and you are looking at last priceline commercial featuring william shatner. the company says it's going in a didn't direction. they're killing off shatner's character in a fiery bus plunge. the "wall street journal" says the american bus association has objected to this ad. don't cry for shatner, he's made millions as the priceline spokesperson. he took early stock options in the company there he goes. >> kaboom. scott, thanks. >> if you go out, go out big like that. way to go, bill. time to check back in with meteorologist christina loren in the nbc bay area weather center. good morning. >> good morning. we're going big in terms of temperatures over the next couple of days. very close to 70 degrees tomorrow inland. you can see from the live picture of the trans-america pyramid looking out over the city by the bay we have a thin veil of clouds overhead but the sun is working hard to break through clouds. in the southos mbatly mtly sunn. let's talk about what's happen, show you how the bay area looks from space. the thin veil of clouds overhead. that's going to

everyone loves william shatner. jacqui jeras both of us were like what? no it can't be. >> won't be the same. ♪ priceline you have rain, lightning? incredible delusions. >> so many major weather stories today it's incredible. we'll start out with the severe weather threat. there you can see we have tornado watches in effect across parts of georgia and into south carolina. yeah the primary is going on today and we're watching what's going on. we're concerned about thunderstorms moving through the columbia area right now and it's setting up to be potentially a training situation where storm after storm after storm moves on through and can dump some heavy rain. as this line moves through atlanta, georgia it put down between two to three and a half inches of rain in a short period of time. >> i saw those puddles. >> it was a nightmare on my drive in. it was terrible. so be aware of those threats. now in the northern side of this system we're dealing with wintry weather. starting to die down for you in new york city as well as on up towards boston but heavy on

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william shatner is dead. well, not really, but one of his characters is.n a new ad, shatner's priceline negotiator is seen helping passengers off a bus moments before it falls off a bridge and explodes. it's part of the company's plan to stop its name your own price option that shatner has promoted successfully for 14 years, but don't worry, the shat is still under contract with priceline, which brings me to tonight's number. 46. that's how many seconds it took for priceline.com to tell me there were no flights that muched my exact criteria. so this morning i went to search for a flight, karachi, pakistan, to dubai. i entered january 24th as departure, january 28th as return and i waited and waited. while i waited, i saw william shatner doing karate, flashing money, fighting his evil twin and posing with somebody that looked like a gigantic pitcher. then priceline said they don't even have any flights. 46 seconds is a very long time, sort of dial-up time. tried another site, kayak, and in a tenth of a second and no videos of shatner, they got me a flight.

no actor, like william shatner, is speaking in a monotone.dea is to breathe life and experience into the line. that is where the art of it is. >> i think so. i teach a lot of workshops, master classes. one thing i am always encouraging students, guitar players to do is to keep the music movement, so that it does not become static. if you have a note you are sustaining for a long time, you want to have something happening. likewise, when you have notes in juxtaposition to one another, there is a dynamic interplay in between the notes, just as there are between musicians. as a solo player, it is important to accent certain notes and contrast the dynamics with others. it is like the concept of quinellas and in painting, a little dots, big shots. >> you can play a note by picking it, but there are a lot of ways by playing a note, and there are a lot of different ways that you can hold it. i wonder if you could demonstrate ways of starting and holding a new. >> i guess the term is articulation. guitar, for example, i will just take a couple notes.

william shatner is dead. well, not really, but one of his characters is.new ad, shatner's negotiator is seen helping passengers off a bus moments before it falls off a bridge and explodes. it's part of the company's plan to stop its name your own price option that shatner has promoted successfully for 14 years, but don't worry, the shat is still under contract with price line, which brings me to tonight's number. 46. that's how many seconds it took for priceline.com to tell me there were no flights that matched my cry tier yachlt i searched for a flight to dubai. i entered january 24th as departure, january 28th as return and i waited and waited. while i waited, i saw shatner doing karate and posing with something that looked like a gigantic pimp, then priceline said they don't even have any flights. 46 seconds is a long tile, so i tried another site kaya krk. maybe he got out at the right time. what's your favorite travel site? let us now. still "outfront," the outfront five. hanging by a thread. legacy versus lawsuits. all this in our second half. if the

they should be able to do it again with the nominee chosen. >> after a 50-year break william shatner to broadway. on my journey acros, i've learned that when you ask someone in texas if they want "big" savings on car insurance, it's a bit like asking if they want a big hat... ...'scuse me... ...or a big steak... ...or big hair... i think we have our answer. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. discover visine® tired eye relief with hydroblend™, only from visine®. just one drop instantly soothes and revives tired, overworked eyes. and comforts them for up to ten hours. visine® tired eye relief. try now and save $3. >>> it look like viewers want to be part of oprah winfrey's next chapter. they made her new cable show a hit. have you watched the show? >> i have. i caught the first two episodes. steven tyler episode. both terrific. not a huge surprise the show did so well. just over 1.5 million people tune in to see her with the osteens on. the second episode aired on sunday. the network's biggest rating cinch the launch last year. while she cer

william shatner has been killed off as a spokesperson.g is, you can -- >> i've seen his commercial. you know what i'm going to miss? ♪ price line negotiator >> he goes off the edge of a cliff and dies in these presuper bowl commercials and they're going to introduce the new spokesperson. and coca cola is doing a fabulous campaign. >> and incorporating social media? >> they're reintroducing the polar bears, who will react to tv commercials that are going on, on the air. when a pepsi commercial comes on, they're going to fall asleep. they're out there using social media as a way to engage people and keep people engaged with what's going online as well as on the tv. >> i always wonder what the top commercials of all time. one of my favorite was a wendy's commercial where she's like, oh, swim wear. what's the top commercial? >> there's some great ones. there's an old budweiser commercial after 9/11, one of the first to come out after 9/11 during the super bowl and they did a touching campaign. there are other ones that are awesome, too. but t

. >> william shatner is very well known as the price line negotiator.ortedly is going to be killed in a fiery bus crash in a commercial that is expected to begin airing today. don't be surprised to see him popup as another character. the price line spokesperson says he is still under contract for about another year. he says he really does not know what is going to happen next. coming up, three gop primaries, three different winners. the candidates now head to florida, which could be a determining stock in the race for 2012. new ads show the race is about to get even more aggressive. details coming up at 6:00. >> this year's colorbearer plunge has a new co-chair. i will have more on that coming up. >> it is that time of year again, the polar bear plunges less than a week away. every year raises money for the special olympics. kim dacey introduces us to one of this year's cochairs. >> nathan loves playing with his big brother and sister, but just one year old, he has already been through a great deal. hours after he was born, his parents got the news that

. >> they have william shatner killed off as the spokesperson. can you believe it?e it. i got an inside thought on this. my feeling is you can see on the -- >> i've seen this commercial. you know what i'm going to miss? price line negotiator. >> i know. but he goes off the edge of a cliff, dies in these pre-super bowl commercials. they introduce the smu spokesperson for plinz in the super bowl. >> any other ones? >> coca-cola is doing a fabulous campaign. >> and incorporating social media. polar bears are going to raek to tv commercials going on the air. for example whshgs a pepsi commercial comes on, they fall asleep during the pepsi commercial, which is great. they're out there using social ne media to keep people engaged with what's going on online as well as the tv. >> i wonder what the top commercials are of all time? one of the my favorite was a wendy's commercial where she's like swimwear, and it's the same woman. what's the top commercial? >> there's some great ones. there's an old budweiser commercial right after 9/11. it was one of the first commercials af

now, speaking of price comparisons you are looking at the last priceline commercial featuring william shatnerthe company is going in a different direction and killing off, killing off shatner's character in a fiery bus plunge. "the wall street journal" says the bus association has objected to the ad. don't cry for shatner. he made millions as the priceline spokesman. he took early stock options in the company. apple and yahoo! report profits after the closing bell today, apple watched for soft sales of ipads as people wait for ipad 3. yahoo! technically this is the first profit report under the new ceo scott thompson though he wasn't in charge of the quarter he's going to talk about. when companies have really bad news they often announce it during the quarterly profit report. i'm not trying to predict anything but i will throw that in there as we see a lot of restructuring at yahoo!. if we're going to see any in the lower levels today might be the day. >> it's interesting. thank you, scott. 5:27. still to come on "today in the bay," a bay area police department is issuing a warning after a h

number five, price line.com set to kill off the mascot that william shatner plays by plunging the negotiator on monday. number four, the state department may soon close the u.s. embassy in syria's capital due to concerns over ongoing violence. owner of grounded cruise ship claims the captain mislead the company and crew about what happened in the moments after the crash. number two, stephen colbert who claims he is running for the president of the united states of south carolina urging people to support herman cain who is no longer running. number one, mitt romney calling south carolina's primary a neck in neck contest just hours before voters head to the polls. that's "the fox report's" top five. on in day in 1982, he sey osborn took a ride on the crazy train when he he bit the head off a live bat in iowa. ozzy was a well known hell raiser, lead singer of black sabbath and solo artist. alcohol, drugs, you name it concerts he would toss pig and cow guts into the crowd in an attempt to get ozzy back that fan hurled that famous bat. he picked it up and bit into it thinking it was a toy. it was

>> neil: maybe now that william shatner is no longer the priceline pitch man he will consider being fbn's. deaf mand it. >> demand it. demand it. demand it. >> neil: demand it. captioned by closed captioning services, inc >> greg: hello, i'm the fun-sized freak, greg gutfeld, with andrea tantaros, king of races and colorful braces, bob beckel, the gentleman from fbn, eric bolling and america's s'more, dana perino. it's 5:00 in new york city. 1:00 a.m. in kenya. this is "the five." the show is busier than bob's bookie. let's do this, america. the show starts as soon as you tell me that you love me. ♪ ♪ >> greg: the speech felt like essay section of exam. the challenge is linking the military to the collectist agenda. president obama aced it, taking the teamwork of the military as an invitation. forget self-sufficiency, instead work like an army to make my dream come true. the dream being fairness. >> it's not fair -- >> fair share -- >> fair share of taxes. >> fair share of taxes. >> investigating unfair trading practices! american values of fair play. >> everyone gets a fair shot and ever

speaking of price comparisons, you are looking at the last priceline commercial featuring william shatner. it's going in a different direction and killing off shatner's character in a fiery bus plunge. "the wall street journal" says the american bus association objected to the ad. don't cry for satner. he made millions as the priceline spokesperson. he took early stock options in the company. both apple and yahoo! report profits after the closing bell. apple watched soft sales of ipads as people wait for ipad 3. yahoo! this will be the first profit report under the new ceo scott thompson. he wasn't in charge in the quarter they talk about. when companies have really bad news they often will announce it right at their quarterly profit report. i don't know anything ahead as far as yahoo! goes. i know they have a new boss and this would be the time to announce something big. again, i have no personal knowledge that will happen. >> he'll do digging to find out. thank you very much. still to come, the group trying to stop the niners from building a stadium scores a victory. a live report is ne

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. >>> pulling an ad that shows a long-time spokesman william shatner dying in a bus explosion.y say the ad is in bad taste. no response from priceline or the actor. >>> 2012 is the year of the dragon. in chinese culture, the dragon is seen as a mystical creature, which means this year is expected to be a lucky one. anderson, starbucks says it will begin offering beer and wine at more locations by the end of this year. stores here in lane. chicago and southern california are on the list. some starbucks cafes already serve it. it's about to get interesting. >> i did not know that. here's piers morgan on what's about to come up. >> joe biden's wife speaks out about the military. >> they're the number one priority of this administration. >> sheals tells me how she fell in love with joe biden. >>> and sean penn on the race for the white house. >> i don't want to see rick santorum be president because i would like to see people in trouble in this country getting out of it. >> a particularly pug m lly pug interview with sean penn. >> a puppet trial that would make miss piggy blush. he

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>> in his new book "shatner rules" william shatner talks about starring in the first network sitcom with they couldn't even say. >> bleep my dad says. >> pooh-pooh my dad says doesn't quite have the appeal. sounds like a children's show. >> even the great white way saw expletives up in lights this year with chris rock's turn in the mother blanker with the hat. >> [ bleep ] >> "new york times" etiquette expert and author of "social qs" says it reflects the coarsening of our culture. >> don't be [ bleep ] rude. >> are you kidding me? i can't imagine, philip, walking in to a book it store, walking up to a 90-year-old woman and saying, hey i'm looking for that book, go the bleep to sleep. >> you wouldn't say it to the 90-year-old woman, but to the 19-year-old with a nose ring and a tattoo on her arm. >> or i would just text her and then she would just bring me the book. >> where are you [ bleep ] >> most people we talk to think it's time to rein in the swear words. >> i think it's getting worse and worse and worse. >> some people say it in every sentence and like, it's not good. >> it shows

. >> it's curtains for william shatner's price line negotiator character in the popular commercials.> save yourself -- some money. shatner's alter egowill diamond. don't count him out just yet. he is still under contract. shatner found fame as captain kirk on star trek. he's had a 14 year run as their spokesman. >>> drinking beer goes hand-in-hand with sports fans. where a beer battle is brewing in a nation as they prepare to host one of the biggest sporting events in the world. >>> plus, south carolina voters sound off on a candidates faith. that's just ahead. >>> religion plays a big part in many people's personal lives. what is its place in politics? like we did in new hampshire, we opened up the mics to let voters sound off. here is what they said. >> we may fix the economy in the short term. unless america turns back to god, our economy repairs will be wasted. >> i think faith in politics is something that used to be huge. it's just not anymore. some schools are taking the pledge of allegiance out. not praying. taking the word god out of the pledge. religion should be a big thin

you have cooked for the likes of william shatner. he's your b.f. apparently. >> he's a good friend.ip. >> california and america teach me a lot about the local grower. i always say i have the big backyard. the biggest backyard ever. california is my backyard. and seeing all this there, the produce. the fresh vegetables. the meat, the cheese. you got everything you need in the backyard. >> you do. >> this is one of the favorite american soups. the italian wedding soup. but onto honestly, i never had italy. it's so simple and fresh. anybody can do it. carrots, celery, onion. fresh spinach. adding fresh spinach to it. while the spinach is cooking and reducing, some chicken stock. please always make your chicken stock. we're going to cook all the vegetables together. and then, there you go. and then -- >> you do it like i do. >> chefs are a little messy. but that's okay. >> but you're cute. >> and then the italian part. the best part. the meatball. >> that's all reducing. we got the stock. now, italian fish or pasta. there's not italian -- it is good, isn't it? >> delicious. >> it's orz

and speaking of ads, brian, and gretch, did you see that they killed off william shatner last night duringe ad, there he went off the side of the -- off the bridge on a bus. >> we know he's got that big horse farm. battle heating up between indianapolis, the colts owner jim ursay and super bowl quarterback peyton manning. ursay calling manning a politician after he publicly complained about the change in leadership. manning says the shakeup has left everyone walking around on egg shells. ursay hitting back saying manning should have known better than to air the team's dirty laundry. the rift coming six weeks before manning decides whether to stay on with the colts or become a free agent. he's going to need $26 million to stay. i think he's going to go to miami, the jets, or the redskins. meanwhile, calling it "dancing with the scars. "soccer player hope solo, the outstanding goalie's olympic dreams could be shattered because of an injury she sustained while competing with celebrities and ordinary people. she might not be able to play in team u.s.a.'s qualifying match against costa rica. a

. >> it may not work out for him -- >> it's william shatner. >> yeah. >> priceline are doing "lucy in the sky with diamonds." it doesn't work for me. >> it's interesting, and haleprin and i were talking about this earlier. it's the dynamic of the commercials. if you watch the ads, watch the local news or the football game last night, it's wall-to-wall ads. and the ads are mitt romney talking about barack obama and all the other candidates talking about each other and not talking about mitt romney. so you can read into that what you want. they're fighting each other perhaps for second place, fighting for the conservative voters, but it's almost like there are two primaries here. mitt romney versus barack obama and the more conservative candidates against each other. >> and you know, mika, something we said around the table a year ago that this election was not going to be about the republicans versus republican i. and i just, especially in iowa, i don't get one candidate attacking another candidate. it doesn't work. and the democratic caucuses, it doesn't work in the republican caucuse