even robert de niro. also connie chung and mori aury povich povich, a power couple with 75 years in the news business. they'll weigh in on everything from the gop to whitney houston and my worldwide exclusive with football legend joe namath. does he think new york has faith in tim tebow? >> he'll be happy here, he'll fit in well here and we're happy to have him. >> i'm really psyched up. i'm looking forward to next season. >> look what he did for the broncos last year. it might push sanchez to be tougher and get out there all the time. >> well, he's not going to be a quarterback. he's a wild card. >> they'll play him as a running back. >> i think it's dumb. >> i think you'll find joe namath doesn't disagree with that last gentleman but we'll find out. >>> we begin with breaking news, the coroner's report on whitney houston's death has come in. the singer died of accidental drowning and that cocaine and heart disease were contributing factors. joining me now from los angeles, dr. drew pinsky. drew, what do

robert de niro issued a stattment also saying my remarrs, although spoken with satiriccl jest, were not offend or embarrrss anyone--especially he first laddy one of the larger political questions though is how louisiana voters might react to gingrich's reaction on thii issuei think it is good strategy for gingrich to focus his attacks on obama as republican candidatts because what republicanssare saying is that they're tired of all the in-fighting and all the muu-slinging in the republican put out a statement from an n - african american advisor asserting that if a republican or conservative had made an equivalent statemmnt there pure straight ahead... n-b-a star... jeeemy lin... cashing in on hissname.thee power house compann he's now teaming up with. 3((break 3)) 3 buying this juicer online was unbelievable. what a bargain! [ female announcer ] sometimes a good deal turns out to be not such a good deal. but new bounty gives you value you can see. in this lab demo, one sheet of new bounty leaves this surface cleaner than two sheets of the leading ordinary brand. so you can clean this m

and now robert de niro they can distract us from rush limbaugh i wish the conversation stay with rush limbaugh and what he had said to me it's all an attempt by some on the far right not even mainstream right on the far right to get away from rush limbaugh so we attack the left not so we do it clouds the issue how is it for you dana i mean you're it you're a comedian i'm wondering if you can gauge how often you know what generates the most laughs is that when you're at a seems to me at least in the things i find most funny and how many are things that are a little bit offensive but they're true. well i think audiences when they're watching you in a comedy club they know when you're being the demon izing and hateful they understand instantly and we know as comedians we've gone too far the audience not laughing or don't laugh at all or actually get angry at you see it one on one when you're on t.v. you know if your audience is doing i see them comedy called sometimes people are like little comedy but if they don't agree with it sometimes they don't laugh and that's life in america we ha

are it's a robert de niro actually did apologize michelle obama's office called the joke inappropriate so what's going on here is this just politics or is this yet another example that political incorrectness will be shunned in this society develop as a political comedian and as our studios in new york to talk more about this already and there are few days after all the apologizing bill maher wrote an op ed in the new york times telling people to stop apologizing he says i don't want to live in a country where no one ever says anything that offends anyone that's why here we have canada he said that's not us we think is that us. i think there are too many insincere apologies i think there are too many people asking for apologies and i think that at this point we're stifling comedy i'm a comedian you know i wrote an article for c.n.n. dot com earlier this week called stop the war on comedy and that's what this is going to do is joke let's be honest who would be offended by that of the new rich who is sailing in the republican party killing his own party the supporter and trying to get so

so i think robert de niro has just learned that. >> robert de niro in the clear. anne romney, it's been a real pleasure. and again, i wish a very happy anniversary to you and mitt. >> oh, thanks so much. >> coming up next, karen santorum answers charges that her husband is anti-women. we want to protect the house. right. but... home security systems can be really expensive. so to save money, we actually just adopted a rescue panther. i think i'm goin-... shhh! we find that we don't need to sleep that much. there's an easier way to save. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. i have twins, 21 years old. each kid has their own path. they grow up, and they're out having their life. i really started to talk to them about the things that are important that they have to take ownership over. my name's colleen stiles, and my kids and i did our wills on legalzoom. [ shapiro ] we created legalzoom to help you take care of the ones you love. go to legalzoom.com today and complete your will in minutes. at legalzoom.com, we put the law on your side. bet

if reasonable people can say, whether it's ann romney, michelle obama, robert de niro, rick santorum, we niknew what ty meant, let's move onthis stuff. it's not going to work but it is a politics of smallness which is not appealing. >> and mark, yes, i'm talking to you. taxi driver. mark? >> you mean about this? >> yeah. >> you know, the democrats in the past have at "times" had trouble with hollywood fund-raisers, celebrity fund-raisers. this was a joke. and chris is exactly right. we're clear what speaker gingrich is doing here. and i think that the republican party in general, whoever the nominee ends up being most likely to mitt romney they need to have a frame on the president if they have a chance to win that involves something serious. >> thank you very much. mark and chris. but it is serious because illinois is voting. that is what's serious. there are delegates at stake. courting evangelical voters in louisiana rick santorum appears at a large church outside of baton rouge sunday night with tony perkens and the family research counsel and pastor dennis terry who gave a fiery

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so i think robert de niro has just learned that. >> robert de niro in the clear. anne romney, it's been a real pleasure. and again, i wish a very happy anniversary to you and mitt. >> oh, thanks so much. >> coming up next, karen santorum answers charges that her husband is anti-women. uncover stronger, younger looking skin. [ female announcer ] new aveeno skin strengthening body cream helps transform dry, thinning skin, by strengthening its moisture barrier, for improved texture and elasticity in 2 weeks. reveal healthy, supple skin. aveeno skin strengthening. why? i thought jill was your soul mate. no, no it's her dad. the general's your soul mate? dude what? no, no, no. he's, he's on my back about providing for his little girl. hey don't worry. e-trade's got a totally new investing dashboard. everything is on one page, your investments, quotes, research... it's like the buffet last night. whatever helps you understand man. i'm watching you. oh yeah? well i'm watching you, watching him. [ male announcer ] try the new 360 investing dashboard at e-trade. [ dog ] it

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>> thanks, al. >> we want to say hello to robert de niro. yeah, robert de niro is on the couch.man who drinks too much, spends time in prison and abandons his family until his son tries to reconnect. good to see you. >> how are you? >> kind of a guy at odds with himself, this character. why do you like him? >> i liked paul white, the director and screenwriter, adapter, if you will, of the book. i liked his intensity about it. his passion, if you will. it's a word i can't stand is, but he has a personal reason for wanting to do the movie. if somebody has that kind of feeling already to me, you know, you're 70% there. plus what i have seen in paul's other work, i knew it was going to be special. not necessarily that it would be something i would be going after or try to develop. but with him, being at the helm, if you will, i would say this would be worth doing. >> is it true you get back behind the wheel of a taxi in this movie? >> yeah. >> as part of the character? >> yeah. >> that must have been interesting. you probably haven't driven a taxi since "taxi". >> "taxi driver," rig

but check out her first film starring robert de niro first. this movie is called "being flynn." o check out. a big name in this robert de niro. and he kind of plays this writer who abandoned his kid a long time ago but kind of re-enters his life very unexpectedly after the death of the kid's mother and his wife, who's played by julianne moore. de niro kind of has a drinking problem in this issue. the son has his own demons including some drug abuse issues here. so basically it's about this very tangled dark family drama and how the dad tries to get back in the son's life and the son having to decide whether that's a good thing or not. take a listen. >> that was my first wife, jody. >> i know who it is. she was my mother. >> i know she was your mother. she was the most beautiful woman in the world. she was the love of my life. she was the light of my love. i know if she was still alive today we'd be together. such a tragic accident. >> feel-good movie of the year, isn't it? well, no, it's 41% rating so far on rotten tomatoes. they say good acting but sometimes overacted. you be th

campaigning in louisiana, he slammed actor robert de niro for something he said in front of michelle ama during a fund-raiser for the president. de niro asked the crowd, do you really think our country is ready for a white first lady? gingrich took issue with the comment's racial tone. >> what de niro said last night was inexcusable. it's exactly wrong. it divides the country. >> reporter: now gingrich finished dead last here behind ron paul. like santorum, he's saying he's staying in this thing. he's not going to drop out as they both try to deny romney the nomination. but that's going to be a lot harder after last night. santorum pick romney picked up 5 4 dell gait gats, giving him 544 delegates. cbs news is estimating, almost halfway to the magic number 1,144. >> thanks, jan. is it over, is one question? if it is not, what does romney have to do now? >> reporter: well, charlie, that's the question that everybody is asking because it looks impossible for any of the other candidates to get to that magic number. other than romney. so, you're hearing romney and a lot of republicans thi

campaigning in louisiana, he slammed actor robert de niro for something he said in front of michelle obama during a fund-raiser for the president. de niro, who says he was joking, asked the crowd do you really think our country is ready for a white first lady? gingrich took issue with the comment's racial tone. >> it's something he should apologize for. it's at an obama fund-raiser. it divides the country. >> reporter: gingrich finished dead last last night. he says they're going to quick. they're trying to deny romney this nomination. romney showing that will be a lot harder. he's going to pick up most of the 54 delegates that were in play. he's got about 534 delegates now. cbs news is estimating that puts him nearly halfway to that magic number of 1,144. >> most political experts think it's now over? >> reporter: that's what everyone is saying now. if you look at the map, it really is almost mathematically impossible for santorum or certainly gingrich to get enough of those delegates to clinch the nomination. what you're starting to hear are people saying, listen, let's call this fo

. >> the legendary robert de niro and his new movie "being flynn" about a young man reconnecting withafter years of separation and the academy award winner will tell us all about it tomorrow on "today." >> looks good. interesting one. meantime just ahead with the mercury rising you may be already thinking about summer beach season. well, "eat this, not that!" author david zinczenko has been thinking about your beach body. he has a summer slim down for you. he can help you lose 6 to 16 pounds just by eating that. >> amazing. >> we'll hear about it. >> a bowl of whipped cream. >> he'll tell us how to swap things and eat this not that. >> you know when it's david zinczenko because there are bowls and boxes of things, of the swap-outs. >> exactly. they're delicious. >> then this is a cool segment. i'm looking forward to this. the coolest household items on the market. how about a canister that allows you to say good-bye to pet hair by vacuuming that poor dog. he's putting up with it well. maybe it's like a massage. mine would be running out the door with a vacuum near her. we have an umbr

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on monday she headlined a star-studded fund-raiser in new york hosted by robert de niro.appeared on the late show with david letterman where she talked about her family's blue collar background. let's watch. >> my father was a working class guy. we were a very close family. my father had multiple sclerosis and i never knew him to be able to walk. but he worked so hard and i loved him so much. through him we learned conventional rules and we had boundaries. don't make me cry. >> no. >> this isn't oprah. supposed to be letterman. >> i think i think she's great. what is it about michelle obama that makes her a poll for her husband's reelection. here is ager of the obama's. and eugene robinson, general man who knows many things about many issues. he is with the washington post and msnbc poll analyst. let's go to the expert on the obamas. my question to you, jody, congratulations on the book. why three years of hiding her in the white house as mother of the president's children, as the wife of the president, certainly dignified in that role but not actively political. what cha

so i think robert de niro has just learned that. >> jamal, has it turned into that kind of atmospherene, i think ann romney handled this absolutely appropriately. you got to sort of make light of it if you're the person involved in this. i think de niro probably wishes he could take that joke back. when you start getting on issues of whether it's religion or race or, you know, gender stuff, it's always tricky ground. so de niro -- i'm sure he wishes he could take that joke back. >> crystal, i'm going to leave this one to you here. wee got a lot of water cooler speculation already about 2016 and the democrats. would you rather see a biden 20920 2016 or a hillary clinton 2016? >> biden is obviously who we'd want to go up against if he's still standing by that point in 2016. he's not getting any younger. >> oh -- >> but i think biden is a weak vice president, and you talk about not knowing what's going to come out of somebody's mouth. that guy showed on a campaign trail and continues to show when he's let out of the cage, he really doesn't know what to say. i think you know what? good fo

robert de niro as ann romney said was being funny. that's it. and that is it for us tonight. >>> i'm zain very gene at cnn in london. here are the top stories we're following. the european union is expected to file sanctions directly against the wife of bashar al-assad. they will ban her from traveling to the european union. they're also expected to tighten sanctions against syrian government officials. >>> u.s. army staff sergeant robert bales is expected to be charged with 17 counts of murder and six counts of assault and attempted murder today. bales is the suspect in the killing deaths of afghan civilians. there's no explanation so far why he could face 17 murder charges. bales is being held in a military prison in the u.s. >>> the u.s., france, and other countries are condemning the overthrow of the government in mali. there's been no sign of mali's president since renegade soldiers staged the coup on thursday. the borders are closed. those are the top stories from cnn, the world's news leader. i'm zain verjee and "world business today" sta

we have those stories, and we'll catch up with oscar winners george clooney and robert de niro as weet started here on "today." back to you. >> sound good. we'll be watching. thank you very much. >> all right. see you in a couple of minutes. >> okay. good. >>> 6:37. 65 degrees. ahead, parents going on trial for something a lot of us are probably guilty of ourselves. >>> the violent end to a day-long search for a murder suspect. >>> and a dog living the good life in a local home. his incredible journey from the other side of the world. ♪ [ male announcer ] how could a luminous protein in jellyfish, impact life expectancy in the u.s., real estate in hong kong, and the optics industry in germany? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment information, risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing. >>> good morning. weather & traffic on the 1s. ri

. >> i totally punched robert de niro. >> you did?iolence, you had a concussion, right? >> i did. >> jimmy: is that cleared up now? are you okay? >> i'm through that. i have a little bit -- i went to my doctor. and so, my new health thing is i have a really high level of mercury in my system right now. >> jimmy: really? >> yes, from eating too much fish. >> jimmy: oh. >> and so, i have to, you know, do all this stuff to clear it out. >> jimmy: what do you have to do to clear it out? >> well, you can take pills. but when you find out, my doctor goes, you eat a lot of fish. i want to test you for mercury. how do you do that? you go home. you take these pills. wake up at 5:00. take these 15 pills. 15 pills that are supposed to suck the mercury out of your organs. drink like two gallons of water. go to bed. don't pee. hold it. okay. hold it. and then, get up and pee into in orange bucket. and i was like, what? and i was, like, is it a wide mouth? yes. you will make it. i was like, okay. so, i -- for three hours, i'm, like. it's not good.

hbo and robert de niro tribeca films have commissioned a smith being written right on this too at the end of the month. so keep your fingers crossed for that one. [applause] and now, let's welcome him diana and recount. [applause] one game that is wonderful about this book is if you really are very unfamiliar with wall street come with the markets, hedge funds, with bernie madoff, it is a book anyone can understand. however if you are someone who is a sophisticated investigator and hedge fund manager, you will enjoy the book, to and won't feel that it talks down to you at all. so today we'll talk about bernie madoff, who he was, what he did or we don't want to leave anybody behind. so if you're not familiar we will start with who is bernie madoff, what he did and i think importantly why he did it. what he says in the book is that he really did intend to be a great financial advisor and he intended to get great returns for his clients and he just banged things got going on and he dug himself and he said julie couldn't get out. so i think to get your take on that. >> that is a classic p

robert de niro as ann romney said was being funny. that's it. and that is it for us tonight. "ac 360" starts now. >>> piers, thanks. it's 10:00 here on the east coast and we have breaking news on two fronts tonight. the coroner's report is back in the death of whitney houston. the bottom line, drowning, a cocktail of drugs and cocaine. we'll talk to dr. drew pinsky and dr. sanjay gupta shortly. we begin with a story unfolding before our very eyes. after a day of major developments the killing of tray john martin, shot by a neighborhood watch captain in a central florida gated community. tonight the outrage has come full circle. it has come home. you're looking at a rally tonight in sanford, florida. people gathering from all around the country, not far from where on the 26th of february trayvon martin was returning to his future stepmother's home with a bag of candy and iced tea. that evening george zimmerman, armed with a 9 millimeter automatic, pursued him, allegedly confronted him and shot him dead. today after weeks of withering criticism about his department's handling o

robert de niro said he meant no offense when he joked about the weaves of the gop presidential candidates presidential fundraiser featuring the first lady and he said he was speaking, quote, with sa tire and it drew a complaint from newt gingrich saying the reference was inexcusable and demanded an apology from president obama and mrs. obama's spokeswoman called it inappropriate and declined to further comment. three african-american politicians will be featured on the new pbs series finding your roots. georgia congressman and civil rights leader john lewis, cory booker and former secretary of state condoleezza rice say they discovered new information about their family history. he found out his great grandfather registered to vote almost 100 years to the day before he registered to vote. the show premieres sunday. as. in here, heavy rental equipment in the middle of nowhere, is always headed somewhere. to give it a sense of direction, at&t created a mobile asset solution to protect and track everything. so every piece of equipment knows where it is, how it's doing or where it goes next.