powerful figure from illinois. he's on the national stage. he is young. he is already run for president in 1852. he is not even -- run when hi is 37 years old. 1852. a meteor. lincoln is envious of him. says his acolossus and i walk underneath his legs. he has been his rival for decades and has been attacking him for decades. they have rival newspapers in springfield. editorials flying back and forth. and lincoln feels completely insignificant. douglas is everything and then douglas blows up the world because his ambition is thwarted. he has run for president, didn't get the nomination. he wants the nomination, in 1856. so he needs to do something enormous. he wants to build a transcontinental railroad across the united states, get credit for it. he also wants to make money off it, and he has bought land in dubuque, iowa, and he made a lot of money off the illinois stroll because the owned the lakefront in chicago and sold it to the ic as the right of way land after he passed the illinois central railroad act. so,

from illinois. he is on the national stage.fo he is young, he has already run for president in 1852. he is not even - he has run when he was 37 years old. he is a meteor, lincoln is envious of him. he says he is a colossus and i walked underneath his legs. he has been his rival for decades. he has been attacking them for decades. in rival newspapers in springfield. you know, editorials flying back and forth. and lincoln feels completely insignificant. douglas is everything. and then douglas blows up the world. because his ambition is thwarted. he has run for president, did not get the nomination.he wants the nomination. in 1856. so he needs to do something enormous. he wants to build a transcontinental railroad. across the united states, get credit for it. he also wants to make money off of it. and he has bought land in the booth i want and in minnesota, both northern and central routes. and i should add that he made a lot of money off of the illinois central. because he owned the lakefront in chica

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it's in illinois. what is illinois? illinois is a free state. now mind you, there are what were called transit laws. transit laws permitted slaveholders if they shave to journey or live for a short period of time in illinois to do so without jeopardizing title to their slaves. but emerson was doing more than a quick pass through yil yillin while stationed at ft. armstrong. even more so, ft. snelling is in the minnesota territory. what is the minnesota territory as a territory governed by? what's the statute? [ inaudible ] no, the northwest ordinance which mandated, of course, that slavery could not exist. in those territories. dred scott's logic is, i was taken into a free state and lived there not under temporary transit, but i lived in a semipermanent condition, and what's more, i was then moved to ft. snelling in minnesota, in a territory where slavery is a legal impossibility. now, if slavery is a legal impossibility, he can't continue to be a slave when he's in minnesota, right? that's the logic of it. that's the basis of his plea. he goes

no state in illinois can top the illegal flow of guns alone. laws on should toughen illegal gun trafficking. trafficking ed a bill. also close the glaring gaps on fbi background it easy for ake s, victed felons, terrorist people with instability and others to get hand weapons. with you. nest congress will not act. he national gun lobby has our congress and our president noted even the most slaughter of children in ongress will change that in washington. mike flager has spoken to this him before, and you know by reputation. friend. about a year and-a-half ago, i got a message he left for me. father wanted to tell me about a man 26 years old, a plaintiff's exhibit. this young man had an interesting history. the man had ago, father flager n for the gangs he was having in his neighborhood. the man came and asked, will you help me, i want out. this way. to live father flager helped him. he enrolled in a ged course. later, he was driving down the street with his randmother when two gang mothers walked up and shot her head. she survived, but he didn't

in illinois it is $9.25 an hour. well, i'd be making right around $18,500 a year in a minimum-wage job. i've gone to the illinois institute of art in schaumburg to take the digital photography course and instead of making $18,500 a year, many a. making $20,493. that's almost $20,00-- that's at $2,000 more a year. i forgot $144,000 in debt that i also have. how many years -- let's do the math. how many years an additional $2,000 to pay off $144,000? only 2 years and you'd -- only 72 years and you'd be able to pay off your student debt. what a ripoff. these people ought to be ashamed of themselves. and we ought to be ashamed of ourselves that we're supporting this kind of fraudulent activity at the expense of students who are just trying to get a better education. that's why we wrote this gainful employment rule, to say to the illinois institute of art and those just like them, stop it. stop fleecing these kids. stop burying them in debt and incidentally, parents and even grandparents sign on for that debt, too. and yo

the damage has been done to illinois in the last 2 1/2 years is self-inflicted. this is not some great devastation came our way at the hand of god. it is something we've been party to. we have to do something about. i will just add, to think that we are even questioning whether we're going to open the schools of illinois on time after all this is shameful. it is disgraceful. [applause] i will say one last thing. and this may be more political, shouldn't be but i will say it anyway, it is beneath the dignity of a leader of the state of illinois to put one region of the state against another. we are one state, should be treated as such. [applause] my father was born in deep southern illinois. i was born in east st. louis and raised my son paul and other kid in down state illinois. i'm proud of it. proud of it. yes. but having said that i am equally proud to represent this great city. it is fantastic place. my wife and i spend every moment we can here. great restaurants and everything goes with it and great people. to think we would have to choose, pit one against a

ciudad juÁrez le rinde homenaje a su hijo predilecto, juan gabriel, e n ♪ fÉlix: illinois se une a laila nos tiene más sobre los alcances de la medida. viviana: con esta firma el gobernador de illinois le dio vida a la ley de confianza que limita la colaboraciÓn de la policÍa estatal con agentes de inmigraciÓn. >> esta ley va a clarificar que la policÍa no puede detener a alguien si no hay una orden firmada por un juez. tambiÉn funciona en que la policÍa no puede preguntarle a las personas acerca de su estatus migratorio. viviana: la medida que contÓ con apoyo bipartidista protege a por lo menos 512,000 inmigrantes indocumentados que se estima, vviven en illinois. >> me parÓ la policÍa saliendo de trabajar en la madrugada e inmediatamente me entregÓ a inmigraciÓn. ahora con esto, va a ayudar a bastante gente para que no le pase lo mismo que a mÍ. viviana: esto no quiere decir que illinois se convierta en estado santuario. >> creo que nuestras comunidades deben de estar seguras sabiendo que pueden denunciar algÚn delito, manejar con la certeza de que van a regresar a ver a sus hijos de

con la firma de esta ley, activistas pro inmigrantes aseguran que illinois secconvierte un estado delir que personas transgÉneros se unan al ejÉrcito. aunque la demanda fue presentada a nombre de una sola persona, el resultado podrÍa afectar a muchas otras. trump ordenÓ al pentÁgono implementar la prohibiciÓn. autoridades de nuevo mÉxico dijeron que la policÍa arrestÓ al sospechoso de un tiroteo ocurrido hoy en una biblioteca pÚblica. el gerente dijo que dos personas murieron y hay otras cuatro heridas. las autoridades no informaron sobre el motivo del tiroteo. se cumple el primer aniversario de la mortadela compositor y cantante mexicano, juan gabriel y por tal motivo se ha preparado un gran homenaje en ciudad juÁrez. pedro se encuentra allÍ. pedro: y un aÑo de su muerte, el Ídolo de ciudad juÁrez quedÓ inmortalizado en una escultura dirigida en una plaza que lo vio nacer artÍsticamente. >> juan gabriel le entregÓ a ciudad juÁrez muchas cosas más que sus canciones. nos dio la posibilidad de vivir recuerdos y emociones. pedro: las autoridades municipales ddevelaron la estatua del llam

of illinois. it was a weird thing. the prosecutor who did that is a man named edward mcnally. and it was controversial at the time, not just because this was a weird thing to do, to have a federal prosecutor on one side and a federal prosecutor on the other side, too. it was controversial for months thereafter because it soon emerged that the law firm defending the governor, right, the law firm defending the governor who scored this huge coup by having a sitting federal prosecutor come in and testify on their side of the case, turns out that that law firm was also involved in another matter at the same time. where they were the law firm that was trying to recover debt that a bunch of chicago lawyers, or a bunch of illinois lawyers owed when their law firm had gone bankrupt. one of the lawyers it turns out who they were trying to collect a six-figure debt from was edward mcnally. while they're pursuing him for that six-figure debt, edges into this trial and pays that law firm this remarkable favor

from the university of illinois and his j.d. from the university of chicago law school. after law school he clerked for judge deborah cook. he then worked as an adjunct law professor, he has taught at several colleges of law. he has spoken at federalist society chapters at law schools across the country on topics involving economic liberty and judicial selection. he's authored a book and is admitted to practice in the state of illinois as well as the united states supreme court, the united states court of appeals for the seventh circuit, the united states court of appeals for the sixth circuit and several other federal courts. next is terry pell, he's at the end. terry is president of the center for individual rights, a nonprofit public interest law firm located in washington, d.c. dedicated to defense of individual liberties against the increasingly aggressive and unchecked authority of federal and state governments. mr. pell received his phd from notre dame in 1996, his jd from cornell law school in 1981 and his b.a. from haberford college in 1976. mr. pell worked as a

my father was born in deep illinois and raised my son paul in down state illinois i'm proud of it ch. this is a fantastic place. people and to think we would have to choose is ofething beneath the dignity a public office. so speaking of great restaurants you eaten at that state odge where you get thereat fried chicken dinner $1 and 99? mcarthurs et that at on the west side. one last question. your colleague any thoughts about mitch and his relationship president? >> well it's not very good. has been esident public about that. i think senator mcconnell made a announcing he was going o something called reconciliation. he does not want to take it. he can heal move reconciliation. no meants and simple majority passes. and doesn't want to get in the world of 60 votes. unfortunatelyhe's put us in a position on the bringinge system we're before us to change in one sixth of the economy of america that one has read and can possibly that's why three members of his own party would not support it. i hope senator will call any of i'll take all right flier at the regular order of business and see h

the last seven governors of illinois have gone to prison. that's another reason the case sticks with us. there is one more reason that case will stick with us a while longer, and it's because of a small piece of that dramatic trial for governor george ryan, a small piece of that trial, which is controversial at the time, is now back. you might recognize the federal prosecutor who brought the corruption case against governor george ryan. the prosecutor's name was patrick fitzgerald. you might remember him from t george w. bush case. scooter libby was convicted of lying to federal investigators and obstructing justice. patrick fitzgerald was the special counsel in that case. he was also the u.s. attorney, the federal prosecutor in chicago, and he led the prosecution of governor george ryan. and in the middle of that prosecution, one very strange thing happened, at least strange from the perspective of federal law enforcement. so in this case, trying a governor in this huge corruption case, this huge deadly years-long corruption case, there's p

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from the university of illinois and his j.d. from the university of chicago law school. after law school he clerked for judge deborah cook. he then workas anned adjunct l professor, he has taught at several colleges of law. he has spoken at federalist society chapters at law schools across the country on topics involving economic liberty and judicial selection. he's authored a book and is admitted to practice in the state of illinois as well as the united states supreme court, the united states court of appeals for the seventh circuit, the united states court of appeals for the sixth circuit and several other federal courts. next is terry pell, he's at the end. terry is president of the center for individual rights, a nonprofit public interest law firm located in washington, d.c. dedicated to defense of individual liberties against the increasingly aggressive and unchecked authority of federal and state governments. mr. pell received his phd from notre dame in 1996, hiss jd. from cornell law school in 1981 and his b.a. from haberford college in 1976. mr. pell worked as a

we are on the edge of a total eclipse in carbondale, illinois.sun is peeking out. but the cloud has cleared just far enough away. the final flare of sunlight appearing through one of the lunar valleys will make its way through. look how dark it is getting, anthony. check it out, look around. it is amazing. >> reporter: it is amazing to hear the crowd's roar echo across the campus. >> there it is. look at the corona, see it? >> reporter: there it is. >> oh. [ cheering and applause ]. >> reporter: carbondale, illinois gets its total eclipse. defying the clouds. >> the cloud moved in for a moment and i thought it was going to ruin this party but the forces of darkness united and did something good for a change. boom, here we go. look at that. [ cheering and applause ]. >> reporter: wow. that is something. when i'm looking through the glasses right now you don see a thing, it is dark. when you take the glasses off, it is a total eclipse. the ferrari family from england is watching right now. what do you think? >> it is amazing. everything has gone da

with thanks to southern illinois university, i'm anthony mason in carbondale.h the president's address. >>> tonight -- >> it feels kind of illegal doing this. >> britney spears' live surprise. >> it feels so weird. >> no backup tracks, no lip syncing, how she is silencing the haters. >> i never really spoke about it. >> plus -- taylor swift tries to eclipse the eclipse. her bizarre social media blackout explained. and is she planning a duet with katy perry? >> i'm down. >>> who is joining katy on "idol"? the new stars in talks to judge. >>> and the passing of a comedy legend. our time with jerry lewis. >> is this going to be on television? oh, god. >>> plus jay-z on his infamous elevator fight with beyonce's

he was admitted to practice in the state of illinois and the united states supreme court and the court of appeals for the seventh circuit and six circuit and several other federal courts. next, but not next on the dais is terry powell who is at the end. terry is president of the center for individual rights. a nonprofit public interest law firm in washington d.c. dedicated to the individual liberties against the aggressive and unchecked authority of federal and state government. he received his phd from notre dame in 1996. his jd from cornell law school in 1981 and his ba in 1976. prior to working to cir he works for an attorney from 1985 until 1988. he was a deputy assistant secretary for civil rights and the u.s. department of educatio education. he later served as general counsel of chief of staff at the office of national drug control policy. mr. sharkey is the executive vice president for the american association of educators. he oversees the day-to-day operations of aae including providing members benefits to tens of thousands of members nationwide, expanding membership each year

the next stop is around here in carbondale, illinois.fully this will dissipate a little bit. i have covered more than a hundred shuttle missions waiting for them to launch or not launch. it's always 50/50. you see it or you don't. >> if nothing else we will get darkness. we are hoping to see the actual eclipse, itself. this is something you have to deal with as a scientist cracking this, right. >> absolutely. they have done statistical analysts about one timeout of eight of those that folly clipses miss it. they pick places where skies are historically clear. even here in carbondale where we normally have good weather -- a now miles from here the sun is shining. >> mason: i think when people see this it goes black. but it goes blue? >> a deep blue. a deep twoeu light. the corona produces light of almost a full moon in the middle of the day. >> mason: we are starting to get what feels like darkness. i think it's the eclipse and not the clouds, maybe both. we will kill the lights. if you have followed the broadcast we have turned off the l

nbc's kerry sanders reports from carbondale, illinois.nd your friends may be ready for the total eclipse, but when day turns to twilight, strange things can happen. [ howling ] >> reporter: reports dating back centuries have revealed bizarre behavior in the animal kingdom. records found by the american academy of arts and sciences show in 1544, birds ceased to sing during the eclipse, and in 1851, a colony of ants stopped moving until the light reappeared. another study found that chimpanzees would climb and point to the sky. so will tomorrow look like a scene from the hitchcock film "the birds"? >> my gut is there's nothing to worry about as far as animals going out of their minds or some chaos or animals starting to stampede, all of a sudden attacking people. it makes for a good science fiction movie, but this is not science fiction. >> reporter: ron mcgill works at zoo miami where the eclipse will be around 80%. >> bird, animals that are normally active during the daytime might start shutting down as they see that light go down, about

we are six minutes away from carbondale, illinois. i understand there fsz cloud overthere, is that the case. it may impair visibility here. . i don't know if you can sense the difference from the prior time that we talked to now, the atmosphere has changed completely. now it is one of anticipation. you see there was a band that is silence now. people are starting to get really excited pointing to the sky. i don't know if you can hear it all around me, but the temperature also cropped considerably. mother nature is just amazing in these moments. little kids are holding hands with their parents and the crowd is just going wild over this, craig. everyone putting these glasses on, they were giving when they came into the stadium. i'm just getting goose bumps here. nasa is giving out these binocula binoculars, and they're safe to watch the eclipse with these. so people wearing the classglas and some watching with the binoculars. they have been giving safety instructions to people over the mega phone. there are people with blankets behind m

the governor of illinois after the war, spots these rge.north carolinians getting ready to make an attack. he orders his men to draw sabres and prepare to make a mounted charge. it is all done with a great deao of noise, withn. bugles and everything. all of that commotion attracts the attention of james keith marshall, the colonel of the 52nd north carolina who sees the yankee troops preparing to make a mounted charge. what does he do? hehe orders his soldiers to hal and form a square. why do you form squares? cavalry horses won't charge a hollow square, plus you can deflect them. the 52nd north carolina deploys in a square out there. their movement to do that is in turn spotted by colonel biddle i who orders his men to fall back from mcpherson's ridge to position on seminary ridge. hap this mounted -- feinted mountedn charge that never even happened saves an entire division of the first corps of the army of potomac from getting its flank welled up. they fall back to position along seminary ridge. they take up a position with the gamble's b

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: in carbondale, illinois, today, the spirit of america on full display. as strangers came together along the ribbon of totality, they found common ground. >> too bad you can't bottle this up and take it away. >> reporter: and when a lingering cloud finally cleared, shared joy. our country, deeply divided on so many issues, unified. >> but this is something you sit down at the dinner table tonight with your family and talk about. >> definitely a great distraction from all the nonsense you see on a daily basis. >> reporter: in a moment of darkness, a light went off. democrats and republicans sat side by side and set politics aside. >> there's more that we love than what we hate, right? don't you agree? >> i agree with that. and we share the planet earth. >> democrats, republicans, but we're all one. >> reporter: as the moon blocked the sun, not only did the temperature drop from 108 to 94 but so too did the heated arguments about politics and race. >> even with everything that's going on, you got all different type of faces and people out here that came tog

this is not just an illinois issue.owever, for all the things we can do to make the funding tools work better and have better access to them, i don't think the money is necessarily the fix to all of these things. an infusion of funding for cities like chicago, oklahoma city, little rock, some of these bigger places that have the capacity to take it in and use it for infrastructure projects makes a lot of sense. the point i mentioned about having 400 independent water utilities, some of which are very small, many of those communities do not have the technical capacity, staffing or whatever, to be able to receive federal funding, to be able to apply for it. the issue there is governments and fragmentation of the system. right? we have a hand full of water sources, groundwater, river water, yet we have 400 utilities managing these different systems. many areas of the country are just like this. when every municipality has its own utility and the utility operates essentially as public works department, a lot of decisions th

with thanks to southern illinois university, i'm anthony mason in carbondale.h the president's address. ♪[ music ] >>> so right now, we're under a threat for storms and flooding. parts of two maryland counties were under a tornado warning for a portion of the evening tonight. let's get over to topper with the latest. >> checking these pictures out, adam. this is from st. mary's county, and they were under the tornado warning between 5:00 and 5:30. forecaster nicky took this. and it looks to me like tay picture shows something on the ground. here's even a better shot of pretty much the same storm. a great pick you are -- picture there. we do have reports of trees down. massive flooding, this is at trinity

it is now visible over the midwest as we're making the point there in illinois. it is making its way to the east coast. let's go to connell mcshane on the east coast here in new york city. he is at an eclipse party there at none other than a place where they really appreciate this stuff, the new york city museum of natural history. connell? >> reporter: they love it here, trish. i was listening to all of jeff's report. i couldn't see what he saw but listening to him describe it, it was like you were there. i was hanging on every word. that was just amazing. we're about halfway there, the crowd is getting into it. we'll not get into the zone of totality. we're not in that zone. we'll get to 3/4 of the way. i'm putting my glasses on i want to take a look at the sun to see what it looks like. 2:44 p.m. is the highest coverage. we're 50% more. every time a cloud crosses over, you get a big roar from the cloud. when the crowd passes people are excited because they see the sun again. fabio is here with his little ones, five-year-old, 7-year-old, lives in new york. orig

she saw susan b anthony and central illinois when she was eight years old. susan b anthony asked who in the audience believe women should have the right to vote, as a stood up. old she that was a memorable experience, it definitely has a connection 1910. state from 1848 read about the same time as the women's conference in seneca falls women and men were timeling west and at that at 1850 congress passed the land claim law. anybody who came to the oregon --ritory before 1849 god 640 received 640 acres of land. thatnteresting thing is amount of land, half of that was in the woman's name. if you are a single man you got half of that. if you are a single woman you got half of that. half of that acreage was in the woman's name. right away women have land claim ownership. that was a important part of the oregon trail area -- air up. territoryst legislative meeting that becomes our capital city the early delegates wanted to pass women's suffrage in washington as part of a first legislative session and that territorial congress for washington. it got voted down. it

the eclipse will linger for two minutes and 41 seconds in carbondale, illinois.usands are expected to pack the football stadium at southern illinois university for a watch party this morning. >> google has been preparing for nearly one year for this eclipse teaming up with uc berkeley to create a mega movie gathering 1000 volunteer photographers to take pictures across the country and the images will then be uploaded to the server so the engineers can put altogether. >> google promises that they will have a three minute movie ready the day of the eclipse. it is really a cool project. >> they plan to have it posted online this afternoon. >> i cannot wait to see all of the online images. >> it is going to be really cool. we have been jumping up and down for this for quite some time now. we have our clock on the screen and the countdown like we did for the super bowl. this is exciting from oregon all of the way into the south carolina area in charleston. just a little factoid for you. a solar eclipse happens only during a new moon and it needs to be between the sun

as representing illinois as a u.s.now the holiday will be celebrated beginning next year. >> we've got some sad news out of hollywood. actors chris pratt and anna ferris announced they are separating after eight years of marriage. they issued a statement saying we tried for a long time and we're really disappointed. we still have love for each other and will always cherish our time together. pratt and ferris have been one of hollywood's most popular couples. they're asking for privacy as they help their four-year-old son work through this. >> a new number one movie at the box office. dark tower is number one at the box office right now. it brought in less than $20 million during its first weekend. it's the adaptation of sixty five haven't king's novel. "dunkirk" came in the emoji movie came in thirdly. >> this friday we'll be in culpeper. come out from 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. maureen is going th to be there, tuckttucker and kevin is going o be there and they would love to see you in culpeper. it will be a little bit of

anthony mason begins our coverage in carbondale, illinois. off front-row seat.hey say that's one of the best places to be. hello. >> reporter: it is indeed and they're lining up outside saluki stadium on the campus of southern illinois university. 14,000 people will fill that stadium for the eclipse. carbondale is calling itself the solar eclipse crossroads of america. we're on the campus of south earn illinois university where thousands will gather to enjoy the solar skeptical. the moon will completely cover the sun here for a little over two and a half minutes, longer than anywhere else in the country. >> it's a once-in-a-lifetime. i mean, i moogt not be around for the next one. >> reporter: in the countdown to one of nature's grandest spectacles, serious astronomers to the casually curious, are already looking to the sky. >> these are 20 by 80 binoculars, usually used on naval vessels. this is so good that you can see sunspots on the sun right now. >> reporter: at the center of eclipse mania, carbondale, illinois. the small college town, home to southern illi

let's go back to illinois again. we are roughly 60 seconds away now, by my count, sam champion. >> here we go, craig. >> my kw > >> my goodness. >> reporter: it's pretty incredible. you can hear the crowd starting to cheer. the sky is definitely darkening. everyone looking up at the sun being covered up by the moon. the air temperature is getting colder. let's take a look at the crowd right now. it's -- it's an extraordinary thing to behold. and physically, it is getting colder. by the second. they say a 60-second countdown. people are out here cheering. and if you look with the special glasses and through -- here we go. here it comes -- >> look! >> reporter: here comes the shadow. >> woo! >> reporter: reminder, it is 10:19 in the morning here in oregon. >> and we have it. >> reporter: but it feels as though we are getting into the late hours of the evening. the sky is going dark. >> my goodness. that is what totality looks like. >> reporter: we are now in a virtual -- total eclipse. of the sun. >> reporter: i've got

in illinois which will be in the dark the for 2:40 thousands will pack the sold out football stadium. >>t' to really please americans and make them think differently. >> it's the fifth largest city totality. hotels here starting selling ou >> lauren and her family rented an rv andtexas. >> it's going to be an credible. the sky and all the glow. >> the phillips family drove here from oklahoma ampin out. goi u won't be able to see the to look like a ring of fire. >> i imagine at the moment ofto awe and i want to feel everybody in the same emotional state. i empowering. >> and an experience that few will ever cbs news st. joseph, missouri. >> cbs news will bring hour special report with correspondents coast-to-coast covering the eclipse. eastern, noon central here on cbs. this morning the rebegan annual drills that north korea warns could ge uncontrollable phase of a nuclear war. the 11 dayra involves 17,000 american and 50,000 south korean troops.rill heightened launched two intercontinentalis last month. president trump will outline the new strategy forhe afghanistan during a televised

kerry sanders, nbc news, carbondale, illinois. >> pretty exciting day today.te you spending part of your evening with us. that is "nightly news" for this monday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. tching and good night. >> hopping on teenage and doing a duet with taylor swift this sunday. ♪ swish, swish >> is that going to happen? >> listen, just like the sun and the moon, are taylor and katy combining their power? this is "access hollywood." swift just ended her social media eclipse, but what's with the snake? >> i have been doing a lot of thinking. >> going off script on the vegas stage britney speaks her mind. >> who is this?