welcome back, ricky. congratulations. >> yeah. i nailed the two things i have done. >> the common theme is discomfort. >> it's following me around. the human behavior. that affects anyone. if you are in a society where you are flexible and you are not being shot at, what's the worst thing that happens to us? embarrassment. it's fundamental. i do deal with that. you write about what you know. i love the tiny things in life, you know, there's little things that affect everyone. >> what do you feel about the whole whitney houston? i ask -- for a long time, you would never imagine being in hollywood. now you are a bonn fied superstar that does movies. what is the reality of hollywood success, the type we have seen that caused the death of whitney houston? >> i don't know about that. i'm in my pajamas by 6:00, after i work out. i like a glass of wine. i don't mix in those circles. the people i know in hollywood are directors and show writers and producers. i came to this business when i was nearly 40. i'm 50 now. >> is that the trick,

[applaus [applause] >> ricky, ricky. >> 30 years ago i met this young girl, 18 years old. to take the world by storm, we were going to figure out this music business and how to get in and how to kind of stay there and make a mark. it didn't take me long to realize that i loved whitney houst houston. the not because she's pretty. i mean, she's pretty, 5-10, cocoa brown skin. (laughter) >> that face, that smile, those eyes, but that's not why i loved whitney houston. i mean, not because she can sing. i mean, the girl sang, all right? i mean, what a voice, not a voi voice. the voice, here me now. i loved whitney houston. could it be the the dancing? maybe not. maybe not that, but i loved whitney houston. i'm saying i love whitney houston. the hair styles? i mean, come on. dance with somebody, the hair, what about the bow in how will i know? the bow in the hair? you know what i mean. i love whitney houston. could it be for the outfits? nobody can wear a gown like whitney houston. can i get an amen? sure. nobody can wear a gown like whitney houston, that style, that grace. that

. >>> also ahead, nicki minaj and ricky martin, both here live.u what they're teaming up for. we're looking forward to sitting down with both of them, live, this morning in our 8:00 half hour. >>> and a musical surprise coming up, too. >> the little girl from the grammy commercial. >>> a dramatic start in this half hour. in the trial of the alabama man charged with murdering his wiven hair hon -- wife on their honeymoon. elizabeth vargas is back. dramatic stuff. >> reporter: it is. both the prosecution and defense lawyers painted two starkly different pictures. was he a newly wed who panicked and failed to save his drowni i bride? or was he a calculated killer? he arrived for the first day of his murder trial. listened intenty as prosecutors accused him of killing his wife of 11 days. tina's family has waited nearly ten years for their day in court. >> i'm not here to sentence him. i'm here to get justice for my daughter. >> reporter: it was this picture of her lifeless body on the ocean floor that they showed the jury first. >> tina watson, on th

ricky martin must have gone into the -- we heard it. and 43 degrees down town. a mild start to the day with one exception and that is oakland, maryland. sunshine this afternoon and 53 the high temperature and a up to 50erly breeze per hour but overall, a mild wednesday and to have yourwant with a few areas of rain and clearing out for friday. a chance >> lara, it also could have been nicki minaj. she has a lot of fans out here today. >> funny you should mention that. >> nicki minaj is in the house, ladies and gentlemen. >> oh, there she is. looking good. >> we can't wait. >> and ricky martin. >> i love george's expression -- >> there's only two shakes. not three. >> quickly, the "gma morning menu" we have nicki and ricky. and by popular demand, that sixth grade singing phenom live, singing the adele song that's turned her into an overnight star. >>> and counting down to oscar sunday. the best actor pick who gives brad and george a run for their money. coming up on "gma." [ female announcer ] introducing coffee-mate natural bliss. ♪ made

your partner ricky ger vase was on the program. -- ricky gervais was on the program -- >> what is thisbout needs and wants. it's two men. >> yes. >> jon: who seemingly have so much. >> absolutely. >> jon: and yet look at us. >> the grass is always greener. >> jon: and your grass is so (bleep) green. >> thank you. i appreciate that. >> jon: brilliant. >> thank you. >> jon: are you spending time here in the states now. >> i've been in los angeles with the beautiful people where i belong. [ laughter ] >> jon: all right. >> breaking news for you.ç friday night i had my first ever car accident. >> jon: first ever? >> yes. >> jon: congratulations. >> thank you. no one was injured so we can laugh about it. talk about the height thing. a woman walked out in front of the car car ahead of me so i slammed my brakes but it was too late. i hit the dude in front of me because i'm so tall i have to put the seat right back. i was driving a volvo and the air bag went off but didn't reach my height. it was unbelievable, jon. [ laughter ] i sort of went -- just gave up. [ laughter ] i'm never going to m

martin que dice que sus hijos estar pegas la televisión. >>> y tenemos la entrevista con ricky martinspano portavoz de una importante campaña de productos de belleza, junto a nicky menage, y lo hizo porque las ganancias sirven para la batalla contra el sida >>> qué bueno verte en una campaña como est >>> es q son cosas que es portante que elúblico lo vea. >>> ricky martin, te vimos en glee, interesante participación, no sé si dijiste que el personaje querías que fuera puertorriqueño. >>> sí, sí, es que el personaje iba a hable algo, que los puertorriqueños no hablan, e problema de los latinoamericanos que pasan la frontera y son indocumentos. >>> el sabor latino está ahí., >>> de momento abro la computadora y dice que mi música es parte de las cancioens que el presidente barack obama escucha. >>> qué piensas de la muerte d whitney houston. >>> es algo rrible, pero me quiero enfocar en lo que ella dejó, su voz que nunca cesará. >>> celebramos premios lo nuestro, eres uno de los más nominados, ante las cámaras pued invitar a tu gente que sintonicen premios lo nuestro. >>> señores, sinto

you will not see ricky williams and a ravens uniform next season.he 12-year veteran announced his retirement today. he leaves behind an impressive body of work. one of only 26 running backs in the history of the nfl to rush for more than 1,000 yards. he hope to finish his career with his first super bowl ring. one of the more interesting people to play for the ravens. he teaches yoga and loves world travel. ray rice says being around ricky williams this season is one of the most important things that happened in his career. unfortunately, ricky williams travels did not end with a super bowl parade. was in manhattan. a crowd of an estimated a million people turned out. the new york mayor and governor both wrote in the parade. chris christie did not get an invitation. a bit of an oversight, considering the giants played in new jersey. don't look for any dancing from tom coughlin. >> we have a number of players who have never experienced this and they will never forget this for the rest of their lives. thank you for coming out and making us feel so wel

. >>> enseguida, ricky martin nos dice por qué tiene una gran tristeza, hay más en primer impacto enrican airlines arena de miami, la sede de premios lo nuestro, que celebra su edición número 24. >>> así es y pitbull tiene su presentación doble esta noche. >>> así es, y tony estuvo con pitbull y también con el grupo intocable, adelante, tony. >>> así es, desde aquí las veo, chicas, están muy bellas las dos, hay muchas fiestas en todo miami, pero cerca del centro de espectáculos está bongoos cuban caffee y hay una celebración esperando para ellos. >>> premios lo nuestro arrancarác n una súper presentación de daddy yankee y cerrará con pitbull, así fue el ensayo del tema, bailando por el mundo ,pitbull no quiso hablar con la prensa, a juan lo sorprendimos tras bastidores. >>> qué trago toma el cata después de premios lo nuestro. >>> boli con cata, es una boca que está de moda. >>> a qué sabe. >>> tú sabes, con limón, también con jugo de china o con leche. >>> lo podnré en mi lista, esto dijo de su presentación de la noche. >>> una bendición para mí, un orgullo para mi tierra. >>> fui c

gervais golden globes, coming whole ricky ricky gervais golden globe award schtick. do that? >> not in a million years. >> but you could play a ricky gervais character. >> perhaps, but to go up there -- >> and offend people to their faces. >> it's not that i'm not that kind of person. i just don't have those kind of guts. in a personal way, he's very sweet to me. before one of these award shows he says hey, i've got a few things that i want to go after you for is that okay and i said of course. >> so he warns you before he anail late a anigh a t a annihilates you. >> for me, yeah. >> you have seven movies coming down? >> and a cooking show. >> a seven movie extravaganza earning you potentially $1 billion. >> $1 billion. within the year isle be a billionaire. >> you're always pinching yourself a bit? >> i'm always pinching myself. >> most comedians are tormented by terrible things that happened to them. i've interviewed a few where you can tell that's the motivation for why they go and get affirmation. but it's a great quote about you that said the most wounded thing

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. >> his name is ricky freeman and police pick him up. police tell detectives he knows all about the romero shooting and he volunteers more horrifying information about another gruesome murder. >> metro police say two high profile murders are connected. >> he knows about the murder of this woman who was kidnapped randomly after fennishing a shift as a waitress. >> she was stabbed, sexually assaulted and lit on fire. >> but it was unsolved until ricky freeman told police what he knew. >> chris hansen. how you doing? >> i sat down with ricky fremontman at the local jail who is speaking out for the first time. how did you meet growingry hover? >> i met him through a friend a year ago. he was barbecuing. >> freeman was 17 when he met hover the 37-year-old process server. ? he worked for a legal company delivering subpoena papers. he said i could drive for him. >> then came the night that everything changed. the men were driving around when hover spotted a woman going to her car. >> he said he was picking up a friend and everything turned bad.

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whitney came into the fray and said, look, ricky does the music. let him do it.e arrangement. i mailed it to her. a week later we were set to record in l.a. she was a half hour late, and i said, hey, did you listen to it? she said, no i haven't had had a chance to listen to it yet. i just did a screen test for kevin costner, and i want to be an actress. he says i'm good, so maybe i'll get this part. she came in the studio and sang it one time, left out of the booth and said how's that? i said, how was that? that was great. i said let's do one more safety. 90% of what you hear is it from that first tape. >> wow. that's fantastic. >> the only thing i used on the second tape and the rocket's head glare because it was a lot more power there because she did it once. there was no like, okay, you need to do this and do this. she listened to the arrangement one time and said i got it. >> let's take a tloiven that when we come back from a break. we're watching video of plane landing at the airport in new jersey bearing the body of whitney houston. we'll keep all our guest

. >> jon: the panda does it with one hand but ricky gervais "give me that raccoon! come on!" >> this isn't going out on television. this is not going out on television. no. (cheers and applause) >> jon: at least now we know why pandas and raccoons have black eyes. (cheers and applause) >> that is terrible. >> jon: anyway, my point is ricky gervais has a new show on hbo. (laughter) it's called... >> oh, yeah, "life's too short" on hbo this sunday at 10:30. before that i'm on "family guy" and before that on saturday i'm doing things on the science channel. >> jon: i thought you were going to say things with marsupials but all right. "life's too short" hbo sundays, february 19 at 10:30 p.m. and i think if that's not a screen grab for somebody for valentine's day, ricky gervais hump ago raccoon. [ male announcer ] good news: men use soap. bad news; men use soap that can really dry their skin. fear not. dove men+care is here. it's the bar with 1/4 moisturizing cream. so it cleans and leaves skin feeling moisturized. dove men+care. (cheers and applause) >> jon: you know, i i don't

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branch ricky had integrated baseball by bringing jackie robinson in. i'm staying in junction city and jackie robinson with his military service at fort riley. i thought that was poignant, and i apologize for the aside, but it was a reminder to me of yet another chapter in our history, but if you look back at what branch ricky did, he didn't exactly create a fan base of everybody in the country. it was very courageous, and you take that perspective and think about what it meant to the country to see president eisenhower bring branch rick toe run a commission to diversify the federal workforce. it just is a very powerful statement. bill coleman was brought in to serve on that commission as well. bill had said in his book that he believes that the real tipping point in american history when it comes to civil rights occurred during the eisenhower presidency, and of course, the primary piece that he points to that period would be the little rock school crisis which we'll have a chance to discuss. president eisenhower very quickly moved during his precedensi

he won the heisman trophy at the university of texas. >> give ricky williams a huge round of applause. every time they put him in last year in real spot situations rickey produced. it is easy to see why he had a career with over 10,000 yards rushing. the guy brought game to our house. and i personally am very sorry he is not going to be on the field with us next year. it was a lot of fun watching ricky williams play and i think he was a big part of the success of the team this year. >> he was. >> may have been out house but he turned it into rickey's joint. >> thank you. >> i was deciding whether to say that or to use i guess the clock on rickey's career went bong. ricky williams produced for us, thank you so much for the effort, bud. >>> let's take a look at radar -- running backs get beat up. 10,000 yards imagine how much that does to your body. 42 is the high. i am not too much worried about snow or rain. what has got my attention is this 27 degree overnight low. we will talk about that when we come back. coming up on coffee with suzanne summers has yet another cookbook out aimed a

ricky williams announced his retirement. he was hoping to get the super bowl ring. he steps down with over 10,000 career yards rushing. ray rice said teaming with ricky was one of the most important things that happened in his career. the giants were honored to celebrate the win in the super bowl. fans through super bowls to the players. tom coughlin got a call from president obama. each player received a key to the city. i never got a key to brooklyn park. are you kidding me? give me a key to my car. >> the inner harbor is about to get spicy. >> charges dropped in a corruption trial. what julius henson will no longer a case in the robocall trial. >> people in tokyo pretended this rhino was the real thing. >> we expect some snow later today. >> we are looking at a nice start on the roads. >> a new mandate