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INSTAGRAM THIS WEEKEND LIVE
FROM THE WEST LAWN OF THE US
CAPITOL.
A CAPITOL FOURTH WILL BROADCAST
ITS FORTY FIRST ANNUAL MUSIC
AND FIREWORKS EXTRAVAGANZA TO
CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE DAY
SUPERSTAR SINGER ACTRESS
VANESSA WILLIAMS WILL RETURN AS
CO-HOST FOR THE LIVE BROADCAST
AND SHE'S STOPPING IN WITH US
LIVE THIS MORNING ON CALL TO
GIVE US A PREVIEW OF THIS
SUNDAY'S EVENT.
GOOD MORNING , VANESSA.
GOOD MORNING .
HOW ARE YOU?
WE'RE DOING WELL AND WE'RE
HAPPY TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE
INDEPENDENCE DAY WEEKEND.
TELL US ABOUT A CAPITOL FOURTH
AND WHAT PEOPLE CAN EXPECT TO
SEE DURING THIS LIVE EVENT.
WELL, IT'S OUR FORTY FIRST YEAR
AT THE CAPITOL FOURTH I'VE BEEN
ABLE TO PERFORM MANY TIMES AND
MY CO-HOST DID LAST YEAR WITH
JOHN STAMOS AND THIS YEAR I'M
SOLO SO IT'S GOING TO BE
WONDERFUL AND WE'VE GOT A GREAT
LINEUP OF TALENT.
WE ARE NOT LIVE FROM THE WEST
LAWN THIS YEAR DUE TO COGAT
PRECAUTIONS BECAUSE WE CAN HAVE
A FULL AUDIENCE YET AND THE THE
TERRITORY IS IS CLOSED OFF BUT
I WILL BE HOSTING ACROSS THE
STREET SO YOU'LL SEE THE
CAPITOL BEHIND US AND ALL
OF OUR PERFORMERS WILL BE
PERFORMING REMOTELY.
SO WE'VE GOT NEW YORK,
CALIFORNIA, NASHVILLE, ATLANTA,
GLADYS KNIGHT, WE'VE GOT
PENTATONIX, WE'VE GOT ALAN
JACKSON, JIMMY BUFFETT WILL BE
DOING THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE CYNTHIA REBO
HUGE BROADWAY TALENT ALONG WITH
CHRISTOPHER JACKSON FROM FROM A
LITTLE SHOW CALLED HAMILTON AND
AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE THREE
ASTRONAUTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE
GIVING US A FOURTH OF JULYPACER
GREETING FROM SPACE FROM THE
SPACE STATION.
SO WE'RE ALL HAPPENING REMOTE
AND I WILL BE LIVE WITH THE
CAPITOL BEHIND.
WELL, WHEN YOU SAID, YOU KNOW,
YOU'RE GOING TO BRING DIFFERENT
PERFORMANCES FROM ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY AND THEN YOU'RE
BRINGING THEM HOME FROM OUTER
SPACE, I MEAN THAT'S REALLY
GREAT THAT YOU CAN INCLUDE ALL
OF THESE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS.
WHAT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT
FOR YOU THIS YEAR THAN WHAT YOU
DID LAST YEAR?
WELL, LAST YEAR WAS WE ARE
RIGHT IN THE THICK OF THE
QUARANTINE SO YOU KNOW, D.C.
WAS VERY IT WAS ALL SHUT DOWN
WAS KIND OF LIKE A GHOST TOWN
AND IT WAS A LITTLE EERIE BUT
WE GOT A CHANCE TO WORK IT OUT
AND HAVE ALL OF OUR
PERFORMANCES REMOTE AS AS USUAL
AND THIS YEAR WILL BE THE SAME
THING.
BUT THE JOY AND AND THE
MOVEMENT AND THE CITY ENERGY
WILL CTTAINLY BE BACK AND IT'S
JUST WONDERFUL.
KERMIT THE FROG WILL BE DOING A
COUPLE OF SEGMENTS WITH ME SO
THAT'LL BE A LOT OF FUN.
AND OF COURSE WE HAVE THE
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
THAT'LL BE PLAYING ALL THE
TRADITIONAL MUSIC AND AND WE'LL
HAVE THE FIREWORKS ALWAYS
HAPPEN.
RAIN OR SHINE FOG THEY ALWAYS
WILL BE LIVE FROM D.C. WE'LL
TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
THE FIREWORKS BECAUSE THIS IS
LIKE AN EXTRAVAGANZA.
IT'S NOT JUST ONE OR TWO LITTLE
FIREWORKS.
IT'S GOING TO LIGHT UP THE SKY
.
OH, YES, YES.
WE HAVE AMAZING, AMAZING
FIREWORKS AND AND IT'S A
CELEBRATION.
THIS IS OUR FORTY FIRST YEAR.
SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WHEN PEOPLE
CAN'T FIND FIREWORKS THEY KNOW
THAT THEY CAN GO TO PB'S TURN
IT ON AND SEE AN EXTRAORDINARY
SHOW THAT REPRESENTS EVERYBODY
FROM ACROSS OUR COUNTRY.
ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO ANY
PERFORMANCES IN PARTICULAR?
WELL THIS YEAR I WILL BE
SINGING LIFT EVERY VOICE AND
SING IN CELEBRATION OF OUR
JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY WHICH IS NOW
PART OF OUR NATIONAL HOLIDAYS.
WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO BE
CONTRIBUTING THAT AND I'M
SINGING GOD BLESS AMERICA.
I WOULD SAY MY FAVORITE THAT
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IS
GLADYS KNIGHT.
I JUST SAW HER IN THE SUMMER
OF SOUL MOVIE AND SHE SANG LIVE
AT THE CELEBRATION AND SHE
SOUNDS AMAZING.
SHE LOOKS AMAZING AND SHE'S
JUST ONE OF THOSE SHE'S A SLICE
OF MY MY CHILDHOOD SO I CAN'T
WAIT TO SEE HER AND HEAR HER
SING.
OH YEAH.
I'M SURE THAT'S GOING TO BE
GREAT AND I LOVE THAT THIS
EVENT HAS SO MANY DIFFERENT
ELEMENTS FROM DIFFERENT GENRES
,DIFFERENT AGES, DIFFERENT
ERAS.
WHY DO YOU THINK IT'S SO
IMPORTANT THAT WE CELEBRATE
THIS YEAR THAT WAY?
I MEAN TWO HUNDRED FORTY
FIVE YEARS FOR THE BIRTHDAY
THAT'S THAT'S GETTING GETTING
UP THERE.
YES WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE
A WHILE.
IT'S IT'S A IT'S A CELEBRATION
OF UNITY AND OF LIBERTY AND ALL
THE THINGS THAT WE MIGHT TAKE
FOR GRANTED LIVING IN THIS
COUNTRY, THE FREEDOM THAT WE DO
HAVE TO BE CITIZENS AND HAVE
DIFFERENT OPINIONS AND AND TO
REALLY CELEBRATE OUR FREEDOM.
SO IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY
TO REMEMBER THAT WE HELPED
CREATE THIS AMAZING COUNTRY AND
OUR DEMOCRACY IS SO IMPORTANT
AND IT'S A REFLECTION OF A
CONSTANT GROWING NATION THAT
CONTINUES TO TO MORPH AND MOVE
FORWARD.
SO I'M HAPPY THAT IT CAN BE
REFLECTIVE OF WHERE WE ARE NOW.
AND BEFORE I LET YOU GO,
VANESSA, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED
THE PERFORMANCES ARE FROM
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
SO ARE THOSE GOING TO BE LIVE
OR ARE THOSE PRETAPED?
THOSE ARE ALL PRETAPED.
SO BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKEE
SURE WE HAVE THEM ALL
SUCCINCTLY BUT THEY'LL BE FROM
ALL OVER THE PLACE AND AND
WE'VE GOT ALAN JACKSON.
WE'VE GOT COUNTRY OROMBI ROCK
AND ROLL AND OF COURSE RENEE
FLEMING WHO'S AN AMAZING OPERA
SINGER.
SO ALL DIFFERENT GENRES
OF MUSIC.
ALL RIGHT.
VERY GOOD.
WELL, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING
YOU