this is cheating, of course. >> reporter: at 71, james taylor is as busy as ever. ♪ when ripple rosewe sort of set up in this space behind us. >> reporter: whether it's recording and producing his own albums -- >> you can see our list of songs that are on american standards' album. there was something about the actual thing of having an echo chamber. >> reporter: or building his own echo chamber. >> here's the key, i think. >> reporter: from an old shipping container. ♪ oklahoma where the -- >> hello? >> reporter: another project, a deep dive into the wellsprings of his own creativity. ♪ in my mind i'm gone to carolina ♪ >> before long my folks bought land on morgan creek. >> reporter: a memoir out on audible about his early days and growing up in north carolina with his parents and four siblings. >> we were kind of isolated out there. as kids we seemed to have hours of empty time. a fantasy could last all afternoon. i don't think i would have become a song writer if i had not had all of those free days to let my imagination roam. >> reporter: james taylor was 19 when he wrote "carol

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james taylor was here earlier this week, and we weren't able to air all of it.you tonight, more sweet baby james! when when did your first album come out? >> that came out in this country in '69, in england, in late '68. >> stephen: when was "sweet baby james?" what was it like to be breaking on the scene at that time? >> to be in london in 1968 and to be signed to and recording with the beatles, seeing them every day in the studio -- >> stephen: this is the part that people may not know is that you were the first non-english act, or non-british act-- >> non-beatles. >> stephen: first non-beatles-- >> first act -- >> stephen: other than the beatles signed to apple. >> yeah. >> stephen: how did that come about? >> you know, it was just good luck. but, of course, it followed a number of years of bad luck. so, but-- ( laughter ). >> stephen: i guess that's how that works. >> yeah. i was introduced to peter asher, who, of cou hrse,adn asion of -- >> stephen: peter and gordon. >> peter and gordon, yeah. peter really, he's the one who gave me my big break. >> stephen:

a song that helped make a legend of james taylor.tar on the concert circuit, he's most at home living the country life as i saw firsthand. >> i don't sit still very well. i need to have something to occupy me particularly if i'm trying to concentrate on getting work done or >> pauley: before james taylor can kindle the flames of his imagination, he likes to split kindling for his own little fire in the wood stove in his studio in lennox, massachusetts. where did you learn to do that? >> i too grew up in the sticks. >> pauley: james, i had a suburban childhood. we were girls. we didn't start fires. at 71, james taylor is as busy as ever. >> we sort of set up in this space behind us. >> pauley: whether it's recording and producing his own albums. >> you see the list of songs on american standards album there was something about the thing of having an echo chamber. >> pauley: or building his own echo chamber. from an old shipping container. another project, a deep dive in to the well springs of his own creativity. >> before long my folk

. >> have you ever heard of james taylor? >> "sweet baby james," "fire and rain," classic james taylor put him on the map. he's been around for almost 50 years and coming out with his 19th studio album but also an audio original, "break shot," which is narrated about him and by him so you're really getting the full james taylor. coming out with his 19th studio album so getting ready for it, "american standard" which is really about, you know, the love of songwriters and the songwriters who wrote them. super great, super classic. just a great songwriter and great guy. >> all of this coming just in time because james taylor will be performing on "gma" on friday. >> yes. >> we need an air horn for that. >> we could probably make that happen. you just want to hear -- [ air horn ] >> even james taylor needs an air horn every now and then. >> all right, if you want to binge some tv, what are you recommending this weekend. >> who doesn't want to binge tv? okay, "seinfeld" is my favorite show of all time. bob odenkirk actually was inv

we are back now with the legendary james taylor. listen to this.eing inducted into the rock and roll hall of new album "american standard" is out today. his audio memoir "break shot" out today on audible. welcome, gosh. [ applause ] >> really, really great to have you here. this new album covers classics that go back decades. this must have been really hard to decide which ones go, which ones to keep, which ones you have to let go of. >> it was a little difficult. these are all songs i've known since i was a kid and a lot of them sort of arranging them on the guitar when i was younger taught me to play really, so they're all pretty familiar tunes and it's basically a guitar album. i collaborated with my friend john pitzarelli here. [ applause ] >> and you are about to go out on tour. take them out on the road. >> we will. it's coming up, a tour of canada in april and then jackson browne and i will be touring the states this summer. >> yeah. >> there's that. [ applause ] >> and because you're not busy enough you have this audio book that's out now.

a lot closer than expected you're looking at the numbers but i want to mention of course that james taylor is joining me. professor of politics said usf and john dennis john as chairman of the san francisco republican party as we wonder on those numbers but can i just say real fast maybe a moment of silence for andrew mean he was kind of funny cide to see him go yes it's our is is it is a sad time to see him. >>and then they go in the same day at the same time. even as additional winnowing process continues on so by andrew young has some great ideas, a universal, a gift the note, that i guess on and i think it' anywhereentry and he's. >>could a future whatever decides to do people want to hear from you i was kind of funny was just sort breath of fresh air all right we've mentioned of course, sanders projected the winner pete buttigieg very very close behind him. >>but a very strong finish for any club that shark. let me ask you gentlemen, what did you find interesting tonight. i think what you talk about the performance of be sure. >>i think the performance of people to choose i think peop

. >> all right his name is not james taylor it is bill karins, but carolina is still on your mind this morning. i did butcher it a little. >> a for effort. virginia beach now under a winter storm warning that came in this morning. almost to raleigh, too, now. 14 million people impactedment southern virginia and north carolina, the snow will be later on this afternoon into this evening. charlotte could go from rain to a little bit of snow maybe only an inch raleigh looks like 2 to 3 inches mostly right around the evening rush hour. that area in purple e eastern north carolina, i lived ere fothd to your local nbc station to take you through your first winter weather event of the season >>> that's really the crazy thing. by the time we're done north carolina will have more snow than d.c. and philadelphia >> that's a jarring number >> so unpredictable. thank you, bill. a para glider in california made a very unexpected landing when he crashed into power lines causing widespread outages in the area firefighters were on the scene three hours before the guy was free and taken to the hospital

jackson browne, j.d., linda ronstadt, joni mitchell, james taylor. is it difficult to reveal it constantly to so many people? why do you have to do this? >> i feel an obligation to people and to myself to try and share myself, maybe as honestly as i can. ♪ i left my folk and friends with the aim to clear my mind out ♪ ♪ well i hit the rowdy road and many kinds i met there ♪ ♪ many stories told me all the ways to get there ♪ ♪ ooh ♪ so on and on i go the seconds tics the time out ♪ ♪ there's so much left to know and i'm on the road to find out ♪ >> everyone was just trying to do whatever came into their head. >> in the early days paul and i, we wanted to be the goff and king of england. they were very big those days. >> we had no idea who the people were, the mysterious mr. king was. wrote the songs, chains the beatles did, i'm into something good. which was part of the british invasion. we did discover this remarkable woman, carole king. >> carole king made the transition from being behind the scenes woman to a star in her own right. ♪ i feel the ear

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you take profitser >> nicols in front of a steam roller >> james taylor. >> nicols on the train tracks>> what does it matter if you pick up nicols with things coming at you it's going to hurt. >> trade school. >> deep and funny but we got to go. >> of course we do. >> another winner today was twitter. that stock topping on earnings, twitter report the biggest quarterly user growth with active daily users hitting all-time high. stock the best day more than a year is twitter a name you should own, jeff. >> growth was great and expectations low i heard you talking about it on halftime but it's worth repeating. looking at sellside analysts eight buy ratings and 35 hold or sell ratings the sentiment is low if you see foregood quarter it's possible that shifts that becomes a catalyst this is my opinion but it doesn't seem like they have gotten ads right yet. when i'm on twitter i never click on ads on instagram i'm constantly clicking on adz. i know there is a difference if neck get it right that could be a catalyst to faster ad growth i like the name here. >> it's the fourth quarter of acce

james taylor is here telling us why his new album is his childhood soundtrack. good morning.their own safety". there have been more than 40,000 cases of the virus globally, mostly in china, with four so far in the uk. let's speak to our china correspondent, robin brant. there is something about this story, it is changing all the time, isn't it, what is the latest where you are? what is interesting where you are, ramping up in the powers and a signalfrom the are, ramping up in the powers and a signal from the uk are, ramping up in the powers and a signalfrom the uk government are, ramping up in the powers and a signal from the uk government that regards coronavirus is an increasing threat to people in the uk. here in china, the death toll continues to increase, as does the number of people infected. yesterday saw the biggest single increase in a day of confirmed deadly cases. now up to 908. but what we have is the beginning of the back to work period, really. we are supposed to see that today. here in shanghai, we are seeing more shops open, more people are definitely on the s

caucuses get underway, we will break down the democratic race, with our political science professor, james taylore white house continues to heat up. >>> good morning and thank you a beautiful look outside this morning. those skies are blue, it's beautiful weather, we will try not to feel guilty as we enjoy every drop of sunshine this weekend heading our way. maybe it'll rain this weekend. maybe not. welcome to mornings on 2 it's february 22nd kyla has been dancing to the music this morning. >> i love to dance. it's a lovely day, that is about right. >> lovely. >> if you're in san jose your like what are they talking about? things will clear up soon. it will all change. >> patients. >> it's coming. >> patients. >>> the problem we are having despite the lovely weather is the last time we had rain was generally 28th. a whopping 25 days we have been in the dry spread and we would love to see a change. the system made its way down the coast of california unfortunately all the has been delivered to us as clouds. san jose has cloud coverage, if you sprinkles perhaps coming from the rain in modesto. i do

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james madison and teddy roosevelt. but three of them -- harrison, taylor, and garfield -- were exceptionally short due to death from illnesssidencies, and maybe one president lacks the inclination to repaint, you've got your 17 layers right there. after generations of repeating their family legend, the meisters now know they spoke the truth all along. you went from rejection to respect. how'd that feel? >> we had solved a mystery. >> bill seale encourages them to donate the plinth on the spot to the white house historical association. they say they're inclined to, but first they need to find out what it's worth. did you have a number in mind that you thought it would be? >> no. >> what about you, larry? you did all the running around. >> you could shoot real high on this one, just from the fact of how much historical value it has. >> and when the meisters get the appraisal, they'll have some thinking to do. that's next. what's your "strange inheritance" story? we'd love to tell it. send me an e-mail or go to our website -- strangeinheritance.com. there's a company that's talked to even more real people than me: jd power. 4

james madison and teddy roosevelt. but three of them -- harrison, taylor, and garfield -- were exceptionally short due to death from illnesshallway isn't repainted during those presidencies, and maybe one president lacks the inclination to repaint, you've got your 17 layers right there. after generations of repeating their family legend, the meisters now know they spoke the truth all along. you went from rejection to respect. how'd that feel? >> we had solved a mystery. >> bill seale encourages them to donate the plinth on the spot to the white house historical association. they say they're inclined to, but first they need to find out what it's worth. did you have a number in mind that you thought it would be? >> no. >> what about you, larry? you did all the running around. >> you could shoot real high on this one, just from the fact of how much historical value it has. >> and when the meisters get the appraisal, they'll have some thinking to do. that's next. what's your "strange inheritance" story? we'd love to tell it. send me an e-mail or go to our website -- strangeinheritance.com. the better question would be where do

taylor things the sell-off is overdone. when you look at the 2009 swine flu epidemic didn't really have material impact on earnings, he says meantime, piper sandler's analyst sarah james says if were more children were to be impacted here in the u.s., we could see a tick up in medical costs from er visits because they have a lot of kids on their roster but both say the underlying condition that's making this sell-off worse is political. bernie sanders has moved higher, that's when you've seen the insurance sell off a victory for him, along with a senate sweep with represent a threat for medicare for all. back over to you guys. >> now for a check on payments kate rooney has been watching those stocks. >> payments companies taking a hit this week after warning travel and spending could be impacted by the coronavirus. pay pal and master card both cutting first quarter guidance mastercard on pace for its worst week since 2008. palpal has seen its first week in two years square is bucking the trend after an earnings beat yesterday. the cfo telling me they don't expect a material impact from the virus. square gets roughly 95% of its revenue inside the u.s. and is less expos