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welcome back to "whos talking." my next guests took very different paths to prominence. a cop and songwriter turned pop music sensation and one of the best selling authors of all time. up first, new york city mayorer i -- mayor eric adams with less than one year on the job. migrants bussed to the big apple and many are scared to ride the subway. youre saying the crime problem in this city is more presumption than reality? then pop singer meghan trainor tells me about her first albu...

Open. >> did your -- i mean, did you lose your voice? it -- i mean -- >> yeah. >> what was the -- what could you tell? it just that it hurt? you actually couldnt -- >> it hurt and i couldnt hit the notes. >> did you think to yourself that this great career that youve worked so hard for and that is just started -- >> was gone. >> could be over? >> yeah, was gone forever. >> you go a few years ago on cbs because youre going to announce the nominees with the other anchors, youre going to announce t...

Their in memoriam. theyre also going to honor george michael, theyre also going to honor prince as well, both in mem moemormemory. you are right, its about beyonce, its about adele. you also have justin biebers "purpose" in there. drakes "views" and we dont know whether or not beyonce is going to perform, we got that big announcement about the twins on the way, so were still waiting to see whether or not queen bey is going to show up tonight.

Example number 1,000 of how this different is different from his predecessors. >> brian stelter, good to see you this morning. you can catch more of brian on "reliable sources" today at 11:00 a.m. eastern right here on cnn. all right, we have adele versus beyonce. who are you for? you have to choose. you have to choose. >> i am not saying. thats all i am saying, is that i am not saying. >> if its not beyonce, its wrong. up for the biggest award of the night. watch. ♪ ♪ >> we have a preview...

Jarreau. he was dubbed the acrobat of jazz. if you had the honor of seeing him in concert live as i have many times, what an incredible show and performer. the 59th annual grammy awards is being held tonight and its adele versus beyonce for three of the biggest awards. stephaie elam is on the red carpet. oh, i like the look, thats very electric, stephanie. >> i had to switch it up a little bit, its a little bit different at the grammys red carpet. you were just talking about al jerreau passing a...

Hear at awards shows. the only difference between meryl streep and what may happen at the grammys is that were much more used to hearing it at the grammys. remember, these are artists that make songs that are often politically charged. beyonce has "lemonade" and "formation," expected to win big. very politically charged messages on that record. a lot of racial overtones on that record. and i think a lot of people have been celebrating the fact that these artists have a voice and they plan to use...

About donald trump, and the producers want people to speak their minds whether you are for or against trump, and people will for sure speak their mind. >> we saw it at the golden globes and s.a.g. awards, and actors and performers come up and talk about that. i want to talk about the big match-up. you have adele and beyonce. its category after category they are going head to head. >> head to head in almost every single category. right now beyonce leads the nominations with nine, and shes going t...

>> lets talk about performances, too. beyonce will be performing and shes pregnant, and you are so beyonce is a professional. shes been doing this for a really long time, and i think shes -- thats not going to stop her. a windmill grabbing her hair did not stop her so whether its a ballad or she goes full-on performance. >> take us through the album of the year nominees. weve got adele nominated for 25 and beyonce and sturridge ilsimpson who i think is going to be a surprise. oh, im sorry. weve ...

But particularly with this political climate we have, its safe to say we do expect to hear political messages tonight and it will not come as a shock. this producer of the grammys says he expects at least one political message aassuredly to happen on stage and with the possibility of many more. >> when he says that, "bring it on," do you think his motivation is political or do you think for ratings? just for the sake of hes a producer, an executive, he wants people to watch tonight. >> there is ...

Will be his 37th time. he said the quote was, bring it on. basically these are artists who have political messages, things they want to say and should be free to do and say that. so, hes basically welcoming them to do that. we do expect some political messages. i dont think it will be out of the realm of possibility to hear a few politically charged things coming up tonight. but even before you look at who is going on stage, who is going to say what, i think some story lines coming into the gram...