for example, what's important about ellen degeneres, many people who were in the closets themselves, watching her towards coming out. whether they were out of the closet or not, all of a sudden there was somebody else speaking for them on the national stage. i would say the internet is really important to the liberation of lesbian and gay people, because the internet created virtual spaces where you could find a community. you didn't have to go into a bar if you weren't the kind of person who hung out in bars. you could go online, you could look for other people like you. you could have conversations for -- conversations about what it meant to come out, what are the strategies for coming out. i think the communication between lgbt people has added to our visibility and the more visibility we had the more heterosexual people understand we are just like them. steve: in the political world, colorado has the first openly gay governor elected. would that have been possible 14 years ago? claire: no, that would have not been possible. i have to say i'm 60 years old. every time a day or lesb

what is important about ellen degeneres, people who -- many of you were in the closet themselves, watching her edging towards coming out. that episode where she actually does come out was extraordinarily important to a range of people i knew, whether they were out of the closet or not because all of a sudden, there was someone else speaking for them on a national stage. i would also save the internet has been important to the liberation of gay and lesbian people because the internet created virtual spaces where you did not have to come out to find a community. you did not have to go into a bar if you are not the kind of person who likes to go to bars. bars are not always nice places. you could go online, look for other people like you. have conversations about what it meant to come out, what are strategies for coming out. i think the increase in communication between all to bt people has, in turn, added to our visibility, and the more visibility we have, the more heterosexual people understand we are just like them. in the political world, in colorado the first openly gay governor elected,

you had ellen degeneres and george clooney on the phone. what's that like? >> this year has been ft paced. i can't believe it's been a year, seems like it's only been a week. we've gotte so much done, the activists and speakers who are really trying to do good. we've gotten so much done and we're going to continue. >> let's talk about more about your message of empowerment. who are you trying to reach? >> girls of colo specifically black girls because so often they don't know they are wor something and they see these terrible portrayals of them in the ne. and they see these racist comics news. and they might think, just like i did, they didn't have any self-worth. so my goal is to inspire them and help them find their voice. >> that's what you're gng to be doing? >> yes. >> give us an idea. >> the show is me talking to, for example, a pakistani woman who is really a self-love activist. it was cool talking with her because i've always felt down about myself, i don't like the way i look,e so to be a to talk to an older woman who is so confident in herself and

ellen degeneres gave him permission not to get married before he's elected.ave a different theory about the chaos from the left. still can't quite get over the consider sum significance prohibition or watching a dirty movie with your mother who sat all the way through it. maybe this is a strategy to distract from the real issues. as long as we are talking about this, they are not talking about the policies they want to promote. jesse: they are not talking about the economy, they are talking about circumcision. anthony, can you believe neither the son nor the mother didn't leave the x-rated movie? they sat and watched the whole thing. is this jeff sharing a symptom of the democratic desperation? >> or they are trying to get out there out of a conventional style box. one of the things that the president has going for him is he's not a politician. and he has lived a great life. they are trying to say cuckoo things to look less quote-unquote standard issue politicians. i think that's the move they are trying to make. that's not going to work because that's authen

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including tweet from lebron james, julia louis-dreyfus, and ellen degeneres. >> even though his campaignthat point, this kind of launched it into a whole new stratosphere. >> with momentum in full swing, beto focused on the issues that the always been important to him. immigration reform and the decriminalization of marijuana. while expanding his platform to become increasingly progressive. ted cruz's senior strategist jeff roe recalls -- >> he started to really go left. he was talking about things he had never talked about before. medicare for all. >> bringing republicans and democrats to the table on guaranteed high quality universal health care. >> he even called for trump's impeachment in a cnn town hall. >> i do think there's enough there for impeachment. if asked, i would vote on it. >> and astonishing number of texans were loving what they were hearing. >> we took congressman o'rourke deliberately to a red part of the state to see how his campaign would be received, how his message would be heard. we showed up at this community college in the county where waco is, and it was like

. >> they have been enjoying an outpouring of well-wishers including from ellen degeneres, who wrote, go, me, too. we can share the duties. i'll start writing my speech now. >> that's a nice rock. congratulations. >> but her love don't cost a thing, right? >> it really don't, but she's no longer jenny from the block with that ring on. >> i see. she's jenny with a rock. see what i did there. mom jokes. >> she's here until the end of the morning. ♪ g. >>> it has been 43 years since the electric light orchestra put out that hit. >> yeah, that's "telephone line." this next story is about a different telephone song. this one sparked a nationwide debate. a doctor got so sick of cvs pharmacy's hold music, he started a movement to change it and now he's apparently getting some sweet satisfaction. >> pharmacy, press 3. >> it's the song that sparked a national debate. cvs pharmacy's hold music, the same song they have been using for almost 20 years. the tune gained national attention last summer when one doctor wroteears the song every time he calls in a prescription. >> after i had listened to

. >> thank you, ellen degenerous. >> welcome to cbs this morning. john dickerson is off.arts of the country midsections are slammed by catastrophic flooding and facing new threat of rain. rivers in 40 locations rise to historic levels. flood watches and warnings are in effect. at least three deaths are blamed on the disaster. >> more than 70 cities in nebraska are under an emergency declaration today. this is the worst flooding the state have seen at least half the century. dimarco morgan is in omaha. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, heavily damaged by the massive flood. it looks this way about half a mile. we are talking about numbers, we are looking at hundreds of millions of dollars. that number is likely to climb before it is all said and done because there is more flooding on the way. >> the view from the sky over the flooded midwest revealed miles and miles of devastation. >> we took a plane to fremont, a town 26,000 that's isolated by the water. volunteers help in with flying supplies. >> they're running out of food. we are more than happy to help. >

. >>> jason sudeikis hosted ellen degeneres's show. ater today, ellen confronts jason about his look and brought his fiancee actress olivia wilde to convince him to chop off his long locks. >> olivia's here because we think it's long. we think it's getting kind of -- >> just a little long. >> right. it's like as long as your wife's hair. >> it's the same as my hair. >> it's only the same. >> there's only room for one of these in our house. >> yeah. >> so. >> i agree. so what we did -- >> so we're going to? >> we're going to cut your hair. >> my hair? >> i shaved julian edelman's beard. i don't know if you saw that. he loved it. there's not much of a difference between shaving and cutting. >> i would disagree strongly. >> yeah. so do you have a desired look, a style? >> yeah, human. a human man. >> tell us what look you're going for. >> all right. is it weird that i've had this dream before? this is fantastic. >> ellen. >> do you like the idea of a mu mu mullet? >> no, i mean, metaphorically, yes. >> what's your side looking like? >> it'

just opened our second tim hortons in china, a great opportunity tore the brand and over 1,000 ellen degeneresna so latin america has really big growth opportunities and right here in north america we're growing and growing very ambitiously we have a really strong pipeline of new stores for pop eyes here in the u.s. as well as for burger king, so we think we have a lot of room for growth internationally and in the u.s., and we're excited about the opportunities. >> what about tim hortons? any growth momentum there yet? >> yeah. we've done a really good job over the last four quarters with tim hortons. in canada we saw sequential same-store sales growth in canada, have a great team in canada built up the sales side and marketing side, operations and development, so we're really working closely with our franchise restaurant owners to be able to drive top line there and bottom line and we're excited about recently launching actually just yesterday our loyalty program in canada. it's off to a good start people are excited it's one of the strongest brands anywhere in the world in terms of loyalty a

ellen degeneres recently tease the pop star's soon to be fiancee. >> this is a clock a it's basicallyp. the big news is a long anticipated moment in their high profile love affair which began two yrs ago. the power couple stepping out together for theirst time at the 2017 met gala. they each have children from previous marriages, a-rod d of two ughters, and j.lo mom of twins with ex-husband mark anthony. j.lo opening up to hoda on "today" about what makes their relationship. >> i found a partner who could really hang with me, and he wants to -- he also wants to grow and evolve. so we're kind of pushi each her into our own second acts. >> a lasting love well worth the wait. >> i think this iat such a g match. i got to say. >> seem genuinely happy. >> to be honest, if this happened when we were in our 20s, it would have never happened. >> how come? >> it was just too much craziness. i wasn't mature enough, and i through ae both bee lot and can really appreciate each her, both the good and the challenges. >> happy for them. this ody's talking abo jaw dropping ring. >> let's see it. >> of

. >>> finally, in an episode airing later today, david letterman joins ellen degeneres on her talk show >> how old were you? >> i was in the eighth grade. >> have you seen her since? >> i was a [ bleep ]. can you say that? >> yes. >> i ruined it. i loved her all the way through high school. i've done all right. >> yeah. besides your face, what body part do you look at the most in the mirror? >> i'll tell you what, when you get to be my age, you get stuff on your skin. especially out here in california. i have more stuff taken off me than the discount table at ralph's. >> tell us a lie you recently told. >> oh, the guy at the hotel said, so you taking off? i said, yeah. >> you can watch the full interview. check your local listings. letterman there on ellen. time for the click? >> yeah. >>> waiting for this one. while out for a walk, some people noticed a suspicious creature lurking in the woods nearby. roll the tape. what could be in there? branches are rustling around. a loch ness monster? look behind the tree. what could that possibly be? how about this? >> oh. >> a little dog emerges