ernie: ben vereen, thank you for being here. congratulations. play a little of that as we say goodbye. we'll listen. there's more tonight. they say age is nothing but a number. i've got a question for you. baby boomers believe old age begins at 72. what do you think of that? what do you think? we'll hear what people said coming up in just a minute. first, join us because russ will be here to talk about pete rose in the hall of fame. yes. we'll be back with that right after the break. ben vereen, thank you so much. it's that low. what other things on this list can't be right?" can't be right's." seriously? savings are up. my stop&shop. but only a few commands to master depositing checks at chase atms. technology designed for you. the way you bank. everything nature's promise is so wholesome... and it doesn't take the whole paycheck. stop & shop's exclusive nature's promise. eat well for less. ernie: russ is here to tell us more about pete rose getting into the hall of fame. what's that about? russ: it's not the hall of fame in cooperstown. it is

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in san diego they have the ben vereen awards.that, and i said my kids are here, where are my spanish kids? >> where is the diversity? >> and he said the arts have been cut away from the schools. and i said why don't we start a program and have the kids living with diabetes, low self-esteem, bullying, make a two-minute video, and we'll look at it, and we'll give them $500 a piece. and then we'll put them together with a director of compos for, and we did it, and it's a big hit. and now we're looking to move it across the country. the kids not only get to experience the arts, but begin to talk about adversities they are talking about such as diabetes. the child with diabetes should be the hero of the school, why? because that child has to watch what he eats, and exercise, if the whole school bought into his program -- and bullying. kids will say i was bullied too, i was bullied too. you'll stand up together. >> ben vereen, it's a pleasure. >> the honor is mine. >>> that does it for us at this hour. i'm jonathan betz. thanks so much

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ben vereen rang the closing bell. the indexes are sharply down for january following the worst beginning to a year on record. >>> now onto decision 2016. the presidential candidates are using every last minute to campaign. melissa russo is heading to iowa this weekend. >> chuck, big developments on the campaign trail for hillary clinton and donald trump. just three days before the first official voting begins in this race. top secret state department e-mails which you just mentioned, and of course the aftermath of donald trump skipping last night's final precaucus debate. >> i wasn't treated right. i did something that was very risky and i think it turned out great. i'm getting more publicity -- >> as always donald trump happy to be in the headlines, bragging in new hampshire about boycotting the debate in des moines. on stage trump's opponents seemed emboldens when attacking the so-called elephant not in the room. >> i'm a maniac and everybody on this stage is stupid, fat and ugly. and ben, you're a terrible surgeon.

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