you can call me billy ray, billy ray cyrus. >> let's just call him proud. you didn't see 17-year-old daughter noah being soaked from the rain to showered with praise. check out her dad's standing o. >> and the winner is -- >> millie bobby brown. >> and we caught this, as zac efron and his "baywatch" costar alexandra daddario presented millie bobby brown with her best actor award. >> hugh jackman. >> and this had his melting. after hugh hugged his "logan" costar we saw crissy metz grab her on screen dad walk offhand in hand. an when hugh jackman's co-star, tv son lonnie chavis won, that was his real life mom videotaping the whole thing. and she's taught him well. >> be responsible and don't be disrespectful to my parents. >> i love you already. if you want, you can come stay at my house. i have a pool and an extra room. >> mom! can i stay at her house? >> a pool? i'm in. >> that was real. >> i know. >> he's ready to go. >> lonnie, i got you. now, we have a major award show. celine dion is going to perform at the 2017 billboard music awards. she's going to ho

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and billy ray cyrus is here to perform it for us.ways. >> good morning, great to be with you. >> does it seem like five years? like ten? >> time flies. it really does. that's why you've got to enjoy every day and be the best you can be and be kind to people. and just represent the light and love. and do everything you can do, paint everything you can paint, sing everything you can sing and just be a good person. >> and you have done a bunch of remixes of the song, right? to celebrate, including a latin mix of "achy breaky heart," right? >> yes, jen carlos and the legendary ronnie milsap is on the track. so it's been a lot of fun. and i have a new thing coming out next week with bootsy collins. it will be the last remix that we put out. but it's really fun. >> you're a star, billy ray, but how fun is it to watch your whole family grow? we were just talking to your wife and daughter, and the other daughter is performing tomorrow at 10:00 and miley is here tomorrow. look what you created? >> doing the interview to see them launch their

what does miley's famous dad billy ray think about that? you excited about having liam as a son-in-law? >> he's great guy, i like his heart. he's a great artist, a painter. he's very humble. about it. >> a good time to hang out with him a lot. >> we have been hanging out more in the last couple months than the last couple years. >> hanging with the cyrus clan sound great for us. when cyrus is giving up more family secrets. miley was very real about how she had cleaned up and she hadn't done any drugs in the past few weeks, have you noticed any difference? >> her instincts, everything is at the top of its game. i can't point one way or the other to say what's the difference? what ever is going on it's -- >> believe it or not, it's been 25 years since billy ray and mullet hit the scene with achy breaky heart, just a few months before miley was born. even do a version in spanish. ♪ >> i like it. that's good. >> okay, thank you. you got me to do it. >> he's such a likable guy. >> the nicest man in the free world, for real. >> a sweetheart. >>>

my achy breaky heart ♪ >> it's hard to believe it that it's been 25 years since billy ray cyrus ruledw nancy o'dell knows too well. >> my achy breaky heart. >> i knew she would do that. >> he's legally changing it to just cyrus. he released a new version of his hit and we were with cyrus during his achy breaky heyday. >> okay. i don't do the achy breaky dance. i'm not a dance expert. >> he has to show off the achy breaky heart. good-bye, everybody. stabbing spree at the university of texas. it happened outside a gym. a man with a hunting knife killed one person and wounded at least three others. some of them seriously before surrendering. the motive is not known. >>> coming up next, a new study finds bullying in schools is down sharply.

what does miley's famous dad billy ray think about that? he does foes something we dt. are you excited about having liam as a son-in-law? >> he's a great guy, i like his heart. i'll tell you something you don't know about him, he's a great artist, a painter. >> is it really? he's very humble about it. >> do you get time to hang out with him a lot? >> we have been inhangg out more i would say in the last couple months than the last couple years. >> hanging with the cyrus clan sound great for us. especially when cyrus is giving up more family secrets, how he feels about miley's confession. miley was very real talking about how she had cleaned up and she hadn't done any drugs in the past few weeks, have you noticed any difference? how does that make you feel as a dad? >> her instincts, everything is at the top of its game. i can't point one way or the other to say what's the difference? what ever is going on it's working for her. she's happy. that's the main thing. ♪ don't tell my heart, my achy, breaky heart ♪ >> believe it or not, it's been

. >> but before mother nature had her say, billy ray cyrus proudly supporting his baby girl's mtv debut. >> noah's got a great performance coming up. ♪ >> she's an original, for sure. >> the 17-year-old had big shoes to fill, following her sister's 2013 mtv vmas performance. >> is there any special surprises tonight? >> i mean -- it's fun. it's just fun and different. >> what do you think about her saying she wants to recreate herself? >> i think that's great. miley's always been -- like she gets passionate about things and she's always been nothing but herself. >> now who you excited to see inside? >> adam devine is hosting this thing, and he never disappoints. >> moments later hailee steinfeld was right beside her "pitch perfect" costars as belle to devine's beast. ♪ movies and tv >> emma watson, "beauty and the beast." >> the award show breaking down barriers. for the first time, presenting gender neutral categories. best actor in a movie went to emma watson. >> the first acting award in history that doesn't separate actors based on their sex says something about how we perceive the

dad billy ray performed this morning on the today show and then he joined noah on her song just released music and now brandi and mom tish are going head to head on a new renovation show. >> i came in like a wrecking ball. ♪ i came in like a wrecking ball ♪ >> the cyrus versus cyrus in >> the family member who design who wins gets to execute the plan. >> we're both pretty bossy. >> we're bossy girls. >> it's fun when you see like who wins these. that person immediately turns superbossy. ♪ >> why did they want to do a home renovation show and not a reality show? >> just so invasive and they definitely want the drama and our family is so tight knit that's something i would never consider doing even though this was never about our family. somehow every family member ended up being involved a little bit on this show. so it was really, really fun. >> in one episode miley proves that her personal style has changed her decorating style is -- the singer's new look? >> i don't think it's the new miley. miley is the same miley she's always been. >> it's like miley going back to her roots. the way

poolwent to the reflecting for performances by billy ray cyrus and rocky. years, rolling thunder has brought attention to military servicemembers, prisoners of war, and missing in action. the annual event continues tonight with the national memorial day concert, which will be hosted by joe manchin. other guests included general colin powell, scotty , and the national symphony orchestra. in the marine corps from 1965 to 1971. a long time ago. we came home from the war years and years and years ago. they did not like this. everything has changed. anna-lysa: that was ralph all the world from tampa, florida, who we just heard from. he is excited to hear from: colin powell. live outside the capital, anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. [opera singing] tonight is the 28th annual national memorial day concert. that concert on the west lawn of the u.s. capitol at 8:00. last night's had much better weather, and it grew big crowd away as australia. as josh mentioned, some rain to fall during the show tonight. you might want to sign up for weather text alerts at wjla.com. arl

. >> billy ray. >> he filed the paper work. >> no more billy ray. >> always been known as cyrus.yrus. >> that's it. cyrus. >> no billy ray at all. >> like you're wisdom. >> martin. >> the wisdom martin. >> that's true. my bad. >> it takes three words for this great one. [ laughter ] continue. soccer player ronaldo has become the first sports star and man to reach 1,100,000,000 followers on instagram. you can see why. >> because his son. sure. >> or maybe -- >> the great -- wash my clothes on that washboard great news comes during the same week he scored a hat trick for championship win and credible soccer -- >> oh. >> likely the main reason he has so many followers. >> exactly. is it hot in the loft or is it me. >> if you broke down the percentage of his followers those who followed him for soccer and who followed him for not soccer what do you think the break down would be. >> probably 60% non soccer. >> i would have give -- gone 70-30. >> really. >> that high. >> i would have gone 80. >> worldwide soccer though he's huge. >> there's the thing people who like his looks and his a

billy ray cyrus is legally changes his name. this is actually news.e's legally changes his name. he said "after august 25th i'll be formally -- i'll be the artist formerly known as billy ray. i'm just going by my last name cyrus. i also went by cyrus -- i went by cyrus and i begged mercury records to call me cyrus in the beginning because that's what i'm comfortable with "he always went by that name. the record company wouldn't let him do that i guess professionally. he went ton say i'm going to the hospital where i was born in belafonte kentucky and legally changing my name. >> he'll just go one name. >> just cyrus. >> okay. >> like prince. isn't yeah. >> cyrus. >> cyrus. >> that's a good name. >> remember that movie con a cyrus the virus. >> i didn't see that. >> john malkowicz. great movie. >> the controversy surrounding 13 reasons why continues to grow. we've been talking about this the past couple of weeks. even schools here locally have been sending letters home to some of their students warning the parents about the couldn't at the present time

concert by billy ray cyrus and others. you can find a full list of closures on nbc washington app. >>> i think we're going to need to take the umbre >> a lot going on this weekend, leon. you know what, we are going to be seeing showers diminish. that's the good news. this was definitely a finnicy forecast. show you a live look outside right now. we are pretty quiet throughout the district. in fact a few sprinkles falling down in northwest d.c. other than that -- oh, other than that we are seeing drier conditions throughout this district. take a look at your radar. head down prince george county. overall on the drier side. big picture though, really tells this story in its entirety. i mean, that severe weather really was prompted further south of us. that's because they got one prime ingredient we didn't really get today. sunshine. they are seeing severe thunderstorm watches in effect for the county. viewers down there. that's in effect until 10:00 p.m. for the rest of still see a chance for scattered showers. not going to

dad billy ray performed this morning on "the today show" and then he joined noah on her new song thatr new music and now brandi and mom tish are going head-to-head on a new home renovation show. >> i came in like a wrecking ball. >> oh, my god. ♪ i came in like a wrecking ball ♪ compete to win interior design clients. the family member whose design wins gets to execute her plan. the loser is stuck working as her assistant on the project. >> we're both pretty bossy. >> we're bossy girls. >> it's fun when you see, like, who wins, because that person immediately turns super bossy. ♪ i win ♪ we don't need to hear mom >> why did they want to do a home renovation show and not a reality show revolving around their high profile family? >> it's just so invasive and they definitely want the drama, and our family is so tight-knit is that's something i would never consider doing, even though this was never about our family. somehow, every family member ended up being involved a little bit on this show and so, it was really, really fun. >> in one episode, miley proves that her personal style has c

. >> i am excited now and that was billy ray cyrus.even though the weather improved after the hailstorm was over, the red carpet area did not reopen. >>> honoring 50 years since the summer of love and up next we have the event that took over part of san francisco to celebrate love, peace and everything weird. who are these people? the energy conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out, it's californians it's me and it's you. don't stop now, it's easy to add to the routine. join energy upgrade california and do your thing. >>> welcome back to mornings on 2, it is 4:53 am. >>> this brown, two-story shingle house in berkeley was on the move and taking out most of university avenue as they move into the new location just down the street. we are not sure what this house will be used for, whether it will be a business or a home, or maybe even student housi

two hitmakers behind stars like keith urban, blake helton and billy ray cyrus. >> we kind of blow rightfrom the first. calm me anytime. ♪ >> reporter: regan founded operation song to help these vets find their harmony. >> we make to feel to save someone's life. a guy went, here's one. then another hand went up then another. and i cried. ♪ >> reporter: most here have been divorced. and many here consider taking their own lives. >> they don't know what went wrong. and if the world needs people to stay here and not end their lives. >> reporter: as sadly 20 veterans do each other. >> i've got something to look forward to again. >> reporter: so the va brings them together to write their own new ending. ♪ >> reporter: and the veterans of operation song keep coming back. ♪ >> music is naturally disarming. they recall more effortlessly the memories and the feelings and the triggers. >> reporter: we watched danny write and write. >> when i come here, it's lyrical bombing. ♪ ♪ ♪ crazy crazy >> how difficult was it for to you open your emotions? >> for the first month or so, i didn't say anything.

she performed her new song malibu and she was introduced by her dad billy ray and her sister.was kind of off too , a little weird but miley 's beautiful performance and song and in the end she teared up and cried and i think you felt, for the audience we felt like that is great like she's here and back >> what was it based on. >> walks on the beach, it seemed like she was probably singing to liam hemsworth her husband, boyfriend, fiance whatever he is nowadays. but just how he got her through and you know, that kind of peace thaw find. >> celine dion can you believe it has been 20 years since that song. >> my favorite performance of the night, huge titanic fan and huge celine dion, beautiful, here it is. >> ♪ >> and she still sound exactly the same. she brought the house down. i love the lights, chandelier, all that gorgeous. her dress was dramatic. i loved it. loved it, loved it total icon. >> speaking of legend how about cher. >> how about that, 71 years old, and leotards, here it is. >> ♪ >> that is amazing. she won icon award. she performed two hits. she gave these kid eve

she is blamed it on her father billy ray cyrus.lose with her dad, during her hannah montana years, she was around him so much. and the fact that she never had the escape like she didn't go to school, you know, outside school like we all did. she went to school at home. so she was always around her mother and her grandfather protected and hannah montana bubble so she baskly said that's why you all wonder now why i went on this twerk fest at a juicy jay concert and everywhere else because she needed some type of release. that was her way of rebelling in a way from this super clean squeaky clean past she had. >> all right. that makes >> she blamed it on him. >> billy ray showing her how to twerk was a little outlandish to mow. hello. maureen will be back in just a few. [ laughter ] >> let's talk about bad girl who owns it all the time and i love her for it amber rose. she had a club appearance she said please do not play any songs from wiz khalifa or kanye west i think we know what they have in common with the golden girl. >> exactly.

. >> billy ray cyrus gets real.napoleon dynamite? >>> now, "the insider," tracking hollywood from the inside out. >> apparently it's not easy being steve harvey or to work for him. everybody is talking about his letter to his chicago staff today. >> well, you know, steve is no stranger to criticism, or controversy. miss universe, anyone? tonight's number one tracking story, harvey in hot water. >> what i've learned about hatters are haters are necessary. they validate you. so, this is a great staff right here. i don't really worry about when people come and try to bring me down and attack me. if you get to know

billy's birth. >> they did an x-ray. an his lungs were fine, which menlt his heart wasn't.uipment come in. and it's terrifying thing. you know, my wife is back in the recovery room. she has no idea what's going on. billy was born with a heart disease. and on monday morning, doctor starnes opened his chest and fixed one of the two defects in his heart. and the operation was a success. it was the longest three hours of my life. but it was a success. >> this is the first of several surgeries billy will have in his life. but kimmel said he is doing great, now at home with his big sister, jane, and kimmel's wife, molly. social media users were touched by his story. cathy tweets, i'm so glad your son is okay. and kimmel responded, on behalf of my family, thank you for the lovely and loving tweets about our son, billy, and for your donations to children's hospital of los angeles. we're happy to see billy is doing well today. >> absolutely. >> i can't imagine. >> first thing i watched that 15-minute speech. an it's one of the most moving things i've ever seen. beautiful. >> so glad

billy's birth. take a listen. >> they did an x-ray and his lungs were fine which meant his heart wasn't.e in. it's terrifying. my wife is back in the recovery room. she has no idea what's going on. billy was born with a heart doctor starns opened his chest and fixed one of defects and the operation was a success. it was the longest three hours of my life. >> this is the first of several surgeries billy will have in his life. kimmel said he's doing great now at home with his big sister, jane, and kimmel's wife. social media users were touched by his story. one tweets i'm so glad your son is okay. thank you for sharing so openly your emotion and love. your humor and humanity are tremendous. he respond and said thank you for your loving tweets and for your donations to the children's hospital. >>> i can't imagine. >> first thing i did this morning was watch that speech. i have to tell you, it's one of the most move things i've seen. beautiful. >> coming up the glitz and glamour and stars on display at the super bowl of last night's met gala. >> and we mentioned a live concert from one repub

rays. coppertone. because protection matters. >>> we are back now on "gma" and i got to say we can't wait to see your exclusive with billy bush.see what he has to say about that. people want to know why is he talking now? it's been seven months, and i said, you know, people will think you're trying to get a job. he said had he talked to me just two months ago or a few months ago that probably would be the case but it's really a process and a lot of soul searching and he truly wants to help people but, you know, people want to know and he said it's kind of ironic, the irony of the fact he lost his job and donald trump is now president of the united states. yeah. >> tomorrow we'll hear a lot more on that. and for right now we got details on the big wedding. pippa middleton's wedding and honeymoon and abc's lama hasan is at kensington palace with for on it all. good morning, lama. ♪ >> reporter: and good morning, to you, michael. yes, you can bet the younger royals living in kensington palace is probably breathing a sigh of relief that pippa's wedding went off without a hitch. as for the bride and groom, well, they are wasting no

billy lord in the movie. >> she was in the force weakens. she has small role in new star wars. you just saw the one with mark hamil and her which was incredible. here's rayn incredible job bringing this to vanity fair. let's take look at the behind the scenes video. annie traveled to the set and this is shot in ire land right here. and she took a bunch of great photos and obviously held this until this week to release it for the 40th anniversary and there's ryan johnson the director of the last jedi and the idea of being on that set and taking those photographs and like you can see kyla ren right there, it just looks i love the idea of seeing the intimate element of them onset. it's very cool. >> that ren shot was pretty cool. >> awesome. >> all right. >> yeah. >> i like the character of kyla ren. >> 40 inquiries from the one that started it all. >> it's amazing good i wish they would have shown the picture you were talking about. >> the one of mark hamil and carrie fisher. >> if she can pull that up again. >> you can really see the emotion in both of their face. >> can we pull that back up. >> a tender moment. >> again, 40 years later footage you're see