finally, misha barton is on involuntary psychiatric hold. she was actually begged to seek help by none other than lindsay lohan, bill. lindsay lohan told misha stop partying. >> which are you jealous over? >>> this comes from wvla nbc 33 tv in baton rouge, louisiana, where one school band has a star drummer, who by beating the drums, has really beaten all the odds. take a look at this guy. he is one of the best drummers in his home state of texas despite having to play without arms. and as if all that is not impressive enough, the inspirational team doesn't let his prosthetic leg stop him from marching with the band either. i'm christina brown. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >> a very good with the morning to you. we have not picked up much rainfall. we really need it. today, chances are minimal. we have better chances tomorrow as a cold front approaches. strong showers are moving through the ohio valley. storms up in new england and into canada. nothing really here. we will be much more hum

finally, misha barton is on involuntary psychiatric hold. she was actually begged to seek help by none other than lindsay lohan, bill. lindsay lohan told misha stop partying. >> which are you jealous over? >>> this comes from wvla nbc 33 tv in baton rouge, louisiana, where one school band has a star drummer, who by beating the drums, has really beaten all the odds. take a look at this guy. he is one of the best drummers in his home state of texas despite having to play without arms. and as if all that is not impressive enough, the inspirational team doesn't let his prosthetic leg stop him from marching with the band either. i'm christina brown. this is "early today," just your >>> good morning. it is 4:54. spotlight on the capitol dome out there this morning, 71 degrees on this july, 21st, 2009. welcome to "news4 today." i'm joe krebs. >> i'm eun yang in for barbara harrison. we want to start things off with a look at weather and aftrcment. tom keirein is here with the latest. >>> we have some humidity in the air, but not too bad. the skies

misha. as well. >> one of his dear friends will be with us right after the break. >>> welcome back to "larry king live." gotham chopra new michael jackson for years. here's larry's interview with gotham. >> larry: he was with us last night and we're continuing with gotham. worked with michael on a number of albums. of course the son of the famed deepak chopra. when something like this happens, is there any feeling of guilt or feelings that i should have done more? >> absolutely. and i think through the years, i tried my best and michael responded, sometimes angrily, sometimes in denial and sometimes in acceptance. he was great at isolating himself. you would go weeks or months without hearing from him. >> larry: was it frustrating? >> yes. i know i got angry certain times with him, but you know. >> larry: now you and your father said that he talked about dying. in what respects? >> there was certain people that he sort of looked up to from james dean to elvis presley to john lennon. i think

misha was to be on the tour. orianthe, the lead guitarist. for the tour.it's been a very difficult couple of days for you all. we've seen the video and as we look at the video, 48 hours before he died on tuesday night before the dress rehearsal, how was michael? >> he was up, happy, really invested in the night. he was wearing costumes and every once in a while would step off the stage and stand with me because we were co-directing the entire show. and look up at travis, actually, standing in for him and just smiling away because we had come so far and so close to arriving at our dream. >> travis, you've been working with him for decades now. a 50-year-old dancer is not as in good shape as a 25-year-old dancer. what kind of shape was he in? >> in michael jackson's case, he was better. he's a very, very smart performer and all of our hero. it was wonderful to see him transition, to see him, you know, grow and to see him adjust. for what was necessary. >> have you worked with him before? >> no, i haven't. >> so in the video we see you right there playing gui

up next, misha barton's trip to the hospital >> and why orlando bloom had to call the police. >> lookse questions have actually gotten a little tougher here. watch. >> okay, judge sotomayor. for the lifetime appointment to the supreme court, here's your final question. final question. what television series did raymond burr win two emmy awards? >> it was perry mason. >> that's correct. thanks for watching, america. the supre court confirmation hearings are a mark goodson, bill todman television production. ♪ skinny, so skinny >> well, it certainly feels like they've asked her every other question under the sun. why not ask that one, right? >> what a great inspiration. that was a big show for me as a kid. >> oh, yeah? on to your skinny. all this week we've sort of been talking. you missed some of this, you're dying to know about the tony romo and jessica simpson, they called it quits. the two of them have decided they're going their separate ways. it was a big debacle that he reportedly dumped her the night before her birthday. she said we were going our separate ways. i don't want to s

misha barton is in a hospital under california's involuntary hold law, this happened just hours beforek this morning, we're being told. she was scheduled to move to new york city next week. the double shot will take a whole new meaning. they're getting an extreme makeover. some stores will drop the starbucks name and start serving alcohol. geraldo: woo hoo! ainsley: geraldo likes that. they're ditching the logo at some of these stores, and the new names will reflect the neighborhoods that they're in. steve: and they're in all the neighborhoods and many locations just like geraldo rivera, wherever there's news, geraldo is at it. tell us a little bit about this health care thing. last night when we were all snoozing the ways and means committee passed it through, and once again it is the soak the successful thing where people who earn over $280,000 will have to pay 1% more, if you are lucky enough to make $1 million a year, you're going to have that 5.4% surtax. what do you think of this thing? a lot of democrats are saying this is a bad idea. >> the reason i don't like it is because i d