all right, governor gilmore, jonathan capehart, thanks to both of you. the once homeless man with the golden voice comes to new york city. from nbc news, this is today. with matt lauer and meredith vieira. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. ted williams visits today show with his remarkable story. living on the streets. national sensation in a mere 48 hours. [ robin ] my name is robin.
Let s take a look at some hot shots. in japan, artists participate in a contest celebrating the new year. in germany, during a zoo inventory, a cane toad rests on a scale while it waits to be counted. in australia, people used boats to travel throughout the city of rockhampton. in india, a boy hides a large kite in preparation for a festival. hot shot, pictures worth a thousand words. when we introduced you to ted williams, who would have thought he d suddenly become a national sensation. cnn s jeanne moos has an update. reporter: hair today, gone tomorrow. but the main thing that changed overnight wasn t ted williams look, it was his life. who is responsible for everything reporter: no wonder he was tearfully thanking folks. the offers were pretty amazing. we had a listener offer up $15,000 of her own money.
A ray of sunshine in a world of pain and vice vice-versa. check out his best selling comedy cd s. elderly gentlemen pulled on his lever until they hit the jackpot. well, the prostitute is now destitute. he called it quits after bringing in less than 10 customers in the past three months. that s like one per month. you may recall marcus. the 25-year-old exmarine who became a national sensation. how can you become an exmarine? you are always a marine. he became a big thing when he was row filed in january. the board is returning to his roots. his roots being the adult film industry. why not go back into the military? his replacement, a las vegas
Since it was, the man in the video has become a national sensation. he s gotten countless job offers. tonight i m very proud to be able to say that ted williams has been hired by msnbc. he will record voice-overs for our new lean forward ad campaign, which is really cool. even more cool is the fact that mr. williams will be interviewed tonight on msnbc on the show that is right after this one, the last word with lawrence o donnell. that is quite awesome. more awesome is that we have been able to engage mr. williams as hired talent at msnbc to help congress to help the republicans in congress with the parts of the united states constitution they did not want read out loud today, even as the rest of the constitution was. ready? now from the golden age of radio, ladies and gentlemen, the
Any help they can offer. he has an amazing, hard to believe voice, talent. an amazing radio voice. presumably you have seen this in the past few days. reporter: very often homeless people ask me for spare change on free way ramps. recently, there s been a man with an interesting sign. he says he has the god-given gift a great voice. i want to make you work for your dollar. when you re listening to nothing but the best of oldies, you re listening to magic 98.9. thank you so much you. god bless you. thank you. no matter how many times i see it, i still can t believe it. just incredible, right? that was posted online by the columbus dispatch newspaper earlier this week. since it was, the man in the video has become a national sensation. he s gotten countless job offers.