. >> are you a monty python fan? if so, being in london is an absolute must right now. >> the legendary comedy group has reunited for a series of farewell performances presenting all their best-known sketches. >> that and more after the break. we're back in a minute. >> welcome back to the show. the world health organization is urging drastic action in west africa to combat the largest known outbreak of the ebola virus. >> hundreds have died in countries where poor health system and lack of understanding over the disease has made it even harder to stop the virus from spreading. >> elizabeth smith was working as a nurse in liberia when she contracted the virus from one of her patients. she is one of hundreds in west africa to become infected in what is the world's worst ever ebola epidemic and the first ever in this region. the outbreak started in guinea, but it has since spread to neighboring liberia and sierra leone. the world health organization says more than 460 people are known to have died across the three coun

monty python is officially back in action. the british comedy group has just given the first performance of its new, live show. monty python is the 1960's and 1970's tv sketch show that was revived by its five remaining members for these shows in london. cleese ande john terry gilliam. >> whether to kill a rabbit, a dead parrot, or the spanish inquisition, everyone has their favorite monty python skit. tickets for their final performances sold out in just 44 seconds. >> it is a ridiculous sense of humor. how could you not laugh at it? it is so stupid it is hilarious. >> it is completely timeless. >> the group became an international hit in the 1960's with monty python's flying cir cus. many of their skits are still adored today. the finalt performances will be their greatest hits. >> i wish to register a complaint. >> oh, god. >> it would be folly to try and write better things than our best at this age. it would be stupid. so, we've changed it up and put some surprises in. there are a couple of really interesting guest stars.

. >> monty python's flying circus.f you think it looks absurd now, imagine what viewers must have thought in october, 1969 when it first ran on the bbc. the five english members of the group, john, michael, eric, graham and terri first worked together as writers for david frost in the mid-'60s. american an mater terri gilliam completed the equation. >> i put on women clothing and hang around in bars. ♪. >> over the courts of 45 episodes, python established itself as england's premier comedy troop. movies followed? >> if you do not agree to my commands, then i shall... >>. >> 1975's monty python and the holy grail became a cult classic. "meaning of life" was the last full-blown python project. he dived in 1999 t surviving members have teamed up for many reunions including "a fish called wanda" morgan radford,aj. >> for more now on the enduring python legacy, we turn to bill wyman who joins us live from phoenix. you have this big smile because you are so excited to talk about monty python. they were a huge, huge hit in b

the monty python comedy troop turns to the sage in over 30 years. their 10-day show in london sold out in 44 seconds. >> good evening. the former french president, nicolas sarkozy has taken to the air waves this evening, denying he has broken any laws. in what was his first major broadcast since losing the 2012 election, sarkozy blamed what he called political interference in the judiciary. when quizzed by investigators for 15 hours used over charges he used his influence in office to interfere in the proceedings of another case in which he is impretty emply indicated. here is what he said. >> is it normal that i should be in custody for 15 hours under the surveillance of the police, who by the way did their jobs remarkably well and have no complaints about. but couldn't i have been summoned properly to respond to the judge's questions? i absolutely need to have to ave a meeting with the nudge -- with judge at 2:00 in the morning? the judge wanted to humiliate me. >> for more analysis on what he had to say. i am joined here by our international affa

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>>> in true monty python fashion, some peculiar was unveiled in london.nion tour, a giant dead norwegian blue parrot was assembled outside tower bridge. made famous from the sketch. a dead bird is known to all fans and was recently voted the funniest sketch. not to worry, though. the bird is not dead. it's just resting. >> very well done. >> 50 feet long. wow. >>> now a look ahead and a look back. president obama touring a virginia research center that focuses on highway technology. the trip is part of the white house push this week to urge congress to avoid a transportation crisis. the president also wants congress to continue funding the highway trust fund slated to be insolvent as early as next month. >>> on the day in 1992 arkansas governor bill clinton was nominated for president at the democratic national convention in new york. in today's birthday actor jim rash from "community" turns 44, forest whitaker, 53, and pro wrestler and governor jesse ventura, 63. i'm richard lui with bill karins. for the entire team, thanks for watching. have a good tues

"monty python," everybody.k them out. >> steve: no beard. >> jimmy: no beards, yeah. guys, it's time for "tonight show hashtags." here we go. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ hashtags hashtags ♪ >> jimmy: now, you guys are on twitter, right? [ cheers and applause ] twitter, it's fun. well, we use twitter on our show every single week. so, if you want to watch our show and you want to play along, we do this thing every wednesday where i send out a a hashtag, and we ask you guys to tweet out things based on that topic. so, since next monday is the season finale of "the bachelorette" -- [ laughter ] >> steve: oh, my gosh. >> jimmy: i promised myself i wouldn't cry. >> steve: you all right? >> jimmy: i went on twitter and i started a hashtag called "awkward breakup." and i asked you guys to tweet a a funny or awkward breakup story that happened to you or someone else. we got thousands of tweets. in fact, within 15 minutes, it was a worldwide trending topic. so, thank you. [ cheers and applause ] that means a lot. that's a

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finally in london, the people who brought you the ministry of -- the much loved monty python comedy trip has just performed for the very last time in front of a star-studded audience. many thousands who cannot get a ticket are able to join in as the show was on the internet live. the five surviving members have played to rave reviews. but now they insist this really is the last time that they will be performing live. is making of what news this hour -- world leaders are calling for restraint in gaza while the un security council demands an immediate cease-fire, this as the palestinian death toll has surpassed some of 500 with 20 israelis killed by fire in the two-week campaign. violence in the middle east has spilled over to the streets of paris as pro-palestinian protests have turned into riots. the french government has condemned it. washington is pointing the finger at russia for the downing of that malaysia airlines plane in ukraine. time now for the daily press review, and i am joined in the studio by oliver. hello. we have seen rather disturbing scenes this week and here and the fr

. >> the san jose city lights theater company will debut monty python's "spamalot" this evening. and they'll sell a spam wellington doughnut. it was created by an international culinary student. it has a mushroom spread topped with sesame seeds. >> the show i'll see, the doughnut, forget it. bearclaw for me. >> no, chocolate cover ed sprinkles. >>> it's always nice to get a refund, except in one case. >> what one woman says the dealership gave her for her broken car. >>> all right. so a florida woman says a car dealership gave her two bags full of coins and $1 bills, because they were ordered to give her a refund. >> how petty. she purchased a 2003 saab from the jackson dealer in january. the car, though, had transmission problems. she says the dealer repaired the vehicle for 300 bucks and sold her a warrant, but then the transmission went out again in june. so she says the cost came out to be $400 and she was told the warranty did not cover labor. she filed a complaint with the dmv, which investigated and told the dealer to give her a refund, so when she went to the dealer to pi

that's a question that may start arguments, of coursement one likely candidate is monty python. five surviving members reunited in london. if you are not sure what the fuss is about, check it out. monte upon tho's flying circus. if you think it looks absurd now, imagine what viewers must have thought in october 1969 when it first ran on the bbc. the five english members of the group - john cleese, michael palin, eric idol, graham and ty jones. working as riveless with frost in the '50s. [ singing [ singing ] >> reporter: over the course of 45 episodes python established itself as a premiere comedy troop. movies followed >> movie reel: if you do not agree to my commands i shall... >> reporter: 1975 monty python and the holy grail became a cult classic. the meaning of life was the last full-blown pith job project. chapman died in 1989. surviving members teamed up including films like "a fish called wanda." >>> and saying so long to stir ups, a medical panel saying pelvic exams are no longer yeses which for healthy women, and why it's stirring up cav soy. >> the spin. -like art exh

the monty python reunion and why fans are laughing. >> fire works like you have never seen them beforea drone's eye-view of the 4th of july. >>> welcome back. who is the funniest comedy troop. that's a question a lot of people might talk about. one likely candidate would be monte pited job. the five surviving members reunited in london. if you are not sure what all the fuss is about morgan radford explains. >> reporter: monte pithon's flying circus. if you think it looks absurd now, imagine what viewers must have thought in object 1969 when it first ran on the bbc. the five english members of the group, john cleese, michael palin, errage idol, graham pap line and ty jones, working as writers for david frost in the mid'60s, terry gill yam completed the equation. [ singing ] . >> reporter: over the course of 45 episodes pithon established itself as england's premiere troop. movies followed. >> if you do not agree to my demands, i shall... >> 1975 monte python and the holy grail became a cult classic. 1983's meaning of life was a snul-on project. chapman died in 1989. surviving members te

government did a pretty good job, the bbc having delivered some brilliant programming, including "monty python way that we would -- >> maybe i should play the hotel manager. >> see if you can phase me, okay? go ahead. >> hello, i wish to make a complaint. >> not interested. >> my room is a disgrace. >> don't care. what room are you? >> 362. >> there is no 362 in this hotel. sometimes the complaints will be false. >> okay. >> but most government-run television programming around the world is quite dreadful. [ speaking foreign language ] >> state-run television tends to be a relentlessly dreary deliverer of the current regime's dreary message. and state-run television is about as un-american as you can get. and so what most of you americans would say if the united states government tried to create a television network is, bad idea. what the tea party would say is, that's proof that president obama intends to stay in office for the rest of his life, and seizing control of television is his first step in suspending presidential elections. and republicans would say, that's absolutely outrageous. th

higher inflation numbers, it's entirely possible, you know chairman yellen could be acting out of a monty python and saying what higher numbers? we're going to keep interest rates low. the fact they want to keep it low much longer than everyone else believes, and i think they will. i think it's part of that momentum strategy uismgts and jackie was saying earlier, you would prefer to look elsewhere. and frontier, but paul, you're closer to home. give us three picks really quickly you have here for the second half. >> two of the individual names, google and omnivision technology. omnivision, they make cameras for cell phones -- so that should be positive for the stock. the third is the housing sector. in the last week we've seen existing, pending and new home sales all come in stronger than expected. earlier this spring we have a report saying our long-term case is bullish for housing, so rather than pick individual names in that sector, an individual investor can go out and buy the ipd, and be served well going forward. >> and we're going to talk more about the housing market and whether or not t

>> i think you're getting a little bit of the monty python reaction here. remember the old monty python? i'm not dead yet. it's not dead yet, you know? they didn't actually kill it. the government was going for $12 billion. it's $7 billion. and $7 billion, oddly, strangely, amazingly, is affordable. they can get through that, they can work through that. so, if they can build on their balance sheet and actually get back to the business of banking, if they could see some higher rates where they could begin to earn a little bit better margin, i think that that would help, but their credit losses have been low and their legal issues are declining and their loan growth has been increasing. it's been horrible. >> what about michael's point of the sponsorship by prince ali? he was a pretty savvy investor and he's hanging tough with this. >> it's been a pretty lousy investment over the past few years. just remember where this thing is really trading. it's not the price where it is right now. we had a pretty big reverse split in this name. and michael brings up an i

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the members of monty python played that tongue in cheek monday at a news conference.oes it for >>> good morning, i'm erika von tiehl. right now crews are removing a plane from a marsh near pennsville salem county. that plane went down this past weekend. chopper three over that plane near fort moth state park, it will be evaporated by the federal aviation administration as they search for the cause every saturday's crash. the pilot reported engine trouble. the pilot and passenger suffered minor injuries. >>> right now we want to get your forecast, justin in for katie today. it is katie's birthday, happy birthday to her. >> good stuff. waking up to some warm temperatures already humidity on the rise, and we will be talking about shower and storms chances returning to our forecast. today mainly dry just clouds moving on through most of the showers you see to the west on storm scan3 will diminish, but woe can't rule out isolated storm late today. it will be hot. high near 90 degrees, feeling little warmer than that, when you factor in humidity. muggy night tonight. sevent

. >>> well, three decades after they dropped out of the spotlight, monty python is back. actually be shown live in theaters here in the u.s. >> and the first show sold out in just 45 seconds. but there's one guy who's skeptical about the whole reunion. >> who wants to see that again, really? it was really funny in the '60s. they're a bunch of wrinkly old men trying to relive their youth and make a lot of money. >> that is mick jagger poking fun at himself. >> takes one to know one. >>> so have you guyed heard of the social media craze called 100 happy days? are you familiar with that? >> yeah. >> pretty cool. we're going to jump into the orange room. follow me. this is started by a 27-year-old guy from switzerland. and his name is dimitry. let's look at him there. he was feeling pretty gloom about life one day. then he started this whole thing. now has 17 million pictures on instagram, 2 million tweets. on this site happy days.com. there's matt and savannah. a bunch of pictures there. go to our facebook page and join in. we'll have those photos up. >> it's fun. 99 more ha