>> thank you. let's get the hell out of here! that was awful. oh, my good, is my mike on? what? hello? that was awful. oh, my god. is my mike on? hello? what a year it's been, beyonce. superstar, mother to be, new mom. my amazing interview with the one and only beyonce. the woman behind the legend from texas school girl to international singing sensation, life with husband jay-z and what she told me about motherhood. >> i need to have a baby.

beyonce, exclusive hour. this is piers morgan tonight. beyonce has won over a dozen grammies and may have to make room on the shelf for a few more. just hours from now releases her new album titled "4." she's with me now. how are you? >> i'm wonderful. >> so nice of you to come all the way to london so i can interview you in my own backyard. just a coincidence. >> just a coincidence. >> i sat and watched you a couple of years, turned on the television. you were the first ever woman to headline there. an amazing achievement. what was it like for you last night? >> well, you know, i'm still walking on the clouds. i'm still kind of shocked.

i can't believe what happened to me happened yesterday. i think it's because i've seen glasston berry in photographs and on television. only amazing rock stars performed. it's just the coolest festival. i was able to see my husband perform there a couple of years ago. it was one of the most exciting nights. he had a bit of controversy. he came out and performed oasis song and the crowd went crazy. i thought oh, my god, this is -- i'm just so honored to be here and prayed that one day i would be able to do it. three years later i was asked to headline and be the first woman and first african-american woman. >> that's the amazing thing. never mind any other criteria. you were the first woman to ever play at this incredible event, headline. >> it's a little strange when you think about it but i'm just happy that i'm the first woman.

there was so many women out there. the men usually when i had hem do certain parts they were trying to be cool but they were belting out the songs. everyone was united. >> let's watch a little clip from last night and i'll ask you your reaction to this. ♪ >> and watching that, i was struck by several things. one was the glint in your eye when you said you always wanted to be a rock star. you finally felt you were a proper rocker. >> exactly. >> is that what glastonbury does

to you? >> yes. it's the mud, all the people. it's not about fashion, trying to be cool. everyone just is cool. that's what i love about it. it's not about your production, about ow how many hits you have. it's about good music and everything from the inside. everyone has so much love and appreciation for a good performance. and you know, i love when i can not have to think about all the other things that are not as interesting and i can just belt out the songs and dance from the heart and i know it's appreciated. >> here is the thing, watching you last night you seemed about 20 feet tall. you were like this giantesse coming at me on my big screen tv. you're quite tiny. >> people say i'm a lot smaller than they think i am on tv. they say it to everyone, other girls, destiny's child, my husband, my mother. i think it's just the television. >> the thing that struck me

about watching you, i've never watched a whole beyonce concert before. i was fascinated to see how you go about this. the energy levels are extraordinary. the size of your heels. how do you stay up on that stage? >> it was very slippery. the first song i was like, okay, am i going to make it. i thought i was going to have to switch shoes. i had some on the side. but i've been practicing in heels since i was 13 years old. to be honest, it's kind of second nature. the heels are second nature. it's part of it. whenever i rehearse i have on my heels. >> last night, i don't like the phrase girl power but it was like empowerment of women. you were strutting around the stage making people like me feel useless. this thing you do. >> not at all. i feel it is my job to empower women. i remember having this dream

that my band was all females and i told my male band at the time, i'm sorry, guys, y'all are so talented but you're not women. they all had wigs on, came to the last performance, we can do it. but i found these incredible women, incredible background singers. i do have men on the stage as well. i have great male dancer. >> watching your shoe heels for you? >> no. some incredible dancers. it's great to have that camaraderie. i feel like i learn so much from the other musicians. it makes me want to be a better musician. >> what do you feel when you're there and you have 175,000 people going crazy. this is never going to happen to me. as much as i'd like that to happen to me, it isn't. those days are over. when you walk out and get the surge from the crowd, you've never performed a crowd that big, what's it like? >> before i performed, i was so

scared. i was like a leaf. i was really, really afraid. i had to just say forget that it's 175,000 people and pretend it's just like the day you did two days ago. you've been doing this your whole life. just have fun. we all got together, said our prayer, took our breaths and tried to text a exhale all the negativity. i tell myself, i deserve it. i'm a diva. i psyched myself up. once you hear the crowd and get past the first couple of minutes, it's time to rock. >> that phrase, i'm a diva. you say that proudly. >> i do. >> a lot of stars shy away, i'm not a diva. >> i've met what a diva is supposed to be. i've met patty labelle, tina turner, incredible women. >> what is a true diva? >> graceful and talented and strong and fearless and brave. someone with humility.

i think, you know, it's an appropriate time to be a diva. you know, i did not show up in my costume that i wore yesterday. >> i was kind of hoping you might. it was more like a bit of beachwear. >> no, it was not. it was a costume. i did not wear that. it's proehl appropriate for the stage. there's a certain mentality and a certain aura that's appropriate for the stage but it's only appropriate for the stage. >> what went into the thinking for the outfit? i'm fascinated? you work up thought, it's piers, cnn. >> i tried on a few dresses. i liked the color. >> how many did you try on? >> i tried on a red suit, i like this. i said i like the color. it makes me feel happy. >> what made you think it was the right dress for me. >> it's about the color. a beautiful day, warm. >> it's the warmest day of the year. you brought the heat, lady. >> yes.

>> what i'm fascinated is you took a year off. this is a woman that worked so hard, the way your parents did before you, when you had this year off, what did you learn about yourself? >> i learned a lot about myself. the biggest thing i learned is i love to perform. i love music. i love what i do. i love singing in the studio and writing songs and coming up with video treatments to the point that during that year i do not count the 72 songs i recorded as work, because it's what i was born to do. i learned balance. i learned the importance of taking time for myself. i was moving around so much that i had no idea that i really have

16 grammies. i heard that and got up and accepted my awards, but i didn't realize what an amazing accomplishment that was. >> you never had time. it was just this treadmill, the more successful you get, the less time have you tonight joy anything. >> exactly. >> finally you went enough, i'm having a year out. i'm going to enjoy what i've achieved and a bit of real life. what was the most fun you had in the real world? >> i did everything. i definitely enjoyed the simple things like driving and picking my nephew up from school. traveling but not working and actually visiting museums and seeing ballets and having great conversations with people on the plane. >> really? why do i never get to sit next to people like you on the plane? you're on the plane and start talking to random person?

>> it's great when people don't really know who you are. it's funny people say i'm sorry, i'm just realizing, i didn't know. that's why the conversation was so great. you just forget how wonderful it is -- >> when they ask you what you do, what do you say? >> they didn't. not until people start getting weird and asking for pictures and they are like what's going on? i visited the pyramids. i was able to sing at the top of the pyramids. >> i heard you sing ave maria at the pyramids and it echoed around. >> it was beautiful. who would ever think i'd get an opportunity to do that. i was there with my family. >> any truth in the rumor you and jay-z are having joint pyramids built to be remembered by? just a rumor? >> that's a good one. >> i just made it up. >> that is a good one. i haven't heard that.

that's a good one. it might stick. >> we're going to have a little break. i'm going to show you incredible video of a 6-year-old beyonce knowles performing. where it all started. looking good! you lost some weight. you noticed! these clothes are too big, so i'm donating them. ♪ how'd you do it? eating right, whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios... five whole grains, 110 calories. can be even more powerful, with precise pain relieving heat patch. it blocks pain signals for deep relief precisely where you need it most. precise. only from the makers of tylenol.

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♪ i think i'm bad beyonce is my name love is my game ♪ ♪ so take a sip of my motion she thinks she's bad baby baby don't make me mad ♪ >> that is hilarious. even at six you were showing off. >> i was. >> very precocious. >> not something you want everybody to see. >> even as a kid, can you remember the thought process? did you always know i was going to be a star no matter what it takes? >> i didn't at all know that i was going to be a star. but i did know that i felt very comfortable when i was on the stage. i was really shy and i did not speak much.

i was more comfortable with adults because my mother owned a hair salon. i stayed in her salon. i was in grown people's business all day trying to listen to their conversations. when i got on the stage, my mother put me in dance lessons and i really loved it and i think, you know, when they saw me perform they were like, wait a minute, she's like in heaven and they realized that it was where i could step out of my shell and i just felt the most like myself. >> i thought that last night watching you. you just seemed like in utopia for you. like it just couldn't get better. yet i keep hearing how shy you are. last night i've never seen such self-confidence in almost any performer. where do you get it from? how do you create that kind of aura when by nature you're not really like that? >> i don't know. for one, i'm not shy anymore. i am the person at the dinner

party that is quiet and observing and having a one-on-one conversation. i get embarrassed when it's a lot of people and a lot of eyes. and i'm still that way. i wouldn't say shy. but now, you know, on the stage i've been doing it for a while and it's my place to be me and to be free and i don't feel like i'm being judged. i feel like it doesn't matter how irritated i am or angry i am or excited or in love or whatever emotion. when i get on the stage, i'm just purely free. and it's -- i feel so honored every time i get on the stage because i know i've been doing this for 15 years and it's what i love to do and so many other people that love to do the same thing and they don't get to perform in front of 175,000 people. >> a lot of performers come from quite damaged backgrounds or dysfunctional in some way. what's quite refreshing about

your story, it's not really like that. you came from a remarkably successful family. not lots of money but your dad was a top xerox guy when you were young, your mom ran this incredibly successful salon. they both taught you if you want to successful you you have to work really hard. it seems to me that taught you when you get there to be humble, don't lose the sense of who you are. >> they absolutely did. my mother worked 13 hours a day and i never heard her complain. she worked until her feet were calloused. and my father was such an incredible entrepreneur. and any and everything he said he would have, he worked until he had it. he taught me there's no such thing as no. i had a lot of great support, and i think the support is really a huge, you know, factor in my success, knowing that if something didn't work out, i still was loved and, you know,

having that security is really important. >> your mom is only ten feet away as we speak. >> she's here. >> so she's here protecting you even now. she does come almost everywhere you go? >> she does. >> what are the values that you think that she's instilled in you? >> well, beauty fades and who you are is forever and definitely be a woman of your word and hard work. she is always correcting me and i feel like it doesn't matter if you are the janitor or the president, everyone's the same. making sure that i keep my humility and my spirit. she is always honest with me. >> since you became famous and successful, when has she been the most angry with you? >> i remember when we first had our single on the radio and i was starting to feel like i was

hot. i was in the record store and she was talking to me, and i started singing because i didn't want to hear whatever she was saying. i was about 15. and the song was playing on the radio and i'm like, yeah, and these guys were looking look, ooh, that's beyonce and i thought i was hot. and she smacked the crap out of me in that store. when i tell you whap, whap. >> really? >> yes. and sent me to the car and was like i don't care what song you have on the radio, you are my child, you do not disrespect me and i will never forget it. it was a great lesson. >> so you've never sung like that again in a shop like that in a store with your mom. >> no. >> when i met her, a, she's got your beauty, but there was a steely look in her eyes as to if to say you mess with my girl young man -- old man, and i'm going to get it. i'm just a smack, smack away with one question.

she's there. >> she is. she is my friend. we don't agree on everything and i'm an adult. we have our moments because we work together with our clothing line. >> what is she most proudest of that you've achieved do you think? what is the moment for your mom? >> i can say probably when i sang "at last" for the president. i think, you know, my father, all of his history he grew up in gadsden, alabama. he was escorted to school every day because he was one of the first african-americans in his school. and my mother, you know, in her day she couldn't ride the front of the bus. so for her to see her child -- >> doesn't it sound amazing when you say things like that now, in this day and age, only in our generation even that's what your parents had to go through. i find that a staggering thing. >> i do, too. >> even now when i hear it. >> it's true. but it's a new day and my parents saw me being a part of that history.

now i see my nephew and he's like i don't understand why everyone saying that obama is black because it's just normal to him and that makes me -- that's my -- you know, my joy. so, you know, it's great to see the growth, and it's great that my parents could live to see that and it makes me very proud. >> hold that there because i want to talk to you more about that amazing night when you sang at the inauguration. i can imagine for you, you talk about nerves at glastonbury. that event? >> yes. >> let's discuss that. ♪ what goes around come become around ♪ ace 3 tablespoons of sugar a day with splenda®, you'll save 100 calories a day. that could help you lose up to 10 pounds in a year. and now get even more with splenda® essentials, the only line of sweeteners with a small boost of fiber, or antioxidants, or b vitamins in every packet.

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♪ oh and then a spell was cast and here we are in heaven ♪ ♪ for you are mine at last >> you have got a pair of chops on you, haven't you? >> thank you. >> wow, you belted that. >> waiting before you went to sing that, knowing the background, knowing what you told me about your parents, the struggle they had to come through like so many african-americans in america and

here you had barack obama has become president, this sea change and on the night that america celebrates, you are selected to sing. what are you feeling just before you go out? >> right now i'm -- i'm very emotional because it like i'm reliving it, and it was really powerful and overwhelming and i kept telling myself, okay, this is not about you, you have to do this for them. you have to do this for history. and it's the only way i was able to get through that song. because i want to bawl and i wanted to stare and i wanted to watch and i wanted to, you know, but i was a part of it so it was probably the -- oh, my god. i can't believe i was there. i can't believe it was my voice for that moment. and so honored and so many

memories, so many stories from my father and my grandparents and my mother and just all going through my mind and it was really fantastic. >> have you had to put up with racism as you grew up? did you experience the bad side of it? >> a bit. but, you know, i -- i feel like now people, at least with my career, i've kind of broken barriers. and i don't think people think about my race. i think they look at me as an entertainer and a musician and i'm very happy that that's changing because i think that's how i look at people and that's how i look at my friends. it's not about color and race. i'm just happy that that's changing. >> there was a moment around that time when you had the most powerful man in the world, barack obama, african-american, you had the biggest tv star in the world, oprah, you, the

biggest singing star in the world, tiger woods was then the number one golfer in the world which would have been unthinkable 20, 30 years before, the sea change really came through personal achievement as much as anything else. did you feel that? >> i did. absolutely. and i'm proud of it. and i'm praying we continue to grow and people continue to see the right things in people. >> what did your parents say after you performed the inauguration? >> my mom cried forever. and i did, too. it was -- it was a beautiful night. like i said, definitely the most proud moment for her and for myself. >> and the president, what did he say? the first lady? >> i did not speak to them. i wish i had it like that but i've seen them years later -- >> i've heard and you can clear up this rumor, it's a brilliant

rumor even if it's not true. but i've heard that jay-z has the president on the speed dial of his cell phone. is this true? >> i don't know. >> that means it is. >> no, it doesn't. >> they are amazing. they are wonderful. and actually i just worked with the first lady with the let's move initiative. >> because she's a remarkable woman. >> she is. >> whatever side you're on the political divide, whatever your view of how he's doing as president, michelle obama has barely put a foot wrong and is a remarkable role model. >> and she cares so much. what she did, her idea was so brilliant. the girls and boys were practicing their choreography, not even realizing they were taking care of their bodies and moving around. i'm so happy she's asked me to be a part of that. >> how do you think he's doing as president? >> i think he's doing a great job. i think he's doing fantastic. i think he needs another term. i think he needs more time, another term. >> will you campaign for him?

>> absolutely. >> on the stump doing your bit. >> absolutely. i did the first time and i will again. >> you must have met him? >> i've met them. they're so gracious. >> he has gotten around to thanking you. >> of course. >> and i performed at the white house. they were so gracious. they not only spoke to me, they spent time with every single member of my band. they're just the epitome of class and heart. it's beautiful. >> america is going through a sort of difficult phase, everybody knows that when you're there, economically very, very tough conditions. various wars going on as well, a drain on resources. what do you think -- when you look at america now, what do you think america needs to get itself back on its feet properly? >> i think we're getting there. we need obama and he's doing his job. we just have to believe in him and trust our president. >> and what do you think about what i detect is a slight lack of confidence in america?

you're an incredibly confident american business woman. what advice do you give to people? maybe they've lost their jobs, maybe they're going through difficulty. what advice do you give them as someone who came from no money to build this empire through hard work. what do you say to them? >> i would say continue to work hard and don't give up on your goals. i know for me, like i said, i grew up watching my family struggle and i grew up with family that was successful but not born successful, and i believe with hard work and with a goal and love and positivity, then eventually we're going to be fine. >> well, talking of love and positivity, i'm going to go to a break and come back and talk to you about the man in your life, which i know you love to talk about. >> uh-oh. hmm. ♪ who won the world ♪ girls ♪ who won the world ♪ girls ♪ who won the world ♪ girls

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>> that was "crazy in love," which you sang with a certain gentleman, mr. jay-zed. i sat opposite your husband at a dinner and i didn't know what to expect. you know, you hear sort of ferocious rap star coming to town, everyone battens down the hatches. in walks this guy immaculately dressed, i mean immaculate, incredibly charming, friendly, easy to talk to, funny, very, very funny. we had two or three hours just talking about life in the universe, a little bit about you and stuff and i was really impressed with him. i don't say that just to make you feel good. i actually was genuinely struck by -- he's not just a successful singer or a good businessman, he's a good man it struck me. you could have had your pick of any guy. what was it about jay-zed? it's the last time i'll call him that. gets me a free laugh in america. >> i feel the same way you feel.

i -- i -- jay and i have kind of made a decision that we want to be known for our music and, you know, not our relationships or scandals. it's hard, because sometimes, like, okay, i can't talk about him but he's amazing. >> he is amazing. >> i agree with all the things you said. >> you can just sit back and go my husband's a pretty cool guy. he is a cool guy. >> he is. >> he was there last night supporting you, he's abandoned you to go to the tennis. personally i'm pleased about. >> i'm not. i like it when he's here. >> he sings a song pr crazy in love." how many times have you been crazy in love in your life? >> not many. not many at all. >> and then you meet this guy and that's it, bang?

>> i definitely had a very natural friendship and connection with him. we've been together for a very long time, and i'm very happy. >> what does love mean to you, proper love? >> you know, love is the foundation of everything, everything i do. my music is inspired by love, from my family, from my husband, from my sisters and it gives me the security and the confidence that you see on the stage. >> i mean, most people say you have to have had your heart broken to sing with real emotion. i don't get the sense that you ever have. >> i've had my life experiences definitely. i haven't had this perfect, flawless life. and any relationship you go through issues and you have to learn each other and you grow and you have painful moments and i feel like, you know, a lot of my life experiences i used in

this album. there's a way that i'm singing that's very different. and i think i had an epiphany when i did cadillac record, when i played etta james, because for the first time i had to sing from a different place. she was addicted to heroin and i've never done any drugs so i had to use the most painful emotions and memories of my life k and sing from that place. >> let just hold and watch a clip from that because it was an incredible performance. >> thank you. >> and we'll talk about it after this. >> you wouldn't even begin to know my problems, baby. >> hey, tell me. >> my mother was a whore. and that fat [ bleep ] just looked me in my face and he

didn't see himself. he didn't see his little girl. >> i mean, a really visceral, raw performance and it surprised a lot of people. a lot of your critics watched it and were like, whoa, okay, she's not as simple in terms of her performing as we think she is. there was real depth there. that must have been satisfying to you. >> it was very satisfying and i worked really, really hard. so it felt good to know that it was appreciated. and even if it wasn't, it was such growth for me as a human being and as an artist. it made me want to take more risks in my career. it made me a lot braver and to have the freedom to kind of let go of all ego and not care about what i looked like or fitting into a pop star box, it just was really liberating to me. >> do you like the acting? >> i do.

>> do you like the pace of it? i would imagine with singers when you get on stage wham, bam, it's all over in two hours, and you get all the energy and go home and have a drink, whatever you want to do. when you're acting, you're sitting around waiting, everyone watching you. >> i don't like that as much. but do i like the stability. i like going to the same place every night and your call time is around the same time every morning and you're around the same people for six months and you don't have to travel a hundred places. you build a family relationship. because i've been touring since i was 13, that is something i haven't had in my life. >> how did you like doing those love scenes? >> i don't like them. >> you don't? >> no. they're uncomfortable. >> even -- >> it's uncomfortable. >> he's a good looking guy. >> he is, but it's weird. you know, i didn't grow up acting so i've done six or seven movies, which i've done kind of

some romantic scenes in maybe three so it's still new to me. but i realize that it's a part of it and after a few times it kind of becomes choreography so it gets easier. >> it's uncomfortable. i couldn't do it. >> it's strange. actors don't say that but i feel that it's strange. >> we'll have a little break. when we come back, i want to talk to you about brand beyonce, what it is and how you keep it at the top. ♪ e x-ray, please! [ nurse ] i'm a nurse. i believe in the power of science and medicine. but i'm also human. and i believe in stacking the deck. [ female announcer ] to nurses everywhere, thank you, from johnson & johnson. you noticed! these clothes are too big, so i'm donating them.

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♪ beyonce, it wouldn't be right for you to be in my hometown of london and i don't introduce you to a classic english tea. >> i am very happy. >> i know despite your very svelte physique, occasionally you do have lapses and have these mad eating binges. >> i do. >> yes. and i missed it yesterday. >> you have a hot piping cup of tea. then what you do, especially on a hot summer's day like this is a scone. i'm going to prepare this for you. you can call it a scone. people who think they're member of the royal family or ought to be call them scones. you take the cream. it's about as fattening as it possibly is. >> it looks delicious. >> you take cream, some jam like this, slop it all on and put it

together and this is is an old fashioned and it basically gives you a heart attack in about five minutes. on behalf of great britain, there is your first ever scan. scone. >> thank you very much. okay. i'm going to try it. do i just go away? >> now how good is that? >> delicious! i love it. it's very good. it's like a pop eye's chicken biscuit, my favorite! i know i'm supposed to be proper. i'm having tea. it's delicious. i love it. >> isn't it nice? >> mm-hmm. the cream is so great. >> you've spoken quite honestly and openly about occasionally having slight weight problems in your life? how have you dealt with it and what advice do you give your female fans in particular, who may be going through that period in their life. >> i have found my personal goal, my ideal weight for myself. i try to stick with that.

you can't let anyone tell you what your best is. you know what your best is. i work at it. you can have whatever you want, it just takes work. >> you're 29 years old. >> yes. >> in september, the looming, dooming big 3-0 is emerging in your life. you're pretending to be very, very thrilled about this. are you? >> i am absolutely serious. i can't wait. 29 is very strange. you're still in your 20s and you feel like you're supposed to be 30. and i feel like a woman. i feel like i'm very aware of who i am and i feel great. and i feel like 30 is the ideal age because you're mature enough to know who you are and to have your boundaries and your standards and not be afraid of too polite but you're young enough to be a young woman. i'm so looking forward to it. >> when i hear you speak like this, this mature, sensible, rational way -- >> it's the truth. >> but it's beginning to sound a bit like your mother, which

makes me think you're now heading to the right kind of time in your life. >> starting to sound like my mom. >> no. >> i need to have a baby. >> i didn't even ask the question. >> i always said i would have a baby at 30. >> i know you did. >> i'm 29. >> exactly. >> i also said i was going to retire at 30. >> it could be a big year. >> who knows. i'm not retiring. >> do we expect the patter of beyonce and jay-zs. >> only god knows. >> would you mind asking him to tell me. >> i'll have a conversation and whisper but you can't tell anyone else. >> we're going to be off in a moment and do an exciting thing with your new album but if i could ask you to replay the greatest moment of your life, the five minutes, what would it be? >> that's a tough one. >> so far. >> i talked about, i think, two of the highlights, glastonbury

and performing for the president. >> i was kind of hoping you were going to say tea and scones with you, piers. >> that's because you didn't give me a chance. you ruined it. >> for the record, the greatest in your life. >> for the record, absolutely speaking to you today, mr. morgan. >> beyonce, i couldn't have asked for more. when we come back, you and i are going to go album hunting. >> yes, we are. there's a special album out today. >> so i hear. i hope they are stocking it. >> i hope they are, too. ♪ ... burgers and soup. did you hear him honey? burgers and soup. love you. they're cute. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup.

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's. we are now snaking through south kensington. >> south kensington. >> heading towards har ad's. >> i can't believe we're going to do this. >> we're going to go in and buy the album. imagine the hell if they don't have it in stock? >> i know. that won't be good. >> i could see you blowing at that. this could be a testy moment. >> yes. >> the big question i need to ask you, you or j. lo. >> what?

>> who has the best booty. >> you are crazy. j. lo. >> you don't honestly think that. >> i love j. lo. >> you think she has a better booty than you. >> i'm not saying anything. i'm not comparing my booty to j. lo. >> who are the real rivals to you? don't pretend you don't have them. who are the names you look for to compare yourself in terms of success. >> to be honest with you, in thepast i've looked at my last chart performances and figured out how to better myself. i don't feel like i really have any -- i don't want to say rivals. there are people i respect. there are people i admire. i love gaga. she's not like not even more than an artist, a human being. she's so genuine and such a really nice person and brilliant. >> i'm a magic genie. i can offer anonymity, never a

prying camera the rest of your life. the only deal, you have to be poor. >> i don't know, because i'm thinking that i would probably go back but then that means i wouldn't be me. it's a tough thing. i'm happy with the choices in my life and i'm happy with my life. i don't know. >> does money bring happiness to you? >> no. it brings some happiness. it brings comfort. >> i always think if you have a lot of money, you don't have to worry. a lot of people have to worry? >> they do. it's tough. it's extremely tough. we've been through times in our family where we had to worry and stress was on relationships and everything. i'm very happy that i don't right now. who knows. look what you did.

>> people in my life, they follow me everywhere. ♪ >> your album, beyonce. >> it is. that was so cool. >> i think we need to buy one. >> i think we do. >> good news. we can actually get two. >> that's great. >> you can afford it? >> actually, i didn't bring any cash? >> do you want me to buy them? >> yes. >> how much are you worth? the $100 million woman, you're making me buy your own album. >> i don't have any cash. i'm sorry. >> seriously, this is really

awkward. why don't we get one of these. >> winning. >> the perfect t-shirt. >> it is. >> i'm going to get you one of these and one of your album. >> thank you. that is great. a racy little number. >> good music on there. good music. i appreciate it. >> have to buy her record, no wonder she's rich. >> i'm telling you. >> all this mayhem caused by one tweet on twitter. >> i know. the power of twitter. >> nothing is secret anymore. >> it's not. that is a little disappointing. it's hard to keep that excitement i used to have when i saw a photograph of michael jackson or prince, a mystery, just being able to create the fantasy in your mind. it's so hard to keep that. but, you know - >> is that one of the reasons you're quite private? >> it is. ening it's important. >> try to keep the mystique.

>> it's important. >> i enjoy that it's an exciting thing as a fan to be able to yearn for more. >> twitter brought them all here and then all the camera phones come out. >> true. >> boom, boom, boom. everyone is a paparazzi. >> everyone is a director. everyone is a photographer. from cnn center, this is cnn sunday morning. happy in new year. good morning. fireworks exploding across the world last night as people rang in the new year from london to sidney to new york. we'll take a look at how people celebrated across the globe. plus we're just two days before the iowa caucuses. the latest poll numbers show mitt romney and ron paul are neck in neck. what happens to the other contenders after tuesday? we'll go live to des moines for

the answers. and my kids were so upset about this but i do have great news to report this morning. banana sam has been found. the squirrel monkey was stolen from the san francisco zoo. find out where he was. >> announcer: from cnn's world headquarters bringing you news and analysis from across the nation and around the globe. live from studio 7, this is cnn sunday morning. again, happy first day of 2012. for those of you that may have been up a little late at your own new year's celebrations, we wanted to show you how the rest of the country rang in the new year, so we start in new york. >> five, four, three, two, one! ♪

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now, fireworks of the political kind. there are just two days left until the first official votes in the republican presidential race, and it is a statistical dead heat. but as our political editor paul steinhauser reports, there may be a surprise ending in iowa. >> reporter: hey, good morning. a new survey in the hawkeye state is making headlines with two days to go before the caucuses. it's called the iowa poll and put out by the des moines register. that's the big newspaper in the iowa state capital. let's take a look at the numbers right off the bat. this is tuesday through friday. former massachusetts governor mitt romney 24% followed closely by congressman ron paul at 22%. that's basically a dead heat for the top spot here among likely iowa caucusgoers. rick santorum, former pennsylvania senator at 15%. we've seen poll numbers surging in this poll and another poll earlier. former house speaker newt gingrich 12%.

as santorum goes up, he's going down. rick perry, 11%. the register breaks it down and shows what the numbers look like from the last two days, wednesday, thursday, friday. take a look at this. there's a change. romney at 24%, he stays the same. santorum now in the number two spot at 21% and paul at 18%. this poll is considered the gold standard. it pretty much got it's spot when former governor mike huckabee pulled the upset over romney. that's why this poll, the iowa poll by the des moines register is much watched by journalist and caucusgoers as well. >> now to headlines this morning. iran seems to be one step closer to becoming a nuclear nation. the country's semiofficial news agency reported scientists successfully built and tested their first nuclear fuel rod. natural urinium fuel rods normally used tore nuclear reactors. much more on this story and implications for iran and the u.s. later this morning.

an active duty soldier was arrested in texas trying to get through airport security with explosives in his bag. it happened in midland, texas. the airport was evacuated but later reopened. investigators say tray scott atwater had a military grade explosive in his bag but wouldn't be more specific than that. he's reportedly heading to north carolina after a visit to texas. there were more fires set in los angeles last night. extra firefighters and police are hitting the streets to deal with the recent rash of arsons. there have been more than three dozen so far. almost all the fires started in parked cars. many spread to nearby homes and buildings. it's happened again in arkansas. local reports say 80 black birds just simply fell out of the sky yesterday. this is video from last year when as many as 4,000 of the birds died. experts say fireworks scared the birds making them run into walls, fly into trees and each other. fireworks are being blamed again

this year. the city imposed an emergency ban on fireworks yesterday but not until as many as 20 birds had already hit the ground. it is now just five past the hour. reynolds wolf has our first check of the weather. hopefully you're not going to hold my feet to the fire over college predictions. >> we'll get to that. there's time for everything. we have the rest of this hour to get through, a full hour later on. you're not going to get away. we'll be able to chat about your picks. one of the picks you'll have with weather is at least the worst pick in the midwest. midwest clobbered today, talking about a combination of rain, of snow. even that strong winds moving through places like iowa. we're doing to be seeing i-35 strong wind. all the activity on radar now moving into chicago where it starts off with a little light to heavy rain, then snow. a whole lot not happening in michigan, we can expect some

heavy snow there. when i say heavy, five inches in some spots so just be prepared. switching from rain to snow. sorry michigan, get ready for it. expect rain to continue in iowa. back to you. >> we go to iowa. one of the analysts watching all things iowa joins us from des moines, founder and editor. as we heard earlier in report des moines register poll a strong cater of performance in iowa. mitt romney, ron paul, santorum looking strong. santorum moving ahead. is this organization? >> organization is crucial. just as crucial is momentum. what des moines register shows us, somebody like rick santorum is on his way up and somebody like ron paul might be slightly on his way down. it's a very predictive poll, something journalists watch all the time. it was the first time we knew mike huckabee was going to do well in 2008. when the news came out that not

only is mitt romney doing well rick santorum is doing well, too. it's exactly what campaigns feel. >> feel free to move your hair out of your face. i understand. i've been out there in the winds also. we aren't going to hold it against you. >> is this this thing with rick santorum real? i know the excitement of finding something new to report on during the political season. i heard people saying oh, his audiences doubled. many times that meant 20 to 40 and a lot of that was media reporters. is he really -- are you on the ground seeing that surge you're talking about? >> i'm seeing the surge. i think rick santorum is for real. the reason i think that, i went to herman cain when he dropped out, i asked a lot of conservatives who they liked. the conventional wisdom was newt gingrich but everyone told me rick santorum.

for social conservatives he's the last mant standing. he's the one they are interested in. they don't want to go to mitt romney, ron paul. none of these other candidates who have had their boom and bust are still standing for them to go to. i think rick santorum boom is really real. >> where is it going to? everyone talking about michele bachmann taking iowa, because it's her home state. now santorum if he does well here goes to new hampshire. a strong spot for mitt romney being the former governor of massachusetts. does santorum have the same kind of momentum in new hampshire and same kind of ground swell? >> he doesn't have the same kind of momentum in new hampshire but he is trying to play in new hampshire. that's crucial. what he really needs to do after this if he does place in the top three, he's going to have a big effort to get some fund-raising operations going because money follows momentum in all these races. he needs more money to get more troops on the ground, to get volunteers organized. what he and a lot of conservatives are looking at is

south carolina. i think most of them have written off new hampshire as mitt romney territory and they really want to make a play in south carolina. that's certainly where santorum is going to go from here. >> as we've said over the past couple of days, iowa and new hampshire to some extent are the place you weed out candidates. don't necessarily pick the winners but weed out the losers. i heard michele bachmann is really low on cash. she's certainly not looking good in the polls, if you believe the polls. if she isn't in the top three, is this a go home? >> i don't know if it's the top three. if she comes in dead last and that's where she is in the polls right now, i think that's when she has to get out. it looks like that's where she's going to finish up. she's running out of money. i'm sure you know a significant number of her staff and volunteers have left her. so she is running out of opportunities. this is where she needed to do really well. like you said, she mentions everywhere iowa is where she was

born. if she can't do better than last place in iowa, i don't know where her campaign can go from here. >> that sums it up. patricia, thanks very much. >> thanks, edie. >> i'm going to talk about banana sam. my children were watching the program yesterday and were so concerned about him all day long, they wanted updates. good news, the san francisco zoo welcoming back the monkey. we tracked his adventures on twitter. i have update and monkey tweets when we come back. nyquil: you know i relieve coughs, sneezing, fevers? tylenol: me, too. and nasal congestion. nyquil:what? tissue box (whispering): he said nasal congestion... nyquil: i heard him. anncr vo: tylenol cold multi-symptom nighttime relieves nasal congestion... nyquil cold & flu doesn't. what's next? 607 franklin st.

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it couldn't be that cold, could it? no, they said it was actually pretty balmy. temperature is negative 12. >> don't ever say scientists don't know how to throw down. when you want to party, those are the guys to hang with. >> refrigerator, no need to chill champagne or beer. >> fifteen seconds, blam. an adult beverage, you're -- >> the wave, over to you, reynolds. >> a lot of people happy to be geologists. one story they would be very interested in, it took place in ohio, eastern ohio. let the earth shake when it will. yes, 2011 rumbled to a close in eastern ohio, 4.2 magnitude earthquake hit five miles outside youngstown rattling buildings and nerves but not much damage. isn't this typical, dislodged bricks from this chimney at a

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take for spring and baseball to get here. take a look at the wind. gusts 40 miles per hour, snow across the heartland, two to four inches of snowfall green bay won't compare to what you find on the other side of the lake. take a look parts of travers city, 10 to 20 inches of snowfall. highlands going to get more than that, maybe 24 inches of snowfall, have your snowfall forming south. winds are even stronger when you get down to st. louis and parts of iowa, anywhere from 55 to 60 miles per hour. we can expect that system to slowly crawl its way to the east. behind is, central plains, pacific northwest a rainmaker with a touch of snowfall there. temperatures wrap this thing up quickly, my producer is going to kill me if i don't hurry. 45, kansas city, 40 denver, 61 in atlanta, 78 in tampa, 60 in washington and new york ringing in the new year with 53 degrees.

that's your forecast. >> you're looking a little tired. i know why. >> you know exactly why. >> wasn't auburn game, hooch late at night but your concern for the lost monkey, banana sam. >> don't i look distraught. >> jubilation he's back home after a day on the lam from the san francisco zoo where some vandal cut the wire and pulled him out. someone found banana sam at a park 10 miles away, put him into the backpack and called police. during this time an anonymous person created a twitter account with frequent updates about banana sam. even cnn made the twitter feed. one of the tweets was i was excited about being on cnn until i found out it didn't stand for capuchin news network. this one, just telling the otetr monkeys what it's like out there.

we prefer the free dinners in here. he was trembling, hungry and thirsty. now everyone is going to go to the zoo to see banana sam because he's famous. >> what will he say to the monkeys in the cage, dude, you won't believe what i've been through. it was a great time. >> in monkey talk. >> in monkey talk he'll write a best seller. >> how will that go? >> i'm not going there. with full sleep yes. >> a new year ushers in new laws. we will have the buzz on mixing beer and caffeine. and help for kids going to college. that's coming up. wait a minute...i... [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] the lexus december to remember sales event is here, but only for a limited time. see your lexus dealer. no, i wouldn't use that single miles credit card. hey, aren't you... shhh. i'm researching a role. today's special... the capital one venture card. you earn double miles on every purchase. impressive. chalk is a lost medium.

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continues. well, it's january 1st, 2012, time for a new year, a new start. this is america. that means new laws. cnn's josh levs looks at some changes on the books now as of today. >> reporter: there's some laws that come from a serious place. a lot of people find a little bit more surprising, unexpected. one of them is about mixing alcohol with caffeine. there's a new law in california that's banning beer with caffeine added. the u.s. food and drug administration said caffeinated alcohol is a health concern. >> they are going to sit in every bar -- what is that drink called? >> four loko. >> some drink they mix at the bar. a big thing when you're 22, it's alcohol and coffee. you get the buzz and hyper. >> it could be going in that direction. you can't sell beer which caffeine has been added as an ingredient. >> there goes the fun. i'm teasing.

go ahead. >> in california, we mentioned earlier about cough syrup. this one took me by surprise. this is an over the counter cover medicine called dsm, no longer sold to min ors in california. it's in a lot of offer the counter cough medicine. there's young people using it as a recreational drug. to avoid that they are making it prescription only for minors. >> some pharmacies have it behind the counter even if they could have it out, just to be helpful they are saying why do you want to buy that. >> two more things to show you. in oregon, they are going to require computerized breath lifers for dui convicts. another from oregon, that is state colleges are waiving tuition for foster children up to age 25. if you're a foster child age 25 or younger, no tuition or fees for state colleges and

universities. those are among new laws. >> good. >> give them a fighting chance, you know. >> you do. if you're in states illegally, there's a lot of benefits states give to you, why not give to foster kids. i like that. anything to help kids who have already had a rough time of it. that's what we need to do. >> an interesting law. if it worked out in oregon, you might have other states follow that law. >> josh was telling me about all this yesterday but he couldn't get through them all. there's like 40,000 new laws on the books in 2012. some of these are interesting and good. some are totally stupid. to find out about the new ones in your state go to cnn.com/newsroom and you can read them all. a legal issue is uniting five gop candidates for president. rick perry started it and four others are joining them. who are they suing and why? that's coming up. sir, can you hear me? two, three. just hold the bag. we need a portable x-ray, please! [ nurse ] i'm a nurse.

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28 past the top of the hour. checking top stories. four other candidates are joining rick perry suing to get on the ballot in the virginia primary. all claim virginia's election laws are too restrictive. it requires candidates to get 10,000 signatures from registered voters spread over every district. michele bachmann, newt gingrich, rick santorum are on the lawsuit with perry. whoever does get the nomination will have to discuss and probably deal with iran and the nuclear weapons issue. the latest news very unsettling. the country's news agency reports scientists successfully built and tested a fuel rod, a

key step for developing a nuclear program. new year's eve partygoers ran into trouble. their pirate themed party ship ran aground off clearwater. fog contributing to the problem. to make it worse, a ship sent to retrieve the people ran aground. they were a tad befuddled that time of night. they ferried about 100 people back to shore. in the philippines hundreds of people faced a much more serious new year's eve problem. fireworks and gunfire injured 500 people across manila. eighteen people hit by stray bullets fired bought air to welcome in the new air. stay with us. sanjay gupta begins. but first we'll look at how the world celebrated a new year.