was in focus, i just thought thank god, thank god, thank god, thank god. >> when you watched michael jordan. in this picture, it's the dream come true. it's jordan defying gravity. it is air jordan. >> i cannot say one picture illustrated my whole career but that would be very close. ♪ >> any kid who picked up a basketball in the last quarter of a century wanted to be like mike, plus there were plenty of big kids like me who secretly shared the dream. so i agreed to try whatever it takes to be like mike. bill smith agrees to try to get me there. >> we might have to have a few bales of wire and some rigors on handed and our photo shot skills in post production. >> some soft landing spot. >> this is our second intern. >> number two. >> intern number one is on the way to the hospital. >> i dealey if we had a thin wire to hold each leg in position. what do you think? >> hi, guys. how are you? >> we're good. how are you? >> i feel great now. am i going to feel great in a couple of hours? how hard is this going to be? >> it's going to be hard. >> cut. take two. no, it's not going to be that hard.

i decided to create a michael jordan slam dunk. so can i be like mike or do i fall flat on my face? as to say about it. >> speaking of jordan, we have another jordan in the house. jordin sparks. she now has her first movie role, co-starred with whitney houston. we'll talk with jordan about working with whitney houston and other projects on the horizon. >> we know olympic gold but what about the fierce five ability to forecast? they are going to help me with the weather in just a little bit. and then later on, hope solo will be joining us. we have a gold filled day. >> let's go inside. we have a lot to get to. natalie has the headlines. good morning again. >> good morning. more homes are threatened by a growing wildfire that has burned at least 40 buildings in central washington state. officials say the fire has scorched more than 24 square miles since it started monday. they are urging residents in the fire's path to evacuate. wildfires are also burning in oregon and idaho where a firefighter was killed sunday when a tree fell on her. >>> french police say at least 16 officers were i

michael jordan. to my campaign for senate in 2004 i wasn't sure if i should cash it or frame it. >> andrea: a lot of people. >> eric: i got to go. spoil alert. don't listen. if you don't want to know who won, the u.s. was just playing argentina. it just concluded, if you want to know. u.s. 109-83. they meet spain on sunday. one more thing coming up next. ♪ ♪ you'll inevitably find yourself on aolate highway in your jeep grand cherokee. and when you do, you'll be grateful for the adaptive cruise control that automatically adjusts your speed when approaching slower traffic. and for the blind spot monitoring that helps remind you that the highway might not be as desolate... ...as you thought. ♪ ♪ i want to go ♪ i want to win [ breathes deeply ] ♪ this is where the dream begins ♪ ♪ i want to grow ♪ i want to try ♪ i can almost touch the sky [ male announcer ] even the planet has an olympic dream. dow is proud to support that dream by helping provide greener, more sustainable solutions from the olympic vi

>> michael jordan. >> why him? >> he changed basketball in my eyes. how on and off the court, the guy in my eyes made basketball what it is. i never met him. >> what would you ask him if you were able to meet michael jordan? >> i had that thought a lot. >> what's the thing that you are most curious about? >> part of me would ask him about what made him come back to the sport. what made him go to baseball and then decide to come back to basketball. i think one of the coolest things i love about him is it didn't matter what he had going on off the court or if he was sick or this or that. he never used it as an excuse. he came out every night on the court and did what he had to do to get the job done. that's what champions do. it doesn't matter what you have going o. you are there to take care of the job. >> one of the downsides of his kind of success and what you have enjoyed is you have become celebrities. you ha become more famous than you were before. how have you dealt with that side of things? >> i will be the first to admit i made a lot of mistake

what does michael jordan mean to you?, there's not many people in the basketball world or the sports world. i mean, in the world who don't know what michael jordan did and who he is. he's just somebody who represents winning, somebody who represents competitiveness, leadership, just his work ethic, somebody who really honored and respected the game. and, you know, my generation, we need people like that. we need people to look up to, to model ourselves after so we can make sure that the game of basketball stays at the level that it is and even more. so i'm just trying to come in and continue that competitiveness and help people follow the fall in love with the game as much as he made us love it. >> what is your ambition after the olympics? >> well, of course, winning that gold medal is first but after i want to continue to compete as long as i can as a professional athlete, stay in front of the cameras as long as i can. i'm interested in speaking, maybe broadcasting. i have a big heart for kids in the community and educat

whether it be a 30 second commercial, michael jordan. or michael jackson video or malcolm x, denzel or the two documentaries, in new orleans now broadway. it's all storytelling. >> rose: how did broadway come about? >> well, i don't have one of those yet. >> i'm going sign this to you. >> rose: okay. >> i've been thinking about doing broadway for many years. and jimmy neederlander. >> rose: great theatre owners. >> him and the schuberts they run broadway. approached me several times about doing something. and at one point we were talking about doing the doing making-- doing the right thing into a musical. and then i was told about mike tyson doing a one-man show in las vegas. only six nights. i couldn't get there in time. so i called up mike and his wife kiki who wrote the play and they were in poland but they were able to get me a dvd. >> rose: what were they doing in poland. >> making money. i mean the guy's got to make some money. so i mean mike tyson's global. people want him. he's in demand all over the world. so they get me a dvd an

this is your michael jordan gear. this is your polo. this is your nice 501 jeans, you guys.sell yourself for. who speaks spanish here? can you read that? [ speaking spanish ]. >> what does that mean? >> something about sexual assault. >> sexual assault. >> warning you about sexual assault in prison, how to protect yourself against it. >> the inmates are in essence the deterrent that will guide these youth back to a life of contributing to society. >> this is the building we live in, north block. and this building they have little small cells that are 9 x 4, nine feet tall, four feet wide. that's smaller than a walk-in closet, you guys, but yet two men live in those cells in that building. look where you at, man, you in a cage like an animal. have you ever been to a zoo? >> yeah. >> the cages for the monkeys are bigger than this, right? okay then, so what does that tell you about herself. >> they got more freedom than this. >> the animals get more freedom than us, right? so you need to really be thinking. >> they're treating me lower than animals, lesser than animals. >> this

the idea of auctioning off an ability to play basketball with the president and michael jordan is brillianton, even you saying that i got a little woozey. playing basketball with jordan and obama, oh lord. my goodness, i'm having a moment. turn the camera off. i need to be alone. >> jennifer: you're making me sweat now. >> oh, i'm getting the vapors. i don't even know what that means. jordan and obama in one room. >> jennifer: okay. >> put on basketball shorts. i'm sorry. i'll stop. >> jennifer: you mean, are you being sarcastic? you don't think this is a good idea? >> no, that's a great idea. if it was jordan, obama denzel, i might have to decide to rob a bank. >> jennifer: you're starting a new show. w. kamau bell auctioning off an appearance on "totally biased." you could raise a lot of money. >> i could raise north of $20 i really could if i auctioned off an appearance. >> jennifer: i was going to say i want to make sure that we have the time to play a clip. i want to play a little bit of a clip from "totally biased" which begins on thursday. take a listen. >> how do you feel? >> i feel

basketball player, we've seen them play many times, but i'm not sure that he is the caliber of michael jordan. the fact that we are told that he had a little bit of a knee injury, i don't blame them, going up against jordan would be no easy task. lou: no easy task. i can barely dribble a basketball. i would love to have the opportunity. [laughter] lou: it has to be an amazing amount of money he's going to raise tonight with those folks in attendance. thank you very much, ed henry. you will be in attendance here tonight. ed henry is the chief white house correspondent. our next guest is referring to the obama campaign team as delusional. he has criticized the chicago style gutter politics. joining us now former new hampshire governor and white house chief of staff, john sununu. john, good to have you with us. >> good to be here, lou. you left out the fact that i like to point out how they avoid telling the truth all the time. when stephanie cutter went on one of the morning shows and said that president obama in the last two and a half years has created more jobs than ronald reagan and his rec

it's exhausting hanging out with michael jordan. don't you know that?needs a break from shooting three-pointers and collecting the cash. his arm hurts. i think is it offensive. that's because he stopped me in traffic because of the motorcade. you brought up a great point. he caused this. this was written in law because of president obama. if you dig deeper, the stairiest part not only will we hit a recession next year, unemployment will go up to 9 9.1%. especially though carney asked about it, he said the president is talking about creating jobs and investment. targeted stimulus, infrastructure, code for spending. he's creating it himself. >> eric: four years in a row, juan, more than $1 trillion. $5.2 trillion. he is spending more, spending 2.5 times george bush. eight times bill clinton. got to end. got to stop. the american people have to say enough is enough. >> i love coming to visit, because it's just so puzzling. so puzzling. today you are affected by amnesia. eric, the amnesia suggests that you don't realize much of this deficit was before presi

from there he flies to new york to meet with several nba players including michael jordan. vice-president joe biden will attend a campaign event in detroit while first lady michelle obama will speak with supporters in fort lauderdale. she will also meet military families at a naval station and make an announcement about veterans and military spouses. >> candidate paul ryan making another trip to virginia. he will campaign in roanoke today and then he goes to north carolina. mitt romney will attend a rally in iowa. >> just five days till the republican national convention in tampa, florida for. officials bracing for a potential party crashers. >> one of them could be a potential hurricane. isaac. is to soono to gauge the path of the storm, but officials have a backup plan to vice-president. joe biden will travel to the tampa area soon for a series of campaign events. the party is excited to have him in town. >> we want to get a check on the weather with adam caskey. >> good morning. another pleasant start. a few degrees warmer than yesterday morning. you will not notice much

this is your michael jordan gear. this is your polo. this is your nice 501 jeans, you guys.at does that mean? >> something about sexual assault. >> sexual assault. they're warning you about sexual assault in prison, how to protect yourself against it. >> the inmates are, in essence, the deterrent that will guide these youth back to a life of contributing to society. >> this is the building we live in, north block. and this building, they have little small cells that are 9 x 4, 9 feet tall, 4 feet wide. that's smaller than a walk-in closet, you guys. yet two men live in those cells in that building. >> look where you at, man! you're in a cage like an animal. have you ever been to a zoo? >> yeah. >> the cage for the monkey is bigger than this, right? >> yeah. >> so what does that tell you about this? >> they've got more freedom than this. >> the animals get more freedom than us, right? so you need to really be thinking about -- >> they're treating us like we're lower than animals, lesser than animals. >> okay, but you can't blame it on them. i said this is because of the conse

well looks like anne hathaway edges out michael jordan once again.fruit roll-ups, here is democratic leader nancy pelosi. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you, jimmy. both snacks are great for after school, at recess or when i'm at home playing mario kart 64 with my friends. but here are the facts. when you unravel a fruit by the foot, we're talking three feet of snackage. and with a fruit roll-up, you only get mere four and a half inches of fruit leather. [ laughter ] so when it comes to flattened fruit candies, i'd go -- i've got to go with fruit by the foot. back to you, jimmy. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you for your insight, miss pelosi. and now, for the poll of the day. it looks like once again the red bar is much taller than the yellow bar. and now to sports, or as they call them in the u.k., sports. [ laughter ] big news in the nba. a four-team trade sent all-star center dwight howard to the los angeles lakers. here to tell us more about it is our compulsive lying sports correspondent trent goust. trent? >> thank you, jimmy. big n

took time to poke fun at the akin controversy at a fund-raiser in new york city last night with michael jordan. he did comment on how could a congressman who is on the science committee get his medical facts wrong. in washington, i'm claire leka. veronica, back to you. >> claire leka, thank you very much. >>> lawmakers could throw the nation into a recession next year. that is the prediction from the nonpartisan congressional budget office which warns of capitol hill stalemate over expiring bush era tax cuts could send the economy off the much talked about fiscal cliff and cost the country two million jobs. meanwhile, a new pew center study finds the american middle class has suffered its worst decade in modern history with 62% of those surveyed saying congress is to blame. >>> well, the number of west nile virus infections have jumped more than 60% over the past week in what federal officials say is one of the biggest outbreaks in u.s. history. so far there have been more than 1,100 cases, about half of them in texas. that is four times the usual cases for this time of year. 41 people have di

michael jordan. oh, that's kato kaelin. >> stahl: the o.j. simpson trial. wow, you are good.t we thought we had finally stumped her with this one. she said she only had a guess. >> jarett: if i were to guess, i would say mike wallace. >> stahl: that is mike wallace. she recognized the late mike wallace as a six-year-old. i don't even understand how you do that. i can't fathom it. >> jarett: as people age, i guess the aging process somehow, in my brain, just seems very sort of superficial. and, you know, as if... if someone gets a haircut, you... you can still recognize them. it's still the same face to me. it's just the adult version. >> stahl: so why is 60 years like a haircut to her, while face-blind people can't recognize someone they just saw? a team of scientists at harvard has begun scanning the brains of super-recognizers, too, to see if they might yield any clues. the science of facial recognition is in its infancy. but new discoveries can't come fast enough for one last person we'd like you to meet-- 13-year- old tim mcdonough from boston, who is severely face blind.

lebron james has won an nba championship and a gold medal, he will find himself compared with michael jordan. especially when it comes to his shoe line. the new lebron x plus will ride in stores with a price tag of $300. the shoes measure how high you jump. it will measure how many people will expend insane amounts of cash for gadget technology. in other words, the difference between a lebron x and a lebron x plus is the price of air jordans. >> what ever happened to converse? >> happened to the issues that will make you run faster, jump higher -- the shoes? higher -- the shoes? >> [ male announcer ] everyone at southwest airlines works together for one goal: to get you where you're going. and with flights all over the country to choose from, it's a good thing we love our work. and now we're excited to take you to the beaches of northwest florida. fly nonstop from bwi airport to panama city beach, florida, for just 99 dollars one-way. book all of our destinations online only at southwest.com. >> like a bonus day. >> a nice day. we have a couple more coming our way. friday will be a nice day.

does it work, jason a teenager in the 90s who idolized michael jordan, it pains me to see air jordan00 plate fundraiser for a man who is fixated on shared income which is antithetical to that determination and hard work that mj embodies. stuart: it is irrelevant frankly. does it bring in the youth vote? >> it would help minimally and it is actually wise. you get a lot of sports media coverage. you get individual coverage usually don't cover that. i think it will help, at least with enthusiasm with younger voters. stuart: isn't that the case, enthusiasm? >> right now you can throw the hail mary's. 53% of -- my earpiece is falling out -- [laughter] 53% of college educated individuals under the age of 25 cannot find a job. will they look at carmelo anthony and say he is supporting president obama? i seriously doubt it. stuart: jason, hold on for a second. i have a couple other items. later this hour, former nfl star from that new york jets, won a super bowl with the raiders, he wrote a book. he says african americans should not support president obama as much as they do. he will explain

fun at the akin controversy at a fund-raiser in new york city last night with basketball great michael jordan. questioning how a congressman on the science committee could have gotten his medical facts wrong. in washington, i'm claire leka, back to you. >> thank you. >>> lawmakers deadlocked over taxes and federal spending could throw the nation into a recession next year. that is the grim prediction from the nonpartisan congressional budget office. which warns a capitol hill stalemate over expiring bush-era tax cuts could send the economy off the much talked about fiscal cliff and cost the country 2 million jobs. >>> a new pugh center study shows the middle class has suffered its worst decade in modern history. 62% surveyed saying congress is to blame. >>> the number of west nile virus infections have jumped over 60% over the past week in what federal officials say is one of the biggest outbreaks in u.s. history. states from california to the carolinas have reported cases with texas being the hardest hit. nbc's erica edwards has the latest. >> reporter: in texas, the assault on west nile dis

. >>> basketball legend michael jordan is among an impressive team of hoop stars who will participatethe president's campaign is calling the obama classic. politico says other supporters on the court will be carmelo anthony and patrick ewing. >>> a psychic adviser named tony leggett has done political palm readings. he says president obama's shows he's flexibility, multitalented, and could be a very successful president. and he says mitt romney is clever with lots of ideas and has the hand of a quote plain-looking man. >>> and in south africa last night, secretary of state hillary clinton had a little fun after a dinner hosted by south africa's foreign minister, she burned up the dance floor with the entertainers, and some other guests. good news there. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> and now here's your first look at how wall street's going to kick off the day. the dow opens at 13,168, after adding 51 points yesterday. s&p was up 7. the nasdaq rose 25. taking a look at overseas trading this morning in tokyo the nikkei gained 77 points. but in hong kong, the hang s