>>> WELCOME BACK TO THE THIRD
HOUR OF "TODAY."
"OVERHEARD ON 3rd"."
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF KIDS ARE HOME
SEEING MOM AND DAD WORKING DOING
STUFF.
"WASHINGTON POST" SAYS THE
PANDEMIC HAS ACTUALLY GIVEN KIDS
A CHANCE TO SEE THEIR PARENTS AT
WORK, SEE WHAT THEY DO, HOW HARD
THEY WORK.
AND I THINK THAT’S GREAT
I’VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE
ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO DO
WHEN I WAS A KID WAS TO RIDE THE
BUS WITH MY DAD TO WATCH HIM
HE WOULD TAKE ME TO WORK
IT WAS GREAT
BUS DRIVER IN BROOKLYN SITTING
THERE IN THE DEPOT AND TAKE YOU
TO THE VENDING MACHINE, EAT A
BITE OF CANDY.
I DIDN’T WANT TO SPEND TIME WITH
MY FATHER.
I JUST WANTED THE FREE FOOD.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK IF
YOU LET NICK PLAY WITH THE TOUCH
SCREEN
DOES HE FORECAST
>> HE HAS NO INTEREST IN THAT.
FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS HE
WAS GETTING UP AND HELPING ME
SET UP THE LIGHTS.
THAT LASTED TWO WEEKS.
AND THEN HE’S LIKE -- DUDE,
WHERE ARE YOU?
BUT LONG BEFORE TAKE YOUR
CHILDREN TO WORK DAY, I WAS
BRINGING THE KIDS.
>> AROUND WHAT AGE
BECAUSE I STILL FIND IT
STRESSFUL.
LIKE, I’LL BRING ONE IN, BUT
I’VE NEVER HAD ALL THREE IN.
UNLESS IT WAS LIKE A SURPRISE
FROM THE SHOW.
>> I’VE HAD TWO IN
BECAUSE OF THE AGE DIFFERENCE.
NO, I THINK IT’S GREAT FOR THEM
TO SEE WHAT YOU DO
SHEINELLE, IT IS THE MOST
STRESSFUL THING.
AND DEBRA WILL ALWAYS SAY, WHY
DON’T YOU TAKE THEM IN WITH YOU?
I SAID WHY DON’T YOU TAKE THEM
SHE GOES TO WORK
SHE’S NOT ON LIVE.
THIS IS LIVE TV.
WE HAVE EXAMPLES OF NICK BUSTING
IN ON MY BROADCAST WHEN I WAS, LIKE, DOWN IN WASHINGTON
LIKE, DOWN IN WASHINGTON
to sleepy smudges...
IT -- YOU ARE SO STRESSED OUT.
>> IT’S STRESSFUL.
I THOUGHT THE KIDS WOULD THINK
IN SOME WAYS THAT THEY HAD ME
MORE
I THINK THEY DO TO A CERTAIN
EXTENT
BUT LATELY THEY FEEL LIKE I WORK
ALL THE TIME
I THINK IT’S BECAUSE OF WHAT WE
DO NOW WHEN WE DO THESE
INTERVIEWS OR SKYPE INTERVIEWS
WE’RE DOING THEM ALL DAY
I STARTED AT 6:00 A.M. YESTERDAY
BUT MY LAST SKYPE INTERVIEW
YESTERDAY WAS AT 4:00.
THE KIDS ARE LIKE, YOU’RE
WORKING ALL THE TIME
I WAS LIKE, WOW, I NEVER THOUGHT
I’D HEAR THAT.
>> IT’S FUNNY YOU SAY THAT
BECAUSE WE WORK KIND OF
STRETCHED OUT THROUGHOUT THE
DAY, LIKE WE HAVE THIS RIGHT
NOW.
AND LEADING UP TO THIS, IT’S
LIKE LET ME GET EVERYTHING DONE
THAT I NEED TO GET DONE.
SO IT’S LIKE, CALVIN, I CAN’T
PLAY BECAUSE I NEED TO DO THIS
LAUNDRY.
I HAVE TO PACK FOR VACATION.
I HAVE TO DO THIS, THIS, AND
THIS
HE’S LIKE, YOU CAN PLAY NO
NO, I HAVE TO GO BACK TO WORK.
IT’S LIKE WE’RE HERE BUT WE’RE
NOT HERE
I’M TRYING TO EXPLAIN THAT TO
HIM.
BUT HE’S LIKE, NO.
YOU’RE HERE.
I WANT TO PLAY
I’M LIKE STOP.
STOP TALKING
SORRY.
GETTING STRESSED
>> HOW ABOUT YOUR KIDS, CRAIG?
>> IT’S FUN BECAUSE INITIALLY
WHEN ALL THIS STARTED, THEY
WOULD SAY -- OH, YOU GOT TO GO
TO THE CITY FOR WORK
BLAH, BLAH, BLAH
THEY DIDN’T -- I DON’T THINK
THEY THOUGHT THAT WORKING FROM
HOME WAS AN OPTION
SO FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS IT
WAS A FOREIGN CONCEPT WHEN I
WOULD DISAPPEAR INTO THE DUNGEON
HERE AND DADDY’S GOING TO GO AND
DO HIS CABLE SHOW.
AND THEN ONE DAY MAYBE ABOUT
THREE WEEKS IN THEY
DISCOVERED -- LINDSAY HAD THE
SHOW ON IN THE KITCHEN AND THEY
WERE LIKE -- AND THEN THEY
REALIZED I WAS DOING IT FROM
DOWNSTAIRS
THE GAME CHANGED
SO ONCE A WEEK I LET THEM COME
DOWN HERE.
I CAN PROBABLY SHOW YOU.
I LET THEM COME DOWN AND SIT ON
THAT COUCH
>> OH, THAT’S NICE
DO THEY STAY QUIET
>> OH, NO, NO, NO.
THEY ONLY COME UNTIL FIVE
MINUTES BEFORE
THEN I MAKE THEM GO BACK
UPSTAIRS
BECAUSE THE LAST THING I WANT IS
FOR THEM TO INTERRUPT THE CABLE
NEWS BROADCAST THESE DAYS.
>> ANOTHER EDITION OF "OVERHEARD
ON 3rd."
WE’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU
HOW HAVE YOU BEEN DOING DURING
THIS PANDEMIC?