let's hug a man in a goalie mask. let's take back friday the 13th. i'm ali velshi. have a good weekend. >> hello and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm david shuster, in new york. john siegenthaler has the night off. iraq preparing for battle. meanwhile in washington. >> we can't do it for them. >> they say iraq must find its own answer to striking sectarian violence.

united states is accusing russia of sending tanks or the ukrainian border. beach wear, turning into colorful masterpieces. peter max, we go into the studio of the pop art master. >> the crisis in iraq took a dark turn today. the top shia cleric called to take up arms. al qaeda group known as islamic state of iraq and the levant. the i.s.i.l. has been empowered by fighting in syria and is comprised of loyaltyists of the late saddam hussein. it was his regime that fighters defeated in the iraq war.

i.s.i.l. fighters have already taken down two cities. if the government in baghdad collapses it might cause chaos and could draw the world back into a fight the united states left three years ago. imran khan reports from baghdad. >> in the holy city of car carr, the people must act. there i call on rakes who are capable of carrying arms and fighting terrorists in defense of their people and their holy shrines. >> local regrument center to join the iraqi army. >> we have volunteered to defeat the criminal i.s.i.l. fighters. we will go to mosul and god

willing we will defeat them. >> belong to the islamic state of iraq and the levant and other sunni groups. while there's an uneasy calm in the city those who have left are finding it difficult. they haven't found shelter in the kurdish state of iraq. where half a million people have gone and need help. >> our normal life has been destroyed. our fate remains uncertain because of the existing tension. we are all turkmen. >> prime minister nouri al-maliki has gone there.

brutal sectarian war that killed thousands of iraqis. in kii kirkuk, if they take that third town the diala province is already there making the crisis worse. imran khan, al jazeera, baghdad. asked whether the call to arms was surprising. >> while it was expected in a way because the islamic state of iraq and the levant through their spokesperson declared their intent to march on to baghdad and the holy cities of karbala and nejev both, for the shia shrines of the country.

thousands of people were lining up in baghdad and also in other provinces in iraq. there are also worrying signs here in the capital, baghdad, that some shia groups, shia fighters were parading in different neighborhoods. so a clear show of force that they are ready if the fighters and other rebels are converging or planning to storm capitol, baghdad. >> what is the expectation, is there nervousness that there will be a fight for baghdad or just talk? >> no, it is not just talk. people are really nervous both on the official level and on the people's level, the ordinary people. they are boosting the levels of the area around baghdad, they have word that islamic state of iraq and the levant are trying to penetrate the capitol baghdad

from those areas, different areas around the capitol. when it comes to ordinary iraqis they are worried. in fact people are stockpiling foodstuff. they are worried, they are buying extra fuel, they are preparing for the worst basically. >> a big story in the united states is that the obama administration was asked by the al-maliki government to bring in air support. the response was that they will not do that. what has been the reaction of the government? >> the unofficial reaction has been one coming from the government and the pro-prime minister politicians if you will. those guys are saying, the u.s. administration need to act and help the iraqi forces, help the iraqi government restore the security they've lost, in different parts of iraq. now, when it comes to opponents

of the prime minister, i think they would want the u.s. involvement but one that is not on the military level. they want the u.s. to pressure the prime minister to be more inconclusive and try to bring together and overcome the differences with other political components of the other factions in this country. >> that was omer al-salah. randall pinkston is in washington with the latest. randall. >> david, president obama is not rushing into action in iraq. the president saying no one should expect anything to happen overnight and a spokesman on air force 1 telling reporting whatever the u.s. decides to do will not be long term and it will not be open-ended. president obama ignoring critics calling on him to move quickly

in iraq says it will be days before he makes a decision. that there will be no boots on the ground. and that whatever america does, has to be combined with the new attitude by iraq's leaders. >> american troops have made extraordinary sacrifices to give rakes an opportunity to claim their own future. unfortunately, iraq's leaders have been unable to overcome the mistrust and sectarian differences that have been long simmering there and that's given a difference in the government. >> providing an opportunity for i.s.i.l. to make gains. thousands of iraqi soldiers, trained and equipped by the u.s. shed their uniforms, ran away from their posts and abandoned billions of dollars in tanks, small weapons and ammunition.

>> the collapse in the north happened because the predominantly shia forces in the north couldn't get along with the predominantly susan civilians. the military collapsed because they didn't have the support of the local population. >> president obama said the pentagon is preparing a range of possible action he. congressional leaders said they would support drone strikes. but despite the no boots on the ground, mark kimmet said the challenge is going to i.s.i.l. >> that can be done by drones but better by people on the ground. it could be special operations forces, it could be cia agents, those kinds of sources. >> an estimated 500,000 iraqis fleelg battle grounds. -- fleeing battlegrounds.

>> iraq gain a foothold inside of iraq and nobody is going to benefit from seeing iraq descend into chaos. america will do its part but understand it is ultimately up to iraqis as a sovereign nation to solve their problems. >> president obama says he will consult with congress on his next move in iraq. >> some congressional critics are calling on him to shake up his security team to deal with iraq and other hot spots in the middle east. >> randall pinkston thank you very much. retired colonel tony schaeffer joins us. is there a vital strategy the united states could pursue? >> i spent the better part of the day discussing this with congressional staff.

i can't give you the details, but i can tell you there's a great deal of soul searching on the hillside looking for solutions. i think congress is going to try take a week and think about it. i don't think that's a bad thing in this case. but yes, there's clearly a need, at least on capitol hill for new strategy. >> we should go ahead and provide more arms, we should go ahead and provide more air strikes, isn't that a problem that some of the things we give othe al-maliki government might end up in the hands of the i.s.i.l. or the revolutionary guards? >> there are no good choices. every good choice has secondary bad effects. best funded terrorist groups in the world right now and more importantly when you look at the potential for long term stability it's just not there at this point. because no one knows who's going

to be dependable. i'll say this also. the kurds, for example, the pescpeshmurga will possibly pres for the hands of the iraqis for their own state. the idea of sending any arms or anybody there is dubious. the outcome without any strategy would be totally i think insane to do. >> saying wait a second, the u.s. trained these forces, for so many years. and they are so easily overrun by a relatively small force. what happened? >> iraq 18the alienated. and these very cities which the

sis or i.s.i.l. has been making gains are all kind of predisposed to the condition of hey we don't trust the central government, we can go with these guys, what could be worse? that's one of the reasons you see the population siding with the terrorists coming in. and frankly we never had time to season the iraqi military. a lot of us in the military -- and don't get me wrong, i was anti-invasion. if you are going to do it though, and stabilize the country you got to do with what you got. we are trying to stabilize the iraqi military, and we never got there. what with you see now is a very juvenile iraqi military, not ready for prime time. these guys coming down from syria are well organized and stainlesstabilized and they cout

deal with it. >> wasn't the job to dismantle the iraqi military and start from scratch, some he these guys have joined the i.s.i.l. and launching sophisticated attacks. that's on us isn't it? >> i was one who felt getting ready of paul brern's military was a bad move. with that said, i disagree with president obama -- i agree with president obama's decision to pull them out in 2011. saying there are things we should do even though we weren't for the invasion to try stabilize rawsk and give it a fighting chance. because we left in 2011 everything essentially websites to chaos shortly after and now we're seeing the sectarian fissures that we knew were there then that we never had a chance to work on and again build a good central government. >> to that point there are some

obama supporters who said look, when we left this might have been a problem but it's up to the iraqis to figure out how to solve the sectarian issues, what is wrong with that argument? >> one of the items that joe biden brought up, which i thought had merit, was the partition idea. that was something that was ban terd about here in washington. i think there's merit and frankly, it might be the ultimate outcome of the current fisfishfisfikssures. you circulate let it fall before you . i think this is something we need to consider very carefully as we move forward. should we do partition, should we stay involved. >> great discussion.

thanks for being on. >> thanks for having me. >> you're welcome. >> the iraqi government has shut down facebook, twitter and youtube. shutting down the internet starting tonight. as an effort to stop the i.s.i.l. and other sunni fighters from promoting their cause. the fighters have used social media this week, the video was allegedly taken by i.s.i.l. fighters in mosul and posted on youtube. we're not showing you the most violent clips. our conflict continues at the half hour, including the religious divide, a very big part of this. the obama administration is certain russia has been sending tanks into ukraine. other heavy weapons sent across

the border to separatists battling government forces. on the offensive today, they attacked pro-russian separatists in the eastern ukraine city. >> emblaze oned on this ar mord vehicle, a symbol of the donetske people's republic. holed up in the central government building until the ukrainian troops moved in. >> after that i don't know how many sound was so deafening that windows shattered. >> the men kyiv calls terrorists scattered from their headquarters. >> we're told the separatist base is just a few blocks from here. we're still hearing sporadic gun

fire every few minutes. but locals in the surrounding area are just going about life as usual. just coming to look. >> as the shots grew louder, residents took cover. the cup's interior minister said some separatists were wounded. never managed to take full control. residents have always been divided over who they support. >> what am i feeling? of course, fear. i was worried, we didn't know what was happening. some supported the men in black. others supported the other side. we don't know who was right. >> reporter: mariopole could become the blueprint for ukraine. kim vanel, al jazeera,

mariopole. >> after five years a prisoner, sergeant bowe bergdahl returned to the united states, and there's new word on his medical condition. trash to treasure, how kenyan women are cleaning up a terrible mess and earn some much-needed money. ch-needed money.

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will open in afghanistan. security in many cities is tight. the two vying to succeedha succd karzai, constitutionally restricted from running for a third term. a u.s. army sergeant held by the taliban is now back in the united states. bowe bergdahl is said to be in the third phase of reintegration. military officials say he's throarng make his own -- learning to make his own decisions again. lisa stark reports. >> begin working daily with mental and physical health professionals to get his body and mind back in shape. bergdahl arrived in the we houre hours of friday morn, met by major general joseph de salvo.

the commanding general of forces south. >> he looked a little bit nervous, but he looked good, saluted and had good deportment. >> the doctor at the hospital said he is stable. was able to walk into the hospital on his own. giving him the physical and emotional stability he needs to try to return to a normal life. army psychologist dr. bradley popin sayin says bergdahl will o learn how to make choices. >> every one of us decides what to put on today, what to have for breakfast, where are we going for lunch? those decision making processes have fundamentally been taken from him. >> food choices, peanut butter

appears to be a favorite. the entire process now is really under bergdahl's control. it will be up to him to decide when to reyeunt wit reunite wit. they are not currently on the base. >> the goal is to provide him the chance to make those decision particularly under control. he is driving the process at this point in time. >> because this process is so individualized, the doctors can't tell when bergdahl will be able to complete it or be released from the hospital. there has been no real conversation with him yet about the circumstances and the controversy surrounding his capture. that will come in due time. david. >> lisa stark reporting in washington. now to africa where a group of women turning washed up flip flops into colorful trinkets. it's taking waste out of the

ocean and creating jobs. reporting from the south coast of kenya. >> it's not ordinary job for these women at the coastal town of wasimi. when women from the tiny village walk to the shore line to collect garbage the ocean left behind. this woman leads the group whose daily struggle is to get a meal on the table for their families. >> translator: we decided to do this because our ocean and our beaches are very dirty. so we thought, what can we do to make this better? we decided to collect the flip flops and make ornaments to sell. >> and it is not just here on wasimi. garbage ends up on many patches on the coastline. the tide comes up here and leaves garbage from countries

that share the indian ocean. we see bottles from tanzania and lots and lots of flip flops. these are the second largest pollutants of the indian ocean after plastic. after a few hours the women's task for the day is complete. what is collected is just a fraction of what is littered here. back in their backyard they clean the flip flops from countries who only just had and make chink heads out of them. some of the flip flops end up here, where ocean sole transforms them into art. sold to the u.s. to homes and zoos. >> it is really about using trade, a trade-based solution, to a problem of global pollution. and in the ocean.

and this is really an african solution to this global problem. >> so here, in this workshop, they do their bit. they see it as a new and found solution to protecting the beaches and reducing pofortd. reducing pollution. katherine soy, al jazeera, wasimi. >> we'll talk to a reporter on the ground in baghdad about the likelihood of a nonlethal solution to shia and sunni. mass grave, allegations of child trafficking and forced slavery. slavery.

>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm david shuster in for john siegenthaler. we've got a lot to cover this half hour. in america, leaving prison.

there's an intriguing new mentoring program that is aimed at releasing prisoners from becoming repeat offenders. plus, peter max, we will go inside his studio. >> the united states and iran remain at odds on many fronts. but tonight both countries are looking for ways to avoid iraq's young government avoid collapse. >> bolster the capabilities of iraqi security forces. we will not be sending u.s. troops back into combat in iraq, but i have asked my national security team to prepare a range of other options that could help

support iraq security forces and i'll be reviewing those option he in the days ahead. >> leaders in baghdad may not have time to wait. sunni fighters are marching towards the capitol now after seizing two major cities during the week. asking civilians to take up arms again the sunni fighters. meanwhile, iran has deployed units to help iraq. omar al salah is there. >> they won't, probably they won't, because it will disclose the fact that they are, the maliki government is very close to iran. they won't confirm those reports. we heard the report that fighters from the elkuts brigade, the elite iranian

forces. now there are however, security forces here in baghdad confirming that there are iraqi shia fighters who are fighting with syria along with bashar al-assad's forces have returned to baghdad and are fighting with the government forces. no official confirmation however on the involvement of the iranians. >> leaders in europe and also the united states have repeatedly been calling on the maliki government for political reconciliation between these factions. sit possible in your estimation? >> it is possible if there's political will. i think. since the americans withdrew they felt that what's coming next? because basically when the americans withdrew in 2011 the are prime minister, nouri al-maliki, arrested senior sunni

politicians, and the conflict with the kurds. maliki who is a shia has deep differences with other shia leaders and the wider shia coalition. i don't think it's possible at this stage because there are way too much difference between all the political groups. the political groups say they do not favor the prime minister to take a third term in office. the prime minister wans to ensure that he takes a third term in office. his political opponents say that basically he will not get that. so i don't think there will be any sort of a compromise. it is very difficult. >> and if no compromise is possible how do people in iraq and baghdad and the government expect this to play out over the next few days perhaps the next several weeks? >> i think they are fearing the

worst because everybody is trying now to galvanize their own supporters. there is a lot of things at play right now, in iraq. basically, you have the government trying to call on supporters of the prime minister, to stand united to stand with the conspiracy led by the prime minister, there is also talk -- there is talk trying to appeal to people on the sectarian affiliations, and this is the dangerous thing in the whole of this crisis. because things can really turn into a sectarian violence that will kill tens of thousands of people like it did when it started in 2005 and 2006. and then you have also another element in all of this is the involvement of the kurds. because what the prime minister and his backers and the

government say this whole crisis is a conspiracy led by opponents of the prime minister, backed by the kurds, backed by former members of the iraqi army who were loyal to saddam hussein and also former bagh booth baath pa. people are only scared. >> omar al salah, terrific reporting thanks for being with us. gls. >> the berkeley program on entrepreneur ship, welcome to the program. we just heard in baghdad they are fearing the worst. given your understanding of the history of sectarian traditions embedded in the cowl are you also fearing the worst? >> it sort of depends on what the worst is, it's embedded in the culture, it's certainly been

instilled by the postcolonial iraq and the baatth regime, wars with kirkuk and the majority by the baath regime. if the worst is a disillusionment by iraq, this may be the result. we see a small group of militants, two or 3,000 militants being able to take over a city like mosul, the majority of those do not back the current government in baghdad. so the kurds have basically been independent now over 20 years, well before the second iraq invasion. at the time when the no-fly-zones were instituted by the u.n. in the early '90s. and now we're taking a step to see how much the disillusionment is manifestin manifesting itsels

headed in that direction. >> to what extent is the maliki government, the prime minister said he promised the sunnis would play a role in the governance of iraq and clearly that's not been the case. >> if you consider iraq before the 2003 invasion it was run entirely by saddam and his cronies. it was government run by sunni arabs, probably not in a sectarian sense but in that sense the portion of the population that's about 30%, the sunni airbus when they've bee been -- arabs, when they make up that portion of the country, then power sharin sharing by mas always going to be criticized by the sunni arab minority. but the reality is the psychology of the vairs anniversaries groups there, the -- the various groups there,

they don't depend on the fact that they're sunni, they don't resort to that, they don't project that cultural on the rest of iraq, it's really their occurreddish identity that's important to them. the sunni arabs in the middle, they like to govern themselves it is political and tribal. maliki can only really be partially to blame for a quagmire that has beset post-clone use iraq from the very beginning. >> were you surprised that the iranian guards coming essentially to the aid of the shiite government in baghdad? >> no. you know iran essentially is trying to maintain maliki's power because in essence maliki is a shia, iran is a shiite islamic regime and it has met from a significant amount of

opposition from the sunni arab gulf, very suspicious, supported saddam hugh feign in a war for many years and iran has its hand in maintaining antiamerican presences there, and religious schools in iraq for many years at a time when saddam was even still in power through their intelligence agencies. for them to get involved and try to prevent the dissolution of iraq in place, they would like to keep a together iraq for those purposes. >> ali thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> you're welcome. in ireland the discovery of mass graves at a form he home for unwed mothers is raising questions of abuse and the catholic church. one of the many homes run by the

catholic church, the irish government is investigating. >> witnesses like john rogers, he was born here when this was a mother and baby home run by nuns to detain women who committed the sin of becoming pregnant outside of maicial marriage. he remembers a childhood of loneliness and illness. >> i remember being on the bed for weeks and months. i was in a comatic state for a long long time. >> for what course? >> i don't know. >> tb or measles or -- >> it could have been either one. >> the nuns had taken him away from his mother, which was their usual practice. all she had was a lock of his

hair. before she was sent to work in the laundry. americans turned up, to buy a baby. >> look, we'll take that child, if he was able bodied, he went to work in a family farm like that. if it was a weak ling likling l, nobody took knee out whether i was three or four. >> if the strong ones had a value, the weak ones didn't. hundreds died of things like malnutrition, tuberculosis. all the headlines shocking enough, focused on whether or not there could be perhaps 800 young children buried in the grounds here. but none of that addresses the much larger crisis that is now threatening to engulf the catholic establishment in ireland, accused of child

trafficking, the enslavement of women and the gigantic financial racket under the guise of financial morality. knew all about the mother and baby homes. a full picture of what they actually represented is now being clear thanks to historians who have unearth extraordinary evidence of the carry freeway of -- the carefree way the church did this. >> this was their policy. >> yes, it was lard to separate who was who, because there seemed to be a total overlap of church and state at this time. >> all this and the forced labor of women in catholic work houses, the state took years to acknowledge and for which no compensation has been paid and this may be worse still. >> i think this is a crunch point, a point of no return and i think certainly when we look at the church's involvement in

our entire school system, primary and secondary, there is a will out there and there is a call now for, for that separation to take place. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> for campaigners then, the aim is the final separation of church and state. in services like education and health care. and if the deaths of perhaps thousands of children don't change things, it is hard to say what will. lawrence lee, al jazeera, ireland. >> general motors announced four new recalls today, including one for 500,000 chevy camaros. the ignition switch. the driver's knee could hit the switch, causing the engine to stall. ceo mary barra is back to answer questions about the recall of

nearly 16 million vehicles. day 2 of the world cup in brazil. high scoring match between the win are and the runner up. lee, the world cup fans have seen an extraordinary start and today spain, the defending world cup champions were humiliated. >> this was one of the most stunning results in the history of the world cup. people just did not see this coming at all. spain, the world champions, the european champions in an unusual position of having to play the netherlands, they were the finalists where spain won. it is really an unusual situation for these two teams to come together in an opening game for them. but when spain took the lead you thought well they'll get a grip on the game, spain are now favorites to come through and do what they do to out-play. and then the netherlands came

back and it was just extraordinary to blow spain away. the caller said he did expect the netherlands to win. he actually feels there's better to come. the netherlands could have more goals. this is something that would reverberate around spain. the fans in shock. the people, the many millions who watched it around the globe would have just never seen anything like this. and what a day it's been at the world cup. you've got a really intriguing group with chile in it as well. only two teams can qualify from a group. now chile beat australia, 3-1. you have a chance where chile has a chancen to progress near thnetherlands. to actually get that early win that everyone likes to get has

been brilliant for plex co. but what a bad start for spain. >> indeed, lee wells. wellings. thank you for that update. the transition from prison to outside can be difficult. there is one intriguing system at one state prison that offers a lot more. allen schauffler reports. >> brandy rutter nearing an end of a five year sentence. the bashed wire, scenery, the prospect of freedom, frightening. >> who wouldn't be nervous? >> she has an e-mail pen pal. chris anderson. anderson and others commit to two years of contact, starting a year before the inmate's

scheduled release. >> she's young enough to be able to turn the page and start all over. and old enough to know what she wants to do. >> the mentoring is part of a broader program, the if project developed by seattle police detective. creative writing sessions and more. the most recent federal statistics date to the 1990s. of the women who walk out of prison more than a third will be back in a year. by three years the rate is nearly 50%. >> i think we spend millions of dollars keeping people locked up and we don't always go after some sustainable solutions and i think the solutions lie in the people that are locked up. >> everybody always tells you you know, you're not nothing, pretty much, you're just a felon and you're never going to amount to nothing. >> but this relationship is the opposite. they've traded e-mails all monitored by corrections officers almost daily for eight

months. writing about dealing with the system, looking for work, education. and anderson estremists prison once a week, helping rutter, help plan her future. >> missed you. >> missed you too. >> and each help the other. >> who was the last person in your life who played a similar role, who helped you this way? >> nobody. i can honestly say nobody. so she is great. >> i've learned a lot about what happens to people in that syst system. and it's helped me to feel more compassion and more empathy for people in all kinds of different situations. >> and while brandy rutter may be nervous about life outside, she has new confidence in herself. >> i have no doubt whatsoever.

i want to go to school. i want to have a clean and sober life. i want to live on my own. there's so much i want to do and i don't think i would have had that without this. >> 25 inmates are connected with mentors now with plans of another 25 next year. allen schauffler, al jazeera at the washington correction center for women. >> be sure to tune into the al jazeera original series the system with joe berlinger. this weekend, it covers the controversial role of parole boards. up next, our photo of the day. inside the studio where peter max creates some of his most famous and colorful works of art. art.

is. >> good evening, i'm meteorology kevin corriveau. as we go through the week, creating in terms of flooding as

well as at the airports, philadelphia, new york metro areas. look at the band that came through earlier. another band coming through parts of pennsylvania now. these are the rain totals that we saw just in the last 24 hours, anywhere to four inches down to two and a half inches in stewartsville, as well. a lot of flooding. in upstate new york where you see the flash flooding extremely dangerous. especially driving at night, rural roads. upstate new york and new jersey and eastern parts of pennsylvania. this is going to be a problem. tomorrow in parts of boston it's going to be a rainy day. that is going to get better as we go towards the rest of the weekend, beginning of the week. things dry out for new york. better conditions starting tomorrow. a lot of that rain is going to be make its way out overtime

overnight. down through the night, rain throwd the weekend, very warm conditions. that is a look at your national weather, your news is coming up right after this. >> peter max is a pioneer in the world of pop art. decades later he's still creating iconic masterpieces.

john siegenthaler recently sat down with him in his studio in new york. >> bold strokes, brilliant creditors are the signature -- colors aring the signature of peter max. >> you're known for the bright colors. >> i love brightness of color. i grew up in shanghai, china, maybe that was an influence. i love the stars coming up. i'm contemplating how big is the universe, how many stars, it's getting bigger and bigger as we talk. >> and in the '60s max was one of the stars. he helped define a generation. >> there's so many things that people think of when they think of the name peter max. i think for a child of the '60s the first thing that comes to mind is this psychedelic era,

you sort of represent that in your art, right? >> there was a period in the '60s, in the middle, late '60s, right, is when all that psycpsychedelia happened. right? >> this is his poafer from 1967, the summer of love. it ca catapulted him to fame and made him a lasting symbol. >> the swami and the idea of love each other. love animals, love the planet, love the people you don't even like right. one day i decided to do l-o-v-e and draw reply love lady. became a very famous poster, tens of thousands of posters.

>> everybody probably had a peter max poster in their room. >> back then they sold for about $1 each. and now, two, 3,000. everywhere i would go people would point to me. i would walk down the street on a block and people would go, peter max, peter max. i wouldn't say yes all the time. >> you have your paints laid out here. >> this cover sits on top of the paints. when i come into the room if i'm inspired, i have to wiggle the cover, and i have 77 colors. >> you put up -- put up a canvas, i pick up a brush like this, i dip it into the paint, it could be a color i just happen to love for that second. i put it somewhere in the canvas that i think i want it to be. i put this brush back into

water. pick up another brush, pick out another color that goes nice with the other color and all of a sudden it becomes a landscape. >> you don't do a drawing beforehand? >> i just draw directly. i do tens of thousands of images that i never knew what they were going to do, and they became famous images, angle with heart, famous lady, it's unbelievable. i painted my good good friend jimi hendrix, do you see him with the guitar? >> i do. hendrix, the beatles, the stones, they created the sound track for the '60s and max illustrated it. >> i've had up here everybody you can imagine, from mick jagger to the rolling stones. everybody you could imagine has been up here. >> how sit you connected with so many musicians?

>> because woodstock became the magnet for art and culture. i hung out in the cafes in the late afternoon and evangelicals with all these amazing people. >> how do you see your place in history? >> i don't look at from that point of view very much. it's hard to sometimes think about things that sort of like pleas the ego, you know? but i know that i became popular i know that i always want to bring beautiful things to the planet. i hope it continues. >> we lope it continues for a long time. peter max, it's been a pleasure to meet you and spend time with you, thank you very much. >> nice to have you in my studio. >> 11:00 p.m. eastern, the little movie that could, beat a tom cruise blockbuster to become number 1 at the box office.

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