sam is an attacker of the establishment. sam and i were going to do a television series on "the magnificent seven." kind of sorry we didn't. and it did come to pass, but when sam and i met about it he said, "this is a great opportunity to rip up the soft belly of hollywood." i'd never thought of that. i thought we were just going to make some westerns. (gunshot) keep the change, bob. (gunshot) (thomas schatz) the western as it develops seems to conceive of society in more and more sophisticated terms. as it gets more sophisticated, it becomes more corrupt. well, let's get to it. ten steps? suits me. you count 'em. you ain't thought of another way? nah, i can't come up with nothin'. get to it. one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight... (gunshot) (rudy wurlizter) sam identified so much with billy that he didn't want him to die, you know. so there was a great freak-out on the end about whether sam was going to let him live or not. he was getting pretty loaded and we were all trying to get him to stop drinking, get him to

sam hornish jr. and mark martin running seventh and eighth, only ones in the top 12 not involved in the chase. >> strong race car, i think sam has something for these guys tonight. he has been very, very consistent lap after lap. >> he has. not just them but you look at the michael waltrip racing cars again. with clint bowyer in third, martin truex and mark martin, all three cars in the top ten, i tell you, what i like watching sam hornish on the track. he's looked good, all of the problems with heat shields falling off, able to overcome that. we talked yesterday during the nationwide show how we thought that sam hornish out of the 22 was a real topheral move next year, sam has been doing so well. he's a company guy for team penske, i don't agree with the decision of taking sam out and putting joey logano in. although joey logano is a good driver but sam is getting so good and so particular and wants so it bad and i hated to see mr. penske made this decision. i think it was the wrong decision. >> we'

and sam nunn dave cote and adam parker. the air ris auto show is under way in france and we'll get behind the way with daimler chairman at 6:15 eastern time. plus the count town continues to election day. our guest this half hour is former new mexico governor bill richardson. he's walking up to set right now. we have a lot to get to with him. and later this morning, staple's co-founder and romney supporter tom stemberg. no one understands the swing state of ohio better than senator rob portman. he'll be joining us from cincinnati. but before we get to all this, and believe me, this is a lot to get on today, let's get you up to speed on this morning's other top headlines with andrew. welcome back. >> thanks. we haven't even talked about football, but i hope we get a chance to. china central bank reportedly injecting 57.9 billion into money markets. regulators are struggling to maintain liquidity without the injection. speaking of china, the country's largest listed steel maker has suspended output at a plant as the economy s

i called sam. i thought how dare you do this to us, to the world. >> according to a variety of sources sam basili's real name is snchl inaudible) also known by a dozen other aliases. he is an ex-con with a federal conviction for bank fraud and previous drug aaddiction >> is he for example a government agent or an inform t informant? at the bottom of the hour we will hear much more about how this con man filmmaker poured gasoline on the anti samaritan resentment. is the ugly stupid movie trailer why chris stevens was killed? isn't it more likely the attack in libya was a long planned al qaeda plot? take the anniversary of 9-11. politically dozens of widespread unrest in the muslim world mean the president's policies are flawed or dangerously naive. we will get though that. one of the most important countries in the region are by neighboring egypt where a spokesman put their president more see to get around to denouncing the mom -- mob that left them behind. it gives them 3 billion a year to go to he

so i had the magazine, a big interview with sam phillips. sam phillips, if you don't know, is the guy who built little recording studio in memphis that has a great big sound and he discovered and recorded people like elvis, carl perkins, roy orbison, jerry lee lewis. bb king. that guy is a genius. >> without him so much of the music we know woold not exist. >> he's a genius. so i was going o read this úrticle and at the end of the article, and i didn't know thhs, they said who do you listen to today, sam? and he said i'm listening to this singer chris isaac and then he said some nice things. you'll make me tear up. it's like if your whole life you've been listening to one guy and his muuic and always -- i can remember being a kid and we used to go up and buy all our clothes at the junk store, the secondhaad store. >> this is back home in california? >> value village on harding. i would go there and my mom would look for clothes and say you go look at records. it was cheap. was a -- ♪ i never let youit go 'cuz i love you... ♪ i'm so sorr

>> thank you, sam. thank you, oscar. >>> she played backup for her sister, toni braxton, on the show "braxton family values." now, tamar braxton has her own show, as they try to launch her solo music career. we want to show you a clip. here's tamar giving vince fashion advice. >> i would change my clothes. >> i'm just saying how i feel. >> i would get up. >> okay. >> yeah. she's -- she wants. but between me and you, she won. >> i'm not trying to be -- that's the problem. >> you should not wear that shirt. >> you're always in a competition with me. you can never be me. and i don't want to be you. >> it has the makings of a good reality show. here she is to talk about "tamar & vince." welcome to "gma." >> thank you. >> you were the breakout star on "braxton family values." every time you were on camera, you couldn't look away. what can we expect to see in your own show? >> well, everyone's familiar with me being the youngest sister, the most opinionated, loud mouth. i give a lot of unsolicited advice. but

34 yards, sam bradford to brandon gibson. they hooked up in detroit last week for a it to. >> tim: this may be the best i've ever seen. >> chris: 63-yard drive on four plays. and the rams have their first lead of the day in their home opener. ♪ [ male announcer ] start with nothing. build a ground-breaking car. good. now build a time machine. go here. find someone who can build a futuristic dashboard display. bring future guy back. watch him build a tft display like nothing you've ever seen. get him to explain exactly what that is. the thin-film transistor display -- [ male announcer ] mnh, maybe not. just show it. customize the dash. give it park assist, that fuel efficiency flower thing. [ male announcer ] mnh, maybe not. send future guy home. his work here is done. destroy time machine. win some awards. send in brady. that's how you do it. easy. ♪ see, i've been a bad, bad, bad, bad man ♪ ♪ and i'm in deep ♪ yeah ♪ i found a brand new love for this man ♪ ♪ and i can't wait till you see ♪ ♪ i can't wait

. >> when you're in a movie like sam jackson. learn from the people who everybody in the business a while. imhe, to be honest. scared -- scared of snakes. that's the third martini wearing off. >> this makes your decision even more puzzling as far as being in the movie. >> but i found out sam jackson

>> sam? >> it's a cumulus cloud. >> you have to try the science department. >>> this controversial headline, talking about a mom gene. there's some new research that says that could be something that actually gets that some women are better suited to give birth and be mothers. >> i have mom jeans. >> i'm wearing them now. cue the music. >>> get ready, everybody. trash to treasure in the house. it was a staple on "gaa." welcome to "gma" with this anchor showdown, like we've never done before. going to show you how to transform flea market bargains into stunning showpieces, we hope. yeah. we'll do our best, lara. >> that would be good of you. >> you might understand -- >> i'm lowering expectations, as the presidential nominees are both doing. >>> now, to the shocking murder mystery out of hollywood, that ended up with an up-and-coming tv actor dead. johnny lewis and officials say he went on a violent rampage, allegedly killing his landlady and then himself. was a designer drug behind all of it?

my sam. going to first grade. >> although, never having been to school, i'm very excited to go now. >> with a backpack. apple. oh, that's great. i love those pictures. i cherish mine that i did. those are gorgeous. >>> speaking of gorgeous, our girl, kelly, boy. what a day for kelly ripa. she got a new co-host after that intense search for the man who could fill regis' foot. we're going to talk to them coming up. >> i'm going to leave our studio and head uptown and talk to them. >> they're going to drop confetti when you run in, too. just fyi. >> like we do every morning. >> it's a requirement. the confetti. >> all right. >>> first, let's get to the developing stories and headlines of the morning. josh, you've got all of them. >> yeah. we're going to head back to north carolina and begin with politics. tonight, it is former president bill clinton's turn. he will officially introduced president obama's name for nomination during a primetime speech at the democratic national convention. two-thi

but i can't compare sam moen to the ones i have met. >> reporter: sam moen is the bishop of a breakaway amish sect in a deep rift with the main stream amish who say he is dangerously manipulative over his flock. why the beard cutting? it is a profound insult to the amish and his followers have used it as a weapon to punish people who might have insulted them. so we went to the tiny town of bergholz, ohio in search of sam mullet, and we found him. he wasn't very pleased to see us. did you -- have you ordered men to cut people's beards? >> i did not order anything. >> reporter: but sam mullet does not deny that his sons or the other men committed the beard attacks. >> they do what they think is right, and i, yeah, i could have probably said you're not going to do this and maybe they wouldn't have right then but sooner or later it would have happened anyway. >> reporter: why do you think these people had their beards cut off? >> we're getting in too deep. it's too long a story. it goes way back. i'm just not interested. >> reporter: sam mullet claims people have a vendetta against him. tha

, sam, sam, sam. >> 3 million people. >> come on. >> it's the best of morning. >> oh. >> george, sam, lara, josh, my "gma" family, my family at home, i love you. and i'll see you soon. ♪ >> five. >> four. >> three. >> two. >> one. >> this is crazy. ♪ tell me why we finally got a piece of the pie ♪ ♪ i want it that way >> we're going to be there for you. >> wearing our bracelets of support. >> robin, we are all thinking of you. >> we love you, robin. >> that's what i love about "good morning america." >> what a time. >> that's so sweet. >> robin is back. she's going to begin her treatment. she's going to come back stronger than ever, in just a little bit. i'm sorry to miss the backstreet boys. >> yeah. it was great. it was great. we had a chance to see robin down in mississippi. she's back. and better than ever. >>> coming up, mario batali, cooking some late summer favorites. >>> good morning i'm kristen sze. police and the coast guard are searching for a man choose abducting his children and taking them away in a stolen sailboat. investigators say 43-year-old christopher maffe

sam? >>> and at least the weather forecast looks quiet for the democrats, because it sure didn't for the republicans. switching gears to the latest on isaac's fallout. the extreme team was out in force nine days running. keeping a close eye on the situation in louisiana and beyond. so many are facing a threat of flooding from isaac as it continues to move inland. unbelievable the pictures we're seeing from this area. our abc's ryan owens joins us from new orleans. good morning, ryan. >> reporter: sam, good morning to you. it's been anything but a relaxes holiday weekend here. the good news is almost all of the rivers and lakes are finally receding. there is one exception, the pearl river north of here in st. tammany parish. these are some of the areas that are expected to crest finally today. shannon orlando is working to clean up the mess isaac left last week. she's drying out family photos and hoping she'll not have to evacuate her 4-year-old daughter again. are you worried the water wil

sam, am i right? i just don't think any amount of money could salvage this campaign for mitt romney. he stands -- nobody likes him. >> i think you're right. the fat lady has sung and the fork is inside him. >> eliot: use both metaphors. >> not only are we seeing a lack of the big donors step up for the romney campaign, also outside expenditure groups like the super pacs starting to focus more on the -- because romney is starting to go down. i don't see how he comes back from this. i think he's been in trouble for months frankly. >> eliot: the underlying problem for mitt romney was always nobody knew what he today is the for. he had no empathy. there was no coherence and no staying power to his positions. everything that has happened has merely confirmed that. there's not enough time for him to remake his image with all of the money in the world. >> the obama campaign basically defined him early back in -- june may. frankly, it was also newt gingrich who helped define him. vulture capitalism came from

>> good morning, sam. not only are we 25 blocks north, but we're also seven stories up, blov columbus circle. this is an iconic intersection here. we're seeing it like we've never seen it before. breathtaking views. you wait until we get inside this project. we will come face-to-face with one of new york's most iconic statues. as unexpecting crowds stroll by, above them, on scaffolding, is one of new york city's boldest art projects. but few people know what it is. >> weird. this is cool. >> reporter: a 70-foot statue of christopher columbus built in 1892, has been transformed into modern art. >> this is the first time any of us will actually have a chance to get face-to-face with this amazing statue. >> reporter: inside these four walls, high in the sky, the 13-foot marble icon takes immense center stage, in a room furnished by bloomingdale's in a modern apartment. startling contrast of the old and the new. >> it's so creative. it never would have occurred to me to take the statue and present it in differ

hi, sam. >> i saw that yesterday. and i had to snicker a little bit. part of isaac is leaving the east coast. another part is putting together in the gulf coast. let's concentrate on the pulsating circles of concern in the atlantic. michael, the biggest system so far, a cat 3, will likely stay in the atlantic. leslie, we'll show you that path. that storm system will actually cruise by the u.s. coastline. closest, probably, by the time we get into tuesday. it will whip up rough surf and beach erosion. then, there's this. the storm that could possibly be named nadine, if it can spin and get control of itself in the stronger waters. but it's, right now, all guidance says it will wander across the panhandle of florida and maybe out into the atlantic. this time of year, we get the jet stream that pushes down and doesn't really let a lot of systems spend time op the eastern seaboard. we've got to watch it moment by moment. but that is a big rainmaker in places of the country that just don't need more rain. george. >> thank you, sam. >>> it was quite a night

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sam bee. >> i'm not there yet. a lot of security in charlotte. (laughter) i'm still at a checkpoint on church and west 10th. i can't get through, charlotte police tell me access point has been switched to the corner of south church and east third so i guess i'm going to head there. (applause) >> sam, don't bother. >> pelley: jessica williams? >> i'm at south church and east third. you're not going to get through here, it's locked down. state police tell me access point has been switched. it's now sixth and davisson which coincidentally is where i was an hour ago when i was sent here! >> pelley: jessica, why are you both on foot. we sent you in cars. >> good luck, i ditched my mine four hours ago. >> jon? >> john. >> al madrigal, tell me you've gotten inside the perimeter. >> i'm very close to the convention center. the bad news is that my camera guy didn't get in. (laughter) i asked one of the cops how to get a camera through the checkpoint he said "they brought me in from atlanta, how the (bleep) should i know? stphaoupl jason jones, are you the

maybe 100 shows. >> including our own sam champion. >> you were the best, sam. >> aw. >>> plus, which eye creams work the best on wrinkles? puffiness? dark circles? lara and i know the answer because we have tried just about everything. >> and i have. >> and sam and josh of course. >> all of us. >> we all use eye cream. >> it's not just the girls. >>> let's get some news. >> high-definition technology. >> more than all of us combined, josh. >> that's terrific, elizabeth. we're going to begin with the dramatic new images. looking from the angeles national forest, southern california. that's northeast of los angeles proper. that fast-moving wildfire has now spread across more than 4,000 acres. it just topped a ridge where our camera is set up. you can see it there. the fire, only 5% contained at this point. thousands of visitors and campers to the area have evacuated. but dozens of people in the nearby mobile home park are refusing to leave. we'll have an update on the fire all morning long. >>> the democrats kick off their convention in charlotte today. first lady michelle obama takes

i know about reality tv, sam? this is a hallmark day. >>> amy has the headlines this morning. >> indeed, i do. shifting gears. we begin with the official end to the troop surge in afghanistan. the 33,000 additional troops president obama sent to the war zone two years ago, are heading home. but 68,000 remain. they're training forces to take over after the u.s. withdrawal in 2014. >>> the backlash of that anti-islam film is sparking new violence today. one man was killed in pakistan as a mob set fire to a movie theater. >>> president obama says his biggest failure so far is not passing immigration reform. that's what he told a forum in miami. also, the most important lesson he's learned, is that washington cannot be changed from the inside. he says the public has to be better mobilized to pressure congress. >>> mitt romney jumped on that comment. he said the president is surrendering when it comes to big challenges. polls show romney trailing in key swing states. >>> and new numbers show him trailing in the cash de

>> oh, sam, we do miss you. we'll be back soon. but first, i want to tell you what's coming up on the "gma" morning menu. lady gaga with her curves right now. plus, the award bests, all the fashion hits and maybe a miss or two from the red carpet. >>> and "dancing with the stars'" biggest premiere, yes, is just hours from now. we're going into the top secret. all that and more coming up on "gma" live here in los angeles and in times square. ♪ [ male announcer ] in blind taste tests, even ragu users chose prego. prego?! but i've bought ragu for years. [ thinking ] wonder what other questionable choices i've made? i choose date number 2! whooo! [ sigh of relief ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choose prego. is a great tasting stock. knorr homestyle stock. it's concentrated with just the right ingredients simmered to perfection. delicious. knorr homestyle stock, tastes like stock made from scratch. smoky eyes look amazing. but creating them? that's a whole different story. almay intense i-color smoky-i kit. first, sweep the smoky

here, sam. take them all. take all the watches. some cash is in my purse, too. here, sam. take it. take it. >>> let's get to the boards. we have one or two things going on this morning we want to tell you as you head outside your doors for this friday. i can't get over it. gang, it's friday. finally. we'll start with the twitter pictures. love this, from del mar beach, california. on the east coast, giving you a north carolina look. also, we've got some cool weather coming in, just in time for fall. fall starts this weekend. and you'll notice it from the great lakes, dow mid-atlantic. it stays dry on the west coast. >> all that weather was brought to you by gevalia coffee. we tell you emmy magic here and there. some things aren't magic, ladies and gentlemen. did you know the emmy statues are made in chicago and have to get to l.a. it's not a rough flight for them because they have their own check-in at security. they have their own seats on a special united might have. i'm standing by elizabeth now. i'm going to get questions i can't answer, by the way. >> do they have special seat

sam is here with the latest. good morning, sam. >> good morning, elizabeth. good morning, everyone. not what you want to hear. let's take a look at lesli rks. we'll get up close and personal. we have a tropical storm that is doing everything it can to strengthen and strengthen quickly. we think it will be a category 2 as it cruises by the east coast. the hurricane center says not likely to make landfall, but will cause flooding, beach erosion. from florida all the way up the eastern seaboard. let me show you this. look at the latest forecast models. now, you know, when we watched them with isaac, every one would be different. you looked for the trend. what is the trend for the last runs? the trend is west. take a look at that left line here. the red line. it takes it toward maine. we'll have storms that have creased through that area of maine. it's taken some lives. we want to watch closely to see how close it will get to the eastern seaboard. we have a lot of time to watch it. a couple of days left. >> thank you so much. >>> josh is here with the news headlines this morning. hey, j

sam, what do you think? >> i think she's gorgeous. >> i agree. >> i like george saying he's in the bedroom. >> good thing ali wasn't watching. >>> thank you for watching as "modern family" week continues. sofia vergara -- >> thank you, we love you. >> on fire. tomorrow, by the way, lara, trash-to-treasure. >> am i? >> it's back. it's back. >> thanks for watching "gma." goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! i'm a professional stylist but styling my friend's is my favorite. they all love the latest trends but none of them want to pay full price. they each have their own unique style, so t.j.maxx is a great place because they have such an incredible mix of designers for so much less than the department stores. when my friends feel beautiful i just feel like i scored. fashion direct from designers. savings direct to you. i'm a maxxinista and now so are all my girls. t.j.maxx. let us make a maxxinista out of you. >>> good morning i'm kristen sze. santana row is celebrating its 10th anniversary. new clothing store open

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that guy right there in the white shirt, that is a 65-year-old sam morrison. these guys slapped him, punched him, pushed him, even pistol whipped him in a robbery attempt. but you notice, sam is fighting back. >> oh, these guys are thugs. >> he didn't tell them he was packing heat. this is apparently where sam got his gun. look at the suspect in the white shirt. >> oh! >> then he tries to jump over that partition, because sam shot him, according to police. >> these clerks are not supposed to fight back, they're supposed to be worried about their safety. but at the same time, you kind of love to see a video like this, a guy standing up for himself. cool. >> just because he's 65 doesn't mean he's not going to fight back. and here's another one. now the fbi is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of this guy. this is a ninja robber, a guy dressed up like a ninja. hitting up miami convenience stores. and they say that he's hit at least 11 stores. and look at this. he's putting this gun to this girl's head. he'll crawl over the counter wit

and there is no record of a man named sam bacile holding israeli citizenship. that is what we do know. and we know that the film was shot in the united states, and one tof the actresses who took part in it is very upset. she asked not to be named, and she told our producer that she was duped. >> reporter: she responded to a casting call for an action adventure film set 2,000 years ago and a low budget film called "desert warrior." you find yourself in the middle of an international -- >> nightmare. that is what i find myself in the middle of. of a world i have prayed for. for god to help. killing is never right. >> reporter: in her portion of the script, the prophet mohammed character was called george who was referred to during fimming as master father or father master, but never mohammed. she was paid a few hundreds dollars for a few days work, but she says that the filmmaker lied about the film's contact. i think it is unfair. i am sorry for that man and the family that was hurt. >> and she even phoned bacile saying that he was defiant. >> tell them that i a

beautiful when sam was back? >> you know, you guys have done the entire weather report right now. >> welcome back. >> george is away, hey, everybody, robin is off on her medical leave. we can see you between our toes as well, robin. we're delighted to have elizabeth vargas. >> thank you, it's delightful to be here. and we're going to get ready to have some fun. guess what, starting our countdown to "gma's" party to the emmys, lara is hunting for the perfect -- i was told by sam i don't call it a dress, i call it a gown. that's where you as audience members come in. we're going to have the final three choices. you get to vote on which dress she wears on the red carpet. >> do you have a favorite? >> i don't. >> you're kidding me. >> well, joe zee from "el le" magazine, he brought over literally seven dresses of racks. we leave it to you, our "gma" viewers to help us out. we thought it would be a fun way to get everyone involved with the emmys. everybody likes to know what you're wearing. listen. we're not leaving j

>> thank you, sam. >>> it was quite a night here in charlotte last night. president clinton and president obama have not been the closest of friends for the last several years. but you would not know it last night. an electrifying endorsement of president obama from the former president. tonight, the current president takes the stage to officially accept his party's nomination. it's "your voice, your vote." jake tapper kicks off our coverage this morning. and the white house might have been within their rights to be a little wary of president clinton. but not in the end. >> reporter: no. as you point out, theirs is a complicated relationship. a psycho drama, if you will. for that reason, the white house views president clinton as almost an independent voice, to validate president obama's economic arguments. that's what they wanted him to do last night. and that's what he did. theirs has been a tumultuous relationship. but the former president's endorsement of the current one was strong and unflinching. >> i want to nominate a man who's cool on the outside.