elton john, almost $200 million after two stints. britney, $50 million.ariah $4.5 million and counting. >>> people are planning their trips to las vegas to see the show first. then they're deciding how they're going to get here and where they're going to stay. >> we spent about $5,000 being here. >> reporter: they're buying everything, from mariah socks, brooks and dunn wine, to elton john boas. next up to headline here, jennifer lopez. she is bringing a show to planet hollywood. >> do you feel like you started the trend? >> i don't know. i don't want to feel like i am responsible for any of those wonderful things. but i'm very happy. ♪ there's nothing ♪ >> reporter: in fact, celine herself is returning here next month. so what's happening here in vegas is definitely staying in vegas. joe fryer, nbc news, las vegas. >>> las vegas goes on. that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. i'm thomas roberts reporting from new york. i'll see you right back here tomorrow night. for all of us at nbc news, have a great evening. good night. the community is tightly

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. >> ♪ >> he still got it, piano man played his 65th show at madison square garden breaking sir elton johnorrer and joel perform his big hits like uptown girl, we didn't start the fire and only the good die young. audiences continue to show up big time even though jell has not had a record on the charts in 22 years. he has classics. >> you know the songs. >> he is such a great performer live. >> yes, he is. >> check this out a wild scene out of missouri, tornado tearing through kansas city area ripping off roofs and lighting up power lines. this weather system is now heading our way and could impact your fourth of july holiday weekend. katie, people love fourth of july and hope it doesn't ruin our weekend. >> i don't think it will because we will end up with that system off to the south but we are expecting a potential for wet weather but i want to start off by getting you outside to what is currently going on with our eyewitness weather watcher network. we have temperatures on the cool side through the northern tear here but mid to low 60's is what you are finding go out to the list forma

comedy and somed of year's lineup includes the black keys, mumford and sons, sam smith and sir elton john himself on sunday evening. on august 15th, and 16th, soccer returns to civic center. each summer street soccer usa holds a weekend street soccer festival in the heart of civic center to promote its mission of improving the lives of homeless and at-risk youth through sports. this event is free to the public and also includes food trucks, djs, celebrity appearances. visit streetsoccer.org and recreation and park has a team in the tournament. and it is really, really amazing. after each match non-teams with non-homeless participants match up with homeless participants and they do team and group exercises together and learn a little about their lives and learn from each other and it's probably the best example of sport being a catalyst for social change that i know. it's really an amazing, amazing organization, street soccer usa and this is their key event of the year. before we move on to employment recognitions, a bit of sad news is worth noting. we received word very recently that one

the piano man played his 65th show last night at the garden and he passed sir elton john as the artist whose head lined the famous new york arena the most. joel is the first person to have two banners hanging in the garden's rafters, which pay tribute to the arena's heroes. >>> also, welcome to another edition of only in monroe. i'm stephen colbert, filling in for your usual host, michelle bowman and kalon rascal wilson. i'm not sure how many people that is, but none of them could be here tonight. >> that is stephen colbert at his finest, taking over a local cable access channel in monroe, michigan. the new late show host eventually welcomed rapper eminem to the show. >> i'll name bob seager songs and you name whether you can sing them. against the wind. ♪ >> i gave that one away because it's in the title. how about like a rock. there is actually no melody. he just screams like a rock for 3 minutes and then they roll trucks by. >> wow. not only got eminem to do an interview, got him to sing. that's historic. the late show with stephen colbert. we'll see what else he has up his sleeves.

played a record 65th show at new york's famed madison square garden surpassed friend and tour mate elton johny held the record. >>> and yesterday we showed you ted cruz's simpsons' impression. and yesterday jon stewart had a response on the daily show. >> you usually have to wait until you're actually president to do that much damage to something that america holds so dear. i got to wonder how that played in springfield. >> no i won't listen. >> my freaking ears. [ crying ] >> and paul rudd was interviewed for his upcoming role in marvel's "ant man" when things got awkward. >> big things do come in small packages. >> the chair. the chair, it's leather. >> what kinds of things do you do in your suit that nobody knows about. >> crazy. i'm dara brown, this is early "today," we hope it's just your first stop of the day on nbc. how do crest 3d white whitestrips compare to a whitening toothpaste? let's see. the paste didn't seem to do much for me. the whitestrips made a huge difference. that's not fair! crest whitestrips work below the enamel surface to whiten 25 times better than the leading white

he gave his 65th show last night, breaking the record held by elton john.the arena's artist in residence. a residency at the garden. >> they call it a residency. >> it's like something you do at the met. >> yeah. you become the house band. >> exactly. >> so i thought, wait a minute. that's nice. that's one place i don't have to schlepp to. i can commute to it from where i live. and we love the garden. ♪ >> joel will be back at the garden on august 20th. it's great. go see him. >> congratulations. >> the show is amazing. you've already seen it. and the artists say you can perform anywhere in the world, but there's nothing like -- >> madison square garden. >> they've got these posters of all these people who say that elton john and roger federer and billy all saying this is the place more than any other place, this is where i want to perform. >> that's so great. all right. >>> did you know that what you wear could change the way you think? and affect your productivity? >> no. >> i wonder what happens if -- >> i didn't know. she has the question charlie. no, i

setting the record for most performances at madison square garden with his 56th show last night with elton johnpiano man performed for more than two hours before a sold-out crowd. i'm jackie ibanez. now back to "red eye". >>> welcome back, trying to find out what we got wrong and what we missed from tv's andy levy. >> let's get right to it, shall we? hillary clinton's latest e-mail dump. matt, you said we learned so much from the e-mails that there must have been a lot of gold at the end of the rainbow for people to put up with this? >> and they can pay them 200,000 per speech. >> tom you asked if there was a smoking gun in any of these e-mails. i thought the one that said benghazi, lol was in bad taste. >> although, i don't know if they meant laugh out loud. >> could have meant lots of love, a lot of older people think that is what it means. cut her some slack, right -- >> we don't even need them anymore, just take a picture with your phone, send the attachment with your e-mail. >> i'm sure if she had a teletype -- >> and he didn't know that hillary clinton had a state department e-mail. this

. >> elton john and kiki dee for those that don't know that. [ laughter ] requested by karen bryant.is a special song you want us to play, send it to us. we're taking your request every friday morning. #ktvu on twitter, facebook, or instagram. >> thank you, sal. >>> along with our music, there is a rare sight in our sky. >> this is a live picture tooen >> that is a live picture. it's the blue moon. are you going to sing for us? >> i will hold it back. >> it didn't look particularly blue but it will arrive this morning. blue moons usually only happen every two or three years. what is a blue moon it's the second full moon in a calendar month. steve told us about it at the beginning of the month. it appears to have a more bluer color than the first full moon of the month. lovely over the bay. >>> the tsa is denying allegations by singer morsey that he was groped by security screener. he said he was sexually assaulted by a tsa officer. says the officer crouched in front of him and crashed his crotch. morsey says he was with two british airway workers who said they should lodge a complain

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. >> you're the dude that did the thing with elton john at the grammys. >> yeah. >> yeah, yeah. ♪ >>ight. ♪ >> colbert's tongue in cheek interview with rapper eminem yesterday has more than a million views on youtube. colbert is drumming up publicity as he takes over the late show next month, after david letterman's retirement. >>> the drought is forcing a southern california beer brewery to make drastic changes. anheuser-busch is ready to spend millions of dollars to find a way to make its brewery in van nuys more efficient. the gm says the plant cut water use by 32% over the last two years by changing landscaping and using less water to make beer. >> we only use the exact amount we need to get the vessel clean so it can accept the high quality product. >> back in 2009, it took the equivalent of 10 bottles of water to make each bottle of beer. now it takes three. budweiser is also offering money to employees who can come up with a way to save water without jeopardizing quality and taste of the beer. >>> a shooting in rohnert park sends a young woman to the hospital. what witnesses s

. >> elton john auctioned off a private concert as well. 3 million bucks for that. >> we're going toe it at my place. i don't care what anybody says about leo, he is a hero. he only dates super thin models because they produce less methane. the cocaine at his party reduces appetites. they rely less on consuming foods that harm the environment. really the orgies is no different than car pooling. >> what? >> okay. >> everybody sharing a bed. >> gotcha. >> dana you want to follow that? >> sure. >> as she looks down. sure. >> these are progressive dinner parties without much progress. i don't know exactly where the $2 million for the rolex goes. presumably it's to raise awareness about climate change. as if we were not enough aware. >> very good. can we move on? >> do it. >>> next up rest easy america. the nicki minaj-taylor swift spat seems to have been resolved. team minaj and the swifties are all good now. >> i spoke to taylor swift yesterday on the phone. she was, you know super super sweet. she apologized. she said look i didn't understand the big picture of what you were saying. bu

playing his 65th show there, besting elton john. that's your cnbc news update.to you. >>> the government investigating the major airlines as we learned yesterday. now we're talking about the fallout for the stocks and cnbc's phil lebeau joins us with details. >> the government is investigating collusion. it's not investigating whether or not airfares are kept, are too high. because the airlines have decided well that's the price we can charge. they're investigating specifically if airlines communicated with each other to limit capacity and therefore that would drive the airfares higher. we should point out that both united and delta and all of the four major airlines have confirmed they have received letters from the department of justice. last hour the secretary of transportation out in aspen with our kelly evans talked a little bit about what the doj is looking at. >> this is an issue that the justice department has to do their own research, their own work on. we will support any investigation, justice department in terms of what resources they need. that's re

i was going to mention elton john.k by downloading tumble weed connection. >> he played good-bye yellow brick road. >> i just keep hearing you saying you're downloading music. are you buying it per song? >> i also download all this old cat stevens stuff. >> i love that. >> i got to get you streaming. just out of cheapness, how much money have you spent -- if you buy the album how much did it cost you? >> i don't get involved with finances. >> you have nothing to do with finance. personal finances. >> i try to make sure nothing bounces. that's all i do. other people pay things. >> way to go. >> when we come back if you're a hedge fund manager that wants to play greece you know our next guest, the man every investor consults before making a move joins us live from athens when squawk box returns. ♪ these two oil rigs look the same. can you tell what makes them so different? did you hear that sound? of course you didn't. you're not using ge software like the rig on the right. it's listening and learning how to prevent equi

. ♪ ♪ philadelphia freedom ♪ >> oh yeah. 1974 elton john. >> one of my top three.hiladelphia and billie jean king. >> that's a good song. >> great song. >> sing it al. ♪ philadelphia freedom ♪ >> we should do it every wednesday. play a different city song. a song dedicated to a city. e-mail us or tweet us a song dedicated to your city and maybe we can wrangle it if it opportunity cost us to play it. >> that's right. welcome to "today" on wednesday morning july 29, 2015. i'm al with natalie and tamron. willie is off. philadelphia freedom. >> al yesterday showed the peanuts version of al roker. they dedicated a really cute character to al. over 10,000 likes on our instagram account, on al's. 5600. people went crazy over your peanut. >> thank you. >> that could be a career ender if you're not careful. >> yes, we did. >> thanks so much to the folks at blue sky. i think this movie -- what's going to be great is it will introduce peanuts to a whole new generation. >> i don't know that there is a generation that hasn't grown up with peanuts. my children, we pull out the w

elton john roger federer, and billy saying this is the place, more than any other place i want to performink and affect your productivity? >> no. i didn't know. she asked the question. no, i didn't know that. >> guess what gayle? ahead we're going to talk about the link from fashion and psychology. what if you wear a dress that's the color of a highlighter pen >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" at 8:00 is sponsored by choice hotels. you always have a choice. >>> could diversity make you smarter, taller? a major new study on mixed parents. he's excited about this and what it means for our future. aren't you excited, dr. david agus? >> i certainly am. >> that's what i heard. he's joining us next on "cbs morning news." "cbs this morning." we love petsmart because they treat us like the stars we are... so this is the..."celebrity section"... it's just the bonus size for our customers. ...for celebrities! for everyone! okay! now through sunday, petperks members can spend forty in store and get a five-dollar coupon for a future purchase. 'cause pethood's better with a partner. people wit

and i saw him in portland, oregon when he played with elton john.r seen, where they each had pianos. >> piano dual in it was the best, they played all of the big hits, then the coolest part of the show was then each of them would play each other's big hits. >> oh, i best it was great. >> it was great ya, really fun show. breaking heart at age 11, a break up text from a young girl bridges up a big question this morning, how young is too young to date? if my daughter aaron is listening at age seven right now, you can date when you're 20. sparking debate on the internet. i'm whoopi goldberg and new york is my home. there's no place like it in the world, and no better place to lean about the people who shaped who we are today. hear about the lives of slaves in colonial new york and about the fight to abolish slavery. pick a stop on the underground railroad and visit the home and grave of one of new york's most controversial citizens. a journey in new york is a journey through history. plan you next trip at iloveny.com/summer. there's something for every

. >> ♪ [ philadelphia freedom ] >> elton john and billie jean king dedicated to the people of philadelphia and maybe we can wrangle it if it doesn't cost us to play it. >> that's right. >> always a disclaimer. >> welcome, wednesday morning july 29 2015. >> before our first topic. al yesterday shows the peanuts version of al roker. they dedicated a really cute character to al. over 10,000 likes on our instagram account. on al's instagram account like 5600. >> it's crazy. >> people went crazy over your peanuts. [ laughter ] . >> that could be a career ender if your earnot careful. >> thanks so much to the folks of blue sky. i think this movie, what's going to be great about it is it is going to introduce peanuts to a whole new generation. >> i don't know there is a generation that hasn't grown up with peanuts. we pull out the whole collection and we watch every holiday. and every holiday we go back and watch the collection all over again. >> and meganmegan trainor is going to sing a. >> it used to come from the long island press here in new york. and i would cut them out and paste them in a

it will be awesome with behind-the-scenes footage and a duet with sir elton john.nday more rain through florida. wet weather in the northeast and new england. >>> good friday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. skies are clearing quickly across the bay with temperatures in the lower 60s. expect it to top out at 73 on the east bay. peninsula 78 and the south bay 81. trivalley the lower 80s. a couple degrees warmer than yesterday. our beautiful weather continues more sunshine in san francisco, a high of 67 degrees in the north bay, reaching 82 with more sun. >>> that's your latest weather. >> thank you, al. willie joins us with exciting news. the all star cast of -- what is it? >> "wet hot american summer." >> the cult movie is coming back. >> it wasn't a success when it came out 15 years ago. but the stars have become so big they got the band back together now for an eight-episode series on netflix. >> you guys i'm really going to miss this place. >> reporter: it was the small spoof movie about a rowdy crew of summer camp counselors with a cast of largely unknown

it will be awesome with behind-the-scenes footage and a duet with sir elton john.hrough southern florida. on sunday more rain through florida. wet weather in the northeast and new england. look for beautiful weather >> good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. another gorgeous day ahead. grab your sunglasses. sunny skies, nice and comfortable with low humidity. temperatures will warm in the low to mid 80s this afternoon and with a light northwesterly wind, dry air will start things off tomorrow, 87 in the afternoon. really comfortable through the day on saturday. that changes sunday. early sunday morning we could see some showers and thunderstorms. 90 on sunday. storms on monday. then here comes heat and humidity for tuesday, wednesday and thursday. have a great day. >>> that's your latest weather. >> thank you, al. willie joins us with exciting news. the all star cast of -- what is it? >> "wet hot american summer." >> the cult movie is coming back. >> it wasn't a success when it came out 15 years ago. but the stars have become so big they got the band back toge

elton mathis thank you so much. >>> the world lead now, selling the deal. secretary of state john kerry is on capitol hill working to convince a skeptical congress that a proposed plan will keep iran from building a nuclear bomb but the deal on the table does not include a plan to bring back americans being held unjustly by that regime. the angry reaction from the family members, and we'll talk to a leading senator, next. big day? ah, the usual. moved some new cars. hauled a bunch of steel. kept the supermarket shelves stocked. made sure everyone got their latest gadgets. what's up for the next shift? ah, nothing much. just keeping the lights on. (laugh) nice. doing the big things that move an economy. see you tomorrow, mac. see you tomorrow, sam. just another day at norfolk southern. if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis like me... and you're talking to a rheumatologist about a biologic this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints from further damage. this is humira helping me reach for more. doctors have been prescribing humira fo

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