at the voice of america radio station.fellow heard me playing the guitar at a party and i said, i have to get you on tape. i have lots of stuff. it was a real to rio. there was nothing to do. year in high school, i would have been there back in tampa. that was all that i had. that recording, my style had emerged virtually whole. i was startled when i heard it four years later. appreciative are you that your style emerged whole? >> the chaos of my family and the moving that we did. that tape managed to survive. we were pretty chaotic. the second thing i am grateful for. i've played lead guitar and grateful somewhat. not wait to get electrified guitar. the music that you're making, could not wait. eric clapton, those boys. tavis: there was a point in time where you had written a couple songs the you were sure were not that good. i asked you to set your humility aside. what song was it, that you're that's-- you recall good? >> for what it's worth. i had finally gotten the band coming up and we were over the royal canyon. for

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america keeps the program alive. reports. old habits die hard having spent decades unsuccessfully attempting to undermine the cuban government the u.s. keeps trying washington finds a t.v. channel and a radio station that specifically target a cuban audience with programming that features prominent cuban dissidents you are doing the kind of power to the germans and projects like toward democracy which the channel's website advertises as a how to guide for transitioning from dictatorship to democracy all done in the hopes that one day the communist leadership in cuba will fall how soon do you think that's going. well i hope so i'm probably three years we need to work really hard maybe the martine media are working very hard but the cuban public remains largely unaware of their efforts which have you ever heard of radio marti no i know nothing about it. the marquee itself acknowledges the limited reach of its radio and t.v. programs we'll have for any way to reach with the information in the general queue of people became government jams the martys radio and t.v. signals to circumvent that the u.s. has employed a variety of methods one of them errol martini a plane that had been flying over cuba to

radio stations and stuff. we did 27 stations in 21 days. that was a lot to process. >> unbelievable. tell us about the song you're about to sing. it's your first single, "made in americakneeian brook. it ended up being an anthem for our country. saying how proud we are to be americans. >> ladies, we're so happy to have you here. cimorelli, singing the title song from their smash e.p., "made in america." [ cheers and applause ] ♪ singing like ooh singing like ooh ♪ ♪ good morning, morning morning, morning, america ♪ ♪ m-a-d-e-i-n america m-a-d-e-i-n america ♪ ♪ striped flag wrapped around my head ♪ ♪ blue, white little bit of red ♪ ♪ live free like we always said ♪ ♪ oh, whoa, oh ♪ california born and raised work hard, gonna make a name ♪ ♪ getting closer every day oh, whoa, oh ♪ ♪ and now, my life is getting better ♪ ♪ and don't matter what the weather ♪ ♪ we're going to celebrate together ♪ ♪ all night long ♪ they say age is just a number ♪ ♪ but we're not getting any younger ♪ ♪ so, let's celebrate together all night long ♪ ♪ sing it like ooh sing it like ooh ♪ ♪ 'cause we're made in made in, made in ♪ ♪ in america ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ baby, it's we're made in, made in

america. we have a new home there or somewhere else. we've been telling you, mark, we're not--first of all radio continues just as is on all of our local progressive local talk radio stationsll have a new home as of september 3 on free speech tv. you can get that on your satellite dish, dish network. you can stream the show at free speech.org . go to free speech.org . [ ♪ music ] [ ♪ music ] >> bill: here we go, happy monday morning, folks, monday august 12. can you believe it? good to see you today, and i hope you enjoyed the weekend. able to kickback, relax, and recharge your batteries and get ready to go. lots to talk about this morning on the full court press. we're coming to you live from our nation's capitol with the news of the day. not much is happening here in washington since the house is out of town, the senate is out of town. president obama is out of town, and the vice president is out of town, but we'll let you know what is going on around the country, around the globe. most importantly give a chance to sound off and let you know what you think is goin--what weg on. you can call us on 1-866-55-press. president obama is up at marth martha's vineyard. a round o