't feel like work. it has been a passion to do what we love to do and to combine it with what we believe and to get to do it together. "son of god" finally on the big screen. >> do you realize that pastors are renting out entire theaters so they can bring their con gre dpag dpa gagss to see this movie together. >> it really is a movement. not only are they taking out theaters. in some cases, every single screen in a megaplex, "son of god," "son of god," "son of god." let's face it, it is one nation under god. it is a nation built pretty much on the bible. it makes sense. also, it has been 50 years since jesus life was on the big movie screen, which was the greatest story of all. so this is the new jesus movie for the new generation, 2014. >> how difficult was it to find the right actor,

as for mark burnett, you've seen his work. ment. >> reporter: creating "survivor." >> tom not messing around! >> reporter: his current hits include "shark tank" and "the voice." last you're burnett and downey switched gears. >> follow me! >> reporter: producing the miniseries "the bible" on the history channel. >> i will crush any rebellion. >> reporter: a sunday school epic that was wildly successful in its own right. now the couple is hoping to parlay that success onto the big screen with "son of god". >> come with me. >> what are you going to do? >> change the world. >> this thing couldn't be further from reality tv. is this redemption for you? >> you know, we obviously have a lot of hit shows. without those other shows we probably wouldn't have gotten listened to and, therefore, we wouldn't be opening on 3,000 screens this movie "son of god" on february 28th. >> reporter: it's the first of several old-fashioned bible movies due out this year. there's also "noah" starring russell crowe. ridley scott's "exodus" with christian

tune in tomorrow night for the special edition of "hannity son of god" sean will be joined by mark burnettow night at 10:00 p.m don't miss it. >>> tonight -- another conflict involving democracy. this one in ukraine. and putin is involved. should president obama go against the russian leader? we'll have a special report. >> iran has agreed to suspend all enrichment of uranium above 5%. >> now come reports iran may be lying over nukes. we'll have the latest with james rosen and carl cameron. >> put the picture up again so i can get the caption. i'm saying to carolla don't come any closer. >> also tonight, adam carolla will respond to my mocking him on the kimmel show. >> because i'm

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tune in tomorrow night for the special edition of "hannity son of god" sean will be joined by mark burnett president obama think no one at fox will see a government spy in our news room? tonight, an fcc commissioner goes "on the record" and blows the whistle and tries to install one. they call it a monitor. no one is stupid. we know what they are trying to do. the commissioner joins us. nice to see you. your op-ed blew the whistle on this. what do they want to do? >> they are proposing to do what they are calling critical information needs or cin study. they will send researchers into news rooms across the

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mark burnett asked me to come on as a guest shark. it kept on getting bigger and bigger.from a guest shark to permanent shark. now i'm in my third season i guess. it's amazed me how well it's done. now it's become part of the zeitgeist of the country. >> when i used to judge "america's got talent" i can remember having to sit through so much crap for want of a better phrase just waiting for the nuggets of amazing talent. you must have i guess the same experience where so much of the stuff you're being pitched is useless and the people pitching it are useless. >> no that's where i disagree. you can't ever think that the people are useless. the beauty of the show -- >> as a business person? can they not be useless? >> no. because when you put your life on the line, if you have the balls to say, you know what, i'm going to start this company. over single person in this world has that one idea they think is going to be brilliant and they get all excited and then do nothing. the fact that they were able to stand up and do something with the idea, so they get credit. >> so i do

if you think you're under a little pressure, think about mark burnett this week.poehler, his bff. >> you need to be comfortable that first day. >> yeah. here he is. picture that feeling right there, stepping out. >> yeah. there is a lot of -- he left an absolutely sure gig for something brand-new and my hat is off to him for that. it is easy to take home the check and stay right where it is nice and comfortable. he got out of his safety zone. >> 12:30, tune in tonight at 11:30 central on nbc. it is body image week. we have been talking about it all week. talking to jacqueline bisset and jane seymour. there is this cool video we saw that we thought you would enjoy. it is a rap video. it is a woman's post pregnancy rap video. her name is erin keating. take a look. ♪ one day in the morning ♪ ♪ something made me stop naked in the mirror was my muffin top ♪ ♪ i could crunch in the morning noon and night ♪ ♪ but nothing's gonna make this area tight ♪ ♪ so today is the day i pronounce here is my muffin top and watch it bounce ♪ ♪ my muffin top bounce ♪ ♪ teach our kids t

. >> i'm with mark burnett after he cut the devil out of his bible film. >> you all take your shirtsu because skin color. >> #yes! >> the the latest celebrity news delivered to you 24/7 ", it's the insider together with yahoo. >> bode's tears and lots of olympics to get to, but the gold medal definitely has to go to jimmy fallon. i'm kevin frasher. >> and i'm thea andrews. the show was up 145% from its average, the second best performance since jay leno left the first time and behind conan o brian's premiere and a lot of comparing and contrasting going on. >> was jimmy's star-studded premiere enough to crown him the new king of late night? >> jimmy fallon! ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome to "the tonight show." this is the first "tonight show" broadcast from new york in over 40 years. ♪ ♪ >> here's jimmy! "the new york post" said fallon nailed it. >> i'm jimmy fallon and i'll be your host for now. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>

>> you are the son of god. >> joining us now, "son of god" producers mark burnett and his wife, actressrly killed me in australia. the least i can do is see a sneak peak. congratulations. how many tickets are prebought this. >> we read in a hollywood report last week, 500,000 tickets already pre-bought and some theaters the entire megaplex has been taken over. from cincinnati ohio or oklahoma, city, the only movie in the entire mega plex is "son of god." only in america. >> how do you do this? how do you do a series and in the middle of it say, this should be a movie? and do the movie and a series. how do you pull that off? >> this is the story of jesus. he deserves a big screen. to see it in community, larger than life. his life story from humble birth, death, resurrection. he hasn't been on the big screen in almost 50 years since the greatest story ever told. we shot additional footage and it's absolutely beautiful. >> for the people who saw the mini series, which was ten hours in length, this is going to be different. they're going to see things they did not see in the tv show? >> th

. >>> tomorrow on "cbs this morning," roma downey and mark burnett tell us how they turned their blockbuster told us how far christian leaders are going to get the word out. that's tomorrow. >>> all that mattered on this day in 1992, the teenager who took at swing and never looked ban. do you remember who it is? the answer's next on "cbs this morning." [ male announcer ] fact: the 100% electric nissan leaf... is more fun than ever. sees better than ever. ♪ charges faster. and will charge. cool. and heat. from your phone. fact: leaf never needs gas. ever. good for the world. built in america. now, leaf's an easier choice than ever. ♪ shop at choosenissan.com. ♪ >> the crowd was so loud. it was good to get a shot in and the applauding. >>> all that mattered, tiger woods. he made his amateur move on the pga. he was the youngest player to compete in a tour event. wood mi woods missed the shot by 16. he teed off this morning. >> how would you like to have a swing like that when you're 16? >> i'd love it. i'd love to have it at age 40. >> and at age ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, are >>> good morning, everyone, 8

stadium for the opening ceremony, the man carrying the flag back then was five-time luge olympian mark burnettow know this guide here, todd, will be carrying the flag for team usa. it is a huge honor. and we'll talk to todd in just a couple of minutes. back in sochi, rosa khutor, 30 miles to the north of sochi, all the ladies back in the studios in new york city, can you even imagine what that would feel like to carry the american flag into an olympic stadium? >> it seems so amazing. first of all, i think you have to do your bicep curls to hold that flag. but must be going on adrenaline. >> highly emotional i would imagine. >> look at miss smile. he's cute. >> he's not going to stop smiling for 24 hours. >> u.s. officials are informing airlines that terrorists flying to russia may try to hide explosives in tubes of toothpaste. >> that's scary. >> and the latest winter storm has left more than a half million homeowners in the dark and a back log of cancelled flights coast to coast. >> and a 60-year-old mother who escaped from a michigan prison near than 30 years ago will be arraigned today. she

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one of the new moms, deana fay, will be on "erin burnett out front" tonight. and markest donors. mark zuckerberg and his wife donated almost $1 billion of facebook stock to the silicon valley community foundation. just putting this in perspective, that is 13% of all money given by the nation's top 50 donorsle last year. translation? that's big money. >> it's nice to have. it's even nicer to give it away, when you can, absolutely. alison kosik, thanks. sne well, everybody, "new day" starts right now." >>> i'm michael sam. i'm a football player and i'm gay. >> he's the first openly gay football player and we'll hear from him this morning. >> and here we go again. a storm, are they ready this time? >> and the government stops an american envoy from coming to help free him. >> your "new day" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "new day" with chris cuomo, kate bolduan and michaela pereira. >> good morning, happy monday. welcome to "new day." it's 6:00 in the east. breaking overnight, is the nfl about to get its first openly gay player? michael sam made the revelation in

burnett. >> members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to testify before you today. i asked that my full for marks be included in the record. i am a senior vice president for fuel optimization for delta airlines. airlines. in this position i managed delta's jet fuel supply as well as serve as chairman of the board of munro energy, the company that owns and operates a refinery in pennsylvania. behind the u.s. military, delta is the largest user of jet fuel in the world and the largest expense. because of this, we are uniquely situated, as an end-user of crude oil and refiner and the current debate over whether to lift it. we believe strongly that the ban on u.s. crude oil exports is good policy and that lifting export limits would come at the expense of the american consumer who would pay more for gasoline come up more for heating oil and more for the price of an airline ticket. today the going price for a barrel of u.s. crude is $11 less than a barrel sold in europe. this price differential can be easily explained. u.s. crude market is a competitive one with a price determined by supply and demand