he won an emmy for his role as sherlock holmes in "sherlock." now is in a movie called "the imitation game," he plays britain's great unsung hero alan turing. here's the trailer for the film. >> this war, we're not winning it. you speak a word of what i'm about to show you, you will be executed for high treason. >> it's beautiful. it's the greatest inscription device in history and the germans use it for all communications. >> everyone thinks enigma is unbreakable. >> let me try and we'll know for sure. >> mr. turing, do you know how many died because of it? >> i don't. three. while we have been having this conversation. >> gentlemen, meet mr. turing. we'll work together. they'll only slow me down. you have six minutes to complete the task. >> it's impossible. it takes me eight. >> 5 minutes, 34 seconds. you have to do it in under 6. what is it we're really doing? >> we're with going to break an unbreakable nazi code and win the war. >> oh. to pull this off, one actually has to be a genius. >> i'm design ago machine to allow us to break every me

you were amazing that and then "sherlock." all time, "the hobbit." [ cheers and applause ] >> can you just keep saying things that people keep cheering? >> jimmy: yeah. pizza. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> thank you. >> jimmy: taco. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ mucho. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] herpes! ♪ >> don't get me started. >> jimmy: no, i won't get you started on that. >> my brain's doing all sorts of things now. >> jimmy: don't do that. don't do that. don't do that. but here we are. this is the biggest movie ever. we were joking backstage. you said that you were a little upset that you were not in the "harry potter" films? because you're in a giant franchise. you're in "the hobbit." it's one of the biggest movies of all-time. >> for a long time, i was one of seven british actors who was not in harry potter. [ laughter ] so i was feeling -- come out and -- yeah, yeah, "harry potter." i was already an adult by the time they were coming out, so i didn't get quite their appeal. and i hadn't read the books. and it was only when i

he's won an emmy for playing sherlock holmes in the bbc masterpiece and a new movie called the imitation game. he plays the mathematician alan turin. here's the trailer for the film. >> this war, we are not winning it. if you speak a word of what i am about to show you, you will be executed for high treason. >> it's beautiful. >> the germans use it for all communications. >> everyone thinks enigma is unbreakable. >> do you know how many people have died? three while we have been having this conversation. >> i'm afraid these men will only slow me down. >> you have six minutes to complete the task. five minutes and 34 seconds. >> you said under six. >> we are going to break an unbreakable nazi code and win the war. to pull this off, one actually has to be a genius. i will design a machine that will allow us to break every message instantly. >> they are not going to help you if they do like you. >> have you decrypted a single german message? >> you will never understand the importance of what i am creating here. >> if you fire, you will have to fire me. >> and me. >> you do not have to do t

. >>> it looks like sherlock star benedict cumberbatch is going to the big screen. he'll take on the role of dr. strange, the newest superhero in the marvel universe. it is expected to hit theaters in 2016. >>> mark wahlberg is asking for a pardon for an assault conviction from when he was 16. the incident involved him trying to rob a man and spent 45 days in jail. he's hoping for his criminal record to be erased after he dedicated himself to becoming a better person. >>> jon stewart has some interesting information for angelina jolie last night. >> if you ended up with me, instead of brad pitt, we could have been stoli. we could have been a vodka brand. >> i'm dara brown. this is "early today." we hope it is just your first stop of the day on nbc. >>> leading the news from az central, phoenix police suspect unarmed when killed by officer. an officer thought the suspect was reaching into his pocket for a weapon. he told brisbane to keep his hands in his pockets. when the officer felt threatened, he fired two shots. the item in brisbane's pocket turned out to be a bo

>> you know, i was offered on a role on "sherlock." i turned them down, of course.ants to play second fiddle to that hack cumberbatch? >> stephen: well, martin freeman doesn't seem to mind. >> martin's cheap. he doesn't need much feeding, apparently. sweet, little martin. little, little, little man. >> stephen: yeah, but he got the better of you, though, didn't he? bilbo, he tricked you. >> no. >> stephen: you know, there's that moment in the second movie when you finish toying with him and you rear back. you're like how do you choose to die? >> that's not how i did it, but carry on. >> stephen: yes it was. and he pops on the ring and he disappears. and you're like "wha-what?" >> i see, stephen. did my people not tell you? >> stephen: tell me what? >> never laugh at a live dragon ( bleep ). >> never laugh at a live dragon ( bleep ). >> stephen: we'll be right to help spread some holiday cheer. before earning 1% cash back everywhere, every time; and 2% back at the grocery store. thank you! even before they got 3% back on gas, all with no hoops to jump through, a coup

andrew scott will join the film, famous for his role as moriarty in sherlock and christophe woltz from "django unchained." >>> congratulations are in order for jimmy fallon and his wife nancy. the couple welcomed their second daughter frances cole into the world wednesday morning weighing five pounds, one ounce. the "tonight show" alerted their fans through this tweet stating, due to unexpected but delightful circumstances there will not be new episodes tonight or thursday evening. >>> an update on the hackers who hit sony studios earlier this week. after releasing five new movies the hackers have now released the salaries of james franco and seth rogin, the stars of the upcoming film, "the interview." the duo got paid 6.5 and 8.4 million respectively. >>> "frozen" fans won't have to wait until the sequel to see the gang back on the big screen. there's a new short that will be premiere before the new live action film "cinderella." we love that "frozen" stuff. >>> ed sheeran was the officially the most streamed artist in 2014. his songs were listened to over 860 million times collective

it's -- i think the historian for the national security agency hanyak said it's like a sherlock holmes story, the dog that didn't work. when the dog on the inside does not bark, it means it is an inside job. if there is no electronic intelligence, are the boats talking to each other? means there's probably not an attack. to me, maybe the most telling of all the, we now have thousands of pages of primary sources. we have the internal sources. we have the tape recordings. we have the photographs of the attack. we have the state department intelligence histories. we have joint chiefs of staff histories. but to me the document that leaps out of the whole batch is the white house senior staff meeting. this is the day after. this is on the 5th of august, 1964. we really only have these notes because the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, maxwell taylor, has been a top kennedy aide. being sent over to the pentagon to bring the joint chiefs in line. they had been uppity against kennedy during the cuban missile crisis. curtis lamay compares kennedy to chamberlain, appeasing hitler. this is

you don't need to be sherlock homes, this is probably the united states. reason is there are only four suspects. people say north korea that is silly. others say china, not plausible. hackers is plausible but no one is taking responsibility and hackers always say i did it. so that really leaves the united states which has been gloating about this, talking about responses that the public won't see, we seen that theme for the last four days. it's us. >> uh-huh. let me ask josh and governor. just thinking about five years from now when we look back, will we see this as a turning point in terms of u.s. cyber security policy or foreign policy, is it a game changer moving forward or will we see it as a blip. >> i think it sends a signal that you don't have to just worry about electrical utilities and financial if institutions. the white house indicated there are plans for what to do if someone takes down the power grid, no plan forum bear asing e-mails. if this was the north koreans they will use these tools for purposes other than protecting kim jong-un's ego.

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. >> jimmy: it's sherlock holmes. >> i'm playing watson.ship has changed quite a bit. actually jay gave me some criticism about where he wants the story to go, so i'm going to take it back to the writers and see if it can happen. >> jay: is that right? i think it's a great show, it's really smart. >> jimmy: i'm just loyal to my network. i just watch things on nbc. [ audience ohs ] [ laughter ] >> jay: well, you have reason to be loyal. [ laughter and applause ] ♪ [ applause ] i'm on cbs. >> jimmy: i got a lot of learning to do. lucy liu "elementary" airs thursday at ten on cbs, we'll be right back with science expert kevin delaney, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ my baby drove up in a brand new cadillac... ♪ ♪ my baby drove up in a brand new cadillac... ♪ ♪ look here, daddy, i'm never coming back... ♪ discover the new spirit of cadillac and the best offers of the season. lease this 2015 standard collection ats for around $329 a month. hurry in. offer ends soon. lenny: oh you got here early... julia: no, i've been here all night. th

on the surveillance video from the latest heist, they picked up a detail that would impress even sherlockvests looked new. they actually had creases in them. >> reporter: because they were creased, you figured they were new. and because they were new, they must've been purchased somewhere nearby. >> yes. we were able to tie those two vests back to a local home depot. and those vests were purchased with a mastercard debit card that went back to scott. >> reporter: by using that mastercard, scott catt might as well left his calling card. and there his kids are, using it in home depot to buy the gear they were about to use in a bank heist. it was just the break detectives needed, and the catts were in the bag. >> when scott was arrested, the detective that actually made contact with him told him, "well, you're under arrest for bank robbery." and scott's initial response to that was, "which one?" >> reporter: quickly arrested hayden as well, who was up in the apartment. there, they found the kind of evidence gumshoes dream of. >> in the apartment, we found some bank straps. and a bank strap i

that's -- like sherlock holmes used to do. >> there was a reason why he did this on sunday.gtime south florida broadcaster was retiring. governor bush had a longstanding relationship with him and asked as my final interview, i'd like to interview you. i'm not certain he was planning on saying these things. >> he's made some noises, so has his son and things like that. so i'm saying he's running for president. am i wrong? >> i don't know. i do -- i believe that he is tilting toward running, but looking, working for 41 and 43, i learned something a long time ago. 1977, george h.w. bush said i'm not going to make a decision about whether or not i'm going to run until after the 1978 election. i want to do everything i can in '77 and '78 to lay the predicate but i'm not going to run until after the november 1978 election and we see if jimmy baker gets elected attorney general of texas. he did not make the decision until after the 1978 election. george w. bush said you can go out there, put on your propeller hat, do the things you think are necessary but i'm not going to make a de

actor who has starred in some of the most memorable tv series in recent memory such as, "fargo" "sherlock he's hosting "saturday night live" this week. and you can see him in the third and final installment of "the hobbit" trilogy, "the battle of the five armies" in theaters december 17th let's take a look. >> my lord -- forced to ravenhill -- the dwarves are about to be overrun. thorin must be warned. >> by all means warn him. i've spent enough elvish blood in defense of the land. no more. >> thranduil? >> i'll go. >> don't be ridiculous. you'll never make it. >> why not? >> because they will see you coming and kill you. >> no, they won't. they won't see me. >> it's out of the question. i won't allow it. >> i'm not asking you to allow it gandalf. >> seth: please welcome martin freeman. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> seth: welcome. >> thank you very much. >> seth: i'm so happy to have you here. >> i'm happy to be here. >> seth: i'm such a huge fan of your work. >> thank you very much. >> seth: so, "snl" -- your work though i've never seen you do sketch work. have you ever done anything like

one to have cast is the baddy in sherlock holse. we will get q.e.t of next speaker boehner needs nancy pelosi, as conservative republicans adapt to lame-dumb politics. draghi faces disquiet from germany. he holds a press conference at 8:30 this morning. and 72 crayolas, pantone releases of the color of the year. it's a dark red, orangey kind of -- scarlett is going to blow up her whole wardrobe over marsala. unbelievable. it is thursday, december 4. i'm tom keene. joining me, scarlet fu, brendan wearing 2006's color this year. good to see that. >> it's a classic. >> started out quiet about 3:00 a.m. let's get to our top headline, new information. >> this just happening in the last few hours. russia's president vladimir pickup taken taking aim at the u.s. and european union in his annual state of the nation address. putin says the pair would have imposed economic sanctions on russia anyway no matter what happened in ukraine. he says their goal is to hurt the russian economy. he called on russians to end their dependence on imports and added business

. >> the russian debt had been marketed by goldman sachs and mike sherlock had come back with a big victoryhe contagion issues of the late '90s, then we should be worried. i do know when i fill up i give them three $20s and i get back $10. i used to give four $20s and got back $5. >> you pay cash? >> they have little charge if you use the debit card. >> by the way, you do it in new jersey where they have guys at the pump. >> they pump your gas in new jersey. >> that's good. you never spill the gasoline. i go to pennsylvania, pump it myself. feel like a real man. >> then you're not using cash. >> nice. after much wrangling the house narrowly passed the spending bill last night. the vote 219 in favor 206 against. most of the nay votes coming from democrats angry the bill scales back dodd-frank killing some planned restrictions on derivatives trading on large banks. the bill heads to the senate where it is expected to pass, president likely to sign it. barney frank calls it a terrible violation. a lot was driven by regionals who say look, trying to extend credit to a farmer in the midwest is v

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