as american as bruce spring teen and elvis presley. i see taco bell. i see purple, red, blue, green, orange. i see cheetah revera on broadway. as american as the lee's, the kennedys. none sound american to me. i am not a shamed. jose can you see. i pledge allegiance to this country. land of commercialism. if i can win gold medals. if i can sign my life away. ain't no language. this is my country too. i believe in free dom and diversity, need to get the hell out. [applause] >> i have one more performer. can you believe that? i am so excited. he is a very kind man to be here. he's a total icon. tales of the city. his book that was made do a city. he's here on his book tour. thank you very much. well, i would not have missed this evening for anything. you and i both know these things can be boring. not tonight. i like to read, since i'm back home from a tour. i would like to read the chapter that my editor wanted me to remove. i have to set it up for you. michael toliver is 55 years old. they have gone to florida because his mother has died. and they have

that kind of stopped when elvis presley became famous.e rolling stones, then the beatles and all this. and they were all very competent singers, as big as they were, they went into stadiums. before that everyone sang in intimate little cabarets, that's how they became famous. >> where did amy rank, do you think -- >> of all the singers that i ever heard, amy was the best one. >> serious? >> really. a true great pop jazz singer. >> yeah. >> she heard everything. she sang -- she was influenced just by the right music. she had the ears to know just what to leave out and what to put in. and more than anything else, one of the secrets of a good performing singer is this, the heart. and she never sang a line that she didn't mean. everything she said was as good as billie holiday, as good as ella fitzgerald even. she was as good at that level. she was a great singer. >> where were you, tony, when you heard that she died? >> i was at home. it was a month after i recorded with her. the first thing i got -- i teared up and was so emotional about it

. >> we can do elvis presley in the ghetto. ♪ >> stephen: am i in?> you're on the team. >> stephen: now, you guys collaborate. a lot of hip-hop people collaborate together. okay. but in any collaboration, like in any partnership, there's one guy that's doing the work and, you know, one guy is there for the ride. you know what i mean? so you're doing the work? >> that's me. >> stephen: and he's the one who looks pretty and hits the tambourine? >> more cow bell. [cheering and applause] >> stephen: you have a great act coming up called "black star." would you guys stick around and with -- be them. >> before the show, this is our classy warrior package for you. >> stephen: classy warrior? >> just in the event that you get, you know, summoned to that cheney hunting invitational. >> stephen: i might get invite todrick perry's hunting invitational. you guys should head down there, too. >> or golf summit. here's a classy warrior tie for you. >> stephen: classy warrior. >> because if it's a class war, you should be a classy warrior. >> stephen: oh. [cheering

and it was-- it was such a sad thing because she was really-- since elvis presley and the beatles ande whole contemporary change that came in, she was the only singer that really sang what i call the right way. >> jon: really? >> yeah, because she's-- she was a great jazz pop singer, and she was a little apprehensive about the whole thing when we were doing the record, but i-- i came up with one sentence that made everything work. and i just said, "you know," i said, "i may be wrong but i bet you're influenced by dinah washington." and when she heard that, she said, "oh, my god. that's my god. that's who i love." and it really changed the whole record, and she actually used some dinah washington phrases in the recording and the-- you could tell when you hear the record how wonderful she-- she was really a great jazz singer, a true jazz singer. and that-- i regret that because that's the right way to sing. >> jon: right. and you-- in your-- you really are intuitive now about the music, aren't you? like you can just feel it from people. you've done it long enough that know-- will you se

we fell asleep listening to elvis presley on the stereo. i must have dozed off because i awoke to the sound of my girlfriends saying, stop it. i was so terrified that i closed my eyes and pretended to be asleep. i can't tell you how many years it took me to forgive myself for that. afterwards, my girlfriend to the bathroom, told me what happened. i was devastated and scared and confronted my mother in the morning. her back was to us, a said, mom, mary kay said it dad. chris -- said dad put his hands down her pants. to finally turned to me and said, how could you ever think that your father would do something like that? i remember feeling such guilt, like, wow, what an incredibly horrible boulder in to think something about that. i should have known that my mother's reaction was typical of over 80% of families dealing with these issues. since then she has become the biggest supporter. it took me years to get through the process of grieving. how did i turn that into a message of courage and light? one thing never left my mind in the long proc

>> when elvis presley came for the film "it happened at the world's fair" they shot around the spaced sylvester stallone stops the monorail and jumps out into a nearby building. cameron crowe made two wonderful films. >> you kids are all going to be deaf. >> "singles" and "say anything." >> the scene with the trench coat and the boom box, that is a deal sealer. put a ring on it. >> i'm standing here in front of the falls which you may remember from "twin peaks." so while here, i decided to try my hand at acting or reenacting. >> wait a minute. wait a minute. this is -- excuse me, one damn fine cup of coffee. now i'm at stadium high school in takoma, washington, where they shot scenes from one of my personal favs, "10 things i hate about you." we'll take a swing at "sara made it." ♪ you're just too good to be true ♪ can't take my eyes off of you ♪ you'd be like heaven to touch ♪ i want to hold you so much ♪ at long last love has arrived ♪ can't take my eyes of you ♪ >> thank you, sara. >> coming up, we have a beautiful performance from carolee carmello. you're not going to want to mis

to point out that police have also received calls that possibly tupac should coeur as well as elvis presley are sitting on that jury and there are so there are other calls coming into local police given a number of. sightings that are believed to be all involved in this case do we hear from any more credible people any more credible calls have they said. we think about what the tot mom was wearing how she has her hair we are hearing that her hair is down but on like when she was acquitted and when she would deliver her sentencing when it was handed down it is not exactly in the same style as opposed to the flowing locks we're hearing that it's more of a house of house down where you wish i could see right here i hear we have another breaking up that here i hear that a viewer has sent in a picture of tot mom casey anthony at the trial now that wait a second wait a second controller i think we've got the wrong picture that's that's lauren lyster our reporter knows that's that's the right picture all right we have to go to a break but we will continue looking into this bombshell when we get ba

used to discuss big issues, including life and death, and he said to me once, i'd rather die like elvis presleyhan marlin brandao. what do you mean by that? he said i'm not going to go out with a whimper, but with a bang, and in many ways, he had a death instinct, just as he had a life instinct. he was -- he was in this world, but he was not of this world. >> you described him in that quote after he died as a mutant of fame. you've met lots of famous people over the years, do you think this is a common thing he went through in a bigger scale, is fame itself an addictive drug? >> fame in itself is an addictive drug, and fame creates an image in which you cannot add up to, at some point the image is defiled and everyone gets enraged. when, in fact, they created the image not conforming to reality, no image ever conforms to reality. >> the key thing from michael jackson was his dependence towards the end of his life on various drugs. what did you know about his drug consumption? >> well, michael only called me when he was totally sober and was off drugs. he did mention almost eight years ago to me

. >> when they asked elvis presley what he thought about the war, he said to tell you the truth," sir just an entertaining. i don't know enough about anything to comment on anything. i really don't. i'm not that bright and not that informed. >> right on, billy bob! and citing elvis as a footnote. patriotic. that's it for tonight. please check out the fox news factor. and also i would hike you to spout out about the factor from anywhere in the world. o'reilly@foxnews.com. and the word of the day. no skullduggery when writing. and remember, the spin stops here. we are definitely looking out for you. >> top of the morning to you. it's thursday. good morning, everyone. october 27th. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing your time. we've seen him debate and even he admits it hasn't been very pretty. what is rick perry doing to fix his poor performance in the debate? he's going to skip some of them. wait until you hear this. >> meanwhile, two years after bernie madoff went behind bars for his $60 billion ponzi scheme, his wife ruth now says she and the ponzi schemer nearly ended it all a

it's the music that elvis presley loved. southern gospel.ars, the national quartet has been a success, even in today's tough economy, it offered more than 40,000 fans from around the world. >> they're coming from 40 states. and you know, i think it's a testament to that love and devotion that these people have for gospel music. >> what's the secret to the event's success? it's the exhibit hall where fans get to meet and greet their favorite stars like grammy winner jason krab. >> a guy came to me two days ago, two nights ago behind this table and said your songs have helped me, my kids, my two babies got killed in a car accident, with my father-in-law and their little friend. said if it isn't been for a song, that encouraged me, i don't know how i would have done it. >> beyond adoring fans and brisk music sales, some performers are concerned about the future of their industry, they say current government regulations are making it hard to do business and to create more jobs. >> people create jobs, so to create jobs, the government is going to

we later brought some elvis presley publishing.hat's now the cornerstone for his net worth. >> is that still part of michael's estate? >> absolutely, yes. >> in terms of the sheer number crunching here, can you tell me now what he paid for it and what it might now be worth? >> well, we bought the catalog in 1995. we spent $47.5 million, which is well known. we sold off a background music library. so his net investment was about $41 million. and while i can't give out confidential details, it's been reported that sony is worth up to $2 billion and michael owns half. >> he took 40-odd million to a billion dollars? >> yes. and i would say in addition to sony atv, michael has his own publishing company which owns all of his own songs as well as many other songs we bought over the years. when you add the two companies together, it's even more valuable. >> all this stuff about michael being half a billion in debt when he died is a lot of baloney, isn't it? assuming the publishing rights alone by the sound of it were worth several billion

clippings of elvis presley's hair, sold in 2009 for $15,000. yes.my kimmel's, gary coleman's size xl gap sweatpants in 2008 for -- oh, no, there were fake bids as high as $400,000. they don't tell us what jimmy kimmel actually paid. >> i thought jimmy was a little taller than gary coleman. >> i think he just wanted to have them. >> he wanted to have gary coleman's sweatpants. >> we're not sure why. >> interesting about that jimmy kimmel guy. >> jimmy: why wouldn't you want to have gary coleman sweatpants. not only do i own gary coleman's pants they proudly hang in our studio every night. you don't get to see this unless you're here visiting but when he -- we put them up and then we thought we would take them down and then he passed away and i didn't have the heart to take them down. speaking of eternity the world was supposed to end friday. i don't think it did, though. the guy said it was going to end is a christian radio host named harold camping. this is harold camping. he also had the colts in the under so it was a tough week for him all around.

. >> when they asked elvis presley what he thought about the war, he said to tell you the truth," sirust an entertaining. i don't know enough about anything to comment on anything. i really don't. i'm not that bright and not that informed. >> right on, billy bob! and citing elvis as a footnote. patriotic. that's it for tonight. please check out the fox news factor. and also i would hike you to spout out about the factor from anywhere in the world. o'reilly@foxnews.com. and the word of the day. no

. >> when they asked elvis presley what he thought about the vietnam war, he said to tell you the truth an entertainer. i don't know enough about anything to comment on anything honestly. i really don't.hi i'm not that bright.t i'm not that informed. >> right on. billy bob, and citing elvis as footnote. patriotic.ti that's it for us tonight. please check out the website. i'd like you to spout off from anywhere in the world. o'reilly@foxnews.com. any time, any time, any time if you wish to opine. word of the day, no skullduggery when writing to the factor. that's a good word for the kids. again, theangs for watching us tonight. i'm bill ore

. >> let's all say happy birthday to elvis presley today. >> and then there's rick perry, still "dancinghis texas two step is drawing low marks across the country. >> show up or shut up. >> and the spoiler alert. ron paul isn't getting a rose in tonight's ceremony. so who is the next one to get voted off? stay tuned to find out what happens when the gop stops being sensible and starts getting

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michael jackson, elvis presley, and marilyn monroe topping the list of highest earning dead celebritiesackson, topping "forbes" list with $170 million. >>> and imagine you're walking along siesta key beach in florida and run into this guy, an 8-foot-tall lego man, written on his shirt "no real than you are." lifeguards written him off. a european artist with a conjugation problem was expected to have leaving him behind. and a cat left at the airport has been found. he fell through the ceiling tile at the airport. they checked his microchip, yes, it's jack. the owner in san francisco is heading to new york. and that wraps up this hour of "jansing and co." i'm chris jansing. thomas roberts is up next. i'll see you tomorrow. hey buddy, wattaya lookin' a-oooh. ♪ [ female announcer ] mini™ meets berries. kellogg's® frosted mini-wheats cereal with a touch of fruit in the middle. helloooooo fruit in the middle. [ mrs. davis ] i want to find a way to break through. to make science as exciting as a video game. i need to reach peter, who's falling behind. and push janet who's 6 chapters ahead. ♪