i with ron howard, how dare you call -- >> yeah, that was-- so that was the big-- he knows ron howard, here's tonight's top ten list. let's go. the category tonight, now this is not as unusual as you might think when you hear it. top ten signs you've purchased a bad zoo. you know what i am talking about here. yeah, it's the big matt damon holiday blockbuster, we bought a zoo. >> paul: oh, yeah. >> dave: so top ten signs you bought a bad zoo. >> paul: they bought a great zoo in that movie. >> dave: well, we don't know. we have to wait and go see it. >> paul: i understand, i saw the clips. the kind of zoo they bought great, really, above average zoo, terrific zoo. >> dave: well, a lot of times, especially beginners will get left in a good zoo. now a good zoo should be clean. >> paul: yes. >> dave: should be safe, should be educational. and provide a wholesome life for the animal. i think that goes without saying. that's a good sgloop. and if you have done that congratulations. >> paul: yes, you have done your job. >> dave: now "we bought a zoo" starring matt damon and scarlet johansson

. -- directors, ron howard. >> ron starred in a, a car chase picture called eat my dust, and he had aercentage of the profits. it was a big success. he said, i have a proposal. when actor normally what success, he wants more money. i will do the next picture for the same money at the same percentage and i will even do one other job for nothing. and he said he will direct it. that was grand theft auto, a giant success for us. tavis: martin scorsese. >> marty is one of the few directors that made his first feature film for me and had not worked with me. almost everybody else, the people we have discussed, worked with me in various ways. i saw an underground picture that he had done in new york and i thought it was wonderful. i did not have anybody at that time that i thought was ready to direct. i talked to him, clearly an intelligent and creative guy. he did a picture called a boxcar bertha had started his career and was a very good film. tavis: francis ford coppola. >> i have bought some russian science fiction films. this is around 1960. the russians made a big budget science fiction

he knows ron howard. >> what? >> how are you doing? >> where's willie?willie called me before he passed out. he said please, get to the studio and do "way too early." then i find you guys. >> jonathan, you are 26 minutes late, my man. >> i just woke up, leave me alone. >> come here. so you are telling me you dress like that when you pass out? that's how you look after a binder? >> yes. i suspected as much. >> we are going to go get changed. jonathan, go do e-mails or something. still ahead, why are you awake. your holiday tweets, texts and e-mails are coming up next. >> if you see willie, tell him to come back. i joined the navy when i was nineteen. i was a commissioned officer at twenty-three. i was an avionics... tactical telecommunications... squad leader. i think the hardest transition as you get further into the military is... you know it's going to end one day. chase hired me to be a personal banker. i'm a business analyst... manager. i'm very proud to work for chase. when you hire a veteran, you get... great leadership... decisiveness... focus. ch

i know ron howard. >> yeah, that was -- so that was the big -- he knows ron howard. >> that's my kind >> he knows ron howard. >> my colleague, "the washington post's" eugene robinson. keep it on "morning joe." [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation, so i used my citi thank you card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? we talked about getting a diamond. but with all the thank you points i've been earning... ♪ ...i flew us to the rock i really had in mind. ♪ [ male announcer ] the citi thank you card. earn points you can use for travel on any airline, with no blackout dates. >>> this isn't a typical democrat versus republican issue. this is an issue where an overwhelming number of people in both parties agree. how can we not get that done? i mean has this place become so dysfunctional that even when people agree to things we can't do it? it doesn't make any sense. >> what everybody called for a one year extension, the payroll tax deduction, when everybody wanted a full year of extended unemployment benefits, we were he

>> bill, it was ron howard. >> do you have a paddle? [ laughter ] >> it was b, ron powered.eping] >> bill: here they, the quiz kids themselves. >> i like that. >> bill: did you lend these to "saturday night live." >> they came over and picked then up and now they are back. here is question number one. michelle obama known for being strict about letting her kids have junk food she also revealed last week she is strict about something else. she said she will not allow her daughters to have, what? a, a cat. b, facebook accounts. c, friends spend the night. d, birthday presents. [ laughter ] birthday presents. >> bill: cards up, please. and roll the tape. >> sasha and maliyah, are they on facebook. >> no. >> bill: no? is that because of who they are or because you are not in favor of it? what's the reason for that? >> there are a lot of real constraints things like secret service and stuff like that. but i don't -- i'm not a big fan of young kids having facebook, so i -- you know, it's not something they need. >> bill: that's absolutely true. i agree 100%. i think you can get in

>> he knows ron howard. >> tom hanks. >>> santa coming in all shapes, sizes, locations this year as wellresents. saint nick put on scuba gear in mal asia. i wonder what the fish asked for, food! >>> in tie land, he will fanlts playing santa, dressed in red and delivering toys to kids. it has special meaning this year because disastrous floods devastated the area this summer. >>> and things at one mall in indiana got crazy to get the air jordan 11. they wanted to get their hands on it. one website dubbed them the crown jewel of an incredible year for kicks. >>> sticking to retro theme, jackson 3 announced an international tour. catch them with all their hits. tmz saying they're doing 18 shows across europe, right on time almost. that wraps up this hour of "jansing & company." i am richard lui. on behalf of chris and the team, happy holidays to you and your families. thanks for making "jansing & company" a part of your morning every day. see you over the weekend. thomas roberts is up next. we're kind of a quiet couple. yes. but lately we've been using k-y® intense™. it stimulates arousal s

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and they're directed by ron howard, and denzel washington, start here, in a tough neighborhood in newarkrsey, the boys and girl's club was a safe haven more shaquille, he could play free from dangers and temptationses of the streets. >> and my mother and father worked and didn't want me on the street. you go there and stay there until we come back. i started playing ball and break dancing and started rapping and doing everything. >> everything that would pave the way to a great future. upon achieving his dream of becoming a nba superstar, shaq continues to share his time and money to help the boys and girl's club. >> i've donated, i think, 5 million dollars to the boys and girls club and i help this with their technology centers, because, you know, not a lot of african-american people have access to the internet. so, i bought them all computers and stuff. >> kelly: shaq knows how important it is for minority communities to be able to cross the digital divide. access to the internet can help children gain an education, a pathway out of poverty. >> and my mother wanted me to get an educati

boys and girls club youth of the year event in washington d.c., lebron joined denzel washington, ron howarder, ashanti, to give support to an organization that's provided him with mentors who helped mold him into becoming the successful person he is today. lebron recalls how he is one of the many children who grew up in a single parent home, living in a rough neighborhood of akron ohio, instead of becoming a member of a gang or life of crime, james found hope through his mother, mentors and others who helped him focus on his skills on and off the basketball court. >> just me and my mother and like i said, i had you know, coaches, little league coaches and my mom was very strong and i had teachers and you know, i had friends around me that we all kind of shared the same goals and kind of shared the same bonds and the adults helped us get to those points, helped us get to some of those dreams that we were having as kids. and you know, i never take that for granted. >> kelly: not wanting to forget his past, lebron uses his present-day success to help other children throughout america. today he

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howard says, ron made him feel better. >> sharing with us at work and all of the listeners the whole story of his illness, brief as it was, which are lot of people found amazing, a lot of people found very courageous, uplifting -- which are lot of people found amazing. -- which a lot of people find amazing -- found amazing. >> there is a way to try to raise money for the pancreatic research center at johns hopkins. reporting live from the studios in northwest baltimore, barry simms, wbal tv 11 news. >> thanks, barry. he was an all-around great guy. we want to thank the many of you who are leading condolence messages. -- leaving condolence messages. you can share your messages on wbaltv.com. click on "ron smith." the house has voted down the extension of the payroll tax cut. sally kidd is in our washington bureau with a look at what is next. >> president obama made a surprise appearance at the white house press briefing this afternoon and called on the house republican leadership to take action. unless congress breaks its stalemate, taxes will go up january 1 for some 160 million amer

. >> rob ryan and jim brooks, my sister, penny, ron howard and we me, we all came from tv and said, we'llctly hate his first film, young doctors in love, but it wasn't a hit, either. >> is there a hit movie that surprised you, that you didn't think was going to hit as well as it did? >> a couple of mine i thought would be hits weren't, but i would say truly, "pretty woman" was a surprise. we had this girl and i said, she is very good, this one. but nobody ever knew who she was particularly. >> julia roberts? >> yeah. >> this girl, you're saying. >> well, you know, that was a surprise how big a hit that was. >> marshall has become a master of the romantic and charming comedy and his latest may pack the most star power yet. >> who is the star of this film? >> there is never a star in this kind of employ very. >> new year's eve revolves around the story of several people gathered for the times square ball drop. and i have it on good authority, a lot of these stars are in this because your name was attached. >> i make it a fun time. they don't come, well, i'm a star, i'll just do a cameo. the

ron paul and so forth. and what went up in iowa seems to be really rather dramatically going down big-time, in a hurry. >> david, let's look at the numbers that howard makes reference to. newt gingrich's support in iowa, and you're close to this, is on a steep downward slide. this is the latest ppp poll and it's got ron paul at 23%, mitt romney at 20%, and newt at 14%. but two weeks ago, it was a different story. at that time, this poll had ron paul at 18%, mitt romney at 16%, and newt gingrich leading at 27%. meanwhile, the real clear politics trend lines in iowa from november 1st until today tell the story there. you've got gingrich making a steady and steep climb until about december 11, and then his support drops off a cliff. at the start of november, romney was in his low 20% comfort zone, and then he began a slide that didn't turn around until early december. now he's back in the 20% range. and ron paul has had a fairly steady rise in the polls to the point where he's now the front-runner. david yepsen, diagnose what's going on here for newt gingrich. >> well, there's an ebb and flow to this for all the candidates, there's a lot of uncertainty

ron howard and the idea. idea. what is this? >> help me. it's newt gingrich with his wife, calista. >> what's the elephant? >> you found this and there is a story to this. >> it's good to be one. the elephant had to walk up to them. >> what's the new story about where is this? >> a general election battle ground state. >> to my knowledge, a virginia primary is in march. >> newt is way ahead there. you can take the picture down. >> some people wonder and again we were talking about newt's curious in iowa. why some talked about he didn't stay in the state. people don't see his victory and said he was at a book signing. he showed up unannounced and took that lovely photograph. >> by the way, it's -- didn't you say that's on newt's -- >> the fascinating thing about that picture is again all other candidates are in iowa or new hampshire and newt gingrich is in virginia on saturday and then on sunday it's untraditional. >> he is pacing himself. >> seriously, what's going on here? >> he's not interested in the norma

. >> ron and his position became good friends. dr. howard had the hard task of telling wrong that he had a terminal ls. >> somehow, he took care of me rather than me taking hair of him. that is pretty special. >> we send our condolences to his family, his wife june, his five children, and seven grandchildren. and we are setting up funds to help research pancreatic cancer. >> we are waiting for funeral arrangements from his family to be finalized. as soon as we know the details, we will share them with you. we would like to thank all of you for your online messages in remember it's of oran. -- in remembrance of ron. you can share your messages right here at wbal in pictures. it is at wbaltv.com. >> it turned out to be a mild day today, even though we had a lot of clouds around. it stayed in the low-50's this afternoon. we will get even warmer over the next couple of days. we have been watching this front moving back and forth across central maryland. a couple of hours ago, it dipped south and now it is moving back north. you can see the tempe

ron paul. former dnc chair howard dean gives us his take on the gop infighting. that's next. >>> fox newsers complain about me having coffee with other journalists. and eric tells a story about buying me a drink? folks, he's all wet. i can't wait to get to "psycho talk" tonight. >>> newt gingrich gets tough questions on gay marriage. i will speak with the man who spoke with newt gingrich later on in the show. >>> tweet us your thoughts throughout the show using #edshow. >>> i'm sure i could go out and say, hey, please don't do anything negative, but, you know, this is politics, and if you can't stand the heat in this little kitchen, wait until the obama hell's kitchen turns up the heat. >> i'll be glad to debate him anywhere. we'll bring his ads and he can defend them. let's test this kitchen. i'm happy. i'll go in the kitchen. go back and ask governor romney, would he like to come in the kitchen? i don't think so. he doesn't want to do anything except hide over here and pretend it's not his false that he's flooding the people of iowa with falsehoods. >> sounds l

ron paul. former dnc chair howard dean gives us his take on the gop infighting. that's next. >>> fox newsers complain about me having coffee with other journalists. and eric tells a story about buying me a drink? folks, he's all wet. i can't wait to get to "psycho talk" tonight. >>> newt gingrich gets tough questions on gay marriage. i will speak with the man who spoke with newt gingrich later on in the show. >>> tweet us your thoughts throughout the show using #edshow. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. premier of the packed bag. you know organization is key... and so is having a trusted assistant. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle...and go. you can even take a full-size or above and still pay the mid-size price. here we are... [ male announcer ] and there you go, business pro. there you go. go national. go like a pro. >>> i'm sure i could go out and say, hey, please don't do anything negative, but, you know, this is politics, and if you can't stand the heat in this little kitchen, wait until the oba

howard fineman, david yepson. >>> coming up next, ron paul under siege.ritics are saying his foreign policy or lack thereof is dangerous or worse and he's a conspiracy buff and supporter, i in fact, a big party of the john birch society. is this going to scare voters here in iowa? that's coming up here on "hardball." also, we caught up today with michele bachmann on the campaign stop. here we were in des moines with michele bachmann. >> congresswoman, how's it looking for tuesday? >> we're very thrilled. we're excited. we are just completing today, chris, our 99-county tour in iowa. we started the morning after the sioux city debate and a light ç switch got turned on. we had just -- audiences that were completely different than before. huge audiences, and also they were robust. i think it's because they saw me when i took on ron paul on the issue of the dealing with a nuclear iran. that really hit a nerve. what are you my grandmother? i'll rock white jeans whenever i want. and with tide plus bleach, they'll stay white. not whitish, not eggshell, not ecru