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All right, i admit it, i dont like opera. hours of people howling in a language i dont understand. but if anyone will ever get me to change my mind its our power player of the week. ♪ >> i havent really been able to transfer into that extraordinary other worldly creature other than, i hope, on stage. >> renee fleming has been called the peoples diva. its a title she loves. ♪ >> yes she is americas leading opera star whos played 54 different roles, but she prides herself on being down to eart...

They can streamline videos but be careful apple tv is the only one that uses itunes. stand alone gadgets. stand alone cameras or i pods they can do all of that and more. finally wait until january or july for the very best deals on those laptops. the time now is about 60 minutes until the top of the hour. rolling into her past. >> do you ever want to expose a certain situation or topic and then shop around for like a more concrete story? >> yeah, wait until you hear how the reporter who botche...

More thing. im going to start with eric. >> its friday so its time for -- remember i told you that -- well, look at what we found thats been posted and check out this, this is a voice only track without background help, listen to this. ♪ more than you could ever know ♪ ♪ so make my wish come true ♪ because baby all i want for christmas is you ♪ >> so superstar diva, not showing up for rehearsals and not getting that one right, mariah carey. >> can you stop saying broad all the time. >>...

Ashton carters job. a lot of criticism come that the white house doesnt let the secretary of defense do their job and micromanage that person. the president will probably talk about how he views carter and how he wants carter to be a partner in leading the defense department and setting foreign policy for the country. >> do you think things will change under carter general? >> first of all, i think karlter is one of the finest public servants. very experienced. this guy is a real professional. n...

More thing. im going to start with eric. >> its friday so its time for -- remember i told you that -- well, look at what we found thats been posted and check out this, this is a voice only track without background help, listen to this. ♪ more than you could ever know ♪ ♪ so make my wish come true ♪ because baby all i want for christmas is you ♪ >> so superstar diva, not showing up for rehearsals and not getting that one right, mariah carey. >> can you stop saying broad all the time. >>...

More than 2 billion times. >> that number so big youtube had to reconfigure its counter from a 32-bit integer to a 64-bit. >> people are still listening to this. lets talk coffee and martha stewart. shes going into the coffee business. >> a spokesman for her company has now confirmed the domestic diva is planning to open up a coffee shop in the same building that houses her company headquarters here in manhattan. >> stewart hinted at the move saying a good cup of cappuccino is very hard to fin...

So i wanted to make the most of this milestone birthday and then, too, just with it involving dance, which is a passion of mine and always has been, and then also just a childhood dream of growing up to be a professional cheerleader. all of those things wrapped into one. it just fit for me and felt good. i felt like i should go for it. >> when you say w t.d. -- pkd, thats kidney disease. what does your family say about this great event in your life? were they cheering you on? >> they are definit...

>> the diva of her farm in bedford, new york. >> i always wanted to visit. this shows her giant horse stable. >> wide shot of the stable and surrounding paddocks. my gosh. >> one of our favorites, the flower garden. hopefully soon, martha, youll teach us how to care for our own drones. maybe make our own -- >> drone cozy. >> maybe we could use it to fly overhead abc and you could see whats going on. >> or fly over the set. tike time to check out celebrity birthdays. >> giorgio armani turns 80 ...

Joan rivers made headlines this weekend when she walked out of an interview with fredricka whitfield, but on the late show last night, david letterman turned the tables on the self-described diva. >> i was watched the cnn thing, and you felt that she was being. >> reporter: very judgmental. very nasty, very opinionated. negative, it was like my wedding night. >> congratulations. >> fredricka, this stunt, lettermans stunt, it was a parody of her storming off the cnn set just a few days earlier. f...

>> yes, she was serious. ben, is this just another stunt for book sales? >> what is the name of the book? "mad diva"? um, yeah, im going with the perfect publicity stunt. and she saw an opportunity to be a mad diva. and to hopefully sell a few more books. i think this was one of those moments where she said, you know what? im going to take it, im going to get the press, people are going to think its hilarious or shocking, theyre going to buy my book and i make more money, laughing all the way to...