who introduced his mother to carly simon at a restaurant in martha's vineyard.nd now, 25 years, can you believe it, after her friend's death, simon has written a remembrance, loving, yes, but also a bit shocking, in it intimacy about a woman who prized her privacy ♪ anticipation >> reporter: we're headed to cay mon's home on martha's vineyard songs like "anticipation" has made her one of the greatest singer songwriters of our time ♪ these are the good old days". >> we arrived to find simon who suffers from stage fright, painfully anxious in anticipation of talking about her friend jackie kennedy onassis. >> i'm just so nervous sorry to be this way. >> maybe because it matters to you. >> it does matter. the idea of talking about jackie who's such an icon, she means so much to so many people, and if i didn't get it right, i would be really angry with myself. >> do you feel at all that you have violated a code of friendship with her by writing what you have written? >> you know, i just feel that way. that's probably what all my nerves are about. >> she has been dea

october to remember is far from over we have two great interviews next week, including music icon, carly simoner legendary career and her friendship with jackie kennedy. plus, al, he's going to sit down with comedy legend, eddie murphy, a candid conversation about his return to hollywood, to stand up and to snl. >> that is going to be a good one. looking forward to it. let's get right to your news at 8:00, the president's troubles at home and abroad are escalating this morning. we're going to have the latest from turkey where a brand new cease fire is already showing some cracks. first let's go to nbc white house correspondent kristen welker on the president and his chief of staff and that stunning admission about the ukraine scandal. >> reporter: that's right, the acting chief of staff mick mulvaney stunned and angered some of the president's allies when he contradicted the president's central claims that there was no quid pro quo on ukraine. during a combative briefing thursday, mulvaney made that remarkable admission acknowledging that president trump told him one of the reasons he was hold