with 13 month old son jamison in new york pink showed no sign of strain hours before calling out neil portnowter the grammy broadcast where one solo award was given to a woman portnow was asked about how to bring about change. >> it has to begin with women who have the creativity to stand up. i think they would be welcome. >> pink tweeted a note which reads women in music don't need to step up. women have been stepping since the beginning of time. >> i want my kids to see what it looks like to have a mom who's a boss. >> she took her daughter to the awards and lost to ed sheeran. ♪ i've got no one to blame >> sheryl crow called portnow's comments strangely insensitive and ex sis. >> charlie xcx tweeted about to step up on to your face. >> women are supporting each other. >> in a statement to "e.t." today portnow add many admits i used step out. when taken out of context don't portray my beliefs. >> we'll continue to follow that. let's turn to the stars of black panter. nischelle turner was at their premiere. >> tonight is the night. ♪ >> i've got goose bumps. >> marvel's memo said the dress c

after criticism that the show had too few female winners, neil portnow said women who want to be partrds. alex wagner is showing how some are calling his comments sexist. >> good morning. the grammy awards addressed female empowerment, racism and immigration. it also got some unexpected attention off stage. some say the academy president's call for women to step up was, in fact a step back. from the white roses on the red carpet to the white-clad chorus backing kesha's emotional performance. ♪ i hope you find your peace ♪ >> reporter: sunday's grammy awards put the female empowerment movement front and center. some say the grammys sent a mixed message. >> alessia cara. [ cheers ] >> reporter: of the nine awards announced on sunday night's broadcast, alessia cara was the only solo female winner. no women were nominated in the record of the year category. >> it's hard to have a balanced show -- >> reporter: backstage, recording industry president neil portnow was asked how women could be better represented. >> i think it has to begin with women who have the creativity in their hearts an

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. >> in response neil portnow threw fuel on the fire saying it's because more women need to, quote, stepoin the ranks of musicians, engineers and producers. >> that drew an immediate response from three time grammy winner pink that tweeted out a handwritten statement saying in part, quote, women don't need to step up. they've been stepping up and also stepping aside. pink also said, quote, women owned music this year. they've been killing it and every year before this. >> meanwhile, what did not kill it this year, the grammy awards themselves. in the tv ratings at least they were down 24% compared to last year and ratings hit an all time lomong younger viewers. >>> an embarrassing typo had the government scrambling to reprint tickets to tonight's state of the union address. >> yeah, democrat tweeted this union missmelled with an "m" instead of an "n." he joked betsy devos was this in charge of spell-checking. >>> today is national plan for your vacation day. >> a group called project time off says more than half of american workers leave more than a week of vacation days unused each year

this year only 11 awards out of 84 went to women, but in response recording academy president neil portnowto have thrown some fuel on that fire telling "variety" magazine it's because more women need to, quote, step up and join the ranks of musicians, engineers and producers. >> that drew an immediate response from three-time grammy winner pink that tweeted out a handwritten statement saying in part, quote, women don't need to step up. they've been stepping up and also stepping aside. now, pink also said, quote, women owned music this year. they've been killing it and every year before this. >> meanwhile, what did not kill it this year, the grammy awards themselves. in the tv ratings at least they were down 24% compared to last year, and ratings hit an all-time low among younger viewers. >>> and an embarrassing typo had the government scrambling to reprint tickets to tonight's state of the union address. >> yeah, a democrat tweeted this photo of the word "union" missmelled with an "m" instead of an "n." the congressman joked that education secretary betsy devos was in charge of spell-check

grammy president neil portnow received strong backlash following his claims that women need to step upeatively involved in the music business neil clarifying his comments saying i used two word step up that when taken out of context do not convey my belief and the point that i was trying to make. >>> up next it is a beautiful day, in hollywood, tom hanks, will be sporting the infamous cardigan and sneakers taking on the role as mr. rodgers, in an upcoming bio picture. the film you are my friend is based on a real life friendship between fred rodgers and a journalist who gained a new perspective on life while working with rodgers. the film is being described as a heart warming one and it does not yet have a release date. >>> and one final story that will indeed, warm your heart for anybody in atlanta, it is expect army wife got more than just a chicken sandwich and waffle fries when she stepped into chick-fil-a. while posing with her in-laws and mascot she learned that underneath the mask was her husband, solder antonio returning home from de implement. the couple is expecting their fir

neil portnow is his name and he was asked after the awards show about women and the lack of diversityn do next year to push forward and this is what he said that got attention. "it has to begin with women who have the creativity in their heart answer souls who want to be musicians, engineers, producers and want to be part of the industry on the executive level to step up because i think they would be welcome." a lot of people took issue, in particular pink made a comment that a lot of people rallied around, and she posted this, women don't need to step up. women have been stepping up since the beginning of time. women step up every year against all odds. he did go on in the next sentence to acknowledge brick walls and actually say we need to make sure that the welcome mat is obvious for everyone but a lot of people saw step up and it was too late. >> maybe it was like step forward and we're ready to take you in but stepping up means we have to do something more than what we're doing right now? >> and we haven't done it. >> exactly. >> this is what i want to leave everybody with. 91% o