robert downey jr. is back as tony stark. here he is calling out the mandarin. >> my name is tony stark. i'm not afraid of you. i know you're a coward. i've decided you just died, pal. i'm coming to get the body. good old fashioned revenge. no pentagon. just you and many. on the off-chance you're a man, here's my home address, 10-880 malibu point, 90265. i'll leave the door unlocked. >> welcome back to robert downey jr. great to have you here. [ cheers and applause ] this is a sign of what you're getting already. je overseas, you're killing it. >> we sold a lot of soap. a world tour. >> there is a different iron man. tony stark has taken some big, big hits. >> yeah, we figured after the avengers and all the superepic things, tony should be freaked out by that. he's doing to compensate for his anxiety is building more suits. he's going to need them against the mandarin. >> and don cheadle and gwyneth paltrow get to wear them. >> we have been wanting to do that. in the last one, don got to. so much of the success was the female

i wonder if robert downey jr., is close. softbank founder says sprint is unlikely to get an improved bid from the japanese company. it is offering $20 billion compared with the $25.5 billion offer, and shares are split. shares have soared 120% in the past 12 months and as shares go, david, this is a good one. >> it is a good one. as you might have expected, softbank is coming out and firing here before earnings and talking about why this is an extraordinaie extraordinary for them and it was a proposal by dish. let's not forget, sprint's board as we reported from a special committee. they're being advised and whether that has a likelihood of living to a higher proposal. it looks like on paper they have more for 765. we have more leverage for financial flexibility. >> he hasn't paid for financing commitments. >> the differential in terms of the economic value. they're claiming synergies than those of us might have anticipated from the softbank side. it's going to be on for a long time and they will likely raise, this is me spe

right now, robert downey, jr. returns for "iron man 3!" >> i know who to call. >> mark wahlberg gets ripped! >> finally getting to eat whatever i want was a blast. >> stars celebrate a night at the movies. >> i'm very happy to be there representing the horror flicks. >> and kevin spacey's house of cards! >> we're rolling out the red carpet now. >> hello, welcome to on the red carpet from the tcl chinese theatre. i'm rachel smith. we'll get you to the red carpet in a moment, but first the big story in hollywood. this has got to be one of the most famous spots in hollywood, where the biggest celebrities in the world have put their hand and footprints. look, here's robert down,

robert downey jr. is 48. >>> here's a look at what's coming up later on "today" show. kevin ware opens up about his injury and future and first lady. >> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm richard lui with bill karins. thanks for watching "early today." >>> the bay area police department that will go off-line in just over an hour. what it means for your safety? >>> the president is waking up here in the bay area. we'll show you what's on his agenda before he heads back out on the road. >> new details about the man police are calling the chatty chief. could he be talking his way up and down the peninsula. >>> for now, let's jump outside. clouds, rain out there. be ready to take a nice, live look at your bay bridge. grab an umbrella on this thursday, april 4th. this is "today in the bay." >>> a very good thursday morning to one and all. i'm happy you could join us. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia cannon. that storm is rolling over the bay area. let's check the forecast with christina loren >>> we have a lot of rain to

my goal was, i decided i it was going to be cool to meet robert downey jr. junior, and play for the premiere. i didn't finish i time. i glad it done. i hope to get invited to another premiere, that would be cool. >> how will this work into your architect with the rest of the family, is this going to make an appearance for the heygoods. >> it's not a joke or anything, you know, we do a lot of creative effects and visual things to go along with the show. i kind of made this for munn fun, all the viewing on youtube an everybody dignitary, it's going in a summer show. people can come see it live. it actually works out pretty koochlt i got it back here. i have this program. it controls it all off of my computer. >> oh, wow! >> that is cool. >> michael, be honest, do you put this suit on and jump around your room and pretend you're ironman? >> well, yeah, why not? >> i am arenaman. >> that's it for us here at "right this machine." we will leave with you a new entertaining youtube video, it's from the collective tv 2, enjoy, we'll see you next time. [ music playing

. >>> and robert downey, jr. attended the chinese premiere of "iron man 3" and was given a big hug and a kiss by a young "iron man" in training. >>> hot chicks from our friends at kusa in colorado springs. one calendar has some unexpected pin-up girls. thelma and louise, two chickens rescued by firefighters during last summer's waldo canyon fire. after their story went viral, the owners created a calendar featuring the "hot chicks" alongside the -- yeah, i know -- along those who helped the devastated community. the calendar is available at waldoshotchicks.com. i don't know about that. i'm richard lui. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day on your nbc station. >>> lead news in today's "new york times." targeted killing comes to define war on terror. this highlights osama bin laden's son-in-law who is part of a select group of high-level terror suspects who have not been killed. >>> in "the washington post," lily pulitzer, fashion designer dies at 81. lilly is creative mind behind the most colorfu

and robert downey, jr. attended the chinese premiere of "iron man 3" and was given a big hug and kiss by a young iron man in training. >>> the finalists of the tv theme song are "cheers" and "gilligan's island." votes are split right down the middle. stay tuned. "way too early" starts right now. ♪ >>> it's going to happen again. it is going to happen again. and every time, you know, it's somebody else's school. it's somebody else's town. it's somebody else's community until one day you wake up, and it's not. >> emotional words from the father of one of the victims of the newtown massacre. gun control front and center as victims of violence pleat their case for stricter gun laws. i'm bill karins. this is "way too early." thanks for being up with

nicole, drag yourself away from robert downey, jr. and see what pfizer is doing. nicole: to the down side, and came out with quarterly numbers for earnings and revenue that were a little night and that was disappointing, and that's the down arrow and they also had to trim their outlook, which also doesn't bode well here on wall street and they don't want to hear that and they're still trying to recover after lipitor, after they lost the rights to lipitor. stuart: you know, when a dow stock loses 3%, that's the reason the dow is down 8 points. if it weren't for pfizer, i'm sure we'd be in the plus column this tuesday morning. nicole: we have to see how heavily weighted it is and how much it's worth. but sometimes you're right. a stock can be worth 5 points, 10 points, 20 negative points. stuart: we opened at 14-8 where we are right now. thank you, indeed, nicole. we'll go to the other markets, and check oil and gas and they affect your wallet every day. look at this, oil holding around $94 a barrel, that's a relatively high level, strongest level in a few weeks now

tonight, jay welcomes -- robert downey, jr. from the movie, "42," chadwick boseman. the music of avril lavigne. and "photo booth." and now, jay leno! [ cheers and appla] captions paid for by nbc-universal television captions by vitac www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jay: thank you! thank you very much. welcome to "the tonight show." thank you. very, very kind. nice to have you all here. oh, let's see. well, the big story.

. >> jimmy: we've got a good line up for you next week robert downey jr. will be here, the great martin short will be with us, as will pierce brosnan, gabourey sidibe, leah remini, greta gerwig, jon favreau, our friend science bob pflugfelder will join us and we'll hear music from zac brown band, alice russell, band of horses, and the airborne toxic event. >> jimmy: next to the internet, marvel comics and storm troopers, our first guest is the best thing ever to happen to nerds; she plays penny on the big hit show "the big bang theory", which airs thursdays at 8 on cbs, please welcome kaley cuoco. >> jimmy: how are you? >>'s good to soo you. it's been so long. >> jimmy: when was the last time you were here? >> i think it's been 10 years. i was 17 when i was here. i couldn't even drink. >> jimmy: that's too long. >> that's a long time. i did drink but i wasn't supposed to. >> jimmy: glad to have you here. >> thank you. >> jimmy: i understand that you have something that you want to get off your chest. >> yes. there has been a reason since it's been a long t

. >> more problems for justin beiber and why robert downey junior shut down hollywood boulevard. >> never say never when it comes to justin beiber. swedish splees say they found drugs and a stun gun during a raid on the tour bus,. they searched the bus after smelling marijuana. he is now in finland for a show friday night. closer to home, hollywood boulevard shut down as fans came to marvel at the preemer of "iron man 3". >> tony is out of his element throughout the movie. that is what i think makes it a departure and brings it back to a grounded place after "the avengers". >> sam jackson joined others at afi's night at the movie ootz business changed a lot in 31 years, i'm curious as to what people will think of it. >> cagey bates was there to present "misery" and peter fonda, "easy rider". >> still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00 crossing a red line. evidence chemical weapons were used in the civil war in syria. >> in san jose want to get neighbors involved and keep neighborhoods save by using social media. >> a moment of solidarity and tears and jokes shared >>> dianne feinstein says it's

ringing the new york stock exchange, is that robert robert downey, junior? it looks like him in the middle and any way they are ringing the bell and it looks like a good day on home sales and we will have all of your business news coming up. >>> we will smile and say good morning this is ktvu channel 2 morning news and i am dave clark. >>> this morning starbucks is taking steps to keep customers safe following a poisoning attempt and joining us is janine de la vega to talk about the added safety precautions now in place, janeane? >> reporter: customers are reacting in shock and this starbucks is right across the street from the high school. a lot of kids come but it was not coffee that was affected, it was juice. a woman walked in and took two bottles of evolution fresh orange juice and swapped it with two of the same brand bottles. a customer thought it was odd and noticed the seals were broken and they both had a toxic smell. police determined one contained alcohol and the other had nail polish remover in it. they are grateful tore customers for noticing t

certainly, we've seen disney on the rise, and tomorrow robert downey jr. will be on the floor, iron man himself, so we have a lot going on. we're watching this stock which is a name hitting an all-time high like many on wall street. back to you. liz: love superheroes. thank you so much, nicole. and we've got a couple of superheroes trolling the area here for the milken global conference. magic johnson has just been mobbed. he's running a panel called winning the battle against aids. i ran into him, and there were so many people trying to do selfies, i thought, well, i can't be embarrassed, i can just ask him. he was so gracious, and he is not only the tallest person there, but everybody was trying to mob him to get pictures with him. and there are many different panels. of course, michael milken has a very important place in his heart for health care issues, trying to solve those issues. but there are a lot of reality panels here. they are very hot, oversold. let's get to to real estate. the thurm of perspective homeowners who actually signed contracts to

and later this week, robert downey, jr., who i'm told now may not come. we'll see. pierce brosnan, greta gerwig, our friend science bob pflugfelder and we'll have music from alice russell and the airborne toxic event. our first guest is -- and i think he would agree with this statement -- one of the funniest people alive. you know from his work. please give a big welcome to martin short. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: how you doing? >> i'm very good. very good. how are you, jimmy? >> jimmy: very good. >> or as they call you on nbc the other jimmy. >> jimmy: it's better than the fat jimmy. >> i was looking a it the monologue and thinking you are corseted during the monologue. >> jimmy: corsets are for old people, i use spanx. >> you are a pro. you come out here. you're funny. you're free. and you know, just five minutes before he came out he found out that leno is coming to abc and -- >> jimmy: what? >> 12:30 is going to be fun. >> jimmy: where do you stand on that? >> i love jay. >> jimmy: why don't i believe that? would you be willing to submit to a polygrap

i want to thank my guests, robert downey jr., chadwick boseman, and of course avril lavigne. monday night, ben kingsley will be here. jimmy fallon is next. have a great weekend. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center, the national broadcasting company presents -- tonight's guests are -- and featuring the legendary roots crew. and here he is -- jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hey, welcome! how are you? hey, ho. [ cheers and applause ] welcome to "late night with jimmy fallon," everybody. oh, my gosh. that's a great new york city crowd right there. you can feel the energy. [ cheers and applause ] it's been a lot of energy here around the building. the nfl draft is well underway right across the street, over at -- [ yelling ] thank, sir. [ light laughter ] we gave out a red bull under one of the chairs tonight. >> steve: really? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: the nfl draft is over at radio city music hall, and last night, the

. >>> take a look at the new york stock exchange this morning, that's ironman, robert downey jr. we've got that n old-time high yesterday, plus a rally that just won't quick. so is this the ironman market. let's ask barclays steve. what do you think, ironman, teflstifflo teflon, zombie market? what do you call it? >> well, i like the -- two statistics i heard this morning. the longest period we've ever gone into a year without at least three down days in a row, and like the 16th or 17th tuesday if up we'll set a record beyond 1927, which we tied last tuesday. so an incredible rally, with very little volatility. >> is that a problem? >> in the short term, i think the market is extended here. i think psychology has gotten very positive. i think we are susceptible to any kind of negative news that could potentially prompt a decline, but from the intermediate and long-term basis, as long as central banks continue the policies, i think money will continue to flow in the stock market, and stocks will achieve a very rich valuation just based upon the comparison of short-term interest ra

we had robert downey jr. records in his marble rain earlier this morning. it has almost pulled in to them dollars alone. it has to be winner. water for our economy. north carolina 2000 jobs created $180 million in spending. icy all angles of this. this will get is amazing reviews. full of action packed. robert downey jr. was drug addled but we forget him. now he is iron man. i.m. prices have collapsed last couple of months. iron man, stronger than ever. >> which is a marble. that is disney. they still have star wars films and a lot of stuff that will hopefully make them a lot of money. thank you robyn as always. we are tracking the warm weather today. starting with the day planner to show you what we are expecting for the rest of today. a lot of sunshine. it is a little cooler compared to yesterday around this time. six degrees cooler. this afternoon the same deal it will be cold compared to the hyatt. club seventies and eighties. the wind will increase. will the gust up to 50 even 60 mi. per hour in the north bay. fed ease bait. temperatures right now mild

robert downey junior is fantastic. >> tony stark. this is the first film post "avengers" from mar el have. tony has anxiety after the near-death experience from "avengers." the new director. the new director did "kiss, kiss, bang, bang." ben singsly is in it. this warranted a third film but i sat down with gwyneth paltrow and she gave me rather upsetting news. check this out. >> in the comics, she gets her own suit. she becomes rescue, a superhero. >> we get it in ironman 4 maybe? >> i don't know -- i think we're done with "iron man." >> don't tell me that. i'll cry. >> no nerd tears. [ laughter ] >> i know! i'm very upset about the news. "iron man 3" is out. it was not shot in 3d or imax so make the right ticket choice when you watch the film. >> next up "man of steel." my son is superman obsessed and knows the next superman movie is coming out this summer. >> i am beyond maxed out of this. the director is one of the most beautifully visually directors i have seen in my life. we are going to see superman, more of a human side to him

your relationship with robert downey jr. is special. and it really comes through on the screen. it looks like you really enjoy working with one another. >> yeah. it was fun to come back a second time and to really make that relationship, you know, strengthen that. and have more to do. and also, you know, it's great to take some of the energy we have off-camera, on to the screen, as well. we like to bust each other's chops. it's fun to have that dynamic in the movie. >> and you alluded to it. we do see the relationship really grow in this one. >> yeah. >> and how did that evolve? >> you know, i think that this is theulmination ofhat the promise was in the first two movies. you know, when we talked about coming back, robert and i said, if we're going to do this again, we have to really, you know, understand why these guys need each other. how they complement each other. and what tony does for rhody and vice versa. i think we establiaccomplished . >> you enjoy this role, don't you? >> it's nice to come back and work with people that are professional and about getting the thing done

robert downey junior got his piece. theaters get to sit back and take in fully half the gross. disney clearly had leverage here. iron man three books on track. the film was just released on 27 international markets. brought in $36.5 million. it set a new opening day record in indonesia. it could also have a great run in china. the china movie market, growing six times as fast as the u.s. disney has just announced that "iron man three" opens on may 1. tracy: dennis. not fair. ashley: all right, dennis. it is coming up to a quarter till. time for stocks now as we do every 15 minutes. thank you, as always. look, everyone tells you the markets are perhaps a little ahead of itself. what do you do? >> the trend is your friend. we have set this time and time again. it wants to move higher. we have been trading at the highs. it has to be interesting to see. unfortunately, for today, this is a headline driven market. we have to move this market today. everyone is taking short-term risks off the table and really anticipating what we will do it next week. ashley: thank you for joining us.

robert downey junior ringing the bell to coi side with the release of "ironman 3." they hope a big day of gains following the news on housing. there he is. actually two iren men there. what does that mean? how is he standing next to ironman when he is ironman? too confusing. alison kosik. are you there? >> i think he may have left his suit home for this occasion, chris. >> my head, my head. >> focus, stocks are mixed. the focus is the home price report we got a short time ago. over the past year, home prices have jumped the most since may 2006. case-schiller says home prices roast 9.3% since a year ago. phoenix, san francisco, and las vegas include those with the biggest growth. we won't see the positive affect trickle down to stocks. investors taking a breather after a nice rally on monday. along with the housing market. the focus on corporate earnings. 40 s & p 500 companies clocking in with their report cards. today's the final trading day of april. a pretty darn good month for stocks, the dow, s x p 500, up 1.5% since march. dow, five straight months of gains, n

. >> and how is robert downey jr. to work with? >> he's the best. i mean, he's like family to me at this point. i adore him. my children adore him. he's amazing. >> when you're not acting, you're very, very busy, creating the most glorious recipes. and they're so beautiful to look at in your new book, "it's all good." the pages just come to life. i love your philosophy. it's about looking good and feeling good. >> we can all eat really well and really affordibly. you know, just making food at home for our families. and this collection of recipes is really near and dear to my heart. >> if we were to go to dinner at your house, this is the kind of food that your family makes? >> yes. just clean, delicious, food, that doesn't taste healthy. >> are you loving acting? would you rather focus on the lifestyle stuff? >> where are you these days? >> i like to do one movie a year, that fits around my family's schedule. my family are my priority, by far. and the great things about having these ancillary interests, i'm at home and being creative. but while they

downey, jr. is striving, making $50 million on the avengers hauling in more than 1 minute 5 billion at the box office, he had a piece of the growth, baby. the mouse house thriving too. mickey's stock at an all-time high above $60 a share. some say not to worry. this split-spat will be ironed out before this pick pops on may 3rd. tracy? >> wow, thank you for all of that. >> that was variety speak. >> oh, my god. all right. shares of apple tanking today, no surprise if you look at the shells -- although, i like my mini. cheryl casone will take us through the last hour of trading. "countdown to the closing bell" is next, and dow is down 160 points. you can't go anywhere. we'll be right back. ♪ sleeping? sleeping? just wanted to check and make sure that we were on schedule. the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. we don't let frequent heartburn come between us and what we love. so if you're one of them people who

today, from the new action film "iron man 3," robert downey jr. carl car champion edwards. and we'll meet our next teacher finalist from south carolina. all next on the emme award winning live live. [captioning made possible by disney-abc domestic television] announcer: now here are kelly ripa and michael strahan!

also considered robert downey jr. of the new drug czar. after two or three years you would have done the mall. chinese crisis is dying down. i did hear a rumor that you brought your laundry. that would not be right. i cannot buying these dam things. they have to be here somewhere. that too many papers for you. i will just close a something about women and politics. problemsomen solve faster than men. this could be because i had my head kicked in a few times. are in an argument with someone. you are really yelling. it hits you that you are wrong. this is when you know you are in love. you start to leave. you have a strong family background. marriage is still good. just when you think you're not going to do it, that is when you are like a terminator and its long way. even the president must know this. you get all these rules for the house. how long can they stay there? you better know. somebody knows. since there's only two of you on the rules committee, how much do you want to bet it is not new? you do not get divorced because the thrill is