there's a mixture of indy dav venport and myself, roxanne shante/my north philly girl.'s an anita baker/michael bolton combination. >> that's a combination. >> michael mcdonald. it they both have la, la, la. there's a combination of that. like i said we've been freestyling through this project so i never really know what voice is going to come out next. ♪ somebody is checking for us this time ♪ ♪ and i'm sorry you're about to get left ♪ >> i think one of the amazing things about you is the privilege that you have you don't just keep isolated to your family or friends. you're also building things for people. you have a non-profit and charities. talk about some of that work you're doing. >> i'm from north philadelphia and i focus my energy into north philadelphia. camden gets a bad rap too. you're from camden. that's where the thugs are, that's where the killers be. if i came from there, you know, and i think i'm pretty well rounded, i think i'm, you know, modestly intelligent, and i'm -- i love my work ethic. i'm a hard worker. if i come from there, i know that others li

strong storms as far north as philly.n along the eastern great lakes, snow in new england and rain in the pacific northwest. >> no shocker there. milder temperatures across the east. we're looking at 77 in atlanta. 54 in new york. 37 in kansas city. 60 in colorado. warming up in the west but still below normal. 57 in sacramento. 61 in los angeles. >>> a reminder for the winter weary, carnival is around the corner. in brazil they're already celebrating. in the party capital rio de janeiro, the first parade is for pets. >> hundreds of humans dressed up their animal friends, not that you would care about this, rob, and marched along copacabana beach. dogs are the most popular pets. one woman brought a pet rooster. rio is famous for these parades and their people. this whole carnival begins next weekend. >> never dull in rio. >>> more "world news now" coming up. ♪ [ female announcer ] unlock the potential of nature and shine. with pantene nature fusion shampoo. experience cassia essence fused with pantene pro v science. the a

which might have been in philly, it might have been boston, new york, maybe princeton, but no, somewhere right in between north and south. neither commercial nor urban. why does europe today have it's capital split between brussels, strasburg, and -- same reason. because the protestants and the catholics wouldn't agree which section. so each got one. then the catholics couldn't agree this city or that city. so it moved. you had two capitals moving around the prod -- protestant and catholic in switzerland. it work. because nobody was afraid that a stable, permanent capital would create a balance of power that would threaten them. again, strategic restraint. withholding power. third take away, and this is quite surprising, or at least it surprised me going in. regime type democracy doesn't seem to matter. i went into the project thinking that i would find that liberal democracies were great partners. very good at making peace. that's partly because we are led to believe we the politicians and scholars that democracies are specific, autocracies are warlike. i've found that autocracies can be reliable in concert o

philly. it might have been boston. it might be new york, maybe princeton, but it had to be somewhere in between north and south, nor commercial or urban. what does europe had its capital split between russell, strasbourg, and luxembourg? same reason. why does switzerland have two capitals for many, many centuries? the product to stop protestants and catholics could not agree whether the capitol should be in the protestant section of the catholic section. each got one. the catholics could not agree on whether it should be the city or the city. moved. you have two capitals moving around. it worked because nobody was afraid that a stable permanent capital would create a balance and power that would threaten. again, strategic restraint, was holding power. there take away, and this is surprising or at least it surprised me going in. regime types, democracy does not seem to matter. i went into the project thinking i would find that liberal democracies were great partners, good at making peace. that is partly because we are led to believe by our politicians and scholars that a democracies are pacific and autocracies are were light.

it might have been in philly, it might have been boston, might be new york, maybe princeton, but it had to be somewhere right in between north and south, and other commercial more urban. what does europe have its capital split between brussels, strasbourg, and luxembourg? the same reason. why does switzerland have two capitals for many, many centuries? the product -- protestants and catholics could not agree whether the capitol should be in the pasta section of the catholic section. each got one. and the catholics could not agree on whether it should be the city or that city, so it moved. you had to capitols living around the protestant and catholics can't come to switzerland, but it worked. nobody was afraid that a stable, permanent capital would create a balance and power that would trust. strategic restraint, with holding power. third take away, and this surprised me going in. regime type democracy does not seem to matter. i went into the project thinking that i would find liberal democracies were great partners, very good at making peace. that is partly because we are led to believe by politicians and scholars that democ