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coltrane trying to catch those dukes of hazzard with his trusty basset hound flash.remember that little chuckle there. james best was 88. >>> singer adam levine and a very enthusiastic fan. maroon 5 front man on stage, at first startled a bit when a young woman runs up from behind, throws her arm around him. he's able to keep going, though with help from a member of his crew there, running in to save him. >>> and john travolta tonight speaking out on the controversial new documentary about his religion. travolta, who is seen in the film "going clear," says he hasn't watched it and, quote, doesn't care to. adding that his experience with scientology has been, quote, nothing but brilliant. >>> when we come back on a tuesday night, lucille ball and that famous scene. but tonight, the uproar over a statue meant to replicate it. you'll see it right after the break. k. you know, just because your bladder is changing it doesn't mean that you have to. with tena, let yourself go. ♪ ♪ be the one with the crazy laugh. ♪ ♪ and keep being their favorite playmate. ♪ ♪ with tena's

coltrane -- >> loved him! >> on the "the dukes of hazzard." loved him!emorable laugh. >> i get it! i love it i love it! >> james best was 88 years old. >> we've all done that. >> you do it really well! >> i watched the show enough that i should be able to do it well. >> i watched it every week because come fridays -- >> i wouldn't watch for daisy, either. >> i loved daisy duke! i'm betty nguyen and this is "first look" on nbc. "way too early" starts right now. ♪ >>> i can tell you that as the result of that video and the bad decision made by our officer, he will be charged with murder. >> it's been a tragic day for me, a tragic day for many. >> good morning. it is wednesday, april 8th. welcome to "way too early." i'm amy holmes. we begin this morning in north charleston, south carolina where a police officer is charged with murder after opening fire on a man as he ran away. and as we've seen in a series of recent incidents, it's raising issues of race and the use of deadly force by law enforcement. the shooting occurred on saturday and was captured on vi

i mean, just being -- [ cheers and applause ] i'll tell you, i was there with ellar coltrane and theyeah. >> you know, we had such a a great time making that movie. the movie felt so special. it wasn't a job, so to have it take you to the big cotillion was great. >> jimmy: i mean that -- of course i was mad at you, because you kept this secret from me, and i thought we were friends for 12 years. i didn't know you were secretly starring in this awesome secret movie where every year your going to grow up. >> and you know what i'm doing right now? you see what i'm saying? [ laughter ] i mean, you. >> jimmy: "manhood?" "manhood." >> if it was that easy, yeah. >> jimmy: god. no, i mean, but another "before sunrise," maybe? >> maybe. >> jimmy: yeah, see, you can figure things out. i'm a giant fan, i'll find out. >> i know. >> jimmy: now, this film, you directed a documentary. >> yeah. >> jimmy: i didn't know this guy, before i had seen your documentary. >> no, well, he was a famous concert piano player about 40 years ago, and he dropped out to dedicate the second half of his life to teachi

i'm going down with jesus coltrane curtis mayfield and martin. >> host: you mentioned and we have tobe closing shortly, that the last sermon that dr. king was to deliver was titled why america may go to hell. now of course we know brother jeremiah wright. >> guest: preaching the sermon that brother martin plan to preach. >> host: again let's not forget in the course of this conversation that we started with a man who was not only the subject of a national holiday the man who represents the highest achievement of individualism that everyone should aspire to because he was an individual who wanted us to get to the place where we could be seen as individuals and yet here hours before he breathed his last breath he was issuing an indictment on the nation, do you know what that sermon actually was going to be? do we have evidence of it? no trace? >> guest: the great scholar james combs and taylor branch and lewis baldwin and others they might have an idea. i don't know. keep in mind he didn't set america up to go to hell. he didn't say america should go to hell. he said america may go to

actor james best with who played sheriff rosco coltrane appeared in dukes of hazard.efinitive alien in the next 10 to 20 years. with clears to knowing where to look but nasa says don't expect little green men. they're talking about little microbes. >>> and david cameron caused a bit of a p.r. when he was caught eating a hot dog with a knife and fork. he was slammed for not knowing how to eat a hot dog. >> this remind mess of jon stewart going after donald trump because he was eating pizza with a fork. >> do you believe you can eat a hamburger with a fork and knife? >> no. >> unless you take the bun off. >> that's why we get along. >>> jennifer weiner is on the bestseller's list. fans in 36 countries over nearly 12 million copes. her latest book "all fall down" is about a mother and a wife who get hooks oninvestigatedget hooked on drugs. good morning. >> good morning. >> all fall down is being call yourd best book yet. >> and not just by nana. >> do you agree? >> yeah. you know when you write 11 books, at least if you're me, you don't want to keep doing the same thing

coltrane. appearing on the hit comedy from 1979 to 1985.back to the 1950s with appearances on shows like "gun smoke" and movies like "rolling thunder." best died of complications from pneumonia. he was 88 years old. >>> a piece of popular music history has been sold for a hefty sum. here's a hint. it is all about the day the music died. ♪ bye-bye miss "american pie" ♪ drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry. >> don mclean singing "american pie." spent four weeks at number one in 1972, and now the original manuscript showing the lyrics, revisions and deleted sections sold for $1.2 million. it talks about the death of three music stars. the name of the buyer was not released. >> i did not know that was the reason behind the music. >> i did not either. i just learned something today. >> love that song though. >> bye-bye miss american pie. great song. >>> guy on vacation in florida was at the right place at the right time. luckily he had a camera ready to go. >> this is during a -- whoa, a walk on the beach. that's what he saw, a bobc

what's coltrane doing? being true to himself. well you see this is, to me, the real standard of what we need in this present moment. and so we got a lot of of black people, for example, who say they love martin luther king jr., and they talk about speaking truth to power, but they don't want to speak truth to the present power. >> uh-huh. >> yeah. they want to be in -- [inaudible] that's not brother martin. and there's nothing wrong with being accommodationist if you're honest about it and acknowledge what the limitations of it. but don't lie to yourself and act as if you're so prophetic. you've got to be honest and candid about these things. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors every weekend. in this next event hosted by the landon foundation best selling author and mit professor noam chomsky discusses his latest book of essays focusing on u.s. foreign policy. [applause] >> a bit of housekeeping. pre-signed books will be avai