connie, great to have you on tonight. tell us your thoughts as you hear this sad news about barbara walters. >> alyson, i can't imagine journalism without barbara. barbara was one of a hand full of women who was in a news business at the time i started but beyond that, she blazed a trail for the men, too. in other words, the men were sitting back there not aggressively going after interviews, one on one interviews and they were not picking up the phone, frankly. she did everything she could to get an interview. she was emphaticble. i met her in 1969 first when i was working at a local station in washington d.c. and she was just -- she was bigger than life. she met me at her limousine at the southwest gate of the white house because i wanted to interview her and i hopped in the limbo and i sat there in the back with her and she had an assistant sitting in the front and she was giving instructions on what to do about this and what to do about that and i thought oh my god, this is like a kathryn hepburn movie saying so defin

i'm connie chung in new york. i'll see you again next sunday night and. >> award-winning journalist connie chung joins me now. it's such an honor. and this book is incredible. so we look at all those moments that you had and obviously you're a trailblazer first woman to co-anchor cbs evening news, as i said, first asian to anchor a major news broadcast. and it is today, 2024 where we are for the first time seeing the first black, first asian woman to be on the top of a ticket for president in the united states are you thinking are you surprised that it took this long or is this what you thought it would be i always am surprised when when women make it up the ladder it's always a big shock to me because we have not reached the level of pain 30 and we'll see what happens. >> i don't you know, i don't know sitting here, what will happen and it is fraught with danger for me to go there. >> you know. >> i know right for sure your point of view. >> i'll note okay. she's such a good news person. can i just say erin, i wa

connie eventually found him another family, but they returned him, too.ason. >> i was just so mad because i thought that they weren't going to keep me. i was just trying to test them. >> reporter: but they were going to keep you. >> yeah, i know. >> when you feel you're not lovable and you're up against someone loving you, that's a pretty scary thing. >> reporter: throughout the whole process, connie never gave up believing there was someone out there for taylor, someone who could see his potential and help him realize it. after that second family returned him, she stopped looking. >> all i could think about was how he was feeling and how he was blaming himself again. >> reporter: connie says she felt so bad for taylor she got this ache, this physical ache in her stomach. but it was a pain that came with an epiphany. she says she realized right then and there she couldn't be his caseworker anymore. the next day, she made arrangements to drop him as a client and take him on as a son. you'd looked all over for somebody to parent him. >> and it was me. >> re

one of them, you too. >> oh my gosh. >> hi, connie it's connie, my parents immigrated to the united states. and your face on their television said was a real source of comfort and confidence for them. and i was two when thought you were really pretty ayyy but when it was time to come pick out a name, an american name for myself, there was only one real choice and that was connie. so on behalf of all the colonies that came after you and every person or woman who were moved by seeing you on their television sets thank you i can't believe it flabbergasted mario always told me i was the jackie robinson of news time but he says, you see people named their children, jackie and willie mays. willie and willie. that's you thought oh, man, i hate it when your right will connie yeah. >> the original the one and only and so many ways to all of those kinase. thank you. it is an honour for me to be able to sit in a chair like this and be talking to you, erin. >> you know what? it's a real honour for me too, because i really think you're the journalist who can carry the baton. think a barbara walters alw

thank you also to connie, donny, and gloria and paul.e back after the break with more memories from other people that knew dick clark very well. >> dick clark was a great friend of mine. he lived in one of my buildings for years in new york. he was just a real icon. i would watch "american bandstand" and i would also watch every new year's eve. dick clark was the one. all energy development comes with some risk, but proven technologies allow natural gas producers to supply affordable, cleaner energy, while protecting our environment. across america, these technologies protect air - by monitoring air quality and reducing emissions... ...protect water - through conservation and self-contained recycling systems... ... and protect land - by reducing our footprint and respecting wildlife. america's natural gas... domestic, abundant, clean energy to power our lives... that's smarter power today. like in a special ops mission? you'd spot movement, gather intelligence with minimal collateral damage. but rather than neutralizing enemies in their

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connie is 6 64 years old. she was married to a police officer who died nine years ago she was receiving pension from his benefit. connie, thank you so much for being with us. first of all my mother would admire you because you live a frugal live. you haven't worked. you're getting your husband's pension, and you live frugally. but now this is a problem. you could make it on that $25,000 a year which is half as much as more americans could make it on, but now you're worried where that is going to come from. >> right. >> what are your options? what are you thinking about? >> well, i've already talked to my son and my daughter-in-law that if i have to i could always back in and live with them, , but i'm 64, i really don't want to live with my son and five kids. if i have to, i have to. >> this is a tough thing. you just heard the story that my friend duarte did about the firefighters in west virginia. your husband, what did he do? tell me about your husband. >> well, he was a police officer for 26.5 years. my fat

thank you also to connie, donny, and gloria and paul. we'll be back after the break with more memories from other people that knew dick clark very well. >> dick clark was a great friend of mine. he lived in one of my buildings for years in new york. he was just a real icon. i would watch "american bandstand" and i would also watch every new year's eve. dick clark was the one. 0 >>> one of today's most powerful vocal sounds and wouldn't you know it, they are from philadelphia. the multiaward-winning boyz 2 men. ♪ just see that i need you near and away from me at all times ♪ ♪ my feelings are there ♪ that i won't let go >> dick clark introducing boyz 2 men on "american bandstand," also the commodores, a supergroup with lionel richie also had some memorable performers on "bandstand." you said you sounded on key. is this an unusual event? >> it happens more than people think, the off-key thing. >> what does it mean to you to see dick clark introducing you as a group? how big a moment is that for any musical act? >> think i appreciate it now

. >> rose: who is connie? connie -- how do i describe this? he's a romantic psychopath. ( laughter ) >> rose: a romantic psychopath who's panicked. >> yeah, definitely, he's kind of having a bad day. >> rose: yeah. but, yeah, he's a small-time kind of criminal from queens who is -- he gets obsessed and fixated with his relationship with his younger brother who is kind of meany challenged. >> rose: and he doesn't want to talk about that, i recognize that. >> he doesn't want to recognize that at all. that was one of the major things i loved about the story is an early moment in the movie. connie breaks his brother out of his psychiatrist's office, and they're in a place where there's a lot of mentally handicapped people, and because connie is the way he is, he refuses to accept that his brother could have anything wrong with him because they share the same blood. he's a narcissist at the same time, but i've seen that happen. you know, people who have a sibling who has issues to deal with, and the sibling, maybe it's because their parents had to

connie frances at her home in california, donny osmond and paul anka. you knew dick clark for 40, 50 years, an absolute lgds of the business, put it in historical context, how important was dick clark, do you think? >> he was a pioneer, in the early days of television, with "american bandstand" he revolutionized music. he had blacks and whites dance together, unheard of, a lot of young people watching were saying, what? that's crazy. that was crazy then to put that on. risk taking. then he was involved in so many programs that the public didn't even know. >> i knew that you were responsibility for this show alone before i came along. 7,000 shows. dick clark apparently was responsible in all these guises for 75,000 shows on television. there's so many things he touched as a producer, as a businessman, he owned a radio network, quiz shows, television talk shows, he produced donnie and marie. you're going to have donnie on. >> if you could bottle the dick clark magic, what would you would have? >> he could do anything, he was very, very good. you wouldn't

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. >> good evening, i'm connie chung. >> he made guilty pleasures. tonight the interview with connie chung, maury povich on life, love and politics. why should americans keep saying sorry? this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening. our big story tonight, with the louisiana primary just days away newt gingrich is on the attack, taking shots at president obama, mitt romney, rick santorum. even robert de niro. also connie chung and moaury povi povich, a power couple with 75 years in the news business. they'll weigh in on everything from the gop to whitney houston and my worldwide exclusive with football legend joe namath. does he think new york has faith in tim tebow? >> he'll be happy here, he'll fit in well here and we're happy to have him. >> i'm really psyched up. i'm looking forward to next season. >> look what he did for the broncos last year. it might push sanchez to be tougher and get out there all the time. >> well, he's not going to be a quarterback. he's a wild card. >> they'll play him as a running back. >> i think it's dumb. >> i thi

and thank you also to connie francis, gloria estefan and paul anka.fter the break with more people who knew dick clark very well. >> dick clark was a great friend of mine. he lived in my building for many years in new york. i would watch american band stand. dick clark was the one. [ gnome ] enjoying your holiday? ooo no. the hotel lost our reservation. nonsense! you book at travelocity, your reservation's guaranteed. well, i did not book with travelocity, okay?!? [ female announcer ] get the travelocity guarantee anywhere when you book with our new app. you'll never roam alone. >>> one of today's most powerful vocal sounds and wouldn't you know it, they are in philadelphia. the multiaward winning boyz 2 men. ♪ just see that i need you near and away from me at all times ♪ ♪ my feelings are there ♪ that i won't let go >> boyz 2 men on -- the commodores, a supergroup with lionel ritchie also had some memorable performances on "bandstand." you said you sounded in key. is this an unusual event? >> it happens more than people think, the off-key thing. >> w

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connie, we'll see the airing of the interview sunday. acknowledging it is the president and not "60 minutes" breaking with precedent. could "60 minutes" have handled this differently or do you think they were best, following usual practices? >> clearly this was not leslie's decision. as a correspondent, we all will weigh in but it is the management's decision of what to do. we used to call them the suits, you know, and whatever the suits decide is what's going to happen. i heard yesterday when you were interviewing bill carter of "new york times," he used to be the media person, he said he did not understand why cbs didn't release it because it is news and that it could clearly effect the debate that's coming up. in other words, what was it that caused the president to walk out on the interview. i think i would have released it because both the white house and cbs seem to be playing a game of chicken. we have nothing to hide. you know we as reporters and the media have nothing to hide. why not just put it out. but it is a management deci

connie, your response to the president. not allowed to talk about race and how are we going to make it better if we don't talk about it? >> i strongly recommend all these critics and viewing audience to read the 17,000 word piece by david. i think what the president went on to say in the next paragraph in his piece, he cautioned progressives from making gene l generalizations that anybody on the right that would oppose him would be because of race. he didn't say that. he made it clear we should not assume that everyone opposes his policies because he's black. i find it so interesting they couldn't be bothered to read one section of that story, let alone the full story. >> you can easily make the case that the conservative policies that have presented on a state level from state to state where the conservatives hold the houses and the senate in their local governments, the attack on women. the depression of wages, going after workers, not going with minimum wage, voting rights. i mean, all of these things, do they not attack

connie, what about that? >> i know i hang on rick perry's every word. >> you have to, connie. -- you might miss something. >> i'm not going to take his authority on much of anything in this country. i don't think he knows what's going on in texas half the time. >> that's very true. but, of course, you have to give me credit. they've got a weak bench. i'm trying to do something. >> i know you are. but i want to say this, though. i am very excited to ever hear the name elizabeth warren and hillary clinton in the same sentence. that means we're talking about women plural, possibly, running for president. and i'm 56 years old. i've waited a long time for this conversation. >> well, that's kind of the line of the questioning i was bringing forward. i mean, i think there are a lot of people in this country such as yourself that would like to see hillary do this. what about elizabeth warren? she is more liberal than hillary. is that debate needed? >> well, she is certainly resonating, i think -- what she is doing. she has been so consistent in her fight on behalf of working americans

joining me now florida republican congressman and senate candidate, connie mack. good morning. >> good morning. how are you? >> i'm okay. i want to start with the paul ryan budget, because what your campaign said you were referring to is a joke and what i feel like i heard in that quote were two different things. your campaign says you were referring to the process. you seem to be referring to the budget itself. which is it? >> well, look, clearly the process in washington is broken. you have a senate who for over three years hasn't been willing or able to pass a budget. in fact, just last week, you had the senate budget committee that senator nelson sits on go through an exercise where they gave opening statements, but after all the senators were able to pontificate what they would do in their own little world about balancing a budget, then the chairman of the committee decided not to have a vote on a budget at all. and then, you know, frankly i am a little disappointed that there are a lot of things in the ryan budget that i like. there are a lot of reforms that

. 13,000 people in lamark deserve better than connie troub.correct the structural racism that people like connie troub represent. >> yeah. well, to twist jack nicholson, you can't take the troub. what actions should the justice department take against her and bring some sense of balance to the situation? >> i think the doj is going to find here, like they're finding in our voter id case, the clear violations that texas legislators are trying to impose on minority voters and there's no way that connie troub can adequately represent the some 35% of people that live overall and are african-american in la mark. she can't serve those people and she certainly can't help the city address the problems they are having with their school district. that tape, that racist tape she makes she tries to delineate the difference between stupid and ignorant. here's the difference. the difference is blaming the failure on our texas schools is on melanin in people's skin. the education is because of people in the education system and. they cut $5 million from the

connie, i'll start with you. well, i know you were trying to bait us with that lead-in, but it's not going to work, chris, because family forgives. that's how we're feeling about this today. sherrod and i moved back to the city of cleveland last fall, so this is beyond exciting for us. we're thrilled he's coming back. sherrod, i think you felt the same way, i never cared that he was going to leave. i remember writing at the time before he made his decision, i remember saying, look, he's 25 years old. if he were my son, i'd say you do what you need to do, son. but then he did the decision the way he did. >> i cared that he was going to leave and i was not happy when he left. but i also understood, as connie said, there was an interesting comment from, i believe, a barber in east cleveland. i think he was in east cleveland today who said, you know, he went away for four years in the service. then got to see the world, came back to cleveland. that's what lebron did. and people are very excited about him. i saw lebro

connie schultz joins us now from ohio. connie, it's great to see you.ct against cynicism for you and a big hearted statement to make. a lot of people i think greeted this with cynicism, assuming this is something they're going to say and never do, but you're essentially saying that this is something that might be possible now. >> you know where i first learned that as a columnist was when ohio seemed so radically against same-sex marriage and gay rights and over time incrementally i could see change, and you had to create the space for it, to allow for it. and i believe congressman turner. i saw him the day after the shootings. i saw how emotional he was about it. i don't doubt his good intentions. i know that there are people who say, well, wouldn't it have been nice sooner? yes, all kinds of things would be nice if they had come much sooner, but i will take them where we find them and whatever gets them here, welcome, because we need major action. and if we don't show that support, if we just greet it with cynicism, not only are we being predictably l

i want to thank connie. i want to thank connie who introduced me. i want to thank her and her family for being here on behalf of her sister, natoma. i don't know if everything understood that natoma's in the hospital right now, so connie was filling in. it's not easy to share such a personal story when your sister, whom you love so much, is sick, so i appreciate connie being able to do so here today and -- i want everybody to understand that connie and her sister are the reason that i'm here today. see, connie felt it was important that her sister's story be told, but i want to just repeat what happened here. last month, i got a letter from connie's sister, natoma. she's self-employed, trying to make ends meet and for years, she's done the responsible thing. just like most of you have. she bought insurance. she didn't have a big employer who provided her insurance, so she brought her insurance through the individual market. it was important for her to have insurance because 16 years ago, she was diagnosed with a treatable form of cancer and even tho

i've had rand paul on, connie mack. connie mack going to be on tomorrow or friday.d balance, both of you support cut, cap and balance but you didn't have a chance to vote on it. we are now with our baseline budgeting, projected 7.5% increase, pretty much as far as the eye can see, correct? every year we go up in increased spending 7, 8% a year, is that right senator thune? >> in the entitlement programs that probably is right. that's why we have to get entitlement reform undertaken. >> sean: we passed a bill that says we live within the 2011 budget. in other words, this year's budget, which is 1.65 trillion that we didn't take in. we are going to live within that budget for the next six years and decrease it every year just 1%. can you not find a way to manage the deficit and the debt and get our country off risking its aaa bond rating that way? >> absolutely we could do that. it would be reasonable. it would be the kind of steady step-by-step process that could lead us to a balanced budget. it won't be easy. that's most significant than it might appear. but it is d

i'm joined by connie schultz, connie, good to see you, thank you for being with us. alexandria ocasio-cortez said something, she said it's against all of us. we learned it through me too. and threw black lives matter. if it happens to any of us, it happens to all of us. it's a piece of responsibility that we need to all take, and not just ted yoho and rodger williams, but those that send them to congress and the people who allow them to be in congress and their political party as well. >> well, there's a lot there. what i love, first of all, i love when i am interviewed by a man who understands and advocates for women, so thank you for that tonight, every time something like this happens, the day gets heavier. what i also love is what happened with congress woman orcasio-cortez, she did not make it about her. she could have. she would have been justified in doing it, but instead she carries as she climbs. she took it on as an issue that so many women face daily and talk about how it's worse in the moment because it came from a member of congress. and i love that she

that sounds like you are running for president. >> connie and i have not made that decision.ght after election as more and more people began to talk to me, we begin to notice that national democrats and some p p pundits say they make this a choice, they talk to the progressive base or workers, working class families regardless of race. to me, you got to do both. that's how we won ohio. you've got to talk to workers and have the message and talk regardless of the work they do. you do it without compromise on women's rights and civil rights and guy rights and workers rights and that's what we've done in ohio. i think that because ohio is in so many ways the number one swing state in the country, a message that works there, the dignity of work works everywhere. >> that's the question. you are someone who has run statewide many times in ohio and as a decembscriptive matter, ha ton of success in a state that's more republican. that's what the numbers bear out. you managed to win this year. do you think that he is samessa you're a ohio boy that has a deep connection in the state yo

but you and connie seemed to get me into weird situations. i've had my foot stuck in weird swamps with you guys. this is pretty silty, sinks right in. i've put things on my head. this is very amelia earhart, old school. >> i really think that if you're notke going to dvantage of having the anchor of your show out in the field and be able to put an f.m.r.i. machine on his head and give him a test early in the morning to see how we he can coun backward from 100 by sevens. >>reenivasan: 16, nine, two, thank god, it's over. >> and the idea that you'd be willing to do that and be willing to rt of put yourself in the shoes of somebody who was going through that test where researchers are you know we had some fun with it but they're working on a very serious policy problem. and i really think it's a unique opportunity to be ae to sort of really show the viewer what that process is like, and what trchose resrs are learning from it. and we're certainly really happy teehat you'vesort of game to do that with us over these past year, years. >>in sreeniva

a baby girl named connie, born in indiana, may 12th, 1949.family in southern california, here in the arms of her new father. right in front, her bobbed hair, and through the years, she would wonder about her biological mother. this is connie now, on the right. her daughter buying her an ancestry dna kilt. and it revealed a cousin. and it also revealed her mother's name. and it said, well, here's my mother's given name, and she said, oh, that's my aunt. oh, by the way, she's still alive. i'm like, oh my god. >> reporter: and just days ago, waiting for her in a tampa nursing home, connie's biological mother, genevieve puriton. watch her face when they hug. there were tears, and genevieve revealing that she was 18 and wasn't married when she gave birth. and she says the hospital told her her baby had died. >> it's okay. it's okay. >> reporter: her daughter connie telling us, that hospital is now gone, and the doctor is no longer living. that they may never have the mystery solved. what they do know is that there was a time when there was a lot o

representative connie mack.editor and msnbc political analyst, eugene robinson. thank you for joining us. >> you were talking about the connie mack in our life. >> he was the great manager of the philadelphia a's and the manager -- >> was that your grandfather? >> great grandfather. >> and he made baseball what it is today. one of the most amazing things he managed in the dugout in a business suit and tie and hat. >> i was saying this because the uniforms were made of all wool. >> so, connie, we've been talking a bit about the debt. you look at the front page of the "usa today," united states owes $62 trillion. we owe $5 trillion more in 2010, added to the debt in 2010. these numbers don't add up. what do we do? we geesht a big showdown coming. >> let me show you what my big plan is. first of all, thank you for having me on. my plan is simple. e with cut 1% of spending every year for six years. in the seventh year we cap it. eighth year we balance the budget and after ten years we cut $10.5 trillion. i think abo

connie, thank you for sharing your wisdom. >> amen. >> thank you for being with us, connie, she is a pulitzer prize winning author. >>> and good evening once again. day 1,281 of the trump administration. 103 days to go until the presidential election. donald trump, as you may know, has been pushing for a big republican national convention like the coronation in cleveland back in 2016. he wanted it in north carolina, but when that state's governor insisted on strict health protocols, trump pulled it out of there, put it in florida. in eight weeks, that state has grown into the coronavirus epicenter, and after the local sheriff said he couldn't guarantee the safety of visitors to jacksonville, well, today after all that, trump scrapped it. >> and my political team came to