. >> george bailey returns as hollywood considers making a sequel of the jimmy stewart classic. . >>> it is the eve of thanksgiving. as you can see the empire state building is ablow with the colours of the holiday. a few miles north an equally stunning sight - yes, that's a giant snoopy ready for the macy's parade. it's up in the air. balloons are ready to fly. strong winds could ground them. we'll get an update ahead.

what would happen to the up to of bedford falls if jimmy stewart hadn't lived. it turns into a utopia called pot isville that turned it into strip joints and gambling. the switch is that we are living in pottersville and what in the guy that did that hadn't lived and so the distopia is a wonderful thing. given the financial crisis we are in, we have been living in pottersville. it may be a respite to see what would happen if the potters didn't take over. >> what are some of the big movies, blockbusters that you are looking forward to. >> there'll be a couple coming up. kids will look forward to the "the hobbit" movies. three lord of the irans. we had the second "the hobbit," the dessolation of smog. if you remember the first "the hobbit" ended with a dragon and a lair of coins. he'll come out and eat hob its. >> and "saving mr banks. >> that is a disney film, a story how disney persuaded the writer of the mary poppins to do a movie. he didn't want it to happen. but it will be a good family film. "american hustle" is about a scandal in the 1990s, directed by davi

why not jimmy stewart? if the cast worked then, why not now? >> he's dead. >> oh. >> that's a problem. >> he can use his occult powers. >> nicholas cage. >> what about "a christmas story." >> i saw "a christmas story." >> i'm not sure. i am not into christmas movies or music. >> you are a pagan witch. >> the only christmas movie i like is "the pagan's wife. >> i told you. a cult. >> we have to take a break. >> i don't even know what we accomplished. >> it's a wonderful life it is a tool of the occult. >> that's according to you though. >> it is according to me. the show is called "red eye" with gris gutfeld. with geeing gutfeld. >> i can pointing you out. >> are we in a fight? >> yes, we are. >> are you going stair at the prompter? >> coming up, an interview. >> this is an interesting end. ♪ >>> brand-new "red eye" airs saturday 8:00 p.m. pacific. we have ricky scaggs and jesse joyce. >> e block. the last story. that's the last story. >> boy that show on saturday is a real show. anyway brian is not just my new ping-pong partner, he is a histo

she played the daughter of jimmy stewart's charter, george bailey. her famous ne, "everyime a be rings an angel gets his wings." well, grimes gets hers. she plays an angel inhe sequel. >>> "real housewive of new jersey" stars tesa and joe deudyce facing charges. >>> james franco is known to be a cat gu sollen brought his love of cats and good lks into a 2014 calendar. interesting. >>> fans joy, the s of the original cast of "mty python: flying circus" will review night after 30 years apart. >>> the funer die website realizes a houseful of bhelors that one gup has yet to be represented on t bachelor. apparently a houseful of men poses chalnges. >> derek, u accept this rose? >> adam, will you may me? >> oh, my god, yes. absolutely. i love you. >> i get that you are trying to be progressive but this premise doest seem to work. >>> prince william revealed he would love to get theew ps4, but hesaid,quote, i'm n sure how my wifwould feel about that. >>> mayor rob ford and van dam have one thing icommon, their perfect splits, of crse. >> i've had my ups and

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stewart's character in the original. >> look, daddy, every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings. >> actress karolyn grimes who played little zoo-zoo bailey in the original has agreed to play an angel in the sequel. no other actors or directors have signed on. they hope have to "it's a wonderful life" in theaters by the 2016 season. a whole new generation will be exposed to this classic. >> yeah, but that's a tough act to follow, i don't know. >> big shoes to fill. absolutely. >> alexis christoforous at the new york stock exchange, thanks a lot, alexis. >>> straight ahead, your tuesday morning weather. >>> and in sports, controversy on the final play of "monday night football". >>> and toronto's mayor takes on his critics at a tumultuous city council meeting. to anything. ou can feel fret and feel better about doing it. better it with benefiber. and these little angels build in strength. and that little angel says, "weeeeeeeee!" 60% more sheets than charmin. everything you want and the value you love. angel soft. like our new santa fe chicken quesadilla, burger bites, sandwiches,

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stewart in "mr. smith goes to washington." the president said enough is enough and abc news chief white house correspondent jonathan karl now tells us what began happening right away. >> reporter: for more than a century, the filibuster, immortalized in the movie "mr. smith goes to washington" has empowered the minority party in the senate to bring everything to a halt just by talking. >> i can hold this floor almost unless doomsday. in other words, i've got a piece to speak. >> reporter: it's a tactic republicans are using more than ever. from rand paul who tried to block the president's pick to run the cia to ted cruz who talked nearly 22 hours straight against obama care. republicans are now blocking dozens of president obama's nominees. but today in a controversial and historic move, referred to as the nuclear option, democrats changed the rules, ending the filibuster when it comes to most presidential nominees. minutes later they moved forward on one obama nominee who had been blocked for almost

but now jimmy stewart's 1946 oscar-nominated film getting a sequel? it's called "it's a wonderful life: the rest of the story." nischelle turner is back with more. i'm afraid. you know that, right? >> i keep thinking of paul harvey's "the rest of the story." would you touch an untouchable and try to make it better? that's the question here. basically what's going to happen with this sequel of "it's a wonderful life" is it's going to pick up with jimmy stewart, his grandson, who is also named george bailey, and it's going to take him through his life and actually show how much better off the world would be if he hasn't in it, which is the reverse of what the original "it's a wonderful life" is. a lot of people are saying, i don't know if you should touch this. >> are they trying to do a "wicked"? >> yeah. >> good point. >> "wizard of oz" has its own story and "wicked" is where the wicked witch actually gets framed. not to give it away. >> isn't it a situation where you think some things are untouchable? >> can we talk about hollywood's track records wi

. >> i'm jack nicholson and marlon gran bran doe, jimmy stewart, steve mcqueen. >> i'm nicholas cage and robert pattinson, james dean and rock hudson. >> i am norma shearer and lillian gish. >> i'm garbo. >> i'm like a sophisticated prop. i give you all the feeling you want, all the hair styles and wardrobe changes you want. i'm say whatever you put in front of me. >> do not expect me to take pride in what i do. >> i used to care about how i looked. now i don't care as much. maybe it's because i'm so handsome. >> rose: i am pleased to have james franco back at this table. welcome. >> thank you. >> last time we saw each other was at brown university where you were attending rhode island school of design? >> that's great. that was a great interview. thank you. >> rose: so i just touch on this because you must get tired of talking about it. why so many things? or why not so many things? >> right. good question. um -- i admit i do a lot of things but they're all things i've been interested in as long as i've been interested in acting. basically they all -- you know, i guess -- they all f

and folks outside the beltway may not be as fascinated by this unless maybe they're fans of jimmy stewart and his mr. smith goes to washington and the importance of the filibuster. in legislation, that a minority does not like. this institution is around for a long time what makes this fight so tragic is shows the breakdown of trust that's occurred here in washington, breakdown of comedy, cooperation, consensus and the democrats certainly used it. i know the end of the bush administration no question about that. but not as much as you say about half the filibusters of all-time against presidential nominees have been against barack obama. >> right. >> and it's kind of a fehr fekt sto perfect storm and reflection of troubles in the republican party right now. >> clarence, i challenge you on one thing. yes, democrats used it with bush but in that instance, it was specific judges where there were specific concerns about those individuals, not, we are just going to do this because we feel like doing this because we don't want this president to get anything done. >> that's a very good distincti

old film with jimmy stewart about george bailey -- >> i don't know if i was born yet. >> get this, right? they're going to make a sequel of this film, right? >> get out of here. really? >> yeah. you see, i don't think that's -- i think it's a perfect film. i don't think you need a sequel to that. do you? >> i wish i had seen the movie, but i think if there's a sequel, i will be more inclined to watch the first and second movie. i have to say, i'm looking forward to "catching fire" this friday, the hunger game series. i'm sure you're keeping up with that, as well. >> are there any sequels that shouldn't have been made? was rocky 59 a film too far? >> that is a good question. i think this was a good movie. there's always that risk of the sequel not living up to what the first movie -- the first movie potential, the first movie's success. we'll have to see if the wonderful life sequel lives up to your expectations. >> yeah. i'm worried. i am nervous about it. thanks for that, seema. john brenner tweeted in to say alien versus predator requiem was horrible on so many levels. so let us know w

stewart and cary grant, the biggest were expected to ride the range. >> for all the grandeur we imagine he lived, he was in some sense a cowboy, a farmer. >> he was indeed. he loved to ride and took great pleasure in the fact that there was really only a couple of his guests could keep up with him on a horse. one of them was will rogers. i think he enjoyed having his guests moan and groan about their buttocks. >> the movie stars had interesting collisions with the ranch. when carol lombard came to see the cows being milked, she came in wearing so much perfume that the cows got sick and refused to milk. >> it's the largest working cattle ranch on the california coast. >> manhattan fits inside this property five times. if you think new york is big, look around. >> even touring by car can make for a long ride. we could drive all day and still be on the ranch? >> yes. you could drive for -- well 309 miles -- as far as you can see. >> reporter: and as far as the eye can see, steve hurst has guaranteed this will always be a ranch. in 2005 he signed a complex deal with conservation groups whic

. >> it's a wonderfulife starring jimmy stewart and aprently it's so wderful that we nd a sequel. >> no. >> it's a wonderful life. the rest o the story hits theaters in 2015. it will sr 73-year-old caroline grimes. she actually played in the original. now not everyone isotally excid about this. chk had a good tweet. evy time a bad sequel is made of a classic movie an angel loses it's wis. >> oh, chuck. >> apparently nothing goingn at the white house. >> chuck got a lite too much -- rememr when turner - what could go wrong here. >> exactly. >> some thing are bt left untouched. >> i agree. >> speaking of classics,he godfather ranksmong the top movies ever made but no doubt thanks in part to e dynamo that is sonny. >> now you want t gun down a police bause he slapped you in the face a little bit? you got to get up closeike this and blo their brains a over your nice ivy league suit. >> of course that was the violent mobst but eryone knows now 40 yrsater we're now learning who else auditioned to play sonny. >> you going to take - you going to te them -- do you know what ty're going to do

snl, jon stewart and jimmy kimmel have been doing the it since october 1. >> roll the clip. >> health care.gov is one month old and like most one month old it's still laying there pooping its pants. >> anybody try to sign up for the obama care website thing? now you can play angry birds. >> racists! racist white people who hate black people, richard. >> i've got to agree. listen, i don't think this is racist at all. they are making candor t at the website and the rollout. no question. ef even the president said the rollout needs to be better. it cease satire. the same we saw when miley cyrus did her republican party "we do whatever we want" spread at snl. it was funny, cute. no racism here. >> bf i go back to ellisson, the five talked about it. there was a suggestion that the left doesn't have a sense of humor. >> i have a sense of humor. i think a lot of my friends on the left have a sense of humor as well. >> what do you make of it, ellison. the racism card. again? really? >> i think it's -- obviously richard isn't on board. that was a small group of people who didn't have a good de

and if they don't, they hear it on the jimmy kimmel show and john stewart, night after night after night. if the reward is to become spectacularly famous, congratulations to rob ford, he has achieved nap however, it is one thing when charlie sheen goes on a self destructive three month bender and there is another thing when somebody who is not only the mayor of a major city but at one point i believe had higher expirations to office. >> networks are businesses and this guy has become this huge famous person all over the world for this crazy and you know unbelievable behavior so from a television network standpoint isn't this a no-brainer? >> it certainly seems to be case. but one thing worth noting is sun network pegged it as a reality tv show, that sounds very sexy but it is just a situation of his ongoing -- exr continuation of his radio show with his brother. it's not exactly sure what he is going to be doing different. >> they may shoot something out of the studio. a continuation of a radio talk show, a television version of rush limbaugh, that could work right? >> it could, howard s

martha stewart's res kcipe. told her how amazing. >> jimmy: always a passive aggressive thing about your kids telling you what you should do. you can't do it under any circumstances. >> jimmy: i saw the movie. you are very good in it. very good performance in it. never, ever, ever, would i take my family to see this movie on thanksgiving. >> or ever. it is not for the kids. >> jimmy: no not for the kids. >> it is very dark. very twisted. and takes you on a fun ride. if you don't know the story because it is a remake. >> jimmy: belttter if you don't find out. >> is that or frozen. you have your option. >> jimmy: be a fun thing, tell the family you are taking them. and then say, i am going to run out and grab popcorn and let them, let the high jinks begin. >> no. i have actually. there are certain times when you have to tell your parents. just so you know, maybe you don't want to see this one. >> jimmy: yeah. >> this will be one of them. >> this would be one of them. crazy. fun. and spike lee. spike lee joint. and

. >>> now on to jimmy kimmel. sara silverman made her first appearance on the show after the couple broke up years ago. >> is this uncomfortable for you. >> isn't this -- it's like weird but it's good weird. it's like -- this is human nature. this is the way life is. people break up. and exes are going to bump into each other. they're going to cross paths. they're going to be on each other's talk shows. you know. it's the cycle of life. >> it's very natural. >> look at you. >> don't do that. >> i can't help it. you look like a celebrity. >> i'm wearing makeup now. >> i know. and you're -- i mean, it's just -- you have just, your hair looks like hair and -- >> mommy, am i going to meet daddy tonight. >> your daddy's dead. go backstage. >> oh, my god. nice to see kimmel thrown off there. >>> the most interesting pretty in the world. have vladimir putin is back in action. a ninth-degree black belt in taekwando. punt may have a higher-degree black belt. there used to be a street named after chuck thors. but it was cha

my name is jon stewart. our guest tonight the fine actress is elizabeth olsen. many of you may not know this she's the famed sister of famed cub reporter jimmy olsen. [ laughter ] but first man it's been a rough couple of weeks for broab, months really. his foreign allies are angry with him because we are spying on them. [ laughter ] his domestic allies are angry at him because of incompetent health care rollout. he taped over his wedding video recently. he was trying to record a very special "two broke girls." hello, mr. president, they are all special. [ laughter ] and this weekend was booed at a basketball game. [audience reacts] and now here in my studio or was that something snels. [laughter] to give smu sense of perspective about where things are for the president, this is how a crowd greeted the crack smoking train wreck of a mayor in toronto on saturday. [cheers and applause] >> jon: you are an idiot! [laughter] and that was before mayor ford's monday adventure. >> we have got some angry exchanges while the meeting was going on the mayor -- [laughter] >>

my name is jon stewart. our guest tonight the fine actress is elizabeth olsen. many of you may not know this she's the famed sister of famed cub reporter jimmy olsen. [ laughter ] but first man it's been a rough couple of weeks for broab, months really. his foreign allies are angry with him because we are spying on them. [ laughter ] his domestic allies are angry at him because of incompetent health care rollout. he taped over his wedding video recently. he was trying to record a very special "two broke girls." hello, mr. president, they are all special. [ laughter ] and this weekend was booed at a basketball game. [audience reacts] and now here in my studio or was that something snels. [laughter] to give smu sense of perspective about where things are for the president, this is how a crowd greeted the crack smoking train wreck of a mayor in toronto on saturday. [cheers and applause] >> jon: you are an idiot! [laughter] and that was before mayor ford's monday adventure. >> we have got some angry exchanges while the meeting was going on the mayor -- [laughter] >>

woody allen is on it, will smith, jon stewart, robert de niro, kanye west. it's very well done. david is going to do magic for us tonight. and i heard he taught you a trick, guillermo. >> yes, yes. >> jimmy: now, when did he teach this to you? >> to put my finger inside my ear. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's really more hygiene than a trick. so that's the name of the trick, put your finger inside your ear? >> yeah. i'll show you. >> jimmy: okay. show me. all right. >> ow. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: very well done. your son is going to love that trick. it will probably make him cry, but when he gets older he'll love it. >> yeah, he'll like it. >> jimmy: if you want to see some real magic, though, look no further than toronto mayor rob ford. [ laughter ] rob ford, he's provided me with so much entertainment this week i feel like i should pay him a subscription fee like hbo. [ laughter ] as if the crack smoking wasn't enough, yesterday a police report came out. it was all manner of allegations including a prostitute, cocaine, sexual harassment. rob ford is like your drunk unc