more than three decades and counting, richard simmons has taken the gospel of fitness everywhere.statement of dr. oz has helped humanity lose more than 3 million pounds. as good as richard simmons managed to look in his tiny, shiny shorts no one did more for lee tards than jane fonda. fonda almost single handedly launched the fitness craze when she released her jane fonda workout video in 1982. it went on to become the top grossing video of all time and made the then new technology like the vcr into a permanent fixture in american homes. watching how we moved to shed the points -- the pounds has been almost as riveting as how we and what we eat. before he passed away in 2011 at 96 years young jack had us believing he found the fountain of youth pouring forth from a juicer spout. we believed secrets of being skinny could be found between two pieces of bread when jarrod dropped more than 200 pounds on a diet of subway sandwiches. no one more identifiable with the struggle, triumph and shame of weight loss than oprah winfrey. in the nearly 30 years she's been on televisions we've wat

richard. >> keir simmons for us in johannesbu johannesburg, thank you. >>> now, to our continuing coverage of the george zimmerman second-degree murder trial. the defense team made two videos public on sunday purportedly from trayvon martin's cell phone. now, they show two men fighting apparently over a bike. and a voice of the person recording can be heard. the defense says it's martin's voice but his family says it doesn't sound like him. nbc news has not authenticated who shot the video or whether the voice is martin's, but if this video is allowed into evidence, it could clear up whose voice is in order the background of the 911 call from the night of the shooting. nbc's ron mott joins us live in sanford, florida. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there's been a lot of eyes on this case. a lot of press about this case. so jury selection is expected to take quite some time to get to a panel of six. the first of the 500 prospective jurors would start heading through these doors behind me. it would go upwards of two or three weeks before we get through the panel of six. the process wa

joining me now are richard wolffe and jamal simmons. thank you both for coming on the show tonight. >> great to be here, rev. >> tomorrow the president is out touting the progress. funny how the right wing is quiet about the economy these days. >> they are going to be quiet about it because they don't have a leg to stand on. what's important is that the president is claiming credit for what we've seen. people feel very good about the economy recovery, they just don't give him a lot of credit for it. he's showing new energy projects. this is happening because of the president's policy put in place. >> you know, richard, where americans are asked about it, where all of the scandals and bringing up new angles and new things but really never connecting the dots to the president or one of his people, when you ask the american people in the middle of all of this, they want to talk about the economy and though we have a long way to go and it's disproportionate in some areas, we are making progress but 73% say dealing with the economy and unemp

that's what the government needs, you say, or richard simmons to show up, cut down the wall, have theh-moving equipment? what do we do? >> i certainly think that a gradual decrease in the calories would be extremely effective. and we need to do it. you know, the sequestration has demonstrated that. you know, we cut back on the money. even though certain people tried to make it as painful as possible, it actually is having a ameliorating effect on the economy. that should be a lesson to us. >> that's an often not remarked upon phenomenon. i appreciate you bringing up. by the way, doctor, congratulations. dr. carson just completed his final surgery after i thinkaboue course of your career. thank you for that. >> thank you. it's wonderful. >> talk about an awful day at the amusement park. a roller coaster breaks down, stranding riders for hours upside down. that happened in china. we'll give you details. >>> plus, she quit her job to stay home with the kids. now she says she regrets it. the story has gone viral, but there's fallout from it. the debate coming up. ♪ i'm phyllis and i have