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for instance, i saw snoop dogg list.ally have it here. >> this is what >> trevor: about butt it's not what you think. >> it's not what you think. and as much as it's funny, this is when i knew the list app was going somewhere interesting when snoop dogg-- apparently he loves texts. someone said invite him to the beta. i sent him to the invite and he posted a list. when snoop makes a list of five favorite herbs and they don't include weed, you know you're in for a bunch of surprises. >> trevor: or maybe he porgot. sometimes-- >> and yet he remembered oregano. i don't know. >> trevor: it really is fun. i hope you keep the comment section positive because we need that. >> it's going great and that's one of my favorite things about it. >> trevor: b.j. novak, everybody. ( cheers and applaus this is smith & forge. a superior hard apple cider inspired by the cider our forefathers drank. and they built this country with their bare hands. smith & forge. hard cider the way it's 'sposed to taste. around the world. around the clock.

. >> the dogg igie paddle can onl last >>> here's a cautionary tale for anyone planning their next move. >> a family in georgia has been left with almost nothing, movers who apparently movers at all. >> reporter: police say these movers aren't movers at all. but thieves loading up their u-haul some $70,000 worth of furniture. >> our stuff is gone. >> the atlanta home owner said that she's embarrassed to show her face because she hired the movers through an ad on craigslist. the furniture never showed up at the new home. >> we built a life here. memories, we have items that are ir irreplace nl that's on that truck. >> reporter: the truck found the next day, empty. they're looking for these two men, an atlanta-based company contacted by the homeowners. of course, find a reputable company and mover is registered. try supervising the loading and unloading. all the family recovered a box of their personal documents. we tried to reach that moving company but we have not heard back. >> they did get a box back, apparently it has a birth certificate in it, a death record. she said the same box h

performances from snoop dogg and other musicians had to be canceled. >>> protesters stormed the iraqi green zone. that's a 4-square-mile supposedly secure area where iraq's government business is at hand. thousands of protesters angered by government corruption knocked over parts, upsetting it. this followed months of anti-government protests, sit-ins and demonstrations. iraq's prime minister says the situation for now is under control. kerry will head to switzerland tomorrow for urgent talks on syria. he'll hold hearings with the envoy for syria as well as joint ministers ministers. >>> people who call in bogus bomb threats at connecticut schools could soon face 10 years in prison. the house of representatives voted overwhelmingly today in favor of legislation that makes it a class c felony for intending to cause the evacuation of school property while students are on campus. this stems from a recent wave of bomb threats, including this swatting incident in fairfield last october. that bill now heads to the senate. >>> a connecticut high school is remembering a classmate today whose

one person won't be tuning and that's snoop dogg. he had strong feelings against the remake.r films today about american slavery. >> i mean, i don't want to understand america. we see the abuse we take hundreds and hundreds years ago and we're taking the same abuse. >> snoop asked others to boycott the new series in question. when a movie about the successes of african-american successes would be made. you catch it on a&e and lifetime at 8:00 p.m. >> let's change gears for a second. dr. henry heimlich, the creator of the heimlich maneuver has taught in the technique. it was put to the test when he saved a choking woman sitting next to hi him in the retirement home. >> i said god put me in this seat next to you because i ordered a hamburger and the next thing i know, i couldn't breathe. >> i did compressions and a piece of meat came out and she started breathing. >> unbelievable at 96 years old. he said he felt wonderful about saving another person's life. now, according to dr. heimlich this is the first time he actually performed the maneuver on an actual choking victim. >>>

reporter: byron pitts, abc it looks good, but i'll tell you one person who is not watching it is snoop doggays he's tired of seeing us playing slaves. seems like every time the toilet gets cleaned, someone's there to undo it. after a superior clean, apply the lysol click gel. to keep it fresh, flush, after flush, after flush. then actually stays that way. lysol that. >>> and it is time for the mix. i love "the mix" on this show. i love it. and i love our stories. so we are going to start with a 69-year-old polish man who is embarking on quite an adventure. there he is. alexander doba. he is crossing the -- the beard is good. there guy is crossing the atlantic in a super kayak. there it is. look at that. if there's anything cooler than that, i don't know what it. >> nothing could go wrong there. >> what could possibly go wrong, right? 3,700 miles. he's aiming for portugal and he wants to make it there by september 9th which happens to be his 70th birthday. get this he's done it twice before. brazil. >> he looks like he's all by himself, too. >> i think it's going to be lonely. i believe in h

thunderstorms yesterday caused the annual festival to cancel performances by stevie wonder, snoop dogg, buddy guy and beck. anti-war activist daniel berrigan has died. berrigan, a jesuit priest, and his late brother, philip, also a priest became famous for burning vietnam draft cards. they were prosecuted, with seven other activists, for destroying government property, after seizing hundreds of records from a selective service office in catonsville, maryland, in 1968. the defendants became known as the "catonsville nine," and berrigan served two years in federal prison. in later years, berrigan protested nuclear weapons, the war in iraq, and took part in occupy wall street. he also wrote 50 books, including 15 volumes of poetry. daniel berrigan was 94-years- old. >> o'brien: watch any tv crime drama, and you're bound to hear a police officer tell someone being arrested, if you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you. the right to counsel is a constitutional guarantee, and a necessity, as 80% of all state criminal defendants qualify for a public defender. yet, government

. >>> rapper snoop dogg is calling for a boycott of the new roots some inknee series.ive filled video posted on instagram and twitter snoop railed about the remake. he says he's against the entertainment business that details the atrocity of slavery. he said he would rather see something showing african-american happiness and success. the remake is based on abc's 1977 landmark mini series which became a national sensation. >> a frantic search is under way for a boy who went missing in the mountains. his parents left him there as punishment. >> we continue to follow breaking news. a violent and brutal beating lands a philadelphia woman in the hospital. her daughter was harmed as well. we're live with the latest on the search for the attacker. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> breaking now on "action news" philadelphia police are searching for the man responsible for a frightening attack on a woman and her teen daughter in a frankford home. >> developing overnight a police officer is injured trying to track down a suspected intruder who was caught breaking into a delaware county home. >> hap

rapper snoop dogg took to instagram to call for boycott of the film. he says films like "roots" and "12 years a slave" only showed slavery of black people. he wondered if they would make a movie about successful black people and how they inspire people today. jonathan: water quality in flint, michigan, scientists say it's now safe for hand washing, showering and bathing. however, a filter is needed for drinking and food preparation. the testing is led by engineering professor mark edwards of virginia tech. flint resumed using detroit water last october after the water became tainted with lead when the officials did switch the source to flint river in 2014. alison: well, "7 on your side" report. the u.n. health agency says sexual transmission of the zika virus is more common than first thought. the world health organization is now advising women in the areas hit hardest by the virus to wait eight weeks after suspected exposure to conceive. previously they recommended a four-week minimum. zika is linked to microcephaly that can cause small heads and brai

spotlighted a bunch of different concerts trick, they had joan jet, they had wiz khalifa, they had snoop dogg. they were rocking. joan jet was rocking like she rocks. >> he is so darn cute he needs to be arrested. >> cheap trick, they didn't stop then wiz khalifa and snoop, they caught everybody by surprise. so i had a chance to speak to musicians, take a look. ♪ i love rocki 'n roll put another dime in the jukebox baby ♪ >> when you're not listening to your own music, what music do you like sicking outloud? >> silence. >> have you ever heard this song? >> no. >> do they still yell for "i love rock 'n roll" when you go out to a concert? >> pretty much, pretty much, yeah. >> do they drown you out? >> when the they sing it? no, we're still er for that song. i really am. but once in a while i want someone to acknowledge another song. >> it's called "iris." do your kids go with you when you go on the road? >> the kids will come in the summer. we'll load up a bus with inflatable pools and remote control cars and a lot of chalk, water balloons and nobody sleeps like a month. >> president obama walk

. >>> snoop dogg, calling for a boycott of the booths reboot. >>> and caught on camera.. look at that thing. straight out of jurassic park. at a florida golf course. >>> leave your ball right there. and drop another and keep going. here is the pollen count. as you might expect, without any showers, pretty high. trees are now moderate. grasses in the high range. weeds are low. you can get it on the website, wusa 9.com. and also our app. just open the app, scroll our weather. we'll talk about increased showers and storms when >>> let's get to what is trending tonight. we begin with a man sentenced to church fight. >> sentenced to church. >> it started after a minor league hockey game in cincinnati. you know where this is going. jake strobin. yeah, threw back a few too many. started mixing it up. with a group of baptist street preachers. brilliant. next thing you know, strobin was attacking one of the preachers. though it was his request, the judge sentenced the 23 twreerld catholic to 12 -- the 23-year- old catholic to 12 weeks in baptist church instead of jail time. >> i

among the artists who didn't get to play, stevie wonder and snoop dogg. insisting the show had to go on, guess what they did? they found venue notice french request rt and went and played surprise concerts there. texas got pounded specifically east of dallas and the community of lindale. about 70 to 80 home there is damaged by a suspected tornado. for today, jazz fest is on. the threat of severe weather is diminished. we are expecting more rain here but the warnings have turned to watches and in terms of rain, just one to three inches, hopefully. back to you. >> janet, thank you. let's hope they get a bit of relief there. arrest orders for anti-government protesters. baghdad under a state of emergency after demonstrators occupied the government building. u.s. is concerned that the chaos could distract iraqi forces from isis. >>> the venezuelan embassy released these pictures of the rescue made by their forces. they heard moaning coming from a collapsed building. the 72-year-old was dehydrated, suffering from foot injuries but is expected to survive. >>> m

he's on some subtle snoop dogg thing right there. people were arguing, is he black?>> i have to say this though. so given that sketch, a kind of a character sketch over, let's say, a 15-year period -- >> right. >> -- preceding his run for the white house, you presented a person who is incredibly sensitive to the context in which both his physical presence matters and his rhetorical presence. >> right. >> which is to say that what we got in the presidency was not an accident. >> right. that's right. >> so let's talk a little bit about that. >> yeah. look, for those who thought that barack obama was going to be a revolutionary figure to that degree, that he would challenge the institution, were sorely misled. your point there about the physical presence and the rhetorical one, and a great deal of this book is spent engaging obama's rhetorical engagement with the office itself and the lethal limits that are arbitrarily and also witheringly imposed upon the people who occupy it. they are at once paradoxically the most powerful person in the world, like whoever's the heav

that's like asking snoop dogg if he's prepared to get stoned. the low road, he paved it, he built the low road. to we remember what happened on tuesday? he linked a candidate's dad to killing jfk. it's amazing. >> he was repeating an article he read. >> thank you. >> the best part about it is hillary is so clueless, she doesn't realize that these ads are trump's highlight reel. they don't, they don't, they don't drive people away from trump. when they take all the stuff, you find yourself laughing through it. it's funny, so you go yeah, i like the guy. it's not, they have to find another alternative. >> it's not working? >> this will not hurt trump. >> if this is far too enjoyable is what you're saying? >> it's a comedy. >> i disagree, i don't think that the ad was named at trump supporters. the ad was aimed at her supporters, to solidify her base. it helps her turn out her base. >> if it's your base, you're already there. >> she's got work to do she's got to prove that she's willing to take him on. and the reasons that they want, they need, she

wicked weather impacting new orleans famed jazz fest, several acts like stevie wonder, snoop dogg andk, had to be canceled. more flooding is possible for the region as swollen creation and rivers continued to rise. melissa? melissa: wow, tough stories, thank you, casey very much. david? >> puerto rico missing another round of debt payments. it is biggest default yet and could get worse. indiana, talking about it all day tomorrow. big day could determine path for rest of the race to the republican nomination. >> if you win indiana, tuesday, is this race over? >> yes, it's over. it's a fact. kind of like social media equals anti-social. hey guys, i want you to meet my fiancÉe, denise. hey. good to meet you dennis. who don't have access thto basic banking,on people but that is changing. at temenos, with the microsoft cloud, we can enable a banker to travel to the most remote locations with nothing but a phone and a tablet. everywhere where there's a phone, you have a bank. now a person is able to start a business, and employ somebody for the first time. the microsoft cloud helped us to b

. >> jimmy: jada, on your mark, get set, go. [ beeping ] ♪ yeah and you don't stop >> snoop doggy dogg's rocky. >> tariq: sylvester stallone. >> yes! very good. >> jimmy: okay. >> oh, he was a wrestler, now he's just a fine ass actor. >> jimmy: the rock! >> yes! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: yes! >> yes! >> tariq: okay. the songs -- all of his songs are about boyfriends. >> taylor swift! >> tariq: yes. [ cheers and applause ] >> oh, my god. >> jimmy: your husband! >> will smith! >> jimmy: yeah! [ cheers and applause ] >> oh, my god. he -- he's sorry. he's a singer and he's a kid. and went trouble and now he's good. >> oh, justin bieber. >> yes. [ cheers and applause ] >> she's beautiful. she's married to a man named -- with the last name west. she's got a daughter named north. >> jimmy: kim kardashian! >> yes! [ cheers and applause ] [ buzzer ] >> tariq: you get a car! >> jimmy: you knew it. >> it's my girl. >> jimmy: it's your girl, oprah. >> tariq: come on. >> can i keep this? >> jimmy: yes, you can keep that. you can keep that, yeah. >> okay. i'm just gonna put it in my pocket.

stevie wonder and snoop dogg among the artists who did not get to perform.ch quarter in new orleans and played a surprise concert at smaller venues. but it was a rough weather day here not just in louisiana but east texas, 70 to 80 homes damaged there, that's by a suspected tornado, not yet confirmed. they also did have flooding in that area. now as we move into today and looking forward to tomorrow, there's still rain in the forecast. but the severe weather threat is greatly diminished. richard, back to you. >> thank you so much. janet shamlian in new orleans, thank you. republican reaction to donald trump big foreign policy speech. as we go to break we bring you president obama's take on how world leaders are treating him in the final months of office. >> somebody said to me, mr. president, you're so yesterday, justin trudeauo replaced you, so handsome and charming. he's the future. i said, justin, just give it a rest. it comes to small business, she's in the know. so strap yourselves in for action flo! small business edition. oh, no! i'm up to my neck in

imperfect of the books are aimed at the wider public, as we know -- know us through lil wayne or the snoop dogg; the way we read a book, it's a slow process. you spend time with a novel, and when people read a whole novel they get to know the characters in a way that's very full and complete, and they can remind them how beautiful and complex black folks are. at times we often times are not viewed as complex beings, which is why you can walk down the street with skittles and get shot the hell up. >> i agree with the panelists here. my book is written for teenagers. it's a young adult novel, and when i started writing it i wanted my novel to appeal to quote-unquote reluctant readers. i. a it to be something my brother would have read when he was a teenager issue don't think he read one book as a kid. i was thinking of -- in my mind, when i thought of writing it, that was my audience. as i now have four books and have done a lot of talking and stuff like that, and gone around the country, and now i kind of opened up my mind a little bit, and like mike was saying, i want my books to be read not ju

that being said, i don't necessarily think snoop dogg is the new shakespeare. it is a new commercial category largely marketed to adolescent middle-class kids with gangster fantasies. the form of hip-hop is interesting and over time it may develop into a significant artform. what we have seen in our time with hip-hop is interesting. the reinvention of poetry. we have seen what happens. i reprinted some lyrics in a textbook, it made me popular here, the first literary person who reprinted a hip-hop lyric in a standard anthology. i wrote it to these artists, if you send us a copy, i will be happy to, we have never seen it written down. homer would have said the same thing. homer -- there was no writing so it would have been more complicated. the invention of these new media for poetry is a good thing and people in a sense invented and artform to talk about their own experience. it is good, unqualified. >> right over there. >> where do you go to find contemporary poetry written today? what are your sources for that? >> it should be easy. there should be -- go to b

last year snoop dogg was here. >> we are going to do that. is in charge. i did a little facebook mention. i ran into some neighbors neighbors where i parked. they are not super excited because they live here. it takes three weeks to set up. there is a lot of noise. a lot of activity. a lot of people. be very aware of where you park and the neighbors. i will say that the ceo in our next hit, in about a haven hour, he is going to -- half an hour, he is going to address that. they have worked through the kinks of the parking and traffic and some things that they are doing to apiece the neighbors and the neighborhood. that's nice. >> stevie wonder the headline tonight. florence and the machine tomorrow. red hot chili peppers on sunday. you need to come down. >> we are going to talk to the mayor a little bit later this morning about 9:00 and she will talk about what this has done for the city, the town of napa. this is amazing for the local restaurants and local bands and we are a going to talk to a couple of the members of the deadlies. >> they a

stevie wonder and snoop dogg had to cancel their acts and several others. today? >> i think you'll say we'll keep it going because you have so much economic activity going on with that, but hard to imagine up. this is what louisiana looks like right now. along interstate 10, there's heavy thunderstorms and in fact, they're severe and hail and we have strong winds with that one. now, this rain, take a look what happens over the next 12 to 24 hours, across parts of louisiana. incredible amount of rain is going to fall. i think we might see isolated spots and see more than that. certainly a big flooding concern across parts of the south. we'll see that as well. over across parts of the carolinas where we'll see maybe four to six inches of rain in some isolated spots. brought snow across colorado and now we're getting across parts of the east coast. very heavy rain, mid-atlantic, throughout the northeast. get ready for a washout. a day to catch up on your dvr. cold and dreary. >> unload your dvr, ever do that? >> i don't have one. >> i love -- >> netflix. >> al