william shatner plays norton shipman. shatner is the glue that holds this whole story together. shatner plays shipman. 10 years later he played the aid to the chief judge in the movie "judgment of nuremberg." he is the perfect person to play a critical role in this trial. you can't divorce these things. in the 1970 version, the press on this, now the context has changed again. when you read the reviews of this, which is broadcast just a few weeks after the events have and it was just , after kent state. so now the review says, "here are events of 105 years ago, but the question is the kent state campus. how far is andersonville from vietnam?" so they cannot divorce the events from the context. now, the person involved in this who really i think is the most interesting but has not been looked at in this way, who has trouble untangling fact from fiction is lew wallace. lew wallace will go on to have an illustrious career, and i will talk more about that in a second, but during the trial he writes to his wife as the trial is going on and he is hearing this testimony described about

it says william shatner touchdown confirmed for away team.ened was william shatner he tweeted up there and said hooray. and shatner put out a video overnight wishing the team good luck and now they're getting tweeted back by rosetta. we're joining by tariq malick managing editor of space.com. i'm embarrassed to admit of what i know from asteroids is an ast mid to not a comet. it's totally a different situation here. it's gassy and snowy and this bizarre tumultuous situation on the surface of this comet. >> and smelly, too. if we could get down there and sniff it it would mel like rotten eggs. the comet is an active body there could be jets. we've seen some jets on this comet already. further back in the net and that's what this fee slay going to be looking at. it will watch that evolution. how the comet will change. is it mostly ice? a crust of ice? it will really give us a cross section of this icy wonder. >> here's the question. all of these things that we're looking to investigate and find out and discover about this comet are things we ne

abc 7 news, los angeles. >>> william shatner is turning to crowd funding for his latest project.king to finance his book called catch me up. it's aimed at catching up old americans with new technology. the 83-year-old said he's encouraging people to use tools like kick starter, so that's why he decided to create the book that way. >> very creative. >>> still to come, adding it all up. >> just how much all that food you ate, or are going to eat tonight, adds up. >> we have the female announcer: get 36 monthsnksgiving weekend interest-free financing. plus, big savings of up to $400 on beautyrest and posturepedic. even get three years interest-free financing on serta icomfort and tempur-pedic. plus, free same day delivery, set-up, and removal of your old set. when brands compete, you save! but mattress price wars ends sunday, thanksgiving weekend, at sleep train. ♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> coming up tonight at 6:00, we'll follow up on the murder in the east bay hills of an inspirational teacher found shot to death along a popular trail. >>> internet

not just william shatner, but others. richard basehart plays wirz. or you can just simply find out. the rundown. thank you all very much. [applause] >> the berlin fault fell 25 years ago. we will visit that really a start date next sunday, beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern, featuring president george bush from the oval office. reaction from senate leaders. in a speech from president 197 1963. all weekend american history tv is in colorado springs, colorado. gold was discovered in the mountains surrounding the city in the 1890's. it resulted in one of the richest gold strikes in history. it is hosted by our comcast cable partners. our staff recently visited many sites. to learn more about colorado springs, all weekend, here in american history tv. for as long as people have settled and lived in this area, pike's peak has been a marketing tool. we have used it to help identify this location. pike's peak protrudes out onto the eastern plains. first 14,000 foot mountain that you reach when you are coming west across the plains towards denver. it is a beacon in many ways for people who are

. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ shatner: my name is william shatner, and i was a starship captain. one. so were patrick stewart, avery brooks, kate mulgrew, scott bakula, and, most recently, chris pine. that's a lot of captains. in fact, that's a lot of star trek. phasers, fire, point blank! the original series, despite being cancelled

even actor william shatner who played james kirk is following the mission. >> good luck, rosetta.so excited, and i wish you such good luck. >> reporter: spacecraft have been purposely smashed into the surface of comets before but a landing has never been attempted. what makes things more sdflt the comet is shaped like a rubber duck, reena and t.j. >> oh, boy. pretty spectacular. when will we know this is mission accomplished? >> we expect the comet or probe to land just after 10:00 a.m. an the comet. then another hour for those results to come back to earth. around 11:00 a.m. we should know if the probe hit its target. >> so it won't go quack. >> oh, reena. i know. you couldn't help yourself. josh hasket, thank you so much. >>> coming up -- clothing controversy. the new calvin klein ad that's causing quite a stir. one of their models being designated as plus size raising questions about what that term actually means. >>> the 911 operator telling a robbery victim to stop chasing the suspect. technology that allowed police to track don that thief and what you should do in that same

of the landing is already a triumph of of technological innovation, so much so that even william shatner who played captain kirk on the "star trek" series was in awe. tweeting, congratulations. >> and by the way, that mission cost well over $1 billion. like trying to land a fly on a speeding bullet. it was a sight for new yorkers looking up at the new 1 world trade center building. two window washers dangled 68 stories high after their scaffold collapsed. cnn's anderson cooper has more on the dangerous rescue. >> at about 12:40 this afternoon, the first sign of an emergency at the newly opened 1 world trade center. >> breaking news we want you to know about right now. crews are on their way to 1 world trade center. this is scaffolding dangling from 1 world trade center. >> two window washers are trapped on the skaf foling. >> i see who heads dangling over their scaffolding. one guy just keeps looking down. >> the two men, ages 41 and 33 were headed to the roof of the freedom tower when something went wrong. their scaffolding dropped from horizontal to nearly vertical. >> firefighters wen

captain kirk himself, william shatner tweeted #comet landing, hooray. for away team philae 2014, captain. extra terrestrial intelligence, many of you know its fine work. doctor, first up, why land on a comet? >> to begin with, this is a technical tour de force, ronan. you played a little bit of the applause out of darmstadt, germany, where folks are over the moon about this. well over the moon actually. you know, they're trying to one up, i think, the 1969 landing on the moon by the u.s. and saying this is an equivalent achievement. it is technically. why do you want to do that? why do you want to put this little, i don't know, mechanical mosquito on the surface of this comet? we're interested in comets for three reasons. one, comets could ruin your whole day by slamming into the earth so you want to learn something about them. >> we've all seen armageddon. >> that's right, "deep impact," "armageddon." if you want to deflect one, how hard would that be? second thing is, you look at the oceans, all that water. where did it come from? a lot of that water,

william shatner saying simply hooray. he posted this youtube video. >> good luck, rosetta and philae's going to land on, i am so excited. >> a lot of people are excited. this remarkable achievement is the latest step in a mission that actually began a decade ago and culminated with cheers and hugs in a control room in germany. >> this celebration went on for a few minutes but the crew quickly got to work monitoring communications from the robotic probe. philae was launched by rosetta which has been circling the comets for week. researchers believe the comet holds clues about the dawn of our solar system, maybe even life on earth. >> a time capsule telling us what were conditions like when the earth itself was just forming. that's huge. >> officials say the aircraft may have bounced once before coming to rest. scientists hope to learn more about the composition of comets and exactly how they interact with the solar wind. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield was on hand as people in the bay area were watching this historic la

we are told william shatner who endorses price line is a big shareholder.d from him. got an answer. look at this. more and mildly concerned, hopefully he will come out of this tokyo. i am told those creatures are called tribbles. the stock has $160 billion in ccsh, still borrowing money. liz macdonald. you have $160 billion in cash. why do you go out and borrow money? >> apple is being as innovative with its devices as it is with its move here. majority of its cash is overseas, 90% of that have to the u.s. corporate income taxes. parking over there but borrowing overseas in the euro zone. it can borrow in terms of the bonds it can sell in terms of borrowing in the euro zone as to the 1.1% in issuing bond collapse in europe, it would be turneding around the u.s. treasury, 2.4%. not only that but this will give senator carl levin who takes tax moves and things like this will probably give the transient -- will be a talking about here is apple can also deduct the interest costs. that is another move it can make. stuart: the as this crash but if they bring it b

star trek legend william shatner sending along his wishes. >> good luck, rosetta. i'm so excited and wish you good luck. >> reporter: they have to wait 28 minutes to see if it landed okay. that's how long it takes to get the signal bark to earth. after that, we hope to get the first pictures from the surface of a comet. >> had to get star trek in there. thank you. >>> and the bold robbery in manhattan. a jewelry store robbery, but the criminals escaped. tom i can't mass has the story. >> reporter: this is one of the jewelry capitals of the world. $24 billion in sales every year. that robbery happened just behind me. one of the crooks dressed as a delivery man. but happened on the eighth floor. how did they get away? one working theory, jumped rooftop to rooftop in a batman-like espe. a brazen heist in broad daylight in new york's diamond district. >> male robbed at gunpoint. >> reporter: two heavily-armed men storm into this building with a watch store on the eighth floor. one is outside, the other holds several employees at gunpoint. on a crowded block at 2:00 p.m

success of the landing is already a triumph of technological innovation, so much so that even william shatnered captain kirk on the star trek series was in awe. >> we are proceeding into the neutral zone. tweeting, congratulations. >> steady as we go, mr. zulu. >> scientists are hoping the solar-power solar-power solar-powered as it glides past the sun, it is moving 41,000 miles an hour you could go from new york to l.a. in four minutes. >> still ahead, we're learning new details about what went into this afternoon's daring rescue outside new york city's tallest skyscrap skyscraper. plus, why police moved the suspect in the university of virginia kidnapping case to another day. big day? ah, the usual. moved some new cars. hauled a bunch of steel. kept the supermarket shelves stocked. made sure everyone got their latest gadgets. what's up for the next shift? ah, nothing much. just keeping the lights on. (laugh) nice. doing the big things that move an economy. see you tomorrow, mac. see you tomorrow, sam. just another day at norfolk southern. we've always been] at the forefrontumman, of advance

. >> reporter: "star trek" legend, william shatner, even sending along his good wishes. >> good luck,osetta. i'm so excited and wish you good luck. >> reporter: mission control will have to wait about 28 minutes to know if it landed okay. because that's how long it takes for the signal to get all of the way back to earth. and soon after that, we hope to get our first pictures ever from the surface of a comet. >> cannot wait for that. you knew you had to get "star trek" in there. thank you, clayton. >>> and the bold robbery in manhattan. a jewelry store robbery, but the criminals escaped. tom llamas is here with the story. good morning, tom. >> reporter: good morning to you, george. this block is one of the jewelry capitals of the world. $24 billion in sales every year. that robbery happened just behind me. police say one of the crooks dressed as a delivery man, but it happened up on the eighth floor. so, how did these jewel thieves get away? one working theory, jumped rooftop to rooftop in a batman-like escape. a brazen heist in broad daylight in new york's diamond district. >> male r