we could say comfortably that dolly creates because all of the correspondence is from dolly, not at all from james. so this in elliptical room as red kurds, this sort of color scheme that seems rather little much for us but would've been at the height of fashion. i want to you don't notice if the chairs they are sitting on, are very skinny and curvy. benjamin lah trove, dolly herself loves red, wears red. she uses fashion as she uses domestic interiors and food to condemn create the conditions that are so important to her husband's political life. now this form of chair is called a cliff moos cale i.s. mo as. i want to look at the chair that the shoemaker is sitting in, with it's deep, deep curve legs. and it's a little tablet back. this is identical to the chairs that law trove designs for dolly for her other room. this literally comes from greek sculpture is enormously popular in the early american republic. we see it all over the place in ancient sculpture, we see it here in this french painting of the same time period of madam tally ran. literally, they are channeling what we know a

tweeting about dolly parton, what do you know about dolly parton. i knew she was a huge icon. i didn't understand the extent to which, maybe none of it until recent years, to which she's not just a creative genius and now an icon of popular culture but an incredibly unifying figure, in a notable way and acclimate like today, intrigued by this and started thinking on it, that role, the place i come from, all these headlines about the worst of it, dolly parton doesn't represent the best of it. that got me thinking, a lot going on about gender, hillary clinton is a democratic presidential candidate, a lot of misogyny, that is an objective fact and it occurs to me, the don of the me too movement, there is something about feminism, something that circulated at least in a mainstream way and i was raised by, what i mean by that, it is not theory. it is not exclusive in its language, might not even be articulated or expressed in an overt way but lived organically. it occurred to me country music written by women that i was raised on is one of the formative feminist texts of my life i

i see them on twitter like tweeting about dolly parton. i'm like, y know about dolly parton. i knew she was a hug icon. i didn't understand the extent to i don't think any of the state until recent years, the extent to achieves not jus a creative genius and an in of popular culture but also an incredib unifying figure in a very rare and notable way. at a time of such as today. and i'mntrigued by this. then i started to tnk and it occurred to me, you know what. that role specifically rural white for place that i come from, there are all these headlines about the worst of it . and dolly parton represents the best of it. so theyot me thinking, also a lot about that you're about gender and hillary clinton is a democratic presintial candidate as well. and there was a lot of mogyny in the air. regardless of your politics. i thank you so an objective set. itccurred to me that this is right before like the dawn of the youtube mement. and i thought there was something about feminism right now that i feel like no one has articulated at least in a mainstream way. outside of academia. th

we're going to go back and start again with dolly and see how dolly gets to philadelphia in 1794 where she meets madison. dolley's biography is really, really interesting. because for a long time it was sort of dominated by narratives written, many of them by her friends friends and her nieces, that see controlled very carefully. it was not until into the 20th century that we were able to pull back and look at primary sources and see that a lot of what dolley communicated to her niece was not true. so dolley tries to control her biography in a way to make herself look better. particularly the story of her r origins. her parents were quakers. and they were -- they tended the cedar creek meeting, and there was a succession of evidence that john payne is not so successful. so we don't know why but for a couple of years the payne family moves from hanover down to gilford county in north carolina, where present day greensboro is. a large, old, and still to this moment quaker community. and they go to become part of the new garden friends meeting. and this is where dolley is born in 1768. we

dolly was thrilled with the prospect. she wrote to a friend, that must come to see me, that must come. erin burr is bringing, i love this line, the great little medicine to see me this evening. dolly war mulberry satin and yellow glass beads to greet james in her parlor and four months later they were married. now i'm of the conviction that political wives, political spouses generally can't be very much to help their husbands or wives careers. it's a good thing if a political spouse behaves himself or herself and stays out of trouble. but as a general rule, unless they are rich, political spouses don't do much to forward their spouses ambitions. of course for every role there is a exception, and in this case, as you might, guess it was dolly. she had a earlier entertaining. or it seemed. artless she invited women as well as men to their house in the new city of washington. she included federalist as well as republicans. while james was chatting congenial-y with one or two guests, dolly was talking to everyone. as one gues

dolly was thrilled at the prospect. she wrote to a friend, thou must come to see me, thou must come, aaron burr is bringing -- i love this line -- the great little madison to see me this evening. dolly wore mullberry satin and yellow glass beads to greet james in her parlor and four months later they were married. now, i am of the conviction that political wives, political spouses generally can't really do much to help their husbands or wives' years. it's a good thing if a political spouse behaves herself or himself. and stays out of trouble. but as a general rule, unless they are rich, political spouses don't do much to forward their spouses' ambitions. now, of course, for every rule there's an exception, and in this case, as you'll guess, it was dolly. she had an artless way of entertaining, what seemed artless. she invited women as well as men to their house on "f" street in the new city of washington. she included federalists as well as republicans. while james was chatting with one or two guests, dolly was talking

it's hard not to be fascinated with dolly. think of it, madison was the most reserved of the founders and he married the most flamboyant woman. i think they truly enjoyed one another. there's one story that sticks in mind of dolly -- it's almost bizarre. dolly and james running across the piazza in front of mt. pillar, and then they would run the other way and then sometimes dolly would carry him on her back. >> the great little madison, or sometimes she said, my darling little gemmy. some said they could defeat madison if it were not for dolly. >> senator mitchell in the lead up to the election of 1808 pointed out what a great advantage madison had over george clinton because dolly was entertaining everyone. >> sure. sure. was there anything about their marriage? it's truly the odd couple when you look at it in every single way, but i think they had a very strong and productive, as you eluded to, marriage. anything about the marriage you felt was particularly inspiring or interesting? >> well, the way it started, i mean, it w

the 26-year-old dolly was recently widowhood. her husband john had died in a yellow fever epidemic the year before madison saw her, and so hatteras rima the baby, leaving her with a son who was to, and his name was pain todd. madison, who is 43, dollars 26 madison's 43, ottawa units, that turn to eric burr. this is the one big cousin rethink, even when you're not related in 18th century united states, everybody knew everybody. he tutu turn to erin burnett, because they had gone to princeton together, and he arranged the introduction. dolly was thrilled at the prospect. she wrote to a friend. thou must come to seen me, that must come, aaron burr is bringing, i love this line, the great little madison to see me this evening. four months later they were married. now i am of the conviction, but political wives, political spouses generally. cannot do too much to help their husbands or wives career. it's a good thing if a political spouse behaves herself for himself, and stays out of trouble. but as a general rule unless they are rich,

it's hard not to be fascinated with dolly. think of it. madison was the most reserved of the founders. and he married the most flamboyant women. i think they truly enjoyed one another. there's one story that sticks in mind of dolly. it's almost bizarre. dolly and james, running across the -- in front of montpelier. then they would go the other way, and sometimes dolly would carry him on her back. the great little madison. or sometimes she would said darling. one of the founders once wrote that the quote was that they could defeat madison if only it wasn't for dolly. so she was quite a firecracker. >> there was a senator who wrote home to his wife. senator mitchell, in the lead up to the election of 1808, who pointed out what a great advantage madison had over george clinton, because dolly was entertaining everyone. >> sure, sure. was there anything about their marriage? it's certainly a odd couple when you look at it in every single way. but i think that they had a very strong and productive as you alluded to marriage. was there anything a

there's this one story that sticks in mind of dolly, it's almost bizarre,&ckígn dolly an running across the piazza in front of montpelier and then they would run the other way and sometimes dolly would carry him on her back. >> the great little madison, or she sometimes said darling little jemmy. you know, one of the founders once wrote that the quote was that they could defeat madison if only it wasn't for dolly. so she was quite a firecracker. >> that's interesting. there was a senator who wrote home to his wife, senator mitchell, in the leadup to the election of 1808, who pointed out what a great advantage madison had over george clinton because dolly was entertaining everyone. >> sure, sure. was there anything about their marriage? it's truly the odd couple when you look at it, in every single way. was there -- but i think that they had a very strong and productive as you alluded to, marriage. anything about the marriage that you felt was particularly inspiring or interesting? >> well, the way it started. i mean, it was, i think, in the beginning a marriage of convenience on dolly's

it was i think in the beginning, a marriage of convenience on dolly's part, and he fell head over heels. but i think she saw in him, someone who would be a good support for her son, someone that would kind of provide that baseline level of sanity that all of us want in life, and there is a fascinating letter that she wrote to her sister on the day of her marriage, and she says something of the order of, i was married today, alas, alas. but she would not have written that five years later, three years later, it did become a love story. >> there was a strain in their relationship, and that was her son, could you talk a bit about pain, true to his namesake. >> someone said he was the serpent in the garden. he grew up as an irresponsible young man. madison was forever bailing him out of debt and out of prison. they tried everything, they sent him to europe with -- who was a very orderly and disciplined man, hoping that he would learn better, but he never became any better, and toward the end of madison's life and after he died, pain todd pilfered things from montpelier and sold them to supp

nancy chen has more on the holly dolly christmas. ♪ have a holly jolly christmas ♪ >> reporter: dolly parton has a christmas special. >> put as much joy as you can. ♪ i saw mommy kissing santa claus ♪ >> reporter: the country music super star shares songs from her new holiday album as well as personal memories from her childhood. >> growing up in the matt granites we didn't have a lot of stuff. we had a lot of good stuff that money doesn't buy, things like love and understanding. >> reporter: she's not just an entertainment icon but a philanthropist. it was revealed that her million dollar donation led to the development of the moderna vaccine. >> this year couldn't get much crazier, could it. >> reporter: she believes better things is on the way ♪ i believe to my very core we'll walk again in the sunshine by the sea shore ♪ >> reporter: nancy chen, cbs news, new york. >> a holly dolly christmas will air this sunday december 6 right here on kpix woib. >>> connect the dots with me. the nba got a chance to play but not basketball. stick around. don't move. >> eight minutes befor

themselves dolly parton of course does this signal. christmas is a time for champagne and. christmas eve is a time frame to begin things. you have to love dolly parton working 9 to 5 as an angel scott actually let's talk more about how to be a seasoned lesbian christmas rom com in a way this just looks like a lot of other christmas movies we've seen it is it yeah it's very much so it follows the exact same sort of formula of these christmas movies you can really read the beat throughout the front the film i mean they even have scenes in there that are in every single sort of. christmas rom com the sort of skating scene where everyone gathers together there's sort of conflict for him a lot of romance and so on they have all those traditional scenes you see in every christmas movie but it kind of works i mean particularly the chemistry between kristen stewart and mackenzie davis is amazing even though i think david is far too tall for workers. it's a matter of personal taste ok so maybe not the most radical film for the 1st big wise beyond their christmas it's actually also n

themselves dolly parton of course this is singing. christmas is a time for sharing even in. christmas eve is a time for angels making things all. you have to love dolly parton working 9 to 5 as an angel scott actually let's talk more about how to be a seasoned lesbian christmas rom com in a way this just looks like a lot of other christmas movies we've seen it is it yeah it's very much so it follows the exact same sort of formula of these christmas movies you can really read the beats throughout the front the film i mean they even have scenes in there that are in every single sort. christmas wrong the sort of skating scene where everyone gathers together there's sort of conflict for a lot of romance and so on they have all those traditional scenes you see in every christmas movie but it kind of works i mean particularly the chemistry between chris and stood and i can see davis is amazing even though i think dave's is far too tall for workers. it's a matter of personal taste ok so maybe not the most radical film for the 1st big one as being there christmas it's actually also

check out the preview of a holly dolly christmas. >> who's ready for a holly dolly christmas? i know i am ♪ have a holly jolly christmas. it's the best time of the year ♪ now i don't know if there will be snow but have a cup of cheer ♪ >> i think that music is a great connector kind of just that universal language that everybody enjoys. right now, during this time, it's important to put as much love and as much light and as much joy as you can out there to the people. ♪ i saw mommy kissing santa claus ♪ underneath the mistletoe last night. >> i am doing it some fun songs look i saw mommy kissing santa claus and they will enjoy a few stories from my childhood. when i grew up in my very early days, we didn't have electricity. so we had to make our own christmas lights. and it will be moving and touching and i think the fans will enjoy it because it's a little something different than what they heard me say. ♪ i believe in my very core we will walk in the sun by the sea shore. >> we did put a lot of good stuff together being safe. we don't get to go out to be with fam

himself and dolly parton of course does this signal. christmas is a time for sharing even in the christmas season time for angel pagan things all. you have to love dolly parton working 9 to 5 as an angel scott actually let's talk more about how p. a season a lesbian christmas rom com in a way this just looks like a lot of other christmas movies we've seen it is it yeah it's very much so it follows the exact same sort of formula of these christmas movies you can really read the beats throughout the front the film i mean they even have scenes in there that are in every single sort. christmas rom com the sort of skating scene where everyone gathers together their search but of conflict through a lot of for old mans and so on they have all those traditional scenes you see in every christmas movie but it kind of works i mean particularly the chemistry between person stood and mackenzie davis is amazing even though i think dave's is far too tall for her sincerity it's a matter of personal taste ok so maybe not the most radical film for the 1s

dolly parton playing her 1974 hit jolene. jo be-- i got a wet ass pussy. wet ass pussy. ♪ scwhroleven. ksh dpsh scwhroleven. >> trevor: thank you so much for that jaboukie, when we come back, method mad tells us about his brands new marvel podcast and he might give us a spoiler for power book. you don't want to miss it. welcome back to the daily social distancing show, earlier i spoke with groomee award wing rapper and actor method man. we talked about his transfritionz rap to acting is his podcast about comic books and so much more. >> having bng through pretrial motions with you i can only imagine how intense this jury selection is going to get. may i suggest some decorup here so that neither of you ends up with a charge or in contempt. >> if the u.s. attorney can remain civil, then so can i. it will be a challenge, your honor, but i will do my best. >> thank you. >> it is about to go down. >> clip methodman smith. >> welcome to the daily social distancing show. >> thank you for having me, mr. noah. >> trevor: o man, this is truly an honor foe me-- for

dolly parton playing her 1974 hit jolene. jo be-- i got a wet ass pussy. wet ass pussy. ♪ scwhroleven. ksh dpsh scwhroleven. >> trevor: thank you so much for that jaboukie, when we come back, method mad tells us about his brands new marvel podcast and he might give us a spoiler for power book. you don't want to miss it. [ whispering ] what's this? oh, are we kicking karly out? we live with at&t. it was a lapse in judgment. at&t, we called this house meeting because you advertise gig-speed internet, but we can't sign up for that here. yeah, but i'm just like warming up to those speeds. you've lived here two years. the personal attacks aren't helping, karly. don't you have like a hot pilates class to get to or something? [ muffled scream ] stop living with at&t. xfinity can deliver gig to the most homes. welcome back to the daily social distancing show, earlier i spoke with groomee award wing rapper and actor method man. we talked about his transfritionz rap to acting is his podcast about comic books and so much more. >> having bng through pretrial motions

well of misses washington and president washington is on the other side and that is the portrait that dolly madison saved when the white house was burned down. and here we have the -- and it has been on display here since 1967, and it has been displayed each year. >> on december 31 -- she talked about this year's theme. >> welcome to the white house, i want to first point out the dutiful christmas trees that are all over the house -- this year we decorated them with snow and icicles and so we will have a white christmas and even if we do not end up with a white christmas -- >> seasons greetings from all of us at american history tv. >> you are watching american history tv, 48 hours of programming on american history every weekend on c-span 3. follow us on twitter for information on our schedule and to keep up with the latest history news. ♪ >> you are watching american history,k c-span style. -- all weekend every weekend on c-span 3. >> david reynolds, coeditor of --

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so he had to use cabinet members' wives and others for that role, which dolly served often. turning to the question, the madisons restored some of that formality and -- i don't want to say regal, but more formal and more polished atmosphere than jefferson had had, but i did not mention and should mention now that, in washington's day, there were weekly levees, as they were called, formal receptions for men, only men, who would come and arrange themselves in a semicircle around the president, all formally dressed, bow to the waist. washington would pass among them a few words, very stiff, very formal, no handshakes, then they would leave and that was it. very much modeled on what george iii did. jefferson eliminated that. no more levees, no more formal parties. anybody could come in who wanted to see him without an appointment. the madisons restored the levees, but they opened them up to anyone. back in washington's day, it was the wealthy elites that were permitted into those functions. under the madisons, it was open to everyone and they took out newspaper ads, encouraging

be places that embraces anti-vaxxer views but nobody is crazy enough to be anti-dolly, and this year saw triumphs of all sort. we developed the vaccine, went into space, america elected first female vice president kamala harris. this is the year we learned the black lives matter movement finally stopped being controversial and became mainstream and much more widely supported. kind of like how we wish the exact opposite would happen with crocks. 2020 felt like the year black america finally had the country's attention and if that holds mark can make progress on racial justice, reformed police departments and just maybe teach white people to clap on beat. so, that was 2020. it was a bad time, but in the darkest moment, we found light, and if we can remember that light is always there, maybe 2020 will have been worth it. when we come back, we'll take a look at america's top game show for voter suppression and pharrell williams joins me on the show. first, have a look at google's year-end search. rk, t id9red" y scs os"]f r] 'kellf e ave e] thso[sn wrs...r] thmo itaartf ban y'rorato trou

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obama was asked why dolly parton does not have a presidential medal of freedom. >> looking back on your eight years do you realize that was a mistake you made? >> actually that was a screw-up. i assumed she had already got one and that was invecket. >> correct. >> i'm surprised she has not reserved one. i'll call biden. >> dolly parton has received a national medal of art and celebrated at the kennedy center honors. well deserved for all of those. she needs it, right, ka ari? >> yes, she does. she does so much charitable work we don't know about a lot of the time. >>> let's see what is going on as we check our temperatures that are staying in the mid-60s the next few days. more cool mornings and we will have watch out for the fog redeveloping. in san francisco we are looking all clear. a lot of sunshine over the next several days. >> thanks. >>> thank you for joining us here for our mid-day newscast. the next is at too5:00. remember we are always on at nbcbayarea.com. it's giving tuesday so find a charity you love and give. give yurtourself a happy day. make your holidays happen... at r

that was just dolly, she was out there. >> interesting. in the current environment we talk about something current the death of ruth bader ginsburg obviously is set up a situation for a fairly apparently fairly bitter fight in terms of picking her replacement and so forth. there were times when, in your book, there were conflicts between members but i think most of this and those of us who have read history have a tendency to think were working hard and doing good things and not spend much time or even be very aware of the extent to which there were conflicts among them and i just wonder how that crew would look at the sole question of appointing the supreme court justice before the election and one of the first women to serve on the court being replaced and if that doesn't create some -- i'm just curious how that would have been dealt with by before presidents. >> good i just say a word about ruth bader ginsburg? >> sure. >> i think it has been deemed politically incorrect perhaps because i haven't heard a single person mention what a sen

i love what you do with dolly. dolly parton that's great >> jimmy: we'll talk about that another time i was sweating bombs i go, "i can't sing this song. what's wrong with people." but it was so much fun it's dolly it was the best. >> yeah. >> jimmy: but then, you go, "great here's a new song called "holidays. and here is earth, wind and fire and i go, "it's just brilliant. how did the collaboration come about? >> oh, i heard - they've always been so nice to me, but i heard they would be willing to do a duet with me on this album and i was like, "it has to be an original, and i have to show me that my heroes, like, you raised me. you taught me what music is. i'm going to make you proud. and i got with my two favorite musicians. mike sabbath, eddie benjamin they are children. they're like 20 years old. and we all, like, got together and tested -- we're all safe -- got together, and we wrote this song in an evening and we're like, "we want it to be a party." we studied their music we played it all day, and we're like

dolly parton gave us a challenge and we did that. j.lo and shakira set a new record for fcc complaints with their super bowl performance, 1300 to be exact. parasite smashed barriers at the oscars as the first non-english speaking film to get top honors. then we found ourselves trapped in the house like that one guy from the movie. baking bread got us through it. we should have known the year was going to be weird when we started obsessing over tiger owners. as if we weren't bored enough, the social media challenges took us by storm. ♪ ♪ >> and live a savage, britney spears claimed she was queen bee. jada pinkett smith put herself in the hot seat over her entanglement. you know i'm at work. then yours truly became the coanchor of "world news now" and "america this morning". >> i wouldn't have it any other way, i think. >> nathan apodaka made us believe in humanity again. did anyone forget how much they love fleetwood mac? the lakers clenched the nba title. michael b. jordan got the title he was born for, people magazine's sexiest

>> a holly dolly christmas airs this sunday at 8:00 p.m. right here on kpix 5. >>> today walmart kicking off its holiday light show across the u.s. before coming here to california. the show is going to first stop in kansas city. it looks pretty cool. nearly 1,000 intel drones will create 3 di mention sal mentional shapes. >>> if you want to be one of santa's helpers, you can visits usps website to help read letters. santa does need a little help this year. a lot of his elves are in quarantine because of quarantine. one of them, elf on the shelf, is in gianna's home. >> he's in quarantine. he's magical. he only has to quarantine for three days. he also wears his mask. >>> taking a look at the roadway, if you're working toward the bay bridge, it's not bad. in fact we've had a fender bender. it's not causing delays. there will be a few slow and go positions. all right. taking a look at traffic elsewhere we have a trouble spot as you work your way to the alma bridge road. it hit the center divide. speeds are down to 29 miles an hour. it's bloc

well, madison made many decisions, but perhaps the wisest was to mary dolly. he was walking on a spring day in 1794 when he caught sight of her and was instantly smitten. this happened regularly to men who saw her. she was nearly five foot eight. a shapely figure. she had black hair, blue eyes, and a pale complexion, which she had learned to shield from the virginia son. she came from a quaker family, which had not, for her, been a good fit. she was inclined to the gaieties of the world, one quaker woman wrote. this is my favorite story. the quaker matron recalled that it was during an effort to convince dolley of the seriousness of life that the young girl first smiled and afterwards fell fast asleep. the 26 real dolley was recently widowed. her husband, john, had died in the yellow fever epidemic the year before madison saw her and so had her three-month-old baby, leaving her with a son who was two and his name was payne todd. madison, who was 43, >> some of the items on her list were thought to be good for breaking a fever which suggests that madison may ha

whether sarah paul, dolly madison or others within his white house. i think he was instrumental that he used these flirtatious relationships with women as a kind of way to paint him in the best possible light. but we also have to work under the assumption that he was serious about these relationships, that he understood they weren't just for show, that they had some component of substance to them. we read the evidence that survived that showed observers saw him as being quite interested through his presidency in various typical southern widows. ok, i think we have time for more questions. i see one from alan. let me get him up. go ahead. >> ok, so my question was, did anyone replace king as buchanan's close male friend during the presidential years or afterwards? >> great question. kabul of georgia was in many ways the replacement for william rufus king. he lived apart from his wife for much of the time he was in washington. he and buchanan establish something as a bachelor's quarters. he lived with buchanan in the white house for a. of time. he also

himself and dolly parton of course is a signal. christmas is a time for sharing even in. christmas is a time for angel pagan things all. you have to love dolly parton working 9 to 5 as an angel scott actually let's talk more about how to be a seasoned lesbian christmas rom com in a way this just looks like a lot of other christmas movies we've seen that is it yeah it's very much so it follows the exact same sort of formula of these christmas movies you can really read the beats throughout the front the film i mean they even have scenes of me that are in every single sort. chris was wrong because the sort of skating scene where everyone gathers together there's sort of conflict for a lot of romance and so on they have all those traditional scenes you see in every christmas movie but it kind of works i mean particularly the chemistry between kristen stewart and mackenzie davis is amazing even though i think dave's is far too tall for the workers. it's a matter of personal taste ok so maybe not the most radical film for the 1st big was being there christmas it's actually als

well, leave it to dolly to tell you. talking to the cody allen pocast rerevealed how long she keeps them up. >> i put them up the day after thanksgiving and i celebrate christmas and thanksgiving until my birthday on the 19th of january. i always make them leave the decorations up until after my birthday because i'm sill st celebrating. >> is that too long for you guys >> no way. >> not if dolly says it's okay. >> i'm a february 1st kind of girl. >> craig, that's the right answer whatever dolly says goes >>> next up, we've got another cool story about the late "star trek" actor james doohan he played scotty in the show and films and it turns out that he really did make it to that final frontier after he passed away in 2005 doohan's son revealed that the actor's ashes essentially smuggled onto the international space station 12 years ago it was part of a long-time dream of his to rest among the stars this photo shows one of the cards laminated with doohan's ashes that were secretly brought aboard by astronaut richard gear

he'd have used peter hello dolly is following the story for us good morning peter so is president trump's attempt to overturn the results now over. well i think this is definitely the closest we're going to get to. you know that it's finally being over . you know it means that trump may continue to push some of these claims and various courts but they're all that should be futile like most of his other many many attempts have been over these past weeks i think ultimately this is more about from continuing to try to drum up the base keep in mind we have a key we have key senate races in january that will determine the control of who controls the senate whether it's republicans or democrats and and donald trump really need to keep firing or point fuel in that fire he's kept rich re tweeting even after the state solidified bites when. he kept repeating false claims about fraud so it doesn't look like he's going to back away from the rhetoric but it definitely means that he has very few if any at all avenues left to dispute this election with the consequences of that have been serious pain or

i love dolly. i don't like the late comers. everyone is a late comer fan. maria: this is my favorite story of the day. our lady of tequila, as covid cases rise and lockdowns begin again, one at th tequila bar isg to stay afloat. a u.k. bar submitted paperwork to reclassify as a place of meeting for religious worship. he wants to do that to stay open. patrons can sign up to be a free member, pay cash and have it donated to charity, scott. >> yeah. wow. i mean, you've got to love the ingenuity of small businesses. dagen, this one's for you. a lot of them are working 9:00 to 5:00 to figure out ways around a lot of the regulations that are coming in because of covid. unfortunately, i think alcohol is religion to many. some of my friends still to this day. it makes some sense to put a church in there as far as how people want to access the booze. maria: [laughter] all right. still ahead, taking the battle to the courtroom, trump campaign attorney jesse banal on their fight for every legal fight, and larry kudlow on the economic recovery as lawmakers propose a ne

host: dolly in miami. howard in atlanta, georgia. line for democrats. your thoughts on joe biden's speech last night. caller: yes, this is howard. host: go ahead, sir. caller: i just find it interesting that for the democrats it is like reclaiming black people's history from the beginning to see -- not to say whites, but for people like the president to come out and bash everything we have been going through -- black people have been going through this their entire lives in the united states, and to see this reverse itself -- to see this reverse with a lot of the republicans areas, and weth were out there dying and fighting for both, and the struggles we went through. to see this frivolous stuff, and the -- they continue to try to breathe hatred -- i have never seen the likes of this hatred since years ago. i'm 65 years old now. i'm just hoping people will come together and realize we are in this together, and we need to move on and try to give each other a chance instead of breeding hatred. host: before we move on from all the 2020 elections, can you g

. >> this is dolly. this is dolly dog. carley: oh, she's adorable. oh, we love her. unfortunately, we have to get back to cancel culture for a little bit and what about mount rushmore, the dnc posted a tweet saying trump has disrespected native communities time and again, now he's holding a rally glorifying this at mount rushmore. they say it's about disrespecting native communities. >> i was in south dakota on july 3rd when the president gave his speech. it was an incredible speech, an incredible gathering. i saw the protests, i saw the rallies outside and i heard about all of it, blocking the roads and them having to take vans out of the way. it was really a sad moment when you consider not only people's dismay but their disrespect as well for the event that was going on. mount rushmore is a beautiful place, south dakota is a beautiful state and to think that these folks who feel so disen franchised come in and make a spectacle that they did was a disappointing thing. when the president flew in, in a fly-by over mount rushmore, it was an exciting night, made you pr

that is really good. >> more dolly to come. >> by the way, the actual music guest on saturday was none other than bruce springsteen and the east street band their first time at the show in five years they performed their song "ghost." ♪ ♪ i can see you in my bones >> what a treat, right >> wow. >> i love this next one. "snl" is not the only funny thing that happened this weekend. al roker got quite the nice celebration from hoda and her kids. >> what's happening here >> i'm making you a cake, al roker. love you bye! >> what kind of cake >> chocolate. >> why are we making al a cake today? >> because it is al roker's birthday. >> is this the best part of making a cake? hello. >> there you go. all right. al roker, we're about to put this baby in the oven. >> here's the thing. the only problem it was not al's birthday so hoda? >> al, i have been laughing all weekend. and there is a newsletter that comes out from the show that said it was your birthday and so i got haley, and we put on hats and baked a cake. and roker's face, and i laughed because you were looking at us doing the zoom l

brett eldridge is part of the lineup, kelly clarkson, dolly parton and earth wind and fire. >> to have it this year is more important than ever. i'm so excited to be able to get up there and sing. >> all right. so christmas in rockefeller center airs tonight for you at 7:00 p.m. right here on nbc bay area. >>> coming up next the top stories we're following today including breaking news on the covid vaccine front. the major steps the uk took overnight on pfizer's vaccine and what it means for u.s. approval. >>> and butt out. san francisco going more smoke free than ever before. new restrictions for smokers that may have them rethinking where they live. >>> breaking right now, the race for a vaccine. the uk gives pfizer the go-ahead and the new cdc rule that may provide some relief for people traveling during the pandemic. >>> plus, signs of life for muni. when san francisco's busiest transit system will finally get back on track after being shut down for months. >>> and heads-up for anyone who loves the slopes. why the state says you might have to say ski you later to your next tahoe dr

after that is dolly parton song tell her what she looks to her life they were songs. also on the list of former first lady michelle obama's memoir becoming. and wrapping up our look at some of the best sewing books according to the "new york times" is actor michael j fox his reflection on living with parkinson's disease. in no time like the present. : : : >> and andrea mitchell from msnbc and nbc news is my pleasure to welcome you just might anniversary of the national book festival presented by the library of congress we are thrilled to have our authors david rubenstein has authored a new book how to read and it is an extra ordinary conversation the leadership that makes people believers very special people david rubenstein domestic policy advisor private equity firm and history buff and the philanthropist you saved the great panda and brought the magna carta to the archives is willing having a very popular television interview show. >> i didn't feel i was good as a leader so in the book i really went out to the most famous people that i could those in the business o

we have to partially thank dolly parton for the vaccine. she's also a medical pioneer. >> just adding more things to the list. >> let's not forget about dollywood. never forget. >> it's not the first time she's donated more than $1 million to vanderbilt. she's given millions away across the world. she is quietly that strong southern woman who does so much behind the scenes. makes everybody feel good. >> yeah. where is joelene now? you know what i'm saying? >> on point this morning. good job. let's look at what's going on. hi, everybody. here's a look from -- i was going to show you the east bay hills, i messed up the camera there, the reason is because we have that offshore breeze at 17 to 28 miles per hour. that's the reason why we're having a hard time getting fog going this morning. increasing high clouds as another storm system waves at us as it passes to the west and heads north. a mild afternoon on the way. an extended period of without rain continues. fire danger is possible sunday into monday. we could be under a red flag warning du

this is amazing. >> in a new interview dolly parton discussed the many times her 1973 hit "jolene" has been covered by other artists 400 times world wide in different languages. she says she's still hopeful a major artist will record their own take and enjoy a really big hit with it. >> by major artist, she said, quote, someone like beyonce, that queen right there. she also discussed whitney houston's version of her 1974 song "i will always love you" back in 1992, saying it was one of her proudest moments. can't wait. hope it happens. >>> finally, to a big announcement from gwen stefani. >> this is about to get b-a-n-a-n-a-s. >> the star will release a new single today. here's the cover art titled "let me reintroduce myself." >> okay. >> my god. it comes as the 51-year-old showed off this throwback look exactly 25 years after releasing "just a girl" video back in 1995. you look great. ♪ here i am, signed, seal ♪ here i am, signed, sealed, delivered, i'm yours ♪ >>> the wnn. i never know how many ns to say. how many years have i been on this show now? the inbox is full, y'all. >>

. ♪ for christmas ♪ if only in my dreams >> reporter: to dolly. note i'll ♪ i'll be home for christmas >> reporter: it remains a favorite for pianist michael feinstein. >> there's no question there's an added emotion to the song this year because of all that ♪ i'll be home the world. >> reporter: when "this is us" stnd country singer chrissy metz recently recorded it, she had no idea how meaningful the song would become in 2020 to her. >> it's very bittersweet, because i won't be home for christmas, as many people will not be it is my mom's favorite christmas song so yeah, it represents this year particularly, not being home, and wishing i was. >> reporter: for decades it has been the soldiers on the front lines sending messages home. >> i love you, and i'll be home soon. >> reporter: but this year, in many ways, the front lines are at home. demanding a different kind of sacrifice. >> hi, grand may and grandpa merry christmas! we miss you and hope to see you soon >> we miss you, we hope that the coronavirus ends soon so that we can see you aga

these swinging tunisian dolly birds represent one of the most remarkable social transformations of present times. translation: the equal rights law was the biggest ever gain for tunisian women. president bourguiba said he was notjust a liberator of tunisia but a liberator of tunisian women as well. file footage: bourguiba is tunisia. for 30 years, he's fought for his country. first, he battled for independence from france, and wasjailed and exiled for his trouble. since independence, he's been his nation's leader. translation: i knew president bourguiba during the struggle against colonialism. in the equal rights law, he banned polygamy, he gave women social, political and economic rights. he introduced the law on 13 august 1956. thanks to this law, women were allowed to vote and also become politicians. i am one of the founders of the tunisian women's union and president bourguiba relied on us. file footage: in the school, 100 miles from tunis, a teacher hemmers home the newly discovered facts of female life us to 60 teenagers. there are certain 13 such schools in tunisia, organised and s

we have a fun pop start for you, including jenna's open book chat with our favorite, dolly parton. and hoda you have a very special zoom meeting to share. >> i sure do we have hollywood icons meryl streep, candice bergen and dianne wiest on their new movie after these messages ♪ windows open, i'm yelling unity ♪ ♪ side by side with my community ♪ ♪ celebrate, let's have a jubilee ♪ ♪ it's bigger than you and me ♪ ♪ they've been there for us ♪ ♪ let's be there for them ♪ ♪ they've been there for us ♪ cue rachael ray. hey friends! today we're whipping up some delicious recipes. so? who's hungry? pets love rachael ray" nutrish® and its kitchen-inspired recipes. with real meat, poultry or fish. rachael ray" nutrish®. real recipes. real ingredients. real good.® to visit your doctor right now. but if you're experiencing irregular heartbeat, heart racing, chest pain, shortness of breath, fatigue or light-headedness, don't wait to contact your doctor. because these symptoms could be signs of a serious condition like atrial fibrillation. which could make you a

and of course, brandi carlile. >> if you don't know, dolly has written like over 3,000 songs. she wrote "i will always love you" for whitney, for tina turner, sinead o'connor. you name it. speaking of incredible one of our faves meghan trainor is up next on "popstart" and she stopped by our staff yesterday she surprised everybody on the staff. she crashed a team zoom meeting that we were having. let me give you a background it's a tradition that every year throughout the month of december, the "today" show gathers for a daily christmas tree lighting, but like so many things in 2020, it moved to a zoom event, and that made it possible for meghan to surprise everybody as the honorary tree lighter. watch this >> first of all, this is the greatest thing i have ever seen. i have no idea what i was walking into hi, hoda i love you >> how are you i love you >> i love you. i love you all thank you all for loving me so much, as much as i love you. so let's light this thing up >> let's light it, meghan. >> three, two, one >> get it. >> there she is rubbing the belly. we love her so much

singer dolly parton said she was heartbroken at the news, and called him one of her oldest and dearest friends. we've been reporting that the german chancellor angela merkel has been holding crisis talks on covid—19. from wednesday schools will be closed up to january the 10th end alcohol consumption in public will be banned. you are watching bbc news. at this time of year, we're used to seeing christmas lights covering our houses and streets in the uk — but an illuminated steam train is a more unusual sight. in a world first, a group of volunteers have used 14,000 led lights to light up the tracks in hampshire in southern england. 0ur reporter duncan kennedy has been to see the display. this is where steam... train whistle blows. ..meets electricity. and where heritage meets wattage. it's the watercress line in hampshire, now lit up in a spectacular christmas mix of light and wonder. red, green, blue! there are almost too many colours to count. it took eight weeks to design and two weeks to rig the lights on a train run by a not—for—profit group of steam enthusiasts. oh, it's