>> lucius killed bunky. get your hands off of me.tch your back xwaeb. >> like you watched mine? you see, son, sometimes you have to be willing to sacrifice your queen in order to win the game. >> the show was created by producer and director lee daniels, tackling issues like race, mental health and homophobia. in last night's finale a kyle character vernon turner came to a shocking and sudden death. joining me now is malik yoba who plays vernon turner lucius' longtime partner and chairman of empire entertainment. thank you very much for being here. >> thank you, sir. >> first of all, we have to talk about the bombshell finale last night. vernon turner meets an untimely end. what's your reaction? >> vernon is gone about malik lives. that's part of the game. >> i've been a fan of yours, a friend of yours for years. a huge hit, many of your shows, episodes, new york undercover on and on. explain to me why you you think it's struck such a chord. >> the music, fashion, the time the talent the vision the aesthetic. i think it's a lot of th

from cookie to lucius each character is only as believable as the clothes on their back. don't make the man after all. in the end maybe rita does. ♪ >>> next wedding bells at the philadelphia flower show and you're inn have id. meet the lucky couple who just said i do. >> take a live look at the radar as this major storm moves in. a final look at the timeline i'm shawn lee, i play rugby for the santa monica rugby club. i started going gray kind of early... and it's just not me. only just for men easily targets gray for a natural gray-free look. guaranteed. just you and the look you want. just for men. ♪ >> philadelphia flower show celebrates the movies this year but they create add true fairy tale for one lucky couple. they won a competition to have their wedding at the flower show. >> how fun. ballroom filled with gorgeous flowers, the perfect place to say i do especially in the winter. (applause). >> aww. reception was at a ballroom at the convention center complete of course with food, live music dancing. experts were also at the flower show today offering tips to brid

lucius, and this is what he had to say to "access hollywood." >> they said that [ bleep ] is used in almost every kon conversation in almost every black neighborhoods and why don't we hear it on the tv anymore and white people are afraid of it, and did they create it, but if it is something that we use it on a daily basis, then address what it means? >> what does the n-word mean the you? >> it could mean love, and sometimes it is a noun and sometime sats adjective and sometimes it is -- it bears a spirit attach eded to it. >> so i want to start with perez, because he is quiettally sipping the venti cappuccino, and terrence howard says that he uses it, and his dad uses it, and he says that he does not mean what it used to, and that do you think that he has a point? >> i'm going to take terrence howard's bayby wives and wipe my butt with that, because everything is about context, and "empire" is a soap opera, and it is like a modern day "dynasty" and it is not grounded in reality, and it should not attempt to be real, because it is so detached from that and that word is a powerful word

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we will break down the top three moments with lucius and cookie. also we're reading your comments.ut advertising and the big companies using all kinds of panky panky to get your attention. also talking about race. how come no starbucks located in quote unquote the hood. >> the little baby so cute. we love your little babies. and this one from facebook, thank you for sending your baby in. keep your pictures coming, whatever you would like to show off. underline >> we're really big time, we're really high tech that's why we sent bill anderson outside with his selfie stick. in this angle i'm sunning, in this angle i'm lounging in the snow. it's still a little chilly out here. there are people out enjoying themselves. let's see if i can harass somebody quickly. good morning. how are you? are you enjoying the first day of spring? >> sure. >> reporter: warm enough for you? >> shout out. good morning. so guys, that's how it is. step out of the sun, a little bit chilly. >> looks like a lot of the snow is already melting. that is one of the big stories of this day is the big melt and be sur

. >> lucius! >> is here. >> we need finale secrets and more from tv's "empire."ow to get cookie's looks for less. >> the jokes at the justin bieber roast, did they go too far? not the ones about him. >> but in this pc world we live in is the roast the one place you can say anything? >> we'll discuss and plug in. "access hollywood live" starts right now. >> stand by bill and kit. camera two, we're live in five. four three, two, one. >>> selena gomez would

he plays middle soon of lucius cookie.smollett just announced that's getting a ♪ >>> this 12-year-old dog is okay tonight after getting stuck between two storage can containers it happened this weekend at a california thanks a local fire department spike was reunited with his owners later that day. the firefighters had to use the jaws of life to get the dog free. owner actually had to wedge herself between the containers to get spike to come out. thankfully spike is doing just fine. >>> in your money tonight another new apple gadget might just be the hot new thing. apple ceo tim cook unveiled the smart watch in san francisco today. you can use it to make calls read e-mail itty bitty e-mails i guess manage instagram photo and pay for groceries. it goes on sale next month. if you want one it will cost you 350 bucks. i'd need reading glasses. anyhow lucky gold version in case you're wondering iain for you -- >> i don't need that. $10,000 my friend. all right. >> oh, man. >> not sure if the pope likes milk shakes. why am i ask

>> yes i play lucius' girlfriend in the '90's her name is angie. she's a singer. a lot going on.atch it tonight. >> so are there love scenes mary j.? >> no. >> darn it. >> there aren't any love scenes. there aren't any love scenes but what there is is terrence trying to get angie to move in with him him. >> why did you choose to be on empire and why do you think the show is so big? >> my girlfriend taraji asked me did i want to be on the show but i was over in london working the london sessions album. after that lee dan gels himself personally asked me to be on the show and lee daniels writes something great for her so i took, you know, i mean, i would have never turn it down not with lee daniels ever. >> don't miss fox 29 starting with american idol at 8:00 then see mary on empire tonight at 9:00 and full wrap up of your days news, weather and sports right here on the fox 29 news at 10. >> prom season is right around the corner and high schoolers are picking out their dresses and tucks but for many families the price of a prom is just out of reach. >> but you may be a toil help

it's so exciting and i guess the key tease for me to say um, that lucius and jamal finally come togethere been waiting for the entire season. >> on the finale something huge and juicy and crazy happens to them. >> be ready for some crazy family drama. >> the show shattered records becoming the first series to grow its audience each week for a record 10 weeks according to nielsen nearly 15 million people watched last week's episode. >> it's like you need such a low number to stay on the air now. when i heard what the number was it was considered a successful show i thought i think we we can do that number. i didn't think we would dot numbers we're doing. yeah it's wildly exceeded what it thought. >> it's clearly was an audience that wasn't attended to in the right way. and just sort of chemistry of our show which is these great actors, pet pedigree actors blending together with interesting stories that are ultimately escapists. >> two part finale expected to draw more eyes with guest stars jennifer hudson, rita ora juicy jay labelle and newspaper dog all making an appearance. ♪ >> now it'

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lucius in memphis, tennessee republican. your thoughts. caller: democrat. host: ok, go ahead.aller: i want to a -- make one statement. no one knows whether that man was under orders to do that or not. and it's not coming out because it secret. i served 20 years in the military and i've been told that. we do that. host: ok. jean in michigan, democrat. caller: bergdahl, when he left his post, he was probably in that morning absent without leave. and then when he was taken to prisoner, he was changed to absent without leave and then to prisoner of war. you are not listed as a deserter until you've been gone for 30 days. to prove desertion in a court-martial, you have to prove that he never intended to return , and by him trying to escape a couple of times, he was obviously trying to return to stop -- to return. it's going to be a legal think of and investing he can do is get a civilian lawyer when he is court-martial. host: yeah, i think he did. what do you think of his promotions in captivity? the statement that his lawyer put out, which you can read yourself he includes letters

. >> mark, we're taking a quick break to ring in the closing bell where lucius malfoy is ringing theell. mark cuban with us on the news line talking about the tech bubble today, versus 2000 mark. and if you can reiterate, bill was asking you, what happens this time around? how does it all end poorly? is there at much as stake, and for example, the investment boom that went sour and took the whole u.s. economy with it last time around in your view? >> no i don't think -- okay so there's two considerations here. one, in 2000 there was so much money invested in the anticipation of what the internet would do. you had fiber, infrastructure so much money being thrown at you, that when everything delevered, obviously the whole country, the whole economy went to shambles. but the parts dwb the segment of that was the individual investor who lost a lot of their money. that's the analogy i'm creating. however, whatever the number is of individual investors who took buyers and dotcom stock, i think that number is approaching or will approach at some point in the near future investing in private

nationwide by but a lot of folks are comparing her to the guy from "lord of the rings," and then also lucius of that? those are your headlines. and david bowie. i forgot what movie that was. but yeah. >>> anything kim does, i'm interested in so keep it coming. >> i still have no idea who she is, and don't tell me because i don't want to know. >> don't worry about it. >> plausible denial. >> you don't know who they are. >> i don't. >> let's talk about curt chicago. curt schilling. really made headlines over the last few days because he has come out against cyber bullying. why? he happened to tweet something out positive, because he was pleased his daughter got a scholarship or place on the next year. he wrote, congrats to gabby schilling who will pitch. everyone started getting online and responding. a lot of it vulgar, things you would never, ever want to repeat on the air or repeat in your kitchen table. >> he actually posted on his blog the location. he is set to pursue legal action against those who are making those vial comments online against his daughter. he spoke with sean hannity, an