. ♪ >> larry: and shawn king. ♪ round the christmas tree ♪ that changes everything >> larry: and the as only queen latifah can read it. it's a special holiday celebration on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening. and happy holidays. we've got a great hoir of beautiful music for you tonight. we'll start it off with something special. sting, he's an amazing artist. put him in an amazing setting and you have something to remember. so we kick off tonight with sting. accompanied by the terrific chris botti on trumpet, the old bass carol, "gabriel's message." the setting, the beautiful cathedral church of st. john the divine in manhattan. ♪ ♪ the angel gabriel from heaven came ♪ ♪ his wings as drifted snow ♪ his eyes as flame ♪ all hail said he thou lowly maiden mary ♪ ♪ most highly favored maid gloria ♪ ♪ gloria ♪ gloria ♪ for the blessed above shouts be ♪ ♪ oh generations ♪ ♪ by some shall be emmanuel ♪ foreseers foretold ♪ most highly favored lady ♪ gloria ♪ gloria ♪ ♪ the gentle mary meekly bowed her head ♪ ♪ ♪ to me be as it pleases god she said ♪ ♪ my soul shall laud and magnify

. ♪ >> larry: and shawn king. ♪ round the christmas tree ♪ that changes everything >> larry: and the istmas as only queen latifah can read it. it's a special holiday celebration on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening. and happy holidays. we've got a great hoir of beautiful music for you tonight.

. ♪ >> larry: and shawn king. the night before christmas as only queen latifah can read it. oliday celebration on "larry king live." >>> good evening. happy holidays. we have a great hour of beautiful music for you tonight. we will start it off with something special. sting, amazing artist. put him in an amazing setting and you have something to remember. so we kick off tonight with sting. accompanied by the terrific chris on trumpet, the old bass carol, gabriel's message. the setting, the beautiful cathedral church of st. john, the divine in manhattan. ♪ ♪ the angel came from heaven ♪ his wings drifted ♪ his eyes ♪ mary ♪ most highly feared ♪ gloria ♪ gloria ♪ the blessed ♪ generations ♪ emanuel ♪ gloria ♪ gloria ♪ ♪ the gentle mayory bowed her head ♪ ♪ to me it pleases god ♪ she said ♪ may soul shall defy us ♪ most highly favored ♪ gloria ♪ gloria ♪ the angel gabriel from heaven came ♪ ♪ his wings drifted ♪ ♪ glor why ♪ gloria ♪ [ applause ] >> larry: to american classic. you will be hard-pressed to find a better one this one. andrea bocelli's unmatched voice. the famous co

i was just imagining, matthew, if shawn and i went to a state dinner and we didn't have an invitation but i went, what do you think they would do? >> you're larry king. >> larry: and if my wife didn't see the invitation she'd club me over the head. >> that's right. >> larry: they would probably let us in maybe or what? >> to a state dinner, mr. king, i do not want to make any comments in terms of seeing that you're not being considered welcome to a party. i mean, i can imagine you have yourself a blanket open invitation wherever you come. >> larry: the salahis are well known, too, aren't they well known around washington? >> they are d.c.'s dynamic couple. another acronym for them in the book. however, in this particular case, d.c. also represents diligence and courts. i feel they are innocent until proven guilty. this is something -- >> larry: i want to know guilty of what? >> that's exactly it. what are the charges they'll be brought up on? what are the circumstances that are going to be looked into? i'm not the subject matter. >> larry: good point. let me get a break. >> yes, sir. >> larry: the salahis have quite a photo album of themselves with