between let's call it between seven and nine years so in other words if you take an artist like an elvis presley who borrowed heavily if not cloned many of the blues artists in america back in the one nine hundred fifty s. in repackaged material that was already there came before him and launched a successful career as rock n roll which was just. a re putting a new beat to the existing blues material that was already extent throughout the south in america so for a period of time the i was presently artist capitalized fantastically on this repackaging of ideas that he pulled from the public domain that were not his ideas and then at some point it makes sense to allow the copyright to expire to allow those ideas to return to the public domain so that somebody else can use them and what you're saying is that because they let their on the books for a lifetime plus seventy years it's it isn't thanks stifling creativity which at the end of the day is actually stifling the economy the copyright lobby is arguing. longer copyright is good for creativity what we're seeing is the exact opposite real artist

as american as bruce spring teen and elvis presley. i see taco bell. i see purple, red, blue, green, orange. i see cheetah revera on broadway. as american as the lee's, the kennedys. none sound american to me. i am not a shamed. jose can you see. i pledge allegiance to this country. land of commercialism. if i can win gold medals. if i can sign my life away. ain't no language. this is my country too. i believe in free dom and diversity, need to get the hell out. [applause] >> i have one more performer. can you believe that? i am so excited. he is a very kind man to be here. he's a total icon. tales of the city. his book that was made do a city. he's here on his book tour. thank you very much. well, i would not have missed this evening for anything. you and i both know these things can be boring. not tonight. i like to read, since i'm back home from a tour. i would like to read the chapter that my editor wanted me to remove. i have to set it up for you. michael toliver is 55 years old. they have gone to florida because his mother has died. and they have

seatat >> reporter: earlier that morning, when asked how he felt, blagojevich quoted his hero, elvis presley'sll shook up." >> my hands are shaking. r rorter: blagojevich may soon be singing a different tune, now that he's facing a lengthy prison sentence. >> and rod blagojevich is expected to ask for a mistrial, then appeal the verdict. >>> in medical news, new evidence this morning about the importrtce of mammography screening. a study on swedish women between the ages of 40 and 74, credits mammography for cutting breast cancer deaths by 40%. research relief from last year, for only the youngest portion of that same group. >>> and a new generation of bug repellents may be closer to hitting the market. researchers at vanderbilt university have discovered the most powerful repellent ever. the study is based on mosquitos. it dries off bugs by turning on all the receptors in their nose at once. >>> it started when josh hamilton said that blue eyes were the reason he heard poorly during the daytime. some scientists say those with baby blues do better in school and achieve more. they say brown-eye

opposite real artists did not wait for permission to create just as you're saying imagine how many elvis presley's we haven't had because of this monopoly right and you know there is an instinct to copy certainly within every human cell is contained d.n.a. that spends its entire life on this planet seeking to reproduce itself through sexual reproduction in the case of human beings there is only at the cellular level and instinct to copy and reproduce so again by thwarting the very instinct of humanity you are effectively giving humanity a collective look botany let me tell you just how hard wired we are to copy there's this tradition of when you're drinking coffee or tea you're sort of extending your your little finger a little bit you know i'm sick i'm sure your seen no one when we grow up cups we do a little bit like this and there was a researcher trying to find where does that come from. and this was tracked way back into england in the sixteen hundreds and point turns out. people people are just kept doing it ever since for very much no reason just because everybody else was doing it and it t

elvis presley. >> the king. >> richard nixon. ery serious meeting, though, that day in the white house. elvis offering his help in fighting the drug problem. >> yeah, believe it or not, this meeting inspired president nixon to announce the start of the war on drugs 40 years ago today. we're going to have a story of a family who has suffered personal tragedy in that battle and that is comipng up. >>> welcome back. >> half past the hour now. >>> ahead in saudi arabia a potential revolution under way. women there are fighting for their right to drive. today, activists are kicking off the women to drive campaign an effort to defy that law and the latest on it coming up. >>> first, betty nguyen is at the headlines desk with the top headlines of the morning. >>> good morning. >>> ten days after admitting he sex sexted women online, anthony weiner is stepping down. >> i am announcing my resignation from congress. >> reporter: hecklerring punctuated his announcement. weiner's wife did not appear with him during his resignation announcemen

in fact, you put on one of my favorite things that has ever been on television, not involving elvis presley. and pop a shot is the only sport i am remotely good at. >> jimmy: oh, really? >> i used to be good. i would, when i lived in chelsea i would go to the bowling alley at chelsea piers every day and play pop a shot. just to blow off steam, you know? and it was my dream one day to beat nba legends. like i literally, you know, dreamed i would beat steve kerr of the chicago bulls at pop a shot. and then you have this guy, ricardo, and he just mops the floor with all these people. >> jimmy: he's unbelievable. >> he is. and i met charles barkley recently doing another talk show and i told him, you know, my dream to do that, and he's like, well, you might be able to beat me but i don't think you could beat that busboy. >> jimmy: ricardo beat charles here. >> it had everything you want in a story. an underdog, you know? >> jimmy: right. and, you know what, he's going to be back and playing -- this time around, he's going to be doing it blindfolded next week -- >> he'll still win. >> jimmy: yea

she scored points when she and her husband danced to an elvis presley tune.rman cane made the same trip. he plans to unveil his economic plan in south carolina. rick perry is in california. he has not announced his candidacy yet. >>> overseas now in egypt. troops and armored vehicles on the streets in cairo as protesters are in tahrir square. we have zain verjee with the latest. >> reporter: anyone watching the pictures that are so dramatic from tahrir square may be wondering i thought this was over. they got rid of hosni mubarak. they are saying the military is not reforming fast enough. the latest for this violence, which is the worst in recent months, more than 1,000 are injured. what has been happening is many groups are accusing mubarak loyalists for stirring up all of this tension and violence. what has happened is the local municipal councils have been dissolved by order of courts. this is what is happening. they are going to stay in tahrir square until the military does something about it. they need to fix the reforms at a faster pace because they pro

. >> reporter: earlier that morning when asked how he felt, blagojevich quoted his hero elvis presleyall shook up." >> my hands are shaking, my knees are weak, i can't seem to stand on my own two feet. >> reporter: blagojevich may soon be singing a different tune. now that he's facing a lengthy prison sentence. blagojevich already faces five years in prison for an earlier conviction for lying to the fbi. he's expected to ask for a mistrial, then appeal the verdict. diana alvear, abc news, los angeles. >>> thousands of residents have left their homes in los alamos, new mexico, as an out of control wildfire threatens the town. the los alamos national lab is closed for a second day but officials say nuclear safety was never compromised. >> the fire is now stirring memories of a devastating blaze that happened more than ten years ago which destroyed hundreds of homes. >> the national lab at los alamos is not the only nuclear facility being watched this morning. the ft. calhoun nuclear plant in nebraska is now surrounded by floodwaters from the missouri river. >> and the nation's top nucle

hay otros artÍculos de michael jackson muy interesantes y estÁ el sombrero, peluca, guitarra de elvis presleyy pruebas para sustentar las acusaciones en su contra. de posesiÓn ilegal de armas de fuego militar. el fallo es visto con desconfianza para muchos, por el poderoso arsenal encontrado en la casa de hans cuando fue arrestado. pasaremos en vivo a ciudad de mÉxico. estÁ edgar muÑoz, para saber mas detalles de la prÓxima liberaciÓn del ex cal de alcald tijuana. cuÉntanos. >>> hola neyda ¿como estas? una juez en baja california, decretÓ la libertad de este millonario empresario, jorge hans ron que fue detenido muy su residencia con mÁs de 80 armas se decÍa por parte de las autoridades la mitad de ella de grueso calibre de uso exclusivo del ejÉrcito. la jueza noveno de distrito. asegurÓ que no habÍan elementos jurÍdicos para kpculpar a este excÉntrico empresario. te comento hasta ahora, el tambiÉn ex alcalde de tijuana y candidato a la gobernatura en baja california. sigue en manos de las autoridades no es el gobierno federal si no el gobierno local, la procuradurÍa en el estado de baja cali