Fresh Air, Alec Baldwin and Al Roker

Actor Alec Baldwin and Al Roker of The Today Show on this edition of Fresh Air. Baldwin is starring in the new film The Cat in the Hat with Mike Myers, and in the upcoming film The Cooler with William H. Macy. Baldwin's other films include State and Main, Glengarry Glen Ross, and The Hunt for Red October. He's appeared on Broadway in A Streetcar Named Desire, and Loot. He is also a board member of People for the American Way, and of the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund, sponsored by Stony Brook University in honor of his mother. Throughout his life, Al Roker struggled with a weight problem. Last year he underwent gastric bypass surgery, an operation that reduces the size of the stomach and helps the patient lose weight. Roker lost 100 pounds. He'll talk with Host Terry Gross about his operation and his new cookbook Al Roker's Hassle Free Holiday Cookbook. (Broadcast Date: December 8, 2003)