but that's all happening too, people like billie holiday, count basie, duke ellington, they were all playing in the fillmore district, bop city, plantation club, jack's tavern. that's another world that i was intrigued by and the fact that there were neisei jazz musicians. also the no no boys, which i'm not sure if you are aware of, but one of the story lines in the play is about the character called chet monkawa and he was what was known as a no no boy. at some point everyone in the internment camp was asked to do this questionnaire and there

she performed with students from the duke ellington school of arts and maureen bunyan was the emcee ofs concert. >> that had to be a lot of fun. >> maureen bunyan gets all the greatest. how stunning did maureen looked? she always does. there is a lot of chatter about donovan mcnabb and michael vick. the camps and bruins battle in the phone bruce -- battle in the phone booth. [ mom ] my son ryan didn't know his voulez-vous from his frere jacques... [ speaking french ] [ mom ] ...so he decided to study in paris. ♪ to see french masterpieces with his very own eyes. we even linked our citibank account to his so when his account ran low we just transferred funds. i just hope the language isn't a barrier. bonjour. [ mom ] my ryan can be very shy. [ male announcer ] from linked accounts to citi mobile we make it simple to manage your finances. what's your story? citibank can help you write it. >>> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. >> the washington wizards have had two practices in the last 24 hours. training camp is in high gear. john wall is everything you

but that's all happening too, people like billie holiday, count basie, duke ellington, they were all playing in the fillmore district, bop city, plantation club, jack's tavern. that's another world that i was intrigued by and the fact that there were neisei jazz musicians. also the no no boys, which i'm not sure if you are aware of, but one of the story lines in the play is about the character called chet monkawa and he was what was known as a no no boy. at some point everyone in the internment camp was asked to do this questionnaire and there were two questions, question 27 and 28, which basically said you were foreswear allegiance to japan and the emperor and will swear allegiance to america and that you will serve in the armed forces. and for young neisei men in their late teens and 20's, if you signed that, by and large the sense was you could be drafted. and what came about was a certain amount of controversy over those two questions because a lot of things were floating around. one of the arguments, and that's my character, we're locked up. we're in prison and then i'm asked to

the famed u street corridor, home to duke ellington looked more like downtown kandahar today. a bullet riddled car overturned, broken glass and bullet casings in the streets. >> it's getting better but it scares you. >> a car flipped over and then a young -- somebody's feet were sticking out of the car. >> reporter: police say the incident began at the walker memorial baptist church in the 2100 block of 13th street. hundreds of young people had gathered for the funeral of ashley mccray. she had been shot and killed two weeks earlier in southeast. funeral is over, everybody coming outside and then what happened? >> about maybe 30 minutes later that's when we heard gunshots. >> reporter: according to sources, a group of men came from an alley at 13th and u street and opened fire on an suv as people leaving the funeral were entering that vehicle. >> there are some participants we believe that were at the funeral who had walked a couple blocks down to get in their car. as they attempted to get in their car, presumably to get into the funeral procession, suspects approached the car

choreography and taking audiences through a review of the life of one of america's greatest musicians, duke ellington well, it's a celebration of the greatness and the genius of the man. he really was quite exceptional, you know, as a musician and as a personality, of course, he was... when he said those things "we love you madly" to make those things up, i just love it. i'm the happiest i've ever been on the stage. with the exception of working with my brother. i've done great shows and i've been very happy. but even with injuries, which you do get as a dancer, i can't wait to get on that stage. ♪ we love you maddy... >> brown: there's added history to this revival being presented by aflee stage. it's performed at the historic lincoln theater where ellington got his start in the club that's now the theater's basement and which sits in the neighborhood where he grew up in the heart of washington's u-street district known in the 1920s as the black broadway. >> homegrown music right here. so i'm happening to his sound and his musicianship. so it makes me invent and create. at this time in my career, th