one minute he's with mick jagger and the next minute he's doing song with bing crosby. he was a guy who spanned the generation. just on friday age 59 releases his 25th album and to some

one minute he's with mick jagger and the next minute he's doing song with bing crosby. he was a guy who spanned the generation. just on friday age 59 releases his 25th album and to some critical acclaim. for me as a kid, you know, the moon landings were a huge thing and, you know, "ground control to major tom" was just the story of my early childhood and that song just plays through my brain in a very, very advice rahal way. >> david bowie, 69. >> my god. >> bill neely, thank you very much. we want to move on to politics now. i think the lead story this morning is on the democratic side. take a look at this. with only three weeks to go before the iowa caucuses in less than 30 days until the new hampshire primary, new polling shows a very close race between hillary clinton and bernie sanders in those early voting states. hillary clinton is leading bernie sanders by 3 minutes to iowa. >> so obviously that's a tie. they're in the margin of era. >> 48 to 45. that's inside the margin of era. meanwhile in new hampshire it's sanders on top beating hillary, that, too, within th

we're watching the duet with bing crosby. that was a wonderful performance as well. >> reporter: so unexpected at that time. again, he said he agreed to do it because his mother liked bing crosby. people were wondering how they were going to play against each other when it was done. bing crosby actually passed away not long after that. afterwards, he described david bowie as a clean-cut kid. words you don't usually associate with david bowie. still an iconic performance nonetheless. >> for sure. tracie, thanks so much. stay with us all morning as reaction to the news of david bowie's death comes in. to read more about his career and legacy. >>> we're also following breaking news in midtown. 7th avenue closed between 52nd and 54th streets because of falling debris. it's a windy morning. chris says gusts are between 25 to 30 miles per hour right now. the debris did not hit anyone. it did hit a parked car though. stay with us for updates from that scene. >>> two police officers in new jersey are recovering from injuries they suf

bowie fans delighted in his ability to surprise, whether it was singing christmas carols with bing crosby or poking fun at ricky gervais on "extras." please look that up on google. but his parting gift to the world was one final album released last friday on his 69th birthday. tlibts have been pouring in from aund the globe from flowers laid near his birth place in lontd to his apartment in manhattan. his fans remember the man not only for his music but for social causes. bowie recorded three albums in berlin in the late '70s, prormg the song "heroes" in the divided city in 1987 and telling the crowd "we send our wishes to all our friends who are on the other side of the wall." earlier that decade david bowie took on the apparent racial divide on mtv asking vj mark goodman why the network was not highlighting the work of black musicians. >> it occurred to me having watched mtv over the last few months that it's a solid enterprise. it's got a lot going for it. i'm just floored by the fact that there are so many -- so few black artists featured on it. why is that? >> i think that we're tryi

that wonderful moment with bing crosby you can see bing crosby from a different world and different generationmusician ship of david bowie when they are doing the duet. >> that's artist re. bringing up the gaga, her with tony bennett. >> yes, with lady gaga. >> yes, that's to me the marker of a true artist if you can connect cross generation alley. >> and he maintained his dignity and didn't say anything to anybody he was dying of cancer. >> latest album -- his death was a work of art and he has a new album and i don't know if you saw his latest video, but it was about death. you were a dj, right? >> yes. >> i thought you were a wedding dj? >> how do you know this stuff. >> were you a big bowie fan? i know you loved john mellancamp. >> i'll be honest, man, i will not even try to give a funny answer. i was introduced to david bowie because i had a friend whose sister was like a hairdresser and she was funky and she had a lot of gay guy friends and we would go over to their house and i'm talking i'm jersey italian -- >> but you were gay curious. >> yeah -- no. that's how great david bowie was th

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pushing down on me >> reporter: and in a more unlikely duet for bowie sang a christmas song with bing crosby. our finest gifts we bring >> reporter: a new generation, bowie is every bit as iconic as bing was >> wasn't just his music, it was the way he packaged himself, his style. >> reporter: his androgyny and ambiguous sexuality were era. >> england in 1972, which is when he came out as bisexual, although he said he was gay, it had just been years earlier. it was an enormously controversial thing to say. >> reporter: his sublime decadence even beckoned across the berlin wall. >> mr.his wall. >> reporter: days before ronald reagan's famous speech there in 1987, david bowie today the german foreign minister credited bowie with down the wall. he was an actor too. a vampire before vampire movies were a thing in "the hunger."an who fell to earth. >> i have a passport. >> reporter: he did a cameo -- >> i believe i might be of service. >> reporter: as himself in most of all, bowie will be remembered as the father of glam rock, a performer whose artistic dna you can trace down through kiss, through

perhaps the only artist to ever do a duet with bing crosby and with mick jagger. >> and what a career. >> our condolences to his family right now. >>> hopefully better news is traffifi wet roads. >> i'm feeling under pressure to give you a good traffic report guys and you are not going to get one. i-95 and state road 84, it is soaked out there look at the drive northbound and southbound south florida. it is a wet one in broward this is a live shot on i-85 right before you hit 836. >> check out the radar behind me. we are seeing widespread rain across portions of south florida. roads are wet leave early. grab your sweat enters jackets. it is even cooler this morning with mostly 50s. we will see clearing later more on pepper discovers a wholesome breakfast with jimmy dean delights, made with real egg whites, lean cut meats, and whole grains. an excellent source of protein, it's a delicious way to fuel up on energy to help power through her morning run. which motivates these bikers to pedal faster, and inspires ted to land that front-side ollie. which delights everyone, including pepper'

they pointed to a bing crosby christmas special where a young bowie sang little drummer boy with the crooner in 1977. crosby would pass away a month after the taping. listeners said that moment was iconic in music history. stay with us... josh monit here in vineland, home of progresso, we figured out how to get rich ingredients like bacon into 22 light soups, so if you want 100 calories or less per serving without giving up rich flavor do what we do...make it progresso. look at this sweet face. so sweet. ok, we're going to need a napkin monitor here !!!!!!! announcer: "you're watching kolo 8 sports now with josh little." the national championship is on the line tonight... and unlike last year... it's number one against number two alabama took the early lead... clemson scored 14 straight points.... but bama just tied it up midway through the second quarter... we'll have the highlights tonight at 11pm the nfl has suspended bengals linebacker vontaze burfict three games for repeated illegal hits... the latest came this weekend, when he hit antonio brown in the head... brown suffered a c

perhaps the only tist to ever do wet with bing crosby and [music] we are live in the manhattan neighborhood of soho. we are outside of the apartment the david bowie shared with his wife him on. -- iman you can see all the flowers and candles wrought by fans. his illness had been kept secret for 18 months and fans are here remembering a man who made a very deep impact on pop music and pop culture. live in manhattan cbs4 news tonight. >>> a south florida route -- woman has a reason to smile thanks to life-changing surgery. she underwent complete reconstruction of her face. three years ago her ex- boyfriend shot her in the face leaving her with a deformed job and no lower teeth. she recently reconnected with the facial surgeon who offered her a brand-new smile. the surgery included the removal of gunshot fragments and placing dental implants in her lower jaw. >> all i could do is really cr i felt like i got my face back. with a better smile. i was very overjoyed. i kept feeling very grateful. >> she looks great. we wish her the best in all the services were free. >>> there has been a lot of de

and his versatility made him perhaps the only artist to duet with bing crosby. peace on earth all we need is music >> reporter: bowie's influence on the new york artistic scene certainly lives on. one of the hottest tickets in town is for lazarus, an off broadway musical coauthored by bowie, and a memorial concert after david bowie's sudden death. live in soho, tony aiello. >> bruce springsteen called bowie a visionary artest. he was an artest who's excellence he aspired to. mick jagger called him an inspiration. we had so many good times together. surely, a bright star. >>> other news now, covering up for a cold start to the week, and it looks like our first snow of the season is on its way, lonnie quinn has details now from the weather center. >> for some of us, the first certainly cold enough. 27 in the city. 14 monticello. 26 right now in edison. factor in a bit of a wind, and a windchill makes the city feel like 1-9d now. 18 prosecute white plains to sparta, to edison. precipitation moving in. let me tell you what you should be expecting. snow showers start

bing crosby sang little drurm boy.ful duet. >> woodruff: another testament to his versatility. >> yes, indeed. >> woodruff: i had to ask you about that. this case involving the deepers. >> no singing in the supreme court today. >> reporter: this was a case with history. >> yes. in 1977, the supreme court upheld a state law that required unions, which at the time were the exclusive bargaining agent and had to represent all public employees in that unit, it allowed those unions to collect -- or required those unions to collect so-called agency shop fees in order to cover their share of the collective bargaining costs, even though they were non-members of the union. the supreme court at the time said that the interference with their first amendment speech and association rights were justified for two reasons -- government employers wanted lab peace, they didn't -- labor peace. they didn't want to negotiate with multiple representatives with often conflicting demands. also, the government employers wanted to avoid free rid

musically and varying his repertory, performing with a diverse cast of characters from mick jagger to bing crosby. "black star" released on his birthday last friday. here are the lyrics: look up here, i'm in heaven. i've got stars that can't be seen. i've got drama that can't be stolen. everybody knows me now. look up now. i'm in danger. >>> a deal has been reached to allow voters in jersey to decide whether to add new casinos to the street. governor christie and state lawmakers have agreed on a referendum that will ask voters whether to approve two new casinos. christie said the ballot measure insures it would the revenue would go to improvements in atlantic city. >>> federal investigation insufficient evidence that governor cuomo committed a crime by shutting down the so-called panel was appointed by the governor to look in to corruption by state officials but the commission was closed a year after an agreement measures. >>> another big effort tonight to try to help the homeless in new york city. mayor de blasio doubling the number of walk-in short-term shelters for the homeless with $8 million

perhaps the only artist to ever do wet with bing crosby and [music] we are live in the manhattan neighborhood of soho. we are outside of the apartment the david bowie shared with s wife him on. -- iman you can see all the flowers and candles wrought by fans. his illness had been kept secret for 18 months and fans are here remembering a man who made a very deep impact on pop music and pop culture. live in manhattan cbs4 news tonight. >>> a south florida route -- woman has a reason to smile thanks to a life-changing surgery. she underwent complete reconstruction of her face. three years ago her ex- boyfriend shot her in the face leaving her with a deformed job and no lower teeth. she recently reconnected with initially treated r and he offered her a brand-new smile. the surgery included the removal of gunshot fragments and placing dental implants in her lower jaw. >> all i could do is really cry. i felt like i got my face back. with a better smile. i was very overjoyed. i kept feeling very grateful. >> she looks great. we wish her the best in all the services were free. >>> there has been a lot

he even is being remembered for that duet in 1977 with bing crosby of the little drummer boy. his son saying quote sorry to say it's true, i'll be off line for a while. love to all. and stars so many from madonna to geem simmons and beyond paying tribute to david bowie, he was supposed to have a tribute concert in his honor at manhattan's carnegie hall in march. david bowie, 69 years old, released an album on his 69th birthday, passed friday. >> thanks for that. if you want to read more about the life of david bowie and his philadelphia connections, go to nbc10.com or check out the "nbc 10 news" app. >> we have information this morning about the volkswagen emissions scandal. the company ceo will present to the epa his plans to fix the engines, about 600,000 have software that cheats on the emissions test. volkswagen says regaining customer trust is the top priority in 2016. >> 31 degrees, happening today it's back to work for pennsylvania lawmakers. the house meets later today to vote on funding for some of the state's universities. the budget stalemate is now in its seventh m

including his collaborations with mick jagger and bing crosby. funeral services will happen in los angeles today for the grammy award winning singer, natalie cole. the daughter of the legendary nat king cole passed on new year's eve at age 65. officials say she died of pulmonary arterial hypertension. chaka khan is expected to sing at the funeral. cole will be buried next to her and brother at forest lawn memorial park in glendale, california. republican candidate donald trump addresses a crowd of more than 3-thousand at a campaign event in reno. "walking out to eye of the tiger, he waves and smiles" the rally was held at the reno events center. trump told the crowd he has major support from hispanics in our state. he also spoke about how police officers across the country are being treated. "the police of our country, they're being abused, frankly. they're being abused. they're not being treated properly, and i just want to tell you, you know, you're always going to have a bad apple, and if somebody does something it's always the biggest story i

perhaps the only artist to ever duet with bing crosby and mick jagger. >> sales of bowie's newest album jumped on news of his death on sunday. black star shot to number one on itunes top albums sunday. spotifsaid streams of bowie's music s5rged 2700%. >>> cbs this morning is coming up at 7:00 amright here on cbs4 and nora o'donnell is joining us live to fill us in on what they are working on for today's >> reporter: good morning to you. walt heir head talking about what to expect from tonight's state of the union address. the latest on the el chapo case. plus never before seen footage from a 60 minutes interview >>> also hospital cerebral before your flexion visit. >>> and we are at the canadian border with the huge rush of foreigners that are coming and buying our powerball tickets. the news is back in the morning. see you guys at 7:00. >>> we'll look forward to seeing that remember cbs this morning kicks off at 7:00 a.m. right here on cbs4. >>> it is a check on the weather. >> reporter: good morning to all of you at home. you may have heard the rain overnight and we still have portion

he now joins a club whose membership includes cate blanchett, bing crosby, paul newman, peter o'toole pacino. >>> big questions tonight, can chris christie capitalize on growing poll numbers, and will ted cruz become a target because of a questionable campaign loan? we're looking ahead to tonight's republican debate next on nbc 10 news at 5:00. >>> and the warmup continues with tomorrow, then we're tracking some rain heading into your weekend. i'll show you the timing on it coming up. >>> we have an update on some breaking news that sky force 10 was over in trenton a short time ago. nbc 10 has learned an elderly woman has been found dead after a fire at this apartment building for seniors. this building, what you're looking at here, on south broad street. we're working to find out more at the moment, but again an elderly woman is dead after this fire at an apartment building for seniors. this is in trenton. >>> advocates are calling for more transparency after a new analysis shows more than 90% of u.s. college campuses reported zero rapes in 2014. under a 2013 law, campuses are requir

bing, i thought it was like bing crosby, hasn't been around a while. it's doing well. >> windows 10 also -- in an environment we know pc sales are -- >> much better, well above. over indexing. this shift to the anewty, i would have played it a little more. halo 5 i would have played up a little bit more given the fact that facebook played it up. but this is a home run and this is very streamline dot com like. >> how much do you worry about amazon and microsoft undercutting each other until it hurts them. >> the gross margins are better but that's not happening now. i'm always amazed how little the surface that they scratched. >> i know, it also goes to the larger point which is to start a business, for computing power, you have to have your own server room -- >> when i started -- i remember begging -- i got a whole floor of servers here, can i get a sun? the whole floor was just computers and it cost a fortune. >> everybody use -- microsoft or one of the services. >> you save a fortune on rent. your biggest cost is power. >> power. yeah. >> it's incred