ted koppel this morning takes us to the place where that spirit, real or imagined, lives on. >> reporterose guns aren't real, of c course, and this is just a replica of a hollywood set for a television series that went off the air more than 50 years ago. so what is it that keeps tourists flocking to mayberry, north carolina, by the hundreds of thousands every year? i'll give you a hint: [whistling] ♪ >> reporter: ahead on "sunday morning." >> pauley: as an award-winning reporter, anderson cooper has spent much of his life digging for the facts, searching for the truth. but as mo rocca will tell us, it is only recently that anderson cooper turned the spotlight on himself and his illustrious family. >> reporter: anderson cooper's motheras vanderbilt, scion of america's once wealthiest family. but growing up, cooper knew little about his mother's forebears. when you were a kid, your mother showed you a statue of cornelius vanderbilt. >> i was about six or seven years old. i thought all grandparents turned into statues when they died. >> reporter: anderson cooper's family history, later on "

there's no need to get uptight. >> good evening, i'm ted koppel and this is "nightline." >> ted koppelw that as a problem. >> okay, good. >> there are certain interviews you just -- you can't not do. >> the continuing saga of the ptl club has taken on the irresistible dimensions of a national soap opera. when it's the biggest story of the day? it's like saying, you know, would i want to sit down with donald trump today? you bet. i'll come out of retirement to do an interview. i'll come back from the grave to do the interview, you know? jm and tammy bakker, why in heaven's name did you agree to come on? why are you willing to talk now? >> well, we have been quiet for these many, many weeks, and it's been devastating to us what we've been going through. >> the only question was how he was going to defend himself. you don't think that jerry falwell is a stupid man, do you, mr. bakker? >> no, no, not at all. >> he levels charges against you, homosexuality from 1956 to the present, effectively engaging in something approaching rape with jessica hahn. >> how else could they keep jim and tamm

we are light years away from ted koppel at this point. >> the stock the southern border because to cruisege to aoc in person. my bad -- i will go ahead and read it. how about that. it says let's see aoc cry in front of the biden cages, president biden or kamala harris or jen psaki say there is no border crisis as we stand in front of the biden cages. i didn't read it in the voice of ted cruz but what is your reaction to that? >> if you could add a beard somehow that would have been tremendous but that is not possible. the senator's right to call out this hypocrisy. aoc is media royalty and she won't be called out on her photo op from years past in any serious way. the congresswoman is the same person who compared border facilities under trump to concentration camps but certainly can't seem to find a seat on a flight to south texas now that a democrat is in power. this is an unserious person with no inclination to solve real problems and the fact that she has yet to pass any meaningful legislation since being elected proves that fact. todd: a broader picture of what is going on on negotiat

. >> ted koppel worked on abc for a long time, every night they did a countdown in terms of americanways lead with that story. as long as americans were under hostile power that was going to be a story and the fact that americans are in afghanistan who supported us in afghanistan, many facing a horrible fatal perhaps future, can people, cbs, nbc every night, we've gone back to the fluff because that story, afghanistan is bad for the president and we should keep it from the public. bias of omission 101. have a happy friday. we've got to go. it is 18 after the hour. robert higley was working on the 90 second floor of the south tower when the world trade center was attacked two decades ago. todd: his daughter robin is all grown up and sharing her story with us next. ♪♪ wealth is saving a little extra. worth is knowing it's never too late to start - or too early. ♪ ♪ wealth helps you retire. worth is knowing why. ♪ ♪ principal. for all it's worth. (announcer) if you've struggled to lose weight, you might think you were born with a slow metabolism, but what you may have is insulin resista

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(ted koppel) 30 million americans have copd, half don't yet know it.org. ♪♪ lemonis: i don't buy your expense structure. so i think what you have to be honest about is it would be a break even to a slight loss. jill: you're absolutely right. mm-hmm. ♪♪ lemonis: i'm okay with that. it's a family business and it's getting off the ground. it's a huge sign of character that you go without so the business can go with. jill: okay. lemonis: when you look at a financial statement of a business, it's important to ensure that all of the expenses are recorded. in this particular case, they're not recording any wage expense, which means nobody's getting paid. and the business is reporting more profit than it actually really has. it almost creates a false profit. and that's something that we want to get fixed right away. i'm going to assume no debt on the company? jill: no. mnh-mnh. lemonis: $100,000 of assets largely made up of receivables. fixed assets of $35,000. that's the equipment we saw in the shop, right? so a quarter of a million dollars after really two y

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(ted koppel) 30 million americans have copd, half don't yet know it.ry one of them is especially vulnerable to covid-19. lemme guess, change in plans? if we can't find them, we can't help them. visit copdsos.org. ♪ >>> welcome back tomorrow marks the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. for those affected by the tragic events, both the personal and financial impacts have been long and broad. contesta brewer with the story contessa >> reporter: the crushing financial impacts of the attacks on 9/11 spread beyond ground zero, and beyond some of those directly affected are feeling the pain 20 years later. >> i heard this crunching of a sound and an explosion. >> reporter: on 9/11, newspaper publisher robert simko grabbed he camera and went outside there were people counting floors, because they knew that are brother-in-law, brother or spouse was on that floor. >> reporter: they received compensation for lost income, but the advocating wonder if it was enough. >> if you were someone who was just -- someone who was going to be happy just getting s