tonight a conversation with renee russo who starred in "tin cup" with kevin costner to films with pierce brosnan. "nightcrawler" takes us from the murky world of news to violent crimes that win the ratings race. glad you joined us. a conversation with rene russo coming up right now. ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >>> over the course of her career, rene russo has starred in blockbusters such as "lethal weapon" "line of fire," and one of my all-time favorites, "thomas crowne affair," with pierce brosnan. "night crawlers" is a story of if it bleeds it leads, still sadly, rules the airwaves. it was written and directed by her husband, dan gilroy. first a look at a scene from" nig-- from "nightcrawler." >> we find our viewers are more interested in urban crime creeping into the suburbs. what that means is a victim or victims, preferably well off and white, injured at the hand of a minority. accident, cars, buses, trains, fires -- >> blood? >> graphic. the best and clearest way i can phrase it to you, to capture the spirit of what we air, is think of

. >> what about pierce brosnan? you didn't like him? >> i'm waiting for denzel washington to do it.he's the one. one day he will do it. >> 29 degrees in carol stream. cortland at 30. borland park at 31. let's check out our region. looking at the potential for freezing drizzle. not seen any reports. just remember, as the temperatures get close to freezing, there is a bit of a brisk drizzle and it will turn to ice. 38 degrees will be the temperature by 5:00 p.m.. saturday and sunday and monday are much like the day before. let's check out traffic. >> talking about these icing road conditions paired with a four have a lot of accidents. don't know if they are related but we don't want to take it easy. the car into a light pole they're working to clear that out but that intersection is blocked. that's just one of several accidents. one on the outbound at lamont taking out the far left lane. that's a new accident. also watching the tri-state northbound at the oasis. they just clear this out where a car slammed into the back of a semi truck. then we have the one on 55 partially blocking th

i might have gone to a pierce brosnan there. >> let me return the favor.. >> now for some believable accents, different kind of british invasion. "downton abbey" begins in just a few weeks. the men and women who serve the crowley family. five members of the cast with us this morning, hugh bonneville, and james collier. good morning to all of you. if you had to surmise the season in one word -- >> long. >> do you need to attach a warning label on this season? i'm still not over the death of matthew crowley. are there any gut-wrenching, soul-killing story lines you need to warn us about? >> nothing quite as extreme as that. but the usual roller coaster, you know. you have to bring your hanky for some episodes and be prepared to laugh out loud as well. >> we find upstairs and downstairs in 1924. in season one it was 1912. a lot of time has passed. you guys don't age at all. >> we don't. >> what kind of face treatments did they have? we find a lot of change which makes it interesting for the characters. edith we began in season one not really liking. now my he