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what was your intention when you started the debbie allen dance academy? ing and doing everything that i do every i have been from israel to london to brazil to south africa, everyone has asked, ms. allen, where is your school. so i jumped out there with my savings and jumped off a cliff with my husband. here we are 11 years later and we have developed some of the most talented young people in the business today. we are growing a new crop. i have a group called red birds who are the most talented of my little ones. they're like 7 to 10-year-olds. i mean, they really inspire me. i teach them. i actually teach them. places. let's go. quietly right now. >> so what do you spot in these dancers, whether they're 7 or 17? can you zero in and say they've got that it thing? >> i actually can. i remember the first day we opened for auditions, a young boy, his name was chris nobles, walked in. he pointed his foot, lifted his leg, i said that's it. okay. you have a scholarship. i was talking about you. >> awesome. >> is she a tough cookie? >> she's actually great. she'

face-to-face with debbie allen. >>> moments ago in washington, d.c.e conservative political action committee annual conference there was a sizable straw poll vote that took place. the outcome that mitt romney is the winner with 38% of the support of those voting members. today is caucusing day in maine. let's check in with shannon travis in portland, maine. has the news trickled to mitt romney's camp? what are they saying? >> reporter: he's on his way to california, if he isn't there it's unclear if he has this news. he went 0-3 on tuesday in those three contests, missouri, colorado and minnesota. will he go 2-2 today? he just got that cpac win. he is hoping for a win in these maine caucuses. we are here at the portland regency in portland, maine, where right behind me in about two hours the chairman of the republican party is going to step up to that podium and announce the results, whether mitt romney, newt gingrich or rick santorum or ron paul won. we know mitt romney and ron paul are the only two actively competing in maine for these caucuses. the

when he did, he turned to debbie allen. face to face, ms. family. ♪ >> michael jackson is a phenomenon. i say is. he will always be. it's never was. he will always be. and our relationship was totally based on dance. he came here many, many, many nights, many days, and right then in my dance studio trained in new techniques. he wanted to learn how to tap dance. he actually had an idea of doing a production with glover. >> he really admired him. and what's so great about michael, never ever settled for what his ability was at the moment. it always had to go further. he trained and practiced everything that he already knew every you today. and so smart. soft spoken, but a tiger. >> is that something that's missing in a lot of artists today? >> what's miss dag is we don't have enough of that development. when i think about the record business and you think about about the music business and how young people just put a video up on youtube and they jump out there. but who is there developing them. michael appreciated people that were real around h

the tough-talking teacher played by debbie allen.lking, directing, choreographing, acting. next week we talk face-to-face about a lot of things, including her new role on the tv show "grey's anatomy." her dance studio, and the future she sees in the performing arts. ♪ do you know where you're going to ♪ i need dina ross to tell me. i do have her number in my cell phone. >> she knows everybody and everybody knows debbie allen. she will be talking about missing a best friend. opening up about one of her best dance students ever, pop icon michael jackson. >>> a question for you. do you know how strong your bones are? one way to tell is with a bone density test. it's recommended for all women aged 65 and older. and for younger women with certain risk factors. elizabeth cohen has more in today's "health for her." >> reporter: until katie kelly sgot a bone density test in her early 50s, she didn't realize she had the beginnings of osteoporosis or thinning bones. >> i can't believe it. it came as a shock. >> reporter: especially since she's

. >> debbie allen, she of course was lydia, the tough-love teacher in fame. down with her face to face and she talks about "fame," she talks about dance, she talks about michael jackson. he was a great friend and one of her best dance students. hard to believe that he went to her for tap dance lessons, et cetera. she also talks about why it's important to impart on the next generation of dancers something that she had a chance to indulge in and benefit from as a kid. >> i know when i was 12 and i could not go to dance class because i was black, i know i needed someone to see me and to give me an opportunity or else i could not become who i am right now, and that happened for me. and i want to give that opportunity back. i really do. >> everybody, quickly, quickly -- >> she is extraordinary. she has the debbie allen dance academy there in california and she invited us to her home, she invited us to the studio there and you can see she is teaching the kids and they are listening intently because they have an incredible experience there. we actually talked to on

debbie allen. >> she was outside. >> and so many others. is a terrific director. >> speaking of the '80s, she would have been perfect for the '80s. by the way, she's a light. we were outside and she walks up and she -- >> girl! >> she screams. she's so much fun. she loved that show, too. >> she and i have a long, long history together. our dear friend sam haskell was my first -- i met him when he was in the mail room at the william morris agency. we became great friends. this is back in the late '70s. he goes one day when i'm an agent, you're going to be my first client. i was his first client. >> wow. >> debbie was his second. >> you're kidding. >> we've been friends all those years. sam went on to whoopi goldberg and george clooney and every -- >> yeah. >> left me and debbie in the dirt. no, no. we've all been great friends ever since. i'm so happy for norm. >> i am, too. >> because he's been in the musical theater, world, forever and always great but never had a -- right, jimmy? never had his role. >> this is his role. >> this is his rol

. >> debbie allen. >> brooke shields.always gorgeous. >> one of the big things too the music videos were so big in the '80s. >> it was i want my mtv. >> and that changed the music industry forever. >> sure did. >> once the visual was in play. >> yeah. >> people who had great careers were just, you know, bye-bye because they didn't have the visual thing. other people just made their whole career. >> the crazy hair was big, as you remember. >> the boys. >> they had the heavy metal bands. >> let's see if they come near our hair today. let's see them. ♪ >> oh. oh, david lee roth. van halen. ♪ we're not gonna take it no, we ain't gonna take it ♪ >> oh, my -- ♪ we're not gonna take it anymore ♪ >> bon jovi. ♪ living on a prayer ♪ i wanna rock 'n' roll all night ♪ >> you know what's amazing? almost everybody is still around. van halen just had a reunion. >> true. >> and dee snider is on "apprentice." >> yeah. >> who else did we just -- bon jovi, still him. he's rocking out like crazy. >> other than the metal bands, there were a

so remember all the tough talking that you heard from the teacher lydia, played by debbie allen?ing, directing, choreographing, acting. she's still doing it all. next week she and i talk face to face about a lot of things. her new role on the tv show "grey's anatomy." her dance studio and the future that she sees in the performing arts. ♪ do you know where you're going to ♪ i need diana ross to come and tell me. i love her. i do have her number in my cell phone.

. >> next week face-to-face with debbie allen as she also opens up about missing a best friend and onents of all time, pop icon michael jackson. [ wind sounds ] [ horn honks ] [ dog barks ] [ dog whimpers ] [ wind whistling ] [ dog whimpers ] >>> where has winter been? let's check in with jackie gerris. many people are excited to see snow. >> the timing is just perfect. all of a sudden, it's the weekend. people are off. and guess what? they can ski. a lot of colorado is waiting for a storm like this for a long time. man, this was a doozy. these are pictures that we have that comes out of colorado and this is around blackhawk county. they have 48 inches in the last three days. yeah, that's four feet of snow if you do the math there. bolder coming in at 22 1/2. denver, colorado, the three day total, 15.9. that is a three day record for them. right? and also a daily record for yesterday. yesterday alone they had about a foot and a half. >> fantastic if you're having fun in the snow. >> exactly. i-70 was closed yesterday. today we're looking at parts of i-70 and i-80 is where the brunt of

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>> next week face to face with debbie allen. she also opens up about missing a best friend and one of her best dance students, pop icon michael jackson. >>> coming up this afternoon, what to do with your fat dog or cat. we have advice from a veterinarian to get those extra pounds off fido. >>> plus who's more stressed out, men or women? valerie burton joins us with the answer and how to defuse all that stress. >>> at 4:00 eastern time, while we focus on the nevada caucuses, wolf blitzer will join us to talk about tuesday's primaries in colorado, minnesota, missouri. and then saturday, maine. a lot going on. half of the republican candidates are already in some of those states. i'm fredricka whitfield, see you later on this afternoon. right now time for "your money." >>> it is the number one hurdle in this economic recovery and everyone knows it. this country has got to get people back to work. welcome to "your money." i'm ali velshi. the latest jobs report is excellent, period. here's the breakdown. in the month of january, we c