tavis: i am not casting aspersions, you went from morgan freeman and j.lo. something does not sit in that mix. >> something about the sweatpants. tavis: i love you, j.lo, but i digress on that. speaking on your upper crust upbringing, what did your parents make of your decision to not go where you expected to go? >> i had kind of stopped working already a school and i looked like a rabbit caught in the headlights whenever an exam paper was put in front of me because i was a day dreamer and i was playing sports and my mom said to me, i do not go to university and get a crappy degree and then get a job you do not want to do. if you want to go for this, we will support you. you have to get in first. it is hard to get into these conservatories. i did not it into a few of them and i got into a couple of them. so they supported me. i think my mom, because it was in london, she said, i do not go and pay rent in some horrible flood. you can stay at home. [laughter] she had me at home for three more years. i fell for that. tavis: 36, you tell me, whether or not peter

a listers robert today fire row, morgan freeman and quincy jones co-hosted the event. jennifer lopez is spending her sunday with a latin group for a 16-city tour. >> we're all out there to give you our hits, to give you our heart and soul. it's going to be an amazing tour. we're so excited about it. >> reporter: lopez and company will kick off the tour in canada this july. they'll perform in several major u.s. cities, including here in los angeles in august. dave matthews and susan sarandon turned out for a special screening of "last call at the crow yay sis ," -- at the oasis." it is an environmental film. >> we think of it as the air. >> we don't notice just how sparse it is becoming. but we're going to find that out much sooner than i think any of us would imagine. >> reporter: it opens in select theaters on friday. that's your eye on entertainment, teresa garcia, cbs news, hollywood. >>> good morning. thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. happy tuesday. i'm reason own. >> i'm -- i'm andrea roane. >> i'm mike hydeck. monika is here and has some interesting t

sea lions, seals on the roadway -- i don't know if they waddle, according to morgan freeman, the penguins march. >> thank you. >> over here, the bridge, the chp as they drove overnight said, hey, look, we got caught with a gust of wind. christina's talking about the weather changing over the course of the day. 680 south, also through the diablo range watching it through concord and walnut creek. closing eastbound direction from loveridge to somersville. a detour in the area, which we've had for the last week. westbound 580 moves smoothly out of the altamont pass and the wind farms likely generating energy, as well. and we'll look at the golden gate bridge. we have that celebration on sunday. the bridge close from 9:00 probably until just after 10:00. crazy traffic all over the bay. i'll be here sunday. we're talking about it sunday morning, as well. we're talking about it now. look at that beautiful bridge. back to you guys. orgeous bridge.>> gorgeous brid. 4:57 right now. back in a matter of minutes. >>> coming up, the interior of a south bay office building gutted after a fast-moving fi

his new film is "magic of belle isle" starring morgan freeman, and also joining us a msnbc political analyst. rob, thank you for coming on "hardball" tonight after that big event last night. you were there and a regular supportive democrat, and what was it like and what can you tell us about the feeling and the mood and the purpose and the energizing force of the evening? >> well, a great feeling in the room. first of all, there were as you said $50 million raised, but what is significant is that two thirds of the money came from the small donors, so that the majority of it did not come from the people in the room. they raffled off a ticket to come to the dinner and the people who won were sitting at our table from florida. so this to me was a significant thing. also, the great thing is that there were about 15 tables, and president obama moved from one table to the next so that he got a chance to talk to everybody. it was a great evening. >> and let me ask you about the cultural feel, because i know that tends to unite the democratic party at least in the theatrical world, and the m

starring morgan freeman, which will be out this summer and john heilemann is national affairs editor for "new york" magazine and msnbc political analyst. rob, thank you so much for coming on "hardball" tonight, right after that big event last night. you were there, of course. you're a regular, very supportive democrat. what was it like? what can you tell bus the feeling, the mood, the purpose, the energizing force of evening? >> it was a great feeling in the room. i mean, first of all, as you said, there -- $15 million were raised. i think what's significant about that, two-thirds of that money came from small donors. the majority of it didn't come from the people in the room. there were people they raffled off a ticket to, you know, come to the dinner and the people who won were sitting at our table from florida. and this to me was a significant thing. also, great thing was that there were about 15 tables and president obama moved from one table to the next, so he got a chance to talk to everybody. i think it was a great evening. >> well, let me ask you about the cultural feeling. t

in december of 2008 he's about to leave office and he's giving the kennedy center award to morgan freeman. he recalls his movie, "deep impact." he says that's when a comet hits the earth and destroys civilization, about the only thing that hasn't happened in the last eight years. he felt financial crisis, terrorism, war, he had enough. his model for post presidency is modeled after his father. he wanted to be oust the picture. he did not want to be making things complicated for his successor. he swore up and down that he was not going to complicate president obama's life the way he felt president carter, in particular, and sometimes president clinton had done when he was president. so he has stayed out of politics. it's also a function, of course, of the fact that today's republicans want to move beyond president bush, of course. he left office with low ratings, and they're happy to present themselves as not his successors. gwen: it sounds, too, as if he's almost sanguine in retirement and has some sort of faith that history will judge him more favorably than the president. >> he came to

nolan telling of the batman saga joining christian bale anne hathaway as cat woman tom hardy morgan freemanng june 15th. ridley scott back prequel to genre he helped create prequel to 1979 classic alien prometheus in search of origins of humanity. prometheus june 8th. tobey maguire spider- man movies among the biggest box office hits ebert the preboarding of the series with social network's star andrew garfield as the amazing spider- man back to its origins of amazing spider-man opens july 3rd. the expendables 2 action stars sequel to surprise hit mature action heroes sylvester stallone and bruce willis arnold schwarzenegger featuring jet li jason stathumam chuck norris opens august 17th and ready for jason bourne muti with out? matt damon jeremy renner takes over as the action hero jason bourne matt damon was a rigidly attached to the project but backed out after learning the art regional director would not be part opens august 3rd. for children there is madagascar are 3 and in comedy ted the story of irreleand irreverent talking teddy bear from the twisted mind of family guy crater. more

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the newest film was the magic of bell isle starring morgan freeman, and john heilmann. thank you nor coming out tonight, you were is there, of course, you're a regular very supportive democratic. what was the feeling, the mood, the purpose and the force of the evening? >> it was a great feeling in the room. first of all there was $15 million dollars raised, but i think what is significant about that is about two thirds of that money came from small donors, so the majority was not to people in the room. they raffled off a ticket to come to the dinner, and the people that won were at our table from florida. so this to me was a significant thing. the other great thing is there was about 15 tables and president obama moved from one table to the next so we got a chance to talk to everybody. i think it was a great evening. >> let me ask you about the cultural feeling. it sends to unite the democratic feeling these days. and a lot in the media world i must say. the sense that he is right to be for rights. what do you think that did? >> it energized everyone there. we were in a

new movie starring morgan freeman, one of my favorite movie stars is out on demand on june 1st and in theaters july 6th. thank you very much. >> thank you so much for having me. >>> now to our other big story, extreme parenting. the very provocative cover of "time" magazine showing a 26-year-old mother proudly breast-feeding her 3-year-old son. that's part of the attachment parenting craze that is apparently sweeping the nation. as is having the entire family sleeping in one bed. now, many people say it is the right thing to do. others, like me, think it is ridiculous. and will lead to dysfunction down the road. is it mothering or smothering? joining me now is the perfect person to ask, amanda peet, actress, mother two of young children, ambassador to the u.n. shot at life campaign. amanda, welcome. >> thank you so much. how are you? >> are you a mother or a smotherer? >> i hope i'm not a smotherer, but you'll have to ask my children in a few years, i guess. >> so, what do you think of this? it is a very provocative cover. my wife gave birth to a little girl six months ago, her first

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i have had morgan freeman, whoopi goldberg, joan rivers, john stuart, -- i said to joan, would he do the aliens come? she said, i don't care if they come, just as long as they are single and cute. [laughter] [laughter] >> it is a celebration of science. i'm trying to get it out there. so people don't fear it. in modern times, it takes many media to be fluent, because not everyone is doing the same thing at the same time, as we were in the 1960s, watching walter cronkite tell us what today's news was. >> to clarify, i would check out start talk radio? >> start talk radio.net. >> i will try to make this as brief as i possibly can. i am one of the lost generations you just spoke about. i'm 32, i will be 33 this fall. i live next to him air force base. i watched the muscles cope with my father until challenger haven't have in common the shuttle happening in my town was canceled. i have an 8-year-old daughter who sings along with science books with your voice and others talking about -- >> thank you. >> series of creative youtube video that they are very creative and hugely popular. >> sh

morgan hill to help in the effort. >> this morning a bay area attorney is under arrest suspected in a fatal hit-and-run. spencer freeman smith is charged with vehicular manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident. one person was killed while walking with his bike in dublirn. they traced serial numbers from the car that left the scene. police say they found his mercedes in garage with extensive front end damage. >> facial recognition software is now being used to track which bars and nightclubs are hopping but the app is raising privacy concerns. tomas ramon gets reaction now being used in san francisco. >> it's very creepy idea. >> this is what he thinks is creepy. the cameras are identifying and approximate age of everyone who walks in. it uses what they are call facial detection software. it feeds the information to this app. rachel didn't know she was being monitored in the bar. >> it was ladies night. let's go where all the guys in our age range are. >> but they think using facial recognition to determine who is in a bar and when should cause concern especially regarding privacy. >> is it sensitive enough to

morgan hill, marla tellez, "today in the bay." >>> autopsies will be performed this morning on a mother and daughter found dead in their pleasanton home. 37-year-old amy freemanforced entry. but they are still waiting for for ensuccess tests to determine if it was a murder-suicide. >>> child hospitalized after being hit and dragged by a pickup truck. christie smith is live in concord where police are still searching for the drivers. >> reporter: yes, good morning to you. they are looking for that pickup truck and think it has some damage to the front. i will tell you more about that in a minimum. they say that they are looking for that after the driver came around the curve here on 6th street. hit the little girl and dragged her several feet. then drove away. this is around 6:30 last night. 4-year-old, they say, was playing with her sister outside of their apartment. ? how the little girl ended up in the street and the driver, they say, ran her right over. as neighbors heard her screaming and yelling and couldn't believe believe the driver didn't stay on scene. she was flown to children's in oakland with a serious foot injury. the good news is she is expected

morgan hill, marla tellez, "today in the bay." >>> autopsies will be performed this morning on a mother and daughter found dead in their pleasanton home. 37-year-old amy freeman burton and 13-year-old amy are were found shot to death monday night. police say two handguns were found inside of the house and there was no sign of forced entry. but they are still waiting for forensic tests to try to determine if this was a murder-suicide. investigators also say they do not believe that the mother is concerned about her daughter's reepsent communication with a kentucky teenager played a role in the death. >>> in nearby newark, a memorial will be held for a murdered high school football star. futi was stabbed to death nearly would weeks ago. the police found the 18-year-old lying on the street near a house party he attended. one man and three juveniles have been charged in his death. memorial services will be held at newark memorial high school friday night. his body will then be blown back to american is on msomoa for bu >>> a mother and son were killed in a fire. the father remains in the hospital. his school, stonegate elementary, raised more than $11,000 for the