blige is one of the most defining voices of our era. chart-topping hits like "family affair" and "be without you" make her one of the most influential and acclaimed r and b artists with more than 15 million albums sold, blige shares a love with her fans worldwide. but her journey to super stardom was a difficult one, fraught with insecurity, pain, depression and abuse. >> i was bouncing, trying to survive. singing for my life, literally. trying to get all of this stuff out of me and hoping it got out of me. >> reporter: her story is the subject of a new and eye-opening amazon original documentary "my life" centered around her 1994 album of the same name. >> it is probably my darkest album at one of the darkest times that i had. >> reporter: what do you think people will learn in the documentary they didn't know about you before? >> they will learn i am human. i am not going to allow people to take my freedom. the only freedom i have is freedom to move around the way i want to, say what i want to and not let you put me in a box. >> repor

blige.1994 sophomore album, "my life." >> i saw something that we've never seen before, but something we knew existed. i knew that existed. i was her. she gave us a face. she gave us a name. she knave us a story. she humanized us. >> she was like, "i'm here, and i'm beautiful, and i'm hip hop, but i'm mary." i'm bringing all of you with me-- good, bad, whatever. i'm mary, and this is what i'm doing. and it was so great for us to see this authentic black woman. >> trevor: mary j. blige, welcome to "the daily social distancing show." >> thank you. >> trevor: wow, there are a few people i get to interview or get to speak to who have made more of an impact, not just in a genre or in music, but in society. you are a soundtrack to periods of time. you're a soundtrack to emotions and feelings that human beings have experienced over many, many, many years. i mean, you know, with eight multiplatinum albums, with nine grammy awards, with two oscar nominations-- the list is endless. you are truly the q

blige fan, that's who you know her to be, authentically herself. and so inspiring.into a beacon of light to help uplift millions of fans for a generation. ♪ i'm going down ♪ ♪ i'm going down ♪ >> reporter: it's the album that sparked a movement, "my life" by mary j. blige. ♪ sleep don't come easy ♪ >> reporter: and nearly three decades later the queen of hip-hop and r&b is looking back on a new documentary on amazon. "mary j. blige: my life." >> "my life" is my darkest album at one of the darkest types i had. >> why do you think it still resonates with so many people all these years later? >> because so many people are still hurting. a lot of people can relate to another person going through it. you could feel it in the music. >> is there a song on the album that you could listen to on repeat? >> the whole album i can listen to, but i can't listen to it on repeat, because it's just -- at some point i will start crying. now not because i'm sad, because i made it out of that. i made it. i could have -- yeah, the triumph of it all is i'm alive to feel it like i'm no lo

blige?>>> next up, tiffany haddish, the actress and comedian, is opening up about plans to adopt. speaking with "entertainment tonight," haddish explains she's already completed the parenting classes required to go through the adoption process here's what she had to say on becoming a mom. >> i really wanted to be a foster parent. you know, because i'm at a certain level of success, my lawyer suggested it's probably best to just adopt i want to give somebody that's, like, 5 and up, already knows how to use the restroom, already knows how to talk, already knows how to communicate, and then all i'm doing is pouring knowledge, you know, pouring knowledge in, get them ready for the big, bad world. >> that's cheating. >> exactly. >> no matter how many classes she's taken, it ain't enough >> she'll be fantastic >> haddish has been open about being raised in the foster care system, so it is not surprised she's interested in adopting an older child. wishing you nothing but the begs tiffny on this exc

blige just trying to be happy, her junior tow nine grammys fraught with depression and pain and how hers real because i couldn't feel anything. and here i have done everything that i can to try to

blige, billy crystal and we're revealing the roster of the u.s. women's national team who's going >>> we have fire danger way up north around happy camp and up into oregon. this is an area that could have some thunderstorms and also we could have some in the southern sierra and the high desert. no red flag warning for there. here's a look at our threat of thunderstorms not only today but also tomorrow. and into friday it gets a little smaller. if you're thinking of going up to the high country this weekend, keep it in the back of your mind. julian. >> thank you, mike. >>> san francisco's county leaders just voted to cap food delivery fees. yesterday's board vote was a unanimous decision to limit commission to a max of 15% for companies like doordash and grubhub. it's seen as a win for local restaurants that have had the provision in place since the start of the pandemic. >>> swim at your own risk. that is the urgent message from it several pools and beaches across the country. here's why. officials say that there is a nationwide shortage of life g

and one of the best documentaries of the year shines the spotlight on nine-time grammy winner mary j bligereliving her amazing successes in songs and film see it on amazon. prime video. hope you have a great weekend in chicago. i'm dean richards. >> like that's a lot of stuff. i didn't really know at all. just in that tidbit about mary j action and all that stuff that might be really interesting. a personal or little bit more about, you know, the ones going grab all the headlines already severe. so we'll see how the other ones are able to. >> eke out some space on the on the big screen. fast and furious is going to wipe everybody out, at least as it usually does, right. yeah. >> we'll be right back. you've been taking mental health meds, and your mind is finally in a better place. except now you have uncontrollable body movements called tardive dyskinesia - td. and it can seem like that's all people see. some meds for mental health can cause abnormal dopamine signaling in the brain. while how it works is not fully understood, ingrezza is thought to reduce that signaling. ingrezza is a pres