warner brothers said they could not and should not attempt to continue business as usualle while mr. sheenas the world watches. >> everybody wins! >> reporter: while sheen says there is no morals clause in the contract warner brothers say there is and they can fire him if they believe he's committed an act involving moral turpit e turpitude. >> when people live the way you do bad things have to happen. >> reporter: the future of "two and a half men" remains unclear. does the show go on without sheen or is it finished entirely? is he finished entirely? >> keep in mind when i roll something out my plan is the best in the room and people are realizing their plan is [ bleep ], my plan is gold. >> reporter: warner brothers now want charlie sheen to pay them for lost revenue for all the missed episodes. sheen has vowed to fight back in court and countersue. we have new developments this morning in sheen's custody battle. his lawyer tells nbc news settlement talks are progressing with sheen's estranged wife brooke mueller and they are hoping to reach a deal on the twin boys soon. meredith? >> jef

would not, could not and should not attempt to continue business as usual as mr. sheenhes. very strong language there. charlie sheen didn't waste any time firing back. he's planning to sue warner bros. according to the letter his lawyer wrote, he said he felt basically charlie had been fired because he insulted the show's creator, chuck lorre. so, they're little -- that's the reason they're saying behind it and pointing out lorre has had problems with other big stars in the past, including roseanne barr and brett butler, saying they couldn't work with chuck lorre either. >> look at charlie sheen in this video. he does not look well. like many people are saying, he's seriously, seriously ill. >> not dad of the year candidate. and even more bizarre, he apparently climbed to the top of a building in beverly hills, after the news came out he had been fired. he pulled out a massive machete, drank a bottle of tiger blood at the top of the livenation office building. and when asked how he felt about being fired? shouted out, free at last, free at last. there he is in hollywood

." >> steve: thank you, mr. sheen. [ laughter and applause ] come on. it's right there.ry. >> jimmy: and finally, get this. a chicken in iowa laid a 4-ounce egg, which is twice the size of a normal egg. the farmer was like, "how did this happen?" and while the ostrich who lives next door is like, "yeah, how did that happen?" [ laughter ] ladies and gentlemen, we have a great show tonight. give it up for the roots! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ you got so many diamonds and you wear the finest clothes and your grill is shining as you're walking ♪ ♪ down the street of gold i blame you if i set this stage on fire ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: whoa! that's right! that is legendary r&b singer betty wright sitting in with the roots tonight! [ cheers and applause ] i saw you out in l.a. at the roots jam session, and congratulations on getting nominated for a grammy for your single "go." [ cheers and applause ] man, you rocked out that night. and you're rocking it out tonight. thanks for being here. you look beautiful. we've got such a fun show tonight, you guys. our friends fr

we heard from san francisco bay's you stream that mr. sheenring his last web-based tv show. he calls this sheen's corner. now the company says there will be no more. though it's not totally clear why. i checked the news wires and gossip sites. best i can figure out we have this exclusively. were this l.a. i would be proud of that. meanwhile, more serious news, the respected anderson forecast, which tries to predict the future of california business says it will be at least 2013 before double digit unemployment ends in our state. same forecast says businesses are not leaving california because of higher taxes. that's something businesses often threaten to do or claim they will do, while the forecast isn't political that is a nod to governor brown's plan to ask for extension of current taxes. the governor wants to ask voters to approve that extension but he has to get that passed in the legislature first, at least some sign that businesses would be okay with that. >> sounds good. i'm not okay with not getting invited to the royal wedding but it'

he said his termination is a conspiracy fuelled by lorre's ego, laziness and ill-will toward mr. sheenthe only thing that eclipses big ego is big money which insiders say is going on here. cbs could overlook the embarrassment -- >> liars and fools, all of them. >> reporter: to get their money-making star back on the air. >> there are a lot of hurdles that would have to be jumped for charlie sheen to return to "two and a half men." stranger things have happened in hollywood. there is a long history of people burying the hatchet when the deal is right. >> reporter: apparently moonves is willing to manage sheen himself, taking chuck lorre off the hook allowing him to work on his other sit comes or create another one. sheen told me over and over again he would. >> i signed for next year. being a man of my word i will be there with bells on. >> reporter: sheen has a lot going on now. in less than two weeks he begins the one-man live tour, the stage show he sold out venues in detroit, chicago, new york city. last night he made a surprise appearance on jimmy kimmell. you can see he kissed jim

we'll hear more from mr. sheen in a moment. inside studio 1a i'm matt lauer alongside meredith vieira. charlie had a surprising message to family members who have tried to tell him it's time to clean things up. we also talked to his two new live-in girlfriends. we'll hear from charlie and the so-called goddesses straight ahead. >> and meredith baxter opens up about coming to terms with being gay. >> and we are going to show you on a lighter note the historic work under way to save a baby dolphin found floating alongside her mother's body. the dolphin is getting help from another special orphan. details coming up. we want to begin with our new interview with charlie sheen. jeff rossen is in los angeles with details. jeff, what are we going to get this morning? >> reporter: oh, a lot more. charlie sheen called us and said, come back to the house. i have more to say. we went and got a glimpse into his life behind closed doors, including a rare interview with the new women in his life, women helping to raise his children every day.

mr r.t. new york what is the situation in libya develops the american the true the sheens you know anything that stands to benefit from a cult that's what it's. for the kaisha the sense that the political in these institutions. they want to divide and conquer just like the romans so that this is this is not by the way not a no fly zone it's also a no drive zone no walk so out of there but they immediately if they didn't keep them as bad as it would be to intervene to keep here planes from flying immediately or attacking people on the ground and. killing a lot a lot of a lot of people going to blood flowing. we don't know whose blood it is but i do think it's a good thing on the other hand brother that this is not a good thing that we have another war going on and i must say from the standpoint of america concerned with the fact that our government is broke that the dollar is going down the drain that the government is putting the whole country of the most horrific financial circumstances here there starting yet another war to spend who knows how many billions of dollars makes the military indust

mrs. carroll says her husband was on drugs at the time. he is due in court tomorrow. >>> actor charlie sheenas lost custody of his young twin sons. >> don't say good-bye, just say see you later. >> see you later. >> good-bye. >> this video was posted on radar online. it shows authorities removing the boys from his home last night. his estranged wife filed a temporary restraining order against him the tv star as well as a custody order after claims that charlie sheen was abusive towards her. sheen plans to fight to regain joint custody delivering this message in a los angeles tv interview this morning. >> bob, max, it's your da da and i have never lied to you and this is another example of that and i will see you soon. you're in my heart and i love you. >> twitter account in charlie sheen's name is apparently now active. reportedly with almost a million followers. >>> another soggy day around the bay area today. let me show you 101 southbound in san rafael this morning. some minor flooding reported on bay area roads. no major accidents but the rain slowed down the commute. that was in the mor

more of charlie sheen's trash talk coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,, but they are causing a stink, in the city's sewers. sounds like a job for mr. clean. >>> low flow toilets have saved the city of san francisco a lot of water but are causing a stink in the city sewers. sounds like a job maybe for mr. clean? mike sugerman found out that's not too far from the mark, is it, mike? >> reporter: uhm, i don't know how to take that but thank you very much. [ laughter ] >> reporter: it's the highest tech way to do. it's bleach. it's the same stuff that's in this cleaner, sodium hyper chloride is what the city wants to use to clean up our water but some people as you say think that idea styx. san francisco's a beautiful place. but some parts stink. >> oh. number 2. oh. like poop. >> reporter: in some parts of the city, you don't even have to be near a storm drain. >> stinks. >> reporter: particularly on hot days, some neighborhoods smell bad, bad, bad. >> every city with a sewer system has sewerroid doors associated with it. >> reporter: i found that out a few years back during a tour of san francisco sewers. since then things have gott

sheen. >> darya: he says he's never missed a therefore, he's never crossed our real day, maybe mr. but none the less they called up the rest of the season his big hit show on cbs or for which he gets paid for most to million dollars per episode he says he plans to sue cbs from halting the show. taking a peek at the big board, total reverse from yesterday at this time yesterday we were up, now we're are off by 28. and other business news, gm jumped 49% in february aided by sweeter financing. the largest u.s. car company sold 207,000 vehicles last month as new models continue to sell well in a slowly improving economy. a spokesperson says sales were strong across the lineup, consumers are looking at small cars but they have not changed buying habits to the higher gas prices. we'll be back with more of a couple of minutes so don't go away. taking a look at a developing story that we're falling live in san francisco at truck with a lift, that lin to decide what luckily no one is fair to, jackie sissel is out there he will have a live report and a couple of minutes.in a . ve skipped tha

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