mary j. blige released her first album at the age of 21. it immediately went to the top of the charts, catapulting her into the limelight. "my life, was named by rolling stone magazine as one of the 500 greatest albums of all time. since then she has won nine grammys, sold 50 million records , but her latest is her first holiday cd, titled "a mary christmas." with "have a merry little christmas." and have yourself a merry ♪ttle christmas now you are sounding good, looking good. happy holidays to you. i could not wait to put it in, and as is my custom, i pull out the cover and want to read the liner notes. i started looking at the people you collaborated with on this. >> i needed it to be a masterpiece and something special. this is my first christmas album. i didn't want it to be, you know, just anything. i wanted to do something special, and i wanted all my fans to just be involved with it and love it. tavis: tell me about your friendship, your relationship with david foster. >> i know david. i have known david for a while now. i worked

i can only do what mary j. blige can do. competitionof the and that whole thing. so i am not intimidated by any singers at all. tavis: this is one of those obligatory questions you have to ask about a christmas cd. there are so many great christmas songs. how did you figure out what you wanted to do? >> i wanted to sing all my favorite christmas songs. on there is mostly my favorite christmas songs, for songs from growing up in childhood, songs i started to get to know as an adult. some are david's choice, not many, but some of them. tavis: how do you approach a project like this? i'm always fascinated by artists who at whatever point in their career decide to do a christmas cd. if you are choosing traditional christmas songs, how do you put your own feel on a christmas song? >> you just do. i can explain it. , and it is my soul, it is my spirit, so that's what you're going to get. i'm not trying to do what barbra did. then when you do "have yourself a merry little christmas," there is no other way to do it but the way i do it. there's no other way to do it but th

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j. blige. we will see you then. ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs stations from viewers like you. thank you. >> be more. barry: chris, welcome back. it's been a while, but it's good to see you again, sir. christopher phillips: it has been a while. it's great to be back. barry: listen, you know, when i had you here, it was all about "socrates cafe" first and then "socrates in love." which was a form of "socrates cafe," just studying love. so you took that form and now did something interesting. you traveled around the country this time with what you're calling "constitution cafe," and you're doing the very similar thing. you're having these socratic discussions with--as i introduced you--with groups from prisoners to the playground, and you're looking at how in our modern times, we view the constitution and what changes would we make if we could and if we should. so that's sort of the setup. am i right? that's what this process is. chris: it is. i mean, the could and the should, it

from kelly clarkson to mary j. blige to the perfect gift for the "duck dynasty" lover in your family. an extensive list that covers everything from bearded bobble heads and miss kay's salt and pepper shakers. obviously if you're a fan of the reality tv show, you should check out the "duck the halls. "the robertson family christmas album. i know it's on our redheaded senior producer's wib list this year. log on to foxnews.com. and that's all for me here in washington. kelly wright and jamie colby standing by in new york to take over from here. we appreciate you watching. ♪ the more she bakes ♪ the more i eat >>> hello, everyone. i'm kelly wright. >> i'm jamie colby. i get to be with kelly wright. welcome inside america's news headquarters. topping the news thi talking aba care website deadline. it is now. we'll check the progress of health care.gov and see where the administration stands. >> plus, an american still detained in north korea. allegedly confessing to things he did during the korean war. we're going

j. blige and tyree. ♪ little boy in a manger >> listen to me. you are my grandson and i love you. the reverend and i would do anything for you and your mother. all she has to do is ask. >> she won't ask. you know she won't. >> unfortunately, despite the high-powered talent, the movie is falling short with many reviewers, getting just a 50% on rotten tomatoes. "the chicago tribune" praising forest whitaker's performance describing it as on the rock even when the confrontations and evasions get a little ridiculous he is neither wholly saint nor sinner but something like a human being. "entertainment weekly" writes, kasi lemmons's black nativity is a lot like a glazed holiday ham -- sticky, sweet, and all too easy to mess up. >> too bad. both sound a little lackluster. >> i have to tell you, black nativity is like a musical but i'm over christmas musicals. >> reviewers aren't always right. keep an open mind. >> check it out. that's the news for this half hour. >>> this morning on "world n