walter white that was much older than he was chronologically.anted to give him sloped shoulders. his posture was bad. he was a little overweight. i wanted to give him the 25ghtiness of a man who was -30 years older. >> closer to your mom. >> might up reading was a mess. it was a mess. it was like living two different lives. up until 10 years old, it was a model life. they were both there. my dad was one of our coaches and sports. taking us places. my mom was the team mom and tupperware lady. making our costumes for halloween. didn'tey realized they -- my dad did not want to be with my mother and they split up, it exploded. it was not like coming to an understanding. it exploded. immaturityonal damaged the rest of the structure. i didn't see my father for 10 years. >> didn't see him? >> no. nothing. did not see him. he had a breakdown. he was 48. >> was about success? >> it was. the lack of success. his frustration at not being -- he was an actor. his frustration at not being a star. he wanted to be a star. like a lot of people. he didn't handle

is there a link between walter white and lyndon johnson? >> walter white was real.laughter] he was real to me. i can't play someone unless you make him real. yeah, there are similarities. i think both had created and allowed the incredible drive it and ambition to be unleashed. >> and the end justifies the means. walter white saving his family so he can do whatever he wants. >> it is for my family. lyndon johnson is for the betterment of the country. i'm cutting your balls off for the betterment of the country. >> it was necessary to protect the country. i know you know the scene. >> go ahead sir. >> this is joe. >> your father is the one who makes clothes? you made me some real light weight slacks. sent to me three or four months ago. a light brown and a light green. they are real light weight. i need about six pairs for summer wear. >> you recall the size? >> no, i don't know. what -- once you have the measurements? i can send you a pair. i want them half an inch wider and the waist. but i want to-three inches left so i can take them back up. i vary 10-15 pounds a

>> walter is white -- no. lyndon johnson was real too. >> rose: in the minds of many people walter white became real and perhaps in yours. >> well he was real to me. i mean, i can't -- i can't play someone unless you -- unless you make him true and honest to you. yes. there are similarities. i think both had created and allowed the incredible drive and ambition to be unleashed. >> rose: and the end justifies the means, the end justifies the means. >> and the end justifies the means. >> rose: do whatever -- >> it is for my family, it is for my family and lyndon johnson is for the betterment of the country, i am cutting your balls off for the betterment of the country. >> now you are gelded now but just think what you accomplished. it was necessary to protect the country. listen to this. i know you know this scene if i can make this happen. talking to his taylor. >> go ahead, sir. hello. >> -- >> yes this is joe. joe, you are the one that makes clothes. >> yes, sir. >> you all made me some real lightweight slack

he can do this. >> the body positioning of walter white.teeped in "breaking bad" the last couple of weeks. i finished the whole thing last week. i'm a little behind obviously, slumped with the weight of the world on your shoulders and i understand you equate that with your own dad and look at your dad that way. >> my dad now is almost 90. natur naturally gravity pulls you down. i thought walter white should have some of that sensibility. he took on the weight of the world. he was in depression. i pulled him down a little bit. he just didn't care about his posture and his eating habits and things like that. he was pawnchy and pastry white. he didn't care about fashion or his hair or anything. >> he did at the end. he straightened right up. >> he started caring. his shoulders were back. he cared about things. he felt proud and felt dangerous >> he liked it. >> he liked it. >> oh, dear, i got the willies. i got the willies when you delivered that line, too, in that last season. when i read about your mom and your dad, your mom was a radio actr

they didn't think that was the right template for walter white. gilligan, god bless him, he said, no, he's an actor this is what they do, he's a guy, he cab do this. >> did the bodyositioning of walt eer white -- i have been steeped in breaking bad for the last couple of weeks. i finished the whole thing last week. i'm a little behind obviously. slumped, the weight of the world on his shoulders. i think i saw somewhere that you equate that with your own dad, you looked at your dad that way. >> yeah, well, no, my dad is now almost 90. and, you know, naturally there's a -- gravity pulls you down. i thought walter white should have some of that sensibility. >> spoiler alert for all of you who are going to watch "breaking bad" on netflix. that final scene that final image. >> oh, i know. >> he's like, yeah. >> when he had the sex change, oh, my god, i never saw that coming. >> no, really, seriously. i wasn't so sure that you died. i wasn't. your eyes were open. i thought what if the police take him into custody, he gets better and breaks out right? the

godzilla versus walter white, walter white would win. that could be the sequel, maybe it could be walter white and godzilla. this summer, only this summer. hizenberg, one monster. godzilla. >> that movie opens next friday. we've got toç talk about house of cards. >> you're interviewing frank underwood. >> it was like tv geek. i asked him you're playing frank underwood. how does that affect the way you see d.c. now when you visit washington, d.c., and here's what he had to say. >> i find it amusing that lots of people in washington embraced the character. i find it amusing that many of them pretend it is not really like this. they say it's very cynical. it's a fictional version of our esteemed members of congress. i say it's a little bit disappointing to see that we send people to washington and they don't do their job. it's frustrating to see. that's why i think maybe the show has become so successful because for an american audience or maybeç around the world it is amazing to watch congress get things done. >> that is kevin spacey. in

he said walter white might not be dead, brooke. >> i heard that.ou were like well the body bag wasn't zipped all the way. spoiler alert everyone. ashleigh banfield, thank you, thank you. and just a quick reminder to all of you. the number of democrats is rising by the hour. my next guest said a couple of years ago. >> welcome back. i have breaking news as far as a ford recall here suvs could have steering issues here. it involves 915,000 of the 2008 force escapes and mercury mariners and almost as many ford explorers. make sure you go to cnn.com for this massive recall information. >> you senators al franken. >> he is a veteran of the air force who lives in arizona. he is a president of the naacp and a member of the board of the national naacp. welcome. >> thank you. >> let's begin with just your personal story. you have been dealing with the delays and issues with that va facili facility. tell me what happened. how many times you went to this va facility. what did you not get? >> i quit going to the va facility because the treatment and the way yo

>> before the show ended its six-year run last september, cranston won three emmys for playing walter whiteemistry teacher turned violent drug lord. >> i am not in danger. i am the danger! >> in terms of narrow casting, everybody sees you as that one character. >> it can, if you succumb to that kind of easy out. when malcolm in the middle ended after seven years, i was offered two pilots for tv that were fun, goofy dad. and of course i turned them down. but it was surprised to those people who offered it, because they felt i was perfect for it. and i went, i'm not going to help you put me in a box. >> right. >> where do you as opposed to this came from? >> that's why cranston chose this latest role. it's his first time to broadway and a chance to take on a multidimensional character caught up in the tide of history. cranston said he prepared for the role by visiting the presidential library in austin and reading from the many books there. he also listened to some of the former president's recorded phone conversations. >> he and i are buddies now. he understands politics and i do too. we're

>> now it's like audiences want this gritty, all kind of -- >> they want walter white. >> they want walter white. >> rose: they obviously want francis underwood. >> rose: is this the last year of "house of cards in? >> i hope not. >> rose: you really don't? >> i'm having the time of my life. let me tell you, if there was any dream situation where i would have done a television series and had the kind of collaborative experience i've had with all of our creators and directors that have come on-- and the cast is just extraordinary. it's so much fun because i'm heavily involved in it. i feel, you know, we all grap welit and we talk about it and we discuss it and bo comes up withap idea and i have an idea and he goes away a week later and says your idea is terrible but that led me to this idea this led to this-- it's an a journey we're all on, and the funnest part is there is so much i don't been francis, so much i have to learn about this man. we may reveal it. we may not. but every time i get a script, i'm like, oh, wow, this is interesting. >> rose: what is it he shares request richard iii?

just what fans were started to come to the death of walter white on the abc's michele breaking bad actorg cranston said may be the show's finale wasn't as final as it seemed. in an interview with cnn when asked if there would be a movie or if we'd ever see what to write again cranston said never say never. cranston was also smart and a little bit so he was probably just teasing us all. but even if there isn't a movie that shows spinoff better call saw is set to premiere the to look at what's trending. a few more coming up at the next hour. it's about as video this is an organ bus driver stopped and the middle of his rope rescuing a wondering toddler near a busy intersection this aggression on it and see the camera on board. a little boy was not wearing a diaper and a t-shirt and a bus driver gave him chocolate and cookies while it waited for a social worker to a rise turns out of boys slipped out of his arrest on what is that was sleeping. the think it was saved my dad worked as a short order cook. right here. my parents were immigrants. and they taught me that with hard work, anything i

. -- walter white. is this the last season of "house of cards"? i hope not. if there were any dream situation where i could have the kind of collaborative experience that i want to have an older directors will come on, and the cast, it is so much fun. i am heavily involved in it. we all grapple with it and talk iout it and if it will stop have an idea, and he says it is terrible, but that led me to this idea. there is a remarkable journey that we are all on. -- most fun part about it there are so many things i do not know yet. there's so much i have not had to learn. we may reveal it, we may not. every time i get a script or a scene, i think, this is interesting. obviously, they're both stories about the nature of power. ,t is about how these two men how they're good at being able to create how other people will react. they are 16 moves ahead in the chess game. >> that was lyndon johnson. this question was raised, and i found it interesting. why not film and theater more? one is two-dimensional and one is three-dimensional. >> we have lincoln center live. we

godzilla versus walter white?think you should deliver the knox line to godzilla. >> this summer, only this summer. one man, hizenberg, one monster, godzilla. >> you guys would have been out for lunch together. >> that's so good. that's competely real. >> he honestly should do the movie trailer voices. he really could pull it off. it sounds great. >> a lot of the non-traditional movie theaters are playing the original "godzilla." >> back in the day a guy was in the suit walking around, and now it will be incredible to watch. >> mom's night out, new movie, what did you think? >> this movie really surprised me in the sense of the message it had about how a many moms are. we all know how awesome moms are, but i love the appreciation to moms who have a night out to leave the kids home with the fathers. and everything goes wrong. now, if you get to spend your disbelief, it gets unrealistic at times, but the overall message of how awesome moms are really drives the movie home. i love trace atkins in the movie. sarah drew

quick at changing the formulations that they can get one distribution batch out, and i'm talking walter white language here, they can get one batch out and then as soon as the dea has caught up and at least legislators have tried to configure laws to name them -- >> absolutely, we're talking millions and millions of dollars. >> you're talking about computer technology that's become so cheap and available overseas that these labs are very sophisticated. so how do we respond to it? we come up with these laws. if we have illegal substances, if you make something that it's called an analog, in other words, it's just like a controlled substance, it's illegal. the old system used to be they would have to pass a new law outlining that exact combination of chemicals. they've come up with a way, the states and congress, to try to deal with it. will it be held to be legal by the courts? i don't know. >> you have to be scientific to figure out how much of an endorphin rush you have to mimic. what to you mean by mimicking what a drug can do? >> you watch the aclu jump in on it. they sent a letter to the

he used his walter white voice to record a prom invite for a 17-year-old california boy visiting new the girl said yes. >> then he flew the boy's date and their moms to new york a couple of weekends ago. they attended cranston's current broadway play and couple other shows. truly a nice guy. >> very nice. >>> next up, some of what you will be seeing on abc this coming fall. >> yesterday the network unveiled the fall lineup which includes a dozen new series. one is from "grey's anatomy" producer shanda rymes and it is called "how to get away with murder." it stars viola davis as a law professor. check it out. >> i will not teach you how to study the law or theorize about it but rather how to practice it in a courtroom. like a real lawyer. >> the trailer goes on to promise sex, lies and murder. "how to get away with murder" will air thursday nights at 10:00. >> tuesdays at 8:30 will be a comedy called "manhattan love story." the trailer features a blind date with intermonologue that provides the characters' innermost thoughts. >>> and "whispers" is among the shows that will debut. some

but was that really walter white's final scene?cranston was asked if his character could show up in a movie or somewhere else ever again. his answer, never say never. ron was worried i would have a spoiler alert. >> yeah. you know? >> you walked over to ask if i was going to ruin this for you. i would never do that. >> isn't it great? it's amazing. >> really good. >> i wish i was you, seeing it for the first time. but i've seen it five times. >> i wish i were you. >>> and lots of us were excited to hear that nia vardalos, the quiter and star of "my big fat greek wedding" is working on a sequel. no one is more excited with the news than one woman, whose son, angelo, just had to share her reaction. >> oh, i love this. i really love this. get out of here. you make me nuts. are you serious? second? second? >> yes. >> this is going to beat all of the other movies can go to hell. >> she'll have to wait. we don't know when the hit is actually coming out. but how great is that woman? >> someone's reaction to the second one. as much enthusi

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i never saw less of the character walter white brian henson says never say never. as about the fact there is no body bags seen at than the series there are questions about whether the character really died at cranston having his best not meantime medical cells in the works. man accused of hitting brad pitt at been fired from his job working with ukrainian tv station who was covering even money rushed to start to could face misdemeanor battery charges are on probation after similar stunned during 2013 grammy awards won a grab the microphone from the bill before it picks up the door bread pit granted emergency protective order against it. carmichael's offstage on a concert in new hampshire us i can't decide band membership to seven senate i called her late suffered from up the sort of extremely low blood sugar is heating carex on the scene for fast action. continues on kron 4 insider at 7 followed by entertainment tonight at 730. looking live from roof cannot the downtown san francisco and the head of some cloud cover low clouds it cannot peeled back off the coastlin

bryan cranston allowed walter white to live once more. >> if you don't go to the prom with stefan, theould you go to prom with me? >> guess what maddie said? she said yes. bryan krcranston took things on step further. he flew the couple and their families to new york for an all expense paid trip and got to see him perform in "lbj" on broadway. we love him. >>> the wreckage from a blackship vessel may have been found off the coast of haiti. they used columbus' diary to locate the remnants of the ship. the santa maria hit off the coast. the nina and pinta made it back but disappeared. >> "think like a freak" offers to retrain your brain to tackle problems in a fresh way. stephen dubner and steven levitt join us. what is different in this book? >> the first two were us describing the world in our weird way, fun way, we like to think. then we thought, wouldn't it be nice to help people, whether it's families solving their problems or governments which god knows need as lot of help these days. we tried to put our thinking in rules and parables to live by. when i stay steven, how do you know

during five years playing chemistry teacher turned meth kingpin walter white on breaking bad emmy winneramous for the line -- i am the danger. right. cranston is facing danger in the new movie godzilla portraying a scientist trying to warn the people around him. take a look. >> i wanted to talk to somebody in charge. not you. no, not you. i'm done talking to you. all right. >> you're looking at me now in a fish tank, right. that's fine. i know what happened here. you tell everybody that this is a death zone but it's not. you're lying because what's really happening is that you're hiding something out there. i'm right. aren't i. >> bryan cranston, good morning. you go from one form of crazy to another. >> i'm telling you. and the schedule i have now on broadway is crazier. >> you were up until 2:00 in the morning. you look great. fantastic. >> serious? >> i didn't mean to bring it up like that. >> you turned this role down at first. what made you reconsider? >> well, i was coming off of breaking bad and didn't know that doing a godzilla movie would be the best choice for me. but i was con

maybe he could be walter white, godzilla. i would pay to see that. this summer, only this summer.how. >> can you tell we haven't watched that show? >> i thought i watched the beginning of a new buddy movie. are you going to fight crime together? >> i saw him on broadway. he's incredible on broadway. the movie opens up next friday, i'll have the full review for in a next friday morning. >> what about kevin spacey "house of cards"? >> kevin spacey plays frank underwood. he based that clark off richard iii from shakespeare, which is incredible. >> was he the house minority leader? this show obviously has two seasons. it's available on netflix, incredible show. he plays an incredible character. i wanted to know when you play character like this and visit washington, d.c., does it change the way you view dc? this is what he said. >> i find it amusing that lots of people in washington embraced the character and the series. i find it interesting that they say it's not like this. they say it's cynical and of course it's a fictional version of our esteemed members of congress. it's a littl

white house. barbara walters and the crew from nbc and the today show among the media people there.many celebrities, as well. it is still about an hour and 20 minutes or so until the beginning of the program when the president arrives and the program begins. about 7:50 or so. the initial speaking program at 8:00. said to speaka is at 10:15. lots of celebrities, lots of politicians. a guy dressed up as uncle sam went by a short while ago. we are watching what you are seeing. there he is now, as a matter of fact. ... to is there. it is always the strangest, most eclectic crowd. the meyers who has hosted correspondents dinner in the past. mchalechale -- joel tweeting himself. he said is going to be painful. we spoke to him a couple of days ago as a gimmick to washington to get set for the dinner. the meaningout what of the dinner was outside of the capital. >> i think it is cool that it is allowing other folks into the world of politics and who cover politics. you see the number of people who are interested in it and things like that and i think that can be interesting. i hear a lot of

even walter white was a wounded bird in "breaking bad." >> nothing like that.ralia? >> australia with two english parents. it's actually turned into a beg mess. but it's strange whenever i'm with lance because we play partners in "crisis," so we spend lot of time together. when i see you, i feel like i should be speaking in an american accent. >> is it hard? hard or easy to pick up the accent? >> i have an excellent coach. who teaches me. it was a little tricky at first because i'm from the country. >> she's great at it because i forget. >> really? >> then she goes into her accent. wait a minute. >> it's so creepy. >> but look at these two as an on-screen pairing. that's something "crisis" has going for it, pairing. you don't see this color combination. exactly. >> what are we working here? 1% body fat? he's tore up underneath that vest in there. i can see he's very fit. >> i got to get back in the gym. >> he eats like a 12-year-old. >> i don't want to hear this. >> it's these guys. >> i eat everything. anything and everything. you work out. you eat and then yo

walters. climate change is here affecting our daily lives and the white house issues a damming report calling for urgent action. >> an armed group in nigeria claims it abducted even more girls. >> how those flash lights on guns are causing police to make deadly mistakes. >> all those cold winters and extreme draughts and tornados and flooding are no accidents. that is a report released from the white house. we are to blame and the climate change is a danger and the use of fossil fuels have a consequence in all parts of the country. >> as the president said in the state of the union... >> we have to act with more unjen si. the climate is hurting us. >> the brand new report is supporting his case and pushing the assessment more than ever before. >> it is the most important source of scientific information about climate change and impacting all regions of the united states. >> climate change is impacting the american people, says the people, weather events are more frequent and intense, from the heat waves to the downpours and draught in the west to floods in the east and the report warns that t

of course there's barbara walters. the whites gone mainstream hollywood. that wasn't always the case as long time hilton employees will tell you it was a lot different when it all got started. so listen to cnn's eric mcpike. >> lids a your honor s >> lady and gentlemen, it is my distinct privilege to introduce to you the president of the united states. >> reporter: who started as a party of 50 is now the hottest night in d.c. when did it explode. >> 1993 but it was because it was bill clinton's first dinner. they had a very large hollywood following. they wanted to be at the dinner. >> and then barack obama had an even bigger hollywood following. >> huge. >> the woman who has pulled it off for 22 years, julia wiston, mother of four daughters. >> which was harder any one of those four weddings or barack obama's first dinner, obama's first dinner. >> that sky rocketing popularity red to the executive chef's most memorable moment. >> the biggest surprise was a few years ago seeing a couple hundred people walk through the kitchen an

. >> one of russia's -- couple of sights from the white house correspondents dinner. barbara walterse upper left of her screen, airian in a huffington. willie. and tebow. and usa today's favorite picture of al roker. >> doggie heaven. >> i feed -- >> i was going to see -- i'll give up my time. >> i was going to say i lost a friend today, my glasses. i got tri focal contact lenses and i can't see anything. i pulled a beckle. i hit my head on a massage parlor door on saturday. >> not a happy >> it's tuesday, may 6th. leading the charts cge the congressman leading the benghazi investigation. how he plans to find out what the white house knew and when they knew it. >> a small plane plunges into a house ripping right through the roof. the incredible ending to this crash that is truly a miracle. >> perfect aim from 12 toot b-fl fields away from your first shot. we are putting smart technology to the test. "fox & friends first" starts right pm9húnow. ♪ >> good morning. you are watching "fox & friends first" on this tuesday morning. i am heather childers. thank you so much for starting your

. >> one of russia's -- couple of sights from the white house correspondents dinner. barbara waltershe upper left of her screen, airian in a huffington. willie. and tebow. and usa today's favorite picture of al roker. >> doggie heaven. >> i feed -- >> i was going to see -- i'll give up my time. >> i was going to say i lost a friend today, my glasses. i got tri focal contact lenses and i can't see anything. i pulled a beckle. i hit my head on a massage parlor door on saturday. >> not a happy ending. >> "special report" next. >>> house republicans call it their best shot at getting answers on benghazi. democrats laugh it off as election year politics. this is "special report." >>> good evening, i'm bret baier. the house select committee to investigate what happened in benghazi on september 11th, 2012 is starting to take shape. leaving the white house and democrats on capitol hill with a dilemma. whether to cooperate or boycott the effort completely. >>> house

. >> walter "big foot" farmer's involvement in the white supremacist gang, the aryan brotherhood, eventually landed him in the pelican bay shu. but that didn't end his loyalty to his gang. >> of course, you have to earn your bone, which basically means you have to earn your blood in, blood out. you know, and i got my assignment and went after that. >> and what was the assignment? >> it was to take out an individual that was on the hit list for the aryan brotherhood. >> and who was that person, and what did it involve? was he a rival gang or -- >> no, he was a white guy. he wasn't an asset to us as a gang or he wasn't an asset to his own race. and he was just a headache. >> most shu inmates are single-celled. but due to overcrowding, that's not always possible. a circumstance farmer used to his advantage. >> i moved in with the guy to take him out. >> and when you say he was taken out, what happened? did you personally -- >> my job was to go in there and kill him. and i went in there with the intention of killing him, but i stabbed him several times and the damn knife bent. we used a knee bra

walter reed. >> three years ago, gavin white graduated from this academy. he then served in afghanistan. like the soldier who is came before him, gavin was in a foreign land, helping people he'd never met, putting himself in harm's way for the sake of his community and his family back home. gavin lost one of his legs in an attack. i met him last year at walter reed. he was wounded, but just as determined as the day that he arrived here at west point and he developed a simple goal. today, his sister morgan will graduate. and true to his promise, gavin will be there to stand and exchange salutes with her. >> it has been more than seven years since "the washington post" broke that story. but now, the mention of walter reed in a presidential speech, that name, that phrase, no longer conveys a sense of terrible american failure and outrage. instead, those words in context now convey, as they should, that a soldier was in a place because he was grievously wounded in wartime, but he got good care. he got state of the art care. that's what walter reed means to us today. but alongside that succes

. >> pelley: thomas walter is the one in the long white beard. >> boehner: yes. >> pelley: the scenesan hard work and ingenuity. and 180 feet below, 21st century citizens look up at washington rising at the center of the city laid down by him and urban planner pierre l'enfant. >> ayers: look how l'enfant laid out this city with these radiating streets-- maryland and pennsylvania and new jersey and delaware. >> pelley: the capitol right in the center... >> ayers: right in the middle. >> pelley: ...and everything proceeds from here. >> ayers: and you put the capitol atop this hill. and that's how you create this iconic symbolism. >> pelley: it was a symbol for the whole nation that the union would endure. now, your job is to make the dome endure. up here, you can see what is hidden from a distance. the dome is falling apart. your guys bring in pieces into the office and say, "hey, boss, here's what i found"? >> ayers: you can see the level of rust behind it that is just eating away at the cast iron. >> pelley: even worse, there are more than 1,300 serious cracks in the dome. architect s

white house. barbara walters and the crew from nbc and the today show are among the media people there. is still about one hour and 20 minutes until the beginning of the program, where the president arrives and the program begins. andix: -- 7:50 or so, president obama is set to speak at 10:15. joel mchale at 10:40 eastern or so. celebrities, lots of politicians, a guy dressed up as uncle sam came by a short while ago. on c-span chat we are watching what you are seeing. there he is now. duck dynasty" is there. always the strangest crowd. seth meyers, who has hosted the correspondents dinner in the past. looking forward to join mchale at the white house correspondents dinner tonight. jo mckale tweeting -- thank you, seth meyers. just trying to fill your shoes. it will be painful, though, i am a size 13. we spoke to jill mckale -- joel mchale. he talked about what he thought the meaning of the dinner was outside the nation's capital. >> for people outside it is cool that it is kind of allowing other folks into the world of politics, who cover politics. you see the number of people who are

michael, savannah, georgia, bill, you forgot to tell barbara walters she succeeded all these years because of whiteasm noted. lauren cohen, johnson city, new york. my daughter heard jews killed jesus. i would like to teach her the real story. "the last days of jesus" are for her. the truth will get around in johnson city. george tennessee, bill, i could not resist your offer to renew my billoreilly.com membership. thanks for the free book, pen and tote. our best deal for new premium members and veterans i mean, veterans. you're a smart guy to snap it up. if you would like signed books, here is my pen, i'm signing them. get the orders in right now. this weekend, as well. >>> factor tip of the day, telling the truth to the media. i criticized beyonce for putting out product that's not good for children, especially young girls when they idolize her. so when beyonce's sister attacked her husband in an elevator, entertainment tonight asked me what i thought. >> what was your reaction to the video? >> when i saw the video, i felt sad. i felt sad for all the people involved. it's voyeurism. the world love

but given that at least officially barbara walters is retiring and she's an institution, i would like to offer her the congratulations of everyone here at the whiteluding president obama, and the first lady. >> and barbara walters is not really retiring. amy walter is back with us to talk about a legend, barbara walters. just what she means to all of us in journalism, all of us women. she was the first here at nbc for years on the "today" show, when the male anchor said she could not ask the first, second, third or fourth question, she had to wait with big interviews to ask questions. >> we can't even imagine that time, right? the ron burgundy store in real life happening, but a woman, how could that be? >> ron burgundy was modeled after one of the anchor men i worked with. so there are still tales to be told. but barbara, even last week, was involved in the sterling case, getting an exclusive interview. and she's going to be, of course, on "the view" wrapping it all up tomorrow. but such a celebration of a career. she would -- you know, begin and sadat, all the big interviews, from that to, as you mentioned, to kim kardashian. >> i had the pleas

. >>> joining me, former white house communications director amy dunn, amy walter, and cnn crossfire now we're hearing one of the castro brothers -- one is already a congressman. this one we're talking about is currently the mayor of san antonio, is probably going to come to washington and become housing secretary. i bring you henry cisneros, once also thought of as an up-and-comber who said to cnn about castro, it's a lot more likely he can get oven that ticket, meaning as a vice presidential contender, from the national office than the mayor's job. he will grow into a national caliber talent. we all thought that. he wants to take a job so he'll look as a number two on the ticket. what strikes you about this news? >> i guess the fact that we're talking now about 2016 when we talk about the national ticket. we're talking about the democratic party that has succeeded in part because of its ability to attract minority voters and women, and we know there's one woman who is potentially on the top of the ticket. who could it be, if not her and who could a running mate be? there are not ma

white house. he discussed several issues including the situation in ukraine that is the retirement of barbara walters. i was e-mailing with a colleague of hers who told me that she has interviewed every president and first lady since richard nixon and has been on television for more than five decades. and claims she is retiring on friday. i don't believe it. i expect we will be giving an interview request within weeks but given that at least officially barbara walters is retiring i would like to offer her congratulations of everyone here at the white house including president obama and the first lady. one more item on a much more somber note. it's a statement for me that you will be receiving in your inboxes about the turkish mining collapse. our thoughts and prayers are with the people of turkey today in the wake of a coal mine explosion in soma in which some 200 have been killed and hundreds more remain trapped. on behalf of the american people we extend our heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims and their best wishes for the safe exit of the remaining miners. turkey is a close and lo

walters. climate change is here affecting our daily lives and the white house issues a damming report calling for urgent action. >> an armed group in nigeria claims it abducted even more girls. >> how those flash lights on guns are causing police to make deadly mistakes.

walters vs. me one last time. those reports after these messages. whiteider segment tonight. >> we look into the faces of nearly 3,000 innocent souls, men and women, and children of every race, every creed, from every corner of the world we can touch their names and hear their voices. >> and a personal note, where i live on long island, scores, scores of men and women were killed at the world trade center. and their children are frrchedz of my children. i see them every day. i knowed profound effects this terror attack took. i support a charity called tuesday's children out on rhode island which helps these kids. some of whom have never gotten over this i appreciated the president coming today joining us is chief white house reporter ed henry. >> one of the most chilling parts of this is voice mails some people on the planes that they knew were likely to crash. they were being hijacked and people didn't know whether they were going to live or not. i heard one of the recordings from a man who left a recording for his wife and it's just chilling because he

walters. these are the stories we are following for you. a meeting of the minds with german and the white house. and russia calling for an emergency meeting of the un security council. and a massive mud slide in afghanistan, the death toll could be in the thousands. ♪ >>> they stand united. that was the word from washington today as the president and germany's chancellor briefed reporters on the white house lawn. it was the first visit by angela merkel to the white house in three years, the two leaders discussing a wide range of issues talking about the crisis in ukraine and the nsa spy scandal that reported that perhaps her phone might have been tapped by the nsa. libby casey joins us by phone. and they seemed to be speaking from the same script. >> that's right, del. and one of the goals of this would be to portray a united front. the question is where do these countries go from here in terms of sanctions. even the new round of sanctions took a while to hammer out. and you could tell there are some differences when it comes to germany's goals and the u.s. goals in terms of how deep sanc

>>> welcome to al jazerra america, i al del walters these are the stories that we are following for you. climate change is happening now. the white house saying that every part of the country is affects. the president now vowing to take action. plus new claims of more girls being kidnapped in nigeria, we'll be talking to a minister who is trying to stop the violence. and casting doubts about ukraine, russia's foreign minister saying the upcoming elections there will be a no go. ♪ ♪ >>> we are to blame a report just release ed by the white house saying that what we are doing is behind those cold winters, the extreme droughts, the tornadoes and flooding we have all suffered through. the bottom line climate change say presents-day danger. the report saying that our use of fossil fuels is already having a severe effect on every part of the country. >> reporter: as the president said in his state of the union address this year. >> we have to act with more urgency. because the change in climate is already harming western communities struggling with drought. and coastal cities dealing with floods. >> reporter: now a brand-new report on

♪ ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to al jazerra america, i al del walters these are the stories that we are following for you. climate change is happening now. the whitet of the country is affects. the president now vowing to take action. plus new claims of more girls being kidnapped in nigeria, we'll be talking to a minister who is trying to stop the violence. and casting doubts about ukraine, russia's foreign minister saying the upcoming elections there will be a no go. ♪ ♪

thing that i saw and i've seen it with every sports team that comes to the white house is, the work that they do, visiting walterhesda, doing work with military families. in fact, to help announce their draft picks this month, the seattle seahawks selected jeff baker who is a seahawks' fan but also a veteran of iraq in afghanistan and a proud sergeant in the u.s. army to make that draft pick because they want to make a signal that we love our sports, our football. that is fun and games but this is the competition that counts. these are the real heroes. you see america's gratitude every time i present a veteran of afghanistan with our nation's highest military decoration, the medal of honor. we bestow that medal on an individual. but every time, every time that we bestow that medal, whoever is the recipient says he accept it is on behalf of the whole team and everybody who bears the uniform of the american armed forces and when those sicitatio are read, everybody stops and listens and they are stirred by the sacrifice that you render for each other and all of us. so i'm here to say thank you and i'm here to say h

one thing that i saw and i have seen in every sports team that comes to the white house is the work that they do visiting walterdoing work with military families. in fact, to help announce their draft picks, the seahawks selected jeff baker, who is a seahawks fan, and also a veteran of iraq and afghanistan, and a proud sergeant in the u.s. army to make that draft pick because they wanted to send a signal that we love our sports, we love our football. that's fun and games, but this is the competition that counts. every time the recipient says he accepts it on behalf of the whole team, and everybody who wears the uniform of the american armed forces and when those citations are read, americans across the country stop and listen, and they're stirred by the sacrifices you render for each other and for all of us. i'm here to say thank you and how proud i am of you, and i'm here to say how proud i am of your families because in some ways -- in ways large and small -- their sacrifice, just leak yours. i'm also here because after more than a decade of war, we're in -- the last year marked a major milestone. for the fir

white house. >>> she's interviewed everybody, she's asked every question imaginable and some we could never imagine and now they tell us barbara walterss retiring, and you can't blame any of us for not really believing it. on the "view today" they got the past hosts together and there was a big shin dig for barbara here in new york last night. she was here at nbc, of course, for 15 years. we've always claimed her as our own. she's 84 and on a pace to out live us all. >>> "the new york times" made front page news on its own front page. the executive editor of the newspaper for the last three years was dismissed yesterday and the paper's managing editor dean has been appointed to the top job. abramson was the first on the job and he's the first african american to lead the paper. >>> general motors launched another massive recall, this time another 2.7 million vehicles following the 2.6 million recalled because of ignition switches. a slew of brands from corvette to malibus to cadillacs. the company is moving fast on one very serious recall, some owners of now 2015 pickups and chevy tahoes were notified today by overnight mail their tru