thank you, warner brothers, for taking me inside. green sound stage, they're waiting with beated bret for this certification from the green building council. they should know by the end of the year. some of the green measures, yes, they are very costly up front but they say they really do pay of long term. >>> so who gets to attend michael jackson's memorial service? thousands of people are finding out right now. check your e-mail. >>> plus could there be a national day of mourning for the pop icon? we will tell you who's calling for that honor. sedgwick. >>> happening right now, questions swirling today about what caused this disney monroral in orlando, florida. it happened about 2:00 this morning. a 21-year-old operator was killed. the disney world monorail system normally carries 150,000 passengers a day. >>> honduran troops have seized control of the main airport in the capital just hours ahead of what could be a dramatic showdown. ousted president manuel zelaya is vowing to fly home. honduras's interim government says his plane

at warner brothers, green is focused on a different kind.he front seat of the solar powered golf cart, shelly is driving the studio's environmentally charged. >> when you do make television shows and films you have a lot of material. >> her job is to look behind-the-scenes for the way warner brothers can reduce impact on the environment. her latest project, stage 23, the first green sound stage, harvested lumbar on set and energy efficient lighting from above. >> the perimeter lights, catwalk lights, we have some cooling technology that uses nighttime cooling for the data rooms. so we're really focused on reducing energy use. >> we face a convergence ever cry serks all of which are concern for life. >> sometimes this green message takes center stage on the silver screen in document years like leonardo dicaprio "11th hour." "siriano" was the first film to be climate neutral. >> i try to have the smallest carbon footprint that i can. >> even the stars are playing lead roles in reducing their environmental impact. on the set her crew has barred

warner brothers delayed the planned release from last november to this summer to try and boost revenue. how did that pay off? >> i think it totally paid off. they had midnight screenings wednesday, 12:01 that earned $22.2 million. just in midnights. that's a record. that beat the "dark knight's" midnight screenings. interestingly enough, this is the same week that warners opened "the dark knight" last year to such great success. this is a magic, no pun intended, a maj date for warner brothers and harry potter. 2001 these films started out. j.k. rowling, the books. i personally wasn't a huge fan of the earlier movies. look at this. $4.5 billion worldwide in box office, not even included "harry potter 6." >> like you said a minute ago, she doesn't have to do anything for the rest of her life. j.k. rowling will maybe do more. >> i think warners would love it if she did because what they've done, there's one more book but two more movies. they wisely split it into two. now they get more bang for their buck. by the time this franchise is finished, all eight movies, they could be looking at

this is a magic, no pun intended, a man i guess date for warner brothers and harry potter. >> what a franchise. >> it's amazing. 2001, these films started out. j.k. rowling, the books, the whole thing. i wasn't a huge fan of those earlier movies. now, $4.5 billion worldwide in box office. not even including harry potter vi. >> unbelievable. like you said in the commercial break, she doesn't have to do anything for the rest of her life, j.k. rowling will maybe do more? >> i think warner would love it if she did. what they've done is now there's one more book, but there's two more movies. they wisely split it into two. now they get more bang for their buck. and potentially by the time this franchise is finished, all eight movies, they could be looking at over $7 billion in worldwide revenue. >> unbelievable. "the half-blood prince" had a budget of $250 million. another $155 million to market. what about other releases this summer? "burnout" took in a lot. not all the buzz is positive. >> that's the thing. "bruno," it's such an acquired taste. $30 million its opening weekend. it opened

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warner brothers said to be furious with reynolds for missing the chance to promote the green lantern at this very important gathering. >>> elsewhere, aren't some things better left alone? is there a big hunger out there for 1959 surf movie gij et? miley cyrus is said to be on board, and reports zac efron will play her love interest into is joan rivers just too cranky for live tv? she dropped an f-bomb again and stormed off a local sacramento show yesterday morning. >>> this comes from wcmh 4 in columbus, ohio, where a century-old tradition took shape out of butter. since 1903 the ohio state fair commissioned a butter cow. this one pays contributory duty butte to the ones who make it possible, the dairy farmers. 1,800 pounds of farmer, a family of farmers, veterinarian and a prized cow standing ready for this year's fair. >>> this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> it is very tropical outside. it feels very muggy. we ma

right next to warner brothers studios. >> now, how did it end up there? we thought it was in berry gordy's family crypt. >> it was at first. there were the threats of michael's body being stolen. notes being thrown over the fence. so they moved the body. >> this, while the neighborhood surrounding neverland is in an uproar. neighbors are promising a legal war. if the jackson brothers' plans materialize and a burial theme park is planted there. out to the lines. to maya in illinois. hi, maya. >> caller: hi, nancy. love your show. i have a -- i was wondering, i have a theory on why michael put the masks on the children. maybe it wasn't just to be odd. but maybe so that the nanny could take them to public places and they wouldn't be noticed so they could have a childhood? >> well, i mean, you kind of stick out like a sore thumb when you walk into target with an elaborate face mask on. however, it was my understanding, out to ken baker, executive news editor with e!, that he did that to hide their faces so their faces would not be publicized. >> yeah, he didn

that's another example about hollywood and warner brothers coming home for well over a decade and shepossible? >> you look at a movie like leather heads and they don't work at the box office. they are very star friendly and willing to indulge a writer and director, he said not for us. we have to go with the big harry potter. >> they are great friends and the competition begins whochlt gets the baseball movie out first. thank you very much. when we come back, a new way of calling a bottom. we will show you what we mean in a moment. >> you have to stick around for this. the marks in the meantime lower by 42 pots. the s&p off by about three. is all we humans get. we spend them tadmills. we spend thein traffic. and if we get lucky, really lucky, it dawns on us to gopend them in a world e a simple sunrise can still be magic. twenty-five thousa mornings. make sure some of th are pure michigan. yo trip begins at michin.org. what does that mean to a surfing ceo? ummmm, tsunami in ah... surfing is sort a thrilling prospect, but, a tsunami in busine is ah, kind of terrifyg ... and you have to w

warner brothers essentially says, look, it's a movie. come on. studio agreed to remove one line from its ad. >> it must be hard to love an adopted child as much as your own. think that was probably a good idea to take that one out. christians alliance for orphans launched a website, orphans deserve better. they want warner brothers to contribute a portion of proceeds to the group. congress is weighing in. floor andrew from louisiana and five are her house and senate colleagues have written a letter to filmmakers asking them to depict foster children in the u.s. in a more realistic and boring manner. >> one is the responsibility of the entertainment industry and the portrayal of various classes of people, black, white, short, tall, skinny, whatever. that's what we're talking about here. the appropriate response if you don't like the characterization. are you there, jonathan? we have this exact conversation or a version about bruno. talking about gay lifestyle this and gay lifestyle that. enough with the gay lifestyle. >> terminology. >> it was bri

warner brothers debuting its signature rabbit in the feature "wild hare" and would later provide inspiration real life theatrics with dick cheney in the role of elmer fudd. on that note let's play "oddball." we begin at sloppy joe's bar in key west, florida where beer soaked beards can only mean one thing. an ernest hemingway look alike contest. in fact it's the ernest hemingway look alike contest held annually at one of the writer's old haunts. the competition is stiff and so are the drinks but with 139 participants vying for the title there can only be one winner. david douglas of texas. crediting his fisherman's sweater for his victory mr. douglas says his literary ambitions are limited to check writing. >>> to the philippines, time to check up on the prison population there as "oddball's" celebrity tribute monday continues. these convicts obviously have way, way too much time on their hands since they've choreographed yet another homage to michael jackson. with multiple cameras and costumes complete with gloves it lacks some of the original whimsy their first hit "thriller" garnered but

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and, arists and people like chuck jones, the great director, warner brothers cartoons. and maurice sendac, the great author and illustrator and they got together to try and create a curriculum for the tv show. think about that for a minute. children's television up to that point was mostly about, can a cartoon cat out wit a cartoon mouse and here you have $8 million riding on this show, with a group of eggheads, working side by side, with a group of professional television producers, a very strange marriage to say the least. but, the two sides really got to respect each other. and from that they did create a curriculum. and they did create a plan to use research to build the show. little focus groups of preschoolers. and to use research after the show aired, to measure the efficacy of the teaching efforts. it was in every sense an experiment. and joan ganz cooney was the great master behind that experiment. and she gets a lot of credit for "sesame street" and it is owed her. but, she would tell you, it wasn't her alone. not at all. it was an incredible ensemble. a confl

recent book is "one second after" it is a novel but also being made into a motion picture from warner brothers. the subject is america after an electromagnetic pulse attack. thank you for being here. i am afraid there are many people watching who perhaps don't know what and electromagnetic pulse attack is or would be. maybe you explain that he was sure. emp is a shorthand for electromagnetic pulse. first realized it was tested in the sixties before we go further i know this sounds like science fiction. so you in the audience and folks watching this later if this sounds like science fiction go on to the internet and google emp and here are some of the things you should look up and was the american test of designating a weapon in space which blew out a fair part of the power grid in hawaii also does so be a test 184 and finally also look up the carrington event which was triggered by a solar storm. to go back to answer your question emp, a electromagnetic pulse a byproduct of detonating a nuclear weapon. here is a scenario that is terrifying for me with relationship to america the debt and a wea

picture playing a wolf but soon became such a big star in silent movies well the legend he saved warner brothersrom bankruptcy and although he died in 1932 his grandson in the 1950's tv series went right on answering the call. >> lassie! >> but why is he buried here? >> because rin tin tin was born in france. >> uh-huh. it was during world war one that a young corporal named frank duncan found a liter of pups in a bombed out farmhouse. he took one of them back to the states and, well, i don't have enough time to go into the whole story anyway you know how it all turns out what gets me though is this is a major figure of american culture, why hasn't he got a marker as good as kiki or bong ga or tipsy this one, look at this, a pinwheel! at least this one turns. >> i mean this dog story, really ought to have a better ending.g lassie! >> osgood: ahead bob barker. sb@ if we don't act, medical bills will wipe out their savings. if we don't act, she'll be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. and he won't get the chemotherapy he needs. if we don't act, health care costs will rise 70%. an

it was also -- it is a novel but it is also being made into a motion picture from warner brothers. its subject is america after an electromagnetic pulse attack. thank you for being here. it's a pleasure to see you. i'm afraid there are many people who do not know what an electromagnetic pulse attackñrs would be. maybe we start with you explaining that. >> sure. emp is shorthand for electromagnetic pulse. it's a byproduct of any detonation of a nuclear weapon. first realized with some testing in the '60s. i know this sounds like sci-fi so you in the audience, folks watching this later, if this sounds like sci-fi, this evening go on the internet, google up emp, go to wikipedia, here's a couple of other things you should look up. starfish crime which was the american test in 1962 of detonating a weapon in space which blew out a fair part of the power grid in hawaii. also look up soviet test 184. and then finally if you want to look at a complete different aspect of emp, look up the carington of that which was triggered by a solar storm. now, to go back to your question, it's byproduct

his autobiography, and sleeping with the devil were the basis for 2005 academy award winning warner brothers system, siranna and george clooney got best supporting actor award. you can correct this, for the film cleaney gained weight in order to play you. [laughter] you can correct this when you come up here. >> [inaudible]. >> you get a response, okay. when you heard this you immediately started a working out project to see if you could bring that back down. okay. thomas powers, who is one of the finest writers on intelligence matters, comment on bob's most recent book, which is the one which is on sale now, theville we know, dealing with the new iranian superpower. he said the most important and original book on the middle east to appear in many years. this is a book mccain and obama should ponder. this book, will be available for signing as well as a couple of other of bob's books in the back, after the, after the panel. bob, just stand up for a minute so i get a quick recognition. welcome to this fine museum. [applause] let me make one request, by the way. as you can see, we have the pre

and warner brothers agreed to wait a year for her. year to wait for her. ♪ i got that thing that you need ♪ >> could somebody else play that role? of course, somebody could have. but nobody better. ♪ the queen of the nile the queen of the nile ♪ >> talked about different actors playing the role. "i will always love you" was not going to be the song of "the bodyguard." it was going to be "what becomes of a broken heart." during that year wait, that song came out in another movie. and i thought, i didn't want to duplicate that. ♪ and i >> dolly's song was a song that i always really, really loved. and, you know, truth be told, the musical side of her camp was really unsure about this little country song. ♪ if i should stay i would only be in your way ♪ >> when we decided that it would be a cappella for the movie, well, it will never play on the radio with this a cappella thing front. i said i don't really care. but i wouldn't be so sure about that. >> reporter: and the song wasn't the only long shot. ere was also a question there, about

he left warner brothers. and i felts that the way to go.ways written or co-written my songs and was in control of my sound and look. but going independent was taken it to the next level. in fact for it today it's really the thing the artists are doing. they're going independent and self-released. and it's more work, but i enjoy it. and to still be able to make the music that i love and that i'm proud of and without having to end up doing something that is like oh, my gosh, i can't believe i'm singing that kind of song. >> you don't have a record company boss looking over your shoulder, saying you have to do this or that. >> right. yeah. >> and let's talk about the r.ovak e tonight you're doing a number songs from that. you're going ododo one for us. >> 'mi going to be doing candle light today which is my current single and my current album is the makeover, which initially was released exclusively to the virgin megastore chain and at itunes and digital universe and we just did a global distribution deal with ada based in london and so an int

warner brothers, which releases releases the books in the united states, hope harry still carries somethe old box office magic. get all your business news on cnbc, now celebrating its 20th year. >> coming up next on "news 4 today," we'll have the morning's top sports stories, an update on the weather as well. steve says the humid it is making a return, but i think you'll like what's ahead. >>> nasa will try again to launch the space shuttle "endeavour" tonight after severe weather forced saturday's scheduled launch to be delayed. this is video that was recorded fray night of several lightning strikes near "endeavour's" launch pad. technicians found no damage but need another day to check the shuttle's systems. the crew is scheduled to finish assembly of a japanese laboratory on the international space station when they finally get up into space. >>> looks pretty this morning. >> yeah, they had to cancel it because of the bad weather. we'll see things improve today. >> yep. >> and today we're going to have a fine day. >> i know. improvements for us today. >> in the sense that the humidi

gretchen: warner brothers has apologized for appearing insensitive. it said the movie is fiction.for that and i had the same reaction. it is really a disservice to people who adopt children. steve: one of my children is here. he is the youngest correspondent for fox news, covering things affecting college kids. you have some news on how parents can save big money. >> in this country, the unemployment rate is almost 10%. one of the most heartbreaking things that you hear is that parents are having a hard time affording college for their kids. i have found out something kids are doing right now to help their families save big bucks on tuition. >> she is in summer school for a reason. >> saving roughly $15,000 in tuition. >> he is also taking summer school classes. >> probably saved me $40,000, including housing and meal plans. >> how do they save thousands? by graduating early, cramming four years into three. others are going to summer school at a local community college, where it is cheaper. >> i am getting two classes here for about $1,100. it is more than half off. >> across the

warner brothers says that it is considering adding a pro-adoption message at the end of the film whent on dvd. wolf? >> thanks very much, fred. we'll get back to you. >>> black police officers fighting to shut down what they say is a racist website. now they've filed a civil rights website against their own department. and tracking down the world's most wanted terrorists? what are the rules for the u.s. military and the the u.s. mili and the cia. how far are they willing to go? stay with us. you are in "the situation room." choose the brake service u that's right for you. and save 50% on pads and shoes. meineke. >>> defense secretary, robert gates, says more u.s. troops could be sent to afghanistan if the new commander says he needs them. gat gat gat gates adds, he isn't expecting an increase in the forces. bob is just back from afghanistan. i am deeply worried and i am sure you are about what's happening in afghanistan. the u.s. is pouring in more and more troops. is there light at the end of the tunnel? >> they haven't fixed it. the war continues. i think it is something that obama