willie nelson is on the show!lled animal expert jeff musial is back. [ cheers and applause ] he brings on these animals, he scares me. everybody, i heard the weather was great this weekend. i wouldn't know because i stayed inside looking at e-cards. [ laughter ] it's great, it's how i relax. some guys work in their cars, they do yard work, stuff like that. i look at e-cards. >> steve: oh! >> jimmy: you know what they are, right? they're these electronic versions of greeting cards. super easy to use. just pick a card, type your friend's e-mail address, send it, click on it, exciting. so now if you don't mind, i would like to show you some of my favorite e- cards. that's right, time to take a look at "late night" e-cards. here we go. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ e-cards e-cards e-cards ♪ ♪ >> jimmy: i love these things. let's look at this first card. this is one you give to a kid. it's says -- there's a football player there, running with the ball. it says, "to my son." and inside it says, "why couldn't you do this ins

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willie nelson, were you not afraid of getting caught? >> i e >>. ♪ whereon where i am today ♪ i don't know where i was yesterday ♪ ♪ the song has so many notes to play ♪ ♪ i just hope that i hit them today ♪ >> oh, willie nelson, what a privilege. if you want to see, you want to retweet that interview or any of my other music monday interviews, go to my blog, cnn.com/brooke. >>> the president's plan calls for an end to combat operations in afghanistan next year and a withdraw by the end of the 2014. the president says afghanistan's president hamid karzai is onboard. >> both oof us recognize that we still have a lot of work to do and there will be great challenges ahead. the loss of life continues in afghanistan. there will be hard days ahead, but we're confident that we're on the right track and what this summit reflects is the world is behind this strategy that we've laid out. >> the big hurdle now to cross is the cost. the country doesn't have all the cash it needs. nato secretary general is optimistic that other countries will pitch i

i thought he burned something backstage, i saw smoke, but then i remembered we also have willie nelsonht. >> tonight, jimmy welcomes actress mariska hargatay, musical guest tenacious d, weeknights 12:35 a.m. on your local nbc station. >>> now for bill's staifrtfavor part, entertainment news. >> wait until you see the dress. >> you'll understand in a second. hollywood has a hard time coming up with original ideas. charlize theron and kristen stuart were -- >> that's the dress. the skeleton dress. >> bill says there's controversy around it. i don't really get it. but whatever. >> you have to see it. >> that's the world premiere of "snow white and the huntsman," the second big take of the fairest of them all. it opz here june 1st. >>> simon cowell's "x factor" not only added britney spears but demi lovato is joining them. >>> england's tabloids are buzzing, guessing what prince william will do with 10 million pounds he picks up next month from his mother's will. >> i think he'll donate some, what his had mom would do. >>> after tmz reported tanning mom patricia krentcil was hoping to do a

country music legend willie nelson.mal expert jeff musiel at 12:35 on your local nbc station. all right. can you guess what we'll talk about in entertainment? i wonder. "the avengers." was that your best superhero voice. it keeps breaking box office records. it took in $103 million this weekend to easily -- hold on. easily hold on the top spot and become the first film to make more than $100 million in its second week of release. it also became the fastest movie to reach both 300 million and $350 million in earnings and the movie with the highest ever eight-day, nine-day and ten-day grosses. >> i get it. >> have we lost you? including worldwide earnings, disney announced that as of last night, it's expected to break the $1 billion mark in just 19 days in international release making it the 11th highest earning movie over -- 80 extra brinks trucks. >>> finishing a distant second was "dark shadows," the remake of the popular open opera from tim burton and johnny depp taking in $28.8 million. >> you understand why "the ave

revolution is back dropped by great music a number of brilliant artists including any franco joan baez willie nelson and patti smith among others joined together to put out an album inspired by the now global occupy movement the album titled occupy this album was released earlier this month and features ninety nine tracks by ninety nine different artists making music that goes hand in hand with activists we've seen on the street since september of last year joining me now is the executive producer of the album and founder of music for occupy jason samel and one of the artists featured on the album is songs titled something's got to give singer and songwriter matt plus welcome to you both thanks for joining us tonight and thanks for having us. jason what inspired this album how do you bring this thing together. what inspired the album is the occupy movement number one of course. but more to the point matt plus inspired the album. i had been down in zuccotti park on september twentieth two thousand and eleven i met matt there was kind of drawn in by his music he was playing on the steps of zuccotti pa

you said once that at your funeral you said you'd like willie nelson to sing all the girls i've lovedsaid a lot of things. i said on my tombstone is i have nothing more to say. >> it's been a real pleasure. >> my pleasure. >> please come back again. >> let's do it. i would be happy to. >> thank you. >>> coming up george w. bush in retirement in a rare interview talks about america's veterans and a classic example of keeping america great. uh-oh. [ male announcer ] when diarrhea hits, kaopectate stops it fast. powerful liquid relief speeds to the source. fast. [ male announcer ] stop the uh-oh fast with kaopectate. >>> in a week where president obama faced controversy over the war in afghanistan, a rare interview with the man who stayed out of the spotlight since leaving office. former president george w. bush. >> i held our military in awe, when i was president. and the stories they tell just increase the awe. >> at first glance, sergeant major chris sell is exactly who you would expect, mountain biking under the blazing texas son. marathon runner and athlete, he's served the majority

you said that at your funeral, you said you'd like willie nelson to sing. >> i'd like on my tombstonehave nothing more to say." >> it's been a pleasure. please come back. ted turner. >>> coming up, former president bush in retirement in a rare interview speaks out about america's veterans, a topic close to his heart and a classic example of keeping america great. >>> president obama faced >>> president obama faced controversy over his trip to afghanistan, one former president is quietly paying tribute to the wounded warriors. a classic story of "keeping america great" a and a rare interview with the man who stayed out of the spotlight since leaving office. george w. bush. >> i held our military in awe when i was president and the stories they tell just increase the awe. >> at first glance, sergeant major chris self is exactly what you'd expect in a race in the warrior 100. over 60 miles of mountain biking in the blazing texas sun. marathon runner, chris has served the 27-year military career in the army special forces including remarkably seven tours in iraq. >> joined the army straig

willie nelson, -- no, just crosby and nash still mia. jackson brown and joan by as are some of the contributors to the al um about. freedom of expression a good thing, destroying things is not. check five, on the music front, we continue. i, your humble correspondent have finalized my summer concert plans. i know you want to hear this. this season, i'm going tort icons. last night i saw anita baker. ♪ ♪ sweet love ♪ sweet love. >> bill: in addition to ms. bake his or her is beyond excellent, i'm seeing the beach boys' fifthth anniversary tour. brian wilson back with the band. that's an event. neil diamond touring. i'm going to catch neil. legacy guy no question. rod stewart, always good. being paired with stevie nicks, always good. hoping to see aretha franklin. i hope she makes it back to the northeast. she is still unstoppable after all these years. there you go. check is passing on insane clown posse this summer. just not enough time. okay. that's enough of them. got more time than they needed. finally check 6. say hello to the avenge

you said once that at your funeral, you said you'd like willie nelson to sing "for all the girls i lovede." >> i said a lot of things. what i'd like on my tombstone is "i have nothing more to say." >> ted, it's been a real pleasure. >> my pleasure. >> please come back again. >> let's do it. i'd be happy to. >> that would be great. ted turner. >>> coming up, former president george w. bush in retirlt. in a rare interview he speaks out about american's veterans, something very close to his heart, and a touching example of keeping america great. people with a machine. what ? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it ? hello ? hello ?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello ? ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. ooo no. the hotel lost our reservation. nonsense! you book at travelocity, your reservation's guaranteed. well, i did not book with travelocity, okay?!? [ female announcer ] get the travelocity guarantee anywhere when you book with our new app. you'll never roam alone. >>> in a way when president obama faced controversy over his t

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willie nelson, -- no, just crosby and nash still mia.rown and joan by as are some of the contributors to the al um about. freedom of expression a good thing, destroying things is not. check five, on the music front, we continue. i, your humble correspondent have finalized my summer concert plans. i know you want to hear this. this season, i'm going tort icons. last night i saw anita baker. ♪ ♪ sweet love ♪ sweet love. >> bill: in addition to ms. bake his or her is beyond excellent, i'm seeing the beach boys' fifthth anniversary tour. brian wilson back with the band. that's an event. neil diamond touring. i'm going to catch neil. legacy guy no question. rod stewart, always good. being paired with stevie nicks, always good. hoping to see aretha franklin. i hope she makes it back to the northeast. she is still unstoppable after all these years. there you go. check is passing on insane clown posse this summer. just not enough time. okay. that's enough of them. got more time than they needed. finally check 6. say hello to the avengers the mos

you said once that at your funeral you said you'd like willie nelson to sing all the girls i've lovedd on my tombstone is i have nothing more to say. >> it's been a real pleasure. >> my pleasure. >> please come back again. >> let's do it. i would be happy to. >> thank you. >>> coming up george w. bush in retirement in a rare interview talks about america's veterans and a classic example of keeping america great. [ pilot ] flying teaches me to prepare for turbulence. the key is to have a good strategy. the same goes for my retirement. with the plan my financial advisor and i put together, a quick check and i know my retirement is on course. [ male announcer ] with wells fargo advisor's envision plan, you always know where you stand. in fact, 93 percent of envision plan holders say they will retire on their own terms. get started on the plan you need today -- wells fargo advisors. together we'll go far. >>> in a week where president obama faced controversy over the war in afghanistan, a rare interview with the man who stayed out of the spotlight since leaving office. former president ge

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applause ] ♪ >> steve: coming up next, mariska hargitay, taylor kitsch, tom selleck, music by willie nelsonp-hop star who will release his debut album "live from the underground," on june 5th. he's makes his tv debut with us tonight. to perform the song "i got this" with a little help from the roots, please welcome big k.r.i.t.! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ i got this here i got this here i got this here i got this here ♪ ♪ i got this here i got this here i got this here i got this here ♪ ♪ i got this here big fat yard with a house on the hill old school whip ♪ ♪ with some big rims i got this here get this paper slam the door ♪ ♪ get this paper slam the door get this paper slam the door ♪ ♪ get this paper slam the door get this paper slam the door ♪ ♪ get this paper slam the door get this paper slam the door ♪ ♪ get this paper slam the door well i suppose gonna hate on me ♪ ♪ well that's cool i got shows getting money i can barely fold ♪ ♪ cause that's what i do and ain't nobody gonna pimp k-r-i-t ♪ ♪ yeah, that's how i feel and them diamond always rhyming 'bout against my will ♪ ♪ and ain't

you said once that at your funeral, you said you'd like willie nelson to sing "for all the girls i loved i said a lot of things. what i'd like on my tombstone is "i have nothing more to say." >> ted, it's been a real pleasure. >> my pleasure. >> please come back again. >> let's do it. i'd be happy to. >> that would be great. ted turner. >>> coming up, former president george w. bush in retirlt. in a rare interview he speaks out about american's veterans, something very close to his heart, and a touching example of keeping america great. >>> in a way when president obama faced controversy over his trip to afghanistan, one former president is quietly paying tribute to america's wounded warriors. a classic story of keeping america great and a rare interview with the man who stayed out of the spotlight since leaving office, former president george w. bush. >> i've held our military in awe when i was president, and the stories they tell just increase the awe. >> i first learned sergeant major chris is exactly who you would expect on the race on the warrior 100. over 60 miles of mountain bikin

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you said once that at your funeral, you said you'd like willie nelson to sing "to all the girls i loved> i said a lot of things. what i'd like on my tombstone is "i have nothing more to say." >> ted, it's been a real pleasure. >> my pleasure. >> please come back again. >> let's do it. >> i will love that. >> i'd be happy to. >> that would be great. ted turner. >>> coming up, former president george w. bush in retirement. in a rare interview he speaks out about american's veterans, something very close to his heart, and a touching example of keeping america great. [ male announcer ] this is lawn ranger -- eden prairie, minnesota. in here, the landscaping business grows with snow. to keep big winter jobs on track, at&t provided a mobile solution that lets everyone from field workers to accounting, initiate, bill, and track work in real time. you can't live under a dome in minnesota, that's why there's guys like me. [ male announcer ] it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better. ♪ [ roger ] tell me you have good insurance. yup, i've got... [ kyle with voice