the winans four brothers were signed to william morris. whitney, this young new star who i thought were a lot like cici when i heard her, she was also a signed to william morris agency at the time. we both had the same agent, a name by marshall resnick. he said, have you heard of whitney houston? this is first album. so when she went on tour. he said, she is singing you guys' song. i said what song is that. he sings your song "tomorrow." he should have never told carvin that because he was going to stay awaning day and night until he got in touch with whitney houston. i remember going to the hotel in beverly hills and carvin and i, we didn't know. he told us where she was staying. probably shouldn't have told us. whitney came down. when i looked at her -- oh, lord i'm in trouble. you are going to be my missionary. you are going to sing and you are going to be my missionary. we thanking her for singing her song. i'm asking carbin and we're going to sing a little bit of "tomorrow," and i'm going preach and we're going home. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

we, the winans, the four brothers, we were signed to william morris and whitney, this young, new star, who i thought sounded a lot like cece when i heard her, but she was also a sign to william morris agency at the time. and we both had the same agent, a man by the name of marshall resnik. he told us, have you heard of whitney houston? i said, yeah, i've heard of her. he said, well, this is her first album. so, when she went on tour, he said, well, she's singing you guys' song. and i said, what song is that? she sings your song "tomorrow." and he should have never told carvin that. cause he was going to stay awake day and night till he got in touch with whitney houston. and i remember going to the hotel in beverly hills and c carvin and i and, you know, we didn't know. he told us where she was staying. probably shouldn't have told us. and we went and whitney came down. when i looked at her, i said, oh, lord, i'm in trouble. she said why? i said you're going to be my missionary. you're just going to sing a little while. you're going to be my missionary. we were really thanking her for

we, the winans, the four brothers, we were signed to william morris. and whitney, this young new star who i thought sounded a lot like cece when i heard her but she was also a sign to william morris agency at the time. and we both had the same agent, a man by the name of marshall resnick. and so he told us, he said have you heard of whitney houston? i said yeah i heard of her. this was her first album. and so when she went on tour, he said well she's singing you guys' song. and i said what song is that? she sings your song "tomorrow." and he should've never told carvin that. because he was gonna stay wake day and night until he got in touch with whitney houston. and i remember going to the hotel in beverly hills and carvin and i. we didn't know. he told us where she was staying, probably shouldn't have told us. we went and whitney came down. and when i looked at her and i said, oh, lord, i'm in trouble. she said why? i said you gonna be my missionary. we were thanking her for singing our song. and i'm going to ask carvin to come and we're going to sing

our dear friend sam haskell was my first -- i met him when he was in the mail room at the william morrisy. we became great friends. this is back in the late '70s. he goes one day when i'm an agent, you're going to be my first client. i was his first client. >> wow. >> debbie was his second. >> you're kidding. >> we've been friends all those years. sam went on to whoopi goldberg and george clooney and every -- >> yeah. >> left me and debbie in the dirt. no, no. we've all been great friends ever since. i'm so happy for norm. >> i am, too. >> because he's been in the musical theater, world, forever and always great but never had a -- right, jimmy? never had his role. >> this is his role. >> this is his role. beautiful. i'm so happy for him. >> is it okay or not okay? >> i don't even know the question. >> it okay to bring the new girlfriend to a favorite place of your old girlfriend. kathie lee says i think it's best for couples to carve out special places and memories of your own. why drag your past into your future? >> am i right? >> yeah. >> and hoda said no. new girlfriend, new memories.

wallace, wally amos was the first black talent agent for william morris agency.e used to send his clients chocolate chip cookies. he represented stars like diana ross before being talked into selling his cookies. marvin gaye gave him part of the start-up money. amos sold his company due to some financial problems but now he runs uncle wally's muffin company. log on to wusa9.com for more moments in black history. >>> still mostly cloudy skies with temps in the 30s and 40s this morning. you'll need the jacket when you get going early but we're going to have a nice afternoon. by 9:00 mostly sunny, temperatures getting into the upper 30s and low 40s. as we approach lunch time, i think we're going to be right around the 50-degree mark. we'll head into the afternoon. lots of sunshine and temperatures are going to be into the low 50s, maybe 55 or so for the high. might even be a little warmer than the 51 at 3:00. by driving home still looking good. temperatures around 50. >>> there's a new book out that claims the french do a better job parenting than americans. >> the

. >> osgood: and louisiana-born william joyce has created the fantastic flying books of mr. morris: on deck? >> this is quite rare. >> osgood: steve hartman and a shirt thars that's right on the money. so we made ocean spray cranberry juice cocktail with a splash of lime. it's so refreshing, your taste buds will thank you. mm... oh, you're welcome. what? my taste buds -- they're thanking me. uh-huh. >> osgood: how far does a correspondent have to go to find a good story? let's ask steve hartman. >> reporter: normally when i leave my house for a story, i have to leave my house. but not this time. this one is in my basement. down here is where i keep all the random things i've saved over the years. if you're like me, you know how hard it is to part with an empty salt container from a great camping trip or a... whatever this is. also if you're like me, you know how hard it is to maintain such a collection after acquiring one of these. a spouse. >> this can go in the garbage. >> reporter: my wife andrea doesn't see the value in things like i do. she doesn't see the sentimental value in

morris on her one-woman play and book of the same name. book tv every weekend on c-span2. >> now on book tv recalling the personal and professional lives of the late political commentator william. buckley jr. the author examines buckley's efforts to reshape the conservative movement in the 1960's and is lasting impact and conservative leaders to likes of ron reagan. it is about 45 minutes. >> again, thank you all for coming and supporting independent bookstores, so round of applause. [applause] we have a very special guest here for you today, a professor at roger williams university and is spoken in front of commerce. his writings have been published in the nation, "usa today," and the boston globe so i think it is important that i confess my apostasy first. i happen to admire buckley tremendously in many, many ways, but i also disagree with many of his ideas, and that may come through, but i wanted to be upfront with you about that. historians debate whether history is made by individuals or by structural forces. if it city says would it be the same country that we know it to be? what other people have come forth and fill their shoes and done what they did or would things be