whitney houston, twista, kanye west's label, eminem's label.h mike from around 2012 onwards. he said that mike had ambitions of becoming an artist and producer himself. so how did that relationship go? he wanted us to be producers, smith and hay. mike suggested that we pay rappers. so he spent, you know, a couple of hundred thousand dollars on getting us rap features. and everything with him was like 100%, you know, legit. but eventually, in 2018, jonathan sensed something sinister might be at play. jazz singles that would chart one week as number one would suddenly disappear the next. some of the jazz people that i've known were like, "that doesn't happen like that." it just went from one to zero. i'm like, "mike, what's going on?" he was like, "i don't know, we lost, like, our radio." he always had an excuse. and then he did this christian song, right, that's called beautiful day. and we were getting streams in like vietnam and pakistan and it's like, ok, what? then, all of a sudden, all of our music started coming down and i would get messag

whitney houston, twista, kanye west's label, eminem's label.m around 2012 onwards. he said that mike had ambitions of becoming an artist and producer himself. and everything with him was like 100%, you know, legit. but eventually, in 2018, jonathan sensed something suddenly disappear the next. some of the jazz people that i've known were like, it just went from one to zero. i'm like, "mike, what's going on?" he was like, "i don't know, we lost, like, our radio." that's called beautiful day. and pakistan and it's like, 0k, what? down and i would get messages from tunecore — "your music is taken down because of streaming fraud." tried to argue his case with the distribution companies, on to streaming sites. he told me that, at this point, he got the authorities involved. that we would be interested in." mike is alleged to have boasted his activity generated $12 million i wanted to speak to mike smith to hear his side of the story, he's not without his supporters, though. some people online are calling him robin hood, mike smith is a decent, good

. >> if she were to win, she would join natalie cole, whitney houston and lauryn hill as the only blackhe grammys, and it would be a massive deal. >> and amid fundraising efforts already underway for those affected by the fires, the grammys promising touching tributes celebrating the spirit of the city of los angeles. >> i think the academy is going to be paying careful attention to what happens at the grammy awards, and i think that the academy probably is going to maybe take a page out of that book. >> in any year. but perhaps especially now, it is no easy gig hosting the academy awards. and yet you have the courage to stand up and be the oscars host this year. what do you think? >> is it courage or is it stupidity? when the academy called, to be honest, i had been drinking heavily and i took some pills that i found and i was i are. >> doing the oscars. let's do it. >> they said, are you okay? and i. >> said, i'm fine. >> it's a tricky show. it's a tricky time. i'm going to give it my best shot. and if it doesn't work out, you will never see me again. you will never, ever see me again

and we apparently have giving you these choices, i will always love you by whitney houston, we founda and calvin harris, or i will make love to you by boyz ii men. so pick your poison. i'm guess i will go with i will always love you. we have a lot coming up, forever fridays, on pix+, that is coming up on the free cbs news app because ♪ >>> trumpets on a friday, as we welcome you to "cbs mornings." we see you: i'm gayle

never forget what whitney houston said. ♪ i believe that children ♪ ♪ are whatever ♪ ♪ teach them stuff♪ ♪ blah, blah, blah ♪ elon musk is still facing backlash for making a certain gesture at a trump inauguration rally that some have interpreted as a nazi salute. musk has denied it and has attacked anybody who said they saw what we all saw, posting: "the 'everyone is hitler' attack is sooo tired." yes, musk is fed up with the hitler comparisons! he's had it up to -- [laughter and applause] um... how do i... i don't know. how do i do this? elon, where have you had it up to? so high. this controversy has already had some fallout. in wisconsin, a local meteorologist denounced musk on social media, writing: "dude nazi saluted twice. twice during the inauguration." then was fired from her job. that is terrible, but to be fair, a meteorologist is never supposed to be that accurate. the weather person in question is named sam kuffel. here she is. wait, where's that arm going, sam? don't do it! the station that terminated kuffel is wdjt. milwaukee's cbs affiliate. milwakee's news leader. let t

. >> the story there is that whitney houston famously did it. ton. she won't be in a mary katherine gallagher. can you be in it? you have to try to outsing me. i'll do it. but then the night of the show, she wasn't there. and i was -- i was panicked. and so they had to get anna dressed up to do whitney's part. then at the last second -- >> she is so great. >> five seconds before we went on, whitney showed up. she came out and she killed it. >> she really nailed i. >> she nailed it. it was a classic sketch. at the end, she was surrounded by a crowd of people. she saw me. she was like, molly, girl, you're crazy. and she was so sweet. >> what about the kick, stretch, and your 50 and proud. why can't i -- >> sally o'malley. >> sally o'malley. >> look at her. >> oh my gosh. >> could you still do these moves, molly? >> i can still do that but i would have to stretch. i would have to prep by stretching, yeah. >> you know what i love about you, you loved being in "snl." reminded me at mtv. this is a good steppingstone. i'm not trying to act. i don't want

whitney houston. it was right after a desert storm. it was the giants and buffalo, 1991.he gave a rendition of the national anthem and the jets flew over. it was a really unique time in our country x it was just the best feeling ever. you felt great about football, great about your family, great about a our country. and to hear her sing that and to hear it even now, it was just special. it's just something that is so memorable, it's indell able -- indelible. will: number one -- >> some of our best moments, george bush throwing out the first pitch after a 9/11, we're going to play baseball. we're going to grieve 9/11, another one was muhammad ali lighting the torch in atlanta, that moment for humanity. there was the greatest of all time taking the light with parkinson easement those are the great moments that you never, ever forget, and that had nothing to do with what went on on the field. will: that's incredible. we only have a little bit of time. what's going to happen today? [laughter] >> if i knew that -- this building's named caesar's, perhaps i'd -- i don't know. no

and in 2012, the actress and singer known for her soaring voice whitney houston died at the age of >> 10, 26 is the time. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. it's getting harder to purchase exit in california. we're going to tell you how that's going to be impacting you at the grocery store. i'm trevor shirley in washington. president donald trump is planning new tariffs for aluminum and steel imports as countries around the world threaten their own retaliatory tariffs in response. >> 10 29 and it is cold. plus, we've got rain on the way. not today. not today, but lost to talk about. hey, john, good morning. and yes, we do definitely a switch up for the rest of the week this week so far has been nice and dry. but today you're starting to see a few more clouds in there. although daytime hours will remain nice and dry today as well. looking outside at sfo, just a few clouds starting to drift overhead. we do have that offshore green. that is that rainfall. that's going to scoot right past us today. but overnight tonight, a few light showers most likely for the peninsula in the south

and in 2012, the actress and singer known for her soaring voice whitney houston died at the age of 48n stage performing with rapper kendrick lamar during the super bowl. his name is gary morgan. but he's also known as ice cold 3,000. he's part of an oakland dance crew and morgan described experience as surreal. >> this came from the world doing the halftime show, kendrick lamar man. it was really amazing out there, man. and i couldn't actually no other kind of experience like that. i think the thing that really shocked me more was environment atmosphere like crowd light. >> all that. i think that was that's what made it even better for him. >> morgan has been featured in other projects with kendrick but says being able to perform alongside him during black history month makes the experience even more unique. and kendrick lamar is bringing his grand national tour to the bay area. hendricken says it will be performing at oracle park in san francisco. may 20th that scored the tour kicks off in april and tickets are on sale now. that's all from the newsroom this afternoon. thank you for j

of course, the most beautiful chaise lounges in the world. [ light laughter ] it was the great whitney houstonhter ] who famously sang, 'i believe the children are our furniture,' and she was right. [ laughter ] if you get 'em to stand still long enough, you can put a little glass of water right on their head." [ laughter ] oligarchy isn't just taking shape, it's here, and it should be noted, all these people got richer under biden too. but for some reason they're super pissy about it, i guess, because biden didn't get into jiu-jitsu and retweet their memes enough. so now all of them are flocking to trump, whose cabinet will be the wealthiest with the most billionaires in the country's history. in fact, even trump himself seems a little surprised by how quickly the country's ceos have embraced him. >> i did have dinner with tim cook. i had dinner with, sort of, almost all of them, and the rest are coming. and this is one of the big differences i think between -- we were talking about it before, one of the big differences between the first term. in the first term, everybody was fighting me. in

energy is one of the number one drivers of inflation. [ laughter ] >> seth: complete this famous whitney houston. i believe the children are our -- >> preposterous waste of taxpayer money. [ laughter ] >> seth: what does president trump like to put in his omelets? >> not just eggs, bacon, groceries, gasoline. [ laughter ] >> seth: before he got re-elected where was the trump organization headquarters located? >> bankrupt city. >> seth: okay, i didn't know that was a place. [ light laughter ] it takes forever when i take my dog frisbee in for her annual checkup. what is president trump doing to address this? >> the president signed an executive order to streamline the vetting. [ light laughter ] >> seth: hey when did you finally give up on trying to feed president trump vegetables? >> when he gaggled for i think the third or fourth time. [ laughter ] >> seth: wait, do you mean gagged? >> gaggled. >> seth: so -- i'm sorry. you say gaggled instead of gagged? >> yes. [ light laughter ] >> seth: what's melania's least favorite thing to hear? >> president trump is hard. [ laughter ] [ audience oohs ]