what is it about bob dylan the knicks in your favorite artist?ouple of different artists. tavis: i am so glad to hear you say that. curtis mayfield never gets his props. >> what i love about curtis and bob dylan and bob marley, they were artistic, if you watched the life of curtis mayfield and bob dylan, they all had this commercial success. it was based on pop records. what happened to the three of them, at some point, they became almost someone else. they went on a spiritual journey, some type of spiritual rebirth. the person that was born was much more spiritualized. there are times when an artist needs to represent without saying anything. when i see bob dylan or bob marley, i know there is a god. it does not matter what they are saying. it is the conviction of their soul. they are just standing there and you know there is a god. he is the same. he is a boxer and i did not like that when i was a little girl. it did not make any sense to me at all. but he is a character, he underwent this transformation. he became a different person, muhammed

i feel the same about bob dylan and curtis.tis wrote the best song about jesus ever, but in bob dylan's case, it was particularly the christian songs i loved, and i love loads of stuff as well, and my brother came in with his record, and i had grown ups in the country were all of the religious songs make you want to jump off something. they were just awful, completely uninspired, and my brother put this out, and i wanted to make some music about the holy spirit, and i always feel there is a link between music and spirituality. good i was relieved when i heard fast somebody could make nonreligious music and -- could make religious music. i think god needs to get rescued from who religious music. imagine if you had to sit in a club and listen to the worst music. you are stuck for an eternity. tavis: when you say you are not religious maniac, i am looking at your shirt. i just saw by huge cover story about you with the teachers at says "property of jesus." there you go, but you are not a religious maniac. >> yoon they -- you know

>> dylan, you're exactly right. the fact we even have to beg and plead the sec commission to do its job and simply give us the information we deserve as american citizens -- by the way, as shareholders, too -- we have a right to know if companies were investing, if companies were buying products from our facts, making these kinds of political contributions. why shouldn't that be a matter of public information if they're, quote, unquote, a publicly traded corporation? so the sec could act, two commissioners have to act. two only. luis aguilar has already said he would stand up for this, mary schapiro. with those two votes, we could literally make every american in america to have to disclose this kind of political spending. >> that's why i've been so enthusiastic in supporting your efforts because i do feel it's at the bottom of a tree here. how did the sec react in the one meeting that you've had with them so far? >> you can imagine that the notion of protestors on their doorstep was offputting to them, the sec is n

i'm ari melber in once again for dylan ratigan, and the big story today is round 2 of the u.s. supreme court. today the court considered whether to strike down the heart of president obama's health care law, the insurance mandate. if you look up mandate in the dictionary, you'll see it's an a authoritative command, especially a formal order from an official. for health care, the question is whether the government can mandate that you buy health insurance. like any other law, the government must identify exactly how our constitution grants it authority to enact this mandate. congress and the president point to the commerce clause in the constitution. that has long provided authority for regulating interstate commerce. today the justices question whether the mandate is justified under the commerce power, and if it is, several justices wondered whether there is any limit on what else congress can do with that power. the supreme court just released the full two hours of today's oral arguments. here's justice kennedy raising that very question. >> assume for the moment that this is

i don't think that's unfair at all, dylan.nk that you have particularly on the republican side which is what we're watching a leadership that doesn't understand its base any i more. this is encapsulated in the problem that romney is having winning any of them over. you know, you just look at the snap shot of ohio. santorum took almost every traditional republican district. romney was able to only gain the metro, urban areas that traditionally go to democrats which he's almost certainly not going to get in the fall. and it just showed that here is the champion of the party, the guy who is quickly becoming the presumptive nominee, who seems to have almost no connection with the base of his party. >> the interesting dynamic, and it sets me up perfectly to make my next point, so thank you, we clearly have a situation where those who vote for politicians are largely disconnected from the politicians they vote for. in other words we don't have competitive primaries. 80% to 90% of the time the incumbent wins no matter what. obviously

tonight as i played dylan today, but where do you come down on all this? in the conversation tonight, what we can get to is this question of accountability, how to be more concretely accountable, but also, you know, i always think, and sometimes dylan doesn't like my hope narrative, as he calls it, but i also think it's really important that we point out that, sure, the stock act as it was passed is not what we wanted, but i think it's impressive that grassroots activity has actually pushed and gotten a lot of things done over the course of the last year. look at occupy wall street. it scared people in washington, and that's a good thing. they only change when they're scared to death. i think that's part of why jimmy talked about a scandal. i want to also -- i hope we also get to talk about some of the work that these guys are doing, that heather is doing, because i think it's important that people have some hope examiand real oi can actually change things but we have to be engaged in the process to do it. >> that's sort of our super half-life debate of so

i am dylan ratigan. nice to see you. a bizarre lead for our show today, but heck, it's the only thing people are talking about this afternoon, the mega millions jackpot, an all-time lottery high in the history of american lottery. the pot already at a whopping $640 million. that is a $246 million lump sum payout to the lucky winner. the jackpot will only grow until the numbers are picked at 11:00 eastern time tonight, but before you think, wow, who could spend that money? well, thanks to our friends over at usa today, the federal government spends pretty much that money every 90 minutes or so, so they could spend it. and the top paid hedge fund managers in new york pay more than that in taxes every year. even so, everyone seems to have lotto fever, including our favorite, steven colbert. >> i've got to tell you, i've got the winner right here. went with my old stand-by, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. okay? same as my bank pin. oops, you know what, timmy, let's edit that out. >> can do. >> okay, thanks. >> let's see how things are act

i'm matt miller in for dylan ratigan. we're following the latest on those tornadoes baring down on the south and midwest. but we start today with independence day with just four days to super tuesday and slim pickings for democrats and republicans, could this man be the answers for voters crave something different? buddy roemer has officially dropped his bid for the republican nomination after being shunned out of the debates. he says he's putting country before party and is now seeking both the reform party nomination and the nation's first internet nomination. that's the americans elect nomination. where no matter your affiliation, everyone can vote in an online primary starting in may to get a third candidate, though not necessarily a third party, on november's ballot. give a listen. >> for the first time, the american people are choosing a leader that works for us. not just the parties and special interests. we the people are nominating a third choice for president. a candidate who will reach across party lines to for

he is dylan ratigan, this is overheard. >> ♪ >> smith: dylan ratigan, >> ratigan: it's a pleasure toe here. ú&anks so mucc for having me out. >> smith: nice to have you. i want to ask please the next ttme you wwite a book i would prefer a title with a point of view. >> ratigan: you know, we. [laughter] >> smith: no, no point of view at all visible in this title. >> ratigan: well, with this one we didn't wwnt to let people on to our point of view early. we. >> smith: make them wait. >> ratigan: . . .we wanted to sort of encourage them to read it to figure out what we were trying to go for. >> smith: right. you, you -- you, you would not be wrong to say that the genesis of this book and of the argument in it is anger. >> ratigan: yeah. >> smith: .although as you pointed out to me a few minutes ago you're notú really angry anymore. >> ratigan: yeah, well, it's an interesting -- writing the book was an interesting experience and quite honestly verything that you just described, having the opportunity -- to be able to communicate and meet as many people as, as you're able to meet in a sit

. >> witness michael dylan says the -- >> reporter: eyewitness michael dylan less than 30 feet away saidr any racial slurs, but said he saw the bat aimed at the elderly man. >> full force swings hitting him in the legs and maybe the head. that's what i saw. you could hear smack blocks away. that's how hard he hit him. you see your father getting hit with a bat, you're going to do something about it. it was self-defense, from what i saw. >> i remember at one point watching dylan on television saying, if you see your father getting beat, you got to do something. it was strictly self-defense. and i remember thinking, oh, thank god for this witness. >> we brought murder charges. >> reporter: but that same night, district attorney pirro charged richard with both intentional murder and murder with depraved indifference. >> i was like, how is this murder? i don't understand it. >> so this is the first time you killed a man? how heavily does that weigh on you? >> not a day i don't think about it. i believe i saved my father's life that day. >> reporter: coming up, the trial that outraged a judge

>> well, good afternoon, dylan. this is an opportunity for rick santorum to make that case that he's the alternative to mitt romney. and what that takes is for newt gingrich to not do as well as he needs. deep south day has to be a big night for newt gingrich. if it isn't, it opens up a path for rick santorum to be more of an obvious challenger and more of what he'd like to see a one on one with mitt romney. what's made this more interesting is how much support there appears to be for mitt romney. in just talking to people in mississippi and alabama, and it's a bit of the polling. but there's a sense that romney, who is perceived by some voters as being the best candidate against president obama, is getting some support where people thought he wouldn't find it. for santorum, this is about securing more credibility, picking up delegates, and trying to connect with voters who hear his message and like him on social issues, economic issues, and he's tried to do it the old-fashioned way and being in louisiana tonight is

please welcome to the show, dylan ratigan, you guys!rds." >> it's subtle. >> jimmy: i love it. it's very subtle. i went right for it. i love this. you have -- you have great ideas. you're very well informed. i like -- we were talking backstage. you want to start a revolution. >> no, no, no. you, i have come humbly to your castle, so that i can summon your leadership to save this nation. >> jimmy: you want me to save the nation? >> you are -- we are screwed. if you haven't noticed. >> jimmy: well, we are now. [ laughter ] if i'm here to save the day? yeah. no. >> well, we all know country has many problems. >> jimmy: yeah. >> we know we can go on forever about this. we know that the only way to solve our problems is to have a lot of experiments, a lot of exploration, a lot of new ideas, a lot of new things. >> jimmy: yeah. >> we know that you have secured your position as the leader of the youth of america. right? [ cheers and applause ] it's a big burden for you. [ talking over each other ] you bear a big -- this is a heavy burden. >> j

dylan has not completely given up on presents. are you going to make your mom take you to lunch after this? >> toys r us. spotsylvania county, beth parker, fox 5 news. >> still wants a toy though. but that was so cute. that is adorable. >> he has a big heart. >> a hundred cats and dogs. they may not allow that, dylan. >> probably not. but good idea though. >> maybe at least one. >> a big story we are following this morning. a big new clue in the search identify hit and run driver. >> lauren demarco is following that story for us this morning. >> reporter: it turns out that hit and run was caught on camera. we now have the video. police not only looking for the driver but also trying to identify the victim. more details coming up next on fox 5 morning news. ♪ pierre! your fashion is so "right now," but your banking is so last season! earn more with high yield free checking at capital one bank. instead of some unfashionable rate, your checking could be earning five times the national average. and free atms anywhere. five times the i

it was where hemingway, steinbeck, dylan thomas and all used to hang out. bob dylan specified it had to be from chumley's. he used to hang out there too. i have always been looking for cheap ways to build instruments, because i have never been able to afford a lot of the fancy wood. i grabbed would from the guy's hand as he was throwing it into the garbage truck. he was like, "what would you want that for? we are just throwing it away." >> that is "bbc world news america" for today. thank you for watching. please join us again tomorrow. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you operate in, working to nurture new ventures and help provide capital for key strategic decisions. we offer expertise and tailored solutions in a wide range of industries. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet los angeles.

we have miley cyrus doing bob dylan while diddy cheers her on.cedented. [ cheers and applause ] that's right. tomorrow night, we'll be joined by chris pine, khloe kardashian odom, and we'll have music from puscifer. so join us then, as well. [ cheers and applause ] there aren't many people i'd let run electricity through my body. really, just this guy and joy behar. he is a schoolteacher from newton, massachusetts, who is back to show us more of the wonders of science. please say hello to "science bob" pflugfelder. [ cheers and applause ] i see you've got a -- is that for me? >> that's for you. >> jimmy: how sweet. i didn't get one yesterday. thank you for dethorning it, too. >> don't get too attached to it, though. >> jimmy: is that a new jacket? >> i kind of redid it. kind of looks like a smurf exploded on me. >> jimmy: and with you, that's possible, that you did murder a smurf. so, you're going to take us through experiments. again, you're a schoolteacher. what grade to you teach? >> elementary level. >> jimmy: and the kids -- you must be thei

. >> reporter: little dylan harris has already done most of the heavy lifting. >> got it. >> reporter ago at his cowboy themed 6th birthday party he didn't get any presents. however, he did get exactly what he asked for. what's your favorite thing in the whole world? >> helping dogs and kitties. >> reporter: dylan told his friends that instead of bringing a present to the party they should bring something for the animals at the fredericksburg regional spca. >> they were like no, i'm not going to do that. i'm like do it. >> reporter: after the party his mom loaded it all into her suv. >> i wanted to help, but i was taking a nap. >> reporter: when a generous gift like this rolls in, it's a huge relief at the spca. they rely almost entirely on donations for things like food and blankets. like you at home they have to pay the bills. >> electric, the general employee bills, everything from water bills, repairs, maintenance. >> reporter: dylan is clearly giving something to the spca. he may be taking, something too. >> she just came up to me and started wagging her tail and so i just petted

. - en las informaciones el aspirante republicano mitt romney hará campañas de dylan durante esta semanaa tarde, mitt romney que competirá por los delegados es opuesta por llegar a la denominación presidencial, los jennifer informado posibles escales durante su visita se escaló. así vamos a la segunda pausa comercial y volvemos con más información. >> sulema: y como les mencionábamos hace un minuto menos estarán de dylan hace unos días, pero mañana se realizarán las primarias en lllinois, y en ese días el ex precandidato mirón y criticó al presidente barack obama entra que rick santorum sigue buscando el voto conservador . >> reportera: buscando repetir repetimos para mañana, mitt romney desde ataco al presidente de estados unidos en su propio terreno, los últimos tres años, el presidente ha expandido su gobierno en vez de fortalecer el suelo verme americano,, por eso hizo fila durante horas por primera vez en persona a quien le dará su voto mañana y en noviembre . >> las expectativas de esta persona, dentro de las personas de los hispanos . >> reportera: según las últimas encuestas mitt

[ cheers ] dylan ratigan joins us next. female announcer ] want to trade your little o for a big o? try k-y brand intense. just a few drops of this unique, scientifically proven formula increase a woman's sensitivity making her big moment feel even bigger. learn more at intenseeffect.com. when i'm on the night shift. when they have more energy than i do. when i don't feel like working out. when there isn't enough of me to go around. ♪ when i have school. and work. every morning. it's faster and easier than coffee. every afternoon when that 2:30 feeling hits. -every day. -every day. every day is a 5-hour energy day. [ male announcer ] 5-hour energy. every day. ♪ >> jimmy: our next guest this evening hosts the "dylan ratigan show," which airs weekdays at 4:00 p.m. on msnbc. he's also the author of a new book entitled "greedy bastards: how we can stop the corporate communists, banksters, and other vampires from sucking america dry." please welcome to the show, dylan ratigan, you guys! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: "greed

but mike carter was dragging dylan to safety. luis went over to help and returned fire, and as he did, he was hit by a bullet as well. and it just set off this whole chain where the the fire was relentless, there was no cover, and truly at that moment there was no way out. >> all right. well, i mean, we could probably stand up here and tell you the rest of the book, but then you wouldn't buy it. [laughter] so with that said, we're going to leave it at that and let you guys, hopefully, buy the book. but let's step back for one second from this mission. and mitch made the point the afghan commandos were a key part of this mission. that was one of the reasons why they got tapped to go on this mission. at the time this was their third mission. the afghan commandos were a brand new unitment they were essentially created to carry out those high-value targets, these missions to capture the high-value targets with american special forces. they were mentored by american special forces. actually, this team was the first to go and mentor th

dylan? >> well said.you look like an open primary, some of the things that we talk about, americans are left, trying to nominate a candidate on the internet right now. you really are reminded that we do have the answers to all our problems. we're just not changing our behavior. the constitution doesn't dictate that primaries have to be like this. >> right. this is just the habit that we got into. when you look at, for example, the states that voted last night, you're talking about they had record turnouts for a primary, 23%. >> of what? >> of eligible voters in mississippi and alabama. when you look at midterm elections, you got 35% of voters voting. that's why it's in the party's best interest to play to the most extreme elements, to throat the social issues, to gin up the base. that's who's going to turn out and that's who's going to decide who wins the election. >> the interesting thing is of the internet and modern connectivity and modern network and the modern solutions, this light bull b is out toda

. >> the song for dylan. ♪ dylan we just met i can tell that you're pretty cool ♪ >> a few seconds laterout 100 musicians jumped from behind oliver with a bunch of different instruments to continue to play the song. ♪ friendship still blossoms because you're awesome ♪ >> this is so sweet. it could make somebody's day so special. >> it's a flash concert. ♪ one day you'll be seeing everything is great about you ♪ >> i love when it shows her face and are she's smiling and her cheeks are pink and rosey. >> if you want to see the entire video, head to our website, rightthisminute.com. >>> silly sitting cat. >> guys, i found a video of what i think could definitely be the new hot workout trend for 2012. i want you to check it out. it's not this guy on the left here. that's been around for a while. it's this. the guy in the blue pants and fedora doing some sort of maneuver on a machine or on a workout -- piece of workout equipment not necessarily intended for this. >> what is he working out exactly? >> if you can figure out what he's working out, then youtube poster called this an extreme back

. >> stephen: now there is a gee richie story having to do with dylan. >> right. >> stephen: she had song called notaman town. >> stephen: can we hear that. >> you can. this is alan's deck, he used this actual tape deck in the caribbean in 18962. and what we have is a sample of jean rich-year recording this song for alan in 1949. and this is her version of nottinghamtown. ♪ in nottinghamtown ♪ not a soul would look up ♪ not a soul would look down ♪ ♪ not a soul would look up ♪ not a soul would like down ♪ ♪ please is show me a way ♪ to nottinghamtown. >> stephen: and eventually the beat dropped, i assume. >> so now what did-- now dylan did something with that. what happened with that. >> here's what happened. bob heard it and said well this is a catchy song. and it's a traditional song. i think i will make a song of it myself. >> stephen: so what did he make. >> he made this tsang called masters of war. >> stephen: let's hear it. >> he came back two months later and did this for alan, recorded it for alan about three months before he went in the studio and did it. >> masters of war ♪

i'm matt miller sitting in this week for the vacationing dylan ratigan. our big story today, money ball. or should we call it dialing for political dollars. this political sector is wrapped in green, money that has super pacs in millions galore. for $38,000 last week, you could have seen the president and gazed upon oprah and tyler perry. also last week for about 3 grand, you could have snagged a front row seat on wall street with mitt romney to talk about venture capital. and who could forget this? vice president joe biden saying the republicans don't understand the middle class. you had to pay $10,000 per couple to hear that message in person. money, as one california politico said ten years ago, is the capitalist. $45 million raised for obama, 11.5 million for romney. we act like this money chase is somehow normal. so why do we tolerate a system in which our leaders spend most of their time hustling for cash to get reelected, which means they spend every spare moment listening to wealthy americans gripe about things like taxes instead of everyday ameri

dylan says if you want to know how many slaves were used for the products you have, take his online test his company and social website, slavery footprint.org, they're in the fight to stop slavery. you select what your household is like, the foods you eat, cosmetics, jewelry, electronics, clothes. you get the idea. at the end they give you the estimated slaves you indirectly employed to get those items. >> we believe that this is a shared value. nobody wants to buy products made with slavery and i don't think people want to sell product made with slavery. >> the work starts with the producers of the commodity. a new california law requires the more than 3200 california companies that have are grows receipts of $100 million or more have to report whether or not their supply chain uses slave later. sarah is ready to apply pressure. >> i want to know so i stay away until i know for sure, 110%, they're not using slave labor to make the clothes. >> dylan says the law has as many teeth as the state attorney general wants to give. >> it allows them to do it on their own and talk about it. if yo

i went to the dylan ratigan school of delicacy when titling a book. i wanted to grab the american people and say are you focusing on what's going on here? >> what should i focus on? where do you want me to focus? >> when i was a boy, we had the finest mines in minds in the nation. our leadership was locked in on what the soviet union was doing. i want the american people to among all the other things insist that their leadership have an intelligent approach to a broad-gauge relationship with china. that means you have to insist we not vote another president in office that we have no idea where they stand on china. if you're talking to a senator or a congressman running -- >> where should they stand though? if you look at our thesis around here, you have to know where you are, where you're going, and how you're going to get there. you're saying america won't admit where it is with china. you're saying i'm here to tell you where we are. i'm here to tell you where we're going and how we're going to get there. where are we? and how are we going to get the

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go ahead. >> dylan, you talk about whether a war and idea is tenable.his goes back to the roots of the conflict. we had george w. bush talk about declaring a global war on terrorism, not a war on traditional nation state. while there are acts of stateless terrorism and loose nuclear wepance and other stateless enemies that we have that we have to deal with seriously, there's a connect i have tissue between the last and current administration, staying deployed, and looking at drone attacks, looking at pakistan and other places where we have a foreign policy that will never have a clear mission or end game because we are not dealing only in states. that's politically hard to deal with because you always want to sound as a politician that you're taking the toughest tact on terror. i think the baseline of these policies has fundamental flaws. >> almost goes back to the banking conversation, in some ways we know what to do, what not to do in this case, we just don't want to change our behavior. it is like again, it's embarrassing to be an american in that co