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the stars of "harry potter" open up about the very last potter movie ever. >> i kind of wept like a child. on that last day. >> the most successful film franchise in history. >> children are sometimes scared at movies. they think i can do a spell. that i'm really magic in real life. >> and it's coming to an end. >> i'm just really to be grateful. i've loved every day of it. >> never-before-seen footage of the making of voldemort. behind-the-scene secrets finally revealed, and an exclusive clip of the final harry potter movie you will not see anywhere else. daniel radcliffe, emma watson, rupert grint, helena bonham carter, james and oliver phelps and tom felton. they're all here on the "larry king special." "harry potter: the final chapter." >> cut. great work. >> action! >> larry: i'm coming to you from harry potter the exhibition here in new york city. you might recognize harry's griffindor dorm room. it's right behind me. >> you know, whether you're a muggle, a half-blood or a full blown wizard, it may be hard to believe that one of hollywood's most successful film franchises ever is ab

i'm tom felton and i'm in the "harry potter films." year, and i've been very, very lucky to have been in it the last ten years and want add chance to say thank you very much and i really hope you enjoy the last film. >> larry: in "harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2" gone is the innocence of childhood. harry, hermione and ron face real danger. life and death. >> a different film, really. it's all kind of intense. >> what we see -- >> i mean, it was -- the last two films were dark for me to play them, and to be in that world every day. and we did so many scenes where there was so much adrenaline and fear required. it was really intense. genuinely. >> larry: like millions of charon around the world, huge fans of harry potter. >> whenever i was reading the books, i always thought that, felt a strong connection. even a look alike conversation that was in the paper, and, yeah. i won the best ron. >> i loved those books. my dad used to read them to my brother and i. i just loved them, and i always, always loved hermione. >> larry: wa

the last harry potter. how's that feel?> you know, very, very strange considering we've done it for ten years. but a wonderful feeling of particularly very very proud of this last film and it's the best out of all of them, i think. yeah, i'm very, very excited. >> also excited, the millions of harry potter fans around the world who have been waiting years for this finale. >> from what i could see from just shooting it, it's pretty epic. i think we do -- we do it justice. yeah, i do. >> now, join me, harry, and confront your faith. >> it's very serious. voldemort is rising again and really quite disturbing as we're losing characters we have known since the first book. i think it's going to be really shocking just to see the cast collapse into this kind of burning piles of rubble. >> come on, tom, let's finish this the way we started, together. >> "harry potter and the deathly hallows: part 2" is sure to be the biggest movie event of the summer, and we'll give fans the ending they've been waiting to see since we first met the

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and from spring next year at the harry potter experience tour and studios outside london where potter was shot. it's being built now by cnn sister company, warner brothers. and then there are all of those unofficial tours in london. clearly -- potter mania will not disappear among the deathly hallows. jim bolden, cnn, london. >> we're having a debate. i think she makes more money than zuckerberg from facebook. how would you like to score free tickets? we teamed up with z104 and we have our hands on some. head to our website right now at abc2news.com. and click on the link under the spotlight section. >>> coming up all new for you at 6:00, it was a shocking end of the fourth of july celebration at the inner harbor. in an abc2 news exclusive, you're going to hear from the man who saw the aftermath of a deadly stabbing and held the victim's head. and it was a special reunion in east baltimore, while families continue to make the annual visit to the children's center. those stories and more coming up all new for you tonight at 6:00. ♪ [ female announcer ] everybody loves that cushiony fee

here's the trailer for "harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2." >> harry potter:. you have fault valiantly. you've allowed your friends to die for you rather than face me yourself. join me. confront your fate. >> i don't want any of you to die for me. >> we finish this the way we started. >> nobody can live forever. >> rose: "harry potter's" magical adventure along with his two best friends ron and hermoine have served as a cultural phenomenon for fans. the series books and film have created an entertainment juggernaut. since she first published the first book, the series has sold close to 450 cops worldwide. so for the film sersave earned $6.4 billion at the box office. joining to tk about this, nancy gibbs of "time" magaze, david denby of the "new yorker" and paul needham of the hung on the post. so you have written about this phenomenon. what is it? >> well, it started out as a phenomenon about a book that was popular with children but that was a long time ago. it's been much bigger than that. by the time this book that this movie is based on came out, it sold 1

exactly when harry potter started. i was the t.v. generation and ended up being in the book generation by the end of the year. >> reporter: harry potter magic has not worn off. >> it is one of those worlds that you never want to leave. >> reporter: tonight a bitter sweet good-bye to a franchise that cast a spell over movie goers over a generation. >> my parents have star wars, i have harry potter. >> reporter: the lines are expanding as we speak. every minute it seems 20 more people get into the line. so tickets are going fast. i will tell you if you do want to go down here to santa clara and you want to see them. the imax 3d are going fast. the next showing is at 3 a.m. and i spoke to the ticket office and they said those tickets are going fast. there are some regular movie tickets. definitely selling fast though. i got the chance to speak to a couple of people who had an opportunity to see a sneak preview earlier this evening and they said of it the best movie out of the entire harry potter series. >> no problem. 3 a.m. i will be d

and from spring next year, at the harry potter experience tour, at least in studios in london where potter was shot. it's being built by cnn's sister company, warner brothers. and there are all of the unofficial tours in london. potter mania will not disappear amongst the deathly hallows. jim bolden, cnn, london. >> indeed, the magic lives on. and on. that's this edition of "world business today." sadly, we're going to have to say farewell for now. thanks for joining us. i'm andrew stevens in hong kong. >> i'm charles hudson in london. good-bye for now.

rowling has joined with sony to create a home for the background potter material, potter discussionspotter fans once signed up will answer questions which will place them in one of the four hogwart houses. there will be room for users to have their own potter web pages. everything will be free, rowling says it's her way of giving back to fans. >> you don't have to pay to get the extra material. you don't have to buy a single thing to go on to pottermore and have the whole experience you've just seen. and that was really important to me. >> reporter: though the site will be the only place to buy potter e-books. rowling has kept the digital rights to her material. she never before allowed e-books. these e-books will not be tied to a certain kind of electronic reader. >> people are asking for these e-books and audio books as a big demand for them. what's incredible this experience that's been created allows you to accompany the reading in a really sort of interactive and innovative way. >> reporter: and, of course, there is the official potter theme park, in orlando, florida. and from s

. >>> watch out for furious hairy potter fan -- harry potter fans at one no theater where the screen went to black. hundreds of people were watching the show last night, and at the beginning a plot twist that was not in the book, the movie went black, and dozens stormed out of the theater, missing the final minutes. workers had to call police when the fans turned rowdy in the lobby. >>> the so-called carmegedan is happening right now. even celebrities are tweeting about the closure. candice gibson looks at all the hype. >> reporter: one of the busiest freeways in the nation is shut down for the weekend. 10-mile stretch of 405 is closed until the morning rush hour. >> the contractor will know flout the weekend where it is and where it needs to be to conclude the operations by monday morning. >> reporter: a $1 billion project to widen the busy sections of the 405 linking west los angeles to the san fernando valley. the bridge at the center of the construction will be partially brought down this weekend. there's a lot of hype around the weekend. the phrase was coined because of the thre

fan. >> yeah, i'm a harry potter fan, it's awesome. >> reporter: harry potter and the deathly hollows two concludes the series based. people who grew up with harry potter say they're very sad but say that the books and films did have a positive influence on their life. the potter mania continues on our website. we have slide shows about the series and its creators. even quizzes to test your knowledge. just click on the harry potter tab. >> a final salute for a bay area hero. the sacrifices this soldier made that saved others. >>> your bay area weekend is coming up. i'll let you know if you can put those jackets away. i know you're worried about making your savings last and having enough income when you retire. that's why i'm here -- to help come up with a plan and get you on the right path. i have more than a thousand fidelity experts working with me so that i can work one-on-one with you. it's your green line. but i'll be there every step of the way. call or come in and talk with us today. >>> the trial date of two fair field mothers charged in a fatal fire that killed their four chi

. >> los seguidores de harry potter. >> tendrán que esperar un poco. >> aquí estamos en el museo de lanalmente después de tanta paciencia para ver el final de la 8a parte de harry potter. >> esperaron para ver las reliquias de la muerte parte 2. >> había una gama de personajes con los atuendos de la película y la pregunta de rigor fue sobre el final. >> está jovencita dice que mejor prefiere esperar. >> sorpresa eso espero. >> la primera promoción de potter se exibio hace una década y desde entonces se han recabado 6400 millones de dólares. >> más lo que se recaudara con la última parte. >> algunas personas aquí esperaron hasta 12 horas para ser los primeros en disfrutar de ela última saga de harry potter. >> está joven está muy emocionada. >> todavía siguen llegando personas y la primera función será a la media noche. >> para ver en 3a dimension la última parte de harry potter. >> veremos si podemos sacar un para de boletos de bajo de ela manga. >> que te falto la capa y la varita mágica. >> gracias ramón . >> el avión en que viajaba aterrizo y gloria trevi también . >> se cayó de cas

... >> reporter: "harry potter" creator j.k.ng wrote the final chapter of the seven-book series in 2007, but since then tens of thousands of amateur authors have picked up the tale. >> their imaginations just run rampant and instead of keeping it up in their heads now they can... they're, like, oh, i have this hilarious idea and i'm going to write it down and share it. >> reporter: jaida jones write what is is known as fan fiction, writers like her pen new potter plots on dozens of web sites, spinning new stories about the characters. >> i can't pick one. >> reporter: in college, jones and a friend co-authored "the shoe box project" a history of hogwarts school of magic. >> i didn't think anyone other than j.k. rowling can know exactly what the truth of the characters is but we as readers get a feeling for that truth. >> reporter: fan fiction has been around since the 19th century with stories and parodies based on "alice in wonderland," "sherlock holmes," even jane austen. but fan fiction exploded with the internet. one web sit

desde así que acá según expertos la última zaga de harry potter podría romper récord durante este fina producción de harry potter ahora sólo queda esperar para saber si la última zaga de harry potter con las médicas de la muerte parte dossier de hombros de don entre los amantes del séptimo a qué. esta buena que están volando los boletos en emoción de la tecnología, estos boletos se vendieron aproximadamente 90 minutos, a personas que en una red en la función del medianoche y otras de funciones de mañana con 30 minutos y desde que se te estrenó esta sala en ocho diferentes partes ha acumulado nada menos que 6,800,000,000 de dólares desde 50 la venta con harry potter, este reporte en vivo desde san josé, de regreso con ustedes. esta posada como si por arte de magia a saber hace un par de horas no tuvo suerte. en otros temas el registro mexicanow creara encontrado el mejor planteo de mariguana en 668 canchas de fútbol, en total fueron 120 ha localizadas en un terreno ubicado a seis horas por carretera al sur de tijuana baja california, las plantas de canabis estaban ocultas entre sembrad

you spending on harry potter? >> i don't know. i guess $400. i guess you can say a percentage of the plane tickets. >> we all get the books when they come out. we can't wait for the other one ones. >> i've lost track. >> you wish it was just $400. >> reporter: fans say it's the lure of a magical place where good will undoubtedly prevail over evil. >> they want a glimpse of the wizarding world. they know this world so well. especially the children. they've grown up with it over the last ten years. they know it so well, and they want to live a part of it. >> take it off. >> a glimpse of a world that comes at a price. as no potter tour is complete without an extra stop to pick up your $65 harry potter wand. erin mclaughlin, cnn, london. >> that's it for this edition of "world business today." good-bye for now. we'll see you in four hours time for the second edition of wbt.

the goal is to con neck film clips and learn about potter's past.rganizers say that the tours are popular. this family is critting from c -- this family is visiting from colorado. >> how much are you spending would you say, on "harry potter." >> well, i guess $400. i guess you could say a percentage of the tickets. >> well, we all get the books. we can't wait for them. we even have them on itunes, the sound track. >> i've lost track. >> you wish it was $400. >> yeah. >> well, fans like all things "harry potter." it's a lure of a place where good prevails. >>> ripkin's home run in 2001 was one of the best ever. how you can make sure that the script is an all time best -- that's coming up at 6:00. >>> six teens are under arrest for robbing three other teens. find out what happened here in pasadena. >>> republicans told you what digit they would -- district they would like you to be in. >>> also, verizon wireless changes are starting tomorrow. >>> we'll start with an incident around the bw parkway at 295. that's around the anne arundel county line. we'

we or we are live in oakland for the new and final harry potter film. it is already marking box office records. >>> los angeles officials are warning people about complete gridlock or karma get and. starting at midnight a stretch of the freeway will be shut down from 43 hours, so crews can demolish the bridge. the contractors say the highway may re-open sooner if the job goes smoothly and they can clean up ahead of schedule. >>> there are even freeway signs here in the bay area like this one along 680 in fremont warning people to stay off the 405 this weekend. the clogged freeway handles 280,000 vehicles every day. >>> a family that just moved into their oakland home may have to find a new place to live. a fire caused major damage to their victim attorney home. the fire started shortly after 10:00 p.m. firefighters managed to get the flames under control within a few minutes but not before the damage was done. one person was straighted for smoke inhalation. they are still searching for the cause. >>> it is a bittersweet day for thousands of devoted harr

the are you a harry potter fan. >> absolutely.i wouldn't be dressed up as this if i wasn't. >> i have taken the hog wart. >> they have taken their love of all things harry potter as far as possible at the mid nature present mir party at san jose tech museum. it's the final film of the franchise. harry potter and the deathly hall low part 2. >> finish where we start. >> with the movie finale comes the reality that series that created an entire generation of new readers is ending. >> like best friend. feels lick you are losing your best friend. >>reporter: because the mavie are ending. >> yes. everything is ending. like if this is part of people childhood. >> children aren't the only fans. >> harry. dark mark. if we have all 7 movies. >>reporter: david bruiner is 45. >> i always wanted take the and putting it off and i thought there's probably one thing i totally adore and that's hair ports. >>reporter: he planned the nature three months ago and got 45 tickets for all of his friends. if all over san jose campbell, milpitas and mount

harry potter movie is already working a little magic at the box office, harry potter and the deathlytwo opened this week to spell bound fans and midnight screenings, already brought in a record breaking $43.5 million. unbelievable. another film at theaters this weekend, a new version of dizzy's winnie-the-pooh. you didn't get stuck in traffic? no carmageddon for you, smooth sailing? >> no, not at all. >> the honeymooner than you are right now? >> yes. >> congratulations on that, matt. >> thank you. >> okay, so let's talk about harry potter. this is the first one of our two that we're going to kind of review right now? >> yes. >> deathly hollows part two, what did you think? >> i loved it. as someone who's watched all these movies, as someone who has enjoyed them, this is an excellent goodbye to the franchise. there's a lot of people out there who are going to be kind of sad, but this is everything you could have hoped for out of the final film. >> okay, let's take a quick look at it. >> do you think they exist, sir? >> well, i see no reason to put stock in total wives tales. >> you'r

potter film is being held in london tonight.thousands of fans turned out to say farewell to the characters who have grown up over the last 10 years. >> the boy wizard himself. in front of the fans. like many of them, he has come of age with harry potter movies. before the premiere in london, he had no comment on his alter ego. his co-stars had more to say. >> i will miss my character. >> ron became her love interest. >> it is such a huge part of my life. >> thousands of fans came from far and wide for the premiere of "the deathly hallows part 2." >> we are the three potter generation. we have so much to talk about. >> after half of their lives with harry potter, now for daniel radcliffe and others, it is all over. >> are you into the harry potter world? >> sure, i don't know how it ends, but i hope that good wins out. them always. stay tuned for " >>> the german parliament has passed controversy legislation that allows the genetic screening of embryos under certain conditions. the issue has divided governments around the world,

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. >>> the movie magic of harry potter has produced more than a decade of hollywood blockbusters. the latest film breaking box office records on this debut weekend taking in more than $168 million in the u.s. and canada. the eight-part series is now complete. and for the actors and the young fans who followed them, the end marks a coming of age. >> let's finish this the way we started. together! >> this weekend millions of americans flocked to theaters to see harry potter and his friends wage their final battle against the evil lord voldemort. as the coming of age story about the boy wizard with a lightning bolt scar -- >> you're a wizard, harry. >> i'm a what? >> -- came to an end. for more than a decade we've watched as they grew up. their characters facing challenges and slowly letting go of their childhood. >> oh, my god. i feel like i'm going to be sick, i tell you. >> while the young stars who played them literally became adults before our eyes. >> the characters are maturing. they're reaching a point of adulthood where they can understand things about good and evil. things

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, "the final chapter." >> i'm coming to you from harry potter the exhibition in new york city. you might recognize the griffendor room, behind me. whether you're a muggle or full-blown wizard, it may be hard to believe one of hollywood's most successful franchises ever is about to come to an end, from books to movies to a theme park in orlando, j.k rowling's story about a young boy's stories and a wizard is a pop culture phenomenon.

so for every book he's been one year older and so have we. >> i grew up with harry potter. i don't know what my life would have been without it. it's like sort of growing up with a friend, a real friend. so it's weird after this movie it won't be there anymore. >> whatever your view of the harry potter stories, and they do leave some people cold, this level of devotion does seem extraordinary. no other franchise has had quite this impact on a generation of children. it is the end of an era. >> very emotional. but i think it's a good time to move on. because we've all grown up now. >> the people who don't get harry potter, what do you say? >> what? i don't want to talk to you. [laughter] >> we'll keep you up to date with that and plenty more on our website, www.bbc.com/news. you're watching "bbc world news." >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global financial strength to work for a wide range of

. >>> and harry potter, before he was harry potter. with the final movie out, we look back at what he did at 11 years old, the moment he learned he beat out thousands. >>> good evening. and it's great to have you with us on this saturday night. and if you're watching this from the center o othis country, we hope you have a fan or an air conditioner. it is a sweltering night. and the first of many. 13 states are under heat warnings tonight, from texas and louisiana in the south, all the way up to the canadian border. take a look at these temperatures. the heat and humidity, making it feel well over 100 degrees in so many cities and towns. omaha, nebraska, 104. to the north in marshall, minnesota, 105. and look at this tonight. as we move into next week, the system barely moves. it just gets bigger. in a moment, we'll turn to the weather center. >>> but first, the pictures facing tens of millions of americans tonight. more than a dozen states tonight, from north and south, are sweltering from the heat. and it's just beginning. tonight, m

the first showing of the last potter movie has just wrapped up.has cast a spell on so many faithful fans. >> reporter: a tough day at work. i got to watch a little bit of the film and it does not disappoint and the fans say they saved the best for last. that's why so many people lined up here all day long, waiting to be the first to say goodbye to those characters they literally grew up with. armed with wizard robes and dressed in hogwart school uniforms -- >> what did you bring with you? >> two blankets and pillows. >> reporter: they camped out at the i max theater. >> we got here at 4:30. >> reporter: rebecca robertson wouldn't miss this. but this will be different. >> it's hard now because i am three months pregnant, so i'm not sure if oil going to make it all the way through. i might fall asleep. >> reporter: different too because the opening of harry potter marks not only the end of the most successful film franchise in modern hollywood, but also the final chapter for a generation who grew up with the main characters. >> i think i started in

the harry potter. uh-huh. lisa dunn, go mama, out of ohio there came up with this. >> she's a rapping mom from ohio. >> it's called the potter. not the harry potter. >> she's an awfully cool mom. >> she really is. she got everybody there in her ohio town onboard. they're extremely excited about the whole harry potter mania stuff. >> she's a wife. she's a mother of two. she's got her own little witch's brew right there. >> all right. thanks. we had a nice little variety in our little chat room. we're going to go back to the newsroom in a moment. thanks so much, jacqui, appreciate that. >>> we're going to be talking about casey a anthony walking free. protesters take to the streets near her parents' homes. up next, we'll take you live to orlando. automotive performance is gone. and all we have left are fallen leaves and broken dreams. oh. wait a second. that is a dodge durango. looks like american performance is doing just fine. ♪ carry on. ♪ my son and i never missed opening day. but with copd making it hard to

. >>> long lines as fans await the final harry potter film. why some adventure lovers got to see the film before tonight's opening. >>> a fallen soldier arrived home in the bay area today to be laid to rest. nick amper iii died last week in afghanistan. >> reporter: the body of nicanor amper was flown with a full military ceremony. the army staff sergeant and former marine from san jose known as nick died in combat july 6th enmy forces attacked his unit with a rocket propelled grenade in afghanistan. his proud father says he wants his son to be remembered as a strong loving man and a patriot. >> he was a great soldier. he made a promise to make sure that he sent all his men home. and because of it, he took his life for them. >> reporter: escorted by the riders, amper iii i was taken to the mortuary. the state lowered flags this past tuesday once the governor's office was notified of his death. >> it's not like there's thousands of soldiers going down, you know. my son, i mean he's like the one. and they can't get that one right. >> reporter: w

i have never watched a single second of a harry potter movie. i've never read a word of any of the books. i just don't get it either. why is the world so obsessed with harry potter if you and i, two reasonably intelligent individuals, have this completely passing us by? >> we're the two individuals who can't answer that because we haven't read or watched harry potter. so we can't analyze the charm of it. i wrote about that because it's just weird, as you know, in terms of harry potter, to stand to the side of a cultural phenomenon like that. i think there are other phenomena, whether it's the sopranos at a given point in time, "seinfeld," "mad men" for a certain group of people, and i wanted to explore how odd it is to have everyone around you enthusiastic about something and to not know what they're talking about. >> talking about phenomena, were you disgusted or curious or sort of bemused by the whole casey anthony trial? it became such a weird thing for me to observe when you see people fighting for tickets in the morning in the queues outsid

pro, harry potter never lost his appeal.er fans never lost their virginity. [ laughter ] that's not true. not true. clap if you've lost your virginity. [ laughter ] >> steve: anecdotal evidence. >> jimmy: thank you. >> steve: hermoine. >> jimmy: pro, wearing 3-d glasses in the theater. con, wearing 3-d glasses in the theater restroom. [ laughter ] pro, all of your biggest questions will finally be answered. con, like what would happen if vin diesel had sex with the turtle? [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: that's it. >> steve: cross that off my bucket list. >> jimmy: that's it. and finally, pro, it's the finale to a legendary film franchise. con, it's the only places to find hogwarts, now it's the new jersey shore hot tub. there you go. that's your pros and cons. we'll be right back with more "late night" everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ grunts ] [ male announcer ] built like a volkswagen. the 2011 tiguan. [ grunts ] woman: saving for our child's college fund was getting man: yes it was. so to save some money, we tau

first of all, the harry potter alliance uses parallels from "harry potter" to inspire fans to be heroes. we work for other things besides harry potter. one of those is a group called "nerd fighters." they are nerds who fight. unlike ordinary people who are made of muscle and bone and flesh and the nerves, nerds are made of the force of boston. -- awesome. awesomenly the force of bosto to beckon fight the world soccer. that is the amount of suck in the world. one of the leaders of this community, john and hank green, they make these amazing youtuber videos. every week. they are brothers, they discarded as a project where they were video blogging to each other. they are really funny and interesting. you can check them out on youtube. vlog brothers. just a quick example. they call their following the nerd fighters. for his birthday there were going to do a big thing. it was going to be a big surprise. they get hundreds of thousands of these every week. they have a strong following. every year to a takeover youtube with people taking over youtube about what is awesome in the world. youtube

. >>> and potter mania. calling all muggles, the boy wizard's final film makes its calling all muggles, the boy wizard's final film makes its american debut. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, everybody, thanks for joining us, i'm betty nguyen. we begin with the brutal and dangerous heat wave that's engulfed much of the nation. it's the kind of extreme heat that takes your breath away after just a few minutes outside. this morning the high temperatures are moving east. heat advisories, watches and warnings are posted from the central and southern plains all along the eastern seaboard. at least one heat-related death has been reported. and power grids are straining to keep up with demand. forecasters warn the scorching temperatures and high humidity are expected to continue for much of the week. even in parts of the country where scorching summer is expected, this is triple-digit torment. >> lazy all the time. >> it's awful. >> awful. >> burning heat. >> reporter: parts of the deep south and plains ha

>>> then -- >> harry potter. >> harry potter fades to black. but one man always knew how the story would end. barry cunningham was harry's first publisher and kept his deepest secrets all these years. a lot coming up tonight. >>> now back to our top story. the tone in washington around these talks is absolutely poisonous and it's not being helped by a congressman calling the president a liar. and that congressman is here tonight. joe walsh joining us, he's in washington. congressman, thanks for being here. let me just ask you right up front. is that appropriate for you to call the president a liar? is it appropriate for any of us to call the president of our country that? >> you know what, these are important times, we're debating big, passionate issues. when my president, when your president, goes on tv and says that he's going to have to start pulling social security checks on august 3rd, he's not being truthful with the american people. so, you know, look. i'm tired of politicians all over the place who don't talk straight and just say what

and >> harry potter. >> it is because harry potter has brought me a whole group of friends that are awesomeve a tape, i have a wand. >> it is the last one and we have to go all out because i still like $150 on my costume. >> we love harry potter is the end of an era. pergamon it allows people to dress up and looked weird. people do not think we're crazy, i mean they may still think we are crazy but... >> this is definitely the movie series of our generation, we grew up with it so it is release special to be here. >> no one wins we are trying to kill each other. >> i can kill you better. >> o no my bird! [laughter] >> we have been excited about this for a long time so was worth the wait. >> you are so lame. >> the one girl that i talked with said that harry potter was just a part of their generation, many of the fans grew up reading the books and seeing the films, they will see the final installation of harry potter tonight at midnight. reporting live i am jeff bush with kron4 news. >> at least the weather was not too bad for the can thing out. >> it will be back, we will have fog and cool w

here are the real world implications of harry potter. when we're here on the very pristine 11th avenue and 52nd street studios which is new york's famed crack core district, this is a tournament just three days ago. it's a tournament, real people playing it. we asked them to submit some questions for you. i want you to see it. look at that one. >> do you feel any guilt from our ongoing virginity. do you any anti-wedgey spells? >> dan in the book it was mentioned but not the other movies. >> can you tell my mom to pick me up at 5:00. >> did you ever do it. what is "do it"? >> let me think. yes, i feel very guilty. your mum has probably left you there by now. i can't remember what the other ones were. but that poor kid they were like tackling him. >> jon: i know. he's 10. >> he's the snitch. somebody runs around as the snitch. pounced on. >> jon: my favorite part of that is the kid in yellow. there's a guy behind him wielding the broom like a club. >> i didn't see that. >> jon: like capone. this broom gives me enthusiasm. have you actually

harry potter has cast a spell over an entire generation. friday's midnight release of "harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2." the final installment in a pop culture phenomenon unlike any other. >> i'm devastated. i have no clue what i'm going to do when it's over. >> reporter: many of these mere muggles or humans literally grew up with the boy wizard. >> we graduated high school when the seventh book came out. we graduate college and the last movie comes out. it's sort of like our childhood's over. >> reporter: a little over the top? not really, says one doctor of psychology. >> this is like the end of oprah for them. this really is a rite of passage. and having to say good-bye to a piece of their life. >> reporter: before the movies, there were the books. seven of them. soon, kids were speaking a whole new language. words like quidditch. the game where the object is to throw the quaffle through e hoop. and mandrakes. a magical root that looks like a person and makes an awful squealing noise when you pull it out of its pot. >> i thin