tonight, a conversation with rock-and-roll hall of famer gregg allman, who founded the allman brothers with his brother bank in the 1960's. his line has been a high-profile some of ups and downs, including the death of his brother. the candid memoir about his life is called "my cross to bear," and our conversation with greg allman is coming up right now. >> every community h aas martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. 's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: gregg allman is a grammy- winning rock-and-roll hall of fame member with the allman brothers, starting to play mostly r&b, and he had iconic songs, like, "ramblin' man" and "melissa." great to have you on the program. >> thank you very much, tavis. a pleasure to be here. my cross to bear. why is that? >> well, i wrote a song called "my cross to bear," and it just seemed -- it is hard to name and hounddog. you know, i tried and tried. "beyond th

believe me, you won't miss me, gregg allman.ear" on sale now. if you haven't seen this yet, get ready for the craziest, cutest photos any parent has ever taken of a >>> jason lee is a professional photographer with two adorable daughters. you would expect him to take family portraits. >> but he's taken the tradition to a whole other level. >> reporter: like most proud parents, jason lee loves taking photos of his kids. like most kids, 8-year-old kristin and 5-year-old kayla, can ham it up in front of the camera. and now lots of people are looking at their pictures. >> everybody in california. >> reporter: actually, online, more than a million people everywhere have been looking at the family photo album with pictures of the girls floating from balloons, flying on roomsticks and hanging from a ceiling fan. do people think you really do this to your kids? >> yeah, people do. they say, is that photoshop? yeah, there is a lot of editing, i guess, involved. >> reporter: of course, kayla is not actually stuck to the wall with duct tap

gregg allman.burst on the scene in the late '60s and never left. in his new book is bares all. joining me now is rock and roll hall of famer gregg allman. how are you? >> i'm doing just fine. >> does it feel good to be alive? >> just great. >> a fantastic ending to a book you've got here. i must have said this a million times but if i died today i've had me a blast. if i fell over dead right now, i led some kind of life. i don't know if i'd do it again. if somebody offered me a second round, i think i'd have to pass on it. i love that. in other words, you don't regret it but don't want to go through it over again. >> right. >> is that how you feel? >> that's the way i feel. >> when you wrote the book, it's incredibly detailed. the one thing that is a consistent theme to your life is chaos, tragedy, lots of change, lots of things that would crush ordinary people. yet you keep going. >> yeah. well, i mean -- there is so much good times that goes along with all of this. we had some great fun. now, don

believe me, you won't miss me, gregg allman.r" on sale now. if you haven't seen this yet, get ready for the craziest, cutest photos any parent has ever taken of a >>> good mornings. we -- good morning. we have some merky conditions around the area. this follows a beautiful sunrise. we're going to see some more sun today. chance for a couple of passing showers. mainly but not exclusively later. we're going to go for a high around 80. we will calm down over night, 62. tomorrow a high in the mid 80s. ,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> jason lee is a professional photographer with two adorable daughters. you would expect him to take family portraits. >> but he's taken the tradition to a whole other level. >> reporter: like most proud parents, jason lee loves taking photos of his kids. like most kids, 8-year-old kristin and 5-year-old kayla, can ham it up in front of the camera. and now lots of people are looking at their pictures. >> everybody in california. >> reporter: actually, online, more than a million people everywhere have been looking at the

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conversation with -- a rock legend, greg allman, on his best selling memoir, "my cross to bear." that is next time. we will see you then. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where better. her pbs station from viewers like you. -- >> and by contributions to a pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> be more. pbs.

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pro and assad supporters leaving at least five people dead international relations professor mark allman believes that even if syrian troops lay down arms it won't bring stability. i think with courage and situation. a lot of his options will be very. very. equally a lot of people want. to gain control of her to use force we're now into a cycle of violence of revenge and as we saw in libya. just because the regime is overthrown doesn't stop the violence when you had this kind of civil war and also external commenting and find you know rather irresponsible were people who were doing was fine and so on concerned about what happens after. america is resuming arms sales to bahrain they're freezing delivery last autumn because of the bloody anti-government crackdown washington says none of the weapons would be used against demonstrators but human rights groups say the deal as a signal of the u.s. supporting a dictatorship as their next can reports the decision marks a striking difference in approach to other countries in the region. the meet bahrain's persistent crackdown on protesters journa

between pro and anti assad supporters leaving at least five day international relations professor mark allman thinks even if syrian troops lay down their arms it may not bring stability. i think the tragic situation is even if president assad retire gracefully. a lot of his supporters will be ready to have. a lot of people watch to gain control of the. we're now into a cycle of violence. and as we saw in libya. just because the regime is overthrown doesn't stop when you this kind of civil war and also external commenting on. you know all the irresponsible were people who were doing was fine. really concerned about what happens. the united states is resuming arms sales to bahrain after freezing delivery last autumn because of the bloody government crackdown washington insists none of the weapons would be used against demonstrators but human rights groups say the deal as a signal america could be supporting a dictatorship he's got it she reports the decision marks a striking difference in its approach to other countries in the region. and meet bahrain's persistent crackdown on protesters journa

beyond the hills are guadeloupe and the allman and reservoirs. divers will be going into the water tried to search what they can. also, sonar equipment. they're basically trying to find what they can, when they can't. cost >> unfortunately all their efforts have not turned up anything. volunteer searchers have been out here in the morning as they had been for the last few weeks. >>darya: it does make you wonder if there is a specific reason they're going back now, if it is in relation to the new information may have are and how did did tip. lee >> esurance department has been tight-lipped about any strategies for fear of giving away any information to anyone out there that they could be searching for. they do tend to do this for a while and then stop and come back. >>darya: they do have new evidence that they are investigating, a red volkswagen said that the surveillance video cassettes in the area at the time of her disappearance. police do know who the owner of a car is, they have a car and are doing testing. they are not saying it's the odor i

months now but the predominantly shiite population protesting against the sunni or ruling dynasty mark allman visiting professor of international relations at bill cantlin adversity in turkey says the arrest may ruin the bahrain's rulers our efforts. in a small state to tell the rich will restart. the saudis will send troops. helps a personal position last year the saudis that are very nice and some of the sympathizers in the rich states are spending all their money on a public relations campaign bringing friendly people to bahrain see how nice it is how with all the wars and so on i did a sense trying to critical voices which until now really haven't had much traction in the western media because if we don't how will. we don't have the sympathy new government in the west when you know great difficulty really getting into a new way this arrest of course could actually ironically be counterproductive. and of course you have a chance to see julian assange has exclusive interview with now building on tuesday here on our team. speak to two leading revolutionaries one from bahrain where the revolu

seconded gregg allman's memoir mycross to bear. he co-wrote with alan light. 30 is anna quinlan have lots of candles frontier cake. she will be booktv's best for in depth on june 3rd when she will take viewer phone calls, e-mails and tweets. send your questions to booktv@c-span.org. secretary of state madeleine albright has her memoir proud of winter. fifth is the power of havoc by charles do we. he cites scientific discoveries that lend explanations to forming and breaking good and bad habits. 6 is adrift by rachel mado. analyzes america's history of creating more and argues the executive branch of government is too powerful. then imagine:how creativity works. they recently appeared on booktv to discuss their books and you can watch those programs online at booktv.org. in the president's club time magazine's michael duffy examine how presidents from hoover to obama worked with and against each other during their terms in the white house. ninth is killing lincoln by bill o'reilly and martin to guard the. peter bergen's manhunt reco

i'll go back to the big picture of a lot of particularly feisty chris allman conservative commentator activists they are progressive writer and strategist mark erald. slouched himself but concert libertarian commentator and turning let's get back to it by the way for the record the n.f.l. average pay reagan was was a seventy nine thousand so seventy nine thousand dollars of yours anyway. i love that i love that anyway i want to go back to conservative populism or get to it the center for american progress this week found that one hundred percent of the freshman class of republican tea partiers all of whom one hundred percent of them ran on a platform of trashing the big banks and and being horrified by the bailouts one hundred percent of these people are now taking money either from the big banks or from the big banking association and the case of all of them except to both. in fact they are all also voting with the banks in every single case all one hundred percent of the republican tea party freshmen in total these people have taken six hundred thousand dollars just from the banks j

second, greg allman is the more, my cross to bear. he co-write is no more with alan right. third, lots of candles, plenty of cake. book tv guest for in depth on june 3rd where she will be taking your phone calls from e-mails command treats. send your questions to booktv.org. former u.s. secretary of state madeleine albright is bored with her memoir proud winter. it is the power of habit by charles do it. cites scientific discoveries that land explanations to forming in breaking good and bad habits. sixth is draft by ms in d.c. host. analyzing what she calls america's history of creating more and our use of the second branch of government is too powerful. then, imagine how creativity works. both recently appeared on book tv to discuss their bucks. you can once those programs online. in the president's club, time magazine examine how presidents from hoover to obama worked with and against each other during their terms in the white house. this is eighth. ninth is killing lincoln by bill o'reilly and martin dugard. then, peter bergen's manhunt recounts that in your search for o

most of the bay area all live from places like napa counties such down towards san jose into the allman invalid. as we advance the clock to 10:00 p.m., scattered showers in the south bay and sales start to dry at for the peninsula, the coastline in the north bay. expect cloudy conditions and cooler weather, no doubt. i'll have a look at your 7 day run of the forecast coming up in my next report. we are seeing clear conditions around the bay area. over the traffic center we are not monitoring in the hot spot. the approach to the bay bridge is a pretty easy ride but i did get a work of behaving that could be taking worth -- could be taking place in some of those pay lanes. that could add some couple extra minutes to drive time. it looks like traffic is moving well on interstate 80 in the northbound direction. on the golden gate south down 101 is moving well lot of space between cars. as you turn our attention to the traffic maps, 101 is moving well. tv is currently accident free. as we turn our attention to the east bay, light conditions, there are no backups or delays. 242 is an easy rid

helicopter in canine unit as well as swat team were called in to apprehend a suspect wanted in a allman beijing case. >> the swat team did is around the house and he eventually they did make entry. we did use some small amounts of gas. >> in los angeles, the man accused of attacking giants van bryan stow was in a courtroom for a preliminary hearing on wednesday. the men are pictured here. for most of the hearing, they sat there motionless as the prosecution gave their case. call prosecutors are trying to show a judge that there is enough evidence to take this to its trial. hot >> in hillsboro, this is where the fund raiser is taking place for mitt romney. how they are expecting probably not more than 100 guests. there are now starting to arrive. some are paying as much as $50,000 per cent a small group of obama supporters were also on hand. earlier in the day mrs. romney held a lady's luncheon and paul walton. the price tag there was $1,000 per person. >>alejandra: >> drivers can expect a few delays until everyone gets used to the new metering lights. traffic engineers say they expect l

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south san cisco all went to millbury and then we top off into the ladies the price of ago went to the allman ballot alan morgan hill and gilroy ladies in walnut creek 84 degrees in grant tracy and oakland all the way into discovery bay 84 and pleasanton and in danville black hawk and alamo otherwise 80 degrees in santa rosa and mid- 70s in the lotto the extended forecast does call for a couple of degrees cooler on sunday and barely feel the difference and then the temperatures on this side or that cited a decrease but much for the next seven days. and that is your input forecast had a great day. >>> as he said face of first is a public company fell little short of all the hype now and your question on the personal information collected by the social network. joins us now things are being here this morning. what did you make of the big launch? >>> you have to be incredibly impressed with mark supper and the fact that they spoke in a few short years has become this extraordinary company so i say that with respect to know those guys. and i really do respect that and that set at the way they hav

i had my moment, but there were times -- >> talking about out to lunch, i interviewed gregg allman.d a lot of problems with drugs. when i reinterviewed you recently for gq, you had come through the whole process, the whole rock 'n' roll destructive process, and you come out the other end, apparently with no damage. do you feel lucky? >> i was very fortunate, because the kind of addiction that i had was something that was a long-term kind of thing. and getting outf that is really a struggle for a lot of people, and some people don't make it out of that, so i was very fortunate i could finally get it together and prioritize and come out the other end in one piece, so to speak. >> we're going to discuss the new album, the new slash album, but i can't not discuss guns n' roses. you sort of hate all this, because although it was fantastic and you sold millions of records and it was so iconic, but the way it ended, you don't want to sit here banging on about axl rose the rest of your life, do you? >> no. it's a lot of attention put on a lot of negative stuff. and granted, the negative stu

i want to thank fred ryan and the white house historical association and bill allman t white house curator pleased that my portrait brings an interesting symmetry to the white house collection. it now starts and ends with a george w. when the british burned the white house as fred mentioned in 1814, dolly madison, famously saved this portrait of the first george w. now michelle, if anything happens, there's your man. i am also pleased, mr. president, that when you were wandering these halls as you wrestle with tough decisions, you'll now be able to gaze at this portrait and ask, what would george do? i am honored to be hanging near a man who gave me the greatest gift possible, unconditional love. that would be number 41. [ applause ] >> i want to thank john howard sandin for agreeing to use his considerable talents to paint my likeness. you've done a fine job with a challenging subject. in the portrait there is a painting by w.h.d. koerner called a charge to keep. it hung in the oval office for eight years of my presidency. i asked john to include it because it reminds me of the wonderful

. >> talking about out to lunch-i interviewed gregg allman last night, another rock legend.viously had a lot of problems with drugs. and i got the feeling he slightly jumped the shark. whereas when i reinterviewed you for "gq" magazine you'd clearly come through, the whole process, the whole rock and roll destructive process, and you'd come out the other end apparently with no damage. do you feel lucky? >> i was very fortunate. because the kind of addiction that i had was something that was a long-term kind of a thing. and getting out of that is really a struggle for a lot of people. and some people don't make it out of it. so i was very fortunate that i could finally get it together and prioritize and come out the other end in one piece, so to speak. >> we're going to discuss the new album, new slash album soon. but i can't not discuss guns n' roses. i know you sort of hailed this because although it was fantastic and you sold millions of records and it was so iconic, because of the way it ended you don't want to sit here banging on about axl rose for the rest of your life.

county executives baker and allman along with dozens of other elected officials learned to suit up anduse some of the equipment firefighters use every day to save lives. governor o'malley was on hand to watch his fellow lawmakers test their firefighting skills. >>> the storm is bouncing all over the place out there today. doug, are we clear yet or what? >> not quite yet. just about everybody to the west of the potomac right now is on the clear side but if you're in southern maryland right now you are under the gun across the area. let's take a look at the numbers. 78 degrees right now out at the airport. winds out of the south at 14 miles an hour. we're looking at mostly cloudy skies but we are starting to see the sun pop out to the west of i-95. 81 degrees, back to 81 in leesburg. 79 in martinsburg. 79 in culpepper. down to 76 with some rain around la plata. let's look at the radar. you can see how the rain has made its way through parce of northern virginia across the potomac now in toward southern maryland around waldorf seeing fairly heavy rain there. some of this is starting to di

. >> talking about out to lunch-i interviewed gregg allman last night, another rock legend.viously had a lot of problems with drugs. and i got the feeling he slightly jumped the shark. whereas when i reinterviewed you for "gq" magazine you'd clearly come through, the whole process, the whole rock and roll destructive process, and you'd come out the other end apparently with no damage. do you feel lucky? >> i was very fortunate. because the kind of addiction that i had was something that was a long-term kind of a thing. and getting out of that is really a struggle for a lot of people. and some people don't make it out of it. so i was very fortunate that i could finally get it together and prioritize and come out the other end in one piece, so to speak. >> we're going to discuss the new album, new slash album soon. but i can't not discuss guns n' roses. i know you sort of hailed this because although it was fantastic and you sold millions of records and it was so iconic, because of the way it ended you don't want to sit here banging on about axl rose for the rest of your life.

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allman co-wrote his memoir with alan light.third is anna quinlan's "lots of candles, plenty of cake." you can send your questions to miss quinlan to booktv@cspan.org. former u.s. secretary of state madeleine albright is fourth with her memoir, "prague winter." fifth is "the power of habit" by charles duhigg. scientific discoveries that lead explanations to forming good and bad habits. sixth is "drift" by msnbc host rachel maddow. she analyzes what she calls america's history of creating war and argues that the executive branch of government is too powerful. then jonah lehrer's "imagine: how creativity works," is seventh. ms. maddow and mr. lehrer recently appeared on booktv to discuss their books. in "the president's club," time magazine's nancy gibbs and michael duffy examine how presidents from hoover to obama worked with and against each other during their terms in the white house. this is eighth. ninth is "killing lincoln" by bill o'reilly and martin dugard. then "manhunt" recounts the 10-year search for osama bin laden. th

allman security officials are calling yesterday's operation a success and sending a warning to gang membersities will be working to bring criminal gangs to justice. in the meantime the san mateo district attorney says he has to prosecutors is solstice is to investigate gain related crimes. >>mark: a brazen robbery attempt at a jewelry store. we owner pulled out a hand- shooting and killing the suspect. reggie kumar has more on what happened. >> the owner of the jewelry store located behind me shot and killed a man during an attempted robbery. >>darya: the greater right disease it. call the bank is now happening to close the school a week earlier harry ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] instead, try the new subway smokehouse barbecue chicken, big bbq taste 6 grams of fat. subway. eat fresh. schaefer >>justine: we are morning about a hazmat situation in emeryville at 54th and san pablo. this has something to do with the ac transit yard in the area. we are hearing that it is- related. there are evacuation's happening for nearby schools. several crews are headed to the scene to gather more information. a h

hats off to bruce mosler and harlan allman, senior adviser.this is just a taste of the extraordinary accomplishments over the last year, and none of it would be possible without your support and the involvement of our board members, international advisory members and individual members. thank you very much. [applause] >> let's turn, now, to the 2012 leadership awards. the first presentation this evening is for distinguished artistic leadership, and to introduce the 2012 awar dee, we'd like to invite to the stage a man who has dedicated his life to artistic leadership and vision. during a career that spans six decades, sir andre previn has achieved a reputation as one of the most versatile musicians in the world. mr. pren has received many awards and honors for his lifetime of outstanding musical accomplishments as a conductor, composer and pianist. >> he's the winner of four academy awards for his film work and ten grammy awards for his recordings, including a grammy lifetime achievement award from the recording academy. sir andre's been honor

roger allman on what needs to happen and what america needs to do. >>> and an earnings preview from hewlett-packard" begins right now. >>> good morning everybody. welcome to "squawk box." i'm becky quick. let's get you caught up on the news this morning. european leaders are going to try to craft solutions to the debt crisis. among the big points of contention, the idea of issuing eurozone bonds. the french president supports it. we will get more numbers today here in the united states on the housing market. the government will be out with its april new home sales figures. if you haven't been watching this check out the price of crude oil. it has fallen to a seven-month low this morning after iran allowed inspectors to probe into the program. it has something to do with the strength you have seen in the dollar. the euro has been at a four month low verseathize dollar. you can see that the futures are indicated low this morning. >>> we have been talking about it all morning. let's get to the bottom of this facebook fallout. much of the attention falling to under writer morgan stanley. >> that lead u

i want to thank fred ryan and the white house historical association and bill allman, the white houseor. i am pleased that my portrait brings an interesting symmetry to the white house collection. it now starts and ends with a george w. [laughter] when the british burned the white house, as fred mentioned, in 1814, dolly madison famously saved this portrait of the first george w. [laughter] now michelle -- [laughter] if anything happens -- [laughter] there's your man. [laughter] [applause] i am also pleased, mr. president, that when you were wondering these halls as you wrestle with tough decisions, you will now be able to deeds at this portrait and ask, what would george do? [laughter] i am honored to be hanging here. the man who gave me the greatest gift possible, unconditional love. and that would be number 41. [applause] >> i want to thank john for agreeing to use his considerable talents to paint my likeness. you have done a fine job with the challenging subject. in the portrait there's a painting by garner called a charge to keep it hung in the oval office for eight years of my