please welcome five-time grammy winner lady gaga. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: how are you? just in case you forget my name. >> jimmy: from the back they say agag. >> if i get drununand step on it it will say caca. >> jimmy: those are great. who comes up with this? do you think of these things? >> this is a phillip tracy hat. he made one many years ago and i just stole the idea. >> jimmy: i like that. that is really something. you have to put a lot of thought into what you wear because you just can't'tear anything. >> sometimes. >> jimmy: sometimes if. >> sometimes i don't, you know, when you're in bed, you just -- you know, pretty simple what guys want, right? >> jimmy: nothing. >> sometimes you put some thought, sometimes you put no thought. >> jimmy: and what becomes of the costumes? do you take care of them afterwards? are they sent to africa to be worn by villagers there? >> not that i'm aware of. hi to the band. >> jimmy: there you go. [ applause ] >> sorry. i always want to say hello because i was always in the band. >> jimmy: it's a mutual respect type of thing and t

i mean you've had amazing success, grammy nominations, professor of music.ching and handing this down for you. that's an essential part of it. >> sure, because it represents us. it represents... it's our ethos, it's our being. and what i tell young people is... and this is a common cliche, but it's very profound. once you know who you are and where you came from, nobody really can mess with you. i mean, and cultural pride has always been at the source of our being as latinos, and also our music. a good friend of mine, colleague, one of the first djs in the hip hop world, he talks about cultural medicine. people are always looking for medicine. and for us, in our communities, whether they're african american, latino, or even anglo american, music is our medicine. and our music is so deep and rich in its ties to the past that we should celebrate that and not lose it. and that's... >> hinojosa: so your doctors... okay, if music is our medicine, your doctors would be mongo santamaria, mario bauza, tito puente... >> all of those people. >> hinojosa: ...machito...

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for his last album in 2008, and a lifetime achievement grammy last year. failing health from a weakened heart forced him to cancel shows s beginning in may of this year. he titled his autobiography "the world don't owe me nothing." s beginning in may of this year. he titled his autobiography "the world don't owe me nothing." >>> in tonight's spotlight, the debate inside the obama white >>> in tonight's spotlight, the debate inside the obama white house about how big the president should go with his job's plan. the president will outline his proposals for job creation in a major speech next week, but "the washington post" reported today it remained unclear if the president was looking for narrower ideas with a realistic chance with passing the republican-led house or more sweeping stimulus proposals that would excite his liberal base and draw contrasts with the gop. the president himself hinted today that he may actually be ready for a fight with the republicans. in a speech to the american he on he on, the president took aim. >> we're still digging out fro

compare it to winning a grammy let's say. >> dream like.he front row so you have no idea of where the hell youym are. i had some kind of notes figured out that i might say, i might win. all of that was gone. i felt my parents soaring in the room. hello. oh, my god! you know, it's wild i'll say. >> stephen: you won that part, you won that oscar for playing the part of this grizzled, gravelly, bearded musician. >> yeah. [laughter] >> stephen: you know that wasn't a documentary, right? are you kind of playing that part now? >> no, no. i learned that mistake a long time ago, early in my career. when you are playing a drunk guy, you don't get drunk. you don't do that. >> stephen: after you played tron you tried to crawl into computers. not a good idea. >> no, no. >> stephen: you, of course, are famous for playing lebowski. >> okay. >> stephen: is it a burden at all having stoned people stumble up to you and quote that movie to you or is it a gift? >> to a gift. a true gift. [cheers and applause] talking about highs, last night we had the kickoff

. >> it looked like the grammy -- her grammy -- >> jimmy: all right. ready? here.t to you. all right. good guess. >> you guess. >> jimmy: now -- yeah, we guess. the first person to guess wins the whole thing. >> oh, my god. >> jimmy: all right. lisa, you can choose. >> am i allowed to look at your -- his drawing, too? >> jimmy: yeah, i guess so. >> okay, good. [ audience yells ] >> jimmy: good going. [ laughter ] >> is it -- what is it? >> an object. >> jimmy: object. >> uh-oh. okay. >> jimmy: okay. object. ready? go. >> cookie. >> jimmy: man. head. it's an object. it's a -- it's a belt! it's a belt on a -- headphones! it's a -- jodhpurs! those weird pants you wear. >> jogging shorts. >> jimmy: butt. muffin top! [ laughter ] belly fat. oh, what do you call it? spare tire! what do you call that? fat! i don't know. [ laughter ] muffin top! >> inner tube! [ laughter ] oh. [ buzzer ] >> love handles. [ cheers and applause ] love handles. >> oh, love handles! >> jimmy: love handles. you go one more? one more real quick? okay. me and you real quick. katie, me and you. he

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the fairly recently grammy-nominated sound called go-go.wn more than five decades ago. ♪ >> reporter: a music style heavy on percussion and audience participation. it's called go-go music. born and bred in washington, d.c., back in the 1970s. >> it's home grown. it's d.c. music. it's where it originated from. it'll always be here. >> reporter: chuck brown has been living in washington for nearly 70 years and performing for the last 50. known by many as the godfather of go-go, brown has been and remains the driving force behind this unique brand of music. >> i move to my own sound. because i've always been inspired by people like james brown, b.b. king. ♪ don't mean a thing >> i have my own distinguished sound. ♪ it don't mean a thing if you ain't got the go-go scene ♪ >> reporter: that distinguished sound, a blend of funk, rhythm and blues and hip-hop. brown ultimately made it big in 1978 with the number one smash "bustin' loose." >> that's the national anthem in d.c. there's no question. ♪ i feel like bustin loose there's no question. an a

i mean we couldn't take it and i've seen a grammy in here before. >> reporter: an actual grammy?> yeah. >> wow. stay with nbc bay area news for continuing coverage of wall street's wild ride. scott mcgrew and the rest of the "today in the bay" crew will have complete coverage as wall street opens tomorrow morning at 6:30. >>> the cost of california's high-speed rail is a lot higher than originally estimated. here are the new estimates. the first phase of the rail will cost nearly $14 billion. that's about $7 billion more than the original estimate. construction is scheduled to start by september of 2012. supporters say the route between san francisco and anaheim will create thousands of jobs and be cheaper in the long run. the entire cost of the project is currently estimated at $43 billion, but that is expected to also rise. >>> arnold schwarzenegger loves his cigars, so much so he famously had a smoking tent built outside the non-smoking state capitol building so he cils onceed f for the c of aficionado" magazine. gailightac or llleki syngmoth ien gairport inanmo-sti sprti-smok

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. >>> a grammy award winning rapper claims it was an accident. law enforcement officials say it was a danger to public safety. suzanne explains how a single tweet caused so much trouble this weekend down in los angeles county. >> the game, accused of a twitter prank that could result in misdemeanor charges against the rapper. after a tweet from his account around 5:20 friday night. one of them, the phone number to the compton sheriff's station. >> they thought initially that this was a phone malfunction. >> it was wall to wall calls for 2 1/2 hours. after hundreds of hangups and questions about the internship, captain mike parker tweeted the rapper. the gang who was born and raised in compton said the tweet was an accident and said you can all track a tweet down, but can't solve murders. >> i found it very interesting. we aren't the ones that created a crisis. we are the ones trying to serve the public. we reduce homicides by over 50% in the last few years. >> these are some of the calls that did make it through. >> they involved two robberies, a

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tonight, it includes the black eyes and tomorrow, we'll have the grammy winning alternative band rk fire. for more on the event, visit our website at ktvu.com and click on the outside lands tab. >>> this was the scene last night on a busy sonoma county road. what authority think may be a factor in the crash that sent eight people to the hospital. >>> and it is called throw down for the town, the reason the community wide event is more important than ever. >>> and the search on for an american kidnapped in the pakistan area. how ramadan played a key role in the plan to attack. >>> and coming up, the temperature change you can expect for tomorrow, i will break down the timing of the next warming trend can completing an atm deposit in record time... that's a step forward. go! go! with deposit friendly atms, you can make ultra fast, secure deposits with no slips or envelopes. take a step forward and chase what matters. can. >>> several people are recovering tonight after a crash in sonoma county. the chp says two pickup trucks collided head-on on lakeville highway, near old lakeville road in

the girls have sung for president obama and won four grammies jie. it has been really heartbreaking. and we are just here to basically march and sing and we really want some answers in what is going on and why they are making this decision and not letting anybody in. nobody knows what is going on. >> a board of directors spokeswoman tells abc7 news that the decision was neither arbitrary nor in haste. she says it was part of a process to identify goals for the chorus in its future direction. >>> well, let's look into the future of the weather around the bay area as we hit midweek. sandhya patel is here. she is here with the forecast, sabd yaw. -- sandhya. >> yes, and we will close out august on a cooler than normal note, but then we will start september with some warm weather. so we are going to see some real warm weather here in just a matter of two days. let's show you the highs for today. most areas were four to eight degrees cooler. livermore is well below average. upper 80s normally. 84 in concord. it was about 86 degrees in cloverdale and 81 in

a tweet posted by a grammy award winning rapper flooded police phone lines.ere is more on the innocent message that could lead to criminal charges. >> the game accused of a prank that could result in misdemeanor charges on the rapper. announcing a music internship and gave numbers to call. one of them the phone number to the compton sheriff's station. >> they thought initially this was some kind of phone malfunction. >> reporter: he has nearly 6000 followers on twitters so it was wall-to-wall calls. after hundreds of hangups and questions about the internship the sheriff's department captain tweeted the rapper asking him to take the number down. he was born and raised in compton saying the tweet was an accident and said you can track a tweet down but you can't solve murders. >> very interesting in trying to deflect responsibility. we aren't the ones that created a crisis, we are the ones trying to serve the public. >> we reduced homocides in compton by over 50% in the lats few years. >> reporter: these are some of the calls that made it through. >> they inclu

then the 16-time grammy winner launched into an all out music number, which ended with an unambiguousure and some ribbing for her husband jay-z from kanye on impending fatherhood. all of it according to journalist joy ann reid, managing editor of our sister website the grio, it's just a nice distraction. >> we're in sort of a recessionary climate where people are down. and now you've had a hurricane and an earthquake. i think it's good news, it's good news of the kind like the royal wedding. it's something exciting that people can vicariously be excited about without having to deal with the mundane things of life and the bad news that's all over tv. >> joanne reid on the big news from last night. there you go, a nice diversion from all we've been covering here for days, from deposed foreign leaders to earthquakes and hurricanes. and by the way, we are thinking of our friends in new orleans tonight because this is the sixth anniversary of the arrival of katrina. >>> that is our broadcast on a monday night. thank you for being here with us, as we start off another week. >>> good evening

world war two have traveled from around europe to hold their annual grammy in a state where former members of the nazi buffet i asked to name the as fighting freedom were joined by new nazi groups around the country and as artists or further reports it's feared a stain is a case of narcissism is feeling dangerous like movements right across europe we're hearing is staying in town a cinema but that annoying thing forty four it's a scene of fierce fighting between save its soldiers. were here by the monument to commemorate the soviet soldiers that died in that fight less than a mile away and this town's all say the scene of a gathering of veterans at this day near one there is an event there's a widespread criticism for glorifying is a. former soldier yourself of the roughest i will form but if it's something like a moment you don't think about a lethal weapon for go through a few people but. that's the war for a. country and most of year at these kind of events. are not going both in order for them to hear. it in the stone years a different story altogether. it's common in a strong leader t

latinos >>> y 4 mÚsicos radicaron una dice nandz contd demanda contra los organizadores contra el grammyo" nos tomamos en podÍa hacer serio lo que es el lanzamiento de nuevos cantantes porque fuimos testigos de prince royce joey montana, y hoy presentamos un grupo sumamente especial que se llama "la repÚblica" es y de nueva york >>> vamos a ver su vocalista nos llevÓ al lugar donde comenzo el sueÑo de dedicarse la mÚsica y al final les tocÓ arÁ a ustedes para ver si seque darÁn >>> Él es un cantante y compositor dominicano criado en nueva york. ( ♪ mÚsica♪) >>> y a Él se le atribuye en parte el Éxito de prince royce. ahora Él lanzÓ junto a otros 3 mÚsicos su primera producciÓn musical bajo el nombre de la "la repÚblica" y ocupan el primer lugar en la radio con la canciÓn de "quÉ te diÓ Él". >>> nuestro encuentro fue en este estudio de grabaciÓn >>> tÚ eres parte fundamental en el Éxito no solamente de prince royce, pero tambiÉn de otros artistas quiÉnes tacuÉntanos re >>> bueno como productor, compositor he trabajado con prince royce >>> y segÚn nos revelÓ la canciÓn con la que debuto pr

one member of the grammy award winning out concern--award winning group outcastes has been arrested a big boy was arrested or they found a large amount of niagara-- viagra and ecstasy. after years of delays, but the dream minor aircraft has rolled out--the dream liner aircraft has been rolled out. here is the first look. and the judicial >> today we are rolling out the first delivery airplane. it is an amazing thing for those networks on the program for 5, 6, 70 years. released but who >> there is no other commercial airliner like this 787. this carbon composite make up a super durable plastic promises a lighter more fuel-efficient and cost effective plan for the airlines. and the potential gain changer for the japanese airliner that will fly the first 787. >> we intended to use the same line to expand our business particularly our international rules. consumer we are aiming to to increase... >> for what most people care about is what is in sight of the plane. they're promising to revolutionize the way that we travel. it went through out the plane there is more natural light, more hum

that's like going to the grammies and saying "i can't find little richard." our only source as to where he is is a chess player. and he is friends with qaddafi. like being a chess player is not socially alienated enough. and this guy's idea of military experience is a whip to queen move, right? i don't understand why we don't know where this guy is and can't get him right away? how is that for cogent middle east analysis? >> very good. we don't have a lot of chess humor on this show. people are worried about the influence with these new rebels coming in. i like to think of them as a motley crew, if you will. are you worried? >> the great thing is they please and they please as they do. what i will say is i am watching the guy and one from the few perks of rebellion and battle and death is plundering. i would be an awesome plunderer. i would get diamond encrusted badays. i would take the endangered rhino. i would take everything. >> what did these guys take? a hat? another shot is a guy driving around in a golf cart. you are trying to impress the arab league a

. >> reporter: need a good way to get onstage at the grammys? try a big giant egg like lady gaga.m planet ork to earth? try a big giant egg like mork from "mork & mindy." need help getting in shape for a grand slam? try a big giant egg like world number one tennis player novak djokovic. he's the latest athlete to use the cvac pod which looks a lot like a big giant egg. its makers say it simulates training at high altitude. >> the changes in the oxygen level in the blood that are very similar to very effective forms of exercise. >> reporter: in a pressurized chamber it uses a valve and vacuum pump to stimulate muscles. >> athletes that have a greater ability to deliver oxygen to their tissue are going to have a tremendous benefit in terms of their athletic performance and in terms of their ability to recover. >> reporter: it has some big-time enthusiasts including axl rose from guns and roses. he finds it takes him to a fitness paradise city. ♪ oh won't you please take me home ♪ >> reporter: the company thinks it has health and medicinal benefits for everyone. >> egg me. do you thi

there's a charityty benefit for the grammy foundation.e'll kick off our samsung summer krush concert series. cold play will be here. our first guest tonight is an oscar-nominated actor, who, in his spare time, is a college student, soap opera actor, painter and i think qualified infant caregiver. later this week, he moves among the monkeys in the excellent new movie "rise of the planet of the apes." it opens in theaters friday. please say hello to james franco. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: how are you? how's everything? everything's good. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: you know, most of the time, when people come here to the show, we have to kind of figure out what we're going to talk about with them because they don't have many interesting things going on in their lives. but you always have a million interesting things going on. >> i have a lot of things, yes. >> jimmy: what's going on with you right now? i mean -- >> i don't want to name everything because it will sound -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: but there are a lot of things. >>

but then those that were heavily influenced faugh and from egypt which won a grammy and islam for me as i would like people to understand my music. so it is incredibly famous people also from south asia and africa that has amazing relevance. i have to deal with that 1/2 which this jihad. it is not murder it is a struggle and the greatest of the within yourself by it show you in my book the details. even for defense of islam their word deviated ax you cannot attack civilians but needless to say that taliban is completely in contradiction but jihad is the defensive or the offensive doctrine of course, the it is is debatable but i come down on the side faugh -- come down on this side meant to be a defensive doctrine. with the clear rules laid down saying about jihad it is difficult to find support for those tactics in the islamic tradition. under the grouping of the evolution that i could move on to real-life examples but then complete leave skipped over that aspect of it comes off often enough in the course of islam. >> two move on two real-life examples. but then in the first time the

the grammy winner who took, going to take part in the upcoming dedication for the flight 93 memorial. >> doug mcconnell takes you inside marine mammal center for an indepth look at its mission and the major milestone reached by workers there.by we'll be back in a moment. what is that? oh, we call it the bundler. let's say you need home and auto insurance. you give us your information once, online... [ whirring and beeping ] [ ding! ] and we give you a discount on both. great! did i mention no hands in the bundler? bundling and saving made easy. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> drivers beware if you don't get off market street when you are supposed to. sfpd is handing out tickets. tikts a tickets are $176. what's the problem? people that don't make the mandatory right turn at 6th or tent. that is the problem. traffic is restricted to make it pedestrian friendly. although police mav always monitored the area, there hasn't been a big push to keep the cars off the stretch of road reserved for buses, taxis, bikes and pedestrians. since july 29th. 74 tickets have been hande

on september 20, the follow up to his grammy-winning album, "duets," will be available.hday to ya happy birthday to ya happy birthday happy birthday to ya ♪ ♪ happy birthday to ya happy birthday happy birthday to ya ♪ >> jimmy: gentlemen, tony bennett. [ cheers and applause ] wow. happy, happy, happy birthday. >> well, thank you very much. >> jimmy: 85, ocho-cinco. [ light laughter ] that's what you should call yourself for this year. you call yourself ocho-cinco. >> what is ocho-cinco? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it's just -- it's 85. [ laughter ] i don't know. i don't know. >> that's a hell of an ad-lib. >> jimmy: thank you, yeah. [ laughter ] hey, i was -- we were talking backstage and i was saying that this studio, where we shoot our show, is very historical. studio 6b was originally where johnny carson -- >> that's right. >> jimmy: -- started "the tonight show." and then you told me -- >> i was on the very first johnny carson show. [ audience ohs ] >> jimmy: so i mean -- you were on that show. [ cheers and applause ] >> that's right. he had mel brooks -- thank you very m

coming up one hour from now, live concert on the plaza from the grammy-winning band, maroon 5.ar, the excitement is in the building. i'm ann curry alongside matt lauer. and just ahead, we will be talking about this tragic place. >> 14 people have died at yosemite national park. that's more than twice the usual number for this time of year. so what's causing that? is the park doing enough to keep visitors safe? we'll have details coming up in a live report. >>> plus, on happier news. we showed you their wedding last week. now the bride who was paralyzed when she was pushed into a pool on her bachelorette party. and her new groom have just returned from their honeymoon and they are in our studios. we will be catching up with them this morning. >> i may by a little tired because they literally just returned from their honeymoon and that was a long way away. >>> story behind never before seen photos from lucille ball on the eve of what would have been her 100th birthday. >>> but let's begin this half hour with a murder case in missouri that landed two young men behind bars. but one

the grammy award winning artist brings a unique voice to the debate over education reform.was home schooled and attended private and public schools. cnn's education contributor steve perry sat down with the singer in tonight's "perry's principles." >> everyone believes that a kid should get a good education. but you have to put your money and your policy where your mouth is. but here's what that means. quality principals, quality teachers, quality superintendents that are accountable for actually delivering on their promises. and when you talk about accountability, then that means everybody's not going to be protected. in that situation. >> that's some loaded speech right there, man. >> the priority is to make sure that the kids have the opportunity to get a great education. >> now, you've gotten some flak from that. >> of course i've gotten flak from that. >> people are not really interested in hearing this singer out there telling them how to educate people. >> i get flak for that. and i'm not an educator, and i know that. ♪ i say this every time i talk about teachers, i

he is the biggest selling artist of the past decade, earning 13 grammys, one oscar, and mountains ofcism for lyrics that are as profane as they are poetic. whether you are a fan of rap or not, eminem's life story is an extraordinary tale of success against all odds-- a story he rarely talks about, and one we first told you about last october. back then, we met up with him in his hometown, detroit, in order to find out how a white kid who never made it past the ninth grade was able to propel himself to the top of a predominantly african-american art form. >> cooper: when eminem stepped out of the shadows last summer in detroit in front of 40,000 people, it was a triumphant comeback for a superstar who had all but disappeared. ♪ now 38 and sober, after struggling with addiction for the five years, he has the energy and intensity of a boxer, a fighter trying to win from the crowd one simple thing. >> eminem: respect. >> cooper: respect? >> eminem: respect. you know, not to sound corny or nothing, but i felt like a fighter coming up, man. i felt like, you know, i'm being attacked for thi

again, somebody who's heavily influenced by sufism has done a sufi album called egypt which won a grammy for me is a religion of peace and tolerance and i like my life's work better and my work and what islam means to me. you should listen to his stuff too. so absolutely amazing. so sufism can be seen by these incredibly famous musicians from south asia and africa. still has amazing resonance. and i don't want to sort of give short shrift to islam and something i have to deal with which is jihad. now, what is jihad? jihad is actually not bored and does not not murder. the literal translation is struggle. and the greatest struggle is within yourself. the lesser struggle is the struggle to defend islam. i've shown in my book you can get into the details. i don't know if you know it goes really deep into this now that even for defense of islam there are really clear rules deline e delineated and needless to say in the context of taliban and islam has been in contradiction. but jihad is an offensive doctrine that's something of course that's something that's debatable and i go down as do a l

reporter: she's been busy ♪ love soft as an easy chair ♪ >> reporter: she's earned two oscars, eight grammysve decades. so you might find this a bit surprising. >> this is the part where i say to you i'm lazy. sure. i should go out and do all my new songs from my last couple of albums. but would i rather be home reading or writing something? probably. >> reporter: her creativity, she says, comes in spurts. work hard and then retreat to malibu with her husband actor james brolin to recharge. >> here we feel like we're always on vacation. it's a lovely feeling. ♪ what are you doing the rest of your life? ♪ ♪ north and south and east and west of your life ♪ >> reporter: do you like performing? >> not particularly, no. >> reporter: why not? >> i mean, i love the audience response and that feeling. but when you're performing and people pay money, a lot of money for tickets, every aspect has to be... i don't want to use the word perfect because nothing is perfect. >> reporter: but you keep striving for it. >> i strive for excellence. >> reporter: in a way her drive for excellence came from her mot

there's going to be a tribute to the late grammy award winning singer amy winehouse. >>> spending recordsave broke records. they spent $5 million for the ballot measure more jobs not taxes. that's more than any company spent in california. amazon proposed a referendum on overturning the sales tax. >>> some teachers don't have to worry about buying supplies this year. teachers got their supplies in free yesterday at this target. they just had to show up with the teachers union card or school id. they donated $20,000 in gift cards to help those teachers. >>> there's one teacher from hunters bay who had an issue with standardiness -- standardiness. she bought alarm clocks. >> the average teacher spends $350 of their own money buying supplies every year. >> a new high-tech school opening their doors in san jose. they celebrated the grand opening. it features cutting edge technology. students use touch-board screens. >>> a growing number of parents choosing not to vaccinate against the hooping cough. the people opting out has tripled. some parents are worried about the side effects, the state

maroon 5, the grammy-winning band at 8:30 tomorrow morning here on "today."e studio 1-a, matt lauer alongside ann curry. the 17-year-old buried alive under six feet of sand when the tunnel he was making at the beach collapsed. rescuers dug frantically, took 30 minutes to find him. coming up, we'll talk to that rescued teen exclusively. >>> we have an update on this difficult choice given to a georgia mother convicted in jaywalking in the hit-and-run death of her 4-year-old son. will she take probation or risk a new trial. the answer is coming up in an exclusive live interview. >> pop star shawn kingston speaks out for the first time about the jet ski accident that nearly took his life. natalie caught up with him in miami. she'll have an interview later on. >>> but first, the report on casey anthony and her delayed court-ordered return to florida. >> in the pack aback and forth, ruling that case si anthony report here in orlando is put on hold. so for now, she can remain in hiding. there was anticipation that casey anthony would have to resurface and report to

several times from grammy award-winning zac brown band. going to be a lot of fun. curry along with matt lauer. we're talking this morning about a wonderful new face for charla nash. >> she was horribly mauled by a chimpanzee in 2009. she went through a grueling surgery. she received a face transplant this morning for the first time. we will show you how that went. we'll talk to her brother and her daughter. that's coming up. it will make people feel a lot better about this story. >> after this morning, we're going to talk about a serious habit -- raising the question of whether or not you have tried to medicate your children with cough medicine to help them stay asleep before a long trip. that question was asked thousands of women in a new survey. if it's an uninterrupted night of sleep or satisfying sex. going to get into the survey coming up. >> and who here? bobby flay is in the house. >> bobby. >> it's raising the bounty. we love when flay is in the house. >> smells terrific. >> a little later. >> go inside. natalie is standing by at the newsdesk with a look at

been at the top of the music billboard charts and, you know, she's got the oscar nomination, the grammy turned her eye to fashion, all hail the queen, queen latifah. [ cheers and applause ] >> such a people person. and now this is a new venture for you in this clothing line and you're wearing one of your pieces. >> i'm wearing my pleated dress and i think it looks really cute on me. >> it does. >> check out all the little detail. it feels good. it's a jersey knit. feels good >> what made you want to do this. >> honestly i always wanted to do a line of clothing because i always felt like there was a deficit in the stores for people my size would wanted to shop and wear fasonable things that was tailored right and had great materials. i mean, basically whatever someone like chic could wear i should have the same thing and you couldn't find that in the stores so now with my queen collection on hsn, the same thing she could wear, i i could wear from size 2 to 24 which is pretty awesome. >> she loves how you keep using that as an example. >> that's not mine so cover it up. hsn. >> just like

. >>> the artist nominated for a grammy for "hate it or love it" is now getting a bad rap. ♪ >> on friday flooded with hundreds of calls causing a phone system to shut down. the investigators traced the call to a prank pn >> the people calling through with important calls would include two robberies, and a spousal assault, and a missing person, and a hit-and-run. >> so game joins us live from los angeles what is your side of the story? what happened? >> it was a simple mishap. i was doing a photo shoot. and it was downtown los angeles, and one of my boys picked up my phone and started tweeting random numbers. the tweter about the internship was earlier in that day, and it got lost in the media with all that. he never sent out a tweet that said these numbers are for the internship. he tweeted a bunch of numbers jokingly. we always play pranks on each other, and it was a mishap. >> you are saying a friend tweeted this on your account, and were you at least responsible for any of the tweets prior to that about the music internship? >> yeah, but we had already contacted and had the interns co

. >> ellos son de mexicali, tienen grammy latino, un millÓn de copias vendidas...a bueno y poco a poco nos involucramos cada vez mÁs y en todo lo tÉcnico y de cada producciÓn y son aprendizajes. creo que vamos a nuestro ritmo y ahÍ la llevamos. las cosas van bien. el disco lo han recibido increÍble. >> yo mÁs emocionada porque me voy a poner a bailar con esta canciÓn que me encanta, peligro. los dejo para que se preparen y ustedes no se muevan porque nos van a poner a bailar! >> continuamos con mÁs! >> aquÍ la traigo por si no me creÍas! ♪ ♪ >> me encanta este tema, dentro de poco vamos a bailar con reik. >> es peligroso que yo baile. ya falta poco para ver el resultado final del cambio de imagen que estÁ realizando sammy en nueva york. >> vamos con ellos estÁn en nueva york. >> estamos con maricela que me pidiÓ que le hiciera una transformaciÓn a su mami y la tenemos toda tapadita! >> quiere verla! no la van a ver todavÍa. lo siento motivo. cuando regresemos mÁs adelante aquÍ en despierta amÉrica. vas a ver cÓmo la mamÁ se transforma en unas diva. >> cÓmo la abuel

grammy award nominee vanessa carlson is here. >> i'm so excited. >> is here to give you a little birthday you, how are you? >> i'm well, thank you. >> she's got a new album coming out that you recorded in england. >> i did. >> at peter gabriegabriel's stu. was that amazing? >> i spent a year in the shires last year making a record i always wanted to make. and it's great to be back in new york. >> you actually put it out on lp form? >> yes. >> what are you going to sing in. >> this is a song called "carousel." >> "carousel" for hoedi! ♪ ♪ ♪ for all you broken-hearted lovers ♪ ♪ go to find another one ♪ 'cuz you are tired of waiting ♪ ♪ why hard to know what's good for you ♪ ♪ but the fever breaks when you do what it takes ♪ ♪ put your weapons down ♪ you hear the music ♪ music ♪ for you ♪ and you got ♪ my friends ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ if all i hear is music ♪ beauty stands for me ♪ love comes back ♪ around again ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ a carousel my friend ♪ time won't wait ♪ so don't be late ♪ ride is one more time >> vanessa, thank you so much. what a beautiful birthday song. thank you. y

jon: right now, toxicology reports are tkphog on the late grammy winning singer amy winehouse and whileike the troubled pop star may have been drinking, there's no indication apparently that illegal drugs played a role in her death. rick folbaum has more. >> reporter: that's right, jon, this is according to amy winehouse's family, these are not official statements from the police or coroner or anything like that but according to the wineline family, they say -- winehouse family, they say no illegal drugs were found, that she was found in her london home, the 20-year-old gramry winninger -- winner had a well publicized years-long battle with drugs and alcohol. friends have told british tabloids she had been overdoing it leading up to her death with alcohol, ecstasy, another report has quoted a friend of hers who has come forward to say that he helped her buy crack cocaine and heroin the night before she died but again, the family saying no drugs or found in her body. alcohol was found but not the drugs. we'll keep you posted. jon: thank you very much, rick folbaum, breaking news desk. je

this year's grammy winner, ask for and the sprawling --esper z --esperanza spaulding. instead of sharing the story that will focus on two points about reforming early childhood education. first of all research really matters. it matters because it shows over and over again ways that head start works plus ways that head start can work even better. the 2002 impact study or this stack of studies. i don't know if you can see it in the back. research matters to head start. let me cite to use some of the things that those 300 researchers to congress. head start makes it less likely children will decrease the need for special education services in elementary schools. for those of you in montgomery county i want to point one of the studies where they found the public school -- $10,100 per child per year in special education costs for children who had been in full day head start. head start graduates will be more likely to graduate high school and college plus a head start child as much as 25% less likely to smoke as an adult. there are many more benefits of head start. my seco

this year's grammy winner, she was there yesterday at the front of the magazine. instead of sharing all of their stories, i'm going to focus on three key points about reforming early childhood education. that is today's topic. first of all, research really matters. it matters because it shows over and over again ways that head start works. research matters to head start. let me say to use some of the things that those 300 researchers work -- wrote to congress. head start raised test scores. it makes it less likely that children will repeat a grade. for those of you who live in montgomery county, i want to point out one of the studies. they found that the maryland public school paid $10,100 per child per year in special education costs for children who had been in head start. head start graduates are more likely to graduate from high school and attend college. they are as much as 25% less likely to smoke as an adult. in here, many more benefits. my second point is that head start in 2011 is not your mother's head start. much change has taken place. the administrati