looks like it paid off. >>> finally, steve martin is caught up in germany's biggest ever art forgery andal. years ago, martin, a serious collector, apparently, bought what he thought was a 1915 painting by a german dutch modernist for $850,000. he later sold it for a significant loss. now police say, and they believe, that the piece is from a forgery ring. it's unclear what liability martin may have for unwittingly selling a fake. >>> this comes to us from the crater of diamond state park in arkansas where the finder's keepers policy turned one visitor's trip into a treasured experience. inside the park for about 30 minutes before making a sparkling discovery. a 1.9 karat oval raw diamond. once officials confirmed its authenticity, troy named it jamie's heart after the one person troy and his wife treasure most, their daughter. >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> farmers in china got quite a shock with one new arrival. breeders were shocked when a mama deer gave birth to a fawn that was entirely white. it was al

steve martin is the best at steve martin. >> i went to the emmys when you were the host, and what theylly want is they don't want it to ever feel uncomfortable or nasty. and your genius that day is you were coming out with lots of stuff, just knifing people, but it all felt so warm and celebratory that everyone felt they could laugh. >> yeah. >> that's your trademark, i think, isn't it? >> i think that's my thing. i don't like to kick people when they're down. i like kicking people when you're up. i'll take care of you until you're up again. then i'll take a shot. if you're in on the joke, i know everybody can take a good joke, that's the fun of it. i remember we had ted danson, i had to introduce ted, great guy, great sense of humor. i was, like -- they played the "cheers" theme. i go, ladies and gentlemen, wherever this guy goes, everyone knows his name, give it up for mr. tim dinson. he immediately got the joke. people are, like, what? tim dinson. the fact you screw up ted danson's name, that makes me laugh. we did a bit when i hosted years ago, i said, this next singer has a number

. >>> steve martin, one of my favorites. i love steve. can never get too much of him.a real art collector. >> i didn't know that. >> big, big art collector and he unwittingly bought a fake painting in 2004 for $850,000. investigators have been looking at this sort of art circle in germany selling fakes for a long time found out that he was one of the peep that purchased one of the fakes. what i like about steve martin he is not high brow about it. he said art is subjective. just buy a piece. >> if you like it. you like it. >> start to get interested in it. that's how you do itch i like him. >> and he did play in "the pink panther" he can solve his own crime at some point. >>> now we move on to, prince william and princess catherine. the rumor is, through, "the new york daily news," that they were -- eating brussels sprouts, do i have this right? they were trying to aid fertility involved. >> it is a super food. >> a super food. >> yeah. >> the pressure has got to be on with the couple to produce an heir at some point. also we should say they're going to be gracing the

steve martin's the best at steve martin. >> i went to the emmys when you were the host.what they really want is they don't want it to ever feel uncomfortable or nas estimate and your genius that day you were coming out with lots of stuff that was knifing people but it all felt so warm and celebratory that everyone felt they could laugh. >> yeah. >> and that's your trademark i think, isn't it? >> i think that's my thing. i don't like to kick people when they're down. i like to kick people when they're up. if you're down i'm your friend. i'll take care of you until you're up again and i'll take a shot at you. if you're in on the joke, everyone can take the joke. if you're in on it why not do that? that's the fun of it. i remember we had ted dan son. i had to introduce ted dans son. awesome. they played the cheers theme? i go, ladies and gentlemen, wherever this guy goes everyone knows his name. give it up for mr. tim denson [ laughter ] >> he came out, immediately got the joke. some people were like, what? tim denso? ? just the fact that you screwed up ted dan son's name?

so was cindy crawford, liam neeson and steve martin.t's the back of president clinton's head right there. it has been a bumpy road to opening night, with just about everybody mocking the show, including grover. ♪ to the sky >> reporter: even the real bono got in on the act at this week's tony awards. >> when i first saw the tony awards on our schedule, i just kind of assumed that we'd been nominated. >> reporter: critics broke broadway protocall and published scathing reviews of the show months before tonight's opening. i've never read quite so horrific reviews. things like, "the new york times." i may rank among the worst ever made. "the washington post." shrill, insipid, mess. what did you think? >> that's the sort of stuff we were saying backstage. i mean, seriously. >> reporter: and, so, in march, producers shut "spider-man d" dn for three weeks to rework the show. while audiences give the new version a standing ining ovatio it opened in previews, tonight was the long test. the long-awaited opening. guests like president clinton lik

martin short actually did that with tom hanks and steve martin. they didn't go away. but they played cards. they made a night of it. and then in the morning they got a limo -- they played cards, they took the drink, they played cards all night, they did what they did in the bathroom, and then in the morning the limo came, took them to the colonoscopies. went out to dinner. i said, well, that's got to be a show there. and i haven't talked about it with my friends, but i've talked, you know -- it's that time where you've got to think about it. >> andre, i mean, you're younger than these guys. >> wait a minute. >> i can see you bristling really at this whole idea that you're their age group. am i right? are you sort of resistant to be tagged with them here? >> well, you know, i mean, in my mind i'm not above, you know, five and twenty and it sort of snuck up on me, this middle-aged idea. >> what's the worst thing about getting middle-aged? >> it's not bad at all. you know what i'm saying? i mean, the body is slowing down. but i think life is getting better and better. >>

reporter: he would tape record saturday night live and lip sync routines by richard prior and steve martinnd crazy guys. we do a sketch in front of our grandparents. we have to go to the statue of liberty to get birth control devices not knowing what was that. i thought it was a remote control device. >> reporter: right, right. what did your grandparents think about that? >> they almost walked out. that was probably my first walkout of the nightclub. they did not appreciate that humor. >> reporter: but his mother did appreciate it. she convinced him to enter a comedy contest at a local club at the age of 17. and what happened? >> i won. >> reporter: you won. >> it was the craziest thing. i ended up winning the contest. i think the prize was like $700 or something. i was like, i just made $700 in two minutes. like this is is my career. this is the best. >> reporter: he honed his stand-up act and then came his big chance. a personal audition with saturday night live creator loren michaels. >> this is a celebrity walk-a-thon. >> reporter: but the sln staff warned him. >> just to let you know,

pursuant to thank senator steve martin for his very kind introduction and steady loyal friendship andecades. in fact, i noticed that there now, but steve has been a true, trusted conservative leader of virginia and 70 of those efforts would not download as governor. we had a democrat majority, but steve stood there strong for these ideas. he was essential in the welfare reform that we pass. but we passed the true parental notification bill where parents would be involved if they are young, unwed daddy was contemplating abortion, steve is just a great ally. in the senate what we are able to do was protect life as we did in virginia and make sure taxpayers for funding abortions in virginia, america or anywhere else in the world. we like our virginia values and bringing them to washington. the reason i'm so glad to be asked by ralph reid to speak to the faith and freedom conference here is perfect. i told ralph, this is the way i was raised and that will explain that war. he said earlier today he was looking at this conference as like an nfl minicamp paradise that great, perfect. i under

steve martin says you can't be unhappy when someone's playing a banjo. same goes for penguins.ncern. that's what i'm about. >> you're like a penguin that way. >> i am. and they're magic penguins. if you rub their bellies your dreams come true. my dream was always to be pecked mercilessly. >> that really happened? >> right away. unbelievable. >> they are not made-up computer graphics. they are real penguins. >> there are some cg penguins like the ones solving rubik's cubes and stuff. for the most part i chose the live penguins. >> they don't smell like flowers though. >> they are stinky. but not too bad. they were in the same facility and every once in a while i would be saying, we have to have a meeting -- [ honks ] >> they are the ultimate heckler. >> this is based on a book about a guy who at first resists the idea of getting penguins as a gift from his father. >> estranged father. >> his father sends them and he turns around. >> you can't get rid of them. he wants to. but then his kids take a shine to them and it brings him closer to the kids than he's ever been, so he falls

are people more interested in the technology or steve jobs making an appearance to talk about it? >> reporter: i think it's both, martiners conference, you really got thousands of people from all over the world. people started lining up yesterday afternoon to see steve jobs, you can see behind me. people getting ready to go inside here at the convention center in downtown san francisco. in terms of icloud apple, they are normally so secretive about their launches, in this case, they took the unusual step of pre announcing what steve jobs is going to be talking about. today it is expected he will unveil icloud. as you put it, this is a way that we believe you'll be ail to access the itunes content on any device, no matter what you are, through the internet. through the cloud. we believe that's what he's going to be talking about today. he's also expected to announce new software that powers max and iphones, ipod touch, and ipads. also a lot of interest as well. of course we'll pay close attention to how steve jobs looks. we last saw him in march. he's been on indefinite medical leave. we saw him in march when he unveile

we steve jobs announced to apple afficianados. >>> good evening, i'm allen martin. >> i'm dana king.he used her body as a human shield to protect her children. but her baby boy did not survive the

we'll follow steve and we have bill martin coming up this evening. >> bye now.

. >> steve jobs takes a day off leave to come out and introduce new software. that story still ahead. >> and bill martinacking warmer weather. when to expect it. he with back with the forecast. om? ♪ that's why right here, in australia, chevron is building one of the biggest natural gas projects in the world. enough power for a city the size of singapore for 50 years. what's it going to do to the planet? natural gas is the cleanest conventional fuel there is. we've got to be smart about this. it's a smart way to go. ♪ . >>> steve jobs took a break from medical leave just for today to reveal some of the newest inventions. tom was at the developer's convention as yobs took information to the clouds. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: right after playing i feel good, steve jobs came out to a standing ovation. museum museum. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: he wasted no time in introducing a dazzling array of new software for computers as well as for i-pads and i- phones. move of its free orrin expensive, all of its designed to work in with each other. >> it's a huge part of the successful recipe nowadays and app

steve. >>> a nice tweet from truckee where it's 3 and show -- 33 and snowing. if you are of traing upper -- traveling up there, it will start to rain there pretty soon. morgan hill, san martingilroy, stretching back to the santa cruz mountains, just light stuff. the heavier stuff not on the -- not on the peninsula or the east bay. and there's lines stretching back to cordelia and vallejo. the main system -- john in sebastopol said nom -- john -- john in sebastopol said it's starting now. this is all associated with a very cold low for this time of year, moving in to the north of us. that will give us sun, cloud, showers, maybe some hail and thunderstorms. that system moves in tonight, today, and tomorrow will be a little bit better, but it will be really cool for june. the possibility of severe weather, especially out toward the valley. 50s and 60s. these are really cool. a good, 15, 20 degrees. like livermore should be closer to 82. tomorrow, partly cloudy, partly sunny, could be some lingering showers. friday, increasing clouds. the only maybe would be on saturday. another low is coming in. it's stronger. it may develop offshore which would slow down the timing of any rai