luke holmes who won album of the year and charlie pride who was honor window the willie nelson lifetimet award if there was ever a lifetime achievement award named after someone it would be willie nelson. >>> now to california where a new ballot initiative is giving gig economies like uber and lyft they spent $200 million to write the rules they wanted. >> reporter: in california, gig economy companies have written a new law to support themselves, passing last week with 58% of the vote companies like uber, lyft, and instacart passed the bill. >> the alternative to inaction was very bad for drivers, very bad for riders, very bad for the economy in a pandemic. >> and bad for your company. >> and bad for our company. >> reporter: the new law guarantees 120% of minimum wage while a driver has a passenger, and lift co-founder says it gives drivers what they want. >> drivers prefer being an independent con tracker as opposed to an employee and we're able to add pen fits for the first time health care benefits, disability benefits and protections and insurance we weren't able to provide withou

we just kind of went for it. ♪ pretty paper pretty ribbon ♪ >> "pretty paper," you're duet with willy nelsonhat song. and it's bun o aep's been one oe for years. i said, "willie, will you sing "pretty paper" with me because i love the song?" he said, "are you crazy, of course i'll play it." he played on the guitar. >> dolly famously grew up poor in the smoky mountains of east tennessee where her mother made sure christmas was special and that the family's two-room house was filled with music. mrs. parton encouraged her daughter's singing and songwriting, and dolly wrote her first song at just 6 years old. "little tiny tassel top." not one of your biggest hits, but an important song nevertheless. >> no. no. nobody ever heard it except when i became a star. it was just about a little cobb doll that mama had made me. i was singing -- i named her tassel top. and i would do -- ♪ little tiny tassel top i love you an awful lot hope you never go away i want you to stay ♪ >> miss dolly parton. >> "tiny tassel top" leads off thed dadolly parton my life in lyrics." ♪ >> dolly shares the stories behinds

. - we've had people like bob wills right here, willie nelson, george strait, dolly parton, ernest tubbeder, the list goes on and on and on. ♪ oh the key's in the mailox come on in ♪ - [darius] but for this honky tonk, every texas two-step forward pushes the bastian to the brink. - [male] this street has changed so much in the last few years. we're losin' a lot of the old feel of austin. - [darius] shuffle into "honky tonk heaven,"

charles pride accepting the willie nelson lifetime achievement award. eric church bringing home the biggest award of the night, entertainer of the year. ♪ >> church delivered a powerful message to country music fans. >> it will be music that brings us out of this. that is the one thing that will save the entire world. >> the socially distant show at the music city center. congratulations to all the winners. 11 minutes after the hour, the gop one win from maintaining the senate majority. the high-stakes runoff races breakdown next. >> we have some other chocolate. is nancy pelosi's ice cream to blame for the democrats election day losses, a progressive group says yes. downy unstopables. if your gums bleed when you brush, the answer is yes. the clock may be ticking towards worse... parodontax is 3x more effective at removing plaque, the main cause of bleeding gums parodontax -with the ninja foodito intellismart xl grill.illing eliminate the guesswork with the smart cook system. just pick your protein, select your doneness and let the grill monitor your fo

the records, featured duet with another music legend >> "pretty paper" which is your duet with willie nelsonfor so many years. i said, willie, would you sing "on pretty paper" with me because i love the song. he said are you crazy? of course i'll sing it not only that, he played that guitar. >> a national treasure, as we said truly, truly i'm talking about you, willie. >> does she have a little crush on you >> dolly parton? that would be news to me >> i thought that was the rumor i heard. >> by the way, a duet with dolly parton and willie nelson, that's a lot of american icon in one place. >> that's sunday sitdown with willie geist please check it out. >> it's going to be great. >>> straight ahead, mandy moore is joining us to talk about her new music and shooting "this is us" with a growing baby bump >> hey, mandy. >>> plus, we are serving up a terrific tailgating at home menu on "today" food loves football first, your local news >>> good morning. i'm marcus washington. a decision late last flight from fremont schools voted to narrownarrow ly sever a sponsorship program with the police. the

so they're real for me so "if i needed you," townes van zandt "amazing grace," willie nelson "beforever of "let it be. i have to have those songs >> jimmy: wow. >> when the going get's tough, those songs get going. >> jimmy: i really appreciate you being back on the show thank you so much. >> thank you >> jimmy: please be well brene brown. new episodes of "dare to lead" -- "dare to lead" are released every monday on spotify. and we'll be right back with a a performance from patty smythe stick around, everybody. ♪ humira patients,... ...this one's for you. you inspired us to make your humira experience even better... with humira citrate-free. it has the same effectiveness you know and trust, but we removed the citrate buffers, there's less liquid, and a thinner needle... with less pain immediately following injection. ask your doctor about humira citrate-free. and you can use your co-pay card to pay as little as $5 a month. humira can lower your ability to fight infections. serious and sometimes fatal infections,... ...including tuberculosis, and cancers, including lymphoma, have happ

i had billy ray cyrus, miley cyrus, willie nelson, michael buble.ed down. we would send it to their studio and they'd sing them part and we got it all put together. hopefully it's going to be a fun christmas. we've tried to add a little more fun to this year. >> you know, one segment on the "today" show is not enough for you. we're going to see you again and talk about the tv, the netflix special which is super fun i want to mention your book "song teller" is out today the album "a holly dolly christmas" also available right now. and the netflix movie "christmas on the square" starts streaming november 22nd. dolly will stick around because we have all this to talk about and more. >> she'll be back on the third hour and on the fourth hour with me and jenna. >> she'll probably write a song in between. >> i probably will i know you'll be sick of me. i'm sick of me but i'll see you anyway. >> w who is usaa made for? it's made for this guy a veteran who honorably served and it's made for her she's serving now we made it for all branches and all ranks whe

as willie nelson, our gret leader says, vote him out.g with 9.7 million votes cast already. folks are ready to vote him out. >> have a lot of republican and democratic friends in the state and it is beyond dispute that there is something happening in that state. and no matter what happens tomorrow, i think a lot of people will give you a lot of credit for keeping it on everyone's radar and for being on the ground there and helping to tell the story of that state. so thank you. i hope you'll come back and continue to have this conversation regardless of what happens tomorrow. >> thank you very much. appreciate. >> good luck. >>> we are going to dip in and listen to joe biden at a rally in pittsburgh. let's listen in. >> -- for nine months, then he suggested that these folks, know what he said they're doing? he said doctors are falsely inflating the deaths due to covid. because they want to make more money. now think about that. the president of the united states of america, but then again it doesn't surprise me, he wouldn't do anything un