i am not going to be the next queen latifah. >> but you grew up in a family where it was all about the music. >> it is all about music, and art in my family. all about being who you want to be, and at least trying and going for it. >> and never let an artificial boundary limit your creativity. >> i don't need a painted brush, i don't need music. >> you are your instrument. >> yeah, and it is interesting that it is still -- it still has to be one of the most fascinating. we just don't know why we are born with this. it's not proven. why music moves us so. >> we will have more of america tonight, tomorrow. >> on al jazeera america >> techknow our experts take you beyond the lab >> there's about five million points of data >> and explore the technology changing our world. only on al jazeera america >>> russia's military escalates tensions further with military exercises dangerously close to ukraine. the old kgb boss of putin joins us next. >>> the fbi accused of forcing muslims to spy on their communities using the no fly list. >>> the fda clamps down on e-cigarettes. >>> an nfl cheerlead

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he said "you can't rap", i'm not going to be the next queen latifah. >> you grew up in a family wheres all about the music. it's all about art. it's all about being who you are going to be when you are trying to go for it. never led an artificial family. >> today china is jumping between soul and jazz while repairing the contribution. marvin quay. >> i don't need a paint brush, i don't need music. you were your instrument. it still has to be one of the fascinating. i don't know why it's not scientifically proven. [ singing ] . >> truly beautiful. "america tonight" sheila macvicar reporting. that's it for us here. we'll have more of "america tonight" tomorrow. ... >>> this is al jazeera america. i am jonathan betz live in new york. the growing firestorm over an nba owner's remarks. reaction from his players, the league and even the president. >> the owner is reported to have said some incredibly offensive, racist statements that were published. >> put on display in ukraine, separatists as the u.s. p

awards called the matrix awards, celebrate women in communication, gloria steinem was there, queen latifahas there, we had our wine. mary j. blige was there. >> we made a few wine jokes, however it was not a big drinking day for you and i, at all, because when you're hosting that, you're up on the dais at the waldorf astoria and we are literally in between the -- whoever is speaking, huge speakers, so any little bite of lunch you take or any sip you take, the whole world is going to see it. >> you can't eat. you're starving because you're in the -- on the jumbo tron the whole thing. and you sit there like this looking at your food wishing you could eat it and you can't. >> and your wine. and would you like a sip. >> i want to drink it. >> okay, so anyway, hoda brought a little rap and congratulations to everybody that won. >> amazing, amazing ladies. >> and everybody deserving. and it was so freaking freezing there. i'm menopausal. i'm post menopausal. i'm post, post menopausal. i'm half dead. but i am always hot. right? i'm like this, in a little -- it is so -- and there is a vent, so i a

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he said "you can't rap", i'm not latifah. >> you grew up in a family where it was all about the music's all about art. it's all about being who you are going to be when you are trying to go for it. never led an artificial family. >> today china is jumping between soul and jazz while repairing the contribution. marvin quay. >> i don't need a paint brush, i don't need music. you were your instrument. it still has to be one of the fascinating. i don't know why it's not scientifically proven. [ singing ] . >> truly beautiful. "america tonight" sheila macvicar reporting. that's it for us here. we'll have more of "america tonight" tomorrow. >> >>> president obama is in the philippines, and he signed a 10 year defense deal allowing greater u.s. military access in the region. >>> this is al jazeera america, live from doha. also ahead - talks are expected to resume between the south sudan and rebels amid rampant violence. >>> u.s. secretary of state john kerry says israel risks becoming an apartheid state, a 2-state solution if the palestine fails. >>> and a

margo manhattan's customers include selena gomez, queen latifah, and beyonce, who wore one of the store's signature pieces in her music video, "glow." ♪ but an ordinary day turned out to be anything but, when a customer stopped in on friday afternoon. >> we let him in. and he posed as a shopper. he was here for quite a while. >> reporter: that man, seen here on store surveillance cameras, spent 20 minutes shopping. even getting help from the store manager. but this shopping trip turned violent. look as the man places the manager in a chokehold in a back room. allegedly telling her he had a taser. tying her up and leaving her on the floor as he cleaned out the safe. and it didn't end there. the man going on a shopping spree. nabbing some of the store's most-prized pieces, including this $45,000 18 karat white gold and amethyst necklace. and these $500 interlocking rings. he took the whole collection. margo manhattan's owner will be re-evaluating security. stepping up from the security puppy currently in the store. >> that's why i tell my gm and assistants, if they want the stuff, give them

countdown, worked with adam sandler, graced the red carpet with susan lucci and recently on the "queen latifahss this. at some point in your life you have dreamt about being disabled. >> correct. >> you have. come on. join me. you are at the mall, christmas eve. you drive around looking for parking. what do you see, 16 empty handicapped spaces. >> she is funny, smart and successful with a disarming honest message about what it's like to live with c.p., cerebral palsy. >> i grew up in a small town in new jersey and my disability wasn't a big deal. it didn't faze me. i was never made fun of. and it wasn't until i became a adult that i realized having a disability was a big deal. when i started to do tv in the time that there was you tube and facebook and twitter, suddenly people started to make fun of me on-line. people would call me gumby mouth. people would call me retarded often. >> she says she thanks her parents for the support they gave her growing up. >> my father's mantra was you can do it, yes you can-can. my father taught me to walk when i was 5 years old by placing my heels on his fee