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a frequent guest on the tonight show mel brooks wanted carson to be in blazing saddles. carson said thanks. but no. thanks and the role went to gene wilder. now carson was a very inhibited man and he used drums and tennis as vehicles for his aggressiveness success. never cooled that anger that was at the core of the man one journalist said that talking with carson was like addressing an elaborately wired security system. now carson carried himself as a midwestern protestant every man, and he occupied that sweet spot in television described by one media observer as less hollywood than hollywood. and less, nebraska than nebraska. he was physically confit. he conveyed an earnest charm. he was a world war veteran who shared many real-world experiences with the viewers of his generation his personal foibles, including his marriage troubles. is any easy relationship with his bosses at nbc and his feuds with the local electric company? we're discussed on the show. these very common human experiences trouble in marriage trouble with trouble with utility company a bad boss humani

mel brooks is expected to announce tonight whether he will run for senate.old cnn he has already consulted with trump about the decision. the former president speaking about his primary power on the radio this morning. >> i'm giving endorsements and i'm endorsing people that have been good for us and good for the republican party. and that have voted our way. and if they've said something a little bit off color with respect to me, i mean, i can handle that, if they voted our way. so, i'm endorsing some people that i think have been very good. and they're all going to win and they're going to win big. >> cnn political commentator s.e. s.e. cupp is here with us now. is this what pry mraer season is going to look like and is there any possibility that that means that what would normally be safe republican seats will be endangered or do you see this meaning we're going to end up with more marjorie taylor g greenes in congress? >> i think that's in a lot of ways up to donald trump and how influential he wants to be and how influential he still is. and believe me,

bomb down pennsylvania avenue at kh capitol hill, but the lawmakers also involved, representative mel brooksbrought today by a member of congress in connection with it. mo brooks spoke at that insurrection tailgate on, on january 6th. so i think the implications are that we're going to see more troubling evidence emerge. we already have enough evidence to block the lines and i don't think it's going to stop with just those who stokpoke at the rally. >> democratic congress man e swalwell is suing. the second to file a civil suit against the president for what happened on january 6th. do these lawsuits have teeth? >> brianna, i think they do have teeth. the first one by representative bennie thompson, now a second one by representative swalwell, both of them are backed by an all-star cast of really outstanding lawyers, and they're going to push these lawsuits forward, and there are going to are more lawsuits and there's movement in the criminal investigations of donald trump as well. so it's definitely a sense of the walls closing in, because of the strength of the evidence, brianna. donald tr

today," what's sure to be a can't miss conversation between harry smith and two comedy legends, mel brookshe antibacterial clean you want that also protects your skin from dryness. >>> and let's look at our weekend ahead so that you don't get any high anxiety early snow in the northeast so tomorrow sunny and cool throughout the gulf into the plains, some mountain snows out west, saturday chilly here in the northeast, below average temperatures into the southeast, but plenty of sunshine into the plains and the gulf. some mountain snows move into the interior sections of the inner mountain regions, and then sunday, sunday, not quite as cold in the northeast and great lakes. down into the gulf it's mild and breezy some mountai >>> good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall taking a look at the radar. we are seeing off-and-on showers moving through and it will get a little heavier late morning and heading into the south bay by the afternoon. we will see the rain chances continue through very early tomorrow morning. rest of the day is dry and dry weather continues in the weekend, especially as w