called "dear evan hanson." the actor tony award. that's next.

called "dear evan hanson." the actor tony award. that's next. >>> a closer look at the year's front-runner to win best actor. >> he is 23 years old, ben platt start in pitch perfect, book of mormon, and reviews. here is deborah roberts. >> reporter: an anthem for any one who ever felt alone. you will be found. the powerful message of the musical, "dear evan hanson" the heartwrenching show, about teen anxiety, suicide and pressures of social media. the show is a phenomenon. nominated for nine tonys including best actor for platt many remember as misfit turned singing sensation from the film pitch perfect. ♪ now everybody knows i've got magic ♪ ♪ two friends on a perfect day >> reporter: on stage he gives an emotionally charged transformation into a teen crippled with anxiety. that leaves the audience in tears. >> end of the day it is about people trying to figure out how to connect with society right now that is, superficially people are connecting in a million ways, i think making it harder to find the ones that are meaningful and c

. >> and the tony award goes to -- "dear evan hanson." musical award, one of six for "dear evan hanson." also among was flak who won best actor honor. "dear evan hanson" centers around young outsiders and has a lot of buzz and paid off with six tony awards. alison: i got to tell you, that performance by ben platt was stunning. nancy: you are going to the show. alison: i would love to. he is a talented guy. we deserving. let's talk about the weather. it's hot and humid. but i guess the good thing is a mini heatwave. right? doug: only three today is day two. tomorrow is the last day. just as intense. looking outside from a rooftop view. hazy sunshine. along route 50. no rain chances. hazy and humid. 92 in the city. high of 25. tie the -- high of 95. we tied but didn't break the record. it's 91 in leesburg and frederick. baltimore. 9 the in joint base andrews -- 92 on the joint base andrews. in eastbound, 93. there is plenty of heat and humidity. we tied the record set in 2002 at reagan national. missed it by six at dulles and missed it by t

dear evan hanson was the big winner.ok home best actor in a musical and the show itself also took home best musical. this is a little part from the show itself. the musical focuses on a high school senior played by platt who has a social anxiety disorder and is faced with drama after the death of a classmate. now, kevin spacey also hosted the show which aired on cbs. his opening number spoofed many of this year's shows. space did impressions of johnny carson bill clinton i think you saw corey hawkins in the crowd and also kevin kline took home best actor in a play while bette midler took home best actress in a musical. here's the d.c. connection. ben platt by the way, that's him in our studios in may of 2015, the show dear evan hanson which is the hottest show on broadway right now got its start at the arena stage here in d.c. >> that's great. >> and it played there from july to august of 2015 before going to new york and then now it's obviously this huge hit. i know we're october before it goes to broadway. it's just ki

. >> dear evan hanson. walked off with the award for best leading actor in a musical. >> i love the toney's. i do. i love that house of cards. i do love me some good political theater. >> this morning's "eye opener" is presented by toyota let's go places. >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." president trump's attorney general is being drawn into the investigations of russian meddling in the election. >> jeff sessions is expected to testify tomorrow to the senate intelligence committee. and he's likely to answer questions raised by last week's testimony from james comey. >> the president attacked the fired fbi director again yesterday. he tweeted i believe that james comey leaks will be far more prevalent than anyone ever thought possible. totally illegal, very cowardly. nancy cordes is on capitol hill looking ahead to sessions' testimony. >> a lot of questions for sessions cropped up after comey's blockbuster hearing last week and senators from both sides wants to know why sessions was involved in comey's fir

the big winners of the night, dear evan hanson and bette midler.the new "hamilton" after the cultural phenomenon last year. they accepted the award with the cast and crew, six tonys, congratulations to them. and the pittsburgh penguins. i'm a tony voter. i sit on the board of american theater wing. i was proud to say nearly all my picks won, including, best revival of a play, "august wilson's jitney" which was phenomenal. >>> senior vp of business, emil michael will leave the company. jeff flock is tracking the details of this never-ending shake-up, jeff. reporter: oh, boy, it has been a mess for these guys. the focus still on travis kalanick. we have not gotten word whether or not he take as leave of absence, according to reuters, according to a source, in the bored meeting yesterday he is likely to take a leave of absence. that is interesting. tomorrow we get details of the former attorney general's report on internal practices at uber. that was eric holder's report. he delivered that over the weekend. the board accepted all his recommendations.

the broadway show dear evan hanson at the tony awards. the show that was written by bethesda naltive took home 11 tonys. and he got a tony >> he won the tony for best lead actor in a musical for his role in dear evan hanson. in it an emotional sepp tans speech he thanked the community for the win and talked about how much theater has really changed his life. >>> 11:25 and the mercury continues to rise. we walked in early this morning. we'll be in the 90s today. we are going to be seeing a heat wave. once you hit three days of 90s, we're talking a heat wave. heading out the door, make sure you have the water bottle handy. you have the baseball cap because you're going to need to stay hydrated. here are the four things i need you to know. records, we could be breaking that today. set wac in 2002. we saw a record of reagan. i think we'll hit that right on the head. also it is a code orange air quality alert day. so. if you have health ailments, asthma, just be aware of that as you want to limit your outdoor activities. it's going to feel hot

dear evan hanson, start of the ben plaque took home best actor in musical.second. major dc connection here to this musical. it took home the best musical award last night. also there's ben platforming at the show focuses on high school senior played by platt who has social anxiety disordr and faced with drama after the death of a classmate. kevin spacey hosted the show which aired on cbs and opening number spoofed many of the year's shows. spacy did impressions of bill clinton as well johnny carson you saw corey hawkins there just now. kevin klein took home best actor award in a play and also bet midler took home best actress in a musical. here's the dc connection. dear evan hanson is become the new hamilton. it's not as big as obviously yet. but it's becoming the hot ticket on broadway. it premiered here in d.c. in july of 2015. as like a test run at the arenaa york. that's ben platt in our studio promoting dear evan hanson back in may of 2015. >> cool. >> very very cool. it got its start here a lost things are happening. mean girls will be coming here in o

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and their show "dear evan hanson" was the big winner of the night with six awards.d it was so small, did you see it getting as big as it became? >> certainly i didn't think it would get as big as it has, but yeah, it's a phenomenon. >> bette midler. >> reporter: the tony night may have belonged to bette midler. she took home her first competitive tony, more than 50 years after making her broadway debut. >> i have so many people to thank, the american theater wing, and all the tony voters. many of whom i have actually dated. >> reporter: not even the band could play her off the stage. >> cut that crap off! i just want to say, i just want to say, i just want to say, i just want to say -- >> that's the overnight news for this tuesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back a little later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from the bruoadcast center in nw york city, i'm don dahler. >> revival is an interesting word. it means that something is near death, and it was brought back to life. "hello dolly" never really went away. it has been here

. >>> the 2017 tony awards happened last night and the music calendar evan -- musical deer evan hansonopened with a ten minute song and dance number and bette midler delivered laughs during her speech. >> i want to thank the american theater wing and all the tony voters many of whom i dated. >>> wonder woman continues to wow audiences at the box office. >> i can't do this. ♪. >> what i do is not up to you. >> the film brought in 157 million dollars in sales for the second week at the row and it has made more than 200 million dollars. the mummy reboot at two with an estimated 32 million in box office reseats. less than -- receips. >>> coming up reaction pouring in as the 9th circuit court up holds their ban of trump's travel ban. >>> and the game tonight with the warriors going for the second championship in just three years and taking a check at stocks. the dow is down 49 points and nasdaq in the red down 36 points. >>> have to run home and get my taco party ready before the big game. >> you didn't tell me about that. >> well you will be celebrating a big win today and thank you for jo

. >>> here's a round up of the tony winners dear evan hanson took home best musical, and best play wentlo. >>> delta has pulled its sponsorship of julius caesar delta releasing a statement saying no matter what your political stance may be, the graphic staging of shakespeare at the park does not represent delta air lines values. >>> an anonymous fan of warren buffett agreed to pay 2$2.7 billion to have launch with the oracle of omaha. million, excuse me the money goes to glide, a charity that gives food, healthcare and other services to the homeless and people struggling with substance abuse. >> huge kudos to him and the person making the donation on the flip side, just make sure for free you can watch when warren buffett joins "squawk box. always outstanding >>> coming up, more fallout from the uk election plus today's must reads >>> and later we're setting you up for the big week ahead on wall street. futures now pointing lower again. tech also lower again after a big selloff on friday. that's expe we're back on "worldwide exchange" in a few minutes looking from a fresh perspective ca

performing his own rendition from the musical "dear evan hanson." it won six awards.inners were kevin kline for best actor. laurie metcalf won best actress for "a doll's house" and bette midler won for best actress in a musical and ben plat and best play went to "oslo" and james earl jones won the lifetime achievement award. very big night. big stage. >> for sure. >> a lot of fun there. chuck bell, not so much fun thinking about the heat we're in the middle of. >> it's good movie watching weather. >> stay inside a cool theater. >> a little binge watching. >> very hot today. back in the '90s. yesterday was our fourth day 90 or tomorrow will be number six as our little stretch our first real heat wave continues. 67 degrees in gaithersburg, maryland, this morning. 65 out of dulles airport. 66 in lorton, virginia. points east of the bay, low to mid 70s. also in the mid 70s this morning. so a very muggy start today. if you are running today, you might want to take a couple of miles off of your distance. biking, bring extra water. good day to go to the pool. it will be a ho

. >>> at tthe big winner at the 7 emmy awards, sir evan hanson. also a big night for "hello dolly ode, named best musical revival and bette midler, who won the tony for best actress in a musical and outlasted the playoff music with her acceptance speech. "oslo," a drama telling the backstory behind the middle east peace talks won for best new play. james earl jones was honored for lifetime achievement. >> we all associate his voice with this very network. >> this is cnn. >>> all right, will jeff sessions testify in public tomorrow? that's the big question this morning. we'll discuss what's at stake for the attorney general and the russia probe, next. >>> attorney general jeff sessions facing mounting pressure to testify publicly tomorrow before the senate intelligence committee. >> president trump fighting back against james comey again on twitter. will the russia probe threaten to wreck another week for this white house? welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> and i'm dave briggs. "wedding crashers 2," finally gets a sequel, right

dear evan hanson, which was great about teen suicide, really heavy topic, but it was the same person wrote for la la land. and then the other one, sweat at arena stage. they'll all be competing. keep an eye out and route for the hometown. >> we understand you were hanging out with some stars at the kennedy center this week. tell us about this encounter you had. >> oh, yes, it was called a night of laughter and song to benefit the david lynch foundation. they came to talk about the benefits of meditation, and how that can help your creativity. but as you saw earlier thi w really work out. check it out. >> you were here couple years ago for a mark twain prize. and i think letterman's getting it later. >> i remember when dave first came to l.a., he admired my performing skills and i admired his ability to put together lines that were different from other comics. >> "wonder woman"? >> i'm a huge fan of any movie that celebrates women as heroes, in powerful positions. >> are you sad to see wolverine go? >> bittersweet. wolverine will be back, but it was the right time to leave that party.

she finally dropped the mike announcing bette midler for president, evan hanson snagged six, including best musical and for ben platt, kevin klein and lori metcalf won best actress and actor with "oslo" best new play. >> all of the actors we love. >> going to theater requires having a life so i haven't seen theater in about ten years but i love the fact that it's there. >> i hear evan hansen is great. we'll go to a matinee. >>> president trump slamming james comey after his testimony, so we have trump supporter and former governor john sununu back by popular demand. >>> also, celebrating champions for swing, cnn anchors talking about causes near and dear to their hearts. alisyn camerota reveals her favorite coming up. burn. "burn." is that what the kids are saying now? i'm so bored, i'm dead. you can always compare rates on progressive.com. oh, that's nice, dear. but could you compare camping trips? because this one would win. all i want to do is enjoy nature and peace and quiet! it's not about winning. it's about helping people find a great rate even if it's not with progressive. -ugh

is kevin spacey hosting last night's tonys performing his own rendition from the musical "dear evan hanson that show earned six awards. other big winners were kevin klein for best actor for present laughter. laurie metcalf won best actress for "a doll's house" and bette midler won for "hello dolly iempt best play went to oslo and james earl jones. he won the lifetime achievement award. sort of interesting when you realize all of these big winners were tv and film actors and then they go back to their roots to hit that stage. >> yes. i love it. bette midler tweeting afterwards a among all of the chaos, she forgot to thank the ensemble of "hello dolly." >> a little pressure trying to remember and say the right things. >> of course. of course. >> make sure the dress stays up. >> you >> the master of all mediums. she can do anything. >> i was telling him that. >> i have to get to new york. i want to see "hello dolly" with her in it. we're going to be sweating with the oldies. >> sizzling. sizzling. >> that's right. it's going to be very warm around here today and tomorrow. yesterday marked our

evan hanson with nine and the revival of hello dolly starring beth middler.evin spacey will host for the first time. should be a good show. >> absolutely. >>> kids at the washington latin public charter school could win 100 all they have to do is give up their screen time. can you do it? according to washington post. the principal at the northwest d.c. school diana smith, she's offering her student ts the money if they forego all screens. we're talking about the smart phones, every tuesday during their summer break. i think that's doable. smith is funding this challenge on her own. theoretically, this could cost her $16,000. >> yeah, but there's 160 kids in the school, she thinks only about 50 will do it, so that's that. >> the challenge is on though. >> yeah, the challenge is on. >> i mean, 100 bucks to kids a is lot of money. >> she could be dishing out thousands of dollars, maybe 5,000. thank you for the math, naomi on our producer and director. >> i didn't even try to math. i know my limitations. >> speak far living. >>> we have much more still ahead on n

. >> dear evan hanson took tony for best musical, actor ben platt won for leading actor in the musicaln's parents went the two university of pennsylvania they funded construction of the platt students performing house and it is a hollywood and broadway producer. he and his wife were in the audience cheering on their son >> dad, you are my hero. you have to be a decent human being to be a decent artist, i love you for it. >> reporter: it won for best score. one of the song writers is ben g passsick who grew up in ardmore montgomery county and went to friend central school. evan hand is some based on the death of the students, passing new at the school. by the way, he also won a oscar for score of the hit film, la la land. >> the american theater wing tony award goes to... oslo. >> winner for best play, oslo was developed at playpen conference in philadelphia in 2015. and one of the nominees for best play has ties to reading, berks county. sweat is about this displaced steel workers grab link with their future. lynn notich talked to and researched with talking to residents. lots of phila

evan hanson might be an outsider in high school but the most popular person on broadway.up we'll have look back at musical's big night at the tony's. >> tucker barnes is back with more on that heat wave that we've been talking about and if there's any relieve on the seven day. >> fresh at 10a robin's turn in the hot seat. real housewife joins us live in the loft for the first time this season. plus, mary murphy she comes back to the judge's table for all new season of so you think you c live with look at what else to expect when the show returns tonight. and then later, break out the bathing suits. tam lee will join us live with a little pool side runway show showing off all the latest looks and trends. right now 9:28 and we will be right back. ♪ ♪♪ you know how your hair tangles the minute you wash it? new pantene. the first shampoo with active pro-v nutrient blends fueling hair 100% stronger that's instantly smoother and tangle free. because strong is beautiful. un-stop right there! with unstopables in-wash scent boosters by downy. because this scent lasts up to 12 week

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this year's big winner the musical dear evan hanson took home.ther winners included lori metcalf for best actress in a play a-bette midler best actress in a musical. ben platt took home the prize for best actor in a musical. kevin kline won best factor a play. this year's tony for best play went to oslo. first time host kevin spacey is receiving praise for his performance. >> you know i heard it was bette midler's first tony win. >> really? >> which was amazing, right. >> that's shocking. i would thought she would like a chest full of tony awards. >> i know. >> i know. okay, talking about this for the first time nearly 20 years the stanley cup is going back to the same city. pittsburgh penguins getting the job done winning back to back stanley cup championships. >> i like to tell you i'm happy about it but i'm at bridgestone arena. predators were hoping to force a game seven and the predators thought they got the game's first game but the refs lost sight of the puck and blew the play dead. the scoreless battle continued until there were only 95 s

saturday, i went to go see "dear evan hanson." and i took my son and some friends. picture. he tweeted it out. where should i hold this? >> you follow him on social med media? >> he came to visit when he was t 10 years old in 1998. that's him and that's me. that was a crazy -- >> did you take a new picture? >> i didn't -- he didn't know i was there. i just went. if i go again, i would love to do it. >> how cool is that? >> then, sunday, i flew to los angeles, and went to don rick rickles' memorial. an grand canyon, with our three, young kids that we talked about. >> how was that? >> it was magic. >> for people who may not remember, al, you surprised a group -- here we go. this was epic, really. you surprised a group -- are they high school? >> they're seventh graders. >> they're middle cool. school. and i told them. >> look how happy they were. on monday, we flew to the grand canyon, sunday. we took a train ride from williams -- we stayed at the grand canyon railway hotel. and took a steam engine trip to the grand canyon. and then, from there, we went into the grand

. >> to the big winners -- evan hanson for best musical featuring best actor ben platt for "pitch perfecte an instant gif, getting caught on camera, shrinking into his seat. >> bette midler took home her first tony for lead actress in the musical for "hello dolly." >> i have so many people to thank. all the tony voters, many of whom i have actually dated. shut that crap off. i just want to say -- i just want to say -- i just want to say -- i just want to say -- that -- that, revival is an interesting word. it means that something is -- >> bette midler got lots of laughs. lots of applause. nobody was playing her off the stage. >> they shouldn't. >>> moving on. apparently there is trouble in paradise for "bachelor in paradise." filming of the fourth season of mexico suddenly halted. warner brothers produces show the for abc released a statement saying "we have become aware of allegations of misconduct on the set of bachelor in paradise in mexico." >> production is suspended an investigation under way. >> so apparently the cast was actually flown to houston earlier without any explanation as

. >>> it was a big, big night for evan hanson at last night's tony awards honoring the best of broadwayix awards including best musical, best score, ben plat took home best performance by a leading actor in the musical. the other notable winners included kevin kline, lori metcalf and bette midler. bette midler gave quite a speech. we'll talk about that speech lat later. >>> and noto dtug case of alleged fraternity hazing at penn state. the students charged in the death of timothy piazza and his parents will come face to face and gabe gutierrez is there. >> reporter: prosecuto plan to play three hours of security video from the beta theta pi house. the last hours of his life. the 18 fraternity brothers are heading to court. 19-year-old michael bonatucci is among those facing the most serious charges, including aggravated assault. in an exclusive interview with "today," his lawyer says he never handed any alcohol to piazza that night and was not involved in the dis cushion of whether to call for help. >> it's a tragic situation but just because somebody is deceased and it's sad doesn't me

best musical went to "dear evan hanson" about a teenage boy struggling to fit in the musical is scheduled next year and joseph went to it first. >> yeah. >> it was amazing. transcendent. >> i followed you there. >> i can't believe - >> most remarkable things. it moves you in a way -- >> it does it's transcendent. it's like art. people say things about art. really is it about art and transcendent but it is. >> i cried. >> you cried at finding dory. >> i did that as well. >> not quite transcendent. >> join us tomorrow. "squawk on the street" begins right now. ♪ is . >>> good monday morning. welcome to "squawk on the street." i'm carl quintanilla with jim cramer and david faber will join us in a moment we look at the reaction to jeff immelt leaving ge.

. >>> and it was a big, big night for evan hanson honoring the best of broadway.s including best musical, best musical, best performance by a leading actor in a musical. the other notable winners of the night included kevin klein and b bette midler. she gave quite a speech and we'll talk more about that speech a little bit later. >>> we'll turn now to a story we've been following closely. an alleged fraternity hazing that happened at penn state. the student charged in connection with the death of timothy piazza and his parent will come face-to-face in the courtroom. >> savannah, today we're expecting to see a key piece of evidence that had not been revealed publicly before. prosecutors plan to play three hours of video of the last few hours of timothy piazza's life. this morning most of the 18 fraternity brothers facing charges related to timothy piazza alcohol-fueled death are heading to court. among those facing the most serious charges, including aggravated assault. in an exclusive interview with "today" his lawyer says he never handed any alcohol to piazza tha