. >>> plus boyz ii men live and if in the house. celebrating a brand-new album.ing point" begins right now. ♪ >> i love boyz ii men and so excited they are joining us in a little bit. wow! 20 years! that makes me 25! >> middle school dancing. yes, me too. reminds me of my middle school dances. >> my mom still loves them. >> sounds like my mother. john fugel shortstop dang is joining us and amy huntsman. and will cain. >>> sixth person reported killed as a result of those deadly storms in the midwest and the plain states. all of those deaths in the small town of woodward, oklahoma. it's where we find cnn's rob marciano with the latest. rob, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, soledad. day two now with the sun coming up. remember, this storm came in the milled of the night after midnight and devastated parts of this town. it was 1947 where one of the deadliest tornadoes in u.s. history completely wiped out this town. it was this time around, it was a more narrow swath but an ef-3 tornado of 140-mile-an-hour winds. the damage behind me. one of many streets and

same thing with boyz ii men.ws, you see young, you see old, you see black, you see white, you see asian. it was really what was going on in america, but it wasn't popular. >> william king, would you go along with that? would you say dick clark played a valuable and significant role in the civil rights movement, because of the way he brought black bands and singers to american television? >> i don't think it's a stretch at all. if you think about the shows that were on during that time, that dealt with music, like we had midnight special, which i'm sure all the kids out there today don't remember. then we had soul train. but each one of those shows were specifically geared toward a sound of music, midnight special was more rock 'n' roll, soul train, the name soul, r&b. but what dick clark did was straight across the board. so he had such a warm mingling of all of the music, all of the acts, the blacks, the whites, whatever, that it became natural. i mean, it wasn't like you saw all of these black acts and all of a

joining me again, boyz ii men sean stockman, william and joining me by phone debbie gibson.first appeared on "american bandstand" with dick clark. how exciting was it? did you realize at the time what a big deal it was? >> you know, i did realize it was a big deal. i know that a lot of young artists now don't hold that musical history in high regard. i grew up with music in my house and my mom saying, oh, my god, i used to come home every day and dance in front of the tv with dick clark and "american bandstand." at that moment, i felt like i had arrived in the music big. on the pop music scene. i remember distinctly him saying my name. i remember thinking, oh, my god, dick clark just said my name and the name of my song. >> that says it all, doesn't it? sean, you said when you first appeared you didn't realize the significance of it. but there's debbie saying, hearing dick clark say your name, it was a huge deal. >> yes. >> it seems absurd now, in 2012, we could even talk about integrated audiences as a big deal. but when dick clark did this, as i said in the last segment, i

and even today, the correlation between dick and boyz to men was the same.ofound because of the times that he was living in. but being as though we were black kids, young black teenagers singing r&b music to mainstream america we made it seem a little like the stigma. but people realized that once people got to know us and understood who we were, not to mention bow ties and plaid shorts didn't help, everybody's guard went down. i think the connection that the music had -- it wasn't about black, it wasn't about white. you come to our shows, you see black, white, asian, young, and old. so what he's done was something that basically what was really going on in america but it wasn't popular. >> is it a stretch to say that dick clark played a significant valuable role because of the way that he brought black performers to music and mainstream television. >> if you think about the shows on during that time that dealt with music, like we had midnight special which i'm sure all of the kids out there today don't remember and we had soul train and each one of those sh

same thing with boyz 2 men. you see young, you see old, you see black and you see white.on in america. it wasn't pop loor. >> would you say na dick clark played a valuable and significant role in -- >> i don't think it's a stretch at all. if you think about the shows that were on during that time, that dealt with music, like we had midnight special, which i'm sure all the kids out there today don't remember. then we had soul train. each one of those shows where specifically geared toward music. soul train was the name soul, r&b, but what dick clark did was straight across the board. so he had such a warm mingling of all of the music, all of the acts, the blacks, the whites, whatever, that it became natural. it wasn't like you saw a black act and all of a sudden that the white act came on. it was a wonderful integration, it was all natural. people grew up thinking and saying, it's all the same, it's all wonderful, so we can like any of the music that we want to. i think that's the thing that dick clark gave the world, he enabled them to understand that they can love all th

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[off-key] ♪ it's so hard [laughter] that's all i can sing before i have to cut a check to boyz ii menaughter] hey, uh, we'll be back in a few weeks with more episodes. until then, please, make sure you send me suggestions for what you think i should be wearing. oh, please be wetsuits. see you in a few weeks. good night. [cheers and applause] >> jon: april 17, 2012. from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is "the daily show" with jon stewart. (cheers and applause) captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: welcome to "the daily show"! boom, my name is jon stewart. good one tonight. oh, my guest, julia louise dreyfus will be joining us from her brand new vie "v.p." but we're going to start with our brand new segment on the show called hey, that guy live there is! (laughter) you'll understand it in a second. yesterday professional ad adventurer and part time snidely whiplash impersonator geraldo rivera was in afghanistan covering the taliban's recently relaunched spring offensive where he scored an exclusive phone

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this was a girl's dream boyz ii men and glad they are back. >> appreciate it, guys. let's throw it to carol costello in the "cnn newsroom." >>> prostitutes pesos and presidential police. a shakedown the white house just wants to go away. >>> president obama this morning promising a thorough investigation. ahead, new details in what is called the biggest scandal in secret service history. >>> monster to determine. more than 100 reports of twisters tearing through towns and lives in the midwest. this morning live as woodward, oklahoma, begins to recover. >>> heat warning. we are 30 minutes from the start of the boston marathon. forecast high by afternoon, a sweltering 84 degrees. organizers telling some runners to come back next year. >>> 18 hours of attacks. afghanistan' military putting a end to weekend barrage bombings. the risk american troops are facing. >>> the "snl" surge. mitt romney said to be considering a guest spot on the show but will it help or hurt his image? >>> have you ever put in more than 40 hours a week and not paid for it? a new wave of lawsuits.