we are here with samuel l. jacksontaintop" which opens october 13th at the bernard b. jacobs theatre, here in new york city. okay, tonight, sam jackson and i are going to be debuting a new game, in honor of the major league baseball playoffs. this is "home run derby." watch it. watch. [ cheers and applause ] we'll be hitting these big foam balls into the audience. we'll keep score and one of us will end up the winner. we've divided the audience into three scoring areas. green hats, up front, are worth one point. [ cheers ] the white hats, on the sides, are worth two points. [ cheers and applause ] and the gold hats in the back are three points. [ cheers and applause ] all right, sam, you'll take three swings. then i'll take three. then we'll each have a money ball with double the audience points. >> dope-ness. >> jimmy: you ready to do this? >> yes, sir. >> jimmy: all right, here we go. highest score wins at the end. [ cheers and applause ] you go first. all right, audience, balls coming at you, buddy. balls coming at

that's the name of a play that featuring samuel l. jackson as the civil rights icon. sat down to talk about how the play shows king in a new way. samuel l. jackson and kenny vion are masters of make belief. he is a director of stage and tv. honored with tony, golden globe and emmy nominations and is the star of this gathering in atlanta celebrating his induction in to the georgia music hall of fame. >> thank you. >> jackson is a high-decibel film actor, famous for his roles in the star wars movies, iron man and oscar winning turn in pulp fiction. >> it will be all right. >> promise. >> together the men are taking on real life history. the assassination of martin luther king j in a play called the mountain top. it comes from king's plast speech on april 3rd, 1968 the day before the assassination. the hours after he spoke these words to hundreds in memphis. >> i have seen the promise land. i may not get there with you. but i want you to know tonight that we, as a people, will get to the promise land. >> reporter: jackson played king, tired in his hotel room. angela basse

samuel l. jacksonon the broadway stage portraying the civil rights leader in his final hour.ñr is it intimidateing to play martin luther king? >> not in this way. nobody knows him this way. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: and good evening. we begin tonight with a movement. known as "occupy wall street," which is moving far beyond its starting point in lower manhattan. at least 25 cities from coast to coast have seen financial industry protests this weekend, and political leaders from both sides of the aisle are weighing in. bigad shaban has more. [chanting] >> reporter: three weeks of wall street protests echoed in the nation's capital as demonstrators marched against the policies of the federal reserve. >> crowd within -- crowd: we are united. >> calls for economic equality all spread to mobile, alabama. >> corporate greed is everywhere. we're losing our middle class. >> the streets of indi

re >>> i think you may have heard of this guy, samuel l. jackson? apparently his career is one for the record books. >> i guess so. the guinness book of world records says he is the highest grossing actor ever over the span of his career. he made close to $7.5 billion with several projects in the works. he will probably hold on to that title for long, long time. >> big names. >> i know. one of the best paid weathermen -- not quite that much. [ laughter ] >> royale with cheese. >> not at that level of mr. samuel l. jackson. maybe one of these days, though. >> good luck. >> where are you getting that? >> i don't know. we'll have to wait and see. [ laughter ] >>> some sunshine around the bay area today. we're enjoying gorgeous autumn weather outside. continuing to roll up these nice days right now and it's looking good all the way over the bay and many spots inland. plenty of sunshine there, as well. and the temperatures now starting to bounce up. it was a chilly start to the day many numbers down in the 30s and 40s. now we have 66 in concord, 62 in oa

samuel l. jackson, samuel l. jackson -- always yelling in his movies. highest grossing.reer, this man's movies have grossed $7.42 billion. he is now 62 years owed. may remember him from "pulp fiction" and "jungle fever" and "star wars" and "time to kill." great things. he says, look, i group in a working class family. stays booked in three to four movies a year. doing his thing. now on broadway, angela bassett doing "mountain top," about the last few days of mlk's life. he does it all. $7.5 billion over his career, a new record. samuel l. jackson. >> cannot argue with that. we want to send well wishes to >>> we want to send some well wishes to our friend andy rooney from cbs. he went into some surgery, scheduled surgery. he's apparently had complications and is being hospitalized. cbs says that the 92-year-old writer's condition is stable and at the request of his family they're offering no other medical information about what is going on with him or where he was hospitalized. three weeks ago he made his final signoff on "60 minutes. we wish him a speedy recovery. >> and

. >>> the man himself, samuel l. jacksoneeples are loving him. >> people have welcomed me with open arms. >> here he is at the premiere of his brand-new broadway show, "the mountaintop" with angela basse bassett. >> he took some advice and started asking some of his celebrity pals to retweet and get him some followers. >> when they started to do that, the ordinary people i guess on twitter were going, hey, you don't have to be a twitter or people following you. all you have to do is tweet and people follow you. we're just glad you're here. >> he wants to get normal followers and he's almost got 200,000 of them because his tweets are so cassically samuel l. can a [ bleep ] say [ bleep ] on here? on october 14th, he says, so my dresser, found a two-foot lamprey in a puddle on the street last night. how do you think it got there. >> how did he spell the f word? it looks french. >> it's samuel l. jackson, so it's going to happen. >> you can follow him@samuelljackson, pretty simple. and see his daily monologue. >>> i have a story

samuel l. jackson the tea party is racist. congressman allen west, the tea party supporter on the latest lashing from hollywood. we'll see what he says about that. martha: there is this story. police say a 10-month-old baby girl was snatched right out of her crib in a quiet suburb. a live report on a possible lead on a suspect. >> the way this has developed, usually we find the kid pretty quickly if it's, you know, if the story is kind of hinge can i we usually find holes in it pretty quickly. so far here we are in the afternoon and we haven't broken anything on it yet. martha: house republicans are now demanding an explanation from u.s. attorney general eric holder after some new documents have been revealed and these documents show that holder may have misled congress while he was testifying about the controversial gun running operation which has become known as "fast & furious". so the chairman of the house judiciary committee is now calling for a special counsel to investigate this matter. >> i'm n

. >>> you've got to love samuel l. jackson's story. he was 46 years old. now he is so big, he just made now he is so big, he just made it into the nationwide insurance, what's up ? what's vanishing deductible all about ? guys, it's demonstration time. let's blow carl's mind. okay, let's say i'm your insurance deductible. every year you don't have an accident, $100 vanishes. the next year, another $100. where am i going, carl ? the next year... that was weird. but awesome ! ♪ nationwide is on your side >>> her video is calling "rolling in the deep." ♪ >> for the smooth sounds of her music, it has hit a sour note. she is canceling the rest of her tour this year. 16 concerts. hear to explain why, shannon cook. young people are here. when i read that, they went, huh? she has some health issues, right? >> yeah, yeah, she's had a really rough year. she's basically been battling laryngitis nearly the whole year. she's blogged about her voice just switching off. now her record label is saying she will have to undergo surgery for a hemorrhager

. >>> finally, the guinness book of world records has declared samuel l. jackson the highest grossing movie actor of all time. i told you wouldn't have guessed that, bill. his star wars role, a part in jurassic park and appearing in two iron men film add up to pretty big bucks. >> he may not have made the most money himself but the movies he was in -- i mean, he's been in a ton of stuff. >> smart supporting role. >> star wars alone. >> yeah. >>> this comes to us from arlington, virginia, where a few lucky campaign contributors got the rare opportunity to break bread with the president. a retired teacher, a retired professor, a postal service worker and a business owner were the oners of the dinner with barack contest. all from potential battleground states, randomly selected after donating at least $5. reporters briefly allowed into the liberty tavern before dinner, heard the president talking baseball with his guests. >>> i'm vinita nair and this is "early today" just your first stop of the day today on your msnbc station. verizon 4g lte. america's fastest and mo

i mean, samuel l. jackson gets on. he get's like 100,000 people. samuel l. not the animal guy. what's up? [ scattered cheers ] now -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: gosh, now what is this? >> it's a tawny owl, it's one of my favorite owls in the world. he looks like a furby, doesn't it? >> jimmy: he's adorable. [ audience aws ] >> and it'll just start talking to you. it's a girl. they get high -- high pink around their eye. that's how you tell the girls from the boys. >> jimmy: oh, is that right? >> yeah, they're beautiful. they are found everywhere except for the united states. so they're nonmigratory bird. meaning, they're found europe and eurasia. they can spin their head around almost 360 degrees. >> jimmy: so can you, right? >> yeah, it's pretty awesome. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it's a phenomenal animal. what else did you bring us this evening? >> i got a very, very cool animal. i'm going to hand this off to dangerous dave. yeah, don't look him in the eye. >> jimmy: dangerous dave or the owl? >> dangerous dave. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, yeah. yeah, just put it anywhe

this is the end, one radio show host, racism is officially over if that happens, because samuel l. jacksons the number one movie star of all times? then you have two black men running for president. >> a dear friend of mine said, we'll know that racism is over when samuel l. jackson can play the part of george washington. that's when we know we're in a post-racial america. to say that we are living in this dream role of race and gender and all those things don't matter. you know, we're not in a color-blind society. that's for sure. certainly things have progressed, but when you start with the issue of slavery, everything looks like progress. >> it's a simplistic headline, but if you go beyond that and have a deeper conversation, it's, you know, it makes sense to have that conversation. >> i think if you got them both in the race at the same time, we might have a conversation. >> thank you, goldie taylor. appreciate piit. >> thank you. >>> occupy wall street's 99% mantra could become a big election issue. so are any of the presidential candidates in that income bracket? that's ahead. >>> bu

samuel l. jackson and kenny leon are masters of make believe. director of "stage and tv." honored with tony, golden globe and emmy nomination and is the star of this gathering in atlanta celebrating his induction into the georgia music hall of fame. >> thank you. >> reporter: jackson is a high decible film actor. famous for iron man and his oscar nominated turn in "pulp fiction." together the men are taking on real life history. the assassination of martin luther king jr. through a broadway play "the mountaintop." >> because i've been to the mountaintop. >> reporter: the play's title comes from king's last speech on april 3rd, 1968, the day before his assassination. the play's setting? the hours after he just spoke these words to hundreds in memphis. >> i've looked over, and i've seen the promised land. i may not get there with you. but i want you to know that we as a people will get to the promised land. >> reporter: jackson plays king. tired, in his hotel room. angela basset is king's maid. "the mountaintop" is about their conversation. a fict

. >> reporter: samuel l. jackson and kenny leon are masters of make believe. leon is a director of stage and tv, honored with tony, golden globe and emmy nominations and is a star of this gathering in atlanta, celebrating his induction into the georgia music hall of fame. >> thank you. >> reporter: jackson is a highly recognizable film actor, famous for his roles in the star wars movies, iron man and his term in "pulp fiction." together the men are taking on real life history. the assassination of martin luther king, jr., to the broadway play, "the mountain top." >> because i've been to the mountain top. >> reporter: the title comes from his last speech, the day before his assassination. the place setting? the hours after he just spoke these words to hundreds in memphis. >> i've looked over, and i've seen the promised land. >> reporter: jackson plays king. tired, in his hotel room. angela basset is king's maid. the mountain top is about their conversation. a fictional take on what king was like when he was away from the podium and some criticize the play for t

samuel l jackson plays the civil rights leader. it's a fictional account of the events on the night before assassination. after delivering -- >> because i've been to the mountain top. i've looked over and i've seen the promised land. i may not get there with you, but i want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land. >> jackson plays king tired in a hotel room and angela basset is king's maid. mountain top is about the conversation a fictional take of what he was like when he was away from the podium. >>> 6:20. another tribute to the civil rights icon this one in the nation's capital. 43 years after the assassination bullet ended his life, the memorial will be dedicated in dc sunday morning. among the features is the stone of hope and engraved quotations. president obama and members of dr. king's family will also be there on hand participating in the dedication. >>> it could be a sign iran is taking an aggressive focus on terrorism. that's what the state department is saying after a foiled terror plot. wh

samuel l. jackson.y not have an oscar under his belt but now officially has an aachievement he can bragging about big-time. >> the guinness book of world records says he is the highest growing actor of all times. jackson's films have all earned more than $7 billion in his career. >> huge. >> 62-year-old has appeared in more than 100 films from "do the right thing" to "pulp fiction" to the star wars prequels. >> and "shaft." >> he's one of the hardest working actors appearing in three to four movies a year. hard work pays off. >> pulp fiction was my all time favorite. jules winfield with the gerry curl. he had a brain splattered. >> i'm surprised you're not spewing out the lines right now. >> we don't have enough time. >> royale with cheese. is what a country? i can't say. >> thank you for watching. join us tonight. have great day. honey...? [ mom ] yes. honey, i can't find my internet cord. oh, i'll borrow hailey's. you're downloading movies. fast! from here? where is her cord?! we switched to at&t high

finally, the guinness book of world records has declared samuel l. jacksonhe highest grossing movie actor of all time. who would have predicted? just his otherwise star wars" role, appearing in "jurassic park" and the two "iron man" films added up to big bucks. >> he should get negative for "snakes on a plane." he's had a bunch of hits. "pulp fiction." he's also had a couple we'd like to forget. >> he was smart about those supporting roles, wasn't he? i'm vinita nair, and this is "first look" on msnbc. stay tuned." way too early" with willie geist starts right now. >>> the rangers, a strike away from winning it. in both the ninth and tenth innings. two strikes on freese. two strikes on berkman. hits it in the air to center. we will see you tomorrow night! >> the st. louis cardinals come back to win one of the most thrilling games in the history of the sport. forcing a winner take all game seven of the world series tonight. the question is, are there still people out there who don't get sports after a night like that is this we'll have full highlights and the

>> reporter: in "the mountaintop" samuel l. jackson portrays dr. king, jr., not as martyr, but man. drinking, swearing, vulnerable. >> he was a man who was not as optimistic about the movement as everyone would have us think. >> reporter: also in that motel room, a mysterious maid played by angela bassett and named for hall's mother, finally bringing her at least on stage, face to face with dr. king. >> we have been drowned. our dreams been washed away. >> i saw just the beauty of his humanity in it. >> reporter: hall became the first black woman ever to win best new play honors in london. and now she's about to take on new york. how does it feel to be on broadway? [ screaming ] >> i don't know yet! it's crazy. i'm going through so many emotions. >> reporter: it was perhaps a crazy idea. to take an icon and elevate him even more to bring him back down to earth. >> he kind of existed as a ghost as i was growing up. i feel as though the play attempts to make him alive and in the room with us. >> reporter: in doing that katori hall has grabbed a piece

drivers now with the latest in the world of sports so i remember that movie a couple years back samuel l. jackson snakes on a plane but you're going to tell us about sharks on a golf course now that sounds like a sequel yet i'm not talking about good plays either there is a course in brisbane where they literally have sharks living in a lake we've pictures from that plus a look at the teeny weeny is on the page and you are paying tools all that and more in a moment. you're watching the sport here and these are the headlines. russian. team can't afford to relax as they prepare for the final you're right qualify against andorra. win a thrilling against a second in the western conference. and super bowl champs green bay in the falcons to stay on in the n.f.l. . but manager dick africa has warned his team haven't reached the european championships yet they need just a point against the and or him. asco tomorrow to qualify for next summer's tournament and or have yet to win a game in the group but africa insists his team cannot afford to relax and hopes they've learned lessons from when they narrowly

now with all the latest in the world of sports so i remember that movie a couple years back samuel l. jackson snakes on a plane but you're going to tell us about sharks on a golf course now that sounds like a sequel yet i'm not talking about good plays either there is a cool scene brisbane where they literally have shots living in a lake we take just from that plus a look at the teeny weeny is on the page and you are paying to lose all that and more and i'm. hello there you're watching the sport here in r.t. and these are the headlines. russia coach and because his team can't afford to relax as they prepare for their final you're a qualifier against andorra. plus garwin a thriller against here scar to go second in the western conference. and super bowl champ green bay prey on the falcons to stay on beaten in the n.f.l. . but first russia manager dick advocaat has warned his team haven't reached the european championships yet they need just a point against lowly and draw in moscow tomorrow to qualify for next summer's tournament and to have yet to win a game in the group without a car insists

. >> samuel l. jackson is the biggest.lack snake, yuck. >> he's been around so long. >> "star wars," "iron man" "pulp fiction." he's got a couple movies coming out. >> hees on fire. >> $7.24 billion. amazing. >> he's had a nice long career. >> he started as crack head in a spike lee movie. >>> girls have bieber fever, but not the cops. >> you have rappers then you get arrested. no. no. he was pulled over driving what they are calling a cts cadillac but it was like a bat mobile. we don't know what he was pulled over for. he got a warning. go on. his friends are cruising. sean kingston was behind him in a rolls-royce another friend in front in a land rover. we don't cruise like that. when we did, a volks wagon and jeep. who cruises in a rolls-royce. >> drake and kanye are going to be -- >> they are collaborating. he has an album coming out in november, his christmas album. >> okay. >> should be hot. >> he's got fans everywhere. >> everywhere. crossing all kind of boundaries. >> i am using -- i'm wearing that mask. it's all g

apply now at chasesapphire.com/preferred >>> a milestone for actor samuel l. jackson. guinness book of world records says jackson's movies have made more money than any other actor's films. since 1991, he has made over 100 films which have earned over $7.5 billion. so it's no wonder then that jackson's current broadway play, "the mountaintop" where he plays dr. martin luther king, jr. has made more money than almost any other nonmusical play this year. it has made $800,000 just last week, but king family members aren't thrilled about the play focusing on a fickal story line of dr. king's last night alive. recently i spoke with ber niece king and martin luther king iii, king's children. >> my point of view is -- >> the movement. >> that we've not seen the play. we certainly have seen the script. >> what did you think of the script? >> it's a fictitious production which means that it, you know, the actual writer created a lot of things and nobody actually knows what happened that night. so, i don't know if it's -- i think it's difficult to really create what -- recreate w

. >> samuel l. jacksonhe kingpin of picking big money makers from pulp fiction to the "star wars" prequells to jurassic park. all told his films have earned almost 7 1/2 billion dollars. wow. >> if you need to get snakes off a plane he's your man. >>> good news for the bay area. region's two biggest cities at the top of the list of the best places to let youngsters walk the neighborhood for halloween candy. zillow says san francisco is number one the best trick-or-treat city when it comes to safety and getting good candy. san jose number six. you can see the list right here -- right there. >>> good info for the kids. 5:26. next, a big step for. major milestone coming for the new bay bridge today. with we'll have a live report. >>> occupy oakland round two. the city's new attitude towards the movement. >>> here's a look at green. lot of us going green this morning. just about the entire country not having probe homes as we look at major airports. rain around memphis that will head to charlotte and atlanta po

this is according to the guiness book of world records samuel l. jackson's the deal, they say if you add up all the money made by all the movies he's appeared in his films have grossed $7.5 billion. this is partly because he works hard. he he's appeared in more than 100 films. he averages around four movies a year. the caveat here is some of the box office figures come from films where jackson made at most a cameo. he was in one scene in the first "ironman" movie that came after the credits rolled. still he was in the film. so guiness gave him the credit for it. if you take a look at films that he's played a major role in according to box office mo jo they track these things. those films have taken in around $2.8 billion. that is still very, very impressive. go sam. >> go sam. >>> an mtv classic as we've been talking about all morning has been resurrected after 14 years off the air. and a.j. we have a special guest coming up live, too. i'll let you give our folks the inside scoop on what we're talking about first. >> this is very exciting to me. they are b

>> reporter: academy award nominee samuel l. jackson plays dr.n opportunity to create a dr. king that we don't ordinarily associate with people who were that large. >> reporter: is there a risk to that? >> it's not a risk to me. it's an opportunity. >> reporter: an opportunity both jackson and co-star angela bassett couldn't pass up. >> i love that he is seen as, and my character says this a couple times, sugar, shush. you just a man. >> reporter: the idea was inspired by katori's mother. kerry may. >> she grew up around the corner from the lorraine motel. and when dr. king came to speak in support of the sanitation workers strike at mason temple, she wanted to go. and she asked her mother can she go to mason temple to hear dr. king speak. and big mama told her, no, you are not going to go. somebody's going to bomb that church. you know they're out to kill that man. and my mother was like, that's one of my biggest regrets. i never got a chance to hear him speak. >> i would tell katori that story basically about every time black history came about

. >> samuel l jackson is the king pin of picking movie maker from pulp fiction to ire man.n jurassic park. all told his films have earned almost 7 and a half billion dollars. that is how you justify 20 million a picture. >> i wouldn't have even thought of him in the top 10 highest grossing. damon was bourne experiment and supremacy and. >> not even close. >> not even close. >> i'll check those, dan. i'll revisit this with you at 11:00. >> okay. >> bring it on. >> you won't believe this. world series that will never end. cardinals and rangers go extra in st. louis. somehow, some way, stays alive in the 11th despite back-to-back homeers here by texas early on. highlights you have to see to m?< vy6zr+q=o;cç [ man ] i got this citi thank you card and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points? yes, i did. [ man ] points i could use for just about anything. ♪ keep on going in this direction. take this bridge over here. there it is. [ man ] so i used mine to get a whole new perspective. ♪ [ male announcer ] write your story with the citi thankyou premi