and he works with all of the musical greats, duke ellington, elvis presley. you know, what story did you wanna tell through this character? so my theme that i wanted to do, having been a musician myself, i know that there's a certain, certain relationships within a band, when you're in a band, even though you're not speaking, you're speaking musically. and everybody has a certain role to play in a band. you know, the drummer has to maybe keep the time steady. someone else gets to be the soloist and go off wild. someone else has to be the rhythm player and keep it real. and i realized that that's very much what life is like in all the other bands that you join. family, a workplace, school, army. everybody sorta has a role, you know. so i wanted to do a theme about, well, a musical book but, but show that how we all influence each other, whether you're in a band, of musicians or you're just in a band in life, you influence people that you come in contact with with your talents. and so frankie became sort of this great symbol of that because he is, as you pointe

off, this is their processing area for the construction project on tropicana between koval and duke ellington. because the project is mainly done at night, work here is mainly done overnight too. coming up on action news live at six, find out when residents might get some relief live near tropicana and paradise, soc we looked into this story.... after a viewer e-mailed us.... about the problem... if you've got something.... keeping you up at night.... or.... if you have something else you'd like us.... to look into... send us an e-mail.... to 13investigates@ktnv.com and... be sure to include.... your phone number. adlib let's go to chief meteorologist bryan scofield quiet and warm weather will continue for the next several days as high pressure remains in control of the forecast. however, chances are on the horizon for the weekend and the start to next week. in the short term, high temps will remain around 80 through friday with cloud cover in and out throughout those days. by friday we'll get an extra push of clouds as a weak system pushes through the area. on saturday, breezy winds will hig

said this is their processing area for the construction project on tropicana between koval and duke ellington. because most of the work on the project happens at night, most of the work here does too. the soil processing will be done tonight, so they said it will be less noisy, but there will still be lights on and trucks coming and going. the whole project will be done by march. """"""""""the spokeswoman for the water reclamation district said the contractor chose to put their processing area right up against the houses....but she promised to work with them in the future so it doesn't happen again. near tropicana and paradise, soc"""""""" you'd like us to check out.. send an email to 13investigates@ktnv.c om.. and be sure to include your phone number. breaking news on a brush fire affecting travel on i-15. we just got word from ndot.. that i- 15 in arizona is closed at mile marker 18 because of the fire, that's between nevada and utah.. here's where it hurts.. anyone travel north of mesquite.. should expect long delays. that's the latest from the breaking news center, a man shot dead.... at

you're looking at a senior at duke ellington school of the arts who found out that she's getting a fullide to george washington university. gwu's president, steven knapp, hand delivered the scholarship letters. about what was going through her mind when she knew that she won. >> i just knew that it was for me, that it was just my time. i worked so hard and to know that your hard work paid off. it's a blessing. >> absolutely, absolutely. she says that she plans to become an anesthesiologist one day. the scholarship program will cover tuition, room, board, books and fees for all four years. >>> well, you may not pay much attention to it, but the google home page featured the work of a talented local high schooler this week. akilla johnson is the national winner of the latest google 4 doodle contest. she reimagined the logo as a braid over a brick wall mural that celebrates her upbringing in afro-centric culture. as part of the contest prize, the school will get a $50,000 a $30,000 college scholarship. all right, way to go. >>> well, it's that time of the year again. at least two black bea

. >> all the greats that have played here, duke ellington, shirley horn, ramsey lewis. the list goes on in terms of who has played here, who has played inside these walls. >> what a list it was. about ten years ago, omara brown and his brother bought the club but they decided this was the year to call it quits. >> great little spot. a lot of up and coming artists come through there, too. >>> well, we are on eagle watch once again. p you take a look at the eagle cam at the d.c. police academy in southeast. still waiting for one more egg to hatch. right now it's sleeping the eagle you see. which you had expect at 5:00 it in the morning. it's not a rooster, eait's an eagle. because the radios it ter ooste early, chuck. >> oh, i know. >> some video of feeding time for you here. this is our third eaglet born in our area this month. two ha two hatched earlier. >> nothing like the regurgitating food that the mama feeds the eaglets. >> we're supposed to go from regurgitation to the weather? welcome back. we're all back together again after our little vacation. and now what we w

student as the duke ellington school went wild.fore the the george washington university could announce her name. >> her father beamed with pride. >> i am so proud. i'm sure e is proud of her. >> what is impressive is how the fellow students take pride in the achievements. >> it gives them a hope that it could be them. >> a four-year full ride scholarship to cover tuition, room and board. >> this is perfect for my foundation. i love my family. >> many of the students overcome tremendous adversity. at age 16, carlos lopez sanchez immigrated to the u.s. from guatemala, mostly on and ahamad grew up farming in bangladesh. today his mother shed tears of joy. >> speechless. >> 1989 the program covered the college costs for 160 d.c. students with a graduation rate of 90%. >> this was her birthday. >> to complete the celebration the classmates serenaded her with song. leon: metro says to get with the program. >> has mast team goes in into effect at the zoo. and when the blessed event is expected high above the ash retomb. announcer: "abc7

greene was a mailman for 40 years, he lived in harlem across the street from duke ellington. mr.reene was a man with a seventh grade education. he helped put together a publication that touched all aspects of life. >> my parents liked to travel. they thought it was important for our education. the thing was to find a black section of town, and find places to eat. i always knew that we cannot stay places. >> even as a child, very lovely unusual to have a black client working with a white printer. they dad found what was first place that he could stay between new orleans and the end of the drive of that first day. and the next day we drove all the way to miami, and we stay at the lord calvert hotel, which was listed in the grade book also. -- green book also. ♪ >> those stations had these books in iraq outside the pump. -- in a rack outside the pump. and i find a motel in pensacola, florida. my parents owned the first fully accredited african-american travel agency in the united states. they were able to convince people of our time. it took many groups, and eventually took thousand

duke ellington and miles davis. historic site. hate to see it happen.een a staple of our annual d.c. jazz festival we host. we have been partners with them for the last ten years. alison: end of an era. leon: hate to see it happen. alison: coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- they say a picture is worth a thousand words. but the payoff to the sleight of hand in this video. it can be worth $1 million. leon: coming up, new at 6:00 tonight -- the war against heroin. a mother killed by the drug as her husband is sent to jail. kathleen matthews: if we want to be heard, we need women in congress. it was the women who forced republicans to include women's health and contraceptive coverage in the affordable care act. in congress, i'll fight for pay equity, family leave and tougher gun safety laws. and, as an environmentalist, i'll work combat climate change. i know as a journalist and as a senior executive in business that when women are at the table, we get things done. sage. doug: wouldn't it be nice to take today's weather and take it through the weekend? not

you're looking at one of the seniors from duke ellington school of the arts.he just found out she's getting a full ride to george washington university. gw's president steven nap hand delivered the scholarship letters and she talked to us. look at that. she talked to us about what was going through her mind at that moment where she found out she won. >> i just knew it was for me like it was just my time and i worked so hard and your hard work paid off is a blessing. >> sure is a blessing. and also you're talking about a quarter of a million dollars. she says she plans to become an anesthesiologist one day. the steven joe trackenburg skoip follows room, books, board, and fees for all four years. >> that's a burden lifted. >> and her parents will be crying tears of joy. >>> this afternoon international efforts to bring that college student home. >> new steps a lot of folks hope will bring a university of virginia student back from a controversial sentence in north korea. >>> is it an ode to the past or time for an update. sy maryland'state song could >>> for the

duke ellington, shirley who were, ramsey lewis recorded his album here.ean, the list goes on in terms of who has played here, who has played inside these walls. >> what an impressive list. about ten years ago, omara brown and his brother bought the club and decided this was the year to call it quits. >>> we're on eagle watch once again. a live look at the eagle cam at the d.c. police cad aacademy in southeast. still waiting for one more egg to hatch here. you can see the adult eagle likely sleeping on top of the egg. >> keeping it warm. >> the ones born should be under there, too? i think so. they haven't flown out of there yet. one of the eggs hatched other the weekend. some of the video of feeding time. there you see it here. this is the third eaglet born in our area this month. t arboretum earlier this month. >> i can tell you you more about human baby, but eagle baby -- >> you don't sit on humans. >> no. >> i knew that. >>> what started out as fun almost ended in tragedy. what was going on just as this roof collapsed. >> another live look outside this

and the likes of duke ellington, cab calloway, count basie, and louis armstrong all took the stage ats like the crystal palace ballroom and the alamo on farish street. what happened? where did it all go? >> geno: what killed farish street was immigration. once we were able to branch out of our own indigenous black-run businesses, the black-owned businesses died. >> anthony: right. >> geno: so great for the black race, but terrible for the black business. in fact, the only reason you're coming to farish street right now -- >> anthony: mm-hmm. >> geno: -- is we have two churches, two funeral homes, and the big apple inn. so you're gonna either die, worship, or come to my place to eat, and that's the only traffic we get. >> anthony: or all three, and that -- you know? >> geno: that's right. >> anthony: not in that order, but -- >> woman: how you doing? >> woman 2: one hot? how y'all doing today? >> anthony: 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

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

greatest gap rap oo dy's work with kanye west, ja an hosted a sold outendrick lamarpl shows ever and duke ellingtonch blew m mind.mi if you haven't seen kendrickic lamar life check him out. as a side note as a hiphop fan i do want to mention big passed away 19 years ago today. ago toy he was 24 years old. >> wow! good i still think reada to die arguably one of thef t greatest album of all time.ll go back and listen to that em. my favorite track has to be givg me the loot. loot. that song is a masterpiece andie rest in piece mr. big. m 24 years old when he passed awad 19 years ago.. >> biggy or tupac for you. or ta >> i'm a biggy guy.ig g i respect tupac.up i like kendrick lamar he combines elements of to you bace biggy for me lear krick klee buk pa biggy.. >> older than biggy in realy i r life. sidentint.rint. >> i like bluepri.nt >> me, too. too. i love reasonable doubt. don't get me wrong of the one oe the best jay-z songs ever takeae over where he dissed nas. nas came back with ethier.th i love a good rap battle. bat >> how much time do we have? >> kev, thanks very much. muc >> thanks, guys.nks,

charles randolph-wright directed this wonderful show, "sophisticated ladies," in at the duke ellington school, and i was teaching a jazz-hip-hop class. and in the back, i saw all these curls jump up, and i said, "dude, that's a tall girl back there!" i thought it was a girl. his foot. and i said, "gee, are you okay?" he said -- and behind me, he said, "yeah, my brother's okay." i said, "you're brothers?" i said, "really?" i said, "do you guys tap?" and john, who is kind of a little full of himself -- he said, "yeah, we can tap," like that. i said, "i'll tell you if you can tap. you don't tell me." >> did he know who you were? >> he didn't care. [ both laugh ] >> okay. >> so, i said, "come tomorrow to the lincoln theatre," and they came, and they were phenomenons. they were phenomenons! and they're beautiful to look at, and they're classy, and, oh, i just love 'em. and they're wonderful. they get standing ovations in the show. i said, "wait a minute. i'm supposed to get this. you're not even supposed to get this." >> how does it make you feel to be able to open up that world to them and

that i loved, from max roach and coltrane, you know, even going back as far as my father's with duke ellington -- you know, all these people who have played. and i also had some bach and some beethoven in there because my children would come down the stairs on a sunday morning and they didn't know what i was gonna have on there. and then they played theirs, and they also started out with, you know, coltrane, and they went on and on and on, and then, all of said out loud, "you see what i'm saying, how fast they go?" and one of them said, "well, just listen." and i leaned back and listened and said, "oh, my goodness. listen to them." i mean, they are telling us some facts that we need to know, and they're doing it musically, and they're doing it with poetry, and i just loved to listen to them. so, you know, i began to listen to rakim, who talked about the body bags. >> yes. >> and the moment he talked about body bags coming home and they had pictures of the body bags, america saw that, and they stopped showing body bags, you know, with people coming home dead, because it inspired the people to g

victor green was a mailman for 40 years, lived in harlem, lived right across the street from duke ellingtonvictor green was a man with a seventh grade education yet he put together a publication that touched all aspects of life. >> my parents liked to travel. they figured that was helpful for our education. the thing was, finding the black section of town and you used the green book to find places to eat so i always knew that we couldn't stay places. ♪ >> mr. green was distinguished and even as a child, a very lovely man, and i would say it was unusual to have a black client working with a white printer. >> the green book, my dad found what was the first place that he could stay between new orleans and the end of the drive for that first day. and the next day we drove all the way to miami and we stayed at the lord calvert hotel which was listed in the green book also. ♪ >> esso station had these books in a rack outside the pump and so i picked up one and found crosby's hotel in pensacola, florida. >> my parents owned the first fully accredited african-american owned travel agency in the uni

duke ellington is buried there. sir miles davis. it's a great place to take in the culture and the history of new york city while reflecting. it's a great peaceful place to go in the green bronx. we like to highlight the bronx as a place to go to enjoy green. nearby cortland park. 18-hole golf course. it's the first municipal golf course in the nation. you've got great sports activity, soccer, baseball, you've got an equestrian center, freshwater and pools. it's an incredible place to go and experience the green bronx. we encourage people that are not only from the tri-state area but new yorkers to get out of manhattan and their borough. get out of brooklyn and come up and take the public transportation and enjoy the >>> nyc.com is a perfect place to go. >> go see woodlawn and make a day of it. >> chris haywood, we appreciate you coming in. happy st. patty's day to you. >> same to you. thank you so much. >> as we mentioned, find a link nyc go neighborhood by neighborhood on nbcnewyork.com. don't forget, you can watch the st. patrick

volunteers there.eere >> still volunteers.ll volteer she also still works part timeam at the duke ellingtone arts this year miss katz is turning 80. young. yo 80 years young.rs you she's going to be honoredgoing o tomorrow night at howard's product of sarah feign in a.n a first she's life here in the lir loft with us. and we'll talk about why it's ss important to pass on her knowledge to actors in thes in t african-american community. >> good morning to you.d >> good morning. >> thank you for coming in.moori >> thank you for having me.g >> and happy birthday.. >> yes.. >> 80 is quite an and and in your resume so amazing at howard.ow >> thank you.nk y >> yes. tell me what it was like for you at this historically blacklylack college all these years. >> well, i was the firstst caucasian in the theater arts department, and i went there the year after dr. king had got assassinated. so people coming to the katz t k stone howard is known as wereser not happy to so me.. but i understood that.ood tha i understoodwhy. and in my heritage teaches toac you repair the world, so that's' what i was about.

he lived right across the street from duke ellington. he was a man with a seventh grade education.cationher a that touched all aspects of life. liked to travel. they thought that was helpful for our education. the thing was to find the black section of town, then use the green book to find places to eat . i always knew we could not stay places. >> even as a child, use a very lovely man. have a blackl to client working with a white printer. dad found, what was the first place he could stay between new orleans and the end of the drive that first day. the next day, we drove all the way to miami and stayed at the lord calvert hotel, which was also listed in the green book. >> of those station had these