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. >> reporter: shannon and her sister kelsey went to school right at home. their mother, pam, devoutly jehovah's witness, was their teacher. >> i loved it. i don't think that i missed out on any aspect of my education. >> reporter: there were strict guidelines, of course, about beliefs, family, marriage, sex. there were no birthday or holiday celebrations, and they learned that members who commit adultery or who divorce, can be cast out, shunned. shannon and kelsey's dad gerry didn't share the faith but he respected pam's, though he was never a real fan of the home schooling. he wanted them to go to public school, but pam wouldn't have it. >> she always wanted us to be this tall and be her little girls. you know, she very genuinely loved us, and we were her world. >> reporter: well, you were her reason to be. >> yes. oh, yeah. >> reporter: but finally when it was time for high school, pam relented. >> i think she realized that you can't control an environment for a child forever, though. >> reporter: what was it like to make the transition? >> it was a cultu

this is devan, this is kelsey and this is andy. and t fabulous. >> my mother marie, doris roberts. >> e.t. visit the set of raymond more than 20 times and & we learned doris was a beacon not only for women in their golden years but all women. >> who other crazy broad do you know that is a 71 years of age. i'm out there and my kids tell me i rock and i'm rocking. i represent a world of women that are dismissed because they're older and i'm out pnd working and winning awards. that's great role model. >> yes it is. we'll be right back. wars prize pack include a private tour of lucas film studios. it's online on etonline.com. >> travel considerations provided by. >> 10 million people watched the voice last night and they had a surprise when they heard say that. >> that's probably going to be my last album. that's probably going to be my last album. coach on the voice from now on. >> that's not true and thankfully it really isn't true. >> it's not and blake was just joking of course because he said this album was going to be his last be

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. >> now kelsey is up for an acm award this sunday, female underwood and miranda lambert.nging peter ppn with nick jonas. >> i have never driven a stick shift until today. >> i heard. >> i could never do kit in real life, but in the video world. issue. and it is a very serious discussion. women's health is under assault across america. >> reporter: clinton appealing to moderate and independent women who will be key to a victory in november. she is also reaching out to younger women, who back sanders by more than 30 points. they like sanders' populist message and are not driven by the prospect of the first female president. >> i can honestly say that my faith in bernie sanders is just overwhelmingly more than hillary clinton. a tough question for me. >> to close the enthusiasm gap, a scary picture for any one other than herself as president. for some sanders' supporters that's not enough. >> i don't trust what she is saying, she seems to use diversion tactics and doesn't seem as open and transparent as bernie. >> sanders didn't mention trump's comments today. in response to

. >> when kelsey's postcard from cochella. >> brought out all the stars. >> we take you stage to stageor celeb sightings. >> and number three is kerry washington changing her social media. >> i have cute pictures of my kid. >> plus our insider bonus. maks is back on dancing. >> kinder gentler maks. >> what did maks said that made peta blush. >> now hollywood from the i out, it's the insider together with yahoo! >> the live action film the jungle book taking in about $104

. >> reporter kelsey stealer says the vast majority of subscribers won't drop their plans. >> netflix is something everyone uses whether their friends are coming over, watching by themselves, everyone has to know what's going on with house of cards and everything. so i think people will talk but, ultimately, everyone's going to depend on it heavily. >> on the upper feast side, >> are you torn up about it? >> i don't think so. i think it's actually worth it. >> still a bargain. >> origin is the new black, breaking bad -- >> walking dead. me and my walking dead. >> everything's on it. >> we've got to get game of thrones there. >> i've got something for that. >> the aspca and the alliance of new york city's animals held the first paws parade. madison square park and marched to union square. many were able to find the perfect pet and to give that animal a loving, new home. >> duke is here now with a look at what's only coming up in sports. >> hello. matt harvey on the round. the first of their ahh... yeah! ahh... ahh... ah. you probably say it a million times a day. ahh... ahh! ahh... ahh

so nominees we have are kelsey ballerina,. >> ballrini. >> all right, we also have dana kramer, miranda lambert, kacie must graves, kerry end wood. what do youy? >> i'm going carry underwood, new baby, new music out, i'm going with my katie pick. >> katie had babies, she deserves awards, kate had i babies, she deserves award. >> why can you not love katie. >> i'm going with miranda lambert. she has had a rough year with the whole blake shelton divorce. you know, i love mir canada. she is a tough cookie, and i hope she comes out on top. and maybe she is going to be for the seventh time in a row female vocalist of the year. >> that would be very well deserved, but then also the male side. so male vocalist of the year, here are the picks, what do you think, andy? >> i'm going to go with chris stapleton. he rocked the house at the cma's, he's won gram thinks past year, he's going to be the guy to keep an eye on. i know we don't hear a lot of him but people who know him love him. and i think will be hard to take this away from him. >> okay, how about single record of the year? >> you know, t

but i think the plan was for stewart to go next. >> thank you, kelsey.maya has just emphasized, process is important, rules are important. rules shape the way the budget happens as they shape other things. and as the chairman said, about roughly 2/3 of spending in the united states right now is in the form of mandatory programs, which have very different rules in terms of how they are developed as the rest of the budget. and the social security and medicare programs, the major entitlements for the elderly are now roughly half the entire federal budget itself. and that's really important in terms of its implications, it means that these programs are on autopilot, whereas major and important programs like defense, like money for the homeless, for students and so on, are argued over every year in the traditional budget process itself. meanwhile these other entitlement programs, like the mighty mississippi keeps rolling on, without any -- unless there are major changes made in those programs. paul has also mentioned the national budgeting round table that th

this includes, jim, by the way, kelsey warren being interviewed to protect stockholders' rights.ith people familiar on the williams side, they say, listen, we want this deal to happen and we believe by asserting this w we make it more likely that it does happen. they don't believe it will affect the timing of it. i will won't to one interesting thing in the lawsuit itself that's kind of funny. there was back and forth behind kelsey warren where they said, come on, would you be open to considering ways for e.t. to address challenges more equitable to williams stockholders, williams responded in sum and substance that no one was going to tell him how to run his company. >> holy cow. this is -- this is just bloody. and obviously e.t. is going to be very stretched. how do you like that for being diplomatic. very stretched. this is amazing. i don't think they realize when you sue the ceo, it's very personal. >> the company that you're getting together with. >> yeah. >> wow. >> don't want to touch e.t. or williams. it's too hot. just too hot. >> got it. >> what's on tonight? >> we've g

to be there,d hawaii representative kelsey gabbard, actor danny devito and justin long, and the band grizzly bear. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] tuscaloosa,explore alabama. tv, we willhistory visit the archaeological site and learn how the native american culture lived from about the 11th through the 15th centuries. >> welcome. in its heyday, melville was the largest city north of mexico and contains the remains of about 30 flat top mounds. .e are standing at mound b it contains about 12,000 cubic yards of dirt to this would have been where the structure for the highest ranking ruler for the highest-ranking clan would have been 10 originally, scientists thought they were completely built by one basket load of dirt at a time. recent research indicates that the base of the mound and possibly the sides of them were initially built with blocks that were filled in with clay. give a lot more stability to the structure as they we

. >> kelsey led a march through campus with a petition signed by 100,000 calling for the university givems of sexual assault. >> we want to look at whether and how information is shared and look at the perception that students have. >> it's not a perception. it's something that's actually happening. that's again them not believing us. >> i don't know why they need a study. there's overwhelming evidence. >> it's a schools who's priorities are out of line. >> you probably heard about laremy tunsil. up next the latest on the media hack that could cost him millions. only glucerna has carbsteady, to help minimize blood sugar spikes. and try new glucerna hunger smart to help you feel full. customer service!d. ma'am. this isn't a computer... wait. you're real? with discover card, you can talk to a real person in the u.s., like me, anytime. wow. this is a recording. really? no, i'm kidding. 100% u.s.-based customer service. here to help, not to sell. proof of less joint pain.his is a body of proof. and clearer skin. this is my body of proof that i can fight psoriatic arthritis ...with humira. hu

this is kelsey and this is andy. and they're fabulous. >> my mother marie, doris roberts.here is a tombstone, it will say she doesn't give in. she doesn't give up. and she never takes no for an answer. >> spoke to ray romano at a comedy fast one day after the raymond cast got together to celebrate doris. >> she meant so much to all of us. people sometimes say hey, she is known for my show. they seem like i made her when in reality she made me. i was a nobody. >> another update, the show's madeline sweeten and mom elizabeth were with us for another loss, sawyer sweeten, jeffrey on the series who was madeline's real life brother and twin of sullivan who was also on the show. sawyer committed suicide after suffering from mental illness. >> sullivan has said since sawyer passed that when he looks in the mirror and he sees sawyer now. because they look exactly the same. and that's really touching, i think. >> we shared with them our "e.t." footage of happier times on the set. but it really struck elizabeth. >> just the timing of it to be here around the time. it's been hard the

kelsey from our office was at the dance party yesterday and last night. it hit a lot of people. everyone feels it here. so sad. liz: we have the makeshift memorial has that sprouted up at paisley park. a 4:00 p.m. news conference. we're two minutes away. as we do, let me get your quick thoughts on the market. we have the fed meeting next week. put up names you like. one of them, frontier, has a 7% dividend. as we start to see rates tighten does that hurt dividend-paying stocks? >> i don't think it hurts frontier. frontier is dividend-paying stock. it is 7% plus. i don't have a huge price target but i think the dividend is well-covered. this is the telecommunications company and we sold verizon and at&t which think were overpriced. we bought frontier. we can get price appreciation. liz, you mentioned sell in may, go away. think year it is really appropriate statement. in the first quarter, it felt like we had a whole year's worth of action already. liz: stand by the, mike canning call. sheriff of carver county. >> car per county. >>> this is mayor denny lautenberg. chanhassen. i'

and we're going to go to court to enforce every right we have to do it. >> but how about what kelsey'se here during this period. ete has gone up, it's doubled. energy transfer partners is up again today, 34. this thing was down to 20. while he has been fighting this battle, david, these stocks have gone up dramatically. he may have a chance to issue equity etp if he wants to. etp i think he can't afford to cut distribution after you saw cal -- but he's giving himself a break. not unlike the countries that talked up before the doha, this may be working for him. >> he has four looked not particularly good and some wonder how bad things really are there, jim. >> that's true. >> but we'll keep following this, the spread is going to react to any new reporting on this, but it would appear these guys may have yet another court date in their future. we'll see. we'll see. there's more reporting to be done. so i'm actually going to go do that because there's some people here who might be worth my talking to. >> just to reinforce that, david, before you do that you have keith meister on today. >>

. >> when kelsey's postcard from cochella. >> brought out all the stars. >> we take you stage to stage for celeb sightings. >> and number three is kerry washington changing her social media. >> i have cute pictures of my kid. >> plus our insider bonus. maks is back on dancing. >> kinder gentler maks. >> what did maks said that made peta blush. >> now hollywood from the i out, it's the insider together with yahoo! >> the live action film the jungle book taking in about $104 million in the u.s. alone and over $293 million worldwide. >> yeah. it is definitely a blockbuster and it's intense as well so we brought back our parent experts to answer any questions your kids might have. that's coming up. >> the number one story today george clooney's star studded democratic fund-raiser for hillary clinton and his face-off with protestor >> don't think that slowed him down. oh, no. tonight we go inside clooney party planner.

kelsey who paid $800 a month was one of the first to sign up but then lyft started slashing fares. >> this is not economically viable any longer. we have had five rate cuts since i started driving. >> reporter: today's meeting is set for 9:30 this morning in san francisco. >> what about mandatory fingerprints for drivers? >> reporter: yeah. you know, uber and lyft have been fighting that proposal fiercely. it looks like the public utilities commission will be taking up the issue again in 60 days. live in downtown san jose, kiet do, kpix 5. >>> it is 6:02 right now. let's check the roads with gianna. how's it looking? >> it's not too bad actually. some better news to report across the bay bridge this morning. we had a broken-down vehicle right at treasure island. that's cleared out. traffic better across the upper deck. quite a few delays toward the toll plaza out of the maze and off the eastshore freeway as well as north 880 in oakland. metering lights are turned on at 5:30 so busy there. once you get past that, eastshore freeway easing up into san francisco. cummings skyway in the cl

things they have been reporting this morning, for example, the efforts in the belief of some that kelseyn, the man who runs ete to put it bluntly by lowering protections in s4 that are below what people believe they should be, and issuance of the convertible, and you mentioned the lawsuit to try to rescind that to the insiders and most recently having latham and watkins and say having, but unbleer what happened and offer a necessary opinion on the taxable nature of the transaction that it needs in order to go forward. and what are you thinking when you sit as a board member and see all of these things happen by the partner? >> well, so, there is a lot to the question. and there has been at lot of the market commentary around it. it is not appropriate as h me in a board member to he said/she said debate. but stepping back as a large shareholder here, you laid down a lot of good points removed from many. remove ourselves from the noise. that is what it is, noise. right now, we are going through the period of the us versus them. in some point it is presented to the shareholder vote when the

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, eastwood and other hollywood heavyweights including gary sinise, jon voight, jerry bruckheimer, kelseyll members of a group called the friends of abe, that is until this week when the group suddenly called it quits. and reports are that it's all because of one man, donald trump. joining me to discuss all this is the deputy social media editor at the daily beast. and with a big welcome to you. so you wrote this week about this effort among members to form a coalition to stop trump. what happened? >> yes. well, it's so ongoing. there were members of friends of abe and hollywood republicans who are very pro-cruz who are doing everything they can and starting to form sort of the embryo of a game plan to try to stop trump before the california june 7th primary. this could take any form in terms of lobbying behind the scenes to try to get other high-profile endorsers like clint eastwood or patricia heaton, also hollywood conservatives, to come out for ted cruz. it could involve fund-raising, and there is talks of cutting psas or commercials. so the effort there still exists because that didn

sirman and grizzly bear -- [cheers and applause] cesar vargas, justin long, sally kohn, congresswoman kelseybard, assemblyman jawani williams -- [applause] and one of the great actors in america, danny devito! [cheers and applause] welcome to the political revolution. [cheers and applause] you know, when i was a kid growing up in flatbush -- [cheers and applause] our parents would take us to prospect park. they till have the seals -- they still have the seals and the elephants. all right. but i was never here speaking to 20,000 people. so thank you all very much for being here. [cheers and applause] this is a campaign that is on the move. [cheers and applause] this is a campaign that a year ago was considered a fringe candidacy, 70 points behind secretary clinton. well, they don't consider us fringe anymore! [cheers and applause] this is a campaign that has won eight out of the last nine caucuses and primaries. [cheers and applause] and with your help on tuesday, we're going to win right here in new york state! [cheers and applause] this is a campaign which will defeat donald trump -- [cheer

. >> as kelsey said this is 24-year tradition and dancers volunteer all their time to our cause, whichs providing therapeutic diets and meals to people battling life threatening illnesses. we could not do this -- this is our largest one-night only performance. and we expect to have over 1,200 people to come see a one-of-a-kind show. >> how much money do you expect to raise? >> we will raise over $150,000 that evening, which will help provide many, many meals for many people in need. >> got to make you feel good to know the kind of good your dancing does for -- >> it does. and the audience, it's always well received. it's fun for us on stage. and it's so much fun for everybody who comes as well. and then to know that we're helping so many people. it's special. >> and you leave every year you want to tell your friends you have to go see shut up and dance, but it's over. it's one night only. you'll never see it again. >> one time only. you got to tell your friends all about it. once again, shut up and dance annual benefit performance being held saturday april 9th at 8:00 p.m. we've posted

let's go on to our calls, republican line, kelsey from illinois.hat to do think of last night's results? caller: i thought it was fantastic. i have been a republican for 40 years and i am definitely a donald trump supporter. i am trying to run a campaign for him. let me say one thing about this year's nomination. if the republican party keeps working against what the american people want, there will be another party, there will not be independent, it will be what the people want. i do not think the republicans will turn against donald trump just because the republican party has. i find it discouraging. harm do you think it might donald trump's chances in the general election if he emerges as the nominee? caller: it has and i do not understand this. i cannot understand how one party can turn against another when it is obvious that the american people want this person in. mp does not get the nomination, he should go on his own because he has the votes. it does not matter about the party. host: that is kelsey from illinois, talking about the gop race

. >> one of those new girls is the new female vocalist of the year, kelsey, but there was room for established to shine as well. >> i hope you like my coat. i had to do something to overcome all those long legged women i have to work with around her. >> reporter: after receiving a special award for a film about her life, she shared the stage with katy perry. ♪ jolene >> reporter: and after being up for the award four times previously -- ♪ >> reporter: jason aldean was finally named entertainer of the year. >> well, that was one that was just -- it just wasn't meant to be. this year, you know, was our year. >> thank you, guys, very, very much. i love you. thank you. [ cheers and applause ]. >> reporter: jason absolutely was so thrilled about his win. when i spoke to him back stage, he had no speech prepared and forgot to thank his mom. thank you very much to jason's mom. you'll hear much more with my conversation with chris stapleton as well as miranda lambert. she had a lot to say and also talked about the high energy performance, the amazing performance that she had with z.z. tops, billy gibb

. >> host: kelsey, may you be pressured as america's favorite playwright. have we co-opted mr.hter] >> guest: i think -- shakespeare was born in england, but america adopt canned him. and i think -- adopted him and i think returned him to the world as a global citizen. i think there is something about the ways in which in an open-hearted way americans took on this writer, took on his voice that freed him up to become something that he never could have been if he remained on those shores. and to go back to the beatles, you know, these two countries have been trading things. rock and roll left america and went to the u.k., and then it came back with the beatles. but this is what cultures do with each other. they take their art form and say, well, let's do this. and then it comes back. and so i think your question is a really great one. i think he is an american writer in some way, but he's also a trinidadian writer, he's a south african writer, he's a writer in chinese, he's a filipino writer. this is the way great art works, it travels. >> host: we have a gentleman at the mic. >

okay, kelsey, you have a question for jessica. >> yes, were you good when you first started playing baseball and dad break out the video and it's like -- it's t-ball, an stick, okay but i had a big smile on my face, a passion for the game and i was not very good but i worked hard. olympics, i mean, i'm telling you what, it didn't start off good but ends off well. >> she's won olympic gold medals. didn't start off well but ended really well. that's a good one. equal time here. how about darnell. bring it on home. your question? >> so, when you began your transition off the field was your ultimate career deal to be an analyst. >> my ultimate? my ultimate career goal to be an analyst, no. i graduated from stanford and wanted to actually move to d.c., work on educational reform. we have bernie sanders here earlier. i wanted to be a senator and get involved in politics and making the olympic team and never quite made it to d.c., but obviously being an olympic athlete, tv was kind of always a part of what i was about and it led to where i'm at now. it's crazy. >> you've got a great future. you'll

. >> reporter: kelsey recently led a protest march through campus with a petition signed by more than0 calling on the university to give immunity to those who report rape or sexual assault. >> i'll be happy to take these and we'll personally deliver them to the president. >> reporter: the university says it is now studying current practices and procedures. >> we want to look at the relationship between the title 9 office and the honor code office. we want to look at whether and how information is shared. we want to look at the perception that students have. >> it's not a perception. it's something that is actually happening, and that's them again not believing us. >> i don't know why they even feel the need to do a study. like there's overwhelming evidence. so many people have socome forward. >> it's a school whose policies are very messed up right now and aren't in line with what love and mercy is. >> reporter: cnn, provo, utah. >> i want to take you back to that hillary clinton event here in new york. she's speaking to inner city school children. let's listen as i take you to break.

i love that kelsey ballerina, but i'd wear longer pants today. it's going to be chilly. this is hitting, sticking and making for a mess in morris we've been talking about snow in parts of the hudson valley. it's sticking and accumulating. the concern is going to be the one to three-inch line. it changes to rain, then exits as a little snow, mainly rain for the city and south and west. we have a freeze warning that kicks in. the weather turns very cold tonight. you have to be on your game. alex is home right now with lovely georgia, but kyla will get you to work. >> yes, john. >>> we have trouble on the roads, unfortunately already this morning. in queens, an accident blocking two lanes. on the northbound van wyck expressway, and look at that traffic. delays back to hillside avenue now. all the way back to lyndon boulevard. and in bedminster, a truck fire has all lanes closed and detoured on 287 northbound at exit 22. delays back to route 78. trouble there. we head to elizabeth, route 1 elizabeth avenue due to a downed pole and wires from an earlier accident. so a detour

actor kelsey grammer and future nba hall of famer timothy duncan are all from the virgin islands. and the first female physician of this body as a member of congress, my predecessor, donna christensen, is a virgin islander. during the time of exploration of slave trade, our geographic location maid up the hub of western hemisphere commerce for several centuries and served a crucial role in naval military activity in the caribbean basin. and so nearly a century later, the united states purchased the virgin islands from denmark for its geographic importance. on march 31, 2017, the virgin islands of the united states will celebrate 100 years as a possession and part of the union of the united states. and this bill, h.r. 2615 establishes the virgin islands of the united states centennial commission to research, plan and develop and carry out activities the commission considers appropriate to commemorate, and i say commemorate, not celebrate, commemorate a more solemn and worthy endeavor, the 100th anniversary of the virgin islands of the united states becoming an incorporated territor

cheers and applause] [chanting] my great pleasure to introduce the great congresswoman from hawaii, kelseybard. [cheers and applause] aloha, new york. we have a lot of veterans in the house. i want to give a shout out to our brothers and sisters who have given their sacrifice. piece moreeciates than those who have experienced and seen war firsthand. and war veteran, i know the real cost of war. during my first deployment i served in a medical unit where every single day that cost stared me back in the face. as veterans we know what it means to have a commander-in-chief who has the mindset and judgment to know whether we should use military power. just as importantly, when not to use that power. that's why i have endorsed bernie sanders to be our next commander in chief confident he has the intelligence, the foresight, the good judgment to make sound decisions when it comes to that most important question of war or peace. [applause] so, we have a clear choice before us. new york, this is an important one that you will be voting on soon. a clear choice between bernie sanders and, on the othe