tony cornelius talked about his dad's life and legacy on cbs this morning. >> what comes to my mind is just a guy who really, really worked hard at being a professional, you know. he taught me everything i know when tv, tv production and he just really wanted to serve. he wanted to make a statement and i think he really worked extremely hard to make sure that he presented a project that people could really enjoy. >> tony cornelius says his father had been very unhappy about how things had gone on in his life for several years and that his health was failing. >>> more sad news today, legendary trainer angelo dundee is being remembered tonight for his contribution to the world of boxing. dundee died yesterday. he was 90 years old. can you believe it? he was muhammad ali's trainer for the fight of the century, the rumple in the jungle and thriller and n manila and was also sugar ray leonard's corner man. in all dundee trained 15 world champs, amazing. got ill shortly after visiting ali in kentucky for that boxer's 70 yet birthday just last month. >>> if you have trouble -- 70th birthday j

that voice. >> and the show and it's wonderful. >> he taught a lot of people to dance, tony corneliusus. >> that is true. >> your dad always used to say peace, love and soul. i wish you love soul and peace today, tony core feel yus. thank you so much for joining us >>> we know that too much tobacco and alcohol can ruin your health. but how about sugar? say it ain't so, mr. scientist man. we'll look at that controversy coming up. you're watching "cbs this morning." hey, there's a photo booth. come on! ready... mm-hmm. ...smile. happy valentine's day. [ female announcer ] get this charmed memories bracelet free at kay jewelers with any charmed memories purchase of $100 or more. ready... ♪ every kiss begins with kay yeah, our low prices are even lower. we need to teach her how to walk. she is taking up valuable cart space. aren't you, honey? [ male announcer ] it's the red balloon clearance event. starting this friday select items are 50% off our already low prices. at walmart. you squashed my willpower like a fly. you looked so innocent and so sweet. convinced my lips that we should mee

that voice. >> and the show and it's wonderful. >> he taught a lot of people to dance, tony corneliusus. >> that is true. >> your dad always used to say peace, love and soul. i wish you love soul and peace today, tony core feel yus. thank you so much for joining us today. >> thank you very much. >>> it is n >>> good morning, temperatures now in the upper 40s. you got a little break in the action. the action being as you look at radar some rain through the course of the morning, rain has been on a line from the metro and the south. well, now we are starting to see moisture press our way from the west. so we get rid of these showers here over the next three hours then clearing skies, another nice afternoon. not the mid-60s of the past few days but 56, that is still 14 days but 56, that is still 14 degrees above normal. >>> we know that too much tobacco and alcohol can ruin your health. but how about sugar? say it ain't so, mr. scientist man. we'll look at that controversy coming up. you're watching "cbs this morning." hey, there's a photo booth. come on! ready... mm-hmm. ...smile. happy

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>> last night just after don cornelius's death was officially ruled a suicide, we had an interview with his son and i'll be playing it tonight. but tonyng stories about his father. we talked about how the legendary don cornelius didn't realize the impact he had on people and how no one really saw the signs that he was so depressed that he was going to take his own life. and, yes, he did reveal a story about one of his dad's biggest professional regrets and that's that he passed on having madonna on soul train. he said he had no idea that she would be as big as she became and tony was surprised that might be could even miss that. but he did miss that. you can see the interview in its entirety tonight on "showbiz tonight." and madonna did okay. don broke a lot of store, but i think madonna will be around for a while. >> we'll use some of the crips from your interview tomorrow. let's talk about the showdown between michelle obama and jimmy fallon. he gets access to the white house and it's all for a potato sack race. >> getting some exercise with the first lady. her let's move might be difference is about kids being physically active. an

>> don cornelius gave me an opportunity like he gave so many others. i talked to his son tony today to say his father was a father to all of us. whatever the circumstance, however it ended, wherever you are, don, i wish you love. peace and soul. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts ri >>> romney's war on poverty. let's play "hardball." good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. leading off tonight, oops, he did it again. mitt romney made another of those unforced errors today that has plagued his campaign when he said he's not concerned about the very poor. it's yet another opportunity for democrats to paint him as a rich guy out of touch with regular americans and worse yet someone not really interested in getting in touch with them. and now the senate is moving on that buffett rule to make sure some very rich people like romney can't avoid paying their fair share of taxes. yes, in the eyes of the democrats you can just as easily replace buffett's name with romney's. plus what about newt gingrich? he didn't call romney last night to congratulate him. a

cornelius personally. what went through your mind when you heard the news? >> well, it was just shocking. as a matter of fact, your very own tonykins called me this morning with the news. i just couldn't believe it, especially at that age. it just seems unusual to me for someone at 75 years old, yeah. >> he to all of us who watched him on tv was really smooth and he had this larger than life personality. what was he like? >> smooth and larger than life. i mean really smooth. someone asked me earlier, said did he ever give you any life lessons? yeah, but they were never through conversation. it was just through watching. you could learn through watching and that was to always carry yourself with class and that was him, on air and off air, just classy. >> talk a little about the impact that he made bringing soul train on tv at a time when american band stand was on tv. what sort of impact did he make on society and on black culture and for black artists? >> well, you know what? we're sitting here talking about him tonight. i did an interview with al- jazeera earlier. there's 150 million people around the world that have an intere