. >>> what's it like to be a bicycle messenger? gordon leavitt can tell you. >> he has a leading role in a new movie called "premium rush." edward lawrence spoke to the star about his new role. >> reporter: he plays a messenger who finds himself peddling for his life in "premium rush." after he picks up a mysterious package in new york city, people start hunting him down. the role tested its ability to put the pedal to the metal. >> riding a track bike that doesn't have gears and won't coast is different than the bikes i grew up riding but i got used to it and actually now i prefer it. >> reporter: it's been an action packed year for him. he appeared in "the dark knight rises" as a got a.t.m. city police officer. in this action film he has a starring role. danny ramirez plays a fellow messenger and his love interest. >> we have chemistry. >> chemistry was a part of it. >> i think it happens when the scene is playing. >> reporter: but there is definitely some down side to starring in this rough and tumble movie. >> i have a bunch of

strategy these days. >> you're the messenger. >> i'm the messenger. who you are and you believe what you believe and want to see the country through the problems today. >> let's talk about your views that have become controversial. and you are the messenger for these views. and correct me if i'm wrong. you want to change the way the medicare system works. you want to rise the retirement age for social security in 70. >> the year 2103. >> right. gradually. and you want to have the wealthy pay more for their benefits. >> right. >> that's not only touching the third rail of politics. >> i used to say a kwaul la bear on the third rail. if you don't address these issues now, they're going to steam roll the country. and the more you delay fixing these problems, the tougher they're going to be. we go into the hole every year we delay fixing the problem. with medicare, for example, the way i look at it is, if people retired living on the program, don't change it. if they're about to retire, leave it alone. but in order to cash flow that, borrow money -- 51% o

. >> free enterprise, blah, blah, blah, don't shoot the messenger, the kids have got to be the ones bute does have a responsibility and lebron james does have an opportunity. you don't need that $300 shoe. you can't be both, the company of the people, the company of the underdog and empowerment and then being feed beiing into -- don't think they have to do it. >> are we putting our values and morals on nicky because they've so swept us up and into their advertising? their branding is we care about young athletes but in reality their business is to make money. >> this shoe is going to appeal to the kids who think they're the next nba player and those kids are not the next nba player. >> that's not the problem. the problem is it is to inner city kids the ultimate status and what will those kids do for the $300 shoe. >> and that's not fair to parents to say, no, johnny, we can't afford $300. >> i disagree with that because a parent does say no. $313 you don't get that, you get that history book that we need. >> or 12 history books. >> it's on the parents but nike doesn't need to do that. >

>> i saw "premium rush" about a bike messenger and a bike messenger in manhattan which has to be theaziest place in the world and what i love about this character is that he has a law degree, played by joseph gordon levitt but doesn't want to be the guy in the gray suit behind the desk. he has a need for speed and loves bobbing and weaving in the traffic. they actually show his mental process where he sort of at a critical point where he could make any of three different turns and his mind calculates the risk. if i go that way, i hit the baby carriage, if i go that way, the car door hits me but if i snake through right there, i can go. he has no brakes on his bike because he feels like when you stop is when you die. this is the character. he gets a package that is illegal and suddenly people are chasing him including mike shannon who plays a crooked cop and that's baseball -- basically the film. i loved the chase scenes. normally i find chase scenes been there, done that. with this, you see him zipping through traffic and he's about to get hit and does get hit and it's an adrenaline

they did not have the hour "kill the messenger." they had competing frames but then ngos got involved. some from the u.s. and some from europe to say they will try a media at experiment. this included every news story to be reported on one from each camp together. to not only agree on the information but on the frame. said now they find themselves trying to figure out what was really going on. then they realize each side were people. there lourdes dehumanized. called cockroaches, fleas, then they started their radio program. they started to have conversations about the role of bystanders and those doing the other side. if one person rescued another and a would-be considered a traitor marked for death. pretty common in the word time -- were to of situations. but then they started to talk about what a heroic act how he made. the murrah they talked about it the more the traders started to sound like a hero and then confessed to rescue someone from the other side and then became more commonplace. then the leaders of the factions were as

those who live in new york, we're used to the crazy messengers dodging in and out of traffic.ivering package. the main character is wily, one of the city's best and most agile aggressive bicycle messengers. so this routine delivery goes on one day, turns into a life-or-death situation here on the streets of manhattan. because he discovers this one particular package is different. someone is actually trying to kill him. think of it as pretty much like "speed" but on a bike. take a listen. >> aren't you afraid of die ing? the way you ride? >> you know what scares me what happened to my friend who got out of law school. that is collective insanity. compared to that going down broadway, 50, no brakes, fine. >> sounds good. >> the bike wants to go fast. it is steadier, never been hurt going all-out. just the hesitation will kill you. >> think that was the hot girl that played one of turtle's girlfriends on "entourage." diana ramirez. i will look that up. "usa today," good reviews. "usa today" gave it three out of four stars. ""l.a. times"" compared it to "speed" and "new york daily

. >> the messenger of death in "premium rush." he is a bicycle messenger dodging taxis.e parent becomes the ride of his life as a police give chase. "premium rush" is rated pg-13. >> people believe it. >> unhappy thoughts in "the apparition." ghosts exists only if you believe in them. it is impossible to wish away. that is the box office preview. >> 5:50. 67 degrees on tv hill. ravens get out of an offensive rut. >> here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers. from the first hands-free system, and micro-climate controls powered by twinchill technology, the new ge french door refrigerator puts fresh in a whole new light. come see the new ge french door refrigerator for yourself at bray & scarff. buy now and save up to $500. but hurry this incredible offer ends october 10th. come in today or visit online at brayandscarff.com. >> time to get to your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked -- how much would you be willing to spend for the latest home entertainment technology? >> i love this answer. that is your kind of gu

i think the one lesson learned by both side is the messenger really matters on both sides. paul ryan is one example of that. when you have a messenger competent in talking about politics they generally ask overcome some of the vullnerabilities. it is when you have candidates that are not skilled, if you will, that are going to struggle. so there is a real anxiety because they know their message and what works. >> you were trying to pin it down on a race to watch. let me throw in congressman west of florida. these are really bell weather races for democrats and republicans. >> i found it interesting that the nrcc chairman singled out a seat in the northeast. they had been all but extinct in that area. that is something i think has broad interest across the country. he is high-profile on cable tv. that's a national race everyone will be paying attention to. the interesting thing to me is the john kerry race the congressman mentioned. because that is probably the blueest state in the nation in massachusetts. >> what did you learn about the house race? >> i think it has the pot

messenger. >> i'm the messenger. you can't fear that. >> so who is paul ryan? >> i'm fifth generation from janesville. >> the path from the union-heavy small town in wisconsin led to a conservative pedigree. first as a republican congressional staffer. >> i'm paul ryan. candidate for congress. >> then with a long shot bid for a house seat, 13 years ago. >> well, paul ryan is maybe a rare thing in washington. he is what he seems. >> bill bennett is a conservative talk radio host and cnn contributor. he was one of ryan's mentors alongside with jack kemp in the early 1990s. >> he is a guy with -- without guile, without pretense. he likes to hang out with actuaries for relaxation, which is -- >> who doesn't? >> which is a funny thing. he hunts elk with a bow and arrow. >> he's had the deficit in his sights for years. but even republicans steered clear of some of his more controversial budget ideas. that is, until the tea party became the rage. >> i think it is because of the circumstances of what ha

it made you appreciate the bike messengers. i did not know there was 1,500 bike messengers in new york city. when faxing and sending an e-mail and sending photos via the icloud doesn't work, people use the bike messengers. you can see them here. this is a really serious life. so what happens in this film is joseph gordon levitt gets this package, a little bit hard to deliver. and he has got some people chasing him and trying to get whatever is in the package. but it was a good film. nice chase movie. thought it was fun. i was on the edge of my seat most of the time. let's check out what some of our movie-goers had to say about it. >> i thought the first 3/4 was pretty good. then some potholes at the end. other than that. other than that, it was fun, entertaining. >> just something fun. you know, a little piece of fluff that wasn't anything serious. >> i was on the edge of my seat the entire time. the whole time i was like -- i thought the was exciting. >> see? she was really excited. >> she was into it. >> there was cause to be

that is part of what went into "kill the messenger". not journalists, not mass media but particular para don imus that have been used to forward these destructive ideas destructive ends. so where is the power? power is first rooted in information and ideas and they are so powerful, i call them the dna of society. you know how our bodies, all the organs and cells know what to do because of the dna is the information that tells them how to function in a system. societies are like a system and we are the parts that are decoding the information and the ideas and participating in our society and our system as a result. when that information is flawed in our body like that dna gets a mutation, it doesn't go so well for the body just like it doesn't go so well for society. it can turn on itself. it can destroy parts of itself and can destroy the whole of its self. so information turns into ideas through this concept of framing. anybody here heard this idea of framing? a guy raises his hand because he has been to one of his talks. long before t

saying that is this is being as it has for months now it has been is simply a case of shooting the messenger what about all the names to all the people that were named in these widespread deals of corruption these people unveiled in these wiki leaks and yet why have they not been pulled up on capitol hill where the prosecution it's all very very bizarre talk about shooting the messenger he's a marine important i live in new york this is not the end we have heard of this we'll be talking later. or not it's get some more reaction on the on this from the u.s. so to julia saunders asylum deal medea benjamin who is and i merican activist and co-founder of the social justice movement code pink now joining us live from washington. it is good to see you today thanks for coming on the program assigned to support his claim he's been secretly indicted in the u.s. and ecuador seems to be taking those fears quite seriously now if there is indeed a case being built against him what does this asylum deal mean for it. well this is absolutely critical i think if you look at. it and it is television's committ

messenger, they can win the argument by default. happening. >> ryan knew his budget would be controversial and could cost him re-election, but it would never pass. it was always meant to be a conversation starter. last summer, it was a conversation president obama wanted to have, but now, solving entitlement can wait. the new conversation is is ryan's very bad, terribly evil plan, to solve entitlement reform. this election it's been said, will be about a choice, denial, distraction. to me, at least, the choice is pretty clear. okay, guys. >> so, obviously, i disagree with a lot of what's in there, but one thing i wanted to say is the rising cost of medicare and the rising cost of health care in general is the primary driver of the problems with medicare program. and the president did put forward the affordable care act, is an attempt to start to bring down this health care cost. >> cut 700 billion from medicare. >> he didn't cut that from medicare. he cut that from a give away to hospitals and insurers and is putting that back into

it's interesting, this world of bike messengers which i really never thought about.times a year or something like it. >> bike culture, it's a real thing. it's a real community. i rode a bike just like anybody. >> jimmy: it looked like you were in serious danger for real, in the movie, riding a bicycle. >> yeah, that's kind of what you do going 40 miles an hour with cars. >> jimmy: in the movie, there's blood all over it. your outfit. >> you saw the outfit? >> jimmy: yeah. and there's real blood over your body. >> i got hurt. >> jimmy: you did get hurt? >> i did. i went through the rear windshield of a taxicab. >> jimmy: how did that happen? isn't that planned? >> it is. i should say everything is safety conscious. part of it was my fault. i'll start by saying i was going too fast. they put a camera on the back of a motorcycle and that's how they shoot it. i got ahead of the motorcycle which i shouldn't have done. then what happened, we're shooting in new york city and the united nations is there. they have diplomats in new york. who have diplomat license plates who b

in orders to the united states, the messenger had to climb on the boat, sailed to england, climb on another boat, sailed to new york and another carriage and another carriage after that all the way to washington d.c. that took approximately seven weeks, during which time the british attack andrew jackson and his then at new orleans and all the hickory just plain demolished a couple thousand british soldiers. so it is in some sense hardly surprising that people don't remember this war given the sequence of events. and by the way, the treaty that ended the war was left entirely out of the treaty and andrew jackson. and that is john quincy adams by the ray standing at center. the treaty can be phased out which is status quo antebellum, that is the way things were before the war. very little change that in some way psychologically and politically an issue. and while this may not have proved a memorable work on my way to make the case is nonetheless a very more in shaping the american character. to put it in more contemporary terms, we were being bullied and we stood up for ourselves. it was dav

he says we believe he's an important messenger and obviously he's going to play a significant role inntion and beyond our convention because of his credibility on the issues. now, the president has also proven to be a great campaigner for president obama. just listen. >> i care about the long term debt of the country a lot. remember me, i'm the only guy that gave you four surplus budgets out of the eight i sent. so i hope what i say to you will have some weight. i don't think it's important to re-elect the president. i think it is essential to re-elect the president if we want this country to have the kind of future that our children and grandchildren deserve. >> you have to have the right captain of the ship. and i am depending on you to take care of future generations. by making sure that that captain is president barack obama. >> quite effective campaign, don't you think? >> i love when bill clinton is fired up and ready to go. if you want to be an incumbent, there's only one way to do it, make it a referendum on the incumbent. that's what they've been trying to do since the primar

>> it is a great day to be a messenger because everybody gets to pick something that they like if you are on the republican side, you are trying to sell this uptick in umployment. ifou are o on the president's side 16300 jobs. you will see a a lot of back-and- forth with this. >>ichael, the washington business journal has beeeen following the threat of sequestration. one thing i have to point out we said people shouould not -- there waa widely cited steady b by george masason university from a noted economist and many people have been noting about the number of jobb cutthat would result in sequestration. he was just guessing at at would happen because no one laid it out if there were e across-the- board cuts in every program. business owners and defense ntractors arare nervovous in the washington region. >> those are the numbers tt we have to go on at this point. defense espspecially in the suburbs, defense contrtractor and is with the defensese department ends mey. that is going to be cut them than those are the businesses and the workers who ar in our ea who are more panicked than a

"premium rush" is opening in theaters and it stars a young bike messenger who picks up a very dangerousrather curl up on the couch with a good movie say "bernie," a movie about a very unusual friendship, that's out on dvd. so here to help you decide is grey drake, senior editor at rottentomatoes.com back in l.a. we had the pleasure of having you in studio. we're having grey withdrawals, but here you're back by way of satellite so we're happy about that. let's begin with premium rush and it is about this bike messenger and it's kind of adventurous and it's fast and the editing is cool so let's take a quick peek. >> give me the envelope! >> no! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> whoa! >> hey! hey! hey! slow down! ♪ ♪ >> oh, yea. that's the young guy that was in "third rock from the sun." grey, who was after him? what's going on here? >> when i first saw the trailer for this movie i thought that joseph gordon lovett signed on to do it just because he wanted to ride around on his bike, but this movie is filled with such a crazy kinetic energy that you barely have time to realize that it is so random and weird that

a new york city bicycle messenger being chased by a crooked cop. it's received decent reviews. it will open with $9 million. are you going to see it? >> no. >> "hit and run," yes, no? >> maybe dvd, maybe. >> well, it's received some pretty bad word of mouth reviews from people who have seen it. it's expected to tai bu at about $8 million. then the wild card this weekend could be the anti-barack obama documentary called "2016, obama's america." it debuts nationwide and is expected to rake in about $4 million. finally, the horror film, "the abhor rigs" it is debuting in 8 million theaters. it may not make it past $2 million. what were you saying about this being an important weekend for the ladies? >> last non-football weekend. starting next weekend is when college football, the nfl. >> why would you think that's a bad thing for the ladies? that's when ladies go shopping. >> her friends want to go watch football and give me the day off, no problem. >> there you go. there always is a compromise. >>> this now comes to us from newport beach, california. one couple's wedding plans ta

. >> mike: i'm just the messenger. i love the heroes from petaluma took it on the chin.ennessee scored four times in the last inning to hand the petaluma team their first loss in >> mike: the beauty of the little league world series it's double elimination. petaluma suffered their first loss at the hands of tennessee. two rounds score on pass balls in the first inning and tennessee, early 2-0 lead but petaluma ties it up. then smith drives a solo shot. second of the world series. tennessee regained the lead in the second. brown with an infield single. jake rut ger scores. now 5-3 tennessee. brandis, deep to left center. his first home run. 5-4. petpetaluma would tie it up bute final inning tennessee knocked in two runs. petaluma loses 9-6 and play new jersey tomorrow in an elimination game. >>> the national league west race is heating up. dodgers beating atlanta. giants hoping to keep the lead going for a sweep against the padres. every sunday the padres honor the military by handing out free tickets and wearing the cam flawmg uniform. vogelsong, 3 pitches in three innin

to this gathering, of course, tonight, we'll see two very different and divergent messages and messengers all toward the same goal. we'll hear from ann romney tonight. we'll hear from the governor of the state of new jersey, chris christie tonight with his key note. one of the big name republicans here happens to be one of the two host senators from the state of florida. republican marco rubio is here with us in the institute-year-oinstitutstudio. i know we're in the closing minutes before mrs. romney comes out. there is a big planned explosion. i want to ask you about your party. i've watched you on television for days, talking about this gathering and being a proud floridian. are you happy with the tone and tenor of the conversation right now? the rate debate got out of control. went several days. is this where you want it in the big tent business? >> first of all, i think we have to understand what a different political climate where politics is covered almost like sports is, 24 hours a day by multiple outlets and there is always need for content. that doesn't mean that that didn't des

joseph gordon levitt is a new york city bicycle messenger being chased by a crooked cop. it's received decent reviews. it will open with $9 million. >> does it look good? >> if you're into that chase. >> this is a road trip comedy. it's called "hit and run." it's received poor word of mouth reviews from people who have seen it. it's expected to tai bu at about $8 million. "dukes of hazard" rip off maybe. the wild card this weekend could be the anti-barack obama documentary called," 2016." it debuts nationwide and is expected to rake in about $4 million. finally, the horror film, "the aparation" it is debaying in 8 million theaters. it may not make it past $2 million. >> one review said this will be the most dismal weekend at the box office. >> i want to see will ferrell's movie. >> reviews are mixed. >>> this comes to us from california where one couple's wedding plans took their nup actuals to new heights. they made a splash using water power jet packs making a memorable entrance. adding to the wedding jitters without tipping themselves head first into the water. everyth

he is a a good messenger on the issues.g to try to piggyback on somebody from so long ago especially when you had president clinton publicly disagree with barack obama on a couple of issues. he caused problems for president obama on bain when talked about bain and said mets had a good business record and sort of defended bain. he caused problems for barack obama when seems to distance h himself a little bit from the pitch that the current president is making to raise taxes on the wealthy. i mean he is fine if he is on script. it is when he is talking extemporaneou i sly he he causs problems. >> we have seen is that in fits and starts over the course of the administration. whether the two appearing together at the briefing room in the white house. >> greta: or when president clinton stayed and president obama left. >> right. i mean clearly there has been a concerted effort to make sure that the democrats are putting together a united front and this will be a close election. they need everything they have on the table. they n

secondly, they're not the appropriate messenger.the guy who went to the naacp and felt that it was appropriate to try to pointedly use the word obama care and then went to a fund-raiser and said if they want free stuff they should vote for obama who is running an ad that brings back the old welfare queens. >> you're absolutely right we need to put everything in context. >> exactly. >> back to my initial point. either republicans or democrats who use this kind of language when they're talking about people i think should be pointed out as being something we should not be including in the national dialogue. there's a lot of things to criticize one side to the other. >> right. >> but to use that term, i find it interesting and i think that the democrats have you know, lost the focus for the last coup of hours on the criticism. >> i think that the speech he was talking about wall street. they were talking specifically about reforms that would remove the capital gains tax meaning somebody like mitt romney. we've got to keep the focus ther

they want them to be the messenger that takes it up but they could cost you. it shouldn't come likely. you shouldn't fret about whether can you keep tupperware in your locker or square in the corner yelling this or that eating six bytes and then spit out some great campaign trip to get that you are required to learn and reside in these academies. they don't want you to complain about that but if you have none of unlawful or an unethical order and was really somehow called into question your dignity with the dignity of your colleagues, then you are responsible for bringing that up and partly the reason i was there was because i was small potatoes that could blossom into a huge fee moscow if you were at war and so, not so much censorship but a very irresponsible individual leadership is required for all. >> finally, professor what is the take away on this book? >> what is the take ay on this book and my future work is talk to the service men and women that you see coming off the planes in the airport. as if they were your lawyers and neighbors just listen. they

stanley: not because he got caught running the red light, but back in 2008 i did a segment on bike messengers smoking weed in the riding bikes. he claims his parents off. this writer also ran a red light the told the officer he had no identification and gave the officer a fake name. then, like magic he found his id and was issued a ticket for running the red light. giving false information to a cause is also illegal the. the owner of this camaro made an illegal u-turn in front of the officer. tickets for everyone today if you were caught behaving badly. >> i got caught beating badly. >>stanley: the ticket for running a red light on a bike can be as high as $380. >>vicki: if you have a comment or story idea, e- mail us. >> oklahoma is fighting more than half dozen wild fires. a rash of cragslist roberts is in oakland. we will tell you what authorities say it all behind them and a look at why nasa is calling the latest mission to mars seven seconds of terror. it's all on >>brian: the aim today, and gray skies and cool temperatures. at the bay bridge, some high clouds this evening. we will see h

so he sent the prisoner and a note to arnold with messengers and guards.and he sent a note to general washington -- >> saying he found something suspicious. so in effect there's a race going on, how will the milky to washington before the note gets to arnold. >> and washington is now in fishkill, one town away from where the arnold family house is. and he's expected for breakfast, 11 a.m. and he says to his entourage, let's stop, want to inspect this. it was either washington or hamilton, according to washington irving. he said no, no, no. we have to go, your excellencies. we will be late for breakfast with general arnold. and washington says oh, i know. you young men are all in love with mrs. arnold and you can't wait to see her. and he offered them to go ahead but they obeyed their commander. so with both notes headed lickety-split for both men, guess where the first note got to. >> so, it gets to the house with the arnold's are staying. so benedict arnold reads the note, quickly goes upstairs and tells peggy. according to witnesses, the very quick conve

ron mitchell served as a bike messenger riding through blacked out, bombed out street to deliver messages. >> i remember cycling while the air raid was on. shrapnel coming down from the bursting anti-aircraft shells. >> german bombs hit parliament, damaged big ben, and buckingham palace, which oddly made the queen one with the people. she famously said the bombing at her house made her feel she could look the east end in the face. >> we're walking along to where we lived. >> today ron mitchell's boyhood home has been rebuilt. a lot like the east end itself. land that was once pulverized and cratered, now home to apartments, a thriving financial center and the london 2012 olympic park. >> nobody ever doubted that we would win the war. we just wouldn't let it happen. otherwise there wouldn't be much point in living. >> in the end, they kept calm and carried on. at the time they called it blitz spirit. the british resolve crucial in winning the war. and just today, just this afternoon, not far from here, outside one of the new olympic venues, we happened to glance down at the unmistakable si