roger ebert loved movies.all kinds of movies, high and low, classic and cult, serious and silly. passionately arguing about them on tv with gene siskel and their iconic show "at the movies." >> what about the movie? what about the dialogue? the characters? >> ebert, the spectacled and besweatered became a towering presence from the 1970s on. the first movie critic to win a pulitzer prize. and two thumbs up from him and siskel could mean millions in ticket sales. >> roger ebert, that's where i go to tell me who's a good movie. >> he loved movies like we do, but as a smart and engaging man who just loved going into the dark and dreaming the dream along with the rest of us. take "star wars." >> go home! >> reporter: when it came out in 1977, some bashed it as empty, juvenile escapism. ebert went on "nightline" and told ted koppel why they were wrong. >> i had a great time and was stimulated and had my imagination stimulated and all sorts of visions take place in my mind that helped me to become an adult and to st

roger ebert was 70 years old.e talked about films on television and changed the way many americans saw movies. >> i'm roger ebert. >> one of hollywood's elite, roger ebert, was a powerful force in shaping the movies america watched. with his first partner, gene siskel, he helped guide movie audiences. ebert and siskel, known for their thumbs up and thumbs down reviews were often at odds in their critique and that's what made them so popular. >> i think that gene was the closest i'll ever have to having a brother. he came back with richard roeper. their show, ebert and roeper recomplained the most recognized movie program. >> chicago is the most beautiful large city in america. >> a chicago institution with a national following, he ebert worked with the chicago sun time since 1967. in 1975, he became the first film critic to win a pulitzer prize for criticism. in 2005 he received a star in the hollywood walk of fame and a bronze medallion beneath the marquis of the landmark chicago theater. a year later, cancer rob

. >>> remembering roger ebert. michael moore joins me to pay tribute to america's favorite critic who will always get two thumbs up from us. >>> plus, guns, gays and pot. america's changing its mind about a number of things at the moment. will the gop? i'll ask newt gingrich where he stands. >>> and the debate that may surprise you with outspoken unpredictable magic man, penn gillette, actor billy baldwin and conservative kelly ann conway. >>> and what the hell's going on with justin bieber? we have advice for the teen idol from someone who has been through it before, lance bass. >>> good evening. this is "piers morgan live." a lot to get through tonight. we will start of course with the rising tensions in north korea. the eyes of the world are on that region tonight, looking at the demilitarized zone, no man's land between north and south korea. we learned today that the north may be planning to launch a mobile ballistic missile, possibly in a matter of days. that's according to a u.s. official who told cnn commun

days ago we learned roger ebert was undergoing radiation again to battle cancer. s heading home on thursday, when he smiled at them and peacefully said good-bye. >> reporter: he was america's film critic, roger ebert could determine the fate of a film by simply giving the signature thumbs up or thumbs down. alongside reviewing partner gene siskel. >> i'm roger ebert of "the chicago-sun times" -- >> reporter: ebert's career spanned four decades beginning at "the chicago-sun times" in 1967 and he thrived on television where sometimes the reviews got heated. >> somehow a connection between life and death. >> the movie. >> hooey. that's hooey. >> reporter: with trademark glasses ebert loved to talk and also became the first film critic to ever win the pulitzer prize. >> a kind, generous, passionate, wonderful, full of life individual you saw on tv. that's what he was like in real life as well. >> reporter: fans trusted his opinion. >> well if he gave it a thumbs down i wouldn't go. >> reporter: in 2006 ebert was diagnosed with cancer and after surgery lost his ability

>> shepard: continuing coverage of the breaks news, roger ebert has died. icago sun times reporting it on its twitter feed. ebert known for his up ins up, thumbs down tv reviews. just yesterday he announced on his blog he was undergoing radiation treatment, said he would step aside for a while but would be back. he was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in '02, and later had surgery for cancer in the salivary gland. he lost his chin and his ability to speak but he later resumed writing fulltime and even returned to television. roger ebert starred as a film critic for the chicago sun-times, starting in 1967 in '75 he became the first movie reviewer to get the first pulitzer prize for criticism. roger ebert, dead this afternoon at 70. >> in other news today. the sheriff in new orleans today answering for the shocking video out of the jail he runs. the video came out during a federal hearing on improving conditions at the lockup. look at this. inmates smoking up. snorting, shooting some sort of drugs. some of them are openly drinking beer. showing off wads of cash a

there was genuine emotion today upon word that roger ebert had died. last night right here we were talking about him taking time off of film reviewing because of a recurrence of the cancer that he fought so bravely and so publically for so long. tonight from chicago nbc's john yang has a look back. >> i'm roger ebert of "the chicago sun times." >> reporter: he was a movie critic as famous as the movie stars he reviewed. a sought out voice on award show red carpets. >> i think it's going to win. i think it is the best movie of the year. >> reporter: roger ebert has a star on hollywood's walk of fame and was the first film critic to win a pulitzer. >> thumbs up for me. >> reporter: but it's his thumb that made him a household name. the trademark review system developed with long time co-host gene siskel. they worked for rival newspapers. siskel for "the chicago tribune" and ebert for "the chicago sun times." their on-air sparks came naturally. >> do you believe that a movie needs to be fair in order to be good or does it need to be accurate in order to b

you said no to "chicago sun-times" and you got a call from. >> roger ebert. paper bar and it was like a scene from usa. i said, i got it be a part of this. ebert said, look, nobody turns down newspapers. the best writing in america is being done at newspapers. and you ought to be part of that. you know, he was right. and i became a newspaper man because of roger and it was the best advice i ever got. >> but he was, among all his other talents which we'll talk about after the break, he was, at heart, a newspaper man even after he became a big tv star. thanks very much for stopping by this sunday morning. for more than four decades in print on the air and online, the country gave his film criticism two thumbs up. a look at roger ebert's legacy, in just a moment. u 8 matt's brakes didn't sound right... ...so i brought my car to mike at meineke... ...and we inspected his brakes for free. -free is good. -free is very good. [ male announcer ] now get 50% off brake pads and shoes at meineke. >>> roger ebert began his career in "chicago sun-times" in 1967 but not unti

and that was roger ebert. as much as he loved to praise and celebrate good films, he also loved to point out their flaws. >> we pick on big visible films since they're more likely to be seen by more people and therefore, cause more suffering. >> he suffered through a lot of films, working for the chicago sun times for 46 years. he began as a freelancer in 1966. the next year he was asked to be the newspaper's permanent film critic. it was an unexpected role. he always said he never planned to make a career out of being a critic. but the fact is, he was made for the job. he simply loved movies. he even wrote a screenplay for a trashy hollywood film, beyond the valley of the dolls. the movie bombed so ebert finally decided to review films instead of make them. in 1975, he became the first film critic to win a pulitzer prize. >> our show is opening soon at a theater near you. >> that same year, he made his television debut on a local station with rival film critic gene siskel. >> the early years were pretty rocky

from roger ebert. >> from roger ebert. thanks for the nice words, in answer to some of your many questions took lots of english and writing, take lots of wrining and english course, se all the good movies you can. bright, write, write. for anyplace that will print your stuff, school paper, neighborhood shopper, local paper, et cetera. experience is invaluable. and then he goes on to say that i think film comment is an excellent magazine and talks a little about other things. tell me your sense of what he meant to you as someone who was going to become a film criting. >> well, i'm discovering now after his death that this is only one of many such letters that he wrote to young film buffs and film nerds and people who admired siskel and ebert. i have seen a line over the last few day this credible public mourning for him especially on twitter. people posting letters that he wrote to them. so i think in my case, it did end up being a part of my career and my life that he had written me this letter. but to

what is the legacy of roger ebert? >> well, i think roger was kind of the mayor of movie criticville by which i mean we're all such twisted loners and roger conceived of himself once he stopped drinking and stopped going to the playboy mansion as a kind of public figure. he really was very close to a politician insofar as he took his public role very seriously. he could, on his television show, he could command the attention of large numbers of people the way no film critic had ever done before. he had a marvelous gift for speaking in whole paragraphs. i'm sure you know the difficulty of beginning a paragraph extemporaneously and just knowing with his topic sentence what his conclusion would be in a way that not only drew you into what -- to understand what the movie was about but was able at the same time to communicate his passion. he was able to make people believe not just in movies but in the power of criticism to illuminate movies and he took that into a form, television, in which it had never been successful. i w

people praised roger ebert's political work. he lost his battle with cancer last thursday, he was 70 years old. a public memmier olis planned -- memorial is planned for thursday in chicago. >>> a survey is out with the best and the worst airlines. we will bring you the list. >> back here in a couple minutes, windy out there, winds blowing up to 45 miles per hour, how that impacts your day tomorrow and a warm up around the corner, how warm it will get, i will see you back here. fed up with prepaid card hassles? introducing chase liquid. the reloadable card that's easy to activate and can be used right away. plus, you can load cash or checks at any chase depositfriendly atm and checks right from your smartphone. get rid of prepaid problems. get chase liquid. >>> we have breaking news to show you right now, this is a house fire in ventura county, it started at 3:15 p.m. it is windy down there. you can see the trees and the smoke blowing in the wind. lot of smoke. the fire is burning close to a building but hasn't spread beyond the

the end, he was still talking, his final tweet just two days ago. >> i'm gene siskel. >> and i'm roger ebert. >> reporter: siskel and ebert wasn't just a show. their words could drive americans to the movies. they were the critics who famously feuded, but it was when they saw eye to eye, delivering their trademark two thumbs up, that could help send a movie to number one. there were studies through the years, showing those two thumbs could deliver huge dividends for a movie. roger ebert was the first film critic to win a pulitzer prize for his work, millions of americans recognized him as the reviewer who loved to talk, the sweaters, the trademark glasses. he and his longtime reviewing partner gene siskel would spar many said like a long-time married couple. >> what about the movie? what about the dialogue? what about the characters? >> reporter: gene siskel died in 1999 of a brain tumor. and years later, roger ebert would face his greatest challenge too. losing portions of his jaw and his ability to speak, eat and drink after cancer surgeries. turning to a computer generated voice to do the

. >>> roger ebert died today at the age of 70. anyone who cares about movies or great writing or liberal politics or great humanism and generosity of spirit and decency is suffering a loss. we will discuss his life and legacy later in the show. first very big news you may have missed. signs of a new front opening up in the battle being fought by this country's lowest paid workers. hundreds of fast-food workers went on strike in new york city, many walking out for higher wages and in some cases the right to unionize and one in brooklyn was forced to open its doors late to open the strike. twice as many workers participated this time around. you might look at this and say, oh, that's a rally. 400 people. no big deal. let me tell you why this is remarkable. think about this a second. put yourself in the shoes of someone if you're not in the shoes of those already, put yourself in the shoes of someone making minimum wage, for instance, gregory, who participated in the strike and spoke to the "new york times." he is a driver for domino

the legendary film critic, roger ebert, has died. per is reporting. today, ebert 70 years old. lost his ability to speak and eat after surgeries to thyroid salivary gland cancer in 2002 and 2003. said earlier this week that his cancer had returned. we had been reporting on that on c cnn. then on a facebook posting on twitter, he said that it was with a very heavy heart we report that legendary film critic roger ebert has passed away. the newspaper where ebert worked for decades, decades, the chicago sun times. this is a hole that can't be filled, it says, one of the greats has left us, roger ebert passed away at the age of 70. and i personally have to say to the friend of his wife, chaz ebert, chaz, my heart and prayers go out to you and your family. and we are all thinking of you. according to the chicago sun times, legendary film critic roger ebert dead at the age of 70. we'll continue to report as we get more information. >>> a veteran new york city cop is accused of running a robbery crew that ripped off drug dealers to the tune o

. >>> legendary film critic roger ebert died today. a.j. takes a look back now. >> reporter: his quick wit and thumbs up, thumbs down movie reviews earned him fame. >> i started going to the movies when i was a child, like everybody did. my aunt would take me to the grown-up movies. i just loved movies. >> reporter: ebert began writing film reviews in the late 60's and in 1975 was the first film critic to win the pulitzer prize. he coauthored beyond the valley of the dolls. in 1976, he teamed up with a competitor, chicago tribune film critic siskel. within a few years, it was put into syndication. the show soon became their trademark. the show's title was changed to roger ebert and the movies after siskel died. and then roger ebert embraced social media, actively tweeting, never losing his voice despite battling salivary gland cancer. >> my legacy, if there is one, will have to do with supporting films that people might not have seen and supporting directors that deserve support. >>> let's take a look. this bay area cop may have been off du

roger ebert died today.at age 70. his death was announced by the chicago sun-times -- where he worked for decades. roger ebert's film reviews were considered smart and insightful. and when he hated something - they could be deliciously biting and funny. he clearly loved his job. >> "i started going to the movies when i was a child like everybody did. my aunt would take me to the grown- up movies. my dad took me to see the marx brothers. i just loved movies." >> catherine: ebert began writing film reviews for the chicago sun-times in the late sixties. and in 1975 - became the first film critic to win the pulitzer prize for criticism. in 2oo5 - the first critic to get a star on the hollywood walk of fame. ebert's columns were syndicated to more than 200 newspapers. he wrote more than 15 books. and even dabbled in screen- writing -- working on 'beyond the valley of the dolls' in 1970. >> in 1976.he teamed with a competitor - gene siskel from the chicago tribune. their "thumbs up - thumbs down' rating system becoming thei

roger ebert died today of oral cancer. ebert's reviews were known for his either thumbs up or thumbs down. two days ago ebert announced he was going to be treated for a recurrence of the cancer. he had already lost part of his job and the ability to eat, drink and speak following cancer surgeries back in 2006. deborah villalon has been talking to some of those who remember the last time ebert visited the city. >> reporter: go back three years and the san francisco international film festival. roger ebert here at the castro theater saluted by fans and film makers. >> he seems happy. delighted to be there. >> reporter: cancer took his speech but never his enthusiasm. roger ebert accepting an award from film directors he admired and basking in a three minute ovation from the crowd. >> the wall of clapping and love from the audience it was almost physical i could feel it coming up on the stage. - - even though he had lost his voice, his face and his eyes were so expressive. >> he did not just curl up and disappear. >> reporter

roger ebert died today of oral cancer. ebert's reviews were known for his either thumbs up or thumbs down. two days ago ebert announced he was going to be treated for a recurrence of the cancer. he had already lost part of his job and the ability to eat, drink and speak following cancer surgeries back in 2006. deborah villalon has been talking to some of those who remember the last time ebert visited the city. >> reporter: go back three years and the san francisco international film festival. roger ebert here at the castro theater saluted by fans and film makers. >> he seems happy. delighted to be there. >> reporter: cancer took his speech but never his enthusiasm. roger ebert accepting an award from film directors he admired and basking in a three minute ovation from the crowd. >> the wall of clapping and love from the audience it was almost physical i could feel it coming up on the stage. - - even though he had lost his voice, his face and his eyes were so expressive. >> he did not just curl up and disappear. >> reporter

roger ebert died today at age 70. was announced by the chicago sun-times -- where he worked for decades. kron 4's catherine heenan reports. >> i seem to be in good health now. known film reviewer of his generation. roger ebert died today.at age 70. his death was announced by the chicago sun-times -- where he worked for decades. roger ebert's film reviews were considered smart and insightful. and when he hated something - they could be deliciously biting and funny. he clearly loved his job. >> "i started going to the movies when i was a child like everybody did. my aunt up movies. my dad took me to see the marx brothers. i just loved movies." ebert began writing film reviews for the chicago sun- times in the late sixties. and in 1975 - became the first film critic to win the pulitzer prize for criticism. in 2oo5 - the first critic to get a star on the hollywood walk of fame. ebert's columns were syndicated to more than 200 newspapers. he wrote more than 15 books. and even dabbled in screen- writing -- working on 'beyon

we'll have much more about roger ebert later on in the newscast. >>> all right. now to oklahoma where a major gas explosion has forced the evacuation of some neighborhoods. the blast sent flames shooting into the sky last night. the station is located north of oklahoma city. one employee who was on duty was not hurt. >>> possible tornado touching down last night in northern california. residents in redding reported seeing funnel clouds. no major damage. two twisters hit the area back in february. >>> a nice spring day almost everywhere. a few showers this morning in new york city but skies will clear up by the afternoon. south florida can expect heavy rain and it'll be wet from northern california to seattle. >>> temperatures in the upper midwest still colder than normal but denver is about 20 degrees warmer than usual with a high near 80. >>> coming up some controversial comments by the president getting a lot of attention online. >>> then the facebook phone. the first reviews are in. a major reason why you might want to give it a closer look. >>> caught on came

the show's title was changed to roger ebert and the movies. r richard roeper became permanent co-host of the show. >> you have all of these great actors. >> reporter: ebert also published annual collections of his film reviews as well as several film guides. not one to be left behind, ebert embraced social media, actively tweedin tweeting, never losing his voice. >> my legacy f there is one, will have to do with supporting films that people might not have seen, supporting directors that -- that deserve support. of course i review the big blockbusters and the commercial films. but from the very beginning it's been important for me to go out and look for independent films, documentaries and foreign films. >> until then, the balcony is closed. >> reporter: a.j. hammer, cnn, new york. >>> his legacy goes way beyond film. he inspired a generation of writers. so much wonderful stuff is being written about roger ebert today. >>> coming up, army brass firing a top general in the field. use the brand i use. oral-b -- the brush originally created by a de

of hollywood elite, roger ebert was a powerful force in shaping the movies that america watched. with his first partner, gene siskel, they were often at odds at each other in their voices, that is what made them so popular. >> gene is the closest i will ever come to having a brother. >> reporter: after the passing of siskel, he came back. >> chicago is the most beautiful large city in america. >> reporter: a chicago institution with a national following, ebert worked as a film critic for "the chicago sun times" since 1967, and became the first critic to win a pulitzer prize for criticism. he received a bronze medallion, but a year later, he lost portions of his jaw, due to cancer, he became a main stay on social media. >> i am always extroverted. >> reporter: he spread his passion, and brought wisdom to the film culture. >>> some international news now, north korea taking another provocative step towards attacking. kim jong-un announced he is moving his military, moving missiles into firing position on the east coast. u.s. intelligence says they believe that north korea may have

. >> the film community is remembering roger ebert this morning.ll show you the new front page tribute to the best known critics. >> rebound cause as stir after commenting about attorney general pamela harris. >> breaking news from san francisco where a man steals a taxicab and takes police on a high speed chase through two counties. >> we are looking at spotty showers in the east bay, at 92 just off the san mateo bridge and we are looking at a few areas of light rain around hayward and fremont, and southward into matters of the south bay so watch out for a few spotty showers and fog. >> i am leyla gulen in the traffic center we are looking at bay bridge with metering lights are on and track is pouring in to the toll plazas. it things out when you hold into san francisco but we have a brand new crash if san ♪ ♪ if loving you is wrong ♪ i don't wanna be right [ record scratch ] what?! it's not bad for you. it just tastes that way. [ female announcer ] honey nut cheerios cereal -- heart-healthy, whole grain oats. you can't go wrong loving it. bee hap

roger ebert lost his battle with cancer yesterday. the 70-year-old is known for co-hosting siskel and ebert until siskel died. he continued to write while battling cancer. he posted his last words saying thank you for going on this journey with me, i'll see you at the movies. a cartoonist bid farewell of this picture of siskel saving ebert a seat. this morning's dish of scrambled politics. president obama is catching heat for a comment directed attica ma la harris. the president called harris quote, the best looking attorney general. some commentators called those comments sexist and unsettling. >>> a majority of americans support legalizing marijuana. 52% want pot approved for recreational use. this is the first time the majority favor it since the 1970s. alabama is going to grant pardon for the scottsboro boys. they were known for raining two white women. >>> three of president obama's force are foregoing 5% of their salary. janet napolitano -- >> mark zuckerberg is off to a bad start. it was supposed to launch next week. it's run in

people praised roger ebert's political work. he lost his battle with cancer last thursday, he was 70 years old. a public memmier olis planned -- memorial is planned for thursday in chicago. >>> a survey is out with the best and the worst airlines. we will bring you the list. >> back here in a couple minutes, windy out there, winds blowing up to 45 miles per hour, how that impacts your day tomorrow and a warm up around the corner, how warm it will get, i will see you back here. card hassles? introducing chase liquid. the reloadable card that's easy to activate and can be used right away. plus, you can load cash or checks at any chase depositfriendly atm and checks right from your smartphone. get rid of prepaid problems. get chase liquid. >>> we have breaking news to show you right now, this is a house fire in ventura county, it started at 3:15 p.m. it is windy down there. you can see the trees and the smoke blowing in the wind. lot of smoke. the fire is burning close to a building but hasn't spread beyond the one structure. it is

roger ebert battled cancer and died two days after revealing it returned to his body. remembered for his elegant movie reviews but for the phrase he coined, two thumbs up. >> my aunt would take me to the grownup movie, my dad took me to see the marx brothers and i just loved movies. i only have the one, this is the actual one i use on the show right here. >> i like to call him the mayor of movie criticville. >> the bottom line is dinosaurs, yes, story no with this picture. >> we welcome to the hollywood walk of fame roger ebert! there it is! >> he's the most passionate person i've ever met about the movies. >> i think every critic has to be judged on the basis of his own work. >> the whole idea of a movie, watching a movie, being a personally enriching experience, i think was at the heart of all of roger's communications about the movie. >> we would still get excited every time the lights went down and the curtains parted in the screening room, he was always rooting for a movie to be good. >> i gave a thumbs up, i thought it was a very interesting film. >> thumbs up. t

. >> you don't have to be a big fan of movies to know the name, roger ebert. thumbs up, thumbs down, has sadly lost his battle with cancer. he began his career reviewing movies for "the chicago-sun times." his last written words, i'll see you at the movies. john yang has more on his legendary career. >> i'm roger ebert of the chicago sun times -- >> he was a movie critic. a sought out voice. >> i think it is going to win. it is the best movie of the year. >> reporter: he has a star on the walk of fame. >> thumbs up for me. >> it's his thumb that made him a household name. the trademark review system developed with gene siskel. they worked for rival newspapers. siskel for the chicago tribune, ebert for "the chicago-sun times." their on air remarks. >> they need to be accurate to be good. >> their relationship was the source of endless fascination. >> the question was, do you like or hate each other. i said both. roger said, neither. >>> he called him the brother he never had. >> for 24 years we were on television together. for po years we fought it out on newsp

roger ebert died at the age of 70. roger beater's career. >> his quick wit and thumbs up, thumbs down earned him fame. his love the fame came as an early age. >> i started going to the movies at a child as everybody did. my aunt would take me to the grown-up movies. my dad would take me to see the marx brothers. >> he began writing reviews for the chicago sun-times in the late 60s, and in 1975 was the first film critic to win the prize for criticism. he coauthored "beyond the valley of dogs" with russ meyer. in 1976, he teamed up with gene siskel to host a weekly review program on tv. within a few years it was put into syndication, and siskel and ebert's thumbs up, items down system became their trademark. >> two thumbs up had never applied to anything in history before. the phrase two thumbs up was not in use. people said "thumbs up." so when people say we're giving a two thumbs up, they're quoting us. >> in 1999 siskel died from complications stemming from a brain complication. the show's title was changed to "roger

roger ebert has died.the first film critic to have a star on the how holly wood hall of fame. he said now he was going to be treated for a recurrence. they were known for giving their thumbs up or thumbs down reviews. roger ebert was 70 years old. >>> both hikers who disappeared in the mountains of southern california are in the hospital this morning. a helicopter plucked 18-year- old kendall jack to safety. she sen her 19-year-old friend nicholas got lost during an easter weekend hiking trip in the cleveland national forest. he was rescued wednesday night. a sheriff deputy plunged 60 feet down a hillside while trying to reach the girl. >>> some people living in the outer sunset district of san francisco are getting frustrated by an increasing crime in their neighborhood. this gas station is a hub where homeless people gather and cause problems. this is video of an apparent drug deal which took place wednesday afternoon. it was caught on tape by neighborhood watch cameras. the crimes don't end there. >> i

on this sad occasion. >> brown: why was roger ebert's voice so large in the film industry? t's a funny thing. most of us don't remember in ebert's early days he was a bit of a hell raiser and a partier, went to the playboy mansion, drank a lot. he wrote about all this. but when he sobered up, he decided, i think, that he was going to be a public figure. now, most film critics are kind of private twisted loaners. myself included. but roger almost styled himself an ambassador of the movies. a mayor of movie criticville. and when he started the show he -- he was able to frame certain discussions about the movies. frame his own responses in a way that become enormously appealing to great numbers of people people who were rex reed types who would come on talk shows and drop insults and give their opinions. roger had a great gift for being able to speak in whole paragraphs. he knew from his topic sentence what his conclusion was going to be and he was going to pull you into that whether you were an elitist pointy head or just a guy wanting to be entertained. he could communicate w

roger ebert has died.was the first film critic to have a star on the how holly wood hall of fame. he said now he was going to be treated for a recurrence. they were known for giving their thumbs up or thumbs down reviews. roger ebert was 70 years old. >>> both hikers who disappeared in the mountains of southern california are in the hospital this morning. a helicopter plucked 18-year- old kendall jack to safety. she sen her 19-year-old friend nicholas got lost during an easter weekend hiking trip in the cleveland national forest. he was rescued wednesday night. a sheriff deputy plunged 60 feet down a hillside while trying to reach the girl. >>> some people living in the outer sunset district of san francisco are getting frustrated by an increasing crime in their neighborhood. this gas station is a hub where homeless people gather and cause problems. this is video of an apparent drug deal which took place wednesday afternoon. it was caught on tape by neighborhood watch cameras. the crimes don't end there. >

two thumbs up during his movie reviews.\ roger ebert died two days after he blogged. rence of cancer. ebert, who was 70, was the first movie reviewer to get the pulitzer prize as a critic. >> jacqueline: the rain has ended but the fault for the north bay tomorrow. the special with the reduced visibility. with the chance of rain in the north bay. sunday, a slightly better chance of seeing rain, at every conditions and in some areas of drizzle, light rain that the radar is not picking up. however, as we take a look offshore some high cloud coverage that will impact another storm is brewing. freudberg.and however,e high cloud coverage and temperatures? mild. in the self bay upper 60s/70's. the south-bay. with upper 60s also for the inland valleys 60s through san francisco the number of americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose to 385-thousand last week. that's up 28-thousand from the week before. according to the labor department. this marks the third consecutive week of gains in benefit claims. the labor department will release its monthly jobs report to

we'll fix that and get back to that report the obituary of roger ebert. the president of the united states said this, quoting president obama, michelle and i are saddened to hear about the passing of roger ebert. for a generation of americans and especially chicagoans roger was the movies. when he didn't like a film, he was honest. when he did he was effusive, capturing the unique power of the movies to take us somewhere magical. that is the president of the united states releasing his statement. let's get a closer look now at roger ebert and his very influential work. the executive producer of ebert's ground breaking show "at the movies" is joining us right now, david plummer. give us a thought, david. this is a loss for all of us. >> honestly, it is a loss for all of us. hearing what president obama said, you know, it just goes to show what a huge force he was. i mean, this is a movie critic. the president of the united states isn't going to say the words that he said in that statement for anybody and it goes to show that roger sort of went past just be

. >>> film critic roger ebert has died.e spent 46 years writing for the chicago sun times newspaper. but he's better known for his television appearances. he died in chicago after a long battle with cancer. ebert's signature thumbs up- thumbs down has become part of the national culture. ebert blogged earlier this week that the cancer had returned and he was going to take a break from work. roger ebert was 70 years old. >>> the mariners and the a's went at it again today at the coliseum. mark is going to tell us who came out on top. sports is up next. well, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched. and we liked it! today's kids got it so good. [ male announcer ] call to get u-verse tv starting at $19 a month for 2 years with qualifying bundles. rethink possible. >>> mark is here now with sports. giants

. >>> legendary film critic roger ebert died today. a.j. takes a look back now. >> reporter: his quick wit and thumbs up, thumbs down movie reviews earned him fame. >> i started going to the movies when i was a child, like everybody did. my aunt would take me to the grown-up movies. i just loved movies. >> reporter: ebert began writing film reviews in the late 60's and in 1975 was the first film critic to win the pulitzer prize. he coauthored beyond the valley of the dolls. in 1976, he teamed up with a competitor, chicago tribune film critic siskel. within a few years, it was put into syndication. the show soon became their trademark. the show's title was changed to roger ebert and the movies after siskel died. and then roger ebert embraced social media, actively tweeting, never losing his voice despite battling salivary gland cancer. >> my legacy, if there is one, will have to do with supporting films that people might not have seen and supporting directors that deserve support. >>> let's take a look. this bay area cop may have been off du

remembering roger ebert.fluenced a nation of movie influenced a nation of movie goers >> good evening once again. we begin this half hour again with north korea latest escalation moving a long range missile to the nation east coast closer of course to the u.s. u.s. is tracking the mobile missile and the launcher. it has the ability to strike japan as well as u.s. bases in okinawa and guam. adding to the fear? today the young leader of the north said quote the moment of explosion is coming. >>> in washington, d.c. officials are also tracking every move of course of the north korean leader who thinks young leader exactly playing aggressive game on the world stage so suddenly jonathan karl on the clue being pieced together tonight. >> imagine the cia information on the world most mysterious leader before he taking power 15 months ago this was tomorrow known photograph of kim. snap shot of boy just 11 years old. >> we still debate how old he is. we think perhaps 30 but he might be 28 or 29. >>reporter: bruce is t

. - and of course we are all pulling for and praying for roger ebert, who is changing his schedule because his cancer has returned. - absolutely. no one probably in any other profession has probably influenced more generations to continue in his footsteps than roger ebert, so we absolutely wish him the best. - and he is such a fighter. - absolutely. - good to have you on the show, erik. thank you. coming up, what traders see in the charts ahead of friday's jobs number. don't miss it. we will be right back. trader dan deming of stutland equities joins us now for a look at the charts he is watching, what chart technicians are watching in the market. and dan, good to have you on the show this morning- - thanks angie. -because we have had some record closes this week, with the s&p 500 closing at an all- time high on monday, as well as the dow. what are the numbers telling you, dan? - it is interesting angie. like you said, you pointed out that those are kind of the headlines you see across the board, but the fact of the matter is i know some technicians are still watching very closely that int

it was a tribute to america's foremost movie critic, roger ebert, who passed away last week. it was my good fortune to know roger and his wife chaz and to be one of his greatest fans. like myself, he hailed from down state illinois. he was born in urbana. in his memoir, "life itself," he tells an amazingly detailed story of his youth growing up down state, how he finally made it to the big time, to the "chicago sun-times" in chicago. after he had been editorial of the daily illini on the campus of the university much illinois. roger came to movie criticism almost by accident, but in no time at all he set the standard not only for the united states but maybe for the world. rahm emanuel in the tribute to roger today said at the service he wanted to personally thank roger ebert for sparing us from going to see so many terrible movies. so many of us would wait before we went to a movie, as the medicare said, to check the time of the movie but also to check what roger ebert thought about the movie. he was a go-to person when it came to movie criticism. as you came to read the book

roger ebert died last week after a long battle with cancer. 70 years old. >>> just four months after the school shooting in newtown, connecticut, the hit tv series "glee" depicted a similar attack on last night's episode called "shooting star" and began with a disclaimer about the violent nature of the program but the newtown newspaper criticized the episode saying it was too early for such a show especially given "glee"'s young fan base and blames the producer for failing to warn newtown residents ahead of the broadcast. >>> california mountain lion is back in its wilderness home after strolling into suburbia. it was spotted in a los angeles neighborhood scaling up and over roofs and backyard fences. check that out. after about two hours fish and wildlife officers tranquilized the 140-pound cat and returned it to the wild. >>> speaking of wild, check out the small plane making an emergency landing at the airport in scottsdale, arizona. the pilot said his landing gear jammed. so he had to put the plane down on its belly. he was heard saying if

i'm going to be forever grateful to roger ebert for helping my career and more grateful for turning on to so many beautiful wonderful films. roger's top ten all-time favorite movies. stanley kubrick's a space odyssey, citizen kane, a general, herzog's wrath of god apocalypse now raging bull, tokyo story vertigo and the tree of life. i thank roger for sharing his gifts. i can think of no better way to honor him than to spend time with his brilliant twitter feed and his online columns. take advantage of his wisdom, his wit and his deep and abiding humanity. that's "viewpoint" for tonight. i want to thank my guests, saman arbabi, elayne boosler and tina dupuy. listen, make sure you tune into monday's show because phil donahue will join me to talk about thomas young and if you can't wait, phil is screening his powerful movie body of war this sunday on

. >> family friends celebrated a funeral mass in chicago today for roger ebert, who you died on thursday of cancer. >> there is more media made in manhattan. more films made in hollywood but in chicago you find america's spirit. because roger understood that spirit and lived that spirit. able to bring the spirit of film alive. >> his widow said roger would have loved the majesty of the service. he died on thursday just days after he announced return of the cancer that left him unable to speak, eat and drink. roger ebert was 70 years old. >> want to give you the latest on pg&e crews continuing to work on restoring power that is knocked out during our wind storm, people hardest hit, 1720 people without power. 506 customers affected in the south bay. and number of people without power is down to 73. this morning traffic lights out in this intersection in san jose. the lights are now working again. abc 7 news with more on the storm affects on the peninsula. >> falling tree dz all kinds of damage to lines, cars and homes. they seemed to have in common the terrifying sound made. >> it's not a

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