KENNEDY: PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS
BEEN TOUTING A STRONG ECONOMY.
IS THE AMERICAN DREAM ALIVE AND
WELL?
A RECENT AP POLL SAYS ONLY HALF
OF YOUNG PEOPLE THINK IT'S
WITHIN REACH.
BUT THE STARS OF THE "GOLD RUSH"
SAY IT'S WITHIN REACH.
>> I HAVE EGG ON THE LINE.
MY HOUSE.
HE PENNY I HAVE.
MY FRIENDS ARE WITH ME, MY
LIVELIHOOD.
IT DOESN'T GET ANY BIGGER THAN
THIS.
>> THIS SEASON I HAVE GOT
EVERYTHING I OWN ON THE LINE.
I SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
BUYING MY OWN GROUND, AND I
COULD LOSE IT ALL THIS YEAR.
KENNEDY: TONIGHT' SEASON OF
"GOLD RUSH" STARTS TOMORROW.
WELCOME, EVERYONE WELCOME BACK,
PARKER.
HOW IS THIS SEASON SET APART FOR
YOU?
YOU ARE TRYING TO STICK IT TO
THE MAN HERE, AREN'T YOU?
>> YES, AND ALSO RICK LEFT.
AND HE STARTED HIS OWN MINE SITE
WHICH HAS BEEN A BIG HOLE TO
FILL IN OUR OPERATION.
AND TONY AND I ARE HAVING SOME
MINOR SQUABBLES.
KENNEDY: IS IT AWKWARD WHEN YOU
TRAVEL TOGETHER AND DO PRESS.
ON THE SHOW IT'S INTENSE, IT
SEEMS IF YOU HAD THE CHANCE YOU
WOULD SCHIFF EACH OTHER.
>> YOU KNOW HOW LONG YOU SPEND
WAITING FOR AN ELEVATOR IN NEW
YORK, WE COULD HAVE QUITE THE
BLOODBATH.
KENNEDY: RICK, YOU TALK ABOUT
YOU BRING YOUR GOOD FRIEND ON
THE SHOW.
IF YOU MAKE THE WRONG CHOICES
YOU LOSE EGG.
DID YOU LOSE EGG?
>> YOU WILL HAVE TO WATCH THE
SHOW.
KENNEDY: I AM GOING TO WATCH THE
SHOW.
I LOVE "GOLD RUSH."
I'M GOING TO MINE WITH YOU IN
JUNE.
>> YOU ARE GETTING STARTED LATE
IN JUNE.
KENNEDY: I HAVE GOT SCHEDULES.
SCHOOL IS NOT OUT UNTIL THEN.
DO YOU THINK PARKER IS THE
EPITOME OF THE AMERICAN DREAM?
>> I THINK -- YEAH, IT'S OUT
THERE FOR HIM AND HE'S GRABBING
IT.
IT'S POSSIBLE.
WHERE ARE YOU FROM AGAIN?
>> ME, HOME?
KENNEDY: ICELAND.
>> THE NETHERLANDS.
KENNEDY: SO YOU ARE THE
INSPIRATION FOR GOLD FINGER.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN IT?
I LOVE GOLD.
DOES THAT SOUND FAMILIAR?
I WAS NEVER ON THE RAILS, LET'S
BE HONEST.
BUT YOU HAD A TOUGH SEASON.
IN THE OFF SEASON YOU TOOK CARE
OF YOUR MOM WHO PASSED AWAY.
HOW DID THAT EXPERIENCE NURTURE
YOUR SOUL OR WAS IT DEVASTATING
AND HARD TO GO ON DAY AFTER DAY.
>> MY MOM WAS ON 55.
AND I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TIME TO
DEAL WITH IT.
I HAD TO HEAD UP THERE, IT WAS
ONLY 2 1/2 WEEKS AFTER.
KENNEDY: DID YOU BURY YOUR BRIEF
IN THE SHOW?
-- YOUR GRIEF IN THE SHOW?
>> NO, I STILL HAVE IT.
I USED IT AS MOTIVATION.
MY MOM WAS ALWAYS PROUD OF ME.
I GOT TO TELL HER WHAT I WAS
GOING TO DO THIS YEAR.
MINERS.
SO WHAT IS THE ULTIMATELY ON
FROM THE SEASON?
WHY SHOULD PEOPLE WATCH?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
A LOT OF THINGS HAPPEN.
A LOT OF THINGS.
KENNEDY: MILLIONS ON THE LINE.
>> YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN.
KENNEDY: FRIENDSHIPS DISSOLVE.
MILLIONS ARE MADE.
HE'S GOT MORE MONEY THAN JEFF