you have elton john performing in moscow this weekend, speaking out very publicly about the law.sa ethridge has just walked into our cnn studios in new york. she's another singer outspoken on the topic. my conversation with melissa ethridge coming up next, live on cnn. stay with me. [ male announcer ] you've got to try red lobster's four course seafood feast, just 15.99. start with soup, salad and cheddar bay biscuits then choose one of eight entrees plus dessert! four perfect courses, just 15.99. come in to red lobster today and sea food differently. four perfect courses, just 15.99. >>> talk about a who's who of world leaders now converging on south africa to attend tomorrow's massive memorial service for nelson mandela. president obama is on his way, leading this national delegation of politicians and dignitaries. on air force one, former secretary of state, hillary clinton. also george and laura bush. several others. they're getting ready for this massive memorial. huge undertaking, and such a brief period of time. just think of the logistics here. this is just the beginning.

then elton john. both surpassed a million. winfrey went beyond. she was told she would have to pay in pounds and not dollars. [ laughter ] nd nelson mandela and i joked it was time for another million pounds and write another letter send it to elton john. his last event was in hyde park london again to raise funds for children. sitting next to me, uniquely incapable of doing is to explain who the celebrity acts are and about.hey were and he was particularly intrigued by amy winehouse, longer with us. going down to meet him and her joking that her husband and mandela had a great common, both spent a huge amount of time in prison. t that point, she wanted a drink. they had banned drink at the occasion for him because of the health. i will never forget this mandela all of the achievements behind him, but the celebration party urely entitled to celebrate hiding from his wife's view the just for him.agne few people know that nelson loved not only to tell stories but to gossip. verything from spice girls, celebrities in sport, to political leaders, i wi

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elton john performed before this packed audience in moscow and took that moment to confront the issue head on. >> always welcome me with warmth and open arms every time i've visited. you've always embraced me and you have never judged me. so -- i am deeply saddened over the current legislation that is now in place against the lgbt community. it is isolating. some people that because of this legislation, i must not come here to russia, but many, many more people have asked me to come and i listened. >> russia is under scrutiny for its new propaganda law. the band is even talking about homosexuality anywhere a child might be lissance. so many people decided to boycott the games. became the political leader to announce he will not attend. russia has also blacklisted celebrities who championed gay rights, like madonna and lady gaga and in case you missed it today i interview singer, songwriter, activist melissa etheridge and talked about her new campaign dedicated to changing the treatment of russia's lgbt community and since it was melissa etheridge and i'm a bit of a music nerd i funang

. >> justin timberlake, elton john ,u2 -- all have turned to tait. >> we have people who went to airing process starts with 3-d modeling on software. on autodesk. they are shipped all over the world, slapped together, disassembled, and shipped to the next gig. the man behind it all is james whitten ferrell. he started it when he was in college. to do it financially responsibly, which is usually the most difficult thing because everyone has champagne wishes and caviar dreams, but they do not have that budget. money tois a lot more be made from live shows than recorded music. buble usedcle -- tait towers for his biggest chore yet. >> if you are going to ask people to come to an arena and sometimes set a foot ball field away from you, this is necessary. >> they are changing the music industry. ♪ [cheering] tait, ks in big part to has been a bit success. it is the seventh largest tour this fall, grossing 850 thousand dollars a night. the average ticket cost is 88 rocks. is approaching -- >> have you? >> you have to tell me what you like. >> a very nice guy. we talked about music, jazz music

. >> elton john and justin timberlake and madonna all have turned to construct mind- boggling, functionalut sets. >> we have architects and engineers tom a people went to trade school. it cut,e a single board the process starts with 3-d modeling. these are shipped from all over the world was a slapped together to stand for a day and disassembled as quickly as the next gig. james. behind it all is he started it in a 1994 when he was in college. >> we have to do it financially responsibly which is usually the most difficult was up everybody has champagne wishes and caviar dreams. putting on a big show is necessary. >> a great to be here. you will not regret. michael late taped for his -- buble taped for his tour. >> if you ask for somebody is been $100 a ticket to see you and sent a football field away from you, this is something that is necessary. >> performance magic is a necessity in the changing music industry. >> ♪ >> cory johnson, philadelphia. >> up next to my gaping. escaping., no final thoughts are next. ♪ >> love them like we do here or hate them. no escaping the selfie. who can w

elton john's first show was so good, they invited him back. karlos santana also did it twice.rd rock cafe. >> se lean dion earned $400 million. her second show began in 2007 and has just been extended to 2019. billy joel sold out his first four shows around. >> britney spears in vegas, what could go wrong? >>> the tragic death of paul walker put the latest installment of his movie franchise on hold. he starred in all but one of the six previous films. he was killed over the weekend when the car he was riding in slammed into a light pole and burst into flames. >>> in 1951, norman rockwell got paid for a portrait "saving grace." today is fetched $46 million at auction. "saying grace" is one of several works sold today by the family of his long-time art director. make sure to follow me on twitter @jaketapper. and also at @thelead. also check out our facebook page. that's it for "the lead," i'm jake tapper. >>> thank you, happening now, police withheld 911 recordings from the newtown massacre. there is controversy about whether or not the audio should ever be heard. what impact wi

first, oprah winfrey bid for it, then elton john. both of them surpassed a £1 million.h winfrey then went beyond that million. she was then told that she would have to pay in pounds and not dollars. [laughter] nelson mandela and i joked that it was time for another £1 million and that he should write another letter and sell it to elton john. nelson mandela's last public event was in hyde park, in london. again, it was to raise funds for children. sitting next to him, my task -- something i was uniquely incapable of doing -- was to explain who the celebrity acts were, what they were up to, and what they were about. he was particularly intrigued by amy winehouse, who is sadly no longer with us. i remember him going down to meet her and her joking with him that her husband and mandela had a great deal in common -- both of them had spent a huge amount of time in prison. [laughter] at that point, he wanted a drink, but graÇa, his wife, had banned drink from the occasion, at least for him because of his fragile health. i can never forget this occasion -- mandela, with all the

you have "vanity fair" back in june which included a tribute from the well-known vatican expert elton johnho described francis as a miracle of humility in an era of vanity. then i followed francis when he traveled to brazill in july. not only did he draw more than 3 million people twice to rio's copacabana beach break agattend tense record head by the rolling stones but there was a delicious moment when he was outside the cathedral downtown in rio where he was rushed by a gaggle of latin american nuns screaming like they were teenage girls at a justin bieber concert. there simply is something about this man that excites people. it's precisely what you said. this is a man who has risen to the pinnacle of spiritual power and yet somehow still seems to radiate simplicity, human millity, a love for ordinary people and genuine concern for the poor. those are qualities generally that play to almost universal admiration. >> one thing that strikes me about him too and we saw it again today is the inclusiveness with this pope, reaching out to not just noncatholics but nonchristians and according to

. >> i was going to say don't let the sun go down on me by elton john.thing is blaming him for everything. >> dan, that gets at what susan and brad were talking about the idea of can he recover? among obama voters, was it surprising that the folks still hold out hope that he can recover from this. view it as a bump in the road. the question is what gets him out? health care working? is it the improving economy or is he divorced from the economy? >> it's really an important question because as susan said, it is difficult to really bounce back. if the economy does improve, that will help. no question about that. one of the things we have seen in public opinion over the last 60 days really is that this kind of base he had beneath him which is that people thought he was an honest president or a strong leader, some of that eroded significantly and i think that's the question as to whether even if the health care law seems to be working pretty well and even if the economy comes back, whether this sense of him as a weak president or somebody who was too detache

catholics and not catholics as elton john said, pope francis is just a miracle of humility in a sea ofanity. >> the reaction not just from catholics but everyone you've heard so far, your twitter handles and facebook lighting up. what's the reaction? >> he's been able to reach out beyond the catholic world. i think it's very smart the way he's able to use social media. the fact that even before we made him person of the year he was already the most common, most popular name in the facebook world. social media has been showing love for this pope long before "time" made him person of the year. which suggests it's not just a question of 1.2 billion catholics, he's reaching out across because his message is universal. when he talks about economics and says trickle down economics don't work, that's not just -- that's not just for catholics. >> absolutely. bobby, thank you very much for joining us today. before we go, i want to mention, he'll be broadcasting his radio show, the catholic guy at two u.s. bases in germany for a series of prechristmas shows with the troops and that is why you ha

elton john with his fema and the three musketeers and what is this ragtime cementing its golf acquire years in the winter wonderland seen for the false sense fanning themselves with mckee shaped fans in their bermuda shorts. then the ticket window shut in our face. a type beard looking lady is announcing that the park is closed. she gets on the radio to the choir director. this cannot happen. we are on their plans tomorrow morning not to mention if he is stuck at the gate we are out for everyone stick at and the climax is gone. we could go back and have long talks and a french film. this is crazy. she says no its overcapacity and no one is allowed until later tonight and maybe not even then. you can watch the entire even on the web site. up next in the block of programming on consumer and some is a member of "the new york times" editorial board who appeared to discuss his book the price of everything solving the mystery of why we pay what we do. here is a bit of that program. >> you're new book is entitled the price of everything solving the mystery of why we pay what we do. it starts

the cardinals and elton john. straight ahead. >> what? >> yeah. >>> your favorite do-nothing congress is doing something today with a budget deal getting over the finish line this morning. is there any hope for more action in 2014? we will set the agenda. also this morning, an economic forecast with alan greenspan. he says the biggest thing we have to fear is fear itself. plus, scott brown is moving from massachusetts to new hampshire. is it the first step in a move the try to get his old job back in the senate? good morning from washington. it's tuesday, december 17th, 2013. this is "the daily rundown." i'm still chuck todd. let's get to my first reads of the morning. >>> congress will close out the year with more of a whimper than a roar. it's shaping up to have its least dramatic december during the obama presidency. no late-night health care votes, no fiscal cliff looming. but the calm is hardly a sign of distinction and productivity. as the senate seals the budget deal, the last big vote of the 113th congress at least in this year is

they have worked with caesars in the past with elton john and celine dion. going to work for britney here and her younger fan base? it is almost showtime. how did this come about? how did you bring britney spears to vegas? we talked about how it would be and getting britney on board. as soon as she heard about it, she was ready to do it. what goes into the actual production? are seven set changes, a variety of elements. water, fire, technicolor. folks workingf for nine months now. >> why britney ? changing demo in vegas from an older generation to a younger one. it is written a lot by the nightclubs but folks, the younger customers are coming to vegas more and more. the average age was 51 and it is now 46. we are capturing that trend and the resident business has always been a good one for us. it is happening at planet hollywood. how does her brand aligned with planet hollywood? about fame, the celebrity element of it. >> once you get all these people there, it is a different crowd and a younger crowd. how do you keep them there and had eu keep them spending

elton john, 63rd concert at madison square garden. he was phenomenal. >> one of our senior producers this morning said, "oh, my parents like elton john, too." you know -- >> she wasn't that senior. it was a younger producer here on the show. >> that's right. >> senior -- ready for aarp. >> we all love elton john. >> young people there, as well. elton, great show. >>> mr. roker? >> the other part of the storm, guys, is the icing that we'll be expecting. this is going to be a long-lived storm right into the weekend. the futurecast starting tomorrow morning, the pink area is the ice, the blue is the snow. and you see from texas all the way to southern ohio, we're talking about ice. some of the ice could be extensive. as we show what we're expecting, this is ice. we could be looking a -- first of all, we've got snow, six to nine inches. we could be looking at anywhere from a quarter inch to a half inch of ice. and that can be really dangerous. a quarter inch of ice can cause massive problems. in fact, as we show some of those effects, thi

this breed on the back of beyond to having you're off to visit them on to increase elton john says if we look for in this list it's lonesome i could find by an age group they're all different ages but the one thing in common is taking them on a big crowd whenever they told. is the advice you cause them to musicians and hispanics to know that they can fill. one of the venue that playing and especially to compare the stadium. hello boys like mommy or daddy did something be it in other words this gives an advantage might say to the old timers will get with the pre spring sing and he has a new album coming out soon. john reid and its olds on the hill be another one of the top ten on his next hit you too will soon have another non extent that on bonnie's bounce be on the sleds and say you have these authors have established themselves that adults of them have friends and the style and the falsity of a rift between the aging generation. the new generation who are just whining about that of stalin music. the same time you have it is the creations like taylor swift and justin b but he does ha

trigger on their person of the year award, including a tribute from the well known vaticanologist, elton john said of pope francis, he is a miracle of humility in an era of vanity. it sums up the popular reaction to the pope. >> is there a feeling that the pope is trying to reform the catholic church or is he doing what is most pom courtable to him and he's hoping people embrace him? >> reporter: fred, i think it's both. a lot of what he's doing comes out of his own personality. for example, in the early stages of his papacy, it was the gestures of humility and simplicity that took the world by storm. him choosing, forexample, not to live in the papal apartment, calling up his shoe maker to say, i'm not going to be able to come back to pick up my plain brown shoes, can you put them in a box and ship them here? i think a lot of that came out of who he is. i went there to spend time with people who know him. they will say this is who he is as the archbishop. he lived in an apartment rather than the archbishop's residence that was so modest, he left his stove on so he didn't freeze to death. i t

elton john's first show in vegas was so successful caesar's invited him back for a second stint.les were so nice, he did it twice, first at planet hollywood and then at the hard rock cafe. but the queen of vegas is celine dion, her five-year residency earned a reported $400 million, her second show began in 2011 and has just been extended to 2019. as for rolling the dice on billy joel, well, he sold out his first four shows already. >> thank you. >> billy joel's first show rolls out in january, jake tapper, cnn, washington. >> all right, that sounds like a lot of fun. time to go to vegas. >>> that's going to do it for me, i'm fredricka whitfield, the next hour of "cnn newsroom" begins right now with deb feyerick. any chance you've seen any of those shows in vegas? >> i've never been to vegas. >> what? >> i've been a lot of places but i've never been to vegas. >> you got to do vegas at least once. >> at least once. >> yeah. >> and i hear what happens there stays there, so that's what i'm counting on. >> oh, yeah, that's so not true. just be careful when you go. >>> you are in the

nelson mandela and i joked that it was time for another man to write another letter to sell to elton john. that event was in hyde park. again to raise funds for children and sitting next to him, my task was to explain who whatelebrity acts were and they were about. he was particularly intrigued by amy winehouse, sadly no longer with us and i remember going back to meet harry and joking that her husband dan mandella had a great deal in common, both of them spending a huge amount of time in prison and at that point he wanted a drink. i can never forget this occasion with all of these great achievements and the celebration party for his 90th birthday should be entitled to a celebratory drink hiding from his wife's view the glass of champagne. very few people know that nelson mandela and loved not only to tell stories but to gossip about everyone from the spice girls, celebrities, sports, political leaders, and i will refrain from mentioning what he said about them -- [laughter] he told me that he wanted the queen to invite an african rain princess from his tried and he had gotten nowhere wit

the greatest show i ever saw, was elton john-billy joel.. >> two weeks ago i saw kanye west. he was okay that he started to rant better than walt disney and howard hughes. even my son said it is time to go. tracy: i actually hope whitesnake does a reunion tour, just so you could see it. >> here is the question. will they have their own hair or will they wear wigs? ashley: thank you, charles. >> see you later. ashley: got the whitesnake in there. tracy: should be on the bucket list for you. ashley: obviously. tracy: the city of detroit moves into bankruptcy, carmakers headquartered in motown are actually showing really strong sales for november. we're going to break those numbers down for you ahead. ashley: plus, got to have it. the ceo of brookstone joins us with his sales out look for the holidays. oh, yeah, we get to play with very cool toys. tracy: that is so fun. look at oil now. jumping more than 2% on expectations for greater demand. that and tomorrow's eia inventory report will show the first drawdown in supplies since september. oil

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the cardinals and elton john. straight ahead. >> what?ng. is there any hope for more action in 2014? we will set the agenda. also this morning, an economic forecast with alan greenspan. he says the biggest thing we have to fear is fear itself. plus, scott brown is moving from massachusetts to new hampshire. is it the first step in a move the try to get his old job back in the senate? good morning from washington. it's tuesday, december 17th, 2013.

relevant in john,l records from elton paul mccartney -- a lot of these elder statesman. >> billy joel the way through august at madison square garden. >> he is doing incredible business. would his new record have any legs if he had a new record? i am curious to see about the u2 record. we will have to see if the whole electronic dance music has peaked or whether it continues to have legs. i think it has peaked. when i start to see new york socialite's or wives of investment bankers i know who are becoming djs -- >> becoming djs? >> that represents the top of a market. thank you so much. andy kershaw and. we will be back with more. talking "the willful wall street." ♪ . . >> live from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, this is "market makers" with erik schatzker and stephanie ruhle. >> holiday winners and losers -- amazon is beating walmart when it comes to price and inventory. ps xbox has more fans than four. our retail survey says stay on top of the latest trends area and the real wolf of wall street -- as hollywood's version comes out, we will tell you but the real investor t