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some 30,000 showed up. >> we see discord at home. we see fear in the marketplace. we see anger in the halls of government. we cry out for your forgiveness. >> reporter: perry is a fifth-generation texan who met his wife in elementary school. long ago, he was a democrat. but his politics are now right wing and solidly tea party. >> i stand before you today a disciplined, conservative texan. a committed republican and a proud american. >> reporter: perrys got an almost picture-perfect po...

maybe its an explanation. "the news of the world" is less than 1% of our company. i employ 53,000 people around the world. >> reporter: in recent years, news international which owned "the news of the world" was run day to day by james murdoch. he blamed the police, the press complaints commission, and a failed internal inquiry for his companys failure to reveal what had gone wrong. >> if i knew then what we know now, with the benefit of hindsight we can look at all these things. fy ne...

Tigers have not monogamous. crocodiles are pretty steady and will help take care of the kids. >> men, we dont want constellations named after us. or roaches or anything. jewelry, perfume, candy, these are the things. i dont believe in valentines day. im just telling what women like. >> i believe in barry mitchell and friday polka. heres your polka, folks. have a wonderful weekend. ♪ ♪ thats the world news polka ♪ ♪ business news from london times ♪ ♪ night line pieces thats the world...

>> the united states will pay a price, i think, for having had a close relationship with mubarak and for having not used that relationship to press for improvements in the lives of egyptians citizens. >> reporter: those citizens have now seen changes unthinkable just one month ago. egypt is now entering a period of uncertainty. its troubles may be far from over. grank gardner, bbc news. >> it could be an unpredictable few hours ahead in egypt so stay with abc news throughout the mornin...

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Snowstorm. get this, could the next blizzard be days away? >> those snow-shoveling muscles are in full flex for some people. its friday and also polka time. barry is here with a special performance to wrap up our 19th birthday celebration. its one you dont want to miss. >> no kidding. we begin with that growing wave of protests sweeping across the middle east. todays demonstrations in egypt could be the largest and most violent so far. >> lama hasan is jonning us live by phone this morning f...

Reference to the 1992 presidential campaign. bush is golfing with dan quayle. and they were playing it every week after a while. so, after the election, david said, write a few new ones. and make it generic, which i did. we were getting letters. one time a woman wrote in saying, i sang the world news polka and it got me through labor. i actually have that clip somewhere. >> how many do you think youve done? have you kept an accurate count? >> no. but maybe 100. >> wow, that many? >> yeah. >> i w...

Thats the sick thing. >> this one went viral real fast. >> gee, when they told me a leather gift i was thinking more in terms of an attache case. or a wallet. >> why do you sound familiar? >> barry, of course, its me. >> anderson! >> there are other uses for riding. >> okay. >> the first turn, you turn left. >> producer stephen cohen and i have been everywhere, but the most beautiful scenery was in drummond, montana, big sky country. >> so, im looking at this beef chart. what part do you get the...

♪ an oscar statue winner i would be a big celebrity ♪ so long from hollywood! >> and happy 19th anniversary! >> very good stuff. >> as they said at the beginning of that, some of those are about 19 years old. what does 19 years do to someone on the overnights? barry mitchell, the polka meister is here himself. >> this is it. what can i tell you. >> good morning, barry. >> hi. i was 62" before i came on the overnight shift. this is what happens to you, folks. >> what was your coolest moment? ...

>> bond, gold bond. >> oh, yeah. ♪ so good so good i got you >> thats the godfather of soul, james brown, with me, the pinhead of polka. in 19 years of memorable moments, ill never forget my broadway audition for comedy legends mel brooks and carl reiner. ♪ my career was minor until i interviewed carl reiner in the morning ♪ ♪ and melvin kaminsky ♪ welcome to world news now ya! >> were so happy and somewhat ashamed to be here, barry. >> did you bring your belly button with you? >> its ...