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leaders expect to squeeze some fun in there, as well. ar lot saenz joins with us more on that. good morning, arlet. >> good morning, diane and kendis. prime minister abe was the first to visit president trump at trump tower right after he won the election and even gave him a golden golf club as a sign you have friendship. today they will kick off a weekend of personal bonding starting with a red carpet welcome at the white house and time in the oval office. on the top of the agenda is reaffirming the security relationship between the u.s. and japan at a time when trump made long-time allies very uneasy. trump has previously suggested japan pay more for its own defense. trade will be a big top pick after he killed the transpacific partnership deal. but their time together won't end at the white house. tonight the president and prime minister and their wives all fly together on air force one to a weekend at trump's winter white house, his

florida. what do two world leaders do over a weekend together? they'll be playing a lot of golf, sharing many moo meals and relaxing. the white house stays president trump is saying for abe's stay at his resort. the rest of the delegation will be staying somewhere else in town. >> by in town, they have to go way, way way off campus to do that. cool. turning now to wild scenes in south africa's parliament. >> yes. so the lawmakers wearing red who are opposed to south africa's president are brawling with security guards here. >> oh. that's they're the ones in white. >> yes, this happened just before president zumas state of the nation address which was carried on national television. those opposition lawmakers are demanding zuma's resignation because of corruption allegations. >> here's the confusion with all of this. apparently the people in red were angry at the people in white saying you can't wear white in the winter but the

confusion is in the southern hemisphere, it's summer. >> is it after labor day or before labor day? >> they're allowed to wear white. >> with all the back and forth going on over cabinet picks maybe this is how they should settle it. last man standing gets the vote. >> that would be nice. a man in china is facing charges after an argument at a fireworks store. officials say he used firecrackers to start the fire. video allegedly showing him buying a pack of firecrackers, then setting them off. officials. >> not part of the plan. >> no, whoa. so it ended up like that. so no shocker here. officials say the man was intoxicated and has a history of trouble involving fire works. there were no injuries. >> did his breath contributor to the explosion? so much alcohol on it. >> started it. >> oh, boy. aye yi yi. coming up, counting down to the grammys. >> our music guru is joining

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♪ work, work, work >> we're soon going to figure out if all these music artists work, work, work has paid off at the grammy awards. music's big night is coming this sunday. >> otherwise known as people trying to figure out what is a record, what is an album? what are those? "world news now" contributor for music bruno del granato working with top artists in thes by for 25 years when those albums were a thing. >> that's right. >> exactly. >> bruno, you're in l.a. for the big event. thanks so much for joining us live. start with album of the year. nominees there are adele for

purpose, drake for views, sturgill simpson for "a sailor's guide to earth." >> what's your prediction. >> beyonce. she has won 20 grammysage none in the best album category. it's long overdue. this album "lemon aide," is a ground breaking record that touches on a lot of hot subjects. ♪ >> i think beyonce is so powerful she has outdrowned bruno a little bit there. i want to do a correction to what i said at the top. people will be googling who sturgill simpson is on sunday night. bruno, if you can hear us, for the record of the year nominees, pretty good list here as we look at the graphic, you'll see adele for "hello," beyonce for

years," rihanna featuring drake for "work," and 21 pilots for "stressed out." you say what? >> adele, "hello." she had us at hello. >> yeah. >> almost 16 months ago, it was incredible song writing and performance by adele. her pipes are beyond awesome. this is her -- >> it is beautiful and it was worth the wait, no doubt. >> so good in fact, it's not only up for album of the year but song of the year. adele for "hello," beyonce from "formation," lucas graham "seven years." mike posner. >> who wins there. >> song of the year as you know is given to the songwriter. in this case it's adele once again. tremendous singer/songwriter she is. and craftsmanship of the song is

nominees with all due respect. number one for ten weeks on th charts. it's still getting a lot of play everywhere you go. it really not only should it to be the song of the year but should have been the song of the year last year, as well. >> it really did play for a little while shoo she's broken records for her album. two albums that were best album of the year two years in a row or top selling album of the year. >> big competition. >> her two albums 21 and 25 are the two best selling albums of the political lenniam. 1 sold 14 million copies and 60 weeks this one is in the top 20 of the charts. she's amazing. > adele has already won. >> so last but not least, the nominees for best new artist. there's only one person i know here. there's kelsey ballerina, the chain smokers, we know chance the rapper, as well. maren morris

>> bruno, take it from here. who's your guess. >> right now, the chain smokers have had four smash hits, closer was number one for 12 weeks. the longest-running number one in 2016. they are part of the genre which is dance music which is humongous. very popular. if they win, they'll be the first edm artist to win the award. they're up for other grammys. i think they will win best new artist. if not the chain smokers or chance the rapper. >> we've got to be really quick. you're there at the hilton where a big party is being held. what are you hearing what will be a big surprise come sunday? >> a couple of good ones. bruno mars and the tyme doing a prince tribute. i also hear maybe john legend, adele with george michael. it's going to be really good. beyonce and her twins will be performing, as well. >> awesome. >> the twins are

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