we'll have more on the life of nora ephron coming up in a few minutes on "morning joe."ove now to the water cooler to watch jon stewart welcome the return of texas governor rick perry to the national conversation. this time, to help explain "fast and furious." >> the debate over president obama's assertion of executive privilege in "fast and furious" carries echoes of watergate. >> watergate-like environment. >> watergate looks like child's play compared to what we're seeing. >> child's play. it's child's play. fast and furious would be like if monica lewinsky went down on iran contra during the bay of pigs invasion. there's only two problems with fast and furious being obama's watergate. i'll let governor rick perry explain problem number one. >> you got to admit, this is almost nixonian if not absolutely nixonian in the cover-up that's going on with this fast and furious. >> what exactly are you accusing of president of here, governor? >> i don't know. that's the issue. >> i don't know. that's what's so nixonian about it. >> still ahead on "way too early," why are you

you probably heard by now the sad news that author, screenwriter and director, nora ephron, died last night of pneumonia after a battle with leukemia. she leaves behind a resumÉ packed with hollywood hits. ephron last wrote and directed in 2009, "julie and julia" the story of a blogger who makes each one of the recipes from julia child's' cookbook. she captured the craze of email with tom hanks and meg ryan in the 1998 film, "you've got mail" and earlier "sleepless in seattle" where a widower finds love from across the country. and then the new york favorite, "when harry met sally" a love letter to new york city where ephron was born. >> what can i get you? >> i'll have a number three. >> i'd like the chef's salad with the oil and vinegar on the side. >> but i'd like the pie heated and i don't want it on top i'd like it on the side. and then. >> not even the pie. >> no, just the pie, but then not heated. >> what? >> actor billy crystal said in a statement, i'm sad to learn of nora's passing, she was a brilliant writer and humorist. being her harry to meg's sally will always have a spe

writer is nora ephron. nora ephron's films "sleepless in seattle" --featuring tom hans updated the moderoutdated plots for the modern audience. her films were so good. the romantic comedy had grown out of her writing. everything his coffee her mother once said and ups and downs of nora ephron's life gave her material furred journalism, as is, and filmessays and films. >> it was absolutely clear to me that a story had happened to me, and i hope that someday i could make it into a funny story. i knew when it was happening that there were elements of it that someday might be funny. [laughter] comedy had grown out of her>> you may think thatt that is an impossible feat -- >> her most recent flilm saw her reunited with meryl streep. tom hanks says she has lifted as all with wisdom and wit. mixed with love. >> remembering nora ephron. it is one of my favorite films ever. quick reminder of the main story before we go. and martin mcguinness and the queen had met for the first time and shaken hands. the meeting is b

who knew nora ephron.er obviously her body of work that brought a lot of us to her and got us to know her, but so much more about her brought you in that again, as dee dee pointed out, it's hard to even talk about her work because we were so impacted by her as a friend. where do you begin remembering nora ephron? >> well, nora and i met about 45 years ago, and so we've been very close friends since then. she was my son quinn's godmother. she went with me to amniocentesis and held my hand because i was needle phobic. she was -- she -- you know she had this reputation, i've heard you talking all morning about her, and she was extremely sharp and witty and funny and clever and could be tough on the set and as a director, but nora had another side to her which was almost a sort of child-like side. and i think that when you look at the movies, "when harry met sally," "sleepless in seattle," "you've got mail," that's the real nora. i mean that's what nora wanted. she didn't have a great childhood, you know, both

nora ephron was 71 years old. >> actresses such as carrie fisher and meg ryan said they enjoyed working with ephron because she understood them more than male directors. nora ephron is survived by her third husband and two children. we'll take a quick break on the "morning news" on a wednesday morning. >>> when we come back, drowning in debt. stockton, california, set to become the second u.s. city to ever declare bankruptcy. this is the "cbs morning news." [ lane ] your anti-wrinkle cream is gone... but what about your wrinkles? neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair. its retinol formula visibly reduces wrinkles in one week. why wait if you don't have to. neutrogena®. begins with back pain and a choice. take advil, and maybe have to take up to four in a day. or take aleve, which can relieve pain all day with just two pills. good eye. >>> stockton, california, population just under 300,000, is about to make history by seeking bankruptcy protection, the biggest american city ever to do so. stockton is in north-central california, a once prosperous place, no longer able to make ends meet. teres

to nora ephron who told us we are not alone. that our relationships are not out there on another planet. thanks our mutual friend for introducing us. wish now i had called you. i liked you from the start. that's "hardball" for now. thanks very much. "the ed show" with ed schultz starts right now. >> good evening and welcome to the ed show from new york. darrell issa's quest to bring down president obama and attorney general eric holder is completely full of holes. i'll show you why tonight. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> you can answer everybody's question but want everyone and then tell the judge he's not going to give you that, that is contempt. >> the contempt vote will go forward even though another investigative report exposes darrell issa's witch hunt. >> he has not lived up to his promises to the terry family. the full truth is too painful to him to take on. >> congressman cummings is here tonight and he'll response to darrell issa's reckless charge. will spineless democrats fold to the nra and vote for cont

nora ephron gave a voice to a generation of women. tonight weed by farewell. >>> and millions of screaming pans but now justin bieber is all grown up as the rest of us. tonight, one dad trice to get in tune with bieber fever. our own bill weir. >>> plus, final witness. a father who survived an unthinkable crime in the dark of night, only to face the shock of a lifetime. a story of love, forgiveness and ultimate betrayal. >>> good evening. i'm cynthia mcfadden. tonight, we mark a sad passing only hours ago legendary writer and film director nora ephron died from complications brought on by leukemia. she created complex female characters who captured american hearts and always seemed to triumph in the end to humor and smarts, sort of like the lady herself. abc's david wright salutes a hollywood legend. >> reporter: you might say she was the aaron sorkin of romantic comedy. ♪ it had to be you ♪ >> reporter: a writer so gifted. when harry met salary boy meets girl formula when the chaerlracs were so smart, so quirky. >> so you're saying a

rattlesnakes, up in the trees right now. >> all of my memories, all of my stuff, is gone, just gone. >> nora ephron, who defined a generation with her books and movies, has died of leukemia in manhattan. >> ephron was best known for "sleepless in seattle" and "when harry met sally." >> is there a misconception about you? >> oh, i don't think so. you know, i'm just typing. >>> stockton, california, is about to make history by seeking bankruptcy protection. the biggest american city ever to do so. >> college football, the bcs approved a four-team playoff to crown a national champion starting in 2014. >> and he makes the play! >> he doesn't have the ball. the ump is saying out. the guy next to him looksa him and goes, oh, you got it. >> all that -- >> you made a sex tape with him. whose idea was that? yours or his? >> that was brilliant, wasn't it? >> first of all, i have a headache. and i'm not in the mood for you to put me in my place. >> you have a headache? >> the queen has just met the former ira leader and shook his hand in reconciliation. >> now that this is out of your system, are you ready to

first day i met you. >> first day you lied to me. >> reporter: nora ephron was born in new york city w up in beverly hills. her parents henry and phoebe ephron, also screen writers, taught ephron and her three sisters-- all future writers. >> if something bad happened to you what they said was "someday you will think this is funny. someday this will be a great story." >> reporter: ephron graduated from wellesley college in 1962 and went to work as a mail girl at "newsweek." within a few years her books of essays were best-sellers. >> i think writing is what i do. i think it's like breathing for me at a certain point. >> reporter: ephron turned the collapse of her marriage to reporter carl bernstein of watergate fame into a novel then the movie "heartburn." >> look at all these flowers that you bought for her! and you occasionally brought me home a bunch of wilted zinnias. >> reporter: she once said "marriages come and go but divorce is forever." but nora ephron was happily married for 25 years to screenwriter nicholas pileggi. throughout her career her life and family were subject mat

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"sleepless in seattle" is one of nora ephron's thoughtful movies. ge 71, after a long and quiet battle with leukemia. >> for more than four decades, ephron's writing made us laugh and cry, and most of all, made us think. sunday morning looks back at her storied life. >> oh, oh! >> i'll have what she's having. >> reporter: nora ephron wrote that. if we have such a thing as a movie vocabulary, that scene from "when harry met sally" is in it. ephron was great with one-liners. in the romantic comedies she wrote, such as "sleepless in seattle" or "you've got mail," women saw funnier versions of themselves. their dreams. their worries. their dilemmas. >> you say things like that, and you make it impossible for me to hate you! >> and "when harry met sally" is not a movie about whether men and women can be friends. it's about how different men and women are. >> reporter: ephron was literally born into writing. in new york city, although she grew up in had beverly hills, because her parents, henry and phoebe ephron, were both screen writers, whose advice to t

>> i'll have what she's having. >> reporter: nora ephron wrote that. at scene from "when harry met sally" is in it. ephron was great with one-liners. in the romantic comedies she wrote, such as "sleepless in seattle" or "you've got mail," women saw funnier versions of themselves. their dreams. their worries. their dilemmas. >> you say things like that and you make it impossible for me to hate you! >> and "when harry met sally" is not a movie about whether men and women can be friends. it's about how different men and women are. >> reporter: ephron was literally born into writing. in new york city although she grew up in had beverly hills, because her parents, henry and phoebe ephron were both screen writers, whose advice to their four daughters all future writers, was turn your misfortunes into stories. nora ephron graduated from wellesley college in 1962. then went to work as a mail girl at "newsweek." not for long. soon, she was writing for magazines, collections of her essays became best-sellers. she took her parents' advice and turned her ugly divor

nora ephron was 71. kristen dahlgren, nbc news, los angeles. >>> and still ahead, as we continue along the way on a tuesday night, a major victory for a mother who's been fighting to save her daughters, why it's big news for her and thousands of other people waiting for the right bone marrow match. >>> and later, the story you have to see about grit, determination and graduation. >>> back now with a victory for a woman we told you about a few weeks. tonight after an uphill fight, she has changed federal law and if the process, perhaps even modern medicine. an update on her successful fight tonight from dr. nancy spiderman. >> reporter: doreen flynn is a mother on a mission. her three daughters all suffer from a disease called fanconi anemia. a genetic disorder that destroys bone marrow and increases the risk of cancer. the only treatment is a bone marrow transplant. >> as a mom, i'm willing to do whatever it takes to help make that possible. >> reporter: whatever it takes, including changing the law. >>

across america, we're all committed to team usa. >>> let me finish tonight with nora ephron. why?e who have dated, have dealt with the prize, joys, heartbreaks and mysteries of romantic relationships. like screen writer nancy meyers. nora ephron was a master of writing movies about relationships, usualry from the woman's point of view and a deep fascination to men. she wrote about this emotionally treacherous place in which a woman gets asked out on a date and has no idea whether she'll hear from the guy again. guys have another hardship, you take the leap of asking someone out who can shoot you down cold. that can hurt. do you struggle to hold on when you think the relationship is fading? we have all been hurt, buthere's hope and that's what keeps some of you trying. i love "sleepless in seattle" because it's about a story that goes back to the days of carey grant and debra karr and stays as fresh as it can be forç tom hanks and meg ryan and will be as fresh for people in the next mille millennium. the belief that there's a jack for every jill is, let's shout it to the religion,

. >>> up next, remembering nora ephron who wrote the screen play of our lives and knew more about howed than most politicians will ever know. rob reiner will join us. this is "hardball," the place 1 for politics. recently, students from 31 countries took part in a science test. the top academic performers surprised some people. so did the country that came in 17th place. let's raise the bar and elevate our academic standards. let's do what's best for our students-by investing in our teachers. let's solve this. >>> president obama has a slim lead in several stales of mitt romney. time to check the "hardball" score board. in ohio obama is up by nine points over his likely republican challenger. 47-38. similar story in florida with president obama with a lead by four. the lead increased since early may. in pennsylvania, it has gotten slighter tighter. obama up by six in the keystone state. 45-39. down from eight last month.ç we'll be right back. not in this economy. we also have zero free time, and my dad moving in. so we went to fidelity. we looked at our family's goals and some ways

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nora ephron was 71.right, abc news, hollywood. >> she really, a spectacular talent, some of the movies "silkwood" and "heartburn" "sleepless in seattle," "michael" and "when harry met sally." touch stone movies of the era. >> nominate ford three oscars. i look what one of our colleagues pointed out tonight that she was willing to diffuse the praise, as talented as she was, one of the classic lines, billy crystal wrote that famous "i'll have what she is having" line, he wrote that. and "when harry met sally" transcript and screen play. she was confident to say that wasn't me that was him. >> do you know who delivered the line the woman who actually said it? rob reiner's mother. that was the woman that said it in the movie. more trivia, how i know that? i do. >> little random knowledge. >> and share with us on facebook your favorite nora ephron movie, wnnfans.com. let us know. a lot to look back on this morning and reflect. >> the "nightline" piece put me in the mood to see "when harry met sally." >> every

i've had four careers and three husbands. >> that was nora ephron.id do it all and it was messy at times. she was at her alma mater, she was the class of '62, speaking to the graduating class of 1996. the trail blazing film maker, humorist and author died of pneumonia brought on by leukemia at 71 years old. it was a shock even to some friends who did not know she was so seriously ill. today, a life lived well, remembered by friends and fans alike, celebrating a gifted story teller with a unique and very personal voice. joining me now, george stevens jr., a writer, director and emmy award winning producer, founder of the american film institute and the executive producer of the annual kennedy center honors as well as a long-time friend of nora ephron and sally quinn, friend of nora's for 45 years. sally, 45 years is a long time to know anyone. nora ephron was constantly changing, learning and delighting in life and in herself and in her friends. one of the things that strikes me so much knowing her only as well as i do, was that she was such a woman's

this morning, some of hollywood's biggest stars remember nora ephron. >> playoff plan approved. college football fans get their wish. the death of the bcs. >>> one hungry hound helping himself to his family's food. >>> good wednesday morning, everybody. the devastating wildfires in the west are now giving the u.s. air force a fight on the ground. >> the air force academy is shutting down today as the huge waldo canyon fire near colorado springs bears down on the sprawling campus, forcing cadets to flee. >> it is one of almost three dozen major fires stretching from montana to arizona, fuelled by record heat and some pretty wild winds. >> i ran over as fast as i could. it was scary. there's no other word. i mean, we're petrified over here. >> reporter: these pictures show the colorado springs wildfire, a blaze that is called a firestorm of eni think proportions. winds up to 65 miles an hour blew the fire over containment line, forcing the evacuations of 42,000 people including at the air force academy where 700 cadets and personnel were told to leave. >> my dad said there were fl

tonight nora ephron who died on tuesday night here in new york, age 71. conversations at the table. nora in her own words. >> we all grew up knowing that we were going to work which not that many girls did in the-- . >> rose: nora said i'm go fog have a career, just automatic. >> i didn't say it, my mother said it. my mother said well, what are you going to be. >> rose: exactly. >> this was a question that we talked about all the time. it was never, never was the answer to that question i'm going to get married and be a mom. we all knew that, sure did you that. but what were you in addition to that. >> rose: you will be defined by your work. >> yes. and it was important to figure out what that was going to be. >> rose: we remember nora when we continue. funding for charlie rose was provided by the following: . >> rose: additional funding provided by these funders: and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. nora ephron died on tuesday in new york

. >> the hollywood writer and film director nora ephron has died. she was 71 and had been suffering from leukemia. she wrote films such as "sleepless in seattle." >> nora ephron died from leukemia. the eldest child in a family of writers, she was a journalist, playwright, and best-selling author. but she made her name in movies. "soak would," starring meryl streep, was her first. she followed carl bernstein's affair with the wife of the british ambassador to the u.s. in journalism. but it is open " when harry met sally" what -- that recast her in the modern romantic comedy. it was a massive hit at the box office. she followed it with open " sleepless in seattle. derouchie directed as well as co wrote. it proved such 8 -- she directed as well as co-wrote. it proved such a hit for tom hanks and meg ryan that they followed it with "you've got mail." she directed meryl streep in her most recent film, a biography of the chef julia child. she talks of her admirer. >> what is he would really like to do? >> eat. >> it received the best reviews of her career

who else, who else but nora ephron could write "silkwood" and "harry met sally."actly one writer among us who could do those two wonderful pieces of work. and speaking of "harry met sally," billy crystal put out this statement today. "i'm very sad to learn of nora's passing. she was a brilliant writer and humorist. being her harry to meg's sally will always have a special place in my heart. i was very lucky to get to say her words." i feel like i was very lucky to get to know her. never had the great honor of working with her, and what we are all trying to remind ourselves of today is just how lucky we were to have her and to be able to enjoy her work. our thoughts tonight with her husband, nick palegi, a great writer in his own right. her sons, jacob and max. read about her. get online, read the storiy abot her tonight. read about how this daughters of writers grew up to be a great writer and director. let's look at her work. >> hi, how you doing? >> i'm in the pink. oh, god! >> i have to go. >> where you going? >> i have to go with him. >> no! >> i'll be okay. i

our facebook question, what is your favorite nora ephron movie.e. won the first oscar in the early '80s for "silkwood," also starring meryl streep. share your movie on facebook. wnnfans.com. @ >>> this morning on "world news now" -- colorado burning. tens of thousands of people are forced out as the flames spread and threaten new areas. >> the evacuations under way this morning at the air force academy just before one of the most important days of the year there. it's wednesday, june 27th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> happy wednesday, everyone. i'm paula faris. >> i'm rob nelson. we'll get to the major developments in colorado and utah in just a second. from that extreme we'll turn to another one that of course is the widespread flooding in florida after tropical storm debby's nonstop downpours. why the threat now moves from the coastline to florida's overflowing rivers. >> so much saturation getting down there. >>> we're going to turn to campaign politics. how mitt romney and president obama, how they're reacting to the supreme

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. >>> this morning, hollywood is mourning the loss of a legend, 71-year-old nora ephron, the prolific writer, who is talents spanned page, stage and screen, died after a battle with leukemia. a highly successful screenwriter, director, producer and author, she was best known for her comedic hits, "sleepless in seattle" and "when harry met sally." writing was in ephron's blood before making it on the big screen. she started out as a journalist. her second marriage was to watergate journalist carl bernstein, she turned into "heartburn" starring meryl streep, upon the news of ephron's death, streep released a statement praising her. well now here's your first look at other news going on around america today. in california, a big rig and 18 other vigs were involved in a massive freeway pileup north of los angeles. 15 people were injured, one victim said he felt a tremendous impact followed by thr more crashes. officials say the driver of the big rig was going too fast around a curve and couldn't stop in time. >>> in new jersey don't tell snoo snooki, there's a boardwalk on the jersey shor

earlier tonight, nora ephron who wrote that film screen play died of leukemia after a lengthy illness. ephron wrote and/or directed 15 mills, many of which were ex -- 15 films, many of which were extremely well received. seeps in seattle which was -- seepless in seattle sleepless in seattle -- sleepless in seattle. nora ephron dead at the age of 71. >>> ever since the jury said guilty, daily life has changed so drastically for jerry sandusky. >> and now we're learning just how much it has changed. sandusky stuck in a county jail cell all by himself kept away from the other inmates. he's allowed two pair of shoes, six pair of white underwear, sox and under shirts. -- socks and under shirts. he can have his wedding ring, a bible. no more than 10 personal photos. and after he's sentenced, he will be moved to a state prison where he can mix with those other inmates. >>> well, tonight debbi is doing a slow slide to the east across florida. that's a huge storm that's now been downgraded to a tropical depression. and that word depression, well, that pretty much sums it up for those watching

there is just no one else like her, nora ephron. >> yeah, yeah. so smart, karlcarol. so witty and so funny. she wrote a lot of romantic comedies. good morning. she wrote a lot of romantic comedies but what she did in writing those stories, she still gave women a really strong voice in her movies. and i think that did a lot for women's characters in hollywood. and i know so many talking to people yesterday and getting reaction from hollywood, that was the thing that a lot of people appreciated most about nora ephron, that she took women's roles, flipped them on their head and still gave them, you know, this really strong role but while still being funny and sexy and smart and everything. and i love that about her movies. >> yeah. nischelle turner, by the way, hello to you too. i forgot to say hello because i was lost in my memories of those movies. because i have seen each and every one of them more than once. >> i know. exactly. >>> let's talk about "the today show" and ann curry. everybody knows by now that ann curry is leaving nbc, but her successor supposedly has b

we will look at the life and accomplishments of the late nora ephron. >> a live look outside on this wednesday morning. >> adam caskey in the belfort furniture weather center. get ready for heat and humidity. it will be back with a vengeance over the next couple days, especially by friday into the weekend. we have one last comfortable day with low humidity and a refreshing northwesterly breeze. there is very hot air in the midsection of the country. that will slide over washington over the next couple days. we will be in the thick of it this weekend. seven degrees right now in washington. much cooler in outlying areas. 61 in winchester, 47 in petersburg, west virginia. 64 in gaithersburg, 61 in lexington park. low humidity today with a breeze out of the northwest. upper 90s by friday. some storms possible friday through sunday. >> pretty comfortable right now as far as traffic around the beltway. we have overnight construction clearing on the interstate. no accidents or surprises. we will take you top 270 near clarksburg, moving at speed as well near father hurley and shady grove roa

nora ephron became all three in fields where few women soared as so high. born in 1941 to screenwriting parents, she began her career as a journalist in new york. in short order, she gained notice for biting humor and a gift for turning a phrase. in essay collections-- "i feel bad about my neck" and "i remember nothing"-- she expounded on everything from divorce, to aging, to failure. by the early '80s, ephron-- who was born and still lived on manhattan's upper west side-- had turned to screenwriting. she explained to pbs' charlie rose in 2010. >> i think there was a certain moment i realized i had to make movies in order to make enough money to live as a writer in new york city and not have to move to some... some place like new jersey. >> there's nothing wrong with living in new jersey. >> i'm just saying you don't live there and i don't live there. >> that's true. >> it would have been okay but it wasn't what i had in mind. >> ifill: her first movie was "silkwood", in 1983, directed by mike nichols and starring meryl streep. >> you didn't even have the d

we'll show you the joy nora ephron brought to all of us. it's very important to understand how math and science kind of makes the world work. in high school, i had a physics teacher by the name of mr. davies. he made physics more than theoretical, he made it real for me. we built a guitar, we did things with electronics and mother boards. that's where the interest in engineering came from. so now, as an engineer, i have a career that speaks to that passion. thank you, mr. davies. >>> i love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out. i love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. i love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you're looking at me like i'm nuts. i love that after i spend a day with you, i can still smell your perfume on my clothes. and i love that you are the last person i want to talk to before i go to sleep at night. and it's not because i'm lonely. and it's not because it's new year's eve. i came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you w

. >>> remembering nora ephron. the gifted writer, director and filmmaker that gives us classics such as "when harry met sally" has died. >>> mother's little helper. mothers step into the shadows with the pills they say turn them into supermoms. but what about the risks. >> and what a scream. dad is freaked out, his daughter's delighted. and that's teaching us all something brand new about the generation gap. [ screaming ] >>> good evening. diane is off tonight. and we begin with dueling disasters. tropical storm debby is barreling through the gulf, dumping more than 2 feet of water in 24 hours. florida is saturated in a state of emergency tonight. and in florida today, president obama called governor rick scott to offer his personal condolences and federal help, vowing that no need will go unmet as florida faces this challenge. meantime in the west, wildfires are raging out of control sending plumes of smoke 20 feet high as blistering heat shatters records and scorches colorado. our extreme weather team is spanned