this is "nightline."htline." tonight, elizabeth elizabet the pregnant theranos founder. once promising to revolutionize blood testing sentenced. the time she will serve for frauding investors out of millions. plus, sir elton john. ♪ i'm still standing better than i ever did ♪ >> the music legend repping his north american concert tour. >> it's been the most enjoyable tour i've ever done. >> back to dodger stadium, where he shot to fame nearly 50 years ago. >> that famed sequins dodger outfit, are we going to see it again? >> no. because i'm not the same size

anymore. >> why his collaboration with the younger generation, like britney spears on "hold me closer" is so important. >> i want people who loved her music to hear her voice again. and pink -- ♪ i'm still a rock star ♪ >> unstoppable after two decades. >> when people think about me, it's this man-eating, loud, snarly pinker bell flying through the air screaming, right? but there's the deep cuts. >> her greatest love and the journey that shaped her latest album. ♪ i'm never going to not dance again ♪ >> and the message behind her new dance song, "never gonna not dance again." "nightline" will be right back. age is just a number. and mine's unlisted. try boost® high protein with 20 grams of protein for muscle health. versus 16 grams in ensure high protein.

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good evening. thank you for joining us. tonight, the stunning fall of theranos founder elizabeth holmes. once heralded as the future of silicone valley. she is now a symbol of its greed and deceit. a judge sentencing holmes to 135 months for duping investors.

here's rebecca vargas. >> reporter: people anticipated elizabeth holmes would get between eight and five years in prison. 11 years was the ultimate sentence. and it came down after she gave an emotional appeal in the courtroom, saying she was sorry and she regretted what happened at theranos. she said she hoped to learn from this experience and be a better person going forward. that did not sway the judge. >> elizabeth, how are you feeling today? >> reporter: tonight, elizabeth holmes, who once promised to change her world with her theranos blood testing technology. >> i believe the individual is the answer to the challenges of health care. >> reporter: sentenced to more than 11 years in prison by a federal judge in san jose. just before her sentencing, holmes, who is pregnant with her second child, addressing the court in tears, saying, "i regret my failings with every cell of my body. yesterday, i wanted to change the world.

today, i want to change myself." >> do you have anything to say? >> reporter: in january, holmes was found guilty on four counts of criminal fraud for conning investors out of millions, with her false and misleading claims she could run hundreds of tests on just a few blop drops of blo. >> we made it possible to run comprehensive tests from a tiny sample. >> reporter: prosecutors bringing up the reckless disregard holmes had for patients. some got inaccurate diagnoses from their tests. >> holmes is scheduled to appeal. she's scheduled to surrender in april of next year after she delivers her second child. we turn to a rare interview with sir elton john. robin roberts sits down with the legend, about the final leg of his north america tour, after decades of entertaining and thrilling audiences. what is next for the rocket man?

>> reporter: sir elton john is saying good-bye to the yellow brick road. ♪ hold me closer tiny dancer ♪ >> reporter: he's about to close the door on touring after five decades. >> it's the most enjoyable tour i've ever done, as far as soaking it all in. that's what you have to do. and i have soaked in all of the love and the loyalty shown from the audience. >> reporter: at 75 years young, he is one of the most iconic figures in pop history and the voice of a generation. the prolific singer/songwriter, who has six grammys, a tony, and two oscars under his belt, is most known for chart-topping hits like "bennie and the jets." ♪ bennie and the jets ♪ >> reporter: "i'm still standing." ♪ i'm still standing, looking

like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid ♪ >> reporter: and "candle in the wind." ♪ seems to me like you live your life like a candle in the wind ♪ >> reporter: his life inspiring a musical biopic, titled "rocket man." >> i wanted to go out on a high. from the country that gave me everything. it's been so wonderful. you come on stage and there's all different outfits from my careers. pople in funny glasses, hats, holding placards up saying, i've been to 200 shows, i've been to 50 shows. it's my birthday. wow. robin? hi, gorgeous. >> reporter: i spoke to the father of two in 2018, when he first announced his farewell tour. >> well, before the children, i thought, this is what i'm going to be doing until the day i die. probably collapse on stage and die on stage. but i don't want to be traveling away from my children. they need me. i need them, much more than

another tour or doing another show. >> reporter: it was almost five years ago when we sat down together. >> yes. >> reporter: so, reflecting back on that moment to now, what has been most memorable about this tour? >> well, for a start, i didn't think it would take five years. you know, it's been the most enjoyable thing that i could possibly have hoped for. when i came back and played in new orleans, after the two-year covid break, i didn't know how i was going to feel about playing again because i had such a great time at home. but that night in new orleans, it was so great and people dressed up and people were in a great party mood. and it's been like that ever since. >> reporter: it's a dizzl dazzl full-circle run for elton, wrapping up the run at dodger stadium, which propelled his career in 1975. it was almost 50 years ago that you set the world on fire. ♪

that famed sequins dodger outfit. are we going to see it again? >> no, because i'm not the same size anymore. >> reporter: what do you remember about that? >> it wasn't the happiest time of my life. but i bounced back quickly. and for me, dodger stadium, at that point, was the pinnacle of my career. i was the biggest i could possibly be. to be there on my own and finish off the north american tour with three days at dodger stadium, i couldn't have asked for a more wonderful ending. >> reporter: with endings, come new beginnings. he's teamed up with the next generation of music's elite, like miley cyrus, nicki minaj, and dua lipa. his collaboration with britney spears, called "hold me closer." ♪ hold me closer tiny dancer ♪ >> reporter: ranked on billboard's top ten list, bringing in over 88 million global streams. >> i want people who loved her music to hear her voice again. it's got her out there.

all i wanted to do was for her to feel the love because she hasn't had a lot of love coming her way in the last few years. >> reporter: what is it about you wanting to mentor these younger generation of artists? >> you get so much inspiration from the energy they have. i have a lot of energy. but when you're 23, 24, you have a different kind of energy. and it shows in their music. it shows in the passion they write their songs with. and i want some of that. when you work with those people, i've worked with them, you learn a lot, too. it's a no-brainer. i love it. the young make me feel special. >> reporter: and it's, perhaps, the music he's composed for the young that will outlast us all. ♪ it's the circle of life ♪ >> reporter: songs from disney's "the lion king," like the award-winning, "can you feel the love tonight?" ♪ can you feel the love tonight ♪ >> reporter: introducing his voice to generations of children. disney is the parent company of abc news.

♪ >> reporter: the film's staged adaptation on broadway, celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. >> i thought, how the hell can you do this on stage? i thought it would be a lot of baseball mascots and stuff like that. it will be a bit corny. and i went to the opening night in new york. and what julia taymor and everyone did, was beyond ast astonishing. when the animals came down the aisle at the start of the show, i just got goosebumps now thinking about it. >> reporter: what is it about that music and the show that has resonated all these years? >> "the lion king" is cyclica a. every young person comes up and sees the animation, and the movie and goes to see the theatrical version. ♪ the circle of life ♪ >> i'm so lucky to have been involved in it and writing the music for it and winning the

oscar. god gave me the most incredible gift when that came my way. >> reporter: and i remember you saying if it were not for music, you would love to decorate. what is your most cherished possession here? >> what do i have? here. david got for his birthday, is a picture of me taken backstage at hyde park this year, with my boys. and if there was a fire here, this would be the first thing i would take. can you see that? >> reporter: yes. look at your smile. look at all your smiles. oh, my gosh. as sir elton bids farewell to the stage, there is one thing he is looking forward to. spending time with his two young sons. 9-year-old zachary and 11-year-old elijah. >> they both play the piano. eli in a is heading towards the stage. i don't know what zach is going to do. his passion is fishing. they're great students and loving children. the greatest thing about my life is when we had these children, everything changed. everything changes. that's why i'm coming off the road. this is the biggest tour i've ever done.

what more could i want? i've had enough applause. i just want the applause of my children. saying, you've been a good dad. >> our thanks to robin. elton john's final north american concert streams live from dodger stadium this sunday, only on disney plus, which is part of our parent company, disney. up next, pink. the raise your glass singer, openis up about parents and new music. ♪ raise your gaslass if you're wrong in all of the right ways ♪ ♪ we'll never be anything but laud ♪ ♪ dirty little freaks ♪ i prep without pills. bring on apretude. long-acting protection from hiv. apretude is a prescription medicine used to reduce the risk of hiv without daily prep pills. bring on not worrying about daily doses. i prep without pills.

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pink, rock royalty. for decades, opens up tonight about her challenges with parents and making new music. and why she says her new record, out next year, is the best album of her career. here's abc's t.j. holmes. ♪ you know, pick the pulse ♪ >> reporter: your 20-year-old self, that put out that first album, here you are now, with a ninth album coming. could you have expressed yourself at 20, the way you're comfortable expressing yourself now? >> i'm a little calmer. i used to think you had to scream to be heard. and in some ways in my life that was true. i have been interested in what quiet power looks like. when you have self-respect and you figure out how to love yourself and why you should love yourself, you don't always have

to scream. ♪ i'm coming up so you better get this party started ♪ >> reporter: more than 20 years in the spotlight, pink is unstoppable. from smash lithits like "get th party started." to soulful songs like "try." ♪ got to get up and try and try ♪ ♪ so what, i'm still a rock star ♪ >> reporter: the singer's music has stood the test of time. 3 grammys, 60 million albums sold. she has twirled into hearts of fans with her acrobatic performances. now, with an upcoming album, "trust fall" and her tour next year, pink is living her life to the fullest, staying true to herself. what can folks look forward to on the tour? >> it's going to be amazing. and brandi carlile is opening. and group love and pat benatar. i have new music. that's so exciting. >> reporter: what was going on to put this album together?

>> this album is possibly the best album i've ever made. i had time and i had a lot of really devastating things happen. my son and i got really sick with covid. that sort of distilled down for me like what actually matters and it takes your kids getting sick to be, none of this matters. i want to see my kids grow up. that's what i want. i only want to put truth in the world. only to be authentic. and then, my dad died. and that also is a reminder of, all right. i have a certain amount of time left. right? none of us are going to live forever. how do i want to spend this time. ♪ i'm never gonna not dance ♪ >> reporter: her first single off her new album "never gonna not dance again" is a '70s dance hit with a personal meaning. >> all the chances we don't take in our life and all of the time we waste and the memories we give up on because we live in our heads. a lot of this record is, screw that. i'm not going to live in my

head. i'm going to live min my heart and my body. >> reporter: you are saying stuff that is surprising because what we know of you is to be honest, to be outgoing, to be raw. >> thank you. i think when people think of me, it's this man-eating, loud, snarly, pinker bell flying through the air screaming. there's the deep cuts. there's the other stuff going on. ♪ ain't no family portrait ♪ >> reporter: it's the deep cuts that influenced much of her work like "family portrait." ♪ it comes naturally ♪ >> i have been writing poetry since i could hold a pen. "family portrait" was a song that came from a poem when i was 8, the day my dad left. >> reporter: that is a heavy song and a sweet song. >> that was the start of me going, oh. when i'm uncomfortable, that's when i've nailed it. and so, i just have stayed on that path-ish. >> reporter: you talk about the

past. the panic attacks you used to have at times. i think we're always a work in progress. what is the focus of yourself and the work. >> i'm working on my delivery. i have sensitive children. and i was not raised that way. i was raised with a military family and a dad that was abused terribly. and it's a different generation, too. we didn't talk about our feelings. my kids don't need that. i'm the tough parent, for sure. i've always had this machete. it serves me in what i do in the world because i'm going to blaze that path and i'm going to motivate and inspire and get people to their feelings. but it doesn't work at home. >> eporter: how are the babies doing? >> they're amazing. they're the loves of my life. we're superco-dependent. i love being a momma. >> reporter: some people say it co-dependent. >> you look up co-dependent in the dictionary, it's me and my kids, cheek-to-cheek. >> reporter: so many celebrities

that have kids, it's always that the kids aren't impressed by what they did. >> jameson did tell my friends, did you know that momma is the best singer in the whole world? >> i do. >> do you know that she performed in front of a hundred people. i do. we're going to work on that math. >> reporter: pink's children fuel her passion and inspire her music. ♪ cover me in sunshine ♪ >> reporter: singing a duet with her daughter for "cover me in sunshine." >> i am a person that my life's work is to find words for my feelings. and then, make them sound as authentic and raw as possible. and they just provide more feelings. and they just keep me, every day, present and attached to my heart. they kind of tether me back down to the earth. ♪ >> our thanks to t.j. you can catch pink this sunday at the american music awards,

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finally tonight, a mother chimpanzee holding her baby for the first time. here's the heartwarming re reunibetween mahale, and son, after a c-section at a zoo in kansas. the baby had difficulty breathing and was hospitalized until he could do so on his own. mom cradling her son as she nurses him for the first time. and that's "nightline" for this evening. see you right back here same time monday. thanks for the