area. it kind of undermines this argument. sure, the fact there s limited vip seat chicago we reported on last week shows you that, really, that there are some you know, there are some political elements. now the rnc, we checked with them today. they re arguing in the same way that, if a democrat was in the white house, they would give tickets to their party. that these things happen for white house holiday tours, for things like that. that s accurate, although, again, those are where you have limits on who can be here. this traditionally has been an entirely open event, and it s now being modified to, you know, to have limited access in part of the mall. and we are, of course, going to get a speech from the president. i mean, it s hard to argue that any speech in this kind of a forum would be an apolitical one. well, one of the things, it really will matter what he says, whether he refers to, for example, any of the democrats currently running for president in 2020. whether he
that. reporter: well, you said after your wife passed you sort of needed something to hold onto, to look forward to, and this was it. absolutely correct. i was groping for something to hold onto, as you put it. basically, i m sure there will be a lot more presidential inaugural parades and i m assuming i just won t be part of it. reporter: they offered you a vip seat. yes, they did. reporter: you decided to do something else on friday. you re getting a lot of attention right now. where are you going to be on friday? i will be at wrctv, channel 4, nbc, in washington reporter: our affiliate here. yes. they have their own staff permits reporter: and you re going to announce the parade. and i m going to announce the parade. reporter: i wish you the very best of luck, charlie. it s been an honor to meet you. it really has. we re pals forever.
in years past, last year, you would think they would want to set an example of good sportsmanship and we ve come a long way and look how great we are now. you re right. but they want the whole team on the field for the next game to erase all the bad memories and get to the national championship this year. okay. you ll be back with more. thank you, andy. of all the moments from this weekend s game this one really stuck out. yes, it involving toronto mayor rob ford. just when you thought the crack smoke mayor had done it all he allegedly stole a musician s v.i.p. seat at the buffalo bills/atlanta game. here he is chowing down. for more than an hour the rocker tweeted about the unsportsmanlike move from the mayor. tweet. quote, rob ford is sitting in my seat at the bills game. he stole my seat. i don t know what to do. i m by myself. i got to kick him out, right? i would kick anyone else, right? am i wrong? but all is well that ends well. mayes tweeted he, quote, got my seat back. s
for its last mission, launched in february of last year. she served well 39 missions, 365 days on orbit. and the fact that discovery is going to the smithsonian and people will get to see her for hopefully forever is a good thing. reporter: after landing there, discovery will go on display at the smithsonian s hangar at dulles international airport in virginia. chris clackham, nbc news. time for entertainment news, actor johnny depp is facing legal troubles. tmz reports the pirates of the caribbean star is being sued by a disabled woman who claims his bodyguards dragged her from her vip seat in december. titanic has sailed beyond the $2 billion mark in lifetime ticket sales, thanks to the film s rerelease in 3-d. it now stands as one of only two films in history to earn more
no. and my v.i.p. seat was they didn t even check that i just sat like third row up. so it was totally empty. bill: was everybody nice to you? well, of course they were nice to me. bill: if i walked in there, miss holder, i don t believe me, i don t think everybody would be nice to me. i m not acting facetiously, everybody was respectful and nice to you ever? of course. i m somewhat known in the black community. i do a lot of work with reverend pfleger and father jackson. a lot of people know me. they thought i was from the press because i was taking notes. but the people who were there were definitely nice and welcoming. now, he wasn t on either. so, we didn t have a choice to like cozy up to each other and stay warm. bill: okay. chicago press just ignored it. i predicted they would. right. bill: it s a risk reward. there is too much risk. very little reward. you weren t surprised the chicago press ignored it, right? see, no.