has just begun removing remains of people who died inside this business this afternoon and they're in the process of identifying who these people are. these are people's loved ones, people's spouses, people's close friends and over time this community is going to start learning who has been lost and who is still trying to recover in the hospital. i want to bring in congressman who is a former mayor of monterrey park and this is your home community and you represent this district. tell me a little bit. i heard you during the press conference trying to reassure people during what is supposed to be the happiest time of the year to tell them it's okay, the threat is over. tell me about that desire to try to reassure people. >> all day long i heard people who were anxious, who asked whether they should go to the

events that are around the community and there are so many lunier new year events going on who wonder whether they should send their kids to school even and even as much as i said that they should continue doing that, i could feel the fear in their voices. so it is with great relief that we can tell them this shooter is no longer a threat and that they can feel safe and that they can do the things they would normally do during this lunier new year period supposed to be the highlight of the year. >> we talked about the last time you and i saw each other in person was likely when you came to visit atlanta after the spa shootings there. now, we're talking about two very different scenarios because the motives can be very, very different here but can you speak

to the impact of the asian-american pacific islander community across this country when we first hear about a shooting in a predominantly asian neighborhood, everyone's mind this morning went to the same place. >> yes. the sensitivities in the asian-american community are very high right now. it's because we're coming off of three years of anti asian hate crimes and incidents due to covid-19 and there have been 11,500 anti asian attacks so frequent at one time. any aapi that went for a walk would ask are they next? the first thing so many of us thought when we heard the shooting this morning was that it could have been a hate crime.

now it seems as though it is not and it seems that it could be a domestic issue be this act of utter violence comes on top of the violence occurring the past three years so it's been difficult. >> you yourself were at the festival here in the streets just yesterday hours before this happened and you mentioned to me you also had in the past been to this dance hall. tell me what you remember from that visit what type of business it was and if you can describe what it looked like on the inside. >> well, the immigrant, chinese especially love ballroom dancing so if you went in there, you would see usually older americans, asian-americans dancing really enjoying themselves and, you know, some are such excellent dancers, really into it and love to go

every day so they would get they are exercise. they would hone their craft and it was widely used and popular so yeah, that's what i saw when i went there and this was one of the prominent ones and the studios in albambra was the other one. >> have you spoken to leaders in alhambra what happened in the second incident, especially the people that wrestled the guy and got his weapon away? >> we haven't spoken to the persons themselves who did that but the sheriff talked a lot about it and i have to say they are heroing for doing what they did. they saved a massive amount of lives by taking that kind of action. they are true role models and they should be honored. >> sheriff luna mentioned during tonight's press conference some of the people that rushed into

the building right down the street there were some of the forces youngest officers who had only been -- only joined in the last several months. what was your reaction when you heard that? >> i felt so bad for them because i'm sure it must have been traumatic to see these ten bodies to see all the blood everywhere, to see the wounded and i can only imagine what they felt. i hope that they can get counseling to deal with that but i also have to really thank our first responders because regardless of their personal feelings, they have to go ahead and make sure that people are safe and that the situation is taken care of and that people are taken care of. >> there is one more thing from the press conference i want to get to, which is the sheriff using quite strong language when it comes to gun violence.

he was talking about -- saying the status quo is not working so we need to re-examine what we're doing and what may work better. saying that california already has pretty strict gun laws. what are your feelings about what can work better given that clearly this happened in a place where we're already pretty strict. >> there is a clear path forward. i have been a member of the congressional gun safety caucus since sandy hook. we're talking about a long time. there is common sense gun safety legislation that should have been passed by congress a long time ago. see, the universal background checks are the best way to make sure that guns don't get into the hands of dangerous and violent people but there are loopholes and people can buy guns without those checks, without the background checks by buying online or at gun shows or

through personal purchases. those loopholes have to be closed. i want to tell you that the majority of americans support these common sense laws, which would make us all much safer. >> there is definitely still a lot of work ahead in the long term for that issue given that some of the residents here who talked to us today even commented, you know, that america's gun issue is out of control, maybe it's best not to go out in public spaces right now. what would you say to those people who came up to us with that sentiment today? >> i understand the fear. i understand the anxiety. but what we have to do is change our gun laws and we need our voices to be included in that. but we also need to come together as a community. we need to participate in everything that is going on and we must continue to live our

lives. now, one thing i can say about monterrey park after having lived here for such a long time and that it is resilient. the people are strong and i think we can get through this. there's so much healing that still has to be done but we can get through this together. >> finally, do you have remaining questions tonight? i know you mentioned there is a lot outstanding. what is the most pressing issue for you to be solved regarding this investigation. >> of course, i want to know the motive behind this. >> yeah. >> who did he know that was in the dance studio? i mean, the rumors are that he's a husband whose wife was in there but i don't know. and i want to know whether the guns that he had were legal. of course, we already know one is illegal. i want to know if he has a criminal history especially of domestic violence and i want to know whether he has a mental illness or any record of that.

>> congress member, thank you for speaking with us, all day you've been here since 8:00 a.m. alongside me so i appreciate your time and all of those questions she asked hopefully we're going to start to try to get more answers as the days go on, pamela? >> sweatily hope so. really powerful interview there natasha chen. thank you die for us. i want to bring in steve moore and senior law enforcement analyst charles ramsey. this is such an unusual case. mass perpetrators are usually much younger men. the las vegas strip massacre was an exception but the gunman there was 64. his motive was never understood. this man was 72. what do you want to know about him? >> well, first of all, that is very unusual. normally, they will much younger than that but it can happen at any time, anyplace and by anyone. it's just unfortunate that this

did happen. we'll find more about this individual as time goes on. this is starting to look to me anyway as if there is some personal motive involved in this but they certainly have not reached a point yet where they're actually able to say specifically about a motive but they are right now getting a lot of information. this case isn't over even though the suspect is deceased. they're still going through a lot of material they got out of the van, probably executing search warrants in a couple locations. if he was on a social media platform, they'll be going through that and talking to friends. they'll talk to relatives and be doing a lot of things now to try to find out exactly why this individual did what he did. but it is unusual to have someone his age commit a crime like this but, you know, you never know. >> you never know. it happens and steve, we have learned that the suspected shooter had once been a regular

at the star ballroom dance studio so where he opened fire and even met his wife there, his ex-wife we should say. what could this bit of evidence help? >> i'll agree with chief ramsey on this. excuse me. this seems to be trending towards a personal issue but at the same time, the fact that he went to yet, another dance club maybe he had other scores to settle but that seems to follow in line with a lot of the shootings i seen where you go to one place, yo u execute your attack and go to the next place. there almost seems to be a personal issue. people he was mad about or worked there at both places so

it -- they're going to have to learn his life better than his mother. learn exactly what made him tick and that will get them their answers. >> it's interesting because if he had gone hours earlier there would have been a lot more people there celebrating the lunier new year instead there was fewer people and a private event to open fire and went to the second place so there are still a lot of looming questions but really incredible how law enforcement were able to work together so quickly to find the suspect that ultimately killed himself. i want to play what the sheriff of los angeles county said about the actions of bystanders. >> i can tell you the suspect walked in there probably with the intent to kill more people and two brave community members decided they were going to jump into action and disarm him.

they did so. took possession of the weapon and the suspect ran away. >> how critical is what they did in preventing a worse tragedy from playing out, chief ramsey? >> if they did what they did, who knows what would have happened but obviously, with what he had already done in monterrey park is reasonable to think he would have tried to do the same thing at this other location. fortunately, you had two people alert enough to be able to see the gun before he had a chance to fire and brave enough to then take action and actually wrestle the gun away from him. so that's something that again, i mean, people need to understand something like that occurs, you have to take action. you really do. if you're in a position to take action, take action because i mean, seconds round and it doesn't take long before you wind up with multiple people shot, wounded killed in these situations. >> i also want to ask you chief

ramsey, you obviously used on head of police department, several and we heard from the police chief in monterrey park about his concern for the well being of the responding officers who had to go to the scene to process it to see the bodies and see the carnage. some of them are new to the job. how do you console law enforcement officers who have to witness that and in some cases time and time again given how many mass shootings there are in this country? >> well, first of all, i commend the sheriff and others talking about the mental health of their police officers because in my day, it didn't matter what happened, suck it up and keep moving. that's the attitude people had and these things are very difficult to deal with whether you're a rookie or veteran. it just doesn't happen every day and in fact, people need to understand what police officers see on a regular basis is just not normal and over time it

takes its toll. i've worked homicide and worked in nor coarcotics, all these th and leaves scars. most of the time it goes untreated. at least now we're talking about it and openly saying that we need to make sure that we take care of the mental health of our police officers. i applaud them. i know what it was like before and nobody would have had that conversation publicly about mental health and police officers. >> you just have to wonder how many people suffered in silence because they weren't having those conversations. i remember going to lunch with a former officer who was really struggling with their mental health and said everywhere i look, i see blood because that is what i see all the time in this job, this person had done it for years and years and once this person was helped, they were able to look around and not see that anymore. important conversation to have. thank you charles ramsey for engaging in that and steve.

still ahead, in the newsroom, president bitden getting criticism as the fallout grows over the fbi's discovery of classified documents at his home and priscilla pressly remembers her daughter outside graceland. ♪ ♪ celebrate everkiss. with 20-40% off engagement, wedding and anniversary rings. only at kay.

more documents, more questions and now the white house is starting the week with even more headaches according to

biden's attorney, a nearly 13-hour fbi search of the president's wilmington home on friday discovered six items consisting of things mark classified. weighing in on the growing scandal. >> i do think this was inadvertent. the whole point of having a special counsel is to ensure that and to give the american people confidence in that. >> let's be honest about it. when that information is found, it diminishes the stature of any person who is in possession of it. >> that's why there needs to be this independent investigation and independent prosecutor. how many documents are we talking about? dozens? a hand full? hundreds? how serious are they? why were they taken? did anyone have access to them? is the president being corporative? by all accounts, yes, of course he's being corporative. >> joining me to discuss, cnn

security analyst beth. starting with you, help us put this all into context. now, six additional documents have been found. it's the fifth bach of classified documents being found at a property connected to joe biden. how concerning is this to you? >> i think it's very concerning. i'm really glad that the biden white house did open up his home and said let's get this over with. let's let somebody else come in here and end this. so i don't expect anymore drip, drip, drip. but i think it reminds us that we are all human living in glass houses and these kinds of things happen. i am in the camp of president biden but i think i would have handled this a little differently. >> when you say handled this a little differently, what do you

mean? >> what i mean by that, pamela, i don't think the american people really want as much -- maybe some of the base want to have people hanged for this. they want to finger point but mainly the american people want to hear from the president of the united states, what am i going to do to ensure that never happens again? i'll put together people and get this figured out. >> what we've heard from the president on thursday in response to a question whether he should have disclosed the information sooner, he said i don't have regrets and there is no there there. of course, there are limitations you can say with an ongoing investigation but a lot of questions including why he didn't have his property zerned right away right after the search and why it took so long after the first bach was found to do other searches. how important the proof in determining possible charges in this case because it is clear that biden's lawyers are trying

to portray they are being fully corporative and offering the fbi in. they're the ones that notify the archives contrary to what happened with trump. >> it's absolutely critical that proof if it exists as well as things like the quantity of the documents, was there any obstruction and hint of foreign influence? none of which we see at the moment from the public reporting but the intent is really important. whether there is intentional mishandling. it's important to distin wguish how far back they will go with documents in the senate. there are instances of people moving offices from the white house counsel office to doj had taken documents as well and that was taken a look at there. in fact, his included handwritten documents like the biden situation. but that intent is really important and i do want to question a little bit this idea

what else could the white house have done at this point. very difficult situation. with an active criminal investigate as you pointed out, they need to be careful to try to get ahead of this on the communication front because you could end up influencing witnesses. you could end up giving information that later comes back as inconsistent with what the fbi finds doing searches not that easy for the fbi. they have to ask questions where else if anywhere else they should search. >> absolutely true. they were there for 13 hours and the president's lawyer there is and did a thorough job because the fbi would be the ones to collect evidence. what i noticed in reading the president's attorneys letter was they were very careful with the wording as one would expect saying six items with classification markings, rather than saying six classified

documents or six pages of classified documents and i imagine maybe some classified material was found that had classification markings but no longer classified, right? tell us how that works and how that might factor in here. >> there are a lot of things we don't know and i agree we should let the investigation play out. that doesn't mean you can't say when the investigation is over, we need to figure out how this doesn't happen again and i pledge to do that. i didn't hear that when i heard no regrets. i'm trying to be a non-partisan person approaching this. and you know, in terms of the actual documents themselves, senators will go into meetings and take notes it could be about something very, very old and no longer classified. you think about how long joe biden was in the senate. i don't know how the papers would have made it from one place to another and that is

something that has to be figured out. they're not supposed to keep highly classified information in their personal office. >> right. and it was found in different locations. does this new search give you any indication about how the special prosecutor's investigation is proceeding and what to expect next? >> i think it's pretty early to tell what they're doing. i'm not even sure if the special prosecutor is fully on board yet but i think one thing we absolutely can see here is that it's going to proceed with a lot of cooperation and at this point, i think the doj preliminary look at it and ultimately when the special counsel fully takes over, it is very much guided by what they've already learned from the biden camp because those are the witnesses. they would figure out who originally were handling the documents, who historically to go back to to ask and where to look. it being very much guided from the information given by the biden camp and that will continue to be the instance.

they will start to perhaps develop independent leads, other people who they can talk to without the assistance of the biden camp but this point is very much biden's disclosures that have given them the leads to follow. >> all right. thank you both for coming on late on this sunday night to share your insights and perspective. appreciate your time. still ahead, remembering lisa marie pressley. the lengths some fans went to to be at her memorial today.. smooths the look of fine lineses in 1-week, deep wrinkleles in 4. so you can kiss wrinkles goodbye! neutrogena® this is how tosin lost 33 lbs on noom weight. i'm tosin. noom gave her a psychological approach to weight loss. noom has taught me how you think about food has such a huge impact on your relationship with it. (chuckle) lose weight and make it last with noom weight. [♪] if you have diabetes, it's important to have confidence in the nutritional drink you choose. try boost glucose control®.

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recapping our breaking news tonight. police are confirming that the man who killed himself during a traffic stop is the same man suspected of opening fire at a dance hall in monterrey park, california. ten people were killed and another ten wounded at the lunier new year celebration. president biden ordered flags lowered to half staff in honor of the victims. arlette saenz has more. arlette? >> reporter: president biden offered condolences to those impacted by the mass shooting in monterrey park, california and also acknowledged the impact the shooting had on the asian-american and pacific islander community. the president this evening ordered flags at the white house and other federal government buildings be flown at half staff and pledged full federal support for the local community. the president said in a

statement quote jill and i are thinking of those killed and injured in last night's deadly mass shooting in monterrey park. while there is still much we don't know about the motive in the senseless attack, we know that many families are grieving tonight or praying that their loved one will recover from their wounds. even as we continue searching for answers about this attack, we know how deeply this attack has impacted the aapi community. monterrey park is home to one of the largest aap ishli communiti america, many celebrating the lunier new year with loved ones and friends. judy chew said she received calls from the white house and homeland security secretary mayorkas. president biden is spending the weekend here at his delaware home and received updates throughout the day including from his homeland security advisor liz sherwood randall. the president says she directed her to ensure that the full federal support is offered to the local community. one important thing from

president biden's statement is he notes there is still not a motive i'dentified in this shooting. law enforcement officials have been working to try to determine. the president in his statements trying to make clear the federal government is ready to offer support to the community, which is grieving these very deep losses. pamela? >> arlette saenz, thank you. the white house says president biden will host a preplanned lunier new year reception in the east room on thursday. a memorial service for lisa marie presley drew family, friends and fans to memphis today. people lined up for hours outside the graceland estate for a public remembrance for elvis presley. lisa marie died suddenly. her service included tribute performances from axle rose and alainis morrissette. ♪

♪ take the time to lay it on the line, i could have lost my hand just knowing you are mine ♪ ♪ all mine ♪ ♪ so if you want to love me, then darling don't refrain ♪ >> cnn's nadya is in memphis with more. >> reporter: pamela, people inside the public memorial told me it was a beautiful ceremony. a way for them all to pay respect for lisa marie presley and able to get these funeral agendas. one woman told me this is history. she's going to hold on to this forever. outside a poor rtrait and insidn order of events. this is the famed stone wall outside of graceland. people came to put down flowers

here. you can also see that people wrote their names, messages, and then on the ground here, look at this. it's rip lisa marie from a family that came from california and texas. that goes to show the impact of lisa marie presley and the presley family. look on the other side of the stone wall, you can still see people making their way leaving the public memorial. people have come in and out all throughout the morning and the afternoon just to be here. just to be part of this moment. and i want you to hear from two women, one from washington state, one from colorado. they say they've been friends for so long because elvis brought them together and they would not have missed this for the world. take a listen. >> elvis fans are the best people in the world. they really are. and his daughter has been through so much in her lifetime.

>> the ending of something and she told us to be happy so i was happy the whole time i was there. now it's catching up with me, what this really is. it's the end of an era. it's very touching. >> one woman we spoke with says she came some 60 times to graceland because elvis just touched her heart from the time she was a little girl up until now. we spoke with people who drove in from tampa 13-hour drive. another couple said they came in from cleveland, ohio. i mean, all around the country just to be a part of this moment. now, we still know pamela that we are waiting for the results of the autopsy. we know that she went to the hospital under cardiac arrest but that autopsy had been deferred and people want to know exactly what happened to lisa marie presley but at this moment, they want to celebrate her life. pamela? >> thank you. we'll have more from the funera

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couldn't help but watch a twitter thread from bionca. month errey park is my home, th best chinese food in the u.s. and the burbs that thrives because it refuses to assimilate and unapologetically catering to its own immigrant community. bionca joins us now. i imagine you have so many strong feelings given your connection to monterrey park. tell us what it was like for you to hear this story. for you, this wasn't just a mass shooting in america but a place you hold deeply in your heart. >> it was a lot to hear about it this morning. i mean, the ballroom where it happened, my dad and i were trying to figure out is that where my mom goes for dance lessons on weekends? you know, it's incredibly close to home -- i mean, it is my home. monterrey park was the first home and city that my parents

relocated to when they first immigrated from hong kong and there's a lot there in terms of just my own family history as well as my work as a researcher and soescialogist. >> tell us more. what makes it so special? what you want people to know about it. >> so, i think the best way to understand monterrey park is actually to share a story about my late grandmother. so she immigrated to california from hong kong in her 70s. she at the time was -- didn't have a partner. she didn't speak any english. she didn't really know many people. she didn't have a car. so if you know southern california, it's very difficult to get around without a car and yet, she had this thriving social life and she never learned english. she did have a driver's license

but we never trusted her to actually drive. she had a thriving social life where she had neighbors and friends to play games with on weekends and a church community that spokae her language and he story and thriving later in life was possible because monterey park and surrounding areas, san gabriel valley was where again, like i said in the tweet, asian immigrants are able to build this echo system to take care of and protect each other. where our thriving survival comes not from assimilate sbint white institutions but building social networks and businesses and community centers, places of worship, places for recreational activities like ballroom studios and today a lot of signage in monterey park is chinese and vietnamese which was actually

fought for because as that area was developing, long-time white residents who had been there pushed for an english only ordinance banning the signs they were seeing popping up in asian languages but ultimately, they lost and it continues to be this place where, you know, again my grand parents never spoke english and have this thriving life in the states because of it. >> that story really says it all. as you said in your tweet, this isn't viewed as a staging ground for asian-americans, this is the ultimate. this is the end goal to end up there and live there and i'm curious, you mentioned your mom would go to a dance hall and you were wondering if this is the same one and i was listening to the congresswoman talking about, you know, that the -- how great these dancers are, some of these dancers that go halls. i wonder if you can add any color or understanding how the dance halls are a big part of the culture there. as we know, this is where the mass shooting took place at a

dance hall there in monterrey park and the shooter went to another one not far away. >> i mean, dancing is a part of life. it's a part of thriving as a come mun community, right, beyond surviving. my parents weren't very involved. my mom took a class with her friends there that were -- i mean, the whole class was cantaneese speaking women her age. i know and i've gone to parties or weddings in san gabriel valley where suddenly these asian elders will -- as if synchronized waiting for the perfect time will come out and whip out impressive ballroom dance moves. i know that's a thriving culture that's so beautiful and speaks to how when you have this ecosystem and these strong ethnic networks and social structures that support each other, that were able to not

just struggle to try to make it and survive but were able to have these places where we can create art together. >> uh-huh. that is just what makes it -- it's sad on so many levels but to think of it through that lens, as well, right? these are elderly people from the most part from what we know coming together to have a fun evening, to connect to have a beautiful evening celebrating the lunier new year and this happens. it's so sad. bionca, thank you for helping us better understand monterrey park, the area where you grew up. appreciate your time. and you are in the cnn newsroom tonight. damar hamlin returned to the buffalo bills' locker room today as his team prepared to face the cincinnati bengals nearly three weeks after he collapsed on the field. we have an update for you up next.

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nearly three weeks after his frightening collapse on the field buffalo bills safety damar hamlin was at highmark stadium today to cheer on his teammates as they took on the team they were playing when he suffered cardiac arrest. cnn's coy wire is right outside the bills' stadium in buffalo. coy? >> reporter: pamela, this was supposed to be the penultimate

game before a rematch against the kansas city chiefs from last season's playoffs and a continuation of this hollywood script of a story. damar hamlin making his first appearance in front of fans since suffering cardiac arrest on the field when these two teams played each other 20 days ago. hamlin in the box with his family during the game, showing heart hands on the jumbotron, which had become a symbol of spreading love. but when it came to the game the bills looked emotionally exhausted, spiritually spent. the psychological roller coaster of the last three weeks seemingly siphoning their internal tank and that manifested in the physical defense missing tackles, leaving receivers wide open. the bengals and quarterback joe burrow plowing through the snow. and the bills offense couldn't get clicking. josh allen trying to throw their way into a comeback in the snow, just was not happening. hats off to cincinnati, playing an incredible game-winning 27-10. here's bills star quarterback josh allen after their inspiring season came to an end. >> eem proud of our guys, how we handled situations throughout the year. you know, we could have made a

lot of excuses throughout the year, what was going on. but guys continued to fight. you know, we wanted to win this one. you won't win them all. those guys played better today. >> we're built for this. it doesn't matter what anyone thinks about us, we don't care who's favored, who's not. we're built for this and we're excited to go on the road to kansas city. >> i saw one young fan crying his eyes out at the the end of the game and he said that i just love this team so much. and it's no wonder why. even though the bengals advance to face the chiefs in the afc title game and the bills' season is over, they've impacted so many lives this season. mourning with then rallying for buffalo after a senseless racist mass shooting took the lives of ten people over the summer. mourning with then instilling hope p in this community after a tragic winter stornl took the lives of dozens around christmas time. and then nearly losing their teammate and friend on the field. it's really unfathomable that

they'd finish the regular season with a 13-3 record, and it's inspirational beyond measure. the bills and their fans have so much of which they can be proud. pamela, back to you. >> they sure do. thanks, coy. prices, by the way, they are still high, as i'm sure you noticed, but inflation is easing. christine romans has more. >> reporter: hi, pamela. more signs we have turned the corner in the fight against decades-high inflation. inflation, while still hot, is starting to show signs of cooling. the producer price index, a key inflation metric that measures prices paid for goods and services by businesses, it rose 6.2% december compared to a year earlier. on a monthly basis those wholesale prices actually fell, the biggest one-month drop since april 2020. it's a sign the fed's aggressive rate hikes may finally be bringing price pressures under control for now. the job market is also showing signs of resilience. first-time claims for unemployment insurance fell unexpectedly to just 190,000. the lowest figure in 15 weeks.

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well, we want to close tonight with one more touching moment from the funeral of lisa marie presley. the only child of elvis was laid to rest earlier today at graceland. she was honored there by fans, famous musicians and of course her family. here's lisa marie's mother, priscilla, sharing a very special poem written by her granddaughter. >> i'm going to read something that my granddaughter wrote for all of you. and this says it all. the old soul. i have no idea how to put my mother into words. truth is there are too many. lisa marie presley was an icon, a role model, a superhero to

many people all over the world. but mama was my icon, my role model, my superhero in much more ways than one. even now i can't get across everything there is to be understood or known about her. but as she always said, i'll do my best. the old soul. this is a poem. the old soul. in 1968 she entered our world. born tired, fragile, yet strong. she was delicate but was filled with life. she always knew she wouldn't be here too long. childhood passes by with a glimpse of her green eye. she then grew a family of her own. then came her second child, leaving her with suspicion. could this be the angel that takes me home?

time of course flew by. it was time for a tragedy. she knew it was close to the end. survivor's guilt some would say but a broken heart was the doing of her death. now she is home where she always belonged, but my heart is missing her love. she knew that i loved her. i fear i'll never touch her but the old soul is always with me. >> lisa marie was 54 years old. thank you for joining us this evening. i'm pamela brown. see you again next weekend. welcome back to "who's talking." tonight, one of the most powerful women in american history sits down for a candid conversation. former house speaker nancy pelosi, like you've never seen her.

not only talking politics but openening up about her family, r future, and the secret to her success. >> is that part of your superpower, just be tougher and more relentless? >> just get it done, baby. >> and later, the voice every "frozen" fan knows. broadway star idina menzel reveals the change to "let it go" that helped make it a hit. and the eight seconds of panic that changed her career. >> oh, my god. why is this happening to me? this was my dream come true to be at the oscars. get over yourself. stop having a pity party. oh, my god, brad pitt is there. and sing. >> we have two things in common. >> do i get a hint? >> i find it really stressful. >> do you feel your life is in danger? >> and the love of my mother is what brought me here. >> what was the worst investment? >> oh, there's a long list of really bad ones. >> today we have broken the

marble ceiling. >> for many she's a political trailblazer. >> madam speaker. >> the first and only woman to hold her job. nancy pelosi wielded the speaker's gavel not once but twice. helping democrats pass sweeping legislation. >> the motion is adopted. >> but its with her famous clapbacks to donald trump. >> crazy nancy pelosi. she's a nut job. >> that turned her into a target for the former president and his maga supporters. >> nancy. >> where the [ bleep ] is nancy? >> now though she's still in congress -- >> when the hour's come for a new generation -- >> pelosi has given up the gavel. what does she think of the chaos across the aisle? we'll find out. >> nancy pelosi, welcome. thank you for doing this. it's a please pleasure to talk to you again. >> my pleasure. thank you. >> first of all, how are you

doing? how are you enjoying life not being speaker anymore? >> i'm enjoying it very much. i love music. i love sports. most of all i love family and friends. >> do you miss being speaker at all? >> no. i sometimes wonder why i don't, but i think that i've done my time. i loved it. it was a great honor. imagine to be speaker of the house, second in line to the presidency, which of course would never happen, but nonetheless the prestige of it all. i love my members, i love the institution. and to use a hugh jackman phrase, that i saw -- >> one of our prior guests. >> he said, "i want to leave while i'm in love." >> okay. speaking of speakers, i want to start with the spectacle we saw on the house floor a couple of weeks ago. republicans taking 15 votes to elect kevin mccarthy speaker. forget the partisanship,

republican vs. democrat. as a political pro watching that what did you think? >> well, i was sad for the institution. they should have had their act together. they should have gotten it done. and it was sad. it was nothing to be amused by or laugh at. it was sad for the institution. >> so was it worth his doing it? i mean, yes, it was kind of ugly and not particularly dignified, but he did get elected speaker in the end. >> well, 15 times. i mean, that's kind of historic. i'd hoped that he would get it done right from the start. what's the challenge? let's figure this out. let's get it done. and if not let's move on to someone else. >> i want to pick up on that. your daughter alexandra has doan a fascinating documentary about you called "pelosi in the house" which is running right now on hbo max. and in it she shows you rounding up votes back in 2018 to be elected speaker. take a look.

>> i have a good feel for where the votes are in my caucus. >> since the election she has met in person with 67 members or members-elect. >> so how do you get people's votes? do you just break their knees and make them like you? >> i'm very respectful of people's views. so i want to hear what they are. i want to hear what people have to say. you count votes by listening. >> so what would you have done if you were mccarthy and you got to the first day of the actual session, you know, you've gone through all of this stuff before and you didn't have the votes? >> well, i would have had the votes. i knew i had the votes. i mean, i had well over 200 votes in the caucus. now, i knew i would have the votes. it was never a question. what happens, chris, just so you know, is the press makes a big

thing of opposition. you know, oh, so and so said this and so and so said that. but it isn't as -- it's not -- it may sell papers but it's not really the true picture of what is happening there. >> mccarthy says that he is going to kick three democrats off their committees. here they are. adam schiff, eric swalwell, ilhan omar. and he he says that you set the precedent because in the last session the democrats kicked two republicans, marjorie taylor greene and paul gosar, off their committees. didn't you open the door to this? >> no. we set a precedent which i hope they will follow. if they have members, as they did, who threatened the security of our members on the committee, were a danger to our members, threatening them, then they would go off the committee. so if they have that accusation about any of our members, let's

hear what they have to say. it was clear that their members were a threat to our members. so this is about maintaining safety for our members. the fact that they want to take these people off the committee is more philosophical -- it's philosophical. >> during the long vote for spea speaker millions of americans were riveted by the action on the floor and they saw stuff they had never seen before. as you can see up there on the screen now with the speaker talking to matt gaetz and then another member being pulled back. it was fascinating stuff. the fact is, though, that normally once the speaker is in charge that c-span is sharply limited in what it can show. it basically can show the speaker up on the podium. it can show whoever is talking, which member is talking in the well of the house. there's been a push to change the rules to allow people to see what really is going on on the floor. do you support that or not?

>> it depends. i don't have any objection to transparency. >> you didn't allow it when you were speaker. >> but i think it's supposed to be about following the procedure. the debate in the congress. and if there's more opportunity for that, fine. but i don't think it should be used as a tool against members. i saw you talking to so and so on the floor and they said that. that shouldn't be the case. this was remarkable because when this was all going on you have to remember there were no rules in the house. anything went. and sometimes they said terrible things on the republican side but we couldn't challenge it because there were no rules of the house. and forgetting whether it's rules or not for a potential speaker or anyone to go up to a member in that manner just does not bring dignity to the house

of representatives. >> let me see if i got this right. basically you're saying you like the rules the way they are, follow the official proceedings, if there's something going on in one of the aisles you don't want that on tv. >> well, it depends on what it is. i don't know. i don't want it to curb the interparty action that might happen on the floor that might be positive. but by and large my view is the more transparency the better. >> we now you have not one but two special counsels. >> yeah. >> one investigating president trump, former president trump, one investigating current president joe biden. for their handling of classified documents. here's what you had to say about donald trump and his problems this summer. take a look. >> if the nature of this -- of these documents is what appears to be, this is very serious. a very serious -- >> do you think that classified

documents showing up in joe biden's office, home six years after he was vice president, do you think that's also very serious? >> well, it depends on the nature of the documents. what i said, as you were listening, was if the nature of these documents is what it appears to be. we don't know. but what we were talking about, it was the highest level of classof class efification of the docume. so i think you have to talk about the procedure. president biden has said -- his lawyers are finding these and bringing them out. president trump was obstructing, obstructing access to them. so i think you look at volume, you look at procedure, and then you have to see the nature of the documents. but we don't know what the nature of it is. but you said it perfectly in the beginning. there are two special counsels. let the truth come forth by the special counsels.

>> you're talking about the nature of the documents. if the documents turned out to be very sensitive. the biden documents. that would be very serious -- >> well, i said there. if. >> yeah. that would be very serious. >> well, we'll see what they are. i don't think that having a briefing on a meeting with somebody -- you know, we used to tease up in the intelligence committee to say be careful because they're going to stamp "classified" on the "washington post." >> i understand that the cases are very different, as you talk about. the number of documents, where they were, the question of transparency and cooperation by the two men. >> you said it very well. >> thank you. >> but as a practical matter isn't it going to be impossible, even if the facts were to bear out that trump committed a crime and should be charged, isn't it as a practical matter impossible given the fact that biden had

documents in his office, had documents in his home? >> well, it depends. it depends. and that's what -- we have a special -- i think that, again, i said you said it perfectly to begin with. the attorney general asks someone to review to see if a special prosecutor was recommended. he said yes. there is a special prosecutor for joe biden even though the cases are quite different. we don't know until the special prosecutor does all of the investigation. when you say is it harder, i don't -- i don't know. it just depends on what comes out of the investigations. >> when we come back, we dig into pelosi's handbook. how did she herd cats, keeping disorderly democrats in line for 20 years? and she gets emotional when i ask about her husband's health. >> people are -- want to know, how's your husband paul doing after the attack in october?

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whether you agree with her politics or not, there's no denying nancy pelosi has been one of the most effective politicians in washington for the last two decades. i pick up our conversation asking the form er speaker how she's done it. >> one saying that you're known for in washington is you're never given power, you have to take it. >> yeah. >> in the hbo documentary your daughter, alexandra, shows you working members of the democratic caucus to pass

obamacare. >> yeah. >> here it is. >> i had a little disturbing report that you're going to pass on this. especially when something essential to who we are as democrats. this is a defining moment for the democrats. this is why we elect democrats. this is why. and we can't just be -- whether it's the recognition of saying am i on this team. >> what is the key to get ting members of congress to take a vote they don't want to take? >> we had the opportunity of a lifetime. so when people would say to me how do you want to do this, it looks impossible, i'd say it's not impossible. there's nothing -- we cannot let anything stand in our way. if there's a fence in front of us, we're going to push open the gate. if that doesn't work, we're going to climb the fence. if that doesn't work, we're going to pole vault in. and if that doesn't work, we're going to parachute in. but we are not going to let

anything stand in the way of the health care of the american people. we just had to make sure that they had clarity about what actually was in the bill. and then there were some regional differences that we had to resolve. >> but forgive me. respectfully, you talk about clarity. when you say on the phone to a member of congress, you're not getting a pass on this -- >> that's right. >> -- that's not clarity, that's basically saying we're calling in all the chips. you're on the team -- >> no, i wouldn't have said that to the person if they didn't say they thought they had a pass. this wasn't about what they do. it's about what i do. i don't give passes. >> we also see you negotiating with a member of the senate over a covid relief bill. here that goes. >> see, here's what happens in negotiations. when you get toward the end people get tired. and that's what he is. you can't get tired. you can never get tired.

you can't wear yourself down to the point of oh, forget about it, just let's do it this way. they really make you some kind of a left-wing advocate. >> is that part of your superpower, just be tougher and more relentless and wear the other guy out? >> just get it done, baby. that's just the way it is. just get it done. but here's the thing. it's interesting, i think. you tell me. of all the things that people have said to me about alexandra's -- >> documentary. >> -- documentary, they talk about this, that was the best advice, not to tire. because it does happen in negotiations. you get to a potent where you think okay, this is it. no. i mean, you have to compromise. that's a negotiation. but you cannot -- you cannot lose the fight. you cannot tire.

resting is rusting. you've got to stare. >> this is a difficult subject to bring up, but people are -- want to know. how's your husband, paul, doing after that vicious attack in october? >> he's doing okay. it's going to take a little while for him to be back to normal. i feel very sad about it for -- because of what happened but also more sad because the person was searching for me and my dear husband, who's not even that political, actually, paid the price. he's been out a bit because the doctor said he has to have something to look forward to. and -- and so again, one day at a time. but thank you for asking. >> i'm just going to press this a little. we see him out in public. but when i've talked to you, when i've talked to your daughter, when i've talked to one of your granddaughters, you all keep using the expression

"long haul." and so at the risk of prying, because people are concerned, is it physical? is it emotional? is it cognitive? what's the long haul mean in terms of recovery? >> anyone who's had a head injury knows that you have to be very careful. you have to be careful about movement. you have to be careful about light. you have to be careful about sound. and it just takes a while. you get very tired. but without going so further into it, but it takes -- it will take probably another three or four months according to the doctors for him to be really himself. >> but we're all thinking of him -- >> thank you. >> -- and we're all thinking of you and we're all thinking of your family. in the documentary we see two of your nine grandchildren, who happen to be the grandchildren -- the children of alexandra, paul and thomas, at big events in the capitol, big events in your office.

do you treat them as kind of out of-control members of your democratic caucus? >> it's a civics lesson always. the saddest civic lesson of all was on january 6th when my son -- grandson came to see the peaceful transfer of power and then what happened to our country, to our capitol, to our congress, to our constitution. that was -- that was -- who would have ever thought? who would have ever thought that that could happen in america? >> what do your grandchildren call you? >> they call me mimi. when i -- >> because? >> because when my first grandchild was born, alexander, in arizona -- see, i was praying for grandchildren, paul and i, but we forgot to pray that they live down the street. somewhere in arizona. somewhere in texas. somewhere in new york. nonetheless, we have them. so when he was born, i was

looking out the window there, and there was a cafe and it said cafe mimi. so i thought that's what i'll be, grandmimi. >> at the end of the documentary you quote an african folk tale. >> yeah. >> about how when you go to meet your maker you show him your wounds because that shows the fights that you've had. after 35 years in washington how could you enumerate your -- the wounds that you would show your maker? >> well, i'd say that we took considerable laceration on the affordable -- on the affordable care act. they like to criticize me for being from san francisco, which for me is a great honor. but they misrepresent where you are on issues. they try to attack your personal

integrity and the rest. i'd just rather not go through it. but if you want -- maybe i'll write a book about it and say what they are. i'd rather not think about them. but it's constant. constant. and i say to women, when you run, you can't worry about that. you cannot worry about that because you are the only person in the history of the world who is you. your authenticity, your uniqueness, your specialness, your sincerity is so special. and we need you to bring that to the table. >> from a powerful political voice to a voice that took disney by storm. singer and actress idina menzel on her biggest hit, "let it go." and we'll have some fun digging into the true meaning of that song.

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♪ here i stand ♪ it's the voice every mom, dad and tiny "frozen" fan knows. ♪ let the storm rage on ♪ >> broadway superstar idina menzel, belting one of the biggest hits in disney movie history. ♪ the cold never bothered me anyway ♪ whether she's on the big screen -- ♪ baby let's have fun ♪ or on the great white way. ♪ i think i'll try defying gravity ♪ >> menzel has defied expectations for decades. now we explore her remarkable career. that time john travolta mangled her name at the oscars. and raise the curtain on what's next. ♪ let it go ♪ ♪ let it go ♪ >> idina menzel, welcome. i am delighted to get the chance to talk with you. >> thank you so much. i'm honored to be on your show. i have to say.

it's really exciting for me. >> oh. well, thank you. we can end the interview right there. >> yeah. >> you have a nickname, the broadway better. and whether it is on broadway, in "wicked," or movies in "frozen" or tv in "glee," you have this amazing ability to belt out showstoppers. does that come naturally to you? >> i work hard. probably there's -- it's been natural, but i study. i've had the same voice coach for 25 years, ever since college. i warm up and vocalize a lot. so i kind of see myself a little bit as an athlete who needs to always stretch and do her physical therapy in order to stay at my -- at my highest level. but yeah, i've always had a big mouth. >> well, i want to pick up on the athlete comparison. because i understand that

musical performers often have microphones. but what does it take physically to fill a broadway theater with your voice as you are able to do, to hit the rafters? >> well, it's interesting because back in the day they didn't have am pplification. so i think that's where the idea of a broadway singer, that volume, that projection came from, because they did have to hit the back row. now as technology developed we do have little mikes. we have a mike that sort of sits right here in our head or sometimes it's here. and so that's tricky, actually. i find that to be tricky for me because sometimes songs are written in a range that you could be in a studio way mike really close and not have to project and get that really nice intimate character in your voice and that texture but then broadway people also want you to hit the back row. so there's different styles of

singing. and i try to encapsulate all of that and still keep an intimacy about my approach to singing. >> i want to spend some time on what i think most people would agree is your biggest hit, and that is as the voice of elsa in "frozen." and here you are singing "let it go." ♪ let it go ♪ ♪ let it go ♪ ♪ can't hold me back anymore ♪ ♪ let it go ♪ ♪ let it go ♪ ♪ turn away and slam the door ♪ ♪ i don't care ♪ ♪ what they're going to say ♪ ♪ let the storm rage on ♪ ♪ the cold never bothered me anyway ♪ >> idina, when you recorded that song, did you have any inkling how huge it would be? >> no. i knew it was really -- it was

an accomplishment, a great get to be a disney princess. you know, to be welcomed to the disney family and be in a musical. i knew that that was pretty epic. but i had no idea it would become the phenomenon that it did. so i came in once and i sang it and then i came back another time because they had written another part to it and they had changed some of the lyrics. and i realized that i felt like my voice sounded too mature in order to really embody this young woman that you see in the movie. and so i asked them to take it up. i don't know why i did that because then when i'm in concert all over the world and i have a cold and i just want to kill myself. but i asked them let's take it up p a half step and see because then it sounds a little more innocent in my voice, a little younger i think. so as i was watching just now i was thinking geez, what was i thinking there? but i'm glad because she sounds

younger and a little more vulnerable. you know, not like i'm smoking 20 cigarettes before i get up there -- >> no, elsa was not smoking a pack -- >> not that i smoke. >> so you sing the song at the oscars and it wins. and of course what many people remember about that night is that john travolta introduces you -- >> please welcome the wickedly talented, one and only, adele dazeem. >> and here's the question i have. >> yes. >> what was your immediate reaction when you heard that? and when did you realize what a huge gift he had given you? >> okay. so i had done a lot of preparation because i was super nervous about that night. and i knew that it was going to be meryl streep and brad pitt sit ting in the front row. i had done a bunch of meditation about visualizing, manifesting that that night would go well for me. and i also told myself i was just going to sing to my son and just make it about singing to my son walker and nothing else. and so i had all this

preparation going on. and they get me out there and they set me and the spotlight comes on and he says that and i have about eight seconds to get my -- >> together. >> -- s together. and what goes through my head all in those eight seconds is did he just screw up my name? oh, my god. why is this happening to me? this is my dream come true to be at the oscars. get over yourself. stop having a pity party. oh, my god. brad pitt is there. and sing. it was all in eight seconds. and then it was just like sing to walker, sing to walker. be serious. and then yes, i came off stage and then i realized that -- what a great gift it would be because i had all these followers in sort of the broadway world and people that were saying how could he screw up her name? but then there were all these people that didn't know me from other demographics and walks of

life that maybe hadn't been to the theater and don't know that side who said who's this girl they're talking about? so then i -- you know, it actually widened my audience and ended up being a great thing. and now it's fun to just laugh about. have you ever messed up somebody's name that badly? >> yeah, but not at the oscars. and maybe not quite that badly. all right. here's where this interview is about to get a little weird. i want -- i want to spend some time talking about "let it go" because i don't get it. and here's -- you're looking at me like oh my gosh. i didn't get it when i saw the movie. i didn't get it when every one of my grandchildren was singing the darn song. i mean, it's a great song but it's supposed to be about women or girls' empowerment but in fact it's about a girl who is so messed up with her curse that she decides to give in to it. and you know, as the line goes

let the storm rage on. and in fact, i even -- preparing for this interview i even read an interview with the songwriters, who said when they wrote that song they didn't know whether you, elsa, was a villain or a hero. >> well -- >> all right. i'm going deep here. >> that's a lot of things. and some things that i thought about before. okay. so why do you think it's not a song of empowerment? let the storm rage on. she's been holding these -- all of her power. she has to hold it back. she has to wear these gloves because if she really allows herself to be herself and to unleash this power she might hurt people in her life. she's already hurt her sister. so she's been holding on to it and keeping it and concealing it and keeping it inside. so to me it's about, you know, especially as women, letting our -- embracing that thing that makes us so powerful, that makes

perhaps even ferocious, that makes us extraordinary in the world and not being afraid to share that and be ourselves. >> idina, i promise to let it go, go after this. but she locks herself in an ice castle. why is that a good thing? >> i love that you're telling me the plot in this interview. okay. so yeah, she locks herself in her ice palace because she feels like an outsider. she's -- she's been ostracized. no one loflzves her. she's alone. so she locks herself in this ice castle. you're right. i'm faltering here. i think she's just one of those lonely people at the top. >> we're finally letting it go and moving on to menzel's teenage career and the one song that started it all. >> so you killed on the long island wedding circuit with that song? >> i killed it.

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while idina menzel might be known to her youngest fans as the snow queen in "frozen," she

spent years on broadway amassing a crowd of so-called fanzels. but her road to success started more simply. and that's where our conversation continues. >> there is now a documentary out on disney plus called "idina menzel: which way to the stage?" and it shows you growing up in long island. and yes, it shows you as a kid belting out songs. here you are. ♪ tomorrow, tomorrow ♪ ♪ i love you, tomorrow ♪ ♪ you're only a day away ♪ >> you wanted to be a child star. as we can see, you wanted to play annie on broadway. and your parents said no. why? >> that was sort of my mom's -- she just wanted m he to be a kid. and she also didn't want to be a stage mom. she didn't want to be shlepping

me around. but i'm really glad. and no offense to anyone who's had different experiences. but i am glad i had that -- that she made that choice for me, although i fought it tooth and nail for a long time. and i thought i was going to miss out on all of my opportunities. but being in the school plays and working with different teachers and then studying in college and then getting out there, i feel like i was a more well-rounded human being. >> but you're skipping -- >> more prepared for this industry. >> you're skipping one important part, which is at the age of 15 you were on the local bat/bar mitzvah circuit and as i understand it driving illegally on your junior license. what did you learn from that experience singing and why didn't you get arrested? >> so i grabbed one of my mom's sophisticated dresses and i went to this audition and i remember i sang "evergreen," "flashdance," some other songs.

and i went and i lied. i said i was 18 because i thought that would be more professional. and i got the job. and so then i started going to all of these temples and catering halls all over the tri-state area, as we like to say on the east coast. and i really got my education, i feel like, in that world. and i'd drive around, and i had my junior license, and i never got caught. i don't know. i was just lucky. i've gotten a lot of tickets in my life, too. so i don't know. >> in 1996 -- it all paid off because in '96 you finally make it to broadway in the original cast of the classic musical "rent." take a look. >> mm-hmm. ♪ take me for what i am ♪ ♪ who i was meant to be ♪ ♪ and if you give a damn ♪ ♪ take me baby ♪

>> but instead of become a star, and you've said this yourself, you fade into obscurity for basically the next seven years. how come? >> well, okay. so it was my dream when i started doing all of those weddings and bar mitzvahs, my dream really was to get a recording deal and make an album at that point. and so it was less about broadway and more about doing my own music, being a rock star. so "rent" was this wonderful opportunity. my first professional gig was this phenomenon. then i got a record deal from that -- from the opportunities that -- and the accolades we got from "rent." and then i worked on that for about a year and a half, and i wrote all this music, and i went in the recording studio. and then i got out there. and then the album just didn't take off. the song didn't get on the radio.

i didn't get a lot of promotion. i'd show up at these different venues and there would be like three people there. so then i got dropped from the record label. and then by then my momentum was gone with the "rent" thing and i kind of just had to start all over again. >> well, finally, you get your big break in the musical "wicked," playing one of the lead characters, elphaba. and here is your showstopper from that show. ♪ it's time to try defying gravity ♪ ♪ i think i'll try defying gravity ♪ ♪ and you can't hold me down ♪ >> and you win the tony for best actress in a musical. so is that where the takeoff started? >> yeah. the relaunch. i was just looking at that, and it makes me -- it fills me with

a lot of emotion. i feel like i remember what i was experiencing at that time and how i was insecure about a lot of things. and so the casting of that role and getting to live inside of that character and what i needed to learn as a human being at that time were kind of synonymous. and i was just really trying to -- similar to the elsa stuff was just like step into my own power and really believe in myself and own the space that i was in. i was always worried i was going to get fired in all of those workshops leading up to "wicked," to the broadway run of "wicked." each one of those steps i was always wondering am i going to get fired. so i was watching that and there's such a sense of pride that it -- that i did win that award and she did change my life, that character, and that she means so much to people.

and -- did i answer your question? >> yeah. you did. so the next time i remember seeing you was on the tv show "glee," where you play the biological mother of lea michele. and not surprisingly, the two of you sing this duet. ♪ i had a dream my life would be so different from this hell i'm living ♪ ♪ so different now from what it se seems, now life has killed i dreamed ♪ >> you sound great, but i have to ask you, is it true that you weren't thrilled about playing

the mom when there was really only a 15-year age difference between you and leah? >> yeah. is there 15 years? she was playing so young. but i think i was a little hormonal, chris. i had just had my son, and i was feeling really emotional and large, and i was, yeah, so when they called me to play the mom, that was just the cherry on the top there. and i remember being in the trailer breast-feeding. is that okay to talk about on your show? >> yes, it's fine. >> and there are all these cool young new hot stars, you know, leah and the whole cast, and i'm stuck in the trailer trying to freeze my breast milk, and they're knocking on the door, miss menzel, come to the set. and i just never -- i just did not feel good at that time in my life. what's funny about that song, "i dreamed a dream," just to bring

everything full circle in this interview, that used to be the song that when we were doing weddings, they would say ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats, enjoy your main course. and then my band leader would say idina, stay on stage with the piano player, and we would do "i dreamed a dream." that was one of the only times i could do it because the audience was quiet. >> so you killed on the long island wedding circuit with that song. >> i killed it. a jewish girl singing the broadway song, come on. >> you have been called the queen of broadway, but i checked. you have not played on a broadway musical stage in seven years. do you have any plans to return? >> yes. it's my -- it's what i love the most. people have asked me what do you love, you know, film, tv, stage. and i love it all. i love that i can have the balance and i can leave one when it gets tiring and sort of

exercise a different muscle. but when you ask me that, there's nothing like put playing on with a cast of people that i love so much. i love the community of it. i love the different audience every night. i love the spontaneity of that. i love the grind of it. i love going to my dressing room, which is like my office every night. i love it. i miss it so much. i came out to l.a. for other reasons. some work reasons. and i want to get back when it's the right time. and i am working on a few new projects, mainly original pieces. i feel like -- i really -- i want to keep supporting young composers. and i've had my best luck with original characters. and it's just something i love to do so much. standing at the piano with a composer, and they have written a brand-new song with you in mind. and to just start learning notes

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finally tonight, there's a song on the billboard hot 100 chart that caught our attention and apparently the notice of millions of tiktok video makers. i'm talking about megan meghan trainor's "made you look with its catchy chorus. meghan told me last fall how she came up with it. >> okay, so "made you look," i was in the shower and i was like, i need my self-love confidence song, but i wanted to feel like, da, da, like that world, and i literally be dancing in the shower, and i was like, "i got my gucci on, gucci on i wear my louis vuitton" i

wanted to dance like that and was like, what word would sound good like that? louis vuitton. >> that's great. >> but even i don't need all that stuff to be gorgeous. so i was ♪ even with nothing on, made you look ♪ and i knew the background girls would go, "made you look" and scream in your face. >> and it's literally just coming to you like that in the shower. >> yeah. >> did you get a little water line? logged as this was going on? >> yeah, dancing, and it was great. i remember i was in the gym with my older brother and we were on the treadmill warming up and sang it to him and i was like, is this trash or is this great? and he was like singing. and he was that's fire. and the rest of the day he was "i could have my gucci on ♪ . and i was okay, there is something there. >> well, "made you look" is now a hit. in no small part because of more than 3 million tiktok videos of people dancing to it. including celebrities like kevin bacon with his daughter. ♪ i could have my gucci on ♪

♪ gucci on ♪ ♪ i could wear my louis vuitton ♪ ♪ but even with nothing on, i bet i made you look ♪ ♪ i made you look ♪ ♪ yeah, i look good in my versace dress ♪ ♪ but i'm hotter when my morning hair's a mess ♪ >> you can watch my full conversation with meghan trainor as well as tonight's interviews where nancy pelosi and idina menzel any time you want on hbo max. and we'll see you back here on cnn next sunday. thank you for watching. good night.