. >> reporter: the ira gershwin prize is named for george and ira gershwin. >> for me to be mentioned in the same breath with the gershwins as a songwriter is just incredible. ? if you got the notion ? >> reporter: his fans second that emotion. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. with thanks to the jones day law capitol and for all of us at cbs z26ezz z18pz from sony pictures stu it's america's game! "wheel of fortune"! ladies and gentlemen, here are the stars of our show -- pat sajaanvaa white. hello! that was fun! what? what are you giggling about there? thank you very much. we got to go. relax, relax. hi! we, you're here. there's nothing you can do about it now. we got you. get ready. we'll do our first "toss up" of the night. "what are you doing?" is the category.

. >> reporter: the ira gershwin prize is named for george a ira gershwin. >> for me to be mentioned in the same breath with the gershwins as a songwriter is just incredible. ? if you got the notion ? >> reporter: his fans second that emotion. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. with thanks to the jones day law firm for this view of the capitol and for all of us at cbs >>> perhaps the biggest name in this election was sheriff arpaio but he was not the only longstanding maricopa county official voted out. >> howard purcell has been our county recorder since 1988. she lost to her democratic challenger. >> and dennis sat down with him for an exclusive one-on-one. he isn't known for a lot of people purcell. >> he is a local attorney but he's got no experience running elections. he was a sharp critic of purcell during the campaign. now the pressure is on him to fix our election problems in the county. so we sit down with him over coffee this afternoon to talk about his plans to run federal elections here. >> can you guarantee there w

. >> reporter: the ira gershwin prize is named f ira gershwin. >> for me to be mentioned in the same breath with the gershwins as a songwriter is just incredible. ? if you got the notion ? >> reporter: his fans second that emotion. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. with thanks to the jones day law firm for this view of the capitol and for all of us at cbs right now on cbs 2 news, the next step to getting a casino in the corridor-who wild rose is teaming up with and they benefits it could bring to cedar >>> right now on cbs 2 news. the next step to getting a casino in the corridor. >>> you think of silicon valley or new york city when you think of starbucks, but it is here too. >>> taking coding into high gear.>>> don't put may need it tomorrow. >>> let's check in with meteorologist terry swails for a look at your weather first forecast. >>> there is a possibility of record high temperatures in eastern iowa tomorrow. a couple of key ingredients are sunshine and dry ingredient -- and dry air and you can see there is no rain i

>> ira gershwin and george were best pals and collaborators . they were working together, pretty much lived eitherwith each other or within a stone's throw of each other their whole lives . swing died very young, he was 38 years old from a brain tumor and it may have been, when you think about it that he was able to produce so much in that short life. hundreds and hundreds of pieces of music. i wrote was the kind of studious one. i would say when he skipped school, he would go talk to the teacher and george was the, you know, the effusive one and they really were artful and i think george never got married, i redid and his wife described that relationship as just unusually close. there were four kids in the gershwin family but those two were fluid and i think it was just very difficult for the restof ira's life because he lost his brother and best friend .any other questions? yes. >> how did this affect your thoughts about yourself?>> good question. so it affected me, oh, well and after being the person that to some degree told my story as darwi

and he came back, and i was worried about it, and i called ira gershwin over, my friend. ittle more in a pop style?" and i played it, with rhythm. ok, i said, "oh, well, that's great. that's fine." i said, "now we have to get a title for it." i didn't know what the title was going to be. and when he had [sings] dee-da-dee-da-da-da-da, [talking] i finally y came to te thing, the way our logic lies in it, "i want to be somewhere on the other side of the rainbow." and i began trying to fit it: "on the other side of the rainbow." when he had a front phrase like daa-da-da-da-da -- now, if you say "eee," you couldn't sing "eee-ee." you had to sing "ooooh." that's the only thing that would get a -- and i had to get something with "oh" in it, see: "over the rain" -- now, that sings beautifully, see. so the soundororced intnto e word "over," whichasas muc bebeer than "on the other si."." judyararland[singing somewhere overhehe raiow waup high, thers a landhat i hed d of once ia a lully. ♪ ernie haharbg: anyho yip - -- arlen worked on it. he came up with this incredible music, which

the original shows gene kelly dancing through paris to the music of ira gershwin. >> it's totally recreated and dance celebrating for the stage. >> reporter: the musical made it's broadway debut in april april 1958. >> this is the first time the story appeared live on stage combining the dance and thegers. >> it has i've got rhythm and they can't take that away from me. >> it's the classics of the 20s and 30s. some of the amazing song book songs. >> reporter: pennsylvania ballet choreograph choreographed the show. >> it's a spectacle. if you love great songs and amazing dance and romance it's the perfect combination of a broadway show. >> reporter: an american in paris plays at the academy of music from november 22 to the 27th. for tickets and showtimes go to arts in philly.org or go to 6abc loves the arts. >> reporter: for 6abc loves the arts i'm karen rogers. >> meteorologist david murphy with a final check of the forecast for your monday afternoon. >> reporter: numbers look pretty good, take a look, we have sun and clouds in the northern and western suburbs and numbers in the low 60s, 61

prize is named for george and ira gershwin. >> for me to be mentioned in the same breath with the gershwins as a songwriter is just incredible. ? if you got the notion ? >> reporter: his fans second that emotion. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. with thanks to the jones day law firm for this view of the will your business be ready when growth presents itself? american express open cards can help you take on a new job, or fill a big order or expand your office and take on whatever comes next. >>> hillary clinton is about to make her first official appearance back here in washington. tonight she will attend a children's charity event at the museum on pennsylvania avenue. our garrett haake is there right now waiting talk to you guys? >> reporter: well, bruce, i don't think she is going to do any interviews tonight, but can we just take a minute to talk about what a difference a week makes. a little more than a week ago hillary clinton was in the eyes of millions of people the likely next president of the united states. tonight she w

. >> reporter: the gershwin prize is named for george and ira gershwin. >> for me to be mentioned in the same breath with the gershwins as a songwriter is just incredible. ? if you got the notion ? >> reporter: his fans second that emotion. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. with thanks to the jones day law firm for this view of the capitol and for all of us at cbs news, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by >> we start cbs4 news at 6:00 with a weather alert. powerful warm winds blowing dust and dirts onto denver's windshields. the winds of change could bring snow. cdot is ready. had the annual show and tell of the plow fleet today. now, it did feel like summer once again today. >> boy, did it. tomorrow though, it will feel like winter, meteorologist lauren whitney is in the weather center. from one extreme to another in a matter of hours. >> tomorrow will be one of the days we hit our actual high for the day really early in the morning and we are going to get colder after that when the front is working its way

. >> reporter: the ira ira gershwin. >> for me to be mentioned in the same breath with the gershwins as a songwriter is just incredible. ? if you got the notion ? >> reporter: his fans secd that emotion. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. with thanks to the jones day law firm for this view of the from washington, d.c., this is the "jeopardy!" teen tournament. here is our first group of semi-finalists -- a sophomore from wilmington, delaware... a junior from great neck, new york... and a sophomore from madison, alabama... and now from dar constitution hall -- here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny. and thank you, ladies and gentlemen. another great welcome here. good to have you with us today. last week, we had a lot of fun and excitement here at constitution hall, only the winners of these three games get to compete for $100,000 in cash. will it be lily, lucia, or sharath today? good luck. let's start finding out. here comes the jeopardy! round. and now here are your categor

reporter: the library of congress' gershwin prize is named for musical trailblazers george and ira gershwine mentioned in the same breath with the gershwins as a songwriter is just incredible. ♪ if you got the notion >> reporter: his fans second that emotion. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. with thanks to the jones day law firm for this view of the capitol and for all of us at cbs news, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org northern california coast c look more like this... tonit re oil drilling. >>> a new trump administration and new concerns the northern california coast could look more like this. tonight, an effort to stop future oil drilling. good evening, i'm veronica de la cruz. >> i'm allen martin p there's a last-minute scramble to block future oil drilling on scenic stretches of the northern california coast. kpix 5's melissa caen on the effort coming down to the wire as donald trump's about to be sworn in. >> reporter: allen, you know, donald trump has made no s

reporter: the library of congress' gershwin prize is named for musical trailblazers george and ira gershwin. >> for me to be mentioned in the same breath with the gershwins as a songwriter is just incredible. ? if you got the notion ? >> reporter: his fans second that emotion. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. with thanks to the jones day law firm for this view of the capitol and for all of us at cbs news, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh administrator... facing some tough questions in court. we take you live for a complete wrap- up of the second day of a trial that has c-c-s-d defending itself against a bullying lawsuit. ((denise valdez)) >>> construction is at a standstill... at an electric car plant in north las vegas. what that could mean for the future of "faraday future"... and the apex industrial complex it was supposed to anchor. ((dave courvoisier)) >>> and we already gave away 500- dollars in the iv now we're getting ready to give away 600 dollars at six! but the phone lines

. >> reporter: the gershwin prize is named for george and ira gershwin. >> to be mentioned in the same breath with the gershwins, is incredible. >> his fans second that emotion. michel york. ? ? lifetime of devotion ? >> that's the cbs "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back with us a little later for the morning news. and be sure not to miss cbs this morning. from the jones day law firm overlooking the u.s. capitol, >>> hi, welcome to the "overnight news." i'm demarco morgan. donald trump is fighting back over news reports that his transition is in disarray. the president-elect wrote on twitter "it is going so smoothly." the state department, justice department and pentagon all say that no one from the transition team has contacted them yet. and the white house says it has briefing books stacked so high, briefing books stacked so high, with no one to give them to. major garrett begins our coverage. >> how did the meeting go? >> reporter: mike pence and wife visited their future home and ate lunch with current residents. then the si

gershwin's case it didn't contribute any kind of condition. it was the way he found it way is relief from some of that abundant energyso , yes . >> how did ira figure into gershwin's life? >> ira gershwin and george were best pals and collaborators . they were working together

stard gene kelly and leslie caron dancing through the streets of paris to the music of george and ira gershwin. the musical made it's debut in 2014. the musical was nominated for 12 tony awards including best musical. it won 4, including one for best choreography. it is the first time it is appearing on stage with the gershwin scores. it premiers i've got rhythm and you can't take that away from me. >> it's the classics of the 20s and 0s. pennsylvania ballet choreographer christopher wheeldon choreographed and directed the show, his first foray into musical theater. it's just this amazing tap dancing, with show girls, it's quite a spectacle. it's really one of the great highlights of the show. an american in paris takes the academy of music stage november 22nd to the 27th. go to 6abc loves the arts for other area efforts. for 6abc loves the arts, i'm karen rogers. >> one of other areas' most renown chef is putting his effort behind a new venture in new hope. the new bucks county playhouse is the expected to open in the spring of 2018. >> do you remember how it would feel to turn 100 years old.