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Cooper, 10:00 eastern, 7:00 p.m. pacific. coming to you here in los angeles. priscilla presley remains with us. joining us from las vegas, armand thomas, director of creation for cirque du soleil's "viva elvis" and stephan monju, executive professor of "viva elvis." armand, were you a fan of elvis presley? >> i'm afraid i didn't really know his music well before i joined. i certainly am now. i feel like i went to elvis university over the last three years and can talk your ears off about his life and music if we had the time. >> reporter: stephan, what about you? >> i was a huge fan of elvis. ...

That, you know, we have -- we're so close to it. we obviously have expectations and it's trying to get it translated and that's probably the most difficult. >> larry: stephan, was priscilla easy to work with or tough? >> she was easy to work with. she was nice. every time we had the tonight to have her with us it was always very, very nice and very helpful for us. >> larry: stephan, are your expectations high? there were so many stories about this show. and the "time" magazine review was sensational last week. are your expectations high for a successful run? >> of course the expectations were ...

Understood why he is timeless and so relevant today. >> larry: do you think, priscilla, we'll come out knowing elvis or knowing him more? >> well, i know you will definitely come out liking him an awful lot and i think it's great for people who didn't know him to know how big of an impact he created on not just us, you know, in the u.s. but all over the world. >> larry: honestly, i never heard a bad word about him. thanks for being here, priscilla. thank you, armand, stephan. the show opens up tomorrow night in las vegas at the aria hotel. it's "viva elvis." oscar-nominated director quentin ta...

>> mgts some of the other stories with wre following tonight. >> two missionaries charged with kidnapping in haiti appeared in court today. laura silsby and coulter will we main behind bars. officials want to know why they traveled to haiti on an earlier trip. and a federal judge threw the book on bernard kerik today. four years in prison. the judge was incensed that he used the 9/11 attacks for personal gain. he pled guilty to lying to the white house in his nomination for the second of homeland security back in 2004. toyota's president said it could take a formal invitation to...