"nerd do well."united states. >> yeah. >> jimmy: are you surprised by that? i mean, do you know what i mean -- >> yeah, i'm glad that it is. i wrote a special forward for the u.s., so it's better than the british one. >> jimmy: yeah! >> yeah! you and me buddy. >> jimmy: dad, shut up! [ laughter ] mr. pegg, please. >> all right, yeah, no. it's lovely, and it's nice to think that maybe seven or eight people will want to read it here in the u.s. >> jimmy: i think they would. it's a very interesting story. you know what i like about it, it's almost like there's two types of books in this one book. >> oh, yeah. >> jimmy: one you write, kind of, in your mind, the imagination of you as a secret spy. >> that's right. >> jimmy: yeah, one you -- about this character. every other chapter is this character. >> that's -- that's me. that's a photograph there. >> jimmy: that's not a photograph. that is a drawing. you're a liar. >> it's a mix it up. >> jimmy: and who is that sidekick behind you there? >> that's cant

kissing-- kissinger gave hope to nerds everywhere by making nerd sexy famously saying power is the ultimaterodisiac and backed that up by spending much of the '70s in closed door negotiations with gina lolla bridgea did. marla thomas an candice bergen. he was like james bond with astigmatism and jowls. please welcome henry kissinger. dr. kissinger, please don't get up, sir. all right, sir, as i was explaining to my audience in the second act of the show there are some out there who may not know the stature of the man sitting before me. you have advised many presidents under diplomacy. you were secretary of state to both nixon and ford. you received the nobel peace prize for the paris peace accords in 1973. and you've got a presidential medal of freedom. you published numerous works on foreign relations and your new book is called "on china" >> right. >> stephen: what's it about? (laughter) it's about the relationship between china and the united states in the-- . >> stephen: i got a bone to pick with you about that. you helped open the door to china, okay. and when you left, you left the do

his imdb credits include, nerd, nerd number one, nerdy guy, geek and third ufo enthusiast. >> i've donefair share of speaking parts. just not many people have screen them. >> reporter: here's one of those moments on "monk." >> he was going like this. what do you think it means? >> reporter: but what will life be like as a background artist? >> most shows, they're pretty nice and they'll give you -- they'll let you get some food or something. some shows, they treat you very nicely on set. when you're an extra, they treat you like you're just cattle or cheap or something. they don't treat you well or humanely. >> reporter: anyway, let's talk. apparently kevin dylan earns 200 grand an episode for "entourage." what does jesse earn most days? >> i've made $100 a day doing it, plus overtime. it's not the greatest salary but i've survived so far. >> reporter: now, after all those years on the big screen, recognition from the tiny screen of youtube just might be his big break. >> i'm not making big bucks yet but, you know, it's getting, you know, looking like it could be on its way, you know. >

. >> nerds are nerds. i don't think it's a racial issue in this community at all. >> reporter: between its two app stores, many and thousands of american jobs are being created at an increasingly speeded up pace. tom vacar, ktvu news. >>> the bay area media company pandora is upping the ante. they are now seeking more than $160 million with share prices from 10 to $12 each. that's about 50 million more than its filing stated last week. pandora has 90 million registered users who stream live music. wall street needs all the help it can get, today ended the sixth day in a row of losses. you see there what happened, the dow closed at 11,952. it's the first time the dow is falling below 12,000 since march. the nasdaq was off 41 points. >>> wall street's second losing streak is now the deepest in weeks, what the experts are telling us. >>> we'll be right back with more now from today's funeral for the fallen firefighters. >>> tony was a free spirited medic with the department of public health who eventually bec

. >>> at number two, the glitz, the glamour, the red carpet, the nerds.ht's webby awards celebrating the best of the web, social media, and even the best mobile phone game. that, by the way, went to hugely popular angry birds. that's not the only way the webbys differ from other awards shows. the speeches are limited to just five words. i think zain was clapping at angry bird. can we say nerd? is that mean? okay. never mind. >>> well, at number one hefner's heartbreak. playboy founder hugh hefner has been dumped by his fiancee only days before their wedding prompting much discussion about the reasons behind the split. hef announced the breakup on twitter and later added better now than after the marriage. zain? >>> our top stories now, thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of athens trying to block the greek government's new austerity measures. athens is saying more spending cuts are inevitable if it needs to get the overseas bailout money. lawmakers are supposed to cut -- debate the cuts today but protesters in the greek capital say they w

side of me i see this is a little bit of a struggle between computer nerds and the austrian economics people and i'm i'm very involved on the austrian economic side as well and i have a lot of friends and i'm involved in a group and actually i was very surprised as you mention a lot of sort of more libertarian austrian economics these sort of people have kind of lashed out against big coin and i'm quite a little. confused about it as well i think they're coming from it from the from me says he used to say that in the theory of money that money can't be something that can just be made up and conjured it has to tell you in and of itself and so i think they're sticking to that and they've been fighting the few currencies for so long that i think they're just used to fighting other forms of currency but i really like the concept of bitcoin and like oh it's on regulated and and and intractable and there's no way to shut it down and i think that the more that we have these sort of options and these are options because right now we don't have any options in the few a money system we have jus

it's kind of a productivity book for nerds.i like this. >> well, nerds have a very specific way that they destroy themselves. there's like, very active internal monologues. they're very obsessive. like creative-obsessive. and so, part of the book is just -- i was a complete screw-up in my 20s and part of it was because of this obsessive internal monologue. and i realized, "oh, you can focus -- " you know, "you can stop playing 'call of duty' and focus that at, like, having sex with people or --" [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, yeah. >> "or getting a job that you might want." so, something along those lines. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. sure, yeah. you change it around. but you have -- you three things that you kind of live by, right? >> yeah. >> jimmy: the three, kind of, rules in the book. >> yeah, they're -- i've divided the book into mind, body and time. that you manage your mind, and then your body and then, the third dimension is time. like how do -- how do you maintain your time and it's -- but it's -- it's kind of -- i

>> yeah. >> jimmy: that's beyond nerd. [ laughter ] >> it was for a good reason. >> jimmy: were you ind to stick with a gang? you shaved your head? [ applause ] all right. anyway. >> anyway. so, my girlfriend runs up to me, like, between, like, first period and second period, and she's like, oh, my god. i was like, what? all the boys are asking who the new girl is. i'm like, who's the new girl? you. they think it's you. i was like, sweet. so, i left that dirty past behind me. >> jimmy: you did. >> and i blot somed into -- >> jimmy: you were the new woman in school, the new young woman at school. >> yes. beginning of the end, though, really. it really was. >> jimmy: we're going to take a quick break. when we come back, e van mendes is with us. the movie is called "last night." it's out in select cities and video on demand. we'll be right back. we're going to head on into the interview. krystal. . . krystal . . . what lead to your decision to go with the fusion? i just keep on going back to looks; it's a great looking car. how do your co-workers feel about your decision? they were the on

go to bed, nerd. it's late. i am psyched to be alive, guys. i almost died recently for realzies.ace! [ laughter ] it's weird when you're appendix bursts, because you have no idea why. it's the only organ in your body that doesn't even have a job to do, but it's the first one to be like "screw this." [ laughter and applause ] seven days in the hospital, no health insurance. [ audience ohs ] yeah. anybody here need to know how that goes? $45,000. yeah. and i found out, because i got a bill in the mail for $45,000. [ laughter ] in the mail. with the other mail. [ laughter ] like it was just more mail. except it was a bill for $45,000. [ laughter ] you open that, you just laugh. you're like -- [ laughter ] "oh, mail! good one, mail." [ laughter ] [ applause ] it came in a white envelope like all the other envelopes. that should come in a black envelope with a skull and crossbones on it, and when you open it, a picture of your hopes and dreams falls out and bursts into flames, because now you owe the hospital $45,000. my friends sent all kinds of great financial advice. they were like

we talk all the time and i say blackberry -- sometimes i say nerd alert, you say nerd alert.ebook at wnnfans.com. >>> this morning on "world news now," cancer breakthrough. the amazing step forward in the fight against america's leading killer. >> what millions of people need to know about testing for lung cancer that could help save their life. it is thursday, june 30th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning, i'm daniel sieberg. rob nelson is on assignment. >> and i'm peggy bunker. >>> there are more than 94 million former and current smokers out there who are at high risk for getting lung disease. but a new report shows that a simple ct t an could help drastically change their odds of survival. the amazing results of this study coming up in just a moment. really impressive, some of the news earlier said really the ct scans can help pick it up but perhaps that's not the case. >> right, and previously we were talking about maybe doing -- folks are looking at chest x-rays as opposed to a c.a.t. scan and what would show up on either of those. yo

space nerd. >> to infinity and beyond!c >>> get read >>> get ready to hit it. take out your stamp. this is our favorite story of the day. >> my stamp looks like a pen. >> we got it down though right there. this reminds us of that song by hall and oats "private eyes." all of our music libraries from the '80s. >> as the song said, private eyes, they see your moves every day. these days what's seen is usually recorded and posted online. as john berman reports. >> reporter: be careful what you say on the train because someone might be watching and filming. when the conductor asked this woman to stop cursing on her phone, she got very mad. >> i would like my money back providing this trip to wherever the next trip is. >> reporter: and very learned? >> i'm not a crazy person, i'm a very well-educated person. >> reporter: yikes. the internet took that educated line and went viral. the video received millions of hits on youtube. and scathing comments like, educated does not mean smart, tactful, well-mannered, classy or dignified. this subway ride was just as undignifie

we'll show you the dating boot camp geared specifically for so-called nerds. >> thank goodness i'm already married. >>> talking about big changes in our weather forecast coming up this week. probably looking at some rain. forecast details in a few minutes. >>> the first lady's week-long trip in africa had an appropriately wild end today. michelle obama and her two daughters went on a safari at a game reserve in botswana. prior to the visit, some south african leaders criticized the president for not paying enough attention to the region. white house officials say the first lady's trips is aimed at advancing his policies of stable governments and healthy societies and reaching out to young women all across southern africa. botswana's first female speaker of the assembly says she hopes mrs. obama's visit will inspire other women. >> it's possible. it's possible to realize your dream. >> reporter: michelle obama also addressed the aids crisis, speaking in cape town about the importance of prevention. and she met with children who are hiv-positive in botswana. >>> a new poll is out showing who

else says he's trying to raise a nerd and you should, too.t billionaire, is that right? >> i don't know if he's going to be the next billionaire, but i'm hoping he doesn't turn out to be an idiot. that's the reason why i'm hoping he comes up to be a nerd. >> with a dad like you, i don't think that's going to be an issue. but seriously, you write about this lack of focus on education in our country and you're right. it seems sort of automatic when someone says, oh, your kid got a scholarship, what sport? >> absolutely. my son is a good athlete. i'm not taking that away from him at all and we work really hard on the weekends. we practice and i run drills with him, but we also spend a lot of time reading and talking about current events. if i had to pick between the two, i would think he got an academic scholarship long before he got an athletic one. he really loves learning and being educated and i encourage that. i want him to be bookish because in the long run, it's going to make him more well rounded. >> so, how do you make getting good grad

it's time for revenge of the nerds. >> when i was growing up gamers were considered, you know, not cool lot. they came into our place and tried to kick us around and i don't like being kicked around. >> with no sign of a weapon present, dylan rushes his attacker and begins pushing him toward the front door. >> just kind of bum rushed him. i think he was expecting the first hit to knock me down. i think it surprised him that a bunch of nerds didn't go down with one punch. >> as dylan struggles with one assailant the other one jumps into the fight. >> he and his friend were hitting me in the head as i was pushing him out the door. i kind of grabbed him around the throat, kept my head to his chest, like my dad taught me, and just kind of kept moving forward. >> seeing dylan in trouble, devon tries to help. >> i go back around, jump back into the fight. i get slammed against the counter, black out. i was able to pull one of the guys down, still getting punched several times, and then pin him to the ground. >> other customers helped subdue one suspect and keep him inside the store. meanwhile

he's anything he as is only natural abstains from elections it's about affirmative action for more nerds he's here in france what does that mean there are a thousand of them at least a day all the enterprises and particularly big ones have signed a charter that prescribes hiring people from other cultures or a different origin which means that a frenchman a poor frenchman with french roots will end up behind others i believe it's a gross violation of the republican principle of equality on my part i believe in markets which are the color of the skin is the origins that person who really deserves it will get the job is to greet that some should take a job just due to his or her color of their skin origin or faith is an absolute contradiction of the basic values of france it means if you're a foreigner you have a better chance of appointment and a french citizen thus they heard of. a major french enterprise issued a statement that caused around. personally all of the conditions being equal i can phone calling a person named homered. so as a result the french are discriminated in their own

he has an intense computer nerd mind.ut when he is off on that, he is very funny. >> my voice will get sexier and sexier as the day goes on. >> nomadic and secretive, like the hero of a spy novel. >> he is seeing it as a weird james bond kind of thriller. he believes that everyone's con constantly being tapped and followed. >> it his core, assange is a hacker. he persona has roots in a nomadic childhood. this is magnetic island a place of wild life and beauty off the coast of australia. a place julian assange once called home. but as a boy, he was often on the move h move. assange claims he attended 36 different schools. his bohemian mother and stepfather ran a traveling theater company. >> until i was about 10, we had a mixed experience. >> a life on the move turned into a life on the run. after his mother fled a troubled relationship there were difficult years. but assange teams to relish his unconventional childhood. >> people tell me they spent all their life in one town, i think, you horrible thing. how do you surviv

look at football wow people on facebook say the darndest things well soon maybe i'm just not kind of nerd but they stopped looking that way to me as soon as i looked into their policy positions the violence of sadism can be such a term and of course in the tooth for a comment on the clinton reference in the segment from p. creator shalrie did have the not knowing what you know no problem in the two thousand and seven democratic primary debates she said that no republicans were against the war. not bad and then worry i'm not the financial ready and neither is our friend sergeant crowley who writes look at hillary's picture around six minutes thirty seconds do you believe that smile if you do then you're all for on nobody saying no looks like that ever it's in the eyes the mouth the smiley and eyes on smile instead they pop out like high plains ally nancy reagan you're looking at a habitual liar he will look like that unless they're pathological liars and or control freaks it's called inappropriate aspect and it's one of their weak points they can't make their eyes warm and human we've also

come on, i know you're a music nerd. the king ad rock in a music video. [ cheers and applause ] >> dude, i'm boogin in that photo. look at that. >> jimmy: yeah, you are, right? look at -- that's awesome. that's seth rogen and danny mcbride as mike d. and mca. but uh -- yeah the beasties put out a new record, and had a short film on the cd. it came with a dvd and you killed it. i mean, how much fun was that? >> that, like that moment right there, getting to stand in front of a fish eye lens. we're so familiar with that imagery with that band and get to do that and rap. >> jimmy: and wear the t-shirt and the hat and you just -- you nailed it! you were so good. >> oh, thanks. >> jimmy: it was so good. >> it was so crazy. i found out about it super late. like, they had already cast it -- they got danny and seth and all those folks on board. >> jimmy: oh, everybody's in it. will ferrell's in it -- >> yeah, it's crazy. >> jimmy: yeah, you got to see this. >> it's an insane list. >> jimmy: it's really, really fun. and it's a co

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of the situation room and the oval office and i'm a huge, huge history nerd so i was just so excited[ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah. well, i mean -- >> so, if i didn't hate him before, i'm -- now i'm really -- >> jimmy: he really -- [ laughter ] he really screwed up your plans. >> yeah, thanks, osama. >> jimmy: you have a big birthday coming up. >> yes. >> jimmy: 21. >> yes, turning 21. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: what are you gonna do? you gonna have a big blowout? >> well, i mean, i figured i could do something, you know, huge and big but i figured i'm not gonna remember it anyways. so -- so, what's the point of doing something, you know? colossal? >> jimmy: because you're just gonna get -- just get hammered out of your mind? >> yeah and be so sore the next day that -- yeah. i'm not gonna have time to flip through pictures of me. >> jimmy: no. you're just gonna just -- you're just gonne be sore from drinking? >> sore and upset and -- >> jimmy: are you drinking -- like, maybe your glasses are too heavy. >> maybe. i don't know. [ light laughter ] but we'll see. >> jimmy: get some,

. >> nerd alert. >> obviously much further away. >> nerd alert. >> it's possible we could encounter aliensien being from canada, i don't know if that counts. >> i've definitely encountered aliens, that's for sure, in all shapes, sizes and forms. >>> peanut-free sections in baseball stadiums. >> they're serious about this. >> this is the new thing. peanut allergies are very serious and increasing all the time. some little kids have really serious allergies that make their parents terrified all the time. >> they're sensitive. >> most planes don't have peanuts anymore because it's so dangerous to get a whiff of the peanut. if you go to the baseball stadium it turns out you can get peanut-free sections. >> they scrub them down, make sure there's no trace of peanuts. >> no crackerjacks. >> one, two, three -- ♪ take me out to the ball game >>> this morning on "world news now," life-saving moment. a new study is once again shaking up what we know about mammograms. >> will the findings finally put to rest the debate over breast cancer screening? it is wednesday, june 29th. >>> from abcbcews, this

i know this is like nerd heaven for you.t sounds a little bit like recipe for confusion, we think about all the possibilities. i understand you know web address won't have to end with dot com or dot net, instead you could have cnn.com or redcross.com becoming dot cnn or dot redcross? can i ask why? >> this is confusing, but it's an exciting day for nerds. there are 22 top level domain names, we use the dot comes, dot net, dot orgs or dot tv. you can put in a proposal for anything you can conjure up in your mind. it's not cheap. it costs about $185,000 to apply. when the applications start january 12th, 2012. a lot of people in big corporations will be applying. you can get creative and get dot awesome if you want it, but have you to have the money to do so. >> $85,000 just to apply zm. >> hang on. as people begin to apply, say you're really in to pinot noir. what steps you take to try to get that as your domain? >> yeah, for our big business this is a no-brainer. we think of the cokes and pepsis, there's no doubt they're goi

he has an intense computer nerd sort of mind.ut when he is off on that, he is very funny. >> my voice will get sexier and sexier as the day goes on. >> reporter: nomadic and secretive, like the hero of a spy novel. >> see, he is seeing this whole thing as some kind of, i don't know, weird james bond kind of thriller. he believes that everyone's constantly being tapped and followed. >> reporter: at his core, assange is a hacker. an outsider mining secrets that are supposed to be off limits. his outsider persona has its roots in an unusual nomadic childhood. this is magnetic island, a place of exotic wild life and beauty off the coast of australia, a place julian assange once called home. but as a boy, he was often on the move. assange claims he attended 36 different schools. julian's bohemian mother christine and his stepfather together ran a traveling theater company. >> we enjoyed this as a child until i was about 10, we had a mixed experience. >> reporter: a life on the move turned into a life on the run. after his mother fled

nerds" summer premiere episode of "wipeout" airs next thursday at 8 on abc, please say hello to johne, the power went out on our show. >> that's right. i owe you an apology. that was the first time on my show. i didn't realize guests kick in for electricity here. this is for this year and then next year. >> jimmy: this could cover you for three years. >> i can't do that online prepay. >> jimmy: thanks. i'm going to keep this. >> i actually thought about that. >> jimmy: there will be no show business here's your money back thing at the end of the show. i'm running out the back door as soon as the segment is over. congratulations. the last time you were here, you got married and had a baby. [ applause ] >> thank you. i've been a busy man. i got the swimmers, dude. >> jimmy: you got the swimmers. you had a boy? >> yes, we had a boy, jackson. >> jimmy: after michael jackson. >> tito. >> jimmy: how he's doing. >> he's fantastic. we have live cell phones backstage because he's with a sitter. so we're waiting for the meltdown phone call. >> jimmy: you are not monitoring him on the baby cam.

so all the comic book nerds is exhale. we did have to sit through an uncomfortable 15 minutes in the beginning of the movie with james mcavoy using a. >> reporter: strange austin voice. and he was seen earlier in "jane eyre" earlier this year where his ability was locking women in close closets. it's set in the '60s and it is sort of the prequal to the movies that came out in the 2000s. there's a lot of gogoboots and fedoras and guys walking around. >> what is your grade? >> i give this movie a solid a because finally we get a chance to explain all of the historical archival footage of submarines getting lifted out of the ground at the cuban missile crisis. but i'm not a history adviser. >> and the next movie, out in lme limited are lease, called "beginners" about a 75-year-old man, who after the death of his woof, decides to tell his sonering i'm dying, too, and i'm also gay. >> oliver. >> yeah. >> i'm not sorry i woke you. >> dad, i went to a bar tonight. >> you did? >> yeah, they did had some wonderfully loud music. wha

computer nerds are buzzing about the electronic play things just unveiled in los angeles.se, they mean nothing to me, that's why daniel is here. >> you saw the guy holding what looked like a large controller there, part of the new nintendo wii-u. stop! get out! >> pretty good stuff. >> a little exciting. i will control myself. it's june 8th. does feel more like august for millions and millions of americans including us. >> that's right the heat and humidity are at or near dangerous levels, watches, advisories alerts all on today they're posted all over the northeast as well as some of the areas of the midwest. our coverage begins now with steve osunsami. >> reporter: in woodstock, georgia where it felt like it was nearly 100 degrees. >> so you don't carry a sweat rag? >> no. >> reporter: sergeant keith smith showed us how in the world he keeps cool wearing a bulletproof vest under his shirt. it is a device called the cool cop, and officers here are attaching it to air conditioning in their patrol cars and connecting the other end of the hose to a sweet spot underneath the

i know, i'm a nerd. [ laughter ] it was one of my favorites., the game isn't even out yet but everyone here in the audience is going to get an -- [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: our thanks to nintendo of america, reggie fils-aime, everybody. you're the best. billy currington performs next. come on back everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ host: could switching to geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance? host: does it take two to tango? ♪ ♪ anncr: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. ♪ >> jimmy: our next guest has scored seven number one hits on the billboard country charts. he's here tonight to perform his latest single "love done gone" from his album "enjoy yourself." please welcome billy currington! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ba bada bada ba ♪ don't worry baby sometimes things change nothin' we can do about it now no way ♪ ♪ this doesn't come easy but that's just life we can't keep pretending everything's all right ♪ ♪ we told each other it was love before the simple truth is it just ain't no more ♪ ♪ t

i know, i'm a nerd. [ laughter ] it was one of my favorites.sn't even out yet but everyone here in the audience is going to get an -- [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: our thanks to nintendo of america, reggie fils-aime, everybody. you're the best. billy currington performs next. come on back everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ i am so sorry... let's just think of warm things...my new- -steak grilled sandwich...piping hot with tender steak, grilled onions, and bourbon barbecue sauce all covered with hot melty cheese on grilled artisan bread. hot...steaky... toasty...melty... this isn't working, i'm just getting hungry. that's working...that's... oh! sorry. go! go! completing an atm deposit in record time... that's a step forward. go! go! with deposit friendly atms, you can make ultra fast, secure deposits with no slips or envelopes. take a step forward and chase what matters. ♪ >> jimmy: our next guest has scored seven number one hits on the billboard country charts. he's here tonight to perform his latest single "love done gone" from his albu

i'm friends with him and friends with the nerds who like math. i loved math. i was obsessed with that. >> were you drawn to the absurd and the potential comedian always? >> i think so. my parents are both from brooklyn. they're very city people. they don't know how to drive. my dad has a license, but he's awful. and he taught me. so i'm second generation. >> why would anybody drive in new york any anyway? >> they don't have to. >> i don't get it. >> but once you move out, you have to be prepared for the rest of the world so my dad taught me. now i'm just second generation. i'm awful. >> did you have a p happy childhood? >> it was so happy. me and my sister, gloria. very happy. my parents very entertaining irish people. very fun. my sister very funny and my grandparents lived right next door to our house, almost in our backyard but they had their own house. so they didn't live in a shack or anything. no weird backwoods story there. we fed them through a slot in the door. shut up! but they kind of helped raise me. so i would go hang out with my grandparents. i'd

i look like a nerd. i think i look good in this hat.tory for the, like, "daily planet" or something. >> yeah, you need an old typewriter right now. >> jimmy: how's the family? you having a big father's day thing? >> does anybody do that? father's day got lost in the side. the kids just get, go, happy father's day, daddy. that's it. we go to costco and get free samples. >> jimmy: that's a great idea. >> there's a dixie cup of white wine. >> jimmy: there's not as much planning like mother's day. >> mother's day, there's brunch. you get brunch as a gas station on mother's day. father's day, hot dog and a slushie. >> jimmy: how old are your kids now? >> 7-year-old daughter, 10-year-old son and then a 22-year-old daughter. >> jimmy: they're going to have to start coming through with gifts for you. >> exactly. that's what i told the boy. once he makes double digits, you got to show up, man. when i was 10 -- nothing really happened when i was 10, but you know, we get to say that. when i was 10. >> jimmy: you -- i heard you were dancing on stag

. >> nash: and we're nerds. >> blanding: yeah, well... >> nash: i mean, we're...s the toast of havana, making the rounds of music schools, trying his fractured spanish on admiring bystanders. and stopping for a cafeÉ cubano, talking about a key ingredient of jazz improvisation-- taking chances. how important and how valuable are mistakes? >> marsalis: very important, because if you're not making mistakes, you not trying. that is the art of jazz. it's an art of negotiation, of communication. >> safer: to band member victor goines, who's also from new orleans, the attention marsalis gets is no surprise. >> victor goines: we went to kindergarten together. >> safer: kindergarten? >> goines: kindergarten. >> safer: what was he like then? >> goines: he was always a standout from the rest, i will say. >> safer: a musical standout who sets the pace for the band in another way, as well. >> jackson: he works harder than anybody i know. no question. ♪ ♪ >> safer: a jam session with local musicians starts at dusk and goes well into the night. and any time, anywhere, band memb