even bruce springsteen had ago. but no one has come as close as the author of "matter warned." -- "matterhorn." [unintelligible] >> he stood beneath the great monsoon clouds on a narrow strip of ground between the jumble. >> since 1969, it is the story of the 20-something men of bravo company in vietnam. faced with starvation, leeches, and the enemy, they fight toward an impossible target. written by a vietnam veteran, it has been called the definitive vietnam novel of airtimes, and the hottest new novel in america today. extraordinary given that it is his first book. he started writing it in 1977 and it has taken years to get published. he was awarded two purple hearts. and he describes the terror of combat in a hopeless war. >> the jungle was not evil. it was in different. so, too, was the world. >> he joins me. why do you think a novel about vietnam's strike such accord in 2010? >> well, there are probably several reasons. one is i think the baby boomers are getting to the point where they will start reflecting i

found a band that, in and he found a japan, is bigger than the heatles, the rolling stones and bruce springsteenmbined. but will they make it in america? bruce dan says we're about to find out. >> reporter: you may not have out. >> reporter: you may not have out. have of yoshiki, but as we found out rather dramatically, have of yoshiki, but as we found out rather dramatically, he's a huge star in japan. even here in chicago, he was mobbed by japanese fans. he's been call he's been called the bono of he's been call he's been called the bono of japan. yoshiki is so big he has own branded visa card, his own branded visa ownlry line, his own race car team and he's the first person after him.ve a hello kitty doll team and he's the first person after him.ve a hello kitty doll named after him. now, almost 50 years after the british invasion of the beatles, yoshiki and his band, called x-japan, are mounting a japanese invasion. why do you want to come to the u.s.? japan, are mountin >> reporter: there's hasn't been to my knowledge, a big asian act that has really broken through t tohe u.s. do you think

bruce springsteen. elvis costello. >> yeah, yeah, yeah.d anybody good so -- >> how do you tell bruce springsteen, could you back off a little? >> you don't do that. >> you don't. no direction needed. >> well, not really. he's pretty good at what he does? a great duet. and the album has just been nominated for -- >> album of the year. yes. >> fantastic. you'll sing now. >> "i'm movin' on." >> thanks. ♪ that big eight-wheeler rolling down the track means your true loven momma ain't coming back ♪ ♪ cause i'm moving on i'll soon be gone ♪ ♪ you were flying too high for my little sky and i'm moving on ♪ ♪ that big loud whistle as it blew and blew ♪ ♪ said hello to the southland we're coming for you ♪ ♪ we're moving on oh hear my song ♪ ♪ you had the laugh on me and i'll set you free and i'm moving on ♪ ♪ i told you baby from time to time but you just wouldn't listen or pay me no mind so i'm moving on ♪ ♪ i'm rolling on. ♪ you had the laugh on me and i'll set you free and i'm moving on ♪ . ♪ someday when you want to play you'll want your momma b

why am i up against bruce springsteens and melissa etheridge's entire body of work? my one hour? >> larry: jimmy fa yi famy fall to be here tomorrow night. maybe we'll talk to him. is there still time to influence -- >> yeah, i'm sure price water house will love that. >> larry: let's get into politics. were you always political? >> i think growing up in, like, the washington, d.c./maryland area. because we moved there. my father was in the military. think, you know, i was just so exposed to it that, you know, it's just what's around. so i was involved and interested. and then as i got older, i just found it all fascinating. and, and such a -- full of hypocrisy. that's the best comedy to me. is when you're pointing fingers at, you know, at society and at our system so -- >> larry: speaking of hip pec crease, let's go right to it. ken mehlman, the former chairman of the republican -- >> he's family. i didn't know. >> larry: he's one of you. >> he's one of me. >> larry: he came out of the closet. he came out against prop 8. what do you make of that? you mention hip pypocrishypocri.

like a punk band meets, like, bruce springsteen meets, like, minor threat meets the clash meets treygz, meets -- >> steve: black flag. >> jimmy: meets, yeah -- they're really good, though, yeah. they're awesome. hey, guys, tonight, it's thursday. that means it's time to "remix the clips." here we go. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: now, this is where we take stuff that we found on the internet and tv, stuff that's funny, weird or interesting, and have our very own questlove remix it, live. that's right. it's pretty awesome. the first clip -- it's shark week, right now, on the discovery channel. you guys know about the -- [ cheers and applause ] love it. this comes from shark week. there's a show called "moments of impact." and there's this diver who swims a lot with sharks. and his specialty is that he kisses the sharks. yeah. aw. yeah, really. [ laughter ] he kisses the sharks right on the mouth. usually, only humans enjoy shark week. but i think this is a little something for the sharks. take a look. >> but the real show comes when dave does his favorite trick. a full-on kiss o

to high-profile gigs with bob dylan, bruce springsteen and stevie wonder.he harmonica has always been, well, low profile. seen as a play thing that just anyone can pick up and blow. a harmonica is not just a souped-up kazoo. >> correct. it's a real musical instrument. people just don't know. >> reporter: in a reopen opened factory in rockford illinois, brad harrison is devoting his life to making the harmonica a major player. so this is the assembly line. >> yeah. >> reporter: harrison and his six-man band hand craft each b- rad as in brad harmonica, the only model made in america. harrison's harmonica shares the basic mechanics with its competitors, air passing back and forth over reads inside side makes the harmonica sing. you can play the harmonica blowing out.... >> and drawing in, both. which is the only musical instrument you're able to do that with. >> reporter: it seems very eco friendly. you're not wasting any breath. but the b-radical works and plays radically different. >> the design is very functional. >> reporter: the rounded body is more comfo

you got him bruce springsteen tickets. i would call that love. you lend him fishing gear. to "your statement, "i trusted him, put my faith in him. i treated him like i have done others i met in my life, like family." is it fair to say you were on quite good terms with mr. mcnamee until you found out what he told senator mitchell? >> congresswoman, i did not get him bruce springsteen tickets. >> let us correct the record. [laughter] >> yes. i trusted brian mcnamee like a trusted any other trainer. >> but i ask you. those statements show that you were on good terms with him until you find out what he told senator mitchell. >> i would say of was on good terms with him. obviously, what i have learned now -- we are not talking about now. now is after the mature report. of course, you and your legal team are raising very serious questions about incidents in mr. mcnamee's past. some were public. some were not. but i think it would cause reasonable people to lose trust and confidence in mr. mcnamee. for example, he gave you without your knowledge where you later came to believe wa