one time i was playing carnegie hall. my first time at carnegie hall. i invited my parents to the show. my mother is sitting third row center. behind my mom are five college kids. i had done 25 or 30 letterman shows. these college kids were fans. i get on stage and i started the act. i hear these guys laughing. my mother turns red and goes shh. mom, you do not shh people attic comedy show. she had been singled out a car -- at a comedy show. she had been singled out at carnegie hall. let me stay home one day. she said okay. my mom was going out of town. whenever you do, and do not go near the high school. being an idiot, i had to go up to the high school -- high- school at lunchtime. by bernd robert just as the vice principal concept and he sees me. -- burned rubber just as the vice principal comes out and sees me. he called tom and she says that i'm sick. my mother is standing behind the door with a big pot. it she goes bong and knocks me out with this pot. ow i am out cold. we have to go to the high school and the principle is yelling at me. you are su

tracy's going to be performing -- you're doing stand-up comedy at carnegie hall, november 6th. >> yeah, that's amazing. >> that's big, man. >> jimmy: carnegie hall. >> i'm going to pull the trigge that night. >> jimmy: right? >> yeah, i've got a big -- i got two truckloads of funny out there, man. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah. >> big old bag of funny and crazy. >> jimmy: you can back it right up. >> i'm going to go all out. and -- >> jimmy: it's gointo be an exciting night. dude, first of all, you're nominated for an emmy award. [ cheers and applause ] i hope you win. i love you. you've got to win. i'm sending you vibes. you got nominated for -- >> i know, we put more black people on the moon than getting nominated for emmys. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's true. yeah. we did, yeah. >> i feel fortunate and, you know, blessed. >> jimmy: i just want to hear you speech. it's going to be amazing. >> i might break down. i might cry. i may cry. [ laughter ] i don't know. i'm in the doghouse right now. so, i may break down. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, you're pretty fragile right now. >> yeah, i'm very

. >> our homecoming celebration in new york's carnegie hall. >> reporter: performing homecoming eventstheir friends, stars of gospel music past and present. when they were named gospel song writers of the century in 2000, it was said the gaithers are to christian music what the beatles were to pop music. they were among the first to introduce contemporary religious music. >> in fact, we have a pretty well-known college that banned their kids in '68 from coming to see the bill gaither trio because they said it's worldly music. >> ♪ swing down chariot, stop and let me ride, swing down chariot stop and let me ride. rock me. ♪ >> reporter: where would you say that you fit into the evangelical world? >> i'm not sure we really do. i think we've been mavericks from the beginning. >> ♪ stop and let me ride, swing down chariot and let me ride. ♪ >> i don't even like to use are we contemporary? aree traditional? are we country? are we progressive? labels are so dangerous. i'm a follower of christ. i believe in the message. i believe in redemption, and if i didn't, gloria and i would stop today a

. >> our homecoming cebration in new york's carnegie hall. >> reporter: perfrming homecominevents with frids, stars of gospel music past d present. hen they were named gospl song writers of the centurin 2000, it was said the gaithers areo christian music whathe beatles were to pop music ty were among the first to inoduce contemporary religious musc. >>n fact, we have a pretty well-known clege that banned their kids in '68 frocoming to see the bill gaithetrio because they saidt's worldly music. >> ♪ swing dow chariot, stop and let me ride,wing down chiot stop and let me ride. rock me. ♪ >> reporter: ere would you say that you fit into the evangelical world? >> i'm not sure weeally do. i tnk we've been mavericks from the beginning. >> ♪ stoand let me ride, swing down chariotnd let me ride. ♪ >> ion't even like to use are we contemporary? re we traditional? are we country? are we progressiv labels are dangerous. i'm a llower of christ. i believe in the ssage. i believe in demption, and if i didn, gloria and i would stop today and go the mountainsnd retire d rock on a rockinchair. >> repor

in october, you will make your carnegie hall debut. that may not happen.$500,000 violin. he left it in a new york city taxi cab. >> hello. >> so the question is how he got it back? >> the question is, do you know you shouldn't even leave your blackberry in a new york city taxi? >> i was very, very tired. that's all i can say. i had come back from the hamptons rehearsing withity impa itzak perlman. this couldn't have happened at a worse time for me. >> that's all you have to tell your insurance company, i was exhausted. is it being held together with a rubber band? >> no. >> this is your life, right? this is hugely important to you. >> i spend eight hours on it every day. i've been preparing for my carnegie and kennedy center debut. i was devastated to say the least. i was amazed how quickly i was able to recover it, within just 12 hours. >> did you get a receipt when you left the taxi? >> of course not. i was very responsible, yes. it was 1:00 a.m. >> how did you get it? >> i called the police immediately. they didn't believe me. they didn't know i'm havin

good luck with your debut at carnegie hall. good luck.hat the weather is. how does that sound? >> i think it was very sunny. >> very good. as we check the weather in the northeast, beautiful conditions. a gorgeous day. humidity is going to be up. still get out there, make the best of the day. now some rain. as we head to the gulf coast, keep in mind there could be showers rolling in, potentially some clouds as well. it may be a good day to wear the umbrella and leave the sunglasses home. now let's get some high heat in the west coast. hot, hot, hot. as you head out to the west coast, temperatures climbing, climbing. not just moderate levels but higher. then when they get high, they'll go even higher than that. what to do? what to do, people? make sure your air conditioning is working. look out for those who are with you and make sure you also stay hydrated. thank you so much. >>> we're fawking about generally stuffy conditions to be honest. and we're going to start to see thunderstorms fire up. i think the afternoon it will be like yester

. >> pelley: in 2001, wyclef played carnegie hall.d an all-star ensemble, showed off his musical range. ♪ and there was one big surprise. >> jean: i saw my dad on the balcony, and i'm like, "yes, my dad is here." >> pelley: and after the concert, he said what to you? >> jean: he says, "do you know when you make it in life?" "all right, don't, dad. i just want you tell me you love me. i had a good concert." i still can't get it. "you know you make it when you show up-- you see everybody, you see black, white. you see europeans, you see africans. they don't see your color; they see the man. you made it." >> pelley: the success his father saw in him has made wyclef a force for change in haiti. four years ago, when port au prince was a battlefield, wyclef used his influence to mediate among warring gangs to stop the fighting. >> jean: it's a revolution of the mind, and this is what we're trying to do is to get everybody to start thinking with their minds and not with guns. >> pelley: people are also starting to ask whether wyclef intends

going to run it in the school newspaper, but i want one of the photography kids to go down to carnegie hallnd take carl's picture to go along with the story. and i said, i don't think that's a very good idea. and she said why not? and i said, well, karl is very shy. and she said shy? you talk to you, didn't he? and i said not exactly. there is no carl. i made him up. [laughter] >> that was a bad day. [laughter] we didn't have those problems because none of us wrote. >> the teacher, either the teacher nor i understood what it portends that event was. i just thought it was so much easier to make up than to go out and interview someone. [laughter] >> and then of course, i would give the teacher entirely different answer. i would say i was just doing what journalists always do. [laughter] >> you said about the same subject, at a later period in your life i think that should intrudes on history. historians know that they are not objective. where mythology and history converge. that's where i started where mythology here call was mythology. >> well, i take the position that if there was no carl,