david, i have to ask you, simon cowell's role?he beginning and the end. he is the man who decides which songs we sing because in the end, it's his albums. so he picks the songs based off of the suggestions that we all put in the pot and we go off and we record it in the studio and then he makes comments on whether or not he thinks it's good enough. >> you can cause mayhem for 45 minutes and we'll have you back to sing. anything you can take in the green room, it's all yours, all right? i'm not talking about people. i'm talking about food. what are you guys thinking? i got to go on the road with you. that's what it sounds like. let me tell you what's coming up in the final hour. he's not loving it. coming up, the man behind the mcdonald's franchise has some criticism for president obama when it comes to creating jobs. then it's a big story, former democratic governor of new jersey stepping down from his firm because he bankrupted it. who would have thought? karl rove on to talk about it. three years from now, a 2011 ford fusion is

simon cowell is not a serious person.e potential to be a serious person. >> chelsea, i like this. >> yeah. >> now you're getting more and more attractive. >> thank you. >> let's turn to less attractive people, politicians. >> okay. >> what is your view of the political climate in america right now? >> the political landscape? >> yes. >> well, where shall we start? >> let's start with republicans. >> let's start with herman cain. >> yes. what do we make of herman cain. he's engaging, isn't he? >> well i think the whole point now in politics is to get yourself out there. not necessarily to try to win an actual election but to get famous enough to get your own realty show based out of alaska. >> i think that's what he's up to. >> i firmly believe people like herman cain and michele bachmann, ron paul, probably not. but they all take it upon themselveses to say this is how you can get some fame. this is how you can get some attention, and then get a reality show on whatever network. now that i realized that's what it's about,

>> it's a simon cowell creation from seven years ago.e four of us in a studio and said, i want you to sing my favorite songs and see what you come up with. >> you made up the harmonies and decided who would take which melodic line and the solo? >> yes. >> good for you. >> the hits keep coming. this album is unique why? >> this is a mix of a little more drama. the musical arrangement is a little more cinematic. i think that's one of the best albums we have. >> the passion. >> you can feel the passion. >> what's more important than that? ask hoda. here they are, il divo! thanks, guys. ♪ [ singing italian ] [ singing italian ] ♪ ♪ time to say good-bye ♪ if finally to live life with pride ♪ it's time to say good-bye ♪ [ singing in italian ] ♪ time to say good-bye ♪ if only to live life with pride ♪ ♪ in my heart ♪ i will go ♪ with the things i now know ♪ it's time to say good-bye ♪ go with you i will go ♪ i think of the things i now know ♪ ♪ >> gorgeous. thank you so much! vv >>> in "today's holiday kitchen," a thanksgiving dinner that is so

but now simon cowell seems to be following suit and with that said, it's time for "simon cowl cowell'splause ] >> jimmy: well -- really enjoying that pen. never saw him look at susan boyle like that. [ laughter ] did anyone here watch the republican presidential debate last night? most analysts agree the big winner last night was mitt romney, who stuck closely to his strategy of not being any of the other candidates. what a group this is. michele bachmann says she won't rest until obama care is repealed. or until she kidnaps all 101 dalmatians. [ laughter ] rick perry had what may have been the greatest meltdown in presidential debate history last night. his brain just petered out on him. he said he would eliminate three major departments of government but could only name two of them. well, you can't be expected to remember the names of all the departments you're going to eliminate, can you? it was a very, very odd moment and in case you missed it, here it was. >> it's three agencies of government when i get there that are gone. commerce, education and the -- uh -- what's the third one

how simon cowell's show was busted. and what the judge we love to hate is saying about it. >> big question, what could do that to ratings? if anything? >>> also this morning -- check it out. golden retriever, one of the key members of this lacrosse team. we amazing the story of this young girl that she leads on treacherous runs. >> really cool story. >>> we're going to begin with those ugly sexual abuse charges at the penn state. lot of questions this morning, including how much university officials and legendary head coach joe paterno knew and when they knew it. abc's t.j. winick is on the campus with more. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: bianna, good morning to you. for decades penn state football played here at beaver stadium has been known as the gold standard of how a college football should be run. that's why these allegations, these shocking allegations of abuse and cover-up has shaken this entire sport to its core. the allegations are shocking that here in one of the biggest and storied football programs, boys a

i bet simon cowell would be good at unfriending.s. last season on "american idol," we had fun with steven tyler who would stare at the contestants like a dog stares at steak. but now simon cowell seems to be following suit and with that said, it's time for "simon couple's creepy leer of the night." ♪ [ applause ] >> jimmy: well -- really enjoying that pen. never saw him look at susan boyle like that. did anyone hear watch the republican presidential debate last night? most analysts agree the big winner last night was mitt romney, who stuck closely to his strategy of not being any of the other candidates. what a group this is. michele bachmann says she won't rest until obama care is repealed. or until she kidnaps all 101 dalmatians. rick perry had what may have been the greatest meltdown in presidential debate history last night. his brain just petered out on him. he said he would eliminate three major departments of government but could only name two of them. well, you can't be expected to remember the names of all the departments y

we're going to tell you how simon cowell's show got busted, though and what the judge we love to hate about it. >> big question, what could do that to ratings, if anything? >>> also this morning -- i love this story. check out this golden retriever, one of the key members of this high school cross country treatment. we amazing the story of this young girl that she leads through the woods on treacherous runs. she is most ultimate guide dog you'll ever meet. >> really cool story. >>> we're going to begin with those ugly sexual abuse charges against a former coach at powerhouse penn state. there are a lot of questions this morning, including how much university officials and legendary head coach joe paterno knew and when they knew it. abc's t.j. winick is on the campus this morning with more on this stunning story. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: bianna, good morning to you. for decades penn state football played here at beaver stadium has been known as the gold standard of how a college program should be run. that's why these allegations, these shocking allegations of abuse and cover-up

>> reporter: and simon cowell, the size of the studio, as he calls it.long as it sizes up to wills. >> is it as be as will it? >> reporter: it's become a hot game. and $300,000 worth of electronics, steam showers and tvs hidden in mirrors. this is a far cry from the trailers of yesteryear. these are more aptly-named mobile estates. >> we're the andersons. >> reporter: the anderson family has revolutionized the industry, by creating things never thought possible on 18 wheels. will smith's heat, is probably the most high-tech. it's 1,100-square feet. 14 flat-screen tvs. a push-control panel for all the electronics. and all costing $2.2 million. this is big willie's big trailer. >> everything is specialized. touch-screen. all computerized. it's the highest tech thing that's rolling around. >> reporter: does will know how to use all of it? >> he does. he's so tech savvy. >> reporter: this trailer has everything, from a doctor on-call, provided by guardian, 24/7. not to mention a tv for every occasion. if he doesn't like that tv, he can watch the big screen r

. >> when the audition got aired on television, i remember simon cowell and i spoke. he was here.ff the hook. we hadn't predicted this at all. we thought it would be a good moment in the show but not necessarily even the best moment of that night. by the next day it had a million hits on youtube. by the end of the week 10 million. by the week after 100 million. it became the statistics are incredible. i think 300 million hits on youtube at its peak. it was the most downloaded clip in the world in 2009. and then i dreamed a dream. u.s. album numbers. 701,000 copies sold in its first week. the biggest opening week in over a decade. you beat eminem who only sold 608,000 that week. your second biggest album of 2009 in america just behind taylor swift. stuff of dreams isn't it? >> it is, yes. is someone kidding me? that's what it feels like. >> does it still feel like that? >> it does a bit. i guess i'll grow into it. >> what's been your biggest pinch me moment of them all? >> i think meeting donnie osmond. >> really. >> why not? >> because you've got a big soft spot there? >> i have.

>> reporter: and simon cowell, the size of the studio, as he calls it.izes up to wills. >> is it as be as will it? >> reporter: it's become a hot game. and $300,000 worth of electronics, steam showers and tvs hidden in mirrors. this is a far cry from the trailers of yesteryear. these are more aptly-named mobile estates. >> we're the andersons. >> reporter: the anderson family has revolutionized the industry, by creating things never thought possible on 18 wheels. will smith's heat, is probably the most high-tech. it's 1,100-square feet. 14 flat-screen tvs. a push-control panel for all the electronics. and all costing $2.2 million. this is big willie's big trailer. >> everything is specialized. touch-screen. all computerized. it's the highest tech thing that's rolling around. >> reporter: does will know how to use all of it? >> he does. he's so tech savvy. >> reporter: this trailer has everything, from a doctor on-call, provided by guardian, 24/7. not to mention a tv for every occasion. if he doesn't like that tv, he can watch the big screen right next to

sneak peek inside the mobile states designed specifically for simon cowell. >> wow!and italian fabric on all couches. >>reporter: if you weeks ago. this is today. you the now finished student why faechs 3d tv. if im parted fabric from italy. stands 17 feet tall. all at a cost of one.6 million dollars. what is the craziest star request you have goten on one of these. >> thumb scanner for the bedroom. >>reporter: thumb scanner. l if you are a star who prefers curby over computer check out this. fun issue bedroom and play pen j.lo said perfect for her between during "american idol"and favorite of stiller, diesel and reynolds and you can buy it for 1.1 million dollars. whether you lake high tech or country casual, anderson mobile states could just have the trailer perfect for you. >> l believe it or not there's more. anderson who make the trailers take it to the next level. l 3 story trailer complete with outside roof dec deck. why not. why not a pal and tennis court too. >> still to come. riding shotgun in family convertible. what may the world biggest test. get a trail

. >> reporter: around the country she sponsors "american idol"-type contests for women playing simon cowell. >> tell us what you do. >> reporter: as they pitch their ideas. >> they get an enormous amount of encouragement and permission to be as big and as great as they want to be. >> reporter: leah brown won just four years ago. >> welcome. >> reporter: today she heads a company of 250. >> how many did you have in 2007 when you went to the competition? >> you're looking at her. >> reporter: brown got a line of credit, crucial confidence and strategic advice. there are ten and a half million women-owned businesses in this country but less than 2% of them bring in more than a million dollars. and the problem isn't a glass ceiling. holding women back are what experts call glass walls. trying to do everything themselves, the lack of a strategic network and thinking small instead of thinking big. but they say these are not walls of discrimination. >> at this point in time we have to stop talking about this as a gender issue and start talking about it as an economic issue. >> reporter: a force th

. >> among those detailed were footballer david beckham, simon cowell, and the parents of daniel radcliff, and politicians like charles clark, the london the mayor boris johnson and tom watson. e's a member of the -- sport committee. he is among the newspapers fiercest critics. he was hailed at the 2009 labor party conference. >> it is an extraordinary story. i think is what the bbc appears to have uncovered is a most serious development that will need to be developed by justice levenson and all those others with an interest in this issue, including the culture, the media, and sport committee. >> the inquiry begins at public hearings next week. before that, james murdoch is it due to face more questions on thursday. it will likely be a difficult meeting. >> more concerns about iran posing nuclear program. what more can you tell us? >> the united nations and ieea says there are indications that iran has carried out activities relative to the development of a nuclear explosive device. however, it stopped short of saying explicitly that iran is developing a nuclear bomb. iran has rejected th

those he tailed were footballer david beckham and sports presenter gary, television personality simon cowell and the parents of harry potter star, daniel radcliffe, and politicses like charles clark when he was home secretary, london mayor and tom watson m.p. tom watson's a member of the common sense culture media and sport committee and he's been one of the news of the world's fiercest critics, asking pointed questions of executives from the paper and its parent company. he was tailed at the 2009 labor party conference. >> it's an extraordinary story and i think that what the bbc has appeared to uncover is the most serious development which will need to be examined by those with an interest in this issue including my committee and the sport committee. >> lord justice's inquiry into the ethics of the press begins public hearings next week but before that james murdoch, the boss of the news of the world parent company, is due to face more questions from the common select committee on thursday. it's likely to be a difficult meeting. >> there are new concerns that iran may have worked on design

apparently tailing targets including angelina jolie, simon cowell, paul mccartney, and bizarrely, harryotter contaac dan yat radcliff's parts. he often took orders from the paper's royal editor. >> he would tell me to go to the airport and follow chelsy davy, who was prince harry's girlfriend. and follow her to where she was going. >> reporter: that royal editor has served time for hacking the voicemails of royal staff. and last summer, the paper owned by rupert murdoch's news international, shocked in the scandal. investigators have hacked voice mails of politicians, movie star, murder victims and allegedly kate and her family. but what webb did, this is his actual surveillance footage of a well-known soccer player. this is not illegal in prison. >> but the list of people i've seen, i would find it incredibly difficult to justify, you know, what were they looking at simon cowell for? >> reporter: though spying on royalty is not illegal. but certainly disconcerting for those who were secretly tailed. and that investigator has told the bbc, quote, i don't feel ashamed. if i wasn't doing

i still believe and always will, even though i wasn't happy with my performance, i think simon cowelle bit too hard on me. i don't think i deserved to be beat up that much. that's what i was thinking, just so you know. >> i don't think you deserve that either. talked about your hair and whole thing. who cares? that voice of yours took you so far. >> thank you. >> we don't have much time to talk. we all cried during your audition. it thank you. >> because your story moved us. what's next and what can you tell the franatics out there. >> i love it! that's awesome. i want to tell the fanatics i'm going to keep going. some people came up to me after the show last night and hopefully, you know, hopefully we'll follow through and do good music and do songs that they love hearing me sing, and keep going, you know. i don't want to stop. i've had this wonderful platform and this wonderful opportunity and i'm hoping to keep my name fresh in the mind of the american people and the people that support me, especially fanatics. that was sweet of you. >> kiss your sweet babies for me. >> i will. >>

i feel a bit like simon cowell sitting here. >> no, you look good. >> really? >> yeah. >> that's good enough for me. >> but i like to be bossy. my husband says it all the time. >> seal's a big lad. you boss him around? >> he's big but he's very gentle. and you need to have a bossy wife in the house to get things done. >> do you feel lucky to have met seal? >> of course. >> because it felt like the pair of you had been sort of searching for each other and then you collided and you have this extraordinary life with hundreds of children and fabulously successful careers? >> four. we have four. >> you have four -- >> feels like 100 sometimes with the speed, the way they go. yeah, we did find each other, in a hotel lobby in new york city, and it was kind of like two magnets who went like this. >> was it really? >> yeah. >> talk me through -- i like this. talk me through this moment. what were you both doing there? >> i was just visiting a friend. and we were sitting in the hotel lobby. and it was a mutual friend of ours. and my husband came into the hotel after he j

a 15-year-old contestant on "the x-factor" has apologized for giving attitude to simon cowell and paula. simon said he was surprised to hear the apology while paula said that she was surprised to hear that she was a judge on "the x-factor." [ laughter ] "such a great show." [ laughter ] we kid. this isn't good. last week, a delta pilot caused a security alert after he got stuck in an airplane bathroom. [ light laughter ] but don't worry. the guy who couldn't figure out a door handle eventually got out and went back to flying a giant airplane. [ laughter ] speaking of air travel, a new report found that the number of tsa complaints has dropped significantly. incidentally, "they've dropped significantly" is what a tsa screener said during my last pat down. i go -- [ laughter and applause ] "how? what? how would you remember?" >> steve: how would he have a point of reference? >> jimmy: yeah, weird. >> steve: yeah. seems too intimate. >> jimmy: what's that? >> steve: seems too intimate. >> jimmy: yeah, seems too intimate, yeah. i don't know how he remembered or anything. it was just weird.

. >> when the audition got aired on television, i remember simon cowell and i spoke. he was here.. both our phones were going off the hook. we hadn't predicted this at all. we thought it would be a good moment in the show but not necessarily even the best moment of that night. by the next day it had a million hits on youtube. by the end of the week 10 million. by the week after 100 million. it became the statistics are incredible. i think 300 million hits on youtube at its peak. it was the most downloaded clip in the world in 2009. and then i dreamed a dream. u.s. album numbers. 701,000 copies sold in its first week. the biggest opening week in over a decade. you beat eminem who only sold 608,000 that week. your second biggest album of 2009 in america just behind taylor swift. stuff of dreams isn't it? >> it is, yes. is someone kidding me? that's what it feels like. >> does it still feel like that? >> it does a bit. i guess i'll grow into it. >> what's been your biggest pinch me moment of them all? >> i think meeting donnie osmond. >> really. >> why not? >> because you've got a bi

. >> still ahead, simon cowell sent an x factor judge across the pone.the rumors are swirling about a big swap. hot 99 sarah frazier joins us with more to break it down. >>> and we're live at the verizon center about where bruce bud row is out and dale hunter's in and what mike knuble said about the changes and what the new coach said, too. back to you. >>> and some big changes on the way to the weather department. gary's back with the extended forecast. we'll be right back.  >> the verizon center will be rocking the red tonight in anticipation of the return of the legend. the dale hunter era is to begin in less than two hours and that is where we find dave feldman. what is the vibe like out there now? >> reporter: pretty emotional and exciting, laura. here's the deal. bruce bud row is there and like you said, he is a lip end in these parts and -- a legend in these parts. they have lost eight of the last 11 and two straight and perhaps they need a new face to guide them and cue mr. capital, who spent 19 years in the nhl. the number 32 sweater,

i mean, i'm half expecting simon cowell to be moderating the debates down the road.his is getting a little bit ridiculous. >> i think the other side of that coin is that it is a chance to communicate with the american people unedited and it's a chance to communicate with the american people without raising millions and millions of dollars. one of the most interesting stories of this campaign has been that some people could go out and raise huge amounts of money but they couldn't survive the debates. other people did not have much money gradually made bigger and bigger impressions because of the debates. i think herman cain took off because of the debate in florida and without that he might never have had a chance to be the frontrunner. i think you have to look at all these things. i think it's good for america to have a free willing discussion at a time when frankly there are huge problems that deserve being aired. >> laura: how do you fix health care in 30, 60 seconds. you pointed out how silly that was. you would have had the whole hour, newt. i'm surprised you did

arguably the x factor is it so i am loving doing the show i am loving working with the judges simon cowellnd life is pretty good i am content at the moment. >> i would be too. thank you so much for joining us today. >> any time. >> and we look forward to the show of course tonight and tomorrow night too and we are loving getting to know you as well. >> thanks alison pleasure speaking to you, take care. >> getting exciting. >> very nice personality. >> yeah, he does. visit an imaginary world and don't have to go far to do it. >> that's right, cirque du soleil's kidam is here in washington dc. holly. >> good morning, tony i know it is always great when we get good access. we are getting that here this morning cirque du soleil has set up in verizon, cirque du soleil never dispoints this is a limited engagement plan your week out and make time for this show opens tonight, this morning we are getting in on last minute rehearsals, jessica is the publicist since this show is running for quite some time you probably don't need many rehearsals. >> we move every week we have a different setting and

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