it's my personal thrill to welcome bob weir to the beat.this. >> thanks for having me. >> i want to get to music but i want to begin where your heart is. you're doing this work with head count. tell us why it matters for you. >> i've been with head count for 10 or 12 years. we have registered well over a million voters. in this cycle alone we registered nearly half of those. well over a third of the eligible voters in this election are young. election are young by our standards. and they have the rest of their lives in front of them. and so what is decided in this election is going to make a big difference for them. the decision that government makes and the actions that it takes, you know, it's all important stuff as we seen for instance with regard to the coronavirus that is going around right now. there is probably more that could have been done and should have been done and was not done. and whoever has a better idea on how to handle that deserves some real consideration, i think. >> i want to ask you, bob, politics can be seen as divid

the new season begins march 4th. >>> amazon has bob weir as their executive producer. the first trailer for fantastic beasts and where to find them is out. >> yesterday, a wizard -- a case full of magical creatures and -- coughing...sniffling... and wishing you could stay in bed all day. when your cold is this bad... theraflu expressmax combines... maximum strength medicines available without a prescription... ...to fight your worst cold and flu symptoms... ...so you can feel better fast and get back to the job at hand. new theraflu expressmax. the power to feel better.tm nivea in-shower body lotion. first i wash... then i apply it to my wet skin. it moisturizes with no sticky feel. i quickly rinse off. and i'm ready to go. >>> leading the news from the associated press, government agencies last remnants of 9/11 being given away. artifacts have been held in storage at kennedy airport. 200 items are being given away on conditions that they be accessible to the public. the hanger will be demolished sometime in the future. and on nbcnews.com, want viagra. south carolina b

starring bob weir. a founding member of the grateful dead, weir has been a long strange trip his entire life. >> it started in his teens when he left california for life on a ranch. weir has gone back to those times for his album "blue mountain." you'll see him perform at the king's theater in a moment but, first, here is anthony mason's conversation with him. >> reporter: bob weir's new album of cowboy songs is his first solo record of original material in 30 years. but the roots of his new music go back even further, before his time as a founding member of the grateful dead to the early 1960s when weir had a teenage dream of finding a home on the range. >> i thought it would be a terribly romantic thing to do to which di. >> reporter: you were 15 ? >> i found my way to wyoming and living on a ranch out there and living in a bunk house. i was the kid on the ranch so i got to shovel a lot of stalls. >> reporter: the nights, he says, were long and quiet. >> there wasn't -- wasn't much to do but tell stori

tonight stephen welcomes bill o'reilly, randall park, musical guest bob weir, and special appearance by president barack obama. featuring jon batiste and "stay human." live from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) captioning sponsored by cbs >> stephen: hi, everybody! i got to throw in a slider! good stay you again! welcome to "the late show," everybody! thank you so much! oh! good to be here, folks. i'm stephen colbert. good to be back. this election continues to be insane. ever since the tape of donald on the billy bush locker-bus came out, trump has been fending off attacks like a woman meeting donald trump. ( laughter ) ( applause ) there's the woman who sat next to him on a plane, a "people" magazine reporter, a contestant on "the apprentice," and a former miss arizona, who described trump's behavior backstage at the miss usa pageant. >> he just came strolling right in. there was no second to put a robe on or any sort of clothing or anything. some girls were topless. other girls were naked. >> stephen: okay, that sounds bad, mr

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we are absolutely thrilled to announce that bob weir makes his "beat" debut monday a founding memberld past, present, and future and, yes, fisheads i know you can hear me. the great bob weir will be here to talk music, culture, and voter mobilization project head count which has already helped register over 1 million new voters. in fact even before bob gets here we want to plug headcount.org where you can learn more and participate. you know what they say. some folks look for answers. others look for fights. we're all just playing in the band. we'll post some of the interview online tonight. go to our twitter page in about two hours or just tune in monday. that's it for us. we always appreciate you spending time with us. and in addition to the beat twitter account we're even facebook or instagram or you can find me at ari melber. we do a lot of extra stuff there so when we have a longer interview like bob weir we'll put up the whole thing even if we only play a little part here. thank you to everyone for spending time with us. nicole wallace always says we'll get through this. we wil

and listening to bob weir.s coming out here, the whole idea is after the pandemic, they want to feel alive and live music allows them to do that. nestled in a green hillside west of denver, where geological phenomena have stood for eons, the sound of music -- ♪ live music. it's once again emanating from the red rock's amphitheater. >> it's just a magical place to be. red rocks in general. >> reporter: dead heads pour in to do something they haven't been able to do in more than a year. >> it makes me heart so full and happy. awesome. >> reporter: enjoy the music of one of the grateful dead's greats. bob weir and the wolf brothers. this is their first concert since the world screeched to a halt. >> most of us have spent most of the year and a half kind of cooped up. >> reporter: but these fans are trucking out of the pandemic. ♪ no masks. colorado's governor dropped the mask mandate for the vaccinated in may. no covid testing for guests. social distancing only encouraged. instead, lots of singing along and dancin

he rocked out with gronk and also with grateful dead legend bob weir, it is the pictures of the surpriserending after mccartney posted the simple caption, gronk-and-roll. >> i would like to play with him rather than be tackled by him. >> he doesn't get tackled. >> after tom brady throws him a pass in the end zone. >> abc 7 news continues. >> that the only limits at the height of your achievement -- >> is the strength of your dreams -- >> is the reach of your dreams. >> and controversy continues over melania trump's familiar-sounding speech at the rnc last night. >>> and another police officer killed in the line of duty, this time in kansas. >>> and new details about the deadly train stabbing ♪ light piano today i saw a giant. it had no arms, but it welcomed me. (hawk call) it had no heart, but it was alive. (train wheels on tracks) it had no mouth, but it spoke to me. it said, "rocky mountaineer: all aboard amazing". >>> in the headlines today at 4:30, san francisco police have arrested a man they say made a racist threat on twitter against the acting police chief chaplain. we were the f

again, there's bob weir. metallica is up next. can continue to abc7 news.com or through the abc7 news app. >>> new details on the destructive tubs fire, the con kel reporting tonight the blaze might have have been caused by mechanical equipment of another company. the utility company didn't provide any other evidence for that claim. cal fire is investigating the possible role that downed electrical wires had in starting those deadly fires. officials in napa and sonoma counties are reporting no run-off problems from the rain that passed through the north bay last night and into today. crews in both counties inspected burn areas and say they found no debris flow issues. in addition to possible mudslides officials were worried about toxins from fire debris flowing into storm drains. we've not heard of any official reports of that being a problem today. so that's encouraging. and we are in a break between storms tonight. we take a live look now, many of us woke up to rain this morning, certainly raining in walnut creek this morning, j

maybe that puts him in the frontline if you have bob weir in his jean shorts kicking you offstage. >> somebody call fox legal. this is a disclaimer. i don't believe it. >> we had an opportunity to come out here and go here's kasich then we threw some trump on the back side of that for some reason. this is what's going on. donald trump is commanding the media. >> which would you rather watch? >> about that the point? >> yeah. >> which makes the better television? isn't that the point right now? >> but there's a reason. if he was 1 or 2% or zero we wouldn't be doing that, would we geraldo? >> you look to the ratings put john kasich on you're going to get a rating that's about here. put trump on you get a bigger rating. that's what's driving the conversation. >> i want to quickly saw the loser so far is jeb bush. he's come across as an schlumpy little shoulders. >> what are you talking about? he's a tall guy with broad shoulders. >> but compared to trump, just check him out. >> we're going to do a little gopr next. but make sure to catch "the five" tomorrow night because presidential can

bob weir is joining us about this, and now, what exactly is this project and what does it entail?entailing three drilling pads in the willow area in what is set aside in the national petroleum reserve. it is what you have seen as the stark arctic b-roll that we have been showing up there which does not show the full environmental special nature here. it was set up in the' 20s when the navy was trying to get off of coal, and it stayed wilderness for a long time, and these are the shots when it went to the national wildlife reserve next door which is another point of political fighting which the nationalal conservationists began to fight and won. and if it is called a cons conservationist land, it is easier to preserve than something called a petroleum reserve. so they tried to wall it off from drilling, but joe biden said that i will not drill on federal lands, period, period, period. and so for all of the climate-minded and environmental voters, they are devastated, because it is not just about the caribou or the other animals up there, but it is about the predictive things that w

and guys like bob weir are expecting it to be that way, looking at me, grooming. going to be over for as long as i live. charlie: you will always be part. john: this is a part of my life. charlie: when you left for four years in montana, where were you going, and what was the point? john: it was a bit of a reductionist saying. it is not your fold for putting it in those words. charlie: you put in those words. john: "born and raised" -- 2010, i go, i am at the end of this idea, popstar, flat iron hair, this is not working. i don't have a dream. charlie: not working or you are tired of? john: nobody dreams past their third record. you are not dreaming about your fourth record. you don't say, i don't have a plan for this, you don't have had to ask anyone, or say, i should take a break. people go, he is a mastermind, he dropped into the top of the mountain, he knows what he is doing. so in a tidy fashion, i came to the end of an old idea. charlie: didn't know where to go. john: didn't know where to go. charlie: or did not want to go where you were going. john: i just

bob weir, bob weir, grateful dead fan. yeah.ooking for. i don't know if it was springsteen or. >> let me just think. >> bruce, i think, is a new jersey guy. >> yeah. that's true. it's hip to be square. >> if i say huey. >> god. yeah. i was born in 98, so. >> oh, yes, i know. okay. who is it? huey lewis. >> ding, ding. >> yeah. >> huey lewis. huey lewis and the news. >> ding ding ding. >> the mount tamalpais scenic railroad started in 1896 and took people to the tippy top of mount tam. and these gravity cars until 1930. it also had a very catchy nickname. do you know what that was? >> darn, i know it was called the gravity car, but this is true. >> but it was the gravity. >> yeah, gravity. >> gravity, something or other. >> heading the right direction, i was. come on. mark. >> trustworthy. >> trustworthy. yes. that's important. >> that's i i'm a lawyer, but i don't know. i don't know. >> what is lombard street known for in san francisco? >> crookedest railroad. i guess it was a crooked railroad. would that help? didn't it? it hel

a soldier grabbing the child, hosting him over the bob weir. the chaos, that baby was lost in the airport. his parents and the rest of his family were evacuated to the united states. the baby stayed missing for months until he was found with a local taxi driver. who says he discovered the infant alone and crying at the airport. this weekend, the baby was returned to his grandparents in kabul. the state department says it will work to bring him to the united states to reunite him with his parents who are now in michigan. if you felt like, i think many people did, i certainly did, in helplessness and impotence as we watch those scenes outside of the airport in afghanistan, i have to tell you that even though the cameras are not there anymore there is something even worse happening now. and there is something we in the u.s. can do about it. as afghanistan settles into winter, a groups estimate nearly 23 million afghans. more than half of the population, quote, already do not have enough to eat. with many lacking even solid shelter. and they are be

. >>> happening today rock legends will take the stage in a pop-up concert for solar progress bob weirammy haggard are set to perform at the phoenix hotel to show solidarity with the solar industry. they want to encourage the california public utility commission to expand solar access to more californians. the free concert starts at 3:00 this afternoon at the hotel on eddy street in san francisco. it's free. how often can you say that? >> not very often. we have a pretty good-looking day today. a mixture of clouds and sun with temperatures climbing through the 50s. 56 fremont. look for about 60 oakland. the accuweather seven-day forecast maybe a sprinkle in the north bay tomorrow. then we will see more sun. dry days with numbers in the 60s and rain returns next weekend and mountain snow. looking forward to that, but also nice to have a break. >> it is. thank you, lisa. thank you for joining us on the abc7 sunday morning news. i'm carolyn tyler along with lisa argen. the news continues now online, on twitter, facebook and on all your mobile devices with our abc7 news app. abc7 news cont

. >>> happening today rock legends will take the stage in a pop-up concert for solar progress bob weireful dead, and sammy haggard are set to perform at the phoenix hotel to show solidarity with the solar industry. they want to encourage the california p. u. c. to expand solar access to more californians. it starts at 3:00 this afternoon at the phoenix hotel on eddy street in san francisco. let's get a final check of the accuweather forecast. >> we are looking at some sunshine outside some of your windows. and temperatures today will reflect that. partly cloudy cloudy skies. the accuweather forecast featuring more sun and mild temperatures each and every day with thursday looking like the warmest day and increasing clouds. rain should be returning by next weekend. looks like a couple systems lining up. that will be some good news, and snow. snow levels could start out pretty high. >> but nothing like the east coast so we are just fine, yeah. thank you. that's going to do it for us. thanks for joining us on the abc7 sunday morning news. i'm carolyn tyler along with lisa argen. the news

we hunted him down with the help of bob weir and ambushed him. >> i look forward to it.ll four hours. i saw hunter play by himself once in san francisco. >> we ambushed him at one of his napa shows recently. it will be showing tomorrow. but it will also be here on may 25th. and it will be at the -- on -- may 14th, it will be in marin. may 25th, back for one night only. if you want to see it on the big screen, hit it on one of those days. and then on amazon. >> amazon prime, right. >> yeah. >> june 2nd. long strange trip. congratulations on the production. >> thanks for having me. nice talking to you. >> nice it talk to a fellow dead head. >>> coming up next, we will be back after the break. hello moto. it's time to reimagine the smartphone. snap on a speaker. a projector. a camera that actually zooms. get excited world. the moto z with moto mods. save at least 20% on select moto mods when you buy any moto z droid. >> our next guess is an actor and tv host. she is a comedian that broke on to the circuit as the winner of the miller lite comedy search. >> she has been tappe

have had a fantastic drummer sitting with us this week who has played with icons like phil lesh and bob weir favorites, craig finn. be sure to check out an in-depth article on his band joe russo's almost dead on the cover of "relix" magazine. joe russo, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you, seth. >> seth: thank you for a great week. really wonderful having you here. you know our first guest tonight from films like "300" and "olympus has fallen." he stars in "geostorm" which is in theaters and imax october 20th. let's take a look. >> let's take this thing apart and find out what happened in hong kong. >> bring it down. >> should have come down by now. >> what is that? >> i have no idea. >> all right, shut it down! >> it's not responding! >> jesus, hernandez. >> careful! >> get down! >> whoa! >> okay, get out of here! go! >> go, go, go! >> hernandez, go! >> let's go! >> somebody, open this door now! >> watch out! >> seth: please welcome back to the show, gerard butler, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> seth: how are you? >> i'm good. i'm good. >> seth: good. i -- so i can't te

makes sense when fema is basically sounding a little bit like they're quoting the grateful dead's bob weirn stone. the future is here. we are it. we are on our own, on our own, on our own. there is a fear down here we can't forget, hasn't got a name just yet. weir may have been talking about the fear and pain on a planet that can look so peaceful from afar and what we as people do with fear. this is deep stuff. too much fear can be debilitating. too little can be dangerous to ourselves. take a look back, say, at 2012. americans weren't thinking about pandemics. the big health care news was the supreme court upholding obamacare, not covid. people were debating a presidential election. there was a scandal at penn state. and amidst all that in 2012, let me tell you what donna nash was doing. she was afraid of something else, a pandemic. specifically, she was concerned a flu-like pandemic would spread easily. the government couldn't curb it, and that initially the best safety measures would be what individual people did on their own, getting masks, sanitizing, not anything that might happen la

there. [ cheers and applause ] also, back with us tonight on drums, he's played with phil lesh and bob weirvorite vocalists, craig finn. be sure to check out an in depth article on his band joe russo's relix magazine. joe russo, everybody. thank you so much for being here. [ cheers and applause ] >> my pleasure. >> seth: our first guest tonight is a three-time emmy award winning actor who stars as raymond reddington in the very popular series "the black list." new episodes air wednesday night at 8:00 right here on nbc. let's take a look. >> well, harvey's plane is supposed to land here in four hours. if i were throwing a picnic, it'd be lovely, but there are trees. >> the runway will be ready. >> tell that wizard the mcclintock boys are here. where the hell is he? we need the shovels and chainsaws! >> shovels and chainsaws. >> tell her to button her lip. i've got shovels and chainsaws. >> smokey, if this doesn't work. >> mr. reddington, i need you to trust me on this. we are going to belly that gun-runner's plane in that the field so help me god. i just need 45 minutes to get leroy and quac

do you want to mention that anonother member of the grateful dead, bob weir, was also honored?h kennedy center honors show was hosted by queen latifah with several tribute performances honoring the recipients. it's going to be broadcast at a later date. tis the season for holiday decorations. and in san francisco, you won't only see them on homes, buildings and trees, but also rolling up and down the hills. nbc bay area's joe rosato jr has the story of what's become an annual tradition decorating the city's iconic cable cars. no matter how many times you've watched a cable car rumbling down the tracks, it feels like a festive moment. and with the city decked out for the holidays, it seems only fitting. the cable cars get into the holiday spirit. two oh, you found them perfect. inside san francisco's cable car barn. i just got some for the roof. an army of elves could be found adding some holiday flair. anthony david the garland, the tinsel, the ornaments hauled out of storage. all ready for some artistic license. this one first. and then that one. do we have any more zip ties r

there. [ cheers and applause ] also back with us tonight on drums, he's played with phil lesh and bob weir favorite vocalists, craig finn, he's currently in the midst of a sold out six night run at brooklyn bowl with his own group, joe russo's almost dead, joe russo is here, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] thanks for being here. our first guest tonight is an oscar, golden globe and emmy winning actress you know from films like "misery" and "primary colors" as well as shows like "american horror story." she stars in "disjointed," which is streaming on netflix, let's take a look. you're in too. >> uh, no, i'm not. all right? i'm going to spend my time running our business and you're not going to goad me into playing like you usually do. >> i see. one quick question, bock! [ laughter ] >> the chicken thing -- mom, you're a grown-up. >> bock! [ laughter ] >> you're a revered political activist. >> aw, bock, bock! [ laughter ] >> seth: please welcome back to the show, our friend, kathy bates, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> seth: welcome back! >> hello. [ cheers and applause ] >> set

cheers and applause ] also, sitting in with us this week on drums, he's played with phil lesh and bob weirvocalists, craig finn. he's currently in the midst of a sold out six-night run at brooklyn bowl with his own group, joe russo's almost dead, joe russo, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much for being here. >> thanks a lot, seth. >> seth: our first guest tonight is a united states senator representing new jersey, please welcome to the show senator cory booker, everybody! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: welcome. >> it's good to be here. >> seth: i'm very happy to have you here. >> i'm really grateful that you invited me. >> seth: now before you were a senator -- >> yes. >> seth: you were a mayor. >> i was. >> seth: and i would imagine that once you become senator, all of a sudden the breath of what you need to know gets so much larger. for example, a mayor of newark doesn't need to know foreign policy. >> i had a lot of problems with my international house of pancakes. >> seth: yeah, exactly. >> i did -- >> seth: and so what was it like when you first had to sort of und

had just seen concerts by 77-year-old john anderson of yes, dead and company led by 74-year-old bob weircnn.com piece this summer marks the twilight of classic rock. few of the ageing rockers have new material. there's rarely a new album. and still they tour. which is why i would add to that list donald trump at age 76 currently on his own greatest hits tour. see it this way, trump walked out on stage, he nodded and pointed at a crowd whose hands and cell phones were raised high. what does that look like? like classic rock fans. this audience came for the trump experience. they're ready for in his case not the songs but the one liners and the excitement. it was billed as a policy speech, something that is not his forte. on the topic of crime. but you can see him read the room and feed off the crowd. when the crowd is bored, he gets bored. what does he do, he throws something else into the mix. he goes off script to keep them enthused. and he did so with a rant on transgender athletes that had nothing to do with crime. the crowd went wild. say what you will about him, he knows how to read