kevin kline, michael douglas, robert de niro and morgan freeman.ne tell you were also going to be co-hosting this hour? >> yes. >> they did? >> so you agreed. >> but then we asked what was that mean? i don't know. >> are you morning people? >> i'm not. >> i am. >> you are too. >> i am but -- by 9:00 you're going to be in great. >> somewhere after lunch he kicks it in. kevin, are you a morning person? >> yeah, when forced. >> which would be right now. >> i'm loving it. >> we're energetic around here. we're so happy to have you and lots to discuss about "last vegas." but first natalie has a check of the top stories of the morning. >> good morning to you all and good morning once again. a powerful and dangerous storm headed east this morning after bringing flash flooding to the middle of the country on halloween. many in austin, texas lost homes and cars. some escaped with the clothes on their back. in other places it was too dangerous to let the kids trick or treat so they'll have their halloween today. >>> in kansas, a school bus with 10 children in

you can do better than the cast with mary steen burgeon, robert de niro, kevin kline -- i'm sure you don't need my encouragement to go see it. coming up, speaking of comedians, george wallace. stay with us. tavis: here is a fascinating statistic. children laugh on average 400 times a day. adults only laugh 13 times a day. comedian george wallace has done his best to ratchet up the adult laughter portion. he has so many credits in his career. if we listed them all, we would be here all night. he is putting down what he has learned about comedy and laughter getting through difficult times in a new book called "laugh it off." >> that is the proper way to spell laugh. did you pronounce it right? i think you did. to spell when you get the word out. the most important thing is laugh. it is a different way of looking at life. laughter is healing. laughter is comforting and you need to laugh no matter the situation. angelesned to me in los . if people cut you off on the freeway. you are on a big hurry to get up there and give them the finger. confront them. let them go and laugh it off. tavi

. >> robert de niro and sylvester sta stallone go toe to toe if the box office. >> i think there is really something for everybody this holiday season which is going to lead to big bucks at the box office. >> the odds of that are ever in our favor. that's the holiday box office preview. >> seriously. what are you looking forward to? >> i mean, scorsese and dicaprio are back together. you have to see it. >> not grudge match? >> it would be on the list of ones that are so bad they're the ones you have to see. >> that's our movie review this morning with bill. >>> this is "early today." we hope this is your first stop of the day here on nbc. >>> leading the news in "usa today" -- three unpublished j.d. salinger stories leaked online. the ocean full of bowling balls leaked under mysterious circumstances. >>> and on nbcnews.com last-minute glitch aborts space x's thanksgiving rocket launch. the unmanned falcon nine rocket was set to launch when a last-second order to abort the megs w mission was issued. the reason was due to a slower than expected thrust ramp. that has been problematic. >>> now

michael douglas, morgan freeman, kevin climb and robert de niro talk about their film right here.schiavocampo. have a great one. >>> good morning to you. 4:30. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm marla tellez in for jon kelley. we begin this morning with breaking news. it's happening in milpitas. a construction worker is killed during overnight doing road work on interstate 680 near scott creek. damian trujillo is live at the site which may soon be declared a crime scene. >> reporter: this happened about 2:41 this morning. the crews were working for caltrans, not as employees but for a construction company that contracts with caltrans. they were picking up the cones and the road signs here when a silver nissan veered off

. >> reporter: he produced robert de niro in "the king of comedy" but arnon milchan now reveals he was an israeli spy. >> you know, i did it for my country. >> reporter: his country is israel where he's still a citizen and for years an under cover agent. >> james bond, wow. that's very exciting. >> he told me that he was an israeli and that he, of course, would do these things for his country. something with the things that trigger -- >> quite. >> reporter: biographers say the things that trigger something for nuclear triggers and centrifuges from germany and uranium from south africa for israel's first nuclear bomb. a secret program israel has always denied. milchan said he was recruited by perez, currently israel's president and a nobel peace prize winner. milchan says his business partner was often sydney pollock of "tootsie" fame. do you think israel would be a nuclear nation without arnon milchan? >> they needed somebody to head up this relationship. it was mostly covert, clandestine. they found a young man who was successful. that was arnon milchan. >> reporter: he's celebrated a

the film stars robert de niro, morgan freeman, michael douglas and kevin kline "last vegas" is rated-13. and-- "free birds" is an animated comedy that follows two turkeys who join forces to travel back in time. their goal is to get turkey off thanksgiving menus for good. the movie features the voices of owen wilson, woody harrelson and amy poehler. "free birds" is rated p-g. azuz soon, californians from sacramento to salinas to san diego will have equal access to quality health insurance. those who need financial assistance will get it. and nobody will be denied because of a pre-existing condition. welcome to a new state of health. welcome to covered california. we are your health insurance marketplace. enroll today at coveredca.com. >>> "e.t." >> did camille grammer hire bodyguards? is she in fear for her life? >>> we have the latest in the beverly hills housewife's alleged abuse story. from new york, i'm rocsi diaz. >> and from l.a., i'm rob marciano. >> this picture really shows a dark bruise. >> do these photos prove camille's boyfriend beat her, as "e.t." uncovers new clues abou

it monetization they call quantitative easing but just yellen will be kind of like a remake of robert de niro taxi driver or she's going to be every month at the federal open market policy committee say you've done for me you've done for me you've done for me. you know she's going to have that hog face stuck in a mirror somewhere you montra me you know this will be the policies going forward that should go out on a some kind of murder spree and well the thing about breath air it is them is you know you do need sustenance this is why people die because the gulping air parent doesn't work you need nutrients minerals water and the same thing for the global economy the bond market is supposed to be part of the sustenance of capitalism of entrepreneurial as i'm of you know making thing is i'm so the fact that it's just the government feeding itself and eating itself of the just the government that's why the rest of the private sector is dying well here's the really ironic thing as we head into the end of the year the two look bull mania is alive and well in the u.s. treasury market whereas bitcoin

it monetization they call quantitative easing but that yellen will be kind of like a remake of robert de niro taxi driver or she's going to be every month at the federal open market policy committee say you done for me you buying from me you buying from me. you know she's going to have that hog face stuck in a mirror somewhere you montra me you know this will be the policies going forward that should go out on a some kind of murder spree and well the thing about breath air it is them is you know you do need sustenance this is why people die because the gulping air parent doesn't work you need nutrients minerals water and the same thing for the global economy and the bond market is supposed to be part of the sustenance of capitalism of entrepreneurial as i'm of you know making thing is i'm so the fact that it's just the government feeding itself and eating itself of the just the government that's why the rest of the private sector is dying well here's the really ironic thing as we head into the end of the year the two look bold mania is alive and well in the u.s. treasury market whereas bitcoi

confidential, and worked with stars like russell crow, ben affleck and b robert de niro.e was recruited by shimon peres in 1960s. the is closure that sydney pol polleck. he also allegedly spied for israel. >> sydney of my partner, in exports, and aerospace, we had to decide what he is willing what he is not, many things he said no, many thing he said yes. >> milchan made thousands in arms deals he had about 30 companies one in 1986, one of his executives was accused and indicted for buying and selling nuclear materials, milchan at the time said no, i don't know anything about it, but now he admits he knew, that is where it is, some in hollywood maybe suspected but no one knew. melissa: what is the upside of saying you are a spy, is anything going to happen? >> probably not, he was working with the cia in many cases. he was probably doing some deals we did not know about. but we knew who he was. shimon peres saide was treasure o of the espy espaiaia. melissa: thank you very. >> you think of holidays, you think of family, and football games, others see opportunity like work

. >> jerry has them and robert de niro is revealing what the cameras didn't catch him doing. >> fourscar winners, one movie. morgan, klein, de niro and douglas, all together for the first time in "last vegas." >> i want all of to you get in trouble. >> but when it happens here, you don't have to call them. legends, heavy hitters. >> the party animals. this man, god, he is out every night. every night. >> out cold in bed. >> bobby, he hit us two club every night. >> the real de niro secret, even he confesses he is addicted to this. >> i actually did a couple of scenes while i was on my phone and you can't see it in the tape. i just know when the camera is going to be over there, i can make the call, put it down. >> when you were out by the pool, judging the bikini contest -- >> ishis a bachelor party? >> that's actually when i made a phone call. i didn't waste a second. >> in last vega, the group reunites for michael's unmarrying a younger woman last bash and while it might nobody the hangover. >> do you guys have drugs? >> lipitor count? >> on-set spies letting me on this secret, mor

. >> -- robert de niro. [ speaking french ] >> these are the questions. >> i knew everything he said. i was trying to listen. >> now you know how i feel when you sing when somebody -- you ruin it for people. >> what do you mean ruin it? >> when somebody's singing a great song and you start singing it, it ruins it. so i just did it for you. >> it doesn't ruin it, it enhances. >> no, it ruins it. first of all -- >> what? >> he can speak anything and it's sexy. all right, you know what i'm saying? >> my favorites are -- i like the british and i like southern. >> you do? >> i like southern. there's something about a southern -- >> she lived in the south for a long time. >> there's something about that accent i just like. it's slow. >> it's seductive. yes, ma'am. >> you look awful pretty. oh. just feels good. feels very tingly. >> hoda falls for it every time. they come up and say do you need a doctor? and you say? >> why. >> and he said, because your body is sick. she falls for it every time. >> i love that one. >> i like an aussie one. australians. >> yea, yea, yea. if they happen to be

. ♪ thank you, "last vegas" -- starring michael douglas, robert de niro, morgan freeman, and kevin kilneove child of "the hangover" and a flomax ad. [ laughter ] ♪ thank you, the new york city marathon, for letting marathon runners do the one thing they love most, tell people they ran a marathon. [ laughter ] we get it. we heard you. we heard you, larry! now shut up! he's your brother! >> steve: quiet! i have a full mouth! i didn't say nothing. shut it! >> jimmy: thank you, new study that found that people aren't naturally good at math. like i've always said, math is 50% hard work and 60% luck. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] whatever. ♪ thank you, r. kelly, for reportedly hiring an impersonator to perform in your place. aren't kelly. aren't kelly performs. who is it you thought you were seeing? [ talking over each other ] >> steve: it's aren't kelly. >> jimmy: i thought i was seeing r. kelly. >> steve: yeah, i'm going to go see ain't kelly later on. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah. that's good enough. either way. ♪ thank you, asking for help in hardware stores, for being the equivalent of say

woody allen is on it, will smith, jon stewart, robert de niro, kanye west. it's very well done. david is going to do magic for us tonight. and i heard he taught you a trick, guillermo. >> yes, yes. >> jimmy: now, when did he teach this to you? >> to put my finger inside my ear. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's really more hygiene than a trick. so that's the name of the trick, put your finger inside your ear? >> yeah. i'll show you. >> jimmy: okay. show me. all right. >> ow. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: very well done. your son is going to love that trick. it will probably make him cry, but when he gets older he'll love it. >> yeah, he'll like it. >> jimmy: if you want to see some real magic, though, look no further than toronto mayor rob ford. [ laughter ] rob ford, he's provided me with so much entertainment this week i feel like i should pay him a subscription fee like hbo. [ laughter ] as if the crack smoking wasn't enough, yesterday a police report came out. it was all manner of allegations including a prostitute, cocaine, sexual harassment. rob ford is like your drunk unc

robert de niro in that interview did say he asked him years ago about this, and he did say admit to robertsome people knew. a couple people knew, but he -- i have been covering, i'll say this. i've been covering hollywood, what goes on there for a very long time. not much surprises me. this is a surprise story. >> this is a surprise. it is worth' movie, too. maybe he'll do his own movie on his life. initial, thanks, appreciate it. >> sure. >> i bet you can guarantee that. still to come here, the thanksgiving travel frenzy in full swing and we are having a little bit of fun with it. we got reporters racing from new york to d.c. to see who gets home first. there's the new jersey turnpike. we've got one of our guys in the car. there he is. another one is going by plane and the third by train. we'll check in with them coming up. ththe more i want to go back.e, the comfort, the colors, the flavors. a modern city, with history in every corner. ♪ how to expect an 18th century castle in the middle of a huge city. i don't know how to explain it, we just have to go back. mexico city, live it to beli

sharon stone and robert de niro and joe pesci and he becoming your friends and don rickles and everybody. the movie came out and my mother called me, my dear mother and she said oscar i saw your movie. it's a good thing you're a lawyer. i wasn't getting any other part so i decided that i love the movie so much i have to figure out a way to get myself back into the movies and it dawned on me that in order to make a movie of las vegas you have to get a permit and who do you get a permit from? city hall. who is in charge of city hall? the mayor so iran for mayor and i look -- went to the permitting department and i said i'm your new mayor. i have a directive. if anyone's going to make a movie in las vegas i won apart. she said you can't do that. i said i can, i'm the mayor. two weeks later mayor guess who's out here? jackie chan. you send that gentleman writing here. jackie chan comes then with his director and says i can't believe what i just heard. in order for us to make rush-hour in las vegas you have to have a part? i said absolutely. he said he have to be kidding. i said you see wheth

he forged an especially close relationship with actor robert de niro, who was also featured in the israelion program. >> i did ask him once. we spoke about something and he told me that he was an israeli and that he, of course, would do these things for his country. >> so you want to come to hollywood, act like a big-shot without actually doing anything. >> yeah. >> reporter: in a story that seems rim nicent to last year's true-to-life film "argo" that depicted the cia/hollywood collaboration to rescue diplomats stuck in iran, it's a safe bet hollywood execs will be fighting to bring this story to the big screen, too. >>> a comet had its thanksgiving day date with the sun and many wondered if that comet could take the heat. we'll tell you the answer just ahead. [ male announcer ] 'tis the season of more. more shopping. more dining out. more traveling. and along with it, more identity theft. every time you pull out your credit card, shop online, or hit the road, you give thieves a chance to ruin your holiday. you can't be on the lookout 24/7. but lifelock can. protecting your identity, your

reese witherspoon is an executive who gets assigned an intern, who is a retiree, played by robert de niroht the worldwide rights. understandable, given that trifecta of talent. myers, witherspoon, de niro. >>> when it comes to new year's eve, new york city may have the giant crystal ball. but kennett square, pennsylvania, has the giant mushroom. the mushroom capital of the world, will ring in the new year by lowering the giant fungi. is there fungus among us? it will happen in military square. it counts for half of the u.s. production of mushrooms. and it attracts about 100,000 people to their annual festival. the only admission, you have to bring a food donation. that's lovely. i know where i'll be new year's eve. >>> and finally, time for the competition portion of the program. the youtube best screaming animal competition to be exact. who will take it home today? will it be the sheep? bring it. >> no. i don't believe that. >> will it be -- these are screaming animals. will it be the new viral sensation this week, a ram with something to say? or -- >> yes. >> or will it be the reigning

gladiator star russell crowe who slammed clooney, harrison ford, and robert de niro for doing commercialsrilegious. clooney made fun of crowe's band. i sent him a note going, dude, the only people who succeed when two famous people are fighting is people magazine. what the expletive is wrong with you? he said he received an apology from crowe. he sent him a book of poetry. he picked a fight with me. he started it for no reason at all. i think he said, i was all misquoted. this morning, the oscar winner taking aim at leonardo dicaprio, saying leo's friends talked trash in a game of basketball. the discrepancy between their game and how they talked about their game made me think how posht it is to have someone no your life to tell you what's what. i'm not sure if leo has someone like that. the question now, could clooney's candid comments hurt that mr. nice guy image. >> this isn't going to do it. you read what happened with russell crowe, george was 100% right. >> reporter: he went after twitter and ashton kutcher, saying, if you're famous, i don't understand for the life of me why any fam

de niro. >> oy thing better than my roberte niro is the cosby. >> jimmy: do your de niro impression. >> now,at's -- bill cosby. [ lahter ] same thing. >> steve: no. >> jimmy: it's the same ing. we got great music tonight. oh my god, besideshe best band in the land, the roots, we have bonnie raitt is here. [ cheers and applause ] she's a rockstar dude. she looks so cool. one of the best sle guitarists ever. hey guys, do you ever go on twitter and you see tweets from a celebrity that looks like it makes no senselike a random statement out of left eld. but then you reali -- you click expand. and u realize they're just responng to another person question. i'll show you what i mean in this next segment. it's called "in reply to." here we go. ♪ if replto in replyo oh yeah ♪ >> jmy: so the way this rks is, i ll show you a celebry tweet and then wll see the qutions they were replng to. this first example is a tweet from president obama. he responded to at lourobert1, he said, "my pet dog, bo." not really sure what he's talking about he. let e what he was asked. "who designed the obamacare website?"

of course, robert de niro. he wasn'even 30 years old yet when hehot tha screen test.n to play in the goather part ii which he eaed his first oscar for. >> what happened to him? >> he looks like rocky. yeah. >> i was like -- >> thatas a great screen test. i would have given him the point too. >> uil he cracked up. >> yeah. >> i thought iwasadorable. that probably wasn' what he was going for. >> matt and al you he helped raise awareness, getting you prostate exams live on air recently andow late night mics, it's a gift that keeps on giving. >> ming , here a response from al roker we love him. high pressure moving through the southern region. let's seehat he was asked. describe your prostate exam >> al. yes, very nice. well,t was- willing to take a joke and take a laugh. >> yes. >> anything to do to help raise awareness for this. >> yes. >> of course if io see steven colbt i'm going tolap him. >> exactly. it is awareness for men's hlth ises. no sve november a you can learn more on our websit >> that's what's trending today. frommen's health to a touching story tie to wom