we were precision tap dancers like the rockettes.one person got sick, we had to change the whole thing. that was my mother thing. not many mothers are rehearsing on the subway platform. everyone else, my mother meant so much to them. it gave them an experience they did not have. and i do feel it is important to entertain people. tavis: obviously. it may very well be that beyond the obvious, that was her greatest gift to you, introducing you to show business so early on. >> but i did not consider it show business. it was my mother's thing. it kept her sane from my father, so she would not have to ask him for money. it was a whole thing. i would not put it on my resume, i danced for 100 four years, but i can. she wanted to come up because she needed to know some tap steps, but that tornado or thunderstorm hit new york and she was too afraid to come out. tavis: but you would have shown her a few steps. >> yes, i had to teach everyone how to tap. tavis: when gary was here for his book, he talked about the relationship between you and cin

. >> you were a rockette. >> you were a very good rockette. >> which is one of the great things aboutalked out in full costume. >> ew. >> in the christmas spectacular they have a nativity scene so in the bowels of radio city is this menagerie of animals down there. so that was a camel stealing my lunch. >> and i mentioned to boyd earlier, you mentioned the snake thing. i do not like snakes. and then you came on here long after being the host of the show and tried to get me over the fear of snakes. i have never forgotten that. >> i used to come back in my role of national geographic where i now work and i would bring some animals. and i brought snakes, i brought tarantulas. the great thing lester never stayed seated during our segments. he was always backing up going to the corner getting as far away -- and then, of course, as i remember the snakes also apparently decided this was the perfect moment they had been waiting for to go to the bathroom on national television. >> i recall that, yes. some things you don't forget. >> and, you know, we've all covered so many huge events. jack, y

." >> by the way, her colleague colleen, i was teasing her about being a rockette. in the a head as a rockette. >> that happens when you tease kelsey. >>> in moments, the real husbands of hollywood, by the way, who's calling nick cannon mariah's boy? >>> and what's going on with lindsay lohan and amanda bynes. we look at the parallels. >>> plus, we're with this season's survivor contestants returning to the show after injuries forced them off the island. >>> closed captioning provided by -- >>> together, day by day, we're painting a brighter picture. >> "csi'" >>> can't talk about your wife and you can't really rap. what are you supposed to do? >> move over real housewives. that's the new husbands of holtlywood, the new scripted inspired by the spoof on the b.e.t. awards by kevin hart. >> they're calling it a mockumentary. we're first on the set as the famous husbands head to a charity boxing event. >> pretty good look. >> no one has ever been knocked out on "the insider." >> i'm in the ring about to give kevin hart a dose of reality. >> first of all, bam. >> look,

these things sky rockett when the fed does that. >> it is -- >> brian: you know what the forefathersnking about how the framers have written? >> they wrote a law in 1792. the country was four years old called the coin age act. who ever shall debase the dollar or do anything to the dollar to make it worth less than what it is shall suffer the penalty of death. >> gretchen: there would be a lot of dead people. >> we obviouslyy don't have that statute. but said the congress can coin money. you couldn't flood the market with phony dollars as we have done since 19133. >> steve: we have devalued the dollar. at the turn of the last century was less. >> the dollar in 1776. gained 8 cent in value. in 1913 lostt 92 percent. and all because the federal reserve flooded the market with cash to make the politicians. they devalue yourr house and cash in your market and the stock market loved it because it was free and they anticipate the banks being flush with cash. >> gretchen: it is a short-term solution. >> it is intended to make somebody look good between now and november 6th. and you know who