we did discover this remarkable woman, carole king. >> carole king made the transition from being behindel the sky tumbling down ♪ i feel my heart start to tremble when ever you're around ♪ >> carole king is the embodiment of what happens. because in the '60s she is trying to write hit songs for other people. then in the '70s with "tapestry" it's the definition of an album of self-expression. let me go into my house in laurel canyon and tell you about my life. >> after church you always went out for pancakes. if you were lucky enough to ride in one of the girl's cars, you know what you are listening to? "tapestry." ♪ >> there were a lot of very important women whether were some of the most significant writers in music at the time. >> we are going to do a song written by john david sausser, a favorite california songwriters and one of my favorite singers. it's called "faithless love." >> she was in many ways my greatest collaborator. i became a professional song writer because of the best voice of my generation was doing my songs. ♪ faithless love ♪ like a river flows rops ain drg ♪ >> f

it surpassed carole king's "tapestry." "21" has now clocked its 319th week on the charts topping 318as never missed a week on the chars. so, that's been 319 straight. you know who else is in the top five? >> no, who. >> journey, 454 weeks, billboard 200. >> where is tupac in that mix? >> all right, finally a "pop news" exclusive, so marshmallow peeps have brand-new mystery flavors. so we're putting you to the test. you're going to have to take one bite of the peep in front of you and see if you can guess your flavor. >> this is our peep show. >> each is a secret. you can't see it on the package. can you guess your flavor? >> sugar. >> you are close. >> grape maybe. >> want me to reveal the answer. ron's answer. >> grape. >> maple syrup. >> i get it now. >> mine is fruit punch. >> paula? >> fruit punch. >> paula says fruit punch. can we reveal paula's answer? fruit punch? >> rum and coca-cola. >> no, not quite. blueberry. but it is a fruit. >> fruity. >> dan, can you guess yours? >> lime. >> you're not even close. >> really? what is it? >> dan's answer, grape slushee. not at all lime.

he didn't particularly like carly simon and carole king. stries duraand. >> he didn't create the audience. it turned out the audience was there and he tapped into the audience. >> how did he find them? >> i think they were the silent majority, and they've been angry at washington. they feel like the -- >> are they reagan democrats? >> i think they're democrat and republican. they were mad at both parties and then o'reilly came and tapped into that. trp tapped into those same people and they showed up and ted. >> here's my theory about left and right. the left resents wealth at the top they don't think is deserving. there's resentment on both sides. >> i think that's right. i think how you make money sometimes does matter. did you game the system? i will tell you this audience -- >> nobody likes people that make money with money. but then again they -- >> his audience hated hillary clinton. why? not because she was married to bill clinton but they thought she gamed the system. >> you think that's the reason? >> i think that was a big part of

carol, thanks for joining us. i'm wondering what the king is thinking tonight. what is trump worried about for michael flynn? what's he got on him? >> well, from the white house's perspective, i mean their posture is that he doesn't have anything on him. but if you step back -- you know, and we don't know. this is somebody mike flynn was with the president almost every day during the campaign. >> he says he has a story to tell. what's the story he wants to tell to the prosecutors? >> we don't know what the story is because mike flynn, there's his time spent with donald trump in the trump campaign and the transition in the white house. mike flynn has had contacts with russia, not just with the ambassador here in washington, but he has been paid tens of thousands of dollars by entities that are arms of the russian government, and he sat at a dinner in december of 2015 with vladimir putin. >> okay. >> so there are a number of stories that he could tell. >> congratulations on that story. howard, look at this. you see a guy not far down the tree from the president. h

carol, thank you for joining us. what is the king thinking tonight.t is trump worried about for michael flynn? what has he got on him? >> from the white house's perspective, their posture is he doesn't have anything on him. if we step back, we don't know. this is somebody, mike flynn was with the president almost every day during the campaign. >> well he says he has a story to tell. >> yes. >> what's the -- >> that's another question, we don't know what the story is. michael flynn has his time spent with donald trump and the trump campaign and the transition into the white house. mike flynn has another -- he has had contacts with russia, not just with the ambassador here in washington, but he has been paid tens of thousands of dollars by entities that are arms of the russian government, and he sat at a dinner in december of 2015 with vladimir putin. and so he -- there are a number of stories that he could tell. >> howard, look at this. we've been here before. you see a guy not far down the tree from the president. right there, national security advise

king." and in a great biography of washington, one of the chapters is called "children not his own." carol: let me move on to political roles. what do you think washington's vision for america was? what you think he considered his most important role in achieving it? and similarly for hamilton. what was his vision? i often feel hamilton was sometimes the sole visionary of this group of extraordinary men, even before independence was one he is mapping out how to make america a great power, to take its seat with the world's great power. what was his vision and how did he see his role in making it a reality? i spent a lot of time looking at hamilton's programs and i finally understood them because of his amazing discussion of them. [laughter] john: i think, when hamilton -- when he became secretary of the treasury when he was still in his early 30's, he faced a really very serious economic problem. we got the constitution because basically the country was unable to pay its bills. the articles of confederation were just too weak. he becomes secretary of the treasury. washington had first offer