and for half a century, bob dylan's music has been in the background. happy birthday, bob.e sugarman, cbs 5. [ music ] >> at least he didn't try to sing. that's all i'm saying. >> 669, it will be the new 408 in the south bay but only for new phone customers. and that means anyone in silicone valley with a 408 area code now will keep their number. today the santa clara board of supervisors approved this method of assigning area codes versus the alternative, splitting it up by geography. the new digits will be rolled out by the end of next year. >> the oakland preacher who made national headlines for his failed prediction of the apork license says he just missed it by five mondays -- months. >> the whole world is under judgment day. and this is -- and it will continue right up until october 21, 2011. and at that time the whole world will be destroyed. >> october. harold camping now says he made some miscalculations when he predicted the world would end on saturday. he says he does feel bad about the mistake. the head of family radio spent $100 million on a worldwide campaign

i listened to bob dylan once a week. today is his 70th birthday. he turns 70 today. he is like the picasso of the united states. i thought i would embarrass myself by reading a song. sin sing it. i might add up singing it by reciting it. and myth that the waters around you have grown soon you will be benched soon you will sink like a stone the rock -- the times are changing do not speak too soon the wheel is still spinning. the loser now will win the times are a changing their is a battle outside and it is a raging the times are a changin do not criticize what you cannot understand your sons and daughters are changing the line that is drawn and the curse that is cast the slow 1 now will later be last the order is rapidly fading the first 1 now will then be last the times are a chaning. >> happy birthday, bob dylan. supervisor wiener: i neglected to say this before. i think he left the room. really acknowledging and commending supervisor elsbernd not just for two years, but for years and years of latching on and not letting us forget about this issue. he saw the comin

i grew up taking everything from bob dylan, curtis mayfield, the beatles, smokey robinson.ike alma mater was the streets of san francisco. i would dare to go to school. where i really hung out was at the fillmore. that was my university, checking out be the king, and james brown, a cream. finding out how they were able to penetrate people's hearts. with their music. once you do that, something happens to their eyes. they become brighter. they start crying, they do not know why. they start dancing. it is like when a woman gives birth. =mmfirst, she cries and then she laughs. later on, she dances. and that, to me, is the beauty of what san francisco is about. >> one final question, and we are going to link it to your music today. such a rich legacy that you are giving us. you mentioned to me that you are working on a new album. could you share what is coming up? >> i love to dream when i am awake. kand so i had this dream of working with india arie and yo- yo ma to do the george harrison saw; and "-- song. this is the definitive way to do this. we are all in it together, we d

fan i hear and read here so what do you think bob dylan would say about this financial crisis i think you're probably going to version of his seventieth birthday and stay forever young and look into the future in the future when we look like this is only a blip this one little crisis as i said earlier to you it is not afraid of the foreign exchange markets but it's a serious crisis for us in europe because we are very severe austerity programs but as i say if we can separate the insolvency of the bias that gives growth economies like ireland and portugal and spain and belgium it gives them an opportunity to proceed are going to be there and i would stay forever young it is probably the best wonderful quote thank you very much patrick macnee thank you for that let's take a look at the markets now crude prices are continuing to fluctuate as the u.s. dollar strengthens with investors waiting on the results of the u.s. oil and energy products report expected later on today european stocks are flat there's our on the heels of u.s. and asian session investor sentiment is also backed by conc

happy birthday, bob dylan. hope you're having a good one.ri. you can see chris wragge is back there tomorrow morning. along with the team of correspondents. they're continuing to cover it here throughout the day. all in twitter, cbs.com. see you back here tonight. the local news is next. we spend a lot of time together. well mainly in traffic. i'm serious. we've been together, what, a super long time. true. and at first it was all business, you know, i'd take him here, i'd take him there. everywhere. and over the years, we've really bonded. sure. why else would you always buy me chevron with techron? 'cause we need gas. i think it's more than that. i think that you care about me. you're a good friend. best friends? um, uh, yes, best friends. yeah. [ male announcer ] your car takes care of you. care for it. chevron with techron. care for your car. ow. headlines... a woman kidnapped >>> good morning. it is 8:55. i'm sydnie kohara with your cbs 5 news headlines. >>> police say that a woman kidnapped her own granddaughter from knightsen. 4-month

and, you know, the ultimate example of that, of course, would be bob dylan. but there are many, many other folks who don't become famous but who take their guitar to washington square park and be sort of put on the folk and enjoy the music, try to find a way to play it in what they think of as an authentic manner. and this leads a lot of kids into new left politics. >> host: who are the new white negroes? >> guest: well, i use that term because at the time in the '50s and '60s it's really used pejoratively by southern traditionallies and segregationists. they call anybody who's interested in -- who's white -- who's interested in or supporting the civil rights struggles of southern blacks, they are often called white negroes. southern sheriffs yell that at white activists, those kinds of end at the times -- end at the times are used, writings to folk sinks like pete seager get hate mail calling him a white negro, white nigger, so i use that phrase to describe white, mostly middle class folks, who take up an interest in black politics moving through the folk mu

. >>> and bob dylan celebrates his 70th birthday. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. al roker reports live from joplin, missouri with more severe weather on the way, the wake of that deadly tornado. and the kung fu panda himself, jack black, stops by studio 1a to tell meredith vieira about the second installment of his animated hit film. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

and, now, you're a man, bob dylan wrote a song about you. nelson mandela has quinn the forward -- has written the forward to this book, and i remember him talking to me about how he loves boxing. >> he was a boxer himself. >> and then he talks about someone like him who was in jail and has come out of it. so here's nelson mandela, bob dylan, even tony bennett, you say -- >> muhammad ali. >> muhammad ali. these people have all known you, and now it comes time for you to speak about yourself, and you say for your epitaph you say it should he was just enough to stand up for his convictions no matter what problems his actions may have caused him, he was just enough to perform a miracle to wake up to escape the universal prison of sleep, to regain his humanity in living hell, he was just enough. just enough. >> just enough. >> so when people hear this, "just enough," i'm sure they're going to be thinking to themselves, well, just enough to get off, or just enough to escape or survive? why not to make something bolder? >> universeally we are all j

j paul getty, eugene mccarthy, f scott fitzgerald, walter mondale, william and charles mayo, and bob dylanso minnesota is a border states of iowa. iowa knows minnesota and minnesota knows iowa. so penn's minnesota background, particularly as governor, gives him an edge in the iowa caucuses and iowa's presidential primary. together these races add up to the kingmaker, the king then goes on to win more caulk busses primaries, collectively fingerrering the party's favorite for the november 2012 presidential election. bit way, here's of former governor of former governor tim pawlenty. age 50, white, married, two teenage daughters, ana and mara. university of minnesota, ba in doctor of law. practicing attorney, 15 years. minnesota's state legislature house of representatives, 10 years. minnesota house majority leader, four years. state of minnesota eight years, 2003-2011. question, can pawlenty win iowa? tim? >> absolutely, and i'm very happy he began by going to iowa and attacking ethanol subsidies, especially because he used to favor them. that takes guts. his being from a border state is goo

. >> guess what, bono can't go to the white house, springsteen can't go to the white house, bob dylano the white house. you've got a lot of people that aren't allowed to sit in the white house because they've written songs about people convicted of murder. >> by the way, songs are not literal, you know that? right. >> stop it. >> when the weather girl sings "it's raining men." it's not really the precipitation of males. >> stop attacking the weather girls, they're one of my favorite groups. >> really? >> yeah, i love them. >> in the end, the two disagreed on the issue but agreed the debate made for good tv. this morning on "the early show," the latest on the sexual assault case against the head of the imf. i'm betty nguyen. this is "cbs morning news." her, we give you even more savings. ooh! big bundle. [ chuckling ] home and auto together. it's like peanut butter and jelly. oh, or like burgers and fries. or pickles and ice cream. unicorns and glitter! no? bundling to save you more. now, that's progressive! call or click today. use the hand towel analyzer at kleenex.com and find out w

but all day long, we've been thinking about the words that echo from a legend, bob dylan, who, believell, amid all this destruction, we kept thinking of one of his classics. so, we leave you, right now, with "shelter from the storm." ♪ was in another lifetime ♪ one of toil and blood ♪ when the road was full of mud ♪ ♪ i came in from the wilderness ♪ ♪ a creature void of form ♪ come in ♪ she said i'll give you shelter from the storm ♪ ♪ and if i pass this way again ♪ you can rest assured ♪ i'll always do my best for her ♪ ♪ on that i give my word ♪ in a world of steel-eyed death ♪ ♪ and men who are fighting to be warm ♪ ♪ come in ♪ she said i'll give you shelter from the storm ♪ ♪ now there's a wall between us ♪ ♪ something there's been lost ♪ i took too much for granted ♪ i got my signals crossed ♪ just to think it all began on an uneventful morn ♪ ♪ come in ♪ she said i'll give you shelter from the storm ♪ ♪ i'm living in a foreign country ♪ ♪ but i'm bound to cross the line ♪ ♪ beauty walks a razor's edge ♪ some day i'll make it mine ♪ if i could only turn back the clock ♪ ♪ to when

know that is exactly the same ok bob dylan wrote a song about a convicted killer named hurricane carter he's been to the white house. why are you drawing the line of common there is a selective outrage machine here at fox that petty fogg's but only when it suits the narrative that suits them ok so there were some good points raised despite the fact that the entire thing was clearly meant for entertainment and ratings but the discussion took a somewhat unexpected turn this guy is controversial all day long with this stuff not only did he support this car killer which celebrated cop killer he celebrated another one in philadelphia again he's celebrating someone he thinks was unjustly he's not celebrating this is perry mason we're talking about now is this the most brilliant lawyer of all time this and let me ask your question are you familiar with leonard peltier yes ok leonard peltier was convicted of killing and you know we're going to wounded knee it's a similar no it's not you know why is it because you pay you five in you should it's the exact same thing it's a guy convicted of killi

probably flogging no i can't even see you i can have part of for you know that is exactly the same ok bob dylan wrote a song about a convicted killer named hurricane carter he's going to the white house. why are you drawing the line of common there is a selective outrage machine here at fox that petty fogs only when it suits the narrative that suits them they was entertaining there are some good points raised this type of fact that the whole thing was clearly orchestrated for entertainment purposes and ratings but then the discussion took rather interesting turn take a look this guy is controversial all day long with this stuff not only did he support this cop killer or celebrate a cop killer he celebrated another one in philadelphia again celebrating someone he thinks was unjustly he's not celebrating he's perry mason we're talking about now he's just the most brilliant lawyer of all time this coat on the loose for sure are you familiar with leonard peltier yes. leonard peltier was convicted of killing you know we're going to wounded knee it's a similar right no it's not your life is it becaus

we've done some bob dylan, i mean, the stones, bob marley. >> jimmy: cool. >> yeah, it's pretty -- >> >> yep. >> jimmy: changed the name. >> 78 violet. >> jimmy: 78 violet. >> yeah. >> jimmy: what does that mean? is it a nail polish color? [ light laughter ] >> gosh, it's really deep. >> jimmy: it's very deep. >> it gets really deep. >> jimmy: then don't tell me. i'd rather not know. >> i don't think you're gonna want to go there. >> jimmy: but, you're working on a new album. a new record. are you? am i making this up? >> no, you're acting kind of coy. because the last time that we were talking, you said that you were producing the -- you were drunk. >> jimmy: yes, i was. >> you were really drunk. >> jimmy: you don't want me producing your album. oh, my gosh. >> jimmy, i thought you were going to make us huge? >> jimmy: i will -- you were going to be huge anyways. what is it? it's 78 violet? >> yeah. >> jimmy: 78 violet will be huge. >> okay, okay. >> jimmy: what is the name of the first song? >> um, "i love you, jimmy." >> jimmy: see? "i love you, jimmy" is a good one with. >> it's g

the ultimate example of that would be bob dylan. but there many, many other folks who don't become famous but to take the guitars to washington square park and sort of put on the folk and enjoy the music, try to find a way to play it in what they think of as an authentic manner. and this leads a lot of kids into new left politics. >> who are the new white and negro's? >> well, i use the term because at the time in the '50s and '60s its use pejoratively by southern traditionalists and segregationists. they call anybody who's interested, who is white who's interested or supporting the civil rights struggle of cellblocks, they're often called white negroes, southern shares yell that at white actors, those are used, or writings to the student nonviolent court in committee folks, folk singers like pete seeger it hate mail calling him a white negro, white bigger. so i use that phrase to describe those white mostly middle-class folks who take up an interest in black culture and black politics and again sorry with rock 'n roll and then movi

speaking to these students, asking what you would want for your epitaph and now, you are a man -- bob dylanwrote a song about you. nelson mandela has written a foreword to this book and spoken about you, someone -- i know nelson mandela left boxing and talked to me about how he loved boxing. >> guest: he was a boxer himself. >> host: and they talk about someone like him who was in jail and has come out.

. >>> finally tonight, bob dylan not only provided the soundtrack for a generation but he's helped write some of its laws. in a recent opinion piece, chief justice john roberts wrote when you got nothing, you've got nothing to wrote. an analysis shows dylan's words are invoked in more legal opinions than any other musician. the beatles are second. attorneys quote the artists they grew up with which tells us upcoming lawyers might start quoting justin bieber. >> let's just go with i can't get no satisfaction instead. >> scary moments on that american airlines flight that you talked about, somebody pounds on the cockpit door and other passengers have to restrain him on the way to san francisco. and in light of a city councilman being pulled over for dui, we talk about what your rights are. flip over to comcast 186 in just a few seconds. >> see you guys. >> we'll see you at 11:00. >>> most of you agreed with our last editorial in favor of an extraction tax on oil and gas companies, to raise billions for education. gary says "our students deserve stable funding. an oil and gas extraction tax

on "art beat," jeff talks to author david hajdu about bob dylan's career and influence as the legendarywriter marks his 70th birthday. plus, find the latest from our student reporting labs project-- teenagers in new york city examine a new reform policy that allows smaller schools to coexist in the same building with other schools. that's on "newshour extra," our site for students and teachers. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. >> brown: and again to our honor roll of american service personnel killed in the iraq and afghanistan conflicts. we add them as their deaths are made official and photographs become available. here, in silence, are eight more. >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. on wednesday, oprah winfrey signs off. i'm gwen ifill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> i want to know what the universe... >> looks like. >> feels like. >> from deep space. >> to a microbe. >> i can contribute to the world by pursui

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and performing another bob marley classic, jakob dylan is here. [ cheers and applause ] jakob dylan isnk, again to our pals at land shark lager for sponsoring our show and making bob marley week possible. [ cheers and applause ] without them, we would be nothing! you guys, it's time for "late night" hashtags. here we go. ♪ ♪ hashtag, hashtag, hashtag hashtag, hashtag ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: these are lists on twitter where we give you the topics and you send in the tweets. now, as you know, prom season is in full swing. so, yesterday, i went on twitter and i started a hashtag called "prom disasters." and i asked you guys at home to tweet us something embarrassing or crazy that happened at your prom. we got thousands of tweets, in fact, within a half hour, it was a worldwide trending topic on twitter, which is huge. so, now, i thought i'd share some of my favorite prom disaster tweets from you guys. here we go. this first one is from @maddyms. he says, "heard my name being called on the speaker and thought i won prom king. no. it w just because my mom brought me my eye drops

in our studio to perform some of bob marley's greatest songs in honor of the 30th anniversary of his last concert. great acts like chris cornell, lenny kravitz, jakob dylanifer hudson, bob's son ziggy marley and even ms. lauryn hill, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] that's right. it's going to be a phenomenal week. great music and it all starts this monday. i can not wait for that. we have an awesome show tonight, though. she's on tv. she's on broadway. she does it all. the insanely talented actress, edie falco is here! [ cheers and applause ] one of our favorites. we love her over here. [ applause ] from the new york knickerbockers, all-star forward carmelo anthony is stopping by! [ cheers and applause ] one of the great players, great dude. he's a stud. and i'll be cooking with my buddy, chef michael symon is on the show tonight! [ cheers and applause ] making some meatballs or something. [ cheers and applause ] hey, i should remind you guys, in stores may 23rd, pre-order for mom now. "thank you notes" our first book. [ cheers and applause ] that's right. [ applause ] coming out soon. very exciting. it's only a dozen bucks. go pick it up somewhere. a

studio to perform some of bob marley's greatest songs, in honor of the 30th anniversary of his last concert. we're talking soundgarden's chris cornell, lenny kravitz, jakob dyland it all starts off with a performance from bob's son, ziggy marley, this monday, you guys! [ cheers and applause ] it's gonna be a phenomenal week. great music. it all starts next monday, may 9th. i cannot wait. please check that out. and, also i like -- i'm very proud just to show everyone this. this is making its debut, peaking up over here -- [ light laughter ] >> steve: what is it? >> jimmy: "thank you notes" is now a book, you guys. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ that's right. it is in color. it costs $12 and it comes out may 23rd. you can preorder from our website, latenightwithjimmyfallon.com or from amazon. it's our first book, everybody. this is it! [ cheers and applause ] with words, everything. hey you guys, we got a huge show tonight. one of my favorites, whoopi goldberg is here! [ cheers and applause ] oh, i love here. also, the amazing, the talented jennifer hudson is joining us. [ cheers and applause ] she's gonna talk to us, she's gonna sing a song. it's gonna be great. and

incredible musicians will be here, covering the work of bob marley, in honor of the 30th anniversary of his last concert. i'm talking about jakob dylannnifer hudson, chris cornell, lenny kravitz, ms. lauryn hill and kicking it off today -- [ cheers and applause ] it's gonna be an amazing week. kicking it off today, it's gonna be great, bob's son, ziggy marley will sing "get up, stand up." [ cheers and applause ] ♪ stand up for your rights get up, stand up don't give up the fight ♪ my thanks to land shark beer for making bob marley week possible. if it wasn't for land shark beer, we couldn't do it. [ cheers and applause ] they took care of all the bills. they took care of all the smoke machines we have back at -- yeah, it's a smoke-eater machine, yeah. >> steve: oh wow. oh, a smoke-eater, okay. i was gonna -- 'cause there was a lot of -- i thought somebody left a smoke machine on back there. >> jimmy: no, no, that's ziggy's dressing room. [ cheers and applause ] we got a great show tonight. the hugely popular and successful comedienne -- god, we love her here -- chelsea handler is here. [ cheers and applause ] she's super fun. from br