a conversation with mary j. blige, coming up. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. mary j. blige released her first album at the age of 21. it immediately went to the top of the charts, catapulting her into the limelight. "my life, was named by rolling stone magazine as one of the 500 greatest albums of all time. since then she has won nine grammys, sold 50 million records , but her latest is her first holiday cd, titled "a mary christmas." with "have a merry little christmas." and have yourself a merry ♪ttle christmas now you are sounding good, looking good. happy holidays to you. i could not wait to put it in, and as is my custom, i pull out the cover and want to read the liner notes. i started looking at the people you collaborated with on this. >> i needed it to be a masterpiece and something special. this is my first christmas album. i didn't want it to be, you know, just anything. i wanted to do something special, and i wanted all my fans to just be involved with it

i'm going to exit stage left after i tell you this new project of mary j. blige is called "a mary christmas." this is the first time she has done a full on album of christmas music him and i can guarantee you, you will love it. i am loving it already. my mother is a huge christmas music person. she literally listens to christmas music in june or july. it will be like 95 degrees and she is listening to christmas music. is one she will listen to in june. tois: i will be sending it her right about now when we get off the air. good to see you. >> it is good to see you always. i love you, too. tavis: that's our show for tonight. thanks for watching and as always, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation with writer stanley crouch about his biography of jazz great charlie parker. that is next time. we will see you then. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> be more. pbs. a few years ago costa rica set itself an

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information on today's show, visit tavis smiley pbs.org.g -- at tavis: join me for next conversation with mary j blige. we will see you then. ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs stations from viewers like you. thank you. >> be more. barry: chris, welcome back. it's been a while, but it's good to see you again, sir. christopher phillips: it has been a while. it's great to be back. barry: listen, you know, when i had you here, it was all about "socrates cafe" first and then "socrates in love." which was a form of "socrates cafe," just studying love. so you took that form and now did something interesting. you traveled around the country this time with what you're calling "constitution cafe," and you're doing the very similar thing. you're having these socratic discussions with--as i introduced you--with groups from prisoners to the playground, and you're looking at how in our modern times, we view the constitution and what changes would we make if we could and if we should. so that's sort of the setup. am i right? that's what this process is. chris: it is. i mean, the could and the should, it me

are not really a rational to follow through on that will our land become the next to decriminalize mary j. well to discuss that i'm now joined by lupe min. a member of the irish parliament and a longtime supporter of such moves mr flanagan thank you very much for your time i know that you've been complaining for cannabis legalisation pretty much throughout your political career but most recently it seems that there is a real momentum towards that not just in our land but also but in much of around the western world why do you think that a well a i think at this stage the vast majority of people in the western world have worked out. the criminalization of cannabis users is not working i mean are you doing is the system is just that there are up to two hundred fifty thousand people who use cannabis every year there are one hundred thousand people who've ended up with a criminal record for possession as a result of this and at this stage i think people have worked out that the current strategy is not working it's leaving money in the hands of the criminals and it's actually making cannabis a

are not really a rational to follow through on that will our land become the next to decriminalize mary j. well to discuss that i'm now joined by loop. a member of the irish parliament and a longtime supporter of such move mr flanagan thank you very much for your time i know that you've been complaining for cannabis legalization pretty much throughout your political career but most recently it seems that there is a real momentum towards that not just in our land but also but in much of around the western world why do you think that is why i think at this stage the vast majority of people in the western world have worked out. the criminalization of cannabis users is not working i mean are you is estimated that there are up to two hundred fifty thousand people who use cannabis every year there are one hundred thousand people who've ended up with a criminal record for position as a result of this and at this stage i think people have worked out that the current strategy is not working it's leaving money in the hands of the criminals and it's actually making cannabis a far more dangerous subs

from kelly clarkson to mary j.e perfect gift for the "duck dynasty" lover in your family. an extensive list that covers everything from bearded bobble heads and miss kay's salt and pepper shakers. obviously if you're a fan of the reality tv show, you should check out the "duck the halls. "the robertson family christmas album. i know it's on our redheaded senior producer's wib list this year. log on to foxnews.com. and that's all for me here in washington. kelly wright and jamie colby standing by in new york to take over from here. we appreciate you watching. ♪ the more she bakes ♪ the more i eat >>> hello, everyone. i'm kelly wright. >> i'm jamie colby. i get to be with kelly wright. welcome inside america's news headquarters. topping the news thi talking aba care website deadline. it is now. we'll check the progress of health care.gov and see where the administration stands. >> plus, an american still detained in north korea. allegedly confessing to things he did during the korean war. we're going to see what he h

movie is rich with gospel infused christmas carols, featuring an all-star cast of voices including mary jnd and i would do anything for you and your mother. all she has to do is ask. >> she won't ask. you know she won't. >> unfortunately, despite the high-powered talent, the movie is falling short with many reviewers, getting just a 50% on rotten tomatoes. "the chicago tribune" praising forest whitaker's performance describing it as on the rock even when the confrontations and evasions get a little ridiculous he is neither wholly saint nor sinner but something like a human being. "entertainment weekly" writes, kasi lemmons's black nativity is a lot like a glazed holiday ham -- sticky, sweet, and all too easy to mess up. >> too bad. both sound a little lackluster. >> i have to tell you, black nativity is like a musical but i'm over christmas musicals. >> reviewers aren't always right. keep an open mind. >> check it out. that's the news for this half hour. >>> this morning on "world news now" -- holiday mayhem. reports of a tornado in north carolina. powerful winds, snow, and ice force than

j. law talks about sexualization. >>> lisa marie presley and her twins take us back to graceland.ew interview. >> what do you tell your twins about their grandfather. >>> and toni braxton is here. is a cheating scandal rocking her family? >> i don't have no baby. >> take the test! >>> now where yahoo! and broadcast meet for 24/7 access to celebrity news, "omg! insider." hello, everyone. i'm kevin frazier. thea andrews is on assignment. the rest of the gang is here. they'll join me in minutes. we start with the real-life courtroom drama crazier than anything hollywood could have scripted. alec baldwin emotional and on the stand. his alleged stalker screaming. did she want to have a mini baldwin? was it a case of a romance gone wrong, or was alec about to have his bunny boiled? >> are you ready to face your stalker today? >> alec with his steely game face as his accused stalker insisted they had a torrid affair in a volatile courtroom showdown. >> alec and i had a romance. he said we didn't have any romance, that we didn't have any love making together. >> you are saying you did? >>

j. fox show? >> it is. 100 points for mellissa. we will finish the question, after being declared the winner tuesday night ken cuccinelli refused to report what custom marywinner. >> he refused to call the winner, terry mcauliffe. we go to the end of the round. mellissa, the early lead with 300 points, alex with 200. moving up from negative territory with that correct answer, but now things start to get a littlewhile wild because we move to the 200 point round. again, you are penalized. you get big points, 100 second on the clock. first 200 point question is this, sporting a nifty pair of glasses, this former candidate returned to iowa on thursday and said, if i was making a plan for 2016, coming to iowa early an often would be. >> rand paul. >> encorrect. >> wrong. >> alex. >> rick perry is direct correct. big twin there, a reader revolt participated the departmenture of guns and ammo after they published an editorial in favor of what, alex? >> gun control. >> 200 more points for alex. politico reported this week that this nationally ambitious tea party senator recently had private meetings with news corps rupert murdock and fox news. >> rand paul. >> t

mary, thank you very much. >>> now, do you feel that "paranormal activity"? ♪ yikes. the movie was pretty scary, but quite profitable. does the same go for the bond markets? that's right. jeff rossen beesserossenburg, j> good morning, kelly. that's a metaphor for what we see going on, not just in bond market, but all financial markets. the discrepancy between what's happening in the real economy and what's happening in the financial economy. markets, stocks, bonds are dependent on expectations of ever easy monetary policy. and so, good news in the economy is bad news for market behavior, because that implies less monetary accommodation. the flip side is bad news in the economy is good news for financial markets, so it highlights the dependency we see and the market outlook for the expectations of very easy monetary policy. >> sure. but, jeff, i would quibble with this, and suggest that perhaps the peak for this kind of activity in markets was more than six months ago, and now that we're starting to shift into this environment whereas the 10-year drifts higher, the fed starts talking about a taper. yes, it's a bit of a rocky period, but correlation is actually historic lows on the market. bond yields