joining mess is steve russell, who commanded the battalion that captured is a dame. de story in a new book. steve, it's great to have you here. >> thank you. >> explaining what role you played overall. >> i commanded the first battalion of the 2nd infantry. we got involved largely because of geography. we worked with two special forces teams over the six-month hunt, as we gained information, we went after those groups, and that led all the way to the hole. >> there was certainly a lot of different theories about exactly where he was, the theories of he's living on the highlife interest, two, he's living somewhere in a hole, which is where he was found you wouldly, but what was the big tip that led to that capture? >> i think early on, a couple businessmen came and explained the entire security apparatus of is a dam and who those people were and that put us on the trail with great sectionses early on, and then on the trail of the guy that actually drove is a dam out of baghdad. that was key to finding is a dam. we are on the raid going after is a dad withen 24 hours. >

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. >> steve: and russell brand came, too. >> jimmy: he's my b.b. y best buble. >> steve: your best buble. >> jimmy: yeah. >> steve: you always said you were a buble man, didn't you? >> jimmy: i was a buble dude. yeah. [ light laughter ] very nice. what a great guy he is. >> steve: he is super nice, and he's canadian. >> jimmy: totally down to do -- to do fun bits. yeah, i got to do russell brand. i got to do fun bits. but, it was just a dream come true. i'm so thankful and happy to everyone over at "saturday night live." thank you so much and thank you for watching that show. [ cheers and applause ] it's getting good ratings, everyone is happy. we've got a huge show right here tonight, though. oh, my god. a great actor who stars along with tom cruise in "mission: impossible - ghost protocol," jeremy renner is here tonight. [ cheers and applause ] he's a stud, man. i love that guy. she is amazing in the eagerly anticipated new movie, "the girl with the dragon tattoo." rooney mara, is stopping by. [ cheers and applause ] phenomenal in the movie, too.

anyway, steve russell who worked with the ppd1, we literally dived in dumpsters to get listing full of coffee stains, and i can smell that coffee today. [laughter] we poured through the listings and go, oh, my gosh, i don't know what it's doing, but it's beautiful. [laughter] so you kind of absorbed some of that through osmosis, you know, as you go along the way. active mentoring, and the teachers in school who get you excited in whatever. it's so important -- i enjoyeded a well-rounded life, and i try to convey it in the book -- >> i think you did. >> there's so many things that are unbelievably fascinating in the world whether it's literature or art or, you know, the ocean, you can go on and on forever, so any of those roles you can get drawn into if you have something that shows you the way that's excited about it or the project museum in seattle, we deliberately tried like this museum is doing to show young people that, you know, hey, you can play, you know, try playing a guitar, and if you can make a couple notes, maybe you want to learn the guitar, and you can do the same -- hope

. >> steve: and russell brand came, too. >> jimmy: he's my b.b. t guy he is. >> steve: he is super nice, and he's canadian. >> jimmy: totally down to do -- to do fun bits. yeah, i got to do russell brand. i got to do fun bits. but, it was just a dream come true. i'm so thankful and happy to everyone over at "saturday night live." thank you so much and thank you for watching that show. [ cheers and applause ] it's getting good ratings, everyone is happy. we've got a huge show right here tonight, though. oh, my god. a great actor who stars along with tom cruise in "mission: impossible - ghost protocol," jeremy renner is here tonight. [ cheers and applause ] he's a stud, man. i love that guy. she is amazing in the eagerly anticipated new movie, "the girl with the dragon tattoo." rooney mara, is stopping by. [ cheers and applause ] phenomenal in the movie, too. also, he's a music video pioneer who has directed the biggest bands in the world. i mean, "let it be," you know, on "the roof top," the beatles, that's him. >> steve: that's him. >> jimmy: yeah.

steve jobs' birth date. >> and other star-studded break up to report tonight. comedian russell brand and pop star pete rocks! -- pop star katy perry are splitting. brand says he will always adore perry and knows they will remain friends. >> time out to look ahead and see what is coming up. >> coming up, the latest on another busy day in iowa from one candidate's tiers to another attending to connect with the people in the final days before the caucuses -- from one candidate's tears. >> the d.c. police chief thomas of good news about crime in the city. >> before we get to that, another check on our weather situation tonight. >> my pleasure to do that. very nice evening with temperatures close to the 50- degree mark in some areas. it is not going to get really cold -- well, not tonight. wait until next week. it is going to get really cold. east coast sitting pretty, little bit of a modified one sector. most of the rain and even some snow across northern michigan. a cold front pushing through tennessee and kentucky now. that will come through before sunrise with some clouds and ma