prince and carol burnett. >> jimmy: really, wow. burnett. >> jimmy: what happened? >> i started shaking. she was like a comedy icon for me. i grew up in the hood, i needed things to escape. "the carol burnett show," i loved her laugh. as a kid i just -- i got the humor. >> jimmy: same thing in our house, we loved that show. carol burnett was here, i kept looking at her going, oh my god, carol burnett is here, it's really crazy. what about prince? everybody who has met prince has a strange story. did you have a weird encounter with prince? >> yeah. it was weird for him. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it was. >> yeah. i held on to his hand too long. >> jimmy: oh, you did. >> yeah. i shook his hand and i was just like -- [ laughter ] he looked and he realized and he passed it off to the next person. that went really bad. >> jimmy: he passed your hand? >> he passed my hand off like it was this piece of paper. >> jimmy: he did not. >> my arm flopped after that. it was like, that was awkward. >> jimmy: wow. when does "empire" come back on? >> oh,

carol burnett was here, i kept looking at her going, oh my god, carol burnett is here, it's really crazyeverybody who has met prince has a strange story. did you have a weird encounter with prince? >> yeah. it was weird for him. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it was. >> yeah. i held on to his hand too long. >> jimmy: oh, you did. >> yeah. i shook his hand and i was just like -- [ laughter ] he looked and he realized and he passed it off to the next person. that went really bad. >> jimmy: he passed your hand? >> he passed my hand off like it was this piece of paper. >> jimmy: he did not. >> my arm flopped after that. it was like, that was awkward. when does "empire" come back on? >> oh, when does "empire" come back on? >> jimmy: guillermo? >> guillermo: summer. >> jimmy: summer. he just makes things up. >> that's not true. >> jimmy: it comes back in march. there's now a fight happening in the audience. comes back in march. when you were off, when you're not working, do you and terrance howard spend time together? >> yeah, the whole crew. >> jimmy: was he on the island? >> no, he did not. i didn't

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in television you have lucille ball and mary tyler moore and carol burnett but carol burnett and lucillehat -- or carol burnett and mary tyler moore did in the early 'seventh was nothing short of extraordinary. talk about an all boys club. they kicked the walls down! and they did it their way. >> well, both of them. but especially mary tyler moore, given the cast, the ensemble cast, the great writer of that show. she was really, if you want to think about it this way, kind of like the louis and clark of the feminist movement. she was out there. we just showed the clip of the pay raise request with lou grant. i mean, she was out there and so many issues that, unfortunately, are still prevailing today in the marketplace and among women specifically. but the biggest thing watching these clips is if you put the mary tyler moore show, mary richard with ted baxter and lou grant, if you put it on tv today, it would still be an enormous hit. it's that eternal, that lasting, that good! >> that relevant, yeah. >> this morning also with us we have in washington former chair of the republican nation

from carol burnett, one of the sweetest, nicest people i knew.ary tyler moore struggled at times in her private life. there was alcoholism. >> i began to drink to the point where i thought about it as a solution. >> reporter: it is the funny moments we cherish and remember most, the spunky, ambitious and hopelessly optimistic mary. ♪ you're going to make it after all ♪ >> what an absolutely remarkable life and career with lasting impact across many generations. >>> let's talk a little about wall street setting records and really rewriting history books. the dow jones crossing the 20,000 mark. s&p 500, as well as the nasdaq closing in record territory. just since election day dow is up 9% leading charge in manufacturing and banking stocks. goldman sachs up 30%. corporate earnings have helped fuel that fire, but we will have a lot more on that from cnbc coming up. >>> a massive inferno in washington state. a large blaze ripped through an apartment complex. two firefighters were injured according to the city's fire department but thankfully their in

and from carol burnett, one of the sweetest, nicest people i ever knew.r moore struggled at times in her private life. there was alcoholism. >> about the early '70s that i began to drink to the point where i thought about it as a solution. >> reporter: but it's the funny moments we cherish and remember most. the spunky, ambitious, and hopelessly optimistic mary. ♪ you're going to make it after all ♪ >> according to her publicist, mary tyler moore died in a hospital in connecticut today in the company of friends and her husband of 33 years. she was 80 years old. >>> we turn now to another major story we're following tonight. president trump acting on his campaign vow today to crack down on undocumented immigration. signed executive orders to begin construction of his long-promised wall along the u.s. border with mexico and strip federal funding from so-called sanctuary cities. our white house correspondent hallie jackson has details. >> reporter: his signature slogan becoming one of his supporters' favorite phrases. >> build that wall. build that wall. bui

>> oh, sure, she, the carol burnetts and others were the fore runners that are close -- women still don'tquality, they're still not paid as much as men for doing the same job, but she broke ground, she forged through, she was herself, you know, she was -- you have to call her one of the pioneers of american television and an underrated actress. i'm trying to remember the name of the woman, the woman and her son were both convicted of murder, serving life sentences in los angeles, and i interviewed them the mother and the son and she called me because she played her, the woman, i'm sorry i can't remember the flaname of the wom but she did a television special and i believe she won an emmy for it. >> it's a famous scene when she tosses the cap up in the air and that song. let's reopen the show from the "mary tyler moore show." ♪ who can turn the world on with her smile ♪ ♪ who can take a nothing day and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile ♪ ♪ well, it's you girl and you should know it ♪ with each glance and every little movement you show it. love is on the way no need to waste it. why don'

looking and scraggly and comic looking and then there was this wonderful age where we had lucy, carol burnette and mary was not only a beauty but a funny one. if you were teaching a comedy course in a school you would have to use mary braeaking up with laughter at a funeral one that had maybe been feared but one that would be aspired as e loses it at the funeral of chuckles the clown. >> where did she get it? >> her father was quite a witty man and so was her mother. she certainly had the -- of a comic star, the diabetes, her son's suicide, alcoholism and through all of that, all of that, she was able to slap on the makeup and make people laugh and then as she said go home and put my face in the pillow and try to get to sleep. >> tell me what about her last few years, dick ka vvekavet. tell me and mary tyler moore's last couple of years, what was she up to? >> i don't know, last time i saw her she was honored at the hold players' club downtown and she was quite bright, quite sparkling, quite healthy looking, she walked lamely and i remember thinking oh, i hope things aren't getting worse for

former co-star ed asner, i'll never be able to repay her for the blessings she gave me and from carol burnettof the sweetest, nicest people i ever knew. mary tyler moore struggled at times in her private life. there was alcoholism. >> about the early '70s that i began to drink to the point where i thought about it as a solution. >> but it's the funny moments we cherish and remember most. the spunky ambitious and hopelessly optimistic mary. ♪ you're going to make it after all ♪ >> that smile that nobody will ever forget and that iconic hat toss. >> right in the >> beautiful. >> switching gears here, a chip maker is teaming up with the group madd. >> the result a new chip bag that makes sure that you are partying safely. >>> oprah win free is launching a new line of packaged foods, making real nutritious foods more end hunger. oprah owns 10% of weight watcher which has its own line of packaged meals. frito lay has a limited number of bags, party bags with sensors to detect whether you've had something to drink and turns from green to red with a sign that says don't drink and drive and you can t

women and fearlessly tackling issues before anyone else, now her co-star, ed asner and friend carol burnettsively sharing their memories right here on "gma" as tributes pour in from around the world. ♪ you're going to make it after all ♪ >>> and good morning, america. boy, that song and that smile bring back so many memories and life of mary tyler moore this morning. >> warm, warm memories. she was really a game changer. she changed the game for working women, for comedy and want to take a live look at the statue of her famous character, yes, mary richards in minneapolis. >> and that statue, it shows this famous scene where she threw her hat in the air and we got the real story behind that hat throwing moment coming up. >> yeah, we'll explain that woman looking at her. >> looking at her like what were you doing. >>> the latest from president trump. david muir will have that in a moment. >>> first president trump's actions on immigration, first steps on the border wall is drawing fire across the country and overseas. more to come today as he tees up new executive orders and right to jonathan

longtime friend carol burnett telling us -- >> she will be missed and she will always be loved and maryive on. she truly was america's sweetheart. >> as a 30-something single career woman in the 1970s, her character paved the way for the modern american woman. from the moment she walked through the doors of the fictional tv station wjm-tv minneapolis. >> it does seem you've been asking a lot of very personal questions that don't have a thing to do with my qualifications for this job. >> you knowwhat you've got unk. mary tylemoor >> reporter: "the mary tyler moore show" was a hit scoring 29 em >> in his own words, a little song little -- >> reporter: co-star ed asner sharing his memories with "good morning america." >> every day going to work was a pleasure because the beautiful mary was there waiting. >> reporter: from a young age, moore dreamed of becoming a professional dancer. but her breakout role came on "the dick van dyke show." >> oh rob, how could you? >> reporter: the actress often showing off her dancing skills on screen. ♪ truly factual ♪ ♪ the act fact ♪ >> reporter: in 1980

in a statement, carol burnett said, she will be so missed. she was a pioneer on television.the sweetest, nicest people i ever knew. this is from ellen. mary tyler moore changed the world for all women. >>> on our set, another icon that knows something about playing groundbreaking women in roles. candice bergen is here. we're going to talk to her just ahead in our next half hour. >>> first, al has a check of the weather. mr. roker? >> she will be missed. as we look right now, lake-effect snow is the big story today. as the low pressure moves away. it's going to draw in that cold air across the warmer waters of the lake. as it does, those snow bands will start to fire up. and this is going to go right on into the weekend. and so, what we're expecting is some very heavy snow. as far south as west virginia. we're talking about anywhere from six to eight inches in the snow and the mountain there's. but the tug hill plateau, between oswego, watertown, and utica, we're talking about lake-effect snow warnings into sunday. some places may be picking up three feet of snow or more. we'