russell simmons is known as the godfather of hip hop. he co-founded def jam recordings.a fashion designer and launched a company. he's a best-selling author and philanthropist. his latest book is "super rich." he wanted to talk about a different kind of american dream. he calls it inner wealth. i want to start out with your definition of the american dream. the ideal. >> oh, my goodness, the ideal. any dream is really realized when someone is really happy. i think that's at chiefment of a happen pay state, consciousness. that's it. i mean, we're all here looking to be comfortable in our seat. i think -- i believe it's not only inherent in the definition of the american dream but just any person looking for contentment. >> so when you -- growing up here in queens, right, you grew up? >> that's right. >> what did you aspire to? >> as a kid i didn't really have that many aspirations for big success. certainly i may have had them or talked about them but i didn't really have as much faith in them. one thing happens, it gives you courage. another thing, kids are hopeless. eve

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kier simmons, nbc news, london. >>> and up next here tonight america's long love affair with britishor a country that only a few days ago celebrated the anniversary of its sound rejection of the british crown, it now seems we can't get enough of the royals. though celebrities in los angeles lining up tonight for face time with the duke and duchess of cambridge are in good company. as peter alexander reminds us, rolling out the royal red carpet has actually evolved into a time-honored american tradition. >> reporter: any hard feelings left over from the american revolution have clearly dissipated in 235 years. the arrival this weekend of a charming young prince and his striking new bride has rekindled our love affair with british royalty. from king george vi and the queen mother to charles and lady di, they've all crossed the pond to introduce themselves in person. like that first white house trip for william's parents in 1985. nothing says welcome to america like a dance with travolta. later we were along for the ride on the royal's first trip to disney. the first reigning monarchs e

we'll find out from sarah simmons as fox 5 morning news continues. >>> take a look outside over northwest d.c. it is tuesday morning, july 5th, 2011. off to a pretty good start so far. thank you for waking up with us. >> i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm wisdom martin. >> it was a busy day yesterday. >> big crowd last night on the national mall for the fireworks show. security was tight. there was a little bit of rain but other than that, things went pretty well. >> that's right. tucker barnes is here now to talk about if things are going to continue to go well here today. >> i think so. kind of typical july weather expected with highs back into the upper 80s and low 90s. we'll take rain and thunderstorm out of the forecast for the day. we'll get a one-day break and we'll return tomorrow. let's get to it. we'll show you the satellite- radar and let me mention we are getting widespread reports of fog now. reports of visibility is less than a quarter mile in places like martinsburg. some fog developing south of spread it rickburg. be ready to that. that is the worst part of the forecast this morni

russell simmons, their manager and rather of joe simmons tried to renegotiate that contract and profile refuse. and, they got into a long drawn out evil battle that basically stopped run dmc's career straight in its tracks. and russell had to learn from that in the deal that he did later on. and it is one of the things that contributed to russell's ability to do better for himself. but, run dmc really never recovered from that as a recording artist. fortunately they were able to go wanting continued to work -- earners live musicians but they were never able to get back on the train as it moved forward, the musical train come as a move forward. >> why was there so much resistance to hip-hop when it first came out? like you said and you are very accurate, mtv, i mean these guys and girls were superstars in the community like here in one and inner cities all across the country. mtv wouldn't play them. why was that? >> part of it is white supremacy. the music business was incredibly segregated at the time. >> in the 80's? >> in the 80's, that's right. for instance you could have an artist -

sarah simmons live at aspen hill with the story. >> reporter: this was on parkland drive and aspen hill road. crews are here trying to clean up. you can see the massive hole that the suv left behind here. take a look at that video again. that was of the suv when it was still inside this home this morning. police tell us a 2 #-year-old woman was drive ago long aspen hill road when she hit two parks cars and then was -- there was enough force, enough speed that she came up a hill and into the back of this house, rammed right through and into this house. the suv she was driving police say came to rest inches from a woman who lives here and was on the couch at the time. she didn't want to give us her fame. very shaken up but take a listen who-to-what she had to say about her experience. >> everything happened so fast, you know. suddenly, everything collapsed and the closet was flying. the walls all coming towards me and so i knew that -- i said i'm going to die right now. >> reporter: she is very lucky to be alive. she had just gotten back from the hospital. she is in good condition, expect

and the always camera shy richard simmons discovers a new way to get a little attention.'seally shy, that guy. >> was he wearing his shorts? that's all i want to know. >> stay tuned for "the skinny." " ♪ skinny so skinny >>> speaking of skinny, that actually leads into our first story rather nicely. because we're talking about russell crowe trying to lose weight. that's not totally unusual except that he's tweeting about it. >> russell crowe tweets? >> he does tweet. >> everyone tweets but us. >> well, i'm kind of a part-time tweeter, twitterer. anyway. he's a fairly reclusive actor. you don't really hear from him too often. he's taken to twitter to talk about trying to shed this 63 pounds that he did gain for "body of lies" in 2008. he's been doing all sorts of things. riding a bike. he talks about how he's working with a trainer, he's got sore legs. he's been revealing these very grueling workouts. kind of an unusual bit of behavior for mr. crowe. >> remember when he used to work out by throwing phones at people? >> that really works the bicep and lateral deltoid. >> es

i'm sarah simmons. welcome to fox 5 morning news. really nice outside right now. i hope it will stay that way. >> it should be a nice day. what fridays aren't gorgeous? humidity should remain in check stand should be a beautiful day with bright sunshine. 74 in the city. that is the warm spot by a great deal. baltimore, 64 degrees. looking for others in places like frederick, dulles. got out and enjoy are expecting sunshine. should be another nice one. one or two clouds moving through. officially reporting mostly cloudy at reagan national. they will be concerned. going to see a lot of sunshine today as we'll have a few cirrus clouds moving through. mostly sunny skies, warm this afternoon. 88 so a little warmer than yesterday. i'll have details on that in just a minute. >>> the case against dominique strauss-kahn may be falling part. investigators uncovered major holes in the credibility of the housekeeper who has accused him of sexual assault. it supposedly happened in a hotel room back in may. more on this in just a few minutes. >>>

we get the latest from sarah simmons. she is live at the foggy bottom metro station. >> as you know, there is a lot on the agenda for this big meeting at metro headquarters. one of the big topics is escalator and elevator outages. we are at the foggy bottom. there is working on this morning. we may be able to hear the crews back here. this is an issue for a lot of riders. that is one of the things they will talk about increasing on time preventative maintenance. so, that is something they will be addressing. along with metro getting feedback from several focus groups on the design of the new 7,000 series rail cars, the first are set to arrive next year for the silver line to dulles. along with that are the naming rights for some of the new metro stops on the line. there is talk about selling the rights, selling the naming rights to the stations but there is a policy to ban that. that will be on the agenda as well. a report was out in may on bus on time performance getting worse due to traffic congestion and detours. they

. >> reporter: sharron bryant- simmons calls herself a shoe-a- holic. >> i have to show the toes. >> reporter: she used to spend freely on her footwear but in 2005 she was laid off by u.c.l.a. where she worked for 20 years. >> i thought i could weather the storm, but then after getting out there and going on various interviews it was something totally different. >> reporter: her home value dropped $100,000 and she depleted her savings. >> it has been almost a living hell. >> reporter: an experience shared by many minorities. in 1995, the median white household had a net worth seven times that of black and hispanic families. a new study of census data finds the wealth gap has become a chasm. white households are now worth 20 times that of blacks and 18 times more than hispanics. the median white house showed worth $113,000, hispanics about $6,000 and blacks about $5,700. the main asset minority families own is their home. as values have plunged, so have their net worth. white families are also more likely to also own retirement accounts and stocks. those have rebounded with the stock

good morning everyone, i'm sarah simmons, welcome to fox 5 morning news. a quick look at weather with tucker barnes. tucker, already feels kind of warm out there. >> yes it does sarah, temperature at reagan national 77. ooh, that's not pleasant. hey, let's get to the slight and radar. a lot to talk about. a lot of clouds moving in and a lot of moisture streaming in from the south and south and west later today and that means we've got rain back in the forecast. some potential for periods of heavy rain. i think most of the morning here should be dry. you can see that right now we're doing fine. some showers up in philadelphia that's about it. but today, the possibility of thunderstorms moving in and those could be locally heavy. a flash flood watch is in effect later today. that's coming up in a minute. ocean city, 79. let's see, we've got 160 on the map. 69 in hagerstown and 70 in hagerstown. showers and thunderstorms developing, better chance this afternoon than this morning. some with heavy rain and again we have a flash flood watch in effect. sarah, bac

pain try to talk some sense and speak some logic to the westborough about this but they hate gene simmons because he's involved the no hate campaign he's opposed to california's prop eight and are the same sex marriage ban and because he's jewish because he wonders if new city is part of the problem that you thought of the running out of things to protest i mean gay marriage leases the salient cultural issue and you know a lot of other issues that they've had they've been protesting against lisa been in the news gene simmons is just a spokesperson for dr pepper any sort of he may still be going to or i think maybe with no one really thinking about since him and so i think it is points to the fact that there's sort of running out of things to horning out of places to protest now that every time they announce a protest a state quickly moves to try and possible law that bans them from being within three hundred feet of the funeral i think arizona did that and illinois has done that and so now that more people are like passing laws that limit where they can deal with they can be happy i can't

lot of other issues that they've that they've been protesting against lisa been in the news gene simmons is just a spokesperson for dr pepper any sort of he may still be going to or i think maybe with no one really thinking about him and so i think it points to the fact that there's sort of running out of things to morning out of places to protest now that every time they announce a protest a state quickly moves to try and pass a law that bans them from being within three hundred feet of the funeral i think arizona did that and illinois has done that and so now that more people are like passing laws that limit where they can be and what they can be i think i can more creative doc on others in concert i mean drawing on all that says you know old as ever that i'm totally with you but i don't care and i think i think they're getting a little bored we don't respect a rock star that's like popular today you know just say maybe at one time there are tours that i know they have a tour that they go on they planned so maybe that was just way the way it is convenient the place thing because it's a

sarah simmons is live at the foggy bottom station. >> reporter: there is several on the agenda for several different committees talking about different issues. one is escalators and elevators. there is a lot of complaints from riders. where we are here, they have been working on an escalator replacement program for some time. we have seen workers here this morning. part of what they will be talking about, one of the committees, a plan to increase the on time preventative maintenance because there has been a large increase in maintenance and service calls. metro is getting feedback from rider focus groups on the design of the new 7,000 series rail cars. the first ones are set to arrive next year for the silver line to dulles airport. now, along with that, they will be talking about the naming rights of the new stops on the line. there was talk at one point of selling the naming rights but there is a policy that they want to try to vote on in order to ban that. there was a report that came out in may. there is talk of the bus on time performance getting worse due to traffic congestion and de

fox 5's sarah simmons is live there with the details. >> good morning. the storms that rolled through here has put them somewhat behind as they are trying to make prep rigs down here on the national mall for the big fourth of july celebration. so it is going to be another hot one on this fourth of july. so there are a lot of things that people need to know if they are coming down here in order to prepare. there will be tens of thousands of people down here as there usually is. public access to the mall is not going to begin until 10:00 this morning. so people will able to get in. a lot of the locals that we have talked about -- or talked with have said they would stay away from here. if any of you do plan on going, the u.s. park serve us says they really emphasize they do not want people to drive. they want folk to take metro. so here is what you need to know about metro if you plan on. coming down here. it is opening at 7:00 a.m. it is open 7:00 a.m. to mid night. the smithsonian station which is down here is expected to be closed most. day and will reo

. >> or he's so gay richard simmons tells him tone it down. >> jon: or that he (bleep)s pinkberry. >> no! no! that was for going blue. don't work the blue. >> jon: it's better if -- >> your by the bit. [laughter] >> jon: i'll do better. i'll try harder. thank you for being here. >> good man. remember no matter how much a comedy home run someone's stereo typical behavior may be. you have to say focusing. this say nightly news par i did program not a gay dancing adjustment seminar. >> jon: i know. >> i'm needed elsewhere don nickles is about to get a food delivery by a man who 7o% [cheers and applause] >> jon: good news. what is happening? [cheers and applause] we've still got -- great news we still 45 minutes to take part in one of america's proudest traditions. >> an old favorite being celebrated today. it's national french fry day. >> jon: national french fry day! time tone joy the golden crisps that we enjoy. it's followed tomorrow by nationally loose bowel movement day. >> every state but one colorado now have obesity rates over 20%. a dozen states mostly in the south have even top

. >> sarah simmons has been following this all morning sarah. >> reporter: well, wisdom and alison this is at the intersection of park land drive aspen hill road, police are telling us it was aspen hill road right back here they say a 22-year-old woman was driving an suv, when she hit two parked vehicles, back there. an suv and truck and then some how careened up, kept coming up this hill where we are standing, and then, slammed into the back of this house here, you can see where it is all boarded up she went through a chain link fence crews were out here working all morning long. now take a look at the video you can see the suv this morning, literally inside of the house, it came resting inches from the woman lying on the couch, her husband was in the bedroom next door and her son was in a different bedroom, we talked with the woman and her husband this morning, here is what they experienced. >> taking a nap, and i heard this loud crash which i thought was an accident out here on the street. it happens in the intersection all the time i open the door to the back room and there was an s

sarah simmons has what you need to know today. >> reporter: hello to you both. you know, it has been quite active, at least storm-wise around the area so that put crews behind just a little bit. they have a lot of fourth of july prep that they have to do. you can kind see at least from where we are quite a few flood lights back there so i'm sure they're hard at work trying to get everything situated down here on the national mall. it will be another hot one here for the july 4th celebration and a lot of things that folks need to know as thousands of people will be expected to be down here for this. public access to the mall itself is going to begin at about 10:00 a.m. that is when folk will be allowed into the secure entrances. u.s. park service is recommending that people do not drive if they are. coming down to the festivities. they are encouraging people to take metro. here is what you need to know about metro if you plan on coming down to the mall. it will be open from 7:00 a.m. to midnight. the smithsonian station is going to be closed but will reopen for e

. >> or he's so gay richard simmons tells him tone it down. >> jon: or that he (bleep)s pinkberry. >>s for going blue. don't work the blue. >> jon: it's better if -- >> your by the bit. [laughter] >> jon: i'll do better. i'll try harder. thank you for being here. >> good man. remember no matter how much a comedy home run someone's stereo typical behavior may be. you have to say focusing. this say nightly news par i did program not a gay dancing adjustment seminar. >> jon: i know. >> i'm needed elsewhere don nickles is about to get a food delivery by a man who ♪ have a better day [ male announcer ] only subway has a deal this flat-out delicious -- the new $3 flatbread breakfast combo. a toasty 6-inch flatbread breakfast sandwich and a 16-ounce cup of freshly brewed seattle's best coffee. all for just $3. build your better breakfast today. 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. ♪ ♪ there it is. [ man ] so i used mine to get a whole new perspective. ♪ [ male announcer ] the new citi thanky

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here's a picture of richard simmons planking. it's a bit disturbing.ut why it is our word of the day but if anybody brings it up, here are three things you need to have on your radar, president obama meets with congressional leaders at 3:45 eastern for the third straight day of talks about the debt ceiling, plus treasury secretary tim geithner is hosting the finance investment symposium at 8:30 a.m. in d.c., recognizing women who have risen to leadership roles in investment. ands astronauts aboard the international space station begin a sidewalk at 8:45 eastern time. it's expected to last six and a half hours. a quick check on how the world's money is doing. kristi lu stout live in the hong kong bureau. >> european markets in the red so far this day. the arrows were all red across asia. the nikkei closed down 1.4%. the bank of japan lowered its fiscal year forecast for the country and thanks to the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the country back in march. >> we're into second quarter earnings right now. we got good earnings from alcoa, we got b

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national mall hundreds of thousands are expected to attend the annual concert and fireworks sarah simmons is live with what you need to know. good morning. >> reporter: good morning alison. crews are down here trying to prepare for tonight's big if he is sieveties the public will be allowed down here starting at 10:00 a.m. this morning, a lot of people will want to come down early and pick out their best spot they can. 10:00 a.m. is when they will be allowed down here on the national mall, 10s of thousands are expected to be down here one thing national parks service wants to make sure people know they encourage folks to take metro and not drive if you plan on coming down here, here is what you need to know. they will be open 7:00 a.m. now until midnight smithsonian metro stop will be closed most of the day, it will reopen for people to get off of the mall after the fireworks, so metro is also adding 6 and 8 car trains to try to deal with the crowd of people and keep this in mind for safety reasons metro says many esculators will be off and not functioning so keep that in mind you will ha

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certainly rhonda simmons, you and the department of economic workforce development have been there becausealong with environmental policies, it's got to be job creation or job sustaining or the transitioning of jobs, and to be able to do that and present programs and retain jobs and change them consistent with the goals is as important. and then i also want to thank, of course, the center of environmental law here at the university for hosting this and making sure it happened promptly. as you know, i started out even as early as february by signing in to ordinance something that i thought was pretty dramatic change, and that is to work with our private sector in looking at the commercial buildings and seeing whether or not they could join in an effort to help us with our climate by reducing energy use. and it was quite precedent setting in signing that ordinance. but also knowing that while we were requiring that private commercial buildings, existing commercial buildings begin, a process where they would actually calculate themselves, engage themselves along scientific points where the bu

. >>> coming up next, music and fashion mogul russell simmons.w there's a crackdown on completely fake apple stores that have recently popped up. one of those fake stores is still opened. plus, all eyes on how the market is going to react to the debt debate. first, bill karins has a look at the forecast. >> a little break for areas in the north on the heatwave but that is the exception. many areas are hot. including washington, d.c. we're going to be 93. boston, hartford, the heat returns friday into saturday. dallas, 105 yesterday. 102 today. we have a chance for strong thunderstorms from fargo to sue falls to minneapolis. incredible summer heat all long, all season long in dallas. we'll continue this week. we've now had 24 days in a row of 100-degree heat. i think we have a chance of challenging the record which is 43 back in 1980. hottest summer ever. you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. [ diane lane ] is your anti-wrinkle cream gone... but not your wrinkles. new neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair. its retinol formula smoothes wrin

fox 5's sarah simmons is live in aspen hill with the story. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> reporter: of this was just before 12:30 last night at parkland drive and aspen hill road. the family, from what we understand in talking with this group, is not going to be allowed in here for the foreseeable future. the car went right inside the house here. it was about 12:30 that the vehicle was driving down aspen hill road, hit a couple of parked cars before it came up a hill and landed into the house. take a listen to what the officer had to say. >> officers conducted their investigation, located the vehicle driver, approximately 22-year-old white female. they determined that the driver was under the influence of alcohol and since arrested her for that. >> reporter: the investigation is going to continue at this time and the clean-up as well. we need to let you know there were three people, a family of three inside of this home when the car came tearing through. one person was taken to the hospital in good condition. i spoke with her a shor

kir simmons is in london with the latest developments on the scandal. >> good morning, lister. this is astonishing. this is a newspaper that first revealed the phone hacking scandal. a bit like "the washington post" during watergate, if you like. and inside is a full-page apology from rupert murdoch. that same apology is every british newspaper today. now, of course, rupert murdoch is one of the most powerful men. he runs fox television, "wall street journal," 20th century fox. yesterday, the chief executive of dow jones, publisher of "the wall street journal," had to resign, because he had been working here before moving there. now, all this began with these revelations of wrongdoing by journalists listening to people's mobile voice mails. and this week there have even been reports that the voice mails of relatives of 9/11 victims might have been accessed. the british prime minister here is under fire because he was close to rupert murdoch's people. and even the police were close to them. despite investigating them for what might have been criminal activity. to call it a crisi

rally there was a blast here in the center of all slope which blew out windows in the city center simmons right now i'm thinking about it comes from my fish i discoursed it's truly seems happened you don't really know what's going on but you can assume there's been a long because if she was missing the thought of something being linked with the same could be a right wing extremist with anti muslim views in on the seventeenth of july he still top posted a twitter feed where he has said that one person with a belief is equal to the force of a hundred thousand who have only interests so he posted radical tweets leading up to this attack he's now been charged with both the bombing in the city center here in oslo and the youth come just outside he was a fundamentalist he's a fundamentalist christian he says multiculturalism has always failed us in his blog which has he found calls himself a nationalist he's also registered a gun club and around two years ago opened a farm called geo. bomb which gave him access to industrial fertilizer which is often used by terrorists for more means like this

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for more on the changes, we turn to sarah simmons live at foggy bottom. >> good morning. a lot of changes and proposals will be on the table this morning. several committees will be meeting starting at 9:00 at metro headquarters to talk about some of these. we want to run down the list of what they are looking at including metro is getting feedback from riders, focus groups that they have been looking into on the design of the rail cars. they are getting feedback from folks about that. the first ones are set to arrive next year for the silver line to dulles airport. "the washington post" is reporting that the airport authority is asking them to order fewer rail cars in order to save money. so -- for the dulles line. so, that is something that they are looking into. at long with this, there is the naming rights of several of the different metro stops on the line. there was talk of selling the rights initially but they are looking at banning that from becoming a possibility. that is another topic that they will be discussing. also, they will be looking at this report that c

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bonnie simmons is a a director. and we thank them for coming parent >> howdy describe the exhibit itself? >> a ton dustoff is an excellent way to put it there are over 150 images placed on the walls. i enjoy watching people it in absorbable the exhibit. >> it started when he was a boy? >> yes it does it starts with him being a holocaust survivor i'll little homage to his time in new york and we concentrated heavy on his time in san francisco. >> that is an interesting marriage. the jazz heritage center is hosting this pairing >> combined all types of music he was a master was a producer of the rock and roll generation and also had a blues band. because he came to the fillmore because of charles sullivan charles todd a bill a great deal. he is very much a part of the history of the committee. >> we all remember the era. do on a bit younger people nobleman? >> we take care of that through the this is. one of our pieces of mission we want to tell the story and make sure it carries on not because it is a story of someon

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. >> yesterday it was richard simmons. >> we remember that photo. >> who could forget. >> i had a nightmare you can unsee that later. >> and side note, what is he wearing? is that a shirt? it looks like a decoupage -- >> a blouse shirt. >> streamers with tape. okay. charlie sheen and brooke, his second, now -- actually it's his third ex-wife now -- >> estranged. >> they have recently come to a custody settlement that is kind of eyebrow-raising. can you raise your eyebrow? can you do that thing? >> i can. >> this is what this makes you want to do. hold on. they say they do not have to have any drug testing, either of them. it makes you go, what? >> very responsible parents clearly. >> it seems they have the twins and they should be sober, both of them. apparently they don't have to do drug testing. makes you raise your eyebrow. an id medicare supplement nsurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't cover everything. in fact, it only pays up to " 80% of your part b expenses. if you're already on or eligible for medicare, call now to find out how an a

and >> it looks like jean simmons and his longtime love will finally get hitched.ple magazine says that they were taped several months ago for their reality tv show they have been together for 28 years and have two grown children. jesse james and tattoo artist kat vondee are calling it quits. they became engaged in january and planning a summer wedding james said that the distance prove to be too much. >> jacqueline is back to take a look at the weather. >> we have warmer weather temperatures compared to the average to mom, it is only a couple degrees shy of the average mark. at the right at the average market san jose. we will continue the warming trend into the weekend as well but it will not be stifling. >> it sounds good, we will be back at 11:00 p.m. have a good evening everybody. [ male announcer ] get ready for the left lane. the volkswagen autobahn for all event is back. right now, get a great deal on new volkswagen models, including the jetta, awarded a top safety pick by the iihs. that's the power of german engineering. hurry in and lease the jetta s for

i'm not going to be a, you know, will chamberlain or gene simmons and put numbers on.f i had a good time, i can say i think everybody around me has had a good time. i don't think anybody's walked away from the party being wild and saying i feel weird or used or that was dirty or something was wrong or bad. it might be dirty fun but at the same time, there's an element of clean to it. >> i like that. you are unashamedly a rocker. you like behaving bad. it's what rock stars do, right? >> i like who i am. i support i'm a crazy, wild dude. there's enough information to support i'm a single father that's been a stand-up guy in the community and i'm private about that stuff. it's on both sides. >> is there anything you regret? >> no. >> nothing? >> nothing. >> that's quite a statement. >> you know, i'm not into losing. so, i would never pick a battle i'm not going to win. whether it's getting older in life or having regrets or anything else. i find the good in it all. >> how do you feel about that? >> great. >> you like it? >> i love it. >> why? >> i can't fight it. i'm not

. >> and i'm sarah simmons you seemed sure about that. >> that's what it said in the pressers. >> welcome to fox 5 morning news. all right, the weather? >> but first, there it is. the space shuttle atlantis is all fueled up and ready to go. however the weather may not cooperate for the morning's historic launch. only a 30% chance the skies will be clear for liftoff. despite the forecast, nasa managers gave the okay for fueling the shuttle a few hours ago. the 12 day mission is the last of the space shuttle program. a million people are lining the space coast this morning hoping the watch the final launch -- to watch the final launch of the space shuttle. >> it is really sad. >> it is bittersweet. it's been a workhorse. >> what would the gas bill on that be? >> ooh boy. we don't want to know. >> might want it to go. >> so much of it is used up so quickly. >>> good luck, i think the weather down there is going to be tough. but around here the potential for some pretty good rains later today and in fact, we have a flash flood watch. that's coming up in just a minute. there's the hd radar, no

celebrities are speaking up, a lot of tweeting and writing going on, kelly osbourne, willie allen, russell simmonsdemi moore. a lot of folks speaking out about, this including tony bennett who did a duet with amy not too long ago. he wrote, she was an extraordinary musician with a rare intuition as a vocalist and i'm truly devastated that her exceptional talent has come to such an early end. she was a lovely and intelligent person and when we recorded together she gave a soulful and extraordinary performance. just a lot of musicians chiming in on this. >> a lot of people touched by her career and her performance. >> and a great voice, , eat voice. sad. >> so unique, such a unique artist. all right, now a lot of people are going to be happy about this. remember "beavis and butthead"? >> oh, yes. >> well, they're back. do the little laugh for us. there you go. >> oh, man.. >> an updated version of "beavis and butthead" featuring "jersey shore" and the rest of it. this isn't the old "beavis and butthead," this is the new "beavis ananbutthead." mike judge hit comic con on thursday to discuss the reviv