. >>> and matthew perry, the actor. remember "friends"? he's here tonight. he's a recovering prescription drug addict. he's here telling congress that treatment, not jail time, is not only more effective, but far less expensive. that makes sense. >>> finally a pro same-sex marriage public service announcement straight out of the 1950s starring "modern family's" jesse tyler ferguson. >> dale wants to restrict marriage to a man and a woman. he doesn't care whether the couple just met on a drunken trip to vegas, a reality show, or if they're only marrying for a green card. >> by the way, could you tell who's narrating? you'll find out in a minute. interesting guy we all grew up with. this is "hardball." the place for politics. >>> the polls are now closed in that special election for south carolina's first congressal district. voters faced a choice of whether to give former governor mark sanford a second political career or whether to deny their preference for republicans and elect a democrat in that republican district, elizabeth colbert busch is the democrati

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exclusive interview with matthew perry.he run of "friends." also, whether a cast reunion of the program is really happening and a brand-new passion project for him. >> and that passion project is going to help a lot of people. >> yes, it is. >>> also ahead, the new diet that has a lot of people talking. can you really lose almost 20 pounds in just 2 weeks by counting sugar calories? we'll hear from the person behind it. >> we'll find out. first let's get the news from josh. >>> we'll begin with that ricin scare here in new york city. someone sent letters laced with the poison to new york mayor michael bloomberg and his gun control group in washington. both were postmarked in louisiana. now, sources say the author threatened that the government would never be able to take his guns away. bloomberg never got the letter. the one sent to washington caused no symptoms. >>> and president obama is planning to nominate a former bush administration official to run the fbi. james comey was the number two at the justice department unde

today's storm threat after an unforgettably frightening week courtesy of mother nature. >> matthew perry'sout it >> how perry is spreading the word about something that is no laughing matter. >>> world champion. the 13-year-old boy from queens, new york, and the word that won the national spelling bee. k-n-a-i-d-e-l. knaidel. >> that unusual word, the boy's prize, and the proud moment for his parents. it's friday, may 31st. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. >> good friday morning to all of you. we are excited it is friday. we hope you are too. what's that? >> excited for sleep. coming up. just around the bend. >> we are also excited about this kid from queens. >> awesome. >> representing queens like the two of us. nice! >> hometown boy! won the national spelling bee. very smart people. >> i woke up before the shift with the last ten minutes on. dumb luck. turned it on. last ten minutes. fascinating. can't wait to tell you about it. >> let's move on to this. the relentless storms battering the plains, unleashing a batch of violent twiste

and matthew perry, yes, the star of "friends" is reaching out tonight with more on his story and hisrow out a life line to people who want to recover. ♪ >> reporter: it was one of the most popular sitcoms in television history, and the man playing chandler bing had a secret. >> i've had a very long, hard day. >> mostly it was drinking and -- and opiates. >> did people on the set know? >> i think i was pretty good at hiding it, you know. but, you know, eventually people were aware. >> reporter: matthew perry knew something had to change. it was sort of fear of death, i suppose. >> reporter: fear of death? >> yeah. like, i was getting very sick. so i had to so something about it. >> reporter: there were multiple trips to rehab and there was one man who answered perry's every call for help, addiction specialist earl hightower. >> this guy has saved my life, literally 15, 16 times. treatment is all encompassing. >> reporter: today per se sober and has turned his past into a mission, helping others find a path to recovery. >> congress must continue to support the -- >> reporter: that incl

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linda, wasn't surprised that matthew perry talked with jesse. he looks like david schwimmer.on stockwell, santa ana, costa rica. bill, although i disagree sometimes, you are fair. i try to be. monty, look me in the eye, bill, tell me the money donated to the wounded warriors project really goes to help our service people. if you do so, i will cut a four-figure check. i wouldn't be promoting if i felt they were doing otherwise. thanks for your patriotism. i'm looking you in the eye. finally tonight, the "factor" tip of the day. a lot of books floating around. one to look for is "the hit." another is "terror red." also "the runs a guns at last l" about world war ii. i've read them all. brilliant books. and finally useful observations, out next tuesday, basically our philosophy, "keep it pithy." word of the day, do not be saturnine, word of the day. do not be saturnine. new zealand, we know you guys watch us down there a lot. it's far away. and where else do we get one from? easter island. again, thanks for watching us tonight. i'm bill o'reilly. please always remember that the

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. >> matthew perry on his past substance abuse. >> drinking and opiates. >> inside his silver house helping a kardashian sister. >> and a bride's wedding halted by hurricane sandy. >> we said forget about the wedding. >> how a star designer is giving back. >> a former superman once bullied for being fat. >> and tinker tea? >> it's soda, sweet tea and pixie sticks together. >> a mom encourages her 2-year-olds to down pixie sticks. >> i hope and pray it's enough to make her stay up. >> right now internet meets tv to bring you celebrity news 24/7. it's "omg! insider." >> miranda's emotional duet, the all-star tribute to the tornado victims of oklahoma. hello, everyone, and welcome to "omg! insider." i'm kevin frazier. >> and i'm thea andrews. oklahoma's favorite son, blake shelton, brought hope from hollywood to oklahoma city last night with severe weather still threatening the area. crowds rushed the concert arena for an unforgettable and touching night of performances. we were backstage for every moment, and it's all trending now. ♪ >> emotional for miranda lambert. >> really did affect her

matthew perry, star of the farm former hit show friends, speaking at a prescription drug abuse. he has been open about his battle with his battle with prescription drugs. he has been at dc several times the last year to talk about it. he says the only reason he comes to town, though and he will nerve run for office saying i think i have been to rehab too many times to be able to run for. >> dan thank you, secretary spoke, the court spoke the president spoke about this morning after pill. they said all age restriction should be lifted. it should be over-the-counter and she overruled her own scientists says there is not enough evidence xwrirlz under-age 17 could use it. >> did they want to go down to ten or 12? different. >> it. put it next to tylenol and let anyone be able to buy it at the pharmacy. >> that's what the fda said. they said it was safe enough for use by any age. what happened was a court went back and reviewed sebelius's decision to overly the fda and said base it on science. your science told you to lift the restrictions and you overruled them. that was a political

kiss cam settled on them, the grizzly's mascot offered a shoulder even to cry on and apparently matthew perryos angeles kings playoff game as well turning to his furry teammate for a celebrity smooch. okay that's a little awkward. 8:05, back to al with a check of the weather, he's in college grove, tennessee on the farm. al? >> all right, thanks so much, natalie, here at the hatcher family dairy in existence, since 1831. you're listen to the music of the band pork and beans, brandon is a hog farmer, and brother is a soybean former and believe it or not most of these people, how many of you are hatcher family members? there's like five siblings who live here with all their kids andtheir families, it's fantastic, truly a family farm, an american family farm. ♪ let's show you what we have as far as your weather is concerned. our pick city of the day just outside of college grove, tennessee, a suburb of college grove is nashville. afternoon thunderstorms and a high of 77 degrees. as you look on the satellite radar wet weather in the northeast a lot of rain there, mid section of the country heavy

mistakes going on i don't think chris matthews is probably getting to a point where he's becoming a parody of himself i think al sharpton is too i think melissa harris perry show has a following particularly younger women and particularly younger women of color but she's not a you know a homegrown journalist you know so she's an academic like me who transformed herself into you know show business and there are dangers there but she does have a following but it shows like with chris chris hayes this show is very weak and i think they have the the lynchpin of something good with in the morning believe it or not with morning joe the edge show probably needs to be spiced up but it's on that line between amateurish and just like they just lost their way and sometimes you get into a perfect storm and that's what's going on here what they need to do is raid current t.v.'s hosts and put them on because they're pretty good you know and look at our tease model and how you mix analysis commentary and hard news they have in d.c. news at their disposal they don't use them they have pete williams who was the only voice of reason in the boston marathon bombing and they