willie nelson is back on the road. how many girls has he loved before? >> the reason divorces are so expensive is they're worth it. >> the hits keep on coming for willie nelson and i don't mean his songs. >> i probably did, i probably did. >> a very entertaining interview. this is piers morgan tonight. >> good evening. the big story tonight teetering on the edge of the fiscal cliff about 36 days to go until tax increases kick in. the white house and congress are playing a high stakes game of let's make a deal. president obama spoke with john boehner this weekend and expressed confidence the deal can't be reached before the deadline. that's what most americans want. in the the latest poll. >> when you're $16 trillion in debt, the only pledge we should make to each other is to avoid. >> you signed it 20 years ago, 18 years ago is for that congress. the world has changed. >> joining me now is the man in the middle of this storm, grover norquist. grover, welcome to you. >> good to be with you. >> you can't comply on the bounty the mutiny has begun: >> it's f

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willie nelson, good morning.s, election day, a couple weeks ago, a couple of states colorado and washington approved the legalization of recreational use of marijuana. >> we don't have to fly to amsterdam anymore. >> do you think you're going to be alive? you're closing in on 80, keeping in mind it's still against federal law to smoke pot. do you think you'll be alive when it's legal in all 50 states? >> oh, i don't know. i would hope so. you never know about those things. that's a tricky situation. >> you don't like to predict the future? >> no, no. kink y friedman in the prologue to this book, and i'm paraphrasing, he said basically one of the reasons you didn't fit in so well in nashville was your pot-smoking. did you ever consider giving it up? >> oh, i gave it up a bunch of times. >> did you ever consider giving it up for good? >> not really because i haven't seen any side effects that really are harmful to me, you know. i'm the canary in the mine. i'm 80 years old. check me out, you know. >> you said someth

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and a threat to take away willie nelson's new honor trophy. >> it appears there have been some doping charges. >> note charges for little big town. the band was served with biggest single of the year. >> the only thing we want to do was make music for y'all. song of the year when to miranda lambert. >> so emotional. thank you. >> little big town was the best vocal group. blake shelton was the male vocalist of the year. album of the year honors went to eric church, one of many stars popping up on the national stage, including taylor swift with a debut song. ♪ >> a few host address changes later, time for the final award of the it evening. >> and the cma award for entertainer of the year is -- blake shelton! >> country music has changed the lot over the years. the one thing that remains constant -- brad paisley and carrie underwood. it is the duo's fifth year hosting the award show. >> and miranda lambert and blake shelton do not need to argue about their trophies because they each got one. it worked out well. it is chilly, 42 degrees this friday morning. >> still to come, house and

. >> among the performers are antebellum,, lady chesney, and a musical willie nelson and all board's. .- big awards >> autria godfrey will be on the carpet starting tonight. >> we will get a report from the york on recovery efforts. driving miss have led to this big >> the detroit pistons open up their 2012-2013 season. as the chemical to a close, the smoke becauseith of a malfunctioning smoke game for alaying the few minutes. insult to injury, the lost.s >> in japan, it was not smoke but fire that made for a huge mess. take a look at this. all of this started when a small pipe with foama out into the streets. it took two and a half hours of for the mess to get it all cleaned up. patrol agents say suspected smugglers try to this jeepdrive 14-foot-high ramp, but was they did not over at room to turn it e top and it got stuck. the suspect ditched the vehicle back into mexico. >> coming up, we will go to new on ther the very latest anncr: it's said that character is what we do... when we think no one is lookg. mitt romney: believe that they are victims. anncr: mitt romney thought no one

he received a willie nelson lifetime achievement award.bellum. faith hill all paid tribute and was allowed to perform and unlike on the grammys where people receive lifetime achievement awards and nothing else. he was really shining tonight. it goes to show he still has everything. he's so talented, and he's really a true living legend. >> absolutely. i'm sure as always willie was high on life last night in light of that award, bruno. as always, man, appreciate you being here. thanks for all the insight, bruno. >> thanks. >> take care. >> thanks. >>> up next, it might be a good weekend for a little escapism. so we'll bring you a look at two new flicks opening this weekend. i certainly plan to visit a movie that ittier. >> i know what you want to see. out friday morning edition of "insomniac theater" is coming up next. stay with us. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back, insomniacs. we're guessing you might need an extra dose of diversion this weekend. >> absolutely. two new movies premiering today just might do the trick. first, the new denzel washington m

. >> john: you got that willie nelson thing i requested?ogg called roll me up and smoke me when i die. >> i'll play it again later in the show. >> john: i hate to do this, dan. you've been very nice to me. the bill press fans have been so welcoming and warm including the right wing trolls. it is nice to be in their bubble but i have to report something that's really kind of tragic and really represents the end of freedom and liberty as we have come to know it. of course, i'm talking, friends and neighbors about what's going on in san francisco where the drug war began in that bastian of morality. san francisco may be getting ready to shed its image as a city where anything goes including clothing. from "the huffington post," city lawmakers are scheduled to vote tuesday on an ordinance that would prohibit nudity in most public places, a blanket ban that represents an escalation of a two-year tiff between devoted group of men who strut their stuff through the gay district. that's not true. it is mostly straight people fighting for this. they'

. >> i haven't met willie nelson. excited to meet him. >> if dolly parton walks near that building... i'm going to die. >> brad paysly and carrie underwood will host tonight at 8:00 right here on apc 7. >> bay area county is accused of breaking rules but moving a woman out of her own home. >> not only did they move her out, they took out a mortgage on the house and wouldn't let her back in. there is more. a turn of events we've uncovered next. >> and a surprising move in the presidential election. unlikely supporter who is standing with president obama. >> politics of oakland city hall. now inspiration for a new tv show. plans being made now. coming up. >>> president obama endorsement getting down to the last few days before the election. >> that brief cause for super storm sandy seemed like a distant memory. today, the attacks were back. >> their best bet is on sin yi six. >> president obama delivering a closing argument in three battle grounds. >> i know what change looks like. i fought for it. you have, too. after

there will be a musical tribute to willie nelson. autria godfrey is in asheville red carpet at tonight's awards show. watch for her live reports on abc 7 news starting at 5:00. the award show starts at 8:00. >> we still have another half- hour of "good morning ."shington >> campaigning, the new tone of ."shington >> mititt romney ] there are twe very different paths the country can take. one is a path represented by the president, which, at the end of four years, it'd mean we'd have $20 trillion in debt. i'll get people back to work with 12 million new jobs. i'm gonna make sure that we get people off of food stamps not by cutting the program but by getting them good jobs. i'll work with you. i'll lead you in an open and honest way and to make sure that we all together maintain america as the hope of the earth. mi'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. prand you're seeing that rightno quit in amnow.a... over five million new jobs. exports up forty one percent. home values... rising. our auto industry... back. and our heroes are co

he asked, what got you interested in willie nelson? "why the f would i want to do a story on willie nelson?" [laughter] classic mike wallace, pardon me, i had not realized i just wandered into the toy department. then, storming down the hall, "good luck with your next career move." the fall of the berlin wall and the attempt to make capitalism -- the story finished and he said, where do you want it, kid? right between the eyes? i learned so much from that. he hated it. it was terrible. he set about helping me fix it and made it into a story that eventually aired. when you end up running your newsrooms, look for it. the directness, it is not personal. it is about making your story is better. the collaboration and the spirit in the newsroom goes right over the air. the viewer sees and feels it. thank you very much. [applause] does anybody have any questions? i would like to take them. >> i am a junior. i just had a question. "the insider" was in flushing. not having been there, being it is hollywood, how accurate was that film in depicti

willie and... bull nelson? no, i'm sorry. that is not right. reggie, it's you. uld you like to do here? reggie: i'll solve the puzzle. okay. willie and...pull nelson? sorry. i don't know why i saidr turn no. kate, you have the same... kate: i'll solve. okay. willie and full nelson. yeah, full nelson is what we need. [ applause ] how that.ing? hi, there. how are you? would have been nice if i could have kept that, but... i know. i know. i took your $10,000. that's like a wrestling hold, kind of, right? a -- yeah. i won't do one on you because i'm legally prevented from doing that. i appreciate that. but you did get $1,000. congratulations on that. and... and that's all i got. we'll -- we'll see you in a bit. come on back. goodbye. got to go. [ laughs ] i took your 10 grand. [ cheers and applause ] vanna: can you solve this puzzle from 2005? e category is "thing." we'll give you the answer when we come back right after this. getthloveded for of movies, music, games, and even vip experiences. join sony rewards. rewarding you for what you already love to do. lear you

. >> bill: when willie nelson dies and least his estate 40 billion with all the medicinal marijuana on rolling in austin. that's a manageable debt. you can pay it off. all right? you can't pay off 160 billion. the sacramento pinheads know they can't fay off. it's a ponzi scheme out there. >> the yeah, the pension, the unions. >> bill: yeah, they can't pay it off. >> you know what they did have a vote by the people, a democratic, you know, vote that says here is is a mechanism that we want to put in place to reduce spending and to raise taxes, you don't see that in texas. they don't do it that way. the legislature meets once every two years and all up to them and not the people. in terms of democratic inticket, i think i would prefer california. >> bill: you are dodging the social experiment on the liberal side question. here is the social experiment. california. dominated by the left. running up huge amount of spending. now where is the state? on the verge of bankruptcy. people moving out of it, test scores and crime, the worse, you know, not improving at all. so why would anybody say

i didn't have to make small talk with willie nelson. and now something smells like pot, though.e pizza and the four gallons of booze i'd had -- >> jimmy: and the smoking in the car. >> and the smoking, i have to throw up. so i go, "dude, pull over. i got to throw up. it's five in the morning on route 17." he finds an exxon station. like, "sure, man, i'll pull over." we pull over. i open the car door. >> jimmy: oh, my goodness. >> empty exxon station. i'm projectile vomiting out the car. >> jimmy: so sorry. >> like, the kind of puking where you hurt your back. like -- [ retching ] [ laughter ] it's like throwing fire. [ retching ] >> jimmy: throwing fire. >> just shooting out. [ retching ] it's just filling up like it's flooding the exxon station. the guy's still smoking weed. that was pot -- there's pot smoke billowing out of the car. >> jimmy: yeah. >> of course, sirens are in the back of us. a cop sees a car pulled over. >> jimmy: no. >> so the cop -- again, this is the beauty about being on "howard." cop pulls over. now, picture the scene. there's weed billowing out of the ca

she originally recruited willie nelson as her vice president before he backed out.legalization of marijuana. >> shocking. >> colorado and washington. resource based economy. and forgiveness of student loans. thousand on line they would prefer porn legend ron jeremy. >> well he does take a lot of positions. >> she tweeted. thank you for keeping me on track. i do not concede. in fact, i accept the job of unofficial president of the united states of america. i will serve main street not wall street. >> roseanne. president roseanne. wouldn't that be something, man. >> it would be something. >> speaking of politics here, vice president joe biden, an interesting role here. going to appear on november 15th episode of "parks and recreation" the funny show, amy pohler. of "saturday night live" fame. her character, councilwoman on the show has a huge crush on the vice president. her fiance in the show takes her to the white house and bumps into biden face to face and they have a moment. in fact her character says her ideal man has the brains of george clooney and the body of

"why the f would i want to do a story on willie nelson? wallace, pardon me, i had not realized i just wandered into the toy department. then, storming down the hall, "good luck with your next career move. " the fall of the berlin wall and the attempt to make capitalism -- the ory finished and he said, where do you want it, kid right between the eyes? i learned so much from that. he hated it. it was terrible. he set about helping me fix it and made it into a story that eventually aired. when you end up running your newsrooms, look for it. the directness, it is not personal. it is about making your story is better. the collaboration and the spirit in the newsroom goes right over the air. the vier sees and feels it. thank you very much. [applause] does anybody have any questions? i would like to take them. >> i am a junior. i just had a question. "the insider" was in flushing. t having been there, being it is hollywood, how accurate was depicting thethe picking - internal? should that happen again? >> a great question. i love the film. that w

>> neil young, roger miller, chris chris toferson, willie nelson, allman brothers.rded here. the list goes on and on and on. ♪ don't be falling in love >> reporter: zac brown has made plenty of magic himself, charting a number one hit with country legend alan jackson. ♪ another day ♪ don't be falling, falling in love ♪ >> reporter: somehow brown was able to find time to get married and raise a family. he and his wife shelly have four daughters. he says he fell for her in a bar one new year's eve after a gig. did you know immediately this was the one? >> i didn't know until i kissed her. then we ended up new year's eve playing a show. my date had stood me up. i remember walking back to my friends were like two minutes before midnight and thinking i'm not going to have anybody to kiss on new year's. there she was standing right there. i remember kissing her. that was the end of it. ♪ on a day >> reporter: these are good times for zac brown and his band. he says he's living just the life he wants to live especially since he gets to offer his fans both food and music. >

. >> willie nelson probably sent it. >> stephanie: he did not. >> [ inaudible ] once made the mistake really? oh dear. you write how are you and science getting along these days, and we talked about him saying saw -- >> age of the earth? how the hell do i know? i'm a senator from florida. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: i just love your synopsis, you say the deep -- occasionally publicly sensible on one issue, most of the young phenoms are either bat [ censor bleep ] crazy or have tiny birds flitting around their heads. he is on the science committee, charlie. >> he is. he will sit there and deliver both sides of the argument. one is all of the scientific evidence in the world, and the other is stuff he learned in sunday school. >> stephanie: yeah. they are in such disarray. they you have the bill o'reillies and rush limbaugh and then people trying to -- jindal and rubio trying to make more sensible noises, but where is this party going? >> i have no idea. the problem republicans have is they have this incredible tangle of -- of self negating orthodoxies. so maybe you make little inroads i

"why the f would i want to do a story on willie nelson?" i said winnie and nelson, as in mandela.d not realized i just wandered into the toy department. then, storming down the hall, "good luck with your next career move." it was that kind of place. the fall of the berlin wall and the attempt to make capitalism -- in poland. the story finished and he said, where do you want it, kid? right between the eyes? i learned so much from that. he hated it. it was terrible. he set about helping me fix it and made it into a story that eventually aired. when you end up running your newsrooms, look for it. the directness, it is not personal. it is about making your story is better. the collaboration and the spirit in the newsroom goes right over the air. the viewer sees and feels it. thank you very much. [applause] does anybody have any questions? i would like to take them. >> i am a junior. i just had a question. "the insider" was in flushing. not having been there, being it is hollywood, how accurate was that film in depicting the internal? should that happen again? >> a great question. i lo

. >> reporter: but it was this tribute to willie nelson -- ♪ whisky river take my mind >> reporter: thatiming man >> reporter: the living legend, presented with the cma lifetime achievement award. ♪ i can't wait to get on the road again ♪ >> nonstop entertainment. great to see. and great to see our girl, robin. >>> coming up, everybody. we have josh and "the play of the day." so nice to hear that. >>> what else? kristen stewart and robert pattinson, their first interview together after their split this summer. we'll tell you what they say coming up on "good morning america." hershey's drops. a lot of hershey's happiness in little drops of milk chocolate. and cookies n creme. pure hershey's. ♪ come on, ris up come on, rise up ♪ >>> a lovely tribute we saw at the cmas. but we saw at the top of the show, bruce springsteen, jersey son, native-born. an emotional tribute to his home state after sandy left so much of his beloved shore underwater. take a look and listen. >> i'm a rock 'n' roll man of the jersey shore. and tonight, we carry a load of sadness in our hearts. it will flourish and ri

. >> and a lot of interesting cover songs, everything from willie nelson to coldplay. >> sort of reflectsy," and paul anka rewrote it and as a sinatra fan, lady antebellum, willie nelson, coldplay. >> you definitely put your twist on it. chris mann, we'll see you at the tree lighting tonight. >> you will. >> but for now, take it away. >> thank you so much. ♪ there are roads in this life that we all travel ♪ ♪ there are scars and there are battles where we roam ♪ ♪ when we are lost or wherever we may go ♪ ♪ they will always lead you home ♪ ♪ there are roads that have led me to another ♪ ♪ to a friend or to a lover i have known ♪ ♪ for every turn is the year that i have grown ♪ ♪ as i walk along these roads ♪ some are long and some are weathered ♪ ♪ and some will lead through a storm ♪ ♪ when you've gone astray you will find your way ♪ ♪ as you walk along these roads ♪ ♪ there were times when i doubled and i wandered ♪ ♪ and every joy and every step i won't regret ♪ ♪ is i have lived and i have loved like no other ♪ ♪ i won't fear what life unearths ♪ ♪ ♪ because some are long and some are

i really like what and willie nelson said -- american people are concerned about a ceiling over their head then raising the debt ceiling. we know we need to do both. i was pleased to give the president -- to see the president talked about how we create jobs and meet the needs of the american people. some of his suggestions have very strong support in our caucus, whether it is and for stricter, rebuilding our country, make it in america. mr. hoyer will talk to us about make it in america everybody has been intensely involved. the american people stop rarity is the accretion of dollars. priority is creating jobs. now it is time to talk about jobs. a person who has been a leader will tell you about it, mr. hoyer. >> thank you very much. let me suggest that talking about jobs is talking about the debt. the only way we will successfully deal with debt is to create jobs and economic growth in america. we know that but

. -- willie nelson. >> eric: i don't see them on the list for the nbc concert. eric: the other big story this morning, hurricane sandy now turning even more deadly? the death toll rising to more than 90 this morning and that number could get even higher. right now nearly 4 million people are still without power. most of them in new york and new jersey. one of the hardest hit places in new york, staten island. flood waters fill homes while strong winds ripped other houses right off their foundations. that's also where most of the dead have been found. anna kooiman is live this morning. you talk about trash being strewn. it looks like a war zone from the pictures we're seeing. >> it really does, and the smell. the ordinary, because the trash is starting to pile up as well. you see these boats literally blocking the streets here in this neighborhood that is absolutely ravaged by hurricane sandy. this streetlight has been toppled, a boat is literally crashed into the side of this home. over here, there is a boat on top of a car. we're about 100 feet away from the wa

as we continue, willie nelson in the house and kesha. ♪ let's make the most of the night like you'ree the candy cane. >> here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> when we come back, how -- >> the weather. that's the second day in a row. second day in a row! he's forgotten about us. >> ladies and gentlemen, pitbull. ♪ ♪ i've got the glo here in the palm of my hand ♪ ♪ whenever i spin it that's where it lands ♪ ♪ let's save the world ♪ they can try if they want to >>> at 8:56, i'm laura garcia-cannon. we know what caused a crash in palo alto killing one and injuring five others. a work truck was pulled over to being repaired and a chp car pulled over to help and someone hit the chp car. a sigalert is in effect. traffic is backed up as you take a live look here for many miles. christina loren is taking a look at our forecast for today. >>> we will get warmer and we head through the next two days. temperatures in the 70s today. inland, 70 degrees. at the coast, 60 degrees. saturday, a little warmer. >>> back now with more of "today" on this friday morning, november 23rd, 2012