i love having the president say happy birthday to duke ellington. ellington and the french style kissing next on both cheeks. i want to add something but one of our colleagues on the white house staff died on january 3 command his funeral was yesterday. his name is marty anderson. when you read my book you will see is a prominent player in this particular story. he's famous for what he did when he came back in the reagan administration, but he did one thing more important and it happened is something that in the earlier ceremony was talked extensively about richard nixon creating what became the volunteer army. the proposal developed by marty anderson the san francisco in 1970. in the movie of the greatest game in town. no one remembers it. the town of course, was las vegas. inspired. he was getting his phd at mit it would have been in the early 60s and he had access to the great computer and he thought that maybe he would handicap races, the closest to boston. all of the trainers all the conditions, all the way on the horses command on and on he wen

the white house he had the pleasure of putting together a list for the president that included duke ellington says edward kennedy ellington >> dixon played happy birthday the best he could. >> what you all stand and sing happy birthday and in the key of g.. [laughter] ♪ moynahan who got many things through the white house which is surprising was trying to build a sense of mixing to be historic. >> the president opposed something that no president has ever opposed, no nation or democracy, any kind has ever had >> it's the campaign that basically was a negative income tax. >> [inaudible] clearly it was something on their mind but ultimately produced the family assistance program which nixon had to get on tv to say this is more expensive but the right thing to do. >> unlike welfare is designed to correct the condition. >> he thought deeply about the question of the dependency because his father deserted his family when he was a young fellow too. >> to make the children eligible. >> creating a new welfare system was the major thing he wanted to do in the years he was given to serve in the nixon a

career that spanned almost eight decades, terry made it big in the 1940s and '50s playing with duke ellingtonnd others. he became one of the first black musicians to hold a staff job at a network here at nbc. he also became known for mentoring younger musicians and commitment to jazz education. clark terry was 94 years old. >>> it's a big night in hollywood, the 87th academy awards. as usual, there is some controversy. al roker is keeping an eye on it from his place on the red carpet. al, good evening. >> hey, good evening, carl. well, i got to tell you, the big story right now is the weather. this is tented, but it's raining right now. and, of course, they want to make sure the stars look their best. but luckily, we got a tent, 58 degrees, showers. right now, everybody is dry. we have miss cotillard there. she is nominated for an award. we're live on nbc "nightly news." are you excited about tonight? >> i'm super excited. we hope you have a great evening. >> i will, for sure. >> best of luck. >> thank you so much. >> of course, the controversy is that there is very little diversity, carl, am

terry played with both duke ellington and count basie, and later was featured in the "tonight show" band. clark terry was 94. >> sreenivasan: walmart made news this week by announcing that it is raising the wages for its employees above the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour. starting pay at the company, the world's largest private employer, is going up to $9 an hour, and $10 an hour next february. to discuss the broader implications, we are joined now by shelly banjo. she has reported the story for quartz, a business site published by the atlantic media company. so how significant is it? we're talking about one in a hundred people employed in the united states are employed by wal-mart. >> pretty significant. wal-mart, as you mentioned is the biggest police officer at employer. so what wal-mart does other people tend to follow. >> srennivasan: is that something target and other competers-- competitors might do as well. >> a lot of competitors are already paying more something like costco or some of the other retailers but definitely competitors like target, best buy those kinds of companie

. >> duke ellington called jazz unhampered unhindered expression of freedom. >> she learned music fromr. s her father taught music to her in spontaneous order. >> i put out a musical idea she followed me with another one and she decided on the ending. you give each other latitude. >> the improvisation comes from the ideas that you sdefl op using the language. >> mar salas has been implementing since the 40's asking... >> what if. a lot of the music in the jazz arena is based on that. what if we played this instead of that? >> in the 20's ladies home journal says jazz brings sin and it is dangerous bluecause it wi lead to a breaking of all rules. we are lucky they didn't have a u.s. department of music at the time. sounds weird. we have never had those before. you can't have those rhythms they are wrong. >> because they lacked the ability to do this we got so much unplanned spontaneous order. medical innovation, the internet, new forms of entertainment new ways to share love with friends and family. >> jazz critic said the reason we have jazz the reason we have most anything worth while

duke ellington and his orchestrations. i could go on and on. >> thank you for coming.nthony foxx is the secretary of transportation. back in a moment. stay with us. ♪ >> we begin with mexico and what marks the first foreign visit to the white house this year. president obama hosted the mexican president yesterday morning. and it comes at a critical time for mexico. all of those sweeping structural reforms won him the support of the international community. it has threatened to derail the economic platform. joining me now are some mexican observers. francisco goldman from the new yorker magazine. shannon o'neil is the senior fellow for latin american studies at the council of foreign relations. joining us in progress is jorge castaneda. how would you characterize the meeting between the two presidents and the state of the relationship today between mexico and the united states? >> it was very scripted and organized. there were no surprises. most of the things were continuing works in progress. little changes, little announcements of progress on transportation. little pr

it was known as the theater for the people, a place that was home to duke ellington helped

. >>> duke ellington, marvin gaye ella come to mind. there is another name that's getting interna and making history. aaron gilchrist reports. ♪ >> my father was the exclusive piano tuner for the howard theater. but as soon as he said he was going to the howard theater, i was going to cover. that was a phenomenal time for me. >> reporter: he's been around music for as long as he can remember but he wasn't always interested in the piano. he played his first concert as a drummer when he was just 4 years old. by adulthood, he was touring professionally. >> i toured with so many acts. in fact i toured with so many acts that i actually saw at the howard theater. >> reporter: the riots of '68 changed things for the howard. it would close, reopen close again, meanwhile his career would also take a turn. >> i am the first african-american piano manufacturer and the first and only. >> reporter: when his father passed away in 1993 he took over the family business of tuning pianos. less than ten years later he expanded into making them. >> i feel

the smith allwright case, marshall's reputation had spread, and while touring texas, jazz great duke ellington his concerts and paid his band, so he could sit in court and watch history being made. roger wilkins: marshall became, particularly in the black community, asuper hero very quickly. he was a celebrity. and that did an enormous amount for the naacp. they had this star lawyer who was legenday for his courage. it took the organization to a different level. marshall really made the second coming in the naacp from the mid-40s on. narrator: as the cause moved forward through the 1940s, the u.s. entered world war two. marshall was now faced with one more distraction from the education strategy, as he was forced to defend black soldiers who were victims of discrimination in the segregated services. roger wilkins: i think the war really changed things, because these guys came back and some were dead and some didn't have arms or legs or whatever. and they were fighting for freedom in the usa and the american way. they were fairly young men and they had lives to live, and, you know, and they wou

this place and all of you mean to me so let me end this -- let me end this way and paraphrase duke ellington. i will miss you as i have loved you all madly. i love you madly. thank you and good-bye. [ applause ] >>> mr. attorney general, i know that we promised you that there would only be one speaker for today's event and there's only going to be one speaker but we do have a special musical guest for you today. it's someone who has the utmost respect for you. and when i say respect, i mean r-e-s-p-e-c-t. ladies and gentlemen miss aretha franklin. [ applause ] . >> hold on. >> okay. [ laughter ] >> thank you. >> threw go. >> okay. [ applause ] ♪ ♪ o beautiful for spacious skies ♪ ♪ for amber waves of grain ♪ ♪ for purple mountains' majesty above the fruited plain ♪ ♪ america america ♪ ♪ god shed his grace on thee ♪ ♪ and crown thy good with brotherhood ♪ ♪ from sea to shining sea ♪ ♪ america ♪ in great stride ♪ ♪ my country ♪ ♪ and mercy ♪ ♪ america america ♪ ♪ may god ♪ ♪ may god glorify ♪ ♪ and specialness ♪ ♪ and nobleness ♪ ♪ and every ♪ ♪ every ♪ ♪ every divine ♪ >> mr. attorney general

like tommy johnson, sonny boy williamson too, and elmore james all played here and the likes of duke ellingtonand louie armstrong all took the stage at places like the crystal palace ballroom and the alamo on farish street. what happened? where did it all go? >> what killed it was integration. once we were able to break out of our own indigenous black-run businesses, the black-owned businesses died. great for the black race but terrible for the black business. in fact, the only reason you're coming here right now is you have two churches, two funeral homes and the big apple inn. so you're going to either die, worship, or come to my place to eat. and that's the only -- >> or all three. >> right. >> not in that order. >> how you doing today? >> well, hi. >> how y'all doing today? >> back when things were hopping, geno lee's great grandfather, juan "big john" mora, moved to mississippi from mexico city, started a family with an african american woman in jackson. he sold hot tamales out of a steel drum on the corner. in 1939, he moved the operation inside, right here. now, the last restaurant on t

i go back to early new orleans, and there are so many greats duke ellington and his orchestrations, and i could go on and on. rose: thank you for coming. >> thank you, charlie. rose: anthony foxx the secretary of transportation for this government. back in a moment. stay with us. ♪ rose: we begin with mexico and what marks the first foreign visit to the white house this year. president obama hosted president jorge castaneda. sweeping structural reforms have earned him the support of the international community, outrage over the disappearance of 43 students has threaten toddy rail his economic platform. joining me, some mexican observers, francisco goldman from the new yorker magazine, shan shannon o 'neil and from abu dabu dhabi. how would you characterize the meeting between the two presidents and the state of the relationship today between mexico and the united states? before we turn to some of the problems within mexico. >> sure. the meeting went very well. it was very scripted, very organized. so there were no surprises. and many things were continuing works in progress. little chan

duke ellington famously said it don't mean to say if it ain't got that spring. my argument i want to make sure you gave dave this as well. my argument is it's a powerful perversity. the terminology that it's the none, i'm planned for response that who knew people would be so interested in a twinkie that they would demand its production. given its relatively easy manufacture and distribution, it is an easy product to reproduce from another manufacturing base. the contrary question though and the notion that there's more going on here or less going on here in terms of can or agency and more in terms of being manipulated by puppet masters, you do you see this notion of an ability by manufacturers and producers to target their products in a particular way. there are multiple perspectives upon which to view consumer society and consumer culture and this is change given who you are looking now. if you look at it from the perspective of the producer, if you look at what advertisers think are going to motivate us, you could certainly serve. if you look at what consumers

fully convey what this place and all of you mean to me so let me end this way and paraphrase duke ellingtonll miss you as i have loved you all madly. i love you madly. thank you and goodbye. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> mr. attorney general i know we promised you it would only be one speaker for today's event and there's only going to be one speaker but we do have a special musical guests for you today. it's someone who has the utmost respect for you and when i say respect, i mean respect. [applause] ladies and gentlemen miss aretha franklin. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> thank you. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> mr. attorney general, eric holder speaking for we the people we appreciate you and god bless you as you go forward in all of your endeavors. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ thank you. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> wow. thank you ms. franklin for that incredible rendition of america the beautiful beautiful and thank you for joining us here today as we celebrate our

as executive chef at her historic restaurant she has served luminaries such as duke ellington thurgood marshall, president jomplet w. bush and barack obama, among countless others. in 1946 she married edgar chase whose family owned a small street corner stand. at a time when new orleans was starkly divided by segregation, the restaurant was one of a few places where mixed races could gather. it became a central hub for leaders of the civil rights movement. due to the immense pop laret of dookie chase's, there would have been a public uproar had police intervened. she hosted voter rights campaigns, naacp gatherings, countless other meetings and fed them well. people across the world are welcomed by her hospitality and of course cooking. she's received countless awards and has been immortalized in song by ray charles and inspired disney's first african-american princess, but she remains rooted in her ministry and committed to service. so today mr. speaker, i rise to honor some of the people who have paved the way for my generation and some of the people whose shoulders i stand on. so tod

ellington's music goes out to not just the country but the world. and people are comparing him to mozart. he is writhing weight the critics call hot jazz, and the duke says, no i'm writing negro folk music. and one night, another of my characters, bill paley and his wife walk and the club, harling -- hear ellington and they sign him up and out goes his music to san diego, duluth new york city, and new york starts to transform the whole country, the style of music buildings, the works. thanks a lot. appreciate it. [applause] >> if anyone has any questions please feel free to come up to the front and speak clearly into the mic. >> i would like for you toll us about the publisher who signed up f. scott fitzgerald -- >> oh, yes horace. >> we don't know about. >> another -- the book has lot of facets to it, a lot of characters and all of mid-town is -- all of new york is moving uptown in the 1920s. the garment industry moves from the lower east side. up to 7th avenue and so does the publishing industry and the publishing industry needs to be near agents, magazines et cetera, talent. and a whole series of young publishers comes on the scene and challenge

ellington's music goes out to not just the country but the world. and people are comparing him to mozart. he is writhing weight the critics call hot jazz, and the dukesays, no i'm writing negro folk music. and one night, another of my characters, bill paley and his wife walk and the club, harling -- hear ellington and they sign him up and out goes his music to san diego, duluth new york city, and new york starts to transform the whole country, the style of music buildings, the works. thanks a lot. appreciate it. [applause] >> if anyone has any questions please feel free to come up to the front and speak clearly into the mic. >> i would like for you toll us about the publisher who signed up f. scott fitzgerald -- >> oh, yes horace. >> we don't know about. >> another -- the book has lot of facets to it, a lot of characters and all of mid-town is -- all of new york is moving uptown in the 1920s. the garment industry moves from the lower east side. up to 7th avenue and so does the publishing industry and the publishing industry needs to be near agents, magazines et cetera, talent. and a whole series of young publishers comes on the scene and challenge t

duke ellington famously said it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing. this is my argument and i want to give dave his due as well. my argument is that's a very powerful perversity and that terminology that is an unplanned for response. who knew that people would be so interested in a twinkie that they would demand its production production? given its relatively easy manufacture and distribution it's an easy kind of product to reproduce from another manufacturer. the contrary question and the notion that there is more going on here or less going on here in terms of consumer agency and more in terms of being manipulated by puppet masters you to see this notion of ability by manufacturers and producers to target their products and a particular way. there are multiple perspectives on which to view consumer society and consumer culture and those perspectives change given who you are looking at. if you are looking at it from the perspective of the producers of that to the question of advertising. if you are looking at what advertising think you are going to g