i always said he left cape girardeau, but he never left cape girardeau in his heart, this is the rush that was still here just a few days ago. he was somebody who's whose heart, whose patriotism, whose core values, came out of cape girardeau and he knew it. he was never affected when he lived in new york, he never became a new yorker, he always thought people up there were weird. that's why he went ultimately t palm beach. but, if you're out on long island, let's be honest here, people on the island are often weird. >> i'm an idiot for staying appear, i admit it. there was something about him that was so down-to-earth, so practical. he had a lot of tactical reason it worked. he wasn't essence of. you make sure you wanted to listen to what he's going to do next. but that was also the professional rush, the personal rush, and i had the remarkable experience of being with calist at lunch one day. it turned out they had both bee the small-town radio stations. rush dropped completely the national figure. he went right back to what it was like in high school. they were swapping ideas, and i

i've always said, you know, he left cape girardeau, but he never left cape girardeau in his heart. rush who is still here, just a few days ago, was somebody who is hard to come whose patriotism, whose core values, came out of cape girardeau, and he knew it. he was never affected when he lived in new york. he never became a new yorker. he always thought people up there were weird. that's part of why he went all the way down to palm beach. >> sean: you are making me laugh. speak on being honest -- >> sean: i'm an idiot for staying up here, i know. >> but there was something about him that was so down to earth, so practical. now, he had a lot of bombast for a reason, it worked. he was, in a sense, a great 5 billion. he knew how to keep you entertained, he knew how to keep you tuned in, he knew how to make sure you wanted to listen. what's he going to do next? but that was also the professional rush. i have a remarkable experience of being -- had lunch with rush one day. turned out they had both been high school radio, you know, disk jockeys for their respective small-town radio statio

cape girardeau in missouri and along the mississippi river, he went on to work for the kansas city royals and pittsburgh pirates before he turned his attention full-time to radio in sacramento, california, but you said something a moment ago and harris picked up on it, tell us more about how you two got to know each other. i'm thinking of 2015, the summer, 17 candidates on a stage in cleveland, at what point did he concede that you were the guy and how did that come about? >> well, i got a call from a friend of mine who was a big rush fan and he said, rush loves you. i said, i don't see that, i hadn't heard, i'm not able to listen to the radio during the afternoon too much during the trail and you're making speeches or doing whatever you're doing, i was actually making speeches and running a business, i was doing both of them simultaneously, right? and he just told me that and all of a sudden i started getting little transcripts, i would try to listen every once in a while, he was there right from the beginning and it was incredible and then i guess i called him just to thank him and we d

i have always said, you know, he left cape girardeau but never left in his heart.re you sure who is still here just a few days ago was somebody whose heart, whose patriotism, whose core values came out of cape girardeau and he knew it. he was never affected when he lived in new york. he never became a new yorker. he always thought people up there were weird. that's part of why he went ultimately down with gay and stanley gains to palm beach. you are out on long island, let's be honest here. people from new york are weird. sean: i'm an idiot for staying up here. i will admit it. >> but, there was something about him that was so down-to-earth so practical. now, he had a lot of bombast practical reason. it worked. he wasn't in a sense a great vaudvilleian. he now how to keep you tuned. in what was he going to do next? that was also the professional rush. the personal rush i had the remarkable experience of being with calista at lunch one day they had both been high school radio disk jockeys for their respective small town radio stations. are you sure dropped completel

. >> reporter: born in cape girardeau, missouri, limbaugh was a college dropout, drawn to radio. struggling as a disc jockey, he turned to talk, parlaying a string of local jobs into a syndicated gig in 1988 by talking conservative politics about race, feminism, and every other hot-button issue, in a way his supporters loved... >> the feminazis on the far left. >> reporter: ...and making claims, alleging michael j. fox was exaggerating his parkinson's disease, for instance, that critics hated. >> it is purely an act. >> reporter: he did it while building a media empire on a brash and outspoken style. >> i don't defer to the experts; i am the expert. >> reporter: it made him the country's most listened to radio host, and earned him a fortune, estimated at more than $500 million. >> i mean, everybody does what they do for the money. if somebody tells you it is not the money, believe me, it's the money. >> reporter: an opioid addiction and the rehab that followed in 2003 briefly took him off the everytng ruslimbaugh d engendered controversy. the presidential medal of freedom at the

he was almost overwhelmed at ki from cape girardeau, missouri was having a wreck -fest in the west wingf the white house in the white house mess and that's one of the things i think made him so powerful. he never forgot where he came from and the values that he gre up with and their traditional values of patriotism and faith, and respect for others, it was fantastic to see him be so emotional about having this opportunity. i was happy to share the moment with him. >> does talk radio become fractured instead of one giant boys maybe there will be several ? >> i wouldn't say that and i think it's too soon to speculat where talk radio goes necessarily because it's impossible to replace rush limbaugh. understand something about our business he was the dominant voice does not on the stations that the company that he worked for owned, he actually was on all of his company's competitor stations as well. it's like having a prime time news show on abc, cbs, nbc and the cable network spread he was on all the stations. no one will ever do that again. understand something, if there are hundreds of c

he would fly to cape girardeau where they grew up to see kristin in her high school plays. said he showed up for his family in a grandiose and generous way and didn't just throw money at us but in ways he really put his heart into our family. because he was so generous. she said his sister loved video production. he would always buy her the best equipment. one time kristin was going them cape girardeau for her wedding shower there were a lot of problems with the flights. and rush sent his plane there so that she could come back and not be so upset about almost missing that that was his gift to her. she said when he was diagnosed they texted a lot. she said if you mention anything this morning, please talk about his faith. it was the core of who he was and everything that he believed. he wasn't vocal about it but he had a deep relationship with jesus. one last thick, pete, i'm sorry i'm taking up your time, too. pete's pete no, go ahead. ainsley: sent romans 8:28 to him. we know that god works all things for the good of those who love him when he was diagnosed and rush wrote

cape girardeau feels like 13 the beginning of next week, single digits in minneapolis teens in chicago that's what's going on around the coun >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. let's take a live look outside in san jose. we're starting out clear and also chilly but it's going to warm up and be a really nice day. we're looking at highs reaching up to 65 degrees in the south bay, and as warm as 68 degrees in the north bay. san francisco will reach 60 degrees and 64 today in oakland. as we go through the forecast it's going to be very much like this for the next severaly cool early next week, wit i might not. >> not when it is 40 below >> al, thank you >>> straight ahead, how to make the most of your space to have super bowl fun as safely as possible. >> from moving the party outside to creative ways to serve up snacks, vicky nguyen has everything you need to know. first, these messages. they're out there. look to the families. the communities. every small town, city and schoolyard. and know that they will endure. because in this country, we build with something stronger than b