Your alltime heros. It is. Great show. We have Tracee Ellis Ross. Shes in blackish. She has that project, what is it called, a great organization. Of course, the daughter happens to be the daughter of diana ross. Ive been watching the show billions lately. Everybody is talking about this show. Great cast. We have one of the actresses. Paul giamatti is in it. She was in mad men. Terrific there. Well talk to her. If you want to sell your home or fix it up, well give you help. The listed sisters. Are they twins . If theyre not, they look a lot of like. Then well have music. Singer songwriter matt simons will sing for us later. Solo, it was hosting the rose parade. Youre right. That was our last one. Memorable because you didnt remember. We did. Thats right. We sat here together before, too. Its been a while. When we did, people start there were rumors flying. We had people after the rose parade, they were wondering were we married to each other. Thats how we talked, like a married couple. I dont know if thats good or bad. I think its good. How about words of wisdom . Okay. This is on wednesdays. Close your eyes. In the end, you always go back to the people that were there i thought we were closing our eyes. I have to read it. In the end, you always go back to the people that were there in the beginning. Wait, dawsons creek, thats what the quote was from . Wow, if were doing quotes like that, how about, i am what i ahha. On wednesdays, al, we have a wine bot. Really . Youre drinking water. Im not a wine drinker. What do you like . In the summer, barbecuing [ sirens ]. Sorry. One of the things that interrupts our flow. Go on. In the summer in the summer, i do grilling. I like a nice, fruity rosa. Thats it. Youre not a big drinker. I did discover the begin and tonic. Did you love . I like it. I stretched the summer out a bit. I like. In the morning sometimes, im in the makeup chair and al will say, oh, my god, i have a great song you have to hear. Sometimes i do the same for al. We both love music. Yes. Its usually upbeat music. Right. What were they saying about sad music today . N helps you handle grief more effectively than happy music, which i hear sad music and ill relate it to something sad. It makes me sadder. Yeah, yeah. I like happy music. I want up. You dont want to be brought down. No. What song well do our wine bot. Al picked a song, and i picked a song, both happy songs. Yes. When people like the song they hear, theyre going to tweet at us. Either team hoda or team al. Okay. Were going to see whose wineglass fills up the most. Your song first . Play you a song, make me want to roll my window down. Little more audio, floridageorgia line. Windows down, hair is blowing. My hair isnt blowing. Not happening, no matter how fast youre going. Mine goes back to the 70s in college, elton john. I do love this one, philadelphia freedom. Im riding down the road. Go to twitter. Either team al or team hoda. Go to klg and is that what you do . I just stopped in. Where do you do it . On twitter. Look whats happening already. Look at that. As they team al like milking a cow. Weve all had that experience. Team hoda. Mine was cruise. Als was philadelphia freedom. Bizarre. Isnt that weird . Were going to watch those glasses fill up. Well see whose this is fascinating television. Look whats happening. Did you see . Remember, cruise or philadelphia freedom. Philadelphia freedom. R all right. Can i ask you a question . Sure you can. Its your show. What does al roker do on a saturday morning . You wake up. Youve been busy all week. Right. Here at the crack of dawn, running around. What do you do when you wake up on saturday morning and you have no obligations . Pretend. What is it like at the roker house . Make breakfast for the kids. Mostly nic. Im trying to convince my teenage girl to eat breakfast. Protein. Nic, doesnt matter how much is on the plate, it disappears. What do you cook . Pancakes, eggs and bacon. What is deborah doing . Off running, being healthy, you know. Ill catch up ill be right behind you. Ill be there. Then what . Some activity. Nic may h leila is doing tutoring stuff, getting ready for the acts. Im fascinated by the wine thing. At what point do you stop . We dont. We have more. Theyll keep going. Theyll replace the glasses when they get too i think youre winning by a little now. Philadelphia freedom. A lot of our viewers are kids of the 70s. And kids like country music, especially cruise. They grew up with elton. They also like cruise. Play you a song, make me want to roll my windows down and cruise thats the one. They like to be patriotic and listening to philadelphia freedom. Shine on me cause i love ya al roker. Through the eyes of the one left behind. Team al and team hoda. Okay, lets guess what these think. Were going to try to understand. The cards say what they are. Start here . Chicken breast or meat tenderizer. Reversible meat tenderizer. I guess you can untenderize it. What the heck cherry pip cker. What . No, its not. Im just guessing. Olive could be. Cherry and olive picker. Both right. What is that . Pineapple core. How did you know that . Ive got one. How do you do it . Put this in. Cut the top off and twist it down and boom. Al roker is right. It is a stainless steel apple slicer and core. What is this thing . Its a mini Hannibal Lecter mask. Im not sure what that is. Strainer. What else . Some sort soft strainer. Lets see what it is. Avocado cuber. Wow. Man, you have too much stuff. Whats the last one . Again, an apple core. Im not sure. Jalapeno core. Look at that. Oh, my gosh al is winning. Come on, people. Everybody loves philadelphia freedom. Philadelphia freedom, shine on me tracee ross likes philadelphia freedom. Raise the roof, tracee. CrTracee Ellis Ross. Thats my pick. The other is a little country. I dont remember that song. Make me want to roll my windows down and cruise okay. I got to say philadelphia freedom just being honest. Sorry. Give a little philly. Shine on me cause i love ya shine the light oh, no, no, wait a minute. Left behind is this a Funky Dance Party . Shine the light wait a minute shine the light philadelphia freedom love, love, love ready . Yes, i do Tracee Ellis Ross here to el us why black girls rock to philadelphia freedom do you have to ask after seeing this . Well be back after this. We offered women a mystery beauty treatment. Right now . Yeah that sounds great could they guess what it was . Very rich and smooth. Really creamy. I keep touching my face. What . wait just water was added to this . My skin definitely feels much more radiant. That sense of having like smooth dewy skin only dove has 1 4 moisturizing cream for smoother, more radiant skin. 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It is for me. With xarelto® there is no regular blood monitoring and no known dietary restrictions. Treatment with xarelto®. Was the right move for us. Ask your doctor about xarelto®. By the way, i want to say, your magic ed before we interview Tracee Ellis Ross, take one shot. Look at the wine bot. This is a blow out. Theyre out of white wine. No grapes left in the world. Because of tracy tracee ellis d al roker together. Helps to have the off the shoulder thing. And this. Oh, my gosh. Changes everything. Ill just watch you do this. Thats right. You wonder why black girls rock, here you go. Tracee ellis ross, the daughter of diana ross, stars as Joan Carol Clayton on girlfriends, which a lot of us miss. Still young and cute. Since then, shes been in her role as dr. Rainbow johnson on the hit Comedy Series blackish. Check it out. Im not clueless here. The twins are still so little. Im not ready for them to think and do. Come on, jack thinks when you swallow gum, it grows a gum tree in your stomach. Gum tree. Yeah. Kids. But it does take seven years for it to digest, right . Oh, my god. Love this show. Isnt it a good one . I mean, because heres this great family that addresses issues. Yeah. But yet, doesnt hit you over the head with it. Yeah, you noy, tknow, the wr is fantastic. In essence, at the core, we are a multigenerational, characterdriven comedy. The focus isnt on the issues. Its a Family Living in current times. These are thins we run into. As a result, i dont feel its heavy handed. The focus, because its character driven, its not situational. Its all about sort of how this family is dealing with whats happening in the world. Yeah. And how you raise kids in this day and age. No easy thing. Yeah, and its an ever changing world. Allhe how to deal with the n word, the sex talk, all these things you have to deal with with your kids. I know youre currently dealing with. When you were young and growing up, obviously youre super smart and could have done a lot of things. Was show business always the road you wanted to go down, or Something Else you would have liked . I went into fashion for a while and thought that was where i wanted to go. I could have gone the therapist teacher route easily. Thats an area i was drawn to. As i get older and look back, i really think im a performer before im an actor. I did lip sync battle recently. Did you love it . It sounds obvious give it. But i really enjoy being on a stage with a mic. Just telling you. Seriously . It was like i was born to do it. What was your song . I did nicki minaj super bass, and pat benatars love is a battlefield. I did choreography. Who w y hes really talented. Black girls rock, of course. Well you knew this. Its the tenth anniversary. Sixth year of your involvement. Extraordinary organization that does more than this award show. Its an opportunity for everyone to sort of see black women in her fullness. And our culture doesnt always get to see the fullness of that. So this is an award show that gives the Younger Generation an opportunity to see us in all our glory. And we have amazing honoree s this year. The women who created the black lives matter hashtag. Gladis knight. Gladis is going to be there . You sounded like two old jewish ladies from brooklyn. Gladis is going to be there. Fantastic. Its going to be great. Girls rock. People will want to see it. Have some coffee, watch the show. Maybe have a little cheesecake. See rihanna. Talk about how the black lives matter. Itll be a perfect day. Itll be good. What are you going to want to see . Oh, im spelling here. Im spritzing. Thats the show you want to watch. Black girls rock tuesday night, bet. Thats right. We love you. Coming up, why is everyone talking about showtimes billions. Pladelphia freedom again with the song . 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Now i have less diabetic nerve pain. And these feet would like to keep the beat going. Ask your doctor about lyrica. Memorable roles in critically acclaimed roles. Mad men, she was rachel, a client and one of don drapers love interests. On sons of anarchy, she was tara knowles, wife of one of the gangsters. Now, shes raised as wendy in billions, wife of paul giamatti, pmerformance coach fo a Hedge Fund King played by damian lewis. Sharing information about a client with her husband. What do you want to know . What is he thinking right now . What is he doing . Looking for a win. Always, he needs to find at least a small win in every endeavor, every exchange. What happens if he cant find one . Hell play a different game with different roles, ones you dont know. No one knows. Where he can make your loss bigger than his loss. Maggie siff is here. Hey, maggie. People were buzzing and i had to watch. Innocently turning on showtime. I click it on, and the opening scene is of this funky, dominatrix weird thing with you and paul giamatti. I had to pause for a second. Describe the relationship you have with your husband. Right. So they dont have a vanilla relationship, as it were. They have a submissive, dominant relationship. What i really appreciated about it in the pilot is like you see this politician who is with a dominatrix and think its some madame but its his wife. Its within the contract of their marriage. Normal. Exactly, like anything else. For folks who havent seen the show, this amazing cast, give us a thumbnail sketch if you can. Sure. Follows two powerful men. Damian lewis, Hedge Fund Kingpin, and paul u. S. District attorney. Hes going after the Hedge Fund Kingpin for insider trading. And im sort of caught in the middle. Im married for one, and i work for the other. Wow. Its really sort of a forensic look at the intricacies of the two different worlds. Did you expect this to get such great reviews and have great ratings and stuff . When i first saw it, i said, it looks like a winner. The dominatrix part is ten seconds of it. After that, its all about intrigue and wall street and money and, you know, greed and all those things. Yeah. Did you think it was going to work right away . The pilot script was brilliant, and i knew they had paul and damian attached, who are brilliant. I had a lot of excitement and investment initially. When i saw how it was put together, when i saw the pilot, i was like, this is really viscerally exciting and sexier than i imagined it would be, in a way. I know you cant give anything away, but your characters in mad sons of anarchy, characters of past, do you think wendy will make it to the finale . I told them, i have to live. I put it in my contract, actually. By the way, your cousin, andrew siff, extraordinary reporter for wnbc in new york. Very kind. 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