All right, welcome back
into Great day, Washington.
It's time now for the morning mix,
and NBA legend Michael Jordan
celebrates his 60th birthday tomorrow.
And he's celebrating a very big
way by giving a very generous
gift to a nonprofit that supports
children with critical illnesses.
MJ is giving $10 million to
the Make A wish foundation.
Jordan has been working with
make a wish for more than three
decades and was actually named
Chief Wish Ambassador in 2008.
But the $10 million donation
is the largest given by.
An individual in the organization's
43 year history and you know over
the years he's given millions to a
lot of social and charitable causes.
But make a wish,
just hoping that this inspires
others to give what they can,
whether it's their time or their money
and continue to grant these wishes.
That's what I heard every quote
I saw from Michael Jordan.
He's like,
I hope this encourages someone
else to give right?
Like he's hoping this is just the beginning.
He gave his first wish in 1989 and has
done hundreds of wishes since then.
So if you talk about.
Anyone who knows the organization
has seen what it can do for a child
who is battling a critical illness.
He knows.
And so obviously his money is going
where he thinks is important. Yeah.
It's not just like, a facade of,
like, oh, look at me.
I'm doing this like, right.
Put in the work with, right.
Yeah, he's been with them for decades.
Well, happy birthday, Michael Jordan.
Tomorrow, 60.
Geez.
All right.
We are also getting a rare look at the
inside of the wreckage of the Titanic.
The ship hit an iceberg and sank in
1912 and now lies about 2 1/2 miles
below the surface of the ocean.
This video was actually shot back
in 1986 and was just released
to the public yesterday.
It was taken one year after the
shipwreck was first discovered.
Back in 1985,
the footage was released to mark
the 25th anniversary debut of the
Academy award-winning movie Titanic.
I kind of think that it's funny that
they went with the movie release right
25 years ago to release this this village.
It's mostly uncommented.
There's just music underneath if
you're watching over an hour long,
over an hour.
Young I had no idea what I was looking at.
I was like,
I need commentary for this
because you're seeing different.
They're just floating along different
parts of the ship and you see a big hole
and they even go into what they say,
like the the chief officers cabin.
And I'm like, when was that?
I missed that.
I needed commentary.
It would be kind of cool if they did do
the commentary and then maybe kind of
referenced it with the movie of like,
this is what the Chief Chiefs officers cabin,
right,
of like where it is on the ship or whatnot.
Yeah, hunting video though.
It is.
It's so cool.
It's crazy that public hasn't seen that.
Right. In all this time. Yeah. OK, cool.
Well, meanwhile, some exciting news.
Barney is making a comeback.
Mattel just announced it is
launching a new Barney TV show,
but this time the Purple
Dinosaur will be animated.
As you see there, there will be
merchandising to go along with the new show.
Of course, this is a kids show, right?
Including toys, clothes and books.
Production on the original
Barney show stopped back in
2010 after 18 years on the air.
Mattel says it has already secured broadcast.
And streaming partners for the
show but did not say who they are.
We've had this discussion
because I loved Barney. Yes.
The kid out there, I had the.
I showed you the photo.
I have like my Barney doll.
And everything was so iconic.
So curious like how they're going.
I don't watch cartoons.
You could probably tell a bit more,
but like daughter will
watch this how you know,
you go to with today's society.
And I mean, it was always about love
and kindness and being kind to others.
So yeah.
Have you seen the backlash
for how Barney looks though?
And they were doing side by sides.
I was looking at him.
His nose looks so different.
People are saying Barney didn't need Botox,
and they're kind of process done now.
It's animated. Before.
It was like a, you know, a lot of stuff.
Yeah. Well, it's back, though. Now.
It's going to be a lot of the love you.
I'm kind of excited.
My daughter will know that.
Yeah.
All right.
We do have some sad news this morning
from capital star Alex Ovechkin.
He posted on Instagram that his father,
Michael, died yesterday.
He was just 71 years old.
Michael is a former pro soccer player.
He used to go on trips and
bring goalie helmets.
Back for Alex as the kid,
and that's how Ovechkin first
fell in love with hockey.
And here's a memory that will last forever.
It's back from 2018 and Ovechkin
brought the Stanley Cup to Russia
and gave it to his dad to hold up.
As he got older.
Michael couldn't travel to
the US to see his son play,
so Ovechkin brought the cup to him.
Ovechkin posted a message yesterday
thanking everyone for their support,
but also asked for privacy
during this difficult time.
And and we all know that we when we covered.
Stretch could how important his dad was
to and they used to come to the games.
He's super bubbly.
He loves interacting with the fans.
The fans love him there.
So when we know that Ovechkin
had rushed out this week,
yes, when he got ill,
definitely thinking of his family and
wishing them the best and our condolences.
Meanwhile,
Hollywood is also mourning the loss
of legendary actress Raquel Welch.
Her manager says she died yesterday
in Los Angeles after a brief illness.
Welsh is best known for her role as a
cave woman in the 1966 prehistoric movie.
1,000,000 years BC she would go
on to star in a number of movies,
TV shows, Broadway productions,
and even recorded an album.
She also won a Golden Globe in 1974 for her
role in the movie The Three Musketeers.
Raquel Welch was 82 years old.
We say a lot of movies and TV's.
It was 30 films and 50 television
series and some from like the 60s.
And then she would pop up and Legally
Blonde like she spanned generations.
She did. She did. What a career.