charlie. he's a hollywood veteran, but it's his roles off screen that have been grabbing headlines for years. there's no one else quite like charlie sheen. it's been nearly two years since i sat down with him, and he sat with me again. charlie, it's a great pleasure to see you again. how are you? >> great. how are you? >> you look great. >> so do you. >> charlie is in good nature. >> thank you. falling asleep. >> before we go any further, a clip from the last interview we did, february of 2011. i think it would politely be described as the height of sheen mania. addiction specialists, you have seen them coming out. >> been around them for 20 years. lying to me for two decades. >> they're saying you're in denial and you have never stopped and thought, i have got to do this properly, and if you follow the program, it can work. a lot of people watching can say, it can work for me. >> and have a life like theirs? i'm going to pass. why? because i'm a winner and it looks like their world is ruled b

how many charlies am i going to play? i have charlie swan coming out. i think that should be my last charlie role. >> you're giving up charlie completely in all senses. carlos is bob's middle name. this role, bruce helford who helped create the show with me, we created this character together, but didn't flush it out completely because we knew we would have a few episodes to do that. and, you know, we do. we have 100. >> did you feel vindicated? you were still doing the business on screen, hugely popular. >> right, sure. >> nothing you were doing in your private life, however chaotic directly was affecting what was appearing on screen. >> no, no. it was slowing me down personally, but it wasn't slowing the production down. but yeah, no, it was very satisfying and not so much in their face. i've got to walk away from that at some point. i still haven't. but just to let america know and my friends and family know that i was still capable of doing this and i wasn't going to get back on the horse as soon as i could. i basically brushed myself off, walked ac

children charlie. carlos is bob's middle name. but this role, bruce alford, who helped create the show with me, we created this character together but didn't flesh it out completely because we knew we would have a few episodes to do that, you know, and then we do. we have 100. >> amazing. >> we did a ten-episode pilot. >> do you feel vindicated? your position on "two and a half men" is you were still doing the business on screen. hugely popular. nothing you were doing in your private life, however chaotic, affected what was appearing onscreen. >> it was slowing me down personally, but it wasn't slowing production down. it was very satisfying, and not so much like in their face because i think you have to walk away from that at some point. but yeah, just to let america know, my friends and family know, and myself know that i was still capable of doing this and that i wasn't -- i was able to get back on the horse as soon as i could. basically brushed myself off, walked across the street, and put this thi

charlie, good to see you. you look great. >> thank you, i feel good. >> are you making the rounds of the shows? charlie is a good guy. >> thank you, called sleep, start there. start there. >> let's take a little look before we go any further. at a clip from the last interview, which is february 2011. and it will politely be described as the height of "sheen mania." i mean, addiction specialists. >> i've been around them for 20 years, they have been lying to me. >> the premise is, you're in denial, you never really stopped, and thought i have to sort myself out properly and if you do follow the program, it can work, others say it can work for me. >> and i can have a life like them? i'll pass, why, because my life is a winner, and they're losers, i don't want their lives, they want mine, but they want to criticize the hell out of them. they have run the gamut from he is not loaded, he is manic, i guess that implies there will be a crash, i don't know when that comes, but i guess you can cover it. >> one, two, yo

to ben stein, gerri willis, charlie gasperino. ben to you on this. >> it's a scary situation, everybody in congress is running scared. scared of grover norquist and the no new taxes pledge and the black caucus, threats against anyone who cuts any hint of services and entitlements. scared of the aarp, ending anything having to do with retirement or medicare. >> and in the end of the day we'll be in default and like the story, f. scott fitzgerald-- or hemingway, went broke during the crash and he asked how it happened and he said gradually and then all at once, that's what will happen to us. >> one thing at that doesn't stop, the meter, the debt meter, mountain of debt. >> on and on. the average family in this country $52,000 your share of the federal debt and let me tell you, even if the left and right agree where to cut and give you an example here, there is an example, the christopher columbus foundation, $450,000 line item in the budget and congress tried to kill it it seven times, seven times this program continues to this date

later today we could find out the fate of charlie. charlie is a dog ordered to be euthanized after he attacked a police horse in san francisco last year. the dog's owner is asking a judge to step in and spare charlie's life but city officials say the dog is vicious and should be put down. we spoke with charlie's owner and "today in the bay's" monte francis joins us live from christie fields this morning with more on what he has to say. good morning. >> reporter: marla, good morning. this case has sparked public interest. more than 100,000 people hav signed an online petition asking the city to spare the dog's life. charlie is a 2-year-old american terrier and back in august he attacked a police horse here at christie field in an offleash part of the park. charlie chased the horse for more than a mile and bit the horse several times. an officer was thrown from the horse and knocked unconscious. charlie's owner was charged with not having control over his dog and police say the dog is vicious and should be put down. since the attack cha

in respect to what charlie? >> i was going to make a guy knowco logical comment but i realized i'm on tv now. >> stephanie: yeah, in some ways i don't sort of get it. he always gives a beautiful speech, you go yes, this is what you ran on. >> it was the clearest election we have had in i don't know how long on two visions of government. >> uh-huh. >> you can argue that maybe the president got pushed on some stuff, but in the campaign he was forced to defend stuff that he maybe wasn't comfortable defending. >> stephanie: the kind of we are the ones that -- in a way it was a continuation of that, because we -- as in this is the what the majority of the american people want. >> yeah. >> stephanie: charlie pierce we love you so much you little cuddle bug. >> it has been a great weekend. now i'm going to try to find my way back downtown. i'll be calling from baltimore. >> stephanie: right back with david shuster, current tv correspondent on the "stephanie miller show" live from dc. ♪ i think the number one thing th

charlie: yes, it is. you can see that it only has 12 stars on the flag and that's the stars from the state of texas. we know that it joined the confederacy after the war had actually begun. we had an expert look at it, and we know that the stitching represents northern virginia around 1861. john: now, i know there's an interesting story about where this flag came from. charlie: right, it was found actually in the desk drawer of one of our armories we were actually in the process of cleaning it out. and the nice thing about it is it's very rare. there's only one other flag that we know of that was made like this that is still in existence. john, we have a lot of artifacts in our museum and you being a car guy, i know you'd appreciate our jeep here. john: boy, charlie this willys must have a lot of history behind it. charlie: well, this was actually general charles gerhardt's jeep, he was the commanding general for the 29th infantry division. and they used this jeep in preparation for the d-day landings in

ownership of charlie so that we could place him with a rescue sanctuary. >> reporter: charlie, the nearly two-year-old pit bull, will not be euthanized. he was sentenced to death back in august after he chased and attacked a police horse. that happened at crissy field. since then, his owner has been rallying for his dog's life, launching a huge internet campaign, which received more than 100,000 signatures. animal control officials say he never took responsibility for his dog. the city attorney agreed to spare charlie's life with a catch. he would have to give up his dog, sign him over to a sanctuary or rescue organization. >> he will have no contact with the future owner in any way, shape or form. he will receive updates quarterly about charlie's health and well-being. and that concluded the matter. >> reporter: beverly is a dog like charlie who has attacked in the past. they can be rehabilitated. >> i think it's possible for all dogs to be rehabilitated. it has to be the right person. >> reporter: she says most dogs react agressively based on fear. the first step is to teach them basic

all right, give me the next train, charlie. ( train chugging ) charlie: that one. psp-31, track 24. hey, actually, don, you know, wait, go, um... go to hm-04. it's nearly identical to the original. it's got several cars of nuclear waste. track 20. train number hm-04. he shoved me off a flatcar, wrecked my arm. frank, it's over! don't move! don't do it, frank! frank! frank! easy, easy! don't shoot! you'll blow up the whole yard. shoot me, and there'll be a radioactive cloud hanging over the l.a. basin for a week. just put that down and go down to the ground. put your knees on the ground, frank. don, are you at track 20? don? frank, hold it. listen to me. just listen to me. i know you want to settle your score with the railroad. the best way to do that is to stay alive, frank... i'll tell my story when i hop on that train, ride it down the pass and blow it up. then everyone will wonder why, and you're going to tell them why. because you have the responsibility... charlie, tell the supervisor to move that hm-04 now. we've got an explosive device on track 20. i sent don to track 20. ( t

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he didn't hurt charlie. he took it and realized that charlie really wasn't trying to hurt him. >> but charlie must have sensed his brother wasn't happy because he quickly opens his mouth and lets go. >> that really hurts. >> and that's when charlie starts laughing. >> all of a sudden the baby just goes -- like out of nowhere the kid is full on maniacal laugh about biting the kid's finger. >> i can object assume he found it funny because i was finding it funny or the whole experience made him laugh. >> howard, the first to witness what millions would come to see and love shows the video to his wife when she came home. >> i thought it was funny. we put it on our digital photo frame for a few weeks and we showed it to friends and family when they visited. >> but howard wants to show the video to a few friends in the states, including the boys' godfather. his friends suggest uploading it to the internet. at first the video only receives a few hundred hits, but within a few months it begins to double almost daily

i'm charlie crowson. megan is off today. and snow and the cold remain the big story on the thursday morning. lynette charles is standing byway check of the -- with airchecks of the forecast. you said -- a check of the forecast. you said the snow was coming. >> yes, we'll get a break from it today charlie into the afternoon but then it works its way right on back in here into friday. the details coming you but this morning -- up but this morning we have the winter weather advisory until 9:00 and that's because of the slick roadways and the snow we have on the roadways this morning. and speaking of the snow we can look at it on maryland's most powerful radar as of now. and it is beginning to taper off from the northwest down to the southeast. the southeast corner now is where you're getting all the -- all the snow rather in southern maryland around ocean city. but still some light snow showers hanging around glendale right now. and pg county. around bell, new carolton. landover hills. kentland and also mitchellville. and largo

>> charlie smith is a travel writer for "the daily telegraph" in london and a host of tourism videos. he has the perfect job for an adrenaline junky. >> i think a few people think i've got a death wish. i've been wing walking on a plane. flying around doing loop de loop. it's pretty terrifying. i've done the biggest bungee jump in the world, the skeleton bobsled which is on this tray where you go down this chute and you go about 60 miles an hour. it's pretty terrifying but it's all good fun. >> but charlie takes the terrifying moments in stride. >> i do this job because of the excitement, because it beats being behind the desk every day and to get the opportunity to travel and if it means i have to get a bit scared at the time, i don't mind that. it's a good trade. >> a good trade indeed. for a recent story he and his co-host are out taping tourism videos at a gulf course in south africa. >> to do some safari, play some golf. it was all meant to be quite relaxed. none of the adrenaline adventures. >> we're here at legends on the 18th green and we're meant to be going up to the mountai

we spoke with charlie's owner this morning. "today in the bay's" monte francis is live at christie field with more on what he had to say. good morning. >> reporter: laura, good morning. i spoke to the dog owner this morning. he tells me there's a settlement conference scheduled in federal court today and this whole ordeal could finally come to an end. it stems from an incident back in august when a 2-year-old american terrier attacked a police horse in an off-leash part of the park. charlie chased the horse and bit the horse more than once. an officer was thrown from the horse during the attack. charlie's owner was charged with not having control over his dog and police say the dog is vicious and should be put down. since the attack, charlie has been in the custody of animal control and more than 100,000 people have signed an online petition asking the city to spare the dog's life. the city attorney offered a deal to send charlie to an animal sanctuary instead of being put down but his owner refused saying he wanted charlie to

charlie sheen? i do an impression of charlie, and so we did a -- basically, i was doing, like, a johnny carson impression, but then i just make it more gravelly. [ imitates johnny carson ] like johnny carson, i just do it like that. >> steve: right. >> jimmy: and then charlie sheen -- [ imitates charlie sheen ] i just talk like that. [ laughter ] duh, winning, duh. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] thank you. kind of like that. [ laughter ] duh, winning. i can't do it now. a lot of makeup girls do it. but he's a much better looking man than i am. but we did a bit. i was him and he was -- i was doing an impression of charlie. we did a bit called "clone cologne." >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: and we were both the same guy, and then i just got reminded -- he was thinking of actually making the cologne. [ laughter ] and the proceeds go to charity. >> steve: exactly. he's charlie sheen. >> jimmy: "clone cologne." he's charlie sheen. he can do anything, man. he should run for president. [ laughter ] that w

charlie gasperino. >> i can't wait to sign up, dude. (laughter) >> isn't that weird and that anyone would sign up for, i'm sorry we got it wrong. >> any, any journalists tt signs up for this should be thrown out of the industry immediately and taking-- i'm trying to take it seriously. it's so stupid it's unbelievable. i'm going to pass this to adam. >> adam, wh-- (laughter) >> i'm going to try to explain. part of this they think there's bad report ong this because the reporters don't know what's in the law and they want to give them the straight skinny right from the folks who wrote it. what do you make of that? >> normally, on journalistic issues charlie and i are in lockstep. i disagree with you, if you're a reporter covering the intricacies of this extremely complicated legislion and regulation, you have nothing to lose by going to a forum hosted by advocates. >> how about getting brain washed. >> brain washed? >> adam with all duerespects. >> let me finish my point. >> neil: let adam finish the point, go ahead. >> you go into the ro

megan and charlie, over to you. >>> news time 5:16. and a new study claims seventh graders exposed to alcohol ads on tv and like the ads may experience more severe problems related to alcohol later in their adolescence. drinking is often thought of as being cool and rebellious and this is the problem for children and alcohol. for boys and girls the more the alcohol use grew from seventh to tenth grade. >>> well, this might sound like a study from the 1950s but it's new research and it finds that husbands and wives who assign house work along traditional gender lines have more sex than those who split the chores more equitably. those who split the chores more evenly tend to have the least active sex life. if the husband did no stereotypical jobs the female tasks, then couples have sex nearly two times more per month than couples in which husbands shared the housework. i don't know. if my husband was walking around with a laundry basket it'd go a long way. >>> it's the kind of stuff you see at the end of the basketball game that last dit

charlie gasperino. >> i can't wait to sign up, dude. (laughter) >> isn't that weird and that anyone would sign up for, i'm sorry we got it wrong. >> any, any journalists that signs up for this should be thrown out of the industry immediately and taking-- i'm trying to take it seriously. it's so stupid it's unbelievable. i'm going to pass this to adam. >> adam, what-- (laughter) >> i'm going to try to explain. part of this they think there's bad report ong this because the reporters don't know what's in the law and they want to give them the straight skinny right from the folks who wrote it. what do you make of that? >> normally, on journalistic issues charlie and i are in lockstep. i disagree with you, if you're a reporter covering the intricacies of this extremely complicated legislation and regulation, you have nothing to lose by going to a forum hosted by advocates. >> how about getting brain washed. >> brain washed? >> adam with all due respects. >> let me finish my point. >> neil: let adam finish the point, go ahead. >> you go into

charlie, i love working with you. >>> i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah o'donnell. officials say this morning that the spreading flu outbreak is straining the public health system. 41 states report widespread flu activity. drug makers are beginning to report shortages of the flu vaccine and some areas like boston and new york city, the outbreak has reached epidemic proportions. the deaths of at least 20 children are blamed on the flu. >> the centers for disease control will release new information today on the effectiveness of the new outbreak. with us is dr. william schaffner. dr. sch kr schaffner, good morn >> good morning, everyone. i think we'll see that all over the country, people are sneezing, coughing, and having fever. i think we'll also hear from the cdc a midterm report on how effective the vaccine is. i anticipate that it will be same ol', same ol'. it's a good vaccine but not a perfect vaccine. i anticipate it's able to prevent, over, 60% to 70% of all infections. those it doesn't prevent it often, however, makes milder. that's harder to measure. if you

i'm charlie crowson. megan is off today. but lynette charles. she is in house with the very latest on your forecast. and lynette, still a lot going on outside. it is dangerously cold. >> it is. it's cold out there char low. you really need to bundle up. but maryland's most powerful radar still picking up on the light snow showers across the area. i'm going to take you on a little radar tour this morning where we will start out in carol county. so if you're around schumaker's lot you're getting in on the light snow action. cambridge estates heading up towards union mills and we're also dealing with some light snow across the area. the further to the south we slide. let's cross over the bay and we can see what's going on along the eastern shore. in pasadena we're looking at the light snow showers across that area as well. green haven more of the same. the courts of four seasons also getting in on that action this morning. so the white stuff is coming down. and it is going to be a slick commute to work today. we're going to be seeing some winter we

charlie gasperino. >> i can't wait to sign up, dude. (laughter) >> isn't that weird and that anyone would sign up for, i'm sorry we got it wrong. >> any, any journalists that signs up for this should be thrown out of the industry immediately and taking-- i'm trying to take it seriously. it's so stupid it's unbelievable. i'm going to pass this to adam. >> adam, what-- (laughter) >> i'm going to try to explain. part of this they think there's bad report ong this because the reporters don't know what's in the law and they want toive them the straight skinny right from the folks who wrote it. what do you make of that? >> normally, on journalistic issues charlie and i are in lockstep. i disagree with you, if you're a reporter covering the intricacies of this extremely complicated legislation and regulation, you have nothing to lose by going to a forum hosted by advocates. >> how about getting brain washed. >> brain washed? >> adam with all due respects. >> let me finish my point. >> neil: let adam finish the point, go ahead. >> you go into t

charlie, the world separates-- world politics separates into two categories. the people without go into it because they want to be something. and the people without go into it because they want to do something. he could have done anything but he chose to do this because he wanted to do something to improve his community, to improve the country, to improve the world. and i admire him for that. >> rose: when do you think he made that decision? >> i, well, obviously i think one of the pivotal moments in his life was when he decided after college to turn down corporate jobs and go work as a community organizer on the south side of city chicago. and then again when he came back to chicago, having been the editor of the harvard law review and decided to teach and practice civil rights law. and lead a voter registration drive rather than cashing in on his degree. i think those were fundamental choices for him. >> rose: and he was looking for a way to engage in public service rather than take an easy corporate route in high demand with high salary. >> i think he felt

you have to see charlie right now. he is dying to make an anchorman joke. >>> this next story has me so upset. now for some news that some might call good or bad, we're talking about boardwalks on northeast destroyed by hurricane sandy. >> all right, "good morning maryland" at 5:00 beginnings right now. something else going on with the boardwalk. got her all kinds of fired up. let's get to the 5:00 hour.

so you're absolutely right, charlie. if the bulk of our revenues was coming from what we would call qualification volume, then absolutely right. that would be an issue that is perhaps a question mark. but here's what the numbers show. what the numbers show is that 73% of our sales based on volume have absolutely nothing to do with qualification volume. that is the key point, and that's the point that, unfortunately, mr. acker orman is choosing to ignore. >> okay. doesn't this, doesn't your company -- i'm not saying it's a pyramid scheme, listen -- >> i'm really glad you're not saying it, charlie, it's not a pyramid scheme. >> i'm sure it's great -- you have good products. >> great company. >> isn't there a lack of disclosure about a real sort of granular disclosure about how, actually, you make money, and that this is why the sec's looking at it? >> by the way, first of all, what you just said is not correct. >> okay. >> in relation to the sec, we issued a statement today saying we have contacted the sec. >> so they star

there were rumors that charlie had some physical problem. and if he did, this could be a sign that lindbergh had inferior genes. and his feeling about having an imperfect child may have weighed on him very, very heavily. is there any evidence that lindbergh's baby had any of these health problems? yes. the family doctor noted an enlarged or still open fontanel which should have been closed. he had difficulty getting the child to stand up straight when he was doing the physical examination. and children who have this problem are often associated with rickets. narrator: charlie's physician described him as having a "moderate rickety condition," but not the severe form of rickets that can bring deformed bones and other skeletal issues. rickets is caused by a vitamin d deficiency. so the lindberghs were giving charlie vitamin supplements. but was he seriously affected or mildly compromised? according to pathologist john butts... his medical record shows no evidence that he had any significant medical problems. if he did have rickets it was a ver

charlie: i believe charlie had a system in place. there are some people in the justice department think this is part of his broad obstruction, some people think it is just how you weigh risk. people used to come to him and he would say what is your conviction level on a stock. i don't know this happened, but supposedly people like matthew would say i have a conviction, the highest order the lowest. it is what is your conviction, here it is. there are people in the justice department who believe that he is giving them a 11, he knows insider trading as the government suggest he had an insider tip and do some things about the stocks from an expert network and when he says 10, that means he should know it is insider trading. you saw the movie "zero dark 30". this is 100%. liz: a redhead no less. charlie: she is in the room with all of these cia guys and say 60% we believe bin laden is in this location. 80%. what is your conviction? 100 mf% conviction. and how do you know that? liz: your point is if he did that and did not say why he has

so, charlie, we're safe. according to tins substitute of medicine and national research council -- we're both over the age of 50 -- >> speak for yourself. >> americans die earlier than others. it tracks down the local life expectancy. american men ranked last among the 17 countries in that study. women, by the way, were second to last. >>> there are some rare items that survived the last century. inside he found negatives from world war i takeen in france. one of the photos showed soldiers holding up large bomb. another shows soldiers inspecting the remains of a frame. >>> cameras will be clicking today as president obama nominates jack lew to be his new white house chief of staff for treasury. there's controversy even before lew even signs on. major, good morning. like this story. >> reporter: good morning, charlie and gayle. typically when there's a question that arises about a cab neat nominee, the question is ho is it. now the biggest question of jack lew and his signature is what is it. coming to a dolla

welcome back. >> thank you, charlie. appreciate it. >> rose: set up this game for me. you have said that the ravens should have the upper hand because they're on a roll and you beat peyton manning and tom brady, you deserve a certain amount of respect. >> well, if you go through your playoff run, after having a mediocre end to the year losing four of your last five and you come into the playoffs and you beat the young wonder kind, andrew luck, then you beat peyton manning and tom brady on the road and your defense-- which was suspect the whole year-- allows 14 points a a game in those three games then you start to say, you know, there's something going on here. and you start to look at them and say this is really not the ravens team that they appeared to be in december. but then 49ers come in and they've got this young stallion of a quarter back who runs as well as he throws and how about this? he runs for 181 yards in one playoff game against green bay then in the next playoff game he only runs one time on purpose for minus two yards. and so -- and he beats the atlant

charlie, i'm not in the mood. and i'm the only person in the world that can get past you for two points. i just proved i'm alan iverson. no, you just proved that, 20 years later, i'm still falling for the same fake. it's a syllogistic fallacy. it's based on a wrong assumption. yeah? i'm obviously not alan iverson. yeah. saying that i am, then proposing a test doesn't change that. so what does this have to do with my case? you found a link between salazar and lisa bayle because you thought he was guilty, and what if you're wrong? then finding a link to lisa bayle won't make you right. maybe there's a different link that'll tell you more. like a link between the victims. which would mean a... could mean a completely different killer, not howard or salazar. right. so is this math or logic? same thing. no. no. no. what about him? no. he's always in cage four. tuesday-thursday guy. me, i'm usually here five, six days a week. let me ask you this: do you, by any chance, recall if he was here thursday morning, the eighth?