dolly parton, honestly, it's mutual, i have a crush on dolly parton. >> kelly: who doesn't?unny and gorgeous and can sing,sting. i am interested. she

click, call, or visit a store today. ♪ >>> and finally tonight, an early dolly parton classic with a e song parton wrote and recorded in 1973. she claims it's her most cove ed song. joets jolene ♪ >> the latest version from lil nas x. what does the queen of country think? posting on instagram, i had to find it and listen to it immediately, and it's really, really good. of course, i love him anyway. can you imagine those two teaming up to record a song? that's "nightline" for this evening. catch our full episodes on ewe hu hulu. see you right back here same time next week. thanks for the company, america. have a good and safe weekend. ♪ i see trees of green ♪ ♪ red roses too ♪ ♪ i see them bloom for me and you ♪ (music) so i to mylf ♪ oh what a wonderful world ♪

, who you also were lucky enough to meet i believe with graham norton >> yes, i -- i love dolly partonn broadway. the only time i'd been on broadway was in "wicked" and joe mantello was directing and he directed her in something and so when i -- i asked him, "can you get me a seat for her concert? and he got me two seats. and i asked graham to come with me and we were -- we were going to meet her afterwards. it's called, "meet and greet." you probably know that but i never heard of it before but, anyway, we were skewing in the great tunnel underneath wembley stadium that leads to her dressing room. and i could feel this -- this fart building and crescendoing inside me. and i was holding on to it as hard as i could. [ laughter ] and finally, i just had to let it go. you know, sometimes that happens. >> seth: yeah. >> and i let it go and it was the longest, loudest -- [ laughter ] -- not smelly, but very powerful fart it -- it stopped everybody in their tracks i was incredibly embarrassed graham was -- was reeling in shock. but eventually, we got to see dolly, and that was what counted.

. ♪ in my tennessee mountain home ♪ >> reporter: dolly parton sings. >> i'm proud of my hometown >> thisthe only hometown where i can do things like this. >> reporter: space station astronaut mark vande hei shows off. >> we're all from a community somewhere. >> reporter: trisha yearwood and garth brooks get to the heart of the matter. >> let's focus on the things that tie us and not the things that divide us. >> reporter: from favorite sons and daughters -- >> this town has so much history, and it preserves it. >> reporter: -- to favorite things. >> just look at this pie and tell me you wouldn't like to have lunch and spend a little time here. >> reporter: everyone can have a role. >> this kind of simple reset that allows us to be americans, to subscribe to the things remember, we know when we were born, philadelphia, 1776. >> reporter: pursuing happiness to find the best in our hometowns and each other anne thompson, nbc news. >> in that spirit, hello, rancho cordova. that's "nightly news" for this tuesday thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself an

what she's saying about her first ever duet with dolly parton.>> good morning to my husband and son. >> we love you! >> girls trip from minnesota. >> celebrating grace's 13th birthday at the "today" show. >> we love watching the "today" show. >> we're so excited to start our day with y'all. >> wishing my mom a happy 91st birthday. >> we're here from tennessee. >> today she turns 15! >> wow. >> doesn't that make you happy? it may be the best part of the day right there. welcome back to "today." so happy that you guys made us a part of your day. it's a thursday morning, also known as friday eve. >> also known as my husband's birthday. happy birthday to mike. >> his little mini me next there next to them. happy birthday, mike. we love you so much. >> i hoped he like -- >> we did all call. and al starting saying are you 1, 2 -- and that could go a while? >> let's get to our news at 8:00. labor disputes are disrupting some of the nation's most important industries and it's happening while the economy is feeling the impact of the supply chain bottlenec

some famous friends to kick off video submissions ♪ in my tennessee mountain home ♪ >> reporter: dolly partonn. >> this is the only hometown where i can do things like this. >> mark vanderhay shows off. >> we're all have a community somewhere. >> trisha yearwood and garth brooks get to the heart of the matter >> let's focus on the things that tie us and not divide us. >> this town has so much history and it preserves it. >> just look at this pie and tell me you wouldn't like to spend time here. >> it's this simple reset that allows us to be americans, to subscribe to the things. remember, we know when we were born, philadelphia, 1776 >> reporter: pursuing happiness to find the best in our hometowns and each other anne thompson, nbc news. >> home is where the heart is, really, and where it is can run really, really deep, as we see >> it does with me shout out to el paso, texas. >> thanks for starting your wednesday with "early today. >>> coming up on the "today" >>> coming up on the "today" show your doctor gives you a prescription. let's get you on some antibiotics right away. you could have

ed sheeran will follow stars like dolly parton, tom hardy and orlando bloom and read a cbeebies bedtime story in reading a book about a boy who has a stutter. buckingham palace says the queen is back at windsor castle and in good spirits after spending a night in hospital for "preliminary medical checks". the 95—year—old monarch was said to have been disappointed after being forced to cancel a visit to northern ireland earlier in the week. her hospital admission was not related to coronavirus. here's our royal correspondent sarah campbell. correspondent sarah campbell. it was the day after hosting this reception at windsor castle that buckingham palace announced that on medical advice the queen wouldn't be travelling to northern ireland on wednesday afternoon. she'd been advised to rest for the next few days but was in good spirits. it's now emerged that later that day, the queen was driven to king edward vii hospital in central london to undertake what have been termed preliminary investigations. no details have been released as to what exactly the tests were for. what has been made kn

dolly parton? no, no. kermit? conan. he's available.now that i know that live election shows bring in the sweet, sweet hollywood gold, i'm announcing my 2021 canadian election moose-tacular, featuring our cartoon prime minister and saskatooning out the news. when is that? when is that happening?ldan tion wt nio'll have to save thel until next month, when a mob of fascist beavers storm the paas a great way to take my mind is in deep trouble. and i know that thanks to my guests tonight, bob woodward and robert costa-- ( applause ) or as i'm calling them, bobert codward. they've written a truly upsetting new tell-all about the last days of the previous administration, called "peril." after reading the book, i think the title isn't strong enough. i suggest renaming it "aaaaaaagggh!" ( laughter ) now, don't tell the authors, but i haven't finished reading "aaaaaagh!" because i had to stop reading it to keep yelling "aaaghhhh!"isull of things you wish you didn't need to know, like that the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff was worried the

>> dolly parton. >> mother? >> goose. >> jimmy? >> jimmy kimmel.s like i need to pay closer attention to what's going on that to these important people. >> then you wouldn't be on tv. >> i know! >> name as many nobel prize winners as you can or as many strains of pot as you can. >> einstein. i'll say marie curie, possibly. and -- i don't know. i guess obama won one a couple of years ago. >> ding ding ding! that was a surprise twist. way to go. [ applause ] >> jimmy: nobody's going to get a nobel prize for this. this is from sarasota, florida. they have a mask mandate for students. they want the kids to wear masks, which doesn't seem like much to ask, during a pandemic. but it upset some parents so much, they decided to stage a protest outside the chairwoman of the school board's house. >> i see you in there, shirley, we want you to come out for a redress of grievances. we know the next step is from mask to vaccine, and this will not happen. this is the line we will die on. >> that's right! no to vaccines! no to vax! >> jimmy: okay. says a guy who i

>> jimmy: yeah >> steve: doing covers >> jimmy: u2 versus coldplay, dolly parton versus carrie underwoodn versus tim mcgraw, foo fighters versus blink 182, britney spears versus jennifer lopez >> steve: ooh. [ audience oohs >> jimmy: and you also get to see like the backstory of these cover bands. yeah, like during the day they work a 9:00 to 5:00 job, at night he's bono. >> steve: yeah [ laughter ] i love it. >> jimmy: it's really fun. and we've got an in-studio music performance tonight from chloe! oh, yeah >> steve: oh [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: great. i love this time of year >> steve: i know you do. >> jimmy: you can just get cozy on the couch and just watch a feel-good movie or something i love a nancy meyers movie, myself you know nancy meyers. >> steve: yeah >> jimmy: i love nancy meyers. if you he don't know her, she's written and directed so many great ones "the holiday," "parent trap," "something's gotta give," "the intern," "it's complicated." she's incredible well, recently i was hanging out with my pal country music star chris stapleton, and i found out that he's just

i was going to say, willie nelson or dolly parton. i will go to dolly.967. a new version of jolene with the group pet at penatonix. dolly 25 number one hits, 40 top 10 country albums, and 3 grammy nominations. on top of that she is real nice lady. >> she is. i have many times. she was great. stuart: you were in nashville. we had her on the show one time. what a generous, terrific lady. that is my take. jackie deangelis in for stuart. >> did i hear you're saying you are driving to florida? i don't i have to get there for christmas. i do not want to get stuck in an airport. >> i may want to hitch a ride. talk about that off-line. stuart: share the ride, jackie. >> thank you so much. welcome to "coast to coast" i'm jackie deangelis in for neil cavuto today, some of the top stories this afternoon, president biden working furiously to get his own party to agree on a spending bill but we're learning the two sides won't even be in the same room during talks today.

tradition to dress up their babies in their care and this year their theme is famous people like dolly partonyton and eli manning and the rock and many, many more. the nurses say they do it to make the holiday just a little less scary for the families that they help. >> absolutely sweet.that? the babies have no idea what's going on but they'll see the pictures. >> nicu nurses are true heroes, by the way, shoutout to them. >> absolutely. >>> now we start this half hour with former one direction singer zayn malik answering to harassment charges made against him by model gigi hadid and her mother all stemming from an month with word that the power couple have gone their separate ways. ♪ bodies together ♪ >> reporter: multiplatinum singer zayn malik pleading no contest to four counts of harassment. the charges stemming from an allegedly heated argument at his pennsylvania home involving his former girlfriend supermodel gigi hadid's mother, a former "real housewife of beverly hills" star yolanda hadid. >> i can tell you one thing, both brenda and kim, they've supported me more than all of you toge

right here this is every cover band dream you could think of it's gonna be u2 versus coldplay, dolly partonrrie underwood >> steve: and this it's the clash that plays them. >> jimmy: no the band -- the clash is not - [ laughter ] no, we didn't book any clash cover bands. that is a different show called "clash of cover bands. [ laughter ] there are bands -- >> steve: bands that only cover clash. >> jimmy: and the clash. >> steve: yes. >> jimmy: yeah that is not this at all. >> steve: no >> jimmy: no this is "clash of the -- >> steve: cover. >> jimmy: "the cover bands." yeah we have britney spears versus jennifer lopez >> steve: ooh. [ audience oohs >> jimmy: yup, so check this out. twitch is the host we have judges meghan trainor, adam lambert, ester dean [ cheers and applause the winner of "clash of the cover bands" gets like $25,000 or something crazy and they also get to come on "the tonight show. >> steve: oh [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: just saying. "clash of the cover bands" is next wednesday >> steve: 9:30 >> jimmy: 9:30 on e! [ cheers and applause i'm so excited about this. you kn

thrilled when senator lamar alex made sure that megan's help had a signed thank you note from dolly partonone of her all-time favorites. so as we unfortunately prepare for megan's departure from the senate, i want to thank her for her fine public service. megan has made her native kentucky proud and her parents very proud and she's made me proud as well. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. qoark had -- quorum call: the presiding officer: i ask consent to dispense the quorum. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent i be permitted to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: thank you. madam president today the senate judiciary committee released a report after an investigation of the circumstances surrounding donald trump's efforts to take over the justice department during the closing days of the last calendar year and the beginning of this year. since january the committee has investigated reports that white house officials, including the president himself pressed the department of justice

popstar ed sheeran will be following in the footsteps of dolly parton, eltonjohn and orlando bloom tow i sing and talk to people all the time, sometimes lots of people. perhaps you have a stutter too, or you know someone who does. well, tonight's bedtime story tonight isjust for you, it is about a little boy who had a stutterjust like i did. it is called i talk like a river, byjordan scott and sidney smith. jordan scott is the author of the book i talk like a river that ed sheerin reads from. he says he hopes the decision to share the experience of people who stutter will bring greater empathy from those who don't. well, as a child i stuttered, i struggled quite a lot, and i still stutter today. it's a big part of my life, and in this book, i wanted to share that gift of my father's story that he gave me, when he told me that the way that i talk, the way that i stutter, it's like the river. that changed my life. it allowed me to see my stutter as natural, where often times stuttering is seen as unnatural. you know, i think there's more people talking about stuttering. for me, i've exp

. >> dolly parton is amazing she's stuck to that even through the pandemic she's funny, classy, always you got to come up with one. examine. >> i'll come up with my other idol >> fauci >> jim cramer. >> i'm going with becky right now. >> let's go down to the new york stock exchange and check in with idol right now how are you doing? >> danielle craig my idol, he came into my restaurant. he's the greatest guy. just the greatest. fabulous wife. what is not to like about this guy, daniel craig is the best there is >> i do love him >> i do, i loved sean connery before him >> you i dough think daniel craig upped the ante, agree with you. what do you think about p morgan this morning >> i thought it was great. usually jamie says something so the stock goes down. we're praying he sticks to the script that would help. because we got good investment jamie, will you stop freelancing? you know, hey, by the way, i think my stock is a little too high no, it's good investment banking, a very good week for goldman and morgan stanley i like the quarter very much i want to caution people there saulss s

pop—star ed sheeran will be following in the footsteps of dolly parton, eltonjohn and orlando bloom tospeak without stuttering, but now i sing and talk to people all time, sometimes to lots of people. perhaps you have a stutter, too, or you know somebody who does. the bedtime story tonight is just for you, it is about a little boy who had a stutterjust like i did. it is called i talk like a river, byjordan scott and sidney smith. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello. the rest of today is looking pretty similar to yesterday, but a bit more cloud around for many of us, particularly for england and wales, with a few scattered showers. i say "a few" because we have a ridge of high pressure right across the country and that will keep things largely settled. some good sunny spells around. here is the ridge of high pressure which has been moving in from the south—west. we are in between weather systems, with this one arriving just in time for the weekend. quite a bit of sunshine around to end the day, further showers, though, for england and wales. pretty well scattered, m

pop star ed sheeran will be following in the footsteps of dolly parton, eltonjohn and orlando bloom tot came to my turn to answer, i couldn't get the words out. i used to worry that i would never be able to speak without stuttering. but now i sing and i talk to people all the time — sometimes to lots of people. perhaps you have a stutter, too, or you know someone who does. well, tonight's bedtime story is just for you. it's about a little boy who has a stutter, just like i did. it's called i talk like a river and it's byjordan scott and sydney smith. we're nowjoined by the author of i talk like a river — jordan scott. good morning to you. lovely to have you with us. it must be a delight knowing ed sheeran and your book have collaborated on cbeebies and he has just given such a lovely introduction to it. hasjust given such a lovely introduction to it.— hasjust given such a lovely introduction to it. yes, thanks for havinu introduction to it. yes, thanks for having me _ introduction to it. yes, thanks for having me this — introduction to it. yes, thanks for having me this morning. - intr