that and possibly being the next whitney houston. any one of those things was on the table and i was hoping. >> one of the powers of dreams, and i asked you about that because you talked about being a dreamer and we can be the author of our dreams. we have things we are going to make it happen. tell me then when you found out you were pregnant, give us a sense of how much you felt the possibility narrowing. what happened to that sense of just the ability to dream about the future. >> i would say it just felt like it was gone in an instant. i saw those lines show up and felt like everything i had ever worked for, everything i hoped for and had prepared for was gone. the stack of acceptance letters to the colleges seemed to be irrelevant at that point and all of the talent and skills and potential seemed not to matter. it felt like i couldn't see the future and a lot of it had to do with that kind of messaging and those that had gone on after a pregnancy to do, to go to college to do something that they were passionate about. a lot of

>> my favorite whitney houston lyric is "i believe eating insects is the future."ulinary curiosity about this, but i'm really here to watch you eat bugs. >> spread it out. >> bun, my husband is not going to kiss me for a week. >> i got no problem with kissing your husband. so don't you worry. >> they're alive. >> there you go. >> i don't understand. >> the way you'll be doing it is -- i was going to have you use those. >> no. >> the really fresh ones. >> are you serious? >> yeah. so there you go. i'm totally joking. i'm -- >> really? do i really have to eat a live one? >> no, i was kidding. >> fred survives another day. >> berman, the cicada is alive. all right, good. he had me going. he had me going ahead of segment. i was like, okay, i didn't know that was part of the assignment, but i'm here to do my work. >> you're about to eat dead cicadas. don't get too excited yet. >> i think this was really good for him to tell me i was eating live ones because this is seeming like an upgrade. >> this is what a cicada looks like when it's coming out of the ground. you have

whitney houston. >> whether she was doing a dance song, or she was doing a ballad. ♪ it kind of stopped could be blessed with that much. with the looks and the talent. >> this lady started out as a dancer, went to new york, wept to paris. worked with bands. came back, as a single. and is she hot? this is madonna. >> if you saw madonna then, she looked just like the girls who hung out at a club called the fun house. all the girls there had the mesh thing and they had the boots. and it was kind of a mix of new-wave punk, with this other-dance sensibility. i think, madonna was able to use that core of dance music, and use the style of the streets that were going on. and evolve that. into a pop career. >> we're couple of weeks into the new year. what do you hope will happen, not only in 1984, but for the rest of your professional life? what are your dreams? what's left? >> to rule the world. >> all of a sudden, there was girls around that had the gloves with the fingers cut out of it. and the hair wrapped up in the net and wearing the short skirts. there was like hundreds of thousands of je

and then an executive order to build statues of people, garden of american heroes like whitney houstonnes that were never founded. while they did have impacts they did show a window into president trump's political agenda. and this is something that the biden administration is rejecting. and last year, president sump signed an exec stiff order after twitter began labeling his tweets as false or misleading. take a listen. >> unegregious example is when they try to silence views they disagree with by selectively applies a fact ch check ---f-a-c-t -- fact check. what they choose to fact-check or endure or promote is nothing more than a political activism group. or political activism. and it's inappropriate. you look at what's happened. you look at where they're going, where they're coming from, and you all see it yourselves. >> reporter: so, yes, now that executive order has also been rolled back. and of course, president trump is no longer on twitter. but these executive orders being revoked rolled back, reversed, all really exist as a symbolic rebuke to president trump. his agenda. ofte

>> one thing me, whitney houston and george benson agree on, the children are our future.oat in swimming pools. me made of me is heavier than me made of water. >> no, actually. it's probably because you don't know how to float. >> of all living creatures, the human infant has the most prodig gous powers of growth. >> and we need to nurture them in every generation. but you may have noticed by who was included in this old timy film or by watching tv today, developing is an aftermath. that's creepy. get out! but the truth is, there are black families all over excelling and supplying us with the stem brilliance we need for our future, but it ain't easy. these parents who are raising three brilliant children, hannah, aaron and ca pleb. he is 12 but has a full scholarship to georgia tech. so i wanted to hang out with these super parents and get whatever tips i can for the rest of us. >> were you eating a lot of kale? >> a lot of nurturing nature. >> do you want to pick it up? good job! dog for kayla. yeah! >> it didn't passively happen. you know? we did this since they were you

reporter: whitaker also is an accomplished director with films like "waiting to exhale" stars whitney houstonyou get a chance to hopefully help people rise to the greatness in themselves. that's kinds of cool. >> reporter: in recent years whitaker turned his length and producing prowess to first-time station" and "black panther" g find its voice in hollywood. >> every man has a legacy whether he wants one or not. what is yours going to be? >> we're talking about "godfather of harlem," parallels to today, doing meaningful work that explains what's happening in the country now. are you hopeful that we can do better? >> yeah, i'm hopeful. because i see the youth standing up and rising up and speaking out in their voices and i recognize those are the ones taking our places. >> you can catch new episodes of "godfather of harlem" every sunday night at 9:00 p.m. on epics. >>> and don't forget to surscribe to the "sunday sitdown" podcast to hearal full interview with forest whitaker. find it on apple podcast or wherever you get yours. >>> next week, a new in-person "sunday sitdown" with another oscar

after watching this play out, i'm thinking of whitney houston, steal the line "this science is whack.ay? none of this adds up. the prognostications on the spread were wrong. at christmas time, they say schools and restaurants and gyms would be super spreaders. none of that happened. as dr. sapphire said, what about the natural immunity of our children? yet today you have the cdc leaders that dr. walensky on "the today show." she said it will be hard to let go of masks. people want to wear them. we should do that. in their own time they'll let go of it. when did masks become pets? that's my problem in this. immunity as dr. sapphire said, we don't hear anything about t-cell immunity from the cdc or the innate immunity of the children. the idea that you say vaccinated people can go about their business and take masks off, but children in a playground outside have to be masked? that's what dr. fauci said yesterday. none of this adds up. it makes you feel that this information is being horded from us. only leaked out with political intent and with a political edge. basically to blunt these

whitney houston!new york, went to paris, worked with bands, came back as a single. and is she hot. this is madonna. >> if you saw madonna then, she looked just like the girls who hung out at the club called the funhouse. all the girls there had the mesh thing and they had the boots. and it was kind of a mix of new wave punk with this other dance sensibility. ♪ holiday ♪ ♪ celebrate ♪ >> i think madonna was able to use that core dance music and use the style of the streets that were going on and evolve that into a pop career. >> we are a couple weeks into the new year. what do you hope will happen not only in 1984 but for the rest of your professional life? what are your dreams? what's left? >> to rule the world. ♪ star light star bright ♪ ♪ first star i see tonight ♪ ♪ star light ♪ ♪ star bright ♪ ♪ make everything all right ♪ >> all of a sudden there was girls around that had the gloves with the fingers cut out of it and the hair wrapped up in the net and wearing the short skirts. there was like hund

at 98, it's "i will always love you" by whitney houston.e >> jimmy: wow! i've never heard that version. >> steve: wow. now i understand why so many i's. >> jimmy: base >> steve: yeah >> jimmy: next at 99, there is "buddy holly" by wheezer >> steve: wait, wheezer? not weezer >> jimmy: no, it's wheezer with an "h. >> steve: wheezer. >> jimmy: i don't know if i've heard this one let's hear what it sounds like ♪ i look just like buddy holl and you're mary tyler moor i don't care - [ wheezing ] say about us anyway ♪ ♪ i don't care about that [ wheezing ] [ coughing ] i don't care about that ♪ [ cheers and applause >> steve: they're wheezing >> jimmy: that's - >> steve: that's the name -- >> jimmy: that's his thing, yeah >> steve: he does weezer covers but he wheezes >> jimmy: that's correct finally coming in at the bottom of the chart, unfortunately, it's "dancing in the dark, in the dark" by bruce springsteen [ light laughter ] >> steve: "dancing in the dark in the dark. >> jimmy: that's correct >> steve: by bruce springsteen >> jimmy: yeah, i

and you do the thing where you sing whitney houston "i will always love you. >> yeah, pretty much anywherelause ] >> jimmy: you got busted you're like, "oh, someone saw me!" >> yeah. that woman looks traumatized by my impromptu performance or it was also the first time she was out of the house does everyone remember the first time they left the house 'cause it was a big moment, right? >> jimmy: oh yeah. it's gigantic. it's like -- it's the best i mean, this is the first time these guys are out of the house. they're here tonight [ cheers and applause they're so excited >> so cool >> jimmy: right before you came in, they came out and they're like - ♪ and i ♪ they all were doing it [ laughter ] >> yeah, i mean, i sing it - and if you've ever heard anyone singing in a bathroom ♪ and i will alway love you ♪ [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: yeah, come on. that was you >> that was me it was me. and to be clear, i mean, the only words i know. i don't know any of the rest of the song [ laughter ] any of the rest of the song. i just repeat that chorus if there's good acoustics and it's echoey >> jimm

protesters and an executive order that will build a park called the national garden of heros like whitney w houstonngs. the former executive order that trump signed online censorship after twitter flagging his tweets as misleading or false. that is one of those revoked and trump is no longer on twitter. these signal a symbolic effort by the white house to reject president trump, to reject his political agenda. it is something that president biden ran on the campaign trail and now he is following through as president. >> jasmine wright, appreciate it. thank you very much. >>> overall on capitol hill, there is a disturbing trend among some house republicans to downplay or actually deny the violence that we all saw with our own eyes on january 6th. >> yeah. it's an attempt to rewrite recent history and adding new urgency for an independent commission to set in stone the facts of that day. it looks like there could finally be a bipartisan deal to make that happen. cnn's daniella diaz is on capitol hill. some concessions from both sides but no sign-off from republican leader mccarthy. >> exactly right.

entertainer there is nothing he loves more than lip syncing to his favorite artists, including whitney houston for others, which they do she says this, she feels so lucky to have a beautiful child like isaac, and she doesn't know what she did to deserve him. >> if you like that, check out this encore of "i will always love you." brings down the house. >> i bet. >>> when we come back, it is teacher appreciation week, and o you got a great one for us >> when i watch you speak to them, it's like you take your heart out of your chest, extend it in your hands, and you say, will you hold that for me for a minute >> kids are sacred youth is -- they're the most powerful people i know, and i feel like they're so receptive to that. it feels like they're often not seen >> donovan, they'll be in the spotlight now, and so will you, coming up right after these messages you. to shine your brightest. ♪ as you charge ahead. illuminating the way forward. a light maker. recognizing that the impact you make comes from the energy you create. introducing the all-electric lyriq. lighting the way. ♪ lisa here, has ha