. >> your son, renee charles. >> i turned around and i saw my son and as a mother i really wanted to be so strong. and i want to show them stre and i'm not saying that it's not okay to cry in front of children but i was very surprised to seehim. >> i don't want to cry in front of you. you make me so happy. thank you. >> the 15-year-old's appearance was a secret. rarely involved with his mother's career sh told me she was truly shocked when he presented her with the icon award. >> in that moment it was asif, you let the wall down and the emotions cameflowing. >> for him to come on stage, it was very hard for him and he that for us. for his dad and for his brothers and for me. and i really did not expect that and i thought i going to make it through the whole night without tears and show strength and i just collapsed. ♪ >> celine's breathtaking tribute was her first televised performance si death in january. >> it was renee's favorite song and when he wanted me to go back on stage even though he was very ill. he struggling a lot and he said to me i want you go back on stage because the

. ♪ >> backstage renee charles clearly overjoyed to be part of his mother's bignight.was beaming when he posed for a picture with rhianna. she told all of her children -pare helping her to go on. >> this is new chapter of my life. i'll not the firstwoman, mother, and i'm not the one who wi lose her husband. it is hard. but my family is helping me through it. they were with me. they helped me to make it through. >> and even after so much emotion, celine was captivated watching madonna's tribute to prince. ♪ >> mado dressed i purple and gave it her all. but even stevie wonder coul help her. yeah we saw that. don't worry. we got you. and twitter went crazy with gifs of how prince would have reacted. madonna had three words for the haters. th nothing compared for justin bieber's today. justin thrilled his fans last ni he was called ou for lip syncing. he looks uncomfortable and he left early shortly after winning top male artist. >> i'm not really a talker. >> well he must have been saving his thoughts for instagram because he unloaded writing these award shows seem hollow

. >> she tells abc news deborah roberts that she explained his death to 15-year- renee charles and nelson and eddie by comparing it to the movie up up where balloons lift a house into a peaceful sky. >> today papa wentup. the only thing i wanted was for them to say up. up is a good thing. up is uplifting. we' to celebrate right now because papa is no in pain. >> they even still talk about it they say good night and they say good night papa, you're up. >> the full interviiw airs tomorrow on gma and nightline and for a final good-bye celine reveals she her boys held their own up fair well. >> we're going to make a wish and talk to papa and we're going to say papa love you. have a good up and we're going to spread this and it's going to go to him. >> up next we have big news from the big apple. >> if you're going to do something big you're in the right place forit. >> garth brooks back in new york. how he is planning to top his historic concert. >> plus a rare oleson twin sighting. are they smiling? >> and bathing beauties. plus chrissy weight battle. >> i was really going through those donu

. >> but it's this moment when 50-year-old rene charles spoke at his father's funeral that leaves the singer emotional and proud. >> he said i don't think i can -- i said if you're asking my opinion, this is the last time that you're going to talk to your dad. >> you are a tough act to follow, but with your help, everything is going to be fine. >> it's hard for a 15-year-old to talk to his dad who's no longer there. and when he arrived, he looked at me and hissshoulders came down, aened i could almost hear his kneecaps shaking. and i said, you know what, honey, i'm very proud of you. >> as for how celine is moving on after loss -- >> she told me she lives with no regrets. she wasn't even there when rene died, and the nurse who found him had to tell her that there no should haves when it comes to celine. >> there are two days in the year you can do nothing about -- yesterray and tomorrow. today is a great day. >> she always tries to stay so positive. >> yeah, she does. >> something else she said is when they took rene's body from the home, she actually chased the vehicle a little bit j

but it was saline who got choke up when their son, rene charles, came out to present her with the billboardard. fittingly, she ended her acceptance speech with family. >> my beloved, whom i know, will continue to watch over me from up above. >> ♪ >> everyone was on their feet in las vegas, as got go's reunited and turned back time with their 1980 hit, we got the beat. the bands is set for reunion tour this summer. >> ♪ purple rain ♪ >> and a tribute to prince, stevie wonder joined madonna on the team oval arena crowd sing purple rain for the pun he will one. in hollywood, i'm david daniel. >> so a loft people are still talking about that prince tribute. >> i'm not a music expert, but i -- >> i woke up scrolling through twit they are morning, just checking out what happened overnight, and a lot of people were upset about it. >> bet -- >> started running this promo, like purple city, the purple bet award coming up, we told you about it last week, and it says, ya, we saw that. we got you. like we're going to fix it. a lot of people were up sweat that. >> i wasn't upset, i just didn't think it

. >> your son, rene charles. >> and then he looked at me and said, why do you think i d

what about that moment her son rene charles presented the icon ache ward. >>> but we'll begin with thoseers the south. millions in the threat zone today. bracing for tornadoes and damaging winds. rob here with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, george. what a weekend, over 200 reports of severe weather in the last 24 hours. 7 tornadoes reported across 5 states. we're just getting started in a very active pattern. funnel clouds. >> big tornado! >> reporter: after funnel cloud. forming in the skies above texas overnight. >> daddy, let's go, please. >> reporter: 30 reported tornadoes from south dakota to an hour. one twister sparking this fire in big spring, this home there reduced to rubble. >> wow! >> reporter: funnel clouds forming as rain and hail pounds the area. golf ball size hail reported throughout the state. >> look at that! >> reporter: at least four other twisters report td in the texas panhandle overnight. and this one in kansas. >> tornado crossing in front of us! >> reporter: cars stopping mid-highway to avoid the whipping winds. this truck inching its away across the int

her son rene charles presented her with the award. >> and the go-goes reunited performing "we got thet." the band is set for a reunion tour this summer. >> and stevie wonder joined forces with madonna and the entire crowd ended up singing a tribute to prince of "purple rain." as for the award, the weekend was the big winner of the night with 8 awards. >> and britney spears took the millenium award and adele took the biggest prize of top artist. hello. >> it's one of those things as a morning anchor, you don't get to see those. >> primetime tv doesn't exist. >> and the prince song, they got mixed reviews. >> how about that? >>> and the weather? >>> we have a developing problem at the toll plaza, the bridge, so on the right side, they had the wide-open lanes there, the open toll plains. even the width of those lanes wasn't enough to handle the girth of the wide load that was stuck. this is at the left side of your screen, toll lane number 16 and they will try and move that truck over to the east parking lot. they're going to try and stop the traffic and drive it across the toll plaza. t

celebration of his life, the way she's held together for her twins eddie and nelson area that i know son rene charles who came out and surprised his mom with the icon award to her. what a great looking kid. what a gentleman he has become. we have seen popstars and music stars. they don't seem to be just like us. she is so rock solid. i think what she did last night she is our lead story tonight. liz hernandez did a great interview with her right after that speech there. it's awesome. hats off to celine. >> billy, we have to say congratulatins on "the today show." you have to be very excited. >> i'm very excited. thank you very much for saying that. i grew up at new york. i did some stuff at wnbc back in the day. that's the iconic spot. i could not be happier. very nice of you to say that. thanks. >> congrats. >>> if you want to protect yourself from the zika virus, you've got to keep the mosquitos away. some repellants just work better than others. susan hogan shows us which ones you need to have ready this summer. >>> quickly changing weather situation this afternoon. we'll keep you up to date on th

what about that moment her son rene-charles presented the icon award.lusively with celine back stage and have much more coming up. >>> but we'll begin with those twisters in the south. rain and hail. millions in the threat zone today, bracing for tornadoes and damaging winds. rob's here with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, george. what a weekend, over 200 reports of severe weather in the last 24 hours. 27 tornados reported across five states. a very active pattern. we're just getting started. >> look at that guys. >> funnel cloud after funnel cloud forming in the skies above texas overnight. >> daddy, let's go, please. >> reporter: 30 reported tornadoes from south dakota to texas. some with winds over 100 miles an hour. one twister sparking this fire in big spring, this home there reduced to rubble. >> wow! >> reporter: funnel clouds forming as rain and hail pounds the area. golf ball-size hail reported throughout the state. >> look at that! >> reporter: at least four other twisters reported in the texas panhandle overnight, and this one in kansa

. >> reporter: the couple's sons 15-year-old rene charles and 5-year-old twins nelson and eddie now adjustings, two fingers, one finger and he said love you papa so much, happy easter, happy halloween so nelson goes and repeats almost the same thing but he adds more stuff and then i do the thing too and i said good night my love. [ speaking french ] >> you lost your brother a couple of days later. >> my brother passed away of pretty much the same cancer as him died on rene's birthday and i said to myself, for his birthday, my husband came and got my brother because my brother was too weak to fly on his own. ♪ >> reporter: did you ever say what would rene do? >> i think we all do. do you think rene would think that this song is appropriate but after a while am i going to have signs all the time or do i have to make decisions as a woman, as a mother, as an artist? >> are you ready for that? >> do i have a choice? you're never ready for something like this to happen, even though you expect it, when it hits you, you're not prepared. >> reporter: yet weeks later celine is back on stage in keeping

. ♪ >> here to present you with the billboard icon award is your son, rene charles. >> i want to be sousband of course rene died in january. and the surprise of her son coming out. >> coolest thing you go to vegas she came back they had a billboard like saline is back. i walk down. the most amazing woman. >> she can belt it. my gosh. >> gets into it. >> she's going to be on the plaza july 22 in front of our concert series. britney spears was there, opened with a medley of her hits, she got the millennium award. what is she wearing here? >> that is a nice sequinned red number. classic of her days. >> look at her body. >> still got it. >> as an objective viewer. >> hey, how about pink performing her latest single. she does this like daring act. well, this was a high wire act up in the clock, i think we're going to get flames. there you go. man, she puts on a show. >> like mad max. >> a show a couple we'res ago she dipped herself in water and came back. >> wow. >> also a lot of people talking about kesha, she's been through a lot, sang a cover of bill dylan's song "it ain't me babe." ♪ it

. ♪ the show must go on >> here to present you with the billboard icon award is your son, rene charlesyou. >> i love her so much. >> so much. >> her husband died in january, so all of that with her on stage last night. and the surprise of her son coming out, it was beautiful. >> one of the coolest things when you go to vegas, when she came back, they had a big billboard, like celine is back. every time i walked down, i like fell on the ground. she's the most amazing woman ever. >> when she pounds the steps. >> gets into it. >> celine is going to be on our plaza july 22nd as part of our concert series. can't wait for that. >>> britney spears was there. she opened the show with a medley of all her hits. she got the millennium award. ♪ i'm a slave for you >> what is she wearing, dylan? >> that is a sequenced, red number, classic of her britney days back in the day. >> look at her body. >> still got it. >> definitely. >> as an objective viewer. >> and artist. >>> how about pink performing "just like fire." she does this daring acrobatics. this was a high wire act up in the clock. i think w

rene tone explained why the republican flock is starting to rally behind this candidate. charles: you have been a donald trump supporters out of the gate. charles: why did you know right out the gate this your man? >> listening to everything he said he wanted to change. those whether issues i thought were the most important issues and he shaped the debate. that's what drew me to him. i don't think he needs to change anything. he just needs to stick with his issues and keep going. charles: you saw the signs and some of the things being hurdle around. you are a millennial. most millennials are leaning left, that's safe to say. is that the kind of stuff that would draw a millennial into the conversation? i know it doesn't work with older voters. i think what's really drawing the millennials is giving them free stuff and giving them free school. twhrament they are getting all their momentum. then it's a pop culture thing to promote bernie. i see people with bernie sanders socks. charles: jenny, ted cruz, he's boxed into this corner so to speak. i think's a true constitutional conserv

renee marsh has this. it is under intense scrutiny. >> reporter: that's right. they're looking into whether it was an act of terrorism and if so, was it an inside job. charlesed a very secure airport. so if security was breached there, it raises a question of whether any airport can truly protect itself from an insider threat. the potential that a bomb brought down egyptair flight 804 led investigators to question whether a device was on the plane parked at charles de gaulle airport. >> if it happened at charles de gaulle where they have had some very terrible recent terrorist attacks and they were on heightened alert, it certainly can happen anywhere. >> reporter: the airport was already on high alert with armed soldiers on patrol following three terror attacks in paris over the last year and a half. but now the airport says it will ramp up efforts even more, including adding 30 intelligence officers. >> this is not on the assumption there was a failure, it is a way to continue to make sure our citizens are safe. >> reporter: 86,000 people that work at charles de gaulle airport have red badges, giving access to secure areas, that includes mechanics, cleani