this is another piece of music authored by blind tom. this piece is called the battle of manassas, and this peaks -- this speaks to tom's ability to re-create elves that he heard. >> ♪ >> the battle of manassas was one of the first battles of the civil war. people who heard this piece performed at had been on the battlefield said it was a more shocking how accurately tom was able to use the sounds of the piano to mimic sounds that will be heard on a typical battlefield. this document is very typical of the concert programs you would have received if you attended a blinded tom concert. you see here songs, sketch of the life of blind tom, here in image of the adult tom, again, you see him depicted with his eyes closed, inside there is an account of tom's life. on the back is a typical concert program. tom wiggins received a claim across the world. by some accounts he was the highest grossing musical artist of the entire 19th century. unfortunately, because of his race, and because of his disabilities, he never saw a sense of that money. th

we also have detectable pathways for blind users. bart usually tries things and to be honest we usually get it wrong but in practice we learn. for this particular example we start out with a 24-inch pathway and now it's too big, passengers using wheelchairs will complain. it's a pretty long way to traverse an across. now it's 12 inches and now to 6 inches and just as effective for our intend audience and less intrusive for those traveling with leading -- luggage and wheelchairs. we have expanded our user trial groups. we are sending out invites to welcome everyone to participate. i would invite this group. i will send an invitation to donna. to show where the platforms show where the door centers are and we put a mock trial and people didn't like it. it was too much clutter and when the consequences are misinterpreting the signs and falling onto a track, we can't take that chance. we are exploring different solutions to let people know how to get to the doors or which direction to go to. how am i doing on time? each year bart receive

smartphones helping the blind and visually impaired people see? yes. you may not know it, but your iphone has several features to assist the blind and vulgsy visually impaired. let's discuss how the smartphone technology has improved the lives of people who are visually impaired. ed summers, software specialist institute. this is really fascinating stuff. what capabilities are written into the phone as it comes shipped out of the box? ed:that's one of the great things about the ios devices, including the phone. it has a settle of accessibility features, that improve access for people with disabilities or people who are getting older and may need a little larger text on the screen. one of the features that i use day in and day out that enables me to use the phone in so many contexts, it's called voice over. voice over is a screen reader that announces the text that is on the screen underneath my finger as i drag my finger around the screen on the phone. cory: fascinating stuff. in terms of app development, how do you sort of get people to develop more a

blindness in his left eye a result of glaucoma put the victims in his blind spot. second time he collapsed today after a judge set his bail. >> great potential to flee and currently has so in the past. this court's opinion, $25 million is reasonable. >> reporter: $25 million to get free on bond. several minutes after hearing that knight dropped to the floor. >> mr. knight literally fell like someone pulled the switch and head on the way down. he was unconscious. >> reporter: charges of violence nothing new for knight who went to jail in the late 1990s and again in 2003 for violating probation and assault charges. >> strange case. stephanie elam joining us from los angeles. you've been talking to knight's legal team with how they plan to defend him. what do thebds? >> reporter: right, anderson. i talked to knight's lawyer a few minutes ago. they say first of all, they believe it was an act and the condition of his left eye, in which he's blind and remember that video on the left-hand side that the two men were standing. they're saying he was trying to get away from

if you are blind, there may or may not be a pole in front of you. this pole starts out as one pole from the bottom and branches into three different parts so it's easier for more than one person to grab onto it. if you are traveling with a service animal, they may reach out to poles and it could clip a shoulder with a person traveling with a service animal. here is a picture of the new car configuration. it basically shows the door entrance and you can see right to the right of the door it's embedded in the floor is a wheelchair icon to further confirm that this area is designated for passengers travel with a wheelchair. there is a pole that branches out into three poles at about midway through the pole between the floor and the ceiling. there is decals on these poles, if you are sight impaired, it called attention that there is a pole in front of you. we begin to have conversations throughout this process with various disability groups and they begin to express concerns about this pole. some of these are the bart accessibility task force which coun

bridges works for the council of the blind. in the lawsuit he asks for damages and an instruction forcing taxis to service the blind as well as those with service dogs. only yellow cab responded to our questions saying it has a long track record of providing accessibility transportation and it support more driver training -- supports more drive training and accessible to all to all taxis. i'm investigative reporter russ ptacek, wusa9. >> yellow cab says it did not discriminate and will be vindicated. >>> some travelers headed to atlanta got there later than expected today after a truck clipped a plane at dulles. the flight was parked at the gate loading passengers when the small truck hit the tip of the plane's wing. no one was hurt. the passengers boarded another flight so crews could inspect the plane. the truck involved usually cleans up the tarmac after deicing. >>> he is next in line to the throne and this week prince charles will get the royal treatment in the d.c. area. >> he is bringing along his wife camilla. our ellis

also getting advice from hobi who has been blind since birth and says a cheaper printer is needed. >> blind and visually impaired students that want to learn braille or want to know braille are going to be able to read whatever they want or whenever they want. >> reporter: all thanks to a teenager who proves that true vision comes from the heart. joe fryer, nbc news, santa clara, california. >> there's a young man with a real future ahead of him. that's going to do it for us on this wednesday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> i was wondering how these people are going to be able to feed their children. >> right now at 6:00 why the sudden crackdown. long-time street venn tors forced to shut down which is leaving many south bay families scrambling. good evening. thanks for being with us. i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. street vendors being rushed out. in preparation for the super bowl t city is cracking down on small unpermitted street vendors. the city taking on a long standing latino tradition in east san jose's g

but then that water crossed over to my other i'd aye and i was fully blind. i couldn't talk, it was scary, okay, i got this problem to deal with, fine can i see. i can talk to scott, i can talk to houston, maybe can i see for a while, i don't want to be blind for the rest of my life. but i he kept crying and the tears got bigger and bigger but enough that they evaporated slowly. >> it's a close team in space, three, six of you on the international space station. >> yeah, we don't randomly choose people and put them on the space station of course. in the thousand that apply, they chose four women and four men out of eight or 9,000 people that applied. so that's a very unique set of skills that those eight people have. and then from those they go through years of basic training, advanced training and we carefully pick a group of three whatever it is that are going to fly on the space station then they train together for years. you carefully choose a subset of humanity with a certain set of skills, train them, then you hand select a few and you train them togeth

smart phones helping the blind to see. features assist blind and visually impaired through voiceover gps. it has improved the lives of people who are visually impaired . this is really fascinating stuff. what capabilities come shipped out of the box? >> another great thing about the ios devices. the tablet has a set of features -- they improve access for people with disabilities or people who are older and need a little larger text on the screen. one of the features i use is called voiceover. it's a screen reader that announces the text on the screen underneath my finger as i drag my finger over the screen. cory: in terms of app development, how'd you get people to develop more apps on this? ed: good question. the world health organization -- there are approximately one billion people in the world with disabilities. that's about one in seven. about two or 80 million of those people have visual impairment. -- 280 million of those people have visual impairment. we are finding ways for everyone to make a contribution to the e

he is creating a new low-cost braille printer for the blind to improve access and literacy. one that involves the use of legos. here's special correspondent jackie judd. >> reporter: at the age of 12 shubham banerjee learned how random the universe can be. one seemingly inconsequential thing occurs and in this case the ring of a doorbell and life changes, in a big way. >> i looked out and no one was there. but i did see a flyer over there and which asked for donations for the visually impaired. i asked-- i didn't know why i just asked a random question to my parents, how do blind people read? they didn't really have time for me so they said "sorry, i'm busy. can you go google it?" >> and one thing lead to another. shubham whose previous ambition had been to quarterback his football team, learned that a diminishing number of the blind read braille. in part voice recognition technology has taken away the need. but the now 13-year-old became convinced that the cost of a braille printer which expands the reading universe for the blind is prohibitive. >> i found out it was $2,000

whom almost completely blind.most completely blind. google cliented him to take the google cliented him to take the driver's seat. driver's seat. >> how did it feel? >> how did it feel? >> incredibly normal an abnormal at the same time. all of the things you do as you drive come back. >> incredibly normal an abnormal >> we are here at the stop sign. >> yeah. at the same time. >> this is some of the best all of the things you do as you drive come back. >> we are here at the stop sign. driving i have >> yeah. >> this is some of the best ever done. driving i have ever done. >> do you think you will be able >> do you think you will be able lifetime? lifetime? >> >> absolutely. absolutely. when techno when techno returns... returns... crash test dummies are getting a digital makeover. crash test dummies are getting a digital makeover. >> al jazeera's investigative unit has tonight's exclusive report. >> from coast to coast. >> people selling fresh water for fracking. >> stories that have impact. >> we lost lives. >> th

you can see right here, the blind negro boy pianist only 10 years old. image of him here -- he was most often photographed and john -- and drawn with his eyes closed stop he continued to tour not just through the nation but internationally, even throughout the civil war when he was officially no longer a slave. however, through a series of convoluted legal dealings, members of his initial owning family continued to act as his manager and legal guardian. at one point, his mother signed over legal guardianship with the promise of receiving some of his earnings. however, when she realizes was not the case, she left new york city where tom and his owner manager were leaving -- were living. this is another piece of music called the battle of manassas. this speaks to his ability to re-create sounds he heard. the battle of manassas was one of the first battles of the civil war and people who heard this piece performed and had been on the battlefield said it was almost shocking how accurately tom was able to use the sounds of the can of to mimic sounds that woul

that's why i'm backing up. >> reporter: sir, he's blind. today that passenger, eric bridges, filed a lawsuit against grand cab, elite cab, yellow cab and pleasant taxi. >> i might add that i'm not just filing this complaint against these taxi companies on my behalf but rather also on the behalf of my friends, my family and colleagues. >> reporter: bridges works for the american council for the blind. the wusa9 report is specifically identified as the basis for the lawsuit which charges violations of the americans with disabilities act and discrimination. >> i feel very strongly the day that i stood out in the cold rain doing this work with channel 9, it was incredibly frustrating. it was demoralizing and it showed clear discrimination. >> reporter: in our 2013 investigation of 42 cabs wusa9 tested with passengers using wheelchairs or guide dogs, 20 cabs or 48% either drove right past the passenger with a disability in favor of another fare, took them to the wrong location without warning or charged them an illegal extra fee. yellow cab is t

. >> it's new help for color blindness. a pair of glasses that allows people to see color. see the remarkable video when a lucky few try them out. >>> and this. ♪ i thought that i was safe using contraceptive but the pill is only 99% effective ♪ >> the unique way to announce there's a baby onboard. >> just to be clear, the pill is 99% effective? >>> koalas are pretty territorial and they don't like humans to approach them. this is something completely different from that. this video captured in ukraine. as you can see here that's not one swan, that's two. they're entangled together. not fishing line not trash. don't know how these two got into this shape. >> you've got an idea? >> i guess. >> they're getting a little funky. >> if they were, i don't know how they got in this position because it's really hard to procreate. >> they're doing it birdie style. >> the people were on the bank of this little lake. they thought the swans saw the humans and thought maybe they'll help us out. they swim toward the shore and this is when you get a really good idea about how mixed up thes

he's been honored by the white house for a nonprofit he created to help other blind science students.or student 3d printer chemistry with every tap of his walking stick, hoby wedler uses sound to navigate his way to his chemistry lab at uc davis. >> "i don't have to see things to really put them in my mind's eye. in fact i've never seen things in my eyes. i always visualize things." >> reporter: and with the help of this 3-d printer, he can use his sense of touch to teach himself about molecules. >> "your fingertips i don't think are any more sensitive than mine, just like your hearing isn't more sensitive than mine. i've just been trained to use it more than you have, because you rely on your vision for, studies say about 85 percent to 90 percent of your information input." >> "we've learned a lot from each other and we're hoping to teach a lot to other people through our work." >> reporter: his peers usually can view the diagrams off a computer screen, but wedler can turn the complicated molecular structures into something he can really get his hands on. >> "it's very exciting for m

specifically, the lawsuit said blind people are being ignored. diane cho is live in the newsroom with the claims and the response. diane? diane: in one case cameras are rolling when a cab driver had to stop at a red light in front of eric bridge who's is still hailing a cab. and instead of picking him up, the lawsuit alleges that the driver continued on to stop for someone else who didn't have a service dog. as a blind resident commuting back and forth from arlington to d.c. eric bridges allows his service dog to guide him where he needs to go. he says it's not only this easy to get a cab when his four legged companion is standing right next to him. >> it's demoralizing. diane: especially someone who can't tell on his own if he's being discriminated against by a cab driver. >> there are times that the cab driver attempts to refuse me and the police officer will come over and simply grab the door of the cab and say you will take him. diane according to a lawsuit filedst four d.c. cab companies, some of those incidents were caught on camera after a

spark involved in the creation of gene therapies and is currently working on treatments for blindnesser genetic diseases. joining us now in a cnbc exclusive is spark's ceo, jeff marrazzo and we brought along meg terrell. all years. >> thank you. so we were just talk about companies that have to sales and $2 billion market caps and you're $1.8 billion, no sales yet. let's get to valuations in a bit, but i want to start by what you do. your ticker is once, so you're in gene therapy. what is that? >> well, genes ultimately play this role as a blueprint in underlying how cells function. so the concept is actually that you take a normal copy of a gene or a healthy copy of gene and you bring it to those patients' cells and by doing so, you're able to potentially correct the underlying basis of the disease. so the idea is that if you can deliver that to the patient, there's a potential for the patient to then correct what they need to do on potentially on a long-lasting basis if not on a curative basis that's the promise behind gene therapy. if you think of what we're doing in a first area t

you can see at the top, it says tom, the blind negro boy pianist , only 10 years old. we have an image of him here. he was most often photographed and drawn with his eyes closed. he continued to tour internationally, even after the civil war. however, through a

james gump from white house and the blind and visually impaired talked about repeating out volunteer youth corp partnered with the red cross to develop a hand book for people who are blind or low vision. this is enhanced information for the visually impaired. what was lovely about this new handbook is that it's printed in a format that has language print and brailled text. tera connor from the department of public health together they shared a list of list who serve seniors and people with disabilities. the intent with this list is to use the limited number of key and current contacts who can disseminate or distribute information about emergencies and resources to their clients or e list similar to the old phone concept. these key contacts can also send information upwards to the emergency operation center to let emergency managers know what might be needed to serve people with disabilities in the community. tara also talked about the mapping process that identifies dialysis treatment in the city. and places that will provide services when sites are damaged after an emergency or disa

didn't know each other but did meet 16 years later at a blind date.re married, with three children. and as they were going back through yes, i figured you'd like this. >> i love these stories. i want a camera on my head so i can rewind and see who i met that i didn't know i met that i know now. >> i've wondered when we'd see a story just like this one, people realize their ships kind of passed in the night and didn't even know it. >> the crazyhi they didt re on ty had t once they got married. it's one when day they happened to be going through old home movies and suddenly their blood ran cold. they're like wait a minute rewind this. they told everybody. then the video went missing, they lost it. >> why did it go missing? >> they think it may have been destroyed during hurricane sandy. not long ago they put a dvd on where videos have been put on dvd. this had been put on as well. we get to see the video. they grew up 45 minutes away from each other. both family as the same theme park at the same time separately and he walks through, there you go. it's

. >> under blind conditions when players don't know. violins they like best and sometimes they are old strads and sometimes they like the new. and so the best violins made today are comprabl to the best violins. >> i about that. one of the things you have to understand. a three-year-old stradivariuous violin was playing music throw hundred years old. >> what do you think of that? >> one of the things that people are not aware of except musicians, the overwhelming majority of the strads are modified. they look the same superficially. they have been worked on. bridges and check and finger board and heavily repaired. and i don't think stradivari would recognize the sound of the instrument. >> why are they worth so much money if they are repaired and changed so much. why is it worth it? >> it is worth it they are the best sounding instruments. >> this is like a mind trick to me. because it said stradivari it is so great. is it a mind trick. >> no no >> it is brain washing. >> stradivari. >> and i wonder too it. it is the story behind the ar

and blinding pilot. what we learned about the man accused of intentionally pointing lasers at pilots in new york. and the surprise of a lifetime. local teacher being honored in our area today. great story to stick around for. plus it looks like more rain coming our way this weekend. doug is back with when it will get here. >> new this noon the associated press is suing the state department. this is an effort to force the release of then secretary of state hillary clinton's e-mails. clinton acknowledges using a private e-mail account during her tenure there. she says in hindsight, that was a mistake. but she insists she did not create any security risks or break the law. and the state department e-mail system hacking is considered the worst ever against a government agency. that's according to a recent federal briefing. hackers likely working for the russian government are suspected in the attack. back in november state department officials shut down the e-mail system over a weekend in an effort to improv

for the remaining artists invited to the blind auditions the stakes couldn't be higher. paul: the teams are filling up and i have to make my music dreams come true. daly: say hi to our coaches! adam, blake, and christina each have one open spot. pharrell has two. i've got to just strike, ninja-style. ♪ well, he wrote me a letter ♪ daly: our coaches will do whatever it takes to get the best artist to complete their teams. whoo! blake: you have like a 700-pound voice, and it's coming out of 80 pounds. here, come here, come here. come sit in my chair. what just happened? together: ♪ oh, baby, it's impossible... ♪ daly: and then, get ready... whoo! welcome home. don't start that. whoo! daly: ...because for the first time ever, immediately following the blind auditions... welcome

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hear this. >> somebody can be 20/20 on the eye chart and be legally blind. >> reporter: how?sion nerve fibers. >> reporter: meaning your field of vision is shrinking right before your eyes long before you even notice. >> you can lose all of your side vision you're left with the middle vision and you can read 20/20 eye chart but you can see to get around. >> keep looking straight back. >> reporter: there's another shocker. >> it is the number one cause for why african-americans are blind and ear rear verse cybill cybillly blind in this country. >> reporter: wills eye hospital dr. jay katz is not talking about only 60 something you population you might think he cease exclusively exclusively in his glaucoma services department. you certainly don't expect to see sanak peter. she didn't feel a thing as fluid started building in her eyes in her 20s. >> he noticed that my pressure went up on a visit. and prescribed me an eye drop. but i didn't use it regularly. >> reporter: even though her brother had been diagnosed as a toddler and she has a long family history of glaucoma. but in

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also getting advice from hobi who has been blind since birth and says a cheaper printer is needed. >>s want to learn braille or know braille are going to be able to read whatever they want whenever they want. >> reporter: all thanks to a teenager who proves that true vision comes from the heart. joe fryer, nbc news, santa clara, california. >>> there's a young man with a real future ahead of him. that's going to do it for us on this wednesday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> lights, camera, access. >>> i support all the world, every people -- >> maybe each is the wrong word. >> dolce and gabana change their opportunity, in

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his lawyer says blindness in his left eye, a result of glaucoma put the victims in his blind spot thee he collapsed, after a judge set his bail. >> he has a great potential to flee. and as so mtis in the past. $25 million is reasonable. >> reporter: $25 million to get free on bond. several minutes after hearing that knight dropped to the floor. >> mr.he fell like someone pulled the switch. hit his head on the way down and he was unconscious. >> reporter: charges of violence are nothing knew for him who went to jail in the 1990s and 2003 as for the defense. i spoke to one of his lawyers that they do believe he was an accident. they say the blindness in his left eye is key. if yourchl the video you can see the two men are on the left hand side of the vehicle. they're saying knight was trying to flee the scene and couldn't see where the two men were standing. if they didn't know they were there, he couldn't target them to kill them. stephanie elam. >>> still to come fans of jeremy clarkson want him back on television. the bizarre stunt they pulled in london to deliver their message to th

. -- blind tom.oon after his birth and was discovered he was both blind and mute. though the terminology of the time referred to him as dumb today we would probably recognize him as autistic read specifically an autistic savant. tom could not communicate in traditional ways, he had a remarkable talent for mimicry. he was able to reproduce any sound or voice that he heard in nature or man-made. he also displayed a remarkable talent at an early age for music. being able to reproduce songs he heard just wants on the piano. despite having very little formal training. his owners quickly realized the remarkable child they had on their hands and had begin giving concerts in columbus. eventually they started touring him around the south in the country. he also wrote music. this piece here is one of his earliest pieces of sheet music you can see here at the top it says tom the blind negro boy pianist, only 10 years old. we have an image of him here, depicting him. he was most often photographed and drawn with

his lawyer says blindness in his left eye a result of glaucoma put the victims in his blind spot. he collapsed after a judge set his bail a. great potential to flee and apparently has so in the past. in this court's opinion, $25 million is reasonable and it is so set. >> reporter: $25 million to get free on bond. several minutes after hearing that knight dropped to the floor. >> mr. knight literally fell like someone pummeled the switch hit his head on the way down and he was unconscious. >> reporter: charges of violence are nothing new for knight who went to jail in the late 1990s and again in 2003 for violating probation and assault charges. as for the defense for suge knight i spoke to one of his lawyers who says first of all they believe it was an accident but also say the blindness in his left eye is key here. remember that video, you can see that the two men are on the left-hand side of the vehicle. they're saying that knight was just trying to flee the scene and couldn't see where the two men were standing and if he didn't know they were there, he couldn't actually target t

turning a blind eye, the cycling governing body is criticized heavily over its handling of doping inve shots back you pick johnston to win the cadillac championship, right? probably not. >>> england had four wickets remaining and 106 runs to get, if they're to stay in the contradict world cup. hello, this is "sport today." bangladesh are on the cusp of making the quarter finals arguably their best-ever performance at the tournament. in contrast england's contradict is struggling against them. bangladesh made a modest with 275-7 in their 50 overs. matt madulla, sewing the sinning together scoring 103 before being run out. england made a solid start. ian bell and morgan, out in quick succession leaving 121 for 4. let's have a look at the scorecard. this is how we stand right now. 173 for 6 of 38 overs. it's in the ballots. and you can keep up to date all the time with this on our website. let's have a look at how pool ", a" stands. their best performance since they made the super eight, as they were back in 2007. as i keep saying lose england are out. you can keep up to date here at ou

he's also blind. >> he is not just a athlete he's a triathlete. >> i'm like 98% blind. >> most of what he sees is a dark blur yet he competes >> you think about what you don't have, you won't appreciate what you have. >> they are training for the triathlon nationals coming up next month south carolina. to compete they must run swim and bike long distances. >> he's an inspiration to the team. >> his coach said it's difficult to grasp what he has to cope with. >> i try to swim with blackened goggles. >> i hit the wall with my head sometimes. >> this afternoon the challenged athlete foundation surprised him with a new bike as part of the built with chocolate milk campaign. he has a disease that slowly began robbing him of his eight sight eight years ago when he was 12. he joined the team for the challenge. his follow athletes say they have learned to treat him as just another member of the team. >> we really appreciate having him on the team. he's there the whole way. >> he plans to get his ph.d. in and continue competing. >> he may have lost his eye sight but his vision is crystal clear.

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and the scientists are warning we can no longer turn a blind eye to the problem. >> reporter: is your child having trouble seeing be got our nose? dr. wendy lamb of uc-berkeley school of optometry not only sees more and more children with my happy my house my copy of my house might be a or nearsightedness but they are younger to. by changing some ways the eyeball is getting longer and the light cannot reach the back. so it is blurry. here is a chart that shows what happens with my happy at or near sighted this. that carries the risk of blindness at some estimates predict one-third of the world's population will be myopic in the next decade. what can a parent do? it is recommended that children under the age of six get at least 10 hours a week out doors to help prevent myopia even sunshine is good prevention. >> reporter: is also something called orthokeratology. it is the contact lance that helps the children wear at night to help reshape the eye. but willie the possible solution is get children out the computer log and more outdoor time in more sunshine >> vickie liviakis: kron 4 new

pilots blinded in the cockpit. police tracking down the suspects from the air. how they are fighting back. you are watching "world news now.” ws now." ♪i am beautiful in every single way♪ ♪words, can't bring me down♪ ♪ ♪ i know you want it ♪ >>> you know that song. you know it well. you danced to it a time or two. you just can't get it out of your head. you probably think you heard it before. maybe you have. it's inspired by marvin gaye's maybe a little too much at first. "got to give it up.” >> what's what a jury decided yesterday. awarding gaye's family $7.5 million. linsey davis has the story. >> reporter: in the case of the smash hit "blurred lines" the line's blurred no more. >> i'm so filled with emotion right now. it's hard to get the words out. this was a miracle. >> reporter: a jury ruling against pharrell williams and robin thicke, saying they copied a marvin gaye classic. see if you hear any similarities. first, "blurred lines.” then, gaye's "got to give it up.” ♪ on the stand, singer robin thicke, seen here outside the california court, reiterated hi