so audra ordered this amethyst necklace. few days later the purple beads arrived. >> we'll weigh this piece. >> reporter: and this jeweler says sure enough this is 200 carats of genuine amethyst. >> amethyst is inexpensive. >> reporter: but the company's appraisal of $295 isn't even close. >> retail, about 90, $100. >> reporter: still that's about 5 times what she paid for shipping. a steal? maybe, but audra says what she didn't pay in cash she did pay in time. when she called to order the necklace, she says they repeatedly tried to get her buy the company's platinum membership a deal that would entitle her to future discounts. >> finally after the 7th time, i said please, please, all i want to do is buy the necklace! and by law, they had to let her. but since placing the order, audra has been receiving emails at least every other day pitching more products. >> in the last week, i would say, i got 10 emails. >> reporter: she now plans to opt out of those emails and hopes that's the end of the time she will spend on this free

recently she visited politics nation. >> joining me now, six-time tony award winner audra mcdonald.show. >> thank you so much. thank you. >> congratulations on your tony for lady day. and you're the only one that has ever won six tonys, what did winning that award mean to you? >> being on brad way is one of the only things i've ever wanted to do. so the honor was overwhelming. but i have to say, there's a part of me that sort of felt like given the shoulders of a lot of the incredible women i'm standing on in history, like the people i named that night, i sort of hope there's some little girl looking out there that says i want to do that too. and they can take that achievement even further and do more with it, and go bigger. >> in the show, you sang many of billie holiday's iconic songs. i want to play a clip of you performing "god bless the child." listen to this. ♪ mama may have papa may have ♪ but god the child that's got his own ♪ >> well, you know, billie holiday was also -- she was one of the first black women to sing with a white orchestra, was told she couldn't perform on th

so, here to sing some actual yahoo answers is six-time tony award winner audra mcdonald, everyone!swer you're about to hear is taken directly from yahoo answers, the popular site where anyone can get their questions answered by other ordinary people. these are 100% real. with that in mind, we now present to you the yahoo answers lounge singers. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: hey. i got some questions that need answering. >> i bet. >> well, i'll see what i can do. [ laughter ] ♪ ♪ how can i be the life of the party learn how to juggle everyone loves a juggler ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: ain't that the truth? >> oh, yeah, it sure is. it sure is. >> jimmy: now, you got any questions? >> oh, i sure do. how about this one? ♪ what's your name [ laughter ] ♪ my name is what my name is who my name is slicka slicka slim shady ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: nice to meet you, slim shady. >> oh, yeah? well, the pleasure is all mine, all mine. >> jimmy: let's keep this train moving. >> oh, yeah. >> ooh, baby, i love that. ♪ i swallowed an ice cube last night then it disappeare

audra mcdonald, the reason i really wanted to do this, four-time tony winner and it's not just her.ed in this production, i feel like i had to nightly, and i have to step up and meet them at their level. i mean, that is really what is demanded of me. it's one of those things where you come in and hit the ground running. it's no time to be half stepping. >> for more than a decade, alicia keys has entertained the world with her soulful voice. mark lamont hill talks to her about transition as composer and her play. >> jack and jill. my people don't welcome jack and jill either. >> jack and jill. single parent? not going to happen. >> alicia, thank you for spending time with us. >> thank you for having me. >> stick fire is amazing. i am so excited about it first of all because i grew up in new york city born and raised and one of the things my mother did with me early was take me to the theater and it was one of the things i fell in love with as a young girl because it takes you toa i whole other place and a whole other world and it's magical. here comes stick fly and it's about this in

entertain them because i was just in new york a couple of days ago, and finally got a chance to see audralady day. >> right. >> five-time tony beener. she's barely 43 years of age. she has five of these things already. she's all that and then some. >> i knew the show was going to be great, and i went back afterwards to talk to her, and i said how moved he was, how pleased i was at the dhaegs she gave the audience because it's a wonderful performance, but you are learning about betsy smith. you are learning about lady day. are you learning about the prez. she's -- she's giving you as she acts a history lesson. i get the sense to what you said a moment ago in your show, you're weaving some of that -- >> i do. i can't help it. partly because i'm a bit of a nerd, and i just can't help talking about this stuff because i love it so much. i don't want to -- i hate people to think that it's some sort of dry musicality. >> no crib notes. >> well, i think they -- i think they add to the pleasure of it. i mean, when you learn, for example, that led belly was in two separate situations, once in louis

. >> audra is with communities for a better environment he says he would like to see the company go furtherstand by the planning commission decision in all conditions. without conditions we would not have supported that. >> one is reduce the number of pipes to avoid another like this one. another involving doming dozens of holding tanks. the planning commission approved the impact report with conditions next going where before the richmond city council for a hearing on tuesday night. in richmond abc7 news. >> chevron's announcement on the same day scientists reported june was the world's hottest month since records started being kept 134 years ago. saying june's average global temperature was 61.2 degrees, higher than the 20th century average. gloenal records go back to 1880. this was the 352 hotter than average. >> didn't seem like june was particularly hot here in the bay area. >> you know when looking at picture of course that makes sense. now we haven't seen any heat recently. we've been dealing with 80s today. it's been pleasant. other than humidity. if you don't like sticky conditions

. >> audra is with communities for a better environment he says he would like to see the company go further >> stand by the planning commission decision in all conditions. without conditions we would not have supported that. >> one is reduce the number of pipes to avoid another like this one. another involving doming dozens of holding tanks. the planning commission approved the impact report with conditions next going where before the richmond city council for a hearing on tuesday night. in richmond abc7 news. >> chevron's announcement on the same day scientists reported june was the world's hottest month since records started being kept 134 years ago. saying june's average global temperature was 61.2 degrees, higher than the 20th century average. gloenal records go back to 1880. this was the 352 hotter than average. >> didn't seem like june was particularly hot here in the bay area. >> you know when looking at picture of course that makes sense. now we haven't seen any heat recently. we've been dealing with 80s today. it's been pleasant. other than humidity. if you don't like sticky condit