for years, it's been-- long, long, long before harry potter, i would go out and speak about the three "ss." it was sexuality, swearwords, and satan. and that's been true for a very long time. people would ban-- choose to ban books. satan's been there. the other issue, beyond the three "ss," i think, is an issue about-- well, sensitivity, a fourth-- in that your book raised concerns among african-american parents who thought it was stereotypical. we also see a book like huckleberry finn being banned because of the racial epithet. what's your take on that? oh, boy, what a mess we get into with all those. i have a final paper by one of my students in chico who loves this book nappy hair, telling how wonderful this book is and how could people love a book like huckleberry finn and teach that when there's a book like nappy hair to look at? and the very same sentences where he was saying he has the right to have this book, he's saying we shouldn't have the right for huckleberry finn. the "n" word can hurt so bad that there needs to be some-- a little bit of education before you get into it.

from first book to final curtain call, "harry potter" took 14 years. filming "lord of the rings" lasted more than a decade. so in some cases, actors are dedicating half their lives to a single story line. as are fans. >> people who are harry potter fans, by the end you saw people who were in college who felt they had grown up with harry potter and were maybe 12 when he was 12 and now are about 20 when he's 20. >> diehard or newbie, fan frenzy never gets old for film executives. all combined, harry, bella and others have earned movie studios more than $11 billion in their young lives. that doesn't include this weekend's bounty. so horror flicks, rom-comes, give it your best shot. for this game, victory favors the young. the first installment in the franchise earned more than $150 million in its opening weekend alone. that's the third largest opening of any movie in the u.s. >>> in 1983, michael jackson revolutionized music videos with his mini movie for the song "thriller." 30 years later, one hip-hop star has upped the ante. the new video for the song

harry potter stamps that have 20 unique images from the eight movies of the boy wizard, friends and fantastic creatures. you can order them by the website or buy in person. >> now we know what to get mike for christmas. >> that is cool. good morning, everyone, here is a look at radar, broadening out to show you all of california and nevada and utah and arizona with the clouds from yesterday moving away with low clouds off the coast. they will stay that way. you can see the high clouds coming in from monterey and near 80 in sacramento, record high in tahoe is 64 today. temperatures are in the 80's, san diego 81, los angeles, 89, same in palm springs, check out the warmth in palm spring, above average. leyla gulen? >> we have a report of a solo vehicle spinout on highway 4. it looks like egg was running on time. however, this could start to slow traffic in the westbound direction along highway 4 coming up to bailey with slowing through antioch moving at top speed. headed along 680 from walnut creek to dublin is 14 minutes and 101 southbound from santa rosa to san francisco is 50 minut

. >> mugles and the mayor - harry potter the postage stamp. is >> welcome back to al jazeera america on this tuesday, november 19th, 2013. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. and here are some of the top stories. abortion fight the u.s. supreme court upholds texas's sweeping restrictions on doctors performing abortion in the state >> in new mexico, albuquerque residents vote on whether to ban late-term abortions. if passed, it will be among the most restrictive in the country. >> barack obama feeling pressure over the affordable care act law. the site proposes security risking for those enrolling. >> rob ford silenced - his program yanked off the air after one day. he was stripped of most of the his city's powers yesterday. >> now to an important story we want to share. a walmart is making headlines after a donation center as set up inside the employee area of the store to help workers who make minimum wage, but can't afford to buy food for a thanksgiving. this is not just a walmart issues, it's one facing many people who make minimum wage. jua

. >> zero sense of humor or never seen harry potter and doesn't know about its existence. one or the other. >>> a lot of people have been talking about the late chris farley and how much they wish he could do a spoof on toronto mayor rob ford. that dream has come true for -- some. there's a mashup that has gone viral. chris farley. little snippets. you get the resemblance and you can see it. >> too bad chris farley isn't around. it would be amazing for him to a portrayal of rob ford. and yep, somebody on the web working on it. a strange way. >> you've got to wonder who's channeling who there. >> he is perfect for that role, isn't he? the physical comedy, everything. >>> talk about victoria beckham donating a mountain of designer shoes to help the victims of the philippines typhoon which is a great idea. she is giving fans the opportunity to do the same. that hit november 8th. her husband david beckham using their celebrity status and fashion connection. to raise money. >> look at all of those shoes. >> you see anything you like that there? >> i'm sure i would. they are obv

harry potter took 14 years. filming lord of the rings lasted more than a decade. so, in some cases, actors are dedicating half their lives to a singing storyline. >> fan frenzy never gets old. harry and bella have earned more than $11 billion in their young lives. and that doesn't include this weekend's bounty. so give it your best shot. but, for this game, victory favors the young. jake tapper, cnn, washington. >> wow. that is something else. hey, well, tomorrow, some of hollywood's most famous artifacts picked out specifically by turner classic movies will hit the auction block. and the nautilis diver's helmet. >> does it look familiar? this? we dug it out of that box ourselves. so it's not the real falcon, but joining us with the real deal -- but doesn't it look like it? very impressive. there she is. you've got some of the other hollywood treasures right there in your grasp, catherine williamsson. good to see you. >> thank you so much. good to be here. >> this mall tees falcon, maybe not the real deal, but the one you have is going to fetch millions, isn't it?

he was developing something called draco, like the harry potter character, and apparently was able to look at the dna of any virus and create a queue or. they had shown that it worked i think 10 different completely unrelated viruses. and i apologize if it's poor form to ask about someone else's work but i've been scouring the internet for more news about it for two years, finding nothing. and i was wondering if you are familiar with it and if you had a few on it speak with no. i've not heard of it, which means it probably didn't really work. or you'd be able to find lots about it on the internet. >> for someone like me who has no background in biology and who is kind of maybe a little bit of natural paranoid about the dangers of synthetic biology, the future of downloading things, what reassuring words do you have to say -- [laughter] >> well, you know, and as i indicated not only in the book but in reality this is something we spend a lot of time and effort on. .. >> not just by the bush administration, but at the level of the white house to to decide whether the, our data should be

. >> zero sense of humor or never seen harry potter and doesn't know about its existence. one or the other. >>> a lot of people have been talking about the late chris farley and how much they wish he could do a spoof on toronto mayor rob ford. that dream has come true for -- some. there's a mashup that has gone viral. chris farley. little snippets. you get the resemblance and you can see it. >> too bad chris farley isn't around. it would be amazing for him to a portrayal of rob ford. and yep, somebody on the web working on it. >> who's channelling who there? >> he is perfect for that role, isn't he? the physical comedy, everything. >>> talk about victoria beckham donating a mountain of designer shoes to help the victims of the philippines tycoon. which is a great idea. she is giving fans the opportunity to do the same. her husband david beckham using their celebrity status and fashion connection. to raise money. >> look at all of those shoes. >> you see anything you like that there? >> i'm sure i would. they are obviously worth a lot of money. i'm sure each one is a design

potter stamps. >> harry potter stamps. 're getting an exclusive look, but since there a a little small, therere 20 in this, we'll show you five of them. are you ready? >> t first oneis, go! >> there's harry >> harryotter. and the second one -- whoo >> hmione. >> bring it on down, sister. and -- >> whoop >> that guy. >> oh, that's dumbledore. >> and -- whoo oh, that's voldemo. and -- whoop! >> hedwig. >>> we'rplaying a very speci "who knew." >> yes, we are. a very special -- > we're back with mo of "today" on thiwines day wednesday. we're ready to play ho knew," toy wor marking the niversary of the dut of the first stock ticker with some ll street trivia. >> we are? >> yes, we are. kathie lee is across the strt at the nbc expernce store, ready to hd out 100 bucks to those who got the aner right. to tse who don't, they g kathie lee cd. w lucky are they? anyway, hereo help m out is cnbc power lunch anchor tyler mythisen, who we suld disdisclose, hpens to be the sband of our senior producer, joanne lamarca as heeveals moments

potter novel. and it is a company -- is accompanied by 11,000 pages of regulations that modify and codify and amend that harry potter novel and i cannot possibly work. republicans now need to step up and say we need to fix a we can fix and in the meantime we are going to offer a solution so that americans can have access to quality and affordable health care. neil: we we now know from pools today that if the election were held today, mitt romney when. and i'm wondering, in your editorial in california, knowing what californians know, dooyou think that i would be talking to a senator right now? >> well, who knows. you can't go back in time. but it is true that timing is everything and i think that what people are finding out more and more into that the federal government is not competent at everything but some things. but the health care system is not all of them. this includes programs and solutions and the second thing they are learning is that words are cheap. what matters is reality and actions

i was easily persuaded, but this was about two years before "harry potter" and about a year before "lord of the rings" so it was just making its come back. >> leading the group of 59 investors was universal pictures, a corporate sibling of the company that produces this broadcast. reportedly it took less than two years of sellouts to return investor money and the crowds have not stopped coming. >> this is cool. >> you see when you walk out here how increedably big this theater is, and how big the balcony is. >> this is an expensive show to produce. let's talk about that. flying monkeys, how do you keep making money on this show given the fact that it is expensive to produce? >> when you create a show, one of the first things you look at is how to marry the business side with the artistic side. in this instance, we needed to create a world, have it be big. in the end it's great storytelling. the business of it begins when the show opens. if you have a successful show, then you have the hard task of how do i keep it running every week? what happens if a hurricane comes to town? >> so you'r

potter novel. and it is a company -- is accompanied by 11,000 pages of regulations that modify and codify and amend that harry potter novel and i cannot possibly work. republicans now need to step up and say we need to fix a we can fix and in the meantime we are going to offer a solution so that americans can have access to quality and affordable health care. neil: we we now know from pools today that if the election were held today, mitt romney when. and i'm wondering, in your editorial in california, knowing what californians know, dooyou think that i would be talking to a senator right now? >> well, who knows. you can't go back in time. but it is true that timing is everything and i think that what people are fnding out more and more into that the federal government is not competent at everything but some thins. but the health care system is not all of them. this includes programs and solutions and the second thing they are learning is that words are cheap. what matters is reality and actions an

. >> he's like a little skating harry potter. he's using an adult-sized keyboard. there's some weight to that. his little legs have to kick it up to power it. >> he's already sponsored. >> at 5 years old, really? >> probably a good investment. we're watching the video. they got their money's worth already. >> dog loves the leaves. >> our youtuber friends are back with another episode of mythical morning. this is an episode dedicated entirely to broccoli. an ad agency in new york took on the task of advertising broccoli. this is in fact real. broccoli, not 43% less contentious than kale. broccoli, google it. now, because they were so moved by this pro bono work, they decided they should create some broccoli ads of their own. >> studies show that people who eat broccoli will live longer. so if you want to an old crotchedy person longer, eat broccoli. >> bake it in a cake, i don't care, just shut your pie hole and eat it jm! >> i don't know how you shut your eye pooi hole and eat it. >> it's dinner time. you need a side with vibe and street smarts. it's time to get yo

. >> the first united states postage stamp with images from harry potter movies go on sale with five million books of 20 first-class forever harry potter stamps that have 20 unique images from eight movies of the boy wizard. you can order the stamps from the post office website on buy them in person starting thursday. >> here is mike with the forecast. >> maybe he will fine us, we have the dancing lights of the bay bridge this morning as we look from our camera beyond the ferry building with a beautiful back drop at six to nine degrees warmer-than-average with san francisco two degrees warmer-than-average. the average is 65 to 66 the most homogenized we get in the bay area. we will be nearly 90 in los angeles and 81 in san diego and 80 in sacramento and record 61 in tahoe. safe travels. leyla gulen? >> a brand new accident in walnut creek traveling along southbound 680 up to main street and airbags have been deployed. so far it is not causing delays at nine minutes away from highway four to 24 but want out for that, it could cause delays. our tolls show traffic backing up away from t

postal service just released 20 harry potter themed stamps. yeah. and harry potter fans said, "yeah, i don't really need stamps because i mail things by owl." [ laughter and applause ] finally, good news. guys, there's a new study that found that eating nuts every day can actually help you live longer. you can read all about it in the scientific journal "that's what she said." [ applause ] we have a great show tonight. give it up for the roots! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hey, everybody, welcome. we have a great show. thank you for watching. thank you for being here. it's been so busy here for our show, because we're doing our show, but also we're getting ready to take the reigns of "the tonight show" in february. [ cheers and applause ] this is very exciting. yeah, we're getting so excited over here. we're building the studio and all that stuff. but also, on weekends, i'm traveling around to different affiliates and saying hi to different stations that air our program. so i was in chicago last week. this is wmaq, c

this was two years before half harry potter and a year before lord of the rings. >> wicked cost $14 million to law firm back in 2003. leading the group of 59 investors was universal pictures. it took less than two years of sell outs to return investor money and the crowds have not stopped coming. >> this is cool. >> when you see when you walk out here how incredibly big this theater is and how huge the balco balcony. >> it's 1800 people. >> 1809. we sell every ticket. >> this is expensive to produce. fly monkeys. how do you keep making money on this show given the fact it is expensive. >> you look at how the marry the business side with the artistic side. in this instance we needed to create a world. it had to be big. at ten of the day it's good story telling. if you have a successful show then you have the hard task of how do i keep it running every week. what happens if a hurricane comes. >> "wicked" bringing in nearly a million dollars a week. >> we almost regularly gross 1.7, 1.8 million a week. we have eight other companies doing equal amount of business. there's no time to run all the

harry potter will pop up on a stamp near you. the u.s. postal service is releasing stamps in honour of the boy wizard and friends. it's hoped he'll help to boost the cash-strapped service. that will do it for al jazeera america, i'm stephanie sy. news at the top of every hour. thanks for watching, have a great evening. >> hi, i'm lisa fletcher, and you're in "the stream." when a child is raised in a loving home with two loving parents, does gender matter in we'll hear from two raised by same-sex parents. >> all right, raj is bringing in all of your questions in the show. we have 600 lights on facebook right now. >> check out my page. this has set the record for the amount of community feedback.

we have digitized everything from harry potter and the whole she bang. those are available for free. there are 500,000 books that are available for those. if they have to buy a commercial device that will speak to them, it talks a little bit like this. but it is a format that we can move these books to. investigation before the president's commission on the assassination of president kennedy pursuant to executive order 11130. executive order correcting commission reporting upon the facts relating to the assassination of the president and the death of the man charged with the assassination. so there's now an open library.org, the website to go and find these books. not only books for blind and dislexic but also books to borrow. there are 250,000 books only one at a time. we have 250 million of those available. it's very popular. we often don't have the newest books. we've got something on every subject. actually the whole internet archive is a bargain. it is $12 million a year. there are 150 people that work for the archive but the reason why it can be th

. >> you think of "transformers" and "harry potter" and "spider-man 3" and "pirates of the caribbean." not one brother got a big movie. the ratio is so imbalanced it's not even fair. that's the part that's disappointing about this business. television is the same way. >> we have to take advantage of the opportunity, maintain a standard of work. because that's what's changed. we expect more from ourselves as actors, as professionals. that's what made the difference. >> there is opportunity. i'm not going to say more opportunity. but there is opportunity for us. the door is open. only a select few are welcomed in. the rest of us have to kick the door down and make our presence known. >> chris rock and nea long raise some eyebrows and questions with their film exploration "good hair". >> it has an actual impact on african-american relationships between men and women. this cough. >> it's a hab it. >> it's a habit. it's like dating an addict [ male announcer itchy scalp, meet selsun science. you're history. selsun blue itchy dry scalp. gets to the root of dandruff and hydrates the scalp. s

. >> you cannot think of legos without harry potter or "star wars" for what lego is today. gerri: this is not like any easy bake ovens. >> it is so streamlined from the original i bawled. you would cook your cake with the labels now it has the built-in and electric element cooking better than ever before more delicious things. gerr mr. potato head? i love this but not always made out of plastic? >> phil flynn 52 to bring in actual potato those would find those all over he turned into a plastic potato >> surrounded by tollways but it is the teddy bear that people talk about. >> hard to believe it would start as a hunting trip by president theodore roosevelt 1902. having a lousy time hunting he could not bag anything so the folks he was traveling with staked out the bear and he said that was not fair and refused to shoot it was a political cartoon with the dutch with an adorable cut it was reproduced. gerri: also other kinds as well. >> these are beautiful large animals but nothing like a teddy bear invade our love to death. gerri: this seems like every girl has a barbie doll

. >> you cannot think of legos without harry potter or "star wars" for what lego is today. gerri: this is not like any easy bake ovens. >> it is so streamlined from the original i bawled. you would cook your cake with the labels now it has the built-in and electric element cooking better than ever before more delicious things. gerri: mr. potato head? i love this but not always made out of plastic? >> phil flynn 52 to bring in actual potato those would find those all over he turned into a plastic potato >> surrounded by tollways but it is the teddy bear that people talk about. >> hard to believe it would start as a hunting trip by president theodore roosevelt 1902. having a lousy time hunting he could not bag anything so the folks he was traveling with staked out the bear and he said that was not fair and refused to shoot it was a political cartoon with the dutch with an adorable cut it was reproduced. gerri: also other kindss well. >> these are beautiful large animals but nothing like a teddy bear invade our love to death. gerri: this seems like every girl has a barbie doll

. >> you cannot think of legos without harry potter or "star wars" for what lego is today. gerri: this is not like any easy bake ovens. >> it is so streamlined from the original i bawled. you would cook your cake with the labels now it has the built-in and electric element cooking better than ever before more delicious things. gerri: mr. potato head? i love this but not always made out of plastic? >> phil flynn 52 to bring in actual potato those would find those all over he turned into a plastic potato >> surrounded by tollways but it is the teddy bear that people talk about. >> hard to believe it would start as a hunting trip by president teodore roosevelt 1902. having a lousy time hunting he could not bag anything so the folks he was traveling with staked out the bear and he said that was not fair and refused to shoot it was a political cartoon withhe dutch with an adorable cut it was reproduced. gerri: also other kinds as well. >> these are beautiful large animals but nothing like a teddy bear invade our love to death. gerri: this seems like every girl has a barbie doll.

. >> you cannot think of legos without harry potter or "star wars" for what lego is today. gerri: this is not like any easy bake ovens. >> it is so streamlined from the original i bawled. you would cook your cake with the labels now it has the built-in and electric element cooking better than ever before more delicious things. gerri: mr. potato head? i love this but not always made out of plastic? >> phil flynn 52 to bring in actual potato those would find those all over he turned into a plastic potato >> surrounded by tollways but it is the teddy bear that people talk about. >> hard to believe it would start as a hunting trip by president theodore roosevelt 1902. having a lousy time hunting he could not bag anything so the folks he was traveling with staked out the bear and he said that was not fair and refused to shoot it was a political cartoon with the dutch with an adorable cut it was reproduced. gerri: also other kinds as well. >> these are beautiful large animals but nothing like a teddy bear invade our love to death. gerri: this seems like every girl has a barbie do

and at last, harry potter movie. second place went to disney. 141 million. the best man holiday came in first for 12 and half million dollars. coming up next, cancellations, security breaches, rising rates is just another day of bad news for the president's signature of keogg. our next guest says this is only the beginning of the misery. boy. stay with us. my asthma's under control. i don't miss out... you sat out most of our game yesterday! thma doesn't affect my job... you were out sick last week. my asthma doesn't bother my family... you coughed all through our date night! i hardly use my rescue inhaler at all. what did you say? how about - every day? coping with asthma isn't controlling it. test your level of control at asthma.com, then talk to your doctor. there may be more you could do for your asthma. ♪ ashley: the country's top hospital, the cleveland clinic is making laos and cutting into the budget by more than 150 billion as a direct result of obamacare. so far some 3,000 employees have been offed voluntary early retirement and osborne was worki

. >> you cannot think of legos without harry potter or "star wars" for what lego is today. gerri: this is not like any easy bake ovens. >> it is so streamlined from the original i bawled. you would cook your cake with the labels now it has the built-in and electric element cooking better than ever before more delicious things. gerri: mr. potato head? i love this but not always made out of plastic? >> phil flynn 52 to bring in actual potato those would find those all over he turned into a plastic potato >> surrounded by tollways but it is the teddy bear that people talk about. >> hard to believe it would start as a hunting trip by president theodore roosevelt 1902. having a lousy time hunting he could not bag anything so the folks he was traveling with staked out the bear and he said that was not fair and refused to shoot it was a political cartoon with the dutch with an adorable cut it was reproduced. gerri: also other kinds as well. >> these are beautiful large anim but nothing like a teddy bear invade our love to death. gerri: this seems like every girl has a barbie doll.

and at last, harry potter movie. second place went to disney. 141 million. the best man holiday came in first for 12 and half million dollars. coming up next, cancellations, security breaches, rising rates is just another day of bad news for the president's signature of kellogg. our next guest says this is only the beginning of the misery. oh boy. stay with us. as a business owner, i'm constantly putting out fires. so i deserve a small busiss credit card with amazing rewards. with the spark cascard from capital one, i get 2% cash back on ery purchase, every day. i break my back around here. finally soone's recognizing me with unlimited rewards! meetings start at 11, cindy. [ male announcer get the spark business card from capital one. choose 2% cash back or double miles on every purchase, every d. what's in your wallet? i need your timesheets, , larr! yep. got all the cozies. [ grandma ] with n fedex one rate, i could ll a box and ship it r one flat rate. so i kn untilt was full. you'd be crazy not to. is tt nana? [ male announcer ] fedex one rate. simple, f

actually this is me with my son connor dressed up as harry potter. we will have more pictures through out the show. [man]ask me... [announcer] ...every wish for a bed that could feel perfect under every part of your body... [man]ask me about our tempur-pedic. [announcer] they're sleeping on the newest tempur-pedic bed... the new tempur choice... [man]two remotes. [announcer] firmness settings for the head,legs,and back... these real owners get that famous tempur-pedic comfort how they like it. [woman]ask me about the lumbar button. [man]lumbar button [woman]lumbar [announcer] tempur-pedic.the most highly recommended bed in america. now the fun begins! >> good morning to you. hope you had a terrific halloween. it is 17 minutes after the hour. as we just looked at new york city we have new developments to tell you about in the nypd controversial stop and frisk program. they block an order to eliminate that program after a judge ruled it violated the civil rights. robert moses is live for us in new york with the latest. good morning, bob. what happened?

>> you can think of legos without thinking of star wars or harry potter. they are the perfect application of what lego is today. it has gotten so streamlined since they removed the 100 what lightbulb they started with. gerri: that is what i remember. >> you come without an electric light bulb, now has a built-in electric element like your household range. it works better than ever before. more delicious things you slide through, slide out. gerri: mr. potato head. not only made out of plastic. >> in 1952 when he made his debut you had to bring an actual potato. they found potatoes under beds and floors and closets probably not so thrilled and he turned into a plastic potato we know and love today. gerri: a lot of fun. we are surrounded by plush toys, panthers, pandas but it is the teddy bear everyone talks about. how did it get started? >> hard to believe it started as a hunting trip by president theodore roosevelt in 1902. he was having a lousy time hunting, couldn't bag anything so the folks he was traveling with stake out a bare for him to shoot and he s

. >> one example i discuss in the book is the harry potters films,'s all examples of big blockbuster bets. the studio went all in to make them a success. >> has this not been why we have so many sequels? >> i they that's one of the thing we're seeing in the marketplace. if you think about what are the most likely winners we don't have a lot to go on. but we do have something to go on as an executive to say, it looks a lot like something that happened in the past. you see betting taking place on something that resembles the past. it's not always the case. inception is a movie that looked like nothing that was out there. but also was a blockbuster. >> you give an example of former nbc ceo who deviated from the strategy. what happened? >> disaster happened if you look at the numbers. so he was a person who said we're making too many of these really risky -- he thought it was too risky. he said what we should instead be doing is manage for margins. we should not be swinging for the fences on all of our bets we should be saving costs, maybe not hire very expensive stars, or maybe not go f

the only films with better opening weekends ever are the avengers, iron man 3 and the last harry potter film thore the dark world was a distant second. best man holiday third, delivery man debuted in fourth and free birds rounds out the top five but mike found the titles for worldwide this weekend. >> i think it's $317 for hunger they're going to have good-- >> i think jennifer lawrence is bankable now. >> i think so. >> she's 23. oh my goodness. >>> good morning. welcome to wusa9. it's 6:00 a.m. today is monday, november 25. i have two words for you. >> what? >> layer up. >> and there's only two words this time. no hyphenating. you have to layer up. the 180s, heavy weather gloves. it's cold outside. howard will tell you more in a s.e.c. >> it's an inside joke. two words. last week she said three words. >> it's cold. >> a five-letter word. >> how cold, howard? >> it's teens and 20s right now but today is going to be probably one of the better days for the week because tomorrow looks really wet with maybe a little wintry precip in the morning. then the winds kick in wednesday with rain s

harry potter, you'll remember, was eight books and eight movies. with "the hunger games" we only have three books that are booking three movies. it's not quite at that gargantuan level or a massive franchise. you'll continue to seat books and trilogies turn into movies. everyone knows if they've done it right, they can work and bring in the bucks. >> we know the studio was skwoo squeamish at first marketing the movies because it's about kids killing kids. it seems it's everywhere. what changed? >> last time, lions, they had a tricky thing -- they had to soft-peddle that violence. if you read the books you knew it was about teenagers killing each other. they still had to get people into the theaters. now we've seen the movies. we're adjusted to the violence. honestly when i think about the first movie and i was getting ready to see the second movie a week ago. i was concerned with the emotional story we were going to see. i don't remember the violence so much from the first movie or the second movie. it's really much more about katniss' journey and

the only films with better opening weekends ever are the avengers, iron man 3 and the last harry potter film thore the dark world was a distant second. best man holiday third, delivery man debuted in fourth and free birds rounds out the top five but mike found the titles for worldwide this weekend. >> i think it's $3

>> catching fire for the five-day weekend is expected to beat the first harry potter movie back in 2001 and set a new thanksgiving record. from fire to frozen, the disney animated musical is about a town trapped in the icy powers of a sorceress. entertainment weekly says it's collected $26 million over the past two days. a far better performance than "tangled." >>> and still ahead at 6:00, breaking news in scotland. the chaotic scene after a helicopter crashed into a pub packed with people. we'll have the latest on that. >>> also, a make or break deadline for the president's troubled health care website. in and why president obama is leaving an important decision about his future to one of his daughters. we'll be right back. >>> we are following breaking news out of scotland right now. authorities say a police helicopter crashed late friday night into the roof of a popular pub in glasgow. witnesses say they saw a huge cloud of dust and people running out of the pub after the crash. there are reports of injuries and people trapped inside. police say the helicopter had three people on boa

they have this harry potter moment, which is the people that are only magical families as opposed to the half breed families or the mug bloods. that's what's happening right now. the tea party people are the pure conservatives, and here they are attacking someone who is pro-life, anti-gay marriage, anti-gay rights, et cetera, et cetera, and they think he's bad? he just won new jersey by 30 points? that guy is not bad, he's won. that's absurd. but i'm never going to be a democrat that's going to get in the middle of a gop bottle rocket fight. i think that's fantastic. >> maria teresa, the wacko birds aren't merely angry at governor christie because he won his election. they also say, and this is his words, thatsaar sabotaged cuccinelli by not campaigning for him. take a listen to this. >> if he had not held a special election for the senate seat to replace frank lautenberg and last night the vote had been between steve lone gan and cory booker, lonigan would have bon but his ego got in the way. >> were it not for christie's big ego, mcauliffe would have been defeated by the tea party.

potter deathly hallows part ii." this is getting great reviews. so it will probably drive more people to the box office to go see it. >> my daughter gave it two thumbs up. she loved it. >>> "g.q." has a list of least influential celebrities out. least influential celebrities. dennis rodman. no surprises there. he tops the list for the celebrities that don't want to be on the list. the least influential according to "g.q." magazine. he visited north korea and is going back again. the list includes, check it out, justin bieber. ryan gosling. will smith, whole bunch of celebrities there. >> ryan reynolds. >> you know me. >> you know me. that's why they are the least influential. if they were the most influential i'd know them. barack obama number 17. according to "g.q." magazine, he gets nothing done. >> never mind that we talked about miley cyrus all night. >> she doesn't influence anything. >> nothing. nothing at all. >>> this one is interesting, though. michael jackson, a couple of his items are being sold at auction

potter" films fail the test. we'll see how it affects box office sales. hmmm. >>> on to france where two of the most famous restaurants in paris apparently seat customers on how good-looking they are. former employees at cafe marley guests are seated according to strict appearance policy the better looking they are the better tables they get. restaurant owners are not commenting on allegations. i wonder if beautiful people leave better tips? that has to be important. >>> russian president putin will travel to the vatican city for the meeting with his holiness, pooe francis. they will likely discuss the situation in syria which the pope is watching closely. whatever they talk about i hope putin keeps his shirt on. >>> next, the first day is done but are you all aflutter with twitter? tweet me what you think. we'll toe you three reasons to stay out of this one. if you're tempted you want to hear this. >>> "who made money today." they made be only one that is feel like it is good to be a pc. addition after hollywood

or harry potter's cloak of invisibility. which is both trust rating and an interesting privilege. when i am wearing a sanitation worker's uniform, i can observe people in ways that they do not realize i'm observing them. i am not part of their world at all. >> even though you were a woman? >> i had my hat on and my hair up. no, it's just the uniform. once in a while, people would be startled because i'm too old, i'm a girl, i was wearing glasses. i do not look the part. although that points to the stereotype. there are plenty of people on this job, if you saw them in their street clothes, you would never think in a million years, oh, you are a sanitation worker. there is this theory that we are all supposed to talk like this and have a cigarette hanging out of our mouth and a three-day beard. that is a cartoon. >> do the guys -- i assume mostly guys -- smoke anymore? >> yes, sometimes i would work with guys who would smoke while loading up truck, but you are not technically allowed to smoke inside a city facility. >> you have a kid though? >> he is 13. >> what does he think of mom

the success of universal's harry potter attraction is any indication, there's a lot of money to be made. brian and mandy, i'm sorry, we don't have any more details just yet. >> we'll send you in when it's open, julia. thank you. >> i don't know about that. >> i'll go with you. let's go pop culture commentator, nancy and bob frank is still here. your ideas on this theme park? >> they are going to leave out the battle to the death part, which is a huge part. other than archery and cob webs, i don't know, it's a goth kind of particular thing i can't see being very game parky. >> the good thing is, now you tell your kids, if you're really good, you go to disney. now you say, if you're really bad, you're going to the hunger games park. >> i like that. see which kid lasts. >> yeah. >> see, that's smart, using it as a disciplinary measure. >> i think they should make you chief game park game officer. home depot was in hot water o r over, oy, a tweet and a half. what do you think about this? >> it's terrible. and i can only say i'm glad home depot fired the ad agency, i guess, that designed it

potter movies. walmart had a glitch of its own when listing a big ticket item for a fraction of those price. anticipating extra holiday pounds, you can buy a walmart treadmill for $33. how about a projector? originally $600, yours for the low price of $8.85. now, walmart has said it won't honor the purchases. instead it will offer customers a refund and a $10 gift card. for the customer who is thought they were getting the deal of the century, that brings a whole new meaning to the term black friday. and finally, remember all that controversy over lululemon's see through yoga pants? the founder now says it's not the pants that's the problem, no, ladies, it's our bodies. >> put frankly, some womens bodies actually don't work for it. and i can't be -- >> they don't work for the pant sns. >> no, they don't work for certain some women's bodies. >> this isn't the first time the yoga wear retailer's come under fire for weight discrimination. many former employees have admitted that larger sizes are regula

potter movies. i'm pleased to have them here with me at this table. welcome. here we have two great actors, a great director in a play by a great playwright who basically said this is a radio play and i never want to see it on stage. that's what we have here, right? >> we do, indeed. i first read it when i was at university. i tried to mount a stage production of it about 15 years later for the r.s.c. and i was told most emphatically no and ten years after that i tried again while i was at the national theater and i was told emphatically no. and a few years after that i tried one more time. no. and then -- >> rose: who was saying no? >> the estate and at the time that would have -- originally that would have involved beckett himself and always the answer was it was written for radio, it can only be done as a radio play. but then two years ago i suppose i had rather a cheeky idea and i wrote to the estate and said "could i do it on stage if the set for the stage production is a radio studio?" >> rose

"harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2" is third. ironman 3 is $174 million and "the avengers" had the biggest opening weekend ever, an astonishing $207 million. >>> coming up we'll take a look at an inspiring film opening this weekend, "mandela, the long walk to freedom." we'll talk with the director and the woman who plays mandela's wife next. thunder crashes ] [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could never happen to them. and that their homeowners insurance protects them. [ thunder crashes ] it doesn't. stop pretending. only flood insurance covers floods. ♪ visit floodsmart.gov/pretend to learn your risk. we know we're not the center of your life, but we'll do our best to help you connect to what is. >>> to politics now where mark zuckerberg is offering up advice on how to fix the healthcare.gov website. >> stuff doesn't work when you want it to. we've certainly had plenty of mistakes and thangz haven't worked the way that we want to. the right thing here is just to keep on focusing on building the service