>> hi, paula! >> great. >> paula, good to see you, but i have to give this to you straight up. >> oh! >> you come in empty-handed. >> and late. >> and late. >> i got my phone! >> the phone, definitely put away. yes. exactly. so whenever you're going to someone's home, even if they've told you don't bring anything, bring some kind of gift for the host, but make sure it's not aunt tilda's pie she's famous for. you're competing now. also not something that needs heated up. >> what about a chihuahua. >> oh -- okay. cleared with the host, absolutely. otherwise, you don't want to spring your springer spaniel on a host. >> and guests. guests cannot bring guests, right? >> don't bring a guest. >> a few seconds left. what if people are talking about the presidential election. that could clear a table in five seconds. how do you stop that? >> this may be the first time seeing family members with different views from your own. i suggest keep the take a politics-free zone. as hostess, talk about politics, you'

november 15th. >> that is paula. in case you missed it earlier, a block, boyz ii men and paula abdul are going to hit the road together in the spring. >> a sea of testosterone. >> called "the total package tour." they're going to be with us for a good part of the show. >> yes. >> introduce a good friend of yours. don't you, hoda? >> yes, i do. in the back, abby, her friend, i knew abby when she was just a little girl. good friends of myron. battled cancer, back and strongf and in business.tr so happy you're with us. >> god bless. >> and if we'd listened to beyonce's "lemonade" album. co-wrote a song with her and now the singer with soothing sound will perform for us later. >> and before the holidays, etiquette rule, traveling, hosting, including doing dishes. had to hold off. all of those things. >> okay. >> all right. your music in our chat. are you ready? >> yes. >> we're ready. >> okay. o >> you speak up. tell us which song it's from. okay? >> all right. "people" magazine, guys. i don't know if you've heard. maybe

>> come in. >> hi, paula. >> paula, good to see you. i have to give this to you straight up. you come in empty-handed. >> and late. >> and late, which is something we don't want to do. >> i have my phone. >> the phone you definitely put away. exactly. when ever you're going to someone's home, even if they told you don't bring anything bring some kind of gift. >> what should she bring? >> be sure it's not your she's competing now. >> what about her chihuahua. >> if it's cleared with the host first, absolutely. otherwise you don't want to spring your springer spaniel. >> what about guests cannot bring guest, right? >> we only have a few seconds left. what if people are talking about the presidential election, that could clear a table in five you have family members with different views of your own. talk about politics, you will talk in this room. >> happy days! kidding you! >> thank you, thomas. >> from how to behave on thanksgiving to what to serve. wait until you see what they're cookin >> i think i'm being rude right now by just eating it right off the table, right? ?you don

. >> reporter: good morning, dan and paula. cubans on both side of the florida straits have been waiting 40 years for this day. rumors always fly about fidel's death. some hoping his demise would lead to another evolution here. no sign of that. nothing spontaneous in view as services to say its long goodbye. this morning, the cuban flag flying at half staff in havana. as the country begins nine days of mourning for fidel castro. students at the university of havana where their education is free apparently overcome with emotion. [ speaking foreign language ] >> this cuban woman calling the revolutionary leader's death painful saying castro helped the people. country's most famous young men, elian gonzales. once the center of an international custody battle between the u.s. and cuba. >> translator: fidel began to be that father like all who start off as fathers but the difficult thing is for a father to become a friend. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: the news announced by fidel's brother, raul, on state television lat

and paula?f shauna tiaffay never forgets. >> we talk about her mom, and how much she loved her, and what we think her mom would want for her now. >> that's all for this edition of "dateline extra." i'm tamron hall. thanks for watching. >>> there's this pile of leaves, >>> there's this pile of leaves, and it's where everything else is clear and flat. my heart is racing a million miles an hour. i was using my boots to move leaves, and that's when i screamed this blood-curdling scream. >> nique leili, a corporate executive who made time for romance and her three daughters. >> she was the best mom.

. >> reporter: good morning, dan and paula. cubans on both side of the florida's straits have been waiting 40 years for this day. rumors always f lead to another evolution. no sign of that. nothing spontaneous in view as the island waits for monday services to say its long goodbye. this morning the cuban flag flying at half staff in havana as the country begins nine days of mourning for fidel castro. students at the university of havana where their education is [ speaking foreign language ] >> this cuban woman calling the revolutionary leader's death painful saying castro helped the people. sentiments echoed by one of the country's most famous man gonzales. gonzales. >> fidel began to be that father like all who start off as fathers but the difficult thing is for a father to become a friend. >> the news brother raul on state television late friday night. castro's body is set to be c cremated and ashes taken on a journey across the country before his burial on december 4th. a service for fidel's sister will not b will not be att

paula and dan. >> all right, mary. thank you. dan. >> paula points out we want to find out whether that hot chocolate was ever delivered. anyway, as we said, trump took time out for the work of assembling his administration to hit twitter, lashing out at the one of the actors said on the stage to incoming vice president mike pence who was in the audience is causing an uproar, and abc's kendis gibson is outside the theater where it all went down. kendis, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. "hamilton" remains the hottest ticket on broadway and is part of one of the biggest controversies since the election. the president-elect going after the cast of the tony award winning musical. >> you know, we have a guest in the audience this evening. >> reporter: this morning, the cast of "hamilton", and the trump camp engaged in an all-out duel. >> we see you walking out, but we hope you listen. >> we truly hope this show has inspired you to work on behalf of all of us. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump taking a shot

ma >> good morning, dan and paula. for a generation of americans the threat from cuba was real and frightening. a tiny country just off our shores, 90 miles, with a powerful ally. from military disasters to near nuclear war, the 50-year feud with a fidel castro-led cuba was marked by tension and tragedy. the country's alignment with the soviet union led to the icy international relations with the two nations' newfound resentment escalated quickly. >> the purpose of these bases can be none other than to provide a nuclear strike capability against the western hemisphere. >> reporter: while his allies agreed to remove their missiles, castro's animosity towards the u.s. survived. in 1999 the custody battle over elian gonzalez playing out as castro demanded the little boy's return to cuba. escaping with him to the u.s. armed u.s. agents forcibly removing the boy from his miami relatives, returning him to his father in cuba. and there is guantanamo bay, the naval base leased by the u.s. from the castro regime since 1959. aft

naomie harris plays paula. shyrone's mom. mahershala ali takes a break from "house of cards" to play juan, a drug dealer who shyrone looks up to. challenging roles for both actors who took on this film mindful of the stereotypes they wanted to defy. >> i had some reservations because i just think there are enough stereotypes of women a black women in particular in film and in television and i just wanted to make it my mission in terms of the choices i made with my career to portray positive images of black women in particular and i kind of drew the line at playing a crack addict but when i spoke to barry, he explained how personal the story was to him and, you know, how it would be basically playing his mum and i realized he had a vested interest in ensuring this character wasn't a humanity and complexity. >> what is the conversation that you all want people to have when they leave the theater after seeing this, barry? >> you know, for me i feel like people keep saying we don't see characters like shyrone represent us very of

i'm liam martin. >> and i'm paula ebben. the 10-year-old little girl suffered the worst. exclusive interview. >> reporter: paula and liam, the little girl has broken bones all over her body. i spoke exclusively with her father. he wants the driver brought to justice. >> to be able to be there and see her as opposed to what was going on over the phone was a great university. even if it got worse i was right there beside her. >> rt phone call that his twin 10- year-old daughters and their mother were hit and run tricker treating. >> rowan said she remember its and she was not slowing down. >> reporter: ever -- ever to -- evely n and her mom was

paula? >> thank you, eric. >>> a facebook post has alarmed families and triggered an investigation at a hyde park charter school. the boston rent nance charter school released an announcement to parents the facebook post which recounts an incident with children on a school bus earlier this month. they will not go into detail about what happened but the administration said it has contacted law enforcement and taken steps to protect students. there is no criminal investigation because the parties are so young. the case has been handed over to child welfare. workforce from surrounding city and towns as a condition of the casino license but the odd thor said as of june 15th, plain ridge hired only 36% of the staff from nearby areas. casino board said that there is no specific time deadline for the investigation. >>> paula, the first poll on the president-elect's job performance and it shows that trump is getting a boost from his fakedry. his points to 46%, the same number as his unfavorable rati

paula. from havana. for us this morning and joining us by phone is florida congresswoman is ileana ros-lehtinen, the first cuban-american member of the house of representatives. good morning to you. thank you for joining us. >> well, good morning. thank you so much. this was a day we've been waiting for a long time. >> i want to talk to you specifically about the human rights crisis, ileana. people can be locked up for speaking their minds. the government still controls most of the media. according to the latest state to 70 political prisoners, so how should that factor into u.s. relations going forward? >> oh, it should factor in very heavily and i know that there are fidel apologists around the world who say, oh, he's an iconic figure and he was just an old man, but this is a man who -- i was born in cuba. i had to flee with my family when i was only 8 years old. and people were fleeing cuba then in 1960 and they're fleeing cuba now, not because he's a charming, iconic figure but because he was a ruthl

paula. >> thank you. for the fourth straight night protests are happening across the country in big and small and some protesters turning violent attacking police. it's a sign of just how divided our country remains as you saw earlier in our poll numbers. abc's jim avila has more on the election fallout. good morning, jim. >> reporter: good morning, paula. more evidence that not everyone is ready to accept the results of election 2016. thousands of hispanics, gays and others take to the streets to protest donald trump's election and on the internet, it's some trump supporters lashing out. overnight, a fourth night of violent protests in portland, oregon. thousands of demonstrators clashing with police, spraying tear gas to clear the streets. the chaotic scene unfolding as demonstrations were carried out from coast to coast in front of the president-elect's manhattan tower to los angeles where an estimated 10,000 people marched through the streets. >> this is a very multicultural, diverse country. we can't

hi, rob. >> hi, paula. to echo what phillip just said we not only had a mild winter but our first snowstorm, a full on blizzard for parts of the upper midwest and it will only strengthen as it traverses the great lakes. there you see the back side of it. a lot of snow with this, especially as that cold air gets over those warm great lakes. lake-effect snow machine begins cranking today on all lakes and upstate new york, especially western new york lake-effect snow warnings posted through tomorrow and in through monday, as well. but look at the advisories all the way down into the south. big-time wind and cold. everybody is going to get a piece of this. not good for the fire situation there, and here's the heavy snow across parts of upstate new york. 10 to 20 inches expected. we'll get some snow in the higher elevations, as well but those lake-effect snow bands will be focused on certain spots. take a look at some of these windchills. yesterday louisville, 81 degrees. tomorrow morning, it'll feel like in the

>> we are first with new kids on the block and paula abdul after their big tour announcement. >> we're bringing in joy, love and happiness back to the world. we're bringing the happy back. >> now for november 15, 2016, this is "entertainment tonight." >>> dwayne johnson is "the sexiest man alive." it was just announced this morning, but we knew last night before it became official. >> we knew and he knew, but never, ver, say a word until "people" magazine make the announcement and that made for an unusual interview last night. >> how would you feel about being named the sexiest man alive? >> if i were to be named sexiest man alive. that would be an awesome thing. i would still have to get in my diapers, but i would do it in a way that -- what's that word? sexy. >> dwayne "the rock" johnson was such an easy pick. if you look at his muscles it makes it very obvious why we chose him. >> here's what made the pick so easy. he's the king of the box office and he's the highest paid actor and he made $64.5 million last year. the second factor, this guy works hard. >> this is a phenomenal his f

paula? >>> if you are already looking ahead to the 2020 election, don't expect to see hillary clinton's running mate. a reporter asked senator tim kaine if he wanted to seek the presidency. his answer? nope. > before black friday. the credit card making sure you get the best deal, and raising healthy kids and why the milk you buy could make a difference. and a local turkey farm devastated pie fire. who helped the owners rebuild just in time for thanksgiving? >>> nice to see sunshine after a gray start. the weather watchers network, mainly around 50 like this picture from larry at scituate. skies overhead. afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. >>> on the money watch, a popular brand of cheese recalled because of salmonella concerns. the grated parmesan and romano cheeses were sold nationwide all in glass jars. the company said the recall is just precautionary

paula. >> all right. but what a moment there on broadway last night. david, thank you. >>> trump is facing fierce criticism after announcing his choices for attorney general and national security adviser, not to mention his chief strategist steve bannon who opened up in an explosive new interview about his vision for the future of america, and abc's gloria rivera is here with the backlash that team trump is already feeling. gloria, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, paula, that's right. it's only been 11 days since the election and speculation on who will fill out president-elect trump's administration continues posts and that magazine interview prompting new backlash. this morning president-elect trump's supporters are defending his picks for key positions. three of them under fire for a history of racially charged comments. >> jeff sessions is one of the stalwart conservatives in the senate. he's also been a loyal ally to donald trump throughout this entire campaign. >> reporter: ala

>> we are first with new kids on the block after announcing the big tour with paula abdul. we flashback with the boy band. >> stay in school. peace. eat your vegetables. >> we are with the star as the new "hairspray live" musical getting advice from two past tracy tuadrnbls. >> coming up on "e.t.? >> closed captioning provided z25enz z17vz ?? ?? >>> coming soon, the total back. ?? >> we're bringiny,g jj love and happiness backth to rle wod. >> announced today, thw e nekids will join boys 2 men and paula abdul on a 40-plus city tour next year. >> what are you most looking forward to? i love all of e thesguys, and in many ways we all grew up together. >> time does fly. we were with paula when her first album went number onee >> i am in shock. >> donny was just 19 when the boys were touring out of junior high. >> stay in soo eat your vegetables. >> hello, hello, hello >> and the average age of boys 2 minute at our first meeting was 22, and now a best-selling r&b group of all time. >> everyone will pollinate. >> pollinate? ?? ?? >> it's going to be a sweet tour. ?? ?? >> i just