he said we need dolly parton just like that.on. 45 minutes she comes walking in. >> recording studio. >> reporter: the rest is music history. island in the stream became the biggest country song of the year selling more than 2 million copies worldwide. >> of course, both singers achieved enormous success as solo artists. rogers with "the gambler." ♪ you got to know when to hold them ♪ >> sold 120 million records worldwide making him the eighth best selling male artist of all time. parton has sold an estimated 100 million albums. ♪ working 9:00 to 5:00 >> reporter: many the sound tracks to most popular movies, like "9:00 to 5:00." and then there was the song she recorded herself. ♪ i will always love you ♪ and i >> reporter: years later the iconic performance by whitney houston. ♪ will always love you >> reporter: parton is quite the respected business woman and even has her own theme park, dollywood. but nothing they have done individually was quite like performing together. >> my life has the not been the same since. >> mine ei

he said we need dolly parton and i said how do we get dolly parton. 45 minutes she comes walking in the we rely on each other >> reporter: the rest is music history "islands in the stream" became the biggest country song of the year selling 2 million copies worldwide. of course both singers achieved enormous success with wroj rogers with hits like "the gambler" has 120 million records worldwide making him the eighth best-selling artists of all time. parton has sold an estimated 100 million albums. parton is also the respected businesswoman and even has her own theme park, dollywood. nothing they have done individually was quite like performing together. >> it's really our story when you hear the lyrics to it. ♪ >> reporter: for night line, nashville. >> they will 234e6r come to another concert. >> you can tell they really like each other, for real. it's not an act. >> they document what are some of the craziest rumors you have heard about yourself and dolly who is no holds barred, she says they say all the time that i'm down on my back because my boobs are so big i'm willing to sacrific

dolly parton, kenny rogers, together. in one historical interview.labanji. more than 40 paramedics who risks -- you responded to the navy yard shooting will be honored for their bravery. they will receive the medal of excellence during a ceremony at a fire department training academy. the fire chief will hand out those awards. ourogs are recovering in area after spending years in confined conditions. they were freed from a kennel in virginia. they were kept in small, chain- link cages run by -- at a kennel run by annette thompson. they are up for adoption. go to our website for more information. let's get some information on how the roadways are looking. happy friday, amanda. ofwe are seeing quite a few delays coming into 70. -- 270. delays are all the way into 370. is closedhoulder right there coming into the merge. things are running slowly through montgomery county. typical delays, all lanes are open. eileen? a bit of cloudiness. you can see it from our live cam. a little bit of sunlight trying to filter through. as we progress, we will see more s

dolly parton, kenny rogers, together. in one historical interview.r accident at gough and pine streets. it happened around 7:00 this morning. here's how the scene looked from sky 7 hd. this crash involved three vehicles, a car, minivan and catering van. a 17-year-old was killed. two of the six people injured are in critical condition. investigators are expected to remain on the scene where that intersection and surrounding streets are closed. an update now from leyla gulen. >>> thank you, kristen. two square blocks from closed down until further notice. your best alternate route would be vanness avenue. if you do need to make it towards japan town and pacific heights, you can always use california street, looks like those streets are still open and traffic is definitely going to be snarled until further notice. kristen. >> our red flag warning continues until 3:00 this afternoon for gusty winds in the diablo range, santa cruz mountains, east bay hills and north bay mountains. still pretty good fire danger there. let's take a look at what's going to h

dolly parton, kenny rogers, together. in one historical interview.cts from one of the vips of the navy yard shooting. the viewing for 50-year-old security guard richel rigle will be held in glen burnie. his funeral is set for tomorrow. he was a former state trooper and a huge ravens fan. he was the father of three daughters. >>> the family of angel swango killed in a crash on northern parkway earlier this week is not happy at all with baltimore city's police commissioner. anthony bat ts said the accident was disturbing and tragic because it stemmed from a suspect's car fleeing from police. members of the family say an apology would be nice or at least a personal visit. they're in the process right now of hiring an attorney. >>> it's 8:30. if you're about to head out the door, hang on, how does it look out there, lynette? >> we do have clouds out there, megan. the clouds will be stubborn to get out of here. you can see it on satellite and radar, we look at our weather bug camera in glen oak and the clouds will start to break up a little bit as we go t

and it informed her collaboration with artists from dolly parton to willie nelson. andone of her great friends heroes, smokey robinson. ♪ ♪ tavis: how great songwriter is smokey robinson? a terrible crush on him like every other female on the planet. i was so nervous, i thought i was going to drop dead. in that gin singing a song he wrote with him. my god. my friends and i play the top five this are the top five that, moki is about as good as it gets. >> he sings in the same tradition that aaron neville does. it goes back to the french creole thing in louisiana. byy were very influenced french baroque opera. really loud and belting like caruso, they would go in the falsetto and saying a lot of embellishments. that's why he loves doo- wop. >> he is one of the best and the last of the great doo-wop singers. he is much more related to french baroque opera. belters like wilson pickett. but those guys sang in the beautiful falsetto and made it a beautiful thing. to ask yous going this question last night but we ran out of time because there was so much to get to and i ca

she retired from in 2000 nine, linda ronstadt collaborated with numerous artists including dolly parton simon, and so many more. she moved from libretto to the mexican songs she learned from her mother and father. she has written a wonderful memoir called "simple dreams." here is a simple reminder of her beautiful voice. desperado, why don't you come to your senses ♪ for soe been out riding ♪ng you're a hard one ♪ ♪ i know that you got your ♪asons >> still sound good? >> i remember a secondhand store. tavis: i am talking about your voice am a and you are talking about your blouse. does it still sound good to you? >> i love that song. tavis: does it still sound good to you? >> where did i get that vibe rob lowe? it sound like a billy goat. -- that by brought so -- that vibrato? it felt like a billy goat. tavis: you were here last time. i wanted to remind you of something you said last time you were on this row graham -- this row graham, and i quoted you around the world about this. program, and i quoted you around the world about this. you said part of the problem in this country is eith

she retired from in 2000 nine, linda ronstadt collaborated with numerous artists including dolly partonimon, and so many more. she moved from libretto to the mexican songs she learned from her mother and father. she has written a wonderful memoir called "simple dreams." here is a simple reminder of her beautiful voice. desperado, why don't you come to your senses ♪ for soe been out riding ♪ng you're a hard one ♪ ♪ i know that you got your ♪asons >> still sound good? >> i remember a secondhand store. tavis: i am talking about your voice am a and you are talking about your blouse. does it still sound good to you? >> i love that song. tavis: does it still sound good to you? >> where did i get that vibe rob lowe? it sound like a billy goat. -- that by brought so -- that vibrato? it felt like a billy goat. tavis: you were here last time. i wanted to remind you of something you said last time you were on this row graham -- this row graham, and i quoted you around the world about this. program, and i quoted you around the world about this. you said part of the problem in this country is either

and it informed her collaboration with artists from dolly parton to willie nelson.ndone of her great friends heroes, smokey robinson. ♪ ♪ tavis: how great songwriter is smokey robinson? a terrible crush on him like every other female on the planet. i was so nervous, i thought i was going to drop dead. in that gin singing a song he wrote with him. my god. my friends and i play the top five this are the top five that, moki is about as good as it gets. >> he sings in the same tradition that aaron neville does. it goes back to the french creole thing in louisiana. byy were very influenced french baroque opera. really loud and belting like caruso, they would go in the falsetto and saying a lot of embellishments. that's why he loves doo- wop. >> he is one of the best and the last of the great doo-wop singers. he is much more related to french baroque opera. belters like wilson pickett. but those guys sang in the beautiful falsetto and made it a beautiful thing. to ask yous going this question last night but we ran out of time because there was so much to get to and i can

to terms with the fact that decisions on global security have to be taken together take a listen parton'sa blinded by an ideological google to remove the assad regime we want to show the big can call the shots in the middle east. they are mostly concerned with proving their own supremacy and not the task that we are driven by which is to solve the syrian chemical weapons problem. so your lover upset only extremists will benefit from such a blind approach as he called it he talked about the chaos and destruction in libya and iraq and referring primarily to the us he said they simply choose not to talk about how a chain of their actions led to a catastrophe in that week. russia and china have repeatedly blocked security council resolutions on syria that would allow military intervention in the conflict historian and middle east expert mark allman believes there is a precedent for russia and other states to reject any potential military action in syria remember of libya in march of two thousand and eleven the resolution was presented as a humanitarian resolution to prevent the libyan army ga

dolly parton an emmy lieu haou ris.g. ♪ when i've grown too old to dream ♪ >> reporter: she had a way of making everybody their best. after all, her backup band became the eagles. was it as great a ride as we all imagine, "almost famous." >> oh, that movie? well, my life wasn't -- i'm kind of, you know, got to send me a valentine, the girls doing hookups now? i feel like my own victorian grandmother. i mean, hookups, come on. i wasn't into hookups. but i was quite busy out there. i had lots of very nice boyfriends. >> reporter: she was born in arizona, mexican on her father's side, and at 4 years old, she already had the voice that would earn her 11 grammys. the first woman ever to have four platinum albums in a row. she says about a decade ago, she felt something was going wrong. instead of the joy, the strain. >> and i knew it was mechanical and muscular. takes a tremendous amount of effort to make the vocal chords vibrate. my elevator would go to the wrong floor all the time. >> but there was no diagnosis. she sang p

dolly parton and kenny rodgers come clean. >> i think he has grown into his facelift now.ifice my health for the boobs, i am. >> feed frenzy, why "the new york times" had to apologize to the super mario brothers. what's going on between kimmel and kanye? >> we are rock stars, i'm the biggest of all of them!

yet, liberal ideology is so invested, parton the pun, in taking money away from successful americans, and giving it to those that don't have very much, that they can't stop. even when liberal policies are hammering the poor and working classes. do we all understand what's going on here? the democratic party will never admit that. it can't it needs to tell americans who are struggling that handouts will help them to get their votes. and while that may be true in the short-term, in the long-term, the nanny state is harmful. cradle to grave entitlements weaken people and the nation. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight. reaction from fox business anchor lou dobbs and here he is. are you okay with the republicans attempting to shut down the government? >> i'm okay with the republicans, bill, trying to shut down obama care. 70% of americans oppose it. the fact is that the offers, some of the authors, democratic authors of obama care consider it to be a train wreck as does obviously the speaker of the house. what they are trying to do is fund obama care to stop the damage befo

she retired from in 2000 nine, linda ronstadt collaborated with numerous artists including dolly partonn, and so many more. she moved from libretto to the mexican songs she learned from her mother and father. she has written a wonderful memoir called "simple dreams." here is a simple reminder of her beautiful voice. desperado, why don't you come to your senses ♪ for soe been out riding ♪ng you're a hard one ♪ ♪ i know that you got your ♪asons >> still sound good? >> i remember a secondhand store. tavis: i am talking about your voice am a and you are talking about your blouse. does it still sound good to you? >> i love that song. tavis: does it still sound good to you? >> where did i get that vibe rob lowe? it sound like a billy goat. -- that by brought so -- that vibrato? it felt like a billy goat. tavis: you were here last time. i wanted to remind you of something you said last time you were on this row graham -- this row graham, and i quoted you around the world about this. program, and i quoted you around the world about this. you said part of the problem in this country is either po

and it informed her collaboration with artists from dolly parton to willie nelson.ne of her great friends heroes, smokey robinson. ♪ ♪ tavis: how great songwriter is smokey robinson? a terrible crush on him like every other female on the planet. i was so nervous, i thought i was going to drop dead. in that gin singing a song he wrote with him. my god. my friends and i play the top five this are the top five that, moki is about as good as it gets. >> he sings in the same tradition that aaron neville does. it goes back to the french creole thing in louisiana. byy were very influenced french baroque opera. really loud and belting like caruso, they would go in the falsetto and saying a lot of embellishments. that's why he loves doo- wop. >> he is one of the best and the last of the great doo-wop singers. he is much more related to french baroque opera. belters like wilson pickett. but those guys sang in the beautiful falsetto and made it a beautiful thing. to ask yous going this question last night but we ran out of time because there was so much to get to and i can do

the number one song in the country was "islands in the stream," by kenny rogers and dolly parton.the president of the united states kept a diary. i know, ronald reagan kept a diary. and on november 1st, 1983, here is what president reagan wrote in his diary. "dear diary, the day began with gop congressional leadership, a full cabinet room. last night the republican senate very irresponsibly refused to pass an increase in the debt ceiling, which is necessary if we are to borrow and keep the government running. after we gave them all a rundown on lebanon and grenada, we took up the budget and the necessary legislation. i sounded off and told them i would veto every darn thing they sent down unless they gave us a clean debt ceiling bill." that ended the meeting. love, ronald. i don't think he signed it like that. the guy who ronald apparently chewed out was senator howard baker of tennessee, the top republican in the senate at the time. and a few weeks after that tense white house confrontation, howard baker received a personal letter from president reagan. "dear howard, this country

a brand-new collaboration between kenny ronlers and dolly parton. >> i can't wait to hear more of that this is the two most favorite people for him. this is a duo that should always, always, always work together. >> fun fact. "islands in the stream" always my karaoke song. >> let's bring out the mike. >> sounds like a future series. >>> we do want to recognize our extreme weather team, led by sam champion, there he is in the middle of the colorado flood zone. we're thinking of the hundreds of thousands of people impacted in that region. they cannot catch a break. sam, your forecast coming up here in just a bit. >> doing a great job out there for us. >>> then it's almost time to bring out my guest for our new series, "gma's" guess who is coming to breakfast? each of us got to pick whoever away wanted, no questions asked. my guest is upstairs in my dressing room apparently. oh, no, what are you doing? >> disguised as my dressing room. she's disguised as a ghost. you need to get ready to come down now. this is a sampling of why i asked this person. she's very unpredictable. superfun. >>>

this is dolly parton and you're watching "fox & friends." ♪ ♪ >>steve: they're already lining up.h: getting fired up with that song. that is where we're going to be later on. >>steve: it is mud mudderella. that is a slide where you go up and once you're doused you get dunked full of mud. elisabeth hasselbeck is good at this stuff. she decided during her fir do it. monday i got banged up a little bit. >>brian: did you hurt your back? >>elisabeth: are you going to do it, brian?Ñi >>brian: you have me diving into a pool. i have to do radio six minutes after. how am i going to handleÑi that? >>elisabeth: is anyone else here whining? >>steve: i'm not doing it because i got hurt. you're not going to do it because you've got a radio snow >>brian: i'll get elect troe -- electrocuted. >>elisabeth: maybe we'll have congress do it. >>brian: they won't do it because it's a physical challenge and they've got to take time off. scott taylor will be here doing it. maybe i'll jump in. >>steve: doesn't sound like it. sounds like you're afraid to get a little damp. e-mail brian. tell him why he shou

. >> hi, this is dolly parton, and you are watching "fox & friends." [rooster crow] >> hey, dolly. >> she is my favorite. you guys, look at the new set. >> welcome it still has that fresh studio smell, doesn't it, the new set smell. >> although hey on camera won can can we show this monitor. this is a little disconcerting i looked up and saw alli's giant head this morning it was on its side. >> that is going to be confusing. >> i don't know if we can take that it's a little weird and a little awkward. we are still getting used to the new digs over here. >> now you are sort of upside down. i looked over and saw alli's head on its side like this. >> how do you like it? >> i love it it's actually more comfortable and i think that it is stain resistant. [ laughter ] >> let's try it with some hot coffee. >> pillows are good for your back. >> the pillows are helpful. we are really liking it. you are going to see a, thatted improvement in our performance right now. [ buzzer ] >> sit back and just sit here and enjoy. all right. let's talk about the news of the