she remembers the colosseum in its glory days.oo. >> at that time the tickets were two, three and $4. >> he was one of the few african-americans who saw the show that night. >> i didn't look at it as a black and white thing. i looked at it as entertainment coming here. >> the colosseum hosted malcolm x, joe frasier, bob dylan. >> it's the same building with this many memories, and you see it decaying and falling apart. >> after 50 years dye hard visit. >> they come every year and write their name. this will be the last opportunity to do that >> that's because a developer is planning to fill the colosseum with officers and shops. the shell and its name will remain intact. >> i was happy about that. i was happy that it would keep the name "colosseum", mike mitchell's memories are getting a look. mitchell spent 1,000 hours removing decades of dust and crime to reveal the magic of that night. >> they are collaborations between two different photographers - the 18-year-old who shot them, and the 60-whatever-year-old that realised them.

i was happy that it would keep the name "colosseum", mike mitchell's memories are getting a look.itchell spent 1,000 hours removing decades of dust and crime to reveal the magic of that night. >> they are collaborations between two different photographers - the 18-year-old who shot them, and the 60-whatever-year-old that realised them. >> restored the collection brought mitchell a small windful helping to reboot his career and relive the night that started it all. >> i did feel swept up by the music. it got into you, you know, it got into you. the world was different the next morning. >> a special concert was held to remember the special night, but it's not the same, is it? that's it for "america tonight." any comments log on to the website. you can meet the team, get sneak previews of the stories that we are working on and tell us what you want to see. join the conversation on twitter and facebook. goodnight. we'll have more of "america tonight" tomorrow. >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm jonathan betz in new york with the stop stories. a partial verdict has been reached in t

colosseumcently, the -- these are some of the last pieces of what a treasure the colosseum used to bekend, a mike mitchell photo exhibit and then the tribute concerts are are the end of an era. this point.n air at it is the last hurrah for the arena. >> abc 7 news. >> mike mitchell was gracious enough to share his photos. if you want to see more photos from the night of the concert, love on our website at. just log onto wjla.com. for country fans, there is a cma award winner coming to town. you may get tickets for free. aldean isy -- jason playing a concert on july 25. you can enter on our facebook page. we will announce the winner on good morning washington. good luck everybody. >> we should know by then. and not at this rate. cold weather for a few more weeks. maybe some light snow on saturday. let's get started. we are in frederick. look carefully. you see that red car under the tree? a big tree was hold up. it damaged the car. car.it hit me other there were such high winds. we are going to see more things like this as the gusty winds and the trees continue to be an issue. we will

your "yeezus" tour just finished on sunday night at nassau colosseum, i was there.was incredible. >> thank you very much. >> seth: i have to -- are you excited that it's over, are you relieved? i mean, how did you feel the tour went? >> i thought it went really good. i mean, it's kind of -- you know, it's sad when it's over, because you put so much into it and so many people are really excited to see it. and you know, it's fun to be able to express something that you created. >> seth: well i -- you seem to be in a great mood. you seem to -- you really did. i mean, because obviously you take your music very seriously but you also had a lot of fun with the audience that night. you know, you were signing autographs, as people were putting stuff on the stage and you seemed seemed to be having, like, a lot of fun. now, the first half i couldn't tell how much fun you were having, because you wear a mask for, like, 90 minutes. [ laughter ] now, even i was like feeling claustrophobic because of the mask. like, how hot is it in the mask? >> i mean, the mask is just -- it's g

fight to death is something that came out of sports possibly -- if you look at roman times, and the colosseum, the athletic events, the loser would and could lose their life. and if you look at mexican culture and my and control -- culture, it is well documented athletes would be killed if they were to lose. so this idea of fighting to taken intoeen sports. you have things like sudden death, over time, and so sometimes you compare the loser as basically dying. there's parallels. i liked the movie, by the way. but i do like the olympic games a lot better because it is live, you don't know what is happened, it is completely spontaneous and there are going to be moments, peter, that are going to last a lifetime. host: gloria from fort washington, maryland. caller: good morning. i want to thank you for your program. i don't have time to call as often as i do because i don't have time to listen as often as i did. 77-year-old nearly of all things ordained volunteer pastor lives in fort washington and i am also a social justice activist, an odd combination. brought some interesting food for thought.

fight to death is something that came out of sports possibly -- if you look at roman times, and the colosseumthe athletic events, the loser would and could lose their life. and if you look at mexican culture and my and control -- culture, it is well documented athletes would be killed if they were to lose. so this idea of fighting to taken intoeen sports. you have things like sudden death, over time, and so sometimes you compare the loser as basically dying. there's parallels. i liked the movie, by the way. but i do like the olympic games a lot better because it is live, you don't know what is happened, it is completely spontaneous and there are going to be moments, peter, that are going to last a lifetime. host: gloria from fort washington, maryland. caller: good morning. i want to thank you for your program. i don't have time to call as often as i do because i don't have time to listen as often as i did. 77-year-old nearly of all things ordained volunteer pastor lives in fort washington and i am also a social justice activist, an odd combination. brought some interesting food for thought. a