the set is so much a part of the play, the actors gave it a name -- reuben. why reuben? anytime someone gets hurt -- like, we trip up the stairs or something -- we're just like, "dang it, reuben!" >> [ chuckles ] "reuben" weighs two tons, has lots of steps, and it moves. as an actor, is it difficult to perform while you're running up and down the set? >> it definitely makes it more difficult just because it's the added effort of running upstairs. like, when we're singing songs, we're running up stairs, so it just, like, takes your breath away a little more. but it's so much fun. like, our set is gorgeous and really awesome. >> ♪ once and for all >> what else is awesome is how close the "newsies" cast has become. >> this is the best that i've ever worked with. like, i love them all so much. they have become my family. like, all of the newsboys that you see onstage, we're actually just having fun because we just love each other. >> ♪ one for all and all for one ♪ >> and the audience loves them, too. >> ♪ ...and all for one >> what's the message of "newsies"? >> i would say

reuben underwent the procedure after he ended up with complications.ical student he said he was fascinated by the new surgery. >> i thought it was an awesome procedure. it was only unfortunate that, you know, i had to be the subject. >> reporter: he's now back on his feet trying to stay active. he's even gone back to the basketball court a few times. and the new procedure has actually been a source of inspiration. >> the whole thing has made me more interested in surgery, yeah. we'll see where it goes from here. >> this is a really complex procedure. surgery can take six to eight hours. but they also say if you work really hard at rehabilitation afterward, you could make a full recovery. >>> they chose d.c. for a reason. we'll take a look back at the beatles' first concert in the u.s. 50 years ago and the man who helped make it happen. ♪ [ female announcer ] wherever morning brings you, bring the energy you need. nature valley soft-baked oatmeal squares. softly baked, made with hearty oatmeal and a drizzle of cinnamon. they're nature valley's take on a

. >>> and sam reuben, he was on the receiving end of samuel l. jackson's smackdown.ter reuben confused the actor with the matrix star lawrence fishburne. >> the super bowl commercial, did you get a lot of reaction to the super bowl commercial? >> what super bowl commercial? >> you know what, my mistake. >> you're as crazy as the people on twitter. i'm not lawrence fishburne. we don't all look alike. all black and famous. >> i bet he won't make that mistake again. a full helping of scrambled politics, that's next. has alway. and addresses all these other areas as well. take your oral health to a new level. i am not gonna stop using pro-health. [ male announcer ] with the brand you can trust. go pro with crest pro-health. hi boys! i've made you campbell's chunky new england clam chowder. wow! this is incredible! i know. and now it has more clams! [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. what? [ male announcer ] it fills you up right. [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. what? i'm bethand i'm michelle. and we own the paper cottage. it's a stationery and gifts st

. >> going all robo on sam reuben. he went back on the air to apologize a few minutes later. was having none of it. he was referring to the captain america ad that did run. i thought it was pretty funny. >> has that ever happened to you on the red carpet? >> i'm not going to tell you. let's just say i'm usually pretty spot on. never admit to mistakes, thomas. let's check in with jimmy kimmel. he's our rob ford correspondent. >> good news involving rob ford today. the mayor and his brother used to have a radio show called ford nation, which turned into a tv show, which was cancelled after one episode because, for what reason i'm not sure. now they are doing the show themselves on youtube. the first episode was posted today. the mayor insisted he does not have a substance abuse problem. but after watching it, i'm not sure how convinced i am. >> let me address this and i know this has been a huge controversy. i do not have a substance abuse problem. >> for real? >> did i experiment with drugs, yes, i have. i don't use drugs. have i in the past, yes. >> he just had a big mac atta

that happens. >> i like sam reuben.im. >> i'm sure people have walked up to you and said, boehner? i mean, in the summer. in the summer. when you had your tan on. >> i get mistaken for brad pitt and it drives me bloody mad. it shouldn't happen. >> people love brad pitt. black people love them some brad pitt. >> arsenio, it's brilliant to talk to you. loving you back on the airwaves. arsenio hall show weeknights on fox. it is terrific. i have been on it, and it is great. great to see you again. >> american custom. >> what was your wish? >> late night, baby. [ laughter ] >> coming up, he's a pop star. he's royalty. he's an olympic skier from mexico. he is in fact mexico's only entrant into the winter olympics. most interesting man in the world comes up next. >> and a question that piers has for matthew mcconaughey. my wife wants me to lose weight, what should i do? >> go to mexico and drink the water. zach ] i can't help out as much as i used to. do you need help? [ doorbell rings ] let's open it up. it's a swiffer sweepe

authorities by the name reuben champa completed his sentence today in safford arizona according to the u.s. attorney's office solace has been turned over to immigration officials who are deportation to cuba the five men who make up the cuban five were convicted in two thousand and one in miami for spying the first of the cuban five to be released was run a consolidates he finished his prison sentence in two thousand and eleven but spent more than a year on probation in the u.s. until a judge allowed him to return to cuba earlier i spoke with artie's nicholas o'donovan from our miami bureau and i first asked him to explain what the cuban five were charged with back in two thousand and one. well actually that trial begun in november of two thousand it was a very long and complex process as you can imagine that went on for seven months it all happened here in miami and from the very beginning the legal teams defending the cuban five fault for a change of venue because as we all know the south florida is a stronghold for the cuban exile that didn't happen and the jury found them guilty of

this morning former pentagon official michael reuben, he says vladmir putin doesn't take president observe he doesn't want to tolerate the united states influence in the ukraine or anywhere else. what happens in kiev doesn't stay in kiev. we have to show them which ae a willing to have their back. >> now to extreme weather. tens of thousands of people across the midwest waking up without power after a severe storm brought rain, hail and twisters. this is captured outside of jacksonville, illinois. this caused a 13 car pileup. at least 10 people were hurt. another round of severe weather. this system powerful moving eastward and it produced 200 reports of severe weather across parts of the midwest. we are expecting severe weather across sections of northern florida, georgia, carolinas and up into the mid atlantic. strong to severe storms especially this afternoon and this evening. that would be east across parts of kentucky, tennessee and parts of georgia. it will be slow for you early this morning out there. you are going to need an umbrella. if you live in the areas have a way to get the

pat morris and reuben martinez and produced by the wonderful martin burns who died this past year. just extraordinary, great fun. and then i went on syndicated radio thanks to the great good graces of salem communications and the owners, ed and stu, who gave me the opportunity to do what i love doing every day, which is three hours of radio. so i've been interviewing people since 1989. and i began to do the math. be you do three hours after radio a day five days a week, that's 75 segments a week, and if you only interview people in half of those, pretty quickly over 25,000 interviews not counting callers. so in the book i make the obviously true claim that i've interviewed more than 10,000 people. and then i made a long list to have most interesting happy people that i had met, and i reverse engineered what i knew about them to characteristics and discipline about happiness. ask then i wrote them -- and then i wrote them down in the context in which they occurred, and out of that came the happiest life. jonathan was very kind to mention at the beginning of this that it has been ver

. >>> meantime new york state lawmaker democrat reuben diaz proposing a bill causing a lot of controversyld force parents to take government run workshops before their kids can advance to the seventh grade. you have kids 12, 10 and 7 in new york public schools. this would affect you. good or bad? >> it's outrageous. my son is 7th grade, my daughter going into 6th grade. i can't begin to tell you how i think it's just so inappropriate. >> why? >> okay. so first of all, why parenting classes in sixth grade? i've been a mother since my child was born. now all of a sudden in sixth grade we're doing a brush-up class. it's already telling parents what do they have to do now. what is for the future for them, when all these years they have been parents already. >> the class would actually be in elementary school. they would do the evaluation at sixth grade to see if you completed it. i want to tell you sobering numbers. every six minutes in this country -- there are six children every minute in this country, forgive me, law enforcement agencies get called about maltreatment, parental mistreatment

. >> reuben later explained what happened. >> i indicated to samuel i saw him during the super bowl andnfused him with the commercial lawrence fishburn did for a car company. captain america ran during the super bowl but i felt so dumb. he gave me the she llacing that was well deserved. >> prosecution rests in the trial of michael dunn. police say the black teenager was unarmed and killed over playing loud music. this was a dramatic ending to the state's case this morning. prosecutors brought out the shirt, boxers with gunshot holes clearly visible. these shots according to the prosecution were premeditated. they said dunn deliberately had to put six pounds of pressure every time he fired one of the shots. the defense brought forth their own witnesses. family and friends who claim dunn is not a violent man. >> are you aware of mr. dunn as reputation for peacefulness? >> yes. very nice guy. >> never have i observed anything other than a very calm demeanor. >> i always thought he was a gentleman. >> similar words are also being used to describe davis, a young man we still know little abou

green tea, and put it into restaurants, and reuben went his way and founded haagen-dazs.o, you know. you see who actually had the better idea. >> haagen-dazs as in-- as in the haagen-dazs, multi-billion-dollar ice cream? >> exactly. >> do you have his number? maybe i can go do some business with him. >> well-- [laughter] >> i like this story because it's a classic case of being willing to take risks. in the case of mr. green tea, they like to get up to the plate and hit singles, and in the case of haagen-dazs, they were swinging for the fences, and they took the biggest risk of all. they were willing to strike out. in this case, they hit a home run. if we can get mr. green tea to take the same sort of risk, then they can be as successful, maybe even more. what's the top line today? >> we're on track to break 2 million this year. >> okay. so it's a small business... >> it's small. >> but a decent margin business. >> comfortable, but--exactly. >> yeah. >> do you make the ice cream here on the premises? >> no, we don't actually make anything here. we use co-packers, a few ar

her son reuben stood in as best man. >> you have a ring picked to go on your hand. >> this wedding dresshe sees me as a human being. she opened up her house, her heart and gave me her family. >> i raul take you laquisha. to be my wedded wife to have and to hold from this day forward. >> i'm the black sheep of my family. i am the only one that has ever been to prison. >> i laquisha take raul to be my wedded husband to have and to hold from this day forward. >> i have been thinking about the sacrifice she made. how much she loves me to do something like that. >> as you take this ring and place it on her hand, raul, would you repeat after me. i give you this ring -- >> i give you this ring -- >> as a symbol and commitment in marriage. >> she knows that the possibilities of me getting out are slim to none. and she accepted that. >> this is the first day of the rest of your lives together. and we would all hope that tomorrow would be even happier. you may kiss your lovely bride. >> though there will be no reception or first dance for this couple, the odds aren't totally against them. accordin

. >> reporter: reuben torres was appointed interim chief last summer.m about the accuracy of the response times reported to the county. turns out, even when they said they were meeting the 90% goal, they weren't. >> so for six months out of 2012, the department reported to the county that it met the 90%. are those numbers going to be lower now? >> looking back at the data, i would say that, yes, those numbers are going to be lower. >> reporter: but those aren't the only wrong numbers. the city claimed it was meeting its own internal response time standard, but it hasn't. >> no, we're not meeting that internal standard. >> reporter: last november, the department reported it met the goal 79 to 80% of the time. but nuchal circulations and t-- show it was off by 20%. as for this year, those numbers were wrong too. >> reporter: do you think the department did anything to try to make the numbers look better? >> i don't think that the department tried to do anything to make the numbers look better. i mean i don't -- i wasn't involved with the data at the time

lawrence reuben is a psychologist and author of a book using superheroes in counseling. dr.it is good psychotherapy with an interest in popular character. it draws on the interest of the child, as well as the back stories of the superhere rows to tie into the child's life and give them a meaningful way to work through their fears. >> give me an example of how a superhero might be used? >> well, i sand my caldry to extend to superheroes. we created another accept supposed "star wars" series, actually episode number 7 through which he was able to express and work through some of the real painful issues surrounding his adoption and entry into a new area of his life. >> this line of thinking, as i understand it, at least is not really new. the first article on it was published in 1941, three years after superman first appeared on the scene. why does there seem to be a recent rise in this type of therapy? >> well, superheroes have been around for, you know, almost a century. i think more people who have grown up on the nutrients of superheroes have found numerous ways to incorpor

>> embarrassed reuben apologized on air about half an hour later.e fishburg. a captain america ad also aired. i felt so dumb. he gave me the she lacking i deserved. >> the whole thing is typically a moment at ktla. you know the show there is zaney mix of comedy and great news. i was a part of it nine years. i feel badly for sam. it's a mistake that happens. i don't believe for a second there are rumors on twitter and such this was race based. i can tell you full on that's not what sam is about. >> samuel l. jackson was not going to let it go. >> it was good humor, don't you think? >> as soon as sam rubin said super bowl commercial, clearly samuel l. got a lot of that on twitter. he knew it. >> he was right twitter can be a nasty place. when he said, we don't all look a like, he wound up throwing sam into a bucket of political correctness. he now gets scrutinized that way. you're saying it's not that. >> it's also good humor. if you've been on that show, we actually made it sport to mock and tease sam. samuel l. jackson obviously knows the show. that