and nixon didn't want to meet elvis presley and he said no.is daughter, who was 20 years old, found out that her father had said no to meeting elvis presley, and she wanted an autograph. so she called her father and ideal at him. ( laughter ) and so nixon reluctantly agreed to meet this rock 'n' roller so that he could get an autograph for his daughter. >> stephen: so, so, at that point she was the most powerful person. >> she was the most powerful person. >> stephen: daughters generally are. daughters are generally the most powerful people in the world. we have a clip ps this is nixon being ascanse of elvis presley and his opinion. >> you know, guys like that who were just born good look ago well, you obviously know-- they never had to work for it, if you know what i mean. not me. no, i had to make something of myself to get a girl to notice me. it wasn't just handed to me by some sort of genetic lottery. i wasn't born looking like a kennedy,un. but that's why guys like me are survivors. guys like this elvis fellow, no. underneath all that, t

guys like this elvis fellow, no. underneath all that, they're they whither at the first sign of trouble. they just crumble like a sand dune. ( cheers and applause ) so what's most crazy about this meeting is that finally, elvis comes to the white house. he decides he wants to bring a gun for the president as a gift. ( laughter ). >> stephen: it was a different time. >> it was a different time. and not only that. he also carried firearms himself. >> stephen: oh, yeah, he liked to shoot the tv and stuff like that. >> yes. so he actually snuck into the oval office with a firearm that they didn't find. >> stephen: how do you-- how do you-- how? >> it's in your leg, baby. >> stephen: oh, in his boot. >> yeah, in his boot. i'm carrying one now. >> stephen: to play the part of nixon, he has been portrayed so many times, he has been imitated so many times. presentation of nixon. how do you do that without falling into the, i'm richard nixon." >> you know what i did on set just to make sure i wouldn't do that? i'd go, "i love

elvis presley is what i'm talking about. you're doing elvis sampson. very high voice who voices the chipmunks. >> i haven't done elvis' voice in a long time. >> jimmy: it's very dracula. >> yeah, it's more dracula really. >> jimmy: yeah it is, than elvis, yeah. i thought it would be a little more -- what if elvis was from transylvania. >> there are theories, speculations. [ elvis voice ] >> jimmy: i wanna suck your blood, man. >> see you're good. [ laughter ] that's better than i was in the movie. >> jimmy: not bad, right? did you know elvis going into doing the film? >> yeah, we're close friends. [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: i'm sorry. [ laughter ] no. did you know of -- [ laughter ] did you know of elvis? >> yeah, i knew who he was. were you a giant fan of elvis presley? >> not particularly. but i went down to memphis and did what everybody probably imagines i would do. i went to graceland, sun studios, all those things. i also went to this really interesting -- oh, my god, my cape broke! [ laughter ] >> jimmy: no, no, it didn't break. >> you

it's the subject of a movie called elvis and nixon. sandy kenyon met with the stars that play the legendary characters. >> reporter: diana, dave, the photo taken after a meeting president elvis presley and image viewed at the national archives. the meeting between two icons of the 20th century lasted half an hour making this a slim premise for a movie. but watching michael shannon as elvis and kevin space check is interesting enough. the chance to talk about the movie with them was fascinating. >> you do not do an impersonation. it is an embodiment. was that a conscious choice. >> definitely on both of our parts. >> you can't do an imitation. it will run out of steam. this gave us a chance to get inside two men so publicly known but private question quite mysterious. >> reporter: the year was 1970 and the watergate scandal was a couple of years a way for president nixon and his a letter from elvis hand delivered. elvis using copious amounts of prescription drugs hoped to be appointed a special agent at what was then called the bureau o

. >> reporter: elvis otieno, that's his real name, was born in 1977, the same year elvis presley died parents named him after the king, sealing his fate. ♪ you're the reason why i'm traveling on >> i tried everything i could in my life to be an engineer, an aeronautical engineer. but it was never to be, because i think music was my calling. ♪ my hometown's coming in sight if you think i'm happy, you're ♪ right >> reporter: he's now known as "sir elvis." he thought about becoming a rock musician. but he identified more with country. >> it's down home stories that i resonate with. ♪ listen to the radio >> reporter: when he started performing 10 years ago, he was the first kenyan to sound like the original artists. >> if you're playing beethoven, you have to sound authentically beethoven. if i sing jim reeves, it has to have a silky velvet way of it. ♪ i love you because you're understanding ♪ i love you because you're understanding >> he's original. his voice. it's out of this world. >> reporter: he's as genuine as the music. because you can't do this stuff if you don't believe in it. >

dwight chafen is had name of your character in "elvis and nixon." and then quick silver in "x-men."en movie. it's one of the great scenes where your character is just running around so quickly everybody else is in slow motion and catching bullets and pulling people's hats off and doing all this crazy stuff. it's a miraculous scene. >> i have to say it's not me at all. it's rising sun who does all the special effects of the kitchen scene and we got a new one in the next movie. same special effects people. and who else? >> jimmy: i don't know. a lot of people. >> lot of people. >> flight, so i forgive you for forgetting and i hope day do as well. for those that saw it, they know what a great scene it is. are you running in slow motion? running as fast as you can? running or moving around? >> i'm on a tread mill, a green tread mill and there's a green tennis ball and i'm basically moving bullets. >> jimmy: so those people aren't in the room with you when you're doing it? >> no, they're frozen, mannequin. >> jimmy: i don't even know what hot mess means, so i guess there's no point in ex

"elvis and nixon" is this anything like "batman versus superman?" is there fighting?et elvis in the room with president nixon. >> jimmy: this is something that really happened? >> it's an amazing story. it's hilarious. >> jimmy: my friend, ben stein, who worked with president nixon sent me an email and told me i was there when it happened and i had lunch next to elvis and i said, well, what did you have and he said i don't know. i think steak. did you meet the people actually involved? people that were there that day? >> bed kroeg and jerry schilling, which was very cool because jerry schilling worked very closely with elvis and one of his best friends. so, that was amazing. >> jimmy: the story is elvis decides to go the white house to meet nixon. >> he wants a badge to be a federal agent at large to fight the war on drugs, which he, at the time, was taking a lot of. >> jimmy: exactly. >> it's crazy. >> jimmy: it's like the birth of hypocrisy in america. well, yeah. it's a pretty crazy story. you're doing a lot of fun stuff. you must be thrilled, right? >> i'm a hot m

so this is why elvis is coming in. what he really wants to do is be deputized as a law enforcement officer, to deal with the drug problem. there is the letter. bud takes him into the oval office. elvis starts showing him pictures. much of the meeting was recorded. that is bud there. this is one of the most requested pictures of the nixon administration. excuse me. you will notice his belt, which was solid gold. bud was not the normal notetaker of meetings and prepared a fairly detailed account of what had happened. after the meeting, this actually runs several pages. clipped just one paragraph here that notes that a list presley indicated that he thought the beatles had been a real force for anti-american spirit. a said this sounds like little bit like competition. he said that the beatles came to the country, made their money, and returned to england, where they promoted and anti-american theme. the president nodded in agreement and expressed some surprise. this is a good host meeting memo. this became the exception t

wisdo >> have you seen like elvis for real like clips of elvis. >> he wants to know if you knowk whate i've seen elvis in in many many movies and seen elvisv in the photograph that's actually in the movie.tually i'm not saying he looks exactlyt like elvis.like e i think he performed and sounded and talked like him.ik him what i was saying the actual act look of a person i think the the performer the actor can be so s good sometimes that you forgetor the actual look of the person. >> performance is transform ma tiff. >> he's basically saying ifsica you're good enough you could beu kevin mccarthy.cary >> if you're good enough.. >> you do kind of resemble him.. >> i do kind of look like kevink mccarthy.rt they can do a whole movie, two hour movie about picture. >> yeah. more than a picture. than a the meeting itself took place in december of 1970, and elvis actually just showed up at the white house and wrote thisanwrot handwritten letter hadn't itadnt delivered to richard nixon, and thenalled up meeting that day. y he wanted to have a badge and become a federal agent at largel this is a

. >> and elvis is back with the aboutist of the month. her anymore name is whitney word and listen to her sing. she's beautiful. >> 16 years old? >> i think so. >> you're a busy girl. >> too busy for me. >> what happened? >> christine and i went out to beotautiful phoenix, arizona, for the week toentd end to stay with my good friends bud and laurie and then had lunch with the ladies who started child help. >> you love them. >> love them. most amazing organization. then saturday night i went to the salvation army's expect chi ange conference and it's -- i had no idea. i thought it was a national thing. it was -- it's the international. do you realize that salvation army and all the good work they do, they are in 187 nations and their next one they're going to go into, what did i tell you, what, hoda? >> madagascar. >> madagascar. >> so you were given an award. you buried the lead a little bit. you looked beautiful. congratulations. >> thank you, i want to thank brenda at her salon for doing my hair. i never know what to do on the road. eva

. >> elvis presley. >> do you swear this isn't a joke?is penmanship is horrible. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> i want to say congratulations. >> thank you. >> what was it like playing these historic figures? >> well, i had a blast, but it's because i had such a great time working with michael. you know, whenever you walk on the first day on a set and you are a little nervous and, you know, particularly because you are playing somebody that a lot of people have played. and a lot of people imitate. and sort of do a caricature of. you know, you trier not to go down that road and you are working with an actor who is, oh, he's also playing a very famous character that a lot of people have played and a lot of people have done a

is why elvis was coming in. what he really wants to do is to be deputized as a law enforcement officer to deal with the drug problem. there is the letter. but taken then to the oval office and they agree he should come in. and this is the grading. of the start showing him pictures. much of the meeting was recorded. that is but croghan and the picture there. this is one of the most requested pictures of the richard nixon administration. excuse me. you will notice here, his belt, which is solid gold. he was also showing the president his gold cufflinks. krogh was not the normal notetaker of meetings and prepared a fairly detailed account of what had happened. this run several pages. i clipped this one paragraph here that notes that presley indicated he thought the beatles had been the real source for any american's fear. lack -- likeittle competition. he said the beatles came to america, made their money, and theyback to europe where went on with an anti-american being. -- theme. post meetingd memo. this became th

also our good pal elvis duran is in the building. a new orleans rock band called the revivalists.are going to have you so jacked up. >> so much good music comes out of new orleans. >> and ryan scott is back. i think he was here last week. >> what's going on? >> i actually just moved in. >> good. you know those yummy chicken and pork lettuce cups? >> did i just move in all week? i'll be here all week. yes. >> your favorites restaurant dishes, how to make them at home. >> great grilled cheese day. perfect. >> hats off to everybody from the blind spot. they started the second season last night, a real nail-biter. a hot hot show. i got to host a -- >> of course you did. you're so important. >> a panel of the group. i got them to the an elevator selfie which was fun. there's everybody. >> a nice looking zbloup they were a great group. >> so drop dead beautiful. you're wearing your clara son woo again. what are you wearing? >> i'm wearing pants. look who showed up. howie. >> howie, our lighting director. >> that's his laugh. and i told him how much we missed his laugh and missed him. "t

>>> it's time now for elvis duran's artist of the moment. >> here we are with our friend elvis,s to the next big thing in music. >> we're going to be ser ro naded by the revivalists. >> but first, elvis is here with two of the members of the seven-man band. >> welcome. >> i know you love new orleans. did you just find them? what happened? >> they've been around for a while. food and music, rather than bringing the catering, we brought the music. these guys are going to knock the glass out of the studio. >> how would you describe your >> the truth. whoa. >> so deep. >> but it's like food stomping, hands clapping. >> all that. >> revivalists sounds like it's got some gospel in there perhaps. an influence of gospel, perhaps? >> we have a player that was brought up in that style. >> when you go to new orleans, even if you're deaf you with hear their music because they are the sound of new orleans. >> should we ask about elvis' hair? it's fascinating. we like it. >> did you dye it that color? >> what do you think? >> i don't know. >> is that your natural color? >> no it's not. >> i'v

why did he want elvis and nixon to meet?s all -- he served at the honor of the president and wanted to try to make the president seem cooler than he was. >> always about re-election, isn't it? always about re-election. >> yeah. >> i want to play a quick game with all of you. i'm going to read a quote and you tell me who said it, elvis or nixon. there are too many people that depend on me. i'm too obligated, i'm in too far to get out. >> i got it. spiro agnew. >> wow, nope, that was elvis. all right. the finest deal has to go through the hottest fire. >> that's got to be nixon. >> nixon, yes, correct. to judge a man by his weakest link or deed is like judging the power of the ocean by one wave. >> that's got to be nixon. >> that was elvis. >> whoa. >> we were tricking you here. if you want to make beautiful music you must play the black and white notes together. >> kissinger. >> yeah. >> all right. it's nixon. all right, thank you guys for playing. we appreciate it. the movie is fantastic. "elvis & nixon" is in theaters this

the michael shanon who plays elvis pressly.esident richard nixon. >> where are you, fdr park. >> yes, i'm in faragot band, they are in the tribute ban they are doing a prince tribute show today because we are celebrating the muse being of prince, that is why we are out here, and incredible spring concert series. rocking my purple out. we're all shocked and saddened bypassing of prince but why not celebrate his music to day. that is exactly what we're doing. prince will never, ever truly die, he will always be in our hearts, his soul will be here on earth, greatest guitar player of all time. we are having fun and talking about his muse being and his legend. that is why i'm out here in d.c. good how did kevin spacey do at richard nixon how many stars did you give it. >> i gave that movie a four out of five. i recollect men seeing it. i gave it four out of five. i spoke to kevin spacey, and i asked him what would his house of card character president underwood have said to richard nixon if they could meet, watch this. >> it is a g

you tell me who said it, elvis or nixon. there are too many people that depend on me.to get out. >> i got spiro agnew. >> wow, that was elvis. all right. the finest deal has to go through the hottest fire. >> that's got to be nixon. >> correct. >> to judge a man by his weakest link or deed is judging the power of the ocean by one wave. >> that's got to be nixon. >> elvis. tricking you here. if you want to make beautiful music you must play the black and white notes together. >> kissinger. >> yeah. >> all right. it's nixon. all right, thank you guys for playing. we appreciate it. the movie is fantastic. "elvis & nixon" is in theaters this friday. you got to check it out and we will be right back. the nra and its campaign cash are what stands between us and gun reform. "searing tragedy struck in a place parents felt their children were safe" chris van hollen met with nra lobbyists to craft a loophole that would let the nra skirt a new campaign finance law and block gun control. but democrat donna edwards said "no" to the nra loophole and stood up to the gun lobby. and sh

hey, elvis! jenna. >> elvis, when you heard the news. >> this is a number one story today, and hoda and jenna are singing with the prince classics, it is special. this is fabulous. >> elvis, when you think about his impact, look, you have been on the music scene, watched artists come and go, prince is one of those people that seemed to have touched almost every artist we heard of. you see it in tweets, you know it from their work. >> absolutely. i don't think we would have the same performances from bruno mars that we have without prince or lady gaga. think about the theatrics he brings to the stage. another thing you have to remember, hoda and jenna, remember the artist formerly known as prince, when he was fighting back at the record label because he wanted to be independent? now you have artists doing it because he paved the way for that. they're not going by the rules that the record company tell them they have to go by. he did more than we give him credit for doing. a fabulous artist. danger

. >> elvis. that would have been fun. ernie: a lot of people missed that. elvis is great. ernie: thank you very much. take care. bye-bye. i didn't see elvis either. that would have been nice. what did you miss? go to my facebook page and let me know. you can catch my positive words every day on wor 710 am radio. thank you for joining us. i'm ernie anastos. for all of us, our control room, big john is back, give us a wave. thanks for joining us and being i remember when time warner cable was just on tv. now i can watch it live anywhere. if time warner cable can change, then so can i. changing for good. >> today on "tmz" -- harvey: beyonce again is making kind of veiled references to jay-z having side chicks. call becky with the good hair >> i really always said he was cheating with rachel roy, the designer. is he really going to go after rachel roy, who's 42 years old until harvey: sounds so much like rachael ray. >> i love the idea of rachael ray and jay-z. having sex with jay-z in 30 minutes or less. i love it. >> kanye west back to his old interruptive ways. >> i will le

spiro agnew. >> wow, that was elvis. all right.e. >> that's got to be nixon. >> correct. >> to judge a man by his weakest link or deed is judging the power of the ocean by one wave. >> that's got to be nixon. >> elvis. tricking you here. if you want to make beautiful music you must play the black and white notes together. >> kissinger. >> yeah. >> all right. it's nixon. all right, thank you guys for playing. we appreciate it. the movie is fantastic. "elvis & nixon" is in theaters this friday. you got to check it out and we will be right back. joe sestak supports a plan that the new york timesfactreported makes cuts to social security benefits. and the plan raises the retirement age. it's true. the a.a.r.p. opposed the plan, citing dramatic cuts to medicare benefits. the plan sestak supports means higher out-of-pocket costs for millions on medicare. any way you spin it, the truth about sestak is gonna hurt. women vote is responsible for the content of this advertising. like steve santarsiero, harrisburg politicians who will say or d

now to kevin spacey and michael shannon, the two star as president nixon and elvis presley in "elvisthe most requested photo in the national archives and i recently got to sit down with the stars. here's a look at their new movie. >> communists and the left wingers are clinging to one another because they're trying to destroy us, elvis. >> i know, sir. good honest americans. they hate us. >> they don't hate us, elvis. they hate what we stand for. >> and so happy to have kevin spacey and michael shannon with us this morning. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having us. >> had is the untold story of that famous photo. what happened between elvis and nixon. >> one 69 things that drew me to the script is that even though this is based on a real he vent the meeting between them is completely mysterious. there's no document of it. there's no recording of it so a real event and completely imagined event. >> it had to have been a huge undertaking. i know you're both incredible arcs but to play such larger than life real people. >> yeah, i think both michael and really wanted to appr

he ends up influencing little richard and singing "tutti fruity" and he backs up elvis and then elvis doesn't show up one night and he takes over for him. and he's, he's at woodstock and he's, meets tony bennett later in his life. there's all these real people who were nice enough, many of them, to let me actually write in their voices in the book. but he's fictional. >> in some ways, did he have your dream life, to be able to meet all of these people? >> yeah, i guess he did. haven't thought of it that way, but yeah, i suppose a lot of my own musical fantasies were sort of played out. he personifies what i would like my musical playing to do, except he's, frankie presto is a much better musician than i was or ever will be. >> but you wanted to be a musician from, from a young age, you wanted to be a musician. >> it's all i wanted to be. i didn't write anything until i was already well into my twenties, cause everything i wanted to do was based around music. and so, i put myself through college playing music. and i really didn't write much in college, not more than the average kid doe

spiro agnew. >> wow, that was elvis. all right. the finest deal has to go through the hottest fire. >> that's got to be nixon. >> correct. >> to judge a man by his weakest link or deed is judging the power of the ocean by one wave. >> that's got to be nixon. >> elvis. tricking you here. if you want to make beautiful music you must play the black and white notes together. >> kissinger. >> yeah. >> all right. it's nixon. all right, thank you guys for playing. we appreciate it. the movie is fantastic. "elvis & nixon" is in theaters even when the deck is stacked, a new yorker will find a way to break up big banks, create millions of jobs, and rebuild america. some say it can't be done again. but another native son of new york is ready -- bernie. rebuild the middle class, make wall street banks pay their fair share, give every child a chance. new york -- it's our time again to build a future to believe in. >>> "good morning america" is brought to you by the blue cash everyday card from american express. >> oh, do we have a picture to sh

big elvis fan.lvis number one on the back of my bus and he approached from the year. when he asked me that, who's on the bus, man? i go, elvis. he goes, shoot, man. elvis is dead. and then i went, shoot. no wonder i'm waiting so long. i immediately got on the burks locked the door. looked through the window just hoping he would go away and sure enough he looked around and then walked away, and 15 minutes later, i get a phone call. prince is ready to come to the bus. so i got out. i opened the door. i see him come down the sidewalk with two security guards on either side, and the security guard to his right was actually the guy who was there with the ragged jeans and the t-shirt, and when he approached the door prince immediately looked up and looked at me, and said, nice to meet you. and so that dispelled everything from there, and the security guard tapped me on the shoulder, said good job. let's go. the rest was pretty much history. >> and from there, you had in-depth, philosophical conversations

"elvis & nixon" is in theaters now. >> was this movie inspired by the photograph. >> elvis gets in trouble with priscilla and kernel tom for spending too much money at christmas. he goes and gets a federal agents at large badge in d.c. it doesn't exist, but he loved shiny badges. he had one from the memphis police. >> jimmy: who doesn't love a shiny badge? this is the result of that journey. he went to the white house to meet nixon. >> with a gun for the president. letter about wanting to talk to the president. he wanted to be an undercover narcotics agent. >> jimmy: yeah, i bet me did. wow. why didn't he just say he had a ruptured disk or what is it you tell people? >> hearnrniated disk. >> jimmy: here we go. we have four people on the screen. three of these people you don't know. one of them you do know from the past. now, looking at these people, i feel like any one of them could be somebody you know or knew or something. but look at their faces very closely and see if anything rings a bell. okay? >> okay. well, i'm a big fan of rick reuben. i don't know why. hey, man. okay. let me look

. >> >> the new movie elvis and nixon hits threaters on friday and michael shannon also a star.ll talk with them coming up and reminder as we head to break share news tips 202-89 202-895-3000 or email us "fox5" tips @wttg.com back in a minut >> back at 6:45 take a look at in mexico. and eruption was yesterday near city of pub la. so fewer full. >> what's going on? >> right. >> good morning. >> good morning to you. >> we're all getting back can we all do this together. give me a hand. we're back together. >> keep it moving. >> another day in the 80s. >> bring it. >> okay. >> your wish is my command. >> okay later today. >> okay. >> here we go. >> tuck. >> let's me know if you need steve to doe weather. >> steve has done the weather. >> i know he has. >> allison the last time di weather you said good job and i was concerned about my future here. so i'm going to ve not to do the weather. one more 80 degree day. comfortable temperatures. 59 in washington and 56 in annapolis and off to north and west we get 40s there frederick is 45 degrees and 45 mannasas and culpeper and generally

an elvis number provided the sound track for a visit to a post office. elvis may be the king of rock 'n' roll, but this monarchy has definitely not left the a new stamp shows three kings in waiting and because of the reign says prince william they're well trained. >> it has been a real sort of guiding example of -- of just what, sort of a good monarch can be. >> reporter: for a good monarch the first requirement its to be seen. and if 90-year-old legs will only carry one so far, 94-year-old legs on prince philip. then enter the queen mobile. perhaps her most welcome birthday present. 90 years, 64 of them as queen. but there are two queens. the official dutiful one and the private one. and few understand both better than margaret rhodes, who has been a friend since childhood. >> do you call her on a first name basis. >> by her childhood name, lilibet. >> reporter: lilibet knows she is there to provide one thing continuity. >> we have prime ministers by the dozens. but we have the queen who is always there, you know. does all the thing she's has been to do