the cliff hanger was a game changer, 76% of homes were tuned into one episode. dallas stayed on one decade and it learned that it was kristin with the pistol in the office 30 years ago today. a shout out to my family in dallas, hey, mom and dad. now you know the news as fox reports on this sunday, november 21st, 2010. i'm in for julie banderas, i'm harris falkner, have a great thanksgiving day week. >> ladies and gentlemen, governor mike huckabee. [applaus [applause] >> thank you audience. thank you very much. and welcome to huckabee from the fox news studios in new york city. tonight, the tea party energized voters across america, but will they be able to keep their message going on

capitol hill. kentucky secretary elect rand paul and michelle bachman are here to talk about the challenges of the new wave of republicans and what they're going to be facing in d.c. also, whoopi goldberg, the host of the popular daytime talk show "the view" whoopi talks about bad manners and body scanners and whether she's ever regretted anything she's ever said on television. >> plus, remember the song that was playing during this scene from butch cassidy and the sundance kid. well, guess what? bj thomas is going to be joining the little rockers to perform his hit "rainy drops keep falling on my head." and the dramatic election results of a couple of weeks ago, were a demand from the american people that those entrusted with the position of service actually treated as a form of service and not just some stepping stone for personal advancement. the americans who pay for government and taxes want to make sure they aren't played for chumps and expect that

those who administer the money they use use it with care. having been a part of the political process for many years, i'd like to propose this new congress passed real reforms that would prevent congress from becoming a privileged class. let me call upon congress to do the following. number one, an elected official should not be able to seek any elected office while currently holding one, except the one that he or she currently holds. so if you're a member of the house, you can't keep your paycheck to run for the senator or the governor seat or presidency. unless you resign the position you hold. you or i couldn't go from a paycheck from a current employer. number two, stop allowing the transfer of funds from one campaign to another. lets he a say you run funds for a campaign and say i think

i'll run for president. you transfer the money people gave you to run into the senate, and move it into the presidential account. that's defrauding the donors. if you don't use it for the office you seek, give it back or run for charity. most of my poents were members of congress, got the full paycheck even though they were never at the work station and they with campaigning, campaigning on your dime. they got their health insurance paid, fully funded in their pension plans and you know what, they never had to show up for work. can you do that? of course you can't and neither should they. here is the third thing. not only freeze congressional pay but take 5% cuts for every year the budget isn't balanced and no pensions, just the same social security that the rest of americans have. now, congress wants to win back the confidence of the people, then create rules that you live by. it is a start. and maybe one they should go and do now.

[applause]. that's my view and i welcome yours. you're free to contact me, with your views at mike huckabee.com. when you get there, click on the fox news feedback section and e-mail me your thoughts, that's at mikehuckabee.com. kentucky's rand paul won a hard fought, and at times a bitter race for senator. now, a few in his own party are anticipating a newcomer who isn't going to be afraid to mix it up and make some waves. >> i think there are going to be some tensions within our party. i don't know the incoming senator rand paul, i respect him and admire his victory, but already, he has talked about withdrawals from, from-- or cuts in defense and i worry a lot about the rise of protectionism and isolationism in the republican party. >> mike: well, joining us from the blue grass state is senator-elect rand paul. senator-elect, good to have

you with us. thank you very much. >> good to be with you. >> it sounds to me as if you make people nervous, some of the stallwarts of the senate and i think that's good and healthy and many in america are delighted guys like you might shake it up a bit. >> it's kind of funny they said they were going to co-opt us and i haven't been sworn in and already we're having them end earmarks, great impact on washington. >> you said there sought to be a real look at the defense budget. for the record i said the same thing, rand, if there are not any intennings, i don't think any of us have to cut the military spending that protects soldiers or empowers our veterans or protects them. but we're talking about waste and ways in which the military spends money administratively

or we don't have any plans at all to use. talk to me specifically. what would you like to look at in terms of the defense budget to find some realistic? >> why don't we start with saying that the primary function of the federal government is national defense, bar none. it's the primary reason we have a federal government. i don't think we should cut the pay to soldiers and i don't think we should cut veterans benefits. but that being said, i'm a fiscal conservative with regards to all federal spending and if you're not willing to look for waste in the military budget as well as the domestic welfare budget, as well as entitlements, i don't think you're a serious person with regarding a balance to the budget, but glenn beck in his new book "broke" talks about the fact that 40% of the overhead-- there's a 40% overhead in defense spending and that we still have the same amount of overhead when we had a 50 million man army and now a 3 million man army. so there's waste that can be

cut out of the military without cutting our readiness and without cutting our ability to defend the country. >> mike: you've also talked about you're willing to work with president obama. do you think that president obama is going to be willing to work would you and other members of the tea party about who he was very critical of during the campaign? >> you know, it's yet to be determined. i've not met the president nor taukdz to him. i would like to have a discussion to tell him that the tea party isn't against him personally, we're just against the ideas of expansive government, the ideas of debt, really that the federal government is the answer to everything, but i still think we could have a collegial conversation and look, he's come out in the past week and said you know what, earmarks are bad. he needs to convince the senate democrats and the senate-- the house democrats to also join the republicans and be opposed to the ear marking. >> mike: you've talked about a divided government and i've often said the divided government is not necessarily

bad. kind of makes everybody keep is eye on each other. we've seen the impact of government when one party owns it all. senator, house and white house. and tell me why you think it could be a good thing as we face what will be a divided government in terms of democrat and republican? >> well, when i think of divided government the first word that comes to my mind is debate. that means that both sides are debating back and forth, trying to find a compromise and what's best for the country. you know, somebody several years ago, i think it was usa today newspaper, looked at state governments like arkansas or kentucky and said when it's all democrats versus when it's all republicans versus when it's divided and found the most fiscally covert and responsible is divided government. even republicans get carried away. during the george w. bush years we doubled the debt. now the democrats are tripling

the debt and we didn't do a good job when it was all republicans and that's what most republicans are saying now, give us another chance, we'll do a better job this time and i think that's what the tea party is about, holding their feet to the fire and make them cut federal spending. >> a year from now you'll be ending your first full year, and when you say we got it done. what's the one thing you hope to celebrate. >> we have a balanced budget. they haven't been doing it, democrats and republicans proved themselves untrustworthy and force them to balance a budget by law. people say it's a pipe dream. in the senator, we were one vote short of having two-thirds necessary, i think we can do it, but only they'll become good legislators if we

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they also absorb co2. we're hoping to supplement the fuels that we use in our vehicles, and to do this at a large enough scale to someday help meet the wor's energy demands. (applause) >> she is an oscar winning actress, award winning producer and host "the view". the book is "is it me? or is it nuts out there", ladies and gentlemen, please welcome whoopi goldberg. [applaus [applause]. >> mike: hi, whoopi. >> hi. >> great to have you here. >> good to see you gov.

>> mike: what did you do bring the entire folks from the view out here. >> my entire family out here. >> we were looking for the wonderful looking people on 6th avenue in new york. >> not badly done. >> mike: it went well. i want to tell you right now, if you have any urge whatsoever to get up and walk off the set i want you to feel free and i tell you why. you did so much for bill o'reilly, i could use the break. >> well, you know, i just, coming from me, there's a tipping point and it tipped and i just, you know, it's so hard, if you have muslim friends who have children, it's just really hard for them right now. they get picked on and beat up and especially if they're wearing traditional things and it just seems like it was one more thing to make us all hurt each other and it just, i couldn't handle it because i thought muhammad ali is a

muslim. i mean, kareem abdul jabbar is a muslim. what are you talking about and then i said a bad word. you, whoopi goldberg. >> on the air and that's when i knew i really had to get off the stage. >> mike: oh, i don't think we're going to have that kind of conversation today. >> oh, not-- >> you talk a lot about some personal things in your book which i found interesting, one of which is, you kind of think the tsa's doing a good job and you may be the last person in america who says that. >> i do, i do think they're doing a good job and i think they get yelled at, screamed at, pushed, threatened. i mean, that is a tough gig. that's a tough job and we, as americans, or english or whoever is flying, we get to the airport, we know we're not supposed to have anything bigger than this, with liquid in it and yet, that's what we do and then you get up to the tsa person who is really just

trying to keep us safe. >> mike: yeah. >> and you scream at them and treat them like garbage, i think it's wrong. >> mike: no, i'm with you on that wholeheartedly, especially people who go to the airport and then start thinking about the stuff they should have thought about before they left their stinking house, i'm with you on that. >> yes. >> mike: i'm talking about the new rules. the book came out before the new rules, pretty aggressive stuff. i've got to be honest with you, some of this is beyond-- sort of checking the safety issue, reminds me of a police state when a government employee goes into your pants. >> we are in a bit of a police state. >> mike: well-- it doesn't matter, people keep seeming to go on planes with bombs and you know, bombs in the shoes and stuff in their butts and they're putting stuff in dogs. i mean, we are in treacherous times and no, it's not comfortable and it's not the way that i would like to live, but if it's going to keep me

from getting blown out of the sky, you can check anything you want and if you feel something you like and squeeze it, what am i going to do. >> mike: and you're not a person that likes flying. >> i don't like to fly. when did you through the whole thing-- was there something that happened that traumatized you. >> yeah, years ago, there was a company called psa and they flew out of san diego and a small cessna and a man had a heart attack and caused-- didn't know where the cessna was, they collided over my neighborhood. and it was the first time that i realized anything like that could happen. now, what i do know because i was working with a guy at virgin air, they do a great program in london, is that aviation has come so far since that time that those kind of things are sort of rare to

happen anymore. but, now we have people doing whacky stuff on airplanes and so, you know, it just, it's tough. it's hard to know and i'm joking when i say if you squeeze me. you know that the tsa said today that they're not going to-- they're going to deal with children differently, you know, but you know, we're all trying to figure out how to do it and it's not all going to be right and people say oh, i don't want them seeing me naked. well, you know, they don't want to see you naked. you know? i mean, some of us look in the mirror and know the truth. [laughter], you know, but there you-- you know, would you rather take that chance? i don't want to take that chance and i just, i would hate for anybody to say, you know what, i don't want to and have it not done and have us miss it. >> mike: your book is great

called "is it just me or is it nuts out there" i'm going to talk with you about the book and including the cover which i find amazing and funny. and more with whoopi goldberg. stay with us. ! " # $ / 0 i

[applause] >> mike: my guest is >> my guest is whoopi goldberg, she's got a brand new book out. i love it, called is it just me or is it nuts out there. you see the cover on the screen. and this is you sitting and let's just say a very what normally would be a private quiet moment and people come to you in the laboratory and wanting your autograph. >> they followed you in. >> or we walked in together and somebody wanted an autograph and hand me a pen and a piece of paper underneath the thing and you

know, you kind of go, what are you doing? they said i just want your autograph. >> what are you doing in there. >> i'm going to the bathroom, that's what i'm doing in here. >> you've talked in the book about something near and dear to my heart and it's about bloggers and the fact that people can be anonymous and cruel and vicious. >> yeah. >> mike: you call them cowards. >> i call them cowards and you don't know where their head is coming from. see, on "the view" i'm sure on your show as well, if i say something, you know i said it. if you hear me say it, you know i said it. if i don't apologize the next day, you know i meant it, but a blogger can say endless stuff, they don't have to fact check, they don't have to find out if they're even current in their information. they don't have to do any of that and then that is picked up and made into some other

story on another station and it becomes the truth. see, i think fact outweighs assumption. if you have facts in your hands, then you can talk, then you can have a conversation and say i hated what you did, blah, blah, blah, and i want to know who is saying it. so i can say, well, i think you're wrong here, you missed this, but you can do that. people just, they poop on you and they walk away. >> mike: i think it's the equivalent of word smith terrorism, where people can anonymous anonymously, take no responsibility for it and it can be irreversible. your show is five days aweek, controversial topics. is there anything you've said on tv about somebody or an issue that you would take

back. >> not one thing. >> mike: not one thing, how nice that might be. >> i stand behind my beliefs. >> mike: you never had one that came out of your mouth at that didn't go over well. >> a lot of things i said didn't go well. >> mike: you dent mind. >> they have been my opinion. >> mike: what did you say? >> well, the first day on "the view". >> mike: the first day. >> i had watched something called "real sports" a couple of days before. they'd dn a remarkable piece on the culture of dog fighting because michael vick had just gone through all of this stuff. >> mike: right. >> and because of the way that the piece was laid out it made total sense to me. we have bull fighting, we have cock fighting, dog fighting, this is a culture and a nature that exists all over the country. people would be shocked if they knew how much of this goes on in our cities. so, i say, maybe this is how

he saw the-- this is what he knew, the culture he grew up in, the culture of dog fighting. you would have thought i took a big old dump on the stage. people-- how dare you defend-- i said i'm not defending, i'm giving you an idea that there may be more to this story than just he's a monster. i don't think that's what this is about. but they, they really gave me a hard time on that and you know, i got a little bit of flak of getting up and walking away from mr. o'reilly, that was all right, too. and i've gotten flak for what i felt was fact as opposed to someone's speculation. >> mike: one thing, whoopi, that i've admired about you, it doesn't matter whether people agree with you or not, you'll be candid. and something else your range

as an actress is maybe one of the most underestimated. something i saw you in early on, when you did "the color purple" it may be one of the most amazing portrayals in film and i don't think a lot of people, if they have not seen that movie in a while they need to go back and see it. that had to have been a challenging role. and no one really wanted you to be in that role, did they? >> well, i just heard recently-- i've heard so many stories about this. i don't think anyone was sure because the name throws people, apparently. so, they-- i think they were like well, what is a whoopi goldberg and how does it fit here? and then i saw steven spielberg and my shows for him. he said, okay, i want you and quincy wants you and you know, it was an extraordinary experience and really spoiled me for everything else. >> mike: but you've done a lot of great stuff and one of the

great things is this book "is it just me or is it nuts out there" by the way everybody in the audience are going to get a copy of the book and find out yourself. thank you for being here. >> thank you i'll see you on the view. >> mike: i'll be on the view on monday and looking forward to it. excellent. >> mike: it's an honor to have you and you're a wonderful person. >> you know what, mike huckabee it's an honor to be with you. >> mike: you're the best. whoopi goldberg. republicans wrestled power away from the democrat in the house and will they struggle with the old g.o.p. establishment. congress woman michelle bachman is going to join us next and we'll find out. [applause]. [ amy ] as a dietian, all of my patients are my top priority.

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delta airliners to make emergency landing. one returning to atlanta's heartsfields airport and scraped on the landing, but taxied to safely. a plane headed to moscow turned back to jfk airport after reporting the engine was out. nobody hurt in either incident. in new zealand. plans to send a robot into the moon and no contact with the men since the explosion on friday and a robot to see if there's a clear path rescuers. it's possible that the miners survived the explosion and is in an area where the air is clean. let's hope so. back to huckabee. [applaus [applause]. >> mike: tea party backed

candidates helped republicans take control of congress in the mid term elections. will the new wave of republicans get respect from those who have been in washington, well, a long time, or is it going to be a case of the grand old party versus the grand new party. joining us new michelle bachman, congress woman, thank you for joining me today. let's talk about that issue. is there going to be a clash between a lot of the new blood that's coming into the congress, specifically the republican party, and some of the establishment, the old guard? >> you know what, we saw this week when all the new members came in, mike, was really refreshing. they're a wonderful crop of people coming in, about 84 i met with so far this week. they are the energy, the vibrancy and the verve in the new conference going forward. i didn't see clashes, what i saw, a lot of hugs and welcoming reception, i think we're going to have a very fiscally responsible house g.o.p. conference going forward. >> you know, i hope that's the case and i also know that a

lot of republicans sort of pride themselves on how much pork to their districts and there is some culture clash going on. there is concern that maybe america will end up not with a two-party system, but with an essence of parliamentary system where you have multiple parties, you have the left wing democrats, you have the conservative democrats, you have the traditional republicans and then the tea party republicans. so, it's like they have an england or in israel, a coalition of several different groups in an almost parliamentary fashion, any sense that might happen in the next congress in. >> i'm not seeing that, mike, remember, the tea party isn't a political party, it's just a set of ideas. and what i've seen happen with the establishment republicans currently in congress, they've adapted themselves to the tea party ideals, which are really three of them. one is congress needs to act within the limits of the constitution, number two, we're all taxed enough

already, don't raise nen's taxes and number three, don't spend who are than what you take in. rand paul's balanced budget amendment. that's what the establishment is saying they want and i, i agree with what the bible says, always believe the best about someone. so, i'm believing the best about the establishment and i think the new people that are coming in really mean it and i think we're all going to hold each other's feet to the fire. i think it's really good. a very positive sign going into the new year. >> i think a lot of us anticipate a different spirit, a denver attitude and one that looks at budgets carefully and cautiously. speaking of budgets, i want to talk about campaign budgets. you were wearing a target on your back, no doubt about it. one that the liberals targeted and said let's get rid of michelle bachman, you've been an outstanding and outspoken leader for not just the tea party, but for conservatives, but you raised 11 million dollars in your congressional campaign. that's like a record, an

extraordinary amount of money for a congressional seat and you have quite a bit of money on hand and what will you do with the remaining amount of campaign funds? i think it's like, what, 5 million dollars in the account. what do you do with that kind of money left over? >> well, we actually have 1.9 million left over. my opponent was the best funded opponent in the country for a challenger and we had a lot thrown at us, so we have 1.9 million left and we thank all of your listeners who are so generous to us. my average donation, mike, was $45. and we try to be very careful of those donations so we're going to keep them in anticipation of the next election that is coming up, assuming that i run for the house again. and so, we have that money there. we've got a really good start and we're grateful. >> and i also want to talk to you about the fact that the tea party is going to be, i think, looked at very, very cautiously, one thing is, are you willing to compromise. people have never been in the government, don't understand you don't get everything you want and don't get it all the

time. what will be the learning curve for many of the new members of congress who have never served in any form of government in recognizing that you sometimes have to go for, you know, a 12 yard run, rather than an 80 yard touchdown pass every time you get the ball. >> you're exactly right, mike. you've been governor, you know how it works and you're right you don't get absolutely everything. i've been married 32 years and we have five kids and raised 23 foster kids. that's a great learning ground for me to learn about compromise before i came to washington. one thing you don't xrocompromie is on your principles and fundamental values. you never compromise on those, and if you want to have a bill that lasts for three years and maybe your competition wants it to go for five years, and you could usually compromise somewhere in between, as long as you don't compromise your fundamental principles and values you can compromise on

the technicalities. >> i who hope a lot of people understand and hope you'll understand that part of it very well. congress woman, it's always a pleasure to visit with you and thank you for the fiscal and bugetary responsibility. great to have you here. >> thanks, mike. [applause] >> well, can't wait till christmas. when we come back, we're going to get an early start to the holiday season with all the gift of giving. and later, bj thomas joins us right here on our show. [applause]. ♪ hey, lawrence, my parents want to talk to you.

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book "we cant wait till christmas", we know the audience didn't wait and "a simple christmas" and i'll tell you about a book tour. to celebrate the release of the brand new book and upcoming holiday season we've picked three sisters in our audience and we'll give them an early christmas and they have no idea i'll go to call them out. emily brace and danielle to come up and join me on stage. girls, come up here, you didn't know this. all right, emily, i'm going to put you hear and brace and danielle over here. now, you guys had no idea you were about to be on tv. did you. >> no. >> we're going to play a little game. do you like to get christmas presents early. >> yeah. >> is that cool. do you ever unwrap yours.

>> no. >> you're going to love the book, i'm going to tell you how to do that and have fun. let me ask you this, do you ever shake the presents under the tree to figure out what you're going to get. >> sometimes. you don't do that emily. how old are you, dear. >> i'm tn. >> you're ten and never shaken the presents under the tree. >> sometimes. >> okay, i thought we had to. here is how the game works, what we're going to do. look over there, three doors, one, two and three, i'm going to let you pick a door and then whatever is behind that door is a christmas gift that we're going to let you have today. you're going to get your christmas early. okay? >> okay. >> that sound pretty good. okay, emily, i'm going to start with you. so what i want you to do and pick doors, one two or three and tell which door you'd like to pick because there's something behind at that door. >> three. >> you want to pick number three. are you sure you want number three, are you sure? okay. open up door number three, what do we have? there's something. door number three, it looked

wrapped. let's bring it out. one of our interns here is going to bring out the gift that's behind door number three. here she comes. oh, it looks like a mixer, that's just what-- >> no, it's not really. okay, emily, open her up. do you want me to help you. >> yeah. >> i'm just kidding. i can't wait until christmas. oh, wow, how about that? [applause] >> that almost looks like my-- i have a black lab named jet. a big dog as big as you. >> do you like him. >> yeah. >> he's yours. >> okay. >> how about that? all right, grace, let's see you get to pick a door. number one and number two, which do you want. >> number two. >> door number two, let's see what is behind door number two for grace? it looks a lot like door number one. cherisse is going to bring out another gift. here we go.

>> oh. >> and turned green on us as it came out. how about that, the magic of television, how about that. grace, go ahead and open it up and let's see what you have here. >> oh! [applause] >> are you guys into dogs? >> oh, what a beautiful dog. and now they're sitting there together. >> okay, now both of you are going to keep these. all right, danielle, you're the oldest and you're the last. and you only have one door to pick. you can pick an empty door or you can pick one that had something behind it. what would you pick. >> number one. >> door number one, that was a good choice. and let's see what's behind door number one for danielle. >> what do we have? >> oh! >> oh! >> a dog! >> where is that dog? >> here she comes. and by the way, we had your mom and dad hid back there.

this is steve and lisa callaghan. hey, girl. >> hey! [applause] >> say hello to your new dog. what do you think, girls. >> the only deal is, you've got to share this beautiful dog. steve, lisa, good to have you here. tell us about, the girls have been wanting a dog, is that right? >> oh, yeah, lobbying us hard. and. >>-- >> the last couple of weeks before christmas they have been saying how much they wanted a dog. >> and this really is a gift that can't wait for christmas. >> yeah, be hard to-- >> and the dog already has a name. >> what's the dog-- >> the dog is named rascal. and okay, danielle, grace, emily, what do you think, do you like rascal? >> yeah. >> isn't she a beautiful dog? >> yes. >> and it would have been a shame to keep her wrapped up all of this time. that's what i thought the reason i kept unwrapping my gifts when i was a kid and did

it early, i never knew i might have had had a dog in there and i didn't want to have anything go wrong and thaerpg to the callaghan family and we want to thank the north shore league for helping them adopt rascal. the largest no kill rescue and animal adoption agency and want you to know the greatest gift is it to help save an animal. if you want to find a shelter pet go to animal league.org. i'm going to be on "the view" monday. launching a book tour the day after thanksgiving for the brand new book "can't wait for christmas" i'd love for you to see me. we'll list the cities and states and most of them on the west coast, later in florida, for a complete list of the stops on the book, come and sign your book for your child or your grandchild. to get a copy "you can't wait till christmas" go to

amazon.com or local favorite bookstore, i hope you'll get it and i'm sure you'll enjoy it almost as much as getting your own puppy for christmas. [applause] >> well, coming up, one of my very favorites of all time, the velvet boys, bj thomas joins the little rockers for his number one hit "raindrops keep falling on my head." we'll be right back, stay with us. ♪ n ] it was 1975. my professor at berkeley asked me if i wanted to change the world. i said "sure." "well, let's grow some algae." and that's what started it. exxonmobil and synthetic genomi have built a new facility to identify the most productive strains of algae. algae a amazing little critters. they secrete oil, which we could turn into biofuels. they also absorb co2. we're hoping to supplement the fuels that we use in our vehicles, and to do this at a large enough scale to someday help meet the wor's energy demands.

[ applause ] >> mike: he became a (applause) >> he became a recording store in the late '60s with the song, "hooked on a feeling" and "raindrops keep falling on my head." his music appeals to people of all ages, welcome one of my very favorites, bj thomas. great to have you here, bj.

>> thank you, mike. >> what a pleasure. >> thank you, buddy. >> you had such a long string of hits in the 60's and 70's and your voice always one that people recognize and they knew and they heard it. what's the biggest thrill you've had in this career of yours that spans now about four decades? >> well, today ranks up there. >> oh, come on. not that it shouldn't of course. >> but probably, probably, gosh, it's hard to pick one, but you know, recording in memphis, in the american studio group and recording with back rarack and the butch cassidy. >> mike: do you ever think-- >> and every now and then you have a sure feeling. and this had everything going for it. and paul newman and burt and hal and i knew it was going to be a hit.

the song got terrible reviews and was slow getting started and when butch cassidy came out over the christmas holidays it took off. >> mike: well, it's not only a great song, but i tell you i've downloaded dozens of bj thomas songs on my ipad. i think if people have not recently gone back and gotten the music, you can get it at bj thomas.com the website and link to itunes and just about everything. lots of music and this is one of the big ones, we're going to play with it today "raindrops keep falling on my head." here is bj thomas. [applause] ♪ raindrops keep falling on my head ♪ ♪ and just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed ♪ ♪ nothing seems to fit those raindrops are falling on my head they keep falling ♪ ♪ so i just did me some talking to the sun ♪ ♪ and i said i didn't like the

way he got things done ♪ ♪ sleeping on the job ♪ those raindrops are falling on my head, they keep falling ♪ ♪ but there's one thing i kn know, the blues they send to meet me won't defeat me ♪ ♪ it won't be long till happiness steps up to greet me ♪ ♪ raindrops keep falling on my head ♪ ♪ but that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turning red ♪ ♪ crying's not for me 'cause i'm never gonna stop the rain by complaining ♪ ♪ because i'm free ♪ nothing's worrying me

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ it won't be long till happiness steps up to greet me ♪ ♪ raindrops keep falling on my head ♪ ♪ but that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turning red ♪ ♪ crying's not for me 'cause i'm never gonna stop the rain by complaining ♪ ♪ because i'm free ♪ nothing's worrying me (applause) >> and you can be sure to catch bj thomas at the winery new york and get his music, bj

thomas.com and some of the most beautiful music. bj we love you and thank you, what a thrill to get to play with you. hope you guys have a great, wonderful thanksgiving weekend. until next week from new york, this is mike huckabee from the fox news studios and may the raindrops fall gently on your head. head. [laughter]. captioned by closed captioning services, inc.

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