billy crystal's father worked in this record store.e that actually put it out, and having put the record out, of course, the next issue was getting it played on the radio. and most radio stations wouldn't touch it, and this lasted for many, many years. i mean, for a long time, you could not hear this song on the radio. there's a story in my book about wnew debating at great length over whether or not to let billie holiday perform strange fruit. in this era, records weren't played so much as there were live performances on the radio, and they went back and forth about whether or not to let her sing the song and ultimately decided to let her sing it in the middle of the night when presumably nobody would be listening. and as you point out in your book, there is some censorship, certainly, involved there, but it's also a very somber song. it's not appealing radio programming. right, it's not appealing programming. i mean, this was a story that-- i interviewed the guy that chooses the music for one of the airlines, and there was a story th

you know, again, diana ross is not billie holiday. for the way she sings it, but she and barry gordy and everybody connected with the film can be faulted for cutting out half the lyrics. i mean, i think that the most piquant and sensitive and powerful lyrics in the song-- the second verse is cut out entirely. and it's a very short song, and half of it is cut out. the song is really eviscerated, and i think that was because in 1971, when the film was made, it was still too sensitive to sing this song. so we're looking at a song that's so powerful,

thirty seven year old billy and richard had a home is. now in iran and the revelation had an immediate blowback costing or a ton of prestigious money billie jean king his contract to make television. is not being renewed the new york daily news quotes a company of first. saying she was too strong a personality that she was overpowering the product he denied to the company his decision had anything to do with mrs king's disclosure a lesbian relationship would take her years to win back her credibility but she was somebody who never shied away from who she was and what she believed. the fact that these women refused to accept the restrictive gender roles assigned to them and the fact that their refusal sparks such widespread resentments and backlash from panicked men is a crucial part of the history of sports and of this country it all goes back to title nine eight and nine hundred seventy two law gave young women equal opportunity in education in sports before title nine roughly one out of thirty five girls played some form of sports today

one we think of politics and billie jean king today but a lot of us remember her famous battle of the sexes match against bobby riggs in the early one nine hundred seventy s. so many. i've said it over and over again i throw away. one girl bobby riggs plays mrs billie jean king on a tennis court in houston's and i it's a match that's being billed as an epic battle of the sexes in front of a sold out crowd at the houston astrodome she beat the retired tennis star bobby rates in straight sets and what remains one of the most watched television programs in the history of sports to change the world you had to win i had to win you're absolutely correct and even though there's no doubting the importance of this event and the fact that it was a moment of tremendous symbolism billie jean king his contributions to women's equality far transcend that one match. tennis has always been a country club sport but billie jean king came from a working class background and grew up playing on public courts and when she finally got into the game she fought for pay equity every step of the way she was the

tennis has always been a country club sport but billie jean king came from a working class background and grew up playing on public courts and when she finally got into the game she fought for pay equity every step of the way she was the first ever president of the first ever women's sports union that organized women's tennis and she was also the first prominent woman to ever be out of the closet. right i think what it made the most serious crisis. and your own really do you admit it you've had a homosexual in. the revelation had an immediate blowback of prestigious money billie jean king was contract to make television the. company is not being renewed the new york daily news quotes a company of. saying she was too strong a personality that she was overpowering the product he denied of the company's decision had anything to do with mrs king's disclosure a lesbian relationship would take her years to win back her credibility but she was somebody who never shied away from who she was and what she believed. the fact that these women refused to accept the restrictive gender roles assigne

bobby riggs boys mrs billie jean king on a tennis court in houston tonight it's a natural it's being billed as an epic battle of the sexes in front of a sold out crowd at the houston astrodome she beat the retired tennis star bobby rates in straight sets and what remains one of the most watched television programs in the history of sports to change the world you had to win i had to win you're absolutely correct and even though there's no doubting the importance of this event and the fact that it was a moments of tremendous symbolism billie jean king his contributions to women's equality far transcend that one match. tennis is always going to country club sport but billie jean king came from a working class background and grew up playing on public courts and when she finally got into the game she fought for pay equity every step of the way she was the first ever president of the first ever women's sports union that organized women's tennis and she was also the first prominent woman to ever be out of the closet. right facing what is certainly made the most serious i think. thirty seven

. >>> also this hour, billy ray cyrus, his most candid interview yet.alking about his daughter miley, her career, how fame actually tore the family apart. it's quite revealing, quite truthful and it's coming up. >> that's coming up in our 8:00 half hour. >>> you may have heard about chris brown's appearance here on tuesday. he and i had a brief interview. then, he performed a single from his hit, new album. it was what happened after that performance that unfortunately made headlines. and our andrea canning tells us what happened next and the reaction. >> reporter: there's been a lot of reaction. good morning, robin. chris brown did become very angry backstage here in our studios. talking about his past clearly touched a nerve. and his behavior, now has everyone talking. >> a shattered window, which chris allegedly destroyed after he stormed off the "gma" stage. >> there he is shirtless, storming out of the studio. >> brown reportedly used a chair to smash a window in his dressing room. >> i guess he's not a morning person. >> reporter: it's the intervi

going through a billy painful period and our son a summit meeting did not yield itself fact the result. they see should play a role in. the conflicts and creating a more secure safer when ross more prosperous and prosperous iraq blunting and eurasia region saw turkey has decided at this point of time is it your asian country. to nominate. seniors diplomat who is an expert on the or c. so if i'm elected i would be particularly focusing on the yeah. across the striking the balance among the treaty is i mentioned paul mill political military but dimension economic and environmental dimension and who human and i mention and of course the issue is to break the conflict cycle as we heard a few minutes ago we should break aquatic cycle and we should just put off the conflicts before being less that so i am planning if i'm elected i'm planning to be a very active. secretary general. in full correlation with the chairman office and of course with the support of the people six states and spotlight will have their very own front of the very top you. yes through most of the protesters in the arab

will become aware read it will star as billy been in the movie money ball.e, is it enough? we will have to wait and see. texas is a good club and they have improved. we also improved pitching staff, we added to the bullpen and it always is and always will be a zero sum game. >>gary: usually when guys calling, it's joe the story as a half truth. indeed he worked a $10 million deal over mexican in merced with fuentes? >> i will go back to trevino said if i can go back to merced any time soon. >>gary: mr. wolf said we want to go to san jose how you answer somebody who says kay, co-head move to san jose and then all fall yolk, in the meantime and strung out here? >> flea everyone will hang with us until the new venue happens. it has to happen, this is a facility that's getting older and more difficult to compete with. we're finding more and more challenging. >>gary: what to take larry to the restaurant in merced and have him get off that darn territorial rights stance? >> i have to drive him back? all >>gary: ladies yes ? >>gary: you flattered surprised and emba

and flu life dimitris de'monte to so ricky rubio clinton's top songs are not as it should come down billy's a country still has some way to go till it can produce play is a piece count up got some interesting theories on this by the way why there are not natural point guards in russia some of them are. educational and some of them are. cultural some of the more geographical when just to give you a small example you know. and freedom of play usually is developed on the playgrounds and how many people are playing outside in the playgrounds in minus twenty five degrees so you know that's a geographical reason it's very difficult to find kids who are just out there playing with a bowl and playing free and developing the kind of magination and openness for the game that you find when in warm weather countries where guys just off the streets play it all the time you know it seems like a little thing but it's a big maybe one of the reasons we don't see a lot of natural point guards and it's been a lean year for russian basketball and that will continue to have to make to get a few resources he has

. >> billy bean is being portrayed on screen by brad pitt. how does he feel about that? we will have that tomorrow. it's a good show. jason knows what he is doing. he is the best. tonight, may be the end for the cal gymnastics team, no. 4 in america. edged by no. 2 stanford tonight. unless they can come up with $4 million to be reenstated this was the last meet. they produced four ncaa championships. that really is sad and again, i have a neighbor that is on the baseball team that is playing there last year and has a son playing and it's sad if you know somebody.

you weren't renting, like, "top gun." >> i remember discovery of billy wilder and the discovery was ae, that's the person that i really wanted to work with and now we've made four movies together. >> jimmy: yeah. and -- >> became one of my closest friends. >> jimmy: and now when you go and rent the movies, you're on them, too. >> which is a different experience, but -- >> jimmy: i would think so. maybe take as little of the fun out of it. now you're in this "pirates of the caribbean," this is the fourth one. when we come back, we have an exclusive look at the filament. and when i say exclusive, i mean, i hope it's exclusive. we were told it was exclusive. but we're going to look at it when we come back. penelope cruz is with us. "pirates of the caribbean" opens may 20th. we'll be right back. the motorola xoom tablet. with the velocity of a 1-ghz dual core processor, 3-d graphics engine, gyroscope, and a widescreen hd display. grab it and it grabs you. only at verizon. [ male announcer ] every day thousands of parents are choosing children's advil. here's one story. my name is michelle

. >>> now, billy ray cyrus, of course, miley cyrus' dad, used to have the mullet, that's how i rememberre he is with his wife tish. they filed for divorce, both couples, citing irreconcilable differences. they have now called off the divorce. this is a sneak peek at "the view" because they sat down for an interview and he reveals he and tish are trying to reconcile, get the family to come back together. >> good, good. >> billy ray says the family is making strides to reconnect, which they need to do. >> miley has had her issues. let's hope that can bring the family back to you. good for you. you rarely hear about -- >> families coming back. >> good for them. >>> leann rimes back in the news. some folks say she's looking awfully thin these days and maybe worked out and dieted a little hard too hard getting ready for her wedding. a recent picture on the left. some people said, wow, her arms looked really skinny. on "shape" magazine, i thought looking good there. >> she looks good. >> but maybe has gone too far. she got on twitter saying, i take care of myself, eat what i want without putt

thank you, billy dee. and one more thing.t's thursday night, time for our weekly tribute to the fcc where we bleep and blur things whether they need it or not. it is "this week in unnecessary censorship." >> a san diego zoo keeper is recovers this morning after being [ bleep ] by a giant panda. >> did you watch last night? brad has [ bleep ] his final bachelorette. >> there is a website called paula dean riding [ bleep ]. now, i was like, what is this? >> i'm a [ bleep ], but i will only [ bleep ] to a certain extent. i won't [ bleep ] real dirty. >> do you think they're [ bleep ] dirty? >> did you see the show? >> i wouldn't miss it for the world. i wouldn't miss that [ bleep ] for the world. >> some of the nba students on campus are like, what wlooep blooep is going on, and can i have an autograph. >> and they called it [ bleep ] love. >> that's it. >> wetter is perfect. >> getting that [ bleep ] out, i was like. >> did you taste my [ bleep ]? >> i did taste your [ bleep ]. zblf was it cooked enough? >> lady gaga would like

of course, we can improve the bicycle infrastructure, the cycling networked, and especially made billy -- and especially maybe the bicycle parking. we could do that, but we cannot reach very far there. what is disappointing is that the road projects scheme is not expected to do more than 1.5% to 3%. so is not what i expected. i expected much more from that. the other problem is we are not allowed to introduce cars sharing because there are things that the government will not allow us. but they are gradually changing their mind. they say in 2015, maybe we can go on with the program. >> you should see the graph of car use and bicycle use in amsterdam when they increased parking fees. the car use went down, the bicycle use went up. higher parking fees are very effective in decrease in car use and increasing other modes of use -- in decrease in car use iqi 5u9 it was quite effective. another thing, peter talked about the parking permit. in amsterdam, you have to wait two and half years before it because you -- you have to wait two and a half years for the parking permit. >> people except t

. >> reporter: oscar nominee billy bob thorton's favorite -- [ indiscernible ] >> when she is on theeen, your eyes are glued to her. >> reporter: steven segal greeted her through the paparazzi, and two of eddy fisher's children talked about their famous family true. >> she's a great lady. she was married to my father. she was probably may favorite ex-step-mother. >> reporter: patty labellle offered a musical birthday greeting. >> happy birthday, i love you. >> this week brought an outpouring of memories, and tribute to elizabeth taylor from those who knew her in hollywood. here in san francisco, people remembered her for the time, and energy she devoted to beating a killer. she once said, it is bad enough that people should die of a.i.d.s., but they should not die of ignorance. paul chambers reported on san francisco's reaction this week. >> reporter: she's considered hollywood royalty by many, but if the attention -- but it's the attention she's brought to a.i.d.s. that is getting affection from the gay community. >> she's raised hundreds of millions of dollars, and we're going to m

. >> my name is billy harrison. i have been listening and i really liked the concept of community policing, because in the world community is unity. today, my family and i cannot experience that unity, because my brother, charles harrison, was murdered in the tenderloin district on january 2 of this year. i know that we can come up with all type of tactics to move on communities. we can come up with gang injunctions. the marjah district person said that him and his people feel safe. some of the people say they do not think it should be a hundred different forms of community policing, but it is a hundred different forms. it should be a standard. if somebody gets murdered in knob hill or the sunset, the response should be the same. we do not feel the response is the same. from my experience in the black community, it is not the same. the murder, from my understanding, was caught on tape. how could you have the people of san francisco feel safe if you are going to have this big book event coming to the city? how are yo

arrested this man who they believe is responsible for vandalizing several atms in both san francisco and billy city. please don't know if he's responsible for the other vandalisms or throughout their copycats out there. reporting live, kron 4 news. >>pam: a developing story, the san francisco da office has announced it is dismissing 57 cases and possibly more. all in connection with allegations of police misconduct. in the past week these four videos have surfaced allegedly showing undercover officers breaking the law. the public defenders offer cents the video's release since last week contradict what the officers wrote in their pleas reports of what they said in court testimony about drug bust in december and january. the aide george says his office has identified at least 57 cases involving the eight officers involved in the controversy. he says, they must drop the cases. including the 11 cases dropped yesterday and one drop on monday. >> caution, we took a step not only to begin to investigate this matter but also, to notify the court in cases that we believe at the time we do not have suf

i say bring back billy crystal. he's the one or ellen degeneres. >> they need some comedians, people who are going to make a little fun of that industry. >> i did like the outfits. >> thanks for being with us, everybody.

. >> billy made his plea to the city to adopt a resolution declaring a local state of emergency. this hillside is slowly swallowing up homes and his could be next. >> there is concern as the water drys out the slip plain will worsen. >> the chief says there are two major slides. four homes have been red-tagged and four others were yellow-tagged including the vogel's home. >> i want to be in in that house until i pass away. >> you really shouldn't be in there tonight. my concern is the hill will move and they won't be aware of it. >> i'm not going to leave my house. i'm going to stay and fight. >> reporter: it's still fragile. the city put up a wall of barriers and the four red-tagged homes could end up across the street. a possible solution is a series of pilings to shore it up. the cost $4 million. in 2003 the city offered to set up a geological hazard district to mitigate the hillside but the residents declined because they would have to contribute to a fund. now, they are hoping for emergency state funding but these days it's not good time to be asking for money. >> eric: the

i coming out and join the likes of baseball player billy bean and n.f.l. office of lineman esera to all but all these guys waited until retirement to come out of the closet why is that well let's consider how former n.b.a. all star tim hardaway responded to me cheese announcements. here. you know you know i hate gay people so. you know i let it be known i don't like gay people i don't like to be around gay people i don't you know i am i would i'm like i don't i don't like it should get. any. more oh yeah i don't like the point again is that sports culture is shot through with political meaning and struggle unless we're content to stay quiet in the face of bullying we should make it our goal to speak up and try to change things when sports culture reinforces backward political attitudes that hurt people for no good reason i think it's important for. everybody to be true with respect. been straight whatever martina navratilova helped found it takes a team to fight homophobia in sports in the first instance a three pointer with two seconds to go when we're do

go to my childhood is connected to billy so now i'm finally in france on a business trip it would have been a shame not to visit the grave of a dearth of such great global importance like rudolph moody. to many first time rushing this is his love story with this magnificent city has just begun many wonder the streets of paris like the chandeliers and here and taken a. brest taking sides just like the predecessors from russia did centuries ago and there's more to sit exchanged an understanding of the two cultures continues let's hope the future relationship between russia and france will only flourish well unfortunately that's all that's how we how i'll see you get the same time next week so that for me and the rest of the crew of the outfits we're all for the beautiful city of paris but out. of. which brighton if you move from phones to impressions. means phones don't totty don't come. the stock. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy. there are no holds barred global financial headlines. today. the first thing these are the images. from the streets of canada. t

. >> my problems came -- >> reporter: billy was a sergeant-major in the marines. he says the first gulf war, where he served on reconnaissance patrols, changed him spirit actually. >> because you see no spirituality in war. combat does not, for la of a bett wor expose you to the opportunity to serve the lord. >> reporter: after he lost his faith, he lost his wife and his home, and now he's trying to help other veterans at the los angeles mission. >> i don't know if you've ever been in a position to say to yourself if you have believed in god, you think god has abandoned you, that's what you feel in combat because you feel there can be no god with this type of carnage going on. >> reporter: everyone we spoke with agrees that an important factor in the turbulent return of some vets is that much of the country has not shares the pain of two wars they have been fighting. >> there's lip service to the service and saluting the service, but does the public really understand in a deep way em pathically what the moral burdens of war are? i don't think so. >> reporter: good

the recycle center's historic contributions to the city's movement towards sustainable is up with billy but suggest that today more park appropriate use for our property exists. i would now like to turn the presentation over to sarah ballard, our director of policy and public affairs, who is going to give a short presentation on our efforts to ensure the golden gate park continues to ensure the city's highest ever generate and followed by a short presentation on an overview of the specific community gardens proposal. >> good morning, supervisors. director of policy and public affairs for the recreation and park department. i'm pleased to be here to talk to you briefly about the department's recycling program and focus a little bit on golden gate park and what we're doing there. we have a system wide recycling program throughout our system that focuses primarily on our indoor facilities. our neighborhood club houses, our recreation centers, pools, concessions, mobile vendors and other buildings. we have worked to provide recycling, composting, and land philbins in those facilities in con

billy white with the put-back. san diego has a super so for in leonard. he takes it wide as the aztecs win 67-64. san diego never won an ncc tournament ever until this week. now in the sweet 16. the only men's team still alive in the big tournament because florida beat ucla73-65 today. >>> well, opening day for the giants is still 12 days away. but the ball club learned today that closer brian wilson strained his oblique and that he may not be ready for the march 31st season opener in la. wilson, of course, led the majors last year with 48 saves. but that bit of bad news didn't seem to carry over on to the field in scottsdale today. giants three solo homeruns to beat kansas city. rock starts it off in the second inning. his third homerun this season. then in the fourth buster takes the same pitcher bruce chin deep for his third homerun of the season for hem. aubrey huff adds another and giants win 3-1. barry deal is pitching very strong today. he allowed just one run on two hits and six innings. >>> as win 8-3 over the white sox. cahill worked that and. t

. >> we have to give out a shout out to billy, our weather producer, the two of you. glad you guys were there for us. >> well, in the aftermath of the monster earthquake getting out of japan was difficult for travelers. here is the reunion to loved ones after a couple of stressful days. >> reporter: 8.9 quake and tsunami that dropped in northeastern japan was felt throughout the country, tokyo was seriously shaken saw the worst. >> the whole city came to a halt. >> reporter: passengerring on flight out of japan arriving today shared their stories with cbs 5:00. >> it usually takes an hour half to get to the airport, it took about five hours and the pair port was chaos, so many people couldn't find a flight to fly out. >> once that big one started coming, it kept going, this earthquake is lasting a little bit longer than usual. >> reporter: his mother was on a plane flying back from dallas. >> 6:00 a.m. i get a phone call i'm okay but my flight canceled of course. >> he said haven't you seen the news, he said there was an earthquake. we started seeing how bad it was. t

billy white with another san diego state bucket down below. two minutes to go. then thomas puts the exclamation on the game with a big block. they had six collectively. they win 71-64 and will play yukon next. joshua smith tried to put the brewens on his back against florida second half. irvin walker bounces off smith. put the gators up five. brewens back within 1. it's walker again this time with a dagger. 21 points for walker. florida wins 73-65 setting up a date with jimmer and the cougars in the sweet 16. the stanford women have been to three straight final fours while the first round opponent had never even been to the tournament. condoleezza rice, one of 6,000 in attendance at maple civilian for round one. tony was one of two in the double figures and the aggies had no answer. leads stanford to 22 points. they win big, 86-59 and will play st. john's on monday. >> this is a very unselfish team. i just want to say, too, our crowd was awesome. i think this is the most we've ever had in a first round game. so they got everyone going and i thought our team came

i go to get my childhood is connected to billy so now i'm finally in france in a business trip it would have been a shame not to visit the grave of the duty of such crazy global importance like rudolph moody. to many first time russian this is the love story with this magnificent city has just begun many ones in the streets of paris like the chandeliers a year and taking a breath taking sides just like the pieces from russia did centuries ago and there's more to situation change and understanding of the two cultures continues let's hope the future relationship between russia and france will only flourish well unfortunately that's all that's how we how else you get the same time next week tell them for me and the rest of the crew the outfits we offer the peaceful secure paris but now. it's the secret incursion into the country. it's the invasion by means of. tradition the language to learn a new one so that the thirsty copied copy. and culture. the thing is that the had the dunes are still unaware of what's going on in the land just over the last year my dear plants like big i don't know