voice struggled with drug addiction last year but after two stints in rehab kraft foods has tapped ted williamsgain for a special valentines campaign. next week williams will record video messages from 100 selected tweets that have the hash tag voice of love and kraft plans to donate up to $100,000 to the feeding america program to fight hunger. >>> a lot of folks are celebrating valentine's day this weekend. instead of celebrating on tuesday. if you are the president of the united states, what do you plan for the first lady? access hollywood's billy bush asked michelle obama about the plans. >> do you have something planned for the president or does he need to plan it for you? >> he always has to plan valentines. that's his job. so i think we -- there may be a date night but, you know, sometimes -- >> don't get your hopes up. we'll see. >> well, there is something scheduled. >> maybe just a little note that says -- ♪ i am so in love with you >> that's pretty good. >> a big note coming down the pipeline. can you hit that big one? >> oh, yeah. he's smooth. >>> don't miss the rest of billy bush's

>> jimmy: yeah, it's by ted williams. [ laughter ] battle of the frozen heads? >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: isn't that weird? >> steve: yeah, true. not making it up. >> jimmy: yeah, it's just true, right? yeah. this is a good book right here. >> steve: oh, i love it. >> jimmy: if you like exercise books. "jogging with jesus." [ laughter ] you guys love it. yeah. pretty awesome outfit that dude's wearing. [ laughter ] the back is good, too. he's just casually resting against a flag pole. [ laughter ] taking a breather. taking a little breather. >> steve: i like how relaxed he looks on the front cover. >> jimmy: yeah, he's just chilling out, jogging, man. he's not even breaking a sweat. >> steve: he's going to break a few fingernails from those clenched fists. >> jimmy: yeah, that's a weird thumb move. he's holding his thumb like that. [ light laughter ] weird. but i found that's not the only c.s. lovett book. he's got another one out there. it's called, "help lord, the devil wants me fat!" [ laughter ] it's kind of a cookbook, i guess. look at that. big meals are out for me. [ laug

. >> the almanac, the homespun wit and wisdom of vermont, and coolidge, and ted williams, a life in pictures. he has also written and produced a wm8 t documentary, local heroes, baseball and capital district diamonds. it reviews for his harry truman book talk about how likely it is eliminating portraits of four candidates and the even-handed appraisal of german is especially compelling. the journey that he takes to get as to election day is one that he has definitively become the best of leading. in his past as workers been compared to theodore white's classic the making of the president series. after three straight home runs i think the undisputed champion of chronicling americans presidents of campaigns. he holds a master's degree in history from the it university of albany and has served on city council in amsterdam, new york and is the recipient of the 2011 excellence in letters and arts award of the alumni association at the university albany. in addition to doing presidential biographies and elections he is also a member of the saber. baseball historian organization. he is a casey winn

and ted williams, "my life in pictures." he's also written and produced a wmht documentary, "local heros: baseball and capital district diamonds." reviews for his harry truman book talk about how lively it is, illuminating portraits of candidates and the even-handed portrayal of truman is especially compelling. the journey that he takes to get us to election day is one he has definitively become the best at leading. in his past, his work has been compared to theodore white's classic, "the making of the president" series. i think pietrusza is the undisputed champion of chronicling americans' presidential campaigns. he holds a master's degree in history from the university offal albany and have served on city council of amsterdam, new york, and is the recipient of the 2011 excellence in letters and arts award of the alumni association at the university at albany. in addition to doing presidential biographies and elections, he is also a member of sabra, the baseball historian organization. he's a casey-winning judge and jury an

talk about his book about 1920 the year of six presidents, 1960 lbj versus jfk versus nixon, and ted williams my life of pictures. he has also written and produced a wma hq documentary local heroes, baseball and capital district diamonds. reviewed for his hairy german book talk about how likely it is, eliminating portraits of portrait support candidates and the even-handed appraisal of truman is especially compelling. the journey he takes is to election day is one he is definitively lead in his past his work has been compared to theodore white's classic them a king of the president series. after three stayed home runs by think pietrusza is the undisputed champion of chronicling americans presidential campaigns. heals a master's degree in history the university at albany and is served on city council in amsterdam new york and is the recipient of the 2011 excellence in letters and arts award of the alumni association at the university of albany. in addition to doing presidential biographies and elections he is also a member of saber a, the baseball historians organization. he is a casey winning

he was a fighter pilot with the great ted williams in the korean war. senator, what a life, 90 and still going strong. >>> and talking about the diversity of the academy awards. apparently from the voters, it is lacking. >> according to a recent study by the l.a. time, 94% of the voters are male. and 77% are white men. blacks and hispanics account for only 2% of each of the academy members and finallings are in line with -- findings are in line with industry employment and with white males dominating. and the group is now trying to diversify they say. >>> and 6:26. disruption at disneyland. >> one man's drunken tirade is making the rounds on the web. we will show it to you. >>> and the san francisco sheriff heads to court this week. the key evidence that could be thrown out against him coming up. >>> believe it or not, the westbound lanes of the bay bridge have reopened. way ahead of schedule. coming up, we will tell you how caltrans was able to pull this off. >>> we are starting off with a few showers on this holiday. but much warmer weather is on the

. >> back to baseball now, the one and only ted williams, left fielder, highest salary back in 1954 was average player's salary was just $9,000. >> let's go to the novel. highest salary, 4 million in 1990, when the average player salary was 356. of course, he spent 16 years in the nfl. last two years were with the chiefs, but of course everyone remembers him in that jersey right there. >> jerry rice, joe montana. who can forget that? number 4, mario lemieux coming in at $11.32 million. this was back in 1997. the average player salary then was $984,000. >> ty cobb. this is what i love about baseball. ty cobb played 24 years beginning in 1905 and 1928. he made $85,000, his highest salary in 1927. >> interesting. and of course you know this guy was going to be on the list. the one and only air jordan. michael jordan, chicago bulls legend. highest salary, get this, y'all. $33 million back in 1998 when the average salary was just under $2.5 million. >> and his ex-wife, juanita, has all his money now. well, not all of it. joe sakic. >> number 1. >> this is surprising and rare because he's the

composer john williams, 80 years old. wow. journalist ted koppel is 72. actor nick nolte is 71 and author and virginia resident john grisham is 57. >> vince neil is 51. epa administrator lisa jackson is 50. she stars as a u.s. marshal in the cable hit "in plain sight" actress mary mccormack is 43. and alonzo morning turns 32 today. happy birthday fits' your birthday as well. >>> welcome back to 9news now. coming up on 5:46 and the morning is going to be okay for the commute unless there are accidents in the roadway as we have some serious ones this morning but this evening, weather is going to be a real factor. >> it is. it's going to be snowing but i think the roads are going to be just wet because a, they've been treated and b, it was really warm the last couple of days. >> because of the weather some schools are closed. >> fauquier county wanted to play it safe. make they wanted to burn a snow day but they're closed for the day and allegany as -- and allegheny as well. they're going to get more snow and the snow will come in earlier in western maryland

ted koppel, who turns 72. all day long, you can stay on the latest developments and those stories and others as they break on msnbc. tonight, watch brian williamsh "nbc nightly news." >>> finally, here's a look at what is coming up later this morning on the "today" show. meredith vieira returns to the studio with a story of a former white house intern who claims that, as a teenager, she had an affair with president kennedy. >>> actor denzel washington will be live in the studio to talk about his latest role as a cia operative in the movie "safe house." keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one.