they are retracting the janet jackson abuse story.o or last week people were saying janet jackson got into an altercation with her niece, paris jackson. and that she snatched the cell phone out of her hand. >> there was mutual slapping. janet slapped her. paris slapped her back. >> called her some names. >> spoiled little -- >> spoiled little -- >> tmz is now saying that though they believed the story to be true when they published it, they confirmed it was not correct. janet did not slap or otherwise touch paris nor did she verbally abuse her. they're retracting it wholesale. >> hard to imagine slapping a little girl and saying that kind of language. i know it was a heated family drama. but it's hard to imagine that. >> not miss janet. >> miss jackson if you're nasty. that's good. at least they came out, said we got it wrong. you said they do get a lot right. >>> all right, cuba gooding jr., talked about this story yesterday, apparently, something in a new orleans bar, 2:00 a.m., an arrest warrant. as he allegedly got annoyed. fans w

rejecting explanations from her uncle and aunt janet jackson paris pleads gishthly to t dire the public. >> if any one sees my grandmother call the police or this number. thank you so much. >>> where is grandma? the teens tweet sets up a nationwide search. >> took down a report we have been attempting to contact her. >> a bizarre family drama plays out in full view at the heart his money and the fact that father joe and siblings including the four involved in this escapade randy, jermaine, ja a

and minors. >> after the slap janet jackson told paris jackson your (bleep). >> it wasn't a slap it was a trying to grab her cell phone. >> 9 days and counting. so help me god i will make whoever did this pay. >> day 10 wednesday july 25th. realing from reaction to the team's pleas the older jacksons relent. >> wie did go to the phone and they feel they can visit with or talk with their grandma at any time. >> but now even some of michael's lib sings share his children's concern. >> we have been told that our fath mother is safe she is doing well but we have not spoken with her. we have not talked with her. and i don't know where my mother -- i don't know where my mother is. >> finally 10-days after her disappearance catherine jackson reemerges and speaks to the world. >> there are rumors going around about me that i have been kidnapped and held against my will. i am here to state to let everybody know i am fine, and i am here with my children and my children would never do that thing like that hold me against my will. >> whether her 10-day disap

>> really gentleman janet jackson is dating a billionaire, the most successful of the jacksons, but apparently her mom spends a lot of time in her las vegas home, so the executors are asking a judge to pay her rent partially, her mortgage, a partial payment monthly. she's like, mom spends time there. i don't know if this is because the executors of the estate are trying to get the rest of the family off their back? i don't know in janet or her mom requested this, but this is odd. >> justidoes his will provide t care of his mother? >> yes, if does. >> we'll see what happens. >>> now, janell monroe. >> janell monet, you might know know her, she always wears tuxedos, but she is being feature in the september "vogue" and the new cover girl. this is her look, but she's not a household name, but she'll be one after we see her ads. this girl's really talented, underground, a great sound, and she's beautiful. i'm excited to see somebody different-looking in a cover girl ad. >> i'm glad you tell me she's not a household name. >> she really is underground, yeah. >> we like the look. what do you want tom

not to be outdone, your favorite -- one of my favorites is janet jackson's "control."1986? ready? ♪ now i'm all grown up this is one of my favorites. the jay giles band "centerfold." ♪ my angel is a centerfold >> so nothing ever really changed with you. your musical tastes have not changed. that is basically what you're telling me. friend of mine wrote a great song for barry manilow back in 1981. it was david pomerantz wrote this for barry manilow. ♪ bring back the old times ♪ maybe she'll lay her head on my shoulder ♪ >> two of my favorite people barry manilow and david pomerantz. he had surgery. i talked to him yesterday. he is doing great. big news, he is going to try to make his concert this weekend in omaha, nebraska. he is going to make up his concert dates. wants us to come at radio city. is doing great. hopefullgoing to bring his broadway show called "harmony" in very soon. glad you're doing so much better. here is my favorite song from 1986. >> "walk like an egyptian." >> that's not kind. ♪ walk like an egyptian >> i have told my relatives in egypt there is a

marlyn jackson said he was being kept away from his mother katherine jackson and blamed janet, randy and jermaine for it. this was a huge blowout on monday. some of it was caught on video tape. the police came in. some reports said t.j. jackson put randy in a head lock and punched him in the mouth. which is weird because i don't even know there was a t.j. jackson. i guess he is tito's son. this whole family needs to go for a long moon walk in the park together and straighten this all out. someone said that grandma katherine had been kidnapped by her own children. in a plot to get money from michael's estate. last night katherine jackson appeared on "nightline" to let the world know she is fine. >> there are rumors going around me that i've been kidnapped. and held against my will. i'm here today to let everybody know i'm fine and i'm here with my children and my children would never do a thing like that, holding me against my will. that's very stupid. very people to think that. >> jimmy: she's wearing a bullet proof wig. since katherine left and went to arizona, a judge granted tempor

. >>> plus janet jackson breaks her silence on the allegations that she slapped her niece, paris. >>>macaulay culkin addicted to heroin? the new headline. >>> brad pitt the gangster? >> i don't know what it is with these guys. they can't keep their mouth shut about nothing. only "e.t." has the first scenes from "killing them softly." >>> plus, the action debut of tom cruise's son. connor's new movie. >> you've seen the photos of michael douglas and matt damon in the new liberace movie, what liberace's real-life lover told us. >> kind of like a father/son relationship. >> but you had sex?

janet jackson. all fighting the tabloids. can they win?e celebrity is definitely trying to make a statement. >>> engaged jessica biel at the big "total recall" premiere. >> where is mr. timberlake?

. >>> plus janet jackson breaks her silence on the allegations that she slapped her niece, paris. >>>macaulay culkin addicted to heroin? the new headline. >>> brad pitt the gangster? >> i don't know what it is with these guys. they can't keep their mouth shut about nothing. only "e.t." has the first scenes from "killing them softly." >>> plus, the action debut of tom cruise's son. connor's new movie.

. >>> janet jackson isn't backing down. lawyer for the singer said late friday that she'll continue to fight the executors of michael jackson's will. it gives only family matriarch katherine jackson and michael's three children a stake in the lucrative estate. janet and siblings randy and rebbie jackson insist they're not motivated by money. instead, they say they're challenging the will because they believe it's a fake. >>> president obama celebrates his 51st birthday today at camp david. the weekend will be a quiet one for the first family, but next week they'll hold birthday-themed fund-raisers from north carolina to california. meanwhile, mitt romney will spend the day campaigning in indiana. >>> clint eastwood made romney's day friday. the actor endorsed the republican presidential hopeful at a fund-raiser in sun valley, idaho. eastwood says he thinks the country needs a boost. >>> now let's get a check of today's weather. tropical storm ernesto with top sustained winds of 60 miles per hour is about 300 miles south-sou

rejecting explanations from her uncle and aunt janet jackson paris pleads gishthly to t dire the public>> if any one sees my grandmother call the police or this number. thank you so much. >>> where is grandma? the teens tweet sets up a nationwide search. >> took down a report we have been attempting to contact her. >> a bizarre family drama plays out in full view at the heart his money and the fact that father joe and siblings including the four involved in this escapade randy, jermaine, janet and rom

rejecting explanations from her uncle and aunt janet jackson paris pleads gishthly to t dire the public the police or this number. thank you so much. >>> where is grandma? the teens tweet sets up a nationwide search. >> took down a report we have been attempting to contact her. >> a bizarre family drama plays out in full view at the heart his money and the fact that father joe and siblings including the four involved in this escapade randy, jermaine, janet and

she looks like a cross between michael and janet jackson together. it's such a great video.> which was done better by doris day back in the '50s. >> please don't -- >> sorry, hoda. i'm going to bring in my version of que sera que sera with doris day. she could be watching from carmel right now. >> i love her. don't upset lisa lisa cult jam. >> is it okay or not okay for artists to sell songs for commercials? >> kathie lee says, you own it, do with it what you please. >> hello, it's america. we have some rights left. hoda said i'll take the song and my harry any way i can get it. >> you added in harry. we are drinking a delicious wine. >> yes. it is delicious. in honor of the 30th anniversary of newman's own. it's a chardonnay, retails for just about $10, $9.99. newman's own. >> it's good. >> i remember when he started this for the hole in the wall gang up in the westport area. it's the 30th anniversary this year. paul was among the very, very first ever to start a business particularly so that he could put every penny of the profits into a charity he cared about. >> that's g

is it this janet jackson, what have you done for me lately attitude? that prevents that?> it's the shock of the recession. this was not a normal recession at all. we have these cyclical recessions, but i think this was obviously the crisis and the crash, the catastrophic conditions that happened in late september 2008 and then of course kind of early through 2009, before the recovery began, i think this was such a shock to the american people that it kind of devastated a lot of us. just economically, psychologically, i don't think we're nearly through with that. i don't think we have really recovered in any sense from that crisis. and so i think that people may have had unreasonable expectations. maybe people thought the president would take office and things would get better, instantly, immediately, this robust recovery, and that didn't happen. that was unrealistic. that was unlikely. recoveries from that kind of crash don't happen ever. the combination of just the severity of the recession, the expectations were probably a little unrealistic, leave this lingering sense

. >>> more jackson family drama. this time janetdy jackson are finally confessing what they've been trying to do. so what is it? hey, can you hear me? >> reporter: i'm sorry. hi, carol. i'm sorry. i was having a conversation. >> it's okay. we're sorry to interrupt. >> reporter: i'm sorry. i didn't know you were coming to me right now. good morning. >> good morning. we're talking about the jackson family and the latest drama. >> reporter: we are. we are. yeah. you know, it is a drama. this whole jackson family drama took another turn late friday night. we're talking about this statement issued by janet jackson blasting the attorneys of michael jackson's estate. they vowed to keep up their fight to have michael's will thrown out. but they denied their efforts were motivated by money. here is what they said, quote, it is important to stress that janet, randy and reebie have questioned the will with no financial motive whatsoever. they stand to gain nothing financially by a finding that the will is invalid. this blames the executors for

marlyn jackson said he was being kept away from his mother katherine jackson and blamed janet, randy and jermaine for it. this was a huge blowout on monday. some of f it was caught on vide pe. the police came in. some reports said t.j. jackson put randy in a head lock and punched him in the mouth. which is weird because i don't even know there was a t.j. jackson. i guess he is tito's son. this whole family needs to go for a long moon walk in the park together and straighten this all out. someone said that grandma katherine had been kidnapped by her own children. in a plot to get money from michael's estate. last night katherine jackson appeared on "nightline" to let the world know she is fine. >> there are rumors going around me that i've been kidnapped. and held against my will. i'm here today to let everybody know i'm fine and i'm here with my children and my children would never do a thing like that, holding me against my will. that's very stupid. very people to think that. >> jimmy: she's wearing a bullet proof wig. since katherine left and went to arizona, a judge granted tempora

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she lost like a cross between michael and janet jackson together. it's such a great video.some rights left. hoda said i'll take the song and high harry any way i can get it. >> you added in harry. we are drinking a delicious wine. >> yes. it is delicious. in honor of the 30th anniversary of newman's own. it's a chardonnay, retails for just about $10, $9.99. newman's own. remember when he started this for the hole in the wall gang in the westport area. it's the 30th anniversary. paul was among the very first ever to start a business, particularly so that he could put every penny of the profits into a charity he cared about. he loved his hole in the wall gang. they're all over the world now. >> really? >> yeah. they're in ireland. >> delicious. >> this is delicious. >> what's cool in the pool? >> you know what's cool in the pool, brian lochte and brendan hanson. >> the two of them. >> our ed watson is back and our makeover team with a brand-new look. ♪ the one and only, cheerios people really love snapshot from progressive, but don't just listen to me. listen to these happy p

in a new statement, three siblings of the late michael jackson are denying the fight over his will is over money. janet reby claim they have isolated their mother from the rest of the family and barred them from visiting michael jackson's children. >>> another day, another chapter in the chick-fil-a saga. in a protest aimed at the chain's president who opposed gay marriage, the kiss-ins set a record when customers flocked to the restaurant for a show of support for the chain's president. more on the london games. ryan lochte turns about how turning down fast food changed his performance. >> instead of having one or two practices that were great, i would start having weeks and weeks that were back to back having great practices and it was all because i watched what a ate. a little snack. on a wednesday. at 2 am. get that great taste anytime with kingsford match light charcoal. in paradise valley, arizona, where tonight we switched their steaks with walmart's choice premium steak. it's a steakover! this is perfect. the meat is really good. one of the best filets i've had. see look how easy that is to cut

jackson. a judge just reinstated katherine as guardian of michael's kids. jermaine's waving an olive branch. and tmz retracted their report that janetlapped paris last week. but this morning, another jackson bombshell. >> it's sort of in their genetic makeup to create drama and chaos wherever they go. >> reporter: last week, flanked by her children, katherine scotched roomers she had been kidnapped. >> they're stupid to think that. >> reporter: but in statements admitted to a california court during thursday's guardianship hearing, grandma jackson is painting a slightly sinister picture of those ten days c convolessing at an arizona resort. i was never informed that prince, paris and blanket and t.j. were trying to reach me. last week, she said -- >> one reason i haven't called because i just gave up my phone. i didn't want to have any phone calls. >> reporter: now, she says her phone was, quote, taken away. the phone and tv in her room didn't work. one morning, i woke up to the sound of the television. while there was no picture, i heard a broadcast that stated i was missing. katherine's lawyer tells abc news, mrs. jackson stands b

reporter: jackson is on the ballot in november for a tenth term in congress, but so far, there is no timetable for his treatment. for "today," kelly o'donnell, nbc news, washington. >> dr. janet taylor is a psychiatrist who works with patients with bipolar disorder. she's with us now. dr. taylor, good morning. >> good morning. >> help us understand, first of all, what's bipolar 2 disorder. what's that mean? what are the symptoms? >> so, bipolar disorder is a mood disorder and bipolar disorder has two things, they have high highs and low lows. so, you have a major depressive episode or recurring episodes and then mania or hyplamania. that's an episode and then hyplomania generally lasts between four to seven days, where you have irritable, self-esteem decreased, need for sleep, maybe more talkative than usual. >> obviously we don't know his past medical history, but it seems like the information from his wife as well as his famous father, that this happened suddenly. is that usual with bipolar 2 disorder, which he's been diagnosed with? >> one of the symptoms is major depression, so you can develop that, although typically with bipolar disorder, there may have been underlying