the grammys. what they should say is, "this is the offerings that you are allowed. "this is what we give you. "we'll throw a few veterans in there. "we'll give you dylan and u2 every year "just to let you know that we're, you know, "keeping the baby boomers in mind, 'cause we want them to watch the show." but it's nonsense. you know, it's nonsense, the p. diddy stuff and-- and like i said, you know, britney. this corporate music that they don't even perform live and they don't write themselves or whatever the hell else is going on, it is--i don't think that that's what people want. they just think they do because that's all that they get constantly, constantly, constantly. and then these artists align themselves with coca-cola and pepsi and taco bell and on and on and on. but if you give people good music, i bet you they'd buy it, you know what i mean? if they were offered interesting, complex lyrics and interesting, varied music and real-live vocals and people that can actually sing live, and when

because it's like, you know, you wore that flag on your back at the grammy's, you know, with the fugees and that's the first time they saw a haitian flag on the tv. what does that mean, though, if you can't be on the ground right now picking up your own brothers and sisters, you see? >> one of the ways you also helped your country was by throwing your hat into the ring for the presidential race. >> yeah. i ran for president because of the urgency of what i felt for the first time that the international community was heavily focused often this country. and i just felt like, i can't let this country go in the hands of the old regime that has kept it within a monopoly structure for this long. every time someone speaks up, they come and get you and put you on a plane and send you to africa. ♪ >> you know, history has to tell the truth. the truth is, i ran because i felt 10 million people needed a break, and they needed a fair trial for the first time in history. >> what was your vision for haiti, had you won, what would your vision for haiti have been? >> my first concept, when it came to h

it's not the grammys. we go inside hsn. around the clock hurricane of consumer excitement. so, how do they get you to open your wallet even in a down economy? >>> and, the bachelor. as his brother prepares to take the plunge, prince harry does, too. and a trip to the north pole. bob woodruff bundles up to get his take on the royal wedding. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden, and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," march 31st, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. we're going to begin with fears of radiation exposure in the united states that were stirred anew today. the fda reported higher than normal levels of radioactive iodine 131 in milk samples from california and washington. now, those levels, however, were tiny. far less than what we're exposed to naturally every day and they are still deemed safe. 5,000 times below the danger threshold, okay? but the come contamination around japan's stricken nuclear plant is the very dangerous indeed. radioactive iodine there is 10,000 times the permissible limit.

with the oscars, the cohosts were doing skits and routines throughout the performance but then the grammysere heavy on music. what will the academy of country awards look like? >> we're kind of a combination of the two, you know. we're doing a few skits which is new, i think, for the academy. but mostly, i mean, it is about the music. with the academy of country music awards. country music has always been about performances and you know, great songs and you'll see plenty of that if i don't screw things up too bad. >> i don't think you'll do it at all. you'll be just fine. you were talking about the performances and some unusual pairings there you've got james taylor but you also have a lot of people are looking forward to this, sugar land, jennifer nettles appearing are rhianna. did you get a chance to see the two of them rehearse? >> no. i don't know what the hell that's going to be. i'm as curious about it as anybody. who would have ever imagined rhianna at the academy of country music awards. not me. but i guarantee you, my face is going to be glued to that stage to see what happens. >>

showed up in the grammys in an egg. do i need anymore introduction? everyone knows who she is. ing an apology because she said she really made an error. she actually used the word retarded in an interview, saying that the interview was about people saying she plagiarizes other people's music and that sort thing and she said, no, that's not right. >> because the video was about her song "born this way" which sounds a lot like madonna's "express yourself." >> i thought it was madonna. she said that she didn't mean to use that word. she really apologized. she didn't mean to offend anyone. but anyone who was offended will like this next gaga story because then look at what happened. she was at her concert and had one mishap where she tickled the -- look at this, and down you go. so she's wearing her funky shoes. she's got a great wardrobe and tmz provided us of this video at her concert. >> took a tumble. second time in two weeks she busted it. >> i think that she's wonderful. she's very talented. but why not make a joke out of it. she acts like nothing happened. remember when she f

. >> jimmy: the one that she took to the grammys? >> yes. ght it would be in a safe somewhere. >> it was in the parking lot and it was kind of there by itself. >> jimmy: she parked her egg? >> she did. she parked her egg and it was lonely. [ light laughter ] and so, i decided i couldn't pass up the chance to get in it so i had my producer with me and i said, "i'm getting egg, you go to take a picture." so, he took the picture and security was probably like eating donuts in the car. no one was paying attention. >> jimmy: yeah. >> and i got in, i took a picture but it was hard getting in and out of that thing 'cause she is about half the size of me, and so it was kind of like a wiggle thing to get in and out. >> jimmy: that's super cool, that you got that. i got to say, i love this book. >> thank you. >> jimmy: even though i'm a guy, i like the "everygirl's guide to life." this is like -- [ laughter ] serious though, this is like a fantastic -- this is like ten books in one book. >> thank you. >> jimmy: it's like there's recipes in here, with y

and the grammys. to the cmas. ♪ country strong >> and capping it all off at the oscars.sults, "my father's daughter. ." what's been the best part of this year? >> all of it's surprising. that's the best part of it. how one crazy thing has led to another. it's been a lot of fun. >> looks like you're having a lot of fun. like i said, i don't know how you found the time to do this, as well. i was thumbing through the book last night and this morning. and i just love the whole idea that it's like a long love letter to your dad. >> yeah. he was an amazing man. you know, in a lot of ways he taught me about love and how to live a happy life, which is to invest in the relationships with people that you love. he did that a lot with food and him cooking for us. and us cooking together. it's been a real labor of love. it took me like three years to write the book and get it all done. but i'm really happy with how it turned out. i think he would be, too. >> you kind of got into it, i guess when you were going to u.c. santa barbara. and he was living in l.a. you would visit him and h

lakers games, the finals of american idol, the grammy awards and the golden globe awards. the mayor says he didn't consider the tickets gifts. he says he attended the events in his official capacity as mayor. >>> oakland's mayor is being criticized for her approach of dealing with oakland's budget deficit. this week the mayor laid out -- out a list of possible cuts, including closing a branch library and laying off 30 police officers and 54 firefighters. but the mayor's not making recommendations. instead she's asking city council members to tell her which options they want. the mayor says it's all in the spirit of cooperation. however, this morning here on mornings on 2, one councilman told us that making those tough decisions, that's part of the mayor's job. >> the budget is the mayor's budget until it comes to the council, and this is not a budget. this is a laundry list of proposals for us to pick and choose and i don't think that these councilmembers are going to do that. >> oakland city council members have until next friday to let the mayor know about their preferen

seven years later he was playing at the grammys. ♪ >> reporter: now 23, after years of practice, practiceis part of his art. >> i think that the classical music world has been sort of taking a nap. i'm here to wake them up. ♪ >> reporter: while studying at jou juliard, his teacher, izaak pearlman took notice of him. what has he taught you? >> he's reallile been the only man in my life who truly accepted me the way i was from the very beginning. no one had ever loved me so simply like this. >> he's a wonderful fiddle player, extremely musical and is very -- he's got the virtuoso way of playing that i like very, very much. >> reporter: the avant-garde style is shaking up the world of classical music. >> i never would have guessed that less than two years after graduating from julliard i would have made my carnegie halladay buy and would be sitting here with you today. >> reporter: in the world of beethoven and bach, not everyone was ready to embrace his edgy style. >> people said, you can't go to carnegie hall looking like this. i work very hard. it was a very moving experience to step onto

we had a very -- >> reporter: remember local cbs reporter serene branson's slurred speech after the grammyscallister. even the beloved judge judy was rushed to the hospital after slurred speech during taping. what was the cause? they claimed, maymy grain. migraine and undiagnosed fatigue. that's what they claim. but some on the internet say it could be something different. namely, secret government microwave brain rays. no joke. one person said branson was the victim of a microwave radio frequency weapon attack. the diagnosis of migraine seems to be disingenuous at best. the military did develop pain rays can blast a pain sensation under your skin. it begs the question, why would the government want to attack a grammy reporter, a canadian and judge judy. it might help explain my flub last week. >> in vitro fertilization. and women having children later. did you hear that? did i just get hit by a secret government microwave brain ray? the truth is out there. for "good morning america," john berman, abc news, new york. >> if that's his worst, i'm getting hit every day. >> if that's his worst,

write your acceptance speech for the grammys. to try to have control over as many things as possible. and i sure did that during the judd days. and it absolutely wore me out, as well as everybody else that had to be around me. >> so, would you be on the road without the therapist? the two of you on the road together alone? >> that's a deal-breaker for me. >> you wanted him? >> i didn't realize i make all the faces i make. but i know other people will identify with in a show because they're going to say, that's how i feel about my mother. and the mother will say, i did the best i could. that's why people relate to us. ordinary women that extraordinary things have happened to. >> you say your mother was very tough on you growing up. you're very candid about it. do you cop? do you plead guilty to that? >> totally. and one of the things with the series. i thought long and hard. oprah calls and says do you want to be on the new tv network? does a fat lady sweat at a dance? yes. do you like that? they're all snorting. i thought about i

we did learn the grammy award winning train will be at the opening game on friday.

caught on with arguably the best pound for pound boxer of all time during his visit to the russian capital but it got a grammy and has more. millions ignore him and believe is the best plan for phone books or the ring he's ever seen love him or hate him his greatness is in the flesh and. through the facts about roy jones jr. named floyd over the decade in the ninety's previously unbeatable full fifteen years numerous stumble holder in four divisions from incredibly middleweight to heavyweight and all the while having fun doing still. his skills even leading to legendary russian books and experts with him again stating joins with the pugilist books into the fight to forge a career spent creating musser pieces may have taken its toll on the forty two year old but he's back again in a stable way from cannes as glory the american takes in russia's great hope he's limited in a month's time but jones has found support even though he's a pool and and so will huge surprise i never knew i never knew that i have so much so much of a fan base in moscow or in russia for people to know me. and to me what they like about i

. >>> we are back at 8:10 with kara dioguardi, the grammy nominated songwriter took her seat at the "ntly became a lightning rod for controversy. after two seasons she took her final bow. now she's opening up about her life and time on the show in her new book called "a helluva high note." nice to see you. welcome back. it's been a while. >> it has. >> you're young to write a memoir and the "american idol" stuff, some people may see as a little bit of score settling. is that the way you see it? >> no. i decided to write a book because i was doing shows at the end of season 9 where i would go out, sing the songs i had cowritten and tell the stories behind the songs. it telt with challenges i have come through, things i faced and how difficult it was to attain dree your dreams. i thought it might help other people looking to pursue a career outside the norm. >> there are about 50 pages at the end dedicated to "american idol." they will get a lot of attention. one of the things you feel is your introduction was mishandled. they didn't announce your arrival in the right way and tell peopl

the program. will be a grammy on ok great glad to have you with us should be one here or this watch list be able to buy guns. you know some of the known to or not we now go to somebody you suspected of being a terrorist and all we have here is going to spend you know we don't know if you're since it's only if you're being suspected of having to do it in a court of law didn't you're just a suspect why should you be denied your current and future. rive somebody is suspected of being a. drunk you don't want them to have a drive that's not that's a very imperfect metaphor because typically we arrest people a few times but if the f.b.i. on that case are you saying that we should allow people who are on the terrorist watch list to fly by that logic. it matters. no i'm really sorry i'm going to. our skype is not working so i'm i'm i'm a rabbit thank you for dropping and being with us nothing like a country full of well armed terrorists who have to drive instead of flying makes perfect sense but there's really a bigger picture here a gun craziness we see today fueled by a multi-billion dollar weapons indus

. >>> plus "the early show" is in london for the royal wedding, looking at the english custom of afternoon tea. >>> and grammyee natasha bedingfield performs her chart topping hit live from london's tower bridge. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching, everyone. i'm betty nguyen. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

the legendary singer-songwriter is a member of the country music hall of fame and 12-time grammy winner. she has a new c.d. next week called "hard bargain." from the project, here is some of the video from "goodnight old world." you tomorrow sorrow with good night, old world ♪ tavis: during that clip, i said how good you still sound. and i'm very blessed i still work and have a good audience and love what i do. i am even able to have a bit of a second career in dog rescue. it does not pay anything, but it has become a real passion for me. i have a couple passions in my life that i am able to put my energy and time into, and it does not get much better than that. tavis: you mentioned the dog rescue, that it is a passion of yours. tell me exactly what you are doing. >> basically, i have a very small risk in my backyard in nashville, tenn., -- i have a very small rescue in my backyard in nashville, tenn., and we rescue dogs from animal control that have a very limited time before the animal is put down because nobody comes to claim it or adopt it. we tried to rescue a few of those dogs and

the five-time grammy award winner announced yesterday he's gonna bring his million-dollar piano show caesar's palace beginning in september. tickets go on sale on april 25th. elton john was inducted into the rock n' roll hall fame in 1989. and charlie sheen is going back to court today. he will make a personal plea to a judge for his twins, to have full custody. apparently, charlie feels so strongly about getting custody. he wanted to talk to the judge personally. he says his ex-wife brooke mueller, is not fit to care for the children and has relanced back into using drugs. >>> the royal wedding is just ten days away but don't expect to see prince williams wearing a wedding ring. the prince said he had not wear a ring but his bride-to-be, kate middleton, will. it's not that uncommon in the -- in the royal family. prince charles did not wear one after marrying diana but he did wear one after marrying camilla. >>> and before they say "i do." their ceremony has already been spoofed. this two-minute video by t- mobile has been viewed more than 4 million times on youtube since being featu

the james bond movie called the song he's also a three time british grammy trampy and so he really knows what he's doing and he's joining you stop in front of the crowds today come and come up with obviously go yet yourself. i called dr. maybe it would be the worst disaster ever carry if they probably behind the wheel of. not doing it ever again the best person for this report fantastic piece of all the reporting from mostly thanks for that. now that's ahead in a system must have gadgets high streets and outdated devices soon found themselves on the scrap heap and upon a computer junk soon become someone else's problem this week where journalist a long way home from this is the residence it's the streets of new york to find out how people think their feel about other countries paying the price for america's infatuation with technology. americans produce about three million tons of electronic waste every year and countries like india end up as the dumping ground so how many gadgets have you bought this year this week let's talk about that is there a gadget that you're lusting after a noun

i'm talking about ♪ ♪ andy show them how it's done ♪ ♪ my --looks like the fat that you cut off a steak ♪ ♪ like lonely island grammyit wasn't from the sex it was the blood transfusion ♪ ♪ what -- that's horse blood ♪ i'm riding freaky bad -- who i would like to see that, that's garfield sex music now you're just going on ♪ ♪ i got a friend named brecky who lives down at the dump ♪ ♪ every other week i swing by and bring him some lunch ♪ oh now that just sounds nice i'm gonna call it right there ♪ game over mother -- ♪ lonely island, we started this fake rap [ bleep ] the world needs us ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: very different. you've grown up. >> yep. >> jimmy: very mature. >> mature, yeah. >> a whole new era. >> jimmy: the lonely island. don't miss "saturday night live" this weekend. well done, guys. "turtleneck and chains" is out may 10th. preorder it now. the lonely island. everybody, up next comedian joey kola, come on back! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: welcome back, everybody. i used to open up for this comedian when i was 17 years old. he was nice to me back then and

[opening bell ] >> there's the opening bell. and that was grammyinning recording artist toni braxton doing the honors. she did that at the new york stock exchange. tomorrow is world automatickism awareness -- autism awareness day. >>> for the second year in a row the buildingses will show up in blue at 7:30. the ceremony will begin tonight and you are asked to wear blue to show your support. >>> and our reporter from los angeles is live to tell us about a deadly sky driving accident and what happened before the -- sky diving accident and what happened before the men plunged to -- to their death. >> reporter: we can tell you that the cause is still under investigation by the ntsb and the ta -- faa. the sky divers had fallen to about 200 to 300 feet when this tragedy occurred. now, let's go back to yesterday afternoon, when this happened. the victims are 42-year-old pat mcgowan of mennynify -- menifee, california, and christopher davis tasky, also 42 and likewise an experienced skydiver. the two collided in midair about 200 feet to the ground. their

he's become one of the world's leading guitarists, and has won 17 grammys. with the late billy taylor for a sunday morning interview in 1986, he had already established two other things, his hair style and a fascination with electronic music. >> yeah, one thing i've been experimenting with lately is just taking animal sounds and seeing what they sound like as musical instruments. this is one that's a donkey which oddly enough has a real blues sound. a pretty funky guy. >> reporter: the natural blues in his voice. but metheny always wanted to do more than just make cute sounds on a computer. that too you can trace back to his childhood. >> my grandfather had a player piano in his basement. as a little kid i used to make a bee-line there. it's always been fascinating to me. that fascination has never gone away. >> reporter: as an adument, metheny became fascinated which orchestraials, all in one instruments that were popular 100 years ago. and that's where this story really begins. metheny decided to put together his own state of the art orchestraeon from scra

the case? >> never in 100 years. itch was a bigger surprise than a grammy, number one record, joining van halen, receiving my tequila llars. they called me, i almost cried. >> jimmy: why would you write a book like this, when you don't need the money, you don't need the attention. >> well, you never know. you never know. >> jimmy: really? you've blown through all that tequila money already? >> no, i blew through the tequila. >> jimmy: oh, all right. >> no, i really wanted to tell my story. and part of it, i know it sounds like a joke. while i really remembered everything, my mind is still sound. and i see my brother's three years older than me and his is not. >> jimmy: i got you. do it quickly. speaking of your brother and your whole family, what does your family think of all the sex stories and all the craziness? have they read the book? >> yeah. i got to admit, my ex-wife and my son from my ex-wife is back there right now and always ask, how is mom doing? she's pissed, pop. it was so hard -- [ laughter ] we were married a long time and here i'm, you know, in a rock band my whole life. we were childhood sweethearts

the staples singers... ♪ i wrote a song > to her grammy-award winning album this year, mavis staples always keeps her dad'sdvice in mind. >> he said, let me tell you something. we have to sing in the clubs. you see, the people in the club, they won't go to church so we have to take the church to them. >> reporter: the gospel according to mavis staples later on sunday morning. >> osgood: we'll also make an easter sunday pilgrimage to notre dame cathedral in paris. the 400th birthday year of the king james bible. remember baseball's longest game and more. but first here are the headlines for this sunday morning the 24th of april, 2011. the faithful gathered in st. peter's square at the vatican this morning for easter services. the outdoor mass was celebrated by pope benedict xvi who delivered blessings in 65 languages. people in st. louis have good reason to believe in miracles. there were no reported deaths or serious injuries from the tornadoes that tore through the city friday night. seriously damaging hundreds of homes. one twister scored a direct hit on the terminal at the city's lambert airport. these

. >> and next saturday on "the early show," grammy winner cheryl crow.lping to make us healthy. she's going to be here to cook and talk about her new cookbook. >> you okay? >> i'm okay. >> that owl came flying at you. >> she's been shaking ever since then. >> i'm definitely awake now. >> enjoy your saturday, folks. enjoy the games tonight. >>> we end with our saturday spotlight from richmond, virginia, home of vcu rams, one of the teams playing in tonight's final four. stephanie from our cbs affiliate talked to wife of vcu's coach shaka smart and she had some very exciting news. >> reporter: outside the house there are signs all over the yard. this is an extraordinary time in the life of the couple who live here. maya smart, the wife of vcu head coach shaka smart, has a rare moment to put her feet up, after flying from city to city on the rams' historic ncaa run. when she met smart, who was an assistant coach in akron, ohio, in 2004, she says she knew he would be successful. but never imagined it would happen this fast. >> didn't expect it this year. so

music world now we touched that hot water sutra hottest musicians in the past although frankly not of their were anywhere near grammy worthy but check out this guy his name is omar hammami a.k.a. months or all i'm really and i'm ari is an american born in mobile alabama he converted to islam and they joined the somali al qaeda organization al-shabaab and this guy is a self-proclaimed jihad is he thinks there is musical talents are going to inspire other westerners to join the jihad movement so we just wanted to put hamami to the test so we snagged a copy of his latest album the beginning of the end and all right let's test out his rhymes with his first track send to be a cruise as in cruise missile. penetrated . with it is. send me a quiz like my limited. sammy a couple times likes of. me if you like a. special forces and that and he say meo for say me much much more i prepared to head to the store seventy four seventy more that's what i implore and let me as you noted unless straightforward. i mean what the hell was that if that is made tripe i would say this album is going to be a bust but let me give him one more

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the studio. nichols would work nearly 24/7 assembling albums. he ultimately won seven grammy awards. arlier this month after a year long battle with cancer. roger nichols was 66 years old. the music timeless. ♪[ music ] >>> all right, young man. we all remember steely dan. that generation. >> of course i didn't get it i was stumped at the beginning but then i heard the course. >> it's been awhile. >> yes, been awhile since i heard that. we are trying to get things right in the weather. we need sunshine. holiday is coming up. >> that would be nice. >> still have storms to deal with out there right now. a lot of clouds making their way across our skies today. highs in the 60s and 70s. out to the beaches very gloomy. dense fog there. drizzle showing up coast side. things beginning to break up a little bit in the afternoon. but still, a pretty cool day out toward the beaches. but we have got changes in the works. high-def doppler showing you pretty dry conditions. you can see up in the corner of your screen there. you will see more green as we head into tomorrow. so, yes, we have got the

grammy award winning singer and songwriter jill scott. >> like me or don't, i'm here. and i'm going to make everything i can out of this life. >> plus, blacks and the gop. what's the republican party doing to attract african-americans? that's what's going on in our world starting now. ♪ living my life like it's golden, golden, golden ♪ >> this grammy award winning singer, songwriter and poet is known for her music and acting. she's taking on another project to help young women succeed. ♪ golden >> jill scott, always good to see you. >> good to see you too. >> what have you been up to today? talk to us. >> i've been working op the new album. i spent a lot of time in the studio. basically we're freestyling until i fall out. that's pretty much how we've been creating this record. >> what does it sound like? i've heard a lot of shift in your music from the first album to the recent one? >> there's a lot of new voices coming out. there's a mixture of indy dav venport and myself, roxanne shante/my north philly girl. there's an anita baker/michael bolton combination. >> that's a combination. >> michael mcdonald. it they both have la, la, la. there's a com

up right now, since 2004, singer/song writer natasha b bedingfield filled the air waves, "unwritten" earned her very first grammyled "strip me." today we're lucky she's joining us here at the tower of london to perform her new single "weightless." ladies and gentlemen please twl co welcome to "the early show" natasha bedingfield. >> thanks, guys. ♪ ♪ la, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪ oh, yes, oh, yes, oh, yes ♪ i have to keep reminding myself i'm not like anyone else ♪ ♪ that's my face er or my ichld d. ♪ that makes me vip no one exactly like this ♪ ♪ no one with my fingerprints no one can touch you like me ♪ ♪ i can't fake what you see they told me, girl ♪ ♪ to get your way you've got to be a they say the guy won't get the girl if he's not guilty rich ♪ ♪ you stop his little changes 'til you don't know who you are ♪ ♪ surround yourself with friends who only call you a superstar ♪ ♪ oh yeah, oh yeah oh, yeah, yeah, ready, set, ready let's go ♪ ♪ the sky is the limit and i just wanna flow ♪ ♪ free as a spirit on a journey i'll go cut the strings and let me go ♪ ♪ i'm weightless, i'm weightless a million dark balloons

the yoplait you love, now in a 4-pack. try it today. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: our next guest, is a grammy award-winning artist, whose 38th studiooul, ms. aretha franklin! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ >> jimmy: woo-hoo. >> all right. >> jimmy: all right! looking great. >> thank you. >> jimmy: you really look gorgeous. >> thank you. >> jimmy: welcome to the show. thank you so much for coming. >> thank you for having me. what a pleasure. i see you almost every night. >> jimmy: i love that you say that. i appreciate that. i love that you watch. >> with one eye open, "'jimmy fallon' is on." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: thank you. how are you feeling? can i just ask you that? >> very well. fabulous. >> jimmy: you scared everyone -- >> fabulous. >> jimmy: -- in september. something went down or something? >> well i was very, very concerned myself. it was a major surgery, but god is good. >> jimmy: yeah. well, you look fantastic [ cheers and applause ] so happy. so happy everything turned out okay. but it made you think of things that you still want to accomplish. >> absolutely. >> jimmy: like what things? >> well, let's see. stevie and i hav

grammys. billboard's artist of the year. she's number one on twit we are 9 million followers.fans like her on facebook. there have been over 1 billion combined views of her videos online. that number is growing fast. and her single, "born this way" hatz smashed records. ♪ baby i was born this way >> so what is next? what do you have planned for your millions and millions of fans. well, we have three words for you. good morning, america. >> good morning, america. >> friday, may 27th, lady gaga. the good morning america convert event, live in new york city. she's changed music. shocked the world. inspired millions. and now, the friday before memorial day, lady gaga ignites your summer. lady gaga, "good morning america," on abc. now, how good is that? >> how good is that is this and coming up in a minute, chris rock will be here live. . i'd like one of those desserts and some coffee. - sure, cake or pie? - pie. - apple or cherry? - cherry. oil or cream? oil or cream? cream. some use hydrogenated oil. reddi-wip uses real dairy cream. nothing's more real than reddi-wip. [ male anno

grammy. >> we heard about japan z there was a buzz among the musicians network across the greater bay area.an we do? >> they will play and chefs will provide food. it's personal. >> our executive chef for day koz not find his parents. they're okay. but there are still some other folks that are relatives and friends, still missing. >> sunday afternoon, the training company will donate an evening forgive to asia. and this is to help in a tragedy. >> and we have everything you need to know about all three fund-raisers on our web site under see it on tv. >> and now let's check on our cooling forecast. >> spence jer back with that. >> before getting to cooling i want to give you just a wonderful view of weather from this photo sent to us by james sessions through you reports. this is the view from the presidio today. you found a beautiful view and warm. high temperatures today up to 82 degrees in santa cruz. and there is wet north -- we had 80s in cloverdale and mid to upper 70s everywhere else. the last day of the warmth. tomorrow morning at 8:00 temperatures into 50s and by noon, some low to m

the febreze set & refresh. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh, man. you guys, our first guest is a grammy. [ cheers ] wow. this weekend, he'll serve as both host and musical guest on "saturday night live." ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the one, the only, sir elton john! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: that's what i'm talking about. >> yeah, baby. >> jimmy: a standing ovation wherever you go. people just stand up. >> thank you. >> jimmy: they have to. you're the greatest. thank you for coming on my show. >> oh, i -- listen, i told you when i saw you at the event that i did at the natural history museum that i would do that. >> jimmy: that's right. >> and here i am. >> jimmy: thank you so much. you're -- you're a man of your word. i -- i forced you to play "bennie and the jets" at that -- at that. >> yeah, you did, but it doesn't matter. [ laughter ] i won't hold it against you. >> jimmy: thank you so much. you did hold it against me that night, though. didn't you? >> did i? >> jimmy: yes. >> you remember. [ audience ohs ] >> jimmy: that's a joke. hey, hey, hey. but i kid. i kid.

the flights you want sign up for a venture card at capitalone.com. what's in your wallet? uh, it's okay. i've played a pilot before. >>> elton john has won so many grammys-new baby boy. and they share him for the first time with barbara walters. >> you can see the baby for the first time on "20/20." and you'll learn which one of them is the father and how it all came about. the baby is now 4 1/2 months. we're not going to show him until tonight. but he's adorable. the date of the birth was a surprise to them. they thought that the surrogate mother was going to go into labor later. but it was a christmas baby. this is how it happened. >> we go out for lunch with friends on christmas eve. we stop and get the last few christmas presents. and we get a phone call. she's gone into labor. she's been rushed to hospital. >> reporter: it was now past midnight, christmas day. as they ran through the halls, they noticed they were eerily alone. >> it was ideal from the secrecy standpoint, as well. when we walked into the maternity ward, nobody was there. >> it was "the shining," barbara. people don't want to have a christmas baby. from a secrecy point of view it wor

that is awesome, you guys. >> i'm so glad. >> the whole cd is like that, full of every great show after another. another grammy

the twist you can't resist. >>. >> emmylou harris is a 12-time grammy-award winning country music legend. >> she keeps on singing.giles who is behind you. took about a month to do it. i'm sure jay did a lot of preproduction in his head before we came in. it was a really wonderful experience. i love doing it. >> you wrote 11 out of the 13 tracks. >> that's right. >> what are you going to sing today? >> i'm going to do a song i didn't write. wrong sexton, a wonderful singer/songwriter. i did this song because i love it. >> we love the title. >> it's called "hard bargain." >> take it away. ♪ ♪ i'm a bit rundown but i'm okay ♪ just feel like crawling up ♪ when you send me back to the stars ♪ you drive a hard bargain ♪ each time i'm getting nowhere ♪ and then determined to go there ♪ seems i never get far ♪ you drive a hard bargain ♪ you drive a hard bargain ♪ how's a girl supposed to feel ♪ someone like you arrives ♪ tried and tried to go away ♪ just can't seem to ♪ let me down ♪ you drive a hard bargain ♪ you drive a hard bargain ♪ how is a girl supposed to feel ♪ with someone like you around ♪ tried and tried to go

the great chris pratt. we're going to play charades. kathy's on my team. so chris, you're gonna need a -- you're gonna need a partner. playing with chris, please welcome our musical guest this evening, grammymmy: how are you, buddy? thank you so much for doing this. thank you so much for doing this. are you good at charades, lupe? >> um, adequate. >> jimmy: okay, that's good. i'll take that. you guys know how to play, right? each player gets a turn giving clues to their teammate. 45 seconds on the clock per turn. we play two rounds. each is worth one point. may the best team win. we have a team name. >> kathy: the lenny bruce team? >> jimmy: yeah. or the uncensored. >> kathy: yeah, the uncensored. >> jimmy: yeah, we'll go with the uncensored. we're the uncensored. [ cheers and applause ] that's the name of our team. you got a team name? >> lupe: orange juice box? >> orange juice box. it's good. >> jimmy: it's the uncensored versus orange juice box. kathy, you're up first. >> kathy: okay. >> jimmy: all right, you guys sit in this -- this couch, over here. a lot of room. you can lay out if you want. >> kathy: okay. >> jimmy: all right, here we go. we are going to win. i cannot wait. >> kathy