the cable operator calls up bob pittman and he says, "pittman, get that [ bleep ] commercial off theman, the head -- the c.o. said, "oh, i'll take it off right away." and the cable operator said, "but, listen, pittman, i'll take it." >> he said, "you'll take what?" "i'll take mtv." he said, "why?" because we're getting thousands of phone calls. so he went through the country and -- >> jimmy: and you made -- and now it's mtv. and now we have "teen mom 2." exactly. [ laughter and applause ] this is one of my favorite "esquire" covers. i know you're good friends with the great, muhammad ali. and you have just an amazing photo. but you have an amazing story, i just want to tell it if you don't mind, the one about when he wanted to go for a walk with you. >> muhammad -- great fun, wonderful man. we were at his training camp and he said, listen -- it was ten degrees below zero outside -- he says let's go for a walk. i say, it's cold out there. he said, "george, let's go for a walk." we went for a walk, i said, this guy's crazy. he said, hey, george. i said, yeah? he says, "you know, i've g

we were paraded in front of the pittman parents. >> ginger zee escorted by ron claiborne. >> party townh the promenade it was time to head out to the dance. translation, limo time. >> let's do it. no sooner had we arrived at the dance when we found out that a prom king and queen had already been selected. >> turns out the student body had put us to a vote earlier in the night. >> who is it going to be? i guess we'll find out. >> prom king -- ron claiborne. we crown our queen -- bianna golodryga! >> i never won anything like this in my life. >> so glad we had a couple of official prom portraits as keepsakes of the moment. >> then, there was our first royal dance. >> got to give it to ron he has some 21st century moves. >> it was hard for me to keep up. >> 21st century high school students prom it up? they do it in style. >> no doubt about it. we had the time of our life prom night. >> thank you, pittman for the memories. >> that was fun. >> come on. >> now's your chance. >> at the top of the broadcast, i threw out my knee while on that prom. >> my back hurts. >> we want to thank everyone

pittman would ever walk again. they now say he's regained some feeling on and off in his legs and despite a long and difficult period of rehabilitation ahead, they're optimistic. brian todd, cnn, moore, oklahoma. >> we wish him a complete recovery. >>> quick reminder, here's how you can help the people of moore. just go to cnn.com/impact. you'll find links to aid organizations that are doing very, very good work. again, the web address, cnn.com/impact. >>> up next, chilling images to anyone taking their family on the road this weekend. a bridge in a river. we'll take you where it happened, get the latest on the investigation and talk to an expert who says america is badly overdue for a lot of homeland improvement. >>> up later, the u.s. army sergeant at the center of a sex abuse allegation. the army sergeant who was supposed to be preventing sex abuse. see what a "360" investigation reveals. nom, nom, nom. ♪ the one and only, cheerios dave's always wanted to do when he retires -- keep working, but for himself. so a

this is turlock's pittman high school. the guy's a rock star there.rnick was there to honor the graduates and a former coach who was stepping down retiring. pittman's principal arranged kaepernick's visit which was a surprise to everyone. kaepernick was a three sports star at the high school before he graduated not too long ago, 2006. >>> 5:46. next half hour coming up expect big delays on the transbay tube this morning. >> reporter: major bart delays, delays that will probably dribble on to the roadways because people will be driving instead of taking bart. we'll explain it all to you and give you our best advice coming up next. >> and flames tear through a popular restaurant for bay area foodies. how a fire will impact san francisco's chez spencer. >> and a lot of hugs and cheers as an arizona mom wrongly accused of smuggling drugs walks out of a mexican jail. the evidence that set her free coming up. ,,,, female narrator: sleep train challenged its manufacturers sleep train challenged its manufacturers to offer even lower prices. but the mattress p

pittman would ever walk again. they now say he has recently regained some feeling on and off in his legs and despite a long period of rehabilitation ahead, they're now optimistic. wolf? >> he has some family members with important milestones. he was preparing for those when the tornado hit. tell our viewers about that. >> that's right. his mother kathleen has a birthday today. his little boy turned 7 years old yesterday and they had to cancel the birthday party for him. they have their father. >> they certainly do. all right, brian still in moore, oklahoma, covering the story for us. much more on oklahoma coming up later here in "the situation room." >>> also coming up get this. a billionaire investor's outrageous comments saying the last thing wall street needs is a nursing mother. >>> also coming up disturbing new information about iran's capabilities and the way it could strike america's power grids. stay with us. nom, nom, nom. ♪ the one and only, cheerios no♪, nom, nom. chances are, you're not made of money, s

pittman fifty. welcome back to crossfire all things considered i'm peter lavelle to mind you were talking about whether atheism is a religion. ok rob i'm going to go back to you in the middle of a pearl of wisdom go right ahead well i was saying that just because you're at a desk pot like pol pot or stalin is has nothing to do with religion it's it's more about political tyranny there is political tyranny from the ayatollah khomeini who was wildly religious so you can't say that a godless country is going to produce morally you know bad people and i was also adding that when we're talking about wars and slaughter the crusades were pretty bad the the irish and the the english seem to be from fighting over religion for years and then there was this thing called the spanish inquisition that wasn't very nice to my people another thing i want to point out about religion organized religion that i find flabbergasting to me is the intractability of religious groups i mean the catholics wonder why their popu

a pittman tradition where the couples line up and are presented to the community.t, that's where the word prom comes from. >> it was in the promenade line where i discovered my gown wasn't so unique after all. i was having a beverly hills 90210 moment. remember when kelly and brenda wore the same dress on prom night? >> you said that you weren't going to buy it. >> well, i changed my mind. >> i like your dress. >> i like your dress. >> turned out i had a twin as well. you tell me, who wore it better? >> bianna golodryga and dan harris. >> then showtime. we were paraded in front of the pitman parents. >> ginger zee escorted by ron claiborne. >> party time! >> with the promenade over, it was time to head out to the site of the dance. translation, limo time. >> all right, all right. >> let's do this. no sooner had we arrived at the dance when we found out that a prom king and queen had already been selected. how about "gma" king and queen? >> turns out the student body had put us to a vote earlier in the night. >> who is it going to be? who is it going to be? i guess

with the frightening scene playing out pittman literally called in marin county's mounted sheriff's posse. >> it was floating inside the well in about 15 to 20 feet of water. >> this was frightening because the only thing out of the water was his nostrils and his eyes. >> reporter: in addition to marching in parades and performing search and rescues the posse of mainly volunteers train for rescues. >> we can make a strap out of a piece of fire hose that i carry in my truck. i have this wide strap that we used as a sling. >> reporter: in a move worthy of mcgiver the men use this. >> you can't lift 1,100 pounds clear in a tractor so a crane is really about the best way to go. >> a crane showed up and hosted buddy out of the well with just a few scrapes. >> he stepped out of the slings like he had been doing it before. then touched the ground. it was a beautiful landing. >> reporter: it is safe to say the members of the posse didn't touch the ground either. >> nearly as good as finding a lost person. you want to get the horse out alive. >> that is a remarkably calm horse because they get spo

yeah, the 49ers' quarterback, and pittman alum collin kaepernick showed up to honor two teachers retiring. he gave a speech to the grads an thanked his former coach and teachers. they were surprised as well, because they didn't know he was coming. he worked out the surprise with the school principal. he is a looker. 5:54, and kids are headed out on summer vacation starting next week and headed to the beach and the pool. scott mcgrew has an indestruckable phone for them on this gadget friday. >> yes, and moms, too, who chase kids around and to that i will add dads, too. it is called the torque, and first ruggedized phone and android phone built to military specs to resist shock endured and even water damage as well. so to prof ie it, we ran this i our conference room. it sleeps with the fishes. we will do it again, ladies and gentlemen, live on television coming up at 6:55. why? because i have this base and this phone, and we are going to call it in the water, and the reason we are doing it later is that if it does not work this time, i'd have a waterlogged phone next time. so if you go th

welcome to both of you thanks for joining us jason first of all we just saw that video of carmen pittman being tasered by the police what did you see when you were there what happened and what's carmen's backstory understand you're familiar yes so common she saw her mother her grandmother was sick and was dying and they found out that she had a predatory loan. i'm for a home the she's on since one thousand nine hundred since the fifty's and so it was going to cost a million dollars over a million dollars to pay off that loan so she thought for over a year to be able to keep that home and that sort of how she came into this and so she saw you know all the all the all the predatory loans that folks were getting and dealing with the runaround that the banks were giving so that's how she got got connected with everything and what happened when she was to so folks were linked arms so they were sitting there linked arms in nonviolent civil disobedience in the police front of the d.o.j. front of the d.o.j. they stayed the night there was a rest the night before. and some folks would say the nig

and also, cicely tyson, you know, between "sounder" and "roots" and jane pittman, those are the characters you know, only a few networks out there and those were the events that said i want to be like her. i want to do that role. i want to emulate what she has done and do it with such class. and the fact that i can share the stage with her is extraordinary. >> must be a thrill. we want to ask you, too bring nancy in with this the work you are doing with bayer aspirin. >> fascinating. why heart disease? >> it's funny. it seems like it's all full circle. in the show, we talk about having sinking spells and i'm saying your heart, it is your heart. i teamed one bayer aspirin because of my own heart history. my grandmother died of 28 of a heart attack, my dad's mom. my mom's mom died at 64 of a heart attack. heart health has been absolutely from the very beginning. and we are kicking off a campaign about the handbags and hearts, which is about this little packet. but women carrying aspirin and bayer aspirin in their pocketbooks because we all don't leave the house without our handbag and our pu