my wife, portia. another surfer? environmental lawyer.cute record companies who withhold royalties from elderly blues musicians. (sighing continues) (grunting) um, why don't we discuss it over dinner? discuss what? things that you're desperately missing from your life that you never knew you needed. cool. see you at 6:00. (birds cawing) so, surfing is really your job? yeah, i earned a couple million on the tour last year. just for standing on a thing? mmm. wow. your house is perfect. no sharp corners, no unsafe balconies, a cool grandpa. i love two things: shutting up and giving away money. ooh, thanks, dad. what's that stone around your neck? it's a promise stone. it signifies that if i ever get to be a burden, i just jump in a volcano. wow. i assumed the jackson five were the only perfect family, but now i see there's another. princeton, b.a., oxford, m.a. i smell a rhodes. no, i turned it down because cecil rhodes was such a racist. (sighs) uh, say, listen, portia. how would you and mav feel about... um, swinging? uh, with you guys? uh

i love you all and portia, what can i say, you have the most beautiful, talented, amazing wife. the mark twain prize is an absolute honor and i would like to end by sharing my favorite mark twain quote. "don't you worry your pretty little mind." "people throw rocks at things that shine." "and life makes love look hard." that was actually taylor swift, but she does have a point. [audience laughs]. thank you so much, thank you so much everybody! [audience applause]. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ narrator: find a web exclusive performance by loudon wainwright iii. watch the show online and learn more about the mark twain prize and its past winners at pbs.org/twainprize. corporate funding for this program was provided by. american airlines and its regional partners serve 250 cities and 50 countries with more than 3,400 daily flights throughout the world. we are proud of our support of arts programming on public television. and the kennedy center, mark twain prize for american humor. and by, capital one offers a broad spectrum of financial products and services to consumers, small businesses and comme

she tweeted today, it's official, i'm hosting the oscars and i'd like to thank the academy, my wife portia there goes the orchestra. >>> and tonight we have a new claim about the cross where jesus died. archaeologists found a piece of wood in the ruins of an ancient church in turkey hidden inside a stone chest. tonight they're trying to confirm the date of the wooden relic and its place of origin, and if it's possible that it's a piece of the cross that somehow traveled from calgary where jesus was crucified 1,100 miles to that church in turkey. >>> and a personal note about a beloved member of our abc family. >> herbert kaplow. abc news, at the state department. >> herb kaplow has died. he was one of the true grit straight talk journalists of our time covering civil rights, presidential campaigns, making all of us at home feel as if we were in the front row too. i just want to say personally to the new kids, you could count on his guidance and his kindness. as one of those former new kids, sadness for his family tonight. herb kaplow was 86 years old. >>> and when we come back here, oprah

. >> they had everyoyone -- ellen and portia, don cheadle and kristen bell. we got to talk about the lady gaga pics because we can't show them to you. >> she showed up at the charteau marmont in a sheer and i mean sheer sequined jumpsuit with a bra and thong underneath. >> go for it, gaga. >> this is how youide in style. >> johnson, jay z and blue ivy rolling t to the hamptons in their rolls royce convertible. >> you know the carter family as to roll out big-time. check out these pics of alec and hilaria baldwin hanging out with gwyneth paltrow at the author's night for the east hampton library. hilalaria, how are you feelin >> feeling good but ready r the baby to come. >> our baby boom at "extra" continues because our own a.j. calloway just had his baby this morning. >> so happy for you, man. congratulations, a.j. amy bell calloway, great name. healthy, beautiful, welcome to he club. sharon sto's new movie, "lovelace" rolled into theaters and sharon is almost unrecognizable as amanda seyfried's mom. >> she's an award winning actress lending her talents to a

no, ellen degeneres, portia de rossi, emily blunt, all, tons of cool people, fun people. >> talk abouthris brown. he had some sort of medical issue. >> chris brown on friday had a seizure while in a recording studio. >> he's so young. >> i know. who knows what's going on there. but he -- >> it says a nonepileptic seizure. >> i am also not a doctor. i don't know -- >> yeah, apparently why are you here with all the buzz on stuff you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. >> he was treated by his doctor the next day because he refused treatment apparently that night. but his publicist blamed it on the ongoing legal battles and negative -- >> fatigue and intense emotional stress. >> and all the negative publicity. >> stop reading it. >> exactly. >> make music. have a life. >> making a drama out of it. >> what everyone is talking about and kathie lee and i have yet to see this, "breaking bad." >> this is the final season. >> it's the final season. >> it's the final season. >> too late for us. >> i don't watch it either because i only like tv shows that involve attractive people.

my wife, portia, and there goes the orchestra. >> ellen has a love of cinema.and familiar. i think that work she does with her audience on her daytime show and the kind of interviewing she does, makes her a really good fit for this. >> reporter: degeneres joins steve martin, whoopie goldberg and billy crystal as a repeat emcee of the king of all award shows. but she has a long way to go if she wants to top bob hope's 18 times. >> this is hollywood's most exciting giveaway show. her friendly charge and jabs and self-deprecating jokes, winning over the crowd that she first hosted in 2007. >> this has been a dream of mine since i was a little girl. >> reporter: the world waits with bated breath to see how she will top the star-studded skits. pitching scripts to martin scorsese. and posing for picks with clint eastwood. >> do you mind? >> reporter: and giving directions to steven spielberg. >> make it more even on both sides. >> reporter: that bringing gold for the academy, with nearly 40 million viewers pane a daytime talk show host, sweeping up an emmy nod, for h

when he is speaking against portia, it will say -- shia, it will say on the crawl, "anti- shia says this when he is speaking against americans, it says "nationalist cleric says this." [laughter] >> maybe taking it a little different direction. i am a medical doctor and also on the faculty of the harvard school of public health. we are interested in the psychological effects of war. i am interested in the effects on journalists. i do a lot of work with walter reed, military troops with significant injuries and incredible visible wounds of war. i am sure this is your sensitivity and your presence, it has an important impact on your view. i am wondering if anyone is asking about the health of journalists, to be able to sustain yourself and do that work. the emotional aspect of dealing with conflict. >> we have seen a lot of horrific stuff over the last decade. >> i feel like my experience mirrors some of my friends that our soldiers -- are soldiers.. some guys don't want to admit the their commander what they're going through because they will not get picked for the next mission. word gets

ellen, as you well know, i absolutely love you and portia. countless others. you have changed america. you have changed the world. we didn't have a voice 'til there was you. we didn't have visibility 'til there was you. and quite simply, we didn't have the level of hope that we have now 'til there was you. so with that, i've chosed what i think is the perfect song to sing in your honor. meredith wilson's timeless classic, "'til there was you." ♪ ♪ sean hayes: there were bells. ♪ ♪ on the hill. ♪ but i never heard them ringing. ♪ ♪ no i never ra, ta, ta, ta. ♪ ♪ 'til there was you. ♪ there were birds. ♪ in the sky. ♪ but i never saw them winging. ♪ ♪ no i never ra, ta, ta, ta. ♪ ♪ 'til there was you. ♪ and there was music. ♪ ♪ and there were ra, ta, ta roses. ♪ ♪ they tell. [snoring]. ♪ me. ♪ in the sweet fragrant meadows ♪ ♪ of dawn and dew. ♪ there was love all around. ♪ ♪ but i never heard it singing. ♪ ♪ no i never ra, ta, ta, ta. ♪ ♪ 'til there was. ♪ you. ellen degeneres: you know what might be funny? if uh, if you ask me if my character

when he is speaking against portia, it will say -- shia, it will say on the crawl, "anti-shia says this." when he is speaking against americans, it says "nationalist cleric says this." >> maybe taking it a little different direction. i am a medical doctor and also on the faculty of the harvard school of public health. we are interested in the psychological effects of war. i am interested in the effects on journalists. i do a lot of work with walter reed, military troops with significant injuries and incredible visible wounds of war. i am sure this is your sensitivity and your presence, it has an important impact on your view. i am wondering if anyone is asking about the health of journalists, to be able to sustain yourself and do that ork. the emotional aspect of dealing with conflict. >> we have seen a lot of horrific stuff over the last ecade. >> i feel like my experience mirrors some of my friends that our soldiers -- are soldiers.. some guys don't want to admit the their commander what they're going through because they will not get picked for the next mission. word gets out that yo

. >> look, portia, bmw sells cars for $100,000. nobody bats an eye about that. but anybody who spent a lot of time in the driver's seat of a tesla model s nobody would question that price for that car. the performance is absolutely on parwith luxury car from german, british and japanese automakers. even more functionality. you don't have an engine. that whole hood space is for luggage. seating for seven. two kids in rear facing back seats in the back and have room leftover for luggage there. functionality, comfort, the performance of the car is absolutely amazing. i've never been in a car when you're going 65 on the highway and step on the gas and it just takes off like a rocket. >> watching you drive one right now and it is a beautiful car. i don't know, i can't imagine, i would blink an eye, but i suppose if i was a gazillionaire i would not blink an eye. people who buy these cars, is it their primary car? the plug-in things are not available in parts of the city. >> if you talk to nissan, the nissan leaf can only go about 80 miles where tesla can go 300. they

he had been in berlin visiting with laura portias who was the filmmaker who worked with greenwald onsclosures. he was bringing back computer equipment that she gave him. he was acting as, as they say, a mule so he was carrying stuff that the british government said was related to terrorism. now that may be a stretch. it is not a stretch to say that it contained government stolen documents and material. it wasn't like they picked miranda out simply because they didn't like his partner. they had evidence that he was transferring stolen material. >> if you look at it from the side of the government and the police, they want that material. is what they did legal? >> well, again, i don't want to pretend that i know every in and out of british law here, but certainly when you enter a country you surrender a certain number of rights. it's a very different situation than when you're already there. we all go through customs. we all give up our belongings for research. something else happened yesterday in this case where the london authorities went to the guardian newspaper -- >> offices. >> r

i'd like to thank the academy, my wife portia. oh, dear. there goes the orchestra.rtainly not ellen's first trip to the oscar rodeo, if you will. she hosted the academy awards once before back in 2007. >>> let's get started. >> everyone, spread out and hide. spread out and hide. find a place to hide. go over there. >> a school shooting, bullying, teen pregnancy, homo swsexualit. it may be a comedy drama series but "glee" is not afraid of the heavy stuff. they will have to grapple its toughest subject so far, the death of one of its own. an episode is currently in the works written around cory monteith found in a toronto hotel room just last month dead from a fatal cocktail of heroin and alcohol. with me, stacy kaiser, psychotherapist. let me begin here, krista, with you. we know that during this third episode fox is airing public service announcements about substance abuse. this is the storyline that has people talking and mourning. cory monteith's character will die not from drugs. we did a whole special here on cnn about sort of the uptick in heroin. especially in

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discrimination, religiousism, on basis, not only between muslims and christians, but also between sunni and portiatween whoever is not muslim brothers, and who is muslim brothers. time, we found this kind of polarization is affecting the human relations between the people themselves. behavior, which is well known with a peaceful attitudes, is changing. second, complete absence of security. the rate of crime has risen dramatically and people started to feel, for the first time in history of egypt, that we are on safe and -- unsafe. why? the police were fragmented. in january, presents were opened, weapons were smuggled, all prisoners were out. this is another long story. the fact is, security was rather absent. you foreigners visiting, felt if you went to certain areas, you would be advised to watch out. maybe some of you were subject to harassment or whatever. host: their perspective on the situation in the gym this morning. --"the miami herald" we are taking your calls and comments on this story. among those killed, 43 police officers and one western journalist, a mythographer for sky news. this

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i'd like to thank the academy and my wife portia. >> second time she had the gig. here, the departed won best picture. >> look at you. >> that's because it was right up there in front of me. >> somebody did the research for me. last year we had seth macfarland. it's a tough gig. that's the hardest job in the world. >> billy crystal is the master at it. >> but ellen is universally loved. she has 21 million twitter followers which puts her in the league with lady gaga and justin bieber. she is a huge star with broad appeal. >> that's the key, i think, for the oscars is that perhaps less controversial than a golden globes hosting. they tend to be more of the old school, old hollywood. >> you didn't hear much criticism of this choice. it's a good pick. meanwhile -- >> this is the story everybody is talking about. >> did you see this clip? kids week on jeopardy last week. one moment from wednesday's episode very controversial. this is an 8th grader. he is saying now that he was cheated by jeopardy and in particular by trebec. >> take a look. >> abraham lincoln called th

. >> they had everyone -- ellen and portia, don cheadle and kristen bell.se we can't show them to you. >> she showed up at the charteau marmont in a sheer and i mean sheer sequined jumpsuit with a bra and thong underneath. >> go for it, gaga. >> this is how you ride in style. >> johnson, jay z and blue ivy rolling out to the hamptons in their rolls royce convertible. >> you know the carter family as to roll out big-time. check out these pics of alec and hilaria baldwin hanging out with gwyneth paltrow at the author's night for the east hampton library. hilaria, how are you feeling? >> feeling good but ready for the baby to come. >> our baby boom at "extra" continues because our own a.j. calloway just had his baby this morning. >> so happy for you, man. congratulations, a.j. amy bell calloway, great name. healthy, beautiful, welcome to he club. sharon stone's new movie, "lovelace" rolled into theaters and sharon is almost unrecognizable as amanda seyfried's mom. >> she's an award winning actress lending her talents to a worthy cause. with me, sharon stone, w