what can we learn from michael j. fox? he doesn't do a lot of interviews because he gets so tired, but today he had a lot to say. when i said i was going to be interviewing you, people asked me, how's he doing? again, i don't want to belabor that, but you're doing okay. >> what i was going to say was that i refer to it, parkinson's, the effect it's had on my life as a gift. people are clearly dubious about that. and kind of wonder how i can say that, but i qualify it as a gift that keeps on tacking, but it is a gift because it's really opened me up to more compassionate, curious, risk taking person and given me a kind of -- i wouldn't call the foundation my magnus owe ppus, it's definitely the most important thing i've ever done and will probably do in my life. >> right now when you're moving, like i see you're grabbing your left leg, are you trying to tell your left leg not to move. is that something you're constantly thinking about? >> it's like whack-a-mole. it's like the arm will go. i stop the arm, the other arm will

michael j. fox had an operation back in 1998. during his operation, michael was awake, he was talking to his surgeon. >> so, he said make your handshake. i tried to and i couldn't. i felt this disappointment that i couldn't give him what he wanted. then i said i can't. he said, we're done. i was like, wow. >> operation was over because they accomplished the goal. >> yeah, they accomplished the goal. it was early for me. i had a big tremor on my left side. fully on the left, nothing on the right. my whole life, working and stuff was about manipulating circumstances to pin the arm. >> put your hand in your pocket. >> or busy it with something. that helped. but, it got to be too much. then, of course, i had the surgery. it diminished the effects on my left side, but true to the progression of the disease, within a few months, the right side started. i made the decision not to have another brain surgery. >> i don't want to belabor the point, but if they said it's not curative, but with stimulation we can dial it up, dial it down with

when michael j. fox and leah thompson reunited, they captured why it still resonates. >> it's remarkable that it still endures. there's a lot of heart in the movie and that's why it sustained itself. >> it's ironic -- not ironic, but it fits, given what the theme of the movie is that it's cross-generational. little kids love it and it's become kind of like -- not to be sacrilegious -- >> leah put it so well. what made it so memorable, you have to ask the same question about "pretty in pink" what really made molly and jon so memorable in their roles? >> they're playing these high school misfit outcasts who don't fit in. they're searching for something that seems outside their grasp. anyone that's been to high school can relate to that. they had awesome hair. check out the do. >> so many movies are being remade, jessica. what about "pretty in pink" and "back to the future," personally, i say, leave well enough alone. you shouldn't mess with masterpieces. >> i agree with you. you can't even think to rem

. >> mcfly, who can forget michael j. fox as marty mcfly and the time-traveling delorean in back to the future. the not-to-be missed reunion. you're watching a special edition of "showbiz tonight" entertainment weekly's great reunions. >>> and now, a very special edition of the showbiz news ticker, reuniting the co-stars of northern exposure and alias starring jennifer garner. check out the smoking reunion picture of jen and victor garber. >>> and a nosh doctor gets dropped into rural alaska. "northern exposure" one of my favorites. reunited right here. i'm done with airline credit cards promising 25,000 miles a flight only to be told... there's nothing for 25. but they will let me give you the same seat for a big miles upcharge. how's that sound? for that many miles we'll be stuck taking a "staycation." [ imitates engine revving ] [ angie ] i'm through playing games. i switched to the venture card from capital one. vacation, here we come! [ male announcer ] don't pay miles upcharges. don't play games. get the flight you

you made it. >> and, yeah, michael j. fox made it to the great "entertainment weekly" reunion as well taking him back to the future. >> to this day, i still hope that if i drive 88 miles an hour i'm going to end up back in 1955. i've nk tried it. it's been 25 years since "back to the future" came out. time does fly. with me back right now in new york, "entertainment weekly" assistant managing editor dalton ross and senior writer jessica shaw. i have a hard time thinking of any actor who could have played marty mcfly the way that michael j. fox did. what made him so perfect for this role? >> no one else could have done that role. he had that rare combination of being so charming and funny and crush-worthy, he could ride a skateboard and he could flirt with his mother without it seeming too creepy. >> that would have been super creepy this day and age. when michael jochlt f. fox and thompson reunited, they captured why it still resonates. >> it's remarkable that it still endures. there's a lot of heart in the movie and that

still to come, it has been 25 years since michael j. fox took us back to the future. find out how you can relive the timeless movies series once again. >> we have a lot going on. a little bit of light shower activity in western maryland. i will break this down for you coming up in your full forecast. right now clouds thickening up. right now clouds thickening up. 70 at that a woman 1 sync: i knew what bob ehrlich did as governor. man 1 sync: raised my property taxes 60 percent. woman 2 sync: let utilities hike our rates 72 percent. woman 1 sync: but i didn't know what he's done since he got fired as governor. man 2: ehrlich's raked in millions. man 3: he worked for a wall street bank that took 10 billion dollars from the bailout. woman 3: 10 billion of our money. woman 4: our money. woman 5 sync: and he worked for another bank that collapsed. man 4: costing tax payers 17 million. anncr: tell bob ehrlich big banks don't need help. middle class marylanders do. >> in this afternoon's consumer alert, but you may be feeling the pain at the pump these days. and this is acco

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nothing we had ever seen befe. >> michael j. fox and his co-stars reunite on the "today" show beginning on nbc 4 at 7:00. >> maryland shoppers now have a new place to get groceries. wegmans opened yesterday. shoppers lined ubefore sunrise to get a sight. prince george's county executive jack johnson said it is not often this grocery store gets at kind of attention. many customers told us they used to have to drive far for an upscale food store. this wegmans employs 600 local residents. >>> fans of the daily show with jon ewart will get to be part of the audience in d.c. this week. the show will be taking at the speaks spear theater company harmon hall four days beginning tonight. it's all part of indecision 2010 coverage tour. all four shows will be called when grizz ♪

everyone knows the class it 1985 film "back to the future" starred michael j. fox's marty mcfly. eric stoltz was five weeks into shooting the famed role when the director decided things weren't working out and made the switch. never before seen footage of stoltz as mcfly is part of the extra package for the 25th anniversary rerelease of the three "back to the future" films. i never knew that. can you believe tht? >>> after almost five years of marriage, christinaguilera and her producer husband have separad. the two have agreed to live apart for a while and see how things go. >>> finally, as opposed to ducking his marriage issues, david arquette calling into the howard stern show yesterday to talk candidly and take blame for his separation from courtney cox blaming his, quote, cookie ways. she said she asked for the separation telling him that she didn't wnt to be his mother any more and th he's been, quote, begging courtney to get back with me. bill, what do you think about that? he's being pretty honest and true. >> yeah, but doing it to howard stern? maybe oprah or something l

the movie featureded michael j. fox best known for his role on "family ties" veteran television star christopher lloyd, leah thompson and the eccentric christian glover. the time traveling teenager was born. using doc brown's invention, marty is sent from 1985 back to 1955 where he must make sure his parents meet and follow in love. >> i'm george, george mcfly. i'm your density. >> reporter: but by interfering, he alters history and almost erases himself from the future. after repairing the damage, marty must find a way to return to present day. originally eric stoltz was kass as marty mcfly, but it wasn't working and fox was recast in the role. but because of his commitment to family ties, fox had to film during the night, forcing the crew to race through reshoots and post production in an effort to make its summer release dates. "back to the future" went on to produce two more films in the franchise, making it one of the most successful trilogies of all time. >> roads? where we're going, we don't need roads. and t

sanjay gupta's exclusive interview with michael j. fox who by all means faces challenges, obstacles, but he's working to find a better treatments for those living and surviving with parkinson's disease. >> i had the rare opportunity to sit down with michael j. fox, for an unprecedented 90 minutes. these long interviews are something he hardly does anymore. we wanted to talk about parkinson's disease, his foundation and the numerous obstacles he's overcome the last 20 years since he's diagnosed. >> it was a clear period around 19 3, 3, '94, two years after the diagnose where i accepted it. there's an old daying my happine happiness grows in direct proportion to my expectation. this is what it is, so now what? >> once you were not in denial, you think you were happier? >> yes, absolutely. when you can look at the truth of something, then, i mean, that's what it is. it is what it is. now you have options. the only thing i don't have a chase object is whether i have parkinson's. everything else is my choice. that's much more liberating th

that's why they brought in michael j. fox. we learned this about the 21st anniversary dvd. i love stories like that. for the record, i've seen clips of the movie. and it's great. >> one of the most important movies of the '80s. >> when this came out, our whole team was so excited. >> log onto scoop.todayshow.com. or be a fan on facebook. there's a lot going on today. here tr things we thought you should know. george clooney will meet with president obama in the oval office 20 minutes from now. the topic will be his recent trip to sudan. >>> bristol palin takes a break from ballroom dancing to star in a rock video. it's for the alaskan group, static cycle. the lead singer said she looked absolutely gorgeous. >>> and a 24-year-old arrested for streaking at president obama's rally in philly said he did it for the money. a british billionaire offered $1 million cash prize to anyone who would pull the stunt. no word on if this naked guy got the cash. would you do that for a million dollars? come on, tell me. those are the things we thought you should know. when i use expedia, ..

eric shot 5 week worth of scenes in the original film before being replaced by michael j fox. and in tv news the fourth is back and bet than ever. >> negotiate the treaty with jab a. find the renegade. fichlt your mission will be sky walkee. >>reporter: pick up "star wars"if the complete season. 22 episodes and bonus material as well. if the musical rocky horror picture show is getting thh the glee treatment for halloween. rachel and the rest of he club is doing their rendition of the cult classic. all new glee airs tomorrow night at 8 right here on fox 45. i'm kandace that's the low down. >>> thanks so much. storm system is moving through bringing written to some parts of our regionn vytas rejoins us with the the sky watch forecast. hoo bad is it going to get. >> shouldn't be too bad. % mainly cootained in the south and north of us. around here úgent bit broken up bbt we úave clouds out there few break of sun in the midmorning into the afternoon. took its time getting here but only light written to talk about at this time. 74 degrees and we are seeing mostly cloudy skies. t

michael j. fox. michael j. fox trained his body to learn to live with parkinson's disease, makes him one of the inspiring people we talk to in our new series called human factor. here is our chief medical correspondent, dr. sanjay gupta. >> i had the rare opportunity to sit down with michael j. fox for an unprecedented 90 minutes. these long interviews are something he hardly ever does anymore. we wanted to talk about parkinson's disease, talk about his foundation and talk about the numerous obstacles that he has overcome the last 20 years since he was diagnosed. >> a real clear period there in 1993, '94, two years after diagnosis, when i just got it. i just accepted it. and i realized that the world was saying my happiness was in direct proportion of my acceptance in reverse to my expectation. this is what it is, and so now what? >> so, once you were not in denial, you think you were happier? >> yeah, i actually was. when you can look at the truth of something, then that is what it is. it is what it is. now yo

. >>> and some never before scene3 from back to the future without michael j fox. why you could say the leadingg3 star took a back stage role. >>> good morning, it's mobbed, october 25th. i'm patrice harris. it was a beautiful weekend, a nail biting kind of weekend when it came down to the ravens game. but temperature wise it was gorgeous. will it stay that way? meteorologist steve fertig here with is here with a look at wht we can expect. he neeer knew what to expect >> it's like go take a nice week off. get the w, take a week off aad regroup. >> it's a good thing they won, because if they hadn't, the coach would be sheer practice this week. %-70s, patrice.res stay in the as far as anything unsettled, it's going to be ssme showers with thunderstorms, maybe this afternoon and into the evening hours before they taper off. -6 degrees, a mild start in baltimore, begun in hagerstown and 61 in salisbury.ú you can see the cloud cover especially to the west, and the showers before the tennessee valley. they're headed in our direction and coold be visiting us later in the

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it has been 25 years since michael j. fox started time traveling, hopping back and forth from 1955 in the first one. ronald reagan loved the movie despite the fact that it poked fun at him. he used the line where we are going, we don't need roads in his state of the union address in 1986. this is very disturbing. if hollywood remade the movie today, he would travel back 30 years into the far off land of 1980. >> wow. the land of scrunchies. >> they traveled 30 years ahead and that's 2015. we have five years to see if flying cars are true and hovering skateboards. and the new movie predicts a female president. we will find out if that comes true. the cast of back to the future will reunite on the today show tomorrow. to clear that up, they will look back on back to the future in the future tomorrow on "today." >> wow! >> back to you. >> you are making my hair top the stand up like crazy. like mike inouye. >> let's go to mike right now. . >> it wasn't a mullet. it was a tail. let's look out and we will tell you the tale of

. >> michael j. fox was on the team. he encounters his parents as high school students in 1955. it turned a tv star into a movie star. >> going to a movie is like going to church. when it makes it on the big screen it makes it a different experience and they hold it in a different regard. >> >> in this case even the white house took notice. >> who is president of the united states in 1985? >> ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan? the actor. >> he laughed so loud at the reagan joke he didn't hear the next two minutes. >> it made such an impression. >> where we are going we don't need roads. >> reagan borrowed from it. >> where we are going we don't need roads. >> i grabbed the telephone and said did you hear what reagan said about your movie? >> 25 years later fans still talk about it. >> people talk about it and i say the movie. >> others embrace it on a more basic level. >> a very sweet and nostalgic lovely movie that i don't know if it would be made today. >> making it 25 years ago made it a classic. >> 25 years. how about that? >> time flyers. 5:27 and 52 degrees. coming up in the

. >> michael j. fox and his co stars will reunite on the "today" show tomorrow morning. you can catch it right here on nbc 4 starting at 7:00 a.m. >>> let's take a look right now at some of the stories we're going to be following on news4 this afternoon. jim hanley joins us with a preview. >> good rning, barbara. we have a busy afternoon coming up at 4:00 and 5:00 this evening. a woman is found dead inside her bethesda home today. we'll ve the latestn the investigation. >>> also ahead, the fda makes a decision whether to green light an experimental weight loss drug. we'll have the latest on that. then tonight at 5:00, the only thing more frightening than the costumes onnel halloween is the potential for fire. liz crenshaw joins us with the dos and don'ts to keep your little goblins safe out there. these stories, all the day's news and more on our wet evening ahead coming up at ne4 at 5:00. barbara, back to you for now. >> speaking of a wet evening, let's see what the weather hlds for us. tom? >> the un-october weather holds. it's been quite mild the last few days. 70 in

michael j. fox and christopher lloyd and the man behindhe theme song to the movie, huey lewis, all here tomorrow on "today." meanwhile coming up in this half hour, we're going tbe talking about something we're all going to be thinking about soon, our winter coats. if you haven't gotten around to buying one, now is the time. we're going to show you how to get one at the right fit at the right price. >>> something i always tnk about, delicious recipes that made the cut in the essential "new york times" cookbook. one of them the most requested recipe in the times cararchives? >> really? >> it's a purple plum. >> when they come on your tree, there's so many of them, you got to figure out what to do with them. >> save me a slice, all right? so here in rockefeller plaza. there's a beautiful photographic display of how mexico is celebrating two important anniversaries in its history this year, it's mexico reveals, and we're going to take a look. but first let's get another eck of the weather from >>> g

this was reigniting the michael j. fox, chris oq. lewis, and the reuniting in n.y. city. >> the irony of this movie, is that it is timeless. and it is great to be a part of it. >> and after 25 years, it is kind of unique. it is wonderful to see the amount people carrying about this. >> there also celebrated the release of the trilogy on dvd packed with revelations including this one. it was almost called spaceman from maputpluto >> and i know that we will became an scientists because of that character and luar fsunar fest with celebrating women, coming up. ♪ >> good morning, this is a sculpture by patrick. there's a lot of grouna round ad these are created especially for lunar fasfestival, celebrating the zero women. and all types of wonderful things we're going to tell you, celebrant-all women, and the two women that are celebrating his zero whi house hazel. . basically what is this? >> this is a festival is the most wonderful event. and it is movies about women supported by the entire community. and the the breast cancer foundation, and women's shelter. homeless

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private j and specialest michael osa. >> geraldo: as the commanding officer of the first brigade gives the purple heart we also have the army commendation medal with the device for valor coming up. why don't you read the citation for that. >> the following individuals are awarded the army commendation medal with b device for valor for their actions with task force bull dog during operation enduring freedom in the person river valley kunar province, afghanistan. their service reflects great credit upon themselves 1327 infantry first brigade combat team, 101st airborne division air assault in the united states army signed 10 october 2010. andrew pete popas infantry commanding. first lt. alexander pruden. corporal robert snyder. specialist adam perry. specialist jesse bonds. private first class mark anderson, and specialist william coke. >> geraldo: thank you, captain wheeler, as the officers continue to give out the purple heart and the commendation medals. get some reaction from some of these fellows. tell me how you were hurt. >> i received a gunshot wound in the leg. >> thank you, sir

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