and i m meredith vieira. we are very pleased to have the 43rd president of the united states, george w. bush, with us live in our studio this morning, already cracking jokes over there. he has kept a very low profile since leaving the white house. now he s out with his memoir, it s called decision points. he s opening up about the tough choices that defined his presidency. it is making headlines from everything from his handling the economy, the wars in iraq and afghanistan, and even kanye west. and he s going to react to them when we sit down, straight ahead. looking forward to that. and straight ahead, the latest on that carnival cruise ship stranded in the pacific for two d d days. it is now being slowly tugged back to shore. and rations have now arrived. we ll have details in a live report. and one of my favorite things is the film, the sound of music. that s right. it became an instant classic when it was released 45 years ago. in honor of its anniversary,