well, you never replace regis philbin but kelly ripa has her new wing man. first let's get to the show here at 30 rock in new york city. a deadline has come and gone that would have allowed republicans to replace congressman todd akin's name on the ballot in the race for u.s. senate in missouri. now it will require a court order. congressman akin vowed to stay in the race despite a fire storm over his comments that a woman's body can fight pregnancy in the case of legitimate rape. blount was joined by four senators urging him to step aside. mitt romney urged the congressman to accept their counsel and exit the senate race. instead akin remained defiant accusing the republican presidential candidate of making a bigger deal than is necessary over his comments. "if you were in romney's position, don't you think that he may have bid this thing up and made a bigger deal about it than he needed to? why couldn't he run his ways raised and i run mine"? "can you name one person, one member of the united states senate, a lot of people named jim rubio, marco paul, is t

and drives herself to high school, regis jesuit. in all honors classes. but that's not the only thing that makes her exceptional. >> she's such a good quality kid, great ethics, great morals. >> reporter: and surprisingly, she still competes for regis. >> swimming on my high school team is unbelievable, they're my second family. >> reporter: missy loves being part of a team so much, she made a pretty remarkable decision, turning down six figures in prize money and endorsements, just so she could continue to be part of a team in college. something she couldn't do if she turned pro. >> i know, i know, it's so much money. but i can't put a price on friendship. or teammates or that second family. there's just no price for that. >> reporter: so at a regis pep rally to send missy off to the olympics, you see melissa jeanette franklin, feared by many a competitor, is really all heart. >> i love you so much. and just knowing that no matter what happens this summer, i still get to come home to you is the best feeling in the world. >> reporter: but a feeling that j

. >> regis philbin, it's true, he is on television, people don't realize, regis phil pin is 11 inches tall. yeah, very few people realize that. >> i am also, i have am 98 pounds fwhu is like, yeah, the camera adds about 100 and-- fivish. >> you have the adamant skeleton. is that -- i did not realize, are you an olympian of some sort. >> yeah, i got-- i thought this was why i was on. >> no. >> oh this is superembarrassing then. i feel like i'm showing off. >> no, no, i'm glad. i didn't-- i watched a lot of olympic coverage. i don't recall seeing you. >> no, it was not televised. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> what was your -- >> it was mugging gymnastics. >> oh. >> you mug the gymnasts for their medal. >> no, no, a lot of people make that mistake. it's not mugging as in, like some people think you mug a gymnast for their medal and tumble away with streamers. >> sure, it isn't that. >> it isn't. >> no, it's mugging like making stupid faces. >> i'm not in that? >> i stole a lot of stuff from you, i have to shall did -- i'm so glad you didn't see it. >> no, that would be tough. >> it's a pleasure t

. >>> after a revolving door of the guest hosts we will learn who will fill regis' seat next to kellyipa. the new co-host will be revealed september 4th when he or she will join her on stage that morning. >> by then she will have had 59 co-hosts since regis retired. the -- >> we have to watch, t

. >>> after a revolving door of the guest hosts we will learn who will fill regis' seat next to kellya. the new co-host will be revealed september 4th when he or she will join her on stage that morning. >> by then she will have had 59 co-hosts since regis retired. retired. the@@ [ female announcer ] now get high speed internet at home on our newly expanded advanced digital network, a connection you can count on. introducing at&t u-verse high speed internet with more speed options, reliability and wi-fi hot spots than ever. call at&t now to get u-verse high speed internet for as little as $14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee. it's the fastest internet for the price. our newly expanded advanced digital network gives you more of what you enjoy online. and with at&t, our wireless gateway turns your home into a private wi-fi hot spot that connects your wi-fi devices and can even save on your smart phone data usage at home. so call now to get at&t u-verse high speed internet for just $14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee. that includes access o

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. [ as regis ] hut, hut, hike!about this. several pictures were leaked online that show a naked prince harry playing a game of truth billiards, or as that's also known, two balls, no pockets. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: i saw those pictures. >> jimmy: you saw it on tmz? >> steve: it looked like prince not hairy, if you know what i mean. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: here is an election update, you guys. it was just announced that most of the speakers at this year's democratic national convention will be women. so it's going to be a -- [ cheers and applause ] it's going to be annoying when they stop speaking, but i won't tell you why. [ laughter ] hey, today is national punctuation day, you guys. [ cheers and applause ] or as christopher walken calls it, national what day? [ laughter ] this is interesting. more magazines are actually photoshopping their models to make them look heavier. [ light applause ] when models heard that they were like, "or you can just let us eat." i mean, what's the deal? [ scat

>>> then, strahan's the new regis. >> his at-home interview on taking over. >> i try not to think ofegis. >> why the former new york giant could be the perfect choice for the morning show. >> any sports player is very

i was so excited to get back and see my classmates and see regis again. >> let's mention regis, not regis they have the right outfit, the right notebooks, you did jay leno. so it has to set you apart. are you worried at all you'll never be able to be viewed as just a student again? >> definitely not. regis is such a special place for me to just be missy. all my classmates know i'm there to have fun. give me a space to be me. >> yet you have all these opportunities that are different. there's no question about it. by the way, congratulations, you just booked an acting gig. >> i did. >> tell us about the project. >> i got a cameo in a movie "internship," owens wilson. >> what are you going to do? >> you'll have to see. >> it's a secret? you're not allowed to tell us anything? >> nothing. >> everyone who knows you knows you're a belieber. >> i am. >> one of the perks of winning five olympic medals is -- >> he notices you. >> what happened? >> he sent me a huge care package. i go home, my mom is onso cute, she had it set out on the table, t-shirts, cds. >> he has a concert in denver. are you

. >> i would love to play the role of god just once, regis being rejust and god. think about it? >> that's good, very good. all right. what's your yolo. just like your facebook page and tell me what your yolo is. watch katie followed by abc2 news at 5 and 6. it starts september the 10th. we'll be right back. >> not a bad weekend. it looks dry. >> we can do this again at 11. >> hey, we'll do it. we'll see you back here at 11. >> have a good night. wççÑçÑ

regis and joy and frank and i went to his service yesterday. i had to run out of here so fast -- >> you were sprinting. >> because his service was starting at 11:00. the worst thing you can do, you think, is walk into a service late, no? the worst thing you can do is what i did. rege and joy were there and frank and i sat right next to joy and rege. and this is what i heard coming from my purse. >> ♪ papa are you weary papa can you help me ♪ >> barbara streisand singing while president clinton is speaking. everybody's looking around like is barbara size sand singing at marvin hamlisch's -- i'm going, oh, my god. we love barbara streisand. and i couldn't shut it up. my gosh, regis is looking at me, really, really, kat. i don't know you. >> what did you do? >> it finally went away. oh, my gosh! wouldn't you think that if somebody heard somebody else's phone go off, they'd go, i didn't turn mine off either. four more times people's phones went off. i felt terrible. normally, you go into those things and turn off your phone. i rushed over there. >>

regis hotel. >> uh-huh. >> okay? so you can find -- oh look at that. that looks so nice chef.h gosh. what's your favorite dish that you like to prepare? >> that's one of my favorites. that's why i'm doing it today. >> one of your favorites and it's beautiful. that looks so nice. >> got -- diced tomato at the end. >> tomato okay. adore. 16th and k street. chef sebastian r rondier, restaurant week next week. thank you for joining us. see you next week. [ captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com ]

. >>> i'll show you the cooling in time for the holiday weekend.ur-corners regi.r than normal across the midwest. a beautiful day here in the northeast. >>> finally this wednesday morning, the house where mark zuckerberg launched his little start-up called facebook. you may have seen it in the film "the social network." >> it's a real house near stanford university, where its new tenets are hoping the facebook karma will rub off on them. jonathan bloom has the details. >> reporter: it's 1:00 in the afternoon. and programmer zach bowers is just rolling out of bed. have you started on the energy drinks yet? >> no. starting with diet coke. >> reporter: zach pretty much works all the time. >> everybody has different schedules. the days last about 16 hours. >> reporter: seth bannan explained it's a social network for fund-raising. >> it's a big problem in the world, nonprofit fund-raising. all of the apps are stranger-to-stranger. we make them friend-to-friend. >> reporter: how appropriate that they're working out of the same palo alto house that mark zuckerberg and a

regis left last november. on september 3, she will host for her -- by herself for the first time and then the next day, her new co-host will be revealed. >> we have a sad note to make tonight. phyllis diller has died. her longtime manager said she died this morning in a los angeles at 95 years of age. she became a comedian and 40 years old. she was famous for her distinctive laugh and self- deprecating humor. she also had a dozen cosmetic surgeries and made them part of her routine. >> she was a trailblazer. one of the biggest d.b. deep releases brings in some big money. -- dvd releases brings in some big money. >> a 6-year-old, her parents >> the new school year is bringing some new problems for some prince george's county family -- families. >> some are upset that their children have to walk to school along busy roads. >> parents say that their kids have always been able to take the bus to school, until this year. the rules of the game apparently changed on them. they just found out a couple of days ago and

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has been chosen to be 5'3" kelly ripa's permanent co-host. >> bye-bye, everybody. >> reporter: since regisas had many people sit beside her. >> kelly ripa, make no mistake, is the boss. >> reporter: ripa and strahan are both parents. the 40-year-old has four children from two previous marriages. and he is also currently engaged to eddie murphy's ex-wife, nicole murphy. for now, all-eyes will be on how he clicks with his other wife. his work wife. while strahan's playing days are behind him, many are hoping he's still a winner. the roster of football players to make the switch from the gridiron to morning tv is actually rather small. but the two who attempted it on a smaller scale, tiki barber. both giants. and people don't recognize him until they see the gap in his tooth. >> that's charming. linsey, thanks very much. >>> coming up, josh with "the play of the day". >>> and how soon is too soon to leave your baby behind and go on vacation? the mommy blogger who sparked a big debate after boasting about her trip away from her 10-week-old.ng music. ♪ i'm teaching performance. here's what they

check out otrc.com to find out who is in talks to take regis's seat on "live" before the announcement next month. >> and there is more ahead here at 4:00. the only hurdle keeping the state of california from granting driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants. >> republican vice president candidate paul ryan dives into the controversy. surrounding a candidate's comments on rape. we'll have a live report from washington ahead. also, coming up. >> this is achieving something concrete. >> no one heard martin luther king junior like this until now. stay with us. >>> for more of the continuing coverage of the presidential campaign candidates are on the campaign trail. >> and those controversial comments made by todd akin continue to defer attention from the g.o.p. platform. >> abc news joins us live with the story. karen? >> hi, larry. hi, carolyn. comments just won't go away. controversy continues to dog republicans but today was a busy day. both mitt romney and president obama tried to keep focus on the issues. a long list of top republicans called on todd akin to end his bid. that inc

but so far, that is a plan that has been rejected by russia, china and other allies of the syrian regi regime. >>> one person dead, ten others made really six after an outbreak of anthrax in southern russia. more than 700 people are under quarantine. the entire area has to be disinfected. the victim was a 38-year-old man who died. he died a few days ago after he was butchering a cow. at least ten cows have died since then. local media is reporting that veterinarians believe the anthrax spread, because that village does not have a proper animal burial site and the cows were infect fred open waste. >>> a really exciting new discovery. astronomers have discovered a spiral galaxy that they say is almost an exact match to our own milky way. scientists in australia introduced them at an international meet last thursday. there are 13 other known galaxies similar to ours, but one that is a near twin is rare. six large telescopes around the world helped spot that galaxy, which is kind of in a far neighborhood. it's 1.5 million lightyears away. so figure that out, over a -- >> it's not mr. reaso

after months of searching for a regis philbin replacement, guess who it is, david? former nfl star, michael strahan gets the nod. he is expected to be named co-host of live along with kelly ripa. david: kind of strange. the announcement will come in early september. strahan who is a terrific guy, by the way is expected to remain in his role on "fox nfl sunday." we used to have him on the scoreboard. liz: all the time. david: despite the spike in gas prices the labor day holiday is expected to a busy one for people on the road. liz: itch rich edson is in washington, d.c. with this story. more americans plan on traveling this labor day weekend. that's what aaa says. 3 million will go at least 50 miles from their home. air travel up 3 into 7%. total travel up 2.9% a over last year. this is pretty challenging time. the current average has gone up. $3.71 a gallon. a month ago a little less than $350 a gallon. a year ago, not quite $3.60 a. this is the highest gas prices in a year yet americans are skipping town anyway. >> it shows that americans are really prioritizing t

. >> i'm pretty confident that the economic benefit to the regis absolutely in the ballpark of where it was reported twaing it was going to be. >>reporter: but early report on the economic impact found that direct expenditure from the team would be the biggest economic driver and they are going to be fewer than half the teams that were expected. in the past year the teams have struggled to get sponsors on board. tim jeffrey spent most of the past three years as director of communication for oracle team. >> as you can tell from my accent i'm from europe. european tv news bulletin you lack at any european national newspaper and the story is economy economy economy. none of it is terribly good news. >>reporter: it has been bad news for the economy. good news san francisco the men and women running the event this is not the first rodeo. we told but some of the stuff they have taken. there will be more. big x factor is the public response and the public the people of san francisco will get their first taste of the america cup about 3 week from his now when the smaller boat the ac 45 racin

this sect has been rejected by all of the mainstream muslim groups in this part of rusrussia, and the regi is tartis tan,stan and all of t leaders have rejected this sect. it does not acknowledge the leaders of the religious leaders there in tartistan and none of the cult members except for two or three who were able to go to the local markets to earn money for presumably food, were allowed outside of the compound and so it is so isolationist, and that is how it lasted so long in this city of 1.5 million people without anybody realizing what was going thereon. >> that is one of the extraordinary things that you were telling me on cnn international earlier, it is a big place and nobody noticed and extraordinary. some of the charges have been levied against the parents there. and thank you matthew chance, there. >>> well, 58 more people have been killed in syria, and it is incredible, dozens everyday according to the opposition activists. most of the deaths were in and around the country's two largest cities. aleppo is the biggest and damascus is the capital. it is difficult and dangerous fo

expanded buyback program and bought back stocks and will sell trophy locations such as the street regisew york and others. they will accelerate return of capital dividends and shareholders. >> why has starwood overperformed the others year-to-date. does that make it more compelling from a valuation discount. >> it's overperformed sundry because they've been more aggressive in capital. we think they have the best in class brand, westwood, sheraton, brands positioned to capitalize on upper end travel as well as corporate demand. >> when i see 28% gains year-to-date from marriott, hard to look at that and go, really, how much more could there be in what is a relatively slow growth story. >> that's fair. the stock does take a pause here. this is a free cash flow machine, north of $5 million. a conservative management team. strong balance sheet. you have a steady eddie performer here. went-par meaning occupancy rates will probably have to accelerate to see that stock move higher. >> is there a possibility of seeing the hyatt being an acquisition target? >> probably not at this point. the fam

which is quite -- is actually a bigger issue in the remote regi regions. so the immediate aftermath is going to be a response all itself. whether or not there is the kind of dramatic hurricane damage that we hope doesn't happen. you'll have roads washed out. and, you know, this is a country, as you do know very well that we've been fighting to get -- there's so many fronts to get things moving forward on. and i think that the capacity of the government is still, you know, needful of an enormous amount of international support, both public and private. and i know that they've been working in the preparedness. but emergency preparation is something that's never been fully reallized in any country that i'm aware of as an integrated aspect of sustainable development or the building of an infrastructure. and in haiti, being a country of only 9 million people, i think with continued support, we can get there and become a model for it. >> we've been to your camp over the years now several times. explain for folks what the structures are, the 400,000 people in var

. >>> speaking of adding to a panel, kelly rippa, how long since regis left? months. gone through 59 co-hosts. almost as many as you. >> feel your pain, kelly. >> so they're supposed to announce this on september 4. september 3 will be the season debut. she will host that solo. september 4th they will announce her permanent co-host. a lot of names being thrown out there. she had 59 guest hosts, josh grobin, nick lachey, seth myers, any of those guys. we want to stir the pot a little bit. anderson cooper was on vacation and tweeted this photo of the two of them last week on a cruise in the adriatic sea. >> after his big breakup. >> after he reportedly threw the boyfriend off the yacht. they're great friend. >> threw his cheating boyfriend off the yacht. just to be clear. not randomly. anderson busy guy, talk show, cnn, can't imagine another job. doesn't need the money or exposure. this would be fun, fun with a buddy, never know. >> great chemistry. >> stirring the pot. stirring the pot. that's it. >>> also, we want to report this news. everyone loves michael j.

. >>> regis philbins replacement has reportedly been decided.strahan will take over as co-host of live with kelly ripa. the former nfl star is expected to keep his other job with fox nfl on sundays, this long-running morning show will make it official, we're told, in early september. soledad? >> i think he is such an interesting choice. >> thinking outside the box. >> which is great. he's been great on the show. women love him. their audience is women. he'll do anything. he's really fun. i support that. he does. >> he'll do anything. >> he'll do anything. >> like it should have been me. i was robbed! let's talk politics, shall we? this morning congressman ted akin is speaking out about defying requests from his party to step aside. he told abc news this morning that the people of missouri should have the final say. i don't think it's right for party bosses to override those voters so i think really we should allow things to stand and let the election process unfold. his party bosses had hoped that it would unfold without him. akin is now using t

>> reporter: -- have all sat in that coveted seat left vacant last move when regis philbin departed thee synonymous with morning fof if i for 30 years. >> thanks, everybody. >> reporter: the stars all vying for a chance to land the morning tv going of a lifetime. >> this could be somebody's ticket to stardom. the possibilities are endless for the person who gets this job. >> reporter: speculation began in june of last year when "the wall street journal" reported the short list included ripa's hubby mark consuelos, best pal, bravo executive, andy cohen and host ryan seacrest. in january, tmz reported, rob lowe was in the running. and now? new speculation at multiple sources reported that strahan is likely to score the gig. and strahan's isn't the first to be speculated to be first on the list. "los angeles times" reported, "saturday night live," seth myers was a top contender. >> if we can recapture the magic that they carried on for ten years. i think people are really excited to see if the show can deliver again. >> reporter: my personal favorite, our very own sam champion. >> sam cham

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