singer just did that now puts him in the rare company of barbra streisand, audrey hepburn and whoopi goldberg. we'll have that story ahead in "the skinny." it's monday, september 10th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." ♪ all of you >>> good morning. >> it was so nice anchoring with john legend last week and now he won an award. >> did he sound like john legend? >> no, not at all. >> sure did try, though. terrell brown did a great job filling in for kendis last week. looks exactly like john legend. doesn't quite sound like him, though. >> i'm sure -- absolutely. >> all right. we're going to get to that amazing accomplishment by john legend coming up, but we're going to start off on a much more different note. the head of cbs is out of a job. les moonves resigned following a new string of sexual harassment and sexual assault allegations. >> the announcement came hours after six more women came forward. some of them say moonves forced them to perform sexual acts and retaliated when they rejected his advances but he could still walk away with a massive severance package. eva pilgrim wit

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[shouting] well, i think it's when whoopi goldberg said what is the deep state and who's in charge? and that's i think where the wheel fell off the wagon, the first segment was pretty good but the second was not so good but it's fine. i don't really care but it was a microcosm of what goes on in this country every day when the left tries to shut down the right. you are not allowed to speak. you are not allowed to say something that is pro-trump, pro-american, pro-american flag, prolonged order, anticrime. i don't know what happened. what happened to america? my father, a veteran of world war ii, he was on the first ship to nagasaki. he saw the tunes. he died very young. my grandfather was in world war ii also . we believe in america and we believed in the flag. we believed that no one is above the law and no one is below the law. >> watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> next on book tvs "after words", political columnist derek hunter offers his thoughts on how progressives influenced academia, the media and pop culture to advance their agenda. he's interviewed by bo

you exhibited that with that tramp whoopi goldberg. i am in professional sports. you don't get in the hissing contest with the skunk. you exhibited that unbelievable. i just wanted to compliment you. that made me love you more. >> thank you. thank you. >> let me just quickly say something. when i got off the stage and i went down, will be had -- and i've cohosted that show before, by the way, i had been on for my other books, but she had said something on the stage, i don't remember it exactly, you and trump care about victims. that just, you know, my blood pressure went up. i had spent my life crusading for the crime victim, underdog, victim of domestic violence, elderly, you name it, that has been my passion. i have fought for victims my whole life. that is the one thing i said to her. she said, are there kids in here? all right. she said, su. did you just say s you? she just said yes. now get the f out of the building. they are like this. i love to fight. i love to go toe to toe with most people. i'm like, let's just go. i was very calm at that point. we starte

[applause] and you exhibited that with that tramp, whoopi goldberg. i'm in professional sports and we have a saying, you don't get ended up kissing contest with the skunk. you exhibited that unbelievable. yet that made me love you more. >> let me quickly say something. when i got off the stage and i went down, and i had cohosted that show before and i have been on with my other books but will be said something that she said something like you and trump don't care about victims. and my blood pressure were not. i have spent my life restating for the elderly, the child abuse, that is been my passion. so i say, would be, i have fought for victims my whole life and she said, their kids in here? she said after you. and i said did you just say f you and she said yes. now get the f out of the building. i am standing there with my editor from the publishing house and hair and makeup like this. and i love to fight and go toe to toe with most people, but i was like let's just go, as we started to get ready to walk out she followed me saying get out of my buildin

whoopi goldberg. tyler perry. jennifer lewis.>> she took the gifts god gave her, and she kept getting a little bigger every day. >> reporter: former president bill clinton front and center reminding the audience to think about franklin's enormous influence. ♪ you better think think about what you're trying to do to me ♪ ♪ think that you're going to let yourself be free ♪ >> it's the key to freedom. god bless you, aretha, we love you. >> she represented the best in our community, and she fought for our community until the end. >> reporter: and today her community showed up to celebrate the daughter of a baptist preacher whose soaring career never lost sight of its gospel roots. ♪ >> reporter: the music worthy of the occasion with gladys knight. ♪ he is my living >> reporter: the clarke sisters. >> i hope she don't mind, i don't think she work, i'm going to come out of my shoes. >> reporter: fantasia kicking off her shoes during a gospel overtu overture. ♪ and a pop princess with a soul tribute. ariana grande belting out "you make

air over 20 years ago, it's still surreal to sit there, and i lean over my shoulder and i see whoopi goldbergnd i'm listening to her and so much about the experience is -- i'm trying to take it all in. such a cool one. >> "the view" is now in its 22nd season. you can watch abby along with sunny, joy, whoopi whoopi whoopi w and adding another conservative voice on the panel of five. >> i've been watching a little bit before our show and it's a panel of very strong opinion, and it's interesting to watch her any time there's a new person come on navigate their way through those personalities and try to fit in. >> yeah. it's interesting because they always do it in a very respectful way when they do argue their different viewpoints. >> that's what you like about it, too. not in your face, hurt each other. >> "who wants to be a millionaire" is coming up next. >> be ready for the warmer weather. you could generate yourat home.rgy, or to save energy, unplug unused appliances. do your thing, with energy upgrade california. copd makes it hard to breathe. so to breathe better, i go with anoro. ♪ go you

from celebrities like whoopi goldberg. to former u.s. president bill clinton. from family. or friends. a recent franklins funeral as celebration of every part of the star's incredible life. ariana grande day performing a cover of one of franklin's biggest hit. motown singers smokey robinson dedicating his song to his childhood friend. and they were touching tribute from a reese's own family. will be you know monna worst once again which means. thank you for loving me. thank you for believing in me as much. former u.s. president bill clinton also paid his respects. she worked. for she. see the how good she gives. and she can't get everything. she was a solo that there was no getting away from the prejudice this moment had as a calm she was a prime one and a white man where i'll see hope klaus she fought a good fight now is time and a clown the queen of. and this is a good fight for a queen especially the queen of sound. bites and journalist shot and case and joins us from detroit welcome to being w a joyful funeral rather than a sad occasion talk us through who is that what'

whoopi goldberg on "the view": "did you write it?"huntsman: "i did not write it.not write it, as far as i know."a frustrated press secretary sarah sanders tweeted out a statement calling for the speculation over anonymous to (quote) "stop..."as she lashed out at the new york times ... posting the paper's phone number.house minority leader nancy pelosi said she thought it was vice president pence ... and joked it could be a character from the board game ... "clue."rep. nancy pelosi/ (d) house minority leader: "the vice president. that was my first thought. // i guess by process of elimination it comes down to the butler."officials inside the administration have been carefully reading the op- ed for clues ...the author suggests there may be more than one resister ... in the ranks ... writing ... "the president's appointees have vowed to do what we can to preserve our democratic institutions while thwarting mr. trump's more misguided impulses until he is out of office."and it hasn't gone unnoticed that pence ... who has denied he wrote the op-ed ... frequently uses t

well, i think it's one whoopi goldberg said, what is the deep state and who's in charge? that's when the wheels fell off. but the second was not so good. but it's fine. i don't really care but it was a microcosm of what goes on in this country every day when the left tries to shut down the right. you were not allowed to speak. you are not allowed to say something that is proton, pro-american, pro-american flag, anti-crime. i don't know what happened. what happened to america? my father, the veteran of world war ii was on the first ship to nagasaki. he died very young. head and neck cancer. we believe in america and we believe in the flag. we believe no one is above the law and no one is below the law. these people are different. they think for whatever reason but as peter strock or andrew mccabe were jim comey, bruce ohr and i'm going to go to questions about a specific if you want me to. they believe they were above the law. they believe the establishment needs to be kept in place. and very much like ronald reagan, donald trump has two fight the establishment. i'm tellin

she got her start at the legendary valencia rose, where she cut her comedy teeth alongside whoopi goldberg and tom arnold, whose comedic wit is well known to those in this chamber. we reached out to other comedians, including my friend nato green, to ask for his thoughts about you, and nato observed how important it is to remember how unique marga's path really was. she was openly queer at a time it was not widely accepted, and many comics who have become lgbt icons started out, made a name for themselves, and then came out. that wasn't the case for marga. she was out and proud from the very start, and that in and of itself is deserving great praise, not least for the path she paved for others who came afterwards. her list of accolades and accomplishments include a g.l.a.d. award and l.a. ovation award. her solo plays have been played at the public theater, whitney museum, and internationally at london's ica and edinburg french. her stand-up appearances include comedy central's "out there" and hbo's "comic release." she is one of the funniest and most acclaimed comedians in our city, or an

i lean over my shoulder and i see whoopi goldberg and i'm listening to her.h about the experience is -- i'm trying to take it in. >> "the view" is in its 22nd season. weekdays at 10:00 a.m. only on abc 7. >> one of the bands will perform it and maroon five will perform during halftime of super bowl liii in atlanta. it is one of the top selling bands of the last 15 years. billboard says the selection is being met with tepid enthusiasm. and outright snark. doesn't that define what the internet does? >> yeah, you are right, larry. >>> all right, president trump isn't holding back in his criticism of jeff sessions. >> i'm disappointed in the attorney general for numerous reasons. >> why he says he doesn't have an attorney general. >>> plus, thousands still without power as officials plead with north carolina residents to stay away from their h what does help for heart failure look like? ♪ the beat goes on. it looks like emily cooking dinner for ten. ♪ the beat goes on. it looks like jonathan on a date with his wife. ♪ la-di-la-di. entresto is a heart failure medi

. >> whoopi goldberg always thought of herself as an actress more so than a comedian.f lily tomlin, more so than the stand-ups of era. >> they said, are you a valley girl? no, i'm a surfer, because before there was the mall, there was the ocean, okay? >> she was so much more than stand-up, she was commenting on the world we're living in a really interesting way through these different characters. >> i passed this big dude walking around the circus with a picket sign, talking about, stop abortion. i said, i have the answer to abortion. he said, what is it? i said, shoot your [ bleep ]. >> i was always an actor. and one of the reasons i started doing monologues is because i couldn't get any work, because people sort of look at you and decide what you can do and what you can't or what they think you can do. >> what does it take to become successful and how tough is it for you compared to men? >> i think it's hard to be a man comic. >> harder? >> yeah. >> because they're generally not funny or intelligent. >> roseanne, don't you think we should talk about our sexual proble

whoopi goldberg. these faces, unfamiliar ones.etroiters standing in long lines to pay respects. ♪ you make me feel >> reporter: aretha franklin was their queen. >> she is the icon. she is detroit. we love her. >> reporter: they loved her talent, obviously, but loved her more for being just o of them. caring.o big to stop though somber the occasion, the music lifted the room. soaring, inspiring. ♪ you make me feel >> reporter: ariana grande sang "natural woman." and jennifer hson with a gospe sta gospel staple. bill clinton. >> she lived with courage. i just loved her. ♪ y better think >> reporter: so did the world. love for a queen whose voice ruled and legacy lives on. for "today," ron mott, nbc news, detroit. >> shepp would be >>> we will take a turn now and dave is back with the quick look at the rest of theun y's forecast for the >>> depending on where you are and whether you're dry or not, we had a lot of storms through the region. right now they're lining up around 301 in southern maryland. more showers expected. isolated st

whoopi goldberg. these faces, unfamiliar ones.etroiters standing in long lines to pay respects. ♪ you make me feel >> reporter: aretha franklin was their queen. >> she is the icon. she is detroit. we love her. >> reporter: they loved her talent, obviously, but loved her more for being just one of them. never too big to stop caring. though somber the occasion, the music lifted the room. soaring, inspiring. ♪ you make me feel >> reporter: ariana grande sang "natural woman." and jennifer hudson with a gospel st gospel staple. bill clinton. >> she lived with courage. i just loved her. ♪ you better think >> reporter: so did the world. love for a queen whose voice ruled and legacy lives on. for "today," ron mott, nbc news, detroit. >> she would be happy. >>> we will take a turn now and dave is back with the quick look at the rest of the country's forecast for the labor day weekend. >> wisconsin and illinois and iowa with thunderstorms rolling through. some severe. heavy rains and high winds and threat of large hail. all of this takes us

katie: look at all these folks who said they would leave the them -- peter: whoopi goldberg,hpñ?ñ? ed: didn't alex baldwin say he was going to go to france? katie: they also said they were going to leave when president bush won for the second time the. november, does your act change? does your -- >> my act will change because i'll need to learn to speak spanish, because i will move to spain. >> trump win, i'm moving to africa. >> i need to come to your country if you'll let me in or canada. >> i'm also reserving my ticket to get out of here if he wins. >> maybe it's time for me to move. >> you can't possibly really be trying to be elected to become president. >> i did my house in another country -- all these people who threaten to leave the country and don't, i will leave the country. katie: chelsea handler not making good on that threat, zero celebrities have left since trump was elected, and it's just greatest country on earth, and they wouldn't be able to pursue their -- ed: what about al sharpton? let's buy him a ticket. pete: that's a lot of hot talk. and in their mind, the pr

arnold schwarzenegger said: whoopi goldberg said: dolly parton offered these words: and finally, sylvester of love for burt reynolds this morning. and we'll be remebering burt's life throughout the show, talking to people who knew and worked with him, including the actor peter macnichol. he has an interesting story or two to tell us. more on burt reynolds through the programme. tony blair has used a rare interview to strongly criticise the current labour leader jeremy corbyn, his supporters and his policies. speaking to nick robinson's political thinking podcast, the former prime minister said mr corbyn poses an existential threat to the future of the party. 0ur political correspondent chris mason is in westminster. we knew there was not much love lost between tony blair and jeremy corbyn, but this takes it to a new level? it's a reminder of how much the labour party has changed, for all those years tony blair was prime minister, jeremy corbyn sat on the backbenches. frankly, postman pat was more likely to be invited to the cabinet table than jeremy corbyn then. nowjeremy corbyn is in char