brooke.introduced the legislation. introduced the legislation as a republican for the appointment of a watergate special prosecutor. they was first senator in either party to call for president nixon's resignation and he counciled president ford against pardoning the ex-president. ed demonstrated the same kind of independent thinking as a member of the commission which president johnson appointed in 1967 to investigate the causes of race riots that had occurred that year. the commission warned that america was moving towards two societies, one black and one white, separate and unequal. after leaving the senate, ed served on the panel, president reagan appointed to investigate the damage placed on japanese americans at the outbreak of world war ii. in 1980, the panel recommended reparations and a formal apology and five years later, congress finally passed a resolution doing just that. that is leadership. i proudly sit in the senate seat once occupied by ed brooke. when i first came here, my g

detective brooks labored for months, nights, weekends. of the children. i wanted answers for the children. >> reporter: and then, a breakthrough. finally nine months after the murder, a police analyst managed to recover several deleted text messages, including this one, time stamped 8:20 a.m., five hours before the murder. michelle writes to her dad, "has to be today. can't live like this. awful this morning." her dad's response? he asks if she can get him away for lunch, right? >> yes. >> reporter: she says she can? >> she says she can. and he replies, "okay, i will let you know time." >> my review of some of the text messages is that marc really wasn't interested in going to eat lunch that day, but she begged him to take her to lunch. >> reporter: after lunch, remember, she asked to linger for an ice cream treat. all the while texting her dad, said the prosecutor, tipping him off to marc's whereabouts as carl placed a killer in their home. >> it just kind of sent chills up my back. what kind of person have you got to be to let your husb

detective brooks labored for months, nights, weekends. kind of got emotionally wrapped up in this one, huh? >> i kept thinking of the children. i wanted answers for the children. >> reporter: and then, a breakthrough. finally nine months after the murder, a police analyst mananed to recover several deleted text time stamped 8:20 a.m., five hours before the murder. michelle writes to her dad, "has to be today. can't live like this. awful this morning." her dad's response? he asks if she can get him away for lunch, right? yes. >> reporter: she says she can? >> she says she can. and he replies, "okay, i will let you know time." >> my review of some of the text messages is that marc really wasn't interested in going to eat lunch that day, but she begged him to take her to lunch. >> reporter: after lunch, remember, she asked to linger for an ice cream treat. all the e ile texting her dad,d, said the prosecutor, tipping him off to marc's whereabouts as carl placed a killer in their home. >> it just kind of sent chills up my back. what kind of p

i didn't do this. >> reporter: detective brooks wasn't buying it. because by then, the police also tracked down the driver of that beat up blue mercedes seen near the house before the murder. and he told the cops he took qualow to meet a man in a church parking lot. and that man wanted a job done. was that job murder? >> i didn't do that. i did not do that, sir. >> reporter: by now detective brooks had been working night his store of patience ran out. >> this is serious [ bleep ] to me. i've got three kids that are laying over there crying. >> reporter: was it that angry speech or another long night in his cell? the next day, qualow, came clean. for a promise of 7 to $10 thousand, still unpaid, he said, he took the job to shoot and kill marc despain. >> you fired the first round and that round hits him where? >> it hits in the chest area. >> reporter: he didn't know marc from adam, he said. it was the man from the parking lot who took him to marc's house, told him where to lie in wait for marc, gave him a gun. and then qualow said something rather s

brooke.ow, with his lifetime of achievement, ed is no stranger to a good awards ceremony. he's been through a few of these. he's won the bronze star, the presidential medal of freedom, honorary degrees from 34 colleges and universities, and more. so he's a pro when it comes to getting awards. but i think today's honor bears a unique significance: bestowed by this body of which he was an esteemed member; presented in this place where he moved the arc of history; surrounded by so many -- myself included -- who have followed the trail that he blazed. ed's journey to this day was, by ny measure, an unlikely one. raised nearby in a neighborhood so fiercely segregated that black residents needed a note from a white person to pass through -- at a time when so many doors of opportunity were closed to african americans, others might have become angry or disillusioned. they might have concluded that no matter how hard they worked, their horizons would always be limited, to why bother? but not ed brooke

(brooke chavez, executive dir. primarily primates) "carter is a rhesus macaque and rhesus macaque's are native he's 3 years old and he's very rambunctious. (brooke chavez, executive dir. primarily primates) "he's been exploring, playing peekaboo." he's getting to know his new caretakers at primarily primates, an animal sanctuary in north bexar county. (brooke chavez, executive dir. primarily primates) "we've identified that he doesn't like blondes." you could say he's a troublemaker. (brooke chavez, executive dir. primarily primates) "carter's been a little creative with his sign and he's been nibbling at it." his story begins in march when carter escaped from his cage in a charlotte, north carolina hospital parking lot. animal control eventually captured him but not before he bit a hospital employee. carter's owner surrendered him and thanks to a grant from bob barker's dj&t foundation he was brought here to his new home. (brooke chavez, executive dir. primarily primates) "every couple of hours they would stop alo

we will now turn it over, back to brooke baldwin. brooke? >> all right, i'll take it.ack here live in las vegas. we got thrown a little technical surf ba curveball. i was introducing our next guests. kaleigh mcanany, dan pfeiffe. are. i want you to say the top two things you're looking at. >> i think executive resolve, stre strength and capacity. 78% think there's going to be another terrorist attack soon so i want a candidate in contrast to our current president that emanates strength and is not afraid to call islamic terrorism by name. secondly i want a president with the judgment call, ability and foresight to know when to go into a place and not go into a place. donald trump was able to say we shouldn't have gone into iraq. saddam hussein was a threat way before he was so executive and judgment are the two things. >> dan. >> i'd like to see how marco rubio is going to handle immigration reform and i'm going to see what senator cruz does today to sort of see whether he can build on the momentum his campaign has. >> crystal? >> i want to see the interaction between c

brooke you talk to don lemon.endency to have to deal with people of their race. when somebody goes on "the view," back people went out and say we need to pull her coat and explain that's not the way to do it. not people talk being to people but black people talking to black people. we're a community. white people have no community. you all go well i really don't want -- i'm part irish, part german, part british. those are all white people. >> i'll marinate on this. >> have some white pride. >> let's move on to -- i'm 100% watching this. i was on 2005 them. here's a clip. let's get a little tease and then we'll chat. >> boom. >> is that your game face? >> yes. >> winners. >> really? >> winners. >> yeah! >> famous americans. >> for real. >> strategy. >> what the other people think that they have a chance at winning but then boom. >> what if nobody expects to be good or win? >> we either win. >> boom. >> or we sabotage. >> yeah. >> i'm the dumb one. >> sure berman won two times. >> no one wants john berman to win aga

brooke, come on.are giving you an incredible opportunity, and i'm not gonna let you turn it down. you need this. >> brooke: no. no, i don't. and neither do you. >> katie: well, the holidays were lovely. thank you for hosting that party. i think, um, everyone really enjoyed it, especially brooke. >> eric: i wasn't about to let brooke spend the holiday alone. >> katie: it's very generous of you, and i am deeply

brooks: our time is up. thank you so much. jimormer virginia governor gilmore was among the candidates who spoke at the republican jewish coalition. he talked about federal foreign-policy issues, including the nuclear agreement and the israeli-palestinian conflict. thank you very much. i and alleged to be here to have a chance to address these critical issues of the day. i appreciate the opportunity to be here and speak with you. in preparation for this, this very significant meeting, i did a little looking at the internet. it turns out there is a fellow who wrote a little article in the jewish telegraphic agency. were nineat there questions that the republican candidates should be prepared to address. one of them was, gilmore and ataki, really? they also said we needed to be test? pass the kishka i did not know what that was. i looked it up. the definition is -- [laughter] beef, or fowl intestine, stuffed into a mixture, as a onions, and seasonings, and rested. and i thought, that is the republican campaign for the nomination

yeah, we're hear at shady brook farm.eautiful holiday light show i want to introduce to you one of the people behind it. this is dave fleming. he is one of the owners of the shady brook farm. this is really up press seive. thanks for having. >> thank you so much for being here. this is awesome. >> we're collecting toys for tots which is a wonderful tradition and tell me when people come in they drop off a toy, they get discounted ticket and tell me what they see. what's behind us. >> we have about 2 miles of lights. well over 3 million lights and we have a lot of animated props they try to tell a story as well as show you beautiful lights. >> we see the eiffel tower. >> see the eiffel tower. we changed the lights obviously after the bombings in paris in respect to what took place in paris. we changed the lights to match the color of their flag. >> the christmas theme? >> the christmas theme the 12 days of christmas. it is, yeah, it is awesome and i know when my kids go through they love singing the 12 days of christmas th

but not ed brooke.ng in a segregated army, barred from facilities at the base where he trained, he fought heroically in europe, leading a daring daylight attack against a heavily armed enemy. rejected from boston's old-line firms despite his success in law school, he established his own practice, handling everything from wills and divorces to real estate and criminal cases. and when he ran for statewide office in massachusetts, and one reporter pointed out that he was black, republican, and protestant, seeking office in a white, democratic, and catholic state -- and also, quote, "a carpetbagger from the south and poor," ed was unfazed. it was, to say the least, an improbable profile for the man who would become the first african american state attorney general, and the first popularly elected african american senator. but that was ed brooke's way -- to ignore the naysayers, reject the conventional wisdom, and trust that ultimately, people would judge him on his character, his commitment, his record and

up but then he was sentenced between 25 years to life in the family was awarded $12.5 million but brooksever showed up for the trial and hasn't paid a dime. but he is still receiving royalties from his father was a famous musician who was famous for the solid you light up my life. so i talked to his lawyer to find out what was going on and. to a year after winning the lawsuit that had to put a restraining notice on the pavements. >> he has never earned a dime from the murder as well as his father because it was known that his father had monday and there was a number of trust set up. >> now they learn he received $1,302,000 in royalties and then another 172,000 after that. >> so there is a possibility he is getting money from royalties that his daughter had with regard to commercials and songs his father wrote. >> el the money is put into the trust and the money does not one dime to go to brooks >> we want to major the money judgment was entered if he ever came intimidated judgment would be put immediately on to the monday and he would not be able to collect. >> family is really upset bec

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brooke?, coy wire my friend, thank you very much. >>> we do have some breaking news i want to get straight to as one country is hunting for several missing terror suspects. talked about attacking chicago, toronto, we are now getting word of a possible isis sleeper cell there. we have those details ahead. >>> also ahead lisa ling joins me. she actually went inside a satanist group. you may be surprised about what happened, and who they really worshipped. don't miss this. ♪ every insurance policy has a number. but not every insurance company understands the life behind it. for those who've served and the families who've supported them, we offer our best service in return. ♪ usaa. we know what it means to serve. get an insurance quote and see why 92% of our members plan to stay for life. ♪ to prove to you that aleve is the better choice this is claira. for her she's agreed to give it up. that's today? we'll be with her all day to see how it goes. after the deliveries, i was ok. now the ciabatta

brooke? >> great question i want to ask that also of my next guest. alison, thank you so much in the hustle and bust emof the new york exchange. harvard professor, former chief economist at the international monetary fund. ken, not a huge shocker. this was anticipated. writing was sort hof on the wal. your initial reaction? >> well, i mean, it's a nonevent so far. if they didn't do this, it would have shocked the pants off of everyone. they had really telegraphed this is the plan. i think the big question as you said is what's next. >> what do you think? >> what will the chair say in her press conference about how fast it will go up? >> how often could there be hikes? what do you think? how much? >> well, i kind of tend to think they're going to get to 1% a little faster than people think, that that's still a very low interest rate in today's environment. i mean, this hike is microscopic. they raised it actually it was at 0.13 to 0.25. you're not going to notice this one too much. the questio

and i promised i would be funnier than albert brooks. >> jimmy: you did? [ cheers and applause ] >> so it's up to you. >> jimmy: well, i'm sorry, but i think your friend is going to die. >> this is not good. >> jimmy: since the last time i saw you, you won another emmy. >> thank you. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. it was an awesome, awesome night. >> jimmy: the second time is nowhere near as good as the first one, right? >> of course it is. if you get used to it, someone needs to pop you upside the head. >> jimmy: do you have someone to do that? >> to pop me? my wife does that. on a new season of "veep" yet? for those of you who haven't seen the show, it's a fairly broad political satire about life inside the white house. >> yeah, yeah. she's in a position she should never be in, the president. what i love about it is, you know, a lot of people in d.c., actually, like it. because i think it shows a more of the behind the scenes picture of what might be going on. >> jimmy: is it representing any kind of -- it terrifies me to think that those things actu

hi, brooke.he actual arraignment took moments and e with know that jason van dike pled guilty to the charges of misconduct as well. and pretrial motions were set for a month from today. but a few other topics also came up. first of all for the family, they were asking for a fair trial and they would like cameras in the courtroom. that's not the norm in illinois, but now those motions are going to take place. and la-quan's family asking for cameras to be in the courtroom. you and i know how powerful that can be, the image of both the defendant and the entire process because we have seen so much about this vud owe. now the other topic in question is a possible change of venue. as of now, jason's attorney say he is doesn't plan to make that motion. take a listen. >> we're certainly going to explore every possibility that we have, which guives my client the best opportunity for a fair trial. if we make a decision that the change of venue is something needed in order for my client to get a fair trial,

a legal complaint claims brown and brooks got in to a disagreement over an affordable housing projectrown is working on. court documents claim brooks said to brown i haven't moved on you before because you're old but now i'm tired of your bs. bonner says that's when the assault happened. >> brooks ended up taking both of her arms and striking ms. brown in the chest, knocking her over chairs. she stood over ms. brown and threatened to strike her again. >> reporter: now brown, who is in her 70s, is claiming elder abuse and demanding damages. she's a well known activist. most recently she took a stand against the shooting of mario woods urging a crowd to follow the example of black panthers. >> we seize the right to bear arms and we patrolled our communities. we helped patrol those communities with guns. >> reporter: despite her toughness her attorney says this is an elderly woman who has been abused and deserves justice. >> we reerchd out -- we reached out to brooks for a comment. she did not return our calls. >>> drivers had a tough time getting to sfo after noon today because of this.

better than finish. >> jimmy: albert brooks! the new movie -- >> thank you for being nicer than ramshtine. now i'll come back. >> jimmy: not one swastika in the crowd. all right, one swastika in the crowd. i saw your movie "concussion." i thought it was very good. it's about concussions. no mystery there. >> it's actually about will smith plays this real-live person, amolu, literally discovered cte, chronic traumatic encephalopathy that these football players get years after banging heads. no one knew it existed. in the old days, you would be warned against football for reasons like, you don't want to break your arm, or -- they never so this guy, against everyone wanting him to do this -- >> jimmy: there was a lot of opposition to it. which is really insane when you evaluate it, when you think about it. >> not really. >> jimmy: from a human level, maybe not from a corporate level, but it does seem it's so wrong. >> these dangerous things must have been going on from the beginning. imagine gladiators, people probably had to say,

brooke?es lost heading into the holiday season, feeling for the family members there in san bernardino. dan simon, thank you for the update from the medical center. >>> come k up next, the president of the united states addressing yet another mass shooting. an address he's had to make far too many times. we'll have that for you. >>> also ahead, we're learn iin today about the possible radicalization of the shooter as investators are digging and sorting through his home. stay with me, you're watching cnn's special live coverage. let's celebrate these moments... this woman... this cancer patient... christine... living her life... loving her family. moments made possible in part by the breakthrough science of advanced genomic testing. after christine exusted the standard treatment options for her disease, doctors working with the center for advanced individual medicine at cancer treatment centers of america suggested advanced genomic testing. the test results revealed a finding that led to the u

and after all the years, no one is enjoying this season more than brooks. it means a lot to me because i think so much of kirk ferentz and he has put his heart and soul into the hawkeye football program. so take it from the man who's seen a lifetime's worth of hawkeye games. i hope you're enjoying this as much as i am. seasons like this may only come along once in a lifetime. overnight clear skies will hold on across iowa, though some patchy fog may overnight clear skies will hold on across iowa, though some enjoying this as much as i am. seasons like this may only come along once in a lifetime. overnight clear skies will hold on across iowa, though some patchy fog may develop, especially in ne iowa. temperatures will be warmer tomorrow with highs into the upper 40s, with a few 50s mixed in for a sunny end to the work week. quiet weather will hold on over the weekend, but a few more clouds may return toward sunday, which will cool temperatures 30s. the dry weather patovernight clear skies will hold on across iowa, though some patchy fog may develop, especia

let me turn to brooke first. we have a host of front pages regarding this whole gun situation. news, a prominent periodical here in new york, "the new york times," as i said, have started to say enough is enough in whatever language. do you believe that this is a turning point? >> a turning point for the media or? -- >> that's a good question. >> -- or for america. the problem with guns is mostly people don't stand with the nra. even nra members in a recent poll found that something like 70% of the nra doesn't represent their views in enforcement of gun control and other issues. so you have a different debate happening on capitol hill than you're having in the country, than you're having in the media. >> do you think the media has a push effect at all or not? >> well, on the people they need to push, i actually don't. the rhetoric is rhetoric of fear. what happened in san bernardino doesn't change that rhetoric. i mean, the only thing that actually created a push for gun control in recent memory was back in 1968 when well disciplined young men embracing their second amendment r

i'm brooke baldwin. breaking news now, this new extraordinarily savage execution video has just been released by isis and the implications for this killing could be bigger than anything we've seen thus far in the war. the victim this time is a russian, an apparent spy, or at least that is according to the unmasked, as you see him standing above the victim here, isis jihadist who delivers a message in russian directly to the people of russia and specifically the president of russia slid myrrh pvladimir put promising to kill your sons for each son you killed here, before beheading the kneeling man with a hunting knife. joining me now is cnn's ian lee, who is tandi istanding by for u istanbul. obviously we can't show it, ian, but tell me what more you know about the video. >> brooke, it's a brutal video. the runs about eight minutes of the the majority of it you have this man sitting in a chair talking about or confessing, rather, what his alleged crimes are against isis. he says that he was recruited by ru

poco se supo de la muerte de junior, hasta que brooks egerton, periodista del peridico dallas morning caso. brooks egerton, periodista, the dallas morning news yo trato de imaginar cómo sobrevivir la muerte de mi único... y no puedo... una extensa investigacin del peridico dallas morning news revel que las muertes de pacientes dentales como junior son ms comunes de lo que el pblico imagina.. segn egerton por lo menos 85 pacientes dentales han muerto desde el aÑo 2010 en texas... brooks egerton, periodista, the dallas morning news y con este dato podemos estimar que en todo el pais 1000 pacientes dentales murieron desde el 2010, es mas o menos una muerte cada dos dias... la comision estatal de examinadores dentales penaliz al dentista que le administr los sedantes a junior con 5 aÑos de libertad condicional sin supervisin, una multa de 3000 dlares y cursos correctivos... la investigacin revel que agencias a nivel estatal y nacional hacen poco por prevenir estas muertes... brooks egerton, periodista, the dallas morning news frecuentemente no hacen nada, o casi nada, para prevenir las mu

i'm brooke baldwin.day we expect to see the first criminal charges now filed in the deadliest terror attack here in the united states since 9/11. the san bernardino shooting. the man likely to be charged has told officials he did not know about the plot that would kill 14 people. but prosecutors say this man enrique marquez did admit to providing some of the weapons used in the mass murder. marquez was a friend of the husband. they were killed in that police shootout hours after they opened fire in that center in san bernardino. also this, cnn has just learned they were buried two days ago, though no word on where. let me get straight to evan perez and with us here is defense attorney randy cellen. you have more news on the charges. >> that's right. we expect that the charges for enrique marquez will center on the firearms that he says he bought for syed rizwan farook. he says syed rizwan farook he asked hum to get them because he didn't want to draw attention. these firearms were bought in 2011 and 2012

(brooke chavez, executive dir. primarily primates) "carter is a rhesus macaque and rhesus macaques are native to asia." he's 3 years old and he's very rambunctious. ( brooke chavez, executive dir. primarily primates) "he's been exploring, playing peekaboo." he's getting to know his new caretakers at primarily primates, an animal sanctuary in north bexar county. (brooke chavez, primarily primates) "we've identified that he doesn't like blondes." you could say he's troublemaker. (brooke chavez, executive dir. primarily primates) "carter's been a little creative with his sign and he's been nibbling at it." his story begins in march when carter escaped from his cage in a charlotte, north carolina hospital parking lot. animal control eventually captured him but not before he bit a hospital employee. carter's owner surrendered him and thanks to a grant from bob barker's dj&t foundation he was brought here to his new home. (brooke chavez, executive dir. primarily primates) "every couple of hours they would stop along the

that brings us to the analysis of shields and brooks.t's syndicated columnist mark shields and "new york times" columnist david brooks. welcome, gentlemen. another week, another shooting. now we are learning from the f.b.i. that they are considering this a terrorist incident. they're going to focus on it that way. we're already hearing, mark and david, comments, different kinds of solutions from different sides of the political aisle. republicans are saying too much focus on guns, the administration isn't doing enough to fight terrorism. do you see any kind of consensus? >> i don't see why it's an either-or thing. it's additive, not alternative. the guns, as you know, i don't see why people need to be carrying these kinds of guns that were used in this kind of attack. some legislation, i don't know if it will prevent this. there are 250 million guns in this country, it's hard to control gun usage. nonetheless, i couldn't hurt. but what's unique about this iss it is sort of i.s.i.s.-inspired. that leads to two conclusions. first, i.s.i.s.

i'm joined by dave fleming one of the owners of shady brook farm.ell us about what people will see when they come through this beautiful light display? >> it's a 2-mile drive through and we have light displays everywhere. as you look at the different light displays, we try to have different themes and seasons. so you can take a look, at mt. rushmore some of the different scenes or the aquarium area. we have a lot of different areas here. >> i'm overlooking at the leaning tower of pizza. and also we see a little bit of grinch and some holiday displa displays, and when we get a little bit further in this area, you can see the swamp. tell me about the swamp lots of greens and blues and birds and butterflies. >> this is my favorite part. you have the swamp and the movement and the stories that go along with it and the blue lights and just to see the movement of the butterflies and the lizards and everything is just really cool. >> and you guys do this yourself. you told me your brother, some other colleagues very creative. not a big company from new yor

i'm brooke baldwin and this is cnn. in panama, which is a city of roughly 2 million people, we are having 5,000 new cars being sold every month. this is a very big problem for us with respect to fast and efficient transportation. it's kind of a losing proposition to keep going this way. we are trying to tackle the problem with several different modes. one of them is the brand new metro. we had a modest forecast: 110,000 passengers per day in the first line. we are already over 200,000. our collaboration with citi has been very important from the very beginning. citi was our biggest supporter and our only private bank. we are not only being efficient in the way we are moving people now, we are also more amicable to the environment. people have more time for the family and it's been one of the most rewarding experiences to hear people saying: "the metro has really changed my life." when a moment spontaneously turns romantic, why pause to take a pill? and why stop what you're doing to find a bathroom? cialis for daily use,

i'm brooke baldwin. vegas, but it's heating up inside the debate hall come tomorrow night. 26 hours, 16 minutes, 20 seconds, we're watching we're waiting. cnn senior political reporter nia henderson is joining me. it's a a windy las vegas. we wanted to play a little political game. we remember in high school the senior superlatives. so we wanted to go through some of these candidates. for example, who would be most likely to succeed. if everyone on that stage tomorrow night. >> i think it's going to be ted cruz, who is probably the best just pure debater on that stage. here's a guy who is arguing cases before the supreme court. and actually was a a champion debater. so i think he's going to know not only how to take incoming but also turn it around. that's the trick when somebody comes after you. can you take the blow, absorb it and turn it into an upper cut. >> he's done it in previous debates. rubio has accomplished his goals for each debate he's participated in which is sort of getting his biography o

court documents claim brooks said to brown, i haven't moved on you before because you're old. but now i'm tired of your bs. bonner says that is when the assault happened. >> gets up and desley brooks ended up taking both of her arms and striking miss brown in the chest knocking miss brown over a stack of chairs. she hit her head. she also stood over miss brown and threatened to strike her again! >> reporter: now brown, who is in her 70s, is claiming elder abuse and demanding a total of $7 million in damages. brown is a well-known activist. most recently she took a stand against the shooting of mario woods in san francisco urging a crowd in no uncertain terms to follow the example of the black panthers. >> seize the right to bear arms and we patroled our communities and we didn't take photographs. we patroled those communities with guns. >> reporter: despite her toughness, her attorney says the elderly woman was abused. the councilwoman did not return our calls. christin ayers, kpix 5. >> a vigil is planned for today to remember the grandson of another oakland city councilwoman

harry connick jr., garth brooks and tony bennett. >> i love frank. >> he was my best friend. >> that is ahead. >> but first, bridget moynihan is cooking up a feast with help from her fellow blue blood cast members. >> tom provided the shepard's pie which is so yummy. worth trying. >> cheers to that. >> cheers. >> that family dinner is a staple of the series and now bridget is sharing some of the >> people at home may not realize when you're shooting a scene like that, there are multiple takes of you taking bites of mashed potatoes or whatever. >> the first couple years i kind of just moved things around on my plate or just cut them up into tiny, tiny pieces. this season i made a mistake of eating mashed potatoes every episode. >> tom selleck's trick? >> he was a smart one on buttering the bread. you can take a long time to butter that bread. you never have to eat it. it's not messy. closed captioning provided by -- baby it's cold outside baby it's col outside soo li oca n.t t t pt.etio if you let me love you >> that is just one of the memorable moments from the grammy tribute to fran

lot of big names participating, garth brooks, lady gaga, alicia key and we were in the middle of it. i think he's just one of t artists that is like i know that song. i know that song. i a kick out of you levine had that cool sinatra vibe. they put together hottest stars who all say the legend's songs are timeless. >> how did frank sinatra inspire you? >> he inspires me now more than ever. they call him a chairman of the board for a reason. i wanna wake up in that city that doesn't sleep >> lady gag belt out "new york, new york" and posed backstage with frank's daughter nancy at the wynne las vegas. john legend had sinatra swag and usher killed it. >> really reafirms he's going to live forever. his whole life was ab great music and those songs never die. >> harry connick jr. actually met sinatra at a nofrns clubew orleans club when he was a kid. >> my sister was there and had an album to sign. and we got to meet >> lucky you were allowed in that club on bourbon street, harry connick jr. >> garth brooks and yearwood will perform and all star grammy concert sunday on cbs and on july 2n

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brooks, that is just the beginning. and because other people have to be looked at, and anyone who had their fingerprint, ashleigh, on having knowledge of this video being there and did not take any responsibility to put it out there for the public are just as responsible as they are accusing mccarthy to be. >> and there is a lot of people, because there is a list of people. >> yes, absolutely, a lot of people. >> and if transparency goal, they have to be scrutinized heavily. and cornell brook, dovetail for me on the notion that cedric alexander talked about the challenge that communities face and i don't have to explain to anybody least of all you who was just arrested after protesting what happened to laquan mcdonald yesterday in chicago. i am showing the photograph of the tweet that you sent out of you and your colleagues basically in the police van having been arrested. >> yes. >> the question i have is there is an effect that has been dubbed the ferguson effect. many people are arguing over whether it is real or whe

brooks brothers needs a new floor. the manager feels thankful nothing else was damaged. >> i opened the doors to basically kind of a silt covered floor everywhere. fortunately, i don't think that there was more than a couple of inches. >> aaron: the cleaning crews have stayed busy. >> it's good to have the steady work. it's kind of a bummer, you know, it's at the expense of people's businesses. it's good for us, though. >> aaron: when you've been 12 hours, you have to entertain yourself. >> it's 100% appropriate to make a variety of sounds doing this work. >> aaron: because of the damage, brooks brothers never opened. the only sales came digitally. >> god bless the internet. >> aaron: the store hopes to open up tomorrow night or thursday. one person told me she's never seen biltmore village look this bad. brooks brothers' manager says this was nothing compared to 2004. >> tammy: emergency crews in reynolds are also cleaning up damage. crews are scraping out a parking lot at the old eastwood condos on charlotte highway.