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yasser arafat after he died richard gere did that get out the vote video tt ray and in the west bank or palestine. >> i am richard gere and i speak for the entire world. john: the entire world? at seems pretty arrogant. he is a popular actor but what gives him the right to speak for the entire world? because they are portrayed as godlike. >> for centuries people have nowhere to turn, and ta he arrived to. >> as long as there were people crying for help there were thosethat would never rest. herces. john: he is here actually it is the actor kevin sorbo who played "hercules" and pushes back against those in hollywood to say they know how to fix the world. do you have a problem with richard gere saying i speak for the entire world? >> he speaks for his own cause them that happens quite a bit. look at the actors that went crazy over bush with the war on iraq and the debut andy and then commercials but none of them speak out about benghazi that is a huge scandal in my book. john: they are dishonest and hypocritical. >> hypocritical rules the day in that town and we can all be guilty here

yasser arafat after he died richard gere did that get out the vote video that ray and in the west bank or palestine. >> i am richard gere and i speak for the entire world. john: t entire world? that seems pretty arrogant. he is a popular actor but what gives him the right to speak for the entire world? because they are portrayed as godlike. >> for centuries people have nowhere to turn, and tall he rived to. >> as long as there were people crying for help there were thosethat would never rest. hercules. john: he is here actually it is the actor kevin sorbo who played "hercules" and pushes back against those in hollywood to say they know how to fixhe world. do you have a problem with richard gere saying i speak for th entire world? >> he speaks for his own cause them that happens quite a bit. look at the actors that went crazy over bush with the war on iraq and the debut andy and then commercials but none of them speak out about benghazi that is a huge scandal in my book. john: they are dishonest and hypocritical. >> hypocritical rules the day in that town and we can all be guilty here a

she continues to be strong when the president nearly died. richardixon almost dies when he leaves office. its's an inflammation of the veins. he goes into cardiac arrest because of the reaction to -- i believe he has an infection. this happened in long beach, california. >> hospitalized for 22 weeks? >> 22 days. >> i read that, i thought that's a long time. >> he nearly dies. she -- she is very strong for the family. >> was he suffering from depression? >> well, you know, the problem with the president -- the thing about it is it's very hard to know about the medical condition, about the presidential families unless they let you know. in the end, the eisenhowers opened up a lot of the medical records about general eisenhower, president eisenhower. we just don't know whether he was suffering from depression. there's no doubt that there were people around him who feared he was suicidal. we've got accounts of people around him who thought he was a suicide. but what's important here, though, is she found the resources within herself despite this sort of

plays walt disney a dead person you play a living person you know richard right now i know richard i know about bob died yeah but i know richard in fact we had a little house party my father monos and better work with him we had a house party with richard played all the music from the old songs talked about working with disney did like a one man stand in this house so amazing now he's. he's old as you know eighty seven i believe. and he's just he's the most vibrant optimistic wonderful man i've ever i've ever come across and he he was so kind to me in fact he let me come to his house anytime i wanted to in preparation for the role and he would entertain me you know i would sit we would talk for hours then he would go to the piano and he taught me how to play all of the all of the songs for this is hard to play someone who's you know yeah i mean i think it's i i was very nervous going into it because. he is a legend you know and and i wanted to i felt responsible to. him correctly and i was quite nervous but he said the greatest thing to me when i went to his house he said actually two things that made i

after yasser arafat died, richard gere did this get-out-the-vote video for an advocacy group which ran it in gaza and the west bank or palestine as leftists call it. >> hi, i'm richard gere and i'm speaking for the entire world. john: he is speaks for the entire world? seems pretty arrogant. he is an actor. popular one, yes, but what gives an actor the right to speak for the entire world? maybe because they're often portrayed as god-like? >> for centuries the people had nowhere to turn. no one to look to for help. until --, he arrived. as long as there were people crying for help, there was one man who would never rest. hercules. john: he's here in our studio. actually, it is actor kevin sorbo who played hercules and otherso roles. is the unusual actor that pushes back against those in hollywood say we actors know how to fix the world. do you have a problem with gere speaks for entire world? >> i think he doesn't speak for 7 billion people. he speaks for his own cause. that happens quite a bit when people come out and talk. you look at actors that went crazy over bush with the war in i

richard's dad passed away, and then his brother died unexpectedly, leaving richard to run the businessrichard wanted to keep his family legacy alive, so he took over the business and brought his son, michael, with him. >> michael, there's multiple problems. we gotta do what we gotta do. >> unlike many of the businesses i help, mr. green tea isn't facing a crisis. they generated over $2.5 million a year in revenue, and the emanueles make a very good living, but the business is static. >> i have such a hard time making this decision. >> the emanueles can't seem to agree on a plan for their future. michael has big ideas, but richard always plays it safe, and that creates tension. >> it's not 75. just get-- >> don't mince my words. i hate that. >> i believe that mr. green tea can be a $50-million company. they need to be bold, and they need to take chances. they haven't launched new flavors in over a decade, and they're still not well-situated in the retail market. the ice cream business generates well over $10 billion a year. i want a taste of it. >> hello. >> hi. >> hi. >> i'm marcus. >>

died at 95. the funeral drew 4,500 guests including oprah winfrey and entrepreneur richard branson. >>> this just in, terminal "a" in san jose has been evacuated after a water main break. a crew from kntv reporting water is coming down through the roof, and the lighting and that it looks like it's raining inside the terminal. >>> and it's beginning to look a lot like christmas in washington. the first family attending the 32nd annual christmas in washington concert sunday. it's a benefit for the children's national health system. the first family collected presents for patients and met with five young patients dressed as elves. president obama said christmas teaches us an important lesson. the special airs on december 20th. >>> i want you to meet a rebel crossing guard who refuses to stop shaking her groove thang, shall we say. canadian kathleen byers has been on the job ten years. her dancing has been a cause for concern for some evidently. she was asked to stop because it was considered safety hazard or distraction to drivers. >> if no kids are getting hit, what's the problem sf. >> there are m

died. >>> all right, now let's get the latest sports from my good friend. good monday morning, richard. >> good morning you to. yeah, steelers, they keep their play-off hopes alive. great plays like this one in the first quarter give them a 21-0 lead. the steelers and an tone yes brown returning a punt for six points there. in that play, watch this. the bengals punter gets hit in the chin fracturing his jaw. that one hurt. later in the fourth, the bengals surge with 13 points. not enough. the steelers stun 30-20. trying to avoid the first losing season in a decade. a major choke for the cowboys to tell you about. the cowboys leading by 23 at halftime. the second half all green bay. they cut dallas' lead to just five points. then green bay's eddie lacy clutched touchdown, packers come back win there, 37-36. the cowboys play-off chances in question now. the eagle are still first in the nfc east despite losing to minnesota. the packers chase number two detroit in the nfc north. a tight game between the pats and dolphins. first, that. a field goal fail. where you are looking? yeah. the bal

richard, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. the wall of flowers and tributes in front of the home where mandela died just about 24 hours ago is growing. and this country is in a ten-day mourning period until mandela is buried in the remote rural village where he was born. they sang for the man who forgave his oppressors and healed a nation. songs of hope, struggle, and equality. the same ones they sang when mandela was released from prison, almost a quarter century ago. >> we are sad about nelson mandela's loss. >> he's been a father figure the to us. >> reporter: the crowds in front of the house grew all day. there were flowers and notes, many left by children. thank you, we love you, rest in peace. as they danced for the activist who became a prisoner and then a president -- >> so help me god. >> reporter: perhaps mandela's greatest legacy is reconciliation and that's represented in this crowd. there are white south africans and black south africans here, both celebrating. at the end of apartheid this country could have seen racial violence. instead it's the most prosperous nation in africa. and few people could have accomplished t

richard, good morning to you. >> reporter: we are here in front of nelson mandela home, the home when died last night.ince then, several hundred people have been holding spontaneous vigils and dancing and celebrating the life of a man whose compassion and forgiveness helped rebuild this country. across south africa this morning, flags at half-staff, tears and prayers for the father of this nation, nelson mandela that died at age 95 in his home in johannesburg. but also celebrations for the life of a man that gave up his personal liberty and became one of the great leaders of our time. last night, the announcement came. >> our nation has lost its greatest son. his humility, his compassion, and his humanity and in him, they love. >> reporter: the world held its breath for a moment, but then the tributes poured in. >> he let us understand we can change the world. >> he certainly had an impact on my life. >> reporter: president obama paid homage to a civil rights icon. >> let us pause and give thanks for the fact that nelson mandela lived. a man who took history in his hands and bent the mark of the moral

died and turned into hatred. that's what got me in trouble. >> we met richard moore in the sewing factory at colorado's limon correctionalacility. he first came to prison in 1976. personal computers and cell phones were still more than a decade away. gerald ford was president and the united states was celebrating its bicentennial. the country was also going through what was widely regarded as a sexual revolution. that's when moore's troubles began. >> i was convicted of killing my wife in 1976 in the state of iowa. >> moore's wife, terri williams, was a dancer at a local club when their relationship began. >> i was just a customer. i just walked in off the street. we met, hit it off pretty decently, you know, and ended up -- well, we picked each other up actually, so we went to terri's apartment and made love and enjoyed each other's company, you know. we got married. then i began to have thoughts about terri. i thought maybe terri was a little bit different, you know. >> how so? >> i felt that the person was more like a man than like a woman, and i thought that the person maybe had been a man. >> why? >> from feeling in

richard lui. we hope it's your first stop of the day, right here on nbc. >>> leading the news on nbcnews.com. colorado high school shooting victim claire davis dies.ior was in a coma after being shot point blank at a colorado high school on december 13th. >>> in the "washington post," covert action in coluombia. sources say the cia has helped forces kill two dozen leaders of the farc. >>> and the nsa provided substantial evesdropping help. the program was authorized by former president george bush and continued under president obama. >>> if you want health insurance coverage by january 1st today is the deadline to sign up under the affordable care act. for hundreds of thousands of americans whose insurance policies were canceled today is not a deadline. they can opt out of coverage in 2014 without penalty. >>> jpmorgan chase taking action in the wake of target's security breach. chase customers impacted can now only spend $300 on any given day. >>> today a utah judge is expected to rule on whether to halt same-sex marriages while state officials appeal last week's ruling allowing them to go forward. sunday a federal appeals court rejected a reques

michael audible on jim and michael died of a long wait the two muslim converts accused of murdering british soldier the rig the only twenty seconds. prosecuting counsel richard goodman told jurors that the men's actions with the indefensible the same course and that the religion of islam was not on trial the judge mr justice sweeney said that the defendant's claims that they were soldiers of allah did not amount to a defence to the challenge of the dead the jury is expected to begin deliberations on thursday. as you. russia is to help ukraine on to its financial woes by many as fifteen billion us dollars by slashing my twisted said the price in which it still is key and natural gas the move prompted street protests from ukrainians to save the country is meeting that the kremlin's but it's a new way from the european union the new agreement with russia comes just weeks after ukrainian president and heritage pulled out of the trade deal with the eu move which prompted the biggest demonstrations in ukraine since the country's two thousand and four orange revolution. russian president putin says the heat from his country comes with no strings attached. zaire the

died at the age of 95 leaving the country in mourning. >> our nation has lost its greatest -- our people have lost a father. >> elsewhere, the fed's richard bishop blames lawmakers for holding back the recovery ahead of what is expected to be a weaker payroll number in the u.s. economy. >>> germany's central bank raises its 2014 growth target for europe's largest economy as evidence shows demand from within the eurozone is finally picking up. >>> deutsche bank is to close its commodity business mainly in london and new york. display you're watching "worldwide exchange," bringing you business news from around the globe. >> a former south african president nelson mandela passed away last night at the age of 95. world leaders have been sending message messages of mourning for the leader. >> he is now resting. he is now at peace. our nation has lost its greatest son our people have lost a father. >> for now, let us pause and give thanks to the fact that nelson mandela lived, a man who took history in his hands and bent the arc of the moral universe towards justice. >> nelson mandela was not just a hero of our time, but a hero of all time. the

richard branson. representatives folded the flag from the former president's casket. the banner flew overhead followed by a flaiover. flyover. mandela died at the age of 905. the silver screen lost one of biggest stars. peter o'toole. o'toole gained instant stardom in "lawrence of arabia." it was these first of eight oscar nominations. but the 81-year-old irish born actor never won an academy award. he won an honorary oscar in 2003. he played leading roles for decades to come. the actor died following an -- a long illness. >>> an oscar winning actress who starred in hitchcock movies has died. she won an oscar for the movie "suspicion" and received a nomination for" rebecca." this is a trailer for "suspicion" from amazon.com. she went to los gatos high school. she was 96 years old. >>> neil sean of jour tv reality tv star got married tonight in san francisco. tonight's extravaganza had up nuptials and the wedding planners called it neil and mckailey, the winter wonder land music event. the couple spent $423,000 for city permits to hold the wedding. not everyone liked closing the park for a private celebration. >> we are from san diego, ca

michael audible on jim and michael died of a long wait the two muslim converts accused of murdering british soldier the rig the only twenty seconds. prosecuting counsel richard goodman told jurors that the men's actions with the indefensible the same course and that the religion of islam was not on trial the judge mr justice sweeney said that the defendant's claims that they were soldiers of allah did not amount to a

richard branson. representatives folded the flag from the former president's casket. the banner flew overhead followed by a flaiover. flyover. mandela diedlver screen lost one of biggest stars. peter o'toole. o'toole gained instant stardom in "lawrence of arabia." it was these first of eight oscar nominations. but the 81-year-old irish born actor never won an academy award. he won an honorary oscar in 2003. he played leading roles for decades to come. the actor died following an -- a long illness. >>> an oscar winning actress who starred in hitchcock movies has died. she won an oscar for the movie "suspicion" and received a nomination for" rebecca." this is a trailer for "suspicion" from amazon.com. she went to los gatos high school. she was 96 years old. >>> neil sean of journey and reality tv star got married tonight in san francisco. tonight's extravaganza had up nuptials and the wedding planners called it neil and mckailey, the winter wonder land music event. the couple spent $423,000 for city permits to hold the wedding. not everyone liked closing the park for a private celebration. >> we are from san diego, california and we walked

richard. >> larry, there's now a wall of flowers and tributes and letters in front of the home where mandela diedut 24 hours ago. today, mostly we saw celebrations here. some people did come out to mourn, but mostly they were singing and dancing and reading poetry. after all, mandela died at the age of 95. he was surrounded by family. people sailed they owed a debt of gratitude to the person who ended apartheid and saw reconciliation here. if there had not been a mandela, if there had not been someone who was willing to forgive his oppressors, this country still could see a great deal of racial violence. perhaps even a civil war. now, there is still a long way to go. this country has problems. mandela's legacy has not been completely met. crime is a major problem. a lot of the houses in this area are surrounded by high walls and electric fences. there is also poverty in this country. and even after all that happened and all that mandela did to bring communities together in this country, many blacks and whites, still live very segregated lives. larry? >> all right. many thanks, nbc's richard engel

richard? >> reporter: good evening, lester. the thunderstorm has also rolled into here in johannesburg. behind me there are thousands of bouquets and tributes, very wet tributes and bouquets in front of the home where nelson mandela died as south africans are coming out and celebrating the life of the man who transformed this country. ♪ no one mourns like south africans. ♪ in soweto, where mandela once lived, bans marched today and they danced and sang to celebrate the man who helped end apartheid. ♪ the mandela family also made its first public statement. >> the family will learn from him to appreciate the values that made him the leader that was recognized by all. chief among these is the lesson that a life lived for others is a life well lived. >> reporter: in joe hansberg mandela square they came to take pictures by mandela's statue. >> it makes me proud to be south african. >> reporter: signed books and laid flowers. >> the unity that he brought to us all, we love him. >> i brought them because i wanted them to begin to get an understanding of the impact of the human being that nelson mandela was. >> reporter: victims of apartheid brought their children who grew up free of segregation. becky mbata brought his 17-

died in the crash or because of a medical condition. >> a police officer accused of sexually abusing girls is expected in court. police say richard mccloud abused the girls before he became an officer between 1998 and 2007 when he ran the kids zone program where the girls 12-14 years old. police say one of the victims now an adult recently came forward. mccloud has pleaded not guilty. he remains in jail and on paid leave from the department. the supervisor accused of trying to break into a home is set to enter a plea in court. the 32-year-old is accused of prowling and attempting to pry open a woman's window. while police were on the way the woman said he knocked at the door and identified himself as a neighbor, then ran away. the alleged incident happened in cull. >> police are searching for two suspects who attack ed and robbed a student. chase cain is live in berkeley. when we say young one of these could be very young. >> reporter: yes. 14 years old in fact. that's the description. we're here on telegraph avenue about four blocks south of campus and the attack happened about two blocks to the side of us. it was on sort of a s

richard drew. it shows a man falling. falling from the upper floors of the world trade center to his death. a lot of photos were taken of people that died that way they day. it is estimated a couple hundred people may have died that way on 9/11. their images, falling from buildings, they were captured by multiple photographers in still images and on video. the "new york times" and other videos, that ran the images, they did not run those images again after that day. now whether there was an overt backlash against them, or whether they just thought better of it with the passage of time, it's hard to figure out now with retrospect, but that was it. they were published in the immediate aftermath, but then they stopped being broadcast and published. it's not illegal to publish them. you can find your way to those imans. every anniversary people write about what it meant to see those images. but media organizations have stopped showing those images of their own volition. and those are not easy decisions for media organizations to make, but the media does make those decisions. just because you can publish something does not mean that you shou

richard. >> thanks, david, this is an issue across southeast brazil at this time of year and if you have cast back to 2011 when nearly 500 people dieddecember and january because of flood. this is an ongoing situation and there has been torrential rain in brazil over the course of december and it's 12-15 of the month are getting deaths as a result of severe flooding. this is a satellite picture and there is active cloud extending across southeast areas in particular and associated with the area of low pressure and but it's produced some pretty large rainfall totals in the last 24 hours alone as you see and this is on eastern parts of the country and this is a period of 48 hours and we see some significantly larger totals than that and looking at the forecast we are not seeing great changes and it's typical of what you see this time of the year and we get to the month of december and we get rainfall totals about 180 millimeters and certainly i think 180 millimeters is likely one or two localized areas during the course of the next three days here and remains very heavy across eastern brazil and extends on through towards wednesday. d

richard besser, is here to explain all of that. people hear those numbers and get concerned. >> it's coming. we're hearing from houston, six have diedthere's more in hospitals that are critical ill. and it's not just houston. look at this map. all of these states. this is google flu trends. all of the states in orange, texas, louisiana, mississippi, alabama, georgia, they're having high levels of flu activity. flu tends to start in the south and spreads from there. and that's what we're see. >>s it ate holiday season. i have to tell you. >> people are hitting the airports, and families are traveling. what can we do to protect ourselves? >> the flu vaccine contains the strain. you want to get vaccinated. it's not too soon to do that. if you're sick, you want to stay home. if you have a cough, you want to cover the cough. there's nothing worse than sitting next to someone who is coughing on you. you might want to go with fist pumps rather than hand shakes. those things help reduce the spread of that flu. >> and who is more at risk? >> you get vaccinated to protect yourself. pregnant women, those people with chronic illnesses. the very

richards. we're a family. this guy comes into my life, he was hi kid. i gave him up for adoption 25 years ago. his adoptive parents diedld have thought my son would be any way. >> and hilarity ensues. >> it's hilarious. >> i know it is. i have seen it. i wanted to tell you what a joy sit to see you, but also tv legends, rhea perlman, michael richards from "seinfeld." what what is it like with the three of you on the set? >> it's a dream. rhea and i said let's do a series together after our kids are grown up. we made up a show, not quite this show. and then michael, i had never had an opportunity to work with. there's though one like michael. you can't say, oh, get me someone like michael richards. there is no one like michael richards. >> single. one of a kind. physical comedy. >> when we got who we wanted, it was shocking. >> it's like the yankees. depending on what kind of a fan you are. my point is, this is the best of the best in terms of actors. i can't imagine what it must be like behind the scenes for you all. >> it's tragic. it's fun. but, you foe, i have to say, sometimes you're -- we all admire each other. so

richard. appreciate that. >>> other developing news out of hollywood today. actor paul walker, the handsome star of "the fast & furious" movies diedy in a fiery crash. he was just 40 years old. entertainment reporter alicia corrals has been covering this story and she joins us now. what a heartbreaker. >> shocking. >> i hear he was the passenger in this car. can you tell me what happened? >> he was the passenger in this car. it was a porsche carrera. he was at a charity event, his charity event, raising money for victims of the typhoon in thailand. he was leaving the event. he was with a friend of his who was at the wheel of the car. they think speed played a factor in it. the car crashed. it was completely mangled and paul walker dead at 40. >> so single car accident or anybody else involved here? >> single car accident. nobody else involved. the car hit a pole. in fact, they said at the charity event, he was laughing, having a good time, left and about five minutes later is when t the car accident occurred. >> here's the part that was so disconcerting. there was a fire. i believe some witnesses tried to help out, but remains hav