>> and he tried to break a twinkie eating record on "wendy williams show" she gives us the results and latest to the crew side. >> the response to the save the twinkie crusade has been pretty overwhelming. >> to the tring kis. >> i have a video that's been passed around on the internet quite a bit the last few days. i have to warn you it is pretty graphic and also pretty hard to watch. police were called to a karls junior in monterey park, an area in southern california, on monday, around 9:30 a.m., because a man was inside kind of casually breaking windows with something that kind of looked like a crowbar. you see the guy come from inside the restaurant, walking out and the police are instructing him to put down the crowbar and he is ignoring their commands. so, they then dec taiz the guy. the taizer apparently has no affect on the guy. you can hear the guys who are shooting this say it hit him in the face. you almost see the guy go and pull the barbs out of his face. >> right in his face. >> right op his face. >> oh! >> you see the man sort of lunge at one of the officers. a second o

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. >>> talk show host wendy williams is determined to save the twinkie after the hostess company filed. she invited world champion eater kobayashi to come and eat twinkies i twinkies in one minute with nothing to drink. >> he ate 14 in one minute. four more than the previous record. he holds the current world record for eating hot dogs. 69 of them in ten minutes. and turkey, 7 1/2 pounds of turkey in ten minutes. i don't know how he does it. >> we need to send him some antacids. >> i could throw up just watching that. >> don't do it. not yet. >>> for some of you, your local news is next. local news is next. -one. -two. -three. -one. two. three. one. -two. -three. -one. -two. -three. [ male announcer ] with the bankamericard cash rewards credit card, earn 1% cash back everywhere, every time. 2% back on groceries. and 3% back on gas. automatically. no hoops to jump through. -it's as easy as...1. -two. -three. [ male announcer ] 1, 2, 3 percent cash back for the things you buy most. the bankamericard cash rewards card. apply online or at a bank of america near you. but not your wrinkles?

. >>> well, talk show host wendy williams is determined to save the twinkie since the company that makesmpion eater kobayashi to see how many he could eat in a minute. he really is a pro. watch this. >> yeah. kobayashi downed each of them in one bite. no chewing necessary for that dude. with a sip of water in between. that's all he did. his total? 14 twinkies. four more than the previous relatively lame record. a representative from guinness world records was there to certify this incredible triumph. >> what's worse, the hot dog eating contest or the twinkie eating contest? >> because we know what's in a hot dog i think the hot dog's a little bit worse. but 14 without chewing, just down the throat, bam, 14? >> use the twinkie as the bun for the hot dog. boom. >> next year, dude. good luck to him. we'll be back with more "world news now" after this. ♪ till you clean off your plate ♪ ♪ so eat it ♪ don't you tell me you're full ♪ ♪ just eat it ♪ eat it ♪ get yourself an egg and beat it ♪ go out without my covergirl. are you crazy? i want to look natural, not naked! but all you need is 3. la

i was a guest on "the wendy williams show" this week. >> i think she has a little anchor crush on you. >> wow. aren't you svelte. >> how nice of you to say that. >> you have a nice figure. >> thank you. >> you've been around as a newsman for quite a few years, but we found a picture of you. i think this is from the '80s. >> that ain't right. oh, excellent. >> okay. you actually look handsome both ways. is this from the '80s? >> '80s or '90s. >> it kind of looks like tom selleck. >> i want to know why when i walk in here -- >> wow, you look svelte. >> there's a lot of great energy on the show. >> she seemed excited to have you sitting there. >> it's fun but it's very intense. everything about the show is very intense. >> you're staying on mornings. >> although i like those hours better. 10:00, not bad. anyway, more to come on "today." we're going to talk about a real life "law and order" for a new york city tv anchor coming up. [ hermann ] there's always something that's going to have to be done by a certain date. you always have homework, okay? i don't have homework today. it's what's

. >> lester, saw you on "the wendy williams show," looking good!oves you. >> that's a wild ride. that's quite a show. i didn't quite expect all that. >> some odd hours for you, too, huh? >> actually, it was a decent hour, like 10:00 in the morning, which is nice for me. >> normal people. normal hours. >> exactly. >> thanks, lester. >> all righty. >>> right now, the president of yemen is in the united states receiving medical treatment. president ali abdullah saleh suffered major injuries during an assassination attempt last june. saleh was in a mosque praying when a bomb went off. he suffered severe burns and other injuries in the attack. he was president of yemen for 33 years before relinquishing power last november. the u.s. and other allies have pressured saleh to leave yemen permanently, but he has promised to return home for his country's elections in february. >>> a united nations nuclear team has arrived in tehran. they hope to address recent reports that the country has started developing nuclear weapons. leaders in iran say they're develop

williams will have team coverage as florida decides who to vote for. >>> a record setting day out on the harbor. >>> is the fifth time really the charm for the former baywatch star? >>> i'm wendye're working on several developing stories for news 4 at 5:00. police got a big break after receiving an anonymous tip, we'll have a report. >>> a peaceful afternoon interrupted at a d.c. library when a deer came crashing in. >>> tonight at 6:00, media day in indianapolis, jim vance has the usual questions the players the usual questions the players were never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles in 3 days is-- is huge. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. you just put one foot in front of the other, and you know that you're walking for such a great cause that you just keep going. (man) that you have all these people coming together for one common goal. (woman) the goal is to bring an end to breast cancer. (woman) the fund-raising was the easiest part. people were very giving. complete strangers wanting to help. if i can do this, you definitely can do this. (woman) i'll never stop walking, not till we find a cure. (woman) and

. >> wendy, it seemed to me that newt gingrich made a conscious decision to not do what everybody was expecting him to do. you know, where's that right out of the gate, shot at brian williamsa real hard whack at the moderator and at that horrible elite media that is always setting up republicans to, you know, fight with each other. he seemed to really do a change-up. he wanted to show he could be, i think, maybe his notion of presidential. because he stayed very calm and steady throughout this thing. >> he did. and almost dismissive sometimes when they were attacking him. and i think it's a testament to brian williams, frankly. i don't think gingrich was about to attack brian williams. it's a different ball game here, i think. but i think that gingrich in particular was bracing for attacks that he thought were going to be worse than came. and i think he wanted to save his energy, stay calm, to the let it get away from him. but he never really got the real kind of fire i think he was anticipating. so i think that's why he started so calmly, just in case he had to ramp it up to defend himself. >> we're going to take a break here. howard, we're going to take a break right her