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taylor swift taking over central park. >> there she is right now. es camped out all night to see her perform. some of her hits that she will do live. >> yeah. >> those fans were tweeting out some pretty incredible photos from central park. this superfan was up super early for that beautiful sunrise. here's my favorite. one mom tweeting from florida that her daughter and husband left their family vacation to come see taylor in new york all the way from florida. >> extend their vacation. >> that's it. >>> but first, we have a lot of news to get toers sta, starting that severe weather from the midwest to the northeast. 85 million are in the storm zone so let's go back to ginger tracking the very latest there in central park. good morning again, ginger. >> it's a little cooler here after that one front but the next low pressure system attacking today will bring more strong storms not just here but back into the midwest and the midsouth. what's happening and the pictures coming in overnight, we're talking water rescues by the dozens. wichita, kansas saw t

taylor swift writes or co-writes all of her songs.c videos are all her vision. from the pastel wonderland in "me." to the giant doll house in her latest video "lover." ♪ we can leave the christmas lights up until january ♪ >> reporter: "lover" is also the title track of her critically acclaimed new studio album. her seventh. ♪ ♪ forever and ever >> reporter: she wrote the song on her piano at home and polished it up in the studio. this is her video taken on her cell phone. ♪ ♪ my lover >> and action! >> reporter: once she recorded the music, taylor and her cats went to hollywood to make the music video. and she invited us along to watch. >> okay. so when i come on to one of these sets, my heart is racing. i'm so excited. it's so cool. >> definitely. >> you? >> absolutely. >> and action. >> there's a love story here. and like a lot of taylor's work, it's an echo of her real life. born in reading, pennsylvania, taylor swift discovered her love for music as a toddler. she set her sights on a career in country music and eventually her par

the time is 19 after the top of the hour, taylor swift slammed the president, now the white house ising back. >> if you say on the street that is a knockout. if you put it in a tweet it is a copout. i love that. washington in a nutshell. heather: carly shimkus has a social media reaction to kellyanne conway's west response. when we started our business we were paying an arm and a leg for postage. i remember setting up shipstation. one or two clicks and everything was up and running. i was printing out labels and saving money. shipstation saves us so much time. it makes it really easy and seamless. pick an order, print everything you need, slap the label onto the box, and it's ready to go. our costs for shipping were cut in half. just like that. shipstation. the #1 choice of online sellers. go to shipstation.com/tv and get 2 months free. >> back with extreme weather, donald trump declaring a state of emergency as tropical storm dorian heads for puerto rico today. this will allow federal-aid to move more quickly to help the island recover, dorian leaving a mess on the islands of martin

amanda loves taylor swift. when she heard it, she fell in love with it. perfect sense to change the song to that. she is already mouthing ining t words. she played it over and over and over all day long. this is about love, spending lots of time together. so much time maybe you will make it to your 60th anniversary like the couple in this video. they are celebrating their 60th anniversary. ♪ >> taylor swift fans, too? >> they weren't originalliment but their granddaughter who is recording this video is. she used to play taylor swift videos all the time, so on their anniversary, they're singing to this song as well. look at grandpa. >> keeping love alive. >> he has the moves. he still knows what he's doing. gives hisfe twirls, everybody around them loves this special moment. >> yeah! >> it's august. >> they put a summer spin on this. they pulled me into this one. i thought the same as you, but these are basically pumpkin spice popsicles. you ptake pumpkin puree, a litte coffee, honey -- >> a little coffee? that's a lot of coffee. >> you like coffee. >> i'm

taylor swift won the m.t.v. video of the year award for you need to calm down the artist called out the trump administration for not responding to the equality act petition for l.g.b. t.q. rights promoted in the video. rock icon missy elliott received a lifetime achievement award the elliott is being honored tonight she's one of my favorite entertainers all time and i think that this honors overdue i love her as a person she has an amazing heart but as an entertainer she's the game changer so i'm so excited to be a building. and as is tradition and t.v. there were plenty of extravagant fashion statements. and a host of stuff as i. moved but the big story of the evening was the triumphant return of taylor swift who also took home the video for good award and performed love from her new album. the venice film festival kicks off this week and that means locker room dollar cram of the film world a heading to italy to watch the biggest film premieres with the biggest stars and we're about to take a peek at some of th

let's turn to this pop taylor swift.getting more than half a million signatures. here it is — it urges lawmakers to pass a bill that protects lg btq rights. the star highlights the equality act bill at the end of the video for her hit song "you need to calm down", which she performed last night — here's a bit of it. cheering. a # shame never made anybody less gay... let's hear her comments — she made them during her acceptance speech for best video. at the end of this video, there was a petition — and there is still a petition... cheering. for the equality act. which basicallyjust says that we all deserve equal rights under the law. and... cheering. and i want to thank everyone who signed the petition, because it now has half a million signatures, which... cheering. which is five times the amount that it would need to warrant a response from the white house. cheering. joshua rom is an entertainment journalist, iasked him what taylor swift was trying to achieve. there is the equalities act, which has passed through the ho

if you're eager to find out who won big last night, mtv's dmas, you need to calm down. ♪ ♪ >> taylor swiftr second video of the year for her quality anthem "you need to calm down." swift was pretty fired up about why the trump white house has not acknowledged her petition which was launched with that single. >> at the end of this video there was a petition and there still is a petition for the equality act which basically just says we all deserve equal rights under the law. it now has half a million signatures which -- which is five times the amount that it would need to warrant a response from the white house. >> checking her watch there to wait for the response. the white house has yet to comment directly to swift. the house did pass the equality act in may. at the time the white house proposed it arguing that it was filled with poison pills saying that it would threaten rights. >>> a legendary snl cast member is coming home. >> lots of things you can sell on the streets. all you have to do is ab an entrepreneur. that's our word for the day, boys and girls. >> eddie murphy will return to

why is taylor swift doing this?ct that he has bought her back catalogue and she does not like him and infact catalogue and she does not like him and in fact i would go so far as to say she detests him and does not like the fact that this man owns her back catalogue of music so effectively he can licence it and do whatever he wants to her material and her long lasting career which he has built so far. that she expect when she re—records that she will release it again and people will buy it again perhaps? this happened when kelly clarkson tweeted saying that if she were to re—record all of her songs she would buy it to make a point out of protest. taylor swift also has a loyalfan point out of protest. taylor swift also has a loyal fan base to say the least so i am pretty sure that all of herfans least so i am pretty sure that all of her fans across the globe will be buying it to make a point to come into, to come to her defence. she does have something like 86 million followers on twitter which is way more than the po

taylor swift. ♪ you need to calm down >> swifties had no chill with taylor performing and winning, buten years after getting kanye'd, she got travolta'd. >> yes! >> what, did that just happen? >> right before swift's acceptance speech, john mistook this drag queen for taylor. >> when john travolta tried to come up to you and give you the award, like, what were you thinking? >> well, i felt like it was all in slow motion. the moonman was moving to me and i was like, like -- >> jade jolie say it's all good and in fact, taylor did give her and all of the drag queens moonmen. >> it's up to the artist, she told us, and taylor swift literally said that every single one of us deserves an award. >> tay hit the after-party. while miley cyrus proudly showed off her new love. >> hi, miss miley. ♪ so it's time to let it go >> fresh offouring her heart out with "slide away" and debuting this tat about her heart feeling free, miley arrived hand in hand with kaitlynn carter, just five days after liam filed for the divorce. an eyewitness tells "e.t." the ladies looked "very happy and playful," but "di

appreciate you. >>> and taylor swift speaking up. a little bit of bad blood with the white house calling them out at the m ts tv awards her video called you need to calm down is the anti-hate anthem features a who's who of lgbtq stars and promotes the house passed equality act but the white house had yet to respond so swift gave the administration a reminder standing up there last night on the stage during her acceptance speech. check it out. >> at the end of the video there was a petition and there still is a petition -- for the equality act. which basically just says we all deserve equal rights under the law. it now has passed a million signatures which -- which is five times the amount that it would need to warrant a response from the white house. [ cheering and applause ] >> i know. i know. the song also won the video for good award. it was co-executive produced by swift's bff and dancer todd rick call who had moving words. >> i'm so grateful to be in the world, if you are a young child out there watching the show and is differen

can we flashback to what happened to taylor swift ten years ago. >> her win for best female video in2010anye'ed. >> i always dreamed of what it would be like to win one of these someday. i was standing on stage ani ad w on the stage.rd and then i >> yo, taylor, i'm really happy for you, i'ma let you finish. >> and then i -- then i wasn't so excited anymore. >> but beyonce had one of the best videos of all time -- one of the best videos of all time. >> i love him to death but that was improper behavior. >> a nice person, giving her an award. he -- >> that was the worst choice he made for real. >> ten years later, here's what you never knew about that az moment. first, kanye was seen drinking that night, drinking a bottle of hennessy with thengirlfriend amber rose on the red carp before the vmas. and taylor wasn't the only one upset, one mtv exec told "billboard" magazine he saw beyonce crying after the incident, she had to be convinced to stay. another backstage moment reportedly, pink confrte and taylor? well, she was in disbelief -- in this just-released entry from her diary at the time

the white house responding to taylor swift after her plea for equality.rter: taylor swift called on the trump administration to back the equality act and the white house is responding saying the trump administration opposes discrimination of any kind, supports the equal treatment of all but the house passed bill in its current form is the with poison pills that threaten to undermine parental and conscience rights. at a moment sure to get washington and hollywood talking counselor to the president kellyanne conway responded like this on fox news last night. >> i like the new taylor swift song you need to calm down. if you say it on the street that's a knockout. if you put it in a tweet it is a copout. i love that. that is washington in a nutshell. jillian: has for what is in the building would make it illegal on a national level to discriminate against someone based on sexual orientation but critics say it could force parents into giving their children hormone therapy if they want to change their gender at a young age. a lot of people are talking about thi

photo of braun, west and bieber that the "sorry" singer posted back in 2016 with the caption "taylor swift bieber apologizing to swift for that post, writing in part, "it was my caption and post" and that braun "told me not to joke like that." sources close to braun say no bullying happened. swift's emotional message after the sale spotlighting the debate about whether or not artists should own the rights to their music. >> in a record deal it's actually standard for the record label to own the master recording because the company is the one putting up the money for that music to be recorded and promoted so it's actually the exception when the artist owns the recordings and then licenses them to the label. but legends like prince have argued that the business model is wrong. back in the '90s the "kiss" singer adamantly fought his label for control of his music. at times, even writing "slave" on the side of his face. telling "rolling stone," "if you don't own your masters, your master owns you." >> he got out of his deal with warner brothers. he fulfilled the contract and he went on to do a

here's tonight's top story. >> taylor swift, the singer just dropped a new album.he best part, she's revealing over a hundred pages from her personal journal. >> i went through my old diaries. >> she shared some pretty surprising stuff. the singer was apparently so upset in the wake of her feud with kim and kanye, in august of 2016, she wrote, this summer is the apocalypse. in 2013, after her breakup with harry styles, she said the focus on her was so intense she felt like she was being hunted. in 2010, she wrote about suffering from stagefright. i wish it wasn't so, but i can't blame my mind for freaking out about performances. criticism of my performances has been the biggest source of pain in my life. another personal diary, her lyrics, today, we're decoding her new album "lover" for new revelations. she talks sexism in her new album, "lover." in her song "man," swift calls out leonardo dicaprio, describing what her life would be like if she were a male celebrity. ♪ they'd say i hustled put it in the work let the players play i'd be just like leo in st. tropez ♪

taylor swift's album shattering industry records but she's in a fight to try to take back control of her old music we're going to talk about that move when "power lunch" returns. so ...how are you feeling? on a scale of one to five? one to five? it's more like five million. there's everything from happy to extremely happy. there's also angry. i'm really angry clive! actually, really angry. thank you. but what if your business could understand what your customers are feeling... and then do something about it. turn problems into opportunities. thanks drone. customers into fanatics change the whole experience. alright who wants to go again? i do! i do! i have a really good feeling about this. >>> here is your cnbc b update russia releasing video of a nuclear capable missile. this comes after government forces intensify their offensiv over recent weeks capturing rebel he would areas in the last major rebel stronghold in the country. and back home, health officials say a mysterious lung illness associated with vaping have been reported as of august 27th, 215 possible cases have been b rep

taylor swift is now the highest- paid woman on the forbes annual list.eyonce and rihanna are second and third. star wars, the rise of skywalker hits theaters this winter and the film gives fans a special preview of what to expect including footage of the late carrie fisher. her daughter's part of the ensemble cast and it marks the ninth part of the saga and cometo theaters december 20. >> time to wrap up. >> reporter: natalie portman plays a lovestruck astronaut in the upcoming film, lucy in the sky. it's the real life story of lisa nowak's affair with a fellow astronaut that turns ugly when the love interest moves on. in real life, she was arrested for hatching a plan to kidnap her rival. it is set to be released october 4th. danya bacchus, cbs news in los angeles. >>> how concentration is key in our profession and we've got a young fellow that we discovered a couple of years ago and did he play big last night. the oakland a's! >>> you are looking live at downtown san jose, 60s right now and high 80s later and mary has more in your forecast when we come

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kid rock what he said today was disgusting about taylor swift, doing on it social media. >> i think kanye west made that determination on his own as a black man, who he wants to vote for. >> oh, yeah. >> why is it up to jon ledge to end tell him. >> i think informing each other, i talk to you offline offline. >> but not saying i shouldn't believe what i believe. >> i'm getting there. >> let's talk about another entertainment event, that is the notion that disney wants to remake the movie "home alone." macaulay culkin, remember this moment? >> i can't seem to find my toothbrush, i'll pick one up when i go out today. other than that i'm in good shape. ahhh! >> cute little boy. >> yeah he was once upon a time. [laughing] but is it time for remake? >> remaking home alone would be challenging. everybody has, every kid has a cell phone now. mom and family leave for the airport, just call the kid's phone and say, we're coming back now. i will is hard to leave your kid alone. >> looking back at home alone, it's about child neglect. how do his parents lose him? that's not a happy

giving the moon man award for best music video to assailants -- taylor swift impersonator instead of the pop star. swift eventually received the award. 10 minutes after the top of the hour. first with north korea, now donald trump says there could be a summit with iran. >> the sanctions are absolutely hurting them horribly. we can't let them have a nuclear weapon so i think there's a really good chance. >> friend bella coverage says there's a lot of red flags about a potential sit down and he joins us live to break them down for us. not proud to be an american, the stunning new survey on how millennials feel about patriotism one of the benefits we as a country give our veterans is eligibility for a va loan for up to 100% of your home's value. thank you, admiral. so if you need money for your family, call newday usa. >> in the meantime they have to be good players. sanctions are absolutely hurting them horribly. we can't let them have a nuclear weapon. i think there's a good chance we will be. >> donald trump ending he could meet with iran's leader. the white house hitting the regime h

taylor swift won the m.t.v. video of the year award for you need to calm down the artist called out the trump administration for not responding to the equality act petition for l.g.b. t.q. rights promoted in the video. rock icon missy elliott received a lifetime achievement award with the elliott is being on it's a night she's one of my favorite entertainers all time and i think that this honors overdue i never as a person she has made it hard but as an entertainer she was a game changer so.

another twitter user says i much prefer the political taylor swift over the nonpolitical taylor swiftrench montana, stick to the script. some people like it, others hate it, the political messages at the video music award, we will wait and see how many people watch because on a whole, ratings have been trending down for awards shows the last couple years. jillian: whether you like her politics or not she inspires so many of the young generation to get into politics, care about issues. >> a lot of people registered to vote after she said she was supporting democratic candidates >> steve returning to blues clues, this takes me back. >> you are a big blues clues guy. rob: i told you to talk to it. >> nickelodeon is rebooting blues clues and the channel released a sneak peek, will feature a political face, the original host, steve. see if you can spot him. >> maybe i should call my cousin on my handy-dandy notebook. >> finding clues is what i do. >> it is me, josh. >> hey, josh. >> steve has no idea. joe made a guest appearance, 4 million people watched that clip on twitter, it was just r

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taylor swift won the m.t.v. video of the year award for you need to calm down the artist called out the trump administration for not responding to the equality act petition for l.g.b. t.q. rights promoted in the video. rock icon missy elliott received a lifetime achievement award the elliott is being honored tonight one of my favorite entertainers all time.

. >>> after just two days, taylor swift's lover is now the best selling album of 2019. >>> plus it's national dog day and many of our loyal "early today" viewers have shared some of their favorite photos with us more ahead as we kickoff your monday "early today" starts right now >>> good morning i'm phillip mena president trump heads home today from a g7 summit that has highlighted the deep divisions between the u.s. and our closest allies on everything from trade to climate change. but in the most dramatic turn of events, france invited iran's top diplomat to meet, blind siding the white house nbc's hallie jackson is traveling with the president in southwest france >> reporter: a stunning summit twist with the iranian foreign minister landing last minute for talks nearby with the french, but not the u.s. >> no comment. >> reporter: it's a risky move by the french president hoping to show progress on his efforts to ratchet down tensions in the middle east. nbc news learned some administration officials were furious at the french government's decision to invite iranian forces tweeting

regarding taylor swift's message, i did check in with the white house.t responded at all. but it's always possible the president, who is a pop culture war your might weigh in at some point. >> prior to 2016 she was very careful about not going political. that's changing for her. >> definitely. she was very apolitical for a long time, to the disdain of many. many people were wanting her to get into politics, particularly in the 2016 election. but with this album she's gotten a lot more political. she's been an advocate for lgbtq rights and she's pro choice and wants to play a role in this election. i think she realizes we're in a moment as a culture and she does not want to remember 10, 15 years from now as someone who was silent in this moment. >> oliver, thanks very much. >> thank you. >> right now a tropical storm is heading toward puerto rico and the caribbean. it could cause major problems from the island nation still struggling to recover from hurricane maria. of course florida is right behind it. we're minutes away from an update from the national

taylor swift won the m.t.v. video of the year award for you need to calm down the artist called out the trump administration for not responding to the equality act petition for l.g.b. t.q. rights promoted in the video. rock icon missy elliott received a lifetime achievement award with the elliott is me on it tonight she's one of my favorite entertainers all time and i think that this honors overdue i'm never as a person she has an amazing heart but as an entertainer she's a game changer.

the audience cam also caught taylor swift and bibi rexha's reaction.he biggest teaser ever. but this is my favorite story today. we have a big brother with an interesting family tradition. every day noah tingle meets his little brother max when he's dropped off by the school bus. here's the catch. he greets him with open arms and a different costume. he has dressed up as a clown, a football player, a gorilla, santa and a sloth among others. [ cheers and applause ] and he's so dedicated that even in the pouring rain he't op. noah said he started the costumes to have fun and embarrass his little brother. but now everyone looks forward to it. even the bus driver is excited to see what he comes up with. noah is a senior in high school. he says before he heads to college next year he wants to make sure his brother has plenty of good memories. >> that's awesome. i love that. >> how adorable is that? >> what a costume collection. >> how many costumes does he -- he got so many costumes. >> i said that to the producer and she's like, remember, school just start

taylor swift won 2 of the iconic m.t.v. awards including video of the year for her gay pride anthem you need to calm down she said her win proved that fans want a world where all are treated equally. rap icon missy elliott received a lifetime achievement honor as the event. missy elliott is being honored tonight she's one of my favorite entertainers part time and i think that this honors overdue i love her as a person she has the amazing heart but as an entertainer she's the game changer so i'm so excited to be a building. and the steamiest performance was delivered by sean mendez and camilla cabello something to keep fans warm until next year's award season begins. mr your money now of our top stories this hour the brazilian president i have also naro has rejected an offer of $20000000.00 in aid from g 7 countries to fight the fires in the amazon more than 80000 fires are burning in the tropical rain forest there are many out of control all-stars says he suspected the game was friends attacked. and u.s. president dahl trum

taylor swift won 2 of the iconic m.t.v. awards including video of the year for her gay pride anthem you need to calm down she said her win proved that fans want a world where all are treated equally. rap icon missy elliott received a lifetime achievement honor ascii event. missy elliott is being honored tonight she's one of my favorite entertainers our time and i think that this honors over to god lover as a person she has made. heart but as an entertainer she's the game changer so i'm so excited to be in the building and i want to. hand the steamiest performance was delivered by shawn mendez and camilla cabello something to keep fans warm until next year's award season begins. a quick reminder of the top stories that we've been following for you here at d.f.w. news the european court of human rights has condemned russia for multiple violations against russian corruption whistleblower sergei magnitsky who died in detention in 2009 his death came after being exposed widespread tax fraud and implicated russian officials. and

it's a good morning for taylor swift fans. the new album is out. video too and, yes, for swift herself a new master plan. you know that expression, don't get mad, get even, how about doing both and doing it with a smile. overnight, taylor swift dropping a video of the title track." eranice on social media. repte af comin just hours after her live appearance on "gma." >> one thing about this album that's really special to me it's the first one that i will own. [ cheers and applause ] as my work. >> reporter: in conversation with robin roberts, the 29-year-old pop unicorn declaring she'll be using her voice in a more defiant manner late next year. >> you also said that you're planning on re-recording some of your music. is that true? wait a minute. are you going to do that? >> yeah, that's true and it's something that i'm very excited about doing because my contract says that starting november 2020, so next year, i can record albums one through five all over again. ♪ you belong with me ♪ you belong with me >> reporter: by re-recording her first five a

why is taylor swift comparing herself to a former first lady? and what do hollywood's reboots tell us about the state of our culture? raymond arroyo is next. stay right there. >> tammy: it's thursday and we have a special edition of thursday follies. taylor swift is comparing herself to a first lady. protest songs go haywire. hollywood cannot get enough of reboots. joining us now with all of the details is the only guy who can give them to us, raymond arroyo, fox news contributor. you have noticed a disturbing new style of protest songs emerging across the country. what the heck is going on? >> i have indeed, tammy. protest songs go back centuries and they usually are catchy duties with the political edge. "if i had a hammer," or "blowing in the wind." some examples show that the genre is clearly in big trouble. for instance, in tucson, arizona, pair ladies now known as the singing sanctuary sisters stood up at a local hearing and urge that their town become a sanctuary city and they made their plea in a song of their own composition. >> ♪ we al

i mean, i still am. >> joe also dated taylor swift who he dumped in a 27-second phone call.ore joe started dating his wife, sophie m show for you to be on? >> "game of thrones." i'm a huge fan. >> and is paul. he's married with two daughters. >> you cannot forget the brothers' glowup. each hits the gym. a big change from when he first met the jonas brothers. ♪ i'm a sucker for you so i got plan was to it for sure. news and can anything going on tuesdays free. yes, yes, i don't love look ahead. travel consideration provided by -- >>> tomorrow on "e.t." -- the latest on the college bribely scandal. plus, gwen and blake's "voice" reunion gets romantic. are they one step close tore saying i do? >>. [ screams ] >> that is the most classic moment in "home alone" but could it be macaulay's reaction to a "home alone" reboot? he's poking a little bit of fun at this idea. >> i cannot unsee this picture. he posted this shot in full couch pa toe stay mode with this caption -- this is what andated actually looks like. he also said, disney, call me. >> no other details were given except t

but john says, it's not how it looks. >> taylor swift!> there were so many people that bombarded the stage that i was looking for her. so the video has me looking, trying to find her, and you know, i thought it was so funny the way it was interpreted, and it was cool, i didn't care. >> travolta is laughing off the whole "taylor/drag queen" mixup. he says he was in on the joke, and his only regret? not taking it further. >> sometimes i fantasize what if i had given it to her? that would have been awesome, i should have just gone all the way with it. >> she said he's used to the scrutiny. >> if i shave my head it's headlines. if i mispronounce something, that's headlines. my whole life -- it's the liz taylor club. you wear a different dress, you wear a different hairstyle. you're headlines news. >> so what did taylor think? taylor pal, todrick hall, said it was cool. >> john looks at the bright side. >> look, we're in pretty good shape on any given day that kind of thing makes headlines that means at least for today there's no bad news. >>

between partners >>> and the post game pep talk that has everybody talking >>> and new music for taylor swift. "early today" starts right now >> good friday morning to you. >>> new developments this morning on the war on robo calls. the nation's bigge phone compans are pledging to deploy new technology and teaming general the country to help catch fraudsters here with the story. >> dear customer, please note we haveyment $299. >> reporter: safe to say virtually every american has been buried in robo calls. >> your social security number -- >> reporter: the social security scam, student loan scam, warranty scam, insurance scam. >> and receive coverage for unlimited doctor's visits. >> reporter: in july alone 4.7 billion calls. all too often it's the elderly who fall victim. some losing their life's savings and now the nation's state attorneys general say the 12 biggest telecom companies have agreed to fight robo calls >> we want to save american's savings, their money, their identity and that's what today is about >>> the phone companies agree to deploy new call blocking technology free to cus

the white house is now responding to pop star taylor swift.night called out the administration during the mtv video music awards saying that they owe the american people a response to her petition in support of the house-passed equality act. listen. >> i want to thank everyone who signed that petition because it now has half a million signatures, which -- which is five times the amount that it would need to warrant a response from the white house. >> taylor swift there asking for a response. our sara westwood is at the white house. sara, what was that response? >> reporter: well, alex, the white house responding to taylor swift there referring to her petition saying they're all for the idea of equality but they're still not for the equality act, which passed the democratically controlled house in may. here's what the white house had to say. the trump administration absolutely opposes discrimination of any kind and supports the equal treatment of all. however, the house-passed bill in its current form is filled with poison pills that threaten t