♪ marvelous ♪ ♪ and that's your reward ♪ you'll never be bored ♪ if you ask yourself, "what is this?ptioning sponsored by nbc/universal (chattering excitedly) narrator: it was morning in the country and george was eager to get outside. (gasps) (chatters "rain") oh... it's just a little rain. i'll get you an umbrella. ah! (grunting) (clattering) (hooting) i know, let's check the attic. uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh. (grunting) whoa! ooh, ha, ha, ha.

well, i'm afraid i cannot save him this time because of the latest issue of marvel comics ultimate fallout, peter parker is killed, presumably while appearing in spider-man: turn off the dark. [laughter] worst, now that peter parker is dead, there is a new replacement spider-man. >> billing, big shake-up in the superhero world. >> forget about peter parker, the new spider-man is swinging through the pages of marvel comics, and his name is miles morales. >> that's right. >> a teenager who is half black, half hispanic. >> stephen: half black, half hispanic? what sort of origin story does he have? was he a black guy bitten by a radioactive hispanic or a hispanic guy bitten by a radioactive black guy. it doesn't make any sense. plus half hispanic, ? he's coming here to steal our superhero job. it's bad enough we have an illegal immigrant claiming to represent the american way. go back the cal ripken on the, kal-el. what's next? a chinese hulk? don't mark -- make me asian. you wouldn't like me when i'm asian. next thing you know they'll give us a gay batman. okay, a gayer batman. [applause] any

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♪ marvelous ♪ ♪ and that's your reward ♪ you'll never be bored ♪ if you ask yourself, "what is this?ning sponsored by nbc/universal what has sanctioned and president obama's called for the president to step aside actually achieved? >> this is the third time we have tightened -- essentially, with the president did yesterday was to close the u.s. financial system to syria. it was not only the united states adopted yesterday. all of our european partners and european union made a strong statement. we had a strong statement from japan. other leaders continue to speak out. we believe these moves are pending -- pinching the regime. they add that a good effect on the opposition and syria. they have been encouraging. this is an opposition that is growing by the day. >> why did it take so long for the u.s. to toughen its stance? >> this has been a steady campaign of increasing the pressure. our hope had been when the president first to warn them in may that he should lead the transition or get out of the way, and others joined us in that comment he would heed the call of the international com

superhero world. >> forget about peter parker, the new spider-man is swinging through the pages of marvel comics, and his name is miles morales. >> that's right. >> a teenager who is half black, half hispanic. >> stephen: half black, half hispanic? what sort of origin story does he have? was he a black guy bitten by a radioactive hispanic or a hispanic guy bitten by a radioactive black guy. it doesn't make any sense. plus half hispanic, ? he's coming here to steal our superhero job. it's bad enough we have an illegal immigrant claiming to represent the american way. go back the cal ripken on the, kal-el. what's next? a chinese hulk? don't mark -- make me asian. you wouldn't like me when i'm asian. next thing you know they'll give us a gay batman. okay, a gayer batman. [applause] anyway, golden age is over. nation, i'm in the afraid of my own shadow, but you should be because i don't know where it goes when i turn off the lights. this is the threatdown. [siren blares] folks, shocking news from a land beyond america's borders. north dakota. [laughter] jim. >> an 82-year-old grand forks man

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axel alonso is the edit editor-in-chief of marvel comics. biracial spidey, how did this idea to bring about miles morales from a diverse background even come about at marvel? >> we were in the writers' room talking about a story that would culminate in the death of peter parker and ultimate comic spider-man. and the obvious question when you're considering something like this is, who's going to inherit the tights? marvel's always prided itself on its diversity, reflecting the real world and all its size, shapes and colors. that's when we began to contemplate this notion of a black spider-man. this is miles morales, a nerdy kid from brooklyn who's half black and half hispanic. >> he inherits the tights. did this whole idea come about before we had the first african-american president? did president obama play into this at all or was this prior to him? >> well, certainly that was a factor. our concrete discussion of a black spider-man happened in the months before the election when we realized we would very well be looking at the first african

the first was for his marvelous biography of tip o'neill. anti-god underneath tip to matt. oatmeal is sorely missed today as his clarence darrow. jack you are an example or author for white politics and prose is about so we are really happy to have you here. i wanted to do this introduction very much because i was a great admirer of your book on o'neal. and i can tell you from having read jack farrell's look on clarence darrow, it is another book worth reading that helps us understand part of our legacy in america and a very turbulent and special time. you know, we think of darrow often defined by the movies. there is spencer tracy and we all know about the scopes trial and there is or some wells as darrow in compulsion. and we all know about leopold and lowe. but would you have done in both the combination of your journalism and the kind of current work you are doing at the center for public integrity it helps to serve as a perceptive and artful biographer. darrow's principles and passions at times caused him to compromise and violate principles that he believed in. and yo

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♪ ♪ marvelous ♪ ♪ and that's your reward ♪ ♪ you'll never be bored ♪ ♪ if you ask yourself, "what isioning sponsored by nbc/universal narrator: little monkeys sure can take up a lot of space, especially when they have a lot of stuff. well, that's the last of it, george. george? (chattering) (grunts) aha! now, george, are you sure we can't give this all away instead of storing it in the basement? (frantic chattering) you'll never use any of this stuff again. huh?! (chattering anxiously) the way george saw it, you should save everything because you never know when you might need it.

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♪ ♪ marvelous ♪ ♪ and that's your reward ♪ ♪ you'll never be bored ♪ ♪ if you ask yourself, "what isning sponsored by nbc/universal (charkie barking) narrator: a dog bouncing down the sidewalk meant two things. one, charkie had gotten loose again, and two, george was in another challenging game

♪ ♪ marvelous ♪ ♪ and that's your reward ♪ ♪ you'll never be bored ♪ ♪ if you ask yourself, "what isioning sponsored by nbc/universal hmm. narrator: george had grown tired of the same old bathtub frog and boat races. (groans): eh... he needed new tub toys. hey! (footsteps sloshing) (clears throat) huh? done with your bath, george? (chatters) well, then please get back in the tub. you're puddling. (chatters) (splashes) this was george's box of stray stuff, none of which had ever been played with in the tub.

♪ ♪ marvelous ♪ ♪ and that's your reward ♪ ♪ you'll never be bored ♪ ♪ if you ask yourself, "what isioning sponsored by universal animation (chattering) narrator: george loved spending time in the country where there was nothing to do but... nothing. hello. mm, george, the grapes have come in. want a taste? ooh... yeah, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh! george was busy doing nothing,

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♪ ♪ marvelous ♪ ♪ and that's your reward ♪ ♪ you'll never be bored ♪ ♪ if you ask yourself, "what isoning sponsored by nbc/universal narrator one of the nicest things about city living... (trumpet plays) (singing) ...there's always music playing somewhere. (singing) (xylophone playing) (sighs) to george, this was great. monkeys love music, and he was no exception.

♪ ♪ marvelous ♪ ♪ and that's your reward ♪ ♪ you'll never be bored ♪ ♪ if you ask yourself, "what isng sponsored by nbc/universal narrator: wherever george went, he was always on the lookout for interesting things. but sometimes, his friend, the man with the yellow hat, saw them first. (croaks) look, george, a frog.

♪ ♪ marvelous ♪ ♪ and that's your reward ♪ ♪ you'll never be bored ♪ ♪ if you ask yourself, "what isng sponsored by nbc/universal narrator: the man with the yellow hat's hat was special, but what made it so special? george, come on, it's time to go. when i put my hat on, i'm all ready to head out the door. huh? what? boo! (chuckles) okay. george, that was funny, but you know the rule. no one is allowed to play with the yellow hat. george sure liked that yellow hat. (disappointed groan) george's cap just wasn't special. i'd like to return these. they were yellow, but... after only one washing, they turned saffron.

you will see how our international visitors marvel at the efficiencies of getting through customs.t is great. i have seen a lot of other countries. i have been there when they have gotten there baggage, and you see that line, and you come to san francisco's international airport, and there is no lines. people are zipping through, and even some of the customs agents will say, "huanying," because they know the language. we are an international city. we want to maintain the world class feeling we always have. i really want to thank hilton for this additional work that it is doing to maintain that world- class status. so you welcome the chinese visitors for business or tourism, and you give them a good breakfast because at the end of the day, they might want to know about stake or pasta, but the breakfast would be their traditional thing, and they will feel comfortable doing that and come back. that is the main thing. we would visitors not only to experience the first visit. we want them to keep coming back. there's a lot of business to be done that is consistent with what our city is

it is a marvel that morgan could deal with the relentless demands of the man who was paying for it all. it seems that hurst and morgan both shy and enormously gifted respected each other. unfinished as it is this is the fruit of their communal effort. the suite was at first intended to be hurst lair. but he built the third floor for himself and this became the vip suite where guests such as wiston churchill would stay. marion slept in the third floor but as hurst mistress she reigned supreme over the rest of the castle. as a hostess she was rationallable making the famous and unknown -- she was remarkablable making the famous and unknown equally comfortable. he would call in his wife to oversee the castle and his guest. mariam would leave and not take kindly to the situation. but hurst time at the castle was simply showcased. his vast time would be spent with mariam. guests were free to do what they pleased. swim outdoors or indoors. they could play tennis, horse back ride or drop by the largest private zoo in the world. guests could also lounge in the library surrounded by chryslers b

i walk in and marvel all of the amenities that we have, and units are so precious in this community. i can only thing, how many hundreds of others wanted to be in this situation? and they would want to have a mayor, board of supervisors, city and state agencies all working together in a less political setting, more in a community, social goals setting, where we can collaborate and put our money together and work with wonderful banks, like wells fargo, and others who are contributing to the financing of this building. it is not politics that rules the day. it is people that have great objectives that put down the barriers they can. the biggest barrier is the barrier of poverty. to put that away and to just people can live in decent housing all their lives, and the city can benefit to that goal. i want to thank everyone here who worked together on this. those that had to move tenants around in the building, keeping everyone safe. and while the construction was going on, there was a fire in the tenderloin a few months ago, and the president needed to have an emergency place. you are sta

it is questioned whether or not marvel comibings took a radical left turn by killing off a traditionalrican hero and replacing him with morladez. peter parker will be the web swinging .

marvel comics saying it's replacing the iconic character with miles morales, who is part latino and partlack. >> jon: my god! it's lou dobbs' worst nightmare, a latino that can climb walls. [laughter] not to in any way sun on his parade, but the new multiracial spider-man appears in the comic "ultimate spider-man," which is actually set in a different altd nat universe than that of the real spider-man who still exists and is still caucasian and also is not real. [laughter] but, of course, the arts are not the only battlefield in our culture wars. this conflict is also being fought in and around our pee hole. >> birth control for women now going to be completely free. >> no co-pay or deduckable. >> i might be for that if i didn't see a lot of people out there able to buy a new pair of shoes. >> if you can afford a $5 frappuccino at starbucks, you can pay your $5 co-pay. [laughter] >> jon: what if you can't afford a $5 frappuccino and yet still have genitals? see, dana, and you know i like you very much, you and i as well-known television personalities are able to use our salaries to live

. >> he was good that creating large, engineering marvels. >> this was one. the largest indoor pool. >> it might have been. it became an ice skating rink. i was there when it was an ice skating rink, probably the year before it was burned down. the mummies were there. >> he had that victorian style of stuffing everything he could into this place. he had seashells and jaguars and everything he thought might be interesting or educational to people. people would come over to swim, but they could also see a huge tableau of "the last supper." >> right over here is woodward gardens. he started collecting stuff. he invited people over and eventually opened it up to the public. he had a menagerie. >> it was an 1800 thing. >> could any of the people in this room go? >> ice skating. >> ice skating. >> you could see the remains of the pool. i thought the ice rink was made out of one of the largest pools. >> yes. you can see the ell that goes around. they tried to make it a tropical beach theme. they had a bunch of sand. like you could not go to the beach 40 feet away. >

if you are interested in art, this is a marvelous way to get involved.here is work all over the city where every year ago. -- there is artwork all over the city wherever you go. my idea was to get people in the neighborhood to take care of the pieces and let the art commission have the money for the bigger pieces. >> i was talking to the former president of the arts commission yesterday. the 2% ordnance is something he helped to champion. >> it is all over california and other states now. we really were the

. >>> marvel will publish its first comic featuring a new spider-man named miles morales. the half black, half hispanic superhero takes over where peter parker left off before he was killed in the comic series last june. >>> martha stewart turns 70 years old today. >>> those stories break on msnbc. and be sure to watch brian williams with nbc nightly news. >>> finally a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. ordered by a judge to return to florida for probation, will casey anthony come out of hiding today? her attorney jose baez speaks to matt lauer. >>> jason bateman and ryan reynolds are in studio to talk about their new movie "the change-up." thank you so much for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a terrific wednesday.

it said that they marveled. it is really pontus pilot who was on trial. the most are for argument he gave when he resurrected was the argument that i will read you hear in luke 24. he said, these are the words which i speak to you while i was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of moses and in the profits and in the psalms concerning me. they might understand the scriptures. he said, it is written and it behind crus -- christ to suffer. two times, verses 44 and 46. it uses what it to the fact that there was prophecies. they were written down. we're talking 1500 years before hand. beyond his prophecy they had was 400 years old and jesus pointed to these prophecies. it is a great mystery. they're not stupid, they're blind. this is the same way with the gentiles. i'm a gentile, most of us are gentiles. we were never given the scriptures. the jews were given the scriptures. this was a very powerful argument. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, congratulations to the old space shuttle. [singing] 0, child thi

if you are interested in art, this is a marvelous way to get involved. is work all over the city where every year ago. -- there is artwork all over the city wherever you go. my idea was to get people in the neighborhood to take care of the pieces and let the art commission have the money for the bigger pieces. >> i was talking to the former president of the arts commission yesterday. the 2% ordnance is something he helped to champion. >> it is all over california and other states now. we really were the forerunners. it is a wonderful thing to bring the community into this now. people have seen art being put into the community. this has not been touched by any graffiti. it just faded over time. it is so open here. there is nobody watching this. i think that is a plus to the community. i hope the graffiti people do not go out there now that i am opening of my mouth. >> i want to thank you for the 50 years you have already given to the city as an arts leader. >> i started in to briberon, i's only been 45. >> you have championed his work over these years. >>