and during governor newsom's recall election, cma gave $750,000 to the california democratic party. the access that kind of money secures was evident when this photo surfaced during the pandemic of governor gavin newsom maskless at a napa restaurant where you can find $50,000 bottles of wine on the menu. seated with the governor? the california medical association's chief lobbyist and ceo. he's made five appointments to the medical board. governor newsom's office declined to comment. the medical board said it requires them to rehabilitate doctors when possible and the board follows its mission which is to protect patients. they declined an interview request but pointed out that it has fought for public health during covid and pushed for regulations that, quote, protect patients from bad doctors. jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >>> the fallout from the new anti-abortion law in texas has been swift. for some women, devastating. to end a pregnancy, some patients are traveling hundreds of miles across state lines, if they have the resources and if they can find a clinic with appointame

nearly two years since cma broadcast live for this show. crazy. i felt so happy to be there for cma fest. >> something that everybody usually looks forward to when it comes to the show is the collaborations because a lot link up in different ways. talk to me about some of the collaborations this time around. >> i'm really a huge fan of blake and gwen. any time they get to sing part of blake's segment. an amazing one and carrie underwood and dwight yoakam perform and it is crazy good. >> i'll put you on the spot. who are you most excited to see and who do you think everybody else is going to be really excited to see? >> i'm a huge carrie fan from what she's wearing to the way she perform and i think people would agree and i think they'll be excited to see luke combs and luke bryan. i don't think you can have a bad performance for the show so you have to tune in to the whole show. >> what happens behind the scenes. give me a speneak peek and brin me back there when you're waiting to take the stage. >> we're all kind of in our buses, chilling.

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. >> tucker: you could have written a book, all the famous people at the cmas. >> just to tell the truthut michael jackson. i won't rat on anybody. >> tucker: even someone who is deceased. >> wears the honor and that? where is the honor? i know what happened, and i know what i did about it. that's all that's important to me. >> tucker: you don't need to tell other people about it. >> what, for many? no thank you. my brother has been pushing me and says you don't have to mention names are due this, just tell how you would handle things. i might be interested in that, but every person that i've come across, every producer, every documentary producer, every person who has come my way has said tell me about this. i would say why would i go to prison and spend all that time in prison and then tell on people. does that make any sense to you? no. so the attitude i went in with his attitude i came out with and is the attitude i will die with. i am never going to tell on my clients. >> tucker: maybe that's why you are not angry because you're at peace with yourself. i love that. her you can tell

shovel in the ground with all approvals >> coming up, it is three hours of music starting with the cmaing to do it for this edition of abc 7 news. thank you for joining us. ♪ this is the... here are three former champions-- a choral music director from grosse pointe, michigan... a story analyst originally from williamstown, new jersey... and a stem programming coordinator from tulsa, oklahoma... and now here is the guest host of "jeopardy!"-- buzzy cohen. thank you, johnny gilbert. ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the tournament. let's talk about the prize structure. all this week, the players who are eliminated will receive $5,000. next week, the semi-finalists who are eliminated will receive $10,000. in the finals, third place is guaranteed a minimum of $50,000. second--$100,000. and, of course, the winner gets a quarter of a mil. so far, ryan bilger, karen farrell, and jennifer quail have all qualified for the semi-finals. and by the end of today's show, we will know the name of another champion who will join them. will it be mackenzie, kevin, or ben? let's start finding out wi

our next artist is a grammy and cma award-winning country music superstar who knows a great deal about virginia, this is brad paisley. >> 20 years ago on 9/11, we lost a lot -- a lot as a country. we lost souls. we also realized some heroes. [ cheers ] we have changed a lot in that time period. but let us never forget the contributions of people up in new york and in a pennsylvania field, right here out of d.c. in virginia -- [ cheers ] and i think it's really, really important to shine a light and keep their memories alive. [ cheers ] ♪ when i get where i'm going on the far side of the sky ♪ ♪ the first thing that i'm going to do is spread my wings and fly ♪ ♪ i'm going to land beside a lion run my fingers through his mane ♪ ♪ i might find out what it's like to ride a drop of rain ♪ ♪ yeah when i get where i'm going there will be only happy tears ♪ ♪ i will shed the sins and struggles i have carried all these years ♪ ♪ and i'll leave my heart wide open and i will love and have no fear ♪ ♪ and when i get where i'm going don't cry for me down here ♪ ♪ so much pain and so much darkness i

. >> tonight, three hours of music with the cma summer jam. then news at 11:00.scenes in the movies, like this one. morgan norwood caught up with some stars. >> who are you? >> a new hero joining the marvel cinematic universe this weekend. it it is more than just an action movie. >> it spoke to a human experience to vulnerability and intimacy rather than just playing into the action. which, to be fair, is very important to our movie. part of the movie is learning to embrace the sides of yourself and learning wb and that and not having to choose. shang-chi was raised as an assassin in china by a power-hungry father before fleeing to san francisco. he is reunited with his shirt arranged -- estranged sister. >> it is unlike you test >> asian representation is very important. originally, my character had some red color extension underneath the natural black hair. one day, i read an article talking about asian female characters in hollywood films, they always had some color in their hair to show they were rebels. i called our director and the next day we took it out.

nominations came out for the cma's.y. >> ♪ this and for everybody ♪ sandy fish eric church has five nods, but chris stapleton has two more. then both will compete for the trophy of entertainer of the year. ♪ with nods in the top category are luke holmes and miranda lambert, with three apiece. ♪ rounding out the list is carrie underwood. >> ♪ we should be drinking alone together ♪ sandy fish gabby barrett is the favorite to win best new artist, after she earned four nominations including one for single of the year. the last person named best new artist got into serious trouble by using a racial slur in the video seen by millions on the internet. so the country music association ruled morgan wallin will be ineligible to be nominated in categories that honor individual achievement. but his album called "dangerous" is up for a trophy as the years best, so as not to exclude collaborators. that show will air live from nashville on abc on november 10. larry: so we have a few months to wait for that. sandy canyon reporting ther

and he is a grammy, acm and cma award-winner, whose latest album, "starting over" is out now.e'll have music from chris -- oh, this is the actual -- guys -- guys this is not - [ laughter ] i literally thought this was now, this is on chris stapleton. but this is his album and i do want to give him my apologies. this is what it all ways looks like [ laughter ] and then today i was like, "oh, look at that now they're going to write what it is on the card for me. [ laughter ] this is a new way of doing things." oh, no, i'm sorry, chris [ laughter ] guys, chris stapleton, he's great. he's got a new album, "starting over." it's out now he worked a lot on the songs and didn't have any time to work on the album cover. [ laughter ] before we get to all that, as the u.s. scrambles to withdraw from afghanistan and complete the evacuation, the same republicans who supported donald trump's deal with the taliban to withdraw are now shamelessly piling on and trying to erase history for more on this, it's time for "a closer look." ♪ >> seth: in order to claim that what's happening in afghani

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hannah waddingham is here. [ cheers and applause ] then later this lady has just been nominated for two cmatage. [ cheers and applause ] let's see, who's on tomorrow night? tomorrow night, curtis "50 cent" jackson and brett goldsteen will join us with music from james blake. please join us for that. [ cheers and applause ] our first guest is a 41-time emmy nominee with interesting thoughts on subjects large and small. his show is called "real time with bill maher." watch it fridays on hbo, and you can see him alive and on tour in cities across these united states. please welcome bill maher. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: how is it going? >> jimmy. >> jimmy: do you have this -- >> are we still far away here? >> immy: not as far as we were the last time, last time because of covid we were a mile and a half away. >> i was here then? >> jimmy: you were here. >> you gave me pot. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: maybe that's why you don't remember being here. >> do you remember that? >> jimmy: i do remember. >> i want to say thank you. >> jimmy: you're welcome. that was a private gift, bill. [ laughte

and she just scored her first cma award nomination for new artist of the year. going to make me cry. hey, mickey, we love you. let's get started. she's performing her hit single all american. here is mickey guyton. >> i love you so much. ♪ we're the lines on the interstate the dust on a back road ♪ ♪ we're a friday night football game the lighter at a rock show snowed ♪ we're the night shift, smoke break, high school heartache ♪ ♪ driving with the windows down ♪ ♪ we're the dance floors, church pews, suits and ties, tattoos one big small town ♪ ♪ ain't we all, ain't we all american ♪ ♪ ain't we all, ain't we all american ♪ ♪ we're the stars in a texas sky and the jukebox vine ♪ how you doing? ♪ we're the new york city lights and a hotel bible ♪ ♪ we're hand me down, tailor made, daisy dukes, dookie braids james brown and james dean ♪ ♪ we're cold beer, champagne, millionaires, spare some change and everything in between ♪ ♪ ain't we all, ain't we all american ♪ ♪ ain't we all, eighteen we all american ♪ ♪ we got the same stars, the same stripes just wanna live t

. >> it was a growing process after the song in 1985 in nashville for the cma.hit on the coast and now suffering in new york with that and everything seemed to just go along and all of a sudden, in 1984, of course, the presidential election for reagan. i was on stage in the '84 convention and then i met vice-president bush at the time and worked in his campaigned as well. i was appointed to the national endowment of the arts council and there was much more all the time and usa got to be more important to anybody. after 9/11 i was the only singer, the first singer to sing the national anthem at the dover race track right after the attack on america, and tell me, that was a-- that was one that was just emotional, i could hardly rake back the tears. neil: but you did and the one thing that amazed me, too. i remember the venues you would sing, a mets game not too long after the world series, the yankees, you were there, but you were everywhere and there was a lot of pressure on you to sort of keep singing, but keep a nation together. it was very palpable what you we

the man, the myth, the country legend, had the pleasure of meeting him at the cmas, everybody, jimmieeels great. you know, i proposed to my wife at disney. >> ah. >> had our baby reveal at disney. yeah, i've gone like 70 times. there's worse things to be addicted to so why not give all my money to the mouse. >> why not. >> and we're both such country music fans. you worked with so many artists, too many to list, i'm just not even going to but we've seen many of them perform on the show. we've seen some of them compete on the show. any advice that anyone has given you, you will share from the country music community? >> i talked to chuck wicks. he did it. lauren alaina and a.j., bobby bones, i know nelly did it last season. they said it's going to be difficult, but it's fun and they're not lying. you know, these rehearsals, listen here, i have never ballroom danced a day in my life. yeah, i just know -- it's rough. >> i know. >> but my tights are a lot looser than these jeans, you know what i mean so i do a ttle bit - >> eh, eh, eh. >> got the moves. >> more of that. >> when in doubt s

we have already relaxed the rules for fully vaccinated travellers and i asked the cma to review the issuesettings. and whilst we are not going ahead with mandatory vaccine only # certification now, we will hold a power in reserve. as well as these three steps, we will consider a further measure of asking people to work from home if they can for a limited time if that is supported by the data. any responsible government must prepare for all eventualities and although these measures are not an outcome that anyone wants, we need to be ready for it, just in case. mr speaker, eversince ready for it, just in case. mr speaker, ever since we published our road map to recovery seven months ago, we have been carefully but cautiously getting this nation closer to normal life. now we have come so far, we have achieved so much, we must stay vigilant as we approach this critical chapter so that we can protect the progress that we can protect the progress that we can protect the progress that we have all made together. i commend the statement to the house. shadow secretary of state, jonathan ashworth. i