they hope to work with ross down the road. ross in what i think was a relatively emotional statement called "the hunger games" the happiest of his professional life. but this is what he said as he departs. i decided not to direct "catching fire." i don't have the time i need to write and prep the movie i would have wanted to make because of the fixed and tight production schedule. no word on who will pick up the job as director of the next film. it is scheduled to be released next year. >> "hunger games" was good. i'm worried myself. >> see what happens. >> thank you, a.j. a.j. will be back in the next hour with more showbiz headlines including a swan song for a "dancing with the stars" favorite. what the popular talk show co-host is saying today. >>> a north korean long range rocket is being fueled right now and the controversial launch could be just hours away. we'll have a live report from inside north korea. not in this economy. we also have zero free time, and my dad moving in. so we went to fidelity. we looked at our fam

they hope to work with ross down the road. ross in what i think was a relatively emotional statement called "the hunger games" the happiest of his professional life. but this is what he said ase departs. i decided not to direct "catching fire." i don't have the time i need to write and prep the movie i would have wanted to make because of the fixed and tight production schedule. no word on who will pick up the job as director of the next film. it is scheduled to be released next year. >> "hunger games" was good. i'm worried myself. >> see what happens. >> thank you, a.j. a.j. will be back in the next hour with more showbiz headlines including a swan song for a "dancing with the stars" favorite. what the popular talk show co-host is saying today. >>> a north korean long range rocket is being fueled right now and the controversial launch could be just hours away. we'll have a live report from inside north korea. not in this economy. we also have zero free time, and my dad moving in. so we went to fidelity. we looked at our famil

james cameron, eric schmitt, larry page, and billionaire, ross perot, jr. they are hoping to find platinum on the asteroids. one of the most precious metals on earth. you use it every day, you don't even know it. many of you might wonder if it's necessary to launch a rocket to go in space to get it? we're lucky to have steven fleming, of enterprise innovation institute in georgia tech, steven, you have to nrt there will be people skeptical, it sounds like something out of "star trek" is this worth doing? >> past time to be doing it, should have been doing it 20 years ago. >> we think of mining, in pennsylvania, west virginia, maybe oklahoma, mining in space on an asteroid, can you walk us through how it would happen? >> it's a lot harder, but the asteroid belt is a bunch of rocks which look like the rocks here on the surface of the earth. they happen to be busted up in little pieces that are orbiting the few million miles away. rather than drilling holes in the ground to find precious minerals, metals or other things, you can drive up next to one, and pull

i have new information from my producer ross. >> a blue van has just pulled up. they've obscured our view. >> reporter: we understand that there's a blue van, but there are a lot of people standing here so you can't see it -- that has just pulled up. it's really out of view but it seems to be intentionally obscuring it from our view right now. it may be an important development, it may not. but that just happened now. now back to your question about jose ramos, this is a man, as you pointed out, who had for years been considered a prime suspect in this case. now counterly he is serving a 20-year sentence in pennsylvania for molesting a child. he's set to be released later this year. the parents won a civil lawsuit against him years ago in the wrongful death of etan and a judge ordered him to pay -- mr. ramos -- $2 million. we don't know what to make of that at this time. the reason sources tell us they're here executing this search warrant is because the fbi was going through old information that led them to new interviews including the carpenter who used to work

gary ross said he was on board for the sequel catching tooer and new reports say ross may be out. money, schedules and timing were reportedly the big issue. lion's gate isn't could be firms, denying or commenting. forget about the ryan seacrest rumors. matt lauer is sticking around the today show. he made the announcement friday after months of speculation he was not going to renew his contract. lauer has reportedly signed a quote long-term deal with nbc. >>> let's talk about your health now. heart disease, diabetes, high cholesterol, three different diseases. they share one common link, too much sugar. now recent studies suggest that sugar may actually be toxic. joining me is nutritionist roe. >> we're so happy to have you here. sugar is getting a lot of attention. >> it is. >> a lot of people who might be watching are wondering is it good, is it bad, how much should i be having? what exactly does excess sugar do onto your body? >> it can overload your liver and cause hypertension because of it. overload your kidneys, also related to the hypertension. it can cause belly fat. the

nischelle tell us why gary ross turned down making the film. >> i will, but first of all, you're not going to let me get away with not saying anything to you about that workout. i'm telling you, dolvett was giving you the business, suzanne. >> he started yelling at me. >> you looked good. >> he started yelling at me like he normally does on that show. he got me moving. >> exactly. you were like, okay, you don't have to yell, i'm going to do it. definitely let's talk some "hunger games." very surprising news. the director of the blockbuster gary ross is not going to be participating in the sequel essentially due to the tight turn around times. both ross and the studio behind the movie are calling the parting amicable, and gary released an emotional statement. he called "the hunger games" the happiest experience of his professional life. he added i have decided not to direct "catching fire." as a writer and drether i simply don't have the time i need to write and prep the movie i would have wanted to make because of the fixed and tight production schedule. there was a little talk about

ross perot jr. all throwing money at this thing. the company is called planetary resources, and they want to extract precious metals and waters from asteroids that are located very near the earth. they're saying gold, platinum could potentially be in these things. so obviously there could be a lot of money made. >> all right, awesome. so, listen, i just had this happen to me because i just had a snow cone for the first time this season the other day. and i had a brain freeze. now they know what causes it. i know what causes it, cold stuff. >> right, but what causes the pain in your brain. right? why does that happen? >> cold stuff. >> there was a study. researchers were trying to figure out what happened with migraines. so they had people take a drink of ice cold water, put the straw at the roof of your mouth, and it turns out that there's a rush of blood that goes into the center part of your brain. it's right behind where your eyes are, and they're saying that that rush of blood expands this artery and causes pressure and makes yo

dennis ross is going to be joining us, we're going to go in depth on that as well. so we got a lot of news coming up on the situation. you looked lovely on saturday night, spectacular, if the viewers haven't seen those pictures, they should. >>> coming up, the fight over oil puts a country on the bringing. journalists caught in the middle of an air strike, cnn journalists are there as jets fly overhead. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i get my cancer medications through the mail. now washington, they're looking at shutting down post offices coast to coast. closing plants is not the answer. they want to cut 100,000 jobs. it's gonna cost us more, and the service is gonna be less. we could lose clientele because of increased mailing times. the ripple effect is going to be devastating. congress created the problem. and if our legislators get on the ball, they can make the right decisions. >> reporter: we had been promised a story. this is close to the front line of the border clashes with the north and the south sudanese commander here is willing to talk. but another story is about

. >>> rich ross, chairman of walt disney is stepping down after the epic film "john carter." his resignation came soon as loaf figures were announced. no successor has been named. >>> they protect the nation's experts from attacks. the consequences could be serious. we'll tell you what's being done next. hi, i just switched jobs, and i want to roll over my old 401(k) into a fidelity ira. man: okay, no problem. it's easy to get started; i can help you with the paperwork. um...this green line just appeared on my floor. yeah, that's fidelity helping you reach your financial goals. could you hold on a second? it's your money. roll over your old 401(k) into a fidelity ira and take control of your personal economy. this is going to be helpful. call or come in today. fidelity investments. turn here. >>> welcome back. reynolds, it's pretty wet and dreary on the east coast, right? >> it is. we're expecting it in bangor south and miami, florida. we've got a shot of miami where you can see a lot of cloud cover with that. you see wave, a little bit of that pier, and you're going to see s

gary ross came here as an established film director. but he took a relatively low salary to work on the "hunger games". he got 3 million bucks to direct and partially write the film. it appears he could produce a hit because he negotiate ad pay out of 5% of the profits. that could be a huge chunk of change. it's taken in over $260 million domestically since it was released just two weeks ago. now he's looking for what's being called a substantial raise. we have seen in the past where other directors have been replaced on successful sequels. different people directed the harry potter films. ross's people are arguing none of those films was as well reviewed as the "hunger games". he's the right person to complete the trilogy. this could slow down production. it was supposed to start shooting in the fall. >> you know, something tells me that he'll probably get what he wants. what do i know. let's talk about jersey shore, because i guess we must and might the situation, see the guy with the stomach. yeah. >> yeah. the abs anyway. huge fan o

ross perot jr. all throwing money at this thing. the company is call ed planetary resources and they want to extract precious metals and waters from asteroids that are located very near the earth. they're saying gold, platinum could potentially be in these things, so obviously there could be a lot of money made. >> all right, awesome. so, listen, i just had this happen to me because i just had a snow cone for the first time and got brain freeze. now they know what causes it. i no what causes it, cold stuff. >> right, but what causes the pain in your brain. right? why does that happen? >> cold stuff. >> there was a study. researchers were trying to figure out what happened with migraines so they had people take a drink of ice cold water, put the straw at the roof of your mouth, and it turns out that there's a rush of blood that goes into the center part of your brain. it's right behind where your eyes are, and they're saying that that rush of blood expands this artery and causes pressure and makes your brain hurt. >> that's a big bra

ross perot. he ran in '92 and '96. he was worth around $3.5 billion at the time. congrats to ceezv new jersey for tweet megathe right answer. >>> what happens in vegas stays in vegas. that lavish spending by members of the gsa is now a full blown scandal and the topic of a congressional hearing today. it's fair game. let's talk about it. the veteran democratic strategist christine pe lowsy and gentry collins, former national political director for the rnc. guys, we've seen it. a lot of people have seen it. just for old time's sake, let's remind folks about this fabulous vegas bob dondoggle for a few seconds. ♪ tell you about local project management ♪ >> that's pretty good! >> all right. gentry, not only did they waste $800,000 of taxpayer money, but as you can see, put a lot of effort into this. a lot of producing skills. even poking fun at the president. >> well, they sure did. of course, not only is this a huge scandal, but it is a scandal that the gsa administrators were briefed on almost a year ago. look, i think the bigger problem for president obama is