and for some of them, mary tyler moore was like a port of entry. >> i'm doing as good a job as he did'm being paid less than he was because -- >> you're a woman. >> the television female could be a hero. she could be the main event. >> rita. all right. >> out loud! >> the first script written by allen burns and jim gricks had mary coming to minneapolis divorced. and very quickly cbs says, no, no, no, no, no. >> at the beginning of the decade, divorce was considered somewhat scandalous. >> she went on dates with a lot of guys. >> but the guys were really important. >> we seem to be hitting it off. and i just thought -- >> you just thought? >> she's not obsessed with finding a husband. >> don't forget to take your pill. >> i won't. >> i won't. >> this was about people coping with one another. and the workplace was like a family. >> i told ted to close with the copy for sue ann. >> oh, my god. >> what's wrong? >> i told the projectionist it was the other way around. >> oh, my god. >> local pig farmers served notice today that rising corn prices are forcing them to find other means to fee

we spoke with the former mary tyler moore star for an update on her health. >> listen, i was supposed to be dead in three months, maysix. >> valerie's sure to make this point loud and clear. she's doing great after her terminal brain cancer diagnosis in 2013. >> in three years this january that i have lived. [ cheers and applause ]. >> the crowd at a hero's eventnt in san a aonio, texas, cheereded on the two-time cancerurvivor as he cracked jokes, thanked her caregiver caregivers, and shared some wisdom. >> the thing about being alive is being alive. and we're all going t so while you're alive, be alive and don't go to the funeral on the day of the funeral. wait until the funeralalnd then you go. but you don'to before that. >> very well said. such an inningsparticipation. another important health update. >>> pamela anderson wasn't sure she would live to see this day when she found out she had hepatitis c. but she tells how she beat the odds and how it changed her life. >> 20 ye agag when they tolol live tenyears. >> the life-threatening virus was once incurable but thank to a new drug

insulated from reality here. >> her role at mary tyler moore's perfectly landlord phyllis. >> when i toss my head back in that way i have. >> easy for her to make@us laugh. and it seems just as easy to break our hearts. >> why am i always a part of you. >> for this scene in 1971 "the last picture show" director allowed her just one take. >> i just did it once. i had just learned my lines on the way over there. and i did it. he said, cut, it was over, i said, wait, wait. i need to do that again. he said, no. i could do the first one better, i could. >> you think you could? >> i know i could. >> still it was good enough for an oscar. >> are you comfortable? >> yes, fine. >> back then she was also raising five children and would try to cook dinner for them nearly every night. dina is her youngest. >> i rememberhen i was a kid there would be five of us then everybody would come home at different times she would literally make five different gourmet vegetarian meals. one after the other. never stopped. who does that? >> who does that and has side job that would get multiple awards. >> we'

like i saw a different world, "the mary tyler moore show," "all in the family," "maude." i was so in love with those characters, and who they were, and i knew i was sort of -- i had the presence of mind to know that wasn't who they really were. i knew they were characters that someone else had created. and i was like, okay yeah. that's the path. that's what i want to do. i think they spoke up to me in a way. like i think that was the cool thing about those shows in that time, was that they didn't talk down to me. and unfortunately i think a lot of tv that you see nowadays, they really are kind of are speaking to the lowest common denominator. look, networks and certain places and studios, they want to make money. that's their goal. they want to have as many eyeballs on their product as possible. and that often comes with having very simple characters, very simple stories. and to me, i'm just sort of drawn to things that are complex. i don't want somebody to just be mindless watching something i've written, 'cause then that means that i didn't do my job. i always wanted to

f.y.i. >> i remember watching "mary tyler moore" when it was out the first time.ures in things -- of things like that when you're up next to them, they're absolutely beautiful. i hope you get that at home when you see them. they're absolutely beautiful. >> real live birds in the studio. we'll talk about conservation efforts. they can really only thrive in rural areas and cities are growing so rapidly. we're going to show you these beautiful birds and how you can take part in helping to save their habitat. >> and we'll be in the kitchen. we have the oval room

it's like the mary tyler moore show, we're going to make it after all. high pressure with us. mostly sunny skies. both commutes are dry. chilly this morning, temperatures in the 30s. into the afternoon it warms nicely. upper 60s to around 70. 7:00 this evening, cooling off, mid 50s. >> jadiann: let's get over to rich kirkland and check on "fast track traffic." >> rich: good morning. we talked last time about a rollover on the turnpike. it was there, they just cleared it. it was the turnpike eastbound at route 128, the weston tolls. traffic is moving much better as route 1 on the north shore, no delays. 93 in good shape. there's the big picture, the expressway, white lights northbound. no south shore headaches and the t says we're on time. rich kirkland, "7 news today in new england." >> christa: breaking news we've been tracking all morning for you. a standoff right now in canton with police blocking several streets in town today. >> jadiann: this started with an early morning stabbing. let's go to nicole oliverio. what can you tell us about the situation right now? >> reporte