last sunday was. that s why he s having the hip surgery. we love him to pieces. it used to be you were a closet barry manilow fans. now everybody is out of the closet and everybody loves him. what s your favorite? my favorite barry manilow song and i hope he is recovering and watching us now. i believe it s johnny mercer who passed away. his widow allowed barry to go through his attic and a whole bunch of lyrics. he wrote the music to a lyric johnny had written called when october goes. let s hear that. when october goes the same old dream appears i love that one. the whole thing is amazing. and this one is going to get your is that copacabana? this one is called i can t smile without you look at the crew. we are in a small little studio, but everybody is doing it. barry makes you happy. he does. i have to say, and i say it every time because you can never stop thanking the people that have been good in your life. barry manilow and dolly parton
captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome today on this tuesday morning. i m ann curry. and i m matt lauer. a lot of eyes are going to be on that pennsylvania courtroom today. we re expecting testimony that is emotional and very graphic. that s right. this is going to be the first time the public and jerry sandusky will hear direct testimony from the alleged victims themselves. ten, as we all know, have now come forward, many who saw sandusky as a father figure, so you can begin to imagine just how tough it s going to be for them. it s also going to be wrenching for sandusky and his family. we ll get the latest and get perspective from our legal team of savannah guthrie and star jones, straight ahead. another story we ve been covering, lauren scruggs was nearly killed when she walked into a plane s spinning propeller. ten days later, the model s recovery has taken yet another encouraging turn. we re going to hear from her father in a little while. al
away. and thousands of youth. would you like to live for hundreds or thousands of years? the breakthroughs that could be on the horizon today. tuesday, december 13th, 2011. welcome to today on this tuesday morning. i m ann curry. and i m matt lauer. want to take you for a live look at courthouse where jerry sandusky was supposed to be hearing directly from his accusers in court for the first time. instead, his attorney is answering questions from reporters outside. that s right, matt. as we just mentioned, just as the hearing was getting underway, he waived his right to have it. the case is moving closer to trial with his next court appearance on january 11th. we ll get a live report from the court and talk about what happened this morning with our legal team. also ahead, lauren skrugs was nearly killed when she walked into a plane s i spinning propeller. her recovery has taken another encouraging turn. we re going to hear from our her father coming up. and we h
precarious state of health. we ll have the latest on his fight against throat cancer early this wednesday morning, fight against throat cancer early this wednesday morning, october 13th, 2010. captioning funded by cbs well, when we see that wheel turning, either the rescue vehicle is either going down or it s coming up. and in this case, it is the fenix and we think it s heading back up toward the surface. again, with miner in number 14. it would be because number 13 came out and ten hours that we have been watching this drama unfold. methodically and luckily according to plan and there s still ten miners down there and everyone is optimistic and holding their breath. good morning. i m harry smith. i m maggie rodriguez. this is a special live edition of the early show for the west coast. right now, the first miner reached the surface last night at 11:10 eastern time and wearing a helmet and sun glass to protect him from the glare of the rescue lights. so far, 13 m
wife and a u.s. congressman. and director oliver stone says legendary actor michael douglas is in a precarious state of health. we ll have his fight against throat cancer early this october we ll have his fight against throat cancer early this october 13th, 2010. captioning funded by cbs yet another amazing picture. this has been going on since last night. this is miner number nine, the oldest. 63-year-old mario gomez holding up the chill yen flag with pride this morning traveling 2,000 feet up the rescue shaft moments ago and making it safely to the surface. he was the one rescuers were most concerned about because of his frail health. he suffers a lung condition likely a result of working at those mines since he was 12 years old. is now 63 and appears, harry, as all have appeared. i know. to be in great health and especially great spirits. good morning, everybody i m harry smith. i m maggie rodriguez. of course, we re following the drama that is captivating