>> today on the "morning blend," the inspiring true story of carole king's rise to stardom. and stars of the hit series "speechless" and what to expect this season. as the blend starts right now. ?? >> they just announced their other worldly halloween line-up. lot of shawn's friends will be there. >> i love the fettywap, 50-cent. and it all begins friday, october 8. what would your rap aer name be? >> nerdy white boy.

>> good morning. i'm shawn tempesta. >> i'm j.j. snyder. mine would be j. to the snyder. in the house. okay. so we got that out of our systems. >> we're so sorry. man, going from rap to this. legendary singer, song writer stevie knicks will be the first artist to perform at the park theater at monte carlo. if you've been down toward the park and the construction for? that's what they're building. multi platinum selling and grammy winner will hit the stage saturday, december 17. tickets go on sale monday at 10:00 a.m. for the general public. 5300 seat venue. >> really? >> going to be home to many acclaimed artists to be announced soon. one of whom i've been hearing through the grapevine, i cannot say. however, it's the the ex-boyfriend of another person

i like this. we're going from stevie nicks to carole king. this makes sense. first up this morning, follow the inspiring true story of singer/song writer carole king's remarkable ride to stardom. the beautiful, carole king musical is performing right now at the beautiful smith center. >> that's right. joining us now with what to expect is erika olson, who plays cynthia weil. also is ben fankhauser, who plays barry mann. great having both of you. >> thanks for having us. >> good morning. >> for those who aren't familiar, explain a little bit more about "beautiful." >> it's a story of carole king's rise to stardom. a lot of people know her from her tapestry days. but a lot of people don't know she wrote huge hits for the shah rels and the drifters back in the day. it's a look at the story of all the songs we've grown up with and come to love. >> i have to tell you, it blew my mind when i looked at her song list. >> we googled it.

actual woman. ? one fine day ?? >> who knew she wrote that? >> "will you still love me tomorrow." >> keep going. >> and loco doings motion. >> no kidding? >> yes. >> some really interesting singers did her songs. >> yeah, yeah. >> fantastic. fascinating. >> tell us a little bit about the show. >> so the story takes place in the era of t alley and rock'n'roll. it was a lot of song writers sitting cubicle to cubal writing for artists of the day, rather than what we know a lot of singer/song writers. it's a really neat look into the music industry and her story. >> erika, you play cynthia weil, tell us what it's like playing this character. >> absolutely wonderful. it's so interesting to know these songs and to recognize them, but to maybe not be familiar with the people behind

relationship and that love story, it's really fun to watch and fun to be a part of. >> awesome. >> tell us a little bit about your character, barry. >> we play the iconic song writing team, mann/weil. they wrote many hits.t3 look them up. they were best friends to carole and her friend and main competitors. there is a lovely story line there about these two teams competing for the number hit. the man with the he'den ear -- golden ear would have assigned people through the songs. it was all competitive and fun and it's a really cool story. >> that's awesome. >> yeah. >> congratulations, by the way. it was announced you're joining the national tour of the production. this is fresh off the prestigious tour. congrats on that. >> thank you. >> this is like the apertif

this performances here in vegas? >> it's so much fun. it's always so much fun to hear the audience's reaction to the songs that we're singing. we call it mooing. when you start singing a song and everyone is oh, i love that song. >> it sounds like mooing on stage. >> it's a general roar. >> ohhh [ laughter ] >> that's so much fun for me. >> that's great. >> let me reiterate you just graduated from that's right school. >> i did. >> now you're in a national touring production. >> yes. >> this is huge and very exciting. >> yes. i'm incredibly honored. keep pinching myself. it's been a really great experience so far. this is my second city. >> where was the first? >> san francisco. >> a good one. >> where do you go from here? we're so fortunate to have a venue to be able to have amazing productions like this. >> absolutely. the smith center is beautiful.

>> yeah. >> we're going to orange county after this. >> yes. very cool. >> you're mentioning you think the smith center is an absolutely stunning venue. >> yeah. this is one of the best theaters i've ever played. >> hello? >> really. who would have hunk? top of the line premium. i never want to leave. >> how do we get tickets? i know they're still available. >> go to the smith center web site or ticketmaster.com and us. we're playing eight shows this week until sunday. >> wow. >> yeah. >> we didn't mention you're a veteran of broadway, on and off broadway. >> yeah, yeah. i'm happy to be on the road and seeing what's happening across america. >> awesome. great to have you in our city. >> thank you. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> so cool. beautiful. the carole king musical runs through sunday. 2:00 p.m. matinees on saturday and sunday. for tickets, head to the smith

listed. more to come in minutes. stay with us. we'll be right back. politics should never come before basic health care, but that's the choice joe heck keeps making. women like me rely on planned parenthood for checkups and cancer screenings, but congressman joe heck voted ten times to take away their funding. heck even threatened to shut down the federal government to eliminate funding for planned parenthood. shutting down the government... taking away access to lifesaving care... just to score political points.

with appointments getting your kids to practice and more. fall is a busy time of year. so how do you get ev done when you have too much to do? have no fear. organizing expert mary carlomagno is here with tips to help busy families stay on track. good morning, mary. >> good morning, j.j. >> so where is the best place to start when trying to keep our families organized? >> well, it is a busy time of year. everyone is readjusting. new schedules, new pick up times, all of those things. i like to help my clients find ways to save time and one of the

meal preparation in advance. i always tell them to stock their pantries with essential, verse taliban go-to items. i always have mine stocked with success rice because it's so versatile. it comes in the bpa free cool arounder style bags. so no mess, no measuring. it's really easy. this is the original ten-minute full proof boil and bag rice. you can use it on the stove, in the microwave. you don't have recipes because successrice.com has so many recipes. i'm loving the zesty stuffed bell peppers. this is a protein, a vegetable and a rice. it's all in one. it's a great, great family favorite. >> bell peppers are very good for you as well. i love it. a stocked pantry is really the true sign of planning ahead. very smart. what about yourself -- do you have any go-to tips for keeping yourself organized?

really more about your family and taking your family out for a night during the week rather than waiting 'til the weekend. i feel like during the week it's a great break. it's a good way to spend family time and really check in with your family. we always pick a tuesday night and we love going to outback. it's our favorite place to go. and right now for a limited time, they're doing an over the top raise the steaks menu. you can choose from crispy beer battered onion rings, or the it looks delicious. then over that is a crispy hash brown cake. this is just two of the ideas they have there on their menu. you should really check out the whole thing. it's really tasty. great way to check in with your family in the middle of the week and take family time. >> it certainly is. and no dishes! that's the bonus. >> that's meal preparation at its best. >> yes. now, meals are a big deal. sometimes it's the only time we have to sit down all together as a family. do you have any other suggestions for maybe saving

cooking at home? >> well, i do think that you shop the sales and you do look ahead and buy things on sale so you have that well-stocked pantry instead of waiting to grab things the minute you need it. keeping it well stocked and taking inventory is helpful so you don't buy and rebuy or buy and not use, which also wastes a lot of money. so it's more of like a buy as you go kind of philosophy rather than doing a big shop. keep replenishing is really the way to go. >> yes! i th buy ahead so you always have something to grab. >> yeah. >> i was really inspired by -- i'm sorry. i was inspired by your book "give it up." it has many lessons in it, including declutterring your life. can you share a lesson from it? >> yes. sure. decluttering your life is all about finding time for yourself. one of the ways that i find time for myself is in the morning, i get up before everybody else in the house and i get centered and i do a little meditation.

i always have a cup of coffee with me when i do that. i always have dunken doughnuts because i love dark coffee. it's me time. it's my special time during the day. so carving out that special time is important. dunken dark is bold, never bitter. made with 30% rain forest certified coffee. it comes in k cups. it's great way to kick off your day. take time for yourself really sit in stillness and meditate for a few minutes. that's really the best lesson i can give you for in general and being organized is taking those little breaks when you can because you do need charge your batteries. you can't really be on go all day long and all the time. so taking that few moments in the morning might not sound like a very big deal, but it really is a big deal for your well-being. >> it really is. just take a moment to be present. by the way, i wouldn't be here right now if it weren't for coffee. so yes. thank you for the dunken doughnuts coffee mention.

information? >> definitely check out outback.com.com. successrice.com and dunken.com. i'm always talking about great ways to save time, especially this time of year when we put so much pressure on ourselves. >> thank you so much and thanks for looking out for the moms. get it all done successfully. for more information on these tips, visit any of the web sites listed. you can also watch this segment again on our web site, vegasmorningblend.com. >> thank you so much. so are you prepared for the unexpected? we're talking a blown tire, a broken appliance or unexpected layoff. studies show that over 60% of americans have less than $1,000 in savings. here with the importance of saving for that emergency fund, how to do it is judah zakalik, here with peters and associates. the panda guys. how are you? >> excellent, always. >> an emergency fund. i have one of these in my bank account.

>> something terrible has gone wrong, i might have to dip into this. what's the emergency fund? >> the emergency fund is exactly for that. an unexpected emergency cash to cover that. so you don't have to go into debt to cover that. a lot of people come into my office every day talking about they're in debt and can't get out of it. they normally don't have anything in savings or they use that savings for something they shouldn't have used it for. so what we're talk being is exactly the lead-in. a blown tire, broken refrigerator, something like that that if you kind of money set aside, you're going to need to borrow it, maybe from a payday loan company or a credit card. there you can pay interest on top of that. those can tend to steamroll and then all of a sudden you find yourself in tens of thousands worth of debt. then you have to talk to someone like me about debt settlement or bankruptcy or something like that. let's avoid that if we can. >> i think the worst case scenario, one of them, is losing your job entirely. so there is room of thumb when

you should have x amount of months saved, right? >> three to six months. we need to start slow. not everyone can do three, six months just like that. >> they get discouraged that they don't have the money to fill that much, so don't save at all. >> it's like anything. the first step in a long journey is just that first step, that one step. so that's what we need to do with an emergency fund. if you can set aside $50 a month for that emergency fund, at thend of the year you have $600. that can pay for a whole new set of tires or broken piping in your lawn or something like that. >> look to find an emergency. hey, i ran over some nails in the road and all my tires are popped. >> emergency. >> that's an emergency. >> there is a really great sale on amazon on socks. >> not so much an emergency. i know you love your socks. not so much an emergency. >> i think some people they dip into it. i recently dipped into mine for a stock that i have a good

terrible. don't buy it. i capped 75% of what's there. typically you shoot be doing that. >> right. you shouldn't be doing that. the emergency fund is just that, for things that you need to cover to live, necessities of life. if you start using it to go out to dinner or to buy a gift, then you quickly deplete that emergency fund and you were back where you were before, which is unsecure. >> i think for some people, to disconnect that big amount of money that they see in that account, as money exist essentially. breaking case of emergency. that's tough for some people. i know when i look -- i have three accounts. checking, savings and my emergency be savings. and when you see the full balance, you're like wow, i have that much. but you don't. >> you don't. right. because it's for those unknown things. it's for those things that happen and you weren't prepared for it. that's what it's for. we really need to divorce ourselves from a consumer-driven society where we constantly need new things. i need the new car. i need the new shoes.

that's not how you become rich, become wealthy. you become wealthy, you become rich by being secure in your finances so you can take chances. for instance, you talked about how you took money out of your emergency fund ask used it to invest. that's because you had enough money to feel secure to do that. but if you don't have at least $1,000, $5,000, maybe bring it to 10 or $20,000 to do that, then you shouldn't feel secure enough to go spend on things that you really can't afford. >> i think some people, a perfect way to start is get a >> right. >> generally, sometimes you get 1500, $2,000. stuff it right in there. you got to start it. >> people kind of use that as a deferred spending account. and that's not the way to do it. >> if you're getting a refund, it means you overpaid taxes. it means you're making interest free loan to the government. >> people look at it as they're holding on to it so i don't spend it. >> that's why we need to be disciplined. we need to discipline ourselves. we can't rely on the government to discipline us.

responsibility. part of that is setting aside money and telling yourself no, i'm not going to touch that money unless i really need it. >> you help people that are in debt every day. >> i do. >> at peters and associates. how do people get more information if they find themselves past the emergency fund and in an emergency? >> a lot of people do. they can google panda guys. they can goingle panda law firm or call us. all those are really easy ways to get ahold of us. we'll sit down and not everyone becomes a client of mine. maybe we'll talk about your finances and how you can rearrang hire a lawyer to get you out of debt. >> we got 30 seconds left. three to six months expenses like that's all encompassing, the car loan, the mortgage, the electric bill, this is everything you would have to pay and a little bit for food. >> right. 'cause some people go out and eat. >> save $3,000. >> living frugally. that's what it is. >> there it is. >> we can talk about expense or luxury items later. but first, security fund.

stocks will have to wait. great talking to you. if you want more information on the services offered by peters and associates, aka the panda guy, call the number or visit the web site. both on your screen. they're also on facebook or twitter. save up an emergency fund. you unfortunate know when you're going to need it. i wish my 19-year-old self was watching that. are you on facebook or twitter? you can like or follow us. vegasmorningblend.com, lv morning blend on twitter. links at vegasmorningblend.com. stay with us.

when it comes to birth control, many women today are choosing a pill free method called long acting reversible contraception or lackers. some women shy away because of

set the record straight. here to give us a straight talk on lacker, dr. david howard. good morning. >> good morning. >> before we dive in and talk about larx, can you give us an option women have for birth control? >> the way i like to think about it briefly is number one, you've got male-based methods and female-based methods. based methods, a simplistic way to think about it is active methods in a require the woman to be doing something every time with every intercourse or take something every week or take something every month or day, active method. then there are these passive methods that the best way to think about it, set it and forget it. the woman, if the doctor puts it in and the woman doesn't have to remember anything. it provides long acting

reversible. that's a simplistic way to think about it. >> that was a really nice breakdown. i'm only giggling because i thought of automatic sprinklers in the yard. so thank you. so on the passive methods, that's where we talk about larks or long acting reversible contraception. what are they? >> to be specific, there is three types of long acting reversible contraception. two of them are but what does that stand for? intrauterine device. it's the device with a string at the end that's placed inside uterus. and then there is an implant, sub dermal under the skin implant. those are the three methods of long lasting. two are placed inside the uterus. one under the skin. the two inside the uterus, one lasts five years.

that lasts for three years. >> very interesting. i certainly have heard about iud's. the implant is a little newer to me. and with all three of these, they are reversible as in a woman can have them, have them removed and then carry on to have children. am i right? >> yeah. there is no long-term effects on fertility. >> okay. so choosing is the best method is really about catered to the individual. am i right? >> yes. >> so let's talk about iud's first and talk about who they're best for. >> the interesting thing is that iud's are actually best for almost everyone. and it sounds a little facetious for me to say that, but they actually did a major study in st. louis. the contraception choice study. 10,000 women were given the contraception of their choice at no cost to them and over 70% chose a long-acting method.

intrajewett republican devices. intrauterine devices, either one are suitable for the majority of women. >> okay. interesting. my next question is, what about side effects? i know with iud's, there are a lot of myths out there. there are things that you hear discussed, like you can't happen if you haven't had a baby yet. let's start with side effects. >> that's really critical because not to much, but the reason why iud rates in america dropped for so long is because of the history of what's called a dalcon shield. there is a history behind that. we don't have time for that. but iud's fell out of favor in america for a long time before kind of making a comeback, where the two new ones we have in place for the past decade. the main side effect is abnormal

that's the main one. by abnormal i really mean unpredictable. and the key thing is that yes, it does occur and women ought to be prepared for that. but you got to put it in context. it's really the first six months where the biggest adjustment in the female body occurs after the placement of the intrauterine device. usually after the first six months, the pattern stabilizes and the bleeding the marena iud is almost zero. in the case of the parguard one, the woman has her regular periods every month. >> i was gonna say, that was my next question is actually do you have your period? you do with one? >> but not the other. and that's simply because -- >> oh, boy. i know what one i'd be choosing. >> well, you'd be surprised. that's a good point. but to cut to the chase, the

it release has hormone. it thins the lining of the uterus and that's why it's such a large percentage of those women who have that device have zero periods for five years and they love it. >> which may or may not be a good thing, though. >> no. there is no harm to not having a period. some women, however, especially adeck notally, my patients of latino hispanic river sometimes the copper iud because culturally, some women think that getting your period means you're not pregnant. and with the copper iud, you get your regular period. so psychologically. >> it's very interesting and this is a very personal topic. can we jump ahead a little bit to insurance. when it comes down to it and a woman is informed and makes this choice, is it often covered by

of history. before the affordable care act, there really was a number of situations, number of insurance plans where it would be covered, but maybe with a high co-pay. the sticker price is high. let's not cover it up. almost $1,000. >> wow. >> if you were to pay straight cash. >> that's a lot. >> but now with the affordable care act and the contraceptive mandate, almost every major insurance plan is not covering it, but without any co-pays. >> wow. that is very good to know. thank you so much for being here and sharing this great information with us. >> absolutely. >> for more information on larc and schedule an appointment, call the phone number or visit the web site on your screen. well health women specialty care is also on facebook and twitter. and a community event to tell you about before the break. mattress firm is holding a shoe drive to help foster kids in our

stop by any of the 28 mattress firm locations with new shoes or a monetary donation now through october 30. with this simple donation, you can help put the spring in the step of a local foster child. all proceeds will be donated to

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>> hi, jj. >> hi, shawn. >> hey, welcome back. now streaming on amazon prime, i'm a member. >> me, too. >> all new season of "transparent." >> producer micah has a glimpse of what's to come. micah? >> gym j. and shawn, thank you very much. in our hot and hollywood report,

now out for its third season. this time around we could see more of the woman that more envisions herself to be and here with a peek is amy who plays the oldest daughter sarah. good morning to you. >> good morning, micah. >> let's get up to speed because it's been a while since we checked in with the family from season 2. so if we need a refresher, tell us what's going on. >> well, season 1, our parent transitions from male to season 2, we all freaked out. season 3 i think we are settling in to sort of the new rhythms of the family and although there is always new information and new maces to go on this journey. i mean, one of the things that the show is at when one person transitions, everybody transitions. that can be, you know, changing

we have all kinds of transitions in families. and i think it's talking about how when one person is really authentic to themselves, it request cause everybody else to kind of question who are they? so for sarah particularly this year it's kind of a religious exploration, sort of looking into her judaism, trying to kind of live in a modern family situation. she moves back in with her ex-husband and tries to sort of raise their kids while getting their needs met so she's trying to figure out how to be a good mom and be true to herself at the same time. >> 'cause you mention with the family itself, there are all kind of transitioning to these new lifestyles, per say. and you saw that through your character throughout the past two seasons. >> yeah. i mean, i think people, i sort of became, you know, kind of popular lesbian figure from season one and now i'm sort of

lens of our relationships. that might disappoint some of my fans. but i do think that it's representative of a the lot of people that maybe haven't felt represented, which are people who are kind of open to both and mostly i don't know where she's going to land. >> it's kind -- >> a lot of fun. >> it's kind of reminiscent of today's world because you see this in main stream now. lifestyles and really with this season, i know surgery kind of plays into a factor with your mom in the series, or dad i should say. >> i don't want to give anything away. it gets brought up and we'll see where it ends up going. but yeah. which is definitely more intense for the family because of course it feels more permanent and and so i think possibly our other

shelley, is more threatened by that possibility. but i don't want to give anything away. you have to watch to see what happens. >> i like how you're keeping it all inside. giving us just a little sneak peek of what else to expect this siphon. with it, if you can open the door a little bit, what else can we expect throughout the season? >> well, i think the season finale is really exciting and since we stream it and premiere everything at once, it will only take awe couple hours to get there. episode ten, we went on a cruise, on a norwegian cruise line to puerto vallarta. i brought my dad and boyfriend. it was like being on a love boat and shooting a television show at the same time. it was really fun. the episode is incredible. >> we're happy to take the voyage into season 3.

but thanks for giving us a little glimpse of what's to come and taking the time out this morning. >> thanks. >> of course. season 3 of "transparent" is now streaming on amazon prime. all you have to do is head to the web site right there on your screen for a preview of what to expect. right now back over to you. >> critically acclaimed show. very, very cool. thank you so much. here at 13 action news, we want all the kids in las vegas to be able to stay warm this winter. so our annual coats for kids drive this year our partner again, tropical smoothie cafe. donate gently used or new children's coats to any tropical smoothie location. >> that's right. to find a location near you, go to ktnv.com or tropicalsmoothie.com. a special thanks to the salvation army for distributing the coats to the families in need and a big thanks to tropical smoothie cafe, a proud sponsor of action news and this community project. >> do you know someone who truly makes a difference in the

give back award. how apropos. >> i know. >> vegasmorningblend.com. click on give back on the right-hand side and fill out the form. >> that's right. one lucky person will receive $500 from america first credit union. they're a proud sponsor of this reward with the "morning blend" and hey, after the break, we have september's giveback winners. stay with [cell phone vibrating] when the billionaire koch brothers call, congressman joe heck has been answering. voting with the koch brothers' agenda 85% of the time. giving tax breaks to big oil companies and the super rich, but ending medicare as we know it and forcing cuts to social security. taking care of the koch brothers

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>> welcome back to the blend. the holiday season is on its way and with that comes the spirit of giving. no one knows it better than america first credit union. they not only give back monthly here on the show, but also the community they serve. just kicked off their annual community food drive. >> yeah. and back with more is nicole cypers, pr and social media

our september give away winner. good morning. >> good morning. >> welcome. >> yea! >> thank you. >> let's talk about this, first of all, before we get into darnell, with all due respect. football season is back. are you excited? you have several events coming up for this, don't you? >> we do. so we're excited to be here today to talk about our food drive that just kicked off. it runs through october 22. it's a good time. it's been the holiday season. people can start thinking about making a i know there is a big restaurant, food pantry during the holidays that we want to get a head start on that. it's an opportunity for us as an organization to come together and try and make a difference in the lives of people in the community where we have a presence. so it's something that we look forward to each year. this is our 12th consecutive year. all of the food collected here in southern nevada will go to three square and they will distribute it to the community. >> you take the food that you bring to america first and tuck

>> drop it off. >> and folks can donate at any location? >> any of our location, yes. >> very cool. let's find out more about darnell crockett. each month america first credit union we did this give back campaign where someone can nominate someone who is doing great things in the community. you're the man. >> no. >> thank you. >> let's talk about what you do. how do you give back to the community? >> well, i coach youth football in the north las vegas area and it's more like i explained. i teach these young men discipline, brotherhood, just togetherness, how to open up. some of these kids, i got probably at least six, seven special needs kids on my team. >> wow. >> and some of them didn't even talk when they first came. they knew how to talk, but they weren't very verbal. two, three years, now they're speaking to verbal in school. like i told her, when i first started, it was a lot about

competitive. but now i can care less. if all these kids graduate high school, i've done my job. >> that's awesome. >> that's it. >> you work with the school district? >> yeah. i work for the school district, too. i love kids. i run my youth football team on the side. >> what's the name of that team? >> las vegas sun devils. >> i couldn't tell. here is the deal, people look at football, it's like it's a sport. beyond a sport, like baseball was for me beyond a to have a team building exercise, to have your peers working together as a unit can really go far not only in their school lives, but in their lives going forward. >> true. i'm telling you, like these kids learn brotherhood and you take them out of -- some of these kids come from a real tough environment. so for me to take them out of that environment for two hours a day and show them that it's something different and there is still hope, it teaches them a lot. a whole bunch.

home. so to get away for those 2 1/2 hours every day and a couple more on saturday and even spend the night at coach house if they want to, it means a lot to them. it gives them hope. >> kinship there. >> yeah. >> look, we got a photo. >> nice! >> and a lot of people think of las vegas sun devils and they think of coach d. but i couldn't have done this without marvin mccraney, aaron hickman, m those are some of the ones that helped me create this. this is not all me. they do a lot to help me run this organization smoothly. >> that's fantastic. >> you have to see the first photo up was usc colors. so that was that. >> that was a usc thing here? >> no, no. we're just the sun devils. >> the colors look nice. >> thank you. if anything, we will be more like desert shield, like i graduated cheyenne. but some of my coaches graduated

we come from everywhere so we could take that. so we ran with the sun theme of vegas. >> the trojans got their colors from cheyenne high school. we're here. we got a big prize check. let's do the honors. >> yes. i am so honored to be here today to present you with this $500 check and it's amazing what you're doing for the young men in this community and you're making a difference in their lives and we want to recognize you and congratulate you. >> thank you. we appreciate it. we do so much not only coaching them in football, but mentoring them as being better adults, better children. we give them rides home, feed them. everything. so it goes a long way. >> absolutely. there is no question. were you surprised when you got the phone call? >> i was. it's great to be at least recognized a little bit. i don't have to be recognized, 'cause i do it -- i love those kids. to see every day when i go and see them run up, coach, that's why i do it.

it's nice. >> that's phenomenal. great having you. congratulations. we want to become an america first member, how do we do so? >> go to america first.com. >> thank you so much. >> good luck. >> nominate someone today for the give back award. america first credit union, they partnered up with us for that $500 prize each months. vegasmorningblend.com. click on the right-hand side to nominate. america first credit union has 14 locations across southern nevada. for more information, visit their web site. you can also find them on facebook and twitter. >> absolutely. right there on your screen. still to come on the "morning blend," what to expect on tomorrow's all new "speechless" on 13. >> on ktnv.com, you can find so many great stories on what makes this valley a special place to live. click on the positively lv tab under sections, from special

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hot in hollywood report this morning. you saw in the premiere a voice to be reckoned with. catch the new family comedy called "speechless." it's wednesday nights and here with the scoop on episode is dad, john ross bowe and the actor who plays kenneth. how are you? >> very good. >> congratulations on this series. i'm just trying to picture what it was like to pitch this show. hey, i have a show, elvis has cerebral palsy and it's a comedy. what do they say about that? >> you mean our writer has been sitting on this script for

who had cerebral palsy and so it's a story that's near and dear to his heart. he says that his family obviously had some difficulties, but also laughed a lot. and i think it was a sort of a refreshing take on living with a disability. i think the network just pounced on it. >> you hear and see on film or television with a character that has a disability, it's drama or a maudlin or very sad and have this as the comedy first and this character just happens to have cerebral palsy is refreshing. it's something new for everyone. >> it really is awesome to see abc take that chance and to see obviously the story be told. and a light way as well. i agree totally. john, let's talk about your character, jimmy. tell us about jimmy.

i've ever played because he's really genuinely cool, which i frankly didn't think was in my wheel house. but i welcome the challenge and jimmy is great. jimmy goes along to get along and he loves his family very much and he loves his wife even though she can be a little abrasive and scott, our creator and i talked about how we want to do make sure he wasn't the standard sitcom dad who is scared of his wife and rolls his eyes all the time. so he has sort of a quiet strength that i think is really fun to play and the cast is so great to work with. i really can't complain. >> absolutely. let's talk about kenneth. >> sure. what do you need to know. what should we know? you tell us.

is really ill equipped for this job. he does not know anything about being an aide. but he has a genuine care and love for the kid. so he is ready to jump ship from being a grounds keep tore an aide and see what adventure lies ahead and get to go know the family. jj, have a really beautiful scene in the episode that kind of cements their relationship. it's also really funny, which is nice. we're walking a nice line between sweet and absurdist that's really fun to walk. >> the interesting thing, john, is that in the show, you obviously have your son has cerebral palsy. but you have two other kids as well and it just kind of going through the trials and tribulations of how to make that

it's really a fun and interesting show. >> what's an interesting dynamic i haven't seen portrayed on television before is the idea that yes. if you have a family with siblings and one of the siblings has a disability, sometimes the other kids, the typical kids will feel like they're getting a little short stick and our show explores that dynamic and plays with it a little bit and mason and kyla who play my other children are terrific, sharp, sharp comic actors. so they really rise to the occasion. >> awesome. that literally is a situation that's in my family right now. so i thought that was a really cool angle. gentlemen, congratulations on success of the show. i know people are raving about it. we look forward to seeing more tomorrow. >> thank you. >> thanks for having us. >> good to talk to you. "speechless" tomorrow at 8:30 right here on 13. you want more information, head to the web site, abc.com. j.j., over to you.

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