>>> WE ARE BACK COMING UP ON
8:41 WITH THAT INTERVIEW WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL
MORNING LONG. HODA, YOU SAT DOWN WITH TWO OF
THE BIGGEST POWERHOUSES IN THE WORLD.
>> IT'S HARD TO THINK OF A BIGGER DUO THAT'S THOSE TWO. TE
UP FOR A SONG "LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND."
NOW THEY'RE COMING TOGETHER ONCE AGAIN FOR ANOTHER SPECIAL
ANNOUNCEMENT. >> IT'S THE FIVE-YEAR
ANNIVERSARY OF THE PULSE TRAGEDY.
SO WE FIGURED ON THE ANNIVERSARY, TO RERELEASE THE
SINGLE, WHICH WE REALLY RELEASED OUT OF A DESIRE TO DO SOMETHING
IN THE FACE OF THIS TRAGEDY. >> HAVING THAT SONG PERFORMED ON
THE PLAZA WAS MEMORABLE, WATCHING EVERYBODY HOLDING
HANDS, WATCHING THIS MOMENT, THIS COLLECTIVE LOVE.
IF YOU DIDN'T FEEL SOMETHING, LIKE YOU DIDN'T HAVE BLOOD IN
YOUR VEINS. THE OTHER THING THAT WAS MOVING
AND SURPRISING TO ME TO REFLECT ON, LIN, WAS IT WAS YOUR VERY
FIRST TIME ON THE "TODAY" SHOW THAT DAY.
>> GOSH, IT'S SO FUNNY BECAUSE I ALSO REMEMBER THAT WAS THE
WEEKEND I LEFT THE SHOW. I HAD MY FINAL PERFORMANCE AS
ALEXANDER HAMILTON. I CUT MY HAIR OFF.
I REHEARSED ALL DAY WITH JEN ON SUNDAY.
>> I REALLY DROVE HIM CRAZY TO DO THIS.
IT WAS JUST LIKE I HAD TO -- YOU HAVE TO DO THIS WITH ME, YOU
HAVE TO DO THIS WITH ME. AND I WAS LIKE, YOU DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY LIFE RIGHT NOW.
>> THIS HAS BEEN FIVE YEARS. YOU'VE HAD ALL THESE HITS, ALL
THESE MOMENTS IN YOUR LIFE. SO MUCH HAS CHANGED.
ARE YOU DIFFERENT, LIN, THAN YOU WERE BACK THEN?
>> I DON'T THINK SO. I REALLY DON'T.
I THINK WE CONTINUE TO LIVE IN THE WORLD WE LIVE IN.
WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO SHOW UP FOR OUR COMMUNITY IN ANY WAY WE
CAN BE THE MOST USEFUL AT ANY POINT IN TIME.
>> ALL RIGHT. NOW, LIN, I NEED TO HAVE A
LITTLE GIRL TALK WITH MY GIRL, JUST A LITTLE.
YOU LOOK HAPPY. I'VE KNOWNER YOU FOR YEARS.
>> I AM HAPPY. >> YOU LOOK HAPPIER.
>> I'M ALWAYS HAPPY WHEN YOU SEE ME, HODA.
>> NO, YOU LOOK HAPPIER. EVERY TIME I SEE A PICTURE OF
YOU AND BEN I'M LIKE, SHE LOOKS HAPPIER.
SHE LOOKS HAPPIER. ARE WE HAPPIER?
>> THE SONG IS OUT. FIVE YEARS SINCE WE'VE DONE IT
AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT MESSAGE OF LOVING ONE ANOTHER AND COMING
TOGETHER, IN LOVE IS NEVER MORE RELEVANT THAN IT IS RIGHT NOW.
>> WAIT, IT'S ME YOU'RE TALKING TO.
YOU KNOW THAT? >> I KNOW.
YOU CAN CALL ME. YOU HAVE MY NUMBER.
>> WELL, WE TRIED. FOR LIN MANUEL AND JEN, IT'S
THEIR CHILDREN THAT ARE THE EVER CONSTANT LOVES OF THEIR LIVES.
>> I DID SEE A PICTURE OF YOU AND YOUR COCONUT AND IT MELTED
MY HEART. HOW ARE YOUR KIDS DOING?
>> THEY'RE DOING GREAT. I HAVE BEEN PLEASED WITH THE TWO
MOST BRILLIANT LITTLE BEINGS THAT I GET TO LOOK OVER AND HELP
GUIDE WHILE THEY TEACH ME ABOUT LIFE.
WHICH IS WHAT REALLY HAPPENS A LOT.
AND IT'S JUST -- IT'S A JOY. >> AND, LIN, WHAT ABOUT YOUR
KIDS? >> OH, MAN, MY OLDEST JUST --
THE READING FINALLY KICKED IN. HE'S 6 YEARS OLD.
HE'S A MORNING PERSON AND IT WAS LIKE 5:30 A.M., AND DAD, DAD,
DAD, DAD, AND NOW I WAKE UP ON MY OWN AND HE IS SOMEWHERE
READING A BOOK. IT IS VERY52 ON SATURDAY, SHE
IS KEEPING THIS YEAR'S CELEBRATIONS SIMPLE.
>> JENNIFER, HAPPY BIRTHDAY EARLY, GIRL.
>> THANK YOU. >> HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
THANK YOU FOR COMING. >> WHAT?
>> THEY KEEP COMING. >> HOW ARE YOU GOING TO
CELEBRATE? >> YOU KNOW, WITH FRIENDS, HAVE
FUN, YOU KNOW, RAISE A GLASS, GIVE A TOAST.