that's alan jackson's "liv >>> welcome back that's alan jackson's "living on love," just one of the manyenna went to nashville. jenna, you had an exclusive interview. >> he's such an awesome guy. he tells much of his life story through his songs, but there's something he's been keeping private for the past ten years we sat down for a candid and revealing conversation his first ever interview about his hereditary health condition. ♪ i'm chasing that neon rainbow living that honky to think dream ♪ >> for three decades, alan jackson has been living his honky to think dream, his warm soothing song and prolific song writing has transformed him from a mail room worker from georgia into a bona fide country music superstar. since 1990, he sold nearly 60 million albums worldwide, building his career with number one hit -- ♪ i went down yonder ♪ >> -- after hit. ♪ remember when ♪ >> life always brings something around that i want to write about that makes sense >> reporter: alan jackson was inducted into the hall ed country music hall of fame in 2016 >> i don't think any of them had any idea i was

i love alan jackson. everybody, we have an hour of complete goodness.free. my first guest, she has won and oscar and a boatload of emmys. please welcome helen hunt! ♪ ♪ oh, my god. >> helen: let me tell you. >> kelly: all right, you look so cute. that's my favorite color, green. >> helen: my daughter picked out the boots. >> kelly: the boots are amazing. i think i like the style. lovely to meet you. i'm a huge fan. >> helen: i am a huge fan. i want to wake up from this dream and it turns out that i can sing like you. that's what i'm hoping for. >> kelly: i would love to act like you. it's incredible. every time i know that you are in something, this is legit, i don't even care what it's about. i will just watch it. >> helen: i don't care either. you and you are a gifted actor, you make me want to watch the story. >> helen: thank you. >> kelly: i love you in that green. i know you are laughing at the movie reference but "twister," i love so much and i'm from texas. oklahomans and texans identify with that film. is it true that when y'all shot that, it wa

. >>> coming up on the "today" show, country music legend alan jackson will sit down and share personalas kept private the past ten years >>> now to wall street, where a rarebit of controversy is coming into question. two pivotal questions from the federal reserve. steve frederick on how this is important and why such high oil prices >> reporter: good morning, a lot of us didn't know the members of the federal reserve were allowed to trade various investments as well and two are stepping down over trading controversies the first news is the dallas fed president robert kaplan is going to retire early october 8th. he cited trading disclosure distractions as well, controversy had swirled around him, he had been executing long on the trade, big name companies, amazon, apple and delta air lines. this comes on the heels ought president also stepping down under similar scrutiny he announced earlier in the day he was retiring, also citing health issues as well. of course, the credentials of the federal reserve need to be impeccable i think a lot of people are concerned they're powerful in the u

brian: tobey keith, fred michael, alan jackson on the request of george w.ghanistan obviously with tobey keith regarding in five for fighting 9/11, and aj hall this great idea to put together the songs of 9/11, and you'll see that towards the end of this hour. ainsley: aj hall works with us he's so talented we're looking forward to that. brian: we're actually getting to see staff again as we come back to work but aj looks exactly the same he's actually wearing the same outfit he was i saw him 18 months ago. steve: when we were in quarantine at my house for four months, aj was the only person who came into the house. he would come in, turn on the camera, and then he would go into the kitchen and make coffee ainsley: we all had those experiences. steve: yup. brian: right? and of course he never paid and that's a problem too. steve: he never paid. brian: never at all. ainsley: why would you have to, you have how many cookbooks? brian: this is true. meanwhile, two minutes after the top of the hour here we go. president biden taking aim, you can see this speech a

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