the song features, pharrell williams and nile rogers. and lorde's hit royals hit song of the year, and macklemore, ryan lewis won best new artist and rap album for the heist. and this surprise planned out in front of a national tv audience, our betty yu has more on that. >> reporter: the stage was set. it looked like a church. macklemore and ryan lewis and mary lambert just finished performing same love. that's when the real event was revealed. >> bit power vested in me by the state of california, i now pronounce you a married couple. ♪ ♪ >> with madonna serenading, 33 couples, gay and straight got married. each signing confidentiality agreements. promising not to tell their families. >> i'm happy for all the couples tonight. everybody should get to, you know fall in love with someone, and make a life together and be protected under the law. >> reporter: as to whether cbs news about the mass marriages beforehand. >> we went through our plans and had the support of our partners and that's why we were able to do what we did. >> reporter: t

stevie wonder and manipulates later claimed record of the year with collaborator of the year pharrell williams. >> the robots would like to think, obviously, france is really proud of these guys right now. >> royals! >> reporter: song of the year went to new zealand's king lorde who also took ohm the best performance. >> this is the one thing that i did not expect the most about tonight. >> reporter: hip-hop duo macklemore & rhine lewis scored four grammys for best rap and new artist. >> i want to thank the people that got us on the stage. >> reporter: they got on the stage again to perform the gay rights love song with queen latifah for an emotional wedding. and husband and wife jay z and beyonce opened the show with "drunk in love" as surviving beatles ringo star and paul mccartney shared the stage. >> and bill karins is here with your frigid forecast. did you see the grammys? >> i saw a good chunk of the first half. a saw beyonce's performance. a lot of people debating whether she had on enough clothes or not. >> over the top? >> i don't think there's any big headlines. it seems that always

falcon, todd edwards, chilly gonzales, giorgio moroder, panda bear, nile rodgers, paul williams, pharrell williamss is, what, this is the most insane thing ever. >> you know, i used to imagine things that weren't there and were frightening and then i got sober and two robots called me and asked me to make an album. (laughter) >> we are-- we are random access memories, some of us more random than others. you know, i just got a message from the robots. and what they wanted me to say is that as elegant and as classy as the grammy has ever been, is the moment when we tell all those-- saw all those wonderful marriages and that same love is fantastic. (applause) it was the height of fairness an love and the power of love for all people at any time in any combination. it's what they wanted me to say. they sail, captain kirk uses the enterprise. they sail on a ship called generosity, they're again royce of spirit. everybody up here, pharrell has just been spectacular in the things that he said. this is a ledge end, this is a labor of love. we are all so grateful. god bless you. thank you to the academy. t

took home five grammys, including record of the year for "get lucky," featuring nile rogers and pharrell williamseaking of pharrell, the singer probably tops last night's fashion fails with his arby's-inspired hat. the fast food chain even tweeted at him that they wanted it back. apparently, he was really going for the malcolm mclaren look from the hip-hop classic "buffalo gals." ♪ buffalo gals go around the outside ♪ >> but pharrell had company getting unwanted food comparisons. madonna left her provocative outfits at home and instead got attention by covering up. just like the quaker oats guy. thank you for watching abc news. i'll see you on "good morning america" tomorrow. and as always, we're online at abcnews.com. good night. ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing good for me around ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit tired ♪ ♪ of craving something that i can't have ♪ ♪ turn around, barbara ♪ forever i've been praying for a snack in my life ♪ ♪ and now i have a brownie ending all of my strife ♪ ♪ i finally found the right snac

a killer night for daft punk and pharrell williams as well. they got record of the year. ey got album of the year. pharrell had to do a lot of work on stage. he was the only guy that talked. those robots never said a word. >> body language. and facial expressions. >> it's a nice night. you get to trace the year in music. you remember your songs of the summer were. you remember what got you through the fall. it was terrific. >> everybody brings a great show. >> from the fashion to the music, it was awesome. >>> speaking of awesome, we have something very exciting to show you. look at that. times square studios now transformed into super bowl h.q. >> look at that. >> we're now officially on super bowl boulevard as new york city and the entire country gets ready for the big game. we have a ton of surprises from our location. we're in the middle of it all. happening all week. >>> we'll be watching the weather all week. we'll start there. severe cold hitting so much of the country. and the paralyzing snowstorm set to sweep the south. ginger leads our extreme team coverage. good

falcon, todd edwards, chilly gonzales, giorgio moroder, panda bear, nile rodgers, paul williams, pharrell williamsll. wow! this is, what, this is the most insane thing ever. >> you know, i used to imagine things that weren't there and were frightening and then i got sober and two robots called me and asked me to make an album. (laughter) >> we are-- we are random access memories, some of us more random than others. you know, i just got a message from the robots. and what they wanted me to say is that as elegant and as classy as the grammy has ever been, is the moment when we tell all those-- saw all those wonderful marriages and that same love is fantastic. (applause) it was the height of fairness an love and the power of love for all people at any time in any combination. it's what they wanted me to say. they sail, captain kirk uses the enterprise. they sail on a ship called generosity, they're again royce of spirit. everybody up here, pharrell has just been spectacular in the things that he said. this is a ledge end, this is a labor of love. we are all so grateful. god bless you. thank you to th

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pharrell williams causing a stir with his oversized park ranger hat, which even got its own twitter accounting, arbys, your new logo should be #pharrellhat. i see the similarity. the twitter account already has some 16,000 followers. that's almost as many as you. >> yes. i'll have a couple roast beef to go. speaking of twitter, which vacation do you wish you had never taken? we'll read your best tweets next. >>> which vacation do you wish you'd never taken? >> i wish i would have never take an week off to stay home and paint the house. horrible vacation. >> paul says, took a vacation to las vegas in september. it was over 100 degrees. should have stayed home and watched jerry lewis. >> katherine, 2004, january, carnival cruise, virus outbreak. >> and ellen says, went to disney world with the in-laws. i feel for you. >> when are you going to learn? >> thanks so much for watching. gretchen now. >>> thanks, guys. today on "the real story," new comments on benghazi. what hillary clinton just said about the attack when she was secretary of state. plus, ted cruz joins us live with the apology he

electronic music duo daft punk took home album of the year at the grammys and other big singers are pharrell williamss who took home multiple awards. >> the denver broncos and seahawks have arrived in new jersey for the super bowl with broncos quaterback peyton manning looking to be the first quaterback to win super bowls with two separate teams. >> it is start telling look like winter. we have some fog and extra moisture in the air. we will give way by noon to mid-to-upper level clouds with temperatures mild at low-to-mid 60's loan the coast and mid-to-upper 60's for the rest of us. >> and the fog can hamper the commute. seven, foggy morning commute over the bay bridge but nut is bad as the north bay or san jose but it will take you, now, 25 minutes to head in the westbound direction. we have a brand new accident still blocking two lanes, southbound, along 242 at grant street. >> than you for joining us. the abc7 news continues now online and on twitter and facebook and the mobile devices. >> we will be back in 25 minutes with news, weather and traffic with "good morning america" with a beautiful la

the artist deferred to their collaborators, including pharrell williams. >> they want to thank their families. >> newcomer, lorde who performed royals who won best song of the year, and best pop solo performance. organizers promised the grammies would be full of surprises and delivered. macklemore and ryan lewis hit plenty of high notes and claimed best new artist and three rap grammies. more than 30 gay and straight couples married as madonna and queen latifah joined the duo to perform the song, same love. >> celebrate same love and have the marriages on stable, you know, my sister getting married as -- on stage, you know, my sister getting married as well was phenomenal. >> beyonce and jay-z rocked the opening with the duet. >> i want to tell blue, that look, daddy got a gold sippy cup for you. >> reporter: paul mccartney and ringo starr reunited on stage before the 50th an verse of the beatles tv performance. and won two grammies, including best rock song. >> in the next half hour, betty yu was at the grammies and gives an in-depth look at what took to put the surprise wedding tog

the big loser was the guy sitting behind pharrell williams. [ laughter and applause ] even the pope wase, "hey, down in front." come on. couldn't see anything. last night daft punk won five grammys including album of the year. [ cheers and applause ] it was great. fans said it was great to see someone new finally win the award. then daft punk pulled off their helmets to reveal they're actually taylor swift and adele. they're like, "got you, suckers!" [ cheers and applause ] and then this is kind of cute. i saw jay z accepted the grammy for best rap collaboration with my man, justin timberlake. [ cheers and applause ] -- jay z accepted. he joked that the award would be a gold sippy cup for his daughter, blue ivy. then jay z said i'm kidding, "she already has, like, four of those." it was a joke. did you see steven tyler? he was looking cool, man. he showed up to the grammys sporting a new beard and mustache. or as most people put it, "whoa, lady looks like a dude." [ light laughter ] it was a fun night overall. i liked it. let's see what's happening over in washington. president obama is

music and lyric by pharrell williams. "let it go" from frozen. music and lyric. the moon song from "her" music by karen o, lyric by karen o and spike jonze. and "ordinary love" from mandela long walk to freedom. music by paul hewson, dave evans, adam clayton and larry mullen. you may know them better as u 2. >> adapted screen play the nominees are -- billy ray for captain phillip, steve coogan and jeff pope for fill hell me that. and terrance winter for the wolf of wall street. >> for best original screen play t nominees are -- eric warren singer and david o'russell for "american hustle." >> woody allen, for "blue jasmine." craig borton and melissa wellic for "dallas buyers club." spike jonze for "her." and bob nelson for "nebraska." >> for best animated feature film we are pleased to nominate the groods. despicable me 2. earnest and celestine. froz frozen, and the wind rises. >> for best documentary feature, the nominees are -- the act of killing. kite and the boxer. dirty wars. the square. and 20 feet from stardom. nominees to be determined. >> for best foreign

helmets couldn't compete with pharrell's hat which inspired neil patrick harris to tweet, only pharrell williams forest fires. >> all of a sudden i want a roast beef sandwich. piers morgan live is next. [ intercom ] drivers, to your marks. go! [ male announcer ] it's chaos out there. but the m-class sees in your blind spot... ♪ pulls you back into your lane... ♪ even brakes all by itself. it's almost like it couldn't crash... even if it tried. the 2014 m-class. see your authorized dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial services. cozy or cool? "meow" or "woof"? everything the way you want it ... until boom, it's bedtime! and your mattress a battleground of thwarted desire. enter the sleep number bed. designed to let couples sleep together in individualized comfort. he's a softy. his sleep number setting is 35. you're the rock, at 60. and as your needs change over time you can adjust your bed to sleep better together. 48-month financing available through february 2 only at your local sleep number store. find your sleep number setting and know better sleep. > this is "piers m

singer pharrell williams picking up several grammys last night, but his hat stole the show.it's even getting its own twitter account and already has 16,000 followers. >>> a relic containing the blood of the late john paul ii is stolen from a small church in italy over the weekend. a crucifix was also taken. a church custodian making the discovery this morning. >>> and "britain's got talent" runner-up susan boyle wants to ring you up. she applied for a cashier's job that pays minimum wage. she's stimestimated to be worths of millions of dollars. >>> meanwhile, the white house reacting to the republican proposal to obamacare. today, three senators unveiled their plan, which would repeal the mandates and taxes in obamacare, while preserving benefits like pre-existing conditions. listen to this. >> we haven't obviously seen a proposal. what i've seen in press reports suggest that this looks very much like just another repeal proposal, another attempt to raise taxes on the middle class, to keep uninsured americans with pre-existing conditions locked out of the market, to raise co

up there we've got pharrell williams spinning beats. this could be our favorite table so far.oing to count us down here all of south beach is going to be happening. and 2014 hopefully will be into better than 2013. after that, afro jack. then, and happy new year. >> thanks, thanks. >> 2014! >> are you going to >> happy new year >> this is a family show. that is a bit of adventure of life television, everybody. >> hi, everybody. >> i'll talk to you later. >> some people had too much champagne. it's crazy. >> anyway, it's a good party here. all of these cabanas. miami turns out one of the more expensive places to be. lil wayne is playing down the street there is a table going for $100,000. is that unbelievable? hi, lady. happy new year. >> what sdrou to say for new year's eve? >> happy new year's eve. >> happy new year. i love you all. >> very well done. well done. >> and as we meander away towards the stage just check it out. wrapping it up, going to countdown here in miami. back to new york city. happy new year's eve. he we've got our money's worth, huh? >> thank you. >> thing

sexual orientations were married on the telecast of the grammys in a mass ceremony held under pharrell williams'sat. [ laughter ] that's his hat. no need to point. we see it. [ laughter ] the hat turned out to be a bigger story than the big gay wedding. but -- by the way, getting married during the grammys is a great way to save money on the videographer. you just have to program the dvr. queen latifah officiated this ceremony while macklemore and ryan lewis did their song "same love." everyone who went to the grammys wound up married at the end whether they wanted to or not. [ laughter ] steven tyler is now mrs. ryan seacrest. [ laughter ] it was a big show. it was a strange show. daft punk won five grammy awards. neither one of these guys ever showed his face. by the way, this is how the robots will enslave us. first they take our grammys. and then they take our freedom. [ laughter ] how do we even know that was daft punk? i mean, it could have been anybody in an outfit. i don't believe daft punk even exists, to tell you the truth. [ laughter ] there are a lot of interesting performances last n

helmets couldn't compete with pharrell's hat which inspired neil patrick harris to tweet, only pharrell williamsrest fires. >> all of a sudden i want a roast beef sandwich. piers morgan live is next. tato truck is still missing. so my dog and i we're going to go find it. it's out there somewhere spreading the good word about idaho potatoes and raising money for meals on wheels. but we'd really like our truck back, so if you see it, let us know, would you? thanks. what? did you run into traffic? no, just had to stop by the house to grab a few things. you stopped by the house? uh-huh. yea. alright, whenever you get your stuff, run upstairs, get cleaned up for dinner. you leave the house in good shape? yea. yea, of course. ♪ [ sportscaster talking on tv ] last-second field go-- yea, sure ya did. [ male announcer ] introducing at&t digital life. personalized home security and automation. get professionally monitored security for just $29.99 a month. with limited availability in select markets. ♪ plays a key role throughout our lives. one a day men's 50+ is a complete multivitamin designed for men's

producer pharrell williams and hip hop artists macklemore and ryan lewis also claimed four trophies apiece still to come on the newshour, the deep freeze crippling much of the country; new troubles for the u.s.-afghan relationship; republican senator roy blunt previews tomorrow's state of the union; then, the search for terrorists ahead of the sochi olympics; a new book on the russian dissident punk band, pussy riot; plus, the dangers of underwater gold mines in the philippines. >> woodruff: the deep freeze settling in over much of the country is forcing state and local officials to take precautions once again to protect people from dangerous sub-zero conditions. that included the state of minnesota where schools were closed today. in st. paul, the day began with temperatures of 23 degrees below zero. chris coleman is the mayor of st. paul and joins us from the twin cities. welcome, mr. mayor, tell us, how is this severe cold affecting your area? >> well, this is quite a stretch of cold weather. this is the 7th day in the last five years that schools have been closed. and five of those day

pharrell williams also a big hit. lorde won two grammys for her album "royals." and macklemore and ryan lewis won. at the end of the show, they performed their hit "sane love." >> this is amazing. >> while they were singing, 33 couples got married in a ceremony officiated by queen latifah. madonna then serenaded the newlyweds. that's quite a wedding. >> i'm not sure, lewis's sister was in there. >> pink performed. that's pink, by the way, spinning there. that is her hit, "try," and that is some kind of trapeze and rope contraption. do not try this at home, folks. and we saw two beatles. there is paul mccartney and ringo starr performing a song off mccartney's new album. the biggest surprise was daft punk. their producer is paul williams. >> oh, yeah! >> you know who paul williams is? he wrote "the rainbow connection" in the '70s. he was on "the love boat" like seven times and now won a grammy for producing daft punk. >> the feel of that song is really from the '70s. it's a nice, cool feel. >> it makes you think of muppets. >> yeah, muppets and miss piggy. look, n

for daft punk, who gave an all-star performance of their winning hit "get lucky," alongside pharrell williamsthe robots cleaned up last night. twitterverse was all a flutter talking about the performances. and clint tweeted an f.u. for cutting their performance short and macklemore said kendrick should have won best album. he said he believed kendrick lemor was robbed and he was going to say it during his searches and speech but the music started playing and he froze. i had my favorites. i did think there were interesting moments as well. so we can talk about that. >> there always are interesting moments when it comes to the grammys. pink, my god is she in good shape. i want to talk about that. >> reporter: and she was singing live and doing all that. >> she was impressive. >> you got to give it to mclemomac macklemore. the cold is going to change everything, right, indra? >> down into the deep south, places like new orleans will be talking about several inches of snow by tomorrow morning. in is so atypical. they don't get a lot of snow or ice. very tricky when you talk about that cold air mo

. >> pharrell williams, who sang on " the get lucky ", accepted the award for the record of the year.w zealand teenager lorde snagged the grammy for the son of the year. the 17 year-old one in a category that included major pop stars katie perry, below mars and pink. >> i will have full details of what to expect with the weather and we return. for over 60,000 california foster children, nights can feel long and lonely. i miss my sister. i miss my old school. i miss my room. i don't want special treatment. i just wanna feel normal. to help, sleep train is collecting pajamas for foster children, big and small. bring your gift to any sleep train, and help make a foster child's night a little cozier. not everyone can be a foster parent, but anyone can help a foster child. ♪ wita da of lt, th mwone loveou mt ♪ align welcome back. the polar vortexes is unleashing its self on the midwest again. >> and brutally cold temperatures for minnesota took ky. the wind chill expected to be 43 below zero in minneapolis today. schools and businesses are closed in chicago. temperatures are expected to wa

only pharrell williams can prevent forest fires. compares him to smokey the bear right there. m says moving my home and office into pharrell's hat. this is my favorite arby's tweeted out, hey, pharrell, can we have our hat back? and he responded to that saying, y'all trying to start a roast beef? he had fun with it last night. the bottom line is everybody out there knows if you're pharrell williams, you can get away with anything, that's how cool he is. >> he's happy. >> he's pharrell. >> all right, willie. >> thank you. >>> just ahead, coming to a shopping center near you, the denver pot store aiming to take its business nationwide. >>> and an exclusive with jay leno and jimmy fallon sit down together as jimmy gets ready to take over the "tonight show." >> vice president to president, you kind of get -- >> the conversation with the late night stars. but first this is "today" on nbc. >>> coming up, would you take $3,000 to get the flu? >> and how you can vote for the best super bowl ads of all time. >>> a very good morning to you. 7:26. i'm laura garcia-cannon. the search is on

bruce broughton, lyric by dennis spiegel, "happy" from "despicable me 2," music and lyric by pharrell williamsfrom "mandela: long walk to freedom," music by paul hewson, dave evans, adam clayton and larry mullen. you may know them better as u2. lyric by paul hewson. >> for adapted screenplay, the nominees are richard linklater, julie delpy and ethan hawke for "before midnight," billy ray for "captain phillips," steve coogan and jeff pope for "philomena," john ridley for "12 years a slave" and terence winter for "the wolf of wall street." >> for best original screenplay, the nominees are eric warren singer and david o. russell for "american hustle," woody allen for "blue jasmine," craig borten and melissa wallack for "dallas buyers club," spike jonze for "her" and bob nelson for "nebraska." >> for best animated feature film, we are pleased to nominate "the croods," chris sanders, kirk demicco and kristine belson, "despicable me 2," chris renaud, pierre coffin and chris meledandri, "ernest & celestine," benjamin renner and didier brunner. "frozen," chris buck, jennifer lee and peter del vecho an

happy spiegel, "happy" from "despicable me 2," music and lyric by pharrell williams, "let it go" fromlopez, "the moon song" from "her," music by karen o, lyric by karen o and spike jonze and "ordinary love" from "mandela: long walk to freedom," music by paul hewson, dave evans, adam clayton and larry mullen. you may know them better as u2. lyric by paul hewson. >> for adapted screenplay, the nominees are richard linklater, julie delpy and ethan hawke for "before midnight," billy ray for "captain phillips," steve coogan and jeff pope for "philomena," john ridley for "12 years a slave" and terence winter for "the wolf of wall street." >> for best original screenplay, the nominees are eric warren singer and david o. russell for "american hustle," woody allen for "blue jasmine," craig borten and melissa wallack for "dallas buyers club," spike jonze for "her" and bob nelson for "nebraska." >> for best animated feature film, we are pleased to nominate "the croods," chris sanders, kirk demicco and kristine belson, "despicable me 2," chris renaud, pierre coffin and chris meledandri, "ernest &

coming up next on "new day," was pharrell williams taking a fashion tip from smoky the bear?ng its own twitter account. you ponder, we'll discuss. in 1953. d ia afghanistan, in 2009. orbiting the moon in 1971. [ male announcer ] once it's earned, usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection. and because usaa's commitment to serve current and former military members and their families is without equal. begin your legacy. get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. ♪ [ male announcer ] a car that is able to see, to calculate, to think -- and can respond to what it encounters. ♪ even if that means completely stopping itself. it's the stuff of science fiction... minus the fiction. the 2014 e-class. see your authorized dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial services. even if you don't want to folks. >> i'm sorry. >> welcome back to "new day." if you watched the grammys you saw the hat. the ferrell williams may have won four award for music. that's nothing. the

up there we've got pharrell williams spinning beats. this could be our favorite table so far. much champagne. it's crazy. >> anyway, it's a good party here. all of these cabanas. miami turns out one of the more expensive places to be. lil wayne is playing down the street there is a table going for $100,000. is that unbelievable? hi, lady. happy new year. >> what sdrou to say for new year's eve? >> happy new year's eve. >> happy new year. i love you all. >> very well done. well done. >> and as we meander away towards the stage just check it out. wrapping it up, going to countdown here in miami. back to new york city. happy new year's eve. he we've got our money's worth, huh? >> thank you. >> things are heating up, phil, thank you for bringing up heat from miami. >> this is the moment megyn was playing. they say "imagine" in times square. >> it's nearly in your bones when you thaer. millions of people gathered here waiting to see that ball drop. just thinking about the year behind and ahead. this is as cool as you described it to be >> right. a lot of challenges and changes in 2