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and lionel richy singing "lady" to his friend kenny rogers.ny rogers. that was very touching. then the scene steeler of the night, it was silk sonic. bruno marches and the performance was amazing! >> stephanie, thank you. i have to go back and watch all of it now. >> i know. >> me too. you have to watch that. at least watch that performance. >> for you, yes! that's next. thank you, steph. thanks to everyone for being with us. i'm poppy harlow. >> and i'm jim sciutto. "newsroom" starts right now. >> hello, everyone. i'm kate baldwin. thank you for joining us. we're standing by for president biden's covid-19 response team. they're about to update us on the latest in the fight against the pandemic. we'll bring that to you as soon as they begin. you can really expect today that we're going to hear more

to his friend kenny rogers. it's a song he actually wrote for kenny rogers. that was very touching. then the scene steeler of the night, it was silk sonic. bruno marches and the performance was amazing! >> stephanie, thank you. i have to go back and watch all of it now. >> i know. >> me too. you have to watch that. at least watch that performance. >> for you, yes! that's next. thank you, steph. thanks to everyone for being with us. i'm poppy harlow. >> and i'm jim sciutto. "newsroom" starts right now. >> hello, everyone. i'm kate baldwin. thank you for joining us. we're standing by for president biden's covid-19 response team. they're about to update us on the latest in the fight against the pandemic. we'll bring that to you as soon as they begin. you can really expect today that we're going to hear more on the vaccine effort and the rollout nationwide. moore states are expanding eligibility every day. you can see in the numbers that the vaccine rollout is ready speeding up. the united states is averaging more than 2.3 million shots per day. with saturday marking the largest single

she grew up in flint michigan listening to loretta lynn, johnny paycheck and kenny rogers. >> i was reallywn to country music. i love the stories beginning, middle and the end, the songs always had a resolution. >> she had doubts about being a singer herself because she didn't see any country music stars that look like her. >> i kind of pushed it down a little bit. then i figured out maybe it's supposed to be me. >> reporter: she then moved to nashville ready to chase her dreams. >> i thought i'm on my way. >> little did i know that there really isn't much love for people of color in country music in nashville. so regardless of how much i loved it, they didn't think i would sell or marketable. >> reporter: according to song data, between 2002 and 2020 there were roughly 11,500 unique songs played on country radio. in those 19 years there's only 13 black artists among those songs and only three black women. in total songs by black women received .03% of radio airplay. >> i had a cowgirl hat, i had boots, have long hair. already made myself into what i thought would be accepted. that wasn't

. ♪ ♪ and michigan, listening to loretta lynn, johnny paycheck and kenny rogers. >> i was drawn to country loved the stories and middld d a resolution. >> reporter: she had doubts about being a sinner, herself. she didn't see any country music stars that looked like her. >> it was like, what are you doing? what are you thinking? i pushed it down a little bit. then, i figured that maybe it was supposed to be me. >> reporter: after graduating college, getting married and building a life in california, >> i thought, i was on my way. little did i know that there is not really much love of color in country music in nashville. regardless of how much i loved it, they didn't think i was going to sell or that i was marketable. >> reporter: according to a song data, between 2002 and 2020, there were roughly 11,500 unique songs played on country radio and in those 19 years, there were only 13 black artists among those songs and only three black women. in total, songs by black women received .03% of >> i had a cowgirl hat and boots and i had long hair. you know, i had already made myself into what i t

up in flint, michigan, learning to country music legends like loretta lynn, johnny paycheck and kenny rogerseally drawn to country music. i love the stories. i love the middle, the beginning, the middle and the end. the songs always had a resolution. >> reporter: but she had doubts about being a singer herself because she didn't see any country music stars that look like her. >> it was like what are you doing? what are you thinking, you know, and i kind of pushed it down a little bit, but then i figured out well maybe it's supposed to be you. >> reporter: after graduating college, getting married and building a life in california miko moved to nashville ready to chase her dream. >> and i thought i'm on my way. well, little did i know that there is not really much love for people of color in country music in nashville. so regardless of how much i loved it, they didn't think i would sell or they didn't think i was marketable. >> reporter: according to song data, between 2002 and 2020 there were roughly 11,500 unique songs played on country radio. in those 19 years there were only 13 black arti

i have to tell you one of my all time moment is lionel richie, he wrote that for kenny rogers.es until he passed. i love to see that. brittany howard, one of my favorites to see her dig deep and sing my favorite song, you will never walk alone and have chris martin on the piano. it was nice. >> that song never, ever gets old to me. thank you for being with us. always great to see you. >>> so, time now for the good stuff. a vaccination site in massachusetts had quite a surprise over the weekend when celloist yo-yo ma was there to receive his second vaccine dose. >> so you know how you wait 15 minutes to get the shot after you leave? yo-yo ma, this is how he spent his 15 minutes, giving a mini concert during that waiting period. he told the local paper, he wanted to give something back. >> i love it. i was reading the same account, it was the same nurse that gave him both shots. she was saying how wonderful and grateful and appreciative he was. >> we got a chance to talk to him a couple times. he is doing so much to make sure musicians persevere. we'll leave with you this. cnn's

even more hopeful-- it sounds better when kenny rogers is singing with you!asier to qualify for a vaccine. north carolina just announced that on march 24, the state will open eligibility to people living in group settings, additional fro 1%9e workers,and people who havd 100 cigarettes. of course, north carolina's a tobacco state. in wisconsin, you have to chug 100 gallons of milk. and in detroit, you have to eat 100 cars. hey, remember how there was an insurrection back in january? capitol police are warning it could come back, because of a qanon theory claiming the ex-president will return to power tomorrow, march 4. now, i'm no psychologist, but you could say they're suffering from "march madness." also, they're clinically insane. but there's method to this coo-coo. you see, q followers were heartbroken on inauguration day, which was supposed to be the "storm" came that keeps their guy from actually leaving office. so they moved the date of the storm, when the arrests all of the celebrities and democrats, to march 4, which was the date o presidential inaugu

with lionel rich as one of them with a tribute to ken rogers, a song that lionel richie wrote for kenny rogers that stage, you must. >> done. >> can we just sit on this. my produce remembers like, no, we've got to go to washington. stephanie elam. thanks so much. i'm brooke baldwin. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> welcome to "the lead. "i'm jake tapper and we begin with the politics lead. this the afternoon president biden laid out his plan to implement the $1.9 trillion relief package called the american rescue plan. the president saying soon there will be more vaccines in arms and more money in pockets amidst criticisms and concerns that the huge package is insufficiently targeted and could potentially cause inflation. president biden also announced that a former top economic official for obama and clinton gene sperlin

that lionel richie wrote for kenny rogers and silk sonic, brooke baldwin, if you haven't watched bruno mars, get down on that stage, you must. >> done. >> can we just sit on this. my produce remembers like, no, we've got to go to washington. stephanie elam. thanks so much. i'm brooke baldwin. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> welcome to "the lead. "i'm jake tapper and we begin with the politics lead. this the afternoon president biden laid out his plan to implement the $1.9 trillion relief package called the american rescue plan. the president saying soon there will be more vaccines in arms and more money in pockets amidst criticisms and concerns that the huge package is insufficiently targeted and could potentially cause inflation. president biden also announced that a former top economic official for obama and clinton gene sperling will lead the efforts to maximize every penny of the stimulus. the president and vice president and their spouses hit the road today from vegas to near philly for what the white house is calling the help is here tour touting the massive leg

by the way, your tribute to kenny rogers, very close friend, was beautiful on the grammys on sunday.ryone was saying, god, we wish you could sing the song louder. the problem i was having was, i only know how to sing that song with kenny. >> jimmy: right. >> so i didn't really get emotional until i realized, i'm singing kenny's part. and so when i realized -- i kept waiting for kenny to come in. i realized, he's not going to come in. i've got to sing that part. just remembering that this is his part. >> jimmy: yeah. >> took me out. >> jimmy: i feel like kenny would want you to write this book. [ laughter ] >> he's in it a lot. >> jimmy: you've already got the title, it's got to be called "hello." >> right. >> jimmy: obviously "hello." >> there you go. >> jimmy: it's great to have you here. i love having you here. i cannot wait until we're on stage together in las vegas singing our hearts out. [ laughter ] >> you know, i have to tell you something. i come here to visit. you know, it's not like i'm coming here for any other thing. it's delightful to be here, i love you, man. >> jimmy:

taylor swift while honoring artist lost this past year, there were tributes to little richard, kenny rogersing. some awards were given out by employees of independent music venues that have been closed during the pandemic. ah socially distanced audience of nominees showed grammy fashions were in full effect, really ill ish record of the year went to last year's record breaking billy. i'll ish for everything i wanted song. the year was awarded to her for i can't breathe negatively. stallion was named best new artist and beyonce won best r and b performance for black parade h female artists whe life since nine years old and i can't believe this. happen to such a magical night? lord taylor and taylor swift took album of the year for folklore. i knew you'd come back to me. swift is now the first woman to take that top prize three times in hollywood. ashley devore kin fox news. ktvu fox two news at five starts now, millions more californians are now in line to be vaccinated. today the state opened up vaccine sites to those young and old who have certain medical conditions. today's expansion of v