janelle snowden, host at vh1.ut michael jackson, we always talk about the icon, the man, the pop singer. but today he became a human. we talked about his fatherhood. but a friend. a friend. >> absolutely. i think when brooke shields got up to speak about their friendship, as much talk as she admitted it was, that helped humanize it in a way that no one else could have done. she gave a great quote, i believe it was from the movie, the charlie chaplin movie that -- >> the smile song. what a moment that was. unbelievable. we've got much more to get to, folks. taking your calls, 1-877-tell-hln. [ music ] >> welcome to comcast local edition, i'm donna richardson, and my guest this hour is christine bergmark who is the executive director of the southern maryland agricultural development commission. welcome, christine, it's good to have you here. >> thank you for having me. >> that's a big mouthful, and i know that you're working on an extremely exciting program, bi-local challenge. >> it is an initial that we launched t