partner of james baldwin's brother david whom she met in 1964. later, jimmy would refer to his sister out of law. when jimmy house in st. paul -- thank you. david and carol first visited jimmy there together in 1977, from amsterdam where they were living at time. they drove there to celebrate his buying the house. carol visitedded in 1974 and again several summers from 1975 into the '80s with daniel. she and daniel made nostalgic ries its after jimmy died and his father david there as well when he became very ill. carol was very active participant in the afternoon sessions at welcome table where the author sought criticisms of his work and completed an in early hours daniel fondly recalls his uncle jimmy hand in hand up to the town center, visiting villages in the area, being taken on sightseeing tours to the, to paris, swimming in the pool in the mornings and to the ocean air yum in monte carlo and being taught chess and astounded finding baldwin's books in many strange languages for him in the house. carol is long time upper west cider, and long-time patron

jimmy baldwin, however, remained. this time he welcomed us like long lost friends.he established a work pattern and an entourage. he had a chauffer large enough to double as a bodyguard, a cook, a companion named philippe who acted as a kind of secretary/manager and various others whose function is less easy to describe. there would be a dancer or painter in tow, old lovers or associates from some project in the offing or projected or long past. they came from italy, america, algeria, tunisia, finland. brothers and nephews passed through. we were rarely less than six at table and more often ten. the cook and the -- [inaudible] came and went. the men stayed on. they treated their or provider with a fond deference as if his talent must be sheltered from invasive detail, the rude matters of fact. they answered the phone and the door. they sorted mail. there was an intricate hierarchy of rank, a jockeying for position that evoked nothing so much as a provence court who was in favor, who was out, who had known jimmy longer or better or where, who would do the shopping or

baldwin's impression of you? here's alec. [ light laughter ] >> it's pretty good. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it's not bad.about -- there's always like a back room or a a kitchen or something. where did you start? did you start singing? you were a waiter? right? >> in astoria. >> jimmy: yeah, in astoria, queens. [ scattered cheers ] >> right. >> jimmy: when did it click that oh, this is going to work? i'm gonna be a -- >> i listened to the audience. if they like it, that's it. >> jimmy: i guess so. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. >> jimmy: but there's cool stories -- here's a picture of you and frank sinatra eating hot dogs in tuxedos in a place in miami. which i just think is so fun. you and frank have a cool relationship. you had a great relationship. >> well, i was -- you know, i was his favorite and he was my favorite, and i couldn't get over it. >> jimmy: really? >> he was a phenomenal artist, a beautiful singer, and a great person. did you meet? do you remember meeting frank sinatra? >> i met him at the paramount theater. i went backstage when i had my first two million-selling records "because

baldwin responded release her tax returns and i will stop. >> political influence.>>> late- night talk show host jimmy kimmel will host the oscars in february. according to the academy of motion pictures arts and sciences sources. according to yahoo news the academy did not immediately respond to requests for hosting awards for jimmy kimmel. >> sources will say shut up. >> he made a statement with the line you might be a red. >>> jeff foxworthy is being praised for his kindness. the comedian bought groceries for woman in front of him at a georgia grocery store. so her groceries weren't bringing up properly and her kids were getting antsy and a is she? she gasped when she saw it was jeff foxworthy. he paid for the groceries and snapped a picture with her and there it is. >> you might be a red if you hook up with the person in front of you in line. >>> cam newton says he stands by his coaches decision not to start him during sunday night's game. >> to do hear why? coach rivera benched the quarterback because he didn't wear a e tion the team flight to seattle. at 7 1/2 hours. is replacement through an in

jimmy: he doesn't drink, though. it's not a drinker. over the weekend donald trump took time out of his busy schedule to attack alec baldwin's impersonation on him on "saturday night live," which is unprecedented. and he also went to a villains and heroes theme costume party thrown by one of his major donors on long island and somebody got a donald trump with his former campaign manager kellyanne conway. who by the way could just as easily be out in front of our building posing for pictures with tourists. in that costume. trump told reporters he was dressed as himself. and he was. there's no doubt about that. but you know, trump's been busy assembling his cabinet. his nominees are all pretty out there. as of today the least-controversial person in his cabinet is a guy named mad them is all over cable news. i wonder how closely regular people are paying attention. today we went on the street and asked pedestrians, people walking by our theater about a bunch of new trump cabinet appointees. instead of real people we used the names of comic book villains. and that went exactly like this in tonight's appointment television edition of "lie wit