Steve well, were going to start off with me today. I want to talk to you about texts, right . Thats the big thing. Verybody has made a mistake texting wrong person. Im going to show you what happened. I got put into a group text how this dnt know works. Text and it roup starts with a text, a business eal i was cutting, and the guys name was brad. Brad texted me. About the n we chat deal this week . Until then, stay fr can we chat about the deal this week, until then stay fresh, brothers. So my partner was sean. He responds back and said, sounds good, brad. Have a great day. I dont do all that. So i chime in ng, thats it, right . Texting topoint, im serious . Mac, is he stay fresh . Brothers . First black friend . Then i dont stop there. On. Ontinue i said, i dont trust his ass. Is he a racist . Because why you talking to me this . I dont even know you. Is he racist . Why are you talking to me like this . I dont know you. Writes back quickly, call me, ste steve. Then he writes, can i give you a call . That happened this year. Ju that happened this year. Just wanted to let you know, folks, talk about that happens to me. So texting has good parts but also a lot of drawbacks as we can see. But, ladies, be ware because there are some guys out there texting you actually the perfect opportunity to drag you along. You cant put emotion in a text. So when a person sends a text, you actually read what you want it to say. You. That dont really mean he really miss you. Miss you . I aint see ya. I got a woman here who is not sure if her man is all in or stringing her along, so were going to help her get down to the bottom that far today. See her text. To but we did the deal, me and brad did the deal. We did the deal. But we did the deal. Me and brad did the deal. But he did call me and wanted to explain to me that he wasnt a racist and that he really talks like that. And so, you know, im just at the end of the conversation i say, well, man, hey, brad, thanks for calling. Stay fresh. Stay fresh, white chocolate. I did that too. I just go too far. The thing about comedy i want to tell you something, folks. People sometimes no matter what joke you tell, i dont care what the subject is youre going to offend someone. Having issues with roommates. Where is izzie . Hi, steve. Roommates are supposedly my bffs but theyve been really of my newest hobby, us, iloquism, theyll mock call us creepy and forbid me from doing it in the apartment. I dont know that im that bad. I know i can work on it but i dont know how i can get them to me practice in piece. Steve you have a tape . They recorded me before so recorded a video in part. How is your day . What have you been up to lately . Yeah. Yeah. [ laughter ] have you ever thought about trying not to move your mouth . Thought about it. Thought about it. Yeah. Its early stages. Im learning. And then other thing i dont know if you paid attention to ventriloquists but ive worked with them over the years. Unless its an animal, you always have to have the mannequin dummy be the same thing. The reason being like you cant be a man and have a girl mannequin because it doesnt look right. Okay. Okay. Follow what im saying . Im following, yeah. You got your hands and talking little boy sound like he hurting. Help me. Can you please help me . Can you help me get her hand out my butt . Oh, oh, get your get your hand [ laughter ] thank you, darling. Thank you. Steve bill is obsessed with my other show. Bill. Hi there, steve. I have an obsession thats just family insane. Im obsessed with watching family feud. Steve yeah my man gotcha, bill. But the problem is, the show on at the same time that we eat our family dinners. Wife has a no tv at dinner policy. Steve right. Tell you, i cant even focus on dinner conversations because i know your show is on. Really . So what do i do . Steve well, we have to change the damn dinner time. Hey, hey eating at 7 00 is out. Dinner at having 6 00. Lets get this food in. We got to get in here and watch steve. Steve on family feud just acting a fool. The show hasghing, been revived, its great Family Entertainment and man, thank you do, man. Ing like you i appreciate it, bill. My man. Thank you. Thank you. Steve my man. Hey well be right back, folks. Coming up, steve and lisa ling discuss her powerful new series this is life. When i walked into the room, teve, i witnessed a group of men who desperately want to be part of their childrens lives. And how a program is changing lives. I never danced with the daddy before. The first time shes seen her daddy in a suit. You emotional about it . Its that time of year. See anything you like . When we pick out just the right gifts, for those we love the most. gasps this is it, mom. I want this thats a great choice. But the enjoyment truly comes when we learn to give to others. Hey, whats up, man . And it doesnt matter how big or small. Merry christmas. What matters most is that it comes from the heart. Will you marry me . Find low prices on everything you need to share wonder every day. Yes you see this look on my face . Sfx growling thats not anger, thats hunger. So im gonna have a snack to make me feel better and once i do you will see a look of satisfaction and contentment blossom across my face. See, now i feel better. Make your tummy happy mmm yoplait look. folks, you know my next guest as one of of the view ts and as a correspondent for both show and cnn. Rey now shes hosting the Second Season of cnn this is life with lisa ling. Please welcome lisa ling. [applause] thanks for having me on. Steve well, lisa, welcome to the show thank you so much for having me on. Such a fan. Steve but im a fan of yours, too, because the work you do is really meaningful to me. Speaking of the show, its doing really well, isnt it . Well. Is doing were so grateful and to me, its an example of the fact that interested in entertaining but substantive story telling on television. Show. tell us about the this is life is an eight part that exploresries different american sub cultures and i like to think that we opportunity for people to get to know people who may live very far away from live next e who may door to them, people who may number their own family whom judged throughout their lives or had an opinion about but just not really known too much about. Ive always believed that the more we know about each other, the better we are as human beings. This is an opportunity for people to just get to know other people better. About this us episode thats going to air tomorrow. Yeah. This episode airing tomorrow is fatherless towns and it is an incredibly special episode to me. Households many throughout america that are missing fathers and this predicament is particularly africanamerican families. So many communities are missing many of them are locked up behind bars. Our episodention of is to visit owns this community in richmond, irginia that has this incredible Fatherhood Program inside its jail that culminates in this incredible fatherdaughter dance that actually happens inside the jail. Richmond isctive in to try and connect fathers back with their families. Most is one of the powerful experiences ive ever had in my life. A look ell, lets take at this clip. This is really good thing, folks. Take a look. How many of you are really about the dance . Can i put two hands up . What are you most nervous about . I cant dance. Danced with my daughter before. It will be the first time she ever seen her daddy in a suit. Are you emotional about it . Yeah. You could say that, yeah. I was locked up when my child was born, and i was barely there and shes four years old now. So you dont even know your daughter that well. No. No, maam, really i dont know nothing about her for real. I believe that having a my children isth important whereas before, i really didnt think about it. Dance is an opportunity for e to get to know my daughter for who she is and chance to build a relationship and a bond we didnt have in the beginning. [applause] steve lisa, what was some of first combrepimpressions upon meeting these men in prison and in person . When i walked in the room, steve, i witnessed a group of men who were so serious. Took what they were doing so seriously. They desperately want to be part childrens lives but theyve never known how to be a ather because most of them didnt grow up with fathers in their own life. Moving to it was so see how much these men, how hard theyre working to become of society embers and productive fathers in their families. Steve absolutely. Is only a small portion but take a look what happened on the day of the dance. Up on the sixth floor, the getting ready. Thank you. There you go. Thank you. Yes, sir. This is on loan by local charities. Is the first time most of the men have ever worn one. Wow. Lady. Are a grown what are you doing . Are you okay . To have this first father and daughter dance. [applause] steve well, i want you all to make sure that you watch this it is an ng because incredible story. Though. Se have kleenex, steve i cry because man, i can feel them guys. What its like to make a mistake, man. To just make a mistake and it because of y people that mistake. Well, one of the fathers is out and hes here with his family today. Were going to see how things are going when we come back. Coming up next, a man who is working to turn his life around. Helped me with my selfesteem, how to be a society. E member of i feel proud. Very proud. Steve yeah, man. Shalled you should. Were going to give your family were going to give your family my Psoriatic Arthritis im caused joint pain. O golfer. Just like my moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. And i was worried about joint damage. My doctor said joint pain from ra can be a sign of existing joint damage that could only get worse. He prescribed enbrel to help relieve pain and help stop further damage. Enbrel may lower your ability to fight infections. Serious, sometimes fatal, events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, nervous system and Blood Disorders and allergic reactions have occurred. Tell your doctor if youve been someplace where fungal infections are common, or if youre prone to infections, have cuts or sores, have had hepatitis b, have been treated for heart failure, or if you have persistent fever, bruising, bleeding, or paleness. Dont start enbrel if you have an infection like the flu. Joint pain and damage. Can go side by side. Ask how enbrel can help relieve joint pain and help stop joint damage. Enbrel, the number one rheumatologistprescribed biologic. The th just an hour left, dance is in full swing. While most of the fathers and the floor, one pair hangs back. No. Stay with you. No. Stay with you. Trying to hold on. Just spend as much time with me as she can. For a brief moment, these 13 men can forget where they are theyve done to get here. [applause] steve that was a clip from cnn this is life with lisa ling. And that episode was falled airs rless towns and it tomorrow. Ive got to tell you, folks, its worth a look. See it. Ly got to but joining us now is one of the dads in the show, along with his his 8yearold daughter diandra and his wife tia. Hi, ladies. How you doing . Saw it. She waved a little bit. Now,trying to play me right but i have them smiling after awhile. Dont worry. How does it feel to be with your family, man . Im blessed, steve. Ive been gone for 17 months. Struggles. Hrough it was hard on them. Now that im home, its easier for them. Time with my kids and like the neighborhood that like it aint livable so now i feel safe with home with them. Im able to take care of a lot of my bills because three days ut of jail, i got blessed with a job as a painter. So i was able to put the tv back sit in the house and look at cable and stuff, outside, you know, and its just a blessing, man. Blessing. A true steve did you think the Program Changed you . Oh, yes. One thing they show me i wasnt because at 13, my father died. Like a family of 14. I felt as though i had to help i knew r the best way how. I strayed away because i didnt model other than homeless people, drug dealers, drug users so i gravitated them. S from 13 all the way to 53 now, i know, being a convict, felt as though that whatever happened in life, so be it. It happen. I felt as though nobody really cared. Nobody gave me a chance. Opportunity or nothing until the program came along. It was show me that important for me to stay out on the street with my family and reason to live. Hey helped me with my selfesteem, my anger, how to be a productive member of society. Know, and i feel proud. Very proud. Steve yeah, man. And you should. So nd these stories are similar to so many of thousands f men who are languishing inside american prisons and no matter how hard so many of these try and want to become productive members of society, when they get out, so often they have to go back to impoverished, angerous, drug infested situations like the place where they live now. Its a dangerous place. I youll see in the show, have to hand it to the whole family for being able to stick and his desire to want to finally change things for his family. Its really remarkable. Steve right. Dianda . Yes . Steve are you happy that dad is home . Yes. Im happy because we watch sponge bob. All watch sponge bob . Look, man. Getting back out into society and working, thats a blessing days, man. E most guys never get an opportunity. Stooeeve, were a country that takes punishment seriously which is why we have so many millions of people locked up in jails and prisons. More than any other country. China is a distant second. O many people in jail and prison have kids so we have to ask ourselves, especially when e have so many non violent offenders inside, who are we really punishing . Or objective is to try to punish offender but the impact that on his ing man has entire family and generations to astronomical. Steve does every non violent drug related offense require jail or does it require treatment . Does it require jail or does it require a program . These ate a program with 14 or how many or so men, enrichment, and you got this now. We could have done without the jail time and save you a lot of taxpayer moneys with programs. Time, we have to think about rehabilitating people and giving human beings a second chance. Doing ourselves a real injustice here. Has i know that your wife been holding down the family but we know you guys could use some help here. Im a spokesperson now for a Company Called green dot, and your family o give reloadable green dot prepaid card. This right here, man. That will help you out. Me give you a personal thing. What i think maybe you should with this 5,000. I would take this as an opportunity to move. You got a job, man. Painting. Here take your family, get them out he hood, just move them to a safer place because it really struck me, something as simple turned on so v they could watch tv and stay in the house so they dont go outside in the unsafe conditions. The average person dont even have to worry about that. Ust a safer place where your kids can just go outside somewhere, man, and, you know, a unit dwelling, man, and just take this money, man, and yourself around. Your little girl is feeling you, man. Im feeling you. I was crying so hard watching you cant watch this without being emotional. Not if youre a human being. You just cant. I respect you so much, man, for climbing back up and pulling together, man. [applause] steve i appreciate you, bro. I appreciate you, too. Steve coming up out of that hole, trying to get it right. You dig . Of brothers like you, man. I know a lot of them but you serious, making something out of yourself. God bless you, brother. Stay straight. Get it right. Go back and teach people what you learned. I want to say thanks. Thank you, man. Be safe. For sharing your story and a special thanks to lisa ling. This is s episode of life with lisa ling tomorrow night at 9 00, 8 00 central on cnn. For more information on green dot, head over to steveharveytv. Com. Right back, folks. Coming up next, steve is one struggling single. Steve these are all just great lines. By decoding her mans messages to get the truth. Steve right now that one is you. Like a movie. I want to whip his ass. Stop paying overdraft fees. Dot card at 92,000 your family can jump into the fun at mcdonalds with a toy from the peanuts movie, rated g. And the goodness of gogurt strawberry yogurt. In mcdonalds happy meals. No, youre not,. You went first last time. Why are those lines on my floor . A distance contest. I already made it from this line. Lifes bleachable moments need clorox bleach. Fx ziploc bag opening life ensures that when things cant possibly get worse. They always do. Life needs ziploc sc Johnson Steve my next guest says that keep playing her and she has no idea why. Hes especially confused about her current guy and wants my help figuring out whats really going on. Please welcome dedra. Hi. Hi. Good. All right, okay. So tell me whats happening. I think im a really good right . I think im funny. I feel like i have like douche forehead or n my something. Ill be with one guy seriously for a little bit. Freeze me. Things you have what on your head . Like i have like like come to me. Douche bags. Steve why are we talking about douching right now . Man, i was so damn confused. Over here going okay. Okay. Ive only had like one kind of serious relationship, and he like twotimed me, okay . One minute he like wants to be next minute he doesnt even talk to me and hes like flirting with other girls in front of me, okay . Like a doll. Hes here and then doesnt want to talk to me so he just throws me on the ground. I started okay. I was trying to play it safe with this guy. He said he was like a virgin and like high and mighty that he was like a southern gentlemen, but really e was trying to get in my pants, okay . So n i have like seeing just like im worried its going to same thing is going to happen. Steve okay. Thats a lot. Okay. So tell me about this new guy. Month met him about a ago and like things have been getting really weird since. And you hooked us up know, it was perfectly met. It was great. Our main form of communication basically through Text Messages. Beginning he sent me then ic Text Messages and now hes flat out not responding to me. I want to get back to where it one. In week steve i have a few Text Messages so lets see whats happening herement lets take a look. From when me ange first met. He wrote, im just an all around raised rson from being by all girls. Im all yours for the taking. Dedra responded, you really arent talking to any other girls . No. Esponded, just you. I promise. Im not one to talk to a bunch girls. I usually wait until one comes around. You. Now, that one is this is almost like a movie. Then they say i want to whip his ass. Punk right here, man said, yeah. This could be something. Okay. So let me ask you this. What really appealed to you . Well, i mean, like obviously it appealed to me in the way he oh, a romantic movie. It was. He was being a gentleman and he and when like perfect we would go out, he was like holding my hand like we were just y an item and i was confused like what happened . Steve yeah. See, let me bring you into the here. Orld these are all just great lines. One comes around. How long do you think that take to come around . Wait. What, the next one that comes by the starbucks . Walks past theat book store . The one coming under the tree right now . That. Read a lot into when did you start to notice a change . Well, a couple of weeks ago like t on like a friends coed like weekend vacay trip took a s when things turn for the worst. He drove with me on friday and the night at like our cabin but we didnt do anything. The next morning he like ditched and went to the boys cabin and he didnt hang out with me of the y the rest weekend. Steve heres an exchange from the next day. Girls up hat are you to . You said, nothing. We could all do something together. He responded, you could do something with your girls. Its okay, lol. Raining out so i cant go anywhere. Wow. You wrote, oh, i looked cute, too. I wanted to take a picture post with you. Later orill come over something. Then a few hours later, dedra just heard theres a party at your cabin. I dont want to invade if you us to come. He finished the conversation by saying, no. I dont care. Pretty boring here. I dont want to disappoint you guys. Did you end up going to the party . No. We did not go to the party, but we were like texting more and there the night were mixed messages and i was just like really curious maybe ike his friends were influencing him to hang out with us, like you dont need to hang out with her. Stronger connection like the night before so i thought maybe steve no. Listen to me. The night before you all were just kissing. Right. Steve now, that being the next morning he went over to his friends cabin. Why . Ou know because you were just kissing. I mean, do you understand what you . Aying to yeah. I get it. Teve up next, im going to be dedougheding the last exchanges from the man with the weekend trip. Have you seen him since . Not since that weekend. Steve well figure out why. Stay with us. Well be right back. Coming up next, steve dough messages. D steve he said, i wish i was sleeping with you, frowny face. Straight talk. Steve what youre wanting is not good for you. So you know what i did . Found a great guy. Would you like to meet him . Would you like to meet him . Sure. Attention kmart shoppers lets end Christmas Shopping denial. No money down layaway or leasing on toys, no money down layaway on clothes, and no money down layaway or leasing on t. Vs. Kmart, lets end Christmas Shopping denial. To folks out there whose diabetic nerve pain. Shoots and burns its way into your day, i hear you. To everyone with this pain that makes ordinary tasks extraordinarily painful, i hear you. Make sure your doctor hears you too i hear you because i was there when my dad suffered with diabetic nerve pain. If you have diabetes and burning, shooting pain in your feet or hands, dont suffer in silence step on up and ask your doctor about diabetic nerve pain. 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Enroll by december 15th to be covered by january 1st steve im back with dedra who is not sure why her guy has gone and im helping her decode the text conversations from a weekend trip that didnt go as well as she had hoped. Heres the last exchange of the weekend. 2 30 a. M. T all the grown women went ahh. With you, s sleeping frowny face. Ou know them things like that, them little faces, you should stop dating men who use those. Okay. Dedra immediately wrote, you we would here but have nowhere to sleep. We could cuddle. He said, yeah. Yeah. To cuddle all right. Yeah. I wish you could read it like he meant it. Yeah. The next morning, dedra was drive him home from the trip so she said, when do you want to leave . And he writes, i just woke up my friend is drunk and asking me to drive him home, frowny face. To go home with you. Then dedra says, its all right. Never workingings out. I think im just going to leave. Are you sure you dont want your shirt . Bring it there. Then he says, no. Its okay. To him . Spoken yeah. We talk like short Text Messages. Busy. D hes really i tried to give him the shoes not hirt back and hes making an effort. I was wondering why this happened and i was just trying to get it back to the way it was in the beginning. Steve back to what . What youre wanting is not good for you. Guy. Dont need this ive got to get women to understand that this dude that you the way you want to be treated does not have he right to do that to you and you have every right not to be treated that way. Down, should just slow date and have a nice time. Date. Go out and enjoy the dont expect it to go anywhere. Ow, ive helped you decode so now im going to help you reload. So do you know what i did . What . Steve im the clo, the chief love officer. Research and i found to eat guy who would like take you out. Would you like to meet him . Sure. Rob. his name is rob, come on out. Rob, how you do sng good. Doing, steve . Steve rob, tell us about yourself. Hello, dedra. Name is rob. I go to the university here in chicago and i play on the Baseball Team. Head coach of a travel Baseball Team here. Aving an older sister, i learned a lot of different things. One of those things was how to reat a woman the right way, with honor and respect. You have the opportunity right a to go on a date with perfect gentleman. Me. Steve dedra, how i do . That was good. That was good. Nice guy, gentleman, been way. Ed the right all youve got to do is go out, have a nice time, enjoy yourself. Of a guy ut how nice find lly is, and he may out youre a good girl and you at least be friends. Appreciate it. Edra and rob, good luck on the date. Like the way you did, it rob. Class, babe. Real class, man. Right back, folks. Steve all right. Parents and teens, listen up. Its that time of year. Very fall i partner with Walt Disney World to select 100 teens abandon isney dreamers my. And for four days were at the inspiring resort kids to reach their dreams. Take a look how we surprised ome of last years dreamers after the program. Theres someone special here who wants to congratulate all of you on your accomplishments. [applause] got a surprise for the dreamers. What is it . This is just the beginning. Were going to do a very special internship for all three of you. Steve i hope youre ready now se you are going right off to the dream experience. Now. Go j, everybody. My friend and brother, terrence j, hooked each of these kids up. A look at this. So nicholas is going to get some oneonone time with chef doug. Chef doug is culinary mastermind. Guiliani anded with bill and he makes everything happen. Some ate will get oneonone time with brenda nicole. Shes the perfect person to help mary kate on her journey. Tanisia gets to hang out with us and shell be on set with as we shoot e news live from hollywood. Front. Ow in there you go. Right left. High energy, aggressive. Its definitely outside of my its very fun. Ut now were going to go knee n, fist down mary kate is picking up quickly. Phy really youve got this. I wasnt expecting to be this entire d building but its really fun. Im learning a lot of things a ut what it takes to have career. Im on e news. Turning to another famous daughter she has a hunger that i can eyes, and i think shes really a talented young lady. I just want to make sure i push her to her full ability. We do the guideline before so is going to go here. Next one go right over there. Ight now nicholas is shaping the ravioli. He has a good feel for things learning. Into the quick lift. Sat down. Go. There you thats it. Smart kid, great heart, big dreams. Looking forward to helping him and get to reams where he needs to be. Stay focused, keep working hard and keep learning. To be working behindthescenes at rpm was cool. Day. Was an amazing being here is more than what i could ever imagine. And at was amazing definitely an experience ill never forget. [applause] steve these dreamers, they havent stopped there. Shanisia is now a college freshman. Shes pulling in straight as a degree in suing Mass Communication with the oncentration in broadcast journalism. Plus shes hosting her own radio show on campus. Is now a high school senior, launching his own company. Jam hes also a food blogger. Time. Nt waste no every time i saw him, we was eating. College is taking courses while completing high school and she hopes to some day work for the walt disney company. Theres still time for all of ou out this to apply for the 2016 Disney Dreamers Academy and the rules are simple. Of must be between the ages 13 and 19, enrolled in high school and apply by october 30. To find out more, head over to steveharveytv. Com. Well be right back. Coming up next, best friends endk out when they fear the is near. Look, i know youre a cow and all. And you may not know what im talking about, but, uh. The yogurt made from your milk, is delicious. Milk, fruit, cultures. Mmmm, yoplait. Steve all right, everybody. Were back with time for just one more thing. Some scream. Ive seen some people pass out. Never seen two kids react quite like this. Now, im going to play a tape. But ioure going to laugh want you to really listen to what these kids are saying. Is the best part. Check it out. Ahhh ahhh ahhhh ahhh get me out of here i love you and you are my best friend. If i die, tell my mama i love her. [applause] steve i have been ive been alive a long time. Never heard two children end it before. This was ey thought it. Listen. Youre my best friend. I do, tell mama i really love her. God my oh, my im peeing on myself hey, folks. Best thanks to all my guests. Instagram at i am steve harvey tv. See you next time, folks. Who can name the third president . And the largest planet . Someone we havent heard from. Anyone else . When comcast offered lowcost highspeed internet to lowincome families, more than two million hands went up. 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