. >> i was born in new rochelle, new york. 1950. my mother was from scotland. came to this country by herself when she was 11 because the family was too big. they had to give one away. my dad was italian. it was a very funny household growing up. my mom said no matter what you do don't draw attention to yourself. my father always said you make sure everybody knows you're anglo leno's boy. when i was like 5 or 6, we would be in the supermarket and i would run away from my mother. i would say i'm lost. could you page katherine lone? for my mom to hear her name on the speaker. this was the most embarrassing thing. when i first made it in show business, i bought my dad a cadillac and of course being italian, it had to be a white cadillac. my mother, so embmbrassed by this stuff. she would sit low in the seat like this . so people couldn't see her they would say i saw your dad yelling at himself. no, my mom was there. she was just sitting low in the seat. she would motion to people to roll down the window. she would go, we're not really cadillac people. our son got

. >> saferthgre y p boew uewin new rochelle, new york, 45 minutes from broadway. >> hewitt: i'm one ofcreature of the movies. >> safer: 15 cents would buy him a saturday afternoon of cartoons, newsreels and melodramas. the movies got under his skin and stayed there. he once said to me that, when he goes to a western movie, he comes out walking bowlegged. ( laughter ) >> alda: he told us many times how, when he was in the war, he had seen so many war movies that when he was finally standing on the ship and the enemy planes were coming at him, he thought, "where's the music?" ( laughter ) ♪s >> safer: that's pure don. >> alda: yeah. >> safer: the movies gave him his role models, rascals who had the moxie to beat the system during the great depression. >> hewitt: i never knew whether i wanted to be julian marsh, the broadway producer on "42nd street," or hildy johnson, the reporter in "front page." >> safer: hildy johnson came from the newspaper world, just as don's father did-- a whiskey- soaked jungle of snappy talk and scooping the competition. and impresario julian marsh in "42nd stre

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jessica is now married and working in new york city, she's helping the homeless, rochelle, she said shespireded by kennedy to dedicate her own life to one of public service. and i got to tell you, rochelle, that even that family leaves a chair at the dinner table empty for senator ted kennedy, because he did so much to rescue them, to save this little girl's life. >> he changed the path of their life, it's not an overstatement to say that, he really did. some other stories as well that feature senator ted kennedy as well. tell us about those. >> you and i have various memories of senator ted kennedy, whether it was on larry king or giving a speech at the dnc. we have some really interesting behind the scenes photo of kennedy, of camelot. you can check out out at cnn.com/kennedy. it's really easy to get to. we have one of the early pictures showing him climbing, look at this, an 8-year-old senator kennedy climbing a palm tree at his home in west palm beach, florida. and another picture that shows him huddled around with his brothers. ted kennedy, who's that guy? michael jackson. >> micha

some good news for people who really have had it with telemarketers calling their house. >> yeah, right, that was ant slip or anything, rochelleares gained nearly 4%. but the major averages ended mostly lower, the dow fell 36 points to 9544. nasdaq found its way higher by one whole point. >>> the economic calendar is pretty packed next week with reports on factory orders, construction spending, auto sales and retail sales. and starting tuesday, many prerecorded telemarketing calls will be illegal. the federal trade commission says only way those calls will be allowed is if the telemarketer has obtained permission in writing from those being called. calls that deliver purely informational recorded messages like flight information and those for school delays will still be allowed. >> stephanie, have a good weekend. >> youed too. >>> there is a lot of outrage about the jaycee dugard. they're asking how can a registered sex offender kidnap a child and keep her 18 years in a compound at his house? we'll share some of your views. and slower. ♪ elk mountains, colorado. where's yours? 100% natural nature valley granola bars. the taste