but in 1958, charlie daniels was just 22 years old. and, the rockets, worked as the house band at the dixie pig, a popular night club on bladensburg road in prince george's county. daniels played at the dixie pig almost every night for more than a year. >> full piece band. we were kind of an anomaly almost. rock music was just getting started and not everybody knew how to play it. >> reporter: in 1960, daniels and his band were advertised in local newspapers as big man daniels and the six jaguars. >> have mercy. >> reporter: do you remember that? >> that's a true ad. it was >> reporter: sam paladino and his band, the off keys, alternated shows with daniels back in the '50s and '60s. he remembers a different charlie daniels than we know today. >> he was a rock and roller when i knew him. and he had, he had slikd baclic hair, tuxedo, wore glasses and played guitar. he would work up a sweat and his glasses would slide down. every once in a while that thumb would come up and the glasses would go back up. and i never forgot that. >> reporter

steve: charlie daniels reading brian's brand new book comes out today. we get a shot? steve: i think charlie wants more pictures in your book. brian: i have got to get a close up. this is unbelievable book. ainsley: is he losing the cover. brian: is he defiling it. brian: is all this stuff true? steve: absolutely. jillian has headlines. jillian: that means a couple more minutes of reading, brian. jillian: the navy deploying a second carrier to the western pacific to confront potential threats from north korea. this as the new reports the knot is likely preparing for biological warfare. a report from harvard's kennedy school saying the rogue nation could unleash attacks 6 anthrax and small pox. former attorney general eric holder not ruling out a run for office. msnbc interview, the obama appointee saying, quote: i don't know when asked whether or not he would seek office. holder, who went into private practice after leaving the justice department, says for now he is focusing on working with the national democratic redistricting committee. a massachusetts

stuart: look at that, charlie daniels, never look at the empty seats. what do you mean by that? you're young musician if you're starting out and want to make it and i did with all of my heart, you -- you'll play anywhere you can play for anybody who is there for anything they'll give you. so you will have empty seats, some people show up out of curiosity, you're not going fill the house every night. you walk in and think, well, i only have a half house tonight and play 30 minutes and goof off, bad deal, next time you come back, people aren't going to come see you but if you entertain those people that are in those seats, next time they'll come back and you are starting to have following. stuart: guarantied to buy your book, ashley webster. ashley: oh, yeah. >> we are traveling bodies. >> of all places to go, paris, rome. [laughter] stuart: charlie daniels, you sir are all right, we will buy your book. >> thank you. stuart: we have espn canceling controversial new show and only aired once. we will tell you what was wrong with it after that hi, i'm the internet! you know what's di

brian: do you know who took it charlie daniels? i only brought one with me.ng. i will be in washington, in mcclain virginia and fred distribution berg where are you going to be? ainsley: naples on friday and lakeland on saturday. go to ainsley earhardt books.com and you will see the schedule. brian: you won't see it on mine. steve: if it's wednesday we must be talking politics. we start with a fox news alert. as it turns out over the last week or so, we have heard the president of the united states say hey, who at the fbi and the department of justice, who -- how much did we pay and who funded that so-called dirty dossier? well, yesterday, in an exclusive report in the "the washington post," we now know that that woman right there, her campaign and the dnc paid for the dossier that said donald trump did all sorts of crazy stuff. brian: $5.6 million from the clinton campaign she wrote in legal fees as well as 3.6 million for the dnc. they combined to give g.p.s. fusion g.p.s. all that money in order to hire christopher steele, who has connections with the fbi

danielle pletka of the american enterprise institute, and msnbc political analysis, charlie psychs. welcome to sunday, it's "meet the press." >> from nbc news in washington, the longest celebrating it's 70th year. this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. when the history of the trump presidency is written we may look back at this week as one of the worst for this president, considering. his secretary of health and human services tom price had to resign over his free spending on charter flights. late efforts to repeal and replace obamacare went belly up without a vote. and it's unclear what it does for the working class and the poor. alabama republicans defy the president by nominations roy moore over mr. trump's pick of the establishment. but the biggest story of all may wind up being what's happening in puerto rico. the mayor of the capitol san juan unloaded to the zas there. >> so i am done being polite, i am not done being politically correct, i am mad as hell. we are dy inefficiency. and the bureaucracy. >> president trump responded with a series of twe

>>> welcome back, david krooks, joy reid, danielle pletka and charlie sykes.uthor of the book how the right lost i are here. here's the book jacket out there. red hat, what does that mean? >> i like hats. >> i have to start the president is tweeting again on puerto rico this morning. somewhat toned down. we have done a great job. outside of the fake news or politically motivated ingrates, people are starting to listen. thanks for those working with our first responders. charlie, you tweeted he was sending talking points to his base, that that was the purpose of that tweet. >> it was a dog whistle. it says never attribute to malice which can be adequately explained by stupidity. so maybe you have president who lacks self-control who lashes out on any criticism. but then again he did it as a president who never wants to take responsibility. you had yesterday within 11 hours you had all the tweets. look at all the incompetent down there. so that was a signal to the base. but on the other hand he's donald trump and can't contain himself. >> here's what they said y