like al green, lou rawls, gladys knight, and the incomparable barry white. ♪ ecstasy ♪ when you're layingtheir softer side, making some of the most sensual ballads ever. ♪ i'm giving him something ♪ he can feel ♪ ah-ha-ha ♪ to let him know ♪ reasons ♪ the reasons that we hear ♪ the reasons that we feel ♪ a sweet, special lady ♪ and a very exciting girl ♪ ooo, so exciting ♪ loving you is easy ♪ 'cause you're beautiful you know james, love is a very strong emotion. it is. and sometimes it takes over what we say and how we act. ♪ close the door, baby ♪ ♪ and let me blow your mind ♪ just ♪ let me make love to you, baby ♪ ♪ i've got love on my mind ♪ 'cause love ♪ won't let me wait ♪ ♪ not one more minute, baby mmm, this collection really does have the sexiest and best slow jams ever. ♪ if only you were here ♪ you'd wash away my tears ♪ the sun would shine ♪ once again, you'll be mine, all mine ♪ ♪ what you won't do ♪ to do for love ♪ you tried everything ♪ but you don't give up ♪ it's you that i need ♪ baby, baby ♪ ♪ it's you that i need ♪ oh, sweet thing ♪ oh, you know ♪ you're everything th

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he's leaving on the midnight train to georgia leaving on the midnight train ♪ >> the wonderful gladys knightather of pizza says he's got a big announcement coming. >> tomorrow in atlanta, i will be making an announcement. but nobody is going to get me to make that prematurely. that's all there is to that. tomorrow we're going to be opening our headquarters in northwest georgia where we will also clarify -- there's that word again, clarify exactly what the next steps are. >> before cain's major announcement tomorrow it's date night, perhaps the most uncomfortable date night in political history. herman cain taking the midnight train back to georgia to finally face his wife after ginger white came forward with allegations of a 13-year extramarital affair. the campaign also announced the creation of women for cain. a group the website says is headed by gloria cain. let's get right back to our panel msnbc contributor karen and dana from the political post. >> how does a presidential candidate face a date like this, a private affair? is he safe doing it in public? what does he do? >> wow, herman

marcus sang one of us by gladys knight and three of the four judges thought he did a better job than she's gone. marcus will be back next week and we will follow the action. >>> tonight on the news edge new hope for a maryland man serving a 15 year prison term in cuba, what congress is doing to bingham gross home. >>> the federal government -- to bring alan gross home. >>> and the federal government making changes and closures, those details at 11:00. @@xú >>> a maryland family is definitely in the holiday spirit tonight. they set up a spectacular light show at their home in urbana. dwight watkins gives us the special tour. >> i've always wanted to do something for christmas and we had the opportunity, so went out and bought a few things the first year and after that things kind of grew and grew and grew. we have enough extension cords to go to the top of the empire state building and come halfway back down again. there's a lot of cords. technologywise things came along that allowed us to be able too do an actual show with dance -- to do an actual show with dancing lights and mus

>> reporter: shanka is the owner of gladys knight's chicken and waffles and is also the son of the legendaryd cooked by his mom and grandmother. >> i was raised around chicken and waffles. after that i used that as pretty much my hook. >> reporter: a hook, but not healthy. he knows this firsthand. he has struggled with his own weight issues and lost his grandmother to diabetes. >> i saw that in her diet. you know? she was definitely big on ham hocks and making things the traditional way. >> what is called soul food is very tasty, it is usually taste based on some form of fat driven. >> reporter: jessica harris is a culinary historian and professor at queens college. she says people are no longer openly embracing traditional foods. >> there is a whole generation of folks that are just like i don't want to eat that, that's not healthy. you are what you eat and your history is on the plate. so the point is to find a way to adapt the history and the plate. >> reporter: harris helped create the african-american food pyramid. >> at the foot of tthe pyramid leafy greens. pyramid suggests a diet tha

like al green, lou rawls, gladys knight, and the incomparable barry white. ♪ ecstasy ♪ when you're layingtheir softer side, making some of the most sensual ballads ever. ♪ i'm giving him something ♪ he can feel ♪ ah-ha-ha ♪ to let him know ♪ reasons ♪ the reasons that we hear ♪ the reasons that we feel ♪ a sweet, special lady ♪ and a very exciting girl ♪ ooo, so exciting ♪ loving you is easy ♪ 'cause you're beautiful you know james, love is a very strong emotion. it is. and sometimes it takes over what we say and how we act. ♪ close the door, baby ♪ ♪ and let me blow your mind ♪ just ♪ let me make love to you, baby ♪ ♪ i've got love on my mind ♪ 'cause love ♪ won't let me wait ♪ ♪ not one more minute, baby mmm, this collection really does have the sexiest and best slow jams ever. ♪ if only you were here ♪ you'd wash away my tears ♪ the sun would shine ♪ once again, you'll be mine, all mine ♪ ♪ what you won't do ♪ to do for love ♪ you tried everything ♪ but you don't give up ♪ it's you that i need ♪ baby, baby ♪ ♪ it's you that i need ♪ oh, sweet thing ♪ oh, you know ♪ you're everything th