the banjo. >> hinojosa: does banjo have a name? >> well, it's american princess. american princess. it's an old banjo. it's over 100 years old, and was built in philadelphia. >> hinojosa: so the banjo became a central part of you as a persona in these years where you were walking and you were not talking. >> yeah, it did. >> hinojosa: but let's go back for... and you play it normally. >> i do, all the time. so you might hear it as we're talking. >> hinojosa: it's an extension of... >> yeah, it is. >> hinojosa: but let's talk about how it all started. it started when... it was 1971. >> 1971, in california. an oil spill happens in january, near the golden gate bridge. i hear about it on the radio. and we're living up in point reyes, 40 miles away, north. and we drive in, my girlfriend and i, to see the oil spill. but fortunately we can't see it because of the fog. that's probably why the accident occurred. but what we can do is we can smell it. and it is... i mean, it's a horrific smell. >> hinojosa: totally toxic. >> totally toxic,

we didn't bring banjos but each of us will talk about our books and interview one another, then take questions from you folks. my book the earth is weeping, the story of the indian wars, is a history of the climactic struggles for the american west from the end of the civil war until the tragedy at wounded knee, and i cover the entire sweep of the indian wars from the canadian border south into the recesses of the sierra madre, mexico, a lot of beds of northern california, east to arkansas missouri rivers, three decades and a lot of struggles condensed into one book. what i have sought to do in my book more than anything else is tele balanced story from both the indian and white perspective equally. to give you the story from both perspectives as best i could. we jump back in history and i turn it over to bill. >> my book the autumn of the black snake came today, the story of the first war this nation ever fought. not only the first war the nation ever fought but the war in which the u.s. army was formed. the army was formed as a national, federally organized force to fight this war

. >> steve martin, i drove by myself to see him play the banjo in vegas. >> it did all but throw myself cast is ready to relax. >> i am so beached out. i'm going to wash the baywatch off of me. >> baywatch hits theaters on thursday. >>> you heard michael bay talking about those horrific attacks in manchester, but today was also about celebrating the career of the transformers director. >> i hope i didn't tear up. i kept saying, this is so cool. >> i was honored to host the event. at one point, the dog joined him. >> michael is directed 13 films over two decades. mostly blockbusters we have come to know and love. josh duhamel has been in four of bay's five transformers movie zms we're not giving up, okay. >> what is like working with mike? >> he expects everybody to be on their a-game. you can almost feel the energy. you expect to be on top it. >> how do you put into words a day like today? >> it brings me back to my childhood. watching movies. i wanted to become a director in that very place. >> a kid is going to come along and he's going to say i'm going to make michael bay movie and d

but former treasury secretary ♪(banjo) ♪ooooh ♪i hope the days come easy and the moments pass slow♪ ♪oad leads you where you want to go♪ ♪and if you're faced with a choice and you have to choose♪ ♪i hope you choose the one that means the most to you♪ ♪and if one door opens to another door closed♪ ♪i hope you keep on walkin till you find the window♪ ♪if it's cold outside, show the world the warmth of your smile♪ ♪but more than anything ♪more than anything ♪my wish for you ♪is that this life becomes all that you want it to♪ ♪your dreams stay big, your worries stay small♪ ♪you never need to carry more than you can hold♪ ♪and while you're out there gettin where you're gettin to♪ ♪i hope you know somebody loves you♪ ♪and wants the same things too♪ ♪yeah, this is my wish ♪may all your dreams stay big i'm ambitious. i will not hide it. we will not hide it. we embrace ambition. women are made to be ambitious. i will dream big... big, without hesitation. we will take risks, not live in fear. no longer will ambition in a woman be seen as a negative. ambition is not a dirty word. what's your amb

. >> steve martin, i drove by myself to see him play the banjo in vegas.row myself in an elevator that he was in years ago. >> ""baywatch"" will be on screen and this cast is ready to relax. i'm going to wash the baywatch off of me. >> baywatch hits theaters on thursday. meanwhile here at the chinese theater in hollywood, they were talking about those horrific attacks in manchester, but today was also about celebrating the career of the transformers director. >> i hope i didn't tear up. i kept saying, this is so cool. >> i was honored to host the event. at one point, the dog joined him. >> named after a star. i name all my animals after a star. >> michael's directed 13 films over two decades. mostly blockbusters we have come to know and love. josh duhamel has been in four of bay's five transformers movie zms we're not giving up, okay. >> what is like working with mike? >> he expects everybody to be on their a-game. every single day. you walk on the set, you can almost feel the energy. you expect to be on top it. >> how do you put into words a day like toda

. >> like playing the banjo. nobody is in a bad mood playing the banjo.r. is that something that -- >> no. it was up in here. >> are we talking about banjos? i think you're right. have you ever seen anybody frown playing a banjo. >> when you're smiling and laughing, nothing is that bad. >> here you go. >> cheers. >> here's the question, though. but you've been in some serious tv dramas. do you want to do comedy? because it seems like you should. >> i really do. but i think that comedy is the hardest thing to do. >> people underestimate it, you're right. >> so hard. like our relationship was starting to fall apart, me and you, whenny found out wanda sykes is on. >> she's so funny. >> she's so funny. what's it like to be that funny? >> british actor sir edmund keane set on his death bed. someone asked him what was it like to be dying? he said dying is easy. comedy is hard. >> you're full of all sorts of things this morning. >> we have game of secrets. we'd like to know some of the secrets from your set. here's jeremy. he has a popcorn box. if you would pull

she was like, "yeah, el banjo," you know, so it's really nice.the second thing she did was say to me, "luis, how do i get mtv?" she already knew about mtv. she hadn't seen it, but she knew it was out there and wanted to watch it. so she uses the internet.this s, walking down the street in seattle, my cell phone rang. i was like, "what the heck?" i answered it and this voice says, ( speaking in spanish). it was one of the garbage dump women. >> hinojosa: calling you from a cell phone... >> from a cell phone... >> hinojosa: ...that she has... >> from the dumpe, because they can buy, you know, throw away pre-paid telephones. >> hinojosa: well, this is something that people might not know, which is that after you wrote across the wire, you spent... you developed a relationship with the pepenadores-- is what they're called in mexico. >> yeah. >> hinojosa: the people who basically sift through the garbage. >> yeah. >> hinojosa: and you now have an active relationship with them, on your web site you're doing updates about the pepenadores. >> oh, yeah, i

quist is a banjo player and a rancher, gianforte is a millionaire businessman who ran for governor of montana and lost. donald trump, jr. spent a couple days campaigning with gianforte earlier this month, national republican groups are buying up tv ads, republicans are likely to win the seat considering president trump won montana by 20 points. democrats have lost each of the 11 congressional elections in montana dating back to 1996. but, look, democrats are optimistic. bernie sanders is expected to visit montana to rally voters to the polls for quist. democrats do have one u.s. senator and the governorship in montana. the republican candidate is expected to win. experts say it comes down to voter turnout which could be low given the special election is happening right before memorial day weekend. rick? rick: i understand, bryan, that russia made its way into the election? >> reporter: right, the candidates went back and forth on taxes, guns and north korea. russia looms large here. the democrat quist attacking republican gianforte for investing in russian companies. >> i was really d

doesn't he blow into a banjo or something when it's time to go nchtd he only plays when he feels liken he's going to do a chord. >> stephen: no, and i love it. it always fits in my opinion. >> jon: that's why i get paid. >> that's why he gets paid. he gets paid by the notes so he just keeps slipping in notes. >> stephen: "the totally unscientific study of the search for human happiness" is available now. paula poundstone, everybody. ( cheers and applause ) i will nevi will neverair again. never wash my hair again now, i fuel it new pantene. the first shampoo with active pro-v nutrient blends that puts in what others just strip out. fueling 100% stronger hair. don't just wash your hair fuel it because strong is beautiful. late show. join me next week when i'll be joined by kevin spacey, rachel maddow, and paul simon. now stick around for james corden. good night! captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org ♪ are you ready y'all to have some fun ♪ feel the love tonight don't you worry 'bout ♪ where it is you come from it'll be all right ♪ it's the

if you are interested in this topic in the changing face of retail, shelly banjo has a great column justhe says perhaps the death of retail has been exaggerated and puts in perspective the issue. david: can't recommend that column enough. the white house press briefing beginning and washington, d.c. sarah sanders will be presiding over that. she will get her opening statement in just a moment. we will review the q&a with reporters in just a little bit. >> i would like to do a few things. will district executive order. -- wel lock you th will walk you through it and answer your questions. i think the trend going in the wrong direction in cyberspace. it is time to stop that transfer rivers it on behalf of the american people. we have seen increasing attacks from allies, adversaries, but primarily nationstates and not nation state actors. sitting by and doing nothing is no longer an option. president trump's actions today -- there are three sections. they are in priority order. the first priority for the federal government is protecting our federal networks. i think it's important to start

. ♪ ♪(banjo) ♪ooooh ♪i hope the days come easy and the moments pass slow♪ ♪and each road leads you whereand if you're faced with a choice and you have to choose♪ ♪i hope you choose the one that means the most to you♪ ♪and if one door opens to another door closed♪ ♪i hope you keep on walkin till you find the window♪ ♪if it's cold outside, show the world the warmth of your smile♪ ♪but more than anything ♪more than anything ♪my wish for you ♪is that this life becomes all that you want it to♪ ♪your dreams stay big, your worries stay small♪ ♪you never need to carry more than you can hold♪ ♪and while you're out there gettin where you're gettin to♪ ♪i hope you know somebody loves you♪ ♪and wants the same things too♪ ♪yeah, this is my wish ♪may all your dreams stay big lou: few thoughts on dem as partisan hysteria and left-wing media in full attack mode after firing of james comey. former defense secretary above gates vigorously defended the comey matter on face the nation. he dismissed obviously silly, conceited concerns, con conducted and created by the left over whether mr. trump asked comey

. >> fiddlers and guitar players and a banjo or two playing hand me down music.playing here in his teens. he rarely misses a night. >> my great grandpa played in this area and i remember my he remembered him playing and i'm playing those tuns. >> music you learn by ear. >> until recently no one had ever written down a single note. >> the monday night tradition began years ago. the rules are simple, no drinking, no foul language, bring a covered dish and all are welcome. >> the beauty of playing here is that you play with people who are really good and you playwright along beside them and it's basically an apprenticeship. >> after supper as the strumming starts toes start to tap. the pace picks up. no fiddles ever caught fire but you we talking about? >> my teacher always said 140 beats a minute is what you're aiming for and then sometimes it gets to like 160 or better. >> in the back the guys play pitch. >> the ladies look pleased and sometimes you do what just has to be done. >> the music here is largely developed with a type of dancing that developed here. the

shelly banjo is joining us.within that 69 increase -- 69% increase in income or sales. sales.-commerce this was something walmart really shied away from. they did not do it for years and this is where the new e-commerce chief really excels because that is how he built it. alix: where are they, in their transition and in trying to boost earnings? earnings in sales. they are now starting to build back earnings, but their profits are still low, they are still -- profits have been down for quite a few quarters and they are not really recovering. a lot of old-school metrics that walmart used to be really good at, return on investment, dividends, share repurchases, those kinds of investor friendly things are taking a backseat. but we are seeing now is they are investing in sales growth. they are so big, it is hard to do both at the same time. david: do we know what the margins are on sales -- online sales compared to brick-and-mortar sales? slower, andne is walmart is trying to convince more people to buy online but p

. >> i think you can say who would have thought the banjo playing music artist would have been the morel candidate come election day? but he is. so you may be right. >> gianforte is from new jersey. >> they defined quist before they realized who he was. >> they should have been worried in a state where donald trump won by 20 points, that gianforte lost a statewide race for governor on the same day. that should hit big. maybe a yellow flag. you know? just saying. still ahead, president trump calls on nato nations to pay up. (avo) come with us... ...to a new world. deeper than the ocean. as unfathomable as the universe. a world that doesn't exist outside you... ...but within you. where breakthrough science is replacing chemotherapy with immunotherapy. where we can now attack the causes of disease, not just the symptoms. where medicines once produced for all, are now designed to fit you. today 140,000 biopharmaceutical researchers go bodly to discover treatments and cures unimaginable ten years ago... ...and are on the verge of more tomorrow. will you be ready when the moment turns romanti

maybe that had something to do with it. , columnistelly banjo for "bloomberg gadfly." julia: let's check on the bloomberg first word news with mark crumpton. an obama administration official who warned the trump white house about a key advisors ontact with russia will be capitol hill this hour. former acting attorney general sally eight testifies -- yates testifies before a senate committee. she has not spoken publicly about former national security adviser michael flynn before. yates is likely to testify her warning was stronger than a heads up. formers word that two obama administration officials say that during the transition, president obama warned president-elect trump against hiring flynn as his national security adviser. pruitt isief scott replacing half of the members of the key scientific review board. a spokesman tells prewitt the agency is making what the spokesman calls "a clean break" with the obama administration's policies. several board members were surprised, saying they were told they would be retained. british prime minister theresa may is asking vot

. >> montanans are much more likely to want to hang out with the guy who plays the banjo that the guyeporter: gianforte saying he wants a gun registry. >> i approve this message to defend your rights. >> reporter: quist firing back. all right, thank you very much. and next, world leaders behind the wheel. jeanne moos on the queen's sunday outing that has the internet on superdrive. (woman vo) in march, my husband didn't recognize our grandson. (woman 2 vo) that's when moderate alzheimer's made me a caregiver. (avo) if their alzheimer's is getting worse, ask about once-a-day namzaric. namzaric is approved for moderate to severe alzheimer's disease in patients who are taking donepezil. it may improve cognition and overall function, and may slow the worsening of symptoms for a while. namzaric does not change the underlying disease progression. don't take if allergic to memantine, donepezil, piperidine, or any of the ingredients in namzaric. tell the doctor about any conditions; including heart, lung, bladder, kidney or liver problems, seizures, stomach ulcers, or procedures with anesthes

joining us is shelly banjo. of a lot ofutlier the retail names. what are they doing right? realize is 40% of their sales come from rational contractors -- from professional contractors and people. they are still dependent on the retail customer, you end i going into home depot to pick up stuff to upgrade our homes, but they get a whole bunch of sales from these pros. if you look at the housing market, that is a good is this the them. alix: how much pricing power today have over margin? shelly: they do not have too much competitors in this field. lowes, and different hardware stores, but that is harder to compare prices all over to different hardware stores around town. david: are they more protected from amazon and other retailers? would, you think they but home depot went into online earlier than most. they really double down. they build new warehouses, they made it a point to compete online. storyit is a different with tj maxx getting hit in premarket, earnings doesn't seem terrible. they lowered their full-year earnings investment by a penny. what is the read on tj maxx?

. >> it's like people who play the banjo.steve martin playing it. >> i was looking at the prompter, and i was like is that coming up next? >> nope. it just escaped out of here. you never want to get up in here. there's things that come out? . >> i think you're right. have you ever seen anybody frown playing a banjo? >> no. >> when you're smiling and laughing, nothing is that bad. make us laugh, al. >> you know, here's a question. you've been in some serious tv >> i really do, but i think that comedy is the hardest thing to do. >> people underestimate it. >> it's so hard. i felt like our relationship was starting to fall apart, me and you, when i found out wanda sykes was on. >> she's funny. >> she's so funny. and i just think what's it like to be that funny? >> as the british actor sir ed monday keen said, he said dying is easy. comedy is hard. >> i love that quote, al. >> you're full of goodness this morning. >> and then i'm done. you've seen the show "game of thrones." we have game of secrets. we'd like to know some of the

gianforte is in a fight with the democrat in montana, a banjo player, country singer.bviously, this cannot be good for him. stuart: 30% of the votes have been cast and he had a pretty good lead going into the body slamming incident. more than likely he'll still win. ashley: one wonders how many in montana, hey, liberal media, way to go. >> may be by a larger margin than thought. that's a different topic. great news for your wallet. it looks like the market will open higher. remember, five straight sessions of gains and we've been seeing positive signs all over the place, you may not hear it in the media, but your wallet is feeling it and median household income 59,361 dollars in april, highest since february of 2002. come in, art laffer, former reagan economic advisor. what do you say, art? every time i look at the data, forget about the headlines, every time i look at the data i'm seeing important trends that by the way have long-term implications. >> that's great. it's good to have you on the road and stuart didn't leave and invite me so he wouldn't have to see me, d

joining us now is senior consumer analyst steve mistral and shelly banjo.all. as bad as lastt month, but still not exciting. >> not as good as people were expecting and strengths came from the same categories, building materials and non-store retail. nonstore being online. david: people who follow these things closely as you do, what's going on with the consumer? >> i think there's a lot of different views on what is happening with the consumer. a lot of the macro indicators generally suggest that the consumer is strong. unemploymentt numbers, if you look at the retail perspective, the environment is a promotional and they are struggling to drive traffic into the store. some of it might be the amazon effect, but you cannot attribute it to just one other something ,. that's a huge pressure on retailers, but i'm concerned with the consumer going forward with health care costs rising and uncertainty in the political front. david: we know they are getting some more money in their pocket and wages are increasing, not robustly, but modestly. they're not saving mo

the first dog that denisha read to was named banjo. >> he wouldn't look up at me. i kept reading.e i came back, he got more and more comfortable with me. now he is at home with me and my other dog. >> reporter: that's not something anyone planned on >> that is a bonus that we are adopting them to the girls. we didn't put that under the metric for success but we like that story. >> reporter: a special happy ending that, of course, includes story time. >> i read to him last night. >> reporter: that is so nice. >> that is a great, great story. the dogs are attentive. gucci was up front listening to every word. >> when they walk in, if you have been inside a shelter -- >> nuts. >> crazy. it was so loud. we are like how are they going to read. as they went down, it got quieter, quit yeter and the dogs like story time. who doesn't like story time. >> and they get used to the girls. >> they have company. >> amazing. >> also amazing -- >> frank is swinging by to pick them all up. >>> how about the bay to breakers race. that will be amazing once again as we get out this morning. a lot of s