you know, that people thought that's who he was, you know, with "sea hunt" people thought he was mike nelson. he was the skin diver that gave him a few acting lessons and it was, you know, wonderful compliment but it turned out he was only getting scripts for skin divers and when he did "airplane" he would only -- people thought of him as a comedian. i recommended him for a part in "blown away" and, you know, the producer said, oh, your father is a wonderful actor but he's really more of a comedian. i said, what are you talking about? you know, you got to be careful, you know, about those -- >> larry: beau, what was that movie at the piano. >> "the fabulous baker boys." that was a dream come true. >> larry: one of my favorite movies and one of the great movie performances of all time "crazy heart" when we come back. s into the esophagus. prilosec otc uses a unique delayed-release system that protects the medicine as it passes through the stomach's tough acid. then it gets absorbed into the body, turning off many acid-producing pumps at the source. with just one pill a day, you get 24-hour he

probably true, billions or millions, i get that confused sometimes, but i thought this is a job for mike nelson you know. our oceans are a big concern for me, and i work on saving our oceans as well. so that's something that popped into my mind. >> how about roles you'd like to play in films that you'd participate in in the nonfamily category? >> ok. how long do i have to think about that because nothing is popping in my mind. you know, i'm not one of those guys who says i've got to play you know, lincoln or something like that. i sort of take it as it comes. every once in a while, i will produce a film like "hidden in america" when i talk that bo was in, i produced that and was very gratifying and i produced another film called "american heart." and that was maybe the only time i really went out in kind of an aggressive way to see if i could get a movie realized, but i mainly just kind of field the stuff that comes in. there's a lot of wonderful stuff that does come in. i'm fortunate that way. >> a couple people have questions about your marriage. [laughter] >> they're good questions. they bot

but this is a job for mike nelson, you know? it is a big concern for me, and i'm working on saving our oceans as well. that is something that popped into my mind. >> how about roles that you would like to play and films that you would like to -- >> ok. how long do i have to think about that? i'm not one of those guys who says i have got to play lincoln or something like that. i sort of take it as it comes. every once in a while i will produce a film like "hidden in america," that beau was in and i produced, and that was very gratifying. "american heart" is something i really went out in an aggressive way to get a movie realized. but i mainly just kind of feel the stuff that comes in, a lot of wonderful stuff that comes in. >> a couple of people have questions about your marriage. they are good questions. they both say you have one of hollywood's most admired marriages. any tips you can share? and our susan and your children involved in the fight against childhood hunger? >> was the first question again? >> jeff bridges, tips on

nelson. >> and i'm mike marusarz sitting in for vinita nair. >>> an an embarrassing document dump from the website wikileaks. >> hundreds of documents are showing how the u.s. conducts its business. emily schmidt is joining from us washington. >> reporter: rob and mike, good morning to you. the white house knew it was coming but it could do nothing to stop the release and the amount of information involved is huge. wikileaks said it's more than a quarter million documents, none top secret. but all something the u.s. government would rather keep private. >> we live in a world where just a little itty piece of information can add to new information and can really open an ununderstanding that wasn't there before. >> reporter: the there is time gauling, the alpha dog and the emperor with no clothes. and they say an attack would only delay iranian plans by one to two years. and one document said that yemen president said told general petraeus we'll continue to say that the bombs are ours, not you're. >> they need a gut about they're patriotism. >> reporter: many condemn the leaks. wick chi leak

i'm rob nelson. >> i'm mike marusarz. for a couple of days. >>> for millions of americans now safely at their destinations, it is truly a day to give thanks. >> air travel on this busiest travel day of the year actually went pretty smoothly. that big opt-out protest we've been talking about for the last few days, that was pretty much a bust. john hendren is joining us from reagan national with the latest details. hi, john. >> reporter: good morning, rob and mike. you can call it the protest that wasn't. in the end, few americans decided to opt in to national opt-out day. the campaign to get americans to opt out of those full-body scanners some people say are too invasive, and opt in for pat-downs. >> i'm not in agreement with the pat-downs but i don't think this is the day before the holidays when everybody's traveling that we need to make our stand. >> reporter: the idea was to cause delays and make a point to the tsa. but across the nation those scanners were humming. >> compared to thanksgivings of years past, this yea

. >> and i'm mike marusarz in for rob nelson. air travelers are looking for added delays. >> passengers angry over the new airport security measures threatening a slowdown on wednesday. and now the government is responding to those complaints. emily schmidt is joining us from washington. >>> good morning to you. passengers have not been shy saying they want more security in their government screenings. the tsa is issuing a statement now promising to make sure at that security screenings are what they call as minimal a invase as possible. >> reporter: new airport security scans and patdowns have turned up one thing so far, a lot of frustrated passenger. >> i think the tsa is out of control. >> reporter: these patdowns are considered by many to be too close for comfort. to up to interpretation. one breast cancer survivor, a flight attendant, tells this story. >> she put her full hand on my breast, and said what is this. i said it's a prosthesis because i've had breast cancer. and she goes you'll need to show me that. >> reporter: e

nelson. >> and i'm mike marusarz, sitting in for vinita nair. it's black friday, when 138 million americans are expected to hit the stores. experts say they may be willing to spend more this year. sales actually expected to be up 2.3%. or $447 billion worth. >> that's a lot of shopping. some major chains trying to get a jump on things by opening on thanksgiving day for the first time ever. emily schmidt is joining us now from washington, with the latest trends. hello, emily. how are you doing? >> reporter: rob and mike, good morning to you. you heard that time is money. that's the mantra for millions of sleep-deprived black friday shoppers right now. they're goal, at least, is to shop early, save big. people that want to join black friday shopping must get in line and realize how many others are already there. >> what time did get you here? >> about noon. >> i got here about 2:00. >> reporter: stores opening at . some opened at midnight. others opened thanksgiving morning, to dozens people waiting. >> get an early start. get it over with. >> rep

. >> and i'm mike marusarz in for rob nelson. this morning, there have been plenty of pomp and ceremony to begin the president's third day in india, along with an important news conference. >> but a tornado has threatened to derail the next stop in his asian trip. abc's karen travers have the details. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning mike and vinita. earlier this morning, for president obama and indian prime minister singh, the emphasis was on cooperation. the day started outdoors with pomp and circumstance. but much of the president's state visit here today has been spent behind closed doors. at a joint news conference, mr. obama continued to push for strong cooperation between the two nations on the economy and terrorism. the president said that in his speech tonight to parliament he would address the issue of india taking a permanent seat on the security council. earlier this week, indian officials rolled out the red carpet for the president and the president. they visited a memorial for mahatma gandhi where he w

i'm mike marusarz, in for rob nelson. >> and i'm vinita nair. we're following developments in two, deadly air crashes this morning. a plane en route from haiti to havana, crashed in a remote area of cuba, killing all 68 onboard. the pilot issued an emergency call before the tur poe prop went down in flames. >> emergency crews used a bulldozer to reach the crash site. weather may have been a factor, with tropical storm tomas bearing down on the area. >>> and in pakistan, a small, private plane chartered by an oil company crashed at the karachi airport. all 21 people were killed. the pilot had reported engine trouble and was on his way back to the airport when the plane went down. it exploded into flames on impact. >>> haiti is enduring yet another force of nature. tomas is dumping heavy rains on the earthquake-ravaged country. >> chaos broke out as officials tried to evacuate more than a million people in tent cities that could be wiped out by the storm. abc's matt gutman is there. >> reporter: it was anger borne out of fear. with tomas likely to

i'm mike marusarz in for rob nelson. >> and i'm vinita nair. >>> tomas has claimed more victims as it haiti heavy rain is expected to trigger landslides and widespread flooding. haiti is expected to evacuate more than 1 million people from tent cities where they have been living since january's devastating earthquake. some eventually agreed to leave, others want to stay behind to protect the little they own. they now face a dangerous storm and the outbreak of cholera. >>> one of the last flights out of haiti ahead of the storm crashed in cuba. none of the 68 people on board survived and the plane went down in a remote area in central cuba. no americans were on the turboprop plane flown by the cuban airline aero cuban. witnesses described the crash as a ball of flame in the middle of the mountains. >>> hundreds of qantas airlines passengers were back at singapore's airport this morning following their frightening flight. they were boarding planes bound for australia a day after that airbus a-380 suffered a mid-air engine blowout. qantas is keeping all its a-380s on the ground while it'

." >> good morning, i'm mike marusarz sitting in for rob nelson. >> i'm vinita nair. >>> one of the mostus and unpredictable nations in the world is provoking new fears this morning. >> north korea has unveiled a sophisticated new uranium processing facility that could dramatically expand its ability to produce nuclear weapons. >> john hendren is at the white house with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, vinita and mike. scientists and diplomats have long known that north korea was pursuing a nuclear program. what they didn't know is just how far it's come. behind the military pomp, north korea is advertising a stunning new nuclear development. >> it's going to drop like a bombshell. >> reporter: robert carlin and two other stanford university experts were recently invited to north korea's nuclear facility. what they saw there rocked them on their heels. >> we walked over to the window and we were suddenly stunned to see row after row after row of centrifuges. >> reporter: nuclear centrifuges, designed to enrich uranium. in an exclusive interview with abc news, carlin says the facili

nelson. >> i'm mike marusarz. is on assignment. >>> investigation is getting under way into that disabled carnival cruise ship that's now docked in california. >> 4,500 people couldn't wait to leave that ship after their dream vacations turned into a big mess. diana alvear has the latest now from san diego. good morning, diana. >> reporter: rob and mike, good morning. at long last, those poor passengers can finally enjoy things like working toilets, warm showers, even hot food and coffee, imagine that. much needed award for having survived one heck of a trip. it's not your average vacation home video. the sights consisting of the "uss ronald reagan" and coast guard cutters. shot from a cruise ship passenger's point of view. these memories and others made for an unforgettable trip aboard the carnival "splendor" voyage. >> there's people getting sick, vomiting in the food area. >> we can beat anybody's bad honeymoon story. except for the honeymooners who were on the boat with us. >> reporter: what a honeymoon it was

." >> good morning, i'm mike marusarz sitting in for vinita nair. >> and i'm rob nelson.morning, everybody. >>> president obama is trying to put the best face possible on a very disappointing meeting with world economic leaders in south korea. >> the failure of global trade talks could have a widespread impact back here at home. karen traverse is in seoul this morning with more. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning, rob and mike. unless president obama picked up souvenirs in his hotel gift shop, doesn't look like he's going home with anything in hand from this leg of his asian tour. coming into the summit the president hoped to push china to stop what the white house says is currency manipulation. that's essentially deliberately undervaluing the chinese yuan. why does this matter? it's all about jobs. the devalued currency means it's cheaper to produce goods in china, and cheaper to sell them overseas. one analyst told abc news this imbalance cost 20 million american jobs, including 10 million in the manufacturing sector. the chinese say, not so fast, we're not

nelson. >> and i'm mike marusarz.al target says it's got $10 bathrobes. that's a pretty good steal. jcpenney is offering $150 boots for 30 bucks. now, you can get a lot great stuff online too. amazon is offering a kindle for $89. now, retailers do project that people will gobble up these deals. and they're also banking on something called frugality fatigue. that means that people are tired of pinching pennies, watching everything they spend and may actually splurge just a little bit this holiday season. mike and rob? >> all right, matt. >>> well, for retailers, black friday sales can make the difference and really mean the difference between profit and loss for the whole year. and for this season it appears a mixed forecast. shoppers say they're going to spend less than last year, but more of them plan to head out to the stores. so it could still mean a boost in sales. here's our business analyst dan arnall. >> expectations are that sales will be up between 2.5% and 3.5%. if those predictions become true, we'll have t

i'm mike marusarz, in for vinita nair. >> and i'm rob nelson. president obama wrapped up a meeting of top economic leaders in south korea this morning. >> that's right. a trade agreement was reached in seoul. but it's not been all in the white house had hoped for. karen travers joins us from seoul, where the president answered some questions a short time ago. hi, karen. >> reporter: good morning, rob and mike. president obama may not have gotten everything he wanted out of this summit. but as he concluded, his focus was on the agreement of economic growth. acknowledging that the results of global summits are not always seen immediately, president obama touted consensus among the g-20 leaders. >> the fact is, the 20, major economies gathered here are in broad agreement on the way forward. >> reporter: but he stressed there are still issues that need to be addressed, like trade imbalances. >> no nation should assume their path to prosperity is paved simply with exports to the united states. >> reporter: coming into the summit, mr. obama hoped to p

good morning, i'm mike marusarz sitting in for rob nelson. >> i'm vinita nair. >>> air travel could be thanksgiving holiday with a growing threat of protests over those new security measures. national opt-out day is now scheduled for wednesday. >> so far, the tsa says there are no plans to change any of the procedures. jeremy hubbard reports from new york. >> reporter: the unease is easy to understand. from the scanners that perform a virtual strip-search to the pat-downs that leave passengers feeling defiled. but a reality check -- >> the majority of us are not going to experience that over thanksgiving weekend. >> reporter: it's simple math. there are 385 full-body scanners at airports across the country. there are 2,100 total security lanes. that means more than 80% of security lanes won't have the machines, or the intrusive pat-downs. >> most of them are going to go through business as usual. the metal detector we've all become used to. taking off the shoes, put our liquids into the tiny little containers, business as usual for the vast majority of people. >> reporter: hoping to cl

. >> i'm mike marusarz in for rob nelson. we begin with the president's asian tour. mr.a, welcomed at a joint news conference with the prime minister. >> the prime minister praised mr. obama, saying he and the first lady michelle obama had made quite the impression on the indian people. there are some tensions over pakistan. karen travers is traveling with the president and joins us this morning. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning, mike, vinita. president obama is spending most of the day focusing on diplomacy. earlier he said at the top of the agenda is strengthening the economic and security ties. welcomed at a lavish ceremony earlier this morning. in brief remarks there, mr. obama set the tone for his day of meetings with the leaders of the world's largest democracy. after a series of meetings, president obama and the indian prime minister will hold a news conference together. yesterday, mr. obama faced tough questions from students in mumbai including why pakistan is so important an ally that mr. obama does not call it a terrorist state. he said it was a

good morning, everybody, i'm rob nelson on this friday. >> i'm mike marusarz.crucial economic summit in south korea before heading to japan. >> the trade talks in seoul could have a major impact on american jobs. karen traverse has the latest from seoul. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning, rob and mike. well, unless president obama picked up souvenirs in the gift shop at his hotel, it doesn't look like he's going to be leaving this leg of his asian tour with anything tangible in hand. coming into the summit the president hoped to push china to stop what the white house says is currency manipulation, essentially deliberating undervaluing the chinese yuan. why does this matter? it's all about jobs. the devalued currency means it's cheaper to put goods in china and then it's chopper to sell them overseas. one analyst told abc news that this imbalance has cost 20 million american jobs, including 10 million in the manufacturing sector. the chinese say, not so fast, we're not the only ones doing this. they point to the announcement last week that the u.s.

i'm mike marusarz, in for vinita nair. >> and i'm rob nelson. we hope most of you traveling away from home for this long, holiday weekend have arrived safely, finally, at your destinations. but if you have not, don't plan on any mercy from mother nature. much of the west is already buried under several feet of snow. and where it's not snowing, it is windy and wet out there. >> and all that winter-like weather is now taking aim at the northeast, making for a soggrid thanksgiving. ava dinges joins us now with more. good morning, ava. >> good morning, mike and rob. it's been a wild start to this holiday, across much of the nation. now, it's the turn for the northeast. we're going to see wet weather built in throughout thanksgiving. but temperatures are actually below freezing to start the day across central pennsylvania and upstate new york. as the rain moves in, it will come in as a wintry mix, making for some slippery travels along i-80. even the new york state throughway. but fortunately, as it goes throughout the day, this will change over to a

mike marusarz. vinita nair is off. >> i'm rob nelson. >>> the white house is condemning a new leak of hundreds of thousandset documents by that whistleblower website wikileaks. >> the government is taking steps to make sure such a massive leak of classified information won't happen again. jonathan karl reports. >> reporter: some of the most fascinating documents are about iran. depicting arab leaders practically begging the u.s. to prevent the iranian government from getting nuclear weapons. "that program must be stopped," bahrain's king tells general david petraeus in november 2009. "the danger of letting it go on is greater than the danger of stopping it." the foreign minister of the united arab emirates says, "ahmadinejad is hitler," and tells a top state department official, "the threat from al qaeda would be minor if iran has nukes." in these private dispatches, posted online by the "new york times" and other papers, several arab governments take a line virtually identical to israel's. many of the documents are simply embarrassing. for example, in the effort to close guantanamo, the state department p

mike: big nfc showdown,parks and falcons. forth quarter, packers, fourth and goal. aaron rodgers buying time amp bullet to nelson. game tied.nine seconds left, the falcon kicker, matt bryant, 47-yard out. good. in college hoops, holiday tournaments around the nation. cal in orlando, scored only five points in the first half on friday night and that gets them into the third place game in the old spice classic against boston college. gutierrez, a team high-12. wouldn't last. boston college up four at the half. bc puts the bears away with the 14-2 second half run. a 68-46 loss. smoothed -- stanford and depaul battling. here comes the blue demons. under a minute to go. stanford down a bucket. green buries the two we head to overtime and an jorch t. cardinals cake -- take over. stanford wins. after the game, jeremy green collapsed. he was taken to the hospital. he is in stable condition. has been fighting a stomach virus all week. >> stanford football team showing off the axe. first half, peterson from deep three. cardinals led 49-39 at the half. second half, two of her 22. stanford, unbeaten with a 93-78 win. >> coming up, more

the ninth and brian wilson strikes out nelson cruz to end it as the giants celebrate their first world series crown since 1954 when they were the new york giants. mikeexas, which could be renamed champagne central tonight, shu. >> reporter: no question, larry. it was one of the most phenomenal experiences i've ever been through and sounds like san francisco was having fun. the same thing here. let me show you the raw emotion of the team afterwards. let's go right to it. they celebrated in the locker room like you would not believe. it just all comes out in different forms of emotion as you can see in the locker room, champagne, beer flying everywhere. the championship trophy being passed around by all the players, and the emotion ranged from just total excitement to tears of joy and here's two examples of it with brian wilson and aubrey huff. >> this means everything. san francisco is going nuts. we're going nuts. we've worked our [ muted ] off to get here and it's paying off and it's cold and it's reeling really good and we got another one coming here. wait for it. >> how about winning in your home state? >> it's amazing. i said it already. do this