and have you seen anything like that? >> well, sometimes if i have enough energy to. >> and only in america, bra -- barbra streisand is having a special grammy moment. this is piers morgan the night. good evening, politics and pipes and president obama listening to mitt romney today at the political action conference. >> it has been a great conference so far and for that we should probably acknowledge president obama, because he is the conservative movement's top recruiter, and it turns out -- [ applause ] turns out he is really a good community organizer. i just don't think that this is the community he planned on organizing, but he did. >> so how is it that the president's campaign is going to be fighting back? joining me is stephanie cutter, campaign manager for obama in 2012. rough time for this. and what i can't understand is why nobody saw it coming. nobody saw the criticism coming from the catholic church on contraception, and remember where we started on the debate. the president announced two and a half weeks ago a monumental step forward for women's health and insuring that women got access to contraceptive care without any out of pocket costs. and with that he announced an extra year and a half transition for the religious institutions and not churches, because they were exempted, but religious institutions to work with them to find a way that we could implement the policy to work with them and respect their belief and ensure that women got coverage. this policy does not take effect for them for another year and a half. and we were working through the policy, but obviously, we saw many, including some of the sound that you were just talking about mitt romney and other republican candidates, you know, john boehner, mitch mcconnell, and lot of men standing up there to try to drive a political wedge in this issue, so that the president decided to expedite it, and take the steam out of it and take the debate away and focus on what we need to focus on, protecting women's health in a way that respects religious beliefs. and that what we accomplished today. >> but can you agree that it looks to everybody on the outside that you have committed your own goal and trying to clear the mess-up? that is what it would seem to be what you are now accepting. >> well, it is actually not a compromise, but an adjustment to the implementation. we are not compromising to whether or not women can get the health care. that is not something that the president will compromise on. women are getting access to the health care they need, and contraception to keep them healthy and cut down on the rates of cancer and that is unwavering to the president's commitment to that, and this is an adjustment to the implementation, and part of it is a little bit of disbelief that we are arguing contraception, because it is birth control and something that women have been taking for decades, and something that is accepted in this country, and 99% of the women take birth can troll, and it is unbelievable that we are debating it. >> it is, but it is not unbelievable that roman catholics would be debating it. >> as am i. >> and -- well, you must understand that it is a big debate, because obviously many roman catholics would be appalled by this. you would know that, and that is why i find it surprising that nobody at the white house thought this through in terms of the roman catholic element of this, as people are saying, i don't like this, and the right seizing on it the way they have. >> well, piers, you know that the catholic church is exempted from the rule, and they were exempted from the rule from the beginning. but you know, as roman catholic, and as a woman, we have disagreed with the church for a long time and i didn't believe and the president didn't believe that a nurse at a catholic hospital should have any less of a right to get the care she needs than the nurse of a public hospital. that is always the ultimate test. >> and the president must be pleased that the approval ratings are ticking up, and the economy appearing all slowly grinding into a recovery and the gop can't decide who they want to take him on. so i would imagine from your point of view, the obama 2012 campaign is going quite nice late the moment. >> well, we don't have an opponent yet, and we are watching the republican primaries play out. we saw a lot of interesting speeches todayt the conservative conference that you were playing earlier. a lot of very sharp lines being drawn. you know, mitt romney claiming that he was severely conservative as a massachusetts governor. you know, he continues to play to the conservative vote to try to lock up the nomination. it doesn't seem to be working very well for him both the playing for the conservatives and while doing that, he is alienating the independents. so we don't know ultimately if he is the general election nominee or if rick santorum will be the nominee, but we know over the course of the primary season, they have spent a lot of time alienating people. >> and let me ask you one santorum question which has come out, this comment that he would not like to see the female soldiers on the front line in combat, because of the emotional issue, and he stressed that he didn't mean the women's emotional, but the man's emotion on the front line and what did you think of that? what did the president think of that? is he happy or the the women to be on the front line of the combat and feel that the emotions can be kept this check? >> i won't speak for the president on rick santorum's comment, but that comment seems crazy to me that men and women when fighting for the country can't keep the emotions in check. certainly, there are men and women of great valor who have been fighting for the country for a decade in iraq and afghanistan, so that comment seems a little crazy to me, and i'm sure to men and women in the military. >> finally, as we lock at the fourthcoming election and the battle hauting up, what do you identify as that you are so closely identified with the campaign, is there any issue for his dramatic u-turn on the super pacs? >> credibility issue, no. from the response we have seen this week people appreciate that he does not want to fight with one hand tied behind his back. he has fought long for campaign finance reform so that average americans, low-dollar donors have a say in our elections, and not just wealthy americans or special interests or corporate interests. >> i understand that, but -- >> and on the the -- >> and let me just say that when the president is on the record of saying that these pacs are a threat to democracy, how can he have the brass support them? >> well, exactly what i said, he is going to fight what the law is and the law is what it is in this election cycle. and we saw karl rove and a whole host of republicans spend a half a billion the defeat this president for one particular reason, to defeat this president. mitt romney's super pac and tens of billions of dollars were raised in the last quarter by less than 200 people, so in order to ensure that the millions of americans who are giving what they can, $5, $10 or $25 that their voices are not drowned out. we want to make sure that the attacks are responded to, and we know they are coming, and we will respond to them. that is why we made the decision to not fight with one hand behind our backs and unilaterally ditz arm in -- disarm in the middle of an election, and that does not mean that we won't continue to disarm this. it may take a constitutional amendment to make sure that average americans have a say in the elections rather than the special interests, but the response we have seen in the last few days after we made this decision, people appreciate that there needs to be a fair fight. >> so the threat level of the super pacs to democracy is downgraded to zero for the period of the election? is that how we are leaving things? >> no. i am sure that even with our announcement, it is embolden people to give more, but we are to respond to at the a tacks, and we will continue on the campaign side to raise dollars from average americans, and you know the statistics on the obama for america money more than $1 million, and the average donation is $250 or less. you know, we are proud of that. we are continuing to build that grassroots force and ensure that those voices are not drown out. >> stephanie cutter, thank you very much indeed. >> thanks, piers. >> when we come back, mr. cool, himself, ll cool j, and his surprising ideas to keeping america great. that? is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. [ male announcer ] inside every box of cheerios are those great-tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. is it a superhero? kinda. ♪ ll cool j and on february 12th, i will be hosting the grammys with artists like nicki minaj, who i love. >> this is exciting, for me, because i have been listening to you since i was a baby. >> i love you less now. ♪ >> the grammy's haven't had a host in seven years, but this year the recording academy has captured a guy who is so cool it is his middle name, and it is the legendary ll cool j which stands for lady's love cool j. it is one of the greatest names in the history of music. >> as long as people don't know it is dedicated to my mom, i am all right. >> it slightly ruins it. >> it ruins it a little bit, doesn't it. >> and you were christened james todd smith and your friends call you todd, and what do you like being called by the fans? what should i call you now? what is the respectful way? >> todd works just fine. mother knows best. >> how are you feeling about the grammy's? they haven't had a host in seven years and you are the man, are you nervous? >> i wouldn't say i am nervous, but at the same time it is not like i've got it and i'm done, and spandex on. it is not that kind of a deal. i'm ready to do it. i look forward to living up to the challenge, and getting out there and not being this the way. it is not going to be the ll cool j wardrobe show. it is going to be about the artists that, you know, were nominate and performing. >> you have won two grammy's. >> yes. >> and you know what is it like to win? >> well, i have been nominated nine times and i have lost more than i have won. >> and you know what it takes to win. >> yes. >> and i want to read a quotation of you. you said, i'm happy to be black. i am what i am. i am doing very well in my life and i'm thankful to god for that. "aem real person that cares, and hope i can continue doing that. and i have a heart and soul and i want to touch people and give. as black man, i my hope is to stay on this path, and we'll get there. >> yes. >> i found that inspiring that quotation. >> yes. >> it made me guess again that we are in election year. >> yes. >> the fact that america three years ago took a huge leap forward as a nation. >> yes. >> and got the first black president. >> yes. >> and given what you said there, how do you critique barack obama? >> i think that, you know, first of all when you're -- i want to qualify by saying that when you are running for the president of the united states, you are going to make a lot of promises on the campaign trail that, where, you know, when you look at the equation, it is one plus one equal two outcome, right. but when you get into the inner sanctum you find out that one plus one and plus a couple of other ones equal four, and people are saying what happened to two? i think that, we as people in the united states of america don't have all of the information in front of us, and for our benefit, and i think that just on the worldwide level no democracy, no democratic government is like just doling out all of the state secrets and all of the various nuances and dynamics that affected the decision making going on in the inner sanctum. >> let me ask you a difficult question, because you had an extraordinary upbringing and fought against a lot of tough things in your life. you saw your father shoot your grandmother and grandfather. >> yes. >> a traumatic event that most people could not imagine. >> yes. >> and you fought through and became this incredibly successful grammy award winning star, and so on. is america still the country of that opportunity, do you think? >> of course, it is. america is still that country of opportunity. and still going back to what we were saying about, you know, president obama, you know, the reality is that, you know, no matter who holds that office, there is always going to be some opposition, and some of the opposition is going to be aggressive and some of the opposition is going to be passive and sometimes just passive enough to look like you have coordination problem, like you can't put, you know, certain pieces of the puzzle in certain places. you know, it happens in certain ways, but that being said, i don't think that anyone should assume i'm a democrat either. i'm a independent. >> and the mantra on the show has been a theme of keeping america great, because i think it is a more positive way of viewing what is going on right now. >> it is. >> and let me ask you, you are a successful businessman, and nevermind everything else. how do we keep america great? >> i think that in order to keep america great, we have to keep america creative. the key is to create. i don't think that anything great in this nation has ever happened without creation, whether it is the wright brothers or with bill gates or rest in peace with what steve jobs did, and so many great things, but the basis of america, it is about creating, even if it is just creating freedom. we have always been about creation. you look at it. if you have the billionaires and the kids are running around and partying in the hamptons, the only cure for their lives if they are bored and have everything is to create. sometimes creation is the best solution to create. now, not destruction, but harmony. we need to make sure that there's art in the school. why? why should art be in the school? because if art isn't in the school, then a guy like steve jobs doesn't get a chance to really express himself, because in order for art to meet technology, you need art. you know, it is not like, oh, it is technology, you need both. i think that we need to maintain that balance, and that's where people kind of get it a little muddy. and then when you think about, you know, the class thing that is going on, and you have one group of people that are wearing all of the white, and playing cricket or croquet or however you say it -- >> cricket. >> and they are playing that, andb then you is another crew plague it on the sidewalk and playing skully on the sidewalk and google that. you know, they can't relate to each other, but there is a middleground. >> here is the thing. they talk about it all of the time, the rich are getting richer. you have a huge upper class of very wealthy people in america, the 1%. >> right. >> and then the underclass which is the branding it has been given, and that is people who have been shoved aside by the system, and that number is getting bigger, and it is not a black thing or white thing, because it is all colors and creeds and more people are falling into this real poverty trap. >> yes, yes. >> and what do we do about that section of the community? >> well, einstein had a great quote. he said you have to learn the rules of the game and play better than anybody else. that obviously means that you have to be educated. to know the rules of the game, you have to be educated. it starts with education, but it is not about going to the public school, and learning arithmetic and reading, and of course, we need that, but there are certain things that are being taught around the dining room tables and certain things that are taught in, you know, the fancy dimly lit rooms that need to be shared in the underclass or that underbelly community, because it will only help society as a whole. remember, if you -- >> how much should they be personally responsible? i interviewed ron paul recently -- >> completely. >> he said that you can't wait for the governments or the states or whatever to help you. you have to help yourself. >> he is right. he is right in that regard, because, you know, you know the government is not our religion. the government is our government and their job is to make sure we have a safe society and we are protected and they take care of us and make sure that the needs are taken care of as a society and as a nation. but, we have to take care of ourselves, and i think that is what starts with believing it could happen. you see, a lot of the times when you are dealing with downtrodden, and you are dealing with the underbelly, the urban community, you are dealing with people who have given up hope. so, you know -- >> when you talk to people in that position, what do you say to them to inspire them? >> look at me. >> but how did you get there do you think? when you look back, what was it about you that allowed you to get out of that trap? >> well, it was a woman named ellen griffith, and that was my grandmother, and, man, may she rest in peace, and she said, todd, if a task is left to be done, don't leave it till it is done, and let it be the labor of love. that is the ducation i got at home, and i got that at home and not at school. i used to have a teacher at school who used to punch us in the back and say ddummy, and in the meantime, he has created math ophobes. >> i have heard will.i.am sit right there and tell me about a similar story from his mother. and it doesn't have to be both parents, but one parents who believes in you is ten times easier than if you have nobody. what if you have no one? >> you have to look at all of the people in the world to be successful and you have to synthesize all of the positions and the people and those goals that they achieve and the things they did and the heroic moments and you have to take, you know, the greatest michael jordan moment, and the greatest, you know, whoever you name moment, and put them all together. and say, you know what, i'm going to go for it. i always tell people, and i said this in one of my books, i said, if a -- if your plane crashed and in a song, too, if your plane crashed and everybody else was gone and there was a life represerver there, would you grab on to it or let it float away? it is your life. so really at the end of the day, you have to make the decision. so really as bad as the urban community is, and as bad as the trailer park is, and as bad as it can be and the appalachians and certain parts of america where it is really, really tough, at the end of the day, there are no bars around those communiies so you can get out, but you have to make the decision to get out, and a lot of times it is not physical bars, but the mental bars that stop people. it is like a elephant who knew it was tied up for six months and doesn't even try to escape after, because just a little rope there. >> and let's come back and talk about keeping america great. i think that you are on to something. >> okay. cool. i am loving this greek yogurt. i like yoplait. it is yoplait. but you said it was greek. mmhmm. so is it greek or is it yoplait? exactly. okay... 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[ male announcer ] learn how to protect your heart at i am proheart on facebook. you know somebody named belgium? >> before i got stuck with you, sam hannah was an international brand. >> oh, before i got stuck with you, i didn't realize that people who referred to themselves in the third person really existed in life. >> yeah, right. like guys who have one letter of the alphabet for a first name? >> five years to the day. >> what? >> ll cool j star og enone of television's greatest smash hits "csi los angeles." a huge show that. >> and it is doing well. who knew? if i knew the secret, i would have did it ten years ago. >> why do you think that it is so popular? >> well, i can't say. i think that, you know, the stars just aligned. obviously the interest ncis is a huge show, and having them as a lead-in really helped us. you know, sam brennan did a great job with the show runner and the writing staff does an amazing job, and the network really got behind it, and believed in us, you know, and the writers have been great. it is one of those things that happened and you can't really say why, you know. >> and so you can either make television or movies or music for the rest of your life, but only one of them, what would you do? >> wow. that is harsh. ugh, that is an interesting question. i guess -- i guess i'd make television movies that are musicals. [ laughter ] >> you'd be the movie. when you look at a all of the artists at the grammy's on sunday. >> right. >> the performers chris brown, and rihanna and cole play and bruce springsteen and whoo do you get excited about, and you can't say all of them. >> as the host, i look at the body of work, but as a fan, everybody knows i grew up and with hip-hop and hip-hop to the core, but i did see bruce springsteen with the "born in the usa" and flag in the back pocket, and i want to see the boss perform. i want to see bruce perform. >> it is good for him to perform and sing "born in the usa" and it is so patriotic country, america, and i get a sense of collective deflation, and everybody is down in the dumps. >> it is okay, you know, to, you know, sometimes if you are carrying a heavy load up the step, it is all right to take a break. whew. to exhale and get back up and keep moving. so that is what america is doing. i don't think that america is going to by any means give up, and deep down in the recesses of the american psyche we come out of the turmoil or whatever you call it, perceived turmoil, and going on the bigger and better thing, but it comes with the territory. it is kind of like this, you are down here, but you are higher than you were before. >> so, how important is it that big companies like apple which i'm a massive consumer of. a lot of apple gear at my house and i love what steve jobs did. >> every time i pull out a blackberry, i am reminded every time. >> the up with thing i cannot get used to is the iphone because my fingers are too big, and something is wrong wit, but other than that, i have apple everywhere and i have a real ideological problem that they employ more people in china than america, and to me, it is wrong. i have a debate with financial people, and why can't they one day say we will bring back 10% of the workforce and put it back in america and take a little bit of a hit, because if they did, the american people would respond so favorably, they would make the money back anyway. >> because, you know, like it is in all businesses and like in politics and anything else, your greatest strength can be the greatest achilles' heel. and we are talking about capitalism moving money from this place to that place and getting the best return. part of the reason why capitalism works is because we move money from this place to that place to get the best return and some other reason. >> you have a problem with it? >> personally do i have a problem with it? you know, i would love to see a creative way for more americans to stay employed and stay involved. i don't necessarily think that i want to tell a business owner how to run their business or how to make sure that their business works, because ultimately the corporation that living entity is a person and its only goal in life is to make sure it sees the bottom line for the shareholders. so that is the gray area, the shiny gray area that we deal with when we talk about business and capitalism. you know. >> and i think that the whole focus with getting americans back to work -- >> yes. >> -- it would change the whole thinking. >> i agree with that. americans want to work, and everybody is not running around, you know, with a big bottle of fancy celebrity cognac, you know, laughing it up. people are hurting, and people are suffering. >> and just on two things, if i were able to run for president, which i'm not, i would just run on better education and getting americans back to work and everything else would follow. >> i agree with that, but it this is where i disagree with that, because politics, everything is moving and so many moving pieces, and washington is so dynamic and so many players with different agendas, and not villains, but different agendas, nd they may feel passionate about what they want, but most people agree they want americans working, but the problem is that some people feel it is the government's recorrespondenceability to get them working and others feel it is private business owners who should get them working, but i feel it is a combination of the two to make sure that the american people are taken care of. >> i can't let this go without talking to you about love. you have the love of a great woman and four kids. >> yes. >> what have you learned about yourself through that process? >> eat your soup, and let her talk. 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[ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. ♪ ain't nobody love you ♪ like i'm going to love you ♪ i can't nobody love you >> and some of the biggest names in the music business and a question, what do these stars have in common? ♪ i will always love you ♪ if you really need me ♪ just reach out and touch me ♪ come on honey tell me so ♪ at the copa cabana ♪ the hardest cabana ♪ i get what i want since you have been gone ♪ ♪ i have never loved someone the way that i love you ♪ ♪ well i don't like leaving under your spotlight ♪ the answer of course is one man clive davis who is the man who makes stars out of all of the people you saw and he is here with one of the biggest stars oscar and grammy award winner jennifer hudson. thank you both. >> thank you. >> and great honor to have the man in my studio. jennifer, you are a fantastic story and you know why i love your story? because simon cowell didn't spot your talent, and i remind him of it every time. and if you come on "america's got talent" i would have made sure you won. >> wow. thank you for that. [ laughter ] >> how do you feel, clive about, because you swooped on this amazing talent and i think that after you saw the real "dream girls" did you see her on "american idol" and did you pick up on jennifer then? >> i did. but i saw her talent and i saw the rough talent and the rough screen test when she sang, and you know, sang the great songs and saw her acting ability, and that sold me. so we got together after that, and i reached out to her and signed her. >> and you are walking proof that these shows that are derided by critics can actually produce world class stars, can't they? >> i think so. they are a great platform to display your talent and prepare you for the industry that you are trying to become a part of. i think it is a very good thing. you went through a huge roller coaster of emotions, and in the amazing show and doing fantastic well and then the heart break you don't make the final three and probably going home thinking that is it. what were you thinking? >> well, you know, i had that moment right there briefly. i was like, you know, it is over, and everybody goes through that and nobody wants to be rejected. but i quickly got over it, and i said, you know what, i am walking away with the prize, and that is my talent and i kept singing, and even if the exit speech i said that it is something in store for me, and i don't know when or how but i have to sing my way to it, and two years later i got "dream girls." >> what is the moment for you when you realized that you were going to make it? >> wow. that is a good question, because it was a second-chance and it is not every day that you get second-chances and when i say that like being able to audition for "dream girls" and being one of the people called back over and over for it. >> could you sense it was a big movie? >> that i didn't know. all of that was a huge surprise to me. i had no idea what all, what would come from it. >> that is what i mean when i realized that movie could have bombed and in that case you would have had another blow, and what about the smash and you and your career would never look back? >> ooh, goodness. i probably didn't know that until i was like nominated for things. i honestly didn't, because while we were would be filming on set, i wouldn't know that i had a scene that would be on my shoulders the lead, until i was in the middle of it. or one of the times when jamie said, you will get nominated for an oscar for this, and every time somebody would say that to me i would say whatever and i would pay it no attention and somebody once said, this girl, the amazing thing is that she has no idea what she is in store for. >> and let's take a clip from "dream girls" because it was an incredible performance. ♪ you're going lo love me >> my god! en when i hear it again, it knocks your socks off. do you sing like that in the bath? >> sometimes if i have enough energy to. >> you get up in the morning and -- >> sometimes. you have to feel it, you know, the emotional pain. >> she has some set of pipes on her, doesn't she, clive. youhave seen some of the greatest singers of all time, and where does this lady rank? h. >> well, i have started with dionne warwick, and whitney and annie lennox and when i saw that audition for the movie part, i saw a depth and a range and a soulfulness that really ranks at the top level. that is why we have been working together ever since. >> i have always assume -- and correct me if i am wrong -- but it would be hard to beat whitney at the peak, hard, right. when i hear you sometimes i do genuinely feel, and i'm not an expert like clive, but i feel that she has nearly there or maybe as good now. >> oh, listen, it is hard to make comparisons for years. you know, working with the queen of soul aretha franklin and can whitney compare with aretha. they are all-timers and jennifer definitely has that potential. >> let's take a break, because i want to come back to talk about how you look, because according to one of the magazines i have read in the last two years, you have either been too big, too small, too skinny, too whatever, and i'm looking at what i think is the -- unless i'm wrong, clive, is physical perfection. >> thank you. >> and completely talk about it when we come back. ♪ so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. 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because that's what has always impressed me about you, this inner strength that you have? >> first of all, i have to give credit to god and my upbringing. i grew up around a very religious based family. my grandmother was very spiritual, and i grew up in the church, and my mother was a wise and strong person, and she raised us well, and she prepared me well. so that's what i live by. you know, go back to that base, and that's what i stick with. >> have you taken those values now to motherhood? impending marriage? >> definitely, definitely every day, and that's a blessing in itself. >> what are the core values you think you got from your mother and grandmother you can take forward? >> again, my faith in god. family, family is everything. and i have my son, i have my fiance, i have my sister, and avenuen my friends. my assistant, walter, we have known each other since we were in the sixth grade, 11 years old, keeping family near, and the things i was taught, and sticking with those things. >> clive, you have this huge pregrammy party tomorrow night. richard branson, my friend, is being honored there, and jane fonda, you said, presenting. you know this? >> yes. >> i didn't want to ruin the surprise. this is an amazing event, your party. everybody goes to this. tell me about it. what is the thinking behind it? >> it started the year i started arista records. we had a number one record with barry manilow. it was nominated for two grammys, and every company celebrates the night of the grammy awards, so i said to barry, if we celebrated, we'd have two tables in los angeles, so let's do something the night before. stevie wonder came, john denver came, elton john came. i knew we were on to something special. and that began the tradition, the night before the grammys, everybody comes from motion pictures, from television, from records. you know, and we all celebrate music. there are no winners, no losers that night. and i paired people over the year, aretha franklin with alicia keys. >> who have you got this year? tantalize me? >> i will tell you the show will open with tony bennett. he's had a great album this year. >> greatest living crooner? >> you know. i think so. >> here is a question for you, i wonder what your answer would be? if i could only allow you to listen to one song for the rest of your life, on repeat, what would it be? >> first of all, it would be very painful, to listen to one song. >> forcing you at gunpoint. >> among my fondest memory and that which i was a part of in some way, bridge over troubled waters. i have to say that the spiritual nature, the song that paul simon wrote, the performance art garfunkel gave, it's memorable. to me, there's not one song, but if i had to comply with your hypothreatical, i would say that. >> i've run into the thematic thing about keeping america great. when you look at what's happening in america now, what do you think the answer is to get america fired up again? >> i think it's going to have to be, a, an improved campaign, and so far, i think the debates among the prospects have been disappointing. i'm a great believer in president obama. i do believe he is capable of inspiring this country and to absolutely trigger that greatness again. the first year, there were many issues that might have sidetracked him, but i'm a believer and i believe that barack obama is going to lead us to a great second term. i would like to see a greater commitment to funds so that highways, schools, and the standard of lisking and quality of life can be and restore america to its prime. >> what you're saying is we need a bridge over troubled waters. >> we need a bridge over troubled water. >> it's been a great pleasure to meet you best of luck with the party. i look forward to seeing you. coming up, a special grammy edition of only in america with the one and only barbra streisand. 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