stiller and meara along with her husband jerry stiller. tonight he and his son and daughter, the actors ben and amy stiller and millions of fans are mourning their loss. nbc's joe fryer takes a look back. >> hi. >> how you doing? >> reporter: we can safely assume anne meara laughed a lot in her 85 years. >> some fancy carpet, huh? >> reporter: clever enough in her own right, meara was matriarch of a funny family starting with jerry stiller, her husband of 61 years. >> and 38 of those years in therapy. >> reporter: together they formed the comedy team stiller and meara rising to fame in the '60s. amazingly not too early for a sketch on computer dating. >> those computers are a good thing. >> oh, terrific. >> i was reading all about it. >> takes all the guess work out of meeting someone. >> reporter: there was no straight man in this duo. >> you've grown. >> what? oh. i forgot. >> reporter: yet the tall redhead also excelled on her own appearing in many tv shows like "rhoda." >> right now i'm cleaning my bathroom bowl. >> reporter: today her

stiller and meara. full of fun, full of love, and wisdom, doing important comedy that helped open our eyes to the world around us. >> i'm mary elizabeth doyle. >> doyle? >> horowitz? >> horowitz, h-o-o-o-w-i-t-z, hershey. my friends call me hersh. >> doyle, d-o-y-l-e. my friends call me mary elizabeth. >> is doyle your real name? >> sure. why wouldn't it be my real name? >> i don't know. i mean, i was just hoping -- >> no, we're doyles. we're dempseys on my mother's side. >> dempsey. horowitz. >> smorowitz on my mother's side. this computer is a very good thing. >> oh, terrific. >> i heard all about it. >> takes all the guesswork out of meeting someone. >> yeah. >> tonight on "all in," nine people are dead in 32 shootings >>> hell, no, we won't go. let's play "hardball." good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. hillary clinton has a rival for the presidency, a democratic rival. senator bernie sanders of vermont who declared his candidacy have a chance, does a declared socialist have a chance in t

meara is survived by her daughter amy and several grandchildren. an abalone diver died today off the sonoma county coast. authorities say the man had been diving at salt point state park with two others.when he began struggling in the water. life-guards and paramedics tried to revive the diver this afternoon.but he was pronounced dead at a bluff near the coast. the diver was the fifth death of the abalone diving season.which began last month. three divers drowned on april 12 near fort brag. and on april 21 another abalone diver. died trying to fight the tide. protests following the big oil spill off california's coastline. the call is on for clean alternatives to oil. and a food recall. what un- inspected sandwich meats you need to know about. >> brian :and memorial day weekend is the unofficial start to summer but it does not look like someone out there. a latino how long this what--there is going to continue--i will let you nkow how long this weather will last, coming up >> vicki : more than 70 protestors were arrested in cleveland.after police s

now ann meara is gone and i salute her. and rosy o'donnell says with a heavy heart, she was so real. she was 85 years old. >>> a local world war ii hero celebrated a special milestone today. we were in castro valley as john enjoyed his 100th birthday with family and friends. he joined the navy as a teenager during the depression in 1934. today he told us huh the felt when the u.s. troped the nuclear bomb to end the war. >> we were glad. we wanted to get it over with. you are out there for years, after floating around you got a family back here that you don't see. so you want to get back home. >> he lost his wife of 75 years mary, just last year. she was 99. he credits avoiding junk food and rarely eating meat for his longevity. very happy birthday, john and thank you for your service. >>> up next at 6:00, a look at the largest multicultural festival on the west coast. >> a warmup is on the way to parts of the bay area, frances dinglasan is in tonight and is up next with the forecast. >> the indy 500 had a familiar him in in

hollywood is mourning the loss of actress and comedian anne anne meara. she and her husband died on saturday. they made up stiller and meara in the 1960s. her career went on to include dozens of rolls. meara is survived by her husband, her son actor ben stiller, her daughter and several grandchildren. >>> over the weekend the nobel prize winner who inspired the academy award winning movie "a beautiful mind" died in a car crash. princeton professor josh nash and his wife were killed on saturday on the new jersey turnpike. they were in a couple in a taxi coming back from the airport in newark when the driver lost control. the cab hit a guardrail and slammed into another car. nash struggled with schizophrenia spent much of his time at princeton. he won the nobel prize in 1994. flowers and tributes were laid and played. colleagues wished they had gotten to know him. >> extremely shocked. i always wanted to have at least have lunch with him once. i feel like i missed an opportunity. i should have talked to him more. >> princeton university says that the school

. >> meara was married to stiller for 61 years. they worked together appearing as stiller and meara. she appeared in dozens of shows and shared the screen with her son ben stiller "a night at the museum." meara was 85 years old. >>> unraveling the details of a mystery. >>> and a monster fire engulfed the interstate in downtown detroit. this is the "cbs morning news." >>> oh my god. look at this. detroit is on fire. >> in detroit drivers watched as a massive tanker truck fire sent thick black smoke into the downtown air. 9,000 gallons of unleaded fuel caught fire sunday stopping traffic for several hours. there were no injuries and some roads are still closed. >>> and it looks -- rather take a look at this. some frightening moments at a tennessee memorial weekend event. a skydiving veteran was injured when wind carried his parachute into power lines. he sustained injuries saturday when he fell to the ground. >>> and a mystery of a california cupping missing for two weeks. a woman has been found alive but her husband has been found d

anne meara was a serious actress doing shake spears in the park and such things when her husband, jerry stiller, lured her into working as a comedy team with him. fame as a comedy team brought them both many many more acting offers. they have two children amy and ben stiller. anne and jerry kept working throughout parenthood and grandparenthood. annes meara was nominated for four emmys and won a writer's guild award for the 1983 tv movie "if other women." here are anne and jerry in a most of very cowritten by their son, ben stiller, how they played a trick on the "new york times" about an obituary. >> do you know that jerry ford to get my father eddie meara's obituary into the "new york times" and they said -- >> that's right, i did. >> what does your father-in-law do? >> they needed a -- something to -- >> and he said well he baby-sits. he baby-sits for our kids. >> that's right. >> he says that's nothing. is that all? no no. >> and finally they pushed him and he says well yeah he writes our material. >> he wrote all my material. he says that guy doesn't get into the "new york times."

. >> reporter: together they formed the comedy duo stiller and meara. amazingly not too early for a sketch on computer dating. >> those computers are a great thing. >> terrific. >> i was reading all about it. >> takes all the guess work out of meeting someone. >> reporter: there was no straight man in this duo. >> you've grown. >> oh i forgot. >> reporter: yet the tall redhead also excelled on her own appearing in many tv shows like "rhoda." today her son actor ben stiller tweeted, all of us in our family feel so lucky to have had her in our lives. even later in life stiller and meara still performed together like in this episode from "the king of queens." >> i know we could learn to love each other. >> i already love you, arthur. >> reporter: a true team to the end. joe fryer, nbc news los angeles. >>> we're back in a moment with our "making a difference" report. recline, reuse, recycle into something great job! k.... now let's get ready for the ball. here it comes. here you go. good catch! perfect! alright, now for the best part. lets see your pour. o

. >>> actress anne meara has died at the age of 85. she was married to jerry stiller for 61 years. mira leaves behind a son, actor ben stiller, daughter amy and several grand children. now back to "caught on camera." >>> welcome back to "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. it's one of those moments we dread, going to the dentist. maybe that's why this next video resonates with so many people. millions of clicks made a little boy with a toothache a bite-size celebrity. when david devore buckles his son into his car seat on the way back from the dentist, he notices his 7-year-old son is acting pretty strange. >> is this real life? >> he was just being very crazy acting. he was very loopy, kind of sliding down the seat and just seeing double and that sort of thing.

anne meara was 85 years old. another notable passing, john nash, the brilliant yet troubled mathematician was kill add long with his wife yesterday in a crash on the new jersey turnpike. mark albert has more on this. >> playing touch football. >> reporter: most people have heard of john nash because of the oscar winning movie that told his life story, "a beautiful mind" showed the striking contrast between his genius and his illness. >> ladies and gentlemen, the great john nash. >> because while nash was a nobel prize winning mathematician, he was also a victim of paranoid schizophrenia, which crippled him for decades. he spoke with mike wallace on cbs sunday morning in 2002. >> i wouldn't really be-- to think deeply and effectively as a mathematician if i were taking medicine. >> reporter: just this past week, nash was honored with the avo prize in norway, one of the highest honors in mathematics problems on the new jersey turnpike with what has become a police investigation of that fatal accident. >> reporter:

most recently meara had a recurring role in "king of keeps" along with her husband. she was the mother of ben stiller. anne meara died on saturday. >>> virginia is helping you prepare for hurricane season by saving you some money. your will not have to pay taxes taxes -- you will not have to pay taxes on batteries, bottled waters and other supplies, $60 or less. same thing for the generators priced at $1,000 or less. go to our washington app. we'll have a list of supplies covered by the tax free holiday. the heat is on. >> some good advice. buy what you need. chuck is here with us now. we have one named -- one named storm already. >> yeah ana a couple of weeks ago. but we have been in a hurricane drought and that's the kind of drought you'd like to be in. >> absolutely. >> we have not had a major hurricane, category, 3, 4 or 5, hit the continental united states, in ten years. the last one was rita wilma, we have not had a bigger storm make landfall since. >> you can't throw chuck -- no matter what you say to him, he's ready. a long list of facts ready to roll. >> he'

ann meara was 85. >> married for 61 years. amazing. juan pablo montoya is celebrating his second indianapolis 500 title this morning. >> and the winner of the indianapolis 500 is juan pablo montoya. >> montoya battled back after a close call when he was bumped from behind. there were five crashes in sunday's race. one incident on pit road injured two crew member bus there was no repeat of the scary accidents during qualifying where cars were flying in the air. >>> the big moment off the track featured david letterman. he retired from the "late show" on wednesday. the team he co-owns honored him with special art work on the number 32 car dave opened up about coming back to one tradition and saying good-bye to another. >> it's always great coming here to the indianapolis 500, regardless of what the week was like. but the week was crazy and i can't tell you how gratifying it was and i would like to again thank everybody who made me and everybody who works on that show feel great and feel like what we've been doing meant something to some

very nice. >> reporter: but she first gained fame in the 1960s as half 069 team stiller and meara with her husband of 61 years, jerry stiller. >> boy, you sure putt a shot in that toaster, lady. >> i yeah. i'm compulsive about shine. >> reporter: while they made a name for themselves -- >> this doesn't even look like you. >> no wait wait wait. >> reporter: meara was a star in her own right. >> just go home. look at you. you look tired. >> reporter: the brooklyn-born star never missed a chance to poke fun after her husband even here on "today." >> why don't you leave room for them to ask a question. why? >> reporter: she spoke proudly of ben stiller. >> i thought he would be a big-time something. but, you know he could have been a thief. i don't know. i'm very proud he became a big-time actor, director writer. >> reporter: they did not reveal a cause of death but said in part anne's memory lives on in the hearts of daughter amy, son ben, her grandchildren, her extended family and friends and the millions she entertained as an actress, writer and comedienne. >> boy, talk about comedy gen

. >> fans are mourning the loss of an meara who died saturday night. she was married to jerry stiller for 61 years and they are the parents of comedic actor ben stiller. anne meara was 85 years old. >>> sean o'brian was caught on the internet dancing and people made fun of him. he was known as the dancing man. they tracked him down and found out his identity. on saturday he was the guest of horn at the event in hollywood. they had 1,000 people come out and dance the night away. monica will a -- will a bought him a foot massage. he had a great weekend of people celebrating people of all sizes having a good time. dance your dance who cares if you're watching. >> if you've got the move. >> more tense moments at the nation's capital after police discovered a suspicious package we'll have the overnight development. >>> everybody is firing up the grill, firefighters want to make sure everybody is staying safe, consumers reports put grills to the test, we'll share the results with you when he come right back. of dear stranger, when i booked this trip, my frie

anne meara passed away at the age of 85. her death prompted headlines refers to mira as ben stiller's mother. so much more. she was a comedy legend in her own right. >> here we are, now we're left with obituaries. >> obituaries? already written. ours are written. >> reporter: already written? not for anne meara, hon negligently, too much to include. the comedienne rose to fame with her husband jerry stiller doing improve. >> hershey horowitz. >> i'm mary elizabeth doyle. >> reporter: the best known bit, a last-minute idea performed for johnny carson. >> doyle. >> horowitz. >> reporter: a jewish man and catholic woman madly in love. what a pairing. on and off the screen for more than 60 years. in the early days "the ed sullivan show." >> you ignorant jew, you matzo head what do you know? >> reporter: the "carol burnett show." >> won't you come in? >> how far? >> reporter: and national commercials including windex. eventually the actors branched out to successful solo roles shining brightly on their own. >> nothing like a good

how anne meara is being remembered this morning. that when we come back. love story, the two of you. is that fair to say? >> grow up. >> no but i want to go. i want to go back to -- >> how long were you married, kid? >> a couple years. >> 58. >> my parents also, 58. >> 58 years. i'm 82. he's 84. i say 58 and 38 of those years in therapy. >> that was actress and comedian anne meara who passed away. she was the wife of jerry stiller. she was the matriarch of up of the great american comedy families and half of the 60s duo stiller and meira. she earned many awards. her son tweeted yesterday thank you so much for all the kind wards about ann. all of us in our family felt so lucky to have her our lives. it's been 45 years since simon and garfunkel split up. and garfunkel can't understand why. in an interview he called the break up were strange. saying it was nothing he would have done, pretending to address spaul simon, he says how can you walk away from this lucky place on top of the world. what's going on with you, you idiot? how could you get that go, jerk.

they made up the comedy team stiller and meara in the 1950s. she is survived by her husband, her son, actor ben stiller, a daughter and several 2k3wr57bd children. she was 85. >>> new research suggests that higher altitudes may actually boost a baby's risk of sudden infant death syndrome or sids. researchers found the rates doubled there. the number of deaths is very small and they cannot make a direct link between elevation and higher risk of sids. for now parents should just focus on the known risk for sids, no stomach sleeping or bed sharing, avoid soft bedding and pillows and keep infants away from smoke. >>> there is a new push for moms to breast feed. >>> now your "nbc 10" first alert weather. >>> 64 degrees and coming up on 4:27. that's a view from the comcast center in center city. skies, few clouds around right now but no sign of any wet weather. not today. have your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast just ahead. right now let's check in with jessica boyington in the first alert traffic center. what's happening, jessica? >> bill we'

anne meara also died on saturday. the wife of jerry stiller and mother of ben stiller was a four-time emmy nominee. meara and her husband became famous 50 years ago on the ed sullivan year cracking jokes about married life stiller and mere roy. she appeared on dozens of tv shows. we'll look back at her work. >> married for 61 years. >>> want pablo montoya -- >> montoya battled back after a close call when he was bumped from behind. there were five crashes in sunday's race. one incident on pit road injured two crew members but there was no repeat of the scary accidents during qualified were cars were flying in the air. >> the big moment off the track featured david letterman. he retired from the show wednesday. the team he co-owns honored letterman with special artwork on the number 32 car. he opened up about coming back to one tradition and saying good-bye to another. >> it's always great of coming back to the indianapolis 500 regardless of the week. i can't tell you how thankful i am for everybody making me and every

. >>> anne meara has died. anne meara and her husband formed a comedy team in the 1960s. they are known for appearances on variety shows and they are parents of ben stiller. anne meara starred in several television shows and continued working on stage and screen till recently. >>> another ban of severe weather turnsdiedly. >> we -- turns deadly. >> we urge citizens to get out of harm's way. >> the operation to find the missing. >> coming home from military service to find there is no home. the struggles faced by so many veterans in san francisco. >> the warm up around here. should get warmer this week. how much warmer after the break. >>> several people are feared dead after severe storms in texas. the same system killed a dozen people in a mexican boarder town. the details now from dallas. >> reporter: texas governor declared a state of emergency in 24 counties after wicked weather pounds the lone star state. >> we learn all citizens to get out of -- urge all citizens to get out of harm's way. >> reporter: massive flooding in some areas. the water destroyed homes between

. >>> actress and comedian anne meara has died. her husband jerry stiller and son ben said she died saturday. she and her husband were married 60 together and worked together almost as long. the couple performed on the ed sullivan program and other shows in the 1960s. she appeared on recurring roles of all my children and king of queens. ann here remarks dead at -- anne meara, dead at 80 five. >>> nobel winning prize winner for the movie a beautiful mind john nash has died. nash and his 82-year-old wife were killed when their taxi was involved in a crash on the new jersey turnpike saturday. he had just returned from accepting an award in norway. ash's struggle with schizophrenia was featured in the movie a beautiful mind starring russell crowe. >>> coming up tonight on wusa9 a former prosecutor weighs in on where the d.c. mansion murder investigation goes next. >> coming up later tonight, sights and sounds from the national memorial day concert down on the west lawn. stay with us. ♪ ♪ ♪ get more only with cash flow insight, p

she was half of the comedy team stiller and meara. she went on to have roles on shows like six in the city. her son says her memory lives on in the hearts of her family and the millions she entertained. and noble prize winner john nash. the 85-year-old and his wife were killed in new jersey turnpike on saturday. if you don't know his name, you probably know his story. >> gentleman, the great john nash. >> his struggle played out in the oscar winning film a beautiful mind. russell russell crow yesterday tweeted out about john and his wife. >>> on this memorial day weekend many beaches are opening for the season and in some places that means sharing the water with some creatures that may get a little bit closer than you like. sharks have part of southern california on alert. we have that story for you now. >> reporter: the sharks may not be big enough to warrant jaws music but they've prompted warnings at a couple of california beaches. >> you heard about the sharks? >> yeah? >> reporter: more than a dozen great whites have been spotted

meara gained fame along with her husband of 61 years. tonight the stiller family says peara's memory lives on in the hearts of her family and the people she entertained. >>> when nightly news continues on this sunday is the teenager who is trying to change high school football after his concussions changed him. and on this memorial day weekend how some veterans are going the extra mile to make sure the fallen aren't forgotten. >>> we're back with an nbc news exclusive. an interview with one of the first students to file a lawsuit at the high school level over concussions. he sustained while playing football. this young man is trying to change how head injuries are dealt with for 30,000 young football players in illinois high school. our report tonight from nbc's john yang. >> reporter: the last thing alex recalls about high school football practice was being hot and tired as he got into his defensive stance and waited for the snap. >> i was a little late coming up and it it was a head-on collision and after that i can't remember. >> repo

>> meara, as veronica here in "the king of queens." just one of her countess roles in a decades-long career. she and her husband were a team since the 1960s, becoming regulars on "the ed sullivan show." the mother of actor ben stiller, she was 85. >>> talk show host sharon osbourne, recovering tonight after a health scare this week. osbourne is taking a month off from her co-hosting job on "the talk" after collapsing at her home, according to the "hollywood reporter." her rep saying, it's due to mental and physical fatigue. >>> now, to a heart-stopping moment at a memorial weekend event. three military servicemen performing a skydiving stunt. all eyes on the sky when suddenly, a gust of wind blows the jumper holding the american flag. he slams into some power lines, before falling to the ground. close call, but amazingly, he was not seriously hurt. >>> still ahead, the baby almost left behind in iraq has her family fled saddam hussein. why she's thanking an american soldier soldier, when we come back. but i wasn't reaching my a1c goal

comedian and actress ann meara passed away at 85. she was married to jerry stiller for 61 years. the two performed as a comedy team in the '60s. most recently meara acted in several tv shows, she appeared in the "night at the museum" movie with her son ben stiller. anne meara died saturday. new today, an earthquake shakes buildings and halts train lines in tokyo. the latest after the break. >>> this is the first memorial day since the u.s. combat mission in afghanistan officially ended. general john campbell marked the moment in a ceremony with u.s. troops serving there. >> today we especially honor all of our falling of this war. we remember the over 2,300 soldiers sailors, airmen and marines killed in action. >>> president obama spoke in his weekly address about the last two u.s. service members to give their lives as part of that mission. their names are specialist wyatt martin and sergeant first class ramon morris. president obama also honored corporal john dawson the first troop to lose his life in afghanistan in the support mission. a holiday fishing trip turned deadly afte

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one half of stiller and meara. she had recurring roles on "all my children" and "the king of queens." she was mother of ben stiller and amy but anne meara was 85 years old. >>> that guy you've been hearing so much about. tom brady. what is it now? some people are coming to his defense coming out in support of the quarterback. they gathered yesterday in a parking lot at the patriots stadium and they're calling this a free tom brady rally. yep. they're calling for brady's four-game deflategate suspension to be thrown out. his appeal of that will be heard this week. >>> the tampa bay lightning are one away from playing for the stanley cup. all the sports highlights from our guys at espn. >>> i'm steve levy. fighting for their playoff live the hawk has a four-point lead with less than 90 seconds to play. the cavaliers fought back to force overtime where they were led by, who do you think they were led by lebron james, of course. we pick it up less than 50 seconds to play in overtime. cavs down two. lebron misses. thomp

and meara both went onto have success carreers, married for 61 years. also survived by her son actor ben stellar amy her daughter and several grandchildren. she was 85. >>> 5:47 right now. before you head out the door katie has another check on your fantastic holiday forecast. >> and from the butt of jokes to the star of the party see the huge outpouring of support for a complete stranger. be right back. >>> ♪ ♪ >>> good morning, we wake up this memorial day 2015. looking tiff korean war memorial in philadelphia. a memorial day ceremony will be held there at 11:00 this morning. >>> ♪ ♪ >>> and the word this morning is concert. >> ♪ ♪ >> outside of the us capitol actor gary, and joe will host the show to honor the nation's veterans and service members. star studded line up there includes performance frost artists like gloria estefan and shin. >> not many fireworks at the box office for the holiday weekends, tomorrow lands is number one with $32.2 million. this number falls just short of the 40 to $50 million the film was projected to earn ove

anne meara died on saturday at the age of 85. i watched her on "king of queens", she was hilarious. >> a great dynamic on and off screen. >>> and ambushed while sitting in his patrol car. this morning the hunt for the man who killed the police officer. >>> and a deadly accident in new mexico. kristin wright is looking into that tragic crash and will bring us the latest from the live desk. >>> live look outside on this memorial day. pretty clear out there, but how long will that last? chuck's back with a look at our rain puerto rico's healthcare system is on life support... putting three and a half million puerto ricans at risk. it's an outrage. puerto ricans are us citizens and pay the same medicare taxes, but receive only half the federal healthcare funding as the other 50 states. the headlines tell the story.... "unfair treatment from washington"... "thousands without medications"... "it's a crisis that could imperil the whole economy." president obama must act now to protect care for three and a half million u.s. citizens. bef

meara famously performed with husband jerry stiller as stiller and meara on "the ed sullivan show." she acted in dozens of movies and tv shows including rhoda, sex and the city, and the king of queens which starred her husband. meara is the mother of actor ben stiller. she was 85 years old. >>> a possible connection between where you live and sudden infant death. the new research coming up next. >>> and some little girls' dream of becoming a princess. one father made his daughter's dream come true. how he's creating a new kingdom and helping others at the same time. >>> a mild night. tracking even warmer weather as we head into your memorial day holiday. also the potential heat wave that's in the seven-day forecast. that's all coming up after the break. yeah, i'm married. does it matter? you'd do that for me? really? yeah, i'd like that. who are you talking to? uh, it's jake from state farm. sounds like a really good deal. jake from state farm at three in the morning. who is this? it's jake from state farm. what are you wearing jake from state farm? [ jake ] uh... khakis. she sounds

. >>> actress and comedienne anne meara died, one half of the team stiller and meara. but she had a thriving acting career on stage and tv. she had recurring roles on "all my children" and the king of queens" to name a few. the mother of ben stiller and writer amy stiller. no word on the cause of death. anne meara was 85 years old. >> tributes have been pouring in for john nash died this weekend along with his wife in a car accident. nash's battle with mental illness was depicted in the oscar winning film "a beautiful mind." russell crowe starred as nash in that movie. tweeted about the couple saying an amazing partnership. beautiful minds it, beautiful hearts. with more now, here's mara schiavocampo. >> he was the brilliant inspiration behind a beautiful mind." >> a number of solutions for any given problem. >> the nobel prize winning mathematician john nash played by russell crowe in the oscar winning film documenting his genius and at times madness. >> he's been injected. >> being mourned. nash and his wife alicia killed saturday while in a taxi on the new jersey tu

anne meara was 85 years old. still to come on the newshour: the fight to beat back islamic state forces in iraq. what's next for rules governing u.s. surveillance. the week ahead in politics with amy walter and tamara keith. why start-up tech entrepreneurs are moving business to pakistan. plus, three stories for this memorial day, on the longest war in u.s. history, the struggles at home for loved ones of soldiers redeployed, and memorizing the names of the fallen in afghanistan. >> woodruff: we turn now to the fight for iraq, and the growing tensions the rise of the islamic state has roiled up. joining me is douglas ollivant. a former military planner in iraq who served on the national security council under president obama and president george w. bush. he's now a senior national security fellow at the new america foundation and partner at mantid international. doug ollivant, welcome back to the "newshour". we have the comments from the secretary of defense over the weekend saying iraqi troops ran away, that the

older fans know her best from stiller and meara. young ber generations knowing her as ben stiller's mom. either way she carved a path in hollywood. ann meara was known for countless supporting roles in film and tv. >> 14 hours i was in labor with you. very nice. >> reporter: but she first came to fame in the 1960s as half of the comedy team stiller and meara. along with her husband of 61 years, jerry stiller. >> yeah. i'm compulsive about shine. >> reporter: while the couple made a name for themselves on shows like "the ed sullivan show." >> he doesn't even look like you. >> no wait wait. >> reporter: meara was a star in her own right appearing in dozens of films and tv shows including "all my children," "law & order svu." >> go home. you look tired. >> reporter: she never missed a chance to poke fun at her husband even here on "today." >> why do you you let them ask the question? why? >> reporter: she spoke proudly at an event for son ben stiller. >> i felt he'd by a big-time something. but he could have been a thief. i don't know.

. >>> actress and comedian anne meara has died. she was one-half of stiller and meara with her husband jerry stiller. but she had a thriving acting career as well on stage and tv, meara had a recurring role on "all my children" and "the king of queens." just to name a few. she is also the mother of actor and director ben stiller and writer amy stiller. no word yet on the cause of death. anne meara was 85 years old. >>> finally a gold glove catch at a minor league baseball game and it happened in the stands. check this out, the batter loses his bat. it goes flying into the crowd but a guy grabs it one-handed. watch the slo-mo here. he actually backhands it. his beer is also in his other hand. he did not spill a drop. okay, he is wearing a harvard jacket to a minor league baseball game. he's that guy but with those ninja skills, he can wear whatever he wants. and the funniest part about all this, the guy does this -- he saves women and children by capturing that bat he has to give the bat back because it's a minor league game. they d

. >> speaking of sad news, hollywood mourning the comedic legend anne meara. >> she's better known to a lot of us as ben stiller's mother. but she and her husband jerry stiller had been a comic duo for years and years and i'm sure young people know him from "the king and queens" and she was also in "sex in the city." she was steve's mom. that's how a lot of people know her. she was 85. they haven't disclosed how she passed away or given any details. they said obviously she will be missed and she was a comedic legend. >> we don't know if she was sick? >> she was 85 so who knows. i know everyone is thinking of ben and jerry stiller this morning. >> we got to wrap up by touching on this. i don't know if i could say that i expected this to last a year but tim yay-- >> they crossed the year mark yesterday. lots of doubters, lots of haters but they made it, guys. he made it. and they've had quite a year making headlines at every turn. >> i've got to say i was pulling for them. >> they do seem very sweet with each other and shems to be the only person that can make him smile. if that's what

hollywood says good-bye to actress and comedian anne meara. she died saturday in los angeles. she was married to actor and comedian jerry stiller and was the mother to ben stiller. she also had a daughter, amy. the family issued a statement saying anne's memory lives on in the hearts of her children and grandchildren and the millions she entertained. the cause of death was not disclosed. she was 85. >> stiller and meara funny long before their son ben came along. >>> people mourning the sudden death of the man who inspired the beloved film "a beautiful mind." john nash and his wide were killed in a car crash saturday in new jersey. >> the couple of just returning from norway after nash accepted yet another accolade in his storied career. stephanie gosk with more on his remarkable life. >>> john nash -- >> reporter: in 1994 john nash was awarded the nobel prize for his discovery in economics. remarkable for the work he did and personal challenges he overcame to make it to that stage. >> what if no one goes for blonde? we don't get any n each other's way and don't insult the oth

anne meara passed away at the age of 85. she was married to fellow actor and comedian jerry stiller. they perform as a comedy team in the '60s and they appeared on the ed sullivan time. most recently meara acted in several tv shows and she appeared in "night at the museum" with her son ben stiller. she died on saturday. >>> this morning, one woman is chained to this ship belonging to the shell oil company. she's protesting the company's plan to search for oil. this is happening north of seattle. one protester who was also chained to the ship left yesterday. that's part of a fleet that will help shell search for oil, but the protesters want that exploration stopped. they're concerned about oil spills in the arctic region and the effect it could have on climate change. >>> thousands will gather on the mall today for the tenth annual national memorial day parade. a hardy group of world war ii veterans are the grand marshals. they represent the 16 million who served and the 400,000 who lost their lives in world war ii. the parad

meara has been nominated for many awards. >>> a 3-year-old girl was attacked by a coyote. it happened in a neighborhood park friday evening. she was playing in the yard when the coyote came out of the bushes and pounced on her. the animal grabbed her by the neck. people rushed to help. they say the young girl's mother was frantic. >> i was in the patio that faces the park. the little girl was screaming. the mother was screaming. i came running out. and, there was a coyote in the park. and, and chased it off. they were scared. >> luckily the coyote's death never punctured the girl's neck. she will be okay and will not need a rabi shot. it is rare for -- a rabie shot. it is rare for a coyote to attack a person. a gray whale was spotted dead on a beach. the mammal center is trying to determine what killed the whale. it makes the third dead whale in recent weeks. last monday a 40 foot dead whale was found at half-moon bay. the carcus was decomposed so badly they could not figure out how it decide. another one was fund that they decided to bury it instead of letting it decompos

anne meara has died. she was the mother of ben stiller and wife of jerry stiller. she appeared on dozens of films and tv shows. she was 85 years old. coming up the u.s. getting blowback following controversial comments by u.s. secretary of defense asked carter -- ash carter. the must-see video after a massive tanker fire in detroit. >> you are watching abc 7 news at noon, on your side. jummy: officials in iraq are responding to the harsh words from the u.s. defense secretary over the weekend. he said the iraqi forces lacked the will to fight for the battle -- during the battle for ramadi. karen travers has more on the increasingly tense situation. karen: isis continues its advance in iraq. now, a war of words has erupted between u.s. and iraqi officials. yesterday, some unusually harsh and candid remarks from u.s. defense secretary ash carter. >> the iraqi forces showed no will to fight. they were not outnumbered. they vastly outnumber the opposing force. terran: carter and other officials have accused iraqi forces of bailing ---- karen: carter and other officials