tom hanks and his wife equaled that. michael douglass chipped in two grands. will ferrule 5,000. one thing that might help the president, he will be the only democrat in the race. >> not going to be that palatable to the vasmajority in the entertainment business. >> reporter: why some stars voice complaints. >> i would like to see him be more outspoken about the issues. >> come election time they may return to the fault. catherine heenan, kron 4 news. >>> it was a great day today with temperatures in the 70s and we will see the conditions continue through the weekend. tomorrow cooler in the morning, 30s through parts of the bay area, but 70s by the afternoon. saturday, warming un, sunday cooling down. nothing to complain about. morning lowes cool up in the north bay. 37 santa rosa, 42 san raff el. 44 half moon bay. 77 san jose. into the afternoon, we recover nicely, 70s. 78 redwood city. 73 hay wood. 76 san jose. 76 inland, warming up. 76 half moon bay. 70s in the north bay. 69 san francisco, 69 in richmond. halloween forecast, similar conditions carry over into monday. the forec

kate winslet is whale hunting with tom hanks. i'm here to tell you, folks, it's all true. as a famous person, i know all other famous people, except for one, george clooney. folks, i have often fantasized about getting invited to clooney's palazzo in italy, getting drunk and going skinny dipping in lake lake como. well, last night on conan, i found out another famous tv host has ripped off my journal. listen to marisa tomei describe a typical evening at lake clooney. >> evan rachel wood and cindy crawford and charlie rose, we wound up all skinny dipping. >> stephen: what? seriously. clooney, you invited charlie i'm too boring to compete with a background rose to go skinny dipping at your villa and not me? how could you? it could have been my body glistening in the italian moonlight. why am i even doing crunches. and the story gets worse, folks. friend of the show and cnn senior political analyst david gergen also was invited to clooney's palazzo. he writes in "parade" magazine, and i quote, "by 2:00 a.m. or so when i was hammered, out of nowhere clooney starts climbing a f

. >> tom hanks, on leonardo dicaprio with "titanic" but i guess not. >> he's brought in starring roles. >> because he was the star. >>> this comes to us from arlington, virginia, where a few lucky campaign contributors got the rare opportunity to break bread with the president. a retired teacher, retired professional, postal service worker and business owner were the winners of the dinner with barack contest, all from battleground states and randomly selected after donated $5. >>> i'm vinita nair and this is "early today" just your first stocht day today on your nbc station. >> good morning. we have snow in the forecast for the weekend, but not for today. it will be fine. 41 at the airport. colder in the northern suburbs. a mix of sun and clouds. a chilly day but dry. a high temperature near 54. we'll detail what's going to happen as we head into the weekend. for now to the news desk. >> the time is 4:57. it is cold. we're just going to say it. it is cold. >> a death investigation of a local psychiatric hospital. plus -- >> more than a year later, people make an arrest in the death of

tom hanks? in space?ait until you hear about this rendezvous. >>> tom hanks and meg ryan meet up in space. sort of. the actors have asteroids named after them. and those space rocks both got the closest to earth in september, giving a rendezvous to the romantic comedy duo asteroids. if you didn't realize, there are other famous names including robin hood and stephen colbert. that's when you know you make it. >>> official michele bachmann, now herman cain has caught fire among presidential contenders. at least one poll putting him at the top of the field ahead of mitt romney. the poll you see there was done for the "wall street journal" and nbc before this week's republican debate in new hampshire. let's to go gloria borger, chief political analyst. would we be wrong to dismiss herman cain as just the latest flavor of the week among these hopefuls? >> reporter: i don't think you're wrong. i think it's completely accurate. you look at the history of this race. we've gone from favorite to favorite to favorit

yes, tom hanks did not do that. >> he had a cave and -- >> he actually dug the cave himself because he had to find a way to get out of the freezing temperature. oliver stone is champing at the bit there. >>> time for an early look at stories we'll follow throughout the day here on nbc. in california celebration in memory of apple's co-founder steve jobs will be held at the company's headquarters. apple is expected to shut its retail stores for a few hours to allow employees to view a live web cast of the event. >>> first lady michelle obama and vice president biden's wife jill will be at world series game one as part of the first ladies joining forces initiative and baseball's welcome back veterans program. >>> and actor john lithgow turns 66. >>> all day long you can stay on top of those stories and others as they break on msnbc. tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. matt lauer sits down with billionaire businessman donald trump to find out who he will be endorsing in the

it started my career, ron's career and tom hanks' career as a movie star. >> jimmy: wow. >> so -- and isn't that weird we have -- [ applause ] oh, amazing stuff. >> thank you. >> jimmy: i mean, you're such a good guy. i'm so happy for things that happen to good people, so that's why i'm psyched to have you on. but we have, weirdly enough, naomi watts is on. you produced "j. edgar." >> i know. i thought that was a great coincidence. >> jimmy: it's weird, right? >> thank you. >> jimmy: we were going to have you -- we were having you on for "tower heist." so we didn't even know this is going to have, like -- you've just produced everything. i mean, i should say as far as tv goes, yeah, no big deal. i guess he did "arrested development." [ cheers and applause ] i guess he did "friday night lights." i guess he did "24"? jack bauer! [ cheers and applause ] come on. i mean, this is awesome. what a fun, fun career this is. you're killing it, man. >> it's worked out. i mean, you know, i've -- i don't know. >> jimmy: yeah. >> it's worked out. >> jimmy: yeah. you're a very creative guy. >> i try

tom. hanks. a very warm welcome to you this is all to you from your headlines now dozens of new arrests across america failed to stop the. activists simply too big to fail protests are spreading across the u.s. dozens of cities. syrians are split over the. price of the capital wants the president to be given more time to reform cities outside damascus of the regime. but the death toll three. hundred twelve football championships are under pressure from.

. >> what movie besides "sleepless in seattle" did meg ryan and tom hanks star opposite each other?ally" "you've got mail" ♪ forrest gump" it's an hour show. "you've got mail." >> "you've got mail." also a big star greg kinnear in that film, as well. that was about a battle of the book stores. book stores are huge in seattle. you talked about how we are a very smart community. bookstores do really well here. elliot books moved up to capitol hill there and they are booming. bookstores are alive and well here. >> this is lauren. true or false. this is a good one. the seattle seahawks have won the super bowl five times. >> false. >> yeah, it's kind of false. >> that was a mean question to ask. >> that will get seattle people laughing. however, we did go to the super bowl in 2006, playing detroit and lost to the pittsburgh steelers. we are struggling to get back to the super bowl. >> we have time for one more. >> this is amy. she made us a "today" pumpkin. which company is not head quartered in seattle? >> i'm going to say kraft. >> you would be right. >> wow! >> i will say seattle has

tom hanks. >> really? i don't recall seeing him buffed up. he changes all the time for every role. >> he does change for every role. jon hamm on the bottom at 3%. the couples that are the most, sexiest couples are david and victoria beckham. >> that surprised me a little bit. >> cameron diaz and alex rodriguez before they split. they were second. at the bottom, kim kardashian and kris humphries. >> i wonder why. we'll have chris jenner here next week with a new book. we'll ask her. i think she learned to ignore anything negative or she would go crazy. >> how about sexy bodies to sexy shoes? >> yes. sachs. >> they had the sexiest shoes competition. >> we picked our favorite. >> this is the one hoda chose. it's very pretty. strappy and feminine. this is valentino who never makes a design mistake as far as i'm concerned. everybody voted and the winner was at $695. >> who can afford them? yours? >> i didn't know. i hope it's in my size. i hope they are feeling generous. >> are you serious? >> it won. you know why? >> tell me why. >> it's just a b

this morning we'll catch up with the actress and producer and also the wife of tom hanks, talking aboutwith life after 50, everything from health and relationships, all kinds of great things. we find it very interesting to talk to her, she's join us in i up aical a couple of minutes. >>> how to save on food and phones, we've got really good tips. >>> we'll warm things up with a live performance from the reigning "american idol" mr. scotty mccreery, taking pictures with the crowd. >> someone else in the crowd, another award winning country singer, talking about tim mcgraw, it's so great to have you. you are cuter than a button i'll tell you. in the meantime -- right, right? you're here to talk about your new movie called "dirty girl" and you play a very important pivotal role in this movie and it's sort of interesting because it harkens back to your own experience. >> yeah, you know it's an interesting role for me when i read the script, something i could relate to. it's got juneau temple in it, a lot of great people in the movie, the story is about discovery, a young girl who grew up wi

you think of tom hanks and a silver cup so. in this let me get into nasa today.roberts contacted me, was on probation. it was weird because i never met someone who has been a decade in prison for it. so i arrange to meet them in a crowded post how loudly. but he was the nicest most charismatic good-looking smart guy who did something. >> the nicest that one you'd ever met. >> he really was. no one had written about the story. there is one article in "the l.a. times," but i've not seen anything about this. i couldn't believe it. the first thing i did was filed freedom of information with the t.i., which is thousands of pages. when the fbi agents took him down, they were wearing buyers a night at the transcript of everything set on the wires. the first thing you said when he walked into the restaurant if you're wearing a wire and screwed. so that's on tape. yeah, so it was wild. it was a year-long interviewing everyone i could. >> is one section the book which i think is just great, whether it's a correspondence between fat who goes by the name or if robinson >> wo

you think of tom hanks in a little silver capsule. this let me get inside nasa. so thad roberts, out of the blue, contacted me. he had just gotten out of prison. he was on probation and it was weird because i never met someone that spent almost a decade in prison before. i arranged to meet him in a crowded hotel lobby at the key was the nicest most charismatic, good looking, smart guy who did something stupid. >> the nicest fellow you had ever met. >> he really was. no one had written about the story. one article in "l.a. times," maybe in texas there was more stuff. i just couldn't believe it. the first thing i did was i filed a freedom of information act with fbi to get the fbi file which is thousands of papers. i think that when the fbi agents took them down, they were wearing wires and the got transcripts of everything that was said. the first thing thad said was, if you're wearing a wire, i'm screwed. >> that's on day. -- that's on tape. >> there's one section which i think it's just great where there's that correspondence between thad is going by the name or

tom hanks and rita wilson equalled that. michael douglas chipped in $4,000. who's just not going to be that palatable to the vast majority of people in the entertainment business. >> reporter: so while some stars may voice complaints about obama -- >> i for one would like to see him be a little bolder, be a little more outspoken about the issues that we voted him in for. >> reporter: come election time, they may return to the fold. corrine winter, cnn, hollywood. >>> coming up on "american morning" -- hertz terminates more than two dozen muslim drivers after they refuse to clock out for daily prayer breaks. but the union says they were targeted because of religion. we're going to speak to a union rep in just a moment. >>> plus, ditch your bank for a new one. we'll tell you about a movement in congress to make that easier for you to do. you're watching "american morning." look, every day we're using more and more energy. the world needs more energy. where's it going to come from? ♪ that's why right here, in australia, chevron is building one of the biggest nat

but when you think of nasa, you think to have '60, you know, you think of tom hanks in a little silver capsule, and this let me get into nasa today. thad roberts contacted me, he had just gotten out of prison, and it was weird because i'd never met someone who had spent almost a decade in prison before, so i arranged to meet him in a crowded hotel lobby. [laughter] he was the most charismatic, smartest, nice looking guy who had done something stupid. >> the nice e fellow you had ever met. >> he was. there had been one article in the l.a. times, but i had not seen anything about this. and i just couldn't believe it. and so the first thing i did was i filed a freedom of information act with the fbi to get the fbi file which is thousands of pages. i mean, i even got when the fbi agents took him down, they were wearing wires, and i got the transcript of everything that was said on the wires, and the first thing thad said when he walked into the restaurant was if you're wearing a wire, i'm screwed. [laughter] that's on tape. and it was a year long interviewing everybody i could. >> i see. a

but you think of tom hanks in a little silver capsule. >> right. >> and this let me get inside nasa today. so thad robert, you know, out of the blue contacted me. he had just gotten out of prison, he was on probation, and it was weird because i had never spent someone who had spent almost a decade in prison before, so i arranged to meet him in a crowded hotel lobby. [laughter] but he was the nicest, most charismatic, good looking, like, smart guy who did something stupid. >> the nice e felon you had ever met. >> he really was. and i was amazed. no one had written about the story. there had been one article in the l.a. times, maybe in texas there'd been more stuff, but i had seen nothing about this. and i just couldn't believe it. the first thing i did was filed a freedom of information act with the fbi to get the fbi file which is thousands of pages. i mean, i even got when the fbi agents took him down, they were wearing wires, and i got the transcripts. and the first thing thad said when he walked into the restaurant is, if you're wearing a wire, i'm screwed. and that's on tape. [laughte

. >> took tom hanks 100 takes, too, sam. >> did it really? promise it did. >> i'm sure it did. it is. >> everybody, at 8:45 today, tune in. >> come on. >>> first, the weather. >> vote on twitter for "risky business." let's get to the boards. but vote. one or two things. but vote. outside our doors, we're going to show you jacksonville, florida, first of all. with the easterly flow, jacksonville will pick up moisture and so will florida. here's the good news about that moisture is that moisture continues to flow across the gulf. it's going to hook up with some rain and probably deliver good, solid showers into texas today. texas, oklahoma, over the next couple days, getting some beneficial rain and they need it. take a look at los angeles, las vegas. these things are important. phoenix, san diego, getting warmer. phoenix goes up to 80. 86 by the time we get to saturday a >> all of america's weather in the next half hour. lara, a little alien? alf coming? >> stay tuned. alien life form in the house. >>> here's what else is coming up on our "gma morning menu." the inconceivable re

. >> yo pensÉ que ibas a hacer el tiempo como cuando lo scdiste con tom hanks. Ángeles y que fron presentadas anoche. pues fue baante fuerte y en sus declaraciones con los participantes y mÁs adelante en despierta amÉrica vip. le vamos a tener todos los detalles de la espinoza situaciÓn. >> mientras tanto, paola gutiÉrrez se fue hasta la mia casa de l protagonias y su conductoy nos tiene una sorpresa para mÁs alante. >> muchas gracias, hoy me encuentro pisando por primera vez la casa estudio de protagonistas. ya arrancÓ y esta noche a las diez, nueve centro y todos los protagonistas estarÁn comenzando en a convivir en esta casa. >> paolita! >>ah! a ti te querÍa encontrar, eres nuestro amigo! >> los quiero muchÍsimo. les voy a mostrar esta casa estudio antes de que entn hoy en la noche los doce asrante. >> esto sÍ es una primicia. pero mejor los vamos a jar en en suspenso y mÁs adelante regresamos con todos los detals. asÍ somos! ya volvemos! ♪ ♪ >> paola! >> nos dejan en ascuas. gracias, paola! [risas] >> no se pueden perder esta e a las 10, 9 centro protagonist

. >> cuando vino tom hanks y bailÓ con chiquinquirÁ haciendo el tiempo. >> muy bien. >> quÉ bueno que no aprobaban los hijos de la duquesa. incluso el mismo rey de espaÑa como que no estaba muy de acuerdo hasta que dijo voy a ceder. esta uniÓn creó mucha controversia porque es una mujer aristÓcrata de toda la vida y su fortuna estÁ valuada en millones de euros y parece que este hombre gana dos mil dÓlares al mes. y que seguro que se casÓ por dinero, dicen, y que es un vividor. y lo que hizo la mujer fue heredar a los hijos en vida. tomen el dinero y no me molesten mÁs. >> y se quitÓ los zapatos. >> porque traÍa juanetes! >> duquesa, duquesa. >> le gusta pasarla bien. >> a mÍ me cae bien porque digo es una mujer que ama la vida y hace lo que le da la gana y deja vivir a todo el mundo en paz. ya viviÓ quÉ le van a dar cÁtedra. >> le compusieron un paso doble, el compositor... vicente taralcÓn... dijo: a la duquesa de alba, le estÁ reinando el amor, y aquÍ estÁ mi paso doble que lo baile con su amor! [risas] >> Ándele. >> no nos invitÓ. >> comparte. >> cuando se vuelva a casar nos invita

. >> you thought tom hanks portrayed charlie very well in the movie. >> brilliantly. isn't that charlie? they said, no, no, that's tom. he had even mastered his walk and the way he stood. tom is brilliant. >> you had a relationship with them and julia roberts. >> both were wonderful to meet because, at first, you see, i was about as welcomed in hollywood as the underwear bomber because i was a conservative christian republican. they think that we're about as interesting as the aflac duck. >> a conservative christian republican that is in the news a lot today. rick perry. rick perry is not as familiar to the entire country as some of these candidates are. others give more interviews and i spoke to him last week, as you know, but you've spoken to rick since he's been in the race. tell me what you know rick perry to be? >> well, he's a man that is not afraid to take a stand. and maybe that's pretty important right now. he doesn't mind standing by what he believes and when you look at the record, texas has provided more jobs in the last four years, 40% of all the jobs tha

steve jobs says do me a favor, can you get tom hanks to voice over my commercial?said i'm not going to do that. >> he found out early in life, he met his biological father at a restaurant, didn't realize that was him. he frequented the place. his sister mona approached the biological father and had a conversation with him that went something like this. here is the author of the book, walter isaacson talking about mona. >> so mona goes to the coffee shop and meets this guy who is running it who says, among other things, when she asks, you know, how sorry he is but then he says that he had had another child and mona says what happened to him? i don't know. we'll never hear from him again. and then he says, i wish you could have seen me when i was running a bigger restaurant. i used to run one of the best restaurants in silicon valley. everybody used to come there, even steve jobs used to eat there. and mona is sort of taken aback and bites her tongue and doesn't say steve jobs is your son but she looks shocked. yeah, he was a great tipper. >> the reason behind that s

tom hanks. >> really? i don't recall seeing him buffed up.know why. we'll have chris jenner here next week with a new book. we'll ask her. i think she learned to ignore anything negative or she would go crazy. >> how about sexy bodies to sexy shoes? >> yes. sachs. >> we picked our favorite. >> this is the one hoda chose. it's very pretty. strappy and feminine. this is valentino who never makes a design mistake as far as i'm concerned. everybody voted and the winner was at $695. >> who can afford them? yours? >> i didn't know. i hope it's in my size. i hope they are feeling generous. >> are you serious? >> it won. you know why? >> tell me why. >> it's just a beautifully designed shoe. it's got enough of the lace to suggest maybe what's underneath your clothing. it's a peek of the toe. it's not about all shoe so the woman can shine in the shoe. >> look at you. >> that's what i think. >> they are your size. >> what? >> and they happen to match my dress. >> try them on. >> jerry always tries to stick them down. this is really my size? i will try

. >> what movie besides "sleepless in seattle" did meg ryan and tom hanks star opposite each other?o ask. >> that will get seattle people laughing. however, we did go to the super bowl in 2006, playing detroit and lost to the pittsburgh steelers. we are struggling to get back to the super bowl. >> this is amy. she made us a "today" pumpkin. which company is not head quartered in seattle? >> i'm going to say kraft. >> you would be right. >> wow! >> i will say seattle has the best mac and cheese. beachers here in the marketplace has the best mac and cheese. >> thank you, guys. come back with us. we are all about animals. right after the break. he he he ha ha there once was a little monkey who loved to run and jump ! girl: who loved to run and jump. 6, 7 bananas ! look ! k he he he he he ♪ for always he he he how about the beat of a healthy heart? campbell's healthy request soup is delicious, and earned this heart, for being heart healthy. ♪ feel the beat? it's amazing what soup can do. feel the beat? if you think occasional irregularity is no big deal, think twice. it may be a sign th

the slow zoom, the narration of a familiar voice, like tom hanks or morgan freeman. the sounds of banjos in the back. all set against a backdrop of an historic american tail. it is literally called the ken burn effect. our guest today is the creator. he is the automaker best known for leveraging american history. the baltimore sun rudbeckias not only the greatest documentarian of the day, but the most influential film maker. that includes the likes of george lucas and steven spielberg. our guest today joined us in part to launch his latest series, which began airing last night on pbs. i hope that many of you had the opportunity to see it. this three part series examines the rise and fall of the 18th amendment to the u.s. constitution. the series entitled "prohibition." with the release of this series, this veteran filmmaker is taking the opportunity to call for a new national discourse on stability and democracy. that is relevant as prohibition errors in the midst of this heated presidential campaign season. with a prolific record of film, in addition, and documentar

the narration of a comfortably familiar voice like tom hanks or morgan freeman perhaps of the sounds of harmonic -- harmonicas or banjos set against a backdrop of an historic american tail. it is literally called the ken burns the fact, the iconic film of fact made famous in "the civil war, co jazz, and here is our creator. he leverages american history into television programming is no one else can. the baltimore sun wrote that he is not only the greatest documentarian of the day but also the most temperamental flynn -- filmmaker period. our guest today joins us to launch his latest series which began airing last night on pbs. many of you had an opportunity to see it. like all work highlighting pivotal areas in american history like all of his work, this report series examines the rise and fall of the 18th amendment of the u.s. constitution, the series entitled "prohibition." he has called history table around which americans can all have a civil conversation. with the release of his " prohibition"series , he is calling for a new national discourse on stability and democracy. it is

. >> tom: one of sports and entertainment's most visible business partnerships is over. hank williams, jr., and espn's monday night football have parted ways. williams says he quit. but espn says it sacked the singer and his song with the classic line, "are you ready for some football?" it had been a monday night staple since 1989. the song was dropped from this week's game after the singer used an analogy to adolf hitler while discussing president obama during an interview. williams says pulling the song this week violated his freedom of speech. >> susie: as we mentioned, steve jobs played a huge role in shaping silicon valley and technology as we know it. but as commentator harry lin explains, and broadcasting from his macbook, jobs had a unique way of making technology personal. >> it's impossible to overstate the impact that steve jobs had on the technology industry. like sam walton, walt disney, henry ford, the northern california hippie fundamentally changed an entire industry. he melded personal computing with consumer electronics, and elevated the consumers' expectati

. >> goodbye to hank and football. >> if it was tom brady or someone that you have to have, you wouldork it out and to make an apology and go from there. if it is someone out of the refrigerator (...) >> he has been doing it since 1991. if you have a good team, it does not matter who is singing the opening. >> tiger woods is going to try again today. he blew up. he knows what it feels like to go to over par. he shot 73. >> he will not be on television today. >> he made the comment that his putting could not have been worse. he simply with me. [laughter] >> last night on espn, they only so tigers results. >> have a good weekend and enjoy all the sports. >> we will be right back. i announcer: is time for kron4 coverage of fleetweek serious >> sailors and officers are busy keeping a close eye on everything. at sfo, three helicopters were spitting on the tarmac waiting for local guests to come aboard. the helicopters were downed for the ship that was a leading 20 mi. off the cold fury x the coast. @ at&t park, the city skyline, the bay bridge and the golden gate bridge were seen on the wa

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tom arnold. (laughter) i guess we'll just chalk it up as another case of fox and friends saying one thing and doing another, no harm, no foul. >> espn, the network that carries the game, pulled the hank williams, jr., song following his controversial comment. >> what? they pulled the song? we count on him to gauge our nation's football readiness! (laughter) if anything, just give him a little slap on the wrist. make him also head to espn 4 and sing are you ready for actual football. hands aren't aloud ♪ and the pitch is just right, ♪ arsenal is playing manchester united tonight ♪ are you ready for a game that will probably end in a tie... ♪ by the way, espn, you're shocked at bocephus' comments. he's been at espn for 20 years vsm you met him? frankly, i'm surprised he didn't punctuate his obama/hitler metaphor with "i mean (bleep)." this is bocephus, man00 he's got a song about how things would be better if the south had won. the guy fell 442 feet off a mountain, cracked open his skull he had to hold in his own brain and survived. when he talks i can smell the jack daniels on his breath from the television. (laughter) so don't act all ooh, my goodness, when he says something down hom