first forrest gump, now whitney houston. alibaba executive chairman jack ma crediting the late singer with making him better at public speaking. take a listen. >> i learned how to make a speech from the movie called "body guard." whitney houston. when she sings the songs, like at her and wow, that's the way to make a speech. because i never learned how to make a speak because i'm not actor. but when i saw the movie, i said wow if you sing from the heart, if you sing naturally. if you are yourself. i realize that. >> there is a noetd his madness here. -- method to his madness. he's taking characters everybody can love and agree with and nobody is intimidated by and saying those are his inspiration. >> i would love to see a speech that emulates a whitney houston song. >> what do you think his song is? "the greatest ipo of all," "i will always buy" -- >> you were thinking all over break. alibaba is trading at 99.95. but it surpassed by roesh as the biggest non u.s. company traded here. facebook of course hitting all time highs

perhaps more intriguing was ma's comments on the late whitney houston. the singer with making him better at public speaking. take a listen. >> i learned how to make a speech from the movie called "bodyguard", whitney houston. when she sings the songs, i look at her, well, that's the way you make a speech. i never know how to make speech. cause i'm not actor. when i saw the movie, i say, wow, if you sing from your heart, if you sing naturally, if you are yourself, so i realize that. >> he's fun to listen to. >> forrest gump. >> and "bodyguard." two of his favorites. >> i don't know what to say. that is stunning. whitney houston. >> there has been a talk about alibaba taking a look at content and hollywood. >> he should just go buy netflix. >> i think the lions gate thing came and went. we've got stop trading. tigers, both of you. tigers? don't be modest. i see how you've been investing. setting long term goals. diversifying. dip! you got our attention. we did? of course. you're type e* well, i have been researching retirement strategies. well that's what

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ward liked whitney houston but found himself replaying janet jackson and justin timberlake's performanceou for your comments today and every day. and thank you for being part of "the real story." now over to harris for shep. >> i am harris faulkmer in today for shepard smith. new word the white house is considering closing guantanamo bay. by overriding congress to do it. ahead, the administration and republicans respond. >>> we'll look at whether this could actually happen. also, reports that islamic state militants are closer than ever to baghdad. with attacks right in the suburbs, but do the terrorists really have a shot at taking the capitol city? and stunning details about the patient in texas who died of ebola. the "associated press" is now reporting his hospital records show he had a 103-degree fever, and he told a nurse he is recently traveled to west africa. so, why in

. >> the reason we're here is because of whitney houston. e for the funeral and that's where i met pastor joe carter. >> reporter: when houston died, christie lowered the state's flags and got blowback for honoring an addict, precisely the kind of stigma he's trying to change. >> we're going to define her life not by her triumphs but from her weakens. >> reporter: this is personal for christie. his close friend from law school died earlier this year of an overdose. >> i can't tell you how many times all of us, friends of his, dear friends intervened and got him to treatment and dealt with his wife and his children and tried to help him. we couldn't. >> reporter: christie wants to put non-violent drug offenders in treatment, not jail, and make help accessible and acceptable. he says the war on drugs failed. that's a republican war. it was richard nixon, nancy reagan famously said "just say no to drugs." do you risk angering the core traditional republicans in your party? those who you might need to vote for you in 2016? >> i'll take whatever r

i can almost hear whitney houston sing it now. >> it's the first time i've seen tucker smile all day. serious, tucker. >> you're a hilarious man. >> thank you. >> all right. trippi hasn't smiled. he is about to get a beatdown in eight days. >> that's his game face. >> let's see in eight days. >> bring it on. that's a bring it on moment. that's a bring it one%árent. what you got? >> no, look, i've said i think the republicans have probably take the senate back. >> they probably will.bñ >> was but look, i wouldn't be shocked if it's five seats or eight seats. i mean somewhere in there, could be more, but don't be -- i would not be shocked if they don't make it by a seat or two. it's that close. >> all right.eah<ñ joe trippi, thank you. we'll give you the last word. >>> coming up, ebola panic has now reached the east coast. governors christie and cuomo issued mandatory quarantine for "high risk people" but the white house wasn't happy about it. they reversed themselves after one nurse was being held against her will, threatened to sue. that and more as "hannity" continues straight ahead.

her battle, grew up. >> the reason we're here is because of whitney houston, i came here for the funeralre i met pastor carter. >> when houston died, christie lowered the state's flags and got blow-back for honoring aan addict. >> we're going to define her life not by her weakness. >> a close friend from law school died this year from an overdose. >> i can't tell you how many times all of us, friends of his, dear friends, intervened, got him to treatment and dealt with his wife and his children and tried to help him. we couldn't. >> christie wants to put nonviolent drug offenders in treatment. not jail. and make help accessible and acceptable. he says the war on drugs, failed. >> that's the republican war. richard nixon, nancy reagan famously said, just say no to drugs. do you risk angering the core traditional republicans, those who might vote for new 2016. >> i'll take whatever risk i need to take if i'm telling the truth as i see it the fact is that the war on drugs was well-intentioned, it has not worked. i'm not worried about turning anybody off. i want to tell people the truth. >>

martha: the site of whitney houston's funeral and passer carter spoke at the funeral was there, someue very near and dear to people, something chris christie says is going to be very front and center as he goes forward trying to become a domestic issue. some new numbers on governor christie that came out, voters giving him one of the lowest approval ratings he has had. 45% disapprove, that's just came out today. when you look at the presidential numbers, he was much higher by double digits at one point for potential candidates. if he decides to tell everybody after the first of the year, he will have a crowded field and more difficult numbers at this stage of the game. hillary is going to say in january as well. bill: what are you working on, eric? >> al-asiri has arrived in our country despite the promises from politicians and medical professionals the disease is unlikely to return to shores. we will have in-depth analysis and live reporting on what you need to know. and word u.s. and british airstrikes along with kurdish forces have in making some progress against radical islamic t

. >> is it ironic or coincidence that we're having this panel in this church, whitney houston's churchdied of a drug overdose. >> no coincidence. you can't judge a person just by their disease. she's an extraordinary new jerseyian with her weaknesses and flaws. we need to honor those people, not judge them. >> let's talk about the word "disease." the point is it can happen to northwestern anywhere and it's a disease. >> no question. your economic situation, race, background, suburbs. we need to give people the tools and treat it as a disease. we're not helping society by locking people up. >> and the war on drulgs you say is not coming. in fact you call it a dismal failure. >> it is a dismal failure. it was well intentioned. we now know after 30-plus years it hasn't work. we know it works. we're not going to save every life but we've got tot try. >> is chris christie softening? >> no. chris christie is who he's always been. the fact is that i absolutely believe -- i'm pro-life, gayle. every life is precious. not just in the womb. when they come out of a jail cell, it's a lot messier. >

in a brand new book, billy says he met with whitney houston the very first time he met her and blew hericked himself a million times ever since. >>> and then there's the time he was dating two supermodels at once. >> two? ♪ uptown girl you know i can't avoid to buy her pearls ♪ >> he had two supermodels show up at his apartment at the same time. >> how do you do that? >> he was able to feed them both because he has glass houses. >> very good. come on. >>> janice dean! >> i understood that reference and found a box of halloween costumes in the other room. >> you did? >> can you tell? i grew a pair of ears. i'm josie and the pussycats. i'm modeling party city costumes throughout the morning. across the u.s., looks pretty good. game five in san francisco against the royals. perfect conditions. sunshine, winds around 10 miles per hour from the northwest. east coast looks petty good. we do have a system across canada to bring a little bit of unsettled weather, maybe a few showers across upstate new york and new england. not a huge deal if you're going pumpkin picking or picking out your pump

nobody is ever going to be able to top whitney houston that is what it is coming down to. >> the theyou, you are welcome. >> a a lot of people have messed that up. listen to mike, guys he knows what he is talking about. >>> shirley maclean is on our show. shirley maclean is on "good day philadelphia". >> did you know she filmed in her shoes in philly, what she thinks of our city, plus how her new movie proves it is never too late to fall in love. >> ahh, that is great. >> but talk about some speedy service mcdonald's is delivering down under, but you'll never guess what the delivery drivers are showing up in, how this gives new meaning to fast food. >> their under pants what are they showing. >>> new research shows hard on monday after fall of diet in the the weekend. but by many of the week they are back to bad habits. they call it new week resolution effect saying it works similar to trends you see during the start of each year, january 1st, new year, new me. >> yes. >> they collected the data. >> well, again, who gave them money to study that, we've all known that, for years you n

. >> also working on a whitney houston project with whitney's music. >> we're coming out with a dvd ofoprah in 2009. great concerts in between. awe inspiring performance. it's a legacy of whitney to show how great she was. >> this living legend is with us now. and i know we're out of time but can i tell who you had a crush on the last time we were together? you remember who you went on and on about? >> oh, my gosh. >> tell us. >> what is his name. >> plmaxwell. >> maxwell. as an artist, far too young for me. maxwell wouldn't even know where to begin with me. >> you heard that, maxwell. >> he's cute though. he's a nice kid. >> we'll talk more about it later. miss franklin, thank you. clyde, thank you as well. and aretha frank little will be back sinking. first when we go spanning the world right after this. [ female announcer ] we lowered her fever. you raise her spirits. we tackled your shoulder pain. you make him rookie of the year. we took care of your cold symptoms. you take him on an adventure. tylenol® has been the number 1 doctor recommended brand of pain reliever for over 20 yea

in the plaza are getting ready to rock out to tam ron's throwback thursday song, which is from whitney houstonsic playing ] >> here we go. >> i want to dance with somebody. >> come on, matt. >> speaking of music. how about tomorrow, we got the queen of soul arethra franklin. >> carson was saying arethra franklin did the cut of -- >> you can hear it. unbelievable. she is so good. she is so good. >> i'm matt lauer, along with tamron hall, carson daly and dylan dwyer because al is on his way back from afghanistan. >> he joined us along with jay letterman. last night they put on a full show to bring a little joy to our troops. al's shine a light campaign. he'll join us when he gets back. >> it will be fun to watch. >> let's go pence, natalie has all the top stories. >> a man with the ebola virus had contact with dozens of people in the u.s. kate snow is in dallas. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie, this is new information we are learning now from the county health and human services director who says they have now identified some 80 people who came into some form of contact with eit

. >> you're also working on a whitney houston project coming up soon. >> i do.merv griffin show, when she was 19 years old, and it goes straight through to oprah in 2009. >> wow! >> great concerts in between. awe-inspiring performance. it's the legacy of whitney, to show how great she was. >> this living legend is with us now and your legacy -- i know we're out of time but can i tell you who had a crush on the last time we were together? do you remember who you went on and on about? >> oh, my god! >> tell him. >> what is his name? >> maxwell. >> i can't remember his name now. >> maxwell. >> maxwell, as an artist. he is far too young for me. >> but what you said was, he's a fine -- >> he wouldn't know where to begin with me. >> uh-oh. >> you heard that, maxwell. >> he's cute, though, you know. he's a nice kid. >> we'll talk more about it later. miss franklin, thank you. clive, thank you as well. >> thank you. >> of course, aretha franklin will be back singing "at last." >> thank you. >>> the funniest sports moments -- thank you -- when we go spanning [ female ann

. >> then remember the movie "bodyguard," and transforming into a whitney like character 22 years after houston nailed it. >> and the ground breaking show everybody is buzzing about, "transparent." >> my whole life i've been dressing up like a man. >> we'll talk to the leading man taking on real life story ofa dad who became a mom. >> i was thrilled but nervous. i wanteddo to it right. this is me. >> now "e.t." highlighting all families. >> hi, everybody. thanks so much for joining us. well, we are wrapping up a busy week with another big headline. >> yeah. let's get right to it. here are the latest details. >> how is it going, amanda? spoken to your parents recently? amanda, a lot of people are worried about you. what's been going on? >> call my lawyer, okay. my lawyer told me not to speak h wityou. >> actress amanda bynes has a lot of people concerned today is she spiraling out of control again? >> amanda, what are you doing in new york? >> really none of your business. >> the 28-year-old landed in new york this morning and was shot covering her face and fudging with her hair and a band-aid o

. >> then remember the movie "bodyguard," and transforming into a whitney like character 22 years after houstond it. >> and the ground breaking show everybody is buzzing about, "transparent."

. >> so, whitney was singing as a kid in church with her mama, sissy houston and you were playing the. >> little georgy benson. >> in pittsburgh. >> they still call me georgy in pittsburgh. so, yeah my, stmother met my stepfather and he caught me messing with his electric guitar and he tried to show me some chords but my hands were too small. he found a ukulele in a garbage can and he glued it back together because he was a great all around guy. he was electrician and he taught me two or three chords and i found out that i could relate that to everything i was singing. so, one day i was late getting down to the paper stand and i grabbed it and took it with me. i was serenading some young girls on the sidewalk, you know. i went down to the paper stand and i left my ukulele at the paper stand and i sold one paper and i was in the store spending the 20 cent tip and looking at the candy counter and a guy came. he said, hey, boy, can you play that thing? i turned around. my cousin took his baseball cap off because he saw people going in their pocket. he went around and, man, we were making