tavis: please welcome steve martin back to this program. he is an accomplished musician whose latest compilation of bluegrass music is called "and ."verrare bird he is an avid tweeter. is not a word? >> it is now. tavis: 9 habits of very organized people. and make 510. >> is very good to read. you have to look at it, rather than say it. >> i love this book. if it's in your pocket. good >> there is no reason to put it in your pocket. i think it is a perfect reading for a train, although nobody goes on a train any more. may be a plain but certainly not well you are driving. tavis: was this written by popular demand? >> nothing i do is done by popular demand. i wrote this over the last year and 1/2. this is the first interview i have ever done, so i do not know what words are coming out of my mouth. i went on switcher -- twitter, and i thought it was going to be a commercial venture to promote things, and it did not work out that way. i started writing funny things. it kept changing all the time, then it became stories, and it was always movin

steve martin, of course, mr. john clease.retty much monty python was kind of a bible for me, woody allen movies i adored. bill murray. >> oh, bill murray. have you ever met any of these people and been star strucked? >> totally. i went to john's birthday because my friend had put him in a movie. and i just kind of sat in the corner blubbering most of the time. and then i did a movie with steve martin last summer that came and went. but it was like i had won a prize where i got to be with steve martin. >> was he as you had imagined? >> he was that and more so. he's the renaissance man. >> sure. he's so smart. >> and he's so smart but he actually listens to what you're saying which is rare when you meet really sometimes really big famous people. sometimes not. but just listened and really was very thoughtful and then, of course, was incredibly funny. >> are your kids funny? >> yes, i think. the 7-year-old, whenever i tell a joke to him he will kind of stop and goes, okay, daddy. no jokes for a week. and then he'll go back to wh

>> we were both -- we met in washington, d.c., when a steve martin -- in 2005 or to adults and six, he won the mark twain award -- it thousand five or 2006. there was a big show. i was one of the presenters. alan was a waiter. no. [laughter] no, alan was a writer. >> i helped larry david wright his speech. >> when we were far away from larry david, he says he wrote his speech. anyway, we like each other. we became friends and saw each other off and on over the next few years at conferences and stuff like that. alan kept saying -- >> we should do something together. >> i did not know what he meant. [laughter] he was very vague. he is kind of in the film-tv world, and people always say they want to do something. i said, ok, let's do something together. but i do not think we would. then he had this idea. >> his daughter played soccer. she was 11 years old. i had three children, all of whom spate -- played sports, little league, whatever. but he was 1,600 miles away from me. i was in new jersey. he was in florida. i can give you his home number later if you wish. [laughter] i said, listen,

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our own influences growing up i had people like from peter zellers to steve martin to jack lemmon. the map. >> it wasn't your great burng ambition as a kid. you were going to be a lawyer. what was the moment for you when the lights came on and you thought i'm going to be a comedian? it always seemed like a horrible soulless profession having to make people laugh. >> it was when i started getting paid to do it. if i can make money as an actor that was my goal. the fact that i just over time realized that i was making more money being a comedic actor than a dramatic actor. that's what it was for me. >> do you feel a pressure to always be on? we were talking about this earlier. when you go out and people meet you, when they meet me they will say what was steve carell like? there must be a pressure to be hilarious. >> i set the bar low. going on a talk show i see comedians going on and just swinging for the fences in terms of their bits and what they're doing. i early on decided i'm going to be congenial but i'm not going to try to do more than that and if it is funny -- >> when we com

our own influences growing up, i had people from like peter sellers to steve martin from jack lemon.sort of all over the map. >> but being a comedian wasn't your great burning ambition. you were going to be a lawyer or -- there were all sorts of career paths lined up. what was the moment for you when the lights lined up and you said, i'm going to be a comedian. to me, it always seemed this horrible, soulless profession. having to make people laugh must be the hardest thing in the world. >> it was when i started getting paid to do it. because i thought, if i can make money as an actor, if i can make a living as an actor, that was my goal. but the fact that i just over time realized that i was making more money being a comedic actor than a dramatic actor. so that's what it was for me. >> do you feel a pressure to always be on? we were talking about this a little earlier. i mean, when you go out and people meet you, when they meet me, they just say, hey, what was steve carell like? when they meet you, there must be this horrible pressure for you to be constantly hilarious? >> no, i cons

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. >> more recently, scruggs won a grammy remaking a classic tune with steve martin. steve martin tweeting "early scruggs, the most important banjo player that ever lived has passed on." he was 88 years old. >> he could pick. all right. we can pick em. we pick michelle malkin to join us every thursday and she jones us from the springs of colorado. good morning to you, ma'am. >> good morning, sir. >> we're sure you were watching what was going on at the supreme court. after day two, jeffrey toobin said the government's performance was a train wreck and yesterday he said it was a plane wreck and nonetheless, you've got the white house saying that the solicitor general gave a solid performance. did he? >> yeah. well, i think the white house is in deep denial about how deep the doo-doo is when it comes to obamacare and when you've got these liberal legal observers panning the white house attorneys, there is a problem. now, of course, we can't -- i'm not going to prognosticate about what the supreme court is going to do or not do. but i think the fact that it's the high co

. >> cerebral would be steve martin, say? understood a theory of comedy. >> yes. you have to have -- here's the interesting thing about stand-up comedy. you can't succeed at it without not succeeding in front of an audience. in other words, you have to fail in front of an audience. that takes a level of fortitude that's incredible. no one likes that. >> you got to want it to do that. >> and one of the interviews i did with chris rock, i said, you know, you open at madison square garden. how do you do that? where do you find the material? >> i go to a little place in florida, i try it out in front of old jews. if i get them, i can kwocorning the world. >> is there a jewish sense of humor? >> the more suffering you have and the more complaining and stressing you do, the more humor. >> another thing about kpleedians, they come from some tortured childhood and those people make the best comedians. >> yeah. you know that has been a theory. i have advanced it myself. i used to say if you had a good childhood and a great marriage an

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one fan, comedian steve martin tweeted the most important banjo player that ever lived has passed on.eteran stopped a carjacker from taking off with his car and his wife. he allegedly held a knife to the woman's throat. the husband immediately sprang into action. >> i didn't see what he had under those tattoos. i just grabbed for his wrist. >> i could have been dead. >> somebody has to cook for me. >> that's love. >>> the carjacker rather eventually gave up and ran off. he was caught a short time later. the couple thankfully was not hurt. wow. >> 81? >> 81. >> love that story. >> rocking out. >> yes. do not mess with my wife. >> that is correct. >> don't mess with a u.s. vet also. right? >> that's fantastic. >> usa! usa! >> 45 minutes past 5:00. thank you, christine. still to come, a woman kind of shocks herself. inadvertently bringing this on board a plane in her bag? what does she do about it? instead of handing it over to the flight crew she starts photographing it. what was that about? why did it go viral in i'm a little skeptical there. >>> and slobbery, welcome back for one u.s.

here's just a little of him performing with comedian and fellow banjo player steve martin on the late. ♪ jenna: they say banjo playing like that really influenced our country music that we know now these days. his most popular song was "foggy mountain breakdown," recorded in 1949. some describe him, jon, as the babe ruth of the banjo. jon: he also did the theme to "the beverly hillbillies". he'll be missed. thank you for joining us today. jenna: "america live" starts right now.

here's just a little of him performing with comedian and fellow banjo player steve martin on the late. ♪ jenna: they say banjo playing like that really influenced our country music that we know now these days. his most popular song was "foggy mountain breakdown," recorded in 1949. some describe him,

just ask actor and blue grass expert steve martin. coming up. ♪ >>> earl scruggs, a banjo player on the theme song for the beverly hill billys is dead. >> ♪ ♪ then one day he was shooting a some food ♪ >> jett clampent was the only number one hit but it helps bring blue grass music into popular culture. he died yesterday of natural causes. he was 88. that was part of the vernacular for a long time, that song still famous and classic. rest in peace, sir. >>> while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hour relief for many with arthritis pain and inflammation. plus, in clinical studies, celebrex is proven to improve daily physical function so moving is easier. and celebrex is not a narcotic. when it comes to relieving your arthritis pain, you and your doctor need to balance the benefi

steve bu-semi. >> jimmy: oh yeah. and martinrsese. >> steve: yeah. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i can't even say his last name anymore. >> steve: and you're gonna go jimmy fal-lin. >> jimmy: yeah, jimmy fwaylon. [ laughter ] also, he's a very funny guy, who's doing a voice in the new 3-d animated movie "the lorax," rob riggle is stopping by! [ cheers and applause ] come on! and it gets even better -- >> steve: what? >> jimmy: it gets even better -- >> steve: what? >> jimmy: -- because as part of "bruce springsteen week," they've got a new record out, the great elvis costello will be performing a cover of a springsteen classic with the roots! [ applause ] and it is amazing, you guys. it's gonna blow your pants off. [ light laughter ] of course i have to thank the folks over at budweiser for sponsoring "springsteen week." [ cheers and applause ] making it all possible, making great beer. good music, good times. hey, guys, it's time for "late night hashtags," here we go. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ hashtags hashtags hashtags hashtags hasht

i am steve chenevey. martin do inmates. -- two inmates. one was convicted 27 years ago foretting up demand robbery. killedfriend shot and him. talkley is also poised man convicted in the 1980's. the i-95 restr out. they are set to vote in a overhaulthat would them. areas usa will pay for renovations on maryland house. let us check in with lisa baden time.re minor crash a few hov lanego in the southbound on 270. if you are coming out of falls road and, i t was in the right lane. traffic.w notice the sunshine. backed -- will be we take you to virginia normal backup starting to easier. lanes are open at the 14th street bridge. the weatherin center -- >> thank you. look at these temperatures. we are in a 40's with a few exceptions. n cumberland. 43 in the district. be warm this afternoon. especially into tomorrow. warmer tomorrow. today, the mid 60's. tomorrow, you noticed the wind. it is a good wind out of the south. highs near 70. cold front comes in on saturday. a few light showers thursday night. >> thank you so

martin. it is friday march 30. steve has the day off. we began with a traffic and weather. first, steve. >> we are looking at a quiet and mild morning. clouds will start to filter into the region as we move into the late day hours. 32 degrees in cleveland. 46 degrees in the district. 44 degrees in fredericksburg. look to the upper left-hand corner of your screen. that will be your next whether maker. there is this area of low pressure that will gradually move in our direction as to move through the overnight areas. late afternoon showers. nighttime lows will follow are around 50 degrees. coming up a look at the rest of the week and forecasts. >> i am thinking that overnight construction will be a thing of the past. they were diverting traffic on the beltway on 66 and springfield. did they were working on the beltway. there are accessing 395 in the beltway. >> thank you so much. we're following some breaking news. here's a live look about a house fire. firefighters were called out to the 16,000 block of a bald eagle road before 3:00. there is no word what caused the fire but

steve. turning to the latest in the trayvon martin's case, at least a thousand people gathered to pay tribute to the florida teenager. there is growing anger that the man accused of shooting and killing him was not arrested. breanne carter was at the rally. >> the longer the rally went on, the bigger the crowds. people filled with passion and emotion, many wearing hoddies odies and carrying skittles, just like trayvon martin. >> no justice no peace! >> thousand stood together, many crying out for justice for trayvon martin. >> even as we protest, we also need to remember the families dealing with these tragedy -- dealing with this tragedy. >> this story resonates with this woman because she has a 15- year-old son. >> we try to launch and what is happening in the world. that was nearly a month ago that martin was shot walking home in his florida neighborhood. george zimmerman said he shot the 17-year-old in self-defense. >> at issue is there was some kind of scuffle took place and the gun was discharged and now there is a young man dead. the issue it that will ultimately be it was it self- def

steve. trayvon martin's parents arguing in dc along with their attorney, they will be met with the members ofound midday, they may view a community march and rally held at the justice department. around 3:00 o'clock, they will be the guests of representative sheila jackson lee, democrat from texas. she is hold ago briefing on racial profiling for the democratic members of the house judiciary committee. jackson lee and other members of congress do believe the federal government has jurisdiction, may be able to step into the trayvon martin case if florida authorities do not act. trayvon martin's parents will not be speaking at that briefing, but their attorney will testify, along with members of the aclu, the department of justice, and the brady campaign to prevent gun violence. they really want to take a look also at what resources the justice department might have if and when this trayvon martin case comes to a close, if there is any more community outrage, they want to be prepared for that. also on the senate side, we understand that senator charles schumer of new york has sent a letter to a

i'm steve handles, nbc news, washington. >> as the parents of trayvon martin continue to call for justice in the killing of the unarmed teen, supporters offer new details on how the incident allegedly unfolded. nbc's jay green has more. >> reporter: a month after he was shot and killed, trayvon's parents. >> we're not asking for an eye for an eye. we're asking for justice. >> reporter: the community watch volunteer has been in hiding since he fired the fatal shot. but now friends are coming to george zimmerman's defense sharing details they say police have not. they say martin initiated the confrontation, attacking zimmerman as he was walking away. >> from what i know, the bottom line is there was a life and death struggle in that instance and someone was going to die. >> reporter: adding to the confusion and emotion surrounding this case, confirmation that martin was separated from his father after being suspended from school when a baggy of marijuana residue was found in his backpack. >> first he killed my son and now they're trying to kill his reputation. >> reporter: what will not die

i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. >>> as the parents of trayvon martin and supporters around the nation continue to call justice for the killing of the unarmed team, supporters of the man who shot him offer new details on how the incident allegedly unfolded. nbc's jay gray has more. >> reporter: a month after he was shot and killed, trayvon martin's parents address city commissioners. >> we're not asking for an eye for an eye. we're asking for justice. an arrest needs to be made of george michael zimmerman. >> reporter: the community watch volunteer has been in hiding but now friends are coming to george zimmerman's defense, sharing details they say police have not. they say martin initiated the confrontation, attacking j inii zimmerman, breaking his nose and slamming his head against the sidewalk. >> from what i know, the bottom line is there was a life-and-death struggle in that instance, and someone was going to die. >> reporter: adding to the confusion and emotions surrounding this case, confirmation that martin was in sanford with his father after being suspended from sc

steve chenevey. >> the man was shot and killed trayvon martin last month grow up in our area. he graduated from osborn high school in manassas in 2001. he said that he shot a 17-year- old on armed black teenager in self-defense. the young man's parents rallied in new york city. police believe the man seen in this surveillance video sexual assault of fairfax high school student. the attacks the 15-year-old girl as she was walking home from woodson high school monday afternoon. they've made an arrest in the stabbing of three women in northeast washington last night. a stabbing took place on rhode island avenue. the women are expected to survive and there's no word on what led to that. >> police continue a standoff in toulouse france. riot police are setting off more explosions outside the apartment building where mohammed merah bought is. he admitted to killing seven people including three children at a jewish school this week and claims of to be a member of al qaeda. the arlington county board is looking at whether they can regulate ads on metro property. about president obama

martin to d.c. today. good morning, washington. it's tuesday, march 27. i am steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. traffic and weather every ten minutes. first, meteorologist steve rudin. much cooler today. >> 20 degrees colder than yesterday at this time. make sure to grab a jacket heading out the door. definitely going to need it. will be below average for change. 1/7 at reagan national at this hour. freezing in winchester. cumberland. freeze warnings in effect for the entire d.c. metro area. the only exception would be calvert county and st. mary's county. national.reagan there's a cold front off to the changend west that will the dayher for tomorrow. sunny today, 52-57 degrees. wind will be out of the northwest at 5-15 miles an hour. first, lisa baden has a look at traffic. >> around the region, we are for theuiet right now most part. problems as far as interstate travel. 70, 95 between christmas and baltimore. travel times in our favor between fredericksburg and springfield on 95. headlights are northbound. red on the right headed southbound. near route 1 in college park on the beltway, they

zimmerman told police he shot tray van martin in self-defense. steve harrigan is live in miami. what are the latest legal developments in this case. >> reporter: there is pressure for the arrest of zimmerman and pressure to fire the police chief of san tarred. that. the town where the it took place. it is is a bush of 60,000 people just north of orlando. last night at a meeting of county commissioners they voted 3-2 to ask the police chief to step down. >> because of the situation being so poorly handled and because of his no confidence level in our police chief here locally and statewide, nationally, and even internationally, i would ask the chief to step down at this point. >> reporter: that vote of no confidence is nonbinding. the city manager is the only one who can fire the police chief. he says for now he is waiting until the investigation is complete, jon. jon: there are more protests scheduled in the days ahead, steve. what is the mood like among those protesting? >> reporter: jon, the mood we've been able to see so far is one of real anger but also of nonviolence. anger