>> cuba gooding, jr., oddly enough, surprisingly enough. it's on the bookshelves now. please get it. elizabeth dowling taylor, thank you so much. >> hey, that's our show everybody. join us tomorrow night at 11:00. here it, is your moment of zen. >> by the way, if you missed any of, this you can see it oncaptiy comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioning sponsored by comedy central [theme music playing] [cheering and applause] >> stephen: thank you so much. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. welcome to "the report." [audience chanting "stephen"] thank you so much. [speaking french] good to have you with us, everybody. forgive me if i'm a little jittery. i was up all night last night watching the iowa caucuses, and today i may have had one too many venti meth-a-ccinos. as you know, mitt romney was not declared the victor in iowa until 1:30 a.m. and mitt usually doesn't stay up that late unless he's got heartburn from a particularly spicy wheat thin. [laughter] but last night romney rewarded his hard-working troops with a rousing improm

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and tuesday, the "700 club" sits down with cuba gooding jr., terrance howard and original tuskeegee airman, roscoe brown, to get their inside look at this important story... "there are elements of faith sprinkled throughout this movie. talk about the importance of faith in the life of these airmen." on the "700 club" if you live in utah... smoke... and on medicaid... lawmaker paul ray... wants you to pay more.he says... thhy cost the state millions of dollars a year.but the american lung association says... the bill punishes smokers and doesn't encourage quitting. that brings us to our question of the daa.should smokers oo medicaid have to pay higher co-pays?our phone 481-4545. dave- bmore donald- bmore bmore judy yes, if you continue to put your health in danger like drink, smoke or use drugs, why should we pay for it, you should pay for it. the money you sppnd on your bad habit can go towards your costs.shahadah "yes, yes, yes make them pay" &ppay"danielle "they are crazy! there are a lot of people who damage their body not just by smoking but other thinns like food,drugs,alcohol and wha

you have cuba gooding junior as a presiding officer. he has a pipe in this film. the pipe sort of takes on a life of its own. the act is -- acting is a little over the top there. but it is a really important story, certainly p entertainingly told. >> i'm looking forward to seeing it. >> two stars. the special effects are great and the story is certainly worthy. >> you also saw a wonderful book, it is extremely loud. >> great book. i'm waiting because you said you would bring it to me. >> the funny thing is the film is dwrig critics. some hate it and some love it. you can put me in the love it category. it is a 9/11 film. i think we as a country are ready to see a film like this. to me, i found the experience sort of cathartic. it is about i little boy whose father played by tom hanks dies in the world trade center. one of the things that makes it different, is there kid is not one of threes loveable movie kids. he's never acted before. he's sort of too smart for his own good. he's a social misfit. he's not the most pleasant company. i kind of like that about this

gooding, jr. and succeeds in business and love as well. a great example of individual opportunity of picking yourself up and not whining and complaining, but going out and making a difference. >> john: i don't suppose the movie makers really understand how regulation that they cheer on makes it tougher for someone to start his own firm and get through the sarbanes oxley. i guess-- >> i think that was pre-sarbanes oxley. >> john: it was worth it just for the line "you complete me." . thank you deroy murdoch and the atlas foundation and i should add that other argue, are liberty. brave heart, 1984, enemy of the state, south park, actually. and v for vendetta. the tag line was, people shouldn't fear their government. government should fear their people. up next, ladies of liberty. a new book celebrates them. [applause]. [applause] >> when we look at images that depict the founding of america, we have a few here. one thing is consistent. most every picture and person is male. where were you the women?

cuba gooding jr. and terrence howard. >>> a lot of guys here. ty pennington. he and sam went to joplin, missouri. >>> it's a new movie. it's called "red tails" about the tuskegee airmen that broke the color barrier. that is my daddy, colonel lawrence e. roberts. he was a tuskegee airman. i'm trialed to have two stars from "red tals" here this morning. cuba gooding jr. and terrence howard. good morning. >> good morning. >> i love this film. i have pictures of my daddy right here with me. i was fortunate that i got to hear these stories when i was young. did both of you, were you taught anything in school about the tuskegee airmen? >> nothing in school. my father was so afro essential tri i thought red tail hon noered the planes. >> they colored the tails red so they could distinguish themselves. you were in the 1995 hbo movie. did you know anything about this before that is this. >> i was so frustrated when i read the script. i didn't know they were black fighter pilots. i was 22, 23. just finishing my education. you would think i would be like, of course, the

terence howard and google includin -- and cuba gooding. dew point 5 stars. >> i don't think so. >> best new movie honors go to the wire. mixed martial arts champion as a betrayed spy out for revenge. 3 stars. violent, over the top. >> the clues, of course. >> a child searches for a message from his father after 9/11. if extremely loud and incredibly close, kristallnacht, and an awards season contender. four stars for the descendants the artist, my week with marilyn. 3 and 1/2 stars for "war horse" and extremely loud. three stars for the iron lady. 2 stars for red tails. have a nice weekend. i'm arch campbell, abc 7 entertainment. >> if you live in maryland it is purple friday thanks to governor martin o'malley. he is asking state employees to skip the suits and skirts. the ravens will travel to new england to face the patriots in the afc championship. best of luck. >> gaa quick look at traffic and weather. >> it has been wonderful. in virginia, interstate travel, looks good on the beltway if a as far as the inner loop out of springfield to

. >> cuba gooding jr. one of the actors who stars in that film. we caught up with him during a special screening just for the tuskegee airmen. >> we've been given the order to provide air cover for the atlantic. i'm cuba gooding jr. and i'm here to introduce "red tails" a heroic tale of the tuskegee airmen. they were 332nd fighter group, the first all-black fighter group that was stationed in italy. they had to fly with the b-17 bombers as they did the raids on berlin. >> come on, junior, fire. >> they helped to save a lot of these airmen in the b-17 bombers. >> this is a b-51 d, with the bubble canopy. it has the red tail and it's a great airplane. i'm dr. roscoe brown jr., tuskegee airmen, commander of the fighter squadron and some of my exploits are portrayed in the movie. we won lots of medals, shot down lots of planes, blew up lots of trains. in my generation, and the generation of segregation, there were many african-americans who knew that we could do anything that whites could do, all we wanted was the opportunity. >> stay with the bombers

. >> i got to meet cuba gooding, junior, one of my favorites. i texted him in studio b and i saw the movie "huckabee" and it is awesome. check it out. >> tell us about your performances. >> i am going to a club, the last comedy spot near seattle. >> kirkland, washington, excellent. and dana, the lion is on the warpath. >> the salmon are running purple. >> mark, go.

the president and first lady will host cuba gooding jr. and terrence howard at the white house for screening of "red tails". chronicles the first u.s. african-american pilots. >>> michelle obama screening her cameo on "icarly". a group of students are getting a sneak peek. it's a tribute to military families. >> i was really touched by how much you love and care about your dad while he's away serving our country. >> remember, you said you're proud of us too. >> absolutely. as important it is for carly to support what her dad is doing, it's important that she has good friends like you. >> monday's broadcast is the first time a first lady appeared since nancy reagan made a cameo on "different strokes" back in 1983. >>> stephen colbert says he's considering a run for residency of the united states of south carolina. he made the announcement on his show last night. >> i'm forming an exploratory committee to lay the ground work for my possible candidate si for the president of the united states of south carolina. i'm doing it. in the beginning

terrance howard and cuba gooding lead a great cast. >> they were flooding these things and maneuvering them in such a way -- it with his fly and turned. it was awesome. >> great action, would in dialogue. a couple of stars. pg-13 "red tails." three stars is our rating for "haywire." a young but thomas horne holds his own as a kid looking for a message from his father on "extremely loud and incredibly close." three stars. a good dvd for the weekend is "the ides of march." personally, i really like that woman who was kicking the heck out of him. i do not know what that was but i like it. >> she is your type? >> what does that say about you, arch? >> made an impression on you. >> up next, one popular cell phone company is hiking your rates. >> we're starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel. >> good news in the fight for baby ava's life. >> now for a heart wrenching story of a little girl fighting for her life. she is at the johns hopkins center one month after a terrific car accident in -- a horrific car accident in ocean city. >> they were stopped at a red light in ocean city whe

cuba gooding jr. is 34. actor keith about his worth turns 29 today. >>> january 2nd, 2012 thanks, mom. who are you calling "mom"? dunkin' sausage pancake bites, delicious like mom's, only easier to carry -- get three for $1.59. >>> good morning. welcome back to 9news now. 5:44 on this monday morning, 2012. happy new year to everyone. hope you are enjoying the time off. but we are here. olga has a forecast you won't believe, after last week. >> yeah, we have that springtime weather rolling in through here. we closed out the year looking fantastic with the temperatures 60, 62. in fact we have taken a turn in the opposite direction. this morning we are dealing with pretty brisk winds, but mainly clear conditions. so it is going to be i think a pleasant start to the morning. blustery as we go through midday and late day. the day planner is on target. right now in the 30s. we are going to hold into the upper 30s, lower 40s. our highs today should be close to average, around 44 degrees what we are expecting at rea

and later this week, cuba gooding jr., andre agassi, jb smoove, sarah hyland from "modern family" -- and music from big freda and from seal. so please join us for those shows. it's been a year and eight months since our first guest stopped saving the world. it's a miracle that any of us are alive. on wednesday night, he returns to fox with a new show called "touch." a special one-hour series preview airs wednesday night at 9:00. please say hello to kiefer sutherland. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: very good to see you. >> thanks for having me back. >> jimmy: it's always a pleasure to have you here. i'm glad you're back on tv. i really liked your show. i watched it. we'll talk about that in a minute. >> thanks very much. >> jimmy: you were shooting all day today, right? >> got up at about a quarter to 5:00. >> jimmy: wow. you know, it's -- sometimes people -- >> i was just walking in. >> jimmy: on "24" i was in every single bit of that show and maybe i should ease off a little and you did not do that. >> i was doing a play in new york, and i was sent a script. when i found out it w

liam neeson and cuba gooding jr. are here in studio. it all starts at 7:00 on "cbs this morning." i see the first lady celebrated her birthday at bl steak in d.c. how many people were trying to go to that restaurant? >> absolutely. where they go, people will try to follow. all right, gayle, you have a great day. we'll be watching. >> thanks. >> all right. >> so, you remember the controversy over the debt ceiling? yeah, it is coming back. today, house republicans will vote on a bill blocking uncle sam from raising his borrowing limit. under the law, passed during the standoff last summer, the ceiling is automatically raised 15 days after the president notifies congress the government is near the limit. even if the vote passes today, it will be blocked. either by the senate or president obama's veto power. >>> if you go to google this morning, you're going to see a big black bar across its logo. the english page of the web site wikipedia is down completely. it is a one-day protest against a bill in congress aimed at stopping online piracy. >> delia gonsalves is live in the newsroom

cuba gooding jr. and laurence howard star as the combat unit who fought their way through the register disof white commanders to get their shot at real combat missions. >> mixed martial arts star jumps from the cage to the big screen in haywire. she plays a highly trained operative who works for a government security contractor. after she's double crossed and left for dead, she searches for answers while she's trying to evade assassin. >> kate beckinsale back in a starring role. the latest edition of the underworld film series. underworld awakening. humans have discovered the existence of two immortal species, the vampires and the vulcans. they discover humans have launched an all-out war. >> terrible thing when that happens. >> the fireworks started with the very first question in last night's republican presidential debate. that story is coming up. >> plus, evacuations, 10,000 people in temporary shelters now after a wildfire approaches reno, nevada. more on that coming up. the 2-4-6-8 value menu's

mindless behavior is here. [ cheers and applause ] tomorrow night, we'll be joined by cuba gooding jr., from "modern family," sarah hyland will be here. and we'll have music from big freedia. and then, on thursday, andre agassi, j.b. smoove, and music from seal. join us then. i want to point out. we have three ladies who are here. and they're apparently looking for trouble in los angeles. they're leaving at 9:00 in the morning. [ cheers and applause ] they made all sorts of unspeakable acts since they've been here, correct? yes. and now, you're unfortunately having to speak about them. and i noted in the warm-up, when we come out and chat with the audience, that one of you is dressed like aquaman. can you stand up for a second? we can have a look at that. [ cheers and applause ] undoubtedly, to be eaten by a shark is punishment for that. give my love to your friends under the sea, okay? [ laughter ] >> thank you. >> jimmy: first guest tonight is an emmy-nominated actress who played characters ranging from first lady laura bush in "w," to miri in "zach and miri make a porno." she has r

cuba gooding jr. apparently attended the screening. it's a famed story of the air escort of fighter bombers in world war ii. something like 1500 trips and never lost a plane. let's look at the trailer. >> make it through flight school. survive basic combat. >> we've done all of that. >> i don't believe your boys have scored a single aerial kill. >> it's damn hard to shoot down the enemy 100 miles behind the front lines. >> what we do, how well we do it, does it matter? >> now, some of the members of the surviving members of the airmen purportedly were there at the screening and so it would have been something that the president would have asked for. i called the white house and they haven't given us a whole lot of details. we're told that was closed press. but there are some details out there and cnn entertainment, i think, i'm told is all over it. >> i'm sure they are. that's an impressive group of airmen. finally, you were tweeting something, all of these sand sculpt sculptors? >> it's sand sculptors who is still in the race and jon

cuba gooding jr. and terrence howard were great. >> and stars, too p. >> i gave it four out of five stars, which is really good for me because i am tough with these. >> you are tough. >> but it was great. >> that's a rave review. that's like an a-plus. 4 out of 5 is like an a-plus for amanda. >> she's tough. don't mess with her.citement. now" -- saying goobye to a >>> this morning on "world news now" -- saying good-bye to a sports legend. joe paterno, the winningest coach in college football history, has passed away. >> we'll take a look at the legacy the penn state icon leaves behind and of course the scandal that rocked his career. it's monday january 23rd. >>> good monday morning, everyone. i'm paula faris. >> and i'm rob nelson. joe paterno, the man that for better or for worse was bigger than life at penn state, has died at the age of 85. he of course will be remembered as a teacher and a mentor to countless students. but what will the sex abuse scandal that ended his career mean for his ultimate

"red tails" stars cuba gooding jr. and terrence howard. it is rated pg-13. >>> former marshatial arts star makes her debut in "haywire." may as contractor who is double-crossed and left for dead by one of her own and must use her training to stay live and figure out who turned against her in if first place. "haywire" is rated r. >>> thomas horn makes his debut in "extremely loud and incredibly close." adaption of a novel. his father played by tom hanks dies in the september 11 attacks. before the attacks the two of them played games and solved puzzles. the boy discovers a secret key belonging to his father he assumes it is one last clue. "extremely cloud and incredibly close" is rated pg 13. >>> it is now 11:49. coming up, the president breaks out in song. plus meteorologist tom kierein is back with another check of your wintry mix. heading our way. stay with news4 all day afternoon as well. 3:00, ellen sits down with kiefer sutherland and shows off great dancers and celebrates the new >>> welcome back. zebra and president obama singing. j

big names, cuba gooding jr. you just saw. terrence howard, ne-yo, method man. boston herald gave it a b-plus. rotten tomatoes not doing too well, only gave it 5 out 106, saying it's two-dimensional characters, corny dialogue and heaps of cliches. still part of history. check it pout. >> you know what critics are saying about underworld? nothing. it hasn't been released yet. >> not a good sign. >> all you need to know is kate beckinsale and it's going to gross well. she escapes imprisonment and she finds herself in a world where humans have discovered the existence of vampire and lychen clans. they're conducting an all-out war to get rid of immortal species. and here is one of kate's encounters. >> i've freed you. do you not know who i am? i felt you. saw images through your eyes. but then someone outside my door, they said since i was no longer a child the wait was over, that i'd be dead soon. >> how's this for a kate beckinsale impression? >> a very serious role for kate. she's doing her best. >> they expect it to gross well. the others grossed i think 20 mill

. >> gretchen: and also, cuba gooding, junior and the new miss america will join us tomorrow. have a good day tomorrow. bye-bye. bill: all right. good morning, everybody. on this monday morning. confusion amid a deadly tragedy at sea. death toll rising after this cruise ship disaster. we're getting new accounts what could have gone wrong on board. that is live look from italy. i'm bill hemmer. i hope you had a good weekend. welcome to "america's newsroom." what a story this is. martha: unbelievable. i'm martha maccallum. so far six people are confirmed dead. 16 are missing. more than 4,000 people on board. among them 120 americans. right now there is a desperate search going on for anybody who still might be trapped below. survivors describing complete chaos. >> they said everything was okay. we're kind of tilting. then it came act a little -- back a little bit. then it did i had again. i grabbed poll and grabbed my friend. we have to go to our room to get our life jackets. >> we were jumping into the rafters. now this is happening for real. >> all of sudden the breakage of gl

terrance howard and cuba gooding, jr. headline that film which tells the story of the tuskegee airmen. the african-american bomber unit in world war ii. several of the surviving tuskegee airmen will also be at the white house for the screening. >>> 8:15 now. we say good morning again to tucker barnes. he's got the forecast which is windy and the picture which is so cute. >> so cute. we gotta warm up, don't we allison. >> that's right, the warmup factor. >> let's get down to business, my first 5 photo of the day, it's a two-for-one special, everybody. >> hello, beautiful baby. >> getting a little bonus here. this is 3-year-old christian and 9-month-old parker, everybody. >> how cute. >> and they're doing something many siblings don't do, allison, they're playing some sibling love. >> i love it. may they always say this lovey dovey. >> how do the girls get along, by the way? >> you know. it's good. it's all good for the most part. >> some days are better than others? >> some days are better than others, you got that right.

for cuba. [laughter] anyway, what ever you have heard, disregard. it is a great town. we have a new attitude out there. the tourism motto is to come back to miami, we were not shooting at you. [laughter] i want to tell you quickly about my career. i have been a humor writer most of my life. i started out as a regular reporter. i worked at a little leaguer in pennsylvania called the daily local news. very small town paper. not the best edited paper. we once ran a headline that said women would be raped. [laughter] but that is where i got my start in journalism. i was not great at reporting. i was an english major and went into journalism because i wanted to write, but i learned that writing is not the key skill in journalism. talking to people is the key skill. sometimes you have to talk to people who are intimidating or hostile. good reporters are able to do that indeed there train of thought and not get flustered. i was not good at that. after i became a columnist but was still dealing with ne

. >> that's cuba gooding jr. in the new film "red tails" written by mr. john ridley. john, i remember you telling us about a year ago you were working on this movie with george lucas and how excited you were about it. but it was a long road getting this thing on the screen. talk about that a little bit. >> it was a very long road, willie. and it was long for george. george has been wanting to do this movie for 20 years. and part of it was finding the right story, the right way to tell it, the right way to get into it. and obviously a guy like george lucas wanted to put people in a fighter plane, a p-51 and get the sense of what it was like to be 19 years old -- some of these guys, you know, had their civilian pilots license, some had never driven cars, what it was like being 19 and flying against the best air force at that time. so for george, it was a long time. i think honestly when i met you guys when i started working with you, i'd been working on this project for four years. it's been a long time coming, but when you see this film, visually what it represents, em

i also think his answer on the dominican republic and also the relationship in cuba was very good. santorum went after running on health care. they got to that. here it is if. >> does everybody in massachusetts have a requirement to call health care? >> to buy health care or pay the state for the cost of providing them free care because the idea of people getting something for free when they could afford to care for themselves is something we decided in our state was not a good idea. >> so in massachusetts, in massachusetts everybody is mandated as a condition of breathing in massachusetts to buy health insurance. if you don't, and if you don't you have to pay a fine. free rider should have gone up five-fold, five times the rate it was. >> that is total complete -- >> five times the rate because people are ready to pay a cheaper fine and then be able to sign up to insurance which they are now guaranteed under romney care. >> it's not worth getting angry about. secondly -- [ applause ] >> secondly, 90% of the people have insurance, and so the idea that more people are free riding th

. >> dave: "red tails", also storing cuba gooding, jr. and nick saban, head coach, took his team to see this before the national title game and we know how that ended. so good things happen when you see the movie "red tails", clayton does. >> alisyn: sports reference. >> dave: and lsu fans. >> alisyn: let's go out to maria molina now, and tell us how the weather is outside. >> cold. >> good morning, guys, it's a chilly one and the wind is blowing around out here and current wind chill temperatures in the low 20's. bundle up before you head outdoors, you'll need the gloves and jacket and fortunately, you your anot going to need the snow boots. and the snow drought will continue for new york city, elsewhere we have been talking about tim tebow a lot and the big game in new england, but we want to give the other game love that's going on today so at 1:30 p.m. pacific time the saints versus 49ers and the temperature, kickoff time should be about 63 degrees, some sunshine and much more pleasant than the game in the northeast that we're going t