please welcome elvis costello! (cheers and applause) nice to see you. >> stephen: now as i said, youare a grammy-award-winning musician, rock 'n' roll hall of famer, all the songsk all the great songs. so many great songs it's almost maddening how many great songs and that's just off of "my aim is true" (cheers and applause) you got a new memoir here. elvis costello, unfailtful music and disappearing ink. >> uh-huh. >> stephen: why are you writinga memoir? why take away the game that the rest of us have to try to desiefer what the letterks in your songs mean? i don't want to find out what butterfly fees on a dead monkey's hand mean. >> you will find out. >> yes, you will. >> stephen: why did you write abook. >> i was asked to write it when i was 24. >> stephen: recently.yeah. and i figured maybe i should do some things firstment so now i have done some things. >> stephen: how long did it taketo you write this? >> i started about ten years ago and i tore up a lot of versions of tment the last three or four years i w

elvis costello. (cheers and applause) in keeping with the strict moral standards of the ed sullivan theater, i will be interviewing elvis from the waist up. and we'll have a musical performance by dar lean love. (cheers and applause). >> stephen: i love the love.you. she is both a star in her own right and the world's most famous backup singer. she's like bruce stringsteen and the e street band, like tom petty and the heart brackers. she's like mack ronee and the cheese. oh, folksix don't have to tell you. that's jon batiste and stay human. say hi, everybody. they're about to kick things off. but first, a new survey has found that over one-third of vegetarians will eat meat when they're drunk. it is comforting to know that we all have the same excuse for going to taco bell. >> tonight, stephen welcomes carey mulligan. elvis costello. and musical performance by darlene love. featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now it's the late show with stephen colbert! (cheers and applause) >> stephen: whooo!t

elvis costello, for the record. ♪ >> osgood: "allison" hoped put elvis costello on the musical map.rpool lad whose real name wasn't so marquee ready he talks with anthony mason for the record. >> across the river on the ferry to liverpool -- >> look how beautiful the skyline is. >> you sail back into declan mcmanus' youth. >> i love it from here. >> a teenaged declan played his first paid gigs here. >> we'd play anywhere that would have us. we played schools and poetry evenings. >> then he moved to london took the king's name and became elvis costello. the spindly singer with the big specs and biting lyrics. who the village voice would call the avenging dork. >> you were pretty angry on stage in the beginning. >> maybe i came off that way. i'm not trying to deny it now. but i do think some of it is just the face you're born with. and this gap in my teeth. i said some people like jane made her sexy it hasn't worked for me. but it does make things sound more emphatic sometimes than they are. if i'm saying something relatively reasonable or tender it comes out as a threat. >> was the e

costello and crawl have twin 8-year-old sons together. >> we're on tv, people. >> reporter: you seem you want to know about mi minecraft? ♪ i see you've got a husband >> reporter: at 61, elvis ko costello is still learning. ♪ you used to hold him right in your hands ♪ >> and that's been the case in all of these adventures that might seem like wildly casting around for something to people who are, you know, dogmatic about rock 'n' roll. >> reporter: so for you it's been about the adventures? >> totally. ♪ allison >> reporter: and about being a man of many musical hats. ♪ my aim is true >> reporter: how many hats do you have? >> i have 400. >> reporter: 400? >> no. i don't know. i always liked them. they keep your brains in. >>> one of the most famous chefs in london yotam ottolenghi, has a new cookbook hitting bookshelves today. >> reporter: in the heart of london's trendy soho neighborhood sits nopi, north of piccadilly. the idea behind the book is to challenge cooks to re-create the magic at home. with the help of his head chef skully. he's the one who burned the miso paste. when yo

elvis costello tells us about his life and music.iewers onome to our public television in america and around the globe. policy. today, president obama announced he is extending the mission of american troops in afghanistan. he says delaying the timetable for withdrawal was necessary because of the deteriorating security situation. administration that campaigned on ending u.s. involvement in afghanistan, this means he'll leave office in 2017 with 5000 u.s. troops on the ground. our editor jon sopel reports. s of battlear from a war in president obama's mine was meant to be over. this front your hospital was mistakenly bombed by the americans is they assisted afghan forces to retake kunduz that had fallen to the taliban two weeks ago. that episode underscore how fragile the secured situation remains in much of the country. president obama today, change in policy. the 10,000 troops in afghanistan would stay. he had this message for u.s. armed forces. president obama: i do send you into harm's way lightly. the most solemn decision i make

obviously you have to turn up responsibly with your guitar and a couple of ideas. >> reporter: costelloher grappling with alzheimer's. ♪ veronica ♪ veronica >> we made "veronica" into a pop record that actually got onto the radio even though it's speaking about the unraveling of the mind. ♪ never thought it would be like this ♪ ♪ but now i see >> reporter: a decade later he collaborated with burt bacharach. >> it ended up starting what's become like a 20-year relationship. >> yeah. i mean, we're still writing together now. >> reporter: they're writing two musicals. >> it's midnight and the phone rings and it's burt bacharach. elvis, where are the lyrics? you know, it's him driving it all the time. it's pretty great. ♪ gee it's great after being out late ♪ ♪ walking my baby back home >> reporter: he jumps genres, from pop to classical to jazz. he once performed with an 80-piece orchestra at royal albert hall. it's also where he saw his wife, jazz great diana krall, play one of his songs many years ago. >> i saw diana play when we were first friends, and she played "almost blue" as an enc

." >> osgood: for the record, singer songwriter elvis costello wasn't born with that name. how he came by his stage name and achieved such great success is a story anthony mason has brought us from england. >> he was a kid with big glasses when he rocked the music world in 1977. was the elvis part your idea? how declan mcmahon than became elvis costello later on "sunday morning." >> osgood: ben tracy previews the fall movies. serena finds something old and something new in the homes of steve hartman watches a near century old hockey player still enjoying. first headlines for this sunday morning the 18th of 2015. jewish worshippers clashed with palestinians who confront them in the west bank today. eight israelis and 40 palestinians have been killed in the violence. flight 1939 from san francisco touched down at philadelphia international airport yesterday, with that, u.s. air became american airlines. hundreds of base jumpers converged on the 876-foot high bridge across west virginia's new river gorge yesterday. one day a year it's legal to jump off the bridge. scores of fo

i see you've got a husband now w did he leave your pretty fingers lying reporter: at 61 elvis costello is still learning. you used to hold him jight in your hand of t tse adventures that might seem like wildly casting around for something to people o are, you know, dogmatic about rock and roll. the adventures. >> totally. alison >> repter: and about being a man of many musical hats. my aim is true >> i have 400. >> 400? >>&no. i don't know. i always liked them. they keep your brains in. most ribs eaten while calf roping... yep, greatness deserves recognition. you got any trophies, cooy? whoomp there e is uh, yeah... well, uh, well there's this one. best insurance mobile app? yeah, two years in a row well i'll be... does that thing just#follow you around? like a little puppy! the award-winning g ico app. downloadt today. well, things in the bedroom have always been pretty good. yeah, no complaints. but i wantedo try something new. and i'm into that. soe'e' using k-y love. itit a pleasure gel that magnifies both of our sensations. right, i mean, for both of us, just... yeah, it just take

costello: i yield back as well. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and concur in the senate amendment to h.r. 623. those in favor will say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the senate amendment is agreed to and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 455, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 455, a bill to require the secretary of homeland security to conduct a northern border threat analysis and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from new york, mr. katko, and the gentleman from new york, mr. higgins, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york, mr. katko. mr. katko: mr

we would take a look at what commerzbank costello said and a few others. and then we will get your call. costello: we want to find someone who can unite us and move forward. reporter: no explanation why? he said he was not going to run. i have to say this, he was not leaning in to the microphone as closely as he should have. a lot of people do not hear it. costello: that is a good question. that was not made clear. therenless i go back in and say april. fool's, i don't think that will happen. reporter: can you tell us again what happened? wascostello: what happened kevin mccarthy went up to the microphone and said he was not -- he was withdrawing his name for consideration for speaker. and he was not going to be running. that, speaker boehner we up and said based on what just said, we're going to move to postpone elections for speaker, and then they got up and banged the gavel. conference dismissed. reporter: what was the reaction in the room? the person next to me was crying. i don't know. mr. rooney: i like both of those guys. i was one of kevin mccarthy

england put on a pair of big glasses, picked up his guitar, and transformed intnto megastar elvis costello. well, he's got a new memoir out called "unfaithful music and disappearing ink." and he sat down with anthony mason for "sunday morning." >> reporter: cross the river mersey on the ferry to liverpool. >> look how beautiful the skyline is. >> reporter: and you sail back into declan macmanus'ss youth. blood.d. >> it literally is in that my mother's from here, my dad's >> reporter: a teenage declan here. us. we'd play schools and poetry evenings. >> reporter: then he moved to london, took our king's name, i've been the spindly singer w wh the big spsps and biting lyrics. don't act like you're above me >> reporter: whom the village voice would call the avenging dork. you were pretty angry on stage in the beginning. >> maybe it came off that way. i mean, i'm not trying to deny it now. but i do think some of it's just the face you're born with andnd some people like jane berkin it made her incredibly sexy. it hasn't worked for me. but it has made some things i've said sound more emphatic th

tom costello reports. >> reporter: with the haunting remains on full display, dutch crash investigators confirmed what many western countries have long alleged. that a russian made buk missile brought down the boeing 777 with so many on board. >> crashed as a result of the detonation of a war head outside of the airplane. the left-hand side of the of the cockpit. >> the dutch don't say who shot theissile but claimed it was shot by russian backed separatists in eastern ukraine. while most passengers quickly died and lost conscious. it is possible some remained conscious for up to 90 seconds until the plane hit the ground. one passenger was found wearing an oxygen mask. crews spent months reconstructing the plane and say they have recovered metal shrapnel in the pilot that is consistent with the war head. it detected the missile launch from have phone records of rebels bragging about the shoot down. >> but russia, which denies arming the rebels said the dutch report is biased and wrong. meanwhile investigators are sharply critical of ukraine for failing to close its air space while war wa

i'm carol costello. thank you for joining me. the stage is set and the countdown is on. we're one day away from the first democratic presidential debate in las vegas. hillary clinton and bernie sanders go head to head for the very first time. they'll be joined by martin o'malley, lincoln chafee and jim webb in what could be a breakout moment. all of this as new polls show lincoln with a commanding lead in nevada and south carolina. let's bring in cnn's jim acosta. he's in las vegas, where final preparations are now underway. good morning, jim. >> reporter: good morning, carol. i'm inciside the wynn hotel on e las vegas strip, where the debate set is already ready to go. you can see the five paid yum behind me. clinton, the front runner, has the middle podium. to her right will be sanders. he has been the insurgent candidate, firing up the liberal base of the democratic party. these new polls show, as you mentioned, carol, that clinton has a comfortable lead in the battleground states, including nevada. w

before he moved to london and took the king's name and became elvis costello. the spindly singer with the big specs and biting lyrics.[ music ]>> reporter: a village voice that would be called the avenging door.[ music ]>> reporter: was the elvis part your idea?>> god no.>> came with his first route -- record contract.>> they said we have a new name for you and they told me to put these on. i was really nondescript looking.[ music ]>> reporter: when his debut album, my name is true, exploded in 1977, he still had a day job as a technician at a london beauty salon. you were writing songs that elizabeth arden?>> yes, after hours.>> reporter: the evolution of elvis costello and the rodeo you have to see to believe. those stories and more beginning at 9:00 right here on cbs 2 when we come back at 7:00 , winter will be here. what does it have in store for us? a ton of stores -- of snow like last year? we will have that coming up. >>> cbs 2 news continues at 7:00.>>> from washington, the maleficent -- the mclaughlin group, the american original. best sources and the

now that it's back down to earth, our tom costello tells us the military is using rather unconventional methods to retrieve it from where it's stuck. >> reporter: shotgun blasts in the pennsylvania countryside as the military pumped more than 100 rounds into the top secret blimp to let the last of the helium escape. then the delicate job of cutting it out of the trees. crews did manage to roll up the tail section which separated from the blimp. the mile-long tether that snagged utility lines causing 30,000 to lose power also cut into sections and carted away. >> biggest challenge is the fact it's a very steep terrain down there. there is a stream that runs through site. it's heavily wooded. >> reporter: it may take military helicopters to lift the rest of the blimp out of the forest. the pentagon now reports the blimp costs $235 million, not $1.3 billion as it first said. a test program for a 360-degree airborne radar watching the east coast for enemy missiles or drones. it was turned off in april and never spotted a protester flying a gyrocopter to capitol hill. the army can't explain

and i was writing songs and playing. >> elvis costello plus a rodeo you must see to believe, that ising all coming up on cbs this sunday morning, right the here on cbs-3 at 9:00 a.m. >>> we are following some breaking news at this hour, coming up next on cbs-3 "eyewitness news", a two alarm fire at a country club in montgomery county that you can see from live pictures there smoke is visible from miles around. we will have very latest, coming up. this is a pos, not a ppo. a ppo? it's a pos. i want a pos or i have a pos? you have a pos. so you want me to have a ppo? you have a pos, not a ppo that means... i want a ppo? (child crying) you have a pos, it's like a hmo. it means you a referral from a pcp. a pcp? a primary care physician. a pos means i need a pcp? (child crying) a referral. (child crying) find a doctor in your network before you book... with zocdoc. that's a fact. but this whole "blondes have more fun" thing... ♪ standing by for fun. ♪ new developments, we first brought you at beginning of the show crews are battling a two alarm fire at the lulu country club, on 1600 limek

costello: that's a good question. i don't know the answer. that was not made clear. , w, unless i go back in there it's april fool's. it just happened just now. reporter: [inaudible] can you tell us again what happened? mr. costello: what happened was kevin mccarthy went up to the microphone and said that he was not going to -- he was withdrawing his name from consideration for speaker and that he was not going to be running and with that he sat . wn speaker boehner got up and said, based on what was just said, we're going to move to postpone elections for speaker and then cathy mcmorris rogers got up and banged the gavel and said, conference dismissed. of members ot looked around and didn't even realize what had happened until they heard from members sitting next to them that were saying a -- paying a little bit closer attention. the only other thing i would add is it was a little bit difficult to hear what kevin said from many of us because he wasn't speaking as closely into the microphone as he probably needed to for everybody to hear it.

tom costello has details. >> reporter: mid-october and the push is on. at this location in delaware, doctors and nurses and hospital staff are lining up for the flu vaccine. this first manager has a 3-year-old noah at home and is eight months pregnant. >> i don't want to bring anything from the hospital, any more germs to my family. >> reporter: with 11,000 employees, christiania care is keenly focused on getting the employees vaccinated. last year the vaccine proved to be a poor match for the flu strain. not this year. >> the components have been shifted to match what is currently circulating and we expect the vaccine to work much better than last year. >> reporter: but it can take two weeks for the vaccine to provide protection. all the more reason, said this medical director, to vaccinate before flu season hits in a few week. >> so when you have the flu, you are contagious a day before you develop symptoms. >> before you develop symptoms? >> yes. so you don't know you have the flu and you can transmit it to other folks. >> reporter: one common misconc

tom costello, nbc news, seattle. >> that will do it for us on this friday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us on nbc news, thank you for watching. have a good night and a good weekend. two murders, now connected. tonight we're learning about >>> you don't know at what point they'll stop. >> two murders now connected. tonight we're learning about the evidence that helped police trace both crimes to a trio of drifters. good evening, i'm jessica aguirre. >>> i'm raj mathai t started with a stolen gun. sfpd is piecing together a wild and deadly prime spree. a lot of answers but still one big question. why? san francisco police say both victims were shot with the same gun. the hiker in marin county and the young tourist in golden gate park. the suspects, these are their pictures. the three drifters are officially facing murder charges in one of those killings. here are the victims. those charges were filed by the marin county district attorney within the past hour. all three were captured in oregon and are expected to be back here in a matter of days. nbc bay area's jodi hernandez is

tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> still ahead tonight, the case that dominated the headlines, a former prep school student convicted in a case that exposed an alleged culture of sex at one of the nation's top prep schools. now in an nbc exclusive the victim's mother breaks her silence. >>> also the huge headache that runaway blimp is still giving the military days after it came back to earth. >>> tonight an nbc news exclusive. just a day after sentencing in a closely-watched sexual assault trial, the victim's mother is breaking her silence. the case ripped a lid off a sordid tradition alleged at a prep school and gave us a rare look into teen's attitudes about sex.prep school and gave us a rare look into teen's attitudes about senprep school and gave us a rare look into teen's attitudes about se prep school and gave us a rare look into teen's attitudes about seeprep school and gave us a rare look into teen's attitudes about selprep school and gave us a rare look into teen's attitudes about seiprep school and gave us a rare look into teen's attitudes about setprep school and gave

tom costello has the latest. >> reporter: shotgun blasts in the pennsylvania countryside. as the many itry pumped more than a hundred rounds into the top secret blimp to let the last of the helium escape. then cutting it out of the trees. crews did manage to roll up the tail section. the mile long tether that snagged utility lines and caused power outages also cut into sections and carted away. >> very steep terrain down there. a stream runs through the sight and it's heavily wooded. >> it may take military helicopters to lift the rest of the blimp out the forest. the blimp cost $235 million. not 1.3 billion as first said. a test program for 360 degrees airborne radar watching the east coast for missiles or drones. i was turned off in april whenever never spotting a jie ro copter flying to capitol hill. local residents are thank it it missed a nearby nuclear power plant. and coming down here of all places where the amish still spurn all things modern. >> that was tom costello reporting. >>> a big recall. honda is alerting owners of 300,000 accords. the problem, is air bogs

tom costello now with how today's models stack up, including some surprises. >> reporter: the list is compiled from 740,000 consumer reports subscribers. detailing how reliable their existing cars are. but new technology on the dashboard and in the transmissions is proving to be a hangup for several big-named automakers. >> technology is moving very quickly and much faster than the car manufacturers are keep up. when they are building the cars, sometimes the life cycle of the car is seven years. if you have a smartphone that is seven years old, it is basically garbage. >> starting with the most reliable cars, toyota and lexus on top, followed by audi, mazda and subaru and kia and the only american in the top ten, buick. kia even surpassed honda and acura. among the least reliable vehicles on the list, lincoln, ford, acura, gmc and chevrolet. >> at fiat chrysler, the struggles continue as it produced five of the worst seven brands. this brand, jeep and fiat, the bottom three among the subscribers. >> transmission issues the biggest complaint. >> but here is the interesting point. jeep

i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. with the presidential election still more than a year away it is too early to called it a bomb shell but it definitely signals a huge shift in the republican field. ben carson ridesing a surge of momentum and leapfrogging donald trump in a national poll. that news over several polls showing trump losing ground to carson in the critical state of iowa. >> we seem to have a hit a cord. but some of these polls coming out. i don't quite get it. i was number one pretty much in iowa from the beginning. and i would say we're doing very well there. so i'm a little surprised. the other polls as you know in other states are extraordinary. but this one i don't quite get. >> with me now. cnn political commentator and former capitol hill communications director and mercedes slap, a former spokesperson for georgia w. bush. welcome both of you. okay. so tara maybe trump's slipping poll numbers would not be so stark if he hadn't boasted like this. >> but we're really

here is nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: it is not a 9:00 to 5:00 world any more. the american worker in 2015 is at it 24/7, expected to be always connected and reachable. now one of the companies on the cutting edge of the new economy is saying enough. >> linked-in has decided to go to a model of discretionary time off. and what that means is our employees can choose how many days that they want to take off as vacation, and just work it out with their manager. >> reporter: you heard right. unlimited vacation at linked in and they are not alone. many companies looking to recruit the talent are ditching vacation limits. >> people come back rested, feeling better. >> reporter: but make no mistakes. for some companies there is a bottom line advantage. >> the biggest factor is when you leave, they don't pay you for unused vacation time. so it is good for the employees but even better for the companies. >> reporter: americans are not known for taking vacations. a recent survey found the average american worker takes only half of their eligible time off each year. older

i'm carol costello. thank you for joining me. the death toll rising after a 7.5 earthquake hits south asia. widespread disaster across afghanistan and pakistan. news agencies are reporting dozens of deaths. 12 of those killed were schoolgirls killed in a stampede as they tried to exit their school. they were crushed in a stairwell. the quake's epicenter was in northern afghanistan but tremors were felt hundreds of miles away. we have more from robbie in new delhi. >> hi, carol. that's right, the tremors were felt far and wide, especially here in india, where i am, in newdelhi, 750 miles south of the epicenter of today's earthquake. where i am in this news bureau, seven stories up in this apartment building, it was shaking. the walls were shaking. we could see the lamps swaying around us. when you looked out of the window, you could see people rushing out of office buildings, as well, trying to -- panicking, trying to get somewhere out in the open. much closer to the epicenter, we've been hearing from our teams closer. in kabul, w

tom costello, thank you. >>> now to the new developments in the troubling take down of a female student in south carolina. today the deputy who threw her to the ground and dragged her in class was fired. and as gabe guiterrez tells us the incident is raising questions about use of police force in schools across the country. >> reporter: barely 48 hours after deputy ben fields slammed this 16-year-old girl to the floor, he was fired. >> what he should not have done is thrown her. that is what he should not have done. >> outside of his home today he did not comment by his attorney release a comment but his attorney expressed a comment. saying his client's actions were justified. >> he is sorry that this whole thing occurred, it was not his intent, and he tried to do his job. >> a sophomore who shot the cell phone video is disappointed the officer was fired. >> i don't agree with the force he used on her but this is is somebody's career and this could all have been avoided if she would just have given the teacher her phone. >> reporter: the lawyer for the student said she has injuries to h

more from tom costello costello. >> from breathtaking aerial and homes for sale and unmanned drones are proving to be revolutionary. but at every major airport in the country -- one of those radio control helicopter things went right over the top of us at 4,000. at 4,000. roger that. >> pilots claim drones are a growing threat to aviation with very close calls. >> i would say about 100 feet below us. off the right wing. >> 100 drone sightings each month, according to the faa. and nearly 1,000 spots in and near restricted air space. >> there is concern about unmanned aircraft winding up in the engine and leading to an emergency. >> drones have even crashed at the u.s. open and on the white house lawn. today the transportation sect said the threat is so serious, he wanted to register every drone in the country and he asked an industry government task force to come up with a plan in just one month. >> registration will help us enforce the rules against those who operate unsafely but allowing the faa to identify the operators of unmanned aircraft. >> in castle rock, colorado, kerry garrison

tom costello, nbc news, seattle. >> that will do it for us tonight. i'm lester holt.

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