the english poet william blake said you could find the world in a grain of sand and that is sort of in a way an atom looks like our solar system, it's the idea by describing the moment you can reflect all moments. sometimes you have to take those big subjects and then when you treat them what do you do? it's not just lincoln you go down to that private, right? you have that thing but sometimes just looking at that private, we look at the whole history of world war ii, focusing on individuals from four geographically distribute american towns, mobile, alabama, sacramento california, are luverne minnesota -- that was a way to do, european and american theaters which no one ever does. >> you're watching "talk to al jazeera." >> the debate that divides america, unites the critics, a reason to watch al jazeera america the standout television event borderland, is gritty honesty. >> a lot of people don't have a clue what goes on down here, the only way to find out, is to see it yourselves. >> taking viewers beyond the debate. >> don't miss al jazeera america's critically acclaimed series bord

she joins pharrell williams, blake shelton and adam levine. >>> 81 years old, willie nelson shows no signs of slowing down. the country music legend kicked off the week by becoming a fifth-degree black belt in martial arts. >> amazing. >> 81. all right. i'm richard lui, and this is "early today." we hope it's just your first stop of the day right here on nbc. >>> leading the news, congressman accuses wife of bigamy. democrat allen greyson of florida claims his marriage of two decades was invalid because his wife had not yet divorced her previous husband. he's demanding an annulment. >>> and in "the houston chronicle," russia suggests new way for u.s. to reach its space station. a trampoline. russian deputy prime minister there saying that u.s. sanctions against russia will boomerang, especially since nasa currently depends on russian rockets for transportation to the space station. >>> some other stories we're watching. new documents reveal why an italian court decided to find amanda knox guilty for a second time over the 2007 death of her roommate. the court alleges knox and her roo

what's that william blake line, the world and a grain of sand?the dna of everything. if you can get in there and look at it. and with our son, once he let us in, it was amazing how complex it was. eventually, together, we built a vehicle that he now drives. he's at a school in cape cod. >> he's a president. >> 12 kids just like him. now it's 35 kids. >> it's hard to find anything positive in 1 out of 42 except that there's a lot of potential friends between these people because there's so many. that's something that every parent worries about. >> look, joe, it's part of the miracle of this modern age. people can find each other. >> even a girlfriend. >> he's got a girlfriend, yeah. he uses some of the movies to help. at one point he was talking to one of his therapists and says, you know, aladdin and jasmine. aladdin gave her a choice, gave her space. i need to think about that. a lot of people could use that advice. >> by the way, you've won all sorts of awards for books. i've read them all. this is my favorite. it'll make you cry and make you t

blake shelton. and taylor swift. >> great. great. gio? >> top r&b artist. >> all right, gio. let's go. top r&b artist. beyonce. pharrell williams.l. >> all right. i know you want to hear this one. for top artist. miley cyrus. imagine dragons. bruno mars. katy perry. and justin timberlake. >> big year for justin timberlake. >> big year for justin. >> thank you so much for announcing the finalists. all winners already. just great music this year. >> of course. incredible. >> we have a little bit of time to talk to you. a lot of our fans have been weighing in and want to hear from you. when you're writing music, what inspires you most? >> when i write music, i want to write about my life. when i write about my life, things are a little more true. we're all human beings. we all go through the same things. and i feel like it's more relatable when i just talk to you guys like i'm talking to my best friend. >> do you talk dirty to your friends? >> not so much. >> only his girlfriends. >> the album, "talk dirty" comes out tuesday. tell us a little about what we can expect. >> oh, my goodness. i'm so excited. there's a bunch of features.