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. >> tyler perry is saying good-bye to madea.how oprah feels about that. >> is she cool with you killing look at "rocketman," hits. >>> and posh spice unplugged. >> i will keep it minimal. >>> and why j-lo >>> "e.t." isn't just on the air. we're everywhere on every platform every day. we're everywhere on every platform every day. check us out on facebook, steven could only imaginem 24hr to trenjoying a spicy taco.burn, now, his world explodes with flavor. nexium 24hr stops acid before it starts for all-day all-night protection. can you imagine 24-hou ♪ fresh, fresh as the ocean breeze, fresh as the waves... ♪ guys, i love that it smells fresh like the beach so fresh but i'm trying to read shhh ♪ ooooo air wick, new pure beach escapes ♪ >>> how about that? that's taron egerton belting out his best "rocketman." he does all his own sing in the movie and it opens on may 31st. i think you'll be surprised by how good he is. the real elton john is on his farewell tour. >>> speaking of farewell, tyler perry says he has made his last made

kelly makes his plea in court and a look at the new tyler perry film before his the big screen, those stories and more of your hollywood headlines. >>> here's a live look outside as well where we are looking at san jose. it is 4:52 am, and we will be right back. >>> welcome back. it is 4:54 am. >>> our photographers are out and about to bring you the latest on the roadways. you can see it is pretty wet outside with reports of flooding in marin county and north 101 at lucky drive and corte madera as well. the speeds are slower than usual because of that so use caution on the roadways. we have more coming up. >>> the family funeral of madea and not guilty plea of r. kelly. >> reporter: leading not guilty for r. kelly, arges came after the lo docuntary where they interviewed several women climbing the three-time grammy award winner abused them. >> reporter: this creator, writer and producer, actor, tyler perry is laying to rest the character of kiet do, with the family funeral of kiet do. they are planning the funeral and things start going wrong. >> this is not a golden globe or oscar m

. >> tyler perry is saying good-bye to madea.how oprah feels about that. >> is she cool with you killing off madea? >>> then -- we have your first look at "rocketman," belting out the hits. >>> and posh spice unplugged. >> i will keep it minimal. >>> and why j-lo is practicing on >>> "e.t." isn't just on the air. we're everywhere on every platform every day. check us out on facebook, ♪ >>> how about that? that's taron egerton belting out his best "rocketman." he does all his own sing in the movie and it opens on may 31st. i think you'll be surprised by how good he is. the real elton john is on his farewell tour. >>> speaking of farewell, tyler perry says he has made his last madea movie. call me a skeptic, but i needed a little convincing. i don't feel like this is the end. >> it's done, man. it's done. it's been a great run. it's been 20 years of just fan support. >> so then why stop? >> i'm almost 50 and there is more i want to do. >> i'm a real thug. >> it's been a great run. 11 madea movies and over half a billion box office

tonight -- tyler perry! star of nbc's "good girls," actress christina hendricks!usic from astrid s! featuring the 8g band with jon epcar! ♪ [ cheers and applause ]es land gentlemen, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening, everybody. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how is evebody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] good to hear. in that case, let's get to the news. president trump and north korean leaderim jong-un began their summit in vietnam today where trump referred to kim as his fr nd. and kim said to trump, "quiet, i'm watching the michael cohen testimony." [ laughter ] during the congressional testimony of former trump attorney michael cohen today, republican representative qujustin amash asked cohene, "what's the truth that you know ?"president trump fears mo said coh, "probably that grimace is actually just an actor inside of a costume." [ laughter ] "what?!" congressman rashida tlaib and representative mark meadows got into an argument during a committemeeting today over whether tlaib suggested that meadows was racist for bringing a black former tru

tyler perry is back, everybody!ic from astrid s. so, you're here on a great night. but before we get to that, some stuff went down today. president trump's ex-personal fixer, michael cohen, testified before congress today. for more on this, it's time for "a closer look." ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: we say this a lot, but today was truly one of the most eventful days of the trump presidency. it's not often you have one of the president's closest personal confidants testify before congress about their relationship. and republicans were clearly freaking out about cohen's testimony in advance. one republican congressman, matt gaetz, even tried to intimidate cohen on twitter yesterday by threatening to reveal sensitive personal information. >> he tweeted this. "hey, michael cohen, do your wife and father-in-law know about your girlfriends? maybe tonight would be a good time for that chat. i wonder if she'll remain faithful when you're in prison. she's about to learn a lot." >> seth: that's a congressman saying tha

tyler perry is here.to bring an end to madea. >> no! >> don't answer now, it would be a weird situation. >>> the man who turned thet conc of wisdom into social media gold. you'll hear from the urban monk and learn his tips from leading a stress-free life. >>> an eye opening moving filmed in a real prison starring real inmates. jeffrey wright will tell u about "og" and talk about west world as well. first mr.ro r, a check of the weather? >> absolutely. a start of the weatherda cold air coming in, frigid highs in the plains, heavy know in the pacific northwest. snowy conditions in the great lakes. look for gulftorms and the for tomorrow, strong storms continue in the southeast. heavynow moves into the inner mountain region. suns.ne through the southwest that's what's going on around the country. here is what's happening in yo >> mainly dry weather for her for the next day and a half or so. temperatures 20s and low 30s d now, hea for a high near 49 degrees today. a little moreerloud cover l in the afternoon.

you have a huge black film sector here with tyler perry.e same time, you have a mainstream film and music scene here. of course, you have more traditional sectors, financial technology is huge year. partly fueled by georgia tech, a big, so much human capital. and then transportation. getting bigger in atlanta. carol: up next, washington tells the world not to trust beijing when it comes to 5g. jason: and a new breed of foot soldiers helping ukraine stand up to russia. carol: this is "bloomberg: businessweek." ♪ jason: welcome back. carol: you can listen to us on the radio on sirius xm and on a.m. 11 30 in new york. and in boston, washington, dc. jason: and in los angeles, london, and our app. carol: in this issue, another line drawn between washington and beijing. jason: the u.s. is accusing chinese giant huawei of stealing secrets. saw, when he was arrested in canada in december, president trump admitted as much that she was a bargaining chip, as far as he was concerned. as was always larger treatment in the trade war. it was a little more

. >> representer tyler perry spills it at the premiere for his movie, "a madea family funeral."aimed while amy's versace looked great, she didn't feel great. >> she tried to dress on and never sat in it until the show. so she didn't realize how uncomfortable it was. >> well, how's this for uncomfortable? orlando plobloom's not so smoot proposal. >> it was really sweet. he asked me to marry him in a helicopter. he's pulling out this box too big and it rips his coat pocket and his elbow goes into the champagne. you're not doing anything. >> wow. were you wearing those big headphones when he proposed? >> will you marry me! >> we learned a few things about the soon-to-be mr. and mrs. bloom. the first is about that ring fans think looks like the one orlando gave to his ex. >> did he pick out the ring? >> i voiced my opinion. >> that's the way to go. >> next, the couple bonded over in n out burger. >> he stole one off of my table and took it and i was, like, wait. oh, wait. you're so hot. fine, take it. >> a big wedding? >> she gave no i do details, but she reveals one thing she does

. >> reporter: with smollett vilified, filmmaker tyler perry posting, i have personally spoken to jussie and he's adamant he's telling the truth. yet the evidence seems to state otherwise. in meticulous detail, police outlined their case. the linchpin, these brothers, who given a $3,500 check from smollett to buy attack. police say while they were complicit, they faced no charges because they didn't orchestrate the scam and are needed to convict smollett. >> we substantiated the timeline and the details that they gave to us in this interview. >> reporter: with police claiming smollett's motive was to drum up publicity to boost his career, fox says it's considering our options. tonight the actor facing growing backlash after a shocking plot twist. despite the three-week investigation, the actor's legal team says, quote, the presumption of innocence was trampled upon at the expense of mr. smollett. if convicted of a felony, he could have to pay restitution, even have a probation served or get up to three years in prison. lester? >> miguel almaguer with the update from chicago, thank you. >

tyler perry who was among smollett's advocates, is lost for words.ys he has spoken to jussie who issed a mapt he adamant he e truth. and rumer willis told us she's d devastated for everyone involved. >> i hope this doesn't put a damper on people willing to stand up and advocate for victims. >> it's black women in hollywood awards and it was evident jussie's case hit home for so many. >> i told my son, when you start lying, you set a course of events that you can't stop. >> and the once rallied around actor is now the subject of memes and talk shows. >> jussie, you wasted all that damn time and money. you know what you should have did? >> what's that? >> just went up to liam neeson's neighborhood. >> if you heard jussie smollett, you were either talking to a huge fan of the show, "empire" or a drunk guy trying to order an omelet. jussie smollett with extra -- >> of course, a big question is how did things go so horribly wrong for jussie? >> i do my job and do the best i can do and tell the truth and keep it moving. it's about humanity. you know what i

filmmaker tyler perry said today the evidence against smollett indicates he's not. >>> the special counsel will not deliver his final report on the russia probe by the end of next week after all. we expected robert mueller to william rney general barr his report in the coming dahe but t justice department hasn't made a decision yet whether to release some or any of it to the public. top democrat lawmakers wrote to barrimoday urging to release it. >>> maryland's drivers licenses could be in for a makeover. it's a change some states have already adopted. >> a bill making its way through annapolis adds a new gender option. "m" would stand for male. "f" would stand for female. >> but "x" would represent unspecified or other genders. news 4's darcy spencer introduces us to the family fighting for this change. >> "m," "f" or "x"? >> her 15-year-old recently asked her if they could move from maryland to d.c. that's because the district he option to put "x" instead of male or female ondr your er's license. lu is nonbinary, which means they don't identify as maler female. lu would rather not drive

"tonight show" is next with tyler perry and wheezer. >> steve: ladies and genemen, for the first time ever, combining the harmony of barbershop quartet with the music of weezer, ple welcome, the ragtime gals. [ cheers and applause ]

show this sunday it is packed so we're going to have interviews from larry king he spoke with tyler perry's out right hand man we're going to have rick sanchez's interview with the jimmy door where. they covered auto loan payments and how a lot of people are falling behind on those p minutes most of us have cars it's pretty easy quickly forget that you have to make a payment you can end up in debt very quickly or credit score so it's really interesting the things that they cover on that show but we're going to bring that for our viewers this response to see. because a you've been here a while we were you know we worked in the news and we've been on this show before and all the. it's going to be hard to do this show because there's a lot of the sort through there is you know i mean i was seriously like i don't even i can't even begin to figure like how you and your producers are going to search and start from like somebody and come all the way up to it's a lot and we have a great process and i have a really great team so i'm excited to see what you guys produce the projects you guys have com

overnight, confusion and outrage from those who initially supported smollett, including tyler perry,ng his innocence. releasing a statement saying mr. smollett feels betrayed by a system that wants to skip due process and proceed directly to sentencing. >> on monday, robin has an exclusive interview are nate johnson, you saw him in the piece, the chicago police superintende superintendent. >>> now a major storm heading east. we saw incredible snow in the most up lookly places. >> a lot of people throughout los angeles. hollywood. west hollywood, malibu, the hills, saying, oh, my gosh, it's snowing. it was snow, graupel, or ice pellets. they have a snow day. and this is the third snow day since the 1970s. so that's how rare it is. you see this low pressure system though now headed east and so it will impact a lot of us from louisiana through mississippi, arkansas and even tennessee. there is an elevated risk of seeing damaging wind and even tornadoes on saturday. rain, on the top end snow all the way to iowa and minnesota, too. >> still can't get over snow in l.a. >>> turning now to s

. >>> tyler perry standing by jussie smollett. >> he is adamant he is telling the truth. >> why he refusese the hate crime was all a hoax. >>> bachelor colton before the

carlos: tenemos a hollywood en la casa porque tyler perry llega aquÍ.ona le ganÓ a real madrid, buenos no le gano pero calificÓ para la copa del rey. lucia: ya conocemos a uno de los finalistas de la competencia espaÑola porque ayer fue la vuelta de la semifinal y el conjunto de solaris residiÓ al barça en el santiago bernabÉu y cinco minutos del segundo tiempo dembele sacÓ un centro que encontrÓ a luÍs suÁrez. en el punto penal en los Últimos minutos volviÓ a aparecer luÍs suÁrez para finiquitar la victoria del barça y terminar eliminando a real madrid de la copa del rey. siento que hay otro clÁsico del sábado y el mejor gana el madrid. alan: yo siento que de esos duelen. lucÍa: al que le doliÓ fue a santiago solaris. Éstas son sus palabras. >> tristes porque querÍamos jugar esta final. hemos hecho todo lo posible y hemos caÍdo con honor. hemos hecho un partido bueno y quedamos heridos porque no hemos podido llegar a la final. >> un clÁsico que pierdas siempre dolerÁ. >> hay otro clÁsico de liga el fin de semana y veremos si el madrid no se decepciona.

tonight -- tyler perry! star of nbc's "good girls," actress christina hendricks! this is "late night." how is evebody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] good to hear. in that case, let's get to the news. president trump and north korean leaderim jong-un began their summit in vietnam today where trump referred to kim as his fr nd. and kim said to trump, "quiet, i'm watching the michael cohen testimony."

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i can tell you just yesterday tyler perry posted on his instagram page he had personally spoken to joussieett and e was adamant about denying the allegations and he wanted to believe him, but there is so much evidence. they will be asked questions about the actor. it's a huge story developing not just obviously in hollywood but across the country. >> that's for sure. miguel, great to have your perspective and reporting on the show. thank you. >>> coming up later. a judge says the feds broke the law over a secret plea deal with the political power player, jeffrey epstein, accused of molesting dozens of underage girls. now, someone in the president's cabinet who made the deal. presi cabinet who made the deal. make us better people. with audible, you get more. two audible originals- exclusive titles you can't find anywhere else. plus a credit good for any audiobook and exclusive fitness and wellness programs. all with our commitment free guarantee and always ad free. the most inspiring minds. the most compelling stories. the best place to listen. download audible and start your free trial tod

." >> and academy award winners, michael keaton and helen merin, tyler perry and pharrell williams willes go, bette midler will sing "the place where lost things go" from "mary poppins". if oscar's history repeats itself jennifer hudson will likely bring down the house when she performs "i'll fight." it isn't an award show without lady gaga. she's performing "shallow" with fellow oscar nominee, bradley cooper. all those stars getting red carpet ready, and so is los angeles, the infamous block of hollywood boulevard you are looking at there is already shut down four days before the show. the red carpet itself said to be rolled out later this week. >> so much will be going on. >> so excited. >> you know who else gets to be red carpet ready? >> i know. >> tell us what you are wearing? >> no. >> great story. >>> making news in america this morning, a massive winter storm. 200 million people in its crosshairs. schools closed this morning from minnesota to pennsylvania. flights canceled. federal offices in washington, d.c. closed. where the storm is heading right now. >>> an abc news exclusiv

before this event took place in miami at a tv industry event called "living the dream" put on by tyler perrycelebrating martin luther king day, talking about diversity and inclusion and the experiences of being a black man and a gay man on tv and in hollywood and why we need more representation and equal rights and, you know, he did play himself off as an advocate. which is for me when this happened, because i had just seen him do that role. it was moderated by nischelle turner, who we all know. i still can't understand how the guy that i saw talking passionately and emotionally about his experiences as a gay black man in the tv industry could possibly do something like this. and i think, you know, the anger and frustration you hear in lz's voice, friends of mine who are gay or black or gay and black, so many of them are feeling exactly the same way because they, you know, because they -- it is -- because there is a spike in hate crimes. because these things do happen. >> yep. >> so for this man to cheapen it in order to make himself more important and more valuable is unforgiveable. it is a