the plays of goldoni, goldsmith, sheridan and even the keystone kops or tom and jerry cartoons come to mind. the venetian twins represents the more physical or situation comedy. it evolved from the commedia dell'arte tradition. in the commedia, there were no written scripts, only scenarios, and the actors improvised their dialogue and bits of stage business as they performed. in this connection, it might be appropriate for me to recall something that i actually witnessed on the broadway stage. the great zero mostel was starring in a funny thing happened on the way to the forum. and the night that i saw the performance, he decided to pick on a young man who was a member of the chorus and who was well-known in the company, as i later on found out, for breaking up, that is to say, being made to laugh easily on the stage. zero was incorrigible and he decided to make a victim of this young man that night. and during the scene, when the young man was playing a soldier in the army of miles gloriosus, zero stopped the action of the scene and went to work on him making faces and dancing around

day and some residents have been tweeting and saying that they are looking for a man or men in a sheridan there. we want to check in now with a couple correspondents in boston. have you been able to thereon any of the scanner traffic? >> no, don, there is really still so much that we don't know. we're standing here at the corner of exitor and commonwealth. we have been seeing official vehicles come in. unmarked cars going in the perimeter. the fbi has taken over this investigation. they have set up a crime scene perimeter. there is a resource center set up for victims and their families for counseling. there is a whole lot we don't know still about these explosions. we don't know if this was a foreign or domestic attack. there were no early warnings before this attack. no credible threats is the word that authorities were using. they are pursuing many leads. who mae have been involved around the scene of this crime, we are still waiting to learn a lot. >> they were saying that there were more than two devices? only two explosions but there may have been another device or two devices that

. >> i went over my friend's house who lives on 95 and sheridan street.at he was going to surrender. and i said, no, no, i'll take the cat home with me. >> but driving home the georgetown university student leaves the car window down. she says as she pulls away from the stop light the cat leaps out into the street. >> the cat's dodging cars, it's about to get hit. so i try to pull over out of the street quick enough and go rescue the cat. >> she says she stops, puts her hazard lights on, and runs after the cat, which disappears into the night. then she says she hears a crash. >> it's a cop car. >> the policeman who has hit her, joel francisco, calls another officer. >> dewey presley is a dui traffic homicide investigator and on the dui task force with the hollywood police department. >> dewey presley is soon joined by three other police employees. and what happens next is caught on officer presley's dash cam. >> stand here for me, please. there's two things going on here. >> i'm sorry. >> number one, you were involved in a minor crash. >> but if she wasn'

there's the same amount of media here that was in the news conference that i attended at the sheridan in boston all afternoon. camera after camera. i can tell you thinking this could be a link with the boston marathon and nobody wants to miss that part of the story, if it is. but none of us know that right now. >> no, exactly right. now, of course, 2:17 a.m. here eastern time. drew griffin reporting from watertown. i'll leave you for a moment to gather some more information from us. i want to go back to our jake tapper. jake, what additional info have you been able to gather? >> reporter: we just received word the boston police department is asking residents of watertown to stay indoorsz. obviously, there's a lot of activity going on in watertown right now. we know of one suspect who has been arrested and apprehended. in addition, the m.i.t. campus put out a statement saying -- it's about the police officer and more saying, m.i.t. is heartbroken by the news that an m.i.t. police officer was shot and killed in the line of duty on thursday night on campus near building 32. our thoughts

let's bring in eric sheridan, analyst at ubs.initiated coverage of 14 tech stocks and likes google, aol and his only sell is on groupon. yahoo on this initiation of coverage touched a new 52-week high. thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> a lot of the reasons behind your positive rating on yahoo has been outlined by a lot of other analysts on the street. is there a catalyst here at which point we can expect some of these things to materialize? >> well, you know, we expect catalyst over the next three to 12 months for yahoo. both on the operating front and on the asset value front. alibaba group we did some deep dive in the report today around valuation. we still think there is a wide range of from where the last transaction alibaba group was done to upside to the case of albie live baba group which yahoo owns 24%. also yahoo japan, our ubs analyst in japan upgraded his price target to 50,000 yen. and to boot on the operational side, we're very big fans of the new management team at yahoo. we think marissa meyer a

. >> tye sheridan. >> he is magic. >> go home. >> you know where i'm going later in the interview. >> in the film. the story is about him coming of age. he's the 14-year-old i was talking about that we have all been at that time. >> it really is terrific. this was not the only one. "killer joe." "the paper boy." you're in the midst of what has been said a mcconau-ssance. do you feel a change? >> i heard that word. it's got a funny meter to it. >> do you feel a change? >> it hasn't been as conscious as some people might say. it was what i said no to that opened me up to theth things coming to me. it's an evolution of what i'm doing now.arted th ic mike." let's faith face it. >> it did. >> i think that's when people said wow. >> it was the wardrobe. >> an independent spirit award for a character you loved playing. >> that was so much fun. will we see dallas again? >> i don't know. i have talked to channing. he's brought it up. they're talking about a "magic mike 2." >> would you be into it? >> if it was the right thing. >> there he is. we just happened to pull that up. we have video of

two of the first presidents of the national rifle association were generals phillip sheridan and ulysses s. grant. and the interesting thing is that between 1871 and 1970 the national rifle association never endorsed a candidate. we didn't have a lobbying organization. we didn't have a lobbyist. we didn't need a lobbyist. we didn't need a political operation. because there was widespread agreement in this country that the founders knew what they were doing when they included the second amendment into and the bill of rights in the constitution. life members of the nra included even from john 236789 kennedy to -- f. kennedy to dwight eisenhower and hubert hutch friday. there was no ideological or partisan divide between gun opens in those days. that changed as the cultural wars of the '70s broke out, and all of a sudden hostility to the second amendment became an ideological card in the hands of many in this country. and it was a democratic member of congress, a man who's still serving from michigan, who came to the nra at that time and said you can teach as many people as you want about g

. >> i loved off sheridan and diversey. >> i was at -- >> pulaski for i'm freezing my [ bleep ] off andep ] out of here. >> except in summer. >> i'm roasting my [ bleep ] off and i need to get the [ bleep ] out of here. >> stephanie: the other thing is there's such a nexus not just the president's hometown, obviously. the gun debate, all of that stuff. north korea, hello. dennis rodman. [ ding ding ] [ applause ] >> stephanie: i was saying what did you do, dennis rodman? what did you say? you were talking about like freaky [ bleep ] you used to do with carmen electra. what has upset them? that has made the situation worse. there are a lot of retired chicago sports people that might have been better. his airness michael jordan. >> michael jordan not crazy. >> refrigerator perry could have sat on him. something, people. that's the sound of kim jong-un -- being sat on by the refrigerator fairy. >> stephanie: he wasn't in the greatest shape in the '80s. >> now he's a walk-in freezer. >> stephanie: i believe he's selling barbecue sauce if i'm not mistaken. he must have some free time with wh

autho of "scream free parenting" terry cruz, actor, former nfl star and the father of five and sam sheridanwith guy time. this is somethi most guys probably wouldike a little more of, there ia study out of brigham young university that shows having great friends and long, strong relationships can he youctually live longer. in ft relationships are as beneficial to your health as quitting smoking and exercise. terry, married for more than 20 years, how do yo do it? how do you me that balance between being with your family and keeping the friendships? >> the big thing for me, you have to let your family know that your alone te or guy time doesn't mean that you reject them. at's the biggest, biggest thin for me, i have my fortress of solitude and i have myime with my boys and the whole thing and i come back refreshed and you got to give your wife that same pleasure,, too. so as long as you can you kw do both things with both people, it will be all good. >>heres a fine line between beinthe guy who goes on a golf trip every weekend, who goes to vegas every couple of weeks and getting quality time

we are looking from sheridan up to dull lui. anywhere from six to nine inches of snow. generally one to three inches and then ahead of that system we have heavy rain from lincoln, nebraska, up in to eau claire, wisconsin and another one to three inches of rain, which will cause problems for the mississippi river later this week. we will have the local forecast in just a moment but first this message. . >>> you'll need your sunglasses, t-shirts and bottled walter. 70s and 80s in san francisco. today, the hottest day of the next seven. tomorrow, temperatures dropping a little bit. as the sea breeze picks up and the low clouds return on the coast. big cooling for the middle part of the week as temperatures dip back in the 70s and 80s inland. lo malo que surge >> mr. roker, thank you. >>> ahead the internet's impact on the hunt for the boston bombers. the good and bad. we will get in to that with the head of google. and reese witherspoon on the red carpet following her arrest for disorderly conduct. but first this is "today" on nbc. rlconduct. but first, this is "today" on