she just received a public lashing from elton john. and now, madonna's involved in a controversy with the russian government, after expressing support for the all-girl band jailed for performing an anti-putin song. but madonna's never shied away from expressing herself, as "nightline" archer cynthia mcfadden discovered a few months ago. >> reporter: madonna has been all over the world. a nipple, and in rome, all part of the tour. such antics go with the territory. that was clear the last time i sat down to talk with her with a stack of viewer questions. of all these, there's one question that blew up the internet. do you have any idea what it is? >> i don't know. >> reporter: they want to know what you think about lady gaga. lady gaga has admitted being influenced by madonna. ♪ i'm on the right track baby i was born this way ♪ >> reporter: but when "born this way" sounded a little more than similar to "express yourself" ♪ some wondered if influence was plain out copying. >> it feels reductive. >> reporter: is that good? >> look i

another round between elton john and madonna. at least for elton john, when he went on an australian tv show, and said this about his friendemy, madonna. >> madonna's such a nightmare. her career's over. i can tell you that. her tour's been a disaster. >> reporter: it's the latest round of the feud between the rocket man and the material girl, who seem to have become modern-day hatfields and mccoy. >> she's been so terrible to gaga. >> reporter: it may have started in january, when madonna slyly insulted gaga during an interview with cynthia mcfadden. >> it feels reductive. >> is that good? >> look it up. >> reporter: but elton was having none of it. it turns out gaga is godmother to his son. and in days, he was lobbing insults at madonna at the golden globes. >> madonna doesn't have [ bleep ]. >> those are fighting words. >> accurate words. >> reporter: then, in an interview with "gma" right before the super bowl -- >> what would your advice be to madonna this year? >> make sure you lip-sync good. >> reporter: for her part, mado

and "masterpiece" is the song that actually beat out elton john's song "hello, hello" for best original song at the golden globes in january. he was so furious she won over him. he said the speech was embarrassing in its narcissism. the bad blood continues. a backhanded apology to say the least. the war of words doesn't seem to be dying down. >> war of the divas. >> well-played, madonna, sing the song that beat his song. battle of the egos, folks. >>> the new number-one morning show, "good morning america," on piers morgan, all of them, the cast. back in the day, george stephanopoulos wasn't just a political heavy hitter, also a bit of a sex symbol. george. >> a lot of ladies like george. >> his wife was welcomed into the exclusive with piers morgan and started talking about their sex life. kind of like an ew, mom and dad moment. take a listen. >> what do you and george talk about in bed? >> in bed? >> in bed. >> we're both reading. you know. >> what do you read? >> the history of islam. and he is reading "in style" magazine. >> is it true? this is a fairly shocking revelation. do you r

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and finally it's go time between elton john and madonna. here's your front row seat everyone. speaking on australian television, sir elton called madonna a nightmare, likened her to a fairground stripper. >> i've never seen a fairground stripper. >> said her tour has been a disaster and called her career over. that's really brave. he also said that madonna has been horrible to his son's god mother lady gaga. >> i'm going to have to start going to state fairs. >> i'm sure your wife is going to like that. >> fairground strippers. >> don't be creepy, bill. don't be creepy. i'm lynn berry. this is "first look" on msnbc. stay tuned, "way too early" with willie geist starts right now.> antihate groups for the better part of the decade for his involvement in the skin head music scene. could this have been prevented? >>> after falling behind mitt romney in fundraising for the third month, president obama fights back on the campaign trail referring to his o opponent as romney hood. the question is is it more like the kevin costner version or romneyhood men in tights? >>> and a heart st

but your music like maybe yours his music had did influence even elton john like i sang for guy it could have been one of the albums i think. the sound she korea oh yeah ok well jazz is not as popular in russia as it could be unfortunately some of the reasons are in a report by spotlights you know jimi that. while the first jazz bands in the us pete is the nine hundred twenty s. the music was never quite accepted by the soviet regime it is so she did just with the capitalist lifestyle you get in the music originated in poor african-american communities even in the later years of the us is so when jazz musicians were no longer persecuted they still found themselves on the periphery of mainstream soviet aren't. after the collapse and. did you assess some jazz in russia hardly managed to get beyond that periphery well names like louis armstrong and duke ellington would certainly ring a bell with most russians more than performers only known by smooth number of devoted jazz fans and jazz hardly ever gets unerring in russian t.v. or radio stations mass media is too preoccupied with the life o

madonna dedicated her song elton john and not ahe'srowd i forgive mine and him. the first lady making an appearance on the dr. oz show. michelle obama will tape a segment next week to discuss her campaign and that will air on september 14. a british tabloid finally the first british paper published the nude of prince harry in s.s vega >> and james palace formally asked the british newspapers not the photographs on the grounds they would infringe on the prince's privacy. but the managing editor of the changed his mind, saying of freedom of the press. labatt 6:00, how las vegas hopes to profit from the scandal. we will hear from the bill girls him on the weekend on good morning america. partyinghe girls him. a couple got married in newport beach, california packs. jet ceremony, sounique husband said i do while wearing wetsuits. who would pass this up? >> acorn to be a great story to tell our kids. >> the site of them was something for the locals to see.

>> no. [ laughter ] >> john: i think elton john tends to do this when he has a new product coming out. last year you'll recall, elton john came out and began talking about billy joel's drinking i grew up in long island and he is sort of our springsteen. and elton john talked about billy joel's drinking when billy wasn't there. and he was doing a promotional tour for gnomeo and juliette -- >> i had to go see it. i had to take my kid to see it. >> john: why? what did the kid do? >> i think that we should see a mash up between elton john ma donna, and nickelback and then he healing with begin. >> john: billy joel tweeted him and said he has never had a talk privately about it and he ended with good luck with your movie. elton is a -- look elton made a really interesting record last year, with leon russell, which i really respect. and elton said he was so influenced by what dillon has been doing since 1987 and do cool albums that get no radio time. but i don't know this is just like -- you know smearing someone else just to get in the headlines. >> i don't see any products he is out showi

. >> next actress natalie portman's wedding in big sur and elton john with harsh words for madonna. >> and botox for your feet and other procedures women are now undergoing in order to step out in style. >> and taking a look at traffic this is up towards berkeley from i 80 and -- it's a mess in both directions. >>> natalie portman takes a big step and charlie sheen makes a big don yigs. >> hollywood starletts dazzled the red carpet yesterday for the premier of the comedy paranorman. they promoted their latest family flick about a fwhi can speak with the dead. and i get nervous around kids so i have a bad habit of cursing. i'm, like, trying to be on my best behavior. there is a surprising amount of girls come out to see "paranorman" which i like to see. >> natalie portman married her fiancee friday, he was portman's coreos grafr for the film "black swan". the couple had a son last year. actor charlie sheen made a generous donations in relation to bible, pledging 50,000ses today the cincinnati reds community fund and last month donated to the uso. and get more celebrity news on otrc.com

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gaga has a close ally in elton john. so -- mm, interesting stuff there. >> of course the name we have been talking about for two weeks, michael phelps -- some guys have all the luck. you are this incredible athlete, most decorated olympian of all time, and now getting a glimpse of your lady friend, girlfriend of five months. she is a model. of course she is a model. 25-year-old megan rossee from l.a. going out five months now. she posted, tweeting a lot about him doing the olympics. and wrote this probably will get lost in your tweets. since i can't text, i miss you. i can't wait to spend time for you real. xo. they have been together a little while. she has been there at some of the trials and watched him. all that kind of stuff. he is just having a good life right now. >> they make a cute couple. >> exactly. finally get a glimpse of the first lady of the olympics shall we say. yeah. >> i love this next story, about the mommy bear in many of us. sharon osbourne quit "america's got talent" after seven seasons. she quit,

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the rolling stones and elton john. >> interesting. some asked me who i thought. i thought the stones would be there. >> no kidding. a lot of great music out of britain. >> absolutely. today, three-letter word. hot. >> i'll say it in a whisper. does it for me every time. you don't need to be hot blooded today. it's going to be hot out there. at the coast temperatures are going to be comfortable because of what we are getting, very, very thin marine layer out there but enough to keep your temperatures from soaring into the 80s in san francisco today. but you'll get close. i'm forecasting 74 degrees, an awesome look at how weather works here in the bay area. so what happens is high pressure compresses that cloud bank to the surface. then the sun comes out and warms it up, clears from the top down so. a little science for you. 54 degrees in san francisco. 61 in sunnyvale and temperatures on the cool side with that blanket, then you get full sunshine but we're starting out almost completely clear from fairfield, concord, livermore to san jose and an indication of a ho

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now, she's received a public smackdown from longtime rival elton john. tonight, madonna opens up about lady gaga and her much younger love. >>> and close. the bronze, silver and gold winner get all the glory but are they ready to add one more for athletes who come in fourth? >>> good evening. i'm juju chang. tonight in africa, medical teams are scrambling to contain a deadly outbreak of ebola. a highly contagious often fatal breakout of a vaccine. they allowed abc's chief medical correspondent dr. richard besser and "nightline" producer alex waterfield to embed with them, as they go into the hot zone. >> reporter: ten faces people are marching silently towards a remote ugandan village. i am one of them. they seem to know why we're there. we're looking for the house with the dead man inside.

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. >> elton john, george michael. >> it is going to be amazing. >> want them to @ññc?x>> this mor >>> this morning on "world news now" -- gold and glory. team usa is on top of the world thanks to the american women. >> we'll have the victories and very impressive medal count from london. it is friday, august 10th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good friday morning. i'm sunny hostin. >> i'm john muller. rob and paula are off today. in a moment, the latest from the summer games where the americans are shining. >>> then james holmes gets another day in court. lawyers for the man charged in the theater massacre prepare their defense and address holmes' mental health. >> no surprise there. we figured that would be coming up soon. we will talk about that later. >>> also this half-hour, rescue crews responding to a report of a drowning get the surprise of their lives. they thought there was a body in the water. >> and then -- >>> new warning about the rest of the year's hurricane season. why things could suddenly turn very bad very soon. >> yeah.

. >>> elton john versus madonna. round two.

>> sir elton john. >> i thought you were going to say frank sinatra. >> nice. >> let's go inside. natalie morales with the news headlines. >> good morning matt, savannah and al. >>> angry words on the campaign trail. it started on tuesday when biden said republicans wan to unchain wall street as biden put it. he added, they are going to put y'all back in chains. mitt romney called the comment outrageous, said this is what an angry and desperate presidency looks like. wildfires are devastating several hot, dry states in the west. one of the worst is in washington state where some 70 homes have burned and hundreds of people there have been evacuated. a fire in southern california has burned more than 3,000 acres and forced evacuations there as well. >>> emergency crews on the scene of a freight train derailment in eastern kansas outside kansas city. officials say 22 cars hauling grain went off the tracks. several cars landed in a river. there are no reports of injuries. about 4 million bum bo baby seats are recalled this morning because babies have been able to maneuver out of the s

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elton john on the attack. he says madonna is a nightmare, her tour a disaster and her career is over. plus, the shocking info you won't believe. what is fueling their feud right now? >>> alex morgan has done it! >> what a goal. an unbelievable final shot in the last seconds of overtime. a come-from-behind victory, as the u.s. women's team saves their chances for gold, in a thrilling soccer squeaker. >>> good morning, everyone. a lot of people waving that flag after the soccer win yesterday. robin off on vacation. good to have amy here. the rest of the gang. >>> boy, what a game yesterday. >> josh doesn't have anything left to say. >> i left it all on twitter. i apologize to everybody. if you unfollowed me, i understand. >> i'm unfollowing you after yesterday. >> the goosebumps still have not gone down. that was a game for the ages.

question number 5, elton john known for his feuds over the years. he has had a bone to pick cliche with obama. what did sir elton say was wrong with in madonna. stole a song of his. showed up late to perform. charges too much for her tickets and d she lip syncs. what's elton's beef with madonna? roll the tape. >> madonna [bleep] [bleep] [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> since when is lip syncing been live. >> bill: lip syncing. >> oh my god he got it today. all right. >> bill: that's okay. don't worry about it. [ laughter ] >> bill: imagine doocy gotten them all wrong. >> i got one right. >> bill: that means lavonne whitney oklahoma city you win the big -- we will send stuff to lawrence as well. >> please. >> on deck, factor tip of the day establishing your personal power. wow. the tip, 60 seconds away. >> factor tip testify day, establishing your personal power in just a moment. but first, the mail... >> i love this. so it's my fault that a phd, distinguished professor can't back up what he writes on the huffington post. it's my fault. how would i know

. >> but an amazing elton john song. >> he supports the song. can't emphasize that enough. and it had to be sent back three times because the airpt airnt -- arrant misspelling of the word yours. it was like 10 times. and like anne coulter said if he loves his country he will step out. he hates his country. he hates america. >> i said this on "the five" and i am not totally kidding when i say this, but isn't this the democrats -- this was a genius move on the democrats of the they planned this whole thing. they put all of the money on to get the weakest candidate. they got the weakest candidate nominated, and shouldn't he run as a democrat? >> don't ever criticize the democrats. it is an absolutely brilliant move. it is like the operation chaos stuff. in this case they are giving him two plus million dollars. that's the point when the missouri republican party should have said this guy is such a more ron that they are giving him money. >> and that leads me to my big point. aiken, maybe he is not the culprit here. the republican party, how did they not see this coming? if you

a lot of names and rumors to the rolling stones to adele, to elton john. and names we know, george michael, living in hampstead, a northern suburb of london. and yes, the spice girls, to reunite and perform right here at the local stadium. as for the athletes, the bay area has done so well in the last couple of weeks. in the pool and on the soccer field, we were joined by a bunch of gold medallists earlier. rachel buehler, first of all, congratulations for you, what a wild night you had. >> oh my gosh, yes, a wild night, playing in front of 80 thousand people. a gold medal match, a dream come true. unbelievable. >> well, you have done this before, won gold in beijing, now here in london. show us your gold medal, tell us what is going through your mind and why is this one different. >> you know, earning a gold medal is such an honor, to be able to represent your country at this level. it is something you dream about as a kid. there is just a lot of pride, unity as a team. and it has been you know, really, why i think we have been able to do what we did. >>

." ♪ the only thing i don't fear is you ♪ >> reporter: the artist who elton john calls the best songwriter on the planet has been open about almost everything in his music. >> on all fronts of my life, it was my sexuality or my family or my relationships. i don't know why i do that. >> reporter: do you regret any part of it? >> i don't necessarily regret it, but i would say that it's... it takes a toll. it is difficult to sustain, you know, that kind of honesty. maybe that's what "out of the game" business is, is that this isn't a game anymore. you know, it's... this is my life. it's like the apron strings were cut a little bit. >> reporter: on the far eastern end of long island where wainwright likes to escape, the singer says his world changed two years ago when he lost his mother. the renown folk singer kate to cancer. what role did your mother play with this record? >> oddly enough, having died, she's almost more present than before, you know. she sort of... i see her in everything, you know. ♪ one day you will come to me and see ♪ >> reporter: wainwright, who has long been openly

amount being raised and spent and there will be more from the gates foundation, elton john, vienna, the dutch code lottery, many others. and governments, even in this difficult time, i believe will do more if we prove we are maximizing the impact of the money they have given us. the united kingdom has followed this austerity program without cutting its development assistance. an astonishing fact. [applause] our foundation works with them, with the norwegians, the government of australia. all of whom are giving and giving even in this difficult time. finally, we need to make something good out of what is otherwise a not particularly wholesome development. the growing inequality of income and wealthy countries. thank god a lot of wealthy people want to give more and would give it to this cause if they knew what an enormous impact their dollars could have. do not minimize the possibility devotee will have more private giving as we make more progress and demonstrate. i also think that -- [applause] we can learn a great deal which has led the way creating a new revenue stream that has sa

here's elton john's rocket man. ♪ [ music ]  i'm barack obama and i approve this message  now mitt romney's attacking the president on medicare? the nonpartisan a-a-r-p says obamacare "cracks down on medicare fraud, waste, and abuse and strengthens guaranteed benefits." and the ryan plan? a-a-r-p says it would undermine medicare and could lead to higher costs for seniors... and experts say ryan's voucher plan could raise future retirees costs more than six thousand dollars. get the facts. >> astronaut neil armstrong is expected to be laid to rest in a private funeral thursday and friday. final details are being worked out. there's a push by ohio congressman bill johnson for armstrong to be given a state funeral. armstrong was the first person to set foot on the moon in 1969. he would like to be remembered as humble and down to earth. douglas mac arthur had a state funeral in 1964. he died from complications from heart bypass surgery. >> i was thinking how far we've come and he's passing away as we start to explore on mars and h