when ron howard came to see me. they had sent me the screenplay and they wanted to know what i thought about it. you know that never happened? peter morgan looked at me and said it is entertainment. hugh: let's talk about the real event. how important was it to get this right? how much did the president prepare? how important is it? ken: this was extremely important to him and to all of us. we started preparing seven weeks in advance. i was taken off the book. as i recall, it was at the end of january. the taping started march 23. that was 1978. he gave me the assignment to be preparing briefing books as he had done for press conference. we knew he had 24 hours to prepare in terms of the contract. we had a lot to cover, domestic issues, foreign policy, watergate. we had to anticipate. i began working with one of their policy guys. we started covering some of the issues they wanted to talk about. i started working on that. diane sawyer came off the book to work on the watergate portion. ray price work on several elem

>> this is ron, ron howard. i'm prepping a movie right now i'm a i'm going to direct.ld be perfect. >> i would? >> this comes right after he's rediscovered the love of his life, sophie, and they've reconnected. >> it certainly lends itself to some high drama, doesn't it. >> six before the next season but the cast is feeling the pain just like we are. >> we were shooting all together and it felt like the last day of school when you're like oh, my god this is so exciting and so great. everyone is having a great time. then you go home and you're driving home and you're like, oh, i'm going to miss this. >> we are putting you through it a little bit. my apology to our fans. we love you. just bear with us. bear with the pearson clan. we'll get back to you in the few months. >> we need a break. our emotions need a break. >> yeah, i have to work this all out, you know, overload. >> we will be with the cast tonight it talk about finales. make sure it tune in tomorrow. >> cameron mathison, he had the pleasure of talking to julianne hough, after her crazy, off the rail bacheloret

. >> this is ron, ron howard, i'm prepping a movie right now, that i'm going to direct. you would be perfect. >> i would? >> this comes right after he's rediscovered the love of his life, sophie, and they've reconnected. >> it certainly leads to high drama, doesn't it? >> it will be six months before the new season. don't worry, the cast is feeling the pain just like we are. >> we were shooting all together. and it was like the last day of school, when you're like, this is so exciting, so great. everyone's having a great time, and when you go home, and you're driving home, you're like, oh, i'm going to miss this. >> we're putting them through it a little bit. and my apology to you fans because we love you. i'm asking you to bare with us, bare with the pearson clan, we'll get back to you in a few months. >> we g finale. cameron myth isen here, he had the pleasure of talking to julianne hough -- >> you see those photos, i had to ask her about that. she has so much going on right now, along with her brother derek. >> it's too bad you let yourselves go. >> that's what happen

i told her the example of like ron howard's daughter started a little later. >> is that because you areff your experience from going so young and being -- >> yes, absolutely. it's been tough. ♪ not hurt me ♪ my back against the wall >> know joey, matt and andy are back working together again, pursuing an old passion, music. their new band, "still three" just released a brand-new title, lose myself. >> it is a little embarrassing and shocking. >> it is hard work. >> it is hard work. yay, back, the three of us. >> man, i dig those fellows. the guys also reveal they're close to signing a deal on a new tv project. it is a comedy and they will play themselves. now, to a new tv series airing this weekend, "the arrangement." don't be surprised if a certain box office superstar comes to mind when you watch it. et online's leann aguilarra got to why some are comparing it to tom cruise's life. >> the arrangement is about a romantic thriller of a contract marriage in hollywood. >> you want me to play the girl on your arm for what? >> a mega movie star plays a struggling actress $10 million to be h

that was never there to begin with. >> howard dean. >> i think ron's got it exactly right. kpen tennessee is what happens. >> i mean, competency without question. look ma -- we'll see how competently he handles what i think is going to be a devastating week. we've got the trump russia hearings that are going to blow up next week. >> my panel has uniformly labeled them incompetent. and could donald trump's failure ruin his bromance with paul ryan? but first, as we go to break, we will like the former vice president of the united states remind us what it like to actually have a president deliver on a promise. >> i've gotten to know you well enough and you want me to stop because i'm embearsing you. but i'm not going to stop because you delivered on a promise, a promise you made to all americans when we moved into this building. our children and our grandchildren, they're going to grow up knowing at that a m-- t a man named barack obama put the final girder to provide the single element that people need. but for both of them, the most challenging opponent was... pe blood clots