are stars like carrie underwood and kelly clarkson getting ripped off? ♪ the hidden dangers of processed meat. what is really in your hot pocket? we'll watching out for you toght on "the willis report." gerri: well, if you watch the show anytime at all i've been warning about this for some time. now it i taking a step closer to reality. listen to this. the government wants to raid your retirement account. that'sight. in his new budget to congress, next month, the president will propose a broad range of new tax hikes specificallyargeting people who have spent years saving for rtirement. probably like you and me. ric edelman, from edelman financial will be here in just a second to talk about that. but first, the white house has officially thrown in the towel on deficit reduction. the president's new budget contains more spending and more tax hikes. the center of the president's an to reduce the deficit, a cut in social security benefits, now gone. here with the latest is heritage foundation's romania. great to have you here. we're talking in the show tonig

kelly clarkson now we know her name but she did not know the contracts. sophisticated the enough. >> this is the company that supports "american idol" so to say that all of these artists are basically getting shafted. but the company gets the revenue that comes from at. gerri: so that was where i was going. so the background is complicated in to i don't know but do the hardest typically gets the shaft? >> yes. said they are coming forward to say we are smart enough to realize you drafted the contract a certain way sales verses' licensees deducting royalties. >> the point i want to make of was not the effective consumer it is millionaires versus billionaires'. [laughter] but it is the age-old problem. if you think back to the of petrol lug this is how long people fighting for royalty is. gerri: we have all streaming of music how does that impact that? >> and buses -- in this sense not the consumer you still pay for that licensing but it will come down to who gets the money from all of the sites and it should be 50/50 with the artist and distributor. >> con

on an old sam cooke song called bring it on home to me and we did a duet with i did do it with kelly clarkson who really yeah and etta james sugar pie fan toast on call in the basement it's really fun it when you sing duets to do one have to harmonize with the other sometimes yeah i mean i think you know the best duets are where you can kind of trade lines or trade verses and then come together on the chorus and countries and doing a forever right yeah improv sinatra really did the first really major pop where he be wedded with other people i didn't know that and do what but other than that you know tony bennett didn't sing with steve lawrence why rock what country music was done yeah there's been some big duets i mean i don't think there are as many as as we should have you know i think the fans really enjoy when you know i've been able to do some amazing to us i've been able to do it with bob seger jimmy buffett about garth brooks i haven't sang with garth brooks i think i know why. he won't sing with his wife are well that's yet you get you never seem see you do it right up that's ok we li

stars like kelly clarkson and carrie underwood are suing sony music for unpaid royalties. suit saying sony had under paid royalties for digital streams of music by the stars from the show's early season. >> the jobs immortalized on a u.s. postal stamp next year. the apple co founder who died from cancer will join many other icons for limited release stamps. it is in donesign development. won't know what it looks like for a while. >> many are wondering how we can trust the agency and if the agency is equipped for the obamacare penalty. we have the story. >> good morning to you ainsley. shocking findings from if the latest inspector general reports from the irs. the agency is not ready to manage the affordable care act. they found loopholes to get out of paying taxes itself. taking improper tax exemptions for travel. travel records involve 31 top execs who receive an average reimbursement of more than 51,000 dollars. they recommended the irs document the protocol for travel and vetting out reminder about travel policy is barely a tap on the wrist. if they can't manage their

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you have fergie, you have kelly clarkson, jessica biel and catherine guidici from "the bachelorette"e. so alex and jeremy, you wowed us. here we go. on your marks, get set, go. >> okay. >> which one? which one? which one? >> oh, my gosh. >> we'll do that. >> six, five, four, three, two, one. terry. >> well, congratulations, you got three right which i think is pretty great. >> not bad. >> shall we reveal which ones you got right. you were right on alex -- >> put up your celebrities. >> this is catherine guidici from "the bachelorette." alencon lace and threw a belt on as well. the second dress was made famous by jessica biel in the light pink >> that's right. >> fabulous. austin scarlet a trendsetter and fashion forward and a lot of celebrities started wearing that since and kate middleton. even though it's traditional she ushered in the long sleeve and people are wearing it ever since and the fourth look kelly clarkson, you know, very romantic, similar to her style. we saw a little beaded lace, the illusion sleeve on trend right now and last look that was fergie in the rusch taff fa

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you don't have a kelly clarkson or carrie underwood yet. >> more than anything, you're learning the processable to introduce some new things greater than that, not to compare to other shows, but this one is so positive. and it doesn't really highlight, i guess, us tearing the talent down but building the talent up. and with the support of america and online purchases as well as do downloads and instagrams. it's being connected with not only our core base but also, too, introducing people in a light that would represent them, you know, successful on the show or have a career afterwards. >> cee lo surprised a lot of people by saying he will not be back on "the voice." will we be seeing you more on "the voice"? >> i'll be here on season six. as with all of us, we have our creative process we're working on. music is what you know and love him for, i'm just staying tuned to see what happens next. >> carson was telling me when you sit in the judging chair, you put your leg up a lot. >> yeah. >> is that a source of power? >> i don't know if i can get my leg up. >> we need to see these shoes. what