it turns out steven spielberg will not become the wizard behind the curtain. spielberg spokesman was quick to turn around a statement of denial saying, quote, he has made his career directing actors, not political people. spielberg's spokesman was quick to turn around a statement of denial saying, quote, he has made it his career to direct actors, not political figures. there you go. >>> no joke, no gimmick. marvel economics said one member of the fantastic four, either mr. fantastic, invisible woman, human torch, or the thing will die next month in issue 587. >>> finally, the late anna nicole smith has made wikileaks. a 2006 diplomatic document published by "guardian newspaper" shows after smith was granted an unusually swift residency in the bahamas, the deputy chief cabled washington, quote, not since category 4 hurricane betsy made landfall in 1965 has one woman done as much damage in nassau. a lot of these leaks are more gossip than anything else. >> it's more of what do you say behind people's backs. i'm pretty sure that one didn't compromise national sec

indiana jones film and harrison ford has his way, it's reported that ford told george lucas and steven spielberg that jones should die in the next film but not before passing on his hat to his son. >>> comedian tracy morgan was diagnosed with cancer this month. month. he will miss at least two "30 rock" episodes. >>> vince vaughn and his wife welcomed a baby girl into their household this weekend. >>> according to england's daily mail, the former "american idol" judge is about to get a knighthood from the queen. >>> and finally, you definitely can't make this up. a few years ago, shaniya twain's best friend cheated with her husband. now shaniya has confirmed she's engaged to her now ex best friend's ex-husband. >>> and this comes to us from wnbc 4 new york where nearby union beach, new jersey, one singing santa is stirring everybody in the neighborhood, even the mouse. neighbors say the life size mechanical santa drives them crazy with his loud singing. the owner was slapped with a noise citation after one owner called the cops. he's regretful and he's offered to pay the fine as long as santa sh

we all learned this from steven spielberg, who popularized the use of baseball caps. jeff is right. have been a longtime fan of jets for a long time. first, i want to thank him for the opportunity to make this peace. people in my position often talk about giving back, and it is usually worth about the price of the words, and nothing more. in this case, i have known jeff for a long time, and i know the good work that he does, and i really wanted to make the contribution that i could. we talked for a long time about themes for this commercial, and we decided -- kind of mutually, i think -- that the resumption of innocence -- i heard the panelists in both panels talk about this repeatedly -- is really about the highest ground that his office to take in a broadcast television commercial. but beyond that -- i have forgotten her name -- very articulate young lady -- we were talking about post-racial america and how all of us collectively and singularly, the people on television and media, would like to believe that is in fact the case, and yet we all know -- i think everyone in his room a

steven spielberg beyond wealthy. you take a guy like bill gates the same situation.ese people, they make an enormous amount of money. are they over-paying taxes giving away their wealth to the government? i don't think so. john kerry could have checked the box in massachusetts that said i would like to give mormon and pay a higher tack rate. he chose -- more money and pay a higher tax rate. he chose not to. i think this is a bogus, phony debate. >> thank you for that. a lot of people who are writing think that all rich people make spielberg . or john kerry . a lot of so-called rich according to legislation make $250,000. that's a lot of money, but it is not rich. i want to make -- what's that that >> bill: the only point i want to mention is that if the higher tax rate had been embraced, 50% of it would have been paid by small business, which would have constricted hiring. that's all you need to know. i'll give you last word, go. >> i'll agree with that and let it go at that. >> bill: i didn't want you to because i have 60 seconds more. why don't you attack someone,

. >>> steven spielberg denies reports he is joining nancy pelosi's team. "the washington post" said he would help pelosi rebrand her political campaign. pelosi is said to be talking with marketing experts about building a stronger brand. a spokesperson for spielberg said he made it a point to direct movies, not politicians. >>> 6:05 and parts of san bernardino county are buried in mud after heavy rain caused severe floding days before christmas. 60 miles east in the city of highland outside of los angeles, roads turned into rivers and mud went into dozens of homes. live in highlands with a look at the highlands there. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, guys. you are seeing us pan across the damage that is done here. we are in the middle of this neighborhood called highlands. you mentioned that. we are actually on highland. this is an off lot of mud here. at least three to four feet in some areas. right up to the door, right up to the windows where it's not actually supposed to be. over here you saw this pickup truck here. this is one of many th

. >>> with famous names like steven spielberg.eople who simply trust him with their money. today the federal prosecutor and irving picard announced a settlement of the estate with one of madoff's biggest investors. the widow of picower agreed to the largest payment in forfeiture in history. >> under the terms of this settlement agreement, barbara picower has agreed to forfeit a little over $7.2 billion. a figure that represents every last dollar of the picower's profit from madoff's epic fraud. >> as of today, we have jointly recovered approximately 50% of the currently estimated losses. >> $7 billion and it's still not all of the money. if you are wondering what jeffrey picower did with his profits, take a look at his palm beach mansion. he died of heart failure in 2009 while swimming in his pool. he made billions from his investments in madoff's scheme but there was no clear evidence he was involved. still, today's deal recouped half of that money. there are other tragic circumstances, of course, surrounding madoff's madoff's so