beginning i think about how i never got to meet him." )) ((mauricio marin)) allison lee has grown up never knowing her dad. daniel lee was on board american airlines flight 11.. the first jet to crash into the north tower of the world trade center tower on september 11,

a look at the next series from lee daniels as we chat with leading man benjamin bratt! and -- listen to this crowd as a woman takes the mound as the first female in a major league baseball game

caesar's palace residency in las vegas, and long awaited guest spot on empire with precious director lee daniels but diva that she is, she looked good doing it all. >> nice to talk fashion with you. how many bikinis do you pack? >> well, i've had to acquire can. so i have options. but i'll always wear a bikini only for special occasions. >> working on new music but no word on when we hear the music. >> hanging out with celine dion this summer. get the gigs. celine returned to paris where she was saint ? i see you, i feel you ? >> played a sold out crowd every night still healing from the death of her husband, rene, to turn it into a family vacation with her three sons. every day, fans were stationed outside of the royal hotel where many had a chance to meet her. >> celine, what do you make of this amazing fan reaction? songs better than i do myself. >> arriving at the arena, we had a cool look into celine's world. >> i feel like inner sanctum. we have wonderful people cooking for us, for everybody. see you in a little bit. get ready for the show. bye, see you later. >> more comfy clothes for the

empire ad addicts hit show' creator lee daniels is making musical about himself.lly native who's working on new tv show says he's had an interesting life no doubt, right, and no word on when his musical will hit the stage. >> it will be success good i'm sure. >> he's like my today's. >> everything he touches turns to pure gold. >> got to love that. >> is that your forecast. >> liquid gold. >> we have gold come nothing your forecast in the sun. >> the sun will return maybe a little bit sunday. more likely on monday. >> it's not coming back tomorrow annie. back here at 4am for fox 29 mo >>> tragedy on the tracks, new details developing right now about the the engineer at control of the new jersey transit train, at center of the deadly commuter accident. >>> and saying good bye, today family, friend, fellow fire fighters will say their final farewell to two fallen fire fighters. >>> top leaders around the world gathering right new pay their respects to former israeli prime minister shimon perez. >>> plus all eyes on the radar again today, keep those umbrellas out we

((kellie lee/allison's mother: "it's just like my world collapsed in a couple seconds." )) ((mauricio marin)) daniel was a set carpenter for the backstreet boys and was be with his pregnant wife.. due any day.. allison's mother kellie lee remembers the horrific day vividly. ((kellie lee/allison's mother: "i was getting ready to pick him up at the airport at lax and i was 9 months pregnant and all of sudden we see the news and planes hit the tower and then i heard his flight number and i just couldn't, i was like no wait a minute.")) ((mauricio marin)) as allison grew, so did the pain of not knowing her dad and learning why he died.. (( kellie lee/allison's mother: "i think allison was about 10 when she started asking and stories about her father---and the fun loving kind of guy he was. ((kellie lee/allison's mother: "he was a very fun person kind of like a kid himself. so he wanted kids so he could go to disneyland and chuckecheese and all the fun stuff." )) and just like her father enjoyed music and dancing.. allison turned to the arts.. and joined astudia dance world. ((allison lee/dad lost in 9/1

empire ad addicts hit show' creator lee daniels is making musical about himself.lly native who's working on new tv show says he's had an interesting life no doubt, right, and no word on when his musical will hit the stage. >> it will be success good i'm sure. >> he's like my today's. >> everything he touches turns to pure gold. >> got to love that. >> is that your forecast. >> liquid gold. >> we have gold come nothing your forecast in the sun. >> the sun will return maybe a little bit sunday. more likely on monday. >> it's not coming back tomorrow annie. back here at 4am for fox 29 morning news. sue serio and bob kelly have your weather and traffic covered. ♪ approve this message. i'd look her right in that fat ugly face of hers. she's a slob. she ate like a pig. a person who's flat chested is very hard to be a 10. does she have a good body? no. does she have a fat [expletive]? absolutely. do you treat women with respect? i can't say that either. male teacher: andthe the largest planet? someone we haven't heard from. female teacher: anyone else? through internet e

on october the 29th whoopi goldberg is going to come with lee daniels and nicole hochuli from the sandy hook promise. phylicia rashad and michael eric dyson, to have a panel discussion. and we're raising money on that night. and for that special night you can call me at the debbie allen dance academy and get those special tickets because we've got to raise money. orlando, to every place -- >> don't you love debbie allen's passion? i mean, you really -- i have to say, every time you come here you have a purpose. and that's probably why you stay so young and so vibrant and so relevant, you that just keep on creating -- >> i keep on going and i'm still doing the hot chocolate nutcracker. >> of course you are! >> and by the way, ken jeong just enrolled in the debbie allen dance academy. >> he better call me right now. i'm going to catch him outside. >> i've got to go. >> we'll be back with more. first, this is "today" on nbc. debbie allen! we love you. marco...! polo! marco...! polo! marco...! s?? polo! marco...! polo! scusa? ma io sono marco polo, ma... marco...! playing "marco polo" with

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on october the 29th whoopi goldberg is coming with lee daniels and nicole hockley from the sandy hook promise. phylicia rashad and michael. eric dyson, to have a panel discussion and raising money on that night, night, you can call me at the debbieallendance academy and get those tickets to raise money. this needs to go to chicago to orlando, to every place -- >> don't you love debbie allen's passion? every time you come here you have a purpose. that's probably why you say so young, vibrant and relevance, you keep on going. >> keep on going and still doing and ken jeong just enrolled in the debbie allen -- >> i got to go. >> you can catch "grey's" on thursday nights. >> we'll be back with more. first, this is "today" on nbc. debbie allen! o'halleran: i had some really tough cases as a police detective. but the problem in washington is as clear as day -- we can't trust our politicians to work for us. tom o'halleran has a plan no pay for congress if they don't pass a budget, reduce the influence of big money and special interests, and no more first-class travel paid for by taxpayers. i'

on october the 29th whoopi goldberg is coming with lee daniels and nicole hockley from the sandy hook promise. phylicia rashad and michael. eric dyson, to have a panel discussion and raising money on that night, and for night, you can call me at the debbieallendance academy and get those tickets to raise money. this needs to go to chicago to orlando, to every place -- >> don't you love debbie allen's passion? every time you come here you have a purpose. that's probably why you say so young, vibrant and relevance, you keep on going. >> keep on going and still doing and ken jeong just enrolled in the debbie allen -- >> i got to go. >> you can catch "grey's" on thursday nights. >> we'll be back with more. first, this is "today" on nbc. debbie allen! we love you. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. donald trump says he alone can fix the problems we face. well i don't believe that's how you get things done in our country. it takes democrats and republicans working together. that's how we got health care for 8 million kids. rebuilt new york city after 9/11. and got the treaty cu

there are many, many rumors about empire, about this season, my favorite rumor is that lee daniels, directordnor high school has already been writing a spin off. >> spin off. >> yes. >> are you in? >> i would hope so but i don't know. >> okay. you are doing modeling. >> yes. >> what is the next like you are doing music, you are doing modeling. >> true collision russell westbrook. >> huge. >> love it. >> you are doing new addition. >> yes. >> bell, b iv, davo, working on my movie syringer where i play a track runner. >> what is next thing you want to do. >> movies, movies, movies. >> and not just movies, he wants the blockbuster. he is from philly. will smith is from philly. will has become not only his hero but mentor. will invited yas to the set when they were filming his hoff i. >> i went to the set and seen him making that. >> you did. >> yes. >> him just shooting the lasers, came out from doing that and went to talk to me about new addition. he said see, guys, you could be doing stuff like this one day, and i'm looking at him, oh, my god. i'm like, this is real. he said yes, this is how

on the guest list, gab array sid abe, and show co-creator lee daniels who brought his rhonda i call her. i'm not answering my phone or e-mails. >> even though he pulled himself away from work for the weekend with the new season looming, we had to ask lee about the series. >> we're revamping "empire." rhonda is still out of control, but i'm so dying to tell you, but i can't even tell you. mark my words. you will not believe where she's going. >> but in her real life,th the couple jetted off to greece for their honeymoon, packing plenty of memories from their special day to take with them. >> it's crazy to feel the love from the room and having people just tell you how they feel about you. >> only kind of happens once. this is the day that everyone tells us they love us. they'll go back to hating us tomorrow. >> hold on. let's be clear. they hate your character. they love you. and two of kaitlyn's co-stars buyers. >> i think that's so fun when they fall in love on set, right? it happens more often than not, too, because here's another new bride and groom. no stranger to the cameras. "danc

on october the 29th whoopi goldberg is coming with lee daniels and nicole hockley from the sandy hook you can call me at the debbieallendance academy and get those tickets to raise money. this needs to go to chicago to orlando, to every place -- >> don't you love debbie allen's passion? every time you come here you have a purpose. that's probably why you say so young, vibrant and relevance, you keep on going. >> keep on going and still doing the hot chocolate nutcracker. >> of course you are! and ken jeong just enrolled in the debbie allen -- >> i got to go. >> you can catch "grey's" on thursday nights. >> we'll be back with more. first, this is "today" on nbc. debbie allen! we love you. when pat toomey went to washington, he didn't stop... working for wall street. toomey's plan would risk social security on the stock market, lining bankers' pockets with fees from our benefits that... could total billions, even if the market crashes, and seniors lose everything. katie mcginty is working for us. a mother of three, and ninth of ten kids, mcginty knows what matters. she'll fight for equa

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and then lee told me when i met him, first i met leah daniels buttler who's our incredible casting director and his little sister, and i went back and i met lee and i had my eyes closed. and he said open your eyes. and i sang it again with my eyes open and, like, in the middle of it, i feel my eyes -- [ laughter ] starting to close. such a loser. 'cause i was like, he's gonna think that i can't take direction. >> seth: yeah. >> and but then he wrote to me on instagram. was like, "call me." and so, i called him and he's like, i am not -- i'm convinced of your acting, convinced of your singing. i'm not convinced of you as a performer, because you didn't perform. so he was like, "what's that song -- what's that song -- that white boy that can sing who was married to paula?" i was like, "robin thicke, 'blurred lines'?" and so i went in and i did -- i voice and then down the road i got the job. >> seth: that's fantastic. congratulations. >> yeah, thank you so much. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: and have you figured out -- have you figured out your eye thing? >> yeah, i kind of have. >> seth:

hit show creator lee daniels is making a musical about his life not about the show, okay.hiladelphia native who is working on a new tv show says he has had a pretty interesting life in, doubt and he wanted to put that on stage. no word when his musical will hit the stage. >> he is from philly, right. >> he is. >> this is kind of fun, right. >> golf fans in the rider cup were given a chance to show up the pros and he sort of delivered on that. >> this fan david johnson was heckling rory mcilroy from the european team, so he tried to make a 12-foot putt and after several attempts to challenge heckler from the crowd and they brought him out there and he laid a hundred dollars bill next to the ball. it was his if he hit the putt. he hits it. wow. >> look at this guy. >> look at that picture, yeah. >> rider cup, in minnesota and about the rider cup, it gets loud,. >> yes. >> here was rider cup because you have the american team, right, against european team and they go at it. they have one year in america and then they go overseas and do it. every other year we have it in the u

but you'll have to excuse lee daniels if he's not fully focused on tomorrow night much he's hard at workshow for fox called star and it stars queen latifah and benjamin bratt. it features three talented desperate for new start with ambitions of stardom. three navigate the cut through music business on their road to success. >> we dole with race, we deal with transgender, we deal with sex in way that we haven't been able to address before. we deal with political issues. all mew music. >> you can catch the season premier of star early next year and of course don't miss the continuing saga the lyon family all part of our lineup tomorrow night on fox 29. catch the series premier of lethal weapon at 8:00 and season three of empire kicking off tomorrow night at nip followed by fox 29 news at 10 and 11:00. >>> local officers are taking issue with their labor union over an endorsement for donald trump. how the outspoken presidential candidate is dividing union members. and -- >>> all out brawl right in the middle of church. what happened during the offering that had people throwing down. >>> kat

. >> you may have to excuse creator lee daniels if he's not focused on tomorrow night.t work on his new show for fox called star. queen latifah and benjamin bratt are the stars of star. the show features three talented singers desperate for new start and with ambitions of stardom. the three navigate the cut throat music business on their road to success. >> we deal with race. we deal with transgender. we deal with sex in a way that we haven't been able to address before. we deal with political issues. all through music. >> sounds little like the lyon family. catch the season premier of star early next year do not miss the continuing saga of the lyon family. season three of empire kicks off tomorrow night. i can't believe it's already here. >> i can't either. >> right here on fox 29. >>> all right. turning to your health now, can knee replace many soon be a surgery of the past? some local doctors are working to save patients from going under the knife but it's not yet approved here in the us. >> fda however did just sanction series of studies at the rothman institute at