listen to the full-length interview with chip and joanna gaines.urs. >>> next week we're at home in tennessee with a music icon sheryl crow on a life that began in small-town missouri and a talent that made her one of the most populrtists of all time. sheryl crow next week on "sunday today. >>> coming up this morning, we want to hea how you are apngour celebrations on this extraordinary easter sunday. use #sundaytoday on twitter, facebook or instagram and we will get to as many as we can when we read your sunday mail at the end of the show. >>> coming up next on this easter sunday, a remind of the power of family as we renew our connons while confined to our homes togeth. >> all these has-on crafts and experiments you guys are doing, doouhink you would have been doing them if you weren't in quarantine? >> definity not. >> not to this level. >> no way. >>> and later, a life well lived. the teacher who for a quarter of a century changed the young - oh. - what's going on? - oh, darn! - let me help. lift and push and push! there... it's up there. hey j

audiences introduced to chip and joanna gaines on hgtv's "fixer upper."er upper? >> reporter: when the texas power couple bowed out of the show in 2018 after five seasons, chip and joanna didn't slow down. expanding their lifestyle empire which now includes a restaurant, a bakery, an upcoming tv network and social media stardom. joanna has over 12 million followers on instagram where she shares cooking videos. >> we'll just use parsley. >> reporter: along with snapshots of life on the farm i kids. now joanna is coming out with her second cookbook "magnolia table, volume 2" that contains 145 new recipes all aimed at bringing people together. >> well, it's a perfect time for a cookbook. as we know a lot are sheltering in place and hunkering down. what does that look like for you and chip and the family right now in waco? >> i would say the thing we've done the most during this time is cook in the kitchen. it's been a way we felt connected and been creating and messing up. yesterday i probably made the biggest mess i've made in quite some time but me and the

chip and joanna gaines next week on "sunday today." >>> coming up this morning, your answers to our questions#sundaytoday on twitter, facebook or instagram and we'll get to as many as we can when we read your sunday mail at the end of the show. >>> good sunday morning, bay area. we are waking up with a micro climate weather alert. we are expecting heavy rain throughout the afternoon. you can see it already pushing through on satellite radar. we have heavy pockets moving through the monterey and central coast of california up to the north bay as well, and looking closer as we zoom this in to the san francisco area. minor pockets. san jose got heavier pockets overnight. you can expect to keep the chance of rain with temperatures topping out in the upper 50s and windy conditions. >>> next on "sunday today," this palm sunday brings the beginning of a holy week unlike anyone ever has seen with the faithful observing at a distance. boston light, america's oldest lighthouse, has stood strong through every dark hour and bright dawn our country has endured. it has seen the break in the clouds before a

that's chip and joanna gaines and the whole family doing a fake book signing for joanna's new book magnoliaable volume 2. her book tour was recently canceled. the family decided to hold their own signing. you can see the whole thing on joanna's instagram page and willie geist will revisit his sunday sitdown with chip and joanna. you don't want to miss that. bring a lot of smiles to faces. >> count on the hour. april 11, 2020. we want to begin this half an hour with a check of headlines. the worldwide death toll from coronavirus has surpassed 100,000 with the united states accounting for 2,000 of those deaths in the last 24 hours alone. that is the highest total here yet. but there is some good news. intensive care admissions are down in new york state and in california. though officials are still warning americans to stay vigilant. meanwhile, the president is mulling over when and where to ease social distancing restrictions so that americans can get back to business. >> organizers of the popnt for time ever in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus. burning man, which draws 80,000 fes

. >>> tomorrow we have joanna gaines with us.y is getting through the quarantine and more. >>> but for now, let's go to "pop news." lara is at home quarantining. hey, lara. >> hi, guys. good morning, happy monday, everybody. we're going to begin with some music stars shining bright as we all fight this pandemic. sir elton john who just hosted that star-studded virtual living room concert with artists like mariah carey and alicia keys, well, they raised $8 million for covid-19-related charities and now the rocket man has done it again, donating a million dollars through his foundation specifically for people whose immune systems are compromised due to hiv. elton sharing the news on his twitter feed. take a look. >> for almost 30 years my foundation has prioritized the most vulnerable people to hiv to end the aids epidemic, and we're committed to this during the covid-19 crisis too. we are with you. we are thinking of you. we will not leave anyone behind. >> and pink is also in the news this morning reporting that she and her son a

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