and maybe our tiniest guest ever, ted from the movie "ted" is here. enjoying the open bar. drinks, he gets soggy inside. we'll bring him out here. christmas is less than two weeks away. it's coming for us whether we like it or not. i think christmas is the best time of the year to get into a knife fight over a parking spot at target. i do most of my shopping online. but i hire someone to honk and scream obscenities at me while i'm doing it so i get the whole holiday shopping experience. and the neighbors love it. did you know they're celebrating christmas in other countries now? it's true. it's really catching on. this happened at the sunshine aquarium in tokyo, where i guess santa isn't afraid of sharks. >> even rays and sharks need some holiday cheer, and to bring them into the christmas spirit, santa went under water. saint nick's surprise visit delighted the residents of the aquarium as well as the young visitors watching the display. santa is quite a swimmer. >> i want a toy from him. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that kid has some voice. i want a toy from him. we found japan

>> because ted is a conservative guy.here are lots of conservative people, the idea that civil rights and human rights is exclusively a liberal preserve, i think it is flat wrong. >> reporter: their clients have faith their lawyers will win. will david and ted be at the wedding? >> they better be. >> they just might officiate the wedding. >> right. that would be interesting. >> reporter: or they could be best man. >> man and man, right? >> in our wedding and in life. >> reporter: in the end, it will be a decision for the high court. last time you went to the supreme court, didn't go so well for you. what is going to be different this time with the two of you together? >> well, one thing, i've got ted on my side. >> the one thing different, this time we got all the votes i can persuade, there will be no votes left on the other side. >> reporter: no recount? >> no recount. >> again, gloria borger reporting. the supreme court will hear oral arguments beginning in march, a ruling expected in june. we have been watching egypt

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i'm ted rowlands.with a new fallout from that radio prank played on the hospital caring for prince william's pregnant wife. just days after the apparent suicide of the nurse who was dupeded by the call, the bosses of those deejays have canceled their show and for the first time, they're speaking out. >> shattered. heartbroken and obviously, you know, our deepest sympathies are with the family and the friends. of all those affected. and you know, obviously, we are incredibly sorry for the situation an what's happened. and you know, we have to think are they doing okay, getting the love and support they need right now? personally, i'm -- >> the tragic hoax is raising some serious legal questions in australia where the call was made and london, where it was received. and police in the two countries are investigating. avery friedman is a civil rights attorney and law professor. he joins us now from cleveland. a avery, we're talking about two countries. two separate sets of laws. who takes the lead in somet

ted? >> barbara starr for us this morning, at the pentagon. >>> well, severe storms are expected to hit south florida later today. other southern states are cleaning up from yesterday's storms and many people are still talking about a dramatic moment caught on camera in birmingham, alabama. >> we had dogs, he was in the age and -- oh my god, oh my god. [ screaming ] y'all okay? y'all okay? y'all all right? >> the ceiling of clint thornton's home collapsed from heavy rains during that interview with cnn affiliate wiat. search okay but clearing they have a big mess to clean up. very dramatic. we also have some incredible video what have appears to be a tornado touching down in central florida yesterday. volusia county officials say trees and power lines were knocked down, roofs torn off, fortunately no injuries reported. >>> the fiscal cliff, its effect on real people, for some it means losing their only source of income. you'll meet one of them coming up next. stay with us. americans are al

we'll have music from sarah jaffe, and the star of the movie "ted", ted will be here.view a stuffed bear. later this week, we'll be joined by john krasinski, zachary knighton, music from atlas genius. join us then. our first guest tonight, one of the most beloved men in the history of television. you can see him now scraping brains off the sidewalk on "csi," it airs wednesdays at 10:00 on cbs. please say hello to ted danson. [ cheers and applause ] >> how are you? >> jimmy: oh, how nice. you we're your handsome men's club tie. >> yeah. everyone knows pretty much about the handsome men's club. jimmy started it. i was incredibly honored that you asked me to join. >> we were honored to have you. >> handsome men like brad and ben and matt. this is a little embarrassing, but i would go home sometimes and practice in front of the mirror about an hour and a half, just handsome poses. >> jimmy: is that right? >> and then i would turn on your tv show. and i watch my friend jimmy, who had my back always, because he was a fellow handsome club member, and then i saw this -- can we

well, when ted did that-- ted maybe made a wave like that. now, what i wanna do is i wanna record that wave and give it back to you. the old way of doing it was just to have ted speak into a microphone, and when he spoke into the microphone, a little crystal would start to vibrate too. and the crystal vibrates like that, the electrons get squeezed up here and spread out here so that just pass through the wire. and as the crystal vibrates, the little electrons will vibrate too, just in rhythm, by the way, 'cause the electrons have hardly any inertia. and so you get an electrical signal and that would be brought over to a little needle that'd be riding on a waxed disc. and the needle would vibrate the same way and those vibrations would be caught up in the waxed disc. and you play it back and you-- hoop--you get the same tone. that's the old way of doing it. well, now they say, you want the signal just to go from here-- at this point here, you wanted to go that high, here this high, here this high, this high, this high, this high. why don't we

uncle ted where danny had t-shirts made that said i sur viveed ted steens. ted took to us antarctica and north korea and wileder wild east and any number of places of national interest where nobody else would go as the song says through the bushes where a rabbit wouldn't government danny was the personification of those who get things done the effective way. staying in the background until time to take charge and then give others credit. i will all the remember his voice advising the north koreans in north korea they should make john and the 38 parallel a tourist sight and not a shooting gallery. we travelled to the east of alaska and they will tell you yes there are saber tooth tigers north to the island. danny nodded and then went into detail about his other travels with a little fact and fiction mixed in all with a twinkle in his eye. i also remember in the community or the city in the russian far east we were at a hotel and i would say that this hotel -- this one had to be on the last of the list and as we went into our rooms i discovered that my bed was

. >> dicky: ted danson. >> jimmy: you we're your handsome men's club tie. you got punched by a hooker? >> yeah. >> what did she say? . >> jimmy: i'm jimmy kimmel. please pay close attention to this word from american airlines. >> i'm guillermo. i love to travel on american airlines. their check-in service is the best. they really know how to take care of a big celebrity like me. they make check-in so easy. keep up the good work. >> hello, mr. rodriguez. >> hi, how are you? >> i checked you in and we also have a designated security line. >> you know how to take care of a celebrity. >> we offer this service to all of our celebrities. >> this is for you. i signed it just for you. >> thank you. can i assist you in finding your gate? >> no, it's okay. my personal assistant will take care of that. >> hi. >> enjoy a whole new level of comfort, connectivity and convenience only on american airlines. >> take care of my bag. >> dicky: "jimmy kimmel live" back in two minutes with ted danson, from "game of thrones" emileia clark, and music from larry g. ia clark, and m

one would be ted stevens. one would be ted kennedy. and the other would be dan inouye. there's something about those three men, those three senators, that just put them in a class by themselves. some of it's the force of their personality, some is their legislative accomplishments, some is just their ability to get it done when the chips are down, to have the integrity, to understand the vital role that the senate plays in our federal system, and i think dan inouye had all of those traits and he also had character. and character is something that it's hard to describe, it's hard to quantify, it's hard to define sometimes, but there's no doubt that senator inouye had character. mr. president, yesterday morning i got off the plane and like many of us, i raced into the office and i noticed i had a big bundle of papers waiting for me to look at, andy have a chance to look at -- i didn't have a chance to look at those. i plopped them on my desk and i thought i'd go deal with those later. and later turned out to be the next morning, which was this morning. so i've been thinki

ted is willing to take on anything. ted is the personification of that. >> tell us about diane sawyer, legendary career, but i really want to hone in on, is the news industry, truly an old boys club, people like sawyer, did they have to break the glass ceiling in order to serve as an anchorperson? >> well, they certainly did. some of that happen before i came in 97. frankly. barbara walters was really the path breaker. you read her memoir, she had to put up with an awful lot. including like a quota on how many questions you asked in the morning so she could last -- so she can let that man ask more. is unbelievable now. and diane came along, and diane took it to a different level. diane has a wider range that i think it's about certainly any tv journalist has. she really can do it all. she has a sensual desire to do something different and deeper at the same time. so by the time i got there, they pretty much established that women could be anchors and certainly katie couric did something in the morning which hadn't been

ted kennedy, somebody on the left. >> yeah, what do you think of ted kennedy, given the influence that he left, even after his passing? >> i think there's no doubt that ted kennedy obviously shaped the first part of this decade when he teamed up with george bush on education reform. but he was one of the most vocal critics of the iraq war and of course the legacy he left i think in the end may have helped to push health care over the top. >> colin powell, number 10 on the list, not surprising, though, that he's on the list. >> no, it's not surprising at all. here's a man that there are so few giants in washington, d.c. these days. colin powell is one of those few remaining giants not elected to office who can still pick up the phone, call somebody, and move mountains. he obviously is very reluctant to go to war in iraq but when colin powell decided to support the idea, he went to the u.n. and i think he made the big difference. >> also with the endorsement of barack obama he gave him the foreign policy cred he needed as a candidate who was running for president with that on his resume.

will david and ted be at the wedding?ust might officiate the wedding. >> that would be interesting. >> or they could be best men. >> yeah. in our wedding and in life. >> but in the end, it will be a decision for the high court. last time you went to the supreme court, it didn't go so well for you. what's going to be different this time with the two of you together? >> well, one thing, this time i have ted on my side. >> i would say the one thing that would be different is this time we'll get all the votes that i can persuade and all of the votes david can persuade. and there will be no votes left on the other side. >> no recount? >> no recount. >> no recount necessary. >> and the supreme court is expected to hear arguments in march. a ruling is expected in june. >>> from the front lines of war to the front lines at home. a former navy s.e.a.l. finds a new way to help his fellow veterans. >>> many veterans struggle to find the same sense of purpose they had in the military when they try to transition back to civilian life.

so that is really good news and with that i will ask ted to come up. >> hi my name is ted wong with webcor obayashi. we had two engineers being guest lectures at the technology part of tech 21. so they already had their presentations earlier this month. i was going to give you an update on our collective veterans hiring effort. i'm happy to say that we have two of our founding members in the room with us, manny flores and paula ressa of the carpenter's union. back in april we commenced a veteran's hiring steering committee, if you will, to look at issues of veterans geting into the construction field. we subsequently had two working group meetings with alameda workforce investment board, representatives, the edd there, as well as the carpenters' union and city build, as well as mission hiring hall. and what we came up with was essentially we found out that you needed to connect the dots with veterans hiring and a lot of organizations are out there working to support veterans, but nobody is really talking to each other and they are trying to individually reach out to employers and not reall

also joining us, ted develop of "telecommunications reports." talk about content. i can watch extreme home shows on abc, i can go to cable or elsewhere and watch a multitude of show on home ownership, home changes, whatever. you're faced with competition on that front. make the case that broadcasters still is the ability to compete and should? >> guest: well, notwithstanding the proliferation of all these channels, again i go back to what are people watching, and it is the high quality of broadcast content that keeps them coming back to broadcast channels. they may not even know they're on a broadcast channel, but that's what they're watching. 90 of the top 100 shows are broadcast. and as long as the economics of broadcasting are preserved, the content will be high, and that will attract ears and eyeballs, and that's, of course, the challenge with the proliferation of competition that's out there which so far we're doing fine with it. gls and you spoke of regulation. broadcast tv is regulated differently as far as cop tent when it comes to cable in. >> guest: oh, a

ted yam could not be present today because of a medical emergency. what he was asked to do was talk to references and find out what positions that were similar in scope and level to what we're asking for for the director of building inspection and to talk to the references that are provided by the vendors to get their experience, how they -- what kind of positions that were on the recruitment, whether they were satisfied with the vendor, whether they were satisfy i had with the level of service, whether they were satisfied with the amount of money, it was a full type of vetting. he did it very professionally with a full list of questions and as should be done, he asked the same questions to each of the vendors. as a result he discovered ralph anderson and associates had not conducted a similar search of chief building official for director of building department and therefore has moved on and feels that it should be then short listed to two because that was one of the things that was very important to the commission. so he then did reference checks f

. >> i would have loved to have been on a set withyou, ted danson and woodey harrelson.ou can't get more left wing than those guys, and you and hassenberg, on the other side -- >> rattenberg used to be on the other side. he made the transition. >> so, did you guy talk politics back in the day? >> once in a while. once in a while. i've always been a small government guy, and that's why i just think that the private sector and society can take care of itself better than the government can. >> do they get heated? rewhat pearlman? did they get heated? >> they would say things like, this is actually on fairs children when they were having the recall on the governorship, somebody said maybe kelsy is going to run. i said i hope he does declare he's going to run because i'm going to contribute a million dollars tomorrow to defeat him. >> who said that. >> one of the producers of the show. >> you were outnumbered. >> i'm always downnumberred. >> coming up, dennis leery and john lovitz unleashed. >> i believe in a strong military. >> later, ted koppel and i go head-to-head over th

and he and senator ted stevens had a unique relationship. when something really developed that was important for the defense department, it involved a danger to our government or could do damage to the department or they needed something really seriously needed it, often times in this government we can't respond and if we don't respond effectively, they would go to daniel inouye and ted stevens and it would be fixed because they understood that peace through strength was the best way to avoid war and they felt there was great responsibility to insure that the defense department was not damaged on their watch. their experience and judgment was such that they could tell the difference between wind and complaints and real danger to american defense capability. i would just say, mr. president, that's daniel inouye has established a record that places him among the finest senators ever to serve your. one of the finest human beings to serve here. i just want to say as a member of the armed services committee how much i appreciated his particular c

and ted hops in the the truck and he goes back to the house, ted wants no part of this.any money on any aspect of this, he'll just be back in the house trying to get hold of jane. she was long gone at that point. so now we're fishing and fishing and fishing and i caught three. i caught three and i thought, okay. [ applause ] brokaw in that same period of time claims that he caught 30. >> jimmy: 30? >> 30 in the same period of time to my three. so now we get back to the camp and we're going to have lunch and ted is so desperate to get me off his property. he sits me down. hey, let me help you with that. he sits me down and pulls off my waders. >> jimmy: what? >> he wants me gone. >> jimmy: he undresses you? >> he took my waders off like there was a late fee on them or something. i'll take those. bang, zoom, we were gone. >> jimmy: if you go fishing with me and huey lewis, we'd keep your waders on. >> thank you. >> jimmy: you want your waders on when you sleep? >> i'm not gone, i can't do that. >> jimmy: what about softball? could we maybe start a team? >> no. >> jimmy: wi

budget for "ted." we said we thought that was going to be a gigantic hit. it was bigger than i even imagined. "titanic 3d" they were only really paying for the conversion for the 3d costs, and that was another $18 million. did over $250-some million, just overseas, so that was a gigantic hit for paramount. > now it is time to look at the box office flops. definitely everybody talked about this one, "john carter." > > "dark knight rises" cost $250 million, did over $1 billion. "john carter" cost $250 million, did about $280 million worldwide. it was a tremendous bomb for disney. > and then there's "battleship." > > yeah, "battleship," universal was very proud that it made a lot of money overseas a month before being released in the u.s., and then nobody wanted to see a movie based on a board game here. > other box office flops: "cloud atlas," "dark shadows," "rock of ages," "that's my boy," "total recall," "abraham lincoln: vampire hunter," "the watch," as i mentioned earlier, and "redtails." > > not a

[laughter] john: it is true that businessmen like ted turner to the right thing. says your on broke from the ayn rand institute. how dd the become a billionaire? creating a product service to benefit everybody we know because it pays -- repay for it. we get more value than what we give up. bill gates has improved hundreds of millions of lives heas touched every human being. >> to also employ people that charity keeps on giving. >> you pay employees but they are better off. what about the companies that provided software based on that platform? with those that use the software that become more productive or efficient? if you think of the multiplier effect, a 50 billion for bill gates? that is nothing compared to the value he has added to the world. >> he is spending billions applying critical thinking skills to charity. and then to dump it when it doesn't work. >> could he have reinvested more money? i don't know. >> it is his money he has the right to. but he gets credit for not the jobs and wealth he created he gets no credit for that. he is considered a a greedy

. >> i would have loved to have been on the set with you ted dan zahn and woody harrell son. you can't get more left wing than those guys. you and rats enburger on the other side. >> ratsenburger used to be on the other side. >> as soon as he start the watching the factor. >> there you go. >> did you guys talk politics back in the day? >> once in a while. once in a while. i have always been a small government guy. that's why i think that the private sector and society can take care of itself better than government can. >> did they get heated? rhea pearlman another left wing woman. did they get heated? >> they would say this is actually a phrase that they -- if he runs -- remember they were having the recall. somebody said maybe kelsey is going to run. he says i hope he does run i am going to pay a million dollars to defeat them. >> who said that? >> one of the producers of the show. >> you were out numbered? >> i am always out numbered. >> coming up comedians denis leary and john lovitts unleash. >> i believe in strong military and helping those below you. >> later ted kopple

[laughter] john: it is true that businessmen like ted turner to the right thing. says your on broke from the ayn rand institute. how did they become a billionaire? creating a product service to benefit everybody we know because it pays -- repay for it. we get more value than what we give up. bill gaes has improved hundreds of millions of lives he has touched every human being. >> to also employ people that charity keeps on giving. >> you pay employees but they are better off. wh about the companies that provided software based on that platform? with those th use the software that becom more productive or efficient? if you think of the multiplier effect, a 50 billion for bill gates? that is nothing compared to the value he has added to the world. >> he is spending billions applying critical thinking skills to charity. and then to dump it when it doesn't work. >> could he have reinvested more money? i don't know. >> it is his money he has the right to. but he gets credit for not the jobs and wealth he created he gets no credit for that. he i considered a a greedy bu

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