our guest is dick gregory. dick, you have been out there for many decades. said you are 70 years old? >> yes. amy: you first started doing comedy. >> i first started doing comedy in 1957. at the time, i did not know that black comedians were not permitted to work white nightclubs. i started off in chicago. actually, in the military. i was in the army. i was just so outraged about what went on in the military, but i could get away with a lot of stuff because i was the third fastest half-mile or in the nation when i went into the military. i have hammer toes, so my ofitary records has no use lower extremities. i could never go into battle, just run. one day the colonel: is it, you really created a sister on this campus. we're either going to put you in jail or yet to be the funniest cat that exists. he said, i'm going to give you until tomorrow. tonight to thepx and you could only tell a show or you're going to jail. and i did. and i won. you don't have to be too funny are too smart to win a tell a show in the military. they're depressed. they got nothing to d

at 84. >> we will miss dick gregory very much. we loved him.berly: the life and legacy of jerry lewis and dick gfregroy on -- gregory on wjla.com. it was warm but not a single cloud in the sky. josh knight has a first look at the forecast, and unfortunate, it does not look as good tomorrow. john: humidity starts to go back up. that is going to lead to more cloud cover and even a chance for a few more showers. let's run to the time lapse. there was one cloud there, but that is really about it. let's look at what is going on with the bigger picture. showers, fewfew thunderstorms trying to pop up into the southern shenandoah valley. chance some of them work their way across east across the mountains, now hanging closer to harrisonburg. comfortablek, how it was pretty even though temperatures were in the mid 80's, quantico at 88, because there was lower humidity, still felt prey tomorrow and into. tuesday so, feels like temperatures today in the upper 80's. we're going to be in the upper 90's as we start off the work we. are 8 wantahead, we to see

the life and legacy of jerry lewis and dick gregory. president trump set to give a major foreign policy speech right here in our area. tomorrow's announcement is so big he's making it in prime time, and we're learning about the final hours for a 6-year-old prince georges county girl stabbed to death in her home. >> news 4 at 6:00 begins with breaking news. >> two comedic legends dead hours apart. good evening. i'm kristin wright in for erica gonzalez. more newscast, but first as dan schenamen shows us jerry lewis' philanthropy was just as famous as his showmanship. >> lady. >> lady. >> in his heyday there was no bigger hit than jerry lewis. the rubber-faced funnyman was a true entertainer and the slapstick star of stage, cinema and television. >> confused, unbalanced young man with only one thought in mind. self-destruction. >> lewis first found fame at 20 when he teamed up with singer dean martin in 1946. >> and now the dean and martin and jerry lewis show. >> martin and lewis enjoyeded a smashing ten-year run, making hit movies in bet

dick gregory was 84. cornell bernard, abc7. >> there's been a lot of reaction to the passing of both comedian/activists. woopy gold tweeted, i realize i may be late but losing dick gregory and jerry lewis is a loss for all. margaret cho tweeted dick gregory and jerry lewis were two of the funny es, most legendary and i bow to their genius. >>> if you haven't bought a pair of eclipse glasses, you may have to get up early. we were on a mission to find a pair. >> reporter: now a very kind employee here at the space and science center gave me these. we had to sweet talk him. they are sold out almost everywhere. there are a few places where you can get them tomorrow. one being the space and science center. the other being local libraries like the berkeley library. the space and science center is expecting around 1,000 people to view the partial eclipse here atop the oakland hills. they'll have around 300 glasses to sell and they're hoping people a enough to share those. astronomers will also be on hand to help

novel in emoji dick.is think thatjust more like an experiment of this think that just showed up more like an experiment of this think thatjust showed up on my phone, it turns out that, i did that in 2009-2010 and phone, it turns out that, i did that in 2009—2010 and emoji kept getting bigger so people are still talking about it. i kind ofjust did it as a fun weird project rather than a literal translation of moby dick into emoji. and what is the plural of emoji? i think it's emoji! like sheep and fish. i am sure there is emoji dicks for both. it's been fascinating, fred, thank you for talking to us. thank you for having me on here. i find standard punctuation and straightforward english is adequate. the headlines. 11 people from the same family have been convicted in a trial of a modern day slavery. donald trump says the united states is "locked donald trump says the united states is " locked and donald trump says the united states is "locked and loaded" when it comes to the north korea crisis. germany an

dick gregory was 84. cornell bernard, abc7. >> there's been a lot of reaction to the passing of both comedian/activists. woopy gold tweeted, i realize i may be late but losing dick gregory and jerry lewis is a loss for all. margaret cho tweeted dick gregory and jerry lewis were two of the funny es, most legendary and i bow to their genius. >>> if you haven't bought a pair of eclipse glasses, you may have to get up early. we were on a mission to find a pair. >> reporter: now a very kind employee here at the space and science center gave me these. we had to sweet talk him. they are sold out almost everywhere. there are a few places where you can get them tomorrow. one being the space and science center. the other being local libraries like the berkeley library. the space and science center is expecting around 1,000 people to view the partial eclipse here atop the oakland hills. they'll have around 300 glasses to sell and they're hoping people are kind enough to share those. astronomers will also be on hand

they know who malcolm is but they don't know who dick that's important to me. it's important to me that they can look at the television and see an african american man or woman that they can relate to that they can know that. >> what do you think he would want people to remember about him since you wrote his memoirs. >> oh i know. that he tried to help the homeless, the poor. that he was a voice for the voiceless. that he was fearless. that he wanted people it shall he said to me one day, in my darkest hour when the soldier is down you're not supposed to cry. you're supposed to pick up the sword and carry on. that's what he wants for little whietd girls blarks girls, chinese girls, people all over the world. >> you din find books that represent you. i'm also korean american. there just aren't that many of them. we need diverse books. tell us about that. >> i was one of 20 people that got together and decided enough was enough. the studies that show that less than 10% of books are about children of color. not only are kids from marginalized communities unable to

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jerry lewis and dick gregory. >> and state lawmakers taking measures to tackle california's affordable housing crisis. >> keeping tabs on live traffic >> keeping tabs on live traffic and weather for whatcha' been doing braydon? reading let's see pictures, pictures,pictures there's a boy riding on his bicycle you can read too grandpa! ♪yea it's always better when we're together♪ >>> we're back at 4:41. the eclipse will have an effect on california's solar power grid. operators say they're ready. the whole eclipse from start to finish will take two hours. in california, the eclipse is expected to wipe out six gigawatts of solar electricity. i don't know about you. i don't know what that means but it's enough to power several million homes. power operators will use natural gas, wind, and hidropower to meet that demand. >> our friends at up grade energy california said even small losses will help. maybe this is the time to upgrade your old light bulbs to l.e.d. bulbs. also think about hanging your laundry to dry inste

anything to worry about on this deep cut in dick's guidance and heavy promotions >> sure.talked about the idea that the channel matters and we see that in general. we like the brands you would rather be with the brand. when you have such a large specialty store channel for the athletic, every time you get another one of these cuts you have to wonder where the sales are going to go. that leaves us concerned, particularly on under armour as you're watching the evolution. let's call that maturity from growth within that framework, i think this is something that's hard to ignore we need to keep focusing on t you're seeing it across the board. athletic and we'll get into the handbag conversation but this idea of brands and boxes and where those boxes will ship those sales is an important one. >> let's get into that conversation with under armour sales down 3.5% on that cut. you like coach anything to worry about in the guidance here or are you still confident in that turnaround story? the stock had run up a great deal ahead of this result all year long. >> yeah. look, i think p

well very simple, dick, we win and they lose and that no president had said that. ever before, reallying and those times of simple but yet very direct terms. beginning out of that, was a very sophisticated it wasn't just something of dropping a bombing on moscow and ending the war that way as a matter of fact margaret thatcher said about ronde reagan end of the cold war firing a shot that's precisely what he did by using very sophisticated multifacetting reagan doctrine which included psychological war far economic war far not buying oil and gas, beginning with a arms race and a thing called a strategic defense thirktive which made russians realize they could not win at arm's race and that led to mr. nicole who certainly is one of the important people of this period. of saying okay, let's sit dun and talk about how we can negotiate an end to the cold war at the bargaining table. >> how close did we come to actual hot war during this period? >> it's true there was one pored and that was the cuban missile crisis of late fall of 1962. he had had various offensive miss

comedy legend dick cabot, great to see you.hare your memories of jerry lewis with us. >> i'm sorry, the audio is not good. >> what did you think of jerry lewis? can you hear us, dick? >> yeah, i heard that. i had a long history with jerry lewis. i first met him, oh, when he took over "the tonight show" actually for two weeks when johnny carson was still doing it. and he was smashingly off and onny every night for two weeks. and he was just -- killed everybody. he couldn't do anything wrong. and i remember it took me back to when i was a kid. and he first knocked me out. i liked him from the moment i first met him, actually. that was in my office at "the tonight show." he came in to me, a total stranger. and he talked so intelligently and so interestingly about his time with dean martin. that material all later became a book. and he was very much like an assistant professor or something. very articulate, not trying to be funny. and i thought this cannot be the same man who made me spit a mouthful of popcorn on the back of the ne

hi, dick. would you come on the show tonight?aid, no, thank you and hung up because a black person couldn't sit on the couch, okay? the phone rang again. it's parr. dick, how come you don't want to work my show? i said because a black person never sit on the couch. he said, come on. i said, no, no. he said, well come on in. i'll let you sit on the couch. that's how it happened. >> what kind of car have you got? >> a lincoln naturally. >> to have dick gregory on jack paar in the early '60s was an indication of things to come. television and comedy will be a space where one will see a strong african-american person going forward. >> the movement came, and something came over me. civil rights, oh, man. >> dick gregory was actually getting arrested time and time again for making the marches. but then what he would do is he'd get bailed out and then i'd do a show that night. and what would happen that day would all be fodder for his comedy. >> you wear a tight shoe, you get a corner. you keep a shoe on long enough, you get a callus, t

i am so glad you brought up dick gregory.and expertise and don't miss a brand-new episode of the history of comedy right here on cnn. we're back in just a moment. ♪ never stop ♪ never ( ♪ ) ♪ over your head... she needs to go to college. i don't know how we'll do it. ♪ never stop ( ♪ ) ♪ 'til we get there ♪ ( ♪ ) ♪ 'til we get there ♪ fixodent plus adhesives. there's a denture adhesive that holds strong until evening. just one application gives you superior hold even at the end of the day fixodent. strong more like natural teeth. - i love you. - love you too, dad. ♪ i will love you ♪ in the morning ♪ when the dew is ♪ on the ground ♪ will love you... man: hey, good luck! dad, dad, your tie! ♪ when the sun is ♪ rising ♪ when the sun is [car tires screech] [bell rings] >>> turmoil in the trump white house not going unnoticed on wall street. christine romans brings us your "before the bell report," christine? >> hi, ana. a stock market riding high knocked down by worries this president is now so isolated his economic agenda is i

. >> i remember dick gregory when i first came to d.c. and i would go to the howard theater, and he was a comedian. >> well, more of an activist. he's the last of our revolutionaries. >> reporter: his influence continues. sylvia tells me local comics will gather here to pay tribute to this man today. we're live in ben's alley. >> people paying tribute everywhere, showing grief over dick gregory's passing. these are some reactions we are getting, including from the reverend jesse jackson, and comedians like whoopi goldberg sharing their thoughts, and we heard from al sharpton as well as performers, like john legend to called him a ground breaker. >>> the time is 10:04 on this sunday morning. turning our attention to the horrifying triple murder of three little girls in our area. the 25-year-old williams confessed to stabbing his 6-year-old sister and cousins. the children's bodies were found inside a home on clinton. williams' mother left him to look after the girls, and neighbors are stunned. >> my heart goes out to the family. i don't ha

dick gregory faced racism with his humor.jerry lewis generating thousands of reactions on our abc7 facebook page. many of you have a memory. >> my grandmother used to call me jerry lewis. >> really? >> yeah, because i was the comedian in the crowd. >> i loved him. he was very funny. especially in his younger days.

the mural you see on the side of ben's chili bowl shows a smiling dick gregory. virginia ali has known gregory since he performed at the nearby howard theater. >> we watched him grow. we watched him do so many wonderful things all these years, you know, from being a stand-up comedian telling jokes that were factual but funny. >> it someone who has touched so many generations and written so many books and if there's one thing that you can take away from dick gregory's life, it is to make a stand and to make that stand for as long as you can. >> dick gregory is is survived by -- is survived by his life lillian and his 10 children. >>> a boy who received a heart transplant months ago died on the first day of school. his father said his son seemed fine before leaving their home outside cincinnati, but on the way to school payton told his dad something just didn't feel right. they went to the hospital. the boy died a short time later. doctors are still trying to figure out what happened. >>> switching gears here yeah, you see this, right? how some things just so stink

she stars in two amazon series, "transparent" and "i love dick."lented -- [ laughter and applause ] >> steve: what show? >> jimmy: what's that? >> steve: what -- what was the show? >> jimmy: "transparent." >> steve: no, the other one. [ laughter ] i got that one. i didn't hear the other one. >> jimmy: she stars in two shows on -- >> steve: yeah. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: amazon. >> steve: "transparent" and -- >> jimmy: yep, yep. and the other show. [ laughter ] the lovely, the talented kathryn hahn is here. [ cheers and applause ] that's a great show. >> steve: i'm sure it is. i love it. >> jimmy: it is a good show. >> steve: i love that show. >> jimmy: and we got great music from meek mill featuring >> steve: oh! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: meek mill! this is the album right here called, "wins and losses." i'm psyched that those guys are here tonight. guys, it is time for "tonight show" hashtags. here we go. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ hashtags hashtags ♪ >> jimmy: now, we do this thing every wednesday where i will send out a hashtag and we

begin with sad breaking news, we're learning about the death of civil rights activist and humorous dick hospitalized earlier for an undisclosed illness and died here in dc. an outpouring of love is currently making way on to social media right now. we're going to have more than that in just a moment. >> sad news >>> right now, we want to check in with gary mcgrady, we've got storms moving through. gary, what's going on in the weather department >> a little storm that could has become severe, we looked on this earlier, a little storm formed, and is severe, we want to show you where it is and tracking this is going to go until 11:30 now, severe thunderstorm warning in place, in his will be for anne arundel, calvert, prince george's county, southern prince george this is tracking to the east. at about 30 to 35 miles per hour. big wind here could be up around 60 or little bit more than that. these storms have had a history there. and some hail as well. lots of lightening. of see all of that lightening in the core of the storm, moving off to the east. goes until 11:30, the severe thunderstor

iconic comic dick gregory has died in d.c. at 84. his comedy in the '60s. son says he died yesterday here in the district after being in the hospital for a week. >>> a confession in the triple murder of three little girls in clinton. prince georges county police say 25-year-old williams told them he stabbed his 6-year-old sister and two cousins. their bodies were found on friday and he now faces murder charges. >>> one week after the violence in charlottesville, thousands of people across the country took to the streets holding rallies against heat. in boston, they marched against a free speech rally and it was peaceful. police did make a few arrests. >>> just about to hit 9:30 on this sunday morning. hope you have a good start to the day. i am adam tuss. >> i am angie goff. we appreciate tha >> who doesn't appreciate that? we always appreciate lauryn ricketts who went outside to check out the sunshine. >> it's absolutely wonderful out here, guys. absolutely gorgeous. we have plenty of sunshine and blue skies. i wish it was going to be like this tomorrow bu

dick gregory found out why and never deviated.ight of his entertainment career, he became i civil rights activist, stood up with martin luther king, was in jail in the early days of the civil rights movement when entertainers and people that had been able to perform in clubs with the rich and the wealthy and the white could not do it, dick gregory was one of the few that could, but he gave all of that up to fight and become the civil rights icon that he was. he knew why he lived. he never stopped. because even the next generation, those of us that were 20 or more years younger than him, he fought with us. i met him when i was 16 years old, just three or four years in the movement myself. i used to have a poster of him at home in my little bedroom. when he ran for a write-in candidate for president and all the way through he and martin were going to jail, all the way to just a few weeks ago, went to see him at b.b. king's perform, dick gregory was constantly there. now, he'd get in your occasion he'd spank me, he'd correct me, but

dicks is getting slammed coach is down 14%.about manufacture the moves. >>> and later yshgs the cleave content officer at netflix says amazon streaming strategy is flawed more "squawk alley" after the break. >>> europe closed about five minutes ago. let's get to michelle over at hq. >> stocks building on monday rally over in europe which is the best for the broader markets kroots pond in more than a month. the italian markets you see gray because that market is closed in observance of assumption day euro weaker today. came in slightly below consensus at 0.6%. you can see the euro solidly below $1.18 for the second day in a row the brit ush pound at a three week low versus the dollar right now $1.28 and change core inflation fell in july. flat in june this makes the bank of england less worried and heads further reduces the possibility of rate hikes, the reason why we see the fall in sterling individual stock movers. tsonga off shores that, is after tran transocean agreed to bite company. this marks further consolidation in dril

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the legendary dick gregory, and jerry lewis.ow dick gregory, he was known as the first black comic to perform regularly in front of white audiences and uses fame to become a civil rights activist. and to the untrained eyes and ears, the things that dick gregory would say would semin sane at the time. but, like, he was like one of the -- he was one of the first woke dudes. >> oh, he was. >> you know how people say stay woke? gregory was woke before people know what woke was. >> exactly. he can say something, and, yeah, it will offend you, but at the end of the day, he was telling the truth. he was a truth-teller at the end of the day, at all times. >> and that moves us to the next guy, jerry lewis. now, what was your favorite jerry lewis movie? >> i don't know. he's just stupid. i used to like to watch the telethons when i was a kid. my grandmother and my mom -- >> that was required. >> get us around -- in the mid ' '90s, he was looking stressed out. he was known for his slap particular comedy movies like the original "nutty prof

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dick vermeil spoke at glen mills this afternoon as part of its character and leadership program.shared behind scenes stories inspiring life lessons and leadership principles that he picked up more than 15 seasons as an nfl headcoach >> that's a special man on and off field, no doubt about it. >> thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00. "eyewitness news" returns at 10:00 on the sister station, the "cw philly," and back here on cbs3 at 11:00. >> up next "cbs evening news" from new york, here is anthony mason, take care, we'll see you tonight. captioning sponsored by cbs >> mason: terror in barcelona. a van mows down pedestrians as attackers once again turn a vehicle into a weapon of mass destruction. also tonight, a prominent republican calls on the president to make radical changes. >> the president has not yet been able to demonstrate the stability, nor some of the competence that he needs to demonstrate in order to be successful. >> mason: the battle over confederate monuments. >> when you look at it personally, what do you feel? >> i feel that the war continues. >> mason:

people protest displays of bigotry. >> and remembering dick gregory.roke barriers. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to nbc10 news today. i'm ted greenberg. it is 7:00 a.m. on this sunday morning. thank you so much for being with us.

dick gregory inspired millions around the country with his ability to bring change through comedy. here in d.c., so many felt like he was just one of them. >> i look around and i see here. >> that was gregory at the dedication for the new ben's chili bowl mural. he was added at the same time as our jim vance. yesterday stopped by that mural to remember how gregory was both a comedian and civil rights activist. >> just big in so many different areas. in comedy and civil rights and in consciousness. all of it. i could talk about dick gregory for hours. >> you know, he just spoke from the heart and told it like it was basically. >> gregory tried twice unsuccessfully at political office. he died on saturday here in d.c. at the age of 84. >>> it's now 4:20. we want to talk about our forecast with sheena parveen. >> good morning, eun. we want to talk about what the weather is going to be like for the eclipse later today. so if you're watching and hopefully you have the proper eyewe eyewear, of course. everyone is waiting for it. here's what it looks like on satellite radar. we have passi

with his ly >>> he was known for being smart, subversive and standing up for his beliefs, comedian dick gregory died last night at sibley hospital and our wusa9 sarah konsmo has more about his life. >> this is just my small token, the flowers. >> reporter: at ben's chili bowl dick gregory still miles down. >> i love yell -- smiles down. >> i love yellow roses and to me it's joy. it's a joy he gave to this world. >> when they say this show features living color, you better believe it. >> reporter: gregory was a trail blazing comedian. >> treat me nice because with president kennedy's new housing bill, i might be your neighbor now. >> reporter: he was one of the first black performers to break past color barriers in the '60s and skyrocket to stardom. ben's chili bowl owner virginia ali had known him over half a century when he performed. >> we watched him grow. we watched him do so many wonderful things all these years, you know, from being a standup comedian telling jokes that were factual but funny. >> it goes deeper than the waters. >> reporter: gregory was also an activist against the

. >>> next to the passing of comedian and civil rights activist, dick gregory.r bringing humor to the civil rights struggle in the '60s. his son said the legendary entertainer died in washington, d.c., after a brief hospital stay. dick gregory was 84 years old. >>> and the 91-year-old queen of england, carrying on for the foreseeable future. sources in britain, said to be close to the royals, rejecting claims the queen might hand over the throne to her son, prince charles. the world's longest reigning monarch reportedly planning to continue on as long as her health permits. >>> and when we come back, we'll take you to a town where the eclipse and a story straight from "the x-files" are colliding. that's when we come back. steve chooto walk over the26.2 miles,9 days... at'a marathon. and he does it with dr. scholl's. only dr. scholl's has massaging gel insoles that provide all-day comfort to keep him feeling more energized. dr. scholl's. born to move. i love spending time with my grandson. but my blad

we're here because of dick.t show" and dick said i'm not going on because you don't let negroes sit on the sofa, and jack parr changed the policy in the studio just down the hall and dick gregory was the first african-american to sit on the sofa on "the tonight show" and so we owe dick that. our thoughts and prayers are with his family. his son has an enormous task. how do you have a celebration for someone who celebrated all of us and was such a source of joy. we're so thankful to him and i'm honored to have been by his side. >> your thoughts, mike. >> if there is a mt. rushmore of american comedy, the two comedians that would be put on there are richard pryor and george carlin and richard pryor says he essentially owes his career to dick gregory. comedy ages less form than any other art form. so when we go back to '61, we might not realize how funny he was, but he was transcendent and funny and there at so many historic opportunities from the watts riot to muhammed ali to negotiating for the hostages in iran.

the legendary dick gregory. the activist breaking barriers. >> when they say this show features living color, you better believe it. >> fans and famous faces remembering his legacy this morning. >>> good morning, everyone. we want to welcome you to the show on this eclipse eve. we're counting down the total solar eclipse. just one day away. the first in the continental u.s. in nearly 40 years. >> we're all over this thing. we have a team spread around the so-called path of totality. including rob in oregon and ginger in nashville. will cloudy weather eclipse the eclipse? the forecast and more coming up. >>> protests across much of the country. one week after the deadly violence in charlottesville, virginia. at that white nationalist rally. >> the largest gathering this weekend in boston, where tens of thousands utterly overwhelmed what was billed as a free speech rally. where at least one far right figure was expected to speak. >> incredible images. there were classes with police. stephanie ramos was right there

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iconic comic, dick gregory, died in d.c.acial barriers with his comedyn 1960s. his son says his father died yesterday in the district after being in the hospital for a week. >>> another update to the awful story. a confession in the triple murder of three girls in clinton. prince georges county police says williams told them he stabbed his sister and two cousins. their bodies were found on friday and he now faces murder charges. >>> and thousands of people took to the streets across the country. and the protests was mostly peaceful and police made more than two dozen arrests. >>> it's 7:30 on this sunday morning. thank you so much for starting your sunday with us. i am adam tuss. >> i am angie goff. looks like the heat is on track to make a >> lauryn ricketts with us. >> we have to get this right for tomorrow. i have a few changes to the forecast for tomorrow. i don't think it will impact you too much. we will get to that in a little bit. we will get to the temperatures. 71 is our temperature, a refreshing morning. 68 in lee

ntrasting appeals.y died this the one and only jerry lewis, and a pioneer black artist, dick gregory. first, jerry lewis, who along with movie-mate dean martin, and then by himself, ruled the hollywood box office for years in the '50s and '60s with his zany, hyper-manic, slapstick brand of humor. lewis died today at his home in las vegas, after battling health problems for decades. jerry lewis debuted at the age of five, singing "brother, can you spare a dime" in his parents' vaudeville act. together with martin, and later starring by himself, lewis was in more than 60 films. the martin and lewis team turned out 16 pictures together, including such hits as "the caddy." >> what would you do without me? what would you do, boy? what would you do with you when i'm gone? >> i'd sell my car and hock my ring and go right out and hire ba-bing. that's what i'd do without you, that's what i'd do. >> sreenivasan: others together included "my friend irma,"" sailor beware," "hollywood or bust," and more than a dozen others. after they parted ways in 1956, lewis continued on screen starring in film

and, we remember two legends who died this weekend: groundbreaking political activist and comedian dick gregory... >> i might be your new neighbor. >> quijano: ...and king of comedy jerry lewis. >> hey lady! this is the "cbs weekend news." >> quijano: good evening, i'm elaine quijano. exactly seven months into his presidency, with his economic agenda eclipsed by political turmoil, president trump is shifting focus to america's longest war. the president will address the nation monday night with a new strategy for the war in afghanistan. it could include sending thousands more u.s. troops. during his presidential campaign, mr. trump repeatedly criticized the length of the conflict. since 2001, more than 2,400 u.s. troops have been killed there. another 20,000, wounded. the 16-year war has cost american taxpayers more than $800 billion. here's errol barnett. >> reporter: sources tell cbs news the strategy allows for deploig around 4,000 new troops and aggressively pushing pakistan for being a safe haven for terrorists. u.s. currently has fewer than 10,000 troops in afghanistan, many of th

groundbreaking political activist and comedian dick color="#ffff00">gregory... >> i might be your new neighbor. >> quijano: ...and king of comedy jerry lewis. >> hey lady! this is the "cbs weekend news." >> quijano: good evening, i'm elaine quijano. exactly seven months into his presidency, with his economic agenda eclipsed by political turmoil, president trump is shifting focus to america's longest war. the president will address the nation monday night with a new strategy for the war in afghanistan. it could include sending thousands more u.s. troops. during his presidential campaign, mr. trump repeatedly criticized the length of the conflict. since 2001, more than 2,400 u.s. troops have been killed there. another 20,000, wounded. the 16-year war